http://fashiongonerogue.com/morning-beauty-karen-elson-steven-meisel-2010/#more-40011
November 4th
Friday, November 5, 2010
Kittens and Karen
http://fashiongonerogue.com/morning-beauty-karen-elson-steven-meisel-2010/#more-40011
November 4th
Halloween masqué
Masquerade Balls All the Rage This Halloween Season
The masquerade ball a new trend
Here in America, there was a highly touted masquerade ball that was recently thrown in Chicago, by K Dock Media, a marketing group that is extremely well known and also very exclusive. The ball was held at the Crimson Lounge, a super chic hang out that is frequented by the elite of Chicago. The ball was held in conjunction with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and the money raised will be put towards the improvement of HIV/AIDS services, as well as helping to find prevention and advocacy projects. All of the proceeds from the masked ball went to the organization.
According to David Dodd, the public relations director, the group was highly enthusiastic about working with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and credited them with creating vast awareness about the HIV/AIDS problems that people are facing. Dodd also said that the organization had been a great support for people who were suffering from the disease, and taught them how to deal with it and get back on their feet.
Other supporters of the big event included Chicago Magazine, Michigan Avenue Magazine, Me In Focus Magazine, Mindful Metropolis Magazine, and The Scene Chicago Nightlife.
http://knowelty.com/masquerade-balls-all-the-rage-this-halloween-season/874442/
news: luxury report
LUXURY DEPARTMENT STORES LEAD THE WAY IN OCTOBER AS HOPES RISE FOR A GOOD CHRISTMAS
By WGSN Newsteam, 05 November 2010
A good October for US high-end department store sales gave further hope for a happy Holiday as customers looked to be in the mood for spending, particularly on autumn fashion merchandise.
Neiman Marcus led the way in October with its comps jumping 11.5% as demand for womenswear accessories, particularly handbags, footwear and jewellery, all increased. Its strongest sales trends were from stores in Texas, the Northeast and Southeast.
Over at Nordstrom, comps last month rose 3.4%, beating analysts’ expectations of a 2.7% hike. Total retail sales jumped 9% to $662m. Q3 comps increased 5.8% and totals lifted 11.7% to $2.09bn.
The strongest categories in October included jewellery, dresses and women's shoes. It said sales grew the most in the Northwest and Northeast, while California stores remained weak.
Sales from its store division, which includes Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman in New York, increased 9.5%. Direct sales (online and catalogue) leapt 21.4% after the retailer expanded its online services.
JC Penney’s October comps suffered a bit of a blip, however, dipping 1.9%. Year ago comps fell 4.5%.
For the four-week period total sales slipped 3.3% to $1.27bn.
Sales of fashion jewellery, luggage, housewares, and beauty products, through its expanding Sephora offer, continued their positive sales trend for the month.
Overall, shoes and men’s apparel were the top performing divisions. In addition, sales of Liz Claiborne merchandise continue to perform very well, ahead of expectations, attracting new customers.
Geographically, the best performing regions were the northeast and southwest regions, as compared to the central and northwest regions where unseasonably warm temperatures hit autumnwear sales
Saks totals lifted 6.4% to $233.9m as comps impressed with an 8.1% hike, boosted by a promotional event shift from November to October.
Strongest categories at Saks Fifth Avenue stores were women’s shoes, womenswear, men’s sportswear, and beauty. Saks Direct performed well during the month, it also noted.
For Q3, totals rose 4.3% to $649.6m with comps up 5.7% for the quarter. Saks said it continues to expect comps sales growth in the mid-single digit range for H2.
Macy’s reported total sales increased 6.8% to $1.807bn as comps rose 2.5%.
“While we experienced some softness in sales early in October given the unseasonably warm weather, we ended the month with a strong trend going into the Holiday selling season. Customers have reacted positively to the launch of our unique Holiday gift-giving merchandise and newness in fashion.
"We also launched our latest exclusive brand relationship with Kenneth Cole Reaction men’s sportswear, now sold only at Macy’s.
"Overall, we are pleased with our sales performance in the third quarter and the continued results of major strategies including our My Macy’s localization initiative. Bloomingdale’s sales continued to be strong in October and the third quarter,” said CEO Terry J Lundgren.
Q3 total sales increased 6.6% to $5.624bn and comps rose 3.9%.
For Q4, the retailer said comps are expected to be up 3-4% and up 3.3-4%, in H2, up from 3-3.5% expected back in August. Based on stronger sales expectations, Macy’s also increased its H2 earnings guidance to $1.50-$1.55 per share, excluding expenses, from $1.45-$1.50 previously.
Bon-Ton comps slipped 4.2% in October, hurt by unseasonably warm weather denting demand for winterwear. Total sales fell 4.4% to $214.2m.Some of the strongest performing categories included footwear, dresses and cosmetics.
For Q3, comps dropped 0.3%, with total sales down 0.5% to $700.5m.
Dillard's comps dipped 1% in October, in line with analysts’ expectations while mirroring a slight decline in overall sales for the month to $356.1m from $361.7m last year. Year ago comps were down 8%.
Junior's and childrenswear sales were strong, while home merchandise and furniture sales were weak. Dillard's said stores in the eastern region did better than average, while central and western stores were weaker.
Q3 sales fell below expectations for the period as total revenue rose to $1.32bn from $1.31bn last year, while comps rose 1%.
Kohl’s total sales for October dipped 1% as comps decreased 2.5%.
For the quarter, totals increased 4.1% and comps rose 1.8%. Year to date, total sales increased 7.4% and comparable store sales increased 4.4%.
CEO Kevin Mansell said the retailer witnessed a strong performance in the second half of the month, partially offset by unseasonable weather affecting sales in the first two weeks.
The West region reported the strongest results for the month.
“The footwear business again reported the strongest comparable store sales… Our e-commerce business continues to report strong growth,” he said.
It expects Q3 EPS of $0.57-$0.58, consistent with the low-end of its previous guidance of $0.57-$0.63 per diluted share.
http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/News/2010/Nov_stories/Nov_05/News_Story_Nov_0532.html
By WGSN Newsteam, 05 November 2010
A good October for US high-end department store sales gave further hope for a happy Holiday as customers looked to be in the mood for spending, particularly on autumn fashion merchandise.
Neiman Marcus led the way in October with its comps jumping 11.5% as demand for womenswear accessories, particularly handbags, footwear and jewellery, all increased. Its strongest sales trends were from stores in Texas, the Northeast and Southeast.
Over at Nordstrom, comps last month rose 3.4%, beating analysts’ expectations of a 2.7% hike. Total retail sales jumped 9% to $662m. Q3 comps increased 5.8% and totals lifted 11.7% to $2.09bn.
The strongest categories in October included jewellery, dresses and women's shoes. It said sales grew the most in the Northwest and Northeast, while California stores remained weak.
Sales from its store division, which includes Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman in New York, increased 9.5%. Direct sales (online and catalogue) leapt 21.4% after the retailer expanded its online services.
JC Penney’s October comps suffered a bit of a blip, however, dipping 1.9%. Year ago comps fell 4.5%.
For the four-week period total sales slipped 3.3% to $1.27bn.
Sales of fashion jewellery, luggage, housewares, and beauty products, through its expanding Sephora offer, continued their positive sales trend for the month.
Overall, shoes and men’s apparel were the top performing divisions. In addition, sales of Liz Claiborne merchandise continue to perform very well, ahead of expectations, attracting new customers.
Geographically, the best performing regions were the northeast and southwest regions, as compared to the central and northwest regions where unseasonably warm temperatures hit autumnwear sales
Saks totals lifted 6.4% to $233.9m as comps impressed with an 8.1% hike, boosted by a promotional event shift from November to October.
Strongest categories at Saks Fifth Avenue stores were women’s shoes, womenswear, men’s sportswear, and beauty. Saks Direct performed well during the month, it also noted.
For Q3, totals rose 4.3% to $649.6m with comps up 5.7% for the quarter. Saks said it continues to expect comps sales growth in the mid-single digit range for H2.
Macy’s reported total sales increased 6.8% to $1.807bn as comps rose 2.5%.
“While we experienced some softness in sales early in October given the unseasonably warm weather, we ended the month with a strong trend going into the Holiday selling season. Customers have reacted positively to the launch of our unique Holiday gift-giving merchandise and newness in fashion.
"We also launched our latest exclusive brand relationship with Kenneth Cole Reaction men’s sportswear, now sold only at Macy’s.
"Overall, we are pleased with our sales performance in the third quarter and the continued results of major strategies including our My Macy’s localization initiative. Bloomingdale’s sales continued to be strong in October and the third quarter,” said CEO Terry J Lundgren.
Q3 total sales increased 6.6% to $5.624bn and comps rose 3.9%.
For Q4, the retailer said comps are expected to be up 3-4% and up 3.3-4%, in H2, up from 3-3.5% expected back in August. Based on stronger sales expectations, Macy’s also increased its H2 earnings guidance to $1.50-$1.55 per share, excluding expenses, from $1.45-$1.50 previously.
Bon-Ton comps slipped 4.2% in October, hurt by unseasonably warm weather denting demand for winterwear. Total sales fell 4.4% to $214.2m.Some of the strongest performing categories included footwear, dresses and cosmetics.
For Q3, comps dropped 0.3%, with total sales down 0.5% to $700.5m.
Dillard's comps dipped 1% in October, in line with analysts’ expectations while mirroring a slight decline in overall sales for the month to $356.1m from $361.7m last year. Year ago comps were down 8%.
Junior's and childrenswear sales were strong, while home merchandise and furniture sales were weak. Dillard's said stores in the eastern region did better than average, while central and western stores were weaker.
Q3 sales fell below expectations for the period as total revenue rose to $1.32bn from $1.31bn last year, while comps rose 1%.
Kohl’s total sales for October dipped 1% as comps decreased 2.5%.
For the quarter, totals increased 4.1% and comps rose 1.8%. Year to date, total sales increased 7.4% and comparable store sales increased 4.4%.
CEO Kevin Mansell said the retailer witnessed a strong performance in the second half of the month, partially offset by unseasonable weather affecting sales in the first two weeks.
The West region reported the strongest results for the month.
“The footwear business again reported the strongest comparable store sales… Our e-commerce business continues to report strong growth,” he said.
It expects Q3 EPS of $0.57-$0.58, consistent with the low-end of its previous guidance of $0.57-$0.63 per diluted share.
http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/News/2010/Nov_stories/Nov_05/News_Story_Nov_0532.html
news: environment
November 5, 2010, 11:57 AM
Growth on a Finite Planet – So Far, So Good
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
.
When was the last time the United Nations issued a major report that was upbeat? They exist but are hard to find. Well, this week’s release of the 2010 Human Development Report, on the 20th anniversary of this effort to track human progress, was summarized this way:
People are healthier, wealthier and better educated
Looking back at 40 years of human progress in 135 countries – 92% of the world’s population – -the report shows that average life expectancy rose from 59 to 70 years, primary school enrolment grew from 55 to 70 percent, and per capita income doubled to more than $10,000.
There’s much, much more. The online version provides tools for gauging progress and problems using a variety of measures in specific regions and countries.
The analysts express some concerns, for sure, warning that human-driven climate change could undermine progress in nearly all areas. In the long run, and in the world’s poorest places, that’s indeed correct. But until mid-century, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that the world’s largely wealthy temperate regions are likely, for example, to see boosted agricultural productivity before things, even there, go sour.
And the “ Climate Divide” series in The Times in 2007 showed another reality — that as countries get wealthier and gain technological capacity, they grow more resilient to climate-related hazards. The bottom line, of course, is the uncomfortable reality that adapting to climate change is and will be a prime priority while mitigating emissions remains, for most countries, a generations-spanning long-term goal — unless and until some epic environmental disruption forces it to the front of the line. I’m not saying this kind of prioritization is good; I’m just saying it’s hard to envision a different path given the way the world works.
Over all, this report provides a good moment to acknowledge substantial progress on an increasingly humanized planet. But it’s also a moment to remember that millions of children and adults still die needlessly annually from exposure to mosquitoes, fetid water or palls of indoor air pollution from smoldering cooking fires; some governments and companies still trample human rights and pristine ecosystems to extract timber and minerals in remote places, and some among us plot atrocities or torture and subjugate those who are different or, too often, simply female.
Wile E. Coyote
There’s, of course, another issue worth revisiting. It’s a question that I asked Vaclav Smil, perhaps the world’s most devoted analyst of virtually all issues involving risk and resources, on a stage at the Perimeter Institute in Canada just over a year ago:
Q.
There are two durable camps out there, those who warn that humanity has overshot and is destined to crash, like Wile E. Coyote over the cliff, and those who insist that the human traits of innovation and adaptation will get us through. Who’s right?
A.
People want to have it not so messy, but both are true…. We keep redefining resources all the time…. On the other hand, we have news like GM is unloading Hummer onto who, the Chinese…. [Watch the rest.]
One contribution in my recent roundup of views on “What Matters Most” got at the hopeful trends, and underlying causes:
Indur Goklany, assistant program director on technology and science policy at the Department of Interior and author of The Improving State of the World:
Until the start of the Industrial Revolution, mankind was poor, hungry, illiterate, constantly at the mercy of disease and the elements, and short-lived; child labor was the norm; and one’s life opportunities were predetermined by sex and parentage. Today, despite an octupling of the world’s population, mankind has never been wealthier, better fed, less hungry, better educated, longer-lived and healthier; less constrained by caste, class, and sex; and 75 percent of global population is no longer mired in absolute poverty. This progress was enabled by economic development and technological change driven by cheap energy — all made possible by institutions underlying individual economic freedom. To extend this progress to a larger share of humanity and those not yet born, even as the world’s population increases, what matters most is to continue to nourish or, if necessary, develop these institutions.
Still, the debate continues. Matt Ridley, author of “ The Rational Optimist,” sees our continued salvation in the human habit of coming up with and disseminating game-changing innovations (because, as he says, ideas have sex). Such leaps have, in fact, led to to sustained faith in technology and innovation (a faith I hold, as well) as a source of more pleasant surprises than unpleasant ones.
But Paul Collier, the economist and author of “ The Bottom Billion” and, most recently, “ The Plundered Planet,” has said in the new book that an ethical shift is required along with reliance on ingenuity and investment. He casts traditional environmentalists as “romantics” and libertarians as “ostriches” in this important passage from the book:
Bot the romantics and the ostriches will take us to oblivion, albeit by different routes. Run by the romantics, the world would starve; run by the ostriches, it would burn. The romantics are a serious menace to global agriculture. the ostriches are complicit in the plunder of natural assets. Decisions must be founded on a proper sense of responsibility toward both the global poor and the future, not blinkered self-interest.
Of course, our mix of “divine and felonious” traits (a nod to Bill Bryson) is unlikely to end up tipping to one side, so the path forward, to my mind, will always have something of a Pushmi-Pullyu dynamic.
And, as with Wile E. Coyote, it’s well worth glancing down occasionally to test the firmness of the ground beneath your feet — or the ideas in your head. That’s the main reason I keep doing this blog.
To help, here’s a useful primer on the Wile E. Coyote Effect.
Postscript: I’m at a environmental conference today at my new home, Pace University, that’s highly relevant. It’s called, “ The ‘Good Life’ – Imagining Alternative Futures.” As you may recall I’ve explored varied definitions of that phrase here – from the Vegas variant to the one articulated by Plato. I’ll pull together a post about the discussions and also weigh in on Twitter.com/revkin.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/growth-on-a-finite-planet-so-far-so-good/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Growth on a Finite Planet – So Far, So Good
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
.
When was the last time the United Nations issued a major report that was upbeat? They exist but are hard to find. Well, this week’s release of the 2010 Human Development Report, on the 20th anniversary of this effort to track human progress, was summarized this way:
People are healthier, wealthier and better educated
Looking back at 40 years of human progress in 135 countries – 92% of the world’s population – -the report shows that average life expectancy rose from 59 to 70 years, primary school enrolment grew from 55 to 70 percent, and per capita income doubled to more than $10,000.
There’s much, much more. The online version provides tools for gauging progress and problems using a variety of measures in specific regions and countries.
The analysts express some concerns, for sure, warning that human-driven climate change could undermine progress in nearly all areas. In the long run, and in the world’s poorest places, that’s indeed correct. But until mid-century, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that the world’s largely wealthy temperate regions are likely, for example, to see boosted agricultural productivity before things, even there, go sour.
And the “ Climate Divide” series in The Times in 2007 showed another reality — that as countries get wealthier and gain technological capacity, they grow more resilient to climate-related hazards. The bottom line, of course, is the uncomfortable reality that adapting to climate change is and will be a prime priority while mitigating emissions remains, for most countries, a generations-spanning long-term goal — unless and until some epic environmental disruption forces it to the front of the line. I’m not saying this kind of prioritization is good; I’m just saying it’s hard to envision a different path given the way the world works.
Over all, this report provides a good moment to acknowledge substantial progress on an increasingly humanized planet. But it’s also a moment to remember that millions of children and adults still die needlessly annually from exposure to mosquitoes, fetid water or palls of indoor air pollution from smoldering cooking fires; some governments and companies still trample human rights and pristine ecosystems to extract timber and minerals in remote places, and some among us plot atrocities or torture and subjugate those who are different or, too often, simply female.
Wile E. Coyote
There’s, of course, another issue worth revisiting. It’s a question that I asked Vaclav Smil, perhaps the world’s most devoted analyst of virtually all issues involving risk and resources, on a stage at the Perimeter Institute in Canada just over a year ago:
Q.
There are two durable camps out there, those who warn that humanity has overshot and is destined to crash, like Wile E. Coyote over the cliff, and those who insist that the human traits of innovation and adaptation will get us through. Who’s right?
A.
People want to have it not so messy, but both are true…. We keep redefining resources all the time…. On the other hand, we have news like GM is unloading Hummer onto who, the Chinese…. [Watch the rest.]
One contribution in my recent roundup of views on “What Matters Most” got at the hopeful trends, and underlying causes:
Indur Goklany, assistant program director on technology and science policy at the Department of Interior and author of The Improving State of the World:
Until the start of the Industrial Revolution, mankind was poor, hungry, illiterate, constantly at the mercy of disease and the elements, and short-lived; child labor was the norm; and one’s life opportunities were predetermined by sex and parentage. Today, despite an octupling of the world’s population, mankind has never been wealthier, better fed, less hungry, better educated, longer-lived and healthier; less constrained by caste, class, and sex; and 75 percent of global population is no longer mired in absolute poverty. This progress was enabled by economic development and technological change driven by cheap energy — all made possible by institutions underlying individual economic freedom. To extend this progress to a larger share of humanity and those not yet born, even as the world’s population increases, what matters most is to continue to nourish or, if necessary, develop these institutions.
Still, the debate continues. Matt Ridley, author of “ The Rational Optimist,” sees our continued salvation in the human habit of coming up with and disseminating game-changing innovations (because, as he says, ideas have sex). Such leaps have, in fact, led to to sustained faith in technology and innovation (a faith I hold, as well) as a source of more pleasant surprises than unpleasant ones.
But Paul Collier, the economist and author of “ The Bottom Billion” and, most recently, “ The Plundered Planet,” has said in the new book that an ethical shift is required along with reliance on ingenuity and investment. He casts traditional environmentalists as “romantics” and libertarians as “ostriches” in this important passage from the book:
Bot the romantics and the ostriches will take us to oblivion, albeit by different routes. Run by the romantics, the world would starve; run by the ostriches, it would burn. The romantics are a serious menace to global agriculture. the ostriches are complicit in the plunder of natural assets. Decisions must be founded on a proper sense of responsibility toward both the global poor and the future, not blinkered self-interest.
Of course, our mix of “divine and felonious” traits (a nod to Bill Bryson) is unlikely to end up tipping to one side, so the path forward, to my mind, will always have something of a Pushmi-Pullyu dynamic.
And, as with Wile E. Coyote, it’s well worth glancing down occasionally to test the firmness of the ground beneath your feet — or the ideas in your head. That’s the main reason I keep doing this blog.
To help, here’s a useful primer on the Wile E. Coyote Effect.
Postscript: I’m at a environmental conference today at my new home, Pace University, that’s highly relevant. It’s called, “ The ‘Good Life’ – Imagining Alternative Futures.” As you may recall I’ve explored varied definitions of that phrase here – from the Vegas variant to the one articulated by Plato. I’ll pull together a post about the discussions and also weigh in on Twitter.com/revkin.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/growth-on-a-finite-planet-so-far-so-good/?partner=rss&emc=rss
news: politique de libertins
Are Canadian politics hot enough to brew a Tea Party?
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Rand Paul (R), the Republican candidate for the Kentucky U.S. Senate seat, greets supporters during an election night party on November 2, 2010 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Richard Foot, Postmedia News · Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
On the surface, Dan Tappin sounds nothing like the angry, American Tea Party protesters that fuelled a libertarian insurgency inside the Republican party and, in Tuesday’s elections, reshaped the power structure in Washington.
Mr. Tappin is a soft-spoken, 36-year-old family man who works as an oilpatch engineer in Estevan, Sask. But lurking below his friendly disposition is a seething frustration with Canadian politics and the big-spending Conservative government.
“I feel fed up with everybody,” he says. “They all seem to spend our money, just as poorly, no matter which party is in power.”
A one-time Tory election volunteer, Mr. Tappin says he was appalled when Prime Minister Stephen Harper poured tens of billions of taxpayer dollars into bailout packages for the auto industry and the faltering economy last year.
“I just felt, ‘What are you guys doing?’”
He poured his own frustrations into a new website, MapleLeafParty.ca, as a “bit of an homage to the U.S. Tea Party movement.”
Mr. Tappin has no desire to start a new political party, and doesn’t know whether his blog will ever transform into an actual movement, a northern version of the U.S. Tea Party. But he’s convinced there are millions of other Canadians like him, ticked off by deficits and waste and taxpayer abuse, without a real champion of their own in Ottawa.
“I know from the emails I get, there are other people just as frustrated as I am,” he says. “There’s not a single entity in Canada, or a true political party, that represents people with views like mine.”
Is there enough anger and frustration to fuel a Tea Party movement in Canada? Could similar sentiments lead to a taxpayer backlash that influences the next election, or the one after?
Mr. Tappin says the Maple Leaf Party is one of the many “green shoots,” the very early beginnings of a populist libertarian uprising. He’s already been in contact with the Reseau Liberte Quebec (Quebec Freedom Network), a fledgling organization founded by a handful of young, right-wing Quebecois politicos that attracted about 500 people to its inaugural meeting last month.
“To have 500 people pay $35 to spend a Saturday in a room in Quebec City, to hear people talk about conservative policies — I’ve never seen that. I think it’s kind of unique. There is an appetite for those policies,” says Eric Duhaime, co-founder of the Reseau Liberte, who once worked for former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day and now writes a newspaper column in Quebec.
Mr. Tappin and Mr. Duhaime also point to the growth of the hard-right Wildrose Alliance Party — which threatens the hegemony of Alberta’s long-lived Conservative government — and to the recent victory of Toronto’s new anti-establishment mayor Rob Ford — who campaigned solely on turning off the municipal “gravy train” — as further signals of rising Tea Party sentiment in Canada.
Like many Tea Party supporters in the U.S., Mr. Duhaime also says he and other young libertarians across Canada detest the growing reach and responsibilities of governments into every corner of citizens’ lives.
“Our ancestors came to Quebec for many of the same reasons they came to the U.S.,” he says. “They came here for freedom, because they wanted to get rid of big governments that were telling them what to do with their lives. Unfortunately over the last 50 years, we have lost that heritage.
“Even the immigrants who come to Canada, they’re not coming because they want to be taxed to death, they’re coming because they want freedom to decide what’s best for themselves and their kids.”
Gil Troy, an American who teaches U.S. political history at McGill University in Montreal, cautions that however passionate Canada’s Tea Party wannabes might be, their ideals are unlikely to ignite the same fires in this country as in the U.S.
For one thing, Canada’s economy is in far better shape. Mr. Troy says the wreckage in the U.S. — high unemployment, shuttered factories, foreclosed homes — is the real reason behind the Tea Party’s success this year.
“Their victories are the result of economic distress, and the fear that there’s something seriously wrong with the country,” says Mr. Troy. “If we take out the recession, if we take out the sense that there’s serious dysfunction going on, would there be the same kind of phenomenon? I don’t think so.”
In a critique last month in the Washington Post, political scholar Charles Murray agreed with Tea Party claims that American society is increasingly and dangerously divided between ordinary working and middle-class people, and a class of “New Elites” — both right and left wing — who control academia, the media and the political system, but are “isolated from mainstream America” and deeply out of touch with the lives and cares of ordinary working people.
Mr. Troy says not only is that divide less acute in Canada, but that political discourse here remains far more civil. Canadian debate has not yet been hijacked by what he calls the “toxic media culture and the toxic blogosphere” that feed the Tea Party’s populist anger.
Tom Flanagan, the U.S.-born, Calgary academic and former adviser to Mr. Harper, says a Tea Party insurgency is less likely in Canada because in our political system, unlike the U.S. primary system, parties are not required by law to hold free and open nomination contests.
The Tea Party succeeded by fielding libertarian candidates, and knocking off establishment ones, in several Republican primaries. That tactic wouldn’t work in Canada, where leaders of the major political parties fiercely protect incumbents and, in many cases, simply appoint candidates by fiat.
“You could have an insurgency here and there in Canada, but a wide uprising like we saw in the U.S. just isn’t possible here,” says Mr. Flanagan. “What happens instead is that people end up forming a new party, because the control over the existing party is too strong.”
Which is what happened with the Reform party under Preston Manning in the 1980s.
“The Reform Party was basically our Tea Party,” he says. “It arose at a time of crisis, when our deficits were spiralling out of control, much like the American deficits are now . . . the people who started the Reform party are pretty much the same kind of people that are energized by the Tea Party.”
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Canadian+politics+enough+brew+Party/3784188/story.html#ixzz15K8ojzdW
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Canadian+politics+enough+brew+Party/3784188/story.html
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Rand Paul (R), the Republican candidate for the Kentucky U.S. Senate seat, greets supporters during an election night party on November 2, 2010 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Richard Foot, Postmedia News · Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
On the surface, Dan Tappin sounds nothing like the angry, American Tea Party protesters that fuelled a libertarian insurgency inside the Republican party and, in Tuesday’s elections, reshaped the power structure in Washington.
Mr. Tappin is a soft-spoken, 36-year-old family man who works as an oilpatch engineer in Estevan, Sask. But lurking below his friendly disposition is a seething frustration with Canadian politics and the big-spending Conservative government.
“I feel fed up with everybody,” he says. “They all seem to spend our money, just as poorly, no matter which party is in power.”
A one-time Tory election volunteer, Mr. Tappin says he was appalled when Prime Minister Stephen Harper poured tens of billions of taxpayer dollars into bailout packages for the auto industry and the faltering economy last year.
“I just felt, ‘What are you guys doing?’”
He poured his own frustrations into a new website, MapleLeafParty.ca, as a “bit of an homage to the U.S. Tea Party movement.”
Mr. Tappin has no desire to start a new political party, and doesn’t know whether his blog will ever transform into an actual movement, a northern version of the U.S. Tea Party. But he’s convinced there are millions of other Canadians like him, ticked off by deficits and waste and taxpayer abuse, without a real champion of their own in Ottawa.
“I know from the emails I get, there are other people just as frustrated as I am,” he says. “There’s not a single entity in Canada, or a true political party, that represents people with views like mine.”
Is there enough anger and frustration to fuel a Tea Party movement in Canada? Could similar sentiments lead to a taxpayer backlash that influences the next election, or the one after?
Mr. Tappin says the Maple Leaf Party is one of the many “green shoots,” the very early beginnings of a populist libertarian uprising. He’s already been in contact with the Reseau Liberte Quebec (Quebec Freedom Network), a fledgling organization founded by a handful of young, right-wing Quebecois politicos that attracted about 500 people to its inaugural meeting last month.
“To have 500 people pay $35 to spend a Saturday in a room in Quebec City, to hear people talk about conservative policies — I’ve never seen that. I think it’s kind of unique. There is an appetite for those policies,” says Eric Duhaime, co-founder of the Reseau Liberte, who once worked for former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day and now writes a newspaper column in Quebec.
Mr. Tappin and Mr. Duhaime also point to the growth of the hard-right Wildrose Alliance Party — which threatens the hegemony of Alberta’s long-lived Conservative government — and to the recent victory of Toronto’s new anti-establishment mayor Rob Ford — who campaigned solely on turning off the municipal “gravy train” — as further signals of rising Tea Party sentiment in Canada.
Like many Tea Party supporters in the U.S., Mr. Duhaime also says he and other young libertarians across Canada detest the growing reach and responsibilities of governments into every corner of citizens’ lives.
“Our ancestors came to Quebec for many of the same reasons they came to the U.S.,” he says. “They came here for freedom, because they wanted to get rid of big governments that were telling them what to do with their lives. Unfortunately over the last 50 years, we have lost that heritage.
“Even the immigrants who come to Canada, they’re not coming because they want to be taxed to death, they’re coming because they want freedom to decide what’s best for themselves and their kids.”
Gil Troy, an American who teaches U.S. political history at McGill University in Montreal, cautions that however passionate Canada’s Tea Party wannabes might be, their ideals are unlikely to ignite the same fires in this country as in the U.S.
For one thing, Canada’s economy is in far better shape. Mr. Troy says the wreckage in the U.S. — high unemployment, shuttered factories, foreclosed homes — is the real reason behind the Tea Party’s success this year.
“Their victories are the result of economic distress, and the fear that there’s something seriously wrong with the country,” says Mr. Troy. “If we take out the recession, if we take out the sense that there’s serious dysfunction going on, would there be the same kind of phenomenon? I don’t think so.”
In a critique last month in the Washington Post, political scholar Charles Murray agreed with Tea Party claims that American society is increasingly and dangerously divided between ordinary working and middle-class people, and a class of “New Elites” — both right and left wing — who control academia, the media and the political system, but are “isolated from mainstream America” and deeply out of touch with the lives and cares of ordinary working people.
Mr. Troy says not only is that divide less acute in Canada, but that political discourse here remains far more civil. Canadian debate has not yet been hijacked by what he calls the “toxic media culture and the toxic blogosphere” that feed the Tea Party’s populist anger.
Tom Flanagan, the U.S.-born, Calgary academic and former adviser to Mr. Harper, says a Tea Party insurgency is less likely in Canada because in our political system, unlike the U.S. primary system, parties are not required by law to hold free and open nomination contests.
The Tea Party succeeded by fielding libertarian candidates, and knocking off establishment ones, in several Republican primaries. That tactic wouldn’t work in Canada, where leaders of the major political parties fiercely protect incumbents and, in many cases, simply appoint candidates by fiat.
“You could have an insurgency here and there in Canada, but a wide uprising like we saw in the U.S. just isn’t possible here,” says Mr. Flanagan. “What happens instead is that people end up forming a new party, because the control over the existing party is too strong.”
Which is what happened with the Reform party under Preston Manning in the 1980s.
“The Reform Party was basically our Tea Party,” he says. “It arose at a time of crisis, when our deficits were spiralling out of control, much like the American deficits are now . . . the people who started the Reform party are pretty much the same kind of people that are energized by the Tea Party.”
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Canadian+politics+enough+brew+Party/3784188/story.html#ixzz15K8ojzdW
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Canadian+politics+enough+brew+Party/3784188/story.html
Thursday, November 4, 2010
news: travel
UPDATE 3-Air Canada tops forecasts as traffic, revenue rise
By Susan Taylor
OTTAWA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Air Canada (ACa.TO) (ACb.TO) reported a bigger than expected quarterly profit on Thursday, as Canada's No. 1 airline increased its lucrative business travel traffic and continued an aggressive cost-cutting plan.
Riding a recovery in air travel, the Montreal-based airline said the results also reflect gains in international markets, notably on its Pacific flights.
On the ropes last year as it faced a hefty debt and recession-driven downturn in demand, Air Canada said it has already met its C$300 million annual savings target for 2010. It currently projects C$350 million in savings for 2011, toward its C$530 million target.
The airline reported its third-quarter operating income climbed to C$327 million ($327 million), nearly five times year-earlier levels of C$68 million. Closely watched earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft rent, or EBITDAR, rose to C$581 million from C$320 million.
National Bank Financial analyst Cameron Doerksen credited better cost control for the robust operating income and adjusted earnings per share, which "handily" beat his estimates.
"Although the beat relative to consensus was modest on the EPS line, we believe the outperformance on an operating basis could drive positive momentum in this stock this morning," UBS analyst Tasneem Azim said in a note. Azim had forecast EBITDAR of C$554 million.
Net income fell to C$261 million, or 91 Canadian cents a share, from C$277 million, or C$2.44 a share, a year earlier.
Excluding a C$90 million foreign exchange gain in the latest quarter and a C$295 million gain a year earlier, adjusted earnings came to 64 Canadian cents per share, compared with a loss of 19 Canadian cents last year.
Azim expected adjusted earnings of 46 Canadian cents a share, while Doerksen forecast 40 Canadian cents.
Revenue rose to C$3.02 billion from C$2.67 billion, largely in line with analyst estimates.
Air Canada B shares were up 2 percent at C$3.91 on the Toronto Stock Exchange late Thursday morning. The stock has surged about 215 percent so far this year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE6A30H320101104
By Susan Taylor
OTTAWA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Air Canada (ACa.TO) (ACb.TO) reported a bigger than expected quarterly profit on Thursday, as Canada's No. 1 airline increased its lucrative business travel traffic and continued an aggressive cost-cutting plan.
Riding a recovery in air travel, the Montreal-based airline said the results also reflect gains in international markets, notably on its Pacific flights.
On the ropes last year as it faced a hefty debt and recession-driven downturn in demand, Air Canada said it has already met its C$300 million annual savings target for 2010. It currently projects C$350 million in savings for 2011, toward its C$530 million target.
The airline reported its third-quarter operating income climbed to C$327 million ($327 million), nearly five times year-earlier levels of C$68 million. Closely watched earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft rent, or EBITDAR, rose to C$581 million from C$320 million.
National Bank Financial analyst Cameron Doerksen credited better cost control for the robust operating income and adjusted earnings per share, which "handily" beat his estimates.
"Although the beat relative to consensus was modest on the EPS line, we believe the outperformance on an operating basis could drive positive momentum in this stock this morning," UBS analyst Tasneem Azim said in a note. Azim had forecast EBITDAR of C$554 million.
Net income fell to C$261 million, or 91 Canadian cents a share, from C$277 million, or C$2.44 a share, a year earlier.
Excluding a C$90 million foreign exchange gain in the latest quarter and a C$295 million gain a year earlier, adjusted earnings came to 64 Canadian cents per share, compared with a loss of 19 Canadian cents last year.
Azim expected adjusted earnings of 46 Canadian cents a share, while Doerksen forecast 40 Canadian cents.
Revenue rose to C$3.02 billion from C$2.67 billion, largely in line with analyst estimates.
Air Canada B shares were up 2 percent at C$3.91 on the Toronto Stock Exchange late Thursday morning. The stock has surged about 215 percent so far this year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE6A30H320101104
news: pauvre chaton
Strays, shelters feeling delayed bite of recession
Updated 11/5/2010 12:09 AM
By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY
More private animal shelters are not accepting strays as they fill up with animals abandoned because their owners cannot afford to keep them.
No one tracks how many shelters do not take strays, but "we are seeing more of it, especially with the economy," says Pam Burney, vice president for community initiatives with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "Non-profit shelters are looking at the resources they have available."
The shelters are reaching capacity because more people who are losing jobs or homes are abandoning their cats and dogs, Burney says. Animals are dropped off by the owners or picked up on the street by the public or animal control officers.
PAW PRINT POST: A community for animal lovers
Some shelters, overrun with animals, are choosing not to accept strays because they want to euthanize fewer animals, says Inga Fricke, director of sheltering initiatives at the Humane Society of the United States.
Shelters are ending their contracts with municipalities to get stray animals off the streets. That has put pressure on cities, also feeling budget constraints, to find other places for the animals, says Debbie Dawson, senior animal control officer in Edmonds, Wash., who is president of the National Animal Control Association.
She says it is especially difficult for smaller towns that may have only one shelter. Some are turning animals over to private kennels or veterinarians to house or put down animals.
Shelter officials say municipalities do not pay the full cost of housing a stray animal.
Sandy Ankrom, manager of the Highland Animal Shelter in Highland, Ill., a rural community east of St. Louis, says her shelter ended its contract with the city in July because it could no longer afford to care for animals the city brought in.
"We asked the city for more money, but they said they couldn't afford it," Ankrom says. The city paid the shelter about $21,000 a year to take in strays, but she says $18,000 of that was spent just on veterinary bills.
Among other shelters that have made changes:
•The Delaware County SPCA in Media, Pa., will end in July its contracts with 46 municipalities to take strays found in their communities. By 2012, the shelter plans to become a no-kill facility, meaning it will euthanize only dangerous animals or those too sick or injured to survive.
•The Humane Society of North Central Arkansas ended its contract with the city of Mountain Home on Monday. The Humane Society got $1,500 a month to care for strays, but board President Barbara Chambers says the number of strays kept increasing. In October, the number of strays arriving had more than doubled to more than 50.
•Since October, the Louisiana SPCA will go out to get strays only if they are injured or have attacked someone, says CEO Ana Zorrilla. The shelter handles animal code enforcement for New Orleans. She says the city cut its budget from $2.3 million to $2.1 million and proposes to cut it to $1.5 million next year.
The result, she says, is that more dogs and cats are roaming the streets.
"There is no other agency to take care of these animals," she says. "So they will suffer."
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/pets/2010-11-05-strayanimals05_ST_N.htm
Updated 11/5/2010 12:09 AM
By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY
More private animal shelters are not accepting strays as they fill up with animals abandoned because their owners cannot afford to keep them.
No one tracks how many shelters do not take strays, but "we are seeing more of it, especially with the economy," says Pam Burney, vice president for community initiatives with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "Non-profit shelters are looking at the resources they have available."
The shelters are reaching capacity because more people who are losing jobs or homes are abandoning their cats and dogs, Burney says. Animals are dropped off by the owners or picked up on the street by the public or animal control officers.
PAW PRINT POST: A community for animal lovers
Some shelters, overrun with animals, are choosing not to accept strays because they want to euthanize fewer animals, says Inga Fricke, director of sheltering initiatives at the Humane Society of the United States.
Shelters are ending their contracts with municipalities to get stray animals off the streets. That has put pressure on cities, also feeling budget constraints, to find other places for the animals, says Debbie Dawson, senior animal control officer in Edmonds, Wash., who is president of the National Animal Control Association.
She says it is especially difficult for smaller towns that may have only one shelter. Some are turning animals over to private kennels or veterinarians to house or put down animals.
Shelter officials say municipalities do not pay the full cost of housing a stray animal.
Sandy Ankrom, manager of the Highland Animal Shelter in Highland, Ill., a rural community east of St. Louis, says her shelter ended its contract with the city in July because it could no longer afford to care for animals the city brought in.
"We asked the city for more money, but they said they couldn't afford it," Ankrom says. The city paid the shelter about $21,000 a year to take in strays, but she says $18,000 of that was spent just on veterinary bills.
Among other shelters that have made changes:
•The Delaware County SPCA in Media, Pa., will end in July its contracts with 46 municipalities to take strays found in their communities. By 2012, the shelter plans to become a no-kill facility, meaning it will euthanize only dangerous animals or those too sick or injured to survive.
•The Humane Society of North Central Arkansas ended its contract with the city of Mountain Home on Monday. The Humane Society got $1,500 a month to care for strays, but board President Barbara Chambers says the number of strays kept increasing. In October, the number of strays arriving had more than doubled to more than 50.
•Since October, the Louisiana SPCA will go out to get strays only if they are injured or have attacked someone, says CEO Ana Zorrilla. The shelter handles animal code enforcement for New Orleans. She says the city cut its budget from $2.3 million to $2.1 million and proposes to cut it to $1.5 million next year.
The result, she says, is that more dogs and cats are roaming the streets.
"There is no other agency to take care of these animals," she says. "So they will suffer."
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/pets/2010-11-05-strayanimals05_ST_N.htm
lil wayne
Nov 4 2010 9:06 PM EDT 36,511
Lil Wayne Photo Shows MC Watching His Own Video
Weezy checks out his 'Steady Mobbin' ' clip, also featuring Gucci Mane, for the first time in latest post-prison picture.
By Mawuse Ziegbe (@mawuseziegbe) , with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes
Lil Wayne has been giving his fans glimpses of his first day of freedom with a series of pictures, and the latest shows the I Am Not a Human Being MC partaking in a little business and pleasure.
In the newest pic, which DJ Scoob Doo tweeted on Thursday (November 4), the megastar spitter checks out the video for his "Steady Mobbin' " collabo with Gucci Mane. The duo's respective legal entanglements forced the MCs to film each part of the video separately, and the picture shows Wayne viewing the clip, which premiered over the summer during Wayne's eight-month bid, for the first time; he also got a first glimpse at his "I'm Single" video.
(For photos of Lil Wayne after his release from prison, click here.)
In the photo, Wayne views the video on a laptop resting on a grand piano and appears to be focusing intently on the clip, his plate of fresh fruit untouched and covered in plastic wrap. However, Weezy does appear to indulge in a smoke, clutching what appears to be a cigar, with a plateful of ashes lying by the computer.
WEEZY WATCH
Bookmark weezywatch.mtv.com for MTV News' complete, round-the-clock coverage of Lil Wayne's prison release and the ensuing homecoming celebrations.
The photo is a snapshot of what is shaping up to be a busy 72 hours for the newly freed superstar. Young Money President Mack Maine informed MTV News during his "RapFix Live" interview that over the next few days, Wayne will hang out with family, fly to Arizona on Friday for a court date and celebrate his release with a blowout bash in Miami on Sunday.
"There's a lot of smiles, I'm pretty sure some people are gonna be crying. ... It's just going to be mixed emotions and a lot of just rejoicing," Maine said of the expected vibe among Weezy's inner circle as they welcome him back. "Everybody is going to be happy to see him, and of course, we have parties coming up."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651575/20101104/lil_wayne.jhtml
Lil Wayne Photo Shows MC Watching His Own Video
Weezy checks out his 'Steady Mobbin' ' clip, also featuring Gucci Mane, for the first time in latest post-prison picture.
By Mawuse Ziegbe (@mawuseziegbe) , with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes
Lil Wayne has been giving his fans glimpses of his first day of freedom with a series of pictures, and the latest shows the I Am Not a Human Being MC partaking in a little business and pleasure.
In the newest pic, which DJ Scoob Doo tweeted on Thursday (November 4), the megastar spitter checks out the video for his "Steady Mobbin' " collabo with Gucci Mane. The duo's respective legal entanglements forced the MCs to film each part of the video separately, and the picture shows Wayne viewing the clip, which premiered over the summer during Wayne's eight-month bid, for the first time; he also got a first glimpse at his "I'm Single" video.
(For photos of Lil Wayne after his release from prison, click here.)
In the photo, Wayne views the video on a laptop resting on a grand piano and appears to be focusing intently on the clip, his plate of fresh fruit untouched and covered in plastic wrap. However, Weezy does appear to indulge in a smoke, clutching what appears to be a cigar, with a plateful of ashes lying by the computer.
WEEZY WATCH
Bookmark weezywatch.mtv.com for MTV News' complete, round-the-clock coverage of Lil Wayne's prison release and the ensuing homecoming celebrations.
The photo is a snapshot of what is shaping up to be a busy 72 hours for the newly freed superstar. Young Money President Mack Maine informed MTV News during his "RapFix Live" interview that over the next few days, Wayne will hang out with family, fly to Arizona on Friday for a court date and celebrate his release with a blowout bash in Miami on Sunday.
"There's a lot of smiles, I'm pretty sure some people are gonna be crying. ... It's just going to be mixed emotions and a lot of just rejoicing," Maine said of the expected vibe among Weezy's inner circle as they welcome him back. "Everybody is going to be happy to see him, and of course, we have parties coming up."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651575/20101104/lil_wayne.jhtml
Food safety watchdog
Food safety watchdog still unclear on numbers
Published On Thu Nov 04 2010EmailPrint
OTTAWA—The federal food safety watchdog is still unable to say how many full-time inspectors work in ready-to-eat meat plants more than two years after a deadly nationwide outbreak of listeriosis traced to tainted deli meats.
So, the union representing federal meat inspectors decided to do some arithmetic of its own and concluded that despite promises of new hires, Canadians are not any safer from processed meat than they were before the outbreak.
The Agriculture Union claimed there are now actually fewer people in charge of enforcing safety standards at non-slaughter meat plants than before bacteria found on deli meats from a Maple Leaf Foods facility in Toronto ended up killing 22 Canadians and sickening hundreds more.
The union said that before the outbreak, there were approximately 220 inspectors who spent most of their time working with a new compliance verification system that monitors safety in non-slaughter meat facilities.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, meanwhile, has estimated that it would need just 155 full-time positions to do that work.
“That makes no sense whatsoever,” union president Bob Kingston said in an interview Thursday.
Part of the problem is that the federal food inspection agency has yet to implement all 57 recommendations contained in a scathing report from independent investigator Sheila Weatherill last summer on how the government handled the crisis.
One of the recommendations was that the CFIA bring in third-party experts to conduct a resources audit that would help determine how many inspectors to hire.
The CFIA has yet to conduct that audit, but its president denied the allegations made by the union.
“I can tell you we have more inspection capacity on (the compliance verification system) now than we did prior to the outbreak,” Carole Swan told the Commons health committee examining the response to the Weatherill report on Thursday.
The CFIA was nonetheless unable to provide the specific number of inspectors that would be devoted to that task, although officials at committee did say they had hired 150 of 170 planned new inspectors.
Kingston said that without the resources audit, the CFIA cannot be confident it has enough people to do the job.
“To say that everything is fine and that we’ve got the resources we need, that’s pure nonsense and they know it,” Kingston said. “At this point in time, there has not been a proper evaluation of the resources needed to fully deliver on this system.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/886200--food-safety-watchdog-still-unclear-on-numbers
Published On Thu Nov 04 2010EmailPrint
OTTAWA—The federal food safety watchdog is still unable to say how many full-time inspectors work in ready-to-eat meat plants more than two years after a deadly nationwide outbreak of listeriosis traced to tainted deli meats.
So, the union representing federal meat inspectors decided to do some arithmetic of its own and concluded that despite promises of new hires, Canadians are not any safer from processed meat than they were before the outbreak.
The Agriculture Union claimed there are now actually fewer people in charge of enforcing safety standards at non-slaughter meat plants than before bacteria found on deli meats from a Maple Leaf Foods facility in Toronto ended up killing 22 Canadians and sickening hundreds more.
The union said that before the outbreak, there were approximately 220 inspectors who spent most of their time working with a new compliance verification system that monitors safety in non-slaughter meat facilities.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, meanwhile, has estimated that it would need just 155 full-time positions to do that work.
“That makes no sense whatsoever,” union president Bob Kingston said in an interview Thursday.
Part of the problem is that the federal food inspection agency has yet to implement all 57 recommendations contained in a scathing report from independent investigator Sheila Weatherill last summer on how the government handled the crisis.
One of the recommendations was that the CFIA bring in third-party experts to conduct a resources audit that would help determine how many inspectors to hire.
The CFIA has yet to conduct that audit, but its president denied the allegations made by the union.
“I can tell you we have more inspection capacity on (the compliance verification system) now than we did prior to the outbreak,” Carole Swan told the Commons health committee examining the response to the Weatherill report on Thursday.
The CFIA was nonetheless unable to provide the specific number of inspectors that would be devoted to that task, although officials at committee did say they had hired 150 of 170 planned new inspectors.
Kingston said that without the resources audit, the CFIA cannot be confident it has enough people to do the job.
“To say that everything is fine and that we’ve got the resources we need, that’s pure nonsense and they know it,” Kingston said. “At this point in time, there has not been a proper evaluation of the resources needed to fully deliver on this system.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/886200--food-safety-watchdog-still-unclear-on-numbers
Death and decay
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK: 2010
By WGSN Interiors team, 02 November 2010
Trend Analysis
The 9th edition of Dutch Design Week took place between 23 - 31 October this year in Eindhoven. The event attracts more than 120,000 visitors making it the largest design event in the Netherlands and around 1500 Dutch and international designers showed their work across four design districts. This included graduates from the Design Academy Eindhoven who exhibited their projects at the highly anticipated Graduation Show.
Death and decay
From a set of vases grown out of mould, to a series of decomposable coffins for the stillborn, this year designers explore the uncomfortable and unsightly
Projects that incorporate human hair, animal carcasses and plastic-eating bacteria are all seen at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show
Academy Eindhoven graduate, Yasuhito Hirose, designed a lampshade to dignify dust. The diffuser of the Dust Shade is charged with static electricity, attracting layers of dust to build and take on the appearance of soft, fluffy cotton
Joost Wever's necklace of teeth and ceramic brain bowls were inspired by the symbolic vanitas used in 16th and 17th century still life paintings in Europe. The presence of the vanitas, typically a skull or rotten fruit, symbolises the transient nature of vanity and serves as a reminder of the certainty of death
http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/Trade_Shows/Full_Report/2010/October/dutch_design_week2010trendanalysis.html
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