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Module UXS-1000:
Issues in Media and Journalism
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 2
Organiser: Dr Elizabeth Miller
Overall aims and purpose
This module critically examines issues, theories and perspectives central to the study of Media and Journalism. From Media, it will examine the origins of media, the impact of media on society, the affordances of a range of media forms, interrelationships between technology and society, political economy, identity and community, production, dissemination and ownership, communication and interaction, privacy, and the ideological implications of networked mediated culture in a co-creative media age. From Journalism, it will examine the development of the public sphere, core journalistic ideals, forms, practices and the extent to which they have been compromised by the forces of professionalism, propaganda, public relations and market pressures. It also examines the consequences for our trust in journalism. Throughout, the course will draw on the perspectives of critical theorists, political-economists and sociologists, applying these perspectives to important examples within Media and Journalism.
Course content
The origins of professional media and journalism are indivisible, not least because the origins of professional media lies in news. This in turn necessitated advertising revenue and media distribution channels. To explore this, the course starts with a consideration of the impact of media on society in general, before moving to a more specialised focus on journalism. In the first half of the course, it will examine key media and critical theorists (such as McLuhan, Foucault and Adorno), along with foundational approaches to media (such as audience theory and political-economy). In the second half of the course, it examines issues more specific to journalism but that are also of primary relevance to understanding the media industry. This latter half presents and critiques the ideal of the public sphere. It then examines some of the forces that constitute the public sphere's corruption – namely propaganda, public relations, advertising, market pressures and the influence of media affordances (such as those found in social media). Overall, taking a range of analytical perspectives (critical-theoretical, political-economic and sociological), a range of media and journalistic ideals, forms and practices will be critically analysed and evaluated.
Assessment Criteria
Work at this level (D and D+) will demonstrate adequate writing skills, a limited amount of background research, some attempt to grapple with concepts and a degree of success in using these to understand required topics. At threshold level mistakes will have been made in comprehension and thereafter application.
C- to C+
Work at this level (C- to C+) will demonstrate above average writing skills, background research and conceptual understanding and a degree of success in using these to understand issues in media and journalism.
At this level of A- and above students will display mature appreciation of media and journalism, its multifaceted nature, theoretical and ethical implications, and will have made an attempt to synthesize this understanding (to compare and contrast, and arrive at an argument). Students will also be able to make rich connections between theory and the real world so to advance understanding of either/both theory or/and appreciation of a practical media and journalism matter.
At B- to B+ a greater attempt to engage with ideas will have been made. Mistakes may still have been made but the student will have read more broadly and understood their examples in greater depth (whether this be a law, company, technology or other aspect of media and journalism).
Learning outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of how technologies and media culture developed from the inception of mass media until today, and how these developments can be contextualised historically.
Demonstrate an understanding of key terms and concepts relating to mass media, media culture and digital media.
Demonstrate a good grasp of key thinkers informing the disciplines of media and journalism.
Demonstrate an awareness of issues of production/design and reception, ownership, access, interactivity, and the ideological implications of mediated culture.
Understand a range of critical-theoretical, political-economic and sociological approaches to studying media and journalism
Assessment Methods
|Leading a seminar either on own or in small groups
see Module Guide on Blackboard
see Module Guide on Blackboard
Teaching and Learning Strategy
The lecture format will be employed, although the lecturer will be sensitive to need for high levels of interaction so as to ensure comprehension.
|One-to-one supervision
One-to one tutorial for advice on assignment and other course comprehension matters.
These will primarily be student-led so as to encourage engagement and maintain weekly enthusiasm.
|Private study
This will involve reading course materials and beyond. The latter will encompass academic sources, but also industry reports, policy documents and relevant news sources to be advised by the lecturer.
Transferable skills
- Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
- Numeracy - Proficiency in using numbers at appropriate levels of accuracy
- Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
- Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
- Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
- Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
- Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
- Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
- Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
- Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
- Mentoring - Able to support, help, guide, inspire and/or coach others
- Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
- Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others
- Leadership - Able to lead and manage, develop action plans and objectives, offer guidance and direction to others, and cope with the related pressures such authority can result in
Subject specific skills
- An understanding of creative and critical processes, and of the wide range of skills inherent in creative writing. (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.1).
- Awareness of how different social and cultural contexts affect the nature of language and meaning (English Benchmark Statement 3.2).
- The ability to synthesize information from various sources, choosing and applying appropriate concepts and methods (English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
- Ability to formulate and solve problems, anticipate and accommodate change, and work within contexts of ambiguity, uncertainty and unfamiliarity (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
- Ability to engage in processes of drafting and redrafting texts to achieve clarity of expression and an appropriate style. (English Benchmark Statement 3.3; NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2).
- Ability to gather information, analyse, interpret and discuss different viewpoints (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
- Information technology (IT) skills broadly understood and the ability to access, work with and evaluate electronic resources (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
Resource implications for students
All resources should be freely accessible in the library.
Reading list
See Module Guide on Blackboard for full list.
Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- W3P3: BA Astudiaethau'r Cyfr & Cherdd year 1 (BA/ACC)
- WP83: BA Media Studies & Creative Wrtng year 1 (BA/CWMS)
- 065C: BA English Literature with Journalism year 1 (BA/ELJ)
- PQ54: BA English Lang & Journalism with International Experience year 1 (BA/ELJIE)
- PQ53: BA English Language & Journalism year 1 (BA/ELJO)
- Q3P3: BA English Lang with Media Stds year 1 (BA/ELMS)
- R1P5: BA French with Journalism year 1 (BA/FRJO)
- R2P5: BA German with Journalism year 1 (BA/GJO)
- V1P5: BA History with Journalism year 1 (BA/HJ)
- 8S11: BA History with Journalism (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/HJIE)
- P500: BA Journalism (Subject to Validation) year 1 (BA/J)
- PP53: BA Journalism and Media Studies year 1 (BA/JMS)
- PP5B: BA Journalism & Media Studies (4yr with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BA/JMS1)
- PP54: BA Journalism & Media Studies with International Experience year 1 (BA/JMSIE)
- PP5P: BA Journalism and Media Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/JMSP)
- 3HPQ: BA Media Studies and English Literature year 1 (BA/MEN)
- P306: BA Media Studies year 1 (BA/MS)
- P31B: BA Media Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/MS1)
- P30F: BA Media Studies [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/MSF)
- 8U76: BA Media Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/MSIE)
- PW33: BA Media Studies and Music year 1 (BA/MSMUS)
- P30P: BA Media Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/MSP)
- LP33: BA Media Studies and Sociology year 1 (BA/MSSOC)
- W3P5: BA Music with Journalism year 1 (BA/MUSJ)
- P3W9: BA Professional Writing and Media year 1 (BA/PWM)
- R4P5: BA Spanish with Journalism year 1 (BA/SPJO)
- M1P1: LLB Law with Media Studies year 1 (LLB/LMS)
- M1P2: LLB Law with Media Studies (International Experience) year 1 (LLB/LMSI)
Optional in courses:
- T103: BA Chinese and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CHCS)
- WPQ1: BA Creative Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/CSIE)
- WPQ0: BA Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CST)
- WPQB: BA Creative Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/CST1)
- WQ93: BA Creative Stds & English Lang. year 1 (BA/CSTEL)
- WR91: BA French and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTFR)
- WR92: BA German and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTG)
- WR93: BA Italian and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTITAL)
- WW93: BA Creative Studies and Music year 1 (BA/CSTMUS)
- WR94: BA Spanish & Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTSP)
- W620: BA Film Studies year 1 (BA/FLM)
- W62B: BA Film Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/FLM1)
- W62P: BA Film Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/FLMP)
- 2W89: BA Film Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/FSIE)
- P3WL: BA Media Studies with Theatre and Performance year 1 (BA/MSTP)
- P3WB: BA Media Stud with Theatre & Perform (4yr with Incorp Found) year 1 (BA/MSTP1)
- L200: BA Politics year 1 (BA/POL)
- L20F: BA Politics [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/POLF)
- L201: BA Politics with Placement Year year 1 (BA/POLP)
- W6W8: BA Professional Writing & Film year 1 (BA/PWF)
- P3W9: BA Professional Writing and Media year 1 (BA/PWM)

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Middle East Monitor | July 2, 2013
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The Jordanian legislators believe that the plan approved by the Knesset is part of Israel's Judaisation policies for the occupied Palestinian territories. More than 210,000 acres of land will be confiscated and the 40,000 Palestinians living in 36 villages will be displaced under the plan. The largely Bedouin population will be concentrated in specially-designated areas by the Israelis.
According to Jordan's Petra News Agency this is Israel's way of squeezing as many Palestinians as possible into as small an area of land as possible. The Israeli move was described as "another Nakba [catastrophe]" by the legislators in Amman. They affirmed their support for the Arab Knesset members who have rejected the "racist" plan. The Lower House called on the international community, in particular other parliaments and legislative councils, to condemn this law and put pressure on Israel to retract it before it can be implemented.
Against Begin-Prawer: All the Facts About Bedouin Settlement of the Negev
by Rabbis for Human Rights ( @rhreng )
"Settling" constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US' own military legislations'
Law resources below this article
Bedouin Rights | Rabbis for Human Rights | May 30, 2013
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We are pleased to present the facts based on research studies and a position paper of Prof. Oren Yiftahel, each of which relies on primary sources.
Say No to a Dangerous Plan that Would Push Agrarian Bedouin Society into Towns of Unemployment, Economic Distress and Despair
The Bedouin are already one of Israel's poorest and most discriminated-against sectors. As with any extremely poor demographic they suffer from myriad social ills that result from their situation. But at least the Bedouin in the unrecognized villages manage to eke out a living from agriculture. Forcing them into urbanized towns unsuited to agriculture will sever them from basic sources of livelihood, sentence them to unemployment and exacerbate what is already severe socioeconomic distress. The government plans to replicate tenfold the economic failure of the town of Rahat and its ilk, at great expense. We will see mansions that look good on the outside, and families mired in unemployment and social crisis within, alongside neighborhoods of tin shanties – the homes of those who could not afford to build. The ones to pay the price will be first and foremost the Bedouin, but the rest of the Negev residents will suffer, too. Attorney Rauya Aburabiya, head of the Negev Arab Bedouin population rights division at the Association for Civil Rights: "…why does the State seek to wipe out the villages and force on them a solution that has already failed in the past? The seven permanent Bedouin settlements in the Negev are a failed model. Those towns stand out only for their position at the basement of all socioeconomic indicators. Nobody wants to live there, including the residents of the unrecognized villages. They prefer to live without water or electricity supply rather than a lowly formalized town…" See articles on the distress in Rahat [Hebrew]:
How the first Bedouin town became the last place you'd want to live
Central Bureau of Statistics rates Rahat as the poorest city in Israel [the only poorer place is Kseife, which is not big enough to be a city – it is another artificial, formalized, failed settlement established for the Bedouin]
They're not taking over the Negev
The Bedouin constitute about 30% of the Negev population, and demand recognition of their ownership over only 5% of the area's land. The counterargument is that it is not clear how much of the territory is already built up or available for residence. So let us compare only residential territory. We will compare cities to cities and villages to villages.
Sample city
Jewish city: Beer Sheva
Population density: 1,750 residents per square kilometer
Bedouin city: Rahat
Population density: 2,802 residents per square kilometer
Sample rural area:
Jewish area: Bnei Shimon Regional Council, which includes a number of kibbutzim and moshavim:
Area: 440,000 dunams – population: 7,100
Density: 0.016 residents per dunam
Bedouin area: the unrecognized villages
The unrecognized villages occupy 350,000 dunams; combined with the pasture land the Bedouin claim, the total is 640,000 dunams under dispute. 650,000 Bedouin live on this land.
Density: 0.185 per dunam; the Bedouin seek recognition of ownership that would bring the figure down to 0.101 – in other words, still more than six dimes the density of the Jewish rural area. A veritable invasion.
They do not lack ownership of the land:
The State contends that the Negev land has been ownerless since the Ottoman period, but the available testimony shoes the opposite:
The early Zionist writings; Ottoman and British documents; purchase contracts of land by Jews from Bedouin; and even the reports by the State's own expert – these all point unmistakably to Bedouin ownership of extensive Negev lands.
Now the details. First, the "Dead Negev" Law:
The State's position is based on the Dead Negative Doctrine. The rightist jurist Plia Albeck claims that the Negev is "dead" land, i.e. ownerless, and has been so since the Ottoman period.
The Historical testimony:
The Ottomans actually recognized Bedouin ownership of the land:
If the area lands were "dead" in Ottoman eyes, as the State now claims, there would be no need to purchase them. Yet the Ottomans treated them as the property of the tribes, and even bought from the Muhmadin tribe the land to build the modern city of Beer Sheva (Azazma clan) in 1899 (Braslevski, 1950; Al-Araf, 2000; Garddus and Stern, 1079; Kerk, 2002).
The early Zionists recognized Bedouin ownership of their lands:
Early Zionist Zalman David wrote in his journal To the Land of Our Fathers that the Bedouin held much land in the Negev and were prepared to sell cheaply to the Jewish settlers. He recommended making the Negev the focus of Jewish settlement because of the availability of land and the positive Bedouin attitude. This was documented in the late nineteenth century: even before Herzl wrote The Jewish State these Bedouin had invited the Jews to come live near them.
Sale agreements between Jews and Bedouin attest to their ownership of the lands:
According to Porat, Kerk and Granovski, until 1948 Jews had registered 65,000 dunams purchased from Bedouin, a process that first required the Bedouin to register the property. It served as proof that the authorities recognized traditional ownership. Another study found that contrary to the government's claim, neither British nor Ottoman law denied Bedouin ownership of the lands, and through that ownership the British registered the sales of tens of thousands of dunams by Bedouin to Jewish organizations prior to the establishment of the State (Yiftahel, Kedar and Amara, 2102).
They are not new to the Negev
Contrary to the prevailing claims, the Bedouin are longtime Negev residents: the Ottoman census of the end of the sixteenth century already noted the presence of Negev tribes in the Beer Sheva area, as well as extensive Bedouin agriculture. Non-Bedouin migrants joined them from neighboring countries, such as Egypt, Transjordan and the Rafiah-Aza coast (Al-Araf, 2000; Meir, 1985; Bailey, 1997). Largely, however, it is not people who only just came to the Negev. The 1914 Ottoman census put the Negev population at 55,000 Bedouin, while a 1922 British count numbered 51,000. This also shows that the claim that the Bedouin came only as a result of the success engendered by the early Zionists is contradicted – in fact it shows that there was actually an exit of Bedouin from the Negev.
They are not nomads
During the Ottoman period most of the Bedouin became "half-nomadic" – a blend of settlement, agriculture and grazing.
Evidence that more than one hundred Bedouin were no longer nomadic, from an early Otoman census:
A 1596 Ottoman census found many areas south of the Dahariya-Aza line that were "worked" – scattered Bedouin groups lived there permanently.
Testimony by researchers of Bedouin agriculture, 19th century:
"The area is extensively cultivated by the Tarabin tribe…" writes Edward Hull, describing his 1883 journey in the Tel Horira area, 20 kilometers northwest of Beer Sheva.
Testimony by Zionist groups regarding Bedouin agriculture at the start of the 20th century:
A Zionist land survey by the ILDC published in 1920 covered the situation of the tribes, cultivation and ownership of Negev land: the survey conclusions are clear: large swaths of the Negev were settled, cultivated and under traditional Bedouin ownership. The report notes that in the area surrounding Beer Sheva were 2.66 million dunams of Bedouin-owned land, about 35% of which were cultivated. In the northern Negev the cultivated percentage rises to 50%. The report details ownership and cultivation tribe by tribe, noting the names of more than 90 tribes.
What is the legal status?
One who cultivates land for 10 years is the legal owner
Ottoman law dictated – as did the British in its wake, with this provision still in force today – uninterrupted cultivation of land for a decade, practiced by most of the Bedouin, accords the cultivator ownership (in some locales it was "Miri" holding, a sort of inheritable right to hold and work the land, but even that eventually became bona fide ownership).
The State's own expert's findings lend support to the Bedouin's version of events:
Even researcher Ruth Kerk, who testified in court for the State against the Bedouin, wrote in her book about the existence of extensive Bedouin agriculture at the start of the Mandate period. Kerk claims that the Bedouin were nomadic before the Mandate, with no agriculture, which contradicts solid testimonies. But even if what she says is factual, as above, according to British law, ten years' consecutive cultivation creates ownership. Kerk estimates a total cultivated area of 3.5 million dunams in 1928 (Kerk, 2002). By 1948 these lands had seen two decades' cultivation. As such the State's own witness has proved Bedouin ownership.
There was even a measure of Bedouin autonomy
In 1891 the Bedouin tribe chiefs first agreed – with Ottoman approval – to divide the Negev among their tribes. The borders were clear and agreed. The tribal areas functioned as separate political entities with clear boundaries and local legal authority. Even the first Jewish land purchase in 1913 – for the land of Kibbutz Ruhama – from the Atawna tribe was approved retroactively by the Ottomans.
The Bedouin and Zionism:
Support for the Bedouin version is anti-Zionist? Depends how you define your terms But here is what the first Zionists had to say on the subject.
Read the words of the Zionist Fathers about Bedouin settlement in the Negev at the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth centuries:
"We went on the road from Gaza about four or five hours around Bedouin neighborhoods and fields, reaching Gerar by the end of the day…and on both sides of the wadi were row upon row of Bedouin shepherds' tents. There were no trees there; the whole plain was sown with wheat and barley" (Livontin, 1936:37).
Menahem Shenkin, as well, one of the Zionist settlement leaders, took a trip through the Negev in 1912, and wrote:
"On Saturday night at nightfall we left our encampment and went northeast toward Beer Sheva…here and there were Arab residences, an admixture of houses, shacks and tents…a broad, good road for wagons moving among grain fields, sown with barley, barley and corn, which brought us to the hill of Beer Sheva…in the evening the district commander invited us to dinner…we talked about the development of the city…the lands all around are fertile. Abundant grain fields…"
Hitches and answers:
But there are opposite testimonies – that the Negev was desolate – no?
There were a few such testimonies, but those researchers, such as Palmer, visited the Negev in the summer or during drought. Palmer even reports in detail about the drought that hit the area in explaining the aridity of 1870, when he visited. On the other hand, most of the Negev travelers who left organized reports, such as Tristram, Wilton, Robinson, Schumacher, Johnson, Oppenheim, Musil and even the Zionist Livontin, reported on Bedouin agriculture they encountered in the nineteenth century and start of the twentieth (Seetzen, 1908; Jaussen, 1885; Hull, 1907; Musil, 1855).
So where are the registrations of Bedouin ownership of the land? Didn't the Ottomans and British require registration?
Formally, Ottoman law since 1858 required registration of all land transactions. The Bedouin, like the vast majority of the land's inhabitants, did not tend to follow this requirement, because they did not recognize the occupying Ottomans' authority (which only barely functioned in the Negev); and because the land was not treated as "dead," as the Ottomans recognized the Tasruf (the right to work for an unlimited duration) of the Bedouin. It thus emerged that the traditional Bedouin practice was the de facto system in effect. Even the Ottomans recognized that. During the British period, beginning in 1917, no significant changes took place in land administration or settlement, since the British sought to preserve the tribal autonomy in that regard. Winston Churchill as State Secretary for Colonial Affairs: "The Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs reinforced the guarantees already granted in Beer Sheva by the High Commissioner to the Sheikhs, that the special rights and customs of the Bedouin tribes of the Beer Sheva region will not be violated" (Public Records Office). The British and Ottomans respected and registered lands sold via the traditional Bedouin land system. Israel did not.
But aren't there are historical maps of the Negev with no Bedouin settlements?
Most of the maps prepared by Europeans around the end of the nineteenth century did not mark Bedouin settlements, apparently because they misunderstood the Bedouin treatment of space – these were indeed settlements different in their layout and appearance from the villages in the country's north, and were therefore not considered "villages" in the viewers' eyes. Which is more likely – that the European cartographers did not see a method of settlement alien to them (tents and mud buildings) as villages worthy of marking? Or that dozens of detailed historical testimonies, some by the early Zionists, were fabricated or mistaken? The oft-heard claim that there was no Bedouin settlement in the Negev is problematic geographically and historically, and results, as mentioned, from a lack of cartographic documentation by the Bedouin in this period.
So how did we get from history to today's unrecognized villages?
The process of dividing the land into zones of authority by tribe, clan and family is important – it forms the social-property basis of today's unrecognized villages.
As geographer Avinoam Meir describes, within those tribal areas the Bedouin settlements developed over the last few centuries.
The switch to agriculture as the economic focus led to conflict with existing settlements, which also contained groups of tents; over the years beykas were built (mud-brick houses, storage buildings and livestock shelters) and later, stone houses.
"States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy."
State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in international armed conflicts.
International armed conflicts
The prohibition on deporting or transferring parts of a State's own civilian population into the territory it occupies is set forth in the Fourth Geneva Convention.[1]
It is a grave breach of Additional Protocol I.[2]
Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, "the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies" constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts.[3]
Many military manuals prohibit the deportation or transfer by a party to the conflict of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies.[4]
This rule is included in the legislation of numerous States.[5]
Official statements and reported practice also support the prohibition on transferring one's own civilian population into occupied territory.[6]
Attempts to alter the demographic composition of an occupied territory have been condemned by the UN Security Council.[7]
In 1992, it called for the cessation of attempts to change the ethnic composition of the population, anywhere in the former Yugoslavia.[8]
Similarly, the UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights have condemned settlement practices.[9]
According to the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements, "the implantation of settlers" is unlawful and engages State responsibility and the criminal responsibility of individuals.[10]
In 1981, the 24th International Conference of the Red Cross reaffirmed that "settlements in occupied territory are incompatible with article 27 and 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention".[11]
In the Case of the Major War Criminals in 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg found two of the accused guilty of attempting the "Germanization" of occupied territories.[12]
[1] Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49, sixth paragraph (cited in Vol. II, Ch. 38, § 334).
[2] Additional Protocol I, Article 85(4)(a) (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 335).
[3] ICC Statute, Article 8(2)(b)(viii) (ibid., § 336).
[4] See, e.g., the military manuals of Argentina (ibid., §§ 346–347), Australia (ibid., § 348), Canada (ibid., § 349), Croatia (ibid., § 350), Hungary (ibid., § 351), Italy (ibid., § 352), Netherlands (ibid., § 353), New Zealand (ibid., § 354), Spain (ibid., § 355), Sweden (ibid., § 357), Switzerland (ibid., § 357), United Kingdom (ibid., § 358) and United States (ibid., § 359).
[5] See, e.g., the legislation of Armenia (ibid., § 361), Australia (ibid., §§ 362–363), Azerbaijan (ibid., §§ 364–365), Bangladesh (ibid., § 366), Belarus (ibid., § 367), Belgium (ibid., § 368), Bosnia and Herzegovina (ibid., § 369), Canada (ibid., §§ 371–372), Congo (ibid., § 373), Cook Islands (ibid., § 374), Croatia (ibid., § 375), Cyprus (ibid., § 376), Czech Republic (ibid., § 377), Germany (ibid., § 379), Georgia (ibid., § 380), Ireland (ibid., § 381), Mali (ibid., § 384), Republic of Moldova (ibid., § 385), Netherlands (ibid., § 386), New Zealand (ibid., §§ 387–388), Niger (ibid., § 390), Norway (ibid., § 391), Slovakia (ibid., § 392), Slovenia (ibid., § 393), Spain (ibid., § 394), Tajikistan (ibid., § 395), United Kingdom (ibid., §§ 397–398), Yugoslavia (ibid., § 399) and Zimbabwe (ibid., § 400); see also the draft legislation of Argentina (ibid., § 360), Burundi (ibid., § 370), Jordan (ibid., § 382), Lebanon (ibid., § 383) and Trinidad and Tobago (ibid., § 396).
[6] See, e.g., the statements of Kuwait (ibid., § 405) and United States (ibid., §§ 406–407) and the reported practice of Egypt (ibid., § 402) and France (ibid., § 403).
[7] See, e.g., UN Security Council, Res. 446 , 452 and 476 (ibid., § 408), Res. 465 (ibid., § 409) and Res. 677 (ibid., § 410).
[8] UN Security Council, Res. 752 (ibid., § 411).
[9] See, e.g., UN General Assembly, Res. 36/147 C, 37/88 C, 38/79 D, 39/95 D and 40/161 D (ibid., § 412) and Res. 54/78 (ibid., § 405); UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2001/7 (ibid., § 413).
[10] UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights, Final report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements (ibid., § 415).
[11] 24th International Conference of the Red Cross, Res. III (ibid., § 419).
[12] International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Case of the Major War Criminals, Judgement (ibid., § 421).


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Today, I get the sole pleasure of interviewing Grace, the main character from Author Heleen Kist's debut In Servitude. Heleen's literary journey can be read here.
Grace, welcome to my blog. It is wonderful to have you here. There are a few questions I would like to ask you today to get to know you better. Though Heleen is the author, you are the star of the book.
1. Tell me something about your relationship with Glory after she got married to Stephen. Did you find a distance happening between the two of you?
I remember being quite hurt when she left our West End flat to move in with him, but she was happy so it was OK. After all, that's all that matters. Of course, we grew apart a little bit—surely that's normal in adulthood? But our bond remained strong. And when she had the kids I often came to help, and that gave us a chance to hang out and talk about everything.
2. Knowing about Glory in a telephone call was a shock to you and to us readers. What is the first thing that you thought of?
Me. I know that sounds wrong, but it's true. Glory meant the world to me and I didn't know how I would be able live without her. But very quickly my thoughts turned to her sons, Adam and Noah, and to our parents. Her husband Stephen wouldn't be able to cope alone – Glory always took care of everything – so I immediately made plans on how I could take over. That helped me as much as it did them, giving me purpose when I was lost.
3. Were you psychically connected to your sister?
I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. But we were extremely close. Or at least, I thought we were.
4. What is the one thing that you wish you could have changed in your relationship with Glory? What is the biggest regret?
My biggest regret is not being more supportive of Glory's café, Veg&Might. I didn't there would be a market for a vegan café in Glasgow and whether I was right or wrong doesn't matter—what matters is that she didn't feel she could talk to me about it. Why else all the secrets? If she'd just confided in me …
5. Were you scared dealing with the underworld and the crime lords?
I didn't think I would be. I'm a tough cookie, I've taught kick boxing and I've lived in Glasgow long enough to not be intimidated easily. But when you come face to face with people who are steeped in criminality, and you need something from them, it's another matter. The anxiety I used to suffer from as a child (and thought I had mastered) came flooding back.
6. How did you meet Dave and what made you think that he is the right guy for you?
I met Dave in a bar, in the East End of town where one of my friends from college now lives. I wouldn't normally go there, so it was lucky I was there that night. His amazing smile caught my eye and we were soon talking. He's very easy going and has a very calming influence on me.
7. What do you do in your life other than being a personal trainer? What are your hobbies?
In this roller coaster of a book, we don't get to see a lot of your routine life Before Glory died, I was very focused on my work. I had a lot of personal training clients and had to fit my schedule around theirs, which can be quite difficult. It didn't leave much room for anything else, though of course I love running.
8. Are you happy with how Heleen has portrayed you? Do you want to change anything about yourself in this book?
Sometimes it sounds like I don't like people very much. I do have high expectations of people—I probably get that from my mother—but as you'll see, I'm also a good sister and friend. And it's true that I had little patience for the well-to-do mums I had as clients, but their life was just so alien to me, at first.
9. Is there anything you want to tell Heleen now? We give you full opportunity to be open without being erased from the draft. Don't worry you are immortalised in the book now. Heleen cannot threaten you…
She killed my sister. I can never forgive her for that. She should pay for what she did: I call on all of you to boycott her book!
(No ways, we love Heleen!!)
10. What do you want to do next in your life?
I'm starting a new job which I'm sure will be a lot more fulfilling than the private personal training sessions I've been providing lately. Dave and I have some things to work out. And maybe I'll get a puppy, I think Blue would like more company on our walks.
To know more about Grace, read the book In Servitude by Heleen Kist. It is a hard hitting psychological suspense which grabs you and does not let go till you finish the book.
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The 12-year-long development soap opera that was Duke Nukem Forever ended on a disappointing note. More disappointing for publisher Take-Two Interactive, which invested over $12 million in the game. Understandably, Take-Two is suing 3D Realms.
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. filed a breach of contract suit against Apogee Software Ltd. this week in a Manhattan Court over the developer's "continually delayed" Duke Nukem sequel. Details of the suit were not disclosed in a report by Bloomberg, nor has the New York County Civil Court provided specifics about the damages Take-Two is seeking.
(For the record, the legal name of 3D Realms is Apogee Software Ltd., the party being sued. It is a separate entity from Apogee Software LLC, developers of the still alive Duke Nukem Trilogy.)
According to the complaint, "Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever."
Those assurances have yet to result in a working, shippable product. Instead, 3D Realms was shut down and many former Duke Nukem Forever staffers are looking for work.
After repeated promises that "industry joke" Duke Nukem Forever was finally "on the right track" and rumored to have been released year in and year out, Take-Two went far enough to offer cash incentives to 3D Realms to have the game finished at various points. Looks like the developer is completely out of cash now. And may owe more than it expected.
Take-Two Sues Apogee Over 'Duke Nukem' Game Sequel [Bloomberg]


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Andrew Douglas-Forbes is a long admired and favoured artist of ours at Llewelyn & Company and following a successful exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, world renowned Welsh artist Andrew is now exhibiting his latest collection of work with us at Llewelyn & Company. For this solo exhibition Andrew has taken inspiration from a curation of his own and Llewelyn & Company's antiques and artefacts thus resulting in a seamless marriage between art and antiques.
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Just in case you were wondering, the reason we usually look so spiffy around here is because we have the best washerwoman.
Her name is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and she hails from the Lake District. Do you know her too? A tidier, more conscientious "clear-starcher" you'd be hard pressed to find. The other day, when untimely Spring (?) snowflakes were drifting down from the sky, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle chanced by to deliver a freshly laundered stack of tea towels and table linens.
We couldn't very well turn her out in a snowstorm, so we invited her in for tea. Coincidentally, Cornelius and I had just baked a fresh batch of Littletown-Farm Carrot Cookies. Every Easter we get into a "Peter Rabbit mood" and crave carrots. We found the cookie recipe in Peter Rabbit's Natural Foods Cookbook, and since we'd made Fierce Bad Rabbit's Carrot-Raisin Salad from that book many times before, we thought the cookies would also be a good bet.
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was ecstatic when she saw the cookies because it reminded her of home and the time she had tea with Lucie, the little girl who wandered into her cottage kitchen one day while she was busy ironing.
Even though she's now an international celebrity thanks to Miss Potter's book about her, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle remains modest and sweet, not the least bit prickly, and Cornelius, in particular, was totally taken with her little black nose that went "sniffle, sniffle, snuffle" and her eyes that went "twinkle, twinkle."
Over tea, she shared a few tidbits about her book. She proudly reported that she was modeled after Miss Potter's pet hedgehog and the Potter family's Scottish washerwoman Kitty McDonald. Lucie is based on a child friend named Lucie Carr, daughter of the Newlands Church Vicar. Because Lucie once left her gloves behind after tea, Miss Potter decided to have the Lucie in her story be in the habit of losing her handkerchiefs. It was while searching for her lost "pocket-handkins" that Lucie stumbled upon Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's house.
Miss Potter loved sketching her pet hedgehog, but struggled with depicting Lucie. Seems she was far more comfortable drawing animals than people. Never mind, it was a good story all the same with lovely watercolors of farm animals and the Newlands Valley, the paths, the fells, and a spring, with warm, cozy interior views of rustic domestic life.
We definitely could have chatted for hours more, but Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle had a few more stops to make. Both Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit make cameo appearances in her book, and now she was most anxious to deliver Peter's blue jacket so he would be all set for Easter Sunday. We sent her on her way with a basket of cookies and our best wishes, and she thanked us with an extra twinkle, twinkle in her eyes.
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Just in case you have an unexpected furry guest (with or without prickles), you might wish to whip up a batch of these yummy cookies. They're soft and cakey and not overly sweet. I like that the recipe calls for golden raisins because I find regular raisins too cloying.
I was surprised to see "soft vegetable shortening" (Crisco?) in the ingredients list as this is supposed to be a natural foods cookbook, and for the most part, the recipes do comply with that (smaller amounts of sugar, use of honey, orange juice, unbleached or whole wheat flour, yogurt, etc.). We don't stock Crisco in-house so I substituted butter and they turned out fine, a light cookie that goes nicely with a warm cuppa (you might get a firmer cookie if you use vegetable shortening). Mind you don't eat too many, though, lest your nose start to wiggle or your whiskers twitch.
makes 4 dozen 3-inch cookies
5 carrots
3/4 cup water (more if carrots go dry)
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup soft vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup golden raisins
extra shortening
1. Wash and scrape the carrots, rinse and cut them into 1/4-inch slices. Measure 1-1/2 cups of carrot into a saucepan, add the water and a little salt, and cook (covered) over medium heat or until the carrots are tender for about 15-20 minutes. When they are done, drain the water, place into a mixing bowl and then mash the cooked carrots with a fork.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
3. While the carrots are cooking, put the white flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a mixing bowl and stir lightly with a fork (or whisk) until they are thoroughly mixed.
4. Add the soft shortening, butter or margarine and brown sugar to the mashed carrots and mix well. Beat in the 2 eggs.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the carrot mixture and stir until they are completely blended. Stir in the raisins.
6. Drop the dough by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake 10 minutes, then cool on wire racks.
Adapted from Peter Rabbit's Natural Foods Cookbook by Arnold Dobrin, illustrated by Beatrix Potter (Frederick Warne, 1977).
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♥ Beatrix took her animal friends with her wherever she went, carrying Mrs. Tiggy-winkle in a basket, her rabbits and mice in wooden boxes. She grew close to the Warne family — not only her editor Norman, but also to his nieces and nephews. She once sent a picture letter from Wales to Winifred Warne (Fruing's daughter) about her pet hedgehog:
My hedgehog Mrs. Tiggy-winkle is a great traveller, I don't know how many journeys she hasn't done. She enjoys going by train, she is always very hungry when she is on a journey. The next journey will be quite a short one, I think I am going to the sea-side on Saturday. I wonder if I shall find any crabs and shells and shrimps. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle won't eat shrimps; I think it is very silly of her, she will eat worms and beetles, and I am sure that shrimps would be much nicer. I think you must ask Mrs. Tiggy-winkle to tea when she comes back to London later on, she will drink milk like anything, out of a doll's tea-cup!
♥ You can read The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle in its entirety at Project Gutenberg.org.
♥ In case you're ever lucky enough to be visiting the Lake District, look up the Littletown Farm Guest House, a working farm offering bed and breakfast accommodations at the foot of the Catbells, where you can see for yourself the beautiful countryside that inspired Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's story.
♥ If you find yourself in a Peter Rabbit-y mood, check out any of these three little cookbooks for more recipes. 🙂
Hope you're having a nice Easter Week!
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This post is being linked to Beth Fish Read's Weekend Cooking, where all are invited to share their food-related posts. Put on your bunny ears and bibs, and come join the delicious fun.
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The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly repairs or, even worse, lead to identity theft. The messages contain scareware, fake or rogue anti-virus software that looks authentic.
The message may display what appears to be a real-time, anti-virus scan of your hard drive. The scareware will show a list of reputable software icons; however, you can't click a link to go to the real site to review or see recommendations. Cyber criminals use botnets—collections of compromised computers—to push the software, and advertisements on websites deliver it. This is known as malicious advertising or "malvertising."
Once the pop-up warning appears, it can't be easily closed by clicking the "close" or "X" buttons. If you click the pop-up to purchase the software, a form to collect payment information for the bogus product launches. In some instances, the scareware can install malicious code onto your computer, whether you click the warning or not. This is more likely to happen if your computer has an account that has rights to install software.
Downloading the software could result in viruses, malicious software called Trojans, and/or keyloggers—hardware that records passwords and sensitive data—being installed on your computer. Malicious software can cause costly damages for individual users and financial institutions. The FBI estimates scareware has cost victims more than $150 million.
Cyber criminals use easy-to-remember names and associate them with known applications. Beware of pop-up warnings that are a variation of recognized security software. You should research the exact name of the software being offered. Take precautions to ensure operating systems are updated and security software is current. If you receive these anti-virus pop-ups, close the browser or shut down your computer system. You should run a full anti-virus scan whenever the computer is turned back on.
If you have experienced the anti-virus pop-ups or a similar scam, notify the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) by filing a complaint at www.ic3.gov.
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Rick Holmes: Fuzzy reception with TV switchover
Your television is about to change on you, in ways few people understand. The only question is when.
The conversion from analog to digital TV has been in the works for years. For at least a year, broadcasters and electronics stores have been trumpeting Feb. 17, 2009 as doomsday for old-fashioned TVs.
The message has been simplified for public service spots and short attention spans - probably too simplified. If you have a TV no more than two years old, or if you get your signal through a cable or a satellite dish, they say, don't worry. Nothing will change. If you have an older TV, connected to rabbit ears or an antenna on your roof, all you need to do is buy a digital TV converter box for about $60 - and Uncle Sam will help out with a $40 coupon.
Well, there's more to it than that. Much more.
For starters, the feds ran out of money for the coupons, so the best you can do now is get on a waiting list for future reimbursement. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who at the time was chairman of the House committee overseeing the digital conversion program, was told by the Bush administration last November that everything was going swimmingly. On Dec. 24, he was told the money was gone.
But you can still get a digital converter box, plug it in and be all set on Feb. 17, when broadcasters stop sending out analog signals, right? Not exactly.
Digital broadcasting sends a clearer signal using less bandwidth, enabling TV stations to send out high-definition signals, and broadcast up to six channels of programming on the same spectrum width they now use to send one. But analog signals bounce off buildings, trees and hills, which means TVs can often receive a fuzzy signal far from the transmitter. Digital signals travel in a straight line.
DTV converter boxes will catch most channels and clean them up. After the conversion, most people will get a much sharper picture than they've gotten through their old antennas. But they won't pick up a weak signal - and channels you may have barely received if you turned the rabbit ears just right may disappear entirely.
Of course, it all depends on where you live. Markey doesn't expect people in greater Boston will have problems. He has met with station operators who say they don't expect to lose any viewers. But if you live - or vacation - on the coast of Maine or the mountains of Vermont, you may wake up Feb. 17 and find your viewing choices have shrunk from five to three.
A source inside the DTV conversion program told me about an elderly woman he heard from in the mountains of Tennessee. Cable doesn't come to her house and she can't afford a satellite dish. She gets one station, and it comes in fuzzy. But it carries her religious shows, and those are what keep her going. Come Feb. 17, those shows are likely to be gone.
She, and others who lose their signals have some options. They can get a better antenna, or replace the old rabbit ears with a rooftop antenna. Many problems will be solved just by pointing the roof antenna in a different direction.
That's another downside to the Feb. 17 deadline, especially here in New England. Have you looked at your roof lately? Do you want to risk life and limb climbing up there in the middle of winter to adjust the antenna?
Speaking of weather, a farmer in Oklahoma told my source that watching for tornado reports is a life-or-death matter. Heavy weather distorts analog broadcasts, he said, but knocks digital broadcasts off the air entirely.
One industry estimate says 85 percent of viewers will get better reception after digital conversion, while 15 percent will lose channels. Those in the latter category are disproportionately poor, elderly and live in rural areas.
The demographics of those dependent on antennas for TV reception is one argument for spending $1.3 billion of the taxpayers' money - so far - to provide coupons and support to help people adjust to the conversion. As Markey says, nobody told these folks when they bought their TVs 5 or 10 years ago that an act of Congress would make them obsolete.
The other argument is the $20 billion the federal government took in by auctioning off parts of the broadcast spectrum freed up by the DTV switch. Markey says he pushed for more of that money to be set aside to help people handle the conversion, but the Republicans took the auction proceeds and spent it on tax cuts and wars.
What about those of us with cable or satellite TV? What do we get from this? Well, there are the wireless services, as yet unspecified, that will be broadcast on the analog spectrum by AT&T and Verizon, which bought that space at the federal auction.
Then there's the question of what the broadcasters will do with the extra channels created by this new system. Not only will there be a channel 5, for instance, but channels 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and so on. The broadcasters could use one as a local weather channel, a 24/7 sports station, a news channel or movie channel. They could produce their own programming, or lease that channel to CNN, Turner Classic Movies or the Home Shopping Network.
People now spending $50 a month for cable TV may find they now get the things they need for free, over the airwaves. The local channels may even come up with popular programs the cable companies won't be able to carry, at least not without paying the broadcasters.
But that which is possible isn't necessarily profitable, says Markey. Broadcast advertising revenue has tumbled in the last few years. Broadcast companies may have a hard time paying for the equipment to get these new channels working, let alone producing programming that will draw advertisers.
Meanwhile, Washington is doing its best to mess up the conversion to DTV. At the urging of President Obama, the Senate unanimously voted to extend the deadline from Feb. 17 to mid-June, with an additional $500 million or so to provide enough discount coupons to handle the demand and staff more call centers to help consumers figure it out.
But the House this week shot down the extension after Republicans argued it was too expensive. Along with the GOP's refusal to provide a single vote in support of Obama's economic recovery package, such obstructionism seems a strange political strategy. Republicans pushed through the DTV program in 2005 - a bill Markey opposed, he is quick to point out - and a Republican administration botched the handling of it. Now they shoot down an attempt to fix it?
Markey and House Democrats will try again this week to get the DTV deadline extended, and if they are smart, Republicans will get on board. It's bad enough to be seen as dragging your feet when it comes to rescuing a sinking economy. But woe unto the politician who gets blamed for making millions of Americans' televisions go dark.
Rick Holmes, opinion editor of the MetroWest Daily News, blogs at Holmes & Co. (http://blogs.townonline.com/holmesandco). He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I want to write just a few words about finishing Proust's In Search of Lost Time; I don't feel up to writing a big long summing-up post that tries to say smart things about what it all means, but I do want to say something. I am happy to have finished, but I do miss reading Proust a bit; I've been used to a near-daily dose of the narrator's slow-moving, contemplative voice, and now I don't have that.
It's hard to see how a 3,000-page book without all that much plot, relatively speaking, could cohere, but I think it does. I found the ending, say, that last couple hundred pages, really did wrap things up; it provides an answer to the question that has haunted the whole book — will Marcel ever write his masterpiece? This is a question that has lingered from the very first volume when it becomes clear that Marcel has an interest in, and perhaps a talent for, writing. The answer the book provides is satisfying, and realistic, given everything that has happened up until that point.
My favorite volumes were the first two and the last one; the third and fourth, The Guermantes Way and Sodom and Gomorrah, got a little long, but then the fifth volume, which contains The Prisoner and The Fugitive begins to pick up a bit in preparation for the grand ending. It's the long party scenes in some of the middle volumes that got tiresome. What I loved about the book are the insights into the mind, art, time, and love, but the novel is also obsessed with society and rank and how people behave at parties, topics that didn't thrill me quite as much. But even here there are things to interest; Proust captures snobbery and hypocrisy and the deadness that can lie behind the glittering masks of high society beautifully well.
But mostly this novel is worth reading because of what it can teach about observing the world around you and in you. Proust has a meticulous eye for how the mind perceives input from the senses and for how we come to understand our experiences, and, of course, he has a beautiful way with a sentence to capture all that insight. I love how there can be so much wisdom and experience in one of those long sentences — how they can take in so much.


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Heavier Pregnant Women Tend to Deliver Prematurely
In large Swedish study, risk rose along with the mother's weight
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Researchers speculate that the health problems associated with overweight and obesity -- high blood pressure, insulin resistance, high cholesterol, increased chance of infection -- have a direct impact on a woman's ability to carry their child to term, according to the study, which was published in the June 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Birth of an infant prior to 37 weeks of gestation is the leading cause of infant mortality, neonatal illness and long-term disability in children, said researchers led by Dr. Sven Cnattingius of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
A U.S. expert not involved with the study said he wasn't surprised by the findings.
"This just reinforces the fact that the complications of obesity and additional weight gain are deleterious to both mother and fetus," said Dr. Raul Artal, a professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Artal said this study, along with previous research, makes the case that overweight and obese women who are pregnant can protect the health of their unborn child by maintaining their current weight or even shedding some pounds.
"The concept that we propagated for years that pregnancy is not a good time for weight loss and physical activity is wrong," he said.
For the study, researchers analyzed the records of 1.59 million births between 1992 and 2010, reviewing the body-mass index (BMI) of the women at their first prenatal doctor's visit as well as information recorded following birth about health risks, maternal diseases and pregnancy complications.
BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight.
The statistics came from the Swedish Medical Birth Register, which maintains detailed data on all births in that nation and serves as a valuable resource for researchers, a U.S. expert said.
"There's a lot of good obstetric data that comes out of Sweden because of that register," said Dr. Russ Fothergill, vice chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Scott and White Healthcare in Temple, Texas.
The researchers found that the risk of extremely premature (22 to 27 weeks), very premature (28 to 31 weeks) and moderately premature (32 to 36 weeks) deliveries increased with a woman's BMI.
The authors said that even though the study is Swedish, the results can be generalized to other populations with similar or higher rates of maternal obesity or preterm delivery.
For example, the United States has preterm delivery rates twice as high as Sweden's. In the United States, slightly more than half of women are either overweight or obese in early pregnancy, and severe obesity is much more common than in Sweden. Extremely preterm births accounted for 25 percent of all U.S. infant deaths among single births, and extremely preterm birth is also the leading cause of long-term disability, according to study background information.
The study's results seem to suggest an interplay between health risks linked to overweight and obesity, said Dr. Jill Rabin, chief of ambulatory care, obstetrics and gynecology, and head of urogynecology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Earlier studies have found that women who suffer a spontaneous preterm delivery have increased levels of inflammatory proteins called cytokines, which are associated with neonatal health problems such as weakening of the membranes and preterm contractions.
Both obesity itself and the health problems that come with obesity increase the amount of inflammation in a woman's body, Rabin said. Obesity and the inflammation that accompanies it also make it more likely that a woman could suffer an intrauterine bacterial infection.
"Obese women have increased risk of urinary tract infections and vaginal infections," Rabin said. "These increase the risk of preterm delivery."
The study noted that a bacterial infection is considered the most important risk factor for spontaneous extremely preterm delivery.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued a recommendation that it is OK for women who are overweight or obese to not gain weight during pregnancy, or even to lose weight, said Artal, of Saint Louis University.
"I consider pregnancy to be an ideal time for behavioral modification," Artal said. He noted that pregnant women have an improved chance to adopt healthy habits because they have better access to medical care than at any other time in their life, are more prone to comply with recommendations because they have the added responsibility of their unborn child, and are under close medical supervision.
Although the study found an association between maternal obesity and premature birth, it did not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
For his part, Fothergill said the study cries out for follow-up research that will better elaborate upon the link between obesity and premature birth.
"There needs to some additional research that explains why these women are delivering early," he said. "What is it about obesity that's making these women go into labor early?"
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Laura at Somewhere in NJ - During the nice weather I like to spend computer time on my screened patio - from this spot I can see and hear the pond straight ahead. Just out of view to the left are my birdfeeders - full at the moment with bright goldfinches, house finches, chickadees and tufted titmice. The outside of the patio has a small garden with iris, peonies, and the biggest bleeding heart bush in the world! The patio also houses my houseplants which are outdoors for their summer vacation, and also at the moment a few of our tropical plants that were over wintered in the basement. They're not ready for full sun yet, so they hang with me in the shade.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pam at Nature Woman - This is my laptop where I do all of my blogging, flickr-ing, etc. The photo of me on the right was taken by Tom (Mon@rch) on May 26, 2007 in front of a 200 year old sugar maple located at Allegany State Park. At the moment I'm working on uploading my Allegany State Park photos taken on May 26, 2007 to Flickr which I leave private until I label them and blog about them. Then I make them viewable by my friends and/or family. And on the left is the start of my blog posting about the awesome day I spent with Tom (Mon@rch) at Allegany State Park. The little desk that you see my laptop sitting on can move around - it was built special for me to use on the sofa in my living room and it only has legs on one side so I can lounge with my legs spread out on the sofa and work with the laptop right in front of me. In case you're wondering, I cloned out the piles of photo albums, etc. that I'm working on scanning in a little at a time! My room usually is neat, but you know when you inherit some stuff, you have to somehow absorb it into your home space. Before I do that, they're getting scanned in for my family. Hence the big mess that I didn't want everyone to see!
Tom at Monarch Nature Blog - This means that I am stuck behind the computer all day at work and not allowed to get out of the office to do nature things! I'm from Western New York and spend most of my time here in Allegany State Park.
(Yikes! Looking at the pix - I see my part needs some color. Well I just don't have time - gotta keep blogging:0)
The real THINKING for my blog occurs many places and times--while I am falling asleep, while I shower (instead of singing), while I walk the dog. I have a blank page note book that I called Musings where I do some of my first writing. I jot down ideas, phrases, sequence of content, etc. Then when I write the blog itself. I first sit down at the computer, compose the blog in a Word document, spell and grammar check it (it wouldn't do for an English prof to make a mistake, now, would it?) then copy it into Blogger. Of course, then I add photos, and hit PUBLISH!
The truth of my blogging is found when I'm curled up on my bed or lying on the couch with the laptop balanced on my tummy. We have a pc downstairs, and occasionally I'll work from there…but it is the kids' domain (though the monitor is honking HUGE and much preferable to work on!) I work there at times, but get frustrated dodging the Cheeto crumbs and empty milk glasses.
As I type this email to you, I am in my new 'workspace', so I guess that counts for something. And that IS my yard out the (dirty) window....perhaps this neat desk is wishful thinking. Whatever. It IS in my bedroom...
In the summertime, this window overlooking my "woods view" will have flowers peeking in at me from a hayrack windowbox.
I lead a contemplative life in the busy atmosphere of the city. I like it, different. It is easier to be quiet in the quiet. It takes some awareness to be quiet in the noise. Also the UPS guy can bring my stuff without any trouble.
Thank you for asking for our photos. I think it is nice to see where the "muse" lives. For me, I am inspired by the subtle ways of Nature. I learn a bit more everyday about joy and beauty. Thank you for walking this journey with me.
The black case is a CD case at my disposal so that I can listen to music. The can is flavored seltzer, my favorite beverage. There is a discarded Butterfinger wrapper-(the Butterfinger is in my belly). There is a copy of Sibleys that is too big to carry around with me so I leave it here. There are two checklists from this weekend that I have not bothered to file yet. The whole desk is backed up against the living room stairs. There is a notebook and pen for doodling. A patriots mousepad (I'm a sports fan).
We went to wireless when we had 4 computers on the go all the time when my daughters were in university. The twins are gone, but I wouldn't go back to hardwire!
Bella: "Chloe, is dat a b-b-bunny?"
Chloe: "It's a cat, you moron."
I just had to include some REALLY COOL DOGS!
I appreciate each one of you so much. I hope you enjoyed this as much I as enjoyed putting it together. Now, it's time for a drink - of the wine variety.
Please shoot me an e-mail if I flubbed up or forgot someone? Sometimes I get carried away when I click "delete" on my incoming e-mail. I'll fix my error right away!


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Elkhart Lake's Farmers & Artisans Market
June 4, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 8:00 am on Saturday, repeating until October 8, 2022
Elkhart Lake's Farmers & Artisans Market in the Village Square is a Saturday morning tradition. Pick up fresh seasonal vegetables, flowers, cheeses, local arts and specialty products from approximately 50 vendors. Every item sold is produced locally in the state of Wisconsin by the person right behind the stand! Grab your reusable grocery bags and head to the square every Saturday morning.


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In light of the recent layoffs by Sony to the tune of 10,000 employees, I think it's important to see where Sony currently resides in the tech ecosystem and why the company, once the darling of the CE and PC set, went so far off track.
As background, I recommend you read Joel Johnson's excellent series on Sony. He wrote it two years ago on Gizmodo and it is one of the most thorough and enjoyable examinations of what was then a sputtering juggernaut. One of the funniest pieces is this man-on-the-street video that asks people what they think of Sony. The kindest praise? One lad called the company "Decent" and another said he owned a Sony TV. The last guy in the video takes a moment to compose his thoughts and says "Sony: fast, cheap, and Japanese."
Sony rose as a direct reaction to the post-WWII industrialization of Japan. The company, founded by two wartime buddies, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, aimed to bring cheap electronics (really electrically powered appliances) to a country that had a surplus of electricity. The founders were geeks of the first order, dedicated to tinkering and experimentation. In an original prospectus, Ibuka wrote:
For a while, Sony was the Apple of the tech crowd. Vaio computers and Sony CE devices graced the homes of everyone from 80s equities traders to dot-commers partying like it was 1999. I remember a time when my co-workers in Europe would hit duty free shops just to pick up one of Sony's tiny laptop computers, the chiclet keys so small that the fat-fingered had to hunt and peck like beginning typists. People bought a PS2 just to get a DVD player in the home at a time when DVD players were falling from peak prices. Sony brought the cool.
Now Sony is bringing the red in. The company just announced a $6.4 billion loss for FY 2012 and the brand is bleeding cachet. If you asked people what Sony stood for now you'd probably hear something about the PS3 and maybe something about TVs. If we are to use the analogy of the three legged stool – one leg being value, the second being "cool," and the third being market share – Sony doesn't have a single leg to stand on.
Vizio took Sony out in terms of value. Vizio makes TVs – cheap TVs – and there's little value in buying upmarket when the TV-makers themselves are trying to punch out new features as fast as they can think them up. Smart TV? Better upgrade. 3D? Get ye to the Best Buy. New 4K resolution? Where do we line up? TV makers are taking a page out of the cellphone playbook and hoping for an upgrade cycle of 18 months rather than six years. As a result, the need to purchase an expensive new Sony is valueless.
Second, Apple took Sony's cool. Sony used to be synonymous with content creation. No longer. Even the Sony tools like Vegas are runners up at best and are often still trounced by Final Cut and Premiere. Sony only maintains its cool thanks to excellent gaming hardware like the Vita but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone still insisting on Sony hardware to get any real work done. What, indeed, is the difference between a Dell and a Sony and HP PC anymore?
Finally, Samsung took Sony's market share. Samsung (and HTC, in the smartphone space) have replaced the ubiquitous Sony logo almost everywhere it matters. Samsung even owns the "white goods" space, selling thousands of air conditioners and washer/dryers alongside its TVs, phones, and media players. All this could change, obviously, but Samsung has thus far bested Apple in phone market share and could do so further in any number of markets.
Sony's founders named their company Sony because it sounded like "sonus" and "sonny," the former being related to audio and the latter being what the Japanese thought folks were calling each other over in America – "sonny boy." They went through a number of branding iterations – "Make.Believe" being the latest – and now they're attempting the One Sony initiative. They're beginning the initiative by firing 10,000 people in order to streamline operations and, obviously, create one, unified Sony.
Perhaps instead of streamlining and branching out into medical imaging and emerging markets, One Sony should stand for "everyone should own one Sony item." Given the past efforts, it wouldn't hurt.


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Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist: Paul Berg
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We actually don't think Paul Berg is "mad" at all; he's a Nobel laureate who was largely responsible for figuring out how DNA did its job of producing proteins. Nonetheless, he had to be a little crazy to put together this fantastic video, in which a large group of Stanford undergrads in the '70s enacted the process of protein synthesis "in the dance idiom:"
Translation: a bunch of hippies run around pretending to be, among other things, amino acids.
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Bernard Schoenburg: Veteran reporter gets budget job
ABDON PALLASCH, 46, who has spent 25 years as a reporter, takes the leap from covering politics to becoming a budget official in the administration of Gov. PAT QUINN on Aug. 27.
Pallasch accepted Quinn's pitch to leave the Chicago Sun-Times and become assistant budget director/director of communications for the governor's office of management and budget. He will be paid $110,000 annually.
"I've covered budgets since JIM THOMPSON was governor," Pallasch told me. "We really do have a problem in this state that needs to be fixed, and I would hope I could contribute in some way."
Pallasch says he told Quinn he studied journalism and political science, not finance.
"He said, 'Abdon, you do a very good job taking these complex budget issues and explaining them so that people understand them. A large part of this job is communication.'"
Some of Pallasch's experience covering Chicago includes stints at the old City News Bureau, UPI and the Tribune. He also spent 41/2 years at the Tampa Tribune in Florida.
I enjoyed the times Pallasch wrote about the Cook County Democratic Party's slating sessions for judicial candidates. He said he began covering those sessions during his three years at Chicago Lawyer magazine and kept it up after joining the Sun-Times.
"One after another, the candidates come before the committeemen," he wrote in a November 2001 analysis of the meeting. "The smart ones have done their homework, spending the last few years volunteering at their local ward office one night a week, meeting with as many committeemen as they could ahead of time, and keeping their speeches brief.
"For all intents and purposes, this meeting is pointless — little more than a show. Pretty much everything has been decided. … But there may be a few seats in play right up until the last minute, so it doesn't hurt to make a pitch."
"It's so easy to ignore the power of judges," he told me. "A judge can single-handedly take away your home, your kids. … You vote in Cook County, and there's 70 judges on the ballot. It's just overwhelming."
But that doesn't mean Pallasch necessarily supports so-called merit selection, where judge candidates are appointed. If former Govs. GEORGE RYAN or ROD BLAGOJEVICH had had that power, Pallasch said, "I don't know that that necessarily would be a better system."
Pallasch never was based in Springfield, and he will continue to live in Chicago. He said he thinks Republicans he's covered understand that "it doesn't necessarily mean you're partisan" to vote in Democratic primaries, as he has in Chicago, because that ballot actually decides so many races there.
"I think I've presented a pretty balanced approach in my writing," he said.
He's also garnered some awards along the way, including the Chicago Bar Association's Herman Kogan Award and Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism from the Chicago Headline Club.
"I think everyone respects Governor Quinn as someone who's very well meaning, an altruist, and someone who has had to make the transition from the guy on the outside … to being the guy on the inside who has to be the administrator," Pallasch said.
It's always a bit sad to see a good reporter cross into the land of those we cover. Hopefully, Pallasch will have as much success with Illinois' budget situation as he had in telling what was going on the state's largest city and county.
Pallasch takes the place of KELLY KRAFT, who was recently named the governor's communications director.
Bernard Schoenburg is political columnist for The State Journal-Register. He can be reached at 788-1540 or follow him via twitter.com/bschoenburg. His email address is


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The Orioles optioned left hander Zach Britton and right-hander Kevin Gausman to Triple-A Norfolk after the team's 8-4 loss to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
The club will make a pair of corresponding moves before tonight's game — one will be activating left-hander Wei-Yin Chen from the disabled list to start.
The move to option Britton was expected. Regardless of how well he pitched in Tuesday's start — he allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings — next week's All-Star break allows the team to send him to the minors, get a start for Norfolk, fulfill the mandatory 10-day option window and the Orioles can recall him for the start of the second half of the season.
As for Gausman, he had flourished in his new bullpen role since being recalled on June 24, throwing eight scoreless relief innings until the Rangers plated two runs off him Tuesday in the seventh. He can also return after the All-Star break, but it's unclear whether the Orioles will keep him in Triple-A where he can start.
Before Tuesday's game, Gausman said he enjoyed the bullpen role.
"I think it helps more being up here and being at this level and just kind of logging innings," he said. "I think it's kind of helping me to learn how to pitch at this level more than anything. I'm going at hitters more than I was when I was a starter. I'm being more aggressive, going after them and trying to get quick outs. I feel good about it. I'm still learning how to be out there and stuff, but it's been fun."
Orioles manager Buck Showalter had said Gausman was needed in the bullpen more by necessity. There's no doubt that Gausman's future is as a starter, but having him log major league innings and gain confidence against big league hitters has been valuable. The Orioles have also been down a right-handed arm since dealing Pedro Strop to the Chicago Cubs last week.
"You're trying to balance what's best for the Orioles and what's better for Kevin's development," Showalter said. "That's a constant, not a juggling act, but two factors that you keep in mind all the time when you try to do what's best for all parties."
Among the options on the 40-man roster, left-handers Tsuyoshi Wada and Mike Belfiore are the most likely to join the club. Wada last started Friday, so he would be available Wednesday, and Belfiore has made two previous trips to the big league club when an extra arm was needed, but he didn't make an appearance.
Britton entered Tuesday night with a 2-1 record and 2.74 ERA in four starts since being recalled from Triple-A in mid-June. On the year, he's 2-3 with a 4.76 ERA in six starts, allowing 41 hits in 34 innings.
Gausman was 1-3 with a 6.21 ERA in nine games (five starts) with the Orioles.
The No. 4 overall pick in the 2012 draft made five starts from May 23 to June 13, posting an 0-3 record and 7.66 ERA before being optioned back to Norfolk for bullpen help following a 13-inning win against Boston on June 13.
He was recalled June 24 to provide bullpen depth and appeared in four games in relief, recording his first major league win with 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief against the New York Yankees on June 28.


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Every girl secretly dreams of being a princess at some point in her life, so we just can't get over this amazing quote fromJustin Bieber!
As if we needed another reason to love the Biebs, he thinks that all girls deserve to be treated like royalty (swoon!). Not only is this idea super romantic, it's also a great reminder that you should always be with someone who treats you right!
Even though Beiber's fairytale romance with Selena Gomez just ended, we're sure if he keeps saying things like this, he won't be single for long! (Call us, Justin!)
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Storytime with UC & the 100Monkeys
Dear 100Monkeys,
I have a story to share with you today. That's all.
Once upon a time in the city of Philadelphia, UC arrives to 2nd street and is walking away from the parking garage towards Triumph Brewery. Suddenly 4 sweaty boys with guitars on their backs come RUNNING from another street. It is the 100Monkeys. Someone yells "Jackson!" and UC cringes with 2nd-hand embarassment and quickly looks away, afraid someone will think she is a crazy Twilight fan. Instead of going to the club to meet her friend, UC proceeds to follow the 100Monkeys, just as any good blogger in desperate need of content would do. But they continue on past the Triumph Brewery and, alas, UC is hungry and running a few minutes late.
The first east coast LTT/LTR dinner is a success and a few drinks later, everyone proceeds to The Kyber to see what other 2nd-hand embarrassing moments await them.
Soon after arriving, UC points out the Bella Tattoo, which we learned on Sunday was tattooed so that Rob would decide to love her for eternity.
Frustrated with the lack of Twilight T-shirts in her vicinity, UC decides to take a walk with JustGotWicked. Ah ha! There they spy the Monkey-aholics in the front of the line. They're sure to provide 2nd-hand embarrassing moments! They did not dissapoint. Exhibit 1: Home-made canvas Team100Monkey bags:
Continuing on down the line, Monkeyhats are spotted!
Some guy who apparently is in the 2nd opening band approaches them & they decide to snap a snot with him. Just cause. It'll make him feel famous. Instead of a broke guy in an awful band.
and look! A huge Stuffed Monkey!
UC decides all this work is tiring and needs a break with Calli & Amourpsu for some shots
Find out what happens after the shots (Here's a teaser- UC falls down the bar's stairs) after the jump
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The ad: Portrays Cruz as a "proven fighter for liberty" who was inspired by his father's fight against and flight from an oppressive regime in Cuba. Says he "fought the United Nations defending Texas' right to execute an illegal alien for murdering two teen-age girls. On cable and broadcast statewide, says the Cruz camp.
The message: Encapsulated in this line: "Ted Cruz, a proven fighter for liberty because his family knows what it means to lose it."
The facts: Cruz often talks about his father, Rafael Cruz, as his hero and inspiration. The elder Cruz has told of opposing the oppressive Batista regime in Cuba as a teenager, being incarcerated and beaten, then coming to the United States after a family friend helped him to secure a student visa.
Some have noted that Cruz doesn't always mention that his father was battling Batista rather than Fidel Castro – who was working to overthrow Batista. This ad doesn't mention the dictator's name either, although it shows a Batista photograph.
Rafael Cruz said in an interview earlier this year, "We did not know that Castro was a communist. We thought we were fighting to liberate Cuba from a dictator." He said he was "shocked to see socialism everywhere" after Castro took power and he returned to Cuba for a month.
The court case that Cruz cites was one that he handled as Texas solicitor general under state Attorney General Greg Abbott. The International Court of Justice had said Mexican citizen Jose Medellin and 50 other Mexican inmates sentenced to death in the United States had been wrongly denied access to the Mexican consulate. Medellin's case involved the gang rape and murder of two Houston teens.
Because of the order, President Bush told the states to review the inmates' convictions and death penalties. Texas pushed back, saying the president and world court should not be allowed to override state law. Cruz argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 in Texas' favor.


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Larissa Dubecki is, as I'm sure almost all of you are aware, the No.1 restaurant reviewer for The Age.
In a comment piece she has let fly in spectacular manner about food bloggers, rampant compromising and basically all the general all-round sleaze she can fit into her magnificent rant.
Here are just a couple of the paragraphs:
"You see them on blogs the next day with really enthusiastic write-ups about how fabulous the venue, the food, the drinks and the owners are (always, mind you, with a little disclaimer at the bottom about how the writer attended as a non-paying guest – their integrity is scrupulous).
I'd love to go (I might even get my face in the social pages!) but, alas, there simply aren't enough nights in the week. When everyone else is off having their fun, boring old me is off trying to slip into a restaurant unnoticed under a fake name so I might appraise it from an objective point of view to give consumers the best advice about where to spend their hard-earned. How about THAT for a shit sandwich."
You can read the whole thing here.
Wow …
Actually, I agree with many of her points.
And if the "Melbourne food blogger who is well known for approaching newly opened restaurants for a feed in return for a 'review'" she refers to is who I suspect, then I share that disdain.
But, oh dear, she's taken such a broad-brush approach.
It's simple – not all food bloggers are the same.
Consider The Sauce regularly covers restaurants in the west that are extremely unlikely to ever gain coverage in The Age.
As well, while the writer may grumble about the "shit sandwich" she is so unhappily forced to eat, she works for a commercial organisation that accepts advertising moolah from all and sundry and which no doubt makes all sorts of deals along the way.
The Age and Fairfax are in the marketplace.
Such a high-handed approach would only make perfect, irrefutable sense if Epicure and The Age Good Food Guide carried no advertising whatsoever.
But they do.
And while The Age may be scrupulous about always paying for meals it reviews, is it such a stretch to mention the "media passes" its sports writers utilise to gain non-paying access to AFL games and much, much more?
The Age is also listed as a "partner" on the website of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. The nature of that partnership is not disclosed, but naturally the newspaper can and does run heaps of stories about the festival.
As well, such a sweeping put down fails to acknowledge the good work that many of Melbourne's food bloggers do.
This fact, by the way, is periodically acknowledged by The Age and its Epicure section themselves.
Indeed, they have helped Consider The Sauce itself on a number of occasions and I remain very grateful for that assistance – including two stories on the fabulous Westies: Dishes of Distinction!
Perhaps if I am to worry, the very real prospects of becoming an unemployed journalist should occupy my mind.
Truth is, though, the idea of becoming considered a flogger is much more troubling!