#Internationalisation

[cycas]

I'm not sure this is just Americanisation.

I think the Americans are probably losing a lot of their own local cultures too, but because of the US domination of the English-language international space, it's less obvious to them than language loss or communication breakdowns are for the smaller groupings.

Local culture loss is not always a bad thing. Local cultures can be oppressive, nationalistic, bigoted, destructive or simply cruel. A lot of people feel out of place in their own local culture and are glad to take on ideas from outside of it. It's so nice to meet people who share interests at a distance rather than feeling that you have to stick to your local worldview.

Change can be good.

So hard to keep hold of the good kind of identity while learning so much about other people and their very strong (and sometimes wrong) opinions.

I wish people would put a nationality on legal and political advice though. US legal advice is NOT generic!

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

[totalplanning]

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[shesalittlelost]

Anyone who thinks Feyre is cocky or arrogant needs to get the misogyny beaten out of them idk

[linkhansacom]

De Amerikaanse dollar? Internationalisering, globalisering, digitalisering … of marginalisering.

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Defenders of Hannibal Gaddafi, detained in Lebanon, threaten to “internationalize” his case

Human Rights Watch accused Internal Security of detaining him for 8 years on a “fabricated charge.”

Khaled Al-Ghawil, advisor to the Libyan Tribal Union for Foreign Relations, said that the “clear and official” accusation made by Human Rights Watch against the Lebanese authorities is an additional move that “clarifies the extent of the injustice suffered by (Captain) Hannibal,” expressing his hope that he will be released “immediately.” “Unconditionally,” otherwise they will move toward “internationalizing the issue.”

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Ghawil considered that continuing to detain Hannibal “is considered an arbitrary measure, because there is no evidence or charges against him, given that he was two years old at the time, and therefore continuing to detain him is considered a political matter, not a legal one.” He called on the Lebanese judiciary to “apply the law,” stressing that the Libyan people “reject these arbitrary measures by describing Hannibal as a Libyan citizen with all rights.”

Hannibal previously said, after announcing his imprisonment in Lebanon, that his kidnappers “forced him to enter Lebanon illegally, across the Syrian border, after chaining him and torturing him for days, in the hope of interrogating him with information about Imam al-Sadr.”

According to various sources, Hannibal is arrested under a memorandum issued by the judicial investigator in Lebanon, in connection with the case of the disappearance of Imam al-Sadr, but his defense team and loyalists to the former regime always confirm that “no crime has been proven against him for which he is punished as a secret-keeper, given that he was A young child when Al-Sadr’s disappearance was announced,” pointing out that the news of his disappearance was announced “while Hannibal was on vacation in Morocco with his mother.”

Al-Ghawil explained, “(The Union of Libyan Tribes) will communicate with an international legal team to internationalize the Hannibal case. If the Lebanese authorities do not release him immediately; Especially since his detention period was unlawfully prolonged.”

Hannibal's health condition deteriorated recently, after he went on a hunger strike, to protest his arrest, which prompted the Libyan Tribal Union's advisor for foreign relations to say that "the Lebanese authorities must listen to all calls from all humanitarian and human rights organizations to release Hannibal."

[superbpeacestranger]

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Similarities of Folklore in H2O: Just Add Water

Previously I did a post on Cleo's bathtub transformation and how it's a previous motif in some legends. I now want to dive into the rest of the folklore that can be fished out of the show. Many parallels are not directly the same, but still share some interesting origins. First, let's look at the powers.

Edited and cropped "Sous la Vague" or "Les Baigneuses" by Nicolas Auguste Laurens in 1898.

1: Cleo's hydrokinesis can be found in many waterpeople. Almost all humanoid water deities across the world are able to bend water to some extent, many of would would be countless to name in one post. For instance, Poseidon/Neptune was said to be able to control the seas. Triton could calm and raise the waves of the sea with the blow of his conch shell. Aside from water deities themselves, other waterpeople were able to control water. According to "Scaled for Success: The Internationalisation of the Mermaid" on page 108, the Filipino sirenas were said to be able to control water "by manipulating water levels and/or create whirlpools to swamp their prey". According to "Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore" on page 180, the Filipino kataws control the waters around the Philippine Islands, namely its "tides, currents" and even the "movements of the aquatic creatures". The Asturian xanas were in charge of keeping rivers and fountains calm according to: Mitología Asturiana - Marsellaviana on Freehostia under the llavanderes or washerwomen entry http://marsellaviana.freehostia.com/mitologiaasturiana/seresmitologicos.html

One xana in particular was able to flood as she supposedly flooded the town of Gayangos and created an entire lagoon and the lakes in the area according to: La leyenda de la Xana de Gayangos - La Cantabria Burgalesa https://lacantabriaburgalesa.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/la-leyenda-de-la-xana-de-gayangos/

Asturian llavanderes, basically mythical washerwomen, were able to summon floods and create whirlpools according to the aforementioned Marsellaviana site.

Another mermaid is the seewief or seewiefken of German folklore in Minsen. She once got caught in the net of some fishermen and got tormented, yet she eventually escaped. In revenge, she cast a curse and created storm floods in the years of 1164, 1362, 1717 and 1962 that hit Minsen. This is told according to: The Minsen Mermaid Statue - a Seewief from the Middle Ages https://mermaidsofearth.com/mermaid-statues-mermaid-sculptures/public/minsen-mermaid-statue-seewief/ (This sourced some other sites, but they are gone), Die Sage from Minsener Seewiefken - NAKUK https://www.nakuk.de/wiki/seewiefken/, Seewiefken - Wangerland https://www.wangerland.de/poi/seewiefken and Das Minsener Seewiefken Vom Fluch der Meerjungfrau - NWZ Online https://www.nwzonline.de/kultur/minsen-das-minsener-seewiefken-vom-fluch-einer-meerjungfrau_a_50,6,796560382.html

Yet another is the zeemermann of the Saeftinghe legend in the Netherlands. A zeemermin once got caught by a fisherman who refused to let her go. Her husband swam after the boat, yet to no avail. He cursed Saeftinghe and flooded the land. It was said that only Saeftinghe's towers would remain. Now, the land, it's called the drowned land of Saeftinghe. This is told according to "The Mermaid Atlas - Merfolk of the World" by Anna Claybourne on page 31 and Wandelen in het verdronken land van Seaftinghe - JNM https://jnm.be/nl/activiteiten/wandelen-in-het-verdronken-land-van-seaftinghe

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2: Rikki's fire power: Waterpeople can be associated with fire, the sun or warmth despite inhabiting the water. (Added note: Originally, I did not acknowledge that). In Thai folklore exists the so-called Phi thale ผีทะเล sea spirit who is able to appear as a mermaid or a beautiful woman who can lure sailors to their demise. Sometimes a Phi Thale takes form as a St. Elmo's fire, basically a weather phenomenon caused by electrical discharges during thunderstorms. It seems to appear like faint luminosity or "fire" and in context of the Phi Thale it might, for example, take place on a ship's mast as shown on the illustration, but one is not absolutely shore. St. Elmo's fire also appears in many other forms like on church towers. Phi Thale description is from: What is a Phi Thale (ผีทะเล)? - PAHUYUTH https://pahuyuth.com/en/glossar/phi-thale/ and information on the Saint Elmo's Fire - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/science/Saint-Elmos-fire

Illustration from "The Aerial World" by Dr. G. Hartwig in 1886 on page 310.

Sulis is a Celtic water goddess from the United Kingdom who is still associated with the sun and is thus both a water and solar deity. She was also associated with the hot springs in Bath according to Sulis, Goddess of Celtic Mythology | Characteristics & Depictions - Study. com https://study.com/academy/lesson/sulis-celtic-goddess-mythology-history.html?srsltid=AfmBOopQslCH2QEArMfaq5VE7QDgXuMQS3z55jnppUGbVGlpA3E7ldu2.

The lakes of the Catalan freshwater-maidens called the dones d'aigua were said to boil if a stranger would dive into them, yet this is only said on Wikipedia without a source and until I do not have found any good source for this, please do not claim it as fact.

The Portuguese water-maiden Maria da Manta meaning "Mary of the Blanket", Maria Gancha namely "Mary Hook", Maria Ganta meaning "Mary of the Grid" or as in the Miranese language, Mariamanta, was said to live in wells. While her appearance varied a lot, some would say she possessed eyes made of fire despite living in the waters of wells according to: Maria Gancha - Portuguese Creatures and Legends Galore https://portuguesecreaturesandlegendsgalore.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/maria-gancha/

 Illustration for "Las Supersticiones De La Humanidad" by Jose Coroleu in 1881.

Melusine from French folklore is sometimes said to grow wings when she flies away in the legend and therefore is sometimes considered to be a literal dragon-maiden either with one or two fishtails and sometimes only with a serpent tail depending on the version. She is both considered a watermaid and a dragon-maid in different versions because of that.

Illustration from "Le Roman de Mélusine" in ca. 1450-1500.

An enchanted xana could also turn into a cuélebre, namely a snake-like dragon, in order to be disenchanted. Her savior must perform some tasks so that she would be able to be free from her spell, turn back into a xana or a normal human being and be freed from being bound to her lair. This disenchantment is really complex and one can find a wide sea of different methods. One source of mine is: Some thoughts on Asturian Mythology - David A. Wacks https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/2014/12/12/asturian/. In spite of that, both of these dragon-turned watermaids didn't emit fire from their mouths. I still included them because it shares a little of the fire aspect due to their dragon forms.

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3: Emma's ice power: Plenty of waterpeople live in colder waters, but do not possess the power to manipulate water and turn it into ice. The only mention one ever heard of are the Filipino kataws who can also turn water into ice according to this Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kataw_(Philippine_mythology) that sourced "Mga Engkanto: A Bestiary of Filipino Fairies. Philippines: eLf ideas Publication. 2003". It's probably a privately published book as I can only find a Blogspot post about its concept idea. Would like to confirm the source, but as of now one does not have the book.

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"The Last of the Fairies" by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960)

4: Simply the moon or the full moon: Waterfolk has a relationship to the full moon. There is no moon pool or a direct moon spell affecting waterfolk, yet Catalan dones d'aigua tended to only show up on full moon nights where they would come out of their caves to dance, to comb their hair and to wash their laundry. Some would only sing on full or new moon nights, maybe they got spell-bound by the moon? Who knows. This is told according to: Les dones d'aigua - Elisenda Vilaró Móra http://www.elisendavilaromora.com/2012/03/les-dones-daigua/, Llegendes del riu i les done's d'aigua - Turisme Les Planes D'Hostoles https://turismelesplanes.cat/localitzacions/el-riu-i-les-dones-daigua/, Llegendes: Dona D'Aigua - Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Educació https://agora.xtec.cat/ceipcamins/4t/llegendes-dona-daigua/, Llegenda de les Dones d'Aigua - Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural https://patrimonicultural.diba.cat/element/llegenda-de-les-dones-daigua, Les dones d'aigua en la tradició popular - Mitologia Catalana Blogspot https://mitologiacatalans.blogspot.com/2016/09/les-dones-daigua-en-la-tradicio-popular_23.html and Mitologia Catalana - Isaac Baley https://www.isaacbaley.com/mitologia-catalana.html

One xana was said to be only present on full moon nights, dancing in the forest. This is said according to: La leyenda de La Xana: una historia de amor en Asturias - Crónica Asturias https://cronicaasturias.es/blog/la-leyenda-de-la-xana-una-historia-de-amor-en-asturias

Atargatis is one of the earliest waterfolk deities aside from the kullulû of Mesopotamia. She's an Assyrian fertility and mermaid goddess, yet was also described to be a moon goddess according to "Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore" on page 78.

The selkies were also said to go ashore on full moon-lit nights to shed their sealskins and dance at the seaside.

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Illustration by Hugh Thomson for "Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall" in 1897.

5: The granting wishes ability from episode 5 "Hocus Pocus" on season 2: In the Cornish legend of Lutey Curry and the merry-maid, the merry-maid was said to have given Lutey three wishes as he had helped her go back into the water from being beached ashore. He wished for the power to heal the sick, the power to "defuse wicked spells" and to have his powers passed on after his death according to "Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore" on page 102 and Curses, Vengeance, and Fishtails: The Cornish Mermaid in Perspective https://www.academia.edu/31865439/Curses_Vengeance_and_Fishtails_The_Cornish_Mermaid_in_Perspective

The Scottish ceasg or maid-of-the-wave was also said to grant one three wishes if one caught her and then released her again according to #FolkloreThursday: The Ceasg - Steampunklibrarian Blog https://steampunklibrarian.blog/2021/09/30/folklorethursday-the-ceasg/ and Gaelic Folklore (5): Ceasg - Nicovleeuwen https://nicovleeuwen.blogspot.com/2019/06/gaelic-folklore-5-ceasg_7.html

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6: The shapeshifting from mermaid to human is something prevalent in folklore, but not at the simple touch of a water drop. Instead, primarily only if the lower half is fully submerged, basically when fully going into a water body. Most waterfolk only have a fishtail that they can discard and wear later on again like a piece of clothing, but some do fully shapeshift like the mermaids of the show do. According to "Mermaids: The Myths, Legends and Lore" on page 181, the fishtailed yawkyawks from the mythology of the Kuninjku people in Australia could go ashore and "sprout legs and seem to be wholly human".

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Edited “Unter-Wasser-Philosophie” by Erich Schütz for Mocca in 1934. Yawkyawks were said to have green hair resembling green algae in freshwater streams and rock pools, called man-bak in Kuninjku according to Yawkyawk (Ngalkunburriyaymi) - Maningrida Arts and Culture https://maningrida.com/artwork/683-23/.

As the show is set in Australia, the waterfolk of Australia is another part to consider. Here's a list of the Indigenous Australian watermaid ones. I won't skim through the entirety of their lore due to the fact that there are barely any parallels between them and the show, aside from the yawkyawks who could shapeshift into humans:

< Yawkyawks (other terms: ngalkunburriyaymi, ngalberddjenj (both possibly from the Kuninjku people) ngalworreworre (Wugularr community) from the book "Mermaid and Serpent - A Story from Wugularr Community", and ngalkodjek (Darnkolo people) as from: Owen Yalandja: Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk 2019 - ARTKELCH - Contemporary Aboriginal Art https://www.artkelch.de/en/artists/owen_yalandja_216/works/ngalkodjek_yawkyawk_1827

< The pearl-givers or the mermaids of the Keppel Islands of the Woppaburra people are found in "Among the Mermaids: Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea" on pages 98-99.

< The Ji-merdiwa from the Burarra people near the Blyth river can be found on: Mermaids tales appear in myths across the world- Arnhem Land included by Anna Whitfeld - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-11/mermaids-across-the-world-arnhem-land/9846210

< Wíwa spirits (mermaid spirits) from the Kunibídji people and Djómi and Bábbarra, and the other successor Djómi spirits: Our Bedtime Stories Episode 8: Djómi (Mermaid Story) - ICTV Play https://ictv.com.au/video/item/5508?lp=1, Djomi ( Fresh Water Spirit) Bábbarra Women's Centre https://babbarra.com/design/djomi/

< The karukayn of the Gurindji people as told in “The Penguin Book of Mermaids” on pages 224-225

< and the Muli Kanybubi from the Marri Ngarr Yek Dirrangara people as told in “Muli Kanybubi Tjitjuk Kawuny Na Yagatiya - The Two Mermaids’ Dreaming Place”. 

More resources on the Indigenous Australian watermaids: Mermaids in Folklore & Australian Indigenous Culture - troublemag https://www.troublemag.com/mermaids-in-folklore-australian-indigenous-culture/ and H2O: Just Add Water and myth of mermaids in Australia - Anglophone Literatures Blog https://blogs.phil.hhu.de/anglophoneliteratures/2022/04/04/h2o-just-add-water-and-myth-of-mermaids-in-australia/ 

Whether intentional or not, the lore is pretty deep.

(If any sources are not able to be viewed, consult an archival site)

Re-published and re-polished from the edited original entry on reddit via r/JustAddWater: https://www.reddit.com/r/JustAddWater/comments/1f934vx/similarities_of_folklore_in_the_show/

In the original entry, I had wanted to include these depictions that can be seen here, but it got removed. I am not shore what the culprit was, but it may have been the second or latter depiction of Melusine as I did not edit it back then since I thought it would be tolerated because no chest was directly visible. On the un-edited version of the depiction, her chest was already obscured by a light spot that looks like as if the paper had been ripped.

[loving-n0t-heyting]

was considering trying to write up smth on the internationalisation of plea bargains and neoliberal foreign policy, on the hypothesis the latter was a primary driver of the former, to pitch it somewhere lefty and give me smth to do. after looking up some more today the project probably doesnt have legs

the real story at work in the cancerous spread of plea extortions across borders since the end of the cold war is a broader one of international judicial reform, of which the introduction of plea bargains has often been a part (commonly with a larger package of transitioning away from inquisitorial models of justice) and in which neoliberal foreign policy absolutely plays a significant part. in latin america specifically the camels nose in the tent was reagans overtly anticommunist judicial reform efforts in el salvador, later spread across the continent with the assistance of usaid and a network of broadly anticommunist legal activists. and more generally these global reform efforts have often relied on work by opdat (Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training), an organ of the internationally-oriented neoliberal american deep state if anything is. but this is a topic for an entire career, not a one off piece on plea bargains

theres a narrower story that might be interesting, too: the place of plea bargains in neoliberal lawfare abroad. but the problem there is, what exactly is there to say? they introduced plea extortions to brazil in order to facilitate the lava jato purges, this is just trivially available info the shitheads involved boast of brazenly. later this was copied by the macri govt in argentina in their own "anticorruption" crackdown, and from what i can tell similar efforts were applied in the ukrainian regimes anticorruption endeavours. but like, there, ive said what there is to be said. maybe add some more examples, give more concrete evidence of us involvement, but the real work there is in linking so called anticorruption crusades to neoliberalism, which other ppl have already done extensively. hard to milk 500 words from just the link to plea bargains, let alone an entire essay

oh well, feels kind of relieving honestly to have it off my shoulders. more time to focus on mathlosophy stuff fn. and maybe ill do smth with it yet, who knows. if you scoop me on this: well reasonable of you tbh but a mild fuck you anyways

[147-moths]

lots of people have been saying the exact same thing but honestly netflix's biggest and most frustrating problem is that they really do treat audiences like the biggest of dumbasses. yea we've seen this time and time again but we have two perfect examples rn in the live action atla and 3 body problem. erasing sokka's misogyny and "internationalising" 3 body by?? making everyone british?? perfectly encompass this descent into dumbed-down everything. i get that there would've been people misinterpreting sokka's arc and i get that there would've been people complaining about the chinese names or whatever but by catering to that specific subset of the audience you lose so much nuance and complexity!! but alas, profits.

also one of the major criticisms against the three body problem was the characters being one-dimensional and dull but like. is this better? is shoehorning romantic relationships fucking everywhere better?? what the fuck is up with ye wenjie and mike evans. WHO asked for this. benedict wong as da shi is perfect but why the fuck is his name CLARENCE

[kemetic-dreams]

‘WE ARE NOT AMERICAN’

Malcolm X would have turned 99 today. It’s as good excuse as any to revisit this gem of a clip. In it, X explains why it is so vital that “so-called Negros” in the US identify as AFRICANS.

It’s part of his famous 1964 ‘Ballot or Bullet’ speech, in which he argued that voting rights are a potent weapon if exercised right - and that unity amongst Africans in America can be leveraged to force politicians to accept their demands and agenda once in office.

However, despite his rhetoric, he was also sceptical about whether the electoral process could really bring about genuine racial justice for Africans in America.

His speech was made in the same year as his trips to Africa, which gave him a greater understanding of the need to internationalise the struggle and connect it to the independence of continental Africans.

Do you think Africans in America have a real chance of achieving their aims through elections in the US today, or do X’s words still ring true?

#MalcomX #USA #Africans #Politicians #Racial #Justice #America #Africa #Independence

[6ebe]

Oh and not to mention English is also understandable even when spoken badly. you can mess up pronunciation and sentence structure and cases and tenses and usually still be comprehensible. do the same in french or mandarin and no one will understand what you’re saying and you probably accidentally called someone your cumslut

monolingual English speakers who think English is a difficult language to learn are SO FUNNY to me like ‘but the inconsistent rules nooo’ like dude English has some of the easiest basic grammar and conjugation ever. like reaching perfection can be hard bc of inconsistently and very particular nuances but you can literally speed run to a very proficient level fairly comfortably bc it is not a hard language lmao

[justforbooks]

Ratan Tata

Indian business tycoon who turned his family’s Tata Group into a global player, and invested heavily in British industry

Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was India’s most celebrated industrialist. He modernised the unwieldy business empire founded by his great grandfather in the 19th century and internationalised it. In the process he spread his interests into western countries, with mixed results.

For the UK, that included the £271m purchase of the Tetley Group in 2000, followed more controversially by the acquisition of the steel company Corus for £6.2bn in 2007. Then, in 2008, Tata, himself a car enthusiast, added the troubled Jaguar Land Rover motor business for a further £1.75bn.

He joined the family firm, Tata Steel, in 1962. Educated in the US, and newly qualified as an architect, the young Tata had, he said, no intention of returning to India. But family ties won out. When his ailing grandmother, Navajbai, who had raised him, asked him to return he did so. He was soon promoted, building his reputation with tough reorganisation, followed by more troubleshooting at the electronics and textile companies.

In 1981, he was made chairman of Tata Industries, and found himself confronting an assortment of separate businesses, with different ownership patterns over which there was little formal control. He made a blueprint for reorganisation, having spent time at the Harvard Business School, but it was rejected after opposition from semi-autonomous bosses.

However, in 1991, the 81-year-old patriarch of the group, JRD Tata, chose him as his successor as the overall chairman. Asked why, he replied: “He has a modern mind.”

Tata soon demonstrated it with a tough programme of reshaping that, against continuing opposition, brought closures, job reductions, and the departure of the heads of the steel, hotel and chemical businesses.

He began to focus more on brands and less on heavy industry, and he benefited from the deregulation of Indian industry championed by Rajiv Gandhi. As part of it, he took the company more heavily into the motor industry. Tata lorries already dominated Indian highways, but now he moved into the car business in line with his own enthusiasms. While always seen as a man of modest habits, he had his own lovingly maintained collection of high-powered and classic cars, and delighted in driving them along Mumbai’s Marine Drive most Sundays.

Tata produced what was called “the first Indian car”, designed by and for Indians, in 1998. Ratan did some of the first drawings himself. The Tata Indica was a success. But when he went further a decade later, and the company conceived the Nano, a tiny saloon described as the world’s most affordable car at a price of about £2,000, the project failed. Such a cheap car was not enticing even to those “on two wheels” whom he hoped to attract.

In 1999 Tata had travelled to Detroit to discuss the sale of the motor business to Ford, only to be asked why his firm had gone into the passenger car business when it clearly knew nothing about it. Later he would turn the tables, buying underperforming Jaguar Land Rover from Ford and reviving it.

With sell-offs and cutbacks, Tata reorganised the group into 98 operating companies from more than 250, reducing the labour force by more than a third. He forged alliances with foreign companies and went into information technology.

He stepped down in 2012, observing the compulsory retirement rule he had himself introduced, but was still regarded as “chairman emeritus” and was brought back unhappily for a few months when his successor was sacked four years later.

His most shocking day came in 2008, when terrorists took over the Tatas’ Taj Mahal hotel on the front at Mumbai with great loss of life. The company has continued to support staff affected and the families of those who died.

Ratan was born in Mumbai, into the large Parsi Tata family, whose wealth came from a scattered collection of businesses including textiles, hotels, engineering, steel and tea. His father, Naval, had been adopted by the son of the founder, Jamsetji Tata. After Naval and his wife, Soonoo, separated when Ratan was seven, the child was brought up with his younger brother, Jimmy, by his grandmother in a grand Tata mansion in central Mumbai.

Aged 17 he was sent to the US to attend Riverdale Country school in New York City, from where he entered Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He studied engineering before switching to architecture, graduating in 1959. He worked as an architect for a while in Los Angeles before returning to India, and Tata Steel.

In his 20 years at the helm, Tata’s sales grew by 22% annually and its international revenues rose from a quarter to 58% of the total, while Tata Consultancy Services became Asia’s largest software company.

His British investments have been among his less successful. Corus was bought for an over-the-top £6bn just before the global financial crash devastated the industry. Tata claimed it as “the first big step that Indian industry has taken as a global player”. It was later described by a senior Tata executive as “worthless”. The firm is currently negotiating terms of new investment at Port Talbot, which would be accompanied by hundreds of redundancies, while huge plants on Teesside and Scunthorpe have already been closed or sold for a nominal sum.

Jaguar Land Rover was initially a happier story. Tata’s major investment, including in research and development, made the company for a while the largest foreign investor in British industry. But eight years of profits have been followed by losses since 2018.

Surveying the British scene in 2011, Tata told the Times: “Nobody seems to want to exert the effort to make the UK truly competitive. It’s a work ethic issue. In my experience in both Corus and JLR, nobody is willing to go the extra mile.”

He was a major figure in the international business community, close to US politicians as well as the Indian government, advising the former prime ministers Gordon Brown and David Cameron, and sitting on the boards of multinational institutions.

He was also known as a major philanthropist. Many of the Tata companies were owned through trusts he chaired, and huge sums were provided for medical research and university projects both in India and abroad, particularly in the US, where a number of campuses have buildings bearing his name.

A softly spoken man, renowned for his courtesy, he never married, although he described himself as having come close four times. He was known for living modestly, although his recreations included flying his private jet and driving his collection of expensive cars, as well as a speedboat. He was noted for his love of dogs. The Tata headquarters in Mumbai had kennels and made provision for street dogs, and he was a donor to canine charities. In 2014 he was made GBE.

He is survived by Jimmy, by his stepmother, Simone, a half brother, Noel, and two half sisters, Shireen and Deanna.

🔔 Ratan Tata, businessman, born 28 December 1937; died 9 October 2024

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Hai, i hope my question didnt offend you. i thought you will stop posting about chris evans on your blog? I know its your blog and you van whatever you want, but is there any reason why you keep talking about him? After you said you done with him

Hello anon

I realised I had made a mistake in my shocked reaction to the rumours of a Wedding

Part of having a spine is being mature enough to admit when you have regrets, to apologise for your part in something, and make the appropriate reparations

I have deleted all of my venting posts/edits/tags and rejoined Team PR

After a fruitful discussion with some like-minded people today I came to a realisation

You may consider this my opinion on the topic:

Netflix (TGM and WN; the only common denominator connecting them) People Magazine (The SMA contract) and whoever was responsible for the planted trolls sending messages and rumours into and around the fandom had one goal, connect her to him enough to secure the SMA publicity in order to elevate her and get her show renewed to help "internationalise" her like she wanted, all she wants is notoriety/fame and to a certain extent shes getting it as long as she is connected to him somehow

There's a reason that TMZ haven't been able to confirm it, this "rumour" originated withtrolls feeding DeuxMoi and the fandom then in turn the clickbait sites, feeding the fandom info through users on different platforms, Anons to CE fan blogs, and random info dropped on suspiciously fake looking social media accounts claiming to be in "certain areas"

They are used much like some of the bot accounts here on Tumblr that post GIFsets on his tags (like most celebrities have) in order to help drive traffic when they want to try and trend

The papwalk release on the day her show announcement was released, honestly I understand the shade from the resulting articles much better now, they did know something we didn't

Chris disappeared from public view because he knew what was coming and knew the backlash he would get was only going to get worse

I would speculate that since SHE deactivated her account by posting a nude shower show (meaning he would have to post videos etc to HIS IG), that him deactivating for the Summer for some peace and quiet......seems fair?

But this also meant that she is now in full view for whatever public attention is to be gained from these rumours spreading, it's why she started unblocking people on IG today, she desperately wants the attention, these articles and rumours are designed to milk it for all it's worth while the SMA pairing is still in play, unfortunately it won't last long past the end of that.....given what's been dug up on her and her friends

The thing is the fans aren't the source, they've never been the source, they've been fed all of this information and had their attention directed to her by the arrangement of someone who wants to push her, and it ain't Chris....

This past weekend his friends weren't trolling the fandom, they were visible enough and were able to drop just enough info about what they were really doing, his nieces birthday, his sister at a golf course, his friends bar event, the golfing pic that lines up with the Bermuda trip meaning he wasn't there, and the Football party, his celebrity friends visibly out and about in other places hoping that it would be enough to make the right connections, but the shock factor unfortunately won out and drove away some fans and spun the fandom into Chaos

To their credit, especially given the circumstances and backlash, those are some solid friends and family willing to take the risk of trying to help him

I can't believe that many people would be willing to do that for no good reason

I would speculate they knew that DeuxMoi was about to drop the vague A List wedding blind, and given that the blogs here on Tumblr have been fed wedding rumours about a September wedding for the last few months that it would of course stir the fandom into chatter and since "the FBI fans" (let's all admit it now, it's been entirely directed by outside forces) put it together and started speculating he had done the worst and actually committed himself to her

The gossip rags took it and ran 500 miles in the wrong direction with it, despite DMs blind never actually directly alluding to Chris, she's technically in the clear here lol

I'm not so sure about those other "Respectable" publications that are apparently willing to push anything to get clicks

This is "Taylor & Joe got married" 2.0 and will end the same way

Veruca got her golden ticket and tried to steal the goose......we all know how that scene ends....

He tried leaving us messages and hints the entire time the best way he could, I appreciate a lot more now the careful consideration that had to put into choosing what to do, but the trolls were shouting too loud to hear him

I may have swung back and forth with my stance on this but I won't be doing that again, if anything my position has been cemented on just how bullshit and fake this whole saga has been, especially after being on Team PR for this long while having trolls, death threats, being hacked, doxxed and scammed in order to try and drive me away

My narrative doesn't suit their agenda, and they enjoy watching us as we spin out while trying to drive us away

Chris isn't the enemy here

It's the people who have been intentionally using and manipulating the fandom for their own agenda

I along with the help of a lot of others from Team PR kept helping to undo all of their "good work" connecting her to him and undermining it's believability as anything but real

All of the "Instatinder" likes on Instagram were used intentionally to gauge which candidate gained the most attention in terms of analytics within the fandom. However her side cheated by intentionally trolling the fandom for attention (Check out Anne's Library)

But he got his own back this past weekend, they managed to drop just enough to be able to make the connections, even if it took a day or two to put together properly

Am I deluding myself.....perhaps?

But this is the side I'm choosing, feet planted

Don't disappoint us Christopher, we know you better than that

I'm sorry it took me this long to figure it out 🙏

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We found Watzke's successor! Lars Ricken, currently head of youth department, will take on the role of CEO for sports, starting in May this year. He signs a contract until June 2027. Watzke had already announced to give up the department of sports this summer, but he will still be responsible as CEO of the departments of personnel, communications and strategy until the end of next year. Sven Mislintat will become technical director with a focus on squad planning. Sebastian Kehl will stay as sporting director. Thomas Treß (finances, organisation, legal department, investor relations) and Carsten Cramer (sales and marketing, internationalisation, digitalisation) had already extended their contracts until 2027.

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DeepL Revolutionizes Language AI with Launch of DeepL Voice for Real-Time Multilingual Communication

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DeepL Revolutionizes Language AI with Launch of DeepL Voice for Real-Time Multilingual Communication

DeepL, a global leader in Language AI, has launched DeepL Voice, a cutting-edge voice translation tool designed to facilitate seamless communication across languages. With an estimated valuation of $2 billion, DeepL has earned its place as a premier provider of language solutions for enterprises and individuals alike. This latest product, DeepL Voice, enables multilingual interactions in real-time, bridging language gaps in both virtual and face-to-face settings. This milestone was celebrated during DeepL’s first flagship event, DeepL Dialogues, in Berlin.

What is DeepL Voice?

DeepL Voice is the company’s first product focused on voice-based translation, expanding beyond DeepL’s renowned text translation services. Available in two specialized models—Voice for Meetings and Voice for Conversations—DeepL Voice offers real-time translated captions, empowering global teams to communicate seamlessly without language constraints. DeepL Voice is designed to work across virtual meeting platforms and mobile devices, making it versatile for various business needs, from multinational collaborations to customer-facing roles.

The tool supports numerous languages, including English, German, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, and more, with captions available in all 33 languages supported by the DeepL Translator. With these capabilities, DeepL Voice aims to enhance productivity and inclusivity by eliminating language barriers that often hinder global business interactions.

DeepL Voice for Meetings: Empowering Multilingual Virtual Meetings

One of the flagship applications of DeepL Voice is Voice for Meetings, which allows participants to speak in their preferred language during virtual meetings while providing real-time translated captions for others. This enables every attendee to understand and contribute fully, regardless of language fluency. By supporting natural multilingual dialogue, Voice for Meetings promotes clear communication and meaningful engagement, paving the way for more effective global collaboration.

Christine Aubry, Internationalisation Coordinator at Brioche Pasquier, an early adopter of DeepL Voice, shared her experience: “Our teams felt truly connected, opening up new possibilities for collaboration that were previously limited by language constraints. DeepL Voice for Meetings brought our teams closer together.”

DeepL Voice for Conversations: Facilitating One-on-One, In-Person Communication

For in-person conversations, Voice for Conversations operates on mobile devices, enabling real-time translations during one-on-one interactions. This application is designed for customer-facing and frontline roles, where language barriers can have immediate impacts on service quality and operational efficiency. With Voice for Conversations, DeepL provides companies a solution to support their multilingual workforce and improve customer interactions, enhancing both customer satisfaction and employee effectiveness.

Addressing the Challenges of Real-Time Voice Translation

DeepL Voice’s development involved tackling unique technical challenges associated with real-time translation, such as handling incomplete inputs, pronunciation differences, and latency issues. Unlike text translation, real-time voice translation demands instant processing to avoid disruptions and inaccuracies in conversation. To overcome these challenges, DeepL’s engineers leveraged years of data and AI expertise, training their models to account for variations in accents, regional dialects, and environmental factors. The result is a robust solution that provides clear, contextually accurate translations at high speed.

Jarek Kutylowski, CEO and founder of DeepL, explained, “Real-time speech translation introduces a new level of complexity. By building on the AI and linguistic expertise we’ve honed since 2017, we’ve overcome challenges like incomplete input and pronunciation variations, ensuring businesses can engage globally without language constraints.”

Reducing Business Costs from Ineffective Communication

Language barriers can be costly for businesses, and DeepL Voice addresses these inefficiencies directly. Ineffective communication can cost companies up to $54,860 per employee annually, according to Axios HQ. DeepL Voice eliminates these barriers by offering high-quality, real-time translation, reducing the likelihood of miscommunication and enhancing team collaboration.

DeepL: A Leader in Language AI Innovation

Founded in 2017, DeepL has quickly established itself as a trusted provider of language solutions, now used by over 100,000 businesses, including half of the Fortune 500. DeepL’s Language AI platform, known for its accuracy and enterprise-grade security, is built on proprietary language models fine-tuned over years to handle complex linguistic nuances. Today, the platform serves clients across 228 markets, providing them with tools for both written and spoken language needs.

Backed by top-tier investors like Benchmark, IVP, and Index Ventures, DeepL continues to expand its product offerings with a commitment to meeting the highest standards in quality and security. Earlier in 2024, the company released a next-generation language model that surpasses competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, Google, and Microsoft in translation quality. This model, built on DeepL’s proprietary data, is optimized for fewer edits, further enhancing productivity for enterprise users.

Integrating DeepL Voice in Global Operations: Key Use Cases

With its versatility, DeepL Voice has numerous applications across various business sectors:

Global Team Meetings: Virtual meetings can now include participants speaking different languages, enabling a more inclusive environment where everyone can fully engage.

Frontline Customer Service: Customer-facing employees, especially in retail, healthcare, and hospitality, can now offer support in the language most comfortable for each customer, enhancing service quality and customer loyalty.

Manufacturing and Safety Operations: Real-time voice translation allows employees in high-stakes environments to understand critical information without delay, reducing the risks associated with miscommunication.

DeepL’s Broader Impact on Language and Communication

DeepL Voice represents more than just a product launch; it is a significant milestone in DeepL’s mission to eliminate language barriers worldwide. By enabling instant multilingual communication, DeepL Voice empowers businesses to leverage their global talent, foster stronger relationships, and expand into new markets. From multinational corporations to government agencies, DeepL’s language AI tools are designed to streamline operations, improve productivity, and enhance communication across diverse workforces.

What’s Next for DeepL?

DeepL’s journey in language technology is far from over. The company is continuously expanding its capabilities, with plans to introduce additional languages and advanced AI features in future releases. With the next-generation large language model already outperforming industry giants, DeepL is poised to set new standards in the field, offering tools that not only translate but truly bridge gaps in human communication.

Summary

DeepL Voice is a game-changing solution for businesses that face language challenges in daily operations. By facilitating clear, real-time communication across languages, DeepL Voice allows businesses to foster inclusivity, reduce miscommunication costs, and operate with greater efficiency. This innovation is another leap forward in DeepL’s mission to connect the world through language AI, transforming how we communicate, and collaborate.