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The Sicilian
by Mario Puzo
After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . .
The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.
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Year First Published: 1984
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Will Blink-182 Ever Reunite With Tom DeLonge?
When he wasn’t chasing UFOs or hunting Bigfoot, Tom DeLonge was the king of pop-punk, topping charts and breaking obscenity laws with Blink-182. After leaving Blink in 2015, DeLonge is now a full-time UFO researcher and fiction writer, trading the world of music for conspiracies and secret government meetings, but will Tom ever return to Blink? Or would Blink ever take him back?
In this video, we take a look at the tumultuous history between Tom DeLonge and his former Blink bandmates, along with the two times DeLonge quit his band. When DeLonge left Blink for the second time, it was far less of a shock than his split a decade earlier. That is, until he claimed he never quit in the first place.
DeLonge’s UFO obsession has become his true love, leading to his complete withdrawal from music. After forming To The Stars Academy, DeLonge went down a bizarre wormhole, even starting a crowdfunding initiative to… we kid you not… build a spaceship that could, “travel instantaneously through space, air and water by engineering the fabric of Space-Time."
More recently, Travis Barker appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, speaking candidly about his former bandmate’s odd activities. Barker mentioned that DeLonge recently told him, “I’m on my way to the fucking White House, bro," to which the drummer replied, "As you should be." He added, “Honestly to walk away from your very successful band to go do that shit... I have nothing but respect for his passion.”
So will Blink ever reunite with Tom DeLonge? Check out the video above for our deep dive into the band.
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This isn’t 1 April: Vatican spokesman clarifies that Pope Francis hasn’t abolished sin.
Sometimes the truth is weirder than fiction.
I saw it first at Newsmax and hunted up the links.
On 30 December atheist editor of La Reppublica, Eugenio Scalfari, wrote in an editorial piece entitled “La Rivoluzione di Francesco – Ha abolito il peccato … “Francis’ Revolution – He abolished sin” HERE
(You will recall that Scalfari printed an “interview” with Pope Francis, during which he didn’t record anything or make notes and subsequently got a bunch of things wrong, cooked up in his ideologized imagination. The Holy See, ridiculously, put the interview on the Vatican website as if it were some sort of magisterial document and later took it down. Bottom line: Scalfari gets it wrong… a lot.)
Fr. Lombardi, the papal spokesman, responded that the Pope really didn’t abolish sin. HERE
Scalfari responds to the response. HERE Thus, they sell more newspapers.
Newsmax reports it this way:
Vatican Stresses That Pope Has Not Abolished Sin
The Vatican felt compelled on Tuesday to deny that Pope Francis had “abolished sin”, after a well-known Italian intellectual wrote that he had effectively done so through his words and gestures.
The singular exchange began on Sunday when Eugenio Scalfari, an atheist who writes opinion pieces for the left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper, published an article titled “Francis’ Revolution: He has abolished sin”.
Scalfari, who held a long private conversation with the pope earlier this year and wrote about it several times, concluded in the complex, treatise-like article that Francis believed sin effectively no longer existed because God’s mercy and forgiveness were “eternal”. [In your dreams, Gene ol’ buddy, ol’ shoe.]
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told Vatican Radio that “this affirmation that the pope has abolished sin” was wrong.
“Those who really follow the pope daily know how many times he has spoken about sin and our (human) condition as sinners,” Lombardi said.
Pope Francis also often talks about Hell.
To be clear, Pope Francis sure thinks that homosexual acts are sinful. He also thinks that people who are divorced and remarried can’t shouldn’t be given Holy Communion.
And Former-Father Greg Reynolds is still excommunicated.
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17 Responses to This isn’t 1 April: Vatican spokesman clarifies that Pope Francis hasn’t abolished sin.
And let’s not forget him telling Curial officials to hear confessions! Kind of pointless if people aren’t sinning anymore.
MikeD says:
Might it be the case that Scalfari appreciates and has detected the logical outworking of certain erroneous conceptions of conscience better than those in the Church?
Right, mamajen. In the article that quotes Fr Lombardi, he says that God’s mercy makes no sense if there is no sin. (my very loose translation)
AngelGuarded says:
The illogic of begging the question: “Italian intellectual…”
wmeyer says:
Perhaps Scalfari studied at the feet of the LCWR?
Atra Dicenda, Rubra Agenda says:
I honestly intend no uncharitable insinuation by this in any way toward the Pope, but I find it curious how this Scalfari character could so completely and so entirely misrepresent everything the Pope said in his interview with him. Perhaps the Holy Father is recognizing the questionable wisdom of stating off the cuff remarks to atheist secular liberal journalists. Perhaps we will read less about such confusing or contradictory statements like this in the future of his Pontificate and everyone will receive greater clarity from the Pope.
McCall1981 says:
@Atra Dicenda, Rubra Agenda,
That’s exactly what I’m hoping too. I don’t want to jump the gun, but I have been hoping that the Scalfari interview in October was a kind of turning point. Since that time, there haven’t been any “controversial” remarks, and we have got confirmation on a number of positives as well. Perhaps that was when he learned his lesson, so to speak. I would hope that this nonsense today further drives the point home to him.
donato2 says:
Like Scalfari, Andrew Sullivan has been peddling the notion that Pope Francis is moving the Church toward the post-Catholic modern worldview that there is no such thing as sin. (But of course the only sin that Sullivan really wants to have declassified as sin is sodomy.) Sullivan promotes his view of Francis with ambiguous assertions that are not tethered to specific things that Pope Francis has said. Sullivan will say, for example, something to the effect that Pope Francis is completely revitalizing Catholicism and is ushering in a historic and revolutionary updating of Catholic teaching — and thus intimating, without saying, that Pope Francis is moving the Church toward adopting the feminist/gay rights agenda. Sullivan constantly repeats things of this nature on his blog. He is employing the old “if you tell a lie often enough people will think it is true” strategy. The problem is, of course, that Francis has given people such as Scalfari and Sullivan just enough ammo to work with and has not made any serious effort to shut them down.
Jim Dorchak says:
It seems that the if the general perception that Sin is Abolished, and that was not the intent, then the messenger is not delivering the message very well? [Given Scalfari’s reporting, who knows what Francis really said?]
True Father, true.
MGL says:
I have no affection for Scalfari, but many people seem conveniently to have forgotten that he showed the interview text to the Holy Father for approval before he published it.
You can argue (rightly, in my view) that Scalfari was derelict in not having recorded the conversation or taken notes, but it seems clear there’s no serious journalistic malpractice here.
I point this out because it is now de rigeur in the Catholic commentariat to disregard the Scalfari interview due to it being an “after-the-fact reconstruction”. But if a journalist interviewed me without equipment, then wrote up his recollections of our conversation and sent it to me for corrections and approval prior to publication, it would be reasonable to conclude that the published reconstruction was a fair characterization of my view.
This is the situation we are in with the Holy Father. Scalfari did what he should have done in the post-interview circumstances, and I’m not sure how people can get away with blaming him for (conjectured) errors in the text. He also said at the time that “it’s not clear how closely the Pope read [the interview].” But how is it Scalfari’s fault if the Pope approved the interview without reading it carefully?
Mr. Green says:
MGL: But if a journalist interviewed me without equipment, then wrote up his recollections of our conversation and sent it to me for corrections and approval prior to publication, it would be reasonable to conclude that the published reconstruction was a fair characterization of my view.
Well, perhaps you should run for Pope. But you might find that it puts many demands on your time, leaving little room to sub for the editor of La Reppublica. Perhaps the Pope merely glanced at it, assuming the paper had done its job properly. Perhaps he accepted the word of some lackey that the report was OK. But none of that absolves Scalfari from his responsibility, both ethical and journalistic, to take notes if he needed them and not to report his own paraphrases as quotations.
Mr. Green,
My experience is that we wouldn’t apply your standard to any other public figure. Take Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Gates, or Richard Dawkins (please): If we were informed that one of these busy gentlemen had been allowed the opportunity to review an interview text before publication, most people (in and out of the media) would assume that the published text accurately reflected his views. To take our hypothetical further, imagine that the interview text had stood for several months without protest, correction, or further explanation from the gentleman in question. What conclusion would a reasonable person reach?
Please forgive my blunt approach, but if the Holy Father has time to make impromptu telephone calls to journalists and even sit down for interviews with them, he certainly has time to ensure the interview text accurately reflects his sentiments. As to the negligence conjecture (that the Holy Father “assum[ed] the paper had done its job properly”), how on earth is this meant to reassure us? Firstly, we have no evidence whatsoever that this is the case; secondly, would we accept this confession of irresponsibility (which the Holy Father, to his credit, has not made) from any other public figure? I repeat, approval before publication and the interview has now stood as published, without retractions or objections, for three months.
As to the ethics of the unrecorded interview itself, the Holy Father had a number of options at his disposal:
– He could have made it clear that he had not approved the interview for publication, in which case we would be free to regard it as at best an unreliable paraphrasing, and at worst a fabrication.
– He could have struck out all inaccurate quotation marks in the review, and instructed Scalfari to modify the text to make it clear that he was conveying impressions; e.g., as we sat down, Pope Francis assured me that he had no intention of using the opportunity to proselytize to me, adding that such tactics had too often backfired in the past.
– He could have corrected or deleted any gross inaccuracies.
– Even following publication, the Holy Father could have issued corrections or explanations.
Here’s the thing: as far as we know, Pope Francis may have amended the text or asked for corrections. For all we know, we already have the corrected, fully accurate interview text. We have just as much evidence for this possibility as we do for the negligence hypothesis; that is to say, zero.
What we do have is a pre-approved, uncorrected, unretracted interview.
MGL: My experience is that we wouldn’t apply your standard to any other public figure.
Well then, we ought to. Even Dawkins would get my sympathy for being falsely “quoted”.
Firstly, we have no evidence whatsoever that this is the case;
No, we don’t have any direct evidence about what Pope Francis himself did, so we must refrain from casting aspersions as though we did. I daresay he will be more cautious in the future. What we do know is that Scalfari has no recording or notes and yet presented direct quotations. This is admitted, so we know that he acted irresponsibly. He was the interviewer, he was the writer, he was the editor. He had a grave responsibility to represent the Pope accurately. “I almost got away with it” is not a justifiable excuse.
All right, Mr. Green. To close this off from my end:
Even Dawkins would get my sympathy for being falsely “quoted”.
We have no evidence whatsoever–none–that there are any false quotations in the interview, or that the Holy Father is in any way materially misrepresented as to what he said. If Dawkins (etc.) approved an interview text prior to publication, we would not continue to speculate about “false quotations”, unless and until he issued retractions or clarifications.
As to the accusation of casting aspersions against Pope Francis, well–I’m not the one who’s suggesting that he failed to perform basic due diligence on an interview text! I make the simple observation that since the Holy Father had the opportunity to review the text prior to publication, and has not subsequently issued any corrections, clarifications or retractions, we can do him the basic credit of presuming that the published text accurately reflects his views.
MGL: We have no evidence whatsoever–none–that there are any false quotations in the interview, or that the Holy Father is in any way materially misrepresented as to what he said.
Ah, OK. Well, if everything is fine, then there is nothing to complain about on any side, so there shouldn’t be any problem. But in fact there still is one thing: Scalfari put his own admitted paraphrases in quotation marks — that is, he claimed (by use of quotations) that certain words were the Pope’s verbatim remarks, when they were not. This is irresponsible, no matter how lucky he may or may not be.
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Culp named Big Ten kicker of the year
Nebraska Cornhuskers place kicker Connor Culp #33 Nebraska FB vs Penn State Nebraska Football Nebraska Athletics Communications Office (Nebraska Athletics Communications Office | Nebraska Athletics Communication)
By 10/11 NOW
Published: Dec. 17, 2020 at 11:24 AM CST|Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 12:10 PM CST
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska place-kicker Connor Culp was recognized as the Big Ten’s top kicker on Thursday, being named the Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year.
Culp is in his first year with the Huskers, and was also a first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the league coaches and media panel.
A native of Phoenix, Ariz., Culp has connected on 13-of-15 field goals this season, including a streak of nine consecutive field goals made over a five-game stretch. Culp is also perfect on 16 PAT attempts this season. He leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth nationally in field goals per game at 1.9 per contest. Culp also ranks second in the Big Ten in field goal accuracy at 86.7 percent.
Culp’s season was highlighted by two games with 3-of-3 field goal efforts in victories over Penn State and Purdue. Against the Boilermakers, Culp connected on a career-long 49-yard field goal, the longest by a Husker since 2016. Culp also handles kickoff duties for the Huskers. Culp joined the Husker program as a graduate transfer after spending his first four years at LSU, where he made 11-of-16 field goals.
The Big Ten’s top kicking honor is named for Wisconsin place-kicker Jim Bakken and Michigan State place-kicker Morten Andersen. This marks the third time a Nebraska kicker has won the award, with Culp joining two-time winner Brett Maher (2011, 2012). It is the first time a Nebraska player has won any of the Big Ten’s major awards since Sam Foltz was the Punter of the Year in 2015.
Culp is one of 11 Huskers to earn All-Big Ten recognition. Second-team selection Cam Taylor-Britt led seven Blackshirt defenders recognized on Wednesday, while a trio of offensive players were honored on Tuesday.
In addition to Culp’s honor on Thursday, senior linebacker Collin Miller was recognized as the Huskers’ Sportsmanship Award nominee for the 2020 season.
Nebraska All-Big Ten Honors
Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Connor Culp, PK
1st-Team All-Big Ten: Connor Culp, PK (Media, Coaches)
2nd-Team All-Big Ten: Cam Taylor-Britt, CB (Coaches)
Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten: Dicaprio Bootle, CB (Media); Marquel Dismuke, S (Coaches, Media); JoJo Domann, LB (Coaches, Media); Matt Farniok, OG (Coaches, Media); Will Honas, LB (Coaches, Media); Brenden Jaimes, OT (Coaches, Media); Wan’Dale Robinson, WR (Coaches); Ben Stille, DL (Coaches, Media); Cam Taylor-Britt, CB (Media); Deontai Williams, S (Coaches, Media)
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==Property Attribution==
===Barriers, biases, fallacies, impediments and problems===
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Affective_death_spiral Affective death spiral] - positive attributes of a theory, person, or organization combine with the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Halo_effect Halo effect] in a feedback loop, resulting in the subject of the affective death spiral being held in higher and higher regard.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism] - the error of attributing distinctly human characteristics to nonhuman processes.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bystander_effect Bystander effect] - a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Connotation Connotation] - emotional association with a word. You need to be careful that you are not conveying different connotation, then you mean to.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Correspondence_bias Correspondence bias] (also known as the fundamental attribution error) - is the tendency to overestimate the contribution of lasting traits and dispositions in determining people's behavior, as compared to situational effects.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Death_Spirals_and_the_Cult_Attractor Death Spirals and the Cult Attractor] - Cultishness is an empirical attractor in human groups, roughly an affective death spiral, plus peer pressure and outcasting behavior, plus (quite often) defensiveness around something believed to have been perfected
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Detached_lever_fallacy Detached lever fallacy] -the assumption that something simple for one system will be simple for others. This assumption neglects to take into account that something may only be simple because of complicated underlying machinery which is triggered by a simple action like pulling a lever. Adding this lever to something else won-t allow the action to occur because the underlying complicated machinery is not there.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Giant_cheesecake_fallacy Giant cheesecake fallacy]- occurs when an argument leaps directly from capability to actuality, without considering the necessary intermediate of motive. An example of the fallacy might be: a sufficiently powerful Artificial Intelligence could overwhelm any human resistance and wipe out humanity. (Belief without evidence: the AI would decide to do so.) Therefore we should not build AI.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Halo_effect Halo effect] - specific type of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias], wherein positive feelings in one area cause ambiguous or neutral traits to be viewed positively.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Illusion_of_transparency Illusion of transparency] - misleading impression that your words convey more to others than they really do.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inferential_distance Inferential distance] - a gap between the background knowledge and epistemology of a person trying to explain an idea, and the background knowledge and epistemology of the person trying to understand it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Information_cascade Information cascade] - occurs when people signal that they have information about something, but actually based their judgment on other people's signals, resulting in a self-reinforcing community opinion that does not necessarily reflect reality.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mind_projection_fallacy Mind projection fallacy] - occurs when someone thinks that the way they see the world reflects the way the world really is, going as far as assuming the real existence of imagined objects.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Other-optimizing Other-optimizing] - a failure mode in which a person vastly overestimates their ability to optimize someone else's life, usually as a result of underestimating the differences between themselves and others, for example through the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Typical_mind_fallacy typical mind fallacy].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Peak-end_rule Peak-end rule] - we do not judge our experiences on the net pleasantness of unpleasantness or on how long the experience lasted, but instead on how they were at their peak (pleasant or unpleasant) and how they ended.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Stereotype Stereotype] - a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Typical_mind_fallacy Typical mind fallacy] - the mistake of making biased and overconfident conclusions about other people's experience based on your own personal experience; the mistake of assuming that other people are more like you than they actually are.
===Techniques/Concepts===
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/4h/when_truth_isnt_enough/ ADBOC] - Agree Denotationally, But Object Connotatively
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Alien_values Alien Values] - There are no rules requiring minds to value life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. An alien will have, in all probability, alien values. If an "alien" isn't evolved, the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mind_design_space range of possible values] increases even more, allowing such [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Absurdity_heuristic absurdities] as a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer Paperclip maximizer]. Creatures with alien values might as well value *only* non-sentient life, or they might spend all their time building [http://lesswrong.com/lw/sy/sorting_pebbles_into_correct_heaps/ heaps of prime numbers of rocks].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chronophone Chronophone] - is a parable that is meant to convey the idea that it-s really hard to get somewhere when you don't already know your destination. If there were some simple cognitive policy you could follow to spark moral and technological revolutions, without your home culture having advance knowledge of the destination, you could execute that cognitive policy today.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Empathic_inference Empathic inference] - is every-day common mind-reading. It-s an inference made about other person-s mental states using your own brain as reference, by making your brain feel or think in the same way as the other person you can emulate their mental state and predict their reactions.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Epistemic_luck Epistemic luck] - you would have different beliefs if certain events in your life were different. How should you react to this fact?
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Future Future] - If it hasn't happened yet but is going to, then it's part of the future. Checking whether or not something is going to happen is notoriously difficult. Luckily, the field of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Heuristics_and_biases heuristics and biases] has given us some insights into what can go wrong. Namely, one problem is that the future elicits [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Near/far_thinking far mode], which isn't about truth-seeking or gritty details.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mental_models Mental models] - a hypothetical form of representation of knowledge in human mind. Mental models form to approximately describe dynamics of observed situations, and reuse parts of existing models to represent novel situations
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mind_design_space Mind design space] - refers to the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Configuration_space configuration space] of possible minds. As humans living in a human world, we can safely make all sorts of assumptions about the minds around us without even realizing it. Each human might have their own unique personal qualities, so it might naively seem that there's nothing you can say about people you [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/I_don%27t_know don't know]. But there's actually quite a lot you can say (with high or very high probability) about a random human: that they have [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Human_universal standard] emotions like happiness, sadness, and anger; standard senses like sight, vision, and hearing; that they speak a language; and no doubt any number of other subtle features that are even harder to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inferential_distance quickly explain in words]. These things are the specific results of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology adaptation pressures in the ancestral environment] and can't be expected to be shared by a random alien or [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence AI]. That is, humans are packed into a tiny dot in the configuration space: there is vast range over of other ways a mind can be.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Near/far_thinking Near/far thinking] - Near and far are two modes (or a spectrum of modes) in which we can think about things. We choose which mode to think about something is based on its distance from us, or on the level of detail we need. This property of human mind is studied in [http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=79 construal level theory].
#NEAR: All of these bring each other more to mind: here, now, me, us; trend-deviating likely real local events; concrete, context-dependent, unstructured, detailed, goal-irrelevant incidental features; feasible safe acts; secondary local concerns; socially close folks with unstable traits.
#FAR: Conversely, all these bring each other more to mind: there, then, them; trend-following unlikely hypothetical global events; abstract, schematic, context-freer, core, coarse, goal-related features; desirable risk-taking acts, central global symbolic concerns, confident predictions, polarized evaluations, socially distant people with stable traits
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/No-Nonsense_Metaethics No-Nonsense Metaethics] - A [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequence sequence] by lukeprog that explains and defends a naturalistic approach to metaethics and what he calls [http://lesswrong.com/lw/5u2/pluralistic_moral_reductionism/ pluralistic moral reductionism]. We know that people can mean different things, but use the same word, e.g. sound can mean auditory experience or acoustic vibrations in the air. Pluralistic moral reductionism is the idea that we do the same thing when we talk about what it moral.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/lk/superhero_bias/ Only the vulnerable are heroes] "Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage." [http://brenebrown.com/ Bren- Brown] To be as heroic as a man stopping a group of would-be thieves from robbing a store. Superman has to be defending the world from someone powerful enough to harm and possibly even kill him, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkseid Darkseid].
==Epistemic==
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Absurdity_heuristic Absurdity heuristic] - is a mental shortcut where highly untypical situations are classified as absurd or [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Antiprediction impossible]. Where you don't expect intuition to construct an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Technical_explanation adequate model] of reality, classifying an idea as impossible may be [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Overconfidence overconfident].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Affect_heuristic Affect heuristic] - a mental shortcut that makes use of current [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion emotions] to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Arguing_by_analogy Arguing by analogy] - is arguing that since things are alike in some ways, they will probably be alike in others. While careful application of argument by analogy can be a powerful tool, there are limits to the method after which it breaks down.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Arguing_by_definition Arguing by definition] - is arguing that something is part of a class because it fits the definition of that class. It is recommended to avoid this wherever possible and instead treat words as labels that cannot capture the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Detached_lever_fallacy rich cognitive content] that actually constitutes its meaning. As Feynman said: -You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts.- It is better to keep the focus on the facts of the matter and try to understand what your interlocutor is trying to communicate, then to get lost in a pointless discussion of definitions, bearing nothing.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Arguments_as_soldiers Arguments as soldiers] - is a problematic scenario where arguments are treated like war or battle. Arguments get treated as soldiers, weapons to be used to defend your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Color_politics side] of the debate, and to attack the other side. They are no longer instruments of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Truth truth].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Availability_heuristic Availability heuristic] - a mental shortcut that treats easily recalled information as important or at least more important than alternative solutions which are not as readily recalled
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/i6/professing_and_cheering/ Belief as cheering] - People can bind themselves as a group by believing "crazy" things together. Then among outsiders they could show the same pride in their crazy belief as they would show wearing "crazy" group clothes among outsiders. The belief is more like a banner saying "[http://lesswrong.com/lw/gt/a_fable_of_science_and_politics/ GO BLUES]". It isn't a statement of fact, or an attempt to persuade; it doesn't have to be convincing-it's a cheer.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/od/37_ways_that_words_can_be_wrong/29or Beware of Deepities] - A deepity is a proposition that seems both important and true-and profound-but that achieves this effect by being ambiguous. An example is "love is a word". One interpretation is that -love-, the word, is a word and this is trivially true. The second interpretation is that love is nothing more than a verbal construct. This interpretation is false, but if it were true would be profound. The "deepity" seems profound due to a conflation of the two interpretations. People see the trivial but true interpretation and then think that there must be some kind of truth to the false but profound one.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias Bias] - is a systematic deviation from [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality rationality] committed by our cognition. They are specific, predictable error patterns in the human mind.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Burdensome_details Burdensome details] - Adding more details to a theory may make it sound more plausible to human ears because of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Representativeness_heuristic representativeness heuristic], even as the story becomes normatively less probable, as burdensome details drive the probability of the conjunction down (this is known as [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy conjunction fallacy]). Any detail you add has to be pinned down by a sufficient amount of evidence; all the details you make no claim about can be summed over.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Compartmentalization Compartmentalization] - a tendency to restrict application of a generally-applicable skill, such as scientific method, only to select few contexts. More generally, the concept refers to not following a piece of knowledge to its logical conclusion, or not taking it seriously.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conformity_bias Conformity bias] - a tendency to behave similarly to the others in a group, even if doing so goes against your own judgment.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy Conjunction fallacy] - involves the assumption that specific conditions are more probable than more general ones.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Contagion_heuristic Contagion heuristic] - leads people to avoid contact with people or objects viewed as "contaminated" by previous contact with someone or something viewed as bad-or, less often, to seek contact with objects that have been in contact with people or things considered good.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Costs_of_rationality Costs of rationality] - Becoming more [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality#Epistemic_rationality epistemically rational] can only guarantee one thing: what you believe will include more of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Truth truth]. Knowing that truth might [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Instrumental_rationality help you achieve your goals], or cause you to become a pariah. Be sure that you really want to know the truth before you commit to finding it; otherwise, you may flinch from it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Defensibility Defensibility] - arguing that a policy is defensible rather than optimal or that it has some benefit compared to the null action rather than the best benefit of any action.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fake_simplicity Fake simplicity] - if you have a simple answer to a complex problem then it is probably a case whereby your beliefs appear to match the evidence much more strongly than they actually do. "Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong."H. L. Mencken
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fallacy_of_gray Fallacy of gray] also known as Continuum fallacy -is the false belief that because nothing is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Absolute_certainty certain], everything is equally uncertain. It does not take into account that some things are more certain than others.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/False_dilemma False dilemma] - occurs when only two options are considered, when there may in fact be many.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Filtered_evidence Filtered evidence] - is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] that was selected for the purpose of proving (disproving) a hypothesis. Filtered evidence may be highly misleading, but can still be useful, if considered with care.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Generalization_from_fictional_evidence Generalization from fictional evidence] - logical fallacy that consists of drawing real-world conclusions based on statements invented and selected for the purpose of writing fiction.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Groupthink Groupthink] - tendency of humans to tend to agree with each other, and hold back objections or dissent even when the group is wrong.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hindsight_bias Hindsight bias] - is the tendency to overestimate the foreseeability of events that have actually happened.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Information_hazard Information hazard] - is a risk that arises from the dissemination or the potential dissemination of (true) information that may cause harm or enable some agent to cause harm.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/In-group_bias In-group bias] - preferential treatment of people and ideas associated with your own group.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mind-killer Mind-killer] - a name given to topics (such as [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Color_politics politics]) that tend to produce extremely [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias biased] discussions. Another cause of mind-killers is social taboo. Negative [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Connotation connotations] are associated with some topics, thus creating a strong bias supported by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Signaling signaling] drives that makes non-negative characterization of these topics appear [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Absurdity_heuristic absurd].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Motivated_cognition Motivated cognition] - is the unconscious tendency of individuals to fit their processing of information to conclusions that suit some end or goal.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Motivated_skepticism Motivated skepticism] also known as [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Disconfirmation_bias&action=edit&redlink=1 disconfirmation bias] - the mistake of applying more skepticism to claims that you don't like (or intuitively disbelieve), than to claims that you do like
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Narrative_fallacy Narrative fallacy] - is a vulnerability to over interpretation and our predilection for compact stories over raw truths.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Overconfidence Overconfidence] - the state of being more certain than is justified, given your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Priors priors] and the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] available.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Planning_fallacy Planning fallacy] - predictions about how much time will be needed to complete a future task display an optimistic bias (underestimate the time needed).
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Politics_is_the_Mind-Killer Politics is the Mind-Killer] - Politics is not a good area for rational debate. It is often about status and power plays where arguments are soldiers rather than tools to get closer to the truth.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Positive_bias Positive bias] - tendency to test hypotheses with positive rather than negative examples, thus risking to miss obvious disconfirming tests.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Priming Priming] - psychological phenomenon that consists in early stimulus influencing later thoughts and behavior.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Privileging_the_hypothesis Privileging the hypothesis] - is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Locate_the_hypothesis singling out a particular hypothesis for attention] when there is insufficient [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] already in hand to justify such special attention.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Problem_of_verifying_rationality Problem of verifying rationality] - is the single largest problem for those desiring to create methods of systematically training for increased epistemic and instrumental [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality rationality] - how to verify that the training actually worked.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationalization Rationalization] - starts from a conclusion, and then works backward to arrive at arguments apparently favouring that conclusion. Rationalization argues for a side already selected. The term is misleading as it is the very opposite and antithesis of rationality, as if lying were called "truthization".
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/18b/reason_as_memetic_immune_disorder/ Reason as memetic immune disorder].- is problem that when you are rational you deem your conclusions more valuable than those of non-rational people. This can end up being a problem as you are less likely to update your beliefs when they are opposed. This adds the risk that if you make a one false belief and then rationally deduce a plethora of others from it you will be less likely to update any erronous conclusions.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Representativeness_heuristic Representativeness heuristic] -a mental shortcut where people judge the probability or frequency of a hypothesis by considering how much the hypothesis resembles available data as opposed to using a Bayesian calculation.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Scales_of_justice_fallacy Scales of justice fallacy] - the error of using a simple polarized scheme for deciding a complex issue: each piece of evidence about the question is individually categorized as [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Arguments_as_soldiers supporting exactly one] of the two opposing positions.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Scope_insensitivity Scope insensitivity] - a phenomenon related to the representativeness heuristic where subjects based their willingness-to-pay mostly on a mental image rather than the effect on a desired outcome. An environmental measure that will save 200,000 birds doesn't conjure anywhere near a hundred times the emotional impact and willingness-to-pay of a measure that would save 2,000 birds, even though in fact the former measure is two orders of magnitude more effective.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Self-deception Self-deception] - state of preserving a wrong [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief belief], often facilitated by denying or [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationalization rationalizing away] the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] and logical arguments.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Status_quo_bias Status quo bias] - people tend to avoid changing the established behavior or beliefs unless the pressure to change is sufficiently strong.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sunk_cost_fallacy Sunk cost fallacy] - Letting past investment (of time, energy, money, or any other resource) interfere with decision-making in the present in deleterious ways.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_top_1%25_fallacy The top 1% fallacy] - related to not taking into account the idea that a small sample size is not always reflective of a whole population and that sample populations with certain characteristics, e.g. made up of repeat job seekers, are not reflective of the whole population.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Underconfidence Underconfidence] - the state of being more uncertain than is justified, given your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prior priors] and the evidence you are aware of.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/og/wrong_questions/ Wrong Questions] - A question about your map that wouldn-t make sense if you had a more accurate map.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Absolute_certainty Absolute certainty] - equivalent of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian_probability Bayesian probability] of 1. Losing an epistemic bet made with absolute certainty corresponds to receiving infinite negative payoff, according to the logarithmic [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Scoring_rule proper scoring rule].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Adaptation_executors Adaptation executors] - Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers. Our taste buds do not find lettuce delicious and cheeseburgers distasteful once we are fed a diet too high in calories and too low in micronutrients. Tastebuds are adapted to an ancestral environment in which calories, not micronutrients, were the limiting factor. Evolution operates on [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Slowness_of_evolution too slow a timescale] to re-adapt to adapt to a new conditions (such as a diet).
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Adversarial_process Adversarial process] - a form of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Truth truth]-seeking or conflict resolution in which identifiable [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Faction factions] hold one-sided positions.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Altruism Altruism] - Actions undertaken for the benefit of other people. If you do something to feel good about helping people, or even to be a better person in some spiritual sense, it isn't truly altruism.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Amount_of_evidence Amount of evidence] - to a Bayesian, evidence is a quantitative concept. The more complicated or a priori improbable a hypothesis is, the more evidence you need just to justify it, or even just [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Locate_the_hypothesis single it out] of the amongst the mass of competing theories.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Anti-epistemology Anti-epistemology]- is bad explicit beliefs about rules of reasoning, usually developed in the course of protecting an existing false belief - false beliefs are opposed not only by true beliefs (that must then be obscured in turn) but also by good rules of systematic reasoning (which must then be denied). The explicit defense of fallacy as a general rule of reasoning is anti-epistemology.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Antiprediction Antiprediction] - is a statement of confidence in an event that sounds startling, but actually isn't far from a maxentropy [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prior prior]. For example, if someone thinks that our state of knowledge implies strong ignorance about the speed of some process X on a logarithmic scale from nanoseconds to centuries, they may make the startling-sounding statement that X is very unlikely to take 'one to three years'.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Applause_light Applause light] - is an empty statement which evokes positive affect without providing new information
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence Artificial general intelligence] - is a machine capable of behaving intelligently over many domains.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian Bayesian] - Bayesian [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Probability_theory probability theory] is the math of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Epistemic_rationality epistemic rationality], Bayesian [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] is the math of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Instrumental_rationality instrumental rationality].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem Aumann's agreement theorem] - roughly speaking, says that two agents acting rationally (in a certain precise sense) and with [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Common_knowledge common knowledge] of each other's beliefs cannot agree to disagree. More specifically, if two people are genuine [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian Bayesians], share common [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Priors priors], and have common knowledge of each other's current probability assignments, then they must have equal probability assignments.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian_decision_theory Bayesian decision theory] - is a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] which is informed by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian_probability Bayesian probability]. It is a statistical system that tries to quantify the tradeoff between various decisions, making use of probabilities and costs.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian_probability Bayesian probability] - represents a level of certainty relating to a potential outcome or idea. This is in contrast to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequentist_inference frequentist] probability that represents the frequency with which a particular outcome will occur over any number of trials. An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_%28probability_theory%29 event] with Bayesian probability of .6 (or 60%) should be interpreted as stating "With confidence 60%, this event contains the true outcome", whereas a frequentist interpretation would view it as stating "Over 100 trials, we should observe event X approximately 60 times." The difference is more apparent when discussing ideas. A frequentist will not assign probability to an idea; either it is true or false and it cannot be true 6 times out of 10.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem Bayes' theorem] - A law of probability that describes the proper way to incorporate new [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] into [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prior_probabilities prior probabilities] to form an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_update updated] probability estimate.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief Belief] - the mental state in which an individual holds a proposition to be true. Beliefs are often metaphorically referred to as maps, and are considered valid to the extent that they correctly correspond to the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Truth truth]. A person's knowledge is a subset of their beliefs, namely the beliefs that are also true and justified. Beliefs can be second-order, concerning propositions about other beliefs.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_as_attire Belief as attire] - is a example of an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Improper_belief improper belief] promoted by identification with a group or other [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Signaling signaling] concerns, not by how well it reflects the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Territory territory].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_in_belief Belief in belief] - Where it is difficult to believe a thing, it is often much easier to believe that you ought to believe it. Were you to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bite_the_bullet really believe] and not just believe in belief, the consequences of error would be much more severe. When someone makes up excuses in advance, it would seem to require that belief, and belief in belief, have become unsynchronized.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_update Belief update] - what you do to your beliefs, opinions and cognitive structure when new [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] comes along.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bite_the_bullet Bite the bullet] - is to accept the consequences of a hard choice, or unintuitive conclusions of a formal reasoning procedure.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Black_swan Black swan] - is a high-impact event that is hard to predict (but not necessarily of low probability). It is also an event that is not accounted for in a model and therefore causes the model to break down when it occurs.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cached_thought Cached thought] - is an answer that was arrived at by recalling a previously-computed conclusion, rather than performing the reasoning from scratch.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Causal_Decision_Theory Causal Decision Theory] - a branch of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] which advises an agent to take actions that maximizes the causal consequences on the probability of desired outcomes
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Causality Causality] - refers to the relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is a direct consequence of the first.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Church-Turing_thesis Church-Turing thesis] - states the equivalence between the mathematical concepts of algorithm or computation and Turing-Machine. It asserts that if some calculation is effectively carried out by an algorithm, then there exists a Turing machines which will compute that calculation.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Aggregated_Volition Coherent Aggregated Volition] - is one of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Ben_Goertzel Ben Goertzel]'s responses to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky Eliezer Yudkowsky]'s [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Extrapolated_Volition Coherent Extrapolated Volition], the other being [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Blended_Volition Coherent Blended Volition]. CAV would be a combination of the goals and beliefs of humanity at the present time.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Blended_Volition Coherent Blended Volition] - Coherent Blended Volition is a recent concept coined in a 2012 paper by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Ben_Goertzel Ben Goertzel] with the aim to clarify his [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Aggregated_Volition Coherent Aggregated Volition] idea. This clarifications follows the author's attempt to develop a comprehensive alternative to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Extrapolated_Volition Coherent Extrapolated Volition].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Coherent_Extrapolated_Volition Coherent Extrapolated Volition] - is a term developed by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky Eliezer Yudkowsky] while discussing [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Friendly_AI Friendly AI] development. It-s meant as an argument that it would not be sufficient to explicitly program our desires and motivations into an AI. Instead, we should find a way to program it in a way that it would act in our best interests - what we want it to do and not what we tell it to.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Color_politics Color politics] - the words "Blues" and "Greens" are often used to refer to two opposing political factions. Politics commonly involves an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Adversarial_process adversarial process], where factions usually identify with political positions, and use [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Arguments_as_soldiers arguments as soldiers] to defend their side. The dichotomies presented by the opposing sides are often [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/False_dilemma false dilemmas], which can be shown by presenting [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Third_option third options].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Common_knowledge Common knowledge] - n the context of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem Aumann's agreement theorem], a fact is part of the common knowledge of a group of agents when they all know it, they all know that they all know it, and so on ad infinitum.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conceptual_metaphor Conceptual metaphor] - are neurally-implemented mappings between concrete [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Domain_of_discourse&action=edit&redlink=1 domains of discourse] (often related to our body and perception) and more abstract domains. These are a well-known source of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias bias] and are often exploited in the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dark_Arts Dark Arts]. An example is -argument is war-.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Configuration_space Configuration space] - is an isomorphism between the attributes of something, and its position on a multidimensional graph. Theoretically, the attributes and precise position on the graph should contain the same information. In practice, the concept usually appears as a suffix, as in "walletspace", where "walletspace" refers to the configuration space of all possible wallets, arranged by similarity. Walletspace would intersect with leatherspace, and the set of leather wallets is a subset of both walletspace and leatherspace, which are both subsets of thingspace.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conservation_of_expected_evidence Conservation of expected evidence] - a theorem that says: "for every expectation of evidence, there is an equal and opposite expectation of counterevidence". 0 = (P(H|E)-P(H))\*P(E) + (P(H|~E)-P(H))\*P(~E)
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Control_theory Control theory] - a control system is a device that keeps a variable at a certain value, despite only knowing what the current value of the variable is. An example is a cruise control, which maintains a certain speed, but only measures the current speed, and knows nothing of the system that produces that speed (wind, car weight, grade).
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Corrupted_hardware Corrupted hardware] - our brains do not always allow us to act the way we should. Corrupted hardware refers to those behaviors and thoughts that act for ancestrally relevant purposes rather than for stated moralities and preferences.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Counterfactual_mugging Counterfactual mugging] - is a thought experiment for testing and differentiating [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theories], stated as follows:
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/bk/the_trouble_with_good/7x4 Counter man syndrome] - wherein a person behind a counter comes to believe that they know things they don't know, because, after all, they're the person behind the counter. So they can't just answer a question with "I don't know"... and thus they make something up, without really paying attention to the fact that they're making it up. Pretty soon, they don't know the difference between the facts and their made up stories
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cox%27s_theorem Cox's theorem] says, roughly, that if your beliefs at any given time take the form of an assignment of a numerical "plausibility score" to every proposition, and if they satisfy a few plausible axioms, then your plausibilities must effectively be probabilities obeying the usual laws of probability theory, and your updating procedure must be the one implied by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem Bayes' theorem].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Crisis_of_faith Crisis of faith] - a combined technique for recognizing and eradicating the whole systems of mutually-supporting false beliefs. The technique involves systematic application of introspection, with the express intent to check the reliability of beliefs independently of the other beliefs that support them in the mind. The technique might be useful for the victims of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Affective_death_spiral affective death spirals], or any other systematic confusions, especially those supported by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Anti-epistemology anti-epistemology].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cryonics Cryonics] - is the practice of preserving people who are dying in liquid nitrogen soon after their heart stops. The idea is that most of your brain's information content is still intact right after you've "died". If humans invent molecular nanotechnology or brain emulation techniques, it may be possible to reconstruct the consciousness of cryopreserved patients.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Curiosity Curiosity] - The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance. If in your heart you believe you already know, or if in your heart you do not wish to know, then your questioning will be purposeless and your skills without direction. Curiosity seeks to annihilate itself; there is no curiosity that does not want an answer. The glory of glorious mystery is to be solved, after which it ceases to be mystery. Be wary of those who speak of being open-minded and modestly confess their ignorance. There is a time to confess your ignorance and a time to relinquish your ignorance. -[http://yudkowsky.net/rational/virtues Twelve Virtues of Rationality]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dangerous_knowledge Dangerous knowledge] - Intelligence, in order to be useful, must be used for something other than defeating itself.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dangling_Node Dangling Node] - A label for something that isn't "actually real".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Death Death] - First you're there, and then you're not there, and they can't change you from being not there to being there, because there's nothing there to be changed from being not there to being there. That's death. [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cryonics Cryonicists] use the concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/information-theoretic_death information-theoretic death], which is what happens when the information needed to reconstruct you even in principle is no longer present. Anything less, to them, is just a flesh wound.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Debiasing Debiasing] - The process of overcoming [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias bias]. It takes serious study to gain meaningful benefits, half-hearted attempts may accomplish nothing, and partial knowledge of bias may do more [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dangerous_knowledge harm] than good.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory Decision theory] - is the study of principles and algorithms for making correct decisions-that is, decisions that allow an agent to achieve better outcomes with respect to its goals.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Defying_the_data Defying the data] - Sometimes, the results of an experiment contradict what we have strong theoretical reason to believe. But experiments can go wrong, for various reasons. So if our theory is strong enough, we should in some cases defy the data: know that there has to be something wrong with the result, even without offering ideas on what it might be.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Disagreement Disagreement] - [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem Aumann's agreement theorem] can be [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Aumann_agreement informally interpreted] as suggesting that if two people are honest seekers of truth, and both believe each other to be honest, then they should update on each other's opinions and quickly reach agreement. The very fact that a person believes something is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rational_evidence Rational evidence] that that something is true, and so this fact [http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/extraordinary_c.html should be taken into account] when forming your belief. Outside of well-functioning [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prediction_market prediction markets], Aumann agreement can probably only be approximated by careful deliberative discourse. Thus, fostering effective deliberation should be seen as a key goal of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Less_Wrong Less Wrong].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Doubt Doubt]- The proper purpose of a doubt is to destroy its target belief [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Litany_of_Tarski if and only if] it is false. The mere feeling of crushing uncertainty is not virtuous unto an aspiring rationalist; probability theory is the law that says we must be uncertain to the exact extent to which the evidence merits uncertainty.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger effect] - is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias cognitive bias] wherein unskilled individuals suffer from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority illusory superiority], mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacognition metacognitive] inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude. Conversely, highly skilled individuals tend to underestimate their relative competence, erroneously assuming that tasks that are easy for them are also easy for others
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Emulation_argument_for_human-level_AI Emulation argument for human-level AI] - argument that since [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Whole_brain_emulation whole brain emulation] seems feasible then human-level [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/AGI AI] must also be feasible.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Epistemic_hygiene Epistemic hygiene] - consists of practices meant to allow accurate beliefs to spread within a community and keep less accurate or biased beliefs contained. The practices are meant to serve an analogous purpose to normal hygiene and sanitation in containing disease. "Good cognitive citizenship" is another phrase that has been proposed for this concept\[
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Error_of_crowds Error of crowds] - is the idea that under some scoring rules, the average error becomes less than the error of the average, thus making the average belief tautologically worse than a belief of a random person. Compare this to the ideas of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Modesty_argument modesty argument] and [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd wisdom of the crowd]. A related idea is that a popular belief is likely to be wrong because the less popular ones couldn't maintain support if they were worse than the popular one.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Ethical_injunction Ethical injunction] - are rules not to do something even when it's the right thing to do. (That is, you refrain "even when your brain has computed it's the right thing to do", but this will just seem like "the right thing to do".) For example, you shouldn't rob banks even if you plan to give the money to a good cause. This is to protect you from your own cleverness (especially taking bad black swan bets), and the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Corrupted_hardware Corrupted hardware] you're running on.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence Evidence] - for a given theory is the observation of an event that is more likely to occur if the theory is true than if it is false. (The event would be evidence against the theory if it is less likely if the theory is true.)
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence_of_absence Evidence of absence] - [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] that allows you to conclude some phenomenon isn't there. It is often said that "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". However, if evidence is expected, but not present, that is evidence of absence.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidential_Decision_Theory Evidential Decision Theory] - a branch of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory] which advises an agent to take actions which, conditional on it happening, maximizes the chances of the desired outcome.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution Evolution] - The brainless, mindless [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Optimization_process optimization process] responsible for the production of all biological life on Earth, including human beings. Since the design signature of evolution is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution_as_alien_god alien and counterintuitive], it takes some study to get to know your accidental Creator.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution_as_alien_god Evolution as alien god] - is a thought experiment in which evolution is imagined as a god. The though experiment is meant to convey the idea that evolution doesn-t have a mind. The god in though experiment would be a tremendously powerful, unbelievably stupid, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Slowness_of_evolution ridiculously slow], and utterly uncaring god; a god monomaniacally focused on the relative fitness of genes within a species; a god whose attention was completely separated and working at cross-purposes in rabbits and wolves.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolutionary_argument_for_human-level_AI Evolutionary argument for human-level AI] - an argument that uses the fact that [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution evolution] produced human level intelligence to argue for the feasibility of human-level [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/AGI AI].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology Evolutionary psychology] - the idea of evolution as the idiot designer of humans - that our brains are not consistently well-designed - is a key element of many of the explanations of human errors that appear on this website.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Existential_risk Existential risk] - is a risk posing permanent large negative consequences to humanity which can never be undone.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Expected_value Expected value] - The expected value or expectation is the (weighted) average of all the possible outcomes of an event, weighed by their [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Probability probability]. For example, when you roll a die, the expected value is (1+2+3+4+5+6)/6 = 3.5. (Since a die doesn't even have a face that says 3.5, this illustrates that very often, the "expected value" isn't a value you actually expect.)
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Extensibility_argument_for_greater-than-human_intelligence Extensibility argument for greater-than-human intelligence] -is an argument that once we get to a human level [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/AGI AGI], extensibility would make an AGI of greater-than-human-intelligence feasible.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Extraordinary_evidence Extraordinary evidence] - is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] that turns an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prior a priori] highly unlikely event into an a posteriori likely event.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free-floating_belief Free-floating belief] - is a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief belief] that both [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beliefs_require_observations doesn't follow from observations] and doesn't restrict [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Making_beliefs_pay_rent which experiences to anticipate]. It is both unfounded and useless.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free_will Free will] - means our algorithm's ability to determine our actions. People often get confused over free will because they picture themselves as being restrained rather than part of physics. Yudowsky calls this view [http://lesswrong.com/lw/r0/thou_art_physics/ Requiredism], but most people just view this essentially as [https://www.google.com.au/url?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0CBQQFjAAahUKEwiiwP7E-dnGAhWI3aYKHTzKD2Q&usg=AFQjCNFSZ6suRdyDzeDQf_Q1zs6Z_MRbTA Compatibilism].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Friendly_artificial_intelligence Friendly artificial intelligence] - is a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Superintelligence superintelligence] (i.e., a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Really_powerful_optimization_process really powerful optimization process]) that produces good, beneficial outcomes rather than harmful ones.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fully_general_counterargument Fully general counterargument] - an argument which can be used to discount any conclusion the arguer does not like. Being in possession of such an argument leads to irrationality because it allows the arguer to avoid updating their beliefs in the light of new evidence. Knowledge of cognitive biases can itself allow someone to form fully general counterarguments ("you're just saying that because you're exhibiting X bias").
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Great_Filter Great Filter] - is a proposed explanation for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox Fermi Paradox]. The development of intelligent life requires many steps, such as the emergence of single-celled life and the transition from unicellular to multicellular life forms. Since we have not observed intelligent life beyond our planet, there seems to be a developmental step that is so difficult and unlikely that it "filters out" nearly all civilizations before they can reach a space-faring stage.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Group_rationality Group rationality] - In almost anything, individuals are inferior to groups.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Group_selection Group selection] - is an incorrect belief about evolutionary theory that a feature of the organism is there for the good of the group.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Heuristic Heuristic] - quick, intuitive strategy for reasoning or decision making, as opposed to more formal methods. Heuristics require much less time and energy to use, but sometimes go awry, producing [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias bias].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Heuristics_and_biases Heuristics and biases] - program in cognitive psychology tries to work backward from [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Biases biases] (experimentally reproducible human errors) to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Heuristic heuristics] (the underlying mechanisms at work in the brain).
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ka/hold_off_on_proposing_solutions/ Hold Off on Proposing Solutions] - "Do not propose solutions until the problem has been discussed as thoroughly as possible without suggesting any." It is easy to show that this edict works in contexts where there are objectively defined good solutions to problems.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hollywood_rationality Hollywood rationality]- What Spock does, not what actual rationalists do.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_an_algorithm_feels How an algorithm feels] - Our philosophical intuitions are generated by algorithms in the human brain. To dissolve a philosophical dilemma, it often suffices to understand the cognitive algorithm that generates the appearance of the dilemma - if you understand the algorithm in sufficient detail. It is not enough to say "An algorithm does it!" - this [http://lesswrong.com/lw/op/fake_reductionism/ might as well be magic]. It takes a detailed step-by-step walkthrough.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hypocrisy Hypocrisy] - the act of claiming to motives, morals and standards one does not possess. Informally, it refers to not living up the standards that one espouses, whether or not one sincerely believes those standards.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Impossibility Impossibility]- Careful use of language dictates that we distinguish between several senses in which something can be said to be impossible. Some things are logically impossible: you can't have a square circle or an object that is both perfectly black and perfectly not-black. Also, in our [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reductionism reductionist] universe operating according to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Universal_law universal physical laws], some things are physically impossible based on our model of how things work, even they are not [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mind_projection_fallacy obviously] contradictory or contrary to reason: for example, the laws of thermodynamics give us a strong guarantee that there can never be a perpetual motion machine. It can be tempting to label as impossible very difficult problems which you have no idea how to solve. But the apparent lack of a solution is not a strong guarantee that no solution can exist in the way that the laws of thermodynamics, or Godel's incompleteness results, give us proofs that something cannot be accomplished. A blank map does not correspond to a blank territory; in the absence of a proof that a problem is insolvable, you can't be confident that you're not just overlooking something that a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence greater intelligence] would spot in an instant.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Improper_belief Improper belief] - is a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief belief] that isn't concerned with describing the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Territory territory]. A proper belief, on the other hand, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beliefs_require_observations requires observations], gets [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_update updated] upon encountering new [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence], and [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beliefs_pay_rent provides practical benefit] in [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Technical_explanation anticipated experience]. Note that the fact that a belief just happens to be true doesn't mean you're right to have it. If you buy a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Lottery lottery] ticket, certain that it's a winning ticket (for no reason), and it happens to be, believing that was still a mistake. Types of improper belief discussed in the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_Answers_to_Mysterious_Questions Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions] sequence include: [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free-floating_belief Free-floating belief], [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_as_attire Belief as attire], [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_in_belief Belief in belief] and [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Belief_as_cheering&action=edit&redlink=1 Belief as cheering]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Incredulity Incredulity] - Spending emotional energy on incredulity wastes time you could be using to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Update update]. It repeatedly throws you back into the frame of the old, wrong viewpoint. It feeds your sense of righteous indignation at reality daring to contradict you.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_pump Intuition pump] - In summary, they are thought experiments that highlight, or pumping, certain ideas, intuitions or concepts while attenuating others so as to make some conclusion obvious and simple to reach. The intuition pump is a carefully designed persuasion tool in which you check to see if the same intuitions still get pumped when you change certain settings in a thought experiment.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity Kolmogorov complexity] - given a string, the length of the shortest possible program that prints it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Lawful_intelligence Lawful intelligence] - The startling and counterintuitive notion - contradicting both surface appearances and all [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Deep_Wisdom&action=edit&redlink=1 Deep Wisdom] - that intelligence is a manifestation of Order rather than Chaos. Even creativity and [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Outside_the_box&action=edit&redlink=1 outside-the-box thinking] are essentially lawful. While this is a complete heresy according to the standard religion of Silicon Valley, there are some good mathematical reasons for believing it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Least_convenient_possible_world Least convenient possible world] - is a technique for enforcing intellectual honesty, to be used when arguing against an idea. The essence of the technique is to assume that all the specific details will align with the idea against which you are arguing, i.e. to consider the idea in the context of a least convenient [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Possible_world possible world], where every circumstance is colluding against your objections and counterarguments. This approach ensures that your objections are [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Epistemic_hygiene strong enough], running minimal risk of being [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationalization rationalizations] for your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Color_politics position].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Logical_rudeness Logical rudeness] - is a response to criticism which insulates the responder from having to address the criticism directly. For example, ignoring all the diligent work that evolutionary biologists did to dig up previous fossils, and insisting you can only be satisfied by an actual videotape, is "logically rude" because you're ignoring evidence that someone went to a great deal of trouble to provide to you.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Log_odds Log odds] - is an alternate way of expressing probabilities, which simplifies the process of updating them with new evidence. Unfortunately, it is difficult to convert between probability and log odds. The log odds is the log of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Odds_ratio odds ratio].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Magical_categories Magical categories] - an English word which, although it sounds simple - hey, it's [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Minimum_message_length&action=edit&redlink=1 just one word], right? - is actually not simple, and furthermore, may be applied in a complicated way that drags in other considerations. Physical brains are not powerful enough to search all possibilities; we have to cut down the search space to possibilities that are likely to be good. Most of the "obviously bad" methods - those that would end up violating our other values, and so ranking very low in our preference ordering - do not even occur to us as possibilities.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/i3/making_beliefs_pay_rent_in_anticipated_experiences/ Making Beliefs Pay Rent] - Every question of belief should flow from a question of anticipation, and that question of anticipation should be the centre of the inquiry. Every guess of belief should begin by flowing to a specific guess of anticipation, and should continue to pay rent in future anticipations. If a belief turns deadbeat, evict it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation Many-worlds interpretation] - uses [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decoherence decoherence] to explain how the universe splits into many separate branches, each of which looks like it came out of a random collapse.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Map_and_territory Map and territory]- Less confusing than saying "belief and reality", "map and territory" reminds us that a map of Texas is not the same thing as Texas itself. Saying "map" also dispenses with possible meanings of "belief" apart from "representations of some part of reality". Since our predictions don't always come true, we need different words to describe the thingy that generates our predictions and the thingy that generates our experimental results. The first thingy is called "belief", the second thingy "reality".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Meme_lineage Meme lineage] - is a set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices that all share a clear common origin point. This concept also emphasizes the means of transmission of the beliefs in question. If a belief is part of a meme lineage that transmits for primarily social reasons, it may be discounted for purposes of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Modesty_argument modesty argument].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Memorization Memorization] - is what you're doing when you cram for a university exam. It's not enough for [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Understanding understanding].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Modesty Modesty] - admitting or boasting of flaws so as to not create perceptions of arrogance. Not to be confused with [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Humility humility].
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/jn/how_much_evidence_does_it_take/ Most of science is actually done by induction] - To come up with something worth testing, [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jo/einsteins_arrogance/ a scientist needs to do lots of sound induction first] or borrow an idea from someone who already used induction. This is because induction is the only way to reliably find candidate hypotheses which deserve attention. Examples of bad ways to find hypotheses include finding something interesting or surprising to believe in and then pinning all your hopes on that thing turning out to be true.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ Most peoples' beliefs aren-t worth considering] - Sturgeon's Law says that as a general rule, 90% of everything is garbage. Even if it is the case that 90% of everything produced by any field is garbage that does not mean one can dismiss the 10% that is quality work. Instead, it is important engage with that 10%, and use that as the standard of quality.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium Nash equilibrium] - a stable state of a system involving the interaction of different participants, in which no participant can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the others remain unchanged.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Newcomb's_problem Newcomb's problem] In Newcomb's problem, a superintelligence called Omega shows you two boxes, A and B, and offers you the choice of taking only box A, or both boxes A and B. Omega has put $1,000 in box B. If Omega thinks you will take box A only, he has put $1,000,000 in it.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Nonapples Nonapples] - a proposed object, tool, technique, or theory which is defined only as being not like a specific, existent example of said categories. It is a type of overly-general prescription which, while of little utility, can seem useful. It involves disguising a shallow criticism as a solution, often in such a way as to make it look profound. For instance, suppose someone says, "We don't need war, we need non-violent conflict resolution." In this way a shallow criticism (war is bad) is disguised as a solution (non-violent conflict resolution, i.e, nonwar). This person is selling nonapples because "non-violent conflict resolution" isn't a method of resolving conflict nonviolently. Rather, it is a description of all conceivable methods of non-violent conflict resolution, the vast majority of which are incoherent and/or ineffective.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/e95/ Noncentral fallacy] - A rhetorical move often used in political, philosophical, and cultural arguments. "X is in a category whose archetypal member gives us a certain emotional reaction. Therefore, we should apply that emotional reaction to X, even though it is not a central category member."
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Not_technically_a_lie Not technically a lie] - is a statement that is literally true, but causes the listener to attain false beliefs by performing incorrect inference, is not technically a lie.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Occam%27s_razor Occam's razor] - principle commonly stated as "Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity". When several theories are able to explain the same observations, Occam's razor suggests the simpler one is preferable.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Odds_ratio Odds ratio] - are an alternate way of expressing probabilities, which simplifies the process of updating them with new evidence. The odds ratio of A is P(A)/P(-A).
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Omega Omega] - A hypothetical super-intelligent being used in philosophical problems. Omega is most commonly used as the predictor in [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Newcomb%27s_problem Newcomb's problem]. In its role as predictor, Omega's predictions occur almost certainly. In some thought experiments, Omega is also taken to be super-powerful. Omega can be seen as analogous to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon Laplace's demon], or as the closest approximation to the Demon capable of existing in our universe.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Oops Oops] - Theories must be bold and expose themselves to falsification; be willing to commit the heroic sacrifice of giving up your own ideas when confronted with contrary evidence; play nice in your arguments; try not to deceive yourself; and other fuzzy verbalisms. It is better to say oops quickly when you realize a mistake. The alternative is stretching out the battle with yourself over years.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Outside_view Outside view] - Taking the outside view (another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_class_forecasting reference class forecasting]) means using an estimate based on a class of roughly similar previous cases, rather than trying to visualize the details of a process. For example, estimating the completion time of a programming project based on how long similar projects have taken in the past, rather than by drawing up a graph of tasks and their expected completion times.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Overcoming_Bias Overcoming Bias] - is a group blog on the systemic mistakes humans make, and how we can possibly correct them.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer Paperclip maximizer] - is an AI that has been created to maximize the number of paperclips in the universe. It is a hypothetical [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Unfriendly_artificial_intelligence unfriendly artificial intelligence].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging Pascal's mugging] - is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-experiment thought-experiment] demonstrating a problem in expected utility maximization. A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_agent rational agent] should choose actions whose outcomes, when weighed by their probability, have higher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility utility]. But some very unlikely outcomes may have very great utilities, and these utilities can grow faster than the probability diminishes. Hence the agent should focus more on vastly improbable cases with implausibly high rewards.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Guessing_the_teacher%27s_password Password] - The answer you guess instead of actually understanding the problem.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Philosophical_zombie Philosophical zombie] - a hypothetical entity that looks and behaves exactly like a human (often stipulated to be atom-by-atom identical to a human) but is not actually conscious: they are often said lack [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Qualia&action=edit&redlink=1 qualia] or phenomena consciousness.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Phlogiston Phlogiston] - the 18 century's answer to the Elemental Fire of the Greek alchemists. Ignite wood, and let it burn. What is the orangey-bright "fire" stuff? Why does the wood transform into ash? To both questions, the 18th-century chemists answered, "phlogiston"....and that was it, you see, that was their answer: "Phlogiston." -[http://lesswrong.com/lw/is/fake_causality/ Fake Causality]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Possibility Possibility] - words in natural language carry [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Connotation connotations] that may become misleading when the words get applied with technical precision. While it's [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Not_technically_a_lie not technically a lie] to say that it's possible to win a lottery, the statement is deceptive. It's much more precise, for communication of the actual fact through connotation, to say that it-s impossible to win the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Lottery lottery]. This is an example of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Antiprediction antiprediction].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Possible_world Possible world] - is one that is internally consistent, even if it is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Counterfactual&action=edit&redlink=1 counterfactual].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prediction_market Prediction market] - speculative markets created for the purpose of making predictions. Assets are created whose final cash value is tied to a particular event or parameter. The current market prices can then be interpreted as predictions of the probability of the event or the expected value of the parameter.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Priors Priors] - refer generically to the beliefs an agent holds regarding a fact, hypothesis or consequence, before being presented with evidence.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/oj/probability_is_in_the_mind/ Probability is in the Mind] - Probabilities express uncertainty, and it is only agents who can be uncertain. A blank map does not correspond to a blank territory. Ignorance is in the mind.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Probability_theory Probability theory] - a field of mathematics which studies random variables and processes.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality Rationality] - the characteristic of thinking and acting optimally. An agent is rational if it wields its intelligence in such a way as to maximize the convergence between its beliefs and reality; and acts on these beliefs in such a manner as to maximize its chances of achieving whatever goals it has. For humans, this means mitigating (as much as possible) the influence of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias cognitive biases].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rational_evidence Rational evidence] - the broadest possible sense of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence], the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian Bayesian] sense. Rational evidence about a hypothesis H is any observation which has a different [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Likelihood likelihood] depending on whether H holds in reality or not. Rational evidence is distinguished from narrower forms of evidence, such as scientific evidence or legal evidence. For a belief to be scientific, you should be able to do repeatable experiments to verify the belief. For evidence to be admissible in court, it must e.g. be a personal observation rather than hearsay.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationalist_taboo Rationalist taboo] - a technique for fighting muddles in discussions. By prohibiting the use of a certain word and all the words synonymous to it, people are forced to elucidate the specific contextual meaning they want to express, thus removing ambiguity otherwise present in a single word. Mainstream philosophy has a parallel procedure called "unpacking" where doubtful terms need to be expanded out.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality_and_Philosophy Rationality and Philosophy] - A [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequence sequence] by lukeprog examining the implications of rationality and cognitive science for philosophical method.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality_as_martial_art Rationality as martial art] - A metaphor for rationality as the martial art of mind; training brains in the same fashion as muscles. The metaphor is intended to have complex connotations, rather than being strictly positive. Do modern-day martial arts suffer from being [http://lesswrong.com/lw/2i/epistemic_viciousness/ insufficiently tested in realistic fighting], and do attempts at [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality rationality] training run into the same problem?
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reversal_test Reversal test] - a technique for fighting [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Status_quo_bias status quo bias] in judgments about the preferred value of a continuous parameter. If one deems the change of the parameter in one direction to be undesirable, the reversal test is to check that either the change of that parameter in the opposite direction (away from status quo) is deemed desirable, or that there are strong reasons to expect that the current value of the parameter is (at least locally) the optimal one.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reductionism Reductionism] - a disbelief that the higher levels of simplified multilevel models are out there in the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Territory territory], that concepts constructed by mind in themselves play a role in the behavior of reality. This doesn't contradict the notion that the concepts used in simplified multilevel models refer to the actual clusters of configurations of reality.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Religion Religion]- Religion is a complex group of human activities - involving tribal affiliation, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief_in_belief belief in belief], supernatural claims, and a range of shared group practices such as worship meetings, rites of passage, etc.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reversed_stupidity_is_not_intelligence Reversed stupidity is not intelligence] - "The world's greatest fool may say the Sun is shining, but that doesn't make it dark out.".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Science Science] - a method for developing true beliefs about the world. It works by developing hypotheses about the world, creating experiments that would allow the hypotheses to be tested, and running the experiments. By having people publish their falsifiable predictions and their experimental results, science protects itself from individuals deceiving themselves or others.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Scoring_rule Scoring rule] - a scoring rule is a measure of performance of probabilistic predictions - made under uncertainty.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Seeing_with_Fresh_Eyes Seeing with Fresh Eyes] - A [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequence sequence] on the incredibly difficult feat of getting your brain to actually think about something, instead of instantly stopping on the first thought that comes to mind.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Semantic_stopsign Semantic stopsign] - is a meaningless generic explanation that creates an illusion of giving an answer, without actually explaining anything.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Shannon_information Shannon information] - The Shannon entropy is a measure of the average information content one is missing when one does not know the value of the random variable.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Shut_up_and_multiply Shut up and multiply]- the ability to trust the math [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bite_the_bullet even when it feels wrong]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Signaling Signaling] - "a method of conveying information among not-necessarily-trustworthy parties by performing an action which is more likely or less costly if the information is true than if it is not true".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Solomonoff_induction Solomonoff induction] - A formalized version of Occam's razor based on [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity Kolmogorov complexity].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sound_argument Sound argument] - an argument that is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Valid_argument valid] and whose premises are all true. In other words, the premises are true and the conclusion necessarily follows from them, making the conclusion true as well.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Spaced_repetition Spaced repetition] - is a technique for building long-term knowledge efficiently. It works by showing you a flash card just before a computer model predicts you will have forgotten it. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anki Anki] is Less Wrong's spaced repetition software of choice
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Statistical_bias Statistical bias] - "Bias" as used in the field of statistics refers to directional error in an estimator. Statistical bias is error you cannot correct by repeating the experiment many times and averaging together the results.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Steel_man Steel man] - A term for the opposite of a Straw Man
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Superstimulus Superstimulus] - an exaggerated version of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation stimulus] to which there is an existing response tendency, or any stimulus that elicits a response more strongly than the stimulus for which it evolved.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Surprise Surprise] - Recognizing a fact that disagrees with your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Intuition&action=edit&redlink=1 intuition] as surprising is an important step in [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Updating updating] your worldview.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sympathetic_magic Sympathetic magic] - Humans seem to naturally generate a series of concepts known as sympathetic magic, a host of theories and practices which have certain principles in common, two of which are of overriding importance: the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Contagion_heuristic Law of Contagion] holds that two things which have interacted, or were once part of a single entity, retain their connection and can exert influence over each other; the Law of Similarity holds that things which are similar or treated the same establish a connection and can affect each other.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Tapping_Out Tapping Out] - The appropriate way to signal that you've said all you wanted to say on a particular topic, and that you're ending your participation in a conversation lest you start saying things that are less worthwhile. It doesn't mean accepting defeat or claiming victory and it doesn't mean you get the last word. It just means that you don't expect your further comments in a thread to be worthwhile, because you've already made all the points you wanted to, or because you find yourself getting too emotionally invested, or for any other reason you find suitable.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Technical_explanation Technical explanation] - A technical explanation is an explanation of a phenomenon that makes you [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Making_beliefs_pay_rent anticipate certain experiences]. A proper technical explanation controls anticipation strictly, weighting your [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Priors priors] and [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evidence evidence] precisely to create the justified amount of uncertainty. Technical explanations are contrasted with verbal explanations, which give the impression of understanding without actually producing the proper expectation.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Teleology Teleology] - The study of things that happen for the sake of their future consequences. The fallacious meaning of it is that events are the result of future events. The non-fallacious meaning is that it is the study of things that happen because of their intended results, where the intention existed in an actual mind in the prior past, and so was causally able to bring about the event by planning and acting.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_map_is_not_the_territory The map is not the territory] - the idea that our perception of the world is being generated by our brain and can be considered as a 'map' of reality written in neural patterns. Reality exists outside our mind but we can construct models of this 'territory' based on what we glimpse through our senses.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Third_option Third option] - is a way to break a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/False_dilemma false dilemma], showing that neither of the suggested solutions is a good idea.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Traditional_rationality Traditional rationality] - "Traditional Rationality" refers to the tradition passed down by reading Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking", Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", Martin Gardner's "Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus", Karl Popper on falsifiability, or other non-technical material on rationality. Traditional Rationality is a very large improvement over nothing at all, and very different from [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hollywood_rationality Hollywood rationality]; people who grew up on this belief system are definitely fellow travelers, and where most of our recruits come from. But you can do even better by adding math, science, formal epistemic and instrumental rationality; experimental psychology, cognitive science, deliberate practice, in short, all the technical stuff.There's also some popular tropes of Traditional Rationality that actually seem flawed once you start comparing them to a Bayesian standard - for example, the idea that you ought to give up an idea once definite evidence has been provided against it, but you're allowed to believe until then, if you want to. Contrast to the stricter idea of there being a certain exact probability which it is correct to assign, continually updated in the light of new evidence.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Trivial_inconvenience Trivial inconvenience] - inconveniences that take few resources to counteract but have a disproportionate impact on people deciding whether to take a course of action.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Truth Truth] - the correspondence between and one's beliefs about reality and reality.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Tsuyoku_naritai Tsuyoku naritai] - the will to transcendence. Japanese: "I want to become stronger."
*[http://www.yudkowsky.net/rational/virtues Twelve virtues of rationality]
#Curiosity - the burning itch
#Relenquishment - That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. - P. C. Hodgell
#Lightness - follow the evidence wherever it leads
#Evenness - resist selective skepticism; use reason, not rationalization
#Argument - do not avoid arguing; strive for exact honesty; fairness does not mean balancing yourself evenly between propositions
#Empiricism - knowledge is rooted in empiricism and its fruit is prediction; argue what experiences to anticipate, not which beliefs to profess
#Simplicity - is virtuous in belief, design, planning, and justification; ideally: nothing left to take away, not nothing left to add
#Humility - take actions, anticipate errors; do not boast of modesty; no one achieves perfection
#Perfectionism - seek the answer that is perfectly right - do not settle for less
#Precision - the narrowest statements slice deepest; don-t walk but dance to the truth
#Scholarship - absorb the powers of science
#The nameless virtue (The void) - More than anything, you must think of carrying your map through to reflecting the territory.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Understanding Understanding] - is more than just [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Memorization memorization] of detached facts; it requires ability to see the implications across a variety of possible contexts.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Universal_law Universal law] - the idea that everything in reality always behaves according to the same uniform physical laws; there are no exceptions and no alternatives.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Unsupervised_universe Unsupervised universe] - a thought experiment developed to counter undue optimism, not just the sort due to explicit theology, but in particular a disbelief in the Future's vulnerability-a reluctance to accept that things could really turn out wrong. It involves a benevolent god, a simulated universe, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life] and asking the mathematical question of what would happen according to the standard Life rules given certain initial conditions - so that even God cannot control the answer to the question; although, of course, God always intervenes in the actual Life universe.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Valid_argument Valid argument] - An argument is valid when it contains no logical fallacies
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Valley_of_bad_rationality Valley of bad rationality] - It has been observed that when someone is just starting to learn rationality, they appear to be worse off than they were before. Others, with more experience at rationality, claim that after you learn more about rationality, you will be better off than you were before you started. The period before this improvement is known as "the valley of bad rationality".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd Wisdom of the crowd] - is the collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than that of a single expert. A large group's aggregated answers to questions involving quantity estimation, general world knowledge, and spatial reasoning has generally been found to be as good as, and often better than, the answer given by any of the individuals within the group.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/od/37_ways_that_words_can_be_wrong/ Words can be wrong] - There are many ways that words can be wrong it is for this reason that we should avoid arguing by definition. Instead, to facilitate communication we can [http://lesswrong.com/lw/nu/taboo_your_words/ taboo] and [http://lesswrong.com/lw/on/reductionism/ reduce]\: we can [http://lesswrong.com/lw/nv/replace_the_symbol_with_the_substance/ replace the symbol with the substance] and talk about facts and [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i3/making_beliefs_pay_rent_in_anticipated_experiences/ anticipations], not definitions.
==Instrumental==
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Akrasia Akrasia] - the state of acting against one's better judgment. Note that, for example, if you are procrastinating because it's not in your best interest to complete the task you are delaying, it is not a case of akrasia.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Alief Alief] - an independent source of emotional reaction which can coexist with a contradictory belief. For example, the fear felt when a monster jumps out of the darkness in a scary movie is based on the alief that the monster is about to attack you, even though you believe that it cannot.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/6l6/physical_and_mental_behavior/4i4c Effort Shock] - the unpleasant discovery of how hard it is to accomplish something.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Ambient_decision_theory Ambient decision theory] - A variant of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Updateless_decision_theory updateless decision theory] that uses first order logic instead of mathematical intuition module (MIM), emphasizing the way an agent can [http://lesswrong.com/lw/2os/controlling_constant_programs/ control which mathematical structure a fixed definition defines], an aspect of UDT separate from its own emphasis on not making the mistake of updating away things one can still acausally control.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/jis/tell_culture/ Ask, Guess and Tell culture]
The two basic rules of Ask Culture:
#Ask when you want something.
#Interpret things as requests and feel free to say "no".
The two basic rules of Guess Culture:
#Ask for things if, and only if, you're confident the person will say "yes".
#Interpret requests as expectations of "yes", and, when possible, avoid saying "no".
The two basic rules of Tell Culture:
#Tell the other person what's going on in your own mind whenever you suspect you'd both benefit from them knowing. (Do NOT assume others will accurately model your mind without your help, or that it will even occur to them to ask you questions to eliminate their ignorance.)
#Interpret things people tell you as attempts to create common knowledge for shared benefit, rather than as requests or as presumptions of compliance.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Burch%27s_law Burch's law] "I think people should have a right to be stupid and, if they have that right, the market's going to respond by supplying as much stupidity as can be sold."[http://www.gregburch.net/cars/suvs.html *Greg Burch*] A corollary of Burch's Law is that any [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias bias] should be regarded as a potential vulnerability whereby the market can trick one into buying something one doesn't really want.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Challenging_the_Difficult Challenging the Difficult] - A [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequence sequence] on how to do things that are difficult or "impossible".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cognitive_style Cognitive style] - Certain cognitive styles might tend to produce more accurate results. A common distinction between cognitive styles is that of foxes vs. hedgehogs. Hedgehogs view the world through the lens of a single defining idea and foxes draw on a wide variety of experiences and for whom the world cannot be boiled down to a single idea. Foxes tend to be better [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Calibration calibrated] and more accurate.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Consequentialism Consequentialism] - the ethical theory that people should choose the action that will result in the best outcome.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Crocker%27s_rules Crocker's rules] - By declaring commitment to Crocker's rules, one authorizes other debaters to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Optimization optimize] their messages for information, even when this entails that emotional feelings will be disregarded. This means that you have accepted full responsibility for the operation of your own mind, so that if you're offended, it's your own fault.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dark_arts Dark arts] - refers to rhetorical techniques crafted to exploit human [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cognitive_biases cognitive biases] in order to persuade, deceive, or otherwise manipulate a person into irrationally accepting beliefs perpetuated by the practitioner of the Arts. Use of the dark arts is especially common in sales and similar situations (known as hard sell in the sales business) and promotion of political and religious views.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Egalitarianism Egalitarianism] - the idea that everyone should be considered equal. Equal in merit, equal in opportunity, equal in morality, and equal in achievement. Dismissing egalitarianism is not opposed to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Humility humility], even though from the[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Signaling signaling] perspective it seems to be opposed to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Modesty modesty].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Expected_utility Expected utility] - the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Expected_value expected value] in terms of the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utility utility] produced by an action. It is the sum of the utility of each of its possible consequences, individually weighted by their respective probability of occurrence. rational decision maker will, when presented with a choice, take the action with the greatest expected utility.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/oo/explaining_vs_explaining_away/ Explaining vs. explaining away] - Explaining something does not subtract from its beauty. It in fact heightens it. Through understanding it, you gain greater awareness of it. Through understanding it, you are more likely to notice its similarities and interrelationships with others things. Through understanding it, you become able to see it not only on one level, but on multiple. In regards to the delusions which people are emotionally attached to, that which can be destroyed by the truth should be.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fuzzies Fuzzies] - A hypothetical measurement unit for "warm fuzzy feeling" one gets from believing that one has done good. Unlike [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utils utils], fuzzies can be earned through psychological tricks without regard for efficiency. For this reason, it may be a good idea to separate the concerns for actually doing good, for which one might need to [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Shut_up_and_multiply shut up and multiply], and for earning fuzzies, to get psychological comfort.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Game_theory Game theory] - attempts to mathematically model interactions between individuals.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/dr/generalizing_from_one_example/ Generalizing from One Example] - an incorrect generalisation when you only have direct first-person knowledge of one mind, psyche or social circle and you treat it as typical even in the face of contrary evidence.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law Goodhart-s law] - states that once a certain indicator of success is made a target of a social or economic policy, it will lose the information content that would qualify it to play such a role. People and institutions try to achieve their explicitly stated targets in the easiest way possible, often obeying the letter of the law. This is often done in way that the designers of the law did not anticipate or want. For example, the soviet factories which when given targets on the basis of numbers of nails produced many tiny useless nails and when given targets on basis of weight produced a few giant nails.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hedonism Hedonism]- refers to a set of philosophies which hold that the highest goal is to maximize pleasure, or more precisely pleasure minus pain.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/2p5/humans_are_not_automatically_strategic/ Humans Are Not Automatically Strategic] - most courses of action are extremely ineffective and most of the time there has been no strong evolutionary or cultural force sufficient to focus us on the very narrow behavior patterns that would actually be effective. When this is coupled with the fact that people tend to spend a lot less effort on planning how to go about a reaching a goal rather than just trying to achieve it you end up with the conclusion that humans are not automatically strategic.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Human_universal Human universal] - Donald E. Brown has compiled a list of [http://condor.depaul.edu/~mfiddler/hyphen/humunivers.htm over a hundred human universals] - traits found in every culture ever studied, most of them so universal that anthropologists don't even bother to note them explicitly.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Instrumental_value Instrumental value] - a value pursued for the purpose of achieving other values. Values which are pursued for their own sake are called [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Terminal_value terminal values].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Intellectual_roles Intellectual roles] - [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Group_rationality Group rationality] may be improved when members of the group take on specific intellectual roles. While these roles may be incomplete on their own, each embodies an aspect of proper [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality rationality]. If certain roles are biased against, purposefully adopting them might [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Debiasing reduce bias].
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/mb/lonely_dissent/ Lonely Dissenters] suffer social disapproval, but are required - [http://lesswrong.com/lw/m9/aschs_conformity_experiment/ Asch's conformity experiment] showed that the presence of a single dissenter tremendously reduced the incidence of "conforming" wrong answers.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Loss_aversion Loss Aversion] - is [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Risk_aversion&action=edit&redlink=1 risk aversion]'s evil twin. A loss-averse agent tends to avoid uncertain gambles, not because every unit of money brings him a bit less utility, but because he weighs losses more heavily than gains, always treating his current level of money as somehow special.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Luminosity Luminosity] - reflective awareness. A luminous mental state is one that you have and know that you have. It could be an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Emotion emotion], a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief belief] or [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Alief alief], a disposition, a quale, a memory - anything that might happen or be stored in your brain. What's going on in your head?
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Marginally_zero-sum_game Marginally zero-sum game] also known as 'arms race' - A zero-sum game where the efforts of each player not just give them a benefit at the expense of the others, but decrease the efficacy of everyone's past and future actions, thus making everyone's actions extremely inefficient in the limit.
*[http://www.moralfoundations.org/ Moral Foundations theory] (all moral rules in all human cultures appeal to the six moral foundations: care/harm, fairness/cheating, liberty/oppression,loyalty/betrayal, authority/subversion, sanctity/degradation). This makes other people's moralities easier to understand, and is an interesting lens through which to examine your own.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Moral_uncertainty Moral uncertainty] - is uncertainty about how to act given the diversity of moral doctrines. Moral uncertainty includes a level of uncertainty above the more usual uncertainty of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory what to do given incomplete information], since it deals also with uncertainty about which moral theory is right. Even with complete information about the world this kind of uncertainty would still remain
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paranoid_debating Paranoid debating] - a group estimation game in which one player, unknown to the others, tries to subvert the group estimate.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/2qq/politics_as_charity/ Politics as charity]\: in terms of expected value, altruism is a reasonable motivator for voting (as opposed to common motivators like "wanting to be heard").
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Prediction Prediction] - a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future in more certain terms than a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Forecast forecast].
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/hba/privileging_the_question/ Privileging the question] - questions that someone has unjustifiably brought to your attention in the same way that a privileged hypothesis unjustifiably gets brought to your attention. Examples are: should gay marriage be legal? Should Congress pass stricter gun control laws? Should immigration policy be tightened or relaxed? The problem with privileged questions is that you only have so much attention to spare. Attention paid to a question that has been privileged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungibility funges against] attention you could be paying to better questions. Even worse, it may not feel from the inside like anything is wrong: you can apply all of the epistemic rationality in the world to answering a question like "should Congress pass stricter gun control laws?" and never once ask yourself where that question came from and whether there are better questions you could be answering instead.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Radical_honesty Radical honesty]- a communication technique proposed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Blanton Brad Blanton] in which discussion partners are not permitted to lie or deceive at all. Rather than being designed to enhance [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Group_rationality group] [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Epistemic_rationality epistemic rationality], radical honesty is designed to reduce stress and remove the layers of deceit that burden much of discourse.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reflective_decision_theory Reflective decision theory] - a term occasionally used to refer to a decision theory that would allow an agent to take actions in a way that does not trigger regret. This regret is conceptualized, according to the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Causal_Decision_Theory Causal Decision Theory], as a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reflective_inconsistency Reflective inconsistency], a divergence between the agent who took the action and the same agent reflecting upon it after.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/14a/thomas_schellings_strategy_of_conflict/ Schelling] point - is a solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or relevant to them.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ase/schelling_fences_on_slippery_slopes/ Schelling fences and slippery slopes] - a slippery slope is something that affects people's willingness or ability to oppose future policies. Slippery slopes can sometimes be avoided by establishing a "Schelling fence" - a Schelling point that the various interest groups involved - or yourself across different values and times - make a credible precommitment to defend.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Something_to_protect Something to protect] - The Art must have a purpose other than itself, or it collapses into infinite recursion.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Status Status] - Real or perceived relative measure of social standing, which is a function of both resource control and how one is viewed by others.
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/or/joy_in_the_merely_real/ Take joy in the merely real] - If you believe that science coming to know about something places it into the dull catalogue of common things, then you're going to be disappointed in pretty much everything eventually -either it will turn out not to exist, or even worse, it will turn out to be real. Another way to think about it is that if the magical and mythical were common place they would be merely real. If dragons were common, but zebras were a rare legendary creature then there's a certain sort of person who would ignore dragons, who would never bother to look at dragons, and chase after rumors of zebras. The grass is always greener on the other side of reality. If we cannot take joy in the merely real, our lives shall be empty indeed.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_Science_of_Winning_at_Life The Science of Winning at Life] - A [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequence sequence] by lukeprog that summarizes scientifically-backed advice for "[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Winning winning]" at everyday life: in one's productivity, in one's relationships, in one's emotions, etc. Each post concludes with footnotes and a long list of references from the academic literature.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Timeless_decision_theory Timeless decision theory] - a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Decision_theory decision theory], which in slogan form, says that agents should decide as if they are determining the output of the abstract computation that they implement. This theory was developed in response to the view that rationality should be about winning (that is, about agents achieving their desired ends) rather than about behaving in a manner that we would intuitively label as rational.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Unfriendly_artificial_intelligence Unfriendly artificial intelligence] - is an [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence artificial general intelligence] capable of causing [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Existential_risk great harm] to humanity, and having goals that [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Instrumental_values make it useful] for the AI to do so. The AI's goals don't need to be antagonistic to humanity's goals for it to be Unfriendly; there are [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Basic_AI_drives strong reasons] to expect that almost any powerful AGI not explicitly programmed to be benevolent to humans is lethal.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Updateless_decision_theory Updateless decision theory] - a decision theory in which we give up the idea of doing Bayesian reasoning to obtain a posterior distribution etc. and instead just choose the action (or more generally, the probability distribution over actions) that will maximize the unconditional expected utility.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Ugh_field Ugh field] - Pavlovian conditioning can cause humans to unconsciously flinch from even thinking about a serious personal problem they have. We call it an "ugh field". The ugh field forms a self-shadowing blind spot covering an area desperately in need of optimization.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utilitarianism Utilitarianism] - A moral philosophy that says that what matters is the sum of everyone's welfare, or the "greatest good for the greatest number".
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utility Utility] - how much a certain outcome satisfies an agent-s preferences.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utility_function Utility function] - assigns numerical values ("utilities") to outcomes, in such a way that outcomes with higher utilities are always [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Preference preferred] to outcomes with lower utilities. These do not work very well in practice for individual humans
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Wanting_and_liking Wanting and liking] - The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_system reward system] consists of three major components:
#Liking: The 'hedonic impact' of reward, comprised of (1) neural processes that may or may not be conscious and (2) the conscious experience of pleasure.
#Wanting: Motivation for reward, comprised of (1) processes of 'incentive salience' that may or may not be conscious and (2) conscious desires.
#Learning: Associations, representations, and predictions about future rewards, comprised of (1) *explicit* predictions and (2) *implicit* knowledge and associative conditioning (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning Pavlovian associations]).
==Positions==
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beliefs_require_observations Beliefs require observations] - To form accurate [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Belief beliefs] about something, you really do have to observe it. This can be viewed as a special case of the second law of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Thermodynamics&action=edit&redlink=1 thermodynamics], in fact, since "knowledge" is correlation of belief with reality, which is mutual information, which is a form of negentropy.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Complexity_of_value Complexity of value] - the thesis that human values have high [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity Kolmogorov complexity] and so cannot be summed up or compressed into a few simple rules. It includes the idea of [http://lesswrong.com/lw/y3/value_is_fragile/ fragility of value] which is the thesis that losing even a small part of the rules that make up our values could lead to results that most of us would now consider as unacceptable.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Egan%27s_law Egan's law] - "It all adds up to normality." - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan Greg Egan][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_%28Greg_Egan_novel%29 . The purpose of a theory is to add up to observed reality, rather than something else. Science sets out to answer the question "What adds up to normality?" and the answer turns out to be ][http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Quantum_mechanics Quantum mechanics] adds up to normality. A weaker [http://lesswrong.com/lw/sk/changing_your_metaethics/ extension] of this principle applies to ethical and meta-ethical debates, which generally ought to end up explaining why you shouldn't eat babies, rather than why you should.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Emotion Emotion] - Contrary to the stereotype, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality rationality] doesn't mean denying emotion. When emotion is appropriate to the reality of the situation, it should be embraced; only when emotion isn't appropriate should it be suppressed.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Futility_of_chaos Futility of chaos] - A complex of related ideas having to do with the impossibility of generating useful work from entropy - a position which holds against the ideas that e.g: Our artistic creativity stems from the noisiness of human neurons, randomized algorithms can exhibit performance inherently superior to deterministic algorithms and the human brain is a chaotic system and this explains its power; non-chaotic systems cannot exhibit intelligence.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/General_knowledge General knowledge] - Interdisciplinary, generally applicable knowledge is rarely taught explicitly. Yet it's important to have at least basic knowledge of many areas (as opposed to deep narrowly specialized knowledge), and to apply it to thinking about everything.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hope Hope] - Persisting in clutching to a hope may be disastrous. Be ready to admit you lost, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Update update] on the data that says you did.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Humility Humility] "To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty."[http://yudkowsky.net/rational/virtues Twelve Virtues of Rationality] Not to be confused with [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Social_modesty social modesty], or [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Motivated_skepticism motivated skepticism] (aka [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Disconfirmation_bias&action=edit&redlink=1 disconfirmation bias]).
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/I_don%27t_know I don't know] - in real life, you are constantly making decisions under uncertainty: [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_null_plan_is_still_a_plan&action=edit&redlink=1 the null plan is still a plan], refusing to choose is itself a choice, and by your choices, you implicitly take bets at some odds, whether or not you explicitly conceive of yourself as doing so.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Litany_of_Gendlin Litany of Gendlin] "What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn't make it worse. Not being open about it doesn't make it go away. And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn't there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Gendlin Eugene Gendlin]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Litany_of_Tarski Litany of Tarski] "If the box contains a diamond, I desire to believe that the box contains a diamond; If the box does not contain a diamond, I desire to believe that the box does not contain a diamond; Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want. "[http://lesswrong.com/lw/jz/the_meditation_on_curiosity/ The Meditation on Curiosity]
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Lottery Lottery] - A tax on people who are bad at math. Also, a waste of [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Hope hope]. You [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Antiprediction will not] win the lottery.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Magic Magic] - What seems to humans like a simple explanation, sometimes [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Occam%27s_razor isn't at all]. In our own naturalistic, [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reductionism reductionist] universe, there is always a simpler explanation. Any complicated thing that happens, happens because there is some physical mechanism behind it, even if you don't know the mechanism yourself (which is most of the time). There is no magic.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Modesty_argument Modesty argument] - the claim that when two or more rational agents have [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Common_knowledge common knowledge] of a [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Disagreement disagreement] over the likelihood of an issue of simple fact, they should each adjust their probability estimates in the direction of the others'. This process should continue until the two agents are in full agreement. Inspired by [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem Aumann's agreement theorem].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/No_safe_defense No safe defense] - Authorities can be trusted exactly as much as a rational evaluation of the evidence deems them trustworthy, no more and no less. There's no one you can trust absolutely; the full force of your skepticism must be applied to everything.
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Offense Offense] - It is hypothesized that the [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Emotion emotion] of offense appears when one perceives an attempt to gain [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Status status].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Slowness_of_evolution Slowness of evolution]- The tremendously slow timescale of evolution, especially for creating new complex machinery (as opposed to selecting on existing variance), is why the behavior of evolved organisms is often better interpreted [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Adaptation_executers in terms of what did in fact work yesterday, rather than what will work in the future].
*[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Stupidity_of_evolution Stupidity of evolution] - [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution Evolution] can only access a very limited area in the design space, and can only search for the new designs very slowly, for a variety of reasons. The wonder of evolution is not how intelligently it works, but that an accidentally occurring optimizer without a brain works at all.
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April 2, 2019 Neil TitleyIreland, Uncategorized
Bosie in Dingle
McCARTHY’S BAR, DINGLE
After a quick bus change in Tralee, arrived in Dingle town at 12.30am. The journey over the Dingle Peninsula had been uneventful but so indescribably beautiful that there was little point in describing it. I had been looking forward to seeing Dingle again. It had always stuck in my mind as the classic Irish town; it had the romantic exhilaration of being the end of the line – the most westerly place in all of Europe. Its proudest boast was that the next parish was New York.
Sat on the harbour wall and watched the tourists wandering round the pottery shops and health food restaurants. Something had changed. It all looked a bit too well organised.
Phoned Michaela, my Kerry contact, and she drove in by car with her boyfriend, Chips. They lived even further to the west, about six miles out towards the Blasket Islands. Although her family was from Kerry, Michaela had been raised in London and had worked in public relations in the rock world. She was now performing much the same sort of work for the Irish film industry.
Chips worked for the BBC. It was a measure of just how much the West of Ireland (and, in a way, the world) had changed, in that two professionals in very fast moving, internationally orientated jobs could carry on working normally in a geographical location where previously only the remotest goatherd would have been able to scrape a living.
Michaela, always a byword for efficiency, had arranged the venue at a pub called McCarthys. We drove up the hilly main street and went inside for a drink and to meet Tom, the publican. I thanked Michaela for placing the Kerryman article about the show. She apologised for the mistake over the name – ‘Alan’ Titley rather than ‘Neil’. It turned out that there actually was an actor called Alan Titley who lived in Dublin.
“The Kerryman must have got the two of you mixed up.”
It crossed my mind that, if my namesake ever read the Kerryman, he might be rather puzzled to learn that he was hitch-hiking through Western Ireland dressed as a Victorian gay aesthete.
McCarthy’s Bar, the Dingle venue
I also thanked her for suggesting the Listowel gig and enthused about John B.
“He gave me a tenner.”
Chips remarked “You should have got him to sign the note.”
“Hmm, I don’t think either he or I are that insane.”
“It would have made it a very valuable tenner” Chips replied.
“You try telling them that in a Spar supermarket.”
At 2pm, Michaela and Chips dropped me off at a hostel campsite down near the fishing harbour. The warden was a young, friendly American who led me out to the sloping lawn at the rear of the house.
“Put the tent up anywhere you like. It’s a great view from here. You might even see Fungi if you’re lucky.”
Taking into account his long hair and laid back Californian cool, I assumed that this must be a reference to magic mushrooms. However, it turned out that ‘Fungi’ was the name of a dolphin that had adopted Dingle Harbour as its home. He had become a revered local hero, with special ‘Fungi Boat Trips’ laid on for sightseers. Somebody had even written an opera about him.
Campsite in Dingle
Several other tents were in the process of erection; their owners were all French. Beyond a nod or two, though, nobody actually spoke. It was becoming a quite distinct phenomenon; the two worlds of the Irish and the Tourists. The first unquenchably loquacious, the second, quiet to the point of reticence. Two separate nations living cheek by jowl.
On a religious side-track, in some respects Dingle was unique in the Province of Munster. In the 1830’s, there had been a successful conversion of the town to Gaelic-speaking Protestantism. Converts were rewarded with specially built houses. This was a considerably less harrowing experience than an earlier Munster conversion. St Patrick is reputed to have converted the King of Munster to Christianity but, during the baptismal ceremony, he accidentally impaled the king’s foot with his crozier. The king remained stoically if grimly silent, under the impression that this was part of the initiation service.
Walked back into town to the main supermarket. There was a large poster in the window: ‘Oscar Wilde Hitch-Hikes Ireland! Tonight 8pm!’ Michaela had been at work again, the darling. Gathered the usual groceries of ham, tomatoes and rolls; anything to balance the basic diet of curried chips.
The Dingle signature
Another minor embarrassment was arising from the hat collections. Most of my money was in coinage. Today, in particular, I felt a distinct hip-sway from the bulging coin-stuffed trouser pockets. There is in Ireland (and presumably elsewhere) an expression known as ‘boozer’s pockets’. This comes from the fact that, when drunk, people tend not to pay out in coins but rather pay out note after note because it’s easier. This results in having piles of change the next day, which they’ve received after each transaction. Now, although my coins had come from an entirely different source, the consequences were exactly the same. I was becoming used to the knowing grins of shop assistants as I laboriously counted out handfuls of copper and ten pences.
“Did you have a good night of it, then?”
After a siesta and picnic back at the tent, I returned to McCarthy’s Bar at 6.30pm. It was deserted apart from the landlady, Pauline. Together, we checked out the large lean-to shed at the back of the pub that was to be tonight’s theatre. It resembled a looted junk shop. Pauline looked around doubtfully.
“It’s not been used for a while. Apart from mending motor bikes, that is.”
We set to work with wet rags to wipe up the worst of the dust and oil.
The stage at McCarthy’s Bar, Dingle
In some respects, though, it wasn’t too bad. There was a raised stage area and there were two genuine lights overhead – the best lighting I’d had so far. In fact, apart from Molloy’s psychedelia, the only lighting I’d had so far. The disadvantage was that they were both rigidly fixed directly overhead, so that the light descended into two glaring pools on the stage, while everything else remained in darkness. Decided that I’d just have to concentrate on standing in the pools. And at least the darkness shrouded the assorted bric-a-brac that was stacked onto the rest of the stage. The ‘Parisian café’ illusion was not helped by having a drum kit, a park bench and a bicycle piled at the side. An ancient piano accordion provided some sort of authenticity, I supposed, but I’d never liked the instrument anyway. I’d always agreed with the famous definition of a gentleman as ‘someone who knows how to play a piano accordion. And doesn’t.’
By now, I had become accustomed to making up in public and applied the slap under the critical gaze of four schoolgirls. The 8pm start time came and went as usual with only the schoolgirls for company. Felt under some pressure to perform well tonight, not just because Michaela had put effort into promoting it but because the show itself had dipped. So far, Letterkenny had been good, Donegal poor, Westport and Ballina reasonable and Galway excellent. But then had come the lunacy in the Arans and the fairly lousy performance in Listowel. I needed to raise the game. There was a sudden influx from the crowded front bars, as if the audience had made a spontaneous decision to start the show and, by 8 20, the shed was packed.
“As far as my own works are concerned, ideal dramatic criticism should consist of unqualified approval. But I suppose that I really must disapprove of critics. If a play is easy to understand then an explanation is unnecessary. And if a man’s work is totally incomprehensible, an explanation can be cruelly embarrassing. I am informed that all drama critics can be bought. However, I must say that, judging by their appearance, they really can’t be very expensive’.
At last, a technically good show. It was a bit low on real emotion and elan, but there were no fluffs and the timing was dead on. A clinical success. The donation sortie with the hat went well also – a welcome few fivers in amidst the coins. Michaela had to leave for another engagement. I embraced her with thanks, she’d done a great job. Cleared up the gear, then moved into a side bar with a free pint from Tom.
Michaela in DingleTwo girls arrived in the bar and came to share the bench. They were called Shivaun and Elizabeth. Shivaun was the elder and worked for the Regional Development Board, while Elizabeth came from Dublin and was an unemployed weaver. She said that in order to qualify for a government grant to buy a loom, she had to stay unemployed for a year.
“Jaysus, it’s boring.”
As they had missed the show, I explained about the tour. Initially, they seemed charmed by the idea.
“It’s just like the old wandering labourers who got killed off in the Famine”, said Shivaun. “They would travel the country to the hireling fairs. They carried just a spade with them and they doubled up as poets and storytellers.”
She was more disillusioned when she discovered that, instead of a spade, I carried a mobile phone.
“It’s OK, though” I told her. “It makes up for its modernity by not working.”
Shivaun talked about her job in Regional Development “The real trouble now are the big global supermarkets. You see, the real heart of Ireland is the small shop and the small pub. That’s how the villages stay alive. And people can pass the business on to their families. It’s not just about retail, it’s about community. Once the small shop has gone, Ireland might as well pack up and be finished with it. We’ll just be another tenth rate version of America.”
I agreed. “That’s what is happening to England already. But Ireland will be a tougher nut to crack. Even for the most ruthless corporates.”
I carried on at some length and volume about the effects of flogging off one’s country to the highest bidder.
Elizabeth nodded enthusiastically and said: “That’s right. You’re quite a wise man.”
I suppose that, after a certain age, a man no longer receives compliments about being handsome or muscular or virile. You have to settle for ‘wise’. Then I thought about what she’d said.
“Elizabeth, you are talking to a man who’s dressed in half an Oscar Wilde costume, whose only companion is a shopping basket and who is voluntarily preparing to go and spend the night crammed into a small tent. Possibly in the rain. Wise?”
At midnight, I said goodnight to the company and walked down the hill to the waterfront. Queued up in front of a kebab van. A small Scotsman approached and muttered conspiratorially:
“I liked that show of your’s”.
It turned out that he was unemployed, having been made redundant in Belfast, and then having had four jobs in Dingle, all of which had flexibly disappeared. We were strolling along the harbour front when he asked suddenly:
“Would you like to hire me as your theatre producer, sir?”
Declined regretfully. “I’m sorry about it but I can’t really afford this kebab, let alone a producer.”
He nodded understandingly and disappeared into the night.
Returned to the camp and, after turning down an invitation to join a singing session with the American warden and the French tourists, crashed out in the tent.
DAY FIFTEEN: SATURDAY
Woke at 7am. Brewed up some tea on the primus. It tasted even more like shampoo than usual. Despite earlier weather warnings, the rain still had not arrived but there was a distinctly chill wind blowing in from the sea. For the first time on the tour, I was forced to wear a scarf. Folded up the tent and repacked Bosie, then walked down and sat on the harbour wall.
My initial misgivings about Dingle had intensified. One could accept the barrage of tourist paraphernalia, the ‘last plastic leprechaun shop before the motorway’ culture, but it seemed that the old atmosphere had gone as well. It reminded me of Cowes more than Ireland. That ‘last refuge of the damned’ magic had disappeared. In Celtic mythology the Land of Youth, Tir Na Nog, had been located out to the sea across Dingle Bay. Oisin, the son of Finn Mackool, had taken Niamh, a local beauty, and together they had galloped out on huge white horses across the bay to Tir Na Nog for three hundred years of rumpy pumpy. These days they probably would have crashed into a passing oil tanker.
Considered the options. Having successfully completed eight shows, a feeling of reckless over-confidence had begun to creep in. I felt as if things could not go wrong. Michaela had suggested a pub in Killarney called the Brickeen as the next venue but I felt that I wanted to get away from the tourist scene that Killarney inevitably represented. I wanted to test Fate a bit. Tom from McCarthy’s Bar had mentioned a town called Killorglin as a possibility. Why not?
By now, the wind had turned quite viciously cold and I walked into town to try and find a hot drink. Or at least one that didn’t taste of Badedas. The time being 9 30am, nowhere was open. In the West of Ireland not much really gets going till ten. Instead I stood in a sheltered shop front to avoid the raw gusts. The shop was called O’Sullivan’s Agricultural Merchants. From an open first floor window came the sound of vigorous splashing in a bath and a man’s deep bass voice singing ‘Kevin Barry’:
“In a dreary Brixton Prison, Where an Irish Rebel la-a-ay….”.
It sounded great – at least some semblance of old Dingle had survived.
Then, as I walked down the street towards the bus stop, the door of a terraced house opened and a little old man darted out. He gave me a vacant grin, rolled his eyes, and followed me cackling:
“Good morning, good morning.”
He had a strong resemblance to John Mills’ village idiot in ‘Ryans Daughter’. Wondered if John Mills had taken him as a role model? Or if he had taken John Mills as a role model? It was the same Nature mirroring Art question again – the same conundrum as that in Listowel.
Caught the bus bound for Killarney at 10.30am and watched the last rays of the sun being extinguished by a black cloud looming from the south west over Dingle Bay.
And then the rains came.
Dingle Bay
Next Week – on Tuesday April 9 – Into the jaws of Killorglin and a problem.
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How to maintain a candidate blacklist as a recruiter [closed]
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I have a small recruitment agency and I want to improve the way of hiring the candidates at my office. I don't have enough budget now to for specific tools that manage the recruitment process - I am still using the old methods.
A candidate applied and we managed an interview, but then he wasn't enough good for the client. Later he applied again with another email address my colleague didn't recognize it was the same person till I saw him again and I remembered him...
I would like to put him on a 'black'list internally, to avoid mistakes like this again.
How do big companies or agencies do this? Just list his name? Multiple people can have a similar name and I don't want to affect others who have the same name. And as decribed, the candidate used several email addresses.
Can you explain me what to do in this case? What information should I maintain in my blacklist?
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Related: Blacklisting resumé liars. – sleske Mar 1 '16 at 10:03
Some job application forms have a question asking "have you previously applied for a position with our company?". Honestly, you should be able to answer this question yourselves with an effective filing system (even with similar names). However, if you ask the applicant, it is an extra check you could make. Or at worst you could ask, "You applied here before; why did you write "no" on the application?" – Brandin Mar 1 '16 at 11:00
people can have a similar name So, add their birth date to your list. – user8036 Mar 1 '16 at 11:00
@JoeStrazzere yes but some they cheat in a good way. for example his first name is composed by 2 names so he use just one and add to it his last name and apply again with another email... i wanted to know how it works in the big companies with they deal with thousands of applications daily – azerty Mar 1 '16 at 12:24
@azerty E-mail should not be your primary identifier. Name, DOB, which university he/she graduated from, Mailing Address. Those things are less likely to change. If you write those four columns into a spreadsheet and then write the name of every applicant, you should be able to easily identify duplicates, even if there are "missing middle names" or changed addresses and so on. – Brandin Mar 1 '16 at 14:17
"Blacklist on your system" just means you have a column on your candidate database/spreadsheet/file with "do not hire" and a reason.
The solution here is not anything clever - it is just up to you to match up names with those you have already seen.
I keep a list of all candidates, how they did (I.e. Hire or Reject) and interview notes (required to hold for a year here, available for the candidate to read if they wish) so if someone re-applied, I'd be able to check what happened previously and decide whether or not enough had changed to make me want to see them again.
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How do you keep track of "John Smith" or other common names? Some names may also be more common than you think. for example, I thought my own name was very rare, but it's actually very common outside of America, and not rare inside America either. – Old_Lamplighter Mar 1 '16 at 14:21
@RichardU Put a few additional fields in your database/spreadsheet with useful info from the candidate's application form. Put the things that are different among all candidates and which are unlikely to change. Those are the identifying characteristics. – Brandin Mar 1 '16 at 14:27
As Brandin says - that's very straightforward. My database has sufficient information to uniquely identify my candidates. Choose what you need :-) – Rory Alsop Mar 1 '16 at 14:28
@RoryAlsop Good planning on your part. +1 – Old_Lamplighter Mar 1 '16 at 14:38
I have done this for a long time. In earlier organisations I didn't plan this well. Lesson learned :-) – Rory Alsop Mar 1 '16 at 14:39
Do you not have a database of candidates? If so, there should be enough similarities in there to make a match when the candidate reapplies such as phone number. Ultimately you may just have to rely on name matches and the comments made by recruiters who've already dealt with him.
I think the essence of the question is not "how do I blacklist someone" but rather "how do I protect myself from someone committing fraud" and the reality is that in many cases, you really can't. I've always told people that "you can't protect yourself from a liar" and I honestly believe that. You can take steps to minimize the likelihood and the impact of one but ultimately you have to trust candidates to a certain until it comes time to verify.
It's unfortunate, but there are going to be people who try to get around your processes at the initial stages, but if you do your due diligence, they won't get very far. Yes, it's a time waster but it's not like you're going to do background checks before submitting resumes to clients.
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In most countries, blacklisting people would be quite illegal and can get you major fines. Neither as an employee nor as an employer would I ever want to have anything to do with a company that blacklists people.
If you don't intend to blacklist people, don't even THINK about using that word in any internal or external communications.
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i meant to blacklist the candidate just on my system so that the person who was lied about his resume or had a horrible job interview with us before so when he apply again i can get a notification that we had a bad experience with him. – azerty Mar 1 '16 at 10:23
In most countries, blacklisting people would be quite illegal and can get you major fines <-- citation needed? Google does not seem to suggest this to be common knowledge or common overall. – enderland Mar 1 '16 at 12:48
Possibly referring to this long-running story about blacklisting in the UK construction industry, perhaps? That issue was around a secret industry-wide database of "troublemakers" used to exclude people from employment (even with companies they had never worked for). The situation in this question seems quite different and it might be better described as flagging specific candidates rather than calling it a blacklist. Be wary of scope creep though... – barrowc Mar 1 '16 at 23:39
One of my products does exactly this sort of thing automatically as part of it's overall structure. Since it has to check all details against international financial sanctions and terrorist lists. It's pretty simple to make that portion.
Any database will do, one table has a list of undesirables, when filling in the client form a simple query checks all applicable details against the undesirable table and flags anyone who appears to be on it. You can then spend a few seconds digging deeper to see if it's just a coincidence or not.
It's much easier than messing around looking people up manually on lists.
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Gone fishing, Jose Urena named Opening Day starter in “new colores”
by West Lamy
What comes first, the Opening Day game or naming the Opening Day starter?
That sentence did not make any sense; however, tradition has it you name your Opening Day starter long after the date is set for your Opening Day game.
Jose Urena has been named the Opening Day starter for the Miami Marlins. The long baseball season for the Marlins is just around the corner. It has been an exciting offseason for the Marlins. Acquiring Cuban outfielders Víctor Víctor Mesa and Víctor Mesa Jr. to Minor League contracts. Moreover, a huge marketing campaign illustrating the new Marlins logo, new uniforms and “new colores.”
Now Opening Day.
The Marlins start the regular season March 28 against the Colorado Rockies.
Urena was also the Opening Day starter last year when he allowed a home run to the Chicago Cubs’ Ian Happ on the first pitch of the 2018 season before taking the loss in an 8-4 defeat.
Urena started 16 games for the Marlins last season before landing on the disabled list with a shoulder injury.
“I treat it like a normal game in the season,” Urena said. “A lot of people get excited, and you get excited too. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to do your job out there.”
The 27-year-old would go on to finish the season 9-12 with a 3.98 ERA and 1.18 WHIP, leading the team in wins, starts, and innings pitched. He was 5-0 in September with a 1.20 ERA.
I predict Urena only to be the ace the Marlins invested in.
On August 15, 2018, Urena was ejected from a game against the Atlanta Braves after hitting rising star Ronald Acuna Jr. on the elbow with the first pitch of the game, which lead to the Braves’ and Marlins’ benches clearing.
Acuna had hit a home run in his previous five games. Urena received a six-game suspension for his role in the altercation. It was the fastest pitch thrown by Urena in 2018 up to that point.
There will be no surprise the video of the incident will be cued up for their first meeting.
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Lana Del Rey Goes Instagram Official With ‘Live PD’ Boyfriend Sean ‘Sticks’ Larkin
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Lana Del Rey and boyfriend Sean "Sticks" Larkin are Instagram official.
On Monday (December 16), the "Summertime Sadness" singer, who has been dating the Oklahoma police officer and Live PD host for a few months now, finally shared a photo with the new man in her life. The sweet shot sees a smiling Del Rey holding onto Larkin's arm as he kisses her on the top of her head.
She captioned the picture with a heart and orange emoji and it appears as though it was taken in her dressing room backstage during one of her recent concerts.
The two first sparked dating rumors in September after they were photographed in New York City's Central Park. Though they've kept their relationship relatively quiet since then, it looks they're getting more serious.
After the photos were released, Del Rey opened up about her new romance in her Los Angeles Times profile, in which she joked about understanding why fans are so interested in her private life. "I care about what Bob Dylan is doing right now," she said. "I'm curious to know if he's wearing a hoodie or a blazer. I get it."
"It's funny because I was with someone for years and we never had that problem," the 34-year-old added. "The thing is, he's a good cop. He gets it. He sees both sides of things."
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Colorado Lawsuit Could Ripple Through US Cannabis Industry
By Kathleen Foody / The Associated Press
A federal trial in Colorado could have far-reaching effects on the United States' budding marijuana industry if a jury sides with a couple who say having a cannabis business as a neighbor hurts their property's value.
The trial set to begin Monday in Denver is the first time a jury will consider a lawsuit using federal anti-racketeering law to target cannabis companies. But the marijuana industry has closely watched the case since 2015, when attorneys with a Washington, D.C.-based firm first filed their sweeping complaint on behalf of Hope and Michael Reilly.
One of the couple's lawyers, Brian Barnes, said they bought the southern Colorado land for its views of Pikes Peak and have since built a house on the rural property. They also hike and ride horses there.
But they claim "pungent, foul odors" from a neighboring indoor marijuana grow have hurt the property's value and their ability to use and enjoy it.
"That's just not right," Barnes said. "It's not right to have people in violation of federal law injuring others."
An attorney for the business targeted by the suit plans to argue the couple's property has not been damaged, relying in part on the county's tax valuations of the Reillys' land ticking up over time.
Vulnerability to similar lawsuits is among the many risks facing marijuana businesses licensed by states but still violating federal law. Suits using the same strategy have been filed in California, Massachusetts and Oregon.
Mirroring the Reilly complaint, several claim the smell of marijuana damages neighboring owners' ability to enjoy their land or harms their property value.
The question now is whether jurors accept the argument.
"They can claim a $1 million drop in property value, but if a jury does not agree and says $5,000, that's not that big of a deal," said Rob Mikos, a Vanderbilt University law professor who specializes in drug law. "That's why there are a lot of eyes on the case."
Congress created the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — better known as RICO — to target the Mafia in the 1970s, allowing prosecutors to argue leaders of a criminal enterprise should pay a price along with lower-level defendants.
But the anti-racketeering law also allows private parties to file lawsuits claiming their business or property has been damaged by a criminal enterprise. Those who prove it can be financially compensated for damages times three, plus attorneys' expenses.
Starting in 2015, opponents of the marijuana industry decided to use the strategy against companies producing or selling marijuana products, along with investors, insurers, state regulators and other players. Cannabis companies immediately saw the danger of high legal fees or court-ordered payouts.
That concern only grew when a Denver-based federal appeals court ruled in 2017 that the Reillys could use anti-racketeering law to sue the licensed cannabis grower neighboring their property. Insurance companies and other entities originally named in the Reillys' suit have gradually been removed, some after reaching financial settlements out of court.
The case focuses on property in Pueblo County, where local officials saw marijuana as an opportunity to boost an area left behind by the steel industry. Most Colorado counties ban outdoor grows, forcing pot cultivators to find expensive warehouse space.
Pueblo officials positioned their sunny, flat plains as the alternative. They created financial incentives in hopes of drawing growers to outdoor fields or cavernous buildings left vacant by other industries.
Parker Walton was among the early comers, buying 40 acres in the rural town of Rye in 2014.
Barnes said the Reillys made three separate land purchases between 2011 and 2014, gradually reaching more than 100 acres. They learned about plans for the marijuana business bordering their final purchase four months after completing the sale, he said.
Walton put up a 5,000-square-foot (465-square-meter) building to grow and harvest marijuana plants indoors. The Reillys filed their lawsuit in early 2015. A year later, Walton announced the company's first harvest via Instagram, snapping a photo of a strain dubbed "Purple Trainwreck" hanging to cure in a dim room.
Fewer than five people including Walton work for the company, which sells its products to retail stores, his attorney, Matthew Buck said.
Buck said he's confident jurors will decide the Reillys' property has not been harmed. Buck warned, though, that defending against a similar lawsuit comes at a high cost for marijuana businesses while plaintiffs with support from a large law firm have little to lose.
Cooper & Kirk, the firm handling the couple's suit, has a conservative reputation, including a founding partner who worked for the U.S. Justice Department during the Reagan administration. Barnes said members of the firm were "troubled" as states began legalizing the adult use of marijuana because of the inherent conflict with federal law, and they brainstormed legal strategies.
Walton created a website this month to raise money for his defense. He wrote that a loss could jeopardize "all legal cannabis operations in all states."
But some lawyers who have defended companies in similar lawsuits said those fears are overhyped.
Adam Wolf, a California attorney, said he believes the suits are primarily intended to scare third-party companies into cutting ties with marijuana firms or persuading cannabis companies to shut down. But long-term, Wolf said the U.S. Supreme Court has curtailed lawsuits making civil racketeering claims against other industries.
Courts could apply the same logic to cannabis, he argued.
"What the plaintiffs seemed to be saying is anybody who touched, in any matter, any marijuana business is potentially liable," Wolf said. "And that is a soundly rejected argument by the courts."
Barnes, though, said the number of racketeering lawsuits awaiting action suggests attorneys with no ties to his firm believe in the strategy.
Kathleen Foody is a member of AP's marijuana beat team. Follow her at twitter.com/katiefoody
Find complete AP marijuana coverage here:apnews.com/tag/LegalMarijuana
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Crude Oil Burns Brighter for Fifth Straight Week
Australia's job advertisements increased 13.9% to 145,684 in November, following a revised 11.9% increase in October. With job ads rising for the seventh consecutive month, the AUD/USD rose in forex trading this morning.
Russia’s annual inflation rate increased to 4.4% in November, from 4% in the earlier month. The rate came in above analyst expectations of 4.3% and the USD/RUB traded flat this morning.
Japan’s foreign exchange reserves grew slightly to $1384.6 in November, from last month’s reading of $1384.4 billion. The news sent the USD/JPY forex pair lower this morning.
Canada added 62,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate eased to 8.5%. Both readings surpassed the consensus estimates by a wide margin, providing support to the CAD/USD forex pair this morning.
Chinese stocks opened higher but soon turned negative, with financial and energy stocks leading the decline. The Shanghai Composite Index was down around 0.3% this morning.
What’s happening: Crude oil moved higher on Friday to record gains for the fifth successive week.
What happened: Although the OPEC+ (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies) last week agreed to raise output slightly from next year, the group will continue with the bulk of the current supply cuts due to restricted demand amid the covid-19 crisis.
Crude oil prices continued to rise last week despite US production rebounding from the two-and-a-half-year lows hit in May.
Why it matters: The OPEC and Russia announced plans to ease oil production cuts starting January 2021 by 500,000 bpd (barrels per day). The group also said that supply will be increased on a monthly basis, although the amount has not yet been defined.
Markets were expecting the OPEC+ to continue with its current cuts at least till March, after the group shelved its plan to lift production by 2 million bpd. The raise will now result in output reduction by 7.2 million bpd, versus the existing cuts of 7.7 million bpd.
Meanwhile, US production has been recovering with shale producers bringing their wells back online due to increases in oil prices. The US oil rig count rose by 5 to 246 last week, taking the total rigs to the highest since May, Baker Hughes reported on Friday.
Crude oil prices rose in Friday’s session, as hopes of additional stimulus from the US and encouraging data from covid-19 vaccine manufacturers overshadowed oversupply fears. WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil prices gained 62 cents to settle at $46.26 per barrel, after rising as high as $46.68 per barrel earlier in the session. Brent added 54 cents to $49.25 per barrel, after notching its highest level since early March of $49.92 per barrel during the session.
Both oil benchmarks recorded gains for the fifth straight week, with Brent gaining 1.7% and WTI adding 1.9% last week.
What to watch: Markets will keep an eye on the OPEC+ group’s meetings, which are scheduled to be held on a monthly basis starting next month, to decide on further production cuts taking into account market conditions. Traders continue to be concerned about the growing internal OPEC discord. Some profit-taking is expected today, with US crude oil futures trading lower this morning.
US stocks will be in focus today after rising to record highs in the previous session.
Context: Wall Street closed higher on Friday despite the weak jobs report for November. All three major indices surged to record highs in the previous session on renewed hopes of the fiscal stimulus package.
Details: The most important trigger of optimism in the US markets on Friday was the country moving closer to a fiscal stimulus package. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested that the relief package could be initiated as early as yearend. Markets were also hopeful of the $908 billion bipartisan bill being approved soon.
Investors digested a worrying jobs report released on Friday. The report showed the US adding just 245,000 jobs during November, missing the consensus view of 432,000 job adds by a significant margin. Markets instead focused on the decline in the unemployment rate to 6.7% in November. Market sentiment was also lifted by a 1% rise in US factory orders in October, versus a revised 1.1% increase in September.
Investors also took a breather from concerns around the continued rise in covid-19 cases in the country, even though new confirmed cases surged sharply to more than 2,17,000 on Thursday.
Energy stocks drove some of the gains in the US equity market. These stocks had been significantly impacted by a record plunge in crude prices earlier in the year. However, various stocks in the energy sector rose sharply, with Occidental Petroleum and Diamondback Energy recording among the strongest gains in the S&P 500.
The Dow Jones index climbed 248.74 points to 30,218.26, notching record intraday as well as closing highs on Friday. The S&P 500 gained 0.88% to settle at 3,699.12, while the Nasdaq 100 added 0.7% to 12,464.23 in the earlier session.
What to watch: Markets will keep an eye on announcement by US lawmakers related to a new stimulus to provide some relief to the coronavirus-led crisis. The economic calendar for the US is light today. The only important data release is the report on consumer credit, which is expected to rise by $17 billion in October, after rising $16.21 billion in September.
Covid-19 remains a major concern, with total cases in the country surpassing 14.7 million.
Other Markets: European trading indices closed higher on Friday, with the FTSE 100, German DAX 30 and French 40 up by 0.92%, 0.35% and 0.62%, respectively.
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USD/JPY (103.99, -0.19%) Nasdaq ($12,517, -0.07%) Gold ($1,842, 0.1%)
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Wall Street Hits Fresh Highs on Stimulus Bill
South Korea’s consumer sentiment index fell to 89.8 points in December, from 97.9 in the previous month. Despite the latest reading declining to a three-month low, the KRW/USD forex pair traded higher this morning.
Argentina’s retail sales plummeted 50.1% year-over-year in October, after tumbling 71.4% in the prior month. The country recorded a decline in retail trade for the eighth straight month, sending the ARS/USD lower in forex trading this morning.
The GBP/USD forex pair rose this morning after a two-day decline, with investors taking profit following the confirmation of a UK-EU Brexit trade deal.
Hong Kong’s trade deficit declined to HK$25.6 billion in November, from HK$26.2 billion in the year-ago month. Exports climbed 5.6%, while imports rose at a slower rate of 5.1%. The HKD/USD forex pair rose this morning.
South Africa's trade surplus widened to R36.7 billion in November, versus R34.9 billion in the earlier month. The latest reading also surpassed the consensus estimate of a R23 billion surplus, sending the ZAR/USD higher in forex trading this morning.
What’s happening: US stocks surged to new highs on Monday after President Donald Trump announced the signing of the covid-19 relief bill.
What happened: The signing came only days after Trump rocked the markets by rejecting the $2.3 trillion bill, which included direct payment cheques of $600 to each American.
Wall Street stocks climbed on hopes of the new fiscal spending boosting demand and supporting small businesses to trigger economic growth after the coronavirus crisis.
Why it matters: After several months of negotiations, the $900 billion covid-19 relief bill was signed into a law by Trump to extend jobless benefits to millions of Americans. The passing of the bill also averted a government shutdown.
Last week Trump had vehemently vetoed the bill, asking for the direct payment cheques to be raised to $2,000 per individual. The House of Representatives voted late last evening to increase the relief cheques to $2,000, which has now been sent to the Senate for approval.
Monday’s stock market performance added to Wall Street’s strong year-to-date rally, with the S&P 500 gaining 15.6% and the Dow Jones index up by 6.5%. With investors favouring technology stocks amid stay-home orders, the Nasdaq 100 has added 43.8% year to date.
Investors have so far shrugged off the continued rise in covid-19 cases, even as the US recorded an average of around 200,000 new daily cases last week, taking the total count past 19 million with over 340,000 deaths. Markets were unmoved by Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning of the country witnessing another surge in fresh cases following the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The US has already started distributing covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, with 2.13 million doses already being administered as of December 28, according to the CDC.
The Dow Jones index jumped 204.10 points to settle at 30,403.97 on Monday. The S&P 500 closed the session at 3,735.36, adding 0.87% and surpassing its previous record high hit earlier this month. The Nasdaq 100 spiked 0.74% to 12,899.42.
What to watch: Markets will keep a close eye on the Senate’s decision on the direct payment of $2,000. US stock futures traded higher in the Asian session this morning, suggesting a higher open on Wall Street today.
Investors awaiting the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, which is expected to rise 6.9% in October, following a 6.6% increase in the previous month.
Crude oil will be in focus today ahead of the API’s (American Petroleum Institute) data on crude stockpiles in the US.
Context: Oil prices ended lower on Monday despite getting an early boost from President Trump’s decision to sign the covid-19 stimulus bill.
Details: Crude did not mirror the broader market rally that pushed Wall Street stocks to record highs on Monday, due to increased supply concerns.
The Russian deputy prime minister said that the country is looking to support a rise in the OPEC+ (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies) output at the group’s upcoming meeting in January. The alliance is already planning to increase production by 500,000 barrels per day from next month.
Further restrictions imposed due to the spread of the new covid-19 variant also weighed on oil prices, as Russia extended a flight-ban from Britain.
WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude for February delivery fell 1.3% to settle at $47.62 per barrel on the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange), after rising as high as $48.96 earlier in the session. February Brent crude declined 0.8% to close at $50.86 per barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Meanwhile, January natural-gas futures lost 8.5% to settle at $2.305 per million British thermal units, resulting in a more than 20% decline so far this month.
What to watch: Traders await API’s data on crude oil stockpiles. US inventories of crude oil rose by 2.70 million barrels during the week ended December 18, versus a 1.97 million gain in the prior week.
Other Markets: European trading indices closed higher on Monday, with the German DAX 30, French 40 and Stoxx Europe 600 up by 1.49%, 1.2% and 0.66%, respectively.
USD/CAD - 1.2829 and 1.2838 Positive
WTI Crude Oil - 47.83 and 47.96 Positive
Dow Jones – 30,384.41 and 30,422.25 Negative
EUR/USD (1.2236, 0.17%) Dow ($30,438, 0.44%) Brent ($51.15, 0.5%)
GBP/USD (1.3480, 0.22%) S&P500 ($3,741, 0.36%) WTI ($47.89, 0.6%)
Brazil’s unemployment rate, South Korea’s business confidence as well as the US Redbook index.
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Airbus and Koniku Inc. embark on disruptive biotechnology solutions for aviation security operations
Airbus and Koniku Inc. have made a significant step forward in the co-development of a solution for aircraft and airport security operations by extending research activities to include biological hazard detection capabilities, as well as chemical and explosive threats.
The disruptive biotechnology solution, which was originally focused on the contactless and automated detection, tracking and location of chemicals and explosives on-board aircraft and in airports, is now being adapted in light of the COVID-19 crisis to include the identification of biological hazards.
Based on the power of odour detection and quantification found in nature, the technical solution, developed to meet the rigorous operational regulatory requirements of aircraft and airport security operations, uses genetically engineered odorant receptors that produce an alarm signal when they come into contact with the molecular compounds of the hazard or threat that they have been programmed to detect.
Airbus and Koniku Inc. entered into a cooperation agreement in 2017, leveraging Airbus’ expertise in sensor integration and knowledge of ground and on-board security operations within the aviation and defence industries, as well as Koniku’s biotechnology know-how for automated and scalable volatile organic compound detection (via their Konikore™ platform).
With in-situ testing planned for Q4 2020, Airbus is demonstrating its ability to accelerate traditional research cycles in a real-time environment in order to develop and bring to market a game-changing, end-to-end, security solution at convincing scale and speed, thereby contributing to the continuous improvement of security in the air transport ecosystem, while increasing operational efficiency and improving passenger experience.
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Embraer’s new, enhanced Phenom 300E receives ANAC, EASA and FAA approval, achieving triple-certification
Embraer Executive Jets announced that the new Phenom 300E — the fastest and longest-ranged single-pilot jet, capable of reaching Mach 0.80 — was granted its Type Certificate by ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil), EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) and the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). The new Phenom 300E is the most enhanced version of the Phenom 300 series, which was the most delivered business jet series in the 2010s. With its modern, clean-sheet design, best-in-class performance, exceptional comfort and excellent utility, the new Phenom 300E sets the standard for the light jet category.
The new Phenom 300E achieved its certification goals with an intracontinental range of 2,010 nautical miles (or 3,723 km, considering NBAA IFR reserves with 5 passengers), a high-speed cruise of 464 ktas, a maximum payload of 2,636 lb (1,196 kg), a take-off distance of only 3,209 ft (978 m) and an unfactored landing distance of 2,212 ft (674 m). In addition, the new Phenom 300E received both avionics upgrades and enhancements that lowered cabin noise levels.
“The triple-certification by ANAC, EASA and the FAA reaffirms the position of the Phenom 300 series as the best light jet ever made, offering the ultimate experience in business aviation,” said Michael Amalfitano, President & CEO, Embraer Executive Jets. “Phenom 300E owners can be assured of the jet’s performance, with our ongoing commitment to unparalleled technology, safety and comfort.”
The enhanced Phenom 300E will be available for delivery starting in the second quarter. The aircraft offers more speed and is now capable of reaching Mach 0.80. It also received an avionics upgrade to include a runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS), predictive windshear, Emergency Descent Mode, PERF, TOLD, and FAA Datacom, among others. Embraer is the first and only OEM in business aviation to develop and certify a runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS).
In the cockpit, pilot and co-pilot seat tracking has been increased almost 40%, providing additional legroom. The cockpit enables single-pilot operation and offers the advanced Prodigy Touch Flight Deck, based on the acclaimed Garmin 3000 avionics suite. The avionics enhance situational awareness with clear information about speed, altitude, fuel, engine performance and other flight parameters. Additionally, the Phenom 300E offers 4G connectivity via Gogo AVANCE L5.
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Boeing and UK Civil Aviation Authority to Partner on Innovation Hub
Boeing and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the CAA’s Innovation Sandbox project. The Innovation Sandbox is intended to help foster collaboration between industry and regulators, with the goal of shaping future regulation of the aviation and travel industries in the UK.
The Innovation Sandbox enables participants to work with the CAA to test and trial innovative aviation solutions in a safe and controlled environment, with a focus on solutions outside the existing scope of regulations. It is part of CAA’s newly formed Innovation Hub and acts in an advisory capacity, separate from the regulatory approval function of the CAA.
Steve Nordlund, vice president and general manager of Boeing NeXt, said: “We share the goal of promoting innovation and emerging technologies. At Boeing NeXt, we are working to lay the foundation for a future mobility ecosystem in which autonomous and piloted vehicles can safely coexist. Test-and-learn projects like those we’ll undertake with CAA are invaluable in that regard.”
Frédéric Laugère, Innovation Services Lead at the UK Civil Aviation Authority, said: “Unlocking the potential for safe, everyday beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations by unmanned aircraft is a key element of our innovation work. Boeing’s planned input in our regulatory sandbox will look to help address some of the key outstanding issues and will help significantly in driving this work forward. Boeing’s significant experience in all areas of aviation means it is well placed to not only drive forward unmanned flight but also consider how BVLOS operations will impact all areas of aviation.”
Sir Martin Donnelly, president of Boeing Europe and managing director of Boeing UK and Ireland, said: “This partnership reflects our continued commitment to the future of UK and global aerospace. It comes shortly after our investments in UK start-up companies through our ATI Boeing accelerator and is a sign of Boeing’s recognition of the UK’s great strength in innovation.”
Boeing’s work under the MOU will fall primarily into four categories:
Development and review of a safety case to enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) above 400 feet
Exploration of minimum requirements for detect and avoid (DAA) solutions as part of a layered safety case
Assessment and evaluation of current DAA solutions against these requirements
Development of a proposed set of operational procedures to support BVLOS operations
The company will also perform a series of test flights to evaluate the projects listed above. The MOU is currently slated to last through 2020.
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NEW research published on what’s best for babies in prison
NEW research into the issue of mothers and babies in prison has been unveiled, following a collaborative project between Aberlour, The University of Stirling and The Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection. Findings suggest that the current arrangements in Scotland do not adequately account for the often complex needs of imprisoned mothers, who have often had … Continued
Childcare professionals celebrate success with Aberlour Futures
A NEW cohort of North-east childcare professionals have received qualifications after undergoing training with Aberlour. A total of 85 students, including 17 Modern Apprentices, celebrated their success at an awards ceremony held at the Copthorne Hotel. They had all completed training with Aberlour Futures – Aberdeen City and Shire, a non-profit making SVQ training and … Continued
Our response to SCVO’s update on fundraising regulation
AN ENHANCED model for fundraising regulation in Scotland will see greater responsibility placed on charities and OSCR to ensure good practice. This approach has been agreed by the Scottish Fundraising Working Group, convened by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and follows extensive consultation with charities and the general public. At Aberlour, we recognise … Continued
Aberlour signs collaboration agreement with Stirling University
Aberlour has signed a collaboration agreement with The University of Stirling’s new Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection. Building on a strong existing partnership, they have committed to work closely together on projects that help develop research, education, training and student volunteering to promote the wellbeing and protection of children in Scotland and beyond. Professor Brigid … Continued
Children’s charities urge Supreme Court throw out Named Person appeals
Below is a letter signed by Scotland’s leading children’s charities and public sector stakeholders, about the arguments being heard in the Supreme Court this week, by those opposed to the national roll-out of the Named Person service. This letter was printed on Wednesday 9 March 2016 in the Scotsman, Herald, Daily Record and National newspapers. … Continued
Aberlour gets walking for the 2016 Kiltwalk
Aberlour, Scotland’s Children’s Charity has joined forces with The Kiltwalk to raise funds to support some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children and young people. With the backing of Scotland’s leading philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter, The Kiltwalk is looking bigger and better than ever before. Every penny raised from the walks in 2016 goes towards supporting … Continued
Aberdeen creatives come together to tell story of Scotland’s children
SCOTLAND’S children’s charity Aberlour has released an illustrated book to tell the story of its 140 year history, with the generous support of Aberdeen designers, writers and artists. ‘The Story Of Aberlour‘ which was launched at a reception at the National Museum of Scotland with the First Minister, was produced by Aberdeen companies Bread PR … Continued
First Minister celebrates 140 year milestone with children’s charity
Scotland’s children’s charity Aberlour has celebrated its 140th anniversary, in a glittering reception with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The organisation, which is the largest solely Scottish children’s charity, welcomed more than 250 supporters, funders and those who use the charity’s services, to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on Tuesday (1 December 2015). The … Continued
Scottish charities voice support for Named Person
Aberlour has led a coalition of Scottish children’s organisations to present a joint briefing to MSPs in advance of a recent Conservative Party-led debate criticising the Named Person provisions of the Children and Young People’s Act. The briefing, prepared by Aberlour, makes a robust case in support of the Named Person and challenges some of … Continued
Scottish charities challenge Chancellor on BIG Lottery funding
In advance of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, Aberlour has led a coalition of Scottish charities in writing an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP. The correspondence comes in response to suggestions that the Chancellor may be planning to divert a significant portion of BIG Lottery funding away from third sector service … Continued
Response to devastating cuts proposal
FOLLOWING reports that that the UK government is set to cut £30million from the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland, our Chief Executive SallyAnn Kelly made the following statement: “If these proposals were to be implemented then the impact of a UK Government cut to lottery spending in Scotland on this scale would be devastating for … Continued
Scotland’s leading children’s charity strikes gold
SCOTLAND’S children’s charity Aberlour has achieved a prestigious accreditation for putting its people first. The charity has been awarded Gold status in the Investors In People framework (IIP), which is the highest accolade available. The award represents great progress for Aberlour, which previously held the Silver status. Peter Russian, Chief Executive of Investors in People … Continued
Paul Brannigan ‘Getting It Right’ as Patron of Aberlour
BAFTA-winning film-star Paul Brannigan has announced his support for Scotland’s children’s charity Aberlour. The 28-year-old, who won the Best Actor award for his role in The Angels’ Share, has come out in support of the charity’s Getting It Right campaign, which launched this month. Paul, who has supported the organisation for several years, has become … Continued
Aberlour services in Fife achieve autism accreditatIon
Aberlour has achieved a respected accreditation for two of its disability services in Fife. Aberlour Options – Fife, which provides respite breaks for families from two specialist children’s houses in the area, has been accredited by the National Autistic Society (NAS). The accreditation recognises excellent standards of service provision for people with autism and Asperger … Continued
Pioneering new service launches for vulnerable mums in Forth Valley
Aberlour has launched a service in Forth Valley for women experiencing mental health issues during pregnancy. Aberlour Perinatal Befriending Support will support mums from the time of conception, through to the baby’s first birthday. The service launch follows increasing awareness of perinatal mental health – the period before and after a child is born – … Continued
Aberdeen Couples Are Strictly Fabulous For Aberlour
The fundraising event in aid of Scotland’s children’s charity, will return to the Beach Ballroom on Thursday September 10, during Offshore Europe. The competition, which takes couples from around the city and puts them through weeks of dance training in preparation for the night, is being sponsored by Rigzone, The Law Practice, Evoke IT and … Continued
A response to SCRA research on Child Protection Orders
The publication of the latest research from the SCRA (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration) into Child Protection Orders (CPOs) in Scotland is illuminating and instructive. But while it demonstrates the organisation’s leadership and commitment to a vision where vulnerable children and young people in Scotland are safe, protected, and offered positive futures, it also serves to … Continued
Take the politics out of childcare
As attention shifts to the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary Election, the territories over which this campaign will be fought have already started to emerge. How we answer the many challenges around the delivery of affordable, high quality childcare for a modern Scotland is clearly an area likely to create debate but we believe it is time … Continued
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A Hungry Child Knows No Politics: A Proposal to Reform Laws Governing Humanitarian Relief and 'Material Support' of Terrorism
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ACS is pleased to distribute an Issue Brief by Ahilan T. Arulanantham, Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, entitled "A Hungry Child Knows No Politics": A Proposal for Reform of the Laws Governing Humanitarian Relief and 'Material Support' of Terrorism. In this Issue Brief, Mr. Arulanantham focuses on the material support laws, "a constellation of statutes found in the federal criminal code, immigration code, and elsewhere, whose ostensible purpose is to enhance our national security by stopping aid to terrorist groups." As the author explains, the unintended consequence of these extremely broad laws has been impeding, and in some cases, entirely preventing, the rendering of critical humanitarian assistance in certain areas of the world. Grounding his argument in his personal experience in Sri Lanka immediately after the tsunami of December 2004, Mr. Arulanantham demonstrates how the material support laws can undermine relief efforts. Mr. Arulanantham also discusses, and critiques, the arguments used by the federal government to justify these laws. Finally, the author concludes by offering multiple suggestions for how Congress could amend the material support laws to allow the discharging of humanitarian obligations without compromising national security. Mr. Arulanantham advises readers that "[w]e do not have to choose between national security and our commitment to help those who are suffering around the globe."
Read the full Issue Brief here: Arulanantham_Issue_Brief
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Wall Street Tells Viacom: Turn Off the Nickelodeon Netflix Stream
Rich Smith, AOL.com
May 3rd 2012 1:35PM
If Viacom (VIAB) has a claim to fame among the pre-high-school set, its name is Nickelodeon. Home to kiddie staples ranging from Dora the Explorer to SpongeBob SquarePants to iCarly, the Nickelodeon network is "top-rated" among kids, Viacom boasts. So why is CEO Philippe Dauman nervous about his ratings?
One word: Netflix (NFLX).
Popular as children's television is on ... well, television, it's pretty popular on this purveyor of video over the Net as well. So much so that analysts are starting to wonder if kids might prefer to watch their favorite shows on Netflix -- what they want, when they want it -- rather than tuning in to Nick to see what Viacom might be showing at any given hour.
Asked whether such a trend might explain Nickelodeon's slipping ratings back in February, Dauman demurred, blaming deficiencies in Nielsen's methodology in calculating viewership instead. He even went so far as to declare: "We don't think that the availability of the limited amount of Nick library content on Netflix ... has had a significant impact."
But doth Dauman, perhaps, protest too much?
Wall Street Weighs In
A few days ago, Bernstein Research suggested this may be the case. According to Bernstein, allowing Nick programming to be distributed on Netflix really is having a "direct, measurable impact" (and not the good kind) on the live TV ratings of Viacom. It's preventing Cartoon Network parent Time Warner (TWX) and Walt Disney (DIS) from garnering as many TV viewers as they might have, had Netflix never been invented. Bernstein argues that the networks should probably pull their programming from Netflix sooner rather than later if they want to hold on to their viewership... and their profitable television commercial revenue.
Not just "should," but "will." Indeed, Bernstein warns that unless the networks "pull their premium kids' programming from Netflix asap," it may "be too late."
Yes, you read that right. Viacom and its fellow cartoonists have created shows that kids love. They've built out their brand, created fan loyalty, encouraged viewers to seek out their content in multiple places, and given them an easy way to do it. They've been wildly successful at this.
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But according to Wall Street, once you've created a kids' show and it proves to be wildly popular, first on your own network and then later on Netflix, the correct response is to yank it off Netflix. To not give the consumers what they want. To instead take away what they want and force them to accept what you choose to give them, when you want to give it to them, in predetermined time slots. Or else your network dies.
Stream No Evil
Balderdash. This makes no sense. The truth is that Nickelodeon is not dying on television. It can't die. If it did, there would be no one making the programming in the first place for Netflix to restream it later. The truth is that producing new content for television, then reselling and re-reselling it via Netflix and other media, helps to reinforce consumption of these shows multiple times.
It's cross-promotion like this that encourages viewers to seek out new episodes on "live" TV, and to seek out old favorites on Netflix. It's the media equivalent of building a Starbucks on every street corner, and when you run out of street corners, "opening new Starbucks in the restrooms of existing Starbucks" (as the joke used to go). Saturation. Domination. Profit!
Rather than pull its content from Netflix (which, Bernstein warns Netflix shareholders, will hurt their company's subscriber growth), Viacom and its peers should make the more logical choice: Viewers want to watch more content on Netflix? Fine. Point this out to Netflix. Point out how valuable access to Nickelodeon content has become to Netflix's subscription base, and charge more for it!
It's really as simple as that, folks. Give the people what they want. Charge what the market will bear. Lather, rinse, and repeat.
Motley Fool contributor Rich Smith holds no position in any company mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of Walt Disney and Starbucks. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Walt Disney, Starbucks, and Netflix, as well as writing covered calls on Starbucks.
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Home / Siasat News / New steroid based drug is effective among COVID victims
Delhi: After months of dire news about the spread of the novel coronavirus and a mounting global death toll, a glimmer of hope arrived today: Researchers announced that dexamethasone, a cheap, widely available corticosteroid, significantly reduced deaths of severely sick COVID-19 patients in a major clinical trial. Although full trial data have not yet been released, several outside commentators hailed the result as a “breakthrough.”
Dexamethasone’s effect is seemingly much stronger than that of remdesivir, the only other drug so far shown to help COVID-19 patients in a randomized clinical trial. That antiviral reduced the number of days critical patients were hospitalized, but it did not clearly reduce deaths.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), hailed the dexamethasone results as “great news” given it’s the first COVID-19 drug that has clearly proved to reduce mortality. “The results are pretty remarkable for severely ill patients,” adds Nahid Bhadelia, a physician at Boston Medical Center. “I can see ICU [intensive care unit] physicians being more likely to provide steroids in the critically ill who are mechanically ventilated and who are not improving from other interventions based on these results.”
But she and others expressed disappointment that the Recovery team did not release additional information. “More detailed data would help us identify which subset of COVID-19 patients would benefit from steroids,” Bhadelia says.
Landray acknowledges the criticism. “I fully understand why scientists want to see the details. I’m a scientist, I want to see the details.” But with thousands of people dying of COVID-19 every day, it was important to get the basic message out first, he says. “There is this tension between having the final details and the final decimal points nailed down, and having what is actually a clear-cut and practical message in the public domain.”
Recovery is evaluating several experimental COVID-19 therapies, including the HIV drug combination Kaletra, convalescent plasma, and the controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. When researchers found 2 weeks ago that hydroxychloroquine did not improve patient outcomes, they stopped that arm of the trial. In the other arms, Landray says, they stuck to their plan to wait until 2000 patients had received a treatment and 4000 patients had enrolled in a control arm, because that would provide a 90% chance of picking up a reduction in deaths of about 18%. Dexamethasone was the first drug to reach the milestone, so the researchers stopped its arm on 8 June and began to look at the data.
“The decimal points might change a bit when we tidy things up, but we’ve got to a point where the message will not change,” Landray says, adding that Recovery hopes to make public the full data within about 10 days. If the findings hold up under scrutiny, it would mean that treating eight ventilated patients with dexamethasone would save one life. “That is a big effect,” says Ashish Jha, a global health expert at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health who is eager to see the data.
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service has already announced its standard care for COVID-19 patients will now include dexamethasone. “It’s very, very rare that you announce results at lunchtime, and it becomes policy and practice by tea time, and probably starts to save lives by the weekend,” Landray says.
Although much of the early hope for COVID-19 treatment focused on drugs that might directly attack the virus (like remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine), there has also been considerable debate about medicines that dampen the immune system, like dexamethasone. In its fight against the virus, the body’s defenses can overreact, eventually breaking down the thin barrier between the insides of the lungs and the surrounding tissue. That causes the lungs to fill up with liquid and triggers acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in which patients can end up essentially drowning in their own liquid.
But reducing the immune response through steroids could also hobble the body’s fight against the new coronavirus or secondary infections, Bhadelia says. For this reason, the guidelines of WHO and the U.S. National Institutes of Health have so far recommended against using steroids in COVID-19 patients, she points out.
Doctors have used steroids to treat viral pneumonias in the past, including those caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus or H1N1 influenza, says Wei Shen Lim, a respiratory physician at Nottingham University Hospital. But there were no randomized clinical trials with those viruses and available data were hard to interpret.
A Cochrane review looking at the data from H1N1 patients, co-written by Lim, found that patients treated with corticosteroids had a higher risk of dying. But that might be explained by the fact that sicker patients were more likely to receive steroids, Lim says. “Before the Recovery trial, I was neither an advocate for or an opponent of steroids,” he says. “You couldn’t be sure.” To get a clearer answer, Lim designed a trial to evaluate steroids in viral pneumonias in the case of another pandemic. When COVID-19 emerged, that was integrated into the Recovery trial as one arm, using dexamethasone.
In places like Spain, dexamethasone has already been widely used against COVID-19.
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Everything we know so far about Dragon Ball Game: Project Z
By:Anel Imsirovic - SubReal
Published: 12:47, 28 January 2019
Updated: 16:27, 28 January 2019
Dragon Ball Game: Project Z
Bandai Namco have teased the story of Dragon Ball Game: Project Z at the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour finals. With CyberConnect2 as the developer, the game will be released sometime this year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
As they had previously announced, Bandai Namco have unveiled the story trailer for their brand new Dragon Ball Z game that's currently titled Dragon Ball Game: Project Z. The publisher will announce the full title of the game sometime later down the line.
Developed by CyberConnect2 of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series fame, the game will follow the events of Dragon Ball Z with Goku as the main focus of the narrative. The trailer reveals that the story even goes back to the times when Goku fought against Piccolo who wanted to rule the world at the time.
We can also see a few glimpses of Goku's fights against Vegeta and Frieza, which implies that the story will span from the early days of our hero's youth, all the way to the Namek saga. Whether we'll be get to fight against Cell and Majin Buu as well is currently unknown, but we expect to have more detailed info on the game's story arcs very soon.
It is described as an action RPG, and the trailer shows us a few short scenes with Goku casually taking a stroll through a number of different locations, including the Kame House and Bulma's Capsule Corp. This could mean that the game will play similar to One Piece: World Seeker - an open world title set in the One Piece universe.
Looking at the short footage Bandai Namco decided to treat us with, the game gives off an undeniable vibe of the iconic Game Boy Advance series called Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku. This RPG title from back in the day is an absolute fan favourite, and if this new game manages to evoke the same feelings we had back in those days, we'll consider it a success. A major one at that.
Staying true to their style, CyberConnect2 have yet again delivered in the graphics department, as Project Z looks absolutely gorgeous. The artstyle is reminiscent of the good old Budokai games with a bit of Xenoverse sprinkled on top.
Bandai Namco Entertainment The game is looking top notch.
It is sure to please both sides of the Dragon Ball gaming community - those who prefer the standard 3D look and those who are fans of the full-on anime style, such as Dragon Ball FighterZ.
We are also pleased to report that Project Z will feature both the English and Japanese dub, so whether you're a fan of Goku's original high pitched voice, or the more mature style of his English version, you will have the option to choose between the two voiceovers, so you can adjust the experience to your liking.
This is good news indeed as some players are feeling downright upset by the fact that the upcoming anime crossover game, , will not have an . Not everyone grew up watching the original episodes with Japanese voices, and so some people are used to hearing the voices of Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat and the others.
We personally like both versions, so we will be switching from English to Japanese and vice versa as we play through Goku's adventures.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Goku and Piccolo used to be arch-enemies back in the day.
The game is scheduled for release sometime in 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. There has been no word on a Nintendo Switch version yet.
With Dragon Ball FighterZ going into Season 2 and adding to its roster, and One Piece: World Seeker, Jump Force and Project Z all coming out in 2019 - this year will be an absolute joy for fans of the anime fighting genre.
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Quiet things happen at Mayview Park in the middle of the night; it's where young Kay has most of his firsts. But tonight, he's waiting. When lines blur between the anonymous and the intimate, Kay may be in more trouble than he thought. Boy Trouble explores queer coming-of-age through the lens of anonymous sex and the digital era.
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You write a message that you’ll never send. You connect to a stranger in the crowd. You finally get that off your chest. Tracks is an immersive tour through the things we said, wish we’d said, and wonder if we’ll ever give ourselves a chance to say. You choose every step of how you take in this story of self destruction and reconstruction.
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Amy Lyle: Author and Comedienne
May 1, 2017 By Andrea 7 Comments
The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures
When Amy approached me about her idea for a "Book of Failures," I was intrigued. We met for lunch and she told me about all of the absurd ways she wanted to bring her brand to life that involved toilet paper and dresses tucked up in her underwear. I mean, how fun does that sound?
But truly, I was most intrigued by the idea that a 40+ woman, like myself, would write about her failures for all of the world to see. Plus, she didn't come from a writing career. She was pursuing her dreams by writing a screenplay and subsequent book because it was something she always wanted to do.
Stories like this are so inspiring to me and I know that it inspires other women who have been thinking they want to do something different but aren't sure where to start. Let's get started and learn more about Amy Lyle's journey in this latest #mommaquitherdayjob feature.
Q: Tell me about yourself.
A: I grew up in Marietta, Ohio, which is in the thick of the Appalachian region. It has been suggested that it is an area filled with people that are uneducated, partial to moonshine and prone to acts of violence and I don’t disagree. However, I think if you go fifty miles outside of any major city, you’ll most likely find a similar crowd, people trying to persevere.
I love literature, films and people that celebrate survival. It’s extraordinary when people turn the most humiliating and tragic aspects of their lives into something that helps other people.
My husband, Peter, and I live in North Georgia and are raising four teenagers.
Q: What did you do for your first act?
A: I spent 15 years working in the staffing industry in sales, management and eventually as a corporate sales trainer in the Atlanta area.
Q: What led to what you are doing today?
A: Today, I am a comedienne, screenwriter, and author. My family and I attend a large non-denominational church with an amazing children’s program and through my kid’s encouragement, I auditioned for an on-going, comedic role. A few years into the role, I inquired about contributing as a writer. Writing hundreds of mini-comedic plays gave me the bug to do larger projects.
For my film, my girlfriends are my source of inspiration. I am so fortunate to be surrounded by amazing, accomplished and hilarious women. Regardless if they are working and raising a family, stay-at-home-moms or empty-nesters, women have common threads of managing relationships and trying to raise their children the best they can. The film is a comedic twist on how working moms and stay-at-home moms have such set perceptions of one another.
My book was inspired by 45 years of my own personal disasters, and a handful of borrowed failures from friends and family.
Q: What are your goals? Are there specific goals you want to achieve or do you do this purely for the satisfaction it brings?
A: As a sales person, I would have to forecast what deals would be closing for the next quarter including, specific companies, sales volume, and revenue predictions. At the time I called it “crystal ball sales projections,” because how in the world would anyone know what they will be closing in the future? Now I appreciate the exercise: thinking about your goals forces you to have a plan and builds accountability.
I have very specific targets for marketing my film. I would like to align with director/producers that have had success with female-centric comedies such as Judd Apatow (Bridesmaids), Paul Feig (Ghostbusters, The Heat), Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect) or Ben Falcone (The Boss, Spy). I have an A, B, C, D and even E list of targets!
I’m self-publishing my book, The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures through Amazon. A super ridiculous dream come true goal would be on Amazon’s bestsellers list for comedy memoirs for even one minute. If I have just one review that says, “This book made me feel better about my own failures,” or “It made me smile,” I’ll be happy.
The journey of creating something original, in any form, is rewarding in itself. There are millions of unpublished books, unproduced films and unread poetry in the world, but that doesn’t make the work unimportant. The journey is rewarding.
Amy's book is Available on Amazon!
Q: What have you learned through the process of reinventing yourself?
A: Creativity is subjective. I learned this invaluable lesson from my content editor, Rodney Henson. You should seek wise counsel for content and structural editing if you are doing a creative project, nonetheless, it’s your content. If you feel strongly about something specific, push back.
In the process of marketing a film/book, you are forced to go through content editors and directors, press coverage editors plus hundreds of gatekeepers and assistants, whom all have opinions about your work. Select a few, trusted friends, hire a recommended editor and keep moving forward. If you get stuck in the circle of making everyone happy, you’ll never complete your project.
I have learned that almost everyone on the planet has a creative side and seeks to share at least a piece of their lives with others.
Q: What advice do you have for other women who are considering a change?
A: Regardless of how you pitch your project, be prepared to receive a whirlwind of “NO!” Make people tell you no in person! Email is “easier” because you are looking at a “NO!” on a screen rather than hearing it over the phone or in person. But a person can’t really capture your personality on email, give yourself an advantage over the other thousands of submissions and start by calling the publisher/producer/director’s office. Research who you are calling, start with why you like their work and ask for a meeting or the right to submit your project.
Ask for help! No one will give you anything, but if you are sincere and friendly, you may get help. My girlfriend Marjorie, introduced me to Rodney Henson, my content editor. Rodney introduced me to an entertainment attorney. The attorney introduced me to a film press coverage professional. The press coverage woman is a Second City comedienne who went to film school with some heavy hitting producers and directors. Most people want to help you, but they will not if you don’t ask them.</p>
<p>Create a budget, and then be prepared to triple it. If you are serious about getting your work published/film produced you will need editors for content and grammar, photographers and designers to do your book cover, head shots, etc. Additional expenses to enter film/book contests, fees to attend film/book markets/festivals and for MARKETING. Even if you self-publish or have an independent film, budget to promote your work at a minimum through social media (Facebook and Twitter sell ads) and through Google and Amazon. Take advantage of the free advice on YouTube regarding navigating the world of self-publishing or film production.
There is an insatiable need for content. Find a topic you are interested in and start a blog, search online for freelance writing positions or volunteer for a publisher or at a film studio. Getting immersed in an area you are interested in, even on a part-time basis will help you learn the business.
Amy navigating the world of self-publishing.
Q: How have you dealt with obstacles or setbacks?
A: I originally worked on a film for over a year with a friend when it was revealed that we had completely different ideas about the direction of the project. We had respect for one another’s ideas so we agreed to disagree and work on our own projects. I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything, the time spent on the “wasted” material only further defined what I wanted to do on my own.
Q: Would you do it all again?
A: YES!
You can purchase your own copy of the The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures on Amazon.
Update: Her follow up to The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of Failures "We're all a Mess. It's Ok!" is available now on Amazon as well!!
Visit Amy's Website.
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Awesome article. Love the questions and the honest answers. This profile project is amazing each time. Thanks!
Thanks Rachel!!!
Betsy Clark says
Love you a Amy!! Can’t wait for May 15!
Kari Westbrook says
Not sure if I’m you g to be able to get off work but I’m trying. Hope to see you!!
Kristen ingmire says
Awesome article andrea.! Amy- and you- are an inspiration!
Gayle says
Amy, Amy, Amy… the world needs more Amy’s. Looking forward to the big day! May 15!!!
Myriam Brauckman says
That Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle is more than a comic; she is super smart and forward thinking. Can’t wait to read the book.
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Title: The consequence of level of nutrition on heifer ovarian and mammary development
VONNAHME, K - North Dakota State University
McNeel, Anthony
CAMACHO, L - North Dakota State University
Amundson, Olivia
Forbes, Elizabeth
Lents, Clay
Cushman, Robert - Bob
Citation: Freetly, H.C., Vonnahme, K.A., McNeel, A.K., Camacho, L.E., Amundson, O.L., Forbes, E.D., Lents, C.A., Cushman, R.A. 2014. The consequence of level of nutrition on heifer ovarian and mammary development. Journal of Animal Science. 92(12):5437-5443.
Interpretive Summary: Replacing cows in the herd is second only to nutrition as the single greatest input cost in cow/calf beef production. The increased availability of cereal grains for feeding livestock has allowed replacement heifers to enter the production system at younger ages. Many heifer development programs feed heifers large quantities of feed to ensure they reach puberty before breeding. Nutrition level during development has been associated with altered milk production and longevity; however, the mechanisms that lead to these outcomes have not been identified. We found that heifers whose growth has been slowed through nutrition level before puberty, and accelerated near puberty to breeding, have more follicles on their ovaries than heifers fed for rapid weight gain throughout the same period. This increase in follicle number may result in prolongation of her reproductive years.
Technical Abstract: Replacing cows in the herd is second only to nutrition as the single greatest input cost in cow/calf beef production. The increased availability of cereal grains for feeding livestock has allowed replacement heifers to enter the production system at younger ages. Many heifer development programs feed heifers large quantities of feed to ensure they reach puberty before breeding. Nutrition level during development has been associated with altered milk production and stayability. We hypothesized that heifers exposed to different levels of nutrition during the peripuberal period would differ in methylation of the DNA in the mammary gland and ovarian cortex. We also hypothesized that the ovarian reserve would decrease in heifers fed for rapid growth compared to heifers fed for slow growth during puberty. At 257 ± 1 d of age, heifers in the Stair-Step treatment (n = 6) receive 157 kcal ME/BW kg0.75 for 84 d, and heifers in the Conventional treatment (n = 6) were offered 228 kcal ME/BW kg0.75. At d 84, heifers were fed for an additional 83 d. Stair-Step heifers were offered 277 kcal ME/BW kg0.75, and heifers on the Conventional treatment received 228 kcal ME/BW kg0.75. Mammary weights (P = 0.43), capillary area density (P = 0.74), and capillary surface density (P = 0.18) did not differ between treatments; nor did alveolar number (P = 0.55) and alveolar density (P = 0.49). Reproductive tract weights (P = 0.69) and ovarian weight (P = 0.68), and ovarian size (P > 0.75) did not differ between treatments. In histological sections, Stair-Step heifers had more primordial follicles than Conventional heifers (P = 0.02), but primary (P = 0.59) and secondary (P = 0.15) follicles did not differ. Global methylation of parenchymal tissue (P = 0.82), mammary fat pad (P = 0.45), and ovarian cortex (P = 0.14) did not differ between treatments. Anterior pituitary weight did not differ between treatments (P = 0.16). Our hypothesis that modifying peripubertal nutrition modifies global methylation of the mammary and ovary is not supported; however, our hypothesis that it modifies the ovarian reserve is supported.
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Home > Transfer News > Arsene Wenger Gives Update On Bacary Sagna Contract Situation
Arsene Wenger Gives Update On Bacary Sagna Contract Situation
By mac14 on May 5, 2014
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has reiterated his desire to keep hold of right-back Bacary Sagna as talks over a contract extension for the player continue to stall.
Sagna is out of contract in June and so far we’ve been unable to agree terms over an extension despite holding several rounds of talks with his representatives.
A number of clubs are interested in signing the Frenchman and have reportedly offered better terms than we’ve so far put forward, leading to intense speculation he’s about to end his stay in North London.
However, speaking after yesterday’s 1-0 win over West Brom at the Emirates, Arsene told Arsenal.com that he wants Sagna to stay and hopes he’ll be able to convince him to remain at the club.
on Sagna’s future…
I want him to stay and I hope that convinces him that we love him here and he will stay. We have two players here who are at the end of their contracts, Sagna and Fabianski. If it was down to me, they both stay.
Like Arsene, I’m desperate for Sagna to stay and I’m still hopeful we can find an agreement, despite the tempting offers he’s got from clubs both here and abroad.
We’ve apparently offered him a two year deal worth around £80,000-a-week with the option of a third year, while he’s looking for a guaranteed three year deal worth £100,000-a-week, so we aren’t that far away.
The France international and his family seems settled in London and he’s never complained or aggravated for a move, so I still have a feeling he might end up staying.
ArsenalArsene WengerBacary Sagna
“if it was down to me, they’d both stay.”
looks like it’s the board who has the final say.
Ogejohns
What do we need sagna? To hell with him, he is one of the major problems we had. He has no confidence with the ball on his feet. I prefer Jenks.
tochi
i guess you dnt knw wat u r saying. Jenkinson over sagna, u must b a joker
Bawa Bashir O
I like them to stay, because to allowed him to go like the way we lossed cesc fabrigas, robie van-persie, samir nasir and other could be a big blow, so we want him to stay.
Sydney chikupila
Sagna should not go since he is one of our piller at the back
shed goodridge
keeping Sagna will mean no harm to us,let us all pray that the board agrees with what he want.
The Sagna-Arsenal stand-off Nothing new here and there can only be one outcome….
Moving on to some real news Liverpool are in squeaky bum territory they just blew 0-3 lead at Chamakh Palace to 3-3. City have the driving seat but don’t laugh yet We might just have one last twist so this can go to the wire. So much better than last term when United were pissing on everybody.
This is going to sound so “what if” but I have always argued that those four thrashing we received did not derail our season. It was the loss at Stoke and the draws against Southampton and Swansea a total of 7 points lost before injuries finally halted our charge… add back those 7 points and we are easily 83pts RIGHT ON TOP and on course for the double…. No two seasons are ever the same..despite my what if… The truth is we were good but we needed an X-factor something to make the difference during flat performances.
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Home > Transfer News > €40m Striker To Agree Arsenal Move, Talks Due This Week
€40m Striker To Agree Arsenal Move, Talks Due This Week
By mac14 on March 24, 2015
According to reports in Spain, Paulo Dybala is ready to accept a move to Arsenal with talks over a potential €40m deal due to be held this week.
Dybala is one of the hottest properties in Europe right now after scoring 12 goals and providing a further 8 assists for Palermo in Serie A this season.
Arsenal are one of several clubs who’ve been strongly linked with the Argentinean international in recent months but it appears we could have moved into pole position for his signature.
Speculation over the weekend claimed that Arsenal were set to meet with Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini this week to hold formal talks about a deal and now reports coming out of Spain suggest that Dybala is ready to agree a move to North London.
It was previously thought that the 21-year-old favoured a switch to Juventus, but the Italian champions don’t have the financial clout we can now offer, so it looks as though the young striker has had a change of heart.
Palermo have already confirmed that they’ll sell Dybala this summer after he snubbed their contract extension offer and Zamparini was quoted as saying a deal could be agreed before the this month, but warned he wouldn’t be sold for less than €40m.
Speaking earlier this month, the Palermo president said:
“A team should close the signing of Dybala in the next 15 days,”
“He will not go for less than €40million euros.”
I never really bought into the speculation linking us with Dybala before but there certainly seems to be concrete interest now and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we’re looking at the player while Theo Walcott’s future at the club is uncertain.
Dybala is predominantly a striker but he’s also capable of playing out wide, so I have a feeling Arsene is viewing him as a potential replacement for Theo if he doesn’t sign a new contract soon.
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And there I was thinking the transfer window was closed. Why do you keep repeating stories that cannot be true?
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HMRC reveals MTD for corporation tax plans
With the publication of a long-anticipated consultation document earlier this month, HMRC has shown keenness to press on with the rollout of its Making Tax Digital (MTD) scheme.
In this latest update, it was proposed that a new stage of the scheme, MTD for corporation tax, could be introduced from 2026 at the earliest, with a pilot launched in 2024.
The full details of the scheme’s design haven’t been released yet – that’s what the consultation aims to decide – but it could apply to anyone who falls within the charge to corporation tax.
That includes all UK-based companies, as well as non-resident companies and some public bodies.
If you’re in that group, here’s what you need to know.
Under the proposed rules, all entities within the charge to corporation tax would need to meet the requirements of MTD. These include:
maintaining digital records
using MTD-compatible software to provide quarterly updates of their income and expenditure to HMRC
submitting an annual corporation tax return using MTD-compatible software.
HMRC said there will be some entities that won’t need to provide the quarterly updates, however.
The MTD timeline
The first mandatory stage of the scheme was MTD for VAT, which applied to most VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover above £85,000 from 1 April 2019.
The next part of the scheme will see the same rules extended to all VAT-registered businesses, including those with a turnover under £85,000, from April 2022.
MTD for income tax, meanwhile, has been piloted since April 2017, but it’s set to be made mandatory for self-employed people with business and property income over £10,000 a year from April 2023.
Is MTD worth the cost?
According to HMRC, the aim of MTD is to improve and modernise the tax system, making it easier for people to pay the right tax and crack down on those who are cheating the system.
Collecting real-time data should also give HMRC greater flexibility and access to up-to-date information on businesses in the UK.
This is something that has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the difficulty of creating financial support schemes based on limited data.
Extending MTD to corporation tax is another part of those wider plans to digitise the tax system, but its actual impacts have been disputed.
The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) have urged the Government to take a cautious approach to introducing more corporation tax obligations, warning that the benefits may not outweigh the costs for some taxpayers.
Tina Riches, chair of the ATT and CIOT’s joint digitalisation and agent services committee, said both organisations were “pleased” to see the change won’t be rolled out before 2026, and that HMRC are not “rushing to implement first and examine later”.
“We are disappointed the consultation presupposes that most entities within the charge to corporation tax should be within the scope of MTD, before the costs and benefits arising to different parts of the population have been established,” Riches added.
“If a key purpose of MTD is to encourage taxpayers to become digital then it is not necessary to extend it to corporation tax, as a large proportion of companies are VAT-registered and so already in MTD for VAT, or using digital records anyway.”
Research conducted by the CIOT and ATT earlier this year cast some doubt on whether MTD is currently achieving its goals, with almost 90% of people saying they didn’t think MTD for VAT had reduced errors.
HMRC argues in its consultation document that moving to MTD could “act as a catalyst for wider digital integration”, improving business processes and the economy as a whole.
The Government’s own review of MTD, published as part of Budget 2020 in March, said businesses had reported that “by integrating ‘doing tax’ into day-to-day record keeping, they spent less time overall dealing with their tax affairs”.
HMRC added that to ensure effective support is available for organisations which find it harder to put MTD-compliant systems in place, it will “work with stakeholders in the accountancy and software professions as well as businesses and their representatives”.
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Exclusive access to a wide array of amenities, including Lobby Lounge, Swimming Pool & Patumwan Jacuzzi, Spa & Massage Room, Garden Terrace, Private Meeting Room, Manicure Room, Multi-purpose Exercise Room, Steam Room, Gym, Children’s Playroom and more
The economy of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has been booming with very positive results, making it a great investment hotspot especially for foreign investors. Billions of dollars have been poured in from overseas renowned enterprises to result in a promising GDP growth of 6.68% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2016†. The government, on the other hand, also helps boost the economic upturn with various infrastructure developments like the new airport terminal by Year 2025, the upcoming Metro Lines (MRT) by Year 2020, and the transformation of Thu Thiem into the “West Kowloon” / “Pudong” of HCMC etc., all will draw an influx of income to the flourishing city. Moreover, with Vietnam’s new residential housing law implemented on 1st July 2015 allows foreigners to buy properties in the country for a 50-year leasehold with renewal possibility upon expiration, the promising city has secured itself in the property market with an outlook for lucrative return. We invite you to join our seminar to find out more about HCMC, the new housing law, as well as the full potential the vibrant city possesses.
Diamond Island—the first and only resort marina in HCMC developed by Kusto Home will be launched in Hong Kong during our event.
† figure according to Bloomberg
***Kusto Home’s HCMC Project from HKD2.5M / 10% Downpayment/
Gross Rental Guarantee 8% p.a. for 2 Yr ***
Introducing the new residential housing law of Vietnam for foreigners
Vietnam Property Market Updates
Above: The starting price of high-end properties in HCMC are significantly lagging behind other South East Asian countries
Above: Vietnam properties currently offer an attractive rental yield of 8% p.a.
Vietnam Economy
Above: In Q3/2016, GDP growth reached 6.4% YoY, and the target for 2017 is 6.7%
Above: The economy has become a manufacturing hub for companies such as Samsung, which is Vietnam’s biggest exporter
Vietnam Infrastructure Projects
1. New Metro Lines (MRT) by Year 2020
2. US$16B New Airport in HCMC by Year 2025
3. The Regeneration of Thu Thiem – the new CBD: “West Kowloon” / “Pudong” of HCMC
Introducing The Developer – Kusto Home
The Project – Diamond Island
The Project Location
The Project is located at District 2 which is very near to The New CBD Thu Thiem Area (the “West Kowloon” / Pudong” of HCMC) and well-connected to private international schools, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, cinemas and government offices.
There are 6 private international schools in this area, including British International School, Australian International School, Saigon Star International School, International School Ho Chi Minh City and Eaton House Kindergarten.
Condominium units from around HKD 2.5M*
First downpayment: 10%
Net area from 101.90 sq. m. to 393.60 sq. m. (1,096 sq. ft. to 4,236 sq. ft.), ideal for expat families
Prices from HKD 1,800 p.s.f.
2 to 4-bed and some duplex units available
Freehold for Vietnamese; Leasehold 50 years with renewal possibility for foreigners – the property immediately becomes freehold when a foreigner resells the unit to a local Vietnamese
Located close to the Thu Thiem regeneration area which is poised to be the “West Kowloon” / “Pudong” of HCMC
Developed by Kusto Group based in Singapore, with current assets in excess of US$1 billion
Vast water surface and green area surrounding give Diamond Island wide open and privacy spaces, natural air, cool river wind, spectacular view to CBD
86.7% of the site for is dedicated to landscaping, increasing the density of greenery to 16 sq.m. per person, which is higher than other developed cities (10 to 14 sq. m. per person).
Exclusive access to a wide array of amenities, including a renowned holistic Sancy spas, fitness centre, outdoor swimming pool, supermarket and more
1:1 Car Park Allocation per unit
Fully furnished and finished units*
2-Year guaranteed gross rental yield of 8% p.a.*
Booking of the units can be done in Hong Kong without the need to travel to Vietnam
Vietnam’s new residential housing law implemented on 1st July 2015 allows foreigners to buy properties in the country for a 50-year leasehold with renewal possibility upon expiration. This, coupled with the infrastructure development such as the metro (MRT) system in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), new international airport by year 2025, and the Regeneration of Thu Thiem – the “West Kowloon” / “Pudong” of HCMC, will contribute to the upside in HCMC’s property market. If you are considering investing in HCMC properties but are not familiar with the city, this is a great opportunity for you to learn from a local expert.
Feliz en Vista in HCMC, developed by CapitaLand (owned by Temasek/Singapore Government, rated AAA/Aaa/AAA) was launched simultaneously in Hong Kong and Vietnam during our event. The first day official global launch of this project was on 26 Nov 2016.
**CapitaLand’s HCMC Project from HKD1.7M / 10% Down / *8% p.a. Rental Yield **
Above: High end properties in HCMC are currently selling around HKD1,500 p.s.f., significantly lagging behind other South East Asian countries
Above: HCMC currently offers an attractive rental yield of 8% p.a.
Introducing Infrastructure Projects in HCMC
1/ New (MRT) Metro Lines by Year 2020
2/ US$16B New Airport in HCMC by Year 2025
3/ The Regeneration of Thu Thiem – The “Pudong” of HCMC
Located across the Saigon River from District 1, the 657 hectare area known as Thu Thiem is ideally located to become the Pudong of Ho Chi Minh City.
Introducing The Project – Feliz en Vista in HCMC, by CapitaLand
Simplex (3B), Ranges From Net Area 1,027 – 1,032 s.f.
Sky Duplex (2B), Net Area 970 s.f. – Ceiling Height 19.19 feet
The sky duplexes at Feliz en Vista provides spacious living & dining area with ceiling height of 19.19 feet and large floor-to-ceiling windows – the height of true luxury
The View From The Apartment
80% of the units from the project will have a breathtaking view of the Saigon River
Felix en Vista is well-located on Dong Van Cong Street which is very near to The New CBD Thu Thiem Area (“West Kowloon” / “Pudong” of HCMC) and well-connected to private international schools, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, cinemas and government offices.
6 private international schools in this area which include British International School, Australian International School, Saigon Star International School, International School Ho Chi Minh City and Eaton House Kindergarten.
Condominium units from around HKD 1,700,000
First down-payment 10%
Reselling before completion date is allowed
Net area from 90.24 – 95.93 sq.m. (i.e. 970 – 1,032 s.f.), ideal for expat families
Price from HKD1,500 p.s.f. for both locals and foreigners
2-bed (duplex) and 3-bed (simplex) units are available
80% of the units have stunning view of Saigon River
Developed by CapitaLand which is a Singapore SGX Listed Company and 40% owned by Temasek (Singapore Government, rated AAA/Aaa/AAA)
3 residential towers with about 800 residential units for sale and 1 serviced apartment tower Somerset Feliz Ho Chi Minh City managed by The Ascott Limited, the world’s largest international serviced residence owner-operator
Residential Tower 1 (Cruz) was sold out. We are currently launching premium Residential Tower 2 (Berdaz) which has 34-storeys and 221 units (only 30% foreign quota with pink book is available for foreigners)
More than 100 facilities with unique and exceptional design for a mix of resort and active lifestyle, with the following “Star Facilities”: 5-star resort-style swimming pools (Saltwater Swimming Pool, Hot Spring Jacuzzi), Adventure Water Slide, Outdoor Movie Theatre, Treetop Adventure Walk Bridge, Grand Lobby for each tower
Semi-detached apartments with at least 2 non-shared walls that attracts natural wind and light
1:1 Car Park provision per unit
Fully finished units*
Expected gross rental yield of 8% p.a.*
Emperor Key (Golden Emperor’s subsidiary) will provide leasing & property management services to our overseas clients
Booking of the units can be done in Hong Kong without the need to travel to Vietnam – come to our event to find out more!
Bangkok’s Thong Lo neighborhood is often compared to “The Peak” in Hong Kong – both being one of the most prestigious land areas in town and the residential address of the upper class. Situated in the most affluent neighborhood of Thong Lo in the capital of Thailand, The Monument Thong Lo promises to set new standards in Bangkok’s ultimate style of living, with numerous sophisticated dining establishments, cafés, bars, and trendy boutiques in proximity.
The scale of The Monument Thong Lo is unprecedented. Spacious apartments of 2 & 3 bedrooms range from 1,337 to 2,715 sq. ft. and trophy penthouses of up to 7,125 sq. ft. with private pool are on offer. An exceptional development that is hard to come by, The Monument Thong Lo is prime to become one of the most desirable addresses in town.
Key features of The Monument Thong Lo:
Located in the most prestigious residential address of Bangkok – Thong Lo (“The Peak” of Bangkok)
Freehold luxury condominium from HKD10M
Down-payment 30% now and 70% at completion in Sept 2019
60% financing available for foreigners*
A BTS-Sansiri joint venture project
Sizes from 1,337 to 2,715 sq.ft. and trophy penthouses of up to 7,125 sq.ft.
2-bed and 3-beds units are available
Total 45-storeys
Facilities include lobby lounge, drivers’ lounge, garden with outdoor recreation area, swimming pool with kid’s pool, kids’ amusement area, gym, wifi at common area, butler service, 24-hour security and numerous parking spaces (EV charging is available)
Expected rental yield of 4-5% p.a.*
Introducing the Project – The Monument Thong Lo:
Above: Trophy penthouses soaring over the world beneath and appreciate expansive vista across the Bangkok skyline
Above: The Monument Thong Lo features floor to ceiling windows on all floors
Above: Destination private lift access
Above: Private foyer connecting the private destination lifts to the main entrance of the residential unit
Above: The West facing units will be overlooking Bangkok new CBD (upcoming Super Tower view)
Above: East facing view
Above: North facing view
Above: South facing view
Above: The project is located in the most prestigious residential address of Bangkok – Thong Lo (“The Peak” of Bangkok)
Introducing Thong Lo, “The Peak” of Bangkok:
Above: Thong Lo is popular among Thailand’s most affluent and many of them own properties in the area as family home or for the purpose of investment.
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Asian equities suffer $3.1 billion outflow in August
The retreat from emerging market equities continues, although outflows from India appear to be slowing, notes HSBC. Korea was the only major Asian country to see inflows in August.
Korea is the only Asian country to experience net fund inflows in August
Earlier this month, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch found that investors are more bearish on emerging market equities than they have been for 13 years, and new survey by HSBC Global Research reinforces this trend.
Foreign investors’ shift out of EM-listed equities continues, with the sale in August totalling $3.1 billion, leaving year-to-date inflows at $2.3 billion. And Asia ex-Japan mutual fund outflows totalled $2.4 billion in the 30 days to August 21, says HSBC, citing EPFR Global data.
The only country in the region to see positive flows was Korea, with some $800 million invested into its stock markets in the month to August 26. All other markets suffered drawdowns, with Taiwan and Thailand suffering the most significant outflows, of $1.9 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, HSBC says, citing Bloomberg data.
Outflows from Indian stock markets slowed, with some $300 million being pulled out this month, a reasonably moderate amount compared with $1.7 billion of outflows in June and $1 billion in July, HSBC notes. The exodus from India was likely spurred by the US Federal Reserve’s hints in late May that it will ease off its quantitative easing programme.
The recent data suggests there may be a level of confidence returning to the country, HSBC says. “Despite the uncertainty of growth in India, equity positions have remained sticky, possibly a reflection of investors’ comfort with some of the larger, defensive, high ROE [return-on-equity] companies in the market,” say HSBC analysts.
Outflows from Indonesian stock markets, meanwhile, totalled $400 million in August, in line with July redemptions, but substantially less than in June, when investors yanked $2 billion.
(The mutual fund data collected by HSBC has a three-week time lag, hence the reason why this data is dated July.)
While China fund positions remain stable, weightings to Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia have dropped in July. HSBC analysts note that although stock markets in Korea experienced a rise in inflows, the mutual fund's positions to Korea were low. That implies that the fund weight of Korea has most likely changed in the first weeks of August, says Herald van der Linde, Asia-Pacific head of equity strategy.
Indonesia’s weightings are near a five-year low, says HSBC, “which explains why outflows from Indonesian equities have been relatively small – fund weightings were low to start with anyway”.
In terms of sectors, mutual funds increased cyclical exposure to materials companies, but remain defensively positioned, going overweight healthcare, telecom and utilities. They are underweight consumer staples, industrials, financials and energy stocks as of the end of July.
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HSBC Global AM gets new head of China and HK equities
The firm is set to fill the vacancy left by Mandy Chan with a hire from BNP Paribas Asset Management, which is promoting internally to cover her departure.
Joe Marsh Christina Wang
Institutional demand for mutual funds soars in China
China's investment industry is set to continue its rapid expansion, as institutions increasingly outsource investments to both mandates and mutual funds, says rating agency Fitch.
China/Hong Kong equity duo leaves HSBC Global AM
The head of the fund house's China/Hong Kong equity desk and the lead Hong Kong equity fund manager have left, with potential implications for clients' investments.
Asian Bond Watch: Anticipating a slower US Fed rate hike cycle
Misgivings over trade disputes, Brexit and US growth continue to be felt in Asian bond markets. But will emerging market assets rally if the US Fed takes a less hawkish stance this year?
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Family Offices Fund Managers
Bernadette Tio
Mutual recognition structure starts to take shape
A number of operational challenges on mutual recognition have been resolved following a closed-door meeting in February, but it is unlikely to be launched until after the new Shenzhen version of Stock Connect.
A recent Shenzhen meeting resolved some of mutual recognition's operational hurdles
Progress towards the launch of Hong Kong-China mutual recognition has picked up with a number of key decisions made on its systems and structure in recent weeks.
A meeting of officials and industry participants in Shenzhen last month has led to agreement in a number of areas, including on the clearing systems to be used.
However, enthusiasm for the scheme, at least on the mainland China side of the border, appears to be cool, with the cost of participating putting off many fund managers and custodians.
The most recent meeting was a closed-door session in Shenzhen on February 10, with nearly 100 industry players and regulators present.
The audience included officials from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
Key issues discussed at the Shenzhen meeting included the fund subscription, clearing and settlement.
An industry source who attended the meeting told AsianInvestor it was agreed that the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp (CSDCC) and the Central Moneymarket Units (CMU) would act as the central transfer agents for each side.
The CSDCC is China’s central depository and a result of the merger of the Shanghai Securities Central Clearing and Registration Corporation (SSCCRC) and the Shenzhen Securities Central Clearing Co (SSCC). CMU is the clearing system operated by the HKMA.
“The consensus at the meeting was for CSDCC and HKMA-CMU to build linkage so that funds would deal with one central agent in China and in Hong Kong,” said the source, who requested anonymity on account of the closed-door policy of the meeting.
This was substantiated by another source, who said that while CMU will build the link, it is not essential for it to be used.
The source said other issues discussed included challenges in fund administration, distribution and investment quota, but no specifics were finalised.
“The fund administration and order routing remains a big issue. Investment quota is to be applied but there was no information on amounts or how it will be allocated," the source said.
“If the administration issues become too big a problem then the scheme will likely be pushed back.”
The idea of launching mutual recognition with Shenzhen as a pilot was also floated, according to another source. But this could not be confirmed with other industry players. AsianInvestor reached out to the SFC and to the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, but the SFC declined to comment and HKIFA didn’t respond to inquiries.
On the possibility of Shenzhen as a testing ground for the scheme, Howhow Zhang, head of research at consultancy Z-Ben Advisors, said: "I've heard of this but haven’t seen anything official. But it is not surprising. Shenzhen wants to take a lead in cross-border investment activities with Hong Kong.
“The Shenzhen government has [previously] proposed that Shenzhen-based investors be allowed to buy Hong Kong MPF [Mandatory Provident Fund] funds. This proposal is not dead yet. Whether this will be folded into the mutual recognition fund scheme remains to be seen.”
Shenzhen has an active fund management market with Rmb1 trillion ($159.7 billion) in assets under management. There are several large asset management companies in the Qianhai area, including Invesco Great Wall, China Merchants, China Southern and Bosera, Zhang noted.
Mutual recognition is considered to be more challenging to launch than Stock Connect because it will involve changes to operational infrastructure and logistics in each centre. There will also be hurdles to distribution.
The scheme has been promoted actively from Hong Kong, with former SFC deputy CEO Alexa Lam a strong advocate of the idea. However, mainland players appeared to be less enthusiastic.
“If you speak with the custodians and fund managers in China, they are not keen on participating. The custodians are reluctant to invest in operational infrastructure, as well as divert sales force to the scheme,” Zhang noted.
“Fund managers are either making enough from RQFII or they are too small to put resources into mutual recognition,” he added.
The scheme was supposed to be launched after Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, which went live in November. Several industry players now expect the scheme will only be introduced after the launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.
“Stock Connect is a much higher priority for the Chinese authorities because the underlying force of that is RMB internationalisation,” said another participant in the Shenzhen meeting. “That’s why I wasn’t surprised that mutual recognition was picked up by Shenzhen and not Shanghai. Shenzhen needs to find its space in terms of all this cross border development.”
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SFC’s Choi responds to concerns on MRF delays
The Hong Kong watchdog's investment products head pointed to the imbalance of fund flows under the mutual recognition scheme. She also commented on the SFC's fee-disclosure proposals.
Leigh Powell Andrew Foxwell
Regulators announce HK-China mutual recognition
The cross-border funds initiative will be launched on July 1, the SFC and CSRC said in a statement, laying the foundation for the two sides to jointly develop a fund regulatory standard.
How HKMA plans to enhance Exchange Fund liquidity
The de facto central bank plans to increase the liquidity level in its portfolio. Experts say this could mean cutting its alternative asset exposure while raising its allocation to bonds.
CSRC unveils mutual recognition first-movers
China's securities regulator has named the first managers, funds and distribution agents to have northbound mutual recognition applications accepted. The first-movers now face a months-long approval process.
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Asset Owners Magazine Content
Ramping up equity exposure
Larry Wan, chief investment officer, Zhongrong Life Insurance
Larry Wan, CIO of Zhongrong Life
Larry Wan is chief investment officer at Zhongrong Life, a Beijing-based insurance firm with Rmb18 billion ($2.94 billion) in assets under management.
He previously worked with Citic-Prudential Life Insurance, KBC Goldstate, HSBC Jintrust and Orient Securities. Before returning to China in early 2003, Wan worked as an analyst at The Yankee Group, a Boston-based consulting firm.
Q Please outline your asset allocation.
A It has changed a lot in the past two years. Most of our money is invested in fixed income – bonds, bond funds, money-market funds, certificates of deposit [CDs] and cash. Until 2013 we had less than 10% in equities, as we had a dim view of that market. But starting from last year we shifted our equity allocation to 15-20%.
In 2012 more than 50% of our AUM was in negotiated bank deposits. Chinese interbank interest rates were pretty high at that point – we were getting more than 6% return from deposits and sometimes close to 7% for five-year CDs. But that exposure has gone down substantially.
Q How about wealth management products?
A Last year we also started allocating to trust funds and what we call financial products – a catch-all word for anything outside equities, bonds, bank deposits and trust funds. For example, it covers wealth management products [WMPs] and other instruments issued by securities houses or insurance company-owned asset management firms.
We now put 5-10% of our AUM into WMPs [which invest in a number of different asset types, such as structured deposits, bonds and interbank loans and foreign currency].
Last year we invested a lot in these products, but the China Banking Regulatory Commission has been introducing more restrictions on them. They know this is a way for banks to get around the strict caps on bank lending, so there has been a
crackdown on that in the form of more scrutiny, more frequent inspections of balance sheets.
Q Have you put any money into Yu’E Bao or other internet finance products?
A We didn’t allocate to Yu’E Bao, but we invest in similar products. A lot of fund firms and securities houses have issued copycat products – perhaps with a bit less liquidity than Yu’E Bao, but that means they offer higher returns. They’ve proved very popular.
But product providers cannot offer guaranteed returns, apart from on bank deposits or bonds, and yet firms effectively do. They call it ‘expected return’ – but privately they do guarantee it. This is a big risk for the issuers; at some point this will cause problems for them. And if they provide guarantees but a product defaults, they will be out of the game.
Q Are you looking at investing in alternatives or foreign assets?
A We discuss allocations every quarter, and management is still very cautious on these areas. Generally speaking, we are interested in offshore investments, but they know there is a risk. We are exploring it, but it will be a while before we decide to move. Nothing has been invested overseas yet.
We do hold some foreign currency – we have US dollar and Hong Kong dollar deposits, but we haven’t invested any of them.
If we try to do any serious investments offshore, we should hire external investment consultants. A lot of US and European fund managers have come to talk to us, but we’ve not done any serious follow-up yet.
We’re still waiting for our board to make a decision on that; we’re not sure if it will be this year or next. We discuss these issues every six months; the last time was a few months ago.
Q Do you benchmark returns versus your peers?
A We don’t care too much about benchmarks. We have a very simple target return to hit every year – this year it is 6% for bonds and around 10% for property.
On the equity side we don’t have a benchmark; we just have to hit a positive return. So even if stocks are down 20%, we are expected to do that. That’s tough when shorting is limited.
Last year Zhongrong Life was one of the best performers, with a total return of 11.7%. This year we have an annualised return of 12% so far [as of mid-October].
Q Please give me more specifics on your bond allocations.
A We have 30-40% of our total asset allocation in bonds. More than 50% of that allocation is in corporate issues. We care about liquidity, so we only have a little allocated to high yield, but most is in double-A and triple-A debt.
In China, triple-A bonds are everywhere and they are very liquid; they are mostly issued by state-
owned enterprises [SOEs]. We are still very careful about investing in privately owned companies. Default on SOE bonds is virtually impossible – we still believe it won’t happen.
Double-A bond issues by private companies can return up to 8-9%, while triple-A SOE or Treasury bonds yield a little over 5%. That risk premium means private issues are attractive. But the premium has narrowed in the past two years; it is only around 2% now.
Still, there has only been one official default in China’s bond market, and we take that as an exception. So we don’t see that much difference between double-A and triple-A in terms of risk. So why not go to the higher-yield bonds? Liquidity may be slightly lower, but default risk is not much higher. Hence there’s been no flight to quality, but a flight to higher yield in China.
Q How big is your investment team, and how is it broken down by asset class?
A We have close to 30 people in the investment team, including traders, research analysts and portfolio managers. Around half of them cover equities and half bonds and other assets.
Q Do you use domestic asset managers?
A Yes, we have five or six mutual fund allocations across bond and equity products. Almost 100% of
our equities allocation was run by external managers a few years ago, but now
80% of our equity investment is done in-house.
We can do the investment and research ourselves, but we hire external managers because we need their expertise for knowledge transfer, benchmarking, to see what they’re doing and retain a relationship with them. But in fact our own performance is better than theirs.
Q How many asset managers do you use?
A We have close relationships with five or six fund houses. We have as many as 15-18 managers that we have long-term relationships with but haven’t signed contracts with.
Q Do you buy exchange-traded funds?
A Not regularly, but sometimes. The main reason we invest in ETFs is when there are rapid changes in the market, especially on the upside. They are useful if we need quick market access and need to increase our equity allocation in a single day but don’t want to move into stocks.
We would typically hold ETFs for a few days or a few weeks, and only those listed
in Shanghai.
Q Do you plan to use the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme?
A We have done a lot of research around preparing for it, and we might invest next year.
Q How much are you involved with asset-liability management?
A My main responsibility is to decide on asset allocation, and that includes determining how much cash we should preserve for liabilities. I negotiate with our actuaries to determine what the risk targets are for the investment team, so that we know how much risk we can take in a single month
or quarter.
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Zhongrong Life mulling foreign-asset moves
The Chinese insurer is exploring when and how to make its first offshore allocations. It is likely to use investment consultants to help it make any substantial moves.
China insurers plan more investment outsourcing
Mainland insurers will continue handing out mandates for alternatives and equity portfolios, despite Beijing's new solvency rules monitoring their risk exposure, heard an AsianInvestor forum.
China insurers tipped to buy big into HK stocks after CIRC move
AIA's China CIO expects mainland insurers to pour up to Rmb200 billion into Hong Kong equities, after the regulator said it would not view Stock Connect investments as foreign allocations.
How long before Chinese insurers venture offshore?
Uncertainty over the RMB exchange rate and ‘embarrassing’ A-share volatility is forcing insurers’ hands, hears an AsianInvestor forum. Panellists mull when they will move offshore?
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Apocalypse Later Film Reviews
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Hearts Divided (1936)
Director: Frank Borzage
Star: Marion Davies
Thomas Jefferson wants the million square miles of the Louisiana territory but Napoleon Bonaparte doesn't want to give it up, at least not for anything less than the $20m he needs to fight his wars back in Europe. Of course being a Hollywood production, Jefferson and Bonaparte are astute and sophisticated leaders while the British consuls are outmanoeuvered at every step. After all, if this film is to be believed it's never cold in Baltimore. But this isn't a serious film, not in the slightest. The main thrust of the film is a romance between young Betsy Patterson and Napoleon's younger brother Jerome, who's representing the French leader on a goodwill tour. Backing that up is an attempt to expand on the success of the Charlie Ruggles/Edward Everett Horton double act from Trouble in Paradise by adding Arthur Treacher to make it three.
Treacher plays one of the most racist characters I've ever seen in film, and there are quite a few here to contend with. He's Sir Harry, a knighted English gentleman who exclaims that 'His Majesty would be most displeased' to find out that the United States is no longer a British colony. In other words he's a pompous moron in the worst stereotypical way. His chortling is painful. To be fair Ruggles and Horton aren't exactly the pride of America either, which is unfortunate as they're both United States senators. All three of them are only in the picture to make us laugh by courting Betsy Patterson in the most inept way possible, as none of them apparently have anything better to do.
Betsy is Marion Davies, decent as a Baltimore society girl who everyone and his dog seems to think the world of, but outshone by her courters. She's the darling of the races, the negro washerwomen love her to bits and even Jefferson observes that seeking her has become something of an American pastime. She's at once respectable and down to earth, hardly surprising given that her father is played by respectable Henry Stephenson and her aunt by down to earth Clara Blandick. Only her new French instructor/singing coach/fencing teacher can fluster her, which is hardly surprising given that he's Capt Jerome Bonaparte having fun on an idyllic interlude, incognito of course, having fallen for Betsy at the races while pretending he's not himself to avoid the fuss.
And that's the story, if you can call it that. Captain Jerome is played by Dick Powell, hand picked for the role by Marion Davies herself, so we get a couple of songs to sit through, even though the film is only 76 minutes longn to begin with. Apparently it used to be 11 minutes longer so I wonder what William Randolph Hearst had cut out to better highlight his mistress. He had a habit of doing that, which makes it all the more surprising that he'd allow a cast like this to even be in the same film. Why hire professional scene stealers like Ruggles, Horton and Treacher, not to mention Claude Rains as the Emperor Napoleon, if you're not going to let them do what they do.
Rains looks notably different here than I've ever seen him before. Partly, and most obviously, it's because he has a cunningly enhanced prosthetic nose and a pronounced and lopsided widow's peak. Partly it's because he's cleverly made to look even smaller than his 5'6½" height by the careful use of clothes that are too big for him. Partly it's because one scene has him sitting in a bath and somehow it seems wrong to see Claude Rains topless. Partly though it's because he has a wicked grin and a presence that is far bigger than his body. This Napoleon is an utter Hollywood invention that doesn't bear much of a similarity to the real one, but the magnanimous, grateful, patriotic character Rains is given to play here he plays superbly. Only in his last scene does he become petty and blindly ambitious, yet still willing to do whatever his mother asks. Give me a break.
Davies isn't bad but she's been far better elsewhere. Even the comedic scenes are below than her usual standards and that's disappointing. She's best here at the teary heartbroken ones and that's surprising, given that she was always a better comedienne than a dramatic actress. What I'm finding is that while her voice was a great asset, especially when doing impressions, her greatest roles were in silent films. I'm now only missing one of her sound films and can say that of her final ten films only one could be called great: Page Miss Glory, the one she made before this. Hearts Divided doesn't even come close to coming close.
Dick Powell does everything that's expected of him but a few dramatic scenes and an idiotically happy ending aren't enough to give the part any substance. He's there to look charming and sing well and hed does fine at both. For my part I was watching Rains and the triple whammy of Ruggles, Horton and Treacher. As criminally wasted as as they are, especially when compared to the genius of Trouble in Paradise, they're the best thing about the movie.
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Broken Kilometer
One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.
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The Broken Kilometer, 1979, is composed of 500 highly polished, round, solid brass rods, each measuring two meters in length and five centimeters (two inches) in diameter.
The 500 rods are placed in five parallel rows of 100 rods each. The sculpture weighs 18 3/4 tons and would measure 3,280 feet if all the elements were laid end-to-end. Each rod is placed such that the spaces between the rods increase by 5mm with each consecutive space, from front to back; the first two rods of each row are placed 80mm apart, the last two rods are placed 570 mm apart. Metal halide stadium lights illuminate the work which is 45 feet wide and 125 feet long.
This work is the companion piece to De Maria’s 1977 Vertical Earth Kilometer at Kassel, Germany. In that permanently installed earth sculpture, a brass rod of the same diameter, total weight and total length has been inserted 1,000 meters into the ground.
The Broken Kilometer has been on long-term view to the public since 1979. This work was commissioned and is maintained by Dia Art Foundation.
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Bryant Stove and Music
Thorndike, Maine
A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.
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Bea and Joe Bryant have been collecting together since the 1960s. It started with the stoves. The couple began taking in a few cast iron cooking and parlor stoves in need of repair, refurbishing them, then selling them. It wasn’t until a Vermont man had hundreds of stoves that he wanted to get rid of that the hobby became a full-fledged business.
The stoves, along with antique cars, dolls, and musical instruments, make up the Bryant Stove & Music in Thorndike, Maine. The shop ships stoves to homes and business across the country, but some of the couple’s more ornate stoves have been set aside for the shop’s stove museum.
“Every one of them is excessively fancy,” Joe said in a 2016 interview with the Bangor Daily News. Some of the stoves date back to the 1800s.
The couple’s love of collecting has caused the business to branch out from its humble stove beginnings. Joe’s love of restored cars and musical instruments also shows throughout the space, with a 1926 Ford Model T on display as well as drums, organs, and an antique Wurlitzer that visitors are encouraged to fire up.
But perhaps the most surprising addition to the stove shop is the doll circus. Bea’s love of doll collecting meant the couple had more than a few dolls around. That’s when they had the idea of making a doll circus featuring a carousel that stands as a centerpiece of their doll collection. A Ferris wheel soon followed.
Over time the stove emporium has become an eclectic and fascinating repository of the couple’s unique collectibles. It’s all part of a larger philosophy that Bea shared in the interview: “Just because things are new doesn’t make them better.”
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What makes the best pasta?
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A group of newly acquainted food writers wandered up the cobbled roads of a Roman hill, presumably toward a Michelin-starred restaurant, in April 2016. Our loose parade extended half a block, whatever that means in Rome. Atop the hill was an architecture firm, in the penthouse of which awaited an eight-course dinner.
I paused for a moment in the middle, by a chalkboard in front of a little bistro. It read, “Kamut Pasta.”
At dinner I sat at the end of a long table with Maureen Fant, an American food writer, and her Roman husband. I mentioned having seen a sign for Kamut pasta. Fant winced, as if I’d said “cockroach” pasta.
“There’s no such thing,” she stated. “I don’t doubt that you can make noodles out of that grain, but it won’t be pasta.”
“Well, I’m from Montana,” I tried to drawl. “We grow a lot of Kamut there. Most of it gets sold to Italy.”
Fant, who had recently co-authored the award-winning “Sauces & Shapes: Cooking Pasta the Italian Way,” was less impressed.
“If it’s pasta, it’s made with grano duro,” she finished, “grano duro” being Italian for durum wheat.
Fant segued into a general discussion on what distinguishes great pasta, including the important point that it be dried slowly, rather than kiln dried. If it’s good pasta it will say so on the package, she asserted.
Pasta family tree
In one of the lulls between courses, I pulled up on my phone a story about Montana farmer Bob Quinn, whose father was given a pint jar of large-grained wheat by an airman friend, who had acquired the grain at a bazaar in Egypt.
It was khorasan wheat, a primitive form of grano duro. The elder and younger Quinns first grew it for fun, but quickly realized it was special. Khorasan wheat has high protein content, is delicious, and didn’t seem to bother people with wheat-related food sensitivities. They named it Kamut, after the ancient Egyptian word for wheat, and began growing it commercially in the ’80s. They also licensed the name: free to anyone who grows true khorasan wheat and adheres to organic farming practices.
Kamut and durum wheat may be the same species, but khorasan is an older subspecies, and perhaps a direct ancestor of grano duro. Khorasan wheat grains are much larger, which is fun. And being grano duro, it makes great pasta. Before long, Quinn was selling most of his Kamut to Italy.
By the time I was up to speed, we were drinking dessert wine and using long forks to spin cookies around a vat of cotton candy fondue, at which point debates on topics like wheat genetics or the true meaning of pasta were off the table. My secret plan to stop at the little bistro with the Kamut pasta for some take-out en route to the hotel was foiled when our fearless leader took a wrong turn. Fant and husband, alas, were long gone — not staying at the hotel, they had driven to the restaurant in their car. I never did get to sample that Roman Kamut.
Kitchen tests
Upon my return to Montana, I began testing what I’d learned, and what I thought I knew, about pasta. I became an avid reader of labels. And sure enough, some brands advertised the meritoriously slow rate at which their pasta dries. Over a period of months I conducted trials, and the slowly dried noodles I tried were consistently superior to the ones that made no such claim. Air-dried pasta is not merely re-hydrated and heated when cooked, but resurrected into living, supple pasta flesh.
Meanwhile, I’d found a box of Eden brand Kamut fusilli, and eagerly brought it home. Alas, it was a caricature of Fant’s doomsday prediction. The grainy noodles were impossible to cook al dente. They went from completely crunchy to starchy and soggy in an instant. Not pasta, in other words.
I consulted the label. Not only were they dried in cold air, but were made with whole grain Kamut, not white semolina. Even I know you don’t do that.
Happily, pasta made from Kamut semolina does exist. Monograno Felicetti, which I found at igourmet.com, bills its pasta as “slow-dried in the fresh air of the high Dolomite mountains.”
The Kamut pasta held its own against the best slow-dried noodles that I’d brought home from Rome, or found during my research since then. It’s very forgiving pasta, and perfectly chewy when cooked al dente. The flavor was so rich and satisfying that it needed little more than some minced garlic, tossed into the pasta with olive oil while the noodles were piping hot.
With cheese and red sauce, and some ground elk, perhaps, it’s worth a galaxy of Michelin stars. That kind of simple recipe made with quality pasta, paired with a chalice of aged vindication, never does get old.
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New expanded rules
Miniatures (Original)
murfenator last edited by
Has anyone tried these out? If so, how do they compare to the initial rules? We have lost some interest in the game due to the amount of luck involved and the unbalance of some units. Has any of this been addresed in the expanded rules?
Audacity last edited by
The expanded rules are generally good just to have the errata together. Too bad its not all glossy though.
The new rules that are included that I consider worthwhile are…
Overwatch, really very useful. I made a token to represent this. Too bad the enemy knows where the overwatch is but that is the nature of miniature gaming. I have set up very good overwatch with extended range units and forced a complete change to the enemies plans.
Aircraft, this makes sense to penalize units shooting at planes that are not on the flight path. It makes it less likely for a random shot. That said, I’m still not a big fan of any of the planes and only use them when my oponents agree to add a plane or two to the builds without cost.
Enfilade Fire, I really like this as it promotes maneuvre. Pushing a unit up tight to an opponent to draw his attention is worth the risks to get a bonus for the guys you’ve snuck around the back.
Grazing fire, this too is great for MG capabilities. If you’re succesful at catching three units in a beaten zone, you can now have the oportunity to shoot them or choose to take the original double shot on one unit in particular.
Defensive Fire, instant kills are now possible. Overwatch is Defensive Fire which allows instant results for the alert gunner watching his arcs.
The other additions are just fluff. But I’m okay with that.
Is the new rule book worth $20? I guess. Are these rules enough to play? I still like the simplicity of the game and will continue to play. I’ve never had any issues with over powering of some units as their employment just requires a new solution.
I also like the new maps, though as I’ve often said, I have a home made blank hex board 3 ft x 8 ft and can create my own maps at will.
Does anyone live near Peterborough Ontario and want to get together?
So basically these rules give you more tactical choices and strategies. That sounds interesting. Do you use the House updates to all the units? We started using them, but there are a few things i don’t like about them either, just wanted to know if you use the standard stat cards or the house ones.
I only use what is on the cards I have. We don’t even bother with “official” WoTC updates to Panzer Grenediers or whomever.
It remains a decent playable game. I’ve watched too many other games get so detailed that you can never play through a decent battle. I have one friend who would take 16 hours to recreate 16 seconds of a guys life if he could do it perfectly.
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@Audacity:
Word. :mrgreen:
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If anything, they’ve made things worse. Go read the “beta” versions of the rules on the Wizard forum, they are free, better than the published garbage, and include good changes that the a**wipes at Wizards decided to leave out while putting in BAD changes like grazing fire that the community was telling them to leave out. The “Wizards” don’t have a clue when it comes to making a war game it seems.
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Is it just me or does it bother anybody else that the Expanded Rules cover is not stapled to the actual book? And on the back cover they included Greece as an ally but not Hungary as an Axis. Also the sign for Poland is not the same as that of the one on the Stat Card. Its the little things that drive me nuts!
Which new minor nation do you want most?
Miniatures (Original) • • Ducky
@Ducky:
@Obergruppenfuhrer:
…and you nailed it completely. One of the main reasons Germany lost WWII was preparing for a short war that ended up being a long one. Pride was their downfall.
It’s a character flaw a lot of Germans seem to possess. My German family generally all have the stubborn “my way, or the highway” philosophy….
Yeah. It’s funny how each culture, race or nationality (whatever you want to call it) has it’s own special gifts in certain areas a a collective whole. Of cousrse there are individual exceptions by the thousands but as a whole, Germans have been know for their dominant, regimented and calculated behavior. They are also a very industrious people with a history of producing the finest iron and steel the world has ever seen.
Himmler was adamant about restoring the practice of making damascus blades which took could take at least 10 years to master making. They produced those as swords and especially daggers for rewards to the SS. These blades were renouned as the finest in the world. Much like the Katana. The difference being, these blades had an amazing spectrum of colors that refracted off them becuase of the long, EXTREMELY difficult process it took to make one. Only a hand full of people in the entire world knew how to make them so Himmler set up shops and apprentice programs to keep this medieval practice alive. Today, I’m sure a genuine dagger could go for 10’s of thousands of dollars on e-bay but they dont even have genuine ones listed. The originals are about as rare as it gets. There’s lots of blades that carry tha label but none that I’ve seen are the genuine ones made by the Germans.
The Italians, as mentioned in a another thread, are not naturally gifted warriors. They are a people of the renaissance, connoisseurs and lovers. They fought like cowards on the eastern fron especially.
They deserted their SS comrades many times as soon as they came under heavy fire. As I’v noted before. The Luftwaffe, stuka pilots in particular returning from sorties, would strafe partisans and Italians running at full speed away from the front line out of pure digust for their cowardice.
A Possible Alteration To Aircraft Rules…
Miniatures (Original) • • GrimJesta
The trick to aircraft is you actually have to practice patience.
Don’t place them if you can’t get a good attack in with them. Take out your opponents AA units with fast attacking forces; units like motorcycles, cavalry, and even some armoured cars were well. Once you’ve elminated them you should have air superiority. The trick is to get them out as fast as you can, because until then you’re opponent has a point advantage on you.
Fun new rules to try out!!
I thought of third one that is basically just a combination of those:
Spread out the support pieces, and have each one earn different points on top of their ability.
HQ = Aircraft points
Ammo Dump = Soldier points
Fuel Depot = Vehicle points
It adds more strategy as to what you want to hold. I’d say 2 ammo dumps, 1 HQ, and 1 fuel depot would probably make it the most fun.
New to the game and forums
Miniatures (Original) • • chaircommander
@Motdc:
The starter is not meant, unfortunately, to be a stand-alone game. You must buy at least a few more booster packs to get a good mix of units to mix-n-match a decent army together.
That’s exactly it. You’ll need probably 4 or more boosters to make the starter actually enjoyable. Anything less than 100 point battles just aren’t fun.
New Scenario
Miniatures (Original) • • Half-Track
After some time (about two months) there’s a new scenario!!! YEAH, but w/out PDF. I just can’t understand why they couldn’t take the extra time to put it on a PDF. It makes it so much visually better.
I'm new . help!
Miniatures (Original) • • sanya33
Maybe start by using the “Quick Start” guide.
http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/aam_quickstart.pdf
It teaches you how the dice work etc.
Take a look at that and come back with more questions.
FINALLY! the new revised cards are available!!
Overwatch is not an official rule, its optional. Be careful not to confuse the “Expanded Rules” (optional) with the new Revised rules update (which is really only 3 or 4 rules adjustements).
QUESTION FROM A NEW PLAYER RE: AA MINIATURES
Miniatures (Original) • • ubersoldat724
not to my knowledge. there are units in war at Sea that units can split their main gunnery, but u cant stack units to get more attack dice. all units roll independently
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Day 3 of competitions in 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships kicks off in Baku [PHOTO]
The third day of the competitions of the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships has started at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Trend reports.
Today, on September 18, qualifications will be held in an individual program, and gymnasts will perform in exercises with clubs and a ribbon.
Azerbaijan today will be represented by three gymnasts: Zohra Aghamirova, Veronika Hudis and Maryam Safarova. They will perform in exercises with a ribbon. Maryam Safarova will participate in such a large-scale competition for the first time.
The 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships will last until September 22.
The Championships are the qualification competition for the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020. So, the first 16 individual gymnasts (max. two gymnasts per country) in the all-around ranking will qualify for the Games.
More than 300 gymnasts from 61 countries are competing for nine sets of medals. “Fairy Tales will come to life" is the motto of the championships.
#RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Final day of the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship in Baku
Baku hosts colorful closing ceremony of 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Russian team wins gold at 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in group exercises with 3 hoops, 2 pairs of clubs
Best moments from final day in 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku [PHOTO]
Japanese team wins gold at 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in group exercises with 5 balls
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All-around finals of 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships underway in Baku [PHOTO]
Azerbaijan’s Zohra Aghamirova wins license for Olympics 2020
All-around final of 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships starts in Baku [PHOTO]
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G-Mac back in the winners enclosure
Graeme McDowell celebrates victory in the Saudi International on Sunday.
Sunday 2 February 2020 19:17
FORM is temporary, class is permanent.
Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell proved that adage to be true on Sunday as he fought off a world-class field to win the Saudi International.
His victory at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Golf was his first European Tour title since 2014 and looks likely to catapult him back inside the world's top 50.
The win also comes almost ten years since his historic US Open win at Pebble Beach.
Now, the 40-year-old is targeting a big 12 months which could include playing in the Ryder Cup and representing Ireland at The Olympics in Tokyo.
"This is huge," admitted the Rathmore clubman.
"It's a world class field, the number one player in the world is here, so it's massive to win.
"Hopefully I can kick it on into the new season," he added.
Victory in Saudi Arabia is reward for hard work put in by G-Mac with new swing coach Kevin Kirk.
The pair teamed up last August with early indications that it could be a profitable partnership.
* Further reaction to Graeme McDowell's victory in Tuesday's Chronicle - along with reports from Rathmore, where it all started, and all the rest of our local clubs.
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University in the morning, training in the evening, lots of phone calls in the meantime: Nöttingen keeper Robin Kraski is busy a few days before the cup clash with FC Bayern. “It's quite stressful at the moment,” the 23-year-old goalie admitted - but he cannot wait to compete with the German record cup winners.
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Interview: Robin Kraski
fcbayern.de: Welcome Robin! We're not the only ones who would like to talk to you at the moment. Quite a bustle these days, isn't it?
Robin Kraski: (laughs) “Yes, that's right. This is my fifth interview in short order. Besides, I'm in the middle of exams right now and have to learn a lot. I'm a business student. It's quite stressful at the moment.”
fcbayern.de: Are you sleeping well a few days before the big match against FC Bayern?
Robin Kraski: “Really well – because I'm hyped up all day. First I learn for the exams, then I attend training. I'm dead beat when I come home in the evening.”
fcbayern.de: Nevertheless you switched on the TV when FC Bayern entertained AC Milan (3-0) and Real Madrid (1-0) in the 2015 Audi Cup, didn’t you?
Robin Kraski: “Of course. I assume that most of our players have the games. A detailed analysis isn't necessary though. We're up against Bayern! No matter how much we analyse: it's going to be tough. So we haven't changed anything. We do everything as normal.”
fcbayern.de: Your coach Michael Wittwer is a professed Bayern fan. Are there fans among the players?
Robin Kraski: “A number! Mario Bilger (midfielder, fcbayern.de) for instance. He’s certainly our biggest Bayern fan. A dream comes true for him because he can play against his idols. Personally, I root for Karlsruher SC.”
fcbayern.de: We've talked about the media attention at the beginning. How many people have been in touch with you to get a ticket?
Robin Kraski: “Of course people who I haven't seen for a long time – or never, for that matter – wrote to me (laughs). First they asked: 'How are you?' More often than not, the second question was: 'Can you get me a ticket?' (laughs) It's quite extraordinary.”
fcbayern.de: “The people of Nöttingen are out of their minds,” your chairman Dirk Steidl said a few days ago. In what ways?
Robin Kraski: “You can feel the euphoria in the whole village, the anticipation is huge, everyone's looking forward to the match. You can’t help but notice it. We’re play at the sold-out Wildparkstadion, but we could have sold twice the number of tickets. It's fantastic.”
fcbayern.de: A local butcher is even offering a club sausage now.
Robin Kraski: (laughs) That's right. I've never tried it. But Dirk Steidl and our coach are thrilled! I haven't heard any other feedback though (laughs again).”
fcbayern.de: Your own music video is causing quite a stir too. Who came up with the idea?
Robin Kraski: “The marketing manager of our health partner figured that one out. He's a hobby musician and sings the song. The whole team was involved in the video. We started the recordings in the sound studio in the morning, the camera came with us all day. The clip is very popular. The song is a real earworm! We’re supporting good causes with the revenues.”
fcbayern.de: The “Nöttingen defence sheriff” reveals his strategy for the match against FCB on the club's YouTube channel. In one of the clips the goal is bricked up. That's quite amusing.
Robin Kraski: “That was our goal. We wanted to show how much we're looking forward to the game and that we have no fear. We want to enjoy the game. It's going to be one of the biggest matches of a career for each of us.”
fcbayern.de: What’s FC Nöttingen’s game plan for the match?
Robin Kraski: “Being a fifth-tier team competing with one of the best teams in the world will be tough. Our goal has to be to keep a clean sheet as long as possible. We'll see from there...”
fcbayern.de: Do you dream about a penalty shootout from time to time?
Robin Kraski: (laughs heartily) “Dream? No, that's difficult. Of course it would be a sensation. But we have to be realistic. Still, we'll try everything we can. In any case it's going to be a festival, no matter what the result.”
fcbayern.de: If you had to find a motto for the game – what would that be?
Robin Kraski: “Just have fun!”
Source: www.fcbayern.de
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The Überschießtafel
As we have seen earlier, the Lafette 34 was a rather complex piece of machinery. And the absolutely most complex piece of the Lafette was the searchfire mechanism, the "Richt- und Tiefenfeuereinrichtung". In this article I will only focus on the Overhead firing table, the "Überschießtafel" (the strange letter "ß" equals a double "s" in written german). This table was riveted to the rear body of the searchfire mechanism from the very start of production until the very end of it. I will not go into details in regards to the use of it, but will merely discuss the physical item. All of my conclusions have been based on the study of surviving examples, as I have had no access to any written documentation about the Tafel.
The "Überschießtafel" was riveted to the body of the searchfire mechanism with an aluminum rivet in each corner. The non-magnetic rivets stayed in use from the very start of the production of the Lafette and at least until the end of 1944. A few makers have also used steel rivets from 1943 and onwards, but these are very scarce compared to the aluminum ones.
The rivets had a perfectly doomed head, both inside and out. The housing containing the searchfire mechanism was first painted, and then the "Überschießtafel" was riveted on. After that, the mechanism was assembled. Due to this, only the two lower internal rivets are visible (or accessible) on the rear, the upper two are covered by the mechanism.
As the rivets are made of aluminum, they are prone to get damaged. In the picture above, the two lower rivets are undamaged, while the upper two appear to be damaged and possibly repaired. Most of the time deformed rivet heads would still be functional.
First model
The first model was used from 1936 to 1941.
This "Überschießtafel" belongs to an Excelsior Lafette (fsu) dated 1937. This is the first model, made of aluminum with a matt coating.
This can clearly be seen where the coating has been worn away due to the use of the wingnut for the brake, and in all the spots where the Tafel has been damaged.
The above picture shows the matt silver coating in contrast to the bright aluminum the table was made of, clearly visible in the damaged areas.
The first model came in two versions. They are identical, with the exception of the design of the heading. The heading varies in length and font-size, and the design of the first letter, the "Ü".
The "short text" version was only used by the manufacturer Linden & Funke KG, Iserlohn, maker-codes 736, axx and YV.
Second model
The second model appears on production Lafettes in 1941, and gradually replaced the first model. The second model was made of Celluloid. Celluloids are considered the first thermoplastic, created from nitrocellulose and camphor. Celluloid is easily molded and shaped, and still used in the production of table tennis balls.
The table was white with black lines and text printed/etched on. It can sometimes be difficult to tell the first and second model apart just by looking, as well-used tables take on grime and dirt, and becomes yellowish with age. Looking at damaged areas will tell them apart, as the silvery aluminum core will shine through on the first model, while damaged areas on the second model remain white.
The design of the table was almost identical between the first model (first version, left) and the second model (right).
The only visible difference between the two models is the line inside the red circle above. On the first model there will always be a gap, while on the second model it will always connect with the vertical line.
Second model, transitional version
The above Lafette is a dar 1944.
The second model was issued in a modified version in 1943. A new text with additional adjustment instructions in red was added on a separate piece of Celluloid. This piece was glued on over the blank square. This version is quite rare; I have only seen a handful examples over the years. The two examples pictured here are both used on Lafettes manufactured by Metallindustrie Schönebeck A.G. code dar.
The above Lafette is a dar PJ (1944).
Note the use of steel rivets that have rusted over the years.
Third model
The third model was issued in 1944.
The red text with additional adjustment instructions was now printed/etched directly to the Überschießtafel. The second and third model is again identical, apart from two exceptions.
First of all the addition of the red text of course, and secondly the word "Visier" and the line below it has been removed.
The third version was used until the production of Lafettes ended in 1945.
A strange model
This picture shows a Fallschirmjäger mounting his MG42 on a Lafette 42. The location is Monte Cassino, Italy in 1943/1944. It had me scratching my head, as I have never seen a black "Überschießtafel". Further studies disclosed the truth though. The Lafette 42 is an early example, in factory applied Dunkelgrau. It had later been field-painted Dunkelgelb, and then the Celluloid "Überschießtafel" got damaged / was removed / got lost. It isn't there anymore. It is just an optical illusion, as the rivet's shiny heads are still there, and the factory applied Dunkelgrau behind the Tafel is now visible. The oil brush in the trigger handle has also gone missing, and has been replaced with a wine bottle cork.
Both wartime and postwar users from other nationalities used the Lafettes. Some needed to replace the original "Überschießtafel" with copies in their own language, while other users just continued to use the Lafette with the original "Überschießtafel".
The Portuguese war time version, used on the batch of Lafettes imported to Portugal in 1943/44.
Today very rare, as they were removed postwar from the Lafettes by the buyers.
The Yugoslavian postwar copy. The numbers are slightly off, compared with the original German "Überschießtafel". Probably corrected for their MG53 with Yugoslavian ammunition.
The Yugoslavians also made a black version.
Modern copies
With the ex-Portuguese Lafettes, the Lafettes used by Yugoslavia and original Lafettes that had lost the "Überschiesßtafel", the need for a "replacement Überschießtafel" brought about an array of copies.
Copies of the first model
Aluminum, originally used from 1936 to 1941. This is probably the model that is hardest to fake, as the matt coating is hard to reproduce.
Also worth noting is the fact that the specimen above lacks the "space" between the horizontal and vertical lines, as described earlier.
Copies of the second model
Celluloid, originally used from 1941 to 1943. Modern copies made from white plastic, so close in resemblance they would be hard to tell apart when it comes to the materials. The second model would be the one easiest to reproduce, but is actually quite rare. The one pictured above again fails on the missing "space" between the horizontal and vertical lines. The first "connection point" is correct, but the two next crossings shouldn't be touching. The lines over and under "Tiefenfeuertafel" should run all out to the edge. It is also easy to tell that the rivets haven't been there for 70 years. Also worth noting is the location of the rivets (too far out towards the edges), the much too large rivet heads and the fake weathering effect applied to the white plastic.
I have never seen any copies of the revised second model.
Copies of the third model
The third model was made from Celluloid, and was originally used from 1943 to 1945.
The first fake version to be discussed is pictured above.
It was made from aluminum, and is of course way off the grid.
The second fake version.
Again the wrong use of materials. Aluminum instead of Celluloid. This one has also got the colors inverted, with silver text on a black background. Pure fantasy.
The third fake version.
A fair attempt. Colors and materials are both right. This one is spoiled by the use of wrong font sizes, a heading in bold, badly placed rivet holes (due to wrong size of the whole table), pointy corners and overall miss-proportions. Note the blank area at the bottom and top. On the original the heading is on line with the rivet heads.
The fourth fake version.
This table has got the internal layout mostly right, but the whole contents of the table is much too small, again leaving large blank spaces on top, bottom and also on the sides. The red text is much too bleak and small. Nice rivets though!
The fifth fake version.
The left picture above shows it "factory fresh" and the right picture as mounted and with artificial weathering applied. By far the best in regards to proportions. But the red text is much too bleak; the "Tiefenfeuertafel" text should have been centered and placed higher. The "ß" in the "Überschießtafel" appears to have been drawn by hand. And again the rivets' locations are not good.
There might be more versions of fake tables out there, and more and better is surely to come.
To win the battle, you must arm yourself with the knowledge of what the originals looks like!
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Hotmail started in 1996 as the first globally accessible provider of free web-based email. Microsoft acquired it only a year after its launch for an estimated $400 million and rebranded it as MSN Hotmail. Microsoft then rebranded Hotmail to Windows Live Hotmail in 2005, after the tech giant introduced its suite of web services and software products, called Windows Live.
The plan was to eventually replace Windows Live Hotmail with a brand-new email system, called Windows Live Mail. That never happened, however, because beta testers resisted the change and complained that they want Windows Live Hotmail back.
The last chapter of Windows Live Hotmail began in 2011, after the introduction of Office 365, a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office product line. The goal was to switch Microsoft’s customer to cloud-based software-as-a-service products.
To help customers acquire the taste for the cloud, Microsoft introduced a new public email service, called Outlook.com (not to be confused with the enterprise-oriented Outlook on the web email service), in 2012, allowing existing Hotmail customers to freely upgrade to it.
By 2014, Outlook.com had had over 400 million active users, and the company was ready to switch to an Office 365-based infrastructure the following year.
Today, there are three products with the word Outlook in their name:
Outlook.com (former Hotmail): This is the most recent version of Microsoft’s web-based public email service.
Outlook on the web (former Exchange Web Connect, Outlook Web Access, and Outlook Web App): A personal information manager web app from Microsoft that’s included in Office 365, Exchange Server, and Exchange Online.
Outlook (also called Office Outlook): The desktop email client most people are familiar with from work. The closest thing to the Windows Live Mail desktop client is Mail, an email and newsgroup client included in the Windows Vista, 8, 8.1, and 10 operating systems.
If you head over to https://www.hotmail.com/ you will be instantly redirected to https://outlook.live.com/mail/. Does this mean you can’t log into your Hotmail account anymore? Not at all! It’s just that Microsoft has merged Hotmail and Outlook.com accounts together, keeping only the latter branding.
Your Hotmail account is alive and well, and you should be able to access it without any problem:
Go to Outlook.com.
Click the Sign in button.
Enter your Hotmail email address and click Next.
Enter your password and click Sign in.
If you can’t remember your password, click the “Forgot my password” link and follow the instructions to recover your account.
Even though Hotmail is now Outlook.com, you can still create a new email account with the @hotmail.com domain.
Click the Create free account button.
Enter your desired email address and select @hotmail.com from the drop-down menu on the right.
Enter the password you would like to use with your new account and click Next.
Enter your personal details and click Next.
While Microsoft has no plans to drop support for @hotmail.com email addresses, they are being considered “legacy addresses,” and new users are encouraged to use the @outlook.com domain instead.
If you’d like to close your old Hotmail account to ensure that nobody can access it and read your emails, you can do so by following this link.
Enter the login details corresponding to the account you want to delete.
Verify that you’ve signed into the right account.
Read the information and decide whether you really want to cancel any current subscriptions, cancel any current business or organizational services and delete any Azure Active Directories, delete your health records, and potentially give up any remaining account balance.
Once you’re ready to continue, click the Next button.
Your account will be marked for deletion, but it will take 60 days before it is permanently closed. During this time, you can reopen your account by proving your identity using your current account security info.
Microsoft allows you to recover your account even if resetting your password hasn’t helped you.
To fill out the recovery form, go to account.live.com/acsr.
Select which Hotmail account you would like to recover.
Enter your contact information.
Verify that you’re a real human being.
Verify your email address.
Answer a series of personal questions to help Microsoft decide whether you’re a rightful owner of the account you want to recover.
Click Submit when you’re finished.
Keep in mind that the recovery process may take a while as Microsoft employees have to process each case manually. The more personal information you provide, the more guaranteed the outcome of the recovery process will be. Simple recovery cases are typically processed within 24 hours, but more complicated cases may require several follow-up questions. If your request gets denied the first time you try to recover your account, don’t despair: you can try up to two times per day.
The era of Hotmail may be over, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t access your old Hotmail email account and use it to communicate with friends, family, and colleagues. In this article, we explained how to log into a Hotmail account using Outlook.com, how to create a new Hotmail.com account, how to delete an existing Hotmail account, and how to recover a lost Hotmail account.
Microsoft doesn’t seem to have any intention to abandon the @hotmail.com domain anytime soon, and we see no reason why they should. As such, you keep using your beloved Hotmail email account even in the era of Outlook.com.
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‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi’ ��is almost two months away from release, but the director of the film Bela Bhansali Sehgal already has plans of a follow up. ���I am already preparing for a sequel”, she told Hindustan Times.
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KVM extenders are used in a huge range of applications in almost all sectors. From power stations to churches and from server farms to supermarkets, KVM extenders are deployed to overcome distance limitations of analog and digital interface cables. KVM extenders typically consist of a transmitter unit connected to the source (e.g. a PC or server), a receiver unit connected to the user workstation (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers and other peripheral devices) and a network cable that connects both (CATx or Fiber). Here are some common application examples for the technology.
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Virtual machine (VM) based server infrastructure is a well-established technology that helps saving costs for computer hardware and maintenance as multiple machines can be hosted on a single physical server. However, accessing these VMs through a Local Area Network still causes bandwidth issues and often lacks performance and the "real desktop experience". Modern KVM extenders solve this problem by providing fast access with native HD or even higher resolutions and transparent USB support. Like this, users, can work on a virtual desktop in real-time as if it was a physical PC without affecting an organization's regular data network.
Server Room and Server Farm Management
Server rooms are designed for computers, not for people. They are chilly, dry, noisy places, often located out of the way and they also have strict security and fire control procedures. Whether an administrator needs access to a handful of servers, or to hundreds, a KVM extender can be interfaced to a KVM switch granting access to all servers from a comfortable and convenient location.
Industrial Control and Monitoring
A computer collecting industrial data or controlling industrial processes may be located in an area uncomfortable or hazardous to people. KVM extenders can be used to give control of these devices from a safe and comfortable distance. Fiber cabling may be used to provide protection against electronic emissions caused by production equipment.
Presentations and Live Events
KVM extenders are also used for transmitting video, audio and control signals in event or presentation applications, where a podium is located at a distance from the source computer but the speaker needs to be able to take control of the content displayed on a large monitor, canvas or video wall. Sometimes only the control signals for a keyboard, mouse or other pointing device need be extended, particularly where the picture will be displayed from a projector. In this case, a USB extender may be a cost-effective choice.
Often the computers driving the interactive displays (e.g. touch screens) found in some waiting rooms, reception areas, town halls and shopping centers cannot be placed near to the display for security and maintenance reasons. A KVM extender allows the computer to be placed in secure location at a convenient distance from the display.
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BMWBLOG went to Miramas, France to test drive the all-new BMW i8.
In pre-production form, meaning just a few touches left, and sporting the usual BMW camouflage, the i8 was ready to be tested on the track and back roads. To capture its driving dynamics, we placed a few GoPros on the car to see it from different angles. The result can be seen below.
Just a quick recap on the drivetrain of the BMW i8.
With the i8 BMW also introduces into production their new B38 1.5 liter three-cylinder petrol engine. We have previously tested the “baby-six” in a 1 Series Hatchback and we were quite impressed with its abilities. The little but potent combustion engine is transversely mounted behind the cabin and delivers 228 horsepower and 236 lb ft-of torque. That’s 152 hp per liter, an impressive figure by any standards. BMW engineers confirmed that there is room for a bit more power, but the current level delivers the best efficiency.
Power is sent to the wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox and a conventional torque converter.
At the front, but closer to the wheels, BMW placed an electric motor developing 129 horsepower and 184 lb ft-of torque. This is the same electric motor as in the BMW i3 but with less power (170 hp in the BMW i3). The electric motor drives the front wheels via a GKN two-speed automatic gearbox which always run in first gear while in eDrive mode but switches directly to second gear in the mixed modes. The energy is drawn from a 5 kWh lithium-ion pack placed along the central tunnel right behind the electric motor.
An additional e-motor is placed in the rear adjacent to the combustion engine. It produces 13 hp and 81 lb-ft of torque and while it can provide additional power to the rear wheel, BMW says that it’s main functions are to recharge the battery, start the combustion engine and in hybrid mode to smooth out power delivery and match up the revs when switching driving modes. Therefore the typical lag mode found in hybrid or combustion setups is removed.
All these add up to a combined 357 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque, 44 percent of it available from the moment you floor the throttle.
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Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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National Book Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants and revealing secrets of the biographical art.
In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and a recently minted Ph.D. who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could be his biographer despite her never having written a biography before. The next seven years of probing conversations, intercontinental research, singular encounters with Beckett's friends, and peculiar cat-and-mouse games resulted in Samuel Beckett: A Biography, which went on to win the National Book Award and propel Bair to her next subject: Simone de Beauvoir.
Where Beckett had been retiring and elusive, Beauvoir was domineering and all encompassing. Plus, there was a catch: Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other--and lived in the same neighborhood. Bair, who resorted to dodging one subject or the other by hiding out in the great cafés of Paris, learned that what works in terms of process for one biography rarely applies to the next. Her seven-year relationship with the forceful and difficult Beauvoir required a radical change in approach and yielded another groundbreaking literary profile while also awakening Bair to an era of burgeoning feminist consciousness.
Drawing on Bair's extensive notes from the period, including never-before-told anecdotes and details considered impossible to publish at the time, Parisian Lives gives us an entirely new perspective on the all-too-human side of these legendary thinkers. It is also a warmly personal reflection on the writing life--its compromises, its joys, and its rewards.
DEIRDRE BAIR received the National Book Award for Samuel Beckett: A Biography, and her memoir, Parisian Lives, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her biographies of Simone de Beauvoir and Carl Jung were finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Simone de Beauvoir biography was chosen by The New York Times as a Best Book of the Year. Her biographies of Anaïs Nin and Saul Steinberg were both New York Times Notable Books. Prior to Parisian Lives, her most recent book was Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend.
“Sparkling . . . Bair spent seven years on Beckett and ten on Beauvoir, and her dedication to her subjects is apparent. Into her accounts of working with these eminent, often exasperating writers she weaves recollections of malfunctioning tape recorders, grandstanding sources, and her travails as a professional and a mother commuting across the Atlantic, working in a field dominated by men.”
“Gripping . . . In Parisian Lives, which reads much like a ‘making of…’ documentary, Bair gives us her off-camera take on her first two biographies. And, to our delight, we become voyeurs. Can this inexperienced young American tame these two monstres sacrés? Will she be hoodwinked by two larger-than-life writers who want to influence, manipulate, control, even censor her—even as, all the while, they appear to cooperate? . . . A story well told.”
—Alan Riding, The New York Times Book Review
“This juicy book, which [Bair] dubs a ‘bio-memoir,’ is at once a record of triumph over the skepticism and sexism she encountered on her path from journalist to academic and biographer and a valuable lesson in the art of biography . . . Parisian Lives is an unqualified success.”
—Heller McAlpin, The Wall Street Journal
“Parisian Lives promises insights into the art of biography, perhaps a little gossip, perhaps a more intimate look of Beckett and Beauvoir. Instead it is something more unusual: an itemized receipt of the costs of female ambition . . . This book clamors for love, sympathy, recognition; it rejects the concealments necessary to preserve certain forms of dignity, certain forms of injustice.”
—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
“Vivid and absorbing portraits of Beckett and Beauvoir, and a searing account of Bair’s evolving feminist consciousness as a novice biographer trying to launch a career, raise kids and run a household . . . Bair’s indefatigable energy and can-do attitude are likely to inspire a new generation of writers and biographers.”
—Ann Levin, AP
“Even readers uninterested in going deep into the weeds will find the broader landscape breathtaking . . . A unique glimpse into a bygone literary era. Whether you adore the works of Beckett and Beauvoir or cordially detest them, this memoir will deepen your appreciation of the impassioned feelings they provoked.”
—Michael Magras, Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Full of encounters, reflections, tribulations, and revelations—an enthralling account of a biographer’s lot, by one of the art’s most distinguished practitioners.”
—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Cafe
“This memoir is one of a kind. The backstory of two of the great biographies of our time, it is absorbing from start to finish. I read it in two sittings: that’s how eager I was to know what came next.”
—Vivian Gornick, author of The Odd Woman and the City
“Parisian Lives is a signal achievement. Deirdre Bair’s engrossing account of nearly two decades of adventures in Paris brings the city to vivid life. And her personal story, told here in gripping fashion, becomes as compelling as those of her illustrious biographical subjects."
—Mary V. Dearborn, author of Ernest Hemingway
“Parisian Lives gives readers insight into a woman and writer undertaking the alternately arduous and thrilling, hilarious and inspiring task of writing the biographies of Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir. As pure memoir it is transporting, and as tribute to the art of biography it is a crucial guide for those aspiring to take a journey into someone else’s life. Bair shows how it should be done, which is to say how she did it.”
—Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women
“A totally compelling account by a master biographer of the joys and frustrations of writing another’s life. While some of her revelations are explosive, Bair manages to present her legendary subjects, Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, as poignantly human. This groundbreaking work returns us nostalgically to a literary Paris that teems with intrigue and humor.”
—Rosemary Sullivan, author of Stalin’s Daughter
“By turns scholarly and salacious, Bair has loosened decades of polite tongue-biting to write the backstory in what she calls a ‘bio-memoir’ of two influential writers . . . No matter her subject, Bair, a generous and graceful writer, has followed her dictum in writing biographies: ‘those of us who wrote literary biographies should ensure that our readers ended our books by wanting to turn immediately to our subjects’ writing.’ Bair’s exhaustively detailed and lively memoir also serves as a solid study in the art of biography.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Lockdown is changing the longer-term habits of beer enthusiasts
New research shows that beer enthusiasts are more open to trying new and different beers than ever, with 91% having tried a beer that they’d never consumed before in the last two months alone.
Feedback from 800+ craft & modern beer consumers in October has identified that the changes in their behaviour bought on by the first lockdown are sticking as they continue to trial new brands, purchase from new places and actively seek out local and independent beers.
The research is the first in a series of reports focussed on tracking the behaviour of UK ‘beer enthusiasts’, a collaboration between Brew/LDN and KAM Media.
The first lockdown saw a surge in support from these ‘beer enthusiasts’ for local tap rooms and breweries; 79% said they were increasingly interested in supporting local breweries and 31% purchased more direct from physical breweries and tap rooms during lockdown. This is one trend which looks to be sticking with an impressive 54% of beer enthusiasts having purchased from a tap room or brewery in the last 2 months (before the second lockdown commenced.)
The beer enthusiasts were, unsurprisingly, keen to support pubs and bars when they re-opened in July with two thirds intending to visit the pub at least as frequently as normal. And they did not disappoint with 88% saying they had purchased beer from a pub or bar in the last 2 months. Indeed only 78% had purchased from a supermarket.
Daniel Rowntree, Founder Brew/LDN: “Without a doubt 2020 has given the beer enthusiast an opportunity to take stock and evaluate their traditional, ingrained behaviours. The first lockdown sparked an interest in beer enthusiasts wanting to search out unique and interesting beers and to support local breweries. This latest research suggests that the thirst for “something different” isn’t going away any time soon!”
The study also showed that a much higher proportion of ‘beer enthusiasts’ are now drinking nearly daily compared with pre-March lockdown when only 5% said they drank more than 6 days a week. This figure rose to 19% during the first lockdown and in the last two months has only fallen back to 16%. But no need for a moral panic here- many are generally only drinking 1 or 2 beers a day!
Many drinking occasions have moved out of the on-trade for obvious reasons, with 48% having drunk beer at home during an ‘online catch up with friends’ (ie social Zoom call), 40% while watching sports on TV and 35% say they have consumed beer in a park during the last two months.
Katy Moses, MD, KAM Media: “This new breed of beer enthusiasts is definitely one to watch. They are more curious and adventurous when it comes to how they interact with the category. Understanding the increasingly diverse drinking occasions will be critical to brands and operators in both the on and off-trade. Their habits changed fairly drastically in the first lockdown and this latest research shows some of those habits are here to stay.”
The ‘beer enthusiast tracker’ from Brew/LDN and KAM Media focusses on the changing behaviour and preferences of 500+ beer enthusiasts bi-monthly. You can access the full report here: https://www.brewldn.com/tradeinfo
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Eugenia Zukerman's "Like Falling Through A Cloud"
A Lyrical Memoir of Coping with Forgetfulness, Confusion, and a Dreaded Diagnosis
From Acclaimed Flutist Eugenia Zukerman,
LIKE FALLING THROUGH A CLOUD
To Be Published in November 2019 for Alzheimer's Awareness Month. Preorder today!
Hailed by the Boston Globe as "an international triple threat...a published novelist, a television commentator and, most impressively, one of the finest flutists of our time," Eugenia Zukerman worked hard and juggled it all—performing, writing, interviewing artists, directing concert series—with ease and grace. Until, in her early 70s, she became forgetful, misplacing papers, losing her words. Concerned, her daughters insisted she get tested. Eugenia, whose mother was sharp at 103, wasn't worried. Until her sister, the doctor, reminded her: six of their mother's siblings suffered cognitive decline and died in their 70s. Until the results of her neuro-psych exam and MRI confirmed: her cognitive impairment was real, and would only get worse.
Outraged and terrified, Zukerman vowed to do her best to handle her diagnosis "privately and purposefully." She began to chronicle her unraveling, mostly in verse. Like Falling Through a Cloud is the result-an intimate, courageous, heartbreaking, lyrical, and uplifting memoir of Eugenia Zukerman's year of finding her way through the maze of confusion and brambles of loss. "I did seek help," as she shares, "but what seems to have saved me from crumbling and falling apart was music, love, poetry, and, oddly, laughter."
Like Falling Through a Cloud unfolds in fragments and rhymes, nightmares and revelations. Eugenia opens up about her childhood and therapy sessions; her fear of exposure, vulnerability, and public failure; her initial resistance ("I don't want to have an evaluation about my devaluation.") and creative coping strategies ("Instead of beating myself up when I can't find a word, I'll let it slowly emerge like the call of a distant bird.") Gradually, Eugenia comes to accept the reality of living her life with a debilitating condition. In the process, she discovers her own remarkable bravery and resilience. What's more, she recognizes how her story of going from terror and turbulence to giving thanks for another day and playing on might offer comfort to the millions of people grappling with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
EUGENIA ZUKERMAN is an internationally renowned flutist and writer. She was the artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Music Festival for 13 years and the arts correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning for more than 25 years. She is the author of two novels, two works of nonfiction, and numerous screenplays, articles, and book reviews. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1944, she graduated from the Julliard School of Music and lived in New York City for many years. A mother of two daughters and two grandchildren, she makes her home in upstate New York with her husband, two horses, three dogs, and assorted wildlife.
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“Never Again Supplier of Raw ...
Brazil Sees Biotecnology as Panacea ...
“Never Again Supplier of Raw Material.” Vows Brazil’s Lula
by Isaura Daniel February 8, 2007
Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, signed a decree yesterday, February 8, outlining a development policy for the biotechnology industry in Brazil, which should make the country a world leader in biofuel.
In a speech to Brazilians but with an eye overseas, Lula said Brazil can show the world that planting fuel is the best way to get social justice while reducing the greenhouse effect. The Brazilian president said that he wishes to share with the other national the Brazilian way out of global warming."
In a more defiant and indignant mood he vowed that Brazil "will never again be a supplier of raw material to the global market." He went on to add that one his country's main priorities is to establish an alliance between biotechnology and energy derived from agriculture.
The Brazilian government believes that the country's biodiversity places Brazil in an advantageous position compared to other nations. Brazil's national program intends to make the country a global leader in biotechnology in 10 to 15 years.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, there are currently 1,700 groups in the public, academic and private sectors working in the biotechnology sector in Brazil. The national program will manage and provide support to these activities, as well as facilitate corporate access to research results.
Already in 2007, according to information provided by the minister of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, US$ 479.5 million in public funds will be available for biotechnology research in the country. The money will be provided by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and by sector funds, which are linked to the ministries and consist of tax revenues.
The plan was devised through debates between the private and public sectors, and will receive support from five ministries, all of which are somehow related to the area: Health, Development, Science and Technology, Agriculture and Environment. The goal is to encourage biotechnological applications in five different fields: health, food security, animal health, industrial products and environmental quality.
A national committee will be established, including representatives of the five ministries and of the academic sector, to monitor the development of the program. Biotechnology should foster production, and consequently employment in the country, in addition to opening new doors to the foreign market.
In fact, Brazilian biotech research has already shown promising results. The minister cited as examples the work of the Amazon Biotechnology Center – CBA, which developed natural coloring products for food and cosmetics, and the work of a factory, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, which produces sterile flies designed to eradicate fruit flies; these sterile flies are now being exported.
Brazilian biotechnology also led to the creation of new strains of sugar cane and soy, capable of thriving both in the country's dry and more humid areas, not to mention ethanol production, another result of biotech. Brazil is currently the leading ethanol producer in the world.
The new program should contribute to lessen Brazilian imports of medications, and help the country become an exporter of certain medical products. "In imports of vaccines against rabies alone, Brazil spends US$ 38.8 million a year," said Furlan.
The Ministry of Health already provides support to several programs aimed at innovation in medication. One such program is turned to the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals using marine microalgae.
Another program specializes in developing medication to treat neglected diseases, such as malaria. This type of work, as well as biotech work in the agricultural and the industrial sectors, should get a boost from the new government plan.
Yet another branch of the program targets universities. "Brazil graduates 10,000 doctors each year. We are going to steer these graduates toward our priorities, so their background matches ongoing projects," Furlan said.
Foreign resources and participation in biotechnological development is also welcome, according to the consultant for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medication at the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI), Adriana Diaféria. Adriana explained that Brazil wants to show how advanced it is in the field, thus encouraging exchange with other countries.
The Brazilian Association of Biotechnology Companies (Abrabi) estimates the annual revenue of the biotechnology sector in the country to be between US$ 2.5 billion and US$ 4.3 billion. Of the 28,000 job positions created, 84% are in the micro and small businesses.
Below are the main stretches of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's address during the opening ceremony for the signing of the decree establishing a national biotechnology policy, and the creation of a committee for developing the sector.
Science and economy – "At the restless dawn of the 21st century, clear signs of emergency are knocking on our door. Even clearer is the realization that only the power of cooperation between democracy, science and economy will be capable of solving the social and environmental challenge facing us. Biotechnology should be regarded as a bridge connecting development and nature, leading us to the sustainable future we fight and yearn for."
Brazilian Biodiversity – "Brazil is home to 20% of all biodiversity in the world, and has huge forests, therefore our country is entitled to a privileged position in this new vector of development. The goal of our new national biotechnology policy is precisely to tap into this potential, so that 10 or 15 years from now our country ranks among the five largest global hubs for biotechnology research, services and products."
What will be done? – "We are going to produce medication and vaccines at lower costs. We will make biodegradable plastic. We will develop industrial enzymes to increase efficiency and decrease pollution. We will create more nutritious foods, and develop our own medications and cosmetics using biodiversity and environmental recovery techniques. Furthermore, we will aim for the future of biotechnology, investing in research DNA sequencing, neuroscience, stem cells, nanobiotechnology, biopharmaceuticals."
Brazilian agricultural energy – "Brazil is not and will never again be a supplier of raw material to the global market. The Growth Acceleration Program and the National Biotechnology Policy converge in another direction, as they set other priorities for Brazilian development in the 21st century. One of those priorities, of the highest importance, is the alliance between biotechnology and agricultural energy."
The planet – "We are capable of showing the world that planting fuel is the best way of harvesting social justice, at the same time contributing to reduce the greenhouse effect, which causes so much harm and dysfunction to our Planet. We want to share this way out of global warming with the world."
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The Ipanema is an ag plane. How much of it came from the Piper Pawnee I donÀ‚´t know. Not much, IÀ‚´d say, but all low wing ag planes tend to look alike. ItÀ‚´s powered by a piston, 0-540 Lycoming. There are projects in the works to convert the higher compression Lycomings to alchohol but the Ipanema is the only production airplane certified to run on Ethanol.
Who designed the Ipanema I donÀ‚´t know. I was in the hangar at SJC when the first Bandeirantes were being developed and I think they were based on a Nord, except that the Nord was a high wing airplane, so in a sense the Bandeirante was a new design.
The turboprop based on the Navajo was never in production in the states as far as I know, a Brazilian design, canÀ‚´t remember what they called it.
As for this article, whatÀ‚´s wrong with exporting raw materials and how do you define that? Is lumber a manufactored product but logs are raw material? Does hulling rice make it a manufactured product? With some stuff you gain space and make it lighter by processing, but other stuff is less perishable before processing. Tons and tons of wood waste and container loads uncountable,with bales of metal scrap leave San Pedro each day for Asia, and come back later as manufactured goods.
Ric,
I forgot to ask you. Wasnt the Ipanema the “Brainchild” of Col.Osires da Silva? He was a bright guy like many of the FAB officers I had the pleaure of meeting.I wonder if Col.Osires is still around Brazil or opted to become a monk and go to Tibet. One of the greatest Brazilians, I have ever known. I hope he still flies “Brasilia”,made by EMBRAER. A nice aircraft.
Is Ipanema a Turbo Prop plane and still being manufactured?
The problem right now with shipping finished goods is the exchange rate. CanÀ‚´t pay the help, make an item and get enough Reais back to make it worth it.
As far as I know the original Corcel was the first totally Brazilian designed car, that is that was sold in large numbers. Ford had bought Willys which in turn had bought Renault. The engine in the first Corcel and initially in the Corcel II was developed from the Renault Gordini engine. I still have one. Engine, not car.
DonÀ‚´t know whether VW in Germany developed the Flex or not, take your work for it, but I do know that the very first certified airplane burning pure enthanol is an Embraer product, think it is called the Ipanema, ag plane, with a 0-540 Lyc. I saw an alcohol burning plane at Oshkosh in the 80À‚´s but it was not certified, was experimental category.
To: Ch.C
One of the most interesting posts you have ever made,in this forum. You are asking the same questions that my Brazilian family and friends are doing. I dont know if you visited Brazil recently. Just read the cartons of goods sold in the stores. The famous Brazilian (and Multinational) brands sell nice products in well decorated shopping malls. But all these products are made in PRC.You know in U.S, it is difficult to find products made in U.S.A. The same thing applies to Canada. Brazil is following suit. I dont think that the interest of the politicos is to create jobs in the Industries,but to continue selling raw material to the Chinese.The last sentence of my post sums it all. As for creating jobs for the professionals you mentioned in the first paragraph, I must admit that you are absolutely correct. I feel sorry for the young Brazilian professionals who cant find jobs because of the Chinese competition and I wonder if they realize that the Industrial base in Brazil is being destroyed.All of them are being turned into Salespersons of the Chinese made goods.
As I always say, it is a serious problem in Brazil and the Brazilians are the only ones who could solve it. I think both of us pointed out the obvious,but it is up to them to come out with a solution.
ch.c.
To Andy
But why is Brazil selling iron pellets and iron ore to China and everywhere ? Why not add value and then exports finished goods and not raw materials ? This would create millions of jobs ! New productions need not only workers but also engineers, production managers, accountants, administrative jobs,constructions, investments etc etc !
Plus all the indirect jobs also created by the new enterprises jobs !
Such as new and better housing, food markets, restaurants, sports activities, new roads, cinemas, etc etc etc themselves creating other new indirect jobs.
Same for grains if those grains feed animals, instead of shipping the grains.
Same for coffee that is mostly sold in green beans, not roasted !
But since most premium coffee are made of different beans, you should also import some
other varieties to do the *Brazilians” mixes. And I am afraid that talking of importing coffee in Brazil would not be well perceived but then the USA and EU will continue their own “mixtures” to please their tastes.
On ethanol in Brazil, sorry but I am not so sure ! Simply because 40 % of the 400 millions tons of sugarcane is MANUALLY harvested, creating millions of poorly paid workers….as everyone knows…but hide.
In technology, sorry too, but the flex engine has been developed by VW not by Brazilians contrary to the fairy tales they are telling the world !
Years ago (1980), the Ford Motors of Brazil introduced in Brazil, a model called Corcel II whose fuel was Ethnol,derived out of Sugar Cane.The most fuel effecient model ,compared to the ones manufactured by GM and VW. Used to give 12 KM/Litre on the highway. I had the pleasure of driving that car,a real work horse of the 80À‚´s. It was the result of the joint efforts of the Brazilian and U.S. engineers.
It is a pity that the Brazilian Government sat on its butt for such a long time to revive the bio fuel technology. The Brazilians could have become leaders in this field 20 years ago. Unfortunately Brazilian Government does not recognize the talents of their Engineers,Doctors and other bright professionals. The Brazilians seem to place more faith on their elected politicians than themselves!
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Points: Edmund Bradbury
Year End Club: Worksop Wheelers Cycling Club
Category: 1st
National Rank: 37
National Points: 168
Regional Rank: N/A
Road & Track MTB XC MTB DH MTB 4X Cyclo-Cross BMX Cruiser BMX
11/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Overall - General Classification) 21 0
11/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 8: London) 58 0
10/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 7b: Bristol Crit) 30 0
10/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 7a: Bristol (ITT)) 17 0
09/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 6: Sidmouth - Haytor) 32 0
08/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 5: Aberdare - Bath) 41 0
07/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 4: Denbigh - Builth Wells) 46 0
06/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 3: Congleton - Tatton Park) 59 0
05/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 2: Carlisle - Kendal) 15 1
04/09/2016 Foreign National Tour of Britain (UCI/2.HC) (Stage 1: Glasgow - Castle Douglas) 69 0
28/08/2016 Foreign National Schaal Sels (UCI/1.1) (Elite Men) 0 0
27/08/2016 Foreign National Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Meulebeke (UCI/1.2) (Elite Men) 50 0
14/08/2016 National A Leicester Castle Classic 2016 (E/1/2) 48 0
31/07/2016 Foreign National RideLondon Classic (UCI/1.HC) (Elite Men) 40 0
28/07/2016 National A British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships (E/1/2) 35 0
17/07/2016 National A Grand Prix of Wales 2016 (E/1/2) 23 0
10/07/2016 National A Ryedale Men's Grand Prix, incorporating the Peter Longbottom Memorial (E/1/2)
08/07/2016 National A East Yorkshire Classic Events 2016 (E/1/2)
02/07/2016 National A RideStaffs 2016 Kermesse (E/1/2)
26/06/2016 National A British Cycling National Road Race Championships (Men's Championships) 0 0
19/06/2016 National A Beaumont Trophy UCI 1.2 (E/1/2) 46 0
12/06/2016 National B Ham Hill Road Race (E/1/2/3) 10 6
27/05/2016 National A The Pearl Izumi Tour Series Round 5 (E/1/2) 23 0
22/05/2016 Foreign National Velothon Wales (UCI 1.1) (UCI 1.1) 33 0
19/05/2016 National A The Pearl Izumi Tour Series Round 3 (E/1/2) 0 0
15/05/2016 National A Lincoln Grand Prix inc British Cycling Junior Women's Road Race Championships (Lincoln Grand Prix)
08/05/2016 National A Landmarc Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix (E/1/2)
01/05/2016 Foreign National ASO Tour de Yorkshire 3-day (UCI/2.1) (Stage 3) 0 0
30/04/2016 Foreign National ASO Tour de Yorkshire 3-day (UCI/2.1) (Stage 2) 96 0
24/04/2016 National A 12th Rutland - Melton International CiCLE Classic (E/1/2) 27 0
17/04/2016 National A Tour of the Reservoir (Stage 2 - Road Race) 44 0
16/04/2016 National A Tour of the Reservoir (Overall) 36 0
10/04/2016 National A Zurich International Life - Manx International Cycling Grand Prix (Manx International Cycling GP) 28 0
26/03/2016 National A Chorley Grand Prix (E/1/2) 1 100
20/03/2016 National B Wally Gimber Trophy 2016 (E/1/2/3) 2 52
13/03/2016 Foreign National Rabobank Dorpenomloop Rucphen (UCI/1.2) (Elite Men) 0 0
12/03/2016 Foreign National Energiewacht Ronde van Drenthe (UCI/1.1) (Elite Men) 0 0
06/02/2016 Regional C+ Full Gas Winter Circuit Races #13 (E/1/2/3) 1 10
Rider's total points 169
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British Theatre Guide
News, reviews, features and podcast on theatre across the UK
Non-UK
Buxton Fringe
Children/YPT
MT Awards
New Vic postpones new play until April 2021
Published: 8 July 2020
Reporter: Steve Orme
“Huge endeavour”: Marvellous
A new play based on the life of Staffordshire hero Neil “Nello” Baldwin, Marvellous, has been postponed by Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic Theatre until April 2021.
New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins said, “a New Vic production like Marvellous takes months of planning and many people are involved in its creation.
“From our in-house team to freelance actors and creatives, and of course Neil himself, it’s a huge endeavour—and much of the work happens before we even start rehearsals.
“Without having certainty as to when we’ll be able to reopen the New Vic for performances, we’ve taken the decision to reschedule the production so that we can ensure that when we bring Neil Baldwin’s fantastic story to life on stage, we can do it with confidence. We’ll just have to wait a little bit longer to be able to share this show with audiences.”
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How to watch The Witcher on Netflix
How much will it cost to stream The Witcher?
About The Witcher
Frequently Asked Questions about The Witcher
Where to watch The Witcher in the UK
The Witcher is a TV show taken from the fantasy books by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. It debuted in December 2019 with eight episodes. First turned into a series of video games, The Witcher proved very popular with viewers and has already been commissioned for a second series.
If you haven't checked it out yet and want to watch The Witcher, here's how you can catch up right now by streaming it in the UK.
The Witcher is a Netflix exclusive so you will need to use the service to catch up. The entire first season is available now. It’s a Netflix Original so should be available there for the foreseeable future.
If you don’t already have Netflix, you will need an account, a decent broadband connection and a device to view it on. You can use Netflix on any connected device, laptop, tablet, phone, computer or smart TV. Virgin TV and Sky Q also have Netflix apps.
What broadband speed do I need to watch Netflix?
Netflix recommends the following broadband speeds:
Minimum speed required: 0.5Mb
Recommended speed: 1.5Mb
SD quality recommended speed: 3Mb
HD quality recommended speed: 5Mb
Ultra HD quality recommended speed: 25Mb
Cheap ADSL broadband can be suitable for viewing Netflix up to HD quality (though it may struggle if you try to stream more than one show at a time). For Ultra HD video or multiple HD streams, you will need fibre optic broadband.
Netflix is a subscription service and charges a monthly fee to access.
There are currently three subscription tiers available in the UK:
Basic Plan – Standard Definition on a single device for £5.99 per month.
Standard Plan – High Definition on two devices for £8.99 per month.
Premium Plan – High Definition and Ultra High Definition on four devices for £11.99 per month.
Netflix is also available as part of Sky Ultimate TV, a premium streaming add-on for Sky TV customers.
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
The Witcher cast
Freya Allan as Ciri
Joey Batey as Jaskier
MyAnna Buring as Tissaia de Vries
Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.
Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg.
Anna Shaffer as Triss Merigold
The Witcher reviews and ratings
Will I like The Witcher?
The Witcher was taken from a series of fantasy books that were initially turned into computer games before finally appearing on Netflix. It is a fantasy setting with magic, monsters and a medieval feel. It has similarities to Game of Thrones in that it brings fantasy to the mainstream, but is very different in tone, story and atmosphere.
You don’t necessarily have to be a fantasy fan to enjoy The Witcher. The characters are deep and complex and the show deals with many issues we find in the real world while intertwining magic and monsters into the storyline. If nothing else, each episode is interesting in its own right even if you don’t care about the story arc.
Can I binge watch The Witcher?
You can binge The Witcher. All episodes are available on Netflix right now. Series two is also expected to be released on Netflix and all at once like the first series.
Can I watch The Witcher for free?
You will need a Netflix subscription to see The Witcher. If you don’t currently have a subscription, you can get a discount on the first couple of months when you sign up.
Can I get The Witcher on Blu-ray or DVD?
You cannot get The Witcher on Blue-ray or DVD right now as they are streaming only. Some Netflix shows do become available to own but nothing has been confirmed for The Witcher.
Will there be a season 2 of The Witcher?
Yes! There will be a 2nd season of The Witcher. The first series was so well received that Netflix quickly commissioned a second. There are two short story collections - one of which was adapted for season one - and five full novels so there is a lot of material for more seasons after that.
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Dr James Cateridge
PhD in Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia (2007).
Senior Lecturer and Subject Coordinator in Film Studies
Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
Phone number: +44 (0)1856 483661
Email: jcateridge@brookes.ac.uk
Location: Headington Hill Campus
As subject co-ordinator for the undergraduate film programme I act as first point of contact for applicants and current students, chair the film studies subject committee, and manage the international exchange programme.
I teach undergraduate modules on the film industry, national cinemas and film festivals and exhibition. My postgraduate teaching is in industrial studies and film cultures.
I welcome applications from potential doctoral students in areas such as media tourism, film policy, British cinema, and the international film industry.
My research interests include: media tourism and the relationship between space and narrative, film policy, and the history of cultural institutions.
Research grants and awards
My doctoral research was supported by a full AHRC Scholarship, and I have also received funding from the Arts Grants Panel and Central Research Fund at Oxford Brookes University.
Caterer J, The People's Pictures: National Lottery Funding and British Cinema, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2011)
ISBN: 1-4438-3307-X
Abstract When John Major launched the UK's National Lottery in 1994 he christened it “the people's Lottery†and handed it to the mythical stewardship of the Everyman. But when the proceeds began to be distributed to worthy causes, including the British film industry, this populist rhetoric came under increasing strain. If Lottery funding is used to produce the type of British films which the public want to see, such as romantic comedies, then many question whether the market deserves such subsidy. Short films and low budget, experimental cinema - which often require state support - tend to go unwatched by large swathes of the Lottery ticket-buying public. This book explores the debates which were sparked by the arrival of “the people's picturesâ€, and places them in historical context by examining their many precedents. Is public patronage a boon or a burden for filmmakers? And how do institutional cultures or political buzzwords affect the finished films? Case studies include the popular hits Billy Elliot (2000) and Shooting Fish (1997); art-house releases such as Love Is The Devil (1998) and Gallivant (1997); short films by Lynne Ramsey and David MacKenzie; and artists' film and video work by Bill Viola and Tracey Emin.
Cateridge J, '“What if your future was the past?”: Time travel, genealogy and Scottish television tourism in Outlander (2014-)'
International Journal of Scottish Theatre and Screen 11 (1) (2018) pp.67-83
In December 2014, The Times interviewed several Scottish tourist operators who were running thriving tours based on the recent TV show Outlander (2014-). The newspaper found that the major draws for international fans of the show (and the best-selling romance novels upon which it is based) were Scottish folklore, the romantic landscape, and the desire to trace family roots. This article explores the relationship between genealogy as practiced by a large Scottish diaspora particularly from the U.S and Canada, romance and the sexual allure of Scottish masculinity as depicted by the tropes of heritage television drama, and the increasing phenomenon of television-induced tourism to Scotland. It argues that the narrative of the first season of Outlander and the subsequent character arcs found in the later novels are remarkably well-suited for a multi-media driver for international tourism. Its central time travel conceit places the protagonist in a similar position to the reader/viewer who must explore the unfamiliar fictional world together, and such a structure has potent appeal for the potential screen tourist. Just as Steijn Reijnders’ work on TV detective dramas illustrates the similarities between action within the shows and the later tours taken by subsequent tourist fans, the time travel narrative of Outlander presents opportunities for fans to conflate their future travel plans with the past. To compound the intrigue for viewers with an interest in tracing their Scottish roots, the time travel narrative is embedded within a psychosexual melodrama with openly-discussed genealogical implications. Outlander is therefore a fascinating multi-media text which repeats and multiplies (almost to a hysterical level) the discourses of landscape, romance and family history which, according to David Martin-Jones, have characterised media tourism to Scotland.
Cateridge J, 'Deep Mapping and Screen Tourism: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse'
Humanities 4 (3) (2015) pp.320-333
Abstract This article proposes that the experiences of screen tourists in Oxford help to create a theoretical “deep map” of the city which explores place through narrative. Building on the travel writing of William Least Heat-Moon and other recent work in the spatial humanities, two case studies of major screen tourism drivers are considered and analyzed. The British television drama Inspector Morse (1987–2000) explores the ambiguity of Oxford intellectualism through its central character. Morse’s love of high culture, especially music, provides suggestive additional layers for multimedia mapping, which are realized online through user-adapted Google Maps and geolocated images posted on the Flickr service. Harry Potter fans may not be “pure” or independent screen tourists, but they provide a wealth of data on their interactions with filming locations via social media such as Instagram. This data provides emotional as well as factual evidence, and is accumulating into an ever richer and deeper digital map of human experience.Website
Caterer J, 'Reinventing the British film industry: the Group Production plan and the National Lottery Franchise Scheme'
International Journal of Cultural Policy 17 (1) (2011) pp.94-105
Abstract This article is a comparative analysis of two analogous attempts to restructure the British film industry: the Group Production Plan of the early 1950s and the National Lottery Franchises of the late 1990s. The Group Production Plan brought together key industry figures such as Michael Balcon and John Grierson, who endured a fraught working relationship. The Plan failed, largely due to indifference from the major combines, Rank and the Associated British Picture Company (ABPC). Forty-five years later, the Lottery Franchises were criticised for failing to produce enough films, although the example of Path Pictures suggests that expectations were too high and resources too low. The economic theory of path dependence problematises the policy drive to create vertically integrated companies. This article concludes that historical precedent plays an insufficient role in British film policy discourse and that academic research in cultural policy should aim to improve the dialogue between the past and the present.Website
Caterer J, 'Carrying a Cultural Burden: Film Policy and its Products'
Journal of British Cinema and Television 5 (1) (2008) pp.146-156
Cateridge JA, 'From Film Four to the Film Council: Film Policy, Subsidy and Sponsorship, and the Relationship between Cinema and TV, 1980-2010' in Hunter IQ, Porter L, Smith J (ed.), The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History, Routledge (2017)
Abstract Part 3. Chapter 32Website
Cateridge J, 'The British Film Institute' in Mitchell N (ed.), Directory of World Cinema: Britain 2, Intellect Publishing (2015)
ISBN: 978-1-78320-397-0 eISBN: 978-1-78320-398-7
Caterer J, 'The mysterious case of the house-breaker, the thief-taker general, and the national lottery' in North D (ed.), Sights Unseen: Unfinished British Films, Cambridge scholars publishing (2008)
Cateridge J, review of Gillian Doyle, Philip Schlesinger, Raymond Boyle and Lisa W. Kelly, The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council, in Journal of British Cinema and Television 13 (3) (2016) pp.500-502ISSN: 1743-4521
Media touirsm, film policy, cultural institutions.
Membership of professional bodies
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Film Tourism Research Consultant, Screen East, Norwich (2007-8).
‘‘What if your future was the past?’ Genealogy, Romance and Television Tourism in Outlander (2014-)’, Locating Imagination: Popular Culture, Tourism and Belonging, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, April 2017.
‘From Balamory (2002-5) to Brave (2012)… to Outlander (2015-): Comparing Film and Television Tourisms in Scotland.’ Developing Film Tourism: Theory and Practice, University of Glasgow, May 2015.
'Inhabiting Englishness: The Oxford of Harry Potter and Inspector Morse', ECREA Film Studies Section, Lund University, November 2013.
‘Film Tourism and Regional Screen Policy in the UK’, MeCCSA, National Media Museum, Bradford, January 2009.
‘Historical Precedent in UK Film Policy Discourse’, Research Seminar, University College London, November 2008.
‘Elisabeth Lutyens, the Classical Avant-garde, and the British Horror Movie’, Screen, Glasgow University, July 2008.
‘Reinventing the British Film Industry’, Screen, Glasgow University, July 2007.
‘Carrying a Cultural Burden: Film Policy and its Products’, British Screens Now, Manchester Metropolitan University, September 2006.
‘The Highwayman, the Thief-Taker General, and the National Lottery’, MeCCSA, Leeds Metropolitan University, January 2006.
‘Lottery Funding and the BFI’, BFI Research Group Seminar, Queen Mary, University of London, September 2005.
‘Playing the Lottery Twice’, Off-Screen Spaces, University of Ulster, July 2004.
Systems Officer, The Arts Council of England. 1998-2002.
Production Coordinator, International Sales Services, Sony Pictures Europe. 1997-1998.
I published under my former name of James Caterer until 2012.
Academia.edu: https://oxfordbrookes.academia.edu/JamesCateridge
Twitter: @jamescateridge
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VISIT/JOIN
Brothers in Harmony
Tom Befi comes to the Brothers from the Princeton Garden Statesmen and Big Apple Chorus. Having only been singing Barbershop since retiring in 2012, Tom has found his home away from home.
Mr. Befi is the President of the Garden Statesmen and the VP of Music for the Garden Statesmen.
While not having much formal training, music has been a big part of his life throughout school and with family through the years. Mr. Befi holds a Batchelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Thomas Befi
Mike is a fairly new Brother, having joined in 2018. We are lucky to have Mike, he is a talented musician and an all around great guy!
VP Membership
Mike Harris
In addition to his role with BIH, serves as Treasurer for the Atlantic Harmony Brigade. Has been a member of BIH for 4 years. Has previously served as VP of Music and Secretary for other charters. Former member of Red Bank, NJ and Walnut Creek, CA chapters and sings bari or lead in a few quartets. Married 46 years and enjoys spending time with his 2 children and 4 grand children when he is not singing or on the golf course or engaged with tech startups. In a previous life spent 11 years at Bell Laboratories in Computer Science before moving to the financial industry to develop analytical algorithms and manage a group utilizing AI techniques to develop new sources of alpha for scientifically managed funds. PhD in Cognitive Science.
VP Admin/Secretary
Ken Hicks
Mike is a stalwart member of the Brothers in Harmony, willing to do whatever it takes to keep the chorus going and make it better.
VP Marketing/Sales
Mike Heenehan
Ray has done a great job supporting chorus operations for a few years now, he will be a great VP Operations for the Brothers in Harmony!
VP Operations
Ray Murphy
Alan is also the VP of operations for the Garden Statesmen. Always ready to help and willing to do whatever job is necessary to further the goals of the chorus. Alan also has a great deal of musical acumen.
VP Finance/Treasurer
Alan Hardy
Did you know that Bud once sang with the VM! Bud is a great asset to the board of directors and has a great attitude as well as experience as VP Music for the Vocal Majority. His knowledge and expertise are invaluable to the board and the chorus.
VP Music
Bud Miller
Ed is a huge help to the chorus, from fundraising to idea generation and being an all around supportive and wonderful guy. We couldn't have anyone better to represent the chorus at large on the board of directors than Ed.
Ed Wlazlowski
Larry was a great president of the Brothers in Harmony for 10 years. We are lucky to have him to lean on for advice and direction as we move forward.
Larry Melton
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C-Class saloon
New Mercedes-AMG C 63 prices announced
The fastest Mercedes C-Class models will start at £59,795
by Richard Ingram
Mercedes has announced pricing of its super fast version of the Mercedes C-Class – the Mercedes-AMG C 63 – after showing the car off at the Paris Motor Show. The saloon version of the C 63 will start at £59,795 with the more powerful C 63 S estate topping the range at £67,745. The C 63 uses a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine to effortlessly power its way from 0-62mph in as little as 4.0 seconds.
The updated name follows in the footsteps Merc's new Porsche 911 rival – the Mercedes-AMG GT – which also went on show in Paris. Mercedes confirmed other cars in the range will follow suit, although when this will happen has not been confirmed.
As with the larger Mercedes E 63 AMG, the new AMG C 63 will be available with two different power outputs, as well as a choice of saloon and estate bodies. The ‘basic’ 469bhp version will do 0-62mph in 4.1 seconds (4.2 seconds for the estate), while the more powerful 503bhp C 63 S model knocks that down to just 4.0 and 4.1 seconds respectively.
In an attempt to make it even more fun to drive than before, the AMG C 63 features a different steering set-up, a wider profile for more grip, and upgraded suspension. There are bigger front and rear brakes, ensuring the car stops just as fast as it goes.
Fuel economy and emissions are impressive for a car of this performance. Both saloon models will return 34.5mpg, while the slightly heavier estate will return 33.6mpg. CO2 emissions range from 192g/km to 196g/km, meaning all cars cost £265 per year in road tax.
Distinctive styling means the AMG C 63 should be easy to spot next to a standard C-Class. It features bigger alloy wheels, specific AMG badging and new, sportier bumpers. At the back, you’ll find quad exhaust pipes and a subtle bootlid spoiler.
Inside, there’s a set of sporty bucket seats, as well as an AMG steering wheel and various AMG badges dotted around the cabin. Several interior finishes can be selected, including carbon or silver, with an IWC clock set into the dashboard.
The prices announced today reflect a slight rise on the outgoing car’s £57,275 price tag. You’ll pay around £1,200 more for the estate and there is a jump of about £7,000 for the more powerful S model. Prices in full:
Model Power 0-62mph Economy CO2 Prices (OTR)
C 63 saloon 476bhp 4.1 34.5 192g/km £59,795
C 63 estate 476bhp 4.2 33.6 196g/km £60,995
C 63 S saloon 510bhp 4.0 34.5 192g/km £66,545
C 63 S estate 510bhp 4.1 33.6 196g/km £67,745
Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Edition 1
Mercedes will offer a special 'Edition 1' version of the C 63 S to mark the launch of the new car. It will cost £73,500 as a saloon or £74,700 as an estate and feature exclusive finishes and equipment, including unique 19-inch alloy wheels with red detailing and other red highlights on the grille and wing mirrors.
The theme continues on the inside of the car, with quilted black Nappa leather getting red stitching, which is also used on the steering wheel, door panels and dashboard. Edition 1 models will come with a 13-speaker Burmester surround sound system as standard, as well as a panoramic sunroof and keyless start and entry.
All C 63 models will be available to order from next month, with first deliveries scheduled for spring of next year.
For reviews of the current Mercedes range, visit the Carbuyer Mercedes reviews page.
Mercedes C-Class owner reviews
Mercedes C-Class saloon review
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Cambodia Captures Cash from Surging Number of Casino Licenses
Posted on: June 15, 2019, 01:00h.
Last updated on: June 14, 2019, 07:52h.
Ed Silverstein Read More
Expertise: Crime, Legal, Tribal Gaming.
News that Cambodia issued at least 13 new licenses for gaming venues so far this year raises some questions since many of the nation’s casinos never open while others are in different phases of construction.
Occidental College Professor Sophal Ear questions why so many licenses are being issued in Cambodia for gaming venues. (Image: Oslo Freedom Forum)
Government officials from the East Asian nation have approved a total of 163 licenses, but only 51 gaming venues are even operating, GGRAsia reported, citing an article in the Khmer Times.
The Cambodian newspaper attributed the latest numbers to Ros Phearun, who works at the nation’s Ministry of Finance. He said that 91 of the issued licenses were for casinos in Preah Sihanouk Province, which includes the gaming hub of Sihanoukville.
A news report in January said a total of 150 licenses had been issued as of last December. That is a 53 percent jump over 2017, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
Sophal Ear, a professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles and who has written extensively on Cambodia, told Casino.org the large number of licenses raises questions.
It’s easy money and the truth is no one’s talking about the reason for so many casinos –could it be money laundering?”
He points out, too, that the number of licenses issued in Cambodia is more than Las Vegas or the Chinese gaming enclave of Macau.
“The problem is going from a license to a building,” he explained. “Some never materialize — 51 in operation is still a lot for a country of 16 million.”
“Handing out casino licenses like candy evokes the Wild West,” Ear added. “It’s anyone with a lot of cash who needs to launder — so there are no questions asked about where the source of funds comes from…. Cash is king.”
The Khmer Times reported that the Cambodian government is predicting its tax revenue from the gambling sector will total $70 million in 2019, up from $46 million last year. The Phnom Penh Post additionally reported the annual license fee is $40,000.
More Is Better Approach
But continuing to issue so many licenses may not be the best way to develop a successful gaming market.
“Why not focus more on quality and have a vision for what it is you want as a country instead of only seeing dollar signs whenever someone shows up willing to pay for a casino license,” Ear said. “When it comes to casinos, their view of the world seems to be that more is better.
“As long as money is coming into their pockets, they will say yes — no one has paid them sufficiently so far to stop issuing licenses, except for NagaCorp, and that was for exclusive rights over Phnom Penh [for NagaWorld],” Ear added. Already operating two casinos in the nation’s capital, NagaCorp plans to open a $3.5 billion resort casino there in 2025.
Many of the brick and mortar casinos in Cambodia are targeting patrons from China — as well as Chinese ethnic gamblers in the greater China region or anyone with a foreign passport who can enter the casinos, Ear said.
Judy Ledgerwood, an anthropologist and dean at Northern Illinois University, who has studied Cambodia, points out that casinos “are supposed to be for foreigners, not for Cambodian citizens — who are prohibited from gambling.”
Beyond NagaWorld, she noted there are gaming venues along the Thai border that draw in residents of Thailand and some along the Vietnamese border for the Vietnamese.
“Many [are] opening in Sihanoukville — one article says 30 finished, 70 under construction,” she told Casino.org. “The target market for the Sihanoukville casinos are Chinese. There has been an explosion in the numbers of Chinese tourists coming to this coastal city and the key attraction is the casinos.”
The government has expanded the region’s airport to handle larger aircraft, she added. Overall, 2 million Chinese visited Cambodia last year, according to the Phnom Penh Post, but she did not have specific numbers on how many were visiting to gamble.
The online gaming business is also growing, and Cambodia wants to host online casinos and be a hub for that, Ear said.
There are sometimes concerns over the safety of visitors. A casino in Sihanoukville, was accused in April of beating eight Chinese gamblers suspected by casino management of cheating.
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Calavera member indicted in May 2019 murder on Corpus Christi westside
Alexandria Rodriguez
A 29-year-old man affiliated with a motorcycle club was indicted in a May 2019 murder on Corpus Christi's westside.
Emmanuel Cantu, a known member of the Calaveras, is accused in the murder of Sandalio Zuniga, 36, in May 2019.
Nueces County court records show Cantu was indicted on Thursday.
Cantu was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting.
Days later, District Attorney Mark Gonzalez recused himself from the case. A court document states he and Cantu have a shared membership in a motorcycle club.
"Due to this shared membership, questions may arise as to the ability of this office to represent the State in a neutral and impartial manner," the document states.
A probable cause statement from a Corpus Christi Police Department gang officer describes Cantu as a "Calavera Gang Member."
Gonzalez has long said he's a member of the Calaveras, but described it as a motorcycle club that organizes toy drives and gives to charities.
Jail records show Cantu was not in Nueces County Jail on Friday morning.
More:DA Mark Gonzalez stepped aside from homicide case because of motorcycle group membership
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Haverhill man charged in connection with crash in which Shaun Whiter lost both his legs
Mr Adamec remains in custody
Josh ThomasLocal Democracy Reporter
Shaun Whiter with his fiancée Charlotte Way
A man from Haverhill has been charged in connection with a serious collision in Newmarket that resulted in a man losing both his legs.
Shaun Whiter, 27, had parked his car at the side of Dullingham Road, near Newmarket, at 10.55pm on July 1 when a Ford Focus was involved in a collision in which Shaun and another man, Joey Abbs – a long-time friend of Shaun's - became pinned between the vehicles.
The driver of the Focus then reversed and drove off.
Both men were taken to Addenbrooke's where Shaun, a keen sportsman, was operated on overnight, and his legs amputated from the knee down.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road, in Haverhill, Suffolk, has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Mr Adamec remains in custody and is due to appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court tomorrow morning.
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Local NewsAcross the whole of Cambridgeshire there were 4,141 new cases in that seven day period to January 9
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Newmarket winner for Power
Cambridge Stud's Oasis Dream shuttler Power sired a winner at Newmarket in England on Saturday. Pleaseletmewin (Power ex Jacaranda Ridge, by Indian Ridge) won over 7 furlongs in the hands of Ryan Moore. It was his second win from four starts. Power also has a new Stakes Performer in La Force (Power ex La Miraculeuse, by Samum) who was placed in a Listed Race in Milan recently. Power is currently Ireland's Leading First Season Sire.
It's been a big few days for Tavistock. His world-class son Werther has been named 2016 Hong Kong Horse of the Year following his victories in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup-Gr.1 and the BMW Hong Kong Derby-HK-1. To top matters off in Hong Kong, Tavistock is the Champion Sire for 2015/2016, a result which has come about with just 4 runners!
Tavistock also had two winners in Singapore over the weekend and both were bred by Sir Patrick and Justine, Lady Hogan. Infantry (Tavistock ex The Nightingale, by Stravinsky) won at Kranji on Friday night - it was his fourth win and they have all been recorded during 2016. Magstock (Tavistock ex Magravine, by Last Tycoon) was successful yesterday on Derby Day at Kranji. It was his second win from ten starts.
Another very satifying win for Cambridge Stud and its' staff over the weekend came when Da Qian Shi Jie (Keeper ex Pearla, by Blues Traveller) won the inaugural running of the New Zealand Bloodstock Cup (1800m) at Korchin in Inner Mongolia yesterday. The horse was bred by long-time Cambridge Stud employee Margaret Fife and conjunction with her partner Don Edwards.
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Stravinsky In Melbourne
Sir Patrick Hogan reported today that Stravinsky has landed safely in Melbourne en-route to Cambridge Stud in time for the breeding season which commences 01 September.
“Stravinsky arrives here at Cambridge Stud on the 27th of August and will parade the next day at the Breeders’ Association’s stallion weekend,” said Sir Patrick today.
Stravinsky returns to Cambridge Stud with a worldwide record of 734 individual winners; collectively this group has won 2326 races (figures courtesy of Arion Pedigrees).
Stravinsky commenced his Southern Hemisphere stud career eleven years ago in 2000 at Cambridge Stud and has gone on to become a truly international sire success with winners in no less than 30 countries.
Stravinsky is now in Melbourne & will be back 'home' at Cambridge Stud on Saturday, 27 August
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Campus Reform | 'Antifa has been given free rein on college campuses,' Cabot Phillips says
'Antifa has been given free rein on college campuses,' Cabot Phillips says
Phillips attributed the far-left group's rise to colleges being the "perfect place" to recruit supporters.
Campus Reform's Cabot Phillips weighed in on the rise of Antifa on Fox & Friends Wednesday.
Jon Street | Managing Editor
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:59 AM
Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Cabot Phillips said on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning that colleges are the "perfect place for Antifa to recruit" because of the type of atmosphere that's been festering in academia for years.
Phillips responded to former Antifa member Gabriel Nadales, who is now an employee of Campus Reform's parent organization, the Leadership Institute, who said that colleges "allow Antifa to work under their noses." Phillips said Antifa has been able to grow on campuses because "they know that classrooms are places that are inundating students with these anti-capitalist, anti-cop, anti-conservative messages."
[RELATED: Rutgers historian runs to rioters' defense: 'Antifa isn't the problem']
Phillips said because of these types of messages that students hear in the classroom, "students are more receptive to that kind of extreme rhetoric when they hear it from people who are in Antifa already." Phillips also attributed the rise of Antifa to the "social justice mindset" on campus.
"Antifa has been given free rein on college campuses for too long to recruit," Phillips said. And that's a problem, he added, because "we know that what happens on college campuses inevitably bleeds out into society."
Phillips said the recent rioting in major American cities came out of nowhere.
"Sadly, they've had too long to grow on college campuses," he said.
[RELATED: POLL: Young, college-educated Americans more likely to 'justify' Antifa riots]
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Jon Street is a news editor for Campus Reform. Six years ago, Jon cut his reporting teeth fresh out of college as an intern at Media Research Center's CNSNews.com, where he interviewed multiple members of Congress and former presidential candidates. From there, he went on to complete a stint at Watchdog.org, where his exclusive, investigative work was picked up or cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News, National Review, and the Dr…
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Animal Facts: Ruffed grouse
Fast Facts: Ruffed grouse
Species name: Bonasa umbellus
Average length: 40 cm to 48 cm
Average weight: 500 grams
Life expectancy: Average less than 1 year; birds that survive their first year often live 2-3 years
Although the Ruffed grouse is primarily a ground-dwelling bird it is very skilled at flying in short spurts.
The ruffed grouse is one of 18 species of grouse. It is a game bird that resembles a chicken and has several common names including partridge, woods pheasant and ruffled grouse. The scientific name, bonasa umbellus, comes from Latin: bonasa meaning “good when roasted” and umbellus meaning “a sunshade.” This refers to its distinguishing dark-coloured neck feathers, particularly large in the male, that are also called the ruff. The ruffed grouses' flecked plumage can range in colour from grey to red or a shade of mahogany. The colour of the grouse is affected by its habitat as it uses camouflage to protect itself from predators.
The ruffed grouse is well adapted to life in thick brush. Although it is primarily a ground-dwelling bird it is very skilled at flying in short spurts and can make rapid twists and turns, which helps it fly in amid thick forest growth. It also is excellent at climbing on thin branches and stems.
The male ruffed grouse is known for its spring mating ritual, known as “drumming.” It stands on a platform, such as a rock, log or stump, and begins beating its wings slowly and then more rapidly, creating a hollow, drumming sound. Drumming not only attracts females but also defends territory from other males.
The ruffed grouse eats the buds and leaves of poplars, birch and alders. They are an important game bird hunted by humans and also by foxes, bobcat, coyotes, hawks and falcons.
The ruffed grouse lives in deciduous forests that exist across Canada and from Alaska in the north and northern Georgia in the south. The ruffed grouse does not migrate and lives all of its life within the same few hectares. By comparison, the sage grouse, another of the Bonasa species, exists only in Canada in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and is considered an endangered species.
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Standards Council of Canada, Intact Centre on Climate Adaption to study flood resiliency for new residential communities
March 31, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) at the University of Waterloo have announced that they are joining forces to develop a new report on best practices for making new residential communities flood-resilient.
The partnership comes as a result of the growing number of costly and severe flooding events in various parts of the country, the two organizations said in a joint press release on Friday.
Based on certain design features, SCC and the Intact Centre plan to develop a national standard, or series of standards, that will serve the interests of future new residential homeowners, builders and communities, the release explained. Developing climate-resilient codes and standards is consistent with Canada’s commitment to climate adaptation and a priority under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
Examples of community design features that can collectively reduce flood risk include: avoiding floodplains when developing new communities; modelling climate uncertainty and extreme weather events (ice jams, snowmelt, extreme rain) in the design of new subdivisions; protecting natural features (such as wetlands) along rivers and streams to slow floodwater; and installing backwater valves to prevent sewage in overloaded sewer lines from backing up into basements.
Over the past year, and with support from SCC, the Intact Centre has engaged a group of national stakeholders, including municipalities, conservation authorities, engineers, developers, homebuilders and insurers, to identify standardization solutions that will lower the risk of overland flooding, stormwater flooding and sewer backups in new residential communities.
“In support of this national effort, and in a clear demonstration that identifying strategies to reduce flood risk due to a changing climate is a growing national concern,” a group of 25 experts from across the country came together in Toronto on March 24 to discuss flood-risk reduction and practical approaches, the release said. Improved residential community design features will result based on their feedback, together with additional consultations with subject-matter experts.
Professor Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre, said in the release that “through flood resilient community design, the Intact Centre and SCC are helping Canadians to protect their primary financial investment – their homes. Against the growing threat of ever increasing floods, SCC’s leadership is enabling Canada to live up to its commitment to address the otherwise costly impact of extreme weather.”
John Walter, CEO of the SCC, added that the council is “proud to work with organizations like the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation to ensure that climate change, climate resiliency and adaptation are considered in Canada’s critical infrastructure standards. Given the huge costs associated with flooding in Canada, the standardization solutions that come from this effort will bring great value to Canada and to Canadians,” he suggested.
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation is a national applied research centre that focuses on mobilizing practical and cost-effective solutions to address climate change and extreme weather events.
SCC is a Crown corporation and part of the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada portfolio that leads and facilitates the development and use of national and international standards and accreditation services in order to enhance Canada’s competitiveness and well-being.
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Home » Fairtrade raising $7M to help producers deal with COVID-19
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Fairtrade raising $7M to help producers deal with COVID-19
Fairtrade America calls on US businesses to contribute to the Producer Resilience Fund, which helps producers manage long-term effects.
Coffee, cocoa and flower producers in particular have been hit hard by coronavirus and issues stemming from the pandemic. Fairtrade International is raising money to help producers navigate these tumultuous times. Photo provided by Fairtrade.
Crystal Lindell
KEYWORDS COVID-19 and cocoa / Fairtrade / Sustainable chocolate
Fairtrade International — including its U.S. chapter, Fairtrade America — have collected and raised $7 million to help producers in developing countries deal with the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19.
Coffee, cocoa and flower producers in particular have been hit hard by coronavirus and issues stemming from the pandemic.
Specifically, Fairtrade International has two funds to aid farmers and workers:
The new Fairtrade Producer Relief Fund:
Provides immediate support to Fairtrade certified producers, including funds to purchase masks and basic protective and medical equipment, temporarily cover wages for suspended workers, set up local food security initiatives, raise awareness of safety precautions, build emergency medical facilities, and pay for business continuity costs.
The Producer Resilience Fund:
Assists with impending long-term challenges expected to impact global supply chains and trade. This fund accepts donations from retailers, businesses, non-governmental organizations and government agencies and has collected over $3.1 million in pledges to date.
Specifically, this fund will assist with impending long-term challenges expected to impact global supply chains and trade. This fund provides economic interventions such as business restoration, technology-based capacity building, programs to address human rights risks, strengthening finances to tackle future risks, and advocacy — most of which will be felt by farmers in the next harvest season.
If secured, the pledges combined with the existing funds would result in $7 million in additional support to producer groups.
“Fairtrade America and our international system partners work everyday to better the lives of farmers and workers by helping them earn a fair wage,” said Bryan Lew, chief operating officer, Fairtrade America. “The global pandemic is putting a severe strain on these hardworking people and their families. It is our duty to help ensure their health and well being and the viability of their livelihood in the future.”
Fairtrade producers are trying to adapt to the new challenges presented by the pandemic. For example:
Cocoa farmers in West Africa Fairtrade are expecting an increase in cases of child labor in their communities, rooted in increased poverty. Cocoa farmers are losing income due to challenges with transporting and exporting their crops. Cocoa communities are at risk for contracting COVID-19 because of a high rate of pre-existing health conditions resulting from poverty and poor nutrition, as well as a lack of adequate healthcare.
Coffee producers in Latin America face challenges with harvesting, transporting and exporting coffee beans. Wider economic downturn is expected to slow prices, which are already historically low. Prior to the pandemic, nearly 61 percent of coffee farmers sold their coffee at prices under the cost of sustainable production.
Flower producers in all origins, including Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Ecuador, continue to be severely impacted with widespread job losses and reduced workers employed on farms to sustain minimal activity.
“The crisis won’t end when COVID-19 stops spreading. We’re already seeing a global economic crisis looming,” said Nygagoy Nyong’o, executive director of Fairtrade Africa, the producer network covering Africa and the Middle East. “Farmers and workers are resilient and creative. This additional fund will enable them to identify opportunities or alternative business models, as well as continuing to invest in the future of their communities.”
Fairtrade America is calling on U.S. businesses to contribute to the Producer Resilience Fund, which will be allocated to Fairtrade certified producer organizations on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. The funds will be managed by Fairtrade’s regional producer networks, which support African, Asian and Latin American producers on the ground. For more information, please visit http://www.fairtradeamerica.org/Impact/Covid19.
About Fairtrade America
Fairtrade America betters the lives of farmers and workers in developing countries by inspiring businesses to implement ethical production practices and assisting shoppers in making informed purchasing decisions. Fairtrade America is the US chapter of Fairtrade International, the original and global leader in fair trade certification with over 30 years of experience working to make trade fair, with headquarters in more than 30 countries across the globe.
A non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Fairtrade America is the world's largest and most recognized fair trade system—part of a global movement for change. Learn more at www.fairtradeamerica.org, and by connecting with Fairtrade America on Instagram and LinkedIn
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Chevrolet Cruze 1.6 LS manual review
The Chevrolet Cruze is Chevy's new global car. It's built on the next Astra's chassis too, so read our review to see if it's any good
"It looks great, it's well priced, but there's something missing"
Despite having one of the silliest names of any new car, the Chevrolet Cruze is really important. And that's because it’s built on GM's new delta medium-sized car platform which underpins the next Vauxhall Astra. So it better be good.
But before we get caught up in the Cruze's oily bits, let's deal with the way it looks. Chevy reckons that the Cruze looks like a four-door coupe. Maybe someone should have introduced the designers to the Mercedes CLS before they made that statement.
Perhaps that’s unfair, as from the outside, and in particular the front, the Cruze is a bit of a looker and certainly turned some heads when I was out on the road. The headlights in particular look nice and mean and very modern.
On the inside, there’s a sculpted, chunky steering wheel which is the one you’ll get in your next Astra too, and some nice coweled dials which glow blue in the dark which add a classy touch. Even on this near-entry-level model, the seats are sporty and supportive, and there’s a decent level of kit, including air conditioning, electric windows and 16-inch alloys.
What’s more, the Cruze feels more like a quality European product, rather than an ageing ex-Daewoo like the Lacetti, which the Cruze replaces.
Obviously the Cruze's big sell is that it costs Fiesta money but offers a Focus-rivalling amount of space and equipment. And while it's certainly got the kit, space is more of a concern. While there is loads of room up front, adults will struggle for headroom in the back because of the car’s swoopy roofline. If the driver is tall, then rear seat knee room is tight too. The boot is big though, and you get a full-size spare wheel.
To be honest, driving thrills won’t rate that highly on most Cruze buyers’ lists of wants, no matter how much Chevy spends going World Touring Car racing. But the Cruze’s chassis is actually very impressive. The steering is nice and direct, and not overly light, while the car smoothes out bumps at high and low speeds with equal ease. And despite the ride comfort being supple, the Cruze’s suspension is still firm enough to keep a smile on your face in the bends.
Unfortunately, the 1.6-litre petrol engine is a real disappointment. It has very little in the way of power, and struggles to move the Cruze’s 1,285kg bulk around town. The engine’s power delivery lacks smoothness, completely at odds with the Chevy’s supple ride, and it’s thirsty too. I only managed around 26mpg on the test route.
And to make matters worse, the five-speed gearbox has an imprecise action, which is frustrating given how often you need to change gear to keep the Cruze on terms with traffic. Do yourself a favour and opt for a bigger engine. It’ll move the Cruze with less effort and cost you less in fuel in the long run.
It’s a real shame that the engine and gearbox let the Cruze down, as I really like a lot of the rest of the package. I like the way the Cruze looks, both inside and out; I like the way it rides and handles too. And when you factor in that the Cruze is better spec’d and is £2,750 cheaper than an equivalent Focus then it makes a lot of sense. Just get the Chevy Cruze 1.8-litre LT instead.
Car Specs - Chevrolet Cruze 1.6 LS
Price/On sale £12,595/July
We rate:Snappy looks Nice interior Handles well
We slate :1.6 is very slow... ... and thirsty Rear seat space
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Mazda3 1.6 diesel review
The Mazda3 competes in a sector dominated by the VW Golf and Ford Focus. Read our review to see why the new 3 can compete with the best
"More style, more power and more efficient than ever"
The Mazda3 has always had a big advantage over its competitors, thanks to the fact it shares a percentage of its underpinnings with the Ford Focus. And this new Mazda 3 has the added advantage of being bigger, better spec’d yet lighter than its predecessor too.
The new 3 looks good, especially from the front, where a new, more expressive face smiles back at you. RX-8 style lights, larger side air intakes and a general dose of flowing Nagare design cues give the car a sportier look than its predecessor.
Elsewhere the creased body panels resemble those of the Mazda6, which I reckon is no bad thing, making the new 3 look contemporary, just not mega exciting.
But what about the car’s crucial zoom-zoom factor? The steering is crisp and loads up nicely under cornering while the great chassis helps the tyres provide excellent grip in the bends. Changing gear is notchy and precise, as we’ve come to expect from Mazda and every engine has been tuned to offer a sporty soundtrack too.
But the real surprise is the level of refinement and comfort, despite the agile character of the car. Mazda claims road noise has been reduced in the new car by up to 11 percent, and it’s true. Wind- and road roar are virtually non-existent, while the stiff bodyshell allows the dampers to work at their optimum, smoothing out all but the worst of bumps.
It’s a shame that the interior is the usual plasticky affair. A lot of thought has gone into the cabin layout – positioning the tiny navigation and trip computer screen high on the dash so your eyes don’t have to stray far from the road – but it’s a button-fest that feels old-fashioned already, and the quality of the new VW Golf’s interior puts it to shame.
There’s a new range of more powerful and economical direct-injection petrol and diesel engines to choose from. My test car was fitted with 1.6-diesel producing 107bhp and 240Nm of torque, while emitting 119g/km of CO2 and returning 63mpg. And on the winding roads of our test-route it was no slouch, delivering its torque low down in the rev range for effortless progress.
There’s no denying the 3 offers a dynamic driving experience to rival the class-leaders and the range of powerful but frugal engines are fantastic. It’s just a shame that the cluttered interior can’t do the sharp handling or the crisp design any justice. An excellent car that’s unlikely to ever get the attention it deserves.
Car Specs - Mazda 3 1.6 MZ-CD
Price/On sale £14,500(est)/spring
We rate:Punchy, frugal engine Great handling Slick styling
We slate:Naff interior A Focus is better Always overlooked
by Bryce Richards
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senate Bill S. 1919
Should Communities be Required to Explain the Reasoning for Not Adopting Housing Policies to Increase Affordability & Address Discrimination?
Lack of adequate housing stock, especially in major coastal cities, is pushing people out of the communities they want to live in and causing rent prices to increase astronomically in certain places. While the federal government can’t affect local regulations directly, it can impose more accountability and transparency about zoning decisions through this bill and possibly “name and shame” localities that use regulations and zoning as tools of housing discrimination.
Ellen's Opinion
Yep. Remember you answer to the American people. You need to explain everything
KansasTamale's Opinion
Housing problems is a very real thing and every city & state should be encouraging the construction of really affordable nice housing for those who live on minimum wage. Every person deserves to have a home.
Charles's Opinion
Transparency is key! Affordable housing is needed.
Given the lack of enforcement mechanism, this is a toothless bill that likely won’t achieve much, if anything, in the way of real change. There’s also no need for it in light of the fact that the White House has established a council to study the affordable housing crisis and the YIMBY movement’s strong momentum on its own. Finally, issues with YIMBYism itself — especially its marginalization of established low-income minority communities — is a concern.
JTJ's Opinion
Stop redistributing money we don’t have. Allow communities to fund themselves and develop as they see fit.
Purrkitty's Opinion
I live in a fairly affluent community. The addition of “affordable” housing in our market would have an adverse effect on our home values. I don’t support that.
jacklhasa's Opinion
This kind of bill is very easily open to abuse. No Cost Estimate, and no details on what exactly will be done, once in place. It’s a hollow write up, with no effort put into actually explaining the reasoning, implementation, enforcement, and result.
What is Senate Bill S. 1919?
This bill — the Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) Act — would require Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients to go on the record explaining why they aren’t adopting specific pro-affordability and anti-discriminatory housing policies. Additionally, it would encourage local governments to eliminate restrictions on home businesses and AirBnB-style short-term rentals.
This bill wouldn’t direct localities on specific policies to implement; it would merely require them to detail their rationales for choosing not to cut certain land use regulations and provide more transparency for citizens, lawmakers, academics and others to understand (and critique, when called for) these decisions.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients; local zoning decisions; home businesses; AirBNB-style short-term rentals; and YIMBYism.
Cost of Senate Bill S. 1919
In-Depth: Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) introduced this bill to shed light on discriminatory land use policies, encourage localities cut burdensome regulations, and bring a new level of transparency to the community development process:
“Burdensome and discriminatory local zoning and land use policies drive up housing costs in communities across America. These policies exacerbate the housing affordability crisis and stifle the ability of Americans to move to areas of opportunity. My legislation will require cities, towns, and rural areas across America to face this reality under a new level of transparency and encourage them to cut these harmful regulations.”
Up for Growth Action supports this bill. Its executive director, Mike Kingsells, says:
“Up for Growth Action stands ready to help Sen. Young and his colleagues eliminate exclusionary zoning and other artificial barriers to housing that that perpetuate inequity. Many of these regulations have shameful roots in racism, and today they contribute to the housing shortage and affordability crisis that impacts large parts of the country.”
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson has expressed support for YIMBY proposals on multiple occasions, including on a June 2019 trip to Minneapolis during which he made public comments criticizing single-family zoning’s effects and encouraging more local governments to follow Minneapolis’ example of eliminating single-family zoning (which the city did in its 2040 Comprehensive Plan) as part of its efforts to address homelessness:
“The correlation seems very strong: The more zoning restrictions and regulations, the higher the prices and the more homeless people. So, armed with that knowledge, we have to work with these various places. And I don’t think there’s anybody that wants to see homelessness and squalor. We just have to start utilizing the facts and utilizing the evidence to create the policies.”
The Trump White House has made efforts to address affordable housing. On June 25, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order establishing a White House Council on eliminating regulatory barriers to affordable housing.
The order charged the council with investigating the regulatory barriers that hinder housing development, defined as “overly restrictive zoning and growth management controls; rent controls; cumbersome building and rehabilitation codes; excessive energy and water efficiency mandates; unreasonable maximum-density allowances; historic preservation requirements; overly burdensome wetland or environmental regulations; outdated manufactured-housing regulations and restrictions; undue parking requirements; cumbersome and time-consuming permitting and review procedures; tax policies that discourage investment or reinvestment; overly complex labor requirements; and inordinate impact or developer fees.”
In September 2016, the Obama White House published a policy paper, the Housing Development Toolkit, using then-unprecedented YIMBY rhetoric to call on local governments to rethink their zoning laws. The administration called for higher-density developments, speedier permitting and fewer restrictions on accessory dwelling units (e.g., basements and garage apartments), all of which it argued would help address homelessness and rising rent costs.
David Garcia, a researcher at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California Berkeley, says the complex American development approval process leads to higher costs and length delays for new construction and ultimately less housing being constructed. He observes, “In America we've created this system where every single project needs to be poked and prodded and examined before we've given it a thumbs-up to build and have more people to live in our communities.” While Garcia concedes that these requirements may be necessary, he also contends that it’s important to ask “whether or not they’re in line with the goal of actually building more housing.”
Fernando Marti, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, a coalition of affordable housing and community economic development advocates in San Francisco, condemns YIMBYism’s “neoliberal deregulatory worldview”:
“[YIMBYism] tells people who want our homes that they deserve, by virtue of their whiteness and their status as part of a young college-educated elite, to get them. And there lies the genius of this narrative. An agenda for building up the power base of the neoliberal right is not going to get too far in liberal beachheads like San Francisco or New York using the traditional Republican platform. It needs a new story that appeals to young millennials, and it has found it in the “pro-housing” language of the YIMBYs. But in the end, it’s pushing the same underlying principles: the way to a more efficient future is to destroy belief in regulation, public investment, and democratic participation, whether the arena is charter schools or health care or housing affordability. But this story is as thin as the next market crash. We know ‘we’ did not underbuild for decades. It is we, in fact, who built these cities; we who stayed in these neighborhoods while their grandparents fled to racially exclusive suburbs; we who welcomed our brothers and sisters fleeing from Jim Crow and NAFTA and death squads and queer bashing; we who created the urban cultures they so desire; we who continue to fight for cities that center people and homes and communities and culture and environment; we who had and still have the vision of a city that continues to change and evolve, but always, always, is built on democracy. Our vision includes everyone. To continue to build this city for everyone will require new housing, yes, and will require new models to replace the suburban single-family model that collapsed in the financial crisis of 2008. But unless our vision is to introduce new resegregated urban regions with cities exclusively for the rich, and the poor displaced to the suburban peripheries, we will have to work together on an agenda that is the antithesis of the neoliberal deregulatory worldview espoused by much of the YIMBY leadership. We must embrace market regulation, dedicated revenues for and deep public investment in affordable housing, and true democratic participation.”
This bill doesn’t have any cosponsors and is supported by Up for Growth Action.
Given the lack of enforcement mechanism, this bill has been called relatively toothless compared to legislation Democratic senators introduced to address the housing affordability crisis in the 115th Congress. Last Congress, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill, the Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act (HOME) Act of 2018, which would have required HUD grantees to actually demonstrate they were loosening zoning regulations in order to receive federal money. Additionally, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)’s housing bill in the 115th Congress, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, would have established a $10 billion grant program that would pay local governments who reformed their zoning codes to allow for more housing and allowed them to use that money on whatever they wanted.
Of Note: Housing construction per household is at its lowest level in 60 years. According to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, the U.S. built 260,000 too few homes to keep pace with demand in 2018. The combination of low housing stocks, high demand, and stringent restrictions on new development in coastal cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York has led to acute housing affordability problems in these areas.
“Yes in My Backyard,” or “YIMBY,” is the inverse of “Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY).The movement and phrase both originate from Toronto, Canada in 2006. YIMBY advocates support urban development to bring rents down and believe overly restrictive local zoning rules are contributing to depressing housing supplies and higher rents.
Matthew Lawlor, an attorney specializing in real estate law in Boston, describes five characteristics of YIMBYism. He finds it:
Is intensely local, with grassroots organizations playing a major role in the movement and advocacy work tending to remain local, rather than regional or national;
Arises in response to specific trends in the local population and housing market;
Secondarily, arises as a specific response to NIMBYism;
Pulls from a broad spectrum of people who are concerned about various aspects of urban places, including affordable housing, urbanism and active mobility (i.e., promoting walking, cycling and transit); and
Is generally an “organizing wing” of the New Urbanism, which recognizes that good development projects vocal neighborhood support.
Sonja Trauss, director of the San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation, describes YIMBYs as “advocate[s] for housing” who “believe that not having enough housing to accommodate newcomers is terrible public policy that leads to displacement.” She adds:
“YIMBYs want there to be neighborhoods of all varying levels of affordability close to job centers, so people can participate in the city’s economy. Whatever your situation is, we think you should be able to live in the city center if you want to… If you are in a growing metro area, like San Francisco, there will be times when housing development is proposed in your neighborhood. Being a YIMBY means piping up and supporting that development at neighborhood meetings, or by emails to the government.”
The Atlantic reports that across the U.S., YIMBY groups have found success in “appealing to people’s sense of equity and fairness.” Gabriel Metcalf, president and CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), says this strategy is especially effective with progressives:
“I think there are more people understanding housing as a social-justice issue. While they might not like their communities changing with higher-density buildings, more people understand that they are necessary to live up to our values as progressives.”
Despite the rise of YIMBY sentiment, opposition to construction remains. In July 2017 the Atlantic reported that “[t]hroughout the Bay Area, and the country, there’s still significant resistance to building housing in many expensive communities.” As an example, it cited a May 2017 meeting in Menlo Park, California over a proposal to meet 150 affordable housing units, which was “met with typical NIMBYism.”
Writing for In These Times’ June 2018 issue, Toshio Meronek pointed out that YIMBYism as it’s currently practiced in the Bay Area is a “deeply polarizing force” that has sidelined the work of established housing advocacy groups fighting against working-class communities of color’s displacement. Meronek reports, “In San Francisco, these housing advocates are wary of the YIMBYs’ free-market bent, particularly when the movement is made up of so many young, white tech workers” who aren’t always sensitive to established minority communities’ concerns.
Maria Zamudio, an organizer with the Plaza 16 Coalition, an anti-gentrification group based in San Francisco’s Mission District, tells a personal story about her eventual disillusionment with San Francisco’s YIMBY movement. When she first saw the term YIMBY in 2016, she was interested: although suspicious of the group’s “homogenous whiteness,” she though the campaign could help demystify complex issues such as land use and zoning. However, she came to sour on the YIMBY movement and to see the YIMBY ethos as an oversimplification that ignores development’s racist history. She now believes the YIMBY movement “is about developers and speculators who are starting to get a bad rap and need to rebrand themselves.”
More broadly, many anti-gentrification and displacement groups argue that the new development YIMBYs advocate threatens their communities. In California, a statewide YIMBY group’s efforts to pass a controversial bill going after single-family zoning was fiercely opposed by organizations representing low-income communities of color, some of which accused the YIMBYs of having a white privilege problem and others which criticized the YIMBYs for being too cozy with the Bay Area’s tech industry (which funds much of of the Bay Area’s YIMBY activity).
In response to these criticisms, YIMBY groups contend that any new housing is better than none at all. In a September 14, 2017 meeting at the San Francisco Planning Commission in which she argued in favor of a proposed 75-unit development in the San Francisco Mission that was intended to be mostly market rate units, Trauss pointed out that the people who’d live in the unit would “live somewhere,” and eventually displacing “someone somewhere else” in the absence of that particular development because “demand doesn’t disappear.”
Sponsoring Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) Press Release
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Yes In My Backyard Act
A bill to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land use policies, and for other purposes.
bill Progress
Sen Todd Young
(R - IN)
0 Cosponsors
Ellen's Opinion In Favor
JTJ's Opinion Against
jimK's Public Comment
I generally support the idea of publicly disclosing why some areas would be zoned in ways that appear to be discriminatory in nature. I think it can be a strong force in bringing about change. I do have a concern, however. I can see a misspelled word or a poorly phrased rationale providing fodder for 'ambulance chasing' lawyers filing huge class action suits that could well bankrupt a city and would improve nothing but the incomes of lawyers good at convincing sympathetic juries. I think for this to truly be informative and useful, there needs to be some clear restrictions on use of such reporting in class-action-like litigations. Otherwise it is only a lose-lose proposition for a community trying to do the right thing but faced with extended and ongoing legal bills, community destroying judgements and would certainly encourage a less than honest response.
KansasTamale's Opinion In Favor
Purrkitty's Opinion Against
jacklhasa's Opinion Against
Tom's Opinion Against
Block grants? More debt? Um, do I get money when I cant pay my taxes? I DONT EVEN HAVE A MORTGAGE! “Required to tell?” Tell who? The feds? What the hell for? STOP GIVING OUT MONEY, you are not a bank! Then no one has to tell you anything but thats not what you want is it? You really want to control every part of what the states and people do and receiving money from you comes with strings borrowing money from anyone makes you a slave so STOP MAKING SLAVES OUT OF FREE PEOPLE, we are NOT your servants, you were to be ours!!! Man, you guys are like kindergarteners having to be told when to poop and to take our nap! GO HOME! Shut down the government and stop spending more and more money!!!! The money was our NOT YOURS! No were in debt to the FEDERAL RESERVE GLOBALIST BANKERS? Do you not see this is destroying our nation? DUH?!!!
Robert 's Public Comment
I don't know what JimK said, but I’m with him on this one...He always makes sense. 🤔
JustJeeps's Opinion Against
Government over-reach. If there is no plan or provision to DO SOMETHING with the data you collect, then there is no basis to collect it. Additionally, “affordable” has a broad range and is not relevant in every community.
Gopin2020's Opinion In Favor
I hope Dr Carson will be staying on for a second term, he is doing an outstanding job with common sense approaches to help people help themselves and get off the government handouts. #MAGA
Jillian's Opinion Against
There is a lot wrong with this entire concept. Communities may not be appropriate for “affordable housing”. If the economics don’t fit, trying to force it just results in absurd outcomes and effective waste of money that could be more useful in other areas. Home business issues? Depends on the local impact. Air BnB? That’s another area worthy of separate and deep discussion.
Randy's Opinion Against
No forget this for a while. Concentrate on the infinitely more important matters we are facing. Trillions in debt...WTF!?
Tooluser1's Opinion Against
Bully tactics to enforce a vauge, poorly written law that doesn't improve anything.
Gregory's Opinion In Favor
The people should see all of the underhanded things that go on in the federal government establishment swamp and how they enrich themselves there friends and family and those that donate to them. Drain the establishment swamp
Charles's Opinion In Favor
Glowurm's Public Comment
Very good point, jimK!
John's Opinion Against
This is a badly written attempt to drive out people who have stayed and kept cities alive during the suburbanization of America.
Raymond 's Opinion Against
How about looking into how high houses have skyrocketed in the last 15-20 years? How Realtors and the mortgage companies and also the builders are so lock step with each other. Appraisals come in so very very high. Average Realtors make anywhere from 3-6 Percent per sale. Figure out how much money you would make on a $250,000.0 dollar home you sold or bought. Greedy people if you ask me. Start where the money is at.
Rebekah 's Opinion In Favor
Transparency is critical to any democracy. The big money interests who want to control these funds don't like having to explain how they put profits over people, but they do. And we all need to hold them accountable, even the politicians who take their bribes, uh "campaign donations"!
Not your job to babysit!! Stay out of it. Government had their chance at 'housing policies'. You work for us not babysit us. We will hold our people accountable in our own way. Stay out of it, servant.
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Byobu 30.05.2018
Byobu is the new radiator by Antrax IT resulting from the creativity of Marc Sadler, a designer radiator which in its name, silhouettes and ‘movement’ draws its inspiration from typical Japanese decorative folding screens, suggesting unprecedented interpretations to heat contemporary interiors.
Marc Sadler designed Byobu as the ideal combination of innovation and technology, capable of reinterpreting the traditional wall-mounted designer radiator and turning it into a dynamic, versatile item of interior décor that can be adapted to suit the specific needs of its intended surroundings.
Byobu goes beyond its ‘natural function’, the one for which it was created, and its concept is embellished with new meanings: indeed, conceived to diffuse heat into its surroundings, the radiator fills the space and distinguishes it, turning into a decorative element that ‘creates movement’ in the room, making it more personal and authentic.
Byobu is made of recyclable aluminium, with the heating body comprising two slim, square-shaped components, with a clean-cut, linear appearance, which move by swivelling around a central pin, taking on various, surprising shapes. The two heating panels can be positioned both on the right, or both on the left, to form a single large panel, or facing one another. When installed in a bathroom or wellness space, Byobu can be used as a heated towel rail.
Byobu is also fitted with an additional accessory, the ‘momoko’, which means ‘small peach’ in Japanese, in other words a hook to be secured to the wall, either on its own or in series, to hang towels or bathrobes on.
Produced to run on water as well as on electricity and in the 170×38 cm size,Byobu is also available in the version with a single large heating panel, which confirms the same principle of movement as the two-‘leaf’ version. In all versions, this radiator minimises consumption levels and is quickly fully operational, guaranteeing superior heat output and maximum comfort.
Byobu can be coated with one of the many colour finishes available in the Antrax IT catalogue, making it popular for both its practical and its styling function. Its distinguishing features in fact make it an item of interior décor capable of bringing added value and ‘movement’ to the setting, whether a living room or a bathroom, and of customising it.
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Opioid overdose cases in Winnipeg sharply increase in first half of 2020
More than 550 cases required Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services to administer naloxone — a drug administered to block the effects of an opioid overdose — between Jan. 1 and June 27 this year, the highest on record according to the August 2020 report.
Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services administered naloxone more than 550 times in reporting period
Winnipeg Free Press · Posted: Aug 23, 2020 4:40 PM CT | Last Updated: August 23, 2020
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service reports administering naloxone to 909 patients thus far in 2020, already above the full-year total of 789 patients in 2019. (Christine Rankin)
Opioid-related drug-harm cases are sharply on the rise this year with potential opioid overdoses reaching record highs in the first six months of 2020, according to data from Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Population and Public Health and Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services.
More than 550 cases required Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services to administer naloxone — a drug administered to block the effects of an opioid overdose — between Jan. 1 and June 27 this year, the highest on record according to the August 2020 report. Apparent opioid overdoses reached all-time highs in May and June with more than 150 cases recorded each month.
More than 90 per cent of opioid overdoses were reportedly attributed to non-pharmaceutical opioids such as fentanyl, heroin and "down."
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Auditor general's report into Senate expense claims released today
The findings of Auditor General Michael Ferguson's forensic audit of the Senate's expense claims are being released to the public later today shortly after 2 p.m. ET.
Senate Speaker, auditor general to address media separately after report goes public
CBC News · Posted: Jun 09, 2015 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 9, 2015
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NEW: Auditor general cites lack of oversight for Senate spending mess
The public will get its first full look at the findings of Auditor General Michael Ferguson's forensic audit of the Senate's expense claims when his report is released today shortly after 2 p.m. ET.
The damaging report is the culmination of more than two years of controversy over senators' expenses, a scandal that has brought down a number of senators, spurred RCMP investigations and court proceedings and now promises to bring more scrutiny to even the most powerful figures in the upper chamber.
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The Senate leadership has decided to hold off on acting on any of the recommendations outlined in the report, sources confirmed to CBC News.
Auditor General Michael Ferguson will address the media later today to discuss the findings of his report into Senate expense claims. The report is expected to be tabled shortly after 2 p.m. ET. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Conservative senators were told on Monday night during an emergency meeting the caucus would not immediately act upon the recommendations, in what appears to be a bid to underline the Senate's independence.
The leader of the Senate Liberals, James Cowan, called for further study and consultation before accepting or rejecting anything. Any position, Cowan wrote in an email to his caucus and obtained by CBC News, would be "not only unwise but premature."
The Conservative and Senate Liberal caucuses are meeting today at 11 a.m.
The auditor general's office investigated the expense claims of current and former senators going back a number of years, and found 30 with inappropriate expenses totaling more than $975,000. The ineligible expenses ranged from a few thousand dollars to more than $175,000 for the highest spender, retired Manitoba Liberal Senator Rod Zimmer.
Nine of the cases, including those of sitting senators Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Colin Kenny, have already been sent to the RCMP for possible investigation.
The auditor general's report was delivered to the Senate on Thursday, giving staff several days to craft responses to the findings. The email from Cowan to members of the Senate Liberal caucus said "talking points" would be made available to senators during their meeting today, before the report's release to the public.
The auditor general is also expected to make several recommendations to change the Senate's expense rules. In anticipation, the Senate has already signalled it will end the practise of providing meals at committee meetings and will bring in changes to its travel policy to restrict business class flights after the end of the current sitting.
Speaker Leo Housakos is expected to address the media in the foyer of the Senate at 2:15 p.m. ET, shortly after the report is released.
At 3:45 p.m. ET, the auditor general will hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss his findings. CBCnews.ca will carry both events live.
On Monday, Housakos and Cowan announced they are reimbursing the full amount of their contested expense claims, about $6,000 and $10,000 respectively, and won't dispute the auditor general's findings before the Senate's newly appointed arbiter.
Check out The Canadian Press interactive on the cost of the Senate audit report
The nine senators whose cases have been referred to the RCMP, according to The Canadian Press:
Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, sitting, recently removed from Conservative caucus (Quebec).
Colin Kenny, sitting (Ontario).
Rod Zimmer, retired (Manitoba).
Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, retired (New Brunswick).
Sharon Carstairs, retired (Manitoba).
Marie-Paule Charette-Poulin, retired (Ontario).
Bill Rompkey, retired (Newfoundland and Labrador).
Donald Oliver, retired (Nova Scotia).
Gerry St. Germain, retired (British Columbia).
The 21 senators whose expenses have been flagged by the auditor general:
Senate Speaker Leo Housakos, sitting (Quebec)
Government Leader Claude Carignan, sitting (Quebec)
Senate Liberal Leader James Cowan, sitting (Nova Scotia)
Don Plett, sitting (Manitoba)
David Tkachuk, sitting (Saskatchewan)
Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, sitting (New Brunswick)
Nick Sibbeston, sitting (Northwest Territories)
Terry Mercer, sitting (Nova Scotia)
Dennis Patterson, sitting (Nunavut)
Janis Johnson, sitting (Manitoba)
Joseph Day, sitting (New Brunswick)
Lowell Murray, retired (Ontario)
Vivienne Poy, retired (Ontario)
Robert Peterson, retired (Saskatchewan)
Elaine McCoy, sitting (Alberta)
Noel Kinsella, retired (New Brunswick)
Pana Merchant, sitting (Saskatchewan)
Terry Stratton, retired (Manitoba)
Jean-Guy Dagenais, sitting (Quebec)
Nicole Eaton, sitting (Ontario)
Nancy Greene Raine, sitting (British Columbia)
With files from Hannah Thibedeau and Julie Van Dusen
Senate leaders Leo Housakos, James Cowan repaying expenses, dropping arbitration
Ian Binnie, ex-Supreme Court justice, to arbitrate Senate expense claims
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A Profile Of Lewinsky's Team
By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff
June 3, 1998 / 9:36 AM / CBS
Monica Lewinsky's two attorneys quickly gained a victory for their client, who was granted blanket immunity in the investigation of President Clinton on Tuesday.
Click here for an explanation of immunity by CBS News Legal Correspondent Kristin Jeannette-Meyers.
Plato Cacheris and Jacob Stein were hired in early June to take over the former White House intern's defense from her former lawyer, William Ginsburg.
The lawyers are known for their ace representation in Washington scandals and have a history dating back to Watergate, when they represented high-level spies and low-level government workers.
Cacheris and Stein share a reputation as crackerjack criminal lawyers who nearly always settle their cases without going to trial.
"These are not the guys you hire if you want to fight the case," said Washington lawyer Mark Hulkower, who as a federal prosecutor headed the spy case against Aldrich Ames when Cacheris negotiated a guilty plea and life prison term. Ames had faced a possible death penalty.
Stein, 75, is a reserved, bookish lawyer who jogs, juggles, and reveres Winston Churchill.
He is on the record as saying he does not vote. He is also on record as saying independent counsels should stick to the facts they are hired to investigate and not stray down new or unrelated legal alleys.
As the independent counsel who investigated Reagan White House adviser Edwin Meese in 1984, Stein rejected opportunities to expand it.
"He has a reputation for being the independent counsel who did it right: Get in, get out," said Washington defense lawyer John Nields Jr., a former special prosecutor in the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages case.
Stein represented former Sen. Bob Packwood during a Senate inquiry into his sexual conduct. He also is known for quietly winning an acquittal for a relatively minor Watergate figure, lawyer Kenneth Parkinson, in the 1974 cover-up trial that sent much bigger names to prison.
Cacheris, 69, is less reserved than his new colleague - given to bold suits and bold language.
Arguing for leniency in 1996 for a former national treasurer of the Episcopal Church who admitted embezzling $1.5 million, Cacheris said the woman suffered from "haughty, high-flying, and reckless hypomania."
His other high-profile clients included former Attorney General John Mitchell during Watergate and convicted spy Harold J. Nicholson. Cacheris also won immunity for Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary, during an independent counsel investigation of Iran-Contra.
More recently, Cacheris has represented Mark A. Siegel, a longtime Democratic activist enmeshed in the congressional investigation into possible fund-raising abuses in the 1996 elections.
Observers of the case had targeted Ginsburg's inability to get Lewinsky an immunity deal as the primary reason for his dismissal. Ginsburg, a California medical malpractice attorney, contered media reports that he had been fired from his post. He said that he had in fact encouraged Lewinsky to seek other counsel.
"When I realized my strategy had hit a wall, I had to step aside and suggest to my client that she seek new and different counsel," Ginsburg said in June.
Ginsburg himself had replaced Francis D. Carter, Lewinsky's first lawyer. Carter was recruited by Vernon Jordan Jr., a friend of Mr. Clinton. Carter was originally brought on to aid Lewinsky as her affidavit in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case was being drafted.
Carter had worked for Lewinsky for one month and was replaced in January. The Washington lawyer said that Lewinsky withheld key information from him while he represented her - such as the gifts she allegedly received from Mr. Clinton, and her meetings with former White House staffer Linda Tripp, whose secret recordings of their conversations sparked the investigation. Carter has also said that he was dismissed without explanation.
First published on June 3, 1998 / 9:36 AM
© 1998 CBS. All rights reserved.
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Pakistan: Bullets Did Not Kill Bhutto
December 28, 2007 / 12:53 PM / CBS/AP
Benazir Bhutto died from a skull fracture suffered when her head slammed against her car during a suicide attack - not from bullet wounds, the government said Friday.
Authorities on Thursday said Bhutto died from bullet wounds fired by a young man who then blew himself up, killing 20 other people. A surgeon who treated her said Friday she died from the impact of shrapnel on her skull.
But later Friday, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said all three shots missed her as she greeted supporters through the sunroof of her vehicle, which was bulletproof and bombproof.
He also denied that shrapnel caused her death, saying Bhutto was killed when she tried to duck back into the vehicle, and the shock waves from the blast knocked her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull.
At a news conference, Cheema played a videotape of the attack showing Bhutto waving, smiling and chatting with supporters from the sunroof as her car sat unmoving on the street outside a campaign rally. Three gunshots rang out, the camera appeared to fall, and the tape ended.
Bhutto was slain while campaigning for the crucial Jan. 8 parliamentary elections in which she hoped to return as prime minister of the nuclear-armed country, a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. Upon her return from exile in October, she survived an assassination attempt. She had repeatedly complained that the government of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf did not give her adequate security.
Also Friday, Cheema said the government recorded an "intelligence intercept" in which militant leader Baitullah Mehsud "congratulated his people for carrying out this cowardly act." He gave no further details on the nature of the intercept.
Cheema described Mehsud as an "al Qaeda leader" and said he was also behind the Oct. 18 bombing against Bhutto's homecoming parade through Karachi that killed more than 140 people.
First published on December 28, 2007 / 12:53 PM
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Top Integrator Targets Millennials with New Content, E-Commerce Biz for Home Technology
Taking a page from Blue Apron and Warby Parker, Audio Advice launches e-commerce and content-marketing site to attract a broader audience to high-end audio and other home technologies.
Julie Jacobson • December 16, 2016
Audio Advice, a leading home-technology installation company in North Carolina, wants to be the Blue Apron of home technology, attracting new customers – Millennials, especially — who want good products and services without the usual hassle of shopping.
The company recently launched an e-commerce site selling premium home-technology products, starting with audio, and backing it up with premium services such as free shipping, online chat and a wealth of information.
That wealth of information is critical … and also very expensive. But Audio Advice didn’t feel it had a choice.
“You either spend an enormous amount of money, or you get no traffic,” says Audio Advice CEO Scott Newnam.
Audio Advice founder and resident techy Leon Shaw provides much of the content for the site, including product reviews and comparisons, authoring such pieces as “Comparing the Rega Planar 1, Planar 2, and Planar 3 Turntables.”
The site also features more generic stories with SEO-friendly titles like “How To Properly Clean and Care for Your Vinyl Record Collection” and “How Do Noise Cancelling Headphones Work? Are They Worth it?”
Newnam knows how to generate traffic from this type of content. For the past six years, he has been chairman of the board at Netsertive, a digital marketing firm.
Building a Broader Market, Millennials Included
The new e-commerce initiative was an enormous endeavor for Audio Advice – a seven-figure endeavor – for a company that has specialized in the retail and custom-integration business for nearly four decades, mostly at the high-end, high-touch side of the market.
“We spent a lot of time designing around, ‘What do Millennials want?’”
— Scott Newnam, CEO
Audio Advice
For most of that period, consumers in general got in their cars, went into stores, spoke with salespeople and walked off with their purchases or scheduled deliveries and installation.
That’s not how people tend to shop these days — not Generation Xers and certainly not Millennials, which is an audience Audio Advice desperately wants to attract with premium products and experiences.
In setting up its new online platform Audio Advice looked outside of the A/V industry, emulating such companies as Blue Apron, which provides ready-to-cook meal fixings, and Warby Parker, which sells eyeglasses online and lets consumers try before they buy.
Modern-day shoppers don’t want to schlep to the store and try on a bunch of glasses, Newnam suggests. They’d rather go online, find some specs that seem OK, order a bunch of them and then return the ones they don’t want.
Audio Advice can’t very well do that with loudspeakers or headphones, but they can do their best to create a shopping experience that is just as painless, if not darn-right pleasant, for consumers that shun stores and salespeople.
“We’re trying to bring in a whole new base of buyers,” says Newnam.
When visiting AudioAdvice.com, users are invited to build a profile of themselves and their entertainment preferences through a drag-and-drop, visually interesting application that has us moving sliders to indicate things like our level of expertise, how much we care about audio quality, and where we usually listen to music. Users share preferences for music genres and formats, and indicate what kind of products they’re looking for.
Audio Advice creates “sound profiles” for users through a drag-and-drop process.
Audio Advice provides recommendations based on your “sound profile.”
You can of course still call the shop to ask for advice or simply click the icon on the bottom of the site to chat with a sales associate. I tried it. An associate from the store – not some far-off land — responded right away. I know this because after I introduced myself he said Newnam was just passing by.
“Far more people chat with us [online] than call,” Newnam says, reiterating the company’s goal of “trying to bring in a whole new base of buyers.”
Getting Vendors on Board
Even with Audio Advice’s long and reputable history, the company still needed to convince vendors to come on board. First, many suppliers weren’t looking for any more resellers; others simply spurn e-commerce in favor of more high-touch sales approaches.
So far, however, “Every vendor has approved this,” Newnam says.
For one, they appreciate Audio Advice’s diligent product-curation process, he explains: “It needs to be best in class or we won’t put it on the site.”
Shaw personally approves every new product sold online – more than 400 products so far, with a long queue under evaluation.
Secondly, as Newnam explains it, “Vendors are telling us they don’t need another place to sell. They need a new customer base to sell to.”
Related: On Millennials, DIY, Smart Homes, Professional Installation and the Business of IoT Things
That “new customer base” prefers to learn online and shop online, which is what AudioAdvice.com is all about.
“We spent a lot of time designing around, ‘What do Millennials want?’” Newnam says.
Audio Advice is spending “real money on original content,” but Newnam says the effort helps the company build a strong reputation and generate referrals … even when much of the content helps drive consumers to other retailers.
“We know we’re going to give business to other sites,” Newnam says, “but it’s a rising tide for everybody.”
Meanwhile, Audio Advice still runs its integration business full-speed through offices in Charlotte and Raleigh. The e-commerce business helps drive that business.
“We think we’ll see more people buying from us,” Newnam says, noting the company’s database of 50,000 past customers. “Everyone has headphones, but most of them didn’t buy them from us. Maybe they bought them at the airport or online. We are missing that customer.”
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Julie Jacobson is founding editor of CE Pro, the leading media brand for the home-technology channel. She has covered the smart-home industry since 1994, long before there was much of an Internet, let alone an Internet of things. Currently she studies, speaks, writes and rabble-rouses in the areas of home automation, security, networked A/V, wellness-related technology, biophilic design, and the business of home technology. Julie majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University, and earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a recipient of the annual CTA TechHome Leadership Award, and a CEDIA Fellows honoree. A washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player, Julie currently resides in San Antonio, Texas and sometimes St. Paul, Minn. Follow on Twitter: @juliejacobson
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Home World Report: Man wrestles bear to protect his dog in Jasper National Park...
Report: Man wrestles bear to protect his dog in Jasper National Park attack
When a black bear lunged at his dog in Jasper National Park last month, the owner jumped on the wild animal to protect his pet.
The dog, which had jumped out of an open car window, was killed.
Steve Malcolm, a human-wildlife conflict specialist for the park, revealed the details of the attack in a Monday morning interview with CBC Radio’s Edmonton AM.
“He wasn’t expecting the dog to jump out and he ended up just jumping on the bear, trying to wrestle that dog free,” Malcolm said.
“It’s an instinctive reaction and one that we don’t condone.”
Malcolm said he has investigated two cases of people kicking at cougars to save their dogs, but this is the first time he’s heard of anyone trying to wrestle a bear in the park.
“Really, the fellow is really lucky that he was able to pull that off, but it didn’t change the outcome,” he said.
“And certainly our message is: Absolutely never do that.”
After jumping out of the car, the dog approached the bear while barking at it, Malcolm said. The bear responded as it would to any other predator.
The man likely escaped injury due to prey-fixation, Malcolm said. When a bear is attacking, it focuses solely on its potential meal.
“Their primary focus is to kill and disable that prey species and then they’ll go into a bit of a defensive mode to protect themselves,” Malcolm said.
“I think the fellow just caught him in that window where that black bear hadn’t completely killed that dog yet and the bear was basically going to focus on the dog first and then go back to its own defence.”
Malcolm said human-wildlife conflict specialists have been monitoring the bear since the attack but it has not acted aggressively toward humans.
The case is a reminder to keep pets leashed and to never attempt to rescue a pet under attack, Malcolm said.
Having an off-leash dog is not only illegal in the mountain national parks, but can increase the chances of an aggressive encounter with a bear, elk and other wildlife.
Some pet owners in Alberta have gone to great lengths to save their animals from wildlife attacks.
In April 2015, a man escaped with only a few bumps and bruises after fighting off a cougar that attacked his girlfriend’s dog on his acreage southwest of Calgary.
In the December 2016, a Red Deer man made international headlines for punching a cougar at a Tim Hortons parking lot after the wild cat grabbed his pet husky by the neck.
When bears attack, people’s own animal instincts take over, Malcolm said.
If a park visitor’s pet is attacked by a wild animal, they should not put themselves at risk by attempting to intervene.
“They don’t think,” he said. “They’ll go into a defensive action without thinking, because every one of them that has done it thinks, after the fact, ‘I can’t believe I just did that.’ “
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There’s nothing “usual” about Prop 60 (commentary for MarketWatch)
I recently corresponded with Kari Paul, a writer/reporter for Marketwatch, re California ballot measure Prop 60 — Hopefully by now you know that’s for the statewide mandate of condoms in porn.
You can read Kari’s write up right here — “This ballot measure could upend the $10 billion porn industry” (November 2, 2016)
And you can read our full correspondence below. There are a few infrequently referenced facts re the adult industry’s history of STI prevention and mitigation in there — interested parties may want to know!
KP: What do opinions on Prop 60 look like within the adult industry? Are most performers for or against it? How about producers?
DrCT: The best way to determine how producers and performers feel about anything, including Prop 60, is to go directly to the source. Only performers and producers can speak to how performers and producers feel.
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), which is the industry’s trade organization, and Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) have come out against Prop 60. And the activism in opposition to Prop 60 from performers and producers, both independently and in conjunction with these organizations, has been unprecedented. Even performers who are condom-only or who may prefer to use condoms are against Prop 60.
All that said, nothing is ever 100% — certainly there are members of the adult industry community who are for Prop 60. The overwhelming majority, however, are very vocally against it.
KP: What are the biggest concerns about Prop 60 from within the industry?
DrCT: In addition to disregarding decades of effective STI transmission prevention and mitigation protocol and practice, which was developed and refined by the industry itself, Prop 60:
1) Disregards the experiences and opinions of workers who will be most directly impacted by the legislation
2) Allows private citizens to profit from legal action against performers and producers
3) Puts members of an historically stigmatized and fragile population at greater risk via facilitating access to private personal information during said for-profit legal action
4) Has been developed and backed by one-and-only-one organization — an organization that is fixated on a widely accepted narrative regarding “safer sex” that is inappropriate in this specific community.
Put simply, though safer sex may be enhanced by condom use in an average person’s daily life, porn sex is almost entirely different. As such, condom use is equally dissimilar. This highly relevant fact is being disregarded in lieu of a wider, largely moralistic view on what constitutes safe(r) safe. And due to wider culture’s general sustained discomfort with diverse sexual expression – but especially the sexual expression that happens via commercial sex work in adult entertainment – we are very susceptible to writing our own “commonplace” understanding of sex and condom use on top of the adult entertainment community’s unique and highly specific experiences.
KP: If Prop 60 is passed, how would it affect the industry? Many people are saying it would drive it out of California–is that true? Where would the adult entertainment industry go if it were driven out of California? Where else is it legal, and are there condom restrictions there?
DrCT: In the US, it is only technically legal (on the state level) to produce porn in California and New Hampshire. There are no condom laws in NH. Any related regulations are likely outlined under state OSHA standards, as they are currently in California. (note – OSHA standards applied to CA porn production come from regulations that were designed for other, separate industries. Cal OSHA is currently in the process of attempting to develop specific, industry appropriate regulations for porn.)
If Prop 60 is passed, I foresee a number of scenarios unfolding. Porn in CA will leave the state and/or go underground – the existing community and protections embedded in the community network will fracture, putting performers at greater risk.
The organization behind Prop 60 has “vowed” to follow porn where ever it goes – this means condom legislation in NH and battles over the technical legality of porn. States like Nevada and Florida (that are already adult entertainment hubs, in spite of legal technicalities) will likely become battlegrounds for porn production’s legality in general – setting us back to the 1980s, when those same debates were being fought in CA. Though the precedent set by CA and NH will certainly be a factor, a legal battle will happen regardless.
In the meantime, while all this unfolds, the public’s demand for porn will not go away. At risk workers and producers will continue to attempt to meet consumer demands. Consumers may also begin to look for content produced outside the US, where things like age of consent and production standards vary dramatically. This will very likely put US consumers at risk as well.
KP: Where does regulation in the adult industry generally originate? Is it unusual for it to come from a ballot measure like this?
DrCT: Protecting Adult Welfare (PAW), a not-for-profit organization started by Bill Margold in 1993/1994, was the adult entertainment industry’s first attempt at providing a central location for performers to obtain health and wellness services. PAW also began providing routine HIV and STI testing as early as 1993. PAW’s services were absorbed, expanded, and formalized by Adult Industry Medical (AIM) in 1998. These organizations laid the groundwork for the industry’s current 14-day testing system – a system that has refined and evolved with community needs. This type of self-regulation came directly from a combination of industry leaders – performers, producers, directors, organizers, and stakeholders.
There is nothing “usual” about this ballot measure. Prop 60 is relying on personal phobias related to sex and the public’s limited understanding of porn to promote an agenda. Prop 60, and the litany of propositions, assembly bills, and campaigns that have come before it (all sponsored and promoted by the same organization/individual), has not taken the time to even familiarize itself with how the adult industry operates, much less consider the human and social elements of stigma and discrimination that impact the community in general and performers most significantly. Just the imprecise language and “understanding” shaping the civilian-lawsuit-for-financial-stakeholders piece points to a blatant and cavalier lack of consideration for worker safety and industry viability.
It is not fair to force uninformed regulation on any industry or worker. Could the adult entertainment industry stand for some regulation? Certainly. In informed, precise ways that seek to protect the safety and viability of the workplace – the same consideration that would be afforded any other workplace or industry.
(pictured: image via Marketwatch)
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3 thoughts on “There’s nothing “usual” about Prop 60 (commentary for MarketWatch)”
Derrill
That’s, uhm, business as usual for most of the legislation stuff I’ve seen.
Your point 3 in the same comment sounds pretty normal too : |
Chauntelle TibbalsPost author
I don’t disagree — regs usually do what regs wanna do, with a litany of priorities, interests, and cultural cues skewing everything so far off mark. But in the instance of sex workers, it’s especially egregious. Porn — even more so, because everyone believes that it’s this cash cow (10 to 14 BILLION dollars). It isn’t. So on top of business as usual not giving a shit, the moral judgement coming from wider society & regulators is compounded by two (at least).
RedSportsCar
I must admit to some confusion about had this passed, if it would have prohibited the popular ‘pop shot?’ I can’t imagine how negatively that would have affected the industry, if indeed that would have been the case.
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The top ten of Wirral events in Summer 2013
PUBLISHED: 14:59 01 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:59 01 May 2013
Oxton Secret Gardens - Sunday May 12th
COMPILED BY LAURA NORMANSELL
May 1st to 31st
Wirral Walking Festival
The biggest walking festival on the Wirral Peninsula, with over 100 guided walks, which have been organised into various themes, such as ‘History and Heritage’ and ‘Habitats and Wildlife’. Take short walks around historic villages or longer walks through the countryside and around the coast. Highlights of the festival include a series of walks to mark the 40th Anniversary of Wirral Country Park and the Annual Wirral Coastal Walk.
www.visitwirral.com/
Bat Talk and Walk
A talk and slideshow about bats in the visitor centre at Birkenhead Park, followed by a guided walk in the park, looking for bats. Suitable for children aged 8+
www.wirral.gov.uk/
Oxton Secret Gardens
Discover over 20 gardens in the conservation village of Oxton, all within walking distance of each other. From tiny courtyards and front garden plots, to spacious borders and landscaped lawns, each one created by locals who open their gates to raise funds for charity.
Secret Gardens at Birkenhead is organised by The Oxton Society. Wander around the village and enjoy refreshments in pubs, restaurants and street stalls; live music and arts and crafts. Children’s activities too. Accompanied under-18s go free.
Ticket sales: www.oxtonsociety.org.uk or ring 07963 248268
Wirral’s Biggest Sponsored Dog Walk
A four mile sponsored walk, in aid of Wirral Hospice St John’s, which provides care and support for patients with severe and progressive disease. The walk begins and ends at Wirral Country Park and heads along the Wirral Way through Cubbins Green and down to the beach.
www.wirralhospice.org
Port Sunlight 5K and 10K run
Take part in the second Port Sunlight 10K run, voted the second best 10K event in the Runners’ World Races of The Year poll, to raise money for the Stroke Association. There is also a 5K run around Port Sunlight.
www.stroke.org.uk
Wirral Coastal Walk
This walk follows the Wirral coastline from Seacombe Ferry to Thurstaston Country Park and allows walkers to raise funds for a charity of their choice. Organised by the North Wirral Rotary Club, this 15-mile walk has attracted 75,000 walkers who have raised £6 million over 25 years.
www.wirralcoastalwalk.org
June 6th to 9th
Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival
The ninth Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival includes a craft fair, mini concerts, workshops in song writing, guitar playing and building and much more. There are five main stage concerts, including ‘Show of Hands’ and Dougie Maclean, a recent winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. This family-friendly festival also offers camping.
www.wirralfolkonthecoast.com
World Environment Day 19th Anniversary
Ness Gardens celebrate World Environment Day with a ceremony to recognise their role in helping to improve the environment, guided walks of their potager, weather station activities and exhibits from wildlife partners.
www.nessgardens.org.uk
The 2013 Wirral Bikathon
A 14 or 28 mile course starting and finishing at Arrowe Country Park to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, which funds research into finding a cure and improving treatment for leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood disorders, such as Hodgkins disease.
www.wirralbikeathon.com
Babe The Sheep-Pig
Illyria Theatre, the open-air touring company, presents Dick King-Smith’s classic, Babe The Sheep-Pig, in beautiful Ness Gardens. Suitable for all ages 5+
www.nessgardens.org.uk/
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Garri Kasparow: How to play the Najdorf 3 - DVD
Hersteller: ChessBase
2007, DVD, englisch, Video running time: 5h 15min
The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black. It is an opening where people often strive for a full point, instead of simply defending the position with the black pieces.
Many great players have contributed to the development of this complex opening. Two world champions formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1.e4: Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.
Both players celebrated spectacular successes with it, both used the Najdorf (pronounced “neigh-dorff”, rhyming with “high morph”) during their child prodigy years and retained it as an important part of their repertoire during their entire careers.
For Garry Kasparov this added up to experience with the Najdorf at the very highest levels of chess.
For chess amateurs and professionals alike it is a great moment when the world’s leading expert shares all the secrets in his favourite opening.
In part one Garry Kasparov introduced the various subsystems of the Najdorf, including the central „Poisoned Pawn“ variation.
Part two was devoted to the main lines against 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4, including the legendary Polugaevsky Variation.
In Part three he examines the move 6.Be3, which is today considered the main line in the Najdorf System.
The DVD contains more than five hours of first-class private tuition. The package includes the latest Chess Base 9.0 Reader, a big reference database featuring all relevant Najdorf games, as well as a complete opening book that can be used to practice what you have learnt with Fritz.
PC (minimum 233 MHz and 32 MB RAM, recommended 1 GHz, 256 MB),
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Sound card, Windows Media Player 9 or higher (for the multimedia lessons).
Diese DVD kann -anders als der erste Teil der Reihe "How to play the Najdorf - Vol. 1"- nicht auf einem TV-DVD-Player abgespielt werden.
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ZTE Selects Infineon To Enable Resilient Packet Ring Architectures
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ZTE Corporation, the second largest supplier of data- and telecommunications systems in China, selected Infineon Technologies as a strategic partner to deliver Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) solutions to its carrier customers.
The Infineon Frea PoS Framer/RPR MAC integrated circuit (IC), the industry's first RPR-compliant solution, has been chosen by ZTE for use in its metropolitan area network (MAN) and wide area network (WAN) equipment.
RPR technology combines the low cost and simplicity of packet-based networking with the reliability and resiliency of telecom networks. RPR is a Layer Two MAC technology that integrates efficient bandwidth management support and packet services. With Infineon's RPR solution, ZTE can offer service providers the ability to create scalable networks that transport voice and data traffic efficiently while lowering both capital expenses and on-going operational expenses.
The single-chip Frea IC integrates functions previously requiring a minimum of four separate components. The Frea chip integrates the PoS (Packet-over-SONET) framer, RPR MAC (Media Access Control) and XAUI SerDes (serializer/deserializer) functions. Frea includes 1 megabyte of memory on-chip, a 16-bit 800 MHz SPI-4.2 system interface and a 4-bit 3.125 GHz mate (XAUI) interface that simplifies linking the two chips that are required for a full RPR implementation.
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CHRISTINE WEEBER
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Christine Weeber is the author of Sastrugi, a poetry chapbook. Her poetry and prose have appeared in A Poetic Inventory of Rocky Mountain National Park; Solo: On Her Own Adventure; The FEAST: Books, Art, Food, Film, and Travel e-zine; and other publications. Christine is the copy editor at SAPIENS, a new online anthropology magazine that brings innovative insights from the field of anthropology to a general audience. In 2008, she was the poet-in-residence at the Gilpin County Public Library in Colorado.
Christine earned an MA in cultural anthropology and a graduate certificate in women’s studies from Colorado State University in 2005. Her research focused on South African immigrants, apartheid and post-apartheid society, ethnicity, cultural constructions of race, and gender. Her work grew out of anti-racist activism, as well as her experiences and questions growing up white in a mixed-race environment in the U.S.
Christine has been on a healing journey since 2003, and for seven years was the primary caregiver and “wing mate” for her mother, Milly Weeber, during her battle-dance with cancer. She now also serves as a shamanic healing practitioner in Nederland, Colorado.
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Give to me, again, your laughter Dame, de nuevo, tu risa
like a pier among waves and fishermen. como un muelle entre olas y pescadores.
We could walk for days out upon the sound. Caminaremos días enteros en su sonido.
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Human bodily fluids and secretions contain molecules known as biomarkers that contain a wealth of information about the body's health and the presence of disease. Among secretions such as tears, sweat and saliva, tears are considered the best source of biomarkers, with concentrations similar to those found in blood. Tears are also sterile, readily available and less susceptible to the damaging effects of temperature change, evaporation and secretion rate.
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Useful and measurable biomarkers found in tears include sodium ions, which are useful indicators of dry-eye disease, and glucose molecules, an early diagnostic tool for diabetes. Also, measuring the pH of tears can be used to check for cell viability, drug effectiveness and for signs of disease.
Therefore, the ability to collect tears in an effective way and to measure their pH and levels of biomarkers in real-time is highly desirable. One approach that is actively being explored is the idea of contact lens biosensors. Such contact lenses could be designed to include tiny channels on their surfaces for guiding the flow of tears into tiny reservoirs for collection and monitoring.
Pliable and transparent materials, known as hydrogels, are currently being used commercially to make contact lenses; they are easy to work with and cost effective. However, to date, they have not been shown to be ideal materials with which to fashion channels and reservoirs, as they are sensitive to the fabrication techniques needed. In previous efforts, hydrogels have been vulnerable to deformities caused by the solvents or the temperature and vacuum conditions required by some fabrication methods. Other methods have produced hydrogel channels with rough surfaces or non-uniform dimensions.
A collaborative team, which includes a group from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, has developed a fabrication method to meet all the challenges in making a hydrogel contact lens for biomarker sensing. The team began by optimizing the components of the hydrogel to obtain elastic characteristics which would allow it to be engineered into various shapes with a smooth surface profile. They next fashioned microchannels in the hydrogel with the use of a 3D printed mold. The final step in the fabrication process was to enclose the hydrogel channels by bonding an additional layer of hydrogel onto the microchannel surface.
Once the successful prototype was completed, it was extensively tested for its performance in channeling and collecting fluids. Flow rates of artificial tears in the channels were measured at different levels of hydration, with zero flow measured at complete dehydration and full spontaneous flow observed at full hydration.
A noteworthy observation during these tests was that when the hydrogel was mildly dehydrated, liquid flow in the channels would stop, but when additional rhythmic pressure was applied, the flow would resume. This was an important demonstration of support for the hypothesis that eye blinking would also provide the necessary pressure and additional hydration needed to allow for tear flow in the contact lens, and therefore, in the eye.
"In addition to our successful fabrication of microchannels in commercial contact lens hydrogels, we also found that eye-blinking pressure may facilitate tear exchange in the lens through these microchannels, said Shiming Zhang, Ph.D., from the Terasaki Institute's research team. "This is an exciting finding because it opens the possibility for the lenses to be a means of preventing dry eye disease, a condition commonly found in contact lens wearers. We aim to develop a patented contact lens that actively treats this condition by enhancing tear flow in the eye."
The team next prototyped sensors to collect, test for and measure pH levels of artificial tears flowing through the microchannels. Sodium levels were also tested, and the results showed an acceptable and predicted range of sodium detection for diagnostic purposes.
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Ohio Politics
GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio challenged by Democrats to repudiate stolen election claims
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, an ally of President Donald Trump, wraps up his defense of Trump to the House Rules Committee as the panel considers a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP
By Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Champaign County Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday clashed with Democrats on the House Rules Committee over GOP claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen.”
The confrontation occurred as Jordan argued against bringing a measure to the House floor that would urge Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to assume the presidency on the grounds that President Donald Trump is unfit to serve.
Horrified that a mob of Trump supporters marched on the Capitol last week and rioted as Congress attempted to tally electoral votes that showed Democrat Joe Biden won the election, Democrats who control the House are bringing a measure to the floor that would urge Pence to displace Trump. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result of the melee. If Pence doesn’t act, Democrats will bring up a measure to impeach Trump.
The rules committee’s Democratic chairman, Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, repeatedly asked Jordan to “admit that Joe Biden won fair and square and the election was not rigged or stolen.” Jordan argued against bringing up what he called “a Democrat resolution to attack the president just eight days before he has said he will leave office, just eight days before we will have a peaceful transition of power as we have had in this country every four or eight years since our nation’s founding.”
McGovern said Trump hasn’t been able “to accept reality” after losing the election, saying that for the last several months, Jordan and others “have given oxygen to the president’s conspiracy theory” that the election results were tainted by widespread fraud.
“He incited that mob, and unfortunately, some of our colleagues joined in that effort to gin things up,” said McGovern. “We all want healing, but in order to get to healing we need truth, and we need accountability. I mean, people came to the Capitol building to try to launch a coup to stop us from upholding our constitutional responsibilities.”
Jordan, who attended “Stop the Steal” rallies in Pennsylvania and led efforts on the House floor to fight acceptance of ballots in states where Trump filed unsuccessful lawsuits to contest the results, argued he had merely followed “the process that the Constitution prescribes.”
“The late Justice Ginsburg said January 6 is the date of ultimate significance,” said Jordan. “That is how Congress set this up in--in the statute, they passed dealing with the 12th Amendment, so we followed that process, and at 4 a.m. on Thursday, January 7, when we concluded our business on the floor, Joe Biden became--Vice President Biden became President-elect Biden. That is how the process plays out. Those of us who spoke against the unconstitutional way several states conducted their election, we are following the process and we did nothing different than Democrats have done every time a Republican has been elected this century.”
McGovern said he was used to Trump’s “over the top statements” and “pandering to some of the most intolerant groups in this country, but I never thought, I never thought I would see what he--what he said at that rally.
“My question was very simple. I mean, I am asking you to make a statement that the election was not stolen, that Joe Biden won fair and square, and you know one of the ways to promote healing is for you to say yes and to put that in your Twitter account so that all these people who bought into a lie will start hearing from some of the people that were pushing this,” McGovern continued.
“In several states the rules were changed in an unconstitutional fashion,” Jordan said. “You had governors, you had supreme courts. In some cases, you had county clerks changing the election laws. That’s what we are pointing out ...Of course I understand Joe Biden won, but are you saying there’s no concerns with this election?”
“Well, I don’t want to belabor this point, but I will be honest with you, I am stunned that after all that has happened that we can’t get a definitive answer,” McGovern said. “People came here, Mr. Jordan, because they believed a lie that the president and many people in this chamber perpetrated, that this election was not run in a fair and square fashion. And the president to this day continues to perpetrate the--the lie that somehow he won this election by a landslide.”
Lawmakers clashed after Republican Representative Jim Jordan refused to acknowledge that the U.S. presidential election wasn't stolen pic.twitter.com/I2EdvZuV9c
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2021
When Jordan noted that McGovern and other Democrats had raised questions about results of previous presidential elections, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin called it “a terrible false moral equivalency.” Raskin said he and other Democrats had pointed out past technical or procedural problems in the electoral college, but did not “ever incite mob insurrection against the government of the United States.”
“There were millions of people, to take up the chairman’s point, who were convinced that Vladimir Putin with his cyber sabotage against the DNC and Hillary Clinton and so on had profoundly influenced the outcome of the 2016 election,” said Raskin. “But what did the Democrats do? They put on, you know, pink winter hats, marched peacefully with a million people, joined Planned Parenthood, worked with their churches to try to inform America. Nobody was out there agitating for violent armed insurrection against the government of the United States.”
“I acknowledged that Donald Trump was the president-elect the day after the election, McGovern added. “I didn’t like it, but I acknowledged it. The trouble here is my friends have been spending the last few months saying that the election was stolen. In fact, the gentleman from Ohio even went to a rally called Stop the Steal. So we have a president now that continues to put out this big lie that he won the election by a landslide. So there’s a big difference here.”
At one point in the discussion, Jordan told Colorado Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter: “I’ve never said that this election was stolen,” a claim that McGovern disputed by producing an article that chronicled his appearance at the Pennsylvania “Stop the Steal” rally.
“Yeah, two days after the election,” said Jordan. “Two days after the election.”
Jordan and other Republicans argued against passing the resolution urging Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, noting that Pence has already said he won’t do it.
“Republicans have been consistent,” said Jordan.” We condemned the violence last summer. We condemned the violence last week. Congress needs to stop this, this effort to remove the president from office just one week before he is set to leave, continued calls to impeach the president or remove him from office with using the 25 Amendment I don’t think are healthy for our nation. Rushing this resolution to the floor will do nothing to unify or heal the country.”
If Democrats really wanted “unity,” they’d call off their unprecedented impeachment efforts.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it will happen.
And the American people see right through it all.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) January 12, 2021
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Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli, Digital News Editor
Published: April 1, 2020, 12:57 pm Updated: April 1, 2020, 9:01 pm
Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, Houston, Sylvester Turner
Turner announces new $5M COVID-19 fund for Houston, other city response efforts
Basketball hoops being removed from parks, Turner says
HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that the Houston City Council decided to take $5 million from the economic stabilization fund and set up a fund specifically for anything related to novel coronavirus.
Turner also announced that the city has leased two hotels and is working on leasing a third. These hotels will serve as quarantine spaces for firefighters, police, municipal workers and the homeless population, Turner said.
There are 186 rooms that are ready to be used, and the leases will last for three months, Turner said.
According to Turner, residents who cannot quarantine at home can also use a hotel room. The cost is about $200 daily, which includes food and other necessary services.
Turner said Harris County is responsible for providing ancillary services for those using the hotels, including, food, health services and other essential services. Those costs are believed to be FEMA reimbursable, Turner said.
Basketball hoops being removed from parks
While parks remain open, Turner said the city is still seeing overcrowding in areas like basketball courts. He has asked the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to remove rims and goals to try and deter the activity.
According to Turner, the parks are still open, but the city reserves the right to ask people to disperse or close the parks if necessary.
Some Houston firefighters, officers, municipal workers have contracted coronavirus
Houston Fire Department Chief Samuel Peña said the fire department has seen an uptick in the number of firefighters quarantined and positive cases.
According to Peña, there are 176 people in quarantine and 12 positive cases within the department.
Turner added that there are 12 positive cases within the police department and 18 municipal workers who have tested positive.
People were urged to continue following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and staying home, washing their hands and avoiding large crowds.
Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.
Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli
Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli has been a digital news editor at KPRC 2 since 2018. She is a published poet and has background in creative writing and journalism. Daniela has covered events like Hurricane Harvey and the Astros World Series win. In her spare time, Daniela is an avid reader and loves to spend time with her two miniature dachshunds.
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Our Europa League betting guide highlights some great value opportunities, given the number of matches and quality of teams taking part. Read on to take advantage.
The Europa League increasingly splits opinion. For some it is one of the most historic competitions in the world, a shot at major European silverware and an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League. For others it is a distraction, the bloated format making participation a gruelling prospect that is hardly worth the time and energy. Where a club stands on this issue tends to be dictated by their nationality.
Four of the last five Europa League champions – and nine of the last 15 - have been Spanish. Since 2009 the only non-Spanish victors have been Andre Villas-Boas at Porto (a particularly weak year in which they defeated Braga in the final) and Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and Manchester United respectively, two coaches with a strong sense of the tournament’s tradition.
Fortunately for Arsenal fans, they have a Spaniard in charge that has won the Europa League three times, while Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri is expected to focus his efforts on success here as a route to the Champions League, now that there are six English sides competing for four Premier League spots. Consequently the tide could soon be turning in England. It’s high time English football takes the Europa League seriously.
Here’s a look at the betting odds for the four Europa League groups containing British teams, plus an early look at the outright winner market:
Celtic have been handed an extremely tough set of fixtures for their first Europa League group stage under Brendan Rodgers, a manager that had previously achieved back-to-back qualifications for the Champions League. Group B contains a derby of sorts as Red Bull Salzburg take on RB Leipzig in a probable battle for top spot in the group, although it would be naive to rule Celtic out.
Despite falling to heavy defeats to the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich in the last two years Rodgers performed well away from Celtic Park against smaller opposition. Their 3-0 victory against Anderlecht last season suggests Celtic could be a threat, as do 1-1 draws at Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach in 2016/17.
RB Leipzig have made a poor start to the Bundesliga season, they lost Naby Keita and Bernardo over the summer, while Salzburg also sold key players following their semi-final appearance last campaign. With both clubs weaker, Celtic could sneak through.
Back Celtic to qualify from Group B (1.75), and RB Leipzig to win Group B (1.75)
Arsenal reached the semi-final of the competition last year despite entering the first round of Europe’s secondary competition for the first time since 1997, and so this set of players will feel confident of at least repeating their 2017/18 showing. More importantly, they now have Unai Emery in charge, a man who won three consecutive Europa League titles as Sevilla manager; his high-pressing, quick counter-attacking football is perfect for European knock-out ties.
Sporting CP are their main rivals in Group E, and the Portuguese side have started the campaign well despite losing William Carvalho over the summer. Vorskla Poltava will be the whipping boys of the group, while Qarabag - a surprise entry in the Champions League last year – can only hope to grind out a few points.
Back Arsenal to win Group E (1.25)
Steven Gerrard has a long and rich history playing in European competition, but his first managerial foray is unlikely to end particularly well. The first Old Firm derby of the season showed Celtic to be vastly superior to Rangers, a club that have sunk to a level incapable of competing in the Europa League. This will be their first appearance in the group stages since 2011.
In direct contrast Villarreal know this competition inside out and are clear favourites to top the group, while Spartak Moscow are in the middle of a resurgence at the moment. Their 5-1 victory over Sevilla in the Champions League last season wasn’t quite enough to get them to the second round, but the Russians are on the up – and are undefeated domestically so far this season.
Back Rangers to fail to qualify from Group G (1.30)
Group L
Maurizio Sarri couldn’t get beyond the last 32 of the Europa League in two attempts at Napoli, instead focusing on the club’s league position as they attempted to challenge for the Serie A title. It is certainly possible he will take the same approach at Chelsea, with Champions League qualification a priority, but in the short term Sarri should still get them through an easy group.
BATE Borisov, PAOK, and MOL Vidi is about as simple as it gets. Chelsea won’t even have to shift out of second gear to top this group, and given Sarri has such a large squad the reserves are unlikely to let him down. However there's better value to be had for the runner up.
Back PAOK to qualify from Group L (2.25)
Given that eight Champions League teams will drop into the Europa League after the group stage it is difficult to predict the competition’s strength at this stage. However, there are a few notable favourites who will fancy their chances of going all the way.
AC Milan are on the up and keen to make an impression on the European stage, their capture of Gonzalo Higuain over the summer making the Rossoneri an attractive outside bet. Sevilla and Marseille are among the early front-runners primarily because of past success, the former winning it five times this century and the latter reaching the final in 2017/18, and consequently should be disregarded at this stage.
The best bet is Arsenal, who can build on a semi-final appearance last year and are managed by Emery, a three-time winner. What’s more, the Gunners probably won’t be challenging for the top four in the Premier League next spring, meaning they can focus their energy on the Europa League.
Back Arsenal win the Europa League (8.50)
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06.10.2016: NECRONOMICON + HORTUS ANIMAE + TBA + BETHRAYER
V CLUBU NAUTISLU HODONÍN
NECRONOMICON…the Thrash Cult One moment that will undoubtedly go down in the annals of Thrash Metal history occurred in Germany August of 1984 when four young men, Freddy, Lars Honeck, Jürgen Weltin (Jogi) and Axel, decided to launch what was to become the countries’ cult Thrash Metal Band – NECRONOMICON. Recognising the urban character and punk roots that made the band so original, fans and media alike responded enthusiastically to the debut album “Necronomicon”, which caught the attention of the Thrash Metal scene, and garnered not only praise for the band, but also created the solid foundations of a fan base that has remained with the band throughout the years.
NECRONOMICON’s second album, “Apocalyptic Nightmare” was released 1987 and interest in the band continued to grow significantly worldwide, with South America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia becoming strongholds. The hit singles, “Magic Forest”, “Dark Land” and “Possessed by Evil” have become Thrash Metal classics and taken on cult status. The legendary album, “Escalation”, followed, climbing to the Top 30 in the Rock Charts in Greece, but NECRONOMICON’s future was not to be plain sailing. Gama Records’ lack of support and inconsistencies caused many problems, and the band was forced to go through a long and expensive court case in order to regain ownership of its own name. On top of this, co-founders Jogi, Lala and Axel were unable to continue with the band through either health or personal reasons leaving Freddy as the only original member, and he made NECRONOMICON his life’s purpose and passion.
HORTUS ANIMAE
Latin for “the Garden of the Soul”
Female singers contest:
In occasion of our forthcoming tour with Necronomicon in East Europe (Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) we’ll be promoting „There’s No Sanctuary“, our new EP featuring Liv Kristine, and we are looking for female vocalists to share the stage with us and do Liv Kristine’s role for one night. So, here is your chance, metal girls! To send us your videos, or for more info, write us here or email us at band@hortusanimae.net. „There’s No Sanctuary“ official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc7to4PbJdQ
The band was formed in 1997 with the aim to go beyond the boundaries of metal and other genres. During the years the press has hazarded to shape terms like progressive black metal, prog goth black metal, avant-garde extreme metal, etc. up to even define the band style as Hortus metal. The band had the honour to share the stage with great acts like Napalm Death, Konkhra, Lacuna Coil, Ancient, Mortuary Drape and Necrodeath, among others, and also had the pleasure to work with top notch musicians such as Moonbeam of Iblis, Ecnerual of Profezia and Mourning Mist and Liv Kristine of Theatre of Tragedy / Leaves’ Eyes fame, to not mention the presence in the bands ranks of drummer Grom, former of Ancient and DoomSword. The band has been alive and kicking since 1997 and recorded 1 demo and 3 albums till they split up in 2006 and then reformed in 2014. Despite the many years of inactivity and silence the band’s name always stayed in the fans’ hearts and this fuelled the successful release of a commemorative boxset and a compilation album, that also convinced the band the time was ripe for their return. In 2016 the band teamed up again with Liv Kristine for the release of their new opus, the “There’s No Sanctuary” maxi-EP, which will be promoted in a tour with the German thrash legends Necronomicon, also anticipating the band’s 20th anniversary.
Line-up 2016:
Martyr Lucifer – vocals
Hypnos – guitars
Bless – keyboards
Grom – studio drums // GL Ghöre – live drums
Adamant – bass
MG Desmadre – guitars
The band in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuem8yPEOGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1qxQ9piBZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLEy08sNLlI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxexZjkudCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JArOoYvUPc
O kapele: pokud zde není popis, nic jsme o kapele nenašli
BETHRAYER
Skupina Bethrayer vznikla v roce 1991, kdy ji založil kytarista, později i zpěvák Oldřich „Olaf“ Vaculík, dnes jediný původní člen. Od samého počátku své existence se věnuje tvrdé muzice, kdy během své éry mísí různé metalové odnože (zpočátku thrash-death metal, později ryzí thrash metal až po nu-metal a thrashcore).
Čas & Vstupné
Vstupné: 200 Kč
Vstupné* 100 Kč*
Začátek akce: není určeno
EKTOMORF / INCITE
Miloš Dodo Doležal
NEUROTIC MACHINERY
07.10.2016: TITANIC + ASGARD + EAGLEHEART 23.09.2016: Mr. DYNABOOM + NONSENSE + LEUTNANT UNGUSTL (A)
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Sunday, December 4th
Alex Merritt/Jeff Williams Quartet
Bandleader leader Alex Merritt, along with two other young stalwarts of today's jazz scene - the prodigiously talented pianist John Turville and burgeoning bassist Sam Lasserson - have teamed up with legendary American drummer Jeff Williams to produce a critically acclaimed debut CD, Anatta.
An impressive graduate of the Birmingham Conservatoire’s jazz course, Alex Merritt incorporates the sound of early Stan Getz with the approach of Warne Marsh. He quotes Joe Henderson and John Coltrane among his influences. Others include Lennie Tristano, Eubie Blake and Bela Bartok.
Regarded by many critics as a major new talent, pianist John Turville cites the late John Taylor as one of his primary influences, along with Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, while Sam Lasserson was described by The Observer’s Dave Gelly as an “outstanding” bassist.
Jeff Williams' CV just about matches anyone's, and his wealth of experience is both staggering and very deep - Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Cedar Walton, John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Art Farmer, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, to name but a few - and his gently propulsive, sympathetic drumming is an absolute joy to watch.
These musicians produce inventive, contemporary sounds that won’t raise the hackles of those with an ear for a well-turned phrase, so expect originals from Alex’s debut album, along with reinterpretations of compositions by Monk, Tristano, Henderson and Blake, among others.
Have a listen to the promo video for Anatta.
“A promising jazz debut of striking quality.” -
John Fordham, The Guardian ***
" . . . as beautiful a British offering as you're likely to hear all year." - Bebop Spoken Here
“Merritt’s warm, dry, Getzian fluency is a joy.” - Adrian Pallant, AP reviews *****
“It’s one of the best UK jazz recordings I’ve heard this year.” - Stephen Graham, Marlbank News ****
"Williams has honed a sound that seamlessly blends a sinewy, propulsive rhythmic sense with a masterful appreciation of space and atmosphere." - Matthew Miller,
The New York City Jazz Record
Tickets: £14. Concessions £12
Doors open 7.00pm. Music from 7.30pm
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NEM (XEM) Price Hits a 2-Month High Following Re-Listing on Coincheck
by Aditya Worah in Altcoin News and Updates
The NEM cryptocurrency tokens, popularly known by their ticker name XEM, are back on the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange. The return of XEM to Coincheck brings back the memories of the exchange’s hack earlier this year, which led to XEM worth over $530 Million being stolen. However, the return of the currency was marked by a rise in its price - taking it to a two month high.
As XEM got re-listed on Coincheck, the price of the currency went to hit a high of $0.114 - the highest it has been in two months. At the time of this writing, however, the price has receded a little - and has now reached $0.110 - which is still a significant gain for the currency. The token is currently the sixteenth most popular name in the cryptocurrency markets, with a market capitalization of $988 Million.
In early January, XEM had hit an all-time high of $1.90 - while the $0.114 figure is still significantly far from that all-time high, the currency has shown a progressive trend over the past 24 hours as the price hits a two-month high. This was also the first time in over two months that the overall market capitalization of the currency crossed a Billion dollars.
NEM, which stands for New Economy Movement, is a blockchain platform which works on a concept of Proof of Importance protocol. NEM is a blockchain platform which has entirely original code - and has not been based off another blockchain platform. NEM explains their Proof of Importance protocol as one which “not only rewards those with a large account balance, but also takes into account how much they transact to others and who they transact with.”
Over the past months, NEM has entered into various tie-ups and partnerships, particularly with the likes of the OATH Protocol and Portal Network. In addition that, NEM has also created PUBLISH, which is basically a decentralized news gathering and publishing service. NEM’s XEM cryptocurrency spent a significant time of the cryptocurrency bull-run of Q4 2017 being in the top-10 cryptocurrencies, but received a major jolt following the Coincheck hack earlier this year.
The Coincheck Hack
The Coincheck hack took place in late-January of 2018, barely a few weeks after XEM had hit an all-time high figure of $1.90. In this hack, Japan’s Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange was attacked and XEM worth $530 Million (amounting to 58 Billion Japanese Yen) was stolen from the exchange. At the time of the hack, XEM was priced in at $1.01 - and it was the tenth largest cryptocurrency in the markets.
While the exchange suspended all operations immediately after the hack, the platform was later overtaken by Monex group in April 2018. Following that, the Monex CEO had launched a recovery mission where the aim was to recover the coins - as well as to compensate those who had lost money in the hack. Coincheck was slapped with a number of class-action lawsuits by its users who were affected by the hack. However, it all comes full circle as NEM gets re-listed on Coincheck.
Stay tuned with us at Cryptoground for all the latest news updates and stories from the world of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology.
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Fate of century-old American elm tree divides Old Greenwich
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Ken Borsuk Nov. 5, 2020 Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 7:25 p.m.
Superintendent of Parks & Trees Dr. Greg Kramer removes a marker from a newly-planted holly tree in the holly grove at Greenwich Point Park in Old Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
Photo: File / Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
GREENWICH — The fate of a more than 100-year-old American elm in Old Greenwich was at stake as the town held a public hearing Thursday afternoon on a plan to chop down the venerable tree.
The town Superintendent of Parks and Trees Gregory Kramer will decide within three days whether to remove the tree, which is located at 395 Sound Beach Ave. near Old Greenwich School.
The 90-meeting hearing was held over Zoom after the town’s plan to take down the tree was appealed.
On one side, the town’s tree department has recommended removing the tree, citing its health and a site view issue for drivers turning from Sound Beach Avenue onto Edgewater Drive.
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“There is decay in the root system traveling up and throughout the trunk,” Steve Gospodinoff, the town’s tree operations manager and a licensed arborist, said during the hearing. He said he found enough problems to “predispose the tree for failure.”
But on the other side, many spoke out about the tree’s historic age and the overall importance of trees.
Francia Alvarez from the Greenwich Tree Conservancy said trees help to fight climate change as well as provide “significant noise reduction” and “reduced carbon emissions.”
“Recent aggressive tree removal along these transportation corridors has created significant environmental setbacks to our town and it takes decades to mitigate that,” Alvarez said.
Tree woes
Multiple branches have fallen off the tree, Gospodinoff said. His latest inspection also showed that the bark was peeling away on one side and there are holes in its trunk.
His grim assessment was backed up by Joseph Kay, the tree department’s foreman.
“This tree is showing signs of decline,” Kay said. “It is starting to flag, which would indicate most likely that is has Dutch elm disease. It will only be a matter of time before ... the tree will die.”
Several residents pointed to safety issues, saying the tree’s girth can block the sight line and create a hazard for drivers.
“I probably make that left turn five times a day and that tree is an obstacle visually,” said Peter Bergschneider, a neighborhood resident. “My biggest concern is that it’s not a matter of if an accident will happen, it’s a matter of when, which gives me a lot of pause as someone who has two young daughters.
“To see around the tree you have to inch into the crosswalk, which, of course, has bikers and cyclists and pedestrians,” he said.
Marc Ducret, a former resident of the area, said the tree is a concern for many.
“I don’t think the sight line danger should be minimized,” Ducret said. “I know we want to save a tree like this, but if you lived in this neighborhood, you’d see there’s a real lack of visibility there.”
Pro tree talk
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy called the tree “a survivor and worth saving.” Other elms that were once all along Sound Beach died of Dutch elm disease. This tree has “provided beauty and shade for generations of Old Greenwich residents,” the group said.
Mary Jay said that if the tree is unhealthy then she didn’t understand why residents would want to keep it.
“I love big, old trees, but it has exceeded its useful life and I think human life should take precedence,” Jay said.
But the conservancy’s executive director, Jo Ann Messina, pushed back against Jay’s statements.
“I don’t think any of us are saying we value a tree more than human life,” Messina said. “What we’re saying is that the benefits this tree gives us, including the students at Old Greenwich School, may outweigh the risks.”
Also, “safety is the number one issue,” she said, but did not agree that there is a sight line issue.
“It is a very flat road and a very straight road, and prior to getting into that intersection you can see very clearly from both sides,” Messina said.
Other allies spoke more broadly about protecting trees with an increased focus on maintenance.
“I grew up with that tree being in the vicinity of Old Greenwich School and I venture a guess it was there before the school was built,” Paul Pugliese said. “It’s one of the more important trees in Old Greenwich. And obviously if it’s in declining health to the point where it’s imminently in danger of dying, I would say it needs to be taken down. However, if it has 10 or 15 more years left with proper care, we should try and preserve it.”
Pugliese said he wondered whether the tree had “suffered because of a lack of maintenance.”
Candice Garthwaite called it “a real heart-breaker” to consider chopping down the tree when so many others have been lost in recent storms.
“It is so important for the tree warden, DPW and the tree conservancy to work together to use this particular tree as motivation for really looking at the trees that we cherish for their size and their age and their beauty and also prioritize the true care of these trees to preserve their health,” Garthwaite said.
“We really have to look at issues of drought, trimming and staying on top of it,” she said. “I’d like to see a more systemized way of evaluating trees” with documentation of falling limbs, peeling bark or decay in the roots.
As for tree maintenance, Kramer said he would put a tree evaluation program in place and create a database to keep a record on tree health and maintenance on public land.
The decision will be posted on the town’s website at www.greenwichct.gov. Anyone who disagrees will have 10 days to file an appeal with Stamford Superior Court.
kborsuk@greenwichtime.com
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The ReDi Project – Cuban – Italian Collaboration in Heritage Properties
Published 2 years ago Oficina ICE La Habana 2y ago • Bookmarks: 11
Italian - Cuban cooperation - Workshops on energy efficiency in heritage environments held with the Office of the Historian of Havana, funded by the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy and executed by the ICE-Havana Office. Photo: ICE Havana.
A workshop on energy efficiency in heritage environments and properties was celebrated within the framework of a cooperation project with the Office of the Historian of Havana, financed by the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy and executed by the Italian trade office, ICE-Havana. The joint project is called “Creation of the Restoration and Design Center San Ignacio 314 (ReDi).”
Ten workshops in total will take place, developed under the “learn-doing” philosophy, of which 6 thematic workshops have already been held.
With the inauguration of the ReDi Center and its implementation, you will find Italian excellence and expertise in the restoration and design sectors, applied to the restoration of buildings in Havana. A specialized bibliographic consultation room will be created for technicians, professors and students of the related sectors where they can consult specialized bibliography and participate in seminars and thematic events.
Learning-doing is the working philosophy of the ReDi project. In this sense, to consolidate knowledge and to establish and create an accessible knowledge base on the specific topics developed in the workshops held and planned, each of them prepares and distributes a workbook with the experiences of the Italian rapporteurs on similar interventions in Italy and the World. In addition, it is updated on the situation of the project and its adequacy. All of which, at the end of the project, will remain as a working memory very useful for technicians, specialists and as a reference for future interventions.
Read more about the ReDi project here.
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I Am Still Alive (Paperback)
By Kate Alice Marshall
On Our Shelves as of 9am Today
(Young Adult)
"This tense wire of a novel thrums with suspense. . . . [this book] just might be the highlight of your summer.”–The New York Times
Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.
After: Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn’t act fast, the cold will kill her before she has time to worry about food. But she is still alive—for now.
Before: Jess hadn’t seen her survivalist, off-the-grid dad in over a decade. But after a car crash killed her mother and left her injured, she was forced to move to his cabin in the remote Canadian wilderness. Just as Jess was beginning to get to know him, a secret from his past paid them a visit, leaving her father dead and Jess stranded.
After: With only her father’s dog for company, Jess must forage and hunt for food, build shelter, and keep herself warm. Some days it feels like the wild is out to destroy her, but she’s stronger than she ever imagined.
Jess will survive. She has to. She knows who killed her father…and she wants revenge.
Kate Alice Marshall started writing before she could hold a pen properly, and never stopped. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with a chaotic menagerie of pets and family members, and ventures out in the summer to kayak and camp along the Puget Sound. Visit her online at katemarshallbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @kmarshallarts.
Raves for I Am Still Alive:
“An expertly conceived plot plus a true heroine (and her dog) make for an original, engrossing, and twisty survival story that I tore through compulsively. You won’t regret the hours that disappear when you read this one.” –Nancy Werlin, National Book Award honoree and New York Times bestselling author
“I couldn’t set this book down—the words actually made me shiver. It’s Hatchet meets The Revenant, infused with fierce, undaunted girl power.” –S.A. Bodeen, award-winning author of The Raft
“If Hatchet was your favorite book in grade school, but you wish it was filled with much more girl power, then I Am Still Alive is the book you've been waiting for.”–Bustle
"A gripping adventure."–The Wall Street Journal
* "A taut, gripping page-turner with a strong female hero to root for."–Kirkus, starred review
* "With masterful pacing, rich characterization, a dynamic voice, and a thrilling blend of wilderness survival and revenge, this is an engrossing read from a writer to watch."–Booklist, starred review
"A gripping tale of endurance and discovery of inner strength."–School Library Journal
"[A] striking first novel. Marshall’s immersive descriptions will hook readers into this exhilarating survival story."–Publishers Weekly
"Marshall’s thrilling tale is also a deeply moving story about coming to terms with imperfections (both in oneself and in others) and about finding true resourcefulness and inner strength.”–BookPage
Publication Date: July 2nd, 2019
Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
Young Adult Fiction / Science & Nature / Environment
Young Adult Fiction / Law & Crime
Kobo eBook (July 23rd, 2018): $9.99
Hardcover (July 24th, 2018): $17.99
Compact Disc (September 19th, 2018): $37.99
MP3 CD (September 19th, 2018): $24.99
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A gradual normalcy returns
After a day of unexpected violence, following the murder of the Hindu Munnani leader Sasikumar, the district gradually worked its way to calm with shops and hotels opening for business in the evening under a strong police presence.
Superintendent of Police, R V Ramya Bharathi said that six special police teams have fanned out to various places to nab the culprits.
Shops, hotels and other commercial establishments and 70 per cent of garment factories were closed in nearby Tiruppur, a strong hold of the Hindu organisation.
The day saw persistent violence against commercial establishments, places of worship and even the police. Petrol bombs were hurled at three mosques and a church was stoned, prompting police to provide protection to the city’s places of worship.
Some schools on Mettupalayam Road and Avanashi Road declared holiday.
Over 500 workers laid siege to Big Bazaar Street Police Station, seeking the release of five of their colleagues and blamed police for the failure to nab the killers. However, the situation was brought under control by City Police Commissioner A Amalraj, who went to the spot and assured the release of the workers.
Some in the procession also targeted media persons, even as a few indulged in arson and ransacked a shop enroute the procession, in which more than 3,000 participated, some on two-wheelers.
Even as the funeral procession reached Sasikumar’s residence and later, the crematorium near Thudiyalur, miscreants torched a police jeep, injuring three policemen. They also set fire to four cars, a government bus, two motorcycles and an autorickshaw during the procession, police said. The body of Sasikumar, which bore 11 cuts, was consigned to flames in Thudiyalur crematorium.
Amalraj and district collector T N Hariharan rushed to Thudiyalur, following reports of burning of vehicles. Earlier, a delegation comprising major political parties submitted a memorandum to Hariharan seeking to take steps to restore peace.
With additional police force from nearby Tiruppur, police are keeping tight vigil and gradually bringing the situation under control.
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Allesley
Teenagers face court after play area set alight in Allesley
One 15-year-old and two 17-year-olds are charged with arson
Sam DimmerDigital Development Editor
Fire damage to play equipment at Allesley Park
Three teenagers have been charged with arson after an Allesley play area was torched earlier this year.
The 15-year-old and two 17-year-olds, all from the Coventry area, will appear at Coventry Youth Court on July 10.
Part of the play area, in Allesley Park, has been out of action since the blaze in March.
Coun Bally Singh said: “I’m pleased to report that the tower-slide is on track to be replaced in mid July, with a slide that has an arson proof metal base.”
Around £20,000 of damage was caused in the blaze.
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Council 'is back on energy target'
Nuneaton and Bedworth is on track to meet the government?s 30 per cent improvement target for domestic energy efficiency by 2010, say council officials.
The assurance comes after Friends of the Earth claimed the borough was slipping behind in the fight to save energy and cut fuel bills, on the basis of figures relating to last year?s performance.
John Hardman, head of housing at the borough council, said he was surprised by the figures, as tremendous improvements had been made in the past 12 months.
This year?s figures were due to be submitted in just over a month.
A deadline to improve efficiency by 30 per cent was set for 2010 in 1995.
But Friends of the Earth questioned government support for the scheme after last year?s figures revealed that 21 of the 34 West Midlands councils were falling well below the 12 per cent improvement target at the halfway stage.
Fof E campaigner Martyn Williams said: ?Some councils are making progress but so many are falling behind, it is clear the government must do more to help them meet these crucial targets.
?Saving energy in the home is a crucial part of fighting man-made climate change.?
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council fell below the 12 per cent target with a 9.9 per cent improvement in domestic energy efficiency at April 2002.
North Warwickshire Borough Council showed a 14.8 per cent improvement.
But Mr Hardman said: ?We?re back on target again after running a number of successful schemes in the borough.
?Over the last three years, we have spent #150,000 improving insulation in our homes. Another 900 properties are earmarked for the scheme. We have a whole range of things going on to tackle the problem of energy wastage.?
He reminded householders they could also do their bit to save energy while cutting their bills by turning lights and computers off when not in use, and not leaving television sets and hi-fi equipment on stand-by.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
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Girl injured in accident
A primary school pupil was taken to hospital after being struck by a car while crossing the road to catch the school bus at 8.20am today in Shilton.
The girl, who is believed to live in Charles Lakin Close, Shilton, was crossing Wood Lane. She was taken to George Eliot Hospital.
Witness Meryl Rice, 46, of Charles Lakin Close, whose daughter Lauren Jade uses the bus, said: ?She was like a rag doll and went up into the air.?
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