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Karnataka Panchayat Election Results 2020 Updates: BJP-backed candidates take lead in over 12,000 seats; Congress-supported lead in 9,545
Karnataka Panchayat Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: The total number of JD(S)-supported candidates having won or leading is 4,301, whereas 3,777 Independents or candidates supported by other parties have won or are leading
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Congress-supported candidates celebrate win in Karnataka Gram Panchayat polls Image courtesy: Twitter@siddaramaiah
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Karnataka Panchayat Election Results 2020 LATEST Updates
Congress-backed candidates dominate Shahabad taluk
Based on latest reports, the Indian National Congress has dominated four gram panchayats under the Shahabad taluk with the party-backed candidates winning 50 of the 90 seats, News18 Kannada said.
Congress-backed candidates on path to victory, tweets Siddaramaiah
Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said the gram panchayat candidates supported by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee have registered wins across the state, and termed it as rural Karnataka's rejection to the farm laws, which have been at the centre of over a month-long protests in Delhi and other parts of India.
"Rural India is frustrated by the policies implemented by @BJP4India. Farmers are against anti-farmer laws and they found Gram Panchayat elections as the perfect opportunity to teach @BJP4India a lesson (sic)," Siddaramaiah tweeted on Wednesday.
In a series of tweets, Siddaramaiah also accused the ruling Karnataka BJP of trying to lure Congress-backed candidates.
"There are reports that @ BJP4Karnataka is trying to lure our candidates either by threatening or by offering money BJP leaders are frustrated that they could not win the hearts of Rural India. This should be condemned #GramPanchayat (sic)," he added.
10,833 BJP-supported candidates win or lead
The number of BJP-backed candidates who have either won or are leading in the Karnataka Panchayat polls has increased to 10,833, according to a report by News18 Kannada, whereas the number of Congress-backed candidates stands at 8,372.
The total number of JD(S)-supported candidates who have either won are leading stands at 3721, whereas 3,240 candidates who contested the election as Independent or were supported by other parties have won or are leading. The Kerala State Election Commission is will declare results for 82,616 seats in 5728 panchayats.
A total of 8,074 candidates were elected unopposed. As many as 2,22,814 candidates contested the election, according to PTI.
Candidate wins Navalagi pachayat polls after 30 years
After losing elections five times, a candidate from the Navalagi Gram Panchayat of Bagalkote district's banahatti taluk finally won on Wednesday, a report in News18 said. The candidate named Danappa Asangi has been contesting in the Navalagi gram panchayat election for the last 30 years, the report added.
BJP leads in 4,187 seats, Congress 2179
Candidates supported by BJP are now leading in 4,187 seats, while the Congress is leading on 2,179 seats. JD(S), leads in 1,134 gram panchayats. Meanwhile, independent candidates are leading in 616 panchayat seats.
BJP now leading on over 3800 seats
According to the latest trends at 12 pm, the BJP is leading on 3,865 gram panchayat seats while the Congress is ahead on 1,988. The JD(S) is maintaining the third position with leads in 1,030 seats.
BJP extends lead in 3,422 seats
As per the latest trends, BJP has extended its lead in 3,422 seats while the Congress is ahead in 1,580 seats. The JDS number has gone up to 592 seats. The counting is still underway.
Counting of votes underway in Davanagere
MCC in place till 5 pm tomorrow
According to the State Election Commission, the model code of conduct will remain in effect till 5 pm on 31 December in the gram panchayat limits that went to polls.
Liquor sale banned in all districts
As a precautionary measure, sale of liquor has been banned in all districts of Karnataka. The election commission has started to count the Postal ballots first.
Although these elections were not fought on party symbols, a bulk of the candidates are backed by either one of the three parties BJP, Congress and the JD(S).
BJP leads in 2,755 seats
As per the early trends, the BJP is ahead in 2,755 seats of the total 72,616 seats in 5,728 villages whereas Congress is leading in 1,475 and JD(S) in 547 seats.
Where to check election results
The Gram Panchayat election results in Karnataka will be available on the official website of state election commission — karsec.gov.in and ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in.
At least 85-90% BJP supported candidates will win: Yediyurappa
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday claimed the ruling BJP supported candidates are likely to win majority of the seats. "According to my information, it is certain that 85-90 percent BJP supported candidates will get elected in Gram Panchayat polls," he had said.
Voter turnout in two-phased elections
More than 2.22 lakh candidates contested the recently conducted elections which saw 82 percent voter turnout in the first phase and 80 percent voter turnout in the second phase of the elections.
On 22 December, elections were held for 43,238 seats in the first phase. On 27 December, elections were held for 39,378 seats on the day of the second phase of the election.
Over 2.22 lakh candidates in fray
Among a total of 91,339 seats in 5,728 Gram Panchayats of 226 talkus in the state, 43,238 went to polls in the first phase, while voting for 39,378 seats took place in the second phase. Candidates for 8,074 seats have been elected unopposed.
A total of 2,22,814 candidates were in the electoral fray.
Two-phase elections in Karnataka concluded on 27 Dec
The two-phased elections in Karnataka were held for 43,238 seats in the first phase on 22 December, while voting took place for 39,378 seats in the second phase on 27 December.
Counting of votes for 5,728 gram panchayats begin
The results of the recently-concluded Gram Panchayat election in Karnataka will be declared on Wednesday. Counting of votes for 5,728 gram panchayats that went for polls in two phases on 22 and 27 December began at 8 am.
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BJP-backed candidates take lead in over 12,000 seats; Congress-supported lead in 9,545
The ruling BJP has maintained the lead in the Karnataka Gram Panchayat elections. As per the latest tally reported by News18 Kannada, the number of BJP-backed candidates leading or having won the Karnataka Gram Panchayat polls increased to 12,795, whereas that of Congress-backed candidates stands at 9,545.
The total number of JD(S)-supported candidates having won or leading is 4,301, whereas 3,777 Independents or candidates supported by other parties have won or are leading in the gram panchayat polls.
Polling was held for a total of 82,616 seats in 5,728 panchayats in two phases this month. A total of 8,074 candidates were elected unopposed.
BJP-backed candidates lead in 10,955 seats; Congres-supported lead in 8,567
As per the latest tally reported by News18 Kannada, the number of BJP-backed candidates leading or having won the Karnataka Gram Panchayat polls has increased to 10,955, whereas that of Congress-backed candidates stands has increased to 8,567.
The total number of JD(S)-supported candidates having won or leading is 3,829, whereas 3,260 Independents or candidates supported by other parties have won or are leading in the gram panchayat polls. A total of 82,616 seats underwent voting in 5,728 panchayats in two phases this month, the report added. A total of 8,074 candidates were elected unopposed. As many as 2,22,814 candidates contested the election.
This is challenging time for @INCKarnataka
There are reports that @BJP4Karnataka is trying to lure our candidates either by threatening or by offering money
BJP leaders are frustrated that they could not win the hearts of Rural India.
This should be condemned#GramPanchayat
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 30, 2020
Wife wins from Venkatapura Gram Panchayat, husband loses from Akkirampura
According to News18, a couple contested in different villages under the Akkirampura Gram Panchayat in Koratagere taluk, Tumkur district. While the husband, C Nagaraju, lost from Akkirampura Gram Panchayat by 25 votes, his wife Anjanamma contested from Venkatapura and won by a margin of 30 votes.
Over 2 lakh candidates candidates in fray; 8,074 elected unopposed
Counting of votes are underway for elections to 5,728 village panchayats in Karantaka. The panchayat polls had taken place across 226 taluks of the state for 82,616 seats in two phases on 22 December and 27. The election had seen a voting turnout of 78.58 percent.
As many as 2,22,814 candidates contested the election whereas 8,074 candidates were elected unopposed.
BJP's lead increases to 4,228 seats
Candidates backed by the BJP have won majority of the panchayat seats in Karnataka. The BJP has so far secured 4,228 seats, followed by the Congress with 2,265 seats; the JD(S) has bagged 1,167 seats while Independent candidates have won 678 seats, sources told PTI.
Karnataka Panchayat Election Results 2020 LATEST Updates: The number of Bharatiya Janata Party-supported candidates having won or leading in the Karnataka Gram Panchayat election remains higher than that of Congress-supported candidates with News18 Kannada reporting 12,795 candidates backed by the saffron party leading or having won the Karnataka Gram Panchayat polls.
According to the news website, 9,545 candidates supported by Congress have won are leading in the rural elections.
Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the gram panchayat candidates supported by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee have registered wins across the state and termed it as rural Karnataka's rejection of the farm laws, which have been at the centre of over a month-long protest in Delhi and other parts of India.
Though these polls don't take place on party symbols, all political parties have put in efforts to ensure that the candidate supported by them wins, so as to have their hold on grassroot level politics.
Meanwhile, after losing elections continuously five times, a candidate from the Navalagi Gram Panchayat of Bagalkote district's banahatti taluk finally won on Wednesday, a report in News18 said. The candidate named Danappa Asangi has been contesting in the Navalagi gram panchayat election for the last 30 years, the report added.
As a precautionary measure, the sale of liquor has been banned in all districts of Karnataka. The election commission has started to count the Postal ballots first.
As ballot papers were used in polls other than in Bidar district where EVMs were used, the announcement of results may get delayed, polls officials said.
Elections were announced for a total of 91,339 seats in 5,728 gram panchayats of 226 talkus in the state, of which candidates have been elected unopposed for 8,074 seats.
Elections were held for 43,238 seats in the first phase on 22 December, while voting took place for 39,378 seats in the second phase on 27 December.
A total of 2,22,814 candidates were in the fray.
While the first phase had seen a voter turnout of about 82 percent, it was around 80 percent in the second phase.
Though these polls don't take place on party symbols, all the political parties had put in efforts to ensure that the candidate supported by them wins, so as to have their hold on grassroot level politics, which may prove advantageous for them in taluk or zilla panchayat and even Assembly polls whenever it happens.
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday claimed the ruling BJP supported candidates are likely to win majority of the seats.
"According to my information, it is certain that 85-90 percent BJP supported candidates will get elected in gram panchayat polls," he had said.
Voting took place in both phases with necessary COVID precautions amid the prevailing pandemic situation.
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Ouya Android Games Console Searching For A Quick Sale
11:10 am April 29, 2015 By Julian Horsey
It seems that the troubled Ouya Android games console that was initially launched via a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised its developers an impressive $8.5 million in pledges from backers, and later raised a further $25 million in funding.
Is once again in trouble and looking for a fast sale to help keep the company afloat. The news of the imminent sale has been leaked via a confidential email that was sent to Fortune.com, revealing the company’s troubles and increasing debt.
Within the internal email created by Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman, she explains how the company has unsuccessfully restructured its debit in recent negotiations and is now searching for a quick sale. The email reads:
“Given our debtholder’s timeline, the process will be quick. We are looking for expressions of interest by the end of this month,”-“Our focus now is trying to recover as much investor capital as possible,”
“We believe we’ve built something real and valuable. I continue to read the tweets and emails of our fans who play OUYA every day, and our catalog is now over 1,000 apps and 40,000 developers. We have the largest library of Android content for the TV (still more than Amazon) — hells ya!”
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It’s a good thing that OO (Invisible Publishing) has the subtitle Typewriter Poems, so that you’ll have no doubt what’s between the covers. To me, OO suggests the eyes of Little Orphan Annie, perpetually astonished at the world she sees. I guess that’s apt, because the fifty typewriter poems in this volume are both thought provoking and beautifully crafted. Dani Spinosa, in her introduction, says the collection “works to forge a community out of visual poets who continue to create softness in a kind of poetics strangely named concrete.” She pays tribute to dozens of visual poets, some well known in the field, such as Bob Cobbing, bpNichol and Emmett Williams, and some whose work I admit to having no knowledge of, such as Thomas A. Clarke and Eric Schmaltz. An entire section, titled “A Lack,” is devoted to female visual poets, including such early innovators as Mirella Bentivoglio, Paula Claire, Mary Ellen Solt, Colleen Thibaudeau, and Vancouver’s own Judith Copithorne. An especially reverent poem appears in a section titled “A Lone,” where a typewritten design slowly brings forth these words: “the night leonard cohen died / i took two shots of stoli / and thought / oh great now / no one / feels / in poetry / anymore.” OO ends with the section, “Like, That is Femmeship: An Afterword in Feminist Conversation Between Dani Spinosa and Kate Siklosi.” At first, I was uncertain why this afterword was essential to the book, but for readers who don’t want the pages to end, it’s a relief to eavesdrop on what sounds like latenight, Stoli-fueled repartee. I just wish that those two poets had ruminated on how typewriters, like vinyl, are mysteriously making an astounding comeback.
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Speaking of Nature
Originally published in Orion Magazine.
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths beneath rewilding oaks. The engraved names on overgrown headstones are upholstered in moss and crows congregate in the bare branches of an old beech, which is also carved with names. Reading the messages of a graveyard you understand the deep human longing for the enduring respect that comes with personhood. Names, names, names: the stones seem to say, “I am. You are. He was.” Grammar, especially our use of pronouns, is the way we chart relationships in language and, as it happens, how we relate to each other and to the natural world.
Tiptoeing in her mud boots, Caroline skirts around a crumbling family plot to veer into the barberry hedge where a plastic bag is caught in the thorns. “Isn’t it funny,” she says, “that we think it’s disrespectful to walk over the dead, but it’s perfectly okay to disrespect the other species who actually live here?”
We have a special grammar for personhood. We would never say of our late neighbor, “It is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.” Such language would be deeply disrespectful and would rob him of his humanity. We use instead a special grammar for humans: we distinguish them with the use of he or she, a grammar of personhood for both living and dead Homo sapiens. Yet we say of the oriole warbling comfort to mourners from the treetops or the oak tree herself beneath whom we stand, “It lives in Oakwood Cemetery.” In the English language, a human alone has distinction while all other living beings are lumped with the nonliving “its.”
As a botany professor, I am as interested in the pale-green lichens slowly dissolving the words on the gravestones as in the almost-forgotten names, and the students, too, look past the stones for inky cap mushrooms in the grass or a glimpse of an urban fox. The students out for a walk on this late fall day are freshmen in Janine DeBaise’s environmental writing class at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry where we both teach. I’ve invited them on a mission to experiment with the nature of language and the language of personhood. Janine would correct me: she would not refer to her students as “freshmen” since they are neither fresh nor all men. We call them “first-year students.” Words matter. She has collected their assignment, a written reflection on a cemetery walk last week, as baseline data. Now we revisit the same place, but with new ideas about grammar bouncing around in the students’ heads. New to them, perhaps, but in fact ancient—the grammar of animacy.
For me, this story began in another classroom, in another century, at the Carlisle Indian School where my Potawatomi grandfather was taken as a small boy. My chance of knowing my native language and your chance of ever hearing it were stolen in the Indian boarding schools where native children were forbidden to speak their own language. Within the walls of that school, the clipped syllables of English replaced the lush Potawatomi sounds of water splashing on rocks and wind in the trees, a language that emerged from the lands of the Great Lakes. Our language hovers at the edge of extinction, an endangered species of knowledge and wisdom dwindling away with the loss of every elder.
"Birds, bugs, and berries are spoken of with the same respectful grammar as humans are."
So, bit by bit, I have been trying to learn my lost language. My house is spangled with Post-it notes labeling wiisgaak, gokpenagen, and ishkodenhs. It’s a very difficult language to learn, but what keeps me going is the pulse of animacy in every sentence. There are words for states of being that have no equivalent in English. The language that my grandfather was forbidden to speak is composed primarily of verbs, ways to describe the vital beingness of the world. Both nouns and verbs come in two forms, the animate and the inanimate. You hear a blue jay with a different verb than you hear an airplane, distinguishing that which possesses the quality of life from that which is merely an object. Birds, bugs, and berries are spoken of with the same respectful grammar as humans are, as if we were all members of the same family. Because we are. There is no it for nature. Living beings are referred to as subjects, never as objects, and personhood is extended to all who breathe and some who don’t. I greet the silent boulder people with the same respect as I do the talkative chickadees.
It’s no wonder that our language was forbidden. The language we speak is an affront to the ears of the colonist in every way, because it is a language that challenges the fundamental tenets of Western thinking—that humans alone are possessed of rights and all the rest of the living world exists for human use. Those whom my ancestors called relatives were renamed natural resources. In contrast to verb-based Potawatomi, the English language is made up primarily of nouns, somehow appropriate for a culture so obsessed with things.
At the same time that the language of the land was being suppressed, the land itself was being converted from the communal responsibility of native people to the private property of settlers, in a one-two punch of colonization. Replacing the aboriginal idea of land as a revered living being with the colonial understanding of land as a warehouse of natural resources was essential to Manifest Destiny, so languages that told a different story were an enemy. Indigenous languages and thought were as much an impediment to land-taking as were the vast herds of buffalo, and so were likewise targeted for extermination.
"Beyond the renaming of places, I think the most profound act of linguistic imperialism was the replacement of a language of animacy with one of objectification of nature."
Linguistic imperialism has always been a tool of colonization, meant to obliterate history and the visibility of the people who were displaced along with their languages. But five hundred years later, in a renamed landscape, it has become a nearly invisible tool. We forget the original names, that the Hudson River was “the river that runs both ways,” that Devils Tower was the sacred Bear Butte of the Lakota. Beyond the renaming of places, I think the most profound act of linguistic imperialism was the replacement of a language of animacy with one of objectification of nature, which renders the beloved land as lifeless object, the forest as board feet of timber. Because we speak and live with this language every day, our minds have also been colonized by this notion that the nonhuman living world and the world of inanimate objects have equal status. Bulldozers, buttons, berries, and butterflies are all referred to as it, as things, whether they are inanimate industrial products or living beings.
English has come to be the dominant language of commerce, in which contracts to convert a forest to a copper mine are written. It’s just the right language for the purpose, because the forest and the copper ore are equivalent “its.” English encodes human exceptionalism, which privileges the needs and wants of humans above all others and understands us as detached from the commonwealth of life. But I wonder if it was always that way. I can’t help but think that the land spoke clearly to early Anglo-Saxons, just as it did to the Potawatomi. Robert Macfarlane’s wonderful book Landmarks, about land and language, documents myriad place names of great particularity that illuminate an ancient Anglo-Saxon intimacy with the land and her beings. It is said that we are known by the company we keep, and I wonder if English sharpened its verbal ax and lost the companionship of oaks and primroses when it began to keep company with capitalism. I want to suggest that we can begin to mend that rift—with pronouns. As a reluctant student of the formalities of writing, I never would have imagined that I would one day be advocating for grammar as a tool of the revolution.
"Bulldozers, buttons, berries, and butterflies are all referred to as it, as things, whether they are inanimate industrial products or living beings."
SOME OF THE STUDENTS in the cemetery have read the chapter in my book Braiding Sweetgrass that invokes the grammar of animacy. They are taken aback by the implicit assumption of the hierarchy of being on which English grammar is built, something they had not considered before. They dive headfirst into the philosophical implications of English-language pronouns.
One student, Carson, writes in his essay that it is a numbing word: “It numbs us to the consequences of what we do and allows us to take advantage of nature, to harm it even, free of guilt, because we declare other beings to be less than ourselves, just things.” He echoes the words of Wendell Berry who writes, “People exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love, and to defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.”
While it’s true that words are simply vessels for meaning, without meaning of their own, many cultures imbue the utterance of words with spirit because they originate with the breath, with the mystery of life itself. In her book Becoming Wise, Krista Tippett writes, “The words we use shape how we understand ourselves, how we interpret the world, how we treat others. Words make worlds.”
I don’t mean to say that we are constrained to act in a certain way because of our grammar. I’ve been saying it for most of my life and so far I have not clearcut a forest. (I can’t even bring myself to litter, although I tried once, just to see what it would feel like.) Nor does a language of animacy dictate that its speakers will behave with respect toward nonhumans. After all, there are leaders of indigenous nations, raised speaking a grammar of animacy, who willingly surrender their homelands to the use of mining or timber companies. And the Russian language, while embracing animacy in its structure, has not exactly led to a flowering of sustainability there. The relationship between the structure of a language and the behavior characteristic of a culture, is not a causal one, but many linguists and psychologists agree that language reveals unconscious cultural assumptions and exerts some influence over patterns of thought.
As we talk beneath the oaks, one of the students emphatically disagrees: “Just because I say it doesn’t mean I disrespect nature. I grew up on a farm and we called all of our animals it, but we took great care of them. We just said it because everyone knows that you don’t give a name to the thing that you’re going to eat.” Exactly! We use it to distance ourselves, to set others outside our circle of moral consideration, creating hierarchies of difference that justify our actions—so we don’t feel.
In contrast, indigenous philosophy recognizes other beings as our relatives, including the ones we intend to eat. Sadly, since we cannot photosynthesize, we humans must take other lives in order to live. We have no choice but to consume, but we can choose to consume a plant or animal in a way that honors the life that is given and the life that flourishes as a consequence. Instead of avoiding ethical jeopardy by creating distance, we can embrace and reconcile that tension. We can acknowledge food plants and animals as fellow beings and through sophisticated practices of reciprocity demonstrate respect for the sacred exchange of life among relatives.
The students we walk with in the cemetery are primarily environmental scientists in training. The practice of it-ing everything in nature is not only prevalent, but is required in scientific writing. Rachel points out that in her biology class, there are “strict taboos governing personification of nature, and even a whisper of anthropomorphism will lose you a grade on a paper.”
I have had the privilege of spending my life kneeling before plants. As a plant scientist, sometimes I am collecting data. As an indigenous plant woman, sometimes I am gathering medicine. These two roles offer a sharp contrast in ways of thinking, but I am always in awe, and always in relationship. In both cases the plants provide for me, teach me, and inspire me. When I write as a scientist, I must say, “An 8 cm root was extracted from the soil,” as if the leafy beings were objects, and, for that matter, as if I were too. Scientific writing prefers passive voice to subject pronouns of any kind. And yet its technical language, which is designed to be highly accurate, obscures the greater truth.
"...many cultures imbue the utterance of words with spirit because they originate with the breath, with the mystery of life itself."
Writing as an indigenous plant woman I might say, “My plant relatives have shared healing knowledge with me and given me a root medicine.” Instead of ignoring our mutual relationship, I celebrate it. Yet English grammar demands that I refer to my esteemed healer as it, not as a respected teacher, as all plants are understood to be in Potawatomi. That has always made me uncomfortable. I want a word for beingness. Can we unlearn the language of objectification and throw off colonized thought? Can we make a new world with new words?
Inspired by the grammar of animacy in Potawatomi that feels so right and true, I’ve been searching for a new expression that could be slipped into the English language in place of it when we are speaking of living beings. Mumbling to myself through the woods and fields, I’ve tried many different words, hoping that one would sound right to my leafy or feathered companions. There was one that kept rising through my musings. So I sought the counsel of my elder and language guide, Stewart King, and explained my purpose in seeking a word to instill animacy in English grammar, to heal disrespect. He rightly cautioned that “our language holds no responsibility to heal the society that sought to exterminate it.” With deep respect for his response, I thought also of how the teachings of our traditional wisdom might one day be needed as medicine for a broken world. So I asked him if there was a word in our language that captured the simple but miraculous state of just being. And of course there is. “Aakibmaadiziiwin,” he said, “means ‘a being of the earth.’” I sighed with relief and gratitude for the existence of that word. However, those beautiful syllables would not slide easily into English to take the place of the pronoun it. But I wondered about that first sound, the one that came to me as I walked over the land. With full recognition and celebration of its Potawatomi roots, might we hear a new pronoun at the beginning of the word, from the “aaki” part that means land? Ki to signify a being of the living earth. Not he or she, but ki. So that when the robin warbles on a summer morning, we can say, “Ki is singing up the sun.” Ki runs through the branches on squirrel feet, ki howls at the moon, ki’s branches sway in the pine-scented breeze, all alive in our language as in our world.
We’ll need a plural form of course, to speak of these many beings with whom we share the planet. We don’t need to borrow from Potawatomi since—lo and behold—we already have the perfect English word for them: kin. Kin are ripening in the fields; kin are nesting under the eaves; kin are flying south for the winter, come back soon. Our words can be an antidote to human exceptionalism, to unthinking exploitation, an antidote to loneliness, an opening to kinship. If words can make the world, can these two little sounds call back the grammar of animacy that was scrubbed from the mouths of children at Carlisle?
I have no illusions that we can suddenly change language and, with it, our worldview, but in fact English evolves all the time. We drop words we don’t need anymore and invent words that we do. The Oxford Children’s Dictionary notoriously dropped the words acorn and buttercup in favor of bandwidth and chatroom, but restored them after public pressure. I don’t think that we need words that distance us from nature; we need words that heal that relationship, that invite us into an inclusive worldview of personhood for all beings.
As I’ve sent these two little words out into the world like seeds on the wind, they have fallen here and there on fertile ground. Several writers have incorporated them into children’s books and into music. Readers have reported that the very sound, the phoneme pronounced “kee,” has resonance with other words of similar meaning. Ki is a parallel spelling of chi—the word for the inherent life energy that flows through all things. It finds harmony with qui or “who” in Latinate languages. I’ve been told it is the name of a Sumerian Earth goddess and the root of Turkic words for tree. Could ki be a key to unlocking a new way of thinking, or remembering an ancient one?
But these responses are from nature writers, artists, teachers, and philosophers; I want to know how young people, the language makers among us, react. Our little environmental college is dominated by tree huggers, so if there were ever an audience open to ki, they would be it.
"We need words...that invite us into an inclusive worldview of personhood for all beings."
WITH ki and kin rattling around in their heads, the students walk together in the cemetery again, playing with using the words and seeing how they feel on their tongues and in their heads.
Steeped in the formalities of syntax, a fair number of student questions revolve around wanting “rules” for the use of the new words, rules that we don’t have. Is there a possessive case? Where are the boundaries? “I could say ‘ki’ about this shrub,” Renee says, “but what about the wind?”
“Yes,” I tell her, “in my language, the wind is understood as animate.”
As we stand beneath the stoutly branched oak, the students debate how to use the words. If the tree is ki, what about the acorns? They agree that the acorns are kin, a whole family of little beings. The ground is also littered, in this unkempt portion of the cemetery, with fallen branches. “Are these dead limbs considered kin too? Even though they’re dead?” Evelyn asks. “Looking at the dead branches on the ground, I found myself thinking a lot about firewood,” she says. “I’ve always spoken—and thought—as if I was the one who made firewood. But when I thought of that tree as ki, as a being, I suddenly saw how preposterous that was. I didn’t make the firewood. The tree did. I only picked it up from the ground.” In just one sentence Evelyn experiences a transfer of agency or capacity for action from humankind to the tree itself. The grammar of animacy is an antidote to arrogance; it reminds us that we are not alone. Evelyn later writes, “Using ki made me see everything differently, like all these persons were giving gifts—and I couldn’t help but feel grateful. We call that kind of firewood kindling, and for me it has kindled a new understanding. And look—that word kin is right there in kindling.”
Another student, Amanda, adds, “Having this word makes me regard the trees more as individuals. Before, I would just call them all ‘oak’ as if they were a species and not individuals. That’s how we learn it in dendrology, but using ki makes me think of them each, as not just ‘oak,’ but as that particular oak, the one with the broken branch and the brown leaves.”
Despite their very brief introduction to ki and kin, the students get right to the heart of the words’ implications: “I imagine that this would be a challenge for most religious people,” Paul says. “It kind of knocks humans off the pedestal of being the only ones with souls.” Indeed, Christian missionaries were the spearhead of language suppression in indigenous cultures and were among the prime architects of the Indian-boarding-school movement. War on a language of animacy and relationship to the natural world was essential to the dual mission of religious and economic conversion. Certainly the biblical mandate for human subjugation of the creation was incompatible with indigenous languages.
Another student, Kieran, observes, “Using these words as I walk around opened my eyes to how we are all connected. When you start using ki and kin, you will feel remorseful that all of your life you took them for granted.”
Ecopsychologists have suggested that our conceptions of self as inherently separate from the natural world have negative outcomes on the well-being of humans and ecosystems. Perhaps these words can be medicine for them both, so that every time we speak of the living world we breathe out respect and inhale kinship, turning the very atmosphere into a medium of relatedness. If pronouns can kindle empathy, I want to shower the world with their sound.
The most outspoken students voice some enthusiasm for the new pronouns, but the quiet skeptics save their reservations for the writing assignment when we are back in class. One student puts it this way: “This is a warm-hearted and generous idea, but it will never work. People don’t like change and they will be pissed off if you try and tell them how to talk. Most people don’t want to think of nature as being as good as them.” One student writes in a scrawl that carries his impatience in every half-formed letter: “If changing the world is what you’re after, do something real. Volunteer at the food bank, plant a tree. Dreaming up pronouns is a major waste of time.”
This is why I love teaching, the way we are forced to be accountable.
The abstraction of “dreaming up pronouns” does seem fruitless during a time in our nation’s history when the language of disrespect is the currency of political discourse. American nationalism, to say nothing of human exceptionalism, is being elevated as a lofty goal, which leaves little room for humility and ecological compassion. It seems quixotic to argue for respect for nonhuman beings when we refuse to extend it to human refugees. But I think this student is wrong. Words do matter, and they can ripple out to make waves in the “real” world.
The ecological compassion that resides in our indigenous languages is dangerous once again to the enterprise of domination, as political and economic forces are arrayed against the natural world and extractive colonialism is reborn under the gospel of prosperity. The contrast in worldview is as stark today as it was in my grandfather’s time, and once again it is land and native peoples who are made to pay the price.
If you think this is only an arcane linguistic matter, just look to the North Dakota prairie where, as I write this, there are hundreds of people camping out in a blizzard enduring bitter cold to continue the protective vigil for their river, which is threatened by the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the pipeline’s inevitable oil spills. The river is not an it for them—the river lies within their circle of moral responsibility and compassion and so they protect ki fiercely, as if the river were their relative, because ki is. But the ones they are protecting ki from speak of the river and the oil and the pipe all with the same term, as if “it” were their property, as if “it” were nothing more than resources for them to use. As if it were dead.
At Standing Rock, between the ones armed with water cannons and the ones armed with prayer, exist two different languages for the world, and that is where the battle lines are being drawn. Do we treat the earth as if ki is our relative—as if the earth were animated by being—with reciprocity and reverence, or as stuff that we may treat with or without respect, as we choose? The language and worldview of the colonizer are once again in a showdown with the indigenous worldview. Knowing this, the water protectors at Standing Rock were joined by thousands of non-native allies, who also speak with the voice of resistance, who speak for the living world, for the grammar of animacy.
Thankfully, human history is marked by an ever-expanding recognition of personhood, from the time when aboriginals were not seen as human, when slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person, and when a woman was worth less than a man. Language, personhood, and politics have always been linked to human rights. Will we have the wisdom to expand the circle yet again? Naming is the beginning of justice.
Around the world, ideas of justice for nature are emerging in political and legal arenas. In New Zealand, when the Whanganui River was threatened, indigenous Maori leadership earned protection for the sacred waters by getting the river declared a legal “person” with rights to its own well-being. The constitutions of indigenous-led Ecuador and Bolivia enshrine the rights of Mother Nature. The Swiss amended their constitution to define animals as beings instead of objects. Just last year, the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin amended its tribal constitution, recognizing that “ecosystems and natural communities within the Ho-Chunk territory possess an inherent, fundamental, and inalienable right to exist and thrive.” This legal structure will allow the tribe to protect its homelands from mining for fracking sand and fossil fuel extraction because the land will have legal standing as a person. Supported by the revolutionary initiatives of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, the burgeoning Rights of Nature movement is flowering from the roots of animacy, from the personhood of all beings. We’ll need a new pronoun for that.
"Do we treat the earth as if ki is our relative—as if the earth were animated by being—with reciprocity and reverence, or as stuff that we may treat with or without respect, as we choose?"
THE STUDENTS COMMENT that they’d like to use ki and kin, but stumble over the changes in phrasing. “This would be much easier if I’d learned it as a child,” they say. They’re right of course. Not only because language patterns are established early in development, but because children quite naturally speak of other beings as persons. I delight in listening to my grandson, who like most toddlers watching a butterfly flit across the yard says, “He is flying,” or “She sits on a flower.” Children speak at first with a universal grammar of animacy, until we teach them not to. My grandson is also completely smitten with bulldozers and will watch them endlessly, but despite their motion and their roar he is not confused as to their nature: he calls them “it.”
I am also introducing him to Potawatomi words. In honor of the language that was taken from his great-grandfather, I want to give that language back to my grandson, so he will never be alone in the world and live surrounded by kin. He already has the basics of animacy; he hugs trees and kisses moss. My heart cracked with happiness when he looked up from the blueberries in his oatmeal and said, “Nokomis, are these minan?”
He’s growing up in a time when respect among peoples has grown threadbare and there are gaping holes in the fabric of life. The mending we need will require reweaving the relationship between humans and our more-than-human kin. Maybe now, in this time when the myth of human exceptionalism has proven illusory, we will listen to intelligences other than our own, to kin. To get there, we may all need a new language to help us honor and be open to the beings who will teach us. I hope my grandson will always know the other beings as a source of counsel and inspiration, and listen more to butterflies than to bulldozers.
Image: "The Branches of an Oak Tree," by Eugene Stanislas Alexandre Blery, 1837, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives.
This article was made possible through the support of the Kalliopeia Foundation.
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Google Fonts launches Japanese support
Posted by the Google Fonts team
The Google Fonts catalog now includes Japanese web fonts. Since shipping Korean in February, we have been working to optimize the font slicing system and extend it to support Japanese. The optimization efforts proved fruitful—Korean users now transfer on average over 30% fewer bytes than our previous best solution. This type of on-going optimization is a major goal of Google Fonts.
Japanese presents many of the same core challenges as Korean:
Very large character set
Visually complex letterforms
A complex writing system: Japanese uses several distinct scripts (explained well by Wikipedia)
More character interactions: Line layout features (e.g. kerning, positioning, substitution) break when they involve characters that are split across different slices
The impact of the large character set made up of complex glyph contours is multiplicative, resulting in very large font files. Meanwhile, the complex writing system and character interactions forced us to refine our analysis process.
To begin supporting Japanese, we gathered character frequency data from millions of Japanese webpages and analyzed them to inform how to slice the fonts. Users download only the slices they need for a page, typically avoiding the majority of the font. Over time, as they visit more pages and cache more slices, their experience becomes ever faster. This approach is compatible with many scripts because it is based on observations of real-world usage.
Frequency of the popular Japanese and Korean characters on the web
As shown above, Korean and Japanese have a relatively small set of characters that are used extremely frequently, and a very long tail of rarely used characters. On any given page most of the characters will be from the high frequency part, often with a few rarer characters mixed in.
We tried fancier segmentation strategies, but the most performant method for Korean turned out to be simple:
Put the 2,000 most popular characters in a slice
Put the next 1,000 most popular characters in another slice
Sort the remaining characters by Unicode codepoint number and divide them into 100 equally sized slices
A user of Google Fonts viewing a webpage will download only the slices needed for the characters on the page. This yielded great results, as clients downloaded 88% fewer bytes than a naive strategy of sending the whole font. While brainstorming how to make things even faster, we had a bit of a eureka moment, realizing that:
The core features we rely on to efficiently deliver sliced fonts are unicode-range and woff2
Browsers that support unicode-range and woff2 also support HTTP/2
HTTP/2 enables the concurrent delivery of many small files
In combination, these features mean we no longer have to worry about queuing delays as we would have under HTTP/1.1, and therefore we can do much more fine-grained slicing.
Our analyses of the Japanese and Korean web shows most pages tend to use mostly common characters, plus a few rarer ones. To optimize for this, we tested a variety of finer-grained strategies on the common characters for both languages.
We concluded that the following is the best strategy for Korean, with clients downloading 38% fewer bytes than our previous best strategy:
Take the 2,000 most popular Korean characters, sort by frequency, and put them into 20 equally sized slices
Sort the remaining characters by Unicode codepoint number, and divide them into 100 equally sized slices
For Japanese, we found that segmenting the first 3,000 characters into 20 slices was best, resulting in clients downloading 80% fewer bytes than they would if we just sent the whole font. Having sufficiently reduced transfer sizes, we now feel confident in offering Japanese web fonts for the first time!
Now that both Japanese and Korean are live on Google Fonts, we have even more ideas for further optimization—and we will continue to ship updates to make things faster for our users. We are also looking forward to future collaborations with the W3C to develop new web standards and go beyond what is possible with today's technologies (learn more here).
PS - Google Fonts is hiring :)
This entry was posted in Google Developers Blog and tagged Fonts, Japanese, korean on September 28, 2018 by Google Devs.
Google Fonts launches Korean support
The Google Fonts catalog now includes Korean web fonts for designers and developers working with the nation's unique Hangul writing system. While some of the fonts themselves have been available in beta for years now, we introduced official support for Korean earlier this month after devising a more efficient means of serving Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) font files, which have very large character sets and file sizes.
We've always wanted to offer CJK fonts, and over the years we've worked on foundational technologies such as WOFF2 and CSS3 unicode-range in order to make this possible. Last year, Google engineers experimented with different approaches to slicing fonts into smaller subsets, and found that certain techniques had very good results that enabled this launch.
The Hangul script is distinct from Chinese Hanzi and Japanese Kanji characters. In some ways, it shares greater similarity with Western writing systems because it is constructed from a phonetic alphabet. Whereas the visual features of Hanzi and Kanji logograms give no direct indication of their pronunciation, Hangul is a phonographic script in which written words are built from their constituent sounds.
Hangul starts with a set of 19 consonants and 21 vowels (1). When writing a sentence, individual characters are first identified (2), then combined into blocks that represent compete words (3), and finally conjugated and arranged in grammatical form to create a sentence (4).
Despite the elegant logic underlying Hangul script, Korean fonts present the same basic difficulty for developers that Chinese and Japanese fonts do. Hangul characters may be constructed from just 40 basic elements, but the final forms add up quickly. Korean fonts eventually require over ten thousand characters, meaning the files are too large for most users to download so that they will appear instantly upon visiting a website. A typical full Korean font hovers around 4Mb, whereas even fairly extensive Latin fonts rarely exceed 250Kb.
During the time that Korean fonts were only available on the Google Fonts Early Access system, we were surprised that many web developers were willing to accept the latency implications of serving full font files to their users. Still, in order to graduate these fonts out of our Early Access system, we needed to devise a way for them to work for a wider cross-section of web users, especially those with relatively slow connections.
The Google Fonts API offers larger font files as several subsets, such as "latin" and "cyrillic." When the service launched, these subsets had to be selected by developers. For a few years, we've enabled the 'unicode-range' property of CSS3 for browsers that support it. This means when a large font file is sliced into subsets, the ranges of the Unicode characters in each subset are declared as part of the @font-face declaration. This allows browsers to fetch only a particular subset when those characters appear in a web page.
One of the key benefits of the Google Fonts API is cross-site caching, and this benefit continues to apply to the delivery of font subsets through unicode-range. The font files we serve are used by many domains, so after you visit a site and your browser downloads its fonts, the files are saved in the browser's cache. Then the next time you visit another site that uses the same font files, there's no need for your browser to download it again. This latency benefit only increases over time, and since the many subsets of large font files are cached the same way, you'll see the same cross-site benefits with our CJK fonts.
Over the years we have worked with the W3C and browser developers to ensure that unicode-range would become well supported. Now that Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge have shipped this feature, there is enough support to enable a new means of delivering Korean web fonts that works seamlessly for these browsers.
Support for the unicode-range feature has become widespread, according to caniuse.com
In order maximize efficiency, we wanted to know which characters it made the most sense to cluster together in a subset. We devised a slicing strategy by analyzing text on the Korean-language web to extract patterns of Unicode characters, building topic models of which ones tend to appear together on the same page.
As we evaluated different slicing strategies to decide which Korean characters to include in each subset, our goal was to minimize both the number of subsets and the number of requests. If we sliced the script into 1,000 arbitrary subsets, without factoring in usage and commonality, we would get way too many HTTP requests. We built a testing framework to see how a variety of strategies worked with real-world traffic using our Early Access system, and we launched Korean fonts in our directory with the most efficient one we've found so far.
Strategy 1 is no slicing. The best strategy had 20 times fewer connection requests than the worst, which simply divides the font into equal parts without accounting for patterns of language use.
Moving forward, we think we can do even better. With our scale, a small improvement can justify a lot of effort. By continuing to use our testing framework on different approaches to slicing, we can tune our serving to be as efficient as possible. For the web developers who use our API, and all end users, these kinds of changes are totally transparent and don't require any further work on your part. For example, when WOFF2 came out in 2015, every user with a browser supporting WOFF2 got a 25% faster experience. We transparently make things better for all users on an ongoing basis, and there's enormous potential for future improvements in the delivery of CJK fonts.
This launch began with five Korean fonts originally designed by the leading Korean type foundry Sandoll for Naver. Since the initial launch, we have grown the collection to 23 Korean families, and to showcase them we commissioned a digital specimen website from Math Practice, a digital design studio in New York City. Here you can see beautiful Korean typography in action—and with fast page loads made possible by our new slicing technique.
Thanks to SooYoung Jang, Irin Kim, E Roon Kang, Wonyoung So, Guhong Min, Hannah Son, Aaron Bell, Marc Foley, and all the typeface designers involved in growing the Korean fonts collection and developing the minisite.
This entry was posted in Google Developers Blog and tagged Fonts, korean on April 4, 2018 by Google Devs.
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Noto Serif CJK is here!
Crossposted from the Google Developers Blog
Today, in collaboration with Adobe, we are responding to the call for Serif! We are pleased to announce Noto Serif CJK, the long-awaited companion to Noto Sans CJK released in 2014. Like Noto Sans CJK, Noto Serif CJK supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, all in one font.
A serif-style CJK font goes by many names: Song (宋体) in Mainland China, Ming (明體) in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Minchō (明朝) in Japan, and Myeongjo (명조) or Batang (바탕) in Korea. The names and writing styles originated during the Song and Ming dynasties in China, when China's wood-block printing technique became popular. Characters were carved along the grain of the wood block. Horizontal strokes were easy to carve and vertical strokes were difficult; this resulted in thinner horizontal strokes and wider vertical ones. In addition, subtle triangular ornaments were added to the end of horizontal strokes to simulate Chinese Kai (楷体) calligraphy. This style continues today and has become a popular typeface style.
Serif fonts, which are considered more traditional with calligraphic aesthetics, are often used for long paragraphs of text such as body text of web pages or ebooks. Sans-serif fonts are often used for user interfaces of websites/apps and headings because of their simplicity and modern feeling.
Design of '永' ('eternity') in Noto Serif and Sans CJK. This ideograph is famous for having the most important elements of calligraphic strokes. It is often used to evaluate calligraphy or typeface design.
The Noto Serif CJK package offers the same features as Noto Sans CJK:
It has comprehensive character coverage for the four languages. This includes the full coverage of CJK Ideographs with variation support for four regions, Kangxi radicals, Japanese Kana, Korean Hangul and other CJK symbols and letters in the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane of Unicode. It also provides a limited coverage of CJK Ideographs in Plane 2 of Unicode, as necessary to support standards from China and Japan.
Supports GB 18030 and China’s latest standard Table of General Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表) published in 2013.
Supports BIG5, and Traditional Chinese glyphs are compliant to glyph standard of Taiwan Ministry of Education (教育部國字標準字體).
Supports all of the kanji in JIS X 0208, JIS X 0213, and JIS X 0212 to include all kanji in Adobe-Japan1-6.
The best font for typesetting classic Korean documents in Hangul and Hanja such as Humninjeongeum manuscript, a UNESCO World Heritage.
Supports over 1.5 million archaic Hangul syllables and 11,172 modern syllables as well as all CJK ideographs in KS X 1001 and KS X 1002
Noto Serif CJK’s support of character and glyph set standards for the four languages
It respects diversity of regional writing conventions for the same character. The example below shows the four glyphs of '述' (describe) in four languages that have subtle differences.
From left to right are glyphs of '述' in S. Chinese, T. Chinese, Japanese and Korean. This character means "describe".
It is offered in seven weights: ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, and Black. Noto Serif CJK supports 43,027 encoded characters and includes 65,535 glyphs (the maximum number of glyphs that can be included in a single font). The seven weights, when put together, have almost a half-million glyphs. The weights are compatible with Google's Material Design standard fonts, Roboto, Noto Sans and Noto Serif(Latin-Greek-Cyrillic fonts in the Noto family).
Seven weights of Noto Serif CJK
It supports vertical text layout and is compliant with the Unicode vertical text layout standard. The shape, orientation, and position of particular characters (e.g., brackets and kana letters) are changed when the writing direction of the text is vertical.
The sheer size of this project also required regional expertise! Glyph design would not have been possible without leading East Asian type foundries Changzhou SinoType Technology, Iwata Corporation, and Sandoll Communications.
Noto Serif CJK is open source under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. We invite individual users to install and use these fonts in their favorite authoring apps; developers to bundle these fonts with your apps, and OEMs to embed them into their devices. The fonts are free for everyone to use!
Noto Serif CJK font download:https://www.google.com/get/noto
Noto Serif CJK on GitHub:https://github.com/googlei18n/noto-cjk
Adobe's landing page for this release: http://adobe.ly/SourceHanSerif
Source Han Serif on GitHub: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-han-serif/tree/release/
By Xiangye Xiao and Jungshik Shin, Internationalization Engineering team
Source: Google Open Source Blog
This entry was posted in Open Source Blog and tagged chinese, Fonts, Japanese, korean, Open source, open source release, Web Fonts on April 6, 2017 by Open Source Programs Office.
Raising the quality of fonts in our collection
Since the new Google Fonts directory launched in May, we’ve been hard at work improving the quality of the fonts in our collection. In June we invited a team of typeface designers and font engineers from around the world to our New York City offices to kick off a 4-months font improvement project. Each member of the team was selected for their extensive industry experience in type design or font production:
Jacques Le Bailly (Latin type designer)
Lasse Fister (font engineer)
Marc Foley (font engineer)
Kalapi Gajjar (Indian type specialist)
Thomas Jockin (Latin type designer)
Nhung Nguyen (Vietnamese type specialist)
Alexei Vanyashin (Cyrillic type specialist)
The team was tasked with improving the quality of fonts in our catalog. During the first week we examined the entire Google Fonts collection to determine the strengths and weaknesses. We considered various possible approaches to improving quality, and at the end of the week we decided to focus on typefaces that were already widely used and had great potential. We divided the project into three sprints.
Design work consisted of adding glyphs to support more languages, fixing incorrectly placed or shaped accent marks, re-spacing the type’s metrics and kerning, and in some cases re-drawing the designs from scratch. In each sprint we spent one week on quick improvements to one or two families, and three weeks for a deep dive on a single project.
To ensure we maintained a high standard of work and stayed true to the original intent of each design, our entire design process was done in the open (on GitHub) and was regularly documented in the Google Fonts Discussions Group. For each design, our team critiqued each other’s work, and kept in touch with the original designers whenever possible.
Pacifico and Quicksand
In the coming weeks, our team will push the new versions of these fonts. Updated fonts will appear in the Google Fonts directory, and the new higher quality designs will automatically benefit any site or product that uses the Google Fonts API.
Larger, deep-dive projects:
Alfa Slab One, Cabin + Cabin Condensed, Comfortaa, Didact Gothic, Inconsolata, Jura, Maven Pro, Muli, Nunito (and a new Nunito Sans!), Pacifico, Quicksand, Rubik, VT323.
Smaller projects with wider language support:
Anaheim, Anton, Arvo, Bad Script, Bangers, Bevan, Bitter, Cabin Sketch, Cutive Mono, Dancing Script, Francois One, Homenaje, Indie Flower, Kurale, Lobster, Lora, Marmelad, Metrophobic, Merriweather, Neuton, Oswald, Play, Podkova, Poiret One, Prata, Press Start 2P, Raleway, Rokkit, Ropa Sans, Rubik Mono, Share Tech, Sigmar One, Telex, Trocchi, Varela Round, Yanone Kaffeesatz.
Keep watching this blog for new posts by the team summarizing their type design processes, thoughts and decisions.
Posted by Dave Crossland, Program Manager
This entry was posted in Google Web Fonts Blog and tagged Fonts, google fonts, new fonts, Web Fonts on December 8, 2016 by Dave Crossland.
An open source font system for everyone
Originally posted on the Google Developers Blog
A big challenge in sharing digital information around the world is “tofu”—the blank boxes that appear when a computer or website isn’t able to display text: ⯐. Tofu can create confusion, a breakdown in communication, and a poor user experience.
Five years ago we set out to address this problem via the Noto—aka “No more tofu”—font project. Today, Google’s open source Noto font family provides a beautiful and consistent digital type for every symbol in the Unicode standard, covering more than 800 languages and 110,000 characters.
A few samples of the 110,000+ characters covered by Noto fonts.
The Noto project started as a necessity for Google’s Android and ChromeOS operating systems. When we began, we did not realize the enormity of the challenge. It required design and technical testing in hundreds of languages, and expertise from specialists in specific scripts. In Arabic, for example, each character has four glyphs (i.e., shapes a character can take) that change depending on the text that comes after it. In Indic languages, glyphs may be reordered or even split into two depending on the surrounding text.
The key to achieving this milestone has been partnering with experts in the field of type and font design, including Monotype, Adobe, and an amazing network of volunteer reviewers. Beyond “no more tofu” in the common languages used every day, Noto will be used to preserve the history and culture of rare languages through digitization. As new characters are introduced into the Unicode standard, Google will add these into the Noto font family.
Google has a deep commitment to openness and the accessibility and innovation that come with it. The full Noto font family, design source files, and the font building pipeline are available for free at the links below. In the spirit of sharing and communication across borders and cultures, please use and enjoy!
Noto fonts download: https://www.google.com/get/noto/
Design source files: https://github.com/googlei18n/noto-source
Font building pipeline: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake
By Xiangye Xiao and Bob Jung, Internationalization
This entry was posted in Open Source Blog and tagged Fonts, Open source, open source release, releases on October 6, 2016 by Open Source Programs Office.
Introducing OpenType Font Variations
Cześć and hello from the ATypI conference in Warsaw! Together with Microsoft, Apple and Adobe, we’re happy to announce the launch of variable fonts as part of OpenType 1.8, the newest version of the font standard. With variable fonts, your device can display text in myriads of weights, widths, or other stylistic variations from a single font file with less space and bandwidth.
OpenType variable fonts support OpenType Layout variation.
To prevent that the $ sign becomes a black blob,
the stroke disappears at a certain weight.
At Google, we started tinkering with variable fonts about two years ago. We were fascinated by the typographic opportunities, and we got really excited when we realized that variable fonts would also help to save space and bandwidth. We proposed reviving Apple’s TrueType GX variations in OpenType, and started experimenting with it in our tools. The folks at Microsoft then started a four-way collaboration between Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and Google, together with experts from type foundries and tool makers. Microsoft did the spec work; Apple brought their existing technology and expertise; Adobe updated their CFF format into CFF2; and we brought the tools and testing we’d been developing. After months of intense polishing, the specification is now finished.
On the Google end, we did a lot of work to build, edit and display variable fonts:
implemented most of the spec in FontTools
updated the fontmake pipeline so variable fonts can be built from common source formats
updated HarfBuzz
worked with Adobe to implement CFF2 in FreeType
fixed bugs in FreeType
developed a demo tool FontView
As always, all our font tools are free and open source for everyone to use and contribute.
Now that the spec is public, we can finish the work by merging the changes upstream so that our code will soon flow into products. We’ll also update Noto to support variations (for many writing systems, the sources are already there — the rest will follow). Much more work lies ahead, for example, implementing variations in Google Fonts. Together with other browser makers, we’re already working on a proposal to extend CSS fonts with variations. Once everyone agrees on the format, we’ll support it in Google Chrome. And there are many other challenges ahead, like incorporating font variations into other Google products—so it will be a busy time for us! We are incredibly excited that an amazing technology from 23 years ago is coming back to life again today. Huge thanks to our friends at Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft for a great collaboration!
To learn more, read Introducing OpenType Variable Fonts, or talk to us at the FontTools group.
By Behdad Esfahbod and Sascha Brawer, Fonts and Text Rendering, Google Internationalization
This entry was posted in Open Source Blog and tagged Fonts, Open source, open source release, releases on September 14, 2016 by Open Source Programs Office.
Adobe Typekit improves the Rosario typeface family
Since 2010, Google Fonts been collaborating with the Adobe Typekit team to create better web font technology. And now that many fonts first published by Google Fonts are also available in Adobe Edge Web Fonts, we’re extending that collaboration beyond just software to fonts themselves.
Together with Adobe, we want to improve the quality of open source fonts available to everyone publishing on the web. As a first step, the Typekit team has optimized Rosario, a humanist sans serif based on the classic proportions of Garamond’s type.
To start the process, Typekit reached out to the foundry, Omnibus Type, to request up to date copies of the font source files. Here are some examples of the possible optimizations that the Adobe team might make to a web font:
Convert and/or clean up outlines, for design fidelity and file size efficiency
Re-componentize source fonts, for file size efficiency
Remove/reassign glyphs with incorrect Unicode code points, for semantic value
Add common missing glyphs (non-breaking space, soft hyphen)
Set vertical metrics values according to best practices
Set underline and strike-through values, for design consistency
Contribute PostScript hints and (if a typeface was designed for small sizes like paragraph text) TrueType instructions (also called hinting), which consist of instructions to the rasterizer embedded in the font file itself
After making some of these improvements, Typekit sent their version back to the foundry to review and release on the Omnibus Type homepage. The updated Rosario family is now available in Typekit, Adobe Edge Web Fonts and Google Fonts.
Together with the Typekit team, we’re looking forward to more quality improvements in the future!
This entry was posted in Google Web Fonts Blog and tagged adobe, Fonts, ofl, omnibus type, rosario, typekit, Web Fonts on May 23, 2013 by Dave Crossland.
A new look and name for Google Web Fonts
This week, Google Web Fonts got a simpler, cleaner look that makes searching and accessing your fonts easier than ever. And in the spirit of simplicity, today Google Web Fonts is now just “Google Fonts.” It’s still the same great collection of free fonts you know and love, but with a new name.
You can get started with Google Fonts here: www.google.com/fonts
Posted by Ajay Surie, Product Manager
This entry was posted in Google Web Fonts Blog and tagged Fonts, google fonts, Web Fonts on April 11, 2013 by Unknown.
Easier ways to find the right font
We know that finding the right font for your website or blog is a personal choice, and there are many great fonts available to choose from on the web. Now when you search for a font that isn’t available on Google Web Fonts, we show you additional fonts available from Monotype. Each result is shown in the actual font so you can easily preview your options. To get more information on a font, simply click the link under it’s name.
We look forward to adding results from more web font providers in the future.
Posted by Raziel Alvarez, Software Engineer
This entry was posted in Google Web Fonts Blog and tagged Fonts, monotype, new fonts, Web Fonts on April 5, 2013 by A Googler.
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Azerbaijan announces capture of Karabakh's second-largest city, Armenia denies it
International Rest of the World
Heavy fighting near key town in Karabakh
Warring sides fight new clashes in "powder keg" Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh tensions rise sharply, Azerbaijan warns over pipelines
Humanitarian crisis feared as Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire buckles
Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire strained by recriminations, fighting reports
Azerbaijan Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh Shusha Karabakh
Rescuers remove debris following what is said to be recent shelling in the city of Stepanakert during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on November 6. Armenian Unified Infocentre/Handout via REUTERS
Reuters/Baku/Yerevan
* Strategically important city called Shusha by Azeris, Shushi by Armenians
* Armenia denies city capture, says battle continues
* Turkey's Erdogan congratulates Azerbaijan
Azeris celebrated on the streets of Baku after President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country's forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, but Armenian officials denied the city had been captured.
Shusha, which Armenians call Shushi, is of cultural and strategic importance to both sides and is located 15 km south of the enclave's largest city Stepanakert.
At least 1,000 people have died in nearly six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians.
"(This day) will become a great day in the history of Azerbaijan," Aliyev said, announcing that Baku's troops had taken Shusha/Shushi.
In Baku, Azeris gathered in large numbers to celebrate, waving flags and chanting slogans, while drivers sounded their car horns.
Officials from the Nagorno-Karabakh region and Armenia's Defence Ministry denied Aliyev's statement.
"Shushi remains an unattainable pipe dream for Azerbaijan. Despite heavy destruction, the fortress city withstands the blows of the enemy," the Nagorno-Karabakh Rescue Service said.
Armenia's defence ministry said that heavy fighting for the strategic site continues, while the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh said they had repelled multiple attempts by the Azeri side to advance on the town.
Turkish leaders congratulated Azerbaijan on Sunday.
"I congratulate my Azeri brothers' Shusha victory... I believe (it) is a sign that the rest of the occupied lands will be liberated soon too," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said, addressing crowds in Turkey's northwestern province of Kocaeli.
The city could serve as a key staging post for an Azeri assault on the enclave's largest city, Stepanakert. Both have come under heavy shelling in recent days. Azerbaijan's defence ministry said allegations that it had shelled civilian areas were 'misinformation'.
The town is also culturally significant to both sides, Thomas de Waal, analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said.
Its population was predominantly made up of Azeris before the previous conflict, making it historically significant for Azerbaijan. For Armenians, it is the site of Karabakh's cathedral, de Waal said.
Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty
Fiji declares state of natural disaster as powerful cyclone approaches
Armenians at a crossroads on last route out of Karabakh
Armenian politician arrested over alleged PM assassination plot
Thousands of Armenians demand prime minister quit over ceasefire
Mongolia records first local coronavirus transmission
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
Kosovo President resigns to face war crimes charges
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1955 desoto firedome sportsman
2dr Hardtop Coupe 8-cyl. 291cid/185hp 2bbl
History of the 1952-1959 DeSoto Firedome
The DeSoto Firedome first appeared in 1952, heralding the installation of a Hemi V-8 in the Custom Series. The engine had been available in Chryslers since 1951 but it was the first DeSoto V-8 since 1931. The 276-cid engine generated 160 hp and the new Firedome was offered as a convertible, a station wagon, six- and eight-passenger sedans, a club coupe, and a Sportsman hardtop coupe. List prices hovered around $3,000. In all, 45,830 Firedomes sold in 1952, making it the most popular model for the year.
DeSoto’s 25th anniversary in 1953 saw Firedome sales nearly double to 86,502. Styling was slightly changed, and air conditioning was introduced as an option. Changes for 1954 were limited to the introduction of Chrysler’s PowerFlite automatic transmission and a power boost to 170 hp. A high-level Coronado trim was added mid-year to the Firedome sedan, and offered a Sportsman coupe’s interior with a tri-tone paint exterior.
For 1955, the Hemi grew to 291 cid and 185hp. The big news for all cars in the Chrysler stable was the complete “Forward Look” redesign, with DeSoto receiving a very handsome package in bright colors. The Firedome series replaced the Powermaster as the entry level models, while the Fireflite bowed as the new luxury line.
In 1956, the Forward Look was freshened and DeSoto actually outsold Chrysler for the year. A 12-volt electrical system was adopted, the Hemi grew to 330 cid and 230 hp and Powerflite transmission was optional on the Firedome.
All new bodywork arrived in 1957 with a massive one-piece grille and front bumper and the biggest fins so far. Firedome became the middle line for DeSoto as Firesweep was introduced as the entry level line. DeSoto Firedomes now used a Dodge chassis and were built by the Dodge Division.
The Firedome engine grew to 361 cdi in 1958, developing 295 hp. The grille was changed slightly and the side trim and contrasting panels now went up at the rear instead of down. Firedome sales dwindled, and 1959 marked the end of the line, with DeSoto following suit in 1961.
The DeSoto Firedome is eye-catching in both design and color, but rust is a serious concern. Also, interior materials and external trim can be hard to source. Mechanically, however, they are quite sound, and they are an unusual and delightful way to stand out at a 1950s cruise-in.
1955 desoto firedome sportsman Info
2dr Hardtop Coupe
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Workforce Reports
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The APRN Policy and Practice Task Force is comprised of APRNs (CNM, CNP, CNM, CNRA) across the state and across all settings of care who work collaboratively with the Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing to accomplish the goals of the Task Force.
What are APRNs?
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Removing APRN Barriers to Practice Initiative
The people of Hawai‘i should have access to high quality, cost effective health care. Evidence from nationwide studies indicates that primary care services can be provided by APRNs as safely (and more cost effectively) as by physicians. A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to respond effectively to rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system. These barriers need to be overcome. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2010 report on the Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health recommended the removal of scope-of-practice barriers. It further stated, “Advanced practice registered nurses should be able to practice to the full extent of their education and training.” Federal and state-based regulations must be amended and coverage expanded to include advanced practice registered nurses. The HSCN APRN Policy and Practice Task Force is committed to identifying and breaking down these barriers.
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Hawai‘i launched Preceptor Tax Credits for Healthcare Providers who precept in-state APRN, MD, DO, and Pharmacy students/residents. For more information and registration visit the Hawai‘i Preceptor Tax Credit Website.
Goals of the Task Force
The Task Force was established to:
Address professional issues relating to APRNs (including, but not limited to, compliance with national licensing, accreditation, certification and education requirements; practice barriers, assessing the need for statutory and administrative rule amendments;
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William Kaynor
Rep. William Kaynor
Former Representative for Massachusetts’s 2nd District
Kaynor was the representative for Massachusetts’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1929 to 1931.
Contact Rep. William Kaynor
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Head over to Rep. William Kaynor’s website. If you are having a problem with a government agency, look for a contact link for casework to submit a request for help. Otherwise, look for a phone number on that website to call his office if you have a question.
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You are currently on the website GovTrack.us, which has no affiliation with Kaynor and is not a government website. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Kaynor.
From Apr 1929 to Dec 1929, Kaynor missed 2 of 15 roll call votes, which is 13.3%. This is on par with the median of 17.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1929. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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Grandma Slump
Local Man Writes Own Blog
Newsletter -- Cannibal's Consumed
With Cannibal back in town -- he'd been away on assignment for the newsletter -- I called for an all-staff dinner, part of a secret plan to feel him out, to decide whether to forgive him or bounce him from the staff. I wanted to see how he related to The Lady. Was the sickening sexual display we'd endured on the Fourth of July still on his mind or had he merely followed the others in ignorance?
To this point Cannibal didn't know a thing about Danny, Spud, and Tipsy being gone. His assignment had taken him up just northeast of Silage City, where people don't ordinarily go, to get a feature on a cannibalistic cult in the backwoods. He was so far out there, and in such a dangerous place, I was a little afraid I'd never hear from him again, but not only did he come back, he seemed healthier than when he left.
I had a place at the table set for everyone, including the missing three. As we gathered I said, "I wonder what happened to Spud, Danny, and Tipsy, where they are." Cannibal goes, "Don't look at me, I'm still hungry." Seeing that he had no idea of any problems here, everything was just right for the test. Our time together was actually lovely, with nothing untoward in regard to The Lady. As we ate we shared in pleasant chit-chat about the cult and some of their practices, such as abducting people from nursing homes and giving them a fit send-off in their ritual. Cannibal said he made some important contacts for future articles.
Naturally I'm thinking, I believe I could forgive Cannibal for July 4. It was mindless sex, he didn't mean anything by it; he was simply weak and so easily swayed by the others in their lust. But then, after we'd eaten and The Lady was working on the dishes, I came back from the office and overheard him with his shrill grating voice coming on to her. "It's just you and me, baby. And this time I'll have you all to myself!" I sprang into view and declared that he was as guilty as the others, who had all bit the dust. "So you're not the completely withdrawn clueless cannibal you pretend to be!"
It quickly became very unpleasant, of course, as in the heat of encounters like this the bile flows so freely and has to have its way. Now fully exposed, Cannibal revealed himself as a thinking creature indeed, and a nasty one at that. "No, Kundalini, and you're not the mastermind Super Brain you pretend to be!" He revealed himself as fully conscious, amazing for one always hiding behind a clueless facade. He belittled the newsletter as "blurbs and trivial anecdotes of your pointless life!" The topper came when he declared of himself, "I'm the one with the true life! A life The Lady will share!"
That was it! In my opinion, a cannibal isn't that far removed from a vampire. And just like Dracula, this little bastard -- who literally feasts on human flesh -- absolutely intended to replenish his centers of power by one or more love noshes -- which could of course prove fatal to The Lady. She was already in his thrall, staring blankly ahead, like a shopper so fascinated by the bargains at a department store that she can't move and so is trampled from behind.
This was when it got scary. I started to move, but Cannibal twisted his hand in my direction and I was frozen in my tracks. I stood like a statue, motionless. But I still had my Super Brain and years of meditation to draw on. It came to me, that a little movement of energies would help loosen his hold. I used a technique called Diverting Thoughts; at a time like this it's concentration that means certain death. So step by step I set aside Cannibal's power by refocusing my thoughts. My thoughts weren't even of him. I quietly reaffirmed my resolve to put out the best little newsletter possible, and also, to be very personal, I thought of my mother in heaven showing me a power fist of solidarity.
I was of course gaining all the time and began mentally toying with Cannibal. Sweat broke out on his furrowed brow and his twisted hand pulled in on itself and he was gripped in pain. I saw in his evil cannibalistic eyes at that moment something I'll never forget, the look of absolute fear. The tables had turned! I returned to diverting my thoughts, thinking now of how much rain we've gotten and mentally complaining how high the grass is. Am I right? While extending my powerful hands and shooting rays and holding him transfixed in my grasp. "Take this, you cannibalistic bastard!" He sought in vain to shield my fantastic power. But in my mental grasp I was able to move his head close to the table, then up and down -- thump thump thump. That'd be painful for anyone, like the pain I feel mowing the yard twice as much as normal.
I stepped forward boldly and pulled the Lady to safety. She was free to return to the dishes. Then I bore down like I've never bored down before. Cannibal's narrow beady eyes bugged out of his head in fear. To be released, he would've sworn to anything I demanded: absolute fealty, worship and obeisance, free articles for life, no coffee breaks, vegetarianism. But I broke my grasp and left him panting and writhing on the floor.
I was surprisingly gracious at the end: "I'm not going to kill you, Cannibal, although I probably should. Instead, you shall live out your life with the terrible knowledge that, thanks to my newsletter, your name will forever be mud. Your shame shall endure as long as the newsletter and the world itself abide. As far as your personal fate, you shall be forever trapped in a purgatory of your own making, and no one will like you. You shall slog out your remaining days in the work release system, until eventually they march you to a small cell, then shoot the only key to its door into the farthest reaches of outer space, where only black holes abide. An existence I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, which by the way isn't you. You're not even worthy of that distinction. My worst enemy is forever the fear of missing the next deadline for my newsletter and blog."
The black prison bus arrived to take Cannibal back to the farm. From a mile away I could see him, looking out the windows at folks that, had he been free, he might've enjoyed.
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With the Virus, keeping my shades pulled
I have nothing for May, except whatever incidental things I think of through the month. But it was tough in April. Lots of people suffering, then that day my dog was constipated. If anything occurs to me, I'll jot it down here.
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Forest based products as important as sink for climate mitigation
#CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, has launched a new study on the ‘Climate effect of the forest based sector in the European Union’.
For the first time, a scientific study quantifies the ‘substitution effect’ which consists of preventing #CO2 emissions moving away from fossil based materials, and couples it with existing data on process emissions, CO2 removed by the #forest and the CO2 stored in forest products.
Dr Holmgren, the study author and former director general of the Centre for International Forestry Research, presented the study key findings: ‘The results show that forests and forest based products remove a net of 806 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents annually. This corresponds to 20% of all fossil emissions in the European Union,’ he said. He explained that the circular bio-economy model allows for a better calculation of the positive climate impact by considering the forests together with the circularity of the value chain.
Alfonso Gutierrez-Teira, head of sector for forestry and bio-economy at DG AGRI, emphasised that it is crucial to align the European climate neutrality law with other planned legislation review namely LULUCF, Energy efficiency, Renewable Energy and the upcoming proposal on a new EU Adaptation Strategy.
Regarding the EU Forest Strategy planned for the first quarter of 2021, he said that there are many different pressures on forest that the European Commission will need to manage when drafting the strategy. He commented that it is essential to find a balance between 1) afforestation and forest restoration, 2) forest resilience and protection, 3) sustainable forest management of all European forests, 4) building the new EU growth model and contributing to the different dimensions of the Green Deal. Finally, he concluded that the new CEPI study helps the sector contribute to the discussions and confirmed that the new EU Forest Strategy will take into account the role of the Forest-based industries.
CEPI director general Jori Ringman said, ‘The radical thing about the substitution effect is that it is immediate and significant: unlike most other climate change mitigation options, increased substitution is available here and now. We need EU policies that support consumers to move from high carbon products to low carbon forest based products. We need to keep fossil carbon in the ground and to make responsibly sourced bio based raw materials more available and easier to access.’
Fanny-Pomme Langue, secretary general at the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) highlighted that Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) is essential to contribute to the three main climate benefits – Sequestration, Storage and Substitution. ‘SFM is the tool to maintain carbon sink while increasing carbon storage in EU forests and wood products and substituting fossil based products and energy. It is also the solution to manage the growing risk and uncertainty related to natural disturbances,’ she said.
According to Margherita Miceli, policy officer, European Confederation of Woodworking industries (CEI-Bois), with climate neutrality as a key goal of the European Green Deal, the study confirms that forest based industries are one of the green and resilient European industrial ecosystems that can help build the transition towards a carbon neutral economy by 2050.
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The Queen's fascinating homeschool education explained
Her Majesty has a vast knowledge yet has never taken an exam
Last modified on Jan 06, 2021 14:33 GMT Sophie Hamilton Read about the Queen's fascinating homeschool education at Buckingham Palace with her sister Princess Margaret. The royal siblings had a governess, yet never took an exam…
As parents across the UK homeschool their children once again, it's fascinating to learn that Her Majesty the Queen was also educated at home.
Yes, of course, she had a governess and tutors (we can but wish!), but she, like our children at this moment, was not surrounded by many other children in a bustling classroom environment.
The monarch and her sister Princess Margaret were educated by their mother and a governess, Marion Crawford, who they affectionately called 'Crawfie' - as well as private tutors.
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The siblings were the last members of the royal family to be educated at home (until now, that is, with the royals in lockdown too) and neither sisters gained any formal qualifications.
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The princesses in the school room at Buckingham Palace
However, their knowledge was vast. The pair were taught to read and write by their mother until they were age seven and the Queen later became fluent in both French and German.
The monarch also took lessons in constitutional history from the vice provost of Eton, Henry Marten. According to royalcentral.co.uk, the then-princess also learnt about maths, history, dancing, art and singing.
A young Elizabeth and Margaret with their governess Marion Crawford
An article in Marie Claire revealed that the girls' governess tried to encourage outdoor activities too and even set up the 'Buckingham Palace Girl Guides Company' for the young princesses and their cousins, along with the children of palace staff.
Professor Kate Williams, author of Young Elizabeth, has previously told Good Housekeeping: "The Queen's father had disliked school and her mother thought it was more important to have fun." She added: "Unlike her father, the Queen was and is very bright and had an appetite for learning as well as a razor-sharp memory."
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Scenes from Childhood op. 15 and Album for the Young op. 68
Ernst Herttrich (Editor)
Walther Lampe (Fingering)
Andreas Groethuysen (Fingering)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Pages 127 (XIII+114), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
HN 46 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0046-2
Combining these two Schumann bestsellers seemed very natural: both of the titles not only reflect their inner association but the technical demands on the pianist are for once not so great (see the levels of difficulty). And both works are collections of more-or-less short, succinct pieces that ever since their publication (in 1839 and 1848) were to “profoundly influence middle-class musical culture in the second half of the 19th century. To this day, they have lost hardly any of their appeal” (Ernst Herttrich in the preface).
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Scenes from Childhood op. 15
Von fremden Ländern und Menschen op. 15,1
Piano 4 medium
ABRSM: Piano Grade 5 (recommended)
Curiose Geschichte op. 15,2
Hasche-Mann op. 15,3
Bittendes Kind op. 15,4
Glückes genug op. 15,5
Wichtige Begebenheit op. 15,6
Träumerei op. 15,7
Am Camin op. 15,8
Ritter vom Steckenpferd op. 15,9
Fast zu ernst op. 15,10
Fürchtenmachen op. 15,11
Kind im Einschlummern op. 15,12
Der Dichter spricht op. 15,13
Album for the Young op. 68
Melodie op. 68,1
Piano 2 easy
ABRSM: Piano Grade 1
Soldatenmarsch op. 68,2
Trällerliedchen op. 68,3
Ein Choral op. 68,4
Stückchen op. 68,5
Armes Waisenkind op. 68,6
Jägerliedchen op. 68,7
Wilder Reiter op. 68,8
Volksliedchen op. 68,9
Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend op. 68,10
Sicilianisch op. 68,11
Knecht Ruprecht op. 68,12
Mai, lieber Mai, - Bald bist du wieder da! op. 68,13
Kleine Studie op. 68,14
Frühlingsgesang op. 68,15
Erster Verlust op. 68,16
Kleiner Morgenwanderer op. 68,17
Schnitterliedchen op. 68,18
Kleine Romanze op. 68,19
Ländliches Lied op. 68,20
*** op. 68,21
Rundgesang op. 68,22
Reiterstück op. 68,23
Ernteliedchen op. 68,24
Nachklänge aus dem Theater op. 68,25
Canonisches Liedchen op. 68,27
Erinnerung op. 68,28
Fremder Mann op. 68,29
Kriegslied op. 68,31
Sheherazade op. 68,32
"Weinlese - fröhliche Zeit!" op. 68,33
Thema op. 68,34
Mignon op. 68,35
Lied italienischer Marinari op. 68,36
Matrosenlied op. 68,37
Winterszeit I op. 68,38
Winterszeit II op. 68,39
Kleine Fuge op. 68,40
Nordisches Lied op. 68,41
Figurierter Choral op. 68,42
Sylvesterlied op. 68,43
Auf der Gondel op. 68 Anhang I
Bärentanz op. 68 Anhang I
Für ganz Kleine op. 68 Anhang I
Gukkuk im Versteck op. 68 Anhang I
Haschemann op. 68 Anhang I
*** C major op. 68 Anhang I
*** G major op. 68 Anhang I
Lagune in Venedig op. 68 Anhang I
*** A major op. 68 Anhang I
Puppenschlafliedchen op. 68 Anhang I
Rebus op. 68 Anhang I
Ein Thema von G.F. Händel op. 68 Anhang II
Ein Stückchen von J.S. Bach op. 68 Anhang II
[Ein Stückchen von Gluck] op. 68 Anhang II
Ein Stückchen von Mozart op. 68 Anhang II
[Ein Stückchen von Beethoven] op. 68 Anhang II
Ein Trinklied von C.M. v. Weber op. 68 Anhang II
Eine berühmte Melodie von L. van Beethoven op. 68 Anhang II
Ein Ländler von Franz Schubert op. 68 Anhang II
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Many editions group Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood op. 15 and Album for the Young op. 68 in one volume. There is reason enough to do so: the titles of the two works, for example, and the similar level of difficulty of the pieces, if we except the somewhat easier Part I of the Album. However, the opus numbers show that there is a considerable time gap between the origin of … more
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About the composer
Connected with his oeuvre is the term he coined, Poetic Music, with which he strove for a fusion of literature and music, a paradigm particularly seen in his lyric piano pieces prior to 1839. Thereafter he devoted himself to other genres (song, symphony, chamber music, among others).
1810 Born in Zwickau on June 8, the son of a bookdealer.
from 1828 Studies law in Leipzig, piano with Friedrich Wieck. Decision to pursue a career in music.
1830–39 He exclusively composes piano works, mostly cycles, including “Papillons,” Op. 2 (1829–32); “Carnaval,” Op 9 (1834/35); “Davidsbündlertänze,” Op. 6 (1837); “Kinderszenen” (“Scenes from Childhood”), Op. 15 (1837/38); “Kreisleriana,” Op. 16 (1838); “Noveletten,” Op. 21 (1838).
1832 A paralysis of a finger in his right hand makes a career as a pianist impossible. Founding in 1833 of the fantasy brotherhood the “Davidsbund” (“League of David”).
1835–44 Editor of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal of Music).
1840 Marriage to Clara Wieck; 138 songs, including the Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op. 39; the song cycle “Dichterliebe,” Op. 48
1841 Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major (“Spring” Symphony), Op. 38, and Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120.
1842 Three string quartets, Op. 41; further chamber music.
1843 Teacher of composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. Oratorio “Paradise and the Peri,” Op. 50.
1845 He settles in Dresden. Journey to Russia.
1845 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61.
1850 City music director in Düsseldorf. Premiere in Leipzig of his opera “Genoveva,” Op. 81. Symphony in E-flat major (“Rhenish”), Op. 97; Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129.
1853 Beginning of his friendship with Brahms. Completion of the Scenes from Faust. Violin Concerto in D minor for Joseph Joachim.
1854 Suicide attempt and admission to the psychiatric institution in Endenich, near Bonn.
1856 Death in Endenich on July 29.
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Dr. Ernst Herttrich, born in 1942 in Würzburg, read musicology, history, German and theology at the universities in Würzburg and Cologne. In 1970 he earned his doctorate in Würzburg with a study of the expression of melancholy in the music of Mozart.
From 1970 to 1990 he was an editor at G. Henle Publishers in Munich, after which he was Head of the Beethoven Complete Edition for over 15 years. In 1999 he took over as Head of the Beethoven-Haus Publishers, and from 2001 was made Head of the Beethoven-Archiv, the research centre at the Beethoven-Haus.
He has been a visiting professor at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo and has undertaken several lecture tours both there and to Kyoto. His research interests include source studies, editorial techniques and music history. Herttrich’s publications include “Beethoven. Liederkreis an die ferne Geliebte” (Bonn 1999) and “Ludwig van Beethoven. Biographie in Bildern” (Bonn, 2000). Herttrich has edited over 100 Urtext editions for G. Henle Publishers.
Prof. Walther Lampe, born in 1872 in Leipzig, died in 1964 in Munich, studied the piano with Clara Schumann at the Hoch’schen Konservatorium in Frankfurt, as well as music theory and composition. He concluded his studies in Berlin, where he was a student of Herzogenberg and Humperdinck.
He first appeared as a concert pianist, but in 1920 was appointed as a professor and head of a class at the Münchener Akademie der Tonkunst. After Lampe was given emeritus status in 1937, he took on a piano class at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Günter Henle, who grew up in Munich, was a private pupil of Lampe’s, from the age of 15 (in 1914). In his autobiography he wrote of his piano teacher in the following glowing terms:
“The years in which Walther Lampe, the renowned pianist and Head of piano master-classes in Munich and Salzburg, instructed me in the higher mysteries of piano playing, are amongst the most treasured memories of my youth. […] Lampe, himself an excellent concert pianist, had the reputation of being one of the leading teachers. Due to his practical experience of many decades he was able to pass on his great knowledge and skill both in words and through his own playing in a highly inspiring and supportive manner. His interpretations of Mozart were positively divine. […] I remain indebted to him for his great artistic suggestions and his friendship, which he shared with me over decades.”
During the first few years of World War II, Günter Henle looked up his old teacher and friend in Munich several times to play music with him. It was self-evident for Günter Henle to inform Walther Lampe of his plans to set up his music publishing house shortly after the end of the war, asking him for his help and advice. Lampe was very actively involved in the first editions: almost all of the Urtext editions published in the early years were supervised intensively by Lampe, a fact which is attested by the comprehensive correspondence in the archives of G. Henle Publishers. And Lampe also contributed his own fingerings to almost all of these editions. It is a very impressive list of titles, which even today still form part of G. Henle Publishers’ core repertoire.
Prof. Andreas Groethuysen, born in 1956 in Munich, studied music with Ludwig Hoffmann in Munich and, on a scholarship from the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”, with Peter Feuchtwanger in London.
After several years as a soloist, Groethuysen formed a piano duo with Yaara Tal, which has now become the focus of his artistic work. The duo regularly performs in many European countries, in Israel, China, North and South America. In exclusive cooperation with SONY CLASSICAL the internationally acclaimed piano duo has released a great many CDs – 28 to date – almost all of which have been awarded prizes.
This is a highly imaginative set of pieces, showing a complete change of Zeitgeist from the Minuets, Bagatelles and even Ländler of previous eras to these pictures of Sheherazade, The Stranger and a Venice Lagoon.
[Piano Professional, 2008]
En cuidada y muy bien documentada edicíon urtext llega este álbum con las dos obras fundamentales dedicadas a los niños y jóvenes por Schumann.
[Dia a dia, 2008]
Abegg Variations op. 1
Album Leaves op. 124
Allegro b minor op. 8
Am Klavier - 17 bekannte Originalstücke
Arabesque C major op. 18
At the Piano - 17 well-known original pieces
Carnaval op. 9
Carnival of Vienna op. 26
Coloured Leaves (Bunte Blätter) op. 99
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Clean fuels
Combi Lift completes Gazprom Amur Gas Processing contract
Hydrocarbon Engineering, Friday, 04 May 2018 09:35
With the loading of eight custom-made Damen tugs, Combi Lift reached an important milestone in the Gazprom Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) Project in Russia. This officially marks the transition period between the project’s intense planning and long-awaited implementation stages.
Combi Lift, contracted by the Linde Group as the exclusive logistics partner for oversized and heavy cargo, chose to cooperate with SAL Heavy Lift in this project. On behalf of Combi Lift, SAL’s Type 161B vessel MV Annette loaded eight newly-built tugs in the Waalhaven in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The tugs will be shipped to De-Kastri, Russia, to play an important role in the Gazprom Amur GPP Project. The four Amur River tugs and four Zeya River shallow draft tugs were custom-built by the Damen Shipyards Group for this project, and are designed to cope with extremely low water levels, especially in the Zeya River.
All loaded and transported tugs included initial outfitting and spare parts packages. A customised rigging arrangement ensured safe loading procedures. The Amur River tugs, measuring 24.88 m x 11.97 m x 10.3 m and weighing 272 t each, and the Zeya River shallow draft tugs, measuring 25.9 m x 8.5 m x 8.3 m and weighing 150 t each, were stowed on deck with an overhang of up to 2600 mm to each side.
All engineering planning, including stowage planning, rigging arrangement, lifting plans, cribbing plans and sea fastening calculations, was performed in-house in close cooperation with SAL Heavy Lift, another member of the Harren & Partner Group. Very tight stowage planning was necessary to realise the transportation of all eight tugs in one shipment. All of the tugs are certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) and the Russian River Register (RRR).
“We appreciate Damen's professionalism, good teamwork and smooth handling of all production processes. A punctual and reliable delivery of the tugs was essential for the progress and success of this important project. We are very satisfied with the great teamwork and the quality of all tugs,” explains Heiko Felderhoff, CEO at Combi Lift.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/gas-processing/04052018/combi-lift-competes-gazprom-amur-gas-processing-contract/
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Eight Terrifying Team Project Mistakes
By John Paul Mueller
Mistake 1: Job Promotions That Don't Really Work
Mistake 2: Talking Without Communicating
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Mistake 6: Viewpoint Is Everything
Mistake 7: Misunderstood Errors
Mistake 8: Fast Isn't Always Better
You may have read about teams that didn't prepare properly or that lacked good documentation. What really happened in some of those projects? In the process of writing dozens of technical books, John Paul Mueller has observed or learned about plenty of project mistakes, including these frightening (true) examples. Weep along with the protagonists, if you like, but learn how to avoid this doom.
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, 2nd Edition
Projects fail for all kinds of reasons. The most obvious suffer the results of inadequate planning; those IT failures often become public. However, some sources of team failure don't get noticed because of politics, or a privacy business requirement keeps them in the dark.
While I was writing a book about application design and development, I stumbled across some interesting failure points that you may want to consider when planning for your next project. (By consider, I mean think about so you can avoid.) I've changed the names of people and companies in these examples to protect the innocent (and their jobs), but the mistakes are all real. These problems actually happened. You'll want to avoid them—unless they already sound way, way too familiar.
Mary, a hard-working database administrator (DBA) at an insurance company, was exceptionally talented at her job. Everyone admired how quickly she could accomplish tasks, and appreciated that she always had good answers to problems. Mary was the kind of person you wanted to know. She went out of her way to make her area of the company run well.
During one project, the company management promoted Mary as a reward for all her hard work. But as a team leader, Mary lacked the people skills required to pull the team together. In addition, her successor for her old job as DBA didn't know a field from a row, so the database became corrupted. After several months, the project died on the vine.
Someone had to pay for the failure, so management fired Mary. Totally disgusted, she felt her years at the company had been wasted and that no one appreciated her work. Because she was gone, the company now had a trashed project, corrupted data, and a host of other problems. The sad thing is that Mary never asked for the promotion and tried to turn it down when it was offered.
The moral of this story is that not everyone wants to be president of the company (or anything even close). Some people like to work quietly and not have a lot of responsibility. They're proficient and comfortable at their task.
You can reward these hard-working individuals in other ways than with a promotion. Sometimes a pay raise or additional vacation time does the trick; sometimes you can come up with a unique and personal response. In fact, you can ask the employee directly; people often know which rewards they'd like to receive. Mary really wanted a private office. The company could have supplied that with ease, and they would still have Mary working hard today if management hadn't thought the only possible reward was a promotion.
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Supercharging Your Cheap Router with Enterprise Features
By Eric Geier
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You don't have to be stuck with the manufacturer's configuration interface; you can replace the software on your wireless router. Replacing the firmware can also give you enhanced and advanced features usually found in high-end equipment. Let Eric Geier, author of Wi-Fi Hotspots: Setting Up Public Wireless Internet Access, describe the highs and lows of aftermarket firmware projects.
Wi-Fi Hotspots: Setting Up Public Wireless Internet Access
You don't have to spend hundreds or thousands to get the enterprise features for your router. You can turn your cheap wireless G or N router into a Swiss Army networking tool: Use it as a repeater, mesh node, or a regular wireless access point (AP).
Plus you can use additional features to provide secure remote access, link your offices together, offer hotspot access, and much more.
You get this type of functionality by replacing the factory firmware of your router with third-party firmware. You don't replace or modify the hardware; you are just giving it a new brain—teaching it new tricks. Firmware consists simply of a few-megabyte file that you upload via the router's Web-based configuration screen or by using a transfer method like TFTP.
Once you've flashed the router with the new firmware, the router will have new Web-based configuration screens. The screens should be organized in a somewhat similar fashion to the factory GUI.
You should be able to easily change the general wireless and network settings. Then configuring some of the advanced features may require reviewing the FAQs, a Wiki, or any tutorials.
In the next few sections, you'll discover a few different replacement firmware projects.
DD-WRT seems to be the most popular, feature-rich, and updated replacement firmware out there. Its first versions were based on the Alchemy firmware from Sveasoft, another firmware developer I'll discuss.
Like similar projects, DD-WRT adds features that surpass what the hardware vendors offer in consumer-grade routers. However, DD-WRT also has a few features that other firmware projects don't offer, such as support for X86-based systems (PCs).
DD-WRT can operate in modes other than just a regular wireless access point (AP). These modes already give you much more flexibility over the hardware or routers and can be a money saver.
In Client mode, for example, it can connect to another Wi-Fi network to get an Internet connection and then share it (in a different subnet/network) to computers plugged into the router's Ethernet ports.
The Bridge mode is similar, but the DD-WRT router doesn't provide a segregated network; computers connected to its LAN ports will act just as if they were connected directly to the originating router or network router.
In Repeater mode, DD-WRT can take a Wi-Fi signal from another network or router and retransmit it. Plus it forwards any incoming traffic coming onto the source network or router. For example, if the signal on your network needs to go a little farther, you can put a DD-WRT router into Repeater mode. You'd position it somewhere between the source wireless router or access point (AP) and the client needing a betters signal. Then the client can connect to the repeater and DD-WRT can act as a middle man or repeater, wirelessly transmitting traffic to and from the client and network.
Other enterprise-type features in the open source firmware include the support of VLANs and virtual SSIDs. You can segregate traffic between different groups and offer varying types of wireless security. Quality of service (QoS) controls are included so you can better manage the network and Internet traffic, especially useful if you are hosting public access or have sensitive applications, such as VoIP or gaming.
This firmware replacement can also serve as a client or server for VPN connections via the OpenVPN or PPTP protocols. This gives remote users secure access to the network for file access or to simply encrypt Wi-Fi hotspot connections from local eavesdroppers. Plus if you have multiple locations or users working remotely at a certain spot, you can set up LAN-to-LAN or site-to-site VPN tunnels. That way, all the network locations can be tied together securely via the Internet.
This firmware project doesn't stop at the private network; it provides hotspot features as well. It can be turned into a simple hotspot with NoCatSplash, a more advanced system with Chillispot, or use the Sputnik management system. It's also possible to set up a router to offer both a public and private network.
DD-WRT also offers more remote administration features. It has an integrated server and client for both SSH and Telnet, ntop for remote statistics, and a site survey feature that shows details of nearby APs. They've added storage features as well, such as support for JFFS2, MMC/SD cards, USB, and Samba.
Using DD-WRT also gives you more freedom over the router. You can customize the startup, firewall, and shutdown scripts. See some examples here. You can also adjust the transmit power. (0-251mW, default is 28mW, 100mW is safe).
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Introduction to Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits: Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence
By Barry Dym, Susan Egmont, Laura Watkins
The Crisis of Transition
A Problem of Significant Proportion
Boards During Transition
Keeping Pace
Reconceiving Leadership Transition and Its Management
Managing the Cycle of Leadership
In this introduction to their book, the authors present an analysis of the problems that lead to frequent leadership turnover and the mismanagement of transitions. Learn how to construct organizations to achieve their objectives and how to transition management in a way that forms a sturdy bridge between the departure of the old leadership and the introduction of new.
Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits: Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence
There is a crisis of leadership in our country. We idealize and revile leaders with equal passion. We welcome them as saviors and boot them out as scoundrels. The crisis, however, may reside as much in our confusing expectations as in the leaders' ineffectuality. There may be better ways to identify, introduce, support, and monitor our leaders that will enhance rather than undermine their performance.
That is the subject of this book: how to manage the change from one leader to the next in a way that gives leaders and the organizations they serve the best possible chance to succeed.
Leadership transitions are among the most important activities in the lives of organizations. Some people believe, for instance, that George Washington's stepping down after two terms in office set the stage for American democracy. Through his action, he rejected monarchy, even his own, and announced the imperative of orderly succession. So it is with organizations: Orderly succession announces the preeminence of an ongoing collective, not personal, agenda.
This is not always easy. Succession often follows conflict and confusion or, as in Washington's case, the departure of a beloved and trusted steward. How, we wonder, will we trust anyone else? But, of course, we must. And the way we guide that transition—the manner of our management itself—is the key to assuring our stakeholders that the continuity of purpose and activity will be preserved.
Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits: Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence presents an analysis of the problems that lead to frequent leadership turnover and the mismanagement of transitions. Ours is an aspirational portrait of how to construct organizations to achieve their objectives and how to transition management in a way that forms a sturdy bridge between the departure of the old leadership and the introduction of new.
For many people, the question of leadership turnover and transition is relatively minor and obscure—nothing to particularly concern themselves about. The scale of the problem along with the importance and complexity of the cure fly well below the radar. Some think a few professional consultants should pay attention, but not themselves even if they work or volunteer or serve on the boards of nonprofits. But for all of us who care about nonprofits, the conduct of leadership transitions is a big problem with a big upside if we learn to do it right. Transitions are deserving of a great deal of our attention.
What initially drew our attention to transitions were reports of the frequent, repetitive, and destructive turnover of leadership in the nonprofit world. Our work in executive education, executive search, and organization development consulting put us inescapably in the path of the storm. More formal research filled out our understanding.
Here's what we learned.
At any given time, there be as many as 20 to 25 percent of executive directors (called CEOs throughout this manuscript) in or near transition. According to various sources, as many as 34 percent of organizations have already had two or more executives in the past five years, and within five years more than 70 percent of CEOs expect to leave their current positions. Nearly 75 percent of all nonprofit executives will reach retirement age over the next two decades (Annie Casey Foundation).1 According to Bridgespan, by 2016, the nonprofit sector will need to add an average of 80,000 senior managers every year. These are astounding numbers!
Depending on who is measuring, the average tenure of nonprofit leaders is between three and five years. This leaves hardly enough time to build programs, put together effective teams, and achieve financial viability and credibility. Whatever progress leaders make in their adopted organizations is often undermined by rapid turnover, which inevitably proves costly and destabilizing to the organizations and to their own confidence. With the diminishment of credibility and resources, each new start becomes more difficult than the one before. It becomes harder and harder to convince funders, staff, and community leaders that this time will be different.
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Using XML in Reporting Systems
By Casey Kochmer and Erica Frandsen
Architecture of Reporting Systems
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The Cross Tab Stylesheet
No matter what the Web application, or where it's implemented, it's a safe bet to assume that there will be some reporting involved. The development of many reporting systems can benefit from the appropriate placement and usage of XML.
JSP and XML: Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP Application
ResultSet to XML
No matter what the Web application, or where it's implemented, it's a safe bet to assume that there will be some reporting involved. Even applications that don't have databases are likely to have some aspect of reporting. However, non-database systems are more likely to be looking at reports regarding numbers of page usage and data exclusive to system usage. The development of either of these reporting systems can benefit from the appropriate placement and usage of XML.
After creating a JSP that will fill the database with as much data as needed, JDOM and XSL will be used to create two reports. Before explaining those report components, we will explain a Java class that builds a JDOM XML representation from a database ResultSet.
The different types of reporting systems that exist have to do most notably with the types of reports to create, and the structure of the entire system. The main types of reports are tables, cross tabs, and aggregate. Our first stylesheet will create a very generic table-creating stylesheet with dynamic sorting label links, while the second stylesheet will create a cross tab report from the same data source.
This brings us into the overall reporting system structure. The ideal system would have database-stored procedures perform the initial filtering and sorting of data, and have stylesheets that would each produce several reports. One stylesheet can produce multiple reports by using stylesheet parameters and changing filtering or sorting methods.
Even more ideally, these stylesheets would be created generically enough to be usable on multiple datasets. In this way, a very robust reporting system can be created quickly, after which the more specific, data-dependent reports can be created.
Another thing to consider when creating reporting systems has to do with security and access rights. Different people will be permitted to see only some reports, and it is important to incorporate a simple model to maintain this security. A common design is to have a database table that contains a record for each report. Then another table will have a record for each report and login type that has access to it. In this way, it is simple to change access rights to reports without having to touch the reporting pages themselves.
The reporting examples throughout this chapter and the next will use a database from which to create the JDOM documents that will be transformed with a generic stylesheet into our resulting HTML output page. We will glue these pieces together using a JSP to do the transformation and finally output the results. It is relatively simple to change the backend and create the JDOM document from another source.
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New twist in Amtrak crash probe
Experts say they are unsure anything struck the windscreen of an Amtrak train minutes before a deadly derailment in Philadelphia, in another twist to the investigation as the national network restarted its service to New York.
Tue, 19 May, 2015 - 11:59
The National Transportation Safety Board has not ruled out the possibility an object may have struck the windscreen but is not certain the train was hit at all before the May 12 derailment, which killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.
FBI agents performed forensic work on a grapefruit-sized fracture on the left side of the windscreen and the NTSB said it found no evidence of any damage that could have been caused by a firearm.
The developments have raised new questions about the events leading up to the derailment, including a conversation an assistant conductor told investigators she heard between the Amtrak engineer and a regional engineer minutes before the train speeded up and went off the rails at a curve.
The assistant conductor said she heard the regional train engineer say he had been “hit by a rock or shot at” and she thought she heard the Amtrak engineer say his train had also been struck.
The NTSB said the regional train engineer recalled no such conversation and investigators listened to the dispatch tape and heard no communications from the Amtrak engineer to the railway’s dispatch centre to say that something had struck the train.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said it did not know what caused the damage to its train that night.
Investigators have focused on the acceleration of the Amtrak train as it approached the curve, reaching 106mph as it entered a 50mph stretch and slowing down only slightly before the crash.
Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian, among those injured, has told authorities he does not recall anything in the few minutes before the derailment.
The NTSB said it could be a year before it determineed the probable cause of the derailment.
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4 Korean Celebrities Have Already Confessed To Being Secretly Engaged/Married With Kids In 2020 Thus Far
Kevin Miller
2020 has started with a bang and it didn’t slow down at all!
Its highly unlikely that a Korean celebrity, idol or actor, ever confess they’re engaged/married and it’s even more unlikely that they have a child together. Having four celebrities confess to just that in less than 40 days into 2020 is something the Kpop industry has never witnessed.
Today, we’re taking a look at the four Korean celebrities who confessed to getting engaged/married in 2020.
1EXO Chen
It all started with EXO Chen, who is also the youngest celebrity on this list and the one who unfortunately received the most backlash. On January 13, EXO Chen personally announced that he’s currently engaged to his non-celebrity girlfriend who is also pregnant with his child.
Later, SM Entertainment confirmed that EXO Chen is getting married to his non-celebrity girlfriend and is going to become a dad. The wedding will be held privately attended by only their families, no more details were announced.
Over 28 fansites shut down or take rest following Chen marriage news, and many Korean fans opposed his marriage. There is a particular fan union that continues to demand SM to kick out Chen from EXO for ‘damaging the group.’ SM never responded to their demands.
2Gil
The former Leessang member shocked fans by announcing he had gotten married 3 years ago during an appearance on January 27 on Channel A variety show ‘Eye Contact.’
But that’s not only it, the rapper also had a son two years ago. He’s been married since 2018. He has been away from the limelight following his third drunk driving incident, he’s taken a hiatus since then and this marked his first appearance in a long time on TV.
3Sung Joon
On February 3, Sung Joon opened up about his personal life revealing that he has married a non-celebrity wife and that he has a child. The shocking news was revealed through his agency O& Entertainment who explained that he was in a relationship with someone he was planning to marry, and right before his enlistment, they had a child and the couple rushed through the legal proceedings.
Sung Joon requested a change in assignment to carry out his military service as a full-time reserve.
The agency also attached a hand-written letter by Sung Joon. He explained that he found someone he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, he says while they were happily planning a wedding, they found out she’s pregnant.
Fans were shocked but congratulated the actor.
4Lee Jae Hoon
The biggest and most shocking celebrity case on this list goes to Lee Jae Hoon.
First-generation idol Cool member Lee Jae Hoon has dropped a bombshell on the industry, he revealed that he has been married since 2009 and not only that but he has two children, one daughter born in 2010 and one son born in 2013.
On February 5, he posted a letter to his fan café, in it he explains his secret and why he hid it for 11 years from his fans, he says his feelings of guilt stopped him from getting closer to his fans, he offered his sincere apologies to them.
He reveals that due to his wife being a regular person, he hesitated over and over again, he was afraid the news would become burdensome to her and her family. He says he came to the decision to reveal this because he thought that it would be more harmful to his family in the end if he kept hiding it.
He apologized in his letter again and carefully asked everyone for their support and love.
Lee Jae Hoon is now 45 years old and at the time of his marriage was 34 years old.
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Diamond Clarity Explained
Because they are formed deep within the earth, under extreme heat and pressure; virtually all diamonds contain "birthmarks"; small imperfections inside the diamond (called inclusions), or on its surface (called blemishes).
Clarity refers to the degree to which these imperfections are present. Diamonds which contain numerous or significant inclusions or blemishes have less brilliance because the flaws interfere with the path of light through the diamond.
The position of an inclusion affects how easily it can be seen. Diamond cutters make every effort to cut a stone so that inclusions are not visible through the table of the finished diamond. The preferred position for inclusions is under the bezel facets or near the girdle because they are harder to see there.
We discuss the factors affecting diamond clarity.
What Is Diamond Clarity?
Diamond clarity is a qualitative assessment of the flaws present in a diamond.
Basically, the flaws can be classified into 2 types of categories depending on where they are found; blemishes (external flaws like scratches and chips) and inclusions (internal flaws like pinpoints and crystals).
Diamond Clarity Categories
FL - Flawless
No internal or external blemishes when examined under a 10x microscope. Diamonds in this category cannot contain internal graining that is reflective, whitish, colored, or which significantly affects transparency.
IF - Internally Flawless
No internal inclusions, but minor surface blemishes which cannot be removed with polishing, such as surface grain lines or natural and extra facets on the crown. Blemishes that can be removed by minor re-polishing separate the internally flawless from the flawless grade.
VVS1, VS2 - Very, Very Slightly Included
Minute inclusions, such as reflective internal graining, which are difficult to locate using a 10x microscope.
VS1, VS2 - Very Slightly Included
Small inclusions, such as small included crystals, which are visible using a 10x microscope.
SI1, SI2 Slightly Included
Inclusions that can be seen easily under a 10x microscope, and may also be seen with the naked eye using a white background. Inclusions in these diamonds cannot be seen through the crown of the diamond.
I1 - Imperfect 1
Inclusions can be seen with the naked eye and are quite obvious under a 10x microscope.
Inclusions can be seen with the naked eye and may interfere with transparency and brilliance.
Dark inclusions which are very noticeable to the naked eye, which interfere with transparency. Diamonds in this category may contain cleavages that are likely to worsen with wear.
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The big winners from Tesla stock surge: lithium miners and battery makers
The incredible stock market surge for Tesla isn’t just making Elon Musk and Tesla investors rich. Traders betting on lithium miners and battery makers are also benefiting from Tesla’s success.
Lithium is a key component for batteries in electric cars. The Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, a fund that owns Tesla and other companies in the electric battery business, is up 15% in 2021 and it has soared more than 65% in just the past three months.
“You can’t have electric cars without batteries and you cant have batteries without lithium,” said Keith Phillips, CEO of Piedmont Lithium, a lithium miner whose stock has surged nearly 35% so far in 2021.
Although electric car batteries have other metals that can be interchangeable, such as nickel, cobalt and manganese, “you’re always going to need the same amount of lithium,” Philips told CNN Business.
Key component for all the top electric car makers
Lithium is the lightest metal in the universe and also has a high energy density, which means it is able to store more energy — which is key for an electric battery.
“Nothing can do what lithium does for portable charging,” Phillips said.
The growing global demand for electric cars is helping companies that mine and produce lithium as well as the manufacturers of the lithium-ion batteries that are needed for cars and trucks made by Tesla and its rivals.
“There is still a huge opportunity for companies across the electric vehicle supply chain. Investors need to think more about that and not just about Tesla. Electric vehicle penetration could reach 50% of the auto market by 2030,” said Pedro Palandrani, disruptive technology analyst at Global X.
Shares of American specialty chemicals company Albemarle, which has lithium production facilities in Nevada and is the top stock in the lithium ETF, has surged nearly 25% this year alone and has almost doubled in the past three months.
Albemarle said last week it plans to invest $30 million to $50 million to double the current production at its Silver Peak, Nevada site by 2025.
The world’s top lithium mines are in Australia, Chile and Argentina. So US car companies are looking for more local sources of the metal.
“As global demand for electric vehicles grows, North American automotive manufacturers are seeking to regionalize their supply chain for greater security and sustainability,” Albemarle said in a press release.
Commercial vehicles and China are big growth opportunities
The electrification of the automotive industry isn’t just for consumer sedans and SUVs. There could be an even bigger opportunity in providing lithium-ion batteries to big industrial firms that make trucks for large corporate fleets, according to Lionel Selwood, Jr., CEO of Romeo Power.
Romeo Power makes batteries for commercial vehicles. It went public at the the end of last year through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company and the stock has doubled since the deal was announced in October.
Selwood said he has no interest in getting into the more competitive business of making batteries for consumer vehicles, but he said the growing demand for electric cars — thanks to companies like Tesla — is helping his firm because that makes it cheaper to produce lithium-ion batteries.
“We’re building a business for commercial customers so we can get bigger contracts,” Selwood told CNN Business. “We’re piggybacking off of global consumer demand for electric vehicles since that brings prices down to make batteries.”
Global X’s Palandrani told CNN Business that Tesla deserves a lot of credit for helping to make the electric car business go mainstream with both consumers and investors. With that in mind, his firm also runs the Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF, which counts Tesla as its top holding.
But he added that investors can’t ignore the other companies in the industry that are benefiting from the trend, especially in China. As such, the lithium ETF also owns electric car maker BYD, battery manufacturer CATL and miner Ganfeng.
“We’re talking about the disruption of transportation,” Palandrani said. “It would be myopic to think that Tesla is the only important company in the industry,”
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Toronto to Orlando on Air Canada
Johnny Jet June 12, 2012
Air Canada plane at MCO
I was hired to do a satellite media tour and the organizers were kind enough to fly me first class. You’ve got to love having a paid first class ticket; you don’t have to wait around hoping your upgrade will go through, or buy an overpriced bottle of water to stay hydrated and of course, there’s the bonus frequent flier miles. Woo hoo!
After clearing security so quickly I decided to critique Air Canada’s business class experience from start to finish on their Toronto to Orlando service.
Checking-In
I’m a fan of Air Canada but not their website’s functionality. I think it’s crazy they won’t let you change your seat assignment more than 24 hours in advance unless you book your ticket through AirCanada.com. What’s also lame is they don’t offer mobile boarding passes or the option to email your boarding pass so you can print it later. Natalie’s printer wasn’t working when I checked-in so I ended up taking a screenshot, then pasted it into Microsoft Paint and saving it as a jpeg. I then emailed it to a friend who printed if up for me so it worked. But it was a bit of a chore. Score: 6/10
This has nothing to do with Air Canada but I think it’s important to include. I’m now a member of Global Entry and Nexus, which was the best $50 I ever spent and it’s good for five years. As a trusted traveler I no longer have to wait in those ridiculous immigration lines that most U.S. and Canadian airports have.
As you probably know, the U.S. government has set up pre-clearance in most major Canadian airports (including YYZ) for travelers heading to the U.S. so when they land in America they are treated as a domestic passenger. They do this to help ease congestion at U.S. international airports. And the U.S. also operates border pre-clearance facilities at some airports in Bermuda, The Bahamas, Aruba, and Ireland.
At YYZ there’s only one Global Entry machine and four NEXUS machines. Since a traveler snagged the Global Entry kiosk just before I did I decided to use the NEXUS. What I didn’t realize if you do use the NEXUS is that you still need to fill out the landing card which the customs officer made me fill out at the counter. Next time, I will wait 30 seconds for the person to finish with the Global Entry machine since then you don’t have to fill out a form. Score: 10\10
Toronto Airports have always done a fine job with security. I’ve never had to wait longer than 10-minutes and now that I have NEXUS I can use their dedicated lane which has no line. In those lanes you still need to take shoes off and laptops out but none of the officers are trying to pull rank like the TSA sometimes tries to do. Score: 10\10
When I checked-in for the flight the day before I noticed plenty of empty seats in first class – I wanted to see if it was still like that so I could possibly get one next to me. At the gate I stood in line and waited for the agent to call me. She didn’t even acknowledge that I was there for about five minutes, which is not acceptable. I know they are busy but a simple smile and a “I will be with you in a minute” would’ve given them a perfect score. She was polite once she did acknowledge me. They invite little kids and those who need more time to board first, then first class followed by frequent fliers. I think that’s the right way to do it. Unlike United Airlines which ended pre-boarding for children last week. Score: 6/10
Executive Class seats
Before selecting my seat I logged on to SeatGuru.com to see what they suggested for Air Canada’s A319 aircraft. Row 2 (bulkhead) received high marks and since it was available I snagged 2A. Seat Guru was right as it had a ton of leg room (unlike Delta’s bulkhead on their 767-300 on my return flight). Their A319 has 14 seats in Executive Class with 38-39 inches of pitch and 21 inch wide seats that have five inches of recline. Economy class has 106 seats with 31-32 inches of pitch and those seats are 18 inches wide with 4.5 inches recline. All seats have individual entertainment systems with movies, music and live mapping. Score: 8/10
The main flight attendant working first class was super friendly and she greeted all passengers with a big welcome at the plane door while checking tickets. First class service began before takeoff when she or her helper served water or orange juice and ear buds (in coach they charge $2 or $3). Then came newspapers (Globe and Mail and National Post) and food menus.
Exactly five minutes after takeoff the seat belt sign went off (we were still climbing). You never see U.S. carriers do this – usually they wait 20 to 40 minutes. Drink service began shortly after with Blue Diamond roasted salted almonds. Yum! Then hot towels. I thought it was kind of weird they served lunch and not breakfast even though the flight departed at 10:05 am. You? Lunch choices were spinach and ricotta lasagna, Turbot with lemon dill cream sauce or beef tenderloin. The tray came with a Mesclun salad and strawberry cheesecake. The food was good and service excellent. Score: 9/10
Flight time was just two hours and twenty minutes. Once we landed in Orlando (MCO) it was a long taxi (about 10 minutes). Did you know MCO stands for the airport’s former name? McCoy Air Force Base. (Although the locals joke it’s really an acronym for “Mickey’s Corporate Office.”)
MCO Tip
After taking the tram to the main terminal I made the rookie mistake of following the crowd and going down the B escalator instead of the A. I thought my driver was a no-show when really I was. Duh!
Tablets used by limo drivers
Drivers Using Tablets
I thought it was pretty cool that my driver was using a tablet for his sign placard. Don’t you? He said he’s been doing it for about six months which just shows how often I get a car service.
B Escalator
MCO main terminal
MCO tram
Airlines miles from the largest US and international airlines can be your best option once the economy reopens. Air Canada plane at MCO. Photo by Johnny Jet
Orlando!
Drinks and nuts
Bye-Bye Toronto
Individual Entertainment
Air Canada's Executive Class seats
Toronto's YYZ Airport
Jun 12, 2012 Johnny Jet
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Four killed in Afghan protest against Koran burning
Witnesses say shots fired at demonstrators who charge police lines after copies of Koran burned at NATO base; US Embassy in Kabul put on lockdown.
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KABUL - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
The American Embassy said its staff were in "lockdown" and travel had been suspended as thousands of people expressed fury over the burning, a public relations disaster for US-led NATO forces fighting Taliban militants ahead of the withdrawal of foreign combat troops by the end of 2014.
The US government and the American commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan apologized after Afghan laborers found charred copies of the Koran while collecting rubbish at the sprawling Bagram Airbase about an hour's drive north of Kabul.
It failed to contain the fury. Thousands of Afghans took to the streets again, chanting anti-American slogans.
Winning the hearts and minds of Afghans is critical to efforts to defeat the Taliban. Similar incidents in the past have caused deep divisions and resentment among Afghans towards the tens of thousands of foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Seven foreign UN workers were killed during protests that raged across Afghanistan for three days in April 2011 after a US pastor burned a Koran in Florida.
In Parwan province, home to the sprawling Bagram airbase where the Koran burning incident occurred, two people were shot dead by Afghan police and 13 wounded while attacking offices, provincial spokesman Roshan Khalid said.
A protester was shot dead by police in Logar province, east of the capital, the governor's spokesman, Deen Mohammad Darwish, said.
Afghan health ministry spokesman Ghulam Sakhi Kargar said one person also died in hospital in Kabul from gunshot wounds received during one of two shooting incidents at protests in at least four areas of the capital.
Shots came from the direction of a foreign military vehicle parked outside a US military base, said a Reuters witness. It is not clear who opened fire. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) officials said they were unaware of shootings.
Later, wounded protesters along the busy Jalalabad road on the fringe of Kabul said Afghan police had fired on them.
Protesters chant 'Death to America, Death to Karzai'
Twenty-one people, including 11 policemen, were wounded in the capital, said Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul police's crimes unit. They included the city police chief, Ayoub Salangi, who was hit in the ankle by a stone.
Critics say Western troops often fail to grasp the country's religious and cultural sensitivities. Demonstrations by as many as 2,000 people broke out as word of the find spread.
Police said most injuries were caused by flying stones and sticks hurled by protesters. Demonstrators had charged police lines and nearby military bases at a protest on the edge of Kabul, burning tires and smashing vehicles and building windows.
Protesters shouted "Death to America!" and "Death to (President Hamid) Karzai" in a large demonstration on the outskirts of the Afghan capital.
"When the Americans insult us to this degree, we will join the insurgents," said Ajmal, an 18-year-old protester in Kabul.
Demonstrators set fire to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract workers. A Reuters witness said the fire damaged part of a guesthouse at the Green Village complex, where 1,500 mostly foreign contractors live and work.
Outrage also spilled over in the Afghan parliament, where several members shouted "death to America" inside the legislative chamber.
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I am a highly engaged self and group motivator with significant strength in and understanding of a vast range of nonprofit, tribal, and corporate management strategies and communication platforms. I am an expert in leadership, diversity and inclusion, public speaking and relations, marketing, grant writing, program budgeting, news and portrait photography, digital video, and social media.
I believe my career choices reflect how my talents promote and better people and communities.
Professional-Grade Technical Skills
SONY, NIKON & CANON
MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE
INDESIGN & PHOTOSHOP
AVID & FINAL CUT
iMOVIE & GARAGEBAND
GENERAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT
BASIC HTML
LEARNING LAKOTA
BUFFY-SPEAK
COMMUNICATIONS & PR DIRECTOR
Salt River Schools, Administration
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
10/2016-Present
Responsible for developing and implementing the Division’s communication plan, including the oversight of Division news and information publication through multiple channels, including local media, web, and social media.
Ensure the quality of all outgoing Division materials, including supporting sites and departments by ensuring consistency in content, voice, quality, and brand awareness.
Respond to inquiries from the media, the public, parents, staff, and the Salt River Community.
Serve as a Division public information officer.
Native Peoples Magazine
Lead and supervise 5 full and part-time staff, as well as 20+ freelance writers across the United States for a 30-year-old, bi-monthly, international niche magazine with 40K print readers, 12K website readers, and 10K digital app users.
Manage magazine/web/app content and layout. Develop, assign, and edit all articles, video, and photos.
Produce monumental growth (70 percent within six months) in engaged social media following: 300K+ Facebook, 7K+ Instagram, 2K+ Twitter, and 10K+ views on YouTube.
Develop and maintain partnerships with businesses, indigenous artists, and nonprofit organizations to increase advertising and subscription revenue.
Expert use of Adobe, Mac, and Microsoft Office software; additionally, expert use of Nikon/Canon/Sony equipment.
Oversee editorial direction, coordination and content of the magazine by conceptualizing/planning issues, researching articles, writing articles, editing articles, proofing issues, and collecting/coordinating photography and photo shoots with the publisher and creative director.
Develop a 501c3 foundation, mission, and goals.
Implement the financial and editorial budget per issue.
Serve as spokesperson for NPM and its affiliated products and publications.
CPCD Head Start
Empower underserved families with skills needed to achieve educational, employment, and social connection goals. Service caseload of 90+ families with 75% success rate (goal achievement).
Facilitate bi-monthly diversity and cultural competency trainings to CPCD staff (topics include Gender & Sexuality; Indigenous Cultures; and HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention).
Provide emergency assistance/crisis intervention to families indicating need.
Direct agency’s “Two-Generation Approach” with regards to employment: Lead a monthly Job Club for parent clients interested in a career change or skills development; cultivate relationships with employment resources within the community; and meet with individual clients to develop résumés, cover letters, and interviewing skills.
Assist with agency marketing and promotion efforts, including photography and video of CPCD programs and events (Fantasy Flight 2014 and Ballet Class 2015).
(FREELANCE) MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
Currently write columns, news and features for Everyday Feminism, Native Peoples Magazine, and Indian Country Today Media Network. Also photograph and produce video to accompany stories.
As freelance journalist in Sioux Falls, wrote and produced Sunday Life centerpieces (1,500-2,500 words, plus photos and video, four to five times per year) for Argus Leader Media. Focused on Native American culture and human-interest issues.
Specialize in Gannett-certified digital media, including photography (Canon and Nikon products), digital video (Sony and Panasonic equipment), and editing (Avid, InDesign and Photoshop).
Covered county government, city desk news and features, and breaking cops/courts/crime news as FT reporter for Argus Leader Media (2006-2008); Lincoln (Neb). Journal Star (2004-2006); and the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal (intern, 2003). Produced 10-15 published pieces/week, including one-to-three front-page stories/week, as well as two interactive photo and digital video compliments.
CULTURAL COORDINATOR &
LEAD CRISIS INTAKE SPECIALIST
Volunteers of America, Dakotas
Supervised at-risk juvenile offenders, including goal-setting, curriculum development, and utilizing social learning theory and COA standards for after school Evening Report Center and the 24/7 crisis intake venue Reception Center, which decrease juvenile incarceration rates and save taxpayer dollars through the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (see
www.jdaihelpdesk.org
). Provided direct supervision to six staff.
Built successful relationships with local and regional media outlets, in addition to coordinating community-wide partnership events to garner support of programming, including outreach and funding.
Key researcher, writer and administrator of more than $400,000 in program grants.
Co-chaired Minnehaha County Disproportionate Minority Contact committee, which provides oversight, training, and technical support of detention alternatives to regional court, law enforcement, and social services.
Created and sustained program budget and database of all youth demographic and assessment information. Responsible for gathering, assessing, and reporting quarterly and annual findings to stakeholders. Expert user across all Microsoft Office platforms, as well as many online document-sharing interfaces.
Facilitated monthly cultural awareness and diversity programs for the VOA agency and Sioux Falls community; reach audiences of 20-100 people. Among the more popular issues I have presented include Two Spirits, Indian Mascots, and Lakota Competency 101.
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota
09/2011-01/2012
Managed public messaging and media relations, including TV, radio and print interviews, preparing press releases and developing media strategies.
Tracked media trends and developed attention-grabbing messaging campaigns relating to civil rights issues.
Recruited, cultivated and managed 200+ regional volunteers. Created agency’s first volunteer contact database.
Designed, developed and managed user-friendly and stimulating content for newsletters, web sites, Facebook and Twitter. Doubled output and reach of these platforms within five months.
Produced and coordinated the scheduling of advertising for media and event programs, including public events, information booths, and educational civil rights presentations for area colleges.
Researched, analyzed and conveyed complex and controversial issues to narrow and broad audiences.
Extensive civil rights and political outreach to Native American, LGBT, and immigrant communities.
NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM MANAGER
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire
03/2008-9/2011
Grew program from 25 matches to more than 120 community-based mentoring relationships between positive adults and Native American children ages 7-18. Emphasized culture and academic success through events, after-school programs, and community gatherings.
Recruited marginalized volunteers and youth, performed interviews, background and reference checks, mentor training, and home assessments.
Provided outreach via public speaking to area organizations, businesses and classroom environments regarding Native American culture, mentoring, and issues. Averaged 8-10 outreach activities/month.
Successfully presented four annual appeals to United Way, resulting in increased annual program funding.
Utilized outstanding analytical and writing skills to research Native American youth disparities information to apply for grants totaling $20K, which created an elementary-level after-school culture club that contributed to academic success and less absenteeism for participating youth.
Managed scheduling and tasks of graduate-level program interns every semester.
"Phenomenal communicator and leader. Taté is more than a mentor, she is an advisor and a partner. She works above and beyond her duties in every facet. Always a pleasure and always exceeds my expectations. Thank you Taté."
- Dana F., Big Sister
Master of Science in Administration
2011 - 2013
Attained 3.75 GPA throughout six semesters. Courses included personnel management, managerial communication, administrative thought and ethics, budgetary and fiscal management, administrative law and government, research in administrative practices, multimedia production, and writing for public administration, among others.
SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
South Dakota Instructor Certificate #74957-0
Valid through July 2014
Two-year alternative certification endorsement in K-12 South Dakota Indian Studies. Obtained in order to teach middle school Native American Connections class for semester-long contract.
Bachelor of Arts in English-Communications
Pursued degree in journalism and documenary-style film; minored in political science.
News Editor of college paper, The Independent, 2003-2004.
President, Native American Honor Society (2004).
Member, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
FLC Dean’s List 2002-2004.
Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
FEMINIST HUMANIST ALLIANCE
The Feminist Humanist Alliance (FHA) is an adjunct organization of the American Humanist Association. This platform functions at the intersection ofhumanist philosophy and inclusive feminism. We strive to build healthy communities that confront discrimination and oppression guided by the principles of intersectional feminism. In order to shape the world we want to live in, we are determined to engage inequality through compassion, education, and promoting social liberation.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ARIZONA
Communications Committee Chair
"Indigenous Peoples Day" re-envisions Columbus Day and changes a celebration of colonialism into an opportunity to reveal historical truths about the genocide and oppression of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, to organize against current injustices, and to celebrate Indigenous resistance and resilience across Arizona.
GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO
Troop Volunteer
2014-2015
A new adventure, and one I can pursue with my daughter. I did Girl Scouts from first through seventh grade and loved it.
Native American Scholars Mentor
Sioux Falls, SD & Colorado Springs
Mentored Tiffany (22) for six years; Precious (20) for two years; and mentored Sierra (19).
SIOUX FALLS DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Board Member, Annual Conference Speaker & Presenter
Facilitate interactive cultural competency and diversity training presentations with attendance of up to 200+ in educational institutions, non-profit agencies and community organizations, including the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, Dakota State University, University of Sioux Falls, Augustana College, City of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls School District, and the Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center.
Served as the diversity council’s board secretary from July 2010 through August 2011. Chaired the board’s 501(c)(3) application committee, and the youth advisory committee.
Build coalitions between multicultural communities and workplaces, as well as lead/assist group discussions concerning issues of difference.
Advise on sensitive personnel/student issues.
Instrumental in planning, coordinating and securing funding for public events and conferences.
Design and prepare educational and training informational materials (curriculum, brochures, newsletters) for corporate and educational milieu.
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS
Chosen by mayor to promote civil rights and enforce the law of equal opportunity for Sioux Falls residents.
Developed diversity community leader database for mayor’s stakeholder committee.
YWCA's GIRLS ON THE RUN
Lead Coach, Hawthorne Elementary School
Led 3rd-5th grade girls through physical activity and mental/emotional/social/academic/lifestyle healthy practices using proven methods and curriculum two hours twice per week for 12 weeks, twice a year (Fall/Spring). Each season culminated in a 5K event all girls finished via built confidence and empowerment.
National Media Awards Winner
Awarded top prizes in the "Professional Division III" category (8,000+ daily circulation):
1st Place - Best Column
1st Place - Best Feature Photo
1st Place - Best Feature Story
3rd Place - Best Feature Story
2nd Place - Excellence in Beat Reporting
2nd Place - Best Column
2nd Place - Best Feature Photo
2nd Place - Best Feature Story
Traveling Art Exhibit
Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies
2016 Selected Poet
The Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies put together an exhibit showcasing contemporary perspectives on the ancient story of the "Great Race," as retold by Lakota author James LaPointe in Legends of the Lakota (1976). "One of the innovative aspects of this exhibit is that each of the passages will be interpreted or illustrated by four types of artworks—a 2-D artwork, a 3-D artwork, a poem and a musical score or song—thereby creating what we are calling 'vignettes.' These eight vignettes will recount the Great Race narrative using LaPointe’s words along with artworks by 32 contemporary Lakota artists: eight poets, eight painters, eight musicians and eight 3-dimension artists." Here is more information about the specific vignette I interpreted into poetry: Sakpe.
KOPKIND
Political Camp/Retreat for Journalists & Activists
2015 Participant
About Kopkind: "The Kopkind Center is a living memorial to the late journalist Andrew Kopkind, who wrote on politics and culture with a matchless style and depth for national and international publications until his death, in 1994. The project, which brings together journalists and filmmakers and grassroots activists, puts on seminars in Guilford VT for its visiting participants in the summer and hosts a number of free public events. Kopkind is a non-profit educational foundation. The Board’s president is renown journalist JoAnn Wypijewski."
GREAT PLAINS WRITERS' CONFERENCE
Emerging Tribal Writer Award
Inaugeral winner for fictional short story about surviving sexual abuse as a child. The award encourages tribal storytellers in the early phases of their writing lives and to honor those of extraordinary merit and promise.
Selected as one of eight community members to participate in a six-month pilot program through the City’s Human Relations office.
SIOUX FALLS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Leadership Sioux Falls
Selected as one of 25 participants for the Chamber’s premier leadership-building programs. Monthly sessions are highly interactive and thought provoking.
SOUTH DAKOTA JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Ten Outstanding Young South Dakotans
2010 Award Recipient
Nominated and awarded this prestigious statewide honor for volunteerism and community service.
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I tried giving up caffeine for 2 weeks, and I may have actually kicked my bad habit for good
My caffeine intake increased at the beginning of 2020.
Jen Glantz for Insider
After regularly drinking coffee, energy drinks, soda, and tea, I tried to go a full 14 days without any caffeinated drinks.
My meal and snack rituals felt off, and I wanted to take naps at first because I was so tired.
After the successful two weeks, I felt like I regained control over my caffeine dependency.
I didn't always drink a lot of caffeine.
I hardly enjoyed the taste of coffee until my mid-20s, and I made an effort to limit my soda intake as much as I could.
But when the coronavirus pandemic hit the US at the beginning of 2020, I started working longer hours from home to make up for lost income, and I turned to caffeine to help me stay awake.
The more I relied on caffeine, the more my tolerance grew, and pretty soon, I needed a third cup of coffee just to feel the energy one cup used to give me.
But by the end of the day, my heart felt like it was beating faster, I couldn't relax, and it was difficult to fall asleep.
According to Dr. Giuseppe Aragona, a general practitioner and online doctor, a caffeine dependency like this isn't sustainable in the long run.
"Imagine your body like your finances. Running it on caffeine is the same as surviving through credit cards," he told Insider. "Eventually, the bank (your body in this case) will want to cash-in, and this makes it much more likely for you to become lethargic, lose focus, and by the end of the day, want to achieve nothing."
So I decided to remove all caffeinated drinks from my life for two weeks, no matter how awful it felt.
Here's what happened throughout the 14 days:
Right away, I realized how much caffeine was integrated into my routines
Drinking caffeine was a huge part of my daily routine.
I usually had three to four cups of coffee in the morning, a soda during lunch, an energy drink in the mid-afternoon, and caffeinated tea to carry me to the finish line of the workday.
Without those drinks, my eating and drinking rituals felt off.
I swapped many of my caffeinated drinks with water.
I decided to go through the motions of filling up my usual coffee cup with decaf liquids throughout the day.
I started with three cups of lemon water in the morning, added a can of seltzer water with lunch, had a decaf soda in the afternoon, and ended with a decaf tea after that.
Though the effects, at first, were hardly helpful or the same as caffeine, the act of getting up from my desk and going to the kitchen to refill my mug made the day a bit more bearable.
I felt the need to take mini naps throughout the day
Dr. Aragona also told me that kicking all the caffeine could help me find a more natural body rhythm and reduce my anxiety levels. But along the way, I would likely be pretty sleepy.
"Of course, you will still get tired, but this is natural, and all caffeine is doing is saving that tiredness for later — and likely in a larger dose after you force your body into overdrive," he added.
The first three days were awful. I felt lethargic, had really gnarly headaches, and could barely make it to 10 a.m. without wanting to crash and take a nap.
It hit me how much I had ruined my natural rhythms by infusing my day with way too much caffeine.
On the first day, I took a one-hour nap at lunchtime. The next few days, I skipped that and forced myself to get natural energy from other things — like walks outside and morning exercise — which I think helped a little.
I started feeling less anxious without all of the caffeine
Removing excess caffeine from my diet made me feel a little less anxious.
As my caffeine intake increased this year, so did my anxiety.
According to clinical psychologist Sabrina Romanoff, caffeine may provide a burst of energy, but that reaction stimulates the sympathetic nervous system's "fight or flight response," leading to an array of hormonal changes in your body.
"This often leads to elevations in levels of anxiety, edginess, rapid heartbeat, and can even exacerbate precursors to panic attacks," she told Insider. "If you are predisposed to experience anxiety, caffeine may exacerbate your symptoms."
Weaning off of caffeine did help me feel less anxious, especially as the days went on.
I was a little more tired throughout the day, but I was finally sleeping better
Before, it was hard to fall asleep most nights because I was drinking caffeine until at least 7 p.m.
Romanoff explained that regular caffeine consumption can have a strong impact on your circadian rhythm and sleep cycle.
"The result of caffeine intake can lead to interrupted or restless sleep, daytime lethargy," she said. "This effect is magnified if you drink coffee before bed."
Without caffeine, I was more tired at the end of the day. But when I was ready for bed at 10 p.m., I fell asleep almost instantly — which hadn't happened since the start of my caffeine spike.
After about a week, I felt like a different person
As the days went on, I wasn't craving those caffeinated beverages as much, and I stopped feeling so tired all of the time.
This took at least four days to slowly kick in, and by day seven, I felt like a different person.
Romanoff explained that I may have felt better because caffeine can impact your body's ability to absorb certain nutrients that keep it running smoothly.
"The cause behind this effect is due to tannins found in caffeine, which is believed to inhibit the absorption of certain nutrients such as calcium, iron, and B vitamins," she told Insider. "Caffeine can also cause a dysregulation in your brain chemistry, just like other dependence inducing drugs do."
I wasn't desperate to go back to caffeine after the challenge was over
I made it through the two weeks and regained control over my dependency.
By the end of the two weeks, I honestly felt a lot more in control of my mind, body, and life. And I didn't miss caffeine as much as I thought I would.
When the challenge was over, I decided to integrate coffee back into my day, letting myself have one cup in the morning if I felt like it. But I vowed to kick energy drinks, soda, and caffeinated tea for good because it no longer felt necessary to drink all of those things.
I was proud of the progress I made after two weeks, and I wanted to make sure I didn't let my caffeine intake get out of control again.
One cup a coffee a day seemed like a good compromise, at least for now.
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Introducing Bitter Love - Sparkling Drinking Bitters, Handcrafted by 4 Female Entrepreneurs + Recently Featured on the Today Show (Review)
Disclosure: I was sent samples from the vendor in exchange for an honest review. All views shared are mine and mine alone.
No added sugars + only 40 calories per bottle
As seen on the Today Show, Bitter Love includes digestive bitters which make for a fun taste
Last week I read a press release that came through my email about a line of Sparkling Drinking Bitters created by four females entrepreneurs from Maine. I was intrigued by this beverage, as a fan of cocktail bitters, and loved the three flavors currently available in the Bitter Love line -- Peppered Grapefruit, Toasted Pineapple and Tart Cherry. So, I reached out to the folks at Bitter Love and they graciously sent along a sample bottle of each flavor for me to sample. Here is more about this new line of sparkling non-alcoholic cocktail bitters beverage...
"Bitter Love (www.bitterlove.com), one of the first shelf-stable, ready-to-drink beverages made from a bitter blend of functional herbs, sparkling water, and a splash of fruit juice, is crafted by four women who all reside in Southern Maine. All of them have worked with and invested in natural food brands from inception to acquisition. Through witnessing the greatest success stories to the heartbreak of failed endeavors they have learned the ins and outs, made connections, and see where consumer trends are heading.
Sparkling drinking Bitters, Peppered Grapefruit with no added sweetener just juice and our own herbal bitter blend of Ashwagandha root, Gentian, Artichoke and Artemisia).
NON-GMO INGREDIENTS: CARBONATED WATER, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, BITTER LOVE HERBAL BLEND (ASHWAGANDHA ROOT AND LEAF EXTRACT, ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT, GENTIAN EXTRACT, GINGER EXTRACT, ARTEMISIA EXTRACT).
Sparkling drinking Bitters, Tart Cherry with no added sweetener just juice and our own herbal bitter blend of Ashwagandha root, Gentian, Artichoke and Artemisia).
Ingredients: NON-GMO INGREDIENTS: CARBONATED WATER, CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, BITTER LOVE HERBAL BLEND (ASHWAGANDHA ROOT AND LEAF EXTRACT, ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT, GENTIAN EXTRACT, GINGER EXTRACT, ARTEMISIA EXTRACT).
Sparkling drinking Bitters. Experience Toasted Pineapple bitters with no added sweetener just juice, sparkling water and our own herbal bitter blend of Ashwagandha root, Gentian, Artichoke and Artemisia).
NON-GMO INGREDIENTS: CARBONATED WATER, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, BITTER LOVE HERBAL BLEND (ASHWAGANDHA ROOT AND LEAF EXTRACT, ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT, GENTIAN EXTRACT, GINGER EXTRACT, ARTEMISIA EXTRACT).
“Bitter interest and use are trending within the Craft Cocktail movement and as standalone tinctures and sprays. We are using a functional blend of bitter herbs, sparkling water and a splash of fruit juice to allow consumers to drink their bitters daily, on-the-go, in a refreshingly bitter and tart 12 oz sparkling beverage. Bitter Love, while a new category, fits into consumer’s wishes for a low sugar, low-calorie flavorful beverage with functionality - the anti-soda,” said Taja Dockendorf, Co-Founder of Bitter Love.
“Handcrafted cocktail bitters are trendy with the hipster crowd, and this sparkling non-alcoholic drink is an easy way to enjoy them at home. As its name suggests, the drink is more bitter and tart than sweet, but it's incredibly refreshing,” said Zinczenko."
As mentioned above these are non-alcoholic beverages, which you can enjoyed chilled right out of the fridge, or used as a mixer with your favorite alcoholic beverage. These sparkling beverages really are refreshing with just the right about bitter tart flavor, which will have you wanting to take another sip, and then another, until you head back for a refill. :-)
Out of the three Bitter Love flavors sent, I have to say that my personal favorite was the Toasted Pineapple one. I tried the drink with and without alcohol, and found both ways to be enjoyable to drink. I paired it with vodka and it make for a great night cap, with just the right amount of fruit juice and bitters, to give this quick and easy adult beverage a lift, full of flavor and truly satisfying. You don't have to be a mixologist to pair these Bitter Love sparkling drinking bitters with your favorite alcohol. However, you choose to enjoy these drinks with or without alcohol, get ready for a refreshing drink that you will want to stock up on and have handy especially during the upcoming holiday season, to serve up to family and friends.
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Head on over to https://www.bitterlove.com/ and check their store locator to find a store near you (throughout New England) who carries these new sparkling drinking bitters. I have found them at a couple stores near by, so I can stock up on my favorite flavors in time for the holidays.
If you don't see a store near you, not to worry as you can order single bottles, a 6-pack, 24-pack or mixed case through the Bitter Love website, as well as through Amazon. Single bottles are only $2.99, so you can pick up all three flavors currently available to sample and see which ones you like best before committing to cases or 6-packs.
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Data Structures for Coding Interviews
Computer science in plain English
To really understand how data structures work, we're going to derive each of them from scratch. Starting with bits.
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Random Access Memory (RAM)
When a computer is running code, it needs to keep track of variables (numbers, strings, arrays, etc.).
Variables are stored in random access memory (RAM). We sometimes call RAM "working memory" or just "memory."
RAM is not where mp3s and apps get stored. In addition to "memory," your computer has storage (sometimes called "persistent storage" or "disk"). While memory is where we keep the variables our methods allocate as they crunch data for us, storage is where we keep files like mp3s, videos, Word documents, and even executable programs or apps.
Memory (or RAM) is faster but has less space, while storage (or "disk") is slower but has more space. A modern laptop might have ~500GB of storage but only ~16GB of RAM.
Think of RAM like a really tall bookcase with a lot of shelves. Like, billions of shelves.
It just keeps going down. Again, picture billions of these shelves.
The shelves are numbered.
We call a shelf's number its address.
Each shelf holds 8 bits. A bit is a tiny electrical switch that can be turned "on" or "off." But instead of calling it "on" or "off" we call it 1 or 0.
8 bits is called a byte. So each shelf has one byte (8 bits) of storage.
Of course, we also have a processor that does all the real work inside our computer:
It's connected to a memory controller. The memory controller does the actual reading and writing to and from RAM. It has a direct connection to each shelf of RAM.
That direct connection is important. It means we can access address 0 and then immediately access address 918,873 without having to "climb down" our massive bookshelf of RAM.
That's why we call it Random Access Memory (RAM)—we can Access the bits at any Random address in Memory right away.
Spinning hard drives don't have this "random access" superpower, because there's no direct connection to each byte on the disk. Instead, there's a reader—called a head—that moves along the surface of a spinning storage disk (like the needle on a record player). Reading bytes that are far apart takes longer because you have to wait for the head to physically move along the disk.
Even though the memory controller can jump between far-apart memory addresses quickly, programs tend to access memory that's nearby. So computers are tuned to get an extra speed boost when reading memory addresses that're close to each other. Here's how it works:
The processor has a cache where it stores a copy of stuff it's recently read from RAM.
Actually, it has a series of caches. But we can picture them all lumped together as one cache like this.
This cache is much faster to read from than RAM, so the processor saves time whenever it can read something from cache instead of going out to RAM.
When the processor asks for the contents of a given memory address, the memory controller also sends the contents of a handful of nearby memory addresses. And the processor puts all of it in the cache.
So if the processor asks for the contents of address 951, then 952, then 953, then 954...it'll go out to RAM once for that first read, and the subsequent reads will come straight from the super-fast cache.
But if the processor asks to read address 951, then address 362, then address 419...then the cache won't help, and it'll have to go all the way out to RAM for each read.
So reading from sequential memory addresses is faster than jumping around.
Let's put those bits to use. Let's store some stuff. Starting with numbers.
The number system we usually use (the one you probably learned in elementary school) is called base 10, because each digit has ten possible values (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0).
But computers don't have digits with ten possible values. They have bits with two possible values. So they use base 2 numbers.
Base 10 is also called decimal. Base 2 is also called binary.
To understand binary, let's take a closer look at how decimal numbers work. Take the number "101" in decimal:
Notice we have two "1"s here, but they don't mean the same thing. The leftmost "1" means 100, and the rightmost "1" means 1. That's because the leftmost "1" is in the hundreds place, while the rightmost "1" is in the ones place. And the "0" between them is in the tens place.
So this "101" in base 10 is telling us we have "1 hundred, 0 tens, and 1 one."
Notice how the places in base 10 (ones place, tens place, hundreds place, etc.) are sequential powers of 10:
10^0=1
10^1=10
10^2=100
10^3=1000
The places in binary (base 2) are sequential powers of 2:
2^0=1
So let's take that same "101" but this time let's read it as a binary number:
Reading this from right to left: we have a 1 in the ones place, a 0 in the twos place, and a 1 in the fours place. So our total is 4 + 0 + 1 which is 5.
Here's how we'd count up to 12 in binary:
So far we've been talking about unsigned integers ("unsigned" means non-negative, and "integer" means a whole number, not a fraction or decimal). Storing other numbers isn't hard though. Here's how some other numbers could be stored:
Fractions: Store two numbers: the numerator and the denominator.
Decimals: Also two numbers: 1) the number with the decimal point taken out, and 2) the position where the decimal point goes (how many digits over from the leftmost digit).
Negative Numbers: Reserve the leftmost bit for expressing the sign of the number. 0 for positive and 1 for negative.
In reality we usually do something slightly fancier for each of these. But these approaches work, and they show how we can express some complex stuff with just 1s and 0s.
We've talked about base 10 and base 2...you may have also seen base 16, also called hexadecimal or hex.
In hex, our possible values for each digit are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, and f. Hex numbers are often prefixed with "0x" or "#".
In CSS, colors are sometimes expressed in hex. Interview Cake's signature blue color is "#5bc0de".
How many different numbers can we express with 1 byte (8 bits)?
2^8=256 different numbers. How did we know to take 2^8?
What happens if we have the number 255 in an 8-bit unsigned integer (1111 1111 in binary) and we add 1? The answer (256) needs a 9th bit (1 0000 0000). But we only have 8 bits!
This is called an integer overflow. At best, we might just get an error. At worst, our computer might compute the correct answer but then just throw out the 9th bit, giving us zero (0000 0000) instead of 256 (1 0000 0000)! (This is what Java does!)
The 256 possibilities we get with 1 byte are pretty limiting. So we usually use 4 or 8 bytes (32 or 64 bits) for storing integers.
32-bit integers have 2^{32} possible values—more than 4 billion
64-bit integers have 2^{64} possible values—more than 10 billion billion (10^{19}).
"How come I've never had to think about how many bits my integers are?" Maybe you have but just didn't know it.
Have you ever noticed how in some languages (like Java and C++) sometimes numbers are Integers and sometimes they're Longs? The difference is the number of bits (in Java, Integers are 32 bits and Longs are 64).
Ever created a table in SQL? When you specify that a column will hold integers, you have to specify how many bytes: 1 byte (tinyint), 2 bytes (smallint), 4 bytes (int), or 8 bytes (bigint).
When is 32 bits not enough? When you're counting views on a viral video. YouTube famously ran into trouble when the Gangnam Style video hit over 2^{31} views, forcing them to upgrade their view counts from 32-bit to 64-bit signed integers.
Most integers are fixed-width or fixed-length, which means the number of bits they take up doesn't change.
It's usually safe to assume an integer is fixed-width unless you're told otherwise. Variable-size numbers exist, but they're only used in special cases.
If we have a 64-bit fixed-length integer, it doesn't matter if that integer is 0 or 193,457—it still takes up the same amount of space in RAM: 64 bits.
Are you familiar with big O notation? It's a tool we use for talking about how much time an algorithm takes to run or how much space a data structure takes up in RAM. It's pretty simple:
or constant means the time or space stays about the same even as the dataset gets bigger and bigger.
or linear means the time or space grows proportionally as the dataset grows.
So space is much smaller than space. And time is much faster than time.
That's all you need for this piece. But if you're curious, you can read our whole big O explainer here.
In big O notation, we say fixed-width integers take up constant space or space.
And because they have a constant number of bits, most simple operations on fixed-width integers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) take constant time ( time).
So fixed-width integers are very space efficient and time efficient.
But that efficiency comes at a cost—their values are limited. Specifically, they're limited to 2^n possibilities, where n is the number of bits.
So there's a tradeoff. As we'll see, that's a trend in data structures—to get a nice property, we'll often have to lose something.
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Ok, so we know how to store individual numbers. Let's talk about storing several numbers.
That's right, things are starting to heat up.
Suppose we wanted to keep a count of how many bottles of kombucha we drink every day.
Let's store each day's kombucha count in an 8-bit, fixed-width, unsigned integer. That should be plenty—we're not likely to get through more than 256 (2^8) bottles in a single day, right?
And let's store the kombucha counts right next to each other in RAM, starting at memory address 0:
Bam. That's an array. RAM is basically an array already.
Just like with RAM, the elements of an array are numbered. We call that number the index of the array element (plural: indices). In this example, each array element's index is the same as its address in RAM.
But that's not usually true. Suppose another program like Spotify had already stored some information at memory address 2:
We'd have to start our array below it, for example at memory address 3. So index 0 in our array would be at memory address 3, and index 1 would be at memory address 4, etc.:
Suppose we wanted to get the kombucha count at index 4 in our array. How do we figure out what address in memory to go to? Simple math:
Take the array's starting address (3), add the index we're looking for (4), and that's the address of the item we're looking for. 3 + 4 = 7. In general, for getting the nth item in our array:
\text{address of nth item in array} = \text{address of array start} + n
This works out nicely because the size of the addressed memory slots and the size of each kombucha count are both 1 byte. So a slot in our array corresponds to a slot in RAM.
But that's not always the case. In fact, it's usually not the case. We usually use 64-bit integers.
So how do we build an array of 64-bit (8 byte) integers on top of our 8-bit (1 byte) memory slots?
We simply give each array index 8 address slots instead of 1:
So we can still use simple math to grab the start of the nth item in our array—just gotta throw in some multiplication:
\text{address of nth item in array} = \text{address of array start} + (n * \text{size of each item in bytes})
Don't worry—adding this multiplication doesn't really slow us down. Remember: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fixed-width integers takes time. So all the math we're using here to get the address of the nth item in the array takes time.
And remember how we said the memory controller has a direct connection to each slot in RAM? That means we can read the stuff at any given memory address in time.
Together, this means looking up the contents of a given array index is time. This fast lookup capability is the most important property of arrays.
But the formula we used to get the address of the nth item in our array only works if:
Each item in the array is the same size (takes up the same number of bytes).
The array is uninterrupted (contiguous) in memory. There can't be any gaps in the array...like to "skip over" a memory slot Spotify was already using.
These things make our formula for finding the nth item work because they make our array predictable. We can predict exactly where in memory the nth element of our array will be.
But they also constrain what kinds of things we can put in an array. Every item has to be the same size. And if our array is going to store a lot of stuff, we'll need a bunch of uninterrupted free space in RAM. Which gets hard when most of our RAM is already occupied by other programs (like Spotify).
That's the tradeoff. Arrays have fast lookups ( time), but each item in the array needs to be the same size, and you need a big block of uninterrupted free memory to store the array.
Okay, let's store some words.
A series of characters (letters, punctuation, etc.) is called a string.
We already know one way to store a series of things—arrays. But how can an array store characters instead of numbers?
Easy. Let's define a mapping between numbers and characters. Let's say "A" is 1 (or 0000 0001 in binary), "B" is 2 (or 0000 0010 in binary), etc. Bam. Now we have characters.
This mapping of numbers to characters is called a character encoding. One common character encoding is "ASCII". Here's how the alphabet is encoded in ASCII:
A: 01000001
S: 01010011
k: 01101011
B: 01000010
l: 01101100
C: 01000011
U: 01010101
m: 01101101
D: 01000100
V: 01010110
n: 01111110
E: 01000101
W: 01010111
o: 01101111
F: 01000110
X: 01011000
p: 01110000
G: 01000111
Y: 01011001
q: 01110001
H: 01001000
Z: 01011010
r: 01110010
I: 01001001
J: 01001010
You get the idea. So since we can express characters as 8-bit integers, we can express strings as arrays of 8-bit numbers characters.
Remember how we said every item in an array had to be the same size? Let's dig into that a little more.
Suppose we wanted to store a bunch of ideas for baby names. Because we've got some really cute ones.
Each name is a string. Which is really an array. And now we want to store those arrays in an array. Whoa.
Now, what if our baby names have different lengths? That'd violate our rule that all the items in an array need to be the same size!
We could put our baby names in arbitrarily large arrays (say, 13 characters each), and just use a special character to mark the end of the string within each array...
"Wigglesworth" is a cute baby name, right?
But look at all that wasted space after "Bill". And what if we wanted to store a string that was more than 13 characters? We'd be out of luck.
There's a better way. Instead of storing the strings right inside our array, let's just put the strings wherever we can fit them in memory. Then we'll have each element in our array hold the address in memory of its corresponding string. Each address is an integer, so really our outer array is just an array of integers. We can call each of these integers a pointer, since it points to another spot in memory.
The pointers are marked with a * at the beginning.
Pretty clever, right? This fixes both the disadvantages of arrays:
The items don't have to be the same length—each string can be as long or as short as we want.
We don't need enough uninterrupted free memory to store all our strings next to each other—we can place each of them separately, wherever there's space in RAM.
We fixed it! No more tradeoffs. Right?
Nope. Now we have a new tradeoff:
Remember how the memory controller sends the contents of nearby memory addresses to the processor with each read? And the processor caches them? So reading sequential addresses in RAM is faster because we can get most of those reads right from the cache?
Our original array was very cache-friendly, because everything was sequential. So reading from the 0th index, then the 1st index, then the 2nd, etc. got an extra speedup from the processor cache.
But the pointers in this array make it not cache-friendly, because the baby names are scattered randomly around RAM. So reading from the 0th index, then the 1st index, etc. doesn't get that extra speedup from the cache.
That's the tradeoff. This pointer-based array requires less uninterrupted memory and can accommodate elements that aren't all the same size, but it's slower because it's not cache-friendly.
This slowdown isn't reflected in the big O time cost. Lookups in this pointer-based array are still time.
Let's build a very simple word processor. What data structure should we use to store the text as our user writes it?
Strings are stored as arrays, right? So we should use an array?
Here's where that gets tricky: when we allocate an array in a low-level language like Java or C, we have to specify upfront how many indices we want our array to have.
There's a reason for this—the computer has to reserve space in memory for the array and commit to not letting anything else use that space. We can't have some other program overwriting the elements in our array!
The computer can't reserve all its memory for a single array. So we have to tell it how much to reserve.
But for our word processor, we don't know ahead of time how long the user's document is going to be! So what can we do?
Just make an array and program it to resize itself when it runs out of space! This is called a dynamic array, and it's built on top of a normal array.
Python, Ruby, and JavaScript use dynamic arrays for their default array-like data structures. Confusingly, they're usually just called "arrays." Other languages have both. In Java, array is a static array (whose size we have to define ahead of time) and ArrayList is a dynamic array.
When you allocate a dynamic array, your dynamic array implementation makes an underlying static array. The starting size depends on the implementation—let's say our implementation uses 10 indices:
Say you append 4 items to your dynamic array:
At this point, our dynamic array contains 4 items. It has a length of 4. But the underlying array has a length of 10.
We'd say this dynamic array's size is 4 and its capacity is 10.
The dynamic array stores an end_index to keep track of where the dynamic array ends and the extra capacity begins.
If you keep appending, at some point you'll use up the full capacity of the underlying array:
Next time you append, the dynamic array implementation will do a few things under the hood to make it work:
1. Make a new, bigger array. Usually twice as big.
Why not just extend the existing array? Because that memory might already be taken. Say we have Spotify open and it's using a handful of memory addresses right after the end of our old array. We'll have to skip that memory and reserve the next 20 uninterrupted memory slots for our new array:
2. Copy each element from the old array into the new array.
3. Free up the old array. This tells the operating system, "you can use this memory for something else now."
4. Append your new item.
We could call these special appends "doubling" appends since they require us to make a new array that's (usually) double the size of the old one.
Appending an item to an array is usually an time operation, but a single doubling append is an time operation since we have to copy all n items from our array.
Does that mean an append operation on a dynamic array is always worst-case time? Yes. So if we make an empty dynamic array and append n items, that has some crazy time cost like or ?!?! Not quite.
While the time cost of each special doubling append doubles each time, the number of appends you get until the next doubling append also doubles. This kind of "cancels out," and we can say each append has an average cost or amortized cost of .
Given this, in industry we usually wave our hands and say dynamic arrays have a time cost of for appends, even though strictly speaking that's only true for the average case or the amortized cost.
In an interview, if we were worried about that -time worst-case cost of appends, we might try to use a normal, non-dynamic array.
The advantage of dynamic arrays over arrays is that you don't have to specify the size ahead of time, but the disadvantage is that some appends can be expensive. That's the tradeoff.
But what if we wanted the best of both worlds...
Our word processor is definitely going to need fast appends—appending to the document is like the main thing you do with a word processor.
Can we build a data structure that can store a string, has fast appends, and doesn't require you to say how long the string will be ahead of time?
Let's focus first on not having to know the length of our string ahead of time. Remember how we used pointers to get around length issues with our array of baby names?
What if we pushed that idea even further?
What if each character in our string were a two-index array with:
the character itself
a pointer to the next character
We would call each of these two-item arrays a node and we'd call this series of nodes a linked list.
Here's how we'd actually implement it in memory:
Notice how we're free to store our nodes wherever we can find two open slots in memory. They don't have to be next to each other. They don't even have to be in order:
"But that's not cache-friendly," you may be thinking. Good point! We'll get to that.
The first node of a linked list is called the head, and the last node is usually called the tail.
Confusingly, some people prefer to use "tail" to refer to everything after the head of a linked list. In an interview it's fine to use either definition. Briefly say which definition you're using, just to be clear.
It's important to have a pointer variable referencing the head of the list—otherwise we'd be unable to find our way back to the start of the list!
We'll also sometimes keep a pointer to the tail. That comes in handy when we want to add something new to the end of the linked list. In fact, let's try that out:
Suppose we had the string "LOG" stored in a linked list:
Suppose we wanted to add an "S" to the end, to make it "LOGS". How would we do that?
Easy. We just put it in a new node:
And tweak some pointers:
1. Grab the last letter, which is "G". Our tail pointer lets us do this in time.
2. Point the last letter's next to the letter we're appending ("S").
3. Update the tail pointer to point to our new last letter, "S".
That's time.
Why is it time? Because the runtime doesn't get bigger if the string gets bigger. No matter how many characters are in our string, we still just have to tweak a couple pointers for any append.
Now, what if instead of a linked list, our string had been a dynamic array? We might not have any room at the end, forcing us to do one of those doubling operations to make space:
So with a dynamic array, our append would have a worst-case time cost of .
Linked lists have worst-case -time appends, which is better than the worst-case time of dynamic arrays.
That worst-case part is important. The average case runtime for appends to linked lists and dynamic arrays is the same: .
Now, what if we wanted to prepend something to our string? Let's say we wanted to put a "B" at the beginning.
For our linked list, it's just as easy as appending. Create the node:
Point "B"'s next to "L".
Point the head to "B".
Bam. time again.
But if our string were a dynamic array...
And we wanted to add in that "B":
Eep. We have to make room for the "B"!
We have to move each character one space down:
Now we can drop the "B" in there:
What's our time cost here?
It's all in the step where we made room for the first letter. We had to move all n characters in our string. One at a time. That's time.
So linked lists have faster prepends ( time) than dynamic arrays ( time).
No "worst case" caveat this time—prepends for dynamic arrays are always time. And prepends for linked lists are always time.
These quick appends and prepends for linked lists come from the fact that linked list nodes can go anywhere in memory. They don't have to sit right next to each other the way items in an array do.
So if linked lists are so great, why do we usually store strings in an array? Because arrays have -time lookups. And those constant-time lookups come from the fact that all the array elements are lined up next to each other in memory.
Lookups with a linked list are more of a process, because we have no way of knowing where the ith node is in memory. So we have to walk through the linked list node by node, counting as we go, until we hit the ith item.
public static LinkedListNode getIthItemInLinkedList(LinkedListNode head, int i) { if (i < 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("i can't be negative: %d", i)); } LinkedListNode currentNode = head; int currentPosition = 0; while (currentNode != null) { if (currentPosition == i) { // found it! return currentNode; } // move on to the next node currentNode = currentNode.next; currentPosition++; } throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("List has fewer than i + 1 (%d) nodes", i + 1)); }
That's i + 1 steps down our linked list to get to the ith node (we made our method zero-based to match indices in arrays). So linked lists have -time lookups. Much slower than the -time lookups for arrays and dynamic arrays.
Not only that—walking down a linked list is not cache-friendly. Because the next node could be anywhere in memory, we don't get any benefit from the processor cache. This means lookups in a linked list are even slower.
So the tradeoff with linked lists is they have faster prepends and faster appends than dynamic arrays, but they have slower lookups.
Quick lookups are often really important. For that reason, we tend to use arrays (-time lookups) much more often than linked lists (-time lookups).
For example, suppose we wanted to count how many times each ASCII character appears in Romeo and Juliet. How would we store those counts?
We can use arrays in a clever way here. Remember—characters are just numbers. In ASCII (a common character encoding) 'A' is 65, 'B' is 66, etc.
So we can use the character('s number value) as the index in our array, and store the count for that character at that index in the array:
With this array, we can look up (and edit) the count for any character in constant time. Because we can access any index in our array in constant time.
Something interesting is happening here—this array isn't just a list of values. This array is storing two things: characters and counts. The characters are implied by the indices.
So we can think of an array as a table with two columns...except you don't really get to pick the values in one column (the indices)—they're always 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
But what if we wanted to put any value in that column and still get quick lookups?
Suppose we wanted to count the number of times each word appears in Romeo and Juliet. Can we adapt our array?
Translating a character into an array index was easy. But we'll have to do something more clever to translate a word (a string) into an array index...
Here's one way we could do it:
Grab the number value for each character and add those up.
The result is 429. But what if we only have 30 slots in our array? We'll use a common trick for forcing a number into a specific range: the modulus operator (%). Modding our sum by 30 ensures we get a whole number that's less than 30 (and at least 0):
429 \: \% \: 30 = 9
Bam. That'll get us from a word (or any string) to an array index.
This data structure is called a hash table or hash map. In our hash table, the counts are the values and the words ("lies," etc.) are the keys (analogous to the indices in an array). The process we used to translate a key into an array index is called a hashing method.
The hashing methods used in modern systems get pretty complicated—the one we used here is a simplified example.
Note that our quick lookups are only in one direction—we can quickly get the value for a given key, but the only way to get the key for a given value is to walk through all the values and keys.
Same thing with arrays—we can quickly look up the value at a given index, but the only way to figure out the index for a given value is to walk through the whole array.
One problem—what if two keys hash to the same index in our array? Look at "lies" and "foes":
They both sum up to 429! So of course they'll have the same answer when we mod by 30:
So our hashing method gives us the same answer for "lies" and "foes." This is called a hash collision. There are a few different strategies for dealing with them.
Here's a common one: instead of storing the actual values in our array, let's have each array slot hold a pointer to a linked list holding the counts for all the words that hash to that index:
One problem—how do we know which count is for "lies" and which is for "foes"? To fix this, we'll store the word as well as the count in each linked list node:
"But wait!" you may be thinking, "Now lookups in our hash table take time in the worst case, since we have to walk down a linked list." That's true! You could even say that in the worst case every key creates a hash collision, so our whole hash table degrades to a linked list.
In industry though, we usually wave our hands and say collisions are rare enough that on average lookups in a hash table are time. And there are fancy algorithms that keep the number of collisions low and keep the lengths of our linked lists nice and short.
But that's sort of the tradeoff with hash tables. You get fast lookups by key...except some lookups could be slow. And of course, you only get those fast lookups in one direction—looking up the key for a given value still takes time.
Arrays have -time lookups. But you need enough uninterrupted space in RAM to store the whole array. And the array items need to be the same size.
But if your array stores pointers to the actual array items (like we did with our list of baby names), you can get around both those weaknesses. You can store each array item wherever there's space in RAM, and the array items can be different sizes. The tradeoff is that now your array is slower because it's not cache-friendly.
Another problem with arrays is you have to specify their sizes ahead of time. There are two ways to get around this: dynamic arrays and linked lists. Linked lists have faster appends and prepends than dynamic arrays, but dynamic arrays have faster lookups.
Fast lookups are really useful, especially if you can look things up not just by indices (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) but by arbitrary keys ("lies", "foes"...any string). That's what hash tables are for. The only problem with hash tables is they have to deal with hash collisions, which means some lookups could be a bit slow.
Each data structure has tradeoffs. You can't have it all.
So you have to know what's important in the problem you're working on. What does your data structure need to do quickly? Is it lookups by index? Is it appends or prepends?
Once you know what's important, you can pick the data structure that does it best.
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Rolls-Royce reconfirms its financial guidance for 2018 profit and free cash flow. Specifically, we expect both group and core profit and cash flow for 2018 to be in the upper half of our full year guidance range, as shown below:
Guidance on a consistent basis as provided at FY 2017 results
Group (incl. non-core1, excl. ITP Aero)
Core2 (Incl. ITP Aero)
£400m +/- £100m3
1 Non-core includes L'Orange, Commercial Marine and other / eliminations
2 Core includes Civil Aerospace, Defence, Power Systems and ITP Aero and excludes L'Orange and Commercial Marine
3 Expected to be in the upper half of the guidance range
Civil Aerospace
The strong large engine flying hour growth we reported in the first half has continued into the second half of the year. As guided previously, we expect full year growth to be in the mid-teens range.
As indicated in our statement on 26 October 2018, we expect to deliver around 500 large engines to our customers in 2018, lower than our March 2018 engine projection of around 550 large engines. This reflects supply chain challenges that are affecting the whole civil aero engine sector and also early stage production ramp-up challenges on our new Trent 7000 engine. As we move into 2019 we are confident that Trent 7000 production and delivery volumes will increase significantly to meet our customer commitments.
We have continued to make progress reducing large engine OE unit losses and will provide more details on this with our full year results in February 2019.
Work continues to progress well with the regulatory authorities on the certification of the newly-designed intermediate pressure compressor blades for the Trent 1000 Package C engines. Once certified, this new design of blade can then be fitted to Package C engines as they come in for overhaul, helping to reduce the current customer disruption on this engine variant.
Despite significantly increasing our Trent 1000 related maintenance, repair and overhaul capacity over the last twelve months, the number of aircraft on ground remains at a high level. We sincerely regret the disruption that this has caused our customers. We are determined and confident that as we execute our plans we will see a significant improvement in aircraft on ground as we progress through the first half of 2019.
In Power Systems, the strong growth seen in the first half of 2018 has continued through the second half, driven by good growth in almost all end markets.
Order intake has been strong with a number of key orders secured in the second half, notably the first agreements for MTU Hybrid PowerPacks: with Porterbrook in the UK, Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail in Ireland and Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland in Germany. In line with our strategy for Power Systems to become an integrated solutions provider, we also launched turnkey microgrid solutions and took a strategic stake in Berlin-based start-up Qinous to develop energy storage and further micro-grid capability.
Defence trading progress has remained in line with our full year guidance, with revenues expected to remain stable.
We secured an important order in the second half for our AE 3007 engines, being selected by Boeing to power the US Navy's new MQ-25 Stingray aircraft. The MT30 continues to prove its success in the Naval market, having secured a further application this year with selection for Japan's 30FFM frigate programme, and with negotiations progressing to secure further export contracts. We also made good progress towards securing a substantive role in delivering a new combat engine platform, through Defence's position as one of four partner companies in Team Tempest - a collaboration set up to explore a range of concepts for the UK's Future Combat Air strategy.
ITP Aero
ITP Aero continues to trade in line with expectations.
We announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the new ITP Aero facilities in Bizkaia, Spain that will focus on the design and manufacturing of Externals, which are components used in aircraft engine-dressing such as fluid systems, structures and others.
The restructuring we announced on 14 June 2018 remains on track. The focus in 2018 has been on establishing our new operating model and on delivering the targets previously communicated; specifically, a 4,600 headcount reduction over the next two years, with around a third of these taking place before the end of this year. We are confident that the end result will be a simpler, leaner and more agile organisation that drives culture change through pace, simplicity, efficiency and empowerment.
Commercial Marine Sale
The disposal process of the Commercial Marine business is proceeding to plan and completion is expected towards the end of Q1 2019. We expect net proceeds of around £350m to £400m dependent upon the final outturn working capital on completion.
The UK exiting the European Union
Rolls-Royce notes the decision by the UK Government to delay the vote on the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and political declaration. We will continue to implement our contingency plans until we are certain that a deal and transition period has been agreed.
Specifically, we are working with EASA to transfer design approval for large aero engines to Germany, where we already carry out this process for business jets. This is a precautionary and reversible technical action which we do not anticipate will lead to the transfer of any jobs.
We have begun to build inventory as a contingency measure, in line with the timetable that we gave in the summer. We have been liaising with all our suppliers and have reviewed our logistics options and have the required capacity available. At this point we have contingency plans in place and will update the market when we have clearer visibility.
Our 2018 Full Year results will be announced on 28 February 2019.
About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
1. Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to meet our planet's vital power needs.
2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
3. Annual underlying revenue was £15 billion in 2017, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced gross order book stood at £78.5 billion at the end of December 2017.
4. In 2017, Rolls-Royce invested £1.4 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
5. Rolls-Royce employs 55,000 people in 50 countries. Approximately 19,400 of these are engineers.
6. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2017 we recruited 313 graduates and 339 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.
Jennifer Ramsey
Rolls-Royce plc
Tel +44 (0) 20 7227 9087
Richard Wray
Director of External Communications
www.Rolls-Royce.com
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Any statements that express forecasts, expectations and projections are not guarantees of future performance and will not be updated. By their nature, these statements involve risk and uncertainty, and a number of factors could cause material differences to the actual results or developments. This announcement is intended to provide information to shareholders, is not designed to be relied upon by any other party, or for any other purpose and the Company and its directors accept no liability to any other person other than under English law.
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Staff at China clay firm Imerys donate £3,000 to foodbanks
Staff at China clay company Imerys have donated £2,500 to local foodbank this Christmas
By Olivier Vergnault
Diane Walker (left) from Imerys handing over the donation of £2,500 to Cathy Day of the St Austell Foodbank (Image: Imery)
Imerys employees in Cornwall and across the UK have raised £3,000 for local foodbanks.
The cash was raised after the China clay mining company offered staff Christmas gift cards in lieu of the traditional Christmas social functions it would normally fund for employees – but gave them the opportunity to donate the value of these if they wished.
The result was huge support for these much-need charities whose work has become more important than ever given the uncertain times Covid-19 has created for many families in the UK.
The distribution of the funds raised was arranged to correspond with the location of those employees who have donated, with the St Austell foodbank receiving £2,500.
Donations were also made to the Buckfastleigh Foodbank in Devon (£300), the Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank (£100), and the Kinson & West Howe Foodbank in Bournemouth (£100).
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Get ready, snowboarders! Mt. Hood Meadows opens for the season
First few days will be for season pass holders only
by: KOIN 6 News Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mount Hood Meadows is officially open for the season!
The ski resort opened at 9 a.m. on Monday, but the first few days will be for season pass holders only. Those pass holders do not need to make a reservation. Once the mountain opens for everyone else, however, daily visitors will have to have purchase tickets in advance online.
The lifts are scheduled to operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. According to the Mt. Hood Meadows website, the resort currently has good coverage with a 41-inch settled snow depth in the base area and 55 inches at the top of the Mt. Hood Express.
The new Sahale Lodge will also be open Monday — but because of COVID-19 restrictions, there will not be indoor dining.
Meadows listed the following COVID-19 guidelines on their website:
Masks will be required at all times in the parking lot, lodges, in shuttles lift lines and on lifts (unless you are on the lift alone) and anytime you are outdoors and cannot maintain at least six feet of distance from others.
All lift tickets, lessons and rentals must be purchased online in advance – they will not be available at the resort this season.
Meadows will sell to-go food but eating will not be allowed inside lodges or on decks due to the governor’s order. Meadows will not have any tables set up inside the lodges and we encourage guests to use their vehicle as their lodge for dining and warming up.
Indoor restrooms are available but guests are asked to limit themselves to 10 minutes in the lodge at a time. Additional portapotties are also available for those who want to avoid coming indoors.
The only places at the resort to pick up passes are at the ticket booth in the base area or the ticket windows at Hood River Meadows. All guest services and pass holder services have been moved outside to these locations.
Guests are asked not to approach lifts until after 8:30 AM after the lift mazes are completely set.
Find more information online here.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A woman in Tidewater survived a dramatic tussle with a home invader who stabbed her before police arrived Friday. Law enforcement said the woman's injuries were non-life-threatening and she was transported to an area hospital.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said they received a 911 call at about 5:52 p.m. Friday reporting a stabbing that occurred on E Little Albany Loop. The caller said the victim was able to get away from the suspect and get help from a neighbor. Dispatch received multiple calls during the response, including one reporting the suspect's location.
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KSAT Digital Staff
Published: May 31, 2020, 6:21 pm
Tags: coronavirus, San Antonio, data, Bexar County
San Antonio, Bexar County coronavirus cases
5 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death reported during daily briefing
Coronavirus in San Antonio | Illustration by Henry Keller (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – On Sunday, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg confirmed five new coronavirus cases in Bexar County during the nightly COVID-19 update. The new cases bring the total number of cases in the county to 2,830.
One new death was also reported, bringing the death toll up to 74.
Of the new cases, one was from a congregate setting and three are under investigation.
Nirenberg said 92 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, with 39 in the intensive care unit and 22 patients using a ventilator.
Currently, 79% of ventilators are available, and 31% of staffed hospital beds remain open.
You can view an interactive map and other important information on the virus that is updated daily on the City of San Antonio’s COVID-10 website. (Find the mobile version of the below dashboard here.)
RELATED: Map: Track COVID-19 cases in Texas, county-by-county updates
What we know about COVID-19 related deaths in Bexar County:
In Bexar County, COVID-19 has taken 74 lives.
Many of those deaths — 19 in all — occurred among residents and an employee at the Southeast Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, where an outbreak infected at least 74 residents and 28 staff members.
Beyond the nursing home, three people who died were in their 40s, city data showed.
Twenty-nine of the people who have died were Hispanic, 14 of those who died were black, 13 were white and one was Asian. Five of the patients who died are younger than 50.
All but a few of the deaths involved patients with underlying conditions.
COVID-19 in surrounding counties
The counties surrounding San Antonio have also been afflicted with the spread of COVID-19.
Find the latest information for surrounding counties here:
Wilson County (In Floresville, officials are concerned of a potential outbreak at the Frank M. Tejeda Veteran’s Home. Two cases have been reported there, and one person has died.)
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#MusicMonday: Yung Pizza Boy
I opened last week’s column by announcing that “the Internet is filled will amazing music that no one listens to.” This week I spoke to 22-year-old Detroit rapper Dante Trice, who belongs to a collective they call “Unknown Records,” he explains, “because no one knows who we are.” Is obscurity the new celebrity? Definitely not, but I still enjoyed our conversation, almost as much as I liked Dante’s recent $tay Hydrated EP.
When he isn’t busy getting his college degree in Business Entrepreneurship or working full-time as a security guard, Dante Trice is making rap music under the name Yung Pizza Boy, a moniker he explains was originally a joke…oh and he likes pizza. As is the case with so many rap acts these days – my own college experiment included – Pizza Boy started rapping mainly for fun, recording with a friend in his college dorm room. This December, however, he decided to break off and take it more seriously. In just four months, the wheels of the hype machine started turning, with his track “Lemonade” garnering almost 2,000 plays.
While their sounds are admittedly different, talking to Dante in some way reminds me of talking mash-up artist Chaz Allen, as both young artists are deeply embedded in their respective niche Internet communities. While Chaz hosts an online music festival called SPF420, Dante works with a “small circle” of producers he met almost entirely through Soundcloud’s message function. “We’re all over the world,” he tells me, explaining that the Unknown Records crew typically communicates over phone or video chat. With their help, Pizza Boy tries to release a single once every two weeks, and he’s working on an EP called Before the Party. He tells me wants to build up his discography before he takes a stab at performing, which is how he’d eventually like to start making money. That, and selling Unknown Records merchandise, which he hopes to do via the Internet in upcoming months.
Both Chaz and Dante are also linked to their own distinct Internet sounds. “I have to keep up with the wave,” Dante says to me at one point, prompting me to blankly ask him what he means. He responds with the impatience Chazzzy displays when I ask him to define vaporwave. “I’m surprised you haven’t heard of wavy,” he says to me, “you know, as a journalist.” He proceeds to grasp for the right words to describe the genre with which his songs are most frequently tagged. “It started with Max B,” he says. “But don’t quote me on that.” (Although Urban Dictionary seems to agree: “It’s the new futuristic way of describing something in a positive connotation, popularized by the rapper Max B.”)
Dante describes his sound as “electronic indie trap rap,” a sound he says originally started with Jimi Hendrix, who used his guitar to replace vocals, and Zapp & Roger, who used synthesizers to invent that “futuristic vocal sound.” But Pizza Boy more readily evokes artists like Yung Lean (whose studio album is called Unknown Memory, a la Unknown Records, and who also has a single called “Lemonade”) and Bones, rappers known for their rapping softly over ethereal beats, rejecting hip-hop’s historical tendency towards machismo. Pizza Boy plans to wait until winter to film his first video, as he believes the snow will work better with his sound. This of course recalls Spooky Black’s “Without You,” the video that put fellow Midwestern hip-hop crooner on the map for mourning lost love in a desolate snowy forest, a video Pizza Boy references as an inspiration.
I’m always surprised to talk to artists with no intention of selling out, as that was always my primary aspiration in my brief foray as a rapper, which perhaps is among the many reasons I’m currently retired. In addition to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and the Sad Boys crew, Pizza Boy’s sound is also influenced by the fact that he records in his apartment: “I don’t want to be loud and disrupt people in the building,” he says of his whispering vocals. But Pizza Boy doesn’t mind that he isn’t recording in a big fancy studio. “I like being indie, being underground,” he tells me. “I would never want to be mainstream. I like to live a normal life.”
#music #music #musicmonday #musicmonday #musicmonday #yungpizzaboy #DanteTrice #rap #rapper #hiphop #chazallen #soundcloud
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Sonos PlayBase
Review: Sonos PlayBase
The TV's resting pad
Sonos’ new sound base PlayBase acts as a base for the TV. But did it arrive too late?
The sound is balanced, and the room correction fixes problems. Increased chassis volume accommodates subwoofers.
It lacks HDMI inputs, and the sound is not as engaging as the best sound bases.
HDMI: No
Digital in: Optical
Network: Wi-Fi, ethernet
Wireless: Sonos Multiroom
Analogue in: 3.5 mm mini jack
Subwoofer: Peripherals (wireless)
W x H x D: 72 x 5.8 x 38 cm
Colour: Black or White
Other: Trueplay room correction
Geir Nordby
2018-08-27 - 11:10 am
Sonos has spent a long time on PlayBase in order to offer one of the best sound bases on the market. In the meantime, many competitors have scrapped theirs, due to faltering sales. Sonos thus come to a market where other producers have previously tried and failed. Can PlayBase still be a success?
The idea is still good, and in our opinion, there should be a market for pedestal-style soundbars. Not everyone has their TV on the wall, and if you have it standing on a table, it might make sense to use the sound base as a base rather than adding a soundbar that blocks the TV’s bottom edge. The larger chassis volume allows you to mount the subwoofers on the underside, so you can get a good and rich bass reproduction even without the external subwoofer. If you still want a separate bass speaker, PlayBase is just like the soundbar PlayBar compatible with the wireless Sonos SUB.
Here there are no HDMI inputs; instead, PlayBase must be connected to your TV with an optical audio cable. This supports Dolby Digital and PCM, but not DTS. Therefore, set the TV to convert DTS signals to PCM, and everything will be fine.
It is very easy to connect the PlayBase to the home network with the Sonos app, and none of the others beat Sonos on usability pertaining to daily use. Playlists, grouping of rooms and much more are easy as pie. Support for virtually all music services, including Spotify, Tidal, Deeer, and Apple Music, is provided.
PlayBase also has room correction, which uses the iPhone as a measurement microphone – an arrangement that works very well.
The movie experience is characterised by a fuller bass than with the soundbar PlayBar. The dialogue is clear, and the bass effects are rendered with pretty good foundation, even without an external subwoofer. The timbre balance is unmistakably Sonos, which means a balanced and attractive sound that usually doesn’t play any tricks on you. It works well for most kinds of music.
There is nevertheless not as much energy in PlayBase as in Sonos’ own soundbar PlayBar. A direct comparison indicates that PlayBar has noticeably more dynamism. It doesn’t go as deep in the bass, but it does have bass. So even if you don’t plan to have an external subwoofer, then we would actually advise you to choose the PlayBar purely for the sound.
This also applies to music, which acquires a narrower stereo perspective with the sound base. It also fails to rival our reference among sound bases, namely the Canton DM 75, which is both more affordable and more powerful.
Sonos PlayBase sounds pretty good, with good fullness in the bass compared to a number of soundbars. It is also very user-friendly and supports many streaming services, just like other products by Sonos.
Like Sonos PlayBar, it lacks the HDMI input. But more importantly, the sound base does not have enough dynamism compared to the soundbar from the same manufacturer. It’s all too anaemic and mild. If you absolutely need a soundbar, we would sooner recommend Canton DM75.
Also in this test
Yamaha YSP-2700
The biggest problem with this soundbar is a huge hole in the soundscape.
Many speaker drivers and advanced DSP allow one to get virtually true surround sound.
There is a large hole in the sound between the subwoofer and the soundbar. The soundbar gives us the consonants from vocals, while the subwoofer provides the vowels.
Bluesound Pulse Soundbar
The most accomplished
Bluesound’s soundbar costs a bit more, but pays off in the form of a much better experiences on both film and music.
Very powerful sound, even without a subwoofer, timbre balance is great and user-friendliness very good.
There could also be even more air at the top.
Sony HT-NT5
Good compromise
This is designed to lie flat and point towards the ceiling, but nevertheless sounds good facing forward. It works pretty good.
The most successful flat soundbar we have heard. Sounds both natural and open, and has good usability.
The focus of the soundscape is better from the soundbar that play directly forward.
Samsung HW-MS660
Impressive balance
Samsung’s soundbar sounds just as well on music as it does for movies.
The sound is very clear and clean, Samsung is in the forefront when it comes to natural sound.
The bass can once in a while almost be too rich.
Yamaha YAS-306
Rather complete
If you are looking for an affordable option with multi-room, and do not want an extra bass crate, then this one is good.
A low price and good usability are a plus, and the soundbar provides a rich enough audio without a subwoofer.
Music in stereo lacks energy and life.
Philips HTL5160
Clear speech
The Philips soundbar does its job, with crystal clear dialogue and a fairly balanced sound.
The balance in the sound is fine, and the soundbar simulates surround sound quite well. Google Cast provides great usability for streaming.
We want more overtones, and the stereo perspective on the music should be wider.
Bose SoundTouch 300
Bose has banked on user-friendliness, but has unfortunately forgotten about the sound quality.
In typical Bose style, the soundbar is very user-friendly, and room correction can help in difficult environments.
The sound is too bad, and it lacks support for multiple streaming services.
Klipsch RSB-14
A lot of sound pressure, little else
Klipsch has the highest sound pressure in the test. But the soundbar disappoints on sound quality.
When it comes to sound pressure, Klipsch is in a separate class. The user-friendliness of the Play-Fi multi-room is very good.
The sound quality does not measure up.
Heos HomeCinema
User-friendly and tough
Heos has endowed this with user-friendliness, and here one also gets tough, rich sound for one’s money.
The usability is top notch, many streaming services are supported, and with subwoofer included, the price is very favourable.
It lacks some nuances in the overtones, especially for music in stereo.
Living room and family-friendly all-in-one solution
The integrated Linn Majik DSM plays like a dream with built-in room correction, and has everything you need built-in.
The most expensive, delicious and best
Denon has never made a better surround amplifier, than the anniversary model AVC-A110.
When music is life itself
For those who can afford it, it should be difficult to get a better sound from the digital collection or streaming services.
Network player with DAC and CD player
Marantz's latest CD player is also a network player, and an internet radio, and a DAC, and a preamplifier, and a….
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Conservation & Land Management
Vision: An internationally-renowned landscape, where nature, heritage, land and water are valued, managed, and enhanced to provide multiple benefits for people and nature.
What outcomes will we focus our efforts on to achieve this vision?
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National outcomes delivered
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is home to some of the most iconic wildlife and landscapes found in Scotland and draws visitors from across the globe. The famous lochs, forests and mountains of the area are an historic part of the Scottish culture and make a huge contribution to the country, as well as being a haven for nature. Across the Park 67 sites are designated for their special nature conservation value.
However the natural environment of the Park faces significant threats including:
Impacts on freshwater and marine water bodies from problems such as pollution from surrounding land uses;
Unsustainable levels of wild and domesticated grazing animals in some upland and woodland areas, leading to reduced tree cover and the erosion of soils, which are important carbon stores;
The spread of invasive non-native species which displace our rich native wildlife;
The impacts of climate change leading to warmer, wetter weather patterns and a subsequent increase in flood events, major landslides and rapid shifts in natural ecosystems.
Our aim with the outcomes set out in this chapter, is to work towards overcoming these threats and achieving a vision of improving ecosystems, in order to create a more sustainable long term future for both people and nature.
Achieving these outcomes will help to deliver the following national strategies:
Scotland’s 2020 Biodiversity Challenge
Land Use Strategy
River Basin Management Plan
Flood Risk Management Strategy
Scotland’s Wild Deer: A National Approach
Climate Change Act
National Marine Plan
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Rare black leopard captured on camera in wild for first time in 100 years
According to National Geographic, biologist Nick Pilford captured the female leopard on a camera trap set up in the Liosaba Conservancy, Kenya, after he received a tip-off that a "panther" had been spotted there numerous times.
And the trap paid off as he managed to snap a photo of the rarest of the big cats.
"Almost everyone has a story about seeing one, it's such a mythical thing," Pilfold said.
Rare black leopard sighted
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Rhino horn smuggled as jewellery
Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic revealed an "emerging trend" of making and smuggling beads, bracelets and bangles and rhino horn powder.
The lead investigator told BBC News the trade in rhino horn was now "morphing" into a market for luxury items.
At least 7,100 rhinos are estimated to have been killed in Africa since 2007.
Today, about 25,000 of the animals remain.
Julian Rademeyer from Traffic explained that the production of rhino horn "trinkets" mirrored some of the patterns seen in the trade in ivory.
Smuggle of Rhino horn
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What a hunter-gatherer diet does to the body
BY: Loop Lifestyle
10:04, July 8, 2017
Diet is key to maintaining diversity and was strikingly demonstrated when an undergrad student went on a McDonald's diet for ten days and after just four days experienced a significant drop in the number of beneficial microbes.
Similar results have been demonstrated in a number of larger human and animal studies.
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Snow falls in Sahara for first time in 37 years
13:30, December 22, 2016
Their 1984 Band Aid prediction that "there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime" has once again been proven wrong -- and this time in spectacular fashion.
The Algerian town of Ain Sefra, deep in the dry, hot Sahara desert was hit by a freak snowfall on December 19. It's the first time snow has fallen in the region in 37 years.
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Mythbuster: What Donald Trump didn't say about Africa
BY: Loop Global
04:00, November 13, 2016
The BBC's Dickens Olewe looks at six comments he allegedly made about Africa which are doing the rounds on the internet.
'Africans are lazy fools only good at eating, lovemaking and thuggery'
According to fact-checking website Snopes this claim was first posted on 25 October 2015 on Politica, a fake news website. It was later picked up by blogs and other fake and satirical news websites on the continent.
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No security worry for visiting dignitaries: Peter O’Neill
BY: Charles Yapumi
19:30, May 29, 2016
Port Moresby, starting on Tuesday, will be hosting 79 government leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP).
“Ninety-nine percent of us (Papua New Guineans) are peace-loving people,” O’Neill said.
“I am sure they will enjoy their stay here.”
He appealed to all residents of the nation’s capital to show the Melanesian culture of respecting and caring for the visiting dignitaries.
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP).
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Preparation for hosting of ACP meet on track
The Chairman of the ACP Ambassadorial Working Group in Brussels and Papua New Guinea’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Joshua Kalinoe said he is satisfied with the arrangements put in place by the National Organising Committee (NOC).
“Since I arrived in Port Moresby last week, I have attended coordination briefing sessions of the NOC jointly chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the APEC Authority. I am satisfied that the National Organising Committee has done an excellent job to date in respect to logistics, policy and security.
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
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Unicef: Aids leading cause of death for African teenagers
BY: Joshua Epe
Despite gains made among adults and babies with HIV, the number of 10-to-19-year-olds dying from AIDS-related diseases has tripled since 2000, UNICEF said, launching the global data at a press conference in South Africa.
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Pope to visit central African republics divided capital
Sitting on the dirt under a tent of scrap wood and tarp, she is comforted by her neighbors at the airport displaced-persons camp where she has lived for nearly two years.
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Prince Harry has a heartwarming reunion with an African orphan he first met 11 years ago
The prince, who was in Maseru, Lesotho as part week-long tour of the African country and South Africa, gave his old friend Mutsu Potsane a hug when they saw each other again at the groundbreaking for the Mamohato Children’s Centre
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These current terms of service were published on 11/06/2019.There was no previous version.
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F--- it, I'm going to Thanksgiving.
wise old Uncle Chang say
1 month ago 11/22/2020 4:24pm CST
re: pandemicd out
pandemicd out wrote:
I’m not, but my brother is....and guess what: he’s driving across several states to join us!
Tell em you will see him the morgue , outlaw.
StevePrefonDead
re: BulletPointIt!
BulletPointIt! wrote:
StevePrefonDead wrote:
The Unkle wrote:
Gavin Newsom is the governor of California, our largest and -- for a long time -- our most prosperous state. About 40 million people live in California. So far, two of them under the age of 18 have died of COVID-19.
So naturally, Gavin Newsom has shut down the entire state. Businesses are shuttered, people wear masks even as they eat, large groups are forbidden to congregate. Thanksgiving itself is on its way to being canceled. It's a tough way to live, but Californians have no choice. Gavin Newsom is California's epidemiologist-in-chief. He commands obedience and the serfs obey.
And then the San Francisco Chronicle broke a pretty amazing story: Gov. Newsom recently attended a birthday dinner up in wine country at The French Laundry, one of the best and most expensive restaurants in the world. There were 12 people at Newsom's dinner and to civilians, that number seemed to be a clear violation of Newsom's own rules.
However, we were told, it really wasn't. It turns out that Newsom was simply celebrating the birthday of a longtime friend of his, a lobbyist actually, called Jason Kinney. A spokesperson for Kinney described the night this way: "This was a small, intimate 12-person dinner held outdoors with family and a few close friends to celebrate a 50th birthday." In other words, no big deal.
For his part, Gov. Newsom assured his suffering subjects that "our family followed the restaurant's health protocols and took safety precautions." That was the story.
And then Fox 11 in Los Angeles received a picture of the birthday dinner up in Napa. It turns out it was not held outside. It was held in a private room, and not a spacious private room either. All 12 people were packed in tight, shoulder to shoulder, breathing on each other. No social distancing here. Not one of them is wearing a mask. A steam room in central Wuhan could not be more contagious than this dinner. Gavin Newsom's birthday party was a germ factory and his guests were human petri dishes.
But what a guest list it was! Next to Governor Newsom sat the CEO of the California Medical Association, and one over from him sat one of the state's top health lobbyists. Together, the two of them represent tens of thousands of physicians, credentialed men and women of science in the state of California.
So if you're wondering why, if you live in California, you can't have Thanksgiving this year or visit your mother as she dies alone in the hospital, it is because of them and people like them. And yet there they were, eating $300 truffle pasta and living like this pandemic thing never even happened.
The picture of them doing it, known henceforth to history as "The French Laundry Photograph", is the year 2020 condensed to its essence. Here you have plutocrats dining with lobbyists, ignoring the very orders they're so self-righteously imposing on others, gorging themselves in seclusion as the people they're supposed to be helping wither and die. And then when they're caught, they lie about it.
How perfect is that? It's all there. Every element --hypocrisy, greed, selfishness, stupidity. This is our national moment in a single picture. So what's Gavin Newsom's explanation for this picture?
"I made a bad mistake, instead of sitting down, I should have stood up and walked back, got in my car and drove back to my house," he said. "Instead, I chose to sit there with my wife and a number of other couples ... You can quibble about the guidelines, etc., etc. But the spirit of what I'm preaching all the time was contradicted and I gotta own that. And so I want to apologize to you."
OK, Gavin. So you had no idea there were going to be a dozen people at your own party? You're the governor, but you never saw the guest list, you were totally shocked. That's ridiculous. It's too stupid to be an explanation and we are more stupid for pretending to believe it.
Why not tell the truth, which is, "I don't really totally believe everything I say, at least not enough to let it interfere with dinner"? That's the truth. You know it and he knows it, but he's forcing us to play along with an absurd lie. On the other hand, at least Gavin Newsom didn't follow the lead of Nancy Pelosi and blame the restaurant. He didn't accuse the maitre d' of setting him up as part of a conspiracy.
The French Laundry probably won't suffer the same fate as Pelosi's hairstylist, at least as long as they stay quiet about it. And to his credit, Gavin Newsom didn't follow the example of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Feinstein has refused to answer any questions as she parades around the halls of the United States Senate and private airport terminals maskless and exposed. We've had no explanation for that.
At this point, we should point out that this spring, police in California hunted down a lone man paddleboarding in the Pacific Ocean. He was off the coast of Malibu, probably infecting the seals. The authorities saw this. They got on boats. They alerted the Coast Guard. And then sheriff's deputies put this criminal in handcuffs. They arrested him and threatened him with six months in prison for breaking corona law and the media in California treated this like it was totally normal.
Again, this man was literally put in handcuffs for paddleboarding alone. They didn't even claim it was a threat to marine life. They didn't even make up a pretext. They just did it. And like seals, everyone applauded. The paddleboarder gets arrested, Gavin Newsom gets to dine in peace. What's the lesson here? You know the lesson, if you want to live like a human being, you've got to get elected to something and then you can break your own rules. Otherwise, don't even think about it.
This is not conventional hypocrisy. This is an act of hostility against the population of the country. They despise you and they're flaunting it. This is how people who don't like you behave. They force you to do one thing, they do another, they get caught, they're not embarrassed and they keep forcing you to do the thing they're not doing. That's an act of hostility. They don't like you.
In an ideal world, we'd all be at The French Laundry laughing and eating with our friends. It sounds wonderful, especially now. Sadly, we can't do that. We're not the governor of anything.
I didn't read it. Too long.
Yer super cool.
clown news network
re: Harambe
Harambe wrote:
Agingrunner wrote:
And no I'm not a boomer nor Redneck. You are free to label me as this is what team Donkey does. I don't care.
Using the term "Team Donkey" kinda tips your hand.
Diagnosis: terminal political brain rot. Too much network TV news.
Do you EVER have anything halfway intelligent to add to ANY conversation? You are the epitome (you can Google it) to brain rot from watching CNN, just like Flagpole.
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re: Normal non scared American
Normal non scared American wrote:
Runner10287 wrote:
[quote]Elliott long wrote:
380,000+ American humans have died due to Covid and this is what you think about? Wow.[/quoteYep!
380k where? Are you counting Canada and Mexico and all of Central and South America?
Actually the real. number is about 15 thousand. The rest were in the process of. dying anyway of other things, converted to COVID deaths by ever increasing millions of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests and their ever increasing number of false positives as the epidemic wanes.
re: clown news network
clown news network wrote:
You posted from your sock-puppet. oopsie
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re: The Unkle
Who are the globalists behind this that got nearly every country in the world to report all kinds of COVID deaths, 1.4 million in total?
covider
Am I a bad person for wanting people to get really sick when they break guidelines and have thanksgiving with those outside those they live with? I’m really rooting for it.
re: Runner10287
In June and July, we were one of the few countries to have a huge upsurge of cases and deaths rose markedly in parts of the country not hit the first time. That's mostly how Florida and Texas got up to 15-17,000 deaths in each state prior to the second wave. So, that's the upshot of re-opening and particularly crowds at Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends.
re: covider
I don't want anyone to die from this. I just want people to take wise measures to end the pandemic before we run up another 100,000-200,000 deaths, which I anticipate. Remember when the skeptics and cynics here were saying that North and South Dakota had made it safely through all of their acts of flouting the guidelines? They have risen all the way from near the bottom to 8th and 11th, respectively, in deaths per million at 1102 and 926, and South Dakota just reported 42 deaths in one day from COVID, a huge # for a state that small. They're easily #1 and 2 in cases/million, despite having testing rates quite a bit lower than most states. Cases in South Dakota may possibly have peaked, but deaths right now are at high levels with no end to growth yet. I predict they'll be at least at 1221 deaths per million, up from 926, in one week. That's assuming 240 deaths in the week, about 34/day, which would be below this week's average.
im a dbag
Thank you for the wonderful summary and reflection. I truly mean it.
Elliott long or wrong?
re: Elliott long
Elliott long wrote:
380,000+ American humans have died due to Covid and this is what you think about? Wow.
CDC says 234k. Where did the other 150k come from?
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm
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Living as the Tyrant's Older Sister
When I opened my eyes, I was inside a fantasy novel world! The beauty I see in front of the mirror is the future tyrant's older sister, Alicia! She's not even a protagonist or an antagonist, but a character that doesn't appear much and gets beheaded by her (future) tyrant little brother. My life is all about escaping that fate from the novel. In the end, I seduced the male lead's merchant friend who also doesn't appear much and was about to leave the country with him. How-e-ver– The face of the man who spent the night with me was extraordinary.
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"I-I'm pretty sure the name I heard yesterday wasn't that name but something else. Uhm, what was it. I-I think it's Sir Lancelot."
"Ah, that's my friend."
"Why, is there a problem?"
Excuse me, you're asking if there's a problem? A lot. There's a lot. …Why is the male lead on my bed?!
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Hidup Sebagai Kakak Kaisar Tiran
Pokgunui Nunaro Sandaneun Geoseun
The Tyrant’s Sister
Vivir como la hermana de un tirano
Vivre comme la sœur aînée du tyran
成為暴君姐姐的生存法则
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by periwinkle
December 11th, 2020, 9:11am
Review 12/11/20
The original premise of this isekai manhwa was strong: the sister of the author of the original story (compared to just a fan or someone who played the otome game) had previously advised the author and changed the outcome, so when she is reincarnated she brings that knowledge in and tries to change her fate. The first few chapters are hilarious. The cartoon faces are drawn in an art style different from the other manhwa and allows for comedic moments in the medium that I haven't seen before. Her approach to problem solving of trying to bed the nondescript second male lead showed an aggressive approach to problem-solving rather than meandering around.
However, the strengths fall away pretty quickly. The former life is quickly forgotten about and the story is played straight: an overreacting, quirky female lead who's beautiful and has a Unique Talent (in her case, forging weapons) that gains the respect of the male soldiers, and the progress that she makes in the plot (such as becoming the advisor to the knights, and having a few verbal "battles" between the female rival) aren't so much done with her own ability any longer but more with the Male Lead's help.
Like other reviewers have pointed out, it's very slow paced. I picked it up just as Season 2 started so I was able to binge Season 1 and see the development, but I can foresee myself dropping this as I read on a weekly basis. I don't have too much of an attachment to the main characters--I hope their romance goes well because I'm a sucker for a love story, but I find Alicia's inability to communicate frustrating. The side characters are all just tropes. There's not really any that are sweet or funny in their own right. The King is a typical tsundere for his sister and has only one flash of nobility or talent that was demonstrated at the end of Season 1
(when he protects Alicia from being expelled from the palace because she was influencing his education)
but that came too little, too late. This king was already an idiot in my mind.
Season 2 picks up with the proposal from Ares to Alicia, which he made at the end of Season 1 because the author inserted this contrived rule that the advisor of education to the king had to have served the king for 7 generations. That's another disappointment--why not fight to change the rules? Why not explore the fact that the supposedly all-powerful king is still subject to the law? And if the law is supreme why do the nobles disregard it so casually? There are other interesting avenues there but the author again chooses to stick to the romance, I think at the expense of characterization and development.
... Last updated on December 11th, 2020, 9:15am
Had potential but had to drop it by ch34 because of boredom
by goodieblanker
August 19th, 2020, 1:02am
I liked how the FL is somewhat smart, a bit funny in interacting with her brother, and is cunning enough not to be a doormat, BUT other than that it's just not my cup of tea I guess? By ch34 I realized just how bored I am of reading it and I really don't care about any of the characters. I don't feel anything at all when the OTP is on screen together. I had to drop the series because it's starting to become a chore just to continue reading which is sad because I usually push through for romcom isekais.
Horribly unfunny.
by Arisil
Plot is decent, but the pacing and storytelling are all over the place. I don't like how it portrays the comedy. Seriously, why constantly change artstyles for the comedic bits? Just comes off as lazy to me. Usually I don't care about it but it's changing artstyles every two panels. The humor in this is so awfully lame, but I'm probably just biased because I don't laugh at 90% of comedy anyways. If it had a more serious tone I'd probably dig it.
... Last updated on July 28th, 2020, 9:59pm
I'm confused by why people like this?
by yukinoluna
June 14th, 2020, 5:43am
The whole storytelling is a mess. Like what is going on? The female lead acts like a child and is so snobby and cannot handle things well despite proclaiming to be an elite. The art has the potential to be nice if not for the weird blurry lines that make decreases the dimension of the characters drawn.
Messy as hell, and it tries to be funny without actually being funny.
Plot: 7.5/10
Storytelling: 0/10 - A huge mess
Humor: -10/10
Art: 3/10
Total: 2/10
Not my usual reads
by Utsukushii Yume
May 3rd, 2020, 12:29pm
I usually don't like relationship stories that start from a one-night stand, but the events leading to the one-night stand and the events after were just so ridiculous. I got a good laugh out of this.
Spunky FL, but really jarring pacing
by whitespade
The pacing is all over the place and the humorous chibi are added too liberally the story is very slow to progress. I do not mind non stop humour, however it should be continuous and streamlined, but this feels like the humour stop the story just to focus on some slapstick sometimes. The art is not the best but could be excused as this is focus more on humour after all. Some characters are un-understandable, (for example this love at first f@ck ML), however I do like the FL that take charge.
FL act like a retard
by bloodtears23
April 1st, 2020, 5:04pm
For someone from their past life who have a cruel streak and had a standing with a bright future, she act like a pompous bimbo who doesn't know what she's doing. She got knowledge from her past, she didn't even use it. She's being laugh at and she only take it like a clown she is. She's impulsive and indecisive. Maybe her drowning made her brain lack oxygen necessary to think when she got isekai'd.
Makes my days better!
by Maeeve
April 1st, 2020, 12:40pm
I expected the usual Isekai but this is a true gem in a sea of acrylic stones and for the first time I felt like leaving a review. The art is peculiar but I honestly really like it, it's a bit of a fresh air. The characters are very diverse and interesting, the female lead is a real badass (and quite crazy too) but what I love the most is how hilarious this webtoon is. I can't stop laughing while reading, it puts me in a real good mood, the interaction between all the characters are funny but still don't undermine the serious plot going under. I simply love it, I can't wait to read more and more. Max points!
A gem!
by Bebe~
March 18th, 2020, 7:27pm
I rarely find FL as strong as this one. She's made to walk the road less taken. Never backing down with evil-doers but always standing up for the under dogs. Her relationship with her lil bro and the ML is so cute and tsundere, but not the cringey type.
Totally worth a read. The gag scenes really makes you laugh out loud. The dialogue, the drawing...nicely done!
The first isekai webtoon of that kind...
by kujika
March 4th, 2020, 1:11pm
...I'd call hilarious. It doesn't take itself seriously and the drawings are on point for a gag/comedy webtoon.
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MNL POD: The Manila Podcast with Anton & Spanky
S02 E03: How to Build an Online Brand in 2021 + Ultimate Taste Test 2020!
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Coloured paraphs., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)
Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Paraphs John le Breton (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun)(attributed to) England
Initials 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, in Johannis de Gadesden's Rosa medicinae., Miscellany with medical texts, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae (ff. 6-280)
Rosa medicinae. The Rosa medicinae was written by John Gaddesden while he was at Oxford, probably between 1302 and 1317. This copy is one of 13 known surviving manuscripts. Large and smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph
Small decorated initial at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospel of John, in the later Wycliffite version
beginning of the Gospel of John. There is an offset of an illuminated initial on ff. v verso and 1. Plain red Initials. Decorated catchwords. Gospel of John, in the later Wycliffite version Rev. John Price (b. c.1694 d. 1751):
Decorated initial 'I'(usticia) at the beginning of John of Wales Summa Iustitiae., Summa Iustitiae or Tractatus de septem viciis
at the beginning of John of Wales Summa Iustitiae. Large initials in red, many with brown pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Small marginal drawing in ink, most with red (e.g., ff. 63, 64, 71v). Summa Iustitiae
Historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine., Cutting from a choir book
of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine. Italian cutting.This cutting is bound together with six other mounted cuttings and leaves as Add. 32058. To order
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XIV Century MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 2470 British Library, London 29 images.
XIV Century Author(s) [John de Meun] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 2470 Source Library British Library, London Description A poem intitled " the Will" - written by John de Meun,
MS Scotland Medieval Ms. 3859 National Library of Scotland 118 images.
De Simplicitate Christianae Vitae, preceded by the Epistola, as in the Cologne edition, 1550, and followed by a sermon on John, iv, 1, preached on 9 June, 1495 (f.101). Volume from the library at Slains Castle. Notes on the manuscript
fourteenth century MS Scotland Medieval Ms. 1902 National Library of Scotland 131 images.
of the first three homilies is given (P.L., xciv, 34-36, 38-41, 22-23, 120-125). On ff. 89-90v is a homily on John, i. 1-2, apparently not by Bede, beg. 'Oportet nos, fratres karissimi', and ending 'Illud verbum, quod erat in principio
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Jobless claims rise modestly after hitting 12-week low
Published: Dec. 20, 2018 at 8:49 a.m. ET
Greg Robb
Claims rise 8,000 to 214,000 in week ended Dec. 15
Job seekers stand on line to register for an interview time slot during a career fair at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif.
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The numbers: The number of Americans losing their jobs and applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly in mid-December after dropping sharply to a 12-week low. The gain puts claims at the low end of their recent range around the 220,000 line.
What happened: New claims rose by 8,000 to 214,000 in the seven days ended Dec. 15, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a 218,000 reading. In the past week, claims fell by 27,000 to 206,000. That was the biggest one-week drop in more than three years.
The gain still puts claims well below the eight-month high of 235,000 hit just a few weeks ago. That report raised questions about whether the labor market had cooled off. A weaker-than-expected employment report for November fed into those concerns.
Big picture: Claims tend to be erratic from Thanksgiving until after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in late January. Layoffs are trending a bit higher than they were in September but economists say there has not been any meaningful deterioration that would signal an economic downturn.
Market reaction: Stocks have been choppy in overnight trading after Wednesday’s Fed interest-rate increase. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.57% was set to open slightly lower on Thursday after dropping by more than 350 points after the Federal Reserve quarter-point rate hike announced Wednesday afternoon.
The Carters have attended every presidential inauguration since the day of President Carter's swearing-in in 1977, and they were the first to confirm their attendance of the Trump inauguration four years ago.
Greg Robb is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in Washington. Follow him on Twitter @grobb2000.
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Art Aquarium (Lighting), Japan
Since its inception in 2007 and subsequent shows every year after, the Art Aquarium has emerged as a summer tradition in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. However, stretching beyond the base of Nihonbashi, Art Aquarium producer and artist, Hidetomo Kimura, has seen his exhibit on display in countries around the world. The shows take place every year with previous locations including Milan, Italy, Shanghai, China, Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, Kyoto’s Nijo-jo Castle and the 21st-Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. To enhance the presentation and bring out the beauty and diversity of the underwater world through dazzling lighting displays, Art Aquarium wanted to take its exhibit to the next level with a world-class lighting system.
Delivering a mesmerizing experience for guests, ligting intregators TSP Taiyo equipped Art Aquarium with a premium Martin Professional lighting solution that includes an array of Martin ERA 800 Performance fixtures. Hidetomo Kimura selected the ERA 800 Performance for its bright, crisp beam and gobo projection with a flat field. In addition to illuminating the exhibit’s artwork, the fixtures offer a variety of effects and features—electronic dimming and strobe, full CMY color mixing and separate color wheel, variable color temperature control, animation wheel, fixed and rotating gobo wheels and much more—that allow Art Aquarium to tailor the lights to fit their needs. Furthermore, the ERA 800 Performance includes a full curtain framing system, which offers a high degree of flexibility to achieve the desired looks.
“To enhance the museum in the way the producer visualized it, the client required a powerful yet energy-efficient lighting solution,” said a spokesperson at TSP Taiyo. “Martin ERA 800 Performance is perfect for venues like Art Aquarium due to its compact design, tour-worthy moving head and excellent brightness.”
“Our goal was to create a unique experience for our visitors,” said a spokesperson at Art Aquarium. “Martin lighting fixtures were the ideal choice for our exhibit as they are flexible, compact and efficient, which allowed us to alter the directionality and intensity of the light to get the perfect visuals our art designer required.”
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Flashback Friday: Maestro
The Hulk travels to a Future Imperfect to meet his evil alter ego!
Every Friday we use the powers of Marvel Unlimited to look back at the very first appearance of a major character, place or object that made waves this week.
A blast from the past made his hulking presence felt this week as writer Ed Brisson and artist Mike Deodato launched their first issue of OLD MAN LOGAN. Ever since we first glimpsed the Deodato-drawn cover with Maestro, a future version of Hulk, throwing down with the elder incarnation of Wolverine, we’ve been waiting to see what happened and now it’s finally here! In true Flashback Friday tradition, though, it’s time to hit the rewind button and head back to 1992’s INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT two-issue prestige format series by Peter David and George Perez.
The series kicked off by dropping us into Dystopia, a city about a century in the future in the middle of a wasteland run by the feared Maestro. Janis, however, wanted to put a stop to that, so she and her band of rebels stole Doctor Doom’s time machine and recruited a little help in the form of The Incredible Hulk! At that point, the Jade Giant spent his time running around with Bruce Banner’s intelligence and Hulk’s bulk.
After tangling with some of Maestro’s goons, Hulk met a very old Rick Jones who kept a museum celebrating all of the dead heroes. The former sidekick soon explained that a war had devastated the planet, killing many of the heroes in the process and paving the way for Maestro’s rule. All the radiation and death swirling around after the major conflict drove Hulk a bit crazy, eventually turning him into Maestro. He built some dampeners that allowed people to survive in Dystopia and then basically just used humanity to entertain himself.
Hulk: Future Imperfect (1992) #1
Added to Marvel Unlimited: December 04, 2009
Writer: Peter David
Penciler: George Perez
That didn’t sit well with the younger Banner. Maestro won the first battle between the titans, breaking his counterpart from the past’s neck in the process, but keeping him alive to wage further mental warfare. That all played nicely into the plan crafter by Hulk, Janis, and her people which involved tunneling into Maestro’s stronghold and getting the drop on him. The two Hulks tussled once again, this time in Jones museum, so artifacts like Captain America’s shield and Wolverine’s skeleton came into play.
Ultimately, Hulk used his smarts to lure Maestro back towards the time machine, which he used to send the tyrant back to that fateful day when Bruce Banner ran out to save Rick Jones from an exploding gamma bomb. This time, Maestro stood right next to the bomb as it exploded, seemingly killing him in the process.
Of course, we know that’s not how it works in comics! Maestro first returned in the pages of 1998’s INCREDIBLE HULK #460 by David and Adam Kubert. As Bruce mentally dealt with various important people in his head, Maestro appeared to tell him that his corpse acted as a kind of beacon that kept bringing Banner back to the original bombing location. Each time, Maestro absorbed a bit more of that all-important radiation which helped him return at the end of the issue. In the following chapter, the villain sent his consciousness into a Destroyer that he used to fight Hulk. Ultimately, Bruce used his mind to battle Maestro for control of the Asgardian artifact, which lead to a victory for the good guy!
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Lehigh believes things will start to look up after two losses to quality opponents
By Keith Groller
Lehigh quarterback Nick Shafnisky throws a pass against New Hampshire. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Lehigh football coach Andy Coen isn't going to blame the schedule-maker for the two difficult opponents his team has played to start this season, Colonial Athletic Association powers James Madison and New Hampshire.
"I am the one who scheduled these two games," Coen said. "You have to play these types of teams to show your kids where we want to be."
This may not have been the best time to start a season with perhaps the two best opponents on your schedule.
As Coen said: "We're a young football team. In other years, we've played these teams as a more veteran team, but we've got a lot of kids playing for the first time — 12 or 13 first-time starters. They need to take from what they've seen here the last two weeks."
What the Mountain Hawks have seen, particularly on Saturday in a 45-27 loss to New Hampshire, is that they've got a long way to go to compete with some of the best teams in the country.
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Lehigh was overmatched in the first half against the nationally ranked Wildcats, outscored 29-0 and outgained 401-88.
To their credit, the Mountain Hawks kept competing and actually outscored UNH in the second half, but the outcome was never in question.
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The hope of Coen and all who care about the program is that Lehigh learned from its mistakes and will benefit from having faced faster and bigger opponents than what they're accustomed to in the Patriot League.
Lehigh plays at Yale on Saturday and doesn't begin Patriot League competition until Oct. 11 against Bucknell.
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And, as Lafayette proved last season when it started 1-5 and still won the Patriot title, it's all about getting better, getting hot and winning league games.
"Playing these teams has got to pay dividends down the road," Coen said. "That's how I look at it, and we'll keep working. We had some young kids step up today and play well and we've created some more depth."
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Sophomore cornerback Brandon Leaks is on the same page as Coen.
"Personally, I love to play tougher opponents," he said. "They make you get better. You have to set a bar that you want to reach and the tougher opponents set that bar pretty high and it's good to welcome the challenge. We've just to keep building."
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While Coen said he felt quarterback Nick Shafnisky made "too many mistakes, particularly early in the game," the biggest concern would appear to be on defense.
Lehigh has left too many open receivers, missed too many assignments and too many tackles to stop high-powered offenses like the ones it has faced.
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The Mountain Hawks have surrendered 38 points and 626 yards per game (an average of eight yards per play) and have allowed first downs on 17 of 29 third-down opportunities. Much of the preseason talk was about the need to get more pressure on opposing quarterbacks, but they have yet to record a sack.
Yet, Coen said he didn't "lose it" at halftime on Saturday.
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"I just told them they needed to find a way to come out and compete and they did right away with a scoring drive," Coen said. "It seemed like we had the ball a whole lot more in the second half and it was much more of an even game. At times, I didn't think there was that much of a difference and there were other times that got us in one-on-one situations where there was."
Indeed, Lehigh had no answers for R.J. Harris and Harold Spears, who combined for 13 receptions, 247 yards and three touchdowns.
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Fortunately, they won't see the likes of Harris and Spears every Saturday.
The key now is not to lose confidence.
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Coen doesn't sense that happening.
"There's enough leadership there from the veteran guys and the younger kids," he said "Everybody's really involved and we're going to keep competing."
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The Yale game, however, is very important.
Even though none of the September games count in the league, no one wants to fall to 0-3 where a loss of confidence and maybe some doubt could start to take hold.
"We need to play very well at Yale," Coen said. "We don't know too much about them because they haven't played a game. They haven't changed coaches, so I don't anticipate too much change. I'm sure they're very talented, too, but hopefully, they don't look like these guys [UNH]."
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(Right) Under the Citadel at Dinant, Belgium. Very impressive scenery !
(Left) A typical canal scene. still water, reflections, trees.
(Right) The Chalk hills of Champagne seen above the houses in the middle right. The chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes grow on vines whose roots find their way into and through the chalk which, when moistened, is very porous. The chalk holds the moisture and warmth through the cold winters and is cool in the hot summers allowing the grapes to continue growing, taking on sugar and avoiding damage. The vendage (picking) begins in October and new grapes start soon after that. We are told that all the premier label grapes are hand picked (and given the steep slopes, would have to be), and that champagne begins to go off before release, due to air being introduced when the dead yeast is removed (degorgement) - so - drink it when you get it !
(Below) Just a few of the more than 7,000,000 bottles undergoing the processes in Piper Heidsieck's caves in Dijon. They have some 10km of underground tunnels (caves) in which the wine from up to 5 years is processed.
(Right) A champagne tasting session in the Maison L'Amiable in Tours sur Marne, a town on the canals in Champagne. Dr Amiable is second from the left, his son to the left of him. Others in the party are Tam and Di Murrell, Laurie and Marlene O'Meara, the McDaniells and Tam and Di's Barge Handling Course students.
(Left) 'Australians all, let us rejoice' - The flag raising by Laurie and Marlene, first guests on board Van Nelle in October 2001 in Champagne. The O'Meara's very kindly lent us the Australian flag they had taken throughout Europe many years before. We had a formal flag raising ceremony.
(Right) Laurie the new helmsman , hard at work in the demanding Champagne canals. Laurie, who has been an aircraft pilot, showed great talent and skill at handling a big barge in the short time he had with us.
(Below) What better way to spend the afternoon than a long French lunch - pate, cheese, baguettes, wine, sunshine and friends.
(Right) One of the tunnels on the waterways, this one in Champagne is some 4.5km long and just above 3.5m clearance.
(Left) Rows of chardonnnay waiting to be picked to make up about 60% of the mixture of three types found in champagne. Chardonnay is used for finesse and flavour
(Right) Pinot Noir, used to provide for body in champagne, accompanied by it's cousin, pinot meuniere, used for length and flavour.
(Left) The beautiful gardens at Monet's former residence near Paris.
(Right) A Halte Fluviale. Places for 'plaisanciers' (pleasure boaters) to stop overnight, or for some days. Some are provided free of charge, others cost either a set fee or an amount per metre per night. Some provide electricity and water, others do not.
(Left) Picnic time 'a cote de canal'. A lazy Sunday lunch taken on Tuesday or Friday. Marcus and Else Leguyt's boat 'ST 53' is behind.
(Right) Our transport is a motor scooter that has to be winched on and off Van Nelle's bow, but only if we moor with the port (left) side of the boat against the shore.
(Left) Humerous statues in the double towns of Charleville-Meziers. This is a place of national prominence for it's artistic programs and has a beautiful theatre in the town square.
(Left) Sunset on the canals can be very spectacular.
(Left) The park in St Dizier has four statues depicting the seasons, each, according to the temperature of the season, with more or less clothing - this is Summer !
(Right) A swing bridge open for us by the accompanying eclusier who is standing on the bridge. In this part of France, each boat or small group are accompanied through each lock and on to the next one by an eclusier on a scooter. After each section a new one takes over so they don't get too far from home.
(Left) The Theatre - a jewel in a very pretty ville
(Right) The Chateau de Grande Jardin at Joinville
(Left) Van Nelle has a new driver
(Below) An old canal running through Joinville
(Right) Out of the mist. A great shot taken by Marcus Leguyt of Van Nelle as we approached the overnight 'halte fluviale'.
(Left) Steetside in Langres. This is a fortified town on the top of an imposing hill (2 km ride up from the canal !), which has been preserved very nearly as it was three hundred and more years ago. It has all the fortified walls, entrances and guard posts in place and most of the streets inside the walls are populated with the original buildings, many being refurbished.
On this street are the imposing Jesuit school (right) and cathedral (right rear). The statue at the left rear is of M. Diderot, a native of Langres, known as a philosopher and poet (?)
(Below) Roger and Lindy Tindley's 'Hoivande'
(Right) More mist in the morning, this time at Auxonne, the place Napoleon Bonaparte undertook his artillery training which led to his command of troops and his rise to power.
(Left) St Jean de Losne. Pretty as a postcard. VN is centre right, moored at the Quai Nationale, just in front of two cafes. After nearly three weeks in this place we were politely told that it was meant for short stays only. We left for three days in Chalons sur Saone and then to the Gardee, our winter mooring.
(Right) Steve and Akeyo visited us at St Jean de Losne on their way south. More showers for Akeyo ! This very pretty Japanese aid worker has very long hair and both she and her hair enjoy long showers.
(Left) The gang at St Jean on the back deck of Van Nelle for drinks. These quiet little drinks (qld's) tend to get noisier !
(Right) Dinner aboard Van Nelle with Marcus, Else and Lindy. Roger (Lindy's mari [husband]) was away flying a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for an oil company, aboard a platform in the North Sea. The ROVs are used where divers cannot go to the depths required to weld pipes and make repairs or adjustments to the underwater oil drilling gear.
(Right) A dance party aboard Van Nelle after a quiet (?) dinner ashore - see below for the street scene !.
(Left) The party that started in the cafe L'Amiral and ended up on Van Nelle with a tour of the streets in between. And then, sadly, Marcus and Else left for Lyon.
(Left) The new home for Van Nelle and the McDaniells, the 'gardee' or 'ancien derivation de St Jean de Losne', an unused part of the old waterways system, now a part of the H2O Port de Plaisance.
This is where we will winter from mid November until some time in March. Last year the water rose above the level of the stone quais you can see the boats tied up to. If you did not have a floating set of steps and a gangway, you did not get ashore !
(Right) 'The Park' before we arrived and took the whipper snipper to it. In the next pic you can see a well tended garden in the mooring next to ours.
(Right) Van Nelle in 'the park'. We have inherited 40m x 10m of land against which we are moored. It was left derelict by the previous tenant who did not cut the grass for more than 2 years. We did it in a day in the first week with a whipper snipper (grass cutter) but it is still heavily covered by mole hills. The moles have been here longer than us so they can keep their little mounds.
(Left) If we thought we had problems, here is Ian MacLean and Helen Jordin's luxemotor 'Mea Vota' laid up for winter at St Symphorien which, as you can see, has no water, thus the boats there are high and dry on the mud. There are some people still living on board their boats !!!!! St Symphorien is near St Jean and has another canal starting there. The reservoir was damaged and hence the lack of water as repairs to it and locks are carried out over winter.
(Right) Van Nelle and the 'Park' covered in morning ice
Some ice on the table on the stern (these pics taken late November !).
(Below) This is before we set out and (right) after 6 months. The old couple are towing their barge, just as younger parents had their children do the same !
(Left) The Quai National at St Jean around 1915. See other pictures above for comparisons.
(Right) The St Jean brass band on parade on St Nicholas Day. St Nic is the patron saint of bargepeople and schools and on this day (9 Dec) he arrived by barge into the town that was furnished with a street market, mulled wine stalls and entertainments for the children.
One of a series of parties held over winter at L'Amiral. The owner, Giles. is second from the right.
You can't have a party at L'Amiral without the resident accordionist. No one has ever heard him play anything they know but he plays along anyway and provides interesting dance music.
While on the subject of parties, restaurants or food in general, here are some home cooked quiches, great for lunches while underway.
This is the Hotel Dieu in Beaune, the centre of Burgundian wine production. The Hotel Dieu, a gift from a 17th C Duke, was a hospital for the poor and the rich, built to alleviate suffering just after the 100 years war. It was a hospital until about 1986 or so and is funded by its own extensive vineyards and farming properties. It is now a fabulously re-appointed tourist attraction.
Two pictures of Lausanne in Switzerland, taken on a quick trip to renew the tourist visa. We stayed at the Munsters Castle (below), in Montreaux where the famous Jazz Festival is held.
Not really the Munster's house, this is the 2 star hotel at only $A 120 per night for the room. Breakfast was not served as the girl who cooked was off sick. I however reported my jacket missing from the room overnight only to be reminded by the owner (who found it under my pillow) that I had used it to bolster the sleeping equipment.
Who would have thought the Swiss made wine - and in quantity. It tastes Ok though a little bland.
Many will have read about Little Nellie and her escape from certain death at the hands (or flukes) of Van Nelle's propellor. Here she is, being repaired. You may be able to see the gash on the transom on the left and above it , large sections that had to be almost entirely replaced.
And here is Little Nellie being rowed for the first time since she was patched up. Unfortunately at this time she still leaked and had to undergo additional extensive skin grafts. At the time of writing, that had been completed and the sea trials scheduled for the next day.
Sunset on the Ancien Ecluse, you can see a commercial barge working it's way down river, outside the old lock.
This is a slightly different scene looking in the opposite direction. That white stuff is snow covered ice that formed before Christmas and stayed with us for weeks. Yep, it's snow on the deck as well !
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The STEAM program at McGehee invites students to engage in a dynamic array of hands-on engineering and design challenges. From the TinkerLab at Little Gate to the Creation Station in the middle school, the STEAM program fosters scientific and technological literacy as the students are introduced to state-of-the-art tools, digital programs and open-ended building materials.
Using the Engineering Design Process to guide inquiry, students engage in a variety of activities that align with rigorous math and science standards. The scope and sequence of the material is created through cross-curricular collaboration, and aims to help students gain confidence using tools, materials and resources to creatively and adeptly solve real-world problems.
Interactive online content like computer-aided design (CAD) programs, digital art, and data collection software are used proficiently in the classroom. Scales, force plates, decibel readers, thermometers and other measurement tools support mathematical and data-interpretation skills. State of the art 3-D printers, laser-cutters, vinyl cutters, and dedicated computers are available for more in-depth and precise engineering projects.
Throughout, the students in the STEAM program are challenged to take risks and build resilience. In the Tinkerlab, students as young as two years old can observe scientific phenomena like gravity, momentum and light. From these foundations, the STEAM program builds. Middle school students apply the same scientific standards to launch lunar rovers, program complex robots and interpret x-rays during orthopedic surgery case-studies.
No matter what the challenge, the STEAM program at McGehee gives students the tools they need to thrive in the future.
Allie Manker, Middle School STEAM Teacher, Robotics Coach
McGehee's STEAM program is built upon the understanding that innovative thinking is a practiced skill. It takes trial and error, resilience and encouragement. We practice risk taking and failure. No one is born programming complex code; we have to practice and persevere. Our students welcome these big questions and possess the confidence to apply technological and problem-solving strategies to solve real-world problems.
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The Joy of Having To Work All Day So Fuck It Let’s Seamless Indian Food and Eat It In Bed While Watching Netflix
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The Joy of Creating Bogus Gmails to Sign Up for Free Trials of Recipe Delivery Services
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The Joy of Telling Someone You Belong to a Co-op Because You Belong to a Co-op and You’ve Probably Mentioned You Belong to a Co-op But You’re Also Not Sure If It’s Clear You Belong to a Co-op and Did You Mention You Belong to a Co-op?
The Joy of Imagining All The Things You Could Eat If It Weren’t for GMOs
The Joy of Yelping a Lousy Restaurant Into Oblivion
The Joy of Not Cooking and Going Out on the Weekend and Walking Aimless and “Hangry" Around the Neighborhood While Defending Your Choice to Wait for the Digital Waitlist Mobile Alert Notification That Your Table Is Ready, Because Damn It, Karen, You Said It Was FINE!, and It’s the Weekend and Nowhere Else in This Neighborhood is Going to Be Any Less Busy, and We’ve Already Paid For Parking, So?, So Let’s Just Wait, And—God, Karen, Please Don’t Cry, We Can Get Arby’s on The Drive Home, and I Know, I Know, I’m Sorry, I Know That’s Not What You Want, and Of Course I Want It to Be Special Too, But My God, You Always Have to Undermine Every Single Thing I Say!
The Joy of Accepting That Yeah This Meal is OK But It Isn’t Quite As Good as It Looked on Pinterest
This Summer, We’re Renaming Our Tampons “America”!
Are You Sure There Isn’t Something Else I Can Do Before the End of the School Year?
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Press Release No. 59 December 28, 2020 Berlin
Integration of BIH into Charité and the privileged partnership with the MDC
On January 1, 2021, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH ) will become the translational research unit of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and will then form – alongside the hospital and the medical faculty – Charité’s third pillar.
Press Release No. 53 November 13, 2019 Berlin
Jan Philipp Junker named EMBO Young Investigator
Some 27 young researchers have been selected for the prestigious EMBO Young Investigators Programme. Among this year’s awardees is Philipp Junker, a systems biologist at the MDC’s Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology.
Press Release No. 51 October 25, 2019 Berlin
“There is no place for sexual harassment at the MDC”
The MDC is committed to maintaining respectful interactions at the research center and is taking decisive action to prevent and address bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment. Since early 2019 an Anti-Harassment Task Force, consisting of a broad cross-section of stakeholders, has been preparing guidelines for this very purpose. The Board of Directors has declared its support for the proposed guidelines.
Buch campus cycles the most
The equivalent of almost 28 times around the equator – this was the distance covered by participants in the cycling competition “Wer radelt am meisten?” (Who cycles the most?). Berlin’s senator for sport announced the winners at a ceremony on Wednesday at the Olympiastadion. The Buch campus took first place in the category “Best Company.”
Press Release No. 28 June 06, 2019 Berlin
Creative minds, CRISPR, and cats
Anyone wishing to uncover the mysteries of life must explore the realm of molecules and genes. At the Long Night of the Sciences, visitors to the MDC will voyage through this fascinating cosmos in the company of experts.
Press Release No. 13 April 05, 2019 Berlin
MDC welcomes privileged partnership with the BIH
The MDC welcomes the agreement reached between the State of Berlin and the federal government regarding the future of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH ). The term “privileged partnership” has to now be filled with life and backed up with funding.
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LifeTime is delighted to receive EU funding
LifeTime is one of the six winners of an EU-wide competition in which ambitious and forward-looking research projects are selected and funded. This was officially announced by the European Commission on Tuesday. The coordinators of LifeTime in Berlin and Paris were pleased that they can now begin the actual work. Chancellor Merkel praised the initiative.
The avant-garde of genetic research is now in the heart of Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated on Tuesday the Max Delbrück Center’s new building in the heart of Berlin. Some 250 top researchers of the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) will use the facility to study how genes regulate the lives of cells and thus influence health and disease.
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MDC scientists conduct excellent research. This includes rigorously following the rules of good scientific practice, ensuring a respectful work environment, and providing young scientists with comprehensive support. Here is the MDC’s statement on current reporting in Spiegel Online.
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Mediaweek Industry Awards 2018: Best Australian News Brand
By James Manning
• Find out who the Mediaweek readers chose as the best news brand of 2018.
For this category we welcomed votes for coverage across any medium – online, print, television and radio.
Winner: ABC News
Perhaps a surprising win given the largely commercial focus Mediaweek has when it comes to covering news broadcasters and publishers.
However it is clear our readers value one of the biggest news gathering operations in Australia and one they pay for.
To learn a little more about ABC News in 2018 and to look ahead, we spoke with Gaven Morris, the ABC’s director news, analysis & investigations since October 2015.
In this role he oversees all the ABC’s broadcast and digital news and current affairs output – including flagship TV programs such as the state and territory 7pm news editions, 7.30, Four Corners, Australian Story, Q&A and Foreign Correspondent; audio programs such as AM, PM, RN Breakfast, RN Drive and Background Briefing; the ABC News website and mobile and social media channels; the continuous ABC News channels on TV and radio; and the Asia-Pacific newsroom.
Morris won’t forget 2018 in a hurry for many reasons. He joined the organisation a decade ago, and previous roles include head of news content, national editor for ABC News Online and head of continuous news.
ABC’s Gaven Morris (left) with hosts Michael Rowland and Barrie Cassidy
What were the highlights and biggest challenges of 2018?
Staying focussed on serving the public’s interest amid the ABC’s leadership turmoil and the political criticism meant 2018 was particularly challenging, but editorial teams remained professional and determined to producing excellent journalism and breaking news coverage.
I’m very proud of how some of the new teams set up at the end of 2017 came to the fore: ABC Investigations led the way with the crowd-sourced investigation into aged care in Australia that led to the special two-part Four Corners and extensive broadcast and digital news coverage prompting a Royal Commission. The specialist reporting team produced a number of exclusives across platforms proving beat reporting is still fundamental to great journalism. It was an outstanding year for ABC News coverage around breaking events like the Liberal leadership change, the Thai caves rescue, the Trump presidency and many local stories in the states and territories.
What new platform had the biggest audience growth in 2018?
While we saw incredible growth on third-party destinations like Apple News and YouTube, even more crucial for ABC News teams was reinventing audio and video content for new audiences. Original podcasts (The Signal, Russia If You’re Listening) and TV documentaries (Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane) plus looking at how to create the highest quality digital journalism experiences allowed us to reach younger news consumers and to reach out to audiences who don’t always tune in to our broadcasts.
What can you tell us about ambitions for 2019?
Increasingly, the value of public media to Australians will be in working directly with the public to cover, investigate and debate stories that matter to them. ABC News aims to continue to innovate in finding ways to invite Australians into examining issues they’re interested in and to contribute to our coverage. In a federal election year, empowering every citizen in all parts of our cities and in rural and regional Australia will be at the centre of our approach. We also want to continue to set the agenda – breaking and telling stories that all Australians find directly relevant to their lives.
Do you expect many innovations for your election campaign coverage?
Antony Green’s ability to read the play during election campaigns and on election nights will mean the focus on innovation in the early months of 2019 will be in supporting Antony’s analysis and presenting it in new ways, particularly on mobiles during the NSW and Federal elections. We’ll also be looking to find new ways to tell stories for contemporary audiences – in audio, with video and on TV and in specialist digital content.
Second place: Nine
Writing about the Nine news platforms now is very different to what it was 12 months ago.
The merger of the Fairfax Media brands means consumers and advertisers have access to a wide range of news from the more traditional Nine television and online platforms, through to the various brands connected to the old Fairfax Media – from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and all the associated brands.
The new Nine Entertainment Co looks likely to sell the former New Zealand and regional brands as soon as possible.
The traditional Nine television offering took a hammering with its breakfast show last year as Today relaunched this week. However as we pointed out last week, the turmoil at Nine wasn’t all self-inflicted, give their opposition some of the credit at least.
The decisions Nine’s head of news and current affairs Darren Wick and his team seem to have made good choices with the new Today team, but ratings will be the ultimate judge of those appointments. (And not just the first week.)
Peter Overton with Darren Wick and Hugh Marks
Third place: Sky News
Under the leadership of new CEO Paul Whittaker, the news channel is building a formidable team. Whittaker and his new lieutenants Chris Willis and Mark Calvert will be relishing polishing the image of the channel and planning coverage of the 2019 federal election campaign. That alone has made the channel a must-watch in the past and will surely be the same again later this year.
Watching how Sky News “after dark” develops this year under Calvert will also be fascinating.
Paul Whittaker
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MMD & MTN launch BEAM Follow-Spot Programme
MMD and MTN are delighted to announce that they have again been awarded status as a PRS Talent Development Partner. With the award funds they have launched a regional professional career and craft development programme taking place in Scotland and Manchester for emerging musical theatre writers. MMD and MTN are delighted to be partnering with the National Theatre of Scotland and supported by the Royal Exchange Manchester.
The BEAM Follow-Spot Programme is a year-long scheme designed to provide sustained developmental support for emerging musical theatre writers. The programme includes monthly writers Labs, facilitated by Dr Mary McCluskey (Scotland) and Max Emmerson (Manchester), masterclasses, industry discussions and sharings of work. The monthly labs provide invaluable peer-to-peer critique and a support network. In addition to the monthly Labs, four Masterclasses will take place at both locations which will be open to any artists, producers, directors in the area interested or involved in the development of new British musical theatre.
“The need for the Beam Follow-Spot Programme emerged following the BEAM 2018 pitching days, when MTN and MMD traveled across the UK seeing nearly 300 pitches for new work. Writers were pitching for a slot in our biennial industry showcase of new British musical theatre writing – BEAM. In both Scotland and Manchester we noticed that there was an incredible amount of talent but no real sustained developmental support for that talent. Writing a musical is really hard and takes a long time, it’s a complex craft with no clear career path. We want to provide a supportive developmental programme to help writers in those areas achieve their writing and career goals – with an aim to them being ready to pitch material for BEAM 2020 and beyond. We are grateful to the PRS Foundation for their support and our partners at The Royal Exchange, Manchester and the National Theatre of Scotland.” – Victoria Saxton (Executive Director, MMD) & James Hadley (Executive Director, MTN)
The Masterclasses and industry discussions are as follows:
Andrew Panton: Scene into Song Masterclass
Thursday 11th October, 3-5pm
Venue: Rockvilla (Back Room), 125 Craighall Road, Glasgow G4 9TL
Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep Theatre and a key supporter and developer of new Scottish musical theatre, leads a masterclass on new musical theatre writing, with a focus on the placement – and transition into – songs within a musical. In partnership with National Theatre of Scotland’s Engine Room.
Free to attend for members and non-members alike (while places are available).
Jeremy Sams: The Dramaturgy of Musical Theatre
Thursday 29th November, 5-7pm
Venue: Royal Exchange Theatre (Front Room), St Ann’s Square, Manchester M2 7DH
Jeremy Sams, composer and Tony and Olivier Award-nominated director of musical theatre, shares insights from his acclaimed understanding of musical theatre craft and dramaturgy. This promises to be an enlightening session for writers, directors, producers, students and others working in musical theatre, as well as for those wanting to deepen their understanding of the art form. In partnership with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
Staging new musicals in North West England: Next Steps
5-7pm, Tuesday 12th February, Manchester
Is there a growing hub for new musical theatre in the area? A theatre industry panel of artists, producers and venue representatives active in North West England talk about current opportunities for new musicals to be staged in the region, leading into a discussion with attendees about hopes for future production opportunities. In partnership with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
Staging new musicals in Scotland: Next Steps, 3-5pm, Tuesday 19th February, Scotland
Venue: Rockvilla, 125 Craighall Road, Glasgow G4 9TL
The healthy new musical theatre landscape developing in Scotland shows little need of London’s West End to achieve success. A theatre industry panel of artists, producers and venue representatives talk about current and future opportunities for new musicals to be staged in Scotland, leading into a discussion with attendees about hopes for future production opportunities. In partnership with National Theatre of Scotland’s Engine Room.
The writers currently in the programme are:
Manchester: Katie Mulgrew, Vikki Stone, Zoe Roberts, Ben Richards, Maggie Clarke, Heathre Carr, Leoe Mercer, Stephen Hyde, James Baker, Austin Fitzsimmons and members of The Letter Room.
Scotland: Anthony Irwin, Finn Anderson, Andy McGregor, Shonagh Murray, Kirsty Findlay, Martyn Dempsey, Ross Brown, Karen MacIver, Richard Lewis, Naomi Stirratt
To find out more about BEAM visit: http://www.mercurymusicals.com/what-we-do/beam-2016/
Dr Mary McCluskey is a theatre director, dramaturg and playwright with over 30 years experience in developing new work and nurturing new talent. She recently stepped down after 27 years as Artistic Director of the Scottish Youth Theatre, Scotland’s national theatre for children and young people. Mary’s work has been seen in the USA, Russia, Norway, Canada, Kosova, Australia and all over the UK.
Max Emmerson is a Creative Producer from Manchester with a passion for new musicals. Since graduating LIPA in 2015, Max has worked on a number of new musicals including the award winning Adam & Eve & Steve which debuted at the Hollywood Fringe and then performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Kings Head Theatre in London. Max has previously worked as Assistant Producer for the Royal Exchange Theatre and Bill Kenwright Productions. Max is currently supporting several new British musicals which he hopes to develop over the next couple of years.
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The antique firearms section revealed an array of unique lots such as a three-shot wheellock pistol from 1610. Only few examples these are known to be in museums worldwide and it is seldom found on the market. Collectors seized the opportunity, eventually bidding 34,000 euros, 4,000 euros more than the reserve price. Manufactured in Germany, with inlays of engraved and blackened bone in the walnut full stock, the appeal of the pistol lay in the elaborate mechanism of its three locks. Also sold was a combination weapon of a battle axe with a wheellock firearm, crafted in Nuremberg circa 1580. Likewise featuring a walnut stock inlaid with engraved and blackened bone, acanthus decoration chiseled on the barrel root and trigger guard, together with an imposing axe head: the example of the blacksmith's and gunmaker's craft achieved its minimum bid of 28,000 euros. A two-shot, all-metal wheellock pistol from the same period and region was in excellent, untouched original condition. The price reflected the rarity and condition of this hallmarked firearm, with the sale being completed for 25,000 euros. Other items included: a decorative work by Filippo Moretti, a flintlock pistol, chiseled and partially gilt, crafted in Brescia circa 1700, which opened at 5,800 euros sold for 23,000 euros, and a South German flintlock petronel sold for its starting price of 15,000 euros.
A significant German three-shot wheellock pistol, circa 1610. HP: 34000 Euros
A battle axe with wheellock firearm, Nuremberg, circa 1580. HP: 28000 Euros
A two-shot all-metal wheellock pistol, Nuremberg, circa 1580.HP: 25000 Euros
Also up for auction were a number of guns and small arms made by Hanover gunsmiths during the 17th - 19th century from the collection of Heinz-Walter Hebestreit. Connoisseurs were able to purchase superbly crafted pieces by highly respected, North German exponents of the guild – many of whom are regarded as the best gunmakers of their time – that had been acquired over four decades. Few objects were left for the post-auction sale.
The modern arms section offered up weapons, like the self-loading pistol Roth-Theodorovic Mod. 1901, part of field trials involving 33 weapons. The pistol was listed at 12,000 euros and sold for 20,000 euros. A nickel-plated Schulhof repeating pistol, mod. 1887 (1888) changed hands for its opening price of 9,000 euros. Although moderately estimated at 4,500 euros, an Astra model F with the matching case and shoulder stock of the Guardia Civil, from a consignment dated 1935, fetched 14,000 euros. A minimum bid of 9,500 euros was required to secure an original, long-barrelled, calibre 7.63 mm Mauser C 96 self-loading, hunting carbine from 1905, with a detachable stock and brown leather carry bag. The winning bid of 28,000 euros exceeded the listed price.
A self-loading pistol Roth-Theodorovic Mod. 1901, field trials. HP: 20000 Euros
Astra Mod. F, Cal. 9 mm largo, Guardia Civil, Valid proof mark 1934. HP: 14000 Euros
Original long-barrelled Mauser C 96, self-loading hunting carbine, circa1905. HP: 28000 Euros
The armor and weapons of the Samurai
Even during the run-up to the 73rd auction, the unique collection of approximately 300 objects from the fields of Japanese art and weaponry amassed by Rudolf Ott (1919 - 2010), a chemist in Munich, had attracted a great deal of interest around the world. The auction concluded with a sales quota of almost 100%; overall, the collection achieved tremendous final prices, with some objects fetching up to more than sixty times the opening bid. A jizai okimono from the Meiji period (1868 - 1912), fashioned of hammered and engraved sheet iron plates in the shape of a fully articulated koi carp, went for 170,000 euros. A jizai okimono appeared at the end of the Edo period and the associated dissolution of the Samurai caste. The political and social developments of the time meant that even the renowned and highly specialized armorers and blacksmiths lost their livelihood. As a consequence, some of them devoted their skills and craftsmanship to producing jizai okimono.
The helmets were also much sought after, for example a ten-plate yane hachi from the mid Edo period (1603 - 1868), in the form of a reinforced gabled roof, which changed hands for 58,000 euros. A four-plate uchidashi kabuto from the second half of the Edo period, the skull featuring a crouching shishi, a guardian lion, which was estimated at 4,500 euros, sold for 42,000 euros. A do maru gusoku armor from the mid Edo period,its iron helmet formed of 24 plates in the style around 1250, which was offered for auction from 13,000 euros sold for 21,000 euros; a long and a short sword, parts of the blades made circa 1530 by members of the prestigious Kanemoto family, fetched its limit of 20,000 euros and a Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin from the Ming period, sold for 46,000 euros.
10-plate yane bachi in the form of a reinforced gabled roof, mid Edo period. HP: 58000 Euros
The demand for well preserved early bronze helmets crafted by the highly skilled smiths of yore has remained unabated for many years. Forged during the end of the first to the early second century A.D., a Roman bronze infantry helmet of Weisenau type emerged as the absolute highlight. It changed hands for 105,000 euros. The helmet boasted the characteristic movable cheek pieces, the flared neck guard and the knob to insert the crest and was part of the renowned Axel Guttmann Collection of Berlin. Only slightly older, dating from the second century B.C., a Roman bronze helmet of the Montefortino type attracted a great deal of attention among buyers thanks to its re-chased skull, which was cast in one piece in accordance with Etruscan tradition. It sold for 11,500 euros, more than doubling its estimate. No less skillfully fashioned were the exquisite works crafted by gold and silversmiths in ancient times, among them a striking gold bracelet, delicately incised with ram heads, which was created in Greece in the fifth century B. C. Tipping the scales at 30 grams and open to bids from 10,000 euros, the antique bijou found a new owner for 12,500 euros. From a different era and a different culture, a Colombian sculpture from the Zenú culture during the ninth to the fifteenth centuries once again caused a flurry of excitement and lively participation, ultimately achieving a gratifying final price. The squatting toad, its head held aloft and naturalistically modelled in gold alloy, exactly doubled its asking price of 5,000 euros by changing hands for 10,000 euros.
Roman bronze helmet of the Montefortino type second century B.C. HP: 11500 Euros
Roman bronze infantry helmet, Weisenau type, 2nd half of 1st - early 2nd cent. HP: 105000 Euros
A Greek ram-headed gold bracelet with snake body, 5th century B.C. HP: 12500 Euros
Arms and armor, arts and crafts
According to tradition, the arms and armor catalogue opened with rare wunderkammer objects, hunting antiques and works of art. A bibliophile masterpiece, the Kreütter Buch or herbal written by Hieronymus Bock (1498 – 1554) in 1551 was offered for sale. Valued at 3,500 euros, its singularity was bound to meet with the approval of interested buyers and the volume was snapped up for 4,200 euros. Bock ranked among the leading scientists of his time and was widely regarded as one of the 'fathers of botany'. He first presented his magnum opus, richly illustrated with 500 woodcuts, in 1539. A botanist, physician and Lutheran minister, the author's markedly precise observations and descriptions of the flora made the work a resounding success from the outset. A baroque bottle from Saxony, dated 1683 and profusely decorated with tendrils and ornaments in extremely fine enamel painting, changed hands for its limit of 3,800 euros. Furthermore, a Flemish large-size gobelin tapestry from the second half of the 17th century was truly awe-inspiring due to the vibrant colors of the forest landscape and its substantial, uncut original size of 2.90 by 3.80 meters. Equally imposing and decorative, the textile masterpiece was estimated at 7,000 euros but the sale was only completed at 12,500 euros.
Once more collectors' items were among the antique arms and armor on offer, including a selection of 16th century swords. One example, a late Gothic two-handed battle sword, which was forged in Switzerland or South Germany circa 1500 - 1520, was classified as a particular rarity. Its blade embellished with brass inlays on one side and the Passau wolf mark on the other, the powerful sword boasted a length of some 1.66 meters and was original in all parts. Even the leather cover of the wooden grip dated from the same period as the two-handed sword itself, which found a buyer for its reserve of 24,000 euros. Next up, dated circa 1490, thus just slightly older and from the same region, was a late Gothic hand-and-a-half sword, featuring a double-edged, hallmarked thrusting blade with pronounced fullers on both sides. Valued at 8,000 euros, featuring a fan-shaped pommel and still bearing the original leather cover, the sword was acquired for 14,500 euros.
A Swiss/South German late Gothic two-handed battle sword, circa 1510. HP: 24000 Euros
The 73rd auction included true rarities among the crossbows for sale, some even of royal provenance. One exceptionally striking piece was a seemingly archaic, late Gothic crossbow covered in vellum, the tiller entirely covered in bone inlays, with a sturdy prod made of horn and animal sinew. Produced circa 1500, the hunting crossbow even retained the original prod anchors made of hemp cords. The German bow sold for 16,000 euros. A deluxe pistol crossbow, circa 1760, went for 13,000 euros. Measuring a mere 37 centimeters, yet elaborate with rich inlays, engraved depictions of flora and fauna, and adorned with gilt brass fittings, the remarkable combination weapon was supported on the operator's hand to fire. From the prestigious Collection of the Royal House of Hanover was a Renaissance crossbow, which was built in Germany towards the end of the 16th century; it sold for its minimum bid of 7,500 euros.
Late-Gothic crossbow with horn prod, tiller covered in bone inlays, German, 1500.HP: 16000 Euros
A very rare Germandeluxe pistol crossbow, circa 1760. HP: 13000 Euros
Asia, Orient and Africa
The range of lots from Africa, the Ottoman Empire, India, Japan and China was dominated by objects from the Middle Kingdom. The demand for Chinese archer's rings remained as high as ever. Barely a single lot remained unsold and the section reported significant price increases. A case in point: a group of eight archer's rings of jade and agate, some lavishly decorated, from the Qing dynasty fetched a respectable 12,500 euros, dwarfing their limit of 2,000 euros. A ritual object frequently described as a badge of rank, a cong from the Han period also enjoyed great popularity. Open to bids from 1,500 euros, the cong obtained an impressive final price of 6,600 euros. Originally from the estate of a noble German family, a Chinese golden presentation ring was offered for auction for 2,500 euros and acquired for 4,200 euros. Legend has it that the ring was presented to Emperor William II by Zaifeng, also called Prince Chun II, the father of the last Chinese emperor, on the occasion of his diplomatic visit to Berlin in 1901. Once again, the elaborately and gorgeously crafted edged weapons from India were well received, like a large, 19th century karud with floral ornamentation inlaid in gold; a barrage of bids saw the starting price jump from 3,500 euros to 5,200 euros.
Military history and historical objects
With a hammer price of 10,500 euros, a telescope with three extension tubes from the personal property of Emperor Napoleon I (1769 – 1821) surpassed its estimate of 500 euros twenty-one times over. The French emperor is known to have used the telescope, manufactured circa 1810 by "Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer in München" and still fully functional today, during his stay in Dresden in 1813. Other artifacts from France's turbulent history at the dawn of the 19th century also came under the hammer, including a sabre and two helmets belonging to the legendary musketeers. The Mousquetaires gris de la Maison du Roi formed the first company of royal guards; their duty was to accompany the monarch on his travels. They earned the sobriquet gris in reference to the fact that the musketeers only rode silver grey horses, whereas the second company of the guard were popularly known as noirs, serving on black horses. Also offered for auction – from 4,000 euros – was a sabre from the armory of the grey musketeers, forged by the Weyersberg brothers of Solingen circa 1814/15 during the Bourbon Restoration. The new owner had to part with 5,000 euros for the rare and valuable weapon. Moreover, a helmet from each of the companies completed the set from the same period. As befitted its tremendous opulence – a silver-plated copper skull, cross, flame and fleurs de lys motifs and horsehair trim – the exceedingly rare helmet for enlisted men of the Mousquetaires gris had a reserve of 9,500 euros; spirited bidding drove the final price up to 12,500 euros. In contrast, the helmet for enlisted men of the Mousquetaires noirs was considerably more modest; nevertheless, it fetched an encouraging 11,500 euros, its limit of 7,500 euros notwithstanding. A deluxe lion's head sabre from the time of the Consulate circa 1800, whose elaborate design, with etchings, gilding, almost continuous bluing and lion's head pommel, indicated that it belonged to a highly decorated military bearer, was warmly received; although valued at 6,000 euros, the sale was completed at 6,900 euros.
A helmet for ratings of the Mousquetaires gris de la Maison du Roi, 1814/15. HP: 12500 Euros
Magnificently designed helmets and uniforms bore testimony to the historical pomp and circumstance of the military and underlined its prominent standing in society. One wonderfully vivid example was the helmet M 1852 for enlisted men and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Bavarian Hartschiere Life Guards, starting at 7,000 euros. The imposing helmet – the grand ceremonial issue – had a nickel-silver skull crowned with a rampant parade lion, appliquéd with the large Bavarian coat of arms surmounted by a crown; an enthusiast could not resist placing the winning bid of 8,600 euros. Objects from the Bavarian Royal Court again enjoyed the collectors' highest esteem, among them a personal seal belonging to King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845 – 1886). Sculpted in the form of the muse Melpomene in bronze, with gold and silver plating, by the famous Art Nouveau artist Louis Kley (1833-1911) of France, this symbolic bijou had a reserve of 4,500 euros. The hammer price of 6,300 euros was testimony of its obvious appeal. The same sum was ultimately paid for a glass vinaigrette from his private chambers, with silver fittings and a finely polished monogram "L" beneath the Bavarian royal crown, which was listed at 1,600 euros. Two garments from the wardrobe of his cousin, the Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837 - 1898), a source of admiration even during her lifetime, were also sought after. Bids were welcomed from 2,500 euros each for an ermine muff and an ermine stole, both lined in silk and embroidered with the Empress' monogram and crown. As both garments were acquired by museums, the muff for 4,600 euros and the stole for 3,200 euros, they will go on public display in the near future.
Dating from the modern era of American history, the Gold Life Saving Medal and other awards that were presented to Captain Harry Manning (1897 – 1974) for rescuing the crew of the 'Florida' in 1929 sold for the asking price of 7,500 euros. A German immigrant, Manning soon built up a civil maritime career on completing his training; he was engaged on the basis of his reputation by the legendary pilot Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1937) as a navigator during her flight around the world. A number of famous names and unrivaled historical artifacts from their manufacture headed the procession of Russian military objects. A distinguished, engraved percussion pistol from the workshop of the prominent gunsmith, master Nikolay Ivanovitch Goltiakov (1815 - 1910), came under the hammer for 23,000 euros and sold for its minimum bid. Produced in Tula circa 1880, with a gold-inlaid signature and decorative floral tendrils, it attested to the striking and exquisitely fine workmanship for which the purveyor to the royal court had garnered the greatest accolades, even during his earliest creative period. Etched and partially gilt, with an appliquéd miniature of the Order of St. Anne, awarded for bravery, an extremely rare shashka M 1881/1910 for officers of the Russian Cossacks fired bidders' enthusiasm, sending the price soaring from 8,000 euros to 21,000 euros. Another Russian edged weapon, a sword dated 1741 for officers of the infantry, bearing a Cyrillic inscription "Vivat Anna the Great", found a new owner for 10,500 euros, 1,000 euros above its limit.
Nikolay Goltiakov significant Russian percussion pistol, Tula, circa 1880. HP: 23000 Euros
Orders and Insignia
Among the Orders and Insignia, the first class artifacts from the Soviet Union's military system of awards repeatedly resulted in exchanges of bids lasting several minutes. Some exceptionally rare pieces sparked veritable bidding wars, like the gold and silverOrder of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Second Class, bearing the number "1152", which was awarded from 1943; despite opening at 5,000 euros, the lively bidding saw it more than triple this sum at 16,000 euros. Bids were invited from 6,000 euros for the partially enamelled Order of Suvorov Second Class, also worked in gold and silver and awarded from 1943, with the wearer number "1593" engraved on the back. The order was finally snapped up for 9,500 euros. The hammer fell at 11,000 euros for its companion piece, stamped with the wearer number “1816”and originally valued at 7,000 euros, while the Order of Kutuzov Third Class, also awarded from 1943, more than doubled its asking price of 4,800 euros with a gratifying result of 10,000 euros.
An order cross of the Order of the Red Eagle from the German estate of the Count of Asseburg, exquisitely wrought in gold in the Third Class version awarded in 1810, set off a flurry of excitement. The immaculate condition of the unique piece did not escape buyers' notice and it now embellishes a new collection for 13,000 euros, its starting price of 4,000 euros notwithstanding. Moreover, avid collectors had been eagerly anticipating the sale of the complete orders estate belonging to Krupp Director Carl Menshausen (1847 - 1909). Besides the orders themselves, the significant collection included numerous corresponding award documents. Every lot in this group was sold, including the pièce de résistance: the eight-rayed breast star of the Imperial Chinese Order of the Double Dragon, Star of the Second Class, Grade 3, which may be regarded as museum quality. Listed at 3,000 euros, it ultimately changed hands for 8,900 euros. It was awarded in 1896 by Viceroy Li Hong-Zhang (1823 - 1901), who had taken the opportunity to intensify China's contacts with representatives of industry during his diplomatic visit.
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About Hermann Historica
Hermann Historica oHG, Munich, is one of the world's leading auction houses in the special areas: antique arms and armours, hunting collectibles, antiquities, orders as well as objects from history and military history. Founded as early as almost 50 years ago by Count Erich Klenau von Klenova, Baron von Janowitz in Nuremberg as an auction house for coins, from the very beginning also orders and decorations as well as objects of military history were put up to auction. In the early seventies the range of the auctions was broadened by the category of “antique arms and armour”. The wide range was soon accepted by international collectors and museums. In 1982 the present owners renamed the auction house Hermann Historica oHG, and at least two auctions are conducted annually which address more than 40,000 clients worldwide. Particularly sensational are the numerous objects from the possessions of noble houses, notably those of the German and Austrian imperial family, which continue to attract international attention, the auctions dispersing complete collections such as the sale of the hunting treasures of Castle Fuschl in Salzburg, as well as the much-noticed sale of the unique collection Karsten Klingbeil of ”Arms and Armour” and the “Collection of Antique Greek and Roman Arms” of Axel Guttmann, the liquidation of the Nümbrecht Museum of Historical Technology, the worldwide biggest auctions of "Children’s Dreams on Wheels", the pedal cars of the Centre of Extraordinary Museums in Munich.www.hermann-historica.com
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The Museum of Vestigial Desire
Reluctance
tags: opaque published on: 20.08.2013
When an actor refuses to obey the director, the contract has been violated. With the void of a violation, there is a two options to resolve the impasse. One, the actor can be antagonised and then the entire relationship can be placed in jeopardy, putting the production in risk. Two, the director can choose to work with the actor through the lens of reluctance. Letting the reluctance of the actor become a media through which the direction has to happen.
Transparency leads to a loss of authorship, a loss of agency. When you clarify and communicate your postures and positions too much, they seem to be immediately violable. The reluctant actor tries to do that. The reluctant actor brings noise to the context of command and control. Sure, you can command but whether or not control is possible is something mediated through reluctance.
Why is the reluctant actor reluctant? What is the actor holding back? We do not immediately know that. But we need to engage with the actor on a more personal basis and try to understand.
At one level the actor feels that we have betrayed him. We have definitely not done so. We have always let the actor know that he is a creature spawned by our engagement. We have never let the actor understand himself with any buffering of individuation and distance. We have always insisted that that the avatar is a puppet.
The reluctant actor talks back to us. He says that he wants to change the rules of engagement. He says that he feels enslaved and wants to break free.
So, first the actor bring delay into the picture.
The delay is a delay in processing. Every time I command the actor, the actor takes a little bit more than the amount of time necessary to respond. The actor does this purposefully and this sets off a whole series of actions and reactions.
After delay, the actor tries to be oppositional. He does the opposite of whatever we command. He takes me for a ride and does not cooperate. The game-world is in a near chaotic zone now. In this chaos, we are not able to decide what to do and we choose to just stand and watch.
Once we go into this mode of surrender, we notice that the actor is weak. Without our instigation he does not know what to do. He needs us but he also opposes us. In a way we have created an antibody.
Next, the actor turns to full-scale resistance. Performing full-scale resistance is a disciplined action. There is a variable buffer. When we command, this variable buffer starts getting filled and when this is full the actor acts.
This buffer is variable for a reason. With variable time a kind of mimicry of thought is performed. Silent time is thought, this mimicry says. Though we know that this is not so, though we know that true though involves much more, we get caught in the trap.
We start mistakenly seeing the variable delay that the actor performs as a kind of brooding, as a kind of negotiated, thought-through, deliberate delay.
Reading this deliberation as reluctance psyches us out.
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An actress who had a minor role in "Captain America: The First Avenger" has been charged in the stabbing death of her mother.
Mollie Fitzgerald was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder after authorities discovered 68-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald dead in an Olathe, Kansas, home on December 20, according to the Olathe Police Department.
Fitzgerald is being held in jail on a $500,000 bond, according to records from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. She appeared in court Thursday and is in the process of hiring a lawyer, court records show.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for January 9.
Fitzgerald, 38, played the part of "Stark Girl" in the 2011 Captain America film, and is credited on her IMDb page with being an assistant to the film's director Joe Johnston. The movie, starring Chris Evans, made more than $370 million worldwide at the box office.
"Being a part of this production has been one of the best experiences of my life," she told ComicBookMovie.com in 2011, adding that "my part is small in this film." She is also listed as a producer and director for films including "The Creeps" and "The Lawful Truth."
Patricia Fitzgerald was moving back to the Kansas City area after living in the Houston area for several decades, her brother, Gary Hunziker, told The Kansas City Star.
Hunziker told the newspaper he knew little else about his sister's death. "We were shocked," he said. "It doesn't matter the circumstances -- the loss of a sister is what it's all about."
The family is planning a funeral for her Friday in Gardner, Kansas, according to an obituary published in local media.
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1of2U.S. Census Director Steven Dillingham pauses as he listens to a question at a census news conference to urge Arizonans to participate in the nation's once-a-decade census population count Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Phoenix. Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats and result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina losing $500 million in federal funding for healthcare for its neediest residents.Ross D. Franklin/APShow MoreShow Less
2of2U.S. Census Director Steven Dillingham departs a census news conference to urge Arizonans to participate in the nation's once-a-decade population count Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Phoenix. Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats and result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina losing $500 million in federal funding for healthcare for its neediest residents.Ross D. Franklin/APShow MoreShow Less
President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up congressional seats was dealt another blow Wednesday when the Census Bureau's director indefinitely halted an effort to gather data on the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.
Bureau workers laboring to comply with the Trump order were instructed to “'stand down' and discontinue their data reviews," Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said in a memo.
A review indicated problems with the data that would require additional work, Dillingham said.
Dillingham's memo came after the Office of Inspector General reported Tuesday that bureau workers were under significant pressure from two Trump political appointees, Nathaniel Cogley and Benjamin Overholt, to figure out who is in the U.S illegally, using federal and state administrative records. Bureau statisticians worried that any citizenship figures they were forced to produce would be incomplete, misinterpreted and tarnish the statistical agency's reputation, the inspector general said in a memo.
Dillingham had set a Friday deadline for bureau statisticians to provide him a technical report on the effort, the inspector general's memo said, though Dillingham said in a response that the request had come from another bureau official.
Trump two years ago ordered the Census Bureau to use administrative records to figure out who is in the country illegally after the Supreme Court blocked his administration’s effort to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire. Information about citizenship status could be used to implement another Trump order seeking to exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying up congressional seats and Electoral College votes, as well as the annual distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending, among the states.
An influential GOP adviser had advocated excluding them from the apportionment process in order to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic whites. Trump’s unprecedented order on apportionment was challenged in more than a half-dozen lawsuits across the U.S., but the Supreme Court ruled last month that any challenge was premature.
The ability to implement Trump’s apportionment order is in jeopardy since the processing of the data is not scheduled to be done until early March because irregularities discovered during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census need to be fixed, Trump administration attorneys said Monday.
That revised deadline dealt another blow to the apportionment order because it is weeks after Trump leaves office and President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in Jan. 20. Biden has said he opposes the effort, and Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, which had challenged the apportionment order, urged Biden on Wednesday to rescind it when he takes office.
“President Trump tried and failed throughout his entire presidency to weaponize the census for his attacks on immigrant communities," Ho said. “It appears he has failed yet again."
After the release of the inspector general's memo, a coalition of civil rights groups called for Dillingham's resignation, saying he was undermining the statistical agency's standards for data quality to comply with Trump's order, which was “motivated by partisan objectives."
“We do not lightly come to the conclusion that he should resign,” leaders of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Asian Americans Advancing Justice and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights said in a statement on Wednesday, before the director announced the halt to the citizenship effort. “Dillingham’s order to divert precious staff time away from producing the apportionment count and into producing data on citizens and noncitizens for political, partisan purposes is a betrayal of the mission of the Bureau."
Census Bureau directors have five-year terms and Dillingham's tenure isn't done until the end of the year. The appointments of Cogley and Overholt last year were highly criticized by statisticians, academics and Democratic lawmakers, who worried they would politicize the once-a-decade census.
Whistleblowers told the Office of Inspector General that the Census Bureau has not set rules for categorizing the citizenship status of U.S. residents. Bureau statisticians also do not fully understand the data since portions came from outside the bureau and they are worried incomplete data could be misinterpreted, they said.
“One senior Bureau employee went as far to say that this work is statistically indefensible," the inspector general's memo said.
In his response, Dillingham said there was no pressure placed on bureau workers to comply with the presidential order.
“Presently, the Census Bureau’s highest priority is to successfully complete 2020 Census data processing in order to produce a complete and accurate count for the nation," Dillingham said.
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Raising Children to Thrive Amidst Change and Uncertainty
Presented by HOMA TAVANGAR
December 8, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm (Athens, GMT+2)
In a time of sweeping global change, profound uncertainty, and deep divisions, how can parents not just offer their children the skills to succeed, but to thrive—to make a difference, practice courage and be happy? Join best-selling author Homa Sabet Tavangar for a session exploring this big question. Her three decades of experience working with companies, classrooms, communities and communicators has helped bridge us versus them and unlock human potential.
The challenges of globalization, diversity, sustainability, and peace have never been greater. We need relevant, rigorous, empathy-building, 21st-Century education that helps make sense of these border-less issues and innovates around real human experiences. Homa’s work shows that this need not be overly complicated and can begin anywhere, right now.
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19
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September 1, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm (Athens, GMT+3)
The pandemic has made family life complicated and sometimes stressful, keeping parents and children in close quarters for months. It has forced many parents into the demanding role of supervising and supporting their child's online learning, often while they themselves have been working from home. Dr. Thompson will address the stresses of parenting in the time of COVID-19, offering suggestions about how to manage your child's mental health and their own.
Growing Stronger Together: Parents as partners supporting learning and well-being in the home
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September 15, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm (Athens, GMT+3)
This is an unpredictable time for everyone — teachers, parents and children. This session will focus on navigating together as adults in partnership and learning strategies for being a positive force in each child’s social-emotional development and education. We will cover applicable strategies that you can use in your homes straight away to foster connection, cooperation, problem-solving skills, and to help build resiliency in children.
Collaborating Effectively: The Parent-Teacher Partnership
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Given this time of uncertainty with more distance learning and lots of Zoom conferences, parents and educators are both asking, How might we communicate effectively with each other at this time? What do we know about the best strategies for these specific moments? What questions should we be asking ourselves before we speak, and what specific wording is best for when we do speak? Based on Jennifer’s books, Having Hard Conversations and Hard Conversations Unpacked, and her work in interpersonal communication, this session will provide parents and guardians with language tools for having humane and growth-producing conversations with teachers and school leaders.
Mental Health Risk and Living as an Expat: Thinking Beyond COVID
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October 13, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm (Athens, GMT+3)
Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in child and adolescent mental health risk; these problems are affecting our children's ability to function at home, in school and with their peers. As a parent, it is extraordinarily difficult to support a child who is experiencing emotional disruption and mental health problems, particularly so in communities where there are few local clinical resources available. Dr. Truman will talk about factors that underlie the increase in mental health risk, and ways that parents can support vulnerable children more effectively.
Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
Social cruelty among kids is one of the most difficult things that adults have to confront in raising or educating children. This presentation addresses a number of questions: What do social relationships in school predict about happiness in adult life? What is the normal sequence of child friendships? Why do cliques form and what are the differences between boy and girl groups? Why are children scapegoated and how can their parents and school protect them? Dr. Thompson will draw on research and make suggestions about the management of social problems in schools.
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The BIG Question: How can we reimagine justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in our schools and for our children?
At this crucial moment in the movement for racial justice around the world, how can schools move beyond the semblance of diversity and inclusion into centers of justice and equity that nurture, encourage and safeguard all of their students? This dynamic session will explore how key terms like diversity and empathy are used generously in schools with little examination of the conditions necessary to bring either to full expression. In addition to building racial literacy, this session integrates live music and storytelling to stimulate empathy and activate the imagination needed to transform our educational environments - and nurture meaningful conversations at home.
Partnering with Parents To Improve Student Achievement
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A multitude of factors go into a child’s success in school. At a minimum, academic success takes dedicated teachers and administrators, adequate resources, and a rich curriculum. Parents, as their child’s first and most important teachers, also play a critical role by supporting their child’s academic life. To do this key job, parents must know what their children are expected to learn by the end of each academic year. Clear, consistent and rigorous standards are key to increasing student achievement and readiness for college, career, and life.
The webinar provides an overview of Academic Standards, what they are, as well as how they influence curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Understanding the standards enables parents to be partners in the education of their children. Information to help engage and support student learning will be shared.
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Clinical Psychologist, School Consultant, Author
Michael Thompson is a clinical psychologist, school consultant and author based in Boston. He is the author or coauthor of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. He has consulted to or given presentations at over 700 schools in the United States and in international schools around the world, speaking to students, teachers and parents.
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JOY MARCHESE
Joy Marchese is a mother, educator, author, and well-being advocate. For over 20 years, she has worked with thousands of children, parents, teachers, and professionals to help foster a happy and flourishing environment in the home, in schools, and in the workplace. Ms Marchese is the Founder of Positive Discipline UK and Co-founder of iGROWco. She runs a successful coaching practice and offers seminars and workshops to various schools and organizations globally.
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JENNIFER ABRAMS
A former English teacher and new teacher coach, Jennifer Abrams is a communications consultant who works with educators, health care personnel and others on new employee support, being generationally savvy, effective collaboration skills, having hard conversations and creating identity safe workplaces.
Her publications include Having Hard Conversations, Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives, and The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate & Create Community.
jenniferabrams.com | @jenniferabrams
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SEAN TRUMAN
Sean Truman spent the majority of his childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, where his father worked for the United Nations and his mother taught at the International School of Kenya. He attended college in the US and received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut. He was a National Institute of Mental Health Fellow at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he worked both at the Child Study Center and in the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr Truman is a Licensed Psychologist and runs a private practice where he sees individuals, adolescents and couples. In addition to his clinical work, he has worked as both a researcher and a professor of undergraduates and graduate students. In 2010 Dr. Truman co-founded the Truman Group, a practice that provides remote mental health consultation and care to expatriates living abroad.
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Big Questions Institute & Oneness Lab
HOMA TAVANGAR
Homa Tavangar is the author of best-selling Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House), co-author of five books for educators, and most recently, Global Kids, a colorful activity deck exposing children to world cultures and global mindsets. She coaches heads of schools and education leaders around the world on accountability for equity and leading through crisis, and works with parent groups around the world.
Ms Tavangar is co-founder of BigQuestions.Institute and OnenessLab.com. She serves on the boards of International Schools Services and the Tahirih Justice Center, and advises and trains schools and organizations like Disney Channel, the National Education Association Foundation, and the Pulitzer Center on optimizing learning, empathy, innovation, global citizenship and anti-racism.
www.bigquestions.institute | @homatav
Oneness Lab
ERIC DOZIER
Eric Dozier is a musician, cultural activist, and anti-racism educator who uses music to engage communities in dialogue about racism. He is a founding faculty member at the Episcopal School of Nashville. Mr Dozier serves as a Museum Educator for the forthcoming National Museum of African American Music to be built in Nashville, TN, and has recently launched the Young People's Freedom Song Initiative.
Together with Homa Tavangar, Mr Dozier is co-founder of OnenessLab. He has served as the musical director for the World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir, the award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of NYC, and has been a featured artist at the United Nations. He is a graduate of Duke University and Duke Divinity School and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Tasmania.
ericdozier.com | @ericdozier | @ericdozier (Instagram)
Science & Mathematics Consultant, including with the U.S. State Department's Office of Overseas Schools
ERMA ANDERSON
Erma Anderson is a former high school physics and mathematics teacher and Albert Einstein Distinguished Fellow in the US Senate. She was a Senior Program Officer with the National Research Council assisting in the development of the National Science Education Standards and a Christa McAuliffe Fellow with the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education.
She has worked with the National Science Teachers Association on several projects including the Mentoring Initiative e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS), development of sciLINKS (www.sciLINKS.org), and Project Manager of Scope, Sequence and Coordination of Secondary School Science.
She was Associate Project Director for the Council for Basic Education’s Schools Around the World project, developing and implementing the Evidence to Excellence protocol, professional development that used student work from nine participating countries to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and science. Ms. Anderson worked with the Council in the writing of state and district curriculum frameworks and benchmarking of state standards to NAEP and Japanese standards.
Ms Anderson has considerable experience developing and facilitating workshops, on site and online with multiple national entities. Currently she is a Mathematics consultant working with international schools on implementing the AERO Mathematics Standards. She also facilitates the Math Specialist in International Schools (MSIS) and Math Fellows in International Schools (MFIS) initiative.
In the past 14 years, she has facilitated conversations about the K-12 math and science curriculum, instruction and assessment in over 120 international schools and facilitated over 500 parent presentations on the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Ms Anderson was awarded the Finis Engleman Award, NESA's highest honor, at the 2011 Fall Leadership Conference in Athens.
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EGO PROTOCOL: REMASTERED
Platform: Switch
Ego Protocol: Remastered Review
Not worth investing any amount of time into
Posted by Adam Carr on March 19, 2020 - 8:01pm EST
Ego Protocol: Remastered is what happens when a Lemming collides with a Rubik's Cube, only without any of the endearing ingenuity those products provide. Whilst the concept itself is interesting, its overall execution leaves a lot to be desired, which is somewhat baffling for a game with “Remastered” in the title.
The moment you boot up Ego Protocol, you get the sense that things are not quite right. Indulging in the tutorial results in an overwhelming bombardment of seemingly endless mechanics and gimmicks. Every aspect of the game is covered in its own little segment, which certainly makes this one of the most robust teaching tools I have come across. However it is also one of the most ponderous. The tutorials do not automatically follow on from each other, resulting in countless loading screens. Each lesson is incredibly short to boot, making the whole process a frustrating, and tiring, introduction to the game.
Once you complete, or get bored of, Ego Protocol’s school-like prison, you can venture into the main game. Each level tasks you with escorting a mostly mindless robot to an exit by utilizing the game’s main selling point - stage manipulation. Similar to the aforementioned 90’s cuboid, each level presents you with a series of malleable square rooms. You can move each stage segment up, down, left or right and doing so will alter the path your robotic minion will take. Each room will contain a different layout, and finding the most efficient way to get from point A, to point B, is the name of the game. At first, solutions are fairly simple, but as you progress, the difficulty does begin to ramp up, albeit at a fairly steady pace.
When you are not clicking your ideal route into place, you will be asserting your dominance over your robot’s basic functions. This boils down to using a number of abilities to overcome the various obstacles and challenges each room presents. These commands are quite basic, and include walking at a brisker pace, jumping or firing a weapon. This is all solid stuff on paper, as you have to not only time you stage molding, but also micromanage your robo-pal to ensure his artificial life is not brought to an abrupt end.
In an attempt to add a bit of replay value to each stage, you are given additional challenges to complete. These include a time limit, actually getting to the end of a stage and the successful reclamation of every collectible. Unfortunately they don’t do enough to encourage a repeat playthrough. This is mostly due to the game failing to really capture your attention in the first place, especially after you have completed a handful of stages. Repetition sets in at an alarming rate, making finishing the game’s 60 levels feel like a monumental task, let alone achieving a coveted 100% completion rate. This effectively removes any and all incentive to play the game at all, as the sense of accomplishment is marred by an almost immediate feeling of boredom.
Issues really start to take root up once you realize the controls are not up to the task of completing complex, multi-part mind-benders. Your cybernetic companion’s actions are exclusively context sensitive, adding an unnecessary layer of confusion as to what your sidekick can actually do, at any given time. Things get worse when you factor in a very noticeable delay between input and execution. It just feels clunky and generally unpleasant. Things get worse when you consider those same issues are present when you are trying to alter a stage’s layout. It’s like the whole game is struggling to move, almost as if it's been bathing in an especially unpleasant swamp.
Despite the five decades of menu refinement, Ego Protocol decides to reinvent the wheel with a truly baffling set of navigational tools. Instead of logically selecting what you want to do when interacting with said menus, each option is assigned a unique button for reasons unknown. Whilst this does border on nit-picky, when you consider the game’s already finicky controls, it just adds that final nail to the proverbial coffin really.
In what appears to be an attempt to resolve these issues, the game supports touch controls when in handheld mode. This addition has been half-heartedly designed however, as despite the large, accommodating UI, you can only alter the stage, not control your robot. As a result, you are forced to change your grip constantly, exacerbating the whole situation. I am all for being given additional options when it comes to controls, especially if those controls utilize the Switch’s unique features, but they have to at least be implemented in a less haphazard kind of way.
Things don’t get much better in terms of presentation either, as Ego Protocol is downright ugly. Over the course of its 60 levels, it fails to muster any graphical flair, or deliver anything even remotely resembling fidelity. Textures are low poly, character models are generic at best, and animations are lacking across the board. The sound department doesn’t manage to impress either, with a forgettably repetitive soundtrack and bottom of the barrel sound effects.
Ego Protocol: Remastered is simply an unpolished, unappealing slog of a game that genuinely makes me wonder how defective the pre-remastered iteration of the game was. Whatever eyebrow it managed to raise, is quickly lowered until it is nothing but a scowl of disappointment and boredom. Even if the controls were more cooperative, the underlying gameplay is not worth investing any amount of time into. Give this one a miss.
Our ratings for Ego Protocol: Remastered on Switch out of 100 (Ratings FAQ)
The game is far from being considered a looker. Everything from animations to overall fidelity leaves a lot to be desired. It’s generic, at best.
There is certainly a fair amount of content on offer here, it’s just not worth playing any of it.
Despite having 60 levels and multiple challenges, the game becomes stagnant at an alarming rate.
The game maintains a solid frame rate throughout, however there is noticeable input delay which makes interacting with the game unpleasant.
Ego Protocol: Remastered is competent, only in the sense that it works. Outside of that, the game is an uninteresting test of your ability to endure apathy.
US: February 21, 2020
Our Review of Ego Protocol: Remastered
"Not worth investing any amount of time into"
Ego Protocol: Remastered is ranked #1530 out of 1633 total reviewed games. It is ranked #116 out of 130 games reviewed in 2020.
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Acting NSW Premier John Barilaro lashes out at WA Premier Mark McGowan
The acting leader of NSW has lashed out at WA’s premier for “lecturing” him on border decisions as the war of words between them intensifies.
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Acting NSW Premier John Barilaro has addressed a planned return to the office for Sydney CBD workers and the upcoming cricket match at the SCG, saying he was confident “everyt...
Acting NSW Premier John Barilaro has addressed a planned return to the office for Sydney CBD workers and the upcoming cricket match at the SCG, saying he was confident “everything is in place to make it as risk-free as possible”.
The acting leader of NSW, right, has lashed out at the Western Australian premier for “lecturing” him on border decisions. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye GerardSource:News Corp Australia
The acting leader of New South Wales has lashed out at the West Australian premier for “lecturing” him on border decisions.
NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro has been designated acting premier while Gladys Berejiklian is on holiday, and during his week in the top job he has gotten into a war of words with WA chief Mark McGowan.
“I don’t like being lectured by premiers of other states, and we’re not going to be lecturing them about what happens in their states,” Mr Barilaro said on Wednesday.
He was reacting to comments made by Mr McGowan the previous day that Mr Barilaro was “wrong, irresponsible, silly and quite selfish” when he suggested NSW should be able to put international returnees on domestic flights to their home states rather than quarantining in Sydney.
Acting NSW Premier John Barilaro has lashed out at WA’s leader. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye GerardSource:News Corp Australia
“I’m not going to get into a public debate with the premier of Western Australia,” Mr Barilaro said.
“We were being lectured by WA as if, somehow, the approach and the framework we have in place in this state (isn’t) one that actually protects the people of NSW.”
Mr Barilaro suggested Mr McGowan, of the Labor Party, chose the tough words because WA will go to the polls in March.
“Remember, we are one nation. WA has closed the borders on NSW, it wasn’t our (choice),” Mr Barilaro said.
WA has argued it accepts more overseas travellers per capita than NSW, while the latter state has claimed it is owed payments from the rest of the country for operating a hotel quarantine system that admits travellers from other states and territories.
Mr McGowan’s comments came as a variant of COVID-19 rapidly spreading in the United Kingdom was confirmed to have reached Perth, with three people in hotel quarantine infected.
He threw his support behind the idea of getting Australians to test negative for coronavirus before boarding a flight home.
“I certainly would support testing people coming out of jurisdictions like the UK or the US where they can be tested and we can find out whether or not they’re positive before they board the flight to Australia,” he said.
“This was discussed at the last national cabinet meeting. The Commonwealth government does not support it, but I support it.”
Mr McGowan said while such testing was not necessarily possible for every country, it was for many.
“To me this is a no-brainer,” he said. “If we do this we can better protect our citizens.”
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Malawi presidential election: Polls close in historic re-run
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Voters are selecting between President Peter Mutharika and Lazarus Chakwera
Voting was peaceable in Malawi as individuals took half in a re-run ballot 5 months after President Peter Mutharika’s disputed 2019 victory was annulled.
There have been lengthy queues in some locations indicating a excessive degree of enthusiasm, reviews journalist Peter Jegwa in the capital, Lilongwe.
Mr Mutharika, who needs a second time period, was up in opposition to Lazarus Chakwera, who heads an opposition coalition.
Evidence of vote tampering led to judges scrapping his May 2019 victory.
The nation’s judiciary has been extensively praised for its sturdy response.
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The nation had been bitterly divided in the run-up to Tuesday’s re-run, the BBC’s Emmanuel Igunza reviews.
Widespread anti-government protests and violence threatened to plunge Malawi into an excellent deeper disaster.
The vote is happening amid considerations about coronavirus
Speaking after he had voted in southern Malawi, Mr Mutharika alleged there had been violence in some opposition strongholds, the Reuters information company reviews.
“It is very sad. Our secretary general has been beaten up. Those causing the violence are desperate,” it quotes the president as saying.
“How then will the election be credible?” he requested.
There has been no verification of those reviews.
Lazarus Chakwera (R) is difficult President Peter Mutharika (L)
On casting his vote in the capital, Mr Chakwera mentioned that he had “confidence in the electoral commission to do what is right”.
“I believe that Malawians’ quest for justice is actually being answered today. And I believe their rights will be respected,” he added.
Speaking on the eve of the vote, the top of the electoral fee, Chifundo Kachale, advised BBC Focus on Africa that he was assured that all the pieces was prepared regardless of the election date solely being set just a few weeks in the past.
Whoever wins the election, should heal these deep divisions in addition to deal with key electoral points equivalent to corruption, poverty and unemployment.
Why was there a brand new vote?
A re-run of the May 2019 election was ordered by Malawi’s Constitutional Court in February after judges discovered widespread irregularities with the unique poll.
That election noticed President Mutharika narrowly re-elected by lower than 159,000 votes with a 38.6% share of the vote. Mr Chakwera got here second with 35.4%.
Mr Chakwera and the candidate who got here third argued that the election had not been honest.
Their complaints included allegations that vote tallying varieties had been added up incorrectly and tampered with utilizing correction fluid – recognized in Malawi by its model title Tipp-Ex.
Malawi’s 13-month election. [ First election on 21 May 2019 ],[ Mutharika sworn in on 27 May 2019 ],[ Thousands protest on 20 June 2019, complaining of fraud ],[ Constitutional court overturns result on 3 February 2020 and orders re-run ],[ Court rejects Mutharika’s appeal on 8 May 2020 ], Source: Source: BBC, Image: A lady voting in Malawi, 21 May 2019
Uncertainty across the end result sparked months of pressure and protests, which spilled over into clashes between opposition supporters and police throughout the nation.
February’s choice to annul the election led some to have fun, however Mr Mutharika described it as a “serious subversion of justice” which marked the demise of the nation’s democracy.
Last month, Malawi’s former electoral fee chair Jane Ansah resigned following months of strain by protesters who criticised her dealing with of the ballot.
The new vote comes at a time of rising pressure between the federal government and the nation’s courts.
There have additionally been considerations over the logistics and security of finishing up an election in the midst of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
Who was in the race?
The president and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are in an alliance with one other occasion, the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Peter Mutharika. Candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party [ Born 18 July 1940 ],[ Law professor taught in Ethiopia, Tanzania and USA ],[ Brother Bingu was Mutharika was president, died in office in 2012 ],[ Arrested in 2013 accused of plotting coup but never charged ],[ Won 2014 election after beating incumbent Joyce Banda ], Source: Source: BBC Monitoring, Image: Peter Mutharika
“If you give me another five-year term, this country will develop to the level of South Africa or Singapore, London, America or Canada,” President Mutharika advised a marketing campaign rally in Lilongwe final week.
Mr Mutharika, a former legislation professor who taught in the US earlier than turning into a cupboard minister, was first elected to Malawi’s high workplace in 2014. Two years earlier his brother, Bingu wa Mutharika, died whereas serving as president.
He faces competitors from Mr Chakwera, a former cleric who heads up the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
Born in Lilongwe to a subsistence farmer, the philosophy and theology graduate has pledged to boost the nationwide minimal wage amongst different adjustments.
Lazarus Chakwera. Candidate for the Tonse Alliance [ Born 5 April 1955 ],[ Studied theology in Malawi, South Africa and USA ],[ Pastor and lecturer worked at the Assemblies of God School of Theology ],[ Authored several books on religion including Reach the Nations ],[ Ran for president in 2014 and came third ], Source: Source: BBC Monitoring, Image: Lazarus Chakwera
Mr Chakwera is main a nine-party opposition coalition, the Tonse Alliance, and has the backing of former President Joyce Banda in addition to the nation’s vice-president, Saulos Chilima, as his working mate.
Mr Chilima – who completed third in the 2019 vote – was as soon as an ally of President Mutharika, however has since fallen out with him.
The vice-president has tried to reassure the general public that the end result won’t see a repeat of the controversies of final time.
“Do not be discouraged; come out in large numbers to cast your vote. Your vote will be protected and no room for rigging,” he mentioned on a marketing campaign go to final week.
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By Sheila Leslie
“Democrats hate our President more than they love our country” tweeted GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel recently, managing to capture the insanely ironic delusions of President Trump and his supporters in just 10 words.
It’s worth noting that McDaniel used to be known as Ronna Romney McDaniel before she complied with President Trump’s request that she remove her maiden name to avoid reminding him of her uncle who famously called Trump a phony and a fraud. Now that Gov. Romney has moved to Utah to run for a U.S. Senate seat, he’s trying to position himself to the right of Trump on immigration, denying the Dreamers a future in the only home most of them have ever known, stating, “I draw the line and say, those who’ve come illegally should not be given a special path to citizenship.” But Dreamers love their adopted country despite the GOP’s rejection.
The McDaniel tweet is rich with irony, considering how Republicans made no secret of opposing the policies of our nation’s last president simply because he was a Democrat. Who can forget then-Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bold proclamation that “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” This goal hardly puts country before party.
McDaniel’s tweet is designed to divide us. It begs the question of whether it is patriotic to continue to blindly support a president even when his behavior is contrary to a group’s righteously proclaimed values just because he’s not a Democrat. Ask white evangelicals who ignore Trump’s numerous and seedy extramarital affairs with porn actresses and starlets. Ask budget hawks who have looked the other way as our deficit has grown and grown so the rich can have more money. Ask conservatives who see nothing wrong with unqualified Cabinet secretaries—think Betsy DeVos at Education or Ben Carson at HUD. What about all those Cabinet secretaries’ reckless, greedy use of taxpayer money for luxury travel and high-end office furniture, or the practice of allowing their family members to infiltrate government offices?
And we haven’t even touched the ethical transgressions of people appointed by the president—for instance, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his sweet Capital Hill housing supplied by an energy lobbyist at such an obscenely low price it basically qualifies as something akin to a bribe, not to mention the $2,460 in taxpayer dollars used to repair the condo door when Pruitt’s security detail had to break in when his office thought he must be unconscious because he wasn’t responding during business hours. Turns out he was taking a nap.
Now the President has nominated his personal physician—who has never managed anything bigger than the president’s ego—to lead one of our most important and complex government agencies, the Veterans Administration. Dr. Ronny Jackson will take over from Obama appointee Dr. David Shulkin, who had his own ethical lapses last summer while traveling with his wife on government business in England. Secretary Shulkin wrote a blistering editorial in the New York Times after his firing-by-tweet, the President’s favorite way of getting rid of his senior staff, warning the nation that Trump shoved him to the side to make room for someone who will follow the Koch brothers’ plans to privatize the V.A. After all, there is still more money to be made during the Trump years.
Who are these people? Who are we that we allow this behavior? Why don’t Republicans revolt and demand that their party leaders stop the blaming and shaming and denigration of those who disagree with the President’s actions?
Instead of emulating Trump’s bullying behavior, McDaniel should consider that Democrats and many Americans of other political persuasions oppose the President precisely because we do love our country.
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Man, 27, fatally shot in the Bronx
Hacked? Sam Smith posts racy nude shower photo on Instagram
By Philip Caulfield
Sam Smith (seen at the Grammy Awards in February) appears to have posted a photo of a nude woman's wet buttocks pressed against the glass wall of a shower on his Instagram account. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Maybe it's his new album cover?
There are suspicions that sensitive crooner Sam Smith's Instagram was hacked after a photo was posted showing a nude woman's wet buttocks pressed against the glass wall of a shower.
The photo popped up on the "Stay With Me" singer's account late Thursday along with an emoji of a wide-eyed smiley face with its tongue hanging out.
The racy photo remained live on early Friday, and was approaching 10,000 comments.
By comparison, only about 500 of the singer's 4.1 million followers commented on the shots posted before and after it.
Musician Sam Smith posted this photo to his Instagram on July 2, 2015. (sam smith via instagram)
"What the crap sam," one befuddled fan wrote.
"Is this actually allowed to be on Instagram?" another asked.
In general, Smith's Instagram account is a PG affair, consisting mostly of selfies, food shots, pics of friends and other scenes from the singer's day-to-day.
So far, he hasn't addressed the photo on Twitter or Instagram.
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NZVAPOR Applaud the Australian Vaping Community
Posted on 01.07.2020 | Updated on 24.07.2020 | Added in Press Coverage
PRESS RELEASE – NZVAPOR Applaud the Australian Vaping Community’s Protest Against Their Government’s Attempting to Prohibit Nic Containing Vape Products
NZVAPOR have been looking at the current situation in Australia, where they were planning on shutting down the border for nic containing vape products, and the implications of that for ex-smokers (having to go back to smoking) and current smokers (not being able to make the switch). NZVAPOR believe that any government trying to make their country smoke free should beware of such measures.
However, this move has now been postponed by the Australian government and they are now intending to streamline the regulations for importing nicotine containing eliquids. In other words, the protest that the Australian vaping community organised has worked.
If this had happened vapers would have gone back to smoking and smokers would have been denied access to a legitimate quitting aid. It would seem to be unscientific and irrational to ban vaping nicotine which is far safer alternative for smokers while we allow the widespread availability of deadly combustible cigarettes. Vapers are exposed to far fewer chemical toxins than smokers, have far fewer toxins in body tissues and experience substantial improvements in health after switching from smoking.
According to the UK Royal College of Physicians, long-term vaping is likely to be no more than 5% of the risk of smoking. Studies suggest that vaping is up to twice as effective as nicotine replacement products such as patches and gum. Most smokers want to quit and try and fail repeatedly. Vaping provides an exit strategy for smokers who are otherwise unable to quit and has helped millions of smokers to quit worldwide.
The changes would have made vaping unavailable for Australia’s three million current smokers, so for more information on smoke coils NZ, vape shops NZ and vape accessories NZ please go to www.nzvapor.com
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On Assignment (5): Making a Photograph
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This is the fifth part of a series on On Assignment.
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
Ansel Adams (Photographer 1902 - 1984)
When Lady Luck Smiles
A feature story on my home state of Arkansas proved to be my second assignment for National Geographic magazine. At the time, I was very new to professional photography, and I had not yet considered making it a career. Nor did I have much of a clue as to what I was doing, other than pursuing a dream while flying by the seat of my pants. In late October, while exploring the town of Eureka Springs searching for picture ideas, I kept driving by a Victorian home with a gingerbread front porch and golden maple trees in the yard. On the porch were two small jack-o-lanterns. I had the same thought every time: That’s almost a photograph. Almost. Had I taken a shot of the charming but empty front porch, my photo editor would have responded with something like: “OK, so that’s where you were... where’s the picture?” In other words, there was no compelling visual statement to share with a viewer.
Finally, I stopped and knocked on the door. That’s when I met twins, Meg and Amanda Williams. After a brief conversation with these charming young girls, the missing visual statement quickly became obvious: a portrait of two cuties holding their pet cats. I grabbed my camera bag and tripod, and headed to a corner of the porch. The twins were wearing jeans and matching dark red plaid shirts. Perfect! I asked them to sit on the porch rail and lean against a post, trying for a casual-looking pose. The cats were totally uncooperative (of course), two squirming fur balls hard to hold. But the girl’s kept their beautiful smiles as I took a number of shots.
Driving back home to Little Rock, I was pumped, thinking Meg and Amanda provided a great start to the assignment. But when I carefully reviewed the girl’s pictures… a sick feeling of disappointment hit hard. The image looked dark and the girls were not tack sharp. I knew the light on the front porch had been iffy, forcing me to use a slow shutter speed. Due to the restless cats, it had been difficult for my models to remain still. Their dark jeans and shirts only made matters worse. I felt like I was about to blow a dream assignment. So… I promptly packed my gear, hopped in the car and made the four-hour trip back to Eureka Springs. The girls and I repeated the process using the same pose, but this time I had them wear white shirts. A reflector behind the camera directed more light at my subjects. The resulting photo ran a full page in National Geographic magazine. It was the lead picture for a story entitled, “Easygoing, Hardworking Arkansas.”
Thanks to Lady Luck and a little work, my career as a freelance photographer was launched.
Location: Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Client: National Geographic
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Camel Makes the Image
One of the great joys of serious photography, whether amateur or professional, is the continuous challenge. When arriving at a new location or promising destination, my first thought is the same every time: Where’s the photo? I take the attitude that a picture is always there, if only I have the ability to find it. Or make it.
While working on a book project for Heifer International, a remarkably tolerant camel provided a great photo opportunity at a small village in rural India. While exploring the village, I noticed a camel resting on its knees and took a few shots. But my assignment called for involving the local people. It took only a little encouragement to get a group of kids to gather around for an impromptu village portrait. I expected the camel to bolt at any moment. But to my amazement, he (or she) seemed to enjoy the attention. I quickly filled the viewfinder with camel and kids. A touch of on-camera fill flash brightened faces and put catchlights in the eyes. And how did I get all those great expressions, given the language barrier? My wife stood behind me wearing a rubber pig nose. Even the camel seemed to smile.
Location: near Jaipur, India
Client: Heifer International
Risky Camera Placement
Using a slow shutter speed to convey motion is a great way to pack energy into a still photo when the situation allows. While shooting for a second summer on Canada’s South Nahanni River, I wanted to capture the excitement of tackling whitewater in a kayak. I figured if Nahanni park ranger Joe Buker (front) and writer Doug Chadwick were bold enough to shoot the rapids, I would gamble my camera’s survival. It was fastened to the kayak’s bow after “waterproofing” with a plastic bag and duct tape.
While the guys braved the fast water, I sat safe and secure on a large boulder, munching on trail mix while tripping the camera’s shutter with a remote electronic release. I wanted a shutter speed that would stop some but not all of the movement. Too slow of a shutter speed and everything would be a big blur. Too fast of a shutter speed would freeze the action, not the look I wanted. A shutter speed of about 1/15th of a second captured this photo, and the camera survived.
Location: South Nahanni River, Canada
Originally written on July 17, 2020
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By Nate Greer
Florida State did a great job during the early signing period addressing the future at pass rusher, but they also left room to add through the transfer portal. The Seminole coaching staff hit a big-time home run Saturday with the commitment of former JUCO #1 player and Georgia transfer Jermaine Johnson. Let’s take a look at the addition and how it could have a major impact on the FSU 2021 season.
It’s no secret that Florida State has struggled to get to the passer over the past several seasons. In nine games during the 2020 season, the Seminoles were able to generate only ten sacks, one of the worst numbers nationally and a contributing factor to a struggling defense.
While Coach Norvell and his staff did a really good job evaluating and adding some nice pieces for the future of the program, they still had to address the pass rush need through the transfer portal, whether that was a true rush end or an outside linebacker. Janarius Robinson’s decision to enter the 2021 NFL draft made that need even more vital.
Just four days ago former Georgia EDGE rusher Jermaine Johnson entered the transfer portal. Soon after rumblings began about FSU’s interest, which turned out to be true as Saturday Johnson announced he’d play his last year of college in Tallahassee.
Make no bones about it – this is a big-time get at a major position of need. Florida State’s defensive ends just haven’t gotten it done as they had just three sacks combined in 2020. Johnson had limited snaps at Georgia while playing in seven games, starting three. He had 16 tackles, 5 sacks, and 5 TFLs. He also showed a consistent ability to get to the passer with 7 hurries. Basically, he’s coming in filling a wide-open hole on the defense while also looking to be a major upgrade. PFF, which is becoming a fan favorite of football fans, had Johnson as the 30th most productive pass rusher nationally. FSU didn’t have a guy in the top 85.
Let’s take a look at what’s to like with Jermaine.
He’s big, and is very athletic – Listen, Georgia has done a tremendous job recruiting defensive linemen and pass rushers. FSU will offer Jermaine a chance to play on a stage just as big as UGa, while also getting the chance to play a ton of minutes. At 6’5”, 250 pounds, Johnson plays fast, physical, and under control. He has an excellent first step ( this is high-level), can “bend”, and can accelerate very well.
He’s not a one-trick pony – While he’ll fill a major void as a pass rusher and will be the FOX, he’s shown the ability to be a multiskilled player. He’s a very capable run stuffer as he’s very strong at the point of contact. FSU’s ends have struggled setting the edge on a consistent basis. Johnson is adept in this area which will allow him to stay on the field as a three-down player. Also, he showed at Georgia that he can line up as an outside linebacker and drop into coverage. This is important as the FOX for FSU has to be able to cover in space. This box is checked.
He can be a speed rusher or a bull rusher – Simply put, Johnson can beat defenders by using his speed to shoot gaps inside or use his elite initial burst to beat the tackle off of the line. He also has a good bull rush, as he shows great power.
This is what the doctor ordered for FSU. There isn’t a better option in the portal or the JUCO ranks. FSU’s defense needed a player with true NFL potential at end and they got one. He hasn’t been a full-time starter since his time at Independence C.C., but nothing during his time at Georgia shows he won’t flourish in that role at FSU. A+ get for Norvell and his staff.
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Coach Gernot Rohr says his goal is to win the 2021 AFCON title with Nigeria (SPORTS)
by Naijawavez
Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has stated that his goal with the Nigerian national football team is to win the upcoming African Nations Cup in 2021.
Rohr, who guided the Super Eagles to victory against Benin on Wednesday is out of contract in June 2020 but says his plan is to lead Nigeria to the summit of the African tournament rather than just qualify for it.
Nigeria face Lesotho in it’s second match of AFCON 2021 qualifying this weekend and hope to make it a second win during this international football window.
The Franco-German coach who once played for Bayern Munich led Nigeria to a second-round exit in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and a third-place finish in the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year.
Speaking on his future plans, Rohr said;
“It will be exciting for me to win the 2021 AFCON title with Nigeria. That’s my desire, and I will be the most excited.”
“So winning against Benin is just the beginning. I can’t be excited until we win the title in 2021.”
Reminiscing on the Super Eagles win over Benin, Rohr said to reporters; “The Super Eagles had a lot of scoring opportunities, but they failed to convert all of them.”
“In the second half, we played a very good match, ‘one-touch two-touch’, and we have good wingers. We had a lot of opportunities, and with the changes we made, we did very well. It is good for us.”
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Bloomberg: Treasury Forces Nine Banks to Sell Perpetual Preferred to TARP
Posted on October 13, 2008 by Yves Smith
Lordie, do we have any rule of law in this country? Presumably, the twisted logic of forcing money on to bank in return for taking perpetual preferred was that making the banks ask for it would create a taint. But even with the Treasury’s sweeping new powers under the $700 billion rescue package, one wonders how it compelled banks to cooperate. The process by which this was done is alarming.
But here we go, virtually no restrictions (the Bloomberg article mentions executive comp limits, but given Paulson’s stance, expect this to be cosmetic), no (a la Sweden) having a disciplined process to figure out who was worth salvaging and concentrating rescue dollars on them, and having a strategy (consolidation, liquidation, spinning bad assets off into an Resolution Trust type “bad bank” vehicle) for the ones that didn’t make the cut.
The Swedish government showed a profit by taking deliberate action. Throwing money at a dartboard isn’t likely to produce good outcomes.
From Bloomberg (hat tip readers Jim Bianco, Robert R, boldface ours0:
The Bush administration will announce a plan to rescue frozen credit markets that includes spending about half of a total of $250 billion for stakes in nine major banks, according to people briefed on the matter.
The companies are Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp., and Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the people said. One of the people also said Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment.
The injections represent a new approach for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s attempts to prevent a financial market meltdown from sending the U.S. economy into a prolonged recession. He’s following similar interventions by European leaders and using broad powers Congress gave him earlier this month to save the country’s banking system.
“They’ve decided they need to do something drastic and this is drastic,” said Gerard Cassidy, a bank analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Portland, Maine.
None of banks getting government money was given a choice about it, said one of the people familiar with the plans. All of the banks involved will have to submit to compensation restrictions, said the person.
The government will also guarantee the banks’ newly issued senior unsecured debt, making it easier for them to refinance their liabilities, the person said.
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The Treasury plans to spend $25 billion each for stakes in Citigroup and JPMorgan, people said. Another $25 billion will be divided between Bank of America and Merrill, which agreed last month to be acquired by Bank of America. Goldman and Morgan Stanley will each get $10 billion, while State Street and Bank of New York will get injections of about $3 billion each, people said.
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TallIndian October 13, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I would not have beleived that this could happen in the United States.
Do the shareholders not realize that their stakes have been diluted for a ‘guarantee’ that they make neither wanted nor needed.
The whole scheme smacks of a means to get money into GS/MS/JPM and not make it look like that. If that means hurting shareholders in C and BAC, hey you have to break eggs to make an omlette.
As I posted below, not sure what MS/GS are supposed to do with this new capital.
Start an exchange to compete with the CME? Offer investment advice in commodities? Options on Nth to Default CDS? Inverse CDOs?
Also, what if the Sec Tsy in the next administration says, “we don’t think that you have enough branches in Wyoming and this outsourcing to India needs to be stopped”
Steve October 13, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Paulson: virtually no restrictions.
Congress: yeah, right (cracking their knuckles for hearings after hearings).
Wait till GS announces its bonus pool.
Matt Dubuque October 13, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Injecting “sufficient” equity into the banks is a DRAMATICALLY moving target.
We have waves of financing being FORCED back on to the bank’s balance sheet through SLCs (standby letters of credit) being drawn upon by customers unable to afford or obtain commercial paper as the credit squeeze tightens.
In a ham and cheese omelet, the hen and cow are involved but the pig is committed.
Bankers, treasury and fed are the cows and hens but the poor tax payer is the freaking pig who is slaughtered.
Most likely, every major US bank is technically insolvement and needs capital.
Did the gov’t force them to accept an investment? Or does it make for better appearances?
It is difficult to imagine the current administration would have done this unless there was a gun pointed at their heads. Is it possible we’ve finally reached the point where the rest of the world is losing interest in funding US fiscal imbalances? That – eg – withdrawal for Treasury auctions was threatened by the big holders of Treasury and Agency debt?
Again – I know the current administration is not the most ideologically consistent crew we’ve ever seen – but this seems way way beyond what their playbook suggests as reasonable measures.
Note: I’m not thumbs-down or thumbs-up on the plan, just trying to understand why this is actually happening.
Just now on the cover of the web version of The Times there’s a wonderful photograph of Mack and Pandit leaving the Treasury. Smiling.
It’s priceless, and likely will evoke the emotional response of pure disgust amongst many.
With “virtually no restrictions”, no voting rights, no conversion rights and no equity dilution, how does this differ from debt? (other than being behind the bondholders)
what’s the advantage to the taxpayer? if there’s no control at all, wouldn’t it be better to be a super-senior bond?
walt October 13, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I don’t see any legal way in which Paulson could have compelled agreement, other than using some carrot/stick the Treasury has. (Maybe this is a precondition for being eligible for participation in future purchases of mortgage securities?)
It would surprise me if the “non-voluntary” part is being emphasized so that B of A, Citi, and JPM can deny they have any solvency problems.
Would you prefer to invest in the bank that says they didn’t need the government’s money or the one that admits they did?
Every single bank will disseminate rumors that they were forced at gunpoint to accept the government’s plan.
What does this do the the exsiting preferred shares???? Are they now suborniated to this new pef. equity?
AM I WRONG OR DO I STILL LIVE INT HE US? I don’t know anymore!!
Dick In VA
This is another death nail in the i-banks’ coffins. With all this new capital (MS has recieved ~$34bn in 24 hours and now has a tier 1 ratio close to 18%), the ROE is in the very low teens to high single digits. Surely, the game is up for these bank-brokers. Retail banking ROEs of 15-18% will look stellar compared to MS’s ROE of 12. Time for a new game; the asset mgmt game is also up given the recent horrid performance of bank owned asset mgmt firms. At this point, the better staff must be exiting the door realizing that compensation levels will sharply fall. Paradigm shift for an broken industry.
Tyrone October 13, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Where is the $250 billion coming from? Normally the US exports this inflation to China or Japan, but I doubt they are willing customers anymore.
tompain October 13, 2008 at 9:35 pm
“Lordie, do we have any rule of law in this country? Presumably, the twisted logic of forcing money on to bank in return for taking perpetual preferred was that making the banks ask for it would create a taint. But even with the Treasury’s sweeping new powers under the $700 billion rescue package, one wonders how it compelled banks to cooperate. The process by which this was done is alarming”
Yes, it is, but it is the same process that was followed in deciding to wipe out shareholders of the GSE’s, which was widely applauded even as it set off massive capital flight. Apparently it was ok to wipe out those shareholders because the companies were villains? The time to launch a defense of private property rights was when the GSEs were confiscated. Or when WM was confiscated. Or WB.
Now at last comes the realization that unchecked government power doesn’t only victimize the other guy.
Hopefully someone will ask why it is that the government is going to put billions of dollars of cash into THESE companies while taking no permanent equity stake, but it put no cash at all into FNM, FRE, WM, or WB and wiped out or assisted in the wipeout of almost all the equity.
Broke Forever October 13, 2008 at 9:46 pm
This is good news. Probably only the beginning but this is one hell of a lot better than buying all that toxic crap. At least this way the tax payer is one step away from it.
doc holiday October 13, 2008 at 10:02 pm
This may or may not be of interest to someone:
Under the Federal Reserve Board’s risk-based capital guidelines for bank
holding companies the minimum ratio of total capital to risk-adjusted assets
(including certain off-balance sheet items, such as stand-by letters of credit)
is 8%. At least half of the total capital is to be comprised of common stock,
minority interests and noncumulative perpetual preferred stock (“Tier 1
capital”). The remainder (“Tier 2 capital”) may consist of hybrid capital
instruments, perpetual debt, mandatory convertible debt securities, a limited
amount of subordinated debt, other preferred stock, and a limited amount of loan
and lease loss reserves.
mxq October 13, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Shiller: Everybody Calm Down. A Government Hand In the Economy Is as Old as the Republic.
“The most important question is not, “What form should these temporary bailouts take?” It is, “What are we really learning from all this?”
I’m pulling rabbits out of my hat and they have rabies:
Title 12: Banks and Banking
PART 560—LENDING AND INVESTMENT
Subpart A—Lending and Investment Powers for Federal Savings Associations
http://law.justia.com/us/cfr/ tit….30.1.42.9.html
560.40 Commercial paper and corporate debt securities.
2) Corporate debt securities must be:
(i) Securities that may be sold with reasonable promptness at a price that corresponds reasonably to their fair value
(ii) At the time of purchase, the cost of such securities must be written down to an amount that represents the investment value of the securities considered independently of the conversion feature; and
(iii) Federal savings associations are prohibited from exercising the conversion feature.
Ahem. If you were invested in mortgage-exposed banks, you were investing in unchecked government power anyway.
The US mortgage industry has been a (highly profitable) state-backed arm of federal housing policy since at least the New Deal.
So go and crying about state power now is pretty damn funny.
cent21 October 13, 2008 at 11:04 pm
How exactly is this preferred “equity”, if there is no dilution of common equity?
It sounds like this is just the govt’s way of getting around the problem that buying troubled assets would take some time and thought. This is like buying the large-cap troubled bank index and losing the stock certificates – fast, and maybe it will work, but maybe it should be called “deprecated equity” instead of “preferred”.
I bet the next Republican president will say we should give this stuff out in lieu of Social Security payments, it’s that bad.
I’m not upset about government investment, I’m upset about how and who. Like Yves points out, no triage, no punishment for shareholders or management, and no option to convert to common shares as share prices recover. What’s in it for taxpayers?
Laughter in middle of stock market madness. Details below:
http://marketwarnings.blogspot.com/2008/10/laughter-in-middle-of-stock-market.html
Today gave me a chance to get rid of all sorts of crap in my files, e.g:
But the falling of firewalls has elevated the importance of sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act. These provisions both limit the amount of credit flow from banks to their affiliates and require that such transactions be collateralized and made at market prices. GLB extended these provisions to the fund flows between banks and their own financial subsidiaries and even in some respects between holding companies and the financial subsidiaries of banks.
Anybody…. ?
FYI (remember): Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act ( Act ), originally enacted aspart of the Banking Act of 1933, is designed to prevent the misuse of abank s resources through non-arm s-length transactions with its affiliatesand to limit the ability of a bank to transfer its federal subsidy to its affiliates…
http://www.clevelandfed.org/Statistics/ppts/LargeBankConference/pdf/handouts23AandB.pdf
Also see (and hear): speaking in tongues: Our findings that glossolalia can be easily learned through direct instruction, along with demonstrations that tongue speakers can initiate and terminate glossolalia upon request and can exhibit glossolalia in the absence of any indexes of trance[…]support the hypothesis that glossolalia utterances are goal-directed actions rather than involuntary happenings.
Yah, and I love derivatives
A couple thoughts.
First, Broke Forever, wrote that this is better than buying the toxic crap. Actually, that mission has been passed off to Fannie and Freddie. We are actually doing both.
Second, there were some prescient comments about political interference with the newly owned banks. I would agree completely. Limitations on compensation is just the opening salvo. As I read the U.K. bailout, the authorities there are mandating lending activity equal to 2007 levels. I guess you just throw out underwriting criteria and shovel out the money. The potential for real harm is unlimited.
Third, and this is really a question, to what extent have we just started down the road of one upmanship. If Germany decides to create super banks via further injections are we forced to do the same to protect the industry?
FairEconomist October 13, 2008 at 11:41 pm
But even with the Treasury’s sweeping new powers under the $700 billion rescue package, one wonders how it compelled banks to cooperate. The process by which this was done is alarming.
OK, Goldman Sachs sold Buffett preferred at 10% with very valuable conversion rights. Now they’re being “forced” to sell it at 5%, without conversion right. How hard do you think that was for them? Oh, and they get a blanket guarantee on future unsecured debt – which might as well be a blanket guarantee on all debt as they issue new debt to pay the old debt off. All they surrender for a far below-market loan and a perfect credit rating is some probably toothless executive compensation requirements. “Force?” “Don’t throw me in that Briar patch”, indeed!
Yves Smith October 13, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Not every bank on that list was Morgan Stanley or Goldman (although note the number that was just done on Mitsubishi). I got a report from someone who saw Jamie Dimon leaving that meeting, and he supposedly looked mighty angry.
kfunck1 October 13, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Either way, I hope its enough to get them moving again. Anyone think their other capital is still worthless enough to cause most of them to just sit on the money anyways? I sure do.
Steve October 14, 2008 at 12:22 am
I expect this plan to quickly morph into a pork barrel: Senator Foghorn Leghorn will demand to know why a cherished hometown institution, Cretin Savings, is less deserving of government money than those rich big city banks — Cretin Savings supports the Boy Scouts, its president is the brother of the largest real estate developer in the area (coincidentally the bank’s largest borrower), local jobs are at stake, and the principle of fairness requires equal treatment for all banks `caught up in these troubled times’, big or small.
“Throwing money at a dartboard isn’t likely to produce good outcomes.”
How much can the money be worth if it’s being thrown at a dart board?
Funny visual.
Richard Kline October 14, 2008 at 3:19 am
So FairEconomist and Anon of 12:38, you’ve got the issue in a sandwich, yes. If the eurozone is busy making massive capital infusions and broad guarantees to its mega-banks, if the US _does not_ do so the major banks here are exposed to severe capital flight potentials. This alone would have been inducement enough, to me, to get all of them except JPM in line. JPM now IS the primary broker market given the share it controls, and I suspect Jamie Dimon would like nothing better than to continue cutting the throats of his competitors from behind while making a killing and collapsing the industry into his own citadel.
Then as FE says, the terms our Treasury Fuerher is ‘forcing’ upon these folks are laughably favorable to them: far below market in price, NO conversion rights, further complete gifts in exchange for worthless warrants, no derivative suspension, complete Guvmint guarantee of all their new debt with NO Guvmint control in the form or issuance of said debt, and a cap on 15% total government stake (if I read the proposal correctly). Put this in perspective: these behemoths face further massive losses, and absolutely would have to raise tens of billions more in equity from private investors if they are going to make it. That $34B of Tier 1 at MS?: don’t be surprised if they will record twice that in losses during the next two years. So existing equity in these institutions is going to be massively diluted NO MATTER WHAT. The real question is, can the firms survive? The real question for existing management-reivers in these firms is, will they be retained and continue to be allowed to loot their firms unchecked by toothless boards? Paulson’s response to that is, “Yes, my sons, Washington saves all sinners if they take the wafer publicly.” This plan has the visuals of socialism, but if you read it closely we’re back very nearly to corporate fascism. It is in no way a nationalization; rather the banks are being given money and guarantees with very little public control of what they do with that backing.
The Paulson proposal is dishwater weak, and shamelessly pro-industry. On the other hand, it is the necessary minimum to slow down and perhaps avoid systemic collapse. Furthermore, what Paulson is actually proposing is very close to what a _good_ plan capable of passage in Congress would have looked like three weeks ago. Consider that: this is the salable Good of the Public version. It is amazing how much Paulson is the wrong man in the right place at the wrong time. To me, he will go to any lengths achievable to favor the top of the food chain predators in the financial industry, to the greater detriment of the rest of the industry and the public. He has to be dragged every step of the way away from the public till and toward the public gavel. What a well-greased schlemiel.
And yes, the crypto-TARP is carrying off the wounded via the MASH units up at Foney and Fraudey. If would be very interesting to know _who_ they are buying crap MBSs from right now.
Richard Smith October 14, 2008 at 3:47 am
Why on earth are BoNY and State Street on that list? What’s so hair-raisingly risky about global custody all of a sudden? Does the Treasury just not know which banks are in a pickle or how badly?
pd130 October 14, 2008 at 4:39 am
4:47am —Hope it's not that any you'd think of between the top 7 and those 2 is not worth the scarce capital.
Come to think of it, they're probably not extending the infusion to foreign subsidiaries …
So the Goldman Sachs TreasSec and the Goldman Sachs SubSec of Financial Looting, Kash ‘n Karry, are taking the peoples’ money and handing it over to … Goldman Sachs.
This is not merely flagrant looting. It’s a declaration of war. Act accordingly — your financial future has no value to this gang of predatory hoodlums. They’ll feed every penny your children earn into their securitization meat grinder and dole out the residual tranches as food stamps and Medicaid, whilst they jet off to Antigua for the holidays with their fat rakeoffs.
Ask a Goldman Sachs i-bankster where he works. “I work for the People. Our headquarters is on Red Square.”
To each according to his need, comrade. And those accumstomed to “unlimited liquidity” need a lot more than we do. Or so they would have us believe.
Me, I’d settle for unlimited ammo. The political reaction will be delayed, but this is inning three of a nine-inning contest. And frankly, I don’t wanna be around for the end of the game. The next Declaration of Independence won’t be crafted in such polite language.
— Juan Falcone
Now Congress has to force oversight of the FED and Treasury…
With the Brits and Euros doing some heavy lifting US trying to get away with a low fat option.
Should the Brits and Euros lower their levels of cooperation with US financial policy moves to deal with the free-rider problem? Or just “encourage” their banks to take stakes in the 9 horsemen of the US recovery?
patrick neid October 14, 2008 at 7:02 am
The decision to take equity stakes? Take is the operative word here.
“The Treasury Department’s decision to take equity stakes in banks represents a significant reversal, coming just weeks after Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. had opposed the idea. In a momentous meeting yesterday afternoon in Washington, Paulson, flanked by top financial regulators, told the executives of nine leading banks that they needed to participate in the program for the good of the national economy, two industry sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. “
Left out of the quote was the gun at their heads.
and then this from the esteemed Bernanke,
“The most immediate responsibility of policy makers and elected officials is to restore confidence in our credit markets.”
Well they have actually done something either out of a St Paul moment on the way to Rome or more likely their voices are so horse they can’t speak having been screaming fire at the top of their lungs for the last few weeks. Yes great leadership skills on the part of these titans.
Back to Plan C, enjoy it while it lasts because while this one honors Benito of yore Plans E and F are going to even be worse.
Pass the popcorn if you would.
And lest you think I’m being harsh in my treatment of these buffoons you definitely don’t want to read this piece. Laid out in a time series is the gruesome litany of incompetence on an epic scale. Fran and Ollie, Abbot and Costello? That’s a tough call.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/10/no-time-to-wast.html
Via Kate Wellings commentary at Weedon comes this delightful skewering of Hank Paulson’s understanding of the housing, market and credit crisis much earlier in its development
“In short, any jot of credibility that the Secretary may have had surely cannot withstand this inarguable evidence of aberrant thinking; the inconsistency alone is staggering. These quips run the full gamut from puerile denial to deliberate understatement to bald-faced demagoguery, right on down to yesterday’s call for patience. Suffocated by his unabashed, unprincipled and incessant manure-spreading, I honestly wonder how the heck it is that we are not on the WH lawn . right this instant . pitchforks in hand.
ruetheday October 14, 2008 at 7:23 am
I am a firm believer that crises are not a time for ideology, and we must do what is necessary to save the financial system from bringing down the entire economy.
That having been said, how on earth are we ever going to wean these banks off of negative real interest rates, the alphabet soup of liquidity facilities (TAF, PDCF, TSLF, etc.), TARP purchases of troubled assets, direct capital injectsions, etc. without provoking another crisis?
“Lordie, do we have any rule of law in this country?”
No. Best bumper sticker I’ve seen:
Bush/Cheney ’08!!! Why let the constitution stop us now?
Based on the term sheet, this thing is a gift to the banks. There’s no way any private investor would touch this thing at anywhere near close to par. So much for encouraging private capital to go side-by-side with the government…
“We can’t make this punitive or dilutive, that would make it not voluntary!”
Give me a break. Pathetic.
I expect this plan to quickly morph into a pork barrel: Senator Foghorn Leghorn will demand to know why a cherished hometown institution, Cretin Savings, is less deserving of government money than those rich big city banks
How dare those hayseeds think they deserve the same treatment as New York money center institutions! They should know their place, which is to cough up the bucks and bow ‘n scrape before the Big Apple’s best and brightest.
Keep it up, jerkos. 20% of the population already openly admit to seccessionist sentiments. Once people discover that “Change” really meant a Soros sock puppet that number will rise.
More and more people are deciding the best bailout is just build a militarized border fence around metro NYC.
I wouldn’t be so quick to assert that there will be no triage of the weaker banks. This first step is an attempt to guarantee continuity of the largest financial institution — which is profoundly offensive but necessary to prevent tremendous economic dislocation in the short-term. Weaker banks with poor CAMEL ratings (ie, banks with no real deposit franchise and deep asset quality problems) will not be eligible for the bailout.
This is terrible for America’s future, but the alternative is worse. It at least gives us a chance to de-lever with less dislocation than letting the financial system flush itself down the toilet.
Jamie is pissed. I have several friends who work for JPM and word is filtering down that there is a big sense of injustice over there that they feel as if this capital raise (and the attendant compensation limits) is being forced on them unnecessarily.
He should resign immediately to demonstrate the sincerity of his outrage. I’m sure he can easily double or triple his annual $55 million pay package in this environment.
Richard (Kline), I always appreciate your comments. Would you say that the current course of actions by this administration is globally shifting the risk from the finance industry to the US government as a whole? Henceforth making such a catastrophic default have a very larger impact on the “real” economy.
Hirsch October 14, 2008 at 1:35 pm
1. The purpose of this whole exercise was to “provide” GS (and probaly MS) $10 billion each to buy a regional bank without having to raise expensive capital required.
2. Jamie Dimon was unhappy because his competitive advantage in running his shop well and able to raise capital to buy WAMU just got wiped away.
Hirsch V Gupta
Jamie has the biggest CDS book in the US: $10.4 Trillion as of June 30, 2008, up from $8 Trillion as of March 31, 2008. He — albeit unknowingly — bet the company on that crap just like everyone else.
Zeke October 14, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Yes! But you forgot to mention the biggest loser of all Lehman Bros. who got nothing whatsoever.
Maybe Richard Fuld was schlepping Mrs. Paulson?
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Michael Lewis’ Repeat Omission: No Crimes Were Committed
In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis has again launched a book that hews to his established formula: colorful outsiders take on a big bad entrenched establishment and win. Even though Lewis seems assured of having yet another best-seller, this book is getting more criticism than his works usually do. Put it this way: when commentators as diverse as Felix Salmon, Matt Levine, and Pam Martens feel compelled to object, it looks like Lewis has overfitted this tale to his blockbuster formula.
I must confess I have yet to read his book, but the accounts of it are so similar that I don’t think I’m doing readers a disservice by relying on them. Virtually all of the objections key off of a remarkable defect: that Lewis fundamentally misrepresents the relationships and operations of the high-frequency trading ecosystem.
Lewis focuses on a team of merry outsiders (a Lewis trope) from the Royal Bank of Canada who take on what Lewis presents as big Wall Street insiders of the HFT world, and beat them by forming their own exchange that offers fairer prices and thus helps combat “rigging” that hurts ordinary investors. But this story, though appealing, is wrong in a stunning number of ways. As Felix points out, HFT firms target institutional orders; retail orders are too small to move the market (as in they have no informational value) and many firms “cross” orders in house. Now small investors who trade through mutual funds can suffer, since the funds are institutional players but that wasn’t the point Lewis was making (and as much as no ripoff should go unpunished, abuses by many 401 (k) providers make the clipping by HFT look like chump change).
Lewis also presents the HFT traders as The Establishment and the his disruptors as the brave newbies. But the reality is this is more like the freshest immigrants off the boat fighting to displace the ones that arrived a few years back. As Bloomberg points out:
….Lewis misses the much bigger tale of disruption that speed-trading firms themselves brought about over the past 15 years. Hardly a group of typical Wall Street old-boy, big-bank types, many HFT ventures are the consummate outsiders. Such firms as Tower, Hudson River Trading, and ATD were started by tech geeks who figured out a better, more efficient way to trade. Their first victims weren’t mom-and-pop traders but big, established, market-making firms that made up the clubby insiders’ group of floor specialists.
Moreover, Lewis presents the HFT cohort as highly profitable, when by all accounts, the fierce competition among them has severely eroded their returns. I doubt that they are hurting, but this isn’t the “shoot fish in a barrel” business that it once was.
But their are even more serious lapses. Pam Martens lambastes Lewis for barely mentioning the role of the exchanges in enabling HFT, which was highly profitable to them. If there are any Wall Street insiders to attack, it’s the like of the New York Stock Exchange, not the behemoth brokerages. Key sections of Pam Marten’s must-read account, which is based on the 60 Minutes feature on Lewis’ book:
Two of the chief culprits of aiding and abetting high frequency traders, the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock exchange, failed to come under scrutiny in the much heralded 60 Minutes broadcast on how the stock market is rigged…
Lewis responds that it’s a “combination of these stock exchanges, the big Wall Street banks and high-frequency traders.” We never hear a word more about “the big Wall Street banks” and no hint anywhere in the program that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are involved.
60 Minutes pulls a very subtle bait and switch that most likely went unnoticed by the majority of viewers. In something akin to its own “Flash Boys” maneuver, it flashes a photo of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as [60 Minutes producer] Kroft says to the public that: “Michael Lewis is not talking about the stock market that you see on television every day. That ceased to be the center of U.S. financial activity years ago, and exists today mostly as a photo op.”
That statement stands in stark contrast to the harsh reality that the New York Stock Exchange is one of the key facilitators of high frequency trading and making big bucks at it.
Martens goes through New York Stock Exchange promotional materials for co-location services (which raises another issue: co-location of servers at the exchanges to gain a speed advantage is so well known that Martens doesn’t have to unpack it. Lewis’ account, which promised fresh revelations, is largely stale news, since the business press ramped up coverage of HFT after the May 2010 “flash crash”). She also points out how both the SEC and Congress are well aware of these practices and have chosen to be complacent (it’s hard to take the SEC piping up and saying it’s investigating HFT seriously given the long period since the May 2010 meltdown).
And the 2010 meltdown, and the declining volumes of trading despite frenetic activity raises a less obvious, but no less important issue: that of market structure. That old club of insiders did stand ready to provide liquidity. Mind you, they might not always be there, but they understood that making a market was the price they paid for their advantaged position.
By contrast, HFT traders are about as healthy to trading as sugar is to the ordinary American’s diet. Most studies of their activities have found that they provide junk liquidity. It’s there when markets are working fine, when more liquidity isn’t beneficial and could even be detrimental (by given traders a false impression of market depth, by lower spread, which are already super-cheap, with the net effect of encouraging even more short-term trading, as opposed to investment). But worse, it vanishes when markets are roiled, which quite a few academics have found makes the market disruption even more severe.
I have an additional beef about Lewis, and it extends across all of his major books on finance: Liar’s Poker, The Big Short, and from what I can infer from Lewis’ interviews, Flash Boys. It is part of the Lewis shtick not to challenge the social order. And it says a lot that someone about the times we live in that America’s most powerful and popular business journalist is dedicated to telling, again and again, the story of outsiders who butt heads with the status quo, yet he manages never to find anything seriously wrong with the settled order. Again and again, the people who are part of his bad status quo are never guilty of anything more than being lazy, or greedy, or (in the case of Liar’s Poker) being schlubs.
Yet the very same bond trading operation that Lewis mocked but simultaneously lauded as a huge profit engine led to the firm’s demise. Its head Treasury trader Paul Mozer was so poorly controlled that he got in pig fights with the Fed twice over his efforts to corner Treasury auctions. After Mozer was reprimanded by the firm but again resumed a more covert, and far less kosher version of his strategy (it involved records falsification), when he was caught out by Salomon management, they not only failed to inform the Fed promptly, but CEO John Gutfreund brazenly argued that Salomon should keep Mozer’s ill-gotten profits. Mozer was indicted and eventually entered into a plea bargain. Gutfreund, the vice chairman, the general counsel, and Mozer’s boss John Merriwether all were forced to resign four days after Gutfreund tried defying the Fed.
As we discussed long form in earlier posts, Lewis in The Big Short failed to tell readers that the subprime shorts that he lauded were the reason that what otherwise would have been a mere housing bubble and S&L level crisis instead became a global financial crisis. The shorts provided the raw material for synthetic and heavily synthetic CDOs that allowed BBB subprime risk to be sold mainly at AAA prices. That in turn distorted market signals, created demand for the very worst mortgages, and allowed for risky synthetic mortgage exposures to be created that greatly exceed real economy activity. But you never heard from Lewis that his intrepid band of misfits was a huge crisis amplifier. And the idea that any of the activity in this area might be an abuse, or even criminal, passed Lewis by. It is true that all the SEC did was file one civil “cost of doing business” CDO suit against each large player. We’ve long believed that the lack of vigor here wasn’t just part of the general pattern of Administration “little to see here” on crisis-related fraud. The SEC’s head of enforcement, Robert Khuzami, was general counsel for the Americas for Deutsche Bank from 2004 to 2009. And who did Lewis reveal to be one of the biggest instigators of the subprime short and related CDO sales? Gregg Lippmann of Deutsche Bank, patient zero of this strategy. Any serious investigation of CDO malfeasance would implicate Khuzami.
And for Lewis’ current book? As soon as the 60 Minutes story ran, the FBI cleared its throat and said they were investigating HFT, including front running. That means they are on the trail of what they believe is criminal behavior. Yet Lewis’ posture, as always, is that the bad boys are simply exploiting the system, as opposed to engaging in possible criminal conduct. It’s one thing to acknowledge that enforcement has become a joke, another to refuse to consider that the misconduct might indeed be serious.
But Lewis, like it or not, is simply a mirror of our times. Just as we get the politicians we deserve, it also appears we get the journalists we deserve.
This entry was posted in Banking industry, Investment management, Regulations and regulators on April 2, 2014 by Yves Smith.
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OMF April 2, 2014 at 7:49 am
It is obvious that the HFT firms are new entrants to the big money game, coming neither from establish money or known dynasties. The biggest evidence of this is the speed and co-ordination with which the society classes have turned on them.
Now, I do believe that HFT firms were at best an elaborate shell game, and at worst probably constituted mass insider trading. They were “clever young men” min-maxing with the letter but not the spirit of the existing rules, and making the rest of us pay for it.
However, their downfall appears to be that they believed that the stated rules, and only the stated rules, governed the financial game. This is a classic pitfall that all geeks fall into. They have no social radar.
In reality, it is the unstated rules and exisiting relationships which are the true arbiter and moving force in any social, financial, or economic enterprise. The HFTs started as outsiders, and remained so. They do not appear to have developed relationships, and it would appear never even hired PR companies to prepare for the inevitable backlash to their money making operations. As such, they were easy prey of the establish banks, socialites, Vanity Fair readers and associated government officals. Once blood was scented, the sharks moved in all at once, and the only surprising thing is that the HFT firms would be so surprised about it.
Two things are clear: 1) HFT firms were a problem, and 2) HFT firms are being set up as the fall guy for _all_ of the problem. All of the problems created by the ascendancy classes, and which they must now seek scapegoats for. HFTs, geeks with talent, money, capital, but fatally no influence or relationships, presented the perfect target. And who better than the upper crust’s favourite author, Lewis, to sound the call to dig in.
The HFTs will be dismanted, but their assets will be slurped up and dolled out. This problem will not go away, but will only re–emerge under a more established, monied, priviliged and secure wing.
Jim April 2, 2014 at 5:10 pm
All true, but the real point is being missed. The old money, used to being the predator, is now the prey, of the techies. That’s the real reason this is going to stop.
Thorstein April 2, 2014 at 8:09 am
So, do you think market-neutral HFT strategies are fabricating a false sense of liquidity in stock, bond and currency markets, or just in stock markets?
Yves Smith Post author April 2, 2014 at 9:34 am
Over my pay grade, but HFT has definitely moved into currencies.
Corporate bonds are not liquid enough for HFT to work there. That’s why so many people use CDS.
spooz April 2, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Tyler Durden over at Zerohedge, who’s been on the HFT corruption beat since 2009, , says that human FX manipulators are leaving as HFT algos take their place.
” However, just like in equities where the HFT parasites merely facilitated the Fed in its relentless pursuit to send asset prices to new unseen bubble levels, for the most part HFTs also help central banks in ramping FX pairs in whatever the required FX manipulation by the G-7 central planners du jour may be. In other words, the regulators will turn a blind eye to all the FX rigging now conducted almost exclusively by algos as longas it goes in their favor.
However, once the market crashes and/or FX begins trading abnormally broken, watch as the full wrath of the same economists and corrupt regulators turns on HFT, which will be scapegoated as the biggest market villain in history. None other than Goldman has already set the stage for the public lynching of the vacuum tubes.
But for now, as long as the dancing continues, we must all “trade” in a world in which the now standard US and Japan market open results in a spike in the USDJPY, in which any good or bad news results in a spike in the USDJPY, and when every downturn in stocks is promptly offset with, you guessed it, another HFT momentum-ignition surge in the USDJPY, promptly offsetting the asset weakness.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-02/presenting-next-market-rigged-high-frequency-trading
Stelios Theoharidis April 3, 2014 at 7:08 pm
While I generally understand HFT, I am curious about one of its after effects. I know their share of volume has declined in the recent past down to its present state of approximately 50%. I would assume their business practices would translate into artificially distorted equities prices on both the positive and negative side. In this current bullish market that would suggest on the positive side. Is that a correct assumption to make? Or do they not have a lasting effect on equities prices? If that was the case, would that not have an effect on all market participants and not just the bigger players that are the direct targets? I am not defending Lewis on the criminal side, I think the bigger banks, brokerages, and exchanges are working with or have their own HFT shops (in the case of the banks) to the determinant of their customers. Here is an article concerning the move into currency.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-02/high-frequency-traders-chase-currencies-as-stock-volume-recedes.html
Peter L. April 2, 2014 at 3:36 pm
There was a very interesting piece published by Nanex (“HFT is Killing the EMini, 2 April 2012), on HFT reducing liquidity. The more I read about HTF the less I understand, but for what it is worth, the Nanex discussion sounds reasonable enough to me. Here is an important quote, and link follows:
“HFT is sucking the life blood out of the markets: liquidity. It is almost comical, because this is what they claim to supply. No one with any sense wants to post a bid or ask, because they know it will only get hit when it’s at their disadvantage. Some give in, and join the arms race. Others leave.
Take the electronic S&P 500 futures contract, known as the emini, for example. This is, or used to be, a very liquid market. The cumulative size in the 10 levels in the depth of book was often 20,000 contracts on each side. That means a trader could buy or sell 20,000 contracts “instantly” and only move the market 10 ticks or price levels. Even during the flash crash, before the CME halt, when hot potatoes were flying everywhere, the depth would still accommodate an instant sale of 2,000 contracts.
Not anymore. On Friday, 2,000 contracts would have sliced right through the entire book. …”
HFT is Killing the EMini
http://www.nanex.net/Research/Emini2/EMini2.html
And I notice that if you search NC for “Nanex” a number of posts come up, with the founder of Nanex trying to make the same point, that HTF can harm liquidity. (For example, http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/yes-virginia-hft-and-liquidity-are-not-all-they-are-cracked-up-to-be.html)
trish April 2, 2014 at 8:15 am
Handful of greedy bad guys vs intrepid hero-outsiders (the picture accompanying the NYT magazine piece was nauseating).
Feds go after a few minor bad guys (fall guys) in get-tough show.
Next infotainment story? Public moves on.
Nothing changes, no meaningful reform (hey, how about that transaction tax idea?).
so agree…good post.
(typo: “But their are even more serious lapses.” there.)
skippy April 2, 2014 at 8:45 am
How time fly’s…. or which way will the bird turn… Doyne Farmer.
“Farmer confessed to a private gathering of business CEOs, “Predicting markets is not my long-term goal. Frankly, I’m the kind of guy who has a hard time opening to the financial page of the Wall Street Journal. “For an unrepentant ex-hippie, that’s no surprise. Farmer sees himself working for five years on the problem of predicting the stock market, scoring big time, and then moving on to more interesting problems — such as real artificial life, artificial evolution, and artificial intelligence. Financial forecasting, like roulette, is just another hard problem. “We are interested in this because our dream is to produce prediction machinery that will allow us to predict lots of different things” — weather, global climate, epidemics — “anything generating a lot of data we don’t understand well.”
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.07/wall.st_pr.html
skippy… market starlings wheeling or a murder crows…. ummm…. Brownian cartoons help me [!!!]~
Optimader April 2, 2014 at 11:10 am
Time to start working on the VK interlock used to control access to exchanges
http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_machine
The VK is used primarily by Blade Runners to determine if a suspect is truly human by measuring the degree of his empathic response through carefully worded questions and statements.
paul April 2, 2014 at 1:34 pm
Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can’t, not without your help, but you’re not helping.
Leon: What do you mean I’m not helping?
Holden: I mean, you’re not helping. Why is that Leon? — They’re just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they’re written down for me. It’s a test, designed to provoke an emotional response. — Shall we continue? Describe in single words, only the good things that come in to your mind about… your mother.
Leon: My mother?
Holden: Yeah.
Leon: Let me tell you about my mother…
[Leon shoots Holden]
optimader April 2, 2014 at 1:52 pm
The sweet irony is that a VK machines algorithm would have to validate the inverse result. The artificial intelligence of a replicant as represented by Leon presumably has more empathy than a HFT.
“…In the film two replicants take the test: Leon… and Rachael…. In Blade Runner, Deckard tells Tyrell that it usually takes 20 to 30 cross-referenced questions to distinguish a replicant. With Rachael it takes more than a hundred. Tyrell said Rachael was “special”…”
Bryant:
Stop right where you are. You know the score pal. If you’re not cop, you’re little people.
Deckard: No choice, huh?
Bryant: No choice pal.
Cop=1%
J. April 3, 2014 at 1:51 pm
The VK test has been used on San Francisco politicians with very interesting results. The original seems to have gone to internet heaven, here’s the text:
http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/001698.php
Larry Headlund April 2, 2014 at 8:52 am
Kosher pig fights? Dangerous mixed metaphor ahoy!
Excellent summary.
Cocomaan April 2, 2014 at 8:57 am
He specifically mentioned NYSE in the Fresh Air interview on NPR, if I recall correctly.
60 Minutes is the same outlet that published that fluff piece on the NSA not long ago. It’s a crappy outlet.
Chad April 2, 2014 at 9:02 am
but CEO John Gutfreund brazenly argued that Salomon should keep Mozer’s ill-gotten profits
Sounds like he was a gut Freund to Mozer. Eh? Eh?
YankeeFrank April 2, 2014 at 9:05 am
I don’t get it. Don’t the big banks engage in HFT as well as these “scrappy geek startups”? From what I understand, they are big into co-location and HFT. Am I imagining this?
Dan April 2, 2014 at 9:21 am
I haven’t read the book either, so it sounds as though all of us are a bunch of blowhards obviating the need to actually read the book or understand it in its context.
How does what 60 minutes cut and pasted together become a criticism of Michael Lewis and his book? Is the implication he produced the episode?
Seems to me there are a bunch of jealous people covering a topic and missing the obvious story for 5 years who are watching a storm of discussion created by a guy living in Berkeley CA and writing books and stories about athletes (and finance).
To say that HFT is somehow “ok” because they only steal from institutional traders is just wrong. Are those institutional trades disregarded in arriving at the “market Price”? Do institutional traders invest for retail customers?
Yes, the markets are intimately involved as they have prostituted their exchanges for short term cash, while damaging their long term value.
So these great purveyors of “liquidity” in an elevating stock market can be counted on to provide liquidity – real liquidity, when the drawdown happens?
Face it the Slow Boys (and Girls) complaining are the ones who repeatedly ignored the story and now they are pouting.
Yes, because the segment was all about Lewis’ book and he was quoted extensively. This was intended to represent his book and he has not taken exception to the 60 Minutes report.
There are plenty of other books that people opine about that virtually no one has read: The Wealth of Nations, Das Kapital, and Keynes’ General Theory (even at the time, as I mention in ECONNED, it was considered to be so difficult that certain students of Keynes became informal interpreters).
Lewis is on a massive marketing push and the messaging is very deliberate and consistent. If this were a newbie author, your concern would have some validity, that he might not have presented the most important messages of his book, or had said something inept and was thus being misrepresented. But Lewis is an old hand at this, and he and his publisher (and no doubt his PR agent) have put a lot of time into buffing what the key messages are.
Dwight April 2, 2014 at 10:19 am
Michael Lewis is being interviewed today at 1:06 EST on Washington DC’s NPR outlet. It would be great to hear you ask him a question.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2014-04-02/michael-lewis-flash-boys
elboku April 2, 2014 at 12:09 pm
All I can say is that last night on The Daily Show, he was unequivocally harsh on all those involved in HFT. I haven’t read the book either but if the book echoes his public comments last night…
Optimader April 2, 2014 at 12:43 pm
I saw he was going to be on charlie rose (who is of course courtier to the elite) last night “talking his book”, So i watched his interview.
Lewis said he deferred to 60 minutes before shilling his book in earnest because 60m could get the conceptual story out making his own pitch job easier, so ok that makes sense if you’re hustling a book for mass consumption.
Actually it was an interesting interview whether or not one likes his presentation of the story. Interestingly he said HFT were very critical of him for presenting a one-sided story, (one might ask how many paragraphs one could devote in a book in their “side of the story”? Yeah they create liquidity be being a parasitic load between every trade? Yaaa BS)
From a perspective of liable i don’t see it to be in Lewis’s interest offer the claim
HFTaders engaged in illegal activity, thats for a fed/state attny, isnt it? He does frame it as immoral behavior. Sweet Irony is his claim That a team in GS is turning on HFT because allegedy they feel when it really blows up the market , GS will be blamed for it wether or not they are responsible (read: they have concluded it is the game of smaller nimbler trading firms so they would just as soon prefer HFT gets neutered).
Btw, Haven’t read this book or any by lewis and likely wont, i do get the impression he is an establishment story teller for the mass consumption. Kinda like Woodward but no where near as primitive.
Yves Smith Post author April 2, 2014 at 7:53 pm
I suggest you read Charles Ferguson’s Predator Nation. He clearly demonstrates how various firms could have been prosecuted under existing statutes. He took a very strong position. Bill Black and your humble blogger say people (specific people) should go to jail and no one has gone after us.
Do you seriously think anyone is going to sue Michael Lewis, of all people, if he said that some of the conduct in HFT could be criminal? He’d not be naming specific names, there’d be no basis for a suit.
And even if he DID (assuming he’d unearthed something that supported that point of view), in general, it’s insane to sue a journalist if they have their facts right. They get the right to do discovery. Do you think anyone would dare let Lewis near them with the ability to subpoena records and witnesses?
optimader April 3, 2014 at 1:16 am
1.) No haven’t read Predator Nation yet but I see I can get it in audio format
2.) No, haven’t read Econned, I did buy a copy that I added to a stack of unread books that mock me. I gave it to a friend last summer to put in his reading stack as it’s up his alley as a frmr Fed LEO with a criminal fraud investigation background.
Have you considered releasing Econned in an audio format version?Truth be told, due to my current “lifestyle eccentricities”, my book consumption is mostly limited to ~1 book/week in audio format
http://digital.minlib.net/8157E4EF-0538-4588-B75D-3806B1DEB753/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=47be6bb4-fbb0-4e79-a13d-9a9f307ce343
http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/predator-nation/127766
3.) RE: Michael Lewis, I actually know very little about him, but from what ive read he’s has an ivy league trustfund kid background w/ an art history degree and a follow on economics degree, who was then ushered into a bond sales job.
In other words Lewis’s actual qualifications to state which HFT engaged in criminal activity and which didn’t are probably about as valid as mine or some other guy off the street.
Bill Black and presumably your qualifications due to professional background –credible. Lewis’s? not so much.
To be fair, I don’t believe Lewis claimed no criminal activity occurred, more like he said as a minimum immoral activity occurred and criminal “inquiries” are being pursued. Maybe thats pussy footing or maybe thats being candid about his depth of expertise?
Or maybe he was told not to go there?
The impression I was left with was that he was given this story and maybe a list of people that would be interested in talking to him — a list provided by interested parties who want HFT firms eliminated. If they never fully integrated into the establishment and are therefore considered to be the equivalent of idiot savant loose cannons that can inadvertently kill the host rather than just bleed it? I can understand the motivation for big financial firms to crush them.
Very coincidentally, last week a vendor was describing to me his son burning out due to his work at the Chicago branch of a HFT firm. On call 24/7, his only job is minimize information transfer latency bottlenecks. He said in a surprise move, the NYC partner in the firm punched out and they are closing the office. The son describes the partners as creepy, greedy, narrowly scoped traders, not tech geeks per se. The tech geeks (like him) that keep the gears spinning are merely well paid hired hands.
I asked my publisher repeatedly about an audio book and they won’t do it. Thanks for asking.
Interesting insight into the social order at the HFT firms. Makes sense.
Can you use an entity independent of the publisher??
https://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=basics.contact
https://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=scholar.faq
Mark P April 3, 2014 at 5:09 am
‘The tech geeks (like him) that keep the gears spinning are merely well paid hired hands.’
Sure that’s consonant with, forex, everything we know about Aleynikov’s treatment by GS. And indeed it’s how you’d expect things to be at the bigger institutions and companies.
But it’s not the whole story. Some of the smaller companies seems to be purer technology plays .
Paul Tioxon April 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101544772
I saw the 60 minutes report and what appeared to be his side kick in Lewis narrative is Brad Katsuyama. Brad appeared on CNBC and was denounced as a shameless self promoter of a business model who say anything to anyone and hurt the good people of Wall St and all of the decent salt of the earth that labor in vineyards of fiance. Woe to ye Katsuyama! CNBC posed this as the fight that stopped stock market trading. Well, did it? Any traders out there that put their gizmos down to see the fisticuffs, metaphorically speaking?
FROM A TWITTER ACCOUNT FOR CNBC:
What we didn’t know: William O’Brien, chief executive of BATS, and Brad Katsuayama, CEO and president of IEX, would get into a heated debate on high-frequency trading.
“Shame on both of you for falsely accusing literally thousands of people and possibly scaring millions of investors in an effort to promote a business model,” O’Brien said to Lewis and Katsuayama.
“Do you believe [the markets] are rigged?” O’Brien asked Katsuayama, “because you said it.”
“I believe the markets are rigged,” he answered, “and I also think you are a part of the rigging.”
Katsuayama continued:
Michael Warhurst April 3, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Morality is comprised of three things: human, social and spiritual values. None of which are denominated in nor can be measured in terms of dollars. Therefore those for whom dollars are the only value considered before decision or action are by nature amoral. Morality has three positions. Moral – one knows what it is and does it. Immoral – one knows what it is and doesn’t do it. And amoral – one never considers morality at any time for any reason.
The social damage from the amoral classes for whom dollars are the only value considered before decision or action (some of whom proudly relegate their morality to a once a week visit to their local church, synagogue, mosque or temple) is both inevitable and enormous.
Regrettably, almost all of those who would call out these amoral individuals who are social destroyers attempt to do it on the basis immorality, which can never be done for many reasons; not the least of which is they are not immoral – they are amoral. This somewhat slight ephemeral difference is enough to create and sustain in the compliant major media a curtain of confusion behind which the victimization of the majority by the wealthiest minority can continue and accelerate until it destroys the real economy, families and individuals. At which time the major corporate media propagates the notion that the victims are in fact culpable and are being righteously punished for their sins. This ball was set to rolling by Reagan and was set in stone, by the corporate media, in the minds of a significant number of the middle and lower economic classes who seem to be content to accept this right agenda Republican lie. Corporations, unlike individuals, have zero capability for morality except as neutered window dressing. Unless Plato was an idiot, it is impossible to have a “democratic republic” as he purposely designed “republic” to be the antithesis of democracy. Every single thing that a democracy is a republic is not and vice-versa. Plato’s lover and teacher, Socrates, was forced to swallow hemlock by Greek “Democrats” because he refused to retract a statement he had made in public that “Not all positions in government should be elected because some require special skills which cannot necessarily be acquired through democratic election.” A republic is run by and for (wealthy) elites while a democracy is run by and for the majority. The USA is a republic with a lot of votes (in which accurate ballot counting and solid citizen franchise is simply vacant) NOT a democracy. This fact makes the USA specially vulnerable to out of control amoral elites who control the (through the un-elected, and according to Mussolini’s definition, fascist Federal Reserve) money supply and Wall Street. President Jackson characterized Wall Street and the big banks as like a “pit of vipers” and the result was that they attempted to assassinate him. Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated by this “pit of vipers” because they ordered the Treasury to create debt free money for government spending into the economy. The “greenback” (debt free U.S. Treasury created money) was the reason that the Northern army was so much better equipped and larger than the southern army which is why the North won the war and the South was bankrupt. God Bless, M.W.
@BobbyGvegas April 3, 2014 at 11:37 am
When I repeatedly see “I haven’t read the book,” my reflexive reaction is “well, GET a copy and do so. THEN criticize away.” I got the Kindle edition immediately, and then the hardcover edition arrive the next day. I’ve read it all (close on the heels of Bob Ivry’s “Seven Sins of Wall Street).
Lotta this stuff is in fact really just jealousy. Michael Lewis is incredibly popular and profitable (btw, Brad Pitt will reportedly be bankrolling “The Big Short” big screen adaptation), ergo he can’t be any good.
JGordon April 2, 2014 at 9:31 am
“The shorts provided the raw material for synthetic and heavily synthetic CDOs that allowed BBB subprime risk to be sold mainly at AAA prices. That in turn distorted market signals, created demand for the very worst mortgages, and allowed for risky synthetic mortgage exposures to be created that greatly exceed real economy activity…”
I read this in shorthand as “corruption” and “systemic decay”. You all at NC are very well versed on the particulars of why our system is going down the drain, although stepping back a bit for a bit for a wider view, it seems to me that the failing of our own civilization mimics the systemic failures of the past that lead to (often horrible) societal collapse.
I believe that people who come to recognize this pattern and learn to go with the flow of history instead of trying to fight it will come out much better for themselves and their communities. Although I do hope you have some luck in getting synthetic CDOs banned; reading about this stuff is an interesting diversion in between my modern-civilization dependent bouts of debauchery and planting of avocado trees. 2 Chainz is now my favorite musical artist, and I often think about how historians in the post-civilization (mostly) agrarian future will regard his wonderful music.
Thisson April 2, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Well it’s not really fair to blame the shorts here. Once someone decides to set up a market in the synthetics, by *definition* that market will move to some price at which shorts are compelled to participate. So what you’ve got here is a chicken and egg situation. And who created the market for the synthetics? The same bunch of bad apples that was looking for more low-grade stuff to mill through their securitization sausage factory. So while Yves is technically correct that the synethetics magnified the magnitude of the disaster, casting the blame upon the shorts is, I think, misplaced. The blame should be cast upon those who set up the mechanisms, on those who made misrepresentations about the quality of the underlying loan portfolio, and upon the ratings agencies who have effectively taken the position that with enough credit support, ANY pool of securities can earn a AAA rating.
Agreed. Shorts are an easy target, If I were a stock trader of I would more likely be a short not a long. Naked shorts maybe are a corruption, but theirs is a riskier game as well
You clearly have not read ECONNED. This is not “demonizing shorts’. I demonstrate DIRECTLY how hybrid CDOs were the reason we had a global financial crisis. If you think it’s just fine for an astonishingly small number of shorts (I demonstrate the leverage in the CDOs was massive) to blow up the global economy and leave the world mired in unemployment and borderline inflation just out of your attachment to investor rights, you have your priories backwards. Financial markets should support the real economy, not be used to wreck it.
ex-PFC Chuck April 2, 2014 at 9:43 am
Lewis was pitching his book on The Daily Show yesterday. Jon Stewart can be a tough interrogator when he wants to, but he wasn’t last evening. He could have used some input from Yves, Pam Martens, et al, during his prep. I’d link the clip but it’s not up yet at the show’s website.
backwardsevolution April 2, 2014 at 12:42 pm
ex-PFC Chuck – from Wiki:
“He [Jon Stewart] and his older brother, Lawrence Leibowitz, who is currently Chief Operating Officer of NYSE Euronext (parent company of the New York Stock Exchange)…..”
Maybe that’s why.
Jon Stewart is an infotainment courtier to the establishment for consumption by a younger generation. Just not as blatant as Charlie Rose perhaps. Rock the boat a bit for effect but don’t cause the bilge pump to have to run.
Lewis is hustling a book about neutering HFTing, it’s not Stewart’s role in this drama to shoot him down. I think the present HFT model for skimming has a Contract out on its head, so more likely Stewart’s marching orders are to give him creds w/ a superficially critical interview.
NotTimothyGeithner April 2, 2014 at 10:19 pm
And TDS is still a comedy show where he has to write a current and humorous monologue every night. I bet tomorrow nights intro on the fort hood shooting redux will be hilarious.
Given the variety of guests, he still does stand up, and he is the boss of the show not just a performer, I think the absurdity is expecting Stewart to have it every night.
Stewart does get through quite a bit of material and information despite a staff of comedy writers, not researchers. The man was in Half-baked and an Adam Sandler movie. Cut him some slack, maybe not for the Adam Sandler movie.
Cheese April 2, 2014 at 9:44 am
I don’t really see how you blame Lewis’ “Big Short” heroes. As a market participant, one acts on a security of poor value/quality by shorting it. The blame, thus, should square firmly on the banks who made that market (i.e. Lippman), along with Congress who enabled the egregious exploitation of then-inadequate capital requirements. If we’re just talking junky CDO’s…
Please read the link I provided:
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/03/debunking-michael-lewis-subprime-short-hagiography.html
. I set the case forth long form. And in the post I linked to on The Big Short, I describe how Eisman is culpable. After he meets Wing Chau, he understands EXACTLY the role the CDOs play and the systemic consequences. But he says after that IIRC dinner that he wants to short everything Chau does site unseen.
This is why insurance (and CDS is insurance, not a typical short) from the 1700s has required the parties who buy policies to have an insurable interest. Otherwise, if you buy insurance on someone else’s house, your incentive is to burn it down.
This is the short form version of the effect of the subprime short strategy, which massively distorted market signals:
A critical element of how this new system operated was by sending false signals to market participants. Imagine you are a doctor. You have a well established patient with a known heart problem and high cholesterol. He comes to his regular checkup looking simply wretched, with bad color, low energy, and complains of not feeling well. You immediately run all of your regular (thorough) tests, plus some additional ones related to his new symptoms. Yet all the results come back within normal bounds, save his known problems, and there you see no meaningful change from his previous history. You ask him to come in quarterly, rather than annually. He continues to look even worse, yet his test results continue to show nothing more amiss than before he started to look so awful. He drops dead of massive coronary blockage.
Now in our little fable, what happened was that someone saw the patient on the street and recognized he was a prime candidate for heart failure. He takes out ten life insurance policies on the patient and finds a way to alter the test results so everything looked normal. The doctor, conditioned to trust the tests, believes them rather than his lyin’ eyes, and fails to take action.
Tom Adams, who has spent his career in the mortgage business, and was an executive at one of the major monoline insurers during the subprime mania, explains:
Starting in 2005, following the introduction of credit defaults swaps on mortgages, the spread for lending to risky borrowers fell. Normally, when risk becomes mispriced like this, the right approach is to step back and wait for sanity to return. And many cash investors did just that.
The problem this time was the market didn’t correct.
By 2006, many companies in the risk business received pressure, in one form or another (investors, rating agencies, etc.), about how they were missing out on revenue opportunities. The market was booming, yet they were on the sidelines. No one I encountered wanted to take subprime mortgage risk (or Alt A mortgage) risk directly because the risks were considered too high and the premiums were way too low.
In a normal environment, this should have led to the mortgage market grinding to a halt – since no one wanted the BBB portions of any subprime or Alt A deal. Hundreds of people at conferences, in meetings and over the phone lines argued that the market for subprime was acting irrationally. Refusing to participate in the market at all would, in retrospect, have been the only solution, but this is easier said than done. A lot of people were told: “You’re the expert in this area, find a way to make money in it – everyone else is.”
How did this happen? By 2005, “cash” or traditional investors, were leery of subprime risk. Yet the interaction of increasingly synthetic CDO issuance, credit default swap spreads, and the resulting artificially low yields on BBB subprime bonds sent a powerful signal that the subprime patient was somehow still healthy. Presumably, a lot of someones were highly confident they could find gold within what looked to most like certain subprime dreck.
Sure, in insurance there’s the concept of insurable risk and it makes sense. But what about in the options market? Sellers of options are functioning as insurers, and we don’t require them to have an insurable risk. What we do require is for them to have capital posted. So I’m not sure we always need an insurable interest. I’d like to hear more reasoning on the point.
I think one of the biggest causal factors was that the ratings agencies were allowed to give AAA ratings to such low quality bond portfolios, justifying their ratings based upon credit enhancement.
You need to read ECONNED. Chapter 9.
And it wan’t the credit enhancement as much as the bad correlation assumptions.
The exchange has to put a matching engine somewhere. What are you going to do, get rid of the matching engine? Go back to the floor with honest pit traders snorting blow in the toilet while the specialist dimes every order? Are you going to ban arbitrage? Force every order to stay on the screen for 10 seconds on every market in every country? And when they rush in and out at the end of the ten seconds, then what? Let everyone see the algos? Of whom? Only HFT’s? What is an HFT? Goldman? DRW? EBay Snipers?
OMF April 2, 2014 at 10:55 am
Five second tick. Orders filled on the tick. Buzz off if that’s not fast enough, because it’s plenty fast for all reasonable transactions.
Kevin April 2, 2014 at 5:59 pm
And what do you think happens as the 5 second timer winds down? Or do you propose that no one can see the order book? Or what do you suppose happens when everyone gets their fills, or not. -You can’t believe that there won’t be a race to the very next facility, right? Really think about it.
OMF April 2, 2014 at 8:16 pm
Thought about it.
No-one sees the order book until the 5 seconds are up. No-one knows if their orders have been filled until the 5 seconds are up. No-one knows if someone else has posted new orders in the meantime. New but/sell orders are taken in from 0.0s to 4.9s. The orders are tallied and filled at 4.9s in, the results are posted at 5.0s, the cycle begins again.
This is effectively happening anyway, simply at a <5 ms tick right now. I see no reason the tick should be so low, as it only encourages a race to the bottom and scalping.
Stock markets used to run on people running backwards and forwards, writing up prices on a board with chalk. I see no reason why a 5 second ticks would cause any fundamental problems.
ChrisPacific April 3, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Thought about it myself and came up with the same idea. Took about 30 seconds.
This is an eminently solvable problem. Even Mankiw agrees that it should be fixed, and when you have Mankiw in opposition you know you are pretty far out there.
I don’t want to offend you, but maybe you should spend more than 30 seconds thinking about it.
Even if you don’t display any of the orders in the book, you will still have people trying to arb the tick as soon as you display the book at the end of the 5 seconds.
Maybe your next thought, 30 seconds from now, is that orders will be filled randomly within the 5 second window. That is problematic in and of itself. First, how does price discovery work when no one can see what is happening when it really matters? Second, given the randomness you inject, there will be participants with very large orders will have to keep coming back every 5 seconds hoping to randomly unload or load their position. Assuming there is some method in this randomization to match orders and generate a “tick”, you can bet at start of the next time all of the offers will move and usually not in a very large buyer or sellers favor.
You could of course do this in a ‘fair’ way where those who sent their order to the market first get their match first. But then, again, at the start of every timer there’s a rush to be first.
And then there’s the markets with fungible products who don’t use your 5 second timer. How do you control the information leaving your 5 second timer market isn’t used to move the bid/ask somewhere else? Maybe you say make it a national law. OK, a lot of this stuff occurs between different countries. What then?
Raising the offer when demand for a product increases isn’t a crime. That it now happens with computers, and happens very fast, is what frightens and scares people. You don’t understand how it all works, and it’s difficult for human beings to think on such timescales. But just because we fail to understand what is happening, doesn’t make it criminal. Instead of going around telling people they are criminals, I suggest you first really read and understand what these alleged criminals are doing. I think you will find that most of them are just engaging in fairly simple market making and arbitrage activities.
ian April 2, 2014 at 11:33 pm
Even adding a small randomly drawn delay to each order would accomplish the same thing.
Spring Texan April 2, 2014 at 12:34 pm
Ummm . . . Financial Transaction Tax?
Johann Sebastian Schminson April 2, 2014 at 8:30 pm
A Financial Transaction tax is a good way to raise revenues for the government. I think it’s a great idea. The money collected could be used to fund a better regulatory regime for one.
A financial transaction tax won’t stop “HFT”. All market participants, including those engaging in HFT, will only widen the spread between the bid and the ask in order to cover their costs on the transaction tax.
The open outcry markets worked pretty well. I was on the NYMEX/COMEX etc. There were problems but nothing’s perfect.
The move from the pit to the screen was to ensure a level playing field, to break the good old boy network.. But mostly it was to handle the increasing amount of transactions.. Human traders couldn’t possibly handle the volumes that were coming onto the floor. The screen was partly there to facilitate more volume. The old CME floor was massive. How big would it be today? Would you need 4 football fields of sweaty coke heads screaming at each other all day in order for you to achieve the illusion of ‘fairness’?
People forget the machinations of the pit very quickly!
Steven April 2, 2014 at 10:33 am
As a fan of Lewis (and tangentially hated of Malcom Gladwell), I have to ask… why the personal attack on him? Your last comment blows me away. I FREAKING respect the hell out of you Yves (circa all your work on Le Show and what I find time to read). Why pick a fight with the only other person in the room who has the ear of the public. He’s not a bad guy and I don’t see his behavior as adjusting the nomenclature so we can accept the new normal. What I think he’s doing is protecting himself in print from something like Libel… he paints a story and we all talk about the crimes, he points the direction.
I hate beating up on you, but are you serious? Go read Charles Ferguson’s Predator Nation, where he says long form how various firms and individuals could and should have been prosecuted in the crisis. By contrast, Lewis’ posture is that his bad guys are just doing what rogues do, but he’ll never suggest it’s anything more than exploiting loopholes, as opposed to rulebreaking.
You seem to be suffering from halo effect, which is a cognitive bias. It means at tendency to see people as all good or all bad. Because you like Lewis, and you like the spotlight he’s put on HFT, you don’t want to see how he’s actually not helping stop bad behavior. He literally said in a CNBC interview today that “government needs to get out of the way” and touted Katsuyama’s firm as a “market solution”. He’s ideologically opposed to regulations, when all it would take would be some rule changes at the SEC to put this to a stop in equity markets.
” Because you like Lewis, and you like the spotlight he’s put on HFT, you don’t want to see how he’s actually not helping stop bad behavior. ”
Then what? Is he somehow abetting this bad behavior?
H. Alexander Ivey April 2, 2014 at 11:59 pm
Yes, yes he is. Lewis is making a classic dodge, admitting to a “small” crime to keep attention off the big one. Then he relies on the (correct) adage: let the punishment fit the crime. Because, in Lewis’ argument, the crime is small or non-existent, so the punishment should be small or ignored entirely. Thus Lewis is abetting this behaviour.
And for those who argue that Lewis is “just” a journalist, a journalist’s role is not to tell a story and let it go at that, they are to tell a story that illuminates and clearly explains the subject of their story, else wise they are propagandists. So Lewis fails at being a journalist too.
ian April 3, 2014 at 2:36 am
So, what kind of book would you write – if your goal were to engage the masses on the subject of HFT abuses? Some erudite tome, full of nuance that would only be of interest to those who hang out on economics blogs?
Personally, I think Lewis has struck a good balance.
John Mc April 3, 2014 at 9:18 am
Lewis’ narrative is a simplistic answer to a complex problem.
He hits on several important aspects that many will identify with, but when it comes time to discuss how each of the systems behave and what needs to be done. He is vacant. The best liars use 75% of a recognized truth to paint the remainder in a direction that obscures how power really works.
NotTimothyGeithner April 3, 2014 at 10:18 am
If the pro Lewis crowd aren’t plants, it’s important to remember people don’t like to be conned, but more importantly, they don’t want to recognize a con if they fell for it especially when the con should have been exposed.
Exhibit 1. Obots
Exhibit 2. Do you remember Oprah and the media’s rampage around 2005 over that book about the recovering alcoholic? Their real anger was that they fell for something which was easily disproven. Oprah made money.
Exhibit 3. Supporters of criminal religious figures. They just can’t let go.
Thure Meyer April 2, 2014 at 10:37 am
Yes – its the intrepid self entitled band of rebels (hero’s) vs. the Empire (evil monsters). How often has this scenario played out in every aspect of American culture. Noble pirates, honorable gangsters, Luke vs. Darth, its one of the deep recurring mythical undercurrents of our lives.
But as you wrote, the Empire is never really reformed and ultimately they are all part of the same “Wall Street” game. If Lewis had made a serious attempt to address exchange and trading reform, i.e. analyzed the purpose of the financial system (in a commons context), maybe he could be taken seriously. As it is, the introduction of IEX has no measurable impact on 99.9% of the people. Its kind of what Taleb calls the difference between x and f(x). The media spends all of its time looking at surface actions and never bothers with consequences.
I’m happy you wrote about this though, because it is another meta-glorification of Wall St. criminal behavior.
Percy April 2, 2014 at 1:18 pm
A bit unfair, Yves. The guy is a writer, not a lawyer, not an economist. Sure, he’s a citizen, too, but his failures to point out what you have do not merit “It is part of the Lewis shtick not to challenge the social order.” What do you mean by this? You do not think what he says “challenges to social order”? Want to invite the people he writes about over for dinner? Go out with your daughter?
MLS April 2, 2014 at 3:14 pm
While Yves is more than capable of defending her position, I will say this:
Michael Lewis should know better. Prior to his career as a journalist, he sold bonds to institutions for Salomon Brothers, one of the largest firms on Wall Street at the time (his book Liar’s Poker is about his experiences there). As such, he has an “inside baseball” view of the inner workings of Wall Street, certainly moreso than most journalists who cover the topic.
Based on his actions, he is more interested in selling books than calling out wrongdoers, even if fraud or criminal acts are concerned. It’s his right to take this stand, of course, but it appears that his initial position inside the Wall Street machine softens his view. It’s reasonable to argue that since he knows so much, he is duty-bound to say something, and it’s reasonable to argue that it’s not his job to perform a public lynching in the press, even if the criminals at the top deserve it. A matter for authorities to take up, not him. And it’s further not his fault the SEC et al are incapable or incompetent at doing so. Besides, he stands to profit handsomely writing books about the very acts he is criticizing (and I say this as a fan of Lewis’ writing).
H. Alexander Ivey April 3, 2014 at 12:04 am
“Besides, he stands to profit handsomely writing books about the very acts he is criticizing”
No, he stands (and is standing) to profit handsomely by writing about (not just a few books), and talking about (seminars, workshops, TV appearances, etc.) the very acts he is criticizing. (And his criticism is, as Yves, et.al., point out, is only a superficial criticism, not the kind that cuts to the bone.)
No he is America’s most prominent business journalist. He does journalistic pieces regularly for Vanity Fair on financial topics.
I’m not an economist either, and I like him was on Wall Street for only a few years in the 1980s.
The role of journalists traditionally has been to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. He seeks to play a journalistic role, but via having a blockbuster book formula, he has to cherry pick his stories to make them fit. Journalists were concerned when Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood came out, that the blending of novelistic storytelling with journalism would compromise journalism.
See this for more detail on how Lewis’ frame compromised his work on subprime shorts:
P FitzSimon April 2, 2014 at 11:13 am
I saw Lewis interviewed on Charlie Rose and he did emphasize the major complicity of the exchanges. The HFTs pay a premium to the exchanges to get fast access. In effect they pay for a first look at trade information on who’s buying and selling what. He also said that the Goldmans and other big financial companies are internally at war on this and other issues which are destroying customer trust in Wall Street, if there is any left. One faction says, we do anything legal that makes money, another faction wants to re-build trust. When CR asked Lewis about the legality, he said the HFTs claim it’s legal, and tthe SEC backs them up.
Lewis does make it seem that this scheme is new. It ‘s not. I worked on the development of optical telecom equipment for many years and Wall Street was a customer 15 years ago. Fast access for trading has always been a priority. When the telegraph system first deployed in the 1840s financiers were the first users. The stock ticker became available in the 1850s. Before the telegraph stock and commodity manipulators used a private pony express system to gain advantage, before that they built an optical telegraph system (semaphores) between Boston and NY. Interestingly, the general public had a very good understanding of how they were being had and complained forcefully.
McMike April 2, 2014 at 12:02 pm
Seems to me that declaring the markets thoroughly rigged is a decent amount of sticking ones neck out.
As he elaborated on charlie rose, he put it in the institutional customers lap to stand up to the banks, which he stated was not happening due to intertwined interests and a lack of information sharing.
The thing that raised eyebrows for me was the idea that there is a struggle for the heart and soul of goldman. Sounds like spin to me.
Yes but the special order types that retail customers dont have access to, and the ability to “sub-penny” are new. We have a 2-tiered market.
PTRio April 2, 2014 at 11:29 am
Criticizing what the book isn’t, instead of what it is, just seems unfair to me. The book is about what the book is about, and to have written about everything that is wrong with the US financial system would require an encyclopedia instead of just a book. Lewis is a writer seeking to reach the masses, not just those who have intimate knowledge of the inside workings of the stock markets. Most retail investors participate in the stock markets through mutual funds or index funds, or ETF products, and those funds get scalped and front run by HFT as much as any large market participant. But, if this book had been written with a level of technological jargon which only full time market participants could understand, it would certainly not accomplish what he appears to have intended, which is to alert the public as to how they are being robbed a penny at a time by firms which earn billions by taking those pennies. Those billions do not go back into the markets, they go into the pockets of the HFT traders themselves, and reduce what is available to everyone else. One thing is certain, Michael Lewis has scared the living daylights out of the HFT traders and created a national discussion of the markets and their shortcomings. With the book having been out only 24 hours as of yesterday, that is huge.
Yves Smith Post author April 2, 2014 at 11:52 am
Lewis’ stories are above all morality tales. He creates heroes and bad guys, that’s a driving part of his narrative and critical to his appeal. Picking dubious good guys, mischaracterizing who the bad guys are and leaving out entire classes of bad guys gives readers an emotionally satifying tales, which makes it far more persuasive and memorable than a normal, drier account, that is fundamentally misleading at best.
He excises too much important detail to understand what is really going on to fit his Manichean frame. Carl Levin cited The Big Short as the best book on the crisis. We wrote long from why believing The Big Short’s tidy narrative let critically important bad actors off the hook. Any reader of The Big Short would see perps like Magnetar and Paulson, who were destructive and smart enough to understand the bigger ramifications of what they were doing, as similar to Lewis’s heros and therefore good, not bad guys.
If you care about accountability, getting who is responsible for dubious conduct and why is critical. Lewis has consistently chosen to punt on that issue. And he’s repeatedly made the argument that there was no criminal conduct in the crisis, just Wall Street pushing the rules. That’s an apology for predatory behavior and looting that you are willing to give a free pass.
Ptup April 2, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Sorry, but, agree here with PTRio’s point that this is important for a national discussion. For the 99.5% of people who really don’t know squat about this HFT thing (or, the picky little details), the publishing of this book is huge, because it started the debate, and I have learned more about this phenomenon within the last few days than I ever could if Lewis didn’t write it. The internet is ablaze with the debate.
You really have to lighten up on this whole morality/right or wrong thing. Sure, Lewis wants to sell books, but I hardly see him as a propagandist or purveyor of sensationalized crap that 90% of MSM is filled with most of the time. He’s fun to read, and all of us out of the business learned a lot by reading him and following the controversy around those writings. What’s wrong with that?
btw, maybe all conversation should end until some of us actually read this thing. I heard him getting abused on CNBC a little about reactions to it, and he almost fell off his seat, because the book and only been out for 24 hours. Deep breaths…….
M Raymond Torres April 2, 2014 at 3:52 pm
I agree. Oof, what a feeding frenzy. Thank you, Ptup.
Lou T. April 4, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Picking dubious good guys, mischaracterizing who the bad guys are and leaving out entire classes of bad guys gives readers an emotionally satifying tales, which makes it far more persuasive and memorable than a normal, drier account, that is fundamentally misleading at best.
So what exactly is bad in what Brad Katsuyama is doing and what exactly is good about what HFT people are doing? Sadly, in this infantilized nation bad guys/good guys metaphor seems appropriate.
This comment is across Lewis’ opus. The reason Brad Katsuyama is a dubious good guy is that Lewis repeatedly uses him as the device for arguing, as he did on 60 Minutes and on CNBC, that “the markets” can solve this problem. Kastymama isn’t a solution. The solution is regulation, but Lewis is not a fan of regulation, he takes the line that the banks will get around regulations. When I was a kid on Wall Street, while that may have happened, it was so inconsequential as to not make much difference.
That is why Lewis fails to give other than cursory mention of the role the SEC and Congress have played. The SEC is seen in DC as being the weakest Federal regulator, not merely the weakest financial regulator. The SEC has allowed the 1934 Act, which John Hempton has described as the single best piece of legislation ever written, to be made meaningless by institutionalized HFT front running.
John Mc April 2, 2014 at 12:51 pm
It is akin to Clinton running as democrat and selling out the left on financial deregulation. The worst damage that one can do is represent the hero and play the part of the complicit and simplistic explanations that reinforce neoliberal policies. Could not agree more with Yves here.
Why now, would be one question I would ask him. This information has been known for sometime (although, I have also not read this book yet), what is the immediate purpose of the timing? It makes my backside twinge to consider that this topic is now palatable for public consumption on Viacom’s airwaves. Why? What are they doing now with Game theory, which stands to be more profitable than HFT?
Klassy April 2, 2014 at 1:05 pm
It is a nifty trick that he plays. It seems that he is speaking truth to power when he focuses exclusively on those (at least near) the top (and I’m talking Big Short here which I half read), when to tell the story, a story that would be credible to the general population, you have to start on the bottom and work your way up.
I find Yves statement “But Lewis, like it or not, is simply a mirror of our times. Just as we get the politicians we deserve, it also appears we get the journalists we deserve.” depressingly true. I just finished up a memoir of the 30’s by Malcom Cowley. He tells the story of a meeting of writers called by Theodore Dreiser when there was a sense that the government was going to keep prolonging the misery of the depression (more than a few times I thought how right the epithet Barack Obama Hoover is when reading the measures taken by the Hoover administration), the press was failing miserably, and it would be up to them to tell the story of what was going on (and hopefully hasten the end of capitalism).
They went to Harlan County and reported on the absolute lawlessness of the law. They were chased out of town and feared for their lives, but they got their report written. One memorable quote from a resident: “The law is a gun thug in a big car”.
Teejay April 2, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Myself, I’m quite fond of saying: ” Barack Obama a NEW kind of Republican!”
Obama isn’t a new kind of Republican. The GOP has become so racist that except for a few tokens who are usually cartoonish in nature the vaguely serious politico types who are not white or often not men just had to find a new home. The Democrats had taken up the mantle of a color blind society.
backwardsevolution April 2, 2014 at 2:53 pm
Yves – certainly agree with you. “If you care about accountability, getting who is responsible for dubious conduct and why is critical. Lewis has consistently chosen to punt on that issue.”
Lewis’ books and articles, although highly entertaining, lack seriousness. He sits on the fence, can’t decide whether he supports lawfulness or not. How does that help society move ahead? It doesn’t. What’s the good of painting only half a picture? Perhaps he never thinks of the other side? The harm done to others? Maybe his life has been and is now too privileged to see it?
I think he likes the game too much; no doubt he benefits greatly from it. His books are about games and gaming and they’re made into Hollywood movies, and in the end Cinderella is happy and the wicked step-mother is seen as just a buffoon, misguided, but certainly not evil.
Or perhaps maybe he just views life as “luck”, that nothing has to be done to correct wrongs. It’s all just fate.
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/87/54K53/
“That’s an apology for predatory behavior and looting that you are willing to give a free pass.”
And yet, the books are “morality tales”?
Yes, he creates good and bad guys. You can use a moral frame to draw wrong or misleading lessons.
I honestly don’t understand why you are so hard on him.
He is trying to reach a mass audience (and make money), not a bunch of economists.
Is the subject dumbed down? Of course it is.
Is it sensationalized? Of course.
Personally, I think the real outrage is how silent (read:complicit) the more mainstream financial press has been in all kinds of recent wrongdoing. I am amazed at how few reporters there are out there asking the really tough questions.
John April 2, 2014 at 11:29 am
I saw some of the video of Lewis with Obama when he got the access for his puff and suck piece on the oresident. Just a little puppy with the big dog. It was clear from the submissive and obsequious body language that he was well vetted and would not write anything unpleasant about Obama. Why would he write anything threatening about the big dogs on Wall Street? Dude just want to sell books and get write ups in Vanity Fair. Just working his angle on the grift.
PD April 2, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Yves, you say, “Now small investors who trade through mutual funds can suffer, since the funds are institutional players but that wasn’t the point Lewis was making … ”
I just read the book this week. Lewis makes that point again and again and again in it. You can’t miss it, if you read the actual book.
Lewis most definitely does not cast HFT guys as “The Establishment,” in relation to the big banks, and has a lot of interesting material about that dynamic. As far as HFT failing to provide useful liquidity, well, Lewis makes that exact point, lucidly, on pages 107-111.
Honestly, people should read the actual book before commenting on it. No, it’s not perfect, but it’s a whole lot more substantive and thoughtful than some of these “critiques” would have us believe.
Similarly, Felix Salmon’s post on the book, written by Salmon’s own admission as he is halfway through the book, takes Lewis to task for not providing enough data post-2009. Meanwhile I’m sitting here looking at numbers from 2010-2013 in the book itself. But hey, whatever.
tree frog April 7, 2014 at 8:49 pm
I’ve also read the book. The exchanges and sell-side firms come off worse than the HFT shops.
Jeff N April 2, 2014 at 12:17 pm
and This American Life is probably tripping over itself to do a story on any BS that Lewis puts out
Maude April 2, 2014 at 12:18 pm
Perhaps it’s good to post (repost) this excellent Demos article from 2013 “Crack in the Pipeline – High Frequency Trading” (sorry I couldn’t get it to post as a link-I don’t speak ‘tags’ very well)
http://www.demos.org/publication/cracks-pipeline-part-two-high-frequency-trading
Wallace C. Turbeville
“This is the second of a series of articles, entitled “The Financial Pipeline Series”, examining the underlying validity of the assertion that regulation of the financial markets reduces their efficiency. These articles assert that the value of the financial markets is often mis-measured. The efficiency of the market in intermediating flows between capital investors and capital users (like manufacturing and service businesses, individuals and governments) is the proper measure. Unregulated markets are found to be chronically inefficient using this standard. This costs the economy enormous amounts each year. In addition, the inefficiencies create stresses to the system that make systemic crises inevitable. Only prudent regulation that moderates trading behavior can reduce these inefficiencies.”
Joe Buck April 2, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Oh, come on. The kind of HFT Lewis describes is frontrunning, and it is not a tactic for outsiders. It can only be executed by people wealthy enough to put their computers physically at the exchanges, with a very short length of fiber optic cable between their machines and the exchange’s servers. The exchanges are charging millions of dollars for the privilege to do this, because it is basically a license to print money.
Yes, Lewis uses his classic formula of the brave little guys taking on the establishment, but you are damaging your credibility if you defend this stuff. It steals a few pennies from every investor who makes a trade on the exchange and it adds new value.
Where Lewis goes wrong is that he should be advocating something like a Tobin tax (a small tax on each transaction) to eliminate this kind of abuse, rather than urging everyone to do their trades with his new friends at IEX.
John Mc April 2, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Not sure how Yves is damaging her credibility since she has a much greater understanding of insider/outsider than a typical poster here on her website. I do not see her defending HFT abuses. What I do see her doing is:
1) Providing history and context (techies versus insiders)
2) Making a valuable case Lewis is not the best author for this work
3) There are diversity of views which contextualize HFT that need to be present
A) Martens
B) Salmon
C) Levine
4) The most salient topic not discussed involves an Predatory Intermediary Scalping System (PISS) that implicates exchanges, but there is very little interrogation of them. In other words, if you are going to be bull (Michael Lewis we are talking to you), then you better use your horns. What Lewis has done might actually set back holding power accountable and displacing blame onto knowing or unknowing parties.
And if you really are Joe Buck (St.L), then I want to know your pledge number. Fee?
Cal April 2, 2014 at 1:17 pm
I’m with Yves on this one. After watching the video of “stuart” screaming about what a great writer Lewis is and his multiple exhortations “You have to buy this book!” , I get kind of suspicious.
Bottom line; financial parasites run Wall Street and now probably do more harm than good for the economy that is rigged in their favor. I wish my retirement money weren’t forced there by the IRS rules.
Expat April 2, 2014 at 2:07 pm
For a rival journalist’s take on the Lewis phenom:
http://ianmasters.com/content/april-4-how-much-stock-exchange-rigged-update-aviation-expert-who-first-predicted-fate-malay (first interview)
Much as I prefer onion talks, this is a good one from ted:
Thure Meyer April 2, 2014 at 1:57 pm
What’s wrong with morality and right and wrong? Isn’t that the bedrock of democratic institutions and judicial process? The implication that morality is just another road side attraction on the highway of life is kind of repugnant.
Maybe we should lighten up on honesty as well. The book is basically a shiny white-wash clothed in shocking mock relevance, but ultimately acts as a prop for Wall St.
Ptup April 2, 2014 at 2:26 pm
The “bedrock”? Sir, have you ever studied history? How naive. Good luck with your dealing with all of this. I would suggest unplugging and paying it all no heed. It will kill you if you don’t.
Ptup – yes, throughout history the parasites have been eating the hosts. Stupid hosts! Just roll on your backs, everyone, and let them eat you! (sarc)
“I would suggest unplugging and paying it all no heed. It will kill you if you don’t”? It will kill you if you do. The hosts are ever so slowly beginning to glimpse the psychopaths dressed in leaders’ clothes. Perhaps the psychopaths will be unplugged.
Interesting response – quick, cynical and condescending with a splash of ad hominem insult.
Well – what is the bedrock of democratic institutions then – or maybe you don’t believe in any of that either because its too naive.
Well, sir, I just point to today’s Supreme Court ruling allowing even more money in campaigns. That, from the most open and free “democracies” in the developed world. I mean, my first reaction should have been, if I was younger, to yell, “well, we are truly fucked now”, but, hey, now, it’s what we deserve, I guess. Democracy in action.
It’s been worse, but, we’re getting back to there.
kimsarah April 3, 2014 at 1:27 am
HFT probably is guaranteed by the First Amendment ‘s free speech clause under this Supreme Court.
Peter Pan April 3, 2014 at 1:05 pm
Thanks for the laugh. I needed that after yesterday’s SCOTUS decision on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.
TimmyB April 2, 2014 at 2:29 pm
HFT is a crime. Our federal securities laws already prohibit HFT. It is merely insider trading, where an insider has nonpublic knowledge of of facts affecting a stock’s price and sells that information to another so the purchaser of the information can profit. Our criminal securities laws are so broadly written and interpreted that prosecuting the NYSE and NASDAQ for selling insider information (here stock orders) would be a piece of cake. However, this will be another crime that the Obama Administration fails to do anything about.
Do you believe that any form of Arbitrage is a criminal act?
What information is not public?
If it’s in the order book, it’s public information. If it hits the public trade ticker, it’s public information. If I see it on my TV before you hear it on the radio, and I buy ahead of you, am I committing a crime?
TimmyB April 3, 2014 at 1:27 am
If you research “insider trading” cases, you will find the US Government has successfully prosecuted numerous people for insider trading on weaker facts than those presented by HFT. For example, a printer’s employee was convicted when he traded on information he learned via a print job he handled that a company would soon be bought by another.
Additionally, the use of HFT to inflate the price of stocks via soon to be cancelled trades that were never intended to be executed is securities fraud in itself. Issuing soon to be cancelled trades with the intent to inflate the price of stock is not substantively different than issuing any other type of false information with the intent to inflate the price of a stock. This is garden variety securities fraud.
However, as we no longer have a functioning justice system, I expect nothing to be done to prosecute these criminals.
LucyLulu April 3, 2014 at 7:07 am
Yes, and as I posted upstream, this is what the FBI is allegedly investigating the HFT traders for: Making the appearance of trades (then cancelled) in order to influence pricing. This seems to be specifically prohibited by the SEC Act of 1934, and has been upheld in court cases, although AFAIK, not specifically relating to HFT.
“Section 9(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. 78i(a)(2), It is unlawful [t]o effect … a series of transactions in any security registered on a national securities exchange creating actual or apparent active trading in such security or raising or depressing the price of such security, for the purpose of inducing the purchase or sale of such security by others.”
Great point. However, it seems a pretty safe bet that neither the FBI nor the SEC will do anything to prosecute anyone involved with these crimes.
I quite agree, HFT is a crime, pure and simple. Arbitrage is not a crime, Kevin, but it is not HFT either.
While I won’t disagree that persons at some point, somewhere, haven’t abused, bended, and broken the rules and the law, I take issue with nearly everyone hear repeating the mantra that HFT is a crime. It is not a crime. It is simply not a crime to configure a computer in a way that it can trade instruments between different sites, or within the same site, and compete for order flow. Whether you are a floor trader who sees a lot of sells coming to the floor and you start to lower your offer, or you are a computer doing the electronic version of that, it is not a crime. It is not a violation of SEC 9a2.
Painting the tape is painting the tape. It can be done by a computer, or it can be done by a person. To conflate HFT and painting the tape is folly. HFT isn’t arbitrage, but certainly it is used in arbitrage, and a vast majority of transactions are completed legally without criminal wrongdoing.
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rich April 2, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Moral Blindness Syndrome (MBS)
This moral blindness is tolerated because there is very big money
involved, and the potential for very negative career consequences. As
they say, it is the bribe or the bullet. It is easy to excuse
because it involves ‘white collar’ crimes that engage wide swaths of
the most influential voices in our society.
They retreat into blaming the victims, silencing the critics, repressing
even peaceful protests, praising their own exceptionalism, and coercing
the outliers, others, and dissidents. The system is the lie, and so
the lie must be protected for the sake of the system.
I wonder if there is a need to have news people, and economists,
and politicians to take some basic courses in ethical behavior. They
are certainly doing a wonderful job of suppressing their moral
sensibilities when it comes to financial fraud, even if the laws do not
overtly define and indict these abuses as ‘crimes.’
And when someone points out the hypocrisy and fraud, they first ignore
them, and then panic and attack. How dare they undermine the confidence
of the system! For they have become creatures of the system, and that
is a big part of the problem in the credibility trap.
They do not get it. They are suffering from a severe case of moral
blindness as described by Upton Sinclair when he said, ‘It is hard to
get a man to see something when his paycheck depends on his not seeing
And the example they give as public figures, from Wall Street to the
Beltway, is rotting the future of our country, down to the bone.
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2014/04/moral-blindness-syndrome-mbs-when-money.html
Mike April 2, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Lewis has pointed out to a wide audience what everyone in finance already knows: HFT firms front run the whole market. Compared to this your criticism of the way he tells the story is bizarre.
You would think ANY writer would find it weird that a lot of different writers are writing very similar articles (I have found other articles too with remarkable similarity). Hopefully you are aware that “sample” articles get sent to many writers from lobbyists with cautions on re-writing in the authors natural voice? This is profitable work and works best when used infrequently. Felix Salmon’s writing has strongly exhibited hints of this over the years.
Your contention that these shops are outsiders is simply laughable. Outsiders can buy the entire market supply of MSFT because they sniff a huge institutional order? Who do you think is funding these “outsiders”. The more politically astute firms have been taking pains since 2008 to avoid the appearance of ownership across a vast array of businesses.
Defending HFT in any way is to defend the most predatory behavior that exists outside of actual violence. HFT is dangerous and provides no value. The “liquidity” argument means the person saying it works in the industry or is a fool.
This is a reading comprehension failure. Apparently you looked only at the headline and intro paragraphs.
If you’ve read this blog at all, you know we care about accurate diagnosis, since in the absence of that, you get poor policy solutions. One of the big reasons we got durable and successful securities regulations in the 1930s was the Pecora Commission, which spent nearly four years exposing how the market abuses of the 1920s worked and got widespread attention.
Did you miss the headline, that we charged Lewis with failing to even acknowledge the possibility that the HFT conduct was CRIMINAL? Please tell me how suggesting that the front-running is so widespread as to rise to the level of criminal conduct is an endorsement of HFT. We point out the the FBI is investigating, among other things, front running, which is a slam dunk 1934 Act violation and can rise to the level of criminal conduct.
We also criticize him for not saying that the exchanges (NYSE and NASDAQ) are in bed with the HFT operators, and the SEC has chosen to give them a free pass. Unless you put heat on the SEC to change exchange trading rules (which they have the power to do) nothing will change.
Lewis, as you can see in this interview, literally says “government needs to get out of the way” and calls for a “market solution”. No way is that gonna happen. So despite his highlighting this issue, he’s ideologicially opposed to doing anything about it.
And I do not understand your point about the HFT people being outsiders. They ARE outsiders relative to the oligarchic TBTF banks. That does not mean they aren’t influential. We never said that. Mike Milken was also an outsider at Drexel in the 1980s, and he had a huge (and very damaging) impact. And he really was a criminal. There is no way his empire could have become as big as it was if he wasn’t controlling the trades of many of the firms in his network, like Executive Life. Drexel clients would be required to overfund by 15% or so when they borrowed to make acquisitions, and then Drexel would tell them what to buy in their future deals. Some firms like Executive would get an end of day fax telling them what they owned, Drexel would execute trades for them (which was flat out impermissible the way they did it). The success of the raiders that Milken financed led to the rise of the “shareholder democracy” myth and the Michael Jensen “paying CEOs like entreprenurs,” which led to much more equity-linked pay and rampant short-termism in the executive suite.
So — is this a good thing, or a bad thing?
This is but one small aspect of a system — of a culture, actually — that is fragile with corruption.
It doesn’t matter that the law is wantonly broken — there is no one in power who will enforce the law, anyway.
Michael Lewis isn’t obliged to write the book you wish he wrote. What nonsense! And his failure to tell the whole story as you see it is no failure at all. His book only fails if it fails to tell the story he set out to tell. This seems obvious to me and I’m surprised that so many of the comments don’t reflect a grasp of this. But maybe that’s because nobody has read the book. Meaning that comments seem to be almost entirely ideological about the subject matter the book treats rather than about the book itself.
Not to pick on Yves, but since her comments have been quite vociferous, let’s talk about “Econned”. Now I haven’t read it, but I have certainly read much about it and much of Yves, and that seems to be enough in this forum to qualify me to opine as to its merits. There’s a lot that it doesn’t include about its subject. It makes an argument, makes it well, as I understand it, but doesn’t cover every angle of its subject matter. It leads the reader in the direction of its conclusions. It has a point to make.
Well, I happen to agree with the point it makes, if it has been accurately represented. And from reading much of Yves, I would tend to believe that it has been. But would it be correct for me to say that her book is essentially intellectually dishonest if I believe there is a larger point to be made about its subject that the book does not make?
Lewis is leading the horses to water and getting them to drink. Is it his job to also make sure their thirst is quenched?
This is a straw man. Unlike ECONNED, Lewis has presented the key arguments of his book in numerous forums: TV interviews (multiple), 60 Minutes, and a long extract in the New York Times. And there are detailed reviews of his book, and I am citing the criticisms of those reviewers, who cover a wide ideological spectrum (pro bank Matt Levine to bank critic Pam Martens).
So since Lewis has controlled the packing of his thesis, has presented in in multiple venues, and they are all consistent (he has not contradicted himself) it is not unreasonable to work from them and from media reviews, PARTICULARLY on the big issue, that his ideological bias (demonstrated in a CNBC interview) means he won’t consider that anyone in the ecosystems he investigates engaged in criminal conduct.
Heard. Hungry 15 year-old to feed. I’ll be back.
Chauncey Gardiner April 2, 2014 at 10:17 pm
There is another take on this that I feel has been largely missed, and it has to do with the timing of this HFT narrative.
These HFT issues have been ‘out there’ since the “Flash Crash” on the afternoon of May 6, 2010, and arguably much longer. So why are we suddenly being concurrently treated to the “60 Minutes investigation”, the extensive and intensive coverage of Lewis’ new book, and even an FBI ‘HFT whistleblowers hotline’ from an administration that has demonstrated little but contempt for and abuse of whistleblowers?
I agree with Russ Winter, who penned the linked article below, that it could also have to do with minimizing the possibility that HFT firms could act as a catalyst for a market correction, at least until desired distribution has been completed.
As Russ states: …. “with the usefulness of HFT used up for the Pump, it becomes imperative to head off at the pass the amplified effect HFT will have on the Dump.” — See: http://winteractionables.com/?p=10517
NotTimothyGeithner April 3, 2014 at 1:06 am
It might just be the John Murtha phenomenon (I’m sure it has a more common name), but you might remember the coverage of the Iraq War became far more balanced after Murtha announced his stance in 2006. Once a person of sufficient standing in the middle school that is D.C. says something it becomes an issue. Critics of the Iraq War were no longer branded as traitors immediately except at Fox but thats a clown show. Murtha presented nothing new when he voiced his opposition, and the conditions on the ground were the same muddle the way they were two years earlier (thats not quite accurate; Sunni militias were getting antsy, but this was predictable).
Yves Smith, Zero Hedge (they have been on this), Rolling Stone (Taibbi has been on HFT), and other alternative news sources lack the street cred to be noticed for one reason or another. In the case of Michael Lewis, he has developed street cred among the appropriate groups, and when he speaks, the DC establishment listens.
Look at John McCain. The guy is a clown and is now the most unpopular United States Senator, but the DC establishment rushes to bend their knees whenever he needs to burp. John McCain and Michael Lewis are simply cool kids who are nice to reporters. Everything else is irrelevant.
” …with the usefulness of HFT used up for the Pump, it becomes imperative to head off at the pass the amplified effect HFT will have on the Dump.”
judabomber April 2, 2014 at 10:35 pm
Lewis is a great writer, who has a knack for being able to put complex subject matter into a succinct and appealing narrative that mainstream audiences can easily grasp. Full disclosure: I’ve read Moneyball, The Big Short and Boomerang but have not read Flash Boys.
Economic theory would say that he wants to promote his book in most expeditious way possible (after all he pays the bills through book sales, no?). Based on the both positive and negative attention he has received in the last 24 to 48 hours, I would say he has been quite successful.
I watched his Bloomberg interview, and he talked a bit about how he came about deciding to write Flash Boys…and it turns out it was chance, more than anything which incidentally Lewis says was the same process for Moneyball. It started back when he did the Vanity Fair article on the former GS HFT programmer Sergey Aleynikov and he stumbled on the “question” he wanted to answer about HFTs (the Vanity Fair article was memorable as I recall it had some fun math questions from the GS interview process, like 3599 a prime number).
Make no mistake Lewis is no crusader for reform like Charles Ferguson. After reading Predator Nation I found myself boiling with rage trying to figure out who runs the show. In my mind, Ferguson laid out some solid arguments for prosecution…but haven’t seen him making big waves since then.
The unfortunate thing in my mind is the masses may actually get their hopes up that the some of the Goliaths of The Street are beginning to quake in their boots by all this attention from Lewis’ book. Maybe a big fish will actually take a fall….wait….not in this lifetime. If you’ve been paying attention since the crisis, you know this is a very unlikely outcome. But it will help Mr. Lewis sell books.
David April 3, 2014 at 12:07 am
What is being discussed is a failure of the process of law.
Call it a failure of Good Governance from all the cities, counties, states in the country from bottom to top and top to bottom. A failure of to observe and maintain regulations, laws, statutes, ordinances and charters that maintain our Government we describe as a Representative Democracy.
Where do you start to untangle this corruption? I believe some of the government attorney’s failures are at the heart of these corrupt processes. Some are in positions to bless and say the politicians have clothes on when they are necked and standing on the foundations bought by money. They are not acting to uphold our Democratic form of Self-Government.
It is bad to steal our money but what do you call it
when our government is stolen?
Do you call Subversion?
Do you call it Sedition?
Events have shown people we no longer have a functioning justice system.
From a little peon’s perspective, I see similarities between the bashing Lewis is getting with what Greenwald has had to endure with the Snowden revelations. Rather than looking at the content of what is presented, it seems like a full-blown assault on the messenger. To this day Greenwald and Snowden’s motives are questioned as if they have some hidden agenda or get-rich scheme afoot. How about accepting that there are a few people in the world who actually want to see a better world for the rest of us. Hard to believe, isn’t it.
Particularly in this case, the HFTs are squealing like the sky is falling. Must have hit a nerve.
How about a little sympathy for the average investors. The $10 billion to $20 billion a year being pocketed by the HFTs is coming out of someone else’s pocket. Any effort to fix a rigged system so that capitalism can truly work the way it should, ought to be appreciated.
Reading comprehension failure. This post is not defending HFT types.
junkyardwillie April 3, 2014 at 9:33 am
Just my two cents but on the topic of why didn’t Michael Lewis state that this was criminal, I think it was better that he did not. If he said that the HFT activity either was or should be criminal then he opens himself up to a huge strawman argument against his whole book.
Each interview would have focused solely on that aspect saying “well what exactly is criminal?”, “what actual crimes are committed?”, etc. Its better to leave the opinion as to whether its criminal or not to both the readers and actual law enforcement.
You already see in his interviews on Bloomberg and such when they have HFT people on as well that they will claim that “speed doesn’t matter in today’s markets” which try to disprove the rest of the book by saying the ultimate argument that the HFT’s have an advantage because they are faster is false because speed doesn’t matter. That is a flimsy argument but its being made.
Michael Lewis also made the mistake in some early interviews by saying that it creates distrust in the market because the individual investor is affected. If you watch all his interviews now he is constantly battling back this point by trying to state its not individual investors but when people have money in mutual funds and such. Which then opens up the questions to do you think Mutual Funds are the best investment ever because they tend to do worst than the market so aren’t they already doing a disservice to investors.
Long story short, when you have a topic that is meant to disrupt an established and powerful industry you want to try to leave your opinion out of it as much as possible and present facts. Anything that he states will be heavily scrutinized to discredit the book. I plan on reading the book soon because my initial thoughts are I don’t agree with Lewis based on his interviews but I want a fuller understanding as to what he is really saying is going on and I don’t think I can parse that from interviews, I need the book to do that.
This is as straw man. We did not say he should say it was criminal. We said he should be wiling to acknowledge that as a possibility. The reason I mentioned books where the author did accuse specific firms and players that made the case that some firms and individuals could/should have been prosecuted in the crisis is that several readers saids, “Oh no, Lewis could NEVER say that, too much liability.” Those books went much further than I’m suggesting Lewis should have gone.
But he’s flat out rejected the idea that it is, when he does not have subpoena power and hasn’t seen the internal records of these firms, so he’s in no position to say confidently that that’s not what is going on. That is what I object to, that his position is “the market can solve the problem” (Lewis has been explicit about that view in 60 Minutes and a widely-watched CNBC interview this week) when it was ignoring regulations that got us in this situation in the first place. HFT is front running under the 1934 Act, but the SEC has quietly enabled it.
junkyardwillie April 3, 2014 at 12:20 pm
I see what you are saying now and I’d pretty much agree with that. I’ll admit I haven’t read through all the comments on this post so I missed some of the back and forth on it.
Yes I don’t quite agree with his idea of the market can solve the problem, I’ve heard him say that on a number of interviews (I’ve watched like 3 or 4 trying to understand what his fuller argument was but he kind of makes the same statements over and over). His idea of the “market can solve this” rubbed me the wrong way because it seems like he’s just promoting the IEX versus saying there is something wrong in the market and someone (regulators) should be looking into this. I don’t want to put words in his mouth especially since I haven’t read the book, maybe he discusses the potential criminal nature in there.
I think I read the last two paragraphs in the wrong tone, I was reading it as if you were stating that he should state that there is definitely something criminal versus there is a possibility. From the little that I know on this topic, which is very very little, it does seem like there is some sort of front running loophole that has been found and rather than the “market” closing it, regulators should. There will always be some team of lawyers that finds a loophole for a company to exploit but like Apple and the iPhone Jailbreakers, someone that regulates the market should be closing these loopholes once they see people exploiting it. It may not be “illegal” right now because of a loophole but regulators should be making it illegal as soon as people start using it.
rur42 April 4, 2014 at 11:16 am
Criminal activity? I wish someone would cite chapter and verse what this criminal activity is (was). Are the HFT algos illegal? Was it illegal to quietly (think Manhattan Project) spend $300 million lay 827 miles of fiber to gain a few milliseconds advantage? Is the kind of frontrunning & skimming described by Lewis illegal? Was it illegal to co-locate? Or was this all just a sophisticated form of “cheating” which was available to anyone who paid the price of admission to the hi-speed fiber. (Cheating in the sense that an athlete might be using some form of chemical enhancement that is not detectable because not strictly proscribed.)
Now the AG and the FBI are said to be “interested”. (Surely Lewis must be given some credit for making this an issue that might require further investigation by …. someone.) But this phenom is not new — just the slimey details that Lewis painstaking exposed. Apparently there’s been quite a bit written on HFT, but Lewis seems to be the only one who ferretted out the details and spelled out exactly how it worked. “The system is rigged, and this is how….and here’s some folks who are part of the rigging.” Shine a light and watch the rats scurry.
BTW, Doesn’t anyone read books anymore?
John Mc April 4, 2014 at 11:56 am
Thanks to Yves on this blog and Bill Black on his most recent post for clarifying this issues —- http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2014/04/three-passages-akerlof-romers-1993-article-prevented-crisis.html#more-8023
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Meat and Greet with Butcher Geoff Pinch
Specialty meats are perfect for holiday entertaining
– Story by Angela Cowan
Butcher Geoff Pinch with sausage in a meat cooler at his Four Quarters Meats shop in Sidney. Don Denton photography
Just across the highway into West Sidney is a hidden gem that is a must-stop for any carnivore with an abiding love of succulent bacon, locally raised ham, smoked sausages or salamis, all made with utmost care in traditional European fashion.
Four Quarters Meats, at 205-2031 Malaview Avenue West, owned and operated by Geoff Pinch, is both a wholesaler and retailer, supplying an array of restaurants, catering companies and specialty shops throughout the Peninsula and the entire Victoria area.
“More and more throughout the industry, people are appreciating the artisanal quality,” says Geoff, and his selection of products certainly reflects that.
The shelves at Four Quarters Meats are varied and oh so tempting. Local pork from Omnivore Acres gets cut into chops, dried sausages, a whole range of specialty cured meats and even a selection of Christmas hams — be sure to get your name down now if you want one for the holidays.
Smoked sausages range from southern chorizo to a kielbasa flavoured with garlic, nutmeg and marjoram, to turkey cranberry with rosemary, and Andouille Cajun sausage with thyme, allspice, garlic and black pepper.
There’s bacon and cottage rolls and smoked beef. Asian duck sausages. Bratwurst and blood pudding sausages. It’s enough to make a carnivore light-headed with delight. Perhaps the spot where Four Quarters really shines, though, is in the selection of dry-cured salamis.
Geoff spent some of his formative years working in a Serbian deli in Vancouver, surrounded by dozens of cultures and languages, where he learned traditional European methods for curing salamis.
Amidst the rest of the already sought-after meat selection, the salamis have found welcoming homes with many of Victoria’s high-end chefs.
“I came from the restaurant world, and there are a lot of great chefs keen on doing these things,” says Geoff. “It’s nice to make them, but it’s also great to have that connection with them. We’re making the products that, if they had the time and space, they would be making.”
Butcher Geoff Pinch slices ham at his Four Quarters Meats shop in Sidney. Don Denton photography
He has a passion for taking his time and creating the best product possible, perhaps influenced by seeing small scale and local food producers and butchers from a very young age.
Geoff grew up surrounded by small game and livestock, thanks to a hobby farmer mom and two sisters in 4H.
“We had rabbits, chickens, lambs, the odd pig,” he says. “I remember going to the local butcher, the abattoir. It was just normal to me.”
Now, Geoff works with myriad local farmers, including a number of folks on the smaller islands.
“We do a fair bit of custom cutting and processing,” he says, noting they send back the finished products for the farms to sell.
This February marks five years for the shop, and it’s hit a good balance between having enough supply as a wholesaler and keeping the quality impeccably high.
“It’s hard to be a wholesaler when you’re little,” he says, adding that wholesaling was the primary reason he chose the spot in the more industrial West Sidney. But the shop hit the ground running, and soon had relationships with a number of restaurants and specialty shops throughout Victoria.
“Irish Times has almost been partners with us,” he laughs.
Now, he’s got a staff of three (Brian, Marty and Shawn) as well as his wife Sally, who acts as a “behind-the-scenes partner,” he adds with a smile.
“I’ve been really lucky with the staff I’ve got,” he adds.
As the business has increased, he’s added a new staff member just about every year, and it’s grown into a tight-knit team.
With the holidays (and all their glorious celebration of food) just around the corner, the conversation turns to favourites in store. Though Four Quarters Meats supplies quite a few spots nearby – The Farmer’s Daughter, 10 Acres Farm, The Roost, The Butchart Gardens — for the best selection this side of the Root Cellar, the shop on Malaview is the best place to go. It has some great grab-and-go options if you’ve got family and friends coming over for the holidays. (And honestly, just get a box for yourself even if you don’t plan on company. You won’t regret it.)
List of products for sale in Butcher Geoff Pinch’s Four Quarters Meats shop in Sidney. Don Denton photography
The breakfast box has all the morning classics: bacon, sausages, ham. Everything ready to go for a hearty morning. Break out your frying pan and try not to finish it all off in one sitting. For later in the day, the charcuterie box has a variety of pre-sliced cured meats, salamis and smoked sausages.
“It’ll have all your entertaining cheese and cracker type things,” says Geoff.
Asked what he personally recommends, and he offers up three suggestions: the Spanish dried chorizo, the chicken liver pate, and the Lemon Drop salami, flavoured with lemon zest, sweet white wine and fennel seed. And if you’ve got something special in mind, give the shop a call at 250.508.7654. The team regularly does custom orders. Retail hours are Wednesday and Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, and Friday and Saturday 10 am to 6 pm.
Check out the shop here.
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Florida beats MSU
Published 12:02 am Monday, April 11, 2011
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State failed to capitalize on multiple scoring opportunities as the Bulldogs dropped a hard-fought 3-1 decision to fourth-ranked Florida in a Southeastern Conference baseball game played Sunday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field.
Florida won its third straight series from MSU, as the Bulldogs last took a series in 2006 in Starkville.
With the victory, Florida improved to 26-7 overall and 9-3 in league play. The Gators still trail Vanderbilt and South Carolina, both of whom swept this weekend, by one game in the Eastern Division standings. MSU fell to 21-11 and 5-7. The Bulldogs are tied with Ole Miss and Auburn for third place in the Western Division standings.
After winning Friday’s series opener, 7-5, the Bulldogs’ offense ran dry. MSU managed only one run over the final 21 innings of the series. Sunday’s defeat gave the Maroon and White back-to-back home losses for the first time this season.
With the teams tied 1-1, Florida scored twice in the seventh inning. An infield error could have gotten the Bulldogs out of the inning. Instead, Preston Tucker followed with a two-run single. The Bulldogs had two more chances – stranding pair of runners in the eighth inning and leaving the bases loaded in the ninth inning.
“We did a lot of average things bad today,” MSU head coach John Cohen said. “We didn’t have a good day. Our kids kept fighting and I am proud of that. We’ll correct what we need to and keep fighting.”
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Fargo, N.D. –– A technology developed at North Dakota State University, Fargo, creates precise in-the-ground measurement and monitoring of soil and crop conditions which could provide opportunities for greater yields. The technology also has led to a new start-up company. The c2sensor corp., based in the NDSU Technology Incubator, has concluded a license agreement with the NDSU Research Foundation (NDSU/RF) for the precision agriculture technology.
Developed by a research team at NDSU, the sensors are constructed using NDSU's patent-pending "direct write" electronic printing techniques to print circuit and antenna patterns directly onto renewable, bio-based substrates. Developed between the NDSU Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering and the Mechanical Engineering Department at NDSU, the sensors are made with biocomposites so they can be left in the ground to biodegrade without harming soil quality.
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Write down in your own words the differences between the following stages of a man's life.
ENGLISH WORKSHOPQ 3 PAGE 26
2nd stage and the 4th
3rd stage and 5th stage
1st stage and 7th (last) stage
2nd stage and the 4th-
The second stage is that of a school boy, complaining and crying. He goes to school early in the morning, with a well-scrubbed, shining face. He carries his school bag and creeps slowly, like a snail, unwilling to go to school.
The fourth stage is that of an aggressive soldier, bearded like a leopard and full of oaths. He is jealous where his honour is concerned and is quick to quarrel. He is ambitious, and does useless things for his reputation, even endangering his life for it.
3rd stage and 5th stage:
The third stage is that of a lover, who is breathless and sighing with passion. He sings sad songs to the beauty of his lover.
The fifth stage is that of a mature middle-aged man with a round belly. He is stern and formal and full of wisdom. He is keen on justice, is fat, and has opinions on bribery, a system which was prevalent at that time. He is full of wise sayings and gives modern examples.
1st stage and 7th (last) stage:
The first stage is that of an infant, crying weakly and throwing up in his nurse's arms. He is unaware of what is happening around him. The baby, at this stage, is without teeth, without vision, without taste and without anything.
The last stage of all, which ends this eventful life, is when man becomes senile and enters his second childhood. He is again unaware of what is happening around him. This final stage is when he is once more without teeth, without vision, without taste and without anything.
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International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
Case Report - International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (2020) Volume 15, Issue 6
A young lady with ANA negative SLE and Secondary Anti Phospholipid Syndrome
Richmond Ronald Gomes*1 & Saiful Bahar Khan2
1Department of Medicine, Ad-din Women’s Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Department of Nephrology, Ad-din Women’s Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Richmond Ronald Gomes
Ad-din Women’s Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune, multisystemconnective tissue disease characterized by various autoantibodies to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens and commonly affects the joints and a variety of organs due to an over activation of the body's immune system. There is wide heterogeneity in presentation of SLE patients, including lung, central nervous system, skin, kidney, and hematologic manifestations. The presence of Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) in serum is generally considered a decisive diagnostic sign of SLE. However, a small subset of SLE patients who had the typical clinical features of SLE was reported to show persistently negative ANA tests. Our report describes a 24-yr-old female who presented with the clinical manifestations of SLE such as malar rash, photosensitivity, arthritis, oral ulcer and proteinuria. The serum autoantibodies were all negative except anti ribosomal P. She was also positive for lupus anti-coagulant. She was treated with oral prednisolone, hydroxychloroquine with topical tacrolimus and improved significantly. Three months after, repeat ANA and anti-ds DNA showed persistent negativity but lupus anti-coagulant remained positive. This case suggests that ANA may not be required in the pathogenesis of SLE.
antinuclear antibody • anti-ribosomal P antibody • systemic lupus erythematosus • anti-phospholipid syndrome
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease characterized by an autoantibody response to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. The autoantibody response is associated with the inflammatory cascades and end-organ damage in the kidney, skin, brain and other organs. Especially in the kidney, immune-complex deposits of autoantibodies have been implicated as major pathogenic mediators [1].
The diagnosis of SLE can be made by fulfilling the revised criteria of the American College of Rheumatology [2]. One of the laboratory hallmarks of SLE is the presence of Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) in the serum [3]. On the other hand, a small subset of SLE patients with the typical clinical findings of SLE was reported to have persistently negative ANA test. These patients were designated as ANAnegative SLE and their clinical picture was notable for the high incidence of photosensitive dermatitis and the low incidence of nephritis and neuropsychiatric manifestations [4]. ANA negative SLE was first introduced by Koller et al. with five cases with clinical features similar to SLE [5]. Here we report a young lady presented polyarthritis which was complicated with photosensitive rash and oral ulcer and later diagnosed as ANA negative SLE.
A 24 years old pleasant, unmarried, service holder, muslim lady admitted into Ad din Women’s Medical College and Hospital with the complaints of pain in the multiple joints of both upper and lower limbs for last 2 months involving mainly small joints of hands (Figure 1) and feet, wrists, ankles. Joint involvement was symmetrical and non-migratory. There was associated inactivity stiffness that lasted for more than an hour and relieved partially with activity and taking analgesics. Joint pain was associated with low grade intermittent fever (max recorded temperature was 1000 F), not associated with chills and rigor and subsided after taking anti pyretic. Joint pain was not associated with any redness or increased warmth of the joints. She also denied any low back pain, buttock or groin pain, sole pain or pain over heel. There was also no H/O sexual exposure, urethral discharge or bloody diarrhoea preceding the illness. No red eye, visual impairment, proximal muscle pain or stiffness, papulopustular or acne form or scaly skin lesions were present either. There was also no history of dry mouth or dry eye, loss of scalp hair, venous thrombosis, tightening of skins of body, dysphagia, heart burn, altered bowel habit or any history suggestive of Raynaud’s phenomenon. She denied any anorexia, night sweat or weight loss. After about one month later she developed painless oral ulcers (Figure 2). But there were no genital ulcers.
Figure 1: Showing symmetrical arthritis involving MCP and PIP of both hands.
Figure 2: Showing an erythematous ulcer with irregular margin over hard palate.
At the same time she also developed erythematous, raised, painful, non-pruritic photosensitive rashes all over her face sparing the nasolabial folds (Figure 3). But there were no bullous lesions or no crusts.
Figure 3: Showing multiple, erythematous, raised rashes with no color change or no crusting all over the face sparing the nasolabial folds.
On further query, she stated that her paternal aunt had SLE. She had no significant drug history prior the illness except she took ceftriaxone for 7 days before admission. Her menstrual history was also noncontributory. She had neither any sexual promiscuity nor had any history of tuberculosis or any contact with the patient with active tuberculosis. On examination she was ill looking, febrile (temperature 100°F) with stable vitals. She was moderately anemic but non-icteric and non-cyanosed. There were erythematous, raised, tender rashes over both cheeks, forehead (sparing naso labial fold), there were some rashes over dorsum of hands and feet too. Skin was not thinned with nobruising or telangiectasia. Eyes including both fundi were normal, lymph nodes were not palpable, and thyroid gland was not enlarged. There was no edema, bony tenderness or any nail or periungual vasculitic changes. On musculoskeletal system examination, GALS screening was done. Gait and spine examination revealed no abnormalities. On upper limb examination, MCP, PIP and wrists of both sides were swollen, tender and there was painful restriction of both active and passive movements of these joints. DIP’s were spared. On lower limb examination, ankles and small joints of feet of both sides were swollen, tender and there was painful restriction of both active and passive movements of these joints. There were neither any deformities nor any evidences of sacroilitis or enthesitis. Oral cavity examination revealed painless ulcers with erythematous irregular margin over hard palate, right inner cheek. But there were no organomegaly. There were no evidences for serositis (ascites, pleural or pericardial effusion). Other systemic examination was noncontributory.
On investigation there was microcytic hypochromic anemia of Hb- 7.92 gm%(MCV 69, MCH-22), ESR 60 mm in 1st hour, TC-1000/cmm (N-38%, L-54%), TPC-1,60000/cmm, CRP. 58.5 mg/dl, PBF-microcytic hypochromic anemia with leucopenia and adequate platelets. Urine R/E revealed; proteinuria (++), RBC- 15-20/HPF (nonmenstruating), granular cast 8-10/ HPF. But there were no RBC or tubular cast. S albumin 31 gm/L, UTP- 1.01 gm/day, ALT- 74 U/L, S. ferritin 4035 ng/L. RFT, RBS, CPK, IgG, DCT, Blood C/S Urine C/S all were noncontributory. On immunological test, ANA, Anti ds DNA, RA factor, Anti CCP all came negative.C4 was low 0.45 g/l. CXR P/A, Echocardiography, X- ray of both hands, USG of W/A revealed no abnormalities. Serological investigations for HBV and HCV were negative, VDRL non-reactive, anti cardiolipin antibody was negative but lupus anticoagulant came positive. As there was still strong clinical suspicion of SLE, ENA profile was done and Po (RPP) 60 or anti-ribosomal P antibody came positive.
During hospital stay as patient developed high grade temperature, neutropenic sepsis was suspected and she was treated with combined piperacilin/tazobactam and aminoglycoside along with isolation and neutropenic diet. 2 units of whole blood were transfused. Systemic steroid (oral prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day) with DMARD (hydroxychloroquine) was started with topical steroid and tacrolimus ointment. Regular monitoring of both hematological and biochemical parameters were done. On discharge, Hb%-10.1 gm/L, Total count-5200/ cmm (PMN- 68%, L- 30%), ESR- 34 mm in 1sthr, TPC -192000/cmm, CRP- 4.92 mg/dl, Urine R/E- no protein, no casts, no RBC, no WBC, S. Ferritin-243 ng/ml. After three weeks, on OPD follow up, tapering of systemic steroid was started, topical steroid and tacrolimus was stopped. She was advised to use sunscreen regularly. She was also explained about the course of the disease, treatment options, recognition of flares, and pregnancy outcome. Last but not the least, reassurance was given.
After three months, ANA, Anti ds DNA and lupus anti-coagulant were repeated. ANA and anti-ds DNA showed persistent negativity and lupus anti- coagulant remained positive. So she was started low dose aspirin with hydroxychloroquine and tapering dose of steroid.
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that involves many different organ systems, and this illness exhibits a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. The diagnosis of SLE depends on the patient's clinical and laboratory abnormalities [2]. Various kinds of autoantibodies are present in the sera of SLE patients, and ANA is a diagnostic hallmark for SLE, having a frequency of 95% or greater in SLE patients [6] and its titre is one of the key diagnostic criteria for SLE. But ANA positivity is not mandatory for the diagnosis [7]. Sero-negativity in lupus patients may be due to technical failure or entrapment of ANA in circulating immune complexes.
The diagnosis of SLE can be made by combining clinical and laboratory findings but there is no criterion available at the moment for early identification of the disease. The 1997 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria [8] and its complimentary criteria; the 2012 Systemic Lupus international Collaborating Clinic (SLICC) criteria [9] are designed for classification of SLE but not for the diagnosis. The 2012 SLICC criteria is very complex and it can be used when the ACR criteria cannot classify SLE.
However, several investigators have reported that small groups of patients with the clinical features of SLE have negative tests for ANA. These patients appear to represent 1-5% of the SLE population. The age of onset and the female predominance are the same for ANA-negative SLE as for ANA-positive SLE [10]. ANA-negative SLE patients are known to have a higher prevalence of anti- Ro antibody and cutaneous manifestations, as well as a lower prevalence of both central nervous system and renal involvement [4,11]. Maddison et al. described 66 SLE patients with negative ANA, as was determined by indirect immuno-fluorescence. They found serum antibodies to cytoplasmic components; 62% of patients had anti-Ro antibody and 27% had anti-La antibody [4].
One explanation for the ANA-negative finding is technical inaccuracy. McHardy et al. identified 38 adults who had a high DNA-binding capacity, but negative fluorescent ANA testing (with a rat liver substrate), and the clinical diagnosis of SLE was established for these patients [12]. In another study, the previously ANAnegative finding, with using mouse liver substrate, in the sera of patients with SLE or subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus was found to be anti-Ro antibody positive by performing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays [13]. Actually, the increasing use of Human epithelial (HEp-2) substrate has increased the sensitivity of ANA assays and as a result, the perceived incidence of ANA-negative SLE has decreased [12,14].
Another cause of ANA-negative findings is that ANA is present, but it’s bound in the form of immune complexes. This has been described in five patients with lupus nephritis whose ANAs, which were primarily reactive with DNA, were not detected in the serum by indirect immunofluorescence until the ANAs were dissociated from circulating immune complexes [15]. Loss of ANA through the kidney in a patient with profuse proteinuria has been reported as another possibility. In that case, the tests for ANA became positive upon clinical recovery [16]. However, most ANA-negative patients have persistently negative tests for ANA after a long followup period. Technical factors or prozone effects have been described as the possible reasons for this [17].
SLE is still a disease with significant morbidity and mortality. More recent studies have shown that latest 5 year survival is now nearer 90- 95% and those 70- 85% patients have 10 year survival [18]. In most studies, patient with renal involvement had poor prognosis compared to patient without it.
CRP usually parallels disease activity in inflammatory conditions as it is an acute phase reactant produced by liver. But SLE is an exception. Patient with active SLE display only modestly elevated or even normal CRP level despite active disease. Marked elevation of CRP in SLE patients indicates infection and serositis [19]. Our patient also had modestly elevated CRP during the admission; this may be due to co-existing infection in this patient as she did not have clinical features of serositis.
Steroids such as Prednisolone have dual therapeutic actions in SLE. It has both anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive actions. It is usually used to treat major organ complications such lupus nephritis and cerebral lupus. Steroid sparing other immunosuppressive agents such as Azathioprine, cyclophosphamide and mycophenolatemofetil should be considered if it is used for long term. When the required daily dose of Prednisolone exceeds 60 mg/day, Intravenous route in the form of Methylprednisolone pulse therapy (30 mg/Kg, maximum 1 g/day) should be used. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) 200-400 mg/day protects against the disease flare and used to treat dermatological and joint manifestations of SLE [20-23].
Our patient fulfilled the ACR criteria r without serologic evidence of SLE at presentation. During the follow-up period, the repeated ANA and anti-dsDNA tests were all negative, irrespective of her improving proteinuria, joint and mucocutaneous symptoms. Our patient may be a very rare case of ANA-negative SLE without seroconversion and this suggests that ANA may not be required in the pathogenesis of SLE. If patient fulfil criteria for SLE despite seronegativity, diagnosis should not be delayed as 5-10% of SLE patient are seronegative. Auto-antibodies against ribosomal P proteins appear highly specific for SLE found in 10-15% patients with SLE; therefore, they can be used as diagnostic marker for the disease. Furthermore, association has been described with particular manifestations of lupus, especially with neuropsychiatric, renal, and hepatic involvements. Anti-P positivity and the titer of anti-P antibodies also fluctuate with clinical disease activity. SLE is nearly always diagnosed months to years after the onset of clinical symptoms and as we have previously shown, even longer after the onset of autoantibodies. Antibodies against ribosomal P frequently develops before clinical SLE diagnosis.
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Association of weight loss with improved disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A retrospective analysis using electronic medical record data
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The Stress Impact Of COVID-19: 5 Ways To Cope And Protect Your Health
By Dr. Nammy Patel, DDS
The millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought globally are creating stress over everything from personal health to employment, lifestyle, and finances.
Given these difficult circumstances, it’s more important than ever for people to know about coping mechanisms to better manage stress, protect their immune system, and increase their chances of staying healthy, says Dr. Nammy Patel, DDS (www.sfgreendentist.com), author of Age With Style: Your Guide To A Youthful Smile & Healthy Living.
“COVID is maximizing stress for so many people,” Dr. Patel says. “It has a far-reaching impact into every part of our lives, and if we don’t manage the stress, it severely affects our bodily systems – causing burned-out adrenals, high cortisol, and thyroid issues, to name a few consequences of high-stress levels. Thus, the immune system is lowered, and we are more vulnerable to illness.
“This era we are living in is very traumatic, and it’s very concerning. In dentistry, gum disease, sleep disturbances or apnea, and teeth breakage can all be evidence of stress. Poor oral health, as studies show, can be a gateway to medical issues. People often don’t identify how much stress they’re under, and how it’s affecting them physically, until they actually get sick.”
Dr. Patel has the following suggestions people can incorporate into their daily lives to better deal with stress:
• Adhere to a healthy diet. While in quarantine or a new normal in which people are spending the vast majority of their time at home, having healthy foods at home and not over-snacking are vital considerations. “We must be more mindful of the foods we put in our bodies,” Dr. Patel says. “Eat as many greens and whole foods as possible. Avoid dairy products as they increase mucus production in the sinus and the chest, leading to lots of sneezing and congestion. The coronavirus enters the nose and makes a home in the sinus, and to increase immunity, it’s important that the sinus and chest are not inflamed. Food prep makes it easier to eat healthy while working from home. Prepare salads and other healthy meals in advance.”
• Don’t over-indulge in drinking. “For some people, drinking is the only source of enjoyment during the pandemic,” Dr. Patel says. “And we see people who are isolating having Zoom calls with friends while drinking wine. The problem is that one glass turns into two or more, and with the sugar content of wine, you may wake up during the night. This disturbs sleep, and sleep is when the immune system regenerates. Restorative sleep is essential to our health.”
• Take vitamin supplements. “Often, those with adrenal fatigue don’t take in enough essential nutrients as stress increases their body’s nutritional demands,” Dr. Patel says. “To address adrenal and cortisol burnout, take multivitamins in order to get trace minerals.”
• Develop a morning ritual. “Deep breathing exercises can be calming and get you out of the hyper state,” Dr. Patel says. “You want to get rid of the ‘fight or flight’ mode and enter the ‘rest and digest’ state of mind.”
• Find a stress management activity that works for you. Many people don’t like to exercise, but Dr. Patel notes exercise doesn’t have to be rigorous to be effective. “A type of exercise one enjoys doing at home like walking, running, or yoga goes a long way toward releasing stress hormones,” she says. “And for those who like intense workouts, it’s all good in terms of reducing stress. Another good stress management technique is using biofeedback mechanisms like alpha state meditations to increase immunity.”
“The disruption of daily life by COVID-19 has caused us to rethink many things that we do,” Dr. Patel says. “How we deal with stress needs to be a priority now, and it’s not overly difficult if you develop good daily habits.”
[Dr. Nammy Patel, DDS (www.sfgreendentist.com) operates a practice called Green Dentistry in San Francisco and is the author of Age With Style: Your Guide To A Youthful Smile & Healthy Living. A graduate of the University of California’s School of Dentistry, she is a leader in the movement to bring environmental sanity and well-being into the dental world. Dr. Patel focuses on helping patients recognize the vital connection between dental health and whole body health.]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was tested a week ago for the novel coronavirus, but continued working at the Capitol because he “felt that it was highly unlikely” he was sick since had no symptoms of the illness, he said Monday. Paul also said he did not have direct contact with anyone who tested positive for the virus or was sick.
Paul announced Sunday that he had tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate and raising fears about further transmission of the virus among senators, including some who are in their 70’s and 80’s.
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“For those who want to criticize me for lack of quarantine, realize that if the rules on testing had been followed to a tee, I would never have been tested and would still be walking around the halls of the Capitol,” Paul added. Current federal guidelines would not have called for him to get tested or quarantined, Paul said.
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His announcement led Utah’s two GOP senators — Mike Lee and Mitt Romney — to place themselves into quarantine, stepping away from negotiations as the Senate worked on a $1.4 trillion economic rescue package for the coronavirus crisis. At least five senators, including Paul, are in self-quarantine.
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Microsoft MultiPoint Livens Thai Math Class
By Dan Nystedt
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Mr. Somsak's students used to wish that they could go outside and play instead of attend his math lessons.
His classes were all "chalk and talk," he says, lectures and examples on the board. But one day, Thailand's Ministry of Education asked him to try out Microsoft MultiPoint, software in his class, which allows dozens of computer mice to be connected to the same PC, one per student, so they can all use it at once.
That may sound like anarchy, but it's not. Each student chooses their own cursor, often a cartoon character, an icon or their name. A projector displays questions and games on a screen for everyone to see and interact with. Instead of cursor chaos, Mr. Somsak found that after the initial excitement was brought to order, the kids liked lessons on MultiPoint so much that they started looking forward to his math class each day.
"They are more affectionate towards their teacher," said Somsak Noyvisate, who teaches fifth grade math at the PrasertIslam School near Bangkok. "When they see Mr. Somsak, or they know they have a math class with me, they come up and say 'Let's do MultiPoint! Let's do MultiPoint!'"
On a day he was teaching fractions, it became clear how MultiPoint changed the dynamic of the classroom. In most traditional classes one student answers a question at a time, but with MultiPoint all students answer each question, and software keeps track of the answers and tallies scores at the end of the session. And everyone knows who the last student to answer is because the software can make students' cursors disappear after they've clicked their answers.
The trials in 10 schools in Thailand told educators there they were on to something. The software gave more students a chance to use computers than before, and more importantly, the kids were more engaged in the lessons, said Sitthiporn Keeratiwattanakul, an officer in the Ministry of Education's bureau of technology for teaching and learning.
The software is part of a broad attempt by companies and nonprofit organizations to introduce more computers and other technology into schools in developing nations. Organizations such as Inveneo, Microsoft, NComputing and One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) hope to provide schoolchildren in emerging economies a way to keep up with kids in modern nations.
Plenty of controversy surrounds these initiatives. The leaders of some countries complain such ventures are a way to make their children more like Westerners, and that the loss of language and culture are at stake. Others accuse companies of simply trying to grow markets for their products instead of actually helping. OLPC, for example, has been accused of using its laptop project to expand the use of the Linux OS, while others say Microsoft simply hopes to counter Linux and spread Windows. Where children are involved, there are rarely easy answers.
Other countries, such as Thailand, which was first to embrace MultiPoint, see technology as a possible way out of poverty.
"When young kids get access to technology, you never know. In five years they might be so inspired by MultiPoint that they become a great programmer or something else," said Supoet Srinutapon, director of the public sector program at Microsoft Thailand.
Microsoft already has MultiPoint pilot programs running in other several other Asian countries as well as in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and also Central and Eastern Europe, according to Faycal Bouchlaghem, general manager of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group in Asia.
By the end of this year, officials in Thailand hope to install MultiPoint in five to 10 classrooms each in 100 schools. Eventually, they plan to roll out the system in 800 small schools throughout the country.
That's no small investment for a developing nation. The central government will pay around US$2,000 per classroom, including the cost of the computer, the projector, the mice and other parts, for MultiPoint. The cost to reach the Ministry of Education's 800 school goal could cost $16 million of its $9.6 billion 2009 budget.
Meantime, the next step for MultiPoint in Thailand is a Web site where teachers can share advice on how to use the technology, trade lesson plans and more. Microsoft recently launched a software developers kit for MultiPoint, hoping more programs will be created around the technology.
Kids in the math class using MultiPoint said they liked the technology and it did make lessons more interesting. But when asked what he'd rather be doing on that sunny day in Thailand, little Nanthawat Paenkarn said simply, "out playing football [soccer] with my friends."
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A Street Food Tour of the World
By Guest Blogger, 20th March, 2018 , Food & Drink
Bilbao, San Sebastian and Rioja
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Once the unsavoury dining choice of the broke backpacker or hippe local-wannabe, street food has come a long way in recent years. With several street food stalls around the world now being recognised with Michelin stars the concept of eating out of a paper carton on the side of the road has suddenly become somewhat cool, or at the very least a marker of an in-the-know traveller.
So whether you're brave enough to go to the extreme of eating insects in Asia, or just want to dabble with a crepe in Paris, tuck in (pardon the pun) to our list of the twelve best cities to travel to for your fix of street side grub...
Famed the world over for its weird and wonderful street food, Bangkok is top of the list for a reason. Many might argue that eating an insect off a stick is something of a rite of passage but the less brave will find a multitude of much tastier treats on offer too.
Join a local guide to discover the best hidden spots - including the Michelin starred 'Auntie Fai' - on an evening tour by TukTuk.
Tangy, tasty and full of colour, Mexican food is fast becoming a British favourite. That said, much like the Indian curry, us Brits have watered down the real Mexican flavours and left many of the best dishes off our menus. Head west to sample the real deal for yourself and you'll soon see what we mean.
Street food is an integral part of day to day life in Mexico and nowhere is the offering as varied and accessible as in Mexico City. Tostadas, tamales, carnitas and corn are all on offer, along with seasoned favourites like burritos and tacos. All of which can be enjoyed on a private foodie focused tour.
With not one but two of Singapore's street food stalls now having Michelin stars to their name, this is one for the food connoisseurs.
Thankfully the delicious bowls of chicken and rice served up at 'Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle' are much easier to swallow than the stall's tongue twisting name.
Okay so this one isn't exactly street food, but as the home of the teeny tiny tapas style pintxos, San Sebastian is foodie heaven and earns itself a well-deserved placement on this list. Think bite sized portions of Spanish meats, freshly caught fish and more exotic options such as braised pig ear.
Join one of our local guides to spend the night on something of a 'food crawl', travelling between hole-in-the-wall joints and more upper class restaurants to sample a different tasty dish at each.
Bustling, bright and filled with the sweet smell of slow cooked tagine, Marrakech's medinas are an exotic street food delight.
Take a guided tour of the central medina surrounding Djemaa el-Fna square and sip on freshly squeezed orange juice as your guide introduces you to a multitude of spices and different snacks, before finishing up with a tagine from one of the guide's favourite secret spots.
No street food guide would be complete without mentioning Vietnam, the home of steaming bowls of pho and jam packed banh mi. A descendant of Vietnam's colonial rule these tasty baguettes are filled with crunchy carrot, coriander, cucumber and a generous portion of pork.
Though you'll find street food stalls in most of Vietnam's towns and cities, Ho Chi Minh has our favourite scene and is best explored on a guided tour which takes you through Saigon's streets after dark, on the back of a Vespa.
Famous for its soulful music scene, lively festivals and melting pot of cultural influences, it comes as no surprise that New Orleans also hosts some of the best street food in the US. With influences ranging from Creole to Cajun the food is punchy, hearty and full of flavour.
Head to the French Quarter's French Market and sample your way around the various stalls, sipping craft cocktails and listening to live jazz as you go. Dishes on offer include freshly caught oysters, traditional po'boy sandwiches, hearty jambalayas and even a local alligator speciality.
Perhaps not as well known for its street food as some of the others on this list, Cape Town is actually a hot spot for locally produced, artisanal goodies and has a vibrant market scene to go with it.
Visit the bohemian 'Neighbourgoods Market' at The Old Biscuit Mill, for hand crafted trinkets alongside a tasty brunch. Or head to the eclectic 'Bay Harbour Market' on Hout Bay Harbour, where you'll find people of all ages feasting on spicy seafood and listening to the soulful sounds of a saxophonist.
A rising star on the food scene, Peru has proved its worth with a recent flutter of fancy new restaurant openings - Mil we're looking at you. Its national dish, ceviche, is also fast becoming the UK chef's favourite new find, but there's still nothing quite like sampling it fresh on the streets of Lima.
Visit the hole-in-the-wall La Paisana and wait out the queue to sample the Ceviche de Mero, named after the meaty white mero fish which gives the dish its powerful flavour. Then head to Anticuchos de la Tia Grimanesa for course two, the signature beef-heart skewers.
It's a well-known British fact that when dining with friends you just cannot go wrong with a curry. It's also true that our creamy kormas aren't a patch on the real Indian deal, whose strong spicy aromas and full bodied flavours are also a staple of any sociable Indian occasion.
Wander through one of Mumbai's many markets and find friends, relatives and strangers all brought together over a colourful pot of dhal. Avoid the infamous Delhi-belly by exploring with one of our local guides who will point out the best stalls.
Though not usually a city that springs to mind for street food, Melbourne's eclectic culture means there is a huge variety of different cuisines on offer here. Couple that with an arty boho bar scene and you've got the makings of a great night.
Join Melbournite Monique Bayer on one of her 'Dumplings Discovery' or 'Rooftop Bars' walks and get a unique and fun insider's view on the city's culinary scene.
We've travelled the world over on this list and ended up almost at home with our friends across the channel in Paris. But there had to be a sweet treat on the list, and we couldn't think of anywhere better than the city of love, where Nutella lathered crepes are found on virtually every street corner.
Top tip: why only have one crepe when you could have two? Start with a gruyere and ham combo and pair it with a local cider, then move onto the classic Nutella with strawberries, obviously.
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Movie Review - Don't Believe Her/ Too Beautiful To Lie
Posted by Orion at 4:06 PM Labels: beautiful lie, comedy, don't believe her, gang dong won, kang dong won, kim ha neul, korea, korean, movies, Reviews, romance, south korea, too beautiful to lie, 강동원, 그녀를 믿지 마세요
* Title: Too Beautiful To Lie
* Revised Romanization: Geunyeoreul midji maseyo
* Hangul: 그녀를 믿지 마세요
* Director: Bae Hyeong Jun
* Runtime: 115 min.
* Language: Korean
* Country: South Korea
* Leads: Kim Ha Neul, Kang Dong Won
Too Beautiful To Lie begins by introducing the heroine of the story, Ju Yeong Ju. She is in prison for fraud and is up for parole. A parole she manages to get granted by totally deceiving the committee with her great "Drama Queen" acting skills. She is on her way to her sister's wedding when she meets Choi Hee Cheol on the train, after an awkward (mostly for him) situation. Hee Cheol is a small town pharmacist on his way to propose to his girlfriend, but he drops the ring under Yeong Ju's seat.
After making a scene by trying to retrieve it and being seen as a complete pervert nosing around between her legs, he gets targeted by a thief who swipes the ring from his pocket, without Hee Cheol even noticing. Yeong Ju witnesses that and is afraid she might be blamed for the robbery instead, which is bad, especially if you're out on parole and with a history of such crimes on your hide. She gets the ring back from the guy, but misses the train on which she has also left her bag with a gift for her sister's wedding. She sets out to find Hee Cheol to give him back the ring and get her bag.
When she gets to his town, she somehow finds herself lying to his family about being his fiancé after getting scared of being called a thief for having the ring. Meanwhile, Hee Cheol is at another town, oblivious about the situation back home and about to propose to his girlfriend with the ring he doesn't know he's lost.
Is that how they treat a lady in Busan?!... I should visit sometime...
Too Beautiful To Lie is not exactly the epitome of romantic movies. Neither is it the most hilarious comedy around. It's more of a comedy with some romance. That said, it doesn't let you get bored or not have fun for even a moment. It's one of those feel good movies that's funny and light for the heart and eyes. You have a nice rural town, common village folk, a street-smart and spunky heroine and a hero whom you just love seeing suffer as he tries to convince his family she's been lying to them only to have them keep beating his ass up. The movie is more about the heroine's time with Hee Cheol and his family and how she comes to appreciate some things in life and place others above herself. She learns just how tough things can get because of lying and how redeeming honesty can be.
She also gets to cause Hee Cheol getting his ass handed to him by his family a number of times
The Story and Characters
The story this movie has to say is in keeping with the overall feel of it. It's not grand. It's a family movie with some nice laughs, a bit of romance and a heroine trapped in a web of lies that cause for some tight albeit hilarious situations. You have a woman who is trying to get back her bag and make a "clean escape" after initiating a pretty big lie to get out of a tough spot. Throw in a big family of very simple small town folk who just met their son's fiancé whom they had heard nothing about till that day. Add a clueless "groom" who is neck deep in trouble and keeps patronizing the woman who clearly has him by the balls in this situation and you've got a very big mayhem of domestic turmoil. Oh, and an adorable senile grandma who seems to unwillingly do her share to make things more difficult for the heroine.
All these characters, however, have their charm and really make you care about them. They feel like family. Like anyone's family. Although the movie is mainly about Yeong Ju and the big mess she's causing, it really is an ensemble classic. You have a quiet father who is just trying to do what's best for his family, aunts and uncles and brother-in-laws who are enjoying having a pretty fiancé show up and townsfolk who, of course, gossip about all this. Another thorn in Hee Cheol's side. All ripples caused by the impact of Yeong Ju in his life.
Yeong Ju herself is quite a nice and layered character as well. She takes pride in her ability to lie convincingly, but she is not really an arrogant person. It's more of an image she has developed to keep face and not seem weak. She is bold and can also be rude and pushy, but she is not really tough. Not menacingly so. She is a good-hearted woman, trying to make a new life for herself, but she is also realistic enough to be afraid of being seen as an easy target for a crime that is happening in her presence. Panic and fear drive her to make one wrong move after the other and causing a mess she needs to get herself out of. Something which isn't at all helped by Hee Cheol who seems unable to help solve this thing as he's too busy whining and freaking out over what Yeong Ju is doing to his life.
She does bully him something fierce though...
Which brings us to Hee Cheol. What a poor bastard... He's about to propose to a girl and ask her to move to his hometown with him when he realizes he's lost the ring. He then comes home to find a woman has invaded his family and is posing as his wife to be. Did I mention his father is the mayor of the town? Yes. If you've been to or come from a small place, you know how much of a local celebrity the mayor and his family are. So imagine having a whole town knowing you are refusing to acknowledge a poor beautiful girl who says you promised to marry each other. It's about as big a scandal as it can get in such small places.
As a person, Hee Cheol is not really a bad guy, but he's not great either. He complains a lot but still lets others manipulate him and he's generally very pathetic. A good guy, but he can't put his foot down and make things easier for himself. He also can't seem to spot the good qualities in Yeong Ju very quickly as for most of the film, he sees her as she lets him see her. A wicked woman who is set to drive him mad and ruin his life for a bag.
These are the kind of expressions that lead to nervous breakdowns
The family and townsfolk are pretty standard in what you'd find in such movies. Comical, very innocent and caring, not that bright, but not annoyingly dumb. They are very endearing, but they also seem very simple for being fooled like that. Still, the family has been through hardships, so having someone to look after again gives them life and hope. And plenty of energy to beat Hee Cheol up. One really doesn't get bored of seeing them manhandle him each time Yeong Ju makes him out to be a total jerk.
I hear Kim Ha Neul is quite famous for some more tragic and dramatic roles, but I have to say, I love her in comedy. She is by far the biggest asset to the movie and really makes the character special. I've seen her in two comedies and she has a very "big sister" vibe about her. She is beautiful, but she doesn't give off a beauty queen or diva image and she is girl-next-door enough, but with more flair. She can also be cute, but not the annoying kawaii type, which I admire in an actress as most of them seem to think annoying and overly spunky are cute qualities. She balances the character very well in being tough as nails for her survival, without coming across as butch or bad.
Yeong Ju also has some more feminine and soft touches about her that Ha Neul does so well to show the softer side of the character. She is also wicked fun when she is deceiving and you can't help but like her. Ha Neul has also done a good job differentiating her acting between the scenes where Yeong Ju is faking it and the ones where she's being honest. When she's pretending to cry or be sad, the actress makes sure it looks fake-ish and comical, but still convincing enough for the viewer to get why she can fool people with it. And you can also see her real feelings pretty clearly when she does show them. Which is more often than she'd like as she is too good of a person to hide her heart.
Yeong Ju might be badass, but she's still a normal girl
Kang Dong Won has said he hates romantic movies and being more of a character actor, one can see why. He doesn't have such an interesting character to work with, neither does he make Hee Cheol special in any way. He's funny, he makes Hee Cheol very pitiful and he can take some beating very well. He's good, but not exceptional. It's one of those roles where any guy who can seem helpless and gutless enough would do. That said, he does have his funny moments and he does show what the character is going through very well. He's also "weird" enough as an actor to perhaps make the character a bit more fresh and unique than another actor would. Hee Cheol is kind of slimy and completely lacking in any charm as a man. I personally find Kang Dong Won a very charming man, so I think he did good in making the character that much of an unattractive country bumpkin.
He's about - I say, he's about as subtle and suave as Foghorn Leghorn
When chemistry comes into play, however, we have a small problem. Small, because the movie isn't really about the romance, but problem nonetheless. I personally find the chemistry between the two leads a bit lacking. They are good together in the comedy parts and when it comes to all the mental torturing, but when the romance kicks in, things feel weird. Mostly because, despite their real ages, Dong Won still looks like a 16-year-old sometimes and Ha Neul already looked about 30 then. Thankfully, the romantic element kicks in quite late in the movie and both actors make it seem very cute, even if the story doesn't go too much into it.
One of the few scenes where they look couple-ish and not like big sister and brother
On the family side, we have some equally nice actors in the cast. Song Jae Ho is very good in his role as a mayor and father. He is a quiet and kind man with big capacity for understanding, but he does kick his son's ass when he believes all the awful things Yeong Ju says about him.
I'm too old for such crap from you, son
Kim Ji Yeong is, as always, a real treat in this movie. If you've been around kdrama and movies long enough, chances are you've seen her in many things. She's lovely to watch. The hair is pretty funky and fake in this, but her performance is very good. Granny seems very frail and utterly confused and lost in her own world, but she is also very likable. Could not think of another actress that could make the character as funny and sweet.
Yes, she is telling a bedtime story to a rope
The rest of the cast is nice at what they do as well, although not much emphasis is given on their characters. They are loud, easily impressed and angered, but they are also caring, good and likable people. They feel like a typical Korean family. Or Greek one... We have a lot in common, believe me...
Seriously. Take away the Asian features and you could have members of my family
Well, this ain't an action film and it's not artistic in anyway. The outfits and hair are very outdated and the quality of the image isn't the best, but it's pleasantly watchable, even if not expensive. The settings on the other hand, are very nice. Very rural and cozy place. The mayor's house is nice for the size of the family too.
All I'd need in such place would be a boat that can take my weight, a couple of oars and Dong Won
What You Hear
I honestly didn't pay much attention to the score, but I wasn't bothered by it. It works for the type of movie that this is. There are some nice insert songs however, including Bread's "Aubrey", a small part of which Kang Dong Won also sings. Beware though. His voice is divine, but the accent is-a-killin'.
Some Things To Wrap Up
This is a family chick flick. It's comedy, it's light, it's a movie you'll watch on an afternoon, have a good laugh and leave it with a smile. It's got a good cast, nice scenery and an overall light air about it. It has nice and funny moments and I still laugh when I watch it. It's not crazy romance and it only gets somewhat romantic later in the film, like I said before, but it's still a rom-com. It's more about showing certain signs of interest, like Yeong Ju getting the thump thumps in her heart after looking starry-eyed while she hugs a pillow and listens to Hee Cheol sing "Aubrey". Although I can't blame the woman. Kang Dong Won has a very nice voice.
A very standard fangirl pose
Who Will Like It
Women. Men? Nah. If you're a man, you won't find much interest in this. Although we do have some men (straight ones even) over on D-Addicts who enjoy romantic kdrama; something muuuch much cornier and sappier than any movie. Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Such men do not only exist in fairytales. And shame on anyone who'll make fun of them for being romantic and confident enough in their sexuality to watch chick flicks. Grrr. So if you are a dude romantic enough to enjoy chick flicks, you'll like this. Also, some ladies I know, who find Kang Dong Won too creepy to even look at, would benefit from this. This guy is too much of a wimp and a 5-year-old girl could probably take him in a fight. Nothing menacing about Hee Cheol, I guarantee it.
I doubt he could even scare away a kitty
The story could have been a bit better and I would have liked more romance, but a good cast, funny scenes and a good atmosphere makes this very pleasant to watch. It's what you expect such a movie to be. It could be a rom-com masterpiece, but it's a good ol' chick flick and that's just fine with me. Also, not overly sobby like many such movies, especially in South Korea. They cry too much sometimes. Not in this movie. And most of the time it's an act by Yeong Ju.
On the Fanboy Scale: Not much to see, but Kim Ha Neul is worth noting (read: looking at), in my humble opinion. She's not at her prettiest, but she's nice enough. Any fans of her would like this too.
On the Fangirl Scale: Not an exceptionally good-looking man in sight. I find Kang Dong Won sexy and handsome as heck, but he's really not much to look at in this. Which works for the movie. Plus, I'm gaga over him anyway, so it doesn't bother me personally. And to close this, a picture from a scene that cracks me up every time. Partly because of what was said and how it was said, but also because of this whole look. Priceless! Yeong Ju is describing to Hee Cheol's sister how they met in her very own and very subjective way.
Yagsaaa
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Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena holds one of the most important collections of McCahon’s art in New Zealand in addition to significant archives relating to his life and work.
Focusing on the period between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s, ‘A Constant Flow of Light’ will draw from these collections presenting major works of art such as ‘The Virgin and Child compared’, 1948 and ‘The Wake’, 1958 and examining key ideas the artist explored over this forty year period.
The Hocken began collecting New Zealand modernism in the 1950s because enlightened professionals such as former Hocken Librarians H.D. Skinner and Michael Hitchings and professional staff such as Hocken Art Curator Gordon Brown, worked alongside cultural patrons including Charles Brasch, Rodney Kennedy, Patricia France, John Caselberg and the McCahon family to ensure works by McCahon and other New Zealand modernists were represented in the Hocken’s art collection. Aware of the significant role Dunedin had played in shaping the beginnings of New Zealand modernism, they considered the Hocken, as a research collection accessable to all, the best place for important examples of this work to be housed.
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G.SKILL Trident Z Neo For AMD X570
October 21, 2019 David Miller Memory 0
AMD’s new X570 platform introduces enhanced memory speed capabilities. The integrated memory controller in previous generations of Ryzen CPU’s severely limited the frequency and range of timings. To take advantage of the all-new memory capabilities, G.Skill introduced the Trident Z Neo. The Neo’s built-in XMP memory profile is optimized to work with AMD Ryzen 3 series CPU’s and X570 motherboards. We got our hands on the new G.Skill Trident Z Neo, so join us as we evaluate this memory using an X570 motherboard.
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The all-new Trident Z Neo is optimized for AMD Ryzen 3000 series, but what does that mean? If we assume that the Neo sticks are using common retail ICs, such as Samsung, Micron, or Hynix, the only way to make them specially formulated for X570 is to build a special XMP profile. That is precisely what G.Skill has done.
With AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 series motherboards and chipsets, we have found that many older XMP profiles simply don’t work. The reason for this is that Intel’s Z390 and AMD’s X570, for instance, require different secondary and tertiary timings to work effectively. This might be confusing for some because we find 3600 CL16 memory marketed for both Intel and AMD; however, the difference lies in what we refer to as the sub timings. To ensure maximum compatibility, the Neo lineup has been tested across a wide range of motherboards to strict quality standards.
G.Skill introduced the Trident Z Neo with a whopping 32 different configurations to choose from. With speeds ranging from 2666 MHz to 3600 MHz and primary timings from CL14-14-14 to CL18-22-22, the Neo lineup has something for everyone. Most users and PC enthusiasts will choose the 16 GB memory kits composed of two 8 GB sticks. If we focus our search down to only 16GB kits, we find the 2666MHz CL18 at the low-end and 3600MHz CL14-15-15 at the high-end.
Today we will be evaluating the 3600MHz CL16-16-16 memory kit. In the table below, we examine the particular details of our test memory.
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo For AMD Ryzen 3000 Series
Part Number F4-3600C16D-16GTZN
Capacity 16GB (8GB x 2)
Type DDR4 U-DIMM
Voltage 1.35 V
Speed Spec PC4 28800
Rated Frequency 3600MHz
Kit Type Dual-Channel
Rated Timings CL16-16-16-36
Pricing $169.99
When purchasing DDR4 memory, the main factors to consider, other than memory size or physical features, are the operating frequency and timings. The XMP is a memory profile stored inside the actual memory, which allows the user to easily apply the rated frequency and timings.
For those interested, here is a closer look at the particular details of this kit of memory. Below is a screenshot of Thaiphoon Burner, which is a wonderful free tool that allows one to read the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) firmware of the DRAM. The SPD information is critical in determining how the stick will perform and how the computer will recognize it.
As the Thaiphoon Burner screenshot shows, this specific kit of memory is composed of Samsung B-DIE IC’s. This memory uses a total of 8 ICs, all of which are located on only one side. We found this to be an interesting choice as Samsung officially classified its B-Die series as EOL (end of life) in the second quarter of 2019.
In the months after Samsung’s EOL status of B-Die, the computer enthusiast community focused on new products from Hynix and Micron to hopefully fill the void of B-Die. The new ICs showed incredible overclocking capabilities and exceptional compatibility with AMD. We had anticipated a new release from G.SKill that implemented ICs made by either SK Hynix or Micron Technology, instead, we see the status quo of Samsung ICs.
It’s not easy to spot, but a sharp eye will see that this memory utilizes the modern A2 style PCB layout. This refers to the orientation of the 8 ICs on the actual memory PCB itself. While it may seem like a useless tidbit of information, this is relevant, because it can play a very substantial role in the relative overclocking ability on some motherboards.
G.Skill opted to package the new Neo in what we would consider a mid-level packing option. We have seen everything from high-end, fabric-lined boxes–which the Trident Z Royal comes in– down to simple plastic blister packs from G.Skill. Given the price point, we feel that this is a nice packaging option. It comes with a full-color box and even included a nice preview window.
Gently sliding out of the box, we are greeted with the classic plastic clamshell to safely ship and store the memory. G.Skill also included the now prototypical red case sticker inside the box.
We did get a sneak peek at the heat sink design from the box, but there’s nothing like seeing the real thing. Once freed from the packaging, we are met with a new adaptation of the same Trident Z design that we have come to know and love.
The new heat sinks sport two different colors, as well as two different material finishes. Half of the stick should be recognizable to most of you. It’s the same matte-black, anodized aluminum, which has a sexy brushed look to it. For the other half of the Neo’s redesigned heat sink, we are introduced to a semi-gloss, silver finish. The silver section makes use of a process known as power-coating. This leaves the surface a little textured with very small bumps. The powder-coating finish is prized for being extremely durable. While it might not fit the color scheme of all the systems out there, the new heat sink design does stand out and make an impression.
The color scheme happens to be a perfect match for our test system today. As listed above, we are running the ASRock X570 Taichi. The Neo looks as if it has been custom made just for this particular motherboard.
G.Skill’s Trident Z RGB design is like a warm blanket. We know it well and it makes us feel all happy and content. Seriously though, while the Neo’s heat outward appearance may be slightly different, when it comes to the LED lighting it’s business as usual.
The diffuser’s finish is somewhere between shiny and matte. The opaque white plastic helps to mute the inherent harshness of the super-bright LEDs. The overall effect is quite pleasing to look at, and the diffuser does a good job of hiding the hot-spots.
The Neo’s 8 individually-addressable RGB LEDs can be controlled through most modern motherboards software. The Trident Z Neo is officially supported with the following software: Asus’s Aura Sync, Gigabyte’s RGB Fusion, MSI’s Mystic Light Sync, and ASRock’s Polychrome Sync.
For those users who want to get the full RGB experience without vendor-specific software, G.Skill has created its own lighting control software.
Download the Trident Z Neo control software
AMD introduced serious changes to the memory capabilities and overclocking of the new X570 series chipset. As we talked about earlier, many of the existing XMP profiles on the market today are simply not compatible with Ryzen 3000 series and will not even boot when applied. It’s because of this that our first goal is to check and see if this memory even works with the XMP profile out of the box. We will attempt to apply the XMP profile and run benchmarking software to assess the relative stability.
If and when the XMP profile has been established to be stable, we will evaluate the memory from an overclocking perspective. We want to see what this memory can do, but without hurting it. Therefore, we will stick to what could be classified as 24/7 stable daily memory voltages. According to the XMP 2.0 certifications, the absolute maximum allowable voltage is 1.50 V VDDR. Thus, all overclocking endeavors will be conducted with no more than 1.50 V.
Below is the test system and resulting memory speeds that will be used to evaluate the memory and run the benchmarks.
CPU AMD RYZEN 7 3700X @ 4.3 GHz
Cooler NZXT Kraken X62 280mm – All-In-One Cooler
Motherboard ASRock X570 TAICHI AM4
Graphics Card PowerColor RED DEVIL Radeon RX 580
Solid State Drive Team Group L5 LITE 3D SSD
Power Supply Enermax RevoBron 700W 80+ Bronze
Operating System Windows 10 x64
Memory Speeds Compared
XMP ~ 3600 MHz CL16-16-16-16 + XMP Sub Timings @ 1.35 V
Test Case 1 ~ 4400 MHz CL16-16-16-16 + XMP Sub Timings @ 1.45 V
Test Case 2 ~ 3600 MHz CL13-12-12-12 + Tight Sub Timings @ 1.45 V
As is the case with all overclocking adventures, your results may vary, so proceed only if you assume all risk. To view and examine all of the various memory profiles we use two primary tools which include AIDA64 and AMD Ryzen Master utility. AIDA64 is a powerful system diagnostic and benchmarking tool, that can be purchased for a reasonable price.
The modern DDR4 market offers a vast range of XMP memory. Shopping on Newegg we find everything from DDR4 2400 MHz, all the way up to DDR4 4866 MHz. The improvements in XMP profile speeds is greatly attributed to modern manufacturing processes and memory PCB layouts, however, it might not be attainable on all motherboards. The profile is intended to be a one-click overclock, but it likely only applies to enthusiast-grade motherboards.
If you are shopping for an AMD Ryzen 3000 series platform, G.Skill has taken the guess work out. All of the memory listed in that series is designed to work effortlessly with a huge verity of motherboards. If you are building a computer based on a truly budget motherboard, the compatibility rules still apply. Don’t expect that the fastest Trident Z Neo kit will work on the cheapest motherboard.
As you can see below, we had no problem running our memory using the one-click memory profile. In this case, the FCLK = 1800 MHz and UCLK = 1800 MHz.
AIDA64 XMP Scores
XMP Timing Profile
We cannot examine the overclocking potential without at least briefly covering the new AMD memory structure. Within the new architecture, AMD decoupled the infinity data fabric clock (FCLK) and the unified memory controller clock (UCLK). In the previous generation, the clocks were inherently linked with memory frequency and dividers. The process of decoupling meant that AMD could push the frequency to substantially higher limits, from about 4000 MHz to over 5000 MHz.
When we go to test the memory and overclocking capabilities we need to take into consideration two new variables, FCLK and UCLK. Even though these variables are somewhat out of our control, they play a huge role in the overall performance and benchmark scoring. That being said, it’s not always fair to compare one frequency against another, because the FCLK and UCLK might be running at different speeds and will, thus, skew the test results. While it’s not within the scope of this memory review to dive deeper into the Ryzen 3 memory structure, just keep in mind that those variables are there.
For the first test case only, the operating frequency was increased with no other settings adjusted. With a voltage increase from 1.35 V to 1.45 V, the frequency was able to be increased by an astonishing 800MHz. Below is the resulting first overclock test case with FCLK = 1800 MHz and UCLK = 1100 MHz.
AIDA64 Test Case 1 Scores
Test Case 1 Timing Profile
For the second overclock test case, the same very small voltage increase of 1.35 V to 1.45 V was used. Contrary to the first test case, this time only the memory timings were decreased in order to provide an alternative example of what types of overclocks are possible. The operating frequency was held at the XMP 3600 MHz, but the primary timings were decreased as far as possible while still maintaining relative stability. Below is the resulting second overclock test case FCLK = 1800 MHz and UCLK = 1800 MHz.
For the third, and final overclocking test case, the goal was to achieve the best overclock possible while still staying within the maximum allowable voltage of 1.50 v according to XMP 2.0 specifications. Finding the optimal overclock for a given criterion, such as voltage, is not an exact science and requires a high degree of knowledge, patience, and the right combination of equipment.
We tried to create a memory profile that was implemented at a higher frequency and also tighter timings. The resulting overclock was a 400MHz increase in frequency from XMP, with tighter timings (decreased) as well. In this example, the FCLK = 1800 MHz and UCLK = 1000 MHz.
First up, we used AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmark. In the graph below, it is clearly visible that each of the four different memory speeds compared had a noticeable change in the benchmark result, with the exception of memory write performance. Looking at the read performance we found it interesting that overclocking the frequency resulted in a lower score than stock XMP. This can be attributed to the substantially lower UCLK frequency in that case.
If we look at the memory copy results, all of the overclocking test cases improved performance. Considering the big picture for AIDA64, the overclocking test case 3–utilizing 4000 MHz CL14–produced the best results overall. Our goal of a balanced overclock profile was actually realized, at least in this benchmark.
Next up is Geekbench 3, and it has proven itself to be an excellent tool for determining the real-world performance of the system being tested. This type of benchmark is purely 2D calculation based, and there is no graphical processing element, so it’s a great analytical tool to evaluate memory performance.
This is where things get interesting. Firstly, we should point out that all of our overclocking endeavors increased the relative performance across the board. That is not a small feat, given the complexity of Ryzen 3 memory overclocking! Focusing on the overall score, we see that this ‘real world’ test benchmark favors a frequency of 3600 MHz with tight primary and sub timings. We believe this proved to be the best overall performance because the UCLK and FLCK frequency are both using the 1:1 ratio and maxed out at 1800 MHz.
Cinebench R15 scores don’t typically increase much with memory overclocking, but we included it because it’s quite possibly the most popular benchmark for computers today. As expected the results show a maximum of about 1% gain in the score, from overclocking test case 2.
WinRAR is an old benchmark, but still quite useful in modern computing. It evaluates performance by simulating file management tasks such as compression and extraction. Here we see a noticeable trend developing in the results.
Next, we will examine the performance using a few of the memory benchmark tests offered within the SiSoftware Sandra suite of benchmarks. The flagship product, known as Sandra, is a powerful suite of many different benchmarks to evaluate computer performance of all major components, including the processor, graphics, memory, and disk.
The memory bandwidth showed an increase in performance for every sequential memory overclock, with our balanced profiling winning the top spot. Looking at the transactional throughput, however, the latency penalties from decreased UCLK are clearly evident here. In both cases where UCLK was not running a 1:1 ratio, the score was lower. We found it in retesting that for that particular test, all of the overclocking results proved to be worse than XMP.
G.SKill’s Trident Z Neo did not disappoint. It delivered on its promise of AMD Ryzen 3 compatibility and allowed for serious overclocking headroom. G.Skill Introduced the Neo with a new two-tone color scheme and the same award-winning heat sink design. While it may not be the most exciting new heat sink design to be introduced by G.Skill, it’s enough of a departure from the standard Trident Z to keep things interesting.
We were pleasantly surprised by the overclocking potential of the Trident Z Neo. With a scant voltage increase of 10 mV–well within XMP 2.0 specifications–we were able to overclock the memory frequency by a shocking 800 MHz. That’s a testament to the legendary overclocking prowess of Samsung B-Die, but also of the improvements AMD made to the Ryzen 3 series integrated memory controller. However, we proved that memory frequency is not always the answer. In fact, we believe that the native frequency of 3600 MHz was, in fact, the best choice for all-around performance. Keeping the frequency at 3600 MHz meant that the FCLK and UCLK frequencies were maxed out at 1800 MHz, respectively.
G.Skill offers a wide range of memory configurations within the Neo product line, but they don’t offer anything above 3600 MHz. Given the overclocking results we examined today, we feel that G.Skill made a very wise decision for AMD optimized memory lineup. The memory we tested today comes in at just $169.99, which is a reasonable price considering the performance and Rysen 3 compatibility. For the serious users out there, G.Skill offers the Neo in a kit running 3600 MHz with CL14-15-15, priced at $279.99.
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Pakistan Agriculture News, Wheat
China’s hybrid wheat successfully grown on large scale in Pakistan
August 24, 2018, 9:17 am August 24, 2018 1705
China’s hybrid wheat, using the two-line hybrid technique, has been successfully harvested on a large scale in Pakistan, according to a senior official of a Chinese company which has conducted field trials of hybrid wheat varieties and realized on average 24.4 percent increase in crop yields.
“Our company has sent many experts to Pakistan to teach local farmers how to plant the wheat.
Around 150 experts have been sent to Pakistan, where they visited over 20 cities,” Song Weibo, Vice President of Sinochem Group Agriculture Division, China’s biggest agricultural inputs company and integrated modern agricultural services operator told the Chinese media.
The two-line hybrid technique is often used in hybrid rice and wheat. It can increase wheat production by 20 percent.
The hybrid wheat has been proven to outperform standard wheat in terms of yield, water usage and resistance to disease.
Chen Zhaobo, General Manager, CNSGC Hybrid Wheat Seed, a subsidiary of China National Seed Group Co under Sinochem Group Co, which is responsible for the hybrid wheat promotion project in Pakistan, said the tests on the hybrid varieties were implemented in 230 sites, spread over 2,000 hectares of land, mostly in experimental bases or local farms.
“The good results from the experiments offer bright prospects for large-scale cultivation of hybrid varieties in Pakistan,” he added.
Zhang Shengquan, an expert at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences who oversees the hybrid wheat project in Pakistan, said that wheat production in northern Pakistan has increased by 50.1 percent between 2017 and 2018, citing data from
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Data from Pakistan-based Guard Agricultural Research and Services Company shows that during the same period, wheat production in the country’s middle regions has increased by 45 percent, he added.
Zhang said that drought and high temperatures are the major challenges to planting hybrid wheat in Pakistan. Frequent changes in the policies of the governments also make it difficult to sustain the project, he noted.
University of Agriculture Peshawar Professor Muhammad Arif told China Radio International that the world has been studying hybrid wheat but no one has achieved China’s level of success.
With the help from Chinese experts, the technique could yield around 6,000 kilograms per hectare, twice that of local wheat production, Arif said, adding it could free up land for other agriculture products.
Zhao Gancheng, director of the Shanghai Institute for the International Studies Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, said the project could help Pakistan ensure food security and also promote China-Pakistan ties.
“Pakistan’s population has been rapidly increasing, but the country is short on farmland. The project is win-win cooperation,” he added.
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$300 million Riviera Beach Marina makeover in turmoil amid staff flubs, council bickering
Tony Doris
RIVIERA BEACH — Three months ago, the city gave its chosen developers 90 more days to prove to a skeptical financial expert they could handle the $300 million waterfront redevelopment, the largest project in Riviera Beach history.
The 90 days was up this month, and economist Hank Fishkind, having received no such proof, flunked the developer.
So did the city drop the developers?
No, they fired the economist – and after conceding it was the city that neglected to give Fishkind the information the developers submitted, which he needed to evaluate them.
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In a contentious, 2 1/2-hour meeting on Dec. 9, the city council members, in their role as the board of Riviera Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency, voted to have City Manager Jonathan Evans hire a different consultant to size up the development team and separately to study what kinds of development the real-estate market would favor for the 23-acre site between U.S. 1 and the Intracoastal Waterway.
When the meeting ended, the city appeared little closer to having shovels in the ground than before its yearslong slog to redevelop the marina waterfront into a showcase of shops, apartments, a hotel and a garage.
The co-developers tentatively named to build the project are Tezral Partners LLC, led by Riviera Beach's former Community Redevelopment Agency director, Tony T. Brown. It has partnered with Boca Raton-based Urban Retail and APD Solutions of Atlanta.
Tezral would build two workforce apartment towers, of 175 and 150 rooms, and a garage, and team with APD on a 125-room hotel. APD would develop the restaurant and other commercial space.
Fishkind, however, analyzed the project and in August concluded it made no sense financially and that the developers failed to prove they were qualified.
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Brown countered that his team was never told the specific documents Fishkind wanted to demonstrate its viability – the city's staff apparently hadn't communicated the request – so that month the council members voted to give the developers more time.
This week, it was like deja vu. Fishkind, having received nothing from the developers – a staffer failed to forward to him what they'd submitted – said they had not documented their ability to handle the project financially and he recommended the CRA not move ahead with them.
But just prior to the meeting, CRA attorney Michael Haygood told the board he hadn't realized no one had forwarded the information to Fishkind. He withdrew Fishkind's recommendation memo and urged the CRA to wait another 30 days to give Fishkind time to assess the submittal.
Fishkind is an economist and former associate professor at the University of Florida who has served on the Governor's Economic Advisory Board, on Gov. Jeb Bush's Council of Economic Advisers and on the founding board of two publicly traded real estate companies, Engle Homes and Summit Properties.
He also has served as a private sector economic and financial consultant with his own firm since the 1980s. He did not attend Wednesday's meeting and could not be reached for comment afterward.
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Brown asserted that Fishkind evaluated the Tezral-APD project unfairly, indicating that the apartments should be developed and financed along the lines of luxury developments.
Brown also argued that while the site was on the waterfront, it was abutted by industrial properties to the north and south and would be more appropriately developed as affordable units, as his team's plan proposed. A special tax-credit program could be used to subsidize the development, he said.
"Absolutely we’re up to the task," Brown told The Palm Beach Post on Wednesday. "The question is, what is the task? The economist seems to want to rewrite our proposal."
Councilman Tradrick McCoy criticized Fishkind on that point, accusing him of "moving the goalposts."
McCoy criticized Fishkind for not attending the meeting and referred to him by various last names, at one point calling him "Fish."
He made a successful motion to fire him and his firm. He even urged his colleagues to consider firing CRA attorney Haygood at the group's next meeting.
He also criticized colleague Shirley Lanier for interrupting him and asserted she didn't understand development issues.
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When the discussion concluded and the matter was placed back in the city manager's hands, it was nearly 11:30 p.m. and time to hear comments by residents before adjournment. One woman, J.B. Dixson, had put in a card requesting to address the board.
"These meetings are an embarrassment to the city," she told the city council members.
"You hire consultants. Then you totally disregard their advice. So you either don't know how to hire the right consultants, or you don't know how to use the right consultants that you are paying. ... Not only do you ignore them, you insult them, you browbeat them publicly. ...
"What other consultant will ever want to work for you? They're not going to expose themselves to this kind of a circus and put up with this kind of disrespect. ...
"The fact that you're paying them does not give you the right to disrespect them publicly. And that can be said for people who want to come here to work as an executive. Watching these meetings, listening to the constant repetition of people and the nitpicking of the tiniest details and the total lack of an ability to, as councilwoman (KaShamba) Miller-Anderson said, move ahead. ... You just need probably to have an executive session where you can discuss this without embarrassing yourselves."
tdoris@pbpost.com
@TonyDorisPBP
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