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Home News SL offer virtual ‘Fans in the Stands’
SL offer virtual ‘Fans in the Stands’
Follow @WiganWarriorsRL 22 July 2020
£25 ensures your virtual presence at all 18 Super League games in August
3,000 supporter cut outs from 11 clubs to feature at neutral venue fixtures
272 available to Wigan fans – first come, first served!
Super League is offering you the chance to feature in August’s behind-closed-doors fixtures at neutral venues – even if you can’t be there in person.
The cardboard cut out phenomena has swept the world of sport since Covid-19 drastically reduced chances for fans to cheer for their teams in person, so ‘Fans in the Stands’ has been launched to ensure that rugby league fans in the UK and France have the same opportunity when the sport’s elite level returns next month.
For £25, your cut out will feature at all 18 Super League games played across the various neutral venues in August, guaranteeing that cherry and white will be visible at every game regardless of whether we’re playing at the time, just like a typical Magic Weekend!
With varying capacities at the selected neutral venues, there is a strict cap of 3,000 cut outs to be evenly shared among the 11 competing clubs, meaning that we have been allocated the chance for 272 fans to take part on a first come, first served basis, with the portal open now by following this link.
All of the profits from each cut out sold in our name will come back to the club, but act quick if you want to take part, because when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Our allocation of 272 cut outs – if not already sold out by then – is available until 11.59pm this coming Sunday, 26th July, with any unsold space across the entire league going back on sale, first come, first served, at 10am the following morning.
Should our allocation sell out before this time, Wigan fans can still purchase a space in another club’s allocation, but the profits from your purchase would go to the club you select from the list and the cut out would also be sent to the same club at the end of August, so we advise waiting for the ‘returns’ window to open instead.
When the month’s action is complete, all of the cut outs sold in our name will be transported to Wigan, and we will announce further plans to potentially display and/or distribute the cut outs locally.
If government guidelines ensure that further neutral venue fixtures have to take place during September, a further announcement will follow about possible opportunities for more Warriors supporters to become ‘Fans in the Stand’ that month.
Order now via this link if you want to ensure that you’re showing your support for the club from afar next month and let’s turn the neutral venues into a sea of cherry and white!
Please note that the cut outs will only be on display for August’s Super League games and not the Challenge Cup tie against Warrington Wolves in Huddersfield; we await further updates on whether similar fan engagement opportunities will be available in this competition.
Whilst every endeavour will be taken to ensure that the media are aware of this initiative and that the cut outs will be placed in a camera facing location, unfortunately we cannot guarantee that any individual cut out will be clearly visible during TV broadcasts. Where possible, we shall seek to publish photos of our block of supporters via our own club channels.
This concept is offered by Super League and its partners rather than Wigan Warriors, so please be aware that we will be unable to offer any technical support relating to the purchase of cut outs; please forward any queries of this nature to Super League or the platform providers.
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Yahoo Doubling Down on Videos
The Web portal has aggressive video plans, announcing the addition of 18 new series to its current programming lineup.
By Rachel Strugatz on April 28, 2015
Yahoo is making a big push in video.
Amid a packed auditorium at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, the Web portal revealed a slew of aggressive video plans for the coming year at its NewFront presentation Monday night. Yahoo is slated to add 18 new video series to its programming lineup, including live events, segments tied to its digital magazines and long-form shows.
Steve Aoki was tapped to DJ the event, and celebrity guests such as Joel McHale, Simon Cowell, Naomi Campbell and Michelle Rodriguez made appearances to talk about their work with Yahoo.
Including the upcoming content, Yahoo will have a total of 55 video series streaming from its site.
The tech company draws a very large audience. Yahoo Live content has been viewed more than 110 million times, the digital magazines see more than 63 million total monthly uniques (associated videos for the magazines regularly get 1 million streams) and original programs last year garnered two billion social media impressions.
In her pitch to advertisers, chief executive officer Marissa Mayer noted that they could buy exposure on a show, a channel or target a specific audience. She said mobile, video, native and social media are the fastest growing areas of digital advertising and that upward of 600 million users visit Yahoo on mobile devices per month.
Campbell joined Yahoo Style editor in chief Joe Zee on stage to talk about her new series, “I Am Naomi,” but declined to say who her first guest will be. The only thing she said was that “it’s a man from a country we don’t like so much.”
Other new series include a global electronic DJ competition that’s executive produced by Cowell, a scripted series documenting twentysomethings living in Manhattan called “The Pursuit,” and a show about automobiles called “Riding Shotgun with Michelle Rodriguez.”
“Live Nation,” which live-streams a concert per day, was renewed for a second season, as was “Community,” which was picked up by Yahoo when NBC failed to renew the series. Katie Couric, who joined Yahoo last year as its global anchor, will star in a new live format show, Yahoo News Live, which the 58-year-old said will “take a deeper dive” on current news to give people a better “handle on stories.”
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Contract Dispute Leaves Bebe in Flux
A messy contract dispute has left Bebe in the hole for a chief merchant and Gregory S. Gemette without a job.
NEW YORK — The situation is erupting at Bebe Stores.
A messy contract dispute has left Bebe in the hole for a chief merchant and Gregory S. Gemette without a job. Gemette’s former employer, American Eagle Outfitters, successfully blocked his move to Bebe on grounds he was violating his contract, as reported exclusively in WWD on Nov. 13.
But sources said there could soon be bigger management developments at Bebe — at the presidential level and even higher.
Reportedly, Bebe, based in Brisbane, Calif., has been interviewing candidates from West Coast retailers, including Greg Scott, president of the Arden B. contemporary division of Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based Wet Seal Inc. Scott previously worked at Laundry by Shelli Segal as president of merchandising for a brief period and before that was head merchant at Bebe. Currently, there is no president at Bebe.
Other possible candidates include Susan O’Toole, chief merchandising officer of the Wet Seal division of Wet Seal Inc.; Kathy Bronstein, the former chief executive officer of Wet Seal Inc., and Harriet Sustarsic, former president and chief merchandising officer of Charlotte Russe.
“Someone from a California competitor will soon be announced as president of Bebe,” said one source.
It’s unclear if expected management changes will affect Manny Mashouf, chairman, founder and ceo of Bebe. Last month John Kyees, Bebe’s chief financial officer, left to become cfo of Urban Outfitters.
On Thursday, just two business days before Gemette’s intended start date as Bebe’s senior vice president and chief merchandising officer, Mashouf announced that Gemette wasn’t joining the company after all. Gemette was vice president and general merchandise manager of women’s at American Eagle.
“While I am disappointed that Greg will not be joining us, I respect his prior employer/employee relationship and would not want to interfere with any contractual commitments,” Mashouf said in a statement. “In the interim, Tom Curtis, general merchandising manager of Bebe Sport, will continue to oversee the responsibility of the merchandising department until a replacement is found.”
American Eagle’s legal maneuvers undoubtedly affected Bebe’s decision not to employ Gemette. It’s also possible that by reportedly pursuing a president, it became less necessary for Bebe to have Gemette on staff, as well. By enforcing Gemette’s contract, American Eagle sends a warning to its other executives not to jump ship prematurely.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International placed Gemette at Bebe. Sources speculated that Gemette could seek recourse. He couldn’t be reached for comment on his plans. Korn/Ferry had no comment.
Although Bebe showed improvement in its last quarter, net earnings for the year ended June 30 decreased 27.2 percent to $19.3 million, compared with $26.5 million for the prior year. Sales were up 2.2 percent to $323.5 million, but down 6.8 percent on a comparable-store basis. Bebe Stores Inc. designs, develops and produces contemporary women’s apparel and accessories, which it markets under the Bebe and Bebe Sport brand names. There are 173 Bebe stores and 12 Bebe Sport stores in the U.S. and Canada.
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William F. Koch, Ph. D., M. D.
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Dr. Koch’s Publications
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Clinical Demonstration of the Laws of Chemical Structure that Determine Immunity to Disease, and their Application in the Treatment of Patients 1939
Adapted from a Paper given before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec, June 29, 1939
By William Frederick Koch, Ph. D., M D.
Detroit, Michigan – Delray Beach, Florida
Submitted October 5, 1939
The reproduction of the Natural Immunity Mechanism by synthetic procedures, and its successful application in the true cure of the various forms of disease known to man, is presented in this volume. It is the result of over a quarter of a century of extremely interesting work, and introduces a new era in medicine.
GENERAL SURVEY
The investigations covered by these lectures were started in 1910 as a study of the parathyroid glands, in which the attempt was made to identify the poisons that cause the convulsions following parathyroidectomy. It was found that several of the guanidines, histamine, and some other bases containing the imide group were responsible. It seemed evident that these substances were tissue elements liberated by the rapid and extreme tissue disintegration that follows the loss of the parathyroid function. One might expect that if these bases were burned to urea, they could not be present to act toxically.
A study of the oxidation mechanism was, therefore, attempted for the purpose of finding some conveyor of tissue oxidation that could burn the imide group. It was hoped that when this was accomplished, the toxic elements following parathyroidectomy having been removed, it would then be possible to study the intricacies of the parathyroid function without interruption by the factors involved in the convulsions and the early death of the animals.
However, at that time nothing helpful was known about the physiological aspects of the oxidation mechanism. Furthermore, the science of photochemistry, which deals with the mathematics of catalytic matters, was not developed to the point where it could be of much service. And yet, it was evident that all catalytic activities were dependent upon the free valencies in the reaction field, and so several procedures of glucose and fructose oxidation were outlined so as to provide free valencies in all of the intermediaries throughout the process until full oxidation to carbon dioxide took place. Thus several very labile unsaturated molecules offering catalytic properties were devised.
The hexoses provide perfect opportunity for this procedure because the hydrogen and hydroxyl groups are correctly placed to produce the free valencies desired through dehydrations. Thus we were led to synthesize a number of oxidation activators of immense physiological interest. It was not long before it became evident also that they possessed the greatest therapeutic value, and occupy a basic position in the chemistry of immunity.
* Given before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec, June 29, 1939, enlarged with clinical data.
Naturally our interest was immediately directed to eclampsia, and the first cases treated with the unsaturated molecules became detoxicated so rapidly and recovered so completely that we felt obliged to ascertain the total scope of their beneficial action. Cancer was investigated next because it is the deepest disease known to man; and besides it offers opportunities for microscopic check-up. In due time every other disease available was studied and it was found that the pathogenic trend was reversed as soon as a good oxidation catalysis was established. The methemoglobin is soon changed to useful oxyhemoglobin, and the respiratory agents in the tissues and blood function better, so that hemolysis, cyanosis, and dyspnoea disappear and muscle and tissue function becomes more efficient. The reticulo-endothelial system recovers its ability to perform its functions again; the patient feels better; pain disappears and the invading organisms die and are eliminated. Benign and malignant growths undergo coagulation, become organized like blood clots and involute. And the invaded areas are healed by replacement with normal tissue elements, so they can function again. In short, the normal physiology is restored.
Oxygen want is expressed by the tissues in more than one-way. Obliterative endarteritis takes part in the lesions of many dis-eases and appears to be an indication that active oxygen is wanted by the tissues. The endothelial cells become hyperplastic, no doubt to supply a greater surface for transfer of oxygen from blood to tissues. But the effort defeats its own purposes. It is not under physiological control and is, therefore, to be classified as allergic. How quickly this condition reverts to normal in all diseases in which it is encountered following restoration of the normal oxidation catalysis shows how fundamental the loss of efficient oxidations is to disease in general. In the purely functional allergies the same truth prevails.
Molecular structures that catalytically quench the normal oxidation catalysis possess rather heavy molecular weight, which contributes inertia. At the same time they possess an ethylene, quinone, imide, or amino group, the free valencies of which actively absorb the energy of the positive oxidation catalyst and thus remove its activity from the reaction field. The toxins of pathogenic germs and allergenic substances are all built up along this plan. They, therefore, possess a common mechanism of action, which offers a single means of attack whereby they can be completely destroyed so far as their toxic action is concerned. One agent, there-fore, can serve specifically destructive to all of them and this agent is a vigorous oxidation catalysis.
One of the most effective therapies of our day depends upon this activity, but it is not understood to be so because the activation of oxygen is brought about very indirectly. I refer to the sulfonamide family of drugs. Their mode of action is confessedly not understood, and their development is conducted on the hit and miss system. If the laws of chemical structure that control immunity were generally known, these drugs would not be presented to the profession in their present dangerous and badly handicapped forms, but instead one harmless, extremely efficient substance would be the only one in use. It is the active principle of all of them. I will describe it, for it is formed in small amounts wherever the sulfonamides give definite benefit. It is one of the substances we have used for many years under the name of the Koch Synthetic Antitoxins. It is 1:4 Benzoquinone.
Every member of the sulfonamide group is toxic to the healthy body, but it is much more toxic to sick persons. If the patient retains sufficient oxidation capacity to burn off the amino group and the sulphonic acid and other characterizing groups and oxidize the benzene ring to 1:4 Benzoquinone, he is able to prepare a protective substance out of the sulfonamide. If his vitality is too low to accomplish this change, the toxic effects of the drug may prove fatal. Probably only small quantities of the drug undergo favorable change and the presence of inflamed vital tissues contraindicates its presence in the system. Therefore, nephritis, meningitis, anemia, etc., forbid their use. Whereas 1:4 Benzoquinone being harmless in catalytic dilutions in which it should be used is curative to these complications, it has no contraindications. It, therefore, serves as the ideal therapeutic agent.
1:4 Benzoquinone, however, in fairly concentrated solution is an allergenic substance and can produce cancer when repeatedly applied in solutions of one to five or ten thousand. It resembles caffeic acid, which is also a quinone or dihydroxy aromatic struc-ture that we have found to be able to produce a sensory allergy. This is particularly true if its unsaturated side chain is saturated with a halogen. The allergenic behavior of the quinone group is one of the first observations we have made in the beginning of this study. It appeared that the quinone group, since it offers an inertly bound Carbonyl group, may serve as a negative oxidation catalyst. Thus it is able to absorb and quench the electronic activity of the Carbonyl group present in the more active aliphatic molecules that catalyze the oxidations.
In high catalytic dilutions, however, 1:4 Benzoquinone no longer behaves as a quinone, but as a Carbonyl compound of the aliphatic type and it activates oxygen so as to become a peroxide itself, which splits into two of the most active oxidation catalysts that can be constructed, namely, Glyoxylide and Malonide, the two catalysts we have relied upon for many years for the suc-cessful Treatment of the most resistant diseases known. These two substances are the master catalysts of aerobic glycolysis, as we understand the problem. Therefore, in an uncontrolled way traces of these substances may be formed when proper con-ditions prevail, after the administration of the sulfonamides. But their activity is handicapped by the large mass of drug that remains unchanged. Still sufficient may be present to initiate oxidations vigorous enough to burn the invading toxins.
On the other hand, 1:4 Benzoquinone in catalytic dilutions dehydrates, activates oxygen and is changed to Glyoxylide and Malonide, restoring the oxidations within the tissues to such a vigorous normal that no disease toxins whatever can resist being burned. Probably the most important characteristic of these three oxidation catalysts is their ability to de-polymerize the toxic bodies elaborated within the dense cicatrices of chronic focal infections. Under the anaerobic conditions that prevail in such foci, the toxic agents liberated by the imprisoned germs are not burned, as they would be where the normal tissue oxidations progress vigorously. The free valences, therefore, have oppor-tunity to polymerize and thus the molecule increases in size progressively through many phases, some of which possess photochemic properties with pathogenic qualities, until finally a heavy enough molecule is produced that can adsorb deeply into the colloids of the reproductive mechanism of tissue cells and exert the specific grade of fluorescence that causes malignancy. The original toxic agent produced by a pathogenic germ to serve its nutritional purposes is a readily diffusible substance with fairly small molecular weight and is readily burnable by truly healthy tissue oxidations. The polymerized toxins are not readily burned and are able to cause the various allergies, degenerative diseases, and functional inhibitions that constitute chronic disease and play a part in the long pre-growth period of malignancy to be discussed later.
Our subject matter deals with disease in its totality, therefore, and describes the behavior of the agency, which disposes of all phases of pathogenic action by a normal physiological procedure-oxidation. The Therapy described is a reproduction of the normal process and should interest every physician because of its harmlessness and because it fits every physiological situation that has become perverted by the action of a foreign agent. It deals with one physiological measure that cures every infection known to man, bacterial, protozoan, or virus, and also cures the sequelae to these infections, arthritis, insanity, diabetes, mul-tiple sclerosis, cancer, and others. It places the Treatment of dis-ease upon the most fundamental basis possible, the chemistry of the vital principle, the oxidation mechanism. A few comparisons will emphasize its advantages.
We give daily doses of insulin to assist the function of the pancreas in the treatment of diabetes, a palliative procedure, but we cure diabetes by giving one or two doses of Glyoxylide or 1:4 Benzoquinone. Thus we destroy the focal infection whose poisons have paralyzed the pancreas function. The blood sugar may then return to normal by about twenty mmgs. percent per week on a rich carbohydrate diet without the use of insulin.
The whimsically curative mechanism of irradiation is con-fessedly not understood. The process is not controllable by dosage alone or by any other known factor. Irradiation causes cancer and is far more reliable in this effect than in bringing about cures. In fact, our experience makes us doubt that it ever cured true cancer, except very rarely. However, the mechanism by which it causes and cures cancer is explainable by our Thesis and is simply this: By dehydrating the inosite of the tissues, 1:4 Benzoquinone and Hexylene, discussed further on, are produced and they yield Glyoxylide and Malonide. If the 1:4 Benzo-quinone is produced in carcinogenic dosage (1:5000-1:15000) over a period of time, the results are malignancy. Whereas, if a lucky catalytic dilution of 1:4 Benzoquinone or Hexylene are formed and the situation not spoiled by further interference, a good result may be had.
All of the vitamins depend directly or indirectly upon carbonyl activity to functionate. Their specificity and intensity of activating the oxidations is determined by the total molecular structure. Para-amino-benzoic acid can form a quinone carcino-genic in large dosage; Vitamin B, especially, and A, C, D, and K have proven useful to us for years in cancer therapy.
Like the sulfa drugs, the arsphenamines are not bactericidal in therapeutic solutions. The latter must first be oxidized to arsenous oxide and the arsenous oxide must be burned to arsenic anhydride and arsenic acid in the tissues to be useful. While undergoing oxidation the free arsenic valences activate oxygen to the extent that syphilitic and some other poisons are burned. But the toxicity of the arsenic limits its usefulness.
The nontoxic carbon compounds we have introduced are much more efficient oxidation catalysts. Since they are de-polymerization agents, also, they are curative in such allergic syphilitic changes as diabetes, the gumma, and the specific infiltration of the nervous system. Thus the superior efficacy of the Natural Immunity agents stands out beautifully.
Since the range of chemical structures considered here is small in comparison to the variety of disease conditions they influence, we must conclude that they concern factors of primary causation of disease, and that the great variety of common disease characteristics are matters of dependent secondary causes, that cease to exist after the primary cause is removed.
CHEMICAL BASIS
Firstly, it should be stated that carbonyl groups activate the oxidations of other Carbonyl groups, and do so by increasing the tendency to produce peroxides, thus benzaldehyde tends to become and produce the peroxide of benzaldehyde much quicker than the latter changes to benzoic acid. Moreover, the ethylene group activates oxygen and tends to become a peroxide spontaneously, so to speak. Thus it serves the peroxidation of the terpenes.
OXIDATION INHIBITANTS
The catalytic effect in the activation of oxygen for auto–oxidation and the oxidation of like structures I find to be inhibited by the amino group and, in some instances, by the imido group. Thus it is easy to see that the protein structure, which is made up of carbon chains possessing Carbonyl groups, is protected from oxidation because each Carbonyl group is flanked by an amino group. Moreover, the loss of the Carbonyl groups in an amino acid gives it pathogenic anti-oxidation properties as in histamine, methyl guanidine, etc., and thus, too, the amine bases and like products of bacterial action serve toxically as oxidation inhibitors. On the other hand, removal of the amino group is a necessary preparatory step for the oxidation of amino acids. The amino group thus plays an important role in the preservation of the exact structure of the protein of the individual and of the type and species. Thus, when immunity must be acquired against some infection, im-munity does not emerge until a certain amount of proteolysis and desamidation of amino acids has taken place producing carbon chains possessing carbonyl groups unhampered by the presence of amino groups. Therefore, fever and tissue waste with excretion of increased non-protein nitrogen is the un-pleasant and dangerous companion to acquired immunity. The efficiency of the resulting Carbonyl compounds, in the pro-duction of immunity, depends upon the proportions of structures we describe below as the most efficient oxygen activators.
There are other inhibitants of Carbonyl and ethylene activity, namely, the quinone and dihydroxy-aromatic molecules. These are used commercially to prevent peroxide formation and thus to protect unsaturated compounds from polymerization inducible by the peroxides of such bodies. It is my opinion that the quinones and peroxides of quite stable aromatic compounds serve as the immediate carcinogenic substances through their anti-oxidation catalytic effects. Also, that this very anti–peroxidation effect prevents the burning of unsaturated bodies of stable structure, and thus permits them to exert their fluorescence in a way which produces the allergies as I interpret their production here. Stable peroxides of ethylene linkages in inert molecules tend to induce polymerization in like struc-tures thus diminishing their combustibility and favoring aller-genic activity.
It might be well to give a photochemic description of fluorescence. This phenomenon depends upon the free valencies a substance possesses between its carbon atoms, or carbon and oxygen atoms, or carbon and nitrogen atoms. When these free valances are able to absorb energy, they become a new system which is only maintained momentarily before the energy is given off again in a degraded way, either as light emission or, as we are concerned at this time, by transfer to a suitable acceptor. When the fluorescent substance happens to be adsorbed in-timately into a chemical body undergoing activity, the energy of the fluorescent substance can be passed on directly to the chemical processes of the adsorbing substance and accelerate its activity. In so doing, the fluorescent substance returns to its previous state, but the acceptor of the energy is activated and its chemical processes are accelerated by the energy received. A substance cannot serve as an acceptor of energy in this way unless, in addition to the intimate adsorption union between it and the fluorescent substance, there is also an identity in the spectrum emission ranges of the fluorescent substance and the absorption range of the acceptor.
THE PRODUCTION OF ALLERGY
Allergy has generally been considered to be a hypersensitivity to some substance, yet one maylook upon the process as a hyperactivity of a tissue structure outside of physiological control. The physical-chemical basis of the mechanism of its production depends upon two different properties of unsaturated bodies. One is the transfer of energy through fluorescence from exothermic reactions going on in the cells of a tissue to the chemical processes of some special functional mechanism in these cells. The other is the evolution of energy in a functional mechanism by carrier action of the quinone group.
In the first instance, the allergenic agent must be adsorbed intimately into the colloids of the functional mechanism, be it the contractile, conductive, secretory, or reproductive elements of the cell. In fact, the agent is adsorbed into all of them, yet the energy it has absorbed can only be transferred to the chemical processes going on in that functional unit which possesses spectrum ranges of energy absorption that are iden-tical with the ranges of emission it possesses itself. Thus the specificity of allergy is explainable on a purely chemical basis.
If the secretory elements of the cell are of proper spectrum quality, hyper-secretion (as in hay fever) results; if the conductive elements as of nerve cells are concerned, allergic neuritis, epilepsy, fixed ideas, inhibitions, contractures, etc., result. If the reproductive mechanism is concerned, uncon-trolled cell division of neoplasia results; if the contractile elements are affected, then muscle spasms (as in asthma) are the answer. In short, the type of allergy depends upon the similarity in the specific spectral characteristics of agent and functional units, while the basic disease process depends simply upon the presence of the difficulty oxidizable unsaturated valencies responsible for the fluorescence in the molecules comprising the allergenic agent. Therefore, the removal of the pathogenic agent is merely a matter of the saturation of its free valences with peroxide oxygen, which destroys its fluores-cence or carrier properties. The completion of the combustion by first splitting the peroxide (isorrhopesis) destroys the pathogenic properties fully.
Now the only absolutely safe and the most efficient materials able to fully accomplish this result are the catalysts of oxidation that Nature provides in her own oxidation mechanism, the structures that we believe to be the intermediaries that catalyze the oxidation of sugars for normal function and activate oxygen in maintaining natural immunity, and, to a lesser degree, the substances liberated by the proteolysis and desamidation of amino acids in acquired immunity.
THE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
I stated previously that the Carbonyl group and the ethylene group tend to favor per-oxidations of similar groups: in other words, that their free valencies exhibit oxygen activating effects. It was also stated that this tendency appears, to be inhibited by amino groups. It appears, also, that this activating property is accelerated by the presence of ethylene groups, and by the presence of hydroxyl or of another Carbonyl group (di-hydroxyl) in the molecule. However, for the most energetic oxygen activation and immunogenic power the hydroxyl present should be positioned so as to yield to dehydration and the production of an ethylene linkage shared by the Carbonyl group. The chemical basis of immunity may be stated as three rules. First, that amino groups are not present in the carbon chains possessing the Carbonyl group. Second, that the Carbonyl group forms a part of an ethylene linkage. Third, that it be joined to a carbon atom united with hydroxyl, which can be removed to yield an ethylene linkage shared by the Carbonyl group. Fourth, that it be conjugated with an ethylene linkage in a molecule that is able to yield to change whereby the carbon of the Carbonyl group shares the ethylene linkage. Usual dilutions range from 1 x 10-(6) to 1 x 10-(30). Normal cytochrome concentrations are 1 x 10-(10). (The Carbonyl group may be united to nitrogen by double bonds as in cyanic acid and demonstrate minor immunogenic power only.)
Such substances are those that I have proposed to be the intermediaries and auto-catalysts ofaerobic glycolysis, a process that has not yet been worked out, because under the conditions prevailing the intermediaries are too unstable to be isolated for identification. The systems outlined have served me well experimentally and clinically during the past 19 years, and are of two types, as follows: Glucose undergoes hydrolysis into two molecules of glyceric aldehyde or into three molecules of glycol-aldehyde, each molecule of which undergoes dehydration to ketene followed by peroxidation, yielding carbon dioxide and water, with formaldehyde as an intermediary. The other system is the dehydration of glucose and fructose at the union between the carbon atoms in alpha and beta position to the Carbonyl group. This reaction is catalyzed by iodine and thus iodine of thyroid function finds its place in the oxidation mechanism and can accelerate it by its excess or by deficiency depress it. Both situations are well known clinically. From fructose two molecules of three carbons each are formed by peroxidation and cleavage at the point of dehydration. Glucose by similar dehydrations between alpha and beta carbon atoms to the Carbonyl group, with subsequent peroxidation and cleavage, produces three molecules of two carbons each. Thus from both glucose and fructose, glyceric aldehyde, the aldehyde of glyceric acid, glycol-aldehyde and glyoxylic acid are formed; and these bodies dehydrate to form ketenes and oxyketenes with two and three carbon atoms each which are peroxidized, yielding carbon dioxide and formaldehyde. The latter then serves as a carrier of a chain reaction, by condensing to form ketene and water and by being peroxidized to yield carbon dioxide and formaldehyde again, which may repeat the performance. But when conditions so determine, it may take up peroxide and become formic acid, which on being peroxidized, burns to carbon dioxide and water. The reactions of the ketenes with which we are concerned and of formaldehyde follow thus:
This latter reaction is catalyzed by calcium I find, and so the place of calcium in aerobic glycolysis is evident. Here the parathyroid function carries an importance equal to that of thyroid iodine, as described above, in another phase of the process.
The free valencies of the Carbonyl and ethylene groups are themselves catalysts because they possess photochemic values, and all catalytic actions are photochemic in nature. Similar groups resonate each others activity, and depending upon the inertia imposed by the rest of the containing molecule, the specific energy received from a group undergoing reaction will either be able to induce a like reactivity or be quenched in merely subliminal disturbance. The reactive groups serve as positive catalysts in that they propagate the process, while the quenching molecules are negative catalysts to the degree that they absorb and deplete the field of this particular energy. Such carcinogenic molecules as Benzopyrene and the quinones of molecules of this class behave as negative catalysts to the oxidations in this way. Pourbaix in Maisin’s laboratory has demonstrated in animals and in surviving tissues that car-cinogenic compounds actually inhibit the oxidations.
All of the intermediaries mentioned above represent sub-stances possessing active Carbonyl groups further activated by ethylene or hydroxyl nicely placed, and, therefore, are proper activators of oxygen for the burning of sugar and fats and for the saturation of free valencies and burning of pathogenic substances. They conform to the rules of structure we have established for immunogenises and are therefore able to catalyze the oxidations of living tissues in vitro as well as in the animal body. In vitro the increase in the oxidations is 30 percent or more, but in the animal body it may be phenomenal. For instance, a girl riddled with military tuberculosis and barely able to step up on to the scale for weighing, within an hour after Treatment with a solution of all of these catalysts was able to walk upstairs in comparative ease. The restoration of cardiac function as depicted in the histories given below is another example of their efficiency. But more than any other change, the restoration of muscle tissue and function and the quick dis-appearance of pain in the muscular dystrophies and the return to normal in such conditions as multiple sclerosis indicate the great depth of action they exert. The destruction of germ and allergy poisons of various origins, by the restored oxidation process following their use, demonstrates that they remove the primary cause of disease, and that matters of secondary causa-tion have no support thereafter and the way for correction and repair is open.
Though each of the intermediaries of aerobic glycolysis mentioned above and demonstrated in the case reports have individually in certain cases proved their ability to restore a sufficient oxidation for the cure of disease, and thus to serve as examples of the rules of chemical structure we outline as necessary for immunity production, yet for the best action and reliable clinical service, the whole group in balanced solution properly diluted is definitely required to restore the oxidations fully. Dilutions from 10 x 10-(7) to 10 x 10-(18) work well. We call our solution Glyoxylide solution because in it we expect the presence of the most active, as well as the more sluggish, members of the group. We sometimes reinforce it with propargylic aldehyde, glyoxylcarboxylic acid, hydroxyketo carboxylic acid, and glyoxal as well as monovalent and divalent cations in conformity to our developing experience. The success in preparing an efficient product depends upon the train-ing and skill invested, since the technique is rather unusual and requires special training. Otherwise unnecessary trial and error is inevitable.
The recovery process is fundamentally cyclic in nature; and the periodicity expressed is of the same order no matter what disease manifestation is undergoing correction. The shortest unit definitely observable is 12 hours, and this unit may be multiplied a number of times to form the more prolonged phases of the periodicity. The usual periods observed are 3 1/2-day and 3-week intervals which may be multiplied to form longer periods even up to 72 weeks after the Treatment has been given.
The negative phases are termed reactions and they express the symptoms of the disease in a modified or temporarily accentuated form.
Following the negative phase: the positive phase expresses an improvement in the condition, and so improvement follows until recovery is complete.
Among the reaction periods, most important are the 3rd, 6th 9th, 12th, 24th, 36th, 60th and 72nd weeks.
Generally, only one or two of these periods express sufficient reaction to be easily noticeable, and the particular time varies with different patients, but most often it is the 12th, 24th or 36th weeks that are critical, beyond which recovery is expected to be completed.
When a general reaction of chills and fever and general achiness comes early as during the period between the twelfth and thirty-sixth hour after the Treatment, generally only one or two more febrile reactions are found to follow, and they take place at the third, sixth, ninth, twelfth or twenty-fourth week as a rule. Recovery may soon afterwards be complete. The periodicity is expansive, the first reaction phases being twelve hours or a multiple of twelve hours. When seven twelve hour periods, that is three and a half days have been traversed, the periods are multiples of three and a half days, such as seven or ten and a half or fourteen days, which leads one into the third week. After the third week is passed the reactions come at three-week periods, that is the sixth, ninth, or twelfth week. This leads one through the three months, which, thereafter, is multiplied into six-month, and nine-month periods, etc.
These general reactions are accompanied by focal inflamma-tion of the neoplasm, tubercle, or leproma. Thus the chronic progressive affair is converted into an acute or inflammatory recovering lesion. In acute infections, the lesion undergoes recovery forthwith and may be well in hours or days.
As recovery proceeds, the last features of the development of the disease are first to leave, and the affair unfolds itself in the reverse order to its development, and in so doing early disease manifestations may again exhibit themselves as flashes of symptoms, skin lesions or rashes, or even vascular disturb-ances with clear cut classification, and in an orderly manner, but of very brief duration. Thus the hangovers of old disease in the system are brought to light and disposed of one does not however give an indicated remedy, but permits the symptom to wear out, and give way to greatly improved progress toward recovery. The more acute the disease, the quicker the recovery. Thus a measles or streptococcus sore throat of devastating type and high fever may clear up in hours or a day or two, and an apparently fatal pneumonia with severe nephritis may clear up in a week, the severe symptoms yielding in hours and days. However in chronic disease the longer the disease has been established in the individual or in case it is hereditary, the longer it has been established in the progenitors, the longer the time required for recovery.
In the recovery from a functional allergy nothing more is required than the destruction of the fluorescence of the causative agent, but in the structural allergies, excessive tissue must be removed before the affected parts can be reconstructed. Usually anatomical deficiencies are provided for through scar tissue, but after this Treatment, the deficiency is repaired by normal tissue elements so that normal function is again possible. The reason for this is the absence of infection which is accountable to the high resistance to infection of the vigorous oxidation mechanism restored by the Treatment. However while the neoplasms are being absorbed the deficiencies are replaced by vascular and angioblastic in-growth, which moreover, serves as the frame-work for repair and as the medium of absorption of the neo-plastic material as it undergoes autolysis;
The microscopic picture of neoplasms, undergoing recovery, demonstrates the same changes as the organization of a blood clot. Here as in the clotting of milk, calcium plays its initial role in the digestive process. The cell bodies swell and become clear, and take on haematoxylon stain rather strongly, while the nucleus fragments and dissolves. In the changes that follow, the in-growth of angioblastic tissue, forming capillary loops ahead of which, zones of liquifaction are apparent and which proceeds until the whole tumor is replaced by vascular trees. These latter are comprised of afferent arterioles that break up into capillaries, which unite to form veins. The afferent arterioles have good muscular coats subject to contraction and relaxation. Thus, when the whole growth is replaced by the vascular structure, contraction of the arterioles permits emptying and shrinking of the structure, while relaxation permits its engorgement with blood and swelling. Hence at the time when recovery is about completed, there will be wide variations in the size of the tumor even within short periods of time. This vascular tumor undergoes complete involution only after tissue reconstruction is completed. And since the neoplasm was quite excessive, its vascular substitute may appear to fade away very rapidly when a final vasocon-striction has set in to determine its involution. This change may therefore, be quite sudden or be quite gradual. The amount of vascular in-growth is determined by the size of the neoplasm, and also bythe factors that stimulate its production such as physical manipulations during examinations, too many injections of the Treatment material, and sometimes a deficiency in healing ele-ments. Since its nutrition is taken from material supplied byhe autolysis of the neoplasm as well as from the general nutrition, growth stimulating principles at hand partially determine its rate and extent of development. Thus, in slowly developing tumors, the vascular organ is not excessive, and the neoplasm may appear to fade away gradually with recovery; but in rapidly developing tumors, there is generally a vascular sub-stitute of equal size or larger. Since the neoplasm has developed from nutrient elements taken from the blood, its autolysis returns valuable elements of nutrition, and especially blood forming material to the circulation, so that one of the earliest changes during recovery is an improvement in color, and a better blood picture.
The capillary loops are supported by sufficient connective tissue stroma to give some strength to the structure, so that it may serve as a wall to a viscus until repair is completed. To aid repair the associated viscera are splinted reflexly by impulses originating in the rich supply of fine nerve filaments accom-panying, the vascular tissue. Thus a hyperaesthesia, and a hyperreflexia relax the walls and contract the sphincters and give hypersensitivity to associated cutaneous areas. When an abdominal organ is involved, there may be an interference with peristalsis that can be met quite well with careful enemata. But where nature desires quiet for healing, this provision should be respected as much as is feasible. These changes are valuable as aids in the estimation of the position of the recovery process. As healing is established these changes disappear.
It was stated that, since infection is not present, scar tissue is scarcely formed even in large areas of repair. This is true, even though local and severe systemic infections are present. For instance, in a virulent septicemia, where blood smears show many streptococci and staphylococci in each field, five days after Treatment not a germ is present and cultures are negative. It is also a common experience to find old scars, remaining from past serious infections, disappear after the Treatment. We attribute this to the destruction of retained germs by the newly acquired immunity, which makes the scar capsule no longer necessary as a protective organ. Likewise too, recovery from tuberculosis, or other infections, is not followed by a scar to mark the lesions, but rather by the restoration of normal tissue, therefore the danger of recurrence is banished. It should be repeated that the whole matter is nonspecific so far, as germs are concerned, so it makes no difference if the infective agent is, a spirochete, a virus or any pathogenic germ on the list from the lepra bacillus of ancient times to the most recent mischief-maker identified.
MANAGEMENT OF THE CASE
The management of each case is a more or less special matter, based upon the principles mentioned as factors of the recovery mechanism. However, in a general way, there is very little difference in the conduct of different, cases. Firstly, we try to get a recovery on one injection, and whenever possible, we prepare the patient first so he will be an ideal medium for its action, and so too, we attempt to keep him in that state. Therefore careful control is attempted in matters of diet, colon hygiene rest, exercise, warmth, etc. The difficulty, if it exists at all, lies in the interpretation of recovery features for it is not always easy to distinguish between recovery reactions and the progress of the disease. Yet there are definite criteria, which enable one to make a correct decision. They are the periodicity, which times the reaction phases, the general or constitutional changes, and the particular or local changes. There is the general trend, and the phasic variations expressed constitutionally and locally.
If it is determined that the progress of recovery has come to a stop before being completed, evidently another Treatment injection is required; but if possible, it should be determined first why the process did not go on without interruption, and we must attempt to correct the fault. One must also distinguish between a true halt and a prolonged negative phase or a temporary period of suspended progress. After it is decided that recovery has ceased before its completion; the best time for repetition is to be determined, and for that the periodicity expressed by the particular patient, in line with, the general scheme of periodicity, will help. The hit and miss system may work out fairly well provided a long interval such as twenty-four or thirty-six weeks can be allowed between Treatments, but where the patient is in desperate shape, experience and deep study may be needed for the correct decision.
When a patient is becoming his “old self” more and more in mentality, sensory perceptions, such as taste and smell, and in his appearance, actions, muscular balance, etc., and there is increase in strength, improvement in appetite; and sleep, he is recovering no matter what the local lesion appearsto present. In fact the changes going on locally must be improvement though they may show aggravation in size, soreness, etc.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT
The blood and urine, the skin texture and color, the meta-bolism rate, the blood pressure and quality of the heartbeat and texture of the blood vessels are helpful guides. The sedimentation rate and the crenation of the red cells in one percent salt solution, the replacement of methemoglobin by oxyhemoglobin, and the cell counts indicate the trend, but it must be remembered that while the growth is being absorbed at the high rate of the negative phases, sufficient toxic material is circulating to increase the sedimentation rate and diminish the crenation rate. However, at the end of a positive phase, the crenation rate may be normal while the sedimentation rate may not have improved very greatly unless the absorption and elimination of the diseased material is completed. It must be remembered too that when several disease poisons such as those of tuberculosis and cancer, and perhaps also syphilis are present in the same patient, the recovery from any one of them before the others are eliminated, and therefore the removal of one of the toxic factors, may be accompanied by an increase in the sedimentation rate while the crenation rate improves. This is because each of the poisons mentioned tends to absorb each others energy, and thus detoxicate each other, just like one fluorescent substance may quench another of appropriate spectrum qualities, or one homeopathic medicine may annul another medicine or poison. We find that we may add a few drops of very dilute tuberculin solution to the blood and depress the sedimentation rate so long as cancer is present, but after recovery this addition will increase the sedimentation rate just as the disease would. One can thus test for the completion of recovery. Luetin and agar have similar properties in a measure, but tuberculin is more practical.
Professor Brose’s phosphatase test, and the Ph and oxidation-reduction potential of the blood may prove very serviceable too. But no test can gauge recovery without being interpreted in the light of the rest of the findings. It is the totality of changes only that should be the guide.
Normally the red cells all-crenate in a one percent salt solution. But toxic material carried by the blood tends to increase the osmotic pressure of the erythrocyte contents so they fail to crenate in proportionate percentage to the toxic state. The injured cells may swell instead of shrinking. The explana-tion is not so simple an affair as one might think. Poisons absorbed from the intestines play a part but with a cleansed bowel, the failure to crenate should be attributed to the internal toxic state produced by the disease. The crenation follows both the general trend and its periodic variations. The pH. and mv. may be about 8 and 5 respectively and like the crenation test improve with each positive phase, but fall back somewhat with each negative phase, in keeping with the general appearance and feeling of the patient, the general trend being towards normal. To a good observer the totality of change is evident in the clinical features alone.
The quality of the heart beat during recovery as compared to its quality before the Treatment may be definite aid in estimating progress. The electrocardiograph is a great help, but the heart sounds and the character of the beat tell in a similar way to the characteristics of the nervous system, what the sum total of the response is at the time. Here too the presence of a negative phase must be taken into account and one must estimate the quality in both positive and negative phases. At times, the advance of recovery may traverse a reaction to a hereditary or past disease, and the heart may be the chief organ to reveal the symptoms. Hence, a suddenly developing aortic blow or stenosis that lets up fairly abruptly, may signify the recovery from an old syphilis while the patient is getting well from cancer. In fact, because of the fundamental position of the Treatment, the recovery from cancer is not taking place at all unless the diseases of less depth are also lifted and removed in due course, and in reverse order to their acquirement or destructive position in the case at hand.
The urine tells quite a story, albumen disappears as fast as the blood and renal structure is corrected. This may be quite rapid. In acute infections like pneumonia urine that boils solid because of albumen may be free in a few days. But in chronic Bright’s disease time is required, perhaps weeks or months. The quantity and partition of solids excreted by day and night, the improvement in specific gravity, etc., should follow in correct order, but during the earlier negative phases, there may be a surprising excretion of non-protein nitrogen referable to the elimination of the autolyzing growth material. When the products of digestion of the growth are absorbed by the blood faster than they can be eliminated by the kidneys, the dependant tissues absorb them from the blood and as a con-sequence develop a higher osmotic pressure, take up water, and swell. Thus oedema of the feet and legs may be present during the period of greatest rate of autolysis and absorption of the growth. When the kidneys have caught up on their job of elimination the oedema disappears. It serves as a safety valve.
As the recovery gains ground, the spleen and liver improve in function; this may be noted from the bile elimination, the destruction and removal of effete but still circulating red cells, and the improvement in the peristalsis of the intestine. Where modern therapies have annihilated the reticulo-endothelial system, including the spleen, the improvements just mentioned, plus the disappearance of germs from the blood smears, may be the first indication that there may be a recovery, for, unless the defense mechanism is restored, recovery is out of the question. Good medical judgment will tend rather to delay, than to repeat Treatment; for, if the Treatment is effective, like a key in a lock, one does not repeat the dose any more than one would stick another key in the hole while turning the key already there. Recovery may take months or years, and one dose has demonstrated its ability to act equally long. The dose is practically never repeated before the twenty-fourth week. Yet patients that have been heavily radiated may require a second dose on the fifteenth day, but only if they have given no response by way of reaction or improvement after the first dose.
The preparation of the patient comprises the cleansing of the bowel and sometimes a fast for a few days while subsisting on freshly prepared apple juice and the bone soup we have described.
The cleansing of the bowel is accomplished by the use of a solution of common salt, one tablespoonful to a quart of water. It should be warm enough to counteract spasms and given in the most favorable position obtainable for its acceptance. It should not be forced too much beyond the ability of the in-testine to accept it but the attempt should be repeated until two quarts have been taken. It is then allowed to empty. The enemas should be taken several times a day for several days until the bowel is quite well cleansed. If there is very stubborn intestinal inertia, milk of magnesia or citrate of magnesia may be required by mouth.
In the meantime all medication and the use of tobacco, alcohol, tea, coffee, and so forth should be discontinued.
The diet is preeminently vegetarian, one should avoid such decalcifying acids as oxalic, tartaric, and even citric, unless the latter is neutralized somewhat by precipitated chalk. This is because; in cases suffering from deficient oxidation, the burn-ing of citric acid may be difficult, and it may take away the valuable cations from the living colloids and carry them off into the urine. This so-called alkalizing action is evidently a catastrophe. On the other hand we may feed chalk, or give a low dilution of it, for a time at the beginning of Treatment, also, where bowel function must require a cathartic, milk of magnesia is preferred on a similar basis. The necessary vitamins should be provided in their natural form from raw fruits, cereals and vegetables. Yeast is a great help and can be used in amounts of an ounce or two several times a day, as far from meals as possible. Meat should not be given while a growth is undergoing absorption, because the liver has enough to do with that job, but, if after the growth is absorbed, and asthenia and anemia is stubborn, nearly raw beef, from the inside of a roast, free from burned parts and overheated fats, can be given. Animal products should be avoided as a rule, and milk feeding should be properly supervised. A soup made by boiling clean chopped beef bones four or five hours, will supply glycine and various salts advantageously. Still the major part of the diet should be raw ripe vegetables and fruits. These should be grown with natural fertilizers that are matured by the earthworm. They should be washed carefully to remove all traces of insecticides. Most important is the position of the whole grain cereals finely ground, and especially rye and wheat are protective against disease because of the products of sun activity aside from vitamins that they contain. Rye excels in this respect and it should be eaten every day plentifully. Unadulterated, correctly, ground flour should be used directly in the home. Cooked a few minutes as porridge, or baked as bread, etc. Pepper, alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, narcotics, etc., are forbidden where possible. Terpenes of all sorts, even in fruit skins, perfumes, paints, etc. must be avoided.
Bowel elimination should be thorough each day if possible, yeast may help, and large drinks of warm water with yeast half an hour before breakfast is often very helpful. Plenty of water must be taken each day. Fresh, home made apple juice is always a great help, and those who find apples hard to take before treatment soon find they can take them afterwards. Ripe pears, melons, berries and peaches serve well. Plenty of whole grain cereals finely ground, and the cereal residues, after the starchy parts have been removed, are preferable. We use butter and cream, and fresh olive oil, but preferably avoid milk and eggs. The animal proteins produce sulfides and amines that interfere with the oxidations. They should not be used therefore, unless where absolutely needed, a situation which is rare indeed.
In the care of malignant cases, fractures of involved bones, hemorrhages, pain, ascites and rarely embolism are possible complications. More commonly a tooth becomes painful and extraction is required. This is always unfortunate because an anesthetic may interrupt the recovery process. A general anesthetic should never be used, and even a local injection of the smallest amount required may prove a setback. It is best to have all teeth attended to at the start before Treatment is given. Where the physical examination suggests the likelihood of much bleeding, it is good policy to give precipitated chalk in half teaspoonful doses once or twice a day, and, if a hemorrhage is severe at a negative phase period, such as the third, sixth, ninth or twelfth week, the dose of the oxidation catalysts should be repeated immediately. Fractures and their prevention are a matter of splinting, and prevention, and thus the avoidance of an anesthetic is most important. Paracentesis is done with a fine trochar so that no anesthetic whatever will be needed, for anesthetics may completely extinguish the recovery process.
For pain the smallest amount of morphine required is given by mouth without atropine. No other painkiller, and no sleep-ing medicine whatever are allowed. Pain should be controlled as much as possible by good nursing, hot packs, general warmth, etc.
Soft emboli composed of cancer plugs undergoing autolysis are sometimes set free and cause a temporary intermittent circulatory block, and as the embolus is ultimately digested the symptoms are transitory as a rule, but occasionally a true vascular occlusion takes place, which may prove quite harmless, or fatal depending upon the importance of the vessel affected.
Injuries from irradiation may prove a true defeat, either because of a general poisoning, bone marrow or reticulo-endothelial-destruction. Sometimes a terrific X-ray or radium neuritis is a defeating complication because of the immense amount of narcotic used to partially subdue the pain. Tissue necrosis and poisoning of the nervous system are at times a direct fatal effect both of the X-rays and of radium. Toxic effects of the X-rays on the heart and suprarenal glands when the rays have been sent through these organs generally terminate fatally. Fortunately, the oxidation catalysts annul these effects somewhat, and even cure X-ray cancer, but one never knows what the outcome may be in advance.
Constipation, often of long standing, may depend upon spleen and liver insufficiency. Plain desiccated bile or milk of magnesia may be used with reason, but the daily enema containing one to two percent common salt, comfortably warm and used dexterously should be depended upon until the general recovery corrects the bowel inertia. Soap, molasses, turpentines, etc. should never be used in the enema.
PERCENTAGES OF RESULTS
In the functional allergies, like hay fever and asthma, recov-eries on one dose are reported in eighty percent of the cases treated. Recovery may require a few hours or weeks or months. The other twenty percent require more than one dose, con-siderable time and study and may prove extremely non-responsive.
In a case of serious acute infection, where the resistance was so completely destroyed by sulfanilamide and other factors that blood smears showed as many streptococci and staphylococci as red cells, and the white count was as low as 6500, liver function was too low to produce bile and the bowel paralysis permitted a movement only once in eight days, all bacteria dis-appeared from the blood before the fifth day after one dose. In another case that was expected to die on the way to the hospital in the ambulance, because of heart failure resulting from the severe septicemia, one dose brought back consciousness and fair heart function is twelve hours, and recovery in less than a week. Therefore it is not surprising that we may claim a high percentage of recoveries in cases of sepsis where deep general anesthesia or other interference was not sustained soon after the Glyoxylide solution was used.
In cancer some physicians report, from twenty percent, to eighty percent recoveries. Much depends upon the advantage the patients start out with and much depends upon the expertness used by physician and attendants.
The following case histories are given to illustrate the principles of chemical structure involved in the development of immunity. Recoveries in proven cancer cases are used as examples, simply because they demonstrate that the deepest possible pathology is correctable by the method, and simpler diseases though otherwise incurable, ordinarily present much less difficulty.
Before detailing any case histories a word about return of function to tissues hitherto seriously impeded should be made. Vision may serve as an example; thus, an infant of one and a half years, convulsive mildly, without papillary reflexes or any vision whatsoever was given one dose. Two weeks after the injection, the eye reflexes were good and she could see a hand placed within reach. The convulsive tendency had reduced in a major degree. A boy of seven, treated two years ago when truly blind has regained peripheral vision in both eyes so that he is able to ride his bike about London traffic now. A boy of twelve, fifteen years ago could see the windows well at noon, but not well after 4 p.m. in winter. He exhibited constant writhing motions, and was scheduled for admittance to the state insane asylum. Within twelve weeks after one dose he was able to see well enough to attend the movies, read ordinary print, and attended school profitably. A practicing physician of 83 years, blind in the right eye for eighty years, and in the left eye almost entirely for several years past, was given a dose about a year ago. He reports he was able to see a string at a distance of ten feet with either eye within three months after the injection of the Glyoxy-lide solution, and has again resumed the practice of medicine. Cases of partial and complete blindness associated with various diseases have likewise been reported, as greatly benefited after this Treatment was given, by other physicians.
The following case history demonstrates structural repair of tissue deficiency produced by malignant invasion, and also of the correction of structure imperfection in a glandular tissue, and the return of normal functions in consequence.
GOITRE AND CANCER OF THE RECTUM
Patient, Mrs. S.N. Age 35, normal weight 152 pounds.
Family History: Father had sarcoma of right knee.
Past History: Tonsillitis periodically for years.
Pre-Growth Symptoms and Status of Patient: Anenlarged thyroid gland for past six years, that increased in size with onset of rectal trouble, some dizzi-ness throughout this period, with short blind spells, which let up during the last year. She had suffered with piles for years, was operated for them nine years ago and again three years ago. Later treated by Dr. M.N. for a time but, as the trouble got much worse, he referred her to a surgeon, Dr. T., who made a diagnosis of cancer and refused to operate. This was in November 1922. She applied to us for Treatment, December 15, 1922. She had suffered severely for several months, with pain in the back and down the legs, bleeding from rectum and vagina, great difficulty of bowel movement, and finally the passage of all fecal matter through the vagina, plus a discharge of blood and pus. Weight on admission 125 pounds, anemic and weak.
On examination, December 15, 1922, it was impossible to explore the bowel through the anus as this was blocked by a mass of cancer. Vaginal examination revealed a hard nodular posterior wall, large enough to admit two fingers. The cancer mass extended to and involved the uterus, which likewise was nodular, greatly enlarged, hard and immovable, biopsy confirmed diagnosis, Adenocarcinoma of rectum.
A solution of ketene and glycol-aldehyde was given. Recovery was complete in five months, nearly all feces passing through the rectum without pain. Within nine months, the recto-vaginal fistula was completely healed by replacement with normal tissue, all signs and symptoms of cancer and the thyroid enlargement had completely disappeared. Her weight returned to normal and perfect health remains re-established.
MALIGNANT GLIOMA OF THE EYE
Patient, Baby, R. L. age three years and six months.
First observed by me November 21st, 1935. Right eye was removed May 1935, for rapidly developing Glioma.
Pathological Report:
Gross Pathology: Eyeballhaving a normal external appearance. On section the posterior chamber is practically filled with a grayish friable tumor mass, which seems to be attached to the region of the nerve head.
Microscopic Pathology: Sectionsof tumors show rounded dark staining nuclei of cells practically devoid of cytoplasm set in a thin connective tissue stroma having no characteristic arrangement. Marked necrosis is present in some areas and round cell infiltration may be seen in some areas. Section of nerve head shows no tumor tissue.
Pathological Diagnosis: Gliomaof retina.
In November 1935, the other eye was found to be similarly affected. Surgeon advised that its removal would be useless and patient was referred for a dose of Glyoxylide. At this time pains were a prominent feature, eye was red, pupil dilated and apparently paralyzed. Visual field was diminished by one-quarter of its area, and the neoplasm was visible as a mass about the size of a bean. Ophthalmoscopic examination revealed, “A flattened white mass penetrated by blood vessels, six orseven times disc diameter in upper right nasal quadrant.” Two c.c. of Malonide solution were given November 25, 1935, and August 18th, 1936. Recovery was completed within a year. During the reactions mild muscle twitching in the legs took place at the 12th to 24th week period. This we interpret as evidence of reaction in multiple gliomata distributed in parts of the central nervous system. The results are a return to normalcy of the eye in every respect, and a very good condition of her health in general.
CANCER OF UTERUS WITH THYROID SUPPRESSION
Patient, Mrs. K., age 44 in April 1931, when history was taken.
Past History: Pneumonia at 18 and influenza during 1918 epidemic. Sudden rapid gain in weight six years ago with myxoedema, dizziness and susceptibility to pus infections and peculiar nervousness.
Present Illness: InMarch 1929, she noticed slight bulging and hardness of right lower abdomen. A small growth was removed from the labium that proved microscopically to be squamous cell carcinoma. My examination April 1931, found uterus and adnexia involved in a large mass ofcancer. There was typical bloody, odorous drainage. She was weak, anemic and myxoedematous in spite of daily doses of thyroid extract.
Treatment: Two c.c. Ketene solution was given intramuscularly April 1931, and recovery developed gradually, being completed in May 1933. The thyroid impairment and myxoedema gradually cleared up. She remained well.
MASSIVE CANCER OF UTERUS
Patient, Mrs. E. R., age 57 at time of Treatment, November 6th, 1923.
Present Illness: started as pain in lower back and abdomen in Spring of 1923, when examination by family doctor resulted in a diagnosis of inoperable cancer of the uterus. She was examined at the Mayo Clinic in June 1923, where the diagnosis of inoperable and hopeless cancer was confirmed and some irradiations were given for palliation. However, the disease seemed to become more malignant and on November 6th, 1923, when she applied to me for examination, she was practically bedfast, having lost weight from 170 to 115 pounds.
Physical Examination: revealed general cachexia, a nard lumpy, fixed, bulging mass filled the abdomen below the umbilicus and extending above the umbilicus on the left side about one and 1/4 inches. The vaginal vault was expanded to a diameter of four to six inches and the cervix obliterated by the neoplasm that filled the vagina and compressed the bladder and bowel. There was copious bloody mucopurulent odorous discharge from the vagina.
Treatment: One dose of 1 c.c. of glyoxal solution was given and repeated on the 12th week. Reactions appeared at three-week intervals until the 24th week, after which recovery was considered complete. No more tumor masses could be found. The uterus was defective in structure and presented some soft vascular areas where healing was in progress. Subsequent examination showed complete healing with a minimal amount of scar tissue only. She remains well today, 16 years after treatment.
FAR ADVANCED CANCER OF THE STOMACH
Patient, Mr. B., age 46 at time of treatment April 6, 1924.
Pre-growth: toxic state was expressed by some ten years of gastric ulcer with hemorrhage and vomiting at times. Periodicity was definite.
Present Illness: started as a quite constant pain in the epigastrium in 1921, later it radiated to lower dorsal spine; worse by riding. Vomiting and hemorrhages increased in frequency and intensity. He lost from 220 to 120 pounds during 1922 and 1923. Various hospitals served experts in the diagnosis of cancer of the stomach by X-ray, laparotomy, and biopsy. Exploration revealed the stomach involvement to extend from the cardia to the pylorus and involving both spreading mostly along the lesser curvature and anterior wall. The surgeon’s prognosis was only a few weeks to live at best. My examination made April 6th, 1924, revealed an emaciated bedfast sufferer vomiting putrid material and old blood, unable to hold food. The left supraclavicular space revealed a metastasis, the abdomen about the umbilicus bulged enormously to accommodate the massive neoplasm. In the lower abdomen several small masses were palpable, probably gland metastases; the lower dorsal vertebrae appeared involved.
Treatment of 1 c.c. of Glycol-aldehyde solution was given intramuscularly and recovery was soon in evidence and was completed within one year. In this time he gained up to 200 pounds. His health remains perfect except for a hernia produced with heavy lifting.
CHRONIC MYOCARDITIS WITH CANCER OF THE STOMACH
Mr. H., age 51 at the time of treatment, April 23rd, 1925.
Past History: of recent mumps and influenza. For the past 14 years he had peculiar dizzy spells on retiring, feeling as if he were turning summersaults, the muscles seeming to give way with loss of control. Gastric ulcer for 20 years with hemorrhages of late. Pain in stomach relieved by soda. Dropsy quite generalized for last three years. Slimy dysentery for past six months, with constant pain over epigastrium. Lost weight from 178 to 155 pounds in last four months, stools generally tarry, difficulty in swallowing, and constant slight cough during this period. Radiographs of stomach and chest revealed, besides the dilated heart, an enormous carcinomatous involvement of both the prepyloric and cardiac portions of the greater curvature. The report reads as follows: “Lesser curvature of stomach presents a smooth appearance, but there is a ragged shallow filling defect on the greater curvature that extends from the prepyloric region upwards to the cardiac region. This filling defect isconstant in all films. The cap is not seen on any of the films. Slight iliac residue at five hours and normal colon.”
Myexamination revealed a cyanotic dyspnoeic oedematous individual with eyes showing jaundice, ankles swollen badly. Perpetually arrhythmic pulse over 100 in rate when at rest. The left supraclavicular space showed metastasis. The upper abdomen was filled by a hard mass that extended to two inches below the umbilicus. The anterior shelf of sigmoid revealed some tumefaction. Mediastinal dullness increased to the right, apex shifted to left.
Treatment a. 2 c.c. of Glyoxylide was injected inter-muscularly and recovery set in within a few minutes, as was evidenced by the steadying of the heart and improved respiration. This improvement increased as time went on so that at the end of the fourth week the dropsy, hoarseness, cough, and dyspnoea had cleared up, except after considerable exertion. The growths were all absorbed and good health was established by the seventh month. Radiographs taken at the end of a year revealed no pathology. Seen last in spring of 1937 good health still maintained 12 years after Treatment.
The presence of catalase in the tissues combats the peroxide state, and therefore the activation of oxygen through the free valencies of the Carbonyl group have this natural inhibitant to contend with, its purpose being obviously the destruction of left over peroxides. In order to demonstrate an all-around inhibition of catalase and thus the activation of oxygen by the Carbonyl group and at the same time the carrying of activated oxygen to the tissues, a very dilute solution of formaldehyde with the peroxide of formaldehyde used therapeutically in a well-established case of cancer, will serve. The results are reported in the following history. As the peroxide of formalde-hyde undergoes hydrolysis and gives rise to an activated Carbonyl group in a very simple molecule, and also gives rise to peroxide oxygen, it offers the factors needed to test the hypothesis stated here. It indicates that there is competition between the activating effects of the Carbonyl group and the inactivating effects of catalase, but it does not prove that cancer is caused by excess catalase in the tissues. This solution is not a good therapeutic agent generally even though it worked well in this instance reported here, and in some others.
CANCER OF LARYNX
Mr. M., age 58.
Treated once, November 1928. Diagnosis confirmed microscopically by two different pathologists. “Squamous cell carcinoma of larynx showing many epithelial pearls.” Involvement: vocal cords and cervical glands extensively. Voice and breathing impaired. After one injection intra-muscularly recovery was completed within six months with complete recon-struction of vocal cords and restoration of voice. Remains well. A very dilute solution of formaldehyde and of the peroxide of formaldehyde was used in this case.
Mrs. A. G., aged 40.
Family History: Mother died of cancer of the uterus at age of 62.
Past History: Appendectomy at 35. Had small lump back of neck, size of pea, from childhood.
Present Illness: Eight weeks ago lump began to increase very rapidly to hickory nut size and, after five weeks, had it removed surgically. Micro-scopic study revealed it to be “lymphoblastoma of lymphosarcoma type” as reported bypathologist of good standing.
Microscopic Examination: “The normal lymphnode architecture is largely replaced by diffuse hyperplasia, including localized areas containing large pale lymphoblasts. The micro-scopic appearances are those of early lymphoblastoma of the lymphosarcoma type. (Does the peripheral blood show evidence of an excessive number of abnormal immature white cells? Such histologic findings in the lymphnodes may or may not be associated with leukemia.) Rapid recurrence took place, so that in three weeks the operated are became a tumefaction some-what reddened and occupying the middle third of the sterno-C-mastoid muscle about an inch in diameter. Area below contained several masses the size of a pea, and hard. There was rapidly developing toxicity and failure in general health. Loss of weight from 108 to 101 pounds in last few weeks.
Treatment: Onedose of Glyoxylide solution was given intramuscularly on May 19th 1937, and recovery took place rapidly. In three weeks, all tumors were completely absorbed and the weight gained to 102 1/2 pounds. Inspection, on June 21st, 1939, confirmed the recovery. Rapid recoveries take place very uniformly in cases where the growth develops rapidly and where the patient is not overwhelmed with the disease, as this case illustrates.
CANCER OF BREAST
Patient-Mrs. C. N., age 43. Housewife.
History taken September 1926, when Glyoxylide was administered.
Past History: Abscessof right breast following injury in childhood. Rheumatism at 13; appendectomy in 1914. Gall bladder explored in 1920. Also tonsillectomy. Since 1920 enlargement of finger joints, helped by colchicum.
Present Complaint: A hard mass above the nipple, egg size, first noticed in 1921 as a soft swelling which recently grew rapidly, large and hard causing retraction of the nipple. In January, 1925, right breast was radically removed with “axillary glands and both right pectoral muscles, carrying the dissection to the midline over the sternum, upward to the clavicle and outward to the latissimus dorsi muscle, and downward to include the upper part of the rectus abdominis fascia.
The Microscopic Examination made is reported thus:
1. Sections from tumor proper show larger and smaller gland alveoli lined with many rows of epithelium, or entirely filled by epithelium: these cells are of moderate size and have relatively large, deeply staining nucleus, and many of them are undergoing mitosis. In addition to these large gland alveoli, the fibrous stroma of the breast is infiltrated in all directions by compressed alveoli of the same type of cell.
2. Other areas some distance from the tumor show gland alveoli, and also large atypical alveoli like those seen in the tumor proper.
3. Other areas some distance from the tumor show no invasion but alveoli containing large clear epithelial cells of the type designated a ‘Hyper-plastic Number 2” by McCarty.
4. Sections from nipple show no invasion.
5. Sections from axillary glands show large tumor alveoli in those from the mid-axilla only.
Diagnosis: “Adenocarcinoma of breast”. She left the hospital February 12th, 1925. The hospital reports their examination made June 2nd, 1925, after a series of radiation from February 9th, 1925 to May 3rd, 1925, to show no evidence of recurrence. Likewise, in July 1925 no recurrence was noted. However, patient returned to the hospital in September with pains in the right subcotal region, nausea and vomiting. Examinations were reported also in November and December 1925, and no recurrence mentioned except the possibility of liver involvement. In late 1926, the right arm began to swell, which her surgeons account for as due to lymphatic obstruction.
Examination: Onapplying to us in September 1926, examination revealed a mass above the right clavicle a little larger than a walnut. In the right axilla two tumors were found, one the size of an almond and one the size of an almond kernel. The operation area showed some malignant induration as three small tumefactions in the line of suture. The liver was enlarged by three finger-widths below the right ribs, as a definite hard mass attached to the liver. She was somewhat icteric in color. Very thin and toxic.
Treatment: Onec.c. Glyoxylide solution was given intramuscularly September 21st, 1926. There was some definite reaction of grippiness, slight chills and fever several days later and during the third week. The metastases absorbed completely before the end of the fifth week. The large one above the clavicle disappearing first of all, namely, during the fourth week. In the meantime the gastric symptoms also cleared up and the liver involvement was no longer detectable after the sixth week. Her health improved steadily and her weight increased from about 87 to 103 pounds. Examination made in February 1939 (ten years after Treatment), shows no involvement by cancer whatever and general good health.
CANCER OF STOMACH
Patient, Mr. R., age 69.
Treated once, August 1926. Medullary carcinoma of stomach. After gastroenterostomy, to relieve pyloric obstruction, the neoplasms spread extensively, completely closing the new opening. Diagnosis confirmed by biopsy.
Biopsy Reports:
Microscopic Examination: “Smallalveoli, combined with a diffuse growth of atypical proliferating epithelium, form the structural picture of this neoplasm. The epithetical cells are generally polyhedral, or round, in shape with large hyperchromatic nuclei. One portion is necrotic-a superficial ulceration; this may be classified as the diffuse type of gastric carcinoma. I am unable to determine this point exactly, as it is necessary to know something of the gross appearance. If there were extensive involvement of the wall, this would be the correct interpretation. If the growth were sharply defined, rounded and ulcerating; it would be placed in the circum-scribed types of carcinoma simplex. “This type is always infiltrating and early invades the lymphnodes with widespread metastases.”
Diagnosis: “Carcinoma of the stomach. (Type dependent upon the gross pathological anatomy.)”
Physical Examination: revealed a fixed bulging mass, fist size, filling the epigastrium when 1 c.c. Glyoxylide solution was injected intramuscularly in August 1926. Recovery became complete in six months. Natural opening at pylorus now functioning, but gastroenterostomy healed shut. Remains well and vigorous.
ADENOCARCINOMA OF BOTH OVARIES
Patient, Mrs. L. B., age 63. Abdominal section done by Dr. W.W.S., March 20th, 1935. Both ovaries found neoplastic and peritoneum studded throughout with many tumors. A biopsy was made with a liberal piece of tissue.
Pathological Report as follows:
Gross Pathology: Thespecimen consists of two very irregular nodular masses of tissue, one measuring 17 by 12 by 9 cm., the other 14 by 9 by 6 cm., which were removed from ovarian region. Scattered fibrous adhesions are present about each mass. On section the smaller mass consists almost entirely of very cellular and very friable neoplasmatic tissue. Cystic structure which have been formed by the necrosis of tumor tissue occur throughout this mass on section. The larger mass is firmer than the smaller one. On section tumor tissue similar to that described above, but less friable and generally firmer is demonstrable. Patchy cystic degenerative changes, some of the cysts containing a clear straw colored fluid are demonstrable in this tumor on section.
Microscopic Examination: Sectionthrough each ovarian tumor shows a malignant neoplasm growing invasively into the capsule of each structure. The tumor cells are tall and of columnar type. They produce gland-like structures as they grow, and occasionally they engage in papillary formation. This tumor histologically appears to be well advanced. It is given Grade 2 malignancy and is considered to be radio resistant. It is quite likely to metastasize.
Diagnosis: Bilateral Adenocarcinoma of ovaries, Grade II malignancy, radio resistant type.
Treatment: One c.c. of Glyoxylide solution was given April 21st, 1935.
Results: Recovery was completed within one year. Patient remains well.
CANCER OF UTERUS
Patient, Mrs. T, age 31: Squamous cell carcinoma of cervix uteri. Biopsy confirmed by three different pathologists. Report reads: “Sections show an atypical proliferation of squamous epithelial cells which have markedly infiltrated for underlying tissues.”
“Diagnosis: Squamouscell carcinoma (epithelioma.)” Surgically inoper-able, invading body of uterus and adnexia. Severe hemorrhages and pain, cachexia; no children, one miscarriage. Treated with two doses Glyoxylide solution, 1 c.c. each, two weeks apart, August, 1923. Recovery followed with complete restoration of uterus in one year. Four healthy children born since. Perfect health remains.
ADVANCED CANCER OF BREAST
Patient, Mrs. H. age 59. Had operation for cancer of the left breast February 8th, 1935, and the pathological report reveals cancer with metastases in lymph nodes. Pathological report appended. Breast condition, as of July 1937, showed advanced metastasis with consolidation of entire right side of chest. Patient apparently dying, so ill that one would not expect her to live more than six or seven weeks.
Treatment: First injection of Glyoxylide solution was given July 11th, 1937, and repeated April 2nd, 1939.
Subsequent History: Thechest entirely cleared up and patient well when last examined on June 6th, 1939. Appears entirely well with a pulse of 72, weight of 128 pounds, and blood pressure of 124/80.
Gross Examination-Specimen, breast. The specimen consists of a large left breast, which is covered on one surface by a diamond-shaped piece of skin, which measures 21 by 6.5 cm. On its surface is present a protruding nipple. No areola is present. Just above and to the right of the nipple can be palpated a firm nodule, just above which the skin has been cut away. On section, this area measures 2 cm. in diameter. It is composed of pale gray, firm, dense tissue, which forms a retracted scar. It cuts with firm resistance. The under surface is covered by a fairly large amount of pectoral muscle. The remainder of the gland is corn-posed of yellow fat in which is a present pinkish-gray strand of the usual glandular tissue.
Section of a large lymph node reveals it to be, on the cut surface, composed of yellowish-red soft tissue. The external surface is firm.
Impression: Carcinoma of breast.
Histological Examination: Thetumor of the breast is very scirrhous in the central portion and over large areas acellular. At the periphery the tumor is in places scirrhous and in places medullary, and although in general itis sharply circumscribed, it is nowhere encapsulated. In some situations the neoplastic epithelial cells are arranged in the form of small solid masses, and in other situations there is well-expressed alveolar differentiation. The cells are medium size, tend to be distinctly outlined and have relatively large chromatic nuclei with fairly frequent mitoses in some areas. The metastases vary greatly. From three lymph node sections, one contains no tumor, one is occupied by a very scirrhous tumor tissue, which in places, resembles the tumor in the breast and in other places there are large tubular solid muses of epithe-lium resembling ducts. The third lymph node is occupied chiefly by a cyst from which papilliferous masses of epithelium project and part of the cyst a filled with what apparently was mucinous material and throughout this small solid epithelial buds can be recognized.
Diagnosis: Moderately well differentiated Adenocarcinoma of breast with metastases to axillary lymph nodes.”
A few cases of infection are given here to exemplify recovery responses obtained.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS
A boy of 16, well nourished, while having the usual prodrominal symptoms of anterior poliomyelitis, was caught in a storm sailing his boat and subjected to extreme exhaustion and cold. Paralysis of the whole right leg followed in about 12 hours, and the paralysis spread in four days to involve the legs and arms, the abdomen, and respiratory muscles, the bladder, the speech organs. Cyanosis was extreme, the right eye was turned outwards, and he was unconscious when he received his first dose of Glyoxylide. The bladder had not been emptied for two days. The belly muscles were paralyzed and bloated and was expected that he would not live many minutes. Respir-atory motions imperceptible. Pulse was slow and steady. Treatment was given and in ten minutes there was some contraction of abdominal muscles and definite improvement in breathing and in the cyanosis. The eye straightened out and he could talk rationally in a few hours. Improvement was steady. Recovery was seriously retarded because he was submitted to an exhausting ride of 150 miles before he was able to travel, that is, two weeks after his Treatment. However, by his 12th week he was able to stand and to take some steps and the arms were normal. The right quadriceps extensor muscles, the transversalis and oblique, abdominal muscles are 60 percent below normal. The rest of the muscles of the torso have returned to normal. He gets around like any other boy except when climbing stairs.
STREPTOCOCCAL SORE THROAT
Mr. J. P., 18 years old, fairly well all his life, seen evening of December 28, 1938 with typical streptococcus sore throat, cervical glands seriously involved, fever 105’, in somewhat of a stupor, pulse rapid and weak, but could be aroused to answer questions. One dose of Glyoxylide solution given at midnight yielded considerable relief in eight hours. Throat and neck greatly improved, temperature 101’, pulse 100 and of good quality. After 16 more hours temperature 99’, pulse 82. Next morning the temperature was normal and the throat and glands practically normal. He felt well and was up and about.
TOXIC MYOCARDITIS FOLLOWING STREPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
Mr. S., age 17. Had influenzal pneumonia severely in February 1938. Three months later the pulse rate in bed was 120 irregular and weak. There was cyanosis: respiration rate 24 to 30. Electrocardiogram showed serious myocardial impairment May 16th 1939, 2 c.c. of Glyoxylide solution was given intramuscularly andin less than 10 minutes the pulse rate was 65, regular and strong. The whole situation changed, cyanosis had disappeared and respirations dropped to 20. Eighty-four hours later a slight negative phase developed. The pulse increased to 90 for about an hour, after which it settled back to 70-76, as a continuing habit, with good function.
TOXIC MYCOARDITIS
Dr. M., age 35. Heart rate had been increasing over the last few months until it reached its present irate of 115-120 when at rest. The quality was not good and there was considerable irregularity, slight exertion brought dyspnoea, and increase in heart rate. There was epigastric and precordial pain of severe degree at times. At the time of the injection of the Glyoxylide solution the rate was 115 and of poor quality. Within five minutes it dropped to 88 and in 12 hours to 82 with good quality. At present the rate varies around 75 to 80 and ordinary exertion does not bring dyspnoea. General health greatly improved.
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AND MYOCARDITIS
Mr. W., age 71. Low blood pressure for several years and during last seven months the systolic pressure dropped from 110 to 90 mm. Hg. in spite of careful medical attention. Patient was seen in April 1939, bedfast, irregular fever reaching 103 at times. He could not raise his head from pillow without extreme dizziness, had no appetite and vomited somewhat. Pain was epigastric and precordial and generally severe in left shoulder and at times in the right shoulder. Cyanosis and dyspnoea were marked with a moderate general oedema. The liver was somewhat enlarged and tender. Heart showed considerable dilatation with the apex shifted to the left. Pulse 120/130, very irregular and weak. Heart muscle sounds were faint and there were both systolic and diastolic murmurs. Urine showed considerable albumin. Diagnosis of infective endocarditis and myocarditis was made without the aid of blood cultures and 2 c.c. of Glyoxylide solution were given intramuscularly. Immediately, there was definite steadying and improvement in the pulse within 12 hours, the rate dropping to 102. By the fourth day the apex had shifted close to the nipple line and the blood pressure rose to 110/70. Dizziness and pain had disappeared and the temperature was normal. The liver enlargement bad also subsided but there was still some slight oedema about the eyes. Three weeks later he was up and about all day and could do a little light work without the pulse going above 90. Blood pressure 115/75. Urine negative. Seems to be in normal health at present.
CORONARY OCCULUSION
Patient, Dr. H. G. A., aged 64.
Present Illness: Hadbeen bothered for a couple of years with pain and stiffness in his shoulder joints: but one did not recognize the essential rheumatic nature of his disability. While walking, December 2nd 1936, he was suddenly disturbed with a severe pain in the center of his chest. After resting a short while this passed away. However, it returned with terrible severity two days later, while he was quiet in his own home. Heavy, hypodermically administered, doses of morphine relieved him only while the narcotic action rendered him unconscious. Glyoxylide was used on December 8th and this gave him considerable relief in a few hours. Three and a half days later a second dose was given, following which all pain subsided and has not recurred. Five weeks after the pain bad left him, an electrocardiogram still showed evidences of severe coronary damage. Nine weeks later a second tracing disclosed a practically normal condition. The injury to his vitality has been most far-reaching, and the first ten weeks of convalescence were spent in bed, for the most part. But, long before he was able to be around, he was surprised and pleased to find him-self free from his stiff, sore shoulder symptoms. For a time I had observed his lips were pale or cyanosed when he had become fatigued, but soon after the Glyoxylide was used this gave place to a normal healthy appearance. Now, 32 months since his seizure, he leads a normal, fairly active life, free from any sign of his old coronary symptoms.
Dr. B., age 68. January 1926, time of Treatment with Glyoxylide solution. In this case the coronary thrombosis was complicated with marked arterial and coronary sclerosis. He had been a busy country practitioner until 1917 when angina pectoris pains shut down his work. They came on exertion or after eating. Finally, pains were unbearable and he had to stop practice. He would walk a hundred feet very slowly before pains put a halt to the effort. Often at last, pain was severe without exertion. Elec-trocardiogram confirmed the condition of occlusion, and the sclerosis was verified. In January of 1926, I gave him one injection. Recovery was rather steady and I think rapid, for in three months he was again at his practice and in a year was as vigorous as ever, pretty close to normal if not entirely normal, and remains so. The systemic blood vessels show no more sclerosis. Up to the present time, in spite of heavy work, he does not seem to have aged noticeably.
Miss B., age 17, schoolgirl. Epileptic fits for over three years occurring at night after retiring. Most often, when observed, the aura centered in the epigastric region. There were not more than three fits a day and sometimes only one a week. One dose of the Glyoxylide solution was given August 12, 1929. The disease gradually receded, so that at the twelfth week no major fits occurred, but only an occasional petit mal. These completely disappeared before the eighteenth week. She has remained well since.
Areas that do not want to heal are allergic in causation. The gumma, lep-roma, tubercle, and psoriasis are the most common seen. Recovery can here be obtained with return to normal structure and function as well, as exemplified here.
Patient, Miss N. -Age 82. Brother has psoriasis. Patient had tonsillitis one and one-half years ago. Tachycardia on changing posture soon followed, and one month later, psoriasis started on thigh and spread rapidly in spite of expert concentrated attention. At the time of Glyoxylide injection body was generally covered, hairs and nails affected. Ears almost separated from scalp. Recovery was completed and heart returned to normal fourteen weeks after one injection of Glyoxylide given, April 2, 1926. Recovery is permanent to date.
Miss A. Age 16. Advanced tuberculosis of both lungs. Spontaneous pneumothorax, left chest. Heart shifted to the right aide. Massive tuberculosis left kidney. Evident tubercular meningitis. Projectile vomiting every few minutes for three weeks, cyanotic. Fever 105’. Pulse very weak and rapid. Bedfast. Treated one c.c. of Glyoxylide, July, 1922. Recovery took two years. Whole left lung regenerated. No more pathology traceable. Heart restored to left side. Married, has healthy twins who are very resistant to colds. Health is still perfect.
EXTENSIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH CAVITATION
Patient, Mr. B. Age, 36 at time of admission March 2, 1934. One sister had died of tuberculosis at age of 22.
Past Illnesses: Rheumatic with high blood pressure about 10 years ago.
Present Illness: Started in 1929, as a progressive enlargement of the cervical glands on the left side of neck. Upon hospitalization in a public institution in 1934, both lungs were found extensively involved showing cavitation. Irradiation failed to help the tuberculomas in the neck. He progressively grew worse and was finally sent home with a hopeless prognosis
Physical Findings: Radiologically and by physical signs, bilateral cavita-tion and wide distribution of lesions were demonstrated. Largest cavity about two inches in diameter. Cervical glands on left side of neck amount to the size of a large fist. There are gastric and cardiac disturbances. Tissues waxy.
Treatment: 2cc. Ketene solution were given on March 3, 1934, September 24, 1935, and February 1937. Recovery set in promptly after the first dose. He was able to go to work in January 1937. There is no cough. Numer-ous sputum examinations made to date are always negative, physical and radiographic studies demonstrate recovery. He is in perfect health.
TUBERCULAR ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS
Patient, Miss S. Age 20. Tuberculosis of left knee joint for fourteen years. Three operations between ages of six and twelve to relieve acute flare-up of Osteomyelitis in lower half of femur shaft. Distortion of bone progressive with increasing ankylosis and deformity. Motion angle ten degrees. The fourth flare-up took place in July 1934, with swelling and intense pain of the knee joint. Rapidly progressive. Could not walk. Radiographic study revealed irregular structure and contour of lower third of shaft of femur with defective calcification and bone absorption, clouding of articular surfaces narrowing of joint space, extensive proliferation around periostial border. One dose of Glyoxylide given July 23, 1934, was followed by rapid decrease in the pain and a steady restoration of joint and bone to normal, functionally and structurally, with perfect use of leg and full motion within nine months. General health has become excellent.
GASTRIC ULCER
Patient, Mr. C. P. Age 46.
Past History: Periodic gastric upsets for years necessitating a gastro-enterostomy fifteen years ago when extensive ulceration was observed. Relief lasted only three years, after which symptoms recurred causing very much suffering. He was operated on again two years later and relief followed for one year, whereupon greater misery set in. In November 1938, he suf-fered a severe gastric hemorrhage. Was hospitalized for a number of weeks and on a strict diet. Ketene solution was given June 5, 1939. Recovery was rapid in spite of non-restriction of diet; drinking, etc. Present health, perfect.
Patient, Dr. H. age 50, suffered with gastric ulcer ever since childhood. Finally two perforations took place one at the greater and one at the lesser curvature. Peritonitis developed but was controlled by incision and drainage. At the time of treatment with ketene solution, a third perforation was threatening.
Physical Examination: Revealeda large induration in the epigastrium. There was much pain, and suffering from eating. The heart skipped beats frequently. Two cc. of Ketene solution were given intramuscularly in Sep-tember 1927. There was some fever and chills on the fourth day, and improvement was rapid indeed. Within four weeks he ate and drank as he pleased. Recovery was completed in six months and he remains perfectly well today.
Patient, Mr. W. F. Age 38.
Family History: Negative to cancer.
Past History: Measles and chicken pox in Childhood. Pneumonia at 20 and again 4 years ago.
Pre-growth Symptoms and Status of Patient: Stomachtrouble started as indigestion when 16 years of age, always taking soda. Operated on in 1913 for appendicitis, the appendix found normal; operated on in 1914 by the same surgeon for gastric ulcer; he resected two small ulcers and one large ulcer and made a gastroenterostomy; no relief. The patient kept taking soda continually; the stools were black, had pain and gas, was unable to straighten up for years, the pain extended through the epigastrium to the back. He was careful about diet to date of admission, was very nervous all the time. In the year 1920, his weight dropped from the normal of 155 to 135.
On January 8, 1920, he had two severe gastric hemorrhages that left him nearly bloodless and cold. His physician had him well packed in ice but that did not atop the bleeding. Tarry stools were passed for several succeeding days. Our examination on January 12, 1920 revealed a cancer mass in the epigastrium the size of a fist. The ulcer was still bleeding. Ketenes were given and recovery was complete in four months with disappearance of all stomach trouble and the mass in the abdomen. Chills, a light fever and achiness for the first six weeks following Treatment constituted the reactions in this case. He now weighs 197 pounds and is in the best health he ever experienced; stomach functions perfectly on any diet.
ACUTE PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY
Patient, Miss D. C. Age 46.
Present Illness: started one and one-half years ago as a progressive neuritis with atrophy of the muscles of the shoulders, arms, forearms, and hands worse on the right side. Leading internists and neurologists throughout the country could only prescribe increased doses of narcotics to combat the increasing pain. My examination made May 15, 1939, revealed a tumor to the left of and below the umbilicus two inches in diameter. Menses had stopped for several years. The muscles of the shoulder girdle and right arm, forearm and hand were atrophied to perhaps 10 percent of normal. The same muscles on the left side atrophied to 30 percent of normal. There was beginning atrophy in the muscles of both legs. Pain was constant, tremor definite and paralysis marked. All narcotics were withdrawn and on the following day 2 cc. of Ketene solution was given. The first night following Treatment was marked by a great diminution of pain so that no narcotics were required. The second night practically no pain was suffered and from then on recovery advanced steadily in every respect. In six months, she was able to write with the former paralyzed hand and the restitution now appears to be about 80 percent normal in every respect. Her health is splendid.
OBLITERATIVE ENDARTERITIS
Patient, Mr. S. K. Age 50. History taken July 23, 1928.
Diagnosis: Obliterative endarteritis.
Past History: Enjoyedgood health until 40 years of age. For last ten years suffered with gastric ulcer, but obtained comparative comfort by careful diet, taking soda and so forth. In the summer of 1927, he found it progressively more and more difficult to walk about when playing golf. Wa1king caused pain in the feet, and rests became necessary at shorter and shorter intervals. Diagnosis of Obliterative endarteritis was made by a number of experts and the blood sugar of 380 was found. He was given insulin treatment but grew worse He was finally advised of the hopelessness of his case, that he should stay in bed, take such opiate as was necessary submit to the necessary amputations and await the end.
Present Illness-Ourexamination made July 23, 1928, disclosed consider-able nutritional injury, the yellow waxy color of one suffering rapid blood destruction, but no tumor mass could be found. Although both feet and the right leg were severely involved with the endarteritis no gangrenous decom-position had yet taken place. The toenails, however, appeared dead. There was great pain on motion, but he could get about some.
Treatment: Onec.c. of the Glyoxylide was given in July, 1928.
Results: In a few weeks a rapid improvement took place and he was able to return to work. Within twelve weeks the anemia cave way to a normal blood quota and fine healthy color. During this period the gastric ulcer symptoms completely cleared away and the left foot and leg practically gained normalcy. The solid cord-like vessels became thin, compressible and pulsating and after pressure on the akin the blood came back with normal rapidity, and by the fifteenth week he could walk all day without pain or inconvenience. The toenails regained much of their normal pink color. However, the right foot and leg did not regain true normalcy until after the eighteenth week had passed. With his recovery be acquired the best health he had experienced since he was thirty years old and his urine remained free from sugar. Blood sugar dropped to between 80 and 90 mmgs. and remained normal. He indulged in periods of excessive work, and in May 1933, after a prolonged period of exertion he dropped dead from heart failure.
We have here only partly demonstrated the law of chemical structure that controls tissue function and immunity through the oxidation mechanism-the most basic process of life. More has been written about the common allergies and infections and about some conditions of obscure aetiology that respond to the treatment based upon this law. The treatment is pre-eminently within the province of the general practitioner, and can be conducted successfully and inexpensively in the home.
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3. Koch, Wm. “Natural Immunity,” American Printing Co., Detroit, 1935.
4. Koch, Wm. “Cancer and its Allied Diseases,” First Edition, American Printing Co., Detroit, 1929.
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Dr. Koch Publications
1912 W. F KOCH Ph. D., M. D. ON THE OCCURRENCE OF METHYL GUANIDINE IN THE URINE OF PARATHYROIDECTOMIZED ANIMALS.
1913 CHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE REMOVAL OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS
1913 TOXIC BASES IN THE URINE OF PARATHYROIDECTOMIZED DOGS
1916 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS
1918 TETANY AND THE PARATHYROID GLANDS
1920 A NEW AND SUCCESSFUL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER
1925 CANCER ITS FUNCTION AND CURE, THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMMUNITY PROCESS
1926 CANCER SUPPLEMENTARY POINTS
1926 THE PREVENTION OF CANCER
1927 BLOOD CHEMISTRY IN MALIGNANCY
1927 THE KOCH CANCER TREATMENT AND ITS INVESTIGATIONS
1938 NATURAL IMMUNITY VIA AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
THE FUNCTION OF CANCER
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROCTOLOGY
1939 Clinical Demonstration of the Laws of Chemical Structure that Determine Immunity to Disease, and their Application in the Treatment of Patients
1940 THE BASIC CHEMISTRY OF OUR DIET
1941 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KOCH SYNTHETIC ANTITOXINS
1941 AN EFFICIENT SINGLE DOSE TREATMENT FOR DIABETES, On A Full Carbohydrate Diet Without Insulin
1941 CHEMISTRY’S VICTORY OVER DISEASE
1941 PRINCIPLES OF THE KOCH THERAPY INTRODUCED IN 1918
1941 RELATION OF FOCAL INFECTION TO CANCER AND ALLERGY IN CAUSATION AND RECOVERY
1958 SURVIVAL FACTOR IN CANCER AND VIRAL INFECTION
1961 SURVIVAL FACTOR IN NEOPLASTIC AND VIRAL DISEASES
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Improving justice outcomes for the Victorian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community.
The Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community have the opportunity to raise their issues with members of the Aboriginal Justice Forum.
The forum will be heard at the Aborigines Advancement League Thursday 20th February.
Executive Officer Troy Austin (Gundijtmara) from the Northern Metro Regional Justice Advisory Committee and his family have a long history of working in justice and healing through sport in the community.
In this interview Troy shares some of his story and how the Aboriginal Justice Forum provides a space to action issues raised.
Troy says this forum isn't just a talk fest, it can only work if people come forward and share their experiences.
There will be a mobile number available on the day for people to anonymously put forward issues.
Aboriginal Justice Forum Morning tea and forum 9:30am-11:30am. Thursday 20 Feb. Aborigines Advancement League, 2 Watt Street Thornbury.
Contact Troy Austin on 0438 413 358 or troy.austin @ justice.vic.gov.au
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Roche Diagnostics forged a partnership with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for the hospital’s molecular diagnostics laboratory to operate as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence for the next 5 years. The strategic deal is designed to advance new methods in molecular diagnostics testing and personalized predictive treatment. The Cedars-Sinai laboratory will be one of the first centers of excellence to provide physicians and patients some of the latest and most advanced molecular technologies. “Roche is very pleased to welcome Cedars-Sinai Medical Center into the Molecular Center of Excellence alliance,” said Whitney Green, senior vice president of molecular diagnostics at Roche Diagnostics Corporation. “We value their expertise in implementing molecular technologies in the advancement of personalized medicine.”
Abbott Expands Agreement with GSK for Cancer Companion Dx
Abbott expanded its existing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals for developing an additional companion diagnostic test in GSK’s cancer immunotherapy research program. Under the expanded agreement, Abbott will develop a polymerase chain reaction test for use on the Abbott m2000rt instrument to screen non-small cell lung cancer tumors for the expression of the PRAME antigen. The existing agreements between the two companies, reached in 2009 and 2010, called for development of PCR-based companion diagnostic tests by Abbott to screen for the expression of MAGE-A3 antigen.
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Dako and Bristol-Myers Squibb have inked an agreement to develop pharmacodiagnostic tests in an effort to identify patients who are more likely to respond to drugs being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb. “This alliance heralds the intentions of both companies to work closely together to develop new diagnostic tests linked to drugs for the higher purpose of identifying the patients most likely to respond to treatment,” said Lars Holmkvist, CEO of Dako. The agreement builds on a similar deal between the two firms reached in 2008.
DxTerity and Caliper Collaborate on Tests for LabChip Dx Platform
DxTerity Diagnostics and Caliper Life Sciences forged a deal allowing researchers to perform DxTerity’s NEAT multiplex diagnostic assays on Caliper’s LabChip Dx instrument platform. “DxTerity's simple and robust NEAT assays, combined with the ease-of-use of the Caliper LabChip Dx system, will eliminate significant barriers to the use of multiplex genomic tests in the clinical laboratory and lead to major gains in personalized medicine,” said Bob Terbrueggen, president and CEO of DxTerity Diagnostics. DxTerity's NEAT assays analyze and detect SNPs directly from blood or formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. The LabChip Dx system is based on Caliper’s patented microfluidic separation technology and enables high-throughput multiplex analysis for discovery and validation of nucleic acid and protein biomarkers.
Roche Buys Verum Diagnostica, Builds Comprehensive Coagulation Testing Portfolio
Roche acquired Verum Diagnostica GmbH, a leading company in platelet function testing. With the purchase, Roche plans to use Verum Diagnostica’s platelet function testing technology to further develop its coagulation testing product line in North America beyond physician offices and outpatient services. “With this acquisition we gain an innovative and unique platelet function testing solution that has the potential to set new standards of patient care in this area and perfectly complements our new coagulation portfolio,” said Colin Brown, head of Roche Professional Diagnostics. The acquisition allows Roche to move forward with its plans to develop a new full line of coagulation analyzers for hospital and reference laboratories, set to launch in 2014.
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Alexander Rybak in the book magazine Book and Society June 2015
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An interview in the Norwegian book magazine “Book and Socitity”, paper issue June 2015.
Source: paper issue of Bok og Samfunn. Found by Anastasia Silakova. Translated to English by Anastasia Silakova nad Jorunn Ekre. Revision by Marina Rolbin and Anni Jowett
Rybak’s adventurous universe
– There have always been trolls, but I created Trolle. For a long time there have been hulders (a Scandinavian forest creature), but I have brought the Hulder King himself to life.
The majority know him from the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest when he won with his song “Fairytale”. A few people know him as a children’s book author. Now Alexander Rybak is making his debut with the fairy tale book “Trolle og den magiske fela/Trolle and the magic violin” (Cappelen Damm).
The adventurous journey began when Alexander Rybak was only 5 years old, when his family moved from Minsk, Belarus, to Norway. Since he was raised by his parents Igor and Natalia who are both professional musicians, it was natural that Rybak would learn to play both the violin and the piano at young age. When he grew older ,he had to pick one and he chose the violin.
When Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision Song Contest with his super hit “Fairytale”, he captured Europe’s hearts and the tremendous score of 387 points – and thus beat most of the records. Since then, he has travelled across Europe with tours and concerts, being active on the Norwegian as well as the international music scene.
The first notes
But a few years ago something else began to emerge.
– It was two-three years ago when I suddenly had many new melodies in my head at the same time. Rock, pop, folk music, classical music, I didn’t know what I could make out of them! And then I began to create characters for every one of the different genres, tells Alexander.
In this way Trolle, Alva, The Hulder King and the Mayor – the characters in Rybak’s first children’s book – came to life.
Trolle and the magic violin (Cappelen Damm) will be available in bookstores at the end of September, and it is a children’s book that unites Rybak’s musicality and the extensive fairy tale tradition that Norway has to offer.
Alexander Rybak took part in the Children’s Book festival in Oslo in September, where he presented his book “Trolle and the magic fiddle”
Lonely Troll
In the book, we meet Trolle, a little lonely troll who is mobbed and bullied by the other trolls. But one day, he comes across The Hulder King’s violin and he finds out that the instrument is magical. Everybody who hears the notes is under the spell of the violinist. Now Trolle becomes not only admired but also desired. But the magic instrument brings serious consequences, making Trolle even lonelier than ever before. Luckily, he meets Alva who becomes his best friend.
– How much of the story is based on your own childhood?
– A lot! But not necessarily only mine. I noticed other children at school and some of them were even more different and stood out from the crowd more than me. I would really like to speak on behalf of all of them, I don’t like bullying at all. Especially not at school.
Rybak has no previous writing experience. This is his first big writing project apart from writing songs and some “pretentious diaries” in his teens.
– I have never written a book before. I just deeply hope that the critics will go into this universe. I have spent a just as much as time on the sound as I hav spent on writing the story, says Rybak.
A musical book
The book is illustrated by Thomas Kirkeberg and it only took one meeting with him before Alexander knew that Trolle was in good hands and that he could put aside the perfectionist in himself.
When I have a vision it’s very difficult to include others in that vision. I understood after the first meeting that Trolle was in good hands. Thomas has managed to capture the humor, the horror, the nostalgia, and last but not least the joy of the story, tells Rybak.
Dennis Storhøi is also involved in this fairy tale like package. He is the narrator on the audio book which is included and he has contributed by giving Trolle’s adventure its characteristics.
With music as his biggest inspiration it’s of course no surprise that Rybak also let music find its way into the story. A CD is included with the book where Rybak has recorded songs to the scenes in the book.
I still can’t understand that I have succeeded in having Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Dennis Storhøi and Stig-Werner Moe in this project. I know they are swimming in offers so the fact that they liked my project was extra fun. I couldn’t have had a better narrator than Dennis Storhøi.
How has Storhøi’s ability to convey the message contributed to the story about Trolle?
Dennis has a musical instinct that tops most people. He and I are also used to working together after everything we`ve experienced, like Yohan, Fiddler on the roof and the play where he was Engebret Soot and I was Ole Bull. This has made me well acquainted with his way of conveying things and how we coordinate it with my music. He is good at taking children seriously, without too much pampering.
Norwegian folklore
There’s a clear trend with trolls, huldre and a special fairy tale tradition among the children`s and teen books in the Norwegian market now. Alexander Rybak is inspired by different folk traditions and special cultures, from his numerous travels around Europe.
Since I travel a lot, and I have roots in various countries I can honestly say that folk traditions around Europe in fact aren’t that different. But I think it’s extra fun that we have those beautiful mountains and forests. I love playing out in the scenery. Words like “mountain”, “trees” and “sky” appear often in the songs from Trolle.
What is your relationship to Norwegian folklore, myths and legends, which is a very popular subject in Norwegian children’s books these days?
I think it’s great that we have this treasure that we can share. That makes us even stronger as a people and I think it’s important that children become a part of the tradition as early as possible.
Where will the road continue for Trolle and Rybak? With both Norwegian and international projects it’s difficult to know where the fairy tale like journey goes. But Rybak still has some idea.
I am in contact with producers about a musical, and of course I dream about expanding the universe I have spent such a long time creating. It will be thrilling to see what happens.
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Hybrid Diaries - Podcast
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Hybrid Diaries - Thomas Riccio
"Hybrid Diaries" are the series of interviews with common minded individuals with similar psycho/spiritual experiences.
Originally, it started as a documentary for my final BFA project named "transitions of Identities" at University of North Texas. Being a 'hybrid being' all my life, I was born in India and raised in 3 different countries. I could never understand the human emotional connection towards 'Conditional/political Patriotism'. I have always been gravitated towards the gypsy culture, the notion of mysterious passengers was always a fascinating idea to me, always wanted to know more about these 'passengers'. Humans with no sense of boundaries, roaming and evolving through Universe.
Earlier ideas of the project involved my travel back to Pakistan (the country i migrated from and spent 13 plus years living) to interview people who had originally migrated from India during 1947 independence riots. Documentary was based on series of personal questions, that led me to a strange one-sided political conversations in reality. After coming back to states I got diverted into other life entanglements. The documentary actually was missing 'narrative elements', it felt unfinished somehow. Finally after all those years that idea is still alive and vivid in my imagination and as an artist it is my calling to channel that energy back into the world.
I realized after all these years that It should be a continuation of human stories constantly changing and constantly evolving. Instead of properly produced documentary video, I want my listeners to engage into other things while listening to these series of podcast interviews. Stories of hybrids into all dimensions. Plan is to find people who can access the dormant side of their imagination and speak through their hearts
This podcast will be recorded and engineered with my fellow producer Vincent Martin.
Thomas has been a true mentor to me in every way. He is a professor of Theatrical studies / Interdisciplinary Media at University of Texas at Dallas. Besides taking classes from him, I have been involved with this guerrilla like theatrical group called Dead white zombies that mainly produces Interactive/Immersive performances across Dallas. Thomas has been traveling/migrating across the world for years. I had the pleasure to have a conversation with him about his evolution as a human being. *disclaimer this is an informal interview as we contemplate on life.
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Revision For Pedicle Screw Misplacement In Segmental
The goals of surgical fixation include stabilization of the spine, fracture reduction, and, as appropriate, decompression of neurological structures. Pedicle screw systems, which were first introduced by Boucher, have been widely utilized in the instrumentation of the lumbar spine. Compared to the open approach, the minimal approach has many advantages for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures, like small incision, no paraspinous muscle dissection and fewer blood loss.
The quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Cowley criteria. A Cowley score of a minimum of 9 out of a possible 17 was considered indicative of high methodological quality.
The primary author’s surname, study year, country and study design;
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Perioperative results, such as operative duration, blood loss, and hospitalization;
Rates of complications (e.g., infection or screw misplacement);
Data regarding both intraoperative and postoperative complications were extracted.
Statistical Analysis was conducted using the statistical software Review Manager, version 5.3 (Cochrane Collaboration). Because the included studies reported similar findings, only results produced by a random effects model were presented. Continuous outcomes were assessed by calculating weighted mean differences (WMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The essential search strategy yielded 144 records. Eighty-two articles were screened by title and abstract. Thirty-one case reports, reviews, biomechanical studies, and cadaveric studies were excluded. Sensitivity analysis was conducted by reanalyzing the info after the sequential omission of individual studies. Significant funnel plot asymmetry was observed for blood loss, operative time, and postoperative VAS outcomes. This finding indicated that there was significant publication bias among the studies included during this meta-analysis.
Although open posterior instrumented spinal procedures cause extensive damage to soft tissue that inevitably leads to a high incidence of syndromes related to failed back surgery, such procedures are widely accepted approaches for managing various sorts of thoracolumbar fractures25. In recent decades, there has been a clear trend toward minimizing soft tissue injury during spinal surgery.
Evidence from this updated meta-analysis, which was supported epidemiological studies of high methodological quality, indicated that relative to the open approach, the minimal approach resulted during a lower VAS score, less correction loss, shorter operative time and fewer blood
loss. However, high heterogeneity existed among the included studies. a big difference was observed between Chinese studies and other studies with reference to blood loss.
The results of our research address previously reported advantages of percutaneous pedicle fixation compared to the open approach. Reductions in blood loss due to the utilization of a minimal approach are demonstrated in many domains of surgery. Although high heterogeneity among studies was detected, our findings are consistent with these observations.
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Fashion Studies MA
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Hazel Clark, Program Director
In the groundbreaking Fashion Studies master’s program, you undertake the cultural analysis of fashion as dress, bodily practice, media, and industry. You hone your research and writing skills as you explore the visual and material dimensions of fashion and investigate their personal and political meanings in various contexts. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, you develop a critical understanding of the histories, theories, and knowledge production around fashion and its role in shaping bodies, identities, and social relations. Graduates work in diverse fields including the fashion industry, media, museums, and academia.
Cultural Analysis of Fashion
Develop a critical understanding of fashion as a cultural phenomenon and how it affects bodies, identities, social relations, cultural narratives, and local/global environments.
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Engage with diverse sources and methods — from archival research to ethnography — to challenge “grand narratives” and uncover alternative histories of fashion.
Draw from material culture studies, media studies, gender studies, and post-colonial studies to examine the complex meanings of fashion in diverse cultural and historical contexts.
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Develop professional skills in fashion curation and fashion journalism to prepare for diverse careers in fashion, from fashion media to museums.
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Draw on New York City’s museums, exhibitions, and public events and observe firsthand the streets, neighborhoods, and retail environments critical to the fashion system.
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Explore internships at fashion magazines, museums, and fashion companies including Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, the Museum at FIT, Ralph Lauren, and Hermès.
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The curriculum challenges students to explore the interdisciplinary theories and methodologies that have shaped fashion studies and to contribute to the advancement of the field. Core and elective courses open up broad perspectives on fashion as a phenomenon, and its connections with design, production, consumption, mediation, imagination, embodiment, identity, history, and politics. Student-led projects, like the journal BIAS, offer students opportunities to publish work and collaborate with Parsons peers.
As critical thinkers with strong research and writing skills, graduates go on to pursue PhD degrees or careers at fashion magazines and media companies, including Rizzoli, Meredith, Vogue, W, Nylon, I-D, and InStyle. Some graduates are actively involved in teaching in higher education, while others work in museums, fashion archiving, and curation, or as consultants, researchers, merchandisers, buyers, and PR professionals in major fashion houses and corporations.
You work with faculty who are recognized as leading scholars in the field, representing a wide range of research expertise in the histories and theories of fashion, including work on fashion, body, and identity; fashion media; fashion and everyday life; wardrobe and consumption practices; fashion and sustainability; fashion labor; fashion criticism; fashion curation; and more.
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TB2020 – For Love
saydriawolfe July 11, 2020 July 11, 2020 Harry Potter
Title: For Love
Author: Saydria Wolfe
Genre: First Time, Rule 63 (Girl!Harry Potter)
Relationships: Hari Potter/Blaise Zabini
Warnings: Ritual Sex, Unsafe Sex
Author’s Notes: 1.) I use the movie cast for Blaise Zabini, Louis Cordice, but my fancast for Girl!Hari is Emeraude Toubia. 2.) The Longbottom Method is a magical reproduction method invented by the House of Longbottom. It can only be used by the House of Longbottom or with their specific permission. It’s Cabbage Patch babies, basically. I came up with it for my old-ass unfinished project Oathbound which can be found on the Wild Hare Project. 3.) I am totally using the magical classifications from Mercedes Lackey’s Heralds of Valdemar set because it amused me. #SorryNotSorry
Challenge: Just Write Trope Bingo, Square: Enemies to Lovers
Beta: PN Ztivokreb
Word Count: 4,858
Summary: Hari Potter asked him for a favor. Blaise Zabini decided he would do it…for a chance. For love.
“You want me to what?” Blaise asked, just to be sure he had heard her correctly. He couldn’t have possibly heard her correctly.
“I want you to participate in a sex ritual with me,” Hari Potter said like it was the simplest thing in the world. Like they weren’t cordial enemies or political rivals or however they felt like describing the relationship they had developed since the war.
“To do what, exactly?”
“I’m making a Head Ring for the Potter Duchy. The Queen granted me the peerage—it has magical weight and it’s hereditary, so it needs a ring for, you know, my descendants going forward.”
“I didn’t know ring magic was still around,” he hedged to buy himself time.
“Gringotts has been very helpful,” she explained.
Blaise snorted. The Bank was rarely helpful but who could blame them? Wizardingkind had been ruining things for the Bank for thousands of years.
Hari smiled. “Honestly, they have. I received three different texts on the matter—one of which was written by Rowena Ravenclaw herself. It was her process I chose to use at first because she was a witch, but also because her process required the materials I had already selected. It was the obvious choice but it calls for a layering of rituals—with both coven or conclave and by yourself.”
“You have a coven?” he asked.
“Conclave, technically.” She shrugged at his shocked look. “Parselmagic is gender neutral so I have witches and wizards in my private magic clique. Coven is, by definition, witches only—so, conclave.”
“I didn’t know that,” Blaise admitted.
“Yes, well. Most people don’t.” Hari shook herself and refocused. “I have one ritual left to complete the ring and it’s a sexual ritual. It’s supposed to be done with a Lady and her Consort, but I have no Consort so I’m asking you.”
Blaise frowned. “To be your Consort?”
“No—well, I wouldn’t be opposed, per se, if you wanted to go there but all I’m asking for right now is a ritual.”
“You don’t want to ask Longbottom?” Blaise had to ask. “Or a Weasley? You were close with them at school.”
“To be my Consort or to fuck me in a ritual?”
“Well,” she drawled. “Neville would actually be a great choice as consort, and I’ve heard he’s a great fuck, but he’s betrothed to my sister in magic. I’m not going to ask Hermione to watch her future husband fuck me with our ritual circle. No way, that would be completely terrible.”
“You— Hermione—? What?”
“Well, yeah. They’ve been stupidly in love for years but there was a contract between his House and mine that I couldn’t release him from so he could marry her. I took her into my house as my little sister so she could take my place in a marriage she very much desired. She got parselmagic from me—which was one of the reasons the contract was written between our families, honestly, to pass parselmagic around—and they signed their acceptance of the contract. They’ll get married next year.”
“And House Weasley?”
Hari rolled her eyes. “Hermione and I had barely managed to even be civil to Ron both fifth and sixth year.”
“He was a bit of a twat when your name came out of the Goblet,” Blaise admitted.
“Just a bit,” Hari agreed in a tone that made it clear it was a very big deal to her. “That year I bonded Winky to keep her from dying after her previous master was an asshole and realized I had a bond with Dobby too, they, uh—the two of them stopped a number of potions from making their way into mine and Hermione’s food. We had the potions analyzed and, well, we decided it was better in the long term to pretend we had been dosed rather than make them find another way to manipulate us.
“So, we did. At least until Dumberdore was dead and Hermione and I took off on our secret mission during seventh year.”
“Weasley didn’t go with you? He never came back to Hogwarts.”
“We tolerated him for a while,” Hari admitted. “But we kicked him out of the tent pretty quick and took care of it ourselves. He lived the easy life at his brother’s cottage so he wouldn’t have to face his mum or go back to school.”
“But he died in the war!”
“Died in the war, my ass.” Hari snorted. “I killed him.”
“Huh.” Blaise wished he could be surprised she was confessing murder to him but there was no way he could tell anyone about it. They had made privacy vows to each other before they started the conversation. And besides, the Wealeys had become her vassals after the war. She had every right to punish them however she saw fit. “Because of the potions?”
“They were dosing us up to our eyeballs with obedience, loyalty, and attraction.” Hari pursed her lips together. “For both of us. After the war was over and I announced the claiming of my titles, I called the Weasley family together. They are a cadet branch of Gryffindor, did you know?”
“Yeah,” Blaise nodded.
“And my mother was the Heir of Gryffindor. She didn’t get to claim it because of the war but I claimed it privately after the first round of potions analysis came back. Took the Head’s ring for myself and put the heir ring on Hermione’s finger—for further protection. In case something got past the elves.”
Blaise nodded.
There had been a lot of upheaval in the House Weasley during the war. Most only knew about the vassal thing and wrote off the deaths as losses to the war—but Molly, Ron and Percival had died. Arthur had passed his headship to his eldest son, William, who had in turn claimed the Barony of Hogsmeade and sworn himself as vassal to Hari Potter herself. The second son, Charles, had married—much to everyone’s surprise. He and his wife, Nymphadora, already had a son. The twins were both in the marriage market, looking for spouses that would honor their, and in turn Hari’s, House.
And none of them specifically discussed their losses during the war. Ever.
“And you’re the Lady of Slytherin through Conquest.”
“Right but most of those cadet lines died in Riddle’s first war. He wouldn’t tolerate any competition.”
“I guess I don’t understand,” Blaise admitted. “Why me?”
“You’re the closest thing I have to…an equal. Politically, I mean. You’re the only other person in the entire Wizengamot with more than one title.”
And that was true enough. After the war, when he had told Hari he was Sirius Black’s biological son and that he wanted to take over Headship of his paternal house, she hadn’t fought it. She had been Black’s legal and magical heir. She could have made it impossible for him to even officially join his father’s magical house, but all she had required was a blood test from Gringotts. Once she had witnessed the test, she had welcomed him to the magical House of Black.
There had been an Unbreakable Vow required before she would enter the ritual circle with him to let him assume the Black Headship but considering the number of highly coveted magical houses she had in her grip, he couldn’t blame her for it.
Once he had taken the Headship of House Black the titles of the cadet lines—Malfoy, Lestrange, and Parkinson—had fallen on him like a stack of bricks.
He wasn’t exactly her equal, but he was as close as she had. And they both knew he had never bowed to her whims. Not in any circumstances. Even if one counted his Claiming of House Black, he rarely complied with her without a long, drawn out discussion.
“What if I wanted to become your Consort?”
Hari raised an eyebrow at him. “You realize that due to my magical circumstances you would become part of my magical domain rather than the usual opposite. Right?”
That was…kind of hot, actually. “As long as I keep my peerages for myself.”
“Oh, sure.” She waved him off absently. “Not like I don’t have enough of my own.”
“We would have to become allies. Align our houses across the board politically,” he warned her. “Even political strife between us could damage or destroy our marriage bond.”
“If you explain your reasoning for your choices, I promise to do the same. I’ll research your stance and—as a muggle-raised person, I’m entirely used to changing my beliefs based on new evidence. Something very few magical-raised people I know have ever managed.”
Blaise laughed because that was certainly true enough. “My mother has never tolerated such people. I can have a civilized logical discussion and change my mind as well.”
She shot him a look that said she clearly didn’t believe him. He couldn’t blame her for that. They had gotten into it quite…passionately a few times within their magical country’s ruling body. Never name calling or anything like that but…things had been heated.
“Why did you allow me to take the Black Family magic off your hands?” he found himself asking.
Hari blew out a breath gustily. “All of Voldemort’s Marked followers died with him.”
Blaise nodded. He knew that. He had been there, fighting against the Death Eaters in defense of the school. Bigotry and oppression would always lose in the end and while he had hated to fight against friends or the family of friends he had refused to go down on the wrong side of history.
“He used their magic to heal himself every time I caused him significant injury during our duel.” She scrubbed a tired hand across her eyes. “If I had known he had burrowed so deeply into their magic, I would have taken their bonds from him before killing him—”
“You would?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, of course. No one deserved to have their core destroyed by a madman—especially not the children that were just doing what their parents had forced them to do. Of course, at that point, I hadn’t studied parselmagic at all. So while now I know I could have taken them and resolved the magical bonds into vassalhood, at that point it was beyond me.
“Looking back, their magic called for me. The Marks begged me to help their witches and wizards but the only way I knew to do that was to kill him.”
“I blame Dumbledore for that,” Blaise admitted.
Hari nodded. “I do too.
“As to your question—when Old Voldie died, I was hit like a truck by his various followers’ family magic. I had gained them all through Conquest and they were all dependent on me to survive. While it’s entirely likely that that influx of supportive family magics was what kept me alive after that duel, it was also a burden. The different magics pulled me every which way, there was no way I could satisfy them all and betraying any of them would have killed all of them.
“And probably me as well,” she admitted softly.
He swallowed hard but nodded his understanding.
“I reached out to the Bank and asked them to start chasing down bloodlines. They notified a number of magicals of all ages and blood statuses that their family magic was waiting to be claimed and sent them information about the rituals necessary to claim them.
“The Bank was able to do it without naming me at all due to the conditions of the end of the war and since I wasn’t publically connected to any of those magics.
“I allowed anyone that was bold enough to take headship of a family’s magic to do so.”
He nodded. He remembered that—hadn’t understood it but remembered the sudden influx of new lords and ladies into the Wizengamot. Old names wearing new faces.
All of the people she had allowed to take up a piece of her burden were dedicated to the places she had given them within the magical world, whether any of them knew of her involvement or not. Blaise couldn’t help but think she had made the right choices even though he knew he could never have been strong enough to give up the sheer level of domination she would have enjoyed had she managed to navigate all of the familial magics and the attendant Wizengamot votes that she had received.
“Why did I get Parkinson with Black?” Blaise asked. “Malfoy and Lestrange, I understand, but Parkinson?”
“Draco was betrothed to Pansy.” She laughed at the face he pulled at that news. “Their family magics were in the process of merging—and I couldn’t stand that witch in life, so when I felt Malfoy leaving with Black, I pushed Parkinson off on you as well. Sorry, not sorry.”
He snorted and shook his head. “She was a horror.”
“Are you serious about becoming my Consort?” she asked him.
He took a moment to think about it. “Yes, I think I am.”
“Then you should know that I plan to create an heir for every family magic I still control. Neville promised me I could use the Longbottom method to do so and even volunteered to be the second biological donor as long as Hermione didn’t mind—which she said she doesn’t.”
“How many children is that?”
“Four. Eight if we include yours, though one of them already lives.”
Blaise blinked. “You’ve had a child?”
“Of course not,” Hari scoffed. “I’m a virgin. Voldemort and Bellatrix had a child, a daughter. Euphemia Rowle tried to sell her to me after she blew through the stupid amount of money she had been paid to take the girl in in the first place. For the girl’s safety, I paid her to go away and then I sued the shite out of her.”
“For defrauding the Black Family Trust,” he recalled. He hadn’t understood it at the time, but the procedure had been handled privately by the Bank. “She went to Azkaban when she couldn’t pay the fines that were levied against her.”
“She didn’t have any right to keep a daughter of House Black from me,” Harry said simply. “I was the Matriarch of Black and the Matriarch of Slytherin. No one had a right to that little girl but me. The goblins determined that Rowle was essentially guilty of kidnapping the child after both of her parents were dead. She had no legal right to the ransom she had demanded of me.”
“Where is the girl now?”
“Her name is Delphini and she is in stasis. My conclave is working to fix the problems with her magic her parents caused. Voldemort because he was a sick, dark bastard and Bellatrix by betraying her marriage vows. Even if Lestange gave her permission, she was an adulterer that cuckolded him and that had long term magical ramifications on her bastard.”
“No child deserves such a fate,” Blaise said.
“Agreed. Once we’ve cleansed and healed her, I will adopt her in blood and magic. I will take her father’s place biologically and magically—we’ve already designed the ritual for it—and upon her thirtieth birthday she will assume her father’s true inheritance as the Countess of Slytherin.”
“Will you tell her of her true parentage?” he questioned.
“I feel I must, though I’m not sure how,” Hari admitted. “It will wait until she’s older. We’re not even sure how long it will take to heal her, but I refuse to let her suffer under their darkness. She’s been in stasis in a dragon guarded vault for years at this point. It’s the most security I could provide her, and her head healer is one of only three people that knows where it is. Her healer checks on her every day.”
“I agree with your choice in that regard,” he told her. “She’s a child. Their crimes are not her fault.”
Hari studied him for several moments and nodded. “I’ll have Winky bring us a Potter Marriage Contract, shall I? We can discuss it and make plans at our leisure.”
Their choice to align was rather abrupt but Blaise found he didn’t mind, so he nodded. “Sounds good.”
Hari Potter’s private ritual circle was in the Chamber of Secrets. The Chamber of bloody Secrets!
Salazar Slytherin’s sacred place was more than just a ritual circle though. There was a grand entrance hall that was brightly lit and so clean it shined. It was charming though Blaise could just imagine how creepy the snake motif could be if the lights were even a bit dimmer.
There was a rough rock wall at the far end that made Blaise wonder if a carving of some kind had been blasted off and replaced with a waterfall feature.
“This way,” Hari said as she led him over to the right from where the portkey had deposited them.
“Is the school magically shielded from this place?” he asked her.
“Or course,” she glanced back at him with a frown. “Slytherin himself laid the protections in the foundation as the school was built and they are very sturdy. We refreshed them in our first ritual, of course, but…how else do you think Tom Riddle made a horcrux while in the school without anyone being the wiser?”
Blaise…didn’t have anything he could say to that. “You’ve cleaned the ritual chamber then?”
“Of course,” she repeated as she led him into the side chamber. “This is the cleansing room, we cannot enter the ritual room until we make use of it.”
“I remember,” he agreed and started to strip. As a member of the conclave rather than the leader, he wouldn’t even be allowed to take his wand within. All magic and magical devices on his person would remain magically secured for the course of the ritual since he couldn’t even call a house elf past these wards.
As one of the two primary performers of a sexual ritual, he wouldn’t even have a ritual robe to wear.
He didn’t mind being naked, though, and watching Hari Potter strip was a treat. He had had no idea she wore leather armor under her clothes, and he wondered if it was dragonhide or if perhaps she had gotten it from the basilisk it was rumored to have killed as a second-year.
She physically shook herself and he could actually see the magic fall away from her body. He knew she made use of cosmetic charms and had secretly, vindictively, assumed she had some permanent scar she was ashamed of.
She did have scars, particularly across her back. She had what looked to be whipping scars but there had been no magic hiding them.
She turned to face him and swallowed nervously.
“You are the most magical person I have ever seen,” he said softly in awe.
And she was. Her jade green eyes had become a brighter, poisonous shade with a black horizontal stripe made of dots he could see even over the distance between them. They were slitted too, like a snake’s.
Her hair was long, longer than her cosmetic charms had shown—falling past her butt rather than just past her shoulders. And she had a thick, solid white forelock.
That gave him pause. The only way a magical person of her age would have white hair like that was from accessing node magic but… By the oldest of scales, over ninety-nine percent of modern magicals were classified as Journeymen because they could only use the magic generated from their cores.
Naturally, the modern magical world had created a new scale to measure the size of an individual’s magical core because humans were terrible and always wanted to be better than someone else for foolish reasons. As a result, most magicals didn’t believe there was anyone that had magic beyond that of a Journeyman.
Of course, then you got magicals like Albus Dumbledore or Gellert Grindlewald who were by that ancient scale considered Masters that could tap into leylines.
Voldemort had faked being a Master through his use of the Dark Mark which allowed him control beyond his own core. The mastery of his followers’ magic was still publicly thought to be the use of leyline magic, which had placed him on the level of Dumbledore though on the dark end of the spectrum.
His followers’ deaths were largely blown off as a mystery—Blaise thought maybe that should change. That the public should be told Voldemort hadn’t been special, he had been a cheater.
But he could see why no one would want other Dark wizards to know they could cheat the system too. He would have to talk about it with Hari. If people knew they could be misused as Voldemort had misused his Death Eaters then it wouldn’t matter if Dark wizards knew they could do it, no one would consent to be Marked at all.
He glanced over to Hari as she folded down into the elemental bath for cleansing.
Hari was clearly beyond a master but an Adept since she clearly had access to node magic. IT had to be how she had defeated Voldemort. He had had all his follower’s magic to burn but she had had all of the Earth’s magic and no mortal could compete with that.
Further, she had no inclination for healing, so she wasn’t the ultra-rare Healing Adept he had read about in the House of Black archives. She was a War Adept and that was damn near terrifying. He had thought such a creature was only theoretical but…well, now he knew why she wasn’t afraid to admit to her virginal state.
No one would be able to take her and use her for their own means. No one could.
War Adepts were said to have magical instincts for combat. Short term precognition to hasten their responses, an unending magical supply, and the ability to absorb spell knowledge from watching it cast.
And she was going to be the mother of his children, he thought dizzily.
Blaise watched Hari leave her elemental bath. The ends of her hair were floating on air, still on fire, but nothing burned. She bowed to the wall and it opened to show a collection of ancient magical focuses. She took a thick dark green staff off the wall and the collection disappeared once again.
Hari turned to him. “Are you prepared?”
Wordlessly, he stood from his own elemental bath.
She took his hand and led him straight through a wall. The ritual chamber was cave-like and so dark he couldn’t see. She led him through the dark and urged him up against a flat stone. Once he was leaning but steady, she left him.
A small flame appeared in the dark.
Then it became two, then three.
Soon the entire circle was lit with thick, white candles and he could see the first flame was still burning in her palm as she moved to the outer ring of candles.
As she lit those, they were silently joined in the ritual circle by Lady Hermione Granger of House Crouch and Lord Neville Longbottom of House Longbottom. They had appeared from his right holding hands, but soon separated to take different places in the circle.
He thought he heard soft footsteps and turned his head to see Lord William and Lady Fleur walking across the chamber hand in hand. Once they reached the circle, they too separated and took their places.
Thinking he knew what was coming next, Blaise turned his head to the left. He had no idea who would come next. Viktor Krum, maybe? Fleur and Hari were still said to be close with their Bulgarian competitor, but he had married Cho Chang and Hari’s brief romantic association with her hadn’t ended well at all. Blaise could not imagine her being welcome in Hari’s private magical clique as she had called it.
To his utter shock one half of the third couple was Ragnok Stormbreaker, the High Chieftain of the Goblin Horde. He was holding hands with a woman Blaise assumed was his wife based on the pattern of the rest but…he’d never seen a female Goblin before. He didn’t think anyone had…
But that was obviously wrong, since they were part of Hari’s conclave, or at least her inner circle. She hadn’t given him any more details than those he absolutely needed for his part in the ritual and he couldn’t even ask questions until they were bound together.
Once they had completed the marriage bond that she had allowed him to choose, he would be the seventh member of her inner circle.
Hari Potter appeared beside him and he stood to face her. She started hissing. As she ran a parselmagic conclave, the entire ritual would be carried out in parseltongue. He wouldn’t understand anything until she invited him into his personal circle for their bonding. Strangely, he found he didn’t mind. Hari was one of the most trustworthy people he knew, and the sound and magical weight of her hissing was making him hard.
She held up a ring of goblin-forged platinum and a blood red ruby above the altar and it floated to the head of the altar. Which was a good thing because Hari was going to have to keep some focus on it so it could be properly enchanted.
She offered him both of her hands and he took them.
She pulled him forward through a thick wall of magic that squeezed him viciously but once he was through, he could hear her words in English.
“I, Hari of House Potter, Master of Death and Heir Conveyant of House Pendragon, take you Blaise of House Black as my partner for better or worse, in magic and love, from this day until my last day.”
Blaise swallowed. Heir Conveyant? Holy hell, his son was going to be a king! “I, Blaise of House Black, take you Hari of House Potter as my partner for better or worse, in magic and love, from this day until my last day.”
She went up on her toes to kiss him. He pulled her close and turned it into a right snog. He wanted her. Merlin, how he wanted her.
When the magic became too strong to fight, he urged her up on the altar. She went up on her hands and knees and he climbed up behind her. It felt primitive but powerful to mount her from behind.
He spoke the words to seal their bond. “Duo cordibus vestris—ut murmurantes. Duo cordibus vestris—nunc autem una. Duo cordibus vestris—simul ab aeterno.”
He fucked her as he spoke. The magic of the bonding had prepared her as the books had said it would, if she was truly willing to be his bride. She was hot and tight, but it wasn’t uncomfortable for him and there was no tension to indicate discomfort in her back.
She had groaned as he slid home and pushed herself back on his cock when he pulled out.
He might have been described as the active partner in the ritual text but that was clearly not the case in the ritual itself. She writhed under him, held his weight, followed his urgings, and was vocal in her opinions the entire time.
The closer they brought each other to completion, the tighter the bond forming between them held. When he finally came, she did too, and magic exploded around them.
When he came back to himself, he was half-collapsed on Hari’s back but also still kneeling. Her legs had given out and she was sprawled under him with her ass against his stomach. The members of her conclave were gone.
He knew she had planned for Hermione to close the ritual, but he hadn’t put too much thought into why while they were planning it. Honestly, his education on ritual magic was sparse but that was going to change because that had been the best sex of his life and he wanted it again.
“Now I know why your inner circle was not in the circle with the altar,” he teased as he looked around.
The candles marking the altar’s containment circle had been blown out and splattered. He didn’t want to think about the destruction Hari’s magic could have caused to people.
“Shut up,” she laughed and waved her hands. The candles reformed and caught fire once again. “Let’s go clean up. The conclave will be waiting for us at my home. We always share a meal after a ritual.”
“Well, if it’s tradition,” he conceded jokingly.
“It is. And you have to endure their fussing with me,” she grumped as she pulled herself out from under him and into a seated position.
“That bad?” he asked as he sat back to make sure she had enough room.
“I think it qualifies as the ‘or worse’ part of those vows to be honest. Complete mother hens. And I think they’re planning a wedding reception for later this week. If we’re lucky, they’ll hold it in my manor’s garden. If they are worried about security, we’ll end up in the bowels of the Bank. It’s a nightmare, honestly.”
Blaise just sighed. “The things I do for love.”
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Magda Rantanplan
I really liked that.
indiepoe
That was hot. I also really enjoyed the pragmatic negotiation for marriage but there was a definite overlay of passion. A very good match. I’m going to fantasize that Harry killed Ron and Molly and Hermione got Percy. Poor Arthur is probably a broken man.
Amarin Rose
A lot here to like. Hari being Hari, yet female. her and Blaise’s clearly antagonistic in the interests of challenging each other to be better, relationship. The cabbage patch babies!
Absolutely fucking brilliant!
alexicyn
Going through my emails and just found this gem. Holy Fucking HELL!!! HUZZAH!!!! OHhhhh YEAH!!!! Love. Love. LOVE!!!
Still amazing!
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Home World News Canada news Reducing light pollution has numerous benefits for the environment
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(Christopher Kyba)
Typically, when people think about pollution, it’s a question of air quality. But there’s another kind that poses a threat to humans and animals: light pollution.
Multiple studies have shown that the abundant nighttime light found on streets and in buildings can adversely affect animals — altering migration patterns — as well as insects. There’s also been increasing evidence that it can disrupt the circadian rhythm of humans, an important biological process that regulates our sleep cycle.
For these reasons, many people have advocated finding ways to reduce light pollution. But it’s not always clear which sources are creating the most light.
A recent study published in the journal Lighting Research & Technology examined streetlights in Tucson, Ariz., over a period of 10 days. The city dimmed the lights at 1:30 a.m. every day during that period. Using satellites to monitor the light that seeped upward into space, the study found that light pollution dropped by just 13 per cent, suggesting that there are other sources of light that are causing pollution. (They suspect it could be things like billboards, car dealerships and parking lots.)
The importance of the study is to illustrate that cities can conduct similar research to determine ways to reduce light pollution from sources other than streetlights, said Christopher Kyba, a scientist with the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, and lead author of the paper. Kyba acknowledges more research is needed to determine exactly where that excess light pollution comes from, something that he hopes to examine in another study.
Finding out more about this could help cities design strategies to address the issue. But there’s another benefit to reducing light pollution: less light means less energy production.
“All the light that we have is paid for by someone, and basically at the end of the day, it’s us,” said Kyba.
“We need the energy to produce all that light,” he said, which could mean building environmentally unfriendly structures like a nuclear power plant or a hydro dam. “Or you have to burn coal or something and we all know that’s bad for all kinds of reasons.”
Kyba said, “anything we can do to reduce energy consumption is basically alleviating this other problem associated with energy production.”
Robert Dick, former chair of the light pollution abatement committee at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, said light pollution should concern everyone.
“[People] should care about light pollution the same way they should care about reducing environmental pollution and designing cities to be sustainable,” he said.
“Light pollution is one of those extra stressors you put on the environment.”
— Nicole Mortillaro
(Full disclosure: Nicole Mortillaro is the editor of the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the former head of the Toronto chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association.)
In response to Yvette Brend’s story on the Federal Court’s dismissal of a youth-led climate change lawsuit against the government, Kathy Kilburn had this to say:
“The Federal Court’s refusal to hear the young people’s lawsuit is another brick in the wall of denial, obfuscation and bureaucratic drivel that is helping to doom our planet and its passengers,” wrote Kilburn. “Disgusting. Keep slugging, kids — this old foop is behind you! My generation should have done SO much better.”
There’s also a radio show! Tune in to What On Earth this week for a look at the push to develop small modular reactors as Ottawa seeks to achieve net-zero emissions. But opinions are divided, and some warn SMRs are a dangerous distraction from real climate action. What on Earth airs Sunday at 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m. in Newfoundland, and is available any time on podcast or CBC Listen.
In a push to energize indecisive voters in swing state Pennsylvania during the final weeks of the U.S. election campaign, President Donald Trump warned that Democratic candidate Joe Biden would ban fracking (hydraulic fracturing), which has provided a lot of jobs to the region. Biden vigorously denied he would do any such thing. Setting aside the fact that the process of fracking to extract gas has become increasingly unpalatable to Pennsylvanians, recent analysis shows that gas is losing its hold on energy generation in the U.S. Once touted as a “bridge” fuel in the transition to a low-carbon economy, natural gas is fighting a losing battle against renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal. A recent analysis by the investment firm Morgan Stanley projected that by 2028, renewable energy will overtake natural gas in U.S. power generation (as measured in gigawatt hours).
(CBC)
The New York Times has a well-earned reputation for producing compelling interactive features. This one on Alberta’s abandoned oil wells is no different. It’s premised on this chilling fact: The nearly 100,000 inactive wells “are unlikely to be switched on ever again but have not yet been decommissioned. No one knows how many are leaking methane and other pollutants.”
Not only is Glasgow preparing to host the COP26 climate summit next year, but Scotland is close to reaching a lofty goal of generating 100 per cent of its power from renewable energy, primarily wind. Some people have even taken to calling Scotland “the Saudi Arabia of renewables.”
Australia could soon be home to a 10-gigawatt solar farm spanning 12,000 hectares. Not only would that make it the biggest in the world, but two-thirds of the power is set to be exported to Singapore — 4,500 kilometres away — via “high-voltage direct current undersea cable.”
(Guillaume Souvant/Getty Images)
As Remembrance Day approaches, many of us will be pinning a poppy to our jacket or lapel.
The red flower became a symbol of remembrance because it sprouted over the battlefields of Europe after the First World War. John McCrae’s well-known 1915 poem In Flanders Fields describes poppies growing between the crosses of fallen soldiers.
But of all plants, why were poppies the first to grow there? And why did they grow in such abundance? Turns out it’s a case of environmental renewal.
“A poppy is one of those pioneer, ruderal plants,” said Egan Davis, principal instructor for the horticulture training program at the University of British Columbia’s Botanical Garden. “Their role is to basically patch [a] site after major disturbance.”
That could be a natural disaster, like a flood or forest fire, or, in the case of European battlefields, ongoing fighting that wiped out most trees and vegetation.
“The seeds are there, waiting,” Davis said. He referred to it as a “seed bank” — seeds lying dormant in the soil, ready to germinate. When the disaster has passed and all other plants have been wiped out, those seeds have the space to grow.
“What’s really beautiful about that system is that at any point, where there’s a big disturbance and everything crashes, it just basically kickstarts,” Davis said.
Poppies play the role of that common first plant in parts of Europe. Davis said that in much of Canada, fireweed is the first to sprout after forest fires.
Those pioneer plants that grow after a disaster are “usually the most glorious,” he said. “That’s what their role is: basically flower like crazy.”
He said that once the poppies come up, bigger plants and shrubs will start to return to rebuild the natural habitat of the area. With this in mind, Davis said he sees the poppy as a sign of renewal.
“I can’t imagine anything more disturbing to the earth and to human society than war,” he said. “But when poppies germinate after the war, that’s a sign of promise.”
— Menaka Raman-Wilms
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Home » News » ROH News and Rumors » ROH and Marty Scurll “Mutually Decide To Part Ways”
ROH and Marty Scurll “Mutually Decide To Part Ways”
by Joey G.
in ROH News and Rumors
Marty Scurll is gone from Ring of Honor.
The promotion announced today on Twitter that themselves and The Villain have “mutually decided to part ways,” a decision many expected following the #SpeakingOut allegations made against Scurll over the summer.
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— ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) January 4, 2021
Scurll was outed for having sexual relations with an underage girl several years ago, something he believed to be consensual. You can read a part of that statement below.
I am aware that a young woman has bravely come forward with her account of sexual abuse by some members of the wrestling community in the UK 5 years ago, a community I was a part of.
Although I truly believe that our encounter that evening was consensual, and the fact that the encounter was legal; is almost not the point. I understand that she now views our encounter as part of a bigger problem within the wrestling community.
What concerns me at this moment is that from what I have been reading, she is a fan of wrestling and was made to feel unsafe within that community. This is not acceptable. I also understand that people have been attacking her on social media, and I implore you to please stop. She has a right to her voice and it is our responsibility to listen.
Scurll has worked for ROH on and off since 2016, and is a former ROH television and tag champion.
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What to Expect from an Editor
January 12, 2021 By Jim Dempsey 7 Comments
Letting other people—even those close to you—read your novel for the first time can be stressful. You’ll wonder if they’re going to judge you, if they’ll recognize themselves in there, or if you really want your mother to know that you know about these things.
But after the first few times, you get used to it, and you’ll offer your manuscript to pretty much anyone who shows the slightest interest.
Then you come to the next level, maybe after a few rewrites based on the feedback from friends and family or even distant beta readers. After a while, you have to take that next step, to show it to someone in the publishing industry who will view it with a more critical eye.
An agent (and these days, it’s more likely to be an agent in the first place than a publisher) will pretty much give you a straight yes or no in the first instance. For most writers, even the ones who are now successful, the answer will often be no with little explanation beyond: it’s not for me.
An editor, on the other hand, will give you much more detailed feedback. It’s not unusual, for example, for me to write 20 to 30 pages of analysis for any one novel. And the nature of editing means that much of that feedback will come across as negative since you won’t improve so much of your novel by only hearing praise.
That can cause a whole other level of stress. You send off your manuscript, and it can easily take a month to work on a developmental edit of your novel. For the first time, your work is out of your hands, out of your control, for all that time, and you’ve got little to no idea as to what’s happening with it. Is this person putting red lines through whole chapters, laughing at what you thought were carefully crafted metaphors, or are they yawning at that action scene you worked so hard to write?
None of that will be true of a good editor. But what can you expect from an editor? Maybe knowing what we get up to with your manuscript will help relieve some of that stress. Here are then are a few things you can expect from an editor
No editor will demand that you delete or even rewrite whole tracts of text, or get rid of a character or insert a murder at the end of chapter three. Or any other chapter. They should never command or bully authors into making unwanted changes.
Editors should, of course, correct typos and grammatical errors, but when it comes to substantial matters, such as plot, structure, story flow and character development, they will advise—and give good reasons—but they should never insist.
Which brings me to…
Good editors will never (OK, rarely) point out a problem without offering a workable solution. You should never see a comment like, ‘The pace drops here,’ without at least one helpful suggestion for the author to consider in the rewrite. The editor could, for instance, mark a few lines of overly expository dialogue in the text and recommend cutting or revising them. Or suggest—never demand, remember—that the murder could come earlier in the story. At the end of chapter three, for example.
While offering solutions applies more to developmental editing, explanations are more usual in copy editing and proof-reading, especially when an editor has had to make a significant change. This can happen when the meaning of a sentence is unclear or could be misinterpreted.
For example, the author might write:
I saw a rat looking through the basement window.
From the surrounding text, it’s clear to the editor that the author really meant:
I saw a rat when I looked through the basement window.
It’s the kind of thing authors easily overlook and could even question why the editor made that change since it’s clear to the author that it was the narrator and not the rat looking through the window. The author will have read that sentence a hundred times already without noticing a problem.
In these cases, it’s good practice for the editor to add a comment with an explanation of why the change was made.
This leads nicely to…
Preach and practice
The comment attached to the above example could read something like:
I changed this because the reader might think the rat was looking through the window.
Changed as reeder might think rat was looking thru window
A good editor’s comments and feedback will have no spelling mistakes, grammar or punctuation errors. We can’t ask you to give your best work if we can’t be bothered to give ours. (Although, I must admit that I have occasionally failed on this point, but I do try my best.)
You really don’t need an editor to miss, or worse, add errors to your manuscript, but it happens. Surprisingly often.
The most common error an editor will leave behind is a double space between two words. When you get your edited manuscript back, use the ‘Find’ function to search for double spaces. A good editor will have done this before sending it back to you, so you shouldn’t find any. (Note: this only applies to documents where all the changes have been accepted.)
Another error to watch out for is inconsistency in spelling. There should be no organisations, for example, when you really want to have organizations.
This encompasses a few different aspects that you can expect from a good editor. Punctuality is one. An editor should always deliver the work on time.
Politeness is another. They could ask you to ‘please check this is what you mean’ rather than an abrupt, ‘Check this!’ (which could also be misinterpreted).
And there’s nothing wrong with an editor who’s pedantic. They should look for every tiny error and check every little detail and fact. Was there really a full moon on Halloween’s night of 1957? (No, there wasn’t.)
Finally, good editors are curious. They are always willing to learn and are keen to improve their skills. So tell me, what qualities do you think a good editor should have?
What was it like for you to let other people read your writing for the first time? Was it easier to send it to an agent or editor than to friends, or was that more nerve-racking? What qualities do you expect from an editor that I haven’t mentioned above?
About Jim Dempsey
Jim Dempsey (he/him) is a book editor who specializes in detailed analysis and editing of novel manuscripts through his company, Novel Gazing. He has worked as an editor for more than 20 years. He has a master’s degree in creative writing and is a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and is a trustee of the Arkbound Foundation. Jim is fascinated by the similarities between fiction and psychotherapy, since both investigate the human condition, the things that make us uniquely human. He explores this at The Fiction Therapist website. If you have a specific concern with your novel, send an email to jim [at] thefictiontherapist.com, or visit the website to ask for a free sample edit. You can follow Jim on Instagram @the_fiction_therapist.
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Leanne Dyck says
The first time I sent my writing to an editor was in 2005. I have dyslexia and so was intimidated by the process of working with an editor. Would they laugh at me or ridicule me or tell me that I shouldn’t be an author?
Happily, the answer is no.
When asked, I describe working with an editor as taking my writing to a day spa. It may hurt a little but you benefit greatly from the experience.
Jim Dempsey says
A brilliant analogy, Leanne. Thanks for that. I must use that sometime, with your persmission, of course.
Absolutely. You may use it any time, Jim.
Jane Daly says
A good editor will give constructive criticism with a dose of “I liked this.” My writing mentor said a good editor will ‘edit hard’ to make my manuscript the best it can be. I LOVE editors!
Exactly, Jane. Good point. It’s about constructive criticism of the manuscript, pointing out what works and what doesn’t work and, perhaps most importantly, why.
Denise Willson says
Great suggestions, Jim.
In addition, I might suggest that a good editor be honest. While advice and suggestions must come with a healthy dose of honey, an editor who avoids hard truths for fear of hurting the author’s feelings is doing the manuscript (and the author) an injustice.
As an editor, I’ve seen my fair share of manuscripts previously edited in a manner that didn’t take the manuscript or author to another level. In most cases, I suspected the editor was afraid to bring issues to the author’s attention.
An author should look for kindness and support in their editor–for sure. But also honesty. Without it, why bother paying for an editor? Let your mother read your manuscript. She thinks everything you write is gold. :)
Thanks for sharing these suggestions, Jim!
JEN Garrett says
Why did I find myself reading this post, thinking, “That’s me, that’s totally me!”?
Could I perchance be an editor at heart?
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At least 20 killed in communal violence in central Nigeria
Update: October, 17/2017 - 18:11
ABUJA — Nigeria’s president demanded late on Monday that police and the army "stop the madness" in central Plateau state after more than 20 people were killed in a new flare-up of violence.
Fulani herdsmen are suspected of killing at least 20 people last weekend with guns and explosives in the latest round of clashes in a long-running battle over grazing rights in central Nigeria.
"President Muhammadu Buhari has received with deep sadness and regret news of the recent killings of at least 20 people in Plateau state, during what has been described as a reprisal attack by some herdsmen," according to an official statement.
"This madness has gone too far. (Buhari) has instructed the military and the police to not only bring the violence to an instant end, but to draw up a plan to ensure that there are no further attacks and reprisal attacks by one group against the other," the statement added.
Nomadic Muslim Fulani herdsmen allegedly launched a series of attacks against Christian farmers, defying a curfew put in late Friday by the state’s governor after a rise in tensions between the two communities.
"Some unknown group attacked some villages in Barikin Ladi early on Saturday and killed a lot of people," according to the spokesperson of the Special Task Force in the state, Salisu Mustapha.
"The attackers came in large group and for the first time not only shot their victims but also used explosives," he added.
Plateau state falls on the dividing line between Nigeria’s mainly Christian south and mostly Muslim north and has witnessed sporadic ethnic and religious tensions for decades. — AFP
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US aids Vietnam to enhance e-government capacity
Malie Nguyen
October 14, 2020 | 09:02 Malie Nguyen
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will help Vietnam’s Office of the Government (OOG) accelerate administrative reform, enhance national inter-agency coordination and transparency, and develop its e-government platform.
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US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Vietnam Mission Director Bradley Bessire and Vietnam’s Office of the Government (OOG) Chairman Mai Tien Dung participated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and OOG on October 13, VOV reported.
Through this MOU, USAID will help OOG accelerate administrative reforms, enhance national inter-agency coordination and transparency, and further develop its e-government platform - the National Public Service Portal - which will improve access to information, benefitting both citizens and businesses.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and OOG Photo: USAID Vietnam
During the signing ceremony, Ambassador Kritenbrink said, “The Vietnam e-government capacity building MOU signed today demonstrates continued close cooperation between the United States and Vietnam and reinforces the U.S. Government’s commitment to support Vietnam’s efforts in modernizing public administration, administrative reform, and e-government development.”
The USAID’s assistance is expected to open up new opportunities for e-Government and progress in Vietnam in the next two years, he added.
Photo: USAID Vietnam
The Minister-Chairman Mai Tien Dung expressed his hope that the Office will receive more support from the US Embassy and the USAID in Vietnam in implementing the agency’s programs and projects in the country, the MoU, and the project on intensifying reform and raising the connectivity capacity of small-and medium-sized enterprises in particular.
According to the Minister-Chairman, the Government has cut 3,893 out of 6,191 business conditions and 30 out of 120 administrative procedures relating to thematic inspections.
The Government has issued regulations on administrative reforms online and a program on reducing and streamlining regulations on business activities for the 2020-2025 period, he added.
USAID assistance towards this capacity building effort has four main components: (i) Updating implementing regulations related to online public service delivery and processing; (ii) Organizational change management to improve service delivery and communications plans to strengthen the National Public Service Portal; (iii) Improving business processes, interface design, and user experience on the National Public Service Portal; and (iv) Business process re-engineering support for one-stop shops, focusing on the digitalization of administrative procedure and access to digitized results via the National Public Service Portal.
Over the past 15 years, USAID has been working closely with Vietnam to strengthen the ability of local enterprises to scale operations, improve the business enabling environment, train emerging leaders, reduce the time and cost of trade, and enhance the national and provincial legal and regulatory framework to drive private sector growth.
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[Update: Official statement] Canary screws its free users, reduces videos to 10sec previews and removes plenty of other features
Rita El Khoury 2017/10/05
3:37am PDT Oct 5, 2017
Here's an official statement from Canary: Today we stream nearly 500 million video clips per day. Most Canary users rely on notifications, Watch Live, and their timeline images to determine what
Every company needs to make money somehow, that's not up for debate. But going about it in a sneaky and disingenuous way is not the best practice to keep your customers and reputation. That's the case of Canary, the smart cam monitoring company that has now officially earned my wrath.
Out of the blue, Canary emailed its free users on October 3 (sorry we're late on this, but we were making sure our info was correct) and brought them the happy news that their smart cam is now nothing but a glorified live-streamer.
Rant: Has Android Wear Failed To Make A Case To Normal Users?
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Android Wear, and smartwatches at large, were pitched to us with the promise of their becoming the indispensable "second screen" to our smartphones. Notifications, voice communication, smart home integration, highly contextual information and alerts - smartwatches were, in theory, the companion that could give us all the simple things that necessitated taking out our smartphone, but didn't actually require a large screen or access to a keyboard to accomplish.
Android Wear is coming up on its second birthday, and the decreasing number of compelling new Wear apps we see each month that aren't watch faces has actually led to us slowing the regular publication of our "new Wear apps and watch faces" series.
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Under the new "rules," carriers subscribe to six basic obligations. Here they are, simplified and bulleted:
Somewhere on their respective websites, carriers have to post an unlocking policy.
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It's 4 a.m., I just read the 6th mention of the same misleading story in the last 24 hours, and it's time for a rant.
Yesterday, several "independent" reports all claiming to arrive at the same conclusion at the same time (does anyone properly credit their sources anymore?) appeared on the web suggesting HTC had just (*gasp*) leaked two new Android 4.3 features: Bluetooth Low-Energy and OpenGL ES 3.0. And it's done so via a public meetup organized by the San Francisco Android User Group. HTC is so careless that they've just published not one but two unreleased features coming in the next version of Android and therefore protected by strict NDAs.
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As I've looked at these new apps day by day, I started noticing something peculiar. No, it wasn't the amount of fart apps and soundboards - those, while annoying, are still legitimate applications, which, thanks to Google's openness, deserve a place in the Market just like any other app.
WTF - Sprint To Charge $10/Month “You Get To Use An EVO 4G” Fee
Chris Dehghanpoor 2010/05/12
EVO 4G (Supersonic)
After wiping the drool off our screens long enough to actually read Sprint’s press release for the EVO 4G, we found ourselves a bit put off by the 10$/month ‘Premium Data Charge’. Here’s the relevant excerpt from the release:
A $10 per month Premium Data add-on will apply allowing customers to take advantage of a richer data experience than ever before.
The way that the $10/month fee is presented in the press release seems to imply that it would only be applicable to those who can take advantage of Sprint’s 4G network, which is still in the process of rolling out in many parts of the country.
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The Reisig family – former residents of Aldergrove – are seeing the holidays in a whole new light after Matt miraculously recovered from the rare onset of a syndrome (Guillian-Barre) that paralyzed the 32-year-old father in March. (Submitted photo)
‘I’m just happy to be alive’: Once-paralyzed B.C. father makes a full recovery
Matt Reisig recovers, celebrating a Christmas he once thought impossible
Sarah Grochowski
Aldergrove-born Matt Reisig is back at home, making holiday memories with his wife and one-year-old daughter Ayla this Christmas.
It’s something many, including Reisig himself, thought impossible after being paralyzed chest-down by Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in late February.
Reisig was unable to breathe on his own, eat, and hug “daddy’s little girl” for months after first being rushed to Peace Arch Hospital, with what felt like the flu.
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“It was tingling in my arms and legs,” Reisig described, “an overall weakness.”
Now, Reisig hopes to raise awareness about GBS – a mysterious inflammatory disorder where the immune system attacks its nerves instead of the virus the body is sick with, according to Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
There is no known cause for the condition.
Initially after falling ill, Reisig – a small-business owner and painter – remembers trying to push back client appointments one week, offering them a discount as an incentive for waiting.
But within seven days, on March 7, the 32-year-old father would be intubated and on life support.
“It’s still hard to talk about,” Reisig told the Aldergrove Star.
“I don’t want anyone else to go through what I went through.”
After the initial GBS diagnosis, the disorder sucked the “drive” out of him, along with the loss of his motor skills except for slight head, shoulder, and face movements including nods and eyelid twitches.
“I thought GBS had ruined my life,” Reisig told the Aldergrove Star.
Through it all, his wife Ashley stuck by his side at Surrey Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit, managing to sleep nightly on a pull-out couch in his room.
“I would come home once every four days or so,” she explained. Even her mother, Ayla’s grandmother, relocated from Kamloops to care for the one-year-old full time.
Ayla was uncomfortable and scared seeing her dad incapacitated.
Ashley became Reisig’s main mode of communication, and ultimate source of hope.
She tuned-in to what her paralyzed husband was mouthing with his lips.
And for when she wasn’t in his room, Ashley made a whiteboard list of Reisig’s needs and feelings.
For instance: “I need… suction, a nurse, my wife. Or I feel cold, pain,” she said about the list. Reisig reacted to truths pointed out the only way he could, in minute movements.
“When Matt was at his worst, I was constantly telling him, ‘It’s going to be okay, I know it isn’t now but it will be’ and, ‘This will end. This isn’t forever’ and ‘You’re going to make it through this.’”
A turning point came after Reisig faced a week of especially painful nerve pain, but with extreme effort, moved his fingers.
Unbeknownst to Reisig, Ashley had been posting regular status updates to her Facebook page, chronicling 147 days of her husband’s condition.
Soon the statuses became the only connection the patient had to the outside world.
Bedridden and defeated, “it got to the point where if Ashley wasn’t there I would ask others to read my update and the comments,” Resig retold.
When he managed to gain wrist and arm movement, he read through all the messages on his own and “had a good cry,” he said.
“You don’t really know how big your village is until you’re going through something.”
An online GoFundMe account for the family has raised over $20,000, which “got [them] through” living and medical expenses, and is still able to accept donations.
There are two days in hospital Reisig will always remember: his wedding anniversary and his first real meal – a reuben sandwich after months of feeding tubes turned-to liquids.
On the Reisigs’ fourth wedding anniversary, he asked his physiotherapist to help him sketch a heart on canvas with the words “I love you.”
The artwork that Resig said “looks like our daughter did it” now rests on their bedside table at home.
Throughout the five-month ordeal, Reisig said he lost a total of 45 pounds, all of which he has gained back, “and five pounds more,” he chuckled.
Undoubtedly, the most crucial part of Reisig’s recovery from GBS was “getting off the ventilator,” Ashley explained. “We would go down to the lowest level of it and then Matt would panic.
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“It was a mental switch that had to happen in him,” she said. After that occurred, within a week Reisig was breathing on his own, lungs strengthening from their use.
“I told myself I was going to walk again,” Reisig explained about his fight for life. And after 16 weeks in the hospital, he did just that.
Reisig returned home to South Surrey on July 24.
Since going public, Reisig has been able to connect with other victims of GBS, ones as young as 11 years old.
“One boy felt like he couldn’t connect with anyone because of what he went through,” Reisig said about a Calgary child who was diagnosed with GBS.
“He remembers screaming in his head like I did,” frustrated by the inability to move or communicate.
Ashley has also been sent hundreds of messages from people all over the world affected by the disease.
Christmas this year looks a lot different for the Reisigs, who before GBS, found the holidays a hectic time of obligation.
“I’m walking every day, hitting the gym… Ayla likes to lay on my chest and sit with me and watch TV,” Reisig beamed.
The Reisigs have dedicated time to visit with Santa and watch their daughter’s face light-up in wonder of the season.
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Businessman who took $8.5 million from RBC jailed in record Nova Scotia fraud
Kentville, N.S.: An Annapolis Valley businessman has been sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to taking $8.5 million from the Royal Bank of Canada in what could be the largest fraud case in Nova Scotia history.
Gregory Paul Burden, 66, falsified records to make it look as if his Kentville, N.S., company, Advance Commission Company of Canada Ltd., was more profitable that it seemed, Crown attorney Mark Heerema said Wednesday.
Those false documents were then used as collateral for loans from RBC.
“The books were being cooked – and they were being charbroiled,” said Heerema, noting he could find no bigger fraud among reported court decisions in the province.
Burden did not use the money for a lavish life, said Heerema, but instead to build his company, which bought rights to real estate agents’ advance commissions in exchange for a cut of them.
“He was trying to grow a legitimate business with real employees, albeit with criminality and that’s wrong,” he said. “Most of the money went to this business that eventually became unsuccessful.”
Burden, who was sentenced in Kentville on Tuesday on three fraud charges, pleaded guilty last year to defrauding four members of an Annapolis Valley family of $400,000 who invested in his company, as well as a Quebec franchisee of his company.
Burden had been attempting to grow his company across Canada, said Heerema.
Heerema said he had asked for a sentence of between three and five years, and was happy with Judge Claudine MacDonald’s four-year sentence.
Heerema said the fraud was a simple one _ Burden faked annual financial statements _ but he would have had to create a lot of documentation to do it.
“It’s in some ways deceptively simple, but as I told the court … it would have been elaborate to pull off,” said Heerema.
Related charges of using forged documents were dropped.
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The art of life, or confessions of an art addict
Wild Flower Power
Culture | 17 Jan 2020
In writing this article, I hope that it will be of help to some people who might find themselves in the same predicament that I was, namely to be an observer, rather than a participant of what has interested you most in your entire life, and what it takes to make that leap of faith, and to become a participant. I have been covering the Greek art scene as a journalist since 1994, but my art practice goes back way longer. Art has always played a very important role in my life, whether I was writing about it, or practicing it. But my art practice was for many years something of a private affair. And this is why:
When I was a child, I was one of those children that was always drawing and painting. When I was a teenager, I continued to do so, and got into art school and then into university to study art. I loved art, I always have. But then, ‘rationalism’ set in, together with insecurity as to whether I had made the right decision. My parents’ unhappy faces didn’t help much either, seeing as they disapproved of my choice of study. Add to that the comments of some uninspired and cynical art professors at uni, and hey presto: I started thinking about maybe making a more ‘practical’ choice in terms of what I would study, so I opted to go in a more theoretical direction, dropping the art courses in my second year of my BA, in order to continue with more theoretical courses: English Literature and History of Art. I even considered going for Economics, but after trying to read an introduction to Economics and falling asleep after the first few pages, I realized that this would be torture (for me).
I continued painting and drawing in my own free time, and my art practice grew in stops and starts. Then, I moved from London to Athens in 1994, and started working as a journalist, covering art events for the newspaper ‘Athens News’ and later becoming its Arts Editor. I left the newspaper in 2006, after having my second child, and continued as a freelance journalist, fulltime mother, and part-time painter. From then on, I had the opportunity to refocus on my art, in a much more meaningful manner. But it was still something rather personal for me, that I only shared with close friends and family. I didn’t have the courage to go all the way, and actually exhibit my work.
Then in 2013, my mother fell ill with cancer. She battled it as best she could for 3 years. Illness makes you see things differently, so, she asked me one day, in 2015: “You never painted my portrait”. Her request was my command, and I immediately put paintbrush to paper, and produced a little portrait of her. My two daughters did the same, so she ended up with three very different portraits. This moment was very special for me, because it was as if she had turned a switch back on, opened a gate for me, or basically had given me her blessing. From then on, I just decided that I had to do what I really loved, and what felt most natural for me, what made me feel complete. My eldest daughter’s encouragement also helped, plus some friends’ prompting, and the faith of others who had seen my work, and told me to continue.
Sea Patterns
I will also never forget the words of artist Kostas Varotsos, who I interviewed for ‘Athens Insider’ in 2017. I asked him “When did you decide that you wanted to become an artist?”, and he replied: “Basically I was trying to not become an artist – but there was no getting away from it. I went to art school in Rome, but also studied Architecture at Pescara University in order to escape art. I realised how difficult it was to be an artist, and I liked the good life, so I didn’t want that whole hassle. I realised that in art, you dedicate your life – and nothing less. It’s like a woman who’s in love with you and you can’t escape her. If you decide to stay with her, you can’t betray her. Similarly you can’t betray art. If you do, you will pay for it dearly. You have to be a dedicated soldier. I was around 23 when I finally committed myself heart and soul to art.” Varotsos’ words struck a chord.
So now, it is 2020, and I have had a few art shows, and have been exploring and developing my art as much as possible. It’s like I’ve opened a Pandora’s box, with new ideas popping out all the time. Two very different works of mine are featuring in two very different group shows in Athens this January-February (‘Love and Disaster in Athens’, at FokiaNou art space, and ‘20/20 High Vision’, at artzone42 gallery), and my artistic explorations are opening up even more interesting paths that I intend to develop. Like Alice through the Looking Glass, now that I am on the other side, and have made that shift of focus from art writing, to art practice, things are a lot more colourful and adventurous!
Where the roses grow
Now, there’s always criticism of self-taught, or semi-self-taught artists, from fine art’s academic circles, and from some fine artists. My answer is that there is room for everyone, and there are different types of art, for different types of people, and for different budgets. And there are self-taught artists who have managed to excel and garner the respect from academia that they deserve (eg. Rousseau, Van Gogh, Basquiat, Kahlo, while here in Greece Theophilos was the most famous example). Besides, let us not forget, that the whole movement of conceptual art (and all of its sub categories), which is so popular these days, especially in the art schools, was born from the mind of a creative genius, who was also semi-self-taught (Marcel Duchamp). And let’s make a comparison with the music industry, where things are a bit more democratic: There’s room for Chopin, and also for Mick Jagger (and no one expects Mick to be able to sing opera!). And besides, we are all born artists: just look at the wonderful creativity of little children, something which inspired artists such as Picasso, and something which the Greek education system in particular, wants to strip children of, as they get older.
Of course making a living out of art is a difficult affair, so, I also still write, but the shift in perspective has occurred, and the understanding that this was meant to be. It happened late for me, but it happened. So, I advise you all, to allow your children to follow their dreams, instincts, passions, because sometimes, they know best what their true calling is. After all, we (might only) have one life to live, so allow them to live it. And support them.
‘Love and Disaster in Athens’ runs Jan 15 until Feb 1 at the FokiaNou Art Space |Hours: Thursday – Saturday: 17.00-20.00| Fokianou 24, 7th Floor, Pangrati.
‘20/20 High Vision’ runs Jan 16 until Feb 8, at Artzone42 gallery| 42 Vas. Konstantinou| Hours: Tues, Thurs, Fri: 15.00-21.00 and Wed & Sat: 11.00-15.00.
Website, or on her site. Read more about the Greek art scene on Stella’s site Art Scene Athens, also on Facebook, as ‘Art Scene Athens, Greece’.
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Defoe and Zabeel Prince will head to Dubai Carnival
Varian’s Group One winners set for break first
Roger Varian’s Group One winners Defoe and Zabeel Prince have been roughed off for the season to be aimed at the Dubai Carnival.
The five-year-old Defoe landed the Coronation Cup at Epsom and followed up in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot before finishing down the field in the King George behind Enable.
Zabeel Prince enjoyed his big day in France when winning the Prix d’Ispahan.
A statement on www.varianstable.com read: “Top-level winners Defoe and Zabeel Prince will be aimed at the prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan in March 2020 after successful breakthrough campaigns at Group One level.
“We are pleased to report that both horses are sound and healthy after their recent efforts. But after discussions with their owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, we are in agreement that after busy campaigns – mixing it with the best horses in Europe – both will have a break from training before travelling to compete in their respective races in the new year.”
Defoe has been consistent at a high level for the past two seasons, and will have the Sheema Classic as his aim.
“The galloping 12 furlongs of the Sheema Classic will suit Defoe perfectly, and he could take in a prep run before the main event,” said Varian.
Nine furlongs appears to be Zabeel Prince’s optimum, and he also has an ideal target.
Varian added: “Both of his wins (this season) were over the nine-furlong trip of the Dubai Turf, and his ability to travel and quicken will suit him very well both in that race and his potential pipe opener on Super Saturday.”
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Aberdeen Trades Union Council launches its 150th Anniversary year in style
Kevin Hutchens, Kathleen Kennedy, Satnam Ner,
Barney Crockett, Tyrinne Rutherford and
Grahame Smith
Aberdeen Trades Union Council's 150th Anniversary celebrations got off to a high profile start this week with three excellent events formally launching our anniversary year and recognising the work of the ATUC locally.
Our thanks go to the STUC and Aberdeen City Council for hosting receptions to mark this important year.
STUC reception and launch of research proposal
The events began with a reception on Wednesday afternoon, 7th March hosted by the STUC in the Town House, Aberdeen to mark our150th anniversary. We were delighted that the General Council held their meeting in Aberdeen before this event.
Helen Martin
At the reception, the STUC launched their proposal for forthcoming research focussing on the North East economy.
This is one of three pieces of research that the STUC will be carrying out as part of their organising agenda, and we are delighted that they have focussed one of these on the North East of Scotland.
Following a presentation by Assistant General secretary, Helen Martin, and a response from ATUC Joint-President, Kevin Hutchens, there was a lively discussion about the areas that could be included in the research, which will be put out to tender soon.
Aberdeen City Council - Civic reception
That evening, Aberdeen City Council hosted a civic reception to mark Aberdeen Trades Union Council's 150th anniversary. The event was compered by Kevin Hutchens, joint President and the speakers were the Lord Provost, Barney Crockett, Kathleen Kennedy, ATUC Vice President, Tyrinne Rutherford, ATUC Joint President, and Satnam Ner, STUC President.
The speakers spoke of Aberdeen's long association with the ATUC and the City Council's support for trade unions across the city as well as its history of supporting social justice and equality across the world.
Congratulations came from trade unions and activists locally and from further afield. Jim Quinn, a former secretary of Fermanagh TUC sent a wee message in gaelic.... "Ní neart go cuir le cheile ... literally ...no strength without unity!"
Finally, on Thursday 8th March, men and women braved the chill to stand together at the Castlegate in Aberdeen and celebrate International Women’s Day at an ATUC organised rally.
Compered by Vice President Kathleen Kennedy, a range of speakers spoke about the women who inspired them, the progress made and the many battles still to be fought to achieve gender equality and an end to the discrimination, harassment and abuse of women.
Young trade unionist, Gemma Clark spoke on behalf of the ATUC, telling her own story and reflecting on the women who were inspirational in her life, including her Mum, Donna, a Unite member and also active in the ATUC.
Another excellent event organised by the ATUC in our 150th year.
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Automatic Annie Electric Blues Band
West Midlands - England - United Kingdom
Pete first picked up a guitar in 1971 at the age of 11.
His earliest musical training was on viola which he played in the Liverpool Schools Symphony Orchestra in the seventies.
In the 1980s Pete was active in the music scene in Liverpool with a residency at the famous Philharmonic Tea Rooms on Hope Street.
Gigs at Kirklands wine bar and many others followed.
Since the 1980s Pete's has had an eclectic involvement in music from classical guitar to heavy rock. Pete has been in prog rock bands, folk duos, blues bands and original material bands. In the eighties he played in a band with Brian Nash from Frankie Goes to Hollywood and his brother Martin - who was also in the rockabilly band One Last Fight.
In the nineties, in Liverpool, Pete made an independent album with John Mason in a band called The Lost Chord. Most recently he has guested on a couple of albums by the Gospel producer Lloyd Gordon. Notably Rudo Zamchiya's 2012 album Covenant Keeping God playing classical guitar, 12 string on two tracks including I Love You Lord.
Most recently he has taken up lap steel guitar to develop a Hawaiian repertoire and to further develop his slide style for Delta blues with Automatic Annie
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Supercharged 4dr All-wheel Drive
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"You took a $95,000 vehicle off-road?" asked a fellow Autoblogger as we shared some of our latest exploits with media vehicles. His question made it sound like I'd done something impressive with the Range Rover Supercharged, but it wasn't much more than gingerly tiptoeing this big British beast into a field. My little romp was equivalent to testing the water in a wading pool, but I discovered that the Range Rover's ride, no hard-tail chopper on the street, is even better off road. The Range Rover Supercharged is a dichotomy of brilliant and idiotic, swathed in sumptuousness. The luxury might likely be enough to convince you to forget about some of the less pleasurable aspects of the Range Rover. For us, not blessed with the faculties to swing the monthly payment on such a terrible investment as a $100,000 vehicle, all of the luxury, equipment, and capabilities were largely gimcrackery ladled into a vehicle that will essentially pull station wagon duty. %Gallery-6156% The styling pays homage to the original Range Rover from the 1970s. It wasn't a bad look then, and it's all there in updated form in the modern RR. Even though the classic cues are present on the flanks of the new model, it doesn't come off as some kind of neo-retro nonsense. The proportions are right, and the crisply folded lines are handsome and stately. The front end projects power and composure, like this vehicle would be equally adept in situations requiring a double breasted suit as it is when muddy boots are the order of the day. The squared-off bodywork is perfect to the mission of the Rover. You wouldn't want any concessions to styling cutting in on that cargo space, after all. Besides, the Range Rover Sport model offers a fastback profile if putting big boxes in your effete SUV isn't so much your thing. The deep blue paint on the example we drove was smooth and lustrous, with only a hint of orange peel. The brightwork comprised the mesh-style grille, faux-extractors on the front quarter panels, badging, and door handles. The attractively blocky alloy dubs were a matching shade of brushed nickel. The grille sits between the jewel-like lamp housings that provide a roost for the bi-xenon lighting. We loved the look. The styling is at once refined and axe-hewn. While every Rover is born with off-road chops, the RR Supercharged looked equally suited to hunkering down on its air suspension and clicking off miles at a rate of two per minute. We never pushed the needle that hard, but we can attest to the distance devouring prowess of Solihull's Zenith of luxury SUVs. Swinging an access hatch open reveals a cabin trimmed in fine perforated leather with contrasting piping, tasteful brushed metal hardware and cherry wood that makes my living room feel far inferior. While capable of puffing up the air bladders to loom above terra firma, stepping into the Range Rover is a trifle with the suspension locked at access height. Upon …
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AVARA Launches Interactive Polar Bear Augmented Reality Experience Depicting the Impact of Humankind on Arctic Environment
The Latest Augmented Reality Release, in Collaboration with Polar Bears International, Aims to Inspire Ongoing Educational & Action Programs that Address Issues Threatening Polar Bears and Arctic Sea Ice
Toronto, Canada / November 1, 2019 – AVARA Media Inc. announces the release of an Augmented Reality (AR) experience that transports people to the Arctic. Simulated on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, this unique experience allows people to interact with polar bears and explore the beautiful habitat they journey on. With the support of Polar Bears International, the only non-profit organization with a sole focus on polar bears and their sea ice habitat, the goal is to raise awareness about the impacts of human activity on our planet and its wildlife, including the polar bear. The AR experience serves as a new initiative for Polar Bears International as part of its seventh annual Polar Bear Week, happening November 3-9, 2019.
The Arctic Polar Bear experience raises awareness surrounding climate action, life-on-land, and life-below-water, to highlight our collective ecological impact on the planet - in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While polar bears are strong hunters, the loss of sea ice driven by climate change is testing the limits of their survival abilities, forcing them to either head ashore, where they can't hunt their main seal prey, or to embark on long swims in search of sea ice.
“Through the magic of Augmented Reality we have created an immersive and engaging experience that allows users around the world to explore the Arctic and learn about the challenges polar bears are facing in our current environment,” commented Vikas Gupta, CEO of AVARA. “This is a beautiful and important experience that blends entertainment and education and we are delighted to work with Polar Bears International to raise awareness about polar bears and climate change, while helping to empower a global audience with sustainability efforts towards a healthier planet.”
Within each AR experience provided by AVARA, factual information is made available to users in order to raise awareness about our actions and the impact on the planet - while freely interacting with a range of virtual environments to discover animals, habitats, and issues that we face from a conservational & educational perspective.
“We’re excited to join AVARA in launching the Arctic Polar Bear experience in conjunction with this year’s Polar Bear Week,” said Krista Wright, Executive Director of Polar Bears International. “During Polar Bear Week, we not only celebrate polar bears, but also focus attention on the threats they face and the actions needed to save them. This Augmented Reality experience fits perfectly with those goals — letting users immerse themselves in the polar bear’s world while learning about ways to help.”
“Climate change is one of the biggest issues our planet is facing and is a threat to life on land and life below water. Through AVARA’s AR experiences, we are sharing the important narrative of how so many species are being impacted and bringing much needed attention, awareness, and education to a global audience,” said Edward Burtynsky, Chief Visionary of AVARA.
The latest AVARA app update in collaboration with Polar Bears International is now available to download on Google Play and Apple App Store. To activate the experience, download the accompanying Augmented Reality Trigger here from AVARA’s website. As part of AVARA’s business model, 10% of all future revenue from the AVARA Polar Bear AR experience will be donated to Polar Bears International to support ongoing research, education, and action programs addressing the issues that are endangering polar bears in the Arctic region.
About AVARA
AVARA Media Inc. was founded by Vikas Gupta, an award winning Interactive Digital Media executive, and Edward Burtynsky, renowned as one of the most important contemporary photographers of our time, with the objective of experientially connecting global audiences to issues around humankind’s influence on the planet.
AVARA Media Inc. brings the world to life on your mobile screen through the magic of Augmented Reality, transporting you to extraordinary places, moments, and interactions across the globe. The company has created a proprietary technology platform that enables the most immersive, interactive, and engaging Augmented Reality experiences possible.
AVARA’s vision is to ‘Build Better Worlds’. The company is fulfilling this vision by leveraging its Augmented Reality technology platform to inform, impact, and influence people across the globe to create change agents for a healthier planet. AVARA’s press kit is available here, or for more information visit www.avaramedia.com.
Sean Karoonian: marketing@avaramedia.com
About Polar Bears International
Polar Bears International’s mission is to conserve polar bears and the sea ice they depend on. Through media, science, and advocacy, we work to inspire people to care about the Arctic, the threats to its future, and the connection between this remote region and our global climate. PBI is the only nonprofit organization dedicated solely to wild polar bears and Arctic sea ice, and our staff includes scientists who study wild polar bears. We are recognized leaders in polar bear conservation. For more information, visit www.polarbearsinternational.org.
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Потрясающая организация
Потрясающее всюду!
Peer Defenders
Disability создатель проекта Josephine Steuer Ingall
Peer Defenders is a youth-led response to the joint crises of segregation, resource inequity, and the criminalization of students in New York City. This initiative emerges from the organizing practices and victories of our parent organization IntegrateNYC. For the past five years, INYC has been committed to developing youth leaders to recognize and respond to injustices in their schools.
In the United States, age is not seen as a suspect classification and education is not a fundamental right. Students are the only constituency that can be disciplined with a foreign object, and for which the government can ban books and educational materials. And the legacy of “separate but equal” continues to reverberate throughout young people’s lives.
The lived experiences of the growing INYC community have taught us that segregation does not exclusively exist within and between schools. Some of the most vulnerable students, especially students with disabilities, are systematically excluded even from entering our educational institutions.
Peer Defenders sees this knowledge as a catalyst for action. We are developing a supportive program for youth who have been harmed by court involvement and other types of carceral response to mental illness, neurodivergence, and disability. Our initiative elevates court-diverted youth to leadership positions, where they will receive expert mentorship as they learn how to be community defense workers and legal observers within their school communities.
We intend to welcome our inaugural cohort of youth in January. They will work with Peer Defenders to fulfill community service and education requirements for non-carceral rehabilitation programs. For this to be possible we must establish an anti-bias, anti-racist, and trauma-informed curriculum that empowers and educates multiply marginalized and disabled young people and invest substantially in recruitment and supportive resources for retention.
What our grantee is saying: "This award will let me work with other student organizers to develop a meaningful restorative curriculum for court-involved young people with disabilities. We will be able to connect with legal experts, educators, and community members with lived experiences of disability and of the criminal justice system. I am so incredibly grateful. It means so much to me to know that other members of the disability community believe in this work and want to support it."
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Horizon:Volume 7C Chapter 67
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Chapter 67: Storyteller Below the Roof
Oh, dear
We don’t have much time
Do we?
Point Allocation (We do not)
“Hashiba-sama and the others didn’t arrive in time for the Keichou Campaign?” asked a voice at the top of a cramped room.
It was Sakon.
She sat up inside a small room on the transport ship.
She had been sleeping.
The Battle of Nördlingen was being fought in the early morning, but since she had needed to board the transport ship, Sakon had not gotten any sleep until now. Waking up from 6x compressed sleep was not pleasant, but…
…My head feels a lot clearer now.
However, she was not in a general-use nap room. Those had triple bunk beds lined up along the walls, so there was no space for someone 3m tall to lie down. She had tried it once, but the shaking of the ship had sent her legs across the gap and into the next bed over. The hem of her pajamas had worked its way up and embarrassed her so bad she had wanted to die.
That had convinced her to go with the administrative officer’s original suggestion and borrow a room for herself.
It was not an actual bedroom since this was a transport ship, but as a storeroom for valuables, it had proper air conditioning and it was vacant since no valuables would be loaded on the ship when it was heading to a battlefield.
There was no bed for her to use, so she had spread out the special-order blanket she had brought with her and slept on that. Everyone told her she should get something nicer, but she had always slept on the floor or on a mat before inheriting her name. Sleeping on straw had been fairly comfortable, but she had developed a rash on her back. This special-order blanket had been the very first thing she bought with the money provided upon her name inheritance. She loved that it was long enough to cover her feet. Maybe I should go for a truly forbidden item like a pillow next. A down pillow. Ooh.
Anyway, she had the blanket to thank for waking up so quickly from the compressed sleep.
When she woke up, a lernen figur opened to tell her how long until they arrived in Nördlingen and that they were about to catch up Transport Ship #1 which had left first and used a different route.
“Is it visible yet?”
She pressed her cheek against the window, but she could only see a dimly-lit world. The light below outlined the roads of a few towns and villages. She thought it looked pretty.
…But we’re here to fight a battle.
That’s unavoidable, she thought.
“I don’t really get it, but it sounds like the Keichou Campaign did not end well for us.”
She had grown up in the sticks, so she felt out of her element thinking about global affairs.
Besides, she had been born in Austria, so Far Eastern affairs were even more of a mystery to her. She had studied those things, but that only gave her basic knowledge and the details were still beyond her. But more than that…
“I’m worried about being in an actual battle.”
She was a coward and a crybaby, so she was pretty sure she would cause lots of trouble and disappoint everyone, but at this point, going to Mitsunari and apologizing would not change anything.
She would have to do this no matter what happened.
She stood up, but raising her hips brought her head right to the ceiling. She sat back down on the blanket and changed from her pajamas to her inner suit.
“Mitsunari-sama really is weird.”
That had been her wholehearted impression when she had been recruited.
But she still remembered what Mitsunari had said back then.
“I am a data entity, so I have no emotions.”
Sakon recalled what happened back then. For security purposes, everyone but her had left the faculty room and an anti-data stealth field had been set up by a Catholic spell.
The field had been powerful enough to affect Mitsunari’s body, so there had been static in her voice.
“I can make statistical reactions to events, but I have no emotions. Thus, I cannot imagine what you are feeling now or what you will feel on the battlefield.”
“You could say what I want is your ability, not you as a person.”
Sakon had felt something similar to disappointment then.
She had thought about what that meant and answered while trying not to be rude.
“Am I a tool?”
If so, that was the end of it. She could not stand to think of herself being used like a machine. No matter how important this person was and no matter what their reasons were, she did not want to have her humanity brushed aside.
So that would be the end of it.
But Mitsunari had placed a hand on her chin and replied.
“No. You are not a tool. I am the tool.”
“I have no emotions, so I will likely say things and provide instructions that fail to comprehend your emotions. But that does not mean that you are not allowed to be a human in your everyday life or on the battlefield.”
“Isn’t that being awfully cruel?”
“You’re telling me to keep my emotions while I hurt people on the battlefield?”
“While I understand the logic of your question, I do not understand its essence. However…”
“I do understand that I might give orders you disagree with or that place a burden on you since I do not understand emotions. And from a statistical standpoint, that would qualify as a bad thing.”
“Then…?”
“But I still need your ability.”
Sakon had found herself speechless at the time.
Mitsunari understood that she was ignoring Sakon’s humanity. And she seemed to understand that doing so was a bad thing.
But she still wanted Sakon. However…
She really could not. Mitsunari did not truly understand her.
She did understand that ignoring Sakon’s humanity was a bad thing, but only from a logical perspective. She did not understand why it bothered Sakon so much.
She only made that decision because she could place it in the category of “bad things”.
But, she had thought back then.
My height.
My long arms and legs.
My strength.
The other abilities I don’t want.
When reaching out toward someone, she had to call out to them first.
She always had to be looking out for other people and restraining herself, but this person wanted her.
This was not like the cats stuck in a tree that she could save just by reaching out her hands.
Nor was it like how she could act as an umbrella for the others on rainy days.
It was also not like how she would reach a guiding arm around the children so the line would not fall apart.
She would not be helping someone to create a place for herself.
Someone was creating a place for her because they wanted her help.
And that was the problem.
It was clearly a natural way of tempting her. Freedom from the restraint she placed on herself was being used as bait. However…
“It is true you will likely be hurt on the battlefield and have trouble dealing with your emotions, but if you do make use of your ability, I will give meaning to everything about you.”
“Even if I cry and say I can’t stand it anymore?”
“Testament. If you feel that way, please blame me. Because that is the price for the ability I desire.”
“Because I lack emotions, I will have you be my emotional side. I view everything in terms of ability, so I will have you take the place of my empty emotional side. How about that?”
“I’m pretty sure I’ll get scared, tremble, not be able to move, cry, say I can’t stand it anymore, and run away.”
“I do not mind.” Mitsunari’s voice was calm. “Because even if you do that, you are the only one with the ability I desire.”
She’s so dumb, Sakon had thought. What is she even talking about?
If she did that as a name inheritor, it could mean the history recreation would fail.
Was Mitsunari overestimating her and assuming she would not actually do that?
“What if I refuse to take the inherited name?”
“Then I will take Shima Sakon as a double inherited name.”
“What about the ability you need? I thought you didn’t have that on your own.”
“Testament.” Mitsunari nodded. “If the only other option is to use someone else, I will erase any thought of that ability from myself.”
“Even though that other person might be useful on the battlefield, while I would be entirely useless?”
“That is fine. You are the only one I can see as Shima Sakon and entrust with my emotions. No matter how useful they might be in other matters, that only applies to other matters.”
She really had not known what to say to that.
No one had ever wanted her that badly. But on the other hand, she knew accepting this offer would eventually hurt her. However…
In order to get a better look at the person saying all these things to her, she had reached a hand out toward the lernen figur in front of her.
And as soon as she had moved her right hand, she had realized that she had not called out to Mitsunari and moved her hand around in a less direct path so as not to frighten her.
But what happened next was different from normal.
Inside the lernen figur, Mitsunari let her touch her without even flinching.
…Oh, I see.
She had no emotions, so she had little fear and never flinched.
She had then stood up, bringing her head near the ceiling.
But she had also picked Mitsunari’s lernen figur up with both hands.
She had had plenty of chances to reach out and touch people before.
But what if she could do this with something other than a doll or stuffed animal?
“Mitsunari-sama? If I do return from the battlefield and I was moved to emotion…”
She lifted up Mitsunari’s lernen figur, shook it up and down, and held it to her chest.
“Can I do this to you?”
“If you wish.”
“Then that settles it.”
She made up her mind, there in the silent faculty room with the setting sun shining in the window.
“I will entrust my ability to you.”
She had cried a lot after that.
She thought back to all the training she had gone through.
…Some people just aren’t cut out for these things.
She really did not like the idea of going to the battlefield and forcing things on other people. During training, she had often wondered why she was doing this and ended up crying. But…
“This is the real deal and I want to do whatever I can.”
Still, she was worried about her own equipment.
The Shibata forces and Niwa forces had sent over two mobile shells they had joint developed.
There was apparently an autonomous one on the #1 ship that had taken the lead.
The one meant for her had only had the OS installed this very morning, so she was going in without any practice at all. She had gone through mobile shell compatibility training, but…
“I hope this works out.”
Once she had finished dressing, she stood up. She would soon be putting on that mobile shell and the people in charge of that stuff would make some final adjustments. Then she would probably be sent out to the battlefield, so she had to pull herself together.
But as she ducked and stepped out into the corridor, she opened a lernen figur. It told her the mobile shell in the hangar had been initialized and she could head down there now.
The hardened wood corridor was dimly lit and she had to duck down to get through.
“But how do you read the name of the mobile shell’s OS?”
The name was written there on her lernen figur. Since that would be her primary equipment, she would probably get to know that name very well.
She saw three Far Eastern characters there.
“Onibumaru? Onitakemaru?” she muttered as she walked down the dimly-lit corridor and tried to figure out the correct reading.
Christina carried some tea and teacakes down a dimly-lit corridor.
They were for her and for Tomoe Gozen.
Her maid Maria had said she would carry them, but she had to leave the estate soon. The Testament said she was not here for the final moment.
Christina would die alone. She had to.
…Although I get the feeling Tomoe Gozen is trying to stop me.
She sighed and looked around.
She saw a wall of explosives there.
Christina was satisfied.
She currently had explosives set up across all of the estate’s walls, its ceiling, and below its floor.
No fire was allowed anywhere near the estate. It was not to explode until the scheduled time.
The world was in motion.
She felt like she was being ignored and left behind.
What would happen to the world if she fulfilled her history recreation?
“What will become of the world? Yes.”
The world was in the middle of the Warring States period and the Thirty Years’ War.
In her opinion, great men and women really seemed to like war.
Their battles set the age in motion and their departure did the same.
But the latter was a problem. It could happen by accident and was unpredictable.
Her predecessor, Gustav II, was a good example.
He was a great man who had used new tactics and weapons to transform Sweden into a powerful nation.
But as per the Testament, he died unexpectedly in battle.
If not for that death, she would be in a very different position now. Sweden would have gained a wider reputation as a powerful nation and she would have held more meaning for Europe by acting as a branch office for that nation.
But that was not how it had turned out.
So she had to wonder just how “set in stone” the Testament and the history recreation really were.
She knew she was traveling along those rails and she had used that to her advantage, but her predecessor’s death had cut her off from the current age.
She had not been “set in stone”. She had only thought she was.
“Our nation is the same,” she said aloud.
The powerful nation of Sweden played a large role in the Thirty Years’ War and it had benefited a lot from that position.
But that had all changed with her predecessor’s death.
The benefits they had gained were stolen by other nations and all that remained was her history recreation as an advocate of peace. Her subordinates had continued fighting the war, but her position at the top had made it hard to take things.
Her predecessor had been able to take things.
She could not.
That meant her presence had weakened Sweden.
But, she thought.
…If I die as part of the history recreation, Sweden no longer has to worry about me. Then can they start taking again?
She did not know.
But she knew her presence was a problem.
Sweden had to seek peace as long as she lived.
And she knew that Sweden’s national borders and international standing would be determined during the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years’ War.
That was their one and only chance.
They had just one shot at it.
She wished her predecessor could have represented them there while she stayed here, sending him information, using her connections, and supporting all their efforts to ensure Sweden won.
“Yes,” she said. “I wish I could have seized the world in my hands.”
Seized the world.
She did not involve herself in international politics, she did not fight wars, and she did not manage money.
All she had was information.
She had no intention of setting the world in motion with her actions and she would not claim to do so.
She had simply wanted a worry-free world where everything lay before her and she understood it all.
She wanted to seize the world by understanding it.
Just like the House of Habsburg had seized the current world through marriage.
For her, it was information.
She wanted to know everything, pinpoint what someone wanted to know, pass that onto them, and gather everything needed to keep the world running smoothly.
She wanted to know every last piece of the world.
And a while after coming here, she had felt like she might just be able to do it.
It had hit her when Sweden’s state of affairs had reached her even though she was so far away and had a Far Eastern position.
If she used her double inherited name to act as a Swedish branch office during the Thirty Years’ War, she wondered if she could bind together not just Europe but the entire world.
She had thought she could seize everything by using the nation of Sweden and her predecessor as a guide.
It just might have worked if that predecessor was still alive, but…
“Now it would be more difficult.”
Now that she had taken her predecessor’s position as Chancellor, it would be impossible to convert her actions of peace into actions of taking.
Her dream had died once she had lost that backing.
And she wondered if the history recreation could save people at all.
“I really don’t know.”
Her dream had died and Sweden was headed in a direction different from the future she had initially hoped for.
Would her history recreation save Sweden by providing them with one final chance?
If it would…
“Hee hee.”
She recalled her visit to Nijou Castle in the city of Kyou. She knew a lot about the boy who had faced her at that dinner party.
She had looked into it.
He had told her not to die and said a lot more, but she had said goodbye to him.
…It’s a tricky thing.
If her history recreation would make her wish come true, then…
“How could that boy make my wish come true?”
She took a breath and entered the room in front of the garden.
“Tomoe Gozen, I have brought tea and teacakes.”
“Toori-kun, wait.”
A white mass shook in the dim light. Cloth rustled and a voice cried out.
“N-no.”
The white mass shrieked and arched their back.
“Not so many sweet desserts. I’ll get fat!”
With her hands thrust out in front of her, Asama sprang up to a sitting position.
…Huh!?
She could tell she had just woken up.
She was pretty sure she had been having some kind of incredible dream, but she had no memory of it. Waking up so suddenly must have driven it from her mind.
I am pretty sweaty, so there must have been a lot of movement involved. Could it have been a legit dirty dream? What a shame I don’t remem- no, it isn’t a shame. I shouldn’t cling to what’s already gone. Farewell, dirty drea- no, I don’t know for sure it was a dirty dream. Let’s see what keywords I can still remember.
“Toori-kun, forcing me to do something, licking, swallowing.”
But on the other hand…
“Fatty, creamy, buttery, tea, large servings, the Main Blue Thunder, plates upon plates.”
Yeah, Western desserts will get you fat, she realized. But I have to eat what I’m served. And that would work up a sweat.
“Hmm,” she groaned while looking up at the dark ceiling. I did get a good night’s sleep regardless, she decided.
She quickly checked on two things.
First, she made sure Hanami was not awake.
She had needed sleep for the role she had been given, but she had been curious what would happen in Satomi. If anything was lost, it could cost him his life.
So she had set it up so Hanami would wake her up if anything major happened. But…
“Looks like that didn’t happen.”
Hanami had not woken her. The spell she had put together had woken her up instead.
Once she had calmed down a little, she checked on the situation in Satomi.
The battle was ongoing, but it was safely headed toward an ending. The other side would have to announce the end of hostilities, but it appeared that was more of a formality than anything at this point.
Her system would be relaying all of that to Masazumi and to him, so she left the divine transmission settings in place.
Once she saw the income and expense report and the general report from Kanou, the actual losses came into focus.
Asama: “Um, Toori-kun? Are you up?”
Me: “Yeah, I am, I am. I’m eating some dessert.”
Asama: “D-d-dessert?”
Why do I sound so shrill?
Me: “Yeah. Bell-san’s place has a built-in ice room, right? There’s some castella cream sandwiches in there. Y’know, those red bean paste and castella sandwiches we’ve had imported since going to Sviet Rus.”
Curious, she walked over on her knees and opened the ice room in the corner of the changing room.
Asama: “Huh? There’s nothing in ours.”
She had a vague memory of something like that being in there before.
Me: “There’s not? Then I’ll make you some later.”
Asama: “Eh!? But, um, I’ll get fat.”
Me: “You don’t have to eat a giant plateful of them or anything.”
Asama: “Now that you mention it.”
She had no idea why she had assumed she would. She noticed the arms were awake and peeking inside the ice room, but there was no portable fuel for prosthetics in there.
So she opened a sign frame and used an ether transfer from the divine network to produce some ether fuel meant for Mice.
Some took the form of food, but others took the form of accessories. She summoned two ribbon ones and tied them around the arms’ wrists. They bowed and returned to Horizon.
…Should I really be doing stuff like this?
She wondered that while returning to her futon, pulling the blanket up to her shoulders, and collapsing down.
She was not going back to sleep. Everyone else was still asleep, but she had a lot to check on using her sign frame. A lot of information, such as foreign relations information, had to be kept secret until she had permission from Masazumi. And at the moment…
…I need to know what’s happening in Satomi.
Since he was up, he would know a lot about that.
She wanted to catch up as soon as possible. That was what she wanted to do now and it was the role the others had given her. And then…
Me: “What are you doing? I’ve been gathering materials this whole time.”
Asama: “Materials?”
Me: “Judge. For all of you. Sis has gotten way ahead of you and matching her probably won’t be easy, but I feel like maybe you don’t have to.”
She was not quite sure if being included in this was a good thing or not.
But it was he who brought up the topic she had been interested in.
Me: “Sounds like Flatty and Ookubo have been working hard back in Satomi.”
Asama: “Really? What are things like there?”
She asked the question on her mind.
She did not know how things had reached their current point and she did not know how he felt about it.
She used his statement as a chance to ask about it. She did wonder if she was worrying too much, but…
…Hmm. Horizon is fast asleep right now and even Kimi is asleep.
“Have they made me the designated worrier?”
No, that can’t be it. Even Horizon would make sure he didn’t feel sad if she were awake. Yes, as soon as he showed any sign of sadness, she would punch him right in the gu-…no, she would let him off with a punch to the jaw. Probably.
She saw the two arms start some shadow boxing, so at least the punching part had to be accurate.
At any rate, he responded to the question she had asked without hesitation.
Me: “I guess I’d say even Flatty must be happy with this result.”
Asama: “Yes, she can take things too seriously sometimes.”
“Right?” he replied.
Me: “And Yoshiyori must be happy with it too.”
Thank goodness, thought Asama when she heard that.
The lack of a reaction from the spell contract was proof enough that he did not feel sad.
Hence the thank goodness.
Asama: “So they’ve settled things for now?”
Me: “Yeah.”
After a moment, he quickly added more.
Me: “But don’t tell Horizon, okay? She’d think I was feeling sad and punch me right in the gu-…no, in the jaw.”
Unfortunately, she was fairly certain it was the arms he had to worry about, not Horizon herself.
But that must have removed the lid because he kept speaking.
Me: “It’s great, isn’t it? I mean, since we took Flatty in and teased her a bunch, we’ve gotta do this right, don’t we?”
Asama: “Yes. She had a good upbringing, so she gets angry when things aren’t done right.”
Me: “Yeah, but I guess this proved that our way of doing things is the right one.”
Asama: “That sounds like something Masazumi might say, which isn’t exactly reassuring.”
Something occurred to her while she was talking.
…Wait. Is he comforting himself by talking with me?
This was a shared secret. It was a conversation he could only have because of his relationship with her.
She made sure this chat would be automatically saved and then twisted around. She grabbed the sign frame, curled up, and dove head first under the covers. Then she pulled the text close to her eyes.
She could not believe it.
Wait, wait, wait. This is hardly the first time this has happened, she frantically told herself. We always talk like this. But…
“I’m not used to being aware of it,” she added while mentally hanging her head.
She still could not believe it, but she was enough used to it to wish she had been aware of it in the past.
Meanwhile, he was the same as always.
Me: “Well, Flatty really did work hard.”
Asama: “Y-yes, she did everything she had to do.”
They were no longer talking about Satomi Yoshiyori.
The topic had changed from the past to the present. And now to the future.
Asama: “How are you going to reward her?”
Me: “What would you do?”
Good question, she thought.
Asama: “Maybe give her a bonus divine protection service without adding to the loan covering her god of war expenses.”
Me: “That seems too coldly realistic to me.”
Asama: “But my family runs a shrine and she is a fighter.”
Asama: “We do need to send her some kind of message, don’t we?”
She checked the report and saw that Naomasa was fine too. For once, the Suzaku had not been entirely destroyed.
She was happy to see that no one close to her had been lost.
That seemed selfish to her, but it meant less of a burden on him.
So she sent that information to him and to Masazumi who was still asleep.
Asama: “Isn’t that great, Toori-kun?”
Me: “For Flatty, you mean?”
No, she thought.
Horizon would probably thank him when she heard about the result of the Kantou Liberation.
Mito would probably congratulate him.
And this was what Asama had to say to him. Probably.
They had in fact lost Houjou Genan and many of those who had attacked as nameless fighters, including Ujiteru, were missing. He must have seen that if he was watching the real-time information.
But those people had accomplished something.
…You understand that, don’t you?
They had learned something from Satomi’s Yoshiyori, from Date’s Kojirou and Komahime, from Sanada’s Celestial Dragons and ninjas, from Takigawa, and from so many others they had met or communicated with.
Horizon seemed to have learned how to take a broader view of life and death and how to live one’s life. And for him…
Asama: “It’s about relationships, isn’t it?”
They were different for everyone. And some were much bigger than between two individuals.
Asama: “I think everyone has their own relationships and those are what give them goals and thoughts to fulfill. So when people go to accomplish their goals, they don’t want to see only bad things there, Toori-kun.”
Asama: “Even if there are bad things there, Shinto can convert those into good fortune.”
Me: “Yeah, I guess that is what happened this time.”
Asama: “It is.”
She made sure to quickly add more.
Asama: “But if something were to happen to you, we wouldn’t be able to give up on you.”
Me: “Did I worry you?”
Asama: “If you ever didn’t, we wouldn’t have the relationship we do now.”
Me: “Yeah, and that makes things a lot easier for me.”
She smiled bitterly at that. And then she repeated her earlier statement.
Asama: “I think it is.”
Toori nodded at Asama’s statement.
It felt real as he put it to words. He also felt the sleepiness hitting him all of a sudden.
Me: “I wish I could thank or congratulate Yoshiyori. But I guess I can say it to Flatty and the others from Satomi instead.”
Asama: “What are you going to say first?”
Good question, he thought. But then it hit him.
Me: “You kick ass, I guess.”
Asama: “Ohh.”
Me: “Why is that such a surprise?”
Asama: “Well, I just think Yoshiyori-san would have loved to hear you say that.”
I hope he would, thought Toori.
Me: “I’m gonna make sure I kick ass too, so will you help me out?”
Asama: “You know we will. And remember what Masazumi said about the current you and the future you in comparison to the old you?”
He did kind of remember that.
…She has trouble just coming out and giving people compliments.
Me: “I want to be like that to. In a way only Mr. Impossible can.”
“I suppose so,” agreed Asama.
She felt like it had been a long time since she had heard him talking about the future.
Asama: “You should talk about this with Horizon too.”
Me: “Horizon wouldn’t listen to this schmaltzy stuff.”
He has a point, she realized while hanging her head below the blanket.
She could imagine what Horizon would say if he tried to talk about this with her:
“Then your next task can be trying to live as an honest human being.”
“Ho ho? And what about that is so great?”
Asama: “B-but that’s just her tsun side coming out! If you keep at it, she’ll figure it out in her own way…in her own horrifying way.”
Me: “Stop trying to depress meeeeee!”
She realized that his relationships tended toward the extreme in one direction or another.
She sighed as she realized she was one example of that.
Asama: “But even she has started smiling recently, so she should be able to accept what you’re saying, how she reacts notwithstanding.”
Me: “Eh? She smiles?”
Asama: “Yes, she does. Wait, have you…not…seen…it?”
Asama: “D-don’t die! Next time I see it, I’ll snap a photo for you!”
Me: “Yeah, please do.”
I shouldn’t have mentioned that, she realized while growing a lot less confident she had actually seen it herself.
But anyway, she thought while pushing herself up on her elbows.
This felt something like unlocking a small bonus stage.
Asama: “Okay, Toori-kun, I have to prepare for the morning, so I need to get going.”
They had discussed a lot and, thinking back, a lot of it seemed fairly embarrassing.
…I really shouldn’t be able to say that I think it’s great too. At least not yet.
Asama: “I wouldn’t have been able to say a lot of that if anyone else was up.”
Mar-Ga: “Really? Then I’m glad I kept quiet.”
Her blood temperature dropped by about three degrees.
Naruze saw the shrine maiden spring up on her elbows.
“That’s an exciting way to wake up.”
“N-N-N-N-Naruze?”
“Yesss?”
Naruze smiled in order to put the girl at ease. She also held up the castella cream sandwich she had gotten from the ice room as a reward for completing her storyboard earlier.
“Heh heh. Asama? I thought that was great too. Great material, I mean.”
“H-how much of it did you hear?”
“All of it, of course. I was up the whole time.”
“Get some sleep! It’s good for your health and your looks! Besides, you shouldn’t push yourself too hard!”
“Eh, this is normal for me.”
“Hold on. That only works when you’re young, you know?”
“Fair enough,” agreed Naruze. “And if I can get away with it when I’m young, that means you can’t complain about me doing it now. I just have to learn how to get to sleep early once I’m older.”
They saw Sanyou-sensei dashing away after taking one step inside the bathhouse entrance.
“Ah, Sanyou-sensei! Aren’t you doing that gag an awful lot recently!?”
“She must be busy.” Naruze smiled. “But I’m glad to see you two get along so well. Yes, and I was especially glad to see the part where you grew all flustered. Take a look at your bottom half.”
“My bottom half?”
Asama’s gaze dropped to below her hips.
“Your pajamas pulled up above that part a while back.”
“B-but, um, uh.”
“And your waist on down were sticking out from the blanket and wiggling around.”
“I-I was not wiggling. I don’t wiggle.”
“This video begs to differ.”
“W-w-wait just a second, Naruze!” Asama quickly pulled down the hem of her pajamas. “Did you film anything else?”
“Do you really think I of all people would miss that golden opportunity?”
“Yeah, I suppose not.” Asama accepted it with a smile, but then she grabbed the empty space to her right in both hands and set it down to her left. “But that isn’t the point.”
“Oh, I took some photos too. Like your face while you slept. See?” Naruze tossed over a Magie Figur and made sure to say one more thing. “I sent it to the Chancellor.”
Asama quickly flipped through the Magie Figur’s images to check them all.
…Oh, I’m not the only one.
In addition to her sleeping face, there were images of Mitotsudaira and of the two arms.
“Um, we’re in the same category as the arms?”
“Horizon’s defenses were too tough, so I couldn’t get one of her.”
That makes sense, she thought while flipping through, but then she came across a butt.
She was not sure she had ever seen it before, so why was she so certain it was her own? But…
She frantically set down the Magie Figur.
“What’s the matter?”
“Y-you know exactly what it is, don’t you!? Don’t you!?”
While Naruze smiled in an oddly excited way, Asama lifted back up the Magie Figur to check the image.
This was not the aforementioned video. For one thing, the timestamp said it was from when she was still asleep.
There was one thing she had to ask about.
“Um, Naruze?”
“Yesss? I’ll answer any question you have, Asama. Because you always give me such great material.”
“Then,” she started. “Did you send this butt photo to Toori-kun?”
“Hah. Do you really think I’ll answer that?”
“Y-you went back on your word quick!”
“What does it matter?” The Technohexen smiled and pointed toward the wall to the boy’s bath. “If you’re that curious, why not ask him yourself?”
“I couldn’t! I couldn’t possibly!”
The arms lifted their wrists and gave her dual thumbs ups, but she was not sure what that meant.
She grabbed a nearby sign frame in order to change the subject. At this time of night, anything she saw could be used as a new topic, so it was all useful to her.
“Honestly,” she grumbled in exasperation and found the sign frame showed the sleeping status of the boys. “Hm, so Toori-kun is the only one up.”
“Neshinbara put up a pretty good fight, though. He kept monitoring the situation in Satomi and checking for any information from Nördlingen. Of course, Masazumi will summarize all that for us come morning anyway.”
That sounded like him. But aside from him…
“Oh, the Nagaoka boy is actually asleep.”
“Once he wakes up, you have to do his immigration and defection processing, right? Shouldn’t you be getting ready for that?”
“No, most of that is already ready. But in Nördlingen…”
“The battle formations are already taking shape.” Naruze pointed at the sign frame Asama held. “But Tomoe Gozen says she’s trying to convince Lady Nagaoka. Maybe I’m judging a book by its cover, but that seems strange to me. I mean, Tomoe Gozen is a warrior and the name inheritor of Luther, the father of Protestantism. I thought she would be a militarist who insisted the history recreation was carried out to the letter.”
“Yes,” agreed Asama concerning Tomoe Gozen. “I have some information on her since she did some Shinto related things concerning the Emperor. I looked into her history on the Shinto side when we met her before and during the meeting with Shirakawa’s Yasuhira the night before the three-nations negotiation, so I learned some things about her.”
Asama summed it up as briefly as she could.
“Most likely, Tomoe Gozen is opposed to forcing the history recreation onto people.”
“There are a lot of things you don’t understand until the time comes, aren’t there?”
Christina looked up into the early morning sky with Tomoe Gozen seated next to her.
She saw the imperial fleet and anti-imperial fleet lining up in the southern sky.
“To be honest, I thought no one would take this seriously once the battle in Kantou ended.”
“Would you have preferred that?”
“I think I was being too self-conscious.”
Tomoe Gozen lifted her shoulders at that.
“You have a troublesome personality, you know that? But anyway, there is a lot we don’t know about everything. That is just how it is, Christina.”
“Are you going to ask me to wait to die until I do understand?”
“No, I am not,” cut in Tomoe Gozen. “Besides, you can still die of illness while waiting. If you fail to understand before that happens, then it is too late by the time you do. Then the survivors will worry that they received nothing from you.”
“Are you talking to me here, or yourself?”
“Good question.” Tomoe Gozen pulled her hat down over her eyes. “How about I tell you an old and unnecessary story?”
“There once was one a woman who insisted that a successful history recreation was in fact an abject failure.”
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Hershey to ‘truly be a snacking company’ with new popcorn brand
By Douglas Yu contact
20-Jul-2017 - Last updated on 25-Jul-2017 at 09:46 GMT
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Hershey is positioning its new Popwell popcorn as a better-for-you snack. Pic: Hershey
Related tags: Snack food, Chocolate
Hershey has developed its first popcorn brand Popwell, which it is rolling out across the US in selected retailers.
Hershey, known for its chocolate confectionery like Hershey’s milk chocolate, Kisses and Reese’s peanut butter cups, has recently started expanding its snack portfolio.
In 2015, it acquired premium jerky brand Krave and snacking chocolate brand barkTHINS a year later. Last year, it also launched Hershey’s multi-textural snacking product cookie layer crunch.
Now, the company is exploring a new category that it says requires looking at things from a different perspective.
“We knew that if we wanted to truly be a snacking company, we also had to live entrepreneurially, which means not only looking at things through a different lens, but also doing things differently,” said Zach Decker, global innovation brand manager at Hershey.
Better-for-you benefits
Hershey said its new popcorn has a “chip-like crunch with the better-for-you benefits of popcorn.
“Popwell delivers flavor with a twist. The half-popped corn texture is new to consumers and is flavored with familiar seasonings: sea salt, white cheddar and chipotle barbecue.”
The company is aiming Popwell as a better-for-you snack as it contains less than 200 calories per serving, is non-GMO, gluten-free and made from whole grains.
Hershey said the project was "unique," the period from conceptualization to market only took 10 months.
"Popwell is one of the first products to advance via this accelerated model,” said senior operations project lead Jackie Burgess.
Growing popcorn market
Ready-to-eat popcorn has been the fastest growing segment in the US salty snacks market this past year, according to IRI data for the 52 weeks ending June 11, 2017.
The sector grew 9.68% to $1.28bn, compared to the year prior, IRI said.
Related topics: Snacks, Manufacturers, Health, Diversification, Ingredients
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Sharing the name Popwell
Posted by Carlton Lee Popwell, 31 August 2017 - 07:56 GMT
I was shocked to see a product that shares my last name! I was very pleased when I tried the half popped popcorn for the first time. Half popped kernels have always been my favorite part of popcorn so I was very impressed with this new marketing strategy. Of course seeing my last name on a product that I like is also a great bonus .
This product has great potential for growth in my opinion. I've been in the service industry for over twenty five years . I feel this product has great potential in the bar snack category. The three different flavors of your product seem to be spicy, salty and savory which is perfect to increase beverage sales.
If I could lend a hand in anyway with my last name please let me know. I really like and enjoy your product!
Carlton Lee Popwell
Posted by Nina Acharya, 30 July 2017 - 04:39 GMT
The articles are very informative and helpful to keep oneself updated with the food industry around the world.
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Last year, I closed this post by giving a shoutout "that's all folks, see you next year and stay alive". Ironically enough, I should never have opened my mouth and give any kind of wishes on a year that proved to be one hell of an amusement park ride, constantly feeling like a nightmare simulation you can`t wake up from. Misery and existential dread didn`t just knock on our doorsteps, it came in crushing down the house, left everything in splinters and locked down the pandemonium of the century.
It was only unavoidable for this situation to affect our scene as well, as all of touring plans went down the drain because of a global cancellation. However, the music machine never stops and apart from works inspired by these conditions, there were plenty of notable releases regardless, showing how inspiration and creativity can still make steps with the help of the internet, even when life seems to have been brought to a halt. Staying at home challenged everyone’s sanity, which fed fans and artists alike with angst to channel into creation, and happily for me, isolation meant more thorough music listening and meditating, that helped my processing of new albums.
But that`s trickier than it sounds, as the new age of music creation has made it basically effortless to put out something and release it to the world. Bands have proliferated, with proper intentions but poor execution most of the time. It makes the work of the extreme metal armchair scholar harder and harder, not just because of the increasing number of works, but because of how uninspiring and bland they are. At the same time, running into a visionary artist after a while makes the experience worth it even more.
This year, a playlist was started on Spotify adding enjoyable tracks from the year, which you can listen to here. As I`m not a fan of picking specific tracks off records and listening to those only (at least not usually), maybe I will not continue this trend for 2021 or I`ll just keep it for myself. We shouldn`t choose the easy way when consuming a band's work, every track has its purpose, go through all of it or begone. A series of playlists were also made during the first lockdown in spring, focusing mostly on black metal and touching upon specific aspects I had in mind when making them. A follow-up, more diverse playlist was created in the second lockdown during the autumn. In case you have missed them, all can be found by following this link.
Irrespective of the current year list, throughout the year I finally put together Top 10s for all previous years starting from the late 80s until 2012, it will be a dynamic page adding & updating information as time progresses if I see fit. So now, there is in its completion, a source for striking albums per year, starting from the beginnings of extreme metal until this day. In terms of numbers, I managed to listen to 913 full length albums in 2020 (the day this post was written, Metal Archives had reported 7990 releases for the year) and picked my most-listened 50 out of the ones I enjoyed throughout the year to comprise this list, trying to at least follow with most major band releases and new acts that seemed interesting.
On the other hand, some of the disappointments (only fitting to add up in this already bleak year) were found in the new albums by Svart Crown, Temple Nightside, Dumal, Enslaved, Uada, Vassafor, Inquisition and Afsky. Instead of focusing on that, check the other smaller posts:
Good albums
Top 10 Non-Metal
Top 10 Greek Metal
Top 10 EPs
Arson Café’s top 50 albums of 2020
50. Skeletal Remains – The Entombment of Chaos
49. T.O.M.B. – Thin the Veil
48. Caustic Womb – Death Posture
47. Kommodus – Kommodus
46. Gorephilia – In the Eye of Nothing
45. Order of Orias – Ablaze
44. Bythos – The Womb of Zero
43. Aversio Humanitatis – Behold the Silent Dwellers
42. Guignol Noir – Mantric Malediction
41. Lamp of Murmuur – Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism
40. Primitive Man - Immersion
39. Katavasia – Magnus Venator
38. Golden Light – Sacred Colour of the Source of Light
37. Okkultokrati – La Ilden Lyse
36. Caverne – Omphalos
35. Sinistral King – Serpent Uncoiling
34. Korgonthurus – Kuolleestasyntynyt
33. Blaze of Perdition – The Harrowing of Hearts
32. Karmacipher – Introspectrum
31. Fawn Limbs – Sleeper Vessels
30. Ebony Pendant – Incantation of Eschatological Mysticism
29. Grafvitnir – Death’s Wings Widespread
28. Terminarch – Anthropocene
27. Utkena – Nex Fornix
26. Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration
25. Kawir – Adrasteia
24. Winterfylleth – The Reckoning Dawn
23. Skelethal – Unveiling the Threshold
22. Beneath the Massacre - Fearmonger
21. Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
20. Blood Red Fog – Fields of Sorrow
Abode of shadows
Long history under their belts, and barely in the company of unsung heroes of their country at least in my opinion, due to the more experimental nature of the band. Blood Red Fog have a series of good albums you can choose from and the latest installment, Fields of Sorrow, emphasizes on a rather quirky approach to black metal, adding extra spacey samples but not in away of other more famous bands that you might imagine. The core is still traditional, more towards the emotional side of the scale than the aggressive, with some Burzum influences and a format that would be enjoyed by fans of atmospheric / depressive black who would endure some unusual twists in the music. Highlighted tracks are “Gallows Poles and Shallow Graves” and “Mustasta Unesta”. [Listen]
19. Sxuperion - Omniscient Pulse
Myopian frequency release
Pitch black in the labyrinth. That's what it feels to listen to Omniscient Pulse, which expands on the band's previous album Endless Spiritual Embodiment, released just last year. And I understand that Sxuperion's subjects are nothing like that, like the hint that is given from the cover. But in all seriousness, from all the bands that try to adapt the Incantation / Immolation maneuver this time only the music is manages to be original, convincing, bred by scourging riffs, solos, several samples and out worldly melodies. The production is filth, there is some echoing added to the deep growling and the drums sound amazing, especially in the self-titled track, which is also a highlight. Apart from the last long track, most of them are short in duration with massive guitar lines, simple but effective, with very few -but existing- black metal touches. I only caught "cowards die many times before their death" in the narration of that ending track (possible Julius Ceasar reference), but samples like these are used, and in general the atmosphere exerted from Omniscient Pulse is what makes Sxuperion a successful hit for the year. [Listen]
18. Akhlys – Melinoë
Speak now through me
The music of Akhlys can be intimidating if you don`t know what you`re getting yourself into. Personally, I have always found the works of Bestia Arcana the most intense of all when it comes to Naas Alcameth’s involvements, but of course Nightbringer and now Akhlys even further, are powerful entities in the scene. The latter shouldn`t live in the shadow of the former, as both The Dreaming I and now Melinoë are thick, complete chapters, with an entrancing atmosphere that no band outside this collective manages to convey. It also is an improvement of the previous material, the multi-layered compositions have been built even more, melodic parts have been pushed a bit further in the front always by Akhlys standards, and each track is a beast of its own (don`t skip the dark ambient piece “Succubare”). There is new breath from this project at a time when Nightbringer have come close to saturation, and when the result is this adequate, five years between albums is something we should live with. [Listen]
17. Black Curse – Endless Wound
Pour molten gold down my throat
Damn, this is heavy. And it is what happens when members from all the hot extreme metal bands from the US meet and decide on creating music together, namely peeps involved in Blood Incantation, Primitive Man, Khemmis and Spectral Voice. After a demo with the same title last year, the band focuses its effort to bring out a massive death metal album which is a total, bestial stampede. If you think of accurately placed, slower parts here and there, considering the excellent musicianship that fully delivers when it comes to the quality of the compositions and the structural variety, you have yourself a textbook example of the grotesque quality we long for in this music. Even if you’re not in the hype train of the aforementioned tracks, Black Curse might still have something you wouldn`t expect to find. For me, Endless Wound does not have any obvious flaw. [Listen]
16. October Falls – A Fall of An Epoch
The flood of drought
This is a band with long history and its roots into ambient / neofolk. A turn towards black metal was made at some point in their second album, but their natural affinity towards these themes never went away, and I really started appreciating it with the second album from 2008, The Womb of Primordial Nature. October Falls never abandoned these roots and it`s clearer than ever in 2020, as the project (led mainly by Mikko Lehto), after seven years of silence, released not one but two albums this year and apart from A Fall of An Epoch, Syys was purely acoustic. While I usually don`t like double releases in one year, when the approach and purpose in each work differ then it only makes sense to go down that path and both works in this case are wonderfully constructed. Another really solid release added to the arsenal of October Falls, a band that's a master in its field by now. [Listen]
15. Mystras – Castles Conquered and Reclaimed
Old dusty books are opened, new ideas fervently discussed
I was anxiously waiting for the release of this album from the moment it was announced, as a side project by one of the most talented musicians from Greece, Spectral Lore’s Ayloss. It turned out to be a more interesting record than expected because of its sensational music, and inordinately interesting concept, which isn`t just about glorious knights and kings if you thought of that. Mystras explores the rebellious stories of figures who stood against the tormenting monarchs of their times, shining light to the real stench of life behind the shiny armors we choose to remember now, traveling around parts of Europe with such examples. This project is as close as you can get to the term medieval black metal, which has been exercised by bands over at the French coast the last few years, but there is a significant difference in the conceptual approach and the music of Mystras, speaks volumes. I loved everything on this album, by far my choice among Ayloss’ other activities this year (Astrology of the Nine and Ontrothon). Highlighted track is “The Murder of Wat Tyler”. [Listen]
14. Sorcier des Glaces - Un Monde de Glace et de Sang
The dust over centuries of treason and gloom
(full post here) It is truly moving to see such long runner bands that have shown their quality for many years and stayed honest to their character no matter how the genre evolved or changed, to keep releasing such amazing material. I’ve said many times that Sorcier des Glaces are underrated, but they are respected among the audience that is aware of their activities over the last couple of decades, and Un Monde de Glace et de Sang is just another powerful record with the band’s best self. Traditional black metal with cold melodies, distant keyboards, a winter / snow fixation, by musicians that in a way pioneered it during the late 90’s. The tracks are mixed in French or English, pick your poison, and the Necromantia cover is the cherry on top. [Listen]
13. Lantern – Dimensions
Shrine of revelation
The recent years, the industry has developed major signs of nostalgia towards old school death metal, with many bands incorporating such an agenda through the lens of modern sound and time. In such years, it`s literally heartwarming to witness bands that explore the genre in their own way, without giving into extreme experimentation to do it. Such a band is Lantern, whose blend of black / death metal is not made of completely new elements, it maintains the vibes of "cavernous death" but at the same time, blossoms not from replaying but from original songwriting. The last track "Monolithic Abyssal Dimensions", clocking at 14 minutes, is where the real adventure happens. However, tunes like "Strange Nebula" and "Shrine of Revelation" are pure bangers. Just please, do not use the kind of semi-clean vocals like in "Portraits", which was the only misstep in the record. Hopefully, it didn`t ruin the result and I still hold the best opinion on Dimensions, for its numerous memorable moments. [Listen]
12. Arkheron Thodol – Rituals of the Sovereign Heart
Pulling dross from phosphorus
This band had started well with their debut but I didn`t expect such a big leap forward with the follow-up record, Rituals of the Sovereign Heart. There`s nothing short of epic atmospheric black metal in this album, with impressive complex tracks that build on a great variety of musical ideas as they unfold. It changes form throughout the experience, having powerful moments and concepts strongly related to nature but not as superficially as you might assume. Arkheron Thodol is by now one of the most inspiring bands in this territory for their personal sound and very strong textual background, with an unbelievable ease in making long compositions and provoking all feelings. The music speaks for itself, but it`s the whole essence of the band that takes it to the next level. Listening to Rituals of the Sovereign Heart while hiking is an experience that makes it worth being human. [Listen]
11. Fides Inversa – Historia Nocturna
Tied limbs on the edge of ecstasy
Finally time for the third Fides Inversa album, floating in the same black waters like bands of the Swedish modern black metal scene, thou-shalt-not-be-named French pioneers, brewed through guitar atonality and a new, passionate singer (no other than Wraath of Darvaza / Behexen) to add up in all of that. Historia Nocturna takes glory in its majestic guitar work, full of frenetic and awesome riffs that bang hard, along the pummeling drums and the overall well written musical work that is made of the same elements as these bands you’re already thinking about, but not as mere blind followers. Offering non-stop, visceral entertainment, the record is fueled from the tracks’ prowess in intensity and shows clearly where Fides Inversa stand in 2020, just among the top black metal bands of their kind. [Listen]
10. Sunken – Livslede
A dream hidden behind haze and fog
(full post here) I'm glad I decided to listen to Sunken's debut Departure in 2017, which was an astonishing effort that caught me off-guard at the time. With Livslede, I was aware of the band's capabilities and welcomed this atmospheric black metal brilliancy with open arms, a record that shows that the Sunken's first steps (including the fine 2013 demo) are no accident, but instead we have a case of an impressive project that is emotionally fueled and almost flirts with DSBM but without the pretentious life loathing. Livslede is comfortable with long compositions, ethereal keyboards, painful vocals, and deep enough musical variety to keep you hooked without getting boring. Highlighted track is "Foragt". [Listen]
9. Ondskapt - Grimoire Ordo Devus
Old and hideous
I still remember the impact Ondskapt’s second album Arisen from the Ashes had on me in 2010, and how it redirected my attention towards a certain craft of Scandinavian black metal, and not only. Since then, I never thought the band would return to action, but I have been surprised many times in the past. It feels like not a day has passed, and they are not even a little bit rusty. On the contrary, Grimoire Ordo Devus is top-notch Swedish black metal that overthrows most of its contemporaries, with a plethoric, massive sound and furious compositions of endless energy and efficiency. It`s also quite a long release, almost up to an hour, and climbed up the 2020 very rapidly only after a few listens, as I absolutely adore Ondskapt’s talent in composing their characteristic, infectious guitar melodies, and this album is full of them. [Listen]
8. Oldowan Gash – Hubris Unchained
Let's poison the air with our breath
It might be my most exciting discovery for the year, Oldowan Gash is a one-man project from the US by a man nicknamed Forlorn Spirit, who also has another band named Desert Eagle that released a great demo just a couple of months ago. Hubris Unchained had me stuck at the speakers literally from the very first riff, and the interest didn't go away as the album progressed. While based on simple black metal principles, the necessary filthiness is well distributed and it's not too repetitive or dull, mixing elements from US raw black metal and melodic patterns found in Finnish black metal. Oldowan Gash succeed in creating compelling tracks with scathing riffology and enough rhythmic variety, making Hubris Unchained a pleasing album that you can easily listen to all day. I like how he doesn`t hide behind saturated black and white covers and beyond recognition lo-fi production, instead the music is the protagonist and the parts laid out on the table clearly. If you skip it, you`re missing out. [Listen]
7. Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne
Followers of an ancient faith, hidden among common folk
Right here, we have album of the year material. In fact, we have a band that should orbit and be remembered among the most dynamic and competent acts of the last years. Many times, artists try to fuse heavy and black metal. The two genres are strongly linked with substyles sharing a lot of common things, as well as early influences and directions. But today, it is mostly just metallers trying this mixture of heavy black metal, and often it sounds like an uninspired mash up. Finally, a savior has come to uplift this sound into new heavens, coming from passionate followers with an extreme capability in songwriting and storytelling. Krupinské Ohne goes on like a magical dream, with strong heavy metal parts of perfect riffs, solos and tempos, a playful fairytale-like attitude, at times intense Bathory nuances but above all, its own language, and own lyrical subjects to share. Reading and listening to this adds to the experience, I loved the process, and the cover art is dazzling. Malokarpatan had shook the scene with their previous two releases, and already won the hearts of many heavy metal fans out there. The latest record stayed in my playlist longer than their previous stuff, but that does not say anything. This is just impressive, fresh and traditional at the same time, and its own sense, one of a kind. [Listen]
6. Ripped to Shreds – 亂 (Luan)
Perilous paths lay ahead
You're late to the Ripped to Shreds wagon if you discovered them with 亂 (Luan). The band's second full length album sounds fresh, chaotic and has perfected all the slight flaws of previous material. It is more mature, well written and full of interesting ideas, it is far from typical death metal boredom and thrives on its destructive riffs and solos. Equally adequate either when it's melodic or aggressive, in the hands of an extremely juicy line up and interesting lyrics to go along with it: the Chinese character means chaos, and it was the same that was used in Akira Kurosawa's film Ran from 1985, both war-related pieces in their own way. Ripped to Shreds refer to Chinese folk tales but also to more modern social issues of their origins, as a band that currently exists at two spots in the world, which makes this overly high-level death metal work even more unique. Finally, Luan might have my favorite cover art of the year. [Listen]
5. Fluisteraars – Bloem
Ash swirls around the room
(review here) In a sense, Fluisteraars grew with solid influences are guidelines, and finally reached the point to release their most personal and intriguing album. Bloem isn`t by any means an average atmospheric black metal album and showcases a palette of brilliant ideas expressed through various instruments that could be considered unusual, while everything is played in perfect harmony. Its five tracks are all wonderful, if you want the intensity of "Nasleep", or the calmer, climatic ending of "Maanruïne", the elegant guitar lines of "Tere Muur", when at the same time taking an arguably rough language and make it sound like speech of the angels. The Dutch scene is growing, with many quality bands in the underground scene, and a very talented duo fronting the wave, Fluisteraars is on the rise and only the sky is the limit now. [Listen]
4. Precambrian – Tectonics
Volcanic winter
(full post here) If you told me some months ago that Precambrian would not only return, but they would release a full-length album, I would have laughed. I expressed how their compilation Glaciology summed up the band's short discography, but I thought it was an ending chapter and not a hint that completely new material was on the way. And Tectonics is exactly what you think it is. Relentlessly heavy, in pure hatred, violent hard hitting black metal that doesn't stop for a breath, with immense guitar riffs and gruesome vocals, for geology enthusiasts and Hate Forest nostalgics. Among the million directions of experimentation within extreme metal, it's phenomenal when more phenomenal / stripped down albums exert that much brutality, and yes, the sudden endings in the tracks are exactly how things should be with this band. A Precambrian record was a wish that I never thought would solidify, and it's better than I imagined. [Listen]
3. Panzerfaust - The Suns of Perdition – Chapter II: Render Unto Eden
The tree of knowledge is not that of life
(full post here) Panzerfaust started something interesting last year in a new, planned conceptual trilogy, but I have a feeling it was now with the second album that they got significant exposure. Undoubtedly, Render Unto Eden features elements of the modern black metal wave reproduced very efficiently, and each track proves to be extremely powerful, as the band seems to be on a great trajectory when it comes to inspiration in this time period. Well-rounded and several steps ahead than previous their previous material, the album achieves consistency and makes up a memorable experience in a direction that could be worshipped by fans of Mgła (and by the way, please avoid all the copycats of the Polish masters). Atmospheric and heavy from start to finish, Render Unto Eden is Panzerfaust's bold attempt to elevate higher, only time will tell. [Listen]
2. Skáphe – Skáphe³
A spiritual bypass
If you also noticed how the red colors of the artwork of Skáphe³ became more vivid and vibrant compared to their two previous albums, then you surely also noticed that the same happened with their music. I have deep admiration for the approach of Skáphe as a project, as well as huge respect for the two individuals who are involved, but their compositional mastery under the touch of Midas in Necromorbus Studios boosted this piece into new, uncharted territories of next level black metal. Through loose, paranoid songwriting, the band scratches away the real world as the record is unfolding, maintaining straightforward intensity and non-conventional patterns that are fierce, and highly addictive. Listening to only one track off Skáphe³ would be absurd, but when you listen to it as a whole, it demonstrates its dominance as maybe the peak of the band's discography so far. By far one of the most memorable black metal releases I have heard in a while, very focused and unique, coming from sincere and hardworking musicians of the scene. [Listen]
1. Ulcerate – Stare Into Death and Be Still
Idle as it burns to ember
Ulcerate reside in an alternate universe. To fathom their musical soundscape is very difficult, and the fact that they are merely labeled "technical death metal" is way to limiting to describe their endeavor. They have been on a spree with their last few albums, but what happened in Stare Into Death and Be Still surpassed all expectations and wiped off the table of competition leaving only their stamp. It is a massive album with an inconceivable flow, deep textual branches, crushing musicianship and even more crushing compositions. The band doesn`t go full bore onto intensity, it slightly explores more atmospheric elements (distant connections to popular post-metal from the last two decades) but every single note still screams of Ulcerate, this is what the band has come to now. Records like Stare Into Death and Be Still depict the colossal dimensions death metal can overtake, it is an absolute masterpiece of sheer brilliance from whatever angle you approach it. The perfect soundtrack for the year, I bow to the best -nontraditional- death metal band on the planet. [Listen]
Every time the procedure proves to be more and more exhausting, and the last days of 2020 are meant for asceticism and recovery. I'm not giving out any prediction for next year, only that I hope it will be as boring as possible. Below is the visual sum-up of these last twelve months, with most of the music that kept us good company in this long period:
F.T.W.
Labels 2020, AOTY
VJ [ATYC]
Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine, to criticise, to know, and in imagination to create. To him alone, in the world with which he is acquainted, this freedom belongs; and in this lies his superiority to the resistless forces that control his outward life.
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Secular drivers of the global real interest rate
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Working Paper No. 571
By Lukasz Rachel and Thomas D Smith
Long-term real interest rates across the world have fallen by about 450 basis points over the past 30 years. The co-movement in rates across both advanced and emerging economies suggests a common driver: the global neutral real rate may have fallen. In this paper we attempt to identify which secular trends could have driven such a fall. Although there is huge uncertainty, under plausible assumptions we think we can account for around 400 basis points of the 450 basis points fall. Our quantitative analysis highlights slowing global growth as one force that may have pushed down on real rates recently, but shifts in saving and investment preferences appear more important in explaining the long-term decline. We think the global saving schedule has shifted out in recent decades due to demographic forces, higher inequality and to a lesser extent the glut of precautionary saving by emerging markets. Meanwhile, desired levels of investment have fallen as a result of the falling relative price of capital, lower public investment, and due to an increase in the spread between risk-free and actual interest rates. Moreover, most of these forces look set to persist and some may even build further. This suggests that the global neutral rate may remain low and perhaps settle at (or slightly below) 1% in the medium to long run. If true, this will have widespread implications for policymakers — not least in how to manage the business cycle if monetary policy is frequently constrained by the zero lower bound.
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Two building renovation projects by investment funds halted
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The buildings had been completely revamped without the correct building licence having been issued. At one of the projects, in the Poble-sec neighbourhood, the promotor had also failed to meet the legal obligation to accommodate a tenant with two young children, whose rental contract ends.
“We have to come down on this as hard as possible. We’re completely against these abusive and illegal actions by investment funds, and property companies acting unscrupulously in the city and not taking into account the law”, explained the Councillor for Housing, Josep Maria Montaner. “We won’t accept their playing dirty and skipping the rules. Neighbourhoods and people’s rights must be respected, as must legislation”, added Montaner.
The first case was detected by the Sants-Montjuïc district office, which notified the promotor of the immediate suspension of work being done at C/ Murillo 12, in the neighbourhood of Poble-sec. The work was being carried out by Vertice Nedax SL, linked to the investment fund Norvet SL. The promotor had notified the council of some twenty minor building tasks, while in reality the building was being entirely renovated.
Building sealed off in the Clot neighbourhood
The Sant Martí district office recently found that Sort Bwok SL, the owner of the building at C/ Consell de Cent 609, has renovated the entire building without the right licence, adding an extension to a property where planning regulations do not allow for it. Because of this, not only was the work in progress suspended, but the building was also sealed off as a disciplinary procedure will now begin.
The seal will only be removed when the company has completed the correct procedures and demolishes the extension added to the building.
Violation of tenants’ rights
Besides not having applied for the building permit for the renovation project at C/ Murillo, operations by the Norvet investment fund and related companies also entail a series of irregularities which violate tenants’ rights:
1) At the building in Poble-sec the promotor failed to meet the obligation of offering alternative accommodation to a tenant whose rental contract ended during the work. Norvet has also refused all offers of mediation to find a solution for the tenant, who lives with two minors. Local entities and the City Council have offered mediation but the promotor has asked for the tenant to be evicted. The City Council has formally asked the promotor to withdraw the request.
2) Also at the same building in Poble-sec, another tenant has an old controlled-rent contract and Norvet has only offered them alternative accommodation in premises without an occupancy certificate.
3) The case in Poble-sec is not the first time Norvet has skipped its legal obligations relating to tenants. In November, work had to be halted at the building at C/ Aragó, 477 as the correct licence had not been applied for.
4) The City Council is acting as private prosecutor in the case being handled by Barcelona’s examining court no. 31, which is investigating Norvet for having contracted the company Desokupa to carry out an extrajudicial eviction.
5) Finally, proceedings have also been taken against Norvet for not having paid the corresponding taxes for the demolition of the building at C/ Poeta Cabanyes, 33.
To prevent cases such as these, an administrative procedure is under way to get property owners to provide a declaration of responsibility and a rehousing protocol as an essential requirement for starting building renovations.
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Lansdowne, Va., Aug. 28, 2018 — The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced today the award of $1.1 million in grants to six programs focused on closing excellence gaps. These Academic Enrichment and College Access and Success Grants extend the Foundation’s commitment to preparing high-achieving students with financial need to succeed at the nation’s top colleges and universities.
“These organizations support exceptional students with tremendous ability and limited resources to advance their educational goals,” said Seppy Basili, the Foundation’s executive director. “These grantees provide a proven framework of programming to help close these excellence gaps and enable students to reach their fullest potential.”
Foundation research demonstrates that high-achieving high school students with financial need are less likely than their higher-income peers to continue performing in the top academic quartile. These excellence gaps persist and, in many cases, widen as students continue through their K-12 years.
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The Banyankole Culture
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When it comes to Uganda cultural safaris and tours, the Ankole cultural encounters are exceptionally worth including in your bucket list. Banyankole people belong to the Bantu group and they are mostly found in the districts of Mbarara, Kiruhura, Isingiro, Bushenyi, Ibanda and Ntungamo in Western Uganda.
The residents of the Rujumbura and Rubando counties in Rukungiri district equally have similar culture with the Banyankole. Initially, the Ankole also called Nkore is believed to have been adopted around the 17th century based on the devastating intrusion of the Kaaro-Karungi by Chawaali, the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara at a time.
Bunyoro Kitara was one of few most powerful Kingdoms that East Africa had at a time especially from the 16th to 19th century. The word Ankole existed at the time of the British colonial masters who used the term to describe the larger Kingdom that was established by incorporating it to the ancient Nkore, the previously independent Kingdoms of Igara, Sheema, Buhweju and some of parts of Mpororo through Ankole agreement.
Ankole kingdom was established in the early 15th century making it one of the ancient traditional dynasties in Uganda. Ankole dynasty was separated into 2 (two) stratified castes the Bahima-the renowned nobility and pastoralists and the Bairu the famous farmers/peasants who stayed harmoniously and depended on each other.
The Ankole Kingdom became extensive by annexing other territories from south and east. In some instances, conquered herders were added into the dominant Hima stratum of society and farmers were adopted as Iru or slaves and treated as legal inferiors. None of the groups had ownership of the cattle and slaves wouldn’t herd cattle owned by the Hima.
The Ankole dynasty evolved into a system of ranked statuses where even among the cattle owning elite, patron client ties were significant in keeping the social order. Men offered cattle to the King to show their loyalty and to mark life cycle changes or victories in cattle raiding. This kind of loyalty was tested for several times by the king’s demands for cattle or for military service. In return for homage and military service, a man got protection from the king both from the external and factional disputes with the rest of cattle keepers.
The Mugabe ordered his strongest chiefs to recruit and lead armies on his behalf and the warrior bands were charged with protecting Ankole borders. Only Hima men would serve in the army however the limitation on Iru military training almost eradicated the threat of Iru rebellion.
The origin of Banyankole
Just like any Bantu group, the Banyankole also have a background that is worth tracing. It is believed that Ruhanga-the creator was their first occupant in Ankole Kingdom who is also believed to have originated from heaven to rule the earth. He is believed to have descended with his 3 sons of Kairu, Kakama and Kahima.
There is a tale concerning the way Ruhanga gave a test in order to determine which of his sons was to be his heir. The test involved keeping milk filled pots on their laps the whole night. At the end, the youngest son-Kakama was noted to have passed the test followed by Kahima and the eldest Kairu was the last.
Based on the performance, Ruhanga is believed to have decreed that Kairu and Kahima could serve their brother Kakama. After, he returned to heaven, leaving Kakama or Ruhanga as he was called to rule the land. This legend comes with social stratification in Ankole dynasty.
It was devised as way to make Bairu accept their sub servant position to the Bahima being supernatural. Ankole Kingdom featured mainly centralized administration system led by the Omugabe-the King who was from the nobility Bahima class, helped by Abakuru b’ebyanga-the local chiefs and the general appointed Enganzi-the prime minister.
In Ankole Kingdom, cattle keeping featured as the main activity for their livelihood and milk, ghee, hides and beef, cows featured as a means of value and medium of exchange. Cows featured as the means of payment especially as bride price and some special cows were used for religious rituals and cultural and political events. The long horned Ankole cattle were most valued as they were adapted to the climatic conditions of the area and their ability to resistant most of the diseases. A cow was valued for the amount of milk it yielded, its size and stature, body color and for the shape and whiteness of its long horns and its ancestry.
Marriages in Ankole
Culturally and traditionally, the usual way for marriage in Ankole was for all parents of the boy and girl to plan the marriage, at times without the girl’s knowledge. The initiative was usually taken by the boy’s parents and up on payment of an appropriate bride wealth, plan could be made to collect the bride.
Customarily, a girl wouldn’t be given out for marriage when her elder sisters had not. In case the marriage offer was made for a young sister, it is believed that the girl’s parents could manipulate things till the elder sister is sent. And when the bridegroom comes to know it he wasn’t supposed to raise any questions. He would proceed and pay more bride price and officially get married that is at all he is able to pay the bride wealth. It was the boy’s parents (father) responsibility to pay full bride wealth and meet the rest of the costs involved in planning for his son’s marriage.
At the time of wedding, the girl could be escorted by others including the aunties and some traditions believe that the husband could first have sex with the aunt prior continuing having intimate with the bride. Others assert that the duty of the aunt was to affirm the potential of the bridegroom by simply looking or listening to the sexual intercourse between the bridegroom and her niece. This is believed that her duty was to advise the girl on the way to start her home as Ankole girls were meant to be virgins till marriage time. However, not all these traditions are factual as things have changed to day.
To Banyankole, illness isn’t a natural cause of death; such deaths need an investigation to find out the exact cause. However, old age is accepted as a cause of death. It is believed that God the old people to die after the accomplishment of their time on planet. Banyankole look at death as a passage to another world. Once a man passes away, each relative together with friends and neighbors are informed.
A person who fails to make it to the funeral without a strong reason will be suspected to be the one who killed the person who died. Prior the burial the body is washed and the eyes are closed. As the dead is placed in the grave, the right hand is put under the head while the left hand rests on the chest. His body lies on the right side and one or more cows can be slaughtered to feed the mourners.
Beer is offered as part of the mourning. Usually, the mourning takes about 4 days. The woman who dies is also treated the same way the only difference is that in the grave she can be made to lie on the left side like she were facing the husband. Her left hand is put under the head and the right hand rests on her chest.
In conclusion, Banyankole are Bantu speaking people and like any ethnic group, they feature the most incredible cultural and traditional traits that are worth exploring while you are on safari in Uganda. For visitors on gorilla safari to Bwindi Forestand Mgahinga National Park or wildlife safaris to western Uganda, never miss to explore more about the Ankole culture for you to get thrilled by lifetime experiences.
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Stars on Browns’ offense help rookie Jacob Phillips ‘keep laying bricks’
Marla Ridenour
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Jacob Phillips hasn’t had an aha moment while trying to cover 6-foot-4 tight end Austin Hooper or seeing running back Nick Chubb primed to bulldoze him.
While those would be frightening experiences for some, the rookie linebacker said competing against the Browns’ star-studded offense has boosted his confidence and made him believe he belongs in the NFL.
The third-round pick from Louisiana State was thrust to the forefront after linebacker Mack Wilson hyperextended his left knee on Aug. 18, and Phillips has tried to take advantage of the extra work.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed on Tuesday that Wilson will not need surgery. With a timetable of four to six more weeks before Wilson can return, Phillips is battling three-year veteran Tae Davis and former Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith for the starting job at weak-side linebacker.
B.J. Goodson and Sione Takitaki appear to have locked down the middle and strong-side spots, respectively, for the Sept. 13 opener at Baltimore. If Phillips is called upon, he said he’s ready.
“The players that we have on offense, being able to compete against them every day, make plays against them, has definitely given me a whole lot of confidence I can do it against every other team in the league because I know how special our team is here,” Phillips said on a Zoom call. “I’m definitely ready. Actually, I can’t wait for it.”
Phillips may have made an impression with his energy and enthusiasm, but limiting league MVP Lamar Jackson of the Ravens is another matter.
“Jacob runs around and he wants to ‘See ball, get ball’ and he’s built athletically to go do that,” Stefanski said of Phillips, 6-foot-3 and 228 pounds. “Like every other rookie at every other position probably with every other team, it’s not perfect. There’s a growing period to this and I think he’s made strides each and every day he’s been out there on the grass.”
Phillips said most of his snaps have come on the weak side. But with Goodson sitting out Sunday’s scrimmage at FirstEnergy Stadium for a personal reason, Phillips also saw action in the middle.
“There’s no added pressure,” Phillips said of filling in for Wilson. “I put pressure on myself, I’m a big competitor. Nothing really affects my mental drive as far as wanting to be a better player myself.”
Phillips called the scheme designed by defensive coordinator Joe Woods “real complex,” but Phillips believes he has improved.
“I feel like being in this defense has let me showcase and have more opportunities to be a well-rounded player,” Phillips said. “We do a lot in this defense — we get to cover, we get to blitz, we get to run, a whole lot of things. I’m enjoying it. It’s a fun and fast defense and I can’t wait to play.”
Phillips said Wilson has mentored him and he felt for Wilson when he was hurt.
“Always cheer for my brothers, always want my brothers to play,” Phillips said, calling the fact Wilson is avoiding surgery “a blessing.”
The defense was dealt another blow when rookie safety Grant Delpit, the 44th overall pick, ruptured his Achilles on Aug. 24 and was lost for the season. Delpit and Phillips were teammates at Louisiana State.
“Grant is a brother to me, so I definitely reached out and I definitely was real, real torn up about the situation,” Phillips said. “It’s football, you’ve got to realize that God has paths for everybody. I tell him to ‘Keep your happiness, stay up, don’t let this get you down because there’s still so many things in front of you, so many more goals that can be reached. This is really just a speed bump.’”
With more opportunities against a talent-laden offense, Phillips said there has been no particular play when he felt he’d arrived.
“You kind of just realize you’re really built for this,” Phillips said. “You take every day day by day and keep laying bricks.
“After everything I’ve experienced, I’ve been put in so many different situations and I don’t feel nervous for anything. I feel very confident. I feel happy to be in this position and blessed to be progressing like this. Hope to do well during the season.”
In the coaches’ eyes, Phillips may require more improvement when it comes to pass coverage to play a big role early. But Phillips is ready to prove himself in that regard.
“When you have more opportunities … you can showcase you’ve got that skill,” he said. “If you’re never put in that position, people don’t know you can do it. You’ve seen me breaking up passes and covering, doing all those things… You’ll see Game 1.”
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/browns. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MRidenourABJ.
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Violence and Identification
Everyday Ethnic Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
in Conflict and Society
Author: Torsten Kolind 1
1 Aarhus University tk.crf@psy.au.dk
https://doi.org/10.3167/arcs.2016.020116
Bosnia and Herzegovina; ethnic identity; postwar; violence; war
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Structurally inspired anthropological analyses of war and violence tend to claim that conflicts have an inherent potential to create unambiguous identities. Based on ethnographic data from everyday life among the Muslim population of Stolac in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina the article shows that this is not necessarily the case. Instead of resorting to the politically created dichotomous categories of ethnic exclusion, the Muslims of Stolac favored ambiguous identifications highlighting coexistence and interethnic respect. In this way of refraining from exclusive ethnic antagonistic identifications they experimented with ways of inhabiting the world together with the ethnic others; mainly the Croat population of Stolac.
TORSTEN KOLIND has a PhD in anthropology and is a professor at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has written on violence, war, and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the author of the Post-War Identification: Everyday Muslim Counterdiscourse in Bosnia Herzegovina from 2008. His current research focuses among other things on ethnic identity, marginalization, prisons, and drug use. He is editor of the journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy.
Conflict and Society
Advances in Research
© Berghahn Books 2016
Issue Table of Contents
Rethinking the Anthropology of Violence for the Twenty-First Century
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Displacement and Emplacement
The Meanings of the Move?
Staying out of Place
Between Labor Migration and Forced Displacement
Resistance to Transitional Justice
Analyzing Resistance to Transitional Justice
Adopting a Resistance Lens
Contesting Transitional Justice as Liberal Governance in Revolutionary Tunisia
Using International Criminal Law to Resist Transitional Justice
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Post-Conflict Dynamic
First as Tragedy, Then as Teleology
Liminality and Missing Persons
Muslim National Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian Muslim Identity in Everyday Practice
Muslim Identifications in Stolac
The National Identity That Failed
Religious Identity
Localistic Identification
The Aesthetics of Coexistence
The Struggle for Local Identity
The Ideal of Tolerance and Coexistence
Differences Were an Advantage
Nationality Did Not Matter
Critique of the Croats—Identification of the Muslims
The Balkans–Europe
Balkan Identifications in Stolac
European Identifications in Stolac
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Madhuri Dixit to pay tribute to Sridevi
Bollywood’s dancing diva Madhuri Dixit Nene will take Bollywood fans on a nostalgic trip as she pays tribute to her contemporary of the 1980s, the late Sridevi, at the third edition of Lux Golden Rose Awards.
This year’s event, to be held on Sunday, has extended its support to the UN’s HeForShe cause and will see Bollywood’s stalwarts lend their support for the initiative, where the men pledge to stand in solidarity with women and face gender inequality together.
Madhuri will dance on superhit tracks of veterans Hema Malini and Rekha, but the highlight of the performance is scheduled to be a heartfelt tribute to Sridevi, a statement said.
“When I was approached to do this performance, it left me both overwhelmed and excited. Given that the Awards are supporting the HeforShe movement, I thought it was also time for the women, especially in Bollywood, to celebrate each other and express solidarity with each other.
“The Lux legends are truly iconic and inspirational, and my performance is purely to take fans down memory lane while reveling and celebrating their magic,” Madhuri said.
Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor and her “Dhadak” co-star Ishaan Khatter will put on an act inspired by their film at the event, to be co-hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Varun Dhawan.
Janhvi said: “This stage is special to me because my mother was a Lux superstar. I am glad to be performing for my first ever awards night with my favourite co-actor and friend Ishaan, since he has always supported me up to this stage in my career.
“Since this is my first performance, I am working extra hard on perfecting my moves and I hope the audiences will shower us with lots love again.”
Shah Rukh is looking forward to celebrate cinema’s beautiful ladies.
“Hosting for this very special audience has always thrilled me and continues to fill my heart with lots of love for these superwomen,” he said.
Varun said: “It is humbling and delightful to be chosen to host for the ladies. This ye’r’s theme HeForShe is something I want to take a stand for. Shah Rukh Khan is the God of hosting and to get a chance to applaud the divas alongside him is a dream come true. I have coveted his title of the ‘King of Romance’ and ‘Ladies Man’ for a long time, and if I am able to live up even to half of his legacy, I will call myself fortunate.”
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has also pledged his support to HeForShe, along with TV actors Nakuul Mehta and Mohit Malik.
Ayushmann said: “As a part of the industry, it is our responsibility and not a choice to make the space we work in safe, equal and encouraging for growth for one and all. HeForShe states just that – standing in solidarity for positive change.
“In my personal experience I have seen the kind of honesty and hard work my female co-actors have put in and if they are not given due credit then it is a pity for us and the industry as a whole.”
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Marty Walsh, BPDA push back against Michelle Wu’s call to abolish agency
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 6: Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, who is running for re-election, waves to spectators during the Roslindale Day Parade on October 6, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Angela Rowlings/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
By Sean Philip Cotter | sean.cotter@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2019 at 7:57 p.m. | UPDATED: October 7, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.
Mayor Martin Walsh and BPDA chief Brian Golden are pushing back on City Councilor Michelle Wu’s call to abolish the BPDA, insisting that the long-controversial planning agency’s cronyism and dysfunction are things of the past.
“We’ve opened the process up more than any other process that we’ve had. All those meetings are based on community meetings, all those based in community input,” Walsh said. “Planners spend hours and hours and hours in the neighborhood on any proposal that’s out there. I think we’ve opened the process up more than it’s ever been opened up before.”
Wu launched her assertions of corruption and a lack of transparency at the Boston Planning & Development Agency in a report calling for the agency to be abolished.
“I don’t agree with that at all,” Walsh said.
An at-large city councilor who’s seen as a likely future mayoral candidate, Wu dropped the voluminous report on Monday, calling to end the BPDA and fold its planning functions into City Hall. That, she said, would increase accountability and allow more oversight over the planning and development agency, which now answers only to a board of directors chosen by the mayor.
Walsh himself during his first mayoral run, in 2013, was another in a long line of politicians to bash the BPDA, which historically has been known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority, or BRA.
Wu’s report slams the BPDA as continuing to be opaque and corrupt. Just last month longtime staffer John Lynch pleaded guilty to a federal charge of taking a bribe.
Golden, in an interview with the Herald, said the agency shouldn’t continue to be judged by its past sins, like the bulldozing of the old West End neighborhood in the 1960s.
“I understand the history that is informing the negative opinion of this agency,” Golden said, adding that it had been a “pretty dysfunctional” organization that for many years ran operations “top-down” rather than based in community input.
But he stressed that operational reforms like the BPDA’s much improved website and more reporting to the council have made the organization more transparent, and the citywide planning initiatives he and Walsh have worked on, like Imagine Boston 2030, are the first such exercises in decades.
“I feel good about where the agency is at operationally,” Golden said. “I argue that the Boston of 2019 is a wonderful city, and our role in that was significant.”
The setup of an independent agency that controls both planning and development is unusual both in Massachusetts and among big cities around the country, but Golden insisted that the marriage of the two functions under one agency’s roof is good for the city.
“Planning should co-exist with development in an agency, because you have tremendous benefit,” Golden said. “All of this together allows the city to more nimbly deal with its challenges.”
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Cushman & Wakefield, which had revenue of nearly $7B in 2017, filed for an initial public offering Wednesday. The company is betting that commercial real estate will continue to grow strongly worldwide over the next few years.
"The global commercial real estate industry is expected to grow at approximately 5% per year to more than $4 trillion in 2022, outpacing expected global gross domestic product growth," Cushman & Wakefield said in its filing.
More specifically, Cushman & Wakefield expects space occupiers to outsource commercial real estate services more than before as they seek to reduce costs, improve operating efficiencies and maximize productivity.
According to the filing, institutional owners, such as REITs, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, are acquiring more real estate assets and financing them in the capital markets. That will drive demand for service providers in various ways, Cushman & Wakefield said.
The company is looking to raise about $1B via the IPO and seeks a valuation of more than $5B, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal.
An investment group led by TPG Funds that also includes PAG Asia Capital and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan acquired the company in 2015 for more than $3.5B.
The goal of TPG and the other investors was to put Cushman & Wakefield in the same global league as CBRE Group and JLL, and toward that end they have been expanding the company since the acquisition, including mergers with Chicago-based DTZ and Washington, D.C.-based Cassidy Turley.
Now, according to the filing, Cushman & Wakefield has about 400 offices in 70 countries, and an ongoing pipeline of potential acquisitions to improve its offerings across geographies and service lines.
"We are highly focused on the successful execution of our acquisition strategy ... to broaden our geographic and specialized service capabilities," the company said in the filing.
“The business models that the bigger players in the space have moved toward ... [run] across a variety of different business lines and is focused on gaining share at a global level,” JPMorgan analyst and Executive Director Anthony Paolone said.
The company plans to use the IPO proceeds to deal with some of its debt. As of Q1, Cushman & Wakefield carried about $3B in long-term debt, according to the filing. The TPG-led investment group would retain voting control after the IPO.
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OSN will discontinue its Pehla bouquet from July 15, BroadcastPro ME can reveal. OSN will no longer be hosting South Asian and Cricket channels on its platform, the pay TV network confirmed to BroadcastPro. The change comes right after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 ends on July 14, 2019.
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Posted on January 12, 2019 January 12, 2019 by Razib Khan
A Hindu in the Whitehouse?
By Razib Khan 44 Comments
Tulsi Gabbard is running for President. She is a devotee of Gaudiya Vaishnava Hinduism. Her father is half-Samoan, and due to her dark looks and Hindu religion, she is often assumed to be South Asian. And, she does have connections to South Asian culture through her religious affinities.
That being said, I assume this is a way for her to increase her profile more than a plausible chance to win the Presidency (though I think the same was true of Trump!). Gabbard is a somewhat heterodox Democrat who strikes a Left pose, but her background in her youth was in social conservatism, and the truth is that aside from some oddballs there’s not much light between different factions in the Democratic party in 2018. For this, and other reasons, she is under fire from the usual pundit-class commissars who punish deviationism.
But what I’m curious about the attacks that are made on her religion:
TIL Tulsi Gabbard is
-a former anti-gay activist who still calls homosexuality a "lifestyle"
-part of a breakaway Hare Krishna cult
-a hardcore Assad defender
-a supporter of anti-pluralist Hindu nationalism in Indiahttps://t.co/UMWnbmRBzo
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) December 17, 2017
The idea that Gabbard is a cultist probably comes from a piece in The New Yorker, The making of a charismatic, unorthodox Democrat.
Since I’m not on the Left, I don’t care/know about all the internecine conflicts/moves that define these sort of coordinated couterattacks. But it’s really interesting to me that unless you are a very liberal cultural Hindu, it’s open season from certain quarters of the Left. In a way, this is similar to Christianity, but not Islam, where conservatively devout individuals are acceptable so long as they keep their social views on the down-low.
(I have a friend who is Gaudiya Vaishnava who has to explain to her Hindu American friends that not all Hindu Americans are pantheist/Deists who are OK with beef-eating. She is, by the way, a very liberal Democrat)
Note: Kamala Harris is a Baptist, but her mother was an Iyer.
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44 Replies to “A Hindu in the Whitehouse?”
Running for the president of which country?
Separately, she won 150,000 votes to win a congressional election. my state legislative constituency in Madras has two times more people than that.
Kabir says:
I read recently that Tulsi Gabbard has been friendly with Hindu nationalists and spoken at their events. Much of her campaign funding comes from people on the Hindu right. Her personal religious beliefs are her own concern, but supporting majoritarianism in another country is a little bit more disturbing.
Also, being homophobic (allegedly) is not going to help with Democrats.
Zack Zavidé says:
Nothing wrong with Hindu nationalism
Supporting majoritarianism in foreign countries is hardly the behavior of a liberal democrat. I don’t care what kind of majoritarianism it is.
Abu Kuffar Mushrik ibn Kaffir al-Yindoo says:
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Definition of democracy
1a : government by the people
especially : rule of the majority
Do you like “majoritarian” over democracy because the former rhymes with “authoritarian” and “totalitarian”? If yes, you have a truly postmodernist attitude towards language!
Majoritarian countries are those in which the State is seen to belong to a particular ethnic or religious group, rather than to all citizens. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan belongs to Muslims. India under the Modi regime belongs to Hindus (contrary to Pandit Nehru’s vision).
“Majoritarianism is a traditional political philosophy or agenda that asserts that a majority (sometimes categorized by religion, language, social class, or some other identifying factor) of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society. This traditional view has come under growing criticism and democracies have increasingly included constraints in what the parliamentary majority can do, in order to protect citizens’ fundamental rights.[1] “
AnAn says:
India has from 1947 bent over backwards to back Islamists against moderate muslims. Now India is correcting this mistake. This is not majoritarianism. In 1947 over a few weeks 2 million people died and 20 million people were forcibly deported. India’s leaders were scared by this and made a de facto deal to back Islamists against moderate muslims in return for peace. The deal had many components, including:
—continuing the English restriction on LBGTQ (a concept that didn’t exist in the east pre 632 AD)
—triple Talat and divorce property/children distribution that favored the husband
—Shariah courts that applied only to muslims and not nonmuslims that were not universal in nature
—banning free speech with the first amendment to the constitution which restricts free speech, mostly to avoid inflaming religious sentiments (offending Islam)
The first two pillars are now going. Hopefully Shariah courts with Islamist interpretations will soon be replaced with a universal civil code (which great Islamic murshids can certify as Shariah compliant). Which leaves free speech. Hopefully the BJP will try to amend the first amendment of the Indian constitution to allow free speech after the general election, should they win.
These policy changes should allow all Indians to be treated the same under the law. The is what liberalism, secularism, pluralism, diversity, respecting all religions is all about.
Economic reforms that increase economic freedoms also treat all Indians more equally under the law.
India has had many streams of Islam for a long time. India needs to stop backing Islamists against good muslims.
Calling for a Hindu Rashtra is by definition majoritarianism. Lynching Muslims for eating beef is majoritarianism.
You are no one to decide who is a “good” Muslim.
By the way, “triple talat” is not a thing. The word is talaaq.
INDTHINGS says:
This is kind of like saying there’s nothing wrong with Islamism, or Zionism. Doesn’t really mean anything, as there are numerous strands of thought within each system that range from totally fine to batshit crazy.
Tulsi seems to lean closer to the batshit crazy end of Hindu Nationalism, as evidence by her praise of Modi and attack on the USA for banning him in the wake of the Gujarat massacres.
Razib Khan says:
the democrats probably can (barely at this point) accept someone who is conventionally liberal in american context but supports likud in israel. this was pretty normal until recently for jewish american politicians. she seems like that. and india doesn’t have the same place in american hearts as israel, so she has a hard time pulling it off…. (also, she positions herself stylistically on the left, not center-left)
Do you accept that Muhammad was a Pedophile or are you, like Kabir, covertly advancing a Muslim agenda under the guise of liberalism.
I need to know where you stand before I can engage. Don’t want to divert this thread either
If by pedophile you mean sexual relations with prepubescent children, then no, Muhammad was likely not a pedophile, as Islam forbids sexual relations with those who haven’t reached puberty, and there’s no indications his youngest recorded consort (Aisha) was prepubescent.
If you are asking if I think sexual relations are acceptable so long as one’s partner has reached the age of puberty, the answer is no. While it may have served in premodern times, we now know that sexual relations (and everything that comes with it) have significant adverse effects on minors, particularly for girls below the age of 13 or so.
Though if I was truly committed to “advancing the Muslim agenda”, it would be a simple matter for me to denounce the actions of Muhammad in the company of Kaffirs, while privately believing otherwise, in order to move one step closer to installing Sharia, resurrecting the Caliphate, or whatever it is you think Muslims busy themselves with.
he’s not muslim. unlike kabir who expresses conventional islamic intolerance reflexively now and then.
Snake Charmer says:
I love it how every thread, whether it is about american politics or science or physics or chemistry or whatever, ultimately end up in a discussion over the happenings in Muhammad’s bedroom. 🙂
Leave the poor guy alone. He was a man of his times. He was a ruler, and he did what other rulers in history did. Killed their enemies, raped their women and robbed their belongings. Whats so different about Muhammad?
I don’t know how asking for mutual respect can be defined as “intolerance” but OK.
What is really to be gained by gratuitiously insulting the Prophet of God at every opportunity? It doesn’t serve to advance any argument and only turns off people with whom you are (presumably) trying to dialogue.
Slapstik says:
The stigma around paedophilia has nothing to do with puberty but consent and agency.
Children cannot consent. Not now. Not in the 7th century CE or 17th century BCE.
To sarpamaugdheya’s point, Mohammed is special because he is specially plead for, i.e. seen as a personality beyond reproach and free of error. He would be seen as just another (important) medieval warlord, but for his supernatural revelation and the special pleading about his character as an example for all ages etc.
For America it is ultimately a good thing that a woman and a brownish one at that gets elected. Tulsi’s cultish views are questionable, but her own personal fad. The Western system is generally good at making sure personal fads are insulated from govt policy.
The ultimate hedge against personal biases seeping in should really be the design of the governance system itself. So if America has to fear anything it is not the Presidential candidates, but (lack of) checks on their power after one of them becomes President. What matters is error handling/correction, not error avoidance!
VijayVan says:
Agree with sarpamaugdheya. His – I mean the object of the post, not sarpamaugdheya, verbal ejaculations were more serious than physical. A ‘Child’ and it’s protection is defined legally – or the laws of the land and time. So, basically I would not rake up issues with what someone is supposed to have done hundreds of years ago in a distant land.
Numinous says:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425006-gabbard-hirono-clash-shocks-hawaii
She’s apparently protesting her party’s seeming opposition to letting judicial nominees with known religious beliefs (Catholic) through, taking a stand on religious freedom (of a kind.) So she certainly seems heterodox, but that’s unlikely to get her through the Democratic primary.
Of course this candidacy is a joke, as Hawaii has 400K votes and 4 electoral votes, and that is why I asked for which country. There are a number of candidates like herman cain, Ben Carlson, the Pauls, allan keyes who use this ruse to raise money. Fundraising during candidacy can be broadly used to support a lifestyle and I can bet she can add 00-300 K to her 174 K salary over the next three-four years from raised funds. One day I will write about this fraud called fundraising for elections; basically all senators and many congressmen or 100% in fundraising mode all the time and expand their salaries by at least a few hundred K a year.
this is a dumb or ignorant take tbh.
american national politics is now national. trump didn’t win new york, and no one was worried that bernie was from vermont (they were worried he was too far left!). bill clinton was from arkansas, and biden kept running from tiny delaware. the last two VPs before pence brought very little population to the top of the ticket.
basically the base of your home is a consideration before the 1990s, when national politics was less polarized and regional loyalties were strong.
The bottom line is, do you honestly think she can get 4 electoral votes?
I think the name trump is used to normalize too many things.
did you read my post? I assume this is a way for her to increase her profile more than a plausible chance to win the Presidency.
if she got nominated she would win a lot of blue states. but she won’t get nominated cuz of the islam stuff in particular. the democratic party is the muslim party at prayer 😉
/democratic party is the muslim party at prayer ?/
Like Labour in Britain
Candidates are often from low EV states, but note that most actual presidents of recent years are from at least moderate size states. Clinton had NY connections, so ignore his Arkansas background. Trump NY (but hated there) l,Obama Illinois, bush TX, other busjlh YX, going back farther, lots of Tx, CA, NY.
Yaskween with anarchocapitalist characteristics says:
“they were worried he was too far left”
Which is part of why many of us from Europe feel American politics comes across as fucking weird. There’s the constant call to diversity/tolerance/liberal pluralism, probably unlike in any other place and often even by “conservatives” (though I suppose it’s to be expected *to an extent* in a country that varied), and related which often reaches derangement but if someone is a social democrat in economic terms (almost a broad consensus, so to speak, here), the former group almost tries to eat them alive and considers them a communist of some sort.
Armaghan says:
Americans are instinctively religious. When they abandon old faiths, new religions, particularly political allegiances, seize their hearts.
Now the Big Two of these political parties operate on the basis of the party elite feathering their own nests, and whipping their acolytes into fervor over whatever they imagine that the other party is doing. So you get that amazing combination of crony capitalism and corporatism that supports the bosses, and a belief amongst the rank and file that the other side are devils who are literally planning a new holocaust. These beliefs are religious in intensity and can’t be successfully challenged.
May God bless Tulsi Gabbard. Sarva Dharma (all religions being true) is part of the eastern ethos. This means that Jesus and Christianity are true too. In eastern culture, criticizing great masters and other religions is completely haram. Tulsi Gabbard should not denounce Christianity, the Bible, Jesus or Christians. Tulsi Gabbard should stand her ground the way the Dalai Lama does. If liberals denounce her as a Nazi, racist, prejudiced bigot, hegemon, exploiter, oppressor, colonialist, imperialist and the rest of the post modernist cultural marxist soup . . . so be it.
Let us remember the example of Yeshua ban Yoseph (Jesus)– the greatest Palestinian. The large majority of people (including Jewish people and non Jewish people) denounced Jesus as evil, and disrespected him as he was dying on the cross. Yet Jesus was unaffected. Jesus said and did what was honest and right. Jesus said “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” May we all have the courage of Jesus. May we all have the courage to be denounced by the world as evil and be unaffected.
I actually think this would help Tulsi win the nomination. Trump won by opposing political correctness. Most democrats similarly detest political correctness. Tulsi Gabbard can win by similarly flying in the face of political correctness. Especially if she is the only candidate for President in the Democratic primary fighting political correctness.
Bharotshontan says:
Harris is raised by her Indian mom, and gets 108 coconuts sacrificed in Chennai to this day by her family for her success. I didn’t know Tulsi is part Samoan.
I respect Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Razib you know that Gaud is a name of Bengal.
Both are fine but have no chance
Walter Sobchak says:
We could have a race between Gabbard and Nikki Halley. Wouldn’t that be something?
“not Islam, where conservatively devout individuals are acceptable so long as they keep their social views on the down-low.”
This isn’t remotely true. If you’ve followed the campaigns of any major Muslim politician in the West (Sadiq Khan, Omar, Rashida), they’ve all had to come out in favor of the LGBT movement to gain acceptance from the left, despite such views being antithetical to Islam.
Gabbard is same. Ppl object to her PERSONAL views which are influenced by her religion.
Prats says:
They’re just crypto-Islamists.
Wow Razib. Totally missed this (rarely watch or read the traditional news other than business, economics, basketball, and some geopolitical issues).
Attacking Eastern philosophy (10 Darshanas . . . plus Toaism . . . since most global leftists and liberals don’t know about Zorastrianism, Bon, Lingayat etc.) has become cool among global liberals and leftists in a short period of time.
Now it is acceptable for young female caucasian idealistic activists (in Europe and North America) to describing Gandhiji, the Dalai Lama, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (and eastern spiritual leaders in general) as Nazis and racists.
The large majority of this comes from a disconnect and lack of mutual understanding between cultural marxists/post modernists and people steeped in eastern philosophy. Hope to write an article series to elaborate on this disconnect. Including anecdotes from the life of the Dalai Lama where the Dalai Lama was completely unable to understand what westerners were telling him about self loathing, guilt, and the rest of the irrational emotions arising from the most modernist cultural marxist millieu. I have heard many other accounts of eastern spiritual and religious leaders similarly completely befuddled and confused by what westerners tell them.
Many of the major sayings, spiritual and religious precepts of the east evoke an angry emotional outburst from people whose brains have been colonized by post modernist cultural marxism.
In defense of Tulsi Gabbard; eastern philosophy has been supportive of LBGTQ rights for more than 5,000 years and has long had a very rich deep understanding of the many nuances of the subject. It is bizarre to attack Tulsi Gabbard or any Hindu Buddhist Jain Sikh Toaist for being against LBGTQ on a religious basis. There are more eastern texts relating to LBGTQ issues than any normal human being can possibly be expected to read and understand. What little I have read has been far beyond my ability to comprehend.
“Eastern philosophy has been supportive of LBGTQ rights”
No it hasn’t.
The whole concept of a sexual identity rather than behavior is Western and only around 100 years old. And homosexual behavior was only ever tolerated at best in various lines of Hindu and Buddhist thought, and more often than not persecuted. Taoism and Confucianism can be particularly hostile.
Have you ever read the Abhidharmakosakarika or any of Vasubandhu’s writings? How about the Dzogchen teachings so central to Tibetan Buddhism? They’re as supportive of homosexual behavior as the Koran.
Armaghan, the eastern understanding of LBGTQ is extraordinarily deep and vast and different. I think the post modernist cultural marxist understanding is far less mature and deep.
Would you like an article series on this subject at BP? If so, you would be welcome to contribute an article to the series.
I hesitate to write too much because truth be told, I don’t understand the 11 genders in the Shiva Agamas. Much of the scriptural corpus (most of it) do not relate to homo sapiens per say; but relate to other species. Many of which come from or are associated with the stars. Now many from the eastern tradition are going public and saying they are aliens. This has long believed and passed on through secret teachings. But only now going public. A very incomplete list of these include:
–Adityas
–Vasus
–Rudras
–Maruts
–Garudas
–Daityas
–Danavas
–Kimpurushas
–Pishaachas
–Ganas
–Gandharvas
–Yakshas
–Rakshashas
–Marichi
–Dakhini
–Vanaras
–Special bears (Jambavan)
–Navagraha
–Brahma, Brahma Putras, Prajapatis
Many Hindus/Buddhists/Jains/Sikhs are still reluctant to discuss this in public and think this discussion should remain in private. However, I suspect that much of the discussion of gender cannot be understood without bringing this up. Perhaps much of the scriptural discussion of gender relates to non homo sapiens. Other species have different understandings of gender than humans. Gender is intimately related to a belief in reincarnation as homo sapiens, many other earth species, and many alien species. The belief is that we carry gender memory from past lives into this birth. We also carry genetic memory of multiple extant and now almost extinct genders. Ancient stories about homo sapiens marrying non humans can be interpreted as others influencing the DNA code at various times. Which, if someone believes this, implies that our DNA carries gender knowledge from other species.
The eastern understanding of gender is different and rarely understood by post modernists.
Please elaborate on Taoism and LBGTQ. My sense is that within Taoism is a deep understanding of gender multiplicity.
I specifically did not mention Confucianism on LBGTQ for a reason.
Can you share Abhidharmakosakarika’s and Vasubandhu’s writings on LBGTQ? I have not read them.
Can you elaborate regarding what lineage and version of Dzogchen you are referring to? Suspect this is a misunderstanding. People can do whatever they want. But if they choose a specific spiritual path, they must abide by certain rules or they risk catastrophically damaging their brain, nervous system, health and spiritual state. Each specific path has its specific rules for a reason. If someone does not want to practice these rules, then follow a different path. This is why the number of spiritual paths is Ananta or endless.
The Dalai Lama says that Dzogchen’s Sanskrit name is Mahaa Sandhi.
Padmasambhava is deeply revered by Hindus–especially Shaivites–as a great Nath Siddha master. He gave many, many paths for different individuals depending on their qualities and tendencies. LBGTQ are not left out.
I am unfamiliar with Dzogchen from lineages other than Padmasambhava (which is not to say they don’t exist, they might exist).
This comment is long enough. This subject requires a series of articles.
Tulsi Gabbard most vocal critics are Israeli nationalists in the democrat party and the left. They were infuriated by her support for American military withdrawal from Syria and her meeting with Assad.
Roy, we don’t know for sure if that withdrawal happens or the circumstances of proposed withdrawal. The Iraqi Army, Iraqi Air Force (under orders from the Iraqi government) and Putin are considering backing the Kurds in Syria and deploying considerable military power inside Syria in direct support of the Kurds.
If this happens . . . then the US can withdraw from Syria. No harm. [Of course a small number of US advisors with the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Air Force would deploy to Syria in support of the Iraqi Security Forces].
Syria is sideshow. The main show is Iraq. Iraqis want an alliance and friendship with the US a lot more than the US wants an alliance and friendship with Iraq. As long as Trump doesn’t betray the Iraqis by stabbing them in the back when they least expect it . . . as long as the US continues a significant program to train, equip and advise the Iraqi Security Forces; all is good.
Iraq and Israel have a difficult relationship. I think America should prioritize the friendship and alliance with Iraq.
Putin and Israel are very close allies. Trump told Bibi to ally, work with, collaborate and back Putin in Syria. Bibi saluted and said yes. And I think Israel is okay with this arrangement.
Israel is one of the world’s great powers and kudos to them. The entire world can and should learn a lot from Israel and emulate Israel in many way. But America has her own long term interests and long term values and should follow them even if Israel objects.
Similarly America needs to simultaneously be Israel’s best friend forever (BFF) in all circumstances while also being Palestine’s best friend forever (BFF). America does not need to choose. America can be everything simultaneously. [Much the way Hindus say that all religions are true . . . and that they belong to all of them!]
There is no reason why Tulsi Gabbard can’t form a close alliance and friendship with both Putin and Bibi. Putin and Bibi have a man crush with each other. Plus Israelis and Jews “LOVE” anything eastern philosophy related. Love Hindu Buddhist Jain Sikh Taoist Bon Zorastrians (someone can be all of them simultaneously!) Tulsi Gabbard will have no problem being best friends with Israelis and Jews. Hinduism is a “HUGE” asset in this.
I just skimmed the New Yorker article. I don’t think the author has a deep understanding of Hinduism, Uttara Mimamsa, Achintya-Bheda-Abheda, Hare Krishna, Bhaktivedanta, or Butler.
An example is this sentence:
“Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican, likes to tell Gabbard that she is “the most Christlike member of Congress,” a complicated sort of compliment that says something about the way we try to reconcile spiritual traditions that are ultimately incommensurable.”
If all religions are true and find the same truth, then being Christlike is not different from being on a spiritual path or being influenced by eastern philosophy or being part of Hare Krishna.
Prabhupada (who expanded Hare Krishna beyond SAARC) was extremely confused and puzzled by many aspects of American culture. For example, westerners asked to convert to Hare Krishna or Hinduism or whatever you want to call it. Prabhupada use to ask:
1) What does conversion mean? [concept does not exist in the east]
2) Why do you want to convert?
3) Why can’t you remain a good Christian and also be part of Hare Krishna? [concept of exclusivity is not understood in the east]
4) Why would you want to leave Christianity and the master Jesus? Jesus is a great example of what Krishna, Chaitanya, and the Hare Krishna movement stand for.
After a long time, Prabhupada finally relented and started giving sacred thread to foreigners, converting them into Brahmins initiated in the Gayatri mantra. [In the east, people from other Varna or without Varna (Avarna) can be initiated into Brahmin varna if they prove worthy.]
Prabhupada and other Hare Krishna leaders would not have understood what about Hare Krishna was not compatible and consistent with Christianity and Jesus. And criticizing any other spiritual master or religion would be unacceptable.
Hare Krishna is an affair of the heart. It is about having a divine romance with the transcendent. Devotion. Bhakti. Wanting nothing. Being nothing, Knowing nothing. Seeing the divine lover (God) in all things and loving them as the divine lover (Himself/Herself). Loving all.
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Tulsi Gabbard has a lot of admiration and respect from the right. She is strong on Islamism, illegal immigration, security . . . while supporting greater legal immigration (similar to me). She stands up to post modernist cultural marxist political correctness. She met Trump after he got elected and did not join the women’s march. She isn’t a sycophant of the quasi Islamist Linda Sarsour. She arguably works better with Republicans in passing legislation than almost any other Democrat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgK-Mqm4kqYp
She could run against political correctness much the way Trump did and win the Democratic primary as a type of Democratic Trump. Most Democrats have had it up to here with post modernist cultural marxist political correctness.
I think she has the best chance of beating Trump of any Democratic nominee (other than maybe Lebron James or Oprah . . . but I don’t think they will run).
Another Tulsi Gabbard supporter from the right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71RsIycMD8U
I just have a hunch that in a battle of Gabbard vs haley vs haris Gabbard will get most of the North Indian hindu support( which would be funny ). While Harris might get the others ( liberal left , non hindu, South Indian ). Of course overtly even the Gabbard ones will say they are supporting Harris considering how much radioactive Gabbard has become. Also I think Harris being a half i yer or whatever won’t cut it for the Hindu pops in USA considering I don’t think she has any meaningfull stands/resolution on India/Indians ever. So everyone would know just like Haley she has come around her supposedly Indian roots for the elections and all. But yeah it might work on her potential support base (liberal left , non hindu, South Indian ) considering her chances are the most bright among all three contenders.
More attacks on her from the left and liberals and more support for her from classical liberals, moderates, libertarians and conservatives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdH1qYy3pk
Saurav, the “radioactivity” is why Gabbard could win this thing. She is “different” and willing to take on the post modernists. Quietly this is what most democrats have been waiting for, but too scared to say out load. In fact a ton of “Never Trump” republicans might join the democratic party to vote for Gabbard. This could be enough to push her over the top. She is the Democrat Trump.
I don’t agree with Gabbard about everything. I am a free market, free trade, free cross border product development collaboration, free global investment movement, free skilled labor mobility globalist. And Gabbard does not appear to be that.
As an aside, I find south Indians to be most religious, spiritual and mature people on earth. And along with Jews and a few others the most intelligent people on earth. I think South Indians will especially flock to Gabbard. There is such a paucity of unapologetic mature spiritual people in the world. Gabbard really does stand out.
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John C. Whipple
Whipple Azzarello, LLC
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Criminal Defense: General Practice...
Law School:
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jcwhipple@whippleazzarellolaw....
161 Madison Avenue, Suite 325
John C. Whipple is a seasoned and well regarded trial attorney with more than 30 years experience. He has tried numerous criminal jury trials in the federal and state courts as well as a number of civil jury trials and prides himself on having the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism while zealously fighting for the rights of his clients.
Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a criminal trial attorney since 1988, Mr. Whipple has developed an excellent reputation in the New Jersey state and federal courts. Clients are referred to him not only by attorneys who do not practice criminal law, but also by professional colleagues with extensive criminal experience. Mr. Whipple began his career as an assistant prosecutor in Monmouth County New Jersey. As a newly admitted attorney, he learned the nuts and bolts of trial work and then became a federal public defender for the District of New Jersey where he continued to hone his trial skills. In addition to developing his expertise in criminal defense, Mr. Whipple also handled other, more complex matters. These included: securities, bank and mail fraud cases, narcotic offenses, political corruption matters, and RICO offenses. He became an expert in dealing with the federal sentencing guidelines. His experience in the federal public defender’s office also enabled him to develop appellate skills as well. He has argued numerous cases before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and New Jersey's Appellate Division.
*Corporate Internal and Regulatory Investigations
*White collar and other criminal Defense
*Complex Commercial Litigation
*Criminal Defense of Officers and Directors in securities, healthcare, insurance and antitrust investigations and prosecutions
Mr. Whipple also has significant knowledge regarding attorney ethics an expertise he developed over the course of a four year term on the District X Ethics Committee which served Morris and Sussex counties. While a member of this committee, he investigated and prosecuted attorney ethics violations, presided over hearings, and argued before the Disciplinary Review Board. Following his term, attorneys needing legal advice and representation on ethics matters have sought out his services.
Representative Experience:
*Negotiated a probation sentence for a medical doctor charged with first and second degree drug charges for growing marijuana on his farm.
*Negotiated a probation sentence for a dentist in a significant Medicaid fraud prosecution.
*Negotiated misdemeanor plea agreements in Federal Court in two separate major felony prosecutions that resulted in probation sentences. 1)The owner of a large construction company, who was charged in a felony labor payoff indictment, was placed on probation after pleading to a single misdemeanor count. 2)Medical practice office manager pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of aiding in the possession of drugs and was placed on probation after having been originally charged with conspiracy to distribute mass quantities of pain pills and money laundering with her employer.
*Completed an eight month trial in the US District Court in Trenton, New Jersey. It was the longest criminal environmental trial in the history of the Environmental Crimes Section of the Department of Justice. John’s client was the Environmental Manager of a New Jersey company. He was acquitted on all three counts that he faced, including a massive conspiracy charge alleging violations of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts and defrauding the United States, false statements to the EPA and obstruction of justice and charges of a specific false statement to the EPA/NJDEP and a violation of the Clean Air Act.
*Tried five Federal RICO cases one of which was the largest police corruption case ever prosecuted in New Jersey, State or Federal. Due to his aggressive and skillful defense against the allegation that the entire municipal police department was a criminal “enterprise”, the jury acquitted all four defendants of the racketeering charges.
Awards and Achievements:
* Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) - This organization is composed of the best trial lawyers in the United States and Canada. A premier North American legal association, Fellowship is highly exclusive. It is only after careful investigation that invitations are extended to experienced trial lawyers proven to have mastered the art of advocacy and those whose careers are marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.
*Recognized in Corporate Counsel Magazine, New Jersey Monthly Magazine and New York Magazine.
*Continuously recognized since 2005 as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the specialty of white collar criminal defense.
*Rated AV for his legal abilities and ethics by Martindale Hubble. AV Preeminent® is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.
*Recognized in: Best Lawyers in America, Top Lawyers in New Jersey, in the practice of Criminal Defense.
*Named by his peers to the Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers
*Received the 2009 Professionalism Award by the N.J. State Bar Association
*Listed in Chambers USA (Band 1) – a guide ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990
Court TV
MSNBC documentary “Cops Caught on Tape”
John has lectured extensively on the following topics:
Criminal and civil trial practice.
Administrative & criminal investigations/prosecutions of law enforcement officers.
State & federal Grand Jury investigations.
Seton Hall University , J.D., graduated 1982
Villanova University, BA, graduated 1978
New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
American Bar Foundation - Fellow
American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ - President 2008-2009
Association of the Federal Bar of NJ - Trustee
Morris County Bar Association - Member
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Member
New Jersey State Bar Association - Member
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:
Bet-the-Company Litigation, Newark (2021)
Criminal Defense: General Practice, Newark (2020)
Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Newark (2019)
Criminal Defense: General Practice
Professional Lawyer of the Year 2009-NJ State Bar Foundation
Chambers USA- Band 1 (2013-2014)
Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyer
New Jersey Super Lawyers-White Collar Criminal Defense (2005-Present)
Best Lawyers-New York Area-Lawyer of the Year-Criminal Defense 2013, 2016
Martindale Hubbel AV rating-Preeminent
Special Focus:
Environmental Crimes
State and Federal
Lawyer Case History
United States v Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe et. al. (US District Court NJ)
The longest criminal environmental trial (eight months) ever brought by the Justice Department wherein my client, the engineering manager of the company was acquitted on all counts.
United States v Oriente et. al (US Distrcit Court NJ)
Three month criminal RICO prosecution of a municipal police department and its officers. Based on my defense attacking the existence of the entire department as an enterprise, the jury acquitted on all RICO charges.
State v S.A. (Dentist) (Superior Court NJ)
Negotiated a probation sentence for a Dentist charged in a multi-million dollar Medicaid/Medicare fraud case
United States v Blue Ridge Erectors et. al. (US District Court NJ)
Negotiated a misdemeanor plea and probation sentence for the President of a company that was charged with multiple Taft-Hartley felony labor payoffs.
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Best time to visit, weather and climate Jandía
Best time to visit Jandía, Fuerteventura
The best time to visit Jandía in Fuerteventura is from april until december, when you will have a pleasant temperature and limited rainfall. The highest average temperature in Jandía is 24°C in august and the lowest is 19°C in january. The water temperature is between 19°C and 24°C. The weather and climate of Jandía is suitable for a sun vacation.
The average climate figure for Jandía is an 8,4. This is based on various factors, such as average temperatures, the chance of precipitation and weather experiences of others.
Jandía has the desert climate prevailing. If you want to know what the average temperature is in Jandía or when most precipitation (rain or snow) falls, you can find an overview below. This way, you are well prepared. Our average monthly climate data is based on data from the past 30 years.
Climate Jandía per month
All climate data from Jandía
Jandía in brief
Place in Fuerteventura
Flight time ¹ 16 hours
Coordinates 28° 4' N, 14° 22' W
Currency Euro (EUR)
Climate Jandía
Jandía has the desert climate prevailing. The daytime temperature is warm to hot, while it can also be cold at night. You won't have rain here anytime soon. The average annual temperature for Jandía is 20° degrees and there is about 201 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 249 days a year with an average humidity of 57% and an UV-index of 4.
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Weather Jandía january
On average, it is maximum 19° in january in Jandía and at least around 18° degrees. The sea temperature is around 19° degrees. In january there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 5 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía february
On average, it is maximum 19° in february in Jandía and at least around 17° degrees. The sea temperature is around 19° degrees. In february there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 7 mm and the it will be dry 24 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía march
On average, it is maximum 19° in march in Jandía and at least around 17° degrees. The sea temperature is around 19° degrees. In march there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 7 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía april
On average, it is maximum 20° in april in Jandía and at least around 18° degrees. The sea temperature is around 20° degrees. In april there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 3 mm and the it will be dry 25 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía may
On average, it is maximum 21° in may in Jandía and at least around 19° degrees. The sea temperature is around 21° degrees. In may there are 2 days of rainfall with a total of 4 mm and the it will be dry 29 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía june
On average, it is maximum 22° in june in Jandía and at least around 20° degrees. The sea temperature is around 22° degrees. In june there are 1 day of rainfall with a total of 2 mm and the it will be dry 29 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía july
On average, it is maximum 23° in july in Jandía and at least around 21° degrees. The sea temperature is around 22° degrees. In july there are 2 days of rainfall with a total of 1 mm and the it will be dry 29 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía august
On average, it is maximum 24° in august in Jandía and at least around 22° degrees. The sea temperature is around 23° degrees. In august there are 3 days of rainfall with a total of 8 mm and the it will be dry 28 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía september
On average, it is maximum 24° in september in Jandía and at least around 22° degrees. The sea temperature is around 24° degrees. In september there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 7 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía october
On average, it is maximum 24° in october in Jandía and at least around 22° degrees. The sea temperature is around 24° degrees. In october there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 17 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía november
On average, it is maximum 22° in november in Jandía and at least around 21° degrees. The sea temperature is around 23° degrees. In november there are 7 days of rainfall with a total of 12 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Jandía.
Weather Jandía december
On average, it is maximum 21° in december in Jandía and at least around 19° degrees. The sea temperature is around 21° degrees. In december there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 6 mm and the it will be dry 27 days this month in Jandía.
14 day weather forecast Jandía
The weather for Jandía in Fuerteventura will be around 20° degrees in the next 14 days with one day chance of light rain showers.
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Hotels and apartments in Jandía
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Flight tickets to Jandía
To travel to Jandía you can travel to this airport on Fuerteventura:
Fuerteventura Airport (64 km)
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About Jandía
Jandía lies in Fuerteventura . If you want to call Jandía you have to use +34 or 0034 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +345012457809 or 00345012457809.
Jandía is in a straight line at 12.674 km distance from Singapore. From Changi Airport Singapore the flight time is about 15 hours55.
The coordinates of Jandía, Fuerteventura are latitude: 28.083333 en longitude: -14.366667
The GPS coordinates are N 28° 4' 59.8800" en W 14° 22' 0.1200"
Currency Jandía
In Jandía the Euro is used to pay.
Exchange rate Euro (EUR) 20 january 2021
1 Euro = 1,60 Singapore dollar
100 Euro = 159,60 Singapore dollar
1 Singapore dollar = 0,63 Euro
100 Singapore dollar = 62,65 Euro
Time difference Jandía
In Jandía it is now 19:16 o’clock in the evening on tuesday 19 january 2021. That is 8 hour earlier than in Singapore. The time zone of Jandía is Atlantic/Canary and the Greenwich time is UTC+00.
Vaccinations Jandía
No recommended vaccinations are required for Jandía.
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Home » Industry News
Pubs go digital
New technologies expand cycling magazines’ reach, content options
By Doug McClellan
It’s been less than five months since Apple launched Newsstand, which makes it easy for publishers to sell single copies and subscriptions of digital magazines for iPad and iPhone readers. But Newsstand, along with other digital publishing platforms, has already shaken up the crowded bicycle magazine field. Consider:
• Bicycling added 120 pages of content and other interactive features to the digital version of its annual Buyer’s Guide that don’t appear in the print edition, publisher Chris Lambiase said. The guide went on sale early this month.
• Procycling, one of the print titles of British publishing
giant Future Publications, has sold nearly 10,000 single
issues and subscriptions through Newsstand, and has had some 130,000 downloads of its free sample issue.
• More than 30,000 people have downloaded Bike magazine’s free Newsstand app since October, and readers in 122 countries have gone on to buy single copies or subscriptions.
• Dirt Rag’s initial digital offering on Newsstand is among the 52 highest-grossing magazines for the iPhone, publisher Maurice Tierney said.
Rodale, which publishes Bicycling, has been a leader in digital publications, including its powerhouse Men’s Health magazine. But Lambiase said the digital version of the Bicycling Buyer’s Guide is the most ambitious digital issue Rodale has attempted. The guide added 65 bike reviews, covering triathlon and TT bikes, that weren’t in the print issue. Bicycling also added such touches as 360-degree images of selected bikes that readers can rotate with the swipe of a finger.
“This is exciting for us, what we’re doing with this issue, and we’re going to make a big deal of it,” Lambiase said.
He said the Buyer’s Guide marks the start of an intensified focus on Bicycling’s digital editions. “Every issue will be enhanced in some way,” he said. “Probably not to the extent of the Buyer’s Guide, but every issue will be enhanced with different visual technologies, enhanced content and enhanced advertising experience for advertisers.”
The focus on digital follows last year’s redesign of the print magazine, which Lambiase said has paid off in increased advertising and newsstand sales. Bicycling’s January issue sold an all-time high 54,000 copies on newsstands, he said.
Apple Newsstand and, to a smaller extent, similar digital platforms for the Barnes & Noble Nook tablet, Android-powered smart phones and Web browsers, such as Zinio, are giving publishers global reach and more content options. Almost all cycling magazines, including Velo and Hi-Torque’s Road Bike Action and Mountain Bike Action, are available on Newsstand.
“It gives us areas that we can really expand on worldwide that you can’t do print-wise—especially with our magazines, because they’re too bloody heavy,” said H3 Publications owner Dave House.
House, who claims huge numbers for downloads of H3’s Road, Decline and Tri magazines, which are offered for free, said digital issues give him global reach at little extra expense.
H3 magazines are oversized and printed on heavy paper stock, so House said he is cautious about newsstand distribution, which typically results in high numbers of unsold and returned issues. He said half the people who have downloaded H3 titles are from outside the United States.
“In the years to come, you’re going to see a split in the publishing business where you have an option of being in digital worldwide, or being in print mostly in Canada and the U.S.,” House said.
At Peloton, which also prides itself on high production values, digital issues have boosted print subscriptions, said Brad Roe, founder and publisher.
“The more we invest in digital, the more we’re seeing growth on the print side. I mean that emphatically,” Roe said.
Peloton has offered digital issues through Zinio and stand-alone applications since its launch in November 2010. It is awaiting approval from Apple to be included in Newsstand.
Digital issues also help reduce the disparity between small and large publications.
Tierney said Dirt Rag and its sister publication, Bicycle Times, have seen good initial success as digital downloads. But he said navigating new technologies is challenging, especially for a small company like his.
“Advertisers find themselves confused—and so do we,” Tierney said. “We find ourselves on a daily basis trying to keep up with the technology. If it’s not the Internet, it’s tablet versions or social media. Trying to steer through all that is challenging.”
Velo reached 1,000 digital subscribers last year on Zinio before it was available on Newsstand. Velo launched on Newsstand in January, and digital subscriptions are expected to grow by at least 60 percent this year, said John Smith, senior vice president for publishing at Velo’s parent company, Competitor Group.
Smith said Competitor Group is seeing even more success with digital versions of its triathlon titles: Competitor, Triathlete and Inside Triathlon. “We launched the Competitor digital version a year ago. We didn’t do any promotion but showed it in the magazine with a full-page ad,” Smith said. “We went from zero to 28,000 subscribers in the course of six months.”
‘Massive opportunity’
For big publishers like Future Publishing, digital magazines are an opportunity to set their titles apart. Future, a publicly traded British company with sales of $225 million in its latest fiscal year, publishes several technology, gaming and music titles along with Procycling. Future also owns the well-trafficked Cyclingnews.com and BikeRadar.com websites.
“We were ready with most of our magazines in the Apple store from day one,” said Richard Schofield, group publishing director of sports and automotive for Future. “It becomes a virtuous circle. You’re in there, so you get downloaded, so you get to the top of the ‘most popular’ charts, so that increases the downloading.
“There’s a massive opportunity there,” he added. “We see the tablet market as a great chance to reach new customers and markets where postal costs [are high] or the nearest retail store is a distance away.”
Like Lambiase, Schofield said the best opportunities for digital issues will be customized editions.
“At the moment, everyone’s producing exact copies of their print magazine. It’s quite a nice experience to read a magazine on an iPad,” Schofield said. “But people will start producing bespoke magazines for the Apple Newsstand. You’ll definitely see some cycling-specific products from us that you won’t be able to buy from a bookstore.”
Bike magazine was also available for Newsstand from day one, publisher Morgan Meredith said. (Bike is among the magazines used to promote Newsstand in Apple advertisements.)
But Meredith said digital publishing hasn’t detracted from the print issues. “If we can get our magazine out there in a different, new and exciting way, and that means we cannot print as many magazines, I’m fine with that,” he said. “But I do feel like we will always and forever have a print version.”
Topics associated with this article: From the Magazine, Media/Publishing
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7 Surprising Things That Can Prevent You From Having A Relaxing Weekend
Ashley Batz/Bustle
By Carolyn Steber
If you're like many people, you probably spend a good portion of the workweek vividly imagining your relaxing weekend plans, and counting down the days until you can sleep in, nap whenever you please, and leisurely sip coffee in a cafe. But then Saturday arrives, and none of that stuff actually happens.
Instead, your weekend morphs into a chaotic 48 hour period, where you worry about work, stay up too late, and get suckered into one too many obligations. What was supposed to be a relaxing and rejuvenating time turns into something that feels like quite the opposite. And once Monday rolls around, you're just as tired and stressed out as you were on Friday.
Sound familiar? Then it may be a good idea to reclaim your weekend, and prioritize the act of de-stressing — whatever that looks like to you. If it means making plans and seeing a few friends, so be it. If it looks more like spending the entire day in bed surrounded by snacks and books, do that.
Whatever your plans, the weekend should be all about you. Here are seven chaotic, stress-inducing things to avoid doing, so that you can finally slow down, do you, and actually feel refreshed come Monday.
Stop Watching The Clock
Hannah Burton/Bustle
To get the most out of your weekend, try not to view it as one big countdown till Monday. Instead, allow yourself to slow down, be present, and get lost in a world without time.
"Sometimes losing track of time is the best way to not feel the pressure of having to do something," Karen M. Carlucci, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist and professional coach, tells Bustle. "If there's no deadline, then there is nothing pressing to do." And really, what could be more relaxing than that?
Allowing yourself this time away from, well, time, can be quite the experience. Without a to-do list, or alarm clocks going off, you can really just be in the moment. And nothing is more refreshing than that.
Checking Work Emails
Sure, you're just "popping online to check something." But before you know it, three hours have passed and you're knee-deep in work emails. So whatever you do, steer clear of your laptop.
As Carlucci says, "Commit to the decision that this weekend is for you and what brings you joy, not for what you do are required to do during the week." Remember, all those emails will be there waiting for you, once you're back at work.
Obsessing Over Social Media
While it's obviously fine to catch up with friends, or to spend a few hours watching the news, nothing's more relaxing than putting all that aside for a while, and living life phone- and news-free.
Here's why: "Though our gadgets or TV may be relaxing at times, staying hyper-aware of what is going on elsewhere is not only distracting but raises anxiety, either about what we are missing or what we should be worrying about," Carlucci says.
Allow yourself some time — even if it's just for a few hours — to truly get away from it all and "unplug." It may be just what your brain needs.
Rehashing The Work Week
Andrew Zaeh for Bustle
Did something go horribly wrong on Friday afternoon? Are you worried about a big meeting looming in the week ahead? Try to put it all out of your head, if only for these precious 48 hours.
And instead, "reflect on the wins from the week instead‚ big or small," Kea M. Duggan, coach and founder of The Aha! Project tells Bustle. This will not only allow you to savor your accomplishments, but it'll help you gear up and build confidence, so you can tackle it all again come Monday.
Trying To Have An "Exciting" Weekend
Sometimes, nothing's more rejuvenating than spending some time at home taking a nap, or lolling around your apartment in pajamas and a face mask. So if that's what you want to do — even if it's Saturday night and your friends are begging you to go out — remind yourself it's more than OK to stay in.
As author and self-care coach Carley Schweet tells Bustle, "It's OK to take time to yourself and fill up your own cup with all things relaxing." It may not be as exciting as going out. But sometimes, a few nights alone are just what you need.
Crumpling Up Your To-Do List
If you want some pure, unadulterated relaxation time, it may be necessary to schedule it in. So even though you're supposed to be free of to-do lists for the weekend, a to-do list might be the very thing you need.
"It may sound counter-intuitive after a week of appointments, but scheduling in time for rejuvenation can help ensure [you] do it, instead of skipping it or putting it off for later," J. A. Plosker, MA, JD, MSW, LMSW tells Bustle. "Schedule tasks and errands, and also build in downtime (time alone, time with friends, time reading, etc.) ... If you write it down and schedule it, you'll be more apt to think about it and hold yourself accountable for taking it."
Forcing Yourself To Relax
If you're under the impression that the weekend is for big ticket moments of relaxation, such as going to the beach, or swinging in a hammock, or sipping cocktails by a pool, then you might actually feel more stressed when these things don't happen.
So keep in mind that relaxation can't be forced. And, it might not always come in the form you were expecting. "Some say that rest is a change in what you do," Dr. Oksana Hagerty, an educational and developmental psychologist, tells Bustle. "Amazingly, cleaning the house [or] doing landscaping" can do the trick, even those these things aren't considered leisurely. As long as it's different from the norm, it may be just what your brain needs to relax.
If you're in desperate need of a relaxing weekend, avoiding these stressful things can mean giving yourself a true shot at rejuvenation. By focusing on exactly what you want to do — and not all the things you're supposed to do or think you have to do — you'll be more likely to feel refreshed by Monday.
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The Ansil Davis Ranch
Ansil Davis first registered to vote in Calaveras County in 1867, noting his age as 39, born in Maine, and working as a millman in Angels Camp (Great Register of Voters 1866-1887). Three years later he was working in a sawmill in Avery (U.S. Federal Census 1870), and by 1874 he was residing in Douglas Flat with another miner and raising poultry (Calaveras County Assessment Roll 1873-4). In 1880 he was noted as a miner and millman, and by 1900 he had married Sarah, aged 44, a California native, and noted his occupation as farmer (U.S. Federal Census 1880, 1900; San Joaquin County Directory).
The year after Davis purchased the land from the Hitchcock Estate, he was noted as having a successful fruit place of 40 acres, with 3000 trees of all varieties of fruit, growing apples, pears, plums, and peaches, as well as 3000 grapevines of selected varieties (Elliott 1885:92). The Hitchcock orchard soon became known as the Davis orchard and farm. In 1887, Davis was assessed for 41 acres with a house, barn, orchard, and fence; the property was valued at $410, the improvements at $920.
In 1903, Davis was also assessed for a one-quarter mile long water right to a spring and ditch (CA-CAL-683H) from Coyote Gulch to his land, as well as five acres of land bounded east by Hitchcock, the northeast corner of the Wild Goose Claim, and part of the Texas Claim.
Davis died in 1904, and in 1910 the widowed Sarah Davis was noted as a farm operator on a general farm (U.S. Federal Census 1910). In later years her farm was described by a Douglas Flat native: “Mrs. Ansil Davis had an orchard next to the creek. She grew apples, pears, peaches, and cherries that she used to load on a wagon and peddle in Angels Camp” (Matzek 1988).
Sometime between 1910 and 1920, Sarah sold the property to Herbert Davies, a native of England who came to the U.S. in 1900. Davies and his wife Charlotte operated the place as a “general farm.” The couple had two children, Herbert and Winifred (U.S. Federal Census 1920, 1930). Winifred married Cyril McCarty of Copperopolis and the property remained in their family until sold recently to the Ford Construction Company. The orchard and vineyard have long disappeared, while the residence was recently removed.
By Judith Marvin
Copyright © 2021 Calaveras Heritage Council
PO Box 836, Altaville CA 95221
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Atwater tops Ceres baseball team
Derrick Goblirsch turned in another solid performance for the Ceres High baseball team. The junior pitcher allowed four runs on five hits and struck out four batters but it wasn't enough to lead the Bulldogs past Atwater in Ceres on Friday.
"We have to be able to put some runs on the board," said Ceres coach Tim Williams. "We can't expect him to shut everybody out."
Ceres collected just four hits and left more than six runners on base during its 4-1 loss to Atwater.
"We had eight at bats with runners in scoring position and we were only able to get two hits and score one run," Williams said.
"One run is not going to do it in high-school baseball, especially in the CCC."
The Falcons improved to 2-4 in the Central California Conference standings.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-5 in league, 3-8 overall.
Brian Gilbertson, Atwater's starting pitcher, held Ceres in check for five innings. He had five strikeouts.
Atwater built a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning.
Tyler Button had a two-run double down the right-field line.
The Falcons added two more runs in the fourth inning.
John Martin had a two-run single to center field.
Ceres scored its lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Goblirsch scored from second on Hector Reyes' base hit down the left-field line.
Falcons 3, Dawgs 2
Ceres pitcher Mike Arnold held the Falcons scoreless for six innings at Memorial Ballpark in Atwater on Wednesday.
The Bulldogs misplayed a grounder--made three errant throws on the play--and allowed the Falcons to overcome a two-run deficit with one out and the bases loaded in the final inning.
Arnold gave up three hits and had eight strikeouts in seven innings.
Robby Svendsen pitched a complete game for Atwater. He had five strikeouts.
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Atletico Madrid’s LaLiga clash with Athletic Bilbao was called off on Saturday after a snowstorm caused severe disruption in Spain.
Storm Filomena blanketed parts of the country in heavy snow, as Madrid – one of the worst affected areas – could see up to an exceptional eight inches of snow throughout the day.
The Athletic Bilbao squad boarded a private plane on Friday night ahead of the league encounter at the Stadio Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday, but as they approached the Spanish capital they were refused permission to land at Barajas airport and were diverted back to their origin.
A LaLiga statement read: “Given the exceptional situation caused by the storm across a large part of the Iberian peninsula, causing the closure of Madrid Barajas airport throughout the day, and the impossibility of having the pitch in optimal playing conditions, LaLiga, after contacting both clubs, have asked the Professional Competition Committee first thing this morning to postpone the match between Club Atletico de Madrid – Athletic Club initially scheduled for Saturday (16:15 CET) at the Wanda Metropolitano.”
Real Madrid players and staff were also affected by the adverse weather on their journey to Pamplona on Friday as they get set to face Osasuna on Saturday.
At one stage it appeared the flight would not be able to take off and the Real travelling party was made to wait for almost four hours before being given permission to leave Barajas airport, which was closed on Saturday.
However, Zinedine Zidane’s men were able to take part in a training session in the snow which included a snowball fight.
Real’s players appeared in a cheery mood after their session. Atletico were unable to train.
Madrid’s third club side, Rayo Vallecano, were forced to abandon their journey to Miranda de Ebro for their Segunda Division clash against Mirandes.
? Hola @CDMirandes vamos para allá. Por nosotros no va a ser pero esto está complicado ??????
Que lleguéis sanos todos los que tenéis que estar hoy en las carreteras. pic.twitter.com/7vPpcOjAcw
— Rayo Vallecano (@RayoVallecano) January 8, 2021
Their club bus was forced to stop as roads were closed on Friday evening, but a viral clip shows their players helping to free cars that had been stuck in the snow on the motorway.
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The History of Château GUGÈS
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Vineyards of Château Gugès
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Winery since 1785
Home About The History of Château GUGÈS
The history of Château GUGÈS rests on the passion for wine… passion of people, who have always been committed to an ideal of perfection…
The origin of this domain dates back to the 18th century. It was founded by Bertrand and Jeanne Braneyre, the winemakers from Médoc, when the bought five hectares of vines in Cissac, April 18, 1769, which they exploited under the name “Braneyre-Les-Gunes”.
The successive heirs of this family didn’t stop making this domain prosper. The spacious bourgeois house was built in 1850 while at the end of the 19th century the wine began to be sold as «Grands Bourgeois du Médoc».
The Braneyre family remained the owner of the domain until 1958. By that time the vineyards were divided into small plots and many of them were sold…
In 1964, the domain was bought by the Lusset-Gugès family, owned it up to 2017. First of all new owners planted 6 hectares of vines.
In 1980, Georges-Claude and Colette Guges took the reins of power into their hands. They continued to plant vines and enlarge the family domain. The wines produced and bottled at the Château started to bear the name of «Vieux Braneyre».
On March 31, 1985, the Guges family bought a small plot of vines that had belonged to the Braneyre family. From that moment on, it sold the wine from this one of the best terroirs in Cissac under its original name “Château Braneyre Les Gunes”, cited in many editions of the prestigious «Le Guide Féret», the Bordeaux wine directory .
Unfortunately, nature is not always generous and on April 21, 1991, the frost devastated most of the vineyard. Then, in 1993, the Guges family was forced to sold the part of their vineyards, in particular the one exploited under the name of «Vieux Braneyre»…
When the management of the family business passed into hands of two sons of Georges-Claude and Colette Guges, Jean-Christophe and Philippe concentrated their efforts on the quality of «Château Braneyre les Gunes» vineyard using manual harvesting, wine clarification with egg whites and natural decantation during an 18-month aging in oak barrels.
On February 25, 1998, to honor their ancestors (winemakers since 1785), Jean-Christophe and Philippe Guges gave the name of «Château GUGÈS» to their prestigious vintage.
At the beginning of 2003, they enlarged their vineyard and joined forces with Jean-Jacques Dekais, а friend and businessman from Brussels.
In April 2017, the history of the Château GUGÈS made a new round. It was acquired by Alexander Zhuravlev, a businessman from Russia, a great lover of France, who is vitally interested in winemaking, particularly in the Bordeaux region. Despite the renovation and modernization of the old chateau and winery, which has been already launched, Alexander has decided to take care of the glorious heritage and traditions of the domain and not to break the link of times. To expand the vineyard it was bought…, architects, enologists and other professionals invited for cooperation.
The respect for the unique kindly soil, centuries-old traditions of winemaking and history of the domain will be preserved and multiplied.
Wines of Château Guges in the AOC HAUT MEDOC appellation (11)
Grand Vin du Château Gugès, Haut-Médoc AOC (4)
Le Petit Roi du Château Gugès, Haut-Médoc AOC (3)
Bouquet de Cissus du Château Gugès, Haut-Médoc AOC (3)
La Princesse du Château Gugès, Haut-Médoc AOC (1)
Chambres d’hôtes du Château Gugès
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Grand Debut of Château Gugès at Le Salon du Vin au Féminin du Touquet 2019 10th February 2019
Five new cuves are ready for vendange 2018! 31st August 2018
Château Gugès’ “Bouquet of Cissus” for degustation in Pauillac’s Tourist Office and Wine House 28th August 2018
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Derrick Henry delivers walk-off TD in OT as Titans top Ravens
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The Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans started their feisty battle prior to kickoff and needed more than four quarters to decide a winner.
In the end, the determined play of Derrick Henry and A.J. Brown was the difference, as the Titans won in overtime, 30-24.
Brown’s late heroics forced overtime, and Henry’s 29-yard touchdown in OT won it for Tennessee after he was held down early.
The game held major playoff implications, as both teams entered the game on the fringes of the postseason despite entering with matching 6-3 marks. At 6-4, the Ravens — who have now lost three of their past four — now find themselves in third place in the AFC North behind the 10-0 Pittsburgh Steelers and the 7-3 Cleveland Browns.
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Blue-Chip MLPs’ Outlook for North American Energy Markets
By Elliott H. Gue, on Dec. 2, 2013
The shale revolution has changed the North American energy landscape dramatically over the past five years, enabling the US to grow its annual crude-oil output for the first time in decades and overtake Russia as the world’s leading producer of natural gas.
However, these positive developments have come with their fair share of growing pains and volatility, as the nation’s midstream and downstream operators seek to play catch up with this production growth.
Volatility: The New Normal in North America’s Energy Markets
Consider the price of natural gas at Louisiana’s Henry Hub, which peaked at $13.69 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in July 2008 and has ranged between $$3.00 and $4.50 per mmBtu over the past year.
Surging production of natural gas from the nation’s prolific shale plays overwhelmed domestic demand, depressing the price of this commodity to less than $2.00 per mmBtu when consumption cratered during the no-show winter of 2011-12.
This supply overhang has also compressed seasonal price differentials, a huge challenge for Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC (NYSE: NKA) and others that own natural-gas storage capacity.
Meanwhile, America’s gas glut and the build-out of regional pipeline networks have also reduced the price spreads between various geographic hubs, eroding demand for capacity on long-haul pipelines that transport the commodity.
Boardwalk Energy Partners LP (NYSE: BWP), for example, this year faces about $40 million worth of contract expirations on its long-distance pipelines; weak demand for this capacity has weighed heavily on the master limited partnership’s (MLP) distributable cash flow.
Similar trends have emerged in the North American market for natural gas liquids (NGL), a group of hydrocarbons that includes ethane, propane, butane and natural gasoline.
As we explained in Another Leg Down for NGL Prices and NGL Price Update: The Lighter End of the Barrel, surging production of ethane and propane–the two most prominent NGLs by volume–has outstripped domestic demand.
Although increasing export volumes have helped to bolster propane prices this year, the price of ethane should remain depressed until new petrochemical facilities that use this hydrocarbon as a feedstock come onstream in a few years.
Weak NGL prices have been a persistent headwind for producers such as Linn Energy LLC (NSDQ: LINE) and companies that own and operate gas gathering and processing systems under keep-whole and percent-of-proceeds contracts.
The shale oil and gas revolution has also roiled North America’s crude-oil markets.
Source: Bloomberg, Energy & Income Advisor
In late 2010, the historical price differential between West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil started to widen dramatically because of local logistical constrains and an uptick in volumes arriving at the hub in Cushing, Okla., the delivery point for WTI.
An influx of crude oil from the Bakken Shale and western Canada, coupled with insufficient southbound takeaway capacity from Cushing to the Gulf Coast’s refinery complex, resulted in a growing supply glut that depressed the price of WTI relative to Brent and other benchmarks that reflect global supply and demand conditions.
However, as we explained in Getting Back Together, the spread between these two oil benchmarks narrowed over the summer, reflecting the start-up of several pipeline projects. At one point in mid-July, WTI crude oil even traded at a premium of $0.08 per barrel to Brent.
But the convergence of these two crude-oil benchmarks proved fleeting; WTI now trades at a discount of $13.09 per barrel as of Oct. 30, 2013.
For the first time, this weakness has extended to Light Louisiana Sweet (LLS) crude oil, a coastal benchmark that traditionally has tracked the price of Brent crude oil because it competes with seaborne imports from international markets.
Making Sense of a Mad, Mad World
Each earnings season, we look forward to poring over quarterly results from the big four oil-field services companies–Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) and Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT).
The big four’s conference calls to discuss quarterly earnings–particularly the wide–ranging calls hosted by Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil-field services company––provide invaluable insights into other aspects of the energy patch.
In the past, closely listening to Schlumberger’s quarterly conference calls has helped us to profit from rapidly improving margins in the marine-seismic services segment in 2010 and to avoid much of the fallout from the collapse in pressure-pumping prices that occurred in 2012.
The read-throughs from Schlumberger and the other major oil-field services companies’ earnings reports and subsequent conference calls are particularly useful because they occur before many other energy-related names announce quarterly results.
In the MLP space, we look to commentary from the management teams at Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) and Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) for insights into the direction of North American commodity prices and emerging opportunities throughout the energy value chain.
Not only are these publicly traded partnerships foundational holdings of any energy portfolio (when they trade below our buy targets), but also their management teams have proved particularly prescient about bigger-picture developments–and how to profit from them.
This candor and insight stand out against other management teams that tend to emphasize company-specific projects and anticipated distribution growth with scant reference to trends in the industry at large.
Not surprisingly, Enterprise Products Partners and Plains All American Pipeline routinely draw the biggest crowds at the National Association of Publicly Trades Partnerships’ annual MLP investor conference–an event that we attend every year.
The Energy Sector According to Enterprise Products Partners LP
The largest publicly traded partnership by market capitalization, Enterprise Products Partners boasts an unparalleled asset base in terms of its geographic diversity and interconnections.
Enterprise Products Partners is also helmed by a prescient management team that always seems to be ahead of the crowd–one of the main reasons that the partnership has increased its distribution in 37 consecutive quarters.
Most recently, Enterprise Products Partners was the first to develop the capacity to export significant volumes of propane and butane as a hedge against lower NGL prices. This rapidly expanding business, coupled with an upsurge in gas-processing volumes at its new plants in the Eagle Ford Shale, helped to offset weaker NGL volumes in the Midcontinent region.
Simply put, Enterprise Products Partners’ balanced portfolio of midstream infrastructure and exposure to a wide range of hydrocabons gives CEO James Teague and his team deep insight into key trends driving North America’s energy markets.
Here are some of the key takeaways from Enterprise Products Partners’ recent earnings calls and analyst meetings.
Natural Gas: Forecast calls for US to produce 84.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas by 2020, an increase of 22 percent to 26 percent. However, natural-gas output is expected to grow by 2 percent to 3 percent through 2015 because of limited increases in demand. Depressed natural-gas prices shouldn’t be an impediment: Enterprise Products Partners estimates that upstream operators could add more than 25 Bcf/d in incremental production from known resources when natural gas fetched less than $5.00 per mmBtu. Management projects an increase of 11 Bcf/d to 20Bcf/d in incremental gas demand over the next five to seven years, with power generation accounting for 4 Bcf/d to 7 Bcf/d, industrial and petrochemical users accounting for 2 Bcf/d to 4 Bcf/d, exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) accounting for 4 Bcf/d to 6 Bcf/d and residential and commercial conversions accounting for 0.5 Bcf/d to 1.5 Bcf/d. This outlook excludes rising pipeline exports to Mexico.
Natural Gas Liquids: Enterprise Products Partners expects US NGL production to surge by 54 percent to 60 percent through 2015, thanks to superior price realizations relative to fields that produce primarily natural gas and rising exports of propane and butane. Management expects ethane prices to remain depressed, leading to ongoing ethane rejection in the Midcontinent region and other plays that are further from the fractionation complex on the Gulf Coast. On the plus side, higher propane prices and capacity additions in the petrochemical industry should increase demand for this NGL by 600,000 to 750,000 barrels per day. The company’s forecast also includes 100,000 barrels per day of ethane exports, though management hasn’t elaborated on this opportunity.
Crude Oil: Enterprise Products Partners’ internal forecast calls for North American oil production to increase by 7.3 million barrels per day between 2008 and 2020, with Canada accounting for 2.35 million barrels per day. Refinery upgrades and additional export capacity for petroleum products will be critical to supporting domestic crude-oil output and prices.
Expanding export capacity is critical to Enterprise Products Partners’ outlook for US hydrocarbon production, creating a huge opportunity set for the MLP to build the midstream and downstream assets needed to support America’s push for energy independence.
The Energy Sector According to Plains All American Pipeline LP
Since its initial public offering in 1998, Plains All American Pipeline LP has amassed an extensive network of interconnected midstream assets that includes more than 18,000 miles of active crude-oil and refined-product pipelines, as well as extensive capabilities to move liquid hydrocarbon by rail, truck and barge.
In addition to the organic growth opportunities afforded by this sprawling asset base, the MLP also boasts one of the most astute management teams in the industry.
Over the past three years, Plains All American Pipeline has grown its quarterly distribution at an average annual rate of more than 7 percent, fueled by an impressive slate of organic growth projects, canny acquisitions and rising throughput on its pipelines.
And the publicly traded partnership’s distribution growth has accelerated in recent quarters. The midstream operator is on course to increase its payout by more than 10 percent this year and forecasts a similar rate of expansion in 2014.
For our money, CEO Greg Armstrong and his team regularly produce some of the most useful commentary on trends in North American crude-oil markets.
Here are some of the key takeaways from Plains All American Pipeline’s recent earnings calls and analyst meetings.
The partnership expects US and Canadian crude-oil production to increase by about 3.4 million barrels per day (about 32 percent) by 2016. This forecast assumes a consistent rig count and well results that reflect historical production.
Expect light- and medium-sweet crude oils to decline to less than 5 percent of US imports by the end of 2014 from about 30 percent in 2009.
Management estimates that light- and medium-sweet crude oils will account for 2.4 million barrels per day (about 70 percent) of the anticipated growth in North American crude-oil production, leading to regional imbalances and eventually a national imbalance. This forecast leads to 1 million barrels of light- and medium-sweet crude oil without a readily available market, assuming that refineries don’t make necessary upgrades to run more light-sweet crude oil. These investments would likely require commitments to lock in discounted supplies.
Fluctuations in regional oil-price differentials will transition from primarily volume-related issues to quality-related imbalances, with light crude oils trading at a discount to heavy or sour crudes.
In short, Enterprise Products Partners and Plains All American Pipeline’s outlooks call for more volatility in North America’s energy markets, as the shale oil and gas revolution continues to pick up steam. Amid all this upheaval, you can count on these management teams to be ahead of the curve in identifying key trends and how to profit from them.
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In-Hospital Management of Left Main Artery Vasospasm Following a Viral Illness
Volume 21 - Issue 8 - August 2013
Hassan Baydoun, MD1, Estelle Torbey, MD2, Bhavesh Gala, MD2
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York; 2. Department of Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
Acute left main stenosis carries a high mortality rate. It can be due either to an atherothrombotic lesion or a localized vasospasm. We present the case of an acute left main artery vasospasm that occurred following a viral illness and that resolved after administration of intracoronary nitroglycerin. Vasospasm should be thought of in the setting of acute coronary syndrome due to stenosis of the left main artery in order to avoid unnecessary bypass.
An 80-year-old ex-smoker male presented to our emergency department with a four-day history of a high-grade fever, dry cough, generalized weakness, loss of appetite, lightheadedness and headache. On the day of presentation, he was very weak, dyspneic, and afebrile, only complaining of mild atypical diffuse chest pain.
On physical examination, the patient appeared ill and in moderate distress. He was found to be hypotensive with a systolic blood pressure of 76 mmHg and tachypneic with a weak pulse at 64 beats per minute. There was mild distention in the neck veins. Examination of the heart showed irregular and distant S1 and S2 with no murmurs. Basal rales were heard throughout in both lungs. His abdomen was soft with no tenderness or palpable masses. His peripheral pulses were weak. Past medical history was significant for hypertension, asbestosis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, recurrent kidney stones, and chronic kidney disease. The patient was not taking any over-the-counter medications.
His initial electrocardiogram (ECG) showed an atrial fibrillation rhythm at 62 beats per minute, intraventricular conduction block, and diffuse 1 mm ST-segment depression and isolated 2 mm ST-elevation in aVR (Figure 1). Subsequently, the patient developed ventricular fibrillation and asystole. After rescucitation, he was emergently transferred for primary percutaneous angioplasty while his blood pressure was stabilized with neosynephrine and dopamine infusion drips. Intravenous heparin and appropriate dual antiplatelet therapy were also given.
The cardiac enzyme profile showed elevation of creatine phosphokinase (CK) = 1026 U/L, CK-MB = 59 µg/L, and troponin I level = 23.3 ng/ml. Other laboratory tests revealed a brain natriuretic peptide of 968 pg/ml, serum creatinine of 2.37 mg/dl, and mildly elevated transaminases. The remaining blood tests were within normal limits, including white blood cell count and blood cultures. A portable chest x-ray showed multiple chronic pleural plaques.
Coronary angiography showed a 70% left main stenosis with TIMI-2 flow down the left system and non-obstructive coronary artery disease in the remaining coronary arteries (Figure 2A). Catheter-induced spasm was less likely, though not impossible. There was no ostial dampening noted on engaging the left main. The 6 French catheter was replaced with a 5 French catheter, but the stenosis persisted. A vasospasm was suspected. The neosynephrine infusion was stopped and followed by administration of 100 µg of intracoronary nitrates. The restoration of blood flow without residual stenosis confirmed the suspected diagnosis (Figure 2B). A bedside echocardiography showed an ejection fraction of 35 to 40%, basal septal and lateral left ventricular wall hypokinesia, severe mitral regurgitation, and moderate tricuspid regurgitation.
Post procedure, the patient gradually improved and the ST segment changes completely resolved on the ECG (Figure 3), while the cardiac enzymes trended down towards the normal range.
Coronary artery spasm is an infrequent, but important, cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Its incidence among patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography for suspected ACS is 3-4%.1,2 Vasospasm of the left main artery may be spontaneous due to inherent endothelial dysfunction (as an uncommon cause of Prinzmetal’s variant angina) or iatrogenic (catheter- or guidewire-induced). Coronary vasospasm can also be due to other factors: chemical, such as exposure to acetylcholine, cocaine, noradrenaline, substances induced by hyperventilation, or anesthetics; and physical, such as cold exposure and exercise.3 Left main coronary artery (LMCA) vasospasm can present as an ACS that causes severe hemodynamic instability and imposes challenges for management. In consequence, LMCA vasospasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an angiographically isolated lesion of the left main artery to avoid misdiagnosis of an atherothrombotic event.
In our case, the presence of normal coronary arteries with the exception of the left main stenosis indicated the high probability that this appearance was due to vasospasm. Prolonged coronary spasm may induce endothelial damage, release of vasoactive substances, and platelet aggregation, resulting in local thrombus formation.4 The etiology of the spasm was unclear, but it was unlikely that it was due to the mismatch between the artery and the catheter size, since the vasospasm persisted despite the use of a smaller, 5 French catheter. In addition, a catheter-induced spasm usually appears in cases of size mismatch in an angulated artery, and is seen within 1 mm of the catheter tip, in contrast to the current situation, in which the spasm was diffuse, irregular and eccentric.
The second step was to withhold any offending agents that could precipitate spasm, such as neosynephrine and dopamine. Neosynephrine is a potent and direct-acting alpha-adrenergic agonist with virtually no beta-adrenergic activity; it produces systemic arterial vasoconstriction, causing an increase in the mean arterial pressure and systemic vascular resistance without affecting cardiac output. Dopamine, usually in doses of 5 to 10 mcg/kg per minute, stimulates beta-1 adrenergic receptors and increases cardiac output, predominantly by increasing stroke volume with variable effects on heart rate; it can have some mild alpha-adrenergic receptor activation that also increases systemic vascular resistance.
In this case, spasm was persistent despite the measures undertaken; therefore, the final step was to inject intracoronary nitroglycerin that dilated the spastic artery, leading to resolution of the ST segment changes, improvement of the left ventricular function, and the blood pressure.
The etiology of the spasm could be multifactorial. In our case, we assumed that the intravenous neosynephrine infusion was a contributing factor to this spontaneously occurring LMCA vasospasm. In addition, the patient presented few days after a viral prodromal illness. The viral etiology of spasm could not be excluded; it could be isolated or as part of a myocardial inflammatory process.5 Acute myocarditis, especially of infectious origin (Coxsackie virus), may present as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with normal coronary arteries.4,6 The exact pathogenesis linking the viral infection with the onset of AMI remains unclear. Viremia may induce platelet alteration, resulting in agglutination and lysis with release of vasospastic substances (e.g., thromboxane A2) and final formation of coronary thrombosis.7 A study done by Klein et al8 proposed an association between myocarditis and the endothelial dysfunction of the epicardial coronary arteries. The infection could produce inflammation of the endothelium, resulting in loss of the endothelium-mediated vasodilatation and causing myocardial ischemia. A deficiency in endothelial NO activity in spasm arteries has been shown to play also a role in the mechanism of coronary spasm.9
Multiple studies have assessed the relationship between the ST-segment elevation in aVR and either the acute obstruction in the LMCA or the presence of triple-vessel disease. It is important to recognize such correlation in the setting of malignant ventricular fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome.1,10
The left main vasospasm can be considered as a variant of Prinzmetal’s angina in which a coronary angiography will show normal arteries or nonobstructive plaques in the presence of what appears to be a left main stenotic lesion; in such cases, care should be undertaken not to directly refer these patients to bypass surgery, as the resolution of the spasm would lead to the occlusion of the internal mammary.6
It is important to check for the catheter size, the presence of waveform dampening and the administration of intracoronary nitroglycerin after withholding vasospastic agents. However, in the setting of recurrent episodes of idiopathic vasospasm, few articles have reported revascularization as the ultimate treatment of choice either with percutaneous angioplasty or surgical bypass, in case the combined medical use of nitrates and calcium channel blockers fails to prevent further acute events.11
The recognition of the LMCA vasospasm is crucial to avoid unnecessary bypass surgery. It should be suspected in the setting of an isolated lesion in the left main artery. The coexistence of intravenous vasoconstrictors could exacerbate such a spasm. LMCA vasospasm should always be considered in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome with the ST segment elevation in aVR.
This article received a double-blind peer review from members of the Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board.
The authors may be contacted via Hassan Baydoun, MD, at baydounhassan@hotmail.com.
Kosuge M, Kimura K, Ishikawa T, Ebina T, Shimizu T, Hibi K, et al. Predictors of left main or three-vessel disease in patients who have acute coronary syndromes with non-ST-segment elevation. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jun 1; 95(11): 1366-1369.
Duygu H, Yavuzgil O, Erturk U, Zoghi M, Ozerkan F. ST-segment elevation in lead augmented vector right may also be caused by diffuse left main coronary artery vasospasm without fixed stenosis. Clin Cardiol. 2008 Apr; 31(4): 179-182. doi: 10.1002/clc.20166.
González Enríquez S, de la Torre Hernández JM, Sainz Laso F. [Clinical episode of suggestive left main coronary artery spasm after gingival anaesthetic infiltration]. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003 Oct; 56(10): 1033-1034.
Sztajzel J, Mach F, Righetti A. Role of the vascular endothelium in patients with angina pectoris or acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries. Postgrad Med J. 2000 Jan; 76(891): 16-21.
Iwasaki K, Kusachi S, Tominaga Y, Kita T, Taniguchi G. Coronary artery spasm demonstrated by coronary angiography in a patient with acute myocarditis resembling acute myocardial infarction; a case report. Jpn J Med. 1991 Nov-Dec; 30(6): 573-577.
Ferguson DW, Farwell AP, Bradley WA, Rollings RC. Coronary artery vasospasm complicating acute myocarditis. A rare association. West J Med. 1988 Jun; 148(6): 664-669.
Spodick DH. Infection and infarction. Acute viral (and other) infection in the onset, pathogenesis, and mimicry of acute myocardial infarction. Am J Med. 1986 Oct; 81(4): 661-668.
Klein RM, Schwartzkopff B, Strauer BE. Evidence of endothelial dysfunction of epicardial coronary arteries in patients with immunohistochemically proven myocarditis. Am Heart J. 1998 Sep; 136(3): 389-397.
Kugiyama K, Yasue H, Okumura K, Ogawa H, Fujimoto K, Nakao K, et al. Nitric oxide activity is deficient in spasm arteries of patients with coronary spastic angina. Circulation. 1996 Aug 1; 94(3): 266-271.
Yamaji H, Iwasaki K, Kusachi S, Murakami T, Hirami R, Hamamoto H, et al. Prediction of acute left main coronary artery obstruction by 12-lead electrocardiography. ST segment elevation in lead aVR with less ST segment elevation in lead V(1). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Nov 1; 38(5): 1348-1354.
Chou H, Lim K, Ko Y. Treatment of spontaneous left main coronary artery spasm with a drug-eluting stent. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2009; 25: 43-46.
1Department of Internal Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York; 2Department of Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
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#4 LW / Buffalo Sabres / EXP: 10YRS Height: 6-1 Weight: 206 lb Age: 29 College: None
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Sabres' Taylor Hall: Continues hot start
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Hall tallied three assists and two shots Monday in a 6-1 win over the Flyers. Hall and linemates Jack Eichel (three assists) and Sam Reinhart (two goals) almost single-handedly buried the Flyers. Hall assisted on both of Reinhart's goals early in the second period to break the game open, then added another helper on Victor Olofsson's power-play goal late in the third. Hall has clicked immediately with his new club, and this trio is shaping up to be one of the NHL's best.
Sabres' Taylor Hall: Sharp start in new city
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Hall scored a power-play goal and added an assist in his Sabres debut Thursday. They lost 6-4 to the Capitals. Hall bet on himself this season with a one-year deal, and he looked sharp in 19:30 of ice time. If all goes well with his new supporting cast, Hall could get back to the point-per-game mark this season.
Sabres' Taylor Hall: Lands deal in Buffalo
Hall signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Sabres on Sunday, Darren Dreger of TSN reports. Perhaps the biggest domino that everyone in the league was waiting to watch fall, Hall has finally found a new home. The 28-year-old winger should immediately join the Sabres' top line centered by superstar Jack Eichel. Hall scored 16 goals and 52 points in 65 games with the Devils and Coyotes last season.
Coyotes' Taylor Hall: Finally gets points against Avs
Hall scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche in Game 3. The goal stood up as the winner. Hall had been held without a point against the Avs, so this was a nice way to break that egg. The Coyotes will need more offense from Hall to prolong this series. They are down 2-1 to the powerful Avs.
Coyotes' Taylor Hall: Two points in Game 3 win
Hall scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist during Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Predators in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Qualifier. After being held off the scoresheet in Game 2, Hall roared back with his second two-point performance of the series. It's no coincidence that Arizona has won both games in which the 28-year-old has been an offensive star, and the team's big trade acquisition during the regular season will look to carry the Coyotes across the finish line and into the next round during Game 4 on Friday.
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2020 3 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
2019 65 16 36 52 -14 4 1 1 20 31 122.5
2018 33 11 26 37 -6 1 0 3 26 32 85
2017 76 39 54 93 14 13 2 7 72 76 274.5
2016 72 20 33 53 -9 7 1 4 8 10 139
2015 82 26 39 65 -4 4 0 6 14 25 173.5
2014 53 14 24 38 -1 3 0 0 45 53 105
2013 75 27 53 80 -15 7 1 1 37 44 197
2012 45 16 34 50 5 4 0 4 29 24 137.2
2011 61 27 26 53 -3 13 1 7 23 34 165
3 Year Avg 58 22 39 61 -1 6 1 4 39 46 162
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University affairs
Filming on campus
Concordia’s fresh take on consent
A new animated video series — produced by Concordia grads for Concordia students — seeks to start the conversation
“The whole idea of the campaign is to make it as accessible as possible.” From left: Daniel Sterlin-Altman, Jennifer Drummond, Luigi Allemano and Lori Malépart-Traversy.
A pineapple and a peach are negotiating a romantic rendezvous. Things start off okay, but when the pineapple attempts to take things a step further, the peach expresses surprise then firmly rebuffs the invitation.
This 20-second stop-motion animation is part of a series of three videos created by recent graduates Daniel Sterlin-Altman (BFA, 16) and Lori Malépart-Traversy (BFA, 16) for Concordia’s Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC). They're the key components of a new consent and bystander intervention campaign.
The animated fruit represent individuals trying to navigate sexual consent — a subject of conversation that is always current, but even more so at the start of the academic year when thousands of new students are first introduced to university life.
The videos outline the campaign’s three key messages: sexual contact without consent is sexual assault; trust your intuition and speak up to stop sexual violence (bystander intervention); and 82 per cent of sexual assault survivors know their perpetrators.
“We wanted to create a new look and feel for our consent and bystander intervention campaign that would appeal to students,” explains Jennifer Drummond, SARC coordinator.
“That is why we approached our cinema department to solicit proposals for three short animated videos to help convey these messages in a fun way that would attract a student’s attention.”
Daniel Sterlin-Altman, who specialized in stop motion as part of his bachelor’s degree in film animation from Concordia’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, teamed up with Lori Malépart-Traversy to submit one of 10 proposals for consideration.
The selection committee — which included Drummond, cinema professor Luigi Allemano and representatives from University Communications Services — narrowed the field down to three finalists. Then they held a series of focus groups with students to obtain feedback.
Sterlin-Altman and Malépart-Traversy were chosen for their unique presentation, which was warm, friendly and conveyed the content in a way that resonated with students.
“These videos provide an entry point into a more serious conversation,” adds Drummond.
‘Speaking up is important’
Malépart-Traversy says the filmmaking duo decided to use fruit for their animation because it’s attractive and colourful. “You can really pass the message on, but it’s something fun to watch.”
The videos cover three different scenarios: the pineapple-and-peach encounter, a situation between two strawberries — in which a member of a bunch of grapes intervenes — and a conversation between two pears in bed.
The campaign is not only about consent, but also about empowering students to speak up and intervene if they notice a situation that could lead to sexual violence. It could be an interaction that looks relatively minor but has the potential to escalate.
“SARC works to raise awareness about sexual violence and prevention” Drummond says. “Speaking up to prevent sexual assault is something we can all do to help create a culture of respect and consent”
The three short videos are available on SARC’s website. Still images are being used for postcards, digital screens and washrooms around the Sir George Williams and Loyola campuses.
‘Understated but respectful’
Allemano, who heads the film animation undergraduate program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, says his former students’ experience collaborating on the SARC video campaign might serve as a launch pad for two very successful careers.
“Using fruit in animation isn’t a novel concept, although using it to address the topic of sexual assault is fairly uncommon,” he said. “I like the combination of ingenuity, charming appeal and understated but clear respect for the subject that Daniel and Lori brought to the project.”
Watch the three videos created for the new campaign:
 
 
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Do 'Natural' Insect Repellents Work?
Not all products are created equal. Here's what you need to know.
It’s a simple question, one that CR readers frequently ask us: Do natural insect repellents work?
The answer, however, is a bit complicated. Two of the three active ingredients that have regularly earned recommended status in our insect repellent ratings—picaridin and oil of lemon eucalyptus, or OLE—are derived from plants or synthesized to mimic chemicals in plants. But several other plant-based chemicals, including lemongrass and soybean oil, typically end up at the very bottom of our ratings.
The Natural Products Association, a trade group, has defended those low-scoring insect repellents by pointing out that there’s variation in the effectiveness of all repellents, natural and synthetic.
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But the discrepancy between what works and what doesn’t is less random than that statement suggests. All of the top-rated repellents in CR's ratings are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, while none of our bottom-rated ones are. An EPA registration means that the product has been evaluated by federal regulators to ensure safety and effectiveness. The agency requires this verification for some chemicals, such as deet, picaridin, and oil of lemon eucalyptus, but not for others.
Here’s a quick breakdown of which compounds are EPA-registered, which aren’t, and what our testing has found.
Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE)
What is it? It’s important not to confuse this product with lemon eucalyptus oil. The names are very similar, but the two chemicals are quite different. OLE is an oil extracted from the gum eucalyptus tree (native to Australia); the actual extracted chemical is called PMD and has demonstrated efficacy as an insect repellent.
Lemon eucalyptus oil, by contrast, is distilled from the leaves and twigs of the lemon eucalyptus tree. The distilled product contains several botanical substances, including citronella and a very low and variable amount of PMD.
Does it work? In our insect repellent testing, two products, Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent and Natrapel Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent, earned our recommendation. However, neither of these is labeled for use against ticks. If you know you’ll potentially be exposed to ticks, you may want to choose a repellent that contains deet or picaridin, two active ingredients in our other recommended repellents. (Digital and All-Access members can see our ratings for full details.)
Is it safe? The EPA classifies PMD as a biopesticide, which means it’s subject to more safety testing than botanicals (see below), including lemon eucalyptus oil, but less testing than synthetic chemicals like deet and picaridin. Both federal regulators and our experts agree that OLE is relatively safe.
OLE isn’t quite as well studied as some other repellent ingredients. But the research we do have suggests that any adverse reactions are limited to eye and skin irritation. OLE shouldn’t be used on children younger than 3, in part because research is lacking on OLE in young children (deet and picaridin are both considered safe to use on children older than 2 months).
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Picaridin
What is it? Picaridin is a chemical synthesized (meaning made in a lab) to mimic a compound found in pepper plants. It’s been available as an insect repellent in the U.S. since 2005.
Does it work? Sprays containing 20 percent picaridin have performed well in our tests, but one wipe and one lotion made with that concentration scored poorly. We don’t know why picaridin appears to perform better as a spray, says Joan Muratore, who heads insect repellent testing at CR, but skipping the wipe or lotion formulations of this ingredient is probably wise. Although one spray with 10 percent picaridin earned our recommendation, another one didn’t, so we suggest sticking to sprays with a concentration of 20 percent.
Is it safe? Picaridin may cause eye and skin irritation, but this is probably rare. In one analysis of poison control calls related to insect repellents, picaridin caused only a few problems, and almost none of them required a visit to a doctor’s office or emergency room.
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What are they? Botanical repellents, which often have "natural" on product labeling, can include any number of plant-based chemicals. Some common ones are lemon grass, citronella, peppermint, geraniol, soybean, and rosemary. Those ingredients can be oils extracted directly from plants or synthetic chemicals that exactly replicate their natural counterparts.
Do they work? These products aren’t registered with the EPA. Because the agency doesn’t consider the chemicals they contain to pose any serious safety risks, it doesn’t bother to evaluate them. As a result, the companies that make botanical products aren’t required to prove to federal regulators that they actually work. And CR's testing has repeatedly found that they don’t work well.
Are they safe? Yes and no. The chemicals in these products are unlikely to cause you any serious harm themselves, though they do contain known allergens, often at much higher concentrations than other natural products. But by using an unregistered botanical repellent, you expose yourself to the risk of serious mosquito- and tick-borne diseases, some of which can be life-threatening.
The Lowdown on Insect Repellents
Bug bites are annoying, and they can also transmit diseases. On the "Consumer 101" TV show, host Jack Rico goes inside Consumer Reports' labs to find out how CR tests insect repellents to make sure you are getting the most protection.
Editor's note: This article has been updated with new information.
Jeneen Interlandi and Catherine Roberts contributed reporting.
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Oklahoma could get additional vaccine doses soon, health officials say
Janelle Stecklein CNHI State Reporter
OKLAHOMA CITY — State health officials are hopeful that the federal government will start allocating Oklahoma additional COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming weeks as demand continues to exceed supply.
Keith Reed, deputy commissioner of health, said the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told states that it will start to allocate vaccines based on "burn" rates, or usage rates.
Oklahoma currently ranks in the top 10 nationally in per capita distribution of its vaccine supply, meaning the vast majority is going into people’s arms as soon as the state receives it.
“They will continue to make adjustments in our shipment based on our ability to vaccinate,” Reed said. “Is that enough to keep up with us and give us what we want? I don’t yet know. Quite frankly, we’re going to have to find out.”
Reed said the strategy change coupled with a plan by Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to release nearly all federal doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has the potential to dramatically increase Oklahomans’ access to the life-saving vaccine in the coming days.
Biden has said he has a goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office.
However, Reed said there are still a lot of questions.
Officials, for instance, still don’t know when those doses will arrive and if there will be enough to quickly expand access to other priority groups. Oklahomans with comorbidities that make them particularly susceptible to complications from the virus and school employees are the next two groups in line.
With the Biden plan to not hold back any vaccine doses, Reed said state health officials will have to also ensure there’s enough supply on hand to provide the necessary second doses required to obtain 95% immunity.
“Our future allocations are going to be based off our burn rate, off our ability to move vaccine from the freezer to the individual,” he said. “We have been assured that if we are moving vaccine in that manner that they will continue to resupply us at a rate that will meet our needs for second shots.”
But that strategy requires faith in the national vaccination program being operated by the CDC and Operation Warp Speed, and faith that the vaccine supply chain is strong enough to keep up needed supply, he said.
“We have to be very cognizant of what we are doing with our strategy and how is that going to impact Oklahoma,” Reed said. “If we have a strategy of holding back our second doses and just duplicating what Operation Warp Speed has done, then we run into the scenario where we have a slow burn rate, and then we ultimately decrease the allocation for the state. So that is not a very good option, right?”
He said the state still plans to administer the second booster doses required to obtain full protection against COVID-19.
Pfizer’s second dose is recommended 21 days after the first, while Moderna’s should be administered on the 28th day, he said. Oklahoma plans to have them available during that time period, but Reed said the second doses could be delayed a few days without decreasing the efficacy.
Dr. Jean Hausheer, chair of the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition, said the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines weren't scheduled with people just getting one dose.
“In health care, we would like to see everybody strive to get that second dose to all of us. It seemed important,” she said. “But on the other hand, we would like to see as many get vaccinated as possible.”
Recipients of Pfizer’s vaccine only have about 52% protection from COVID-19 after one dose, she said. Those receiving Moderna’s have about 80% immunity after one dose.
Immunity jumps to about 95% for both vaccines after people receive the booster dose.
“It’s critically important that everybody get two doses,” she said.
For some Oklahomans, it’s not going to be OK to only receive the partial protection from one dose, Hausheer said.
Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell said he’s extremely interested in how to continue to ramp up vaccine production so that states can get more doses. He said he and his wife plan to get vaccinated when it’s their turn.
“Oklahoma is doing a good job getting it out, but we need more of it,” he said.
Reed said the state will receive more than 48,000 doses for use next week. The state is currently vaccinating health care workers, first responders and those 65 and older.
The state’s online vaccine scheduler portal experienced heavy traffic Thursday morning as officials opened up next week’s slots. Some Oklahomans reported all appointments were booked within 100 miles of their home in less than an hour.
Reed said many Oklahomans were looking for appointments amid limited supply of the vaccine. He said some clicked on locations that showed appointments available, only to find there were none.
“This is due to heightened demand for those same appointment slots,” he said. “(The Health Department) understands this is frustrating and appreciates everyone’s patience with this process as folks continue to try to access appointments. (We) encourage Oklahomans to continue looking at open appointments (or) locations even beyond their counties if they’re able and willing to travel.”
Janelle Stecklein covers the Oklahoma Statehouse for CNHI's newspapers and websites. Reach her at jstecklein@cnhi.com.
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PECHACEK, Joyce Jan 28, 1935 - Jan 6, 2021
Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m, Friday, January 8, 2021 at Sharon Baptist Church, Chickasha, OK. Joyce L. Pechacek was born September 28, 1935 in Prague, OK. She passed from this life on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Chickasha, OK. She was born to George Leroy Pruitt and Clara Estelle (Shr…
SEHON, Deborah Apr 23, 1952 - Jan 10, 2021
Apr 23, 1952 - Jan 10, 2021 Deborah Jean Sehon, 68, of Chickasha, OK, passed away on January 10, 2021. Born on April 23, 1952 in Shawnee, OK, she was the only daughter of the late A.D. and Reva Burlison. Debbie graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1970 before attending East Central Univers…
DUNGAN, William Apr 12, 1934 - Jan 9, 2021
Deborah Jean Sehon, 68, of Chickasha, OK, passed away on January 10, 2021 following a courageous battle against ALS. Born on April 23, 1952 in Shawnee, OK, she was the only daughter of the late A.D. and Reva Burlison. Debbie graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1970 before attending East C…
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Splendora High School UIL competition
East Montgomery County Observer // East Montgomery News
On April 2, 2016, Splendora High School competed in the UIL district meet and swept the whole competition.
There were 35 individual awards, eight team placements, 15 students advancing to regionals and three teams also advancing to regionals. As a result, Splendora High School won the UIL District championship for the first time in ten years.
Since the beginning of the school year, the UIL team has been motivated to win district.
Twyla Coy, UIL Academic Coordinator, has been dreaming for this moment since she started working at Splendora High School in 2013.
“I am thrilled to work with such a talented group of students who work so diligently on academics in and out of the classroom,” said Coy. “Our academic team continues to grow, and the peer leadership is outstanding.”
Not only is the UIL team proud of this achievement, but the students and staff are supporting the team throughout this experience. “It’s no surprise to me that we won district because our students are smart and very competitive,” said Principal Dr. Nate Session. “Our coaches are some of the best educators I’ve ever worked with.”
Not only has Splendora won district for the first time in recent years, but the Social Studies team received first place for the first time in over a decade. Mr. Coovert, the Social Studies coach, has been getting his team prepared all school year.
“A simple word like proud cannot formally express what I feel for these students getting first,” said Coovert. “I believe we can go to state, for as my saying goes: ‘State or bust’.”
All of the students who competed in the UIL meet have been studying for district in order to advance to regionals and, possibly, state.
“We had spent many hours studying in anticipation for the district meet,” said junior Abel Vidaurri, IV. “I’m confident that our hard work will pay off in the long run.”
Many of the coaches are proud of what their students have accomplished. From the STEM team to the Journalism team, 2016 is the year for Splendora High School.
“I came into the year knowing it was going to be my last,” said senior Stephanie Alvarado. “I knew the struggle through the season had finally paid off. None of this success could’ve come without the support of our coordinator, Mrs. Coy, and my coach, Dr. Zhang.”
Congratulations to Stephanie Alvarado, Lindsey Alvey, Erin Bell, Shelby Coker, Cord Keeth, Caitlin King, Amber LaRoche, Raina Lowery, Scott Martin, Briana Muirhead, Grant Miles Neal, Colin Rogers, Madelyn Russo, Destiny Schindler, Emily Schroeder, Shanae Spade, Emily Slater, Alma Tippets, Abel Vidaurri, IV, Crista Wood and Salma Young for placing and winning first place overall district champions.
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Meet the #GivingTuesdayKaty nonprofits
Katy Rancher // Katy News
Karen Zurawski, Staff writer
Nov. 25, 2018 Updated: Nov. 26, 2018 11:56 a.m.
Katy-area residents might want to circle Tuesday, Nov. 27, on their holiday calendar as a date to remember.
That’s the date for #GivingTuesdayKaty which benefits a collaboration of 16 Katy-area nonprofits working together for the greater good of the community.
“GivingTuesday falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, after Black Friday and after Cyber Monday and is about giving back to the nonprofits that help the community,” said Deysi Crespo, executive director, Katy Christian Ministries. “#GivingTuesdayKaty is about giving back to the charities that make Katy a great place to live for everyone.”
Sarah Beaton, who organized #GivingTuesdayKaty, invites the community to learn more about the participating nonprofits by attending a Nov. 27 event at Members Choice Credit Union, which is a presenting sponsor.
“Everybody and anybody can come,” Beaton said. The event from 4-7 p.m. will introduce people to the nonprofits, what they do, how they help the community and how people can help them.
The event may feature a live painter as well as food.
“We’ll have a couple other activities where people can interact with different nonprofits,” she added.
Participating nonprofits are The Arc of Katy, Attack Poverty Friends of Sundown, The Ballard House, Clothed by Faith, Christ Clinic, Compassion Katy, Fostering Success Foundation, Hope Impacts, Joe Joe Bear Foundation, Katy Cares, Katy Christian Ministries, Katy ISD Education Foundation, Neighborhood KidZ Club, Sons of Keturah, Krause Children’s Residential and YMCA.
Since #GivingTuesdayKaty was launched, Beaton said, “We are thrilled with the community. A lot of people have donated.”
What: #GivingTuesdayKaty event
When: 4-7 p.m. Nov. 27
Where: Members Choice Credit Union, 18211 Katy Fwy, Houston
Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1887152694671336/
The #GivingTuesdayKaty website allows supporters to choose which of the 16 nonprofits they want to support or to donate to #GivingTuesdayKaty overall.
“The goal is $10,000 for nonprofits to raise collectively without sponsorships,” said Beaton. She said they are halfway toward their goal.
Visit www.givingtuesdaykaty.org for more information.
The endeavor also has a goal for sponsorships, and Beaton said she thanked those people who have helped them reach their sponsorship level. “That money goes back to nonprofits as well.”
Since the launch, a number of businesses have stepped up to contribute to the cause.
El Canton Firewood Pizzeria was a dine-and-donate sponsor on Nov. 6 and donated 20 percent of all dinner sales from 5-10 p.m. to Giving Tuesday Katy.
Participating Chick-fil-A’s and Toasted Yolk Café will be dine-and-donate sponsors on Nov. 27, she said.
Irace on Nov. 15, Chiro Dynamics on Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 13 and Tint World on Nov. 17 and Nov. 27 also have or will donate a percentage of sales to #GivingTuesdayKaty.
Giving Tuesday dates to 2012. The 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation started the special day in response to holiday commercialization and consumerism. It was launched in Katy in early November. Visit www.givingtuesday.org/about for more information.
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From Michigan, Karen Zurawski reports and writes about events and people in the communities around Houston.
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Spencer, Hall lead Huskies soccer past UTEP, 3-2 in OT
Katy Rancher // Katy Sports
Aug. 28, 2015 Updated: Oct. 5, 2016 10:59 a.m.
Behind freshman Sabriah Spencer’s two goals and sophomore Ellee Hall’s career-high three assists, HBU women’s soccer defeated visiting UTEP, 3-2 in overtime, Friday afternoon for the first time in program history.
“I felt like the first half was one of the best halves of soccer we’ve played,” said HBU head coach Misty Jones. “The great thing was we did everything that we worked on in practice, so that was really great to see.”
Spencer scored her first-collegiate goal in the first half, then netted the game winner in the extra session to lead all players with four points. Hall registered three points on a trio of helpers, all coming off of corner kicks. Senior Rebekah Tovar had the other Huskies’ goal. Sophomore Katie Turner made four saves for the win.
Angela Cutaia had a three-point day with a goal and an assist to lead UTEP (1-2-0), while Kennadie Chaudhary came off the bench to score the Miners’ second goal. Alyssa Palacios made three saves in goal.
It took just 2:50 for UTEP to get the upper hand, as Cutaia scored her second goal of the season, assisted by Jeanna Mullen. The Huskies answered with two straight tallies to take a 2-1 lead. On an HBU corner, Hall took the in-bounds and Spencer headed the ball in to knot the game at one-all in the 21st minute. Nine minutes later, Tovar beat Palacios far side off another Huskies’ corner.
The Miners evened the match just over two minutes left in the opening half, as Chaudhary fired a shot at the top of the box that beat Turner.
HBU outshot the Miners, 9-5, in the first half and held a commanding 9-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Neither team could get the upper hand in the second half. Jennifer Gebhardt made a spectacular defensive play in the 76th minute as, with Turner out of position and Alexis Roberts gearing up to take a long shot towards an open net, Gebhardt slid and blocked the shot out of harm’s way.
In the 91st minute, on the Huskies’ 10th corner kick, Hall sent the ball in, Spencer’s initial header attempt was blocked, but the ball went right back to Spencer, who fired a shot past Palacios as pandemonium ensued.
HBU, 2-0-0 for the first time since the 2006 season, begins a six-match road trip next Friday at UC Riverside at 9 pm central time.
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Fort Collins' Taryn Burkett wins Colorado Class 5A state title in girls triple jump
Kelly Lyell
LAKEWOOD — When the pressure’s on, Taryn Burkett delivers.
Thursday, competing in the Colorado state track and field championships for the first time, the Fort Collins High School sophomore leaped 38 feet, 4 inches on the last of her six attempts in the triple jump to win the girls Class 5A state title.
“Her last jump is always the best jump,” said teammate Samantha Gordon, a junior who finished third at 36-3 ½. “She wanted the state championship, so I knew she was going to pull through.”
Burkett set Fort Collins’ school record in the triple jump on her final attempt in a meet earlier this year, going 38-6.
That was the best mark in the state this year, too, making Burkett the favorite to win the state title coming into Thursday.
She had some decent jumps early but was still in third place after her three preliminary jumps. She moved into second place with her first jump in the finals and took the title away from ThunderRidge senior Anna Hart, who was leading at 37-11 3/4, on her final attempt.
“I haven’t been jumping where I wanted to; I didn’t make my goal,” Burkett said. “But at least I improved.”
Story continues below the photo
Burkett, who moved to Fort Collins from Nebraska with her family last summer, improved her distance by more than 6 feet during the course of the season. She competed just once in the triple jump last year as a freshman in Grand Island, Nebraska, going 31 or 32 feet, she said.
Now, she’s the best there is at the highest level of high school competition in Colorado.
“No one knew what to expect out of her today,” said Bill McCormick, the assistant who coaches Fort Collins High’s jumpers. “She had a target on her back, and she was able to just pull through and hit it.”
Burkett said she learned a lot in practice not only from McCormick and the Lambkins’ other coaches but also from teammates Micaylon Moore and Allam Bushara, who finished first and second Thursday in the Class 5A boys triple jump.
“It helps to have some people to look up to and watch how to improve your own jumps,” she said. “It’s very helpful.”
Burkett’s father, Rico, just completed his first year as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Colorado State University after spending the previous nine seasons as the head coach at Wayne State in Nebraska. He was in the stands Thursday, cheering her on.
Teammates and coaches lined the fence closest to the triple jump pit, encouraging Taryn Burkett, as well.
And when she needed to come through with her best effort, she did.
“She’s a gamer, that’s all I’m going to say,” McCormick said. “You get lucky sometimes when kids move in, and you get blessed to have good kids just Taryn. I’m very happy for her.”
Naughton 3rd in high jump
Fort Collins freshman Brooke Naughton finished third in the 5A girls high jump, clearing 5 feet, 7 inches on the last of her three attempts at the height. Grandview senior Alisha Davis, who cleared 5-9 to win the title, and Rock Canyon junior Riley Masten, who was second at 5-8, were the only other competitors to get over 5-7.
Poudre junior Riley Endries finished fourth at 5-5 and Fort Collins sophomore Riley Dodd sixth at 5-2.
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Home Publishers Dark Horse Michel Fiffe’s PANORAMA returns to print as a graphic novel from Dark...
Michel Fiffe’s PANORAMA returns to print as a graphic novel from Dark Horse
The new printing will be the first time Fiffe's body horror romance has been available in one volume.
Joe Grunenwald
Dark Horse Comics has announced Panorama, a new graphic novel from Copra creator Michel Fiffe. The 144-page story is billed as “a body horror romance,” and follows a pair of teens as they run away from home and come to grips with their burgeoning supernatural abilities.
The new graphic novel of Panorama will be the first time the story has been collected in one volume. Fiffe originally published Panorama in serialized form on the webcomics site he co-founded, Act-i-vate (the site doesn’t appear to be in operation anymore, and Fiffe had years ago taken all of his work off the site). In 2007 Fiffe and creator Dean Haspiel teamed for Brawl, a three-issue Image Comics series that brought their Act-i-vate work, including Panorama, to print for the first time.
In a statement, Fiffe talked about the return of Panorama to print and its importance to his comics career:
“I’m beyond excited to have Panorama finally back out in the world. It was the first sizable story that I ever created, crackling with the enthusiasm of a cartoonist who wants to do it all. It mixes genres and bends the form and is quite possibly my most personal project yet.”
Earlier this year Fiffe, who had for years self-published Copra under the Copra Press banner, took the acclaimed series and its back catalog to Image, with a new Copra #1 having landed in stores at the beginning of October. A quick sell-out followed, and a second printing of the issue was released just this Wednesday.
Check out the new cover by Michel Fiffe for Panorama below. The $19.99 book is due out in comic shops on May 27th, 2020, with a bookstore release on June 9th, 2020.
Panorama by Michel Fiffe
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Hugh Jackman's Not the First Musical Houdini
By By FRANK RIZZO
Hartford Courant |
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway during the 2013-14 season to star in an original musical "Houdini," Broadway.com announced today. Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked," "The Magic Show") will compose the score and and book will be by Emmy and Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin. ("The Social Network," "The West Wing"). Jack O'Brien will direct.
But this is not the first time the great magician is fodder for escapist musical entertainment on stage.
In 1997, the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam had a world premiere of the musical "Houdini."
Timothy Gulan, played the magician. the cast also featured Lewis Cleale, Barbara Walsh and PJ Benjamin . William Scott Duffield composed the music and co-wrote the lyrics of the show, which centers on Houdini's relationships with his mother, wife and brother as he rises from a poor immigrant to one of the great celebrities of his era. James Racheff wrote the book to the show and co-wrote the lyrics. Gabriel Barre directed and choreographed. Peter Samuelson was magic consultant.
This is not Jackman's first go-round as a magician. he played on in the 2006 film by Christopher Nolan,, "The Prestige."
Connecticut saw Houdini, who died in 1926 at age 52, in 1896 at the Opera House in New Britain and in 1925 at the Parsons Theater in Hartford.
Most people's information about Houdini came from the 1953 film biography ``Houdini,'' starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, which is filled with inaccuracies.
Since then, Kenneth Silverman has tried to straighten the Holllywood misinformation with his biography, ``Houdini!!!'' (HarperCollins).
Houdini was also a supporting character in the musical ``Ragtime."
Also, Harvey Keitel played the magician in a supporting role in the film, ``Fairy Tale: A True Story'' (which also features Peter O'Toole as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
Paul Verhoeven (``Starship Troopers'')was once interested in directing a biography of Houdini, with Tom Cruise mentioned as a possible lead.
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Factual Contest on Motion to Dismiss Suit Against Lexis and Fulton County on Efiling
September 2, 2008 Jacqueline J. Holness
ATLANTA (CN) – Lawyers in a federal class action suit against publishing giant LexisNexis and Fulton County are filing the final round of documents on a motion dismiss, with a spirited counter from the plaintiff lawyer who has submitted an affidavit from a legal assistant who was rejected in her attempt to file court papers without first paying the private publisher.
In the lawsuit filed in June, LexisNexis Courtlink Inc., a division of Reed Elsevier; Fulton County State and Superior Court officials and Fulton County are accused of running an illegal, mandatory, electronic filing system.
In its argument for dismissal of the action, the county is saying that lawyers need only use public access terminals at the courthouse to avoid paying a Lexis Nexis $11 transmission fee a factual contention that plaintiff lawyer Steven Newton vigorously contests.
Newton has filed an affidavit from a legal assistant for one of the attorneys he represents in the case, saying she drove from Macon, Georgia to Atlanta to paper file a motion. According her affidavit, “The clerk refused to accept my paper motion, no signage of any type was visible regarding the public access terminal, the clerk did not advise that I had an option to use the PAT and without any other options, I left the courthouse/clerk’s office without being able to file the motion.”
The legal assistant also said that since the attorney’s LexisNexis’s account was allegedly delinquent, she decided to make the trip to the courthouse, but even after the account was made current, the attorney and the legal assistant were “denied access to the court, to include using the PAT for several days.”
In support of their motion to dismiss, attorneys for Fulton County argue that state law allows the mandatory efiling deal where the court requires use of Lexis Nexis to file documents and requires payment of an $11 to the privately publisher fee for the transmission of those documents.
“Their [the attorneys] understanding of the English language is extremely different than mine,” Newton said. “Court clerks cannot refuse to accept paper filings, and no money can come out of the public’s wallet without the express authority of the General Assembly.”
Fulton County’s lawyers also said in their reply brief that Fulton County is not the appropriate defendant, and they point to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners as the government body that actually implemented the e-filing system.
Newton said the defendants are trying to have it both ways, noting that in an earlier round of litigation on the same mandatory efiling system, attorneys for the county argued that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners should not be a party in the lawsuit.
The matter is pending before U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey.
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Total cases breaches 16,000, death touches 310 in Coimbatore
Coimbatore : The district continue to register over 500 covid-19 positive cases for the last few days and today’s count stood at 581, taking the total cases over 16,000.
Of the total cases of 16,075, 3,904 are undergoing treatment at various hospitals and at homes, and with two deaths of males above 75 years, the toll reached 310, a State Medical Bulletin said here.
A 75 year old man died of Covid-19 pneumonia on August 30 in a private hospital here.
A 85-year old male with positive, admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital on August 26, died on August 30, with bilateral broncho pneumonia, it said.
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Canada needs to up conservation game, preserving half of boreal forests: paper
by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press
Posted Jul 22, 2013 4:00 am PST
A group of top international scientists says Canada needs to dramatically up its conservation game to ensure its vast northern forests remain healthy in the face of increasing industrial pressure.
In a paper to be presented today at the International Congress of Conservation Biology in Baltimore, Md., its authors argue that Canada needs to preserve about half of its boreal forest. That’s significantly more than the 10 per cent level researchers previously thought was necessary to conserve natural systems.
“Conservation science has caught up to an understanding of what is really needed,” said Jeffs Wells, a scientist with the Boreal Songbird Initiative and one of 23 researchers from Canada and around the world who contributed to the paper.
“We need to have much larger spaces than was ever realized.”
Scientists used to set conservation goals by looking at single species or representative slices of landscape, Wells said.
“They didn’t really think about how interconnected places were and how animals moved across the landscape, how water flow is affected, all of those sorts of things. As we started to look at multiple species, whole ecosystems and how they function, we now know that it’s not really possible to maintain all those values without really thinking about much bigger scales of conservation.”
The boreal forest is a huge stretch of green that runs across the northern part of most provinces and the southern tips of the territories. Its 5.8 million square kilometres of forests, taiga, tundra, peatlands, salt marshes, rivers and lakes include the largest blocks of intact forest and wetlands left on Earth — more than half the world’s intact boreal forest and its largest area of surface freshwater.
It’s also home to caribou, grizzlies, wolverines, lynx and wolves as well as to many aboriginal communities that depend on it for food and cultural sustenance.
The report notes increasing industrial activity.
The authors say about 730,000 square kilometres have already been disturbed by oil and gas, mining, forestry and hyro development. Many boreal species from woodland caribou to Atlantic salmon to Canada warblers appear on at-risk lists.
Canada had the world’s largest share of mineral exploration spending in 2011. Much of that probing was in the boreal forest.
Also at risk are “ecological services” such as water quality and marine productivity in places such as the Great Lakes, said Wells. Development also releases carbon stored in the boreal forest, which aggravates climate change.
Wells acknowledged that setting aside half that ecosystem will involve tough choices.
Agreements already made, such as the Canadian Boreal Forest Initiative signed between environmental groups and forestry companies, have frayed under implementation pressures. Attempts by aboriginal groups to use land claims to establish large protected areas have been resisted by governments.
But it’s possible to have both conservation and economic development, said Wells.
“There are massive areas still open for development. We know that these northern communities need continued economic opportunities.”
The paper says local communities, including aboriginal groups, should have an important say in development. It adds that land-use planning that takes into account connections between watersheds, ecological zones and migration paths should come before lands are opened to exploration or development.
Rigorous environmental monitoring that also watches for cumulative effects should be conducted and developers should strive for minimum impacts.
“You can’t get away from the facts,” Wells said. “And the facts are that if we want to maintain these values, then that’s what we have to do.”
Proper conservation is an investment, not a cost, he said.
“A balanced approach to conservation is avoiding the mistakes that other countries have made that they are paying for now.”
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The Ace Cafe has been a bastion of motorcycle culture since the 1930s and remains one of the most celebrated gathering places for likeminded riders in the world. A collection of 12 motorcycles from the collection of Ace Cafe Managing Director, Mark Wilsmore, will be offered at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale on 14 October.
The Ace Cafe
Located at Stonebridge near Brent in North London, the Ace cafe started life as a simple transport cafe to cater for the traffic on the new North Circular road. As it was open for 24 hours a day and located close to a fast, modern road, motorcyclists were drawn to it like moths to a flame. Following air raid damage during the war, the Ace was rebuilt in 1949, just in time for an influx of the newly dubbed ‘teenagers’ with money and time to spend. The British motorcycle industry was it its peak, and young riders congregated at the Ace to drink coffee, discuss motorcycles and listen to Rock n’ Roll on the jukebox.
Profits began to decline, and sadly the Ace closed in 1969 to be repurposed as a tyre shop. Mark Wilsmore, a lifelong motorcyclist, had been riding past the cafe for years and in 1994 had the brainwave to hold a reunion to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its closure. An astonishing 12,000 people turned up, enough to convince Mark that it was time to reopen the place in earnest. Ace Cafe London was established and in 1997 the freehold was acquired. There are now outposts of the Ace in Finland, Switzerland, Spain, the USA and Beijing
The Wilsmore Collection
The collection to be offered at the Stafford sale comprises 12 machines, the vast majority of which are from British marques such as BSA, Triumph and Norton. Highlights include a 1959 BSA 604cc Gold Star (£12,000-18,000), a 1962 BSA 646cc Rocket Gold Star (£6,000-10,000), 1974 Rickman Métisse Triumph 750 (£4,000-6,000) and a 1959 Norton 500cc Dominator/Manx Special (£4,800 – 5,600)
The Stafford Sale will once again be a two-day event, held on 13 and 14 October, and seeing an astonishing 539 lots cross the rostrum. For more information on the sale and to register to bid, visit our website here.
Tom Ashmore2018-10-01T10:58:39+01:00
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Koco McAboy, Reporter
Dane Kelly, Web Producer
Published: December 21, 2019, 6:16 pm Updated: December 22, 2019, 8:20 am
Tags: Madison Heights, I-696, Oakland County, Local 4 News at 6
Cleanup of green chemical from condemned business on I-696 could take days
Chemical is known carcinogen, OSHA says
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – Officials said it could be days before the cleanup of a chemical liquid on I-696 is completed.
ORIGINAL STORY: Green substance oozing onto freeway closes lane on EB I-696 in Madison Heights
The bright green liquid has been identified as hexavalent chromium. The chemical started flowing onto the eastbound lanes of I-696 near Couzens Road.
RELATED: MSP: Green substance leaking onto I-696 in Madison Heights is chemical hexavalent chromium
The chemical is typically used in plating facilities and is coming from the basement of Electro-Plating Services on 10 Mile Road -- a condemned business whose owner was recently sentenced for storing hazardous waste without a permit.
RELATED: Green substance from condemned Madison Heights business oozes onto I-696
Jill Greenberg, with the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, said officials are working to clean the substance that found its way through a drainpipe to the freeway.
“We have cleaned out the sewers and the clean out drains between the facility and 696,” Greenberg said. “We’re also in the process of cleaning up the basement of the facility.”
The cleanup is expected to take all weekend.
MORE: Everything we know about the green substance found seeping onto I-696
Samples of the substance were taken by the Environmental Protection Agency for testing. Results are predicted to be available within a week.
Tricia Edwards, with the EPA, said the cleanup is going to take time because there is a lot of clay in the area, and the substance is traveling onto the clay.
An excavator is going to be used scoop up the waste, which is frozen, and put it into a safe container, police said.
In the meantime, the Macomb County Public Works is monitoring the situation because anything that enters storm drains along I-696 ends up in Lake St. Clair.
The agencies involved in the investigation and the cleanup will meet Sunday to finalize plans.
The far right lane on I-696 at Couzens Road will be closed until at least Monday.
It was later advised a commercial building located on E 10 Mile Road, had been leaking the chemical Hexavelent Chromium. The chemical ran from the basement of the building, down into the ground and found its way thru a drain which empties onto east bound I-696.
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) December 21, 2019
Dane Kelly
Dane is a producer and media enthusiast. He previously worked freelance video production and writing jobs in Michigan, Georgia and Massachusetts. Dane graduated from the Specs Howard School of Media Arts.
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Curbside Newsstand: Tesla Surpasses Toyota As Most Valuable Car Co., Lincoln Kills Continental
Paul Niedermeyer
– July 1, 2020
A couple of tidbits in the news today that just want to be shared. Tesla’s stock surge continues (up 130% since the beginning of the year), with a market cap of some $206 billion, surpassing Toyota, and making it three times as valuable as the combined market caps of GM and Ford. How’s that for…a company that has been endlessly predicted to be bankrupt any day now?
Meanwhile, Ford has pulled the plug on its slow-selling Continental, another victim of Ford’s determined effort to be a truck-only company.
I have always refused to express an opinion on Tesla’s share price, as it’s been volatile and reflects a huge amount of optimism in the company’s future. But it’s not just wishful thinking; there are a number of facts that are fueling the TSLA fire:
Unlike the rest of the industry, which is reporting first quarter sales being down 25-50%, Tesla is expected to deliver some 88k cars, or very close to its pre-pandemic guidance and its previous record (92k). That also means that Tesla might be able to squeeze out a profit in Q2, contrary to expectations. Tesla’s China plant is starting to really kick in, and its Germany plant is scheduled to start assembling cars by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, all of the “Tesla Killers” are languishing on dealer lots, leading to massive incentives. Chevy Bolts are discounted some $15k, and that’s before state tax credits. You can pick up a Bolt for $25,475, the cheapest true EV currently available. Nissan’s Leaf is very close. Audi’s e-tron is really lagging; 2019’s are still on the lots and can be picked up for $15k off. And the Jaguar I-Pace has a whopping $24k on its hood.
Meanwhile, Teslas have no discounts or incentives, except for some minor spiffs like 6 months free Supercharging (worth some $500).
What this clearly suggests, especially to investors, is that Tesla is only increasing its dominant position, and that its technology gap is widening. Tesla is moving to build its own battery cells, with a new chemistry that promises much longer life, less cobalt, and lower cost. And Tesla’s operating system (software) that encompasses all functions of the car, entertainment, security, Autopilot, etc. is constantly evolving and a moving target, one moving away, not closer, to the competition. VW is still in a huge mess trying to sort out its software and now starting a whole new initiative to create a new open-source system it’s willing to share with partners.
Even industry execs admit that Tesla is some ten years ahead, and that the gap is not narrowing. That explains the biggest bull thesis for TSLA.
And Tesla’s profit margins and free cash flow have been improving steadily. Tesla now sits on an $8 billion dollar wad of cash.
Tesla bulls compare it with the huge growth of high tech companies like Amazon and such, rather than the industrial companies. Obviously it’s easier to scale software (or even iPhones) than cars, but that’s the assumption.
Another factor is that proposed mandates for zero-emission vehicles are growing rapidly. The Democrats have unveiled a plan to make all new cars tail-pipe emission free by 2035. The EU and the UK is moving rapidly that same direction. California and the US states that share its emission regulations is also heading that way. The market for electric vehicles is forecast to increase to 10% of global passenger vehicle sales by 2025, 28% in 2030 and 58% by 2040, according to a May 19 report by BloombergNEF. To whatever extent these mandates and projections become reality (likely to one extent or another) that all bolsters the Tesla bull case.
There you have. But don’t even ask about the market cap of Nikola, the hydrogen/electric truck company that’s been promising a production version for years…last I checked, it’s worth more than either GM or Ford. Now they’re taking $5,000 deposits for a pickup that’s only a rendering.
Oh, and the Continental. Why bother wasting words on a dead horse?
Posted July 1, 2020 at 3:19 PM
Our chatty socialite Delores passed on in 2014, her last 2002 Continental finally disappeared from town earlier this year, the end of an era. Lincoln Continentals from the 1970’s on were her choice and her identity. Now, the last Continental, which she would surely have driven is gone too. RIP Deloris and your beloved Continentals.
Posted December 7, 2020 at 1:37 AM
Delores sounds a wow. Could you write more on her and her cars. A tribute to an era of poodles, cigarette holders and platinum blonde?
mFred
News of Tesla’s world domination always surprises me. I simply don’t see that many of them—and I live in New York state, where one presumably would. Maybe it’s because cars live much longer today than they used to…if we were replacing our cars every 3 or 4 years as we did in the 60s, the turnover toward new models would be more apparent, I guess.
Edward Snitkoff
Where do you live in New York? I live 70 miles north of NYC and Teslas are getting pretty common around here.
Hudson, 100 miles north of the city. I noticed during your Taurus Tales that you aren’t too far away from me.
Posted July 1, 2020 at 11:36 PM
There’s a Tesla dealer in White Plains. I’m wondering if that has something to do with them being more common here than in Hudson.
Posted July 2, 2020 at 12:02 AM
Re. world domination: In many places cars are taxed way way way harder than in the US. I’m in Denmark where a conventional new car is taxed somewhere between 120 and 180 percent (that’s not 20-80 – it’s 120 to 180 percent tax – more than the plrice of the car itself). Here electric cars are free of taxes, so that makes Teslas very interesting as a Model 3 costs the same as a very nice Focus or fairly basic Mondeo give or take. In December the Model 3 was the best-selling car in Denmark. I know the Model S has held the same honors earlier in Norway where they have similar taxation.
Or an even better point of comparison – Danish prices for the following:
Model 3 Standard Range: 56k USD
Model S Long Range: 97k USD
BMW 330i xDrive aut. Advantage: 98k USD
They are VERY common over here and I see why.
Here in the UK we see quite a few – not a ‘status symbol’ – they are too cool and understated for that. They look very different to anything else seen on the road.
XR7Matt
I may have been a Tesla skeptic at a time, but I never had any faith the Continental would do well. It was a swankier MKZ, which itself was a swankier Fusion. What was I missing that made me feel this was a weaker effort for the name than even the previous Taurus based ones(with an exclusive powerplant)? Didn’t even have suicide doors out of the gate, instead they belatedly outsourced them as an option in a fashion as crude looking as modern hearses and mobility vans. Not that I expected it would have helped sales much, but at least it might get have been a gimmick worth talking about out the gate. Instead everyone who was excited about it were the same people clamoring for a return of the Panther.
There’s no way in hell Nikola will succeed. I need no data to say it either, they simply jinxed themselves with that name. The two car companies to successfully emerge from nothing in 100 years managed to be the first and last name of the scientist? What are the odds! Strikes me as an cynical ploy to get Tesla to acquire them as a sub brand more than anything else. I’m open to be proven wrong again, but… we’ll see.
Todd Stanley
I really wanted to like the new Continental, but all I could ever muster up was a “meh”. Not a bad car, but not exciting and didn’t stand out to me. At least this car seems like it will be forgotten relatively soon, leaving the Continental nameplate open for another revival sometime in the future. I just hope it is not for some bland CUV.
So is this new it for Fords that are not trucks or Mustangs?
Me too, there was a moment the hype machine for the Continental wasn’t dissimilar to what we’ve been seeing for the upcoming Bronco, with all this speculation it would be the breakout to end Lincoln’s then funk, and it just was more of the same with yet another new grille theme.
I don’t know what the future holds for Ford but I have a thought time imagining how having more subsegments of crossovers and SUVs than sedans ever had at one time is a recipe for success. Lincoln might be better off in an Aviator/Navigator only lineup, but everything below is just carryover from the brand’s meh days, and Ford’s lineup of Mach-E, “cool” bronco, “wimpy” bronco, escape, explorer, expedition, focus active, is getting as confusing as a Roger Smith era GM lineup. And I have a bad feeling that if the Mustang Mach-E is considered successful enough the real Mustang will quietly be put out to pasture, making the lineup fully devoid of anything classed as a car.
Tesla is sitting on a bunch of cash and lost much less money last year–$144 million–than the $862 million they lost in 2018.
I truly do hope it becomes a long-term going concern.
Those are “net losses” meaning taxable income/loss and includes a number of non-cash charges. Cash flow, or EBDIT is what’s critical, and Tesla has been a net generator of cash for several years now.
Not aimed at you, but the number of journalists who don’t know the difference between a net profit/loss from cash flow never fails to amaze me. People are so fixated on Tesla’s losses (or small profits), but that’s not the critical metric.
I mostly agree, although I worked for a Silicon Valley giant whose founder and CEO always preached the EBTD gospel … and it finally bit the dust. But Tesla has decent financials, a massive market cap, a charismatic leader if not to everyone’s liking, and great products that are selling well globally. Ten years ago I thought they’d end up as somebody’s acquisition but if Elon cared (which I suspect he doesn’t) vice versa is now far more likely. CJC’s comment below about HW and SW is spot on, and to that I’d add Tesla’s vision about infrastructure; without the Supercharging network these cars would be far less viable.
Chris ‘CJC’ Cieslak
“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” -Alan Kay
Usually people think about Apple when this quote comes up, but I think it works for Tesla as well. The combination of advanced battery tech and software integration is tough to beat.
Just a car guy
There’s a sucker born every minute, and two two take him – and one of those two is Elon Musk
That’s a highly predictable comment left at any Tesla story for over 10 years straight now. Will you still be making it in another ten years?
Evan Reisner
I’m at a loss to think of another American car that was launched from scratch (not a merger or etc.) that survived a dozen plus years. Nothing post WWII, certainly.
Kaiser and Frazer never had Harry Truman to subsidize them.
Hardboiled Eggs and Nuts
Since the luxury car market in the USA seems to have morphed into the luxury SUV market I have to wonder if the future of the Lincoln Continental might just be as a low volume suicide door Lincoln Navigator totally pimped out with a price tag to reflect it’s lofty position. It’s a legacy name in search of a marketable platform to live on.
Jim Klein
Even though I’ve finally come around to believing that Tesla won’t be shuttering their gates anytime soon I think I’d nevertheless push my pile of chips towards the Toyota square on the felt.
Here’s what I can’t get around and I can’t believe that I’m alone in this:
I believe I’m very much in the target market for a Tesla of some sort – I’m interested in cars, have purchased new ones costing over $50k, seem to switch cars often enough to try something new, I’m not averse to trying differing propulsion methods (gas, diesel, CNG, hybrid, why not electric), have owned cars with iffy reliability reps, have owned cars whose builders disappeared, so why am I not clicking the “take my money” button this time?
Perhaps it’s that Tesla the brand is way too intertwined with Musk the person. If Tesla was owned by VW or Toyota and produced the same stuff, I’d perhaps be more on board.
As long as nothing happens to Musk, they’ll likely be around for at least the medium term. If something physically happens to him, all bets are off, he seems to drive that ship very much to the exclusion of anyone else. That is not a viable long term strategy in my opinion (but which doesn’t necessarily run counter to them succeeding as an entity).
More to the point of the overall post though, Teslas main problem is otherwise – there is a VERY large part of the (worldwide) market that doesn’t want to or can’t spend what Teslas cost. I don’t see them producing anything near the price scale of a Corolla or Golf (i.e. half the cost of a base Model3). If VW would stop stepping on their own tail they have almost every part of the world except for the US covered and are still popular everywhere but here. I’m starting to think GM purposely made the Bolt a little hatchback and only really sold it in the US (yes, I know of the Ampera, should have been spelled Niche) to ensure failure since they supposedly lose money on every one, imagine the losses if they built a small CUV instead that people might actually want… If Toyota finally got on board with 100% electric or just perfected the solid state battery to do so economically then they’d have the market of all the people that are done with fancy or special or interesting cars etc and just want something to get them to work on time and cheaply, that’s where the true scale is, there are WAY more people in that market than the gearhead or moneyed market. The Tesla range does not offer anything to the mass market and no I don’t think a $35k Model3 is that. 90k sales spread across four models in a quarter is not terrible (for Tesla), but that’s worldwide and now the output of TWO plants combined. What other manufacturer produces an annualized output of 360k units spread over four models and is profitable? Porsche is probably the closest analog in that they produced 280k units in 2019 in several plants but their average transaction price is much higher than Tesla’s AND half of their platforms are shared as well as many components being off the shelf and shared with other cars. Why has Teslas production not increased significantly over the last year (yes I’m discounting last quarter for obvious reasons.)? NUMMI used to produce over 450k cars a year BEFORE Tesla expanded the plant and everything we hear is that electric cars are supposedly easier to manufacture than conventionally engined ones so what’s the holdup?
I’m not negating Teslas success or potential, they’ve done significantly better than I was willing to bet a few years ago and I can admit that – the stock price is fairly meaningless as an arbiter of actual success though, he could tweet something stupid tomorrow and make it drop significantly, might as well take your cash and head to Vegas.
Edit: I forgot about the Continental (just like the market) – that thing was DOA as soon as I saw it at the Auto Show its first year and confused it with the Zephyr or MkZ or whatever it was that got the same front end at the same time. Instantly reduced to oblivion, nothing like making your flagship look just like your bread and butter model, there’s no coming back from that.
nlpnt
The Bolt is over 5′ tall and has black plastic flares and rocker panel trim. All GM had to do was certify it as a “light truck”, send it out into the world with factory dark tint glass and a tip warning on the sunvisor (that it doesn’t need) and lo, it would be perceived as a crossover. The boundary is that blurry.
But…they didn’t and thus it was doomed in this market, at least comparatively speaking.
You’re going to keep me busy tonight: 🙂
I don’t see them producing anything near the price scale of a Corolla or Golf (i.e. half the cost of a base Model3).
Then I guess you haven’t read that Tesla is planning to design/develop/build a smaller cheaper hatchback in China, at their new planned China design/tech center. Undoubtedly, if/when that comes to pass, that could be built in the US or Europe, or imported.
As to Tesla’s prices, you do have to keep in mind that gas savings for those that drive considerable distances add up, and there’s state tax credits in quite a few states.
There’s already a CUV version of the Bolt that’s due to arrive here soon. But I don’t assume that’s going to solve all of their problems.
If Toyota finally got on board with 100% electric or just perfected the solid state battery to do so economically then they’d have the market of all the people that are done with fancy or special or interesting cars etc and just want something to get them to work on time and cheaply,
That’s a lot of “ifs” there. Their claims for solid state batteries are as credible as their claims that they’re going to bring the price of fuel cells down to the same as EVs. I’ve been waiting on both those claims for some years now. And folks give Musk a hard time for over promising. He’s hardly the only one.
Solid state cells will come, fairly soon. It’s not that magical, but the price is not yet competitive. Tesla is also hard at work on them. When the price comes down, they will appear. They’re an inevitability. All in good time. But it’s not a magic cure-all.
The Tesla range does not offer anything to the mass market and no I don’t think a $35k Model3 is that.
The average transaction price of a new car is now almost $40k. Figure in tax credits and gas savings, and a $35k or $40k Model 3( before those savings/incentives) sounds very mass market to me.
90k sales spread across four models in a quarter is not terrible (for Tesla), but that’s worldwide and now the output of TWO plants combined….. Why has Teslas production not increased significantly over the last year (yes I’m discounting last quarter for obvious reasons.)? NUMMI used to produce over 450k cars a year BEFORE Tesla expanded the plant and everything we hear is that electric cars are supposedly easier to manufacture than conventionally engined ones so what’s the holdup?
There’s a huge difference in how Tesla operates Fremont and how NUMMI did. Tesla is massively vertically integrated, they even build all their seats in Freemont, and huge amount of other parts/components. Do you think NUMMI actually built any components except body panels there? Engines? transmissions? Interior assemblies? Seats? Suspension components? They just assembled everything that was shipped there. Very, very different kind of operation.
Tesla obviously would have built more this quarter, but there was this little inconvenience called the coronavirus that shut down both their China plant and then their Fremont plant. Compared to everyone else, Tesla’s production in the 2nd quarter is exceptionally high compared to their capacity.
Tesla is utterly maxed out at Fremont, given their vertical integration. No, electric cars aren’t easier to manufacture. Significantly harder, at this stage of the game. Battery cells have to be made (or bought, for others in the industry). Cells have to be integrated in a complex battery pack. Automation will bring these costs down, and Tesla is currently in the process of setting up a pilot line for manufacturing their own cells using a highly automated line.
Tesla’s China plant is already being expanded to produce Model Y there. And Tesla’s German plant is supposed to start assembling Ys by the end of the year. 2021 production capacity should be significantly higher.
Tesla’s growth has to follow the growth of its market, which it largely is. If Tesla had had too much capacity a few years back it might have killed them. Acceptance of EVs still has to constantly overcome resistance from consumers. But that’s constantly and steadily breaking down. It’s a lot like the example I used a long time ago; that Tesla is like BMW or Mercedes in the US market back in the late ’60s and ’70s. If they had suddenly shipped massive amounts of cars here, they could not have sold them. The market steadily grew, and their sales steadily grew, for several decades. Things don’t happen overnight, not such a massive change to EVs, certainly.
though, he could tweet something stupid tomorrow and make it drop significantly,
He tweeted twice that he thought the stock was too high, and it came down some 10% the next day. But then went right back up. Nobody can accuse Elon of hyping his stock anymore. Who else goes on twitter and says “Stock is too high”?
Given the massive momentum TSLA stock has had this year, I don’t think anyhting Elon could say would make much difference, except for him saying he’s about to die. 🙂
If Tesla was owned by VW or Toyota and produced the same stuff, I’d perhaps be more on board.
Another massive “If”. The simple reality is if that were the case we wouldn’t be here discussing Tesla’s massive market cap. Tesla IS Musk, and vice-versa. Take it or leave it. Tesla investors’ worst nightmare is Elon leaving. He’s the one driving the company. If he says something stupid once in a while, that’s just a reflection of his personality. The question is whether that’s really material or not. To investors, not. To the media, yes, because it’s clickbait. They love it for that reason. Musk is #2 clickbait after Trump. And they’re not happy about him having piped it down this past year or so.
I get all my automotive news from Curbside Newsstand. But apparently missed the one about the smaller Corolla-killer Tesla, good to hear, that is genuinely very interesting. 🙂
I suppose I should do the math on fuel costs vs electrical charge costs, and SuperCharger rates vs home rates. No solar panels yet, too much of a sunk cost and I move too often. But my state does offer a $4k incentive (reduced from $5k as of 1/1/2020). The least expensive Model3 is currently $37,990 before that incentive, so $33990 after (RWD, in whatever the one forced color this quarter offers).
You are correct in the ATP being in that ballpark. I figured the mass market was closer to the low to mid 20k range with AWD vehicles (midsize CUVs) in the $40k range, so about 10-15k less than the Tesla equivalent and at this point excluding the pickup and large SUV market as there is (currently) no equivalent.
Yes I was aware that NUMMI was an assembly plant and not so vertically integrated. However, Tesla states that Model 3 motors and battery packs are produced offsite (Nevada Gigafactory) and shipped as assemblies or at least that’s how I read it and that’s by far the volume model at this time. I do understand that they produce many of the sub-assemblies in-house and while I am not a supply chain manager or engineer, can’t really wrap my head around it beyond a (possible non-existent) control issue. The quality doesn’t appear to be different vs using a supplier and at least on the Model S I drove several years ago now, several interior pieces were clearly Mercedes sourced. (shift lever, window switches etc), that may be different now or it’s not all the pieces. (which you didn’t claim, I know.)
Perhaps that’s the better way of phrasing it, the stock price IS priced as high as it is very much due to the “Musk” factor. If he were to tweet that he’s dying, then yes that would have a significantly greater impact on the price that if the same was said of any other company head that I can think of, including Steve Jobs for example. Jobs, while certainly mercurial enough on his own was understood as having a team to rely on and while he also jumped into the fray as often as Musk does seemed more above it, and Apple was somewhat more diversified as to products. Although who knows what would be if Jobs was still around in the Twitter era….I believe Musk tweeted that he thought the stock was too high precisely to lower the price and create a “buying opportunity” which then created publicity and a greater number of buyers that took the bait and fueled a bigger rise. But that could just be my tinfoil hat being a little snug!
You’re absolutely correct that the post was more about the market valuation and I kind of ran in a different direction with it (which I realized). But still think that Musk may be the greatest thing for the stock price and for the products themselves BUT not for actual sales numbers – I’ve had the same personal feelings re: Apple off and on over the years as well though. Then again I’m reminded that Musk’s stated goal was not for Tesla to be the sales leader in volume but to create a shift to a different kind of vehicle, i.e influence the industry as a whole.
Anyway, interesting conversation, I freely admit you are far more read up on the subject than I am, thanks for the info. I already mentioned my preferred news source 🙂
I haven’t been inside Fremont, obviously, but from what I hear it’s jam packed to the gills (and expanded upon) with all kinds of manufacturing and R&D activities. Including several that are absolutely off-limits.
All I can say is that Tesla does things very differently. You can be the judge if that’s good or bad.
I haven’t been inside the Fremont plant since it built rear wheel drive A/G Bodies 🙂 but I know quite a few folks who have worked there (actually both NUMMI and Tesla people). And I know a bit about supply chains and the Bay Area’s manufacturing capabilities. For a lot of good reasons, despite the downsides, Tesla chose the Bay Area, but capable sheet metal, plastic, machine shop, etc suppliers that can handle automotive size parts and volumes have disappeared there. GM sourced a lot of stuff from their national component plants or sub-tier suppliers, and NUMMI was able to tag on to the local companies that supplied Lockheed, IBM, Apple, Atari, Peterbilt etc. All gone now, so Tesla’s only choice, beyond just control, was either to invest in vertical integration or suffer from a long expensive supply chain with extended lead times and shipping costs. The vertical integration has also made it easy to attract the best and brightest employees. Apple manufacturing engineers who practically lived in China half the year, can now just sit on Hwy 237 for an hour but still sleep at home.
Another point of difference between Toyota and Tesla is the manufacturing and development philosophy.
If you are a software company or other similar start-up company, no doubt the agile sprint approach works better. Tesla is incredibly good at making difficult things real fast.
Toyota is lean and lean is about continuous improvements – gradually perfecting your processes, cutting away the fat to the benefit of all. This works well for a heavy industry like car manufacturing or big pharma where I work.
It is immensely fascinating to me that Tesla’s products are of such relatively high quality all things considered.
I love lean but I can see where an agile approach is more beneficial. I’m certainly more inclined to buy a Model 3 than a Toyota. The 3 is the first new car I’ve been genuinely excited about since I was a kid.
And of coure the irony is that the Tesla product is about as lean as a car comes even though its development is by all accounts anything but lean.
DoAndroidsDreamOfElectronicCars
What I don’t understand is. At what point will Tesla have to stop owning their own cars prior to sale? They flipped the traditional dealership floor pan on it’s head by directly selling to the public. At some point all that cash tied up in inventory will stifle growth. Barring a robocar mutiny where all Tesla’s simultaneously turn their on owners, switch to ludicrous mode and fly off the nearest cliff I don’t see sales slowing down. Surely their has to be a simple mathematical formula for this. I have no idea as I’m terrible at math. Perhaps when inventory days of supply hits 30 days?
At what point will Tesla have to stop owning their own cars prior to sale?
Never, presumably.
And the other manufacturers are jealous of Tesla’s direct sales. They’d love to do the same thing to, and have tried to sneak in little bits of it here and there, causing the dealers to take them to court, as in the case of Volvo’s mobility service.
Bob G
Posted July 2, 2020 at 6:05 AM
This is why there are no Tesla dealers in Michigan. The Michigan dealers association lobbied our legislature to pass a law banning any direct sales from the manufacturer to the customer.
Tesla’s done so many things wrong – not using industry-standard charging connectors forcing them to waste huge amounts of capital building out an alternative infrastructure, wasting *more* huge amounts of capital on a quixotic legal battle to circumvent dealers, *still* not being able to deliver anything other than bottom-of-the-industry initial quality. Throw in a flaky charismatic founding CEO whose Twitter feed makes you glad the natural-born-citizen clause of Article 2 of the Constitution exists, and the *expectation* early on that they would grow to a point where the tech and concept were proven before selling to an established player. No wonder they’ve attracted more shortsellers than any other company!
But they got two, crucial, things right – the underlying technology and the image. That goes a long way, and it may just take them all the way. The next milestones will be redesigning/replacing existing models and successfully evolving to a post-Elon company.
As for the Lincoln it was too little, too late. If they had put the Continental concept from 2002 in production within a year or two, preferably before Chrysler’s less expensive 300, they could’ve reskinned/evolved it into this and had a good, long profitable run from the platform. As things are, sedans are the new coupes and Lincoln’s emphasis on comfort means they’re pushing attributes the market finds most appealing in a crossover (or if they tow or are a livery service, the big BOF Navigator).
Tesla’s done so many things wrong – not using industry-standard charging connectors forcing them to waste huge amounts of capital building out an alternative infrastructure,
You’ve got that backwards. There was no charging network before Tesla created Superchargers. It’s still by far the densest system. It’s been a huge key to their success so far. If you want to drive a non-tesla EV long distances often, good luck with that. it’s getting better, but 3-5 years ago, it could have been a nightmare or impossible on many routes. Plus many of the other systems are much slower. It’s an asset, not a liability. And now that it’s not free for most new Tesla owners, it will increasingly pay its own way.
wasting *more* huge amounts of capital on a quixotic legal battle to circumvent dealers,
Another huge and critical asset. People hate dealers. Tesla has shown how to circumvent the whole thing. Just go pick it up, or even have it delivered. It’s the future, today. Other companies would love to be able to do the same thing. And it cuts out the middleman. Tesla takes 100% of the sale. No incentives, advertising, dealer cut of the revenue, etc…
*still* not being able to deliver anything other than bottom-of-the-industry initial quality
I agree that’s not optimal, but it seems to be good enough. At least so far. Tesla does learn, and they will presumably continue to make progress in this regard. The M3 has gotten vastly better. the Y is brand new and was rushed out, as usual. But yes, it’s an opportunity for them.
Speaking of quality and reliability – I’m not surprised that Audi and Jag’s e-offerings have gone begging. Given the reliability problems with both brands as to their gasoline offering (yes, I know Audi has gotten better lately but there’s still the matter of sky-high dealer repair rates; trust me, I know), I suspect that many people are leery of trusting those brands with a relatively new, electronics – heavy technology. To these folks I’m sure Tesla seems a safer bet, to say nothing of its panache – luxury buyers love that.
One of my Tesla-owning friends who is a serious car geek talks about the charging network and the dealer-free sales and service experience more than the car (Model 3) itself. I think they are a huge part of the value-add.
njohn
I hate dealers.
No dealers, no advertising, no race sponsoring—this is how a car company should be! The state of Michigan can go to hell…right along with the city of Detroit.
Now get me that million mile battery in a $30,000 car without any subsidies. Thats the ticket right there.
I’m just gonna leave this here graphic right here
“As for the Lincoln it was too little, too late. If they had put the Continental concept from 2002 in production within a year or two” I was so disappointed at what the Continental became, just another generic blob with lots of content at a sort of high price.
Joseph of Eldorado
Honestly, I’m surprised Lincoln even kept the Continental as long as it did. It was exactly what I expected it to be, a cynical attempt to bring back a nameplate that has little if any relevancy to the modern world in general, expecting some form of misguided nostalgic recognition to propel it to success, and built for as little as possible minus some touches here and there, because the bean counters would’ve had a fit if they actually put any effort into the product.
The fact of the matter remains is that the Continental, as a model in Lincoln’s lineup, stopped having anything resembling importance in 1988. The days of the suicide door 60s and even the big B-52 sized 70s were long gone, and there wasn’t anyway to capture that over 50 years later in a modern age that would be unable to reproduce that in any meaningful capacity. It was a desperation attempt, brought on by a company that really didn’t need to waste everyone’s time to try to peddle out what the Continental turned into in the last pathetic generations and decades of it’s twilight years. A gussied up Taurus with fancy gingerbread. And the suicide doors at the end, was not only an obvious desperation ploy, but the integration of them was so misguided, you’d almost think that it was a bad photoshop made real. It would be infuriatingly arrogant if it wasn’t so funny.
So, yeah. RIP Continental. I’d drink to your loss, but it would be a waste of alcohol.
The transverse InTech V8 was exclusively designed for use the 95-02 Continental so it wasn’t quite as simple as being a gussied up Taurus like the previous 88-94 years. I think the styling failed, they softened it up far too much with the jellybean and doubled down with the 98 refresh. Sedans for the elderly, just a curvier Cadillac with a more reliable V8 than the northstar, but a worse transmission.
Frustrating because Lincoln hit home runs with the Mark VII and 1990 Town Car, but the Continental never seemed to benefit. First it was saddled with its bustleback body when the Mark showed the way forward, then its Taurus based 88 successor was simply uninspired, sharing way too many cues with the redesigned Topaz sedan, and then for 94 went all jellybean like the Mark VIII, which essentially previewed the notorious Ovoid theme. I don’t think it mattered much what the Continental was based on so much as the execution was consistently lacking. I mean the big 70s Continentals were essentially just reskinned LTDs, but the designs still were very Lincoln with a distinctly imposing presence.
Exfordtech
Yes, the Intech was a great engine. Unfortunately, the AX4N hung on the end of it was made of glass. Now if the 6F50 could be adapted, perhaps you’d have something. The biggest challenge would be the software. Also, there’s no love out there for those Continentals.
Tatra87
The thing that might sink Tesla is not the cars, it’s the CEO. The latest:
https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/07/tesla-shareholders-urged-to-oust-elon-musk-for-55-billion-pay-deal-business.html
FWIW, I’m seeing Teslas here in Tokyo more often than I see GM or Ford products. Same in France: last time I was there, I even saw a Tesla taxi. The cars are selling. But this bonus thing is another tone-deaf misstep by Musk, just like his ranting against COVID-19 countermeasures. The bigger Telsa gets, the less Elon’s evermore erratic behaviour is going to be tolerated by his shareholders. Can Tesla survive without Musk? That’s the $55bn question.
That’s not going anywhere, and is old news.
Musk has never taken a cent in cash compensation. All of his compensation has been in the form of stock grants and options, which of course means he is totally invested in the success of Tesla.
This latest compensation deal was made a few years back, and gives him the opportunity to make huge amounts (in stock options/grants) but only if certain metrics are met, including Tesla’s market cap, revenue, profits, etc. These milestones were considered incredibly ambitious at the time (3 years ago, IIRC), and nobody cared much, because most didn’t see how Tesla could meet them.
Well, they have met the first one, Tesla being worth more than $100B for more than six months, so he is entitled to the first round of option grants.
Why would any intelligent shareholder care, since he’s making them much richer too? They’re benefiting as much or more than he is. And these stock option grants don’t really cost the company anything, as obviously diluting the stock a very small amount is not having a negative effect on its price.
The absolute nightmare for Tesla stockholders would be for Musk to leave the company. The stock would crash! This suit is just more of the constant little side noise that goes on at Tesla.
My first used car was a 1984 Lincoln Continental Valentino edition.
Lincolns have always had a place in my heart.
A trip down (Lincoln) Continental Lane…
The 1961 Lincoln Continental sedan…
The 1976 Lincoln Continental Town Car…
The 1984 Lincoln Continental Valentino Edition…(the one like my first car :(…
The 1992 Lincoln Continental…
And, a beautiful car, even if it may considered a “dinosaur” by some, the 2018 Lincoln Continental…
Jeff ONeill
On Tesla (or any electric car): the biggest block to wide-spread adoption will be recharging issues… especially at home, where a 25% adoption rate would overwhelm the capacity to supply in the average neighborhood. This can be remedied, but will take a long while and a lot of money.
On Nikola, I’d not count on this catching fire (might be a bad pun on H2 use). Infrastructure for piping doesn’t exist, safety of the distribution system is a big issue… even a pinhole leak could self-ignite due to negative Joule-Thompson coefficient of thermal expansion, an… the biggie: the most efficient means of production involves: 1. natural gas (oh no, fossil fuel!) as the feedstock and 2. releases 5.5 lbs of carbon dioxide per lb of hydrogen produced (and that at 100% efficiency, which never occurs).
Further, for some (such as our family) electric range and refueling times cause problems for our lifestyle, which includes frequent long distance driving of up to 2,000 miles. As battery technology and distribution systems improve, this will change.
Finally, if the US decides to actually walk its own talk on forced child labor we will have a shortage of some critical minerals necessary for battery manufacture… horrible conditions in those mines.
will be recharging issues… especially at home, where a 25% adoption rate would overwhelm the capacity to supply in the average neighborhood.
How much electricity does your house use at night? Do you run your dryer all night, or your range, or water heater. The amount of power for any one of those is enough to charge most EVs.
This is such a tired old argument. Electric suppliers are salivating at the opportunity to utilize massive unused capacity at night. With smart meters and smart charging, this means it can happen when the grid is at its lowest ebb otherwise.
Paul: My source is an article in the Wall Street Journal a few months ago explaining needs in the “average” neighborhood (which like most averages is likely typical… but rare), having X homes and in area with transformer service of Y. It detailed how the “average” infrastructure would be unable to supply neighborhoods the power necessary to charge electric vehicle in advertised timeframes if more than about 25% of the homes had such cars (also an “average” vehicle, I suspect). The individual home services are easy to upgrade and aren’t the issue; the neighborhood transformers serving them are the bottleneck, followed by the substations serving those area transformers.
You might be tired of this “argument”, but that does not make it invalid, at least for many parts of the country. Further, to depend upon people following the common sense you’ve suggested I’d say good luck… recent events in the country show we have precious little sense at all.
I don’t have access to the WSJ. The key is timing: if the article assumes folks will charge their EVs during the day, then, yes, it will be an issue. Did the article specify time of day for charging? That’s the critical factor. If it specified that the problem would exist at night, I’d like to see it. if it doesn’t, then I suspect it’s another veiled hatchet job on EVs, which are all-too common.
I dont believe these infrastructure issues are an insurmountable problem. The grid is going to have battery storage built into it soon. Houses will have their own battery storage soon, as well as solar roofs. The weak link will be the neighborhood transformers that supply homes with 240VAC single phase power. This is antiquated garbage anyway. We should’ve had 3 phase residential power “on the pole” decades ago. Its time. This is all merely my opinion however.
Scoutdude
Yeah the infrastructure would need a lot of upgrades to handle something like a 25% EV adoption rate. Fact is most homes don’t have smart meters with time of day metering and the average person isn’t going to program their car to do anything other than charge when plugged unless it will result in significant savings due to time of use metering.
So yeah everyone is going to get home plug in their car, turn up the heat, turn on lights, cooking appliances ect in that same peak use window.
According to JD Power, Tesla ranked dead last in quality. Consumer reports also found quality problems a few years back.
Remember prior to GM’s “deadly sins” in the 70’s people used to think GM was great, so much so they had more than 50% market share. Razzle dazzle will get people to buy cars once, but quality will get them to buy again. Just ask Toyota.
It would be interesting to know how many Tesla owners buy another Tesla. Is it a high rate because of a lack of real competition? Or are they dumping them in favor of Priuses, Bolts, Leafs, electric Porsches etc?
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/cars/tesla-jdpower-rankings/index.html
I’m reminded a bit of what the then-CEO of Nokia said around the time they were getting passed by by Apple, Samsung, and Google. Nokia was building phones, but their rising competitors had built entire ecosystems – phones, but also related accessories, app stores, third-party developer relationships, brand-exclusive software like FaceTime and iMessage, tablets that ran the same operating system, etcetera. Tesla is like Apple was ten years ago – they build phones cars, but they also built an ecosystem – a huge network of Superchargers that can only charge Teslas, a direct sales channel, Powerwall home charger and battery storage units, and they’re getting into solar roof tiles (actual roofing, not just ugly panels that sit atop the existing roof). Everyone else is like Nokia – here, you want an electric car? Let us show you the e-Golf in the back corner of the lot next to our charger.
The Superchargers are Tesla’s ace in the hole. They work like the gas pumps we’re used to and ease the transition to electric power. Buy any other EV and you’re faced with a patchwork of different companies’ chargers, many with their own plugs, their own usage instructions, some requiring first loading their phone app or registering before you can use them. What a mess. Tesla also has cachet. Everyone knows what a Tesla is. Almost nobody knows what a Jaguar I-Pace or Audi E-Tron is, and those that do know they can’t go as far on a charge as a Tesla can. Tesla has purity; they promote and make only EVs; everyone else is being dragged into it reluctantly.
And no, Tesla’s success doesn’t mean every EV startup is going to make it big. Did you all catch the new about Byton yesterday? I wouldn’t expect any more from Nikola. Faraday Future was all hype. Better Place is now in a better place. Sir James Dyson’s EV dreams have been put to bed. I’ve already forgotten the names of some other once-hyped EV dreamers. The only EV startup I’m bullish on is Rivian, and even they took a recent hit when Ford backed away from a promising Rivian-based Lincoln SUV.
“Buy any other EV and you’re faced with a patchwork of different companies’ chargers, many with their own plugs, their own usage instructions, some requiring first loading their phone app or registering before you can use them. What a mess.”
No, as long as you don’t buy a Nissan or Mitsubishi every non Tesla station you come across will accommodate your car.
The whole registration, downloading an app and carrying another card or fob is going away quickly. CA led the way requiring payment by credit card to be an option in their state and Electrify America is doing that by default at all locations across the US. Yes you can get a lower price if you become a member. Other providers will follow.
There is also a new app released recently that does away with the separate memberships ect and works accross most public charging systems. Then you have the Mach-E which will plug and charge at just about any public charging system just like you can with Tesla, but with more locations.
principaldan
All I’ll say about Tesla is that the Hampton Inn here in Gallup next to Exit 16 has a bank of chargers (I think about 6 or 8 slots) in the back of their parking lot. It is generally nearly full of Teslas at many different hours of the day. Of course lots of I-40 traffic coming in from California and Arizona or heading back that way. I also see a fair number of car carriers loaded up with new Teslas making their way down I-40 to other parts of the country.
Back tot he Continental. I am saddened by seeing the death of sedans period or even the killing off of cars in the larger sense. Rumor has it that the Malibu won’t make it beyond either 2021 or 2023, which would be the end of sedans not called Cadillac for GM. The development of the next generation Camaro has been suspended which would leave the Corvette alone as the only non-truck/SUV/CUV that GM builds outside of the Cadillac brand.
I was never going to be buying a new Continental but a CPO turbo AWD model is an attractive proposition. If only the big 3 had put this much effort into sedans 20 years ago.
I still wonder which midsize family sedan will be the last man standing. At the current rate I think this will happen in my lifetime (being only 43.)
Geeber
It will most likely sport a Honda, Hyundai or Toyota badge.
Meanwhile, all of the “Tesla Killers” are languishing on dealer lots, leading to massive incentives.
Which suggests that Ford’s use of the Mustang badge and styling cues for its EV was a smart move. The complaints by the Mustang faithful have generated a fair amount of free publicity for the upcoming vehicle.
One wonders how many people know that those other vehicles even exist. Whether Ford can sustain and build upon that momentum remains to be seen.
Jose Delgadillo
I used to work in the GM plant that Tesla bought. No mater what I think about Musk, he did have that run in about the Covid shut down, which I thought was a bit irresponsible. I give him credit for developing the technology that allows the Space X booster stages to land on those ships. I pass by the Tesla plant all the time, they do build the best electrics, no argument there. Most other manufacturers’s efforts seem half hearted, kind of like how Detroit handled the “Import Invasion.”
The Continental shares all the problems of all sedans. They don’t do anything better than a crossover or SUV, in fact they pretty come up short in function. I would rather have a new Aviator than a Continental. That holds true down the entire product line.
I like sedans. I like sporty GTs, I like actual sports cars. I own a mix of different type older cars. A pick up truck, SUV, luxury sedan, luxury GT, and even a pony car. If you are not an enthusiast, why have any of these cars except the truck or SUV? A CUV will fill the bill also. Most buyers don’t have that emotional investment in cars and just want to buy something that will fill their needs. Unfortunately sedans don’t fit well with current lifestyles.
I think automakers lost track of what sedans should be, are they supposed to be stylish and sporty for the sole sake of the lower weight and center of gravity?When you look at 4 door sedans in the mid 90s they were stylish enough but gave up nothing in terms of the practicality a 4-door family car had been known for for decades. Crossovers get a whole lot of love now a days for their supposed superior practicality, but I think they just do the old regular 4 door sedan thing that sedans gradually became less good at because of their lower sleeker rooflines and smaller trunk openings in the quest for every sedan to be a “sport sedan”. Afterall, if outright practicality was the only thing a public ambivalent about cars cared about, Minivans would be a much healthier segment than it currently is.
The crew cab pickup and the 4 door SUV/CUV has replaced the 4 door sedan. Partly because fuel standards on cars. Also some moronic car companies still trying to sell grossly over priced tarted up cars like the Lincolns. Buy a nice Fusion for considerably less than the Lincoln version. Also somebody there at Lincoln thought the bustle back was coming back in fashion. Its ugly now, was ugly when Cadillac did it to the Seville.
On Elon, I am not sure where I sit with the car company, but thank god he pulled together a team and built that rocket company. Thank You Elon for flipping the rocket industry upside down!!!
The future of tesla is tied to musk’s success or failure in the self driving tech. This is my opinion. Tesla will be here to stay if and only when a tesla can truly drive itself cross country completely empty of human beings inside it. And I completely believe tesla will accomplish this goal…eventually.
People dont really care if the car runs on a battery or a fuel cell or natural gas. They care about full self driving and the ability to refuel itself in their own garage without any human hands involv4d in the refueling task. If that can be achieved with natural gas…good enough.
TomLU86
I was just checking this out.
I’ve been a BIG skeptic regarding electric in general and Tesla in particular.
I could say that Tesla buyers are probably very affluent, and thus less affected by COVID, which has helped their sales. They are.
Even so, it’s hard for me to argue with numbers. The numbers are very good in this environment.
But if Tesla is as vertically integrated as Paul states, that impresses me on many levels.
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A diverse and globalized tax practice
Tax issues underlie virtually every business formation, plan and transaction - whether domestic, international or cross-border. Tax laws and regulations are more than just considerations; they often drive business strategy, structure and deal consummation.
The firm provides inventive tax solutions that meet the challenges and objectives of clients’ most sophisticated business dealings around the globe, from corporate transactions and restructurings, to financial transactions and fund formation and investing.
Dechert is ranked among the top law firms for tax law in the United States (Best Law Firms/U.S. News and World Report 2018) and for tax law in France 2018, Pennsylvania 2018 and New York 2018 (Chambers), and boasts a number of partners ranked by Chambers around the world. Dechert is also ranked among the top law firms for international tax and U.S. tax 2018, tax in France 2018, and corporate tax London 2017 (The Legal 500).
Tax issues underlie virtually every business formation, plan and transaction - whether domestic, international or cross-border. Tax laws and regulations are more than just considerations; they often drive business strategy, structure and deal consummation. The firm provides inventive tax solutions that meet the challenges and objectives of clients’ most sophisticated business dealings around the globe, from corporate transactions and restructurings, to financial transactions and fund formation and investing. Dechert is ranked among the top law firms for tax law in the United States (Best Law Firms/U.S. News and World Report 2018) and for tax law in France 2018, Pennsylvania 2018 and New York 2018 (Chambers), and boasts a number of partners ranked by Chambers around the world. Dechert is also ranked among the top law firms for international tax and U.S. tax 2018, tax in France 2018,… Continue Reading
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Tax and transactional lawyers collaborate on structuring, negotiating and executing taxable and tax-free transactions that include domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, divestitures and liquidations.
Our tax team advises on the tax aspects of U.S. and multi-jurisdictional restructurings, bankruptcies and workouts; international financings and recapitalizations; and related executive compensation structures.
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Dechert has led a significant number of large, complex structured finance and securitization transactions involving a variety of asset classes and securitization structures. Our tax team advises on tax issues pertaining to issuers and underwriters, asset originators and special purpose entities/vehicles (SPEs/SPVs). Our lawyers also advise on the taxation of derivatives, including swaps, futures contracts and options contracts. Our lawyers are equally proficient advising in U.S. domestic and cross-border transactions. Dechert is also a leader in structuring new risk retention vehicles in response to Dodd-Frank’s risk retention rules. Our lawyers have developed innovative structures that minimize both risk and compliance burdens.
For multinational clients, our tax lawyers develop and implement transfer pricing strategies that comply with the transfer pricing rules of relevant jurisdictions and support clients’ overall international tax plan.
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Our tax team collaborates with the ERISA/employee benefits team to design defined benefit and defined contribution plans and other tax-qualified plans, employee stock purchase plans and profit-sharing arrangements. Our tax lawyers also advise on the tax implications of executive compensation plans, and advise on the particularly complex tax and employee benefits issues that U.S. and foreign investment companies, investment managers and distributors face.
We represent clients in audits, administrative appeals and court proceedings before the U.S. Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, U.S. federal district courts and circuit courts of appeal and the UK High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as in disputes and investigations by the UK’s Inland Revenue and HM Revenue & Customs.
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Our tax lawyers guide clients through tax issues in connection with equity and debt securities offerings in the primary and secondary markets, including payment of interest, dispositions and U.S. withholding tax under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Our tax team advises on the complex tax issues facing U.S. and foreign investment companies, advisers, managers and distributors. We innovate so clients can meet the marketplace’s demands. For example, we obtained rulings that allow wholly-owned fund subsidiaries to invest in commodities; that qualified a venture capital fund as a regulated investment company (RIC); and structured fees paid by funds and their advisers to avoid preferential dividend concerns. We advise on tax issues pertaining to all types of U.S. and non-U.S. funds (e.g., fund of funds, master-feeder, hedge, offshore, venture capital, exchange-traded and commodity), fund mergers and reorganizations, diversification requirements and dozens of other related issues.
A key niche area for the firm is permanent capital, which is a growing development in the private equity industry. Our tax lawyers advise on the tax consequences of various permanent capital vehicles, including business development companies (BDCs), master limited partnerships (MLPs), real estate investment trusts (REITs) and closed-end funds. Another key area for our tax lawyers is middle market private equity. Our tax lawyers, working alongside Dechert’s top-ranked private equity team, advise middle market private equity firms on holding company structures, exit and financing strategies, management fees and other tax planning issues.
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New Castle County police have arrested a 19-year-old Laurel man they say shot another 19-year-old while the two sat Tuesday in a car in a parking lot outside the Christiana Mall.
Rae'Sheed DeShields was charged with felony assault and felony possession of a firearm during a felony. Officers were called to a local hospital after the victim arrived with a gunshot wound to his back, police said.
Witnesses provided "varying details" about where the shooting occurred, police said. After multiple interviews, detectives determined that all the witnesses live in Sussex County and that the Christiana Mall appeared to be a consistent destination, police said. They reviewed mall video surveillance, and the investigators learned that the victim was seated in a vehicle parked at the Christiana Mall when he was shot in the back.
As the scene was secured, police said, a black semi-automatic handgun was observed in a nearby vehicle.
DeShields shot the victim in the back while they were both seated inside the car, police said.
DeShields was arraigned in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and held in lieu of $120,000 secured bail.
Police identify man killed by officers Wednesday; officers placed on leave
Double shooting in Wilmington leaves one dead Wednesday night
Contact Jeff Neiburg at jneiburg@delawareonline.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jeff_Neiburg.
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"I am the face and voice of our news program. People assume all I do is read scripts or a teleprompter, but I generally have a bigger hand in what goes to air. As a TV news anchor, I’m a journalistic leader and contribute to the key daily decisions—everything from what news stories we chase, to the line-up of our show. I write scripts, vet the work of reporters and do feature interviews. I bring some flair for vocal performance and the ability to remain cool under the pressure of live broadcasting. To bring meaning to my presentation it’s important I understand what’s happening in the news, and stay on top of the latest developments. My personality allows me to connect to the audience as if I’m sitting in the same room. Being on-air is exhilarating, especially when I’ve done my part to deliver an engaging show."
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Connecting to audiences requires broadcasters who sound like themselves, like real people, and not like the “voice of god” performance associated with the golden age of TV and radio.
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I started as a weekend reporter for a small market TV station. After a year I moved in to the anchor’s chair for the weekend newscasts.
I eventually was promoted to fulltime anchor before transferring with the company to an anchor position in a larger market
"As soon as I landed a position in one area of the organization, I started working on my skill set to move into the next opportunity. When I was a reporter I focused on my voicing skills and told my supervisor I was interested in anchoring and sought feedback. When an opportunity came to do some fill-in work as anchor, I immediately put my name forward. A broadcasting career can resemble an athlete’s in some respects. Your producers are like coaches who guide you to better and better on-air performances."
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I traveled across Brazil to take in the soccer World Cup, and wrote a weekly blog about my experiences
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Easter's symbols
Origin and history of the Easter bunny
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Easter? As a Christian, the first image might be the cross or the empty tomb. For the general public, a blitz of media images and merchandise on store shelves makes it more likely that the Easter Bunny comes to mind. So how did a rabbit distributing eggs become a part of Easter?
There are several reasons for the rabbit, or hare, to be associated with Easter, all of which come through pagan celebrations or beliefs. The most obvious is the hare’s fertility. Easter comes during spring and celebrates new life. The Christian meaning of new life through Christ and a general emphasis on new life are different, but the two gradually merged. Any animals – like the hare – that produced many offspring were easy to include.
The hare is also an ancient symbol for the moon. The date of Easter depends on the moon. This may have helped the hare to be absorbed into Easter celebrations.
The hare or rabbit’s burrow helped the animal’s adoption as part of Easter celebrations. Believers saw the rabbit coming out of its underground home as a symbol for Jesus coming out of the tomb. Perhaps this was another case of taking a pre-existing symbol and giving it a Christian meaning.
The Easter hare came to America with German immigrants, and the hare’s role passed to the common American rabbit. Originally children made nests for the rabbit in hats, bonnets, or fancy paper boxes, rather than the baskets of today. Once the children finished their nests, they put them in a secluded spot to keep from frightening the shy rabbit. The appealing nests full of colored eggs probably helped the customs to spread.
Back in Southern Germany, the first pastry and candy Easter bunnies became popular at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This custom also crossed the Atlantic, and children still eat candy rabbits – particularly chocolate ones – at Easter.
Origin and history of Easter Eggs
Next to the Easter bunny, the most familiar symbol is the Easter egg. Like others, the egg has a long pre-Christian history. Again there’s no certainty as to why it became associated with Easter.
Many Ancient cultures viewed eggs as a symbol of life. Hindus, Egyptians, Persians, and Phoenicians believed the world begun with an enormous egg. The Persians, Greeks, and Chinese gave gifts of eggs during spring festivals in celebration of new life all around them. Other sources say people ate dyed eggs at spring festivals in Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome. In ancient Druid lore, the eggs of serpents were sacred and stood for life.
Early Christians looked at the connection eggs had to life and decided eggs could be a part of their celebration of Christ’s resurrection. In addition, in some areas, eggs were forbidden during Lent; therefore, they were a delicacy at Easter. Since many of the earlier customs were Eastern in origin, some speculate that early missionaries or knights of the Crusade may have been responsible for bringing the tradition to the West.
In the fourth century, people presented eggs in church to be blessed and sprinkled with holy water. By the twelfth century, the Benedictio Ovorum had been introduced authorizing the special use of eggs on the holy days of Easter. The timing of this blessing would uphold the idea that Crusaders may have brought the tradition back. Even though eggs had been used previously, the Crusaders may have made the custom more popular and widespread.
In 1290, Edward I of England recorded a purchase of 450 eggs to be colored or covered with gold leaf. He then gave the eggs to members of the royal household.
Once the custom became accepted, new traditions began to grow up around it. Eggs were dyed red for joy and in memory of Christ’s blood. Egg rolling contests came to America from England, possibly as a reminder of the stone being rolled away.
What about the familiar Easter Egg hunt? One source suggested that it grew out of the tradition of German children searching for hidden pretzels during the Easter season. Since children were hiding nests for the Easter Bunny to fill with eggs at the same time they were hunting pretzels, it was only a small leap to begin hiding eggs instead.
Easter Lilies
The Easter lily is another new addition to Easter celebrations. Throughout the years, painters and sculptors used the white Madonna lily to symbolize purity and innocence, frequently referring to Mary. This lily doesn’t force well, so nurseries couldn’t get the flower to bloom in time Easter.
In the 1880s, Mrs. Thomas Sargent brought Bermuda lily bulbs back to Philadelphia. A local nurseryman, William Harris, saw the lilies and introduced them to the trade. A more practical consideration was that they were easy to force into bloom in time for the Easter season. From there, they Bermuda lily, now the familiar Easter lily, spread throughout the country.
The Easter Lamb
Of all Easter symbols, the lamb is probably the most strongly Christian. Other than the fact that lambs are young animals born in springtime, it has no strong ties to pagan traditions.
The lamb comes from the Jewish Passover, where each family killed a lamb as a sacrifice. When Christ became the Passover Lamb for everyone, the lamb became a symbol for His sacrifice.
John 1:29 - "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
1 Peter 1:18-21 - "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God."
Thanks to Ruth Armitage for giving me permission to use her lambs and sheep in this blog.
New Clothes at Easter
New clothes have long been associated with the idea of newness and a fresh beginning. The familiar custom of having new clothes for Easter probably began with early Christians wearing new white robes for baptism during Easter Vigil services. Later, the custom expanded to everyone wearing new clothes in celebration of his or her new life in Christ.
Sunrise Services
The familiar sunrise service is a relatively new addition to Easter. A group of young Moravian men in Hernhut, Saxony held the first recorded sunrise service in 1732. They went to their cemetery called God’s Acre at sunrise to worship in memory of the women who went to the tomb early on the first Easter morning and discovered it empty. Moravian immigrants brought the custom to America, with the first service in the United States held in 1743.
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Seeing Sound: IDA and Wondery's Podcast Day
By Suz Curtis
The podcast space, even with hundreds of thousands of titles proliferating the market, is still emerging and evolving. Like documentary filmmaking, the podcast promises compelling stories and examines important issues. The overlap is organic. But the two also underlap, if you will, as podcasting’s audio-only limitations invite inventive, cinematic use of sound, engulfing the ear to incite the imagination. Ultimately, the audience is coaxed into seeing sound.
For the podcast-curious, leading podcast producer Wondery and IDA offered a day-long program on August 24 of topic-specific panel discussions unpacking the form, industry and artistry of the field.
The event opened with a live podcast performance by KCRW Host and Producer David Weinberg from his podcast Welcome to LA. Weinberg used an iPad to run his own sound as he narrated.
Storytelling with Sound
George Lavender, Vice President of Content at Wondery
Fernando Arruda, Reveal
Misha Euceph, Tell Them, I Am; The Big One: Your Survival Guide
David Weinberg, Host and Producer at KCRW
After each panelist shared their background, the conversation turned to contextualization, preparation and process when audio is everything.
"If you could make a story without any words, try to do a lot of those,” Euceph advised. “Make stories with ambient sound and sounds from free libraries and sounds from your house. Take risks and imitate the people who are taking risks until you can take bigger ones yourself."
To prepare for interviews, Euceph makes "a list of dream tape." She also preps an ideal sound list, but remains flexible. "That really does help, but you have to be open to what you encounter in the moment," she said.
Arruda urged podcasters to capture room tone, which is essential in the editing process. "For the ones that sit at the editing station," he said, "the silence of nothing, it’s not silence like this. Stop, start a new file, number that file, stay there for a minute. That tape will allow your editor or sound designer to be in the scene." Room tone can also serve "in-between locations, intercutting," so that "the listener can stay there."
Lavender shared that, at Wondery, the process involves "collecting stories and doing sound after the fact, with recreations and reenactments." Sharing a clip from the podcast The Shrink Next Door, Lavender noted that their process, like film, uses storyboards, scene design and music.
Encouraging podcasters to be bold when using sound, Arruda observed, "Often, nonfiction people tend to be afraid to use these elements, which are very established in fiction, because they don’t want to make the story seem manipulative or heavy-handed...It’s refreshing to see nonfiction as engaging and entertaining as a Hollywood movie."
Arruda explained how, for the podcast Take No Prisoners, the story spans two eras of time: World War II and present day. To achieve this, he used two music themes— contemporary and orchestral. "We used orchestra to be the story from the war, the war veteran’s. These elements are contrasting, and at the end, they merge together. At the end, the reporter concludes and the sound reminds you of war radio style, plus [the reporter's contemporary] theme, interweaving the orchestral theme to merge the two POVs."
Revealing another audio magic trick, Arruda explained "sonification"—making music from data to convey information through sound. Listing off numbers can put listeners to sleep. Sonification wakes people up. For example, when Arruda was faced with delivering statistics about diversity in Silicon Valley hiring practices, he recorded a "choir" singing in ratios equivalent to the actual data. "In this company, the ratio of male execs to Asian execs was 70 to 30," Arruda recalled. "So we put 70 voices here and 30 voices there. The number of people singing represents the proportion to get a true sense of the density."
Willa Seidenberg, Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
John Asante, Neon Hum Media, Play It Back
Sam Greenspan, 99% Invisible; Bellwether
Paola Mardo, Long Distance
So you have a podcast—what now? How does a podcaster best approach production companies and podcast networks? The short answer: With sound.
"Having an audio component is crucial,” Asante maintained. “I can only garner so much from a pitch deck, synopsis, outline, cast, and whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. When it comes to the final product, how does is sound?"
Asante explained that it helps to hear the music, shape and construction of the story, and how it's narrated. But the podcaster needn't be intimidated, as five minutes of audio is sufficient to give the pitch its feel. Especially as podcasts serve as IP launch pads toward other media—these days a podcast might become a TV show or film—a sample of the produced piece helps producers and production companies envision the lifespan of your show in all its possible incarnations.
The panelists shared useful resources for new podcasters, including online communities that share resources (Facebook pages like Listen Up Los Angeles, finding area listservs, and databases like POC in Audio, a directory of people of color who work in audio), as well as licensed music sources like Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound and Musicbed.
The panelists encouraged podcasters to explore the musical landscape by reaching out to musicians on platforms like Bandcamp and Soundcloud to inquire about music usage. And, at no charge, there's always creating your own sound library, recording and storing captured audio from everyday life.
Industry/Pitching/Adaptation/Intellectual Property
Arielle Nissenblatt, EarBuds Podcast Collective & Castbox
Kristen Lepore, Managing Producer at KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Marshall Lewy, Chief Content Officer at Wondery
Mukta Mohan, Development Producer at Crooked Media
Abbie Fentress Swanson, Executive Producer for Podcasts & Audio, Los Angeles Times
Industry approaches vary slightly from brand to brand. Panelists shared their industry perspectives, both specific to a company and wider trends.
At Wondery, Lewy said, "We do use sound design and emotionally immersive storytelling. This is essentially our version of reenactments. Wondery has become well known as a company that does this, creating a scene out of sound design to put you in the shoes" of the main character's experience.
Lepore noted a tendency that favors documentary filmmakers: "Podcasting just went mainstream and podcasting is looking to filmmakers to borrow ideas and structures."
Mohan identified two key elements in a successful pitch: matching the podcaster with the company—is your work right for the company’s mission and brand?—and aligning the story with the podcasting form. "Networks all have a feel to them,” she noted. “At Crooked Media, we get pitches from a wide range of audio people. Are they invested in telling a story from an audio-first perspective? You don’t have the visuals to rely on, only using sound, archival recordings, scripting, and tape." She stressed that the podcast shouldn't leave the audience wishing they could be watching the story instead of listening to it.
A practical consideration, Lewy offered, is to limit the number of characters in your story. Large casts can be hard to follow without accompanying visual cues. He also stressed, "My biggest thing is if someone doesn’t listen to podcasts. That’s a deal-breaker. Or if they say, ‘My agent told me I need a podcast.’ It’s harder than it looks and takes a lot of time."
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A robust discussion on the practical realities of inclusion, representation and making change, panelists unpacked what progress looks like and ways for it to occur.
"A lot of the gatekeepers are still that same voice and same look: white men,” James Kim observed. “It’s tough when you have an idea that’s mainly about a person of color's story and it’s interesting to me because I see the nuances of this story, and the person you’re pitching to doesn’t understand." But knowing this, Kim said, means he moves forward. "I can tell these kinds of stories and don’t need a big budget for it. Don’t wait for someone to give you the green light. Just go and do it, and see what happens."
Having allies, a pipeline and a "proof of concept" are important strategies, Mohan stressed. "Make your show as proof of concept. Even if it's a small sample, lead with a story that's emotionally compelling. That will make your pitch stronger. There won't always be a person of color in the room. Find your allies. Work with people who want to tell the kinds of stories you want to tell and who come with a similar set of values and approach to storytelling."
But evolution extends beyond aesthetic.
"There needs to be more execs in the room deciding what to finance and green light and what your marketing budget goes into,” Mohan asserted. “For that to happen, I firmly believe in the importance of creating a pipeline and having someone to believe in the next round of creators." This can mean offering transportation solutions and personalized support to those being mentored.
Kim amplified this point, incidentally summarizing the day: "Don’t wait for anyone to tell you what’s up. Reach out to people with like-minded sensibilities as you. Not everyone can afford to market a podcast. A lot of it is still word-of-mouth. Reach out. Tweet people. Swap ads. Swap promos. Mention each other’s podcasts. Shoot your shot. The more you do it, in the end, there’s going to be someone to listen to you."
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The Deputy Commanding General of the Army Air Forces and Air Chief of Staff, Lt. General Ira C. Eaker, had been on hand to observe the launch. General Eaker's Vice Chief of Staff was General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, identified in the MJ-12 document as MJ-6, who in 1946 was U. S. Director of the Central Intelligence Group (CIG), immediate forerunner of the CIA established by the National Security of 1947. General Vandenberg (MJ-6) was returned by the CIG to the Army Air Forces in January 1947 and given the assignment of Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He was subsequently promoted shortly after this test to Chief of the Air Staff, upon General Eaker retirement.
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Unread post by webmaster » 22 Jan 2019, 19:50
Thanks all! New banner soon.
Comedy moments from The Glass Bottom Boat.
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Unread post by Musiclover » 23 Jan 2019, 14:44
Love the caption above, Bryan, and I think this chase scene through the 2 houses is just perfectly choreographed slapstick that Doris executed flawlessly. Makes me laugh to think about it.
Johnny, glad you were able to get those DVDs.
Thanks, Judy! Hope you like this one as well!
Paul Lynde, with a brief guest appearance from Robert Vaughn, in The Glass Bottom Boat.
Unread post by Johnny » 24 Jan 2019, 09:40
Thanks Bryan for this Doris GBB that brings back great funny memories. Paul Lynde steals every scene. I love the look on Robert Vaughn's face. I had forgotten that he was in the film.
Doris looks so smart in the nautical stripes.
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Unread post by Jas1 » 24 Jan 2019, 16:43
Another great GBB banner- Robert Vaughan said DD was one of the sexiest women he ever met.
Thanks, Johnny, I agree that Paul Lynde was a scene stealer - how could you not be dressed like that!
I think we'd all concur with Robert Vaughan, Jas. Doris made sex appeal seem nice and friendly.
I was thinking as I was doing the banner that as Doris wasn't in the scene, did she come in that day to meet Robert Vaughan? But then I half-remembered another scene where I'm sure they were both in it? But they obviously met or he wouldn't have made that comment.
RV was in the party scene - i am sure Doris was on the set - even if they did not have a scene together per se- though there is the 2nd take scene.
Thanks, Jas & Johnny.
A new one from Puck - nearing the end now.
An old favourite of mine:
Fabulous banner Puck.
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Unread post by Peter Flapper » 28 Jan 2019, 11:28
Hi Bryan and Puck,
Great banners again, again a job well done both!!! For a film that is so much fun to watch!!!
Thank you to Bryan and Puck for celebrating this month of January 2019 with everything Doris Day and The Glass Bottom Boat. Joy filled memories abound.
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Unread post by jmichael » 30 Jan 2019, 09:55
I always loved the work Puck did on her Mata Hari impersonation. The coloring is outstanding.
Thank you both for dazzling us.
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Thanks Bryan and Puck for this impressive GBB Doris banner that showcases a very sexy and funny Doris.
It makes me wonder if Mike Nichols spoke with Doris about the acerbic dark humour in the Graduate's Mrs. Robinson. Did Marty veto the choice? Doris would have done a brilliant job. Candice Bergen who was dating Doris' son Terry was being considered for Mrs. Robinson's daughter Elaine. It would have been perfect casting.
Johnny, we will never know the full story behind the Graduate and Doris casting- my guess is that it frightened her to step outside the box - [as it did in 1955 to play Ruth Etting] but then, Marty persuaded her - I think Marty too was against or cautious of the Graduate role and by this time his mind was off the job- had he been the Marty of 1955- my guess is that he would have seen the potential of the change and would have persuaded Doris to do it- he is responsible for Love me or leave me and Man who knew too much - he doesn't get the credit sometimes that he is due.
Thanks all on behalf of Puck.
Johnny, according to IMDB, "It was he (Martin Melcher), not Doris Day, who turned down the role of Mrs Robinson in The Graduate (1967). When the movie's producer* sent him the novel, he was reportedly so offended by it that he never even showed it to his wife, costing her the role that might have revived her film career."
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*Lawrence Turman, Producer
Joseph E. Levine, Executive Producer (uncredited)
I know we've talked about this a lot, my current thinking is that Doris could have made it in a tasteful way as befitting her image, as shown in Pillow Talk below, It would certainly have been better than Do Not Disturb, Where Were You When The Lights Went Out, etc.
You are right Jas, we all never truly know the true story.
Bryan, the Pillow Talk image is eight years earlier than similar The Graduate photo; what a brilliant comparison! Marty made many decisions about Doris' career without consulting her. It is highly probable this is the case with The Graduate.
If Doris and Mike Nichols had spoken, Doris would have appreciated the dark humour in the role of Mrs. Robinson. She clearly understood the Ruth Etting character.
Again, I say some of the stories swirling around casting choices become urban myth after so many difference sources share their version of what really happened. At some point, you have to accept that everyone involved has their own perspective of what went down and their stories will never match.
What may have offended Marty Melcher or middle America at the time looks surprisingly tame by today's standards. It's hardly shocking to consider that a middle aged mother might hit on her daughter's boyfriend. Back then, however, Doris was viewed as the frosty icing on top of the Eisenhower era wedding cake, a fading holdover from a bygone era that collapsed under the weight of extreme social and political change that overtook this county in the Vietnam Era. There was a strong reaction against the innocence of the 1950's and Doris needed to shake things up to remain relevant with younger, mainstream audiences who were listening to Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and reading the radical likes of Jack Kerouac and Betty Friedan.
I wish Marty and / or Doris had sat down with Mike Nichols and talked this through. Doris would have given the hard-boiled, predatory character a vulnerable quality that eluded Anne Bancroft.
A lot of food for thought there, Michael.
This is how Doris looked the year after The Graduate was made (1967):
Eggroll (1968) I must admit I don't like the hair-bow below!
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Unread post by Ania » 31 Jan 2019, 14:09
A wonderful banner, it's amazing, just fantastic!♥
Thank you Puck and Bryan!♥
I LOVE YOU DORIS♥
“You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat.” Doris Day
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Mike Nicolls considered DD for The Graduate after seeing her in Glass Bottom Boat- that is how I imagine Mrs Robinson would have looked, played by DD.
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Unread post by texas gonzalo » 31 Jan 2019, 23:08
For the sake of accuracy, Doris Day saw Marlon Brando in "Last Tango In Paris" with Billy DeWolfe, and as reported both were very embarrassed. Happy Days, Texas Gonzalo
Unread post by webmaster » 01 Feb 2019, 06:44
I found it somewhat embarrassing myself as I went along with some Christian friends and none of us knew what it was about - until it was too late!
This month's film, Move Over Darling:
"This film is loosely based on Alfred Lord Tennyson's famous poem "Enoch Arden." In the poem, a husband is shipwrecked and presumed dead, only to return home to find his wife involved with a man he used to know. In this film, the roles of husband and wife are reversed. The poem also served as the source material for My Favorite Wife (1940), the film of which this is a remake, as well as another box office hit of 1940, My Two Husbands (1940)."
"In a bonus feature on the DVD release, Polly Bergen admitted she had misgivings about playing "second banana" to Doris Day, who was the most popular actress in the world at the time and Bergen expected her to behave like a diva. However, Bergen admitted to "falling in love" with Day, finding her to be extremely charming, funny and generous."
"The producers scheduled the scene with Doris Day riding through a car wash for the last day of shooting because they were concerned the detergents used in the car wash might affect the star's complexion. When the scene went off without a hitch, they admitted their ploy to Day, then used the story in promotional materials for the film."
"Move Over Darling is a re-worked version of what would've been Marilyn Monroe's Something's Got to Give (1962) the last movie Marilyn worked on. It co-starred Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. It was supposed to begin filming on April 23, 1962, but the schedule was reorganized due to Monroe suffering a sinus infection. Production shot around her scenes using the rest of the cast. Soon enough, the shooting fell 10 days behind schedule. Monroe's last day on the set fell on her birthday, June 1, 1962. When Monroe called in sick again the following Monday, June 4, she was fired a few days later on June 8. Dean Martin refused to continue filming without Monroe, and Marilyn was quietly rehired, but, due to her death, the movie was left unfinished. The following year, it was recast (and tailored for Ms Day) with James Garner, Doris Day and Polly Bergen, re-titled Move Over Darling and released in December 1963."
Confession: I intended to make The Thrill of it All the film of the month but after finishing the banner with Puck's artwork I realised it was Move Over Darling! So I corrected the title and decided to go with Move Over Darling.
The one that got away - maybe next time, we haven't really focused on The Day-Garner film partnership, have we?
Unread post by jmichael » 01 Feb 2019, 09:19
The Day / Garner duo was the most sexually charged onscreen pairing in Doris' film career. (Runner-up status goes to Brian Keith, IMO). They not only held a mutual respect for each other's talent, but they also shared a romantic chemistry that radiated from the screen. Garner admitted in print that he had a crush on her and had they both not been married at the time, he would have been tempted to continue their love scenes after the director yelled "cut." I think you sense their attraction for each other throughout both films.
MOD is a lot of fun. Garner is terrific, Polly Bergen is game and rather earthy, and the movie boasts a wonderful supporting cast of comic actors. Hats off to Don Knotts for making me laugh out loud several times (he is much funnier than Wally Cox in the role of Adam), and I chuckled several times when Edgar Buchanan, Fred Clarke and John Astin were on screen. The only debits in the supporting cast were Chuck Connors, who did not impress me much, and surprisingly, Thelma Ritter, who was stuck with a worried mother role that did not give her anything interesting to do.
The car wash scene is a classic. Doris excelled at physical comedy and her playful sense of the absurd made this scene even funnier. Now, if only someone in the continuity department had made her blonde wig match from shot to shot. Oh well.
MOD is a frantic farce that never fails to make me smile.
Unread post by Musiclover » 01 Feb 2019, 11:58
Another good assessment from Michael. I, too, think that Garner and Brian Keith were Doris's top 2 leading men as far as their onscreen romantic chemistry with her. In one comment she made about Garner, she said that they "just clicked from the minute we met," which was really obvious. Something else about Doris that translated to the screen was how comfortably she worked with children. If there had been 2 or 3 more scenes with her "daughters" in this picture, that would have been even more apparent.
Unread post by Johnny » 02 Feb 2019, 00:02
Thanks Bryan and Puck for the Doris and James Garner banner.
Doris and James sparkle together in both The Thrill Of It All and Move Over Darling.
Doris created screen magic with both Rock Hudson and James Garner. Young romantic love was apparent in Doris' work with Gordon MacRae.
Doris and Clark Gable created sexual sizzle in Teacher's Pet.
Move Over Darling holds a special place in my heart. I loved Doris' tender scenes with the children and the comic tension between her and the hilarious Polly Bergen. From the moment in the opening of the film with Edgar Buchanan as the confused judge, there was a sense that it was going to be a fun ride.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking information that will assist in identifying individuals who are actively instigating violence in Washington, D.C., according to a release.
The FBI is accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting and violence in the U.S. Capitol Building and surrounding area in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.
Relevant information, including photos and videos, can be submitted to fbi.gov/USCapitol.
The FBI’s goal, according to a release, is to preserve the public’s constitutional right to protest by protecting everyone from violence and other criminal activity.
You may also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) to verbally report tips and/or information related to this investigation.
Information can also be submitted to tips.fbi.gov.
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Food to be distributed at Bader Field on Thursday, Jan. 21
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Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical
About Sciences University at Buffalo
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences draws on its proud heritage of education, patient care and scientific discovery from its establishment as a medical school in 1846 to pave the way for future physicians.
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest medical schools in the USA.
Legendary Founders
James Platt White,
a pioneer in obstetrics and gynecology who has expanded clinical training to include live birth demonstrations.
Austin Flint,
a respected diagnostician, and epidemiologist, and American Medical Association president.
Frank Hastings Hamilton,
a prominent surgeon who introduced ether to the Niagara Frontier as an anesthetic and who served as the first dean and chair of surgery at the school.
When Buffalo was a boomtown on the Erie Canal and the gateway to the West, the school was built. Leading residents, mainly physicists, and lawyers advocated the creation of a higher learning institution that led to the establishment of Buffalo’s private, non-sectarian University. The Medical School, or Medical Department, as it was called, was the university’s first decanal unit, and 40 years went by before the introduction of other units. Medical classes began on 24 February 1847 with 66 students enrolled. The first permanent site of the medical school was in downtown Buffalo, next to Buffalo General Hospital. The school moved to High Street in the city in 1893, where it remained until 1953 when it relocated to its present location on the South Campus of the university. In 1962, Buffalo University combined with the New York State University (SUNY) system. The Medical School at Buffalo then became the School of Medicine, New York State University. In 1987 the name of the medical school was changed to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in recognition of the medical knowledge related to basic sciences. In 2015, it becomes known as the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the first school to be named in UB history in recognition of the enduring philanthropy and contribution to UB of the Jeremy M. Jacobs family. In 2017, the school moved to its location on the Medical Campus of Buffalo Niagara, a 628,000-square-foot structure at 955 Main St., just steps from where it was housed from 1893 to 1953.
To promote health and wellness for New York people and the world through the education of tomorrow’s pioneers in health care and biomedical sciences, groundbreaking research, and excellent clinical care throughout the life span.
Attracting and promoting the most talented individuals.
Improving our academic and technical climate to encourage extraordinarily innovative science and education.
Designing and sustaining excellent clinical services to provide outstanding treatment.
Cultivate competence, collegiality, and diversity.
Uphold the highest standards of ethics, honesty, professionalism, and humanism.
Use advances in science, medicine, and education to benefit humanity.
Hospital and Research Affiliation
Buffalo General Medical Center
Oishei Children’s Hospital (OCH)
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
DeGraff Memorial Hospital
Erie County Medical Center
Great Lakes Health System of Western New York
Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System
Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Diversity at UB Medical School is not just a matter of numbers. It’s an ongoing desire to cultivate future doctors committed to removing gaps in health care and supporting those most in need. The university encourages diversity by hiring students who respect and benefit from the nuances of each other while working towards a common goal — that is, offering outstanding treatment to all. The student body brings a wide range of experiences and backgrounds to bear which represents the increasingly heterogeneous area, state, and nation. The diverse experiences help them grow into not only doctors fully equipped to meet the healthcare needs of a pluralistic society, but leaders who will create the most creative solutions to the dynamic challenges faced by medicine in the 21st century.
Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Physiology and Biophysics
Center for Medical Humanities
Medical Education and Educational Research Institute
Office of Medical Admissions
Offices of Medical Education
Residencies and Fellowships
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Office of Inclusion and Cultural Enhancement
Clinical Research Office (CRO)
Facilities Planning and Management
Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvement
Office of Medical Computing
Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Electronically submit your primary application via the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). When the university receives your AMCAS application, you will be contacted with a connection to our secondary submission. You will apply your primary application for consideration by the school to AMCAS between 1st June and 15th November. Once your application has been approved by AMCAS, you will receive an email confirming it was forwarded to the schools you have appointed. Once your AMCAS application is processed by the university it will give you an email confirming receipt and explaining how to reach the secondary application and pay the processing fee. You will apply your completed secondary application to our admissions office no later than 15 Dec. Once the completed application is issued, it will be reviewed by the committee until 31 March at any time. The university requests an interview with about 600 applicants. AMCAS charges $160 for an application that requires one certification for medical school, and $35 for each additional school that you select.
Be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the U.S.
Have completed two full years or 60 hours of higher education in the U.S. or Canada; have completed MCAT within three years of application
Have completed at least half of the precondition courses
Send three letters of recommendation — one from a science professor — or a letter of recommendation from the pre-health committee
Biology with a lab (with not more than one semester of botany): 2 semesters
Chemistry with a lab: 2 semesters
Organic chemistry with a lab: 2 semesters
General Physics (lab optional): 2 semesters
English: 2 semesters
Most medical schools use numerical cutoffs to legitimize their applicant pool: if your GPA or MCAT score is lower than a certain amount, you are automatically rejected. This is not UB school of medicine’s procedure. In the search to educate well-rounded individuals with the ability to develop into professional and caring doctors, the university reviews every application received comprehensively. This means UB Medical School tests your academic performance and MCAT score in the light of many variables, such as your life experiences and history, honesty and intellectual curiosity, leadership roles and community engagement. While most applicants have earned a degree in science, students from a range of academic fields are encouraged to apply.
UB School of Medicine welcomes about 600 applicants from August to April to meet and conduct interviews. To be admitted an interview is expected. If you’re not picked, you’ll be told as soon as you check the form. The first batch of acceptances will be released on Oct. 15 and the process will end in April. If accepted, you will have to respond within two weeks of your acceptance date and request a $100 acceptance deposit, refundable until May 15. The Dean of Admissions addresses petitions for delayed admission under particular circumstances. In a written report sent to the Medical Admissions Office, you will describe the circumstances in detail.
The Jacobs School Research aims at promoting research and development to improve health for everyone. Multidisciplinary science at the university advances fundamental and clinical science, turning those findings into clinical care that improves health in the communities.
Parasitology Mycology
Confocal Microscope and Flow Cytometry Facility
Electron Microscopy Lab
Histology Core
Multispectral Imaging Suite
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generation
Stem Cell Culture, Banking, and Training
Stem Cell Engraftment and In Vivo Analysis
Stem Cell Sequencing/Epigenomics Analysis
Biochemistry Stockroom
CTSI Translational Imaging Center
Flow Cytometry Lab
Institute for Healthcare Informatics
Next-Generation Sequencing and Expression
Protein Expression and Crystallization
Proteomics/Mass Spectrometry
Toxicology Research Center
Whether you’re looking to live on campus or out-of-campus, Buffalo is a perfect (and affordable) place to live! The links below will provide a starting point for students looking to rent an apartment and/or purchase a home while attending UB Medicine School.
Things to Consider for House Hunting
Think about what kind of area you want to be living in to narrow down your search for accommodation.
When looking for a place, consider whether rented utilities, especially heat and electricity, are included. Ask if there is central air, and if not then ask about your air conditioning choices (and if there is any additional installation or monthly cost). When heat is included, ask if it is controllable. Many complexes monitor the total heat and can turn it up late in the season that will cause you to freeze in the early winter months.
Parking: Ask if the apartment/house itself has off-street or garage parking available. For street maintenance and plowing purposes, some streets do not allow cars to park overnight on the road. Remember if there is rotating or parking on the same side (this is usually only in place from November to April so the plows can pass).
Run all houses/apartments with water. Turn the water on cold, hot and both simultaneously to test for things like water pressure and temperature changes. For summer and winter, months make sure the residence is well insulated.
Don’t worry about taking lots of pictures! You’re going to check out multiple locations and don’t want to miss what they look like on the inside.
Inquire about security measures like fire and carbon monoxide detectors, as well as locks/deadbolts.
All major cell phone companies are operating in Buffalo, so there’s no need to change carriers.
Neighborhoods around Buffalo
Elmwood Village
Delaware Park/Hertel Ave
Village of Williamsville
University Heights District
Kenmore/Tonawanda
Dining centers in every residence hall complex are conveniently located and are open to all students. You’ll also find specialty restaurants, coffee shops, places to get a late-night snack and more just steps away from your new home. UB students enjoy dozens of places to eat on campus, from food trucks to award-winning dining centers. All students, including undergraduates, and graduate and professional students are given meal plans. First-year students living in halls of residence must have a meal plan to help students adapt to college life. At residence hall dining centers and other places, you can use Campus Cash or Dining Dollars, no matter if you have a meal plan.
Locations for Dining
Crossroads Culinary Center
IncrediBull Pizza
Sizzles
Guac And Roll
Hubie’s
The Bowl
The Elli
The library is situated inside the building of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, across from the M&T Bank Auditorium on the second floor. The library is open 24/7. Reading Room The reading room in Castellani offers a private area of study. Inside the main entrance, you can find 6 group study rooms and a group study area. There’s also an OMC-managed 32 seat computer room. The library is primarily an environment in which you bring your laptop. If you have an OMC password, and the lab is open, you may use the computers in the library’s computer lab. Check availability via room request page of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Choose the downtown calendar and check out the learning center, library room2110J. There is a black and white printer powered by UBIT and OMC. For guidance on how to submit and release your print job please see the UBIT Printing Guide. Remember that if you print in the learning lab from a machine, you can print to OMC printers on the 6th floor. There is no Library Scanner. On the 6th floor of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building, students may use the scanner in the Computer Lab. Scanners are also used in other places outside of Jacobs School. For further information please refer to this University Libraries Scanner link. Both print and electronic materials held by the UB Libraries can be searched in our Libraries ‘ Collection, regardless of format, location, or genre.
Librarians are available to help. UB is spending time for saving your time. Here are some of the items librarians help with:
Finding and receiving information
Searching Literature
Publishing: assisting in finding places to publish; evaluating journal credibility; referencing sources (EndNote); making the research quickly discoverable using OrcID.
Scheduled reviews
Education: offering lectures and workshops; lecturing visitors in courses; holding residents and fellows sessions
Assistance in using software and troubleshooting
Buffalo University is the most comprehensive public research university in the state of New York, and an outstanding place to work. UB amplifies the desire for faculty and staff by providing multiple possibilities in a dynamic, inclusive, welcoming and innovative atmosphere for achievement and professional growth. Here people from all backgrounds and cultures challenge each other and get motivated to explore Dedicated staff and committed students to participate in the further development of human knowledge and understanding, and deliver tenacious graduates respected for their skills and their impact on global society.
In accordance with the promise to make medical school accessible, the Jacob School of Medicine grants one-quarter of our incoming medical students’ partial scholarships. The UB bases these scholarships on academic merit and/or proven need. When you remain in good academic standing, your award will be extended annually. Upon acceptance, you will receive information about your qualifications in your admissions packet.
Award of Excellence for Promoting Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
Catholic Health System/Western New York Medical Scholarship
Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship and Nader Fellowship
UB-affiliated faculty members.
Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship
Franz E. and Elizabeth Glasauer Externship Fund
Howard R. Goldstein ’74 Memorial Humanitarian Scholarship
John J. and Janet H. Sung Scholarship
John Naughton Contemporary Medicine Award
Murray J. Ettinger Student Emergency Fund
Western New York Medical Scholarship
Graduate Opportunity Program
Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
National Medical Fellowships
Pisicano Scholars Leadership Program
Economically Disadvantaged First Professional Study Program (EDPS)
For more information, you can visit their official website.
Hacks for Excellent Performance in Medical College
Set things aside and start early and often
Huge blocks of time are a privilege, so consider checking notes over those little bits of time you’ve got during the day. Waiting for new PS4 online? Whip out some flashcards of Netter and get down the complicated musculature of the neck. Do you have an uncomfortable 20 minutes between a meeting and a class? Study the lecture from that day. Doing this will have the wondrous results of distributed learning early and often.
Human resources: older students & professors
Who could give better advice than people who have already survived it? Choose the brains of older students on what are the best tools and methods of learning, and what to concentrate on, and answer any subject questions to teachers, closely watching what they emphasize. For it is natural that the professor emphasizes on things he thinks are important. And surely he/she would assess those important concepts in the exams. Then get a pat on the back when they write test questions about those issues.
When the time is right, study in a group
This argument may be somewhat controversial but group study can do more harm than good too early. You have to put yourself in those hours, wasted away in some Starbucks, to really take your first try on the syllabus or concepts. Other students are nice to ask each other about material already studied, but being a part of a group too early may lead to vulnerability or worse, a false sense of security. So, a study in a group but at the right time do not waste your time while sitting with a group doing nothing.
Dr. Najeeb Lectures
Studies at the medical college are extremely tough and a thorough understanding of every principle is critical. For not only a good grade, medical students need to learn every minor detail and definition, but every medical student has to deal with patients ‘ lives. So you need to have a deep understanding of medical terms. It’s very normal that you may not be able to understand everything you’ve been taught and you might not get any help for the difficult concepts. Whenever you are stuck with a concept you can always access “Dr. Najeeb’s Lectures”. Dr. Najeeb’s Lectures are the world’s most popular medical Lectures, covering all the topics of Gross Anatomy, Neuro-anatomy, Embryology, Histology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology. They are video lectures that cover almost all the topics in the current medical curriculum of most medical colleges. They contain visualization of what you study in your books. The hand-drawn illustrations in these lectures make it very easy to grasp the concepts. Furthermore, one can get lifetime access to these lectures and even download the app to avail them anytime, anywhere. In the end, we would like to assure you that there are always ups and downs in life. Don’t lose hope, keep up with the hard work and Good Luck!
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How to Get the Sewer Smell Out of Carpet
By Jen Davis
Jen Davis has been writing since 2004. She has served as a newspaper reporter and her freelance articles have appeared in magazines such as "Horses Incorporated," "The Paisley Pony" and "Alabama Living." Davis earned her Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in journalism from Berry College in Rome, Ga.
Carpet shampooer
Odor-eliminating carpet shampoo
Carpet deodorizer or baking soda
Carpeting can be challenging to clean because you can't access both sides of it easily.
Sewer smells can be one of the most unpleasant odors you have in your home. Sewer smells may be caused by a septic problem in your home or yard that has caused overflow or severe odors to permeate the property and house. Removing sewer smells that have been absorbed by your carpeting can be a time-consuming task. In some extreme cases, such as when the carpet and the underlying padding have been soaked in sewage from an overflow or backup that flooded the home, the carpeting and padding may have to be replaced to completely eliminate the odor.
Air out the affected rooms by opening all the windows and placing fans around the room to improve air circulation. Leave the windows open for several days, if possible.
Use a carpet shampooer to thoroughly clean the carpeting. Use carpet shampoo that is designed specifically for odor elimination. Follow the carpet cleaning machine's instructions on how to use that specific make and model most effectively.
Sprinkle the carpeting in the room with a carpet deodorizing product. Allow the deodorizer to sit for the recommended length of time, and then vacuum it up. Baking soda may also work for this purpose.
Place activated charcoal around the room to absorb any remaining odors. An ozone machine may also help remove odors from the room by neutralizing the smells. Follow the operating instructions that come with the specific ozone machine to ensure proper use.
You may have to clean carpeting several times to completely eliminate odors.
If you are unable to get rid of the sewage smell in your carpeting, your best bet may be to remove the carpeting and the underlying padding and replace it with new carpeting and padding.
The Carpet and Rug Institute: Frequently Asked Questions
Environmental Protection Agency: Ozone Generators That Are Sold as Air Cleaners
Mrs. Clean: Remove Odors From Your Home
How to Get Rid of a Sewer Smell in a Bathroom
How to Steam Clean Carpets
How to Make Carpet Cleaner With Natural Ingredients
How to Remove Urine Smell From House
How to Get Odor Out of Wet Carpet
How to Get Cigarette Smoke Out of Carpet
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Congrats on getting more minutes. This has been a hell of a story so far!!!
Pogrebnyak brings back so many FM memories!
This is so well written, absolutely loving what you are doing with this.
Pogrebnyak, now that's a blast from the past. I imagine that Arshavin was a huge loss to Zenit before his move to Arsenal back then, but a decent fee despite the injection available due to the recent Gazprom takeover.
Can't ignore the fact you've called Darren Fletcher 'Darren Ferguson' instead. That aside, I'm pleased to read that Luke adjusted to life in Russia. He seems to have enjoyed a lot of success and with Arshavin on the way out, it's a massive opportunity for Luke to increase his value in the team and also look to put himself in the shop window to bigger clubs. Interested to see where this heads next...
Since his conversation with Anatoli Davydov on that cold February morning, Luke Hendricks had very rarely been without a smile. The meeting with his manager was one that saw Lukes emotions vary. For starters, sitting in the heavily heated office to combat the -6° that surrounded the St. Petersburg area, he believed he was being sold, just like when Henk ten Cate sold him in 2007. But what Davydov told him was the polar opposite. Instead of Luke being sold, star winger Andrey Arsharvin was leaving for Arsenal, and Luke was given the responsibilities of filling the stars boots. Arsharvin had scored 71 goals in 291 games for his boyhood club before leaving for the North London side, meaning Luke's job was going to be tough.
But it was one that the, now 23 year old exceeded all expectations. In his first season as a starter, Luke played in all but two of Zenits 38 games scoring six goals and assisting nine. Off the back of Luke breaking out for the Russian side, the club finished 3rd, just a point off 2nd placed Spartak Moscow.
Having impressed in the previous season, the start of this season has been unbelievable for both Luke and Zenit. Continuing to start and play a vital role for the team, Luke has scored five goals along with two assists in the first ten games of the season. Luke performances sees his side top the league early into the season, currently unbeaten, only dropping points in three games.
Despite an impressive start to the season, Luke's mind wasn’t focused on training today, a rarity for him. Normally one of the hardest workers in the squad and a man who prided himself upon treating training just like a game, he couldn’t take his focus from the fact that the Bafana Bafana squad was to be announced later today.
Making his debut in 2006, having impressed in glimpses at Ajax, Luke came off the bench in South Africa’s final African Cup of Nations fixture against Zambia. With his team already out of the tournament, haven fallen to defeats against Guinea and Tunisia, and 1-0 down against a poor Zambia team, Luke’s dreams came true in the 82nd minute.
With the mixed amount of game time at club level following the tournament, Luke struggled to cement his place in the Bafana side, making just seven appearances in the next three seasons. However, upon breaking into the first team at Zenit, and making a great impact, Luke began to see a lot more national games as the run in to the World Cup began. Now an almost guaranteed starter having scored twice and assisted four times in his 16 games for his nation, Luke still felt a sense of nerves about being called up.
Not only would a callup be the biggest moment in Luke's career, but it would also allow, the soon to be 24 year old, the opportunity to see his Mum and Dad. Despite being supportive throughout, Grace and Liam struggled to fund any trips to visit their son, with work limited to unskilled workers. Luke, who was receiving a good amount of money at this stage of his career, saw very limited time to travel back home and despite the handsome pay packet, would often send money back to his parents to ensure they could live in some sort of comfort. This meant that since leaving his home in 2005, Luke had only seen his parents on the few occasions South Africa had played home fixtures.
Having ended a poor training performance, by anyone’s standards, let alone Lukes, he entered the changing rooms still focused on the squad announcement due in an hours time. It gave him time to get showered, changed and drive the fifteen minute journey home, in order to see if he had made the side. Sitting down at his computer, Luke loaded up the News 24 website headlined “BAFANA BAFANA NAME WORLD CUP SQUAD”
Taking a deep breath, Luke made his way through the list of names:
Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Shuaib Walters (Maritzburg United)
Defenders: Siboniso Gaxa (Sundowns), Anele Ngcongca (KRC Genk, Belgium), Aaron Mokoena (Blackburn Rovers), Matthew Booth (Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport United), Siyabonga Sangweni (Golden Arrows), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates)
Midfielders: Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs), MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Luke Hendricks (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg), Kagiso Dikgacoi (Fulham, England), Steven Pienaar (Everton, England), Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs)
Strikers: Surprise Moriri (Sundowns), Bernard Parker (FC Twente, Holland), Katlego Mphela (Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvethe (Moroka Swallows)
“Yes!” screamed Luke, punching the air as he jumped from his seat.
Before any further celebrations could commence, his phone rang, with the Caller ID showing it was Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.
“Luke, have you seen the news?” asked Parreira.
“Yes boss, I have. Thank you so much! This means a lot to me, I can’t wait to put a show on and help us achieve something.” replied the still emotional Luke.
“That is great to hear. Get a bag packed, your club has been contacted, you will be flying tonight. Congratulations Luke, you deserve it!”
MJK: Additional game time seems to be working for Luke! Thanks mate!
Griffo: Was a nice little reminder when I was doing research, forgot all about him! Thank You mate, means a lot that.
Jack: A massive loss, but it seems Luke has it covered for the time being!
Scott:Ffs, thanks A massive opportunity for Luke, and it seems he is taking the chance. World Cup is certainly another chance to impress!
Poor from the management. Players should be contacted directly before allowing the squad to be released publicly. But congrats Luke
I could hear this during your update!
A well-deserved call-up for Hendricks after replacing the departure of Arshavin with seeming ease! I'm sure it would be fantastic feeling to be able to link up with his family again. Hopefully he can deliver an assist to Tshabalala for one of the greatest World Cup goals ever scored
Yes!!!! Congrats on going to the best World Cup in my opinion!!!!!
2019-12-16 22:08#264001 Griffo : I could hear this during your update!
Is it because you're horny?
Wavin' 'the' Flag
The 2010 World Cup was one of incredible importance for not only South Africa, but also Africa as a continent. For the first time, since the World Cup began back in 1930, the beautiful games biggest prize was coming to Africa. For Luke’s home of South Africa, a country that for years had seen divide, both during and post-apartheid, this was bringing the countries people together, like nothing else could. Fans lined the streets preparing to welcome its guests. School children were given six weeks off from school in order to live the once in a lifetime moment. The country was at fever pitch before a ball had even been kicked.
It wasn’t just the fans who felt the excitement though. The spirit throughout the Bafana Bafana squad was unmatched. The team and management truly believed they could create waves in the world of football with some surprising results. A group consisting of Mexico Uruguay and France would certainly produce some tough challenges. Playing against players like Giovani dos Santos, Carlos Vela, Diego Forlán, Luis Suárez, Franck Ribéry and Thierry Henry, for most of the players it would be another once in a lifetime opportunity, that this World Cup would provide, to test themselves against some of the worlds best.
For Luke, it was a World Cup that could force himself into the minds of every manager in world football. Major tournaments have always seen players impress and then get a massive move into one of the worlds elite sides, for Luke he was enjoying his time at Zenit and had in particular enjoyed the last two seasons playing a much larger role. But Luke had always been ambitious, a move to one of the biggest clubs in the world was always an aim for him and this World Cup was a great opportunity to do so.
It had been a little over five years since when Luke stepped out onto the FNB Stadium, for the opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The noise created by Vuvuzela’s on his debut was immense, but this time it was deafening. The game got off to a fast start with chances flying for both sides. However, the scoring was only opened in the 55th minute. A Bongani Khumalo interception saw a beautifully flowing move begin with Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Kagisho Dikgacoi linking up before the ball came to Luke. Luke then played a perfectly weighted pass for Siphiwe Tshabalala, who took one touch before blasting his shot into the goal. A moment of celebration for South Africa, arguably the biggest goal scored in the country's history.
However, a mistake at the back allowed for Rafael Márquez to tuck home an easy equalizer to break South African hearts with just ten minutes to go. With not long left chances came for both sides, but the points were shared, with Luke impressing in the opening game.
Next up for South Africa was Uruguay, led by a frightening strike force of Luis Suárez, Diego Forlán and Edinson Cavani, who had been held to a 0-0 draw against France five days earlier. A Forlán wonderstrike opened the scores, as the striker beat South African keeper Itumeleng Khune in the 24th minute. Despite a lead, Uruguay struggled to break down the determined South African side until Khune bought down Suárez in the box. The keeper was given a straight red card and Forlán added the second of the game. An injury time third from left back Álvaro Pereira, piled on the misery for an unfortunate Bafana Bafana squad.
The results of the past eleven days had led into this game, the final match of Group A, South Africa vs France. South Africa’s heavy defeat against Uruguay left them with almost no chance of going through to the knockout rounds, but with France’s poor performances and clear breakdown, it was an opportunity for a famous result.
Due to the suspension of Khune, South Africa’s task was made even harder, losing their number one goalkeeper. But with twenty minutes gone, South Africa opened the scoring through Luke. Steven Pienaar’s cross field pass found Luke on the left wing. Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna tightly marked the winger but a flick over his head, as the ball dropped from Pienaar’s pass, neatly got Luke free. Using his blistering pace, Luke entered the box before chipping Hugo Lloris, who had left his line to close down Lukes angle.
With the scores opened, it took just 17 more minutes for Luke to score his and his nations second. This time, Luke ran down his wing cutting inside before being fouled by Sagna who was struggling to handle the tricky winger all day. Lining up the freekick, 30 yards from goal, Luke had one thing in mind. Hitting the ball perfectly, it swung into the top left corner of the goal, sending the nation into raptures.
Halftime arrived with the scoreline at 2-0, a shock result on the cards, the whole team were on a high. The second half began with South Africa looking to play through Luke once again. Captain Aaron Mokoena’s long range pass saw Luke jump high but a slight push from Bacary Sagna caused a hard landing for the winger.
“AHHHHHH FUCK!” screamed Luke.
Immediately, Luke knew it was bad news. Landing awkwardly he felt something pop in his ankle area, unsure what it was but certain it wasn’t good. The stretcher came on and Luke received a standing ovation, but he wasn’t concerned about that. Not now.
“Luke, I have to tell you now, this isn’t good,” explained Head Physio Mike Mabasa “We need to get this scanned and I am almost certain it will need surgery.” he continued.
“What does it mean Mike? How long?” asked Luke.
“I can’t be sure until the scan, but Luke, your season is over, let alone the World cup.”
Scott:It's South Africa, the power was probably out...
Griffo:Still have nightmares over them!
Jack:Considering I had written the update a couple weeks before posting the last update, good job on calling it!
MJK:It was a great world cup, a shame for Luke to get injured though!
Justice:Wondered where the puns had gone...
Sorry to see you injured, you could have been the one to replace Thomas Muller as the star of the tournament
Utterly depressing!
Trust Mokoena to play a literal hospital ball over to you.
Backstabbed
Having been at one of the highest points in his life just a few months earlier, Luke's life had flipped upside down. Having scored both goals in what ended up as a famous 2-1 win for South Africa against France, Luke suffered what turned out to be a Grade 3 achilles tendon rupture.
Returning to the club a day after his injury, being moved about in a wheelchair, Luke was sent for surgery immediately by the clubs medical team. Luke had been relatively injury free in his career, with the odd strain here or there but this was the first time he would go under the knife. It was a scary time for Luke and one that the club seemed to distance themselves from. Luke found it weird, he thought he and the club had a good relationship, especially with the performances he had put in the past year or so. Luke decided it was just how things were done out in Russia, it wasn’t anything to worry about, he just needed to focus on recovery.
Having woken from surgery and spending a couple of nights in the hospital, with just one visit from the clubs doctor and Head Physio, again something Luke found strange, Luke was ready to be discharged. Once discharged the South African paid for his surgery, with the expectation of Zenit covering the costs once he returned.
“Not a chance.” said Boyra Uys as Luke presented him with the bill of his hospital costs, “What makes you think we would pay for that, it didn’t happen when you played for us, so you have no chance.”
Uys had only recently joined Zenit as their new chairman when Alexander Dyukov, a man that Luke had a lot of time for, left his post. Not much was known about Uys or where he had come from, but it was known he was former military and had a great CV in the business world, but with very little in terms of football.
Luke thought it was a joke, he was Zenits player, it stated under his contract any injury would be paid for and covered by the club but Uys didn’t seem bothered by that.
“You honestly thought coming to me with this would see you get the costs covered? I don’t care what it says in that contract, it wasn’t here. Try and sue me and the club all you want, nothing will come from it kid” the Chairman continued.
Luke was gobsmacked. Nobody from the club had come and seen him apart from that one off visit from the doctor to do a check. Nobody from the club had seemed bothered enough to ask after him. It was as if he didn’t matter, it felt like betrayal.
The disappointment quickly turned to anger for Luke, “What the fuck do you mean you not paying? You are supposed to look after us, you are supposed to be there for us. You don’t give a fuck about us, you just there for your money.” Luke spat.
Uys laughed “Yes, you are right. I couldn’t give a fuck less about you. Now talk to me like that again and I will have it seen that you are never able to walk again, let alone play football, you piece of shit.”
That was the last conversation Luke had with the chairman, with a forced move allowing him to leave the club he’d grown to love, but very quickly grown to hate. CSKA Moscow came in with an offer and it had quickly been accepted with both parties very happy to move on from one another.
Since then Luke had recovered from his injuries, making his CSKA debut against rivals Spartak Moscow in a 3-1 win. Coming from the bench Luke sealed the game with a last minute strike as he endeared himself to the grateful CSKA fans. A week later, and Luke made his first start in a 0-0 draw to close out the season. A season of highs and very low lows which ended up with the team Luke hated more than any other lifting the Russian title.
MJK: A real shame, and even worse Luke didn't exactly get the help needed to recover!
Scott: Heartbreaking end for Luke, only gets worse in 2010!
Jack:The most literal hospital pass possible.
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Tottenham and Daniel Levy issued strong message over Christian Eriksen's future
Ian Wright has been speaking about Spurs' transfer decisions in regards to Eriksen
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Paul ClarkeSenior Sports Wire Writer
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has insisted Tottenham Hotspur must keep hold of Christian Eriksen and address a worrying trend where players are running down their contract at the club.
The Danish playmaker was heavily linked with a move away from Arsenal this summer, with Real Madrid and Manchester United both looking to secure his signature.
A move hasn't materialised, however, and now Daniel Levy risks Eriksen leaving the club for nothing next summer.
Christian Eriksen's importance as Erik Lamela falters - Spurs winners & losers vs Aston Villa
This isn’t the first instance Tottenham have had where a player has refused to sign a new contract.
Toby Alderweireld's future has been up in the air for the last two years, with the Belgian’s deal also expiring at the end of the season.
Wright believes this is beginning to become a worrying trend for Spurs, one that needs to be addressed if they’re to continue challenging at the top of the Premier League table.
"He (Eriksen) changed the game the other day. If they could do that, Spurs are a good side, we know that,” he told BBC Radio 5Live’s Monday Night Club.
"What’s happening we’ve seen with Toby Alderweireld in respect to running down the country, everyone knows he wants to go somewhere else.
"He’s at a club, that I believe, he thinks isn’t the right level for him now, he wants to go to the next level.
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"Unfortunately, with the way it’s gone with Spurs and the way they’ve paid the money, they’ve tried to raise it incrementally, we’ll give you another deal and another deal.
"I think we could see a lot now with Spurs where players say, 'no, I’ll run this one down'.
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"I’m going to move on'."
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Ch 4 Alternate Members of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
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§ 98-2 Landfills.
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Town of Waterford, NY / Part II: General Legislation
Chapter 98 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Waterford 7-6-1971 by L.L. No. 2-1971. Sections 98-1, 98-2, 98-5 and 98-7 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
Dumps and dumping — See Ch. 77.
Solid waste disposal — See Ch. 138.
§ 98-1 Definitions. [1]
Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce; and all wastes or discarded animal or vegetable matter capable of fermentation or decay.
Land on which garbage, rubbish or refuse is disposed of, without creating nuisances or hazards to the public health or safety, by confining refuse to the smallest practical volume by employing suitable power equipment and covering with a layer of compacted earth or other suitable cover material.
Combustible material, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture and bedding, and noncombustible material, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, discarded or partially or totally dismantled used motor vehicles, glass, crockery and other mineral waste.
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
§ 98-2 Landfills. [1]
No person shall use or permit the use of any parcel of land, or portion thereof, owned or controlled by him, within the geographical limits of the Town of Waterford and outside a walled building, as a landfill for rubbish or garbage, except as shall be permissible in accordance with Chapter 138, Solid Waste Disposal.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any garbage or rubbish onto the public streets, highways or grounds in the Town of Waterford.
Any person removing garbage or rubbish for hire from any premises within the Town of Waterford shall cause the vehicle in which the garbage or rubbish is carried to be covered, as by a good and substantial tarpaulin, and otherwise constructed so as to make impossible the spilling or scattering of any garbage or rubbish while transporting the same through the public streets, highways and grounds in the Town of Waterford.
During the period of loading, such vehicle may be uncovered, but any garbage or rubbish falling onto the streets shall be immediately cleaned up.
§ 98-5 Exceptions. [1]
Nothing herein shall prevent any person from using any parcel of land, or portion thereof, owned or controlled by him as a landfill for garbage or rubbish, insofar as such landfill is used solely in the raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry or dairy products or otherwise reasonably engaging in activities connected with the raising of such products.
Where practical difficulties or undue hardships result from compliance with the strict letter of this chapter, the Town Board may, upon petition by any person, vary or modify the application of this chapter to any parcel of land to do substantial justice, secure public safety and welfare and observe the spirit of this chapter.
§ 98-7 Penalties for offenses. [1]
Any person who violates this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both. Four weeks' continued violation after formal notice thereof has been given on behalf of the town shall constitute a separate violation.
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Posted on November 23, 2020 by Fulton County Expositor
Number of Fulton County COVID-19 cases passes 1,000
COVID cases, hospitalizations continue to climb
Here are the latest details on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the area:
• Fulton County has joined most of the other counties in Ohio at a Level 3 Public Emergency for COVID-19.
The county has met four indicators. They are new cases per capita, sustained increase in new cases (Fulton saw an increase in the seven-day case average from 17.6 on Oct. 31 to 25.1 on Nov. 8), proportion of non-congregate cases, and sustained increase in outpatient visits for COVID-like illness (an increase in the seven-day average from 22.9 on Nov. 9 to 28 on Nov. 13).
“We’ve seen an increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Fulton County. Last week we had an all-time high number of new cases, at 175/week. Our indicators are pointing to increased community spread, and more residents are seeking medical care for COVID-19 symptoms,” said Kim Cupp, Health Commissioner. “It is important to stay vigilant during this time. We ask residents to decrease in-person interactions with others, consider necessary travel only, and avoid attending social gatherings with members of multiple households.”
Alert Level 3 (Red) indicates a very high exposure and spread within the county. The Fulton County Health Department has asked residents to follow all current statewide public health orders and sector specific guidance which is located on the coronavirus.ohio.gov website.
According to Thursday’s updated Ohio Public Health Advisory System map, all but 15 of the state’s 88 counties are currently rated as at least a very high risk of exposure and spread (Red Level 3), up from 56 counties last week. This represents the highest number of Red Level 3 counties since the launch of the advisory system in July.
Also, Franklin County, the home of Columbus, is now in Purple Level 4.
“Other counties may not yet be seeing continuous, uninterrupted increases in the same way as Franklin County, but make no mistake – almost all counties are seeing more cases and more health care use that could threaten the medical system if they continue,” said Governor Mike DeWine.
Fulton County had a case rate of 593.5 per 100,000 from Nov. 4 – Nov. 17, an increase of more than 100 from the previous period. Mercer County was the highest in Ohio, with 1,263 per 100,000.
Lucas County had a case rate of 597.6 per 100,000 and met five indicators. Indicators met were new cases increase, new cases per capita, emergency department visits, proportion of cases not in congregate settings, and outpatient visits.
• The number of COVID-19 cases in Fulton County eclipsed 1,000 as the total number climbed from 976 on Nov. 15 to 1,172 as of Sunday, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
The Fulton County Health Department’s last update was Friday, and included 132 confirmed active cases, 33 more than the previous Friday.
Among the 1,123 cases the county health department reported through Friday, there were 658 females and 459 males.
Seven additional COVID-19 deaths were reported in Fulton County over the last week. The total stands at 25, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
The total number of hospitalizations increased from 58 to 73 in the last week.
Lucas County has had 13,205 cases, as of Sunday, according to the county health department. There were five additional deaths in the last week, for a total of 394.
There were 351,419 cases reported overall in Ohio, as of Sunday. Statewide, there had been 24,423 hospitalizations and 4,418 intensive care unit admissions related to the disease.
There are 5,612 confirmed COVID-19 deaths statewide, with 384 more probable COVID-19 deaths.
For the last several days, the Ohio Department of Health has cautioned that the data is incomplete, as thousands of reports are pending review.
• The Wauseon area saw 85 new cases reported in the last two weeks, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19 zip code dashboard. The 43567 zip code has 438 cases, the most in the county. It also has the highest case rate if the 139-person Pettisville zip code is not included.
The Swanton zip code added 84 cases in the last two weeks, according to the dashboard. There have now been 396 cases in the Swanton zip code.
The Wauseon and Swanton zip codes each have a population at least 4,000 higher than the other Fulton County zip codes.
There have also been 155 cases in the Delta zip code and 143 in the Archbold zip code.
Fayette, Lyons, Metamora, and Pettisville all have had under 60 cases.
Ohioans can view data from their local communities and filter data by probable or confirmed case status, county, a specific zip code, or a specific time period.
The zip code dashboard can be found at coronavirus.ohio.gov.
• The most recent update to the State of Ohio’s travel advisory includes 14 states. They are South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Alabama, Montana, Arizona, Utah, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Mississippi.
Those entering Ohio after traveling to states reporting positive testing rates of 15% or higher for COVID-19 are advised to self-quarantine for 14 days.
“Positivity rate” is an indicator of how much COVID-19 there is in a community, and ODH is recommending against travel to those states with high positivity. If travel is necessary, ODH is recommending 14 days of self-quarantine after leaving those locations.
The advisory is intended as guidance and not a mandate.
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Detained jogger teams up with sheriff's office for anti-bias training
Detained jogger teams up with Sheriff’s Office for bias training
Joseph Griffin said he was caught by surprise when he was jogging in his neighborhood in late August and then suddenly became surrounded by deputies.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office will begin anti-bias training on Thursday after a story that made national headlines left an innocent jogger detained temporarily.
Joseph Griffin said he was caught by surprise when he was jogging in his neighborhood in late August and then suddenly became surrounded by deputies. Body camera video showed deputies tell Griffin that he matched the description of a burglary suspect.
“You’re not in any trouble or anything. There was a burglary that happened, you kind of fit the description. Let me just make sure you’re not him OK,” the deputy says. They eventually detained Griffin. "I’m gonna detain you, look, you're not under arrest. I'm detaining you right now because you fit the description."
Eventually, Griffin was cleared and let go. He is a registered nurse now in Volusia County but he said that his former experience as law enforcement in the military taught him to remain calm and compliant during this situation. Nonetheless, he said the incident was "unnerving" and "embarrassed him."
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“When you see your neighbor get pulled over and talk to the cops, perception is reality at that point and you’re gonna automatically assume that you know they’re doing something,” Griffin explained.
Wanting to tell his side of the story, Griffin and the Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood have agreed to team up and use the incident as a learning experience for both citizens and law enforcement. The department will undergo a biased training series on Thursday and Griffin will participate.
“I just want them to kind of sympathize and put themselves in the other person’s shoes sometimes,” said Griffin.
“The keyword we both talked on the phone was empathy. People need to understand how we do our job -- which a lot of people don’t understand -- and people need to understand when you’re being stopped what that perspective is,” said Sheriff Chitwood.
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Man says Florida villa he bought at government auction turned out to be a foot-wide piece of land
FOX NEWS - A man who snagged a $177,000 villa for $9,100 now believes he was scammed by the Florida county that put the property up for auction for unpaid property taxes.
The villa turns out to be a 1-foot-by-100-foot strip of land that separates two villas in Tamarac and is worth $50, the Sun Sentinel reports.
Broward County sold the parcel to Kerville Holness at an online auction of tax delinquent properties in March.
The land, which holds two mailboxes, starts at the curb, goes under a wall separating the garages of two adjoining villas and then extends out to the back, the paper reported.
“If I’m vindictive enough, I can cut right through the garage wall and the home to get to my air space, but what use would that be to me?” Holness told the paper.
“It’s deception,” he added.
He asked Broward to void the deal and return his money. County officials say state law does not allow for refunds.
Holness said he submitted his bid based on property appraiser photos showing the villa as being the parcel, the Sun Sentinel reported.
The appraiser’s website and information on the county’s tax site show no villa or building value, according to the paper.
Officials don’t know why the developer never attached the strip to either of the adjoining properties. The developer defaulted on the property taxes after dissolving.
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July 11, 2019 October 31, 2018 by Rusty Guinn
Since we have launched the new Epsilon Theory site, the engagement from our readers has been, without question, the most rewarding part for both me and Ben. I am grateful for the emails and responses to We Were Soldiers Once, And Young. I’m grateful to our member John, who doesn’t let me get away with any bullshit.
I’m also grateful to our member Thomas, who posted an incredibly thoughtful response to one of David Salem’s notes from last week. In this comment, he challenges whether hope is the right response to our present social and political environment. It’s an earnest and entirely reasonable challenge. “Hope”, as Thomas points out in quoting Henry Rollins, “is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.” And so it is. And yet, I’d like to stand again in defense of hope – and duty, its fellow laborer.
I’ve done so before, in a prior piece I called the Two Churchills. But today I want to talk instead about Two Worlds.
In one world, humans have never been so free to live the life they choose. In this world, diseases are being conquered. Scientific and mathematical breakthroughs are being achieved. Fewer people die in violence, in conflict and in war. Fewer crimes are committed. Fewer children go hungry. Fewer people are imprisoned and killed by their own governments. We are learning to harness new sources of power. We are learning about the stuff we are made of.
This is our world.
Is this world at risk? As it ever was, yes! Our prosperity and fruitfulness appear to have put a strain on our planet’s climate and ecology. The balance between protecting our world and ensuring that we may still be so productive as to offer the poor nations of the world the same promise we took hold of in the last century is delicate. We may face escalating challenges from increasingly resistant pathogens. Many of the technologies we are now exploring – from gene editing and genetic modification of foodstuffs to artificial intelligences – carry immense potential…and uncertainty. And no matter how far our science may advance, we can never bury the road to serfdom brought on by the occasional circumstances in history that have so often compelled societies to vest their power in authoritarian governments.
And yet, on balance the World of Reality is, by any comparison to a world that has existed for human beings, a paradise.
But there is another world, a world which is at once both imaginary and real. It is the World of Abstraction.
The World of Abstraction is a world awash in narratives and memes. It has always existed alongside the World of Reality, because many of those memes are hard-wired into the human brain, or else into human cultures as patterns and heuristics. But in only the last ten years, practically all of humanity has gained near-constant access to the megaphones of always-on news, internet-enabled mobile devices, and broad, multi-layered social media presence. The number of bi-lateral human interactions we have today is a fraction of the interactions we have in front of an audience. When we speak to each other, we speak to each other AND to the crowd of people watching.
The World of Abstraction is The Panopticon. A circular prison with clear glass walls, an invention of Jeremy Bentham to explore prisoner behavior under the conscious influence of the constant, silent knowledge of perfect surveillance. By everyone.
The picture the panopticon presents of the world – what we call common knowledge – isn’t just a fuzzy picture of the World of Reality, shifted slightly by the change in how we communicate knowing that the crowd is watching the crowd. It is something completely changed, affected not only by third- and fourth-level abstractions, but by individuals who recognize how to leverage this panopticon to shape that common knowledge. These are the people we call missionaries. This is how you will know them: they are the ones who tell us what something really means. Some are benevolent, or wish to be. Others are not. When a powerful enough missionary is committed to using this power to create the perception of an existential conflict, our World of Abstraction becomes what we have referred to as a competition game. A stag hunt, as it is referred to in game theory, in which the equilibrium is a bad outcome for everyone. Donald Trump has done this. The US Media has done this. Debating who came first or who is more ‘responsible’ is a vain enterprise, and in the now-typical recursively meta sort of way, part of the conflict itself.
The world’s present travails are not wholly the result of these missionaries and the narratives of which they are the purveyors, nor of the competitive game they spawned. That’s a Pollyannaish delusion, too. Humans have lied, murdered, cheated, stolen and been horribly unhappy for millennia. They will still do those things. We would still disagree with one another in the World of Reality, sometimes vehemently, and would find countless issues for which our differing value systems bring us to an unpleasant impasse. But I am convinced that the specific unhappiness about our current time and our current political environment is not driven so much by the state of the World of Reality, as by the World of Abstraction.
There is good news: the world we truly live in is the World of Reality, friends.
There is also bad news: our brains will do everything to convince us that we live in the World of Abstraction. And in a sense, our brain will be right. A paranoid delusion or a mind beset with depression may cause a person to see and perceive events, people and language other than they truly are, but the actions they take in response will be very real.
So it is for each of us.
Our hope need not be a vain gasp at the end of all things. Our commitment to kindness need not be a futile gesture. In the best case, our hope is a flag in the ground that tells other people, “I am willing to look like a fool in the World of Abstraction. Come look like a fool with me and see the world for what it is.” If enough people rally around the flag and reject the narratives of this competition game, even the ones that feel right to us, even the ones that help our values to win some battle or other, I believe it can be defused. I may be naïve. Or maybe I’m right, and it is possible, but we don’t succeed.
That’s OK. Even then, in the worst case, hope and kindness and a commitment to good faith will be a necessary guide to a functioning civil society, if and when the competitive game causes us to do what competitive games tend to: fall apart.
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Inflation Monitor – 10.31.2018
After several months of increasing cohesiveness around an inflation-is-coming narrative, attention to the topic has been tapering in early Q4
Right now we think this has more to do with the distraction created by declining equity markets, but this could change
Employment and unemployment discussions have been increasingly tied to inflation news in Q4, but otherwise the mix of topics has remained fairly consistent
Inflation-related topics are being linked much more strongly to financial markets (or at least in more volume) in the US than anywhere else in the world at this time
Sentiment is almost always negative for topics like inflation, but we think that the early 2018 “inflation and rate hikes are coming” narratives flipped most of the financial markets-focused media into more consistently negative language. See also Central Bank Omnipotence.
Narrative Map
Source: Quid, Epsilon Theory
Narrative Attention
Fiat News Index
Bank of Korea’s Tricky Interest Rates Decision Gets Trickier
ETF Investors Are Rewriting the Rules for Interest Rate Hedging
ECB keeps policy unchanged even as growth wanes
Powell Says Fed to Keep Hiking at Gradual Pace Amid Solid Growth
Turkish economy normalizing after ‘attacks’ from abroad: Finance Minster/CNN Turk
U.S. spending rises; income posts smallest gain in over a year
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Central Bank Omnipotence Monitor – 10.31.2018
The narrative of coordinated global central banking policy has been restrained for an extended period, including most of 2018.
After a brief rise along with inflation fears earlier in 2018, we think stories and research have settled into clusters around three active central bank narratives with modest internal cohesion: (1) “US equity and bonds markets expect a gradual pace of rate hikes”, (2) “BOJ and PBOC are concerned about trade but markets expect a light hand of intervention” and (3) “Italy, bad debts and disappointing growth are going to drive policy for the ECB.”
Notably, we do not observe a dominating narrative in media that “The Fed Will Save Us” or “The Fed Must Save Us” in the same way that we observed after equity drawdowns in recent years.
After entering the year with a certain indifference to central bank coverage, however, reports became increasingly dour over the course of the year. We think this is primarily a reflection of the generally greater concern by this universe for equity and bond market performance over inflation concerns.
We also note that “rates will help savings and attract young people back to traditional banking” stories were surprisingly central and connected to highly varied topics / clusters. This is new and worth monitoring as part of an inevitable financials rotation story from sell-side sources.
Speculative Edge of Stock Market is Where Rate Angst Could Bite
Global Markets – Shares bound as bulls fight back at end of brutal October
Stock market bears have their best chance in nearly four months to cut into the bulls’ 2018 lead
Student debt can ruin your dreams of being your own boss
ECB’s Coeure Still Sees Need for Stimulus, Seeks Fiscal Reforms
Italy faceoff is not expected to derail the European Central Bank’s message to markets
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Trade and Tariffs Monitor – 10.31.2018
While it is only a single data point, our October attention measure rose from its very low base over the prior three months. Our aggregate rolling measure of that attention remains low.
Similarly, sentiment and language in articles about Trade and Tariffs have continued to be very negative in comparison to more benign and technocratic coverage of the issue in late 2017 and early 2018.
The sub-themes that are being most attached to markets, positioning and stocks are also the ones that have emerged with the strongest connectivity to all other themes: National Security. We think this is important. By attaching trade and tariff issues with China to territorial disputes, IP and cybersecurity, narratives here could take on a lot more influence in the minds of allocators and investors.
While our measures of fiat language and advocacy journalism rose in the February/March concern about tariffs, we have not yet observed that in the most recent uptick.
Asia shares bounce after rout, but sentiment fragile
Harley-Davidson posts largest profit beat in two years, Europe sales rise
Stand together, Britain’s May calls for unity on Brexit
Wall St. cuts losses as investors snap up shares
Powell: U.S. outlook “remarkably positive” with low unemployment, tame inflation
Trade retaliations against the U.S. hit Canada farmers, too
America’s global trade war finally arrives at the WTO as members dispute US tariffs
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US Fiscal Policy Monitor – 10.31.2018
After climbing as usual (and, we think, in more muted fashion) in connection with mid-term elections, attention to US Fiscal Policy narratives ticked down modestly in October.
We are not observing higher than usual fiat news or advocacy journalism effects, although we note that the aggregate level of fiat news for fiscal policy topics is very often much – between double and triple – that of similar topics we track.
The tone and sentiment of topics has continued to plummet in the lead-up to elections, which we anecdotally attribute to coverage of political rhetoric, attack advertisements and the like. We expect this to recover following elections, but would be focused on potential import if sentiment remained as negative as it is today.
While attention is high for the elections – stories are reporting many of the same themes – if anything, the narratives around US Fiscal Policy appear to be anti-austerity rather than anti-deficit. The most central topics are not market debt fears or spending levels, but rather inequality and funding of education, health care and disaster services at the federal level.
Lower For Longer Is No Longer Certain
The Credit Cycle is On the Turn
The Credit Crunch Cometh
Are Republicans seeking to get rid of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security?
No, Trump’s Tax Cut Isn’t Paying for Itself (as Least Not Yet); News Analysis
The U.S. Economy is Booming. So Why Is The Federal Deficit as its Highest Level Since 2012?
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Credit Cycle Monitor – 10.31.2018
While articles including key credit terms continued to rise in October, their internal coherence continued to fall. This means that stories tended to cover individual countries, regulators, companies or debt markets without explicitly or implicitly identifying connections between them.
Even within similar topics, articles varied between reviews of compressing spreads and strong lending markets and a new group of articles exploring potential risks for these funds going forward, especially in CLOs and leveraged loan topics.
While it is a narrow data point, we have seen a small up-tick in fiat news and advocacy journalism in a topic that is already fairly well-populated by such pieces.
More house prices falls look likely unless regulators intervene
IL&FS fallout: Finance firms face fund crunch
Italian banks caught in vicious circle as bond spreads hit danger threshold
There is a new IMF in town and it’s called China
Ameritech Financial: Could Almost Half of Student Loan Borrowers Be in Default by 2023?
Asset Gatherer versus Asset Manager: What Happens When a Core Bond Strategy Gets Too Big?
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Stalking Horse
July 11, 2019 October 31, 2018 by Ben Hunt
Livre de Chasse (1387)
Neel Kashkari
That illustration above is from one of the most influential books in the world, Livre de Chasse (Book of the Hunt), constructed by Gaston III, Count of Foix between 1387 and 1389. Gaston, more popularly known as Phoebus, was the preeminent hunter of his day, and this illustrated manuscript, presented with great acclaim to Philip the Bold, is an amazing compendium of every hunting technique that man has developed over the thousands of years we have hunted beasts.
This illustration shows the hunting technique of the stalking horse.
That photograph of the rather intense young man is a 2006 picture of Neel Kashkari, who was then the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Hank Paulson, and who is today the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Kashkari recently wrote a well-publicized opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, calling for the Fed to stand down from its program of interest rate hikes.
Neel Kashkari IS a stalking horse.
What is this hunting technique? I’ll let Jeremiah Johnson and Bear Claw explain.
[Jeremiah and Bear Claw hunt a big elk buck]
Jeremiah: Wind’s right, but he’ll just run soon as we step out of these trees.
Bear Claw: Trick to it. Walk out on this side of your horse.
Jeremiah: What if he sees our feet?
Bear Claw: Elk don’t know how many feet a horse has!
– “Jeremiah Johnson” (1972)
Elk don’t know how many feet a horse has.
Neither do we.
Or for a different sort of example, I’ll Let Vito Corleone explain.
“Tattaglia is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But I didn’t know until this day that it was Barzini all along.”
Tattaglia was a stalking horse. Barzini was the hunter standing behind him.
A stalking horse is a familiar presence that a hunter hides behind in order to get close to his prey. And when WE are the prey, the stalking horse is almost always a familiar Narrative or Abstraction, to use the Clear Eyes, Full Hearts lingo, presented by a familiar Missionary.
Just as the elk is hard-wired to trust a horse standing in a field no matter how many legs it has, so are we hard-wired to trust, say, Kevin O’Leary appearing on CNBC no matter how many conflicts of interest he has.
I mean … we all know that it’s weird that CNBC has Kevin O’Leary on to talk about everything under the sun. It doesn’t feel quite right to us elk. And yet there he is again. Hmm. I guess I’ll listen to what he’s saying. Hmm. Well, I guess that certainly sounds convincing. He certainly says it with confidence and conviction.
You know what my number one tell is when I’m trying to figure out if a financial advisor is actually just an elk dressed up in human clothes?
CNBC is playing non-stop from the TV hanging in the corner of his office.
And yes, it’s always a him.
Every Missionary – meaning every famous politician or central banker or investor who appears on CNBC or CNN or Fox – understands perfectly well how we are hard-wired like elk.
And every status quo institution – meaning every large corporation or political party or government bureaucracy – they know it, too. They stand behind their Missionaries and their familiar-sounding words and messages in order to hunt down their true quarry without spooking anyone. And by anyone I mean us. This is how the Nudging State and the Nudging Oligarchy work.
How is Neel Kashkari a stalking horse?
He’s a familiar Missionary presenting a familiar narrative. The Fed’s monetary policy is all about helping Main Street. The Fed should pause on any more interest rate hikes “to allow as many Americans as possible to participate in the recovery.” If the Fed continues “tapping the brakes”, then the primary impact will be “restraining wage growth.”
This is not a lie.
But it is not the truth. It’s not even a half-truth. It is a cartoon of populism broadcast as a promoted opinion piece in the freakin’ Wall Street Journal. It is a constructed one-tenth truth in service to the interests of two of the most powerful hunters on earth – Wall Street and the White House.
Why are Wall Street and the White House freaked out over the Fed’s interest rate hikes? Because they’re worried about getting “as many Americans as possible to participate in the recovery”? Bwahahahahahahaha!
NO. They’re worried about the stock market going down. Period. Full stop.
The most direct threat to rising financial asset prices is the Fed and their interest rate hikes. It’s the most obvious Horseman of the Investment Semi-Apocalypse, and it’s what Wall Street and the White House desperately want to stop. But they can’t just come out and say, “hey, c’mon guys, we need to juice the stock market here before we have an election and year-end bonuses!” because that would be … you know, an unpopular thing to say. So let’s get good old old Neel Kashkari, who for all I know actually believes that this one-tenth truth he’s writing is the whole truth, and let’s put him out front as our stalking horse. I mean, it wouldn’t be the first time that Neel Kashkari has been a stalking horse (cough, cough … Hank Paulson and TARP). Or the second time (cough, cough … PIMCO and equity mutual funds). Or the third time (cough, cough … California Republican Party and the 2014 governor’s race).
Look, I’m not saying that we can be anything other than elk. We’re not going to change the power dynamics of the hunter and the hunted. But we can be wary elk. We can be survivor elk.
We can see our world differently, looking through the familiar narratives and abstractions to see the powerful interests hiding behind those narratives and abstractions.
Clear eyes, friends. Clear eyes.
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It’s Twue, it’s Twue!
We are rapidly accelerating toward mid-term elections that will be described as the most important in our lifetimes (until the next election, that is), and the ones that will decide whether our Democracy lives or dies (until we miraculously survive until the next one, that is). What that means, of course, is that we should all expect to be subject to peak fiat news. For the uninitiated, fiat news is a term we use at Epsilon Theory to describe news which does not include incorrect facts (i.e. we aren’t talking about fake news), but which treats statements, analysis and conclusions as facts themselves, usually because they were derived from those facts.
In short, it’s news that tells you how to think about something, instead of giving you the tools to make up your own damn mind.
Reuters, a good service and not the one I would usually peg for this kind of thing, published a textbook, innocent-looking example of what we mean by fiat news this morning. The headline is just glorious: “Elections could put Wall Street’s favorite lawmaker in top finance role.” Now, typically I’d counsel withholding judgment on the story itself until you read it. After all, headline writers looking for clicks (and their bosses badgering them for clickworthy headlines) can be a bit overzealous. But I’ll spoil the surprise: The lede uses the same language.
Let’s be fair. There is obviously nothing inherently wrong about using the term Wall Street. It can be a loaded term, but it is also a useful term. It’s more specific than “the financial services industry” and also has a more expansive definition that can go beyond specific companies and individuals to convey its lobby, its government influence and the like. Furthermore, assuming that people have the same understanding as we do of a loaded term is a recipe for counterproductive interactions. Full Hearts.
But the context for a loaded, pointed and intentional use of the expression “Wall Street’s favorite lawmaker” is compelling. Mr. Luetkemeyer’s sources of campaign funding are the focus of the article. They are linked (along with the potentially loaded language), to his rise to the Chairmanship of the Financial Services Committee and to his policy views. Congresswoman Waters, on the other hand, is referred to as a “vocal Wall Street critic”, with little in the way of exploration of any funding-related inducements that might guide that view. On this basis alone, it doesn’t seem at all unreasonable to guess that “Wall Street’s favorite lawmaker” was consciously or subconsciously used as a pejorative – and expression of opinion as fact.
When pressed, I suspect that the authors would contest that, and defend the assertion as being exactly that: a fact. After all, look at what the Center for Responsive Politics data says about donations from commercial banks. It’s true, it’s true! Maybe there’s a bit of poetic license here in calling this candidate ‘Wall Street’s favorite lawmaker’ just because commercial banks gave him the most money this cycle, but is that so bad? No. It’s worse. The problem is that CRP’s definition of ‘Commercial Banks’ isn’t ‘Wall Street’, something Reuters and the authors – both of whom are actually quite effective journalists who have written some dazzlingly good pieces – know quite well. It doesn’t take much digging to start calling the narrative here into question. Five minutes at the CRP website is enough. I wonder what it would say if we started with the CRP industry categorization that best aligns with what most people on Wall Street would call ‘Wall Street’: Securities and Investment Firms.
Oh. OH. That’s not the right story. OK, change the channel, change the channel. HEDGE FUNDS!
“(Annoyed Grunt)” What I meant to say was Venture Capital!
No, I didn’t say “Venture Capital!” I said “Bend your cap a little.” The flat bill look is way too Gen Z. What I really meant to say was Investment Management Companies and Private Equity. I’m just SURE he’ll show up here, in the category I really meant.
Hey, would you look at the time?
First of all, people’s definitions of ‘Wall Street’ differ, but basing the central narrative of a news story on a cherry-picked definition that didn’t include at least the firms in CRP’s Securities & Investment category is complete nonsense. Not including the other categories is more or less forgivable depending on your perspective. Part of the Full Hearts responsibility for all of us means recognizing that this could have been an honest mistake. The people who wrote this story are good journalists. One of them covers the financial regulator beat as well as anyone. But when we are reading financial news, it is imperative that we look at loaded words like “Wall Street’s favorite lawmaker” with Clear Eyes and Full Hearts. Clear Eyes to understand that intentional and unintentional bias creep into articles that would tell us how to think about an issue. Full Hearts to recognize that sometimes words are just words, and that we’ve got to have some grace for the natural way in which each our subjective views creep into analysis that we would like to present as objective.
If you’re following along at home, this is our running guide to fiat news and how to spot it:
Ask “Why am I reading this NOW?”
Look for the tells of fiat news: “but, because, therefore”
Be on guard for overdetermination and overconfident attribution of causality.
Look at loaded words with Clear Eyes and Full Hearts
An Ocean of Indifference
If I tried to imagine the public as a particular person…I should perhaps think of one of the Roman emperors, a large well-fed figure, suffering from boredom, looking only for the sensual intoxication of laughter.
Søren Kierkegaard in The Present Age (1846)
From time to time, readers point out to us that when we explore individual stocks and investments, we tend to focus on stocks that are more obviously in the news. Mea culpa. In our defense, it’s usually more interesting, and it helps us to demonstrate narrative patterns more clearly. It is also true that not all stocks and investments are equally influenced by narrative. But even that can be useful to know. Especially for those of us more attuned to value investing.
As always, the reason it is useful relates to investor behavior. We think that the absence of clear narrative is often indicative of complacency or conditioning. When a stock has performed consistently well or poorly over an extended period of time, it is natural for the attention paid to the drivers of the company’s returns and results to wane. The missionary’s job is done, so to speak. When the owners of a positively trending stock become complacent, the logic goes, bad news is often shrugged off and ignored more than it would be for a comparable stock. Likewise, for a stock or company stuck in a long-term rut, investors may become so conditioned to a continued stream of lousy news that green shoots pass by with a corresponding kind of under-reaction effect.
To value-with-a-catalyst investors, these are archetypal opportunities: companies which have regained some operating momentum, but for which active price setters in the market are too conditioned to malaise to update their views as much as they ought to. Figuring out the catalyst is its own challenge, but identifying the signs of conditioning and malaise? Here’s what they look like in narrative space:
You can probably guess which company this from the tags, but in case it isn’t familiar, this is the narrative map from the last 3 months for General Electric. Folks, this is what an ocean of indifference looks like.
Like many industrial conglomerates (which it still is, even if less conglomerated than it once was), GE has products and businesses in far-flung markets. In addition, as you might expect, market research and consulting firms constantly publish commentary and discussions of those segments, products and businesses. So while there are people – wonks and people trying to sell slides for decks to banks and competitors, mostly – who care deeply about what General Electric is doing, the Financial media are not among them.
When financial media has written about General Electric lately, the central focus of the articles has been ‘the turnaround’, language used in almost every piece. Those articles include the kinds of things you’d expect in a turnaround: write-downs, cash flow questions and one-time charges. For obvious reasons, these ‘turnaround’ articles also bear a lot of similarities to articles about the recent change in CEO. And while there is a bit of humor to be had in how the tone of the articles about Larry Culp changed after a brief pop in the stock, the new CEO stories and the turnaround stories are part of one narrative, and really the only narrative being told about the stock right now. Both of these topics are, understandably, linked to GE’s languishing but critical GE Power business, struggling to deal with gas turbine demand that is far outstripped by global manufacturing supply. It is a big part of the mess Culp was charged with fixing.
But this is a surprisingly narrow set of topics for a company like GE. Tellingly, even the financial media reports that incorporate changes in ownership, or sell-side / buy-side participants talking about their opinions, are completely untethered to the fairly disinterested turnaround narrative. Aviation, healthcare, renewables, oil & gas and transportation are all pictured outside the frame. It isn’t that the sentiment attached to all of these topics is profoundly negative or anything. People just don’t seem to care. Beyond telling me that people have just given up and gotten bored, what else would this tell me?
I think it tells me we’ve now got a universe of investors who are well and truly conditioned to perma-turnaround GE.
I think now is the time I’d be looking more closely for signs of underreaction to good news on things I believed were potential positive catalysts…I mean, if they ever have any.
If and until that happens, the narratives strike me as being conducive to the current trend.
As a more general observation, we think that behaviorally oriented investors in a Three-Body Market would do well to more actively incorporate complacency and conditioning of market participants into their thinking. Price and market structure analysis can give investors some sense of those things. We think an understanding of narrative helps fill out much of the rest.
Oh, hell, Martha, go ahead and burn yourself if you want to.
It’s a famous story in Hunt family lore.
Scene: The dining room of Ben Hunt (my grandfather) in Scottsboro, Alabama, circa 1939. Miz Hunt (my great-grandmother) actually rules the roost, of course, with Grace Hunt (my grandmother) learning the art and science of imperious Southern control from the wings. My aunt Martha (8 years old) is the definition of hell-on-wheels, and my father, Bud (5 years old), is Le Petit Prince.
Yes, this is the Scottsboro of Scottsboro Boys infamy, where 9 African-American teenagers were falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women in 1931. I never knew this was a thing until I went to college. See “Letter From a Birmingham Museum” for more thoughts on that thread.
I wasn’t around for the Miz Hunt dinners, of course, but I doubt much changed from 1939 to 1979 and the dinners I remember. Multiple courses. Most of the day to prepare. Always in the big dining room with the leaves in the table and the tall chairs that had to be placed back up against the wall during the day. My grandmother, and I’m sure my great-grandmother before that, smoking her cigarettes and drinking a highball while cooking in that kitchen, standing in the dining room doorway while we ate, never sitting down herself until the very end of dinner.
Apparently, however, for this particular dinner in 1939, all of the adult Hunts and a few family friends were, in fact, sitting down at the table. There was some sort of baked dessert in the oven, and someone needed to go fetch it.
My grandmother Grace decided to send her daughter Martha to bring the dessert in for the table, admonishing her to be VERY, VERY careful because the oven was EXTREMELY hot.
Miz Hunt, who I imagine was more than a little perturbed that her daughter-in-law had taken it upon herself to send Martha to bring in the dessert, nevertheless relented, but repeated the warning. “Martha! You must be very careful. Do NOT burn yourself.”
Now my aunt Martha was … how to put this … a person who enjoyed the bright light of attention. No shrinking violet, she. So naturally what transpired was a back-and-forth routine where Martha would shout out from the kitchen how scared she was, and her mother and grandmother would shout back that she must be VERY careful and whatever she did, she MUST NOT burn herself.
At which point my grandfather, a large man who may or may not have had a glass of rye or three by this point in the evening, growled loudly, “Oh, hell, Martha, go ahead and burn yourself if you want to.”
Dessert was then served.
I have often thought about this story over the course of raising four daughters of my own, and I thought about it again when I received this email from a young ET pack member.
Hello Dr. Hunt,
I’ve been following your blog for about a year now and your writing and ways of viewing the world have really clicked with me. Thank you for providing all of this writing to me for free for so long, and I have recently decided to subscribe to the paid version for this month.
I do have a question for you that might seem a little strange since I think I’m a bit younger than your usual audience, (Second year in college)
You started my interest in investing and last summer and I interned at a fund doing quantitative research, which was fun and interesting but I still feel like I don’t have any discernible direction where I can commit to doing something for the rest of my life. I also spent many years before college working 40 hours a week while in school to be able to afford it so I don’t like the idea of me wasting that by spending so much time not knowing what I’m trying to get out of it.
Coming into college I wanted to work in politics, policy research or something similar and that led me to study political science and statistics, with an initial plan to go to law school if I could find a way to afford it but I go back and forth on these ideas all the time and realize that I have very little clue. And while I enjoy the math and political science I learn, things like Epsilon Theory expose me to so many interesting things going on in the world that I have a hard time focusing on any one thing. So to sum it all up I am curious if you’ve ever written something that might relate to figuring out how you want to spend your life, or have any advice you could offer.
I could have written this exact same letter in my second year at college!
Seriously, word for word, that was pretty much me. And unfortunately for M., I no more have Answers for his questions now than I did for my questions then. Like everyone else in this world, I stumbled and bumbled my way through.
Looking back, though, I do have some strong views on a PROCESS to guide any younger person’s stumbling and bumbling through life. It’s a variation on the Clear Eyes, Full Hearts process, of course, but it’s more prescriptive and (appropriately, I think) avuncular. It’s also a good example of what a regret minimization strategy (as opposed to a reward maximization strategy) looks like.
In order, it’s this:
Build your intellectual capital. I’ve known so many people in my life who have enormous intellectual horsepower, but who were in such a ferocious hurry to get somewhere that they never built their intellectual capital. So when they got to wherever they were hurrying … they had nothing to say beyond the narrow confines of their day job. And they knew it. It’s one of the most disappointing outcomes in life – to be very successful in your chosen field, but to find it AND yourself to be oddly empty. Can you catch up? Can you be a late-in-life learner? Sure. But just like losing 20 pounds on a diet gets exponentially harder the older you get, so does adding meaningfully to your intellectual capital. Build it NOW.
Get your passport stamped. We live in a world of credentials. I’m not saying that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’m just saying that it IS. The most important credential you can have today is some sort of degree from an elite university. It doesn’t matter if it’s an undergraduate or graduate degree, and I’m not going to argue with anyone about whether a school is “elite” or not. The second most important credential for a young person is a 2+ year stint with an elite institution in an elite city. Again, don’t @ me. There are work-arounds and effective substitutes for both of these credentialing mechanisms. But your path will be immeasurably easier if you get your Team Elite passport stamped NOW.
Train your voice. And use it. Again, it’s one of the most disappointing outcomes in life – to know that you’re a creative person, to have something Important that’s going to burn you up inside if you don’t share it with the world … but to lack the words or the music or the art to do so. In my experience, the unhappiest people in the world are mute creatives. To paraphrase Langston Hughes, sometimes they shrivel. Sometimes they fester. And sometimes they explode.
Every creative person should start a blog to express and develop their art. Do not distribute it. Do not publicize it. Do not play the ego-driven Game of You. Erase it all every six months if that’s what you need to do, because odds are you have nothing interesting to say! But start training your voice NOW, because one day you will.
And then there’s a fourth instruction – the most important instruction of all – which you can probably already guess from the set-up of this note. See, I can tell M. and I can tell my daughters what NOT to do until I’m blue in the face. Because I’ve burned myself on lots of stoves, personally and professionally, and I’d love to prevent M. and my daughters from making the exact same mistakes that I made.
But they’re never going to be the exact same mistakes.
Burning yourself on a stove because you made a bad decision in the immediate game is getting the Answer wrong. It is an idiosyncratic event error specific to your life. There may be surface similarities to the node mistakes that I have made, and certainly we feel the pain of the burn in the same way. But my burns are my burns. Your burns are your burns. And that’s exactly how it should be. We all need some burns. But they have to be OUR burns.
Ending up in a less than satisfying life because you made a bad decision in the metagame is getting the Process wrong. It is not idiosyncratic to your life, but has been shared and endured by unsatisfied humans for thousands of years. It is not an event error. It is a category error.
Getting the Process wrong leads to an entirely different sort of regret than getting the Answer wrong. It creates profound regret, a regret that can’t easily be fixed without damaging yourself and damaging others.
I can’t advise you on the Answers. I won’t advise you on the Answers. But I will advise you on the Process. Because that’s what we do for our fellow pack members.
So hell, Martha, go ahead and burn yourself if you want to.
And you will want to. And that’s a good thing.
Innocent Monsters
“Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.”
Pyrrhus, from Plutarch’s Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.”
The Parisian Prowler, by Charles Beaudelaire (1864)
Ben and I have both been challenged by what to write about the events of the last week.
Writing about any of this in context of narratives can feel cheap, especially because of those who use the term to dismiss something as ‘a story that doesn’t fit my pre-existing views.’ There are eleven people dead in Pittsburgh at the hands of an anti-Semitic white nationalist. Two are dead near Louisville in an apparently racially motivated attack. At a nearby predominantly black church, there are many who now live knowing that the murderer was after them. There are political leaders and citizens, and hundreds of people who work for them, who now live their lives a little less freely, knowing they could have been caught up in the attempted pipe bombings. No one needs to read anything we have to write more than they need to sit in empathy for these people and their families.
It is also challenging to write about events like this for logistical reasons. We write about narratives, but narrative in our parlance is the cultivation of common knowledge, where a large group of people knows that they all know something. More often than not, that something is some several layers of abstraction away from what the thing actually is, or was. Establishing the existence of something like this takes time, and the events are fresh. But the seeds of those abstractions are there, and we are watching them grow in real-time. They aren’t pretty.
We are further challenged by the fact that the immediate aftermath of events like this exacerbates our emotional sensitivity. All of us. No matter how we write about this topic, some will think we are simply joining the fray when we should be above it. Others will think – a topic that will come up again – that by expressing a view, we make ourselves complicit in some tragedy. Fortunately, both of those views are bullshit and I don’t care. I’m going to do my best to tell you what I’m observing and how someone who believes in adopting Clear Eyes and a Full Heart ought to respond. So what am I observing?
The widening gyre is transforming all of us into innocent monsters.
I know this is a heavy charge. For posterity’s sake, let’s take a look at a network of the articles written about the mail bomber between the 24th and the 27th. We define this as news articles referring to ‘bomb’ and any one of the words ‘pipe’, ‘mail’, ‘Clinton’, ‘Obama’, ‘DeNiro’ or ‘Biden.’ Cluster names are mine.
The first thing that stands out is that – and this is common when examining evolving news over short periods of time – the stories cluster strongly on a time dimension. The colors in the chart above reflect when they were published, starting from blue hues on the 24th to red hues on the 27th. The reason for this is intuitive: stories released at a particular time reference the events that have taken place so far, and include the statements and comments made by officials, victims and others recently. For this reason, it is almost – not completely, but almost – possible to simply read this network as beginning in the upper right on Wednesday and cascading around to the upper left by Saturday.
You don’t need the raw adjacency data here to see the center of this network, the topic that permeates and connects to nearly every other cluster. You can see it right now. False Flags, a cluster of both conspiracy theories and responses to them. Only slightly behind this cluster is the network of articles linked by statements by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama telling Americans “to elect candidates who will try to [bring our country together]” and that the “character of our country is on the ballot”, respectively.
The gravity of this entire topic is formed around abstractions.
What do I mean by that? I mean the process by which we use things to stand in for other things even when the facts and a logical process don’t exactly allow us to make those intellectual leaps.
For many – maybe even most – on the political right, the story ceased to be about the story almost immediately. The story, you see, was really about the lengths to which shady left-wing political operatives would go to promote their cause and make Republicans look bad. It was really about the unbalanced treatment of left-wing and right-wing violence by a biased press. Even among conservatives who didn’t come out directly and embrace the false flag theory, most news outlets, pundits and commentators were on the defensive against any attempt to use the events to imply that this had anything to do with conservatives or Donald Trump.
For those on the political left, a story about mail bombs was just as quickly really about Donald Trump and what he had done to inflame people toward hatred and violence. Then it was about the MAGA movement. And then, in the wake of a further tragedy in Pittsburgh, we were three layers of abstraction deep, with noteworthy personalities from the political left not only implying, but directly attributing ongoing responsibility for all violent tragedies to anyone who would dare to vote for Republicans. Sure, we can pretend that isn’t really what Dan Rather is saying here, but everyone knows that everyone knows it is what Dan Rather is saying here.
This week’s events have provided a perfect synopsis of what I believe is the primary source of our widening gyre: a narrative from the political left that the members of the political right are irredeemably committed to an ‘environment of hate’, and a narrative from the political right that the media and academy are committed to a ‘maliciously dishonest’ scheme to influence how citizens think about social and political issues. These are the narratives that will govern all future engagements.
These two narratives have incredible meta-stability and incredible polarizing power, because almost any conceivable event serves to strengthen each side’s priors. When we posit the existence of an ‘environment of hate’, every act of violence or threat, every policy that can be seen to harm one party or another, regardless of its true relationship to Trump, conservative policies or the broad conservative masses, will be attributed to them by those attached to that narrative. When we posit the existence of a ‘maliciously dishonest media’, every report with tilted language, every news report sprinkled with obvious opinions, every columnist who tries to attach every regular guy with conservative principles to psychopaths of the far right, will be seen to confirm its existence.
The two narratives will continue to reinforce each other. We will want to believe – and we will be told to believe – that speaking truth to power! or the next election, the most important in our lives! will be the solution. Sometimes they are. This time they aren’t. The more every party tries to ‘win’ this Competition Game, the deeper and wider this gyre will grow. Even when we are right, we innocent monsters will make things worse. There is no Answer to this, but there is a process:
Clear Eyes and Full Hearts. Clear Eyes to recognize and grapple with underlying truths that lie beneath the layers of our opponents’ narrative about us. Full Hearts to hold our own narratives in abeyance while we engage one another in good faith.
Good faith doesn’t mean not arguing or debating. It doesn’t mean believing both sides are always equal. It doesn’t mean not holding people, policies or parties accountable. It doesn’t mean not being angry. Furious, even. It doesn’t mean not campaigning, and doesn’t mean avoiding acts of civil disobedience. It means a longsuffering willingness to believe what other people say about their intentions. Don’t get me wrong – good faith is a terrible electoral strategy. It is, much as we might like to pretend otherwise, also a terrible way to win in the court of public opinion. But if you think, like I do, that regaining a functioning civil society is more important than the likely tangible differences in any short-term political outcome, it’s our only way there.
Getting Out: A Godfather Story
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”
It’s one of the most famous quotes in movies, as Michael Corleone rages in Godfather III over the assassination he narrowly avoided and his inability to steer the family into legit businesses.
Michael is what I like to call a coyote, someone who is VERY smart and VERY strategic. Actually, too smart and too strategic for his own good, what a Brit would call too clever by half.
That’s in sharp contrast to his father, Vito Corleone, who is no less smart and no less strategic, but is somehow far less conniving and far more beloved.
You see this difference in character most clearly in the deaths of Vito and Michael.
How does Vito Corleone die? Playing in his vegetable garden with his grandson. At home. Surrounded by life and laughter and plenty of bottles of Chianti.
Vito got out.
How does Michael Corleone die? Sitting in a stony Sicilian courtyard as two skinny dogs scurry around. Struggling to peel an orange. All dressed up and no place to go. Alone. Utterly alone.
For all his smarts and strategy and cleverness, Michael NEVER got out.
How did Vito get out, while Michael failed? I think it’s the whole too-clever-by-half coyote thing. Michael never trusted ANYONE in the way that Vito did. Michael was obsessed with finding the Answer, an impossibility in the game of organized crime. Or the game of markets.
Michael was a maximizer.
Which is another way of saying that, like most coyotes, he wasn’t very good at the metagame.
Do you want OUT from the game of markets?
Am I good at the game? Yeah. Do I enjoy it? Not really. I used to. But ever since Lehman it’s been mostly a drag. And that’s okay! The game of markets is a means to an end. It’s a really big, important game, but it’s only one of several big important games within the larger metagame of life and doing.
My goal in doing is to have a happy ending. I want the Vito ending, not the Michael ending.
How do we get there? We keep our eye on the prize – the happy ending – and we work backwards. We maintain our vision on the metagame and its outcome even while we play the immediate game.
My goal as an investor is NOT to maximize my investment returns or to maximize my personal wealth. That’s myopic thinking. That’s coyote thinking. That’s the sort of thinking that ruined Michael.
My goal as an investor is to minimize my maximum regret in the metagame. What is that maximum regret? Dying alone. Failing to protect and sustain my pack, both at the most personal level of family and the broadest level of humanity. Minimizing the risk of THAT is what drives my doing, in both politics and in markets. I want enough wealth to avoid the bad ending, not the most wealth I can possibly achieve, because going for the most wealth I can possibly achieve actually increases the chances of the bad ending.
You will NEVER get out of the immediate game, whether it’s the mafia game or the markets game, if you play that game as a maximizer. You will ALWAYS be pulled back in.
And yet, all of our dominant ideas about financial advice – ALL OF THEM – are based on the assumption that we are maximizers. Every bit of Modern Portfolio Theory – ALL OF IT – is based on assumptions of maximization. All of those Big Bank model portfolios that are handed down from on high every month – ALL OF THEM – are based on the assumption that we are maximizers. Worse, all of these ideas about economics and investing aren’t just based on the assumption that we ARE maximizers. All of these core ideas about financial advice are based on the narrative that we SHOULD BE maximizers.
The business of financial advice is hurting. We all know that. It’s hurting for its practitioners and it’s hurting for its clients. I think it’s hurting because the narrative of maximization, in both its descriptive and its normative forms, gives particularly poor outcomes when Things Fall Apart. It gives particularly poor outcomes when the gravity of a Three-Body System makes the ground beneath our feet quiver and shake.
In order to survive … in order to do better for clients … the business of financial advice needs a new narrative, one based on what truly matters for practitioners and clients alike in a world of profound uncertainty.
What is the new narrative for financial advice?
I think it’s regret minimization in the metagame rather than reward maximization in the immediate game.
I think it’s Clear Eyes and Full Hearts.
A new narrative isn’t just possible. It’s necessary. And it’s happening.
Notes from the Diamond #3: Everything Has Its Price
July 11, 2019 October 26, 2018 by dsalem
Trivia question #3 of 108: From how many ballgames was former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver ejected before the first pitch had been thrown? Answer in main text.
“Baseball has everything” – a former Yale baseballer (identified below) who sank into politics
Off the Wagon. By all accounts, Paul “Big Poison” Waner was one tough sumbitch. Like his younger brother Lloyd — known as “Little Poison” — Paul was also a fine ballplayer, despite or perhaps because of his heavy drinking. In fact, Big Poison boozed so habitually that the team for which he played for most of his 20 years in the big leagues, the Pittsburgh Pirates, included an abstinence clause in Waner’s contract one year — a clause the team waived proactively within weeks of its adoption when Waner’s slumping performance suggested he played better off the wagon than on it. Big Poison’s interests having been realigned with those of his employer, he went on to complete a playing career that landed him in baseball’s Hall of Fame. Little Poison made the Hall of Fame too, having smacked enough hits that, when combined with his brother’s, put the Waners atop the list of siblings with the most total career hits, the most accomplished trios in major league baseball (MLB) history — the Alous and DiMaggios — not excepted.[1]
Paul and Lloyd Waner in 1932
Extremely Difficult. Why didn’t Pirates management foresee that inducements aimed at enhancing Big Poison’s play would have the opposite effect? Perhaps it should have. But those of us who’ve spent substantial time negotiating performance-based incentives (PBIs) — as principals, agents or both — are perhaps more inclined than others to give Waner’s misguided overlords a break: excepting only rare cases in which principals and those working for them wield both uniform metrics for gauging success and uniform time horizons for assessing its pursuit, devising effective bonus schemes for highly trained professionals is extremely difficult. Indeed, relative to other purely cerebral challenges in both money management and baseball, structuring incentives for such pros that do more good than harm on balance is the administrative equivalent of what the ballplayer who did it more reliably well than anyone in his own time or since (Ted Williams) called “the single most difficult thing to do in professional sports”: using a bat to hit baseballs thrown by major league pitchers.
To help younger players do at least passably well what he himself had done so expertly, Williams devised the colorful graphic shown here for his classic how-to book The Science of Hitting — essentially a payoff table denoting the probability that a skilled batsman like himself would notch a hit when swinging at a ball pitched into each of the 77 discrete positions comprising the strike zone for a batter of his size (i.e., seven balls wide, eleven balls high). Beyond simply wanting to introduce this intriguing chart to readers who’ve not seen it before, I’ve included it here because the logic underlying it has aided my own work as an allocator over the years, informing decisions respecting the deployment of both human and financial capital as well as corollary choices respecting incentives for investment pros to whom I’ve entrusted clients’ capital or my own.
Immutable Conditions. What lessons about incentivizing highly trained pros have I learned along the way? Among others, I’ve learned that it’s essential to keep personality traits plus other immutable boundary conditions governing a given principal-agent relationship foremost in mind when structuring it, adjusting not merely tactics but strategies to suit such conditions. Williams did precisely this in determining not merely how to apply his bat to a given pitch but whether to swing at all.[2] Of course, Teddy Ballgame (as Williams was known) didn’t publish the aforementioned bible for batters until after his playing career ended, either because he felt he was learning important new lessons about hitting even as his career wound down, or because Williams wanted to maximize his competitive edge until he hung up his cleats, or perhaps both. Dunno. What I do know is that I myself still have lots to learn about the art and science of structuring effective principal-agent relationships in money management; and I hope without knowing for sure that I’ll be engaged in such work for many years to come — if not until the anticipated Hall of Fame induction of the current Bosox player whom Williams likely would have most enjoyed mentoring, then at least through the end of what’ll hopefully be a storied MLB career for the player in question, a 26-year old wunderkind whose parents deliberately and presciently gave him the initials MLB.
How many more years will devotees of MLB (the game if not also the man) have the pleasure of watching Marcus Lynn “Mookie” Betts play before the mandatory five-year waiting period for his election to baseball’s Hall of Fame commences? Again, dunno, nor does anyone, MLB the man not excepted. More to the point of this note, to what extent has Mookie’s Williams-esque dominance of statistical measures of big leaguers’ output been the product of specific contractual incentives aimed at eliciting such results? I doknow the answer to that question, and reveal it below, after revealing a few (for now) of the things I’ve learned about the use and abuse of PBIs as a longtime student of both money management and baseball.
Readers looking for additional (or alternate!) sources of wisdom or experience on contractual arrangements in money management will find well-crafted papers on it by academics here, here and here, and by practicing accountants or attorneys here, here and here.
Thing 1 — Don’t Whip A Winning Mount. Of the countless available photos of Hall of Famer Joe Torre — the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits and 2,000 wins as a manager — I chose the one included here for two reasons: (1) Torre appears not in the uniform he wore while leading the New York Yankees to the playoffs in 12 consecutive seasons but rather in the uniform he donned after telling the Yankees to take a hike; and (2) conveniently for me, Torre appears alongside another gifted manager on whom my second thingy (below) focuses. Why did Torre swap Yankee pinstripes for Dodger blue in 2008? He did so for several reasons, the decisive one arguably being Yankee management’s insistence that he swap a material portion of his base pay for the opportunity to earn certain performance-based bonuses: so many dollars each for winning divisional or league titles, or the World Series, were he to continue piloting the Yanks. Perfectly sensible, no?
Try senseless, Torre having already guided the team to nine divisional titles, six league titles and four World Series crowns as their manager, without any such discrete incentives having comprised part of his compensation. In short, not only didn’t Torre neither want nor need such PBIs to do his best work, the mere suggestion that they form part of his contract insulted him to the point that he took his talents elsewhere, ultimately guiding the Dodgers to divisional titles in 2008 and 2009 en route to his 2,326th and final career win as a manager in October 2010.
The lesson for capital allocators in the Torre-centric tale just told? Don’t assume money managers who prefer more stable pay constructs over those entailing potentially sizable but contingent bonuses lack the right stuff, with the latter defined broadly to include both the ability to do stellar work and innate confidence in their capacity to do so. Believe it or not, some of the most skilled and trustworthy investment pros with whom I’ve worked and continue to partner are quite content to earn relatively stable incomes financed solely via asset-based fees, relatively being highlighted to acknowledge that asset-based fees on portfolios comprising volatile assets can fluctuate materially, especially if the capital being deployed emanates from clients with dispositions as volatile as the late Earl Weaver’s. In his 2,540 games as manager of the Baltimore Orioles over 17 seasons (1968 – 82 and 1986), Weaver evinced enough angst about the proceedings to get himself ejected 91 times, including ejections from both games of a doubleheader three times and from two games before they’d even started. I don’t know who had the privilege of managing The Earl of Baltimore’s money, but I don’t regret that I wasn’t part of what was likely a long and ever-changing line of such cats.
Thing 2 — Don’t Underestimate Primal Needs. Readers clued into the 2018 MLB playoffs now unfolding will be familiar with the neo-modern strategy known as bullpenning: reducing the edge that batters typically gain when facing a given pitcher multiple times by rotating hurlers more frequently than the typical 20th century manager or indeed 21st century starting pitcher would cotton. I’ve labeled bullpenning “neo-modern” because no less a baseball sage than Hall of Fame manager Tony LaRussa deduced the merits of strict pitch counts a quarter century ago, putting them into practice as skipper of the Oakland Athletics in 1993. Alas, as is true of many pioneers in money management as well as baseball, LaRussa was so early with his innovation —and so deficient in anticipating its corrosive effect on the karma of the players whose performance he sought to boost — that he was compelled to abandon bullpenning after a handful or so of games.
Why did LaRussa’s strategy fail? Because the 50-pitch limit it entailed made it nigh impossible for starting pitchers to meet MLB’s five-inning threshold for notching wins. To be sure, as the analytics-laden execs inhabiting most MLB front offices and indeed dugouts these days would readily attest, LaRussa’s strategy indisputably enhanced his team’s odds of achieving its cardinal goal of winning as many games as possible. But this same strategy conflicted squarely with the cardinal goal of the very people on whom its successful execution most relied: pitchers whose longer-term earnings prospects depended heavily on the number of wins they personally racked up.
Today’s Starting Pitchers Almost Never
Complete What They Begin
Why didn’t LaRussa have the As’ front office rework his pitchers’ contracts to achieve fuller if not perfect alignment of their interests with those of the ballclub for which they labored? Prior to the sea change in labor relations in pro baseball unleashed by the de facto repeal of MLB’s so-called reserve clause in 1975, the As might have attempted if not actually executed such a paradigm shift, big leaguers being essentially beholden to the teams that employed them unless and until a team chose to trade a player for other talent and/or cash. Since the advent of free agency for most major leaguers in 1975, however, a preponderance of such players and especially those lacking the 6+ years of MLB service on which unfettered free agency is preconditioned have focused less on dollars actually received under their current contracts than on dollars potentially received from their next contract, and the one after that (if there is one), and the one after that (ditto), ad libitum, until they hang up their cleats a final time.
It doesn’t take someone as bright as the Oakland pitcher who objected perhaps most strenuously to LaRussa’s platooning scheme, former Yale star and current MLB broadcaster Ron Darling, to understand why a preponderance of big leaguers — assumedly those below the MLB average age of 29 years plus older guys who sense their playing abilities are peaking — focus more on putting up stats that’ll impress potential future employers than on doing things that’ll merely help their current ballclubs win: in present value terms, earnings derived from contracts not yet signed typically dwarf those derived from current arrangements, an increasing fraction of which have so-called opt out provisions that enable players who perform especially well over a given interval to shift voluntarily from one team to another willing to pay them bigger bucks.
Thing 3 — Don’t Confuse Skill and Luck. Why don’t MLB teams mitigate the misalignment of interests just described via baseball-oriented analogues to the two-part fee structures that institutional investors use so commonly to apportion financial risk between managers they employ and themselves? Two and twenty, anyone? C’mon now, if you owned the Red Sox (to pick a major league team at random) and could pay ace Bosox pitcher David Price $2 mill (sic) in base pay plus $20k for every strike he throws in regular season games in 2019, wouldn’t you prefer that gamble to paying Price the flat $31 mill his current contract specifies? Inked in late 2015, that contract is the richest in baseball history for a pitcher, paying Price $217 million for seven seasons’ work, with an opt-out for Price after the 2018 playoffs wrap up. Given Price’s generally strong but somewhat uneven performance since executing his current contract, it’s unlikely he’ll exercise his opt-out, and unlikely too that he’ll pitch well enough in 2019 to make him wish he’d negotiated the 2 and 20 scheme hypothesized above. To be precise, if such a scheme were to be implemented for 2019, Price would have to toss 1,450 strikes to earn $31 million. Possible? Sure, Price having thrown 1,765 strikes in 2018. Probable? I’d take the under on that bet, fully aware that if our hypothetical “2 and 20” scheme were in place and Price were to throw the same number of strikes in 2019 as he did in 2018, he’d earn $37.3 million or 20% more than the $31 million the Bosox are legally obliged to pay him.
In theory, as with contracts governing investment advisory services, there are countless ways of apportioning risks in MLB player contracts, the dollars to be paid on a guaranteed or contingent basis being infinitely adjustable and the metrics used to compute contingent bonuses being limited only by the imaginations of the parties involved or quant jocks employed by them. In reality, however, just as parties to money management contracts are constrained by laws and regulations from apportioning risks as they might ideally wish, MLB players and teams are constrained in contract negotiations by an even thicker patchwork of constraints, including especially a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that prohibits player bonuses based on statistical measures of on-field achievements.
Interestingly and perhaps shockingly to some readers, such prohibited measures include not only traditional and familiar “stats” like a pitcher’s wins or earned run average (ERA), or a batter’s home runs or runs batted in (RBIs), but most elements of the large and growing universe of “advanced” stats that baseball wonks like yours truly enjoy tracking. (See the table of selected stats for David Price below to get a general sense of how wonky this stuff can get.) Why does MLB’s current CBA prohibit player bonuses based on statistical measures of on-field achievements? It does so because bonuses of that sort would be highly susceptible to gaming — by team owners no less than players, teams being subject to salary caps that some owners sought to evade via bonus schemes so artfully drawn that MLB owners as a group adopted strict limits on such hijinks several years ago. Of course, performance-based bonuses in money management are also highly susceptible to gaming, mostly by money managers as distinct from clients, the latter having few tools at hand to mess up incentive fee schemes outside of too-frequent calls and emails about recent returns that bring managers’ worst behavioral tendencies to the fore.
Season Team W L SV G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB ERA FIP xFIP WAR
2008 Rays (A+) 4 0 0 6 6 34.2 9.61 1.82 0.00 0.311 80.0% 49.4% 0.0% 1.82 1.67 2.26
2008 Rays (AA) 7 0 0 9 9 57.0 8.68 2.53 1.11 0.247 93.9% 57.7% 15.9% 1.89 3.98 3.19
2008 Rays (AAA) 1 1 0 4 4 18.0 8.50 4.50 0.00 0.393 67.7% 52.7% 0.0% 4.5 2.93 3.76
2008 Rays 0 0 0 5 1 14.0 7.71 2.57 0.64 0.205 79.4% 50.0% 6.7% 1.93 3.42 3.9 0.2
2009 Rays (AAA) 1 4 0 8 8 34.1 9.17 4.72 1.31 0.261 67.5% 42.0% 18.5% 3.93 4.66 3.57
2009 Rays 10 7 0 23 23 128.1 7.15 3.79 1.19 0.268 68.5% 41.5% 11.1% 4.42 4.59 4.43 1.3
2010 Rays 19 6 0 32 31 208.2 8.11 3.41 0.65 0.270 78.5% 43.7% 6.5% 2.72 3.42 3.83 4.2
2011 Rays 12 13 0 34 34 224.1 8.75 2.53 0.88 0.281 73.3% 44.3% 9.7% 3.49 3.32 3.32 4.4
2013 Rays (A+) 1 0 0 2 2 7.1 14.73 3.68 0.00 0.267 71.4% 57.1% 0.0% 1.23 1.2 1.48
2014 2 Teams 15 12 0 34 34 248.1 9.82 1.38 0.91 0.306 72.7% 41.2% 9.7% 3.26 2.78 2.76 6.0
2015 2 Teams 18 5 0 32 32 220.1 9.19 1.92 0.69 0.290 78.6% 40.4% 7.8% 2.45 2.78 3.24 6.5
2016 Red Sox 17 9 0 35 35 230.0 8.92 1.96 1.17 0.310 73.6% 43.7% 13.5% 3.99 3.6 3.52 4.5
2017 Red Sox (AAA) 0 0 0 2 2 5.2 12.71 3.18 1.59 0.524 39.7% 23.8% 11.1% 9.53 3.87 3.52
2017 Red Sox 6 3 0 16 11 74.2 9.16 2.89 0.96 0.278 77.0% 39.9% 9.8% 3.38 3.64 4.2 1.6
2018 Red Sox 16 7 0 30 30 176.0 9.05 2.56 1.28 0.274 77.3% 40.1% 13.2% 3.58 4.02 3.95 2.7
Total 143 75 0 299 289 1922.1 8.68 2.32 0.90 0.287 75.2% 43.6% 9.9% 3.25 3.34 3.46 40.7
Selected Advanced Stats for MLB Pitcher David Price (courtesy of FanGraphs)
Wait: with so many well-schooled pros plying their trades in the money management arena, why haven’t the best among them devised bonus schemes not susceptible of gaming to an extent intolerable to any interested parties? They have, I’d suggest, and will discuss such schemes in later notes. That said, I’d also suggest that even well-engineered schemes tend to do more harm than good from a principal’s or client’s perspective when the metrics on which bonuses are based are ill-conceived. The next note in this series will focus on such misconceptions, looking at them through the prism of the ongoing and unwarranted efforts by the world’s largest educational endowment to produce returns rivaling those produced by Ron Darling’s collegiate alma mater. As we’ll see, if the powers-that-be at Harvard want to hold their own feet as well as those of the endowment’s hired guns to the fire in a manner that’ll truly advance the university’s long-term interests, they’d adopt metrics different if not radically different from those they’ve customarily employed to assess the endowment’s evolving performance.
Room for Improvement. Speaking as we just were of unconventional metrics, if one were designing an optimal bonus scheme for a big league pitcher like David Price and weren’t subject to the constraints on player contracts imposed by the aforementioned CBA, one would almost surely not use an imperfect measure like pitches hitting the strike zone as the sole metric on which bonus payments depend. (Revisit the graphic at page 2 to imagine the pounding a big league pitcher might undergo if he hurled pitches only into the sub-zone framed by dotted red lines.) Just as there are sounder metrics for assessing the evolving performance of Harvard’s endowment and indeed most institutional funds than the metrics currently favored by such funds’ overseers, so too are there sounder metrics than such familiar stats as wins or ERAs for measuring a pitcher’s skillfulness.
Note that our focus here is skill or the lack thereof, as distinct from results per se, the latter obviously reflecting — in baseball no less than in money management — factors beyond the control of the performer being judged. Interestingly and perhaps unsurprisingly given plummeting IT costs and the “big data” revolution they’ve helped spawn, baseball-obsessed statisticians have worked up in recent years a host of “defense independent” measures of pitching prowess, including some shown in the accompanying table dissecting David Price’s exertions (e.g., FIP and xFIP).[3]
Could analogous metrics be devised to help allocators do a better job of distinguishing skill from luck in money management? Some investment pros would argue that they’re already being judged and indeed compensated via such enlightened metrics, e.g., the manager of a sector-focused hedge fund whose carry or incentive fee is based on the fund’s performance relative to a sector-specific benchmark, or the CIO of an endowment whose bonus depends on her fund’s performance relative to an agreed-upon “peer” group of institutional funds. I don’t think such arguments are entirely without merit. But there’s almost as much room for improvement in the methods used to evaluate investment pros circa 2018as there was for improvement in the methods used to evaluate baseball pros when the Sabermetrics revolution began in the 1970s.
Open Question. We’ll leave open here a crucial question that later notes will address, namely whether and to what extent methods of evaluating investment talent superior to those most widely employed today might usefully focus on qualitative rather than quantitative factors. Advanced analytics like those depicted above having become table stakes for MLB franchises since the 2004 World Champion Red Sox showed the world how powerful such methods can be, baseball’s best minds including perhaps most conspicuously former Bosox general manager (2002-2011) and future Hall of Famer Theo Epstein are increasingly focused on qualitative attributes when assessing players’ bona fides. I mention this in closing by way of encouraging readers who find baseball stats unexciting to hang in there with these notes. As much as I enjoy diving into such stats, I enjoy the game’s unquantifiable aspects even more. And there are plenty of the latter, just as there are in money management. In fact, I wouldn’t have pledged to crank out 105 more of these notes if what one lover of my chief avocation said about it didn’t apply equally to my chosen profession: “Baseball,” a former Yale baseball captain named George H.W. Bush once smilingly observed, “has everything.”
On deck: the use and abuse of peer group comparisons in money management and baseball
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[1] Paul and Lloyd Waner notched 3,152 and 2,459 hits, respectively, for a total of 5,611. The Alous racked up 5,094 hits in total: 2,101 for Felipe, 1,777 for Matty and 1,216 for Jesus. The corresponding figures for the DiMaggios were 4,853 hits in total: 2,214 for Joe, 1,660 for Dom and 959 for Vince.
[2] Later notes in this series will explore the divergent ways in which the competitive edges of skilled pros in baseball and money management tend to evolve as their active careers in each arena unfold, with superstars in money management tending to enjoy the “magic of compounding” to a more pronounced and prolonged extent than superstars in the more physically demanding domain of pro baseball. That Williams benefited from such “compounding” to a considerable and hence logical extent is borne out anecdotally as well as statistically, no more convincingly than with the tale of what unfolded after Williams walked on four straight pitches during a game against Detroit late in his career. “Bill,” Detroit catcher Joe Ginsberg complained to home plate ump Bill Summers. “Don’t you think that last ball was a strike?” “Mr. Ginsberg,” Summers replied. “Mr. Williams will let you know when it’s a strike.”
[3] FIP stands for Fielding Independent Pitching, a stat as intuitively appealing to baseball junkies like me as it is needlessly complex to casual observers of the game. Ditto for xFIP, which is shorthand for Expected FIP. Wanna know more about such arcana? I didn’t think so. But if insomnia strikes and safer cures for it aren’t available, click into the Glossary section of FanGraphs and master as many equations as you can before your game gets called due to darkness.
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Never Give Up Hope
I was re-reading Ben Hunt’s superb series Things Fall Apart in the midst of research for my own contributions to Epsilon Theory (Notes From the Diamond) and was struck by a potentially encouraging contrast between Ben’s dire appraisal of contemporary politics on the one hand and famed incidents in baseball’s past on the other: incidents suggesting that seemingly irreconcilable differences between the bitterest of foes can not only be overcome but inevitably are — often sooner than the persons (or “tribes”) involved could possibly have imagined.
Consider perhaps the ugliest on-field example of tribalism in major league baseball (MLB) history: San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal’s clubbing of Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro during an August 1965 game between two teams whose respective fan bases loathed each other almost as much as did the warring parties in the Dominican Civil War raging in Marichal’s home country at the time. Though hardly an excuse for the violence Marichal unleashed on Roseboro after the Dodgers catcher whistled a ball being returned to pitcher Sandy Koufax too close to his ear for Marichal’s comfort, Marichal’s extreme angst over the uncertain fate of loved ones back in the Dominican made him especially testy the afternoon he assaulted Roseboro.
Marichal having another go at Roseboro as a horrified Koufax (far left) arrives
For better or worse — and it admittedly took a while for the incident’s redeeming virtues to become manifest — another future Hall of Famer at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park that afternoon, Giants superstar Willie Mays, assumed immediately the role of peacemaker (“centrist” in Hunt-speak) after Marichal clubbed Roseboro, shielding the Dodgers catcher during the melee that Marichal’s assault unleashed and escorting a profusely bleeding Roseboro off the field to the Dodgers dugout for medical treatment. Mays underwent pretty ferocious criticism from Giants partisans following the incident, as did Roseboro, of course, albeit not as ferocious as the scorn cast upon Marichal — by Dodgers fans and the broader public generally — for clubbing Roseboro. Interestingly, and importantly for our purposes here, Roseboro as well as Mays ended up playing pivotal and supportive roles in Marichal’s eventual election to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1983, three years after his initial appearance on a Hall of Fame ballot, and four and eleven years, respectively, after Mays and Koufax took their rightful places in Cooperstown during their first years of eligibility for the Hall.
Willie Mays escorting John Roseboro to the Dodgers dugout
George Brett is a baseball Hall of Famer too, remembered by all serious students of the game as one of the greatest hitters ever — he’s the only MLB player in history to win batting titles in three different decades — and by even casual observers of the game as the chief protagonist in an on-field incident that ripened into an off-field battle involving two characters who fairly exemplify the anti-centrism that Ben critiques in Things Fall Apart. The incident involved Brett’s bashing of a ninth inning home run off future Hall of Famer Richard “Goose” Gossage that seemingly gave Brett’s Kansas City Royals a 5-4 win over their bitter rivals at the time, the New York Yankees, in July 1983.
George Brett tussling with umpires after his “pine tar” homer was nullified
As became clear during hearings conducted by American League president Lee McPhail that led ultimately to Brett’s acquittal (if you will), the bat that Brett used to take Gossage deep had more pine tar on its handle than MLB rules at the time permitted — a fact trumpeted endlessly by the attorney who represented the Yankees in a transparently frivolous lawsuit brought by Yankees fans upset that they’d been deprived of the privilege of watching the pine tar game’s final half-inning. (The umps on the day had ruled Brett’s homer invalid and awarded the Yankees a win, thus ending the game — temporarily as it turned out — after the visiting Royals had “completed” their ninth inning at-bats.) The attorney? Roy Cohn — the rapaciously divisive lawyer who served as chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy during his ignominious witch hunt for Communists in US government in the 1950s and later as a key advisor to (gulp) Donald Trump. Who was the other infamously divisive coot who played an important role in whipping up partisan emotions over the pine tar incident? The Royals’ director of promotions at the time: Rush Limbaugh. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Brett and Limbaugh remain on friendly terms, or so it is said. It is said too that Brett and Gossage have become close friends since wrapping up their MLB playing careers (in 1993 and 1994, respectively).
How long will it take for partisans on both sides of the latest headline-grabbing incident in major league baseball to either reconcile their views of the incident’s fundamental properties or, at a minimum, agree to disagree agreeably (sic)? I have no idea. But I do have strongly held views of what happened when Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts tried to snag a fly ball hit by Houston Astros star Jose Altuve during Game 4 of this year’s American League Championship Series (ALCS). Obviously, fans interfered with Betts, and the umps involved were unarguably correct to rule the unlucky Altuve ”out” on the play (Ed Note: David’s views may not reflect the views of Epsilon Theory or its other writers). Just as obviously, having been born as close to Boston’s Fenway Park as one could in the year of my birth (or indeed today) and still take one’s first breath in a well-equipped hospital, I’m rooting for my home town team to supplement its indisputably well-deserved ALCS triumph over the Astros with a win over the Dodgers in the World Series that commenced earlier this week. I’m rooting too for the divisiveness in American politics and culture that Ben discusses in Things Fall Apart to fade, if not as rapidly nor as completely as did the enmity between John Roseboro and Juan Marichal following their famed encounter in 1965, then soon enough to keep the “center” from splintering wholly and irretrievably.
Fans interfering (sic) with Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts during Game 1 of 2018 ALCS
Things Fall Apart (Part 3) – Markets
Viktor Vasnetsov, “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1887)
Our story so far …
Things Fall Apart (Part 1) – in politics we have what Yeats called a widening gyre, where a steady stream of extremist candidates, each very attractive to their party base, pulls all voters into a greater and greater state of polarization, leaving a center that does not and cannot hold.
Things Fall Apart (Part 2) – in markets we have a black hole, where the massive performance gravity of passively managed U.S. large cap stocks pulls all investors into its clutches over time, subverting both the reality of and the faith in portfolio diversification.
But the polarized electorate and the monolithic market are not stable. We are governed by the Three-Body Problem, where multiple bodies that act on each other – like stars and their gravity or humans and their strategic interaction – form a system that has no general closed-form solution. There is no algorithm, no Answer with a capital A, that solves the Three-Body Problem.
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose – we may not have an Answer to predict what’s next, but we do have a Process to succeed with whatever comes next.
For every stock you buy and every vote you cast, the Process requires that you ask yourself:
What are the Narratives (story arcs) I am being told?
What are the Abstractions (categorizations) presented to me?
What are the Metagames (big picture games) I am playing?
What are the Estimations (the roles of chance) shaping outcomes here?
Am I acting to promote Reciprocity (potentially cooperative gameplay)?
Am I acting in a way that reflects my Identity (autonomy of mind)?
Ummm … hi, Ben, I’m not asking you to tell me what candidate to vote for or what stock to buy. But I AM asking you to show me how to apply this process to my real-world political participation and my real-world market participation, because that’s by no means obvious here.
It’s a simple question, Ben. WHAT DO WE DO?
Heard.
In this conclusion to the Things Fall Apart series, I’m going to share with you what I’m doing with with MY political participation and MY market participation. You can decide if my application of the Clear Eyes, Full Hearts process makes sense for you, and in what ways. It’s a lot to describe, so I’m going to divide it up into two notes. This note will be about what-to-do in investing, and my next note will be about what-to-do in politics.
Okay … what-to-do in investing.
To set the stage for this I’m going to use a comic book quote. I know, I know … quelle surprise.
In the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman, Dream of the Endless must play the Oldest Game with a demon Archduke of Hell to recover some items that were stolen from him. What is the Oldest Game? It’s a battle of wits and words. You see it all the time in mythology as a challenge of riddles; Gaiman depicts it as a battle of verbal imagery and metaphors.
Here’s the money quote from Gaiman:
“There are many ways to lose the Oldest Game. Failure of nerve, hesitation, being unable to shift into a defensive shape. Lack of imagination.”
I love this. It is exactly how one loses ANY game, including the games of politics and the games of investing … including the metagames of life. This isn’t just a partial list of how you lose any truly important game, it is a complete and exhaustive list. This is the full set of game-losing flaws.
Failure of nerve.
Hesitation.
Being unable to shift into a defensive shape.
Lack of imagination.
Of these four, lack of imagination is the most damaging. And the most common.
Neil Gaiman, “Preludes & Nocturnes” (1989)
In the comic, Dream and the demon Choronzon go through an escalating series of metaphors for physically powerful entities, culminating with Choronzon’s verbal imagery of all-encompassing entropy and Anti-life. Dream counters by imagining a totally different dimension to the contest thus far, by making the identity statement, “I am hope.” Choronzon lacks the imagination to shift over to this new dimension and loses the game, at which point he’s wrapped up in barbed wire for an eternity of torment.
What’s the point? The greatest investment risk I must minimize is not something that has already been imagined. It’s not a recession or a Eurozone crisis or a trade war or a bear market. No, my greatest risk is a failure of imagination in understanding how the game might fundamentally change.
So let’s put some meat on those bones. Here are the three great already-imagined investment risks that dominate today’s game of markets. Let’s call them the Three Horsemen of the Investing Semi-Apocalypse.
The Three Horsemen of the Investing Semi-Apocalypse
The Fed keeps on raising interest rates and shrinking its balance sheet, ultimately causing a nasty recession in the US and an outright depression in emerging markets.
China drops a trade war atom bomb by letting the yuan devalue sharply, sparking a global credit freeze that makes the 1997 Asian crisis look like a mild autumn day.
Italy and its populist government play hardball with Germany and the ECB in a way that Greece could not, leading to a Euro crisis that dwarfs the 2012 crisis.
Are each of these risks a clear and present danger for markets? YES.
Have I written A LOT about each of these risks? YES.
Will I write a lot more in future notes? YES.
Can you take steps to protect your portfolio from each of these risks? YES.
Should you take steps to protect your portfolio from each of these risks? MAYBE.
If any of these risks come to fruition, would you likely see a 20% decline in US equity markets? YES.
Would you be happy about that? NO.
Should you change your basic investment philosophy if any of these risks occur? NO.
That’s right. Even if the Fed or China or Italy totally blows up our cozy market, you don’t have to change anything in your fundamental investment philosophy. You can keep your 60/40 allocation. You can keep praying to the great god of diversification. You can keep your consultant. You can keep reading the same sell-side pablum. You can keep listening to CNBC blame “risk parity” for every down day. You can keep rejoicing at the big up days when central bankers save the day with their jawboning. You can keep your job, because everyone else will be just as smacked around as you are.
Why don’t you have to change your basic investment philosophy? Because these are VERY well-known and VERY well-discussed event risks. These are anticipatable event risks. There will be a light at the end of the (maybe very long) tunnel. Will it feel like hell? Yes, it will. But as the old saying has it, if you’re going through hell … don’t stop. Whatever you’ve been doing? Keep doing it. With enough time (and that’s the driving consideration for how much you must do to hedge or prepare for these Three Horsemen), you will survive the semi-apocalypse and come out fine on the other end.
Seeing the Three Horsemen of the Investment Semi-Apocalypse ride into town is not your maximum regret. You’ll live.
But there is a Fourth Horseman. And it WILL require you to change your basic investment philosophy, because it IS your maximum regret as an investor.
There is a future that today’s common knowledge deems impossible, but I think is a distinct possibility. The Fourth Horseman doesn’t (necessarily) come with a 20% market decline. It may not be as directly painful as any of its three junior partners. But it will change EVERYTHING about investing.
The Fourth Horseman of the Investing Apocalypse
Inflation is not a cyclical blip and inflationary expectations are not “controllable” by the Fed without taking politically suicidal actions. They don’t commit political suicide, and the world enters a new inflationary regime.
It’s the only question that long-term investors MUST get right in order to minimize their maximum regret. You don’t have to get it right immediately. You don’t have to track and turn with every small perturbation in its path. But you MUST get this question roughly right.
Am I in an inflationary world or a deflationary world?
For the past 30+ years, we have been in a non-inflationary world. For the past 10 years, we have been in a deflationary world. I don’t mean that prices in lots of things haven’t gone up. I don’t mean that inflation hasn’t been a monster in many places. What I mean is that inflation expectations have been declining for 30+ years, and they have been rock-bottom for the past ten. What I mean is that for a decade now, all of our investment behaviors – and by all of us I mean everyone from the smallest individual investor to the Chair of the Federal Reserve – have been predicated on the belief that a) there’s no chance of future inflation for bad reasons (a currency that has lost the confidence of the world), and b) there’s no chance of future inflation for good reasons (robust economic growth). Instead, the most pervasive and powerful piece of common knowledge in investing is simply this: we are on a long gray slog to Nowheresville, a future of too much debt and not enough growth, a pleasant enough if thoroughly meh world.
Each of the Three Horsemen of the Investing Semi-Apocalypse will create a severe deflationary shock.
That’s why you don’t have to change your investment playbook for a Fed-created recession, a China-created credit freeze, or an Italy-created Euro crisis. You already know the deflationary playbook. It’s what you’ve been doing (or should have been doing) for the past ten years. Just keep doing THAT.
But if we enter an inflationary world, something that very few investors alive today have EVER experienced … well, everything you’ve been doing for the past ten years will be a mess. Your prayers to the great god of diversification, at least as that god is manifested today as the Holy Long Bond, will go unanswered. Your embrace of the cult of Vanguard, at least as that cult is expressed today as the worship of passive index funds, will give you pain rather than comfort. The very language that you use today to speak with other investors about core abstractions like Value and Growth will turn into gobbledygook.
Today’s common knowledge rejects this Fourth Horseman of inflationary regime change. But, but … demographics!, you hear. Don’t you understand that Demographics is Destiny™, that we are getting older and having fewer children, dooming us to the long gray slog? But, but … technology!, you hear. Don’t you understand that robots and AI are going to replace all us mere humans, creating a world where our bread and circuses just get cheaper and cheaper? Yeah, I understand. I hear these narratives and memes, too.
But that’s my point. We believe that we are in a deflationary world because we are TOLD that we are in a deflationary world. That’s the common knowledge. Everyone knows that everyone knows that inflation is dead and gone, that it’s a long gray slog going forward, forever and ever amen.
It’s hard to imagine when you’re immersed in it, but common knowledge can change.
That includes common knowledge of the fundamental inflationary/deflationary nature of our world.
I think it’s happening. I could be wrong. But that’s what I’m trying to imagine.
Here’s why I think we are witnessing the start of a sea change in our economic world.
Reason #1. Like I said, the Three Horsemen of the Investing Semi-Apocalypse are hugely deflationary in nature. Yet despite these well known and quite pregnant deflationary risks, inflation expectations are rising nonetheless. Want to imagine something? Imagine if one of these deflationary risks is resolved in a market-friendly way. Imagine what happens to inflation expectations and long-term bond yields then!
And these Three Horsemen WILL be resolved. One way or another, these event shocks always are. They may be resolved in a market-friendly way, or they may be resolved in a decidedly market-unfriendly way. It may be a miserable year or two or three for markets if any of these guys comes galloping through. But one way or another, this, too, shall pass. And what you need to be thinking about is … what then?
Reason #2. The three major narrative Missionaries for markets – the Fed, the White House, and Wall Street – are each beating the drums for inflation. They’ve all got their reasons. The Fed desperately wants to declare victory in its decade-long insistence that they can dispel the deflationary boogeyman, the White House desperately wants to grease the skids for a 2020 campaign by boosting asset price inflation and wage inflation any possible way they can, and Wall Street desperately wants both general asset price inflation and a good story about something to sell, what’s called a rotation trade.
I’ve written a lot about how we can use Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to actually measure this beating of the drums, to actually create a visual presentation of the narrative and sentiment dynamics of markets. It’s what I call the Narrative Machine, and it’s at the heart of how we see the world at Second Foundation Partners.
I won’t repeat everything I wrote in April about the narrative dynamics of Inflation! in The Narrative Giveth and The Narrative Taketh Away, but I will give an update. The skinny of that note is that the narrative intensity in financial media accelerated dramatically in the 12 months ending April 2018 from the 12 months ending April 2017, that the narrative network map went from this:
Inflation Narrative April 2016 – April 2017
Source: Quid, Inc. For illustrative purposes only. Software used under license.
Each of the thousands of dots in these narrative maps is a separate unique article from Bloomberg that contains the word “inflation”, filtered to eliminate articles specifically about inflation outside the US. The articles are clustered by the NLP AI on the basis of similarity in word choice and structure, and they’re colored by time of publication (blue is earlier, red is more recent). Like I say, to read more about the methodology you should start with this note or check out the Quid website, but the point here is pretty obvious: the frequency, centrality and intensity of the Inflation! narrative has picked up dramatically in the financial media sources that serve as the megaphone for common knowledge creation.
So here’s an update for the 12 months ending October 21, 2018, capturing the six months since the maps above were generated.
Inflation Narrative October 2017 – October 2018
We’ve come down slightly over the past 6 months in narrative intensity for Inflation!, mostly because the narratives of Trade War! and Midterms! have gotten louder and have soaked up our finite attention, but this is still a drum-banging map, for sure.
Reason #3. As strong and as resurgent as the Inflation! narrative is today, the Budget Deficit! narrative is just as weak and fading. I’m going to present this narrative map without comment. It’s the sum total of the unique Bloomberg articles published over the past 12 months that contain the words “budget deficit” and have anything to do with the US government.
Budget Deficit Narrative October 2017 – October 2018
Okay, a bit of a comment. 25 articles talking about the federal budget deficit versus 2,200 talking about inflation over the same 12 month period from the same financial media source. I am not making this up. There is ZERO narrative creation around austerity in the United States. ZERO. And as long as that’s the case, the political dynamic for inflationary debt-be-damned policies is unstoppable.
Reason #4. In exactly the same way that the Fed (and the ECB and the BOJ) spurred deflation with their zero interest rate policies, even though they thought they would accomplish just the opposite, so will central banks spur inflation now that they are raising interest rates, even though they think they will accomplish just the opposite. Why? Because it’s exactly the same driver for the “we got deflation when we thought we’d get inflation” phenomenon when the Fed was easing and the “we got inflation when we thought we’d get deflation” phenomenon that I expect now that the Fed is tightening.
The Fed’s singular goal in all of its extraordinary monetary policy decisions since the Great Financial Crisis has been to spur risk-taking from both investors (in the form of buying riskier assets than they otherwise would) and from corporations (in the form of investing more in plant, equipment and technology than they otherwise would). This is not a secret goal. This is the avowed purpose of quantitative easing and large-scale asset purchases and all that jazz. Of the two goals, spurring corporate risk-taking is far more important for our fundamental economic health and the Fed’s “control” of real-world inflation – either to get it moving or to slow it down. But this far more important goal of spurring corporate risk-taking DID NOT HAPPEN as the Fed created the most accommodative financial conditions in the history of man, because the Fed never imagined what the real-world response of corporate management would be.
The Fed suffered a failure of imagination, and as a result they are now risking their maximum regret – a world where they do not “control” inflation.
I wrote about this in July 2017 in Gradually and Then Suddenly, when the Fed was just starting its efforts to turn the monetary policy barge around from easing to tightening, and I wouldn’t change a word today. The money quote:
The reason companies aren’t investing more aggressively in plant and equipment and technology is BECAUSE we have the most accommodative monetary policy in the history of the world, with the easiest money to borrow that corporations have ever seen. Why in the world would management take the risk — and it’s definitely a risk — of investing for real growth when they are so awash in easy money that they can beat their earnings guidance with a risk-free stock buyback? Why in the world would management take the risk — and it’s definitely a risk — of investing for GAAP earnings when they are so awash in easy money that they can hit their pro forma narrative guidance by simply buying profitless revenue? Why in the world would companies take any risk at all when the Fed has eliminated any and all negative consequences for playing it safe? It’s like going to a college where grade inflation makes an A- the average grade. Sure, I could bust a gut to get that A, but why would I do that?
In the Bizarro-world that central bankers have created over the past eight years, raising rates isn’t going to have the same inflation-dampening effect that it’s had in past tightening cycles, at least not until you get to much higher rates than you have today. It’s going to accelerate inflation by forcing risk-taking in the real world, which means that the barge is going to have to move faster and faster the more it moves at all. I think that today’s head-scratcher for the world’s central banks — why haven’t our easy money policies created inflation in the real world? — will soon be replaced by a new head-scratcher — why haven’t our tighter money policies tamed inflation in the real world?
Okay, Ben, let’s say I believe you that the biggest risk to my investment goals is the risk that no one is currently imagining, and that a change in the inflation regime could well be that unimagined risk.
My question still holds. WHAT DO WE DO?
Here’s the trick. We’re trying to figure out a way to be responsive to our very real concerns about the Three Horsemen of the Investing Semi-Apocalypse, each of which is a severe but short-to-medium duration deflationary shock if it happens, against a backdrop of a potential long-term change in the fundamental fabric of our investing world, which is what happens if the inflationary Fourth Horseman comes to town.
To pull off this trick we need to think about the nature of time and the exclusivity (or not) of states of the world. We need to think really carefully about the path that our portfolios will take in a probabilistic world, and our inability to predict the outcome of a Three-Body System.
To pull off this trick we need to differentiate between the analysis we should use for questions of risk and the analysis we should use for questions of uncertainty.
A risk is something where we can assign some sort of reasonable probability to its occurrence AND some sort of reasonable assessment of its potential impact, so that we can calculate what’s called an “expected utility” … in English, so that we can talk meaningfully about risk versus reward of some action or decision. Of course we’re not 100% sure about these probabilities and assessment. Of course we can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future. But we can estimate the short-term future probabilities and we can constantly adapt to those changing estimations, if that’s what we want to do. To use Donald Rumsfeld’s oft-maligned but in-truth brilliant characterization, a risk is a “known unknown”.
An uncertainty is something where we either cannot assign a reasonable probability of occurrence OR its potential impact is so great that thinking in terms of probabilities and expected utilities and risk versus reward doesn’t make much sense. In Rumsfeldian terms, uncertainty is an “unknown unknown”, and historically the classic example of an uncertainty was whether or not you’d win or lose a major war. In modern times, the classic example of an uncertainty is global climate change. Hold that thought.
Modern financial analysis and modern financial advice is very proficient when it comes to decision-making under risk. In fact, that’s all it is. Everything that your consultant tells you is based on decision-making under risk. Everything that your Big Bank model portfolio tells you is based on decision-making under risk. Everything that Modern Portfolio Theory tells you is based on decision-making under risk. It’s all an exercise in maximization – maximizing your expected return over a series of risk vs. reward decisions – and that works out perfectly well if you have stable historical data and well-defined current risks. Less well if you have unstable historical data and poorly defined current risks. Cough, cough.
On the other hand, modern financial analysis and modern financial advice is useless when it comes to decision-making under uncertainty. Worse than useless, really, because you will get actively bad recommendations from an expected utility maximization machine (which is what modern financial analysis really is) when you apply it to questions of uncertainty. It’s like using a saw when you need a hammer. Not only do you have no chance of driving in that nail, but you’re going to damage the wood.
The Three Horsemen of the Investment Semi-Apocalypse are RISKS.
They’re poorly defined risks, and we’re going to talk about that, but a Fed-driven recession, a China-driven global credit freeze, and an Italy-led Euro crisis are, in essential form, risks rather than uncertainties. That means that the right tool kit for figuring out how to prepare and deal with them is basically the same tool kit that every advisor and investor has been using for the past 30+ years. You diversify your portfolio with long-dated government bonds, you pay a lot of attention to taxes and fees, and most importantly, you don’t lose your nerve. You don’t lose your nerve at the top by levering up, and you don’t lose your nerve at the bottom by selling out. You stay invested in markets with a steady level of risk, which is why I’m a fan of the investment philosophy that underpins volatility-adjusted cross-asset investment strategies … you know, what the witch hunter crowd calls Risk Parity.
What this means in practice for many investors, maybe most investors, is that the right thing to do to hedge their portfolio against the Three Horsemen is … NOTHING.
I know, I know … I’m talking against my self-interest here, but my strong belief is that almost all investors, especially investors with a long time horizon, are making a mistake if they actively hedge their portfolios in advance against poorly defined yet well known event risks. This, too, shall pass, or maybe it never even happens, or maybe it doesn’t happen the way everyone thought it would. I’ve seen waaaay too many investors (civilians and professionals alike) zig when they should zag, close the barn door after the horse is out, overpay for insurance, tie themselves into knots … I’ve got a thousand metaphors for misplaying prospective event risk with portfolio hedges.
Now what I DO think is advisable, though, is to react to event risk once it actually happens. What I DO think is advisable is to have a plan for what to sell and what to buy. What I DO think is advisable is to measure the dynamics of event risk as it happens and is converted into market-moving narrative, and use that as the trigger for the plan.
This is very similar to what a risk parity strategy does, which is why I like its philosophy so much. Risk parity reacts to a persistent event shock by selling the portfolio down as the realized risks go up. It’s not trying to predict what’s next. It’s not trying to create “alpha”. It’s trying to keep you in the game while also trying to keep you from being carried out. Endorsed! I think it’s the right investment philosophy for dealing with these poorly defined yet well known event risks, albeit in a (too) systematic and (too) blunt form. I think it’s possible to marry the reactive and profoundly agnostic investment stance of a risk parity strategy with narrative analysis and discretionary management.
That’s what I want to do with MY market participation.
What do you do about the Three Horsemen? You don’t hedge your portfolio in advance. You wait until the Horsemen actually ride into town. And then you play the Oldest Game.
You keep your nerve and embrace the game, because you are prepared.
You don’t hesitate to sell (or buy), because you have a plan.
You’re flexible enough to get defensive, because you know the game may go against you.
Most importantly, you can imagine what’s next, because you’re watching the market-moving narratives develop in real time.
This is our game for the next year or so, while preparing for the Fourth Horseman.
The Fourth Horseman of the Investment Apocalypse is an UNCERTAINTY.
And that requires a completely different tool kit, a completely different state of mind.
There’s an urgency to an uncertainty, if you believe it exists, that doesn’t pertain to a risk. The consequences of an uncertainty coming to pass in a bad form … well, that’s the maximum regret. That’s the path we MUST avoid. That’s the probability we MUST minimize.
I mentioned earlier that the best modern example of an uncertainty is global climate change, and I love the direct comparison to global inflation regime change. Both are unfalsifiable because neither generates any experimental hypotheses, both are unprovable in any sort of classical scientific fashion, and both are, in my opinion, true and real. I’ve found that reactions to one are predictive of reactions to the other. If you’re resistant to the circumstantial evidence for global climate change, I bet you’re resistant to the circumstantial evidence for global inflation regime change. I get that. It’s okay.
Both are BIG. I don’t think anyone rejects the stakes here. And that actually makes my task of suggesting what-to-do a lot easier. Because unlike global climate change and the policies put forward to slow down or reverse it, I’m not trying to reverse anything with global inflation regime change. I’m not suggesting big macro policies to prevent this, I’m suggesting personal investment policies to survive this! So long as you accept the potential stakes of an inflation regime change, I think it’s easier to contemplate the merits of taking steps to minimize the really bad ending.
Easier, but not easy.
Here’s what preparing your portfolio for an intrinsically inflationary world requires:
Your long-dated government bonds will no longer be an effective diversifier. They’ll just be a drag. I bet they’re a big portion of your portfolio today.
Highly abstracted market securities will be very disappointing. Even somewhat abstracted securities (ETFs) won’t work nearly as well as they have. You’ll need to get closer to real-world cash flows, and that goes against every bit of financial “innovation” over the past ten years.
Real assets will matter a lot, but in a modern context. Meaning that I’d rather have a fractional ownership share in intellectual property with powerful licensing potential than farm land.
The top three considerations of fundamental analysis in an inflationary world: pricing power, pricing power, and pricing power. I could keep writing that for the top ten considerations. No one analyzes companies for pricing power any more.
When everyone has nominal revenue growth, business models based on profitless revenue growth won’t get the same valuation multiple. At all. More generally, every business model that looks so enticing in a world of nominal growth scarcity will suddenly look like poop.
Part and parcel of a global inflation regime change will be social policies like Universal Basic Income. I have no idea how policies like that will impact the investment world. But they will.
Perhaps most importantly, the Narrative of Central Bank Omnipotence will be broken. Central Banks will still be the most powerful force in markets, able to unleash trillions of dollars in purchases. But the common knowledge will change. The ability to jawbone markets will diminish. We will miss that. Because the alternative is a market world where NO ONE is in charge, where NO ONE is in control. And that will be scary as hell after 10+ years of total dependence.
God help us, but there’s an argument for Bitcoin here.
Matthias Gerung, “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (ca. 1530)
In practical terms, the greatest conflict between the portfolio you have today, the portfolio you’ll want if any of the Three Horsemen come around, and the portfolio you’ll want if the Fourth Horseman appears is in one particular asset class: long-dated government bonds. You have them today – a lot of them if you’re an institutional investor – and they’ve been great for you. You’re a little nervous about them today, but they haven’t killed you. You’ll be happy to have them if we get a deflationary shock from one of the Three Horsemen, very happy. But if the Fourth Horseman arrives, your long-dated government bond holdings will absolutely kill you.
How do we reconcile all this? Partly through time, partly through planning, mostly through a state of mind. Meaning this:
Today, your long-dated government bonds are a core holding. They should become a tactical holding.
I don’t mean that you sell them tomorrow. I don’t mean that you sell them next week or next month or next year. In fact, if we get a deflationary shock from a Fed-driven recession, a China-driven global credit freeze or an Italy-led Euro crisis, you’re going to want to buy more. This “tactical holding” will be a very large chunk of your portfolio. But make it a tactical holding. Make it something that you are willing to sell. Without hesitation. Without losing your nerve.
Henry Temple, aka Lord Palmerston, directed British foreign policy throughout the mid-19th century, when Britain was at the peak of its imperial power. Here’s his great quote:
Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and these interests it is our duty to follow.
It’s easy to mistake the ideas and the investments that have worked for us for 30 years to be permanent allies. They’re not. It’s easy to lose our imagination in considering what might work best for our interests, to cement allocations or asset classes as somehow sacrosanct to our portfolio. They’re not. It’s easy to confuse an event for a regime change. It’s easy to confuse a risk for an uncertainty. They’re not.
A change is coming, friends. It always is. But with clear eyes and full hearts we can achieve the ending we deserve. Or at least minimize the chances of the ending we don’t.
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The dancers on stage are flopping around, dancing awkwardly in the absence of any music. They look uncomfortable as the Emperor Joseph II enters the rehearsal for the first performance of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
Emperor Joseph II: What is this? I don’t understand. Is it modern?
Kappelmeister Bonno: Majesty, the Herr Director, he has removed a balleto that would have occurred at this place.
Joseph: Why?
Count Orsini-Rosenberg: It is your regulation, Sire. No ballet in your opera.
Joseph: Do you like this, Salieri?
Antonio Salieri: It is not a question of liking, Your Majesty. Your own law decrees it, I’m afraid.
Joseph: Well, LOOK at them! No, no, no! This is nonsense. Let me hear the scene with the music.
Of all the investment strategies that force investors to hold their noses and take their medicine, we are most uncomfortable with those based on historical price movements. We know that they work, up to a point. And so we balance in our heads the ideas of participating in trends with some vague notion that we will make enough money doing so to compensate us for it all blowing up in our face one day. Alternatively we hope that we will be able to buck the trend before it reverses, whether through a contrarian analysis of price movements or some statistical model of investor behavior. Even when the models work, it can feel unsettling, like dancing a ballet without music.
Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
Igor Stravinsky, as quoted by Geza Szamosi in The Twin Dimensions: Inventing Time and Space
In a Three-Body Market, narratives are the music. Understanding how they influence the structure and flow of price-trending behaviors is not a cure-all. But it can be a useful tool.
If you would dance, my pretty Count, I’ll play the tune on my little guitar. If you will come to my dancing school I’ll gladly teach you the capriole. I’ll know how; but soft, every dark secret I’ll discover better by pretending. Sharpening my skill, and using it, pricking with this one, playing with that one, all of your schemes I’ll turn inside out. Se vuol ballare, signor contino, il chitarrino le suonerò, sì, se vuol venire nella mia scuola, la capriola le insegnerò, sì. Saprò, saprò, ma piano, meglio ogni arcano dissimulando scoprir potrò. L’arte schermendo, l’arte adoprando, di qua pungendo, di là scherzando, tutte le macchine rovescerò.
The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1796)
If narratives are the music, we must be conscious of the musicians.
This is Part 4 of the multi-part Three-Body Alpha series, introduced in the Investing with Icarus note. The Series seeks to explore how the increasing transformation of fundamental and economic data into abstractions may influence strategies for investing – and how it should influence investors accessing them.
Economic Models Behavioral Models Idiosyncratic Models
Systematic Security Screening Econometric GTAA Trend-Following
Value Factor Investing
Mean-Reversion
Statistical Arbitrage High Frequency
Discretionary DCF / DDM / Price Target
Quality-Based
Credit Work
Growth Equity
Relative Value
Asset Value Sentiment Value + Catalyst Discretionary Macro
Other Trading Strategies Activism Distress
Trend-following is an odd little corner of the market.
Well, not little, I suppose. When taken in the aggregate, trend-following strategies – by which I include all strategies which use historical price behavior as a primary component in determining current positioning – account for at least $400 billion, and some multiple of that in exposure. If we included all the momentum-inclusive quant equity strategies and related factor portfolios, too, we’re easily wandering into the trillions.
And yet it still has an uneven reputation.
It wasn’t long ago that the most reputationally aware institutional money (i.e. endowments and foundations) wouldn’t touch anything that looked like it was trading based on price movements. Some still don’t. It was considered this sort of uncouth thing, a place for daytraders and charlatans. The real adults were investors! Value investors, business buyers, participants in the process of setting the proper price of capital! It didn’t help, of course, that many of the go-go momentum shops of the late 90’s were pretty sloppy, or that many so-called trend-following strategies were just some guy drawing dumb lines on a Bloomberg chart. And then later getting a computer to draw dumb lines for him.
Now, the empirical premises of the most basic trend-following strategies are not really all that much in question. They work. The data are pretty clear that they work. Of course, don’t tell that to the professor at Wharton who taught me 18 years ago that technical analysis was only so much superstitious hogwash. And yes, as much as we might protest that the reversal pattern of long-term underperformers that DeBondt and Thaler identified in 1985 or the short-term trend continuation pegged by Jegadeesh and Titman in 1996 are different, it is still technical analysis, y’all.
So yes, it works. But investing because of how the price has moved doesn’t FEEL like investing, and this feeling is a hump that a lot of investors still can’t get over. It’s too simple. As it happens, a lot of professional investors are really uncomfortable telling their clients and boards that they buy things just because they’re going up and sell them just because they’re going down. This is a predictable outcome, given that many of those professional investors have sold themselves to their clients and boards on the basis of, y’know, not being the kind of poor sap who just does what everyone else has been doing.
And so it is that there are all sorts of stories about why trend-following and momentum strategies work that are meant to lend them credibility. Maybe it’s because dispersion of fundamental information takes time. Maybe it’s because we overextrapolate earnings growth. Maybe it’s because price trends are really just a proxy for intangible business momentum. I’m sure there are many very bright people who earnestly believe these stories. Hell, they may even be right. But for my money, the simpler explanation – and to be fair, it’s one that is usually recognized by those proposing the other explanations – is the easier one. Things that go up feel better and safer, a natural emotion that we have institutionalized through Morningstar ratings, consultant buy lists, ‘approved lists’ and hyper-frequent portfolio reviews designed under the auspices of weeding out ‘bad investments’, by which we mean ‘investments that have done poorly over the last 12-24 months.’
The problem is that while most of us can get our heads around why price and performance trends ought to continue, we also know that they can’t and don’t continue indefinitely. We also know that, if value investing works, too – and it does – there’s a point at which our view probably ought to shift to an expectation of a contrary relationship between future returns and stocks with strong historical performance. As you might imagine, there are a lot of implementation choices here. In fact, I’m not sure there is a space that provides the potential for as much diversity in signal design as trend-following.
Lest you get too frightened (or excited), no. This isn’t going to be a survey piece. There are great primers available on trend-following, and I’m not going to write a better one. If you’re in the market for a survey course in investment strategies, AQR’s Antti Ilmanen wrote the Bible. I’d also add that if you aren’t following the work by Corey Hoffstein at Newfound Research, you may find it even more useful. He researches implementation questions in the open, and since doing is invariably the best way to learn, I suspect you will gain immeasurably from following along. I have.
If you do want to understand the smorgasbord of strategies which incorporate price as an input, I do have a small number of suggestions, none of which is groundbreaking, and all of which would be a standard part of the arsenal of questions to ask any trend, CTA, managed futures or systematic macro fund manager:
Understand the difference between time-series momentum and cross-sectional momentum, and know which your managers are relying on. They perform more differently than you would expect.
Understand time horizon diversity among the signals being used, and how you might expect those signals to work differently.
Understand how non-price data is being used in models, as primary signals or conditioners.
Understand how positions are sized, and how gross and net exposures are managed.
I’m not making recommendations here, but at their very likely great distress, I’ll also share the names of a few people who, in my experience, are preternaturally good at discussing the hows and whys of these strategies. And this is me suggesting, not them offering, y’all:
Ewan Kirk at Cantab Capital, to explain anything trend-following or managed futures.
Rob Croce at BNY Mellon (and in full disclosure, a former colleague), to sell you on the religion of pure trend.
Jason Beverage at Two Sigma, to explain shockingly complicated quant portfolio construction concepts in ways you will understand.
On anything on the shorter end of the time-horizon spectrum (where a lot of mean reversion strategies live), you will never go very wrong by asking your AQR rep for a chat with Michael Mendelson.
But again, the intent behind this piece – as with the rest of the series – isn’t to tell you how and why these strategies work. It is to discuss whether we think a more abstracted market with greater always-on awareness of what other investors are thinking and doing ought to change the way these strategies work. The short answer? Yes. It should also change the way some of the strategies are designed and incorporated into portfolios.
What we are NOT talking about is parsing the news for sentiment. Sure, tone and sentiment are a component of any narrative. But a lot of money has been spent by hedge funds and others over the last decade and a half to mine news for sentiment, first by building huge manual research teams in India, and later by assigning those tasks to computers. Most of those efforts have been huge flops. The relationship between narrative and price trends is different, and I want to show you why.
This foray will necessarily cover the relationship between narrative and trend-following more generally, and not with individual strategies. After all, if we’re going to tell stories about how prices dance to the music of the stories that Wall Street tells, we must hold some things constant. So let me tell you a story about just three companies. They existed over the last 3 years. Conveniently, all of them are called Tesla Motors.
A Ballet in Three Acts, Act I: Resilient Tesla
Since calling them all the same thing will be confusing, let’s call the first of our companies “Resilient Tesla.” Resilient Tesla existed between for six months, from November 2016 to May 2017. In what will be familiar to regular readers, we rely on natural language processing technology from Quid to relate and graph news articles from a very broad universe of sources based on content, context, phrasing and sentiment. We provide some of our own characterizations of the clustered content to aid interpretation.
What did media reports have to say about Resilient Tesla? Well, they didn’t ignore bad things that were going on. Media reported on issues with autopilot, and on reported safety issues. It reported on issues with dealership access in states. But those stories were curiously isolated. With few exceptions, they shared no language or other similarities with the core of the conversations taking place about Tesla.
The center of gravity around which the Resilient Tesla narrative orbitted was management guidance, in particular around Tesla’s desire to raise capital to grow. The stories about management guidance and capital raising were usually also stories about the Model 3 launch. They were also about Tesla taking over as the most valuable carmaker in the US. Importantly, they were also stories about Wall Street positioning, and what big investors and sell side analysts thought about the company. And – for the most part – the tone and sentiment of all of these categories were good and positive. What is more, all of these linked positive topics were things where Tesla was the only game in town. That lent stability to the overall narrative, and that narrative was growth. We need capital, but we need it to launch our exciting new product, to grow our factory production, to expand into exciting Semi and Solar brands. Sure, there were threats, but always on the periphery.
Resilient Tesla was a positive trending stock. Over all but short bursts over this period, it would have been a long position for most long-, medium- and short-term models. Sure, models and strategies incorporating liquidity, volume, daily price action, large block trade activity or other esoteric anomalies may have had different exposure, but Resilient Tesla was a classic long for most.
Source: Bloomberg, Epsilon Theory. Note: This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security, or to take any portfolio action. Past performance is not indicative of future results. You cannot invest directly in an index, and we do not invest directly in any individual securities.
A Ballet in Three Acts, Act II: Transitioning Tesla
The stories started changing in summer 2017. Act II tells the story of Transitioning Tesla, a company which existed for three months, from May 2017 through August 2017.
The overall sentiment and the language used in stories about Transitioning Tesla were still positive. In fact, they were actually slightly more positive than they were for Resilient Tesla. But gone was the center of gravity around management guidance and growth capital. In its place, the cluster of topics permeating most stories about Tesla was now about vehicle deliveries. Articles about Tesla used to be Management says this AND Model 3 is coming AND did you know that Tesla is now the most valuable US carmaker AND here’s Wall Street’s updated buy/sell recommendation stories. For Transitioning Tesla they were The Model 3 launch is exciting AND the performance of these cars is amazing, BUT Tesla is having delivery problems AND can they actually make them AND what does Wall Street think about all this? The narrative was still positive, but it was no longer stable.
In other words, two things happened here:
Transitioning Tesla lost control over the narrative. It failed to control its cartoon.
The main connectivity among the stories people tell about Tesla became concern about deliveries and production.
We’ve previously described narrative as providing meta-stability to an overall market: the ability to shrug off contrary new facts that are inconsistent with the narrative, and to incorporate new facts that were previously considered tangential. Instead, the excitement about non-Model 3 opportunities like Solar, Gigafactory and Semi moved further to the periphery, less linked to most content about the company. Debt concerns, competition and partnership issues, previously easily shrugged off, were now being mentioned in articles that were ostensibly about something else. This is what it looks like when meta-stability fails. This is what it looks like when the narrative breaks.
You wouldn’t necessarily have sensed a difference in how the Tesla story was being told. It was still positive in tone, still almost universally optimistic. Investors and the public alike were still excited about the vehicles’ uniqueness. They still saw value in the periphery businesses. You probably wouldn’t have thought much of the price performance over these four months, either. Long-term cross-sectional momentum models would have shrugged off the addition of four choppy months of ultimately in-line performance. Time-series models would have scored a still-rising stock.
But it was already broken.
A Ballet in Three Acts, Act III: Broken Tesla
The third Tesla – Broken Tesla – existed between August 2017 and the present.
The growing concern about production and vehicle deliveries entered the nucleus of the narrative about Tesla Motors in late summer 2017 and propagated. The stories about production shortfalls now began to mention canceled reservations. The efforts to increase production also resulted in some quality control issues and employee complaints, all of which started to make their way into those same articles. When stories about suppliers not getting paid were coupled with a failed MBO, writers all too easily related these concepts with the management and oversight of the company. Once writers connect these items, then the previously peripheral issues of autopilot crashes, recalls and union disputes start finding their way in as well.
Now, almost all of these things were obviously very real, very tangible problems. That’s not the point. The point is that there was already broad private knowledge that there were issues with Tesla’s manufacturing process. There was already broad private knowledge that senior finance executives had been leaving the company. There was already broad private knowledge that Elon was eccentric. There was already broad private knowledge about the previously peripheral problems for the company. But none of those things really mattered until they became part of the common knowledge around the stock. Once that happened, a new narrative formed: Tesla is a visionary company, sure, but one that doesn’t seem to have any idea how to (1) make cars, (2) sell cars or (3) run a real company that can make money doing either.
But that’s all the music. So what is the dance? Well, the performance of the stock in this period is probably familiar. This was a model trade for most trend-followers, especially those with more basic strategies. A long-term positive trend, followed by a flat period to roll off old signals, followed by relatively quick transition to a new trend. The funds incorporating more basic long-term cross-sectional signals only probably got hurt a little in Q3 2017, but have been in the money since then.
The Epilogue
If you’re reading this note on Tuesday, October 23rd, you’ll know that Tesla has moved up its earnings call to tomorrow evening. As of mid-day today, TSLA stock is up about 5.6%. As always, these things are overdetermined, but it’s hard to think that responses to chirps from management about a ‘near-profitable’ quarter and record production and deliveries don’t have something to do with it.
Tesla valuations are built on the basis of phenomenal projected future growth. The idea that anyone is going to update some model assumption after tomorrow’s results and legitimately come up with a massively different valuation is nonsense. And yet. If I were short the stock based on the supportive environment for a continued negative price trend, I’d be looking very closely at the following:
Can Elon and team put on a performance that starts to put distance between how media and Wall Street talk about the company in the same breath that they talk about credibility issues for management? Can they stay on-point and look like adults?
Will the ‘near-profitability’ story and facts dispel the swirling attachment of debt / cash flow / failed MBO concerns to the principal stories about Tesla?
Will they be able to bring the topics that have remained positive (e.g. China production, Panasonic’s progress, even Semi, believe it or not) into the main narrative about the stock?
Perhaps most importantly, can Elon step back into the role of Missionary? Or will he continue to let other people determine his cartoon?
The Story of the Three Acts
Let me address a couple legitimate criticisms of this way of complementing trend-following in advance.
The first is that this all seems very easy to see in retrospect. Would I have seen this in advance? Would you? Not sure. There is predictive power in this, but it is hard. It is also systemizable. It is also a new way of looking at things that requires us to build some new muscles to see clearly – and to avoid the confirmation bias that inevitably creeps into this kind of analysis.
The second criticism – and this one comes up a lot – is that professional investors and analysts don’t make judgments about companies and securities based on the content of news pieces. Assuming that this is a serious observation, I would only respond by recommending that you talk to more fund managers and read more sell side pieces. Still, there is a lot to be gained by understanding how common knowledge and broad private knowledge alike DO differ by and among different groups – from broad media, to specialized media, the sell side, long-only fund managers, hedge fund managers and macro strategists. This is something we are working on expanding as part of our research effort.
The third is skepticism that the existence of what we’re calling narrative can predict the direction of a stock. Well…yeah. I mean, I agree. I’m not at all convinced that it can, and there’s nothing I’ve written here today that should convince us that we could have used this ex ante to bet on or against TSLA. This isn’t about predicting the direction of a stock. It’s about updating our predictions about whether it is an environment more or less conductive to investing with or allocating to various types of trend-following strategies. You may not be able to predict the trend, but you may have some ability to project its stability. It’s about understanding how the music changes the dance. It’s not about the answer, it’s about the process.
What else do we take away from all this? What else do I think?
I think allocators should be more actively engaging our trend-following managers to be curious about why their signals work. Ask questions about how they try to develop economic intuition for them. They don’t have to buy into how we are conceptualizing this. But they should be constantly curious.
I think I’m more inclined toward simple strategies that are heavy on long-term trend. While abstractions are just as capable of creating choppy periods, I think conducive environments for long-term trends will be more common. I think the cause will be broader awareness of these tools by CEOs and other missionaries. . That’s pure conjecture on my part. But even if I’m wrong, long-term trend’s traits in major equity market drawdowns are a very nice second prize.
I’m less inclined toward the managed futures / CTA behemoths. By definition, I think more adaptable strategies capable of turning off models that aren’t suited for the environment – maybe on similar grounds to what we’re arguing, and maybe on more sophisticated ones – will be the winners. The megashops in this space have created capacity and liquidity through strategy stratification that tether them to relatively more static approaches, or else would force them to significantly reduce risk budgets (which many have already done as they’ve transformed themselves into management fee shops).
I think, at the margin, I prefer strategies more heavily driven by absolute time-series momentum vs. cross-sectional strategies, although they are perfectly acceptable complements, as well. Both have a role. But I think the bigger abstractions and narratives will require us to capture beta effects (i.e. I want strategies more capable of making non-offsetting directional bets).
As an aside, I think if Elon Musk wants to get this thing back on track, he needs to control his own cartoon and embrace his role as Tesla’s missionary again. Among…uh…a few other things. I’ve never owned the stock and I never will. But unlike most people at this point, I really do want Elon to succeed. Yes, really.
Maybe most importantly, we have all intuitively adopted ‘trend-following’ thinking in our normal portfolio construction behaviors. After a pleasant decade for risky assets, most of us have internalized a sense of stability in the trend in something like the S&P 500. It won’t allow you to predict the future. But awareness of narrative stability may help you to understand if and when the narratives supporting the “just keep it simple and buy SPY” heuristics start to break down.
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They ALL Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Revolver usually gets the critical nod, but for my money Abbey Road is the superior album.
The A-side is a discontinuous mélange of styles, a sampler of everything the Beatles had to offer at the peak of their powers. The pressing rock beat of Come Together, John’s apparent anti-Reagan theme song. Something, the second best love song of the 1960s, after the Beach Boys’ God Only Knows, which remains the best love song yet written. After that, it’s a granny song, screaming doo-wop, octopuses and a dragging blues riff that washes out into white noise and then abrupt silence. The A-side of Abbey Road alone would still be in the top 50 rock albums of all time.
The B-side couldn’t be more different. Instead of experimenting with the juxtaposition of a silly Ringo song with a sonically and nominatively heavy bit of John and Yoko-style philosophy, the B-side is a medley of interconnected musical and lyrical vignettes. After the interlude of one of the Beatles’ most richly harmonized and probably most polarizing songs (Because), the rest is a single piece in eight parts. It starts with an overture and carries through various obviously and sometimes less obviously linked little stories, ending with the famous closing karmic line: ‘And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.’ Perfect.
After a brief period of thinking my wife (named Pam) would get a kick out of Polythene Pam that ended when I remembered the rest of the lyrics, I settled on my favorite number in the medley: She Came In Through The Bathroom Window. The reason I was always fascinated by the song, I think, is that of all the stories told on the album, its story was the one that sounded like it had to be true. Like something that really happened.
And it did happen. Sort of. You see, there are all sorts of different claims to being the inspiration for the song.
The Apple Scruff
The most popular version of the story goes that a fan named Diane Ashley – one of the Apple Scruffs who waited around the studio all day for a glimpse of one of the Beatles – found a ladder from the garden up to the bathroom in Paul’s home. Once when he was away from he house, Diane claims to have entered the house and stolen a few things, including a framed picture of Paul’s father that was later returned. This, so Diane’s widely accepted story goes, is the inspiration behind the brilliant line: ‘She could steal, but she could not rob.’
Moody Blues keyboardist Mike Pinder says something different. He claims that he, fellow bandmember Ray Thomas, and Paul McCartney were hanging out one day, regaling Paul with the story of a young woman and fan who, ahem, found her way into Thomas’s room through – you guessed it – a bathroom window. Mike says Paul picked up a guitar, started strumming and sang the words, ‘She came in through the bathroom window…’
The Dancer-Thief
More recently, a third story has emerged on the internet. A dancer named Susie Landis – who now goes by Landis Kearnon – claims to have been paid $1,500 to steal the master of A Day in the Life from David Crosby’s house. They climbed through a muddy backyard to (yup) a bathroom window that gave them access. They found the master and drove it across town to their employer, who copied it and engaged them once again to return it. Why did he want the copy? As the story goes, a local radio station (KHJ) paid to be able to air the song, which had been previewed for a number of artists and had developed quite a reputation before its first public airing. Apparently the early airing infuriated Paul, giving him ample cause to pen a song about it.
The story is a bit suspect, perhaps, given the number of dimensions on which the storyteller fits her story to the song. For example, she claims that her father had blackmail material on Crosby, which apparently motivated the ‘protected by her silver spoon’ line. And of course this thief was usually a dancer (‘she said she’d always been a dancer’), and knew a Detective Monday, who called producer Billy Monday, who called Tuesday Weld, who called Paul, about the incident (‘Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me’). A bit too on-the-nose, but true-sounding details around events that did happen are always enticing.
Of course, when it comes to any Paul rumor, you could always count on John to lob in an off-hand comment that confused the whole matter. In a 1980 interview included in David Sheff’s All We Are Saying, Lennon said the following:
That’s Paul’s song. He wrote that when we were in New York announcing Apple, and we first met Linda. Maybe she’s the one that came in the window. I don’t know; somebody came in the window.
While not nearly as popular as the Dark Side of the Moon / Wizard of Oz urban legend, some Beatles fans claim that between five and six seconds into the track, after “Oh, Look Out!”, you can hear someone quickly saying “Linda Eastman.” I…don’t hear it. But someone is definitely muttering something, and OK, maybe it sounds a little bit like ‘Eastman.’
Stories like this are interesting enough. They’re more interesting when they tell us about the relationship between narratives and facts. One of the reasons that “but, because, therefore” are such good tells for abstracted, fiat news is that direct strings of causality are extraordinarily hard to identify. When we read a story that seeks to attach facts to an explanation, or which seeks to tell us what those facts mean, or which seeks to tell us why the market or a stock is doing this or that today, we not only subject ourselves to the judgments of the author. We also subject ourselves to the fact that most realities are heavily overdetermined. That’s a $10 word for the kind of thing that is so related to so many different drivers that we could easily use those drivers to explain more than 100% of the thing. And if you’re not careful, you’ll buy into explanations that try to do exactly that.
I would be shocked if at least two of the Bathroom Window theories weren’t at least partially true. I would be shocked if there weren’t several other experiences that influenced the lyrics, too. I would be shocked if half the lyrics weren’t simply the fanciful output of a generation’s best songwriter.
But the lesson adds a bit to our rules for reading financial news:
Look for the tells of fiat news: “but, therefore, because”
Be on guard for overdetermination. Confident attribution of causality is another tell of narrative, and of fiat news.
O God, Make Me Humble
Caesar: What’s under the sheet?
Marcus Vindictus: Sheet? Oh! Oh, the sheet. Yes. To begin with, number one, a beautiful hand-carved alabaster bathing vessel!
Caesar: Nice. Nice. Not thrilling…but nice.
– History of the World, Part I (1981)
There is only one prayer I know which God always answers: ‘O God, make me humble.’
When I was growing up in Minooka, Illinois, I was a nice kid. I was also an insufferable know-it-all. To be fair, I wasn’t the smartest in my school. That honor belonged to Andy Kimble, a math genius who went to USC to study film. He’s now an editor for several television shows. Still, I had a reputation for knowing way more than I ought to have about far too many topics.
There was more than a little bit of small pond effect to this. I have already confessed, after all, to my status as Medium Talent. It’s a big world, and the sooner you realize how many millions of people can think circles around you, the sooner you find your place in it. Ben and I both participate in a fairly competitive online trivia league. Within the hierarchy of the league, I am placed in what is called the “B-rundle”, which is exactly what it sounds like. Nice. Not thrilling…but nice.
My one great recurring memory of being young and in school, however, was the joy with which people responded to discovering that I didn’t know something. My fifth grade teacher. That time I spelled ‘handkerchief’ wrong in a spelling bee in 7th grade. The first time I said the word ‘banal’ out loud. The time I pronounced ‘Mussorgsky’ as ‘Musso-gorsky’ in an orchestra rehearsal, and embarrassingly insisted that it was an accepted alternate way to say it. The scarier thing, of course, was how I responded to all these mostly harmless jokes at my expense. How desperately and successfully I hid the fact that there were a LOT of things I wasn’t understanding, and topics I didn’t completely follow.
At a young age, I found that I enjoyed the idea of being thought of as knowledgeable and intelligent, maybe as much as I enjoyed actually being those things. I also realized with some surprise that the payoffs of the two were usually pretty similar – the tangible payoffs that were immediately evident, anyway. And pursuing the former was a hell of a lot less work.
No self-flagellation here. As it turns out, there’s a growing body of research into how the real and perceived value of ability-signaling is effectively stunting true pursuit of education across the board. Bryan Caplan writes about it a great deal in his recent, provocative book The Case Against Education. Much more recently (i.e. this month), two Harvard researchers and one from Stanford released an NBER working paper on the topic called Signaling, Shame and Silence in Social Learning (h/t @RobinHanson). It’s an academic paper, but it is an interesting read. It will also be useful to anyone more generally interested in the intersection of narrative and metagame playing. But at its core, it seems to confirm that the negative ability-signaling associated with implying that we don’t know something keeps us from asking questions even when we should. This is a major problem of social organization. These people are not acting irrationally. In just about every major social sphere, we have created a system in which it is absolutely in our socioeconomic best interest to maximize our ability-signaling, even at significant cost to the thing we are supposedly signaling.
I have never seen an investment firm that has really solved this problem.
Bridgewater has famously, valiantly tried. They’ve done better than most. ‘Radical transparency’ goes a long way toward addressing the costs and benefits of expertise vs. perceived expertise. So does the embrace of mistakes and the attractive concept of a meritocracy of ideas. But even the Bridgewater code systematizes ability-signaling through ‘believability-weighting’. If you don’t think managing your reputation – even at the cost of asking questions when you don’t know the answer – is as important on Glendinning Place as it is on Wall Street, you’re kidding yourself.
But at least they’ve tried.
And so must we all. It is critically important. To the extent we incentivize ability-signaling, we impair humility. To the extent we impair humility, we degrade every decision-making process we may have. The problem I described in the Cornelius Effect was one in which, beyond a certain point, increases in talent and expertise of advisers and investment professionals tend not to manifest in better outcomes. This problem is partially external. With a world full of brilliant people, believing we can find the person who can tell us the answer through singularly brilliant insights is a fool’s errand. It is also partially internal. Humility is a necessary precondition for a talented person to make himself or herself part of a process.
But the prayer required of the organization that would actively stamp out the trappings of ability-signaling – O God, make me humble – is perilous. When you tell everyone about your vision, they will say that it is such a good idea! So long overdue! We love how transparent you are! Break the old patterns of our industry! Twelve months later, when they’re flipping through your deck, it will be different. They’ll read the bios. Hmm…what school is that? I like the strategy, but the PM’s background looks spotty…I haven’t even heard of these firms she worked at. The analyst they introduced us to seemed to be really well connected to the PM’s thinking, but remember that analyst at the other firm? He knew everything about that company! Now that was impressive!
I’m making this up, but we both know that I’m not really making this up. This isn’t an indictment of allocators or decision makers or fund managers or…anyone, really. It’s an indictment of the fact that we built an industry on professionals exploiting the knowledge gaps of their clients. It’s an indictment of the fact that the solutions we created to prevent charlatans and criminals from pursuing that exploitation were prudent man and other standards designed to minimize the appearance of risk instead of minimizing undesirable/uncompensated risk.
It’s time to revisit these standards.
This won’t be the last time we write about this.
Funding Secured
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Crown Prince MBS in happier times
Can you imagine if Tesla were actually moving forward today with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund in a take-private transaction? Can you imagine the uproar over Elon doing this sort of major deal with the Saudis after the Khashoggi regrettable altercation murder?
Well, no need to imagine. Or at least no need to imagine a unicorn financial transaction caught up in the wake of the Khashoggi events.
SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to take a majority stake in WeWork Cos., in what would be a giant bet on the eight-year-old provider of shared office space, according to people familiar with the talks.
The investment could total between $15 billion and $20 billion and would likely come from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, some of the people said. The $92 billion Vision Fund, which is backed largely by Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi wealth funds as well as by SoftBank, already owns nearly 20% of WeWork after last year committing $4.4 billion in equity funding at a $20 billion valuation.
Talks are fluid and there is no guarantee there will be a deal, some of the people said.
“SoftBank Explores Taking Majority Stake in WeWork,” Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2018
Softbank’s Vision Fund is the largest single private equity fund in the world, with about $100 billion in capital commitments, of which about half comes from Saudi Arabia. Over the past two years, the Vision Fund has transformed Silicon Valley, particularly in the relationship between capital markets and highly valued private tech companies – the so-called unicorns like Uber and Lyft and Palantir and Airbnb. Who needs an IPO for an exit when you’ve got the Vision Fund to write a multi-billion dollar check?
Case in point: the deal that was shadow-announced earlier this month between the Vision Fund and WeWork, a company that SoftBank valued at $20 billion last year despite, ummm, shall we say … questionable business fundamentals to support that number and a subsequent bond raise. I mean, can anyone say “community-adjusted EBITDA” with a straight face? But hey, that was 12 months ago! What do you say we literally double down on that valuation and buy out all of the external investors in WeWork, so that it’s just the Vision Fund and WeWork management that owns the company? How does that work for you?
OMG. If I’m one of those current private equity investors in WeWork, I am building a shrine in honor of Masayoshi Son, the SoftBank founder and Vision Fund frontman. If I am an investor or an employee of any of these other unicorn tech companies, I am lighting a candle and praying for Masayoshi Son’s continued good health.
The Vision Fund, and more generally the Saudi money behind it, is a classic fin de siecle undertaking. It is The Greatest Fool in a private equity world that must find greater and greater fools for their investment funds to work here at the tail end of a very long and very profitable business cycle. The Vision Fund and its Saudi money isn’t just a lucky break for both the financiers and the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. It is an answered prayer.
And here’s the crazy thing … the Khashoggi murder could blow this all up. Not just the WeWork deal. Not just the next mega-fund that SoftBank puts together. But this fund. The Vision Fund.
And if the Vision Fund is no longer viable as a player in Silicon Valley, then I don’t think the unicorn valuations are viable, either.
Why do I think that there is now existential risk for the Vision Fund? Check out these narrative maps before and after news of the Khashoggi murder broke on October 3.
First here’s the narrative map of the 608 unique major-media articles on “SoftBank Vision Fund” for the three months prior to the murder, so July 2 through October 2, 2018. I’ve colored the nodes (each node is a separate article) by sentiment, so green for positive, yellow for neutral, and red for negative.
Source: Quid
As you can see, the core of the Vision Fund narrative is all about the deals it is doing. The Saudi connection is way off in the periphery of the overall narrative. Moreover, the sentiment across the map, including the peripheral Saudi thread, is VERY positive. Only 5% of these articles have a negative sentiment, and those are dominated by a very peripheral cluster of articles on microprocessor IP, stemming from SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM in 2016.
But now look at the narrative map since October 3, consisting of 225 unique major-media articles on the Vision Fund.
This is a narrative train wreck. It’s not just that the negative sentiment articles have more than tripled to 18%, and that positive sentiment articles are now less than half of the total (which is AWFUL for the normally rah-rah business press). No, the much more damaging aspect is that Saudi involvement is now at the core of the Vision Fund narrative. There are still more articles being published about the investments that the Vision Fund is making. But that narrative cluster is no longer at the heart of the map. The Vision Fund narrative is now defined by its Saudi funding, and that’s a bell that never gets unrung.
I wrote a brief note last week about how common knowledge regarding the Saudi regime in general and Crown Prince MBS in particular had shifted, about how what everyone knows that everyone knows about MBS had changed. And once common knowledge changes, so does behavior. In many cases, it’s the ONLY thing that can change behaviors.
Well, the common knowledge on SoftBank and the Vision Fund has changed, too. Today, everyone knows that everyone knows that it’s Saudi money behind the fund. And that will absolutely change Silicon Valley’s behavior vis-a-vis the Vision Fund, even if it changes nothing in what Silicon Valley already knew.
Will greed and the answered prayer of The Greatest Fool overcome the narrative stain that associating with the Vision Fund now brings? Maybe. I’d never want to bet against greed! But even more so, I wouldn’t want to bet against the power of narrative.
Bottom line: I think that the MBS-is-a-Bond-villain narrative is now a significant risk to unicorn tech company valuations, through the intermediating narrative of SoftBank’s Vision Fund.
PS – I’d like to give a major h/t to our readers for suggesting that we take a look at SoftBank through the lens of the Narrative Machine. Rusty and I are so fortunate to have found fellow truth-seekers throughout the financial services world. Please keep those cards and letters coming (ben.hunt@epsilontheory.com) with any ideas on future notes!
The Tells of Fiat News
I was reminded of an old video this week (h/t author Robert Kroese) featuring two of the most creative people in America: Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They are, uh, pictured on the left and right above, respectively. The creators of South Park and Book of Mormon, Parker and Stone are famously irreverent, productive and capable of creating surprisingly incisive social commentary on 2-3 days’ notice. They have a lot to say about storytelling. At an NYU writing seminar back in 2014, they said a lot.
You can watch the video clip here, but a transcript of the key bit is below:
Trey Parker: Each individual scene has to work as a funny sketch. You don’t want one scene that’s just like, what was the point of that scene? We found out this really simple rule that maybe you guys have all heard before, but it took us a long time to learn it.
We can take these beats, which are basically the beats of your outline, and if the words ‘and then’ belong between those beats, you’re f***ed. Basically. You’ve got something pretty boring.
What should happen between every beat that you’ve written down, is either the word ‘therefore’ or ‘but’. So what I’m saying is that you come up with an idea, and it’s like ‘so this happens’ right? And then this happens,’ no no no no! It should be ‘this happens, and therefore this happens. But this happens, therefore this happens.’
Literally we’ll sometimes write it out to make sure we’re doing it.
We’ll have our beats, and we’ll say, ‘okay this happens, but then this happens’ and that effects this and that does to that, and that’s why you get a show that feels like this to that and this to that but this, here’s the complication, to that.
And there’s so many scripts that we read from new writers and things that we see …
Matt Stone: F*** that. I see movies, f*** man, you see movies where you’re just watching, and it’s like this happens and then this happens, and this happens — that’s when you’re in a movie and you’re going what the f*** am I watching this movie for?. It’s just like: this happened, and then this happened, and then this happens. That’s not a movie. That’s not a story. Like Trey says it’s those two, ‘but’, ‘because’, ‘therefore’ that gives you the causation between each beat, and that’s a story.
This is among the more concise, actionable advice I’ve seen about storytelling and writing, fields which tend to attract uselessly impractical or vague recommendations. But it is also a perfect illustration of how news is transformed into fiat news. News is and ought to be exactly the thing which Parker bemoans – a series of linked ‘and then’ statements. Holding multiple truths in our heads (#AND) in this way is powerful. It is also boring.
But more often than not, too many journalists, so many of whom entered the industry out of a desire to ‘change the world’, now approach a topic having already decided the ‘beat’ toward which they must steer the story. Ideas, principles and conclusions they consider self-evident, powerful or provocative. Important. Instead of descriptions of what took place, stories are connected with ‘but’, ‘because’ and ‘therefore.’
These are the mechanics of effective storytelling. These are the tells of Fiat News.
When you open news, get in the habit of searching for ‘because’, ‘but’, ‘therefore’ and ‘however.’ Search for ‘nonetheless’ and ‘as a result.’ More often than not, it will give you a sense of the underlying intent of the author outside of the facts being presented.
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Engineers Without Borders 2008
Ecuador
Malingua Pamba & watershed area Background: Engineers Without Borders (EWB) – Denver Chapter began their commitment to help with water projects in June, 2006. In 3 years & 6 trips later, the expertise of EWB along with the mingas (volunteer labor) for which the Quechua are famous, Potable water was brought to ~90%. July, 2009: First EWB Team to start work on Irrigation. As these people are agrarian, this should significantly impact their standard of living.
Summary from EWB First Irrigation Team, July 2009
Kevin Greer, lead; Laura Backus, Teby & Diana Herrero, Tracy Owen, and Brett Pirie In July 2009, the Denver Chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB) sent a group of members to Malingua Pamba, Ecuador to assist the local people in constructing a functional irrigation system. Over the previous year, EWB developed a design for the irrigation system improvements that could be implemented with the available money from the International Rotary Grant. This design included
construction of three 5,000 gallon water storage tanks, installation of 12 smaller 500 gallon water storage tanks, and installation of thousands of feet of pipeline. In addition, the existing portions of the irrigation system required repairs and upgrades to make them functional.
During the trip in July 2009, EWB was able to begin work on the irrigation system. All work was performed by the local people with help from EWB. While EWB was on site, two of the 5,000 gallon water storage tanks were constructed, about 1,000 feet of pipe was installed, and various repairs were made to the existing system.
Repairs included installation of valves, fixing breaks in the pipe, and rehabilitation of existing tanks.Through the work performed on this trip, we feel confident that with the right tools and supplies, and with help from EWB, the local people are capable of completing the remaining work within the scope of the first trip without direct observation by EWB. In addition to construction activities, there was also numerous discussions during the trip regarding water quality, equitable water distribution, and future system improvements. The local people understand that water is a limited resource and a system to distribute it fairly is necessary. They have
developed a “Water Board” to oversee the irrigation system, charge fees, assess fines, and distribute the water. They plan to develop a watering schedule for each user of the system. Use will likely be Ecuador Malingua Pamba & watershed area Background: Engineers Without Borders (EWB) – Denver Chapter began their commitment to help with water projects in June, 2006. In 3 years & 6 trips later, the expertise of EWB along with the mingas (volunteer labor) for which the Quechua are famous, Potable water was brought to ~90%. July, 2009: First EWB Team to start work on Irrigation. As these people are agrarian, this should significantly impact their standard of living. Site for irrigation tank #2 approximately four hours of irrigation per field three times per week. In addition, the irrigation water is not as clean as the potable water in the area and the people are aware that it should not be consumed. We saw a tremendous amount of work from the local people to develop this irrigation system. Each Minga was composed of people from all different areas including some that will not receive irrigation water as part of this phase. The people of Malingua Pamba and EWB continue to learn from each other to develop more productive methods or completing work. Future improvements will expand the system to more people within the local communities.
During the monitoring trip last year one young lady, a mother of 3, explained that she was frequently punished as a child.
Her punishment was to get up an hour before dawn and load the pack animals with empty water jugs for the 1-1/2 hour walk to the stream where her family fetches water and waters the livestock [Many families have few animals including some of these common typical animals: cattle, burros, small horses, llamas, sheep, lambs). As she and the animals approached the stream, she would grab a big jug and run ahead of the animals so she could get clean water before the animals had the chance to muddy the waters. The whole round trip took her a little more than 3 hours.
Later when we were having a monitoring trip closing meeting with the few members of the water board who could attend, Paulino told his story to show his appreciation for the improvements to the old water system.
When Paulino was 8 years old he was helping his father and other community members repair a burst pipe. The original system donated by a French NGO had 5 reservoir tanks, no valves and due to the 1,800 meter descent from spring to lowest tank, high static pressure burst pipes if something plugged the line. He said people were afraid of the system because of the force if a fitting broke; he described jets of water reaching 80 meters high and a pipeline that spanned a 200-meter wide gulley (quebrada). When a pipe burst, it would empty all the water stored above and severely erode gullies below the break. He said that they did not seem to have the materials,skill, tools and training to keep the system operational. But most discouraging was the friction that was developing between the upper and lower communities. The pipeline breaks were so common that people in the lower valley did not want participate in the communal (minga) repair work because the system broke so frequently. Paulino says the system modifications reduced system pressures to more manageable levels - and it reduced the community stress as well.
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Documentary Photos from pam gilbert’s Oct. 09 Trip to Malingua Pamba, Ecuador
These photos are depicting the Extraordinary Efforts of the people of Tunguiche and Malingua Pamba to complete the Irrigation Design by the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) –Denver Chapter using the $25,000 International Rotary Matching Grant. Meeting with the Leaders of the Directiva for Irrigation:
They are showing their map indicating the location of all of the buried PVC , tank locations, etc. Also they have self-imposed an entry fee of $8/person. Monthly fees will be added (within 2 mos?) when people’s crops have brought to market. They now understand the need for a reserve fund so that they can maintain the system.
These very proud Quechua walked me from the source of the irrigation water (~13,000 ft) down to the lowest village, Tunguiche (~9,500 ft) to show me how they had what they had done after EWB left in mid- July. I’m not sure when they exactly finished, but clearly the irrigation water has been used in many areas.
The Secretary speaking at the Thank you Ceremony. He is holding the pages showing the attendance at the 36 days of mingas (volunteer work) since EWB left in late July.
The people buried all of the pipe, built & poured 2- 5,000 tanks on incredibly steep slopes, poured at least one 500 gal tank using the EWB designed re-usable tank form, poured protection boxes around a multitude of taps, and did some antierosion planting.
Here is pic from EWB in July ‘09. These people carried 20 tons of material done to the site of ‘Tanque Teby’. Eden Recor, Winter Park-Fraser Valley Rotarian was instrumental in getting materials delivered. This was Eden’s 3rd visit to Malingua Pamba, Ecuador.
The Thank You Ceremony – in Tunguiche and Denver as they sent plaques & scarves.
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Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company, but with reassuring claims over how they will manage the Tenants Fees ban and possible referral fees restrictions.
Peter Long and Paul Creffield this morning released their company’s 2018 figures - profits halved to £32.6m but with the Back To Basics recovery programme producing improving performance in terms of market share and recruitment.
However, in a follow-up interview with EAT editor Graham Norwood, the company's senior figures warn that Brexit remains an outstanding problem which threatens the stability of the housing market for the first half of this year at least. “It’s a major headwind for the company and the housing market. People have a reluctance to put their home on the market and a reluctance to trade up. It’s a case of wait and see, they say, and this is particularly the case in London and the south east of England” according to Peter Long.
“What we need is clarity on Brexit, when it happens and what it means. It’s undoubtedly the case that there will be a reduction in income in the first half of 2019 because of this uncertainty - we’ve put it at £3m to £5m - and to be honest we don’t know if we’ll make that up in the second half or beyond” he cautions.
Long told EAT that he had seen the actions of LSL, Foxtons and others in terms of cutting branch networks as a way of preparing for such headwinds - but he says that no decisions on branch changes have yet been made by Countrywide.
“Of course we’re looking at estates but we’re not going to be thrown off course. The Back To Basics recovery programme is three years or so and we’re only one year through that” he adds.
Long says that Countrywide’s commercial arm, Lambert Smith Hampton, is also suffering from Brexit uncertainty, in line with the wider commercial property sector.
But while political and economic volatility is hurting Countrywide and the rest of the industry at the moment, the company says it is much better prepared to counter other headwinds facing it in 2019 - specifically the Letting Fees ban and, possibly, restrictions on referral fees as part of the government’s reforms of the house buying processes.
Countrywide warns the Tenants Fees ban may cost it as much as £9m in revenue this year but it expects this to be mitigated by year end. "We have eight to 10 initiatives in place to mitigate the Tenant Fees ban” explains Paul Creffield.
He says one of these is to ensure that a uniform approach takes place on fees across the lettings operations of the Countrywide empire. “Some companies had special deals for friends and family, for example, so we’re changing that and making fees uniform” he says. In addition Countrywide has developed tools for its landlord clients to cope with the plethora of varying selective and other rental licensing regimes that exist in different localities.
“Developing a product like that helps our clients and produces additional income - this is the sort of thing we’ve been developing for some years in anticipation of the ban” according to Creffield.
On referral fees - currently the subject of a 12-month review by government and the subject of new guidelines from the National Trading Standard Estate Agency Team - Creffield says Countrywide is in a “virtually unique advantageous position.”
It has its own regulated in-house legal firm, he says, so while Countrywide does currently pay referral fees in some areas, it is well placed if there is a sharp clampdown or even a ban on fees in the future.
“If the government bans them altogether, which is possible, then I can overnight stop them at Countrywide and we’re in a position to benefit because of our in-house firm. We don’t think any of our competitors can do that” he adds.
You can see the full report on Countrywide’s 2018 figures and the progress it’s making on its Back To Basics recovery programme here.
Paul Creffield
Peter Long
Fees Ban
07 March 2019 08:27 AM
Newsflash worthy?
07 March 2019 13:21 PM
It's so easy to blame bad management on Brexit these days.
Andrew Stanton CEO Proptech-PR Proptech Real Estate Influencer
With the sales pipeline down by 20%, Countrywide's first quarter revenue will also be down by a fifth, add the loss of revenue due to the lettings ban which will start soon, and then transparency on referrals, I think that unless 30% of branches close, by this time next year there may be no Countrywide.
Also, this nonsense about a 3 year plan and back to basics, this sounds very confusing. A three-year plan sounds like a communism and back to basics sounds like the conservatives. I turn clients businesses around in 6 to 8 weeks, if I said I have a 3 year plan to cut your debt and increase your profit, most of my clients would rightly tell me where to go.
I like Countrywide, because in 1986 one of their brands made me a manager after only 14 months in the business, but back then they had a structure, and a strategy and an identity, that made them unique. Also, most importantly, they sold huge amounts of property and their fees were sometimes twice that of the competition and they loved the fact that they were the agent of choice.
Last month I personally called over 150 agents as an exercise for a client, in those calls I spoke with a number of Countrywide offices, and they seemed to have two voices, either condescending and in your face or disinterested and beaten, there were plenty of other agents who had the same voice also.
In contrast, the agents who were market leaders in their areas, either corporate agents or independents, had the same voice on the end of the telephone, professional polite, non-pushy, and interested in what I had to say. Many of those were mature agents who clearly were loving their job, or young men and women who reveled in customer care.
Maybe, the COO's of this corporate should ring their branches, not to spy on their front-line team, but to understand that if prospective clients call and are greeted by negativity or a sales team who do not listen, then the business will not make profit.
Sure, Proptech means only 7% of business comes directly from a telephone call, but if a branch has never made profit in the last 5 years, and by profit I am saying 28% gross profit on turnover in all disciplines, then maybe the front line troops are confused, badly trained and possibly in the wrong profession and the buck for that stops right at the top.
Worringly, when top management say we are not going to sell off part of the company, that is very similar to the PM saying I have every faith in a certain MP, which often as not is followed by the said MP resigning.
My diary is a little busy at present and I am away in sunny Barcelona on holiday until next week, but if Countrywide would like some sound advice, I can certainly impart it, and they would not need to wait another 24 months to start turning around those loss making offices. And those vulnerable offices about to go the same way with sales revenue and other revenue streams about to be cut.
As a point of balance though I was an independent agent for half of my 30 year sales career, I also did time for another corporate who recently posted profits, more than twice those of Countrywide.
It comes as no surprise that all the managers and teams I was privileged to work with, were always on it, and the management teams through to the COO's had a strong, strategy based on customer service.
Also, though it was a corporate, each branch felt like a premier league independent agent, and had enough autonomy at branch level to make the customer feel the same way. And that is a very hard thing to accomplish.
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Early Onset Gastric Cancer: On the Road to Unraveling Gastric Carcinogenesis
Author(s): Anya N. Milne, Robert Sitarz, Ralph Carvalho, Fatima Carneiro, G. Johan A. Offerhaus Department of Pathology, H04-312, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Post box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands., Netherlands
Journal Name: Current Molecular Medicine
Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and the accumulation of specific genetic alterations due to increasing genetic instability, and consequently affects mainly older patients. Less than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age (early onset gastric carcinoma) and these patients are believed to develop gastric carcinomas with a molecular genetic profile differing from that of sporadic carcinomas occurring at a later age. In young patients, the role of genetics is presumably greater than in older patients, with less of an impact from environmental carcinogens. As a result, hereditary gastric cancers and early onset gastric cancers can provide vital information about molecular genetic pathways in sporadic cancers and may aid in the unraveling of gastric carcinogenesis. This review focuses on the molecular genetics of gastric cancer and also focuses on early onset gastric cancers as well as familial gastric cancers such as hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. An overview of the various pathways of importance in gastric cancer, as discovered through in-vitro , primary cancer and mouse model studies, is presented and the clinical importance of CDH1 mutations is discussed.
Keywords: Helicobacter Pylori infection, oncogenes, Proliferation, Growth-Inhibitory Signals, Apoptosis, Angiogenesis
Title: Early Onset Gastric Cancer: On the Road to Unraveling Gastric Carcinogenesis
Author(s):Anya N. Milne, Robert Sitarz, Ralph Carvalho, Fatima Carneiro and G. Johan A. Offerhaus
Affiliation:Department of Pathology, H04-312, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Post box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Keywords:Helicobacter Pylori infection, oncogenes, Proliferation, Growth-Inhibitory Signals, Apoptosis, Angiogenesis
Abstract: Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and the accumulation of specific genetic alterations due to increasing genetic instability, and consequently affects mainly older patients. Less than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age (early onset gastric carcinoma) and these patients are believed to develop gastric carcinomas with a molecular genetic profile differing from that of sporadic carcinomas occurring at a later age. In young patients, the role of genetics is presumably greater than in older patients, with less of an impact from environmental carcinogens. As a result, hereditary gastric cancers and early onset gastric cancers can provide vital information about molecular genetic pathways in sporadic cancers and may aid in the unraveling of gastric carcinogenesis. This review focuses on the molecular genetics of gastric cancer and also focuses on early onset gastric cancers as well as familial gastric cancers such as hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. An overview of the various pathways of importance in gastric cancer, as discovered through in-vitro , primary cancer and mouse model studies, is presented and the clinical importance of CDH1 mutations is discussed.
Anya N. Milne, Robert Sitarz, Ralph Carvalho, Fatima Carneiro and G. Johan A. Offerhaus, “ Early Onset Gastric Cancer: On the Road to Unraveling Gastric Carcinogenesis”, Current Molecular Medicine (2007) 7: 15. https://doi.org/10.2174/156652407779940503
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Ebere Eze insists ‘it is only the start’ after starring in Crystal Palace win
Ebere Eze, right, scored his first goal for Crystal Palace and in the Premier League during the 4-1 win over Leeds (Naomi Baker/PA)
Ebere Eze has promised Crystal Palace fans there is plenty more to come after the summer signing starred in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Leeds.
The 22-year-old grabbed a first assist and goal for his new club at Selhurst Park, curling in a sumptuous free-kick to cap a superb individual display.
It was only Eze’s third start in the top flight, but showed why the Eagles parted with £20million for the services of the former QPR playmaker in August.
He said: “I think it is only the start. We are working hard. I am learning a lot and I am growing as a player.
“And I think that is the most important thing – as long as I keep learning, keep pushing and keep working with the guys around me.
“I have loads of people to look at, so it is a great opportunity for me.”
Eze linked up with left-back Patrick Van Aanholt on a number of occasions against the divisional new boys and – more encouragingly – with Wilfried Zaha throughout the 90 minutes.
After he set up stand-in captain Scott Dann for Palace’s opener, Eze rewarded the faith placed in him by boss Roy Hodgson when he fired home via the crossbar after 22 minutes.
The only downside for the forward was no family in attendance to witness a special first Premier League goal, but games being played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic have given the youngster one less problem to think about.
“It is a great moment for me and a proud one for me and my family,” Eze added. “I am grateful to God that it has come and hopefully the first of many.
“To be fair, I normally have a headache for tickets because so many people want to come; my mum, my dad, my two brothers, my sister, my girlfriend and all my friends.
“Everyone loves to come to the games. Unfortunately they couldn’t be there, as well as the fans, so that’s a disappointment, but hopefully soon.”
At the start of proceedings Leeds appeared to instruct Stuart Dallas to man-mark Eze, but the utility man quickly realised it was a thankless task with the England Under-21 international given a licence to roam across the pitch.
Palace caused the visitors a number of problems down their right with Van Aanholt’s cross deflecting in off Helder Costa while Zaha picked out Jordan Ayew from that position for the hosts fourth goal 20 minutes from time.
Eze said: “I want to get on the ball and do my thing and of course if there is a guy behind you and always on you, it is difficult. But I am just grateful for the performance from the boys, it paid off.”
The comprehensive victory moved the Eagles into the top half and on to 13 points after eight games, but the Premier League takes a break now with international football back on the agenda for the next week-and-a-half.
For the midfielder, that means more opportunities for the Young Lions with Aidy Boothroyd’s side set to face Andorra and Albania at Molineux over the coming days.
Asked about the lack of break, Eze replied: “Of course but I enjoy it and I am just grateful and thankful that I have got this blessing of a job.”
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