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High Impact Publications 2021-19
The experience of using dating applications for sexual hook-ups: a qualitative exploration among HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Hong Kong
The Journal of Sex Research. 58(6):785-794. 2021
Choi K.W.Y., Choi E.P.H.*, Chow E.P.F., Wan E.Y.F., Wong W.C.W., Wong J.Y.H., Fong D.Y.T.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) use dating applications (apps) to explore various romantic and sexual relationships. This qualitative study aimed to describe HIV-negative MSM’s experiences with app usage, the sexual activities arranged accordingly and their experiences in using dating apps to arrange sexual encounters. Thirty-one MSM who were sexually active and who used dating apps were recruited. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed to outline significant phenomena and perceptions. The factors associated with matching on apps included sex roles, human immunodeficiency virus serostatus and availability of a venue for meetup. Facilitated by these apps, diverse types of sexual encounters were arranged. Condoms were typically used for safer intercourse, except by people who were younger and inexperienced or when drugs were consumed before or during sex (chemsex). Extensive interest in non-penetrative sexual behaviors was expressed by our sample. Searching for post-exposure prophylaxis methods and/or sexual health screenings was common after exposure to risk of infections. Sexually abusive encounters were followed by changes in sex-searching habits and lowered trust in relationship formation. The results of this study are important for the development of appropriate interventions to promote safer sexual practices among HIV-negative MSM dating app users. | <urn:uuid:d515492c-ce68-4184-8a3f-4d9f10c5b3ff> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://nursing.hku.hk/research/high-impact-publications/high-impact-publications-2021-19 | 2023-09-23T16:47:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.962746 | 378 |
It's hard to imagine it, but former Times writer Regina Schrambling thinks Dining In/Dining Out section just might be sinking lower: "Look for the Dining section to complete its devolution into the old Living section very soon. The newly named editor sticks out strongest in this ex-deputy?s mind for pitching a story on fajitas. A trend story. In 2001."
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Traditionally, this Cinco De Mayo Saturday night is one of if not the most highly anticipated nights of pugilism in the US.
On this May 5 CDM Saturday, it was not that, because one half of the the duo who were supposed to trade blows and thrill us with their in-ring acumen was serving a suspension.
While Canelo Alvarez spent his evening doing…other things…Gennady Golovkin, his erstwhile partner, gloved up at Stub Hub in LA, and on HBO, versus a brave but under-sized Vanes Martirosyan.
Expectations for entertainment value were adjusted, downsized quite heavily, even angrily, by fight fans who felt screwed by the intrusion of the PED bomb into the mix.
Well, if you are a fan of the kayo, you likely thought this scrap gave you your money’s worth. After Vanes had a solid first round, the second round brought fireworks, which exploded in Vanes’ face.
A jab started it, an right overhand was nasty, three jabs, a meaner right, a right, a left hook, which had the game Armenian dazed as hell..then a right follow, a left hook as he crumpled, a right as he was sliding to the floor. Face first, Vanes slumped, head in hands, as Jack Reiss counted up to the ending.
This was going to be a Pay Per View event, but Golovkin instead fought on “regular” HBO against a foe who entered the squared circle a considerable underdog. The 36 year old Golovkin in the last month or so has been as animated a personality as we’ve seen, as he’s been unafraid to speak his mind about the “Clenelo” situation. He was tabbed by most fans and pundits as being in another league as Martirosyan (turned 32 on May 1; born in Armenia, lives in LA; entered 36-3-1 with 21 KOs) was supposed to be too small and rusty to hang with the Kazahk. That line of thinking had most to do with the fact that Vanes hadn’t fought since May 21, 2016, and he’d been campaigning at junior middleweight.
GGG went 36-84, in this abbreviated session, to 18-73 for the loser. Not sure if even rust-free his chin could handle the GGG oomph.
To Max Kellerman after, GGG thanked the fans for coming out. He said he got serious after round one, and then looked to do damage. He’d like to fight Canelo next, but is open, he said, to fighting people like Danny Jacobs, Demetrius Andrade and Jermall Charlo. “I feel great,” the winner admitted. “I want everybody,” he said, refusing to really pick favorites who he’d like to pinata. “Come and just take my belt,” he said, calling for all comers.
GGG (160 Friday, 173 on fight night) came in at 37-0-1, with more than a few critics noting that he’d slipped since 2014, or so. He only narrowly edged past Danny Jacobs in March 2017 and didn’t exert a heavy power edge on Canelo when they tangoed last September. Vanes was 159.6 and then gained 11 pounds a day later.
In the first, Vanes gave a more than decent account of himself. A right hand late, followed by finisher jab, buzzed GGG, who’d jabbed OK, but wasn’t warmed up and busy. Trainer Abel sanchez told him after he looked tight.
In the second, Vanes got whacked and took a quick knee. But it wasn’t ruled a knockdown. Soon, though, punishment was meted out. Vanes got backed against the ropes and basted. The end was 1:53, of the second. At nine, he got on two knees, but that was as far as he could go…and at “ten,” Vanes slumped again, face into his mitts, on his belly. He told Max Kellerman after that far and way, that was the most power he’d ever tasted. It was eye opening. Or eye closing, actually.
This foe and this result was what the doctor ordered for Team GGG. His “old” power was on display, not a showing which had anyone calling him old. Vanes didn't look to smart box his way to a win, he came to the joint to FIGHT, and thus, the fans saw leather traded and that climactic fish that always leaves the masses happy. | <urn:uuid:9597ae6a-0681-4289-aa51-9ed2695ebff1> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://nyfights.com/worldwide/golovkin-treats-vanes-like-pinata-ggg-drops-stop-sub-stub-hub/ | 2023-09-23T17:46:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.984696 | 1,011 |
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Ruth Miller’s Enduring View
The New York Studio School is pleased to present a solo exhibition honoring the work of Ruth Miller, whose lifework is guided by a meditative and honest portrayal of the world and objects around her. Ruth Miller’s Enduring View spans more than fifty years of creative work, pairing Miller’s early paintings—which include rarely seen works from the artist’s time living in rural Pennsylvania during the 1960s—with recent still lifes and landscapes to explore the technical experimentation and succinct observations that characterize Miller’s oeuvre. A book launch celebrating the publication of Ruth Miller: Painted Presence will be held during the exhibition’s opening reception on Thursday, September 7, 6-8PM.
The canvases in the exhibition highlight Miller’s ongoing interrogation of place, temporality, reality, and symbolism. As an artist who nearly always paints from observation, Miller has developed a practice that is profoundly informed by the specificity of her environs. Rather than painting transient moments, Miller searches for what she calls an “enduring view” in a process of working that uncovers the underlying geometry of the “unique individuality of the whole.” She continues, “And if I’m lucky, the painting will look back at me with a force of a portrait.” Ruth Miller’s Enduring View foregrounds the artist’s persistent pursuit of truth by repeatedly revisiting recurring motifs of trees, skulls, gourds, and pitchers.
In 1959, when she left New York City for Landenberg, PA, she found herself compelled to paint massive portraits of trees found on the farm on which she and her family settled. These canvases represent some of the largest of her career with some spanning six by nine feet. Painting these impressive canvases en plein air required a commitment to observation and proximity to her subjects. The resultant compositions are therefore not perspectival, nor do they offer glimpses of distant horizon lines. Instead, they capture the movement of her eye and body in response to the towering trees; Miller’s closeness in turn informs a surface that is gestural and a space that is intimate and enclosed. More intuitive than analytical, these compositions speak to highly personal experiences of perception, process, biography, and memory.
Landscape painting has remained central to Miller’s practice since the 1960s. She gazes afresh at the natural world, with canvases shifting into new color palettes and compositions informed by synthesizing the ever-changing environs of the location. Today, the landscape surrounding her Connecticut home continues to draw her outside in her pursuit of the truth of what and how she is seeing. Shuttling between the personal and the universal, these compositions ask, in the words of Miller, “How do you talk about what you can’t talk about?”
The early landscape paintings offer insight into the still lifes for which she has become most known. She herself has noted the direct connection between the two bodies of work:
Among the subjects I like to paint are fruit and vegetables, which sooner or later rot and decay and this gives a sense of urgency and transience to my work. It is the same with the landscape, as the light keeps changing and no two days are the same. However, I am not trying to paint transience, on the contrary, I find the longer I work on a painting the closer I get to a clear and true realization of what I am looking at, or rather HOW I am seeing it.
Miller’s still life paintings evidence sophisticated compositions in which structure is paramount. The objects and the atmospheric spaces between them engender a process of searching and feeling. As in her early paintings, Miller’s hand confidently vacillates between representation and abstraction to render poetic meditations of time and life in light, color, structure, and form.
Ruth Miller’s Enduring View surveys the convergences and divergences of Miller’s long and varied practice by placing her latest work in conversation with some of her earliest. Throughout the exhibition, repeating motifs and variations on those motifs invite quiet reflection on the life and work of an artist guided by close looking and a passionate interrogation of the phenomenological.
Concurrently with the exhibition, Grid Books will release Ruth Miller: Painted Presence, curated by the Tulsa-based artist and Miller’s former student, Mark Lewis. The collection will feature sixty full-color reproductions of Miller’s work and a compilation of essays from Eric Aho, Alix Bailey, Riley Brewster, Graham Nickson, and Karen Wilkin, among others. Together, the exhibition and the book speak to the lasting legacy and continued relevance of Miller’s half-century-plus career.
The painter Ruth Miller has taught at the New York Studio School, Queens College, Parsons School of Design, University of Hartford, Yale University Summer School, Studio Art School of the Aegean in Samos, Greece, and International School of Art in Umbria, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at the Bowery Gallery, NY; Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY; National Academy of Design Museum, NY; New York Studio School Gallery; Alexander Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK; and the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, VA. In 1999, she was artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College and exhibited at the Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries. Her work can be found in collections at the Delaware Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery, National Academy of Design, University of Delaware, and Bryn Mawr College, as well as in private collections throughout the United States and Europe. Her awards include the Emil and Dines Carlsen Still Life Award, the Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize, the Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Award, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. She is a member of the National Academy of Design and of Zeuxis, an association of still life painters. Recently, her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY, and at the John Davis Gallery in Hudson, NY.
This exhibition is presented with generous support from the Wolf Kahn Foundation.
Book Launch and Opening Reception
Thursday, September 7, 6-8pm ET
Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition and the publication of Ruth Miller: Painted Presence (Grid Books, 2023).
PAINTING & MEANING: A Panel Discussion (virtual only)
Wednesday, September 20, 7pm ET
Artist Jordan Wolfson will facilitate a virtual conversation among Eric Elliott, Zoey Frank, John Lees, Ying Li, Ruth Miller Forge, and Clintel Steed to interrogate where does the meaning of a painting reside? We often think of meaning in connection to a painting’s subject matter. During the great adventure of Modernity, meaning was also deliberately cultivated and found in the way a painting was made. For painters, meaning is located both in what is painted, and in how it is painted. Often assumed to be primarily conceptual, meaning in painting is perhaps most essentially a felt experience. This panel discussion invites six representational painters, working in a wide range of attitudes, to have a conversation together about meaning in their own work and in painting at large.
Ruth Miller’s Enduring View—A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 10, 6:30pm ET
A panel discussion with Elisa Jensen, Mark Lewis, Stanley Lewis, and Ro Lohin will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. Join us for this Evening Lecture Series event in person or virtually. Click here for more information and to register for the Zoom Webinar.
Gallery Talks in person and on Instagram Live
Wednesday, October 4, 1pm ET
Susanna Coffey, Barbara Grossman, and Clintel Steed
Wednesday, October 11, 1pm ET
Jenny Lynn McNutt and Janice Nowinski
Wednesday, October 18, 1pm ET
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Equinor ASA EQNR recently concluded a deal for the sale of its non-operated equity stake in the Irish Corrib gas project with Vermilion Energy Inc. The sale was completed on Mar 31, 2023, following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. Equinor Energy Ireland Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of Equinor, sold its shares to facilitate the deal. Since the announcement of this deal, the stock has seen a decline, possibly due to apprehensions of an economic slowdown.
The Corrib field, located 83 kilometers off the northwest coast of Ireland in water depths of almost 350 meters, began production in 2015. This field has long been an important non-operated project for Equinor. The company decided to sell the asset in order to focus on its portfolio, capture value from the present robust market and free up money that may be reinvested elsewhere.
The deal was agreed upon a consideration of $434 million, before closing adjustments, between Equinor and the buyer. As part of the agreement, Equinor and Vermilion have consented to hedge approximately 70% of the production for 2022 and 2023. They have also agreed to a contingent payment that will be made on a portion of the revenues if European petrol prices rise beyond a certain floor level.
With the sale of Corrib, Equinor will no longer have an active business presence in Ireland.
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Los Angeles Real Estate Attorney
Christina S. Kim began working at Oak Tree Law in May 2015 as a litigation associate and is now the firm’s Lead Litigation Attorney. Her practice focuses on real estate law, consumer financial services and contract law. Her experience includes civil litigation in state and federal courts, statutory compliance work, and mortgage and banking issues.
At Oak Tree Law, Christina’s organizational skills come in handy in her work supervising the litigation department, overseeing associates and cases. She represents clients facing hardships and trouble with properties and banks; clients who feel wronged or frustrated by financial institutions; clients who require advice and review of contracts and agreements, title issues, and dealing with debt; or who have been defrauded in relation to their home or property. She handles matters involving real estate contracts, short sale negotiations, mortgage relief, and real estate disputes, including property line disputes, disagreements over ownership of property, or family and business disputes that include property or real estate issues. She also handles debt negotiation, settlement and repayment plans.
As a volunteer attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Ms. Kim realized just how many people need legal assistance on an everyday basis. While there, she was given the 2015 Patricia Herzog Pro Bono Service Award. It was a natural transition to her work at Oak Tree Law. She has always enjoyed working with individuals, with financial problems, whether they can’t afford an attorney or financial problems have led to debt. She sees herself as a problem solver, and enjoys finding reasonable solutions for each client’s situation. Her goal is to utilize all possible avenues of the law to help clients going through a difficult time.
Ms. Kim enjoys helping clients receive fair reviews for home loan modifications and negotiating different workout options to avoid foreclosure. She welcomes the opportunity to help clients with their homes and negotiating with banks and corporations that would otherwise intimidate lay persons experiencing financial hardships. She is gratified that her work can often save clients from losing their homes for them and their families. Her compassion, dedication and diligence to help her firm and its clients, and her willingness to commit time and effort to produce quality results, are what she is most proud of in her work at Oak Tree Law.
Christina has been a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association since 2011. She was admitted to the Bar of the State of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 2011. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, where she received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2008, after attending Thomas M. Cooley Law School where she was an Honor’s Scholar and reached the Dean’s List for two terms. While at Buffalo Law, Ms. Kim served on the Buffalo Law Review both as an Associate and as an Executive Book Review Editor. She was a volunteer for the Buffalo Law Review High School Writing Workshop and a mentor for the Buffalo Law Review Mentoring program. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California in 2004.
She is fluent in Korean, conversational Spanish and German and likes travelling, cooking, reading and hiking.
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2011–present
- State Bar of California, 2011- present
- United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2011–present
Honors and Awards
- Patricia Herzog Pro Bono Service Award, 2015
- State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2008
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Honors Scholar, Dean’s List
- University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 2004
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It is with great joy for the long and wonderful life he lived that we announce the passing of Herbert Lain Holt (86) on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at sundown in Carlsbad, California. Still on his feet until just 8 days prior to his passing, Herbert long battled Parkinson's Disease and never once complained. Our hero drew his last breath peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. We could not have asked for more for our beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, coach and friend.
Herbert was born in 1934 to Otis Eldridge Holt and Martha Louise Holt (nee McDaniel) in Gibson County, Tennessee. A proud son of Trenton, Herbert attended Trenton Elementary and Middle School, and played quarterback and was captain of the football team for Peabody High School. During his high school tenure, Herb won the distinction of being voted football captain of the "Big Ten" on all ten western Tennessee high school coaches' ballots. In basketball, Herb served as captain of the junior varsity and varsity basketball teams. Aside from sports, Herb exhibited leadership as the senior class president. Herb also played baseball for the Humboldt Tennessee American Legion. Because of Herb's outstanding sports performances, he was honored in 2006 to be inducted into the Gibson County Sports Hall of Fame. Known as Ol' Twinkletoes, he was honored in 2020 to be inducted into the Peabody High School Football Hall of Fame.
Herb graduated high school in 1952, and attended Murray State University in Kentucky on a football scholarship where he played quarterback for the Racers and was co-captain of the team. He was the student body vice president and president of the Methodist Student Union. At Murray, Herb met the love of his life, Celia Maurelle Kirksey of Paducah, Kentucky, and they married over the winter break of their senior year in 1955. They recently celebrated 65 years of happily ever after.
After graduating from Murray State in 1957, Herb then earned his Master's Degree in Secondary Education Administration over the summers while he worked as head football coach and head basketball coach for three years in McKenzie, Tennessee. Herb then accepted an offer to teach and coach in Alexandria, Northern Virginia. In Alexandria, Coach Holt drew out the best from students and players and touched the lives and hearts of hundreds of students and their parents for 40 years. Herb taught physical education and English at Francis C. Hammond High School in Alexandria, where he was also the assistant football coach and the junior varsity baseball coach. When T.C. Williams high school opened, he served as head football coach, and the junior varsity baseball coach. After three years, Herb was appointed athletic director, and later became assistant principal. Coach Holt was at T.C. Williams High School fostering goodness during the time of the story "Remember the Titans." Coach Holt also will be remembered for his dedication to students at George Washington Middle School. Upon retirement from T.C. Williams in 1997, he was named "MacDaddy of the Senior Class" by the seniors.
Herb and Maurelle raised their son and daughter in Springfield and West Springfield, Virginia. Herb continued to coach kids' baseball after retirement for the Springfield Babe Ruth League. He proudly served as the Membership Chairman, Vice President and President of the Northern Virginia Athletic Directors, Administrators, and Coaches Association (NVADACA).
A natural at sports, he turned his love of sports toward golf and enjoyed golf outings and trips with his son and friends. Herb never once met a stranger and was known for his get-up-and-go, tenacity and his fun-loving spirit. Genuinely interested in people, Herb never missed an opportunity to help someone or bring out the best in them, whether a family in need, or a kindred spirit hitchhiking a country lane. Herb also saved more than a few lives as a lifeguard on Kentucky Lake in his youth. He loved country music and dancing, and became a square dance caller in the 1970s. He gave his family lots of swim and beach days with bonfires and stories, trips to music festivals and county fairs, football and basketball games, amusement parks, long country drives and especially family and friends. He loved bluegrass, spaghetti Westerns, Burt Reynolds comedies, ice cream, and U.S. historical fiction novels in no particular order. He was cool, calm and collected and supported and loved us dearly, always encouraging our independence and best selves while also being available to catch us should we fall. Herb and Maurelle moved to Carlsbad, California to be with daughter and family and were able to enjoy lots of family celebrations together.
Predeceased by his parents and sister Charlotte Brown (Memphis, TN), Herbert is survived by his wife Celia Maurelle Holt, son John Lain Holt and daughter-in-love Martee Holt of Greensboro, NC, grandchildren Lauren Maurelle Holt (currently Poulsbo, WA, engaged to Darrin Cripe) and Alexander Lain Holt of Charlotte, NC, (engaged to Claire Kane); daughter Kristen Walker, son-in-love Justin D. Walker of Carlsbad, CA, and grandchildren Scarlett, Stella, Katherine and Audrey Walker; nephews Mike Brown (Carla), Pat Brown (Bethany) and Tim Brown; the late John David Kirksey (brother-in-love), sister-in-love Alice Kirksey, niece Diane De La O, nephews Samuel Kirksey (Olga), and Matthew Kirksey, extended family and countless friends. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him and we are sure that over his 40 working years as tireless coach and teacher there will be many other stories to be shared about his kindness, support and generous spirit. Herbert made a difference in many lives and heaven is a better place for calling him home.
A celebration of life will be held when people can safely gather. Please sign the guest book and leave comments at www.accucarecremation.com/obituary. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a scholarship fund in Herb's name for young college-bound athletes at Northern Virginia Athletic Directors, Administrators, and Coaches Association (NVADACA) at www.nvadaca.org or P.O. Box 305, Burke, VA 22009.
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Carrying only 153 paying passengers and painted drab gray, White Star Line’s Olympic (1911) was on her last civilian voyage before conversion into a World War I troopship. Suddenly, on 27 October 1914, her wireless operator picked up a message that the British battleship HMS Audacious had struck a mine and was sinking.
Olympic, inbound to Glasgow (White Star, unlike Cunard Line, wisely believed that the U-boat infested approaches to both Southampton and Liverpool were far too dangerous to use), immediately steamed to Audacious’ location: Tory Island, off Irelands’ northern coast.
Upon reaching the scene, Olympic was able to rescue 230 of Audacious’ 900-man crew. Several nearby British warships retrieved nearly all of the remaining crew (two men perished).
Although Audacious was already partially submerged with her stern awash, Olympic—working with a pair of Royal Navy ships—attempted to take the vessel in tow. It was a futile effort, however, and the battleship was lost.
The British government was eager to suppress the news of Audacious’ demise, fearing that it would demoralize the public and damage the war effort. So Olympic was immediately commanded not to resume her journey and to instead head to Lough Swilly, Ireland, for impoundment.
All forms of communication were banned and the liners’ passengers were held in custody on board. Finally, apparently realizing that Olympic and her passengers couldn’t be held prisoner until the war’s end, on 2 November Olympic was allowed to proceed to Belfast where her bedraggled passengers finally disembarked.
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Intermediate-dose cytarabine is an effective therapy for adults with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases volume 17, Article number: 39 (2022)
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, including Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD), Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD), indeterminate cell histiocytosis (ICH), and unclassified histiocytosis, is a rare disorder lacking a standard treatment strategy. We report our experience using intermediate-dose cytarabine as the first or subsequent therapy in non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nine ECD patients, 5 RDD patients, 1 ICH patient and 1 unclassified histiocytosis patient were enrolled. Intermediate-dose cytarabine therapy was administered as 0.5–1.0 g/m2 of intravenous cytarabine every 12 h for 3 days every 5 weeks. The median age at cytarabine initiation was 47.5 years (range 18–70 years). The median number of cycles of cytarabine administered was 5.5 (range 2–6). The overall response rate (ORR) was 87.5% in the overall cohort, including 12.5% with complete response and 75.0% with partial response. One patient experienced disease recurrence 19 months after cytarabine therapy. The median follow-up duration for the entire cohort was 15.5 months (range 6–68 months). The estimated 2-year progression-free survival and overall survival rates were 85.6% and 92.3%, respectively. The most common toxicity was haematological adverse events, including grade 4 neutropenia and grade 3–4 thrombocytopenia. No treatment-related deaths occurred.
Intermediate-dose cytarabine is an efficient treatment option for non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis patients, especially for those with CNS involvement.
Histiocytosis is a rare disorder characterized by the accumulation of macrophages, dendritic cells, or monocyte-derived cells in various tissues and organs . According to the 2016 revised histiocytosis classification , histiocytosis are classified into five categories: L Group: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), and indeterminate cell histiocytosis(ICH); C Group: non-LCH histiocytosis involving skin or mucosa and comprising both xanthogranuloma and non-xanthogranuloma subtypes; M Group: primary and secondary malignant histiocytosis; R Group: Rosai-Dorfman disease and other noncutaneous, non-LCH histiocytosis; H Group: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Their heterogeneity and rarity pose great challenges to the establishment of standard treatment strategies.
The discovery of the BRAFV600E mutation in approximately 50% of patients with LCH and ECD provided the first molecular therapeutic target in histiocytosis. BRAF inhibition is highly efficacious and has markedly altered the natural history of these disorders . For patients who lack BRAFV600 mutations but carry other MAPK-ERK pathway mutations, treatment with MEK inhibitors has shown clinical efficacy . However, recurrent driving mutations of the MAPK/ERK pathway are not universal in non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis , and recent biological and molecular advances in ECD have not been matched in other non-Langerhans disorders. For non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis types excluding ECD, the efficacy of targeted therapy has only been reported in isolated case reports.
Cytarabine is an efficient cytotoxic drug that plays an important role in the treatment of haematological neoplasms, including histiocytic neoplasms. We previously reported remarkable responses to intermediate-dose cytarabine in 3 patients with ECD [7, 8] and 2 patients with RDD with central nervous system (CNS) involvement.
Here, we conduct a retrospective review of the use of intermediate-dose cytarabine in adults with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, including ECD, RDD, ICH and unclassified histiocytosis, to analyse the efficacy and safety of cytarabine in these patients.
A retrospective review was conducted among patients who were diagnosed with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (ECD, RDD, ICH and unclassified histiocytosis) and had received intermediate-dose cytarabine for at least 2 cycles at Peking Union Medical College Hospital between October 2013 and August 2021. The diagnosis of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis was based on typical clinical presentation, radiologic presentation, and histologic findings that were reviewed independently by two pathologists. Informed consent was obtained from all patients, and the protocol was approved by the Peking Union Medical College Hospital Ethics Committee. The present study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
Clinical, imaging, and genetic data
Clinical data were collected regarding age, sex, lesion location, physical examination, laboratory data, treatment, and survival. Imaging data were collected from FDG-PET; computed tomography (CT) of the entire aorta, chest, abdomen and pelvis; and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and heart. DNA extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded preserved lesion biopsy samples of the enrolled patients was obtained and subjected to next-generation sequencing of 183 genes as previously described . The presence of the BRAFV600E mutation was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or immunohistochemistry in some cases as previously described .
Treatment, response and toxicity criteria
Intermediate-dose cytarabine therapy was defined as the administration of 0.5–1.0 g/m2 of intravenous cytarabine every 12 h for 3 days every 5 weeks for 4–6 cycles in total. All patients were followed up every 3–6 months. Response assessment was primarily performed using the PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST) , and the patients were then classified as having complete metabolic response (CMR, complete resolution of pathologic FDG uptake), partial metabolic response (PMR, reduction of a minimum of 30% in activity of the target lesions), stable metabolic disease (SMD, not complete or partial metabolic response), or progressive metabolic disease (PMD, increase of a minimum of 30% in the activity of the target lesions or the presentation of a new lesion). Patients unable to undergo FDG-PET underwent response assessment using CT or MRI according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST; version 1.1) . Responses were categorized as follows: complete response (CR): disappearance of all target lesions; partial response (PR): at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of the target lesions; progressive disease (PD): at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of the target lesions; and stable disease (SD): neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD. Chemotherapy-related toxicities were assessed using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.03 (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD).
The follow-up was conducted up to January 6, 2022. Overall survival (OS) was defined as the time from the date of cytarabine treatment to the date of death or the last follow-up. Progression-free survival (PFS) was calculated from the date of cytarabine treatment until the date of disease progression, relapse, or death from any cause. We performed all statistical analyses using SPSS version 21 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Kaplan–Meier analysis was used for survival analysis, with the survival curves compared using the log-rank test.
A total of 16 patients (10 males and 6 females) met the inclusion criteria. The patients were diagnosed with ECD (n = 9), RDD (n = 5), ICH (n = 1) and unclassified histiocytosis (n = 1, Table 1). The median age at cytarabine initiation was 47.5 years (range 18–70 years). Thirteen (81.25%) patients had multisystem disease, and the most commonly involved organs were the CNS (68.8%), bones (68.8%), retroperitoneum (including the kidneys, 31.3%), orbit (25.0%), vasculature(25.0%), thyroid (18.8%), and pericardium (18.8%).
We performed next-generation sequencing on 6 patients with ECD and 2 patients with RDD. No pathogenic mutations were detected in 3 patients with ECD, and the remaining 3 patients had the BRAFV600E mutation. Mutations of BRAFR188G at a variant-allele frequency of 4.3% and MAP2K1D147G1 at a variant-allele frequency of 5.4% were detected in one RDD patient, while no pathogenic mutations were detected in the other RDD patient. Since the RDD patient carried BRAFR188G rather than BRAFV600E. and lacked typical clinical presentation of ECD, we don’t think he is not a mixed histiocytosis (ECD/RDD). The BRAFV600E status was detected by PCR in 3 patients, and one patient with ECD had the BRAFV600E mutation, while another two patients were BRAFV600E wild type (1 ECD and 1RDD). Two patients with no detectable gene mutation performed immunohistochemistry for BRAFV600E, and the stain were negative.
Treatment and response
Cytarabine was administered as frontline systemic therapy in 8 (50.0%) patients and as subsequent-line treatment in 8 (50.0%) patients. Of the 8 patients who received cytarabine in the subsequent line, prior therapies included interferon-α (n = 4), polychemotherapy (n = 2), corticosteroids (n = 1), and surgery (n = 1, Table 1). The median number of cycles of cytarabine administered was 5.5 (range 2–6). Response assessment was conducted using FDG-PET in 10 (62.5%) patients, and the response rates were as follows: CMR, 10.0% (n = 1); PMR, 80.0% (n = 8); and PMD, 10.0% (n = 1). The remaining 6 patients were assessed by CT or MRI; 5 patients achieved PR (83.3%), and 1 patient had PD and died. Therefore, the overall response rate (ORR) was 87.5% (n = 14) in the overall cohort. Responses were seen in various disease sites: CNS (90.90%), naval sinus (100%), orbit (50%), thyroid(33.3%), vasculature (25.0%), bones (27.3%).
Survival and toxicity
The median follow-up duration for the entire cohort was 15.5 months (range 6-68 months). After cytarabine therapy, 9 patients received interferon-α (IFN-α), and 2 patients received lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for maintenance. One patient with ECD experienced recurrence during the maintenance treatment of IFN-α (19 months after cytarabine therapy) and was switched to vemurafenib therapy. The patient who did not respond to cytarabine therapy was then treated with sirolimus and prednisone, and the patient's condition was stable up to the last follow-up. The estimated 2-year PFS and OS rates were 75.0% and 93.5%, respectively (Fig. 1).
The most common toxicity was haematological adverse events, and blood count abnormalities were retrospectively graded according to the CTCAE version 4.03. All patients experienced grade 4 neutropenia, and 9 patients experienced neutropenic fever. Eight patients developed grade 3–4 thrombocytopenia, but no severe bleeding events occurred. Drug fever induced by cytarabine occurred in 2 patients, and the temperature returned to normal after antipyretic treatment. None of the patients received anti-infective prophylaxis for or developed Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Treatment delays or dose-reductions related to adverse effects did not occur and no treatment-related deaths occurred.
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disorder lacking a standard treatment strategy. Due to the discovery of activating and targetable MAPK-ERK pathway mutations in the vast majority of patients with ECD, the therapeutic landscape of ECD has changed drastically over the last decade [3, 4]. BRAF inhibitors, such as vemurafenib or dabrafenib, are recommended as first-line therapy for patients with multisystem BRAF-V600-mutant ECD who have life-threatening cardiac or neurologic involvement, leading to response rate of nearly 100%; for patients without BRAF-V600 mutation, NGS is suggested to evaluate other MAPK-ERK pathway alterations that can be treated with a MEK inhibitor . However, BRAF and MEK inhibitors are costly (far beyond what most patients in China can afford) and are not covered by health insurance in China.
Treatment is reserved for symptomatic disease or multisystemic involvement for patients with RDD. The conventional systemic therapies for RDD include steroids, chemotherapy, sirolimus, and immunomodulatory therapy, such as thalidomide and lenalidomide ; however, the efficacy of steroids or other systemic therapies for RDD is variable. MEK inhibitors such as cobimetinib used in patients with MAPK-ERK pathway alterations seem promising , but have limited experience. Data regarding the efficacy and safety of systemic treatments for other non-Langerhans cell histiocytic disorders, such as ICH and JXG, are especially lacking. Overall, the management of patients with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis is challenging. Systemic nontargeted therapy for patients with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis deserves exploration.
Our previous data suggested that CNS involvement was a poor prognostic factor for ECD patients with INF-α . Therefore, we attempted to explore treatments other than IFN-a for non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, especially drugs that can penetrate the blood–brain barrier. Cytarabine easily penetrates the blood–brain barrier and has shown promising therapeutic prospects in non-Langerhans cell histiocytic disorders [8, 9].
The patients enrolled in the present study had multisystem involvement with or without previous therapy. Most relapsed patients in this study accepted standard first-line treatments, as reported in the literature [14, 15]. Although some patients in our study carried the BRAFV600E mutation, they could not afford BRAF inhibitors as first-line treatment. We found that cytarabine has favourable clinical efficacy in non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis patients with multisystem involvement regardless of its use as frontline therapy or subsequent-line treatment. The overall clinical response rate was 87.5%, with estimated 2-year PFS and OS rates were 75.0% and 93.5%, respectively. These outcomes are much better than those of other non-targeted therapies for ECD (ORR of IFN-a [16, 17], cladribine and anakinra were 67–80%, 52% and 50% respectively) and RDD (ORR of corticosteroids and cladribine were 56% and 67% respectively ). Impressive responses were seen in patients with central nervous system involvement.
In terms of regimen toxicity, grade 4 neutropenia was noted in all patients, and grade 3–4 thrombocytopenia occurred in 53.3% of patients during treatment. Nevertheless, no treatment-related deaths occurred. It is critical to monitor routine blood tests regularly and use granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or transfuse platelets according to routine blood results.
This study’s limitations include the small number of patients, the retrospective nature of the analysis, the lack of long-term follow-up for outcomes and toxicity, and incomplete description of toxicity including organ toxicity. Nevertheless, large-scale cohort studies or prospective clinical trials are of great difficulty due to the rarity of the disease. We will extend the follow-up duration to monitor the long-term outcomes and toxicity.
In conclusion, intermediate-dose cytarabine is an efficient and safe treatment option for non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, especially for patients with CNS involvement.
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The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Complete metabolic response
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
18Ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
Indeterminate cell histiocytosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
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Polymerase chain reaction
PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors
Partial metabolic response
Progressive metabolic disease
Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
Overall response rate
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This work was supported by institutional research funding provided by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 7202160 to Cao XX), the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Grant No. 2019-RC-HL-001 to Cao XX).
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Liu, T., Cai, Hc., Cai, H. et al. Intermediate-dose cytarabine is an effective therapy for adults with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 39 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02193-0
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Symptoms and impacts of aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency among individuals with different levels of motor function
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases volume 17, Article number: 128 (2022)
Aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency is a rare neurological disorder associated with a range of symptoms and functional impairments. The aim of this study was to describe the experience of AADC deficiency across five different motor milestone health states.
Qualitative interviews were conducted with caregivers of individuals with AADC deficiency in Italy, Spain, Portugal and the United States. An interview guide was developed with input from clinical experts and caregivers, and explored the symptoms and impacts of AADC deficiency. Interviews were conducted by telephone and were recorded and transcribed. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and the symptoms and impacts were compared across health states.
Fourteen caregivers took part, who provided care to 13 individuals with AADC deficiency aged 1–15 years. Six individuals were in the ‘no motor function’ health state, one in the ‘sitting unsupported’ health state, one in the ‘standing/stepping when fully supported’ health state and five in the ‘walking with minimal support’ health state. The results highlight a substantial impact of AADC deficiency, even among those who were able to walk with minimal support. Overall, those with better motor function also had better functional hand use, communication skills, ability to eat and perform other activities independently, and interact with their peers. The burden of caring was high across all health states, but caregivers of individuals in the walking health state were better able to participate in social and leisure activities.
Individuals with higher levels of motor function had less severe symptoms and were better able to perform their daily, leisure and social activities. Treatments which improve motor function have the potential to improve other aspects of the lives of individuals with AADC deficiency and their caregivers.
Aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder, with an estimated prevalence of between 1:64,000 and 1:90,000 births in the USA, 1:116,000 in the European Union, 1:162,000 in Japan and 1:32,000 in Taiwan [1,2,3]. It is associated with developmental delay, in addition to a wide range of other symptoms and functional issues, including hypotonia, oculogyric crises (upward deviation of the eyes lasting from seconds to hours ), mood and sleep disturbance, autonomic and gastrointestinal dysfunction, and eating difficulties [5,6,7]. Due to the broad spectrum of symptoms and functional issues associated with AADC deficiency, most individuals require life-long care .
There are currently no licensed treatments specifically for AADC deficiency [6, 7], so existing treatments aim to control symptoms and improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Clinical trials are currently evaluating the efficacy of gene therapies, which have the potential improve the motor function and cognitive development of individuals with AADC deficiency [8,9,10,11]. Exactly what improvement may mean to individuals living with AADC deficiency and their caregivers may be difficult to fully appreciate, as little is published about the patient and caregiver experience at different levels of functioning. Understanding the patient relevance and value that treatments may provide is critical for patient access to treatment. In many countries worldwide, access to treatment is determined by health technology assessment agencies (HTA) evaluation of treatment benefit, which includes the patient relevance of ‘benefits’ and the treatment impact on HRQoL. Typically this improvement is depicted in an economic model, with improvement or worsening in a condition (e.g., motor function differences in AADC deficiency) represented by different health states in the model. The HRQoL differences between health states are often represented by utility weights assigned to each health state. Utility values range from 1 (full health) to 0 (dead) with states worse than dead (negative values) also possible. In rare disease there can be a great deal of uncertainty around utility estimates, due to small sample sizes and heterogeneity of disease. Furthermore, the meaning of utility gain/difference is not very transparent to patients, caregivers and clinicians, who are likely to be the stakeholders making the treatment decisions.
Qualitative research generates rich data on what it means to live with a condition, by allowing participants, for example, patients or caregivers, to speak freely and describe their experience in their own words. Recent qualitative research has highlighted the extensive impact of AADC deficiency on individuals living with the condition . This study aimed to extend this previous work by exploring the data stratified into five health states related to motor milestones based on the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2): (1) full head control, (2) sitting unsupported, (3) standing/stepping with support and (4) walking with minimal support, and (5) no motor function. Understanding the HRQoL of individuals in each of these health states qualitatively may help regulators better understand the impact of treatment from the patient and caregiver perspective and help shared decision making as treatments become available.
Full details of the methods have been published previously , but are described briefly below.
Design and participants
Qualitative interviews were conducted with caregivers of individuals with AADC deficiency in Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States. The interviews were conducted with informal (unpaid) caregivers, as the individuals with AADC deficiency were too severely impaired to participate in an interview.
A background questionnaire was developed to collect socio-demographic information and information on the individual with AADC deficiency’s disease background and treatments. This included questions adapted from the PDMS-2 about the individual’s current level of motor function, which allowed them to be characterised into no motor function, head control, sitting without support, standing/stepping when fully supported and walking with minimal support health states (Table 1).
A semi-structured interview guide was developed which comprised mainly of open-ended questions on the individual with AADC deficiency’s diagnosis and symptoms, as well as the impacts on their daily life and health-related quality of life, and the impacts on their caregiver.
Ethics review and approval
This study was submitted for ethical review by the WIRB-Copernicus Group Independent Review Board and was granted an exemption (tracking number: #1-1327023-1).
Recruitment and interviews
Participants were sent an information sheet about the study along with a background questionnaire to complete and return by email. The interviews in the United States were conducted in English by two study authors. The remaining interviews were conducted by trained interviewers in each study country in the local language. All interviews were conducted by telephone/videoconference between September and December 2020, and lasted around an hour. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, then translated into English for analysis by a specialist translation vendor.
Data from the background questionnaire were summarised using descriptive statistics. Participants were initially cateogorised into the different health states based on their responses to the adapted PDMS-2 questions in the background questionnaire. Where there were discrepancies between their questionnaire response and their qualitative data on motor function, a clinician assigned them to a health state based on their qualitative data. This clinician was a board-certified physician specialising in psychiatry and psychotherapy, with 2.5 years of experience treating individuals with AADC deficiency or other related care conditions.
Data from the interviews were analysed using thematic analysis in MAXQDA. Two researchers read all the transcripts and developed a coding framework based on the topics covered in the interview guide. One researcher then coded a sample of transcripts and these were reviewed by a second researcher and discrepancies were discussed. The coding framework was revised following this discussion and the remaining transcripts were coded. Additional data-driven amendments were made to the coding framework throughout the coding process. The codes were then grouped into themes to describe the experience of living with, or caring for someone with, AADC deficiency, which were subsequently compared across the different health states.
Fourteen interviews were conducted with caregivers of individuals with AADC deficiency. Two caregivers were parents of the same individual. The caregiver characteristics are shown in Table 2.
The characteristics of the individuals with AADC deficiency are shown in Table 3. There were six individuals in the ‘no motor function’ health state (with data from seven caregivers), one in the ‘sitting unsupported’ health state, one in the ‘standing/stepping when fully supported’ health state and five in the ‘walking with minimal support’ health state. There were no participants in the ‘head control’ health state.
Symptoms and impacts among those with no motor function (Fig. 1)
Symptoms and function
In line with their health state categorisation, those in the ‘no motor function’ health state were unable to hold their head up, sit unsupported, stand or walk. They also had limited upper limb function and most were unable to raise their arms above their head, reach for objects or grasp and manipulate objects.
"He can’t hold onto things very well, at all really. He can push them and… he can push things around, but he can’t hold on" – 1 year (participant 607)
Some caregivers described individuals as being “floppy” or like a “rag doll”. Other muscle and jointed-related symptoms included muscle spasms and twitches, stiffness and abnormal posture.
Cognitive function was also impacted in this health state. Some described how the individuals stopped developing and had the cognitive abilities of a baby or young child, unable to speak with words and sentences. Despite this, caregivers reported that the individuals had an awareness of their surroundings and were able to recognise familiar faces and sounds and use sounds and/or use facial expressions and eye movements to communicate.
“You notice that she is aware of everything, that she knows people perfectly, that she recognises people, the physiotherapists, for example, she hears their voice, she knows perfectly who they are” – 3 years (participant 401)
"If I hold things up, I could see by her facial expressions... that’s what she’s wanting is her pacifier... I would say she can identify with objects. And, like, if I show her certain things, like a teddy bear, you know, she'll… she knows that's her teddy bear she'll smile" - 1 year (participant 604)
Several caregivers reported that the individuals in this health state experienced episodes of oculogyric crises. These episodes were reported to affect the whole body, and included characteristics such as eyes rolling back in the head, staring upwards, stiffness, shivering, pain, and involuntary movements.
“The first thing I notice is her stare. Her eyes seem empty, she seems to be in another world. Her eyes roll upward a lot. For instance, the iris comes forward and she “buries” it, I do not know how to explain it. And she chews her tongue a lot. She starts moving, the arms also start to tremble and she shivers. It is hard to control, it is difficult” - 15 years (participant 301)
Others reported that they had epileptic seizures. These were described in a similar way to oculogyric crisis, and were reported to affect the whole body.
Some caregivers of individuals in this health state reported that they experienced gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, nausea, retching and difficulty gaining weight. Four individuals were fed through a feeding tube because they did not have the muscle control to hold their head up, or to help manage some of their gastrointestinal symptoms. The remainder were able to eat by mouth but were fed by their caregivers. These individuals were reported to eat liquid or blended foods because they had difficulty swallowing and holding their head.
Several caregivers reported that the individuals in this health state experienced fatigue and tiredness because any activity would use a lot of energy.
“I notice that when I go out with her, for her it is almost like running a marathon. She gets very tired” - 15 years (participant 301)
“She is super happy for half an hour there, stretching, moving, turning. Then, it seems like she runs out of battery a bit later, half an hour or earlier, it seems that she, that she ran out of battery" – 3 years (participant 401)
However, despite this tiredness and need to sleep, several caregivers described how the individual would often struggle to fall asleep and some reported that they gave them melatonin to help with this. Two individuals were reported to need ventilation to help them breath at night and another also received ventilation when napping during the day.
Several caregivers reported that the individual experienced pain or discomfort, although they noted that it was difficult to know when the individual was in pain because of their limited communication abilities. Pain and discomfort were typically described as being a result of sitting or lying in the same position for long periods of time because they were unable to move.
Impact on the individual with AADC deficiency
All caregivers reported that the lives of individuals were severely limited and were unable to do anything without support. This included needing help with all aspects of self-care, including washing, dressing, changing and eating. Their limited hand use also made it challenging for them to play independently as they were unable to make purposeful movements.
"A typical day for her… she can do nothing, the only thing that comforts her are the walks, and well, then we put her on the blanket, we play like a little bit, but all the movements she makes, we are the ones making them" – 3 years (participant 401)
Because of these limitations, their main leisure activities were reported to involve walks in the park in a wheelchair and watching television. Some caregivers reported that the individuals went to school or nursery to give them an opportunity to be around other children and have social interaction. However, they were unable to participate in the same activities as other children and needed constant support.
“He goes to school when possible, he cannot attend school every day like the normal children, he plays but also in this case, he plays because I make him play, I sit there with him, because he cannot even raise his arms alone” – 8 years (participant 204)
Some caregivers reported that the individuals would sometimes become upset because of symptoms, such as reflux, or because they were tired. Others reported that the individual would become frustrated when they were unable to do something or because they were struggling to communicate their needs.
“She does cry a lot. I think too because not being able to be verbal and communicate and things… I know most babies can't really communicate anyways but I feel… I can tell, like, you know, she gets frustrated and she wants to be able to do things” - 1 year (participant 604)
Impact on caregivers
Caregivers reported providing constant care to individuals in this health state, including washing, dressing and feeding. They also reported spending a substantial amount of time managing the individual’s medical routine, including washing and changing their feeding tubes, helping them with their therapy sessions (e.g. physiotherapy) and taking them to medical appointments.
Several caregivers reported a physical impact of caring, including back pain as a result of having to lift and carry the individual and tiredness from their caring responsibilities.
“Yes, cervical pain, back pain because anyhow he doesn’t weight a lot, twenty five kilograms but it’s not little, when I need to pull him up, I’m not old but I’m not twenty years old, I have back pain, cervical pain and when I reach the evening, I’m really tired” – 10 years (participant 203)
Some reported that they had broken sleep because they would check on the individual during the night to make sure they were still breathing.
In addition to the physical impact, caregivers described the emotional burden of being a caregiver. Two individuals reported that they suffered from depression and others described the sadness they felt from watching the individual struggle or for the loss of a life they expected to have. Some mentioned feelings of guilt for not being able to give the individual what they needed, anxiety about the individual’s condition, and worry and fear for the future.
“I’m anxious always, I think this is something that will die with me because anxiety doesn’t make me sleep at night, that doesn’t allow me to put my son in the other room, I’m anxious. I’m scared something could happen, I’m not ready to help him if something happens” – 8 years (participant 204)
Most caregivers reported that they had very little time for themselves. For example, some described how they had very little time to get ready in the morning and often put off attending their own medical appointments.
“Totally abandoned. I mean, you don't even to gynaecological check-ups, I talked about this with my husband yesterday, I mean, I have not even been to a check-up, I have not been to the dentist” – 3 years (participant 401)
This lack of spare time meant that caregivers had very little time for social and leisure activities, or exercise. Similarly, several caregivers reported that they had needed to stop working or change jobs because of their caring responsibilities.
Symptoms and impacts among those able to sit unsupported (Fig. 2)
Symptoms and function
The one individual in the ‘sitting’ health state was able to hold their head up and sit unsupported for 60 seconds, but could not stand or walk. Similar to those in the ‘no motor function’ health state, this individual experienced difficulty making purposeful movements and was unable to grasp, hold or manipulate objects.
“He really can’t grab things, I try to give him things, we do have a couple of toys that have holes in them, so he can stick his fingers in there. So it looks like he’s holding it, but he’s really not" – 2 years (participant 605)
The caregiver also reported that the individual had limitations with cognitive function, although they acknowledged that it was difficult to know because the individual was also unable to communicate verbally.
“As far as memory, because he really can’t talk, it doesn’t… to me doesn’t seem like he has much of a memory right now” – 2 years (participant 605)
The caregiver described how the individual made sounds to communicate rather than using words. The caregiver said that the individual would communicate non-verbally by looking in the direction of something they wanted.
Similar to those with no motor function, the caregiver of this individual reported that they experienced episodes of oculogyric crises, and seizures which would typically occur during the night.
This caregiver reported that the individual experienced some gastrointestinal symptoms, but these differed slightly from the individuals with no motor function. They were described as having trouble with digestion and constipation, which had resulted in the individual having a feeding tube fitted. The caregiver explained how these gastrointestinal symptoms were alleviated by adding water to their feeding tube. While most of the individual’s nutrition was provided through a feeding tube, the caregiver would sometimes give them some juice by mouth for their enjoyment.
Similar to those with no motor function, this child experienced tiredness and fatigue.
“He feels tired all the time. He seems like he just kind of wants to lay there, it doesn’t seem like he really wants to do much" – 2 years (participant 605)
The caregiver also said the individual had trouble sleeping and that they gave them melatonin to help with this. They also used mechanical ventilation at night due to sleep apnoea.
Impact on the individual with AADC deficiency
Similar to those with no motor function, the caregiver described this individual as being severely limited in their daily activities because they were unable to move around independently or make functional hand movements. At the time of the interview, the individual was not old enough to attend school and did not attend nursery.
Because the individual was unable to move around, they were unable to play with other children. As a result, their main leisure activities included watching television and being read to by their caregiver.
“He has trouble moving around...when we do have play time, I’m… we’re kind of sitting on the floor or laying down on the floor and reading him a book or because he really can’t do very much” – 2 years (participant 605)
Similar to those with no motor function, the caregiver reported that this individual would become upset and frustrated when they were unable to do something.
“I think he’s sad sometimes. I think he wants to do a lot of things… he wants to be moving around, he wants to be playing, but he can’t, like he tries to lift up his arms and tries to lift up his neck, while we’re watching TV, he tries to, like, move towards the TV and he can’t, so he gets very frustrated” – 2 years (participant 605)
Impact on caregivers
The caring responsibilities of this caregiver were similar to those of individuals with no motor function. The caregiver described how they needed to help the individual with all aspects of their care. They also described how they had to manage their medical routine, including cleaning their feeding tube and giving them their medication.
The caregiver reported that their caring responsibilities had an impact on their physical health, including back pain as a result of lifting and carrying. They also reported being tired because of lack of sleep. This individual did not discuss the emotional impact of caring in a lot of detail, but they did describe a sadness they felt at knowing that the individual would not have the life they wanted for them.
“It does make me sad because, you know, he’s two and he should be out there running around…climbing on things, he should be jumping off the couch, jumping off the bed, like what two year old’s do” – 2 years (participant 605)
The caregiver reported that they had needed to stop working in order to become a full-time caregiver. They also described how they were less able to be social than they used to be and struggled to go out with friends because of their caring responsibilities.
Symptoms and impacts among those able to stand/step (Fig. 3)
Symptoms and function
The one individual in the ‘standing/stepping’ health state was able to hold their head up and could stand/take steps with support, but they were unable to sit unsupported for 60 seconds or walk. Their inability to sit was somewhat surprising as typically individuals would be expected to be able to do this if they could stand, but the qualitative data was taken at face value and the clinician categorised the individual accordingly.
In contrast to those in the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states, this individual was reported to be able to use their hands to grasp, hold or manipulate objects, as well as reach for objects. They were reported to experience other muscle and joint symptoms, including muscle spasms, twitches, and stiffness.
This caregiver also reported that the individual had some limitations with cognitive function, including memory. However, they also reported that the individual was aware of their surroundings and would react to sounds and faces.
“When he hears music he reacts, yes to music” – 15 years (participant 201)
In contrast to those in the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states, this individual was reported to be able to communicate using small words, but they could not speak in full sentences and the caregivers said the words did not always make sense. This individual was also reported to use non-verbal communication, including facial expressions, eye movements and hand movements.
The caregiver described episodes that resembled oculogyric crises, but it was unclear if they may have been talking about epileptic seizures, as this was something they had also experienced in the past. This caregiver also reported that the individual experienced some gastrointestinal issues, including diarrhoea, reflux and vomiting. The child did not have a feeding tube and was fed blended food by their caregiver, who described how they would sometimes choke when drinking liquids.
“We have to use thickening agents… it’s not really solid, solid but with the thickening agents it’s better, the fluid one, he chokes” – 15 years (participant 201)
This caregiver also reported that the individual experienced tiredness and fatigue as well as trouble sleeping at night. They did not use any assisted ventilation devices at night or during the day.
Impact on the individual with AADC deficiency
The caregiver described the individual’s daily activities to be limited and that the individual was fully dependent on them for their daily routine and school.
“He cannot, it’s not that he can do major things, in the sense a typical day, we wake up, I wash him, I prepare, I give him his medicines, I give him breakfast, we see if we have to do some visits, I take him and then I take him to the private facility" – 15 years (participant 201)
Similar to the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states, their main leisure activities were reported to be watching television, although the caregiver also mentioned that they sometimes try and do something creative together. Although this individual was able make functional hand movements, their limitations with motor function made it difficult for them to make friends as other children did not understand their condition.
The caregiver also reported that the individual was sometimes irritable and nervous when they wanted something or were unable to do something.
“If he wants to do something, he wants to hold a car that is a little bit bigger in his hand and he cannot do it, he becomes irritable, he becomes nervous and he pushes it away” – 15 years (participant 201)
Impact on caregivers
The caring responsibilities of this caregiver were similar to those caring for individuals in the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states. They described how they needed to help the individual with all aspects of their care, although they did not have any feeding tubes to clean. They described how they needed to plan everything which made it difficult for them to go away and travel with the individual.
The caregiver reported fewer physical impacts than those of caregivers of individuals in the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states. Although they mentioned a small about of pain from carrying the individual, but they did not consider this to be problem. They also did not report any tiredness or fatigue. However, they did report a substantial emotional impact of being a caregiver, including depressive symptoms and grieving a loss of the future they wanted.
“It’s very difficult, emotionally it’s very heavy, psychologically heavy, and what else can I say, and then my life as well, I don’t want to be misinterpreted, because in a way, my life has changed, my life it’s not the life I wanted to have with my son” – 15 years (participant 201)
This caregiver also reported an impact on their social life as they were unable to leave the individual to go out with friends or travel away from home with their child. This caregiver had their own business, so their work was not impacted.
Symptoms and impacts among those able to walk with minimal support (Fig. 4)
Symptoms and function
In line with their health state categorisation, those in the ‘walking’ health state were able to hold their head upright, sit unsupported, stand and walk with minimal support. Despite being able to walk, those in this health state still had limited motor function relative to healthy individuals, and could only walk short distances, needed to walk more slowly than healthy individuals and needed to take rests.
“He probably could take a good, 10 foot step, maybe with no support, going very slow” - 6 years (participant 601)
Some caregivers also reported that individuals in this health state still used a wheelchair or pushchair to help them get around and to give them a rest from walking.
Similar to those in the ‘standing/stepping’ health state, but in contrast to those in the ‘no motor function’ and ‘sitting’ health states, those in this health state were able to make more purposeful movements such as grasping, holding and manipulating objects with their hands. One caregiver reported that the individual was typically able to do this with larger objects, but would struggle with smaller objects.
“Anything that is… is too small, you know, she will have a problem with grasping it…as far as toys and stuff like that, puzzle pieces, different things that she interacts with, they are larger and easier to grasp" – 4 years (participant 606)
Another caregiver described how the individual’s functional hand use would vary from day to day depending on their energy levels. Some individuals in this health state were able to raise their hands above their head, whereas others were not. Similar to the other health states, these limitations with motor function were attributed to muscle weakness and low muscle tone.
“He doesn't have the tone. He gets muscle spasms and there's muscle weakness. So, it's more, everything is in small increments, a lot of rest is needed" - 6 years (participant 601)
Some caregivers also reported other muscle and joint symptoms, including muscle spasms, twitches, stiffness and abnormal/rigid posture.
Caregivers reported that individuals in this health state had limited cognitive function, although these were described as less severe than the other health states and not as severe as their physical limitations.
“I think there’s more understanding from a cognitive standpoint, where there’s not as many delays cognitively as there is from the physical aspect” – 1 year (participant 607)
They described how individuals had an awareness and understanding of their surroundings and were able to recognise faces and remember people and objects. Similar to those in the ‘standing/stepping’ health state, some caregivers reported that the individuals were able to use words to communicate, although they were unable to speak in full sentences.
“Baby words, nothing significant, not like having a full conversation” - 6 years (participant 601)
They were also reported to use non-verbal communication, including eye contact, facial expressions and hand movements.
Similar to the other health states, individuals in this health state were reported to experience episodes of oculogyric crises. There were no differences in how these were described compared to other health states. Some individuals were also reported to experience epileptic seizures, particularly at night, but were on medication to control these.
Caregivers reported that individuals experienced a range of gastrointestinal issues, including diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, vomiting and stomach pain. There was some evidence that these gastrointestinal issues were more commonly reported in this health state compared with the ‘no motor function’ health state. This may be attributed to some individuals in the ‘no motor function’ health state having a feeding tube which was used to manage these symptoms. No individuals in this health state had a feeding tube, all ate by mouth. Several caregivers reported that the individuals were able to feed themselves solid foods using their hands.
Similar to the other health states, caregivers reported that individuals in this health state experienced tiredness and fatigue, particularly a night after a day of activity.
“It’s at night, when he starts to get super tired and he… I don’t want to say he loses the capability of doing those things, but you can just tell that he’s tired and he needs more help” – 7 years (participant 603)
They also reported sleeping difficulties and some gave the individuals melatonin to help with this. One individual in this health state received assisted ventilation to help them breath at night.
Some caregivers reported that the individuals experienced pain in the stomach and others reported muscle pain.
Impact on the individual with AADC deficiency
Caregivers of individuals in the ‘walking’ health state reported that the individuals had more independence than those in the other health states with regard to self-care. For example, some described how the individual was able to select their own clothes, dressing and brushing their teeth with assistance. Caregivers also reported that individuals in this health state participated in a wider range daily activities than the other health states, for example, using crayons, playing with animals, playing in the park and swimming. However, they were still limited in these activities and needed support from their caregiver.
“I’ll put her up on the slide and she really enjoys, you know, being in the swimming pool… I’d say that in some ways… she’s up there with her age range, but from a physical aspect she is, you know, definitely behind and needs more assistance” – 4 years (participant 606)
Some individuals in this health state attended school or nursery, whereas others did not, although in some cases this was due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Those who attended school were reported to have specialist support from a teaching assistant or social worker. School was generally described as a positive experience which the individual enjoyed.
“He loves going to school. It’s only two days a week and he likes to participate with… I mean, mostly he’s with his teacher and the teacher’s aide…there’s other kids in there as well, but they’re, they have other disabilities, but yeah, he enjoys going to school” – 7 years (participant 603)
Caregivers of individuals in this health state described how their social interaction was limited because other children did not understand their condition. As a result, several caregivers reported that the individual mainly played with their siblings or cousins.
“We have gone to parks and stuff and it’s a little bit more frustrating with some of the little kids that don’t understand what he’s going through, and you’re at a park, so you’re not gonna, you know, say, “Hey, yeah. My child’s different.” So he’ll play with his cousins primarily” – 7 years (participant 603)
Similar to those in the other health states, caregivers described how individuals would become upset and frustrated when they were unable to communicate or express themselves.
Impact on caregivers
Caregivers of individuals in the ‘walking’ health state described similar caring responsibilities to the other health states, for example, helping the individual with all aspects of their self-care. In addition to the individual’s medical routine taking up a lot of time, caregivers described how they needed to monitor the individual more frequently because they were more mobile. This meant that they had little time to themselves to take part in leisure or social activities. They also described how they needed to plan and schedule everything and were therefore unable to be spontaneous.
“It’s a big commitment and it’s a lot and you do need to sacrifice a lot. Free time, socialisation, going out and doing things…I would is say is like the biggest impact has been that lack of spontaneity and having to have a schedule and not being able just to go up and take off and do things without, you know, zero planning” – 4 years (participant 606)
However, some caregivers reported that they were able to have a social life with the individual, particularly if it revolved around their own home. For example, some reported having play dates with other children, which as less commonly reported in the other health states.
From a physical health perspective, fewer caregivers reported experiencing back pain from lifting and carrying the individual, and there were fewer reports of sleeping difficulties. However, some caregivers did report some pain and others described feeling tired and fatigued from their constant caring responsibilities.
“Time, energy, never being able to be away, or rest. Having to mentally be aware as well as physically” - 4 years (participant 602)
Similar to the other health states, some caregivers reported depressive symptoms and feelings of sadness. Others described feelings of anxiety and worry about the future.
“The negatives, of course, you don’t want to see your child have to struggle…there’s been times where I have been super depressed” – 7 years (participant 603)
This is the first qualitative study to describe the lived experience of individuals with AADC deficiency in different health states, as well as the experience of caregivers. The results highlight a substantial impact of AADC deficiency, even among those who were able to walk with minimal support. In general, those with better motor function also had better functional hand use, communication skills, ability to eat and perform other activities independently, and interact with their peers. This was most apparent for those in the walking health state, who had greater independence that those in the other health states. However, these differences were not all apparent across every health state. The burden of caring was high across all health states, but there was some evidence that caregivers of individuals in the walking health state were better able to participate in social and leisure activities.
Our results showed that while the types of symptoms and functional impairment due to AADC deficiency remained broadly similar across the different health states, there was variation in the level of impairment and the subsequent impact on daily activities. There were fewest notable differences between those with no motor function and those who were able to sit unsupported. In both groups, individuals were reported as being very limited both physically and cognitively. The only notable difference in symptoms was that pain was more commonly reported among those with no motor function, which was attributed to lack of movement, which aligns with the health state definitions. The high level of impairment in both of these health states meant that individuals had very little ability to engage in daily or social activities. As a result, they were fully dependent on their caregivers for all aspects of their lives. This meant that the caregiver burden was high in both groups, with caregivers reporting that they had very little time for themselves, had sometimes needed to quit or change jobs, and had limited opportunities for leisure and social activities. There were some small differences in the emotional impact reported across the two health states, with caregivers of individuals with no motor function reporting more worry and anxiety, and the caregiver of the individual in the sitting health state reporting more sadness. However, it is difficult to draw any conclusions as there was only one individual in the sitting health state.
More notable differences were seen when comparing those with no motor function and those able to sit, with those who were able to stand/step and walk. In contrast to those in the no motor function and sitting health states, those in the stepping/standing and walking health states were able to grasp, hold and manipulate objects. Not only did this mean they were better able to play with toys, but it also aided their non-verbal communication as they were able to communicate with hand gestures. Individuals who could step/stand and walk were also reported to be able to speak a few words, which further improved their communication skills. Also of note is that no individuals in the standing/stepping and walking health states were fed through a feeding tube and could therefore eat by mouth. In addition, those in the walking health state were reported to be able to feed themselves solid foods with their hands. In terms of daily activities, those in the walking health state were reported to have more independence with regard to self-care and were better able to participate in leisure activities and interact with their peers than those in the other health states.
There were also some important differences between health states in terms of the impact on caregivers. Caregivers of individuals who were able to walk reported being slightly better able to participate in social and leisure activities, although they noted that they would need to plan these in advance and were unable to be spontaneous. In some cases improvements for the individual did not necessarily translate to an improvement for the caregiver. For example, while it was perceived as a positive that individuals in the standing/stepping and walking health states could eat by mouth or feed themselves, there was a downside as it took longer for the individual to eat and get all the nutrients they needed. In addition, while it was perceived as a positive for the individual to be able to walk with minimal support, as they were still very limited, the caregivers reported needing to constantly monitor them, which was an added time burden.
This study reports novel information on the lived experience of individuals AADC deficiency and their caregivers across different health states defined by the PDMS-2. Although previous studies have reported utility weights associated with these health states , it can be difficult to interpret what this means in real-life terms for individuals and their caregivers. This study provides a narrative around what it means to be an individual in with AADC deficiency or a caregiver in each health state. This is particularly important in rare diseases, such as AADC deficiency, where there is very little known about the disease and how it impacts individuals and caregivers. These findings can help inform HTA agencies on the burden of disease in AADC deficiency and the importance of new treatments which improve motor function.
While this study provides novel insights, it also has a number of limitations that need to be acknowledged. Due to the very small population of individuals living with AADC deficiency, no sample quotas were set for each health state, which resulted in no individuals in the ‘head control’ health state and only one in the ‘sitting’ and ‘standing/stepping’ health states. Although qualitative research is not designed to be representative, a more balanced sample of individuals in the different health states may have yielded additional information. Similarly, the sample were predominantly recruited from the US and Italy, were White and university educated, so the findings may vary in and may not be transferable to other populations. However, as AADC deficiency is an extremely rare disease, recruitment relies on a limited pool of individuals agreeing to take part. Diagnosis of AADC deficiency was caregiver-reported and participants were screened using pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria, but this method is not as robust as clinician-confirmed diagnosis. For convenience, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, all interviews were conducted by telephone. While this enabled us to speak to caregivers across the globe, non-verbal cues can be missed with telephone interviews and it can be harder to build rapport with participants.
Despite these limitations, this study provides novel insights into the experience of individuals with AADC deficiency and their caregivers across different health states. These insights are from the first qualitative study conducted with caregivers of individuals with AADC deficiency and include data from participants from multiple countries. Given the rarity of the disease, the sample size is large for a qualitative study, and in some cases includes all caregivers of individuals with AADC deficiency in the country.
Individuals with AADC deficiency with higher levels of motor function also had less severe symptoms and were better able to perform their daily, leisure and social activities. Treatments which improve motor function have the potential to improve other aspects of the lives of individuals with AADC deficiency and their caregivers.
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Understanding Belly Fat and Its Impact on Health
Excess belly fat, also known as visceral fat, is not just a cosmetic concern. It poses serious health risks, including an increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. Many people are eager to find effective strategies for burning belly fat, and green tea supplements have gained popularity as a potential solution. In this article, we will explore the truth behind the claims and examine the scientific evidence to determine if green tea supplements can truly help burn belly fat. (Do Green Tea Supplements Really Burn Belly Fat? Separating Fact from Fiction)
Green tea is rich in bioactive compounds, including catechins, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and caffeine. These compounds have been linked to potential weight loss effects. Here’s how they may impact belly fat:
- Increased Metabolism: Catechins and caffeine can boost metabolism, leading to increased calorie burning. This may contribute to overall weight loss, including the reduction of belly fat.
- Fat Oxidation: Green tea’s catechins, specifically EGCG, have been shown to promote fat oxidation. By enhancing the body’s ability to use stored fat as energy, green tea supplements may aid in reducing belly fat.
- Appetite Regulation: Caffeine in green tea can act as an appetite suppressant, potentially reducing calorie intake and supporting weight loss efforts, including belly fat reduction.
Scientific Evidence and Belly Fat Reduction (Do Green Tea Supplements Really Burn Belly Fat? Separating Fact from Fiction)
Numerous studies have examined the effects of green tea supplements on belly fat reduction. While individual results may vary, research provides valuable insights:
- Clinical Trials: Some clinical trials have reported modest reductions in belly fat and waist circumference with green tea supplementation. However, the effects may not be significant enough to rely solely on green tea supplements for targeted belly fat burning.
- Combination with Exercise: Combining green tea supplementation with regular exercise appears to have a synergistic effect on belly fat reduction. Exercise helps burn calories and build lean muscle mass, contributing to a trimmer waistline.
- Overall Lifestyle Factors: It’s crucial to emphasize that belly fat reduction is not solely dependent on green tea supplements. A holistic approach that includes a balanced diet, physical activity, stress management, and sufficient sleep is essential for achieving sustainable weight loss and targeting belly fat.
If you are considering using green tea supplements to help burn belly fat, here are some tips to keep in mind:
- Quality Matters: Choose reputable brands that offer high-quality green tea supplements. Look for standardized extracts with higher concentrations of active compounds.
- Follow Recommended Dosage: Adhere to the recommended dosage provided by the manufacturer or consult a healthcare professional for personalized guidance. Avoid exceeding the recommended intake, as it may lead to unwanted side effects.
- Complement with a Healthy Lifestyle: Green tea supplements should be seen as a complement to a healthy lifestyle, not a substitute. Focus on a balanced diet, regular exercise, stress management, and adequate sleep for overall weight loss and belly fat reduction.
Conclusion (Do Green Tea Supplements Really Burn Belly Fat? Separating Fact from Fiction)
While green tea supplements may have potential benefits in supporting belly fat reduction, the evidence is not definitive. The active compounds in green tea, such as catechins and caffeine, may contribute to increased metabolism, fat oxidation, and appetite regulation. However, targeted belly fat burning requires a comprehensive approach that encompasses healthy lifestyle choices and cannot be achieved through supplements alone.
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is an immunotherapy treatment that has transformed the landscape for those with relapsed refractory hematologic malignancies. It is a treatment where we take white blood cells from a patient and create an autologous product that is an altered version of T-cells, which express an antigen receptor targeting the cancer. Then, those cells are rein-fused back into the patient. This treatment is approved in the relapse refractory setting for certain subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It has remarkable outcomes in the relapse refractory setting, affording patients treatment options that were previously not available.
CAR T-cell therapy is a unique treatment, partially because it involves multiple steps. The first step, called aphaeresis, requires the collection of T-cells from the patient. The second step involves CAR T-cell manufacturing, which can take approximately 3 to 4 weeks to generate the CAR T-cell product. Generally, viruses are used to manufacture the CAR T-cell product, which is then sent back to the treating center. Before the patient receives CAR T-cell therapy, they may need bridging therapy to control the malignancy while awaiting the product's manufacture. Then, a few days before the CAR T-cells are infused, lympho-depleting chemotherapy is administered to prevent rejection of the CAR T-cells. The CAR T-cells are infused as a single infusion, usually in the inpatient or outpatient setting, with the inpatient setting being the typical choice for most patients.
CAR T-cell therapy has unique side effects. It can cause cytopenias, hypogammaglobulinemia, and B-cell aplasia, particularly when given to lymphoid malignancies, for the latter toxicity. However, the most significant toxicities are cytokine release syndrome and neurologic toxicity, also known as immune cell-associated neurologic toxicity syndrome or ICANS. Both of these toxicities are mediated by cytokine secretion from CAR T-cell expansion and proliferation. There are treatments for these toxicities, but they are unique and are not the typical toxicities seen with standard chemotherapy.
CAR T-cell therapy has multiple different approvals. For example, there are six FDA-approved products for aggressive large B-cell lymphomas. CAR T-cell therapy can yield durable remissions at a rate of up to 40% in patients who previously had median survivals of only 6 months. Additionally, there are other indications for CAR T-cell therapy. However, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are becoming a more critical component of clinical trial design, as they are clearly essential to patients and family members. There is a relative paucity of information available about patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as quality of life, in CAR T-cell therapy. There have been some studies that have looked at small numbers of patients or have focused on single CAR T-cell therapy products. However, patients also want to know the impact of therapies, not just on length of life, but on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) such as quality of life.
“In this space, we sought to conduct a longitudinal perspective study looking at patient reported outcomes, and we focused on quality of life as well as psychological symptoms including anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, as well as physical symptoms.” Conner Johnson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
We measured patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at baseline, meaning prior to CAR T-cell therapy infusion, and at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after CAR T-cell therapy infusion. The primary patient-reported outcome for this study was quality of life, though we also examined psychological and physical symptom burden. Notably, quality of life dropped at the 1-week time point compared to baseline, then improved near baseline by the 1-month time point. By the 3-month time point, quality of life had actually improved on average and this improvement persisted at the 6-month post-CAR T-cell therapy mark. A similar pattern was observed for depression symptoms, physical symptom burden, anxiety symptoms, and PTSD symptoms. Generally, all patient-reported outcomes (PROs) had a positive trajectory on average for patients from baseline to the 6-month timeline.
The overall sample size for this study was 100 patients, which still left us with relatively limited ability to extensively search for predictors of quality of life trajectory. Interestingly, some factors associated with a more positive quality of life trajectory included the use of Tocilizumab, which is the IL6 receptor antibody for cytokine release syndrome, and the use of corticosteroids for toxicities. Perhaps the use of these therapies is just associated with a relatively greater improvement compared to baseline, as they can be associated with a greater tumor burden or there are some studies showing a linkage between IL6 and certain psychological symptoms. It is unclear what the mechanism is, and we did not have the sample size to assess that, but it is interesting to note that the use of Tocilizumab and corticosteroids was associated with a relatively greater improvement in quality of life over time.
I do want to note that although the trajectory for quality of life, and the other patient-reported outcomes (PROs) we've discussed, showed improvement over time, about 20% of patients had persistent clinically significant anxiety, depression, and/or PTSD symptoms at the 6-month time point, and a subset of patients also had moderate or severe physical symptom burden at the same time. However, those percentages were numerically better than those seen at baseline.
What this means is that at least for a significant minority of patients, there is persistent physical and psychological symptom burden, and I do think that this leaves room for improvement in ways to optimize the patient-reported outcome experience longitudinally for these patients. One element to this could be supportive care interventions, such as palliative care interventions or other types of care delivery interventions designed to try and mitigate the physical and psychological symptoms experienced by patients. However, another set of interventions can be continued improvement in how we address and mitigate toxicities experienced by CAR T-cell therapy, whether that be newer CAR T-cell products, combination strategies, or prophylaxis strategies.
I think there are several, or I hope there are several. Firstly, I would note that this study adds to the existing literature, providing patients and clinicians with some expectations for longitudinal quality of life trajectory. It's important to note that the majority of patients in this study had lymphoma, but a subset had myeloma, and one had ALL. The overall trajectory did not appear to be correlated with histology, and quality of life improved by the 3-month time point. This information can help clinicians counsel patients about the average quality of life trajectory when undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.
Secondly, I would like to point out that future studies should build upon this one. It was a single-center study with limited racial and geographic diversity, and larger studies with more diverse patient populations can expand our knowledge of the longitudinal patient reported outcome trajectory and identify additional predictors of those at the highest risk of poor patient reported outcomes.
Finally, I hope this study leads to additional research seeking to improve patient reported outcomes. This could involve supportive care interventions designed to mitigate physical and psychological symptom burden, or newer CAR T-cell products, combination strategies, and prophylactic strategies to reduce toxicities.
“I think the last point I would make is though of course there's still room for growth and improvement in overall under our understanding and knowledge base around patient reported outcomes and how to optimize them. It is reassuring to see that patient reported outcomes on average improved by the 3 month time point over a sample size of around a hundred patients receiving CAR T-cell. We did not have the sample size to assess the etiology or mechanism of the improvement for patient reported outcomes, but we do suspect that this is primarily driven through improvement in disease related symptoms, just given the overall high response rates. We had a small number of patients who did not respond to CAR T-cell therapy, and they did not have the same longitudinal trajectory that those patients who had a response did, which is what is the major driver of our hypothesis, and hopefully future studies with larger patient sample sizes can really further elucidate the mechanism of how CAR T-cell therapy improves patient reported outcomes.” Conner Johnson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses genetically modified T cells to treat cancer. T cells are a type of white blood cell that play a critical role in the immune system's response to infections and diseases.
In CAR T-cell therapy, T cells are collected from a patient's blood, genetically engineered in a lab to produce chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) on their surface, and then infused back into the patient's bloodstream. These CARs enable the T cells to recognize and bind to specific proteins on the surface of cancer cells, which then triggers the T cells to attack and destroy the cancer cells.
CAR T-cell therapy has shown promising results in treating certain types of cancer, including leukemia and lymphoma. However, it is still a relatively new and complex form of cancer treatment, and researchers continue to explore its potential uses and limitations.
The study is focused on analyzing longitudinal patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in patients receiving Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T).
CAR-T therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses genetically modified T cells to target cancer cells. It has shown promising results in the treatment of certain blood cancers.
The study included 55 patients with relapsed or refractory blood cancers who received CAR-T therapy at a single center in the United States.
The researchers collected PRO data at multiple time points throughout the treatment process, including before treatment, during treatment, and after treatment.
The PRO measures included physical symptoms, psychological distress, quality of life, and overall satisfaction with treatment.
The study found that patients reported significant improvements in physical symptoms, psychological distress, and quality of life after CAR-T therapy.
Patients also reported high levels of satisfaction with the treatment, with most patients indicating that they would recommend CAR-T therapy to others.
However, some patients also reported persistent symptoms and ongoing psychological distress, suggesting that more research is needed to understand the long-term effects of CAR-T therapy.
The study highlights the importance of collecting patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical trials, as they can provide valuable insights into the patient experience and help inform treatment decisions.
Overall, the study suggests that CAR-T therapy can provide significant benefits for patients with relapsed or refractory blood cancers, but further research is needed to fully understand its long-term effects and optimize treatment protocols.
P. Conner Johnson, MD, is a highly skilled and experienced physician specializing in radiation oncology. He currently serves as the Director of the Clinical Research and Outcomes Core in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is also an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Johnson received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, where he also completed his residency in radiation oncology. He went on to complete a fellowship in brachytherapy at the University of California, Los Angeles.
With over 20 years of experience in radiation oncology, Dr. Johnson is widely recognized for his expertise in treating patients with prostate cancer. He has authored numerous research publications on the topic, and is considered a leading expert in the use of advanced radiation therapy techniques for prostate cancer, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
Dr. Johnson is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered care and is dedicated to helping his patients achieve the best possible outcomes. He is also passionate about research and has been involved in numerous clinical trials aimed at improving the effectiveness of radiation therapy for various types of cancer.
In addition to his clinical work and research, Dr. Johnson is actively involved in teaching and mentoring the next generation of radiation oncologists. He has served as a mentor to many medical students and residents and has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to medical education.
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Jan.16 (GMM) The crypto hype in Formula 1 is definitely over.
Late last year, Mercedes took FTX branding off its Formula 1 car as the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed – later leading to the arrest of its boss Sam Bankman-Fried.
It now emerges that, over the winter break, Ferrari has also split with its own major cryptocurrency-related backer – the blockchain platform Velas.
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Hi there, I'm still finding my way around Vanilla and Yaga. I installed Yaga in my applications folder. When I tried to enable it, Igot an error message. "Yaga is missing the following requirement(s): Vanilla 2.1b2"
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I unzipped this, and put it into the applications folder. But I still get the same error. Can you help? What else do I need to do?
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Is NATO Ready for Putin?
Political hurdles hold NATO back — how convenient for Russian tactics.
Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Vladimir Putin has challenged the United States and its allies over the past year. The annexation of Crimea and then the intervention in Ukraine have been very difficult as Russia has far more at stake in these places than does the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]. That changes quite dramatically if we move slightly west and consider Poland and the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. These countries are members of NATO, so NATO must respond if Putin tries anything serious.
But NATO is not ready for Putin. While the stories of defense budget cuts do not help, NATO continues to have enough military capability to hold its own and then some in a fight with Russia. The real problem is a political one—that NATO members disagree about what is necessary to deal with Russia’s threats. Yes, a key output of the NATO summit last fall in Wales was the development a new Very High Readiness Joint Task Force that would move quickly during a crisis. This new NATO unit could move east to deal with Russia or south/southeast to deal with threats in North Africa or the Mideast.
However, the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force is crippled by two political realities. First, most of the countries lined up to lead the first few rotations are precisely those that were handcuffed in Afghanistan by caveats—restrictions on what their troops could and could not do—Germany, Spain and Italy. Second, in a crisis, the NATO commander, General Phillip Breedlove, would not have authority to deploy the NATO force. He would have to wait until the decision-making body of NATO, the North Atlantic Council, agreed that to release the force.
During the cold war, because of the threat of a surprise attack, the NATO commander had the authority under specific circumstances to take the steps he saw as necessary to deal with Soviet aggression. While we are not yet in a new cold war, the hybrid war tactics used by Putin—the little green men, the interrupting of telecommunications, and the rest aimed to present a fait accompli—work best when the opponent cannot make quick decisions and where ambiguity stymies a collective response. Right now, various allies are opposed to granting General Breedlove this kind of authority.
There is another way. General Breedlove not only commands NATO but also happens to be the commander of all U.S. forces in Europe. Using that authority, he can move American troops around Europe as he sees fit as long as the President and Secretary of Defense do not mind. Of course, this means that the U.S. needs to keep significant capabilities in Europe so that this general has some resources to deploy as things heat up. Recent stories of moving Apache helicopters out of Europe and back to North America due to budget cuts are exactly what we do not need.
The point here is not to win a war with the Russians, but to avoid one. Putin has consistently been looking for and taken advantage of weakness. He does not want World War III, but he does seem to want to break NATO. Presenting difficult choices is his primary strategy. It is time that we make his decision-making harder by making clearer, stronger commitments to our Eastern allies. If NATO as a collective organization is slow to respond, then individual countries, such as the U.S. and Canada, can and must respond. | <urn:uuid:f01b9ba1-9ce7-43e1-bc32-3355d066a710> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://opencanada.org/is-nato-ready-for-putin/ | 2023-09-23T18:49:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.967307 | 711 |
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I hope this is nut just a bunch of seminarians birettas from a traditional Order or insitutute, but a growing practice among young Roman priests.To see it in a traditional Institute is no surprise....but to see it groing as a practice among young priests in general...now that would be something to photograph and cheer about!
One wonders why so few birettas ever show up at pontifical services except for prelates.
I think you have cleaned the pew and put these caps in order to take the picture...http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/23a0/1D4E1ED934274DDFD9FB264DDFD62E.jpg
As a Roman seminarian, I can tell you that the tradition of wearing the biretta is growing among young priests.
I put them in order last thursday. I like that you appreciate it!
Young priests in Rome may be embracing the fad of biretta-wearing but if they are the products of Roman seminaries they certainly will be cautious since ambition and careerism are equally infectious there. After all, the mess we are in happened because clerics were fixated on what direction the winds were blowing and whose favor they could curry.
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Can you play an instrument with dentures?
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What should you avoid with dentures?
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Do dentures affect voice?
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Do celebrities have dentures?
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Is metal in dentures safe?
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What is the hardest instrument to play saxophone?
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Why do my teeth hurt when I play saxophone?
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Do you put your teeth on a saxophone mouthpiece?
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Why do dentists not recommend dentures?
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Do dentures ever feel normal?
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At what point do dentures make sense?
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Pie Bar Superlative: Most Likely to be Running Around in the Kitchen
Vivian: What brought you to Woodstock?
Mikey: Beats me, ask my parents. I've been living here for 14 years and just recently realized how awesome Downtown Woodstock is, but I didn't get out much in school to explore it.
Vivian: Why did you decide to work with food?
Mikey: My first job was at Chick-Fil-A and that's where I really decided I loved being in the kitchen, but seeing my mom bake us banana bread, Amish bread, or her cranberry white chocolate crisps was what really steered me into baking. I worked at Alpine Bakery for almost 2 years and I fell in love with sweets. Now, I work here at Pie Bar and I love the atmosphere and the confidence that working here has given me, which has allowed me to experiment more with pastries. Every day has become a learning experience.
Vivian: What is your favorite food to make at home?
Mikey: Oh lordy, that is a tough one, I would have to say maybe my top two choices would be ceviche or mole. One dish is Peruvian, and the other is Mexican. Just Google pics of them and your mouth will start watering!
*Note, I Googled pictures of them, and my mouth did indeed start watering.*
Vivian: What food would you choose if you were on death row and it was your final meal?
Mikey: Umm, I would never be on death row because I wouldn't do anything to put me there! But if the sky was falling and I had one last meal, I'd have to say I'd eat a shawarma from Zankou Chicken and tres leches cake with guava for dessert...so I'd hope the end of the world would allow me time to fly to California to eat my last meal there.
Vivian: What is your favorite Pie Bar pie to eat?
Mikey: Eaasssyyyyy, Spiced Oatmeal Cookie....or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Those two I can eat entirely by myself.
Vivian: Why did you choose to work at Pie Bar?
Mikey: Well at the time when I was looking for a job, the post just appeared on Facebook and I was so surprised to see there was a pie place right down the road!! On top of that, pie was very new to me - I was very much a cake person until I worked there. I'm about to hit a year here and so far things are going great!
Vivian: What is an interesting fact about you?
Mikey: I have a lot of interesting facts about me, but one that I guess pops out is that if you sit next to me while we are all eating and talking, I will unconsciously start picking off of other people's plates. The only reason I know this is because my friend recorded me once in high school and I couldn't believe it!
Vivian: What is your favorite restaurant or shop in Downtown Woodstock?
Mikey: Oh man too many to choose from!! Pure Taqueria has my heart with their margaritas, J. Christopher's breakfast and hot chocolate got me for breakfast, Dulce Artesian Gelato has me for dessert, Canyon's got them delish burgers. Hmm, I'd say Pure, never a wrong time for a margarita!
Vivian: What is a funny anecdote about yourself that you are willing to share?
Mikey: My life has too many stories, I'm such a klutz! So the most recent one that I can think of is that I didn't remember what setting the large mixer was on, so as I'm making the filling for the Peanut Butter Cream pie (which by the way, is very delish) I turned it on and it splattered all over me. Luckily it only lasted for 2 seconds, but those 2 seconds were messy!
Vivian: What are you currently binging on Netflix?
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Texas is home to its fair share of abandoned buildings and ghost towns but none are quite as creepy as this abandoned stadium that can be found right in the middle of a major city. Keep reading to learn more.
The legendary Houston Astrodome was built in 1965 and is one of the most recognizable structures in the country.
Today, the Astrodome is considered a historic landmark. It was the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, has been home to several sports teams including the Houston Astros, and has even hosted the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo until 2002.
The stadium is also associated with several other "firsts" like the first animated scoreboard and the installation of artificial grass, now known as AstroTurf.
Unfortunately, the Astrodome is no longer the thriving stadium it once was. In 2002, NRG Stadium opened next to the Astrodome and took away its last major tenant, the rodeo. For years, the stadium remained relatively empty. In 2005, it was used to house displaced New Orleans residents during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Today, the Astrodome is a desolate shell of what it once was. After being declared non-compliant with the fire code in 2008, the stadium has remained eerily empty and decaying ever since.
Parts of the building were eventually demolished in 2013 and plans to revitalize the stadium have since been scrapped. No new plans have emerged in recent years.
For the time being, this once-legendary sports stadium will continue to serve as a reminder of the countless memories created at its peak.
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In this time of great uncertainty, society faces many questions and concerns about the future. Young people worry about their prospects in an ever-changing job market. Parents face challenging questions about the relationship their children have with Judaism and Israel. Teachers must adapt to new realities in how they deliver education. Schools fight to find a balance between in-person and online classes.
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World ORT has signed an historic agreement with the Armenian Government launching ORT educational and vocational training activities in the country for the first time.
The memorandum of understanding promotes cooperation in the implementation of high technology and the Internet in the education sector, the development of information technology, and the creation of programmes promoting the development of high-tech centres in Armenian universities.
With this week’s formal registration of ORT Armenia, under the presidency of Dr Svetlana Harutyunyan, the Torah Ohr Sunday School, which serves the capital Yerevan’s small Jewish community, will join the international ORT network.
The agreement also paves the way for World ORT’s International Cooperation Department (ORT IC) to establish an exemplary school in the capital, which will act as a nucleus for the modernisation of education throughout the Caucasus.
The school’s 500 to 700 pupils will enjoy a truly modern education thanks to the combination of ORT expertise and international connections.
Currently, visiting the school was like walking into a museum, said World ORT Representative in the CIS, Central Asia, Caucasian States and Baltic States, David Benish, who attended the signing ceremony with World ORT Director General and CEO Robert Singer and ORT France President and World ORT Board of Trustees member Dr Lucien Kalfon.
“We’re going to connect the school to a computer network, create computer and video labs as well as computerised physics and chemistry labs; and classrooms will be fitted with Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs). The school currently uses computers which ORT hasn’t used for more than 10 years and the equipment in the physics lab hasn’t been used in the West for about 50 years,”? Mr Benish said.
Most importantly, World ORT will send in international experts to train the Armenians in the effective use of the new equipment, including Israeli teachers who have mastered the technology introduced at their schools by World ORT’s programmatic arms in Israel, Kadima Mada. The Yerevan school’s teachers will then go on to train thousands of fellow educators from Armenia, Georgia and other countries.
“It’s very exciting. ORT is leading the development of Armenia’s education to Western standards and in so doing is creating a nucleus of expertise for the whole region,”? Mr Benish said.
World ORT is preparing to send an evaluation team to Armenia next month as the first step in having everything up and running by the next academic year.
Dr Harutyunyan is the natural choice for ORT Armenia’s inaugural president. Married to the Ombudsman of Armenia, Professor Armen Harutyunyan, Dr Harutyunyan heads the faculty of Psychology at the Yerevan State University and is a former student of ORT Russia President and World ORT Board of Trustees member Professor Alexander Asmolov.
“The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a crisis in the education system,”? said Dr Harutyunyan. “Becoming part of World ORT is vital not only for the development of education here but to its survival. Armenia needs a modern, professional secondary education system to generate the technological and professional skills needed for economic progress. World ORT’s international expertise in teaching technology provides unlimited opportunities for improving welfare, economic and social development.”?
There were less than 1,000 Jews in Armenia, which is bordered by Georgia, Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan, and World ORT’s presence would also contribute to its strengthening, she added, by providing technological support.
Mr Singer said ORT’s presence in Armenia was an historic opportunity to promote well-being in an often overlooked part of the world.
“The Armenian people’s innate talent has traditionally been nurtured by a high level of education resulting in a reservoir of professional skills,”? he said. “World ORT feels privileged to become partners with the Armenian Government in helping to rebuild the country.”?
He added: “Obviously, ORT is also committed to help all Jewish communities in need, no matter how small. We are delighted to be able to support Armenia’s ancient community as well as the broader population with whom Jews have enjoyed good relations for centuries. My thanks go to all involved and in particular Lucien [Kalfon] who really is doing an outstanding job for World ORT on this matter.”? | <urn:uuid:f939170a-315c-4dbd-bbf8-12f18609699c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://ort.org/en/news/ort-armenia-is-signed-into-existence/ | 2023-09-23T17:27:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.948503 | 936 |
Osage Venture Partners (OVP) is a premier venture capital fund based just outside of Philadelphia that invests in early-stage business-to-business (B2B) software companies located in the Eastern U.S. With well over $250M under management, OVP seeks to invest in business builders with deep domain expertise with whom we can “go the distance with” and provide the entrepreneurs with the assistance required to build high growth businesses. OVP is in the process of closing the fundraise for its fifth fund and is actively making new investments in some of the most exciting tech startups in the Eastern U.S., including, but not limited to, Dina (AI-powered care coordination), Malbek (next generation contract lifecycle management platform), BoodleAI (predictive analytics platform), and Refraction AI (robotic last-mile delivery vehicles).
OVP has enjoyed much success since its debut fund in 2005, funding more than 50 companies across a range of sectors, including cloud, security, analytics, education technology, healthcare IT, and enterprise mobile. Notable investments include InstaMed (healthcare payments network, acquired by JPMorgan Chase), SevOne (network performance management, majority acquired by Bain), VividCortex (database performance monitoring solution, acquired by SolarWinds), and GoCanvas (enterprise mobile solutions, acquired by K1 Investment Management).
Analyst Role Overview
As an OVP Analyst, you will be integrally involved in all aspects of OVP and will be provided a front row seat to one of the top performing venture funds in the U.S.; the role includes spending time with the leading entrepreneurs in the region, reviewing their business plans, hearing their pitches, and watching the investment process in action. As part of a dynamic, 10-person team, you will make significant contributions to the investment process and have the opportunity to work closely with and be mentored by seasoned professionals in a collaborative, challenging, and intellectually stimulating environment.
Ideal Candidate Profile
If you are interested in applying to the Analyst role, the following outlines our application process:
Step 1 (Application): Submit a cover letter and resume (as one document in PDF format) no later than Wednesday, April 7, 2021. In your cover letter, please write no more than five sentences explaining why you are interested in the opportunity and why you believe you will excel in the role. Email and address your cover letter to Emily Foote, Principal at OVP (firstname.lastname@example.org). The OVP team will review all applications and invite a subset of the applicants to participate in the first round of interviews.
Step 2 (Pre-Recorded Interview Responses): Submit short video responses to questions asked by different members of the OVP Team. The OVP team will review all video responses and invite a subset of the applicants to participate in the second round interview, a short 15-minute phone interview. All invitations to the second round interview will be sent by Friday, April 16th.
Step 3 (Phone Interview): Candidates who progress beyond the first interview round, will engage in a short, 15-minute phone interview with a two to three team members from the OVP team. All phone interviews will be scheduled before Wednesday, April 21st.
Step 4 (Project and Zoom Interviews): Candidates who make it to the third and final round, will be notified no later than Monday, April 26th and given a case study of an actual investment opportunity we recently considered to review. Candidates will share their review of the case study during the Zoom interviews as well as meet various team members of the OVP Team. All interviews will be scheduled during the week of May 3rd. Final decisions will be made the week of May 10th. All candidates will be notified of our final decision by Friday, May 14th.
The Analyst role will start at a to be determined time between June and August depending on the Analyst’s preference and schedule.
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Corporations of any size are essentially out of company every time they lose their telephone service. In Dover Delaware, an organization with out a managed hosted VOIP Telephone system risks losing money to the tune of tens of thousands, even more, every time they can’t speak with their clientele, or even other areas of the Corporation.
Do not wait until disaster hits you. Be sure you have a reliable hosted VoIP Phone system in Dover Delaware and protect your corporation.
… so you take advantage of a superior system of a managed hosted VoIP over an old-fashioned Phone system.
Companies have consistently had exactly the same difficulties with the telecom business for even more than 14 years. For instance:
Fortunately, modern hosted VoIP Phone platforms supply you with the most up-to-date capabilities with out the have to invest in expensive equipment.
If you are searching for an economical telephone system with advanced options then a hosted VOIP Telephone system is something to consider. There is will no longer any need of complicated and high-priced Telephone system installation, with hosted VoIP, just invest in the desktop phones. The desktop telephones will then link with your telephone service provider over the web. Rather than purchasing your own Telephone system, which may run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, your phones hook up to hosted equipment. And for a fraction of the cost, you will get the most up-to-date and greatest in platforms, with little to no upkeep.
Old-school Phone cabinets are good for basic functions like voicemail voicemail, extensions and intercoms – but today’s corporation atmosphere needs more. Maybe even an intercom. But that is generally all you get. POTS are copper lines found in old houses. To increase your corporation volume you may have to update to a fiber optic T1 line for handling your needs. Older Phone systems had their disadvantages:
When your Telephone product is powered by a managed hosted VOIP, you are making use of platforms which are housed in carrier-grade data centers. Total capacity for hosted VOIP platforms might be added by the provider, letting you scale easily.
Managed hosted VoIP systems in Dover Delaware can offer you almost unlimited total capacity, whereas a Phone system’s inside your location will likely be reduced to a certain quantity of extensions, Phone lines, and capabilities.
You could expect well over eighty different capabilities from a managed hosted VoIP Phone system, and while each product is distinct, there are a number of benefits for businesses: While each product is distinct, most offer some advantages to help you increase business:
Dover Delaware managed hosted VOIP platforms don’t require you to purchase equipment, except for the desktop phones. A VoIP system may cost around $100, 000, whereas handsets are typically anywhere between $150 and $300, so it’s not hard to see the appeal there. Leasing choices are provided with conventional Telephone systems – but be ready to pay full price with interest. In contrast, you pay nothing for the hosted VOIP Phone system – you simply pay for desktop telephones.
Whilst the cost savings on related equipment are great, let us not overlook the cost savings on upkeep and technical support. Though a hosted VoIP system rarely breaks down, the service provider handles mechanical or technical issues. Their specialists could be on site and able to fix whatever problem occurred. You don’t need to worry about repair costs either. They are covered.
With hosted VOIP platforms on your side you obtain:
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By: Navya Natarajan, Florida Fellow
During the 2023 legislative session, Our Climate’s Florida team advocated for clean energy and climate justice in Florida, focusing on two bills in particular: SB 178: Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters and HB 293: Energy Transition Task Force.
SB 178 seeks to provide solar energy infrastructure to educational facilities that serve as emergency shelters during natural disasters, and HB 293 aims to create a task force with representation from different communities to provide recommendations for an equitable transition to clean energy. Both of these bills would be instrumental in addressing climate change in Florida.
Through power mapping legislators, researching committees, planning lobbying meetings, and officially meeting with our legislators to discuss these bills, I have learned so much about the legislative process in Florida and how we can use our voices to make an impact.
Advocating for climate action in Florida is not an easy feat. Florida is a state with a notoriously complex political environment that makes it difficult to pass climate legislation. Despite the dedicated efforts of many individuals to push for progress, the bills we focused on during this legislative session did not make it past their respective committees.
Reflecting on our work during this past session, I have come to realize that it’s easy to become discouraged when bills don’t pass, so it can help to recognize the progress that has been made. The Energy Transition Task Force bill was reintroduced this year, despite dying in committee last year, demonstrating that there is continued support for this bill. Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters have followed a similar trajectory. In 2021, it was filed as SB 198: Solar Schools, but was withdrawn before it was introduced. In 2022, the bill died in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, but it was reintroduced this year with bipartisan sponsors. The bill is sponsored by Senator Berman and co-sponsored by Senator Calatayud and others. This is a significant step forward, as it shows that support for clean energy is not limited to one side of the political spectrum.
While it can be discouraging to see bills fail to pass, we must remember that change takes time and persistence. The process can be long and challenging, often taking many years, but by continuing to fight for these bills, we are still making progress toward a sustainable and equitable future.
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There is going to be times where we lose the momentum and we forget what we were working for, but right now we have it, and we feel the energy from all of you. It’s feeding itself. We can see very clearly what we are able to accomplish. This takes everyone’s support. We are giving memberships for only $25 for the year, because right now your passion and excitement is worth more than any amount of money. We will lead you in anyway that helps you stay committed to the over all goal, and your faith in us keeps us accountable – so we thank you for that. We need you just as much as you need us. If everyone does there part, we will succeed as a team.
We’d like you to do what you can to adopt our philosophy and our way of thinking. In this virtual world of intra-personal communication, we need to believe that there is a force that binds us all together. I believe it’s the love we have for our children…because, let’s face it, none of knew this kind of love until we became parents. It changed everything about who we are as people and what is ultimately important in our short time on this planet. No matter what you personal goals are for your family, what kind of house you want to live in, the monetary limit you’ve put on yourself to feel successful, we all have our children in common, and no one should ever be able to tell us how much quality time we are able to give to our families. No one’s priorities are more important than yours and your children’s. Sometimes we get confused by what we have to give up in order to have the things we need for our families. “I need to keep working at this terrible job because it allows me to pay for food and clothes for my children.” Throw out that way of thinking! You are in charge of your achievements. You are not in this alone. There are others just like you who are passionate about a real network to give you the support you need. Your team won’t let you down, because you are one of us, we know that you won’t let us down. By helping others, you will be helping yourself. It is your responsibility to recognize the opportunities in which you can contribute, and act on them. Then you can trust and know for certain that when you are in need, someone will be there to help you, too. So many of you have already done exactly that, and we are incredibly grateful to have found you. You’ve told us how excited you are about our mission, you’ve put your faith in us by asking to be a part of a website that doesn’t even exist yet, you’ve written blogs about us, you’ve passed out our fliers, and you’ve referred new members to us. You wouldn’t believe how it’s transformed us, every little thing you have done for us, we’ve noticed and taken it to heart. We are more excited now than even the day we came up with the concept for ourmilkmoney. You helped us bring our idea to reality and we will never forget you for it. It’s the yin and yang, and the balance of the universe. We believe that we can create any environment that we want and the more positive it is, the more inspired we will all be.
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Ron Rutherford is a man whose life has been built around music. He fondly recalls bouncing on the back seat of his Father's Chevy Bel Air to The Beatles singing “I Want To Hold Your Hand” on the radio. “It was a typically beautiful Dallas, Texas day,” he says, “blue skies and fair weather cumulus clouds out the windshield as we sped down the highway.” It proved to be a seminal ride. He has been inspired by and passionate about music ever since. Ron played piano as a kid in Texas. Moving to New York City as a young man, he took up guitar. While living in New York, he played and sang around Manhattan and the Northeast; did some television and jingle work; was written up in the New York Times for his performances with The Rutherford & Steward Band; and wrote and performed briefly with legendary rock pianist Nicky Hopkins. Ron Rutherford's musical influences are eclectic and diverse including such artists as: The Eagles, Don Henley, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, The Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison, Rodney Crowell, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Creedence, Little Feat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Traffic, Leon Russell, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Warren Zevon and Hank Williams. Although growing up listening to and loving Rock and Roll on the radio and records, he had country music in his ears wherever he went, just from living in Texas – and both had a profound impact on him. Ron Rutherford's music is something familiar you've never heard before – stories of love, loss, insight, and inspiration. Picture a full moon over a long lost trail and a lone wolf that beckons the listener to follow to the end. Ron Rutherford's album, Lone Wolf, ends too soon. Potent Americana; a unique voice and down-to-the-bone songs combined with the sounds of some of the finest musicians you’ve ever heard. | <urn:uuid:4790b48d-5ec2-4387-8ba0-a329044c0323> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://ourstage.com/ronrutherford | 2023-09-23T18:57:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.951257 | 443 |
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We are all after new customers, and trying to figure out this marketing strategy, or these customer service policies or another complex business “thing.” But many times we overlook the simple things and don’t realize that if we instead focused our efforts on these 3 simple things, our businesses will grow naturally. So we are going to talk about 3 things customers care about, how to focus and improve them and share stories of why these 3 things are so important. Plus we will have a special guest join us, my Dad, Monty Montgomery. Much of my take on businesses comes from what I learned from him and his extensive career as a CPA and long-time entrepreneur.
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Choosing a sportsbook should be done carefully, and you should read independent reviews to make sure it is legit. Check out their terms and conditions and bonus programs. Also, make sure they pay out winnings on time. A sportsbook that has a good reputation is a good choice for betting online. Once you’ve found a reputable sportsbook, you’ll be rewarded handsomely.
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The most common types of wagers you can place in a sportsbook are wagers on the outcome of a game. These include betting on the score of a game, on a team’s winning or losing a particular game, or on individual players or events. Another type of wager is a prop bet. These are essentially wagers on the outcome of a championship game. For example, you can bet on whether a particular player will win or lose the Super Bowl.
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ECON 252: Financial Markets (2008)
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Financial Markets (2008)
ECON 252 (2008) - Lecture 11 - Stocks
Chapter 1. Introduction [00:00:00]
Professor Robert Shiller: I believe that we still have on, for Friday, Stephen Schwarzman. He said he would do it. I always worry about people who have such important businesses because some big deal may become in crisis or something; people like that have trouble sometimes adhering to a schedule. As far as I know we’re getting him, so I hope that you will all be able to come this Friday, here, at the usual time. If there’s any problem with his appearing I will email you.
As you know, Stephen Schwarzman is a graduate of Yale College and he’s one of the great stories of our century. He created just about the biggest private equity firm from scratch in 1985 and I guess they just went public and they have a huge market cap. They’re comparable to one of the biggest old line investment banks in New York. He just — he and Peter Peterson — just created it so I think it will be very interesting to hear him. Again, you’ll have a chance to question him about what he’s done. I put on the reading list The New Yorker article that’s out right now. Well actually, I guess it came out a couple of weeks ago, but it’s up on our syllabus. I think I might want to take it down before he comes. I’m going to turn — I’m going to reflect on this because he may not be pleased with the article. It’s a very hard-hitting critical article. He had to be a tough businessman to arrive where he is. The New Yorker article talks about the price of his condo — or co-op — in New York, which set some record, and so they tell things like that.
I was just yesterday in London and people like to gossip about things like that. The limo driver was driving me to the airport and was pointing out the scenes in London. He said, you know that building? Some Arab Sheikh just paid one hundred million pounds for that apartment — that penthouse apartment — in that building and the same Sheikh is ordering a Airbus for his — one of these big Airbus airplanes — for his personal plane and he’s having it plated with gold leaf. Did you hear this story? Does anyone — is this true? This limo driver told me this yesterday; he said it’s going to cost him five hundred million pounds or something like that to do this. These are gossip. The real substance is what the man does — or woman does — for the world.
So, I gleaned here a list of some of the charities that — Stephen Schwarzman is a major philanthropist. He set up something called The Blackstone Foundation from the Blackstone Group and he’s a major donor or collaborator with the Frick Collection, The Whitney Museum, Phoenix House, The Red Cross, The Inner City Scholarship Fund, New York City Outward Bound, and the Asia Society. I think that’s the real thing we should talk about, not the size of his penthouse. So, I might try to find a more even-handed account and put that up on the website. Incidentally, there’s sort of a resemblance between him and David Swensen in the–well, first of all, they’re both phenomenally successful, but they both are emphasizing alternative investments. They’re not straight-laced old-fashioned; they’re willing to take experiments. I think he should be very interesting; that’s Friday at 9.
Chapter 2. The Corporation as a “Person” [00:04:24]
I want to talk about the stock market today and I thought I would keep it more or less basic because I think — I want to emphasize basic concepts. A lot I’m going to talk about is Modigliani-Miller but I’m not going to get too deep into it, maybe in your review sections you can get more technical. I’m going to just talk about it in the very intuitive, direct terms. What are stocks? I think the idea of a stock must have been invented independently at many times in history. The word “shares” is the fundamental word. Suppose you are starting a business with somebody — it could be at any time in history — Babylonia or something — this must have happened. A group of people starts a business and they say, let’s divide up the proceeds. That’s very direct, isn’t it? If we’re all working together we divide up the proceeds. That means we’re allocating shares. Now, I don’t know how far back it goes but it must be that in ancient times some people would say, all right you’re going to be doing more work or you’re contributing more to this enterprise, we’ll give you a bigger share of the profits. That’s so basic, it must have happened a million times and that’s the basic idea of the stock market. All it is is that we’ve got it much more high-flown and much more legalized than — the basic idea is that you have to have shares in something — a business — and the idea goes back clearly to ancient Rome.
Let’s consider a business as sort of a person who is owned, like a slave, who is owned by other people. In law, the word “person” doesn’t mean what you think it means. There’s — in law, a “natural person” is you and me; people, real flesh and blood individuals are called natural persons. But when we say “person,” it also — that’s more general — it also includes corporation. The word “corporation” comes from the Latin, corpus, meaning body, so it’s an embodiment. We create an entity that, in the eyes of the law, is like an individual. It may be owned by other individuals but it has its own rights and responsibilities as if it were a person. In ancient Rome, corporations were called publicani — that’s Latin; the publicani were companies like we have today. According to the research of Ulrike Malmendier at Stanford, she thinks that the stock market in ancient Rome was done on the street — on the Roman Forum — and she can tell you where. When you go to Rome, you can walk and see what’s left of their stock market. It never flourished really until relatively modern times.
The idea, of course, is that we have a legal entity — a corporation — that issues shares that are either given to people or purchased by people and the idea is that shares represent contributions. You give shares to someone who is contributing to the enterprise. You can — when you set up a corporation there are different kinds of relationships that people might have with a corporation. One of them is as a shareholder and the shareholder gets a share — is entitled to a share — of the profits. There are also employees who get wages and that’s very different. They have a labor contract that specifies how much they will get. Then you have debtors and other people with other relationships.
The fundamental one is the shareholder because the shareholder owns the corporation. As it’s evolved in modern times, the corporation has a charter or bylaws. When you create a corporation you write up a contract, which specifies the rules of the corporation; it’s like a constitution for the corporation. Also, the law of the state in which the corporation is chartered also puts restrictions on what can be in the bylaws. Notably, it’s typically required that it’s one share, one vote and that there’s a — it would be also required that there be an annual meeting — at least once a year, a shareholder meeting — and then the shareholders can vote on relevant issues.
One of the most important issues then is to elect a board of directors. The state law probably requires that a corporation have a board of directors, but it’s also something that can be defined at the time that you create the corporation in the bylaws. It’s not something you can do just whatever you want. State law has requirements for the board of directors and — I’m just going to talk in very basic terms. The usual structure is one shareholder, one vote. At the annual meeting, the shareholders can come and elect a board and the board then is in charge of the company. The board hires the president or chief executive officer and other top officers of the company and they serve as employees of the board. The theory is that the shareholders are in control because they elect the board and the board hires the president and it’s democratic. I’m going to come back to it; it doesn’t always work out as perfectly as you want.
Now there’s basically–there are important distinctions between two kinds of corporations. There’s for-profit and non-profit. I’ve been describing a for-profit corporation, which is the usual variety. Non-profit corporations will also have a board of directors but they will not have any shareholders. There’s a fundamental difference in the charter and the way the government reacts to them. The non-profit organization or corporation is set up to advance some cause and it is not owned by anyone. The share price, you could say, is identically zero. Actually, you can’t say what the share price is because there are zero shares and they have a zero price, so the value of the price per share is zero over zero and you can’t define it. Yale University is a non-profit corporation; the price of a share in Yale University is undefined — it’s zero over zero. It has a board that runs it, but the board is not liable to shareholder vote. Well actually, we have some voting among alumni I guess, but it’s not a for-profit corporation. I’m going to be talking about for-profit.
Now, the critical thing to understand about a corporation is that in order to value a share in a corporation you absolutely have to know the number of shares outstanding. If I own one thousand shares in a company, what does that mean? It doesn’t mean anything until you know how many shares are outstanding because if I own one thousand shares and then you look it up and find out how many shares are outstanding — there are one thousand — you say, hey I own the whole company. It’s mine if I own one thousand shares and there are one thousand outstanding. What if you own one thousand shares and there are ten million outstanding? Well, then that means that you own one ten-thousandth of the company. Did I divide right? That’s a very important lesson to keep in mind. People don’t usually know how many shares are outstanding in the company that they invest in. That’s because, in a sense, they’re trusting to analysts. Ultimately, analysts are supposed to keep track of this. When they look at the price of a company, how do we know whether the price at which you’re buying is reasonable? They must be looking at some measure of the value of the company and dividing by the number of shares and then that gives them some idea of what the share is worth. But it’s absolutely essential — so the shares only mean something as a relation to their total number of shares.
Chapter 3. Shares, Dilutions, and Stock Dividends [00:14:02]
Companies routinely do what are called “splits.” They may do a two-for-one split; that means, if you held one thousand shares you get a letter saying, congratulations you now own two thousand shares. Don’t be too jubilant because when they do a split they do it to every single shareholder. So, you now have two thousand shares, but now there are twenty million shares outstanding in the company so the ratio is unchanged. You might ask, well why do they do splits? Well, it’s just to keep the numbers — there’s actually not a very good reason to do splits. There’s no reason not to do splits either because it’s just changing the units of measurement. But typically, in the United States, they do splits to keep the price of a share somewhere in the $20 to $40 range; there’s interesting literature on why they do that. Maybe it’s a tradition, maybe it’s to keep the value kind of in a familiar range or a small — they don’t want them to get too expensive because people can’t — small investors can’t afford them anymore. Who knows, but the point is it’s different in different countries. So the total number of shares is almost — the tendency to do splits is a cultural thing; it’s of no real significance.
Warren Buffett doesn’t do splits with his Berkshire Hathaway and there are other companies that — I guess Google doesn’t do splits, isn’t that right? Is that right or are you saying no? Actually, I don’t remember, but they haven’t done one yet. What is the price per share, do you know? This is getting a little high — $550 a share is kind of high because most people will buy — this is part of our tradition. Most people will buy shares in what’s called “round blocks,” that’s a hundred shares. So, if it’s $550, that makes $55,000 for a one round lot. I can’t multiply while I’m standing up. Most companies do splits because that might close the — you might have been thinking about investing in Google but you could still — you could just say, I want to buy ten shares or five shares and the broker will do it for you, but they might charge a higher commission. That’s the lesson.
There’s a term — I should write some of my terms down — a very important term in finance and that’s “dilution.” If the company increases the number of shares through a split that is not dilution because it doesn’t really mean anything. When you do a split, you’re changing the number of shares for everybody, so it can have no effect on the ratio for anybody; it’s just purely appearance. Dilution occurs when the company changes the number of shares asymmetrically — not changing it for everybody.
The typical example of dilution is: the board of directors has hired a CEO for the company and they want to motivate the CEO. They can pay the CEO a salary or they can give shares to the CEO — that’s quite standard because they feel that that makes the CEO a shareholder. It’s like another form of compensation and that compensation might have different attractiveness, so they give the person a package — both a salary and some shares. You see, if they give the — if they merely give shares to the CEO without increasing your shares, then you are being diluted because it’s raising the total and it’s reducing the ratio. Now, if a company sells shares, it issues new shares — it can do that at any time. When you start a company you might have had — maybe when Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman founded The Blackstone Group they gave each of them five hundred shares — I’m just making that up — but obviously there’s going to be more shareholders as time comes in. One thing that people can do to get in is to buy shares. If the company issues new shares by selling them to the public, it’s not obviously dilution. Of course it’s lowering your share of the company, but offsetting this is that the company is taking in money from the person who bought the shares and so it doesn’t dilute you. Well, you could say it dilutes it but it doesn’t lower the price of your investment, in general. It could, depending on a lot of factors. Dilution occurs — the term specifically refers to changes in a number of shares that affect, adversely, existing shareholders.
Another common term is a “stock dividend.” Well first of all, I should talk about dividends. The stock market — I was going to talk about stock dividends, but I better talk about dividends first. In for-profit companies, people are investing in the company for profit. How do they get the profit? Well, the company — the board of directors — decides if and when to pay dividends to the shareholders and then the law of the state would say that they must treat them all equally. They made some money and now they want to take it out and spend it. They have to do it equally to all shareholders; that’s called paying a dividend. They can do it on rare occasions, or they can do it whenever they feel like it, or they can do it regularly; it’s often done quarterly. When I set up a company — Case Shiller Weiss, Inc. — typical of young start up companies, we didn’t pay a dividend. We gave shares to almost all of our employees as part of their compensation and we hoped that would motivate them and make them feel a part of the company but we never paid them a dividend. I remember one time I was talking to our CEO and he said, you know maybe we should pay at least one dividend because our employees are forgetting that they own these shares. So, we paid one dividend and I don’t know how much excitement it generated, but that’s the —
Student: Does this mean that share price will drop by $2 after a $2 dividend? Immediately after the payout dividend, the share — the price of the share should go down, right?
Professor Robert Shiller: Yes, he’s asking after a firm pays a dividend that should lower the — you were asking whether it should lower the price of a share. Yes, you are absolutely right. If the company pays out money, the value of the company should have just gone down by the amount they paid out, but the number of shares hasn’t changed. That means that the price of each share should decline by the amount they paid out divided by the number of shares. There’s a term for that — they call it going ex-dividend. So the company — it used to be you could look on — you can still see this. Some of these are still listed on The New York Stock Exchange page; on the day that a stock goes ex-dividend, they’ll have a little “x” by its price. The reason they put that there is so that people don’t get alarmed. A lot of people watch the price of their share everyday — some people get neurotic about it — and then suddenly it drops by $2 a share and they say, oh my God I’m worried. They call up their broker and say, what’s wrong? Then the broker has to explain, no didn’t you see the “x” there? It just went ex-dividend, so it doesn’t mean anything.
The “ex-dividend date” is not the date that you actually received the dividend, but it’s called the ex-dividend date, which the company decides on that date anyone who was a stockholder of record gets the dividend and the guy after that, you don’t get that dividend. That’s an important — this really does happen, stocks really do drop in price on ex-dividend date. Now incidentally, that’s an interesting question that you bring up, because — should I pay any attention to dividend dates as an investor? The answer is generally not because if you buy the stock before it goes ex-dividend, you get — you have to pay a higher price, but you get the dividend. If you wait until the next day, you pay a lower price but you don’t get the dividend. Unless there are some tax effects, which might matter — and taxes always complicate things — but disregarding tax effects, it doesn’t matter which you do. In fact, there’s a rule, FINRA, which licenses stockbrokers, tells their people, you must not sell dividends; they’re referring to a bad practice that some unscrupulous stockbrokers occasionally do. They’ll tell someone, hurry up and buy this stock because it’s going to go ex-dividend. If you buy it today — if you wait, you won’t get the dividend. That’s misleading because it really doesn’t matter when you buy the stock, so you’re not supposed to, as a broker, sell dividends.
That doesn’t mean dividends don’t matter. Ultimately, they’re a reason why you own a stock. This gets back — People are accustomed to getting dividend checks in the mail. If you own stock — we don’t get them in the mail anymore because you own it through some brokerage account and you get it on a website. You used to get checks in the mail; now you go on a website and you’ll see that your dividends are credited to your account, but money is growing in your account as companies pay out dividends.
I was going to talk about a stock dividend and I started to do that. Sometimes companies will announce that they are paying not a cash dividend, but they’re paying a stock dividend. They’ll say, we are pleased to announce that we are paying a dividend in new shares issued today by the company equal to 5% of your existing shares — so it’s a 5% dividend — congratulations. Is that a good thing? How excited should you be to get the letter saying your company has paid you a stock dividend? Any ideas on that? Well, you should be absolutely unexcited because it doesn’t mean anything; if they were giving you extra shares and just you alone, that would be great — that would be good. The whole essence of a stock dividend is that they’re paying it to every shareholder in the same proportion, so every one hundred shares becomes one hundred and five shares; so you know that that has no meaning to me. All that matters is the ratio: how many shares I own divided by the number of shares outstanding. If they both go up by the same proportion, then numerator and denominator go up by the same amount, so there’s no change.
Then you might ask, why in the world do companies issue stock dividends anyway, what’s the point? Are they trying to confuse or fool somebody? Well, there are different views on that. One of them is yes, they are trying to confuse and fool somebody. If they don’t have money to pay the dividend they can always do a stock dividend. On the other hand, some people say, well that would backfire. If they’re going to pay stock dividends and try to fool us, what’s going to happen? The price of a share is going to fall on that day. When you pay out stock dividends you would think that now there are more shares, everyone divides by the larger number of shares, and the value of the company goes down; it’s not going to work to pay a stock dividend. So, the more enlightened view is, corporations only pay a stock dividend when they have some good news to announce. Typically, they’ll write a letter saying, congratulations we have great news! We have some new breakthrough and in celebration of this we’re going to pay everyone a 5% stock dividend. Now, they are hoping that the price doesn’t fall because they’re announcing it with news and, in a sense, issuing the stock dividend is just a way to make it dramatic.
Now incidentally, in a for-profit corporation — this is how to understand this, this is a concept that is enshrined in law. In a for-profit corporation, the purpose of the entity is defined as profit for the shareholders. Now, in some countries and in some jurisdictions the law might not be entirely clear on that; they might say there are other stakeholders. But, in the purest form — and this is the form that we have in the United States — the company exists for the shareholders. They’re the ones — there are other people who have contracts with the company, like the employees, but the employees are not shareholders; they are receiving salary or something else. The important thing for the corporation is to live up to any promises it made. It has to live up to its promises. The purpose of the corporation is the shareholders. This is a capitalist idea that might sometimes sound wrong. You might say, why should a company exist for the shareholders? Well, the concept here is that it’s a good business model. People do need money and they go into business to make money; so let’s make it clear, that’s what the company is going to do. It has to behave in an honorable way for everyone; it has to live up to its contract. But the company generally doesn’t give to charity; it doesn’t contribute to political campaigns; it shouldn’t be, ideally, doing any of those things. It should be trying to get money back to the shareholders.
If you ever serve on a board of directors — this is the thing that I want you to remember because many of you will serve on boards of directors. When you sign on to a job on the board, you are signing on to a solemn responsibility and that responsibility is to treat all shareholders equally and fairly and make money for them. Then you’re not supposed to ever do anything that’s not honest or not living up to contracts, but your purpose is only one purpose: it’s the shareholder. When you serve on a board, you are in a fiduciary role; you are there to protect shareholders and that’s the concept. It’s for-profit and the theory that we have in capitalist countries is that this is a good model. There are non-profits, fine, but we — a lot of the stuff that has to be done for an economy is only going to get done through for-profit corporations. So let’s make it clear — let’s make it unambiguous — people who are on boards or are managers of these companies, they can give their personal money to charities but they themselves are obligated to make money. It’s not a vice. This is the concept that is in the law and the reason we have it in the law is that it works to produce prosperity and to produce the things we need, like clothes, medical service, homes, whatever. So that’s why we do it and there’s no shame in pursuing profits and getting it out to your shareholders.
Chapter 4. Distinguishing Earnings and Dividends, and Getting Money Out of Companies [00:31:26]
Now ultimately, the purpose of investing in a share is to get the dividends; that’s the whole named purpose of the corporation. I might add though that there are other ways that — I may have said that too narrowly. Traditionally, you buy stocks to get dividends; that’s the reason. I want to be careful about qualifying that. First of all, a lot of people don’t seem to even grasp that basic point that you buy stocks for the dividends. A lot of people think, I will buy stocks. But why do people buy stocks? They’ll buy stocks because they think price is going to go up and make them a lot of money. They can sell it at an advantage. That’s what most people think, right? Do I buy stocks for dividends? Some people don’t even know what a dividend is, they just think of stock as something whose price goes up. It doesn’t make sense to think that the price of anything would go up if that’s all there is to it. Why would people pay any price for stocks if there weren’t some way to get money out? The ultimate thing is the dividend; the dividends, even though a lot of people forget the dividends and don’t realize how important they are, they are actually the driving force.
I wanted to just show you a plot that you already saw in your — if you looked on the spreadsheet that I had up. This is the stock market for the United States; it’s the Standard & Poor Composite. In 1957, they reformulated it and they called it the Standard & Poor 500, but I’m using their long theories, back to 1871, so I can’t call it the 500; I’m calling it the Composite. What this is is the price of a portfolio of shares in U.S. companies. It’s kind of like the average price of a share adjusted for splits because you don’t want the — obviously when they do a two-for-one split, the price falls in half and that’s meaningless, so you want to correct for splits. S&P corrects for splits and follows the price of a share. Now unfortunately, the same companies are not around — the companies that we had in 1871, hardly any of them even exist anymore. What they do is they’re pricing a portfolio up here and they keep substituting in new ones. There’s an index committee that keeps bringing in new shares when new companies become important; they try to get the 500 representative of the most companies in the world — in the U.S. You can see that’s what the price has done.
There are also the earnings per share. What are earnings per share? Earnings are something that accountants have generated and they’ve been doing it all the way back to 1871 — it’s a venerable concept; it’s how much money the company made this year, if it’s annual earnings. The price of a share is the price of the ownership of that earnings’ stream, forever. If I buy a share I’m in with everyone else who owns the company and I have a claim on the earnings’ stream, but the earnings’ stream is a year-by-year thing. It just tells you how well they did in that given year. You can see that the stock market has been more volatile than the earnings and the price of a share is many times higher than the earnings per share. So, typically the ratio of price-to-earnings has been about fifteen. That means that people will pay up front for about fifteen years’ earnings.
Earnings and dividends are different; earnings is the money that the company made in a given year. How do they know what they made? That’s a complicated thing that accountants figure out and accountants find it difficult to define the earnings of a company, but they do something and they come up with a number. It may surprise the company directors how much we made or how little we made according to the accountants. The dividend is something much more concrete. This is what they actually send out — this is cash sent out to shareholders. “Earnings” is kind of a theoretical concept that accountants work on and it can go up and down depending on adjustments they make. They might decide that we have some investment over there that we just lost money on and we should take a write off for that. The management might say, well what do you mean we didn’t lose any money this year? But the accountants thought we did. So that’s earnings.
Dividends is very concrete, it’s what they send out. Here is the price-earnings ratio for the U.S. stock market from 1881 to the present — this is also on that spreadsheet that you have on the website. You can see that I’m saying about fifteen — fifteen times earnings is typical, but we’re in a high price-to-earnings scenario now. It goes up and down depending on the outlook for earnings and maybe other factors. The red line is long-term interest rates, but I won’t talk more about that right now. The earnings is a measure of the value of the company and typically they’ve been valued at something like fifteen times earnings. When the price-earnings ratio gets high like it did in 1929 people get antsy. They thought, oh my God, the price earnings ratio is thirty-five. Again, this is price divided by ten-year earnings, not one-year earnings. This is what I do. We had an extraordinarily high price-to-earnings ratio representing a lot of optimism in the ’20s for the stock market and then it corrected and went abruptly downward — that was The Great Depression. We had a similar, even higher price-to-earnings ratio of about forty-six at the peak in 2000 and it corrected way down. The price reflects — really, when you buy a share of a company you own it forever. You will be — you are entitled to receiving the dividends that are paid out of earnings for the rest of your life and you can give it to your children and maybe in two hundred years from now it’ll be worth a lot; probably not, but it might be. It probably won’t even in exist in fifty years but it will be bought by some other company and it will still have value and will still be going up. That’s the price-earnings ratio.
The earnings, you understand, are kind of a theoretical concept but dividend is the money that we send out. How does the company decide on dividends? That’s again up to the board to decide or they can set up a committee on the board that would decide, but ultimately, that’s a major decision to send out dividends. Typically, young companies do not send out dividends. If you set up a company, you don’t want to pay a dividend for a while because you need the money and you’re reinvesting it in the company and people will understand. They don’t expect to get their money out of an investment right away. As a company matures, then they typically feel that it’s time to pay a dividend. The S&P 500 is 500 companies, who are major companies, so these tend to be mature companies and they tend to be in the dividend-paying stage.
The question then is — the payout ratio is dividends over earnings, I say Div/E. I have the payout ratio for the United States; that’s the payout ratio going back to 1871. There are some spikes up like, for example, in — what year — that was 1921 maybe — this year, this is 1932 or 1933 — the companies were paying out 160% of their earnings as dividends. You might say, well what’s going on here? It was The Depression. What was actually happening was, The Depression was killing these companies; they weren’t making any money, but they didn’t want to cut their dividends because they were afraid that if they cut the dividend people would be upset. They’re trying — maybe they did cut it but they didn’t cut it too much, so that means that they were paying out more than they were earning. That’s what typically happens in these spikes; it was a crisis. Now, there’s also a trend downward. They used to pay out typically like 80% of their earnings but it’s been gradually going downward and now it’s down to like 40%. That’s a cultural thing, I would say; it’s that companies now are wanting to keep the money. It may have to do with the fact that people today don’t seem to be as focused on dividends and so that means that companies are more able to reinvest earnings and not pay.
This is the dividend-price ratio back to 1871. Back in the late nineteenth century the dividend price ratio was typically 5%. I think it was clearer in those days. In terms of just general investing culture — and we’re behavioral in our attitude — it was clearer that you bought a stock to get a dividend. Stocks were kind of different in those days. They were more like railroads or steel companies and it was just understood. If someone were recommending you a stock, you’d first say, what is its dividend? And if someone said, it’s 4%, you’d say, well that’s kind of meager, I want a better dividend than that. Now, people don’t seem to be focused on them. In another sense, they’re more willing to entrust the money back to the board of directors to decide on when and whether to pay dividends.
Chapter 5. Stock Repurchases and the Modigliani-Miller Proposition [00:42:38]
Now the other thing is, there are other ways to get money out of a company without paying a dividend and one of them is stock repurchase. There’s also liquidation. Let me mention liquidation or sale of company. I’ll talk about this — the company doesn’t ever have to pay a dividend. All it can do is keep piling in the money and accumulating it and then someone will buy the whole company and then all of the shareholders will be bought out at a termination date. That’s one way that a — but often, when companies are bought out, they don’t give them cash they give them shares in the acquiring company. So, then you would be relying on getting dividends from the acquiring company. I don’t emphasize this cash sale of a company, but it does happen sometimes.
The other thing that a company can do to get money out is share repurchase — a stock repurchase or a share repurchase. It’s perfectly — this sometimes surprises people when they first think about it. You, as an individual, can call up your broker and say, I want to buy Google shares. But Larry Paige at Google can call up a broker — he better get the board’s permission — somebody at Google can call up a broker and make the same statement: we want to buy Google shares. You might say, well how can Google buy Google? “Why not?” is the answer. Why shouldn’t Google buy Google shares? Then you might — well let me ask you this, what would happen if Google decided to buy up all of its shares? Could that happen? I’m the CEO of Google and I call the broker and I say, how many shares are outstanding? Like 100,000,000 or some–no, it wouldn’t be 100,000,000 — we know the price is $500 a share — well, I could figure it out more or less. The answer is, you — let me put it this way. Let me see if this will help you understand.
Suppose Larry Paige calls up and says, I’d like to buy all of the Google shares, and the broker says, alright I’ll get them for you. Then he comes back and says, I managed to get all but one hundred shares and there’s this one guy — this Yale student — who owns one hundred shares of Google stock and I’m having trouble getting him to sell. So, the broker calls you up and says, Google wants to buy all of its shares — I’m being silly here. What do you say to the broker then? So, the broker calls you up and says, you’re the last guy, you have the last one hundred shares in Google and Google wants to buy them and we’ll give you $500 a share. So what do you say? You say no. Actually, I have a better thing, you say, call Larry Paige and tell him he’s fired because I realize I own the company. If I own the last one hundred shares, it’s all mine; I don’t have to take any — I can do whatever I want. The last shareholder — so a company can’t buy all of its shares but it can buy some of its shares and that’s another way to get money out of the company.
It’s a little different if they buy — suppose you own a hundred shares and they declare a 5% cash dividend, then you get $5. But what if the company buys back 5% of its shares? What happens then? Well, the company is still paying out money in the same amount total, but it’s coming out in a different form; it’s coming as a share repurchase. It’s changing the number of shares outstanding, so the value of the company declines by the same amount; it has to, as if they had just paid a dividend. If they’re sending out money, the value of the company has to go down by whatever they sent out. With share repurchase, the number of shares goes down, and if they don’t do share repurchase the number of shares doesn’t go down. So in a sense, it’s all the same to me as a shareholder whether they pay dividends or they repurchase shares.
I don’t know how clear that all was; let me just write this down. This idea has a name. Two authors, both who won the Nobel Prize in finance, Franco — and I know I was his advisee in my PhD, so I learned how to pronounce his name–Modigliani — because in Italian you don’t pronounce the “g,” although I tend to say Modigliani just to be understood — and Merton Miller. Modigliani is one of the authors of your textbook along with Fabozzi. Modigliani and Miller wrote a famous article arguing that — what I just said — I just tried to say it in very intuitive terms. They said, dividend policy is irrelevant. Although, they do put it in a qualifier that it could matter for tax reasons. In fact, you have to put that qualifier on just about anything you say in finance because the tax system is infinitely complex and every country has different taxes, different states have different taxes. There’s nothing you can say boldly in finance if you allow taxes. Well, let’s just disregard taxes. When Modigliani — this sounds like a very strong proposition about dividend irrelevance. What they’re saying is that of course lots of things that a board of directors decides to do are not irrelevant; it’s highly relevant to the future of the company. But real things matter, like if the company decides to build that new plant in Akron. That matters for the company because if the plant works out to be a success, then the company will do well. They’re spending money on concrete, and bricks, and machinery, and they could be doing that wisely or unwisely and that’s beyond finance to evaluate.
What Modigliani and Miller said, if it’s pure dividend policy, then it is totally irrelevant; it means nothing, so companies can do whatever they please — I don’t care. You, as a stockholder — I don’t care what they do. The reason Modigliani and Miller said that is that they were thinking that if the dividend policy is going to be changed without changing any of the activities of the firm, keeping it a purely financial change, then it must be that they’re switching from dividends to stock repurchase or stock repurchase to dividends. You see, you can keep the operations the same whether or not you pay a dividend, if choosing not to pay a dividend means substituting stock repurchase for dividend. So I’m going to build that plant in Akron, whether I pay a dividend or not, because if I need to cut my dividend in order to get the money to build the plant I would also be cutting my stock repurchase. One way or the other it doesn’t — it all comes out to the same thing.
Let me put it in the simplest way. I think the simplest way to understand Modigliani-Miller proposition is the following: imagine that we, as a board, decided to pay a dividend of $5 a share. Let’s talk in the old days about sending checks out, alright? We’re going to send a letter to all our shareholders and say, we have decided to pay a $5 dividend and so you’re about to approve this at the meeting. We approve a letter — the letter’s going to say, we’re making money here’s your dividend check. Then someone says, hey why don’t we just change it? Why don’t we say the same $5 check is included but, in the letter, let’s say something different? Let’s say this is a repurchase of some of your shares at market price, sending the same check, so what’s the difference? Well, I’ll ask you, what difference does it make? Suppose you get a letter from your company saying, congratulations here’s a $5 dividend and here’s a check for $5 if you owned one share. Or the company says, congratulations we’re repurchasing 2% of your shares and here’s a check for $5 to pay you for those shares. And by the way, we’re doing that with all shares. Well, if you think about it, it doesn’t make any difference to me. It doesn’t matter what that letter says — I can crumple it up and throw it in the wastebasket. I don’t — I want the $5 check.
If they’re paying me by sending money and calling it a dividend it’s the same as if they say they’re repurchasing my shares. Because it’s — repurchasing my shares, if they do it for everybody, doesn’t mean anything. I’m getting — we’re all lowering — all of our shares are going down by the same amount. So, that’s the basic insight in Modigliani and Miller, that share repurchase and dividend are really interchangeable; it’s just all a conceptual difference. This kind of took people by surprise. It’s kind of — it should be obvious, I’m making it so simple. I could write some mathematics to try and — but I think it’s so simple and obvious. You just have to keep remembering that all that matters for a company — for you as a — your interest in a company depends on your shares divided by the total number of shares. In a stock repurchase, if they repurchase everybody’s shares — the same proportion — it doesn’t affect that ratio. So, you don’t care what the letter says — whether it says dividend or stock repurchase.
Why would a company want to do one or the other? Well, Modigliani and Miller are leaving the room; they say it doesn’t matter. If you ask them why a dividend payout policy has changed — there’s a famous Miller quote — he calls it a “neutral mutation,” as a reference to evolutionary biology, that sometimes mutations are neither advantageous nor deleterious. The genome starts piling on mutations that mean nothing; that’s how they date the branches of the genome, by looking at the number of neutral mutations. He said all this — this thing that I have up here — well the previous slide, showing the dividend earnings ratio — it’s just cultural; it means nothing because, to some extent, what’s not shown in that diagram was the stock repurchase.
I want then finally to talk about Modigliani-Miller and debt. Now, I didn’t talk too much about debt yet. Before I talk, I just want to say one more thing about Modigliani-Miller and dividend — irrelevance of dividends. There is a possible correction to be made due to taxes. When Modigliani and Miller wrote, there was a differential tax rate between dividends and capital gains. It was — Modigliani and Miller said back then — this was thirty or forty years ago — that companies should really not pay dividends because dividends were then taxed at a higher rate than capital gains. You don’t want to give your shareholders taxes. You should, in your fiduciary duties as a board member, be trying to help them lower their taxes. It doesn’t say that in the state law but that would be inferred as a duty. So, you would avoid paying dividends and, therefore, switch to share repurchase as your method. It took decades for Modigliani-Miller to kind of sink in. As you can see, part of the reason why the dividend-earnings ratio — especially in more recent years, since 1990 — has been declining is that corporations were trying to somewhat ease the tax burden on their shareholders by doing repurchase instead of dividend.
However, that all changed in 2003 with the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003, which cut the rate of taxation of dividends to 15% — the same rate that capital gains are taxed. There is now no preference — well it could be — there are lots of complexities in the tax law but, basically, dividend policy really is irrelevant now. If there’s no tax advantage to one over the other it is completely neutral.
Chapter 6. Corporate Debt and Debt Irrelevance [00:57:13]
The other thing that I want to say about Modigliani and Miller is about corporate debt. I talked about a company as having only shares outstanding, but they also have debt outstanding. So, a company can borrow money. If a company borrows a lot of money it’s called “leveraged.” Leverage is measured by the debt-equity ratio. Now, D here stands for debt; a minute ago I was using Div to stand for dividends. They both start with the letter D but they’re very different concepts. The debt of a company is the amount of money it owes either to banks, or to bond holders, or to note holders, or commercial paper holders; these are fixed incomes. In other words, they are not shares in the company. When a company becomes leveraged, it then becomes riskier. The company becomes riskier because the earnings they have available after paying interest on the debt, or repayment of principle of the debt, is what they have available for dividends. If debt becomes high relative to their revenue stream then the company is in a riskier situation.
There’s another Modigliani-Miller theorem about debt, which is about debt irrelevance as well. That sounds funny, but in a sense, that is — we have to define the sense in which it’s irrelevant. It certainly isn’t irrelevant to the price of a share. The more money a company borrows the more risky the share becomes. It’s just like if you buy a house and you buy - a lot of people are very leveraged now. They might put only 10% down on a house, so you buy a house for $300,000 and you put $30,000 down; that’s an investment of $30,000 but it’s highly risky because you are very leveraged when you only put 10% down. Suppose the home price falls by only 10% — in fact, that’s what’s been happening lately. Your $30,000 down payment is completely wiped out because you were leveraged. You bought the house for $300,000; you sell it for $270,000 that’s exactly what you owe, so you have nothing left. So, leverage brings risk.
Boards of directors have long agonized over how much to borrow and different companies seem to have different cultures. For example, Microsoft has avoided borrowing any money and they don’t believe in debt, so they are not leveraged. But other companies get heavily indebted and then they can go through big problems. It’s a very common item of discussion at board meetings about how much should our company borrow, so they seek advice from financial experts. They call in Modigliani and Miller and ask, how much should we borrow? What do finance theorists say? In the extreme case, where we disregard taxes and we have to disregard some other problems, we get the same answer. Modigliani and Miller said, we don’t care what you do, do whatever you want — it doesn’t matter. This is what I want you to think about on the problem set. Or, maybe speaking about the answer to the questions on the Problem Set #4 will help you to think this through.
The simplest way to see Modigliani-Miller debt irrelevance is the following: a company — if you wanted to buy a company, you could buy only the shares, or equity. Incidentally, did I ever — equity equals shares or stock, so when I talk about debt-equity ratio, I’m talking about the ratio of the value of the company’s debt to the value of all of its stock. If you wanted to buy a company up and own it yourself completely, you could conceive of buying all the shares in the company. There are ten million shares outstanding — I’m going to buy ten million shares. But in a sense, I don’t really own the whole company yet because the company owes money. What if I wanted to buy the whole kit and caboodle — the whole operation? I should be buying all the equity and all the debt as well, right? If the company issued — if I really want to own it and I have no — I really wanted to be the tycoon and this is my baby, nobody else can get in my backyard; I can do whatever I want — you’d have to buy all the equity and all the debt. Otherwise, if you don’t buy all the debt, you still have a problem because those debtors can go after you because they are — they’re not shareholders but they have rights and they could come in and say, we don’t like what you’re doing; we’re going to sue you because we think that you’re doing something contrary to our interest as debtors. If you really want to buy the company, you buy up all its equity — all of its shares — and all of its debt.
The basic insight about Modigliani and Miller debt irrelevance is that, in the absence of taxes or any other special thing, the real value of the company is going to be unaffected by whether they finance by debt or by equity because the real value of a company is determined by the cash flow that they generate by the business they’re doing. So, they are selling widgets or whatever and making money — the value of the company is the present value of that cash flow. If you want to buy the company you have to buy up all the debt and all the equity. From the standpoint of a buyer of the whole company, what do I care how the ownership of the company is divided up between debt and equity? I have to buy them all anyway, so I don’t care whether three-fourths of my money goes to debt or one-fourth of the money goes to debt. I just want to know the bottom line; how much do I have to pay for the whole company?
The debt irrelevance theory says that it matters for the price of a share what a company issues — how much debt it takes on — but it doesn’t matter for the value of the company. There’s almost an arithmetic relationship theory that they put forth. I’m not going to go through their numbers but the value of the company, as a whole, is really determined by something outside of finance.
Again, we have to qualify the debt irrelevance for taxes. So, companies might be concerned with the fact that debt is tax-deductible for corporations on their corporate profits tax but dividends are not. According to Modigliani and Miller, if you add taxes to their debt irrelevance proposition, it means that companies will want to borrow a lot and the real advice they would be giving to Bill Gates is: what’s the matter with you? Why aren’t you borrowing money? It’s tax deductible, whereas dividends are not. That would mean that companies should try to push their debt-equity ratio up as high as possible given that theory. On the other hand, if they do so, they may be courting bankruptcy. If the company gets too leveraged then there’s too high a probability that the company will fail and there are costs to bankruptcy.
The other qualification is bankruptcy costs. A company, according to Modigliani and Miller, has to weigh their tax considerations against their bankruptcy costs and get an optimum debt-equity ratio out of that. It is an insight that Modigliani and Miller are offering the corporations that I think they often don’t see that the real issue in the dividend — both the dividend and the debt policies — are really taxes and nothing else.
Chapter 7. The Lintner Model of Dividends [01:07:58]
The last thing, I just wanted to say — I wanted to mention the theory of dividend payout given by John Lintner; it’s called the Lintner Model of Dividends. I’m saying that, unless tax considerations intervene, dividend policy is really irrelevant for a firm. Maybe Merton Miller is right — these things are “neutral mutations” and changes in dividend policy are meaningless. But how do they actually do it? How do boards and their committees decide how much to pay out in dividends? John Lintner was a professor at the Harvard Business School, who, decades ago, did a survey of people who decide on dividends and asked them, what goes on in your mind and what do you think about when you decide on dividends? He had a long discussion; they said millions of different things — it’s very hard. People who decide on dividends are facing a complicated issue.
One thing that Merton Miller (sic) distilled from it was that people on boards, who decide on dividend payout, are very focused on the price of a share and they’re worried about investor reaction. Boards always want to keep their price of a share up because if it starts to decline, the company could become a takeover target; it’s viewed as a failure etc., etc. They talked a lot to him about investor psychology. In a sense, I’m terminating this lecture with another triumph for behavioral economics. When we think about the theory of dividend or debt we end up with irrelevance — it doesn’t mean anything — but the companies’ boards talk about it incessantly and it seems to matter a lot to them. If you ask them why it matters, they say, well it’s pretty obvious — it’s all their investor psychology that we have to deal with. They say things like this: if we pay a dividend, then they’re going to start expecting that. And if we don’t pay a dividend once, then they’re going to say, what’s wrong? As long as we never start paying a dividend, then we’re just a young company and nobody asks any questions. Then we start paying a dividend and then if we ever have to cut it, we’re in big trouble. The newspaper reporters will start calling, why did you cut the dividend? You said, you didn’t call us up when we weren’t paying any dividend and now we’re still paying more than we used to, why all this alarm?
They said — one of the lessons they were told is, never cut a dividend unless you do it as a — you could do a one time only dividend. Say, we’re just doing this once and don’t expect it again. But if you start paying regular dividends, then you better keep doing them or people are going to conclude that something is really wrong. They told him that if earnings go up — we try to keep a target payout ratio — but if earnings suddenly shoot up, we’re not going to increase our dividends right away because that would set too high an expectation and we don’t want to have to cut it. So if earnings go up a lot, we’ll raise our dividends, but only part of the way up. The model that–I better get it right — the Lintner Model says that there’s a target payout ratio — that’s the Greek letter tau (τ) and that’s the target payout ratio. That ratio may have been higher in the nineteenth century; it’s gradually trending down, but it’s a slow-moving thing. So they want to payout something like 40% of their earnings as dividends and plow the rest back into investing inside the company. Then there’s another parameter, rho (ρ), which is the adjustment — rho is between zero and one. It’s how fast they adjust to the target.
So the Lintner Model then says, the change in dividends, Divt - DivT-1 = ρ (Et - Div T – 1). That means that if your rho is from a positive number like half — so if earnings is above dividends you increase your dividends, but only by half as much as would bring it up to the target, if rho is a half. That means there’s a gradual adjustment of dividends to earnings. For example, if this is tau and this is earnings — if your earnings were, say, flat and suddenly increased like that, they wouldn’t believe this increase at first, so the board would decide to adjust only, say, half way up. Now I’m plotting dividends. The dividends were down here at half the earnings and then you would gradually adjust them up to half the earnings again. That’s because they don’t want to ever be caught cutting their dividends. Also, if the earnings drop, they don’t want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they’re always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate. Lintner showed that this simple model — the Lintner Model — explains the behavior of companies pretty well. Next session is Friday with Stephen Schwarzman and I’ll see you then.
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PASO ROBLES — The City of Paso Robles submitted its General Plan to the state. Originally adopted in 2003, the plan has had several amendments over the last 18 years.
The State of California requires the city to submit its general plan to the state offices of Planning and Research, and Housing and Community Development. Recent updates to Paso’s general plan include changes to the Circulation Element, Noise Element, and Housing Element.
The General Plan includes 240 policy action items, not including those in the Housing Element. Currently, 128 of those actions are ongoing activities, 80 actions are complete, and 20 of them are in process. Twelve actions have yet to be scheduled for implementation.
Some of the city’s major general plan activities include updates to the land use and housing elements.
For land use, the city is in development with the Olsen-South Chandler Specific Plan, Beechwood Specific Plan and the Gateway Annexation. Both specific plans sit on the south-east side of Paso.
The Olsen South Chandler Ranch Specific Plan will be breaking ground on May 25. The housing development will have close to 1,300 housing units within its 358-acre site. Additionally, the area has room for other possibilities, including a 9,800 square feet of commercial space, a possible elementary school site, and 29,335 square feet of community amenities.
The Beechwood Specific Plan is approximately six months behind the Chandler Ranch development. It will hold 952 housing units on a 234-acre site. Also proposed for the area is 40,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial/mixed-use development, over 20 acres of open space that include an 8-acre public park, smaller public green spaces, conserved open space, and a 2.9-mile multi-use pathway network.
Based on the staff’s forecast, housing production is expected to skyrocket in Paso Robles. The city is expecting to issue up to 300 housing permits this year, potentially up to 600 permits in 2023 and 750 per year by 2024. These estimates come from projects currently in process and housing already purchased in the Beechwood and Olsen-South Chandler specific plans. It also includes multi-family projects currently approved and in the permitting process.
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The doctrine of flux is often associated with the notion that time consists of particles (“…at this point in time…”) which move sequentially past something known as “the present.” While only one point (or “moment”) “at a time” is co-synchronous with “the present” (a concatenation of concepts reminiscent of a tangle of rusty barbed wire) other points, equally real, exist in the past and the future. This is sometimes extrapolated to an extreme in the simplistic notion that we can perceive only “one thing at a time” — as if things were incapable of appearing within a context. In this model time is often compared to a river, and the various phenomena of experience to floatage.
However, if we understand time to be not a thing within (or upon) which all other things exist, but a characteristic of phenomena, then confusion need not arise. Things exhibit, variously, the qualities of blueness, of clangorousness, of sweetness, of pungency, of warmth, or of calmness (to name but one quality perceived through each of the senses). But we do not suppose (unless we are Platonists) that there are therefore universal qualities, “Blue,” etc., from which these various characteristics are derived. Why, then, need we assume that temporality (or, the same thing, impermanence) is different?
True, it is universal, unlike all other qualities. But it is not thereby any the less a quality inherent to phenomena rather than something imposed externally. The notion of time being external to phenomena, of things existing in time, brings us back to the search for some basic essence (“Time is Nature’s way of preventing everything from happening all at once.”) which is simultaneously both within and outside the range of human experience. Such a model is not merely suppositions but pernicious.
When such notions are set aside we shall be able to see that there is a basic and observable temporal structure to experience: it is organized hierarchically. This has already been implied in the observation that subsidiary changes occur more frequently than general ones. Things exist not in isolation but against a background of what they are not. For as long as we differentiate between a figure and its background the figure remains itself. Each figure greater than a point (a perceived point, that is, and not the ideal and suppositious points of mathematicians) is necessarily a construct of subsidiary components, for each of which the figure serves as background. And each background is in turn subsidiary to and defined by a yet more general level of experience. When change occurs it does so on a particular level of generality, and against a background of non-change at the next higher level.
Thus, a song is a sequence of notes of defined intervals. The notes change, but the song (which is the context within which the notes are characterized) remains the same song until it is finished. It would be meaningless to say, as the notes follow one another, that the song is changing. Our very sense of what a song is is that it is, precisely, an organized sequence of notes. It is because the notes change (and not their organization) that there is a song at all, let alone the same song.
Change always occurs at a specific level of generality. But at any level the change is total: what is ceases to be and is replaced by something else, or by nothing else. But on the next higher level there is no change at all: what is remains what it is until it ceases to be what it is. If the song is part of a more general performance then we can say that though the song has ended and another has begun there is still the same concert, for the concert is the background to the songs. The note is finished but the melody lingers on. The song is over but the concert continues. The concert is concluded but there is still the fag end of the evening to go. How long “the present” lasts depends upon our perspective. It is for this reason that in common language there is quite properly a plasticity in the scope of the word “now.”
The present can mean this very second (the nick of time), the next sixty seconds (while this song — “The Minute Waltz” — is playing), today (“What a difference a day makes…”), a season (“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…”), or even the last million years or so (“In comparison with the Tertiary period, then, the Pleistocene is marked by…”). How long “now” lasts depends on its context, and context is a matter of perspective. It is only against a background of sameness that change can be perceived. This is “change while standing” — thitassa aññathattam, A. III,47: i,52. Without difference we cannot speak of change; but without steadiness how can we speak of difference? Change requires non-change as its background, as what it is not.
Again: this sentence remains “this sentence” and not “a different sentence” until such time as (within the terms of experience of it) it ends. It remains “this sentence” even though its subsidiary parts, namely the words which comprise it, arise and cease in an organized sequence as experienced entities. And even though that sentence has now come to an end, has ceased utterly, has been replaced by another sentence, namely this one, yet this is still the same paragraph, specifically the eighth paragraph of the third section of an essay called Change. And on a yet more general level, until it demonstrates its own title by concluding, this essay will remain the same essay, Change, even after this paragraph has come to an end. To wit:
Since on each higher level of generality there is no change at all we can say that from a point of view within any one level the next higher level is eternal. Or, better, extra-temporal. Just as change is perceptible only against a background of non-change, so too impermanence (temporality) is perceptible only against a background of extra-temporality. But that extra-temporality exists only in relationship to its less general foreground, and it is thus not independently extra-temporal. Its extra-temporality is due entirely to a particular point of view. And since points of view are invariably temporal, that extra-temporality will cease and be utterly ended when the perspective of the experience changes and no longer gives support to eternality. Thus, the extra-temporal exists only with temporality as its condition — a point to which we shall return.
Absolute eternality — eternalness quite independent of any point of view — is another matter. All that can be said is that, since experience necessarily requires a point of view, absolute eternality is outside the realm of any possible experience. It is inherently unknowable, unrealizable. But it would be a mistake to go farther by raising questions of its “existence.” This is all that can be said of absolute eternality, but it is not all that can be said of the desire to discover an absolute eternality. Since this desire is bound up with the inability to understand what is meant by “perception of impermanence” we shall have much more to say about it in the course of this essay.
In normal experience we are skilled at skipping between points of view based on different levels of generality. So accustomed are we to these leaps that we seldom notice the transition. In developing a reflexive attitude we can become skilled at not so leaping, or at least in looking when we do. It is in reflexion that the hierarchical is seen to be fundamental to experience in ways that our primitive examples do not illustrate. But to everydayness this relative extra-temporality may seem paradoxical, inasmuch as its very existence is entirely dependent upon there being a temporal foreground. We expect our eternities to be made of sturdier stuff. We expect them to be absolute. It is disconcerting to find that every eternity exists dependent upon its temporal foreground, without which it would simply cease to be eternal. To be extra-temporal, then, is a quality which inheres in a thing (by virtue of endowment) now. It is eternal at this minute. In other words, a thing can be eternal, but only until it comes to an end.
Thus, if one adopts the point of view of the notes, the song is eternal. It does not merely outlast any particular note (for by that reckoning it would be merely temporal); it is on an entirely different plane of being than the notes. The song is what the notes are for: it is only by virtue of there being a song at all that the notes can be characterized as notes. Were there no song then the individual sounds could not be regarded as music: there would be no notes. In other words the note qua note exists only by virtue of the song, which is the note’s purpose in life.
Things always appear in a context, however rarefied. It is this context which allows us to distinguish “this” from “that.” In order, then, to identify a thing, to “name” it, we must know (among other things) what it is for. Therefore the song is necessarily on a higher level of being than the notes, and cannot be regarded as having the same sort of temporality. (The door will also outlast the notes, but we do not therefore say that from the perspective of the notes the door is eternal. No, for the door is unrelated to the notes, not part of their noteness.)
Of course, the song is extra-temporal only from the point of view of the notes. From the point of view of the song itself it is the concert that is extra-temporal. (Extra-temporal, that is, within the hierarchy we have constructed here. We should observe, though, that this hierarchy — notes, song, concert, evening — is but one of numerous possible hierarchies, many of which could exist within an experience simultaneously, cutting across one another at various junctures.) And from the perspective of “an evening on the town” the song may seem interminable, but it would never seem eternal. From this perspective it is but one feature, to be followed by others, as notes are features of the song.
The song could cease to exist only when the next more immediate level (the notes) ceases to exist. As long as there are notes from which there could be that point of view the song must endure. But when the song ends there is no longer the possibility of regarding its non-existence from the viewpoint of the notes. In this sense the song is (always from the viewpoint of the notes) quite beyond temporality.
But observe that although in this example the background (the song) actually does last longer than the foreground (the particular notes) this is not always the case. If a thing exists or an act is performed for some purpose, then that purpose is (from the viewpoint of the thing or the act) extra-temporal regardless of how long it endures “by the clock.” If we do something merely for the pleasure of doing it, then even though the pleasure lasts not a whit longer than the actual doing, nevertheless from the point of view of the doing the pleasure is extra-temporal. It is endowed with a substantiality which the action does not possess. And it is “the point of view of the doing” that we normally adopt while involved in an activity .
“The eternity which man is seeking is not the infinity of duration, of that vain pursuit after the self for which I am myself responsible; man seeks a repose in self, the atemporality of the absolute co-incidence with himself.” As soon as a thing is taken up as being “this, my self” it is immediately accorded the status of being what everything else is for. It is thus regarded quite literally as extra-temporality personified.
4. Spatiality can be present in any single-sense experience (and a fortiori in any multi-sense experience), but it need not be. It is thus actually not entitled to its privileged position alongside temporality (“the space-time continuum”) as a universal characteristic. Anguish, for instance, is not spatial, though it is certainly temporal. In this limited sense we can say that it is time that is of the essence. (By the way, according to The American Heritage Word Frequency Book, compiled by John B. Carroll et al., the word “time” is the most commonly used noun in modern English.) [Back to text]
5. The relationship between particularity and rate of change is such that in some hierarchies we can arrive at a level of immediacy wherein change is so rapid that it is apprehended only irrationally, as a blur. No doubt with practice the threshold at which perception of discrete change degenerates into an indiscriminate blur can be lowered, but it cannot be eliminated any more than one can eliminate a horizon by running towards it, however fast a runner one may be. [Back to text]
6. The use of the terms “figure,” “background,” etc. are here given a more restricted meaning than their equivalents in Gestalt psychology. In Gestalt the figure is not necessarily “for” the ground; it is merely that part of experience which receives primary attention. Though ground may validly be understood thus, our present interest makes it convenient to use terminology with a more restricted meaning, wherein the background is the “for”-ground. [Back to text]
7. J.-P. Sartre, Being and Nothingness (London: Methuen, 1957), trans. by Hazel E. Barnes, pp. 141-2. [Back to text]
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Here’s how extraordinary Nesto Monell is: he’s now asking himself, “What am I supposed to be doing with my life, now that it has been given back to me? How do I give back?”
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Forex trading robots are software or tools that help forex traders in trading. They generate trading signals to guide forex traders on whether to buy or sell a particular currency pair at a particular time. Moreover, forex trading robots are fully automated and integrate with forex trading platforms such as MetaTrader 4. The biggest advantage of such systems is to remove the emotions involved in manual trading. On the other hand, it is important to note that forex trading robots are also limited in their capabilities. Therefore, it isn’t the right approach to consider them foolproof despite the claims of their developers.
Forex trading robots have quickly become popular among beginners as well as experienced Forex traders. However, it is very difficult to choose an efficient and reliable forex trading robot from hundreds of such software available in the market.
If you are looking for one of the best forex trading robots and aren’t able to pick one for yourself, then there is no need to worry. In our today’s post, we are going to review the 9 best forex trading robots for you. We are sure that it will help you in your quest.
Note: Our guide is just for conveying valuable information to you. It isn’t advice to invest in these robots. Every reader should do his/her own research before using them.
9 best forest trading robots – reviews & comparison
- 1000pip Climber System
- GPS Forex Robot
- EA Pros
- Wallstreet Forex Robot
- Forex Trendy
- Auto ARB
1. 1000pip Climber System
1000pip Climber System easily tops the list of the best forex trading robots. It offers numerous quality features that forex traders seek for easy and seamless forex trading. The state-of-the-art algorithm of the 1000pip Climber System makes forex trading as easy as possible. Because it constantly keeps an eye on the forex market and looks for opportunities for you. Consequently, once identified, the software notifies you in three different ways. Thus, you get notifications visually, audibly, and via email.
Moreover, the 1000pip Climber System is extremely easy to set up, follow, and get results. It also doesn’t matter you are a beginner or an experienced forex trader, it works for you. Additionally, the software also supports different timeframes. Therefore, it also doesn’t matter you are looking for short or long-term outlooks. In short, if you want a forex trading robot with a rigorously tested algorithm, the 1000pip Climber System is among the very best.
- The robot is fully mechanical and involves no guesswork. That means the software offers precise, consistently strong, and easy-to-follow signals.
- Additionally, the software generates highly accurate signals that yield the best results. In fact, the 1000pip Climber System has achieved almost 20,000 pips with negligible drawdown.
- 1000pip Climber System also produces signals on the 15 minute, 1 hour, and 4-hour timeframes. Thus, the tool is a perfect one for traders looking for short and long-term outlooks.
- The robot also conducts technical analysis on your behalf. That means it also gives you values regarding entry, stop-loss, and take profit.
- It is also important to note that you can use the 1000pip Climber System on 6 major currency pairs. Thus, you can find out potentially high probability price fluctuations on any 6 currency pairs.
- Finally, the 1000pip Climber System also comes with a promise of exceptional customer support. The support will be with you all the way and will happily answer any query.
- Consistently identifies profitable opportunities
- Excellent features
- Produces signals on four timeframes
- Exceptional customer support
- Economical price
- Suits only 6 currency pairs
It is also staggering to know that the lifetime license for 1000pip Climber System will cost you only $97.
Learn2Trade is also among the very best forex trading robots. The Learn2Trade platform is also among the most trusted platforms for forex, stocks, and cryptocurrency signals. Moreover, more than 25,000 forex traders trust Learn2Trade forex signals. That means the platform is best at providing highly accurate signals. Thanks to the cutting-edge automated technology, the Learn2Trade forex trading robot conducts advanced technical analysis on currency pairs. Once the robot identifies an opportunity for you, it notifies you.
Moreover, Learn2Trade offers you not only the best forex trading signals but also the best pricing plans. First of all, the platform offers free service to customers that are yet to subscribe. Secondly, it also offers five different subscription plans. Thus you can choose from those plans according to your own preferences and convenience. Additionally, a 30-day money-back guarantee is also available on the subscription plans. In short, Learn2Trade offers one of the best forex trading robots that can lead you to forex trading success sooner.
- Learn2Trade provides highly accurate forex trading signals. Thus you can transform your forex trading with specific forex trading and have an edge over the market.
- The platform capitalizes on the experience of veteran forex traders. Each trader on the platform has more than 15 years of experience. Such experienced traders analyze the market and find profitable opportunities.
- The platform also offers desktop and mobile applications named Telegram Group. You can easily download, set up, and use the application. You can use the application on any smartphone for free and get a fair number of trading signals daily.
- The mobile application also offers forex trading even on the go. Thus, you can never miss any profitable opportunity in the forex market.
- Learn2Trade offers five plans. All plans include features like 2-3 forex trading signals, 76% success rate, entry, take profit, and stop-loss, risk/reward ratio, and amount to risk per trade.
- Based on advanced technologies
- Backed by highly experienced traders
- Generates highly accurate signals
- Significantly enhances profitability
- Different subscription plans
- Money-back guarantee
- Slightly expensive lifetime subscription
Learn2Trade offers the following five different plans to choose from;
- £35 – Billed monthly
- £65 – Billed quarterly
- £95 – Billed bi-annually
- £250 – Lifetime subscription
- £50 – Separate Swing Trading Group
3. Forex Fury
Forex Fury is another group that is committed to providing one of the best forex trading robots to forex brokers. The Forex Fury robot is the result of the Forex Fury team’s hard work and dedication. After years of experience, the group has developed a forex trading robot that makes forex trading simple and significantly profitable. That’s not all because the group is committed to making the robot even better.
Forex Fury is undoubtedly one of the most effective and efficient forex trading robots on the market. A third party (Myfxbook) verifies accounts track records and trading privileges. That means the robot is among the best in the business. Forex Fury forex trading robot offers numerous features.
- The package comes with a full installation guide and walk-through videos to help traders easily install and use the software.
- Forex Fury robot is compatible with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. Thus, you can work with any brokerage service provider offering an MT4 or MT5 trading platform.
- The robot also suits traders of all types including high-risk-takers. Because the robot follows low, medium, and high-risk strategies.
- The robot provides real-time automated and trustable results because the robot is also known for a 93% winning track record.
- The robot is capable of empowering you to trade on any forex pair, indices, or cryptocurrency.
- If you want to avoid bad market conditions, multiple filters to stay away from adverse market conditions.
- Forex Fury offers quality customer support services as well. You will get an instant but thoughtful response from the team upon any inquiry.
- Compatible with both MT4 and MT5
- Use any broker of your choice
- Follows low, medium, and high-risk strategies
- Suits all forex pairs
- 93% winning track record
- Great features and easy installation
- Slightly expensive
Forex Fury offers the following two-lifetime membership plans;
- Gold – $229.99 with 1 live account license
- Diamond – $439.99 with 2 live account licenses
4. GPS Forex Robot
GPS Forex Robot is also among the very best forex trading robots. Mark Larsen is behind the development of this bulletproof forex trading robot. He is a successful forex trader and also a mentor with more than 16 years of experience. Mark is an expert and therefore, he knows how the forex market operates. GPS Forex Robot is based on Mark’s forex trading strategies. In fact, GPS Forex Robot is a complete trading system, that worked perfectly for Mark, turned into a robot. The robot predicts short-term price fluctuations with a very high probability. Thus, empowers you to gain significantly from forex markets without sitting before your PC for hours.
GPS Forex Robot is a robust and reliable robot. The backing of an experienced forex trader, positive reviews, and compelling features testify to the brilliance of this robot. Furthermore, the best thing is to verify the staggering results before spending your money on the robot. Thus, you can analyze the performance of the robot by viewing live trades. Moreover, a 60-day money-back guarantee also serves as icing on the cake. So, GPS Forex Robot puts you in a win-win situation in every aspect possible.
- GPS Forex Robot is super-fast and super-efficient because of complex optimization. In fact, it works four times faster than any other robot.
- The robot also finds the most optimized settings to the latest market situation and uses them in real-time trading. This additional functionality makes trading more easy and efficient.
- This robot also comes with another additional functionality that uses a trailing Take Profit if required.
- Additionally, GPS Forex Robot is a highly customizable robot that allows you to change all primary parameters. Thus, you can customize it to make it suitable for your own trading strategy.
- GPS Forex Robot is extremely safe and profitable. In addition to its features, it is also very to install and use.
- Developed by an experienced and successful forex trader
- Based on a complete trading system
- Useful and efficient features
- Verify results before spending money
- Money-back guarantee
- Requires a lot of care regarding settings
GPS Forex Robot is available for you with a one-time fee of just $149.
5. EA Pros
EA Pros is a free but one of the best forex trading robots. It works on both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. EA Pros comes with a unique algorithm that helps you eliminate your emotions from forex trading. Because it works on the basis of data, statistics, and trends. That means the influence of emotions and trades based on hunches are excluded from the scenario. Additionally, if you want to check EA Pros’ results before opting for it, you can also check from tester MT4. However, EA Pros requires a minimum deposit of $1,000.
- EA Pros totally relies on the most current market data and market trends. This feature makes it one of the most precise, accurate, and reliable forex trading robots.
- The robot suits different currency pairs. However, the best pairs for the robot include EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, and EUR/CAD.
- EA Pros also provides you with multiple winning opportunities. Thus, you can maximize your gains using Take Profit and Stop-loss feature.
- Additional features of the EA Pros include Trailing Stop, Equity % Risk, leverage 1:500, and much more.
- The backing by an experienced team with years of experience also contributes to making EA Pros one of the best forex trading robots.
- Additionally, if you are also looking for good customer support services, EA Pros also provides it for your 100% satisfaction.
EA Pros is available for free if you open a standard account at one of the partner brokers of the company.
- Backed by an experienced team
- Exceptional customer support
- Best for 5 popular currency pairs
- Exceptional features
- Fully automated robot
- Requires an account on a partner broker’s platform
6. Wallstreet Forex Robot
Wallstreet Forex Robot is another big name in the list of the best forex trading robots. This robot is based on profitable trading strategies. Additionally, Wallstreet Forex Robot comes with Money Management Algorithm and Order Management Systems. These features are excellent at protecting your account. They minimize rapid drawdowns and empower you to exit trades on profit or with minimal losses. Moreover, all algorithms have stood numerous tests, reviews, and re-tests. Thus, Wallstreet Forex Robot is a result of continuous testing. It is also refined constantly to make it one of the most powerful forex trading robots.
Furthermore, the latest Wallstreet Forex Robot 3 automatically adapts to the latest market conditions. Therefore, it keeps itself updated and makes your trading strategy adapt to current market conditions. In addition to it, the cutting-edge software also adjusts the parameters of the system in real-time. In short, Wallstreet Forex Robot is a strenuously tested robot and perfectly works in every imaginable market scenario.
- Wallstreet Forex Robot 3, the latest version, comes with additional key trading tools to boost your forex trading performance.
- The Market Bias Algorithm of the robot uses money flow information available to insiders previously. Thus, you can make trading decisions in the direction the Smart Money institutions look for.
- The Broker Spy Module empowers you to keep one eye on your broker. So, you can protect yourself from the unethical activities of your broker.
- A real-time Update System is another top-notch invention. It allows you instantly implement new settings without restarting the robot. Additionally, you can also automatically download and install the latest settings from the company’s server.
- You can reach the professional level in considerably no time using improved exit trading logic and increased trading frequency.
- Wallstreet Forex Robot 3 also enables you substantially enhance your profitability using features like reduced drawdown, pending Stops and Limit Orders, and much more.
- Highly tested, re-tested, and improved robot
- Improved profit protection system
- Highly reduced drawdowns
- Additional tools like the Market Bias Algorithm
- Money-back guarantee
- Easy to download and install
- Significantly expensive
Wallstreet Forex Robot offers three plans to choose from.
- Basic – $397
- Premium – $897
- Ultimate – $1297
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Centobot is actually a collective term to cover a suite of crypto trading bots. It is an automated trading system that utilizes cutting-edge technologies to generate signals quite efficiently. You gave a choice to make here as there are numerous bots to pick from. Moreover, if you want to create your own bot, Centobot covers you. However, it is important to note that Centobot supports only four brokers. All of the listed brokers require a minimum deposit of $250.
- Centobot offers 5 different automated bots to choose from. All bots are efficient and effective in terms of generating signals.
- Cryptobot v2.0 is for trading on the most popular and traded cryptocurrencies. It uses technical indicators like MACD and RSI to generate signals.
- Bitcoin Algo v2.1 is another powerful bot. It is best for most significant cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It makes decisions on the basis of detailed technical analysis as well as considers the trading history of each currency pair.
- Ethereum Rise v1.1 is for trading Ethereum. It uses indicators like CCU and Stochastic to conduct technical analysis.
- Crypto Majors v1.1 is also for trading on the most popular and traded cryptocurrencies. It also uses technical indicators like MACD and RSI to generate signals.
- Altcoins Combo is the best for auto trading the most popular altcoins.
- In addition to these bots, you can also create your own robot based on cryptocurrencies and technical indicators of your choice.
- Finally, it is also very easy to start trading using Centobot. There are only three steps involved in the process.
- Multiple robots to choose from
- Use powerful technical indicators
- Opportunity to create your bot
- Free of cost
- Supports only 4 brokers
8. Forex Trendy
Forex Trendy is another great and easy-to-use forex trading bot that simplifies your forex trading. The tool is a simple bot but a powerful one that substantially reduces unnecessary losses while maximizing the odds of success. Most importantly, Forex Trendy scans all currency pairs. Moreover, it also scans currency pairs on all timeframes to pick the best trading opportunities with maximum profit potential.
Forex Trendy uses a sophisticated algorithm to provide forex traders with the best trading signals. It constantly searches for the better trendline or patterns. Additionally, Forex Trendy includes chart pattern recognition technology to come up with even more precise signals. Moreover, the robot is available at a very low price you pay quarterly. Thus, you can take advantage of this remarkable tool without breaking your bank to avail it.
- Forex Trendy constantly observes price action and determines trends. Thus, it enables you to trade on the most trendy pair during uncertain market conditions.
- The robot quickly scans all currency pairs on different timeframes. It also analyzes all charts for you. That means you can find the most trendy pair as well as the timeframe at any time.
- It doesn’t require any specific trading platform. So, you can keep using any platform of your choice.
- You also get access to live charts of all emerging patterns as well as the history of the past patterns.
- Forex Trendy also scans for patterns with the most touching points to find out a better trendline or pattern.
- The robot also generates audible and email alerts for the new completed patterns.
- A powerful robot
- Signals based on pure price action
- Chart pattern recognition features
- Covers all currency pairs
- Doesn’t require any specific platform or broker
- Highly economical
- Comparatively new in the market
- Doesn’t use technical indicators
You can register with Forex Trendy by paying just $37 per quarter.
9. Auto ARB
Auto ARB is a versatile robot that can trade forex, CFDs, cryptocurrencies, and almost all other financial instruments. It is also compatible with almost all trading platforms including MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, and Binary Options. The most distinguishing feature of Auto ARB is stealth technology. That means it indicates trades in the account as manual ones. Additionally, Auto ARB comes with numerous remarkable features.
- Auto ARB uses very basic forex trading strategies in larger volumes and guarantees profit on a constant basis.
- Auto ARB is fully automated and that is why makes forex trading as easy as you like.
- The robot also offers a user-friendly and easy-to-use interface. Thus, it is one of the best forex trading robots for both beginners and experienced forex traders.
- Fully automated robot
- Makes forex trading effortless
- Works on all trading platforms
- Suitable for all forex pairs
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Slightly expensive
- Some brokers may disallow it
Auto ARB offers 2 plans.
- 3 months payment plan – $347
- One time payment – $799
The best forex trading robots – frequently asked questions (FAQs)
1. What are the benefits of using a forex trading robot?
Forex trading robots are extremely useful software that is fully automated. A powerful and reliable robot enables forex traders to make significant gains in the forex market. Moreover, automated forex trading fully eliminates the involvement of emotions. A forex trading robot also automates forex trading and allows traders to have some time off and stay away from computer screens. Other key advantages of forex trading robots include:
- Keep trading for 24/7 and thus help you grow your account
- Work very fast and efficiently
- Implement sophisticated trading strategies to help you gain more profits
- Backtesting is also faster and easier with robots
- Help novices make a profit while learning how to trade manually
2. What are the disadvantages of using a forex trading robot?
Forex trading robots also have their limitations. Therefore, it is always a wrong practice to consider them foolproof. The main disadvantages are;
- Require a very high-speed and stable internet connection
- Also, require a good computer with reasonable features
- Cannot replace the thinking and imaginative capabilities of human beings
- Aren’t good at reading and interpreting fundamental data
3. How much do forex trading robots cost?
The cost of forex trading robots varies significantly. A good, powerful, and reliable forex trading robot costs you between $150 to $1,000. However, cheaper options are also available. But it is important to note that cheaper options may lead you to catastrophe. If a robot costs you substantially less, then it is always better to do your research and backtest to see the accuracy and reliability of the robot.
4. Is using forex trading robots a good idea?
It depends on your own choice. If you think that the benefits of using a forex trading robot outweigh the disadvantages, you can go for it. And if you don’t think so, it’s better to trade manually.
5. Do all forex brokers allow a forex trading robot?
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- The Rate of Change (RoC) indicator is an unbounded momentum oscillator.
- Three main states are possible:
- A rising RoC above zero typically confirms an uptrend
- A falling RoC below zero indicates a downtrend
- A RoC hovering near zero hints for consolidation
What is the ROC indicator and how to calculate it?
The Rate of Change indicator is a momentum oscillator. Traders use it in their technical analysis tool belt. It calculates the change in price percentage of a financial asset between periods. The indicator calculates the change percentage by taking the current price and comparing it to a price “n” periods ago. It has the following formula:
ROC= [(CURRENT PRICE / PRICE OF n PERIOD AGO)- 1] * 100
Where n is the time period
After that, it plots the percentage change value that begins to fluctuate above and below a Zero Line. The earlier price can be any price n periods ago but generally 14 trading days earlier price is selected. It is important to note that the rate of change simply represents the difference between the current and earlier price even if the difference in prices isn’t occurring from day to day. Momentum will be zero when there is no difference between both prices. Similarly, it will be negative when the earlier price is higher than the current price.
Traders use it to identify divergences on charts, conditions regarding overselling or overbuying, a reversal in trends, or confirmation of the trend. Many technical analysts and experts also use it as a leading indicator to identify the extreme value of the price that will finally go back to the mean value. Traders usually really like it and rate it high compared to other indicators. However, it also has certain drawbacks traders must consider before initiating a trade on the basis of the Rate of Change indicator.
How the Rate of Change indicator works?
The Rate of Change indicator works on the basis of a simple formula. Its calculations of the Rate of Change are also simple with only three variables in the formula. Being a non-banded oscillator, it tracks the changing trends in the market if the trend speed is increasing, decreasing, or maintaining the momentum. It simply tracks the closing prices of two periods. The period is set by default to 12 days. It identifies the closing price of 12 days back and subtracts it from the current closing price. Afterward, it plots or accepts the difference as the Rate of Change (ROC). It can also give this rate in terms of percentage. Rate of Change can be both, a positive or a negative figure. The Zero Line is finally used as a reference.
What does the Rate of Change indicator tell traders?
The Rate of Change indicator is a momentum oscillator and its prices oscillate below and above the Zero Line. During a very strong uptrend, its price calculation shows readings that increase over an extended period of time. The reason behind this is it has no boundaries. Moreover, its value depends on the actual price of the trading assets, it is common that its calculations continue to expand to higher levels during the time span of a specific period. It also shows both positive and negative values.
Positive values indicate an uptrend while negative values show a downtrend in the trading market.
Its interpretation is also easy:
- When the ROC is above the Zero Line and constantly rising above, it indicates an uptrend and its speed is accelerating
- ROC is descending and is above the Zero Line, it indicates that the speed of the downtrend is decreasing
- When the ROC is above the Zero Line, again begins to rise, and crosses the previous highest point, it indicates that uptrend is accelerating speedily
On the other hand:
- When the ROC is below the Zero Line and it is descending further lower, it shows that the downtrend is accelerating
- ROC begins to ascend and is below the Zero Line, it means the downtrend is decelerating
- When the ROC is below the Zero Line and again begins to descend, it means the downtrend is again catching speed
How to use the Rate of Change indicator?
The Rate of Change indicator can be used to detect price divergences, confirm price movements, or track overselling or overbuying conditions. It is interesting to note that the Rate of Change indicator works well with all markets. It has no right or wrong setting. However, it is a must for every trader to make decisions by observing the volatility of the financial market and overall market conditions.
The Rate of Change indicator is flexible with various timeframes such as 10 minutes, 2 hours, daily, 2 days, or weekly. It is simple as well as fast to calculate the values. Due to its flexibility, it can be used from short-term trading to financial analysis of any kind of financial asset. However, it is the best practice that its calculations should be used for long-term trend identification. Technical analysts and experts emphasize that it should be used for confirmation signals. Moreover, it is one of the best trading indicators that can be used to measure the strength of a trend.
Pros and cons of the Rate of Change indicator
The Rate of Change indicator is one of the most efficient and effective indicators for the traders. It has numerous advantages. However, like all other indicators, it also has certain limitations to take into account before entering a trade.
- Being a non-banded oscillator, it is efficient in tracking the changing trends in the market
- Being a momentum oscillator, it has the ability to reveal significant information about the strength of a current trend in the market.
- It can detect market conditions such as overbought or oversold with precision
- It also can spot divergences occurring in the trading market
- Traders can use it to confirm the continuation of a current trend
- It gives an early warning of a potential change in trend with its centerline crossovers
- It gives equal weight in calculations to the current price and price periods ago. It is the main drawback of the Rate of Change indicator because previous prices may not be relevant anymore. That is the reason that several other indicators such as Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) assign more value to the most recent prices.
- The Rate of Change indicator may give false signals because it cannot neglect whipsaws. This situation escalates when the reading stays near the Zero Line for a significant time. This happens because price consolidation makes price change shrink and hence the indicator moves to zero. This situation gives multiple false signals without confirming the consolidation.
- It is imperative to use the Rate of Change indicator in a proper way. Otherwise, signals may prove costly for the traders.
The Rate of Change indicator is the simplest of indicators but it is among one of the most useful technical indicators. It is a momentum indicator that is widely used in momentum or trend investment. The ROC indicator detects trend changes and the strength of a trend diligently. It can measure the speed of price changes effectively. An upward movement suggests a speedy increase in price while the downward surge indicates a speedy decrease in price. Traders also use it for confirmation, assessing market conditions, and divergences. However, it is advised by the technical analysts not to use the Rate of Change as a standalone indicator. It is best to use it in conjunction with other technical indicators for better management of your trading strategy. Bollinger Bands, ADX indicator, Moving Averages, etc. are among the most common indicators that can work well with Rate of Change. | <urn:uuid:c1f5588c-fc49-4191-b2c0-9a72f4d68df3> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://patternswizard.com/rate-of-change-indicator/ | 2023-09-23T18:27:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.923643 | 1,562 |
“Orient Overseas Container Line” and “OOCL” are trade names for transportation provided separately by: Orient Overseas Container Line Limited and OOCL (Europe) Limited respectively and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The company is one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation and logistics companies.
As one of Hong Kong’s most recognized global brands, the company provides customers with fully-integrated logistics and containerized transportation services, with a network that encompasses Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia.
The founder , the late C Y Tung, dreamed of creating the first international Chinese merchant fleet. In 1947, he achieved that dream when the first ship with an all-Chinese crew reached the Atlantic coast of the USA and Europe. Regular cargo and passenger services were subsequently developed under the name of Orient Overseas Line.
With the emergence of containerization, the company was re-named Orient Overseas Container Line in 1969. In those days, Victory-class vessels could carry 300 TEU, a far cry from today’s G class vessels that ply the world’s oceans. In May 2017, the company took delivery of the Hong Kong company, the largest containership ever built then at 21,413 TEU.
Today, they have vessels of different classes with capacity varying from 2,808 TEU to 21,413 TEU, plus ice-class vessels that suit extreme weather conditions. As a member of the Ocean Alliance, our vessels form part of the strong and efficient fleet of ships. Both our self-owned and chartered-in vessels can carry general cargo, reefer cargo and dangerous goods, according to the needs of customers.
All OOCL vessels meet and exceed international environmental standards, adhering to OOCL’s own Safety, Quality and Environmental (SQE) management system; demonstrating OOCL’s commitment to environmental protection and good corporate citizenship.
In 1982, following the death of his father C Y Tung, C H Tung assumed the leadership of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), OOCL’s parent company for 14 years. In 1996, C C Tung took over at the helm on C H Tung’s election as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In 2018, OOIL was acquired by COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Limited.
Today, OOCL is one of the world’s leading container transport and logistics service providers, with over 125 offices in more than 100 major cities around the world.
They are well respected in the industry with a reputation for providing customer-focused solutions, quality services and continual innovation.
The company is one of the leading international carriers serving China, providing a full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country. It is also an industry leader in the use of information technology and e-commerce to manage the entire cargo process.
- Latin America
- Europe-West Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- Reefer Service
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Ghanaian professional footballer, Afriyie Acquah, the most talked about footballer of the week has finally broken his silence after an audio leakage revealed his Black Stars team-mate, Jordan Ayew has been bedding with his wife, Amanda Afriyie Acquah for four years.
After, Black Stars' coach, Avram Grant revealed the squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda, ex-Black Stars striker, Augustine Arhinful called on the authorities to axe Afriyie Acquah and Aston Villa's Jordan Ayew from the squad.
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The sanctuary that now houses Trinity Episcopal Church will soon be 100 years old — a significant milestone for one of the oldest buildings in downtown Clanton, especially considering the church went years without a congregation.
The church building dates back to around 1913, when the Seventh Day Adventist Church bought the property and built the sanctuary, making it one of the oldest existing houses of worship in Clanton.
Some churches in Clanton are older, but they aren’t in their original buildings today.
The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama bought the building in 1954. The original mission started in 1947, before the church was even purchased, and was active through the ‘50s and ‘60s.
The congregation would wane in subsequent years, before disbanding. From 1970 to 1995, no church held services inside Trinity. The church’s current rector, Bill King, said his research shows it was hard for the small church to get a priest to Clanton regularly for services.
But that didn’t mean the building was shuttered — instead it was used as a private day care center and preschool.
The Episcopal Church was reestablished in 1995 and was approved a permanent parish in 2009.
“The Diocese thankfully didn’t sell the property,” King said.
Over the decades, the building has seen several renovations — but little touches of the original church remain until today, King said.
All the clear glass windows are the originals, except for the two in the front of the building.
“Those windows are as old as the building itself,” King said.
Also, the original, hand-cut wood beams and pine floors exist through today as a testament to the church’s construction.
“This church is so solidly built,” King said.
Work was done on the building when the Diocese decided to reopen the mission in the mid-’90s. More recently, central air and heating was added to the building around 2006.
The little church that could, once without a congregation, now enjoys one 75 strong that might soon run out of room.
“Now, it’s an active parish again,” King said.
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Figure 16: Science Nobel Prizes 1901-2009
by language, illustrating the global shift from
German to English as main language of science. Again we plot the
evolution of cumulative shares by citizenship
at the time of the award (top), and
by country of birth (bottom),
considering only nations whose dominant language is English
(we include UK, USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada, India - blue in the map)
or German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland - red in the map).
Laureates of mostly German-speaking nations were ahead until 1954
in the citizenship-based ranking, and until 1960 in the birth-based ranking;
then English took over for good.
From Evolution of National Nobel Prize Shares in the 20th Century,
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First, ICEUFT reported that UFT Secretary Michael Mendel had sent a "blistering" letter to Dennis Walcott and other DOE brass, criticizing the way principals and networks are practicing and preparing for the new evaluation system in schools, saying it “has been a disaster and that it has created a terrible atmosphere of fear around both the new evaluation system and the Danielson protocols.”
Gotham Schools further reported that Mendel said the new evaluation system is "doomed to failure" because
“I believe even if we reach an agreement, the present structure of the DOE and the past practice since Sept 2011 demonstrate that you cannot and will not roll it out successfully,” he wrote, adding that the current “network” structure has muddied lines of accountability for principals.
Mendel went on to say that the DOE needs to come to some agreement with the UFT on a "proper rollout" of the evaluation system or it will all be "doomed for failure."
Meanwhile Peter Goodman, an education blogger who has served as a Unity/UFT leadership mouthpiece in the past, posted the following about NYC's value-added ratings for 3rd-8th grade math and ELA teachers that were just released:
The department released the Value Added Scores derived from the state ELA and Math scores administered to students in grades 3-8 – impacting about 14,000 out of the 75,000 teachers in New York City.
UFT President Mulgrew announced that 6% of teachers were rated “ineffective” and 9% rated “highly effectively.” In order to be charged a teacher must be rated “ineffective” on their overall score or on the VAM and “locally negotiated” section for two consecutive years. When we consider the “instability” of the scores – wide year to year variation – the percentage of teachers impacted will be quite low.
Goodman asks the following questions that were not answered in the data release:
* Were the “ineffective” ratings spread evenly or concentrated in inner city districts?
* Were more teachers of Special Education and English Language Learners rated “ineffective”?
* What was the dispersion by experience?
He then writes:
Bad science that does not assist teachers in improving and may remove the wrong teachers.
And. two or three years down the road when the first teacher is brought to trial will a court throw out the use of Value Added scores?
How many days until Bloomberg’s term ends?
And so now we see the UFT strategy for dealing with the APPR rollout and the inevitable problems with the VAM.
They ought to say this:
"Mayor Bloomberg, you and your DOE cannot be trusted with this new evaluation system as we already have numerous complaints and charges of misuse and abuse of the Danielson rubric in order to intimidate and 'i-rate' teachers.
"In addition, you are demanding that we agree to the release of individual teacher ratings in the media, a demand which asks us to agree to break the law statute that says no individual teacher rating will be given to anybody other than the principal, the teacher, and parents of children in the teacher's class.
As such, we are stating publicly that we will not agree to your evaluation stipulations and are further taking you to court for not bargaining in good faith over this evaluation system, as required by the law passed by the state senate and assembly and signed by Governor Cuomo."
In addition, the UFT ought to be saying this:
"Furthermore, we can see that the value-added measurements you plan to use on individual teachers are rife with error and suffer from wide swings in stability. Many respected experts say that using these value-added measurements on individual teachers will lead to every teacher eventually getting tarred with an "ineffective" rating because the methodology is so error-riddled.
"In addition, we believe that APPR is a harmful evaluation system because it pits teachers against each other, further narrows the curriculum to only what is tested as teachers, adds an observation rubric so complex that it cannot be used effectively or fairly, and a Student Learning Objective process that is so convoluted as to render the whole exercise meaningless.
"Therefore, we are declaring publicly that this half-baked, unpiloted evaluation system is going to do much more harm than good and we are going to work with the leadership in Albany, concerned parents, the many principals and administrators who are publicly opposed to this system, and teachers themselves to develop an evaluation system that is rigorous but fair - one that will make our schools, teachers and students better, not worse."
That ought to be the strategy and tact the UFT takes.
But that isn't what they're doing.
Instead they're engaged in pre-APPR CYA mode.
They're saying the evaluation system sucks and is "doomed to failure" and we told you so beforehand - but we're going to agree to it anyway because the political pressure on us is too acute.
And we know that VAM and test-based evaluations are harmful to schools, students and teachers, but we're not going to fight that nonsense in any effective way either. We'll say we're against that kind of stuff, but when the chips are done, we'll give in to test-based evaluations and perhaps even test-based compensation, as has the parent AFT with the contracts in Baltimore and Newark.
Worse, they seem to think waiting out Bloomberg will solve all problems, failing to see that once a toxic evaluation system is put into place, it is very difficult to get that toxicity out.
Litigating a bad system is not the solution to the problems with APPR either.
Not agreeing to the bad system in the first place and stating very publicly the very reasonable and good reasons why you're not agreeing to it is the solution.
Get ready for the sell-out, folks.
From the rhetoric emanating from the UFT people, it's coming soon.
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Yes! Thyme is safe and good for dogs. The herb has several health benefits. However, thyme should be given sparingly to dogs i.e., at most one teaspoon of dried or fresh thyme for every pound of dog food.
Most herbs and species are good for dogs. However, some can be poisonous for puppies or when consumed excessively.
The health benefits of thyme are derived from the herb's mineral and vitamin composition. Vitamins boost the dog's digestive and immune system health. Minerals aid in many bodily functions that contribute to the overall health and well-being of both dogs and humans.
Dogs should eat thyme for the benefits. Thyme prevents a wide range of health problems.
What Is Thyme?
Thyme is a herb belonging to the mint family (Lamiaceae) alongside other herbs like rosemary. The perennial evergreen herb grows in clusters on thin stems. Thyme leaves differ in color from deep green to pale green.
There are hundreds of thyme species, the most common being Thymus Vulgaris native to Mediterranean regions, although thyme is grown today globally in many areas, including Europe and America. Thyme is consumed fresh or as a dry herb in food seasoning alongside other herbs like rosemary and sage.
1. Digestive Health Benefits
Thyme has antispasmodic and carminative properties known to deal with common digestive health problems in dogs like indigestion, digestive tract infection, irritable bowels, colitis, and dyspepsia. Thyme can help expel parasites such as hookworms in dogs.
2. Essential Vitamin Benefits
Thyme is packed with vitamins A, C, & K, which are excellent antioxidants known to fight free radical damage. Dogs need essential vitamins to boost their immunity and protect themselves from common diseases. Vitamins also help in recovery.
3. Antibacterial Benefits
Thyme contains thymol – the main active compound known to have powerful antibacterial properties. The compound fights bacterial and fungal pathogens known to affect dogs and other pets. The oil (thyme oil) can be used to eliminate bacterial and related infections in a dog’s skin.
4. Antimicrobial Properties
Thyme also has antimicrobial properties – stops/kills micro-organisms. The herb’s main compound (thymol) has been found to limit bacterial resistance common with penicillin drugs. The antimicrobial properties make thyme a mild astringent tonic capable of dealing with serious problems affecting dogs like urinary tract incontinence. Thyme can fight bacteria, viruses, and fungus responsible for many infections.
5. Mineral Benefits
Thyme contains calcium, iron, and manganese, which have notable benefits in dog's bodies, such as promoting strong bones and teeth and producing energy.
6. Antiseptic Benefits
Thymol is a notable antiseptic with many uses, the most notable for treating oral infections like gingivitis in dogs.
7. Respiratory Health Benefits
Thyme can also ease asthma symptoms like bronchial spasms, among other respiratory problems in pets like cats and dogs. However, thyme should never substitute veterinary advice or treatment. Instead, it should complement or be used for preventative reasons.
While thyme is beneficial to dogs, there are some risks to consider. Thyme, (like many other herbs in the mint family) should be consumed in small amounts. Overconsumption of thyme can cause gastrointestinal problems in dogs like an upset stomach. Consumption of concentrated herb extracts (i.e., conc. thyme essential oil) is also discouraged.
Dogs that consume too much thyme or concentrated thyme oil can suffer side effects such as seizures, vomiting, diarrhea, depression and breathing difficulties. Thyme oil should be diluted using appropriate carrier oils before being given to a dog.
Thyme also poses other health risks to dogs, such as slowing blood clotting, which can increase excessive bleeding risks in case of injury or during/after surgery. As a result, dogs undergoing surgery shouldn't be given thyme.
Some types of thyme are also risky. Spanish thyme has been proven to be toxic to dogs. Spanish thyme contains a chemical - diterpene known to reduce blood pressure dangerously in dogs. Thyme also has eugenol, thymol, methyl eugenol, and carvacrol that can cause gastrointestinal and skin irritation.
In case of overconsumption, take your dog to a vet immediately.
FAQs About Thyme And Dogs
Can I Give My Dog Thyme?
Yes! Provided you take the necessary precautions i.e., giving your dog thyme sparingly. It also matters how the thyme is served. Thyme features fibrous stems that can remain intact during cooking. To avoid chocking risks especially among small dogs and puppies, it’s advisable to give your dog dried or powdered thyme.
The thyme should also be grown responsibly. Purpose to serve thyme that doesn’t contain pesticides and herbicides as such thyme can cause allergic reactions and severe side effects. If possible, feed your dog organic thyme only and/or thyme that has been thoroughly washed to reduce risk associated with chemical poisoning.
How Much Thyme Can I Give My Dog?
Like all other foods, thyme should be introduced to dogs in very small quantities initially to avoid harmful side effects. Also, your dog doesn't need too much thyme to derive all the benefits of thyme discussed above.
Generally, you should give your dog one teaspoon of thyme for every pound of dog food. It is advisable to sprinkle or mix the thyme in your dog’s favorite meal. You can also use the thyme in dog treat recipes.
Is Thyme Good For Dogs?
Yes! Thyme is rich in essential vitamins and minerals with proven health and wellness benefits to dogs. For instance, Vitamins A, C & K are critical for boosting immune system health and fighting disease-causing free radicals.
Minerals contained in thyme such as Iron, Calcium, and Manganese are critical for energy production in a dog's body. Provided dogs are given thyme sparingly according to the recommended limits above, they stand to enjoy numerous health and wellness benefits.
Is Thyme Bad For Dogs?
It depends. If given sparingly and other precautions are followed, thyme is good for dogs. Thyme becomes bad for dogs when given excessively or in high concentration. Thyme essential oil should be diluted. Dogs that consume concentrated extracts risk severe side effects.
The form in which thyme is given matters. Ideally, thyme should be ground and fed to dogs as a powder mixed with dog food or used to make dog treats. Giving dogs fresh herbs plucked directly from the ground can introduce choking risks, especially among small dogs and puppies.
Is Thyme Poisonous To Dogs?
When dogs are fed thyme in large quantities, the herb introduces severe health risks mentioned above like vomiting, diarrhea, depression, and more. Small quantities of thyme are safe. Anything above a tablespoon for every pound of dog food can introduce serious health risks.
Can Dogs Eat Sage And Thyme?
Yes. Both herbs are perennial and evergreen, belonging in the same mint family. However, if both herbs must be consumed sparingly. Like thyme, excessive sage consumption by dogs can cause serious side effects. It is, therefore, a matter of how sage and thyme are consumed as opposed to if they can be eaten. Consumption of the right quantities and concentration is safe for dogs to eat.
Serving Thyme To Your Dog
There are several ways to serve thyme to your dog. The first and most common is making dog treats. You can make anything from peanut butter treats to oats using dried/fresh thyme. Homemade dog biscuits can also feature some thyme as an added ingredient.
Thyme can also be added to your dog’s water. Like rosemary, thyme is a mint that can boost your dog's breath, clean their gums and fight gingivitis among other dental health problems. Adding thyme oil to water can also flavor your dog’s water making it more enjoyable for them. Thyme leaves can also be used as a natural dog toothbrush. You can wipe your dog’s teeth using some thyme leaves to provide dental health benefits.
Thyme can also be added to your dog's steak to increase the flavor and add some health benefits. You don't need to change how you prepare the steak. Just sprinkle some dried/fresh thyme before serving.
Can dogs eat rosemary? Can dogs eat thyme? Can dogs eat parsley? Yes! Thyme and other herbs like rosemary and parsley belonging to the mint family are safe and healthy for dogs. However, their safety is subject to moderate consumption, the right type of thyme, and other factors.
Dogs need small quantities of thyme to derive health benefits. The thyme also needs to be served appropriately to avoid common risks. Most importantly, not all thyme is good thyme for dogs.
Spanish thyme is toxic to dogs, cats, and many other small animals. The thyme contains diterpene - a plant chemical among other toxic components like oil known to cause diarrhea, vomiting, anorexia, and depression. In severe cases, Spanish thyme can trigger bloody diarrhea and other side effects that may be fatal if not treated.
So, despite thyme having many health and wellness benefits for dogs, you should be careful not to feed your dog the wrong type of thyme. It's also advisable to monitor when your dog first eats thyme to ensure they don't have severe side effects. In case of serious side effects, visit a vet immediately.
Most importantly, dogs can get essential vitamins and minerals from many other sources. If your dog has severe reactions to thyme, you can always find other healthy herbs or consider incorporating thyme in dog treats.
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The tiny Shih Tzu puppy found the kitten deep in a ravine behind a Home Depot in South Carolina. The orphan kitten was near a stream, without any protection, fortunately a generous and caring soul appeared to help him.
Local residents heard the dog barking desperately as if asking for help, so they called local animal control. Anderson County PAWS, answered the call from neighbors and approached the scene to observe what was happening.
A dog rescued an abandoned kitten
Officer Michelle Smith took over the investigation, discovering the dog at the bottom of the ravine tending to a small, needy kitten. When she found them, she found them, the dog was nursing the little feline, and also protecting him with his body, as if it were his own.
Michelle told Love Meow:
They were at the bottom of a steep embankment, at the bottom of the ravine.
The woman believes the dog heard the kitten and decided to come downstairs to see what was going on, then stayed by her side to take care of her.
Although the noble-hearted animal had the ease of leaving the place, he did not want to abandon the feline, he wanted to get help in some way. The two were taken to the shelter, where they were treated and checked for their state of health.
At the shelter, the sweet adoptive mother continued her work and continued to nurse the kitten, take care of her and clean her like a real mom.
In no time, Goldie (dog) and Kate (kitten), they stole the hearts of all their caregivers and people who knew the story of the rescue.
It’s an example of why I love my job.
Joe and his wife learned the story of the two animals through the news and immediately knew they had to adopt them. The couple therefore wrote a letter to the shelter asking to be the new parents of Goldie and Kate, but the request had to be considered.
After a while and making sure that the two animals were in good health, they began to analyze the offers of adoption. They studied the request of the interested couple and realized that it was the ideal home for sweet Goldie and Kate.
They have finally arrived in their new home where they are now enjoying their new life full of comfort, but above all full of love.
Thanks to the courage of Goldie, Kate was able to have a second chance in her life and, surely, they will be together forever.
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GRAMMY® Award-nominated, platinum-certified country hit maker Cassadee Pope debuted her first new music video in nearly two years today. “Take You Home,†http://cassadee.co/TYHvideo also Pope’s first single release in nearly two years, was co-written by Paul Digiovanni, Ben Hayslip and Emily Weisband and marks a new phase in Pope’s musical journey, one with swagger, style and substance. The song was released this past Friday to critical praise.
“Since “Take You Home†has such a vivid lyric, I didn’t feel like the video needed a storyline,†said Pope. I wanted to support the song, not to overshadow.† Pope adds, “I love how much of a departure the look is from my past music videos. I wanted to go darker with the colors, more inconspicuous with the locations, edgier with the wardrobe. Making videos has always been a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
Now I get to help create and star in them!  I couldn’t be more excited!† “Take You Home,†directed by Justin Nolan Key, was shot in Nashville last month. “Punctuated by confessional lyrics, “Take You Home†as Pope put it, “is in-your-face musically, really intimate, and a little seductive.â€
Pope’s powerhouse voice, inimitable presence, and endless charm transformed her into a force of nature beloved by millions worldwide. Following her victory on Season 3 of NBC’s The Voice, her 2013 full-length debut, Frame By Frame, bowed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart and Top 10 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart. Its lead single “Wasting All These Tears†not only notched an RIAA platinum certification, but it also achieved “Breakthrough Video of the Year†at the CMT Music Awards in 2014. During 2016, she also teamed with Chris Young for the No. 1 hit “Think Of You†and garnered a 2017 GRAMMY® nod in the category of Best Country Duo/Group Performance. | <urn:uuid:e0c3ad88-d7d9-4786-a017-c4827aca2835> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://pfamedia.net/press-releases/cassadee-pope-debuts-first-music-video-in-nearly-two-years-for-new-single-take-you-home/ | 2023-09-23T18:08:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.909311 | 550 |
The folks at Wyse have updated their PocketCloud to version 1.2 which adds support for Honeycomb. It’s natural progression for an app that allows you to view your desktop or laptop computer remotely and edit files on the go. Other changes include a new user interface that takes advantage of the added screen real-estate that tablets provide. You can find the update in the Android market now. (A free version affords you access to one computer, while the pro version lets you access more.) Full press details ahead.
Wyse Extends Mobile Cloud Computing Leadership with the First Remote Desktop Application Designed For Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablets
Wyse PocketCloud Mobile Cloud App Delivers Innovative New User Interface, Security and High Performance with Optimized User Experience for both Consumers and Enterprises
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – April 14, 2011 – Today, Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, launches version 1.2 of its market leading mobile virtualization app, PocketCloud for Android. The free app brings performance enhancements for all Android devices, with an emphasis on new user interface features and speed built on the new Android 3.0 APIs.
Since January 2011, a multitude of Honeycomb powered tablets have been announced with Motorola’s Xoom leading the way. Google designed Android 3.0 specifically for tablets in order to provide one of today’s best mobile computing experiences for both consumers and enterprise users. Wyse similarly redesigned PocketCloud to take advantage of Honeycomb’s tablet-oriented capabilities and provide the best remote access experience on Android tablets.
Version 1.2 is packed with updates including a Honeycomb-inspired interface that takes full advantage of the larger screen, with new layouts, navigation and user interface elements. Tablet-optimized version 1.2 also launches with the Auto Discovery feature out of beta, which makes setup using the PocketCloud Windows or Mac Companion as easy as logging in to a Web page.
PocketCloud is one of the most popular productivity applications in the Android Marketplace with nearly 800,000 downloads across mobile platforms. This is just one of many planned updates to PocketCloud aimed at enriching the user experience with Android devices.
“The goal at Wyse is to thrill our customers with features and usability that make a real impact on how they live and work”, said Daniel Barreto, GM of the Wyse Mobile Cloud Business Unit. “We listened carefully to their needs and created this version of PocketCloud, making it a great combination with Android 3.0 tablets that will have even more of them leaving their laptops behind.”
PocketCloud for Android is a free app that lets users access and control their home PC or Mac from anywhere over Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G. PocketCloud works for both Android smartphones and tablets.
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To learn more about Wyse PocketCloud, please visit www.wyse.com/pocketcloud/
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Pantech’s C810 is poised to be the first U.S. phone to mix GPS and HSDPA, in Windows Mobile Standard packaging. Online wireless retailer Wirefly has accidentally leaked full specifications of the Pantech C810. The C810 has been rumored for AT&T since before Helio launched the Ocean, on which the C810 is based.
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The C810 is a dual-silder phone running Windows Mobile 6 Standard. It features both a traditional dial pad and QWERTY slide-out keyboard. But, its power lies the fact that it is the first Windows Mobile device on AT&T to combine HSDPA and built-in GPS.
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Heavyweight Monte Barrett (35-9-2, 20KOs) advised BoxingScene.com that he has reached an agreement to face David Tua (52-4-2, 43KOs) for a third time. The fight will take place in New Zealand next March with the 31st being the most likely date. Barrett defeated Tua via unanimous decision this past August and battled the fighter of Samoan descent to a controversial draw in 2010. He went on to say that he thinks a second victory over Tua will earn him a title shot.
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How to Choose a Bathroom Remodeler In Reseda
Hiring a Bathroom Remodeler In Reseda is ideal for homeowners who want to give their bathrooms a complete overhaul. Often, the work involves repairing or resurfacing damaged areas, and the fixtures are left the same, and paint is often used instead. Renovating also includes repair work such as repainting. In most cases, homeowners are responsible for the costs of a remodel, and however, sometimes insurance may cover the cost of the project.
Choosing a Bathroom Remodeler In Reseda can be challenging, but the process can be made much easier if you have the right advice and knowledge. Before deciding to hire a professional, ask yourself what you want to achieve. Before you begin planning a remodeling project, ask yourself who it’s for, how will it fit into your lifestyle, and how will it look concerning the rest of your home? Consider your taste, aesthetic taste, and budget before settling on a plan.
In addition to the materials, a bathroom can involve moving walls or cutting electrical lines. This, of course, will cost more than an ordinary renovation. The total cost will range from $2,500 to $25,000, with labor and materials making up approximately 40% of the total. In addition to this, you’ll have to hire a subcontractor to perform any demolition work that requires the removal of walls and pipes. If you’re a do-it-yourselfer, you can save money by doing some of the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s a better idea to hire a professional to do the job for you.
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If you’re looking to remodel your bathroom but don’t know where to start, you need a reliable bathroom remodeling contractor in Reseda. A professional contractor can help you design and complete your project promptly and on budget. In addition to delivering excellent work, remodeling contractors also guarantee their clients’ satisfaction within fourteen days. So, if you want to make your bathroom look more beautiful, hire a Reseda-based company.
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Getting a bathroom to remodel requires hiring a professional in Reseda, California. These professionals are skilled in all aspects of the renovation process and will provide high-quality work. While remodeling a bathroom can cost thousands of dollars, the results are well worth the money. It can add value to your home and can even be covered by your homeowner’s insurance. To learn more about the benefits of hiring a remodeling contractor in Reseda, read on.
Before beginning a bathroom remodel, consider the reasons you are remodeling the room. First, ask yourself who is going to use it. Do you need a larger bathroom or something smaller? Do you want to add more storage? Do you want a shower or a separate tub? You will need to consider your budget, as well as your lifestyle. Remember, a bathroom remodeler can help you decide which accessories are best for you.
Before you begin a bathroom remodel project, you should decide what materials you want to use. You may wish to buy materials and supplies yourself to save money. However, if you do not have any experience, you should hire a professional. A professional will be able to advise you on which materials to buy. A good bathroom will last a long time, even if you change your mind about your design. A good remodel will also increase the value of your home.
Before hiring a bathroom remodeler, you should know the price range you would like to spend. The cost of a bathroom can be anywhere from $5,000 to over $108,000, and the midrange bathroom remodeling project can cost up to $20,000. The midrange bathroom renovation is the best for your money because it can bring a high return on investment. You can choose between a small bathroom remodel and a large one.
If you are looking to update your home’s bathroom, make sure to choose a midrange option. A midrange bathroom should have the same style and quality as the rest of your neighborhood. While a high-end remodel may not bring back all of the money, it is probably the best value for your money. It would be best if you also looked for a company that will offer a variety of services. A remodeling company that assists in multiple areas can cost-effectively replace your existing plumbing, electrical, and plumbing systems.
A bathroom remodeler in Reseda will be able to provide you with an accurate cost estimate and an affordable payment schedule. A professional will make an appointment for an onsite assessment and give you a written estimate of the cost. A professional will be able to work within the budget and the timeline you set for the job. If you’re not happy with the results, it is not worth hiring a remodeling contractor.
How to Choose a Bathroom Remodeler
If you’re looking for a professional bathroom remodeler in Reseda, CA, you’ve come to the right place. Not only can a professional bathroom remodeler improve the look of your home, but it can also add value. Homeowners often find their renovated bathrooms are worth over 80% more than what they paid for them. And because bathroom remodeling contractors provide a guarantee of quality work, you can rest assured that you’ll be happy with the results.
First, it’s essential to consider how much money you’re willing to spend on the project. Labor costs will vary depending on location, but the average homeowner can expect to pay between $6,000 and $15,000 to update their bathroom. Typically, this amount includes materials and installation. In high-end luxury homes, the cost of a bathroom can run up to $50,000, and a single room in a large house can cost anywhere from $25,000 to $35,000 (excluding taxes and permits).
Another important consideration is the design of the bathroom. If you want a spa-like experience, you may want to consider a classic bathroom. If you’re a fan of contemporary or mid-century modern, choose a designer who can incorporate these elements into the design. It would be best if you also decided whether you’d like the bathroom to be more contemporary or classic. A good contractor will be able to make recommendations that will work with your style.
Depending on how elaborate you want your new bathroom to be, you can save money by doing it yourself, but if you’re not a DIY type, you can consider hiring a bathroom remodeler in Reseda. While it’s tempting to try to save money by completing the remodeling job yourself, you may end up spending more than you intended. While hiring a bathroom remodeler in Resedal can save you time and money, you’ll still need to know how to decide how much to spend.
A bathroom remodels costs are high, but it’s worth considering how much you’re willing to spend. If you’re looking to maximize your return on investment, a simple update may be all you need. But if you plan to stay in the house for a while, investing in higher-end fixtures is a good idea. If you’re not sure about the cost, go with a midrange option.
When hiring a remodeling contractor, make sure to consult with several professionals to find the right one. Most bathroom remodels expensive, but a professional can help you save money. It’s always best to ask for a free consultation before making any decisions about the project. You can also look for a remodeling contractor in Reseda who’s willing to give you an estimate based on your budget. Most companies in the area will provide you with a quote and the time it will take to complete the project.
Financing a Bathroom Remodeler
A general contractor is a good option for financing a bathroom remodeler in Reseda. This service provides a simple way to finance your remodeling project while still allowing you to get the bathroom you want. The benefits of a general contractor are a great way to save money, and a Reseda general contractor is more than capable of tackling even the most complex home projects. They can even help you secure a loan if necessary.
There are many ways to finance a bathroom remodel. You can go through a credit card or apply for a cash-out refinance. A personal loan may be the best option since you can set a fixed monthly payment and interest rate, and you can often qualify for a low four percent APR. You also don’t have to pay the total amount all at once, and you can pay in stages.
Many other financing options for your bathroom remodel include home equity loans and credit cards. Although saving money is the cheapest way to finance a bathroom remodel, some people don’t have the time to do this. Consider an introductory 0% financing offer through your bank or credit card issuer if you need the money now. The average credit card interest rate is approximately sixteen percent, which can quickly add up.
If you have poor credit, you can also apply for a home equity line of credit. A home equity line of credit is backed by your home’s value and does not require collateral. Another popular option is applying for a personal loan through a company such as Acorn Finance. They have several convenient payment options and complimentary services. So how can you get financing for your bathroom to remodel? Just keep reading. Once you’ve learned the basics of financing your bathroom, you can start applying. So, get started today!
Whether you choose to use a home equity loan or a credit card, there are many ways to finance your bathroom remodel. There are even some ways to finance aesthetic renovations with a personal home equity loan. Remember that you should never borrow more than you can afford. Regardless of your choice of financing method, it would be best if you always had a plan before you get started. The goal is to maximize your bathroom’s value. By finding a balance between practicality and style, you can afford to do the remodeling without breaking the bank.
In addition to a home equity line of credit, you can also obtain a home equity loan to finance your bathroom remodel. You should research the terms and conditions of these loans before you make your decision. An excellent example of a home equity loan offers flexible terms for a specific project. If you have no equity in your house, you can get a home equity loan, which can help you finance your bathroom remodel.
A home equity loan is the best option if you have enough equity in your home. These loans offer low-interest rates and no down payment requirements, but you should keep in mind that you may lose your home if you default. Your home secures these loans, so you need to have at least fifteen percent of the equity in your home before you apply. It is important to note that homeowners cannot use a second mortgage to finance a bathroom remodel.
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PI Hurt: Volusia County’s Trusted Referral Service for Top Medical Professionals
After suffering an injury, we know that finding and securing quality medical care can be daunting. Are you living in Volusia County and searching for a reliable orthopedic surgeon or neurologist? Let PI Hurt help you with your recovery – We’re here to provide trusted referrals for top-rated medical professionals so that you don’t have to go through this alone. Our goal is to give individuals access to the best possible care, enabling them to confidently get back into their lives!
Why Do You Need a Referral Service?
Life can throw some unexpected curveballs, and no one understands that better than us. That’s why PI Hurt is here to help match you with the right medical professionals in Volusia County — so you don’t have to navigate complex doctor networks alone. Our referral service will save you time and money on your visits and ensure a trustworthy connection while giving personalized care based on your individual needs. Put simply: we make top-notch healthcare more accessible -allowing for peace of mind during challenging times!
How PI Hurt Can Connect You with the Best Orthopedic Surgeons in Volusia County
At PI Hurt, we understand the importance of finding the right orthopedic surgeon after an accident or injury. That’s why we’re committed to connecting you with the best orthopedic surgeons in Volusia County. Our referral service takes the hassle out of finding a qualified orthopedic surgeon by doing the legwork for you. Our network of vetted and trustworthy doctors have been thoroughly evaluated to ensure that they provide quality care. We also offer a personalized intake process to ensure you’re matched with the right orthopedic surgeon to meet your needs. With PI Hurt, you can trust that you’ll receive personalized care from a qualified orthopedic surgeon in Volusia County.
How PI Hurt Can Connect You with the Best Pain Management Doctors in Volusia County
At PI Hurt, we know that living with chronic pain can be difficult and daunting. That’s why our goal is to make it easier for you by connecting you with the best possible doctors in Volusia County who specialize in managing your type of condition. All providers on our platform have been thoroughly evaluated so that quality care comes as standard – guaranteeing peace of mind when selecting one from our trusted referral service! With an individualized intake process designed around helping meet your needs, let us bring some much-needed relief into your life; enabling you to get back to what matters most – enjoying each day without worrying about bothersome aches or pains
How to Find the Best Referral Service in Volusia County?
Are you seeking a referral service in Volusia County that can connect you with the perfect doctor to tend to your needs? PI Hurt has an outstanding reputation, ensuring quality care and personalized attention. They have access to a wide network of specialists so that their client’s unique requirements are met properly – no one size fits all approach! Don’t let crucial medical decisions be taken lightly; rest assured, knowing PI Hurt is there every step of the way as trusted allies who will ensure top-notch healthcare.
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How can I find the best orthopedic surgeon in Volusia County?
You can use a referral service like PI Hurt to connect with the best orthopedic surgeons in Volusia County. Our network of vetted, trustworthy doctors have been thoroughly evaluated to ensure quality care, and our personalized intake process ensures that you’re matched with the right doctor to meet your needs.
Are there any pain management doctors in Volusia County who specialize in a specific condition?
Yes, there are pain management doctors in Volusia County who specialize in treating specific conditions like chronic pain, migraines, and fibromyalgia. PI Hurt can help connect you with the right doctor to address your specific concerns and needs.
What are the benefits of using a referral service to find a neurologist in Volusia County?
Using a referral service like PI Hurt to find a neurologist in Volusia County can save you time and money on ineffective treatments. Our network of vetted, trustworthy doctors have been thoroughly evaluated to ensure quality care, and our personalized intake process ensures that you’re matched with the right doctor to meet your needs.
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We all know Kamaz from his numerous edits for PILLS WHEELS. Based in Yaroslavl, he always shows his unique style which we appreciate very much. Nikita Sergeev was one of the first to join our team.
One can hardly call Kamaz a contests rider, although he’s a pleasure to ride in competitions from time to time, but his non-trivial set of tricks and style allows Nikita to be always at the top.
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Peter reached out to me on Twitter and asked:
“When should you pay for fonts? When does personal use turn into commercial use?”
I love this question, since font licensing is an issue that many people perceive as boring, dry or intimidating. Here I want to give you a short overview and focus on the difference between free, trial, personal, and commercial use. The problem is that almost every foundry does things differently, so be sure to check the specifics of your font vendor of choice.
Free to download is not always free to use
You don’t buy a font, you license it for a specific use. This could be to:
- install it on your computer and use it for desktop publishing, or
- install it on a web server to display it on a website, or
- embed it in an app, e-book, and so on.
So if you pay to get a font file, it does not mean you can use it in whatever way you want. A font free to download and free for personal or trial use is not free to use in a commercial project. Except it’s explicitly stated, like on Google Fonts (which might be the main reason for its popularity).
Several times I fell in love with some details of a typeface, purchased it, and then found out that it was actually too much or distracting when I used it in my design. To solve this dilemma, many foundries nowadays offer trial fonts. Some of my favorites do, which means they enable you to try out the typeface with a limited, or sometimes the full character and feature set.
When should you pay for trial fonts? Once you decide to use it on an actual project or go into production, you’ll have to license it. Some exceptions may apply, depending on the individual foundry’s conditions.
Personal use vs. commercial use
Among others, the type desinger Alanna Munro (I featured Avona & Avaon Serif by her) makes her fonts available for personal use or student projects on a pay-what-you-can basis. I reached out to her, and according to Alanna, personal use is:
- For example, a garage sale sign or invitation to your kid’s birthday party.
- Student work while at school.
- Trial or evaluating quality or character set of a typeface.
On the other hand, commercial use is:
- A designer who is using the fonts on their portfolio site (this generates clients and income).
- A business or organization that will install it on their own computers to edit/generate work using the fonts.
- When the work moves beyond the spec and the fonts are chosen for the project. I encourage designers to add this cost to their client expenses or factor it into their fee.
I like Alanna’s differentiation a lot, because it gives you guidance and would summarize it with:
Personal is basically anything that is not intended to make any money in a direct or an indirect way. If it’s not personal, it’s commercial.
I discovered that personal use on a website is almost always excluded. Lost Type points this out in their license agreement. But there might be exceptions to that as well. If you’re not certain, ask the foundry about it.
Check licensing before you choose a font
This all falls into the limitations when picking a proper typeface for a project. Sometimes you have a cool font installed on your computer, and want to use it in an app, UI design or web design. But then you find out that licensing exceeds the given parameters, or the foundry does not offer the license you need. So check this first.
You can always extend your license
Don’t be afraid, if you made a mistake or the circumstances changed. Many foundries are super nice, you can always reach out to them to ask what to do in your specific situation. You can upgrade licenses later and will most likely only pay the difference (Alanna offers this as well).
This was just a short dip into the subject of licensing, and hope I could give you some guidance when personal or trial use turns into commercial use. If you like it, maybe in an upcoming article I’ll cover the different kind of licenses for commerical use for web and app design. If you have more questions, I’m happy to read them in the comments or hit me up on Twitter! | <urn:uuid:519dfb58-91ec-40c8-9861-3726133dbcaa> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://pimpmytype.com/personal-vs-commercial-use/ | 2023-09-23T18:31:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.932186 | 935 |
Earlean Smiley chosen as interim Broward schools superintendent, but Valerie Wanza fills in first
South Florida Sun-Sentinel | By Scott Travis | February 7, 2023
Retired administrator Earlean Smiley will become the interim superintendent for Broward Schools, but the district will first have another leader.
The School Board voted 7-2 to name Associate Superintendent Valerie Wanza as the “task-assigned superintendent.” She’ll stay in the job a week or so until Smiley takes over. Since Smiley is not a current employee, the school district has to go through a negotiation process. Board members hope Smiley will start around Feb. 15.
“We are so excited and know that Dr. Wanza will help us in this time periods, when we can negotiate Dr. Earlean Smiley’s contract and really just bring us together,” Board Chairwoman Lori Alhadeff said after the meeting.
Wanz said, “I never aspired to sit in this seat but I’m truly humbled. I respect the decision the board made today,” Wanza said.
Smiley was not in attendance at the meeting.
The School Board was considering several candidates for an interim leader, but Smiley rose to the top, attracting a broad coalition of supporters, including from the Broward Teachers Union, the Broward Principals and Assistants Association and the more conservative members on the School Board.
Smiley, 71, started with the district as a teacher in 1974, working her way up to principal and then deputy superintendent. She left in 2010 to become superintendent of a small school district in South Carolina for three years. She has spent the last decade as a consultant.
“I’ve heard only positive conversations about her past tenure with the district,” Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Obviously she has a lot of understanding of Broward because she worked her way up. She has the desire to help move the district forward and build a bridge for the permanent superintendent, whoever that may be.”
The School Board hopes to hire a permanent superintendent by July 1.
Wanza, who started with the district in the early 1990s, rose through the ranks to become chief of the Office of School Performance and Accountability. She supervised all principals and reported directly to the superintendent.
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The Future of Finance & Accounting Careers
The importance of an accounting and financial presence at any business worth its salt cannot be overstated or underrated. As accounting manages a company’s record-keeping process and financial reporting, finance analyzes said data to help guide management to make the critical decisions and drive their business forward. Both departments share a symbiotic relationship, working in tandem to ensure their parent company remains solvent, profitable, lucrative and in the black.
Though they’re mainstays for small companies to large enterprises, recent years have seen a series of technological disruptors question the validity of human manpower in both respective fields — placing their future stability in question.
What does the future hold for careers in accounting and finance? Have they become endangered species in the business world, or are they destined to survive and thrive for years to come? Our take: A&F (our snappy abbreviation for Accounting and Finance) is here to stay. Here’s why … and here’s how to keep it that way.
Automation, AI Impacting the Industry
A recent poll of 136 accountants revealed some doubt over the future of their roles in the industry going forward. While nearly half of respondents claimed to be somewhat to totally confident in the security of their positions, 30.1 percent admitted they were “not at all confident.”
What explains the insecurity of nearly one-third of respondents? For one, the A&F industry is rapidly changing and evolving with advances in technology, presenting a series of challenges to workers who may feel that automation will eventually render their roles obsolete.
In the pre-computer and Internet age, paper ledgers, adding machines and later, calculators, were the tools of the trade for accountants and bookkeepers. Desktop computers and the introduction of Intuit and Microsoft Excel in the 1980s, and later Quickbooks in the 1990s, allowed finance and accounting staff to more efficiently and accurately do their jobs, but not enough to replace the need for manual manpower.
Is that narrative changing in 2023? Smart accounting technology continues to transform, reshape and redefine the industry as we’ve come to know it.
Some emerging technologies with a strong industry presence include:
- Cloud-based computing systems allow real-time access to resources and data, and can be continually updated and monitored, enabling accounting staff to analyze said data and make more accurate, informed decisions.
- Conventional accounting tasks handled manually by staff, such as audits, tax prep and payroll, are becoming nearly fully automated. One example is robotic process automation, or RPA, meant to reduce audit and contract processing times.
- Blockchain technology, with roots in cryptocurrency, also has its place in accounting and finance, enabling users to create and immediately access accounting ledgers, create smart contracts and record transactions, according to a report by Maryville University.
“Automation in accounting has been made easier by the development of APIs, or application programming interfaces, which allow different pieces of software to interact with your accounting system,” according to Floqast.
Thanks to APIs as part of software such as Expensify and Dext, bookkeepers can save countless hours and days on tedious data entry tasks and other responsibilities, such as revenue management, cash disbursement and other general accounting operations. “Automation,” notes the blog, “streamlines processes and converts inefficient, error-prone, labor-intensive processes into efficient, error-free processes that need very little human intervention. Automation doesn’t just save time, but it also gives you more accurate numbers.”
Does this mean accountants and bookkeepers will find themselves out of work and replaced by a team of robots? Not anytime soon, according to experts. A report from McKinsey opines that several A&F activities are still difficult to automate and need the human touch to succeed, such as auditing, risk management and external relations. According to McKinsey, business development cannot be automated at all. Advancements in technology, just as they have been for decades, are meant to make our jobs easier, not replace them outright.
The Reality of Artificial Intelligence
What is AI? “Artificial intelligence,” according to TechTarget, “is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.”
How does AI fit into A&F? It’s one more way automation is augmenting the industry in many exciting ways. “AI in accounting is primarily about data and automation,” according to the CMA Exam Academy. “AI-fueled technologies and applications like machine learning can drive new and improved practices around data analytics,” as well as improve audit and financial processes.
AI is built around algorithms which, as they’re fed more data, can improve over time, helping them better serve their function to handle repetitive tasks once tasked to a human worker.
Accountants, in particular, can reap three main benefits from AI, including invisible accounting, enabling them to engage in more strategic decision making; continuous auditing with no gaps in reason or precision; and real-time financial visibility through active insight.
Adapting To Change
As technology and AI advance to become part of the fabric of accounting and finance, so does our need to evolve along with them. Here are some ways A&F professionals can better market themselves to best thrive among automated processes:
- Network with cross-functional teams and colleagues (think sales, IT, others outside your focus business unit) to expand and build your skill set, and participate in (or even start) cross-functional teams to learn and add to your role
- Adopt a learning mindset and never stop “learning on the job” about new technologies and trends related to your industry. Online learning courses are also a helpful way to continue your education and keep growing as a professional.
- Expose yourself to data and technology on the job and seek opportunities at work to learn about data management and science. Gaining insight from these colleagues outside your department better equips you to work with data and information within an accounting and finance framework.
- Move your career forward by striving to expand your work experience through new, different projects and assignments. Talk with your boss about diversifying into new projects, and keep your resume updated to reflect any new skills.
“There’s no question Finance will continue to offer significant career opportunities, but those opportunities may be different than today’s,” notes a study by Deloitte. “So it’s important that your people understand what the future may hold. As finance organizations become flatter and more dependent on technology, traditional career paths will become less linear. Those paths might even extend outside of Finance. Instead of moving from a contributor role in accounts receivable to a management role in accounting, a future career might evolve circuitously. A financial planning analyst might, for instance, move into IT to round out their technology skills. From there, they may move into commercial or marketing analytics — and then back into Finance with the goal of pursuing a business-unit CFO role.”
What Does the Future Hold? Connect With Pinnacle To Find Out
Just a few short years ago, experts predicted — with AI-powered tech, no less — that accountants stood a 95 percent chance of losing their jobs to robots. How much more wrong could that estimate be? The World Economic Forum has a much more optimistic outlook, saying that AI will actually increase human employment by 58 million jobs by 2026, and A&F jobs are no exception. By expanding your skill set and working alongside the benefits that technology brings, human expertise and technological advancement create a great partnership.
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Avoiding Job Search Burnout
Looking for a job is not easy.
Revamping your resume, refreshing your LinkedIn profile, and writing customized cover letters day after day can be a drag.
And it’s even harder to stay positive when you haven’t gotten any bites in a while. Eventually, all this work and all these feelings can lead to severe burnout.
Thankfully, there are some strategies that can help you manage the stress of the job hunt and maintain a healthy mindset throughout the process.
Below are five tips that have helped our candidates land new jobs — without overexertion or overwhelm. We’ve found that these strategies are essential to keep burnout at bay and maintain a positive attitude.
5 Tips To Curb Burnout When Applying for Jobs
1. Set Realistic Goals
Job searching can feel like a never-ending task.
Setting goals can add some structure to your day and help you feel like you’re checking things off your to-do list.
Goals can range from the number of applications you want to send per day to the amount of time you spend applying.
It’s hard to give benchmarks, though. Some applications take just a few clicks, and others are quite involved. But we’d recommend spending 6 – 8 hours a day on your search — as much time as you’d spend at a typical job.
Remember, it’s ok to stop if you feel exhausted. If you’re tired, you probably won’t be putting your best foot forward.
2. Take Breaks
Applying to jobs should be treated like a job in and of itself, but even jobs have breaks and days off.
Taking breaks keeps your mind fresh, and going on walks and moments of reflection can be a surprisingly good way to get new ideas.
If you tend to get laser-focused and lose track of time, consider scheduling your breaks with alarms and reminders to hold yourself accountable.
3. Talk to Other People
It’s tempting to spend your time on your computer sifting through job descriptions. But connecting with old colleagues, friends, and family can be just as productive.
Ask how they landed their last jobs. Ask them for interview tips. You could even ask them if they’d be willing to do a mock interview with you and give you some pointers. Soak in their practical advice.
Also, telling them you’re looking for a job keeps you top of mind should they hear of any openings that fit your skills and interests.
4. Get Creative
Searching for a job is not just about submitting applications.
Networking can be a fantastic way to hear about new roles that may not even be posted yet.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Going to relevant in-person meetups
- Joining Slack groups in your industry and browsing their jobs channel
- Going to a local career fair
- Introducing yourself to hiring managers on LinkedIn
5. Reach Out to a Recruiter
Recruiters are a boon during the job search. They do a ton of the heavy lifting — resume and cover letter editing, sending in your application, and communicating with HR. All you need to do is send them a solid resume and have a professional conversation about what you’re looking for and what you’re qualified to do.
Recruiters can also help you weigh your options. The first offer that comes in may not be right for you. Recruiters serve as a neutral third party that can walk you through the pros and cons of each offer and ease you into a decision that makes the most sense for your skills and experience.
You’ve Got This
The hardest part about job hunting is that it’s not an overnight thing — it takes time.
Submitting your application is just the first step. Recruiters have to process it, schedule your screening call, arrange interviews, and do background checks. Until you’ve completed all those steps, you’re kind of in limbo.
Following these tips can help you manage that feeling, stay positive, and know that the best is yet to come.
If you need help getting in touch with your ideal employers, contact us at Planet Professional.
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Let’s say you already set up your home Hi-Fi sound system. Is it possible to find that your music doesn’t sound as good and satisfactory as you’d expected? If so, how do you improve your Hi-Fi sound without overhauling your entire system?
This article will talk about the different factors that affect Hi-Fi sound quality. It’ll explain in more detail how you can overcome these factors and the various tricks you can apply to get better sound from your Hi-Fi system. You’ll see that it is possible to get better high-fidelity audio from the components you already have at home without buying entirely new ones.
Why Isn’t Your Hi-Fi Sound Good Enough?
If you’ve set up your home Hi-Fi sound system as best as possible but find you’re not very happy with how everything sounds, there’s no need to fret. While getting the right components for your system is very important, it’s also not always about the price.
So if things don’t sound good enough, you shouldn’t dismiss it as a mere consequence of not being able to afford more expensive equipment.
Most people would automatically think that they have to contend with sub-par or unsatisfactory audio quality because they didn’t buy the most high-end components on the market. However, you should know that there may be a different explanation for it.
Various factors could affect the quality of your Hi-Fi sound, other than the brand and price tag of your equipment, and knowing them means that you could do something about the problem.
Lousy Sound: Why Not Just Leave It Alone?
If your Hi-Fi system sounds terrible or at least doesn’t sound good enough, why not just leave it be? After all, you didn’t get the most expensive and most high-end audio equipment on the market. You don’t have the best speakers, amplifiers, receivers, and media players, so until you do, you really couldn’t expect to enjoy the best Hi-Fi sound.
That’s not the right attitude for any audiophile to have. Because even if you didn’t get the best audio system money can buy, it doesn’t mean you’ll have to suffer through it.
You can use your current equipment to learn how to tweak your components and electronics and listen to the most subtle changes in sound.
Audiophiles, after all, have the thirst to study the nuances of sound. And many audiophiles do start small.
It’s essential to have fun and be open-minded about the current audio system you have.
Experiment with placements and enjoy tinkering.
Eventually, with patience and the willingness to learn, you’ll realize that sound does improve if you do something about it.
Moreover, it’s not good to leave a bad sound as it is. It’ll only fatigue your ears and leave you uninspired. As a result, you’ll listen less, your love of music will slowly wane, and you’ll forget all that got you here in the first place.
Know that, to get better sound, you really don’t have to spend a lot or make room for massive speakers.
Factors That Affect Hi-Fi Sound Quality
Almost anything can impact your Hi-Fi system’s sound. Here are just a few examples:
Where you place your sound system has a considerable influence on its performance. Every room possesses a distinct sonic signature, which is about how sound waves bounce around and generate resonances.
This sonic signature is related to the size of the room, the construction materials used, the various pieces of furniture inside it, and how they’re arranged.
For example, small rooms with actual dimensions tend to have issues with low, uneven frequencies. Meanwhile, the furniture in the room, as well as its hard reflective surfaces, have higher frequency issues.
Concrete floors and solid brick walls may hold onto bass energy, while wooden-framed partition walls tend to allow it to escape and create unwanted sound.
A room with sparse furnishing, tiled or wooden floors, and a big glass area tends to sound aggressive and bright. It may have strong reverb, which could make things sound forward, tiring, and cluttered. High frequencies could unbalance the presentation, and sounds may lack natural warmth and bass weight.
Meanwhile, a heavily furnished room tends to absorb many higher frequencies, which can make things sound dull and lack excitement. As such, it’s vital to have a good balance when it comes to furnishing. That means not too many and not too few pieces.
If you have space with plenty of hard surfaces, you may want to put some sound-absorbing materials like carpets, rugs, and pillows on the floor between the speakers or the shelves. In rooms with large glass areas, heavy curtains and stuffed sofas will help significantly.
However, if your room gives you a dull listen, you can instead lessen the number of absorption materials.
You can try walking into different rooms in your house, then sing or talk aloud. You can also try to play loud music on your phone. This way, you’d know how differently sounds register in each room.
As a result, it may be your current audio room’s sonic signature that’s the problem.
How you position and arrange your speakers can affect the way your Hi-Fi system sounds. Speakers are designed with consideration to an optimum placement, which means that they sound best when you position them right. And you’ll usually find this in the manual.
Generally, however, placing your speakers close to your wall emphasizes their bass output. And this effect gets even more pronounced when you put them in a corner.
Sure, everyone loves a good bass, but proximity between your speakers and walls can give you the sort of low frequencies that could also ruin mid-range sounds.
So generally speaking, speakers sound best when they’re away from the wall.
Position of Electronics
Where you place and how you arrange your system’s electronics can influence the sound quality, too. Placing them close to your speakers, for instance, may compromise their performance, thanks to the vibrations your speakers may create.
Typically, people would put their electronics in between the speakers, probably for symmetrical presentation. However, this isn’t always the best setup.
Having your electronics in between two speakers not only gives you issues with vibrations, but it harms the ability of your sound system to the stereo image.
Quality of Cables
You need cables to get your sound system to work. But then again, not all cables were created equal. There are low-quality cables, and there also are excellent ones.
As such, you may want to invest in high-quality cables to get even better sound. Some say that you should spend 10-15% of the total cost of your Hi-Fi system on wires alone.
But this is a highly debated subject and even audio experts can have very different opinions regarding high-end audio cables.
Moreover, if power cables and signal cables are kept too close to each other that they physically touch could have a negative effect.
It could add a certain coarseness and lack of subtlety to your system’s sound.
The electrical connections for all your equipment get metal-to-metal contact. And these contact points oxidize over time, which affects the quality of your connections.
Therefore, if your audio deteriorates as time goes by, the connections should be among the first things you need to look into. You may want to clean your system cables from time to time.
I recommend DeoxIT D5 Contact Cleaner from Hosa Technology, which is a deoxidizing solution that cleans, protects, lubricates, and improves conductivity on all types of metal connectors.
Also, it works like a charm!
Where you’re seated as a listener also affects how your system sounds to your ears. It matters where you are in relation to your walls and your speakers because these influence frequency and studio imaging response.
Sitting too close to the back wall, for instance, could give you a boomy bass.
Meanwhile, sitting two-thirds away from your front wall can give you a thin and unnatural sound. So you may want to move your listening chair around the room and see which location gives you the best sound.
How to Improve Your HI-FI Sound in 13 Steps
The best and most cost-efficient ways to improve your high-fidelity sound are the following:
1. Evaluate Your Current Equipment and Setup
If your Hi-Fi system doesn’t sound good, or if it has an intermittent problem, evaluating your equipment and your setup first is always SOP.
Here’s how to evaluate your current Hi-Fi system:
- Check your wires and cables and make sure everything is wired and connected correctly.
- Check for loose connections.
- Remove your speaker grilles.
- Check if there’s a problem with the foam, like foam rot.
If you’ve determined that everything is in its proper place and is working correctly, but your system still doesn’t sound great, you can start looking into ways to improve the sound.
2. Give Your Audio Room Some Acoustic Treatment
When you’re listening to music, you hear two sounds: the one coming from your speakers and the one reflected from the room’s surfaces. So you’d want to reduce the reflections and limit this other sound as much as possible for a better listening experience.
Needless to say, your room’s acoustics and sonic signature play an essential role in this.
Regardless of how expensive and how good your Hi-Fi equipment and stereo components are, if your room gets plenty of echo and reverb, you won’t get the sound quality you’re hoping for.
The biggest culprits for these are hard surfaces like tiles or wood, as well as windows.
Hard surfaces add an artificial kind of brightness to the reflected sound, and this causes it to sound unpleasant.
Many other factors can also affect acoustics and sonic signature, including the size of the room and the furnishing, like chairs, tables, couches, lamps, drapes, curtains, wall hangings, and carpeting. With that said, mind what you put into your audio room.
While an empty space isn’t great, an overly furnished room isn’t that beneficial either. So make sure you have just enough of these elements given the size of your room.
Limit Reflection off Hard Surfaces and Absorption From Soft Surfaces
If you think your acoustics are really problematic due to factors out of your control, such as the size and the construction of the room, you can give it an acoustic treatment.
Add acoustic panels to absorb or diffuse sound, depending on what you need. It can also be a combination of both.
For example, if you have windows, you can cover them with drapes or curtains. And if you have tile or hardwood floors, you can place a rug on the floor between your listening chair and your speakers. That’ll reduce the reflections off of your wall or floor.
Having thickly upholstered furniture, thick carpeting, and other absorbent materials in your listening room can significantly reduce sound reflection. And this can result in a lack of spaciousness in the sound. So make the necessary adjustments.
You can move upholstered pieces around so that they don’t soak up sound from your speakers.
3. Reposition Your Speakers
Your speakers’ position in your audio room relative to your electronics, your furniture, and your wall can influence your listening experience.
Most speakers sound best when you place them away from the wall to avoid over-emphasized bass reflection.
Pulling your speakers a few inches from the wall would give a cleaner and tighter bass.
You may also leave a space of at least two meters between your speakers so that they’d be able to render a wide soundstage.
Moreover, you can turn your speakers inwards with you as the focal point until they reach that sweet spot where the sound naturally locks into place.
Try to aim them in such a way that they cross a little behind your head when you’re sitting on your listening chair. You’ll know you’ve hit this spot if both the musical image and soundstage sound fantastic.
Soundstage gives you a feel of the physical space where a musician or a band is playing, while musical image gives you a clear visualization of where each voice or instrument is coming from.
4. Go for the Optimum Speaker Height
Your tweeters must be close to the ear level from your listening position. So if you have bookshelf speakers, put them on sturdy speaker stands.
You can also get stands with adjustable heights to make it easy for you to position your speakers at ear level.
Make Your Speakers Sturdy To Reduce Vibration
Another effective way to reduce vibration from your speakers is to place them on sturdy stands and make sure that their spikes are tight and level. Stands with loose and un-level spikes will cause your speakers to rock or wobble on the floor, which will worsen the sound.
Floor-standing speakers also include their own floor spikes or floor pads, so they stay still for excellent performance.
5. Adjust Your Position as the Listener
Adjust your listening position in such a way that you’re facing your speakers but not sitting right against the back wall or the boundary of your room.
If you’re sitting against or too close to the back wall, you’d hear boomy or reinforced bass as the sound bounces off of this wall.
Adjusting where you sit would also mean that you need to slightly modify the angles of your speakers so that they line back up with your ears.
However, be careful about sitting a certain distance from your front wall, too, as this can make your Hi-Fi system sound unnaturally thin.
The ideal way to achieve the ideal seat or position as a listener is to try out a few spots or locations for your chair and rearrange it a few times as you play and listen to your music. Take note of the site that you think gave you the best sound.
6. Mind Your Cables
Many people have this misconception that cables are just cables and that as long as you have good-quality electronics and components, it doesn’t matter what cables you use. You’d need to make sure your cables fit the inputs and outputs, and that’s about it.
However, many audiophiles mean that this isn’t true at all. There are good cables as much as there are bad ones. And getting the good ones does matter significantly.
True-blue audiophiles can tell the difference in the sounds that an audio system makes when using different cables, even though most casual listeners won’t notice it.
Some Hi-Fi kits come with their own cables in the box, and they’re good if you’re still learning the ropes, especially in terms of hook-ups. Eventually, though, you’ll find out that getting better interconnects, precisely thicker shielded ones, will make everything sound better and crisper.
So you’ll have to upgrade from the bell wire cables supplied in the system to more high-end ones. You’ll know that these cables are a good investment.
Place Your Cables Right
Make sure to keep your mains and signal cables far away from each other. If these cables touch or interact, there may be an added coarseness to the sound performance.
Moreover, it’s recommended that you keep your cables off the floor. Cables can transmit vibrations into electronics, so keeping them away from vibration sources, such as the floor, only makes a lot of sense.
7. Position Your Electronics and Components Right
Consider where you’ll put your system’s electronics and components. For example, if the electronics are close to the speakers, their performance might be compromised by the speakers’ vibrations.
That’s especially true when you’re referring to a record player. So, the best option is to get the system far away from your speakers.
Additionally, keep all your electrical components level. Steady positioning is essential to performance, so you should make sure your speakers are stable and don’t move along with the vibration.
Also read: Do Hi-Fi Racks Make a Difference?
8. Check Your Electrical Source
Ensure your Hi-Fi system uses its electrical source or electrical outlets and is independent of other major household appliances and equipment like computers, fridges, washing machines, and kettles.
This way, you’ll correct electrical interference. Good power conditioners will also help eliminate or reduce electrical mains interference.
9. Ensure a Well-Grounded Audio System
Having proper electrical grounding is critical to getting sound accuracy. Electric currents from all your electronics return to the ground, taking the path of least resistance.
These electric currents affect audio reproduction in a very subtle way. But for those who have sharp ears, these subtle differences and nuances do matter.
To achieve a properly grounded audio system, you may want to plant a low-impedance rod into the ground or soil. This rod will draw all electrical noise towards it and will serve as the drain, where these electric currents will go down and disappear.
10. Clean Electrical Connections
Electrical contact points are subject to corrosion and oxidation over time. And this negatively affects the quality of your connections. As such, always keep your contacts clean and oxidation-free to achieve unobstructed power and audio signal transfer.
Clean and tighten all the connections periodically. There are safe, deoxidizing, and cleaning products that are designed to work well on these items.
I recommend DeoxIT D5 Contact Cleaner from Hosa Technology, which is a deoxidizing solution that I use frequently. It cleans, protects, lubricates, and improves conductivity on all types of metal connectors.
You can undo all your system cables once a year and remake (or disconnect and reconnect) them about three or four times. Doing this cleans the metal surfaces, which makes the metal-on-metal connection seamless.
11. Keep Resonance at Bay
Control resonance or micro-vibrations in your audio system so that it can perform its best. These micro-vibrations will give you little feedback and distort the Hi-Fi audio signal, albeit subtly.
As such, you’ll enjoy your sound a lot better if you control resonance.
You can do this by using a stronger and bigger track. You should also avoid materials that quickly transmit vibrations like glass and granite.
Another way is to apply mass loading to load your speakers and components down and drain the energy away from them. You can also use vibration control devices and place them on top of your speakers and components.
Check out this video for more tips on how to control resonance in your audio system:
12. Give Your System a Warm-Up
Switch your sound system on about 15 to 20 minutes before you play music and sit down to enjoy it. Like most humans, Hi-Fi will also work better from a warm-up than it will from the cold when doing just about anything.
A good warm-up could condition your equipment and sweeten the sound.
Also read: Do Hi-Fi Speakers Actually Need Running-In?
13. Try To Take Off Speaker Grilles
Try experimenting with your speaker grilles. Take the grilles off and see if things sound better than when these grilles were on.
Many people actually think that removing the grilles allows their speakers to perform at their best.
However, this isn’t always the case, or grilles will altogether become a useless part of a speaker’s design. So it’s still important to be discerning as far as the sound of your speaker goes.
Tinkering With Your System? Here Are More Tips
Since you’re already tinkering and experimenting with your system and looking into various ways to make it sound better, here are more tips for you:
Learn How To Listen
The ability to listen to the subtle changes and differences in sounds is crucial when trying to improve your Hi-Fi system’s audio quality and go about it in different ways. At the very least, you should know what sounds terrible or good.
Then you should be able to differentiate between what sounds good and what sounds better.
Having a sharp ear will help you fine-tune your system a lot more quickly. Because the truth is, there’s no point in moving speakers and changing their angles when you won’t be able to tell the minor changes in sound.
Learn the Lingo
Audiophiles who are just getting started may find themselves lost amidst all the technical terms and the jargon. This situation can be incredibly challenging when you’re looking into professional reviews and advice from audiophile communities and forums.
So every time you encounter a new term, find out what it means and add it to your audiophile vocabulary.
Check out our complete glossary of audiophile terminology!
Host a Listening Party With Friends
Invite a couple of music-loving friends over to your place and have a listening party, where you listen to music together. If you suspect that your system doesn’t sound the way you’re expecting it to, it’s always a good idea to get a second opinion.
Doing this ensures that you’re not just being nitpicky about your equipment or that you haven’t gotten too accustomed to how things sound in your audio room.
Create a Space Dedicated to Listening
A Hi-Fi stereo system shines when you’re sitting in front of the speakers in a room dedicated to listening to music. It’d be nice if you only have your audio equipment there and no other appliance and non-audio electronics.
This way, you can focus on just listening and enjoying your Hi-Fi sound without any distractions. You can attune your ears to the sound of your speakers and not have to strain them while filtering out noise from other sources.
Buying audio equipment and components and setting up your own Hi-Fi system at home doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get the perfect sound right off the bat. Sometimes, it needs some adjustments and some tinkering to get your sound right.
There are some things you can try to do to improve your Hi-Fi sound without having to change your components and electronics right away.
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