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POLITICS is, allegedly, the art of the possible. However, if you look to the oeuvre of such high profile practitioners of the political arts as Iain Duncan Smith or John McTernan, you soon realise that politics isn't the art of the possible at all. It's the art of making things up as you go along. It's the art of self-justification. It's the art of outright lying. Although to be fair, it's wrong to accuse John of outright lying, because before you can lie you must be in touch with some sort of semblance of reality to begin with.
The Department of Work and Pensions is presided over by Iain Duncan Smith who once claimed that he'd studied at the prestigious University of Perugia. In fact, Iain went there on a weekend break, had a nice plate of lying linguine in a sauce of barefaced cheek and went back home to the expensive house his wife's millionaire family bought. It's very easy not to have to face the consequences of your actions when you have an extremely wealthy family which will insulate you from your screw-ups. And Iain's career in politics has been one lying screw up after another.
Back in 2013, the UK Statistics Authority issued a statement condemning Iain's department for its abuse of statistics after he claimed that 8000 claimants affected by the benefits cap had moved into work. The very statistics Iain's department had collected showed no such thing. Enraging an accountant takes a special kind of annoying. Iain did the same with his claims of success for the work programme, which was supposed to provide training for the long term unemployed. Iain just makes things up, and by the time the correction makes it way into a small paragraph in the inside pages of a Tory newspaper, his lie has already been plastered all over the front of the Daily Mail as an example of the successes of vicious right wingery. Of course, the only thing that Iain is successful at is telling porkie pies.
Iain's relationship to truth and veracity is at best tangential, so when faced with mounting criticism of the inhumane regime of capriciously applied benefits sanctions which take from the mouths of the very poorest, Iain was in desperate need of some sanctioned claimants who would say that their sanctions had been a positive experience. Not for any particular reason of improved public image mind, the entire country already thinks he's a bastard. It was because in keeping with Iain's benefits regime, cabinet ministers have to produce a certain number of positive media reports, or George Osborne will sanction them. George knows all about painful and humiliating sanctions.
Unsurprisingly, he couldn't find any people who've been starved who think it's a positive thing, although perhaps if he'd looked amongst people following Michelle the Moan's diet plan he might have had some success. He'd have had even more success if he'd trawled some of the more recherché nightclubs, because there at least he'd encounter some masochists who really do enjoy being kicked in the nads, reduced to powerless objects who have to beg, and stripped of their human dignity. Rumour has it there are quite a few of them who are Tory MPs.
Confronted with an absolute absence of any real-life positive outcomes from the Department of Work and Pensions sanctions regime, the DWP just took a leaf out of its boss's book of lies, and made some up. Jennifer was sanctioned by the DWP and it relieved her of the burden of choosing food for her children's tea, now she saves a fortune by just feeding them what she can find in the bins at the back of Lidl. James was found fit for work after dying of cancer, and now he runs a successful waste consultancy business in Kidderminster with Derek Acorah. Richard was sanctioned for being late for an appointment after his bus was caught in traffic, now he's learned that money is a symbol of materialism and is a more spiritual person who fasts for weeks at a stretch.
But in one important respect, the invented sanctions stories are absolutely spot on. Just like the real sanctions, they have no grounding whatsoever in any objective reality. Caught out in its lie, the DWP hastily claimed that the stories were merely for illustrative purposes. This is obviously a different interpretation of "illustrative" from that used by the rest of us.
In the DWP "illustrative" clearly means fictitious self-justifying bull. If they'd caught claimants doing the same thing in their CVs the DWP would have sanctioned them more quickly than Iain Duncan Smith could say Perugia University. Because there's a technical term for what the DWP did, and it's "lying through your lying teeth". Otherwise a claimant could write a CV full of what an employer would have said about how good they were at the job they never got and if the employer had liked them. But surely it must be OK if it was only for illustrative purposes. Iain does it, and no one sanctions him.
THERE was a time, aeons ago, that a government minister whose department was caught out telling bare faced lies would have had to resign for it. They'd have been slapped down and forced to make a grovelling apology to the House of Commons. That's why cabinet ministers are paid so much more, because they are supposed to be responsible and the buck stops with them. They're supposed to be accountable. But Iain won't receive any sanctions for an action that would have resulted in a benefits claimant being sanctioned. It's only the poor and the weak who have to suffer the consequences, not the rich and the powerful. That's the real lesson of Iain's sanction regime. We are governed by an unaccountable class which doesn't need to bother with trivialities like truth, or even basic human decency. Iain's department is also the department which insists that a raped woman prove that her child is a result of rape or she'll get her benefits capped. And these are the people whose job is to ensure a basic standard of living for all citizens.


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Next Generation Risk Management
Managing the procylical effects of margin requirements at HKEX
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will soon launch a new margin methodology as part of our Next Generation Post Trade Program. The methodology will be more sophisticated than the current methodology and is designed specifically to provide more efficient and accurate representation of portfolio risk exposure.
Our principles and industry best practices, protect the integrity of the Hong Kong financial markets, and promote the efficiency of our markets in terms of funding, capital and liquidity efforts were founded on three principles: ensure consistency with international risk management.
While there are many benefits to a more riskbased methodology, it is increasingly important, if not fundamental, to assess broader systemic risk considerations that have been set out in regulatory policy initiatives–notably, for example, measures to mitigate procyclicality. We also recognize and appreciate that the industry is increasingly sensitive to margin funding costs and capital requirements to support clearing. Both of these themes motivated very insightful and engaging discussions with our participants as we progressed through the design phase of our new margin methodology.
The Next Gen risk management team at HKEX, led by Ketan Patel, the deputy group risk officer, played a central role in the development of the new margin methodology. Our efforts were founded on three principles: ensure consistency with international risk management principles and industry best practices, protect the integrity of the Hong Kong financial markets, and promote the efficiency of our markets in terms of funding, capital and liquidity.
The initial design phase took place over six months, focusing on how to best calibrate a value-atrisk ("VaR") based model for the products we clear as well as the characteristics of our participants and the Hong Kong financial market. The next phase was focused primarily on engagement with the various types of participants that clear at HKEX, including large international clearing firms, market makers and retail investors. Further to engaging bilaterally with our participants, we also hosted town hall events to provide broader market awareness and education as well as working group deep dive sessions.
The range of feedback that we received through the engagement has been invaluable and has allowed us to incorporate the risk and market expertise of our participants into the methodology.
Regulatory Policy Objectives – Practicalities of Procyclicality
During the course of this process, we frequently discussed what measures should be employed to manage and mitigate procyclical tendencies that would otherwise amplify margin movements in times of market volatility. As the new methodology is intended to more precisely forecast market volatility in terms of timing and magnitude, the tradeoff for higher precision in margin requirements is that it could exhibit procyclical tendencies. Therefore, it has been important for us to consider measures to appropriately assess sudden changes in market volatility to mitigate and, to the extent practical, throttle potentially destabilizing procyclical changes in margin requirements.
Recognizing the importance of this risk, international standard-setting bodies such as CPMIIOSCO as well as domestic authorities such as the European Securities and Markets Authority have published guidance on measures and techniques to mitigate procyclicality. We carefully analyzed this guidance and incorporated anti-procyclical measures as appropriate for the Hong Kong markets.
These measures include techniques such as volatility smoothing and incorporating stress scenarios and margin floors, which have been proven to be effective in managing procyclical tendencies. While volatility smoothing can be implemented in different ways, this technique generally involves taking averages of historic data and recent data, thereby reducing fluctuations in margin requirements. Margin floors are typically set as a percentage or absolute dollar for minimum margin levels (i.e., this prevents a model from having margin values that are too low). The floor can be set based on a variety of parameters depending on the market and model. For example, it can be set at a portfolio's gross notional, the higher of long or short positions within a portfolio, or even at an underlying reference or instrument level.
Market characteristics also affect how measures to assess procyclicality are incorporated. For example, the Hong Kong market is equity-centric and is comprised of many retail investors in addition to large brokers and international clearing firms (e.g., both large and small with varying funding and capital profiles). It is rather common for companies listed on the Hong Kong market to be new issuers (e.g., there were 161 new listings this past year) that have limited or no price history. It is also common for companies to initiate corporate actions, such as bonus issues, stock splits, mergers and dividends. Both of these are examples of market characteristics where the methodology needed to be further assessed and incorporated to our design.
The associated chart demonstrates how measures to address procyclicality would impact margin rates for a single stock listed in Hong Kong during a period of materially increasing volatility.
The dates noted in the table were among those analyzed because at that time the Hong Kong market was experiencing a material volatility regime change, where one could expect corresponding margin requirements as calculated by models to react similarly. Without applying any measures to assess procyclicality, the margin rates produced by a pure, filtered, historical simulation VaR model would have increased by 475% and 599% for a long and short position, respectively, during these two weeks.
In designing the Next Gen Model, we employed extensive historical analysis to inform how to best calibrate anti-procyclical measures and assess their effectiveness in reacting to numerous types of stress events. While it is fundamental that a methodology reacts to market volatility, it must also assess the materiality and suddenness of corresponding margin requirements to ensure that the methodology does not unnecessarily overreact. The Next Gen Model seeks to find this optimal balance to best manage the procyclicality of margin increases and decreases in reaction to market volatility when compared to a pure FHS VaR model, as illustrated in the above table.
Techniques to address procyclicality will continue to be an evolving science that requires routine assessment and careful calibration as markets continue to develop and expand. Guidance provided by regulatory authorities is very much welcomed and will continue to guide and inform further enhancements to our risk framework.
Further information related to the Next Generation Post Trade Program can be found online here.
Vincent Cheung is the group head of quantitative risk model development at HKEX. He leads the development and system implementation of the risk models including initial margin and stress testing for the HKEX clearinghouses.
Ryan Ingram leads clearing risk policy and FMI strategy efforts for group risk management at HKEX, including the analysis of global clearing regulatory initiatives.
Ketan Patel is a managing director in group risk management and serves as the deputy group risk officer. He heads up the group credit and quantitative analysis function and oversees risk policy and risk system development. He is chief risk officer for OTC Clear, the group's clearing service for interest rate swaps and other OTC derivatives.


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Wednesday saw more of the same: glossing the radiators in the community room, touching up and finishing walls, plus painting wood preservative onto the new notice board.
In some ways, the 'finishing touches' are what makes a job look well done and yet they are painstaking and time-consuming. It reminds me of the fact that we are all works of God's grace still under construction. He is 'tweaking' us and refining us and transforming us… and sometimes it's difficult to see exactly what He's doing or what He has done, but the work goes on continually. God's not finished with us yet!


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On Eating Insects: Essays, Stories and Recipes (Hardcover)
A compelling first-hand look at one of today's most fascinating food trends - the practice of cooking with and eating insects The concept of eating insects has taken off in recent years in the West, with media coverage ranging from sensationalist headlines to passionate press pieces about the economic benefits. Yet little has been written about how they taste, how diverse they are as ingredients, and how to prepare them as food. On Eating Insects is the first book to take a holistic look at the subject, presenting essays on the cultural, political, and ecological significance of eating insects, alongside stories from the field, tasting notes, and recipes by the Nordic Food Lab.
About the Author
Nordic Food Lab is a non-profit, open-source organisation that investigates food diversity and deliciousness. Established in 2008, they combine scientific and humanistic approaches with culinary techniques from around the world to explore the edible potential of the Nordic region — the flavours that say something about us and imbue the foods we eat with a connection to this place and this time. They work to broaden their taste, generating and adapting practical ideas and methods for those who make food and those who enjoy eating.
Josh Evans studied literature and philosophy at Yale University. He worked with the Yale Sustainable Food Project, Edible Schoolyard NYC and other food initiatives before joining Nordic Food Lab in 2012. After four years as a researcher at the Lab and managing the Insect Project, he is now a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge.
Roberto Flore is a Sardinian explorer and has been head of culinary research and development at Nordic Food Lab since 2014. During his travels, he has gathered techniques and stories from around the world. He has travelled extensively with the goal of understanding how insects are collected, prepared and celebrated in other cultures. He plays a fundamental role in redefining and pushing the boundaries of deliciousness.
Michael Bom Frøst is director of Nordic Food Lab. He has a background as a sensory scientist. Since 2007 his research has focussed on the interface between gastronomy and science. He has been pivotal in building up culinary research with a scientific approach at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Food Science. Here he is Associate Professor in the research group Food Design and Consumer Behaviour.
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"Phaidon's On Eating Insects: Essays, Stories and Recipes might be the most authoritative book to explore the science, ethics, culture, and increasingly popular gastronomy of insects."—A.V. Club
"From Bee Bread Butter to Moth Mousse, On Eating Insects will change the way you look at Nature's most plentiful animals... absolutely crawling with data and details, providing a rich wealth of insights into infinite possibilities."—CraveOnline
"[M]eticulously document[s] tasting notes and flavors of insects in a way never previously done."—New Worlder
"[On Eating Insects] looks to dispel discomfort at the thought of chowing down on crunchy crickets and the like, through its collection of recipes, stories and essays. The authors takes a holistic look at the subject, including a look at the cultural, political and ecological significance of choosing to eat insects, and argue that to eat something which disgusts us is the height of eating mindfully."—TheWeek.co.uk
"Once every decade or so there is a book that deserves to be read, and read carefully and considered seriously by people and policymakers from a wide spectrum of backgrounds... Insects will not save us, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be eaten; we just have to be realistic about them and the role they could play. This book has the ability to start a truthful conversation about the issue. Chefs, food professionals, and those interested in ecosystems, sustainability and cultural and human diversity will find it engaging and of huge interest."—InGoodTastesUK.com
"Hailed as the future of eating, insect gastronomy is creating a real (ahem) buzz in Europe's fine-dining circles."—Easyjet Traveller
"A vast-ranging study into the culture and cuisines that already eat insects and what we can learn from them as well as investigating the sustainable issues around what would happen if we all switched to eating grubs and grasshoppers."—PebbleMag.com
"After school last Wednesday, I watched my five-year-old daughter pop a dead cricket on to her tongue and proclaim it: 'Like fishy popcorn!' 'MMMm, delicious!' squealed her friend... Compared to beef and pork, insects are also a healthy choice: low in fat and high in calcium... [A] beautiful new book... The chefs and academics of the non-profit Nordic Food Lab collective have assembled a series of essays, travelogues and recipes designed to take readers on a journey... I was gripped... [The book has an] elegantly illustrated recipe section... The travel section is fascinating, though, exposing the absurdities of every culture's arbitrary ideas of what's edible (when and for whom) and what's not... When Amazonian people first tried ginger they exclaimed: 'It's just like ants!'"—Spectator
"[A]cts as a guide for those looking to navigate the field of bugs... includes a range of thoughtful essays that investigate the greater cultural significance of eating insects. This is no passing craze. From toasted cricket bitters to the book's Moth Mousse, insects will continue to be a food source. And this is an ideal way to familiarize oneself with where we're at." —Cool Hunting
"The book looks at eating bugs from pretty much every perspective you could want to look at eating bugs from... doesn't treat it as a cultural novelty, an odd little quirk, or a taboo subject, but instead it takes it as a serious consideration in the future of food." —Food & Wine Online
"The first publication to take a comprehensive culinary view on eating insects and how to prepare, cook and enjoy them." —Port-Magazine.com


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32 Channel 100 V/20 mA Common Floating Return Board
- 32 independently controllable High Voltage channels
- Common floating return shared by all channels
- DB25 Multipin connectors
- 0 ÷ 100 V output voltage
- 20 mA current full scale, with 20 nA monitor resolution
- 1 mV Voltage Monitor resolution
- Programmable TRIP parameter
- Voltage ripple < 10 mVpp (Typ)
- Current generator operation in Overcurrent condition
The power supply A1539B houses 32 independent high voltage channels. A1539B is equipped with DB25 connector:
DB25 connector
– Single width (5 TE wide), 32 channel (Mod. A1539B)
Consult our connectors reference page for technical information
The channels share a Common Floating Return, which allows on-detector grounding, reducing the noise level. The output voltage range is 0 ÷100 V, (10 mV step) with 1 mV monitor resolution. The maximum output current is 20 mA, (200 nA step) with 20 nA monitor resolution.
A1539B is provided with both current and voltage protections. If overcurrent occurs, the relevant channel can be programmed either to turn off after a programmable trip time or to keep on providing the maximum allowed current: this particular feature allows the modules to work as current generator. The maximum output voltage can be set through a potentiometer to a value which is common to all channels and can be read out via software. Channel can be enabled or disabled through the Interlock logic.The HV RAMP-UP and RAMP-DOWN rates may be selected independently for each channel in the 1 ÷ 50 V/s range (1 V/s step).
Technical Specifications
- No. of Channels
32 (Common Floating Return)
- Polarity
Positive / Negative depending on purchased version
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20 mA
- Voltage Set Resolution
10 mV
- Voltage Monitor Resolution
1 mV
- Current Set Resolution
200 nA
- Current Monitor Resolution
20 nA
- VMAX hardware
0÷100 V common for all the board channels
- VMAX hardware accuracy
- VMAX software
0÷100 V settable for each channel
- VMAX software resolution
- Ramp Up/Down
1÷50 Volt/sec, 1 Volt/sec step
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< 10 mVpp (Typ)
- Maximum output power
1 W per channel
- Power consumption
64 W @ full power
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Player grades: End of season edition
The 2019 season has now officially concluded. The Toronto Blue Jays finished the year with a 67-95 record good for fourth in the AL East.Read more
The 2019 season has now officially concluded. The Toronto Blue Jays finished the year with a 67-95 record good for fourth in the AL East.Read more
"My fears when the contract when signed have come true. Grichuk has hit for career lows (apart from his 47 game rookie campaign)"Read more
"Many insiders believed the Jays could have, and should have received more for their biggest asset at the deadline."Read more
JD's heart, drive, and competitiveness that he showed on a nightly basis just took the Toronto Blue Jays to the ALCS for the second consecutive season.Read more
Every time you think Bo Bichette can't top what he just did, he manages to, every single time.Read more
While most of Toronto slept, Bo Bichette put on quite possibly his best performance so far in a Blue Jays uniform. When taking a look at the scoreline from yesterdays 10:10PM EST start it may seem like a game you want to forget.Read more
The Toronto Blue Jays have something they haven't had in a long time, or maybe even ever. The Blue Jays have two young stars in their organization tearing the league apart in both of their respective rookie seasons.Read more
I will only be grading players currently on the active roster as grading Anthony Alford's one game is a waste of all of our time.Read more
A lot has been said about the development of the young talent in the Blue Jays organization this year. But Nate Pearson has flown under the radar.Read more
24 years after the Blue Jays made Roy Halladay the 17th overall selection in 1995, they have drafted his oldest son Braden.Read more


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The Fine Art of Photography 2017, the 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, opened on May 7th at the Plymouth Center for the Arts. There were approximately 1300 submissions of which 230 were selected by the judges for the competition. Of those, 23 received awards and/or recognition. Above, a steady stream of visitors arrive for the opening of the show.
There were free snacks, too!
And fresh spring tulips.
The award winners were announced at this opening event.
This was the First Place Color Award to photographer Bob Avakian, Edgartown, Massachusetts, titled "Around the Bend."
Entrants were displayed artfully throughout the first floor rooms of the Center.
Submissions were predominately from New England but there were many from other states and countries around the world, too.
I was partial to a number of the images that didn't receive awards. Like this creative image above by Byron Tenesaca, Graham, North Carolina, titled "The Traveler." (The bluish haze area in upper left is light reflected off the glass frame, not actually part of the image).
I also really liked this image by Mark Genovese, Taunton, Massachusetts, titled "A Loving Toast." Imagine how difficult it must have been to create this heart-shaped splash.
If I was a judge, I would like to have selected this for the "Best in Show" award - but I'm partial.......
.......... because this image was created by Amy Davies, Founder and Leader of the Plymouth Digital Photographers Club - she is my very talented wife and I was with her in Miami's South Beach when she created the image.
The show is free and open until June 17, 2017, at the Plymouth Center for the Arts in downtown Plymouth. Come and see the wonderful images - I assure you that these blog images do not do justice to the real art works when viewed in person.


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When a casual swimmer thinks of swimming, they may imagine doing lazy laps in the cool waters of the pool. But we think of years of dedication, discipline and perseverance, whether in trying to perfect our strokes, completing gruelling training sessions, or juggling training and studies. Swimming is all about discipline and challenging your limits. Your main goal in every training and race swimming is to keep pushing yourself ever harder.
Yet, swimming is not just an individual sport. In the pool, we are competitors, but when the race is over, we are best friends. We encourage each other before the race, cheer as loudly as we can during the race, and congratulate each other after the race.
The RI swimming team is a family. Besides taking part in competitions together, monthly morning trainings allow us to form strong bonds as a team. The talent present in our team allows everyone to tap on one another's knowledge of the sports. Despite our small team size, we have achieved excellent results in many competitions.
59th National Schools Swimming Championship
C Division – 2nd
50m Backstroke: Richie Soh Reh Chee (4th),Mateen Shyam Lutfiy (5th)50m Breaststroke: Leon Tay Kia Yong (2nd)50m Butterfly: Randall James Neo (1st), Chin Xu Dong (5th), Regan Ng Rui jie (8th)50m Freestyle: Randall James Neo (2nd), Richie Soh Reh Chee (5th), Luke Sin Kai Jie (8th)100m Backstroke: Aloysius Wong Zhi Hong (4th), Russell Loo Zhi Yang (6th), Timothy Yeo Chi Jun (7th)100m Breaststroke: Shae Lee Chee Hean (5th), Leon Tay Kia Yong (6th)100m Freestyle: Luke Sin Kai Jie (8th)200m Backstroke: Aloysius Wong Zhi Hong (5th), Russell Loo Zhi Yang (6th), Timothy Yeo Chi Jun (7th)200m Freestyle: Max Teo Chun Seng (2nd), James Lim Chern Yait (6th)200m Butterfly: Max Teo Chun Seng (2nd)200m Individual Medley: Shae Lee Chee Hean (3rd)4 x 50m Freestyle Relay: Richie Soh Reh Chee, Randall James Neo, Luke Sin Kai Jie, Max Teo Chun Seng (2nd)4 x 50m Medley Relay: Russell Loo Zhi Yang, Randall James Neo, Leon Tay Kia Yong, Richie Soh Reh Chee (2nd)
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50m Breaststroke: Daniel Choo Zhenghao (4th)50m Butterfly: Lim Fang Yang (3rd)100m Breaststroke: Leow Li Shen (1st), Russell Ngoo Jia Hao (4th), Oh Ray Sen (8th) 100m Butterfly: Rhys Ng Jun Kai (1st), Lim Fang Yang (4th), Oh Ray Sen (5th)200m Breaststroke: Russell Ngoo Jia Hao (2nd), Justin Cheong Sheng Jie (3rd)200m Butterfly: Rhys Ng Jun Kai (1st)200m Individual Medley: Justin Cheong Sheng Jie (4th)400m Freestyle: Glen Lim Jun Wei (1st) - New Meet Record1500m Freestyle: Glen Lim Jun Wei (1st) - New Meet Record4 x 50m Medley Relay: Glen Lim Jun Wei, Rhys Ng Jun Kai, Justin Cheong Sheng Jie, Leow Li Shen (2nd)4 x 50m Freestyle Relay: Glen Lim Jun Wei, Rhys Ng Jun Kai, Leow Li Shen, Sean Tay Wei Teck (2nd)18th Asian Games 2018 (Jakarta, Indonesia)Glen Lim Jun Wei – 400m Freestyle (11th), 800m Freestyle (9th) - New National Record, 1500m Freestyle (11th), 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (3rd)42nd SEA Age Group Swimming Championship 2018 (Laguna, Philippines)Randall Neo – 50m Backstroke (3rd), 100m Backstroke (3rd), 50m Butterfly (1st) New SEA Age Record, 100m Butterfly (1st) New SEA Age Record, 50m Freestyle (1st), 100m Freestyle (3rd),Russell Loo – 200m Backstroke (10th),Russell Ngoo – 50m Breaststroke (3rd), 100m Breaststroke (5th), 200m Breaststroke (6th)Leow Li Shen – 50m Breaststroke (1st), 100m Breaststroke (1st), 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (2nd), 4 x 100m Medley Relay (5th) 4 x 100m Mixed Medley Relay (4th)10th ASEAN School Games 2018 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)Leow Li Shen – 50m Breaststroke (5th)


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The military War Media distributed scenes of break into the site of the Saudi Majazah region in Asir. The operation resulted in the destruction of a number of vehicles and the seizing of various arms and equipment left by the Saudi soldiers before fleeing.
The clashes continued after the arrival of the army and the Popular Committees to Saudi positions, and the camera documented the moments of the conditions of Saudi forces at the site.
A number of Saudi led troops who were onboard were killed, while vehicles of enemy also destroyed, and weapons seized, left behind by soldiers before they fled.
The site of the village of Majaza in Asir was hit under the qualitative operations, where the Saudi army is located.


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It would be hard to find a place more remote than Kuron. (It isn't even on any Google maps!) But there is a
there, founded in the hope that someday all tribes and ethnic groups may learn to live cooperatively. That day has not yet come. Cattle-raiding remains a time-honored tradition whereby the men prove their worth as warriors. Now that AK-47s have replaced spears these skirmishes are often deadly. While in Kuron in mid-November, we saw this man whose pelvis was shattered by a bullet. Since the medical clinic has no surgery, he was stabilized and then carried on a makeshift stretcher (poles and a blanket) to the back of a pickup truck for a 5-hour grueling ride on a rough dirt track to Boma, the nearest hospital. Along with him went 3 other patients, including an infant with a huge abdominal tumor. 2 days later, we learned that the truck never made it to Boma; it was stuck on the road. The rains that had cooled our evening in Kuron had made the road impassable to the east. So on the 3rd day the clinic at Kuron sent another vehicle off to rescue the stranded patients, who had been without food or shelter all that while. Nothing is easy in Peace Village . Sudan
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While we may live in a golden age of information, not all of the information with which we're regularly bombarded is actually good information. Plenty of poor assumptions, virulent myths, and downright falsehoods can be found hiding in and among the useful bits of information.
Unfortunately, while some common myths can be harmless — even if you don't need eight glasses of water a day, believing the myth will simply mean you're well hydrated — not all myths are so innocuous. Pervasive myths in personal finance, for instance, can have profound impacts on your money (and, thus, on your life overall).
One topic on which more and more people are becoming better educated is credit scores and reports, thanks in part to the variety of avenues for tracking your credit scores for free, including most major credit cards. Despite the increase in information, however, a number of potentially dangerous credit score myths persist that can derail your journey to great credit.
Myth 1: Only Your Credit Score Matters
Before diving too deeply into more specific myths about credit scores, it's important to lay one common myth to rest right from the start. Your credit score is important — but it's not the sole measure used by creditors to determine whether to approve your credit application.
Essentially, your credit score is a numerical interpretation of your credit reports that give creditors a quick at-a-glance look at your creditworthiness. In the vast majority of cases, however, creditors will look at your entire credit report when deciding; in fact, some lenders or credit card issuers will pull more than one credit report before deciding whether to approve your application.
This can be especially true for consumers with lower credit scores, as lenders may want to see what kind of negative accounts are dragging down your score. A missed payment, for example, can drag down your score pretty significantly, but if that missed payment is several years old, some lenders may choose to overlook it.
Of course, lenders and credit card issuers will likely look at your full credit report even if you have a high credit score. For example, a lender may want to evaluate your current debt and calculate your debt-to-income ratio before offering you a mortgage loan. Or, a credit card issuer may want to know how many new credit card accounts you've opened recently.
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Something that is often a big surprise to people checking their credit scores for the first time is how low credit scores are at the beginning. That's because you don't actually start out with a perfect credit score — or any score at all.
That's right, you don't even have a credit score at first, or a credit report, for that matter. To establish your credit profile, you'll need to open a qualifying credit account, such as a credit card, loan, or another credit line that will report your payment behavior to at least one (but, ideally, all) of the three major credit bureaus, TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian.
Next, you'll need to build at least six months of credit history so that the credit scoring agencies have enough information to calculate a credit score. Once you hit the six-month mark, you should be eligible for a credit score. Don't expect those scores to be all that great at first, even if you never miss a payment in that time, because your credit score is based on your credit behavior over time.
While the biggest factors in your credit score are your payment history and what you owe, which you can keep in the green by paying on time and keeping low balances, the length of your credit history is also a major chunk of your score (as much as 15% of your FICO score).
A longer credit history is best, and a good credit score will require at least a year or two of positive credit history. Additionally, your recent accounts can be heavily impacted by time. You may have only opened a few accounts to help establish credit, but opening two or three new accounts all in the same six-month period is often a warning sign to creditors (and impacts your credit score as such).
Overall, what it comes down to is that creditors are skeptics, and they like a lot of evidence. Since credit scoring models are designed to help creditors estimate risk, the models reflect the inherent skepticism of the lenders who use them, which means you'll need to prove your ability to handle credit in order to boost your credit score.
Myth 3: All Credit Scores Are the Same
This myth is sort of a bundle of multiple myths, all of which center around how many credit scores you have, how they vary, and which ones are the most important. Perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of credit scores is that you don't have just one score; each consumer actually has dozens of credit scores, all of which have specific uses and purposes.
Part of the confusion comes from the fact that there are multiple sources of credit scores. While the Fair Isaac Corporation — better known as FICO — is the most commonly used credit scoring agency, VantageScore credit scores are also widely used. Additionally, many large banks and major lenders will use their own in-house scoring metrics that don't depend on a third-party model.
Even if you limit the credit scores you worry about to just your FICO Scores, you can still wind up with more than two dozen individual scores. The FICO Score 8 is the most generically available, but the FICO Score 9 is the latest models, and older models are still in play, meaning creditors may reference your FICO Score 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, or 9.
Specific industries also have their own scoring models, as an auto lender may have different priorities than a credit card issuer. So, if you're after an auto loan, the lender may use your FICO Auto Score 2, 4, 5, or 8, and your credit card issuer may rely on our FICO Bankcard Score 2, 3, 4, 5, or 8.
And that's not all. Say you look at only your FICO Score 8 — you're still going to have three FICO Score 8 credit scores, one for each major credit bureau. Your credit score is calculated using the data from your credit reports; since each credit bureau is its own separate entity and must gather its own information, you could have different information on any or all of your three reports.
As the most commonly used score, your FICO Score 8 will typically be the easiest to track. Many credit cards now offer monthly FICO score tracking, though that will typically be from a single bureau. Most credit score tracking pages should tell you which scoring model and bureau information was used to generate the score. The only way to get all of your FICO scores is to purchase them from myFICO.com.
In the end, no single credit score is more important than the others. There is no guaranteed way to know which credit score model or credit bureau data will be used to generate your score for a specific lender or application. Instead, simply focus on positively building up your overall credit profile, and all of your scores should improve as a result.
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Netflix is giving fans a sneak peek at the first 60 seconds of footage from Season 5 of Orange is the New Black.
And it looks pretty salty. The action begins precisely where we left off at the end of Season 4.
If you remember, the final episode of Season 4 closed with Daya aiming a gun at prison officer Thomas Humphrey's head.
The camera shifts to an approaching Alex and Piper.
"We're laying low, and we're staying out of trouble," says Piper.
"That's right," says Alex. "If this is trouble, we turn around and we walk the other way. We are out of the business."
It's at this point that they are suddenly aware that they've walked into trouble. Piper says, "Is this a real riot? This is a real riot. If this is a real riot, do you think this is a step forwards or backwards for equality?" she asks.
"I don't care," Alex says. "And we're getting out of here now — come on."
It cuts back to the first scene, with Daya and a baying crowd of prisoners surrounding her, egging her on. You can see the pressure is mounting on her and she asks everybody to be quiet. Eventually, the picture fades to black and the show logo appears before we hear a gunshot.
We don't know who the gun was fired at, if anyone at all, so we'll just have to watch to see the outcome of this scenario. We do know, however, that things remain heated.
The new season takes place in real time over the course of three days as the riot which began and escalated in Season 4 continues to have repercussions. According to a press release from Netflix, the lives of the inmates at Litchfield are "forever changed as they are emboldened to fight for redemption, resolution and the respect they deserve."
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I really enjoyed reading your responses to my post last week, "What would you do?" I promised that I would tell you this week how I handled the situation.
Here's what I did: Nothing.
I am somewhat embarrassed to tell you that I did not take any action with regard to the teacher's error.
Why? Actually, I had a number of reasons, none of which had anything to do with neuroticism or perfectionism.
The most important reason was, for me, a desire not to jeopardize my son's wonderful relationship with his teacher. As I explained, this incident occurred in an extremely small, nondenominational Christian school in which the teachers and students enjoy a lot more daily interaction than is possible in larger environments. In our public schools, it is not unusual to hear that classes have 35, 38 or even 40 students. At the high school level, that means that a teacher sees at least 150 to 200 students over the course of teaching five or six different "periods" during a given day. The teachers cannot possibly get to know and develop a personal relationship with that many students.
But in my child's school, there were only about fifteen freshman and a couple of the teachers taught more than one subject.
So I was loathe to do anything that would upset the delicate sociological, interpersonal balance and, perhaps, subject my son to — even unconscious and non-deliberate — retaliation as a result of my confronting the teacher.
The tuition is a significant expense, but I know that the teachers in such small private schools are paid far less and enjoy fewer benefits than public school teachers. They do not have the luxury of tenure, for instance. And sometimes such institutions have a hard time attracting the best qualified teachers because they cannot offer competitive compensation and benefit packages.
When I investigated the situation, I learned that the teacher in question might not return for the coming school year. I also found that the focus of her teaching was geared more toward appreciating literature than the mechanics of writing. They read "To Kill a Mockingbird," for instance, and watched the classic film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. They also read "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Animal Farm," among other classics, and did a lot of writing about their reactions to what they read.
Therefore, the teacher's emphasis was not on grammar, punctuation, etc. Rather, she encouraged the students to read and develop a passion for writing. My son told me that they spent a lot of time in class "talking about life and faith" in relationship to the literature they read and wrote about.
As several commenters suggested, I did monitor my son's papers to see if the mistake would be repeated. It was not; nor did I note any other errors of that magnitude.
One reader suggested that the "teacher may have been in a hurry or tired". Perhaps, but I do not believe — although I make plenty of mistakes when writing — that I would ever make such an error involving the basic use of language, nor would most of the competent writers I know.
My son really liked the teacher and they had a wonderful rapport. She was otherwise supportive, positive and empowering in her dealings with him and he ended up not only with excellent grades, but was named "Young Author" at the school's awards ceremony. The teacher's overall demeanor and attitude boosted my shy, good-hearted boy's self-esteem and encouraged him to explore his unique, witty writing style.
So basically, after assuring myself that my son recognized the error, I deemed it best to do nothing. At this writing, I do not know if the teacher will be returning for the coming school year. If she is, I am debating whether to say anything in confidence to the principal about the situation so that she can keep a watchful eye. If I do mention it, I will do so in the context of inquiring whether this year's curriculum will be more focused upon the mechanics of writing which I believe to be essential, especially, as a couple of commenters pointed out, for high school sophomores since they will be preparing for various college entrance and placement examinations.
The situation was a great learning experience for our family. It provided an opportunity to model patience, forgiveness and discern when it is appropriate and constructive to offer criticism as opposed to letting a transgression slide.
Sometimes, even when dealing with a highly technical craft like writing, the "greater good" has to be considered. A competent grasp of the principles of grammar, punctuation and usage is, of course, mandatory in order to be a successful writer. But we all make mistakes. A former supervisor regularly declined to review my work, saying, "I know that it is fine if you wrote it." I would insist, placing my draft document on the top of his "in" pile, saying, "I need an audience. Even F. Scott Fitzgerald had an editor." He would laugh and acquiesce. And it never failed: He always found at least one or two spelling or grammatical errors. Sometimes he would bring back the draft with a sentence or couple of sentences circled with a "?" or "awkward" in the margin. That would tell me that the thought, idea or theory I was attempting to convey was not clear to my readers and allow me to clarify its presentation in the final draft.
Bottom line: Criticism is necessary and we all have to develop a "tough skin" if we want to hone our skills. However, there are times and situations when it is best to overlook an error in favor of accomplishing something more important than technical competence: To encourage a struggling writer, you may opt to "not sweat the small stuff" so that individual is empowered to keep putting words on the page (or computer screen). In the long run, you may do that person — and his/her future readers — a greater service than if you pointed out every single error made while a fledgling writer. I'm confident that Atticus Finch would approve.


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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
gun talk
I have watched closely the most recent discussion regarding the second amendment I am keenly interested and have some well-thought through opinions on the serious matter at hand. I understand ethics and work hard at building a biblical perspective on the matter at hand. I am well aware of how important these rights are for us as Americans. I am a student of history. I am not here to debate the matter at hand just to offer a perspective that breaks my heart. So save your commentary on the whole debate, because we probably agree on more then you realize but what might happen if...
We spent as much passion on the great commandment as we are the second amendment?
What might happen if we signed petitions and stood in lines to share the good news of Jesus with the same gusto?
What might happen if we stood together and rescued people from hell with the same abandonment?
What might happen if we bankrupted our savings to reach the lost world?
What might happen if we used social media to broadcast our heart's desire for the great commandment?
What might happen if we no longer concealed the message of Jesus and boldly carried it everywhere?
What might happen if we got upset and had righteous anger because the right to share Jesus was taken away?
What might happen if we if we packed Jesus everyday and lost sleep over him and not our guns?
What might happen if Jesus Christ was as common as Smith and Wesson in our everyday talk?
What might happen if we loved our Savior as much as we love our guns?
Yes, I still believe we have the rights to bear arms and am very grateful for that. Yet, the rights to profess Jesus before men could use just as much passion from some card carrying Christians. Then and only then would the world be truly safe and saved!
4 comments:
- Kimberly Leasure said...
Most Excellent~
- January 23, 2013 at 10:31 AM
- J said...
Excellent thoughts Bro!
- January 23, 2013 at 10:43 AM
- Robert Gillespie said...
What might happen if we are willing to die for Jesus as we are willing to die for our Guns. A common expression from Gun owner is you can have me guns over my dead body. Can we have this same mentality about Jesus, that ferver, Being ready to stand up for him and lay our lives on the line. Great Thoughts !
- January 23, 2013 at 4:27 PM
- marlin said...
If our 401k's, our guns, our homes, relationships or our Gods presence were taken away, which would we morn for most? Who is our security?
Guns and riches are the same to me. I have both but....they are not my security. If I were to loose either, I will still reside in peace for I have built up a more POWERFUL daily relationship in the presence of my Awesome and Holy God.
I lived w/o him most of my life and took care of myself, it is not a secure place to be.
Now... He IS my security.
- January 25, 2013 at 8:42 AM


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Happy 84th birthday, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes!
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Happy 84th birthday, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes!
Born Edward Byrne Breitenberger in New York City on July 30, 1933, Edd dropped his last name at age 13 in favor of "Byrnes", based on the name of his maternal grandfather, a New York City fireman.
Edd escaped from home life at the movies and at the gym, where he developed an athletic body. A taxi driver in the late 1940s he was fired for doing push-ups during his break.
After some summer-stock work and a few bit parts on TV, Edd drove to California in 1955, arriving in Los Angeles on the day James Dean died in a car crash. He managed to get a few minor parts in films and then won a role in a new TV series called 77-Sunset-Strip (1958), which premiered in September of 1958. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Roger Smith starred as private eyes but Edd, playing a hip-talking parking-lot attendant named "Kookie", won the most attention.
Viewers quoted his dialog, ("Baby, you're the ginchiest!"), and young males imitated the way he wielded his ever-present comb. His fan mail soon reached an astonishing 15,000 letters a week and his single with Connie Stevens, "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb", became a top-5 hit.
In 1975, Merv Griffin hired Edd to host a new game-show called Wheel of Fortune (1983). Two half-hour pilots were filmed. NBC bought the show but didn't want Byrnes as host. Griffin replaced him with Chuck Woolery (who was later replaced with Pat Sajak).
In 2005 he was ranked #5 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols". FULL BIO
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Tommy John is known for more than the elbow surgery that bears his name and his near-Hall of Fame career.
John is believed to be the only pitcher to commit three errors on one play.
It happened on July 27, 1988, in the fourth inning of a game that John -- then 45 years old -- was pitching for the Yankees against the Brewers.
Jim Gantner was on first base when Jeffrey Leonard hit a tapper to the first-base side of the mound that John bobbled for error No. 1. He then threw it past Don Mattingly and down the rightfield line for error No. 2.
Dave Winfield retrieved the ball -- according to the Newsday account of the game, it first hit the ballboy -- and threw home in an attempt to nab Gantner.
John cut off the throw and fired wildly to the plate for error No. 3. Both runners scored.
"I shouldn't have thrown the ball when I first fielded it,'' John said after the game. "I think there were too many negative ions in the air. My first instinct was to field the ball with two hands. Then I thought I've got to field the ball with one hand. It got into the back of my hand, and I never should have thrown it. I shot-put it past Donnie. I threw it to the ballboy, and he got out of the way. Then I got it back and threw it to the [Brewers'] trainer.''
John was told after the Yankees' 16-3 win that he had tied a mark set by James Bentley Seymour of the 1898 New York Giants of a pitcher making three errors in one inning.
"Knew him well," John said. "Pitched against him in the Eastern League."
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