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The first 3 months of business in Japan
So, you have confirmed the free JETRO or O-BIC office space discussed in the previous section, have the green light on budget from your CFO, and have made the necessary hotel or other accommodation bookings. Now you can start your structured approach to understanding Japanese business and decide the most tax and business efficient way to start business in Japan. It's time to head for the airport and your first 3 months of doing business in Japan!
Your first 3 months of Japanese business will very likely decide your company's success doing business in Japan and the Japanese market for at least the next 3 – 5 years. Based on my experience, if you get it wrong in the first 3 months, there's an 80% chance that your Japanese business will have unjustifiably high expenses and lagging sales at the end of year 2, will have a radical restructuring at the end of year 3, and that your company's Board of Directors will be pushing for liquidation of your Japanese company or branch-office by the end of year 5. Such claims might seem extreme, but all too often companies approach us that, after setting up very expensive Japanese offices, are considering withdrawing from Japan because sales are not matching expectations and costs are out of control. Some of those companies are small, but some are multinationals with deep pockets. Leasing large offices in prestigious locations and hiring expensive bilingual executives and managers, doesn't necessarily guarantee success in Japan.
So what went wrong?
Maybe too much credibility was given to those infamous myths of Japanese business and the Japanese market, while not investing enough time in the first 3 months at the JETRO free office researching every aspect of the Japanese market to form a hands-on opinion of the real situation on the street. Those myths, or rather the bilingual mafia that foster them, want you to believe that foreign companies cannot possibly succeed in Japan unless they first spend huge amounts, including paying outrageously high 35% Tokyo recruitment agency commissions, to hire prestigious bilingual executives and lease prestigious offices in some of Tokyo's glamorous glass-clad office towers. Sadly, there are many large companies, including two of the world's largest PC vendors in the past two decades, who did all those 'correct' things, including US$600k a year executive salary packages, but still failed and withdrew from the Japanese market.
Those PC companies, and others like them, were very successful companies in the US and elsewhere, so their basic business model was certainly not at fault. Those vendors should have succeeded in Japan and it was sad to see them go. The problem, as in any other international market, is that while doing business in Japan need not be expensive, it will be extremely expensive, prohibitively so, if a company expands too rapidly, quickly moves into overly large and prestigious office locations and hires overly expensive executives and managers. In just the past few months, one of the world's largest BPO companies shutdown its new Japanese business after just 12 months because its Board of Directors decided that its costs, including 5,000sqm of prestigious space for 50 employees in a glass-clad office tower just outside Tokyo, were unjustifiable given its lagging business growth……
Coming to Japan and trying overnight to emulate your US or European market presence is not an easy task to succeed at; Rome, as they say, was not built in a day and neither for that matter were Toyota, Honda or Sony. Control your costs, start small, build as your sales build. Unless you are in a market with huge untapped demand and no domestic Japanese competitor, hold back on making expensive investment decisions early on, especially when it comes to hiring an expensive country manager and other executives. It makes best financial and business sense to make a relatively low-profile but profitable entry into the Japanese market and then aggressively build to a substantial but cost-effective presence over a 3 – 5 year period while maintaining profitability and steadily increasing market share as you go. That is what Yahoo! did through its Yahoo! Japan joint-venture with Softbank and in so doing, Yahoo! Japan quietly achieved an enviable first-mover advantage in Japan's online auction market. More than a decade ago I wrote that eBay missed the boat and was effectively blocked out of the market; that's still true today. Can eBay win back in Japan to mirror their dominance of online auction markets elsewhere? Yes they can, but it would take time, commitment and perseverance to succeed.
In fact, it is very possible for a company to dramatically change its the Japanese market strategy late but still win through. One of our former clients did just that. It had been in the Japanese market for more than 15 years with minor distributors but could not recreate its dominance of the global 3D analysis software market. Then, working through a joint-venture with Venture Japan, it achieved a staggering level of market awareness and quadrupled its Japanese sales in less than 18 months!


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Funeris ZERO is an innovative cremation furnace, making use of new technological and digital developments and based on our long experience in operating and servicing cremation lines. Our new furnace is equipped with the biggest postcombustion chamber on the market, what gives a high margin of security, reliability and safe performance, even when the obesed deceased are cremated. It's also important its cost effectiveness – the furnace Funeris ZERO has additional chambers around the cremation chamber, which helps to accumulate the heat from the cremation process. Multi-layer thermal and accoustic insulation guarantees low fuel consumption. The use of modulated bunrers as a standard, besides reduction of fuel consumption, allows to lower the fixed fee for a declared power of the connection to natural gas line, which can represent a high cost for small crematoriums.
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Call for Artists From IAO
Martin Luther King Jr. said: "Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."
On January 21st, 2013 from 12 to 5 p.m. IAO is partnering with the Oklahoma City Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Coalition, the Respect Diversity Foundation and the Paramount Theater Space to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the IAO Gallery. IAO is inviting visual artists of all media to assist attendees in creating a collaborative art piece that will be on display celebrating diversity at the 12th annual Respect Diversity Arts Exhibition in April 2013.
IAO is also inviting performance artists of all genres to perform in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. that day. To join IAO as an artist in "articulating the inaudible language of the heart" this year please contact IAO Gallery at 405-232-6060.


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In a sparkling historical trilogy filled with sizzling romance and irresistible Regency charm, Isabella Bradford introduces the Wylder sisters: three irrepressible country girls whose passion for life leaves their London suitors breathless. With all their escapades collected in one convenient eBook bundle, now is the perfect time to discover this witty, winsome series.WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DUKERaised in the Dorset countryside, Lady Charlotte Wylder would rather ride a horse than attend a stuffy ball. But when Charlotte leaves for London to wed the Duke of Marchbourne, a perfect model of aristocratic propriety, their first encounters are brazenly flirtatious. March's broad shoulders and dark countenance make her want to rip every button off his waistcoat. Yet whenever their desire boils over, he reluctantly pushes Charlotte away. Will secrets and misunderstandings mire their marriage in scandal or strengthen a bond that is destined to last a lifetime?WHEN THE DUCHESS SAID YESNotorious for her free-spirited antics, Lady Elizabeth Wylder is humiliated when her future husband, the Duke of Hawkesworth, fails to appear for their introduction. So when a chance encounter leads to a sizzling kiss with a dangerously handsome stranger, she nearly succumbs. The shock of finally meeting her betrothed, only to come face-to-face with her seducer, inspires fury—and fans the flames of a fire that both agree is a most agreeable way to start a marriage. But are endless nights of sensual discovery enough to persuade the rakish duke to give his heart completely?WHEN THE DUKE FOUND LOVEThe youngest of the Wylder girls, Lady Diana is also the most willful—and the last left unwed. Her family's solution is an excruciatingly respectable husband—the very staid and dull Lord Crump—but an intimate meeting with one of the ton's most resolute and scandalous bachelors, the Duke of Sheffield, turns Diana's world upside down. Torn between duty and desire, Diana recklessly surrenders to the headiest of passions. Soon it's clear that seduction is no longer the game: Something deep and lasting has come to bind their hearts, and the stakes are nothing less than true love.
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I have never met a quant investor before, or I may have but they never told me they were. But this investor I met recently categorized himself as a quant investor. He is no other than the author of this guest post, Shi Ern.
He was previously working as an investment analyst for Aggregate Asset Management. He has since left his job and is working towards starting his own fund. Maybe it was an ambitious target, but I believe he can do it with his drive and knowledge.
During the whole chit chat session, I am very intrigued by how he thinks and how it differs from us (Simple Investor and I). That night, it was really an interesting exchange of ideas about the economy, the bulls and bears, what might occur in 2018 as well as some many different topics. I could simply write a book based on our whole conversation.
It makes me wonder what will happen if all the bloggers sit down and just chit chat - You can just imagine the flow of ideas and knowledge.
Anyway, that night, I asked him to write a guest post for my blog and he sent me this article he wrote in Sep 2017.
I will say this is the kind of article that will remind you - How our World feed a Bear till it became a Bull - and to be cautious of what lies ahead.
The Age of Central Banking
by Lau Shi Ern, 2017-09-14
Original article at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/age-of-central-14372675
From 2008 to 2017, many central banks expanded their balance sheets by printing huge amounts of money. This money was used to purchase government bonds to drive down interest rates. As interest rates for safe government bonds fall to record lows, many investors were forced to buy riskier assets like junk bonds, stocks and property to get better investment returns.
However, just like Newton's third law, every action in the economy will have a reaction. Initially, the bond buying program by central banks were going well up to 2012 - 2013. Then, suddenly things changed. First, gold prices started to drop very significantly after a very strong run as inflation did not materialised. Next, in 2014, oil prices dropped very significantly. In 2015-2016, there was a small stock market shock in the U.S. When central banks print money, there is a marginal cost and marginal benefit to the economy. Ideally, the optimal point is to stop printing money when marginal cost equals marginal benefit. Most central banks use inflation to measure whether they are overdoing it. When inflation is high, central banks will stop money printing and raise interest rates. However, in the U.S. and Europe high inflation did not materialised. This signals that we are entering a dangerous age of central banking because the models that central banks use to make decisions are likely not accurate.
So what really happened? What was broken?
How Central Banks Affect Fundamentals
One major theory that I have been considering relates to destructive competition. The main difference between normal competition and destructive competition is that in normal competition, competitors will stop competing if they incur losses for more than 3 years. In destructive competition, cheap loans allow loss making competitors to survive and start price wars to drag everyone down. This is based on observations of real life corporate behaviour and investor reactions to low interest rates.
When interest rates are low, many corporations borrowed money especially in the technology sector, to compete in price. For example, when interest rate are low, many shale oil company issued junk bonds to finance their exploration efforts. This resulted in a strong oversupply in the oil market and when prices drop all players suffered. Since shale oil companies have a lower cost of production than offshore oil companies, many offshore oil companies got into financial trouble. The latest casualty in 2017 is Seadrill.
Likewise, due to low interest rates, many pension funds decided to allocate more of their money into alternative assets like venture capital and private equity to get more returns. This resulted in a sea of funding for new technology start-ups. Many start-ups with no profits like Uber managed to get funding to grow their business to a large scale. Taxi owners who paid for expensive taxi medallions in New York City suffered as they struggle to pay of the debt they incurred to buy the medallions.
Another example will be how Amazon borrows money to acquire Whole Foods and start price wars with offline retailers. Amazon's strategy has affected the retailing sector very significantly and many retailers are closing down. Similarly, Netflix borrowed money to fund their cash flow investment into new content. This had dealt a great blow to traditional cable television companies.
In China, things are no different. Loans fuelled an over investment in steel factories. As such, they overproduce steel products which cause prices to drop very significantly. In their desperation, these steel factories decide to export their steel below cost overseas and the world wide steel market suffered very significant losses. Some countries decided to enact tariffs to prevent dumping of cheap steel into their country.
Some think that the banking sector is the greatest beneficiary of money printing. While US banks may have benefited by being able to lower leverage, European banks still have high leverage. Low interest rates results in lower net interest margins for banks. Loan defaults from destructive competition further reduce profits. The European banks won't go burst, neither could they generate enough profits to reduce leverage on their balance sheet fast enough.
The consumer and household suffered very greatly in this age of central banks. Low savings interest
rates hurt consumers who save and inflation reduces the value of their savings. Destructive competition results in a loss of jobs and low growth in wages. When wages remain the same for last 8 years, while housing prices go up, many consumers took out loans to buy houses. Low wages and loan repayments significantly reduce the spending power of consumers. As such, many consumer goods companies witness low growth for the last few years as the consumer is squeezed. For non-essential goods like entertainment, consumers have been substituting expensive goods for cheaper options. This drive for cheaper options is partly the reason why Internet companies are doing well.
How New Fundamentals Affect Investment Decisions
As a result of the above, the consumer had chosen to invest in Exchange Traded Funds or property markets. This is because the consumer believes that ETFs and property can provide higher returns than saving rates. This belief is further strengthened by historical trends that ETFs and property have higher returns than the current saving rates. At the same time, encouragement from the financial community that ETFs are the safest way to invest in the stock market solidify the position of ETFs as a must have investment in many consumer's investment portfolio. This irrational rush caused stock market indices to run up very high despite already high valuations.
Corporations are no better. Low interest rates encourage corporations to do share buy backs. Share buybacks essentially delays the current year's dividends to increase future dividends and increase ownership. Thus, there is a trade of between current dividends versus share buy backs. When interest rates are on a strong down trend, future dividends in the next one or two years do not decrease much from interest rate discounting but increase more from increase ownership. Furthermore, share buybacks will have a market impact on share prices and will push share prices higher. As such, low interest rates incentivise companies to buy back shares. Many companies aggressively bought back shares during the last 5 years. Some of these share buy backs are funded by debt. Imagine what happens if future interest rates embark on an increasing trend. In that case, the current share buyback spree will stop and stock prices will lose support from share buybacks.
As consumers pile into ETFs, fund managers started to lose out to their benchmarks. This encourage high net worth investors to invest more into ETFs because they are convinced that fund managers are unable to outperform benchmarks. Desperate fund managers start to buy top performers in ETFs which are generally technology companies. Despite that, the bubble in the stock market is small compared to the bubble in the bond market and the bubble in certain property markets like Canada, Australia and Hong Kong. Capital seeks returns. When desperate, capital will pile into asset bubbles to seek return from other capital holders. When desperate, capital will leverage up multiple times to amplify small return into a big return.
Leverage is another way capital take advantage of other capital holders to gain more returns in the short term. The end game is a zero sum game because people that sell takes wealth from people that hold the assets when bubbles burst. Before bubbles burst, buyers look like geniuses.
What now?
In early 2017, the U.S. central bank, the Fed, had started to raise interest rates 3 times in light of higher inflation. This started a race among global central banks to tighten credit markets around the world. China quickly entered the race by imposing capital restrictions on foreign acquisitions and deleveraging the corporate sector. While the Fed had stop increasing rates in the second half of 2017, the damage in the economy is done by the previous three rate increases. More defaults will likely appear just like the recent bankruptcy of Toy R' Us. Expect slower growth or even negative growth. Low inflation is a sign that price wars are rampant in the economy.
The key to identifying the turning point in the stock market may be to observe loan defaults. I suspect more and more industries will face losses as destructive competition is amp up to the next level. Subsequently, more loan defaults will happen when players in the industry are unable to service their debts due to losses. The last time this happened was during year 2015 to 2016 when many Oil & Gas companies finally defaulted after few years of trying to survive low oil prices. What happened to the Oil & Gas companies will likely be repeated across other industries. As such, many industries will suffer long and protracted survival periods before defaults hit hard when people realise that the price war will never end.
As loan defaults spread slowly across the different sectors, the stock market may drop slowly first as investors slowly accumulate losses from junk bonds and liquidate their shares slowly. But the defaults in each sector will not be completed as some companies will be saved by excess liquidity in the financial system. However, when sufficient liquidity has been withdrawn from the system due to higher interest rates, all the companies that were able to delay defaulting, will suddenly be unable delay their defaults anymore. In one go, these companies in different sectors will default together which will cause a dry up in liquidity. A shortage of liquidity will result in a sudden steep drop in global share prices.
After the stock market crashes and many companies go burst, it is expected that oversupply in many industries will be pull out of the market. This will allow many industry players to set prices back to normal levels because the price war has ended. A simultaneous increase in price levels due to multiple price wars ending will likely cause strong inflation. This may force central banks to raise interest rates despite strong defaults. When that time arrives, I will write a new article here to analyse different possible scenarios.
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BREAKING- Occupy in Gaza as Human Shields??
** BREAKING NEWS ** Reports are trickling in that a splinter group of the Occupy Wall Street movement is either on its way or already in Gaza to act as "non-violent" human shields to protect Islamic Palestinians from a forthcoming Israeli military attack.
A New York City based spokesperson for Occupy Gaza ( #OccupyGaza ), Gabby Haze, states that the decision to go to Gaza arose from an "energetic" Occupy General Assembly in lower Manhattan this past week. Haze states that at least 75 Occupiers from the New York City region have volunteered to join the Occupy Gaza movement. She further says that social media publicity for the Palestinian/Gaza "intervention" has increased the actual number going to Gaza at least tenfold. The Occupy Gaza site says "The Palestinian people have demonstrated their hunger for a change. They are no longer willing to remain quiet about the rampant corruption, brutality, and ineptitude of the corporate-like Israeli click [sic] that has oppressed the Islamic-Palestinian people and transformed them into an asset whose sole purpose is to provide cheap labor for the State of Israel's elite 1%. The Occupy movement stands with the people of Palestine, the 99%." Haze added that "Since we are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends we believe it is only right that we should return to Occupy's roots in the Arab homeland and assist the good people of Palestine." Asked whether the Occupiers going to Gaza felt they are in any physical danger, Haze stated they did not. "The Zionist pigs are well aware of our resolve and of the change we have brought to the United States and the world. We know that they will meet with us in the interest of humanity and that we will be able to bring a non-violent resolution to the good people of Palestine."
The White House, State Department and Palestinian Authority did not respond to requests for comment.
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2010 PEP Golf TournamentFebruary 5, 2010
Who are the Partners for Environmental Progress?
Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP) is a coalition of business and education leaders who share the vision of applying science-based environmental best practices to business and community issues.
Our members are concerned businesses – large and small – who value our unique natural resources and our economy. We understand that the future of our area depends on ensuring a balance between business development and job creation, industrial growth and a healthy environment.
PEP promotes a balanced view of business and industry contributions to this area by providing factual information about safety and environmental performance. Through community involvement and this conciliatory approach, we strive to build a resilient Gulf Coast.
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Permitting is Complex
Some of the most magnificent and recognizable buildings in the world faced permitting issues. We are specialists at navigating through the building departments and reporting our progress every step of the way.
We at GSD have operated through the most transitional and challenging permitting era in Florida history. Our permitting success has piqued the curiosity of many clients. We've been asked if "GSD" stands for "Get Stuff Done."
When tasked with permit expediting our assigned staff bore into the process using a step by step methodology while reporting that progress to you, our client and your design team in the form of weekly progress reports.
The motivating truth is once we're awarded your project there's no billing without construction and no construction without a permit!
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A non-believer recently challenged a believer with this comment: "The Bible doesn't say anywhere that we should love people just as they are." While this is more of a statement than a question, there really is a question behind the assertion. The question is: "how does the Bible say that we are commanded to love the people around us?" It may be true that we don't find Jesus commanding us to love people "just as they are" using those exact words. But what we do find is Jesus modeling this kind of behavior frequently. In the beginning of Luke chapter 15, for example, where Jesus tells three parables about lost people and lost things, the Bible tells us that "the tax collectors and 'sinners' were all gathering around to hear him." Jesus clearly didn't push them away, but he received them. And his reception of them wasn't just a politically-correct politeness. In the verse that follows, we see that "the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'" According to the Jewish customs of the day, it was improper and unclean for Jews to associate with and especially to eat with Gentiles (non-Jews) and sinners – since sharing a meal with someone is the height of fellowship and acceptance. Jesus both associated with and ate with these religious "outcasts" often. (See Mark 2:15, for example where Jesus went to the home of Levi, the tax collector and ate with him and "many" tax collectors and sinners.") At this point, it's important to note that teaching is not just a verbal event. Just as any modern teacher will attest, students learn by watching their teacher. Sometimes it's just easier to SHOW your students what to do rather than use words. Imagine a piano teacher trying to describe with words how to perform a triplet or a grace-note! Sometimes words fall short.
To explore this matter further, consider some of the writings of the apostle Paul. In Romans 5:8, he writes, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Clearly God loved us just as we were, if he allowed his own son, Jesus, to die for us – without condition. Jesus came to die for us before he knew whether we'd love him back or ever change at all. In Galatians 5:14 Paul also writes, "For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Do we love ourselves just as we are? You might argue that people don't love themselves just as they are – otherwise there would be no such thing as a "self-help" book. But truly, even the desire to fix our faults and better ourselves really arises out of a deep love for self, does it not? Why would we strive to improve something we care nothing about?
That is perhaps a good thought on which to conclude this discussion. What is "love" really all about? If the question at hand really is about who we love and how we love them, then what does it mean to love? Sadly, our society all too often defines love as either an emotion or a feeling that we have in response to someone else's words or behaviors. But that is not the picture of Biblical love. The love that we see in the Bible is a love that has at its heart a deep and unconditional concern for the well being of another person. So as Jesus demonstrated his love for tax collectors and sinners, he would reach out to them and accept them just as they were, but then he would teach them and help them to change in areas that they needed to change for their own well being. Jesus did this for them, not for his own benefit. Someone once said, when speaking of God's love, "he loves you just how you are, but he loves you too much to leave you there." Jesus will meet us wherever we are at. He comes to us and receives us unconditionally. However, once we encounter Him, he wants to help us develop into the person that we were created to be – fully realizing all our potential and living according to God's commands. This is not a condition of our acceptance, but a result of our relationship with Him.
As Christians, it may seem unbelievable to us that someone would call into question the unconditional love that we've become accustomed to, and are defined by, in the Christian faith. But truly, we must recognize that "conditional," "qualified," and "earned" love and acceptance is really how the rest of the world operates. Let's use this as an opportunity to love even those who question our freely-given love, and to recognize what a gift and a treasure we've been given in learning how to love like Jesus loves!


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Daniel Heyman's Amman Portfolio will be on view in Impressions of War at the Saint Louis Art Museum, opening August 5, 2016 through February 12, 2017.
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The exhibition also features three additional series of prints by artists whose works also respond to the darker side of war and its aftermath. Produced in the 1630s, Jacques Callot's Miseries of War established a tradition that inspired many artists after him, including Goya. Max Beckmann's portfolio Hell, 1919, scrutinizes the bloody political clashes and material hardship that afflicted Berlin in the months following World War I. The most contemporary work in the exhibition, Amman Portfolio, 2006, by Daniel Heyman, features eight descriptive drypoint portraits with fragments of the traumatic content from interviews he was invited to witness of Iraqi citizens who had been detained and tortured in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Impressions of War is curated by Elizabeth Wyckoff curator of prints, drawings, and photographs; Leah Chizek, research assistant, and Ann-Maree Walker, senior research assistant, and Gretchen Wagner, Mellon Fellow for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. It is organized as a counterpart to the upcoming exhibition Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, which opens October 16 in the Main Exhibition Galleries.


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Cambodian Chicken & Rice Soup.
Southeast Asian flavors are much-loved in our house. This soup seemed like a good fit.
Incredibly simple, especially with the shortcut of rotisserie chicken & already-cooked rice.
(we omitted the cilantro, being in the 'it tastes like dish soap' camp)
A good, deep chicken flavor with a very faint sweetness & warmth, with a strong basil note.


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There are several unverified claims for the invention of the bicycle. But the most publicised version so to speak start with a sketch.
In 1534 Gian Giacomo Caprotti a student of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci, sketched the first machine relating to the look of a bicycle as we refer to it today.
The first means of transport using two wheels was invented by a German Baron, Karl Von Drais in 1817. The German patented his design in 1817 calling it the Laufmaschine " Running Machine".
The design of Von Draise weighed 22 kg, had brass bushings within the wheel bearings, Iron wheels and a rear wheel brake.
In 1818 the Brit Denis Johnson improved on the design by Von Drais with his design of the "Pedestrian Curricle" which the public quickly dubbed the "Hobby Horse". Johnson's design was more sleek, The Wooden frame had a serpentine shape.
The first mechanically propelled two wheeled machine is believed to have been built by a Scottish blacksmith in 1839.
The first documented invention of a rod driven to wheeled machine was that of Thomas McCall of Kilmarnock in 1869. The design was copied from the Michaux / Lallement French designed velocipede with the front crank on the front wheel.
But the first popular and commercially successful design was that of the French metal worker Ernest Michaux in 1864. The Michaux or Boneshaker as it was called had rotary cranks and pedals mounted to the front hub.
The Michaux was followed by the high wheel "Penny Farthing " in the
1870's. Frenchman Eugene Meyer invented the wire spoke tension wheel in 1869 from where he produced the high bicycle design.
The bicycle as we know it today made its first appearance in the 1880's. It was the most important change in the design of the bicycle and was referred to as the safety bicycle. John Kemp Starley produced the first successful safety bicycle in 1885. It has a steerable front wheel, equally sized wheels and a chain drive to the back wheels.
Coinciding with the invention of the pneumatic tyre in 1888, the safety bicycle made for a much smoother ride.
The bicycle's shape has not changed much over the years. But advances in design of mechanical components has brought cycling into the modern era. Materials and the application thereof has revolutionized the sport. Steel, Aluminium, Carbon Fibre is the main materials used in cycling production. The latest talk is frames made of Graphite.
Nevertheless the bicycle has and always will be a part of human history.
About the Author: Pieter van Wyk is 48 and lives in Boksburg, South Africa. He is the author of the The World of Cycling board game in 2002 and a self proclaimed cycling historian. His expert field is European cycling history since 1892 to present and Pieter is an amateur cyclist, with his best result at road nationals 17th.


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Category Archives: i Phones
This category contains latest information about all iPhones their updates or other important news related to iOS and apple
iPad mini Announced by Apple: a 7.9 inch but nearer to iPad 2:
At last rumors are over and today apple announced their one of the most awaited device 7.9 inch iPad mini along with Mac book Pro 13 inch, i Mac and 4th Generation iPad but center of interest was iPad mini. Many of us were excited about it, what this iPad mini is going to have? Is iPad mini going to be a smaller version of iPad 3? we got all of our answers just a moment ago. Read the rest of this entry
Angry Birds Star Wars Announced by Rovio And Will Be Available From 8th Of November:
Another Angry Birds game announced "Angry Birds Star Wars" by Rovio, which will be available from 8th November 2012 for iOS and android devices, means two Angry Birds games in two months, " BAD PIGGIES was announced about 10 days ago. Developers are also releasing comics, toys and other related material , Rovio knows game's demand. Read the rest of this entry
Samsung rejects 1 billion dollar verdict demands new Apple trial
Samsung has lost patent case against Apple and has to pay amount of 1 billion dollar .This case has taken a new direction as Samsung claim that the foreman of Jury Velvin Hogan who gave verdict in favor of Apple is totally influenced by his personal grudge.Samsung raising the point that Velvin Hogan is a person from whom you can only expect a biased decison and his past is also proving the fact.
Actually the story behind is that Velvin Hogan was sued in 1993 for breach of contract by Seagate a company in which Samsung is a major investor.Samsung said in its filing
Mr. Hogan's failure to disclose the Seagate suit raises issues of bias that Samsung should have been allowed to explore in questioning
Hogan didn't answer truthfully during voir dire
One another point to consider is that the attorney who sued Hogan on Seagate's behalf is married to a partner of the law firm(Quinn Emanuel) that represented Samsung in the case .
Velvin Hogan in his defense came up with the statement
Had I been asked an open-ended question with no time constraint, of course I would've disclosed that
I'm willing to go in front of the judge to tell her that I had no intention of being on this jury, let alone withholding anything that would've allowed me to be excused
If you want to know my opinion it looks to me that nothing will come out from this patent case as it has tangled so badly and the whole scenario distorted greatly.
Motorola drops patent cases against Apple
This past august Motorola under the acquisition of Google has filed patent case against Apple claiming its right on location reminders, e-mail notification and phone/video players.But now news leaked by Bloomberg through twitter that Motorola is stepping back from this case by ropping its claim but interestingly they still reserved the right to refile claims against Apple.
Motorola before this move was looking in a very aggressive mood and the intensity can be some what feel by this statement
ITC should implement an import ban in the United States against all of Apple's major products, including the iPhone, iPad and various Mac computers
It is an odd move by Motorola ,couldn't understand why Motorola didn't use this case to blow down Apple as it already busy setting its disputes with Samsung and Lg .Must have been a settlement on higher level or a tactics to remain in a hot news all time.
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Iphone 5
After a long wait at last iPhone 5 become available for the interested ones.You can easily call it a busy smart phone by looking at its demand. The response to this new product by Cupertino is astonishing as 20 million units of new iPhone 5 has been sold in its first weekend. Like every time their marketing strategy was up to the mark although iPhone 5 wasn't something you can defend easily .But never the less extra ordinary sound design, fabulous camera and balanced specs has given it a high place in smart phone market. Let's see how long it will carry out its appreciable market performance. Read the rest of this entry
iPhone 5 Retina display vs Galaxy S3 OLED screen
'We all know that behind the great success of Samsung Galaxy s3 its incredibly highly advanced Super AMOLED HD screen has played a vital role but after Apple has rolled out its iPhone 5 in the market news is hot that 326 ppi, 1136 x 640 Retina display is not only challenging galaxy s3 display technology its superiority is even accepting by the analysts that's why the growth rate of its popularity is on the rise. Read the rest of this entry


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From A WOMAN IN BERLIN: EIGHT WEEKS IN THE CONQUERED CITY, by Anonymous
Inspiration behind Director Blanka Zizka's vision for Macbeth
A Woman in Berlin is the journal of a young woman recounting her experiences in the first eight weeks of the Soviet occupation of Berlin, starting in April, 1945. It was a major inspiration for director Blanka Zizka's vision of the world in which the Wilma's Macbeth is set. Historian Antony Beevor praises A Woman in Berlin for "its courage, its stunning intellectual honesty, and its uncommon powers of observation and perception. It is one of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat."
"Our radio has been dead for four days. Once again we see what dubious blessing technology really is. Machine with no intrinsic value, worthless if you can't plug them in somewhere. Bread, however, is absolute…But radios, gas stoves, central heating, hot plates, all the gifts of the modern age - they're nothing but dead weight if the power goes out. At the moment we are marching backwards in time. Cave dwellers.
I have been preoccupied, forced to cope with my fear of death. The symptoms are always the same. First the sweat beads up around my hairline, then I feel something boring into my spine, my throat gets scratchy, my mouth dry, my heart starts to skip. I've fixed my eyes on the chair leg opposite and am memorizing every turned bulge or curve. It would be nice to pray. The brain clings to set phrases, fragments of sentences: "Pass lightly through this world, for it is nothing…and each one falls as God desires…Noli timere."
What's clear is that every threat to your life boosts your vitality. My own flame is stronger; I'm burning more fiercely than before the air raids. Each new day of life is a day of triumph. You have survived once again. You're defiant. On the one hand you stand taller, but at the same time you're planted more firmly on the ground."


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Eisenach, Germany
Wartburg Castle
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
The beautifully imposing Wartburg Castle has been around for nearly a thousand years, but it's what happened there between 1521 and 1522 that had the most profound effect on Germany.
On May 4, 1521, fake robbers abducted Martin Luther, who started the Protestant Reformation, after he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and declared a heretic and outlaw who could be killed without consequence. They took him to Wartburg Castle for safekeeping. To help keep his sanctuary a secret, he grew out his hair and beard and went by the name Junker ("squire" or "knight") Jörg.
Luther referred to the castle as his "Patmos," after the Greek island where the Book of Revelation was written. He wrote many things in his exile, and was supposedly tormented by the devil, but his most significant work was translating The New Testament from Greek to German. It was not the first time this had been done, but it became so popular it contributed to the standardization of the German language.
The room where Luther did his translation is preserved. Some pieces, like the desk, are not original, but the piece of whale vertebra he used as a footstool is. An original first edition of his translation is on display. It is a powerful place of pilgrimage for Lutherans and other Protestants from around the world.
Other notable chapters of the castle's history include the brief life of Saint Elizabeth, the Battle of the Bards that became a Richard Wagner opera, and the German unity rally at which a flag was flown that served as inspiration for the modern German flag. Walls and ceilings decorated with paintings, tapestries, and mosaics combine to make the castle a feast for the eyes.
- http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/wartburg-castle
- http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/897
- https://www.luther2017.de/en/news/outlawed-and-unrecognised-at-wartburg-castle/
- http://www.spiritualtravels.info/articles-2/europe-2/a-martin-luther-tour-in-germany/eisenach/some-personal-reflections-on-wartburg-castle/
- http://www.wartburg.de/en//national-exhibition-in-2017.html
- http://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/wartburg.html
- http://www.luther.de/en/wartburg.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther#At_Wartburg_Castle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg
- http://europeforvisitors.com/germany/eisenach/wartburg-castle-visitor-information.htm


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9:30-10:00 Exploring Light and Shadow Phenomena III
Small groups generate a question about the moon to explore
Go on a field trip to sidewalk if sunny to 'observe' the sun
Bring sky journals, observe moon is not visible
also bring pinhole envelopes, meter sticks, pencils to record diameter of the Sun's projection;
(If not sunny, use lamps without shades inside, but do review first)
10:00-10:10 Reviewing resources, powerful ideas about light, ray diagrams, and scientific explanations (Emily) 10:10-10:45 Using mathematics to estimate a quantity of interest:
If sunny: how big is the sun?
If not sunny: how represent pinhole phenomena mathematically?
(inside with light bulb, movable pinholes, wax screens:
After develop pinhole formula, then pass out sun projections from earlier classes and use to estimate how big is the sun?)
10:45-11:05 Reporting Findings
11:05-11:15 Writing
11:15-11:20 Answering questions about course
11:20-11:25 Checking off laboratory notes
11:25-11:50 Reflecting
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This project will work with the MPCA to conduct watershed pollutant load monitoring at four sites in the Chippewa River watershed and one site in the neighboring Pomme de Terre River watershed . The Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP) team will also aid the MPCA in measuring and comparing regional differences and long-term trends in water quality. The goal is to collect quality data and complete load calculations for the five sites using the MPCA's established protocols.
The AgBMP Loan Program provides needed funding for local implementation of clean water practices at an extremely low cost, is unique in its structure and is not duplicated by any other source of funding.The AgBMP loan program provides 3% loans through local lenders to farmers, rural landowners, and agriculture supply businesses.
This project will complete a comprehensive and sustainable Major Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies report for the Chippewa River, its tributary streams, and the many lakes in the Chippewa River watershed that is understandable and adoptable by local units of government and residents.
This project will develop and execute three point source related scenarios for the Chippewa River watershed using an existing HSPF watershed model. This project will also support the review of the HSPF Modeling Guidance Document.
The Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP) is a voluntary opportunity for farmers and agricultural landowners to take the lead on implementing conservation practices that protect water quality. Those who implement and maintain approved conservation practices will be certified and in turn obtain regulatory certainty for a period of ten years. This program will help address concerns about changing regulatory requirements from multiple state and federal agencies.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.
Minnesota Erosion Control Association (MECA) will offer three one-day training session intended to educate permittees on the requirements of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit. The focus of these workshops will be on conducting inspections and various hot topics.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will coordinate the collection of high-resolution elevation data for northeastern portion of Minnesota using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems. The geographic area of the work includes Minnesota counties of Carlton, Cook, Lake, and St. Louis Counties and that portion of Koochiching County that comprises Voyageurs National Park.
The goal of this project is to respond to public comments on the Pope County Eight Lakes TMDL and make appropriate changes where necessary.
This project will develop feasibility analysis, a drawdown plan for Malmedal Lake and an analysis of available options for fish barriers in the watersheds of Malmedal Lake and Strandness Lake.
The purpose of this contract is to establish an international watershed coordinator for the Rainy River- Lake of the Woods (RR-LOW) watershed. The coordinator will assist the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in facilitating and enhancing civic engagement and public participation activities through collaboration and integration of the efforts of groups working on watershed activities at local, state/provincial, tribal, and bi-national levels.
The University of Minnesota will develop effective interview questions for community watershed assessments in the Rainy River basin and provide assistance in understanding the data collected through community interviews.
The goal of this project is to conduct water chemistry monitoring at four subwatershed sites and two basin sites in 2016 and 2017; and six subwatershed sites and three basin sites in 2018-2019 based on flow conditions, targeting runoff events using protocols defined in the Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) Standard Operating Procedures and Guidance. The data collected will be submitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and used in the FLUX32 model for calculating pollutant loads.
This project will provide an important framework for civic and citizen engagement and communication in the International Rainy River-Lake of the Woods Watershed, which will contribute to long-term public participation in surface water protection and restoration activities.
Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota's invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.


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The Mustang GT/CS - Sold only through California Ford Dealers and made to a brief developed in consultation between Lee Grey, Ford's then Southern California District Sales Manager and Ford MD, Lee Iacocca. To make the Mustangs sold in California look unique Carroll Shelby was assigned the task of designing and engineering the necessary parts and assembly procedures for the GT/CS.
Approximately 3,800 California Specials were built - only in 1968. This unrestored Acapulco Blue original example features the original C-code 289 2V with C4 3 speed T-bar auto. Optioned with factory power steering, power disc brakes, centre console and styled steel wheels. Exterior is still the original Acapulco Blue with some stress cracks & age patina. Good body with original quarter panels.
This a great looking 5 ft car & could be used as a daily driver. Engine was in good nick when purchased but has been treated to a freshen up by an old school Ford mechanic in Hobart. Transmission has been rebuilt and the car has a new exhaust.
Marti report & other documents including original purchase papers all included. Personal import 3 years ago. Approx 164,000 miles covered since new. New Supercat 14" tyres, under bonnet DUK, mahogany 9 rivet steering wheel (original wheel included), retro radio not fitted but supplied. Hobart, Tasmania car. (Ref. 4997)


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On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > In view of these results, the next version of the conneg draft will > > use `Negotiate: tcn' to indicate support for transparent content > > negotiation. If you can think of something shorter than `Negotiate: > > tcn', please let me know. > > I would prefer `Negotiate: t' myself, since the 'cn' serves no useful > purpose given the context. I was thinking of using `Negotiate: a' > for pure agent-driven negotiation (without the proxy mumbo jumbo). Anyone else *REALLY* peeved at this 'abbreviate until meaningless' approach to header design? You might as well go whole hog - why just save two bytes from the *value* of the when you can save 8 from the *name* of the header? Just call it 'N: t'. :/ If you are *SERIOUS* about saving bytes in the header - change to a machine readable format. But don't play this game of 'this is a human readable format so we will give it a meaningful name and then chop so many letters out that the meaning is lost'. The first rule of abbreviation for humans is to remove as many letters as possible without losing the meaning *and no more*. Sigh. -- Benjamin FranzReceived on Wednesday, 25 September 1996 21:35:30 UTC
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November Sephora haul thanks to Tammie!
So many goodies!!!! xD It was great to open up the package hehe. Tammie also helped some of my friends get some items too which was so nice.
NARS Sea of Love set containing full size Illuminator in Laguna, lip gloss in Turkish Delight, The Multiple in Orgasm and blush in Super Orgasm.
Look how cute the mini NARS blush is! Here it is next to my full size Orgasm blush hehe.
Some Urban Decay goodies!! 24/7 Shadow Pencil Stash, 24/7 liner in Yeyo and Grind House pencil sharpener. I mainly got the pencils to try the teal colour because I want to add some colour to my makeup ;)
I've been loving cream eyeshadows lately because they're so simple and quick to use! I've been itching to try the Benefit Creaseless Creams ever since I saw them over on Emily's Anthology. She raves about Strut and she did a great tutorial on how to take your makeup from day to night using it so I thought I'd get a few to try out. I got Birthday Suit, RSVP and Strut.
And last but not least my HG eye makeup remover Lancôme Bi-Facil and another Sephora exclusive Dior Addict lipstick in Model.
Tammie also helped me get something for my sis which isn't pictured because it's part of her Xmas present and hidden at the moment from her prying eyes ;) Thank you once again for helping me get my hands on Sephora items Tammie!! I seriously would have a lot less make up (and lemmings you huge enabler!) if it weren't for your generosity in helping me custom purchase ♥
What have you hauled lately? Thanks for looking as always!
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Oh man, I need an enabler! I've never tried any of these things that you bought, but I really want to try the Nars blush and UD pencils. Please post a pic of you trying out the Teal color! Exciting!ReplyDelete
I've seen so many people haul Lancome's Bi-Facil! It's on my to-buy list as soon as I finish my remover!ReplyDelete
Great Sephora haul! I know how you feel, it sucks they don't ship internationally out of the countries that do have Sephora (i wish they brought it to Australia & NZ already)~ I love everything, esp the mini NARS blush ^____ so cute and tiny!ReplyDelete
Ohhhh so lucky! Great haul love :)ReplyDelete
We love Tammie! And look at that amazing haul! I also have Dior Model, it's one of my favoritesReplyDelete
Lucky lady! I hauled some nail polishes (original...I know...) from H&M and some scarves. We have Sephora here as well, but they don't have many things(no U.D., no other fab brands...pfff)...I love your hauls 'Chelle!ReplyDelete
Glad for you!!ReplyDelete
I know what it is not to be able to get things!!
Enjoy all this!
awesome haul :) self presenting is always nice :PReplyDelete
really sucks that sephora does not ship internationally!
luckily there are a few here but haven't visited much haha
you need to show of some detail on those eyeshadows pleease :D
Love the Bi-Facil too! so awesome. To bad it was so pricy in switzerland :(
How lovely of her to be the greatest enabler ever! You chose some really nice stuff, I'm impressed :)ReplyDelete
Great haul! I love creaseless creams, Marry Up is my go to everyday eyeshadow. Love Sephora, I really need to make an order one day and try out parcel forwarding.ReplyDelete
Drool worthy haul! I finally got to hsee this! Very nice ;)ReplyDelete
Haha you guys are sweet :). I do love to enable it's true...somehow it's so easy to spend somebody else's money! It's almost as fun as spending my own :P.ReplyDelete
I love NARS... But I have to buy it here, at rip off prices :( I can't be bothered dealing with those forwarding services, and sadly I don't know anyone living in the states :( Nice haul!ReplyDelete
oOoh so many goodies >.<ReplyDelete
that NARS set looks amazing!!! can't wait to hear your thoughts on benefit cream shadows - are they really creaseless? i really wanted to pick some up following emily's review too =)
Colour me highly impressed! That's some haul, excuse me whilst I drool :9ReplyDelete
Wow! Amazing products!ReplyDelete
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Canary by Duane Swierczynski
Duane Swierczynski
February 24, 2015
Mulholland Books
College is supposed to be about bad judgment. This is a time in our lives when we can stay out all hours of the night and still make it to that 8 AM history final. I went to college. I made some bad decisions, but mine pale in comparison to those made by Duane Swierczynski's heroine in his latest novel, CANARY. Sarie Holland takes bad judgment to a whole new level.
Sarie's life takes a dramatic turn after she gives her boyfriend a ride after a party. Turns out the boyfriend was a low level drug dealer and the Philadelphia Narcotics unit had an interest in his supplier. When honors student Sarie turns confidential informant, understanding NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs is the least of her worries. The college freshman becomes a fast study of how the criminal mind works and she starts to work for both sides: the police and the dealers. Sarie gets tangled up with bad professors, the mafia, and crooked cops.
CANARY reminded me why I love reading Duane Swierczynski's books. CANARY is not told as a straight first or third person narrative. Swierczynski tells the story through a series of Sarie's journal entries to her deceased mom and third person narratives through the eyes of the rest of the cast of characters. Each non-journal entry is told from the point of view of one the supporting characters: Sarie's dad, her brother, and the narcotics officer she's working with, to name a few. These vignettes give the reader insight into these characters instead of telling the entire story from Sarie's viewpoint.
To say Swierczynski writes women, like Sarie, well would be short changing all of the other characters he writes well. Let's just go with, Swierczynski knows how to write people. They could be life-long mobsters, crazy drug lords, or college freshmen women, Duane makes each one unique and each character has their own voice.
For example, narcotics officer Ben Wildey (pronounced will-dee. This is a serious point of contention with the officer) lives in a rough part of Philadelphia, but he hopes that a police officer just being in the neighborhood will be a start to turn his city around. He comes from a long line of Philly police officers, some were good guys and others weren't as good. You get a better understanding of how big Wildey's heart is when he has Thanksgiving dinner with his elderly Auntie M, his only living family member. Auntie M suffers from dementia and usually doesn't remember who Wildey is, but he insists on spending the holiday with family. Of all the characters in CANARY, Wildey has the strongest moral compass.
Swierczynski flies his Philadelphia flag high and proud, and you certainly see this in CANARY. Since this is his hometown, you get to see more of the city than you would ever see on any sightseeing tour bus. There's the Badlands, a known junkie hangout, and Fox Chase, the middle-class neighborhood where Sarie and her family live. And the Lobster Trap, where the Philly mafia takes care of their messier "business". Swierczynski describes each area of the city is great detail, sometimes including some history to the neighborhood. This extra layer of detail just enhances the story without making the book feel like a history lesson.
It's been almost 2 years since Swierczynski's last fiction paperback, POINT & SHOOT, was released. I, for one, have missed his engaging characters and witty dialogue. I hope I don't have to wait this long for the next book.
Kate Malmon