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Dålig tajming kan ta mer än ett deceniumm att återhämta i Asien
Föreställ dig att du lyckats investera på den absoluta marknadstoppen i Asien ex Japan.
Hur lång tid skulle det ta innan du återhämtat dig och var över din initiala investering?
Om du investerade på toppen i december 1993, hade du behövt vänta genom både den asiatiska finanskrisen och Dotcom-bubblan.
Först i mars 2006 skulle du börja se någon avkastning på din investering.
147 månader = 12,3 år!
Om du investerat på toppen strax innan den globala finanskrisen i oktober 2007 skulle det ha tagit 90 månader att återhämta dig.
Men, så fort du återhämtat dig i april 2015 föll marknaden omedelbart igen och du hade fått vänta till juni 2017.
Om du hade investerat i Asien ex Japan på en marknadstopp hade det kunnat ta mer än ett decennium tills din investering började ge någon avkastning.
Det finns en hel del invändningar att göra här och nu, den mest uppenbara frågan är: "Hur sannolikt är det att du bara skulle göra en investering och att lyckas göra den på den absoluta marknadstoppen?" Förmodligen inte så troligt...
I stället för att fortsätta dividera om det här, rekommenderar jag dig att läsa Part I: Buy and Hold Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth som diskuterar mer i detalj om ämnet och vad man bör tänka på när marknaden är högt värderad.
Equity Analysis: Art or Science?
This post was originally published here.
In equity analysis, there are those who prefer the data and those who prefer the story. The logicians, the storytellers, and then people in the middle.
Two Types of Equity Analysts
There are equity analysts who let the data show them the way. They read charts and trends and decide what the story is based on what the numbers are telling them. They construct the narrative from the data.
And then there is the type of equity analyst who comes up with the narrative first and then finds the data to fit the story in their minds. They pick and choose the graphs that support their imagination. Or they rely on their industry insights or familiarity with company leadership that lies outside the realm of facts and figures. (Speaking of facts and figures, check out my post on the difference between stock value and stock price here.) Oftentimes this narrative is based on nothing but intuition, dreams, and imagination.)
But hey, that's part of what makes the stock market so interesting, right? It is the analysis, unfolding, and reward of the dreams of humanity's organizations. We wager on the rise and fall of companies — the great empires of our generation.
Equity Analysis: Looking into the Future
Equity analysts possess a vision of the future unseen by the market, and then they attempt to convince other people to make bets on that vision. When that vision becomes a reality, people get a large payoff for their imagination.
Imagination is something that lies beyond pure data. Science follows rules, like the laws of physics, which are mostly consistent over time. But the rules of finance? Well, there is only one that matters — that there are no rules.
Analysts try their hardest to develop frameworks for interpreting and predicting the financial system. The simple fact is that in equity analysis, it is impossible to be totally certain. It defies logic because the system is composed of individual buyers behaving in irrational ways.
Not to mention that financial markets are self-correcting. Somebody comes up with a framework that works, others find out, and the market corrects. This process changes the underlying assumptions on which that framework rests. It's impossible to establish certainty inside a constantly shifting environment.
The Toss Up: Emotions or Objectivity
So, what should we prioritize as equity analysts? Facts, or imagination? Data, or gut instinct? Well, that's a complicated question.
Obviously, we need to have an accurate system for interpreting the raw data. We need to have the analytical skills and insight to know what is actually happening in the company. We develop scientific methods for determining the objective value of a company so that we avoid operating only on our emotions and imagination. Sometimes the result is that many analysts totally reject the subjective elements of their day-to-day work.
Some equity analysts strive so hard to eliminate emotion and establish objectivity that they fail to cultivate the human elements that are necessary to succeed in this industry.
While Andrew was Head of Research at a large broker here in Thailand he once hired a young analyst that was strong in the scientific aspects of equity analysis, but he relied almost exclusively on data when he presented his ideas. He sold his ideas mathematically, not emotionally. The result was that when fund managers sat down to compare the ideas in front them, his ideas consistently paled in comparison to other more artfully presented options.
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Objective logic is important, but it does not reign supreme. The road to the top of equity analysis requires some "softer skills" as well.
Think of an artist. One must choose the scientific tools to value companies like a painter choosing his or her brush. The analyst's artwork is composed of facts, figures, and charts. He or she uses the science of data analysis as the basis for an artistic narrative. They must paint a compelling picture of the value, momentum, direction, and risk of a company. This picture is the artistic vehicle that equity analysts use to sell their vision in the marketplace of ideas.
You must be capable of navigating the world of persuasion and influence. At the end of the day, your job is to present interesting investment ideas in a way that compels buy-side managers to risk their client's money on them.
Your job is to enable someone to share your vision of the future. To give them a glimpse into a world that does not yet exist. This is a difficult task, and it takes your entire career to learn to do this effectively.
The Valuation Master Class
In the Valuation Master Class you'll be taught to combine the objective world of equity analysis with the subjective world of influence. You can learn the difficult analytical forecasting and valuation portion, as well as the soft persuasive skills you need to succeed.
For instance, Valuation Master Class students produce original equity analysis research reports just like you would in the professional world. They also engage in live debates with other students about whether to buy or sell a stock.
It truly is hands-on practice. As instructors, it warms our heart to see students nail an accurate valuation and then execute a perfect argument to sell me on the idea.
That is the skill that truly matters in the real world; it drives revenue for your client, it drives revenue for your organization, and it drives success for your career.
Develop it!
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Introducing the Valuation Master Class
Utav er som läser min blogg här på Trade Venue vet jag ej hur många som känner till att vi startade en Valuation Master Class online förra året. Valuation Master Class består av 5 moduler och ger praktisk erfarenhet i att värdera bolag. I nuläget har vi en bit över 200 medlemmar runtom i världen som befinner sig på modulerna 1-5.
Kommande veckor planerar jag att publicera några inlägg här som har med värdering och Valuation Master Class att göra. Tyvärr är jag ganska lat och har lite snålt om tid, så jag hoppas det går bra med engelska ;)
Har ni några frågor gällande Valuation Master Class är det bara att fråga i en kommentar eller skicka DM/email.
This post was originally published here.
The Right Tools
When it comes to making crucial business and financial decisions, the savvy financial analyst wants the right tools on hand for performing equity valuations. The Valuation Master Class is a crucial first step to gaining these essential valuation tools for those looking to carry out their own due diligence on companies. Comprehensively assess the stock values of world-class businesses while avoiding market analyst bias. With the help of my team, we've applied our 25+ years experience to creating the Master Class. If you're interested in breaking free from the traditional—and heavily theoretical—approach to studying business valuation, then this is the right place.
The Right Framework
Other post-graduation equity valuation courses will continue to throw theoretical models and books at you. What makes the A. Stotz Valuation Master Class so different to this dull, repetitive approach is that you gain the opportunity for real practical experience—from the very beginning. Rather than just examining theory and traditional valuation methods, the Valuation Master Class provides you with a proven ValueModel framework to help you master business valuations. From the start, you are in the driving seat discovering how to practically value real-world companies with professional confidence. Undertaking the class will provide you with the breadth of practical experience in equity valuation that no other prep course can. Upon graduating this course as a Master in Valuation, you will have successfully valued a whopping 56 companies. Theory doesn't take a backseat, but the Valuation Master Class stands out as one of the few places you can be certain to put it into practice.
The Right Career Path
Driven, motivated, and hungry to make a name for yourself in the world of equity valuation? Does this sound like you too? The Valuation Master Class can set you on the right path to your coveted job in finance. Mastering the art of equity valuation can make and enhance your career in the finance world. Whether you're seeking a role in the field of corporate finance, equity research or investment banking, you will have compiled a case-study portfolio of 56 real-world company valuations from the hands-on experience this course provides.
The Right Mentor
Not only do you receive the full support of the expert team here at A. Stotz Investment Research, but Andrew Stotz, PhD, CFA delivers all the accounting, finance, and forecasting related content, as well as provide individual feedback. Gain full access to his 25 years of practical knowledge and insights into equity valuation.
Want to learn more? Check out the online course details here and begin mastering the art of equity valuation today!
The S&P 500 Will Gain 20% This Year | Recency Bias
How to recognize recency bias
"The S&P 500 will gain 20% in the first year of the new Millennium!" said the yuppie analyst to an impressed journalist while sipping champagne and chewing on a lobster tail. Except, the yuppie analyst was dead wrong in this prediction; the S&P 500 fell 10% in the year 2000.
How could this, obviously well-paid, lobster-eating yuppie analyst be so wrong? Overconfidence is a likely candidate, but so is recency bias.
What is recency bias?
Recency bias is a cognitive error that tricks you into believing that what has happened recently will continue to happen again. Our yuppie analyst above thought the S&P 500 would gain 20% in the year 2000 because it had gained about 20% in 1999 and almost 30% in 1998.
By the same logic, as the S&P 500 returned about 20% in 2017 and roughly 10% in 2016, you'd be inclined to assume that the index will continue to gain in 2018. By something around 15% maybe (the average of the 2016 and 2017 returns) or even as much as 30% (in a continuation of the pattern 10%, 20%, etc.).
Your brain is wired in such a way that recent memories are easily accessible. Hence, it's completely normal that you think the market will perform well when we're in a bull market. Even though you, like most investors, are aware of the cyclical nature of the stock market.
Why is recency bias a problem?
Clouded judgment due to recency bias may make you hold onto stocks even though you acknowledge their high valuations or other warning signals. Conversely, it can also make you stay on the sidelines too, not buying stocks when they're cheap and the market is depressed. Hence, you get the timing pretty much wrong both ways.
Furthermore, recency bias may lead you to invest in a fund that has had the best performance in the recent past or to allocate more capital to an asset class that performed strongly in the last few years. However, there's a lot of research showing that this has been a losing strategy for many investors and that it is probably better to invest in recent losers rather than recent winners, De Bondt and Thaler (1985).
How to deal with recency bias
As with many cognitive biases, increased awareness takes you far when dealing with them. It's unlikely though—and may even be suboptimal—that this will entirely change how your brain works, so you're better off just making sure that the most recent events or performance are not the only data points you use to form a baseline for your decisions.
Another way to reduce the impact of recency bias is to use a "periodic table of investment returns" named and modeled after the periodic table of chemical elements. The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns seems to have been the first (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong in a comment below) where you can see annual returns of various asset classes over the past 20 years. Another take is Ben Carlson's Asset Allocation Quilt. Have a look for yourself, and you'll see that it's not very often that the best performing asset class in one year is also the best performing in the next.


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Local activists were calling for a federal investigation Friday after a video posted to YouTube showed a CHP officer repeatedly hitting a woman in the face on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.
The video footage, posted by David Diaz, shows the officer try to grab the woman's arm as she appears to resist near the eastbound 10 Freeway.
As he tries to gain control over the woman, he throws her to the ground. While the woman is on her back, the officer holds her down and delivers about a dozen hits to her head and upper body in about 11 seconds, according to the video.
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Activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson said there was no possible justification for what he saw in the video.
"Subduing is one thing if you're going to make a lawful arrest. There's no question about that. You have the authority to do that," Hutchinson said. "But a punch and a beating? I'm sorry, you've crossed the line."
The activists said they believe the woman in the video may have been homeless and mentally ill. CHP officials confirmed that she was in custody on a 72-hour mental health evaulation.
"I represent for the women that are upset they're concerned and now they are fearful," added activist Lita Herron. "They're actually admitting that now they're afraid to be stopped by highway patrol."
The activists called for a meeting with the head of the CHP, and activist Pedro Baez said he was shocked because the agency has an admirable record on issues of community relations and racial profiling.
"We saw something that was just repulsive, reprehensible and totally out of character for them," Baez said.
The agency issued an updated statement on the video Friday morning.
"The California Highway Patrol (CHP) just became aware of the video today and we are investigating the entire incident," according to the statement. "As a matter of policy, every time there is a use of force by our officers, there is a review conducted to determine whether the use of force was appropriate. That will be done in this case, however, since there is an ongoing investigation, it would be premature to comment on this specific video segment. After the investigation is completed it will be reviewed at multiple levels within the Department."

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For quite a while now I have believed that a number of people named Collins in Coornishal were somehow related to my Grandmom's ancestral Collins ancestors in Adrigole. The evidence is substantial. I am going to list my pieces of evidence.
1) There is a Laurence Collins (my ggg-grandfather "Larr" - 1783-1867) in Adrigole in the Castlehaven Tithe Applotment book of 1825. He shared a lot with somebody named Jerry Collins. Other Collinses listed in Adrigole were William and Daniel.
2) There was a Lawrence Collins in adjacent Coornishal in the Tithe Applotment book of Kilmacabea of 1829. He was adjacent to a John Collins. Another Collins there was one Timothy.
Laurence Collins is not a particularly common name, like John or Daniel. For now, I am inclined to think these listings for Laurence were the same man.
3) The father of a recently-discovered relative back east was one Laurence Collins from Licknavar and Gortshanecrone. Her maternal grandmother was the daughter of Jeremiah of Adrigole; her parents were somehow cousins. This relative is of my mother's generation, she is a third cousin in two different ways, and probably a cousin a third way. We are trying to establish precisely how in the third way. In other words, the Licknavar Collinses were related to the Adrigole Collinses and we don't know exactly how.
4) As she remembers her father telling the story, some "Corn" or "Coran" Collinses peeled off from north of Skibbereen and headed south of town probably in the first half of the 19th century.
[note: I am well aware of the townlands of Corran North, Corran Middle, and Corran South in Kilmacabea, and that there were Collinses in this area. So I am keeping the Corran townlands on the backburner.]
5) In the Cullomane East branch (my gg-grandparents), a Catherine Collins was a Godmother in 1863. Who was this Catherine exactly? One of my strongest autosomal DNA matches has a solid family history out of Licknavar. We have not been able to establish a common shared ancestor, but someone in his tree named Sullivan was apparently a baptism Godfather in the tree of my east coast relative with Licknavar ancestry. A Catherine Collins (est born 1800) is also in his tree. Someone named Croston in my DNA match's tree lived on lots shared with Licknavar Collinses in Griffith's Valuation.
6) The May 9, 1903 obituary of Jeremiah Collins of Adrigole in the Southern Star lists John Collins and Denis Collins of Coornishal as cousins.
And now for a digression. There was apparently a tradition of naming women Diana in this extended family group, though it's difficult to understand why the name was popular in some branches and non-existent in others. My gg-grandfather Danny Larr of Cullomane East had a daughter Diana, who emigrated to Australia. Danny Larr had another daughter Margaret who named her daughter Diana. (This latter Diana married a Daniel Hallahan and then sort of disappeared. That family remains one of my open research projects.)
There's more. Larr may have also had a daughter Johanna, who married a John Donovan roughly 1851 and eventually settled in Ardagh, Rosscarbery. They named a daughter Dinah. This Dinah died a spinster.
A Dina Collins pops up frequently as a Godmother in numerous baptisms - for one of Johanna's children, and for children of John and of Jeremiah in Adrigole. These sponsorships occurred from 1852 through 1863, presumably the same woman.
A Diana Collins from Adrigole, with a father named Laurence, married Timothy Sullivan of Clooncugger in 1868. She had three children - none named Laurence or Diana - and she died in 1892.
Neither John of Adrigole, nor Jeremiah of Adrigole, nor anybody down in Licknavar had a daughter named Diana.
But somebody in Coornishal did ! I stumbled upon this family digging through the Kilmacabea church records that are online.
Which brings me back to my evidence list.
Unfortunately the records for Kilmacabea start relatively late, in 1832. So I may have only a partial family. I cannot find a marriage record for Tom Collins and Kate Foley, who lived in Coornishal in the 1840's, which leads me to believe she could have been from Castlehaven parish, which has no marriage records available.
Timothy, baptized 15-Jan-1840. His father was written as John. I think this could be an error. His sponsors were Michael Foley and Ellen Collins.
Patrick, baptized 14-Mar-1841. Sponsors Con Foley and Mary H?
7) Lawrence, baptized 27-Mar-1843. Sponsors Daniel Collins and Kate Collins. This Daniel could well have been my gg-grandfather, before he married Mary Mahony in 1845 and moved to Cullomane East around 1851.
Catherine, baptized 16-Dec-1846. Sponsors Tim Foley and Ellen Foley.
Tom, baptized 25-Aug-1850. Sponsors Jerry? Collins and Mary Collins.
Cornelius, baptized 6-Mar-1853. Sponsors Laurence Collins and Kate Shealy. These sponsors could well be Larr and his relatively new daughter-in-law, married to John of Adrigole in 1852.
8) Dinah, baptized 13-Jan-1856. Sponsors John Collins and Johanna Foley.
So, I have: adjacency in land valuation records; family lore; a newspaper obit; DNA; and family naming traditions all strongly suggesting a link between Adrigole, Coornishal, and Licknavar. Tracking a family naming tradition only works when the names are uncommon or downright rare.
Unfortunately, with Kilmacabea church records starting late (1830's), and Castlehaven & Myross church records starting REALLY late (1840's) and with no marriages, I have to wait for somebody else to come forward or some other evidence to turn up to glue this together. Once I am settled in from my move to Salt Lake City in April, I'll be hitting the land valuation records pre and post Griffith's to see if I can squeeze any additional information out of available records.


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On raising a son on the autism spectrum, progressive politics, pop culture, and coffee addiction.
Monday, April 11, 2011
The five-minute activist
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- Kathy said...
I've tagged you in a meme.
- April 21, 2011 8:37 PM
It's off-topic, but I wanted your opinion on this issue...
The Onion has a couple of videos with "an autistic reporter." I was hoping to get your response. I've been reading responses on-line, and some people in the ASD community find it hilarious and others find it insulting.
- April 22, 2011 11:42 AM
- Fairlington Blade said...
Totally off topic, but I'm rocking Up On The Ridge at the moment. Give my thanks to Bud for introducing us to Dierks.
- April 26, 2011 2:52 AM
- BoosMom said...
It has taken me months to do it. Months, and many nights up too late, trying to read as the words blurred at 1am, 2am.... I have now read your entire blog from the first post to the most recent. I feel a certain sense of loss. Now I will have to wait until you post again before I have anything new to read. Now I have nothing to absorb when I sit up late into the night staring at the laptop screen waiting for Boo to fall asleep. But I have come to love you and Bud. You are treasured friends and I feel a certain connection to you. But it occurs to me that the connection is one-sided. So I invite you to come over to our blog and get to know us as well. We only have three months of blogging under our belt, but you have to start somewhere, right? And by the way.....thanks for helping to shape my view of autism, and of parenting such a special and delightful boy.
- April 30, 2011 10:31 AM
- Nancy Vecchione said...
I've found the most helpful way to get the attention of our legislators is to have my daughters make an appointment to talk to them.Both of them have PPD and have 'intellectual disabilities'.But they've both been very successful based on the assistance they've rec'd frm an assortment of social service groups as well as their schools and, well, not to brag, their mom and dad.One of them is teaching nursery school--a real advancement for her.The other works at a Wawa. We fight the loss of services and are active in our community but so few are!As important OUR DAUGHTERS ARE ACTIVISTS TOO. I encourage all parents to carve out just one day a month (Yes I know it seems impossible some times..been there, done that) but try to, because it's your child's future at stake with every vote to decrease spending. I've found that what I taught by example when the girls were young was the most effective way to get my message across. Will get off my soap box now. TY
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"The Meg"
3 out of 5 Stars
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writer: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Steve Alten (novel)
Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson
Genre: Action, sci-fi
Rated: PG-13 for action/peril, bloody images and some language
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - Synopsis: Scientists aboard a multi-million-dollar research station probe what is believed to be the seafloor only to discover that ancient creatures exist below -- creatures that should have remained undiscovered.
Review: Here, we find Jason Statham starring as Jonas Taylor. He's damaged goods, having lost everything following a rescue mission that ended poorly. Taylor claimed there was a giant creature, a megalodon shark, that force him to leave teammates behind. No one believes him. No one, until a group of scientists comes face to face with a similar creature and finds itself trapped at the bottom of the sea. I'll give you one chance to guess whom they call to lead a rescue attempt.
It wouldn't be fair to say that "The Meg" is a paint-by-numbers action film, but maybe it would have been better off it had been. The movie wants to be a silly movie about a massive shark. It also wants to be a movie where cardboard characters are given flimsy and predictable backstories in hopes of connecting with audiences on a more human, rather than primal, level. "The Meg" works best when it's flying by the seat of its pants and giving into its more ridiculous ideas. You know, like Statham taking on the shark single-handedly.
It doesn't work when long stretches are devoted to a group of people gathered around a bank of video monitors watching stuff. As an audience, we're literally watching the watchmen when we should be watching a massive shark wreak havoc.
In "Jurassic Park," we're given just enough science to convince the audience that the resurrecting dinosaurs is theoretically possible. In "The Meg" we're given a bunch of gobbledygook that gets in the way of the film that audiences are expecting to see. There's also a halfhearted attempt at character development that only slows the film without adding anything to the narrative.
"The Meg" should be a smooth roller coaster ride filled with loops and corkscrews, not a herky-jerky ride that comes to a screeching halt whenever it starts to build some momentum.
"The Meg" could have been a glorious B-movie, but its aspirations to be more than a film about a Jurassic shark gets in the way of some of the fun. It's not a terrible film, but it's not memorable either.


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I am really curious about the Vedanta behind the arithmetic operations on irrational numbers. It still got aggrevated after the productive discussions with my friend. So I decided to ask it here. Basically there is some confusion with some 4 operators.
- Let me start with $+$ operator. There is no confusion. Suppose the "$+$" in $\sqrt{3} +\sqrt{2}$ just add the decimal part of the both numbers. Its like adding $ 1+0.73205... + 1 +0.41421... $ . So it makes sense when we add them linearly .
- The problem arises with the multiplication. Can some one explain how is $\sqrt{3}*\sqrt{3} = 3$ ?. How can a product of two irrational numbers turns out to be a rational number ? . Its like $1.73205.....*1.73205.....$ , so the multiplication operator just multiplies the decimal part too. It must give rise to the infinite decimal part in the output too. But in converse we are getting a rational number ( specifically an integer ) $3$. How can one make sense out of this contradiction ? .
- Similarly coming to Division the same problem arises . But once we have well defined multiplication, division may make some sense because we can always rationalize numerator and denominator. So the problem is just finding the explanation behind the multiplication.
- Similarly how about the exponents ? . Raising an irrational number to the power of another irrational number ? . For example take $\sqrt{3}^{\sqrt{2}}$ . How can one raise the irrational number which has infinite precision to another number which has infinite precision ? .
Thank you. Awaiting for your responses.


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Photo Flash: First Look at Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines in DRIVING MISS DAISY Australian Tour!
The Australian Premiere of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play Driving Miss Daisy will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at The Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane. The production stars two of the world's greatest living actors- five-time Tony Award and three-time Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner James Earl Jones, alongside four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the actors onstage in the photos below!
The Brisbane Premiere season of Driving Miss Daisy, which has almost sold out, will be followed by seasons in Sydney (from March 1), Melbourne (from April 5) and Adelaide (from May 17).
A timeless American play, which inspired the beloved Academy Award-winning film, Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her compassionate African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn. Their iconic tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship has warmed the hearts of millions worldwide.
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A Los Angeles police officer killed when a driver allegedly purposely rammed his car in Harbor City was remembered Wednesday as "a hero on the streets of L.A."
About 3,200 police officers, elected officials, family members and friends gathered for the third time in two months at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to bid farewell to an LAPD officer, this time Harbor Division patrolman Roberto Sanchez, a 32-year-old husband looking forward to starting a family.
"For the third time in as many months, I look out at a sea of blue that is awash in grief," Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said. "Today that grief is compounded by anger. … Roberto didn't just die. He was murdered."
Beck, promising the people of Los Angeles that those responsible for killing Sanchez on May 3 would be brought to justice, said Sanchez was specifically assigned to patrol Harbor Gateway and Harbor City. His unit, designated "5Z1," was the "guardian of the Harbor Gateway," established as an LAPD beat in 2006 following the gang-related slaying of Cheryl Green, a 14-year-old shot dead by Latino gang members because she was black.
Her death touched off a massive police response, including one that increased the police presence in Harbor Gateway and Harbor City. "The Los Angeles Police Department resolved that will never happen again," Beck said.
Officers selected to work the unit, Harbor Division Capt. Gerald Woodyard said, were required to be first-rate, tactically sound and able to use common sense. Sanchez and his partner, Richard Medina, fit the bill, he said.
"Roberto and Richard were the best and brightest," Woodyard said. "Roberto was taken far too soon from us."
Sanchez died May 3 as he and Medina chased a Chevrolet Camaro about 3:45 a.m. According to police and prosecutors, Mynor Enrique Varela, 20, a Harbor City resident, purposely rammed his Chevrolet Tahoe into the driver's door of the officers' patrol car at Anaheim Street and Senator Avenue to help a friend in the Camaro get away.
Sanchez was killed and Medina, described as his best friend, underwent surgery for a broken jaw. He was in attendance at the funeral.
Varela, 20, of Harbor City is facing murder and assault charges. His brother, Bryan, who was riding in his SUV, also was arrested but was not charged in connection with the crash.
During the services, Beck, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and family and friends recalled Sanchez as an only child of Mexican parents who brought him on an airplane to California when he was 4. That ride ignited a lifelong passion for airplanes that included "plane spotting" dates with his high school sweetheart Sonia, a prom date who eventually became his wife of six years.
The couple lived in Santa Ana after graduating from Saddleback High School.
Working as a freight carrier at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Sanchez dreamed of becoming a police officer. His brother-in-law, Jessie Carbajal, said family members supported his career choice and looked forward to him starting a family with his wife.
"He loved being a police officer," Carbajal said. "He was just so proud of serving the public."
In his personal life, Sanchez lived within walking distance of his parents, Francisco and Patricia. He collected model airplanes and volunteered at his niece's school, where she works as a kindergarten teacher, reading stories to children for "Read Across America."
Family friend Noel Perez, who served as best man at Sanchez's wedding, called him noble, honest, kind and respectful. "He was funny," Perez said. "His laugh was contagious."
Garcetti called Sanchez an "exceptional officer," and a "hero on the streets of L.A." He told Sanchez's wife and parents that, like a Marine is always a Marine, LAPD officers always remain LAPD officers.
"Surround yourselves with the love in this room," Garcetti said. "It isn't going away."
Several members of Sanchez's family wore white T-shirts emblazoned with his photograph on the front and "RoboCop" on the back.
For Beck, whose voice sometimes cracked as he spoke, it was the third time he had given a eulogy for a police officer this spring.
Officer Nicholas Lee, 40, was killed March 7 when a cement mixer struck his patrol car on a hilly street in Beverly Hills. Lee's family attended the funeral for Sanchez.
Motorcycle Officer Chris Cortijo, 51, died four days after he was struck April 5 by an SUV at Lankershim Boulevard and Saticoy Street in Sun Valley. The driver was charged with driving under the influence of cocaine.
And off-duty Detective Ernest Allen Jr. was killed Friday in a similar crash on the same street as Lee.
"For the last three months, I keep asking, as you do, 'When is enough enough?' " Beck said. "How many blue angels does God need? How many chairs are vacant in his roll call? This is not a question that a mortal man can answer."
Beck said that on Mother's Day, he sat in the hospital with a veteran officer who survived three heart stoppages and is doing fine.
"I take that as a sign that God has filled his roll call seats," Beck said. "He has enough Los Angeles police officers for whatever that mission is. I pray I am right."
Following the church service, a long procession along the 110 and 405 freeways took Sanchez's casket, draped in an American flag, to Good Shepherd Cemetery in Huntington Beach. Officers on four horses led a riderless horse to the grave site, followed by the casket containing the slain officer's remains. Medina, his jaw appearing to be wired, accompanied his slain partner to his final resting spot.
During the ceremony, Beck took the folded American flag, presented it to Sanchez's wife and kissed her on the top of the head.
Family members remained at the grave site after police officers dispersed. Sanchez's father walked over to the casket and placed a model airplane atop it.
Sanchez was the first Harbor Division officer to die in the line of duty since Robert "Bobby" Mata, 26, a husband and father of two young girls, was killed in a crash on John S. Gibson Boulevard at Figueroa Street while heading to a call on Sept. 19, 2000.
Sanchez's patrol unit number, 5Z1, will be retired in his memory.
Staff photographer Stephen Carr contributed to this report.


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Cape Wind is poised to take another step in securing the financial underpinnings for its proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm.
Cape Wind is poised to take another step in securing the financial underpinnings for its proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm.
The project, which is expected to cost $2.6 billion, will be financed through a combination of equity from investors and loans from banks and other institutions.
The company will tap the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as the lead bank in securing debt for the project, Cape Wind President Jim Gordon said at a renewable power finance conference last week in New York.
The multinational bank, which is based in Japan, is expected to coordinate $1.8 billion to $2 billion in debt financing for the project, according to Power Intelligence, a financial publication specializing in the energy industry.
The bank is also expected to convert a federal production tax credit into cash.
Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers declined to comment on the decision aside from confirming the statements Gordon made at the conference.
Representatives with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ did not respond to messages seeking comment for this story.
A lead bank typically recruits other banks or institutions that will issue bonds for a project, said Edward Zaelke, a board member with the American Wind Energy Association and co-chairman of the project finance practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
"The lead bank typically takes a large financial interest," Zaelke said.
Given the high cost of Cape Wind, several banks will need to be lined up, Zaelke said, adding that the process could take between 30 and 90 days from when the lead bank is named.
Cape Wind officials have said they hope to begin construction this year, which is necessary for the company to benefit from the federal production tax credit that expires Dec. 31.
That timeline is reasonable assuming the loan documents are completed by the summer, Zaelke said.
The debt side of the equation is only part of how Cape Wind plans to pay for constructing 130 wind turbines in the Nantucket Sound.
The company needs at least an additional $600 million in equity, $100 million of which may come from Siemens Energy Inc., the company that will provide the turbines for the project, Rodgers said.
"They have made that commitment and of course it is subject to finalizing mutually satisfactory terms and conditions," he said.
Siemens has been selected as the "preferred supplier" for the project's 3.6-megawatt turbines and the electrical service platform, as well as for operation and maintenance, Siemens spokesman Alfons Benzinger wrote in an email to the Times.
"In order to further support the project, Siemens is prepared to invest along with other third-party equity providers in this project but this still is subject to final financing conditions," Benzinger wrote.
A turbine manufacturer taking an equity stake in a wind energy project is not unusual, Zaelke said.
In addition to the private debt and equity the Department of Energy is considering a loan guarantee for the project. An application by the company for a $2 billion DOE loan guarantee was put on hold in 2011 and the new request is expected to be much smaller.
The possibility of a loan guarantee for the project has drawn criticism from Cape Wind's opponents and Republicans who point to $535 million in federal loans to bankrupt solar energy giant Solyndra.
Cape Wind officials are also still looking for a buyer for about a quarter of the wind farm's power, although the company could move forward with a smaller project if necessary.
National Grid has agreed to buy 50 percent of Cape Wind's power and NStar has agreed to buy 27.5 percent of the power, both at a starting price of 18.7 cents per kilowatt-hour.
An annual 3.5 percent increase will kick in starting in 2014, raising the cost of Cape Wind's power over 19 cents per kilowatt-hour.
If Cape Wind does not begin construction by the end of 2015, the power purchase agreements with NStar and National Grid will be terminated, according to an amendment to the National Grid contract filed last week.
While Cape Wind supporters say the price is small when mixed with the cost of other sources of power the utilities buy and spread across all of the companies' customers, opponents of the project continue to rail against what they see as the project's exorbitant cost to consumers.
Audra Parker, president and CEO of the primary anti-Cape Wind group the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, said the choice of a lead bank to organize loans for the project is subterfuge to make the project look more viable than it is.
"To me it seems like no news and another example of deals or announcements that Cape Wind makes that don't come through," she said.
Cape Wind still faces legal challenges, four of which have been consolidated into one lawsuit contesting federal approvals.
Another pending suit focuses on the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of Cape Wind.
"Cape Wind continues to be a risky project with little or no chance of ever being built," Parker said.


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|2012-12-29, 22:27
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Character Discussion - Makishima Shougo
The purpose of this thread is to provide a place to discuss all things Makishima Shougo related.
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|2012-12-30, 11:22
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Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
The antagonist is creepy as hell, and he happens to enjoy the dark side of humanity that Sibyl System deems indifferent (in my opinion). The way he was treated as a happy civilian seriously cause a lot of problems for the system to be flawed in the first place, not to mention his clear hue and low CC seriously causes a lot of problems as he's a sociopath. I can't even tell if the same apply to Akane as well.
|2012-12-30, 18:55
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Senior Member
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Thank you for creating this thread
I really enjoy Makishima as a villain. Although make no mistake even if his aim turns out to be to destroy a messed up system I will still see him as a villain. Mainly because I never agreed with the ends justified the means philosophy. But not to start an argument perhaps I should use the phrase antagonist from here on out.
Anyways I am the type of person who is rarely interested in the antagonist (I did like Kyuubey a lot as well so it seems to be one of Urobutchi's strong points) but what I like about Makishima is I believe in his persuasive power.
I think the fact that when he talks I can feel it myself is what makes Makishima work for me. Makishima is like an improved Moriaty for me ( an antagonist I like the idea of more than the execution, but in this case I enjoy the execution as well)
Looking forward to the psychological battle he plays with Kogami & Akane.
|2012-12-30, 19:17
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Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 27
Makishima is a very interesting villain, and I must admit before the last episode I thought what did the end of the anime have its coefficient would discover crime and it would reach 500 or more! I was shocked, seeing that the CC had was so "low" and it decreased
|2012-12-30, 19:51
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Makishima is a great antagonist. I wouldn't like him as person, I love him as a character. I don't even think he has a concrete goal in mind. He might just be the type to watch the system burn down to the ground while stroking his inflated sense of ego. He's an example of the sort of rare individual that can see the strings that holds their fragile society in place. But then he goes for stretching these "strings" for a far as I can go than anything else. He's like this gamer that continuously tries to look for ways break the game just for its own sake. In that sense, I'd say his character is more similar to Joker or Johan Liebert.
If Gen Urobuchi were to self-insert himself into a character, it would be as this guy. Makishima's approach of exposing the vulnerabilities of the society by brutally ripping its guts apart seems like the sort of thing Urobuchi likes doing to his own characters. Heh.
|2013-01-01, 02:41
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Is that it would be possible to have Makishima want to be killed?? By a person who has the will to kill will decide by itself and not by Sibylle short he wants to die he mocks death if it is this type of person?? Because after seeing the episode with the confrontation Makishima Akane and that gives a firearm easily ...
|2013-01-03, 01:24
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The bastard.
If he just want to be be killed. Why not strip naked in the park dancing Gangnam and I'm sure his sanity reading will shoot up to 200% confirming him as a lunatic...
|2013-01-03, 06:48
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The Observer
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: here, there, everywhere
Age: 30
It's so funny how most people want a villain to be killed and hate him so much just because he killed someone innocent. Don't think I'm offensive or anything, I just find it funny.
But the thing I absolutely adore in Makishima is the fact that he's always composed, silently walking around but he can kill you without a second thought. His methods of manipulating others to kill in my opinion is very interesting. I've seen villains who wants to kill and they do, but Makishima shows more from his personality by manipulating others. It's dangerous but also beautiful how he makes strangers follow him with just his words. He finds their weakness and uses it to his advantage. This is far more dangerous because it is secretive.
I love Maki as a villain also for his views on people and society. It is thought provoking.
I hope he reaches the goal he has in mind at least to some degree. It would be a waste if in the end he dies without achieving something. It's Gen, I should have faith in him .
|2013-01-03, 19:28
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Location: 3rd Planet
And that pretty much exposes one of the critical weaknesses of the Sibyl System which is the impossibility of shaping thoughts, emotions, feeling etc. which makes a human, human. Even if the system successfully suppresses those urge which lead people to kill others, there can always be people like Makishima.
I also wouldn't say Makishima is "composed." I don't think he actually experience the normal range of emotion that are needed for him to demonstrate and maintain composure. Even his brain functions differ from any other killers in the show as pointed out by those crime coefficient figures in episode 11. This guy is unique among how we would define a Psychopath and we have seen at least two example of psychopath in the highschool girl and the guy with the buffalo shot gun.
|2013-01-18, 03:49
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Makishima is an interesting one as far as Urobuchi creations go (and in general as well of course). Usually his characters start out with a pure and/or noble ideal in mind, but as the ideal clashes with the harsh reality around them and ends up causing them almost nothing but despair, they become corrupted and start to follow said ideal through unscrupulous means, which often (and unbeknownst to the character) directly contradict the original aim of the ideal.
And where Makishima sets himself apart from those is that (it seems) he actually started out that way. Here we have a guy who above all else champions people's free will and thus seeks to upset a system that undermines it, which can hardly be called a villainous motivation, only he's always gone about it in a villainous manner, e.g. enabling serial killers.
But regardless of how one may feel about his methods, his ideas are certainly interesting and compelling, especially his appraisal of the Sybil system's effect on society it's stripped people's lives of meaning and their actions of value by suppressing their free will. Thus, as one who is able to live outside of the constraints of said system, he's taken it upon himself to be the one to liberate those suppressed from the shackles of society and restore meaning to their lives.
So yeah, all in all, I'm sold. Definitely looking forward to seeing how he will try to bring out the "splendor" in Kougami's soul.
|2013-01-18, 16:30
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Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
Everything is subjective, but I'm not entirely sure that murder fueled anarchy is all that compelling to most people.
|2013-01-18, 17:55
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Join Date: Jan 2007
And of course it isn't pro-social. If one is to always act based on his or her own will, there will inevitably be occasions where one will have to go against society and what's best for the majority. Makishima is championing individualism.
|2013-01-19, 01:55
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: East Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 30
He's the perfect foil to the enforcers that Akane works with. From both sides of the coin they contribute to prove the flaws in the Cybil System. Additionally, I've always been a big fan of villains like this who are calm to a chilling extent and have fun committing their heinous acts, all while displaying an amazing capacity for intelligence. They represent perhaps the most scary possible human being that could exist. I hope he doesn't end up being an 'anti-hero' crusading against the system, but rather continue to perform his current role and expose the flaws in the system simply by his existence and actions.
|2013-01-19, 11:19
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Sensei, aishite imasu
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Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
|2013-01-20, 06:20
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 28
I'd rather compare Makishima Shougo to an artist. He takes great pride and pleasure in bringing out the humanity within a person. Given his ego, he's out to recover those little shreds of humanity that people have lost after the introduction of the Sybil system. Does the artist care about the wishes of his canvas? His paint? His slab of stone? Nope. It simply becomes whatever the artist wants it to become.
Shougo is the artist and the entirety of society is his canvas. We are currently witnessing the creation of his masterpiece, his magnum opus, so to speak.
|2013-01-20, 10:05
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Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
Do you really think Makishima would sit next to Rina and respect her ideals about wanting to revert society to a liberal democracy?
|2013-01-20, 10:23
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Can't you take a hint, man? Nobody cares about your little moral crusade against a fictional character. We get it — you think Makishima is a horrible person and hate him with all of your being. Now that you've made that abundantly and excessively clear, can you please stop trying to dumb down every single attempt at an in-depth analysis of his character? Thanks.
|2013-01-20, 10:54
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Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
If you don't like that, you're free to ignore it, or at the very least use much more straight forward ways of telling me to shut up.
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Four amendments that almost made it into the Constitution
This weekend marks the 42nd anniversary of congressional approval of the Equal Rights Amendment, which almost became part of the Constitution in the 1970s. But it wasn't the only amendment that came close.
The Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, lost momentum after the House, Senate, and 30 states approved the act, which forbade discrimination based on gender. After Congress passed it by a two-thirds majority in 1972, it still needed the approval of 38 states to become a law.
The fight over the ERA mostly ended in 1982, and even its end was controversial.
The most recent amendment added to the Constitution was the 27th Amendment, which was ratified in 1992. It bars Congress from giving itself a pay raise between a fall election and a new incoming Congress. It had been on the books as a possible amendment for 203 years.
To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by two-thirds of the House and Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. Then, three-quarters of the states must ratify the amendment.
Since the Bill of Rights and the first 10 amendments were ratified in the 1790s, only 17 amendments have run the gauntlet. And the 18th Amendment, which established Prohibition, was repealed.
In the past 222 years, four amendments have come close to becoming ratified.
The ERA was actually first proposed in 1923 by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party. It had been proposed on a regular basis in Congress for decades, but the ERA movement gathered steam in the 1960s.
The basic part of the amendment read, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
By 1972, the House and the Senate had approved the ERA, with apparently wide public support, and 30 states had signed on by 1973.
But an opposition movement led by Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative author and activist, helped block additional states from ratifying the ERA. The battles between Schlafly's STOP ERA movement and the National Organization for Women (NOW) were very public.
The amendment passed by Congress had a seven-year ratification deadline, but Congress passed a controversial extension giving states until 1982 to ratify the amendment. Five states tried to rescind their approval, and the ERA never had more than 35 of the 38 states needed for ratification.
Another proposed amendment that came very close to becoming part of the Constitution was the Titles of Nobility Amendment, or TONA. TONA sought to ban any American citizen from receiving any foreign title of nobility or receiving foreign favors, such as a pension, without congressional approval. The penalty was loss of citizenship.
By late 1812, a total of 12 states had approved TONA as the 13th Amendment and ironically, it needed a 13th state to become ratified. As the War of 1812 escalated, TONA faded away as an issue and was never ratified officially—but it kept appearing in textbooks and government documents as the 13th Amendment due to clerical errors.
Another proposed amendment was the Child Labor Amendment of 1924, which was approved by 28 states by 1937. An additional 8 states were needed at the time to ratify the proposed amendment.
The Child Labor Amendment was approved by Congress after lawmakers objected to Supreme Court rulings that appeared to support child-labor laws. It sought to give Congress power over labor laws for workers younger than the age of 18.
Unlike the ERA, the Child Labor Amendment got off to a slow start, with only six states approving the amendment by 1932. However, President Franklin Roosevelt's administration supported the Child Labor Amendment, and another 14 states signed on in 1933.
The passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 accomplished many of the reforms Congress sought, and the Supreme Court upheld the law.
There was no time limit set on the Child Labor Amendment, so technically it can still be voted on by the states, if needed.
And then there was the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, which was proposed in the 1970s.
The proposed amendment would have granted the District of Columbia full representation in Congress and the Electoral College system, and full rights in the constitutional amendment process. It would have also superseded the 23rd Amendment, which gives the District electoral votes in presidential elections.
However, it was only ratified by 16 states, out of 38 states needed, over a seven-year period that ended in 1985.
As a footnote, two other proposed amendments came within one vote of being passed by Congress and sent on to the states for ratification.
In 2006, the Flag Desecration Amendment came within one vote of passing the Senate, after the House approved the measure in 2005.
And in 1954, the Bricker Amendment, which faced opposition by President Dwight Eisenhower, also failed by a single vote in the Senate. It sought to limit executive branch influence in making treaties.
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I started this mermaid project so long ago I can't remember! My plan for 2012, and isn't it impressive that I've already started, is to finish most of my WIP. I say most because I think there are some that I'm going to give up on because they just don't appeal to me anymore. My mermaid is 1st in line and she definitely still appeals to me. I'm going to add beads to her and make her very glitzy and gorgeous! I'll post progress updates as I go along!
Next project!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Meet Freddie
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Freddie the Fish! I found Freddie in a book called Beadweaving by Ann Benson. I don't really like fish but something about Freddie appealed to me. I've been working on him for a couple of weeks and I finally finished last night. I think Freddie is quite handsome! I'm planning to hang him on my Christmas tree and I anticipate that a Mrs. Freddie and perhaps some Freddie children may join them if I work fast enough!
Pippin likes Freddy too. He's a little confused as to why I keep saying fish but he doesn't smell anything!
Pippin likes Freddy too. He's a little confused as to why I keep saying fish but he doesn't smell anything!
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Migration and Demographic Dividend discussed in Rome
Rome [ENA] Today 23 May 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the International Seminar "Migration and the Demographic Dividend: mobility from Sub-Saharan Africa".The seminar has been organized with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Italian Association for Women and Development (Associazione Italiana Donne
per lo Sviluppo - AIDOS) and with the support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. The opening session starts with remarks by by Luigi De Chiara, head of the Strategy, Global Processes and International Unit of the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the MAECI followed by Arthur Erken, Director of Communications and Strategic Partnership at the UNFPA and Jayathma Wickramanayake, Special Envoy on Youth of the United Nations Secretary General.
The meeting has different thematic sessions featuring national and international experts who will illustrate and analyse data and policies relative to migration and the demographic dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa. With a population of 1.2 billion, the African population will rise to 1.7 billion in 2030 and to 3 billion in 2063. This population rise will also boost the migration rate. The Seminar intends to highlight the need for a multi-sectoral and multi-actor integrated approach in order to act on the deep causes of migration and the associated challenges. The aim is to convert the demographic dividend challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa into a great development opportunity for the region.
The gender issue is considered as a transversal theme. The concept of gender dividend, which has recently come into the broader debate on demographic dividends, is configured as the economic growth that could be achieved through adequate investments on women and girls. The Seminar is also part of the Sustainable Development Festival, which is organised every year by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile - ASviS) to promote and disseminate the culture of sustainability in the Italian Society.


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By ODU Athletics
Feb. 17, 2006
Old Dominion fans honored its seniors, Alex Loughton, Isaiah Hunter, Janko Mrksic, John Morris and manager Ed Isaac. A packed house was on hand for the event.
The Monarchs play host to Marist College from the MAAC in the BracketBuster's game Saturday at 4 p.m. in the final regular season home game. The contest will be televised live on ESPN2.
Blaine Taylor Comments
Coach Taylor on Isaiah Hunter: "Seems like just yesterday this flashy little freshman showed up on our door step. He has been an integral part of the belief we can be a good team and program with good players. We have shared many experiences with Isaiah, including the death of his father, Irving. Isaiah has improved every year."
Blaineism on Isaiah: "...but a good steak needs a little sizzle and Zai had that sizzle that can bring belief to the rest of your team. When we recruited Isaiah, I was well aware that I was getting a ball of energy that had to be bottled, blended and aged."
Coach Taylor on Alex Loughton: "Alex embodies what we want representing Old Dominion basketball. He will be seen and remembered as such. Consider his status as an academic All-American. His affable approach to people, and his ambitions to help make our program as good as any. He was recognized many ways a year ago, but he will be the first to tell you, individual accomplishments are not why he works to contribute to our success."


text: Rear Admiral Callo is a historian and writer. His books include Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787 (Naval Institute Press, 2003); Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in his own Words (Naval Institute Press, 2001); and Legacy of Leadership: Lessons from Admiral Lord Nelson (Hellgate Press, 1999). Admiral Callo is also the co-author of Who's Who in Naval History: From 1550 to the Present (Routledge, 2004) and contributed an essay to The Trafalgar Companion (Osprey Publishing, 2005).


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THE CAMPAIGN is over, but the broken campaign finance system remains. The flood of money into politics in the past two years, including millions of dollars from hidden donors, was unlike anything since the post-Watergate reforms of the 1970s and will only grow worse unless something is done.
Many fingers have been pointed at the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision for opening the floodgates to unlimited donations by corporations, wealthy citizens and labor unions. Certainly, that was a major factor but not the only one.
The biggest expansion has been in so-called outside money — contributions that are not directly to a candidate or a party and on which there are no limits. A notable portion of this outside money has flowed to nonprofit, tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations, which launched huge advertising blitzes in the campaign. These organizations, known as 501(c)(4) groups for the section of the Internal Revenue Code that governs them, must report their donors to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) but do not have to disclose them to the public. Some became important players this year: Crossroads GPS, founded by Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, and Priorities USA, which supported President Obama, to name two. By contrast, so-called super PACs, another part of the big-money rush, are subject to rules that require public disclosure of their donors.
By the IRS definition, social welfare groups must "operate primarily to further (in some way) the common good and general welfare of the people." According to the IRS, a group that meets this requirement can participate in some political activity, as long as the political part is not the "primary" activity of the organization. But how much is less than primary? The IRS has tolerated a rather loose definition.
Crossroads was front and center this year; by Mr. Rove's account, it contributed more than half of the $107.4 million in ads from outside groups attacking the president or boosting Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Crossroads says that it adheres to the law and that its direct electioneering activities were less than half of its overall activity; the rest was issue advocacy on taxes, deficits and other topics. Although Crossroads was a big player, it was not the first to take this route. Other 501(c)(4) groups, including those supporting liberal causes, in recent years have launched political ads, sometimes aimed very specifically at candidates.
The IRS has insisted that "social welfare" cannot be for the benefit of a private group of individuals, including a political party. The IRS has drawn very clear distinctions in some areas. For example, the IRS says that an organization formed to represent tenants of an apartment complex would not qualify as a 501(c)(4), but an association representing all tenants in a community might qualify. Now it is time to draw similar distinctions regarding political activity. Certainly, some politicking would be allowed. But social welfare groups should not be allowed to serve as a conduit for hidden cash to political campaigns. A new rule by the IRS could help to stem another torrent of undisclosed donors like the one just past.


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Broadway Producer Gives $10 Million Gift to Carnegie Hall for Studio Towers Renovation
Carnegie Hall today announced that a $10 million major gift from Judith and Burton Resnick will provide important support toward its Studio Towers Renovation Project, a comprehensive undertaking that will create new inspirational spaces for music education on the building's existing upper floors while also fully refurbishing the venue's backstage areas. The project, scheduled to be completed and opened in 2014, will be transformational for Carnegie Hall, creating new facilities designed to make great music accessible to as many people as possible.
The 61,000-square foot Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Education Wing-newly-named in recognition of this gift and the Resnick family's longtime support of Carnegie Hall-will include new ensemble rooms, practice rooms, and teaching studios atop the landmark building as well as a state-of-the-art home for Carnegie Hall's Archives. Collectively, these facilities will ultimately provide a wonderful setting in which to inspire a lifelong love of music in young musicians, students, and educators, with the new spaces supporting Carnegie Hall's music education and community programs that are serving an increasing number of people each year in New York City and around the world.
"It gives me great pleasure to recognize Judy and Burt Resnick for this incredibly generous gift-important funding that will help to ensure that Carnegie Hall is positioned to meet audiences' needs in the twenty-first century as well as it has done in the past," said Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall's Executive and Artistic Director. "Judy and Burt have long been dedicated supporters of Carnegie Hall, and they have personally given so much of themselves and their time, to this project in particular. On behalf of everyone at the Hall, I want to thank them for everything that they do for Carnegie Hall, day in and out, and for the significant impact that this funding will have in safeguarding the Hall for the future."
"We strongly believe in the importance of music education, and we are very proud to be associated with both the Hall's new education center and the innovative programs of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute that will find a home there," said Mr. and Mrs. Resnick. "We know that this new space will inspire our City's children and music lovers of all ages for generations to come."
Burton P. Resnick has been a Carnegie Hall trustee since 1988 and a vice chairman of the Hall's board since 2010. Mr. Resnick is also chairman of the Hall's Building Committee which has oversight over all major capital projects at Carnegie Hall. Major projects undertaken during his tenure include the construction of Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, which opened in 2003, and the current Studio Towers Renovation Project. Judy Resnick has been a member of Carnegie Hall's Special Events Committee for more than two decades, serving together with Burt as Chairs of the Opening Night Gala Journal for eleven years.
With this generous gift, more than $205 million has been raised in support of the $224 million renovation project. Among the pledges made to Carnegie Hall's capital campaign are a major leadership gift from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and The Weill Family Fund and significant funding from New York City and New York State. The total also includes $56.5 million in net proceeds from bonds issued through the Trust for Cultural Resources from the City of New York.
Burton P. Resnick is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc. Since its founding in 1928 by Burt's late father, Jack, the company has been in the forefront of the real estate development, construction, ownership and management business in New York. The firm presently controls in excess of five million square feet of first class real estate in prime locations in New York City, and it counts among its holdings some of the city's most important residential and commercial buildings. Mr. Resnick is Chairman Emeritus of the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. and is actively involved with many philanthropic organization, including, among others, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Chairman Emeritus), the Real Estate Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Co-Chairman Emeritus), Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, and Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
Judith B. Resnick is a noted Broadway producer and owner of PJS Productions, whose recent credits include The History Boys, 2006 Tony Award Winner for Best Play, and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, 2012 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Audra McDonald). Like her husband, Judy is also very active in philanthropic circles, serving on the boards of several organizations, including The American Friends of the Israel Museum and the Israel Philharmonic, the international board of the Israel Philharmonic, and Thirteen-WNET.
In May 2007, Carnegie Hall announced its plans to undertake extensive renovations of its two Studio Towers-the South Tower added by Andrew Carnegie in 1894, which rises 12 stories from street level on West 56th Street and stretches across the roofline of the 1891 concert venue; and the 16-story North Tower added in 1897 on top of the northeast corner of the building, facing West 57th Street.
The completion of the new Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Education Wing, spread across the upper floors of Carnegie Hall's North and South Towers, will add twenty-four new music rooms to the landmark building, enabling many music education activities now taking place off-site in inadequate spaces to be brought into spaces designed especially for these activities, connecting program participants with the inspirational setting of Carnegie Hall. These new practice rooms, teaching studios, and ensemble rooms will be vital resources for Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI), which offers a wide range of music education and community programs for people from all walks of life, and also for The Academy-a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and WMI in partnership with New York City's Department of Education-a prestigious two-year fellowship designed to prepare talented young professional musicians for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, and leadership.
The music rooms will be used for a variety of educational activities including interactive events for children; rehearsals by students participating in Carnegie Hall creative learning projects and by fellows of The Academy; master classes and workshops for young musicians; and professional development activities for educators, teaching artists, and Carnegie Hall musicians who serve audiences in schools and community venues throughout New York City. Overall, they will be inspirational and vibrant spaces where people will have the opportunity to meet, learn, explore, and share musical experiences.
Located within the Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall's Archives will be upgraded with state-of-the-art high density storage. A new reading and listening room for visitors will increase access to Carnegie Hall's historic collections. Adjacent to the Wing will be a new outdoor Roof Terrace-a feature first envisioned in 1892 by the building's original architect, William Burnet Tuthill, now re-imagined for the twenty-first century-a gathering place for users of the building: performers and concertgoers; families, teachers, students, and staff.
The Studio Towers Renovation Project will also allow Carnegie Hall to fully refurbish its backstage areas (located largely within its South Tower), upgrading artistic support spaces and ensuring that the venue continues to serve New York City as the top international destination for the world's greatest performers and ensembles with amenities that match the world-class quality of the artistic environment on stage.
The backstage area will be doubled from three to six floors and modernized in line with the wide variety of performances undertaken at Carnegie Hall. Three new backstage rooms will be added, including an Artists' Lounge at the stage level of Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage and a Green Room on the second floor. Access to the Stern / Perelman stage-left entrance will be restored, greatly enhancing production capabilities. In addition, the location of artists' dressing rooms will be consolidated, including increased access for those with disabilities. Fewer stairs in the new backstage design will make it easier for musicians to navigate off stage, especially with large instruments.
Through these renovations, many elements of Carnegie Hall's 122-year-old building infrastructure will be upgraded to contemporary standards for safety and accessibility. Administrative offices will be consolidated for greater efficiency, and the building will become more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, upon project completion, achieving LEED Silver certification and compliance with the NYC Green Buildings Law. Thanks to Carnegie Hall's original 450 windows on the upper floors, natural light will be maximized in the building's design. New environmental control systems and plumbing as well as special features unique to the Roof Terrace (such as plantings and reflective pavers) will help reduce energy needs. In addition, key elements of the building's exterior and interior will be restored. Among the elements of the plans, signature architectural features-cast-iron stairs, original steel trusses, vaulted ceilings, window casings, fireplace mantles, and more-will be preserved or replicated throughout the renovated facility.
Construction work on the Studio Towers Renovation Project began in 2009, and has taken place over multiple years, coordinated with Carnegie Hall's performance and rehearsal schedules. Carnegie Hall's three auditoriums will not be touched by the renovations. Iu + Bibliowicz Architects LLP is architect for the project. Tishman Construction Corporation is Carnegie Hall's construction manager.


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Alright, it's too controversial.  I'm just going to spell Tokyo with a "y."
The new series this week at 8 PM will be shots from my recent trip to Japan.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Alright, it's too controversial.  I'm just going to spell Tokyo with a "y."
The new series this week at 8 PM will be shots from my recent trip to Japan.
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He's so elegant and put together ! When did you go to Tokyo ? Was it this summer ?
Love his facial expression:)
minute attention to detail & cut = pure elegance!
Really great portrait. He looks like some sort of deposed royalty. Its so good that this blog is more then just style. Although theres plenty of that too. I have no real thoughts on Tokio/Tokyo debate. Especially seeing how its not even the original alphabet of the word, I can't imagine it matters. So Ill just stay out of that.
This is lit perfectly. Great portrait. And that is a very elegant tie. You continue to inspire.
Such elegance! I love this mans expression. A picture really can speak a thousand words. His suit reminds me of something Emerngildo Zegna would produce. I also really love his tie!
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ahaahaha! I'm sure everyone will be at peace now.
great portrait.
His tie is a lovely colour!
So elegant!
What a distinguished and refined man!
this is the number one guy of all your posts, he looks perfect in every one and wish there were more. also, he never looks ike an obvious poseur like many of the others.
What a gentleman!! Love this guy, SCOTT YOU ROCK
I really like the color of that tie. It really pops!
He's definitely trying not to smile!
Love the photo, and thanks for fixing your spelling. "To-ki-o" sounds so ignorant, it's definitely not befitting of a world traveler.
I especially like the Mona Lisa smile he's sporting. Looks like he knows a secret. Ax
Classic shot of a business man..great
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Great portrait.. Elegant and refined man!!
xx Devi
love that you think spelling tokyo with a y is controversial – love his blazer
He looks like a man of few words. His suit speaks for him.
Controversy is good for buisness!!!!! TOKIO ALL THE WAY! :)
It looks like he has little button nipples! Who's with me?
so serious and flawless
His facial expression is very intriguing. I wonder what he was thinking.
I like the idea of having an 8pm series. Keep up the great work!
I love the buttons on either side of his lapel. Such a subtle, elegant touch.
You have got to love the double breasted suit, despite the Italian shoulder!
From the campaign with Brother right? Can't wait to see your photos from here!
Tokyo streetstyle: http://www.tokyofaces.com
This guy looks very SHARP. I always prefer striped shirts under semi-solid suits plus the emblem on his tie is cool. I would like to see what he might wear to go to the store or get gas on a Saturday.
Amazing portrait. Does anyone know, by any chance, who makes the tie?
why would you ever spell it without a y? tokio is not how it's pronounced in japanese. it's pronounced tokyo. i never knew there was a controversy.
I love the quiet, yet powerful expression on his face is amazing!
Raffinatissimo, eleganza allo stato puro
love the photo! also…to-ki-o and to-kyo are completely different sounding in Japanese. Whenever I see TOKIO, I think of the Japanese boy group…haha.
Dandy look!
XO Charlotte
good lighting. shadow,reflection and time,anythings call this photo.
Great suit.. classic!
Perfect, flawless and timeless elegance, not so much to say…
Great photo..
J'Adore Japan. I lived in Tokyo and I think that the Japanese people has an incredible class! this photo is very wonderfull:-)
This Gentleman sets the bar for impeccability…Never seen someone so put together. I would buy what ever he is selling.
He ALWAYS looks nice.
Oh my god! He looks so smart. He may have even stepped out of a Wong Kar Wei film – and before anyone says anything – I know he (WKW) is Chinese but what the hell!
I love those pictures of classy gentlemen. I just LOVE them.
Kisses from Greece!
That man knows how to wear a suit. The shoulders may be a bit wide but the neck and overal fit works well. Also the wood background compliments the man well.
I love his jacket.. elegant and classic!
Perfect. If more men dressed like this for business, we would never "misplace" $600Million of clients' funds; it shows such understated self-respect, and, respect for others who will meet with him during the day.
You want to be his client, his colleague, his friend, his employee.
Clone him fast!
I enjoy your optimistic opinion Tom that because of how well he is put together and the image he projects that it couldn't lead down a dark road, but I just had to comment because the major control frauds that have committed the worlds greatest financial scandals were able to do so BECAUSE of how well they could charm politicians and clients!
Of course just to reiterate I'm not in any way personally disparaging this man and his fantastic demure! The accounting fraud criminologist in me just felt obligated to leave a comment about the sad truth of how the worst people involved in various huge monetary implosions (simple example: the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s was really made possible by Charles Keating's charisma and superman-like ability to lie in a way that ended up making the people he manipulated, while staring them straight in the eye acting as if he was nothing but integrity embodied, trust him more than ever and become unwitting participants in his scheme).
Apologies for the tangent, I just again feel it is important for people to take to heart a reminder about how control frauds operate and that judging a person by their well-styled cover is a risky thing to do!
Control frauds, politicians, anyone!
My little ramble made me think of the forever cemented image of Jack Abramhoff and the look he decided to wear on the day he left the courthouse. Personally, I wouldn't have gone for the mobster costume the day I was going to learn how much time was forthcoming inside the slammer!
If this comment is judged to be unsuited to be posted and gets axed, I understand! No harm! It's 98% public service message and 2% simple another general comment about the well put together outfit and photograph.
In fact, as some have noted above, there is NO controversy between "tokyo" vs. "tokio." One is correct (the former), and one is incorrect (the latter). Period.
In Japanese, "Tokyo" is comprised of a two syllables and, in Hiragana, two characters– one of which is a diphthong: "to," and "kyo." "Tokio," on the other hand, is three syllables and three characters "to," "ki," and "o". The spellings are different, the pronunciations are different, and only one is correct in Japanese.
Just thought it would be good to thoroughly clarify a nonissue. :)
This old man always has the best gray and blue suits when you look at this site its fracking amazing! Going into his wardrobe must be like entering the Vatican of gray and blue suits.
"Tokyo" is the closest approximation to the Japanese pronunciation
Actually, the sounds go like this: tookyo. And yes, TOKIO is used in several languages.
He is confident personality , I like him the most.
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Of the great actor/directors in cinema, Sidney Poitier's name comes up less often than most - and that's largely because 1990's Ghost Dad would have killed anyone's career, dreams, livelihood, etc. As disastrous as that movie was, however, he and Bill Cosby also gave us the great 1974 crime comedy Uptown Saturday Night, which really should be a cult classic at this point. (Richard Pryor and Flip Wilson!) Will Smith and Denzel Washington have been attached to star in a remake for years, the project most recently attracting Anchorman director Adam McKay, and now The Muppets co-writer Nicholas Stoller has stepped in to take over script rewriting duties.
There's an interesting ticking click involved with this development, however. After years of kicking around both Smith and Washington's schedules, the goal is now to get this film into production by next summer. If Stoller is unable to turn in a script that wins over everyone, then both stars will reportedly drop out, according to Variety. Stoller is planning on delivering the script to Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment within the next month.
Stoller not only has the mind for character-driven comedy, but has also directed a few himself. His writing career first began working with the Judd Apatow gang on the short-lived series Undeclared, but that eventually led him to directing Jason Segel and Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and its more off-the-wall sorta-sequel Get Him to the Greek. His next film is the Seth Rogen vs. Zac Efron comedy Neighbors, and he also co-wrote
In Uptown Saturday Night, the two leads sneak out of their homes over to a snazzy nightclub of the illegal variety. (Psst. It's got women in it.) A robbery occurs while they're there and they have to track down their wallets. Funny stuff ensues, but not quite hilarity. I have no doubt that McKay and Stoller are the perfect pair to deliver solid laughs, but are Washington and Smith the right pair to pull it off? To me, Richard Ayoade and Craig Robinson are the pair you want for this project, but they won't bring in near the profit that the two attached A-listers will.
Over a decade has passed since Smith first bought the rights to the remake, and it has seen several directors and writers attached over the last few years. Do they have what it takes to live up to the original? Here's what they're up against:


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Video gives judges an insider's view of court from children in foster care
Madison, Wisconsin - October 22, 2012
The Wisconsin Children's Court Improvement Program in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families has produced an unscripted video in which 10 young adults who were placed in foster care as children candidly reflect on experiences they had in court.
The result is Children in Court: In Their Own Words, an eight-minute training video for judges featuring straight talk from the people most directly affected by court decisions involving placement in out-of-home care.
"This innovative video provides insight for the judges from the very children they are to help. The children in the foster care system depend on us when all else has failed, and they deserve our utmost attention, care and help," said Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson.
The video is intended to help judges better understand the needs and feelings of children involved in the process and that the decisions made at permanency hearings are crucial to achieving safe and timely permanence for children placed outside of their homes.
The young adults in the video reported that being in court was sometimes intimidating, or even scary; they often did not feel invited to be a part of the court process. They encourage judges to communicate more directly with children and to involve children more in the decision-making process. Sometimes lawyers answered questions that could have been better answered directly by the children involved in the process.
"I feel that when people say it's traumatic or stressful for youth to go to their own court proceedings, I would say they are incorrect. They (children) want to be involved in planning their future, and they want to make sure that everybody has their best interests in mind," said Aaron, who is featured in the video.
Video production was funded by a grant from Casey Family Programs, the nation's largest operating foundation focused entirely on safely reducing the number of children in foster care and improving the lives of those children who remain in the child welfare system. The foundation, established by United Parcel Service founder Jim Casey, is based in Seattle.
The Children's Court Improvement Program is funded by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Director of State Courts Office. The purpose of the program is for courts to assess and improve the handling of proceedings related to foster care and adoption, and engage the entire family in court processes related to child welfare.
"The Children's Court Improvement Program is a prime example of state trial judges working with state staff, using federal funding to protect children and families," Abrahamson said.
The video, which has been shown to judges, court staff and others involved in the child welfare system at training sessions statewide, is available for public viewing on the Children's Court Improvement Program website.
Michelle Jensen Goodwin
Children's Court Improvement Program Director
(608) 266-1557


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Bad Breath From the Stomach? The Truth Behind Bad Breath
By Dr. Harold Katz – Bad Breath Expert
Posted: August 6, 2010
Posted: August 6, 2010
There is a widely known myth about bad breath that many people believe is a fact. The bad breath from the stomach myth is one based around the idea that the origin of bad breath is from digested food in the stomach. The reason many people think this is because often times when people eat a meal with onions, garlic, or other bad-smelling ingredients, bad breath follows. While food contributes to bad breath, it is not digested food in the stomach that causes bad breath. I understand that you may not believe that bad breath from the stomach is a myth just because you've read a paragraph that says it is. However, there are a couple of facts that may convince you that what you're reading here is, in fact, true. First of all, your esophagus is the small tube food travels down to reach your stomach. This tube has muscles lining it that work to keep it closed to prevent anything from escaping – including bacteria and foul odors. Also, it has been shown that the main cause of bad breath comes from Allyl Methyl Sulfide, "a byproduct of garlic's digestion." The unique thing about Allyl Methyl Sulfide is that it travels to the lungs after the bloodstream absorbs it. From the lungs it can travel back to the mouth. Therefore, it's not a case of bad breath from the stomach, but bad breath from the mouth. Since we now know bad breath from the stomach is a myth and the true source is the mouth area, where exactly in the mouth does bad breath come from? The three most common sources are the back of the tongue, throat, and tonsils. However, of the three, the tongue is the biggest culprit roughly 85% of the time. The reason for this is because the tongue is quite large and the back of the tongue easily attracts bacteria. Since the bacteria are at the back of the tongue, it is hard to reach. Therefore, food and other odor causing bacteria can stay there undisturbed for long periods of time. To help with this problem you can do a couple things. First, use a tongue scraper or clean it with a specifically designed toothbrush every day. You can also find a wide variety of Professional Formula TheraBreath products by Dr. Katz by clicking here. Just remember that the origin of your bad breath is the mouth – not bad breath from the stomach!
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