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September 2017
I run an internal blog for the Sentry sales team. The following is one of my posts from a week or so ago:
Must be late cycle; Bitcoin, hot emerging markets inflows ($1.8 billion into EM ETFs last week), 100-year Argentina bonds now this from Grant's Interest Rate Observer:
"One example of the current zeitgeist: last week, the Republic of Tajikistan priced its first-ever sale of U.S. dollar bonds, placing $500 million in 10-year debt at 7.125%, compared to early-yield indications at or above 8% thanks to blistering demand (the issue was more than six times oversubscribed). Reporters at Bloomberg had a look at the prospectus, noting that:
The document, which begins with a map to help investors locate the country, devotes 10 pages to laying out the risks involved in investing in Tajikistan. These include lack of democracy and potential for social unrest, a banking crisis and economic reliance on Russia. It also notes that 'one of the highest-volume illegal drug trafficking routes in the world' runs through the country."
It prompted a question from Jamie Wile, one of our District Vice-Presidents on the sales team:
Sandy, for the cycle to end, we typically need a recession. Do you think the yield curve is at risk?
This was my reply:
The former CEO of CITI, Chuck Prince, said: "As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing." Late cycle can last a long time. Equities can still go up despite a flat yield curve. In late-cycle phases, you get behaviours like Bitcoin: concepts win while value-orientated investors tend to lag. Could this structured product fly early cycle when investors are risk averse?
In further answer to Jamie's question, consider the slope of the yield curve with market peaks and recessions. We know the Fed is trying to normalize rates to get wiggle room for the next downturn. In normalizing, the yield curve has flattened to where it was a year ago in the middle of an earnings recession. It has a long way to go before it flattens completely. None of the past 10 recessions occurred with a positively sloping yield curve. Not to say that it can't happen, but recessions come from central-bank-induced credit contraction. That is not currently happening, nor is it desired.
You can get more than one interim peak in a cycle. This cycle I am showing a peak in April 2011 prior to a 19.4% decline for the S&P 500 Index (SPX). Over the same time frame, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (SPW) was down 23% and the Russell 2000 (RTY) was down 29.6%. For the average investor, this was a bear market. I also show a market peak in May 2015. It was a 14.2% drawdown for the SPX. The SPW was down 18% and the Russell 2000 was down 26.4%. Once again, for the average investor, this was a bear market. We are not in 'year eight' of an uninterrupted uptrend. We are in 'year two' of this market leg.
In my opinion, the 2011 baby bear market was the last gasp of the credit crisis and the last bear in the 2000 to 2011 secular bear market. The old highs from 2000 and 2007 were not eclipsed until Q1 2013. During the second half of 2011, European banks with operations in New York experienced a liquidity crisis that led to the climax of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2012. How soon we forget. Now we are financing Tajikistan at yields that Italy reached six years ago.
Earnings bode well for the dance
In my view, we are in the early years of a secular bull market with the broad market following the long-term slope of 7%. The driver of that slope is earnings.
When you look at the driving force behind stock markets (i.e., corporate earnings), Q4 2011 experienced a minor downtick of 2.9% – the first decline since 2009. The 2015/2016 downturn was due to an earnings recession that brought with it a minor bear market. SPX reported earnings peaked at $29.262 for Q3 2014 and declined to $24.729 in Q1 2016 (Source: Bloomberg L.P.). This was an earnings decline of 15.5%. The market declined 15.2% because it had no fuel. Earnings are now recovering and – if you believe in estimates – are looking to accelerate. Annualize the Q4 2017 estimate of $35 and you get earnings of $140 and a PE of 17.9 ($2,500 / $140). Not cheap but, in my opinion, clearly not in bubble territory.
Not only are earnings in the U.S. recovering but, according to Barclay's, the most synchronized global expansion in years is taking place.
Some market players are still dancing
As the last credit cycle was maturing, CITI and Prince decreased credit quality and increased leverage to maximize current period returns. Their asset of choice was mortgage-backed securities. NINJA (No Income, No Job, no Assets) mortgages had about as good a credit quality as financing Argentina for 100 years and giving credit to Tajikistan. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Argentina has defaulted on its external debt seven times and on its domestic debt five times since independence almost 200 years ago, putting it somewhere in the middle of the historical ranks of the world's serial defaulters." Tajikistan has no credit history. (Source: https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/07/30/argentinas-long-history-of-economic-booms-and-busts/)
Argentina currently has a credit rating of B (stable) from Standard & Poor's. Tajikistan: B-. These are not quality credits. But you can get a greater than 7% coupon on the bonds. If prime brokerage lenders will let you leverage your position, you can generate double-digit returns. Game on! This is a late-cycle behaviour to extend credit to weak borrowers and add leverage to the mix. Prince may be retired but there are market players who are "still dancing."
How long does it last? No one knows. What I do know is that compounding at 2% doubles your money over 36 years. Compounding at 4% takes 18 years to double while at 6%, it takes 12 years. Over multiple decades since 1954, the S&P 500 has grown earnings at more than a 6% clip and we are below trend with earnings growth returning. In 2016, reported earnings touched the five-year average; that is typically a symptom of a cyclical trough in earnings.
I do know that the slope of the earnings chart is replicated by the slope of the S&P 500 chart going back to the early 1930s. Equities, as an asset class, deliver earnings to the owners of a business through dividends, share buybacks and growth. The asset class serves as an effective inflation hedge and compounding vehicle if you manage your risk exposure correctly. Overpaying for these characteristics (as in 2000) is a risk and recognizing extreme value (as in 2009) is an opportunity.
With all the talk of a potential tightening in December, it is worth passing on some results from past tightening cycles. The first thing to keep in mind about equity prices is they follow equity earnings.
In the aftermath of the 1990 recession, earnings stagnated into 1994. Reporting standards were greatly different then. Impaired assets would remain on the books for a much longer time, which resulted in write-offs that occurred well after the recession. Earnings began to accelerate in 1995 and the market took off: it had fuel. When did the tightening cycle begin? Early 1994.
The market began to roll over in 2000 before earnings rolled over during the brief 2001 recession. The recovery of earnings growth in 2003 led to a sustained bull market. This time, the slope of the market was lower than the slope of earnings. The earnings grew faster than the market leading to benign market multiple behaviour. When did the tightening cycle begin? Mid 2004.
The market recovery from deeply oversold conditions in 2009 was in advance of the earnings recovery. The rapid growth in earnings in the first few years of this cycle was not "bought into" by market participants leading to the market being really cheap into 2013. The subsequent slope of the market was steeper than the slope of earnings and more recently has accelerated, leading to multiple expansion.
The earnings recovery from the 2015/16 earnings recession has the same slope as the market, keeping multiples within reason.
So how does the stock market respond to Federal Reserve tightening cycles? The market ignores them until the earnings show signs of turning. The best signal to "get out of Dodge" is when the Fed starts easing. I believe we are a long way from that point.
For a very long time, the underlying thesis to our investment management approach has been fundamental business analysis. We want an adequate return on our invested capital while minimizing the risk to that invested capital. It involves balance-sheet analysis; financial leverage magnifies operating leverage. We are prepared to pay a reasonable price for achievable growth targets; we do not invest in drill holes and dreams. The goal? To preserve and grow the savings of our clients in a rational manner. In a slow-growth world, it is hard to replace lost capital. So don't expose it to excessive risk. Is financing Argentina and Tajikistan risky? We'll see.
From a cyclical point of view, the U.S. is in an established tightening cycle, Canada has tightened twice, the U.K. is making noises re: starting a tightening cycle and the E.U. is trying to find a way to taper its asset purchases. All are indicative of a re-pricing of credit. So far there is no indication that re-pricing is affecting U.S. loan growth – consumer loans declined in 2015 but have returned to a roughly 6% annual growth rate – or lending standards (moderate issues in sub-prime auto, prime borrowers unaffected). Each of the major economic blocks continues to favour economic growth and income growth. In my opinion, each of the major blocks is trying to reach target inflation rates that remain stubbornly unachieved.
Remember income growth drives growth in tax revenues which fund their spending ambitions. They are trying to get away from abnormal interest-rate policies and back to "neutral rates" that make sense for their economies. Think long cycle. The cure for economic stagnation is loose rather than tight monetary conditions. Think long cycle.
Pick your dance partner wisely
I am still in "buy the dips" mode. It's not yet time to put the defensive specialists on the ice but it is the time when you might want to take some of your floaters (i.e., offence-only players) off the ice and make sure the players you are using are strong two-way players (i.e., can play offence and defence). You want to participate in the economic returns going forward but not to such a degree that you place yourself at risk of catastrophic loss if the economy stumbles. "Outperforming" over the long term may require "underperforming" when the dancing gets a bit heated. That leads into a diatribe on the meaning of "performance." But I'll leave that for another day.
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Following US President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, world leaders and international organisations rallied to condemn the move.
But is condemnation enough? International law has thus far proved ineffective in defending Palestinian rights over Jerusalem, negotiations have stalled, and all the while, Palestinian homes are being demolished and history rewritten.
So what next?
Learn more and explore the next steps for Jerusalem, on Saturday, 3rd March 2018 at Euston Road, London [venue details will be emailed to you 2-4 days before the event]
Our international line-up of guests include:
Prof Manuel Hassassian
Palestinian Ambassador to the UK
Dr Ahmad Tibi
Member of Knesset, Israel
Dr Salman Abu Sitta
Chair of the Palestinians Abroad Conference
Prof John Quigley
Professor at the Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Dr Ghada Karmi
Associate Professor, University of Exeter
Sami Abu Shehadeh
CEO, Yaffa Youth Movement, Palestine
Dr Maria Holt
Lecturer, University of Westminster
Dr Nasharudin Mat Isa
Al Quds International Foundation, Malaysia
Donald Macintyre
Former correspondent of the Independent in Jerusalem
Sawsan Al Keilani
Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs, Jordan
Dr Munir Nuseibah
Al Quds University
Prof Nicolas Boeglin
Professor of International Law, Law Faculty, University of Costa Rica
Kevin Chamberlain
Former legal advisor to the FCO & Palestinian Authority
Daniel Levy
President of the US Middle East Project
Nadia Hijab
Co-founder of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network
The Conference in Detail:
Jerusalem is once again in the international spotlight. Following US President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, world leaders and international organisations rallied to condemn the move and its disregard for the final status negotiations of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Tracing key moments that have shaped the modern history of the city, including the proclamation of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, the 1948 de facto division of the city into East and West under Jordanian and Israeli control respectively and Israel's 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, the conference seeks to foster a deeper understanding of the events that have led to the present day.
International law has thus far proved ineffective in curtailing these developments, nor has it been able to mitigate the impact of house demolitions and the rescindment of residential permits on the city's inhabitants.
This raises the question: what role can international negotiations play in any future decision on Jerusalem? While the broad framework of Oslo I and II still hold, more recent negotiations at the Camp David Summit in 2000 and a series of talks under the Obama administration have thus far been unable to break the deadlock. The conference will bring together historians, former negotiators and influential figures from the Middle East and Europe to discuss the future of Jerusalem in light of the new political order ushered in by President Trump's decision in December 2017.
Read more:
Timeline: Israel's attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque
Timeline: Israel's anti-Palestinian laws since 1948
Timeline: International attempts to boycott BDS
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Many of us have considered ditching our jobs in favour of starting a business from scratch. The incentives are obvious and exciting but even with an investable lump sum burning a hole in your 'Service-leaver sky rocket' it's best to proceed with caution. Here are our tips to giving your start-up the best chance of success.
The idea
All businesses have an idea at their core (or a principle, raison d'etre, call it what you will). Furthermore, at least part of that idea needs to be different, ideally, unique. The Telegraph and The Guardian, for example, are both broadsheet newspapers – one is left leaning, the other right leaning. They both also have unique selling points (USPs) in their writers and layout etc. What you need to establish is what is unique about your business vision and why nobody can get what you offer elsewhere, perhaps based on quality, speed, precision, price or personality. Your idea needs to be compelling and provide the basis of your marketing message.
There isn't much call for ice in the Arctic nor sand in the Sahara; in other words, make sure that there is a market big enough to support your venture. You need to learn as much as you can about the sector you're aiming to get into and who your potential customers are – and what they're looking for. There may well be similar businesses to the one you have in mind operating in the area (aka: the competition). What do they do well and what do they do badly? Find a gap or a niche and you might be on to a winner. Similarly, if they're all struggling, you might think of switching direction or at least location.
Consider timing the opening of your business to coincide with when your product is at peak value/interest or desire.
Not all businesses work out of shops or offices. Premises can be a huge outgoing and you might find working from home or even remotely from a van, for instance, a good way to start without overcommitting finite resources.
It's a good idea to get feedback on your proposed venture. An honest evaluation from a friend can be a good idea although they may be guilty of being too polite to tell you that your idea isn't amongst the best they've heard.
The other school of thought says that people are sometimes jealous that you've had a brainwave that they didn't think of and may start picking holes in it unnecessarily. So, the advice is: 'listen, but don't listen'.
A step along from this is seeking out a properly qualified business advisor or even somebody connected with a bank, who will spell out exactly what they think of your ideas; nerve-racking indeed, but better than throwing your money away.
You also need to think carefully about how running your own business will impact your life. Although you'll have autonomy, business owners, especially in the early days, rarely finish at five o'clock.
Start-up costs
Starting a business costs money. The problem is that you don't yet have customers to supply money to you. It's true that you might have a lump sum to invest but you need to be careful regarding income versus outgoings and how long you can run potentially at deficit before turning a profit. Cash flow issues kill businesses.
Accountants can be hired to advise on tax-efficiency and forecasting, which may be money well spent.
Branding and marketing
One of the seemingly simplest things that a new business owner needs to do is establish what they are going to call their venture. A name needs to be simple and narrative enough to remember as well as carry your ethos along with it. It might be wise to consider it as part of a wider branding package that includes a logo and company colours and so on. You need to stand out – but not too far that people think you're crackers.
You need to remember your USPs and consistently market your brand aligned to them through websites, social media and so on. You're aim should be to get noticed and quickly.
Get it set up
Your business is not a hobby. For instance, don't feed your business from your personal bank account but set up a proper business account. You also need to register properly in order to formalise your business. (Depending on your business, the list below may not be exhaustive.)
HM Revenue and Customs
Find out if you need to pay tariffs or get permission to trade. You may also need to register for VAT.
Companies House
You may want to register your business as a limited company or limited liability partnership (LLP).
It is sensible to review your home and life insurance and check whether you need special business insurance.
Business plan
This document should crystallise everything about your business, from how it will operate through to how it will make money and by when. The document is likely to be important when looking for investment or funding regarding your business since it describes your strategy and ambitions.
As your business changes so should the business plan, taking in new initiatives and ideas as your circumstances change.
Funding from banks is not as easy to find as it used to be. Nevertheless, they remain an important source of start-up money.
Naturally, the bank will want to be given certain guarantees regarding the safety of their money and will want to see a well presented business plan that stacks up properly. Saying that, they aren't the only show in town: there are alternatives such as peer-to-peer lending, invoice discounting or angel investors. Even so, they will all want to see the business plan and your incredible business idea and USP's shining through.
An altogether different method of setting up a business is to invest in a franchise. In short this allows people to run a small portion of a greater business and therefore benefit from the reputation of the brand. Ongoing training and support in the required skills is usually provided from good quality franchising opportunities for which the franchisor (representing the parent company) takes fees and a share of the profit.
Franchises are popular when it comes to attracting backing from banks and have a statistically superior chance of success over starting a business from scratch.
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Just Play Doc McStuffins Deluxe Get Better Check-Up Center 1 Reviews
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Comments about Just Play Doc McStuffins Deluxe Get Better Check-Up Center:
My daughter received this for Christmas and she loves it. Has used it a lot, it's sturdy enough and seems well made. It's small enough that it fit's easily in our living room. Has a nice cabinet for storage of the doctor tools. Would have been nice if it could have come with some of the other characters for the price. Easy enough to assemble.
Comments about Just Play Doc McStuffins Deluxe Get Better Check-Up Center:
My first not great review on Viewpoints unfortunately. I was so excited to get this for my daughter for Christmas, I kept it in the box and since it had just came out I saw no reviews on this item. I put it together a few nights before Christmas and honestly wish I could have taken it back. This is a very flimsy, poorly made toy. The head doesn't even stay on, I had to tape it to keep it from falling off. The other parts barely stay on and I'm always having to fix stuff on it, the doors make this awful loud clicking sound when they are opened and closed. With that being said, my daughter does not care about the poor construction, she LOVES this toy which is why I did give it a five rating. It did also come with some very cute accessories, a Doctor coat, doctor tools, bandages, and a little x-ray machine. She puts on the little coat and gives us and her stuffed animals "check-ups" all the time which is just wonderful for creative imaginative play. I just wish they had made this toy a little bit more sturdy.
Comments about Just Play Doc McStuffins Deluxe Get Better Check-Up Center:
My daughter received this as a birthday present from us and her grandparents (went half in). She just turned 5 and she loves it. I would have to say it is shorter than I thought it would be. It is pretty sturdy for the most part but it is also a little flimsy. You would need to put it up against the wall or it will fall over. It comes with 3 doctor tools, a scale, 2 x-rays (you can change them out), stickers, a phone, storage areas, and a lambie (from the show). It also lights up and talk's. However mine did not come with the First Aid Kit Box or the lab coat. . One good thing about this is that the cabinet doors on the bottom actually open so you can store other doctor items in it or your stuffed animals when you're not using them. Overall I thought this toy was overpriced however, if you child loves Doc Mcstuffins like mine does then I think it would be a good buy but, if they don't love it than I would go with something else.
Comments about Just Play Doc McStuffins Deluxe Get Better Check-Up Center:
this toy is pretty cute and fun for my 6 year old daughter, she loves to play dr and this toy is a fun center. Pretty sturdy, it talks and makes noises and hours of fun. I would think it is a good toy for kids ages 3 and up and anyone who loves to watch the doc mcstuffin tv show. it comes with stickers, scale, 3 dr tools, phone, the little lamb working xray and storage area


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Karimunjawa part 1: Power, sleeping and fine dining
Christian Anderson
The Karimunjawa Archipelago, just a two-hour fast ferry journey from Jepara on the North coast of Central Java, is by no means undiscovered as the islands are a popular long weekend break for prosperous Javanese. But, this is still a great detour off the standard tourist trail and you'll be charmed by this intriguing destination, with only a few frustrations to (easily) brush away.
Looking back on a relaxing five nights on the main island, I can't help feeling that the place is going through a minor identity crisis. Kariminjawa hasn't quite decided yet if it wants to commit to being a "destination", but instead sits squarely on the fence between the simple life of a pure Javanese fishing community and that of a fully paid-up member of the banana pancake trail.
So, here's my "State of Play" on Karimunjawa tourism, as at September 2013.
No we're not – the power thing is a non-issue. It's 220V AC from 6pm-6am, and the island is powered by rice and sweat for the rest of the day – get with the programme and stop complaining.
So, choose Fan, not AC. The islands are amazingly mozzietastic, but point your fan at your bed at night, and you should stay bite-free as I did for five nights. it's a no brainer – with 12 hour power, AC is a waste of money. Yes, it is annoying when the power cuts off the fan an hour or so before you want to get up, but you get used to it.
By the third day, you know which fridges in which shops stay coldest for the longest when you're sharking after a still-chilled isotonic "Orange Water" at 10am. Island life people – go with the flow...
Tobacco advertising is clearly still big business in Java – as you walk down the main drag, just look out for the freshly concreted white metal poles, topped off with cigarette brand signs. Each one marks a shop or homestay so simply step off the ferry, walk into the village and start asking.
I stayed at Pelangi Karumun (approx 1km from the ferry terminal, on the right just after Puri Karimun). Owners spoke little or no English, but were genuinely hospitable and I had a lovely "chat" with the head of the family as he returned from prayers one day. All of the rooms open onto an open-fronted common area, with self service tea/coffee morning and evening. Perfectly OK – a few small ants, but the common area was kept actively clean with various family members stopping by every couple of hours. 130,000, fan.
The homestay had the DNA of brilliance – had this been Thailand then the courtyard would have comfy sofas, plants, hammocks, a shelf of paperbacks, but Pelangi Karumun isn't quite there yet – just bare tiles and hard seats. Sociable though – as the week went on other travellers gravitated towards Pelangi Karimun: First the Swiss-German trio who started at Hotel Escape, but found it overpriced, then a friendly pair of French/French Canadians.
Fellow traveller Emily went for the proper "homestay" experience, getting a fan room with western toilet for 75,000. I can't remember the name, but it's the one with the pink and white painted tree concreted into the front porch, on the left as you walk into the village from the terminal.
Lonely Planet-mentioned Puri Karimun homestay has the funky colours, intimate courtyard vibe and a sniff of dial-up quality wifi, but falls at the last fence with an underpowered fridge pushing out warm Bintangs even at 11pm after 5 hours of power. And, when we wandered past on Hour One Day One, they weren't prepared to sell AC rooms as fan-only. Deal breaker, sorry.
Food, drink and entertainment
The Alun Alun
Like almost every village, town and city in Java, the Alun Alun is the centre of community life. On Karimunjawa, daytime saw the open space used as a drying area for thousands of tiny fish laid out on mats, but by dusk, it clears for the arrival of the food carts.
There's not much choice, but cheap and tasty is still on the menu, with the highlight being a grilled fish stall. Mum sells and preps the fish, dad cooks, daughters do rice, sauces, waitressing and bills. It was excellent – prices varied night to night but first time out we managed 50,000 for a big fish (enough for 3) covered in spice paste then grilled and served with both a fresh Satay sauce (tangy sweet and light on the peanuts), a fresh chilli sauce and boiled rice if you want it. There's a good Nasi Goreng cart, plus one for drinks, and another for dessert – grilled bananas with cheese and chocolate.
Elsewhere, the main village crossorads has a sit-down place (we christened it Nasi Goreng corner) which was average, as well as a cart pushing out greasy but oh-so-good 12,000 rupiah Martabak Telur (fried egg and spring onion pancakes) as the perfect starter, then an hour later Martabak Manis (sweet chocolate pancakes) as dessert.
Cafe Amore
Next to the sea wall, halfway between the ferry terminal and the village You have to give Cafe Amore full marks for picking a market and running straight at it. It's the only "Western" joint in town, with tables, chairs, a comfy lounger and a neat garden. Most importantly it's open all day, which is no fun for the lovely but clearly very bored teenage waitress, but great when you're wandering around the vilage at 2pm as we were, trying to find ANYTHING open. So, Cafe Amore has somewhere to sit, relax and eat a hot lunch or watch a classic Indonesian sunset and, most importantly, it has cold Bintang, (except for Day 5 when we drank it all). Downsides? It also has small portions, high prices, the odd bit of creative accounting on the bill and the dreaded +10% tax on everything.
You could go to Cafe Amore, but why not try the port Warung for a cheap local alternative? The menu is laksa tofu with rice, chilli coated boiled eggs, cold omelettes and ati ampela (chicken hearts). A big thank you to Emily for "persuading" me to try the latter – overcooked, but dense, meaty and tasty. There's also fruit, iced tea, the standard selection of bakery/packet coffees and very friendly staff – a pleasure to start each day here.


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Continuing with the Kieslowski's Trilogy, let me now write about the third part 'RED'. (I could not get the second part -White).
RED(France/1994) : The concluding part 'RED' stands for 'Fraternity' on French flag.Red is the color of love and blood - life and death. This is the most mysterious and complex movie in the trilogy. Valentine (Irene Jacob) is a model whose new advertisement is going to be displayed on the main billboard in the crossroad in Geneva. One day while returning from her work Valentine accidentally knocks down a German shephard with her car. She takes the dog and track down the owner of the dog. The dog belongs to a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who is living in seclusion and spends his time tapping the phone conversation of his neighbours using his shortwave radio. A strange kind of bonding develops between Valentine and the judge. There is also a parallel story of a recently graduated law student Auguste (Jean-Pierre Lorit) and his girlfriend. In the later part of the movie we come to know that the young judge, Auguste's experiences are similar to the one that happened to the retired judge 30 years ago. Kieslowski sets up a visual connection between them from the very beginning of the film.
The performance of Irene Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant is superb. The innocence on the face of Irene Jacob is amazing.
However, what I liked most is the conclusion. Red is a closure of sorts of the trilogy. So when we see all the six main characters from the trilogy come together in the end.
The Color Red is used very artistically, the red jeep, the red billboard,Valentine's red dress, etc.
The cinematography is by Piotr Sobocinski and his work here earned him an Oscar nomination. The background score is also superb.
It is heard that, Kieslowski was exhausted from having completed the trilogy in a staggered, accelerated time frame (at one point, he was editing Blue, shooting White, and writing Red concurrently).
Just imagine this opening shot by Kieslowski of the movie 'Red' - A hand picks up a phone and dials a number. The camera then follows the chord of the phone to the wall, then to the street, into and across the English channel, and then to another phone in Geneva. There is a simultaneous conversation going on in the background. The scene itself expresses the connection people make between them.
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N.B. I feel like the worst blogger. I haven't blogged about this series in the last 25 days, but my studies are catching up and I don't have any free time left.
Anyways, negative emissions are emission technologies that are supposed to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it on land, underground or in the ocean.
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Even though Lebanon submitted it's INDC however, there is still a lot to do to the environment to achieve what was planned.
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August 12, 2008
A clear memory: I was 9. We were in the Smithsonian. The room was dark. Someone was demonstrating laser beams.
The name, page doctor so ineffably cool. L-A-S-E-R. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Sharp, medical bright red patterns on the wall. In the future, approved we'll all be using lasers. Living rooms and spaceships will look like this all the time. Spirograph spidery special.
Flash forward 29 years. Burning Man. A massive green laser blasts patterns out across the playa as people rave to and fro in the night. I can only love the intense patterns it makes in the dust, hope no one is being blinded, and wish for technology to advance to where I can put it in my pocket.
Jump to last week: We're in the gift shop of the London Science Museum. As the kids would say, OMFG. Here it is. Kaching. Pocketed, boxed for home, and unwrapped when the big box arrived a few days ago.
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No photos here either. But I just wanted to vent a bit and I think this where I should do it. Like many moms these days, my middle name is multi-task.
- I hate to drive (alone) unless my phone battery is charged. It is the perfect time to catch up on small talk with family and friends.
- I do laundry while watching TV...the commercials is when I go from wash room and back, folding, hanging, etc. while watching the program
- I keep up with world events listening to the morning shows while I work over here on my computer (something I will miss if I ever get my studio completed)..
So you get the idea. Yesterday world news went on all day and I must admit I was intrigued with the inauguration. I didn't vote for our new president and I have my doubts about him, but I can't help but give him the benefit of the doubt and of course, pray for him, his wife and especially his daughters (that's who my heart aches for). I will tell you there is no way would I want to be a part of history enough to be there in that crowd...that cold I DON'T THINKS SO! But on a lighter note...you gotta love Mechelle. Did she not look gorgeous! I loved her dress/coat set. Her evening gown was beautiful too...though being the photographer that I am and knowing the technical stuff that I do (though far from an expert), I think the white wasn't as pretty on stage with all the lighting. I just saw glimpse of it while they are analyzing it on the morning show and I see pretty views of it...all the details seemed so blown out in most of the footage that I saw last night. [Blown out is a photography slang term that usually means over-exposed thus the details are blown out and it tend to reflect a white glow rather than texture and details...okay, that's my photography lesson for the day. lol]
I will be curious to see what Casey [she usually puts my thoughts into words on things of this matter] has to say about the inauguration...as you can see I am not too political, but I do think (or hope) that Obama really does give the country hope and change...maybe we do need change. I wish him and his family the best. As Heidi put it on facebook (I am paraphrasing)---I am going to miss Bush, he always seemed so sincere. And I totally agree. He may have made a lot of mistakes, but I do think he sincerely tries to follow our God and really wanted to best for our country. I am going to miss him too!
Man, I didn't think or intend for this to go on like this. I really just wanted to vent to say that I didn't get going good yesterday until late. The MORNING SHOW NEWS went on all day long with the inauguration. It was hard to tune out. I am glad that I witnessed as much as I did through the eyes of the media, but today I plan to turn the TV off because I am sure it will go on and on again today as the "experts" analyze the events of yesterday! I need to be at work today...so that's what I will...do you hear me trying to convince myself?


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I have to say that Halloween is probably my favorite holiday other than Christmas. It is just something about the leaves changing, all the yellows and orange colors, the brisk fall air and pumpkins. I enjoy all the decorations and of course all the little kids out dressed up on Halloween. I remember as a child the joy we had when we went trick or treating. We live in a nice little neighborhood and we would run the hood and collect all the candy before moving onto another great neighborhood. The funny thing was that we would get so excited and would run from house to house that at least once or twice we would fall in a ditch and loose half our stash. I am sure the neighbors would see all this candy laid out in there ditch the next day and wonder where it came from. Oh the memories we had growing up living here. I was so upset when I got to be too old to go trick or treating. Now I get to relive those memories with my kids, my son is too old now, but my daughter still has quite a few years left. I still get excited on Halloween night and love that I get to see that sparkle in my daughters eyes getting dressed up and ready to go trick or treating in the same neighborhood I did as a child.
These Mummy Dogs are so easy to make with either canned bread sticks (which I have a hard time finding in my area) or crescent rolls. I mean, who doesn't love pigs in a blanket?
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Pigs in a blanket are just plain fun for kids of all ages.
- 1 can of crescent rolls
- 10 - 12 hot dogs
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Unroll crescent roll and pinch together to form a sheet. (you can also find crescent rolls sheets.) With a knife or pizza cutter, cut the crescent rolls into strips. Wrap the crescent roll "bandages," around the hot dog stretching slightly to completely cover the hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for the "face." Place mummy dogs on a large baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown. Use mustard to make the eyes.
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Korean director Bong Joon-ho's Netflix-released film "Okja" has been included on the shortlist of the top 10 Academy Award nominees for visual effects.
According to Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 films that will move forward in the visual effects category for the 90th Academy Awards on Dec. 18 (local time).
The 10 selected films will now move on to the voting for nominations. The nominations of the five finalists for the 90th Oscars will be announced Jan. 23 next year. The awards ceremony will take place March 4 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
The preliminary shortlist of 20 films was determined earlier this month by the Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee to vie for the VFX Oscar.
The 10 competing to be finalists are "Alien: Covenant," "Blade Runner 2049," "Dunkirk," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," "Kong: Skull Island," "Okja," "The Shape of Water," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," and "War for the Planet of the Apes" in alphabetical order.
In last year's Oscars, "The Jungle Book" received the VFX award.


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I found this cute chef punch art over at Bonnie's Creative Place and since our son-in-law is a chef in New York, I thought I would try and make a punch art chef birthday card to send him. So, I sat down and tried my hand at CASING Bonnie's chef card and I managed to do pretty good with it. The trick is always getting the sizing right. The first one I made was too large, so I kept at it until I got it just right.
This is perfect timing with The Paper Plunge challenge this week being "Punch Your Art Out". I have made some cute punch art items, but since it's Josh's birthday next week, I wanted to use this card for the challenge as well.
Take a peek ...
Isn't he cute? I'm mailing this card out to Josh tomorrow so he gets it in time for his birthday. It was fun making him .. and I hope you enjoy him as much as I do.
See you soon .... I'll have some creations for you from my fund raiser I'm working on this weekend.
Stay tuned!


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Cirrus Aircraft launched an Apple iOS-based interactive flight manual for its pilots and training facilities, the company announced Jan. 21.
The aircraft manufacturer, based in Duluth, Minnesota, said the Interactive Flight Operations Manual (iFOM) contains "everything a pilot needs at his or her fingertips," and is navigated by a simple pinch, touch, or swipe of the screen.
Checklists, flight maneuver outlines, and flight profiles are easily accessible; pilots can create personalized study cards; and the iFOM updates automatically, "similar to applications on the iTunes App Store."
"Safety is in our DNA at Cirrus Aircraft, and as instructors, we are given the most important job of training and advising pilots to be as safe as possible," Travis Klumb, Cirrus Aircraft director of flight operations and training, said in a news release. "Cirrus Approach and the introduction of the iFOM are changing the way pilots look at flight training and addressing the time restrictions people face today, all while taking advantage of today's enhanced multi-media opportunities."
The company said its Cirrus Approach training system "leverages modern eLearning technologies to prepare pilots for training before they enter either ground school or an aircraft and enhances recurrent training as well."
The new interactive flight operations manual "features 21 videos, 34 interactive modules, in-text hyperlinks to pertinent charts and data, easy-to-navigate chapters and expanded descriptions for all standard and most emergency procedures," the company said.
The multi-touch iBook is designed for use on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple computer platforms and is available on iTunes for $39.99 and for purchase anywhere iBooks are available.


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Marilyn Manson wielded a fake semi-automatic rifle during a performance in San Bernardino, Calif., on Sunday — less than two years after a horrific terror attack occurred in the city.
The artist — whose shock-value antics have regularly garnered attention over the years — showcased the fake weapon as he sang his song "We Know Where You F---ing Live," pointing the prop toward the crowd as he sang from a microphone attached to the rifle, video obtained by TMZ shows.
The sound of gunfire was simulated by the drummer pounding on his instrument.
The weapon was clearly not real, and the overall audience wasn't offended by the stunt, according to the town's local newspaper, The San Bernardino Sun. But some people did find the gimmick to be "lame," according to the newspaper's coverage.
Marilyn Manson takes jab at 'squirrel mind' Justin Bieber
Manson defended the shtick as an "act of theater" about how easy it is to access semi-automatic weapons in a statement to TMZ, and said he "felt sorry for anyone affected by real guns."
The gossip site also claimed that the Manson gave the San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept. notice of the stunt so that security at the venue would not be alarmed.
Daily News covers on mass shootings since Sandy Hook
A total of 14 people were killed and 22 more were injured during a December 2015 mass shooting at the Southern California city's Inland Regional Center, which was carried out by a married couple that was ultimately killed in a shootout with police.
Manson's performance came mere hours after Sunday's tragic mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where at least 26 people — ranging in age from 18 months to 77 — were killed when a shooter opened fire at the First Baptist Church.
Marilyn Manson parts ways with Twiggy Ramirez after rape claim
Manson, 48, was dressed as a hospital patient as he held the gun onstage, sitting in a wheelchair as he performed. He broke his leg last month during another performance when a gun prop fell onto it.
His performance Sunday was part of the Knotfest music festival, which also featured a set by Rob Zombie, among others.


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Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Sani Abdullahi Lulu says the fine performances of tiny Iceland under former Super Eagles coach has shown Nigerians the reason why his board appointed the coach in 2010.
The Swede has been working magic as coach of Iceland taking them to the brink of qualification for last World Cup and has now lead them to the quarter finals of the ongoing European Championship in France courtesy of a surprise 2-1 win over England.
Lagerback was appointed as coach of the Nigeria national team before the start of the 2010 World cup in South Africa but left immediately after Nigeria's campaign at the Mundial but according to Lulu he would have retained the coach if he had remained in office.
"Am not surprise he is doing well with Iceland, I remember when we interviewed him for the Super Eagles coach he blew us away with his knowledge of football by using a projector to argue his case" Lulu told Owngoalnigeria.com.
" I wanted him to remain as coach after the World Cup in South Africa but unfortunately I left my role as president of the NFF and now Nigerians are seeing why we appointed him in 2010 ahead of Glen Hoddle".
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PUNDAMONIUM! An Interview with Art Allen
On Monday, April 29, an event of great literary craft and gravitas will premiere at Republic • 7 Corners in a style so bold that it has not been attempted anywhere else in the world (see answer to question #2). What is this momentous occasion, you ask? It is none other than PUNDAMONIUM The Twin Cities Pun Slam. In preparation for the grand event, we have an interview with Art Allen, the organizer of PUNDAMONIUM and an esteemed master of the pun.
1. Are puns underrated, or are the requisite groans and eye-rolls appropriate?
To me, puns are a numbers game. Which is to say, I will make puns all the time, and maybe one out of every 10 or 20 will get a great chuckle. The rest will get a groan or a punch, which is generally not unwarranted. But that's just in my life. In the world at large, I think many people think an easy way to indicate they are funny is to make a sloppy pun (see this article in Slate, but then also my rebuttal), which is possibly where the pun generates most of its ire. But a really well executed pun, like this one in Blazing Saddles, is clever beyond all else and deserves our love.
2. PUNDAMONIUM is inspired by poetry slams, but is this the first pun-themed event of its kind?
This is the only slam-style pun event that I am aware of, although Punderdome (the name of which I will be eternally jealous) and the O. Henry Pun-Off have been operating for quite some time.
3. Given you're such a connoisseur, we have to ask: what's your favorite pun?
My favorite set-up-and-punch-line pun is: A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants. The bartender says, "You know, you've got a steering wheel sticking out of your pants." The pirate says, "Yargh! It's drivin' me nuts!"
Tied for favorite is: when Dorothy Parker was asked to use "horticulture" in a sentence, she replied, "You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think."
4. How can someone become a PUNDAMONIUM contestant?
You can compete in PUNDAMONIUM by showing up early and signing up. Competition is open to the first 20 people to sign up at the venue.
5. Is there a current pun in media or pop culture that you wish would disappear?
You know what, there isn't a pun in popular culture I would do away with. Not one. When I see a pun that starts to edge into irksome territory, I usually consider it and then do this.
6. Any parting words of wisdom to Monday's brave competitors?
All I know is that there are some competitors who are running pun-making drills. The competition will not be light.
PUNDAMONIUM will begin at 8 p.m. and general admission is $6.00 and $4.00 for students (this is an all ages event). Those who wish to participate should sign up at the door, but spots are limited. Competitors will be given a prompt word or short phrase and will have 30 seconds to come up with a pun based on it. Five judges from the audience (selected before the show) will rate it on a scale of 1 to 10. Top and bottom scores will be tossed out, and whoever has the most points after three rounds will be declared the winner of PUNDAMONIUM. Game on.
Art Allen is a writer and producer in Minneapolis. Past projects include Art Hounds: The Parody (access MP3 here), editing and contributing for Guffaw, and writing/producing/everything-but-the-acting for the short film A Stunning Example of How Not to Live. Read more about his writings, projects, and other work on his website.
Emma Reynolds is currently a marketing intern at The Loft Literary Center. She first became interested in writing fiction when she started taking online courses in creative writing and happily discovered the Loft's classes at Open Book shortly thereafter. She is a pun novice who realized just how difficult it is create one—clever or not—when she couldn't think of a single pun to use in her interview questions.


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The Montegrappa Horse 2014 limited edition is made in pure black color resin.
While the horse is design different from the previous edition, the different is not big.
The big ground is simpler as compare to previous.
Montegrappa uses their newer pen design for this Horse 2014 limited edition.
The clip design is the same.
...but the launched price is about 50% more as compare to the previous zodiac limited edition.
It is current available locally at all authorized retailers.


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Beloved retailer Lands' End just majorly effed up.
For its spring catalog, the brand featured an interview with feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who was selected as part of the company's "Legend Series," which highlights the lives of powerful people who've changed the world.
But on Wednesday, Lands' End pulled the feature after numerous customers vowed to boycott the brand because of Steinem's pro-choice views. Shortly after, the brand posted this statement to their Facebook page:
The decision to pull Steinem was met by more backlash, namely because the interview never mentioned abortion.
One customer called the retailer "cowards."
In short, Lands' End: Do better.


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Dr Noel Kinrade
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- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267383
Noel is a lecturer in Sport Psychology, Coaching and Research Methods and the Pathway Lead for BSc Sports Health and Exercise Sciences (Coaching). After graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2003, he continued his academic career at Brunel and completed his PhD in 2010. The focus of his PhD was the role of dispositional reinvestment on choking during decision-making in sport. Having played and coached in a variety of sports at national level standard, he is still involved in competitive sport; currently playing the emerging sport of Roller Derby.
- Pathway Lead for BSc Sports Health and Exercise Sciences (Coaching)
- Penn State Exchange Summer Programme Co-ordinator
- Study Block Leader (See Teaching Activities)
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- Programme Lead, BSc Business and Sports Sciences (Joint Honours) (2008-2011)
Newest selected publications
Kinrade, NP., Jackson, RC. and Ashford, KJ. (2015) 'Reinvestment, task complexity and decision making under pressure in basketball'. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 20. pp. 11 - 19. ISSN: 1469-0292 Open Access Link
Laborde, S., Musculus, L., Kalicinski, M., Klämpfl, MK., Kinrade, NP. and Lobinger, BH. (2015) 'Reinvestment: Examining convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity using psychometric and behavioral measures'. Personality and Individual Differences, 78. pp. 77 - 87. ISSN: 0191-8869
Laborde, S., Dosseville, F. and Kinrade, NP. (2014) 'Decision-specific reinvestment scale: An exploration of its construct validity, and association with stress and coping appraisals'. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15 (3). pp. 238 - 246. ISSN: 1469-0292
Laborde, S., Raab, M. and Kinrade, NP. (2014) 'Is the ability to keep your mind sharp under pressure reflected in your heart? Evidence for the neurophysiological bases of decision reinvestment'. Biological Psychology, 100 (1). pp. 34 - 42. ISSN: 0301-0511
Jackson, RC., Beilock, SL. and Kinrade, NP. (2013) '"Choking" in sport: Research and implications', inDeveloping Sport Expertise: Researchers and Coaches Put Theory Into Practice. pp. 177 - 194. ISBN 13: 9780203119914.


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Here is some information about the organisation of the two competitions : Naviter Open and Belgian Paragliding Open.
For each competition, Flora and her team works to organise the logiscic aspects, together with the competition staff.
We are happy to welcome you in our region, and will do our best to make your stay pleasant and nice.
This website allows you to book housing (camping, hotels, cottages and chalets) with special prices for competitors. Click on the menu to choose the competition you attend to and discover the offers.
Please find below the information about logistics : food, housing, schedule of the week, parties, etc.
Shops available in Montclar
In Montclar you can find the following shops :
Restaurants, sport shops (bike rental, sport equipment), bakery, grocery store (offering forst necessity goods), newspaper and tobacco shop.
Medical services
There is no medical centre in Montclar. The closest one is in Seyne Les Ampes (10 min drive). You can contact them by phone : +334 92 35 00 25.
In case of emergency call 112.
In Montclar you can finc physiotherapists and nurses, available upon booking.
Money withdrawal
There is no bank in Montclar, you can go and withdraw money in Seyne les Alpes (10 min drive). So do not forget to bring a little bit of cash with you, somme of the shops do not accept credit cards.
Other shops in the neighbourhood
If you cannoy find what you need in Montclar you can go to Seyne les Alpes (10 min) where you will find larger supermarkets, or Barcelonnette (30 min drive) or Gap (45 min drive), the largest city in the neighbourhood.
Gas station
No gas station in Montclar but two of them are available within 10 min drive: Selonnet (Garage Savornin) and Seyne les Alpes (Intermarché).


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I was quite surprised to see such an overwhelming emphasis on web analytics, data, integration, and core business impact metrics such as return on investment and lifetime value of the client today. It's somewhat unusual for much of the session talk to stray far from general search marketing, because as marketers we perhaps tend to gloss over the numbers in the name of branding efforts and long term investments in growth. Not so with SES Chicago! Not anymore! Continue reading SES Chicago Day 1 Recap: Strong focus on data, ROI and LTV
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SES San Jose 2009 Day 2 Recap: Google, Google, and more Google.
Day two started right where Day one left off, with tons of more informative sessions. Unfortunately, we only have two people from PPC-Advice.com covering the conference, which means we can only cover 2 of a possible 5 simultaneous tracks, hopefully next year we can get more people to come along.
Speaking of next year, the organizers of the show have already scheduled next year's Silicon Valley show for outside of the valley, but within the bay Area. Next year, SES will be coming from San Francisco, and no one could be happier about that than me. Apparently, organizers, sponsors, speakers, and the engines themselves have all agreed – San Jose is hard to get to, has zero night-life, and is about the same distance from the major engine's HQ's in the valley. Sweeeeeet. Continue reading SES San Jose 2009 Day 2 Recap: Google, Google, and more Google.
Google's Search Based Keyword Tool: Finding Diamonds in the Long-tail
In marketing, vendor and partner transparency is king; more transparency equals better client relations. In the online marketing world, there's the tendency for vendor relations to languish or stagnate by maintaining the status quo. After watching Google as an advertising vendor for many years, they simply aren't that kind of company. With the web being what it is today, clients and agencies that use Google Adwords are very vocal about improvements they'd like to see made, including the improvement of transparency. Google's new Search Based Keyword Tool is one such improvement: more better. Continue reading Google's Search Based Keyword Tool: Finding Diamonds in the Long-tail
SES Toronto Pre-Show Interview: Janice Hatch, Google
Continuing my pre-show coverage of Search Engine Strategies Toronto, I have the privilege of introducing Janice Hatch of Google Canada. Janice is scheduled to speak on Day 2 of the conference in a session called "Campaign Performance Tracking" and was nice enough to spare some time to answer a few questions that relate to Google Adwords and the future of search marketing. Continue reading SES Toronto Pre-Show Interview: Janice Hatch, Google
Campaign Attribution: Diplomacy and playing favorites
Attending the eMetrics conference this week in Toronto wasn't necessarily a huge eye-opener for me, but several insightful discussions did arise from the show's fundamentally significant panels and presentations. One such topic included a sore spot for all online marketers and analysts at some point in their career: campaign attribution a.k.a. who gets the final credit for a conversion.
Who gets the credit? Traditional Marketing? Online advertising? Last source of conversion? Sales? Or maybe customer service? Who gets blamed for bad leads? Someone's gotta take the heat, right?
Continue reading Campaign Attribution: Diplomacy and playing favorites
Google Analytics Soft-Launches Event Tracking + Tons More
It's always a nice surprise when Google releases new tools and features for free products such as Google Analytics, because it shows that they're committed to innovation, even in a time of economic uncertainty. Today I received an automated e-mail from Mountain View informing me that one of the websites under my management was slotted for a new feature called Event Tracking. Continue reading Google Analytics Soft-Launches Event Tracking + Tons More


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Plessy v. Ferguson - Significance, "separate But Equal", Further Readings
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Homer A. Plessy
J. H. Ferguson, New Orleans Criminal District Court Judge
Petitioner's Claim
That Louisiana's law requiring blacks to ride in separate railroad cars violated Plessy's right to equal protection under the law.
Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
F. D. McKenney, S. F. Phillips
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
M. J. Cunningham, Louisiana Attorney General
Justices for the Court
Henry Billings Brown (writing for the Court), Stephen Johnson Field, Melville Weston Fuller, Horace Gray, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, George Shiras, Jr., Edward Douglass White
Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan I (David Josiah Brewer did not participate)
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
18 May 1896
That laws providing for "separate but equal" treatment of blacks and whites were constitutional.
Related Cases
- Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1879).
- Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883).
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886).
- Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938).
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
Bradley, David and Shelley Fisher Fishkin eds. The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 1998.


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