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ACIL welcomes Vid Prislan
22 Nov 2018
In October 2018, Vid Prislan took up the position of Postdoctoral Researcher at ACIL. His research will focus on the interface between international investment law and the internet economy.Read more
Early Admissions Procedure – UvA-IBFD LLM in International Taxation
22 Nov 2018
Prospective students have the possibility to apply for an early admission procedure and be admitted to the UvA-IBFD LLM in International Taxation 2019/2020 by the end of February 2019. The deadline for application ...Read more
Amsterdam's LL.M in International Tax Law team wins international tax moot court competition
20 Nov 2018
The UvA congratulates two students of the UvA-IBFD Adv. LL.M in International tax law, Gregorio Piran and Mattia Calabrese, on winning the international moot court competition organised by the OITI in Cancun, Mexico. ...Read more
Yvonne Donders and Vincent Vleugel contribute to WRR Investigation on Philanthropy
19 Nov 2018
With their chapter "Philanthropy and Human Rights: Voluntary but not without Obligation" Yvonne Donders and Vincent Vleugel have made an important contribution to the Investigation Philanthropy by the Netherlands ...Read more
Kevin Jon Heller honored by Buenos Aires
6 Nov 2018
The Legislature of Buenos Aires has formally awarded Kevin Jon Heller, Associate Professor at ACIL, as "Guest of Honor" (huésped de honor)Read more
Judges in Utopia: new website
5 Nov 2018
'Judges in Utopia: Judicial law-making in European private law', the five year NWO Vidi-supported research project, has a new website including a blog and details of all related publications and events.Read more
CALL FOR PAPERS: Judges in Utopia - Civil Courts as European Courts
22 Oct 2018
This conference aims to reflect with legal scholars and practitioners on the reconceptualisation of the role of civil courts in today's European private legal order. Specifically, the conference's focus lies on the ...Read more
CALL FOR PAPERS: A New Deal for Civil Justice? The New Deal for Consumers and the Justiciability of EU Consumer Rights
22 Oct 2018
The 2019 CSECL conference revolves around the New Deal for Consumers that was proposed by the European Commission on 11 April 2018. It focuses on issues of civil justice that the New Deal aims to address – as well ...Read more
Students Master track European Law shortlisted for thesis prize
17 Oct 2018
The MA theses of Astrid Dorigny and Sari Corrijn, both graduates of the LLM European Competition and Regulation, were shortlisted for two prestigious thesis prizes awarded by the Dutch Association of Antitrust ...Read more
Prof. Marco Loos appointed to the Advisory Council of the Rent Control Commission
26 Sept 2018
Professor Marco Loos has been appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs as independent member of the Advisory Council of the Rent Control Commission, effective as of 1st October 2018. The Rent Control Commission ...Read more
Hoogleraar van Universiteit van Amsterdam steunt afschaffing dividendbelasting.
20 Sept 2018
Dennis Weber, professor Europese Ondernemingswinst belastingen aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, steunt het plan om de dividendbelasting af te schaffen. In een opinie die is gepubliceerd op de website van de UvA ...Read more
Prof. Marco Loos takes part in the European Commission's National Consumer Dialogue
18 Sept 2018
On 8 October 2018 CSECL's Professor Marco Loos will join an expert panel at the National Consumer Dialogue in The Hague to discuss the New Deal for Consumers proposed by the European CommissionRead more
Ingo Venzke appointed to Advisory Board WZB (Berlin)
12 Sept 2018
The Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB) 'conducts basic research with a focus on problems of modern societies in a globalized world.'Read more
Ashley Deeks Visiting Researcher at ACIL
12 Sept 2018
Prof. Ashley Deeks, University of Virginia Law School, has joined the ACIL as a visiting researcherRead more
Denis Abels Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
11 Sept 2018
Denis Abels has been appointed professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, with a special focus on penal lawRead more
ACIL welcomes new external PhD candidates
10 Sept 2018
ACIL welcome several new PhD candidates who are beginning their studies at the CenterRead more
Jindan-Karena ("Nina") Mann PhD Candidate at ACIL
10 Sept 2018
Jindan-Karena ("Nina") Mann is as of September a PhD Candidate at ACIL.Read more
Sean Shun Ming Yau PhD Candidate at ACIL
10 Sept 2018
Sean Shun Ming Yau is a PhD candidate working as of September 2018 on the VICI project "Rethinking the Outer Limits of Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations".Read more
Lara Talsma PhD Candidate at ACELG and ACIL
10 Sept 2018
As of September 2018, Lara Talsma will start as the Clinical Lecturer / Coordinator of the Amsterdam Law Clinic and as a PhD Candidate at the ACIL and the ACELG, working on a research project in Business & Human Rights.Read more
Emma Rengers Junior Researcher at ACIL
10 Sept 2018
Emma holds a BSc in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics (PPLE) from the University of Amsterdam (cum laude, 2017) and an LLM from Queens' College, the University of Cambridge (2018). She will be working as a ...Read more
Laurens Ankersmit - new assistant professor
5 Sept 2018
As of 15 September Dr Laurens Ankersmit is assistant professor in EU law at the University of Amsterdam. His research interest is the impact of international and European economic law on environmental protection. ...Read more
PhD vacancy in European Private Law
4 Sept 2018
The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) invites applications for a PhD position from candidates who can actively contribute to Amsterdam Law School's dynamic research community. For 38 hours per ...Read more
New ACELG PhD researcher Sophie Dura
3 Sept 2018
As of 3 September 2018, Sophie Dura will start her PhD research at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. Her PhD research is titled 'a European Pillar of Social Rights: Expectations, Implementation ...Read more
New ACELG postdoctoral researcher Marta Morvillo
3 Sept 2018
Marta Morvillo is a constitutional lawyer interested in the interaction between technical and democratic legitimacy and in particular in the role of experts and technical knowledge in constitutionally relevant ...Read more
Joëlle Trampert PhD Candidate at ACIL
29 Aug 2018
Joëlle Trampert starts as a PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and the department of Criminal Law, working on the research project "The Outer Limits of Secondary Liability for ...Read more
New PhD candidate Tawnee Hill
29 Aug 2018
We are delighted to welcome Tawnee Hill who joins CSECL as a PhD candidate from 3 September 2018.Read more
Nataša Nedeski Assistant Professor of Public International Law
27 Aug 2018
In July, Nataša Nedeski joined the ACIL as Assistant Professor of Public International Law.Read more
Roman Teshome PhD Candidate at ACIL
24 Aug 2018
Roman Girma Teshome will join the ACIL as of September as a PHD Researcher working on a project about development-induced displacement.Read more
ACIL welcomes new visiting researchers
23 Aug 2018
The ACIL welcomes visiting researchers to enrich its research center throughout the year. During the 2018 fall term, we are happy to welcome two new visiting researchers.Read more
Ingo Venzke Professor of International Law and Social Justice
1 Aug 2018
Ingo Venzke has been appointed Professor of International Law and Social Justice as of 1 July 2018. Venzke, who is also Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law, will focus his research and teaching on ...Read more
PhD defense Katja Swider
16 July 2018
Katja Swider successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled 'A rights-based approach to statelessness' on the 5th of July 2018. She argues that current policies on statelessness fail to prioritize the empowerment of ...Read more
Stephan Schill to take on role of General Editor ICCA Publications
16 July 2018
Prof. Stephan Schill will assume the role of General Editor ICCA Publications in September 2018.Read more
Benjamin van Rooij back at UvA
28 June 2018
Prof. B. van Rooij has returned to The Netherlands and UvA. He has been appointed Professor of Law and Society at UvA's Law School.Read more
Filipe Brito Bastos successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the EUI
25 June 2018
On the 13th of June, Filipe Brito Bastos, post-doctoral researcher at ACELG, defended his doctoral dissertation at the European University Institute of Florence.Read more
Nieuw boek: Dividendbelasting
14 June 2018
Dividendbelasting. Een vorm van belasting die gepaard gaat met veel techniek, internationale, fiscale politiek en een grote hoeveelheid EU-recht. Deze complexiteit vraagt om een volledige, systematische en ...Read more
Specially-Affected States & International Organizations
6 June 2018
The International Law Commission (ILC) adopted the Draft Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law on first reading in 2016 (UN Doc. A/71/10). These Draft Conclusions are an important resource in a ...Read more
ACIL Research Day, with presentation by Michael Zürn
6 June 2018
On Monday 28 May, ACIL held its annual Research Day at the Industrieele Groote Club in Amsterdam.Read more
New Book: The Implementation of Anti-BEPS Rules in the EU
6 June 2018
This book is a joint effort between the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL) of the University of Amsterdam, its partner institutions within the Global Tax Conference Project (New York University, the University of ...Read more
PhD defense Nik de Boer
4 June 2018
On 4 May Nik de Boer succesfully defended his thesis 'Judging European Democracy - National Constitutional Review of European Law and its Democratic Legitimacy'Read more
Maria Weimer to advise European Parliament
1 June 2018
Maria Weimer has been invited to provide expert advice for the work of the Special Committee on Pesticides of the European Parliament, which investigates the recent EU authorisation of the active substance ...Read more
Dr. Jill Coster van Voorhout moderated sessions of a seminar on education-related violations of international law in Geneva
31 May 2018
On 24 May in Geneva Ms. mr. dr. drs. Jill Coster van Voorhout (PhD, LLM, MSc), together with Ambassador Stephen Rapp, former Ambassador of war crimes at-large under the Obama administration, presided over a seminar ...Read more
Williamson Prize for best article awarded to UvA professors Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Enrico Perotti
28 May 2018
Professors Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci (Amsterdam Law school and Amsterdam Business School) and Enrico Perotti have been awarded the 2018 Oliver E. Williamson Prize for the best article published in the Journal of Law, ...Read more
"De man die een politieke crisis op gang bracht'
1 May 2018
De discussie rondom de dividendbelasting is losgebarsten, zowel in de politiek, als in de media. De Telegraaf noemt Jan van de Streek de 'man die een politieke crisis op gang bracht'. Een kort media-overzicht van ...Read more
Public PhD defence: Nik de Boer
1 May 2018
On Friday 4 May 2018 at 14:00, Nik de Boer defends his PhD thesis "Judging European Democracy: National Constitutional Review of European Law and Its Democratic Legitimacy" at the Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van ...Read more
Much Ado about ACTL Request for Dividend Withholding Tax Memos
24 Apr 2018
The dividend withholding tax memos do indeed appear to have been drawn up and will finally be released, according to Prime Minister Rutte in a statement made yesterday. Once Jan van de Streek and Martijn Nouwen had ...Read more
ACIL students assist UNHCHR independent expert on the effects of foreign debt
19 Apr 2018
A team of ACIL Research Master Students: Antanina Maslyka, Mariana Simon Cartaya, Christina Vellioti and LL.M. student Josh Jackson to assist Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky.Read more
ACIL team reaches 9th place in Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court
18 Apr 2018
UvA LL.M. students Enes Süheyl Karataş, Laura Isabel Martínez Jiménez, Jens Ørum and Gijs Verhagen came 9th (jointly) out of 47 in the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (FIAMC) 2018.Read more
Yvonne Donders to prepare an update of the 2003 UNESCO Human Rights Strategy
11 Apr 2018
Yvonne Donders will undertake a consultancy for UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. She is asked to prepare an update of the 2003 UNESCO Human Rights Strategy, to be adopted by the Member States in 2019.Read more
Katherine Fortin awarded the Francis Lieber Prize by the American Society for International Law
9 Apr 2018
Katherine Fortin, who was awarded her PhD dissertation cum laude on "The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law" in October 2015 under the joint supervision of Prof. Cees Flinterman (UU), Harmen van ...Read more
PhD vacancies in European Private Law
29 Mar 2018
The Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) invites applications for two PhD positions from candidates who can actively contribute to Amsterdam Law School's dynamic research community. For 38 hours per ...Read more
ACIL invites applications for 5 PhD candidates and 1 Postdoctoral researcher
28 Mar 2018
ACIL is pleased to draw your attention to the following vacancies:Read more
Roland Pierik Deputy Director of Research
13 Mar 2018
Roland Pierik is the new Deputy Director of Research at the Amsterdam Law School. In his capacity as Dean, Andre Nollkaemper assumes the role of Acting Director of Research.Read more
ACIL welcomes Michail Risvas
8 Mar 2018
Dr Michail Risvas is a post-doctoral researcher working as of 1st March on the ERC project "Transnational Private-Public Arbitration as Global Regulatory Governance: Charting and Codifying the Lex Mercatoria ...Read more
Interview Anniek de Ruijter in new podcast RadioRechtsstaat
7 Mar 2018
Anniek de Ruijter about women's quotas in the Netherlands.Read more
ACIL welcomes Kate Clark
27 Feb 2018
The Amsterdam Center for International Law welcomes Kate Clark as a junior external researcher.Read more
Turkey's justification for its attack on Kurds is baseless
20 Feb 2018
Turkey may have defended its military intervention in Syria as 'self-defence' but it was wrong to do so.Read more
ACELG guest researcher Pierluigi Cuccuru
6 Feb 2018
Pierluigi graduated in Law summa cum laude at the University of Pisa (2014). He then trained as a research assistant at the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI) at the University of Leicester, ...Read more
ACELG guest researcher Floris de Witte
6 Feb 2018
Floris de Witte is Associate Professor at LSE Law. He teaches EU law in the LL.B, LL.M and MSc. Floris' research deals with the interaction between EU law and political theory, with particular emphasis on free ...Read more
Geraldo Vidigal added to WTO Roster of Panelists
5 Feb 2018
The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body approved on Monday the nomination of Dr. Geraldo Vidigal, Assistant Professor at the UvA Faculty of Law, to the WTO's Indicative List of Governmental and ...Read more
New ACELG postdoctoral researcher Filipe Brito Bastos
18 Jan 2018
Filipe Brito Bastos is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. He is also completing his doctoral dissertation at the European University Institute of Florence, where he ...Read more
Publication by Maarten Pieter Schinkel on 'Green Cartels' nominated for Antitrust Writing Awards 2018
16 Jan 2018
The article "Can collusion promote sustainable consumption and production?" by Maarten Pieter Schinkel (Amsterdam Centre for Law & Economics) and Yossi Spiegel (Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University), was ...Read more
New Book: The EU Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Critical Analysis – edited by Dennis Weber & Jan van de Streek
16 Jan 2018
This book serves as a guide to the major development in EU tax law, the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) proposal.Read more
Janne Nijman Visiting Professor in Geneva
16 Jan 2018
Janne Nijman, professor of History and Theory of International Law, will be Visiting Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, for the 2018 Spring Term ...Read more
ACELG launches PhD feedback sessions for Master Students writing their thesis
11 Jan 2018
Thursday 11 January 2018, the first feedback sessions provided by ACELG-PhD candidates to Master students European law. The sessions, consisting of twenty-minutes of one-on-one feedback, were set up this year in ...Read more
ACELG Member Anniek de Ruijter edits a special issue on the EU health-security nexus
8 Jan 2018
The emerging interaction between public health and security policies in the EU raises a number of important questions of effectiveness and legitimacy. Through a recently published special issue, we take the first ...Read more
Post-doctoral researcher Betül Kas
1 Jan 2018
As of January 2018 Betül Kas joins CSECL as a post-doctoral researcher, within Prof. Chantal Mak's Vidi project 'Judges in Utopia. Judicial law-making in European private law'Read more
Research grant by Hungarian Academy of Sciences for Kati Cseres
8 Dec 2017
Associate Professor and ACELG researcher Kati Cseres has received a grant by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to continue her research on the role of consumers in public services marketsRead more
Irina Domurath publishes her new book "Consumer Vulnerability and Welfare in Mortgage Contracts"
30 Nov 2017
Irina Domurath's new publication "Consumer Vulnerability and Welfare in Mortgage Contracts" is available now on Hart PublishingRead more
PhD Defense Christopher Soler
30 Nov 2017
On Friday 22 December 2017 (14:00), Christopher Soler will publicly defend his thesis entitled ' The Global Prosecution of Core Crimes under International Law'.Read more
ACIL to cooperate with Antonio Cassese Initiative
5 Sept 2017
The Cassese Initiative is home to all friends, colleagues and admirers of Antonio Cassese. The Initiative's aim is to keep Nino's memory alive by promoting his legacy through education and training around the world.Read more
New ACELG PhD researcher Wiebe Hommes
4 Sept 2017
As of 1 September 2017, Wiebe Hommes will start his PhD research at the Amsterdam Center for European Law and Governance. His PhD research will focus on assessing the creation, discovery and evolution of European ...Read more
Post-doctoral researcher Irina Domurath
4 Sept 2017
As of 1 September 2017 Irina Domurath joined the CSECL as a post-doctoral researcher, where she will explore the multi-level governance of access to housing in cities.Read more
ACIL welcomes Visiting Fellows for the fall 2017
4 Sept 2017
The ACIL welcomes visiting researchers to enrich its research centre throughout the year. During the 2017 fall term, we will host four visiting researchers.Read more
Corina Heri Post-doctoral researcher at ACIL
2 Sept 2017
In September, Corina Heri will start as Post-doctoral researcher at the ACIL. Her research will explore the possibility and content of a human right to land and look at ways to integrate land rights regulation and ...Read more
Teresa Cabrita PhD Candidate at ACELG and ACIL
1 Sept 2017
As of September, Teresa Cabrita will start as PhD Candidate at the ACELG and the ACIL, working on a project on the interplay between EU and international criminal law.Read more
Jackson Oldfield PhD Candidate at ACIL
1 Sept 2017
Jackson Oldfield will start as PhD Candidate at the ACIL as of September, working on a project on the history of smuggling in international law.Read more
Wim Zimmermann PhD Candidate at ACIL
1 Sept 2017
In September, Wim Zimmermann will be starting as a PhD researcher at the ACIL, where he will explore the intersections between compliance theory and critical international legal theory in international law.Read more
Call for papers: Contingency in the Course of International Law: How International Law Could Have Been
22 Aug 2017
The workshop will ask a question that is deceptive in its simplicity: How might international law have been otherwise?Read more
Geraldo Vidigal Assistant Professor of International Trade Law and Public International Law
17 Aug 2017
Geraldo Vidigal has started as Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he lectures International Trade Law and Public International Law.Read more
ACIL-Asser Summer School
31 July 2017
In the week of 10-14 July the ACIL and the Asser Institute held a Summer School on 'The Law and Practice of International Dispute Settlement' in The Hague.Read more
Research on British citizens after Brexit taken up by City of Amsterdam
31 July 2017
The City of Amsterdam acts upon recommendations put forward by ACELG researcher Annette Schrauwen and by Tesseltje de Lange in a report on British citizens after Brexit.Read more
ACIL Annual Research Day 2017
5 July 2017
On 29 June 2017 ACIL members met at the Industrieele Groote Club for their Annual Research Day.Read more
ACIL invites applications for Marie Curie grant 2017
31 May 2017
If you have you recently finished your PhD and are interested in a postdoc position to further pursue your research in International Law, we invite you to apply for a Marie Curie grant. The Amsterdam Center for ...Read more
Research report on Private Equity was sent out to parliament
19 Apr 2017
On 13 April, Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem sent the report 'Private equity: een stakeholder-perspectief' to the parliament. The report was promised to the parliament after a parliamentary consultation on ...Read more
ACELG invites applications for Marie Curie grant 2017
11 Apr 2017
Have you recently finished your PhD? Are you interested in a postdoc position to further pursue your research in European law and governance?Read more
PhD Defense Enrico Partiti
5 Apr 2017
On Thursday, 20 April 2017 (12:00), Enrico Partiti will publicly defend his thesis entitled 'Public Play upon Private Standards: How European and International Economic Law enter into Voluntary Regimes for ...Read more
25 April: Upcoming PhD Defence Ceremony Mark Dijkstra
3 Apr 2017
On Tuesday 25 April at 12:00, PhD Candidate Mark Dijkstra will defend his dissertation Economies of Scale & Scope in Banking. Summary: The financial crisis and ensuing policy responses have made the question of ...Read more
New book: EU Law and the Building of Global Supranational Tax Law: EU BEPS and State Aid
3 Apr 2017
This book is the result of the 10th Annual Conference of the Group for Research on European and International Taxation (GREIT), which was held on 17 and 18 September 2015 in AmsterdamRead more
ACELG guest researcher Beatrice Russo
15 Mar 2017
In the months April to July 2016, ACELG welcomes Beatrice Russo, PhD fellow at the Università degli Studi della Campania L. Vanvitelli, for a research stay in Amsterdam.Read more
PhD Defense Nienke van der Have
22 Feb 2017
On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 (14:00), Nienke van der Have will publicly defend her thesis entitled 'The Prevention of Gross Human Rights Violations under International Human Rights Law'.Read more
PhD Defense Emma Irving
22 Feb 2017
On Friday, 24 March 2017 (12:00), Emma Irving will publicly defend her thesis entitled 'The Shared Protection of Human Rights at the International Criminal Court'.Read more
ACELG members initiate website EUexplainer.nl
20 Feb 2017
With the elections for the Dutch Parliament less than a month away, members of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Government launch a website to check claims about the EU against the legal factsRead more
New research group 'Law and Justice Across Borders' launched at Faculty of Law
9 Feb 2017
After months of preparatory work, the new research group 'Law and Justice Across Borders' met for its founding meeting on 26 January 2017. The group has been provisionally approved as a Faculty Research Priority Area ...Read more
ACELG successfully supports Marie Curie applicant Marta Morvillo
8 Feb 2017
ACELG is pleased to announce that Marta Morvillo, University of Bologna, has received a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship for a research project on 'The Constitutional Place of Expertise'.Read more
Two prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowships for the Law Faculty
2 Feb 2017
Two Faculty of Law researchers have received prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Individual Fellowships give researchers a chance to enhance their career development and prospects by working ...Read more
Roland Pierik named to Vaccinations Committee of Dutch Health Council
30 Jan 2017
Roland Pierik, associate professor of legal philosophy, has been appointed as a member of the Vaccinations Committee of The Health Council of the Netherlands.Read more
PhD Defense Hans Boddens Hosang
26 Jan 2017
On Wednesday, 8 February 2017 (10:00), Hans Boddens Hosang will publicly defend his thesis entitled 'Rules of Engagement: Rules on the Use of Force as Linchpin for the International Law of Military Operations'.Read more
Maria Weimer Deputy Editor-in-Chief of European Journal of Risk Regulation
24 Jan 2017
Maria Weimer, senior researcher at ACELG, has been appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Risk Regulation as per 1 January 2017.Read more
Dominique Barnhoorn new PhD candidate at ACELG
19 Jan 2017
As of 1 January 2017 Dominique Barnhoorn has started her PhD research at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. Her PhD research will focus on the law and practice of EU law enforcement agencies ...Read more
Verkenning Universiteit van Amsterdam
16 Jan 2017
Auteurs: Prof. dr. J.L. van de Streek en mr. M.F. NouwenRead more
Post-doctoral researcher Nik de Boer
16 Jan 2017
As of 1 January 2017 Nik de Boer is an ACCESS EUROPE post-doctoral researcher affilated to the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) and the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG).Read more
PhD Defense Maria Laura Ferioli
15 Dec 2016
On Monday, 19 December 2016 (14:00), Maria Laura Ferioli will publicly defend her thesis entitled 'The Impact of Cooperation on the Rights of Defendants before the International Criminal Court'.Read more
Inaugural lecture De Weijs leads to parliamentary questions
29 Nov 2016
The inaugural lecture of prof. R.J. de Weijs, 'Disorder? How insolvency law is at risk of turning against creditors', has led two members of parliament to pose 19 parliamentary questions.Read more
PhD Defense Haomiao Du
29 Nov 2016
On Friday, 9 December 2016 (12:00), Haomiao Du will publicly defend her thesis entitled 'An international legal framework for geoengineering'.Read more
Natali Helberger advises European Parliament
24 Nov 2016
Prof. Natali Helberger has been invited as an expert to advise the European Parliament on its 'own initiative report' on the collaborative economy.Read more
Two UvA law alumni elected to UN International Law Commission
7 Nov 2016
Faculty of Law alumni Charles Jalloh of Sierra Leone (PhD 2016) and Claudio Grossman Guiloff of Chile (PhD 1980) were elected to the United Nations International Law Commission on 3 November 2016.Read more
Pieter Jan Kuijper receives international law prize
31 Oct 2016
Pieter Jan Kuijper, professor of the Law of International (Economic) Organizations, will receive the Maastricht Prize of International Law, successor to the The Hague Prize for International Law, on 8 December in ...Read more
New publication: Non-Discrimination in Tax Treaties: Selected Issues from a Global Perspective" (Pistone/Weber)
31 Oct 2016
This book aims to find a global dimension of the non-discrimination principle in tax law through the analysis of issues with theoretical and practical importance.Read more
New journal launched: Europe and the World
25 Oct 2016
The newly founded journal 'Europe and the World: A Law Review' aims to contribute to legal scholarship on the place of Europe in the world, with a particular but by no means exclusive focus on the EU's external ...Read more
New Publication: Food Safety Standards in International Trade: The Case of the EU and the COMESA
21 Oct 2016
The book makes ground breaking proposals on how the EU and COMESA food safety standards divide can be bridged and discusses the impact of EU food safety standards on food imports from poor African countries.Read more
Prof. Arnoud Boot presents report 'Balancing Society and the Financial Sector' to Dutch Minister of Finance
13 Oct 2016
On 12 October, Prof. Arnoud Boot of the University of Amsterdam and member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), presented the report 'Samenleving en financiële sector in evenwicht' ('Balancing ...Read more
Open Access week, 24-30 October
13 Oct 2016
Are you interested in publishing in open access? Then come to one or more of the seminars during the International Open Access Week 2016. From Monday 24 until Thursday 27 October various speakers will share their ...Read more
Tesseltje de Lange receives research grant
29 Sept 2016
Tesseltje de Lange (university lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law) has received a research grant from Instituut GAK. Together with Elles Besselsen, Soumaya Rahouti (UvA) and Conny Rijken (Tilburg Law ...Read more
PhD researcher Mirthe Jiwa joins Architecture Project
28 Sept 2016
Mirthe has started her PhD research at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law as of 1 September 2016. Her research focusses on the concept of the person in European private law.Read more
Arnoud Boot (UvA) appointed Chairman of the European Finance Association per January 2017
16 Sept 2016
At the Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association (EFA) in Oslo last month, Arnoud Boot (University of Amsterdam/Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics) was appointed as Chairman of the EFA per 1 January 2017. ...Read more
PhD Defense Gaetano Best
15 Sept 2016
On Thursday, 20 October 2016 (12:00), Gaetano Best will publicly defend his thesis entitled 'Fair and Accurate Fact-finding in Dutch Atrocity Crime Cases'.Read more
Martijn Hesselink Visiting Professor Sciences Po, France
13 Sept 2016
On Fridays in September and the first half of October 2016 Martijn Hesselink teaches the course 'The Political Philosophy of Contract Law' at Sciences Po (Paris, France).Read more
PhD Defense Charles Jalloh
9 Sept 2016
On Friday, 7 October 2016 (10:00), Charles Jalloh will publicly defend his thesis entitled 'Judicial Contributions of the Sierra Leone Tribunal to the Development of International Criminal Law'.Read more
PhD Defense Kelly Pitcher
8 Sept 2016
On Friday, 30 September 2016 (11:00), Kelly Pitcher will publicly defend her thesis entitled 'Judicial Responses to Pre-trial Procedural Violations in International Criminal Proceedings'.Read more
Assistant Professor Eveline Ramaekers
7 Sept 2016
Eveline Ramaekers joined the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) on 1 September 2016.Read more
Prize for the Best Publication of the 2015-2016 Academic Year
5 Sept 2016
For the sixth time in a row, the yearly prize for the best publication of the year will be awarded to a young faculty researcher.Read more
Prof. Reinhard Steennot special Chair in Private Law of the Dutch-Belgian Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht
2 Sept 2016
During the academic year 2016-2017 Prof. Reinhard Steennot will hold the special Chair in Private Law of the Dutch-Belgian Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht.Read more
PhD candidate Mirthe Jiwa
2 Sept 2016
Mirthe Jiwa (1992) joined the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) as a PhD candidate on 1 September 2016.Read more
PhD Defense Martin Fink
1 Sept 2016
On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 (16:00), Martin Fink will publicly defend his thesis entitled 'Maritime Interception and the Law of Naval Operations'.Read more
New book: the Impact of Tax Treaties and EU Law on Group Taxation regimes – by Bruno da Silva published by Kluwer Law International
30 Aug 2016
This book is the first in-depth analysis of how tax treaties and EU law influence group taxation regimes. It covers relevant topics such as the application of tax treaties and EU law to group taxation regimes, the ...Read more
ACELG guest researcher Zurab Gvelesiani
23 Aug 2016
In the months September to December 2016, ACELG welcomes Zurab Gvelesiani, PhD fellow at the Central European University, Budapest, for a research stay in Amsterdam.Read more
Christina Eckes Professor of European Law and Director of ACELG
9 Aug 2016
The Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance is pleased to announce that Christina Eckes has been appointed Professor of European Law. She will also assume the position of the Director of ACELG.Read more
New Research Programme 'Law and Justice across Borders'
19 July 2016
As of 1 January 2017, ACIL, together with ACELG and CSECL, will set up a joint research programme, in view to establish a new research priority area (RPA).Read more
ACELG invites papers for PhD workshop on The Rule of Law in the Technological Age
14 July 2016
The 2016 ACELG annual conference will be preceded by a PhD Workshop, in which selected PhD students will be given the opportunity to present and receive feedback on their work in the field covered by the topic of the ...Read more
New joint research programme: Law and justice across borders
12 July 2016
As of 1 January 2017, the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG), the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL), and the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) set up a joint ...Read more
Evaluation of 'Wet OM-afdoening' by Criminal Law and Bonger Institute researchers
4 July 2016
The WODC (Ministry of Security and Justice) has provided a research grant to the Department of Criminal Law and the Bonger Institute.Read more
Video on ACELG Brexit debate online
1 July 2016
On 30 June, ACELG organized a debate on the British No to membership of the European Union. The video is now available.Read more
Annemieke van den Dool research fellow in Beijing
28 June 2016
PhD candidate Annemieke starts her five month visit at CUFE in Beijing for her research on lawmaking processes in China.Read more
Visiting fellow Andrea Cecchetto
20 June 2016
Andrea Cecchetto will be at the CSECL from 15 June until 25 July.Read more
ACELG invites applications for Marie Curie grant 2016
13 June 2016
Have you recently finished your PhD? Are you interested in a postdoc position to further pursue your research in European law and governance?Read more
Visiting fellow Giuseppe Versaci
6 June 2016
As of 1 June 2016 Giuseppe Versaci joins the CSECL during two months.Read more
PhD candidate Mia Junuzoviç
6 June 2016
Mia Junuzoviç joined the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) as a PhD candidate 1 June 2016.Read more
Inaugural lecture Rolef J. de Weijs
6 June 2016
On Friday, 1 July 2016 at 16:00 Rolef de Weijs will officially accept his appointment as a Professor of National and International Insolvency law.Read more
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci elected to the Board of Directors of the American Law & Economics Association (ALEA)
1 June 2016
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci has been elected at the May 2016 annual meeting at Harvard University with Alma Cohen (Harvard University and Tel Aviv University), Alison D. Morantz (Stanford University), and Eric L. Talley ...Read more
Cassese Foundation receives grant from the Nuremberg Academy
25 May 2016
The Cassese Foundation receives a grant of 80.000 Euro from the International Nuremberg Principles Academy for a training course for African Judges to strengthen their ability to prosecute international crimes.Read more
Prof. Martijn Hesselink Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford
24 May 2016
Martijn Hesselink was elected a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford.Read more
European Parliament's Joint IMCO-JURI Public Hearing
24 May 2016
On 24 May 2016 Martijn Hesselink participates in the European Parliament's Joint Public Hearing on 'Contractual relations and consumer remedies in the digital sphere', which will be held in Brussels.Read more
New Management at the ACIL
1 May 2016
As of 1 May 2016, Ingo Venzke is the Executive Director of the ACIL.Read more
PhD Defense Koen Vriend
30 Apr 2016
Avoiding a Full Criminal Trial: Fair Trial Rights, Diversions, and Shortcuts in Dutch and International Criminal ProceedingsRead more
Marco Loos participates in the EC Multiple Framework contracts on Consumer law
29 Apr 2016
Prof. Marco Loos participates in the EC Multiple Framework contracts for 'Supply of Impact Assessment, Evaluation and Evaluation related services in the policy areas under the responsibility of DG Justice and ...Read more
Jaap Baaij wins research prize 2016
26 Apr 2016
Jaap Baaij has won a Praemium Erasmianum Foundation research prize with his dissertation entitled: 'Legal Integration and Language Diversity. The Case for source-oriented EU translation'.Read more
Christina Eckes on BNR radio over Ukrainian referendum in the Netherlands
4 Apr 2016
On 1 April 2016, a few days before a referendum is held in the Netherlands on the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine, Christina Eckes with Tony van der Togt, Clingendael, on national radio shed light on the legal ...Read more
Marco Loos researches European consumer law
1 Apr 2016
As a member of a consortium headed by Civic Consulting (Berlin), Prof. dr. Marco Loos (CSECL) received the assignment to investigate whether European consumer law is fit for the 21st century or in need of modernisation.Read more
Marco Loos Visiting Professor University of Tartu (Estonia)
15 Mar 2016
On 1 and 2 April 2016 Prof. Marco Loos teaches three lectures at the University of Tartu (Estonia) as part of the IT Law Programme in 2015/2016.Read more
Inaugural lecture Chantal Mak
15 Feb 2016
On Friday, 19 February 2016 at 16:00 Chantal Mak will officially accept her appointment as a Professor of Private law with an inaugural lecture entitled 'Justice through European Private Law'.Read more
Vacancy Postdoctoral Fellow in Empirical Legal Studies
11 Feb 2016
The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Empirical Legal Studies. Applications can be sent until May 1st.Read more
Response to consultation policy rule Competition and Sustainability
2 Feb 2016
Maarten Pieter Schinkel (ACLE) has responded, on the basis of recent research with Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University) and Lukas Toth (ACLE), to the consultation Policy rule Competition and Sustainability. Schinkel's ...Read more
Martijn Hesselink Visiting Professor Sciences Po, France
1 Feb 2016
During the months of February and March 2016 Martijn Hesselink teaches every Wednesday the course 'The Political Philosophy Contract Law' at Université Sciences Po (Paris, France).Read more
Meeting two LLM students @ IBFD Library
1 Feb 2016
LLM students Scott Dailey and Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego talk about why they applied to the programme and the absence of Dutch people in their class.Read more
PhD vacancy project 'The ABC of Online Disclosure Duties'
26 Jan 2016
The PhD candidate will play an important part in the multi-team project 'The ABC of Online Disclosure Duties: Towards Better Informed Consumers', coordinated by Dr Joasia Luzak. The project is conducted within the ...Read more
Study on data protection and safeguards in free trade agreements (GATS, TTIP, TISA and CETA)
25 Jan 2016
This study has been assigned to Marija Bartl and Kristina Irion (IVIR) by BEUC and the Center for Digital Democracy and will be finished in May 2016.Read more
Project proposal on The ABC of Online Disclosure Duties awarded to Dr Joasia Luzak
19 Jan 2016
The project proposal "The ABC of Online Disclosure Duties: Towards a More Uniform Assessment of the Transparency of Consumer Information in Europe" has been awarded to Dr Joasia Luzak.Read more
Euopean Parliament service contract on Legal Affairs
19 Jan 2016
The CSECL signed a framework service contract for the provision of external expertise to the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs in the field of Contract law.Read more
Laura Burgers new PhD candidate at the CSECL
18 Jan 2016
Laura Burgers (1989) joined the European Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) as a PhD candidate in January 2016.Read more
Appointment prof. dr. Mariken van Hilten
14 Jan 2016
Prof. dr. Mariken van Hilten has been appointed as Professor of indirect taxes at the Faculty of Law as of 1 January 2016.Read more
Aukje van Hoek national expert EUPILLAR project
11 Jan 2016
Aukje van Hoek will contribute as national expert to the EUPILLAR (European Union Private International Law: Legal Application in Reality) project'Cross-Border Litigation in Europe: Private International Law ...Read more
Nanette Neuwahl guest professor at ACELG
4 Jan 2016
In the month of January 2016, ACELG welcomes Professor Nanette Neuwahl, University of Montreal, for a research stay in Amsterdam.Read more
Vigjilenca Abazi defends doctoral thesis
15 Dec 2015
On 11 December 2015, Vigjilenca Abazi successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled 'Secrecy and Oversight in the European Union: The Law and Practice of Classified Information'. In her work, which was praised ...Read more
Vacancy PhD candidate in European Private Law
30 Nov 2015
The PhD candidate will be based within the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) and contribute to the overarching project ' The Architecture of Post-National Rulemaking: Public International Law, ...Read more
Marco Loos member Supervisory Board Dutch consumers' organisation
30 Nov 2015
On Saturday 7 November Marco Loos was appointed, together with 4 other new members, to the Supervisory Board of the Dutch consumer's organisation.Read more
Best paper award for Anna Butenko (Centrum voor Energievraag-stukken) and Kati Cseres (ACELG and ACLE)
26 Nov 2015
Anna Butenko's and Kati Cseres' paper "The Regulatory consumer: prosumer driven local energy production initiatives" has won the Best paper award at the 8th Annual Conference of the Competition and Regulation in ...Read more
Best paper award for Anna Butenko and Kati Cseres
20 Nov 2015
With their paper on 'The Regulatory consumer: prosumer driven local energy production initiatives' Anna Butenko (Centrum voor Energievraagstukken) and Kati Cseres (ACELG) won the Best paper award at the 8th Annual ...Read more
ACELG PhD fellow Swider co-authors study for European Parliament
20 Nov 2015
The study, commissioned by European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, deals with the practices and approaches in all EU Member ...Read more
Rolef de Weijs, professor of National and International Insolvency Law
10 Nov 2015
Dr R.J. de Weijs (1975) has been appointed professor of National and International Insolvency Law at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Law.Read more
Inaugural lecture prof. dr. Jan van de Streek now online
26 Oct 2015
The inagural lecture of prof. dr. Jan van de Streek, held on 9 October 2015, is now available online.Read more
Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi joins ACELG as postdoctoral researcher
15 Oct 2015
On 1 November 2015, Dr Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi will take up a position as postdoctoral researcher at ACELG. He will do research into existing or negotiated ISDS clauses in the new generation of EU and US free trade ...Read more
UNCTAD adopts project proposal of Maarten Pieter Schinkel (ACLE)
12 Oct 2015
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has adopted a research project of Prof. Maarten Pieter Schinkel (Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, University of Amsterdam) and Dovile Venskutonyte ...Read more
Martijn Hesselink invited speaker EP Policy Hub
21 Sept 2015
On Friday 18 September 2015 Prof. Martijn W. Hesselink was invited to speak during the European Parliament's Policy Hub 'Contract law and the Digital Single Market' in Brussels.Read more
Marija Bartl invited to lecture at the London School of Economics
21 Sept 2015
Marija Bartl has been invited to give a lecture at the London School of Economics, in order to discuss her recently published work on the European Union. Marija will discuss her work within the Lecture Series ...Read more
Marija Bartl invited keynote speaker Critical Legal Conference in Wrocław (Poland)
21 Sept 2015
Dr Marija Bartl held her keynote speech 'Enlarging the U.S. regulatory space? TTIP and the contraction of the political?' on 5 September 2015 during the Critical Legal Conference that took place from 3 until 5 ...Read more
External PhD Candidate Francis Donalbain Chukwu
15 Sept 2015
Francis Donalbain Chukwu is external PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Hesselink. His PhD research, started on 1 September 2015, aims at 'Sovereign Debt and Contract Theory: A Study in Neo Functionalism'.Read more
ACELG welcomes guest researcher Tomi Tuominen
15 Sept 2015
From 14 September onwards, PhD researcher Tomi Tuominen from the University of Lapland will be at the ACELG to pursue his research project on the effects of the Eurozone crisis on the development of the European ...Read more
Visiting fellow Boyang Li
14 Sept 2015
Boyang Li, PhD candidate at the China-EU School of Law at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing (China), visits the CSECL until 1 September 2016. Her research topic is 'The importance of human ...Read more
PhD candidate Anna van Duin
8 Sept 2015
Anna van Duin (1985) joined the Center for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) as a PhD candidate in September 2015.Read more
Aukje van Hoek and Arthur Salomons participate in EC study on Save Companies
30 Aug 2015
Prof. Aukje van Hoek and Prof. Arthur Salomons participate as legal experts in the EC study on Save Companies, Collection and development of best practices in cross border cases for the survival of distressed ...Read more
Visiting fellow Celia Martínez Escribano
25 Aug 2015
Celia Martinez Escribano, Associate Professor at the University of Valladolid (Spain), visits the CSECL from 24 August until 24 September 2015. Her research topic is 'Possession and ownership Acquistion in the Draft ...Read more
Visiting fellow Alessandro Guido
25 Aug 2015
Alessandro Guido, student at the University 'Magna Graecia' of Catanzaro (Italy), visits the CSECL from 1 August until 1 October 2015. His research topic is 'Consumers remedies in European Contract law'.Read more
Tatevik Manucharyan new PhD candidate at ACELG
6 Aug 2015
On 1 August 2015, Tatevik Manucharyan started her PhD research at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. Her research will focus on the role and procedures of the European Commission in macroeconomic ...Read more
Marija Bartl receives prestigious VENI grant for research into TTIP
5 Aug 2015
Marija Bartl, researcher within the project 'The Architecture of Postnational Rulemaking' and assistant professor at CSECL, was awarded a personal grant by the NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific ...Read more
Marija Bartl receives prestigious VENI grant for research into TTIP
5 Aug 2015
Marija Bartl, researcher within the project 'The Architecture of Postnational Rulemaking' and assistant professor at CSECL, was awarded a personal grant by the NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific ...Read more
Newly published: The Actors of Postnational Rulemaking
4 Aug 2015
Volume edited by Elaine Fahey, former member of the Architecture project and now associated fellow, explores the range of actors involved in rule-making within European Union law and Public International lawRead more
CSECL researchers join consortium in EC study on mandatory rules on contractual obligations
7 July 2015
Marco Loos and Joasia Luzak join a team of legal experts to conduct a Study on all mandatory rules applicable to contractual obligations in contracts for sales of tangible goods sold at a distance and, in particular ...Read more
15th biannual conference of the International Association of Consumer Law, 29 June-1July 2015, Amsterdam
5 July 2015
From 29 June until 1 July 2015 the 15th biannual conference of the International Association of Consumer Law convened at the University of Amsterdam.Read more
ACTL Annual Report 2014
2 July 2015
The Annual Report lists all the memberships of editorial/advisory boards of academic publications and/or associations of the members of the ACTL, as well as all their academic publications, professional publications ...Read more
Aukje van Hoek presenting in Vigo (Spain)
2 July 2015
Aukje van Hoek is presenting today her paper on 'Choice of law implications of the implementation of the Maritime labour convention in the EU Member States'.Read more
Martijn Han honored as best Junior Author by the Industrial Organization Society
17 June 2015
During the 13th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference in Boston, Martijn Han (Humboldt University – Institute for Economic Theory and ACLE Alumnus in 2011) was honored for his paper "Cartelization ...Read more
Aart Loubert's article "runner-up" for College of Europe-Arenberg Prize 2015
16 June 2015
ACELG member Aart Loubert was awarded with an "honorable mention" for his article on Sovereign DebtRead more
Chantal Mak participates in EUI project supporting the European judicial training
15 June 2015
Prof. Chantal Mak participates in the Active Charter Training through Interaction Of National ExperienceS (ACTIONES) project coordinated by the European University Institute Centre for Judicial Cooperation.Read more
Chantal Mak, professor of Private Law
4 June 2015
Dr C. Mak (1979) has been appointed professor of Private Law, with a special focus on fundamental rights and private law, at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Law.Read more
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci has been awarded the Best Paper Prize 2014 by the American Law & Economics Association
3 June 2015
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci (ACLE) and his co-author Luigi Alberto Franzoni (Bologna) have been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Law & Economics Association as the recipiants of theRead more
The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives
1 June 2015
New publication by Tarlach McGonagle and Yvonne Donders (eds.)Read more
Epistemic Forces in International Law: Foundational Doctrines and Techniques of International Legal Argumentation
1 June 2015
New publication by Jean d'AspremontRead more
PhD research of Anniek de Ruijter keeps generating interest
7 May 2015
ACELG researcher Dr. Anniek de Ruijter was awarded with 'Honorable Mention for outstanding new academic work'Read more
Cooperation between the University of Amsterdam and IBFD
28 Apr 2015
On 28 April 2015, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and IBFD officially signed a broad cooperation agreement, which includes inter alia our new joint Advanced Master's in Inter¬national Tax Law: Principles, Policy ...Read more
15th Conference International Association of Consumer Law, 29 June - 1 July 2015, Amsterdam
20 Apr 2015
What makes consumer protection law fit for consumers and businesses? The 15th annual conference of the International Association of Consumer Law (IACL) will address this question from various angles, dealing with ...Read more


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|Heidi has it. Bxxxh!
I definitely started to look better after about week twenty. My hair and nails - which always grow super fast in Dubai - were even longer, the aching exhaustion passed, and I felt good. Most of the time I forgot I was pregnant.
And then the heat kicked in.
Dubai in Summer is testing for the best of us, never mind being six or months pregnant. But here's the thing: if you time your car to office walk just right, that slight mist of dewy humidity on your cheeks can (almost) make you look like you've found the Holy Grail of pregnancy glow.
Sadly, if your timing is off, you look like something that the cat coughed up: wet, slimy and to be avoided.
I enjoyed the gamble.
And on the days when I lost I thanked the lord for MAC face powder and this stuff.

subset: commoncrawl


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Stephen Curry just joined Eric Bledsoe in a very dubious NBA club. Specifically, guys whose defense is bad enough as to make Lonzo Ball look good.
The Golden State Warriors very nearly dropped their second straight game, barely beating the Los Angeles Lakers on the road in overtime 127-123, and Ball ended up with 15 points and 10 assists while shooting 5-of-12 from the field, 3-of-7 from San Pedro, and even 2-of-2 from the line.
And, of course, since the game went to overtime, there was all the statistical weirdness you could handle.
Golden State had the Triple 20 you'd expect; Curry had 28, Kevin Durant had 29, and Klay Thompson had 20.
Los Angeles had a Quadruple (!) 20; Brandon Ingram had 32, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 21, Julius Randle had 20, and Jordan Clarkson, continuing the theme of Lakers point guards shredding the defense, had 21.
Clarkson even added eight rebounds and six assists to remind the world that even when Lonzo plays well, Clarkson is by far the best point guard on the Los Angeles roster.
The Dubs ran out to a 30-20 lead after one, trailed at the half, tied it up after three, and couldn't pull away, then the overtime was a scoring spree that ended 18-14 for the winners.
Oh, and NBA TV is catching wise to the Triple 20 concept:
The @warriors are now 6-1 when these three each score 20+ points 💦 pic.twitter.com/FfBRfaebcp
— NBA TV (@NBATV) November 30, 2017
Curry redeemed himself when it mattered:
Clutch Curry.
Steph scores 13 PTS in OT for the @warriors, including two 3s in the first minute! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/nk9H4Vcwyf
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2017
Thank the gods for Kevin Durant:
The shot that tied it! @KDTrey5 #SPLASH💦 (@NBCSAuthentic) pic.twitter.com/3mAosVcOQB
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) November 30, 2017
Durant explains the "a win's a win" that at least goes into the standings as one:
"Some nights it's gonna be like that, and we fought through."@KDTrey5 after the @warriors OT win over the @Lakers. pic.twitter.com/srfNeVPALr
— NBA TV (@NBATV) November 30, 2017
Thunder DOWN
You have to start to wonder sometimes if the Thunder aren't actually better when Russell Westbrook has about a 40 Usage Rate; whatever may be said about that G-League team they put around him last year, for Russ, he was always on his game and in his rhythm.
Echoes of that could be found last night, as Russ scored 37 on 11-of-23 from the floor including an uncanny-for-him 7-of-10 from Disney World, but the Thunder still lost to the Orlando Magic 121-108.
Paul George had 22 on 7-of-17; Carmelo Anthony sparked the "is he washed up" chatter once again with a wretched 5-of-16 and 15 points right out of the NBA Dark Ages.
Meanwhile, Aaron Gordon went completely bonkers for 40 points and 15 rebounds on 13-of-23 and 6-of-12 beyond the arc; Arron Afflalo was plus-20 despite only shooting the ball twice (and missing both times), but defense and good unit play count for a lot.
Highlights from the man of the match:
Aaron Gordon scores 40 PTS & grabs 15 REBS in the @OrlandoMagic home win! #PureMagic pic.twitter.com/iuT3IGB6Lb
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2017
James Harden Makes Pacers Fans Sad
Harden, in theory, played the role of volume scorer without much efficiency; he was 8-of-22 from the field, 4-of-12 from Sugar Land, and 9-of-9 from the line for 29 points.
In practice, expending all that energy on stopping the Rockets' primary scoring threat just made it easier for the rest of the Rockets to get shots in a 118-97 drubbing of the Pacers Wednesday night; the non-Harden squad shot a combined 53.1 percent from the field and 50 percent from long range.
Oh, and Lance Stephenson was minus-17. Bad Lance!
It was just turtles all the way down. Ryan Anderson, 5-of-9 from three. Trevor Ariza, 4-of-5 and 5-of-7 overall for a whistle-clean 14 points. Clint Capela, 10-of-15 for 22 and 13 rebounds. And Chris Paul, 13 on 5-of-8 to go with six boards and seven dimes.
Houston is good, folks. Real good. Scary good.
This is amazing:
Chris Paul now has 72 ASTS and only 8 turnovers in his 7 games with the @HoustonRockets.
He is the 1st player to have 70+ ASTS and less than 10 TO in his 1st 7 games of a season since individual TO's began being recorded in 1977-78. pic.twitter.com/PbtqbLEaxy
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) November 30, 2017
And so are the highlights:
.@JHarden13 leads the @HoustonRockets to their 6th straight win, all by 14+ points! 🚀
📊 29 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists pic.twitter.com/KdvXOLao8c
— NBA TV (@NBATV) November 30, 2017
All by 14+. Yikes.
The MIN-NO Would Be Lost
Man, I love team abbreviation puns.
How about a Total Team Effort for the Timberwolves? Andrew Wiggins led seven Minnesota players in double figures with 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting. The Wolves shot 58 percent overall. And New Orleans? 46.4 isn't good enough, and 40 percent from three on 35 attempts also proved inadequate when they got mauled on the boards 44-28.
Anthony Davis had 17; so did DeMarcus Cousins, combining for 34 points on 14-of-28. They also combined for 15 rebounds; too bad the rest of the team only combined for 13.
And on the rare occasions Minnesota missed? A 33.3 offensive rebounding percentage (10 offensive boards for Minny, 20 defensive boards for the Big Easy) sealed the Pelicans' fate.
Andrew Wiggins lifts the @Timberwolves to victory with 28 PTS & 8 REBS!#AllEyesNorth 120 / #DoItBig 102 pic.twitter.com/P72ipZ8t9w
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2017
Minnesota is now 13-9, cruising after a bit of a stumble a few games ago.
Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, You Boys Have Yourselves A Time!
Lowry had 36 on 12-of-18. DeRozan had 30 on 14-of-22 without making a three-pointer (Thank God you're here, Basketball Dinosaur Man!)
Those combined 66 points were the straw stirring the drink as the Raptors picked up a big 126-113 win over Charlotte in Toronto, going to 13-7 and staying in the mix in the East's crowded top four.
This was a just-plain-weird game. Charlotte shot 30-of-35 from the line; Toronto was only 8-of-11.
But when you make 52 (!) field goals, including 14-of-32 (43.8 percent) from three and 53.1 percent overall? Who needs free throws?
Nobody on the Raptors had more than Serge Ibaka's eight rebounds, but they won that battle 39-36 overall. Fred VanVleet had nine assists to lead Toronto despite playing only 19 minutes.
Kyle Lowry scores a season-high 36 PTS to help the @Raptors win their 5th consecutive home game! #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/lRQ3yTIv9G
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2017
Miami's Bricklaying Adventure
The Heat were atrocious shooting the ball; 32-of-84 (38.1 percent) from the field and 10-of-38 from New Rochelle (26.1 percent), plus 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the free throw line, all while getting outrebounded 52-31 and watching the New York Knicks shoot 60.3 percent (44-of-73) as a team.
You can probably guess about how the score went. 115-86, and it was over by halftime when the Knicks took a 65-44 lead into the locker room.
The weirdest part? Only four Knicks scored in double figures. Enes Kanter led the way with 22 while shooting 7-of-9, adding 14 rebounds.
Porzingis, though…he injured his ankle after playing only three minutes. As great as it is when all 13 guys on your team score in a blowout win as you right the ship and go to 11-10, that injury is going to be a major thorn in New York's side while the big Latvian heals.
No Heat player had more than five rebounds; this is what happens when Hassan Whiteside gets a night of rest.
Highlights from a big Knicks win:
.@budweiser highlights from tonight's shorthanded home victory ⬇ pic.twitter.com/Mayl2vlcjW
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 30, 2017
New York is 10-4 at home…and 1-6 on the road. Something's gotta give.
Philadelphia's Triple 20 Beats Washington's
In my article introducing the Triple 20 as a concept, I mentioned that the biggest correlation between the stat and winning seemed to be found in a team's Big Three, or at least a team with two established stars and then a third guy having a big night, getting 20 points rather than some random collection of people getting to 20 while the stars struggled.
Well, Philly got 31 from Ben Simmons, 25 from Joel Embiid, and 24 from Dario Saric.
Washington got 21 from Bradley Beal, 22 from Kelly Oubre Jr., and 21 from Jodie Meeks.
The 76ers beat the Wizards 118-113. Score one for sensible application of a rule of thumb (same as you could say for Golden State against the Lakers, comparing the Curry/Thompson/Durant Triple 20 to that mishmash the Lakers put up.)
Oh, and Otto Porter shooting 3-of-14 for eight points and the Wizards shooting 40.4 percent overall couldn't have helped, even if they did shoot 32-of-37 from the line.
Philadelphia attempted 64 (!!!) free throws. They shot them horribly, making only 41. Simmons was 15-of-29 from the line, while Embiid was 13-of-18.
The Sixers outrebounded the Wizards 64-35, including 21 (!) offensive rebounds.
Two Wizards fouled out (Beal and Oubre); three others had five fouls.
This game was…absolutely, no doubt, the weirdest game in the NBA this year.
Highlights from the win over Washington.* pic.twitter.com/xSIaS7tWYC
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) November 30, 2017
Hack-A-Simmons? Please, please, PLEASE, just no. He hit over 50 percent. That's counter-productive, stupid basketball.
The Pistons keep on keepin' on. 51-of-89 from the field (57.3 percent.) 13-of-28 from long range (46.4.) Winning the rebound battle 44-37. A Triple 20 from Tobias Harris (20 on 8-of-14 shooting), Reggie Jackson (23, on 9-of-13), and Avery Bradley (20, 9-of-12.)
So that's not only a Triple 20 but a combined 26-of-39 (66.7 percent!) from those three guys.
No wonder the Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns 131-107.
Devin Booker had 22 on 7-of-8 to lead the way for Phoenix, but this was just a Hot N' Ready Blowout at Little Caesars Arena.
Plenty of highlights from this one.#Pistons Playback crafted by @flagstar is at your service. pic.twitter.com/muTlWqV6xV
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) November 30, 2017
And HERO OF SERBIA played! Boban Marjanovic had four points in five minutes, going 1-of-2 from the field and 2-of-4 from the line along with an offensive rebound…and four fouls. Wait, four fouls?!
Brooklyn beat Dallas on the road 109-104, and just when it looked like the Mavs were starting to make a move out of the basement, they drop two in a row.
Trevor Booker had 16 on 8-of-13 shooting, DeMarre Carroll's 7-of-14 and 4-of-7 from long range powered a team-high 22, and the Nets won 52-44 on the boards including 14 offensive rebounds.
This game was closer than it needed to be thanks in part to wretched free throw shooting; Brooklyn was 14-of-25 (56 percent) from the line.
It's an ugly game between bad teams. You wanted Game 7 of the Finals?
Highlights, with Carroll once again playing man of the match:
DeMarre Carroll scores 15 of his 22 PTS in the 3rd quarter and the @BrooklynNets top the @dallasmavs, 109-104! #WeGoHard pic.twitter.com/rQh3v1xmeJ
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2017
And Finally…
The J.B. Bickerstaff Era is not off to a flying start for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizz went to San Antonio and got Pop'd by the 14-7 Spurs, who lest we forget are doing all this without Kawhi Leonard, in a 104-95 face slap.
LaMarcus Aldridge was 17-of-24 from the field, 3-of-3 from the Riverwalk, and 4-of-4 from the line. That was good for 41 points, and it helped power a Spurs attack that put up 50.7 percent shooting and 40 percent from three.
Memphis hit half their triples (11-of-22) but it wasn't enough to overcome terrible two-point shooting; the team was 35-of-77 (45.5 percent) overall.
And ultimately, it was the turnover battle that swung things; San Antonio won that battle 17-9.
Highlights from the King of 1974:
71% shooting for a season-high 41 … @aldridge_12 had himself a night! pic.twitter.com/VIUc1hrarI
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 30, 2017
Whew…big Breakfast today. Just five games tonight, and the latest edition of Is He Any Good…taking on…well, it's a surprise. Stay tuned! Should have that out for you folks by 7 Pacific tonight.


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Skip to comments.Book review: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. Gates (WaPo)
Posted on 01/07/2014 5:30:44 PM PST by RoosterRedux
In his new book, which has nearly 600 pages of text, Gates takes the reader inside the war-room deliberations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and delivers unsentimental assessments of each mans temperament, intellect and management style. It is difficult to imagine two more different men, Gates writes.
Gates left Washington in 2011 with a reputation as a steady, sober-minded member of the foreign policy establishment, who had served eight presidents and was admired equally by Republicans and Democrats. The next time Gates visits the capital, his reception may not be quite so warm. Duty is his second memoir, and this time he cuts loose.
He slams Congress for its grandstanding and gridlock. I would listen with growing outrage, he writes, as hypocritical and obtuse American senators made all these demands of Iraqi legislators and yet themselves could not even pass budgets. He describes members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as rude, nasty and stupid.
Joe Biden haters will enjoy Gatess description of the vice president as loud, garrulous and obsessed with politics over substance. I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades, Gates writes. He accuses the vice president of poisoning Obamas relationship with his generals: I thought Biden was subjecting Obama to Chinese water torture, every day saying, the military cant be trusted.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Let the liberal media spinning begin.
Obama is not smart. He is a fool.
...there's stuff in this article that is pure BS
I believe we will survive, but only if we can overcome OBumbler and his Wealth Equalizers.
Tell me it isn't so!
If the liberal media is turning their heart toward Hillary, they'll love the book... we'll have to wait and see.
Why in the hell didn't Gates speak up then? He had a duty to do so. He failed. Gates was an idiot just as Rumsfeld was. Gates for not having his Generals backs, Rumsfeld for not listening to his. Good riddance to both, they were asshats.
Exactly! I am so tired of people writing a "tell-all" memoir AFTER the fact when they could have spoken up earlier and actually done some good!
Sorry Gates - we all knew Bambi was incompetent years ago. Why should anyone pay money to hear you spout your story now?
You know most if not all of us find our errors in history...not in real time.
It would have been great if Gates had squealed on Obama in real time but it just didn't happen.
Better now than never!
These inside the Beltway types don't know what Freepers know. They are plugged into the game. They play it to stay alive.
When they leave...all of a sudden their eyes open and they see the truth.
Nothing new here.
Not when you hold the lives of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines in your hands. Gates failed to do his sworn duty by not speaking up then.
BTW, thank you for your service to the country, Marine! Very proud of you!
Lately I've been wondering if it was worth giving up 23 years of my life. This isn't the same country I signed up to defend as it was when I was 18.
I've been wondering the same thing. 26 years Air Force retired 3 years ago.
There are huge chunks of our society that appreciate your service as a Marine. You are a man among children.
Hold your head high when only you know this.
Stand proud yet humbly! Now tell me that ain't hard.;-)
Don't ever question that.
Stand proud...particularly when you feel weak!
Joe Biden haters will enjoy Gatess description of the vice president as loud, garrulous and obsessed with politics over substance. Gates writes: I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.
Gates accuses the vice president of poisoning Obamas relationship with his generals: I thought Biden was subjecting Obama to Chinese water torture, - every day saying, the military cant be trusted.
Turning back!? Some of them never left!
She Who Must Not Be Named was their first love. The Kenyan has jilted them, so they're running back to her open arms, contrite and begging forgiveness - not with candy and flowers, but with puff pieces and spiked stories.
Watch for the clock to be reset for those halcyon days of twenty years ago.
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text: Matthew Scerri, Ph.D., studied Italian Language at the University of Malta where he was conferred his Ph.D. in 2011. The title of the doctoral thesis is: L'elemento favolistico-fiabesco nella narrativa giovanile scritta da Italo Calvino. He teaches Italian in an independent Secondary School in Malta and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Dipartment of Italian within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta. In 2012 he published his first book: Il-Ħajja u l-Avventuri ta' Santa Klaws, a translation from English to Maltese of the Frank L. Baum's book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Chi cerca trova is his second book published by Faraxa. His third publication, also published with Faraxa, is the translation of the Young Adult bestseller novel Nofsu Ħażin / Half Bad by Sally Green.


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Actually, I don't know David Tepper. Never met the man, nor do I expect to.
This post is about networking. And how it isn't all it's cracked up to be. And sometimes can be downright exasperating, though, at the same time, rather humorous.
Take, for example, a recent so-called networking experience I endured over a period of a month or so.
It all began when a well-intentioned friend contacted one of his friends who allegedly has ties to the hedge fund community. One thing led to another, and the alleged contact called me, leaving a message basically instructing me to call him back and show appropriate gratitude for his attention because he knows David Tepper. In fact, he has known him for years!
David Tepper is, of course, the legendary hedge fund titan, billionaire and philanthropist. I don't know David Tepper, although I live within a stone's throw of the offices of his firm, Appaloosa. Of course, anyone in the business of managing equities would love to be allocated even morsels of Apaloosa's funds under management. The closest I've been to Tepper is, like thousands of other people, seeing him once or twice on CNBC.
Within a few days, my friend and I had a conversation about the phone message. He informed me that his contact told him I wasn't showing appropriate homage, so maybe he wasn't going to do me a favor by introducing me to David Tepper.
My friend, who is well-intentioned but naive, works in a white collar union job in the public sector. So his idea of networking was that someone does a favor for a favor-seeker. It took a few conversations to explain to him that real networking is quite different. It's not about favor-seeking, but, rather, someone with a business deliverable of real, demonstrated value being connected, via someone else's network, to third parties who may have use for, and be in a position to benefit from, the first person's valuable business deliverables.
My friend repeated this to his contact, explaining that it wasn't a favor to me, but, if anyone, to the contact's hedge fund community contacts, that was involved.
A week or so passed, and I received a copy of email correspondence between my friend's contact and one of his investment community contacts. From that email, however, I learned that my friend's contact doesn't actually know David Tepper. At all.
No, it seems the contact's investment community colleague works at a firm that may do business with Tepper's Apaloosa Management. Big difference. In fact, not only was it now clear that my friend's contact had simply lied about knowing Tepper, but his contact was not clear that even he knew the hedge fund mogul.
What that investment firm colleague actually wrote was something like,
'I'm not about to introduce your contact (me) to David Tepper- for several reasons.'
Fair enough. I can think of three reasons for his reluctance, nay, refusal to introduce me to David Tepper.
First, he isn't in a position to do so without losing his job. As it happens, upon seeing the email exchange, I recognized the guy's address as being at an institutional broker that caters to hedge funds. Quickly Googling the firm, I had no trouble finding the guy's picture and bio. He is by no means a heavyweight, either at the firm, or in the general investment community. He's not on the firm's board. He's not even listed as an "executive." No, he's a 'market strategist' for one of the firm's asset classes. That means his job is to try to come up with daily ideas to pitch to traders at hedge funds, hoping that they'll bite and reward his firm with some brokerage volume. I've read some of his observations- they're not a lot different from some of my own blog posts, except he's a lot pithier.
The guy's picture reinforced this. He had a worried, frazzled look, as if he was only two bad daily market direction calls away from unemployment. Despite the firm's contention that its people appear on widely-viewed business cable programs, I've never seen this guy on CNBC or Bloomberg nor, for that matter, anyone from the firm. There was no way this guy was introducing anyone directly to any heavyweights at his firm's clients without substantial vetting by his superiors.
The second reason the guy wouldn't introduce me to David Tepper could be that he doesn't actually know David Tepper. My friend assured me that the this brokerage employee 'lived in the same complex as Tepper,' and/or 'has been to Tepper's parties.'
Indeed? But the guy's brokerage firm isn't located anywhere near Tepper's firm's Short Hills/Chatham, New Jersey offices. And Tepper reportedly lives in nearby Livingston, so it's unlikely they actually were residential neighbors, either. Unless, that is, the brokerage firm's market strategist has a 90 minute one-way commute each morning across the NYC metro area to his middle-management job. Possible, but unlikely.
My friend's contact asserted this guy is a multi-millionaire with a huge house in a fashionable financial services-dominated NJ town. Again, unlikely, because if he was that wealthy, he probably wouldn't be a middle-manager at an institutional brokerage firm.
It's possible that Apaloosa holds some annual holiday bashes to which hundreds of people from its many supporting vendor firms are invited. Perhaps this was the sort of party at which the daily strategist had "met" Tepper. A cozy little gathering of 400-500 financial sector employees all on the make to strengthen personal contacts with Apaloosa and other sector personnel.
Then there's the third reason this daily strategist wasn't going to introduce me to David Tepper. I'll get to that one shortly.
One thing led to another, and the investment guy, whom I'll call R, and I arranged, via emails to speak one afternoon. I had sent him a one-page overview of my strategy's style, history, performance and methodology. He acknowledged it in an email about an hour before our scheduled talk, only to ask me to re-send it.
Not a good sign. This talk was about as welcome for him as, I'd guess, a root canal.
Now, being a corporate veteran of many years, I had gone over his firm's website pretty thoroughly, as well as done some conceptual rehearsal of what value my work would have for him or his colleagues. Both out of respect for the guy's time, and self-respect to demonstrate I knew how to do professional networking. Frankly, I was coming up short on the value point, and had emailed him, thus,
"I'm appreciative of your taking some time to have read the description I sent you and talk by phone. In order to make the most productive use of our time, I'd like to ask if you could take the lead by letting me know what your thoughts are regarding my equity strategy. I'm not really sure at this point if you have interested parties at other firms in mind, or what. So perhaps you can directly let me know your reaction and any ideas you have as to whom would benefit from my work."
See, given his day job, it didn't seem that he was really in a position to pass me along to his clients, which would be the natural interested parties for my equity portfolio work. And his firm was unlikely to just have wealthy individuals pining for new equity strategies. So I wasn't really seeing the point in even talking. But, in order to exhibit due diligence to my friend and his contact, I played along.
Upon speaking with R, despite my email and one-pager, his opening remark was calculated to show me who was who, and who (R) was going to show whom (me) where to piss, so to speak,
'So, what's your story?'
That was it. I was to verbally prostrate myself and hurriedly give him a 30-second elevator pitch on the phone.
Instead, I reminded him of my email of that morning, and quickly moved to conclude, for him, that, given his position at the firm, the firm's business, etc., it didn't seem likely he could just pass me along to his firm's multi-billion dollar hedge fund clients on the strength of a phone call.
That caught him by surprise, and he paused, noticeably. Then he shot back with a snarky,
'Well, that's not my entire job, you know. I do other things here, too. And your results of an average gross annual 20% return over 20 years isn't so exceptional. I've done the same over 30 years!'
Hey, maybe he handles making coffee, too? Or perhaps he captains the firm's annual United Way campaign? Maybe they just failed to mention that in his bio.
'Really?' I replied. 'So you manage a large chunk of institutional money at your firm, in addition to your daily market strategy job? Because I'm looking at your firm's website page with your bio and picture right now, as we speak So I'm just going by what your own website says are your job responsibilities.'
'Ah, no....... Actually, it's a personal account,' he replied rather sheepishly.
So now the third reason he wouldn't introduce me to David Tepper becomes clear.
R has his own agenda. Like many analysts, market strategists, and other people who are not and have never actually been professional managers of portfolios of other peoples' money, he secretly hopes to join those ranks some day. On the strength of his 30-year personal account track record.
Of course, if he's the multi-millionaire he was asserted to be by my friend's contact, he'd more likely have retired by now to manage his own money and that of various friends and colleagues. If you do the math, having even as little as $5MM of personal money self-managed at 20% per annum, on average, gives him a pre-tax $1MM/year. Add a few of his 30 years of 20% annual gains while living off of his day job salary and he's not going to be putting up with where he currently is. Then, again, considering that the guy making these assertions also claimed, falsely, to know David Tepper, one would be forgiven for simply disbelieving his entire story about R.
However, if anyone was going to be calling David Tepper about an equity strategy to which to allocate a few crumbs from Apaloosa's groaning board, it sure as hell wasn't going to be me.
It's going to be R, and he's going to be talking about his own equity strategy.
But if he does know David Tepper, and he's been beavering away on his secret little personal account strategy for over a quarter of a century, what's he waiting for? The Second Coming? December 21, 2012 and the Mayan calendar end of days?
Seriously, if R, who allegedly knows David Tepper, hasn't, by now, cashed in on that close, intimate and personal connection to join Apaloosa as one of its portfolio management masters of the universe, just when does he plan on doing so?
Perhaps the reality is that R has surreptitiously felt out contacts at his institutional brokerage firm's various clients, on the quiet, to see if he could join the other side. After all, it's no secret that an equity portfolio manager, or even analyst, at a firm like Apaloosa can make much more money than one of several mere market strategists at an institutional brokerage firm.
And he's probably had to be careful, because exposure of his atttempt to bolt from his current gig might jeopardize that job and subsequent career. But, judging from R's current day job and 30-year private efforts at equity portfolio management, it hasn't apparently been going very well. Perhaps he approached Apaloosa but his strategy wasn't a stylistic fit. Or was too volatile. Or wouldn't scale up in volume once Apaloosa directed some of its massive asset base to it. Or maybe Apaloosa understandably just doesn't need nor want strategies invented elsewhere, because they make so much money with their own ideas.
R could see from the one-page overview I'd provided him that I had managed money with one hedge fund, and had another started around my strategy by a legendary ex-Salomon Brothers partner, after only two years of work on the research and implementation of my business strategy and equity portfolio management concepts. Then developed, at a former business partner's request, a robust and profitable equity options strategy based upon my consistently superior-performing equity strategy. And he subsequently learned, from our conversation, that I was open to investors or partners because my recent, now former, business partner had misrepresented his financial ability to invest as promised in either the options or equity strategy. It wasn't the failure of either strategy's performance, but that of my erstwhile partner to fulfill his partnership obligations, that led me to acquiesce to my friend's networking initiatives.
It wouldn't be the first time that envy, jealousy and/or simple insecurity has driven someone to react negatively to another's profitable business opportunities.
After an awkward 15 minutes or so of conversation in which I provided some additional details about my work to R, after which he fell conspicuously silent, I again took the initiative to end the call by wishing him luck. From his silence and long failure to attract any other investments, I'm guessing his approach is qualitative, not prone to scalability, and/or probably exhibits more volatility than institutional clients typically prefer. In short, he's not bolting his day job to work for David Tepper at Apaloosa anytime soon. But, he can, like all of us, dream.
As for Apaloosa, David Tepper and me? Well, I already know from a cursory Google search and years of being aware of the firm that my equity management style is quite different from Tepper's firm's. They thrive on turnarounds and wounded companies, while I stick to consistently superior performing firms. As it happens, I was acquainted with one of Apaloosa's partners a few years back. When I struck up a conversation, in which I carefully did not suggest that he introduce me to someone at the firm, nor consider vetting me for an allocation to manage, he basically sniffed, looked down his nose at me, and sagely intoned that first I should get about $25MM to manage. After that, things would be easier. Somehow, after that incident, I wasn't particularly keen on making further contacts at Apaloosa.
I related the whole story involving R to my friend, who was understandably a bit chastened. He remained in denial that his prized contact had, quite clearly, lied about and invented his nonexistent direct personal connection with David Tepper. A direct connection about which he had boasted to both of us not once, but several times. Further, the contact couldn't engage in mutually-beneficial networking, confusing it, instead, with a game of parading his delusional and/or real social connections with other people, of whose jobs he had no comprehension whatsoever.
So much for networking among those who lie about relationships with famous portfolio managers, insecure portfolio management-wannabes and the like. Networking can be far more challenging than one might think, even when a product or service of clearly-demonstrable value is involved. But it can also provide some laughs along the way, as one sees human nature and all its foibles up close.
Friday, June 03, 2011
But...But....I Know David Tepper! - A Humorous Networking Tale
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Looks amazing, its good to see something daring to be different. Just a shame I cant get one now in the UK! Samsung UK confirm its on their website but cannot confirm when it will be avliable! I hate that! Sometimes I would just rather not know about the latest technology!
well, all of you complain it looks like a calculator. Fine, don't but it then. Be happy with other mobile phones, they will make sure you will not look like talking to a calculator... But if you don't care, this phone may be for you. The combination of size and features may be hard to beat, no matter if you like Samsung or not. I have d500, I'm happy with it and lough reading all the 'opinions' of all those who never used Samsung phones. Maybe you should try before expressing your 'opinion'. Cheers.
This fone is a complete............Calculator! Just look at it and tell me it doesnt look like a complete office calculator. Iv'e got a calculator that looks EXACT like it, a Casio one. BLIMEY!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!
it looks great to me, i will actually buy one.
everyone has different taste, but to me, a mobile phone would never replace my Ipod nano or sony T9.
Looks like brink's home security system! I'd be too scared to put it into my pocket cause' the alarm might go off! Haha
This is a great phone, you will not worry anymore when calling in crowded area that your phone will be snatch from your hand. They will think that your lossing your mind in using a calculator as a phone. But is not what they think, they are the one who will lossing their mind coz its actually a phone. :)
wow. they're so innovative as to design a calculator for a handphone.
very creative.. i like it but will never buy it.. unless i can bring it into test and pretend its a calculator while actually im calling my friends to look for answers mwuahahaha
Oh shut up! :)
This is the most original thing we could see on gsmarena since long time ago..
It's extremly thin.
It would look better if they arranged colours differently.
what da hell....this looks like a calculator i must say nokia and sony ericsson are in the league but samsung is loosing out.
COME ON SAMSUNG! plus samsung have only got 1 2 mega pixel camera phone which is the d600. even though they have announced a 3 mga pixel and 5 mega pixel camera phone
New generation calculator that has a camera and voice calls facility. Come on guys, come out with some style.
What the hell is that? A new generation calculator? lol.. ugliest thing ever!
Very retro!
Kraftwerk said it all: I'm the operator with my pocketcalculator!
functionally it looks to be good, but no memory expansion port?! big mistake!
gotta tell yah everybody and there dog have put down this phone down because it looks like a calculator well in my opinion its a sweet design, clean lines and pretty decent list of features, I dig the retro vibe its very strong like Stalin and it will crush you. Seriously I hope they make a 850 version for those of us who use Cingular service, also what gives manufactures not making 850 phones I see more 900/1900 spectrum phones but little if any 850 can you say conspiracy!!!