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We are pretty excited at these "buns in the oven"!!! Check out these amazing crosses coming in 2019!!!!
Automatic Cat x WYO Carole ("Rain")
This cross will have extreme versatility!!! With "Rain" having her amazing temperment and do it all type horse, along with the awesome cutting genetics from Automatic Cat, this will be a phenomenal cross!! Color possibilities are blue roan, black, red roan, red.
Sire Info: Automatic Cat
Dam Info: Rain
Automatic Cat x Brite Like A Diamond ("Iris")
To say we are excited about this cross is an understatement!! On top side Automatic Cat brings Smooth AS A Cat (LTE $500,000+ and produce over 23 million!) and none other than the #2 all time leading cutting dam AUTUMN BOON!! Crossed on "Iris" our own daughter of No Guns Please who was a versatile performer in NRHA, NRCHA, Heading and Heeling!!! This will be one athletic horse that can show in many different disciplines!!! Iris is also homozygous black, so foal will be blue roan or black, and possibly homozygous black and/or splash!!
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Dam Info: Iris
Metallic Malice x IC Heaven From Here ("Heaven")
Metallic Malice is a performer in NCHA, NRCHA, Heading and heeling!!! This hot young stallion is and OWN SON of Metallic Cat!!!! He is also homozygous roan, so this foal will probably be bay roan, could also possibly be red roan or blue roan. Our mare Heaven is a proven sorting and penning horse with phenomenal disposition! We can't wait to see this cross!!
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Dam Info: Heaven
RL Gunnin For Blue x Ms Red Mans Gal ("Mesa")
Sire info: RL Gunnin For Blue
Dam info: Mesa
Automatic Cat x Little Badger Boo ("Colorado")
Automatic Cat is a hot young stallion sired by Smooth as a Cat and out of AUTUMN BOON!! Talk about mare power!!! "Colorado" is the most gentle sweet soul you will ever meet and her foals share her disposition. We are keeping the 2017 full sibling to this cross, a blue roan filly! This 2019 foal will be a special one!! Foal will be black, blue roan, red roan or red.
Sire Info: Automatic Cat
Dam Info: Colorado
Metallic Malice x CF Little Kingetta ("Raven")
Metallic Malice is a hot son of Metallic Cat. He booked full his first season standing!! AND he's still showing!!! This is a stallion to watch!!! Crossed on our daughter of Midnight Haidaway, the foal will have the genetics to go any direction from cutting to cow horse to roping or ranch versatility!! Foal will be blue roan or bay roan!!
Sire Info: Metallic Malice
Dam Info: Raven
Metallic Malice x Smokie Blue Gin ("Sky")
Excited to see this foal color!!! Could be bay roan, blue roan, buckskin roan, smokey blue roan, or palomino roan!!! WOW!! Beyond the cool color possibilities, this foal will have possibly one of the most exciting sons of Metallic Cat as a sire, Metallic Malice, as well as out of our own daughter of Blue Duck Okie!! This mare throws some very flashy foals!!!
Sire Info: Metallic Malice
Dam Info: Sky
RL Gunnin For Blue x Polka Dot Levis ("Pepsi")
Sire Info: RL Gunnin For Blue
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Nai Na Bhannu La 3 is the third series of Nai Na Bhannu La franchise. Movie is directed by new director Muskan Dhakal. Bikash Acharya has produced and written the movie. Movie features Aryan Sigdel, Priyanka Karki, Suraj Singh Thakuri, Samyam Puri, Ashma DC, Sanchita Luitel, Anubhav Regmi in lead role. Movie is released all over Nepal from Chaitra 27.
Rating: 3.5/5 (Three And Half Stars)
What's Good: Performance, Music, Story, Dialogues, Direction.
What's Bad: Too much melodrama which may bore at some place.
Movie starts with Sameer (Suraj Singh Thakuri) who comes out of the jail. Rhythm (Anubhav Regmi) is the son of Kusum (Priyanka Karki). Kusum is a single mother and dance teacher by profession. Prakash (Aryan Sigdel) is a single father and a best friend of Kusum. Prakash is always with Kusum and have a strong desire to marry her and take responsibility of both Kusum and Rhythm. Whereas Kusum is fan of Sameer, who is also a singer. But Sameer has his own past which has affected him at present. There comes a point when Prakash finds that Kusum doesn't have feelings for him, Rhythm finds some bitter truth of his life and Sameer is in search of something which he had lost in his past. To know the individual story of all these characters, you have to go and watch the movie which is running across the theater of Nepal.
Nai Na Bhannu La 3 Review:
Nai Na Bhannu La 3 is directed by new director Muskan Dhakal. Muskan has done appreciable work and it is one of the best movie made by debut director this year. Muskan has not missed to fill emotion quotient in the movie that is what we expect from this sequel. Soft-hearted audience will cry with the character's pain and struggle. Muskan has balanced the movie with comedy, music, drama in a well manner. Too many characters and their individual melo drama can make you bore at some point and make you feel the movie have over melodrama. But the climax will cherish you. Kudos to Muskan Dhakal.
Movie's cinematography by Purshottam Pradhan is appreciable. He have shot very brilliantly and every scene looks beautiful and colorful. Kabiraj Gahatraj's choreography is good. Another strong aspects of the movie is music. Basanta Sapkota's music is melodious and are placed timely. Being a musical movie, songs are melodious and soft which will flow with the story. Although songs are not better than previous part but the songs will get into you while watching the movie.
Actors performance is another major good aspect of the movie. Muskan Dhakal has succeed to bring out the best from the actors on his very first movie. Priyanka Karki as Kusum looks gorgeous and smart. Suraj Singh Thakuri as Sameer is brilliant. If you compare Suraj's past movies with this, you will find the improvement. One of the appreciable part is the action scene where he has performed well. He is superb at romantic, action and drama. Anubhav Regmi is no doubt the best child actor of Nepali film industry at present. He has done superb work. Samyam Puri and Ashma DC have a small role and has done good. Aryan Sigdel as Prakash is mind blowing. After November Rain, this is the best work of Aryan. He has perfect timing of comedy and romance. He will entertain you throughout the movie by making you laugh as well as make you cry. You will laugh with him as well cry with his pain.
Bikash Acharya's story and screenplay has more drama than the previous one. Nai Na Bhannu La 3 has bigger expectation due to the success of Nai Na Bhannu La 2. And obviously there will be a comparison with these two movies. Movie meets the level of Nai Na Bhannu La 2 but couldn't come out the best yet. Both of these movie have completely new story and plot. Bikash's story presents the story of single parent in a well manner which is an appreciable aspect.
Movie have some flaws like being a musical film it is not necessary that Sameer character have to carry guitar every time wherever he goes. Such small things are not taken into consideration but that doesn't ruin the movie too and can be ignored. Movie's screenplay looses its pace at some place which will make audience feel monotonous at middle but when the movie reach the climax, it will cherish. Overall Nai Na Bhannu La 3 meets the expectation beside its flaws.
Last Word:
Unlike Nai Na Bhannu La 2, this part has happy ending. There are very rare nepali movie which could be watched with whole family. So go and enjoy this movie and celebrate Happy New Year. A complete family entertaining movie to watch with whole family.

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Nightwing glanced at his bunk. It hadn't looked that messy before an
officer arrived. Had it?
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An eyebrow went up. "You talk to weapon. Is interesting." He held up a
hand. "No more with the 'sir.' I am not come here to have you grovel. Is
uninteresting, groveling. I come here because man who stays in quarters when
squad on leave, he is not normal man."
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test could this be?
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Hai guize,
It's been a while, I know. And I've missed posting and creating content for this space. But sometimes life just calls one to take an unintentional amount of time away from things, so one must go-eth, with the flow-eth. Anyway.
My friend McCall (the photographer of this shoot) and I tried to find the middle location of the LA River and we failed. That's pretty apparent in the photos. We ended up finding the river, but only the tail end of it somewhere in Ladera Heights I believe. So after breezily walking through a fence opening that said, "Do Not Enter" we found this cozy little spot tucked right next to the end of the river. Also, for those who aren't familiar with the LA river–there is no river. If you haven't been on social media, watching the news, or keeping up with basic current events, California is in a severe drought so the name itself is…whats the word? Oxymoronic? Ironic? Both? Need to double check, but if you're interested here's an article about how Americans abuse the word "ironic" in the English language (don't be that guy).
Alas, I digress.
These two outfits aren't anything special really. They're just outfits that I would find myself casually wearing on a day out on the town. I originally planned for a winter lookbook, but when California decided to be 86 degrees all week I had to quickly come up with Plan B.
Outfit #1 is something I'd wear to class or to do work in a cafe. Also I'm always using my bike to get around so I need my outfit to be optimal for all types of possible movements that might occur. There is nothing more irritating than feeling restricted in your own clothing. These thrifted mom jeans have basically been my second skin since I purchased them. As I get older, I'm finding that I'm slowly getting over the skinny jean style (I just need my legs to breathe). And of course, a velvet crop top complements dang near everything. I don't care how many eras the fashion industry wants to go back (right now the runway is pretty reminiscent of the 60s) I am a 90s girl through and through.
Outfit #2 was a bit of an experiment. It's a sparkly velvet dress (no surprise there) paired with an ethereal, light kimono. I wanted to see what an edgier and more relaxed piece looked like together, and might I say that I was pretty satisfied. I think that this look could definitely transform into a "night on the town" ensemble, if I switched my shoes for heeled booties or just some plain ol' minimalist heels.
Outfit #1: Shoes: Zara. Rest of the Outfit: Thrifted
Outfit #2: Kimono: Ebay. Shoes: Zara. Thigh High Socks: Charlotte Russe. Velvet dress: Thrifted
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Lab 1: Are Fingerprints Inherited?
Lab 2: Are You Left or Right Sided Brain?
Lab 3: The Nose Knows Smell but How about Taste?
Lab 4: Which M&M do you like more?
Lab 5: How Sensitive is Your Hearing?
Lab 6: Measuring Your Taste Threshold
Lab 7: Are Your Eyes Playing Tricks on You?
Lab 8: Visual Acuity: Testing Your Peripheral Vision
Lab 9: Suck It Up: Capillary Action in Plants
Lab 10: Can Peppermint Improve Reaction Times?
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Lab 12: Using DNA Sequencing to Trace Blue Whale's Ancestry (ADVANCED!)
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A Knowing That Is a Blessing
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Yesterday, I was at a coffee shop with Dr. Newton and his wife. At one point, as I'm describing ServiceSpace, a stranger shyly walks up to our table. To make him feel comfortable, I interrupt myself and say to him: "Hello, my friend." He says, "Sorry to intrude like this but I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for what you are doing, and also for being." Eugene, this 60+ year old man with a white beard, shares few more words before concluding: "Bless you." Today, at coffee with Sunaina and Michael Nagler, a rabbi (Joshua) visiting from Jerusalem sits with us, and then spends the rest of the evening with us as we head to Rev. Heng Sure's evening gathering. After 8 spontaneous hours together, he shares a prayer in Hebrew and expresses how he felt privileged to be connected to ServiceSpace. The thing is that neither Eugune nor Joshua could tell you exactly what SSp actually does, and yet they knew. Meeting in that field of knowing is indeed a blessing.


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Dino or aka TSAS (The Strange Algorithm Series) is an electronic music producer and performer from Portugal.
You can find his songs on many labels across the globe like Sony Music, Epic Dance Records, Brimotek Music, Multikill Recordings and other various record labels.
Often exploring the boundaries between various styles, TSAS follows the new trends of dance music and his tracks have been included in several compilation albums.
WKLM stats with a nice steady house kick that builds on nice hit hats accompanied with a nice smooth melody that slowly blends in and seems to memorize your brain, Taking your mind into another world, and totally rewriting your thoughts as you think. WKLM keeps it's groove and energy the entire time, building up and transforming into a constant evolution of sounds and synths that are blending together seamlessly taking you into rapture.
TSAS prefers to use synthesizers and other electronic instruments when playing live, along with the mix of using different influences in his sets and music. His live are not just a mix, but live shows that encompass original remixes and deconstructions of TSAS's own songs, making his performance very unique every time. The mystery that surrounds TSAS has most certainly piqued the curiosity of many EDM fans this is definitely one upcoming EDM artist and producer to keep and eye on.
I got a chance to talk to TSAS about WKLM, his music, and some other things like what are his most favorite VSTS. Check it out below.
TSAS Interview [EXCLUSIVE]
Tell us about "WKLM". How did you come up with this idea for this song?
Initial idea was to produce a track with 3 different pillars. A strong progressive groove; a melodic part; and a final section, similar to the first one but acting like a climax. These pillars would be supported by a thick bass line along a constant beat, to keep the rhythm alive throughout the song. Having established these 3 different parts as the main structure, I could let my creativity flow and explore different instruments and sounds, modulating them, so that every element gets its own "solo" in the mix.
What inspired you to make this?
I wanted to go with something underground, a bit dark, techy, but following a progressive line, with a new and modern approach. I've been listening to old modular synthesizers in new and old songs in electronic music and other styles for inspiration. A great example of that is the "Stranger Things" intro. I gathered a few examples and my tools to replicate that sound "in-the-box". The main lead (acid like) that plays in the song is the result of modulating several parameters while recording the audio at the same time.
How did you begin producing electronic dance music?
I've been doing music for a couple of years and playing live with some groups (mostly as a percussionist), but I think I started doing electronic music and creating my own sounds around 2010, a few months before the dubstep (modern dubstep or brostep) bubble exploded. I was familiar with this genre, back in 2000-2005, but this new thing was monstrous. Middle of 2000s I had a few rudimentary apps to create electronic music, yeah, but only later I approached sound designing, mainly because I wanted to learn more on how to create the modern sounds I was hearing at that time.
Do you have a favorite VST plugin or instrument to use?
If I had to pick one VST I would go with TAL NoiseMaker because it is simple, but allows to make many complex sounds.
What can we expect from you next year?
Lots of new music and shows! I've been working with different labels but created an imprint 1-2 months ago (called Dejitama), which allows me to schedule my releases and put out music more frequently on Spotify and other stores. Along with this, I'm gathering a few contacts from agencies and promoters to be able to play live much more. Hope to make a tour happen soon!
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Reserves: No Standards for Calculations or Reporting
After more than two decades of review and re-calculating numbers in reserve studies, it is conclusive that there is a range of different financial results being produced by reserve study companies.
At the end of the recent CAI National Conference, the Reserve Shop Talk session was attended by some of the largest reserve study company principals. The subject of setting industry standards on calculations and reporting was introduced. It was stated that many reserve study companies produce much differing report presentations while also producing different calculation results (using a variety of different undisclosed formulas for calculations).
While one attendee disagreed, others agreed. This may display a lack of and need for standardization of calculations and reporting. Different reserve study company reports should have the same resulting numbers if using identical data. This may be a logical approach for the reserve study industry, but there was no interest in pursuing this direction. This raises questions (and is the basis of confusion for property managers and HOA Board of Directors) when changing reserve study companies? "How did our reserve position change so much?†Whether it be positively or negatively.
For the purposes of illustrating this point, let's review the various formulas and calculation results of one area of reserve reporting, 100% Funded. It probably it is not generally known, but there are currently four different methods for calculating 100% Funded:
- Current Cost – Straight Line
- Future Cost – Straight Line
- Current Cost – Future Cost – Straight Line
- Future Cost – Time Valued
The following shows how these methods are calculated (assumes a current cost of $10,000, estimated useful life of 4 years, 3.00% inflation and the reserve item has been in service for one year):
Current Cost–Straight Line:
The current cost-straight line method is the easiest and the most straight forward to understand of all the methods. This method does not take into consideration inflation. It is a simple calculation that if a reserve item has a current cost of $10,000 and a four year estimated useful life, then at the end of each year the 100% Funded amounts would be by year: 1) $2,500, 2) $5,000, 3) $7,500 and 4) $10,000. Calculated as: $10,000 / 4 = $2,500 per year.
Future Cost–Straight Line:
This calculation is the same as Current Cost-Straight Line except instead of using the current cost the future cost is calculated and divided by four years. The future cost is calculated with the following formula (this formula takes into account the reserve item has been in place for one year and will be replaced or maintained in three years):
( Cost * ( ( 1 + Inflation Rate ) ^ 3 ) ) / Useful Life = $10,927.27
The future cost is divided by the estimated useful life of four years ($10,927.27 / 4 = $2,731.82) calculating the 100% Funded amounts would be by year: 1) $2,731.82, 2) $5,463.64, 3) $8,195.45 and 4) $10,927. Â
Current Cost-Future Cost-Straight Line:
Some States Civil Codes have been interpreted that the existing cycle of a reserve item should be calculated on a current cost-straight line calculation and the future recurring cycles on a future cost-straight line calculation. The 100% Funded amounts would be presented as above for the existing cycle (current cost-straight line) and the recurring cycles (future cost-straight line).
Future Cost-Time Value:
The future cost-time value calculates each year's 100% Funded as a progression from year to year which more fairly represents the compounding of the inflation rate. The current cost of $10,000 compounded for one year at 3.00% equals $10,300. This future cost is divided by the estimated useful life of four years and multiplied times two years to calculate $5,150 as 100% Funded at the end of year two. The following year calculation is then repeated using the previous year future cost of $10,300 which is compounded for one year, $10,609. This is divided by the estimated useful life of four years and multiplied times three years to calculate $10,609 as 100% Funded at the end of year three. This calculation would continue for the ongoing existence into the future of the reserve item.
This method most accurately calculates the 100% Funded amount of a reserve item taking into account inflation compounded annually as opposed to any straight line calculation.
Note: the above methods utilize the current cost taking into account that the reserve item has been in service for one year.
The matrix below presents the different balances of the 100% Funded calculation methods:
The variances of the straight line methods exist on their own and are materially different when compared based on the percentage differences with the future cost-time valued method.
It is obvious why the 100% Funded calculation can vary from reserve study to reserve study due to different methods. Usually it is not disclosed in the reserve study what method was used which adds additional confusion to property managers and HOA Board of Directors for first understanding their current reserve study and then when comparing results to a previous reserve study.
There is currently no documentation or guidance on these calculations from CAI (Community Association Institute), APRA (Association of Professional Reserve Analysts, AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), FHA (Federal Housing Administration, or any individual state Civil Codes or regulations.
This examines just one area of reserve study calculations. Other calculations need to be addressed in the same manner while addressing reserve study formulas and calculations. Reserve study reports also need to be addressed in the same manner as the above in order to set standards for consistency and understanding for the benefit of all property managers and HOA Board of Directors.
A spreadsheet with the formulas for these calculations can be found at:Â 100% Funded Formulas - Calculations:Â Excel Spreadsheet
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By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight
The area of fixed income hedge funds generally and credit hedge funds specifically is ripe for a thorough examination in the longer form. For the longest time books on hedge fund strategies have been about global macro, equity hedge and activist managers.
As such "Investing in Credit Hedge Funds" by Putri Pascualy is well overdue. It is sub-titled "An In-Depth Guide to Building Your Portfolio and Profiting from the Credit Markets", so it is clearly aimed at the client base of PAAMCO, Pascualy's employers, that is at pension plans, endowments and insurance companies.
The opening chapter is a very good overview of why the opportunities in credit investing exist – the structural reasons for pricing inefficiencies and persistence of mis-valuation. These are the market-given anomalies that credit hedge fund managers are able to exploit.
Half of the 10-chapter book is devoted to sections on some of the major credit markets:
Within each chapter on a credit market the author goes into the market characteristics – whether the market is cyclical, flow characteristics, and the impact of technical factors like the presence or absence of centralised pricing and quotations. These market characteristics give some sense of what investors in those markets have to bring to bear in terms of knowledge and resources and insights to succeed. Better yet, Pascualy gives explicit "Key Takeaways" on various aspects of the markets in each chapter, and "Key Questions" to ask the managers on their investment strategies. Those providing capital to credit hedge funds as institutional investors could use these chapters to join in the due diligence or research processes of funds of hedge funds or investment consultants to a competent level. However, use of the book could not replace PAAMCO or NEPC.
The obvious omission in terms of credit market coverage is the asset-backed market. The markets for instruments backed by credit card receivables, residential and commercial mortgages and aircraft leases are an order of magnitude more difficult to analyse and describe simply. But they are also a ready entry point for the target readership of this book. Every State Treasurer worth his position should know about John Paulson, John Burbank and Kyle Bass and how they benefitted from the collapse of the market for housing finance in the United States. Post 2009/10 the hedge fund industry is full of successful managers playing the recovery of the RMBS market, and the heads of alternatives at a wealth management firm or multi-family office will have heard pitches from them.
The rest of "Investing in Credit Hedge Funds"consists of chapters headed "Legal and Structuring", "Operational Due Diligence Program", "Risk Management" and "Financing". They are all quite useful as a minimum, to help those new to some of these markets to understand why credit hedge fund managers do some of the things they do, and why those assessing those managers alight on specific areas of investigation. A reader of this book could then sit in a presentation by a manager of a distressed fund and appreciate some of the challenges of liquidity and valuation, for example.
Putri Pascualy's book is well written. Given the topic areas it is relatively easy to read, and the shape and balance of the book are okay-to-good. It is however too dry for this reviewer's taste. Whilst it is not overwhelmingly a story book like "The Big Short" or "The Greatest Trade Ever" there is an absence of personality either individual or corporate in the book. There is the name of one credit hedge fund in the index. One. There is not even a list of the largest or the best credit funds in any of the markets. There is one anecdote about a specific manager to illustrate a point. There should be lots more to help bring the book to life.
It is telling that the half the chapters are titled after securities markets. There are not chapters headed by the names of the investment strategies. There is not a chapter on long-short credit hedge funds, or credit arbitrage funds. End investors invest in hedge funds not markets. The managers of those funds typically invest in a series of investment strategies across spectrums of risk and liquidity, as their experience allows. This book puts across a vision of the hedge fund universe in fixed income occupied by funds in dedicated silos. And that is a large misconception in this book.
The sleeve of the hardback says that the book gives practical advice to construct a profitable credit portfolio while mitigating risks. It doesn't because it does not address how to put funds together in a portfolio of hedge funds. It does not really lay out anywhere what the risk/return characteristics of the different strategies are. The credit markets are looked at in isolation. In reality institutional investors often take exposure to the strategies covered here and other strategies via multi-strategy relative value or arbitrage hedge funds. Those funds might invest in distressed assets and merger arbitrage. A lot of being a successful investor in hedge funds is about strategy allocation. This book majors on looking inside the box of how a credit hedge fund might operate, but not how to put the boxes together.
The second major omission is the absence of examples of risk reports or portfolio analysis of credit hedge funds. There is a chapter on risk management, but it does not contain any risk reports of an actual hedge fund portfolio or even a hypothetical one. That could be addressed by access to a webpage on the website of the publisher or author – some samples on pdfs or spreadsheets would be much appreciated. The consequence is the book covers investing in some types of securities, in some investment strategies, but does not cover portfolio management at the fund level or fund of funds level. It is a curious read – effectively giving by inference more appreciation for the analyst at a credit hedge fund than the portfolio manager.
Despite the caveats this book is a useful addition to a library of books on hedge funds. It is well formatted and the "Key Questions" and "Takeaways" are good tools for the target audience of investment professional in a private sector or public pension scheme and the like. It is a 7/10 as it is, and a second edition with a leavening of examples of real strategies by real credit funds should easily make it an 8 or more. On balance, at £10.87 on Amazon, it is terrific value and well worth a look.


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Nathaniel B Pahlow of Arlington Heights, Illinois graduated Air Force Basic Military Training in San Antonio TX on December 30, 2011. He is currently going through technical training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls TX. Nathan is a third generation Airman in the Pahlow family. His father Ben Pahlow served during Desert Storm and his paternal grandfather Herb Pahlow served during the Vietnam War.
United States Air Force Basic Military Training (also known as BMT or boot camp) is an eight-and-a-half week that involves a rigorous program of physical and mental training. BMT is required in order for an individual to become an Airman in the United States Air Force, United States Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard. BMT is carried out at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and is designed to be both mentally and physically challenging, as well as requiring the individual to quickly adjust psychologically to an unfamiliar way of life.
Sheppard Air Force Base is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command. The base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard, a supporter of military preparations before World War II.
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We publish the second part of our response to Spanish United Left leader, Alberto Garzón's criticism of Marxism as a scientific method, which – under the guise of updating or modifying Marxism – in actual fact represents a revisionist break with the very essence of Marx and Engels. You can read part one here.
Is Marxism a scientific method?
Comrade Garzón, blindly following in the footsteps of Karl Popper, wants to exclude Marxism as a scientific method. But Popper's attempt to establish an arbitrary definition of what science is does not correspond to the real world. No scientist feels the need to receive a certificate signed by Mr. Popper in order to continue doing scientific work. Neither do Marxists need a certificate from any "living" author to continue practising scientific socialism.
It is true that there are sciences, and there are sciences. Some are more exact than others. An astronomer can predict what the precise location of a star or a galaxy will be millions of years from now with absolute certainty. On the other hand, a geologist can be absolutely certain that there will be an earthquake in a certain place, but to this day it is impossible to predict with certainty when an earthquake is going to happen, which does not prevent the majority of people from recognising geology as a science.
Medicine can also be included as a science, although a doctor's predictions cannot have the same character as those of an astronomer. A doctor makes a diagnosis based, on the one hand, on his or her knowledge of pathology and similar case studies, on the other, based on the observable symptoms in a specific case. A patient may complain of stomach problems. The doctor (we assume that he or she is qualified and efficient) has to decide if it is a colic, an ulcer, a cancer, etc. Even the most qualified doctor can make a wrong diagnosis. But these errors cannot be used as an excuse to deny the scientific character of medicine.
In the case of psychology, the situation is even more complicated, being a science that is still in its infancy. And when we get to the social sciences, matters get even more complicated, not only because it involves an immense amount of changing factors, but also because the interests of antagonistic classes come into play.
It is not difficult to understand that the mask of false academic objectivity serves to conceal the crude reality of a defence of the interests of the bourgeoisie. In contrast to the hypocritical pseudo-objectivity of academic historians, Marxists openly espouse the cause of the working class and socialist revolution.
But does this mean that Marxists cannot approach questions in an objective manner? Is there a contradiction between having a passionate interest in changing society and at the same time being capable of an objective appraisal of historical events and the role of individuals in the historical process? The answer was given by the great Russian Marxist, Leon Trotsky:
"In the eyes of a philistine a revolutionary point of view is virtually equivalent to an absence of scientific objectivity. We think just the opposite: only a revolutionist – provided, of course, that he is equipped with the scientific method – is capable of laying bare the objective dynamics of the revolution. Apprehending thought in general is not contemplative, but active. The element of will is indispensable for penetrating the secrets of nature and society. Just as a surgeon, on whose scalpel a human life depends, distinguishes with extreme care between the various tissues of an organism, so a revolutionist, if he has a serious attitude toward his task, is obliged with strict conscientiousness to analyse the structure of society, its functions and reflexes." (Trotsky, The Chinese Revolution, 1938.)
Engels as a scientist
Comrade Garzón will doubtless remind us that the contents of Engels' famous book The Dialectics of Nature are a reflexion of the science of the 19th century. In reality, however, Engels was far in advance of the science of his time. He was extremely critical of the mechanistic theories that dominated Newtonian physics. His criticisms were completely corroborated by the discoveries of quantum mechanics and relativity theory at the beginning of the 20th century.
Engels was not a professional scientist, but had a fairly extensive knowledge of the natural sciences of his time. However, based on a deep understanding of the dialectical method of analysis, Engels made a number of contributions to the philosophical interpretation of science that fully retain their importance today, although they have remained unknown to the overwhelming majority of scientists.
In fact, modern science furnishes us with far more proof of the correctness of dialectics than the examples that were available to Engels. In particular, the new field of chaos theory and its derivatives provides a striking proof of Engels's statement that, in the last analysis, nature works dialectically. The dialectical law of the transformation of quantity into quality lies at the heart of chaos theory, and is absolutely fundamental to the study of phase transitions, a most important area of modern physics.
In his book Ubiquity, the American scientist, Mark Buchanan, points out that phenomena as diverse as heart attacks, avalanches, forest fires, the rise and fall of animal populations, stock exchange crises, the movement of traffic, and even revolutions in art and fashion are all governed by the same law, which can be expressed as a mathematical equation known as a power law. This is actually the law of the transformation of quantity into quality.
What about materialism? The materialist method is fundamental to all science. Every attempt to substitute materialism for idealism in the field of science has led to mistake after mistake. This is particularly the case in the study of human origins, which for over a century was hampered by the idealist prejudices of paleontologists, who were looking for the fossil of a human ancestor with a large brain.
They never found it, but were taken in by a fraudster who invented the so-called Piltdown man, which turned out to be a human skull to which the jawbone of an ape had been attached. Scientists believed this fraud because it coincided with their idealist prejudices. But Engels had explained in advance that it was not the brain that created the hand, but the hand that created the brain.
This is what the renowned American scientist Stephen Jay Gould wrote about Engels:
"Indeed, the nineteenth century produced a brilliant exposé from a source that will no doubt surprise most readers – Friedrich Engels… In 1876, Engels wrote an essay entitled, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man. It was published posthumously in 1896 and, unfortunately, had no visible impact upon Western science…
"The importance of Engels's essay lies, not in its substantive conclusions, but in its trenchant political analysis of why Western science was so hung up on the a priori assertion of cerebral primacy…
"The importance of Engels's essay does not lie in the happy result that Australopithecus confirmed a specific theory proposed by him – via Haeckel – but rather in his perceptive analysis of the political role of science and of the social biases that must affect all thought.
"Indeed, Engels's theme of the separation of head and hand has done much to set and limit the course of science throughout history… Even today, 'pure' researchers tend to disparage the practical, and terms such as 'aggie school' and 'cow college' are heard with distressing frequency in academic circles. If we took Engels's message to heart and recognised our belief in the inherent superiority of pure research for what it is – namely social prejudice – then we might forge among scientists the union between theory and practice that a world teetering dangerously near the brink so desperately needs." (Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin, pp. 210-213.)
Gould's fulsome tribute to Engels is a sufficient answer to the nonsense of Karl Popper and everyone else who tries to discredit Marxism by attacking its philosophical basis, dialectical materialism.
Capitalism in a dead end
At the present juncture, capitalism finds itself in a deep crisis. As a socio-economic system, it has long since exhausted any potential for carrying humankind forward.
When a social system enters into terminal crisis, this finds its reflection not only in a failure to develop the productive forces, but also in other fields: culture, art, morality, philosophy, etc.
In the past, when the bourgeoisie was still capable of playing a progressive role, it had a coherent ideology and philosophy. Liberalism presented the capitalist system ("the free market economy") as the only possible system, a system that guaranteed progress and constant advances. Today was better than yesterday, and tomorrow would be better than today.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, this beautiful vision received a powerful new impulse. Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history. Socialism was alleged to have failed, capitalism was the only possible system. The future would be one of peace and prosperity for all.
25 years later, not one stone upon another is left of these comforting illusions. For 10 years, governments and economists have struggled to pull the system out of the crisis, without any signs of success. The bourgeoisie and its ideological defenders are filled with pessimism about the future. They have no answers to the crisis of their system.
This pessimism finds its reflection in philosophy. Instead of admitting honestly that on the basis of the present system no progress is possible, so-called postmodernism assures us that progress in general does not exist. History cannot be understood, except as a series of accidents. Similarly, ideology cannot exist, for the simple reason that the bourgeoisie itself has run out of ideas.
Clarity, not confusion!
It gives us no pleasure to say this, but comrade Garzón's article, far from clarifying the questions it deals with is full of confusion from the first line to the last. It attempts to demolish Marxism, without actually admitting to that intention, or perhaps because Garzón is not even conscious of it.
He fails to make the slightest dent in Marxism, because he never deals seriously with the subject. Instead, he constructs a scarecrow in order to push it over. That is really not a very hard thing to do, and it does not serve to clarify anything or raise the political understanding of members of the United Left. This is doubly unfortunate, because at the present time what is required in order to unite the Left on a sound basis is precisely clarity.
The crisis of capitalism has produced a growing revolt in society. We saw this in the mass demonstrations and strikes for women's rights on 8 March, of pensioners demanding their rights and, before that, in the democratic rebellion of the people of Catalonia.
Everywhere we see the same discontent, anger, rage, and above all frustration – a frustration that is directed to a large extent at the leaders of the Left and the trade unions who, instead of providing the movement with the necessary programme, ideas and organisation, have systematically disappointed the masses and their own members.
Comrade Garzón should not see Marxism as heavy baggage left over from the past, which we would do well to throw off our backs. Marxism is not an onerous load that impedes our progress. Rather it is a compass that is absolutely necessary for us to find the right road. Without the aid of such a compass, we will necessarily lose ourselves in a morass of incorrect and contradictory ideas. We should not allow ourselves to be tempted to fall into a kind of dilettante eclecticism, accepting "a quarter or half of Marxism" while rejecting the rest, amputating it so as to reduce it to an impotent stump, stripped of its revolutionary essence, wiping out its program and thus transforming it into a religious relic to be brought out for use in processions and saint's days, but completely removed from real life.
To see how this ideological confusion ends up, it is only necessary to point to the present crisis of Podemos. Podemos seemed to represent a way out. The radical speeches of Pablo Iglesias inspired hope in the hearts of many people.
But it is impossible to turn one's back so frivolously on ideology, which, when expelled through the front door will fly in through the back window. Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. The absence of ideology merely signifies the acceptance of a bad ideology. Ideas as confused as "we are neither Left nor Right" open the door to an opportunist policy, with disastrous consequences.
The initial hopes are increasingly transformed into a growing disenchantment. This is precisely the result of the ideological confusion and political ambiguity of the leaders of Podemos who foolishly imagined that the way to increase their support was to modify their language in a vain attempt to win over the so-called centre ground. A serious mistake! If people want reformism they have the Socialist Party. They do not need Podemos, which naturally has lost ground to the PSOE.
In such a situation, the United Left has a golden opportunity to win the leadership of the movement. But the first condition is that it should defend firmly the genuine left ideas: the ideas of communism and revolutionary Marxism. In attempting to distance himself from these ideas, comrade Garzón is doing precisely the opposite of what is needed at this time.
We cannot forget what happened in the Transition. The abandonment of Marxism and Leninism, which is part of the same process, expresses itself in the first instance as a confused mish-mash. The following quote serves to sum up the latest articles written by comrade Garzón:
"[He] accepts Marxism as a theoretical tool, critical and not dogmatic, for the analysis and the transformation of social reality, embracing different contributions, Marxist and non-Marxist, which have contributed to make socialism the great emancipatory alternative of our times and fully respecting personal beliefs."
But we should fill in the missing part of the first sentence by adding "The PSOE," because this is the resolution that was approved by the extraordinary Congress in 1978 in which the party, led by Felipe González, formally abandoned Marxism!
Confused ideas can only be combated by ideological firmness and absolute clarity. We are very sorry to say that the ideas expressed by comrade Alberto's article do not offer any clarity but represent a clear turn towards the right, not towards the left.
"Marxism must change"
Marxism has to change, says Alberto. This is a song that is very well known to us. It has been sung for well over hundred years by people like Bernstein, Kautsky and many others. All of these people wanted to change Marxism – into its opposite, to deprive it of its revolutionary identity, to castrate it and reduce it to a harmless kind of parliamentary reformism.
But at least the revisionist thinkers of the past tried to put forward a coherent programme. That, sadly, cannot be said in the present case. The article of comrade Garzón contains many criticisms of Marxism, but when it comes to presenting a coherent alternative, it turns out to be a big disappointment.
The attitude of Garzón towards Marxism, denying that it is a scientific method, and nor does it even provide us with any kind of method, seems to be identical to the attitude of his hero Karl Popper towards Darwinism, i.e. that it is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program—"a possible framework for testable scientific theories".
As with every other statement by Popper, this needs to be translated into plain English, intelligible to normal human beings. While reluctantly paying tribute to Charles Darwin as a significant thinker of the past (the word "past" must be heavily underlined), his theories are a complete waste of time.
In the same way, Alberto Garzón is quite prepared to keep Marx's photograph on the wall and the first volume of Capital on his bookshelf (after all, it is part of our 'tradition') as long as what Marx actually wrote is completely ignored.
Displaying a complete misunderstanding of the ideas of the founders of scientific socialism, he writes:
"In the first place, I believe that it is important to abandon the strong determinism that emanates from their conception of history. History is not written in advance by any providential forces and therefore we must not presuppose certain historical developments without the intervention of other variables that are not strictly economic."
Here the comrade is mistaken, and vulgarises Marxism to the point where it is rendered unrecognisable. He carries it to an extreme of economic reductionism and a kind of religious determinism. But this was already brilliantly answered by Engels in his letter to Joseph Bloch:
"According to the materialist conception of history, the ultimately determining element in history is the production and reproduction of real life. Other than this neither Marx nor I have ever asserted. Hence if somebody twists this into saying that the economic element is the only determining one, he transforms that proposition into a meaningless, abstract, senseless phrase. (…)
"We make our history ourselves, but, in the first place, under very definite assumptions and conditions. Among these the economic ones are ultimately decisive. (…) Marx and I are ourselves partly to blame for the fact that the younger people sometimes lay more stress on the economic side than is due to it. We had to emphasise the main principle vis-à-vis our adversaries, who denied it, and we had not always the time, the place or the opportunity to give their due to the other elements involved in the interaction. (…) Unfortunately, however, it happens only too often that people think they have fully understood a new theory and can apply it without more ado from the moment they have assimilated its main principles, and even those not always correctly. And I cannot exempt many of the more recent 'Marxists' from this reproach, for the most amazing rubbish has been produced in this quarter, too…"
"In any case," we are told by Garzón, "I do believe that we must recover historical materialism, in a softened version, as a useful instrument for social science and as a way of counteracting the postmodern tendencies whose analysis has been disconnected from the economic base."
But what this "softened version" of historical materialism consists of, we do not know. No alternative is offered. "Marxism must change," but nobody has the remotest idea as to what the change consists of.
We are well aware that the young leader of the United Left is beset by doubts concerning the reality that surrounds us and is attempting to find a way out of the crisis through which the organisation is passing, but before converting these reflexions into authoritative statements, he should first of all follow the advice that Marx gave. He made a magnificent criticism of the philosophy of his own times, and it would be difficult to arrive at the correct understanding of Marxism without a study of the German Ideology, which he wrote together with Engels. But years later Marx himself delivered the following judgement of this work:
"We abandoned the manuscript to the gnawing criticism of the mice all the more willingly as we had achieved our main purpose — self-clarification!"
Marx analysed the capitalist world, laid bare its internal workings and proposed an alternative. The world today, in all essentials, still remains the same system and the alternatives are also, in all essentials, the same, since the problems of exploitation, poverty, the concentration of capital, the law of value, surplus value and the crisis of overproduction still exist. This not only demonstrates the enormous superiority of Marxist thought, but also indicates the blind alley in which the left has landed by attempting to find an alternative by resorting (while changing the names) to pre-Marxian ideas.
Our discussion must not base itself on rejecting the formulations of Marx and Engels, but rather on finding the way to carry them into practice, while basing ourselves on living experience. We must go back to the study of Marxism with the aim of consigning this system with all its destructive consequences into the dustbin of history.
What the postmodernist economists so critical of Marx fail to understand is that he was not an "economist," but a revolutionary. He did not work out an economic theory in order to deliver clever lectures in university seminars, to find a way to run the capitalist system, nor to work out a reformist electoral programme, but to analyse reality in order to carry out a thoroughgoing social transformation. Basing himself on the internal contradictions of capitalist society, he elaborated his perspective for the transformation of society by the working class. This leads us to the essence of Marxist thesis: "Philosophers have only interpreted the world in different ways – the task is however to change it."


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2019 BMW 3 Series review – price, specs and release date
An all-new BMW 3 Series will go on sale next year, and we've been for an early drive to see if it can topple our current Executive Car of the Year, the Audi A4...
Priced from £29,000 est Release date Early 2019
The BMW 3 Series has traditionally been the default choice for keen drivers in the executive saloon market, thanks to its combination of strong engines and fun handling. However, it has been usurped on that front in recent years by new rivals such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Jaguar XE, while the more rounded Audi A4 has cemented itself in the position of class leader.
So, in an effort to reassert its old dominance, BMW has made this new, seventh-generation 3 Series is a little bit larger, lighter and safer than the outgoing model by moving it onto the same basic underpinnings as those of the larger 5 Series and 7 Series saloons. It'll have a more spacious interior, too, with plenty of new technology, while fans of Audi's Virtual Cockpit fully digital instrument cluster should note that a similar system will be available as an option on the 3 Series for the first time.
However, the most telling changes for the car are to its oily bits. New or revised suspension components, steering, engines and gearboxes are all intended to make it handle even better and be a more engaging driver's car, particularly in the M Sport trim that most 3 Series buyers choose.
2019 BMW 3 Series on the road
Because this is an early drive of a development car, exact specification and specific improvements on things like exhaust emissions and fuel economy aren't yet available. But BMW insiders suggest that the power and torque gains relevant to the 2.0-litre turbocharged 330i M Sport prototype tested here – improvements of 7bhp and 37lb ft over the outgoing model – are a trustworthy guide of what to expect across the whole 3 Series engine range, which includes a wider choice of petrol, diesel and hybrid power than what you get in most rivals.
To give you an idea of the spread on offer, engines are likely to range from a 114bhp 316d diesel and 134bhp 318i petrol options, all the way up to include a 300bhp 3.0-litre diesel and eventually a near-500bhp new M3 super-saloon.
The 330i will be one of the more potent petrol-powered variants, and it has plenty of get-up-and-go on the road – although its synthesised engine noise still sounds contrived to our ears and as often detracts from the sporting appeal of the driving experience as much as it enhances it.
But while the four-cylinder engine has the muscle to back up the M Sport's looks, it's the car's ride and handling that really set it apart from the current version.
Having worked intensively on the 3 Series' M Sport suspension set-up, BMW has switched the car onto firmer springs than the current M Sport 3 Series and also adopted clever dampers that provide an increased level of body control – but only at the extremes of suspension travel. They allow the 3 Series to ride in a fairly comfortable fashion over smaller lumps and bumps while also being able to resist bigger movements, and deal with bigger dips and bumps at high speeds, very well.
The car is far from limo-like in terms of ride quality; you're often aware that the suspension is working away busily. But the associated vibrations seem to be contained quite well within the car's wheel arches and don't disturb those inside too much. The car avoids the jiggly, overly controlled ride that plenty of similar sports saloons have and copes well with a wide variety of surfaces. Given the popularity of M Sport trim in the UK, this is very encouraging for buyers who love their big wheels and racy bodykits.
Another key hardware change made by BMW here is the addition of an electronically controlled limited-slip rear differential, which gives more traction out of tight corners, especially in slippery conditions. While you'll see plenty of them on full-fat BMW M cars and AMG Mercedes, they are rarely seen on a mid-level saloon such as this.
We'll have to wait to tell how much difference the fancy diff makes to the car's handling when it's pushed to the limit, though, because the tuning of some of BMW's driving modes weren't finished on our prototype at the time of our test. That meant we couldn't test the car's stability and handling behaviour as thoroughly as we would have liked to.
On the strength of the modes that were finished, the car seemed stable and secure but, though grippy and agile, perhaps not quite as light on its feet as the Giulia. The 3 Series may have been the default sporting executive for years, but the competition is tougher than ever in this class.


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Undergoing a divorce process is always a difficult task, regardless of the reason behind it. Even if the couples appear to be civilized and well-mannered, tempers from both sides may rise, which make the process more stressful than ever.
There are some do's and don'ts that you can follow to prevent your divorce from becoming a mess:
The Do's
- Even if you are the more aggrieved party to the divorce, always be reasonable and cooperate with your soon to be ex-spouse. Reasonable minds will make the divorce process quicker and get results that are a 'win-win' for both parties.
- If you have children, always think of their emotional welfare. More often than not, your children are the most affected by the divorce process. Always support them during the process and do not force them to take sides.
- Always disclose your assets and properties.
- If you have made arrangements for shared custody during the divorce process, let your spouse know where and when you will spend time with your children. Failing to mention your whereabouts may give the impression that you are going to make a run with your kids.
- Hire a lawyer that is near your area of residence. Denver is home to experienced divorce attorneys who can provide assistance on child custody, asset division, and similar matters.
The Don'ts
- Do not make big changes in your life such as moving to another state or country until your divorce is finalized.
- If you have temporary custody arrangements with your children, do not violate them, so the court will grant you permanent visitation rights at the end of the process.
- Do not try to hide property or assets by giving them away to friends and relatives. Not fully disclosing properties during the divorce process is illegal and will affect your case.
If you do not want your divorce process to become a brutal battle between ex-spouses, you must know what and what not to do during the process.


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This year's Prix Pictet winner, photographer Nadav Kander will be joining Bronac Ferran, RCA IDE Senior Research Tutor and Yanki Lee Curator of the Constant Stream Exhibitions in conversation . Kander will discuss his works and reflect on his China experience. It will be an exceptional opportunity to hear one of the world's leading photographers talk about his work.6.45pm in Lecture Theatre 1
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