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May 23, 2019 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
18th December 2014
Perhaps the biggest savings account news this week, apart from the rates being announced for the forthcoming Pensioner Bonds, has been the continuation of the tussle at the top of the notice account best buy table, as Secure Trust replaced Shawbrook Bank for the second time in recent weeks writes Savings Champion's Anna Bowes .
We shall wait and see if Shawbrook choose to rise to the challenge again. Meanwhile, we have also seen a couple of lesser known providers making a noise in the savings market with some reasonably competitive launches, along with the usual replacement of competitive products with lower paying versions.
SavingsChampion Index
The SavingsChampion.co.uk Savings Index looks at the top 5 best buy easy access accounts. Overall it paints a pretty gloomy picture over the last few years, as rates came tumbling down, but at least there does seem to be a stabilising of the average rate over recent times. Whilst it is good news that rates do not seem to be falling as rapidly, an upturn in the average is long overdue.
Rates News
Confirmed in a statement at 4pm last Friday, NS&I will launch two bonds, 1 year and 3 year paying 2.80% AER and 4.00% AER respectively. They are available on a minimum of £500, up to a maximum of £10,000 per bond, per person, however investors can hold bonds jointly so a couple could hold up to £40,000 jointly.
These rates are currently way over and above the current best rates on the market and in fact pay 51% more than the average of the top 5 one year, and 61% more than the average of the top 5 three year fixed rates.
Secure Trust Bank has withdrawn its 120 Day Notice Account paying 1.80% gross/1.81% AER and replaced it the next day with a new version paying a higher interest rate of 1.90% gross/1.91% AER.
This account replaced the market leader from Shawbrook (1.85%) in a mirror of events in late November/early December. The question is; will Shawbrook respond a second time?
Secure Trust Bank has also launched a market leading 2 year fixed rate bond paying 2.33%. At last, a provider beating Punjab National Bank (2.30%), who have been dominating the fixed rate bond best buy tables in recent times.
Also new from Secure Trust Bank is a 3 Year Fixed Rate Bond paying 2.51% gross/AER. The account is paying a slightly higher interest rate then Shawbrook Bank, which was the next best 3 Year Bond after Punjab National Bank (2.55%).
This week has also seen some lesser known providers announce themselves to the savings market with some reasonably competitive new releases.
Hampshire Trust Bank released its 120 Day Notice Account Issue 1 paying 1.75% and increased the rate on its 90 Day Notice Account Issue 5, from 1.10% to 1.60%.
Harrods Bank has also launched some new accounts. There is a 1 year fixed rate bond paying 1.75%, a 2 year bond paying 2%, a 3 year bond paying 2.20% and a 5 year bond paying 2.75%. Also launched was a new 120 day notice account paying 1.45%.
These rates are not market leading, so are hardly going to set the world alight, but they are sitting with the second group, behind the market leaders. Maybe both of these providers are dipping their toes in the savings market and they may follow them up with some better rates in the future.
There have also been some more examples of competitive rates being withdrawn and replaced with inferior versions.
Aldermore has reduced the rates on the 2 and 5 Year Fixed Rate Bonds, for new accounts opened. The 2 Year Fixed Rate Bond was previously 2.15% and has decreased to 2%.The 5 Year Fixed Rate Bond was previously 3% and the replacement product is 2.90%.
The 5 year bond was one of the highest paying on the market, so we can only presume that either demand was too high or the provider felt that they no longer needed to offer one of the top rates to attract the funds that they need.
ICICI Bank has launched new versions of its fixed rate accounts. The 1 year account is paying 1.85% (was 1.60%), the 2 year is 1.90% (was 2.05%), the 3 year is 2.10% (was 2.40%) and the 5 year account is 2.30% (was 2.50%).
Uncompetitive rates apart from the 1 year, which was increased and now sits with FirstSave as the next best after Punjab (2%). The 3 year bond was one of the best on the market for those looking for a monthly income for the term, but it certainly is not now.
Meanwhile, one of the biggest savings providers seems to have judged that offering uncompetitive rates on its ISAs is not enough and has made them even worse.
Halifax has reduced the rates on its 1, 2, 3 and 5 Year Fixed Rate ISAs, for new accounts opened. The 1 Year is now 1.40% (previously 1.55%), the 2 Year is 1.60% (1.80%), the 3 Year is 1.75% (2%) and the 5 Year is 2% (2.20%).
The provider has also launched new versions of its ISA Saver Online and ISA Saver Variable. The ISA Saver Online is now 1.05% with a 0.80% 12 month bonus (previously 1.25% with a 1% bonus) and the ISA Saver Variable is 1% with a 0.50% 12 month bonus (previously 1.20% with a 0.70% bonus).
The table shows the average rate for accounts available to open at the moment.
When you look at the difference between these average rates and the best deals available, you can be sure that there are some low rates being offered on the market at the moment. The providers that offer these poor returns must be avoided at all costs! Our unbiased and hand-picked best buy tables offer alternatives and savers should vote with their feet, forcing uncompetitive providers to up their game.
The only upward change this week has been to the Notice Account average, surely affected by the new market leading rate from Secure Trust Bank. All other changes have been in the wrong direction, including 3 and 5 year bonds and fixed rate ISAs and the variable rate ISA average.
The table above shows how many savings accounts have seen rate cuts for existing account holders each month. As you can see, things really kicked off not long after Funding for Lending was introduced in August 2012 and has been continuing ever since. After a much higher number of cuts in October, November was a slightly quieter month for reductions. So far in December there has been an unusally small number of cuts, but before we read too much into it, some announcements have already been made for January and February 2015, so those hoping for reprieve from the cuts next year may be disappointed.


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When Barack Obama asked his onetime political rival Hillary Clinton to join his Administration as Secretary of State she claimed to be "floored," even after the incoming president assured her they would end up becoming "friends." In her memoir about her four years as America's diplomat-in-chief, Hard Choices, she claims that indeed became the case — and offers up an amusing anecdote as proof. Well into her tenure someone posted an Internet "meme" known as Texts from Hillary. Writes Clinton, "The idea was simple: an internet user would pair the picture of me holding my cell phone with a picture of another famous person holding a phone and adding funny captions. . . The first one posted showed President Obama lounging on a couch, with the caption, 'Hey, Hil, Watchu doing?' The imagined response from me, 'Running the world.'"
That's pretty funny but it resonated with another anecdote earlier in the memoir where a young student at a town hall meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, asked Hillary what President Bill Clinton would think of a particular issue under discussion. "'Wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks?' I snapped. 'My husband is not the Secretary of State. I am. So ask my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I'm not going to be channeling my husband.'"
Those two anecdotes struck me as going to the essence of what this exhaustive, and exhausting 600-page doorstopper of a book is all about: Hard Choices is clearly meant to demonstrate to the American public that this is a person who relishes exercising power — and is a supremely adept and skillful political actor in the tricky, taxing and at times vexing business of, well, running the world.
Over the course of reading this opus — and believe me you'll need to brace yourself before taking it on — I re-watched the famous 60 Minutes segment when then Governor Bill Clinton and Hillary appeared together to defuse the breaking Gennifer Flowers's scandal. The future president appeared sheepish, tentative, awkward, and Hillary, the supposedly aggrieved party, was steely, resolved and determined. Clearly this was a woman unwillingly to let some blonde stand between her and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That determination and grit earned her an early reputation as a Latter Day Lady Macbeth. And those qualities remain on display in every page of Hard Choices. This is a woman not to be trifled with.
Two decades later the Clintons are within striking distance of returning to the White House but this time with Hillary as "decider-in-chief." You couldn't make this stuff up. At the end of her book she asks herself, "Am I going to run for president?" and answers, "I haven't decided yet." Well, call me crazy, but that's rubbish. Clinton's Hard Choices book tour is, unquestionably, the opening salvo of the 2016 presidential campaign and Hillary is on track to break the highest, and last, glass ceiling in the U.S. of A.
So does Hard Choices work as a calling card for the most important job in the world? I'd say so. At the beginning of her tenure as Secretary of Sate, Clinton saw as one of her main priorities rebuilding America's tattered reputation after years of George Bush's bellicose unilateralism. And she succeeded. America's approval rating in the world has spiked. And Mrs. Clinton has become the poster girl for the deployment of what's termed "smart power," i.e., using all of America's considerable societal assets — cultural, economic, technological — to achieve America's strategic goals. Post-Iraq and -Afghanistan, America seems weary of having the Pentagon doing all the heavy lifting. And Hillary captured that mood, completely.
Mind you, Clinton was often more hawkish than many of her male colleagues. She was "all in" for the risky high-stakes Bin Laden operation while Vice-President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates harboured doubts. Clinton favoured sending arms to Syrian rebels; Obama did not. But where Clinton is, I think, at her most effective is the nuts and bolts job of diplomatically mediating between recalcitrant opponents.
Near the end of her tenure, Gaza erupted, yet again, with the Israelis threatening a land invasion. In Asia with Obama, she received his permission to fly to the Middle East to attempt to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel by cajoling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi into striking a deal. "Don't screw up," advised Obama. She didn't. Hard Choices is not a scintillating read. But Clinton is unquestionably a formidable scintillating woman. And, just likely, America's first ever Madame President.
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Message from NEA-Retired President
Where We Are, Where We'll Be
As another school year draws to a close, so does my second term as president of NEA-Retired. I'm honored to have worked with so many talented people, all joined together by NEA's vision of great public schools for every student. I thank you all for your support, friendship, and hard work.
I am distressed to think about the realities of the epoch we're in now—a time when educator bashing is rampant and elected leaders blame state budget crises on their public employees. I know I'm only one of many NEA-Retired members who is taking this personally. Educators of our generation fought hard for rights that we're now seeing swept away. This is not where I thought we'd be.
I'm proud that NEA and its state affiliates spoke out swiftly and loudly against the damaging legislation and budgets rammed through state legislatures this session. We know we must stand up in protest, even when too few seem willing to do so.
NEA-Retired has achieved much in recent years, including record membership growth, the expansion of the NEA Intergenerational Mentoring Program, and the institution of the NEA–Retired Grants Program to help state organizations organize and thrive. We also celebrated our milestone 25th anniversary in 2008. It's important to remember these moments, even if this is not where we thought we'd be.
We can't change the times we're in—at least not overnight. But everything we do to support public schools is a step in the right direction, whether it's volunteering in a classroom, urging a lawmaker to make smart education decisions, or mentoring a new teacher through those first tough years.
This is not where I thought we'd be, but there's no doubt in my mind that we can repeal harmful laws if we bring our collective voice to bear. We've done it before—we've walked for miles in protest. We've taken the time to make calls, send emails, and put pen to paper. That's where our educators and students need us to be.
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Work on Interstate 90 near La Crosse will continue through the fall as crews lay the groundwork for a $187.5 million bridge replacement.
Workers have already cut into the bluffs on the Minnesota side to make room for a new interchange. The bridge to Wisconsin will consist of two sections, with eastbound and westbound portions spanning nearly a half-mile over the river.
The project, expected to finish in 2016, will replace the 46-year-old existing bridge, identified as "fracture-critical," according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
"Things are going well so far," said Mark Anderson, MnDOT construction manager.
Workers are building retaining walls on the Minnesota side to lift the roadway "as it comes off the bridge," Anderson said. Crews are also excavating along the bluffs to make room for the new eastbound lanes.
Excavators have already cut into the bluffs on the Minnesota side, despite efforts early in the design process to avoid the measure.
Grading and other road work should be mostly complete by Nov. 15, when I-90 traffic lanes are re-opened, Anderson said. Work on the bridge could continue through the winter if weather cooperates.
La Crosse drivers who take I-90 to La Crescent will have an extra leg in their journey next year. The westbound exit will be closed in 2014 as work continues on the Minnesota approach and will remain closed until 2016.
"You'll have to go up to Dresbach and come back down," Anderson said.
The eastbound bridge section should be finished by the end of 2015, with westbound lanes expected to open the following year. Each section will have two 12-foot lanes, with 12-foot outside shoulders and six-foot inside shoulders.
Removal of the existing bridge, completed in 1967, is expected to take until June, 2017.
The new bridge is designed to last 100 years, according to MnDOT.


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Four months after fire, Colorado Living Ponds open for business at new address
Decimated by fire more than four months ago, a locally owned Westside fish and ponds business has returned.
The new location for Colorado Living Ponds (formerly Fish & Feather Ponds) is a 1,000-square-foot converted house on 5,700 square feet at 3404 W. Colorado Ave. Owners Greg and Deborah Kopchak and Terry Rudolph are buying the property from Susan Coulter, who had operated a veterinary business at the site for 20 years before moving to the Durango area last year.
Selling a range of fish (from goldfish to exotics) as well as fish supplies, decorative items, pond/ waterfall configurations amd wood pellets year-round, the new store is almost across the street from the ill-fated former site (3427 W. Colorado) where the owners had rented after starting the business in 2006. The fire Feb. 25 badly damaged the building there and killed close to 200 fish and frogs.
Fire investigators ruled it an accident (caused by a bad TV connection), and insurance payments helped fund the owners' restart effort. But it still wasn't easy. ōOur hearts were broken,ö co-owner Terry Rudolph said. ōWe lost all our stuff that we'd gotten in for the season. We were devastated.ö
One of the spurs for not giving up was the support they received from people. ōWe have a lot of good customers,ö co-owner Greg Kopchak said. ōWe were going to miss them.ö
The name change reflects a decision to discontinue bird-related products. ōWe couldn't compete with Wal-Mart,ö commented his sister and also co-owner Deb Kopchak.
Colorado Living Ponds is open Tuesday to Sunday through Labor Day. The phone is 636-3475.
Meanwhile, regarding 3427 W. Colorado Ave., property owner Dale Tijanowski, a Westside resident, said this week she is still waiting for her insurance settlement and has not yet decided on a future use for that property.
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The health secretary's comments on binge drinking are "almost too little too late" according to Alcohol Concern's director of policy and services, Don Shenker.
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has called on chancellor Gordon Brown to increase the taxes on alcohol, especially the sweet, alcopop style drinks that are popular amongst teenagers.
However the Treasury responded by stating: "Tax is a matter for the chancellor."
Speaking on BBC One's Breakfast programme, Mr Shenker said: "The government's taken a long time to look at this issue.
"We've already got an increasing number of young people who are really getting into trouble with alcohol problems."
The alcohol industry is continuing to market its drinks for a younger audience, added Mr Shenker.
In 2002 the tax on alcopops was put up to the same level as the tax on spirits, resulting in a 25 per cent fall in sales of the drink, according to the Treasury.
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Mel Brooks will appear in a one-man autobiographical show at the Geffen Playhouse on Monday, "Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen." The show will have only one performance.
It will be the 87-year-old Brooks' first solo stage production. The Tony and Academy Award winner created the show, which will be seen at the Geffen's Gil Cates Theatre.
When asked about the late announcement of the production, Ken Novice, the Geffen's managing director, said in an email statement that the production "came together really quickly."
Most the of details of the show remain under wraps. Brooks is expected to tell stories from his life, including personal anecdotes and reminiscences about his career in TV, movies and musicals, according to the Geffen.
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"What Mel wanted to do was to have a platform to tell some of these great stories that he has in an intimate fashion," said Kevin Salter, a producer of the show, by phone.
Brooks saw Bette Midler in the solo play "I'll Eat You Last" that recently played at the Geffen and met the actress backstage, according to Salter.
"She said that he should do something here. It got him thinking and he came to us in February or March and said let's try to make this happen," Salter said. "Mel works in that live TV way where everything happens quickly."
The Geffen said that the show will be presented as part of its Spotlight Entertainment Series that has included "I'll Eat You Last," and "Nothing to Hide," directed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Brooks adapted his movies "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein" for the Broadway stage. For the former show, he won three Tonys in 2001, including the award for new musical.
Tickets for "Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen" will be $67 to $92. geffenplayhouse.com.
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Estate Agency Manager Job Description
To ensure the smooth running of the Estate Agency Department and maximise profitability of the business including achieving targets whilst ensuring an excellent working environment and team dynamic. To visit prospective vendors, offer them a valuation on their property and persuade them to list that property, in line with minimum standard targets set, working to a commission-based structure.
1. Responsible for effective management of the EA team on a day-to-day basis and from a strategic perspective
2. Responsible for booking valuations, attending property valuations and converting prospective vendors to listed vendors
3. Attending weekly management meetings and communicating information back to team members to ensure they are fully briefed
4. Negotiating price reductions
5. Responsible for vendor care and providing prompt valuation call backs
6. Compiling management reports and statistics for delivering monthly reports to the company directors
7. Setting targets and driving initiatives to achieve these across the department in order to support the firm
8. Responsible for actively proposing, reviewing and delivering agreed marketing initiatives for the department and firm-wide
9. Managing the Property Pro database and website, in conjunction with the Negotiator
10. Instructing properties to the market quickly and efficiently
11. Responsible for touting and associated arrangements with Marketing Manager
12. Monitoring the performance of the business and highlighting to team and management when the business trends away from expectation
13. Identifying development needs within the team and providing ongoing training and support to meet these needs
14. To cross-sell services and associated products, in particular Conveyancing
15. Administrative tasks including preparing offer letters, pma letters, price reduction letters and vendor care
16. Providing support and cover for other members of the team as workload and/or absence dictates
17. Miscellaneous:
To undertake any other reasonable duties as required which may be allocated by your Line Manager


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RE "John Kerry and Israel: Too Little and Too Late" by Rashid Khalidi
Dear Editor,
for publishing
Diana Buttu in the Boston Globe: Kerry describes a reality that Palestinians are living
CNN video Noura Erakat regarding Israel as "The Jewish State"
Hussein Ibish Kerry's words and the UN vote don't help Palestinians ..."Israel builds and expands settlements no matter what, but this resolution will undoubtedly lead to even more aggressive building than usual. And Israel may take other retaliatory measures, all of them aimed at Palestinians, who alone are vulnerable to Israeli retaliation."
The Growth of Israeli settlements, explained in 5 charts
CNN VIDEO: Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi reacts to the UNSC vote calling on Israel to stop building settlements. https://www.facebook.com/umkahlil?fref=ts
Putting a Face on the Facts... An Easy to Understand Essay by Nancy Harb Almendras outlining a Global Controversy: The conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinians.
Ibrahim's Estate
Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine
Newsweek: Award-winning Palestinian teacher on how to help traumatized kids
Baltimore's Susan Muaddi Darraj wins American Book Award for 'A Curious Land'
"We're a really diverse community, actually," Darraj says. "A lot of people think that all Palestinians are Muslims. But, the characters I write about are Palestinian Christians." American Book Award winner Susan Muaddi Darraj among highlights of Baltimore Book Festival
Freda Hughes' art, created in 2008: Remember Palestine this Christmas
A mural by Norwegian artist, Per Krohg, depicts a phoenix rising from ashes, symbolizing the resurgence of peace, equality and freedom.
" This issue marks the eighteenth year of This Week in Palestine, and we are pleased to present you with another issue filled with articles that attest to Palestine's cultural wealth. A high level of religious tolerance and the integration of various faiths are defining facets of Palestinian culture, historically and today. Such practice sets Palestine apart in a region where too many people have been immensely traumatized by acts of violence frequently caused by lack of tolerance, greed, and thirst for power and dominance. It is time to remember, in the Holy Land and elsewhere, that the central tenets and pillars of our religions are good will and kind deeds towards our fellow visitors on this planet." Tina Basem, This Week in Palestine editor's message Issue #224, December 2016
The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?
The time is always right to do what is right.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.


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Experience can justifiably dampen frenzy, especially in a media world given to frequent claims of "breaking news" and "exclusive." So you could raise an eyebrow or two when checking in with the 24/7 cable news build-up to the latest Capitol Hill spectacle: the Senate testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey.
"Countdown to Comey" was the banner on MSNBC.
"Thursday at 10 a.m.: Comey testifies before Congress: 3 Days," said CNN, presumably adding the "three days" in case any viewers were characteristically math-deficient grads of a big-city public high school.
"The media are hoping that James Comey delivers what Hillary couldn't — a win for liberalism and a strike against Trump," says Laura Ingraham, the conservative radio host and Fox commentator.
It was thus almost a relief to merely see "combating Islamic terrorism" on Fox. What a soothing diversion! But there may be few distractions Thursday as all four major broadcast networks will mirror their cable news competitors by airing his testimony (which doesn't mandate local affiliates from sticking with it). Washington news bureaus, be they print, digital or TV, will be a study of nearly all hands on deck.
It's hard to imagine what cataclysmic real world event might divert attention from a Senate hearing room. Perhaps a misguided missile launched by the wacko dictator in North Korea that winds up thousands of miles off course and explodes above a suburb of Pyongyang, instead.
On CNN's "New Day" this morning, co-host Chris Cuomo raised the possibility that "folks (may) be disappointed" via either Comey discretion-filled deference toward the Robert Mueller investigation or perhaps by the possibility that "there just wasn't much of a crime." That could well well.
It would not break any precedent. There have been so very many Hill hearings that were the grand story of the media moment, and an implicit search for wrongdoing, until they just petered out. Banking, real estate and national security "scandals" of many sorts. The Keating Five, Iran-Contra and, of late, Benghazi. You remember all with clarity, right? Ah, it's already faded?
I remember sitting through seemingly epic Senate campaign finance hearings during the Clinton era that fizzled under the bipartisan oversight of then Senators Fred Thompson (yes, the guy from Law and Order) and ever-righteous Joseph Lieberman. And others since. Build-up can overwhelm what's delivered. I was at times bored during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial and looking down from the Senate gallery to see an equally inattentive Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina reading a magazine profile of himself.
"Much-awaited hearings on Capitol Hill have a way of not living up to expectations," said Michael Duffy, deputy managing editor of Time.
And, yet, "Comey's appearance on Thursday would normally follow that pattern, but the president called him a nut job, so all bets are off this time around."
Except perhaps at Fox, which last evening was beating up on gray-haired and jowly Al Gore for inconsequential comments about a carbon-free lifestyle. It's amazing nobody brought up his role in those long, long ago campaign finance hearings (replete with a fundraiser at a Buddhist temple while vice president). It's a mere 20 or so years ago
For some, the impeachment hearings and trial of two decades apparently never ended.
A Snap purchase
"Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based ad tech company that specializes in measuring offline sales attribution — that is, detecting whether online ads actually lead to store visits and offline purchases." (Recode)
"Snap, whose stock has languished since it went public, is paying "about $125 million." (Bloomberg)
"Apple is taking aim at Sonos and the Amazon Echo with HomePod, a new "breakthrough home speaker" that it will start selling in December in white and space gray for $349. ...This is a big entry into the home for Apple — a company that notably decided not to ship a TV set. There's plenty to unpack here." (Recode)
"In the same way the Apple Watch sells fitness as the hook to get a computer strapped on your wrist, HomePod sells music to get a microphone in your home — and for many people, music will be all it gets used for." (NiemanLab)
"By comparison, the HomePod costs $120 more than Amazon's latest touchscreen-sporting Echo Show, $220 more than Alphabet's Google Home and $300 more than the no-frills Echo Dot." (TheStreet)
"So — a cynic might say Apple has just launched the world's most-hyped bluetooth speaker — not much imagination there. But let's face it, before AI and machine learning really matures, most home assistant devices are essentially voice-controlled speakers, and so Apple dedicating its effort into making it sound great is probably a smart move." (BBC)
England "reeling" from terrorism?
If you missed him on his Sunday HBO show, Brit John Oliver said about the media caricature, "Is it upset? Yes. Is it pissed off? Oh, you fucking bet it's pissed off. But to say it's under siege and its people are reeling is to say that its people are somehow weak enough to be brought to its knees by three monumental a--holes." (The Independent)
Resentment politics
From David A. Hopkins on the political science blog Honest Graft, while discussing how "resentment politics" makes for lousy policy:
"Wasn't Trump's temperament far from ideal for a national leader? Not to consumers of conservative media, where contempt and outrage are the default emotional states. Didn't Trump demonstrate little command of actual policy issues and elementary concepts? Not to vocal conservative authorities who dismiss reporters and intellectuals as snobby liberal hacks."
Conway's change of tack
So Kellyanne Conway first derided the media "obsession" with the tweets of her boss, then backtracked to concede that, yes, it can't "ignore" them. (Mediaite)
Said CNN's Jake Tapper: "To act as if the media should not pay attention to uncensored statements directly from the President's brain to his fingertips to the world, via Twitter, that's laughable."
Breitbart exit
"A Breitbart News editor said on Monday that she had been fired from the conservative news site for the anti-Muslim tweets she sent after a terrorist attack in London on Saturday." (The New York Times)
"The editor, Katie McHugh, who has written hundreds of articles for the site since 2015 and previously worked for The Daily Caller, said on Twitter, 'Breitbart News fired me for telling the truth about Islam and Muslim immigration.' A Breitbart News spokesman declined to comment on Monday, leaving the precise reason for her leaving the company unknown."
On Megyn Kelly's fashion
At a pre-dinner cocktail gathering in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Megyn Kelly wore a designer cocktail dress with a high slit. That prompted media to assume (wrongly) that it's what she wore to interview Vladimir Putin. Wrong.
New York Times fashion writer Vanessa Friedman notes, "Ms. Kelly did not wear the cocktail dress for her interview with Mr. Putin: She wore the round-neck black T-shirt with fluted white sleeves, a white belt and white trousers that she wore onstage at the economic forum. She was, in other words, all covered up and understated."
"Indeed, more so, and in a more relaxed way, than she had ever been on Fox News. The vibe was leaning toward the Katharine Hepburn model, rather than the Lana Turner one, which was interesting in itself, and probably says more about how Ms. Kelly is trying to position herself now than the cocktail frock would have revealed."
Farewell after 9,000 columns
Dan Walters signed off at The Sacramento Bee after nearly four decades of covering the California legislature.
"My favorite Capitol characters, however, have been the rogues who plotted, schemed and sometimes fudged enough to get into trouble and even go to prison. One who was infamous for his chicanery, now deceased, would send a box of candy to the office every time I mentioned him unfavorably in print."
"Interestingly, however, the one politician who turned the tables was mild-mannered Gov. George Deukmejian, who threw a party for the Capitol press corps as he departed. He brought in a belly dancer for entertainment and, to my everlasting chagrin, prearranged for her to pull me up to dance with her."
Carrie Underwood scoop
Between periods of NBC's broadcast of the Stanley Cup game between Nashville and Pittsburgh, singer Carrie Underwood, who's married to Nashville player Mike Fisher, admitted that she'd not gotten him anything for his birthday yesterday. It will wait until after the playoffs, she said.
Bob Dylan meets his deadline
It's lucky Dylan doesn't work for the AP. He belatedly surfaces with his acceptance speech for his Nobel Prize for Literature, taped apparently in a studio, and actually just meeting the prize deadline.
Better late than never. It's about 20 minutes, just on audio, and engrossing, starting with his fascination with Buddy Holly and the other influences that shaped him as a kid in Minnesota. (The Guardian)
The morning babble
Fox & Friends went whole hog with "Face of the 'Resistance'" on the young NSA contractor accused of espionage by sending a classified report to The Intercept. And, of course, on fighting terrorism.
CNN's New Day went down that path briefly, then moving to the Comey interview (lucky us, New Day will begin an hour early, at 5 a.m. Eastern Thursday). CNN's Chris Cillizza juxtaposed the notion of an assault against the U.S. by a foreign government with what appears to be the defensive and self-centered Trump reaction that driven by his inference that anything about Russian meddling suggests he didn't win the election fairly.
MSNBC's Morning Joe was unfettered in its general Trump derision, with Joe Scarborough and ad executive Donny Deutsch serving as license-less shrinks by suggesting "Trump is beset by "a personality disorder," and adding "this is so unbalanced, he is not well."
It also should again send residuals to The New York Times as it relied heavily on a Peter Baker-Maggie Haberman story on Trump's chagrin with Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Assault on free speech
Jeffrey Herbst, chief executive of the Newseum and University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone combine in The Chronicle of Higher Education to deride recent movements on campuses to deny speaking platforms to the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos at Berkeley, Heather Mac Donald at Claremont McKenna and Charles Murray at Middlebury.
Ads decline on the right
Perhaps it's no shock, given the greater anger-driven anti-Trump viewership and readership inspired on the left, but those on the right are suffering ad declines. (Digiday)
Riding high not long ago, "Breitbart is facing traffic declines, advertiser blacklists, campaigns for marketers to steer clear and even a petition within Amazon for it to stop providing ad services."
"There were just 26 brands appearing on Breitbart in May, down from a high of 242 in March, according to MediaRadar, which tracks ads on websites. Many conservative sites, including Townhall, The Blaze and National Review, have also had declines, although those declines are much less pronounced than Breitbart, according to MediaRadar."
A sense of context
Historian Michael Beschloss sends out a copy of a D-Day 1944 Franklin Roosevelt note to Winston Churchill on "stupendous events" on this day in 1944. It probably dwarfs the Trump-Comey discussions. (@BeschlossDC)
Nice work in Axios
"Who's feeling the pressure with the Senate healthcare bill" takes the Senate's 52 Republicans and looks at how the uninsured rate changed in their state as a result of Obamacare.
Did they expand Medicaid? How many citizens of the state gained coverage? And when will those Senators face reelection? Simple and smart idea. (Axios)
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The skeleton is knit, the Ghost dog is crochet and from the movie A Nightmare before Christmas...it's Zero the Ghost dog.
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Archive for February 18, 2018
3 Beneficial Reasons to Purchase Food Packaging Equipment
It's imperative for companies to do everything possible to ensure that consumers remain safe. In fact, statistics show that each year nearly 48 million end up sick as the result of foodborne diseases. Considering that, it's important to consider how the right type of food packaging equipment can help ensure that your business doesn't have to worry about sick customers. With that in mind, here are three benefits of utilizing a food packaging machine for use with your company.
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Ethylene compounds, Carbonates, Indole, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Nucleophilic reactions, Nitroaromatic compounds, Ethylene carbonate, 19F NMR, Ethoxylation, Aromatic nitrogen nucleophiles, Reaction development
Although ethoxylation reactions are commonly used, currently used reagents are hazardous, toxic, and/or explosive. Ethylene carbonate has been put forth as an inexpensive, nontoxic, and "green" potential ethoxylation reagent. Herein we study a base-catalyzed ethyl alcohol transfer from ethylene carbonate to indole. The 19F NMR method was used to quantify the product formation yields. Ethylene carbonate is an effective ethoxylation reagent for indoles. An excess use of ethylene carbonate is needed for the reaction to complete in a reasonable amount of time. There are no significant differences between the use of catalytic amount of different bases/nucleophiles, thus catalytic amounts of Cs 2CO3 and DABCO are further explored. As time increases, more side product forms. When DABCO is used as the catalyst, DMSO is recommended as the solvent for the reaction. When Cs 2CO3 is used as the catalyst, DMF is recommended as the solvent for the reaction. To date, our best reaction condition allows us to collect 67% of desired product. More experiments are needed to explore the optimal reaction condition so that an effective base-catalyzed ethylene carbonate ethoxylation on indole nucleophile can be developed, and eventually a general base-catalyzed ethylene carbonate ethoxylation reaction can be applied on various aromatic nitrogen nucleophile substrates.
39 pages : illustrations (some color). Honors project, Smith College, 2016. Includes bibliographical references.
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June 13-- LOS ANGELES-There's no holding back for Billy Bob Thornton. When the Oscar-winning actor is in front of a camera or an audience, he gives everything emotionally, spiritually and artistically he has to the performance. Logic would suggest that might be dangerous in a TV series because of more and more times he must go deeply to the acting well. Whether it is a one-episode guest spot or a continuing production, Thornton treats them the same way.
"You don't want to waste something by holding back, because what if you don't get the chance to do the role again? Whatever is happening in the moment or if I have an idea, I will do it," Thornton says.
He didn't hold back in any episodes of the Amazon Prime series "Goliath"'s first season, and that earned him more chances to play every moment to the max as the second season of the streaming show will be available Friday. Thornton reprises his role as Billy McBride, who, after winning a huge verdict in the Borns Tech case, is pulled back into madness of the legal world when his friend's teenage son is arrested for a double homicide. What becomes clear is the murder case is just part of a criminal activity cornucopia.
Thornton has such a great passion for the character that earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama series, he was happy to get the chance to keep playing him. If the original plans for the show had gone as intended, Thornton would have never been part of the streaming series.
Lawrence Trilling, the "Goliath" executive producer who has directed numerous episodes, explains Kevin Costner was to play the role until be backed out. He knows Costner would have done a good job but is delighted that with Thornton they not only get his passionate approach to the role, but his unwavering determination to make sure every scene is as near perfect as possible.
The new season of "Goliath" also stars Mark Duplass ("Room 104") portraying a successful developer who wants to create a new skyline for Los Angeles. Duplass, who has a strong background in improvising and writing, praises Thornton's work ethic in a scene that doesn't show any life the way it's written.
"I will keep working on a scene until I beat the honesty into it," Thornton says. "Some days you just have scenes that are flat as a pancake and we have to do something about this. And, we always figure it out."
Getting "Goliath" just right meant a change of thinking for Thornton and those working on the series. He keeps reminding himself and everyone else this is not traditional television, where the work is rushed because 22 or more episodes have to be finished to give sponsors a place to put their commercials. Thornton jokes that on a show like "Goliath," you will never see him deliver a cliffhanger line of dialogue that leads to a commercial break.
He wants all the energy put into making the series as compelling, smart and entertaining as possible. The biggest difference Thornton sees between "Goliath" and some other series is everyone behind the streaming series goes to work knowing their audience is smart. That means they can't be lazy or take shortcuts in telling the story.
The second season of "Goliath" gets a boost because much of the groundwork is already in place. Thornton describes McBride as being as flawed and possessed by demons as he was the first year, despite having a few more dollars in his pocket. McBride's not the kind of guy you would necessarily want as a best friend, but he's the person you need when there's a tough legal battle to be fought.
Thornton pulls up short of describing McBride as an antihero.
"I guess that's a label that's been on a lot of characters over the years, and I've played a few of those. The thing that appealed to me was a guy whose sense of justice is not exactly what's legal. It's more what's fair, he believes," Thornton says. "But he's also got a bunch of flaws.
"Every human being has their flaws and he's not always right. And he also doesn't always do things on the up and up. He's kind of a guy who uses whatever means he has, which I guess any lawyer does."
Thornton got a small taste of playing a lawyer with a cameo appearance in the 2014 feature film "The Judge." While he was making movies like "Armageddon" and "Sling Blade," he always liked the idea of one day playing a lawyer because they have a lot of similarities to actors. Both rehearse and put on a show.
This is the second television series for Thornton in recent years. He's made guest appearances on TV shows-including "The Big Bang Theory" (a job he loved)-but before 2014's "Fargo," Thornton had not had a recurring role on a series since "Hearts Afire" in the mid-1990s.
Thornton's certain he would like to do another comedy project, but as long as "Goliath" remains such an important job for Thornton, he's happy to stick with doing heavy drama. And, more importantly, to always commit to making sure every moment of "Goliath" is the best he can make it.
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Moderator joins with faith leaders to condemn Westminster attack
Published on 23 March, 2017
Rt Rev Dr Russell Barr joined with representatives of ecumenical and interfaith groups and with Muslim faith leaders to condemn yesterday's deadly attack at Westminster Palace and to call for peace and healing. They issued the following statement:
As representatives and leaders of our various faith communities, we are united in our condemnation of Wednesday's terrorist attack in London.
Love of God and love of neighbour are the guiding principles of our faith traditions and we deplore all acts of violence.
Trusting in God's healing presence and power, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who has been bereaved, injured or left traumatised by this terrible incident
We urge everyone of whatever faith tradition or none to live peaceably with their neighbours and to actively uphold the values of compassion, love and respect.
Right Rev Dr Russell Barr, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Dr Naji Arfaj, Executive Director, Edinburgh Central Mosque
Hassan Rabbani, Annandale Mosque, Leith
Imam Sayed Razawi, Director General, Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society
Rabbi Moshe Rubin, Senior Rabbi in Scotland
Rev Matthew Ross, General Secretary of Action of Churches Together in Scotland
Iain Stewart, General Secretary, Edinburgh Interfaith Association
Maureen Sier, Secretary, Interfaith Scotland


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Coccidiosis Treatment Market Set to Garner Staggering Revenues by 2024
Coccidiosis is a parasitic disease, which is caused due to microscopic coccidian protozoa that mainly infect animal species. The coccidian infection is characterized by incursion of the intestinal wall of the animals that damages mucosal and sub-mucosal tissue of the intestine. This disease is prevalent in most of the animal species such as swine, cattle, poultry and companion animals while it is more prevalent in poultry. The coccidian infection can be prevented and treated with anti-coccidiosis drugs such as ionophore anticoccidials, antibiotic anticoccidials, and chemical derivative anticoccidials.
Increasing incidences of coccidian diseases among poultry and companion animals have resulted in loss of millions of dollars for the treatment of coccidiosis. This factor is the major driver that compels the growth of the Coccidiosis Treatment Market globally. Moreover, this market is also driven by several other factors such as rising global population and per capita consumption of meat, increasing adoption of intensive farming methods, and rising demand for meat proteins which has further increased meat production especially in developed countries. In addition, increasing government spending on poultry in several countries of the world would impose a positive impact on the growth of this market. However, growth of the market can be restrained by factors such as food safety concerns and increasing meat prices globally, which hinders the consumption of meat.
The coccidiosis treatment market can be segmented based on the type of drugs, infected animal species, and geography. On the basis of drugs utilized for the treatment of coccidiosis, global market can be segmented into ionophore drugs, antibiotic drugs, and chemical derivative drugs. Antibiotic drugs are expected to be the key product for coccidiosis treatment due to the increased demand and usage of antibiotics and rising awareness about the benefits associated with these drugs.
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Based on infected animal forms the global market can be segmented into swine, poultry, companion animals, fish, and cattle. Poultry segment is expected to be the major contributor towards global market revenues due to increased demand for meat and rising awareness about various treatment options of coccidiosis that would further result in increased production of meat.
Geographically, the coccidiosis treatment market can be segmented into five major regions such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa. Factors such as rising awareness about poultry and companion health in emerging economies, and increased investment opportunities in anti-coccidiosis pharmaceutical production would drive growth of this market in most of the regions of the world.
North America was observed to be the largest coccidiosis treatment market especially due to huge demand for meat food and associated products and rising number of poultry and companion animals in the region. The U.S. was the major contributor towards North America coccidiosis treatment market revenues in 2015. The U.S. is characterized by a myriad of big players having their presence in antimicrobial pharmaceutical production as well as meat production. Europe was observed to be the second largest market in coccidiosis treatment market owing to increased demand for ionophore anticoccidials and antibiotic anticoccidials from countries such as Germany, U.K., and France.
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However, in upcoming years Asia Pacific and Latin America are expected to increase their share in the global market with increased adoption of coccidiosis treatment drugs. In addition, the emerging countries such as India, Brazil, Mexico and China are expected to increase their market share at a rapid pace during the forecast period. Coccidiosis treatment market in Middle East and Africa is not well established; hence, it contributes a very small share towards the global market.
Some of the key players operating in this market include Bayer Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Ceva Santé Animale, Elanco (an Eli Lilly company), Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Jurox Pty Ltd., Merck Animal Health, Merial (a Sanofi company), Vétoquinol S.A., Virbac S.A., and Zoetis, Inc. among others.
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The subject of marriage – specifically what constitutes a legal marriage – has become an increasingly controversial issue in the United States. Much of the debate centers on the issue of same-sex marriage, as in California, where Proposition 8 (the "California Marriage Protection Act"), which amended the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage, was overturned this summer by a federal judge – although his decision was stayed pending further appeals. At the same time, talk show hosts foment about "anchor babies" being used by illegal immigrants, usually from Latin America, to gain a toehold in the United States. News stories tell of families being torn apart when an undocumented parent is deported, leaving behind a spouse and children who are citizens. And even though interracial marriage is at an all-time high in the United States, according to a recent report by the Pew Charitable Trust, the election of a biracial President whose parents' interracial marriage would at one time have been illegal reminds us that issues of race and marriage have a complicated history in this country.
It was the timeliness of these issues, all in some way related to marriage and intimate relationships between people, that led the Department of Feminist Studies to organize a year-long series of academic discussions and public forums around the subject of Marriage: Race, Sexuality, Citizenship – A Critical Issue in America.
"These questions are at the heart of what we teach in the Department of Feminist Studies," says Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and chair of the department. "Feminist studies is about the ways that gender, race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and other differences affect every aspect of society. The 'Critical Issues' series will help see what happens when private matters - marriage and intimate and family relationships – become part of public policy based on race, sexuality, and citizenship."
Each quarter of the academic year will focus on marriage as it relates to one of the three areas, beginning in fall 2010 with "marriage and race", followed in winter by "marriage and sexuality", and in spring by "marriage and citizenship".
The fall quarter's events began on October 4 with a keynote address entitled "Forsaking All Others: Race, Sex, and Marriage Politics" by Judith Stacey, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and Sociology at New York University. Professor Stacey set the tone for the year when she told the packed house that the ideal of marriage and the nuclear family of a husband, wife, and children excludes many members of society. Her research on different subcultures throughout the world, including gay men in Los Angeles, polygamy and same-sex marriage in post-apartheid South Africa, and the Mosuo people of southwestern China, demonstrated the normality of different family models and challenged the "one size fits all" model of family ideology that is dominant in the United States. So did the country's own history throughout which race had been a core issue in the politics of marriage.
The series will further explore issues of marriage and race with two more events this fall:
- On October 28, Tera Hunter, Professor of History and African-American Studies at Princeton University, will deliver the annual Hull Lecture on the topic of "God Made Marriage but the White Man Made the Law': Slavery and Marriage in the Nineteenth Century." Professor Hunter will discuss the dilemmas and entanglements produced for slave, free black, and ex-slave intimate relationships throughout the nineteenth century.
- On November 16, a panel discussion on "Race, Ethnicity and Marriage" will feature Valerie Matsumoto, Professor of Asian American Studies, UCLA; France Winddance Twine, Professor of Sociology, UCSB; Aída Hurtado, Luis Leal Professor and Chair of Chicana and Chicano Studies, UCSB; Arcelia Hurtado, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates; and Edwina Barvosa, Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, UCSB, who will be the moderator. The panel will address ways that different racial and ethnic identities affect marriage and family life, drawing from research on anti-miscegenation legal cases and Japanese Americans, interracial families in contemporary Britain, and Chicanas and marriage rights.
Details of the events for the winter and spring quarters are still being finalized, but the "marriage and sexuality" program will include a panel discussion on marriage equality activism and a conference on "Queer Perspectives on Marriage: Intimacy Beyond Marriage", to be organized by the UCSB New Sexualities Research Group. The spring quarter's focus on "marriage and citizenship" will include a panel discussion and a closing lecture by Linda K. Kerber, May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Lecturer in the College of Law at the University of Iowa, and past President of the American Historical Association. The final lecture will tie together various ways that marriage and citizenship have defined each other in the past—and present.
"The winter events will feature the diverse perspectives on marriage within the gay and lesbian community, including those working for the right of same-sex couples to marry and those who argue that the state should get out of the marriage business altogether," says Leila J. Rupp, Professor of Feminist Studies and Associate Dean of Social Sciences. "We hope the year-long series of events will spark interest in rethinking the role of marriage and intimate relationships in contemporary society."
In addition to the lectures and panel discussions, several Feminist Studies courses will address the series' theme during the year, including a graduate seminar taught by Professor Boris on "Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Social Politics, and Social Policy", an upper-division lecture course by Professor Rupp, "Sex, Love, and Romance, " and a freshman seminar, which will introduce the general themes to first-year students.
Critical issues in America is an annual program sponsored by the College of Letters and Science, in collaboration with an academic department or program, that allows a year-long discussion centered around a single topic of contemporary significance. Information about future events during 2010-11 may be found at www.femst.ucsb.edu.
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