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Written by Kim Krizan, Robert Steven Williams and Louise Staley
Art by Toby Cypress and Giorgio Pontrelli
This issue is a disappointment compared to the first three stories across the two earlier issues of the comic.
The first story, written by Krizan (who is a screenwriter) is an odd tale about the origins of rock and roll (I guess), which can be interpreted as culturally insensitive or misinformed, and it has to do with three youth who leave their "tribes" and end up forming a band. "Boy, do you like Big Noise?" is a good sample of the dialogue. I was waiting for a character to say something like "Me make-um heap big music." The art, by Cypruess, is as strange as his art usually is (and I mean that in a good way), especially with wide vertical bands altering the tone of many panels. The art should be enough to redeem this story for me, but somehow it doesn't.
The second story, written by Williams and Staley (Williams edits the CBGB website) is a music and weed-fueled time travel story that is cute, but came across as flawed. A professor of music (we assume) goes back in time to the night he broke up with his girlfriend and decides to stay for a concert instead, which somehow alters the timeline, although I don't understand how.
I like this series (more in theory than in practice this month), and hope that the last issue is going to be impressive. This type of project is crying out for a Vasilis Lolos story, although I think I'm going to be disappointed there...
Friday, September 17, 2010
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BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Thomas College golf team opened their season at the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at the Brunswick Golf Club. The Terriers registered a team score of 677 (+101) to come in 13th of 15 in the two-day tournament.
Kent Johnson (Carmel, Maine) was the low man for Thomas in his collegiate debut. After shooting an 86 on day one, Johnson bounced back to card a 74 on the second day for a tournament score of 160 (+16), good for a share of 20th place. Evan Parsons (Woolwich, Maine) was next for Thomas in 49th, shooting a +24 168. Caleb Roy (Lyman, Maine) and Zachary Gagne (Augusta, Maine) were the final two scorers for Thomas, shooting a 173 and 177, respectively. Isaac Salisbury (Freeport, Maine) also competed for Thomas, shooting 183 in the tournament.
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Sometimes I get asked how I come up with my ideas for blogging. Truly, it is life and what is going on around me.
Blogging has been great for giving me eyes to look at life and try to see the lessons and analogies that could be helpful.
So, two things I've been focused on in the past few weeks have collided inside my brain and you, lucky readers, lol, get to hear about it.
Emotional intelligence is something you know I'm passionate about if you have been following my blog. Lately though it is taking more center stage. I delivered an introductory session to the International Coach Federation San Antonio chapter lately. This week I'll be delivering training on being an emotionally effective leader. Next week I'll be certifying a couple of other coach colleagues in using the EQ-i 2.0 tool. (For more information, click here: Emotional Intelligence Training)
Fierce Self-Compassion event at The Cedars Ranch - Photo by Alyssa Duty
Meanwhile, in our personal lives we have been enjoying the company of an amazing young lab. Her name is Shine. She's 3 and is trained as a diabetic service dog. We are the ones that have to get trained - she is already.
Learning to work well with Shine has highlighted a couple of emotional intelligence categories for me.
First. For her to take us seriously we need to be firm and assertive with her when giving a command. Not angry. Not mean. Just the kind of voice intonation that implies we expect her to do what we say.
Shine knows when we are not assertive enough. She can play us like any 3-year-old! Part of our training is not to just keep saying her name and the command when she doesn't respond because then we are teaching her that we don't need to be listened to obeyed right away.
She is a diabetic service dog. Not cool if we undo the importance of her immediate response by our lack of assertiveness.
Someday I will figure out how to combine assertiveness training with dog obedience school!
We do teach others how to treat us! Assertiveness is being able to clearly articulate what we want/feel/think with clarity (not minimizing ourself or harming others).
The second emotional intelligence sub-scale that Shine has highlighted for me is Self-Regard.
Let me back up here and bring Dr. Kristin Neff in to the story. We had the honor of having her speak at our opening wellness event in April at our Ranch (The Cedars Ranch, Wimberley, TX).
We were learning about our inner critic and self-compassion. Instead of just teaching us how to quiet our inner critic she shared something profound.
Here is where our stories merge. When Shine has on her service dog cape she is "on duty". It is a signal to her and to others that she is not just a carefree dog but is working.
Those of us that grew up with some family stresses learned patterns to keep us 'safe'. I learned to be the 'good girl', to be sweet (I know, hard to believe, lol), invisible and not to ever be angry. My inner critic was given the job of keeping me safe and has been on duty for many years.
Dr. Neff suggested that those patterns that are now dysfunctional as adults were put there when we were younger as an attempt to support us. They can include pressure to suppress feelings, be less assertive and lower our self-regard. It is safer to take the blame than to confront an angry adult.
What if we thanked our inner critic for the service that he/she has offered and let him/her off duty?
In Shine language the cape would come off and the command would be "FREE".
If your inner critic was put off-duty what would change for you?
What can your dog teach you about emotional intelligence?
Until next time
Marilyn Orr, CEC, PCC is an executive and leadership coach with Capacity Building Coaching, and training partner on EQ-i 2.0 with MHS. She is also co-owner of new Texas Hill Country eco event center and wellness retreat, The Cedars Ranch.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. – On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union shot an object the size of a basketball into space. And the world was never the same again.
To celebrate the historic launch of the Sputnik satellite, the Trees & Hills comics group of Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts will publish a mini-comics anthology featuring cartoons inspired by the event that kicked off the space race.
The anthology book, the second one published by Trees & Hills this year, will be released in time for the 2007 Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland in early October. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 19th and anyone interested should soon contact the group co-founders, Colin Tedford and Dan Barlow.
We're also looking for someone to arrange an awesome cover image for the book, which would obviously be eye-catching and cosmic. There is a strong chance that the cover will be screen-printed this time too! Anyone interested in drawing the cover, please let us know.
The size of the mini-comic anthology will be 5.5 x 8.5 inches and it will be black and white. We are mostly looking for work that would appeal to people of all ages, so if there is a question about content or style in your cartoon, please just ask us first.
All contributors will receive one copy of the comic per page of their work we publish and can buy further copies at cost. It will be for sale at conventions, on-line and at various retail outlets in the three states.
Also, please do not send original art! High-quality scans of the cartoons can be e-mailed to either Dan Barlow at barlowdaniel at gmail dot com or Colin Tedford at colintedford at gmail dot com. Snail mail photocopies can be sent to Colin Tedford, PO Box 645, Winchester, NH 03470 or Dan Barlow, 182 Main Street #2, Montpelier, VT 05602.
The Trees & Hills comics group formed at a 24-Hour Comic challenge in Brattleboro, Vt. nearly two years ago. Since then, the group has published two anthologies featuring new work by regional creators such as Stephen R. Bissette, Cat Garza, Marek Bennett and Colleen Frakes.
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US Navy Radar Jamming Contract for KOR Electronics
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LA Port Executive Ruiz Named to Federal Panel
Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness to Recommend Ways to Increase U.S. Exports; First Meeting is Friday. Port of Los Angeles Deputy Executive Director for External Affairs Cynthia Ruiz has been named to the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness by Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank. The Committee, comprised of 40 senior-level representatives of multiple industries and supply chain experts, will advise the Secretary, the U.S.
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Refugees ill from mushrooms
A warning went out in various refugee centers not to pick and eat mushrooms. This week, at least seven refugees were hospitalized after eating mushrooms.Two residents of a Dronten refugee center were taken to the hospital with symptoms of poisoning. A woman who was visiting the couple also had to be admitted.
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Earlier this week in Groningen, a family with two children reported to the hospital after eating mushrooms. One of the children is now awaiting a liver transplant. A spokesperson for the Central Agency of the Care for Refugees (COA) could not say anything about the health of the other applicants.
The refugees may have eaten the green Amanita phalloides, one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the Netherlands. Consumption can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In a later stage also the liver and the kidneys are affected.
Research should determine whether it is indeed the Amanita phalloides. The fungus grows mainly along roadsides and in deciduous forests, and looks like an eatable mushroom when it's young.


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New Classes!
Posted by Claire on 7th Nov 2018
Well, some new classes are up on the website! As samples are photographed, more will be added, throughout the year. Online booking will make it easier for us to keep a tally of numbers coming and payments made.
We'll also put our usual sign in the shop window & keep flyers in the shop, for you to plan for a later date!
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Crocheting is a technique that uses a crochet hook and yarn to create fabric from a series of interlocking loops. From granny –square blankets to fine lace, crocheted projects can take on various looks and levels of difficulty.
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The history of crochet hooks started with people fashioning their own, usually of wood, bone or metal. In Ireland, exquisite Irish laces were worked with hooks made from stiff wire inserted into a piece of wood or cork. The end of the wire was filed down and a hook turned at the end. Poor farmers often carved wooden hooks for their wives out of whatever was readily available.
Looking back through the history of crochet hooks, it's amazing that these early crafters could turn out such lovely pieces of needlework with the crude hooks with which they had to work.
As crochet grew in popularity and technology flourished, stitchers enjoyed a renaissance in the production of hooks. Crocheters in the upper classes could take their pick of beautiful hooks hand-carved from wood, bone or ivory, or made of mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, abalone, horn, agate or sterling silver, and sometimes inlaid with gemstones.
Moving to the early 1920s in the history of crochet hooks, sets of interchangeable hooks became popular. Each set consisted of a single handle, perhaps of bone or amber, with an assortment of short steel hooks generally ranging in sizes from 1 to 14. The crocheter simply selected the size hook she needed for her project and screwed it into the tip of the handle.
In America, the Boye Needle Co. produced the first complete line of American-made steel crochet hooks in 1917. Each hook sold for a nickel. Aluminum hooks appeared in 1923, and hooks for hairpin crochet were introduced in 1935.
World War II forced the government to order the cessation of nickel plating for crochet hooks in 1942, and Boye began a special black plating process known as "hoto" black process, or hot oxide black process, in order to prevent corrosion of the hooks. Nickel plating was not reinstated until the latter part of May 1945.
The history of crochet hooks has progressed to a time when we enjoy the convenience and availability of crochet hooks in an almost limitless variety of eye catching styles and colors. From exotic woods and sparkling glass, to dazzling beaded and hand painted creations, we can revel in the pleasure of using beautiful, finely crafted crochet hooks that look as good as they work!
The Anatomy of a Crochet Hook
The most common and simple crochet hook has just one hook. The basic maneuver for all stitches involves slipping the tip through a previous stitch and using the hook to pull the yarn through to create a new loop. A double-ended hook (also called double-pointed and abbreviated DP) features a head at each end. If your double-ended hook has different-sized ends, it's like having two hooks for the price of one and you can use either end for a project.
A doubled-ended hook with same sized ends is handy when working a pattern back and forth across a row because it allows you to flip the work and crochet in the other direction. It is most commonly used when working with two yarns and produces a surface that is reversible.
This double-sided technique isn't technically Tunisian crochet, but it's very similar. This interesting technique sometimes goes by the following names: cro-knit, cro-hook, crochet on the double, and crochetnit.
Tunisian Hooks
Tunisian crochet should be done on a very long crochet hook as the technique requires you to hold several stitches on the hook at once, just as in knitting. However, using a crochet hook with a cable is easier as it holds many more stitches. If working a wide project, such as an afghan, you'll definitely need a cable/hook combination.
Tunisian hooks are a nice addition to your stash as they are used for a fun spin on traditional crochet.
Others Classification involves the type of yarn used for the project.
Yarn Crochet Hooks
Aluminum is a durable, lightweight material that's ideal for larger crochet hooks meant to be used with yarn. Plus, it often comes in fun colors.
Bamboo is a strong, renewable resource that can be highly polished to create smooth crochet hooks. The natural material feels warm to the touch. If opting for this material, be sure to choose high-quality hooks that are professionally polished, sturdy, and resistant to wear. Top-quality bamboo hooks can last a lifetime.
Steel Crochet Hooks
Thin crochet hooks with a very small head are made of steel for strength. These small hooks are designed to be used with thread in bead crochet, lace, and other fine projects. Here they are classified separately from yarn hooks because they follow a different sizing chart.
Other materials, including plastic, abalone, acrylic, and wood, can be used to make crochet hooks. Play around with hooks of all materials to find your preference.
Length – Hooks with long handles can be easier to hold, especially if you plan to crochet for hours on end or if you suffer from arthritis or a similar condition.
Gauge – This indicates the number of stitches per inch. The following factors all determine your project's gauge: hook size, yarn size, and your personal stitching tension.
Yarn vs. steel hook sizing.
For hooks designed to be used with yarn, follow this rule: The smaller the hook number, the smaller the size. For steel crochet hooks used with thread: The larger the hook number, the smaller the size. Note that many yarn crochet hooks are also sized with a letter and that their U.S. number is equivalent to U.S. knitting needle sizes. The metric sizes refer to the hook's diameter.
Holding the Crochet Hook
There are different ways of holding the crochet hook. You will need to experiment and find the way that feels the most comfortable for you.
- Knife grip, with the hook under the palm of the hand, resembling a knife held when held overhand.
- Pencil grip, with the hook going over the crotch of the thumb, resembling a pencil.
These grips are functionally equivalent and selected as a matter of personal preference.
Few Tips while buying crochet hooks
Over time you will develop a personal preference for the size of hook, throat steepness and length, handle length, and grip type. However, regardless of these preferences, be sure to always choose a high quality hook with an expertly polished, abrasion-resistant finish in order to protect your yarn and to make crocheting a fun and fluid process.
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Facts of Crochet Hook
- For each crochet material there is a range of hook sizes.
- The smallest of the hook will produce the tightest stitch; the largest will produce the loosest.
- You cannot hook a small head over fat material.
- Inconsistency between crochet hook sizes in different countries is very common.
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Mt Isa History: The Grace Street Bridge
It was the day that would no longer give workers an excuse for being stranded on the Town Side, a day of celebration for the multitude and for a few, light commiseration, as everyone celebrated the opening of Grace Street Bridge.
The day was Thursday, July 27, 1967; herald as a new era in the corridor of movement between the Flinders and Barkly Highways.
And commiserations for the many who had used the excuse of being stranded on the other side of the flooded river, for not going to work.
Only hours before the new bridge was to be opened, police received word that one, Mr Jack Logan, had planned on staging his own 'De Groot incident'.
This was in reference to when Captain Francis De Groot, on horseback, slashed the ribbon with his sword – beating the NSW Premier to the task of being the first to cut the ribbon and declare Sydney Harbour Bridge 'Opened' in 1932.
Not wanting a re-enactment, local police intercepted Mr Logan as he walked along Camooweal Street on his way to the bridge opening ceremony.
Mr Logan, dressed in his splendid khaki army overcoat and medals, pleaded his innocence saying, "I don't own a horse!"
After a lengthy speech the Queensland Minister for Mines and Main Roads, Mr Camm, calmly cut the ceremonial ribbon and declared Grace Street Bridge – Open for Traffic!
Such a bridge had been mooted for several decades and one of its early proponents was Mr Scotty Patterson who had arrived in Mount Isa, from Scotland, during the 'wet' of 1934.
From 1934 to 1945 he was on the MIM payroll before he ventured out on his own as a brick and concrete contractor.
It was during those self-employment years that he understood the economic necessity for a second bridge built on high ground so as not to be underwater when the Leichhardt River was in flood.
Many people have laid claims to having instigated the position of the bridge, but research shows that it was Mr Patterson who not only drew a map of the proposed entries for the bridge (both sides) but more importantly presented his drawings as early as 1948 to Cloncurry Shire Council.
Sixteen years later, citizens were advised not to be concerned with the influx of men carrying notebooks, they were not an army of traffic policemen but rather they were on a recognisance trip to ascertain traffic flow through the town.
The Deputy Commissioner of Main Roads, Mr H Lowe said although he was satisfied with the planned site of the bridge, he would have preferred to have seen the old (Isa Street Bridge) and the new bridge farther apart.
Reference was given to the alternative street entries, Mary and Alma, but neither was deemed suitable by Council.
Finally, to the satisfaction of the Department of Mines and Main Roads and Mount Isa Shire Council, it was agreed that the eastern entrance of the new bridge would be from Grace Street near the town Fire Station.
And contrary to popular myth the Fire Station was not built in the wrong location (and neither was the Concordia Club) which the myth believers say is the reason for a slight curve in Grace Street in its run up to the bridge.
At the opening, Cr. McCoy, Chairman of Mount Isa Shire Council said, "Instead of all traffic meeting at Isa, West and Miles Streets it will diversify traffic and thus be beneficial to road safety".
He acknowledged while Isa Street Bridge had served the community well for thirty-five years, it was fortunate there had never been a life threatening emergency when the bridge was impassable.
Mr Alex Inch, Member for Burke, (now the seat of Mount Isa) said, "I know this bridge will serve the people of Mount Isa well."
But it was to the patriarch of the Katter political dynasty, Bob Katter Snr, Member for Kennedy (now held by his son, Bob Katter), to bring laughter to the official proceedings.
"The last time I opened a bridge in Mount Isa was in Death Adder Gully".
"That bridge was opened in the shade with a dozen bottles of beer – we didn't have stubbies then".
He said the celebrations this time around added a joyous occasion to the official proceedings, and he made a special mention of the attendance of the Silver Band which could always be relied upon to put a tuneful note at any event.
This new bridge was unique for its time with a three lane carriage way and a footway.
Measuring 600 foot long (183m) by 35 foot wide (10.6m), with 11 spans of 60 foot each (18.3m), the three lane bridge was built using pre-stressed concrete.
Mount Isa Shire Council lobbied for the extra traffic lane as the volume of in-coming traffic at peak times, coincided with the end of mine shifts, far outweighed the opposing traffic.
After heated deliberations it was agreed to go ahead with the additions to the original bridge plans, with the Council agreeing to pay 23 per cent of the total cost of the extra traffic lane and full costs for the footway.
Only two tenders were received for the construction of the bridge, Thiess Bros and K.D. Morris & Sons.
And with only $1,500 difference in the tender quotes and spirited discussions both companies were awarded the contract.
After forty-two years of servicing the community under the name of Grace Street Bridge, it was finally given a name of its own – Sir James Foots Bridge - in 2009.
Marking the 150th anniversary of the State of Queensland, the Government officially named the bridge in honour of Sir James Foots, who headed Mount Isa Mines (MIM) for more than three decades from 1955, becoming chairman and chief executive when MIM Holdings was formed in 1970.
And it is only fitting that as Sir James Foots acted as a communication-bridge between Mount Isa Mines and the Unions during the 1964-65 Shut Out and with his bridge-building skills within the community he should have such a construction named in his honour – Sir James Foots Bridge.
Researched and written by Kim-Maree Burton.
Photographs supplied by North Queensland History Collection.
Information sourced from the archives of the Cloncurry Advocate, Mt Isa News, Mount Isa Mail, MIM publications, Queensland Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the North West Star.


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FORT BEND ISD (December 3, 2018) – Each year, the students and staff at Garcia Middle School collect food for the Dr. Tony Hoyt Memorial Food Drive. The food drive was created in honor of Dr. Tony Hoyt, one of the founders of the Male Mentor Club who passed away a few years ago. The drive was a project he spearheaded.
Every year the school sets a donation goal. This year's goal was 6,500 pounds, which they initially thought was steep, but the GMS Gators proved themselves. By the end of November, the Gators had collected 7,114 pounds, and they are still collecting goods throughout the month of December.
The GMS school community is showing what it truly means to be servant leaders and compassionate citizens. Way to go, Gators!


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The Friends of MacKenzie [exit DNR] and volunteers generously donate thousands of hours of their time throughout the year to benefit the MacKenzie Center.
Friends of MacKenzie
The Friends of MacKenzie [exit DNR] raise funds to support education activities, help with the Maple Education Program and other annual events, teach classes, assist educators and perform maintenance throughout the facility. To get involved with the Friends, check out their membership form or contact the President of the Friends of MacKenzie.
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- developing educational materials and conducting programs and activities;
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Volunteers are needed to help lead school groups in our annual Maple Syrup Education Program. MacKenzie serves over 1,200 fourth grade students during the month of March. Training and lesson plans are provided. Responsibilities include leading a group of 10-15 students and teaching tree identification, how to tap a tree, Native American and pioneer history and more. Training occurs in February and the program is held Tuesdays through Thursdays during March. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or 608.635.8112 to sign up.
Volunteers are also needed to help staff and run the Maple Syrup Festival annually on the first Saturday in April; a celebration concluding our month long maple syrup education program. Volunteers are needed to assist with maple tours, horse-drawn wagon rides, sell concessions, syrup sales, pancake breakfast, traffic control and more.
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The MacKenzie Center is often in need of volunteers for daily maintenance, trail work, and educational programs. We also have internships available throughout the year. If you are interested in volunteering at the property, please contact the MacKenzie Center office at 608.635.8105 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Table of ContentsDefinition / general | Diagrams / tables | Clinical images
Cite this page: Jain D. Annular pancreas. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/pancreasannular.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Incidence 1 per 12,000 - 15,000 live births
- Head of pancreas circles duodenum as a collar and may constrict lumen
- Due to failure of ventral bud to rotate properly
- Associated with Down syndrome, esophageal atresia, imperforate anus, congenital heart disease, malrotation of the midgut
- Pancreatic duct is anterior, courses to the right over the duodenum, then posterior and to left behind duodenum, then near common duct
- Complications include pancreatitis, duct obstruction, peptic ulcer
- Has large number of PP cells (of ventral bud origin) in irregular shaped islets
- Portal annular pancreas is rare variant (JOP 2010;11:453)


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By Dante Saunders
Although I salute the opposition United Party for National Development for deciding to take party in the forthcoming parliamentary by-election in Lukulu West and Kapirimposhi, I doubt whether or not the elections will be free and fair. I hold this position because the Electoral Commission of Zambia has not provided a level playing field for political parties. It appears to me, the commission is biased towards the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).
For example, while we appreciate the electoral guidelines on how to go about the election campaigns, the commission is not readily available to enforce the laws. The people have witnessed how the ruling party go on rampage violating electoral code of conduct by way of making promises to electorates in places where elections will take place. Not long ago, the president threatened the people of Mufumbwe that his government will withhold development in the area if they refuse to vote for his candidate. For fear of losing development, the people of Mufumbwe ended up voting against their will.
In Mpongwe and Livingstone constituencies, all the campaigns characterized promises of things to electorates, violence, threats and vote buying. The commission witnessed these activities but did not to remedy the situation. As our laws stand, the perpetrators of these electoral vices deserve disqualification. Violence, voter inducement and vote buying are all serious electoral offence where if the commission was serious, parties responsible of these offices could be excluded from taking part in the elections.
I am particularly concerned with vote buying that characterized the just ended by-elections. We are aware that candidates the ruling PF fielded in all constituencies were not people's choice. However, when elections came they all won with the same margin, which is two thousand. The figure which left many stakeholders to rise questions especially when one considers that the ruling PF is always winning the by elections by the same margin, despite the fact that, we are all aware that PF's popularity has dropped to all time law to less than 20% of the total votes they received in the last elections. Now, PF has lost popularity on the ground while the opposition UPND is steadily gaining the support from the people fed up with the behavior of PF leadership.
In my opinion, this is the carrot, which the PF government is dangling in front of opposition Members of Parliament informing them to join the PF and assure them of victory and deputy ministerial positions. It is hard to imagine otherwise why opposition MPs has lost the principle of integrity. Whichever way, my advice to the opposition and their supporter is that let them put people of integrity in parliament. Our national assembly today needs people who will not abandon their
We need to make it clear that the current Members in PF government are enjoying the developments which were initiated but not completed by the former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy. For instance, the current construction of Chawama Magistrate Court, Construction of Police stations at Chawama, the road works which a being completed in our townships and many more to numerous to mention.
We need to make it clear that the current Members in PF government are enjoying the developments which were initiated but not completed by the former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy. For instance, the current construction of Chawama Magistrate Court, Construction of Police stations at Chawama, the road works which a being completed in our townships and many more too numerous to mention..
We need to put to an end this myth of saying, only MPs from the ruling party can bring development. It is not true that only MPs from ruling parties can inspire development in the country as alleged by Patriotic Front government in the recent past. For instance, Gabriel Namulambe in Mpongwe, Masebo Silvia in Chongwe, and many more have been ministers in the previous government and inspired no development in the areas they are now. PF have now now been in government for last two years now, what development has its MP taken to their constituencies? Could this be a reason why the PF government opts to appoint ministers outside the party because it has no faith it MPs? Alternatively, could this be a justification of not having credible MPs the PF could use to my serve the people of Zambia?
My understanding of such behaviour of appointing opposition is that the PF government does of have confident in its own MPs. Perhaps that is why president Sata is recruiting MPs from the whom he think will become loyal to him will be able to manipulate. My advice to him is that let him watch out, his party is being hijacked by political charlatans. I know of so many charlatans present in the ruling PF. They misled late Chiluba, Mwanawasa and Rupiah Banda. After achieving their objectives, they abandoned them. Now they are driving Sata like a trolly. President will only come to know how dangerous these charlatans are after he will be left alone on the cold. President Banda is a living testimony to what am talking about.
I also want to challenge the electoral commission of Zambia to disclose the number of voters in this exercise of continuous voter registration, which was recently halted at agriculture show grounds in Lusaka. Giving out the number of registered voter will make people appreciate the role the commission is making regarding voter registration.
Further, knowing the number of registered voters will make people to stop wondering as to why the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) is winning all the by-elections by the same margin of two thousand. People particular in the opposition have been bothered by the two thousand-voter margin, which the PF have been winning since the Mufumbwe by-elections. We are waiting for outcome of the draft constitution which hope will deal with the issue on MPs crossing the floor. Our expectation is that the national constitution conference will put an end to the issue of by-elections. We also demand to know from the ECZ whether voters that died have been removed from the voter register.
The author Dante Saunders is a Political Activist


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The Five Spot: Scott Cleland
By B&C Staff
Bonus Five
Shows on your DVR?Blue Bloods,Nashville and World of Dance
All-time top TV show? I have two of them, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Downton Abbey
Favorite type of music: I love country music, especially country ballads.
Best recent meal: My Father's Day feast of pot roast and biscuits my wife makes.
Vacation destination on your bucket list? New Zealand
His voice has not necessarily been crying in the wilderness, but Scott Cleland has been a leading and loud critic of powerful edge providers unrestrained by regulatory guard rails, members of the FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) club — especially Google, which he has long argued is the 40-foot python in the virtuous internet garden.
That view of the edge has gained currency in Washington policy circles with the revelations about Facebook and its profligate sharing of user information, the misuse of social media platforms by foreign actors, and the European Union's recent record fine against Google.
When he is not writing lengthy think — and action — pieces about edge providers, which he said have gotten a "cheater's charter," Cleland is president of consulting firm Precursor LLC. He was deputy U.S. coordinator for communications and information policy in the George H. W. Bush Administration, and is also chairman of NetCompetition, an e-forum promoting Internet competition and choice and backed by broadband providers. He spoke with B&C senior content producer, Washington, John Eggerton.
You have long extolled the non-virtues of powerful edge providers and the need for government attention. That seems to be happening. Are you ready to declare victory?
Oh, not even close to victory. Essentially, people have woken up to an extremely serious problem long-term. There has been a ton of attention paid to it, but precious little forward movement towards addressing it legally or solving it with a remedy in the U.S.
You have particular concerns about Google. Is that because they are the 800-pound canary — or should that be python — in the mineshaft?
Google is in a league by itself in that it really doesn't care about the rules or the law and it has an enormous legal team to deal with its serial law-breaking. It is a company that says one thing and does another. It collects mind-boggling amounts of information on everyone or everything. The last thing in the world you want to have concentrated in one hand is the power over information.
You know the old adage: If you toss a frog into warm water it will fall asleep, if you throw it in boiling water it will jump out. The world has no idea it is being boiled. If you are in politics, or government, or businesses or anything with power, Google is already the only entity that has collected the world's information and they eventually control access to it.
Should the government regulate ISPs less or edge providers more?
Clearly Google has cornered the market on search syndication. There is a slam-dunk antitrust case on Android search, very close to the successful case against Microsoft.
More broadly, the biggest unaddressed problem is that we have an industrial policy that exempts internet platforms from regulation, federal and state, and immunizes from liability (under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, edge providers have immunity from criminal liability).
Imagine a sports league where one team didn't have to follow any of the rules. That team could injure their opponents and their fans. That team could also be the referee and own the stadium. Which team wins the league championship every year in perpetuity? The internet platforms have been given a cheater's charter.
Any chance for bipartisan network neutrality legislation?
There should be. Hope springs eternal. A deal is there on a silver platter for those who want to permanently address the issue in law.
What should I have asked you, but didn't?
One thing I wanted to add is that the edge companies that started out as internet companies, rather than the core, which is essentially the regulated FCC industries, can do exactly the same thing as the regulated companies. The technology and adoption has fully converged, but the law under Section 230 and legacy are completely divergent. It is a government industrial policy that is choosing FCC-regulated companies to die over time for the benefit of internet companies, a policy that is years past any aspect of being worthy. It is an upside-down problem.
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Mel learned hair styling in Hollywood, but moved to Carmel 27 years ago for the ocean and the art. A few gems from Mel's extensive art collection are on view in his salon.
Mel specializes in the fine art of hair color and in finding a style that is chic but carefree. You can find Mel's studio right next to Diggity Dog in the small alleyway on the West side of Mission street. Free parking.
Call 624-0920 for an appointment.


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LOS ANGELES - Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as the growth of Internet video reshapes the entertainment landscape.
The decision was driven largely by Comcast Corp.'s belief it would end up paying substantially more for General Electric Co.'s remaining 49 percent stake if it had waited until 2018, as had been envisioned in 2011 when the nation's largest cable TV provider acquired majority control of NBCUniversal.
"We didn't have to do this now. We chose to do it," Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said in a Wednesday interview on CNBC. "We're bullish on the businesses we're buying."
Shares of both Comcast and GE increased Wednesday following the late Tuesday announcement.
The flagship NBC network, once seen as the deal's albatross, has been on the turnaround. Broadcast TV revenue rose 5 percent last year, even after excluding the Super Bowl and the Olympics. Theme parks, the Universal Pictures movie studio and pay TV networks such as USA and SyFy have grown, too.
As the advertising market has rebounded with the economy, so have the fortunes of NBCUniversal and other media companies such as CBS Corp. and ABC owner The Walt Disney Co. That made the latest transaction seem like a savvy one at a relatively modest price.


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The net effect of this is that the elite are the ones who set policy instead of focusing on what is best for the whole. In the United States both parties are beholden to special interest benefactors who then demand to have their say. The recent healthcare bill failure was one such example but there are many others.
The post World War II boom was an anomaly in that mass immigration from Europe accompanied by the need to rebuild that ravaged continent allowed America to build a prosperous middle class. The post war baby boom then became the generation who profited from their parents's ability to see them through advanced education to construct the nation's ruling political class.
Today most wealth is not amassed through toil and hard work. Yes there are exceptions such as technology purveyors Bill Gates or Steve Jobs but it is actually about being born into the right family. In that sense the American dream ideology that everyone can prosper equally has vanished into thin air.
As a prime example, Donald Trump was born into money and without it he wouldn't have gotten far. Even then he is an abject failure at most things he attempts and, coupled with lack of intellectual capacity or curiosity, he is barely able to string coherent sentences together.
The problem is that income disparity at such extreme levels will invariably see nations implode from within as the basic needs of the majority are not met to make way for the aspirations of the top echelon. To not see this amounts to complete stupidity or complete lack of empathy for it is obvious that the health of a country is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. Power corrupts absolutely and unless this imbalance is addressed the United States and any other democracies who have hitched their wagon to the Neo-Liberal philosophy that open border markets are enough, are in for a very hard lesson. What was forgotten when global markets were opened is that lack of safeguards only guarantees that greed will be the primary motivator at the expense of health inside national borders.
The discontent with this model is what allowed an opportunistic moron like Trump to gain power and even if this set back is only temporary, the underlying problem must be addressed or face dire consequences.
It is no secret why the happiest nations are socialist democracies for the disparity is not as extreme and many of the basic needs of its populace are met. Let us hope that at least they stay sufficiently healthy.


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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth announced
Nick Diamon, | News
Firaxis and 2K Games have announced the next installment of their Civilization strategy games. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth was revealed at PAX East. The game will build on the framework of Civilization, but the time frame is the far future. According to the teaser video, humanity seeks to build a new home on other planets. PC Gamer interviewed lead designers Will Miller and David McDonough to talk about the obvious influences.
David McDonough: I grew up on the Civ games. Like you, I played Alpha Centauri until my eyes bled. When we very first got the option to make the game, to us it was making a game about the idea of Alpha Centauri, the idea of the future of humanity. That as expressed by a Civ game, we sort of figured out. Part of that was inspired by Alpha Centauri, part of it was inspired by the Civ legacy, and part of it just invented. Civ is about the history of mankind, it travels ground that everybody knows already. This game is about the future, which nobody knows, so we get to make it up. That's where I started.
Will Miller: Yeah, the influence of Alpha Centauri will be apparent, but it's in winks and nods – it's an homage to that game – this game really is meant to be our version of the place that game sat when it came out. It's our version of this idea of mankind in space, and we started with that perspective of the fiction and the narrative, and also of Civ V. Civ V has enjoyed a huge success. There are lots of parts of that game that people really like, and we're building on the Civ V technology, so we took a lot of influences from that as well. If you're a Civ V player, you'll feel right at home.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is scheduled to launch in the Fall of this year. Since the game will support modding, work on the Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang mod has probably already begun.


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Introducing My Second R Package, {bfsdata}
The {bfsdata} package makes the data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (or BFS for "Bundesamt für Statistik") easily accessible to R users. It lets you search, download and read BFS datasets directly from the R console.
How to use {bfsdata}
The {bfsdata} package consists of three functions:
bfs_search(word, word2, langage)
bfs_download(row, name)
Imagine you want to make an exploratory analysis about students in Swiss universities. You could search if a dataset title of the BFS database contains the word "student" by using the
bfs_search function.
bfs_search("student", langage = "en")
# or alternatively: bfs_search("student", "", "en")
## [1] University students by year, ISCED fields, gender and level of studies
## [2] University students by year, ISCED fields, nationality and level of studies
## [3] University of applied sciences and teacher education students by year, ISCED fields, gender and level of studies
## [4] University of applied sciences and teacher education students by year, ISCED fields, nationality and level of studies
You found that four English dataset titles contain the word "student".
Note that it could also have been done on the BFS online database with the same result, as shown in this screenshot:
When using
bfs_search, you will have in your Global Environment a CSV file called
bfsMetadata. It is the Excel file from the BFS website, accessible through the "list of the cubes" link, read with the {readxl} package. You will also get a CSV dataset which contains the result of your search, named
Let's have a look at it.
## Classes 'tbl_df', 'tbl' and 'data.frame': 4 obs. of 5 variables:
## $ Title : chr "University students by year, ISCED fields, gender and level of studies" "University students by year, ISCED fields, nationality and level of studies" "University of applied sciences and teacher education students by year, ISCED fields, gender and level of studies" "University of applied sciences and teacher education students by year, ISCED fields, nationality and level of studies"
## $ Timespan : chr "1980-2016" "1990-2016" "1997-2016" "1997-2016"
## $ Last Update : chr "30.03.2017" "30.03.2017" "30.03.2017" "30.03.2017"
## $ Link : chr "px-x-1502040100_131" "px-x-1502040100_132" "px-x-1502040400_161" "px-x-1502040400_162"
## $ Languages available: chr "de, fr, it, en" "de, fr, it, en" "de, fr, it, en" "de, fr, it, en"
The first dataset of our search seems interesting. We can download it (by typing
row = 1, for the first result of the
bfs_search function) and give it an optional name (the dataset is named "bfsData" by default) with the
bfs_download function:
bfs_download(row = 1, name = "bfsData_student")
# or alternatively: bfs_download(1)
bfs_download function downloads the BFS dataset, stored online in a PX format, and reads it in your R session with the {pxR} package. It also saves the dataset in both CSV and PX formats in the inst/extdata directory of the package.
Okay, let's have a glimpse of it.
## Observations: 15,540
## Variables: 5
## $ Studienstufe <fctr> First university degree or diploma, Bachelor, Ma...
## $ Geschlecht <fctr> Male, Male, Male, Male, Male, Female, Female, Fe...
## $ ISCED.Field <fctr> Education science, Education science, Education ...
## $ Jahr <fctr> 1980, 1980, 1980, 1980, 1980, 1980, 1980, 1980, ...
## $ value <dbl> 545, 0, 0, 93, 13, 946, 0, 0, 70, 52, 1380, 0, 0,...
Looks promising! We could use it to explore the relations between gender and academic fields, i.e. the
ISCED.Field variable.
head(levels(bfsData_student$ISCED.Field)) # of 41 ISCED fields
## [1] "Education science"
## [2] "Teacher training without subject specialisation"
## [3] "Teacher training with subject specialisation"
## [4] "Fine arts"
## [5] "Music and performing arts"
## [6] "Religion and theology"
Note that you can have access to the metadata of your BFS dataset by reading directly the PX file in R, also saved in your Global Environnement while using the
bfs_download function. Here are three examples of metadata taken from the
bfsData_student_px object.
## $value
## [1] "University students by Year, ISCED Field, Gender and Level of study"
## $value
## [1] "Section Educational Processes, e-mail [email protected]"
## $value
## [1] "FSO - STAT-TAB / Federal Statistical Office, 2010 Neuchâtel / Switzerland / © Federal Statistical Office"
We can now make a function that plots the number of students each year since 1980, by gender and by ISCED field.
bfs_plot <- function(academicField) {
# Make Jahr (year in German) a Date object
bfsData_student$Jahr <- as.Date(paste0(bfsData_student$Jahr, "-01-01"))
df <- bfsData_student %>%
filter(ISCED.Field == academicField) %>%
mutate(year = lubridate::ymd(Jahr))
ggplot(data = df, aes(x = year, y = value, colour = Geschlecht, linetype = Studienstufe)) +
geom_line() +
scale_x_date(breaks = date_breaks("4 years"),
labels = date_format("%Y"),
# Hadley: https://github.com/tidyverse/ggplot2/issues/1090
limits = c(df$year[[2]], NA)) +
scale_color_discrete(name = "Gender") +
scale_linetype_discrete(name = "Level of studies") +
labs(x = "", y = "Number of student",
title = "Student Gender Gap in Swiss Universities",
subtitle = paste0("Number of student in ", academicField, ", by gender and level of studies"),
caption = "Author: Félix Luginbühl (@lgnbhl); Data source: BFS") +
theme_light() +
theme(plot.title = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold"),
plot.caption = element_text(size = 9, color = "darkgrey"))
Okay, let's try this
bfs_plot function with some academic fields.
bfs_plot("Management and administration")
bfs_plot("Sociology and cultural studies")
bfs_plot("Political sciences and civics")
# etc.
In 1999, Switzerland adhered to the "Bologna Process", which harmonized European academic qualifications in three levels: Bachelor, Master and Doctorate. In the graphics, we can see its progressive implementation by Swiss universities.
The graphics show that student gender gaps in Switzerland seem to be holding in some academic fields, while changing in others. I was surprised to discover a certain "equality" in the distribution of the number of male and female students in the field of Political sciences and civics since 1980, although female students became a majority in the new system of Bologna. Well, we will not dig further into this analysis. The objective of this article is simply to introduce the {bfsdata} package.
We got only four datasets related to the occurrence "student" in the English BFS metadata file. Obviously, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office has much more data in German and French. As explained before, the package creates a dataset in the Global Environment called
bfsMetadataSubset for each search. Be warned that
bfsMetadataSubset is rewritten every time
bfs_search is called.
Let's have a look at dataset titles related to students in German and French.
bfs_search("studierende") # German is the default langage
## [1] 33 5
bfs_search("etudiant", langage = "fr")
## [1] 29 5
In German, we have 33 dataset titles related to the word "studierende". We found 29 datasets in the French metadata.
If you want to open the inst/extdata directory of the package, where all downloaded datasets are stored (including the original PC-Axis file), simply type the following:
In a next article, I will show how the {bfsdata} package can be used to map BFS data with {rgdal} and {ggplot2}.
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Bonus: how {bfsdata} works
The {bfsdata} package lets you scrap the BFS website in order to get Swiss datasets. But first, let's check if we are allowed to do so with the {robotstxt} package.
Yes, we are allowed to.
No data is stored into the package (as obviously I am not the owner of BFS datasets), but downloaded into the inst/extdata directory. Note that the datasets, downloads through
bfs_download, are downloaded only one time. This makes {bfsdata} more effective as well as more respectful of the official BFS website, by decreasing the number of download requests.
The {bfsdata} package has two major limitations. Firstly, the BFS metadata Excel file, accessible through the "list of cubes" link, doesn't give the variables names of each dataset, contrary to the BFS website search. So the
bfs_search function shows only the datasets title names, while the BFS online search takes topics and variables into account while giving results. Secondly, the
bfs_search function doesn't have the autocompletion of the BFS website search, which can be quite useful. But despite theses limitations, I hope this package can be seen as a modeste contribution to the BFS objective of making Swiss data more accessible to searchers.
Below are the three functions of the {bfsdata} package.
bfs_search <- function(word = NULL, word2 = NULL, langage = "de") {
bfsDataPath <- system.file("extdata", package = "bfsdata")
assign("bfsDataPath", bfsDataPath, envir = .GlobalEnv)
if(langage == "de") {
if(!file.exists(system.file("extdata/bfsMetadata_de.xls", package = "bfsdata"))) {
download.file(url = "https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ShowCubeList.aspx?px_language=de",
destfile = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_de.xls"))
bfsMetadata <- readxl::read_excel(paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_de.xls"))
assign("bfsMetadata", bfsMetadata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
} else if(langage == "fr") {
if(!file.exists(system.file("extdata/bfsMetadata_fr.xls", package = "bfsdata"))) {
download.file(url = "https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ShowCubeList.aspx?px_language=fr",
destfile = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_fr.xls"))
bfsMetadata <- readxl::read_excel(paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_fr.xls"))
assign("bfsMetadata", bfsMetadata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
} else if (langage == "en") {
if(!file.exists(system.file("extdata/bfsMetadata_en.xls", package = "bfsdata"))) {
download.file(url = "https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ShowCubeList.aspx?px_language=en",
destfile = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_en.xls"))
bfsMetadata <- readxl::read_excel(paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_en.xls"))
assign("bfsMetadata", bfsMetadata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
} else if (langage == "it") {
if(!file.exists(system.file("extdata/bfsMetadata_it.xls", package = "bfsdata"))) {
download.file(url = "https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ShowCubeList.aspx?px_language=it",
destfile = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_it.xls"))
bfsMetadata <- readxl::read_excel(paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/bfsMetadata_it.xls"))
assign("bfsMetadata", bfsMetadata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
} else {
message("WARNING: choose between German, French, English or Italien (langage = "de", "fr", "en", "it")")
if(exists("bfsMetadata")) {
bfsMetadata <- na.omit(bfsMetadata)
colnames(bfsMetadata)[1] <- "Title"
colnames(bfsMetadata)[2] <- "Timespan"
colnames(bfsMetadata)[3] <- "Last Update"
colnames(bfsMetadata)[4] <- "Link"
colnames(bfsMetadata)[5] <- "Languages available"
# bfsMetadata$ID <- seq.int(nrow(bfsMetadata)) # add an ID variable
assign("bfsMetadata", bfsMetadata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
# URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13187414/r-grep-is-there-an-and-operator
if(missing(word2)) {
bfsMetadataSubset <- bfsMetadata[grep(paste0("", word, ""), bfsMetadata$Title, ignore.case = TRUE), ]
assign("bfsMetadataSubset", bfsMetadataSubset, envir = .GlobalEnv)
} else {
bfsMetadataSubset <- bfsMetadata[grep(paste0("(?=.*", word,")(?=.*", word2, ")"), bfsMetadata$Title, perl = TRUE, ignore.case = TRUE), ]
assign("bfsMetadataSubset", bfsMetadataSubset, envir = .GlobalEnv)
bfs_download <- function(row, name = "bfsData") {
bfsDataPath <- system.file("extdata/", package = "bfsdata")
assign("bfsDataPath", bfsDataPath, envir = .GlobalEnv)
if(!file.exists(system.file(paste0("extdata/", bfsMetadataSubset[row, 4], ".px"), package = "bfsdata"))) {
download.file(url = paste0("https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/DownloadFile.aspx?file=", bfsMetadataSubset[row,4], ""),
destfile = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/", bfsMetadataSubset[row, 4],".px"))
} else {
message("WARNING: Dataset already downloaded")
bfsData <- pxR::read.px(paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/",bfsMetadataSubset[row, 4],".px"))
assign(paste0("", name,"_px"), bfsData, envir = .GlobalEnv)
bfsData <- as.data.frame(bfsData)
write.csv(bfsData, file = paste0("", bfsDataPath, "/", name,".csv"), row.names = FALSE)
assign(paste0("", name,""), bfsData, envir = .GlobalEnv)
detach("package:pxR", unload = TRUE) # pxR::as.data.frame in conflict with raster::as.data.frame
# Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12135732/
bfs_dir <- function(dir = paste0("", system.file("extdata/", package = "bfsdata"), "")){
if (.Platform['OS.type'] == "windows"){
} else {
system(paste(Sys.getenv("R_BROWSER"), dir))
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Power Ballads From Hair Bands
Best 85
These are the best Power Ballads for Weddings to get people on the dance floor. Hair bands were popular in the 1980s to early '90s. Hair bands were rock bands of their own genre called glam rock, hair metal, and pop-metal. Hair bands produced rock, hard rock, and heavy metal styles of music. Hair bands were characterized by their long hair, flashy clothing, and heavy makeup. For purposes of our list, we will combine glam rock and pop-metal artists on our list. Pop metal bands include Whitesnake and Def Leppard. Glam rock bands include Twisted Sister and Motley Crue. Enjoy our list of Best Power Ballads.
Many Best Hair Band Ballads can be characterized as power ballads – a slow, emotional song that gradually builds to a strong finale. Webster dictionary describes a ballad as a slow romantic or sentimental song. Some ballads can be a bit more difficult to dance to as the song builds and then falls several times.
Beginning glam rock bands in the early 1980s included Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, and Motley Crue. The second half of the 1980s featured bands like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue's continued success, Guns 'N' Roses and Van Halen. Hairbands continued to be successful in the early 1990s with W.A.S.P., and Slaughter. With the creation of grunge rock with bands like Nirvana, teens turned their focus away from glam rock to more popular grunge music.
Our Top 5 Best Power Ballads for Wedding Receptions: 1) Faithfully – Journey, 2) Heaven – Warrant, 3) I'll Be There For You – Bon Jovi. 4) The Search Is Over – Survivor, 5) Love Of A Lifetime – Firehouse.
Power Ballads
Hair Band Ballads song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Alias – I Need You Now (More Than Words Can Say)
Alice Cooper – Only My Heart Talkin'
Bad English – When I See You Smile
Black 'N Blue – I'll Be There For You
Bon Jovi – I'll Be There For You
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
Cinderella – Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)
Danger Danger – I Still Think About You
Def Leppard – Two Steps Behind
Def Leppard – When Love And Hate Collide
Enuff Z'nuff – Fly High Michelle
Faster Pussycat – House Of Pain
Firehouse – Love Of A Lifetime
Firehouse – When I Look Into Your Eyes
Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
Giant – I'll See You In My Dreams
Hanoi Rocks – Don't You Ever Leave Me
Kingdom Come – What Love Can Be
Krokus – Screaming In The Night
Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne – Close My Eyes Forever
Loverboy – Heaven In Your Eyes
Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
Michael Schenker Group (MSG) – Anytime
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Ozzy Osbourne – Mama I'm Coming Home
Poison – Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Poison – Something To Believe In
REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
Saigon Kick – Love Is On The Way
Steelheart – I'll Never Let You Go
W.A.S.P. – Hold On To My Heart
White Lion – When The Children Cry
Winger – Headed For A Heartbreak
Listen to the greatest hair band power ballads playlist on Spotify.
There were many popular mainstream hair bands. However, we wanted to make a list of our top 5 and 85 songs that meant most to us. We did not create lists of the most popular and highest charted songs. Therefore, don't comment on what songs should be on the list, rather comment what memories the 85 or so songs jog in your brains.
Top 5 Hair Band Ballads
5. Love Song – Tesla What a great song from the album The Great Radio Controversy released in 1989. Love Song has great lyrics, which include "love is waiting for you" for an anthem to all tenenage high school kids. To this day Tesla is still rockin' and producing record albums. Love song topped at #7 on the Billboard charts.
4. Don't Close Your Eyes – Kix Kix produced a rock anthem against suicide. This song will forever be remembered in the youth culture of the 80's. In 1988, Kix released the album Blow My Fuse that featured Don't Close Your Eyes. Don't Close Your Eyes peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.
3. Honestly – Stryper The yellow and black attack will live forever. We give praise to Stryper for promoting a Christian message to a mainstream audience. The album To Hell With The Devil featured Honestly and was released in 1986. Honestly became a most-requested song on MTV and topped the Billboard charts at #23.
2. When The Children Cry – White Lion White Lion came out of nowhere in 1987 to release the album Pride. Pride featured two top ten hits – Wait (#8) and When The Children Cry (#3). When The Children Cry became another rock anthem for the 80's genre of trying to make the world a better place to live for our children.
1. I Remember You – Skid Row What can we say about Sebastian Bach. With those high notes he would hit and the long hair that girls frolicked over, Bach rocked Skid Row to the top of the charts. This was definitely one of the most popular rock ballads of the 80's. Skid Row's album Skid Row went 5x platinum. I Remember You reached #6 on the Billboard charts and will be remembered as one of America's favorite prom songs.
Listen to our hair band ballads playlist on Spotify.


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Feb 14, 2019
Noxious Trade Talk Fumes Dull S&P Bears' Senses: Taking Stock
Bloomberg News,
(Bloomberg) -- We're on our third straight day riding the fumes of optimism over the same concept -- loosening the timeline on the imposition of higher tariffs upon the Chinese in the trade war. We had the slightest hints, then a continuation without a rebuttal, and now the latest Bloomberg reports peg a possible delay at 60 days (still just according to people familiar with no explicit confirmation) assuming the talks go right.
That last point is important to note given the action we saw in U.S. and European bourses Wednesday heading in their respective closes. Though Senator Marco Rubio's tweet suggesting he was proposing legislation to bring taxation rates for buybacks inline with dividends definitely sapped some energy from the S&P around 11:30am, the weakness initially appeared as we reached some of the top of the day's ranges and as European exchanges neared a close.
And think, would YOU want to be long heading into the trade talks that began today between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin? We know the sides are far apart on enforcement and other key issues, but the risk/reward needs to be there. S&P valuations are approaching their November highs, and you have to ask yourself -- if a deal is made tomorrow, where should it be?
MKM strategists led by Michael Darda in a note Wednesday wrote that a 20% gain in the S&P for 2019 (citing history that suggests its possible after a Fed pause that "isn't too late to avoid a recession") or more wouldn't be out of the question. Their official target is 3060, which implies 5% upside from the highs seen in 2018, with the rationale being a continued rebound in the forward equity multiple (2018 peaked near 20x, according to Darda).
Chips and Dips
I wouldn't normally spend any time previewing a company that has, for all intents and purposes, already provided their results, but in light of the Apple circumstance that changed their narrative after pre-announcing, and the fact that the subject of this section, Nvidia, has twice revised down the quarter in question, it seems warranted. Citigroup analysts also discussed the state of semiconductors recently, noting Nvidia was among the "most popular long/most asked about" stocks in their discussions with investors.
The gaming chipmaker has proved some of the knee-jerk naysayers wrong (analysts in the wake of the pre-announcement in late January were calling for shares to drop to anywhere from $130 down to $100), with a bounce that RBC describes as having occurred given that the "decks" are cleared near term after their disclosures. I went into detail about how NVDA massively whiffed on Q4 forecasts back in November and again two weeks ago and we'll see if the third time is the charm. Deutsche Bank analysts see the April quarter risks as "skewed to the downside," with headwinds likely due to datacenter "lumpiness" as described by Intel and others. Morgan Stanley notes that "prospects for a 2h recovery in memory spending are fading quickly."
Cisco will likely provide a lift to the entire tech segment today, ahead of Nvidia's results, and another crucial one to watch post-market will be Applied Materials. Shares of the semiconductor manufacturer rose when its peer Lam Research reported in late January, and outperform-rated RBC recently wrote that its "unlikely" demand worsens from this point. The analysts also note that "operating margins could surprise to the upside despite lowered expectations from a revenue perspective."
Lucky Number 13
Also on offer for post-market activity are the closely watched quarterly filings on investment manager holdings for the fourth quarter of 2018, known as 13F-HRs. It only captures a snapshot of holdings as of December 31 (~45 days ago mind you), but that rarely stops traders from loading up on some key themes and one-off holdings (think: did Buffett pare down any major holding? What else did he or Appaloosa's Tepper load up on for the quarter?).
The quarter will offer a plethora of narratives given the massive equity market sell-off that began in October. Which funds got lucky and avoided the brunt by piling into defensive names that outperformed? Who bottom fished for depressed names? Who is bound to be outperforming in 2019 after piling into industrials, energy and real estate (the top 3 performing sectors this year).
And in specific names, who built (or dumped) stakes right ahead of the Apple warning? Did Third Point, Jana, Appaloosa, Coatue and Druckenmiller's family office reverse their bearish tilt on Facebook from the third quarter? After dumping stakes in EA ahead of its video game launches (and potentially rotating into peers ATVI, TTWO), did any funds pile back in and hold stakes through the Christmas selling season? The last point becomes even more interesting in light of the Activision/EA saga discussed in Tuesday's Taking Stock. Lastly, there's the M&A wrinkle, especially in light of the mega mergers in Celgene/BMY and BB&T/Suntrust. You can find stories in real time via TOPLive and NI Hedge.
Sectors in Focus Today
- Senior living facilities after BKD's forecast missed and HCP's views missed
- CSCO earnings beat, with ERIC and NOK in Europe outperforming, watch AKAM, JNPR
- Beauty names as Avon Products gave up some of its large pre-market gains on results; shares were also on a tear after Bill Miller's positive comments in late January; shares remain up 53% since his CNBC interview
- Beverage names (like MNST) as KO results disappoint
- Consumer goods names after GOOS, YETI surprise to the upside
- Semi-cap equipment ahead of AMAT results (see LRCX, MKSI PLAB)
- Accessory stocks after FOSL's disastrous results post-market, which continued the theme after Tapestry issues
- Mattress names and suppliers like PRPL, LEG after SNBR results beat and TPX results missed
- Hotels in focus after HLT's results Wednesday pre-market and Hyatt post market both beat
- Gold miners after Kinross and Goldcorp both report; KGC beat, while GG took an impairment related to the Newmont deal
Notes from the Sell Side
Macquarie is out with a double upgrade of integrated oil giant Exxon Mobil, citing its scale in the Permian, its larger Guyana opportunities and its expansion in LNG. Analysts expect the final investment decision for Mozambique in 2019 and an expansion phase in Qatar in which XOM will have a large presence. The $83 price target assumes nearly 9% upside from the last close.
Synchrony Financial is indicated higher after Goldman Sachs analysts become bulls, expecting 23% upside to the now buy-rated (from neutral) shares. Analyst Ryan Nash expects shares to outperform as contract renewal overhangs on 4 of its 5 largest partners have been removed, credit normalization has subsided, the company has a "robust" capital return program, and the valuation sits at a discount to peers.
Tick-by-Tick Guide to Today's Actionable Events
- Today: Confirmation hearing for prospective FHFA head Mark Calabria (+FMCC, FNMA earnings)
- HUM, IT investor day
- 7:00am -- Charlie Munger on CNBC
- 8:00am -- EMR investor meeting, AIG, YETI earnings call
- 8:30am -- Jan PPI, Initial jobless claims, continuing claims
- 8:30am -- Dec Retail sales
- 8:30am -- KO, ZTS earnings call
- 9:00am -- MRO earnings call
- 10:00am -- Nov Business inventories
- 10:00am -- DUK earnings call
- 10:30am -- EIA Natural gas inventories
- 11:00am -- BMY at Guggenheim Healthcare Talks Idea Forum
- 11:30pm -- MNOV analyst meeting11:50am -- JNPR at Goldman Sachs Tech and
- Internet conference
- 12:00pm -- Brexit motion vote in U.K. Parliament (another vote scheduled for Feb. 27 as well)
- 1:50pm -- CSCO at Goldman Sachs Tech and Internet conference
- 2:00pm -- SGEN at Guggenheim Healthcare Talks Idea Forum
- 4:01pm -- AMAT earnings
- 4:05pm -- CBS earnings
- 4:20pm -- NVDA earnings
- 4:30pm -- AMAT, CBS earnings call
- 5:30pm -- NVDA earnings call
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