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'Spain is on the edge of a crisis, which has consequences impossible to predict' said former socialist (PSOE) leader Josep Borrell in a meeting with foreign journalists last week. It would be comforting to dismiss Borrell's words as yet more political hyperbole in the propagada war currently raging over Catalonia. But it is not that easy. The quietly spoken, ex-president of the European parliament is himself a Catalan. And he has nothing but scorn for the nationalist administration in Barcelona which has brought the region and the country to the verge of a political precipice.
The hard-line Catalan nationalist, Carles Puidgemont, declared unilateral independence (UDI) of the region from the rest of Spain on 27 October. The announcement was surrounded by controversy, however. What will happen next is far from clear, in large part because the decision making process that led to UDI has up to now been so chaotic.
UDI was supported in the Catalan parliament by just 70 of the 135 deputies. The Catalan socialists (PSC) and other opposition parties – who represent more than 52% of Catalan voters – walked out in protest at what they argued was a legislative farce. Senior lawyers working for the parliament warned deputies that their vote had no legal force: the Catalan parliament has no more right to declare UDI for the region than it does to ban smoking on the streets of Berlin or stipulate the closing time of bars in Brussels.
Without and a clear majority or the law behind them Puidgemont claims a mandate from a referendum held on 1 October – but this vote was marred by confusion and violence. Less than half the population turned up to vote. Unionist parties complained that the plebicite was illegal and nationalist parties complained of police aggression. Both had a point. The day was a democratic shambles. That is why it cannot possibly be the legitimate foundation of a new Catalan republic as nationalists now claim.
When the leftwing mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, was asked if a Catalan republic now exists she confessed that she had no idea.
Without a transparent and legitimate mandate either from the parliament or the people, the Catalan region is currently in state of a politcal and legislative limbo. The Spanish government has invoked article 155 of the Spanish constitution which allows it to take over the day to day control of a region. Puigdemont is lobbying for support in Brussels but his team has received the cold shoulder from the European capital. For the past 60 years, the European project has been driven by the aspiration of 'an ever closer union'. Catalan separatism flies in the face of this dream.
Echoing the claim of Scottish nationalist leaders before their referendum in 2015, Puigdemont insists that an independent Catalonia will automatically remain part of the EU. Commission officials and leaders in other European capitals deny this. There is no legal basis to claim that continued membership of the EU is certain and, thus far, the new Catalan republic has not been recognised by a single member state of the EU. Nor is it likely to be: countries such as Italy, Belgium or Hungary are also home to regional tensions and have no appetite to encourage Catalan separatism.
The situation may become clearer by the end of the year. The government in Madrid has called fresh regional elections, to be held across Catalonia on 21 December. This will give Catalans a chance to make their voice heard in a legal, open and transparent ballot.
However, it is far from clear that there will be any overall winner from the poll. Despite the noisy street demonstrations there is no sign of any increase in popular support for nationalist parties. The parliament may well continued to be effecively gridlocked, reflecting the deep divisions in Catalan society.
Whatever the result, the damage to the cohesion of Catalan and Spanish society will be difficult to heal. The veteran trade union leader, Nicolás Sartorius, recently wrote an article in which he patiently explained why nationalism – Catalan or any other – runs counter to socialist ideals of greater equality and solidarity between working people. Sartorius was imprisoned and tortured by the Franco regime but nationalists quickly wrote off his views of those of a 'facha' or fascist. In such a climate returning to normal politics in Catalonia will be difficult. Pepe Borrell and those who think like him are right to be worried.


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2016 NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Preview
Tom Bogert, CBS Local Sports
Eighty-two games have come and gone. The 16 "best" teams in the NBA are positioned for a run at the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Who will hoist it come June? We lay out the reasons why each team will and won't win the title as well as their x-factor.
The Eastern Conference isn't as top heavy as the Western Conference this season, nor did they have such historic stories playing out in the national spotlight. Still, their 2016 playoffs should be much more exciting than the 2015 version, where it was a foregone conclusion that the Cleveland Cavaliers would walk straight into the finals. Every series in the East should prove competitive and exciting for basketball fans.
Cleveland Cavaliers (57-25) - 1st Seed
Why They'll Win It All
There's no doubting the wealth of talent in The Land, even if it hasn't always meshed well. Neither David Blatt nor Tyronn Lue has made this team better than the sum of its parts, especially with Kevin Love. But LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Love are some great parts, and any one of them can dominate a game. If the three can take the next step in evolving their coexistence, this is a team that could challenge the winner in the West. And even if they don't, no one in the East can stop them.
Why They Won't Win
If Irving and Love cannot blend with James, and vice-versa, then Cleveland plays like a rotating isolation team in a your-turn-my-turn-his-turn style of basketball that seems archaic in today's NBA. That's not enough to challenge the Warriors or Spurs. It may not even be enough to get past the Raptors or Heat. The Cavs may be the class of the East, but they're not dominant.
X-factor - LeBron James
Not to be redundant and boring, but, this game is driven by stars. Its dominated by them. Just think back to the 2015 Finals when James was the lone standing member of his new big three. The Cavs had no business making that Warriors series close, but he did because LeBron played out of his mind. How far the Cavs go depends on how much LeBron elevates his game.
Toronto Raptors (56-26) - 2nd Seed
Why They'll Win It All
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan have each taken steps forward in their development. Lowry, especially, and he is likely to make an All-NBA team this year for his efforts. The Raptors have been the real deal since November, even if most eyes outside of Canada have been turned elsewhere. Everyone's watching now, and Raptors have something to prove.
Why They Won't Win
The Raptors made the playoffs for the third straight season. But will they actually show up? Two seasons ago they lost to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round in seven games. Last season they got bounced by the Washington Wizards again in the first round... in four games. If DeRozan and/or Lowry don't play well, the Raptors won't go much further this time around either. They certainly won't overcome the Miami Heat or the Cavs. The Raptors can't match up talent-wise with the East's top teams, especially if their stars don't shine.
X-factor - Proving They're Not a Fluke
It was very tempting to make Drake the X-factor, hoping that maybe he'll cause another pivotal 5-second violation. Seriously, can the Raptors prove they're not a fluke after a surprisingly good season? The Atlanta Hawks were the overachiever last year, and they didn't challenge the Cavs at all when it mattered. Toronto is that team this season. Can they elevate their game in the postseason? Will they become legitimate contenders? These questions need to be answered.
Dwyane Wade (Photo Credit: Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
Miami Heat (48-34) - 3rd Seed
Why They'll Win It All
Goran Dragic is rounding into form. Dwyane Wade isn't playing like he has the extremities of a 45-year-old man this season. Joe Johnson has breathed life into a team that could have spiraled into despair with the loss of Chris Bosh again. The Heat nicely blend that experience with the youth of Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson.
Why They Won't Win
Dragic likes to run and keep pace with other teams. But Wade and Johnson... not as much. Their older guys can't always run with some of the younger blood in the East. And that may be an issue.
X-factor - Hassan Whiteside
Whiteside is an enigma, and super-important for the Heat. If he can keep his concentration, play with consistency and check his temper, the Heat will be a legitimate threat. Bosh could be another X-factor, if he plays, but he probably won't.
Atlanta Hawks (48-34) - 4th Seed
Why They'll Win It All
After a deep playoff run last year, the Hawks returned the same core. Despite a disappointing 2015-16 regular season, thanks to elevated expectations from a stellar 2014-15, they still managed a respectable 48 wins. Experience gained will only help this perennial playoff team. These Hawks have been here before.
Why They Won't Win
One more win would have kept them from facing Cleveland until the Conference Finals. But they couldn't get it done against a John Wall-less Wizards team not playing for anything. Clearly the Hawks need to get in playoff mode for their first-round series against the Boston Celtics -- an extremely difficult out. The Cavs will probably await the Hawks, should they advance.
X-factor - Regular-season offense translating to postseason
The Hawks' offensive machine, when it's well oiled and operating smoothly, is beautiful to behold. Lots of crisp passes lead to lots of open shots; that's how they won so many games last season. But then when proceedings bogged down in the playoffs, Kyle Korver couldn't run free and get those same shots. The machine sputtered and crapped out.
Boston Celtics (48-34) - 5th Seed
Why They'll Win It All
Without stars, this group of solid players has coalesced into a team playing far above the level its talent would suggest. We can thank head coach Brad Stevens, one of the NBA's better coaches, for that. It's much harder to beat five guys playing as one than it is one guy playing for all five.
Why They Won't Win
Without a true star, who can get his shot whenever he wants, the Celtics have no one to turn to in tough times. And a fifth seed will face many tough times if it's lucky enough to advance. Plan A doesn't always work in playoff basketball, and Boston has no plan B.
X-factor - Stardom
The biggest knock on the Celtics this season has been their star power... more specifically their lack of star power. If someone (and we're looking at you, Isaiah Thomas) can step up, get their shots and make tough, contested buckets, then Boston will be a handful. If not, then Atlanta will roll.
Al Jefferson (Photo Credit: Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images)
Charlotte Hornets (48-34) - 6th Seed
Why They'll Win It All
It's insane to think an 82-game season could yield four teams with the same record in the thick of a playoff race. With one more win, the Hornets would have had home-court advantage in the first round, but they don't. They'll face the Heat to start. Thankfully, the Hornets didn't slip to seventh or eighth and a tough series against either the Raptors or Cavs. Their defense will translate well to the postseason.
Why They Won't Win
The talent on the Hornets roster just doesn't measure up to other teams in the conference. The Heat, despite losing Bosh, have been playing great basketball since picking up Johnson. Led by Dwyane Wade, they're playoff-tested and ready. Charlotte, on the other hand, has two playoff appearances in the last 10 years and hasn't won a playoff game in 15 years.
X-factor - Professor Al Jefferson
Jefferson was born into the wrong basketball generation. A great player on the block, Jefferson's skills get devalued a bit thanks to the pace-and-space nature of the modern NBA. However, the game can slow down in the playoffs. There will always be value in dumping the ball into the post and letting the professor lecture his defender into two points.
Indiana Pacers (45-37) - 7th Seed
Why They'll Win It All
Great coaching, staunch defense and Paul George... that's how the Pacers will be competitive in this postseason. They're only a few years (and some players) removed from giving those LeBron-led Heat teams a real problem. And those Heat teams were better than the current LeBron-led Cavalier team. They'll first have to get past Toronto -- a beatable playoff team -- to even dream of that matchup.
Why They Won't Win
Toronto seems to have it figured out. The Raptors, led by Lowry and DeRozan, finished just a game behind the Cavs in the Eastern Conference. Assuming they're not a regular-season fluke, and they don't appear to be, this series won't last long.
X-factor - Paul George
Thanks to a strong foundation of defense and coaching, not to mention a great home atmosphere, George can provide trouble for Toronto if he plays otherworldly. With a soaring George, one can easily see the Pacers pushing the Raptors. This series, like others in the East, isn't a gimme.
Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson (Photo Credit: B. Sevald/Einstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
Detroit Pistons (44-38) - 8th Seed
Why They'll Win It All
The Pistons have had success against the Cavs this season, taking three of the four matchups. (Granted the last win came with James, Irving, Love and J.R. Smith sitting out.) Coach Stan Van Gundy is running a lite version of his Orlando Magic team that made the Finals in 2009. Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson are formidable.
Why They Won't Win
There isn't a rich history of eight seeds upsetting one seeds, particularly against LeBron. Jackson came out on how much he wanted to play the Cavs, poking the proverbial beast. James played on cruise control for much of the regular season but has recently stepped on the gas pedal. All of this spells doom for Detroit.
X-factor - A witch doctor placing a hex on James
That's really what Detroit can hope for, because if the Pistons play perfect basketball, they'll still probably lose the series. They're going to need a little help from the Cavs and beyond, as well as gargantuan efforts from their top players.
Conference Finals prediction: Cavaliers over Heat 4-2
While my prediction might be boring, it might be unadventurous and it might be predictable, Cleveland is the East's heavy favorite for a reason. James is still at the tail end of his prime, even if he's being overshadowed by Steph Curry and Kawhi Leonard. He's still an absolute basketballing freight train with a coach's brain. Even with the turmoil and less-than-desirable performances this season, the Cavs are just too good to resist in the East.
With the Heat's pedigree and form, they'll get through Charlotte and Toronto, if that's how it shakes out. But James will prove too much for his former team.
As a fan of repetitive disappointment and frustration, Tom holds Liverpool FC, the New York Knicks and New York Red Bulls near and dear to his heart with occasional joy coming from the New York Giants and New York Yankees.
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In remarks at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum's annual Policy Conference, SEC Chair Mary Jo White emphasized the importance of fund directors to the millions of investors who own mutual funds. In particular, she highlighted the role of fund directors in risk oversight. Using last year's system failure that prevented a number of funds from calculating "system-generated NAVs" and the suspension of redemptions at another fund, she outlined some considerations for boards that can facilitate proactive risk oversight, including:
- [H]ow will my fund's and its service providers' compliance policies and procedures, business continuity plans and back-up-systems address these situations?
- [W]hether these events could happen at your fund, how to prevent them from happening, and how to respond promptly and effectively if they do occur.
With respect to liquidity:
- With respect to liquidity, the quality of the information that management provides to the board, the frequency with which management reports to the board, and how management of the funds monitors and manages liquidity risk.
- [W]hether they understand any links that may exist between liquidity and valuation with respect to the funds they oversee and whether directors are appropriately focused on funds with strategies that may be more likely to face liquidity challenges.
- [W]hether an open-end fund's investments and investment strategy are appropriate for a fund offering daily redemptions.
With respect to service provider issues:
- [W]hether the funds and their service providers have back-up plans
- Has fund management considered the back-up systems and redundancies of the critical service providers that value the fund, keep track of fund holdings and transactions, and strike NAVs?
- Has fund management also considered specific alternate systems or work-arounds that may be necessary to continue operations or manage through potential business disruptions?
Chair White emphasized the difficulty in balancing the vital role that fund directors play for fund shareholders with the fact that fund boards provide oversight and not day-to-day management. She stated "it also is incumbent on regulators to avoid completely overloading directors with additional responsibilities, or confusing strong oversight with the management of a fund." Chair White assured the audience "[t]he board's oversight function and how directors can best serve as gatekeepers in protecting shareholder interests will remain a key focus for us at the SEC, as we move forward to address current risks in the asset management industry." She also encouraged the industry to continue to provide input to help the SEC "strike an appropriate balance for the board's oversight role and ensuring that the board is optimally protecting investors' interests."


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How Cholera Spread So Quickly Through Haiti
The UN admits it played a role in a deadly outbreak of the disease.
The United Nations recently admitted that it played a role in introducing cholera to Haiti after a deadly earthquake hit the nation in 2010.
In recent years, cholera has afflicted at least 770,000 Haitians and claimed over 9,200 lives. The Haitian epidemic alone resulted in an 85 percent increase in the number of cholera cases worldwide. The UN has not explicitly said it caused the cholera outbreak; however, the Secretary-General's office says peacekeepers who arrived in Haiti after the earthquake may have helped trigger the epidemic.
How Did It Spread?
Cholera spreads through drinking water or food contaminated by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae; large epidemics often stem from water supplies contaminated by fecal matter. The Haitian outbreak is believed to have started near a UN camp hosting peacekeepers from Nepal who were in Haiti for relief efforts.
Situated alongside the Meille River, the camp discharged its waste directly into the river. At the time, Nepal was suffering a cholera outbreak, and the peacekeepers are suspected to have transmitted the disease through their waste. The river was a primary source of water for thousands of people, and lacking sanitation options, the water may have been consumed without proper treatment.
Many experts believe this outbreak of cholera was the first incidence of the disease in Haiti in decades. As a result, the population lacked immunity and was particularly vulnerable to the illness.
Why Was It So Devastating?
Cholera is a messy disease. The symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and cramping. In severe cases, dehydration and shock can take hold within hours. If left untreated, 25 to 50 percent of cases can be fatal.
Urban centers lacking water and sanitation infrastructure are especially susceptible. The rapid diffusion of the disease is tied to squalid conditions and insufficient health and sanitary infrastructure in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
In areas with poor sanitation and hygiene, explosive diarrhea and vomiting can accelerate the diffusion of disease because the waste—and the bacteria it carries—is harder to contain.
How Can It Be Prevented?
Cholera can be prevented through careful sanitation and hygiene. If possible, use bottled water with unbroken seals, and if bottled water is unavailable, boil the water for at least one minute or treat it with chlorine or household bleach. Any food, especially shellfish and seafood, should be thoroughly cooked; bacteria can attach themselves to the shells of crab, shrimp, and other shellfish.
Safe handwashing practices are crucial for cholera prevention. Handwashing after using the bathroom, and again before preparing food or eating, is critical for prevention.
Lastly, cholera can be thwarted by properly disposing of human waste. Latrines and other sanitation systems should be located away from homes, if possible, and any defecation should take place at least 98 feet (30 meters) from a body of water.
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The "January – March 2020 | Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)", which is sometimes called the FDA Watch List, includes an item about all vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors medicines, i.e., the VEGF inhibitors class of drugs.
As regards those VEGF inhibitors — such as the cancer drugs Avastin (bevacizumab), Iclusig (ponatinib), and Sutent (sunitinib malate), as well as the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis drug Ofev (nintedanib) — the FDA Watch List document states:
- Potential Signal of a Serious Risk / New Safety Information — Aneurysm and artery dissection
- Additional Information (as of June 12, 2020) — FDA is evaluating the need for regulatory action.
On July 31, 2020 the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued this Drug Safety Update, "Systemically administered VEGF pathway inhibitors: risk of aneurysm and artery dissection", which informed as follows about label change for all VEGF inhibitors:
A recent European review concluded that all systemically administered VEGF pathway inhibitors may promote the formation of aneurysm and artery dissection. The product information for all systemically administered VEGF pathway inhibitors has been updated to include a warning about the risk of aneurysm and artery dissection and to recommend carefully considering these risks before initiating in patients with risk factors, such as hypertension.
We will continue to monitor the safety profiles for these VEGF inhibitors. In particular, we will watch whether the FDA mandates any label changes which add warnings about an increased risk of aneurysm and artery dissection for this VEGF inhibitors class of drugs.[View article at original source]


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Is Walmart's Status As a Dividend Aristocrat Under Threat?
Slowdown in Payouts Result of Fewer Shareholding
Is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s (NYSE:WMT) dominant position in the elite "dividend aristocrats" club of the S&P 500 under threat?
After maintaining a track record of increasing dividend payouts each quarter for many decades, the dividend growth at this retail giant is slowing.
The aggregate amount of cash Wal-Mart paid to its shareholders in dividends fell by 1.1% in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. This is only the third year-over-year decline the company has ever faced, the prior two being the first quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2014. (Source: "Walmart Clings to Dividend Aristocracy," Bloomberg, August 23, 2016.)
The slowdown in dividend payout at one of the best-managed U.S. companies comes at a time when investors, beaten by rock-bottom yields on bonds, are diverting their cash to equity markets as they look to benefit from solid, dividend-paying stocks.
Wal-Mart is part of a group of "dividend aristocrats," companies in the S&P 500 that have raised dividends every year for 25 consecutive years, alongside McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). These companies are part of about 50-member elite corporate club regularly make into the list of portfolios run by the most respected investors.
There has been no indication from Wal-Mart executives that they plan to give up the dividend increase policy in their recent interaction. The company reported $1.21 earnings per share, beating analysts forecasts and raising full-year adjusted earnings per share (EPS) guidance range to between $4.15 and $4.35.
"Our strategy in the U.S. is working as we delivered an eighth consecutive quarter of positive comps,'' Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. "We remain focused on building e-commerce capabilities globally and executing our omni-channel plan, as evidenced by our recent alliance with JD.com in China and agreement to acquire Jet.com in the U.S. Walmart is uniquely positioned to provide customers with a seamless shopping experience where we save them time and money." (Source: "Walmart reports Q2 FY17 EPS of $1.21, adjusted EPS1 of $1.07, Raises full-year adjusted EPS1guidance range to $4.15 to $4.35," Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., August 18, 2016.)
But according to a Bloomberg analysis, in aggregate, Walmart's total payout has shrunk, as it has fewer shares on which to pay dividends, following its share buyback spree in recent years, which has cut its shareholding by 18% since 2010. (Source: Bloomberg, August 23, 2016, op cit.)
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OAKLAND (AP) — Coco Crisp has been tinkering with his batting stance to finally find something that works. Now that he's feeling it again at the plate, Crisp refuses to offer any details in fear of jinxing a good thing.
Go study some video to see for yourself, he says.
Crisp homered, hit an RBI double, and scored three runs, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Wednesday for their second straight winning series.
"I felt like Cal Ripken over there with so many batting stances," Crisp said.
Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead two-run single in the third inning that held up for Tommy Milone, and Crisp also singled and stole his 28th base to give the A's a much-needed boost only a couple of hours after right-hander Bartolo Colon received a 50-game suspension for a positive testosterone test. The ban came one day before he had been scheduled to start the opener of a series at Tampa Bay.
Milone (10-9) allowed one run and two hits, struck out five and walked one in eight impressive innings to end a five-start winless stretch in which he had gone 0-3 since his last victory, a 9-3 decision at Minnesota on July 14. He lowered his ERA to 3.87 from 4.03 and became Oakland's second 10-game winner after Colon, the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner while with the Angels.
The A's won despite four errors behind Milone.
"Typically, you don't win games making four errors," manager Bob Melvin said. "The reason we did come back is Milone."
Josh Reddick added an RBI single for the A's (67-56), who moved a season-high 11 games over .500 — their best since finishing the 2006 season at 93-69. That's the last year Oakland reached the playoffs, getting swept in four games of the AL championship series by the Detroit Tigers.
Oakland began the day a half-game out in the AL wild-card race.
"When Coco plays well, we win," Melvin said.
Minnesota starter Liam Hendriks (0-6) is still searching for his first major league win after 13 career starts, and nine this season. The right-hander allowed four runs and six hits in five innings — and he didn't get much help from the Twins' stagnant offense, which managed only three hits. Matt Carson had two of them.
"I wasn't given a lead and trying to blow it," Hendriks said. "We had some good at bats against Milone. It was just one of those days where I had to keep us in the game. It's unfortunate I only went five."
Not even the steady Josh Willingham had a hit in him this time as Minnesota lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Willingham, who hit 29 home runs in 2011 during his lone season with the A's, went 0 for 4 after he had hit safely in each of his first eight games against his former club this year.
"Milone did the rest. He shut us down and went deep into the game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
A day after the A's turned a triple play, and Minnesota didn't leave a single runner on base in Oakland's 4-1 win, things weren't much better for the Twins. Two batters after Crisp's solo homer in the seventh against reliever Tyler Robertson, Reddick reached second when shortstop Pedro Florimon's wild throw trying for a double play sailed past first and into the visiting dugout. Then he successfully turned one in the eighth.
Drew Butera had an RBI groundout in the second for Minnesota, which has lost five of the first six on its 10-game trip and now heads to Texas for a four-game series against the two-time reigning AL champion Rangers. The Twins scored nine runs in the series, seven in Monday's 7-2 win, and still must play 10 of their next 14 games away from home.
The A's won the season series with the Twins 5-4 — just the second season-series victory for Oakland in seven years and first since 2009.
Milone dazzled with his change-up and followed a stellar outing by Brett Anderson in the left-hander's return Tuesday night following a 14-month absence for his recovery from Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery.
"Obviously Bartolo's going to be missed," Milone said. "We move on from now."
Oakland's Josh Donaldson doubled and scored in the fourth on Crisp's hit. Donaldson has a career-best, six-game hitting streak and is batting .429 (15 for 35) in nine games since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 14.
New A's shortstop Stephen Drew is 0 for 6 through his first two games since being traded from Arizona on Monday. He is mired in an 0-for-21 stretch overall.
Notes: Milone passed Colon for the team lead in innings pitched, 153 1-3 to 152 1-3. ... RHP Tyson Ross will be called up from Sacramento to start Thursday in place of Colon for the first game of a three-game series with the Rays. ... Hendriks was one of three Australian pitchers in the ballpark — joining Oakland's Travis Blackley and Grant Balfour. ... Milone improved to 5-1 in seven starts against American League Central teams. ... Cespedes is second among AL rookies in the Triple Crown categories — average (.303), home runs (16) and RBIs (62) — to the Angels' Mike Trout. ... Oakland last committed four errors in a game June 23 vs. the Giants, a 9-8 loss.


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Who is Tevfik Arif? Part I
Tefvik Arif was the chairman of Bayrock Group, the murky company that partnered with Donald Trump to build Trump SoHo in lower Manhattan.
Figuring out who he is was not an easy task.
Tevfik Arif (Тевфик Ариф) was born Toifik Arifov (Тофик Арифов) on May 15, 1953 in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan. He was one of four brothers born to a Turkish family in the Jambyl Region in northern Kazakhstan.
That's about the only thing we know about his early life with any certainty.
What he did for the next 38 years is unclear. The oft-repeated facts of his background come from a short profile on Arif published in Real Estate Weekly in 2007, just as Trump was preparing to kick off sales of Trump SoHo.
Real Estate Weekly reported that Arif had received a degree from Moscow Institute of Trade and Economics and then worked in the Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade in the former Soviet Union for 17 years, where he served as the chief economist and deputy director of the Ministry's Department of Hotel Management.
Many journalists have repeated this story. It may be true, but no one seems to have bothered to check. It's worth noting that this is the only reference to a Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade that I found on the Internet. There is a Russian ministry that has this name, but I could find nothing from the Soviet era. (Arif did not speak English very well, so it's possible this is a mistranslation.)
There was, however, something called the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was run by the KGB and spied on the West. A third of the chamber's staff were KGB, according to a US State Department report that cited CIA information. And the USS Chamber of Commerce and Industry did have a hotel division, V/0 Sovintsentr, which ran a trade center and various Moscow hotels.
In the Russian press, Arif is affiliated with the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade (which did exist). Or maybe he was just a Soviet hotel bureaucrat, as he claims. Whatever Arif did for the first 40 odd years of his life, he hasn't been very open about it.
Trans World Group
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Arif left the government and made a career leap. A huge leap.
In a court proceeding in Turkey, the former Soviet hotel bureaucrat testified that he "worked in energy sector, chemical sector and metallurgy sector. I was producing coal in Russia and copper in Kazakhstan. Due to lack of coal, it was not possible to make production. I started to organize them." He started a private company called the Speciality Chemicals Trading Co., trading in "chrome, rare metals and raw materials."
And then he went to work for Trans World Group. TWG was a British company headed by two brothers, David and Simon Reuben. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the Reubens moved aggressively into metals production, buying up smelters and refineries.
As foreigners, however, the Reubens needed locals to build their business. Enter Arif. He became an "agent on the ground" — a fixer, in other words — for TWG in Kazakhstan, according to internal company documents reviewed by theblacksea.eu, an online investigative Website.
Arif apparently did his job well. Very well. In a few years, TWG's holdings of steel, iron, chrome and alumina refineries in Kazakhstan generated one fifth of the entire country's gross revenues.
Maybe Arif was just a Soviet hotel bureaucrat who seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get into the post-Soviet metals sector. But his hotel background would have been of little use to TWG. What TWG needed was someone with deep connections in the country's political and business circles. The kind of people who had those connections in the Russia of the 1990s were either ex-KGB, or mobsters.
Consider another pair of fixers the Reubens brought into TWG in 1992. They were the Cherney brothers, Lev and Michael, and they formed a 50-50 partnership with TWG. It was a successful partnership. With the Cherneys help, TWG grew by leaps and bounds. The problem for the Reubens was that Michael Cherney's name soon became publicly linked to Russian organized crime groups. The Reubens quickly bought out Cherney's share of TWG for $410 million.
Swiss authorities in 1996 accused Michael Cherney of "drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and sponsoring murder" on behalf of a Russian organized crime group run by "V Ivankov." This was the infamous Russian mob boss nicknamed "Yaponchik" who had settled in New York, where the FBI found him hiding out in Trump Tower and Trump's New Jersey casino.
Michael Cherney has repeatedly denied these allegations, which he blames on his archenemy and former partner Oleg Deripaska, one of the wealthiest men in Russia. In 2008, the federal Swiss court exonerated him of the charges, but two years later, Spain issued an international arrest warrant for Michael Cherney's arrest on money laundering charges.
Did Arif have links to the Russian Mafia? Felix Sater, who worked under Arif at Bayrock, seems to think so.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Sater and his attorney threatened to expose Arif's past unless he paid Sater's attorney fees. Sater warned of a possible lawsuit that would include details of Arif's wrongdoing "in the post-Soviet metals business in Kazakhstan."
In a personal memo, Sater was even more blunt: "The headlines will be, 'The Kazakh Gangster and President Trump.'"
A High-Net Worth Individual
"The head of the family is my uncle Roustam Arif [sic]," Tevfik's son Arif writes in 2013 in correspondence obtained by theblacksea.eu. "In our culture, the patriarch is usually the oldest member of the family. Roustam is my father's oldest brother. Even though my father is a successful entrepreneur in his own right (hotels, construction and real estate), his younger brother Refik Arif is the principal figure in the main family business (commodities)."
In the mid-90s, Refik reportedly acquired control of the Aktyubinsk Chromium Chemicals Plant (ACCP) in Aktobe, in north-western Kazakhstan, near the border with Russia. Refik also established a highly profitable chemicals trading business. And this is an important piece of the story, because the money for Bayrock, at least part of it, came through Kazakhstan.
Consider that for a moment. The Arifs managed to pool enough capital and influence to buy what turned out to be a highly lucrative chemical plant. How was this possible? What really happened in Kazakhstan in 1990s?
Around 1999, Refik Arif's chemical trading business was generating so much cash that the family retained Hamels, a UK tax consultancy, to help structure their investments. On its website, Hamels describes its typical clients as "high net worth individuals seeking to minimize their respective tax burdens on current income or investment streams…"
In a 2011 memo, Hamels partner Zig Wilamowski wrote, "Mr. Refik Arif is one of four brothers who have over many years built up a substantial and profitable international business from the sale of chrome-based chemicals." Williamowski said he was in a position to verify the "good origin" of the Arif family's wealth. You can read the document here.
With the help of Hamels, the Arifs set up a network of shell companies, many of which were established in the Caribbean tax haven of the British Virgin Islands. These companies included Bennington Trade Assets Ltd., which owns property in the center of London and Merlin Trading Assets Ltd., which owns an executive jet. There are too many companies to name them all. Many are found in the Panama Papers leak of offshore companies founded by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The real moneymaker for the family was Castello Global Ltd., which handled the profits from the chrome trading business. Here is a breakdown of Castello Global's profits:
So much money was pouring out of Kazakhstan that Tevfik Arif decided it was time to try something big. Really big.
He moved to New York and set out to do a real estate deal with the biggest and the best. So he set up offices of his new company Bayrock Group in Trump Tower, one floor below Trump's own offices.
To be continued…


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Vala Afshar, Chief Customer Officer at Enterasys Networks, a unit of Siemens Enterprise, lists who he considers the 50 most social CIOs on Twitter.
In a side conversation, I asked him if tech sector CIOs dominated his list. You would presume they would be more technologically savvy, and also more prone to put on their marketing hats in social conversations. Surprisingly, he says the most active are in Higher Education. The least in Healthcare.
Those are interesting factoids, but most CIOs actively talk to their peers in their industry. In work I have done with many, I am always impressed they know warts, economics of vendors and products from conversations with peers. I have seen a couple of outsourcers win deals because they agreed to move the entire project team from a peer company as soon as that was finished. The CIO wanted to leverage that experience. In reverse, I see the competitive zeal when it comes to products and services their peers are working on, and trying to glean from vendors (and often me) of bits of that intelligence:)
So, given the informal channels, what do CIOs use social networks for? I asked Vala if they mostly use to share best practices, or also to vent in public.
His response "the larger the company size, the less noise and complaints (media training?)."
Of course, if the media training was socially savvy, it would coach the CIO that negative social sentiment gets more results than a private conversation with an account manager. Not all the time, but at strategic points.
It's good to see CIOs become more active on social networks. I would be hesitant to draw too much of a psychological profile of a CIO from his/her social mutterings given the other back channel conversations they have, but it is a welcome set of signals in an ether filled with too much vendor and "influencer" noise.


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Gay and lesbian athletes compete at Gay Games VII A documentary project about the same-sex ballroom dancing, or Dancesport, culture of competitions held throughout the United States and Europe.
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Many people are curious what I use and how I send updates from Gato Loco and other remote locations. Pictured right is my RW (RoadWorrior) equipment I will be using for this summer. The heart is a tiny Sony hand held computer with "4 monitor (model VGN-UX280p). It's a pretty small screen to work […]Read More


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Year Inducted – 1983
The career of this Hall of Famer blossomed while attending Hower Vocational High School, where he excelled in baseball and basketball. He then followed his brother, Pete, to stardom in local amateur baseball. Joyce, a power hitting catcher who could also handle the duties at first base and in the outfield, was consistently among the leaders in homeruns and RBI's on any level he played. For four seasons he gave pro ball his all, toiling in the St. Louis Cardinal's organization. In 1941, he led the Northeast Arkansas League in home runs, RBI's and slugging percentages. Following a stint in the armed services, Joyce returned home to help lead the Smith Sheriffs to the 1946 A League Championship. He was also an All-Star and helped lead Goodyear and the Borden Autos to League titles later in his career.


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This chapter highlights some of the current health programs and policies in place and changes in demographic trends for older adults living within American society. In addition, substantial changes within the social, political, and cultural expectations of communities over the past century pose challenges for policies and programs serving older adults. The chapter presents several issues emerge as realities within the context of policy development and program planning for older adults. These issues include changes in living arrangements, education levels, economic well-being, and rural population settings; trends in morbidity and mortality; and changes within the social, political, and cultural expectations of communities. Despite the availability of programs and services resulting from health policies, many programs have focused upon "medically necessary" services and have lacked a health promotion, health education, or community-based focus.
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This chapter presents a brief overview of some legislative efforts within the mental health (MH) arena and examined their limitations and application with respect to older adults and people living with mental illness. The chapter also takes us through a journey to examine the current status of MH and older adults, with a particular emphasis on depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. It discusses and reviews the programs, services and issues still outstanding within the MH arena. The chapter helps the reader to understand specific components of the Community Mental Health Act and other MH-related legislation. Many of the community day hospital programs and community MH programs administered through the Community Mental Health Act are based on the deinstitutionalization paradigm since the goal is to treat people outside the institution and within community settings. It concludes with laying out some challenges for the future in the area of MH and older adults.
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Geometry and Symbolic Computations
University of Haifa
Second International Workshop
Organizer: Vladimir Rovenski
Pre-workshop Informal Sessions and Tours May 14-15; Lectures May 16-17.
Second International Workshop "Geometry and Symbolic Computations" at Haifa, Israel (May 15 – May 17)
This Workshop is dedicated to modeling (using symbolic calculations) in Differential Geometry and its Applications (in computer sciences, tomography, mechanics, etc).
The aims of the workshop: To create a forum for workers in pure, applied and computational geometry, including students, to promote discussion of modern state of art in Geometric modeling using symbolic programs (Maple, Matlab, etc); presentation of new results.
The first International Workshop in this series, named "Reconstruction of Geometrical Objects Using Symbolic Computations", was on September 2008, University of Haifa, see page
A. Modeling and symbolic computations in geometry.
B. Applications of geometry (in computer science, tomography, mechanics, etc).
C. Posters.
Details regarding how to arrive to the workshop venue from the airport and within Haifa are provided in the following link
Registration and Abstracts
You are asked to register by sending e-mail to Vladimir Rovenski
If you wish to present at the workshop, please submit the Title and Abstracts of proposed lecture or/and poster.
The workshop is fee free.
Paper Submissions
If you wish to present a paper for Proceedings of the workshop, please prelimibary submit the Title and approx number of pages by April 19, 2013, and the full text by 30 August 2013 , and follow LaTeX format.
Submissions should be sent to email@example.com:
Vladimir Rovenski (The University of Haifa, Israel)Scientific Committee:
Vladimir Rovenski (University of Haifa, Israel),
Vladimir Golubyatnikov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia),
Pawel Walczak (University of Lodz, Poland)
• "Sphericity of hypersurfaces with the bounded from below normal curvature"
A. Borisenko (Sumy University, Ukraine)
K. Drach (Kharkov University, Ukraine)
• Smoothable Alexandrov spaces after Petrunin and Lebedeva
Y. Burago (the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Math., Russia)
• "Rotational liquid film interacted with ambient gaseous media"
I. Gaissinski (Technion, Israel)
Y. Levy (Technion, Israel)
V. Rovenski (University of Haifa, Israel)
V. Sherbaum (Technion, Israel)
• Sobolev inequalities for differential forms and their applications
V. Gol'dshtein (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
• Geometry of phase portraits of some nonlinear dynamical systems
V. Golubyatnikov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia)
• Laminations which are not embeddable in codimension one
G. Hector (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
• On the Ricci flow on some generalized Wallach spaces
Y. Nikonorov (South Math. Institute of Vladikavkaz Sci. Centre of the RAS, Russia)
N. Abiev (Taraz State University, Kazakhstan)
A. Arvanitoyeorgos (University of Patras, Greece)
P. Siasos (University of Patras, Greece)
• Bochner's technique on statistical manifolds
B. Opozda (The Institute of Math. of Jagiellonian University, Poland)
• Flows of metrics on foliations with visualizing for surfaces
V. Rovenski (University of Haifa, Israel)
L. Zelenko (University of Haifa, Israel)
• "Conformal invariants"
P. Walczak (University of Lodz, Poland)
• "Geometry of submanifolds with MAPLE"
A. Yampolsky (Kharkiv Karazin National University, Ukraine)
• Fourier Sampling of Piecewise-Smooth Functions, Turan-Nazarov Inequality, and Taylor domination
Y. Yomdin (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
• The solutions of some extremal problems using Maple
N.V. Rasskazova (Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute, Branch of Altai State Technical University, Russia)
Posters and talks of students (to be cont):
1. "Zermelo problem-based trajectory modeling in navigation", P. Kopacz (Gdynia Maritime University, Poland)
2. "Multi-weighted parabolic systems in Sobolev spaces", O. Kelis (Haifa University, Israel)
3. "Algebraic reconstruction of geometric models from integral measurements", D. Batenkov (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
4. Minimal and totally geodesic unit sections of unit sphere bundles, A. Yampolsky (Kharkiv Karazin National University, Ukraine)
5. "Euclidean hypersurfaces with a totally geodesic foliation of codimension one", M. Dajczer (IMPA, Brazil), V. Rovenski (Haifa University, Israel) R. Tojeiro (Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil)
*For interested guests we plan the possibility of one day excursion (by appropriate tourist company).This workshop is supported by:
The Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science at the University of Haifa (CRI),
The Center for Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computation (CCMSC),
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According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) there were over 400 fatalities among motorcycle riders and their passengers in 2010. The youngest victim was five, while the oldest was 75.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Homemade All Natural Washing Soap
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For awhile, I had just been putting a little of this and that in the washer with a squirt of Dr. Bronner's to wash clothes. Then it occurred to me that it would be faster and more economical to mix it all up. We wash everything in this. Our clothes, babygirls clothes and diapers.
Sometimes I'll add a few drops of tea tree oil or lavender, but for the most part 1-2tbs of this works wonderfully.
1c Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda
1/2c Baking Soda
1/2c Borax
1/4c Dr. Bronner's mild liquid castille soap
*2c hot water
Mix the dry ingredients with the water and then add the soap. I use an electric hand mixer. It becomes really fluffy and then firms up after sitting. You wind up with what looks like moist crystals.
Use 1tbs for light loads and 2 for heavy or strongly soiled loads.
*When I posted this originally, I mistakenly put 4c
water. I had made a double batch that day. You can use 4, but if you don't change your other measurements, your finished product will be diluted. In that case, you would use more of it for a load.
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Love this! Once everyone is back on their regular schedules (still on fall break over here) I will make it and test it. Can you add essential oils or does that defeat the purpose of the entire thing?ReplyDelete
Yes, you can add them right in! I don't because I like to change it up depending on what I'm washing. Tea tree for diapers, Lavender or lemongrass for clothes or sometimes a mix of different ones. Let me know how you like it!ReplyDelete
Wow what a great idea!! Love this!ReplyDelete
Thanks Smartypanties! So simple to make and better than the commercial stuff.ReplyDelete
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Why Won't It Stick? Many installers experience a huge problem when applying flooring on new or old gypsum substrates: their glue or patch just won't stick to the slab. More often than not, this is attributed to gypsum lacking the integrity to accept many floor coverings. Thankfully, there is a simple method for making gyspum…Read More


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How To Train For 10 Hours In 2.5
In this post i'm going to summarize the 20 minute section of the interview where he talks about training. It doesn't matter whether you are a layman or enthusiast with fitness and movement, there is some wisdom to be soaked up from the talk.
So a common question I get is: "There's so much to do with Movement Training, i'm overwhelmed. Where should I start?"
The 2 Best Leg Flexibility Exercises That You're Probably Not Doing, and How to Do Them.
You probably all know of someone that has said something along the lines of "There's no way I can touch my toes with straight legs" or "I can't even sit upright with my legs out in front of me." Perhaps you are that person.
The truth is, I was that person.
Let me explain how bad it was to you so you can picture the situation. You might relate, you might even laugh. Maybe both.
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It was early in the morning, I was on the computer writing an article for my website when I get a phone call. "Unknown number." I know a plethora of people that simply won't pick up when they see those words on their phones. I on the other hand, always pick up.
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The Princess Bride: As You Wish
- Designer: Daniel Solis
- Publisher: Game Salute
- Players: 2-6
- Ages: 10+
- Time: 30 minutes
- Times played: 4, with review copy provided by Game Salute
The Princess Bride is one of the iconic movies of my childhood. Released in 1987, I would say that I have conservatively watched it at least 100 times, and I've worn out more than one pirated Betamax copy of the movie due to overuse. Some of the quotes from the movie remain in my lexicon to this day. Inconceivable? Not so much.
To the surprise of some, this 28 year old movie is still selling off licensing rights – and Game Salute continues their series of games which started with The Princess Bride: Prepare to Die back in 2013. There is a set of three new releases, all small card based games, for 2015 that bring the movie back to life on your gaming table. Though each of the three games stands alone in its own right – we have enjoyed playing them together as a set.
As You Wish is a set collecting game at its core. In the game, each player takes on the role of one of the main characters from the movie. Their character card gives them 2 different scoring choices. The deck is made up of 75 Quest cards, each of which has a still frame from the movie and a corresponding title or quote at the top. All of this is just flavor though. The important parts of the cards for game purposes are found in the corners.
The majority of the cards are plain quest cards – these are green in color and always have a quote on the top of the card. There are some white scoring cards which allow you to score points for having a particular icon on your cards. There are also some blue scoring cards which allow you to score points for icons on the cards of your neighbors.
The most important thing on each card (regardless of type) is the icon in the upper right. There are five different icons (Fight, Glory, Love, Might and Wits) – and all of the scoring in the game is based on these icons. There is a number in the bottom right of each card which is important for determining turn order. Finally, the upper left of each card may have one to three skulls that represent poison.
In each round of the game, the Dealer will draw (# of players + 2) cards from the deck. He will then examine these cards and then place two facedown on the table and the remaining ones are face up on the table. Players will choose one of the cards and add them to their story. Cards are added on top of each other so that you can only see the most recently drafted card. You will still be able to see all the icons though. If you draft a card with skulls on it, you must check and make sure that you only have three or fewer skulls visible. If you have more than that, you must then turn over cards until you only have three or fewer showing. These cards will still count towards the length of your quest (important for end game scoring of your character card) – however, you will not have any icons for scoring on these facedown cards.
The order of drawing cards is done in ascending numerical order (of the cards drawn in the previous round). The player with the highest number showing is always the Dealer, and that player is also the one who goes last in each round. While all non-Dealer players choose only one card from the display, the Dealer must choose two of the three cards which remain by the time his turn comes up.
The game continues on until at least one player has 9 or more cards in his Quest at the end of a round. At that point, you move into the Scoring phase. Again, there are three main ways to score points
- Your character card gives you two scoring opportunities – each character allows you to score points for having a quest over six cards and for having a quest over 8 cards.
- White Quest cards score icons on your own cards
- Blue Quest cards score icons on your neighbors' cards
Simply total up your points and the player with the most points wins. If there is a tie, the player with the most images of his own character on his Quest cards wins.
My thoughts on the game
Of the three games in the 2015 Princess Bride set, this one is my favorite. While the theme still seems mostly painted on, the actual set collecting game presented here is well constructed. The game plays quickly, usually lasting between 5 and 7 rounds. As such, each card choice in the game is fairly important to your overall result. I do like the format of having two face down cards in each round. You do have to try to read the Dealer's mind a bit to guess whether he's tried to hide the best cards facedown where only he knows the identity. Do you choose one of those cards? Or do you stick to the faceup cards where you are assured as getting something that you want?
I've found that there are many things to consider when choosing a card. First, if you know that you are collecting a particular icon, you will be naturally disposed to getting cards with that icon on it. However, you do have to be mindful of the poison skulls on the card as you are limited to only having three skulls visible at any time. You also need to be mindful of how the card you choose this turn affects your turn order in the next round. For instance, if none of the current cards helps you, you might want to draft a card that allows you to pick earlier in the next round so that you have a better choice. And finally, if you see a scoring card available (white or blue), you likely need to strongly consider picking it up because it's hard to score points without them, and if you pass it up, one of your opponents will then likely add it to their Quest and score points with it instead.
There are also times when you'll want to be last in turn order. Remember that the highest number from the previous round becomes the Dealer in the next. While you have the least choice of cards, you do get to draw two cards to your Quest – and this is the best way to ensure that your own Quest is long enough to trigger one or both of the scoring opportunities on your Character card.
The game moves quickly, and most of ours have ended in 20-30 minutes. While we play, we have made sure that players read each quote aloud as they add the card to their stories, which usually generates a few smiles and chuckles. The theme is nice, but the big thing for me is that this game would standalone as a nice filler even without the theme.
Ratings from the Opinionated Gamers
- I love it!
- I like it. Dale Y, Craig V, Karen M
- Neutral.
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MORE INFO Use the man o'er board drill to rescue ducks out in the lake for major prizes and awards by collecting the most. Its great event we have each year. Mark your calendars and secure your crew. call Dave at 214-682-4385 for more info.
Dock cleanup will now be Saturday 3/9 Who can help? Who is going on the raftup afterwards?
We hope everyone is having a merry Christmas season. Bob & Janet
The Calendar is uploaded to Google. Check the club website for more information. The first event is Saturday, Feb 26. By the way, this weekend was perfect out at the lake !
Your LYC board is working hard to get the final touches on the LYC calendar. Check back soon for updates here and on the website. In the meanwhile, take a look at the blog !!!
The primary order of business at the recent club Christmas party and general meeting was to elect officers to the 2011 LYC Board of Directors. I am happy to report that 1) the party was awesome; 2) sufficient volunteers were drafted to fill out the board positions; and 3) the new board was elected by […]
What a great way to start the Christmas season! It's really encouraging to have some new board members for the comming year. The food and company were outstanding. Being a recipient of the Sailor Jerry award was a complete surprise. I'll try to live up to the high standards this honor entails.
Very soon it will again be time to elect a set of board members. Nominations typically fall during a time of year when people have put their boats away and are deep into making holiday plans. In the last few years this has resulted in the previous board serving another year in the same post […]
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Retinex theory of colour vision
ColorCode (Yellow/Blue)
Making colour anaglyphs in Photoshop
A method developed in Germany has an image on a flat surface viewed as an anaglyph from 45 degrees. By 3D rendering in perspective, objects jump up out of the page. Originally done by drawing, it is easier photographically and then post-process in Photoshop to produce the perspective distortion. Here is an example from Steve Body.
Phantograms do not work well on LCD computer monitors because if you look at them at an angle from below, the image becomes very dark. They are usually seen printed.
Any stereo pair shot at an angle to the horizontal can be converted to a phantogram, adjusting the perspective by eye. To make very accurate phantograms requires tedious measurements, but that is not necessary for fun pictures. The method is similar to "falling frame" windowing, with a final perspective correction and resizing to allow viewing at an angle. Experience with phantograms will give you the courage to apply perspective and distortion corrections to standard stereoscopic pairs, as is hinted at in the "making anaglyphs" section. Suddenly you will have much more control over the third dimension in your photography.
This anaglyph of Lake Wanaka is remarkably popular on Flickr,
but none of the commentators have reailsed it is a "partial phantogram."
This adds to the 3D effect, even when seen straight on, which does work on LCD monitors.
The illusion may explain why the image has been successful.
There is another on my Flickr Photostream, which is also popular, so see if you can find it!
(anaglyph by John Wattie, Click on it for bigger versions from Flickr.)
Terry Wilson has phantograms which can be seen on a computer screen, including stereo images of Mars. She uses the simple idea of placing the phantogram at the correct angle and photographing it. There are numerous examples on her web site. Phantaglyph is a commercial name.
There is even a lens which will take anaglyph stereo pictures directly. Only the out of focus areas are red or cyan, and one is in front and the other behind the focal plane, so they cause a 3D effect. This extraordinary Vivitar lens is no longer available. Information here. image here box set
A home-made version by Guillaume Dargaud works , but again only on out of focus objects, so images are taken with the lens wide open to reduce depth of field. It is probably fair to say the 3D depth is modest to minimal.
There are also amazing photographs of Antarctica and mountaineering pictures on his site.
Bens lens (Benslens) is a mirror attachment on the front of your camera lens, which automatically makes anaglyphs.
The mirrors are arranged so the left mirror sends light through a red filter and the right through a cyan half reflecting mirror, which combines the red and cyan channels before sending on through the camera lens.
Put anaglyph filters side by side in the condenser of a monocular microscope and photograph the result. Instant anaglyph! Better still, 3D movies of microscopic creatures. (Wim Van Egmond).
Dr. Imre Zsolnai-Nagy (again!) has invented a macro anaglyph lens, described in his own delightful and remarkably clear "Hungarian English" here. He is a busy Urologist who manages to find time for many 3D experiments.
Partially colour-blind people sometimes claim difficulty seeing anaglyphs. The colours are just for channel separation and you may think colour blindness would not matter. However, discussing it with such folk suggests they may not see anaglyphs well. The red channel is sometimes too dark. The cyan channel colours seem "wrong." It may depend on which version of colour blindness you have, since others seem to have no difficulty.
Many people with true colour vision also dislike anaglyphs, because you effectively become partially colour-blind while viewing them.
Folk with a dominant eye may suppress the non-dominant eye, which is only partially voluntary. (For example, sighting a rifle with both eyes open, but suppressing one to only see the rifle sights). If suppression happens while viewing an anaglyph, there is trouble seeing 3D.
Further information here
An advantage of anaglyphs is seeing the image at up to full screen size on the computer, or even more if you are prepared to pan. (e.g. 3D toadstool). X and U stereo can only use up to half the screen.
After viewing red/cyan anaglyphs for a prolonged period, take the dog outside in the dark night for a walk. If you find your right eye has gone partially blind, do not panic.
Fighter pilots and radiologists wear red goggles before entering a dark place, because red light allows human eyes to become dark adapted. Viewing RC anaglyphs has a red filter only over the left eye, which becomes dark adapted. Keep walking in the dark and gradually your right eye will also develop night vision and in about 5 to 10 minutes will be as good as your left eye.
Anaglyph goggles do not cause night-blindness, they actually cure it, but only in the left eye!
Glasses available {here} .
The glasses use micro prisms to make the various colours deviate, in the order they show in the rainbow. (ROYGBIV). Red deviates the most, towards the nose in each eye, and so seems closest. ChromaDepth does not use stereo pairs and will not work on an anaglyph. It is often used by graphic artists rather than photographers.
Map images can be done with ChromaDepth to produce 3D heights.
Under-water photography works well because the change to blue with distance is just what ChromaDepth needs.
Yellow flowers come out with perfect colour in red/cyan anaglyphs.
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We're in a celebratory mood because this Sunday, November 17, 8:00 ET/5:00 PT, we mark the one-year anniversary of our little dog-and-pony show! Huzzah! A full year of frivolity, bawdy jokes and righteous rants from my beloved, bickering masters-alleged stars Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn – as well as hilarious, thought-provoking and often emotional interviews with a wide array of fabulous party guests. We will commemorate this wondrous event by welcoming back Premiere Party Person – and our very first guest – Anne Rice!
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday despite a continuation of blowout earnings reports from Nvidia, Macy's and Kohl's as investors grappled with seasonal worries about Covid and ongoing inflation concerns.
The Dow fell 176 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.4%.
Trading has been choppy this week with the major averages mostly wavering around the flat line, but the S&P and Nasdaq are still on track for a positive week and are sitting less than 1% from their records. The Dow is more than 2% from its record.
Nvidia shares advanced nearly 10% after beating on the top and bottom lines of its quarterly results and issuing a bullish revenue forecast for the current quarter ending in January. The chipmaker saw a 55% gain in data center sales from the same period a year ago 42% increase in gaming, its biggest market.
Those gains helped lift other chip stocks trading. Advanced Micro Devices gained more than 4%. Qualcomm and Micron Technology added about 2%. Separately, GlobalFoundries saw a big pop after revealing it entered a partnership with Ford to help the automaker increase its chip supply. It was last about 4% higher.
Retail continued its big earnings week. Shares of Macy's and Kohl's kicked the day off smashing quarterly profit and revenue estimates, much like their peers who reported earlier in the week.
Macy's said same-store sales grew 35.6% and digital sales increased by 19%. It also teased the launch of a digital marketplace next year, and said 41% of its 4.4 million new customers in the quarter came through the digital channel. The company's shares jumped almost 20%. Kohl's similarly saw gains in same-store sales growth and digital. Its shares added more than 6%.
Elsewhere, Deere saw its shares rise more than 2% after it came to a resolution with workers who had been on strike since Oct. 14.
Dow component Boeing also saw its shares rise another 1% following an upgrade from JPMorgan, which said the aerospace giant has significant upside as it clears up several issues that have dogged the company.
Going in the other direction, Cisco Systems fell 8% due to weaker revenue guidance and a revenue miss. Kraft Heinz shares also dropped more than 3% after the company announced a secondary offering of common stock.
Initial filings for unemployment insurance fell slightly to 268,000 for the week ending Nov. 13, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That was the lowest level since March 2020, and the seventh straight weekly decline. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected them to have fallen to 260,000, compared to the previous week's adjusted 269,000 claims.
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 211 points, dragged down by a 4.7% loss in Visa shares. The S&P 500 dipped 0.26%. The Nasdaq Composite ticked 0.33% lower, despite most mega-cap technology companies closing in the green.
The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 was the relative underperformer on Wednesday, dropping 1.2%.
"Recent economic reports remain strong, but today's stock market action highlights that it is already discounting another Covid cycle," said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Leuthold Group.
"Concerns about Covid also caused the 10-year bond yield to decline for the first time in 6 days and kept downward pressure on commodity prices including another sizable drop in crude oil prices. If inflation keeps rising while another Covid surge again stalls real economic activity, we may find out how the stock market handles a pseudo-stagflationary episode," he added.


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Restaura Crawls Out From Bankruptcy Thanks to an 80% Release
8/07/2014 – El Mundo
Restaura reached an agreement with its lenders which allows it to get out from the insolvency status assigned to it in November 2011. In virtue of the contract, the company will be forgiven 80% of its indebtness, currently amounting to €118 million awaited to be paid-off within five years.
The equity owed to the Tax Office will be redeemed during a five-year waiting period. Apart from the agreement with the lenders, Restaura agreed with Sareb on allocation of real estate assets worth €45 million in order to cover the debt owed to banks.
"Normalization stage"
Restaura pointed out that the agreement which allowed it to crawl out from the bankruptcy process lays a foundation for revival of the firm´s real estate transactions, entering in the "normalization stage". The new phase will be marked by cooperation with international investors on developing single buildings found in the prime areas in main Spanish cities.
For instance, the renovation of the Puerta del Sol building in Madrid, said to consume €40 million.
The real estate firm highlighted that the high quality assets found in its portfolio have played a crucial role at the moment of coming to an agreement with the lenders. It has allowed acquisition of over €200 million worth of assets during the negotiations process.
Also, branches of the Restaura Group, Montbeau Inmobiliaria and Zuritze both found in the bankruptcy process are going to obtain an 80% release with a five-year waiting term.
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What to Look for When Choosing a Pizza Oven for Your Home
This is a collaborative post.
If you're thinking of purchasing a pizza oven for your home, you have to know what to look for. After all, there are many pizza ovens on the market.
Consequently, knowing what you want and what to look for when buying a home pizza oven is the best way to ensure you find one that suits your needs.
Below are what you should look for when choosing a pizza oven for your home:
1. The Cost
This is the first thing you should consider when buying a home pizza oven. Take some time to figure out how much you're willing to spend. Then, look for an oven that fits your budget—there are several ovens to choose from, even if your budget is low.
However, some cheaper options may not offer the same experience, so you may have to save up if you're interested in dishes with unique tastes. All the same, you can still make delicious dishes that are a step above the delicacies made from fancy ovens.
Where you live also determines the kind of oven, you will purchase. If you reside in an apartment or condo, there's no way you can buy a large pizza oven. That means you'll have to settle on smaller pizza ovens which are usually less expensive.
2. Size
Size is another crucial factor you must consider when purchasing a pizza oven. If you don't plan to use the oven often, you should consider purchasing a small, budget-friendly pizza oven.
However, if you intend to use the oven frequently, it may be worth investing in an expensive model with features such as large cooking areas and temperature regulators.
Various pizza ovens available on the market have different configurations and sizes; thus, you should go for an oven space you desire based on your requirements.
At home, you won't have to make 30 pizzas every hour. So, you can get away with cooking pizza slower than the average restaurant.
Don't get carried away and purchase a large oven that makes 7-10 pizzas in an hour; a small oven that can make two pizzas per hour will suffice. The ideal size for a home pizza oven is 700-880 mm.
3. The Brand
You must be diligent about the various home pizza oven brands available for sale. This will ensure you get a high-quality oven that has a generous warranty.
When deciding which oven brand to purchase, go through customer reviews online. This way, you'll be able to gauge customer satisfaction levels.
It is also important to go for a company with an assortment of oven materials. A one-stop shop saves time as you don't have to look through other sites to purchase accessories for your oven.
Going with a good brand that offers high-quality and durable products is essential as it'll save you a lot of money in the long run.
When you're looking through the various brands available, it can be very confusing since there are many factors to consider, such as pizza styles, and each brand comes with its pros and cons. However, you can never go wrong when purchasing an Ooni Fyra Pizza Oven with Botanex.
4. Location
Your pizza oven's location is an essential consideration for several reasons. You have to consider if you want it to be outdoors or indoors and how it'll look compared to your house's current aesthetics.
Finding the right pizza oven means buying one that meets your specifications and fits in the space where you'd like it to be.
If you want to install an indoor pizza oven, the oven must meet some indoor oven requirements, such as being certified to meet your local residential laws. A few brands make indoor gas and wood ovens per your needs; ensure the dimensions fit the available space.
Outdoor ovens are more suited for individuals who love outdoor cooking and are an excellent addition to outdoor kitchens and backyards.
You can also opt for portable ovens, which are convenient when travelling or if you just want a free-standing oven that's easy to move.
5. The Cooking Experience
Pizza ovens use either propane/gas or wood. Choosing between gas-fired or wood home pizza ovens may depend on your needs and lifestyle.
Wood-fired ovens can be used to make anything from pastries and bread to vegetables and meats. A wood-fired oven gives unique textures and delicious flavours to your food.
These pizza ovens are also a great addition to any patio or backyard since they're fun and simple. They also let you have the whole conventional experience where friends and family can join in the fun. You don't require culinary training or years of experience; anyone can do it.
However, cooking with wood isn't always an efficient choice. In some neighbourhoods, indoor oven options may not include wood-fired ovens, or burning wood may be prohibited; therefore, gas ovens are an excellent alternative.
Gas ovens are an excellent option if you wish to cook for long since they have quicker preheat times, and you don't have to tend to them frequently.
Bottom Line
There are many factors to consider when buying a pizza oven for your home. The points listed above are the most prominent factors, but they're just the start.
Buying a pizza oven isn't a decision to take lightly; hopefully, this article will guide you in purchasing one that best suits your needs.
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My name is Ashley Strausser and this is my second year on JML's amazing English 7 team! I graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelors in Medieval/Renaissance literature and a minor in US History. I enjoy reading, baking and baseball! As an Atlanta native I find a lot of sports rivals in Loudoun county, but I love discussing all sports. I am excited to explore writing and books with my Lunsford students this year!
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See Budweiser's Heartwarming Clydesdale Super Bowl Ad
In this Budweiser Clydesdale Super Bowl ad set to the tune of Stevie Nicks' Landslide, we witness the journey of a baby Clydesdale from birth on a farm to parade work in Chicago. The spot, which will air during the second quarter, celebrates the return of the Clydesldales to front and center having, for the past few years, been relegated to supporting roles.
The Clydesdales have always been the emotional centerpiece of Budweiser's marketing efforts and are usually on full display come Super Bowl. One such epic appearance was during the 2002 Super Bowl following 9/11. In that spot, the Clydesdales march to New York and pay their respects to the fallen.
This year's Clydesdales ad, created by Anomaly and directed by Jake Scott, carries a promotion which asks viewers to help name the baby Clydesdale featured in the ad by tweeting suggestions with the hashtag #clydesdales to @budweiser
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Moving To Washington DC
After the WH event I was approached by a congressional chief of staff and immediately offered a job as a staffer in their office here in Washington DC to handle LGBT affairs.
One of their staffers saw me speaking during Creating Change back in February, and told her boss about me. They liked what I had to say about issues on TransGriot, my ideas about progressive policy, and believe I would be a great fit for their office.
It was a dream of mine to work in Washington DC and on Capital Hill and now it's about to happen. I e-mailed them my resume after I returned from Denver, they liked it, and have offered me a job that starts May 1.
So I'll be returning home to pack my stuff, and in a few weeks start my dream job.
But before you send me well wishes and congratulations, check today's date. ;)
I do an annual April Fool's Day post on TransGriot, and this is it.
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 AM
Labels: April Fool's day, Washington DC
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