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What are "Nic Salts", and do they have a place in Vaping?
In the past year there's been a lot of buzz around "Nic Salts". There are companies with salt in their names, there are other manufacturers using nicotine salts without telling consumers, and it seems every major brand of e-liquid are offering some kind "Salted" juice. In the vaping industry we are used to new, and different, and radical changes to commonly held beliefs; in fact doesn't that effectively describe how vaping started? So a change to the status quo of e-liquid shouldn't be anything to ruffle our feathers, but what exactly is this change? What's the difference?
Let me make this clear before we begin, I AM NOT A SCIENTIST! I am not a chemist, a botanist, biochemical engineer, or anyone else that should have an educated opinion on this subject. I am however very passionate about vaping, have a vested interest in the vaping industry, a pretty solid Google-Fu record, and I ask a lot of questions. So I've increased my own personal knowledge through research, and this is my attempt at sharing information.
A molecular "Salt" is a compound containing ionic bonds between atoms of opposite charge, forming a crystalline structure. So think of a grain of regular ordinary table salt, that IS a "salt". So a nicotine salt (nic salt) is a molecule of nicotine ionically bonded to at least one other compound. Up until recently, nicotine used in vaping is considered "Freebase" or nicotine all alone not bonded to any other compound. Freebase is considered more volatile than a salt molecule and therefor lends its self well to vaporizing. So this is where things start getting confusing and I'm going to break this down as best I can. By pairing a freebase nicotine molecule with an appropriate compound(s) found in tobacco to form a salt, we have found out how to lower the pH of e-liquid resulting in a "smoother hit" at higher nicotine milligram saturation. The one or two studies that have been done also seem to support the conclusion that nicotine salt is more bioavailable to the human body, resulting in faster absorption and a more intense satisfying feeling. Most commonly, benzoic acid is being used to form the salt crystals, but other compounds might already be in use purposefully, or as a consequence of "backyard chemistry" extracting compounds from traditional tobacco. And here's where this all comes together; essentially a 6mg freebase nicotine e-liquid is going to have the same'ish sensation (going down) as a 60mg nicotine salt e-liquid. Most vapers are familiar with "throat hit", some coughing, dry throat etc. and those conditions become increasingly worse the higher the nicotine strength. Not anymore when using nic salts!
So now that we have a better understanding of what nicotine salts are, how they work, and what the intended purpose of them is; we have to dig deeper into this and what impacts it might be having, or will have, to the vape industry. I've already mentioned that a 60mg nic salt liquid can be just as easy to inhale as a 6mg freebase; and in fact you'll probably get a much more intense "cigarette like" sensation from the 60mg then you will with a 6mg. What they're failing to point out (even though it's incredibly obvious) is the fact that YOU ARE CONSUMING 60MG OF NICOTINE VS 6MG! So all of the consequences of nicotine, good / bad / neutral, are going to be compounded exponentially. One of the most notable consequences of nicotine is addiction, so if you regularly consume 60mg vs 6mg is your addiction to nicotine 10x stronger? Simply put, YES. The argument is this; by using a higher nicotine concentration that has been chemically enhanced to be more bioavailable we can use drastically less volume of e-liquid at drastically lower power requirements. Batteries will last longer, smaller devices, less money spent on e-liquid…..these are the positive ramifications of nicotine salt e-liquid, or so companies want us to believe.
A company, or corporation, ADDING more chemicals to an already admitted "sin" product with the intent of satisfying your immediate desires better, faster, and increasing the addictive nature of their product eventually requiring a more passionate customer base. Sound familiar?? Sound like Big Tobacco circa 1965?? The pioneers of nicotine salts started with the paradigm of, "Why do cigarettes still satisfy better and quicker than vaping?" Then they found by adding chemicals or compounds back into e-liquid makes it more like smoking analog cigarettes. Is this the direction we want vaping to go? Do we want capitalism forging ahead (once again) with products that increase our addiction(s)?
These are questions very subjective in nature, and it will take time to see what happens. Could vaping become just as hazardous as analog cigarettes? Certainly. If the market demands or allows manufacturers to continue adding chemicals with the intent of making products more addictive or more reactive. I started vaping as a way to take control of my body and what I was putting into it. I did not trust that those companies had my wellbeing as a priority in their business models. I wanted to strip out as much "bad for me" that I could. I wanted to feel like I was treating myself, my body, with ethics, and in a better, more kind of way then using traditional tobacco. It is definitely not clear that nicotine salts are heading us in that direction, or that the intent of the manufacturers is ethical. But these are all decisions that human beings SHOULD be making for themselves and my opinion may or may not matter to you. At the end of the day, harm reduction was/is the goal of vaping for most consumers and now you have a little more information to make those choices more informed. But for the time being, the juice I make, sell, and vape myself will only contain Freebase Nicotine!


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Final Say: Army of 10,000 young people to lead major demonstration calling for fresh Brexit referendum
Around 10,000 young people will take to the streets to lead a major demonstration in support of a fresh referendum on Brexit.
Students, college pupils and young activists from as far afield as northern Scotland are due to head up the People's Vote March for the Future on Saturday 20 October, organised in conjunction with The Independent.
The demonstration is designed to show the breadth of public support for a Final Say vote on Theresa May's deal, and organisers expect to better their previous march in July, where more than 100,000 people turned out.
Celebrities including Delia Smith, Sir Patrick Stewart and Eddie Izzard have each donated more than £1,000 to sponsor coaches to bring activists to London, with nearly 10,000 young people already booked in.
It comes after The Independent launched its campaign for a Final Say referendum, which has attracted the backing of more than 840,000 people.
More than 1.4 million people have turned 18 since the 2016 EU referendum, raising questions over whether this new cohort of voters could tip the scales in a fresh poll.
Younger voters generally backed Remain, with pollsters agreeing between 70 and 75 per cent of under-25s voted to stay in the EU in 2016.
Eve Alcock, president of Bath University's Students' Union and a supporter of For Our Future's Sake, the youth campaign group, said: "The politicians must not ignore the will of the people.
"The gap between the Brexit promised two years ago and the mess being delivered on our doorstep is getting bigger by the day. And it is young people – who have the most to lose – who are paying the biggest price.
"Since the referendum result, promises were made by politicians which have been shown to be completely false. And it's clear from the Brexit negotiations that those politicians don't know what they are doing.
"A bad deal or no deal will damage the UK for generations to come. That's why students and young people across the UK demand a people's vote on the Brexit deal."
Organisers have extended the route to accommodate larger crowds, which they expected to fill Park Lane from Piccadilly back towards Marble Arch.
Once the march sets off, it will proceed down Piccadilly through St James Street, Pall Mall and Trafalgar Square, before marching down Whitehall to Parliament Square, where crowds will be greeted by speakers on stage and video messages.
Also marching will be activists from NHS Against Brexit, dog owners backing a "Wooferendum", LGBT+ and women's groups, as well as Labour, Liberal Democrats and Green Party members.
The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal.
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Richard W. Sharpe
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Richard W. Sharpe, 64, of
passed away on Tuesday, November 17. He and his wife, Sharon are residents of Skaneateles for 28 years. Richard worked as a Registered Nurse on the psychiatric unit at Upstate at Community General Hospital. An active member of St. Mary's of the Lake Church, he met with his small Catholic Group, was on the food committee and volunteered at Stella Maris. Richard enjoyed renovation projects around the house, outdoor activities and loved tending his gardens. He is
by his wife, Sharon M. (Grasso) of 34 years and son, Matthew R. Sharpe; two sisters, Patricia Sharpe (Ernest Rose) of Syracuse, Leona Chamberlain (Winthrop) of New York City and a brother-in-law, Lawrence Grasso (Debbie) of Atlanta, GA, and six nieces and nephews. There will be a
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Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 720518, 3 pages
A Case of Facial Lipoatrophy Secondary to Lupus Profundus Managed with Lipofilling Technique
U.O. di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy
Received 27 September 2012; Accepted 12 November 2012
Academic Editors: S. A. Cuevas-Covarrubias, M. Jinnin, J. A. Tschen, and S. Uzun
Copyright © 2012 Luigi Valdatta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Luigi Valdatta, Mario Cherubino, Federico Tamborini, Igor Pellegatta, and Francesca Maggiulli, "A Case of Facial Lipoatrophy Secondary to Lupus Profundus Managed with Lipofilling Technique," Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, vol. 2012, Article ID 720518, 3 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/720518.


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What Does Sue Do?
We started the On This Day Blog mainly so our customers could get to know us. As consumers ourselves we like having personal relationships with the people we do business with. This blogging thing was one way we felt our customers could touch base with us and get to know who we are on that personal level. We are moms, wives, sisters and friends living busy, crazy lives and we want you all to have a small glimpse into our crazy. Do we feel these blog posts will change the world? No. But if they make you smile and occasionally go "hmmm" then we're good! (On an aside, can you name the group that sang "Things That Make You Go hmmm"? Yah, neither can I...)
For this blog post I'm going to take you behind the scenes on what I do at On This Day Designs. A couple of years ago I stepped away from making and designing jewelry to concentrate on other needs the company has. Every once in a while I may still design an item but for the most part I'm in the background silently (or not so silently) working. At a small company no one has just one job title so if you put all my titles together it may look something like this...Customer Contacting Human Resource Website Maintaining Marketing Photographer Person. Whew, I'm exhausted just writing that!
One of my main jobs is staff photographer. So all the photographs of the beautiful jewelry my sisters and sister-in-law make are taken by me. This is a job I have grown into and hopefully improved on over the years. When we needed to update our website we knew the photos were one of the most important changes needed to improve the site. We invested in a SLR camera and a macro lens. I was hoping I could just point and shoot like my old camera but no such luck. I actually had to learn how to operate the camera on manual mode, and become familiar with terms like white balance, shutter speed, ISO and f-stop. I spent countless hours reading about jewelry photography, studying techniques and coming up with some of my own. Who knew taking some pictures of jewelry could be so complicated...okay, maybe it's not rocket science but there is so much more to it than I ever thought before I had this job. I'm not always happy with how a photograph comes out-especially items with glass beads or silver chain, but I'm constantly trying to improve my floundering macro photography skills. So as I'm busily taking photos of our new items (due to be added to the site in the next couple weeks) let me know what you think of my efforts and any suggestions you may have for improving the pictures.
These are two photos of the Detailed and Elegant Cross Necklace-Can you pick which one was on our old site?
Setting the correct white balance on the camera is essential
They don't even look like the same bracelet!
FYI-don't ask me to take pictures of your family. I've somewhat figured out how to take decent pictures of small, shiny objects but put me out in the real world with a camera and it's a hot mess. I usually put the camera on auto mode and let the camera make the decisions, which I'm not always happy with. So when I finally find the extra time I never have, I plan on studying how to take wonderful everyday pictures. Then I'll gladly take as many pictures of your family as you want! Now if you need a photo of your great great aunt Madge's brooch to put on ebay, then I'm your girl!
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Join us for this one of a kind tasting event showcasing some amazing local cuisine and the Birmingham Boys Choir.
All proceeds from The Taste of Birmingham go to benefit the Birmingham Boys Choir. Your ticket includes samples from wonderful area restaurants, two drink tickets for wine/beer (Johnson Brothers and Cahaba Brewing), a live auction and entertainment from our 100 member Concert Choir and more.


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Shutterstock is a provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools;[3] it is headquartered in New York City.[4] Founded in 2003 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer,[5] Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos,[6] vector graphics, and illustrations,[7] with around 10 million video clips and music tracks available for licensing.[7] Originally a subscription site only,[8] Shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into a la carte pricing in 2008.[9] It has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2012.[10][11]
|Traded as
S&P 600 Component
|Stock photography, stock footage, stock music
|Jon Oringer
Area served
Key people
|Jon Oringer (CEO)
Steven Berns (CFO)
|Shutterstock Editor, Shutterstock Tab, Shutterstock Image Subscription
|Licensing of stock media
|Jon Oringer (46.3%)[1]
Number of employees
Rex Features
Since its founding Shutterstock has acquired a handful of other companies, starting with Bigstock in 2009[12] and followed by digital asset management software provider Webdam in 2014.[13] After acquiring Rex Features and PremiumBeat in 2015,[14][15] Shutterstock signed a partnership agreement with the Associated Press[7] and most recently acquired Flashstock in 2017. It also has licensing deals with companies such as Penske Media Corporation.[16] The company had over 100,000 contributors as of March 2016,[7] with an "active customer base of 1.4 million people in 150 countries."[17]
Founding and early years (2003–2011)Edit
Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneur and computer programmer Jon Oringer.[18] Creating his own online marketplace,[4] Oringer initially uploaded 30,000 of his own stock photos and made them available via subscription,[4] with unlimited downloads and a monthly starting fee of US$49.[4] When demand exceeded his photo supply,[4] he became an agent[19] and began hiring additional contributors.[4] Helping pioneer the subscription based microstock photography business model,[19] Shutterstock claimed that it was the "largest subscription-based stock photo agency in the world" as of 2006, with 570,000 images in its collection.[20] Shutterstock branched into film in 2006 with the launch of Shutterstock Footage,[20] and by 2007, the company had 1.8 million photos.[8] Insight Venture Partners invested in the company that year.[4] Shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into a la carte pricing in August 2008, with its "On Demand" service removing daily download limits.[9]
On September 23, 2009, Shutterstock announced that it had purchased Bigstock, a rival credit-based microstock photography agency.[12] Fast Company argued the deal put "Shutterstock on a competitive playing field with Getty, whose iStockPhoto is also credit-based."[21] Shutterstock's CEO Jon Oringer stated the addition would "enable Shutterstock to better satisfy the diverse payment preferences of stock photo buyers worldwide."[12] Shutterstock had 11 million royalty-free stock images by early 2010.[22] In February 2011, Shutterstock announced a two-year partnership with the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) to provide creative inspiration to its members.[23] Claiming it licensed more images than "any other brand worldwide" in 2011,[23] that November Shutterstock debuted Shutterstock for iPad, which it provided for free.[24]
Acquisitions and IPO (2012–2013)Edit
With 200 million licensed image downloads as of February 2012,[25] by April 2012 the company had 18 million royalty-free stock images,[22] which grew to 19 million the following month.[26] Shutterstock Images LLC announced the Shutterstock Instant tool in May 2012, which displayed images in an interlocking mosaic to increase viewing speed.[27] Shutterstock Instant was launched under the auspices of the newly formed Shutterstock Labs, which develops tools and interfaces for Shutterstock, among other projects.[27][28] Also in May 2012, Shutterstock filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, which it completed on October 17, 2012 under the ticker SSTK.[10][11] In November 2012, Shutterstock debuted a universal iOS application meant for iPhone and iPad, among other devices.[29]
Shutterstock, Inc. announced Spectrum, a new "image discovery tool," in March 2013.[28] At the time, Shutterstock had 24 million licensable photos, vectors and illustrations in its portfolio.[28] In August 2013, Shutterstock and Facebook announced a partnership to integrate Shutterstock's library within Facebook's Ad Creator, allowing advertisers to select from Shutterstock's images when creating ads.[30] At the time, Shutterstock was available in 20 languages including Thai, Korean, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese.[31]
Offset and new partnerships (2013–2014)Edit
In September 2013, Shutterstock launched Offset, marketplace prioritizing high end curated photos from established artists.[32] A few months later, it launched its first Android app.[33] In October 2013, Shutterstock opened offices in Berlin, Germany.[34] At the time, Shutterstock stated it served 750,000 customers, with 30 percent of those customers in Europe.[34] Shutterstock's shares had reached a $2.5 billion market value by the fall of 2013,[4] while revenue for 2013 was US$235 million.[35]
In March 2014, Shutterstock acquired Webdam, a provider of online digital asset management software.[13] Also in March 2014, Shutterstock relocated its headquarters to the Empire State Building.[36] In May 2014, Shutterstock and Salesforce partnered to integrate Shutterstock's image library into Salesforce's Social Studio.[37] Shutterstock debuted its Palette tool in July 2014, a "multi-color image discovery tool."[38] Shutterstock announced it had surpassed 2 million video clips on September 2, 2014.[39] Shortly afterwards it revealed a new app meant to help contributors with uploading and categorizing photos.[40] Shutterstock's revenue was $328 million in 2014, an increase of 39% from 2013.[18] In 2014, Shutterstock paid "over $83 million to its roughly 80,000 contributors."[18]
Recent developments (2015–2018)Edit
In January 2015, Shutterstock acquired both Rex Features, Europe's largest independent photo press agency, and PremiumBeat, a stock music and sound effects service.[14] The Rex acquisition was estimated at $33 million,[41] while PremiumBeat was purchased for $32 million.[14] Penske Media Corporation formed a partnership with Shutterstock in June 2015 to create and license entertainment and fashion images. According to the terms of the deal, by 2016 Shutterstock would have an exclusive right and license to PMC's archive,[16] which included magazines such as Variety, Women's Wear Daily,[41] and Deadline.[18] Crain's wrote that with the partnership, "Shutterstock, a provider of stock imagery and music tracks, is stepping into the world of red carpets and fashion runways—and taking a key provider of fashion and entertainment photos and video away from archrival Getty Images."[41]. The company also acquired BEImages, another largest independent photo press agency.
By March 2016, the company had "over 100,000 contributors," with around 70 million images and 4 million video clips available for licensing and sale.[7] That month Shutterstock announced it would be distributing material from the Associated Press in the United States, with the deal to last 3 years and cover 30 million photos and around 2 million videos. The photos were expected to go live in April.[7] According to Entrepreneur, Shutterstock also had an "active customer base of 1.4 million people in 150 countries."[17]
In July 2016, Shutterstock revealed a partnership with Google advertising products including AdSense, AdWords, and AdMob.[42] The integration allows marketers creating Google ads to directly access Shutterstock images and track ad performance via the Shutterstock API.[43]
In October 2016, Shutterstock announced a distribution deal with the European Pressphoto Agency.[44]
In February 2018, Shutterstock invested $15 million into China based ZCool.[45] This major strategic commitment builds on the successful operational relationship Shutterstock and ZCool have had since 2014 when ZCool first became the exclusive distributor of Shutterstock creative content in China.[45] Webdam, which Shutterstock itself acquired back in 2014, was sold to Amsterdam based Bynder for $49.1 million to move Shutterstock's strategy away from digital asset management.[46]
In May 2018, IBM's Watson Content Hub officially announced its partnership with Shutterstock which it was available in July, 2018.[47] The Watson Content Hub is a content management system (CMS) that allows marketers to create content using the IBM Watson AI search tool.[48] According to Richard Hearn, chief revenue officer, "Now customers can use AI to quickly sift through Shutterstock's library, which includes millions of professional quality content, and create and launch campaigns that resonate with their target audiences and move them to take action."[47]
Facilities and staffEdit
Shutterstock is headquartered in New York. In October 2013 Shutterstock opened its new European headquarters in Berlin, Germany in the Kulturbrauerei,[34] and by March 2014, Shutterstock had additional offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Denver, London, Montréal, Paris and San Francisco.[34] After maintaining its New York headquarters for years in a Wall Street office,[4] in March 2014 Shutterstock relocated into the Empire State Building.[36] According to Inc., the office was selected with the goal of decreasing commute times for New York employees.[36] The new location was built with no private offices, instead with 23 "pop-in rooms" for private meetings and conferences when needed.[36]
After its founding in 2003 with CEO Jon Oringer as the sole employee, by 2007 Shutterstock had grown to 30 people. In 2010 Oringer hired Thilo Semmelbauer as COO, who had previously worked with TheLadders.com and Weight Watchers.[4] With 295 employees as of October 2013,[4] that had grown to 700 employees as of 2016.[2] In 2014, Fast Company published an article featuring Shutterstock as an example of a successful "intrapreneur"-reliant company, touting the company's "hackathons" for fostering staff creativity. Explains Fast Company, "the most obvious benefit of intrapreneurship is the ability to pursue more opportunities, allowing Shutterstock to test boundaries and experiment with offshoot products that can keep their core consumer base from turning to a competitor for their needs."[49]
Business modelEdit
Shutterstock licenses media for online download on behalf of photographers, designers, illustrators, videographers and musicians,[4] maintaining a library of almost 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations.[50] Shutterstock also has 10 million video clips and music clips in its portfolio.[39] While Shutterstock currently has several payment models, The Atlantic wrote in 2012 that Shutterstock "pioneered the subscription approach to stock photo sales, allowing customers to download images in bulk rather than à la carte."[26] The Atlantic further wrote that Shutterstock is "a web community in the manner of a Facebook or a Twitter or a Pinterest, with its value relying almost entirely on the enthusiasms of its contributors."[26]
|"Shutterstock is e-commerce with a twist, and its success depends on its contributors' ability to predict, and then provide, products that its subscribers will want to buy."
|— The Atlantic (May 18, 2012)[26]
With potential contributors able to apply to the site for free,[18] Shutterstock has a team of reviewers "charged with ensuring editorial consistency and quality."[26] As of 2016, if one of ten of a photographer's pictures are accepted, then they become a Shutterstock contributor.[51] As of 2011, only around 20 percent of applicants were approved, and "less than 60 percent of all the images uploaded by those approved contributors were ultimately put up on the site."[26] Once approved, contributors can begin uploading their work through the website. They supply keywords, categorize the images, and submit them to the "inspection queue", where images are examined for quality, usefulness and copyright and trademark laws. Each time an image is downloaded, the photographer receives a flat rate.[8][52][53] Explains VICE, "photographers retain copyright over their images, but Shutterstock is given full permission to market, display, and license the image to the customers on their site without final approval from the photographer."[18] As of March 2015, contributors added around 50,000 new images daily, and Shutterstock had paid around $250 million to contributors since its founding. In 2014, it paid $80 million to contributors.[50]
Shutterstock film and musicEdit
Shutterstock began selling stock video in February 2006. Shutterstock Footage operates similarly to their image library, offering video clips by subscription or on a per-clip basis.[20] As of 2014, Shutterstock Footage contained around 2 million royalty-free video clips.[39] Shutterstock Music debuted later, with new content submittable by contributors.[54]
Shutterstock appsEdit
Shutterstock for iPad was launched in November 2011,[24] and in May 2012 the app received a Webby Award for People's Voice in the tablet app category for utilities and services.[55] Shutterstock for iPad was followed in 2012 by a universal iOS app,[29] which by 2013 had been downloaded 650,000 times. The iOS app originally lacked the ability to download images, with that functionality added later.[33] The universal iOS app also included new features for Shutterstock, including the ability to filter image searches by color.[29] Shutterstock debuted an Android App in 2013,[33] and in September 2014, Shutterstock launched an app dedicated to its contributors, both available for iOS and Android. The app allows contributors to upload, keyword and categorize new images.[40]
Shutterstock LabsEdit
In 2012, Shutterstock launched Shutterstock Labs, a lab for "exploratory tools and products."[28] In May 2012, Shutterstock Images LLC announced the Shutterstock Instant tool, which according to the company was inspired by Shutterstock for iPad. The interface displays images in an interlocking mosaic view, allowing users to view more photos in less time.[27] Shutterstock Instant was made available on the Shutterstock Labs website.[27][28] The prototype for the search tool Spectrum was launched on March 21, 2013. With development in-house by Shutterstock Labs, the tool "indexes hexagram data to yield search results by color."[28] In July 2014, Shutterstock launched Palette, which allows users to add colors to the terms of the search, in addition to keywords.[38]
Computer visionEdit
Shutterstock has developed a number of tools utilizing a "convolutional neural network" that it created[17] to help with reverse image search technology.[56] The network is "essentially a computer system that is trained to recognize images – there are millions of specific items such as cats, bicycles, the night sky – and pull up the most relevant photos."[17] The network was dubbed computer vision by Shutterstock, and it "breaks down the key components of a photo numerically, drawing from its pixel data instead of metadata that is pulled from those tags and keywords."[17]
So a lot of image databases fill in those gaps with user behavior. If people searching the words 'bike' and 'fence' download a particular image more often, that one probably contains those two things in it.... Computer vision [like Shutterstock's] can change all that by eliminating the need for keywords in the first place. Using a series of algorithms, a model can progressively survey each pixel in an image to pick out different features in it—the color, the shapes, the sharpness of the angles. Each calculation is a layer of the deep learning network.— Popular Science (March 10, 2016)[57]
On March 10, 2016, Shutterstock debuted its Reverse Image Search tool. According to Entrepreneur, with the tool "users can upload an image, either from Shutterstock or another source, and the tool will call up images that look like and have a similar feel to the original photo."[17] The reverse image search allows users to not just search by keywords, but to also find images based on "color schemes, mood, or shapes."[56] Later that month, Shutterstock also debuted its Similar Search and Discovery tools,[17] with the "similar search" option provided beneath photos on the Shutterstock website.[56]
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- ^ a b Majewski, Taylor. "From stock photos to the stock market: Shutterstock CEO reveals how the company went public". Built in NYC. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Steven Bertoni, "Silicon Alley's First Billionaire Aims To Dominate Images On Web", Forbes, October 28, 2013
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- ^ "Shutterstock Takes Aim at Digital Transformation". CIO Insight. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Shutterstock Editorial announces multiyear U.S. distribution deal with AP". Associated Press. March 9, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c Eric A. Taub, "When Are Photos Like Penny Stocks? When They Sell", New York Times, June 5, 2007
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- ^ a b "Shutterstock Celebrates IPO on the NYSE", NYSE Press Release, October 17, 2012 Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Form S-1, Shutterstock, Inc". SEC.gov. May 14, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c Stephen Shankland "Shutterstock Buys Rival, Shifts Photo Sales Strategy", CNET, September 23, 2009
- ^ a b Frederic Lardinois, "Shutterstock Acquires Digital Asset Management Service WebDAM, Goes After Enterprise Market", TechCrunch, March 3, 2014
- ^ a b c By Frederic Lardinois. "Shutterstock Acquires Rex Features And PremiumBeat," TechCrunch, January 15, 2015.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (January 16, 2015). "New York company buys picture agency Rex Features". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ a b Bond, Shannon (June 22, 2015). "Shutterstock to challenge Getty Images after Variety tie-up". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Zipkin, Nina (March 10, 2016). "How Shutterstock Is Training Its System to Help You Find Better Photos". Entrepreneur. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Schwartz, Dana (November 29, 2015). "Inside Offset, the Surreal, Millennial-Targeted Photo Market within Shutterstock". VICE. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ^ a b "Small Business: How to Beat a Goliath"SmartMoney, February 2, 2009 Archived July 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Introducing Shutterstock Footage – A Stock Video Resource from Shutterstock", Shutterstock Press Release, February 9, 2006
- ^ Schomer, Stephanie (September 23, 2009). "Shutterstock Buys BigStockPhoto, PowerPoint Presentations Rejoice". Fast Company. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ^ a b Shutterstock.com – Stats released on website
- ^ a b "AIGA partners with Shutterstock to provide creative inspiration to members", Shutterstock Press Release, February 15, 2011
- ^ a b Brad McCarty, "Shutterstock brings its 16 million images to the iPad with a dedicated app", The Next Web, November 3, 2011
- ^ "Shutterstock Surpasses 200 Million Image Downloads – Celebrates with Global Design Trends Infographic", Shutterstock Press Release, February 1, 2012
- ^ a b c d e f Garber, Megan (May 18, 2012). "The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo?". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
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This book is number two in a series. It literally drops you right in the middle of the action. (In the middle of a frozen river, no less – by Santa!) With no background, it was hard to figure out what in the world was going on. For readers of the first volume, I am sure that it made much more sense. But, really, I wasn't sure what the purpose of the kids' exploits were, where they got their resources or funding, why they had passports but didn't have them stamped from any of the countries they'd visited, and later it didn't even sound like they were human – but I have no idea why.
The book itself though was very clever and unique. I loved the use of real photographs as the background, especially scenes of wildlife and their habitats. The little bits of information on many of the pages were quite interesting, whether about the topic at hand or some other related thing.
I think kids would love the multi-media format, especially in an eBook, which is how I read it (on an iPad). If it comes in a print copy, I'm not sure that it would have the same effect. Although I did have quite a bit of difficulty getting some of the more graphically heavy pages to load.
There were many inconsistencies that I found quite annoying. Like how Suki says the iPad and solar pad aren't working, and then shortly thereafter she is thrusting the iPad at Finch so that he can talk to his grandmother. Not to mention that the entire episode of him being sick was just weird, especially if the kids are not in fact real humans. I found it especially odd that everyone they saw either spoke English or they were magically able to translate every language that they heard. Not to mention the one nightgown that Suki turned into heart decorations for tons of trees across several countries. That is one big nightgown!
All of the fantasy type elements of the story detracted a bit from the information presented, at least for me. But I could handle the talking animals and such, even Santa's presence; but the woodland fairy was a bit too much.
Overall, the one word I would sum it up with is: Eh. Not horrible, not wonderful, just somewhere in between. But, again, I probably would have enjoyed it much more if I had read the first book in the series and had some idea of what was going on!
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The Fall and Rise of Peter -- Another Story About the End Times (Part III)
The next few months in Peter's life were both horrific and spectacular. As he, with the rest of the world, watched the Earth turn on itself, chaos reining through the streets – rape, murder, and theft prevalent, nobody safe, everybody afraid – and great natural disasters killing millions of people, Peter also discovered that he was a natural leader of men. And he liked it. He liked leading raids on the criminals and sinners. It gave him pleasure to watch the Godless squirm with fear at the mere sight of the Strike Force's approach, at the inevitable wrath of God coming to bring justice and goodness to this small part of the world. The sins of his past still hung over him like the blade of a guillotine, but rather than live his life in shame, he was driven by resolve to do right by the Lord God.
One night Peter and the Strike Force happened upon an innocent women being raped by two hooligans. Sneaking up behind the attackers, Peter drew his knife and sliced the knee tendons of one, while the Strike Force captured the other, binding the man's legs and arms with duct tape. As the injured sinner lay writhing on the ground, clutching his leg and moaning, Peter turned to the other. "Repent! Accept the Lord Jesus Christ into your heart, and be forgiven of your crimes." But the man just laughed. Peter, though, didn't mind for he knew with a few minutes of pain he could make the man see the light. Pain had a way of opening peoples' minds to the message of the Lord. It was as though the suffering drained all the evil out of sinners and made their minds a souls a blank, innocent slate, like a newborn's. So he ripped open the man's shirt and began carving a cross into his chest. Of the over fifty men he'd performed this procedure on before, only one refused to accept Jesus. The rest now wore their scar proudly, a permanent reminder of the power of God.
The man, though, didn't even scream. He only continued his laughter. Finally he allowed, "You can't hurt me. I am one with the true ruler of the Universe, Dimitriadas, also known as the Antichrist, also known as Satan! And I've tasted your wife, Peter. Jez begged me to never stop." With that he smiled.
Peter's calm vanished. "Liar!" he screamed. He then pulled a pair of pliers from his belt. Ripping teeth from the man's mouth, he pushed two of them into the man's eye sockets. And the man still did not scream, but only began talking in what sounded like gibberish but what the Strike Force knew was a prayer to Satan. Never had they battled such pure evil.
And Peter's mind seemed to be collapsing from the weight of it all. "No, not Jez," he mumbled. "Not Jez. Please God, do not let it be true. My whole heart is yours, my whole heart is yours, my whole heart is yours," and he collapsed into a pile on the ground and just rocked and rocked himself.
One of his men finally tried to comfort Peter. "The man is a liar, Peter. A liar. Jez would never do such a thing." But something deep within Peter knew it was true. Women could not be trusted. It was their nature to betray man, to betray God. Just as Eve tempted Adam to disobey the command of God, Jez had led Peter astray and broken his heart. Nothing could fix it, nothing. Peter could feel Jesus calling to him, "I love you Peter, I love you. Do not worry; you are one of my children. Heaven awaits. Heaven," but not even the soothing words of the Lord made him feel better. All he could think about were the things he could have done to prevent Jez from becoming such a whore. If only he forbade her reading, her watching television. When she argued, he should have silenced her. If only, if only…
Suddenly, the man whose knee tendons Peter had severed stood up, apparently healed of his affliction. The Strike Force noticed that there was a mark, a cross on the man's forehead that had not been there before. He walked over to Peter and, kneeling down, touched him on the shoulder. "Peter," he said, "you made me see the light. You. You are truly a child of God, Peter. Do not despair. Yours is a blessed life, meant to be spent in the arms of the Lord, basking in His glory. The pain you feel is only temporary, only a worldly pain. In Heaven you will be in an eternity of rapture. Jez will not even have existed."
And Peter started to come back to himself. His convert had away about him. Just his touch made Peter feel better, and the man's words were like God Himself standing before the distraught Peter, consoling him. And Peter rose to his feet. "It's time to roll out," he commanded his men…
Peter stormed into the house he shared with Jez. She was in the kitchen, hovering over the microwave trying to make dinner. Hearing the door slam behind him, Jez turned and smiled, unaware that he knew of her crimes. And Peter strode up to her clinching his fists; and seeing his face, Jez knew something was wrong, she even knew that it was her secret, her passion for a man she only knew as Perez, that seemed to have Peter possessed by the Devil. What she did not expect was the kick Peter delivered to her face, for he had always been such a gentle man. In fact, it was what she loved most about their marriage, that he was so loving and soft, for it allowed her to manipulate him and have her way.
Peter picked Jez up off the floor by the throat and slammed her on top of the stove. His eyes were wild and crazy, like a dog's with rabies, and he stared at her with the look of a killer. Jez couldn't breathe and she struggled and struggled, only finally able to bring some sense of calm to herself by remembering her few passionate rendezvous with Perez and the way he touched her. It was rough – not as rough as the way Peter now strangled her – but rough nonetheless… and dirty and sinful; and she loved every minute, every second of it; and she could barely contain her incredible need to moan and scream with pleasure at a mere caress from Perez's hands.
Even in his possessed state, Peter's love for Jez could be reached by her touch. And Jez, in a sudden fit of corrupt genius recognized this, reaching out and slipping her hands down his pants. She stroked him until he let go of her neck; and bringing her face up to his, she whispered, "Peter, I'm pregnant" and kissed him violently, hoping it would pass for passion. And it did, and Peter kissed her back, not forgiving her, not even really recognizing her, as his mind, already fragile from a broken heart, succumbed to pure desire, to pure evil that only women know to manipulate.
But Jez, despite her deep connection to the ways of Satan, did not contemplate the love Jesus had for Peter. Peter continued to kiss her, to touch and grope her, but all the while Jesus was whispering in his ear. "Don't do this, Peter. Don't. She will lead you down a path from which you can never come back." And finally the message began to get though, until, finally, Peter quickly turned on one of the stove burners and put Jez's hand on it. He held it there as she screamed, gathering his thoughts. After a few seconds, he said only "The Elders will know what to do with you" and dragged her out the door by her hair.
A month passed, and it was time for Jez's punishment to be carried out. The Elders, after several emotional hours questioning Peter, finding out what he wanted and what would be best for both the town and him, decided the townspeople would shoot Jez with rubber bullets and send her off to the shantytown that had recently been built to house the sinners. Once the baby was born, it was to be taken from her and given to Peter to bring up in Christ, away from the scheming and manipulative Jez.
So Jez was led out to the town square in chains and tied to a poll; and seeing her sad figure, people began to boo and hiss, slowly forming a circle around the poll. As Peter walked through the crowd toward his wife, some began to pat him on the back, deeply sorry for the shame and sin that had visited his life. Everyone loved Peter, and nobody really blamed him; but most by now had heard his story about the sinful origins of the relationship, about how it was because of Jez that Peter was denied the Rapture, that he embraced desire and pleasure over love of God and the truth of the Bible; and knowing this, all knew his love for Jez was cursed.
Peter was the first to shoot Jez. Stoically, he raised the gun and pulled the trigger. The bullet smashed into her nose, crushing it, and Jez twisted on the poll, moaning. And the rest of the townspeople followed Peter's lead, reigning down rubber bullets upon the woman until the moaning stopped. Peter stood and watched it all, still showing no emotion; and when he turned and again walked through the crowd, intending to go back home, the crowd slowly followed.
When Jez awoke, she found herself in a shack – her new home. The walls had no paint, no wallpaper, and the floor was dirt. Only a single light bulb hung from the ceiling. In one corner there was a stove and in another a dresser. It was the saddest site she had ever seen, and it was now her life; but she was not repentant or regretful; she did not curse herself or wish she could go back in time and make things right, truly embracing the light of Jesus Christ and accepting her life with Peter and his dominion over her. No; instead she let herself be taken by rage and desire – desire for revenge; and she stood up out of bed and began pounding on her stomach, intent on forcing the fetus insider of her out so it could suffocate without the nourishment from her womb. That would teach Peter.
And after a few minutes, the contractions began, and Jez could feel her body rejecting her premature baby. She began to bleed and feel faint; she felt a stabbing pain; she needed to lie down. And she did. And she lay there, pushing and pushing, pushing the baby out of her. At only two or three months it would surely be born dead, and she would be happy to be rid of it. God was not worthy of any duty. She would not have children that would grow up to worship Him. All children should be suffocated, she thought to herself.
As soon as the baby was delivered and she felt strong enough to move, Jez sat up and stared at the tiny bloody baby laying in her bed. It was covered in blood and placenta and did not move. She gathered up her child and began rocking it, suddenly hoping that she might feel something, some love for the fetus, for her baby; but she felt nothing, not even a twinge of sadness or regret. No, after a few seconds, she only wanted it out of her site, to forget about it, to forget that she was ever pregnant or married or was ever loved by a man, by anyone at all. So she took her child outside and tossed it in the garbage.
When the door closed behind Jez, the baby's eyes opened. It yawned and stretched itself. The placenta and blood hanging off its tiny figure made it uncomfortable, as though it were being suffocated, and it began tearing at it with its miniature fingers. After a few moments, it turned itself over onto its stomach and tried crawling. At first it was tough going, but within a minute or two it got the hang of it and began crawling around in small circles, trying to take in the surrounding scenery. Finally noticing the entrance to a sewer, the baby began crawling towards it, not even recognizing where it might lead to, but somehow drawn to it.
On its way, the fetus was suddenly overcome by both an immense sadness and a profound sense of good, all at the same time. It was as though the weight of the world, all the sin and filth and suffering, were put on its shoulders while the strength and glory of God propped it up like Atlas and the Earth. And reaching the mouth of the sewer, the fetus continued crawling until the force of gravity pulled it down to the depths.
Laying on the ground, the baby was greeted by the sniffing of a rat. Suddenly, the tiny little eyes of another fetus were peering down at him. Then another. And another. And another, until the fetus was surrounded by other fetuses. And then one of the aborted spoke. "Welcome. We are the Tribulation Saints, and you are our leader."


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How to explain the evolution of water management policies in Shanghai? This is the question tackled by Seungho Lee (University of Nottingham, UK) in this book. He describes a process of institutional change and shows how the combined action of several actors (NGOs, private enterprises, international organisations) has stimulated awareness and measures taken by local government.
Lee borrows the grid-group typology from British anthropologist Mary Douglas, which enables him to better define the various actors involved in water policy in Shanghai. First the "hierarchists," designating groups whose workings are strictly regulated through a pronounced hierarchy, and represented here by the government of Shanghai. "Egalitarians" are freer, and their actions are motivated by moral and ethical objectives: these are the non-governmental organisations (NGOs). "Entrepreneurs" envisage relations with other individuals in terms of competition, and consider all ties as provisional and renegotiable at any time. The companies entrusted with water management in Shanghai represent this group. Lastly, the "fatalists" are composed of social group who are excluded and have no autonomy. These are the citizens of Shanghai. Lee adds a fifth group, the "international hierarchists," which designates the international organisations involved in water policies in Shanghai.(1) Starting from what seeks to be a Foucaldian analysis, Lee shows how the interaction among these various groups has enabled an evolution in the discourse on the environment.(2) Lastly, he draws inspiration from the co-evolution approach and from complexity theory in order to describe the evolution of policy in this field.(3)
Each actor gets its own chapter: the government and its reforms (Chapter 4), the growth of civil movements (Chapter 5), the cautious arrival of foreign companies and the emergence of Chinese companies (Chapter 6), and the influence of international organisations (Chapter 7). The book is introduced by a physical description of the water situation in Shanghai (Chapter 2, following the introduction) and a theoretical introduction (Chapter 3).
Up to the end of the 1990s, the government of Shanghai held the monopoly in the water industry. Water quality was constantly deteriorating as a result of the industrialisation and urbanisation of the region. While available resources were abundant (estimated at 5,240 m3 per person as against 2,670 m3 at the national level), Shanghai suffered from a new form of scarcity: the city lacked unpolluted water. In the 1980s, 60 percent of industrial sewage as well as many polluting products (especially pesticides and fertilisers) were dumped into the rivers. In the 1980s, the press began to report several scandals and environmental problems: eutrophication of Lake Dianshan in the summer of 1989, the dumping of phenol in the Huangpu only 10 kilometres from a drinking water pumping station in 1989, the dumping of sewage in the Huangpu by the Jianglong Chemical Company, and so on.
In this context, new actors began to intervene in the water sector at the end of the 1990s. On the one hand emerged environmental NGOs and GONGOs (government organised NGOs) at the local and national level, in particular the China Green Student Forum, Shanghai Green Union, and Grassroots Community, as well as the "local communities" (shequ). While their autonomy remained limited, the government did not remain deaf to their demands and organised a range of relevant events (World Water Day, World Environment Day). At the same time, the government sought to attract foreign investment, technology, and know-how in water treatment. Many companies seized the opportunity to enter the Chinese market, with varying degrees of success, including the success of Veolia (in a joint venture with the Shanghai Pudong Water Supply Corporation in 2002) and Suez, and the less fortunate Thames Water. Lastly, international agencies became involved in the Shanghai water sector in the 1980s (the World Bank, the Asia Development Bank, and the national development agencies of Western countries) and launched projects in cooperation with the municipal government (the Shanghai Sewerage Project, the Shanghai Environment Project).
In 2000, the government created the Shanghai Water Authority to manage water resources, passed a law on the assessment of the environmental impact of industrial projects before their launch (2002), and imposed the "three synchronisations" (of design, construction, and functioning of industrial projects with waste management) as well as taxes on pollution. The water situation improved: for example, one programme enabled a clean-up of the Suzhou River and a reduction of the disagreeable odours that arose from it. Treatment of domestic and industrial sewage also increased (in 2003, 53 percent of the former and 95 percent of the latter were treated).
Thus in a few years the government of Shanghai was transformed from a simple water supplier to a regulation entity managing institutional evolution in the area. The dual relationship between state and society evolved in a few years towards a multifaceted institutional system in which a range of actors interact, adapting their dynamics to new environments.
Unfortunately the challenges remain numerous. Laws often go unenforced, the various government agencies in the sector are often in competition, the government has given priority to cleaning up the biggest rivers (Suzhou and Huangpu) to the detriment of secondary rivers, and so on.
Lee's book is very thoroughly documented, and he has succeeded in clearly and concisely presenting the various actors and their evolution. However, one regrets the overall "drawer" structure used by author, which presents one actor in each part without any problematisation. This presentation is justified by the use of Mary Douglas's theories, but it does not highlight individual specific roles or their interaction in the evolution of policies. And why deal with administrative evolutions before the factors that set them off? Lastly, it is regrettable that Lee draws no conclusions about the evolution of water policies at the national level. Shanghai is a very particular example. It would be interesting to know to what extent the institutional changes that have taken place there are applicable to the country as a whole (in particular to northern China, which is subject to major drought problems). Apart from these shortcomings, Water and Development in China provides an excellent analysis of institutional change.
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The partogram is the graphical record of labor in time. The partogram begins at the moment the diagnosis of labor is confirmed by your careprovider. The time prior to the diagnosis is not taken into account.
If the first exam reveals 4cm dilatatation the partogram begins at 4cm on the vertical axis, which corresponds with zero hour on the horizontal axis. The partogram is a prospective tool, not an optional graph to be made in retrospect when your labor has stalled long enough.
This way it is quite visible for everyone if labor is progressing normally. Although simplicity is the key here, still not every doctor or midwife uses this handy tool.
The use of the partogram is based on this book. Proactive Support of Labor is written for professionals such as midwives and obstetricians. It gives a comprehensive explanation of labor and birth, what is normal and what not, and how to approach it professionally in an Evidence Based way.


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I'm finally getting caught up on things. Sad to say that I had to stop production of November Girl. There were several reasons why I had to stop and it was a pretty tough decision. For the most part it felt so good and there seemed to be genuine interest in the project. I was waiting outside the studio one morning and one of the managers of Uptown Bill's stopped and asked about it. He was so impressed he gave me his business card and told me to contact him when we were done and we'd try and set some event up with them. That was great. Unfortunately there were to many obstacles.
One was the problems with getting actors who would commit to the production. I had a few of them who agreed to do it and seemed very excited about it but when it came to actually spending time they were just too busy and dropped out. One guy I work with was going to do one scene for one day. he only had a few lines and he thought it would be fun. For reasons I'll never understand his wife got worried that there would be something in the film that got them in to trouble. What? She wanted to read the script and see what it was about so I gave them the script for the first episode. That wasn't enough and she wanted to read the whole script. I don't know what she thought was in there but I felt uncomfortable having to get script approval from someone I didn't know just so he could do a few lines. His character didn't even have a name. It was pretty ridiculous and he dropped out to make his wife happy. There were all sorts of problems like that and after 5 weeks of work I still had almost no footage to show for it. I finally had a heart to heart talk with one of the actresses and she admitted that, had she known it would be so complex, she wouldn't have agreed to do it in the first place. She was polite about it but it was obvious she couldn't give it the dedication it needed. My only choice was to suspend the project for now.
I haven't given up on it, I still believe this has the potential for being a very successful series, but I've put it on the shelf for a while. Maybe in fall when there is a new group of actors at UI I'll start it up again. I'll have to start from scratch, there is no way to use the footage we shot with a recast, and hopefully I'll find someone who lives in Iowa City who'll help out. It would just be much easier to set up the locations if there was someone who lived in town and didn't have to make a big trip.
In the mean time I've entered the script in the Land Locked Film Festival in October. I've also submitted it to Trigger Street labs which is a site set up by actor Kevin Spacey to help people promote their work. I'm also looking to see if there are other possibilities.
Will, hopefully, have some good news in the future.
Not really sure what my next project will be. Everyone at PATV has been very supportive and I want to do more there. I've had a few ideas but nothing has really got me excited yet.


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- Shutterfly prints x 101 FREE w/code (I get these via email all the time!)
- Photo book I created for FREE w/Blurb (PR for FFF)
- $5.00 Amazon GC codes x 2
- SHMILY coins (PR & Giveaway for FFF)
- $10 GC to Macys from Shop it to ME
- 3 books by Karen Okulicz (PR for FFF)
- Boost Mobile Phones x 2 (PR & Giveaway for FFF)
- A few late birthday cards for Arwen
- Dede Med's Falafel Seasoning & Kitchen tool of some kind (PR for FFF)
- Bath & Body stuff from SJ Creations (PR & Giveaway for FFF) including: Apple shaped soap, Fancy Nancy lotion and Fancy Nancy glitter mist (for the girls!)
Monday, August 8, 2011
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How Are Straddles Taxed?
What is a Straddle?
An options straddle is a neutral strategy in options trading that involves simultaneously buying a put and a call of the same underlying stock, strike price and expiration date.
Tax straddle definition. For tax purposes, a straddle is a pair of transactions created by taking two offsetting positions. One of the two positions holds long risk and the other is short.
A tax straddle is a straddle that has been constructed solely as a tax shelter. A taxpayer constructs a tax straddle to artificially create taxable losses in order to offset pre-existing gains from unrelated transactions. One of the two positions accumulates an unrealized gain and the other an unrealized loss. The position with the loss is closed out prior to the end of the tax year, realizing a loss sufficient to counter the pre-existing taxable gains. When the new tax year opens, a replacement position can be created in order to offset the risk from the retained position.
There are 2 classes of straddles: basic and identified. These two classes differ in terms of how transactions become associated into the straddles. Additionally, groups of transactions can also be delineated as Qualified Covered Calls (QCC). This has the effect of excluding that group of transactions from being considered a straddle. However, the individual elements of the QCC can be included as elements of other straddles.
For an identified straddle, any loss is disallowed if there are offsetting positions still open. The basis of the offsetting positions is adjusted by the amount of the disallowed loss. The loss is then recognized when that position is disposed of.
For a basic straddle, the comparison is made at the end of the year. The amount of the loss is compared to the amount of the unrecognized gain on offsetting positions as of the end of year. The amount of the loss in excess of the unrecognized gain (if any) can be recognized, the loss up to this amount is deferred until the following year. At the end of the following year, the loss is then compared to the unrecognized gain as of the end of that year, following the same rule. Of course, if all of the positions of the straddle are closed out during a year, then there will be no unrecognized gain at the end of the year, and all the loss will be allowed.
As you can see, this area of tax is very complex and most definitely will require using a seasoned tax professional. Let's look at a few examples to better understand this important tax rule:
Example 1 Basic Straddle:
- 05/05/2018 Buy a call option on XYZ for $100.
- 05/07/2018 Buy put option on XYZ for $200.
- 12/01/2018 Sell a call option for a loss of $11.
- 12/31/2018 The put option is worth $205, for an unrealized gain of $5.
Result: $5.00 of the $11.00 loss is disallowed. The $6.00 loss is allowed for the tax year of 2018, and the $5.00 loss is allowed in a later taxable year.
Example 2 – Identified Straddle
Same as example 1, but the fund 'identifies' the two transactions as belonging to a single straddle.
Result: The entire $11.00 is disallowed in the tax year of 2018 and the cost basis of the put option is adjusted upward by $11.00.
Example 3 – Covered Call Activity:
You buy 100 shares of XYZ stock on January 5th, 2018.
On December 30th of 2018, you sell short ('write') an out-of-the-money call option with an expiration date of June 30th, 2019.
On December 31st, you sell the XYZ shares for a $10.00 realized loss.
The short call option shows an unrealized gain of $5.00 at close of business, December 31st, 2018.
These transactions meet the requirements of being a qualified covered call.
Result: Although the two transactions would normally be tagged as a basic straddle, since they were exempted by being qualified as a QCC, the $10.00 loss is allowed in the tax year of 2018.
There is much more to discuss on this subject, including cost basis, holding period adjustments and disallowed wash sales losses related to straddles. We strongly encourage you to find a trader tax expert or reach out to one of the OTA tax pros advisors.


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Seven in 10 people in Hong Kong have had their lives affected by the pro-democracy protests, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday.
A slightly smaller proportion — 67 percent — said the street occupation by protesters should end immediately, the report said, citing a survey by pro-establishment Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).
The survey polled 5,531 respondents aged 12 and above in 18 districts.
DAB lawmaker Starry Lee said the protests have seriously affected the lives of residents and business owners and upset social order.
Also, Lee accused former governor Chris Patten of oversimplifying the political situation in Hong Kong.
She said Patten was unfair in describing the Hong Kong government as lacking abilities, adding that not all the demands of the protesters can be met.
Meanwhile, a running on-site survey has been launched in Admiralty to gauge opinions among protesters on a proposal to force a proxy referendum with a mass resignation by pan-democratic legislators.
One of its initiators, surnamed Kwok, said the group is targeting 2,000 respondents and will publish the results daily on a dedicated Facebook page.
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I've just added a "distro page" to the site. I have been importing and distributing vinyl for a while through my guitar shop but Tym records will now be the conduit through which this will take place.
We have some great relationships with small labels doing similar things all over the world and I hope to be able to add more of these small labels to our roster.
The "buy stuff" page will start to show vinyl we exclusively import with links to buy directly from our online shop. Of course, you can always come into the shop to talk to us and buy records. We prefer it that way.


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Visitation B.V.M. School, Norristown, hosts the following events during and before Catholic Schools Week:
Wednesday, Jan. 23
School Spelling Bee Final will be held in the gym at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Student representatives will lector and present the offertory gifts at the 5:15 p.m. Mass. After Mass the art fair is open.
Sunday, Jan. 27
Student representatives will lector and present the offertory gifts at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Masses. The art fair is open 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. A tour of the school for prospective parents will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 28
An open house for parents and prospective parents will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Extend Kindness Day — Students and teachers will prepare pages with acts of kindness in memory and in honor of the victims ofSandy Hook,Conn.This booklet will forwarded to the school inMonroe,Conn.(Our younger students will not receive explanation of the event. They will be told it is for people who need the intention.)
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Teachers will switch roles and classes from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Spirit Day and Appreciation Day — Students may dress down in blue and white colors and accessories with usual "dress down" day guidelines.
Morning hours – Class religion bees
12:30 p.m. – Early dismissal
Students will receive a treat from the Home and School Association.
Thursday, Jan. 31
Special science show — "The Magic of Chemistry"
9 a.m. – Pre-K through grade 4
10 a.m. – Grades 5-8
1 p.m. – Religion bee finals for grades 6, 7 and 8
Friday, Feb. 1
9 a.m. – Closing Mass and First Friday (upper church)
1 p.m. – Ice cream sundaes in paired grades.
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During my first job out of business school, a wise businessperson, Tony Hall, asked a group of us this question, "What is the most important thing for a successful business?"
- A great product
- Strong management
- Dedicated employees
- Customers
- Compelling advertising
- Good marketing
- A thoughtful business
- A unifying mission statement
Tony went around the table letting each of us provide an answer; no consensus was reached. Tony then emphatically told us in no uncertain terms that the most important thing for a successful business was CUSTOMERS.
Over the years, I've thought about Tony's question and his answer. I've worked for large companies such as Pfizer & J&J as well as small companies and start-ups, and Tony was absolutely right. Customers are the most important part of any successful business. This is doubly true for the entrepreneur.
Sometimes, entrepreneurs mistakenly believe that anyone who provides capital (e.g. cash) is a customer. This includes Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists (VCs), customers (buyers), and end-consumers. Granted, Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists do provide capital along with advice. However, they provide capital at a huge premium – 30% to 70% of your company.
Within this hierarchy of "customers", I would rate the actual person who makes the buying decision for your product or service as the most important part of a new venture. You should have a relationship with this person. Ask probing questions and listen for their needs and where they need assistance. When first working with your customers, be in listening and learning mode. Take what you learn and improve your product or service. If your product or service truly addresses the needs of the buyer, selling is easy. Ask them about the competition. Learn about pricing and terms. If possible, see if you can get a commitment to buy from this customer. With a group of committed customers, you may not need to go to Angel Investors or VCs for capital and you will retain the ownership of you company.
Once you learn about the real needs of the customer, the salvation and growth of your company depends on not only meeting the needs of the customer, but also continuing to delight the customer. A delight customer is your best advocate and evangelist. Furthermore, remember what W. Edward Deming said, "Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them."
Tom McMillian is the president of Techtao, LLC a marketing consultancy.
This article was previously published in the New Jersey Entrepreneur magazine where Tom is recognized at New Jersey's Marketing Expert. Plus, I've moved this blog from my Techtao blog to Techtao.com
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