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But despite all these statistics being circulated, it seems that the numbers just increase the awareness level of the people, but they do not translate to a change in behavior. I just look to my close friends' behavior, and I see that what prodded them to be tested was not knowledge of the statistics, no matter how alarming they are. The tipping point was when we started knowing friends and acquaintances that were HIV-positive. And when some of them started dying, that's when the disease became really real. It may not have reduced the fearful possibility of being positive, but it sure was the added push that made them finally take the test.
Which is why I wish that more HIV-positive people would voluntarily come out with their status. They need not come out to the general public; in fact, I'm thinking more of them telling their immediate close circle of friends (and family, if they can handle them as well). It's the big difference between just being a statistic versus having an actual face of the epidemic.
Yes, it is still a personal choice. And yes, no one has the right to disclose someone else's HIV status. Which is why I wish more would volunteer. I think when people are able to put an actual face behind the disease, that's when the fight against HIV transforms from the impersonal to the personal.
And then people hopefully will act.


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It seems that when trading long term bonds *** and choosing between the two offerings on CME one is presented with a Scylla and Charybdis decision.
1. VOLATILITY CONSISTENCY: Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond Futures (UB) have a more consistent volatility profile given its basket of deliverable is homogeneous and you can expect roughly a 25 year duration. On the other hand ZB has a variable duration, from 17-22 years.
2. SKEW: U.S. Treasury Bond Futures (ZB) have a preferable skew profile.
So one would prefer leveraging ZB to achieve the volatility of UB.
Am I reading the trade offs correctly? Is there anything that I'm missing?
*** Long biased trading strategy. Outright positioning. Position duration 6-24 hours.

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sustainability at TRANQUILLO
Right from the beginning the fair cooperation with our partners was one of our main aspects. As a family business we believe in relations and for us TRANQUILLO is one big and colourful family. Warm, relaxed and vibrant.
With most of our manufacturers we are linked in long-term cooperations. Together we follow the road to sustainability. On-site we often initiate specific improvements of the working conditions, which show direct affects on the quality of our goods. We value the close connection to our manufacturers and know that we came as a company and are known as a friend. This could be a slight difference to the huge fashion companies.
For our fashion collection we use organic cotton and pay a lot of attention on the best mix of fabrics made of resource-friendly production and a long durability of your beloved fashion favorites. Most of our styles are GOTS certified. This international established label guarantees an environmentally friendly and sustainable production process and improves the working conditions on-site, the hygiene standards and a fair remuneration of the employees. Read more about our certifications as a fair fashion company.
Our road to sustainability and fairness:
- We evolve intense and long-term relationships to our manufacturers. We inspect the production sites before we start to cooperate. Several times per year we visit the sites and have a close look on the conditions of the production.
- We pay attention on the certification of our manufacturers. Read more about our labels and certifications.
- Once we produced a pattern we use it up in the following seasons. That's how we provide individual items made of leftover fabric of the previous season. One step closer to zero waste.
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- We use LED lights in our stores. That reduces the energy consumption six times! LED lights even do not turn into special waste.
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- We pad our parcels with recycled material and use cartonage several times. After their lifetime we return them to the exploitation cycle.
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The regardful treatment of our environment is very important to us. In fashion industries this is not yet easy. Our customers apply the same standards and expectations on us as they have on conventional producers. We question each of our production steps, evaluate and improve our standards. This is how we initiate long-term adjustments at our producers and stay dynamic at the same time. Together we evolve to a fair and sustainable future.


text: Hello, this is my first post here so I'm hoping that I have put this in the correct place. Just about everything I know and understand about WW2 comes from books, movies and documentaries. I have also spent many a happy hour exploring museums and old WW2 ruins not to mention a few hours in the archives but here's the thing, Some of the best information that I have gained comes directly from source, namely, the people that were there. Having read through a lot of the brilliant and interesting forums here, I was reminded of an unusual meeting that I had with an old farmer. I was working on a construction site in a field in the middle of nowhere when this old chap approached me, I asked him what he was doing walking in the middle of the site when there were so many heavy plant vehicles moving about. He explained to me that he used to own the field that we were working in but he had to sell it to make ends meet. To cut a long story short, he started to reminisce about the time a lone German bomber crashed into the very field that we were working on, he pointed to a row of trees by the roadside and said, 'they are a lot taller now but that Jerry bomber was just above them, it was being chased by a Spitfire', you should have seen it, 'he said', 'it was on fire but that Spit pilot was letting him have it, all guns were blazing' he then went into detail about how the bomber clipped the last tree and smashed into the field whilst taking out a part of his barn'. I appreciate that its not the most exciting story but for me it felt like I was reliving that moment with him, I could have sat and listen to him all day, he remembered D-Day and he recalled watching massive formations of British and American aircraft flying overhead, he described the arrival of the first American troops and the hard times that he and his neighbours endured due to rationing, listening to him was far better than reading a book or watching a documentary. Apologies for the long post but I was really trying to make the point that we should all value the people that lived through that terrible time, for me personally, their experiences are more valuable than anything that I could gain from a book. Does anyone else have a similar story, I would really like to read about your experiences of chatting with the people that were there. Many Thanks in advance. Waterloo.


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A gun-toting trio opened fire on a father and his 10-year-old son in the South Bronx Saturday morning before leading a cop on a wild chase that ended in a shootout, police said.
The mayhem erupted around 2:49 a.m., when one of the men shot at a Dodge Durango at Westchester Ave. and Zerega Ave. in Parkchester, cops said.
A 10-year-old boy sitting inside the vehicle was grazed on his elbow and right side by the hail of bullets, and his 37-year-old father was hit in the finger, police said. Both were treated at Jacobi Medical Center and released.
Police said the father flagged down a patrol car and that a description of the late model maroon Chevy Impala the suspects were in was broadcast to other officers.
A cop who was driving alone in his patrol car heard the description and began chasing the Impala down Lafayette Ave. until the driver lost control and slammed into a fence, police said.
Police said the officer then chased a 19-year-old man on foot and shot him in the torso. Authorities on the scene said the man was shot in the buttocks.
He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, cops said. Two other suspects are in custody.
Witness Cecilio Negron, 40, said the men were firing at the cop during the chase. "When they were driving, they were shooting at the cops," he said.
He said he saw the Impala coming down Lafayette, skid and hit the fence of the apartment building at the corner.
"The [Impala] tried to go down Bryant Ave., but the car jumped the sidewalk," Negron said.
The marked police car came screeching around the corner and pinned the Impala up against the fence. "The cop jumped the sidewalk too," he said.
Negron said a footchase began and that about nine shots were fired at the fleeing men. Cops said a revolver was recovered at the scene.
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Robots are getting quite better at completing tasks autonomously in warehouses and business environments. Vecna Robotics, which is behind innovative robotic material handling autonomous ground vehicles, was recently awarded first place in the DHL & Dell Robotics Mobile Picking Challenge 2017. Its Tote Retrieval System (TRS) not only picks boxes from different levels of the shelf but can place them on an autonomous mobile robot.
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Roy Smith provides photographs of the First 15 Rugby team
I was directed to the Prices site by an old friend of mine. Thought I would send you these photos of the U16 rugby team 1966-67 season and the 1st 15 of the same season.
U16 Standing:
Lee, Elner, Devenish, Dashper, Lynch, Vote, Dixon, Llewellyn.
Gardner, Matthews, Salford, Smith, Parkinson, Simpson, Middleton.
I don't have the names of the 1st 15 but that's me bottom left. The sports master was Mr Wise I think, and there one or two from the photo already on the site.
I think that might be me next to Andy McPhee in the 67/68 photo. I must have been playing a year up as I don't recall playing in that team.


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Animation Careers in South Carolina Overview
The State of South Carolina has been hosting film productions for nearly 100 years. According to The Augusta Chronicle, one of the state's earliest films, The Arizona Bandit, was shot on the bluffs of the Savannah River in North Augusta. The year was 1920. Scenes from movies such as Asylum (2008), The Notebook (2004) Radio (2003), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), The Patriot (2000) Rules of Engagement (2000), The Abyss (1989), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), The Longest Yard (1974), and Deliverance (1972) were filmed here, and dozens more are set to be filmed in cities from Conway to Charleston. Hollywood productions and others come to South Carolina to take advantage of the states' beautiful landscapes and the South Carolina Film Commissions' numerous television and film incentives.
The Commission also offers training and education for artists of all kinds—including animators. The state is also home to 75 Title IV colleges and universities, and dozens of other schools and centers that offer programs for artists and designers of all kinds. This means that in addition to an active production scene, aspiring animators in South Carolina can expect to find a variety of training programs that lead to a degree. Most top employers prefer to hire animators that hold at least a bachelor's degree, while others may accept an associate degree for certain entry-level positions. Overall, in addition to having more job opportunities, animators that hold a degree tend to earn more as well.
Employment and Salary Trends for South Carolina Animators
South Carolina is home to 110 salaried multimedia artists and animators. They average $50,660 per year, up from $49,300 in 2013 when the state was home to 50 salaried multimedia artists and animators. Nationwide, the mean annual wage for animators and multimedia artists is $69,410 and overall employment for this group is expected to increase by six percent for the 2012-2022 decade.
The top five highest paying states for animators are:
- California ($82,170)
- Washington ($75,740)
- Massachusetts ($73,470)
- New York ($70,660)
- Idaho ($69,450)
The top paying industries for animators and multimedia artists are:
- Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers ($81,760)
- Other Information Services ($80,310)
- Software Publishers ($76,090)
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers ($75,150)
- Motion Picture and Video Industries ($73,950)
The states with the highest employment levels for animators and multimedia artists are California, New York, Washington, Texas and Georgia
Animation Career Opportunities in South Carolina
In South Carolina and across the U.S., the industries with the highest levels of employment are the Motion Picture and Video industries, Computer Systems Design and Related Services, Software Publishers, Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services, and Other Information Services. 'Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers' has the second highest concentration of employment for animators and multimedia artists, along with an impressive average annual salary of $75,150.
Job opportunities for aspiring animators in South Carolina can be found at agencies and studios such as:
- ADCO, Columbia
- Digital Hyper Studios, Rock Hill
- Fuzzco, Charleston
- HOOK, Charleston
- K2 Productions, Charleston
- Levelwing, Mount Pleasant
- Moondog Animation, Charleston
- The Brandon Agency, Charleston, Charlotte, Myrtle Beach
- Wingard Graphics & Animation, Columbia
While it is possible to find employment in many cities across the state, most opportunities for aspiring animators can be found in major cities such Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, and Rock Hill.
South Carolina Animation Training Programs
South Carolina is home to a number of schools that offer top-rated art and design programs. Just a few include:
- Art Institute of Charleston
- Art Institute of Charlotte
- Clemson University, Clemson
- The School of the Arts of the College of Charleston
- University of North Carolina-School of the Arts, Winston-Salem
The Art Institute of Charleston offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production, while the Charlotte location offers a BFA in Media Arts & Animation. Clemson University offers a BFA in Art that can prepare students for a career in animation and cartoons, illustration or design. The school also offers a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a BA in Computer Science with a Minor in Digital Production Arts for Animation and Game Design.
The School of the Arts at the College of Charleston offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Computing in the Arts, which allows students to create new forms of animation and digital media, among others, while the University of North Carolina-School of the Arts offers a BFA in Animation and Production Design.
Animation related programs to consider:
- Atlanta, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France; and SCAD eLearning
- Animation – BFA, MA, MFA
- Film and Television – BFA, MA, MFA
- Graphic Design – BA, BFA, MA, MFA
- Illustration – BA, BFA, MA, MFA
- Immersive Reality - BFA
- Interactive Design and Game Development – BA, BFA, MA, MFA
- Motion Media Design – BFA, MA, MFA
- Sequential Art – BA, BFA, MA, MFA
- Visual Effects – BFA, MA, MFA
- User Experience (UX) Design – BFA
- Top 50 Nationally for Animation (#3) - 2020
- Top 50 Nationally for Game Design (#12) - 2020
- Top 50 Nationally for Graphic Design (#9) - 2020
- Top 40 Nationally for Illustration (#9) - 2020
- San Francisco & Online
- Top 50 Nationally for Animation (#15) - 2020
- Top 50 Nationally for Game Design (#23) - 2020
- Top 40 Nationally for Illustration (#29) - 2020
- Winter Park, FL & Online
- Computer Animation - Bachelor's - Online & Campus
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- Simulation & Visualization - Bachelor's - Campus
- Top 50 Nationally for Animation (#19) - 2020
- Top 50 Nationally for Game Design (#17) - 2020
- Top 5 in Florida for Graphic Design (#4) - 2020
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Students interested in earning a two-year degree or certificate have a variety of technical colleges from which to choose. Horry Georgetown Technical College and Trident Technical College are just a few.
Awesome Animation Fact: These days, films are completed weeks, months or even years before they premiere. Disney's Fantasia, however, was completed four hours before premiering in New York City on November 13, 1940. The final scene to be produced was flown to New York on the day of the premiere and edited into the film in time for its first showing. -Ten Facts About, UK


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As the capital of China, Beijing brings together people from all over the world. Beijing's prosperity and cultural heritage has given rise to a varied and colorful nightlife.
The diverse range of evening activities in Beijing makes an evening out suitable for people of different interests. Here are the top 11 things to do at night in Beijing.
Chinese kung fu is a unique Chinese style of martial arts, and probably one of the earliest and most enduring sports, utilizing both brawn and brain. The theory of kung fu is based upon classical Chinese philosophy.
The most popular place to enjoy a kung fu show is Red Theater.
The show, the Legend of Kung Fu, tells the story of a young boy, who dreamed of becoming a kung fu master, overcomes difficulties and temptations on the road to enlightenment.
This spectacular show is a combination of kung fu, acrobatics, and dancing. It is a show not to be missed for kung fu fans, or families with kids.
The hutongs, the winding and maze-like narrow alleys of old Beijing, are the best place to experience local life. In the evening, when the residents are back home after work or school, the hutongs come to life.
The best hutong areas are around the Drum Tower and Tongluoguxiang. You can have a leisurely walk along the hutongs to see residents playing mahjong in the street, enjoy a jamming session on traditional instruments, or find a local restaurant for your dinner.
See more on Beijing Hutong Activities: 7 Wonderful Things to Do.
The Simatai section of the Great Wall is the only section open for night visits. It offers you a rare chance to see the night views of the majestic Great Wall.
Our 4-Days Secrets of Beijing Great Wall Night Tour includes an overnight stay in a beautiful Simatai water town, and the opportunity for a night walk on the subtly-lit wall.
Exclusive and enjoyable - see this ancient heritage in the cool and tranquility of night, as China's soldiers did centuries before.
If you are a foodie and love adventure, you should try some Beijing snacks. Snack streets are very busy at night.
Typical Beijing snacks include fried dough rings, fried triangular dumplings, sugarcoated haws, rolling donkeys (sticky rice rolls), and exotic food such as fried insects, scorpions, and animal parts. Read more on The Top 12 Beijing Street Snacks You Should Try.
Wangfujing Snack Street is one of the most popular food streets, thanks to its convenient location. See more on The Top 6 Food/Snack Streets in Beijing.
Chinese acrobatics, with its long history, has been praised as "The Pearl of Oriental Art". A successful acrobatics show demands superb skills and hard training from the artists. Their amazing performances are sure to impress.
Excellent performance of traditional acrobatics in a modern stage setting - this is the key to Chaoyang Theatre's fame. At the theater, You will watch bicycle acrobatics, ballet, hoop jumping, ball skills, contortion, and Chinese magic tricks.
Peking opera, or Beijing opera, "the quintessence of China", displays a uniquely Chinese art form. It is a combination of acrobatics, singing, and dancing.
The peculiar singing style of Beijing opera is poignant, and the costumes and masks are quite startling.
Stylistic role-play, facial make-up, costumes, vocal skills, and traditional music are the major highlights of Peking opera.
Liyuan Theatre is our recommendation for a real taste of this performing art, where you might get a chance to watch performers put on their make-up before the show.
Learn more about the Best Three Theaters in Beijing.
Immediately north of the Forbidden City, Jingshan Park is the best place for a bird's eye view of the Forbidden City and central Beijing. This park is open after dark, until 9pm in summer and 8pm in winter.
It is recommended to climb 'Scenic Hill' (Jingshan) at dusk, when the Forbidden City is particularly beautiful, palace eaves decorated with golden rays of the setting sun.
Central Beijing has stunning night scenery. Many buildings look more fabulous when colorfully lit.
The area around Tian'anmen Square is one of the most beautiful places in Beijing at night. The dignified Tian'anmen Tower, and other famous buildings, stand out more against a dark sky.
Chang'an Avenue is runs along the north side of Tian'anmen Square. It is one of the busiest streets in Beijing. At night, the whole street is lit up.
Another striking area for night cityscapes is Olympic Park, with the Bird's Nest and Water Cube lit up in red and blue respectively. You will be overwhelmed by the architecture of these two magnificent buildings.
Dashilan Street is the oldest and most famous ancient shopping street in Beijing. It has a unique culture and is one of the famous entertainment centers in Qianmen. There are theaters, teahouses, and many famous shops, such as Zhang Yiyuan, which sells teas, and Ma Juyuan, which sells hats.
Watch a live show in one of the bars. Beijing probably has the most bars compared with other Chinese cities and is one of the cities with the most developed bar culture. Most of the bars are concentrated in the Chaoyang, Xicheng, and Haidian districts. There are many kinds of live performances in the bars, such as bands and magic shows.
There are occasionally shows in Beijing Workers' Stadium, such as concerts and circuses. You can attend a gig to experience the colorful nightlife in Beijing.
Shopping in Sanlitun keeps tourists and Beijingers on their toes. From local souvenirs to the latest high-tech devices and "Western" fashion, there's nothing one can't buy.
After a day-trip to Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City, having dinner in a traditional Chinese restaurant, and hanging out in Wangfujing Street is a wonderful way to finish a day. The shopping malls generally close at 10pm.
Similar to Wangfujing Shopping Street, Qianmen Street is one of the most popular shopping streets in Beijing, with traditional-style buildings.
As mentioned above, there are many bars, cafes, and creatively-designed shops in the hutongs. Houhai is the most popular area for nightlife. As the sun sets and the neon lights rise, the hutongs become vibrant with young people.
Sanlitun Bar Street, is another busy nightlife center in Chaoyang District. It is famous for its numerous bars and exquisite restaurants, with an international cornucopia of cuisines.
As the daylight wanes and moonlight takes its shift, Sanlitun nightlife awakens. The cafes and restaurants are transformed into both laid-back and luxury nightclubs. In the embassy area, it attracts many foreigners to relax and unwind. See more on Beijing's Top 17 Bars for Every Budget.
Why miss the golden evening opportunities in Beijing? Whoever you are, you can find something different and worth seeing. Discover the beauty and charm of Beijing at night!
China Highlights can help you tailor-make a night tour of Beijing, without any consultancy cost. Contact us to start a trip to Beijing from your ideas!
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Last month, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a package of changes to the rules governing military commission proceedings. Called the
Military Commissions Act of 2009, the new law replaces — and somewhat improves upon — the Bush-era military commissions legislation known as the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
In Part One of this multi-part series, I examined some of the jurisdictional and definitional issues raised by the new law, pointing out areas in which the law either followed or varied from the MCA of 2006.
In this column, I'll review some of the evidentiary rules contained in the new law, as well as the law's improved rules on defense resources.
This is an area in which significant improvements were made. While the previous military commissions law barred torture, it allowed coerced statements to be entered into evidence, including statements obtained as a result of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment that were taken before December 30, 2005. (December 30, 2005, was the date of the entry into force of the Detainee Treatment Act, which outlawed cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. More to the point, the CIA's worst abuses were carried out in 2002 to 2004, so under the earlier military commissions law statements coerced from detainees in CIA custody might have been admissible.)
The good news is that the revised MCA entirely bars statements made as a result of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. It does, however, allow involuntary statements made by persons other than the accused if the conditions in which the statements were taken do not cross the cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment threshold.
For the defendant's own statements, the rules are even stricter. In general, the new law establishes a voluntariness standard for the statements of the defendant, but it establishes an exception for involuntary statements made during military operations — for example, statements made by a defendant who was captured by US military forces on the battlefield. Functionally, the rules regarding the voluntariness of defendants' statements are close to those used in federal court, as a federal court would most likely apply an exception to the Miranda rule for battlefield captures. (The case of New York v. Quarles created a "public safety" exception to Miranda for situations where a threat to public safety compels law enforcement to question a suspect immediately.)
The Obama administration had requested Congress to establish a blanket voluntariness standard for defendants, expressing the view that there is a "serious risk" that courts would hold that the admission of a defendant's involuntary statements in military commission proceedings is unconstitutional. (The administration's position was reportedly based on a classified legal opinion issued earlier this year by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which concluded that detainees tried by military commission can claim certain constitutional rights, including the prohibition on the use of statements obtained coercively.)
The new law also contains a subsection titled "Determination of Voluntariness," which did not exist in the previous law (since the previous law showed no special concern for voluntariness). The subsection instructs the military judge about the kinds of circumstances he or she should consider when making an assessment as to the voluntariness of a defendant's statement. It specifies that the judge should consider the "totality of the circumstances," including, as appropriate, "[t]he lapse of time, change of place, or change in identity of the questioners between the statement sought to be admitted and any prior questioning of the accused."
This provision was inserted as a not very subtle allusion to the questioning carried out at Guantanamo by the FBI's so-called "clean teams." As the Washington Post reported in 2008, the FBI sent teams of interrogators to Guantanamo in 2006 to re-interrogate detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who had previously been held – and tortured – by the CIA. The goal of these "clean teams" was to obtain untainted evidence that could be used in court.
Finally, another way in which the new military commissions law departs from the 2006 law is in the area of hearsay evidence. Although the new law still allows the use of hearsay, it sets much tighter rules for determining whether hearsay should be admitted. (The previous law had extremely loose hearsay rules, barring only hearsay evidence that was shown to be unreliable or lacking in probative value.)
Defense Resources
In the area of defense resources, the new law represents a real reform. Defense resources — or, more accurately, the lack thereof — were a key problem that plagued the previous set of military commissions. Defense requests for basic resources, such as necessary expert witnesses, were systematically denied during the previous military commission proceedings, even in capital cases.
The new legislation provides that the defense should have a "reasonable" opportunity to obtain witnesses and evidence, and that such opportunity shall be "comparable" to that available in the federal courts. (The language falls somewhat short of the federal rule. In the federal courts, as in courts-martial, the prosecution and the defense must have "equal opportunity" to obtain witnesses and evidence.) But while the new law does not establish a rule of parity between prosecution and defense, it evens the playing field much more than the previous law.
Importantly, the law includes special provision for capital cases. Just as in federal court (see 18 U.S.C. § 3005), a defendant charged with a capital offense before a military commission is entitled to the appointment of at least two attorneys, one of whom must be "learned" in the law of capital cases.
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Angela Cortez had an eye-opening experience when she shared with her sixteen-year-old daughter that she had lived on food stamps and sacrificed to achieve her career as a newspaper journalist. Prior to that discussion, Angela felt her daughter really did not understand the depth of their poverty because the child had been too young to remember.
Angela came to realize it was an important part of her life that she should share with her daughter, especially at a time when the teen was becoming very materialistic. The girl enjoyed a very nice life and was unaware of the significant sacrifices that had helped provide her comfortable lifestyle.
Many mothers forget to share their stories of courage with their children. In this case, Angela's story demonstrated several aspects of a mother's courage:


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As we all know that coffee seems to be like magical in our life. A number of research is done which links to reduce the risk of memory loss and provides the energy boost when we require it the most.
So what's really wrong in that I don't see? You may be not by purpose speak about some of the brew's benefits depending on factors like when you drink it and what you add to it. So let us take a look at these six common mistakes, and find how to make more efficient coffee:
1) You down a cup at the time very early morning:
Making a coffee around early morning around 7 am won't be doing much to your energy levels.
When you wakeup for first few hours your level of stress hormones is at the peak which will give you a natural boost.
So that's why if you consume your first cup of coffee in between 10am-12pm when stress hormones starts decreasing it will maintain your energy level.
In that way it will make you feel good and boosted.
2) You assume dark roast has more antioxidants
There is the rule one should stick to: Consume the roast which tastes good not the one which has more antioxidants.
Dark roasted coffees have a sheen of oil on their surface and the coffee will generally have a smoky and bitter taste.Dark roasts associated with antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hypertensive properties due to high concentration of malenoids.
Light roast, by comparison, has no oil on their surface and a more toasted grain taste with a pronounced acidity. Light roasts helps to stabilize blood sugar due to the contents present in that i.e, phenolic compound chlorogenic acid.
3) To consume less Caffeine, consume less Light coast
Research made it clear that Dark coast contains less Caffeine than Light coast and the reason is that roasting burns off the caffeine.
So, if you think you are sensitive to caffeine then I would say French roast will be the good move.
4) Drinking too much?
There is a phrase that more is not always better, sometimes it's just more.
So what I conclude from this is "Health associated with caffeine will complete at least five to six 8- ounce cups which nothing but 400mg of caffeine" said by Frances Largeman-Roth.
If your drink more than this it won't do you any favors and for the people who have difficulty in controlling conditions like BP, diabetes, anxiety, etc could certainly outweigh the pros.
5. Adding more sugar to coffee
The best thing of coffee is that we use it to stable blood sugar levels and reduce risk of diabetes just because of antioxidants present in that. But what if we add sugar to it?
As Van Dam said "Little sweetness is somehow okay but making it dessert will not help'. He also added that "The evidence is mixed".
Most of the books says you can add some sugar and still deal with reduced risk of diabetes, while other show these benefits for unsweetened coffee drinkers.
6) You let your cup go cold
Have you ever made a coffee had a few sips, set it down, forget where you kept it and found it 2 hrs later and then reheat it, take few sips again and set it down?
Settling it down increases your coffee's acidity that's not huge health effect but extra acid may risk of heartburn and indigestion and contributes to erosion of tooth enamel.
Coffee which you make sit for long pack less antioxidants due to more air exposure. Researchers always suggest to drink in the period of time of 20 mins from brewing for maximum antioxidants benefits.


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State mandated screening in grades 5-8 to begin soon
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Dear Middle School Parents,
Starting next week I will be begin state mandated screening for grades 5th - 8th. The screening will be held throughout the month of November. I will be starting with the 5th and 6th grade. The 5th grade will have postural screening for Scoliosis and Vision. The 6th & 8th grade will have postural screenings. The 7th grade will have vision, hearing, height, weight and postural screening. I will be explaining to the 5th grade class what to expect when we do the postural screening. The students will be screened individually. I ask that all girls wear a tank top or sports bra the day they are due to be screened. This type of clothing allows more accurate observation of the back. I will be screening the 6th grade on 11/1 and the 5th grade on 11/2. Grades 7th and 8th will be later in the month.
The purpose of the postural (scoliosis) screening is to find early signs of possible spinal problems in children grades 5th-8th. If I have any concerns I will notify you. If your child has already been screened by your doctor and you wish to opt out of this or any other screening, please email me directly. If you have any questions, please contact me at 508 376-7009.
Thank you,
Lynn Molinari
Lynn Molinari MSN, RN
Millis Middle High schools
245 Plain Street
Millis, MA 02054
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I hear from men and women every day who long to make a real difference and transform the world in some positive way. I like to ask people the "why's" behind their dreams, and they share things like: I want to write a book (and be considered a true expert), to speak in front of thousands (and be a strong catalyst for change) and to launch a non-profit that addresses a critical world problem (to help people in need). The list of incredibly inspiring visions is endless, but the number of people who actually act on their dreams and bring them to fruition is, sadly, a far smaller number.
People share, "Kathy, I dream of doing something I'm passionate about and making my mark, but I don't think it's really possible. How do I start?" One of the key steps I suggest is to find people they deeply admire who are doing things they'd love to engage in, to get a clearer sense of what's possible. After all, we believe what we see. But I ask them not to focus on where these movers and shakers are today, but to study what they've been through and done to get there.
Without exception, the people making a huge mark in the world have been engaging in a number of critical steps for a long time that have cleared the pathway for their visions. Success is never an overnight experience, and there isn't one tipping point that changes everything. Typically people who make a mark are continually taking six key steps that make success possible at a very high level.
Making Your Mark On The World Requires These Six Steps:
Get clear about what you'd give up everything for.
You simply cannot make the difference you long to if you're all over the place – chasing a hundred different directions at a time and trying to be something to everyone. It takes an intensive degree of focus on the one key thing that matters more to you than anything else in the world. And it takes saying many "No's " and making hard and challenging decisions (often daily) because you've committed to saying "YES!" to your own vision. For Adam Braun, Founder of Pencils of Promise, for instance, it's innovative learning he's deeply committed to. For Claudia Chan (Founder of ClaudiaChan.com and the S.H.E. Summit), it's empowering women the world over. For Gloria Feldt, co-founder of Take the Lead, it's moving the needle on the number of women who serve as leaders in and of our country.
What is it for you?
What will you intensely commit your focus, resources, energy, money, and time to do? Unless you figure that out clearly– and take the thousands of tiny, sometimes imperceptible steps required to create it – you'll miss your chance to make the difference you long to. Quit running around trying to find your "it." Just stop, breathe deeply, and choose.
Create something that helps people be, think, and live better.
The people making a true positive mark in the world and in our society invariably help others live, work, feel or think better, in some key way. Those who inspire us are uniquely able to help individuals and organizations tap into something that's already inside of them, but hidden somehow, out of reach. To make a real difference in the world, you need to be bold and creative in finding your "special sauce" – the way you uniquely uncork the potential in others, so that they too can reach their highest potential and manifest their dreams and goals.
Adopt an "other-focus," not a self-focus.
People who make their marks aren't all about themselves. If they think only of themselves they can't generate the consistent power necessary to move mountains. People who are authentic positive forces in the world don't care about the glory and glamour of being successful. They're driven and lit up by the work they're doing and the vision for change they cling to. And they love to help others grow and succeed right alongside of them.
If you meet someone who seems to be an internationally-recognized "mover and shaker" but acts like a narcissist (crushing people in his or her wake), just run. People who think only of themselves and their own ascension simply can't sustain positive growth over the long haul.
Engage your full spirit – be generous, kind and compassionate in all you do.
In my therapy training, I learned that there are two ways in which we can view everything (and in particular, life) – as content and process. The "content" of your life is what's occurring – the actual outcomes, and the "what" that is unfolding. The "process" view is something different – it's a way of looking at how you live your life: how you communicate, interact, perceive, engage, speak, stand your ground, plan, support, deal with fear and vulnerability, etc.
Take a look at people making a difference that inspires you. Usually, their spirits are fully engaged. The "how" of their life is about kindness, caring, giving and doing something concrete to enrich the world.
To make your mark, it's critical to focus not only on your desired goals and outcomes, but on the "how's" of your life – the way in which you uniquely choose to contribute and intervene. While there are certainly many people throughout time who've changed the world and have not been kind or compassionate (or even great leaders for that matter), it's the ones who operate with gentleness, concern for others, integrity, empathy, truthfulness, and service who make a different kind of mark – a more evolved, expansive and memorable one -- that heals while it innovates.
In the end, it's the process of your life that truly matters and will be remembered and talked most about, not the outcomes. It's how you make people feel about themselves and the world that will impact everything you are and do.
Get "hip to your trip" and nurture your self-awareness.
To make a real mark in this world, you have to see and understand what habitually trips you up in the way you operate in the world and how you hold yourself back from exponential growth. Every one of us on the planet has blind spots and challenges that we need to overcome in order to grow bigger and achieve the maximum impact and influence. Those who've made an imprint in the world typically have done intensive work on themselves, and they keep growing and working on themselves every day.
How do we "get hip to our trip?" Everyone is different, but the typical "power gaps" I see in thousands people I work with are:
- Not digging deep enough to identify their "right work"
- Not addressing their core fears behind their chronic "stuckness,"and failing to address damaging beliefs and mindsets
- Failing to recognize, and believe in, their special talents and gifts
- Neglecting to embrace and uplift others along the way, and build a true support community
- Letting a lack of courage and confidence stop them
- Not building and maintaining the necessary boundaries to protect themselves and their ideas
- Not committing "far and deep" enough
- Finally, constantly striving for outer validation and recognition and coming from a "me, me, me" mentality rather than focusing on being of service
If you're not examining your own "power gaps" and working on them every day, you'll get in your own way and potentially crush the budding opportunities in front of you to make the impact you long to.
Believe and commit.
Finally, it takes courage and faith to trust in yourself and believe in your ultimate visions and your ability to make them a reality. Why is it such a big stretch? Because your greatest visions typically seem very far away from what you've created today (but in reality, they're not as far as you may think). Courage and confidence come from one thing – consistent action. The world can be a very harsh place, and people around you will try to tear you down at every turn. Let's face it - naysayers are a dime a dozen. The key is not to listen to the haters and detractors. Act on what you know to be true, and trust that you have what it takes to move forward, day by day, inch by inch. Just commit, and do it.
With these critical actions, you'll clear the pathway to make your mark in the world. And you'll help others do the same, supporting them to reach their highest potential right along with you.
To make your mark in the world, see kathycaprino.com and the Amazing Career Project.
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Along with contributing to Forbes.com, I write on Thrive Global, LinkedIn, and my own blog at kathycaprino.com/blog and am a frequent media source on careers and women's issues. My 1st book Breakdown, Breakthrough and my TEDx talk "Time To Brave Up" share critical ways to stand up and speak up for yourself and transform your life.
My newest book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths To Career Bliss shares transformative information from my research and work with thousands of women in the past 10 years, and instrumental strategies from over 30 of the nation's top experts, on how to overcome the 7 most damaging power gaps that 98% of women are facing today that prevent them from thriving as they long to in their careers.
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Humbrol Acrylic Paint 27 Sea Grey Matt - 12ml Acrylic Paint - AB0027
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Humbrol Acrylic Paint 27 Sea Grey Matt - 12ml Acrylic Paint - AB0027
This water-based, fast-dry paint was developed for use on your plastic model kits but which can also be used on other substrates. Matt, Satin, Gloss, Metallic and Clear finishes are available (finish varies by colour)
A wide range of surfaces including most plastics, wood, glass, ceramics, metal, cardboard, sealed plaster, sealed hardboard and more (always try on a small test area to check suitability)
12ml tin covers approx. 0.3m² depending on thickness of application
Brush straight from the tin or airbrush with a suitable thinner such as water. Two thin coats are preferable to one thick coat. The usual thinning ratio is 2 parts paint to 1 part water.
Drying time
1-2 hours 'hard dry', allow longer for Gloss and Metallic finishes.
How to clean:
Brushes: water when wet, cellulose when dry. Permanent once dry.
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🌈🌻✌💗⚡"A life lived from tomorrow never comes, a life lived for yesterday never changes, but a life lived for today is full of wonder, mystery and the choice to live happily ever after moment by moment" - Mastin Kipp ⚡💗✌🌻🌈Peace, Love and Power
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
"Getting everything out of the pig but the squeal."
We decided not to spend $100 on pre-made spring seats and brake flange plates for the axle modifications. Instead we used some of the remaining 10" of tubing from the chassis , so in the end there are only some small scraps of un-used metal, that perhaps will find a place in the mix. Scott cut the pieces and we bent them in the forge, and I cut the saddles with the torch, and will weld them to the axles in the proper place. Scott also cut the brake flanges with the torch, and I filed them down flush with the axle tubing diameter. We also started wall framing this past weekend. The new welder is here! The brakes are here! The weather is getting warmer!
Alittle soot smeared, but ready to hit it.
Heating the work piece in the coal fire.
Coco really is shagrinned at not being quite human.
She is right beside us for every task.
Cutting the new brake flange plates
Getting started with the layout out of the port side wall for fabrication.
Torching off the old brake flange plates.
The plate post torching
The axles pre-grinding.
The axles with brake flanges removed and ground down flush, ready for the new flange plates!
This is the one we ruined.
And here is all that is left from 4 20' lengths of steel tubing!
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Thunder in the Valley at Hawthorn Park will be May 9th
We're celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Thunder in the Valley/Terre Haute Triathlon!
The Terre Haute Triathlon is a time tested Hoosier favorite and one of the oldest running triathlons in the state. This year is the race's 35th Anniversary. Athletes will also get top notch swag with custom die cast 35th anniversary finisher medals and awards. Custom Tri-Tats, custom race bibs, event swim caps, and a sweet participant t-shirt.
Attention: This event is limited to 300 participants
Thunder in the Valley features a calm lake swim in Hawthorn Park, a flat bike ride for the sprint triathlon (the Olympic athletes will experience a few rollers before their turn around), and a fast and flat run. So sign up and come join us at this beautiful venue!
Registration Site: https://www.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=4806


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E Ink announced Tuesday that chipmaker Intel has invested an undisclosed amount into the display company.
E Ink develops and markets an electronic paper screen technology that uses less power and offers a better picture than current flat-display technologies such as liquid crystal display. The company will use funding from Intel Capital on research and development. Royal Philips Electronics is also an investor in the start-up.
The display technology is particularly noteworthy because some versions are flexible and can be rolled. The company is supplying Sony with electronic ink material used in the Librie e-book.


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FOR SALE! Confidential Jet Detailing/Maintenance Semi-Absentee Business. Located in the heart of Las Vegas near the main airport. This very profitable business offers complete detailing and maintenance services for private jets at Las Vegas airports. Since 2013, this business has built excellent relationships with executive aircraft owners and has become the go-to detailing/maintenance operator in Las Vegas. Full staff able to handle daily normal operations, giving a new buyer time to concentrate on client relationships and customer service. Current owners, one is retiring due to health reasons and the other will be concentrating on his other job. For the quickest reply to your inquiry, please call listing broker, or use this ad's email reply.
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Yesterday's massacre at Peshawar in Pakistan has left another deep scar in the name of humanity. This shows the limit of terrorism has reached upto. They even are not sparing young school going kids in their battle for so-called freedom. Freedom is what they want? Or they just want to prove that their community is superior than the rest of the world. If superiority can be proved by having gun in hand, loading suicide bombs across the body and killing innocent young kids that too in a school then it's a shameful act. Actually not shameful but inhumane act. They actually are heartless creatures in form of human beings.
Since morning social media is flooded with lots and lots of messages condemning the act. It becomes really painful to read such messages over and over again. Atleast I am an emotional person and cannot read so many such messages of yesterday's cowardly act again and again. I somehow have managed myself to stay away from social media specially whatsapp for today just to avoid reading across messages of such utter barbarism act. Newspaper like DNA (Daily News and Analysis) carries the headline as "For God's sake, not kids", another leading news paper in India The Economic Times has quoted this act as "Butchers & B**tards".
Yesterday, I over heard 2 people talking about this in train on my way back home;
Person 1 – what was the fault of the young kids that became the victims of this act?
Person 2 – their fault was that they were born in Pakistan.
Although I was deeply engrossed in my reading but hearing such answer I cannot resist myself of giving an angry glance to this person. WTF is he trying to say? Don't he know that Children are innocent form of GOD whether they are born in India or Pakistan or any part of the world.
What are the terrorist community trying to gain and at what cost? By killing few hundreds of children and spreading violence in few countries, are they feeling satisfied to display their power?
Statistic shows that terrorism is increasing year by year and is affecting more and more countries. See below graph.
The top 5 most affected countries where terrorism is highest with no. 1 is Iraq followed by Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria, with India positioned at no. 6
You can read the full report by clicking "Global Terrorism Index 2014"
At the time of writing this post, flash news pops up on my cell and sad to read "2 more explosions outside girls college in Peshawar". God when will this stop? One more brutal terror attack!! One more inhuman act by our fellow humans!!
My prayers are with all the parents who have lost their beloved child.
May their soul R.I.P.


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Index: Guayaquil, El informe de Brodie, OC,Obras completas. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1974. 1062, 1065.
character in Conrad's Nostromo and in Borges story.
Fishburn and Hughes: "A character in Conrad's Nostromo, described as 'a statesman, a poet, a man of culture, and author of The History of Fifty Years of Misrule'. Conrad claims to have derived the history of the fictitious Costaguana from his own character Avellanos, a claim which would not have been lost on Borges. Avellanos's text, as explained by Conrad in the Author's Note, was, of course, never published; the manuscript is seen later in the course of the novel 'flowing in the gutter, blown in the wind, trampled in the mud'. See Estado Occidental, Golfo Plácido, Higuerota, José Korzeniovski, Sulaco." (18-19)


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So, um, how 'bout that election yesterday? Who knew pools could be so controversial, eh? Some weather we're having, huh? [Daily Cal]
Free money for being energy efficient? Can't hurt to try … [Berkeleyside]
Politics aside, Berkeley is still the LEED-er of the green pack, apparently. Also, see if you can spot the Gorbachev mention! (Too soon?) [NewsCenter]
Summerfest is today on Memorial Glade. Go appreciate people. [Events Calendar]
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Oh Banks. He is so very cute. And that cleft... Anyway I thought I'd do a post about Banks today because he is sleeping so peacefully right now. Yesterday his brother nearly smothered him with a pillow. Benson actually had the pillow on the baby and himself on top of the pillow. Poor Banks. I was standing there doing my hair so I realized after a few seconds that things were too quiet and saved the wee one from suffocation. He was a little bit purple and really freaked out but no loss of brain cells so in the end it was a good lesson learned and thankfully nothing worse. On a happier note, we were a little worried that he didn't use his arms to push himself up at his last doctor's appointment but he has since remedied that. Now he pushes up like a little olympic pusher-upper. He looks quite scary in the picture (kind of like a Klingon) but we couldn't get him to smile (probably too focused on perfecting his technique). Oh and the other pictures of him close up are of him looking like the Phantom of the Opera. You can't see it too well in the photo but he fell asleep on the carpet and had serious Phantom face when he woke up. I wish you could all be here to hear him laugh.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
a post about banks
Posted by Carrie at 7:38 AM
4 comments:
- Suzanne said...
The pillow thing sounds scary! It's amazing what second and third etc have to go through and that they actually survive. Banks is too cute. I loved holding that little guy. Thanks for letting me. - Suz
- August 26, 2007 at 8:50 AM
- melissa said...
he looks great. klingon forehead and all.
- August 26, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- Caity said...
What a cutie. I just love that little guy to pieces. I loved the pictures. Thanks, Grammy
- August 26, 2007 at 5:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
People should read this.
- November 10, 2008 at 3:48 AM
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Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman insists on switching to medium-term development strategy which will be based on the achievement of key reform goals and will not be limited to one year in a timely manner. The Head of Government said this during the first forum "Partnership for Development", which gathered representatives of key organizations and governments of partner countries of Ukraine.
"Reforms must be consistent and systematic. Thus, we plan to approve the decision on medium-term planning, which will not be limited to one year ", Volodymyr Groysman said.
Addressing the participants of the forum, the Head of Government identified the main striking directions of the Government in 2019. He divided them into several blocks.
The first one is economic growth. It encompasses continuation of changes and improvement of the business climate by introducing a reasonable regulatory policy, increasing the efficiency of management of state-owned companies, privatization, infrastructure development and energy sector reform.
The second one is to increase the efficiency of public administration. " Continuation of both the decentralization reform and the civil service reform is unchanging priority for us. We restart the whole system of state administration, " Volodymyr Groysman said.
The third bloc is to improve the quality of life of people and to invest in the development of human capital. And here it is important to continue the education and medicine reforms.
The fourth bloc is the security and defense of the state. It includes strengthening of defense capabilities, rule of law and the fight against corruption.


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Tax reform is taking over Washington, so much so that more than half of all registered lobbyists have disclosed working on the issue, according to an analysis from Public Citizen, a government watchdog group.
There are just under 11,000 active lobbyists in the nation's capital, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), and more than half of them — 6,243 — have reported working on taxes this year, according to the report, which relies on CRP data.
Trump Calls Emergency Meeting At The White House
Rumours say Trump called a secret emergency meeting at the White House after learning about this weirdo device.
Spread out over Capitol Hill, that means there are more than 11 lobbyists working on taxes for every member of Congress.
One of the central issues for the tax push is reducing corporate tax rates, long a top Republican goal. The proposals floating in the House and Senate would cut the top corporate rate from 35 percent to 20 percent.
The White House has said it would accept no more than a 20 percent rate.
Thirty-one of the thousands of lobbyists working on tax reform have ties to President Trump or Vice President Pence, Public Citizen found.


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NEW YORK — Children's clothing retailer Gymboree is reportedly planning to close its stores, including several right here in the Mid-South.
National reports suggest that the retailer is looking at filing for bankruptcy protection in coming weeks — which would result in the closure of almost 900 stores under the Gymboree Group brand, including Janie and Jack and Crazy 8.
There are three Gymboree locations in the Mid-South at the Shops of Saddle Creek, Wolfchase Galleria Mall and The Shops at Carriage Crossing.
There are also two Crazy 8 locations at the Oak Court Mall and Wolfchse Galleria Mall respectively.
If Gymboree follows through with filing for bankruptcy, it will be the retailer's second time in the past two years. The first was in June 2017 when the company was dealing with debt surpassing $1 billion.
That filing resulted in 375 stores shuttering and the company ridding itself of $900 million in debt, reports said.


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News analysis
Temasek's SMRT buyout a maybe-win case for investors
Shareholders should not expect fund to cover their risks even as firm, riders benefit
In 2001, a year after it was listed, SMRT Corp paid main shareholder Temasek Holdings a special dividend of $540 million.
The transport operator has since paid out a further $1.2 billion or so in dividends to shareholders.
Temasek, which owns 54 per cent of SMRT, would have collected another $630 million or so, meaning the state investor has collected close to $1.18 billion in dividends from SMRT.
Temasek's offer to take SMRT private - made through a scheme of arrangement last month - is also $1.18 billion.
As such, the majority shareholder is merely distributing its share of dividends to every other shareholder. In a strange way, it may also be viewed that SMRT - or more rightly, its commuters - is financing this buyout.
If so, it would be poetic justice, since critics have long accused SMRT of rewarding shareholders at the expense of commuters. Given the frequency of rail breakdowns in recent years, the accusation is not completely groundless.
If Temasek's offer is accepted, the transport operator will once again belong solely to the state - which was the case before it was floated in 2000. And since the people make up the state, SMRT will once again belong to the people of Singapore, most of whom take public transport.
Indeed, this monumental change should benefit the commuter.
Freed from the pressure of matching the dividend payouts of other listed companies, SMRT will have more resources to keep its operating assets ship-shape. In turn, that will help it meet higher service standard.
Separately, a shift to the new rail financing framework - also announced last month - will be a further boon to the operator.
In this framework, the Land Transport Authority assumes ownership of all operating and fixed assets. It will pay for replacement assets too. This removes hefty and lumpy capital expenditures from SMRT, and again helps it to better focus on service standards.
So Temasek's move is good for the operator and good for commuters. But where does it leave minority shareholders?
Well, if such shareholders had been holding SMRT shares from Day One, they would have enjoyed more-than-decent returns.
SMRT has been declaring more than half its profits as dividends (excluding the extraordinary maiden payout to Temasek in 2001).
Since its float, the dividend yield on this stock has ranged from 0.91 per cent to 5.17 per cent, averaging 3.14 per cent.
Of course, the yield depends on what price an investor bought the stock at. How attractive Temasek's offer of $1.68 per share also depends on this.
But it would appear that anyone who bought the stock before 2007 would find the offer reasonable. Thereafter, the stock price has been on a roller coaster and those who bought in 2010, when it breached $2, would not be pleased.
That is the nature of the market, though. And to expect Temasek to compensate all of SMRT's 49,562 shareholders for the individual risks they took willingly would not be fair to the general public.
It would not be unfair, however, for shareholders to demand a special dividend from the $1 billion SMRT is receiving from the LTA for its rail assets.


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Exports of goods from India continued to grow in January 2018 posting an increase of 9.07 per cent (year-on-year) to $24.38 billion propelled by rise in engineering goods, petroleum products, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Trade deficit, however, widened to $16.29 billion in January 2018 as imports during the month increased a sharp 26.10 per cent to $40.68 billion compared to the same month last year, according to trade data released by the Commerce Ministry on Thursday.
Another concern for exporters and the economy at large is the decline in exports from some of the largest employment generating sectors including garments, handlooms, carpets, man-made textiles and handicrafts. "Labour-intensive sectors are exhibiting negative growth primarily due to liquidity crunch emanating from blocking of funds in GST," pointed out Ganesh Kumar Gupta from FIEO.
Gupta said that while exports increased for three consecutive months, the slowdown in the pace of growth was worrying for exporters. Exports posted a 31 per cent growth in November 2017 followed by an increase of 12.36 per cent in December 2017.
Total exports for the period April-January 2017-18 posted a growth of 11.47 per cent to $ 247.89 billion, but the target of 15 per cent growth set by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appeared to be slipping. Exports would need to cross $315 billion to grow 15 per cent over last fiscal's export of $275.85 billion.
Total imports for the period April-January 2017-18 was $ 379.05 billion registering a growth of 22.21 per cent over the same period last year. Trade deficit in the ten-month period increased to $131.15 billion compared to $88.33 billion in the same period last year.


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Book Blurb:
Inspiration has struck Julie - all it took was her mother's secret. A moving family story for fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler.
When thirty-seven-year-old slacker-chef Julie Barlow's mother dies, her older sister Pam finds a cache of old letters from someone who appears to be their mother's former lover. The date stamped on the letters combined with a difficult relationship with her father leads Julie to conclude that the letters' author was a Native American man named J. Fallingwater who must have been her real father.
Inspired by her new identity, Julie uses her small inheritance to make her dream come true: she opens a restaurant called Falling Water that is an immediate success, and life seems to be looking up. Her sister Norma is pressuring everyone to sell their mother's house, and her brother Ricky is a loveable drunk who has yet to learn responsibility, but the family seems to be turning a corner.
Then tragedy strikes, and Julie and her siblings have to stick together more than ever before. With all the secrets and setbacks, will Julie lose everything she has worked so hard for?
My Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed The Secret Letters by Abby Bardi from the amusing opening, through the emotional journey, to the ending that made me feel.
I really liked the characters in The Secret Letters. They were unique, each had their own issues, and they were all coping with their mother's death in their own ways. I liked the way the siblings interacted, they felt real to me. Julie makes a strong main character and the inspiration she finds to move on and do what she loves showed that she has strength and motivation. It's there in her, she just needed a little push. The Secret Letters for me were a significant, intriguing sub plot, but not the focus of the story.
Although Julie is the main character, her siblings are very strong secondary characters without whom there wouldn't be a story. I liked getting to know them all. I watched them all grow so much through The Secret Letters, and when tragedy struck the way they pulled together without even talking about it was heart warming.
I found Abby's writing style easy to read, and her use of first person POV was very well done.
Finding the positive in life, pulling together as a family, entertaining yet with very emotional moments, The Secret Letters is a book I'd recommend to any reader who enjoys women's fiction.
4/5 stars
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Villa Verna is a beautiful, contemporary villa with swimming pool, characterized by an interior décor that tastefully blends modern pieces of art with typical objects of the local tradition. Immersed in the most authentic countryside landscape of Salento, it is not far away from two of the most attractive sea localities of the region: around 10-minute drive (11 km) from the natural reserve of "Portoselvaggio and Palude del Capitano", as from Sant'Isidoro (8 km), picturesque coastal village with fine restaurants of sea food specialties, and beach clubs.
The Villa is divided in two separate apartments (a bigger one, and a smaller one), each with its own independent access, both sharing the outside garden and the swimming pool area.
The bigger apartment is composed of: 3 double bedrooms, each with en-suite shower room; the largest one also has a Jacuzzi bathtub in the bathroom, a small sitting room with sofa and a little backyard with garden furniture (shared with the smaller apartment); 1 bathroom with shower; living room furnished with sofas, armchairs and two large bed benches; dining room with 10/12 seat table; fully fitted kitchen, with microwave oven, fridge and freezer, dishwasher, washing machine.
The smaller apartment, whose independent access is from the rear of the Villa, through the furnished little garden shared with the largest of the bedrooms of the other apartment, is composed of: a vast living/dining room with queen-size sofa bed and 6-seat table; fully fitted kitchen, with washing machine, microwave oven, fridge and freezer; 1 double bedroom with shower room.
Outside, there is a vast meadow garden with Mediterranean vegetation, and a beautiful swimming pool area provided with sunbeds all-round.
Optional services
At an extra cost, it is possible to request:
- breakfast service, prepared and served directly at the Villa;
- "Home&More" service: it is possible to request, also the same morning, a "private dinner" prepared and served at the Villa.
Portoselvaggio, natural reserve, with rocky coves and a lovely small pebble beach at 12 km (and at 12 km there is the beautiful sea-side club on rocks, "Litos", with restaurant and night lounge bar);
Santa Caterina, rocky coves with easy access to the sea and a small sandy beach: 10 km;
Santa Maria al Bagno, sandy beach: 12 km;
Lido Conchiglie/Rivabella, long and large sandy beach: 15 km;
Sant'Isidoro, sandy beach with beach clubs: 9 km
Shopping facilities (Nardò): 4,6 km
Restaurants: 2 km
Santa Maria di Leuca (de Finibus Terrae): 72 km
Otranto (a beautiful town with a renowned Cathedral): 53 km
Lecce (the Baroque Capital): 34 km
Acaya Golf Club (18 holes): 46 km
Gallipoli (the last outpost of the Magna Grecia): 20 km
Brindisi (airport): 77 km
Bari (airport): 197 km
|Weekly Prices
|from 01/08/2020
|7,880.00 €
|from 29/08/2020
|5,565.00 €
|from 05/09/2020
|4,320.00 €
|from 26/09/2020
|3,075.00 €
Important information
The weekly price includes: all utility charges; bed, bathroom and table linen; housekeeping every three days with change of linens. Available on request extra housekeeping service at € 10,00 per hour. Pets are allowed upon agreement with the owners and at an additional fee of € 40,00 each for the entire stay. Security deposit of € 700,00.
Please know that, as provided by the law, a € 1,00 tourist tax is due per person per day, for a maximum of 15 consecutive days. Children under 10 y.o. and disabled people are exempt.