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Arsenal 2-3 Olympiacos
I know it's the most spoilt thing to say, given how other teams look on at our repeated qualification with envy, but I've felt fairly ambivalent about the Champions League for a while now.
Part of it is the familiarity of some of our opponents – Olympiacos being a prime example. Part of it is the seeding (now changed – to our detriment, in all likelihood), which for ages made our group stages a little pedestrian. And there's an element of knowing the eventual outcome too: one of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich has been in the final every year since 2009.
But mostly, it's Arsenal's, and Arsene's, complete inability to master the nuances of European football that has long ago worn thin. I wrote this tweet after the Zagreb game, but with a few exceptions and a few tweaks, it could have been used many times over the last decade and a half.
18 years and we still have no idea. Amazing.
— East Lower (@eastlower) September 16, 2015
I can't pretend to speak for the majority and wouldn't even dream of trying, but if the people I sit with week in, week out, and some of the people I converse with over the electronic airwaves are any guide, the apathy about the competition is all too evident.
We lose in Europe, we shrug our shoulders. I was sitting in a different seat last night, but people weren't tearing their hair out and they weren't wailing or gnashing their teeth. We've seen it all before. We know we can't win the competition: we aren't canny enough, we don't adapt and it's beyond predictable watching us huff and puff – or simply amble – through it.
I'd love to have a crack at it, a proper go. With the right approach, tactics and a large amount of luck (always needed), there's no reason why we shouldn't be competing better than we are and going toe-to-toe with the best in the knockouts. But we've stopped doing that, and everyone seems to have got used to it.
Wenger's defiance is fair enough: we can still make it through. But we're going to need to change and change fast if that's going to happen. Based on recent experience, I won't hold my breath.


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Yum! Love in Apple form.
Come out sunday 1/29 and enjoy some of the already ripe fruits of our labor.
We'll be discussing March 3rd and what we can do to collectively to celebrate and commemorate George Holiday and Rodney King for their admirable bravery by standing up to social injustice, before Youtube making it 21 years ago this upcoming March 3rd 2012. Let's celebrate peace and prosperity with a flourishing generation with restorative ideas and inventions.

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FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
"Life after fighting is more scary to me than dying."
-'John' Wayne Parr. Continue reading
FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
"Life after fighting is more scary to me than dying."
-'John' Wayne Parr. Continue reading
I thought you'd given kickboxing away and gone to boxing?
I did – and I was going to have a break from everything! I was just burnt out from eleven years of constantly having a fight coming up. We got an offer from Glory – which we respectfully declined – and they countered with a generous pay increase and a two fight contract (outside of tournament) for that money and, with the US dollar falling my pay is increasing by the day… so we just said, 'Give us a date and we will be there'. Continue reading
How about these rugby players?
There's a difference between being a fighter and being an athlete. I've been in situations in a fight were I can feel my brain is swelling inside my head. You ask yourself a question in situations like that. Continue reading
Ben Edwards is always good for a chat. Since last we spoke, he has added Australian Heavyweight Boxing Champion to his string of achievements. He was kind enough to do a lap of the Theme Park in order to fill us in on the details.
What happened with Glory? Continue reading
International Kickboxer Magazine, July/August 2014
The greatest careers are marked by severe vicissitudes of fate. Fight fans talk about the great clashes; Aerts and Hoost, Hunt and Sefo, Hari and Karaev. What they don't talk about are the ups and downs a professional fighter goes through from fight to fight, like a ship that sails on a stormy sea. Continue reading
"Well, if you look at my training, if you see my helmet, it is like two inches thick… I got a big nose bar. And… I don't take head shots. The reason why is that you don't get paid in the gym – you get training in the gym. I want to save them for in the Octagon, and I think that's what helps me a lot. Continue reading


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Hello! I just did a batch of SMBC from the attached recipe and the consistency is not right.
I added 1/2 tsp of orange extract to it and some lemon zest. The flavor is great but the frosting is too fatty. Is kind of looks like wet butter, which makes it very hard to spread. I need to use this crumb coat my cake. Anyone knows how to fix this? Please help! Thanks!!
Did you beat it long enough? it is very important to be patient with SMBC. It takes a bit and may look curdled for about 30 seconds before the frosting comes together and thickens up.
I think I did beat long enough... I will try beating a bit more to see if the consistency changes. Thanks!
It is very temperature sensitive.... is it too firm (cold) or too soft (warm)?
too cold: pull out a scoop, microwave, add it back to the big bowl (or hit the big bowl with a torch while it's mixing)
too warm: pull out a scoop or two, spread thin on a pan, freeze for 10 min, break up and add it while mixing.


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In the next few weeks we will be launching our drive to recruit new employers and retain existing employers for our new version of Agency Life (aka Agency Life 2.0) which will run from September 2013. We've listened students and employers in great depth and taken on board many of the issues that we have encountered in this first pilot of the Agency Life concept.
So what's new?
1. Students will need to elect to come onto the employer version of this unit – this means students can choose a taught version of the programme where they do not spend time with an employer
The students who choose to go on the employer route will then have these things to think bout:
2. Students can choose which employers they would be most attracted to and prioritize them. This means students are more likely to end up with a host employer and industry that attracts them
3. Employers will be able to identify and choose the students they would most like to work with. This means that employers are more likely to identify the kinds of student that would fit in with their organisation.
4. Employers won't have to take a team of 6 any more – you can just have one person you'd like to focus on, or have as many as you think you can handle. This is ideal for small firms where there just isn't room for a team but there is room to give a single student a great employment experience.
We'll be making it possible for students to view profiles of the potential employers well in advance from our website, so that they can make informed choices. Likewise employers will be able to view profiles of each student electing to go on the employer route and make informed choices about who they would like to consider.
We'll be running regular and informal mixer events from March until the end of July giving employers the chance to meet students and vice versa. We're also encouraging employers to consider other formal and informal ways of getting to know potential candidates.
We have a host of other improvements coming out soon and we'll be updating the website over the next few weeks to show you all of these changes. We'll also be running our V2.0 launch event where we invite old and new employers to come and find out more. Stay tuned.


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Getting to Know: NYC Pop Trio, Rexford
In today's Getting to Know, we meet NYC pop trio, Rexford, a band that "is like a planet of pop, with orbiting moons of soul and indie. If you are in an up and coming band that would like to partake in a Getting to Know feature, contact [email protected] to receive the questionnaire and instructions. Thanks!
Band Name: Rexford
Band Members: Floris Boere (keyboards, vocals), Derek Nelson (drums, vocals), and Matthew "Matty" Hashimoto (vocals, ninja skills).
Years Active: 1 1/2 years
City of Origin: New York, NY.
Who are you and what do you do?
Matt: "Rexford is a pop band with a lot of different influences that formed in New York City. We are currently producing our first EP and playing shows all over the city."
In 100 words or less, tell us how your band has gotten to this point.
Matt: "Rexford has been on an awesome musical journey this year. We split off from another group in an effort to maximize our songwriting potential. As soon as we had enough original material worth showing, we began performing. After receiving great feedback at our shows, we decided to record our new EP."
What is your latest release and how would you best describe it to someone who hasn't heard your band?
Matt: "Our debut EP is scheduled to be released in May of 2014. We are very excited about this project and can't wait for our fans, friends and family to hear it. Rexford is like a planet of pop, with orbiting moons of soul and indie, and we feel our first EP really embodies that. We have lots of great songs that aren't on the EP – some a little wilder – but we really wanted to showcase our foundation here."
When making an album, which aspect of the process do you put the most time into and why?
Floris: "Songwriting, definitely, because this is the most important part. If our songs aren't any good, then what would be the point in recording them? We write most of our songs as a group, and sometimes it can take months to finish a song. But that is the process you have to go through in songwriting…perfection can be your strong suit and your Achilles heel."
What is the best part about your band and why?
Matt: "The best part about Rexford is that we're just three goofy guys that love making music together."
What makes your band unique from the rest?
Derek: "Unique" is a difficult title to earn in the vast sea of great bands and music, fantastic musicianship, and amazingly original artistry that exists today. I do feel we can claim it, though, as songs that we choose to play as a band were never written as exercises. All of the songwriting we do for our repertoire comes from an honest feeling, even when they're silly or fun, and this makes them special.
"Great songs are born every minute but, if they come from a place of inspiration and have a touch of your own personality, then they probably won't have an identical twin. Our three-man set up is odd, but it's been done before, and is being done now: it's our songs and our music that set us apart."
How does your band survive the challenges of touring/gigging?
Floris: "We currently play a lot in the NYC area because that is where our core fan base is. We exclusively play free shows so that everyone can afford to come hear our music. With this EP coming out, we do have some exciting things planned for the summer and fall which will involve touring."
Would you rather be critically-acclaimed; rich and famous; or an under-the-radar band with a dedicated fan base?
Matt: "We want to be critically-acclaimed with a dedicated fan base. Of course we would love the financial stability that comes along with fame, but first and foremost we want our music to be respected and loved for its quality and ability to speak to people. We know how music has influenced and enriched our lives, so we are striving to produce something that is authentic and truthful to who we are."
If you'd have to compare your band to another one out there, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Matt: We all have different musical influences that make Rexford's sound unique, so we probably sound like a mash up a few bands/artists. Matty grew up listening to powerful pop and R&B vocalists like Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, and Whitney Houston. Derek's favourites include Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, John Mayer, and many others. Floris comes from a background of '90s pop-rock and melodic pop music from the 2000s.
Which band/musician would you like to share many drinks with? What would you talk about?
Floris: "This is hard to answer, but one question that does pop up often when we're looking for songwriting solutions is: 'What would John Mayer do?'"
Please be sure to follow us on Twitter @riffyou and at Facebook.com/riffyou.


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Institutional theories offer more insight into the processes that explain institutional stability than those that explain institutional change. This article starts by elaborating this general diagnosis and proceeds with a more specific focus on institutional change in organizations. Much institutional research focuses on the relative stability of organizational practices over time (Burns and Scapens 2000). Notwithstanding that such research usually acknowledges that institutional change can occur, a major scholarly challenge is to further conceptualize and seek empirical evidence for when, why, and how organizational actors influence change while embedded in the institutional fabric of their organizational setting.
Theories of Institutional Change
John L. Campbell (2004) has identified three major problems in theories of institutional change: change, mechanisms, and ideas. The problem of change arises from the lack of specification of the dependent variable, in other words, the type of change to be studied. The relevant dimensions of change and the timeframes of the study need to be specified. The problem of mechanisms is the lack of specification of the processes that account for causal relationships among variables. In this respect existing theories are generally characterized by either vagueness, an emphasis on correlations, or functionalist accounts. Finally, the problem of ideas relates to the lack of specification of the ways in which ideas constrain and facilitate institutional change. Campbell (1998, 2004) has stressed how ideas provide agents with theories and concepts that cognitively and normatively both constrain and enable institutional change.
Contemporary theories of institutional change are characterized by an explanatory bias toward the status quo as well as by poorly specified mechanisms of change. In addition, the type of change being discussed is seldom specified, and although the role of ideas is increasingly in focus this is still a relatively underdeveloped theme.
Douglass C. North has explicitly identified a bias toward the status quo. The impact of existing institutions on the pay-off matrices of the actors makes them most often prefer re-contracting within existing institutions rather than investment of resources in processes of institutional change (1990). The literature on "varieties of capitalism" (Hall and Soskice 1998) is rightly criticized for its focus on the self-reinforcing impact of institutional complementarities and its failure to understand processes of radical institutional transformations. The literature on path dependence similarly stresses feedback mechanisms, increasing returns, and network externalities that constrain processes of change along a path except from certain critical conjunctures (Pierson 1999). Other theories stress how legitimacy concerns, uncertainty, and lack of knowledge tend to make institutional change more or less similar in spite of variety of conditions (DiMaggio and Powell 1991). This institutional isomorphism explains the prevalence of imitation and similarity but not the change that initiates such processes in the first place.
Whereas orthodox economics perceives of institutional change as relatively smooth efficiency-enhancing adaptations to new conditions, institutional theories stress not only the inertia of institutions but also how the processes of change are partly formed by mechanisms such as power relations, chance, or contagion (Nielsen and Koch forthcoming 2006). A classical theme in theories of institutional change concerns the inertia of institutions in relation to the opportunities for improvement offered by new knowledge and new technology. Thorstein Veblen stressed the regressive role of institutions and distinguished between institutionalized behavior embedded in power relations and legitimized through tradition and the past, and behavior guided by matter-of-fact knowledge oriented toward the future (Waller 1994). Later contributions have developed more sophisticated versions of the "Veblerian dichotomy." Paul Dale Bush (1998) has distinguished between the constraining and enabling role of institutions representing processes of "progressive instrumentalism" and "ceremonial encapsulation," respectively. Original institutional economics offers a conceptual framework with obvious heuristic value, but like most other theories it lacks a specification of the actual mechanisms of change.
Institutional Embeddedness and Transformational Agency
Myeong-Gu Seo and W. E. Douglas Creed's (2002) recent contribution offers important insight that could augment the work of institutional theorists who endeavor to cast light on the interwoven processes of institutional embeddedness (stability) and transformational agency (change). In their framework...


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Trading Litecoin with leverage allows us to enter positions larger than our capital would allow if we trade LTC on a standard exchange. This is achieved by borrowing funds. Of course, nobody is going to lend us funds for free, so we need to provide collateral in the form of margin. If the market goes against us, we stand to lose some or all of the margin we used to enter the position.
However, if we predicted the market's movement correctly, we can obtain returns that wouldn't be achievable if we simply went with a non-leveraged trade. Therefore, margin trading is a double-edged sword with potential for both outsized gains and losses.
In recent years, cryptocurrency margin trading platforms have grown in popularity, with many different options being available on the market. Currently, the most popular such platform is BitMEX, which we have already covered in a previous guide.
In this article, we will be taking a look at PrimeXBT, which offers 100x leverage on all its listed crypto assets (Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin and EOS). In addition to cryptocurrencies, PrimeXBT users can use their BTC to also speculate on other markets such as forex.
Like other similar platforms, we can use PrimeXBT to speculate on whether a cryptocurrency is going to increase or decrease in value. This makes it possible to profit from trading cryptocurrencies even in a falling market.
An important thing to note about PrimeXBT is that all withdrawals and deposits are made with Bitcoin, even if we are using the platform to speculate on the price movements of another crypto asset, for example LTC.
1. Create an account
Head to PrimeXBT.com and click "Register" or use our referral link:
Then, enter your e-mail address and password. Be sure to use a password that is both strong and unique (not used in any of your other accounts). You will receive an e-mail to confirm the registration.
2. Fund your account
In order to start trading on PrimeXBT, you will first have to deposit some Bitcoin. When you log in to the platform, you will see a Bitcoin address that has been assigned to your account as a deposit address. The minimum deposit on PrimeXBT is 0.001 BTC.
Once the deposit is completed, you will need to transfer some of the funds from your PrimeXBT "wallet" to your PrimeXBT trading account. This internal transfer is done instantly.
3. Place an order
Now that your trading account is funded, you're ready to place your order. As an example, let's say that we believe LTC will gain value against the USD in the short term – we want to open a long position.
When getting started on PrimeXBT, it's best to start out with small trades, so that you can get a better feel for the platform first. Be sure to also read the relevant guides at the PrimeXBT help center to understand how the exchange works in detail.
There are multiple ways to place an order via the PrimeXBT interface. In this guide, we will be placing our order from the exchange's chart widget. Type in LTC/USD to access the LTC/USD chart. If you want, you can adjust the chart's timeframe, draw trendlines and change the chart's appearance.
Since we want to go long on LTC/USD, we will click the "Buy" button. If you want to go short, click "Sell". An order window will pop up where we can adjust all the relevant parameters of our order. We can choose between a market, limit, stop or OCO (one cancels the other) order. For the sake of simplicity, we will use a market order, but you will often want to use limit orders or other types of orders, depending on your trading strategy.
We will enter a position worth 2.5 LTC with 100x leverage. In order to enter this position, we will need to provide 0.00024151 BTC as margin ("margin impact"). The margin impact cannot exceed the available margin of our trading account. You can also set your stop loss level (the price level at which your position will be automatically closed to avoid further losses) and take profit level (the price level at which your position will be automatically closed to take profits).
Make sure to keep a close eye on the status of your trading account, which can be monitored on the top right corner of the PrimeXBT interface. Here, you can see your balance, equity, unrealized profit/loss, used margin and available margin.
The PrimeXBT help center explains each category:
- Balance – Funds deposited to your trading account excluding Unrealized Profit and Loss
- Equity – Portfolio balance including Unrealized Profit and Loss
- Unrealized PL – Floating Profit and Loss, the aggregated result (unrealized) of all your opened trading positions
- Used Margin – The amount of BTC currently used to cover the margin requirements of all opened positions
- Available Margin – The funds available for margin trading derived from subtracting used for margin requirements from Equity. Represented in BTC
- Available Margin, % – Same as above but represented in % from the total balance. (Available Margin/Equity) * 100%
We can monitor the status of our position in the "positions" widget. Here, we can see our current profit/loss, take profit price and stop loss price. By right clicking on our position, we can modify our take profit and stop loss levels.
If you want to manually close your position without waiting for the price to hit either your stop loss or take profit levels, you can do so by clicking the "x" button on the right side of your position.


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28 Apr 1945
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- Sunken cruiser Köln's turrets fired against enemy troops advancing at Wilhelmshaven, Germany (near Neuenburg and Bockhorn). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Sennet sank Japanese repair ship Hatsushima south of Japan, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Canadian First Army captured Emden and Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
- Himmler's attempts to negotiate peace with the Western Allies was discovered Hitler, who stripped him of all his titles and ranks and ordered for his arrest. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Mussolini was hanged by Italian partisans along with his mistress Clara Petacci and a dozen of his cabinet members. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- A group of Austrian resistance fighters became the last victims of gassings at Mauthausen Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese special attack aircraft damaged 5 destroyers, 2 hospital ships, and victory ship Bozeman Victory off Okinawa, Japan. None of the four G4M bombers carrying Ohka special attack aircraft hit their targets. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- In Burma, the XV Corps, which had been leapfrogging islands along the coast, reached and captured Taungup. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
- Anglo-Indian troops captured Allanmyo, Burma. Elsewhere, Indian 17th Division reached the heavily-defended Pegu, where the Japanese built the final major stronghold north of Rangoon, which was 47 miles to the south. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Alabama arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- American bombers attacked Japanese shipping at Saigon, Indochina, sinking 1 tanker and 6 other vessels. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US Seventh Army captured Augsburg, Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
- In Berlin, Germany, Marshal Ivan Koniev's men had virtually cleared the Potsdamer Strasse and Soviet troops were now within a mile of the Chancellery and the Reichstag, spurred on by Joseph Stalin's explicit wish that the Soviet flag should fly there in time for the May Day celebrations. In the bunker under the Chancellery, Adolf Hitler awaited reports for the progress of the counterattack he had ordered Walther Wenck to commence; he would receive no such report as he counterattack never took place. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC, AC]
- Robert von Greim departed Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Martin Gottfried Weiss fled from Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]
- The Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany was seized by Soviet troops. With Berlin surrounded and much of the southern suburbs already in Russian hands, Adolf Hitler's last exit route had now been closed off. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
- SS-Untersturmführer Johannes Otto was named the commandant of Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany, replacing Eduard Weiter. Within hours, SS-Untersturmführer Heinrich Wicker was made the commandant. Outside the camp, escapees of the camp and a rebel unit of the Volkssturm staged an armed revolt in the town of Dachau; it was quickly and brutally put down by SS troops. Finally, also on this date, International Red Cross representative Victor Maurer negotiated an agreement for the Germans to surrender Dachau Concentration Camp to US troops. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Sunfish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eleventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- In Italy, British Eighth Army captured Venice and US Fifth Army captured Brescia. German Colonel General Heinrich von Vietinghoff dispatched a messenger from Bolzano, Italy toward the Allies lines seeking a ceasefire. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]
- Brazilian infantry and US tanks attacked the remnants of German 148th Infantry Division at Fornovo di Taro, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Captain Chojuro Takahashi was relieved as the commanding officer of light carrier Ryuho; Captain Hojima was assigned to oversee the damaged carrier until the end of the war. On the same day, the carrier was attacked by US aircraft at Etajima near Kure, Japan, receiving no damage. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- USS Springer attacked Japanese transports in the harbor at Tomie (now part of Goto), Nagasaki, Japan; she scored no hits on the transports, but she was able to sink Submarine Chaser No. 17 during the counterattack, hitting her with 1 or 2 of 6 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The keel of landing ship No. 165 was laid down by Osaka Zosen; this craft would not be completed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- In Holland an unofficial truce commenced, allowing British and Canadian convoys through the German lines unmolested to deliver food, fuel and vital supplies to the starving Dutch civilian population. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Trepang sank landing ship No. 146 in the East China Sea about 20 miles southwest of Goto Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, hitting her with 1 of 8 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Hungarian Count István Bethlen was transferred to Moscow, Russia for interrogation due to his past pro-British tendencies. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Franklin entered New York Navy Yard, New York, United States for repairs. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
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Using Data Form
Excel has a pretty unknown tool for data input assistance named Data Form. Here is how to benefit from this tool…
When you need to input large amounts of data into a spreadsheet, Excel provides you a good number of tools and features to ease your work. Data Form is a relatively less known data input aide in this group. You can use data form to increase your data input speed while ensuring right data is inputted to right field.
Data form is not listed under default ribbons or menus. Therefore you need to create a shortcut in order to use it. You can follow the steps shown in Customize Ribbons or Changing Comment Shape posts to reach command list. From there, you need to list "All Commands" and find and add "Form" to your ribbon or Q.A.T.
When your shortcut for data form is in place, all you need to do is to select a range of cells (that supposedly contains tour headers – without empty cells in between) or any cell in your Excel Table and click your data form shortcut. Excel will display a data input form that has data input fields synced with your table header.
Here is how it looks like:
You can use this form to enter your data into your table with ease. It will you can fill the spaces on the table and proceed by pressing tab button.
Each time you press enter, data you inputted will be copied to your table and fields on the form will be cleared.
You can then enter the next batch of data into your data form and continue till you finish your work.
You can also navigate between records you entered using;
- Scroll bar next to data fields to navigate one by one or 10 by 10
- "Find Prev" and "Find Next" buttons to navigate to previous or next record.
You can also search your records using "Criteria" button. This will display and empty data form. You can use any field as a search criteria. Criteria also supports wild card characters.
You can also delete any row of data you see on your data form simply by clicking on "Delete" button.


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ARC review for Thomas & Mercer Books via Netgalley.
Museum curator Meredith Morehouse stumbles upon the remnants of a stolen shipment of scary-looking wood figurines, but she can't tell if they are smuggled national treasures or clever fakes.
While Meredith is sucked into the secret federal probe of the fishy figurines and their importer, her ex-fiancé—a man so annoyingly arrogant he could easily drive someone to murder—returns for another round of marriage proposals, and he won't take no for an answer. Just when her friendship with tugboat captain Pete Sills might be heating up…What's a girl to do?
This 2nd book pace got going a lot quicker than the 1st book in the series.
Still a very good storyline and characters.
4 stars****


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New Society for Conservation Biology President Michael B. Mascia, Ph.D., delivered his inaugural message to SCB members via video feed at the Society's annual Members Meeting last month at the 2017 International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2017) in Cartagena, Colombia.
The senior director for social science at Conservation International discussed opportunities for the Society to demonstrate the value and increase the impact of science. He highlighted four priorities that he will focus on as president with SCB members and staff:
- Take a forward-leaning approach in shaping the science agenda by capitalizing on opportunities, strategic partnerships, and existing global policy frameworks to drive science forward.
- Connect the science and insights of SCB members to sustain life on Earth to the work and the decisions being made around the world that impact conservation.
- Empower the next generation of conservation scholars and practitioners to lead.
- Engage, expand and diversify the membership to better meet conservation challenges.
"Conservation is a marathon not a sprint and we need to give the next generation of conservation scholars and practitioners the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to lead, particularly individuals from underrepresented groups," he said.
More than 350 people attended the SCB Members Meeting, which included a presentation on the work of the Society's Latin America and Caribbean Section and the unveiling of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the host city of ICCB 2019 (July 2019).
Mike started his two-year term as president of SCB on 1 July 2017. He succeeds James Watson, who led the Society since July 2015. A 2011 recipient of the Society's Early Career Conservationist Award, Mike is the first social scientist to lead SCB.
Mike has engaged with SCB on nearly every level since he joined the Society as a graduate student in 1997. A member of the Society's North America and Marine Sections, he served a three-year term on the board of governors between 2007 - 2010 where he worked on the Board's Development, Membership, Publications, and Science committees. Mike re-joined the SCB Board of Governors in 2015 as SCB president-elect and served as chair of the Conference Committee and a co-chair of the 2017 ICCB Steering Committee.
In 2002-2003, Mike helped to found the Society's Social Science Working Group and served as its first president. From 2004-2007 Mike served as an associate editor for SCB's flagship journal Conservation Biology. He helped to launch the SCB journal Conservation Letters and served as a founding co-editor-in-chief of the journal from 2007-2012. He is published in both journals as well as Biological Conservation.
Mike's professional background is rooted in science and policy and covers social science and biology in the government and nonprofit sectors, including research and programs and community conservation and impact evaluation. As president he hopes to draw on his experience and networks to help SCB build strategic partnerships to amplify the Society's impact in shaping the conservation agenda and informing government, corporate, and nonprofit decision-makers. Prior to joining Conservation International, Mike worked for the World Wildlife Fund, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and NatureServe. He has a Ph.D. in environmental politics and policy from Duke University.
Find more on Mike in this Q&A with Conservation International on the role of social science in conservation.


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The University of Denver engages students from day one.
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Remy Lovett, University of Denver, Class of 2017
The University of Denver has a student-run philanthropy organisation, which I was fortunate to be a co-founder and president of in the first year. On day one, when students get onto campus, they see areas that they can get involved with philanthropically.
University of Denver personalises communications through a lot of different emails, and just addressing me by my first name. And also, they're able to track what I've been to in the past. And so, I've really appreciated follow-up communications about similar events that they're posting. So, it's been a really positive experience to get communications for things that they clearly know I have an interest in.
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July 9
Gladiators make Sarig, Buzzeo first signings of 2015-16
By: Christine Troyke
Published: Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Gwinnett Gladiators fans know the name, but might not recognize Zach Sarig when he returns this season.
Sarig, who along with Justin Buzzeo became the first player signings announced by the team Wednesday, joined Gwinnett late last season and was immediately embraced by the fans for his long, flowing locks.
The dark brown curls which reached well past Sarig's shoulders are gone now.
After growing out his hair for nearly three years, Sarig donated it all — more than a foot — to Wigs for Kids this summer.
But he's already started the process again with a plan to make it a semi-annual tradition.
"It was hard to do, but it went to a great cause and that's really why I wanted to do it," Sarig said. "I won't be cutting it again until I'm donating so I'm hoping to have some flow that hangs out (when I get back to Gwinnett). It grows pretty fast.
"Hopefully it translates to being faster on the ice," he added with a laugh.The 24-year-old from Reading, Pa., came to the Gladiators on March 17 after completing his college career at Plymouth State and played 11 games for Gwinnett. The team was on a long road trip when he signed and Sarig didn't play at home until March 27.
"My first experience was being in Orlando for a week, which was pretty cool," he said. "And I really liked what (head coach Andy) Brandt was doing, really trying to build the community aspect and the culture. My college coach was like that. I liked the way we were headed."
Sarig, at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, was a physical presence on the back end for the Gladiators.
"He plays a simple game and he plays to his strengths," Brandt said. "That doesn't mean he doesn't work on things, but what makes him so valuable to a team is he plays simply. He makes that good first pass. He blocks shots. He finishes every check.
"He's a big, strong kid. Last year, everyone just saw his hair, but he is a physical force. And he can fight. We didn't see that here, but he has that edge to his game."
Over his last three seasons at Plymouth State, Sarig averaged nearly a point per game, including 27 points in 28 games as a senior captain. That total led all defenseman in the conference.
"Division III players get overlooked a little bit," Brandt said. "But he does all the little things right and he's a coachable player. He wants to improve his game."
Brandt's wife, Ashley, was in the master's program at Plymouth State and Brandt spent some time on campus training during his pro career. He got to know the Panthers' coach, Craig Russell, and has maintained that relationship over the years.
"He called me toward the end of last season and said he had a kid who deserved a look," Brandt said.
Sarig jumped right into the lineup for a Gwinnett team that struggled mightily in 2014-15 until a glut of roster changes down the stretch began to turn things around.
"A lot of guys came in in the same boat I did, trying to get classes finished and adjust to this new pro life," Sarig said. "It's hard to balance, but we all really wanted to prove ourselves and get the team back on a winning track.
"The first game, things were definitely faster and everyone is strong. At school it was easier for me to push guys around, but toward the end, I got more and more comfortable. I was kind of sad to see it end because I felt like I was just getting going. So I'm looking forward to coming back."
Buzzeo also was part of that late-season collegiate infusion brought in by Brandt.
The 25-year-old winger joined Gwinnett following a productive career at Ferris State and had four points in seven games here. In his four seasons at Ferris State, Buzzeo racked up 68 points, including a team-high 32 as a junior, in 122 games.
"Buzz is a complete player," Brandt said. "He's got good puck skills and he plays with a little nasty streak in him, which I love. He finishes his hits, but he's got the skill to go with it."


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For the shortened week, the S&P500 increased 2.5% (up 15.4% y-t-d), and the Dow gained 1.7% (up 9.5% y-t-d). The Morgan Stanley Cyclicals surged 4.3% (up 56.0%), and Transports jumped 5.3% (up 12.4%). The Morgan Stanley Consumer index increased 2.5% (up 14.8%), while the Utilities slipped 0.5% (down 2.5%). The Banks added 0.4% (up 2.5%), and the Broker/Dealers jumped 3.3% (up 48.0%). The S&P 400 Mid-Caps rose 3.8% (up 26.2%), and the small cap Russell 2000 jumped 3.9% (up 18.8%). The Nasdaq100 gained 2.8% (up 39.1%) and the Morgan Stanley High Tech index jumped 4.0% (up 55.6%). The Semiconductors rose 3.6% (up 51.4%). The InteractiveWeek Internet index advanced 4.1% (up 58.6%). The Biotechs added 0.3% (up 43.4%). With Bullion gaining another $11 to close above $1,000, the HUI gold index rose 4.0% (up 40.9%).
One-month Treasury bill rates ended the week at 8 bps, and three-month bills closed at 14 bps. Two-year government yields dipped 3 bps to 0.80%. Five-year T-note yields fell 6 bps to 2.23%. Ten-year yields were down 10 bps to 3.34%. Long bond yields were 9 bps lower to 4.18%. Benchmark Fannie MBS yields sank 14 bps to 4.29%. The spread between 10-year Treasuries and benchmark MBS narrowed 4 to 95. Agency 10-yr debt spreads narrowed 5 to 19 bps. The implied yield on December 2010 eurodollar futures dropped 13.5 bps to 1.68%. The 2-year dollar swap spread declined 4.0 to 31.75 bps; the 10-year dollar swap spread declined 4.25 to 16.75 bps; and the 30-year swap spread declined 3.25 to negative 16.25 bps. Corporate bond spreads were mostly narrower. An index of investment grade bond spreads narrowed 13 bps to 162, while an index of junk spreads widened 2 to 690 bps.
Corporate debt issuance picked up markedly to begin the month. Investment grade issuers included CVS Caremark $1.5bn, Prudential Financial $1.5bn, Met Life $1.0bn, Kinder Morgan $1.0bn, Midcontinent Express Pipeline $800 million, Agilent Tech $750 million, Avalonbay Communities $500 million, National Rural Utilities $500 million, Airgas $400 million, Puget Sound Energy $350 million, Timken $250 million, and Questar Pipeline $250 million.
Junk bond funds enjoyed inflows of $223 million (from AMG). Junk issuers included Cablevision $900 million, Global Crossing $750 million, Harrahs $720 million, Ferrellgas $300 million, Plains Exploration $400 million, and WR Berkley $300 million.
I saw no convert issues.
International dollar-denominated debt issuance was huge. Issuers included Hutchinson Whampoa $3.0bn, Commercial Bank of Australia $2.75bn, Spain $2.5bn, Svenska Handelsbanken $2.5bn, Iberdrola Ireland $2.0bn, Swedish Export Credit $1.5bn, Taqa Abu Dhabi $1.5bn, Tetroleos Mexica $1.5bn, Vale Overseas $1.0bn, and Petroplus $400 million.
U.K. 10-year gilt yields dipped one basis point to 3.61%, and German bund yields declined one basis point to 3.23%. The German DAX equities index jumped 4.5% (up 16.9%). Japanese 10-year "JGB" yields declined 2 bps to 1.30%. The Nikkei 225 gained 2.5% (up 17.9%). Emerging markets were quite strong. Brazil's benchmark dollar bond yields sank 26 bps to 5.19%. Brazil's Bovespa equities index rose 2.9% (up 55.4% y-t-d). The Mexican Bolsa surged 4.0% (up 31.6% y-t-d). Mexico's 10-year $ yields dropped 21 bps to 5.55%. Russia's RTS equities index surged 12.5% (up 89.4%). India's Sensex equities index gained 3.7% (up 68.6%). China's Shanghai Exchange jumped 4.5%, increasing 2009 gains to 64.2%.
Freddie Mac 30-year fixed mortgage rates dipped one basis point to 5.07% (down 84bps y-o-y). Fifteen-year fixed rates fell 4 bps to 4.50% (down 104bps y-o-y). One-year ARMs increased 2 bps to 4.64% (down 57bps y-o-y). Bankrate's survey of jumbo mortgage borrowing costs had 30-yr fixed jumbo rates up 9 bps to 6.18% (down 75bps y-o-y).
Federal Reserve Credit rose $6.3bn last week to $2.070 TN. Fed Credit has declined $177bn y-t-d, although it expanded $1.181 TN over the past 52 weeks (133%). Elsewhere, Fed Foreign Holdings of Treasury, Agency Debt this past week (ended 9/7) declined $0.7bn to $2.828 TN. "Custody holdings" have expanded at a 17.9% rate y-t-d, and were up $432bn over the past year, or 18.1%.
M2 (narrow) "money" supply rose $11.3bn to $8.294 TN (week of 8/31). Narrow "money" has expanded at a 1.8% rate y-t-d and 7.6% over the past year. For the week, Currency declined $2.3bn, while Demand & Checkable Deposits slipped $0.9bn. Savings Deposits jumped $28.1bn, while Small Denominated Deposits fell $9.5bn. Retail Money Funds declined $3.9bn.
Total Money Market Fund assets (from Invest Co Inst) fell another $15.4bn to $3.543 TN. Money fund assets have declined $287bn y-t-d, or 10.8% annualized. Money funds fell $38.4bn, or 1.1%, over the past year.
Total Commercial Paper outstanding increased $11.3bn (4-wk gain of $99bn) to $1.174 TN. CP has declined $508bn y-t-d (44% annualized) and $642bn over the past year (35%). Asset-backed CP gained $6.2bn to $484bn, with a 52-wk drop of $297bn (38%).
International reserve assets (excluding gold) - as accumulated by Bloomberg's Alex Tanzi – were up $252bn y-o-y to $7.197 TN. Reserves have increased $432bn year-to-date.
Global Credit Market Watch:
September 8 – Bloomberg (Paul Armstrong and Esteban Duarte): "Corporate bond sales surged in Europe, driving this year's record issuance above $1.23 trillion… Issuance is now 11% ahead of the total for all of 2008… 'The market is back on fire after its usual summer lull,' said Juan Esteban Valencia, a credit analyst at Societe Generale… 'Appetite for credit remains unabated.'"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Laura Cochrane): "Emerging-market government and state-backed companies will likely sell more than $100 billion of bonds this year, according to Commerzbank AG. 'Investors are hungry for quasi-sovereign risk,' said Luis Costa, emerging-market debt strategist at Commerzbank…said…"
September 8 – Bloomberg (Steve Scherer): "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said curbing 'speculation' in financial markets is more important to Group of 20 leaders than controlling bonuses for bank executives. G-20 leaders meet in Pittsburgh later this month to discuss measures aimed at making the global financial system more stable after the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression."
September 10 – Bloomberg (John Glover): "Defaults among speculative-grade companies and issuers of so-called leveraged loans will peak at about 15% this year in Europe, Standard & Poor's said…"
September 10 – Bloomberg (Doug Alexander): "Stocks sales in Canada surged to the highest in a decade this year after Barrick Gold Corp. and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. led the biggest one-day sale of equity in Canadian history."
Government Finance Bubble Watch:
September 11 – Bloomberg (Theophilos Argitis and Chris Donville): "Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, which faces defeat in Parliament as early as next week, is delaying the country's exit from budget deficits... He also projected cumulative deficits of C$164.4 billion ($152.5 billion) by then, doubling his earlier forecasts."
September 10 – Bloomberg (Christian Vits): "European Central Bank council member Axel Weber said returning to the pre-crisis debt level may take decades. 'When I look at the longer years it took us to reduce government debt, it's pretty clear that reaching the same level of economic activity as before the crisis can be done pretty quickly by 2013,' Weber… said… 'Reaching the same level of debt to GDP will take at least one to two decades.'"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Rebecca Christie): "The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposed a six-month, emergency-only extension to its debt guarantee program as regulators move to wean companies from federal aid approved at the height of last year's credit crisis."
September 10 – Bloomberg (Svenja O'Donnell): "The Bank of England plans to keep buying as much as 175 billion pounds ($290 billion) of assets to cement the economy's recovery from the worst recession in a generation."
Currency Watch:
September 7 – Bloomberg (Jonathan Tirone): "The dollar's role in international trade should be reduced by establishing a new currency to protect emerging markets from the 'confidence game' of financial speculation, the United Nations said. UN countries should agree on the creation of a global reserve bank to issue the currency and to monitor the national exchange rates of its members, the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development said… 'There's a much better chance of achieving a stable pattern of exchange rates in a multilaterally-agreed framework for exchange-rate management,' Heiner Flassbeck, co-author of the report… said… 'An initiative equivalent to Bretton Woods or the European Monetary System is needed.' The 1944 Bretton Woods agreement created the modern global economic system and institutions including the IMF and World Bank."
September 10 – Bloomberg (Jody Shenn): "Yuan deposits offer the largest interest-rate premium over dollar accounts in 17 months, adding to pressure on the Chinese government to end its currency's fixed-exchange rate… Inflows of hot money, funds that move across borders seeking short-term returns, may swell to more than $160 billion in the second half, compared with $42 billion in the first six months, Zhang Ming, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said…"
The dollar index sank 1.9% this week to 76.67. For the week on the upside, the New Zealand dollar increased 2.7%, the Japanese yen 2.6%, the Swedish krona 2.4%, the Swiss franc 2.2%, the South African rand 2.0%, the Danish krone 2.0%, the Euro 2.0%, the British pound 1.7%, the South Korean won 1.6%, the Australian dollar 1.4%, the Singapore dollar 1.2%, the Canadian dollar 1.1%, and the Norwegian krone 1.1%. Losing against the dollar, the Argentine peso declined 0.3% and the Turkish lira fell 0.2%.
Commodities Watch:
September 9 – Bloomberg (Millie Munshi and Veronica Navarro Espinosa): "Gold prices that jumped above $1,000 an ounce this week are signaling that investors are buying metals to hedge against declines in currencies, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. The gains are 'strictly a monetary phenomenon,' Greenspan said… Rising prices of precious metals and other commodities are 'an indication of a very early stage of an endeavor to move away from paper currencies,' he said… 'What is fascinating is the extent to which gold still holds reign over the financial system as the ultimate source of payment,' Greenspan said… 'China is turning out to be the 900-pound gorilla in the energy and commodity market,' Greenspan said. 'The increase in oil consumption in China has been quite extraordinary.'"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Aya Takada): "Japan, Asia's second-largest aluminum importer, agreed to increase the fee it pays to producers by at least 53% to the highest in 14 years as surging Chinese demand saps regional supplies."
September 8 – Bloomberg (Thomas Kutty Abraham): "A global tea shortage may increase by 10% next year as droughts in Kenya, Sri Lanka and India, the top exporters, damage crops and propel prices to a record, the world's biggest tea plantation company said."
Gold gained 1.1% to close at $1,006 (up 14.0% y-t-d). Silver jumped 3.1% to $16.79 (up 48.6% y-t-d). October Crude rose a volatile $1.18 to $69.20 (up 55% y-t-d). October Gasoline declined 1.3% (up 65% y-t-d), while September Natural Gas rallied 9.6% (down 47% y-t-d). December Copper declined 1.3% (up 101% y-t-d). December Wheat fell 1.0% (down 24% y-t-d), while December Corn recovered 4.4% (down 21% y-t-d). The CRB index gained 1.2% (up 9.4% y-t-d). The Goldman Sachs Commodities Index (GSCI) jumped 2.8% (up 29.3% y-t-d).
China Bubble Watch:
September 10 – Bloomberg: "China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation 'cannot and will not' pull back from economic stimulus measures… 'China's economic rebound is unstable, unbalanced and not yet solid,' Wen said… He cautioned that some stimulus measures will 'fade' and others will take time to become effective. Wen's remarks reflect a commitment last week from the world's biggest nations to maintain unprecedented fiscal and monetary measures…"
September 10 – Bloomberg: "Bank of China Ltd., which led the nation's $1.1 trillion lending spree in the first half, said ample liquidity has caused 'bubbles' in stocks, commodities and real estate. 'The potential risk is that a lot of liquidity goes to the asset market,' Vice President Zhu Min said… 'So you see asset bubbles in commodities, stocks and real estate, not only in China, but everywhere.'"
September 10 – Bloomberg: "Bankers on Wall Street are suffering from 'over confidence' and are 'myopic' in the face of a continuing financial crisis, Bank of China Ltd. Vice President Zhu Min said. 'You go to Wall Street, the people feel the crisis never happened,' Zhu said… 'It's not only over-confidence, it's over- myopic. This is too much.' Zhu's criticism reflects the growing confidence of China…in scolding the U.S. for missteps that led to the financial crisis and mounting federal debt."
September 10 – Bloomberg: "China's bank loans will post steady growth in the second half of the year as big fluctuations would hurt the economic recovery, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Bank of China Vice President Zhu Min. Zhu refuted speculation that banks will tighten credit in the second half, saying bank loans will grow steadily in the next six-to-12 months…"
September 10 – Bloomberg: "China's house prices in the nation's 70 biggest cities rose at the fastest pace in 11 months on record lending and climbing confidence. House prices increased 2% in August from a year earlier…"
September 8 – Bloomberg (Jacob Greber): "China's passenger-car sales surged a record 90% last month, as tax cuts and government subsidies spurred demand, bringing the nation closer to overtaking the U.S. as the world's largest auto market."
September 11 – Bloomberg: "China's industrial production grew at a faster pace in August, signaling a strengthening recovery in the world's third-biggest economy. Output gained 12.3% from a year earlier, after climbing 10.8% in July, the statistics bureau said…"
September 11 – Bloomberg: "China's power generation rose to a record in August… Power output increased for a third month, gaining 9.3% to 344.3 million megawatt-hours… Power generation had climbed 4.8% in July and 5% in June after contracting for three straight months."
September 9 – Bloomberg (Andrea Rothman): "China is taking aim at the heart of the global commercial aerospace industry with a jet dubbed 'The Big Plane,' seeking to crack the duopoly Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS hold… 'They have a good mix of technologies and westernized standards,' Christof Spaeth, senior vice president of Jet Aviation AG…said… 'So it might find its way from the home also to some international markets. It's not easy but there's a chance.'"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Sophie Leung): "Inflation in China may accelerate to at least 4% by the middle of next year, spurring the nation's central bank to raise interest rates, Deutsche Bank AG economists said. 'We believe inflation in China will rise faster than in most other major economies and will therefore justify earlier and stronger-than-expected rate hikes,' Ma Jun, a Hong Kong- based economist for China at Deutsche Bank, said…"
September 8 – Bloomberg: "Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, the government-controlled planemaker, said its first commercial jet will 'surely be cheaper' than comparable Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS models, heightening competition in the world's fastest-growing aviation market… Comac will initially target Chinese customers for the single-aisle C919 before seeking to challenge Boeing and Airbus overseas…"
India Watch:
September 8 – Wall Street Journal (Nik Hil Gulati and Santanu Choudhury): "Car sales in India rose 26%... Sales climbed to 120,669 cars in August from 96,082 a year earlier, showed data issued Tuesday by industry lobby group Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers."
September 11 – Bloomberg (Kartik Goyal): "India's industrial production increased for a seventh straight month as higher government spending and lower borrowing costs stoked demand for cars, motorbikes and other consumer goods. Output at factories, utilities and mines rose 6.8% in July from a year earlier…"
Asia Bubble Watch:
September 9 – Bloomberg (Michael Dwyer): "Asian central banks may find it difficult to tighten monetary policy 'meaningfully' due to political constraints caused by high unemployment, UBS AG said. Jobless levels may remain 'uncomfortably high' in the region for the next year or two, Duncan Wooldridge, chief Asia economist at UBS…wrote…"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Anil Varma): "Investors are boosting purchases of high-yield Asian debt after dollar money-market rates slid to record lows this year…"
September 11 – Bloomberg (Shamim Adam): "Asia faces greater risks from asset bubbles caused by global stimulus than from threats to economic growth, said Gail Fosler, president of the Conference Board. Governments need to be vigilant of the money flowing into their economies as investors buy assets such as real estate in emerging markets, Fosler…said… 'There is a tremendous amount of fiscal stimulus that is going into producing the supply response that you see in the global economy today and the growth in assets continues to be stunning… This sets the stage for asset bubbles to move out of the U.S. and into Asia and emerging markets in general."
Latin America Bubble Watch:
September 8 – Bloomberg (Mike Cohen): "Brazil, the world's largest producer, may spend $33 billion on new sugar mills and renovating existing plants by 2012, said Fabio Torquato, the international relations director of the Mercosur trading block in Brazil."
September 9 – Bloomberg (Jens Erik Gould): "Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed spending cuts and increases in income, corporate and sales taxes as part of 'unprecedented' steps to offset diminishing oil revenue and prevent a credit-rating reduction. The 2010 budget proposal cuts spending by 218 billion pesos ($16.3bn), the Finance Ministry said…"
Unbalanced Global Economy Watch:
September 8 – Bloomberg (Jacob Greber): "Australian business confidence jumped in August to its highest level in almost six years…"
U.S. Bubble Economy Watch:
September 10 – Bloomberg (Bob Willis): "The U.S. trade deficit widened in July and imports gained by a record 4.7%, signaling a revival of commerce as the global recession eased. The gap between imports and exports grew 16%, the most in more than a decade, to $32 billion…"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Jeff Plungis): "wealthy individuals' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings jumped 73% in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to the National Bankruptcy Research Center… More individuals or families with at least $1,010,650 in secured debt and $336,900 unsecured are using Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code typically associated with business reorganizations."
September 9 – Bloomberg (Gillian Wee): "George Washington University is increasing holdings of commodities such as oil and natural gas out of concern that a return to inflation rates last seen in the 1970s may ravage the value of its $1 billion endowment. U.S. consumer prices may rise 8% annually within three to five years because of unprecedented government spending and deficits, said Donald Lindsey, the Washington school's chief investment officer… 'Inflation, once it starts, could get very difficult to stop,' Lindsey, 50, said… 'We could see a stagflation environment that's similar to the 1970s.'"
Central Banker Watch:
September 10 – Reuters (Alister Bull): "Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said… the U.S. central bank was developing tools to move away from its extremely loose monetary policy, but such an exit would not happen any time soon. 'Any combination of these tools, in addition to the payment of interest on reserves, may prove very valuable when the time comes to tighten the stance of monetary policy,' Kohn said… 'As the FOMC has said, that time is not likely to come for an extended period…'"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Matthew Newman): "European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said while the financial crisis is not yet over, it's important for policy makers to consider how they will withdraw economic stimulus measures. 'It's not time yet to say that the crisis is over,' Trichet told reporters…"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Cherian Thomas): "Central banks must maintain low interest rates until consumer and company spending is 'robust' enough to support economic growth, said Subir Gokarn, the Standard & Poor's economist in the running for the deputy governor's post at the Reserve Bank of India."
GSE Watch:
September 10 – Bloomberg (Jody Shenn): "'Credibly' privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… may be too difficult given the precedent set by the Treasury Department's financial assistance, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis. 'The financial markets likely would continue to perceive that the federal government would provide substantial financial support to the enterprises, if privatized as largely intact entities, in a financial emergency,' the GAO said… 'Consequently, such privatized entities may continue to derive financial benefits, such as lowered borrowing costs, resulting from the markets' perceptions.' The Treasury today reiterated that the government intends to make recommendations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac next year… 'Any transition to a new structure would need to consider the enterprises' still-dominant position in housing finance and be implemented carefully (perhaps in phases) to ensure its success," the GAO said."
September 10 – Wall Street Journal (David Enrich): "Banks have been silent partners in the meteoric rise of the Federal Housing Administration. In the past year, the nation's financial institutions have snapped up securities backed by Ginnie Mae, a government-owned agency that guarantees payments on mortgages backed by the FHA… As of June 30, the roughly 8,500 federally insured banks and thrifts were holding $113.5 billion of Ginnie securities, compared with just $41 billion a year earlier…"
Real Estate Bust Watch:
September 10 – Bloomberg (Daniel Taub): "Foreclosure filings in the U.S. exceeded 300,000 for the sixth straight month… A total of 358,471 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized last month, according to… RealtyTrac Inc. That's up 18% from a year earlier…"
September 8 – Bloomberg (Jody Shenn): "About $134 billion of securitized 'option' adjustable-rate mortgages will reset to higher payments over the next two years…according to Fitch…"
September 9 – Bloomberg (Hui-yong Yu): "The default rate on commercial mortgages held by U.S. banks will rise to 5.4% in 2011, the highest since at least 1992… according to Real Estate Econometrics LLC."
Speculator Watch:
September 11 – Bloomberg (Gillian Wee): "Harvard University and Yale University, the wealthiest U.S. schools, got about 30% poorer in the past year as their endowments lost more money on investments than less-affluent schools. Harvard's fund declined to $26 billion in the year ended June 30, led by a 27.3% loss on investments and $1.7 billion in distributions… Yale's endowment fell to about $16 billion…"
September 8 – Bloomberg (Warren Giles): "Hedge funds lured $4.5 billion in August, double the net inflows the previous month… according to Eurekahedge Pte."
Crude Liquidity Watch:
September 10 – Bloomberg (Simon Packard): "House prices in Dubai plummeted 47% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the steepest drop of any market, according to Knight Frank LLC, as speculators left the Persian Gulf business hub."
And No Dialing Back:
CNBC's Steve Liesman: "Mr. Secretary, how much concern do you have right now - how much pressure are you under right now to dial back on these programs. Dial back spending. Dial back – getting to the audience question right there that I think is critical and that is really indicative of how Americans feel: Get the government out of the private sector. How much pressure are you under right now?"
Treasury Secretary Geithner: "No one is going to be more eager than I am. You're just not going to care about that more than me. We do not want to be in any of these institutions a day longer than is necessary. And look at what we have already done. We already have $80bn of capital coming back into the Treasury. If you look at what I said today in my testimony on the hill, we've seen these emergency programs we put in place already be used at a tiny fraction of their scale in emergency. We designed these things so that they would not be used a day longer than necessary.
But we're going to be careful not to withdraw too soon. Again, the classic mistake countries make in crisis is that they put on the brakes too early and reignite the recession, ultimately at much greater fiscal cost and much greater damage to the economy. So that's the balance we've got to get right. And we are not now at the point – even though the challenge is shifting – we're a bit moving now from emergency to the harder challenge, frankly, of repair and recovery. That's going to change the mix of what we do. We're going to get out and walk these things back as soon as we are confident we can get out of this thing."
September 10 – Bloomberg (Jody Shenn): "'Credibly' privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… may be too difficult given the precedent set by the Treasury Department's financial assistance, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis. 'The financial markets likely would continue to perceive that the federal government would provide substantial financial support to the enterprises, if privatized as largely intact entities, in a financial emergency,' the GAO said… 'Consequently, such privatized entities may continue to derive financial benefits, such as lowered borrowing costs, resulting from the markets' perceptions.' The Treasury today reiterated that the government intends to make recommendations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac next year… 'Any transition to a new structure would need to consider the enterprises' still-dominant position in housing finance and be implemented carefully (perhaps in phases) to ensure its success," the GAO said."
My interest is not in taking shots at today's policymakers. They have been faced with incredible challenges, and proceed now on a course they hope and believe is best for returning the country to sound footing. And while I disagree strongly with the current path of policymaking, it has been predictable. From a policymaking perspective, the greatest error came with the Greenspan/Bernanke Fed's failure to act to rein in systemic Credit excess, asset inflation, and financial Bubbles. Many belatedly recognized the Fed's failings, yet few today appreciate that the costs and risks of flawed analysis and theories only keep mounting.
I retain keen interest in debunking the Fed's thesis – articulated most clearly by then Fed governor Bernanke – that central banks should avoid the business of popping Bubbles and instead focus on post-Bubble "mopping up" strategies. It was, after all, post-Russia/LTCM "mopping up" that fueled the tech Bubble, and then the post-Tech and 9/11 mopping that fostered the Wall Street/mortgage finance Bubble. And the latest big mop up job sets the stage for perhaps the greatest Bubble of them all – the Global Government Finance Bubble.
They appear as free lunches at the time, but there are myriad financial and economic costs associated with government intrusions into the marketplace. Most are subtle and tend to remain quiescent for years. When (market pricing, resource allocation and economic impairment) distortions do eventually manifest into a crisis, policymaking will have a strong proclivity to treat misdiagnosed ills with only greater government manipulations and intrusions. And the greater the degree of intrusion into the markets, the greater the ongoing costs involved. Huge intrusions ensure open-ended government involvement and increasing governmental command over the economic system.
As much as I believe Secretary Giethner is speaking earnestly, there is no way at this point government influence in the marketplace can be meaningfully Dialed Back. The damage has been done – historic distortions to both the financial system and real economy. The damage began with the activist Greenspan Fed manipulating interest rates, promising market liquidity, and pandering to the leveraged speculators. The damage worsened as the government-sponsored enterprises came to dominate our nation's market for housing finance. And the damage turned unmanageable when the markets listened back in 2002 to Dr. Bernanke profess the virtues of helicopter money and whatever other unconventional measures the central bank might deem worthwhile.
Federal government finance (Treasuries, agency debt and GSE MBS) has expanded about $2.0 TN over the past year. I expect it to inflate another $2.0 TN over the coming twelve months. The private sector Credit apparatus is simply not up to the task of generating the necessary $2.5 TN (or so) of total system Credit expansion necessary to sustain the current economic structure. In this post-Wall Street Bubble environment, only government and government-related Credit retains sufficient "moneyness" in the marketplace. Systemic reflation today depends on a massive inflation of this government helicopter "money."
This week's GAO analysis of the GSE's was spot on and certainly applies to more than just the government-sponsored enterprises: "The financial markets likely would continue to perceive that the federal government would provide substantial financial support to the enterprises, if privatized as largely intact entities, in a financial emergency." Over five Trillion – and counting – of GSE securities are valued and traded in the marketplace as (money-like) government-backed obligations. Policymakers would not today risk the negative financial and economic ramifications from Dialing Back from Washington's explicit and implicit guarantees.
And as much as moral hazard and "too big to fail" are recognized as fundamental facets of previous Bubble excess, our policymakers have nonetheless been compelled to expand only further toward backstopping the entire Credit system (and economy). Obviously, the GSE's were too big to really fail, while markets appreciate that policymakers now believe it was a mistake to allow Lehman to collapse. The markets – more than ever before - operate with the view that policymakers have no tolerance for a major financial institution failure.
When one contemplates the issue of "getting the government out of the private sector," these various market liquidity support programs being wound down are an insignificant issue. Fundamentally, for the economy to move toward sounder and sustainable footing would require at least a semblance of a market-based Credit pricing mechanism. Regrettably, the vast majority of system Credit today is "public." Government intrusion chiefly dictates the cost of finance and the allocation of financial and real resources. Furthermore, I would argue that the limited amount of private sector debt being issued these days is reliant upon the system-stabilizing effects of massive government debt issuance and spending.
As I have stressed repeatedly, in the neighborhood of $2.5 TN of non-financial Credit growth is required to stem systemic implosion – a massive Credit expansion with only our federal government up to the challenge. It is this fundamental facet of Bubble economies – a maladjusted economic structure sustained only through ongoing Credit excess – that prohibits Washington from extricating itself from very public "private sector" intrusions. Fixated on the notion of sustainable recovery, policymakers will not be Dialing Back from massive borrowing, spending, or market backstopping endeavors. And this gets to the core of the unquantifiable costs of failing to rein in Credit and asset Bubbles during the boom.
As I have written over the years, the entire notion of "mopping up" is as flawed as it is dangerous. Clearly, the notion of inflationism remains as seductive as it has throughout history. If, God forbid, deflation ever becomes a risk the central bank must aggressively raise the price level to preclude a downward spiral. We heard this dogma in the early nineties, heard it again earlier this decade, and have had it repeated too often over the past year. The answer is always another bout of Credit inflation.
And the more intense the necessity to reflate - the greater the government's evolving role throughout both the financial and economic systems. This is a fact of life, human nature and politics. And at the end of the day inflationism tends toward socialism. And there is only one way to reverse this course; it is anything but painless. The economy must be weaned off of Credit and financial excesses and government intrusions – and allowed to proceed through the arduous task of adjustment and rebalancing. Choosing instead a course of sustaining current financial and economic structures implies a huge and ever-expanding role for the government. Efforts to stoke a quick recovery imply massive government intrusion and inherent fragility. There will be no Dialing Back.
Many hope the private-sector can regroup and again rise to the occasion. It is expected that as recovery gains a foothold private sector borrowing and lending will increase, tax receipts will rise, and the government will enjoy the luxury of Dialing Back as the system normalizes. I don't expect this dynamic to work as it has traditionally because of the confluence of Bubble economy Credit requirements, acute private sector Credit system impairment and market mistrust, and the government's predominant influence on the recovery.
The dynamic today is one of a shallow recovery induced by a flood of government borrowing and spending and marketplace intrusions. Rampant financial speculation has reemerged, which leaves the marketplace increasingly vulnerable to any serious move to Dial Back. In a normal recovery, the system tends to gain strength and stability over time. Credit requirements are usually manageable, while speculative excesses have been largely wrung out of the system. In stark contrast, today's combination of huge Credit expansion and a highly speculative financial backdrop ensures only more acute systemic fragilities over time. And the distorted marketplace will simply not function well at even the notion of fiscal and monetary exit strategies.
Conceptually, somewhere along the line there reaches a tipping point where government intrusions no longer act as a stabilizing force. They become invariably destabilizing, as the quantity of government monetary inflation becomes massive and uncontrollable. This is the nature of inflationism, although this dynamic is nowhere to be found in Keynesian doctrine. It is my view that this tipping point was reached some time back. It is with this analysis in mind that I fear the emerging Government Finance Bubble risks destroying the creditworthiness of our entire economy.


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Friday, May 11, 2012
I'm Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille
Obviously I read a ton of books and I see a lot of author photos. I think most author photos can be characterized in three ways:
1) The High School Yearbook-like pose--you know, the one that is a professionally done headshot. Always looks very nice.
2) The Disinterested pose--usually in this one the author's profile is photographed, as if he/she isn't even aware that the photo is being taken.
3) The Goofy Get-up pose--this seems to be popular lately. This is the one where the author poses in the garb that reflects the genre in which he/she writes--e.g. princess, pirate, zombie. Clever and can get a chuckle. I think.
So you see my dilemma. I'm kind of a fan of black and white photos, in case you hadn't noticed. But in case I can't make up my mind on The Pose, I'm going with the photo below. What do you think? Pretty classy, eh? ;-)
8 comments:
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
I like it! Not a fan of my own photo which is why mine is a profile shot.
- May 11, 2012 at 5:05 AM
- S.A. Larsenッ said...
I'm with Alex! Represent YOU with whatever you want. It's about YOU, right? ;D
- May 11, 2012 at 5:31 AM
- Angelina Rain said...
Personally, I'm not a fan of author photos. I like to imagine that the author looks just like the heroine on her cover, and sometimes an author photo takes away from that image.
- May 11, 2012 at 7:19 AM
- Daisy Carter said...
If I saw this author photo in the back of a book, I'd buy it on principle. LOVE it! :)
- May 11, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- Unknown said...
I like a photo with the family pet or showing the represented engaged in some activity that tells more story about the author than a mug shot ever could.
- May 11, 2012 at 8:23 AM
- LD Masterson said...
Perfect. Although I like the "with the family pet" idea, too. If you have a pet. And it's cute. But not too cute - you don't want it stealing the picture.
Or maybe you could just borrow a suitable pet. I wonder if someone rents them...
- May 11, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Danette said...
I think the sketch would be the most unique one ever! Go for it!
- May 11, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- Trisha said...
Love it! I think you will start a real trend with that ;)
- May 13, 2012 at 5:43 PM


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