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Yesterday I visited the Mount Clemens Library located at 150 Cass Avenue in Mount Clemens, Michigan. I had heard that they have a terrific genealogy collection, so I wanted to investigate their holdings. I blogged about this library's online resources last year. Click here here if you want to read that post.
|Mount Clemens Public Library
Mount Clemens, Michigan
In order to visit the genealogy/history room, you first must sign in at the librarian's desk located in the center of the library. One of the librarians will unlock the door for you. Sometimes there are volunteers stationed in the genealogy section to help you, but yesterday I was on my own. I picked up a handout titled "Welcome to the Mount Clemens Public Library Local History Room." http://www.mtclib.org/docs/genealogy%20welcome.pdf. This gave me a good summary of their collection.
|Mount Clemens Local History Room
Mount Clemens, Michigan
The first room had a number of tables where you could do research, two computers for online research (they have access to Ancestry Library, Fold3, Heritage Quest and AmericanAncestors.org) and hundreds of books. Like a puppy with a new stuffed toy, I began scanning the stacks excitedly.
There was a section of new acquisitions by the entrance, where I found many helpful guidebooks for genealogical research as well as specific interest publications, such as African-American research. I was impressed that their books were so current.
Against one wall I discovered the Nellie D. Metler (Mrs. John R. Murphy) Ontario Collection, which contained:
Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West
Canadian Genealogist
Surrogate Court Indexes
The Ontario Register
and much more
For those with German ancestors, there are many volumes of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers and also Germans to America.
Not surprisingly, there were numerous books on Michigan history and genealogy, such as the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collections.
The second room had microfilm readers, hundreds of microfilm rolls and many shelves of publications, such as funeral home books, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Michigan History Magazine.
There were drawers and shelves full of microfilm, such as:
Newspapers: Detroit News, Macomb Daily, Daily Leader and more
Michigan Censuses and Vital Records
and more...
There were also city directories and old phone books from the Detroit area.
If you have Polish ancestors, you'll want to explore "Polish Eaglet," a periodical by the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan. For an index of articles, click here.
There were many French-Canadian books such as:
Michigan's Habitant Heritage (http://www.habitantheritage.org/our_journal)
After I had explored the rooms, I settled down and did some personal research using the following books.
- Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809 compiled by Edward W. McGlenen
- Scots-Irish Links by David Dobson
- Family Maps of Washtenaw County, Michigan
There is something for nearly everyone in this collection. If you live in Michigan, be sure to visit this fabulous library. If you can't visit, be sure to check out their online resources at http://www.mtclib.org/genealog.htm.


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After all of the indulging over the week (and the last week/month/year!) I was more than ready to get back to the basics today. I'm often torn – I know I'm probably leaving nyc in July and I want to experience as much as possible, but at the same time this is my life and I'm getting tired of feeling out of shape and out of sorts. Two of my best friends are coming to visit in 10days and I know we'll be doing lots of eating and drinking so this is a good time to get myself resettled.
A and I could not get out of bed this "Monday" morning – we stayed in bed past 7! I woke up at 6 and then proceeded to have a terrible nightmare while I snoozed. My dream was so upsetting I actually felt out of it my whole way to school. My Boomi Bar did snap me out of it a little though 🙂
I tried the Macademia Paradise today, even though this is my least favorite flavor of the three I tried so far it is still good!
For lunch I prepped a museli last night,
Nonfat plain Oikos Greek yogurt, 1/4C oatmeal, 1small banana, and some Nuts Online dried blackberries. My parents bought me these berries as a gift so I've been trying to enjoy them but I've decided that they are inedible; they were so sour I had to eat around the parts of the mix that they touched. It was still delish though.
I also packed a blood orange but I was so busy helping kids that I never got a chance to eat it, it is on my desk for tomorrow.
I stayed after school for about an hour helping kids and when I got downstairs I got the fun news that final grades are now due on Thursday. Yes, that is Thursday as in all of my final grades are due 2 days from now. Yes, that is Thursday as in we will be having a month of school in which the students will not be graded. Fun stuff.
I was super hungry when I got home so I made the mother of all "snacks," this thing had courses! 1st course – the last scrapings of the Smuckers Natural Honey Peanut Butter jar, about 1.5T total.
2nd course – sliced pear with walnuts and blue cheese crumbles.
This was very tasty – the only improvement could have been a little drizzle of fresh honey but unfortunately I've been out of that for months.
3rd/dessert course – strawberry chocolates and my vitamens. The candies kind of look like carrots, which makes me smile. But the picture will not load, which makes me not smile.
I did some stuff for school applications (I am hitting all sorts of walls!) and then A and I headed to the gym. I went to a 60minute Pilates Mat Class that kicked my patootie. No matter how busy life is the last 5weeks of school I am making a commitment to fitness, I never want to be this out of shape again.
We took a long walk home to pick up Emily crack, a.k.a. diet soda, and then got started on dinner. I based my meal around this More Than Tofu Spicy Thai Tofu.
I baked my tofu for 30minutes at 475*. A chopped yam joined tofu in the sauna, along with some purple asparagus. Meanwhile, we heated some frozen collard greens in a pan uptop. I seasoned my greens with maple syrup and red pepper flakes, then topped them with yam and tofu.
My bowl had half the tofu package and half of the medium yam – so tasty!
I ate the roasted purple asparagus as my side.
And a tall glass of skim milk.
All together.
It was a pretty great dinner if I do say so myself!
I can't really start grades until tomorrow because kids still are handing things in and I know tomorrow night is going to suck so tonight I'm going to shower and watch Adult Swim! I hope everyone else had a pleasant start back to the work week.
How do you balance fun foods with real life?

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Interesting article on a comet with a hyperbolic orbit.
Comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto): dislodged from the Oort Cloud or coming from interstellar space?
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos (Submitted on 7 Aug 2019)
The chance discovery of the first interstellar minor body, 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), indicates that we may have been visited by such objects in the past and that these events may repeat in the future. Unfortunately, minor bodies following nearly parabolic or hyperbolic paths tend to receive little attention: over 3/4 of those known have data-arcs shorter than 30 d and, consistently, rather uncertain orbit determinations. This fact suggests that we may have observed interstellar interlopers in the past, but failed to recognize them as such due to insufficient data. Early identification of promising candidates by using N-body simulations may help in improving this situation, triggering follow-up observations before they leave the Solar system. Here, we use this technique to investigate the pre- and post-perihelion dynamical evolution of the slightly hyperbolic comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto) to understand its origin and relevance within the context of known parabolic and hyperbolic minor bodies. Based on the available data, our calculations suggest that although C/2018 V1 may be a former member of the Oort Cloud, an origin beyond the Solar system cannot be excluded. If extrasolar, it might have entered the Solar system from interstellar space at low relative velocity with respect to the Sun. The practical feasibility of this alternative scenario has been assessed within the kinematic context of the stellar neighbourhood of the Sun, using data from Gaia DR2, and two robust solar sibling candidates have been identified. Our results suggest that comets coming from interstellar space at low heliocentric velocities may not be rare.


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Mar 27 2013
Why are we paying rich nonces who do fuck all?
Chris Spivey / Daily Express
Greville Janner, a married father of three children was the MP for Leicester West from 1970 until his retirement in 1997 (Blair Govt). He was subsequently made a life peer and is now formally known as Baron Janner of Braunstone.
He was also very pro-active in a number of Jewish, aherm,aherm, 'none government organisations', including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of which he was Chairman from 1978 to 1984… Yes, he's Jewish.
His old man, Sir Barnett Janner who held the same parliamentary seat as his son was actually the Chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain… Yes, he was Jewish too.
Before he became a politician, Greville Janner had been a Barrister and a member of the magic circle… Yes, he was a wig wearing Jewish Magician – A bit like Paul Daniels really (although Daniels may or may not be Jewish).
Janner, like a great number of those in Tony Blair's government was also a paedophile.
In 1991, Janner was named in a court case as being the abuser of a 13 year old boy. The court case in question was that of Leicestershire Care home boss Peter Beck.
Beck was found guilty on a number of counts of child rape and torture and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.
He died less than two years later under suspicious circumstances.
Despite being named in court, Janner was never charged with any offence. The Leicestershire Police later said there was no case to answer. Then again, just like things are today, you wouldn't expect them to be any different back then.
Course, the Freemason dominated Leicestershire police are also alleged to be covering up details of the disappearance of Madeline McCann. Having said that, every police force in the country is dominated by Freemasons and are covering up something or other.
More about the McCann cover up HERE and HERE
The following is what the Daily Express had to say at the time and after the trial had ended:
Boy Traded Sex For MP's Gifts Jury Told
DAILY EXPRESS. Saturday, November 9, 1991
A FORMER children's home boy told a jury yesterday how Labour MP Greville Janner sexually abused him and then plied him with expensive presents.
Paul Winston, said he put up with the two-year homosexual affair because he had "grown accustomed" to the toys, cash and visits to plush restaurants, Leicester Crown Court heard.
Mr Winston, 30, who had been in care since his birth, said he was only 13 when he was first sexually assaulted by the MP for Leicester West following a tour of the House of Commons. (Hmmm. Isn't that what Cyril Smith used to do? – Spivey)
More serious sexual assaults followed when they regularly shared a double bed during week-ends at Leicester's Holiday Inn hotel and during a two-week lecture tour of Scotland by Mr Janner.
Mr Winston, who wrote down his address for the jury, was giving evidence in defence of children's home boss Frank Beck, who faces 27 charges of physical and sexual abuse against children and staff.
Mr Winston said he first met the MP while living at Station Road children's home in Wigston, Leicestershire.
Mr Janner arranged a school trip to the House of Commons and later invited the boy to come back on his own.
The MP then began asking the boy to join him on official engagements in the constituency and to sit in on his local surgeries.
On one occasion, the lad accompanied Mr Janner in his red Jaguar XJ6 to open an adventure play-ground.
It was alleged that the boy received regular letters signed "Love, Greville" and phone calls.
Then Barbara Fitt, the officer in charge at the home, agreed to let Paul go to London once more.
The boy met the MP at the Commons before allegedly returned to the deserted Janner home.
John Black, defending Beck, asked Mr Winston if he was well treated.
He replied: "Initially very well but later in the evening there was something I didn't like.
"I was in one of the bed-rooms. I was frightened.
"He tried to reassure me. He said if I was that upset, I could sleep with him; we lay beside each other and cuddled and fondled. I didn't like it and told him to stop it."
Within a week of his return, another meeting was set up.
Mr Winston claimed he usually saw the MP at the Holiday Inn.
The pair allegedly took regular swims in the hotel pool: "We; usually had a shower and washed each other down."
Asked by Mr Justice Jowitt where he slept, Mr Winston replied: "In the double bed with him."
Quizzed on what happened, Mr Winston claimed: "Petting and fondling."
Mr Black asked: "Did it ever go further at the Holiday Inn?"
Mr Winston replied: "Only on one occasion. I started to cry and tried to push him away from me and eventually I did."
Mr Black asked why he continued the relationship with, Mr Janner.
Mr-Winston said: "By now I had become accustomed to the gifts I was receiving and the expensive restaurants so I went along with it."
But the boy stole cash from the MP's wallet on several occasions. '
"It was my own way of getting back at him for what he was doing to me," Mr Winston said.
Frank Beck, former officer in charge at three Leicestershire children's homes, denies a 13-year "reign of terror".
Two other former social workers also deny sex charges.
Mr Winston was moved to the Radcliffe Road home run by Beck on his 15th birthday.
Now married with three children, he said he was never abused by Beck.
He added: "He's the guy who helped me on the right road to where I am now.
Frank Beck put a stop to the relationship.


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With the deadline for Rep. Todd Akin to withdraw from the Missouri Senate race passed, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which withdrew its support for Akin, seems to be dipping its toe back in the water.
"There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein-in the role of government in people's lives, and finally focus on growing jobs in this country, that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Sen. Claire McCaskill," NRSC Executive Director Rob Jesmer said in a statement.
"As with every Republican Senate candidate, we hope Todd Akin wins in November, and we will continue to monitor this race closely in the days ahead," said Jesmer.
The statement doesn't say that the group is preparing to put money or resources behind Akin's bid, and seems to carefully express support for Akin only because the alternative is McCaskill, a Democrat.
In August, national Republicans tried in vain to convince Akin to withdraw from the race after he said he opposes legal access to abortion for rape victims because women who suffer "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.
"Congressman Akin's statements were wrong, offensive, and indefensible," NRSC Chairman John Cornyn said at the time. "I recognize that this is a difficult time for him, but over the next twenty-four hours, Congressman Akin should carefully consider what is best for him, his family, the Republican Party, and the values that he cares about and has fought for throughout his career in public service."
When Akin refused to withdraw, the group pulled its resources from the state.
In the nearly 24 hours since the deadline passed for Akin to withdraw, he has recieved endorsements from South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. On Monday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich endorsed him. Other Republicans, like Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, issued tacit statements of support.


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The automotive industry has been an integral element of global economy for many decades and has withstood economic downturns by being able to shift their processes along with market needs. With the addition of new innovations in the field of ICT, the automotive industry has addressed the need to restructure to stay afront of customers' expectation. Internet of Things and Big Data have advanced to where connected solutions are possible to provide value opportunities in many industries including automotives with the entrance of connected vehicles.
This thesis aims to investigate the extent that connected services could be applied to the downstream automotive supply chain as a viable long-term business solution. A door-to-door perspective was applied in order to identify the challenges and opportunities towards different stakeholders within this supply chain. Qualitative interviews were conducted with leading OEMs, Logistics Providers, NSC, and car dealers as well as quantitative analysis performed on car buying customers to gauge their opinions of connected vehicles and services.
There are many opportunities for a viable connected service solution to offer additional value to each stakeholder including efficient supply chain management due to increased visibility, improved lead times, and operational effectiveness. However, with the complexity and variations in the supply chain it cannot be applied rapidly and requires all actors to agree to participation in a network that supports the IT infrastructures and fortifies information flow.


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Top 5 Lakes Near Budapest For Summer Fun
- 10 May 2018 9:40 AM
- Daily News Hungary
1. D-Beach, Domony Valley
This unique beach gives the feeling of being near the sea with its sandy shores while being a mere 40 kilometres away from Budapest. In addition, apart from the cooling water, the numerous types of water entertainment and the soft sand, the marvellous surroundings also make Domony Valley worth a visit.
2. Lupa Lake, Budakalász
This truly sea-like beach is only about 20 minutes away from Budapest. The white, sandy shores are excellent destinations for those wanting to relax as well as for extreme sports lovers. Check out the video below to see what happend here last year.
3. Palatinus Lake, Dorog
Palatinus Lake of the Dorog Basin is a little further away, in Esztergom. However, as the clearest lake in Hungary, it is definitely worth visiting. It is a great spot to go fishing or even scuba diving. Nevertheless, if you prefer to stay dry, you can lay on the sandy beach sunbathing or play beach volleyball.
4. Gyömrő Lake, Gyömrő
Gyömrő Lake is situated in the centre of Gyömrő, where once a brick factory stood, yet it is surrounded by woods now. It is the perfect place to cool off, enjoy Hungarian specialities at the buffets or even try out water sports like wakeboarding or water skiing.
5. Rukkel Lake, Dunavarsány
Once a mining lake, Rukkel Lake is by now a true waterpark from Paradise. Everything can be found here for the perfect weekend getaway, from several sports activities through renting kayaks, canoes or paddle boats to enjoying Hungarian delicacies like lángos (a sort of deep-fried dough) or crepes. Everybody is bound to find the perfect activity for themselves.
Sources: Daily News Hungary, femcafe.hu


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How's work? I often find myself talking to people in my network about their work culture, mainly the behaviours and attitudes that are encouraged or tolerated and the organisational values that drive it. Essentially, there are similar work challenges in different professions and across industry sectors. In many organisations, there are no bad people and yet 'good people keep leaving' or prefer temporary roles as the organisation struggles to recruit new talent into permanent roles.
People want to feel valued, be empowered, have their strengths fully utilised and strive towards something greater than themselves. The culture of an organisation not only determines this, but ultimately determines the extent that methodologies and frameworks are able to embed themselves.
The 8 Ways to Start Improving Your Work Culture presented below are neither groundbreaking or exhaustive. They are related and overlap in parts, but there is value in defining these separately.
1. Define & Enforce the Culture You Want
"The culture of any organisation is shaped by the worst behaviour the leader is willing to tolerate." – Gruenter & Whitaker. Culture is the shared set of values, beliefs and attitudes that guide the behaviour of an organisation. This can be by design or by circumstance.
If not clearly defined and enforced, the culture arises through circumstance: a culmination of the worst attitudes and behaviours accepted within the organisation and a sum of its parts, whether those parts are great, average or mediocre.
The real values of an organisation, whether by design or circumstance, are demonstrated by the behaviours exhibited, encouraged, discouraged and tolerated by the leaders, including who they reward, promote, hire, fail to retain or let go. History has taught us (e.g. Enron and, more recently, News of the World) that the behaviours we turn a blind eye to are just as powerful as the behaviours we actively encourage and discourage.
2. Inspire, Empower & Trust
Command, control and scrutinise, often exemplified by the proportion of mandatory versus optional solutions, tools, templates, meetings and reporting imposed on teams, should be limited.
The default approach should be for leaders to inspire, empower and trust their teams through context setting and collaborative engagement to solve clearly defined problems.
The idea is senior leadership and middle management set the context and present problems that need solving for the organisation to solve together. One way of achieving this is to rotate problem champions / ambassadors within each team to facilitate discussions and capture solutions to discuss in a 'problem working group' with other team representatives.
Defining a clear problem and allowing everyone to feed into the solution helps improve transparency, trust, commitment and more creative solutions, tailored to the organisation.
3. Continuous Review of Decisions & Solutions
All solutions, including product decisions, technical solutions and ways of working, i.e. tools, templates, meetings, reporting, etc, should be regularly inspected with a view to update, replace or, if necessary, abandon over time, as both problems and solutions evolve.
The alternative is to dogmatically adhere to historical decisions and ways of working that may no longer be applicable in light of new information.
4. Incremental & Evolutionary Change
Changes should be incremental and evolutionary to allow for learning and adaptation.
Large or multiple concurrent changes are seen as revolutionary, confusing, a threat and is often met with resistance, so changes are more difficult to embed.
5. Define What Good Looks Like
Discuss and agree maturity measures as an organisation to move discussions on ways of working and outputs away from emotional, anecdotal and subjective towards rational, empirical and objective.
6. Empower People to Challenge
Encourage people to challenge decisions and the status quo. Not only will this help improve decision-making and the status quo, but people will feel more valued and be more committed.
However, in practice, people will only feel empowered to challenge if they know, through experience and example, that respectful challenges are encouraged and will not negatively impact their career progression or influence within the organisation.
7. Empower Talent
People are more likely to be excited and challenged, rather than frustrated and bored, if the skills and experience they were recruited for are known, respected, fully utilised and further developed.
Recruiting people for their skills and experience and then telling them exactly what do and how to do it will result in unhealthy conflict, demoralisation, demotivation, failure to retain talent and, when word gets out, recruitment of new talent.
The first step towards fully utilising the skills and experience of people who want their skills and experience fully utilised and respected is to make both things visible. There are different ways to achieve skills transparency, but this may be met with resistance in organisations where people are performing roles not aligned to their skills and experience (potentially surfacing issues around mis-sold roles, career progression and equal pay).
8. Limit Consultants to Consulting & Coaching
The expertise of consultant organisations should be used to increase capability and inform decisions. However, to help permanent employees feel valued and empowered, utilising consultant organisations to perform interim leadership roles or to make decisions should be limited, especially if the sheer number of consultants integrated within the organisations leans towards onsite outsourcing.
Consultant organisations have different goals to permanent employees and contractors (freelancers). These goals may include the use of specific company tools and processes, bringing in more consultants from their organisation or always being seen to add more value or know more than employees and contractors.
Depending on the interim roles performed by consultant organisations, their decisions will directly affect the recruitment, progression and retention of employees and contractors.
For consultant decision-making to not be viewed as siloed or biased, the input of employees must be sought and demonstrably influence final decisions. For consultants and contractors to not be viewed as blocking opportunities for permanent employees to step-up and perform leadership roles, consultants and contractors should actively coach and help develop employees to perform these roles or employees are likely to seek opportunities elsewhere.
Bringing it all together
Organisations must clearly define and actively enforce their culture, agree what good looks like, only make incremental and evolutionary changes, continuously review decisions and solutions, empower its people to challenge and empower talent to fully utilise their skills, with consultants limited to consulting and coaching (not making decisions). The benefit is a great working environment that both retains and attracts talent. The opposite approach has the opposite effect, as illustrated below.
What are your thoughts? How would you start improving your work culture?


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Here's a flashback pic post of Robert Pattinson at the Apple Store in 2008.
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More after the jump!
Here's a flashback pic post of Robert Pattinson at the Apple Store in 2008.
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Video 1: Translation by CosmopolisFilm
Journalist (J): The film, produced by Paulo Branco Portuguese, will compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The list chosen to tender, selected by the jury, was released this morning in Paris and includes the movie Cosmopolis, directed by David Cronenberg and produced by Paulo Branco. The film has been touted as one of the movies of the year and his debut is generating great expectations. The main actor is Robert Pattinson, star of movies of the Twilight saga, which has built an army of fans around the world.
Video 2: Translation from RP Life:
I: Paulo, good evening. This is the 11th movie that you produce and has been selected to the competition in Cannes – the most important film festival in Europe. From what we saw in the trailer and from the little we know, this is not an European movie. Is this your most important movie?
PB: Well, as a producer I like to think all movies are important, but this one is special, of course. It's a movie where, for the first time, I worked the way they do on the other side of the Atlantic. It was filmed in Toronto with one of the best directors in the world, David Cronenberg, that was kind enough to listen and accept my proposal, and with great Hollywood actors. And it's the first time I work on a movie this big and with this budget.
I:We're talking about a major production?
PB: We're talking about a medium American production, about 15M Euros. A French-Canadian movie. We had as much support from France as from Canada. Although, it is a budget that indie producers are not used to, especially with the freedom I had to produce this movie: choosing the director, David Cronenberg, and the actors (along with Cronenberg). It was an unique experience. I am proud (for the movie) to be in Cannes now; to be aknowledged. Every movie in Cannes, in competition, they're not just "another movie". It's always something special, someone who has been and follows the festival, can understand.
I:The cast and crew of this movie is impressive. Famous director, David Cronenberg. The main actors are, I should say, even more famous (Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson, from the Twilight Saga). I want to know if there's anything planned for the release of the movie in Portugal in May with them?
PB:Precisely. It was created some sort of empathy with Don de Lillo, David Cronenberg and Robert Pattinson, that since the beginning, when I talked about the idea of doing a small promo tour in Europe to promote the movie, starting in Portugal, they immediately accepted. They'll be here right after Cannes for the Portuguese premiere of the movie. I think it's an unique event, for a movie premiere, in Portugal. And an example of professionalism and devotion from the people that worked in this film. For Pattinson, this project is essential. He watched the movie and personally told me that it was, maybe, the project that he was most proud of and wanted to support it wherever it was necessary. Don DeLillo, one of the biggest writers in the world, when saw the movie… (Interviewer interrupts Paulo Branco)
The last question is hard to understand, Paulo Branco talks about Cannes, promoting and selling movies at the festival.
Here's the Youtube version as well as a French version of the Cosmopolis trailer.
Here are some Bel Ami stills featuring Robert Pattinson that are now in UHQ.
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HD screencaps from the second Cosmopolis trailer we posted here.
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Here are some reactions to the Cosmopolis trailer
It's going to be a freaky time on the Croisette…the most promising non-"Twilight" role forRobert Pattinson yet as the billionaire Eric Packer who has one helluva day in his limousine. Sex, drugs, hallucinations and more cross his path, and for anyone worried Cronenberg had become respectable with "A Dangerous Method" he's in full form here, even going back to his psycho-sexual roots in what looks like something out of a Terry Gilliam film inspired by an LSD trip.
This trailer expands on the mind-bending bits found in the first, with a great look at what will certainly be Pattinson's meatiest role yet. I love the imagery Cronenberg is playing with, as it looks to be something straight out of one of his 80s/early 90s classics.


text: Located at The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) General campus is one of the busiest Wound Treatment Clinics in Canada. It is housed in a small room barely large enough for one nurse, one patient and a treatment stretcher, yet it serves as the sole provider of the Central East LHIN's formal wound treatment program, seeing 5,000 patients a year."Right now, we don't have a lot of room, but we treat specialized, difficult-to-heal wounds," explains Jacqueline Baptiste-Savoie, a wound, skin and ostomy specialist and Certified Enterostomal Nurse in TSH's Wound Clinic. "If we had a larger clinic, we could see far more patients."The demand for specialized wound treatment is growing due to an aging population and an increase in certain chronic diseases. This is particularly the case in Scarborough, home to a large ethnic population, some of whom have higher-than-average incidents of diabetes and certain cancers. TSH's vision to be recognized as a leader in providing healthcare for a global community is being tested as the number of patients seeking the services of the Wound Clinic in Scarborough is expected to double in 10 years."We're treating more diabetic feet, and because we're so diverse in Scarborough, we definitely have a long way to go to educate our diverse population about prevention, or to seek intervention sooner," Jacqueline says. "Early intervention can save a lot of limbs."We're also seeing a lot of undiagnosed skin tumours, a lot of cancers, and finding lesions in places we've never seen before. For example, we're finding a lot of women of a certain age with lesions below their ankle. Looking back, we recognize that these women often wore long skirts that came to their ankles, so the skin below the ankles is exposed to the sun."For patient Ashok Kumar, the TSH Wound Clinic has provided him with excellent care in treating a cancer-related wound."I live in Ajax, but I travel to The Scarborough Hospital's Oncology Clinic. I recently noticed a wound on my leg, and my family doctor suggested I ask my oncologist (Dr. Henry Krieger) to refer me to the Wound Clinic," Ashok explains. "Jackie came to the Oncology Clinic right away and looked at my wound and found that the problem was water retention due to the cancer medications I'm taking. She bandaged it and placed a compression on top; Dr. Krieger put me on additional and different water pill medication, and now, the wound is starting to heal."Ashok believes the Wound Clinic provides a valuable service, and finds Jacqueline to be "a very caring, competent and knowledgeable person.""We can expand. We have the personnel, including a large contingent of Plastic Surgeons, one of the largest chronic kidney programs in the country, a great diabetes education program, advanced trained nurses, a good vascular program, and a great orthopaedic program," Jacqueline explains. "TSH has all these great programs and people, and when you bring them all together, we provide comprehensive holistic care."Plastic Surgeon Dr. Timothy Sproule agrees. "We are in a unique position to provide this service at TSH because we have the largest concentration of plastic surgeons of any hospital in Canada," Dr. Sproule says. "We also have nurses who are highly trained in this specialized area of wound care."An RN for 23 years, Jacqueline's previous position at University Health Network provided her with the opportunity to work alongside renowned surgeons."I'm not easily intimidated. For me, it's all about patient care and positive outcomes," she adds. "At the end of the day, if a patient is happy with the treatment and care they received, and the outcomes are going just the way they want, I'm happy."


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Can you teach an algorithm to know when you are most likely to die? One Stanford University research team is answering yes, reporting in a new paper that they have taught an algorithm to predict patient mortality with startlingly high accuracy.
Having an algorithm know your expiration date can sound like a dystopian concept, but the Stanford researchers said that they created the algorithm to benefit patients and doctors by improving the end-of-life care for ill patients. The researchers cited past studies that found the overwhelming majority of Americans would prefer to spend their last days at home if possible, but only 20% get that wish realized. Instead of getting to spend their final days at home, up to 60% of patients spend their last days in the hospital receiving aggressive medical treatments.
By creating a deep learning algorithm to predict patient mortality, doctors can better inform patients about their end-of-life options before it is too late, allowing more patients to get their spiritual and cultural final wishes met, the paper argues.
Research: There's an algorithm that can predict patient mortality for critically ill patients
To train itself and make its predictions, the algorithm was given the electronic health records of about 2 million patients from two hospitals between 1995 and 2014. From there, the researchers identified around 200,000 patients suitable to be studied, and selected a smaller group of 40,000 patient case studies to be analyzed. The algorithm was then given the following marching order: "Given a patient and a date, predict the mortality of that patient within 12 months from that date."
The results were highly accurate. Nine out of 10 patients died within the 3-12 month window the algorithm predicted they would die in.
Relax, doctors won't be losing their jobs to machines
But the algorithm is not going to be replacing doctors anytime soon. The algorithm could only predict when selected patients were going to die, but not why or how. "The scale of data available allowed us to build an all-cause mortality prediction model, instead of being disease or demographic-specific," Anand Avati, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford's AI Lab and one of the author's of the paper, said.
For palliative care physicians, the algorithm's focus on the timeline is still useful since their work focuses beyond the initial patient diagnosis and why someone is sick. If patients are told about their mortality after the three-month window, it's too late to start proper end-of-life care, while being told more than a year out is too early to prepare for palliative care.
But more and more professionals need to learn to work with AI
The researchers said that doctors are still needed to fairly interpret the algorithm's probability scores for both ethical and medical reasons. "We think that keeping a doctor in the loop and thinking of this as 'machine learning plus the doctor' is the way to go as opposed to blindly doing medical interventions based on algorithms," Kenneth Jung, one of the author's of the paper, said.
Commenting on the AI-based system's power, physician Siddhartha Mukherjee said, "Like a child who learns to ride a bicycle by trial and error and, asked to articulate the rules that enable bicycle riding, simply shrugs her shoulders and sails away, the algorithm looks vacantly at us when we ask, 'Why?' It is, like death, another black box."
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My perfect Ibiza weekend is in June or September: everything is open and the weather is gorgeous, but there are half as many people. We have a villa just north of Santa Eulalia, on the eastern side of the island.
On Saturday I'll sleep late – a luxury. If we have people staying, I'll get fresh bread from Can Planells bakery in Santa Eulalia and stop for coffee at The Royalty, a café by the old town hall. In the 1960s, Ibiza was known as a place where film stars could escape and enjoy drunken evenings away from prying eyes. Errol Flynn used to get into unimaginable trouble and, once discovered, would go into hiding in one of The Royalty's guest rooms. Terry-Thomas was another regular; he had a house here that his son has converted into a charming seven-bedroom hotel called Can Talaias.
Back at the villa we'll have breakfast on the deck. There's a beach at the end of our garden, accessible to others only via a precarious path, so there's rarely anyone there. The water is deep and rocky so it's a lovely dark, greeny colour and quite cold. I'll swim and then we'll head out.
Among the things we love most about Ibiza are the tiny beaches at the top of the island, from Portinatx to hippy Benirrás beach. A favourite is Xuclar, a rocky cove with beautiful water and a chiringuito – little shack café – serving delicious fish. Another is Cala Nova, which is bigger. A local family cooks in the chiringuito and brings the food to a small clearing. After having a beer, I'll default to rosé; we'll eat the fish – whatever they say is best – with spectacular chips. Then we'll lie on sun loungers, the kind with retro-style straw umbrellas, and drift off.
We'll come home early evening and plunge into the sea. We'll eat seabass, grouper or snapper bought from the old covered market in Santa Eulalia, make G&Ts and talk until the early hours.
If we go out for dinner, our top spot is an understated Italian called Cicale. It's in a pretty Spanish villa in the middle of the island with a terrace and really delicious food. For a bit of glamour we like Macao Café in Santa Gertrudis.
Later we might go to Lío, a cabaret club that's taken the island by storm. There's a certain song for each season and whenever it comes on all the waiters and waitresses put everything down and dance. It's very over the top, kitsch and great fun. The back of the restaurant looks out across Botafoch marina, and the last time we went there were dancers in jetpacks on the water – it's completely bonkers.
For Sunday lunch we like El Bigotes, set over the water in a small inlet. It began about 30 years ago, when a fisherman would make a broth with what was left from selling his fish. Other fishermen would come and share it and it grew into this little restaurant. You sit on splintered stools at wooden tables and they bring you a bowl of fish stew from a huge cauldron. Then they throw rice into whatever's left, mix it up and you can have risotto as a main course – all for about €15 a head.
Late in the afternoon we'll go to Sluiz, a world-class shop selling interiors stuff, clothing from across the world, fantastic art books, candles. It's owned by a cool Dutch couple and beautifully curated.
Or we might go to Isla Formentera. We'll rent The Hallmark, a boat belonging to a mad Englishman who is the driver for the day. We'll stop off at a little cove and then go on to Juan y Andrea for lunch. It's a bit St Tropez, but the food and service are good. You have to reserve a table; go for one on the sand or you'll be on the deck at the back, which is a disaster.
Sunday night we'll lie in hammocks on the deck and read. A breeze comes over the sea in the evening and we'll have a prosecco and chill out.


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At the Annual General Meeting to be held at 11am this morning, Roger Carr, Chairman, will make the following comment on the Company's trading for the first 16 weeks to 20 January 2007 of the current financial year:
"I am pleased to announce that our strategy has continued to drive strong market share gains and to deliver good sales growth. In the first 16 weeks like-for-like sales were 4.0% ahead of the comparable period last year, 2.4% on an uninvested basis. Overall trading is in line with the Board's expectations.
"Mitchells & Butlers' pubs in residential areas have continued to trade strongly generating like-for-like sales growth of 4.6% for the first 16 weeks. This performance reflects a slow build up to Christmas, a good festive fortnight and a relatively quiet start to the New Year in our pub restaurants. Our local pubs, Sizzling Pub Co and Ember Inns traded well with high food sales growth. The 25% of the business on the high street achieved like-for-like sales growth of 2.7% with our central London pubs performing particularly well.
"Like-for-like food sales continued to grow strongly at 7.2% ahead of last year. Like-for-like drinks sales were up 2.9% reflecting significant market share gains in an on-trade market where beer volumes declined by 4.1% in the quarter to December 2006, due to the increasingly aggressive discounting of alcohol by supermarkets. Retail gross margin was maintained with average prices of food and drink 3% higher than last year. The effective training and deployment of retail staff has delivered further gains in productivity.
"In Scotland (which represents 5% of the estate), like-for-like sales were 0.4% ahead of last year in the first 16 weeks. Like-for-like food sales were up 5% whilst drink sales continued to decline at 2%. Cumulatively since the introduction of the smoking ban last March, like-for-like sales are 1.3% ahead of last year. We are continuing to build on our experience in Scotland in preparation for the ban in England and Wales later this year, developing the reputation of our pubs for serving good food at attractive prices to ensure we are well placed to attract new customers who do not currently use pubs to eat out. In this context, the strong food sales growth in the first 16 weeks of this year is very encouraging.
"We are making excellent progress in our conversion of the former Whitbread pubs ("The Acquired Sites"). We currently have 56 pubs re-opened and operating under our brands and formats with sales uplifts in line with our expectations. We expect to have completed over half of the conversions by the time of our interim results. We are confident that we will continue building the average weekly sales of this estate to at least 30% above the level at which we acquired it.
"Before conversion, our focus is on maximising the short term profit contribution from the pubs. We have removed unprofitable sales promotions which, combined with the greater number of pubs where closure has been notified in preparation for conversion, has had an inevitable impact on sales. As a result, in the first 16 weeks of this year, sales in the 160 pubs still trading pre conversion are running 8.3% below the comparable period last year (pre-acquisition). Costs have been tightly controlled, particularly employment costs, where our forecasting and scheduling disciplines are producing good results. These actions are helping to mitigate the impact on profitability of the declining sales trend. Overall, the acquisition is performing in line with the Board's expectations. As stated at the time, the acquisition will be marginally dilutive to earnings this year, due to the impact of the conversion programme on margins, particularly in the first half.
"For the Group as a whole, total Retail sales were 12% ahead of last year reflecting the good trading performance and the addition of the Acquired Sites, net of the impact of disposals and the sales disruption from closure.
"As announced in November, the Board is rigorously evaluating the risks and rewards of a REIT structure and will report to shareholders by the Interim Results in May. The review is focussed on whether we can unlock the tax advantages and any value uplift in the short term, whilst being sure that this would deliver sustainable value longer term.
"Given the recent rise in interest rates, it is uncertain whether consumer demand will continue to grow at the current levels. Nevertheless, we are confident of our ability to make further market share gains through our focus on offering value and choice for customers, together with high levels of amenity and service. With further improvements in productivity and purchasing, as well as the opportunity to generate significant sales and profit uplifts from the conversion of the Acquired Sites, the Board remains confident in the future growth prospects of the company."
Mitchells & Butlers will announce Interim Results for the 28 weeks to 14 April 2007 on 22 May.
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations:
Kate Holligon
0121 498 5092
Kathryn Holland
0121 498 4526
James Murgatroyd (Finsbury Group)
020 7251 3801
Appendix: Like-for-like sales
16 weeks ended 20/1/2007
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Notes for editors:
- Like-for-like sales include the sales performance for the comparable period of all managed pubs that were trading in the Mitchells & Butlers estate for the two periods being compared. 85% of the estate (96% excluding the Acquired Sites) is included in this measure.
- Uninvested like-for-like sales include the sales performance for the comparable period of those managed pubs that have not received expansionary investment of more than £30,000 in the two periods being compared. 78% of the estate (88% excluding the Acquired Sites) is included in this measure.
- Mitchells & Butlers owns and operates around 2,000 high quality pubs in prime locations nationwide. The Group's predominantly freehold, managed estate is biased towards large pubs in residential locations. With around 3% of the pubs in the UK, Mitchells & Butlers has 10% of industry sales, and average weekly sales per pub of over three times the industry average.
- Mitchells & Butlers' leading portfolio of brands and formats includes Ember Inns, Harvester, Sizzling Pub Co., Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns, All Bar One, O'Neill's, Nicholson's and Browns. In addition, Mitchells & Butlers operates a large number of individual city centre and residential pubs.


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Most of our projects combine the different strands of our work: our peer-to-peer activities feed into research and policy work which informs our training and consultancy for organisations and professional bodies. Our research arises from our experiential activities as well as from primary research and systematic / literature reviews. Below is a description of our ongoing and planned projects.
The Charter For Engaging Abuse Survivors
In partnership with King's College London, and with funding from the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund, we ran a uniquely survivor-generated and survivor-led piece of research with a group survivors. The group piloted a survey to gather views of people who have been abused, regarding their experiences of help seeking: what has helped/ hindered them in their journeys out of abuse and towards well-being/recovery. The research involved a process evaluation, seeking the survivors' views on what it was like to run the research project and on the experience of participating as a 'research subject': how could we ensure this is safe, meaningful and effective? One outcome is "From Pain into Power", our Charter for Organisations Engaging Abuse Survivors in Projects, Research & Service Development. This is now free to download on this website and is being piloted.
A copy of the report of the pilot survey can be found here.
We are seeking funding for the next stage of the research, collecting stories of people who have experienced abuse, rolling out the survey nationally and exploring/evaluating the themes that emerge in creative peer-led focus groups.
The Survivors Voices Online Peer Support Group
We have run an online support group for adult survivors since 2000 and now use a closed (not visible to the public) Facebook Group. The group provides connection, support and a place to go to where survivors and their supporters can feel understood by others who know the struggles of living with the aftermath of abuse. It does not provide therapy, counselling or professional advice. The Survivors Voices Online Peer Support Group has safety guidelines, a pinned post regarding trigger warnings and medium-level moderation. If you are a survivor (or the supporter of a group member who has asked for you to be part of the group to support them) and wish to join, please contact us.
Survivors Voices Peer-Support Gatherings
Normally in London UK, the currently bi-annual gathering has grown out of the self-help groups that ran for many years and provides a way of staying connected, sharing stories and resources, increasing knowledge and as a sounding board for developments in our work. We ask survivors to attend only if they feel able to keep themselves and others emotionally safe (eg. no alcohol, self-harming behaviours etc..) You are welcome to bring a supporter. The next Survivors' Voices Gathering will take place 15th September 2019 in London. Contact us for more details or book your space now.
Survivors' Voices Research and Action Groups and involvement in academic research and learning.
Our peer gatherings, events, projects and research are all planned and led by survivor research and action groups. We meet both to shape our in-house activities and to influence the world of research, social policy, professional training and practice with survivor perspectives, priorities, and questions. Our Co-founder/Director, Concetta Perôt, also works in association with Universities to bring a survivor-informed perspective on studies. She is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and with Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol. She is also working with in an NIHR funded project to evaluate the mental health needs of people attending Sexual Assault Referral Centres, co-ordinated by Leeds University.
Jane Chevous, our other co-founder, runs our registered learning centre and has over 35 years experience in community, further and higher education.
Both Jane and Concetta are available for consultation on setting up and running studies, co-producing research and events with survivors, and survivor-led training.
Recipes for Recovery
Author Jane Chevous is working on our new project for 2019 – writing a Recovery Recipe Book. This is a practical collection of tried and tested tools, activities, approaches and resources that have helped survivors on their journey of recovery and healing. We'll be collecting ideas at our gatherings and invite all survivors to send in contributions. Please click here for full details.


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I get more female clients lately who ended their romantic relationship with a man, still feel a lot of love for him, but know the relation won't work any longer because it doesn't make them happy nor fulfilled. They are suffering from strong emotions even though they know it was the right decision. They reach out for help to clear their energy so they can move on with life.
What has happened, is that the love was so strong, real and feeling so good, so they've experienced true love, that their energy has intertwined with their partner during the relationship. The woman has lost herself, can't distinguish what her own feelings and her partner's feelings are any longer. The energies feel like one energy. It gives a lot of strong emotions including fears and sadness and doubts about if they've made the right choice, even though they know in their mind that it was the right choice.
Often the cause of having ended the relationship with the man is that he didn't want to commit 100% to the relationship and the woman felt she needed that because she committed fully with all her love. From my clients I got the feedback that the man said he couldn't commit 100% to the relationship and they could pinpoint for the man that he had fears to commit fully, but didn't work on releasing the fears. The women noticed that without the full commitment of the man in a relationship, they weren't happy and it didn't fulfil. They were missing that full commitment. The time together could be very pleasant, but only gave fulfilment while spending time together, so short term. The time without being together didn't fulfil, so long term it caused unhappiness.
I want to make sure that everyone can make the decision to commit 100% to a relationship, if they want to. It means you have to work on yourself and find out what blocks you from not committing fully, what fears are there? And then you have to release those fears. If someone says he/she can't commit fully, that means they don't want to. If you want to, you can. It starts with the decision to want to.
After ending the relationship, the women felt overly emotional with lots of questions in their mind why they were feeling so bad. They had problems moving forward, couldn't concentrate/focus, were tired, had sleeping issues, and thoughts about the man constantly popped up in their mind, they even could feel sexual desires and butterflies in their tummy at times. The last one gave doubts if they were still so much in love that they maybe had made the wrong choice.
Most women who came to me, knew that cutting cords was probably necessary. It's true that after a relationship you can best cut cords with your ex-partner because there can be many cords attached which can drain you and make you stay connected. You can't move on with your own life then. And if they are cords to your sacral chakra, you pick up on sexual desires of your ex-partner and think or doubt if they are yours. Cords to your heart can keep you feeling sad without being able to move forward through the grieving phases of an ended relationship. It can feel like a broken heart but without the possibility to heal it. Cords to your mind can cause that you experience your ex-partner to have access to your thoughts and you pick up on his thoughts or desires too. It can feel as if you never get him out of your mind, as if you can't think of anything else any more. And it gives problems with concentrating/focussing, which can give problems with your job and other parts of your daily life. After cutting cords you feel freed from your ex-partner's energy. But I've seen that the cords can be reattached in one day, when you don't stand in your power to tell your ex-partner energetically that you don't allow to connect cords to you any longer. You have to tell they need to find another way to give themselves love, self-love, because you're not supplying that any longer to them. You can see this as your ex-partner has an emptiness inside that needs to be filled up with love, not your love but self-love. Maybe you filled up this emptiness during your relationship with your love. It's setting your boundaries that your ex-partner may not connect to you with cords any longer and need to find another way to receive self-love.
You probably had one or more past lives together too, and there can still be contracts or agreements and karma about those lives in place. You've chosen as souls to work on this in your current life on earth. It's a matter of finding out what is still there that needs to be finished or if it can be released now because it's completed. There can be past life vows in place that are blocking you from moving forward. The most common ones I've seen with clients are about commitment problems, having promised to always love each other (which makes you radiate to the world you're not available for a new relationship), to never love again and stay alone, to never leave someone (even though you've ended the relationship, you stay connected and are not available for a new relationship), and surrendering your power to another. After releasing these vows, you'll feel so much lighter and you can step into your power and find yourself again. Of course you need to do an energy exchange too where you call back your own energy and power and you send back the energy of your ex-partner to them.
If you feel powerless after ending the relationship, it's possible that you've had a power based relationship. Were you in your power before the relationship started? What happened during the relation? Did you feel you were controlled? This means you've given your power away to your partner in the relation. It's important to search for the reason. There can be an underlying trauma or low self-esteem can be the cause. It's such a win if you can increase your self-esteem and step into your power again. To feel your own energy, be in your own energy, and set and protect your boundaries and communicate freely from your heart. Of course your previous relationship has made you decide to not want certain situations happening to you again. You won't let them happen because you've learned from it and released the blockages. Now you can be yourself, find yourself as in what makes you happy, what the tools are to recharge your energy, how you can protect your boundaries and step up for yourself and your needs and being true to your heart. This is the path to your happiness. It's perfectly fine to use your power in this positive way for your own happiness.
When you still feel there are issues to release after an ended relationship and to clear your energy, feel free to contact me how we can work together to get you back into your power and ready to move forward with your life as the 'new you'.


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Vietnam | In May, Vietnam's central bank once again devalued the country's currency, the dong—the second such adjustment since January.
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Vietnam | In May, Vietnam's central bank once again devalued the country's currency, the dong—the second such adjustment since January.
The European Union is still debating the nature of its common currency, the position of non-eurozone EU members like the UK, and the future of stressed eurozone countries like Greece. But the situation in other parts of the world is quite different.
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Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.
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As corporate guidance goes, it was not the most upbeat news ever.
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The strength of the US dollar is keeping many executives busy these days both in the corporate and the financial world.
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The US dollar has climbed some 25% since June to its highest level in the past 12 years, which could have a significant impact on one of America's biggest economic drivers: foreign direct investment.
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The strong dollar has beaten down emerging markets currencies ahead of prospective Federal Reserve rate increases, but the fallout for developing economies will vary widely.
Mergers & Acquisitions | Management
Amid the merger frenzy of 2014, a startling number of bids were killed. 2014 may have seen heady times for corporate acquirers, but it was also the year of the rebuffed suitor.
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Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank's surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.
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Venezuela's introduction of a marginal free-floating currency system that will freely trade the US dollar and the bolivar seems unlikely to enlarge the country's foreign exchange reserves or stem its growing external debt.
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Foreign exchange traders complained that lack of volatility in the market last year was drying up their business. These same traders are now feeling whiplash from the Swiss National Bank's surprise move on January 15 to de-peg the "Swissie" from the euro.
Eddie Listorti, co-global head of fixed income, currencies and commodities at ANZ Group in Singapore, sees intra-Asian currency flows as a lucrative opportunity.
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On January 1, Lithuania abandoned the litas, becoming the 19th member of the eurozone and joining Baltic peers Estonia and Latvia in the economic and monetary union.
Mikhail Palei, head of foreign exchange flow at VTB Capital in Moscow, expects international banks to lose their appetite for risk in the Russian ruble—which he sees as an opportunity for Russia's FX desks.
Treasurers from leading F500 companies and executives from top banks gathered at the Harvard Club in New York to discuss how treasurers are leveraging new market developments to improve treasury operations.
Antti Ranta, head of FX at Nordea in Helsinki, sees demand growing for emerging markets currencies in Nordic countries—and for advice on how to trade them.
Regulatory uncertainty, technological change and traders behaving badly have collided in a perfect storm for banks' foreign exchange operations
Philip Nel, head of FX trading for Africa at Standard Bank in Johannesburg, anticipates a proliferation of new foreign exchange products in countries across the continent.
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Euroclear will extend its cross-border settlement services at the end of January to Mexican corporate debt instruments known as cebures, or "bourse certificates." This will enable Mexican companies to issue peso-denominated debt specifically targeted to international investors.
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African economies are well on their way to transforming the region's status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.


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Buick found success with its first ever Super Bowl ad last month, featuring the 2016 Buick Cascada convertible. The advertising blitz isn't stopping there, though.
The brand has released a followup to the main spot, still surrounding the wedding and the same characters who are puzzled as to how the 2016 Cascada is a Buick. It's a Buick gents, we promise.
Altogether, the ad does an excellent job at portraying Buick as an approachable, more youth-oriented brand. Frankly, the best part of the ad is the ending, where Buick takes a cheeky shot at the older folks and a bystander Lexus.
Buick looks to continue building its branding momentum as it heads into the first half of 2016 with the launch of the 2017 Buick LaCrosse, and the reveal of the 2017 Buick Encore.


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Rumors of a new version of Amazon's Kindle Fire have been building for months now and it is anticipated that the company will release details of the new device within the next three weeks. AllThingsD has jumped on the rumor bandwagon and released details of what we can expect from the new Fire. Talking with "sources familiar with Amazon's plans" and with developers who have been approach to ensure that their apps work on the new device, it seems that the biggest difference in the new Kindle will be the display. The current Kindle Fire has a 1024 x 600 display while the new device will sport a 1280 x 800 display similar to that found in the Google Nexus 7.
The change in display size has several repercussions. First, it changes the aspect ratio from 1.71 (a more tall and narrow ratio) to 1.60. The 1.60 aspect ratio seems to be the one preferred by manufacturers at the moment. The practical upshot of this is that apps designed or tweaked specifically for the Kindle Fire will need to ensure that they run correctly on the new display. Secondly the increase in resolution means that there is a 67% increase in the total number of pixels and a 29% increase in pixel density. These increases could have an effect on battery life but it is anticipated that Amazon will increase the battery size to compensate.
Other improvements expected in the new Kindle Fire include a built-in camera, a faster CPU and of course an updated version of Amazon's custom version of Android. It is also rumored that the new iteration will be thinner and lighter than the original.
The real question is if these changes are enough for the new Kindle Fire to beat Google's forth coming Nexus 7 tablet. Read our in-depth analysis of what Amazon needs to do to beat Google.
This article, More rumors suggesting new Kindle Fire is imminent , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com – Your Android News Source.


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Well, they're both smiling. Let's hope that's a good sign.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Kerry-Zarif Meeting: At Least They're Smiling
Posted by Michael Collins Dunn at 9/26/2013 07:01:00 PM
Labels: Iran, US Administration
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These two guys are both classy diplomats. I've dealt with Zarif three times, twice as an MEI speaker by video conference. In 2004, I did some campaigning for Kerry in my home state, and he did carry Oregon in that race. If these negotiations reach agreement, Zarif and Kerry should get the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 9:16:00 PM EDT
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What flaunting your love on social media really says about your relationship
By Jessica Rapana|
Some days it feels like you can't be on social media for more than five seconds without some smug, loved-up couple shoving their relationship down your throat.
Of course, if happy couples want to flaunt their love to the world over and over (and over) again, they're entitled to. But, what do these incessant displays of affection actually mean?
According to sex and dating expert Dr Nikki Goldstein, sometimes these perfectly-timed, fresh-faced couple selfies are not a true reflection about what's really going on behind closed doors. She says the need to spam followers with these photos can actually be a sign of "insecurity" and "ownership" issues in the relationship.
"We've got to this point where we are so focused on what our relationship looks like online for other people and not what it's really like," Dr Goldstein told 9Honey.
For example, instead of enjoying the view on a hike together or talking, couples are becoming more worried about getting the perfect couples selfie and then subsequently monitoring the post for "likes".
Dr Goldstein warns this type of behaviour can "detract from the relationship" and puts couples at risk of becoming increasingly "disconnected".
She says it can also create "a level of projection" which can set unhealthy expectations for the couple and those around them.
"We project this idea that we are all blissfully happy... Relationships can be hard and they are hard work, even if you love someone you still have to work at it. Social media is the fairy tale."
"People need to be mindful about how much they post about their relationships. You can't live up to the filters that are on Instagram."
Dr Goldstein says "oversharing" on social media can signal trouble in paradise, especially when one or both parties are looking for validation or, worse still, revenge with an ex. Looking for validation is "a dangerous thing", she says.
"If you are posting about your relationship and looking for validation outside the relationship, you've got to look at your motivation — are you unhappy in the relationship? If you're looking for positive reinforcement, you need to look for that within the relationship and not from all the 'likes' people give you," she says.
It can also be a sign of jealous partners "marking their territory", she adds. Dr Goldstein says some of the language used often reflects a desire to claim "ownership" over a partner.
Dr Goldstein advises lovers to ask themselves how much they're sharing and how often. Because, with the right approach, it can also be a nice way to show friends and family what the two of you are doing. It is, she says, when you're doing these activities or dates purely for the social media attention that it becomes a problem.
And, she suggests dialing down the "mush" and getting rid of cringe-worthy hashtags like #lovehim and #lucky.
"If you want to post, post something that speaks about you as a couple." Some couples, like Zoe Foster-Blake and Hamish Blake, tend to strike a healthy balance that can be "fun" and "refreshing", she says. These are the couple who make you want to have a drink with them, rather than prompting the usual eye-roll.
Ask yourself: Am I oversharing? How often am I sharing? Focus on taking photos for cherishing memories, not for Facebook. Avoid mushy hashtags. Have fun with it.


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A whole host of folks are participating in this project, and more are invited to take part. Van Brunt's space will be both showroom, workspace, and social hub with a wide range of events planned for the through the run of the project. Participating artists will be working in the space and the public is invited to dig in and participate too. Think of it as a mini-mini residency. Participating artists include: Christopher Albert, Richard Bruce, Sharon Butler, Ryan Cronin, Kathy Feighery, Marnie Hillsley, Matthew Kinney, Grace Knowlton, Sara Mussen, Steven Rossi, Todd Sargood, Matthew Slaats, Lynn Stein, Dar Williams, Grey Zeien and Donald Kimmel and the Flying Swine Live Theater...and Simon Draper too.
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OPENING RECEPTION of Habitat for Artists Goes Indoors.
6:00 to 9:00 pm
Tuesday, January 20th:
"WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE?" Presidential Inauguration Celebration/
Question and Response Installation in Gallery with Habitat for Artists
5:00 to 9:00 pm
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Gallery Becomes Habitat for Making
Please join us in the making.
Gallery Hours: 11 am. To 6 pm.
Sunday, January 25th:
SOLAR 1 NYC, presentation and discussion
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3 pm
Sunday February 1:
viewing and discussion of John Sullivan's documentary film
"Hues of the Hudson"
Artists working and living in the Hudson Valley
3 pm.
Friday, February 13th:
BEST IN SHOW Blue Ribbon event, new picks of new works by HFA artists and others
6 pm.
Sunday, February 22nd:
Panel discussion with
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Joseph Meisel, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Brian Wallace, Curator, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz
Beth E. Wilson, Writer and Art Critic, Professor, SUNY New Paltz
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Flying Swine Live Theatre Presents:
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Iran holds key to rebound
The health of the economy and markets will depend largely on what happens to oil prices. That means the situation in Middle East may trump everything else.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The biggest threat to the stock market and the economy may not be the housing market or more big losses from large banks. It's probably Iran.
Earlier this week, oil prices had begun to retreat and stocks had begun to move higher thanks in part to some calming words out of Iran.
But the news earlier this morning that Iran has test-launched nine ballistic missiles has oil prices inching higher and stocks heading lower again.
So how concerned should investors be?
Some energy experts have speculated that oil could hit $150 a barrel if tensions escalate between Iran and Israel. If the United States gets involved, that could even bring the price of crude up to $200, some say.
The big worry is that any disruption in oil production in the Middle East would trump the fact that a weakening global economy should lead to lower oil prices down the road.
"Demand is waning as the economy slows. But Iran launching missiles didn't help us," said Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist for Raymond James Financial.
Clearly, soaring oil prices have hurt the U.S. economy.
"These levels of oil prices are crushing for small businesses and consumers and it will show up in the next three months," said Kurt Karl, chief U.S. economist with Swiss Re.
"This latest Iran scare has been partially built into the market, and our best guess is that oil prices should be in the range of $135 to $150 for the rest of the year," he said. "But there's about a 10% to 15% chance oil could go to $200."
Karl predicts that if oil prices don't retreat soon, then over the next few months, the economy could start to shed 200,000 jobs a month, much higher than the average job loss of about 73,000 a month experienced so far this year.
A further spike in oil might also make it more difficult for the Federal Reserve to hold off on keeping interest rates as low as they are.
The Fed has signaled that it is watching inflation closely but in a speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday, Bernanke said that the Fed may extend its emergency-loan program to investment banks until next year.
That was interpreted as a sign that the Fed still thinks the worst of the credit crisis may not be over and that it is not willing to consider raising interest rates just yet, even if inflation pressures pick up.
But substantially higher oil, and the weaker dollar that would likely accompany it, could throw a monkey wrench in the Fed's plans. It's hard to imagine the Fed sitting tight for much longer if crude prices resume their record run.
So while it will be extremely important to keep an eye on corporate earnings over the next few weeks for an indication of how the economy is faring, it will be even more crucial to pay attention to Iran. If war is averted, investors and consumers will be able to breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"The market is spring-loaded for a rally but the catalyst will be a crack in the price of crude oil," Saut said.
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On June 13-14th, 1814, war came to the South Coast.
On June 13th, Her Majesty's Ship Nimrod came within sight of Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven. Residents of New Bedford and Fairhaven began to flee to the countryside as the militia began to gather. This may have been a feint meant to send militia to the wrong place. A sizable militia gathered and Fort Phoenix let off some shots (more to summon militia than to sink Nimrod), but the British moved past it. Militia headed to Mattapoisett as well, but the British kept heading up Buzzards Bay to Wareham.
The Nimrod then dispatched barges carrying 225 soldiers up the Wareham River, and they landed where the Narrows Bridge is now, near Tobey Hospital. Risking gunfire from both sides of the river, they came ashore and invaded Wareham.
They sent sentries to inhabit the high ground, and then fired a Cosgreve rocket (a British incendiary weapon, known for it's songworthy Red Glare) into a cotton factory that had been built by a consortium of 60 Boston businesses. The locals managed to put the fire out, but much damage was done.
The Brits took Captain Bumpus (who may have been the Bumpas kidnapped from Westport, most likely set up by the spy who relayed the news of a privateer at Wareham) to his home, where they destroyed/confiscated military supplies.
A party of Wareham man arrived to see how we could get out of this, and the Brits said they were here to find men and ships related to privateering, and that they would not fire on inhabitants or destroy private property. They were very interested in ships belonging to Falmouth, which they had attacked 6 months before.
We lost a lot of good boats that day. The Fair Trader, 44 tons and able to hold 18 guns, was burned down to the hull. The brig Independent suffered the same fate at 300 tons. She was in the stocks, ready to launch. We also lost brand new schooners Fancy, Elizabeth, and Nancy. All told, a total of four schooners, five sloops, a ship, a brig, and a brig-under-assembly at William Fearing's shipyard were put to flame. Read the rest of the story here.
A major embarrassment for Commodore Howell who was on board
On this day in 1898, the flagship of the Atlantic Naval Fleet, the USS San Francisco, went aground off Truro. With Commodore Howell on board, the flagship while attempting to round Cape Cod in a heavy fog, went ashore near High Head Life Saving Station at 7 o'clock in the morning, but by the hard work of the crew, who threw over a large quantity of coal and ballast, and with the assistance of four tugs from Boston, she came off at 6 o'clock the same night, apparently undamaged.
Read the story below.
USS San Francisco (Cruiser # 5, C-5, later CM-2), 1890-1939, was later renamed Yosemite. She was a 4,088-ton protected cruiser, was built at San Francisco, California, and commissioned in November 1890. She served in the Pacific until 1893, then steamed to the Atlantic. Operations followed in the North and South Atlantic, and in European waters. During the Spanish-American War, in 1898, the San Francisco was stationed off Cuba.
The cruiser had two additional tours of European duty in 1902-04, plus spending some time in the Caribbean area. In 1908-1911, she was converted into a mine planter, one of the Navy's first specialized mine vessels. San Francisco assisted in laying the North Sea Mine Barrage during World War I. She was designated CM-2 in 1920, and decommissioned in December 1921. In reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard for many years thereafter, the ship was renamed Yosemite in 1931 and was sold for scrapping in April 1939.
This vignette was written by Alexander Theroux who spends part of each year on Cape Cod. His writing is the soul of anachronism, a backwards literary history: unconcerned with modern markets, romantic in sensibility, neoclassical in aesthetic judgments, renaissance in learning and style, medieval in spirit.
Cape Cod - a gull's view instantly shows it a patchwork quilt of marshes, beaches, heather, forest, bog, salt pond and sea - means many things to many people. Throughout the length of that sickleshaped peninsula of Massachusetts, there is a marked difference - in style, if you will -between one town and another, between one community and another and between sub-groups even within these. These distinctions are sociologically diagnostic, and even the most casual visitor - even the day-tripper -will soon come to know them... NY Times.
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