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Dr Edmund Chattoe-Brown, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester:
The economic view (that we choose what we prefer from a set of options) has an obvious appeal. Yet it doesn't take much reflection to show how far this is from the full story. We regularly fail to choose what we claim we want (How are your New Year Resolutions looking?) We also know that children (often) and adults (surprisingly often) don't seem to act in ways that make them happy. Everyone knows somebody who sabotages close relationships with monotonous regularity.
These problems suggest a much more sociological question: Where do these sets of options (between which we choose) come from? Even if we are rational, do we end up choosing between options that could actually make us happiest? The sub text of consumerism is that choosing the right car or the right holiday will make us happy but how many of us can really be sure we wouldn't be happier living in a tent on a Welsh mountain snaring rabbits? Of course, we have no idea because we almost certainly know nobody who has made that choice. Our choice set is constrained not by rationality but by the social structure within which we live.
One problem with this insight is that economists believe that the best theories must be expressed in mathematics. The trouble is, it doesn't follow that a theory isn't true just because the mathematics are too hard to solve. The real world is complicated. Fortunately, there are alternatives, and computer simulation is a technique that combines much of the rigour of mathematics with the richness of non-mathematical theorising.
A simulation in which agents communicate about available choices as well as their benefits supports the view that a simplistic belief in economic rationality is over optimistic. While the simulated choosers rapidly identify all relevant choices in a particular situation, they do not converge on the best choice. The reason for this is interesting. While some choosers have tried particular choices (and thus have accurate information), this accurate information is rapidly degraded as it passes through the population. (Even if I take someone more seriously because they have tried something, "I know because the friend of my friend of my friend tried it" will cut no ice at all.) Thus, as we might expect in a social setting, we cannot count on the best choices becoming dominant, even when everyone communicates and tells the truth as they see it.
Even more interestingly, when the simulation was extended to represent two groups with very different tastes (so that what made one group happy made the other unhappy), the mere fact that one group was in the majority could severely harm the wellbeing of the other group without any coercion, punishment or social disapproval. It was simply much harder for the minority group to get access to the choices that might have made them happy given the information circulating in the simulated society. What effect does it have on gay sexuality when everyone is constantly bombarded with images of heterosex? What effect does it have on women (and men come to that) when advertising images are significantly thinner than the real population? It is thus possible that the ability of certain groups to monopolise channels of communication would still be harming us, even if they were completely honest, sincere and non-directive (which is perhaps a bit too much to hope!).
Keynes famously observed that, "Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." New methods like simulation can challenge our preconceptions about how happiness 'works' and remind us of the vital social dimensions in the choices we make.
Dr Edmund Chattoe-Brown is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester and a founder member of the University's Well-Being and Health Research Group. His research deals with decision-making, computer simulation, social networks and models of innovation and change.
He has also written for Leicester Exchanges on 'Is Britain Broken?': It's not broken but the instructions are missing
Related documents
Chattoe-Brown, Edmund (2009) 'The Social Transmission of Choice: A Simulation with Applications to Hegemonic Discourse', Mind and Society, 8(2), December, pp. 193-207.
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As we count down to turkey day, I wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday and send my thanks for all the comments and reader interest. (A big thank you to our Yankees too, since despite their early exit from the playoffs they continue to provide us with quality entertainment and better characters than in any book or movie.)
Michael and I will be venturing down to L.A. yet again to our friend Rhonda's on Thursday. If you're a long-time reader of this blog, you know that this dinner can be fraught with anti-Yankees fervor.
If you're new here, this trip down memory lane will bring you up to speed.
I'll report on this year's edition and post pics and video from the scene.
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In the late 1980s, many people were sure that there would be flying cars by the year 2015 because of how such cars were depicted in the Back to the Future series. It is 2018, and even though there are no flying cars – although Elon Musk recently launched a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster into space, with a full-scale human mannequin dubbed "Starman" after David Bowie's song of the same name – we do have autonomous cars capable of driving from one destination to another without any human intervention. Such autonomous vehicles are likely to bring significant economic, social, and environmental changes to our societies, businesses included.
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Even though autonomous vehicles have been invented, their use is very limited. Several challenges await this industry, such as trust, regulatory decisions, infrastructure barriers, widespread industry acceptance and cost of development. Safety is also another issue, as recently, a self-driving Tesla crashed into a truck thinking that the road was clear because of how the sky was reflected on the surface of the truck's trailer. Nevertheless, many industries – including fleet management, oil & gas, defense and industrial – are fast including autonomous vehicles in their logistics portfolios.
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Directors and planners of city services, municipal systems administrators, municipal transportation and construction leaders, CEOs, CIOs and senior IT leaders, infrastructure and construction experts, corporate innovation and Smart City decision-makers, technology and related service providers, public works and transportation leaders, fleet operators, logistics managers, VPs, members of insurance industry, transport regulators and operators, futurists, researchers and academia, and consultants & technologists can all benefit from this conference by finding out more about how regulators and policy makers build trust among the industries; how they use smart communication systems for an error-free vehicle; what are some of the connectivity and data protection techniques that are used; and what some of the end-user benefits from autonomous vehicles are.
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Parents should be aware of a school's policy for electronic devices and Internet usage, especially in regard to cheating. Some Canyon County schools even have an all-out ban on such things as cell phones, iPods and MP3 players, partly because of the role the gadgets play in cheating.
Local principals emphasize that the majority of students are honest in academics, and instances of catching a student cheating are rare. That's partly because of electronics bans in class. At Caldwell High, a blanket no-use policy is in effect for cell phones, although students are allowed to use iPods and MP3 players during their lunch period.
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Welcome to Quayside my town by the seaside!
Thank you for visiting my blog and thanks even more if you decide to follow :-) I really do enjoying doing it and love to share my projects with you all! In the village at last count I had 18 houses, 14 little roombox size shops, 3 half houses, and 1 half church (half being just a front!) there's also 1 quarter of a house (just half of a front lol) 2 market stalls, 3 market carts and beach huts on the beach although theres always seems to be room for just one more!
I also have a my 1st house a traditional Victorian manor which is very special as it was bought with money left to me by my beloved Nan. There's also my witches house and a witches shop. I also have a lovely Honeychurch house which is my Christmas shop and house and my latest venture a little vintage cottage. But the bulk of my property empire is Quayside, my little Cornish seaside village full of lovely individual cottages and all its wonderful residents. This has become a real labour of love and has turned me from a Dolls house fan into a complete and utter addict! The links below will take you to each of my houses and I especially hope you enjoy your visit to Quayside :-)
Links to pictures of all my Dolls houses and Cottages in one place!
- Sea View Cottage - Angelas House
- Lavender Cottage - Fisherman Bobs house
- Seashell Cottage - Shabby chic cottage
- The Old Rectory - Vicars House
- Boathouse cottage - Gallery / Seafood eaterie
- Daffodil Cottage - Nursery shop
- Appletree Cottage - Grocery shop / Doctors
- Honeysuckle cottage - Babs Boutique
- Barnacle Cottage - Holiday let / Sewing shop
- Coastguard Cottage - Bakery & Italian bistro
- Lifeboat Cottage - Village Hall
- The Porthole - The Porthole B & B
- Anchor Cottage- Fishermans house / Staceys Boudoir
- Forget me Not Cottage - Rest Home
- Wishes and Dishes - Bridal and china shop
- Captains Rest - Village Pub
- Beach Cottage - 50's Ice cream parlour
- Crabpot Cottage - Crabpot cafe
- Sweet Pea Cottage - Shabby chic shop
- Sea Thrift Cottage - Quayside Candy box
- Sea Thistle Cottage - The Cupcakery Bakery
- Rose Cottage - Flower shop
- Butterfly Cottage - Knitting Pretty wool shop
- Meadow Cottage -Quayside Cutz Hairdressers
- Crabpot Cottage - Seaside cafe
- Bamboo Cottage - Chinese Takeaway
- Celandine Cottage - Junk Shop
- The Village Toilets
- Bernies Bike Shop
- The fish and chip shop
- St Benets parish Church
- The Beach
- Quayside Village Pictures
- The village market - Stans Seafood/Franks mighty meat cart
- Christmas Cottage - Christmas shop and house
- Broomstick Cottage - Witches cottage
- Hocus Pocus - Witches shop
- Hardbroom Manor - Victorian house/My first house!
Friday, 31 August 2012
A date for Harry - meet Katy!
Shes turned out a bit better than my last effort at a lady who even now Bethany insists on calling Gaga and singing hello hello baby everytime she sees her! Her arms are a little on the long side and I need to make the hands a bit smaller but considering she only the 4th doll I've ever made I don't think shes too bad! Her hair is better this time and I think the eyes are getting a little better too lots of practice needed still but getting there!
Shes called Katy as as soon as I dressed her she totally reminded me of a lovely friend I met when I worked at Waterstones. Now she is immortalised in the village, I hope she doesn't mind lol!
Harry's taken quite a shine to her already, although shes not quite nervous here at the first meeting!
She soon warms to his friendly Cornish banter!
They are getting on like a house on fire now!
They started out the evening with a nice romantic meal at Luigis Bistro.......
Then it was off to the Fishermans Rest for a few drinks.......
They were finally spotted booking into the B & B! Maddie is very dicreet and didn't ask any questions, but naughty Harry you will be topic of lots of gossip tomorrow!!
Thursday, 30 August 2012
I made another doll!...Meet Harry my new fisherman!
And here he is all painted and bearded with his clothes on!! Have to say a huge thanks to Deb who knits the jumpers and hats as they are just fab!!!!
I'm still not so good at the eyes yet, I def need more practice but he looks friendly and human so thats a start lol!!
Bobs dog Barney seems to like him so thats a good sign!
This is a little dark but I love the table showing in the background in Lavender Cottage.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
New residents in Quayside!
A couple of new residents have just arrived in Quayside!
Theres a wizard who had such a lovely face I just couldn't resist him and I just love him! He doesn't have a name yet so I am open to any suggestions!!
He's busy working in the witches shop at the mo while they take some time off!
He looks very at home here I think he may have to stay!
Next to arrive was Marilyn! Shes the new barmaid at the Captains Rest pub. shes already proving very popular with the locals! There's already been a rise in the takings!
Hard at work already giving the customers what they want.....beer!
Shes very friendly and the villagers have already taken a shine to her!
Timmy has a big smile on his face....I wonder why!! :-)
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
A bit of bunting!
Monday, 27 August 2012
A harbour especially for Bob!
Fisherman Bob is sorting his nets..............
.........and Barney is waiting on the jetty watching guard over the lobster pot!
Added a bit of rope to tether Bobs boat which I picked up from the beach by the caravan.
And of course a Quayside lifebuoy!
Quite pleased how it turned out considering the total cost was free! :-)
Saturday, 25 August 2012
All lit up!!! and doggies who don't want to miss out!
It seems to have taken forever to get it all sorted but now I will finally be able to start making some bits and pieces again, at my new desk!! :-)
Here is Quayside all lit up!
I took some more photos now it all is laid out properly and connected up. I think if gives a better perspective on the U-shape they are displayed in. They didn't look so bad spread out upstairs but together it does look a lot lol! It really feels like a village now! Just need to get the curtain done and then I've got to decide what to do with the mdf whether to paint it or not, whatever I decide its going to be a big job!
I love that there's now enough space on the shelf to add some interest in between the shops!
Couldn't resist a few photos of my doggies. They are a nightmare! We were in Dollyland so that meant they all had to be in Dollyland ha ha!!
Maya and Sandy got the beanbags......
Snoopy got the chair!
Maya is always there when I am in there shes my little cuddly lump of fluffiness although she had a haircut this week so not quite as fluffy!


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The Domain Shopping Center (on the top of the parking garage behind Dillard's) bring your bike, car, truck or novelty vehicle out to participate in this event in support of PatientForward.org. This will be a Austin based family friendly and fun for all levels, scavenger hunt through the Austin area. This will be team based and will be limited to certain quantity. Maximum of 5 autos per team. If you don't have a team…don't worry, we can place you on a team! The location of the event will the gorgeous, auto friendly (secure) and screams Austin, local and fun for all! Imagine driving through Austin seeing your fellow Grand Prix folks behind you, crossing your path, posting on facebook, snapping cell phone pictures etc, all the while learning more about the Austin area and what it has to offer…this will be a blast!!!
Participants will be judged on a people choice basis, many awards will be given, and those registered will receive a tee shirt and event goodie bag. As this is a social event, a photographer will be on site taking pictures and look for pictures of you and your car to be placed in local publications
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Sorry about the poor pic quality - he didn't see fit to hang around long enough for me to do good portraiture.
No, right in the middle of the neighborhood, between two VERY closely-spaced houses.
And why was he brave enough to be perched there on the fence between two yards? Obviously there were humans in the immediate area, one of whom had a camera.
He was there because, seconds before, he had just killed a large Norway rat in one of these two adjacent back yards. On the close-in photo, you can see that his visible leg is coated in blood.
Normally, a Cooper's hawk would not sit on a suburban fence in close proximity to human beings, but an accipiter such as this is only a medium-sized bird of prey and that was a huge rat he had (I got a good view of it as he flew away). He had to rest and regain his strength before he could remove it to a more private dining location.
And what was a Cooper's hawk doing killing a rat in a Centerpointe back yard on a Sunday morning?
I like to joke that there are only two kinds of homeowners in greater Houston:
- Those who KNOW they have rats.
- Those who DON'T YET KNOW they have rats.
- There are A LOT of rats in the area, perhaps competing amongst themselves for food such that some of them are forced to forage at risky times, and
- There's probably an inadvertent food source quite close to where this rat was killed.
- Bird food in an outdoor feeder (even if none spills on the ground, rats can climb trees and poles and get into any feeder).
- Dog food left outdoors by homeowners, particularly those who work during weekdays and are afraid that their dogs will get hungry during the long hours they're away from home, so they leave both dogs and food in their yards.
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And each and every time I found them, the inspiration for the infestation was either nearby bird seed or dog food. Leave either of those substances outside your house, and the chances of both you and your neighbors having rats are close to 100%. Supply food, and they will come.
It wouldn't be so bad if they remained confined to back yards, but their ultimate goal is to set up housekeeping in your attic. They are very, very good at finding ways of getting into it: they can climb brick facades and squeeze into gaps in the roof deck. They can chew through roofing shingles. Their absolute favorite thing to do is to chew the insulation off your a/c lines and climb up into the attic that way.
|Check under the foam insulation for tell-tale gaps.
Really, these things should not be sealed with foam. They require tight-fitting chew-proof metal plates applied to the side of the house with tough mastic.
And they breed, well, like rats.
So, my advice is this, especially now that we're into autumn weather and rodents (both mice and rats) are particularly enthusiastic about penetrating your house:
First and foremost, check your premises and your neighbors' premises for food sources (that's what I'll be doing!). If you find food sources, remove them. Explain to your neighbors that Fido is perfectly capable of making it through business hours without a heaping bowl of kibble to keep him company. Your neighbors simply might not know about the dangers of this practice of leaving food out. They also might not know that a dog's physiology is different than a human's, and that dogs can go for much longer periods of time without feeling discomfort from hunger. Your neighbors might also be assuming that because they keep dogs in their yard, they can't possibly have rodents because the dogs will guard against them. Wrong. Rats will march right in while dogs are sleeping and the dogs will be none the wiser for it.
Second, check your attic for signs of rats or mice. Maybe lay down a few glue traps prophylactically. If you don't catch anything, no harm done. If you DO catch something, then it's an early warning to you to take further extermination action before the problem gets out of hand and you end up with damage to your home.
But make sure you check for food sources first. If the food is not removed, you'll never get rid of rodents.
Welcome to the reality of life in the subtropical southeast, and good luck with it.


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All of Imhotep's previous accomplishments wouldn't amount to his architectural masterpiece. At least not in the eyes of the public.
It wasn't much for him to design, of course. The night in which he'd conceived this wonder could be summed up with one term: Camelshit.
He'd realized this the moment Urshe burst into his office in Ptah's temple in Memphis.
Urshe was the high priest of Thoth in those days. He was rather young for the job at 28, but he was highly energetic. Folks loved him throughout Lower Egypt, especially in Memphis. His father and grandfather had previously been the Moon God's high priests, and they'd been pretty good at their jobs. Urshe was a genetic natural for the position: he slept days and was wide awake at night, drunk off of sesame-flavored barley beer until sunlight. Right now, his tipsy eyes were wide open with glossy fright.
"Grand Chancellor," he began, gasping the title of Imhotep's highest position in breathless solemness, "It's Thoth. He's gotten huge."
Imhotep was sitting on his cloth-covered wooden chair, his papyrus scroll covering his lap. He had hit a wall in his design, so he wasn't completely annoyed by Urshe's interruption. But Imhotep couldn't let him know that, of course.
"Can't you see that I'm busy, High Priest?"
It was Pharaoh Djoser's funerary monument that Imhotep was designing. Djoser and him had decided that it needed to be something big and amazing, something different than the usual mastaba slabs that the previous pharaohs had been buried beneath. Upper and Lower Egypt had enjoyed a long period of peace during Djoser's reign, and one of the main reasons was their adoration and reverence for the Pharaoh. The Pharaohs before Djoser, with the exception of the first Pharaoh Menes, had difficulties in keeping the two kingdom's united because…well, nobody really gave a shit about them. Djoser actually looked and acted how a God-King was supposed to, and everybody loved him for it enough to refrain from falling back into civil war. It would be essential to his legacy for him to be eternal in a way for all of Egypt to see, so that this supreme reverence for future Pharaohs would become more ingrained in Egyptian life.
But Imhotep was a bit stumped at the moment. His scroll only contained a drawing of the usual rectangular mastaba. He wasn't quite sure where to go next.
Urshe was sputtering. "The townspeople are in an uproar, Grand Chancellor. The Moon God grew to be massive since last night, and He is shining brightly. It looks like He is preparing Himself for an attack on the Sun. I'm not quite sure what to tell everybody."
Imhotep patiently rolled his scroll closed in his lap. "Yes. And I suppose that this creates quite an issue for the High Priest of Thoth, who should have more understanding of the Moon."
The Moon God's Priest opened and closed his mouth. His broad chest was heaving, and his heavy breaths were the only response that he could come up with. His eyes were still wide open, waiting for the great scientist to continue.
Imhotep, however, was choosing his next words carefully in his mind. He knew, of course, the reason for everybody's Moon fear. As he had long ago calculated, tonight was to be a Supermoon…the Moon was within its closest distance to Earth in its elliptical orbit, and it was a full Moon. Imhotep had actually planned to go out and view this natural occurrence later, as he'd expected the Moon to appear bigger and brighter than usual. However, this science was not what the people of Egypt liked to hear.
He stood up from his chair and put a calm hand on the anxious Urshe's shoulder. The young priest was going to have a heart attack if he didn't fucking relax.
"Thoth is actually in very good spirits, lad," Imhotep said, his wise voice unusually light and good-natured. "He's just come closer tonight so that he may see Kemet's peace for himself. That's why he appears to be bigger and brighter." Camelshit.
Urshe instantly relaxed, his innocent face breaking into a relieved smile that looked comedic. "Really?" he squeaked, sounding like an overgrown child.
Imhotep's patience immediately ran out. It was surprising how gullible people were. He placed his other hand on Urshe's opposite shoulder, pivoted him 180 degrees to face the direction of the door, and gave him a sharp push. "Yes," he replied quietly. "Now go tell this to the people of Memphis, and see that word is quickly spread throughout the two kingdoms of Egypt, up and down the Nile, before everybody shits in their kilts."
Urshe giggled as he ran out of the door, on a mission to inform everybody of the good news.
Imhotep shook his head and re-unrolled his scroll. The drab mastaba was still there, looking no better than Khasekhemwy's funerary monument in Abydos. Khasekhemwy had been the pharaoh before Djoser, and he'd made some pretty cool buildings. So cool, in fact, that Djoser had abandoned his own original funerary monument in the Upper Egypt necropolis of Abydos. He didn't want his shit to be confused with Khasekhemwy's. So Djoser had chosen Saqqara, which could be seen from the great capital of Memphis, for his great architectural achievement of a tomb.
And, as usual, Imhotep had to do all of the thinking.
He turned the scroll sideways, closed his left eye, and studied the mastaba. Maybe he could put an upside down golden bowl on top of the structure. That'd be pretty slick. He would call it a "dome". Nobody had ever seen one of those before. Excited by the idea, he hurriedly dipped his reed pen in ink and drew the "dome" on top of the mastaba. After completing the half-sphere, he held the scroll in front of him, eyeballing his latest invention.
He threw the scroll on the ground, pissed off that he'd even thought of the "dome". Such a primitive idea it was.
The smell of grilled hippopotamus quickly filled the temple of Ptah, and he heard the fussing of women. The smell and the sound were heading directly towards his office. He knew exactly who it was.
Djoser stepped magnanimously into Imhotep's office with the plate of hippo in his large hands. His face was half made-up, and his royal headress was lazily covering his large head. Four of his bare-breasted female attendants scurried in after him, fussing over his makeup and his attire. One of them was attempting to attach his ceremonial beard, but he kept moving his head away like a child avoiding being spoon fed. He took a large bite of his meal.
Imhotep laughed at the sight of his rebellious old buddy. The two had grown up together, and had remained best friends even after Djoser had become Pharaoh Horus-Netjerikhet.
"Great Egypt," Imhotep shot in mock rebuke, "what have I told you about eating this late at night? It fucks your stomach up."
Djoser took the last big bite of hippo and handed the empty plate to one of his attendants. His large jaws took about ten harsh chomps before he swallowed it with a ferocious gulp. He wiped his lips with the back of his hand.
"Nice to see you, too, Chancellor." Djoser finally allowed the attendant to begin attaching his ceremonial beard. The goat's hair tickled his clean-shaven face, and he chuckled. "Got any beer?"
Imhotep walked over to a table in the corner of his office, picked up a large jug of the finest grain beer in Lower Egypt, and poured two large cups. He walked over to the tall God-King of the Nile Delta and handed him the larger cup.
Djoser grabbed the cup and chugged the beer down in three gulps. The resulting belch that filled the room smelled like dates, watermelon, and hippopotamus.
"What the fuck are you doing awake at this hour?" the Pharaoh asked Imhotep, holding out his cup to be refilled.
Imhotep took the cup and defiantly placed it on the table in front of him. "I was going to ask you the same thing."
"But I asked first. And I am the Ruler of the Two Kingdoms, so you must answer."
Djoser was only half-kidding when he played this game with Imhotep, but it annoyed the great physician nonetheless.
"I'm designing the new tomb. At least I was, before you interrupted me."
The Pharaoh looked down at the scroll that Imhotep had thrown to the ground. He picked it up and, after studying it for a few seconds, threw it back on the ground.
"Camelshit," Djoser muttered.
"Yes, my sentiments exactly."
"I mean, what the fuck is that round thing on top of it?"
"I was going to call it a 'dome'."
"A 'dome'?"
"A 'dome'."
"Looks primitive," Djoser responded dismissively. "You've got to stop banging those backwards chicks from across the Mediterranean."
Imhotep ignored the dig. "So what are you getting all ceremonial for?"
Djoser liked getting made up and God-Kinged up, but seldom did he do so this late. His attendants had bags under their eyes from being awaken from slumber, and their ebony nipples were pointing downwards as if still sleeping. They would be blatantly displaying their rightful annoyance if Djoser were anybody other than Djoser.
"Didn't you hear?" The king's eyes widened. "Thoth is in good spirits tonight, and He has come close to see Kemet's peace for himself. That's why He's bigger and brighter right now."
Imhotep suddenly felt nauseous. "Who told you that?"
The only thing that the great architect disliked about his Royal friend was his dogmatic gullibility. Djoser was very religious, and believed everything that he was told about the Egyptians Gods. He even believed that everything came from a Cosmic Egg.
Djoser continued. "So I have decided to parade through Memphis tonight, so that Thoth may get a better look at me." He stopped for a second, his face brightening up with an even better idea. "And so that the people of Memphis can see Thoth getting a better look at me."
It really wasn't a bad idea, Imhotep thought. Anything to add to the dogma.
"Have you seen the Moon tonight, Imho?"
Imhotep hated that nickname. "No, I have been designing your fucking tomb all night."
Djoser guffawed. "Imho. Imho, Imho, Imho." He stopped for a second to enjoy the anger in the great sculptor's face. "You've been putting half-testicles on the top of mastabas all night. I hardly call that designing."
The grand vizier maintained his composure. "It's a fucking 'dome'."
The God-King threw his muscular arm around Imhotep's shoulders. "Come, Old Friend. Let us go outside and see Thoth."
Despite Imhotep's protests, Djoser led him out of the office, through the back door of Ptah's temple, and into the large private courtyard of the holy place. The attendants shuffled behind them, cursing both of them by the Goddesses under their breath.
It was a beautiful night outside. The Nile's life-nourishing waters were flowing serenely, and the weather was cool. The city folk, as expected, were out and about, and their happy chatter could be heard from all directions. Everybody was enchanted by the sight of the Supermoon.
Ah, the Moon. It was indeed larger than usual, and its luminous brightness was almost aggressive. The night sky was brightened by this natural spectacle; the Moon's craters resembled vast oceans across its white surface.
"Ah, Thoth," Djoser whispered reverently, his head tilted at a 60 degree angle. His attendants were applying dark shadow to his eyes, using the Supermoon's light to see what they were doing. "Thoth, all praises be to Thee. Please gaze upon Thy servant's kingdom with grace."
Suddenly, Imhotep heard a noise that sounded like a large uncouth person clearing his throat. He looked over and saw a camel standing near them, ignoring their presence. Its lips were chewing in the way that camels' lips always do.
"How the fuck did that damn camel get back here?" the great carpenter wanted to know.
But Djoser was in a zone. "All of Egypt shall praise me for years," he said, dreamily, "and the inhabitants of the Sinai Valley will seek to be brought into my God-accepted embrace."
To Imhotep's surprise, the camel began to take a shit right there in front of them. The first set of dung clumps seemed to form a mound on the ground.
But the great Pharaoh was unfazed. "Even the Nubians will finally acknowledge the legitimacy of Kemet. They've always said that we aren't 'black' enough." Djoser chuckled deviously. "Now, they'll see that we're the blackest Africans in Africa!"
Imhotep couldn't take his eyes off of the camel in action. Its dung continued to drop, the mounds resting on top of one another. Each mound of crap was smaller than the one below it, forming a disgusting pile of excrement that started off wide at the bottom and tapered off at the top. It looked like a square, with four triangles on each side pointing upwards.
"Osirus himself will give me dap when I enter the underworld," Djoser continued, "and the Ogdoad will eagerly gather around me, saying, 'Pharaoh Horus-Netjerikhet', you were our main man while you were alive, and, now that you're dead, you're our main soul!' "
The camel was finished with its deed. Its aloof eyes slid back to glance at Imhotep ironically, its chewing mouth forming a smile. In fact, if the great carpenter wasn't mistaken, the camel even winked at him.
"Yes, Imho. Tonight is the night that has secured my place in history, as the greatest God-King of all time."
That's when the idea struck Imhotep like the slap of a pissed-off baboon.
That's it!
Imhotep quickly paid his courtesies to Djoser. "Look, enjoy your parade. Make sure you don't get too drunk, like you did for the annual Flood celebration last year. You threw up all over your Queen Hetephernebti, and she blamed me for that shit."
Djoser was still in his trance of grandeur. "Grand Chancellor, Thoth looks down upon me with grace. My vomit is nectar to the mortals…"
But Imhotep was already back in the temple before the God-King could finish his soliloquy. He rushed to his office, grabbed his scroll off of the ground, flipped it over to the clean side, and drew a simple mastaba.
Then he drew another mastaba on top of it, smaller than the one beneath it.
And then another in the same fashion. And then another, and another. He topped it off with a sixth mastaba on the top, which formed the peak of the structure.
After he was finished, he held the scroll out in front of him, admiring his work. His heart was beating fast, as if this rush of creativity had been a sexual endeavor. Right there in front of him, designed by his own hand, was the most original structure that would ever be built. He held the scroll to his chest, and would have cried tears of joy if he were a pussy.
He would call this new architectural masterpiece a "Pyramid". No, fuck that; too savage. A "Per-Neter". Yes. It was to be called a Per-Neter.
Djoser would indeed be remembered as one of the greatest Pharaohs of all time, but not because of this damn Supermoon that had the people of Memphis hooting and hollering. It would be due to this Per-Neter that Imhotep himself had just designed.
Looking at the magnificent structure, Imhotep wondered if anybody would ever come close to inventing such a wonder as this.
He shook his head, laughed, and muttered to himself,


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We'll be running five-hour workshops each Saturday with two different focuses: casual games and API mashups. Come once or come often, and bring your laptop with Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 (Express for Windows 8) to make the most of the opportunity.
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By Sean Power And
SANDRA D'Amico
MANY young professionals have only a vague understanding of what professional networking, or business networking, is.
They think it involves conferences and other business functions attended only by senior executives - and that it has nothing to do with them. This couldn't be further from the truth. All young professionals in Cambodia should think about networking opportunities because it can advance their careers and also make their jobs more rewarding.
Professional networking is about building business relationships with professionals outside your organisation. They might be your clients or suppliers, or they might be other professionals in the same industry or profession. They might even be former classmates from university.
In a close-knit business community like Cambodia, you can also network with people from donor agencies such as the World Bank, foreign embassies, unions, the media and the government.
You might be asking, What is the point of all this networking? Is it just an excuse for a social get-together? In fact, good networking can benefit you and your organisation in many important ways.
The most direct form of networking is with existing clients or suppliers. Making an effort to strengthen these relationships will help you to win their confidence and trust - which can lead to more business opportunities for your organisation.
Networking can also make you more effective in your current role
You might become aware of a particular project that would be perfect for your company. Or you might be able to explain to someone how your two companies could work together.
Networking can also make you more effective in your current role. You can learn about other companies and industries, about different business strategies, and even about government attitudes or policies that may affect your business. You may meet someone who has access to information that would really impress your boss, such as a particular report or database.
The more people you know, then the more potential sources of information you have.
On a personal level, networking gets you known to a wide variety of people, opening up new job opportunities. The more people who know you, the more people who will think of you when they are trying to fill a job position. More generally, you can become known and respected by your peers, which can do wonders for your self-esteem.
There is one other benefit from networking that we shouldn't forget; it can be fun. Attending functions and meeting lots of interesting people can break up the monotony of your working day.
Opportunities abound
There are plenty of networking opportunities in Cambodia, even if you are fairly junior in your organisation. Campronet (www.campronet.com), an organisation dedicated to providing opportunities for young professionals to get together, is a great place to start.
In addition, the following business associations sometimes hold public functions and seminars:
- Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (CAMFEBA), www.camfeba.com
- French-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCFC), www.ccfccambodge.org
- International Business Club (IBC), www.ibccambodia.com
- Australian Business Association of Cambodia (ABAC), [email protected]
- Malaysian Business Council of Cambodia (MBCC), www.mbccambodia.org.kh
- Women's Association of Small and Medium Businesses (WASMB), www.wasmb.com
- Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC), www.gmac-cambodia.org
If you want to network and influence government policy at the same time, try and join one of the Government-Private Sector Forum's working groups (www.cambodia-gpsf.org).
Don't think that you can only network at formal events. Remember that networking is about building relationships. This can be as simple as picking up the phone or taking someone to lunch. You could organise for a few people - perhaps former classmates - to meet once a month for lunch or dinner. As each of you grows and prospers in your career, the long-term benefits of this network will grow.
Next week, we will discuss how to network effectively - what to do, and what not to do.
Sean Power is a consultant to HRINC,
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Many areas that touched 80 degrees Wednesday were met with an inch or two of snow late yesterday. The weather drama involved a cold front that swept through, followed by a wave of low pressure and a quick burst of wintry mix, followed by rapid clearing and cooling.
Some of the hills from southern Vermont and southern New Hampshire into much of Massachusetts, northern Connecticut and northern Rhode Island picked up a few inches of snow. Further to the north it was just cold and dry.
Regardless of the type of precipitation, if you had any kind of a mix ice formed on untreated surfaces like the steps leading in and out of the house, and the sidewalk, and the car may be coated with ice.
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Temperatures start the day at 0 to 10 degrees near the Canadian border to about freezing along the south coast. A cold high-pressure system responsible for the recent temperature turn around is moving away this morning, with a warm front coming in during the afternoon.
This warm front generates a wintry mix once again during the late afternoon and evening, though this time the mix line should be farther north.
It's a fast mover so any wintry mix ends during the evening with the temperature holding around 40 degrees.
Tomorrow features a little break in the action with some sunshine, followed by another round of clouds and wintry mix at night. Temperatures get into the 50s for southern New England, cooling off late in the day.
It looks cold wet and icy tomorrow night and Sunday, especially in the state of Maine where there could be snow and significant freezing rain early Sunday.
Temperatures in the 30s on Sunday.
Then it looks like another brief break Monday with mild air, before more wintry mix arrives for the middle and second half of next week.


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Expert Talk with Aaron Theisen
I met Aaron Theisen, published hiking and guide book trail author, travel writer, and award-winning photographer, through Melissa, a friend and outdoor enthusiast. She hosted a hiking and yoga session in Montana.
Aaron hiked with us, and photographed us doing yoga on top of the mountain. He then stayed overnight to take an award-winning photo at sunset. Really, the photo won an award a few months later.
Last summer, I had the pleasure of hiking with Aaron while he was capturing hikes for his next book Day Hiking Glacier National Park and Western Montana, to be published Spring 2018 by Mountaineers Books. More on the hilarious hi jinx of that hike later, but for now – here are a few of the highlights from my talk with Aaron about the profession of travel writing.
When people approach Aaron about how to get into travel writing he quite often tells them not to quit their day job…but it's not because he wants to keep all the travel writing gigs for himself.
Aspiring travel writers often approach the profession from the perspective of – "I want to get paid to vacation," explained Aaron. Don't we all? It might seem self explanatory, but step one to being a travel writer, is being a decent writer. You also need to be "on" while you are traveling…capturing all the necessary details for your piece that you are being paid to deliver. Your client/the publication is going to expect that piece of literary material from you that is going to help promote their business. That's the reality of travel writing. It's still a job.
So…questions for you to ponder: is writing a core skill? Do you have other skills that you could use? For example, my brief stint of living in Las Vegas had me dating a black jack dealer (another story), and he used his black jack dealing skills to tour the world via gambling cruise ships that went to Europe, the Caribbean and more. What skills do you have that could send you packing?
Aaron was a writer in the field of science before he became a travel writer, he also had an active knowledge of the outdoors and hiking. He had an active passion for nature conservation, preservation, and exploration. The operative work is ACTIVE.
Are you active in your passion (that you want to write about)? If not, you need to be – that's how you create connections, and build your subject matter expertise.
Aaron got his travel writing start with a local conservation league in the Pacific Northwest. This is significant for a couple of reasons. 1. His knowledge, and active interest is what got him the gig. Again, he was proactively engaging in hiking, and had a knowledge of the surrounding trails. 2. He sought out an organization that was relevant to his interests.
Aaron's philosophy on writing is that you should always get paid something. Even if it's a small amount. If an organization has a budget for an office, staff and utilities, they should have a budget for writing and photography. His first writing assignments for the conservation league didn't pay much, but he insisted on getting paid something to hold himself accountable to doing the writing.
In a world where so many people want to get social media famous, or just get exposure, this was a new point of view for me. There are times when I still think it's beneficial to do something for the experience, and build up to being paid…and there are times when it's charity…but more often than not, you need to get paid. It's a sign of respect for your contributions.
So, how much can you make being a travel writer? Anywhere from 5 cents to $1.25 a word. You can also be paid by the article, upwards of 1k, even $1500 per article. This is of course on the high end. In some cases, your accommodations and travel will be paid for, so you can factor that into the "income" or at least, write it off as an expense.
Aaron focuses on hiking trails for his books, and places where very few people have ventured, so his overhead his low – gas, a tent, a bear can (I will explain what that is in the next post), and some warm layers for those chilly nights on top of a mountain. That ability to escape sounds like payment enough on some days, I'm sure. And no doubt why we all want to be travel writers…


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The four-night trips to Cuba will be on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship.
Norwegian is one of the cruise lines that regularly serves Port Canaveral, at one of the several cruise terminals.
The cruise line has been looking at ways to serve Cuba ever since President Barack Obama lifted a travel and trade ban to the island a year and a half ago.
A few other cruise lines are offering Cuba cruises, but none of them from Port Canaveral.
Norwegian will home port a ship, the Norwegian Sun, for the sole purpose of making the trips to Cuba every Monday.
The cruises will include an overnight stay in Havana.
President Donald Trump's recent changes to the travel rules are not expected to affect cruises.
The new trips to Cuba will begin in May of next year.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The latest plans for a new lakefront drawbridge at North Coast Harbor are cause for both delight and dismay.
The delight is that the excellent design, approved unanimously Thursday and Friday in respective meetings of the city's Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee and City Planning Commission, is very much worth building.
Architect Miguel Rosales of Boston, who led the design in partnership with engineers from the Cleveland office of CDM Smith and the New York office of Schlaich Bergermann, has conceived a drawbridge consisting of a pair of elegantly slender, L-shaped jackknife spans.
The bridge will link Voinovich Park at the north end of East Ninth Street to the finger pier just north of the Great Lakes Science Center. It will create an inviting pedestrian loop around the seven-acre harbor and its new marina, and could become a powerful, postcard-worthy attraction on the city's chronically underused lakefront.
For reasons based on the geometry of the harbor, Rosales designed each half of the bridge as a curve, which should make the twin structures far more satisfying to watch in motion than a pair of straight, jackknife spans.
And instead of the usual clunky counterweights used to operate such bridges, Rosales specified a pair of below-grade electrical motors to wind and unwind steel ropes to raise and lower the spans. The overall effect should harmonize nicely with surrounding buildings, especially I.M. Pei's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Such investments have paid off handsomely in other cities, and there's every reason to believe the bridge, to be named like the adjacent park for former U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, will be a draw.
The dismay is that the project has been such a long time in coming. Conceived as an outgrowth of the city's 2004 lakefront plan, the bridge won't have a groundbreaking for another year, and won't be finished until 2017, the city said Wednesday.
During the years of waiting, caused in part by state and federal review of the design, the price of construction climbed $1.8 million higher than the original estimate of $6.2 million, the city revealed on Wednesday.
This shouldn't convince anyone that the project should be scrapped. While dealing with everything from poverty to seemingly intractable problems in city schools, Cleveland must capitalize on assets such as the lakefront. Failing to do so would add to decline.
Nevertheless, the harbor bridge shows how costly and difficult it is to design and build infrastructure in the United States.
A far more painful example is the long-running saga of the Ohio Department of Transportation's project to revamp the I-90 Inner Belt, the ganglion of intersecting highways that curves around the east, south and west sides of downtown Cleveland.
In 2005, five years after planning began, ODOT estimated that the project would cost $700 million. Today, after 14 years of planning and construction of only one of the two major bridges in the project, the estimated cost stands at more than $3 billion, and the rest of construction isn't expected to be finished for two decades or more.
The pattern is common, and it has led to the staggering $24 billion spent on the Big Dig in Boston, or the $3.9 billion budgeted for the new Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York.
Cost escalation through inefficiency of project review and approval is a national problem, which makes Cleveland's small harbor bridge an example of the tendency in microcosm and a case worth studying.
It was back in 2005 that the city secured $4.5 million for the bridge through federal earmarks supported by the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones and then-U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette and then-Sen. Voinovich.
Two years later, the city assembled the rest of the funding, including $490,000 from the state of Ohio and $1.1 million from general obligation city bonds.
Confident that it had the cash to proceed, the city in 2007 chose a design team led by Rosales in a competitive process that emphasized the potential for a high-quality result on a highly visible piece of the downtown lakefront.
By August, 2009, the city had settled on two of six design variations prepared by Rosales. The preferred version called for a single jackknife span that would have risen 135 feet above the water, poking slightly into the flight path of Burke Lakefront Airport, just to the east of the harbor.
The second proposal, now headed for realization, called for two L-shaped spans that would rise only 71 feet when open.
As officials in Columbus and Washington, D.C., reviewed the project over the next few years, they decided eventually to reject the single span in favor of the lower, double one.
The Ohio Department of Transportation had jurisdiction because of the federal money in the project; and the Federal Aviation Administration had a say because the bridge is under the flight path of Burke.
As the clock ticked, inflation took hold.
"We did reach a point over the last several years in which the sum total of what we were proposing was greater than the budget," Ken Silliman, Mayor Frank Jackson's chief of staff, said Wednesday.
The city plugged the gap, he said, by borrowing an additional $600,000 in bonds, and by landing an additional $1.5 million from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.
But finding the extra cash also added to the delay, Silliman said.
Rosales also made adjustments, including narrowing the two jackknife bridges from 14 to 12 feet in width. If anything, those changes have made the spans look slimmer and more appealing in its proportions.
From here forward, the city will finalize a state lease on submerged lands necessary for the project, and proceed to fabrication of the bridge. A structure to house controls for a bridge tender also needs to be finalized.
It would be wrong to conclude from this story that cities should ditch their aspirations and forget projects such as the harbor bridge.
Maintaining and redesigning the nation's aging roads, bridges, waterfronts and transit systems is not an option. It's part of the cost of establishing the market conditions for a healthy economy.
It would also be wrong to conclude that it was a mistake to attempt something unique and highly beautiful on the lakefront.
Rosales said in an interview that architects and engineers working on infrastructure projects know they'll be rewarded for producing rote solutions more likely to sail through legally mandated state and federal environmental reviews.
"Whenever you want to do something different or special or unique in the United States, it's very hard, very difficult," he said.
The answer is not to crush the creativity of designers and settle for mediocrity. The country instead needs to speed up review processes that are necessary and important, but which can also strain budgets and delay the delivery of public goods.
It's not likely to happen overnight, but one can hope. In the meantime, special projects like Cleveland's upcoming harbor bridge will require patience. To judge by the newest iteration of the Rosales design, the results will be worth the wait.


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When most people speak about American animation, you certainly will hear about Walt Disney's indisputable contribution to the art form. And no doubt you will also hear about Warner Bros. and the amazing Looney Tunes legacy. And while history has, for the most part, brought these two studios to the foreground. There were other greats among them – Fleischer Studios, for one, who brought us Betty Boop and Popeye. And UPA, who's distinct style and bold story-telling pushed the boundaries of animation during their heyday and influenced many modern animators.
UPA is an American animation studio spawned in the early 1940s from out of the Walt Disney animators' strike. Many of the Disney animation team came on board the new studio in pursuit of more artistic expression and experimentation they felt was lacking in Disney and Warner Brothers animations. UPA, which stands for United Productions of America, is perhaps best known for producing the Mr. Magoo series.
The following is just a sampling of the theatrical shorts UPA produced within the 1940s and 1960s while under contract with Columbia Pictures. Many nominated for Academy Awards with a few earning the honor. (See complete list)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
The classic Edgar Allen Poe story, brilliantly narrated by James Mason. This film is probably my personal favorite from UPA. It's stunning visuals create an atmosphere and sophistication that borders on fine art. Elements of the backgrounds invoke something out of a Picasso painting.
Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)
Based on a story by Dr. Seuss, this animated short used bold graphic design and geometric shapes to tell the story of a boy who spoke only in sound effects. Directed by Robert Cannon, it won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
The Unicorn In The Garden (1953)
Funny James Thurber story about married life in which a henpecked man desperately tries to tell his wife about the extraordinary creature in the garden. The short was directed by William Hurtz who also worked on The Bullwinkle Show and George of the Jungle.
Complete list of UPA Theatrical Shorts released by Columbia Pictures
Robin Hoodlum (Academy Award Nominee)
The Magic Fluke (Academy Award Nominee)
Ragtime Bear
Punchy DeLeon
Spellbound Hound
The Miner's Daughter
Trouble Indemnity (Academy Award Nominee)
The Popcorn Story
Bungled Bungalow
Gerald McBoing Boing (Academy Award Winner)
The Family Circus
Barefaced Flatfoot
Georgie and the Dragon
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Wonder Gloves
Grizzly Golfer
The Oompahs
Sloppy Jalopy
Rooty Toot Toot (Academy Award Nominee)
The Dog Snatcher
Willie the Kid
Pink and Blue Blues (Academy Award Nominee)
Pete Hothead
Hotsy Footsy
Madeline (Academy Award Nominee)
Captains Outrageous
Little Boy with a Big Horn
The Emperor's New Clothes
Safety Spin
Christopher Crumpet (Academy Award Nominee)
The Gerald McBoing Boing Symphony
Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
Magoo's Masterpiece
The Unicorn in the Garden
Magoo Slept Here
The Tell-Tale Heart (Academy Award Nominee)
Bringing Up Mother
Magoo Goes Skiing
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
Fudget's Budget
Kangaroo Courting
How Now Boing Boing
Destination Magoo
Pump Trouble
When Magoo Flew (Academy Award Winner)
Spare the Child
Four Wheels and No Brake
Magoo's Check-Up
Baby Boogie
Magoo's Express
Madcap Magoo
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate
Stage Door Magoo
Rise of Duton Lang
Magoo Makes News
Gerald McBoing Boing on Planet Moo (Academy Award Nominee)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo Goes West
Calling Dr. Magoo
The Jaywalker (Academy Award Nominee)
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Academy Award Winner)
Trailblazer Magoo
Magoo's Problem Child
Meet Mother Magoo
Magoo Goes Overboard
Matador Magoo
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo's Glorious Fourth
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo Saves the Bank
Rockhound Magoo
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Private War
Trees and Jamaica Daddy (Academy Award Nominee)
Sailing and the Village Band
Magoo's Young Manhood
Scoutmaster Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Three-Point Landing
Magoo's Cruise
Love Comes to Magoo
Spring and Saganaki
Gumshoe Magoo
Bwana Magoo
Picnics Are Fun and Dino's Serenade
Magoo's Homecoming
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Terror Faces Magoo


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Stock prices are often extremely sensitive to quarterly earnings results. If a company surpasses the expectations of Wall Street analysts, investors are likely to celebrate the stock by purchasing shares. When results are disappointing, however, shares are likely to come under pressure and lose value. Company executives often attempt to prepare investors for forthcoming quarterly earnings results by offering some guidance to avoid major surprises. Analysts similarly offer earnings forecasts. Investors are often keen to compare actual results with estimates to gauge a company's performance.
When a company reports quarterly earnings, it is giving a glimpse into its financial performance from the most recent three-month period. Investors often use these results to determine whether to buy or sell a stock. If the company has shown strong profit growth from the previous year -- and exceeded the expectations of company executives and analysts -- investors often see this as an opportunity to share in the company's success by buying its stock. The reverse is also true. When quarterly earnings results disappoint, investors might take this as a warning sign that the company is not performing up to par.
Buying Opportunity
In the event that a company's profit results come in below expectations, it could create a buying opportunity for the company. Just because investors may decide to sell shares after an earnings disappointment doesn't mean the stock is not a good investment over the long term. If there was a one-time event that hurt profits in a quarter -- such as natural disaster that disrupted the normal business cycle -- financial results might suffer in the short term. But as long as the company's fundamentals and market outlook remain strong, its stock price should rebound over the longer term.
Profit Taking
There is often euphoria surrounding shares of a company when that company surpasses quarterly earnings expectations by a wide margin. When the stock price shoots much higher, investors in the company might decide to sell some of their shares in the stock as a way of taking profits. The rationale might be that after the stock advances in response to earnings, it does not have much more room or reason to increase, at least for the foreseeable future.
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Calumet College of St. Joseph is committed to providing a community in which the learning and working environment reflect our Mission. This environment is free from all forms of gender-based discrimination or harassment because such behavior violates an individual's fundamental rights and personal dignity. Calumet College of St. Joseph's considers gender-based discrimination to be a serious offense and has zero tolerance. This policy covers all forms of gender-based discrimination and harassment connected to the college, whether the matter involves students, faculty, staff or volunteers. This policy also applies to sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, sexual exploitation and relationship violence by students, faculty, staff, or visitors/guests of the college.
In compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other federal, state and local equal opportunity laws and in accordance with our mission, the College has developed these policies and procedures that prohibit gender-based discrimination in all of its forms. The policies and procedures have been developed to affirm our commitment and to provide recourse for those individuals whose rights have been violated. This policy is intended to define community expectations and to establish a mechanism for determining when those expectations have been violated.
Confidential Sources
Deciding whether or when to report sexual misconduct is a personal decision. Should an individual wish the details of an experience be kept confidential as they seek information related to the reporting and investigative process; interim protection strategies; or counseling or medical support; please speak with a Confidential Source. The following people have been identified as a confidential source:
Rev. Kevin M. Scalf, C.PP.S.
Director of Mission Effectiveness
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Andy Marks - Director of Enrollment
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Employee Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Sharon McGuire - Director of Human Resources
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Deutsche Bank Subpoenaed For Kushner Bank Records: NYT
So make of this what you will, but we would suggest that you'd be naive to think this isn't connected in some way shape of form to the Mueller probe.
8 comments on "Deutsche Bank Subpoenaed For Kushner Bank Records: NYT"
I doubt Mueller is doing this to just fish thru those records. He is on the trail of something and already knows what he is going to find. The picture of Jared above 🙂 he is watching his life flash by. He has his dad's DNA and will be going to jail OR trump will do a favor for Princess Ivanka and pardon him and then will have to resign as president. But I do have some doubt that trump would do that, even for her — he is far too self-centered.
We already know that trump is most likely guilty of obstruction – perhaps he will pardon himself and no one else. haha!
Wonder what his personal assistant, Rhona Graff that has spent 30 years with him will have to say!? "While Queens native Graff remained in New York after Trump's rise to the White House, she still arranges many of Trump's private meetings." "I'd never leave him," Graff once told the New York Times." I assume he still pays her a salary. If she is smart, she will not lie to Mueller.
"I assume he still pays her a salary. If she is smart, she will not lie to Mueller."
I think she will swallow cyanide before she rolls over on him. The most she would get is Contempt and Der Fuehrer would pardon her.
I think she is intertwined in the emails with Jr. and the meeting at Trump Tower with the Russian woman so it depends on how much she may know about how much trump knew about that meeting before the meeting…could be more than contempt if she does not cooperate. But I also think you are right about trump pardoning her. It is just so wrong that he would have the power to pardon people directly connected to covering up his crimes. I think Mueller would have an offer for her to tell him what she can. She has a family, a teenage daughter, so she does not want to go to jail, even for trump. I don't understand why anyone would feel like he is worth that!
The number one thing Trump values in anyone he employs is loyalty. She has been with him for over 30 years. I say she swallows the pill. She knows her daughter will be taken care of.
Nope, a mom would not leave the kid – but I do think she will cut a deal with Mueller if it comes down to the nitty gritty – she will leave trump before she will leave the kiddo. Trump and his loyalty only goes one way – he has no loyalty to anyone. If she really knows him well, she knows him well enough to know that he would not be loyal to her if the tables were turned.
If she's smart, she won't talk to any federal investigator ever.
she may not have a choice…hard to find someone closer to his business than she would be.
Mueller has a grand jury and knows how to use it. He can compel her to testify and then grant a letter of limited immunity to knock down taking the fifth.
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