It was a telephone call that Donna Mantooth never expected.
“I remember answering the phone and it was my son’s girlfriend on the other end and she sounded really upset,” Mantooth said. “I heard her say, ‘Nathan is being arrested.’ And I couldn’t believe it. I just couldn’t believe it.”
At that moment, her 19-year-old son was being placed in the backseat of a Columbia County sheriff’s cruiser while his girlfriend and infant daughter watched in disbelief.
“I immediately jumped up and said, ‘What in the world is he being arrested for?’” Donna Mantooth said. “And she told me, ‘The deputy says they have a warrant for his arrest.’”
Nathan Mantooth had been stopped by a sheriff’s deputy in Harlem on March 18 because he was driving without a seatbelt. But after receiving the ticket, the deputy’s computer showed there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
The deputy told Nathan Mantooth that he would have to be transported to the Richmond County jail where the warrant was issued.
“The warrant said to take him with or without cause,” Donna Mantooth recalled. “I immediately said to his girlfriend, ‘Let me talk to that police officer, right now! They are making a mistake. This isn’t right.’
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it. That was just the momma in me coming out.”
The warrant was issued by the private probation company, Sentinel Offender Services, which is under contract with the State Court of Richmond County.
As a result of Sentinel’s actions, Nathan Mantooth became part of more than a dozen civil cases filed in both Richmond and Columbia counties alleging that the private probation company has violated people’s constitutional rights.
According to Nathan Mantooth’s lawsuit, Sentinel employee Kayla White swore under oath that the 19-year-old had violated his probation relating to a traffic offense of “improper lane change” that had occurred last year.
On October 5, 2012, Nathan Mantooth was returning home after attending the Border Bash in downtown Augusta when he got pulled over because a Richmond County Sheriff’s deputy said he witnessed him “weaving in and out of traffic, causing other vehicles to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting him.”
Nathan Mantooth pleaded guilty on January 23 of this year in State Court to improper lane change. He was ordered to pay $420 in fines and attend defensive driving school.
“My son at that point had never been arrested, had never been in trouble with the law or anything,” Donna Mantooth said. “We took it very seriously. He went to court on January 23, we paid the fines that day and by January 30 he had completed his defensive driving course.”
The very next day, Nathan Mantooth drove to Sentinel’s offices off Walton Way to deliver the paperwork indicating that he had completed the defensive driving course.
“And they were like, ‘I’m sorry. We don’t have you in the system. You have to come back,’” Donna Mantooth said. “So, he did. He came back again on February 15. When he got down there again, the woman told him, ‘I’m sorry you are not in the system.’”
This was the second day that Nathan Mantooth had taken time off of work in hopes of providing Sentinel with the defensive driving documents.
“At that point, Nathan said, ‘Can you guys just keep the paperwork? Get a record of it? Make a copy of it? Something,’” Donna Mantooth said. “Because he is the father of a 2-year-old daughter and he is trying to take care of the momma and the baby and he is working full-time. But they said, ‘No. We don’t have a way of doing that.’”
The Sentinel employee allegedly told Nathan Mantooth that the probation company would call him in a few weeks and let him know when he was in the system and the date in which he was supposed to report to his probation officer.
Even though Sentinel had documents listing his home address and phone number, Nathan Mantooth insists he was never contacted or notified that he was in violation of his probation.
As a result, on March 18, after being pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt, he wound up spending the day in jail.
“The thing that gets me about it is Nathan did everything he was supposed to do and he still went to jail,” Donna Mantooth said, adding that her son’s mugshot was also featured in that week’s The Jail Report. “I work at the Department of Veterans Affairs and all of my buddies down there were asking, ‘Did I see your kid in the paper?’
“Sentinel ruined his good name and he didn’t do anything but get a traffic ticket. Not only that, Sentinel put my son in jail and that is somewhere that my husband and I didn’t ever want our boys to end up.”
After learning that her son had been arrested, Donna Mantooth said she rushed down to Sentinel’s offices and paid the $103 in fees that the probation company claimed her son owed.
That immediate response, she believes, is exactly what private probation companies like Sentinel are counting on.
“You can’t tell me it’s not about making money with these private probation companies,” Donna Mantooth said. “They know we are going to run down there and pay them whatever they want. Just like I told the lady at Sentinel that day. I said, ‘I will pay you whatever it takes. I have got to get my son out of there.’
“She could have named her price and I would have given it to her.”
More than three years ago, Augusta attorneys Jack Long and John Bell began their fight to improve probation practices in this area after hearing about a case involving a man named Hills McGee.
In 2010, an attorney from the public defender’s office approached Long about a case she handled involving a defendant who she thought had been unlawfully incarcerated.
She told Long about McGee, a disabled veteran who was originally charged with public drunkenness and obstruction of a law enforcement officer back in October 2008.
After spending the night in jail following his arrest, McGee appeared in state court to face the charges. Although McGee was indigent, he signed a form that waived his rights to an attorney and entered a guilty plea.
McGee was sentenced to 12 months on each count to run consecutively and was ordered to pay a fine of $270 and a monthly probation supervision fee of $30 per month plus a $9 monthly fee for the state’s Crime Victims Compensation Program.
Although McGee completed 41 hours of community service in lieu of the $270 fine, because he was indigent, his probation was revoked because he couldn’t pay the $186 in fees that he owed Sentinel.
As a result, McGee was thrown into jail.
“When I found out about this case, I went out to the Phinizy Road Jail and saw Mr. McGee,” Long told the Metro Spirit. “It took me about 15 seconds to understand what was going on. This man is schizophrenic and bipolar. He is not a danger to anyone. And this case is just a very good example of why you don’t need a private company making any decisions for somebody to be in jail.”
McGee was scheduled to served two months behind bars, but Superior Court Judge Michael Annis agreed with Long that McGee’s jail sentence was unlawful.
“This court cannot find any evidence sufficient to show that (McGee), either at sentencing or at the probation revocation hearing, ever knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel,” Annis wrote in his 2010 order.
Annis also wrote that it is “impossible to expect” an individual such as McGee would have the ability to pay the $186 to Sentinel. McGee’s only income was a monthly disability check totaling about $240, Long said.
So began Long’s quest to prove that private probation is unconstitutional in Georgia due to the fact that companies such as Sentinel are using warrants and the jail system as a means of collecting fees.
According to Long, that problem is compounded when private probation companies like Sentinel pay their employees with a bonus system that gives them an economic incentive to issue more warrants in order to ensure the fees are collected.
“You don’t pay police officers a percentage of each ticket they write,” Long said, sitting in his office on Greene Street. “Police officers are there to protect and serve. They give out tickets if we are speeding or violating a traffic law. And the object of the ticket is to make us slow down, so we don’t kill people.”
The same is true for judges handing down verdicts, Long said.
“Judges aren’t there to raise revenue,” he said. “They are there to dispense some sort of justice and hopefully make people abide by the rules of society. Nobody in the judicial system, whether we are talking about a FBI agent or a sheriff’s deputy, gets a profit based upon the number of arrests that they make. Profit has nothing to do with what they are doing.
“That used to be the case for probation back when Richmond County had their own probation office. It worked really well, but that all changed in 2000.”
Georgia passed a law in 2000 transferring state probation services to the counties and opening the door for local courts to contract with private companies for misdemeanor probation services.
Not long after the new law was passed, Bobby Whitworth, the former head of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, was imprisoned on public corruption charges for taking payments to help get the legislation passed.
Despite the fact that Whitworth went to prison on charges he took a $75,000 bribe from another private probation company called Detention Management Services (which was later acquired by Sentinel), the practice of privatizing probation services quickly spread across the state of Georgia.
The difference between state probation officers and private probation employees like those working for Sentinel is night and day, Long said.
“State probation officers who work for the Georgia Department of Corrections, these people don’t get a bonus based on selling services,” Long said. “First of all, these are professionals. We call these private people working for Sentinel ‘probation officers.’ Well, when we do that we do a real disservice to the real professionals who work for the state Department of Corrections.”
State probation officers work extremely hard to reform those people on probation and even suggest to judges that an individual’s probation sentence be shortened if they are “turning over a new leaf,” Long said.
“Let’s say, Mr. Jones is on probation,” Long said. “Well, their job is to get Mr. Jones a job, make sure he doesn’t violate any other laws and try to turn him into a productive member of society.
“State probation officers are not trying to extend people’s probation for fees. They are trying to do the proper thing. These people who are working for Sentinel are not really trained probation officers. They are bill collectors.”
Founded in 1992, Sentinel Offender Services has grown into a powerful player in criminal justice systems around the country. Based in Irvine, California, the company has assets of nearly $32 million, and brought in nearly $5.6 million in revenues in 2012, according to disclosures filed in a separate, federal lawsuit. In Georgia, the bulk of their business comes from collecting fines and fees for private probation and monitoring. Elsewhere, their contracts with municipalities to provide electronic monitoring bring in millions.
After reviewing the 13 lawsuits filed in both Richmond and Columbia counties, Superior Court Judge Daniel Craig ruled last week that Sentinel must repay probation and electronic monitoring fees illegally collected from the plaintiffs. Craig also ruled that certain plaintiffs meet the definition of a class, possibly setting the stage for future class-action suits against the company.
While refraining from ruling that private probation in Georgia is unconstitutional, Craig’s ruling against Sentinel marks a significant turn in a long-running legal battle against the private probation company.
According to the written ruling issued September 16, Craig stated that the courts cannot “lawfully extend the length of a misdemeanor sentence, supervised by private probation service, beyond its original term.” In addition, Sentinel cannot collect probation fees after the original term of probation sentence has expired.
The judge also ruled that it is unlawful to use electronic monitoring on people convicted of misdemeanors and, therefore, Sentinel will also have to refund those fees it charged defendants.
In addition, the judge stated the private probation company’s practices in Richmond County were denying people their rights of due process.
“Without exception, the effect of the practice is long-delayed arrest and incarceration of the probationer. In some cases, the arrests are made in other counties or states and the probationer must await transport to Richmond County,” Craig wrote in his September 16 ruling. “The practice offends basic notions of due process by depriving the probationer the opportunity to defend the alleged violations of probation in a timely manner when evidence may be more readily available, and subjecting the probationer to detention many years after the original sentence has expired.”
Literally, thousands and thousands of people on probation, or those who were formerly on probation, will benefit from Craig’s ruling.
While Long was pleased with Craig’s decision, he wishes the judge went further and ruled private probation was unconstitutional in Georgia.
“It is a great ruling, but it could have been greater,” Long said. “The fact that you cannot extend probation and you cannot have electronic monitoring, that’s great. Because electronic monitors are Sentinel’s big profit center.”
Sentinel can still make money off the $35 a month that it charges each individual for probation services, but taking away the use of electronic monitoring in misdemeanor cases is a huge financial blow to the private company, Long said.
“The electronic monitoring is where you really line your pockets with money,” Long said. “And, of course, Judge Craig did say private probation was unconstitutional as applied here by issuing these warrants and letting them sit out there for eight years and then have people arrested. He was basically saying you are violating the due process clause and the way we are applying this statute. So, we are applying this statute in an unconstitutional manner.
“But I wish he would have gone further and said you can’t have (private probation) at all. However, I don’t think that battle is over with here.”
The lawsuits in Augusta threaten to upend the business practices of Sentinel, which is one of Georgia’s leading private probation providers, serving about 78 courts in the state. The lawsuits are also the latest indication of growing problems at a company that has been a major player in the expanding business of for-profit criminal justice supervision around the country.
However, while the lawsuits in Richmond and Columbia counties have attracted significant attention, it is not the only place where Sentinel’s practices have been challenged in court.
Richard Anderson brought a federal lawsuit against the company after his arrest in Glynn County, Georgia, in 2011. Anderson alleged he was falsely imprisoned after his arrest for violating his probation, nearly a year after his probation term had run up and after the warrant requested by Sentinel had expired.
As with the cases in Richmond County, one of the main issues is whether Sentinel can request, and the courts can have the authority, to “toll,” or extend, probation sentences beyond their original term.
Before the federal court, Sentinel argued its tolling of Anderson’s term was legal under Georgia law.
Yet in Richmond County, Judge Craig did not agree, ruling that neither private probation companies nor the court have authority to extend those sentences under Georgia statute.
While the ruling in Richmond was in a different jurisdiction and has no legal impact on the federal case, Craig’s strongly worded order could have ripple effects.
As a result, it appears Sentinel is not taking Craig’s ruling lying down.
Just this week, attorneys for Sentinel filed a motion to suspend Craig’s order pending an appeal. Sentinel is arguing that without the ability to extend sentences, the company would have little authority to carry out its court-ordered duties. Therefore, probationers like Anderson could simply fail to comply with their terms of probation, and fail to pay their court ordered fines, without consequence.
“The administration of justice in Augusta will be devastated if these injunctions are not stayed,” the September 23 motion filed by Sentinel’s attorneys states. “Unless supersedeas is immediately granted in these cases pending appeal, the citizens of Augusta, the State Court of Richmond County and Sentinel face irreparable harm. Effectively left without a probation system, the State Court of Richmond County will be unable to administer justice to misdemeanant criminals.”
If Craig’s ruling is enforced, the motion argues that the State Court will be left with only two options: Either sentence existing and future people charged with misdemeanors to jail or release all those charged with misdemeanors without any supervision.
Sentinel’s motion also states that the State Court, victims of crime and other critical government entities will “lose significant revenue from court-ordered fines and restitution” if Craig’s order is not suspended pending an appeal.
For example, in 2012, the motion states that Sentinel collected and remitted more than $1.1 million in fines, almost $776,500 in court costs, $77,846 in restitution payment and $365,452 in payments to the Georgia Crime Emergency Fund, along with various payment to other government entities.
“If the injunctions are not stayed pending Sentinel’s appeal, these organizations will lose a significant portion of these funds with no ability to recover them,” the motion states.
Sentinel’s attorneys also appear to be extremely confident that Craig’s ruling will be overturned in an appeal.
“Sentinel is likely to succeed on the merits of its appeal because Georgia courts are authorized to order electronic monitoring and toll misdemeanor sentences,” the motion states.
While Sentinel may seem confident in their motion that Craig’s ruling won’t stand, lobbying efforts indicate private probation companies, including Sentinel, may have seen this this ruling coming.
Last year, three state representatives introduced legislation that would explicitly allow probation companies to “toll” sentences. The bill, HB 582, is currently pending before the Judiciary Non-Civil Committee in the state House of Representatives.
Mark Contestibile, Sentinel’s chief business development officer, testified during his deposition that the company had lobbied for the bill last year to seek “consistency throughout court operations across the state.”
“Each court tolls according to its own interpretation and logic,” he testified. “Some may use a date of the last report date. Some may use the date of the signature from the judge. Those inconsistencies is what we were looking to clean up.”
While Sentinel continues to fight the litigation in Richmond and Columbia counties, its troubles have spread across the country.
Sentinel is currently embroiled in a suit with its insurance company, Allied World. The federal suit filed in June asserts that the company is not responsible for covering Sentinel’s legal fees. Allied World is also seeking reimbursement for more than $200,000, plus interest, in defense costs related to the Augusta lawsuits.
Recent developments in Orange County, California, suggest more troubling issues. In late August, the Orange County Probation Department terminated its contract with Sentinel after a series of internal audits showed it had failed to monitor probationers.
According to officials at the Orange County Probation Department, a review of 143 cases revealed more than 15 examples of “gross negligence” by the company.
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The Probation Department began auditing Sentinel’s operations less than two months before the company’s contract was set to expire. Between May 22 and June 4, according to the memos, the audit found that 14 probationers had gone untracked, one for up to 27 days.
Sentinel, responsible for tracking probationers sentenced to electronic monitoring, had also failed to report individuals who had violated the terms of their sentence. Among a litany of problems, the investigation showed that one individual banned from drinking alcohol failed alcohol tests 81 times. But Sentinel did not notify the Probation Department.
Sentinel’s CEO, Robert Contestabile, responded in a letter dated June 27 that the company would perform an “extensive audit” of its case files, re-train its staff and review and discipline its staff, among other measures. “Employees associated with some of these cases have been disciplined, including up to termination,” Robert Contestabile wrote.
Sentinel was fined $43,200.
Chief Probation Officer for Orange County Steven J. Sentman wrote in the memo that the “Department has no confidence or assurance in Sentinel’s ability to provide accurate, reliable, and consistent services to this alternative confinement population.”
The contract was a major loss for Sentinel.
But Sentinel’s battle with Allied World also opened up a window into the amount of profits the company experiences each year, Long said.
“So far, the lawyers defending these cases have charged over $500,000. And we have still not had the first trial. Why? Because the profits are so huge,” Long said, adding that those numbers were revealed in the complaint filed by Allied World Assurance against Sentinel. “In June of 2012, they grossed over $5.5 million and netted over $1.8 million, for a net profit of 32 percent. And it seems that over half of their operations are in Georgia. They will do anything to keep this stream of income up.”
Long said he simply wants the Augusta Commission, which recently renewed the county’s contract with Sentinel, and judges in the State Court of Richmond County to demand a review of the financial records of this private probation company.
“I don’t know why our leaders don’t require a disclosure of what judges are imposing electronic monitoring, the number of folks locked up at our expense while they get family members to pay the start up fees, and the amount of money made from this racket,” Long said.
But Long insists that this fight is far from over.
“The purpose of all of this is to stop what I think is an abusive system,” Long said, adding that, not only does he want to see Sentinel gone from Richmond and Columbia counties, but he hopes that the company will leave the entire state of Georgia. “Judge Craig’s order stops some of the abuse, but this will continue as long as we see abuses in the system. I promise.
“And I don’t know where this will ultimately end, but this is a damn good start.”


When NPR launched its wine club this fall, I started getting messages from people who knew I’d have an opinion. The club is an almost irresistible nexus between my professional life as a public media journalist and news consultant and my avocation as a wine blogger and all-around wine nerd.
But it wasn’t until I got sucked into a conversation about it on the Public Media Millennials Facebook page that I thought about doing a tasting. (Special thanks to the Millennials for allowing a GenX interloper to join them now and then.)
But first things first. Not everyone loves the idea of an NPR Wine Club.
Someone in the Facebook discussion couldn’t decide whether it was funny or lame. More than one person thought it seemed elitist. They’re not the only ones concerned.
“For those stations who serve audiences in rural areas, we already have to overcome the notion that public radio is largely for the ‘wine and cheese set,’” said Morgan Holm, senior VP and chief content officer at Oregon Public Broadcasting. “Starting a wine club reinforces that notion.”
Holm has nothing against wine; he has a sizable cellar of his own. But he fears the wine club “positions NPR as a lifestyle brand at a time when we are trying to build our credibility and reputation nationally and locally as journalistic organizations.”
“We need to be asking ourselves why we want audiences to be drawn to us,” he said. “Is it because of our wine club or because of our courageous and reliable journalism?”
“We are not now nor do we have any plans to be a ‘lifestyle brand,’” said NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara.
Lara said the elitist concern is based on “old assumptions.”
Florida-based wine educator Jean K. Reilly agrees.
“Americans drink wine regularly,” said Reilly, one of only 45 U.S. residents to hold the title Master of Wine. “Pointing at anything to do with wine and calling it elitist is extremely dated.”
The NPR Wine Club’s “welcome offer” includes fifteen bottles of wine for $79.99. That’s $5.33 a bottle — hardly elitist territory, Reilly argued.
Philosophical arguments aside, a big question remains: How’s the wine?
NPR’s partner in this venture is Laithewaites Wine, an established wine delivery service headquartered in the U.K. with operations worldwide.
“Laithewaites knows what they’re doing,” Reilly said. “They have very impressive people picking out their private labels.”
Hard-core oenophiles often eschew wine clubs like this, preferring to choose their own wines from known producers.
Given that context, Reilly’s prediction about the NPR Wine Club is much more optimistic than it sounds.
“These will not be disaster wines,” she said. “I think most people would be happy with what they get.”
I wanted to put a few NPR club wines to the test, so I formed a small tasting panel with two other public media wine lovers:
- 20-year pubmedia veteran Jason Lopez, who now hosts Central Coast AVA, a wine podcast he produces at KCBX in San Luis Obispo, Calif.;
- and Wisconsin Public Radio news director Noah Ovshinsky, who says his mission is “to find and drink the best the world has to offer, as long as it costs less than $25.”
We decided the three NPR-themed “bonus wines” included in the welcome offer should be representative of the club’s offerings. NPR supplied us each with sample bottles, and we got together on a Google Hangout one afternoon for a virtual tasting. While none of the wines blew us away, we were pleasantly surprised by some of the offerings.
‘Weekend Edition’ Cabernet Sauvignon
We agreed this 2016 California cabernet was the best of the bunch. On our four-tier ranking system (Outstanding, Good, Average, and Below Average), we each gave it a solid “good.”
This wine has what most California cab lovers want — a smooth, rich texture with lots of dark fruits, but with enough tannin (the element that dries your mouth) and acid (the element that makes you salivate) to keep it from becoming cloying.
“I really like this wine,” said Lopez, saying he was intrigued by its aroma of marshmallow. “I love that interplay — the hint of sweetness, but [then] it’s not really sweet. I like that complexity in a wine.”
“It’s a dependable cab,” Ovshinksy said. “You’ll be happy as long as you’re not looking to be surprised.”
We were more divided on the 2016 California merlot. One thing we did agree on — it’s atypical.
“The things that you strongly associate with merlot, I’m really not getting,” Ovshinsky said. He mentioned the lack of chocolate and cherry flavors and aromas that are common to many domestic merlots.
The wine is extremely light-bodied — also unusual for this grape. Lopez said he easily could have believed it was a pinot noir.
Ovshinsky called the wine “anemic” and said he was hoping for “a little more character, a little more age, a few more notes than I’m getting.”
Still, he and Lopez said it would be good for a barbeque, and while I agreed with them on the wine’s lack of typicity, I appreciated its light body and interesting green pepper notes.
The words “drinkable,” “enjoyable,” and “inoffensive” came up several times in our discussion, so it stands to reason that we all put the wine in the average-to-above-average range.
‘All Grapes Considered’ Malbec
I was disappointed that a wine named “All Grapes Considered” wasn’t a blend of several grapes.
But even putting that aside, I was the toughest grader on this 2017 malbec from Argentina. There just wasn’t much to it beyond a slight hint of — believe it or not — strawberry SweeTarts.
My co-tasters were more generous.
“It’s not complex,” said Lopez, “but it’s gonna be great with a burger.”
Ovshinsky agreed, adding steak and ribs to the list of possible pairings. He did share my disappointment in its lack of complexity, especially since malbec is a grape that can offer a lot of bang for the buck.
“At the price point we’re talking about,” he said, “this would’ve been an opportunity to take it up one or two levels higher.”
I rated the wine below average; Lopez and Ovshinsky hovered somewhere between below average and average.
Overall, Jean K. Reilly’s prediction was correct. There were no “disaster wines” in the lineup, and two of the three were surprisingly pleasing.
As our tasting was winding down, Lopez drew this very public radio analogy: “A lot of people [who] get into classical music start with Baroque because it’s just so easy to listen to. But there’s a certain point where you want a little dissonance, where you want something interesting. And I think the same thing happens with wine.”
At first, he pointed out, people tend to like smooth wines like the NPR-themed selections we sampled. As their tastes evolve, more complex wines that once might have seemed objectionable — or dissonant — become interesting and desirable.
I do wish at least one of the three NPR wines had been a little dissonant, a little challenging to the palate in the same way NPR’s news coverage and discussion programs are challenging to the intellect. Perhaps that will come with time.
Judith Smelser is the founder of Smelser Editing & Consulting, which provides consulting, training and independent story editing for public media newsrooms around the country. She also writes Scribbles and Scruples, a blog about issues in public media and the craft of journalism, and the Orlando Wine Blog. Smelser is a former managing editor at Colorado Public Radio and former news director at WMFE in Orlando, Fla.


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Stocks posted a modest gain Friday but ended flat for the week as the troubled auto makers teeter between bailout and bankruptcy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64.59, or 0.8 percent, to close at 8629.68, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.7 percent. The Nasdaq jumped 2.2 percent as investors bet that the big piles of cash tech firms are sitting on will help them survive the slowdown.
"The expectation is that tech will be one of the first, not the last of the sectors to rebound," Michael James, senior trader at regional investment bank Wedbush Morgan, told Reuters.
For the week, the Dow ended down less than one-tenth of a percent, while the S&P gained 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq gained 2.1 percent.
The S&P is down about 40 percent for the year, but has pulled itself up by almost 19 percent after hitting an 11-year intraday low in November.
Friday's trading action was topsy-turvy: Stocks had opened lower, dragged down by the Senate's rejection of the $14 billion auto bailout and news of a $50 billion fraud scheme on Wall Street. Stocks pared their losses after the Treasury said it was willing to jump in to help prop up auto makersuntil Congress reconvenes and President Bush said he would consider using TARP funds to help bail out auto makers. Though, the market lost some ground after UAW President Ron Gettelfinger blamed the Senate GOP for the collapse of the deal.
The GOP wanted the UAW to bring U.S. auto-worker wages in-line with their overseas counterparts but the UAW has been resistant to make concessions on wages. Gettelfinger said comparing salaries of U.S. and overseas auto workers is like comparing apples and oranges, and called on the Treasury and Federal Reserve to help prevent the imminent collapse of auto makers.
General Motors shares were the biggest drag on the Dow, falling 4.4 percent after the company hired some of the biggest names in restructuring as it mulls a possible bankruptcy filing.
Ford shares rose 4.8 percent.
Asian stocks plummeted after the Senate rejected the bailout last night, with Japan's Nikkei index closing down more than 5.5 percent. European markets finished down more than 2 percent.
As if the auto drama wasn't enough, news that a top Wall Street broker has been accused of a $50 billion fraud schemesent a ripple of shock through the market.
Bernard Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market and a fixture in Wall Street trading for 50 years, was arrested and charged with running the fraudulent investment program, which he confessed to his sons, before they turned him in, was a "giant Ponzi scheme."
At $50 billion, some analysts point out that this is a bigger scandal than either Enron or Tyco and threatens the long-term confidence of investors.
Caterpillar slipped after Goldman Sachs slapped the construction-equipment maker's stock with a "sell" rating.
Boeing fell 2.7 percentafter the aerospace giant delayed its 787 Dreamliner for the fourth time.
Intel was the biggest gainer on the Dow, climbing 5.3 percent, as investors scooped up big-name techs.
UTX rose 3.7 percent after the manufacturer offered a reassuring outlook.
Financials shrugged off more bad bank news, which came from both sides of the Atlantic.
The negative headlines started Thursday when JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC that the banking giant has had a "terrible" November and December, sending its stock down 10 percent and prompting a selloff in financial shares. The stock rose 3.3 percent on Friday.
Also on Thursday, Bank of America said it plans to cut 35,000 jobsover three years after it completes its purchase of Merrill Lynch. Bank of America shares ticked higher.
In Europe, UK bank HBOS, which is being taken over by Lloyds TSB, said bad debts and other charges jumped to 8 billion pounds ($11.9 billion) this year as corporate and home loans soured.
Italian bank UniCredit, the country's second-largest, moved to bolster a key capital ratio by selling shares and amending a put/call accord on unit Bank Pekao shares.
In economic news, the University of Michigan and Reuters reported their gauge of consumer sentiment jumped to 59.1in a mid-December reading from 59.1 in November, helped by the drop in gasoline prices and the aggressive discounts by retailers for the holidays. Economists had expected the gauge to fall further.
Reflecting recent declines in sales, businesses cut their inventories by the biggest amount in five years in October.
Earlier, reports showed that producer prices fell 2.2 percent in November, the fourth straight month of decline amid a sharp drop in energy costs, and retail sales fell 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted $355.66 billion last month. Gasoline-station sales fell by a record 14.7 percent. Both PPI and retail sales came in roughly in-line with estimates and had little impact on the market.
For the week, energy stocks led the charge, up nearly 9 percent, as beaten-down oil prices gained 13 percent, finishing the week at $46.28 a barrel. Chesapeake Energy was the sector's biggest gainer, up 47 percent for the week, and Chevron had the most positive impact on the Dow, up 6 percent.
Financials were the biggest decliner this week, down 6 percent. XL Capital gave up the most, falling 56 percent.
On tap for next week, the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting starts Monday, the consumer-price index comes in on Tuesday, along with Housing starts and earnings from Goldman Sachs . Wednesday, it's Morgan Stanley's turn and Thursday brings a triple-tech earnings play: Oracle , Palm and RIMM . Friday is quadruple witching.

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In Lebanon, Syrian refugee children between the ages 6 and 10 are working 10-hour-long days, six days a week, selling goods on the street to make money for their families, according to the International Rescue Committee.
The IRC surveyed 173 Syrian refugee children in Beirut and Tripoli, Lebanon’s largest cities, and found that two-thirds of refugee children from Syria work on the streets.
A quarter of those children said they worked between between 11 and 15 hours per day.
That’s one in four Syrian refugee children in Lebanon who works longer hours than the average adult in the United States.
The IRC found that for children whose parents are out of work, or have trouble finding work, it’s common for children to work through day and night on the streets selling anything from CDs to flowers, tissues, and gum.
In addition to the quarter of children who work brutal hours on the streets, 63% of those questioned said they had experienced violence.
Children reported physical violence, verbal abuse and some instances of sexual harassment, according to IRC, none of which is acceptable for vulnerable children to experience.
“I would be scared, and worried about him, until he'd get home. Often his CDs would be stolen, he could have problems with other kids and get beaten up,” said the father of one of the children in the survey.
The majority of Syrian refugee children settled in Lebanon between 2012 and 2014, which highlights another alarming area of neglect for children: many of these children have been out of school for more than two years.
Life for refugee families became harder when Lebanon increased restrictions on residency for Syrian refugees. The government added a $200 fee to renew a permit for residency, and now 80 % of Syrian refugee families lack permits for at least one or more members of the families. This has grossly expanded the number of children working, often in exploitative and dangerous situations.
“Children working on the street is the most visible sign of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon. Street work is extremely hard for children, involves punishingly long hours, and robs them of the chance to enjoy a normal childhood,” said Sarah Sannouh, IRC’s Street and Working Children Program Manager in Lebanon.
Sannouh and the IRC run programs for working children in Lebanon, providing a small dose of normal childhood activities along with emotional support. Children in the programs are also taught to recognize predatory behavior from adults in hopes that this will lead to less violence inflicted on children in the streets.
The IRC has also helped 150 children, of the 1,500 working on the streets, to get back in school.
Most of the violence children experience occurred from by-passers on the street, so getting children back into school remains a top and urgent priority in Lebanon.

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Handling PnP Events and PM Events in a Protocol Driver (NDIS 5.1)
Note NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.
When the operating system issues a Plug and Play IRP or a Power Management IRP to a target device object that represents a NIC, NDIS intercepts the IRP. NDIS indicates the event to each bound protocol and each bound intermediate driver by calling the driver's ProtocolPnPEventfunction. In the call to ProtocolPnPEvent, NDIS passes a pointer to a NET_PNP_EVENT structure that describes the Plug and Play event or Power Management event being indicated. For more information about the NET_PNP_EVENT structure, see NET_PNP_EVENT for Protocol Drivers.
The following list contains Plug and Play and Power Management events, as indicated by the NetEventcode in the NET_PNP_EVENT structure:
Indicates a Set Power request, which specifies that the NIC transition to a particular power state. A Power-Management-aware protocol driver should always succeed this event by returning NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS. A legacy protocol driver can return NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED to indicate that NDIS should unbind it from the NIC.
Indicates a Query Power request, which queries whether the NIC can make a transition to a particular power state. A protocol driver should always succeed a NetEventQueryPower. After establishing an active connection, a protocol driver can call PoRegisterSystemState to register a continuous busy state. As long as the state registration is in effect, the power manager does not attempt to put the system to sleep. After the connection becomes inactive, the protocol driver cancels the state registration by calling PoUnregisterSystemState. A protocol driver should never try to prevent the system from transitioning to the sleeping state by failing a NetEventQueryRemoveDevice. Note that a NetEventQueryPower is always followed by a NetEventSetPower. A NetEventSetPower that sets the device's current power state in effect cancels the NetEventQueryPower.
Indicates a Query Remove Device request, which queries whether the NIC can be removed without disrupting operations. If a protocol driver cannot release a device (for example, because the device is in use) it must fail a NetEventQueryRemoveDevice by returning NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE.
Indicates a Cancel Remove Device request, which cancels the removal of an underlying NIC. The protocol driver should always succeed this event by returning NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS.
Indicates that the configuration has changed for a network component. For example, if a user changes the IP address for TCP/IP, NDIS indicates this event to the TCP/IP protocol with the NetEventReconfigure code. The protocol driver can, in rare circumstances, return a failure code if it is not able to apply the indicated configuration changes and there are no available default values. A failed attempt to allocate memory is an example of a case in which the protocol returns a failure code. Returning an error code can result in prompting the user to reboot the system.
A protocol should validate NetEventReconfigure-related data passed to its ProtocolPnPEvent function. For more information about such data, see NET_PNP_EVENT for Protocol Drivers.
Indicates to a protocol driver that its bind list processing order has been reconfigured. This list indicates a relative order to be applied to the protocol's bindings when processing, for example, a user request that might be routed to one of several bindings. The buffer passed with this event contains a list of device names formatted as NULL-terminated Unicode strings. The format of each device name is identical to the DeviceName parameter passed to a call to ProtocolBindAdapter.
A protocol should validate NetEventBindList -related data passed to its ProtocolPnPEvent function. For more information about such data, see NET_PNP_EVENT for Protocol Drivers.
A protocol should validate NetEventBindList-related data passed to its ProtocolPnPEvent function. For more information about such data, see NET_PNP_EVENT for Protocol Drivers.
Indicates that a protocol driver has bound to all the NICs to which it can bind. NDIS will not indicate any more bindings to the protocol driver unless, for example, a Plug and Play NIC is plugged into the system.
Indicates whether the wake-up capabilities of the NIC on the specified binding have changed. (The ProtocolBindingContext parameter that NDIS passes to ProtocolPnPEvent specifies the binding )
The Buffermember of the NET_PNP_EVENT structure points to a buffer that contains information specific to the event being indicated.
A protocol driver can complete the call to ProtocolPnPEventasynchronously with NdisCompletePnPEvent.


The Comeback Kid
It is becoming a habit. Another United win, another second half performance. This time, United won at Bournemouth, but it took a second half comeback and a late Marcus Rashford goal to secure the points. This week’s pod looks back on the action at the Vitality Stadium, where there was another game of two halves. There are plenty of listener questions and a preview of fixtures with Juventus in Turin and City at the Etihad.
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Increased merger activity in the superannuation sector will see most of Australia's retirement savings managed by just 12 funds, new research shows.
KPMG's annual Super Insights report analysed APRA and ATO data and found that once the mergers that have been previously announced are finalised, 77% of member accounts will be managed by 12 funds all with assets under management of over $50 billion.
KPMG defined mega funds as those with more than $100 billion in AUM and sub-mega funds as those with over $50 billion.
Sunsuper and QSuper will merge later this year with the two funds becoming a $200 billion entity, while AustralianSuper already has $210 billion under management.
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Aware Super has already reached mega fund status with $116 billion in AUM and recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF), which would add a further $855 million.
Cbus and Media Super also announced they are working on a merger plan to become a $60 billion fund while Maritime Super and Hostplus announced an asset pooling partnership that will create a $61 billion trust.
"The stand-out issue in the industry is consolidation. We see an increase in ongoing merger activity - which kept up during COVID but will now accelerate, mostly in the industry funds sector," KPMG national sector leader, asset & wealth management Linda Elkins said.
"Over the next few years, we will see an increase in scale of the 'mega' funds and a widening gap between the 'sub-mega' funds and those lower down."
As at 30 June 2020, industry funds accounted for 29.6% of the industry. KPMG predicts that by 30 June 2021 they will have overtaken SMSFs and, by 2025, represent 36% of the market.
In 2019/20, the number of APRA-regulated funds dropped from 171 to 154.
In addition, KPMG believes the ongoing impact of APRA's heatmap will continue to drive mergers while the Your Future, Your Super measures will drive flows to mega funds because of their brand awareness.
However, KPMG noted the key issues for mergers this year is maturing regulatory and government settings, business model sustainability, separation and integration, globalisation and rising member expectations.


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The World Cup leader Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein protected her lead from the first run Sunday to gain her first giant slalom win ever, her second victory of the season and the third of her fast-improving career.
“Today was a very great day for me, it was always my dream to be good in G.S.,” Weirather said in Val d’Isère, France. “I took quite a long time to get there. It feels awesome to have my first win.”
Weirather leads over all with 595 points, ahead of Lara Gut (568), who finished second, and Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany (535).
“It’s cool to have the chance to fight for it,” Weirather said. “It’s the first time I’ve been so consistent. But it’s only December, so I’m not thinking about that. It’s just that I’ve been healthy for some years now, and I could improve a little bit every summer. I feel very strong and feel ready for more than just downhill, but also super-G and G.S.”
Julia Mancuso of the United States did not finish the second run. Weirather was 0.75 seconds ahead of Gut, who was third after the first run, and 0.95 ahead of Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden, who had been second. The Italian Federica Brignone was fourth.
LIGETY THIRD IN GIANT SLALOM The two-time defending overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the giant slalom on the Gran Risa course in Alta Badia, Italy, with two solid runs and attributed his victory to a fixed screw in his equipment setup.
The favorite, Ted Ligety of the United States, finished third at the site of one of his most memorable victories and suddenly no longer looks dominant ahead of the Sochi Olympics, which are less than 50 days away.
Hirscher, an Austrian, clocked a two-run combined time of 2 minutes 37.45 seconds for his second consecutive giant slalom win after a victory in Val d’Isère, France, last weekend.
Ligety, who won by a huge margin last year, was 0.41 back.
“I’m happy with third,” Ligety said. “I don’t feel like I skied my best, but that’s not easy to do every time.”
Having won the opening two giant slalom races of the season, Ligety failed to complete two events in Val d’Isère last weekend, then also skied out in Friday’s super-G in Val Gardena, Italy.
“I’ve had a tough European trip, and it’s nice to put in a decent result,” said Ligety, who will head home Tuesday for a brief break. “It’s not been an easy December for me.”
WHITE IN CONTENTION IN SLOPESTYLE Shaun White finished third at the United States Grand Prix in Copper Mountain, Colo., to put himself in strong position to earn a spot on the United States team for the Olympic debut of slopestyle.
White, who hurt his left ankle last week and skipped the halfpipe in Copper Mountain to focus on slopestyle, scored a 90.75 on his first run, which put him in second place.
A SKICROSS DOUBLE David Duncan of Canada completed a skicross double in San Candido, Italy, to move to the top of the overall freestyle World Cup standings, and Katrin Müller claimed her second win in three races in the women’s event.
Duncan, who won his first career World Cup race Saturday, beat Andreas Matt, Daniel Bohnacker and his fellow Canadian Brady Leman.
Müller, of Switzerland, edged Marielle Thompson of Canada, who took over the lead in the standings with her second-place finish.
NORWAY WINS SPRINT Norway beat Kazakhstan in a photo finish in Asiago, Italy, to win the first cross-country skiing World Cup team sprint of the season.
Eldar Roenning and Ola Vigen Hattestad edged Nikolay Chebotko and Alexey Poltoranin by 0.02 seconds. Another Norwegian team, Oeystein Pettersen and Eirik Brandsdal, was third.
FRENCHMAN TAKES NORDIC COMBINED Jason Lamy Chappuis of France pulled away in the home straight to win a Nordic combined World Cup event in Schonach, Germany.
The ski jumping part had to be canceled because of strong wind and heavy rain. World Cup officials used the results of a provisional jump on Friday to determine the starting order of the 10-kilometer cross-country race.
JAPANESE TEENAGER WINS AGAIN Sara Takanashi, 17, of Japan made it three wins from three World Cup ski jump events this season when she won in Hinterzarten, Germany.
It was her 12th career victory — won with a total of 239.9 points for her second victory of the weekend.
Takanashi, who is among the favorites for an Olympic gold medal in Sochi, Russia, in February, said that her most dangerous rival had been the elements. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)


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Scientists investigate Bunbury dolphin deaths
A new report shows a link between the deaths of dolphins in Bunbury and the Swan River.
The Murdoch University study found six out of the 16 dolphins which consistently used the Leschenault Estuary, and the Collie and Brunwick Rivers in the last two years, are dead and two are presumed to have died.
Four dolphins showed signs of a bacterial infection.
Researchers say the dolphins could be suffering from a similar infection to that which affected the dolphin population in the Swan River this year.
Six dolphins were found dead in the Swan River.


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HELENA -- For some Carroll College basketball players, it's just a short trip to Washington, or a little bit farther to California, to head home during the offseason. For Jovan Sljivancanin and Brad King, whose homes are on the other side of separate oceans, the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for them to go home over the summer.
“It was really weird because I've actually never been here during summer,” said Sljivancanin.
Sljivancanin is from Belgrade, Serbia, more than 5,500 miles away from Belgrade, Montana. Originally, Sljivancanin was slated to go home to visit friends and family, but, due to regulations regarding travel, he wouldn’t have made it back in time for the season to begin -- a situation that understandably left him feeling a bit upset, but Sljivancanin took it in stride.
“I thought I was going to still go home until last moment. And then once I heard that I wasn't able to go home, because it was too risky, then I was really, I was kind of sad -- not being able to see my family, friends, people back home for another year," said Sljivancanin. "But I was like, basketball is a priority and school here.”
Another international player on the team is King, a junior on the squad from Dromana, Australia, 8,600 miles away from Helena. King found himself in the same situation: unable to go home and visit family in the offseason, but, nonetheless, he found a bright side.
“I normally get a chance to go home over the summer, but COVID put that off and I wanted to be as committed as I could coming into this season,” said King. "I think I've worked it out to about 693 days since I was last on this floor to last Friday, which was pretty exciting, special, a special moment for me."
King went down with a leg injury during his sophomore year in 2018 and was a medical redshirt last year. He returned to game action for the first time in nearly two years when the Fighting Saints downed the Dickinson State Blue Hawks on Nov. 10. During the offseason, King and Sljivancanin took advantage of the time away from home during the summer to get better.
“It's tough being away from home, but the payoff is really big as well. So I think I'm in a good position for the upcoming season,” said King
“I was like pretty much living here in this in this gym. I mean, there's always some positive and negative things, so I took advantage of being able to be here all day,” said Sljivancanin.
It's obvious the two would like to return home, sooner rather than later, but for the time being it's basketball season.
The Fighting Saints will travel to Dickinson, N.D. to face the Blue Hawks on Nov. 27.


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The two companies have until August before they can start integrating the two corporations according to Bayer.
“We’re extremely proud of all we’ve accomplished as Monsanto, and are eager to continue to accelerate innovation in agriculture as we look forward to a future under Bayer,” Monsanto spokesperson Christi Dixon said.
But Dixon said Monsanto will continue as Monsanto for a while.
”There will be no branding changes at closing on Thursday," she said. "Monsanto will operate independently from Bayer for an interim period while Bayer completes the sale of some of its businesses to BASF. During this time, it will be business as usual for us, including our company name.”
Bayer Crop Science President Liam Condon was asked by reporters what brand name would go forward.
“We simply had a strong belief that the Bayer brand has very strong positive recognition,” said Condon.
The Justice Department approved the acquisition last week but with conditions, for instance, Bayer had to sell $9 billion in key assets to BASF. Bayer also had to sell its cotton, canola, soybean, and vegetable seed businesses and also its Liberty brand of herbicides along with its digital agriculture business and its Poncho/VOTiVO seed treatment franchise.
Bayer announced that it would be moving employees of its Crop Science division from Research Triangle Park, N.C., to St. Louis, where Monsanto has its headquarters. Condon said that process will probably take about a year. Idaho operations will continue in Soda Springs according to corporate officials.
But Condon said that “after we’re allowed to integrate, I would not expect any immediate short-term changes. We can afford to go a bit slower here as long as our customers don’t have a negative experience.”
The deal is valued at $63 billion, according to Bayer, based on the company’s offer to Monsanto of $128/share. “Bayer expects a positive contribution to core earnings per share starting in 2019,” the company said.
Condon also addressed criticism from farm groups that say the Bayer-Monsanto union and others recently approved – the DowDuPont merger and ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta – could result in less competition and higher input prices for farmers.
“DOJ went out of its way to make sure all competition issues were addressed,” Condon said, adding that he believes there will be strong competition from BASF and FMC Corp., both of which are picking up numerous new assets because of the deal. New players with new technologies are also emerging, Condon said,
“Competition will remain very, very vigorous, and pricing to the customer won’t suffer,” Condon said.


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Joanna Bator's novel Gorzko, gorzko (“Bitter, Bitter”), translated by Lisa Palmes, was published in Germany. The book was very well received by critics, with positive reviews appearing in prestigious dailies and weeklies, including the 'Süddeutsche Zeitung', 'Neue Zürcher Zeitung', and 'Die Zeit'.
Bitter, Bitter is a story about the desire for love and freedom that matures in the lives and dreams of four generations of women. Why did Berta commit the crime? When did Barbara learn to throw a knife so well? Why did Violetta open Pandora's jar and what was in it? Will Kalina manage to find out the truth? The story of Berta, Barbara, and Violetta is told by Kalina, who finds the missing pieces of the family story in Walbrzych, Unislaw Śląski, and Sokolowsk and stitches them together. While painstakingly reconstructing the memory of her traumatised family, she simultaneously faces her own love loss.
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Most people, despite their level of interest or knowledge of American politics, are aware that our government spends a ridiculous amount of money – over 2 trillion dollars.
Undoubtedly a lot of this excessive spending comes from special interest projects being tacked onto bills passed by Congress (aka pork barrelling). Not only do these special interest projects lie outside the scope of the federal government, they're often attached to “popular” bills they have nothing to do with. The line of thought goes that since they're attached to “popular” bills, most representatives will not vote against it (since they are invertebrates).
However, I'm not so sure this is truly the case. It's becoming more apparent that the problem actually lies with the representatives not even reading what they're voting on. Huge bills get passed before there is even time to read them in their entirety. The so-called Patriot Act, for example, was introduced in the House October 23rd, 2001 and passed October 24th. The Senate passed the bill October 25th and it was signed into law October 26th. The bill was 131 pages long. Do you think that every member of Congress read it in the span of a day or two – and overwhelmingly approved of everything in it so as to pass it so quickly? (It passed 357 – 66 in the House, 98 - 1 in the Senate). I'm a bit skeptical.
There is a draft legislation that the organization Downsize DC is spreading the word about and trying to get a congressional sponsor for. The bill is pretty simple: each representative must sign a sworn affidavit that he has attentively either read or heard read the entire bill before voting on it. Additionally it would require the full text of the bill to be posted on the Internet at least 7 days before a vote, and public notice of the date when the vote will be held. It's called the Read the Bills Act (RTBA).
Honestly I think it's genius in its simplicity and its function. There is not any reason I can think of to oppose this bill, and any representatives who do will be essentially admitting they don't read the bills, thus strengthening the case for the RTBA. The benefits will be great. Bills will become more manageable and special interest items won't be secretly inserted at the last minute; government spending and largesse will decrease.
I'd encourage you to read more about RTBA at the above link; you can even register on their web site and use their electronic lobbying system to easily send a message to your representatives urging them to pass it.


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Nine out of ten hedge fund traders will start using artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023, according to a survey by Market Makers.
Analysis of the top 50 hedge funds showed that traders believe AI will help them achieve portfolio returns amid soaring interest rates.
“AI has the potential to fundamentally change the way investing works, and could solve a lot of the problems that have caused investors to lose money in the past,” said AI engineer, Matt Forbes.
Despite ethical concerns, hedge fund managers can benefit from using AI, as patterns and trends in their markets can be quickly identified and risk of human error can be reduced.
Market Makers’ survey found that AI is becoming increasingly commonplace at Jane Street, Barclays, HSBC, Apollo, and Bridgewater Associates.
“AI excels at one thing humans do poorly, that is pattern recognition. There would be no need to spend hours researching which currencies or stocks to trade. AI would decide everything for you, freeing up valuable time. It could also reduce any human biases in investing,” added Forbes.
In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI, which according to a press release by Market Makers could be ‘one of the shrewdest bets in tech history’.
Microsoft recently announced that access to OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, will be widened by adding the service to Azure cloud computing service.
“Even Google sees AI powered chatbots as a ‘code red’ for its search business,” said Mike Andrews, VP of Analytics at Market Makers.
As portfolios are set to surpass benchmark returns, hedge fund traders are off to a great start in 2023, with AI driving potential forward for even more success in the future.


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In the centre of Hanoi, within walking distance of the historical Old Quarter, is Hoàn Kiếm Lake, one of the city’s main scenic spots and a popular focal point for the locals who practise tai chi there at sunrise each morning.
It’s a photographer’s dream and the landmark Turtle Tower, built on an island in the middle of the lake, is beautifully illuminated at night – even though the lake was being dredged when I visited, resulting in some nimble footwork on my part to get the shots I wanted without getting ugly red and white tape or barges carrying excavators in my shots.
The lake and tower are steeped in folklore and legend and worth reading up about!
Taken from my hotel on two consecutive nights on a recent trip to Vietnam.
While the Bloom Saigon may not have been the best hotel in Vietnam’s largest city in terms of comfort and airconditioning (read pretty awful), the restaurant on the top floor had the most amazing views. Even in the rain. Of which there was a fair bit.
It’s a little grainy as I took the shot without a tripod in very low light conditions, but the lights of Seapoint are so amazing to see at sunset, it would be a shame not to share. Taken from the foothills of Signal Hill.
The sky resembled a mammoth bruise as night fell on my last evening in Casablanca. A city that is nothing like the 1940’s movie of the same name, Casa instead resembled many of the cities where old stands comfortably juxtaposed with new. Here the 5-star Hyatt Regency vies for the title of downtown landmark with the Clocktower at the busiest entrance of the old Medina. I know which I prefer 🙂
With the iconic Table Mountain as a backdrop, the V & A Waterfront is a tourist magnet for Cape Town.
It’s also the perfect place to try out night photography with my new camera and I must confess I am absolutely hooked – on night photography that is. The crowds at the V&A can be a little much in high season. Which in Cape Town is pretty much all year round 🙂
Mist started rolling in as I was photographing the Clocktower and the canal, adding a lovely magical touch to the twilight.
Photographing the Cape Wheel and all the surrounding lights in the harbour proved more of a challenge than I imagined. I’ll have to go back sometime to get it absolutely right.


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What was it like reuniting with director Zack Snyder to make Justice League after working with him to bring Wonder Woman to the big screen for the first time in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
“Well, Zack is a dear, dear friend, and I have a lot of love and respect for him. He was the first one to really believe in me and give me this huge opportunity. I had actually been thinking about quitting acting and, at the very last moment – right before I was about to throw in the towel – Zack cast me as Wonder Woman in BvS. And I will never forget it. I think he’s a fantastic director, and really enjoyed working with him on both projects.”
Gal Gadot shines as Wonder Woman in the latest Justice League movie
I think that Wonder Woman brings the heart
What are the stakes involved in Justice League? What motivates Diana to want to join forces with Bruce in assembling this team of Super Heroes?
“Diana realizes that the end of the world is coming, and she knows that the only way to protect it, is by doing what was done before – the last time the planet faced this type of threat – and that is to have everyone fight together as one. She understands that the only way to save the world is by recruiting this team of Super Heroes and getting them to fight together as one.”
‘Both of them understand that the stakes are really high’
What is the dynamic like between Wonder Woman and Batman, now that they’ve fought together in battle?
“Both of them understand that the stakes are really high, and both of them want to save the day. They have some disagreements along the way, but, eventually, they find a way to collaborate and work together in the best way possible.”
All five of these heroes have epic special abilities, but Wonder Woman stands alone in many ways. What do you think she brings to the League?
“I think that she brings the heart. She really cares for everyone in general, and definitely cares for each member of the League. In the beginning, she does worry that they’re recruiting people who have no real experience, and asking them to risk their lives in order to save the world – something that’s highly dangerous – which none of them has ever even attempted before.
“Diana, in a way, is the glue that holds the League together. She’s tries to find ways to help each of these people, at different times, to feel stronger, capable, loved, and ultimately to believe in themselves.”
When you were making the movie, do you recall any moments during production that were particularly fun or memorable for you?
“I think that the most memorable moment for me was the first time we all stepped onto the set in our costumes – I was laughing all the time because it was just so surreal [laughs]. We would be shooting these VERY intense scenes and I would get a glimpse of someone in their costume and just begin laughing.”
Did you have a favourite costume of the bunch?
“Oh, mine, for sure [laughs]! By far.”
Justice League arrives onto Digital Download March 12
‘We were all so invested in making this movie the absolute best it could be’
Is it true that you were actually expecting your second child at some point during the Justice League production?
“Yes. I got pregnant while we were shooting Justice League. It’s very intense to shoot a movie as it is, so then I was also experiencing morning sickness and migraines and stuff like that. But, honestly, the whole thing was great.”
You really are Wonder Woman. Speaking of which, did you have any sense when you were working with director Patty Jenkins on the Wonder Woman movie that it would become this amazing cultural phenomenon?
“I definitely felt that we were doing something special, and having the captain of the ship be Ms. Patty Jenkins made everything much more magical. The experience was very, very unique. Everyone was inclusive, which created this amazing atmosphere while we were shooting – because it wasn’t an easy project, physically. We were working six days a week, every week, for six months, and it was very demanding work.
‘I definitely felt that we were doing something special’
“We were all so invested in making this movie the absolute best it could be, and, when everyone cares so much for a project, and is so thoughtful about the characters and the story, I think it always shows. I never imagined that this film would reach the huge success that it reached. But, while we were shooting the movie, I definitely felt that we were doing something special, and after seeing one of the first cuts, I was just incredibly proud to be part of Wonder Woman.
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Journal title RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA
Author/s Ciro Garuti
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/3 Language Italian
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Aim of the Research: Evaluate the outcomes of psychotherapy in a Public Clinical Service. Methodology: The study initially involved 132 patients of the Clinical Psychology Service in Ferrara. These patients were evaluated, before starting psychotherapy, using a client self-reporting questionnaire, the CORE-OM (Clinical Outcome in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure). This tool was used to evaluate the outcomes of psychotherapy in the areas of Well-being, Problems, Functioning and Risk, and took into consideration the Total score with all the items and the Total score without Risk. The 45 patients who completed their psychotherapy were retested using again CORE-OM. Results: From the beginning to the end of the psychotherapeutic treatment, the main scores in all areas and the total results dropped significantly: 84,9% of the patients reported a significant clinical improvement and 57,6% recovery. Conclusion: Psychotherapy in a Public Clinical Psychology Service is effective. The research results are in line with those published in literature.
Keywords: CORE-OM, effectiveness, psychotherapy
Ciro Garuti, Ricerca preliminare sull’uso del CORE-OM nella Psicologia Clinica dell’AUSL di Ferrara in "RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA" 3/2017, pp 109-124, DOI: 10.3280/RSF2017-003008


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Determinating specific heat capacity, c
Transcript of Determinating specific heat capacity, c
The physics involved
How to gain the appropriate values
How to use these values to determine c This is the energy required per unit mass of a substance to raise it's temperature by 1K (or 1°C) What is specific heat capacity, c, of a substance? A set potential difference and current supply the heating element in an immersion heater Particles within the cylinder gain kinetic potential energy and hence the internal energy of the metal cylinder increases This heats an attached wire, which in turn heats the connected cylinder So what are the physics involved Determining the specific heat capacity of a metal cylinder- the electrical method The resistance within the heating element causes it to dissipate heat The equipment you will need to calculate specific heat capacity, c An immersion heater Thermometer Joulemeter Balance Timer Heat-proof mat Leads, crocodile clips 4mm plugs and sockets Metal cylinder(s) Iron Aluminum Copper Weigh each of the metal cylinders before placing them on a heat-proof mat and covering each with an insulating coat The electrical method Using these values we can now calculate the S.H.C of each metal Method to calculate c Iron 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr 5+7= (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr Copper Aluminum Material Initial temperature T/ degrees Celsius Final temperature T/ degrees Celsius Change in temperature T/degrees Celsius Energy used by heater Q/J First set out a table to record your values Insert a thermometer in the hole half way along the radius and measure the initial temperature of the cylinder With each of the cylinders in turn Insert the prob of the immersion heater into the central hole of the cylinder You will need to measure the energy used by the heater, either by:
a joule meter
Or, by noting the current I, Voltage V and time t the heater is switched on
we will be using the latter method Switch on the heater for 300 seconds, and immediately switch off Wait until the thermometer has reached a maximum reading before recording the final temperature The particles of different substances have different masses I.e. an atom of iron is about twice the mass of an atom of aluminium. So, 1kg of aluminium must contain about twice as many atoms as 1kg of iron So why do different substances have different S.H.C's? Hence we would expect the specific heat capacity of aluminium to be about twice that of iron...as it is Insulating coat Ammeter and voltmeter Draw a change in temperature against change in time period graph for each metal as follows... -1 -1 -1
Step 1: Divide both sides by the time interval
As Q = Power and, T = Gradient
We get P = m x c x gradient
Step 2: Calculate power and gradient
Voltage and current supply remain constant hence for all metal cylinders this is:
P= 5 x 12 = 60W
Gradient = T = 14.0 = 0.047 C s
Step 3: substitute in values:
60 = 1 x c x 0.047
C = 60 = 1286 J Kg K
1 x 0.047 Converting the equation Q=mcT into a more applicable form enables us to calculate the specific heat capacity of each metal cylinder You should now be able to calculate the specific heat capacity c, of a metal cylinder You should now be able to calculate the specific heat capacity c, of a metal cylinder

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