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by Ann Merivale
Since most of most people’s previous lives tend to have been rather boring, it is fairly unusual either to regress someone to, or to find oneself in, the life of somebody famous. Roger Woolger once did a session with a client who was filled with guilt as he was convinced that he had been the captain of the Titanic. The author of this article, who is a writer as well as a Deep Memory Process therapist, was initially surprised to find that she had once been well known as the ex-fiancée of a great English composer. She was later astounded when a reader of her book on this topic contacted her to say that he believed himself to be a reincarnation of this same composer. A moving story.
I should like to recount a fascinating story that occurred only last month (July 2016) as a follow-up to one of my books, and from which I am still reeling. When in life one gets a strong prompt to do something, the reasons for it are not always immediately apparent. If, while I was starting to write Life Without Elgar – A Tale of a Journeying Soul, anyone had told me that the book’s main purpose would be to give some healing to the great composer himself, I would certainly not have believed it! While I was enjoying writing that book, the most interesting thing for me about it was how the middle section—consisting of imaginary correspondence between Sir Edward Elgar and his first love, Helen Weaver—wrote itself. The letters had started coming into my head, completely unexpectedly, immediately upon my return from a meeting held in the room that had been Elgar’s own study when he lived at Plas Gwyn, Hereford, between 1904 and 1911. I then continued ‘channelling’ them over the next week or so and, since I was travelling at the time and do not own a laptop, that entailed scribbling in longhand on both trains and aeroplanes. Only after feeling the correspondence to be complete did I write the introduction to the book and then complete the sandwich with an autobiographical first section and a third section discussing the healing that a particular regression had brought me. For, when I had been regressed to the life of Helen Weaver, it had given me an explanation for my life-long love of Elgar himself as well as of his music, and shown why, at the age of sixteen in my present life, I believed that I would never get over the fact that he had died six years before I was born.
For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the details of this composer’s life, Sir Edward Elgar was born into a fairly humble, Catholic background, his father being a piano tuner who also ran a music shop in Worcester, and—like his predecessor the great Johann Sebastian Bach—he was musically entirely self-taught. He fell in love at a fairly early age with the daughter of a neighbour who ran a shoe shop. Helen was also musical and, like Edward himself, had the violin as her main instrument. Her parents were slightly better off than his and she was consequently able to go to Leipzig to study at the Conservatoire, while he was left behind in England struggling to support himself by teaching music. He did, however, manage one holiday in Leipzig while Helen was there, and they got engaged while enjoying concerts together in the Gewandhaus.
She, however, having already lost her mother at an early age, returned to England when her stepmother became seriously ill and nursed her until her death. Helen was by this time probably suffering from consumption (TB), and she broke off the engagement before emigrating to New Zealand (where she later married and had two children).
There has been much speculation as to the identity firstly of the character who is the subject of Variation No. 13 of the Enigma Variations (Elgar’s best known work apart from the Pomp and Circumstance Marches), and secondly of the “soul who is enshrined” in his violin concerto. But many musicologists have over the years expressed the opinion that both were Helen Weaver, whom they believed Sir Edward never really got over losing.
He later married his piano pupil Alice Roberts, nine years his senior, who came from a wealthy Gloucestershire family, and they strongly disapproved of the match. The couple had one daughter, whom they called Carice, a name derived (typically of Elgar!) from her mother’s names of Caroline Alice. Most of the rest of this great man’s life was a constant struggle financially and to gain recognition as a composer. Alice’s massive role in the latter is indisputably acknowledged and, when she died of cancer in 1920, he severely curtailed composing. His grief was compounded partly by feelings of guilt about certain other romantic attachments that he had had—notably a Platonic relationship with Alice Stuart Wortley, the wife of a Conservative MP and the muse whom henicknamed Windflower.
Towards the very end of his life, however, Elgar had another Platonic relationship with a young divorcee named Vera Hockman, a violinist whom he met while conducting his great oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. She is believed to have inspired the new burst of creativity of his final two years and, when I read Kevin Allen’s book, Elgar in Love, I was convinced that Vera was his twin soul. Despite the prevailing prejudice against both Roman Catholics and the lower classes—not to mention his lack of any formal post-secondary school education—Edward Elgar achieved every possible honour, including knighthood. He was given a Chair at Birmingham University and the title of Master of the King’s Music. He is now known worldwide as one of Britain’s very finest composers.
Thirty-four years after Elgar’s death in 1934, a boy was born in Portugal whose parents named Manuel Eduardo. His family still call him Manuel, but—for some reason he never quite fathomed—he was always known as Eduardo at school. From early childhood he had a great love of music and, though he never took music lessons, he found that he was able to teach himself to play any instrument that he laid his hands on. Yet, feeling sure that he was not destined for a musical career, he completed a degree in mechanical engineering and then became a university teacher in that subject. Manuel Eduardo first met his wife Rosa Maria while he was still at school, and from the very beginning had a constant fear of losing her. They had two sons, but after twenty happy years of marriage, she sadly died of cancer in 2013, at the age of only forty-eight.
Without being aware of who had composed it, Eduardo had always loved the tune of Land of Hope and Glory, and he made a recording of the last night of the Promenade concerts that take place every summer in the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 2004. A random event in July 2015 caused him suddenly to discover that the composer of this work was Elgar—a name he had always felt attracted to, even before knowing who he was. He then started to explore Elgar’s music seriously, falling instantly in love with, for instance, the Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius, and his internet searches soon led him to the great music critic and biographer Michael Kennedy’s Portrait of Elgar and, also, to my little book.
Eduardo then got in touch with me, and we corresponded for about a year—until he came last month firstly to Ludlow to meet me, and secondly to the Three Choirs Festival, which this year was held in Gloucester. By this time the lovely Carla, about whom he had already written to me, saying he was certain that she was his twin soul, had just become his partner, and the couple flew to England accompanied by Eduardo’s two sons and by Carla’s son, a slightly older teenager. From Ludlow they travelled to Gloucester for the first night of the festival and a performance of Elgar’s oratorio, The Kingdom, and the next day they went to Worcester in order to explore some of the main Elgar haunts.
Visiting the Birthplace Museum (at Lower Broadheath just a couple of miles from Worcester city) and walking on the Malvern Hills (which inspired so much of Elgar’s music) moved Eduardo beyond words. Carla was totally overcome by emotion when at the birthplace she saw a portrait of Elgar for the first time and gazed into his eyes. They returned to Gloucester three days after our arrival there—in time for the performance of the Enigma Variations.
Even before meeting this delightful new family, our correspondence had left me pretty convinced of Eduardo’s claim that he was a reincarnation of Edward Elgar, and staying in Gloucester at the same time gave us the opportunity to do a regression to that lifetime. Before we did the regression, Eduardo had told me that when reading about Elgar’s life and personality he had found great resonance with his own, and various other congruencies. For instance, when he read the letters in my book, he knew in the depths of his being that everything recounted therein had really happened; that as Elgar he had never got over Helen’s departure and her not telling him herself that she was going to New Zealand had caused him immense pain. Also that he had coped so badly with Alice’s death that he realised he had had to come back and have the same thing happen again. For he had already identified his wife Rosa Maria as the same soul as Alice Elgar, and clairvoyants in Portugal have also confirmed his sense that his beloved Rosa/Alice is now his main spirit guide.
Performing this regression left me one hundred percent convinced that the former Edward Elgar had now, at last, met his beloved Helen Weaver again. The experience was for me both unprecedented and fascinating, since I had to be the therapist, but also a major participant in the subject’s story. Carla’s presence, however, proved invaluable as she was able to give him some physical consolation while I sat back uttering with conviction the words that he was still needing to hear. For so often do we carry pain through from one lifetime to another, that Edward Elgar, now Eduardo, badly wanted Helen’s assurance that she had always loved him, in spite of not feeling herself to be the right wife for him in that lifetime.
Almost as soon as we met, Carla and I were joking about the curious fact that the former Elgar was now in the same room as both his first and his last love, commenting that we ought to be jealous of one another! However, firstly, I am at present old enough to be Eduardo’s mother and anyway have someone else in my life, and secondly—just as I had felt an immediate soul connection with Eduardo himself—so too did I with Carla. This could not be from the same lifetime, since Vera was not even born before Helen went off to New Zealand, but an inner voice told me that we had previously been sisters, and I now feel that that was in an earlier, South American lifetime. Elgar was renowned for his fascination with gadgets and so—since we tend to do different things in each of our many lifetimes, albeit with certain recurring themes and characteristics—becoming a mechanical engineer on another occasion would make perfect sense. Besides having recognised his new partner Carla as a reincarnation of Vera Hockman, Eduardo has also identified a young friend of whom he is very fond as his previous daughter Carice, and his own younger son as Elgar’s brother who was considered to be the most musically gifted member of the family but who tragically died young. And many of Eduardo’s realisations have been corroborated by clairvoyants in Portugal.
One might wonder whether, believing myself to be Helen Weaver reincarnated, I should not now feel guilty about the pain that she caused her beloved by breaking off the engagement and then disappearing. The simple answer is that I believe in life plans, and I know that, without the suffering that Elgar underwent, some of the world’s most beautiful music could never have flowed from his pen. (The wonderful fifth movement of Brahms’ great German Requiem was written just after his mother had died.)
So, for me, this is a very touching story and, were Eduardo the only person ever to read my book (which is of course not the case—I have received numerous very favourable comments about it), writing it would now be proved to have been incredibly worthwhile. Nor is the story by any means over; for one thing Eduardo plans to return to England next year for the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester (where I intend for us to sit together in the cathedral for the performance of The Dream of Gerontius—a thing that Helen would so dearly have loved to have been able to do!); for another he and Carla have kindly invited David and me to visit them in Portugal (where he says that his house, which he designed himself, bears a remarkable resemblance to the photo in my book of Plas Gwyn, the Elgar family’s Hereford residence!). Since returning home, Eduardo has emailed me saying “You should be happy because you and your book have helped me to overcome the great pain that I was carrying inside me. And I feel that I am becoming prepared for something great in my life— something for the world!”
Here are a couple of the photographs that were taken in the grounds of Gloucester cathedral, following the Elgar Society’s annual lunch, which Eduardo and his family attended with my husband and me. EE, who so greatly loved walking in nature, used to say “The trees are singing my music. Or have I sung theirs?”
Ann Merivale’s book, Life Without Elgar—A Tale of a Journeying Soul, is published by 6th Books, John Hunt Publishing, at £9.99, and can easily be
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Bessarabsky market remains durable landmark in Kyiv for more than century
Bessarabska Square, in the heart of Kyiv, at the crossroads between Khreshchatyk Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, is well known for its covered market, which is housed in an imposing brick building.
But 200 years ago, the scene was much less impressive. And according to Kyiv researcher Mykhaylo Kalnytsky, even at the beginning of the 20th century Bessarabsky market “had an extremely unpretentious appearance,” serving as an outdoor display of goods sold by street vendors.
“By the beginning of the 20th century, Kyiv had been following European architecture trends, and new elegant houses adorned Khreshchatyk Street. However, the market made an unpleasant contrast with them,” Kalnytsky says, writing in his blog.
Ukrainian historian Pavlo Lebedyntsev, who lived in the 19th century, had a theory that Bessarabska Square, or Bessarabka, got its name for numerous homeless people who lived there. At that time, they were called bessarabs.
Other historians, however, said the square got its name from traders from a southwestern region of Ukraine — Bessarabia.
Kalnytsky said that the place was popular among traders because it was located near densely populated streets and was easy to reach by carriage from Velyka Vasylkivska Street. But by the end of the 19th century, the local authorities wanted to modernize the market, and put it under a roof.
The only problem, Kalnytsky said, was the cost: the market building would cost around 500,000 rubles but the city, with annual revenues of only around 2–3 million rubles per year, couldn’t afford it.
Luckily for Kyivans, a generous benefactor ensured the market was finally built.
In 1904, the multimillionaire sugar magnate and philanthropist Lazar Brodsky died, and left 500,000 rubles to the city to build a market.
But the gift came with strings attached, and at first the city didn’t want to take up the offer.
According to Brodsky’s will, in return for the money, the city had to allocate annually 4.5 percent of the inherited sum, or 22,500 rubles, to institutions funded by Brodsky, such as a Jewish hospital.
“They probably thought that today there would be a market, but tomorrow it might burn down, while the city would have to pay the donations forever,” Kalnytsky wrote in his blog.
However, the local authorities and executors of Brodsky’s will came up with a scheme to get hold of the money.
The city issued bonds worth 500,000 rubles with a 4.5 percent annual interest rate. The executors of Brodsky’s will bought the bonds with the money Brodsky had left. The city then took out a 64-year mortgage using the money. The city planned to repay its debts in full and be free of any liabilities, and the executors of Brodsky’s will would have been able to invest the money in other companies and use the returns to keep maintaining Brodsky’s institutions.
Kalnytsky said the scheme was perfect, as it allowed the city to avoid perpetual obligations, while at the same time all of the conditions of Brodsky’s will were met. However, history intervened. “None of the participants of this elegant financial operation could have imagined that in just 10 years the city’s bonds would become worthless pieces of paper,” Kalnytsky wrote.
But that is what happened after the 1917 October Revolution, which brought the Bolshevicks to power.
Bessarabsky market was built in 1912, and has remained relatively unchanged in appearance since then. The building, which was designed by Polish architect Henryk Gay, reflects the fashion of those times — the modernistic style that was becoming popular across Europe.
According to Kalnytsky, the architect’s plans included 31 sales spaces, a large hall where more than 200 vendors could sell their products, and a restaurant. However, even after it was built, people were still selling goods in the street near the Bessarabsky covered market.
The market also had a modern refrigerated room in its basement where food could be stored. During the Holodomor, a man-made famine in 1932–1933 orchestrated by dictator Joseph Stalin, which killed more than seven million people, the refrigerated room was used as
a secret morgue for people who had starved to death.
After World War II, from which Bessarabsky market emerged largely unscathed, the Soviet authorities in 1946 erected a monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin across from the market. Some historians believe that the Soviet authorities then considered demolishing the market, as they thought it was inappropriate for the statue of Lenin — a fierce opponent of capitalism and market economics — to be placed so close to the famous market.
According to Kalnytsky, city plans from those times indicate the Soviet authorities instead decided to turn the market into an administrative building.
That never happened and the market is still at Bessarabska Square, while the Lenin statue was toppled in 2013 by EuroMaidan Revolution participants.
Kalnytsky said that nowadays Bessarabsky market is much smaller than it used to be, as most trade went on not in the building itself, but in the surrounding streets.
In the 1950s, the city authorities built a boulevard with trees and benches on Basseina Street next to the market, but in 2001 it was redeveloped, the trees torn down, and a broad roadway put in its place.
Also in 2001, the Metrograd underground shopping mall was built under the square in front of the market building.
In the last few years, Bessarabsky market itself has been greatly transformed. New cafes with Mexican, Vietnamese and Middle Eastern cui- sine have opened there, attracting hundreds of office workers from the area nearby during lunch hours.
The opening party of this year’s Yalta European Strategy annual conference, organized by oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, was held inside the Bessarabsky market to demonstrate Ukraine’s agricultural and urban potential to foreign guests.
“The changes that are happening with Bessarabsky market follow the global trend to restore old urban markets and turn them into dynamic centers of urban life,” the conference organizers said in a statement.
The distinctive Bessarabsky market, located in the heart of Kyiv at the crossroads between Khreshchatyk Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, doesn’t look much different between 1910, at top left, and in 2017. The market, housed in an imposing brick building, opened in 1912 and remains a well-preserved landmark today. (Courtesy/Kostyantyn Chernichkin)


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Video: Lady GaGa Appears as Snowflakes Queen During Live Performance
Video of Lady GaGa's performances on the March 5 episode of "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" has emerged. Singing "Brown Eyes" and sitting behind the piano, she was dressed in all-white outfit with a matching big crown and a pair of wings.
From the ballad track, GaGa switched to more up-beat song "Telephone" for her next set. She changed her white costume to black catsuit matched with gloves and boots. Instead of accompanied by her collaborator Beyonce Knowles, she brought several backing dancers for energetic dance routine.
Beside giving live performances, Lady GaGa also had a chat with host Jonathan Ross. She talked about the death of her designer friend Alexander McQueen, declared her single status and confessed about becoming "an outcast from the music industry."
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Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of interfacial water
Chem. Phys. , Volume 350 - Issue 1-3 p. 23- 30
We report investigations of the vibrational dynamics of water molecules at the waterÂ–air and at the waterÂ–lipid interface. Following vibrational excitation with an intense femtosecond infrared pulse resonant with the OÂ–H stretch vibration of water, we follow the subsequent relaxation processes using the surface-specific spectroscopic technique of sum frequency generation. This allows us to selectively follow the vibrational relaxation of the approximately one monolayer of water molecules at the interface. Although the surface vibrational spectra of water at the interface with air and lipids are very similar, we find dramatic variations in both the rates and mechanisms of vibrational relaxation. For water at the waterÂ–air interface, very rapid exchange of vibrational energy occurs with water molecules in the bulk, and this intermolecular energy transfer process dominates the response. For membrane-bound water at the lipid interface, intermolecular energy transfer is suppressed, and intramolecular relaxation dominates. The difference in relaxation mechanism can be understood from differences in the local environments experienced by the interfacial water molecules in the two different systems.


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“It’s just going to be screwed. And relatively quickly,” warns Tim Barnett, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, telling The Telegraph, the situation in Las Vegas is “as bad as you can imagine”. After a devastating, 14-year drought drained the reservoir that supplies 90% of the city’s water, the apparently endless supply of water is an illusion as Las Vegas population has soared. As Barnett ominously concludes, “unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere, Las Vegas is out of business. Yet they’re still building, which is stupid.”
As The Telegraph reports, as with many things in Sin City, the apparently endless supply of water is an illusion.
America’s most decadent destination has been engaged in a potentially catastrophic gamble with nature and now, 14 years into a devastating drought, it is on the verge of losing it all.
“The situation is as bad as you can imagine,” said Tim Barnett, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “It’s just going to be screwed. And relatively quickly. Unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere Las Vegas is out of business. Yet they’re still building, which is stupid.”
Things are not good…
Las Vegas gets just four inches of rain in a good year, and in the first four months of 2014 there was just 0.31 of an inch.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority, which has the task of keeping the city from running dry, has described the effects of the drought as “every bit as serious as a Hurricane Katrina or a Superstorm Sandy”.
However, Las Vegas still uses 219 gallons of water per person per day, one of the highest figures in the US. In San Francisco the figure is just 49 gallons.

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Tuckahoe, New York, Fall 2020—I’m walking home from the Bronx River; it was one of the last clear days of the season.
I lived on a hill and would walk that hill daily, down and back from the shops, the train station, the park. Every day I passed a long-standing mom-and-pop store called Epstein’s Dry Goods. It sold everything from backpacks to books.
I never went in—I had this weird aversion to opening unknown doors at the time—merely glanced through the big store windows and caught sight of mothers helping their children try on sneakers. Older couples browsing the merchandise. Family. It made me feel unbearably lonely to see them.
But this day was different. The door was open to the bright sunny day, and there was a large sign reading, “Closing Sale” in bold red letters. I hesitated at the doorway for a heartbeat before drifting inside.
For some reason, I believed that anywhere I went, people could tell I didn’t belong and would ask me to leave. It never happened. But still, I gripped my backpack straps tighter, sweat gathering at my temples from my mask, breath fogging my glasses, and braced for a confrontation.
The old man behind the counter greeted me in a detached voice, barely looking up from his book. I didn’t wonder until later if he was Epstein. He was sad enough for that to be true.
I looked over belts and shoes, feeling silly, feeling guilty—why had I not come in sooner?
Logically I knew my business would not have been enough to make a difference in Epstein’s fate, but there was a kernel of responsibility lodged in my throat. I slipped towards the door with nothing in my hands, unable to face the man at the cash register.
That’s when I saw the books. I missed them on my way in, too worried about someone telling me I wasn’t welcome to see the one thing that could always make me feel like I belonged. My gaze jumped from title to title and then to the hand-written “FREE,” sign taped to the little trolly. These stories no longer had a home.
If I had the space in my backpack, in my arms, or somewhere to put them besides a muggy shoebox-sized room, I would have scooped them all up. But I could not. I picked up the first one that caught my eye.
It had a torn, scuffed jacket depicting a few trees on a beige background. It was warm from the sun and textured with age. The inside cover read “Mark Epstein,” in blue pen, underlined. The title read “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.” I didn’t know anything about the book, but I knew it was meant to come home with me.
“This is free?” I confirmed. My voice felt strange and far away—I usually did not speak aloud to anyone on the weekends, didn’t have the chance.
“Yeah, sure.” the man said.
“Thank you.” I held the book closer to my chest. “I’m sorry.”
I don’t know if he heard me—masks and all—but I hope he did.
I resumed my trek up the hill. Up the porch stairs, up the house stairs that curved strangely and were far too narrow, unlocked my bedroom door, and fell into Tinker Creek with Annie Dillard.
Between 12-hour+ work days, grocery trips, and commuting, I would escape to Tinker Creek, savoring a few pages at a time. I didn’t want to finish it too quickly—it felt essential that I crawl through it line by line. On the weekends, sometimes, I would bring it with me and sit by the river and read it, looking around at the forest and riverbank with new eyes as Annie showed me a miniature world at our fingertips.
The way she wrote about nature and the change of seasons made me feel like everything would be okay so long as there were rivers and creeks, birds and minnows. I once stayed so still on a fallen tree that a chipmunk almost hopped into my lap. There were at least three of them darting around the underbrush, playing. Soon the frogs and toads poked their heads out of the silt, too, bubbles clinging to their knobby heads. A squirrel watched me from a low-hanging branch before vaulting to the nearest tree trunk.
I believe that river and that book had a hand in saving my life. If I can find a river, I know I will be okay. There has always been a creek, a river, or a stream, to bring me back to myself no matter the circumstance. Today is no different.
I still have that book; I haven’t finished it. I read a few pages some mornings out on my deck with a mug of something warm, squinting in the early sun. It clenches my heart and eases my mind simultaneously.
I’m halfway done and still not ready to set it down for good. But I will. My bookmark is a dried willow leaf and almost crushed into nothing.
But part of me knows I won’t ever really put it down; part of me will always be reading at Oval Park with the ground squirrels, no matter where I am.
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Networking Notes - August 2021
Welcome to the August 2021 edition of the Networking Notes newsletter.
This newsletter gathers the most recent news about the evolution of the networking field. Its main objective is to inform the students who have read the Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Practice ebook about the evolution of the field.
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Many users consider that bandwidth is the most important metric to quantify the performance of Internet access networks. Websites such as https://speedtest.net or https://nperf.com can be used to measure network performance. If bandwidth is low, applications will suffer. However, a high bandwidth does not always result in an excellent user experience. In some cases, high bandwidth is achieved with unstable performance or excessive delays. These excessive delays are often caused by large buffers in access routers that queue packets for long periods of time when the network is heavily loaded. Some companies have started to measure delays under load, see e.g. netradar’s blog post and the Internet Architecture Board will organize in late 2021 a workshop on measuring Network Quality for End-Users.
The Internet was designed as a network of networks, i.e. a network that combines networks operated by different organizations. The decentralization of the network has been one of its strengths. No organization completely controls the Internet and its structure requires cooperation between different stakeholders. This cooperation is clearly visible when we consider the allocation of IP addresses or domain names, the DNS root or BGP. However, during the last years, there have been attempts to “centralize” parts of the Internet. Large companies provide open DNS resolvers and some governments attempt to control part of the network. In a recent article, Geoff Huston looks at how this could affect the evolution of the Internet.
With the forthcoming release of iOS15, planned for September 2021, Apple has announced a new service to improve user privacy when browsing the web. The Private Relay service looks like a simple version of TOR. In a nutshell, when Private Relay is enabled, Apple devices will use a simplified form of onion routing to anonymously query web servers. Apple devices will interact with two different servers. A private web request will be encrypted with two different keys. The first key will be shared with Apple’s ingress servers. These servers will receive encrypted requests. They will know the origin of the request but not their encrypted content. The ingress server will pass the private request to an egress server, managed by another company, that will decrypt it and retrieve the web object. The egress server knows the request but not the identity of the user who made the request. Additional details about this private relay will appear in the coming months. In the meantime, if you want to explore onion routing, look at https://www.torproject.org/.
What really happens when a user registers a Domain Name? In a recent post on the AFNIC blog, Stéphane Bortzmeyer describes what happens behind the scenes and explains the procedures and protocols that are used.
The first DNS root servers were located in North America. In 1991, the first DNS root server was installed in Europe at NORDUnet. At that time, NORDUnet was connected using a 56 Kbps satellite link to the Internet. A recent blog post presents the history of this DNS server.
In a NANOG presentation, Geoff Huston looks at DNSSEC, DoH and provides some predictions on the DNS evolution.
Network engineers sometimes place hidden gems in their configuration and sometimes public services. Try
dig -t TXT dns.google.be and you’ll receive an answer with a URL that redirects you to a popular xkcd comics on google’s DNS service.
Google has recently announced that they started to test a new technique called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) to expose ads to users without revealing their browsing history to advertisers. Privacy advocates have warned on the limitations of this approach. In a recent blog post, Eric Rescorla discusses the privacy implications of FLoC.
QUIC continues to be deployed by large companies. This month’s entrant is Snapchat that also uses QUIC. The main motivations are:
- faster connection establishment
- improved congestion control (snapchat can easily deploy their own congestion control scheme if needed, which could result in a wide range of congestion control schemes that compete in the coming years)
- connection migration to switch from Wi-Fi to cellular
We’ll probably see new use cases for QUIC in the coming months and years.
IANA allocates port numbers and service names to well-known applications. Although port 80 is officially reserved for HTTP, nothing prevents someone from attaching another service on port 80. Researchers have recently scanned 1% of the IPv4 addressing space to identify the services that were attached to different ports. Their findings show that a wide range of applications ares attached to very different TCP ports.
On the APNIC blog, Otto Moerbeek discusses some of the challenges with TCP Fast Open.
ping and traceroute are widely used by network operators to debug network problems. Despite their age, these tools continue to evolve. A recent NANOG presentation describes the most recent changes to these venerable tools.
A nice traceroute from Holland, try
Interdomain routing (BGP)
The security of interdomain routing remains an important concern. Geoff Huston provides a detailed survey on how to secure BGP on the APNIC blog.
Software and tools
Several companies provide bandwidth measurement services. Unfortunately, many of these services include various types of advertisements and track their users. LibreSpeed is an open-source alternative that can be easily installed and updated. LibreSpeed can store the collected measurements in a SQL database. If you are only interested in the measurement results and want to compare bandwidth measurements in different cities, speedtest.net provides summaries of its measurements as open data.
netcat is a versatile tool that allows to easily exchange data over UDP and TCP sockets. Netcat implementations usually leverage the host TCP and UDP stack. netkat takes a different approach. This variant uses raw sockets and includes its own TCP stack in go. This enables it to bypass most of the operating system routines.
Some network operators have started to deploy optical fibers to end users. In a blog post, Michael Stapelberg discusses his experience in building a Linux-based Internet router that supports 25 Gbps links.


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We have all experienced some sort of discomfort in our stomachs. Bloating from eating too much junk food, diarrhoea after eating from a favourite street stall even though we know it's unhygienic, eating at very odd timings and irregularly that causes a burning sensation in the stomach… the list goes on! We are all guilty of at least one of these things and expect that our gastrointestinal system can just bounce back to normal regardless of how we treat it. But taking your stomach for granted may not be very wise. In this blog, we shall explore some common types of gastric disorders and examine when you may want to reach out to a gastroenterology specialist.
Gastro Disorders or gastrointestinal diseases are a group of conditions affecting the GI (gastrointestinal) tract from mouth to anus. There are several kinds of gastro disorders to look out for and knowing about them s can help you reach out for help at the right time.
Types of Gastro Disorders
Crohn's disease: While rare, Crohn’s disease is an incurable, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Another kind of IBD is ulcerative colitis, which is the presence of ulcers or sores in the large intestine. Both forms of IBD need to be managed with the help of a gastroenterology specialist. According to a study, nearly 1.5 million Indians were affected by IBD in 2019-20.
Constipation: When you experience infrequent bowel movements and/or painful, hard and dry bowel movements, you may be constipated. Less than three bowel movements a week is a signal of the need for professional help. This is often caused by poor diet, dehydration and poor lifestyle habits such as lack of exercise.
Diarrhoea: Chronic diarrhoea is the occurrence of loose, watery stool 2-3 times a day over 3-4 weeks. It should be noted that chronic diarrhoea is a serious concern in India and responsible for the deaths of one lakh children every year.
Diverticular disease: This includes the presence of and/or inflammation of the diverticula or air pockets in the wall of the colon. This is a disease that is seen more often in elderly people where the chances of having a weaker intestine wall are higher.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Commonly referred to as heartburn,GERD is the spill-over of stomach acids into the oesophagus accompanied by a chest burn. If you find this happening 2-3 times a week, you may need to see a doctor. The importance of seeing a gastroenterology specialist, in this case, is important to avoid serious damage to the oesophagus.
Lactose intolerance: This is a disorder wherein a person’s digestive system has low levels of an enzyme called lactase, which is required to break down lactose present in milk. A staggering 60% of all Indians are lactose intolerant and may be suffering from mild to severe symptoms from consuming dairy products. This can include bloating, diarrhoea, gas and abdominal cramps.
Malabsorption syndrome: It refers to the body’s inability to absorb nutrients effectively which can lead to malnutrition and unintentional weight loss. This can be caused by various reasons but usually involves the inability of the mucous lining of the small intestine to absorb nutrients.
Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD): Peptic ulcers are sores on the lining of the stomach or small intestine. This condition is characterised by pain when stomach acid hits these spots. A severe outcome of peptic ulcers can be bleeding in the stomach that will require a gastroenterology specialist to treat.
Common symptoms of Gastro Disorders
The most common symptom that a person may complain of is a tummy ache or discomfort in the stomach. Other common symptoms may include:
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Students have been advised to shun acts of prostitution and election violence now that the country is seriously facing economic hardships, with the general election around the corner.
The charge was given by the Education Secretary, Anglican Diocese on the Niger, Ven. Obiora Uzochukwu, on Tuesday, during this year’s Anglican Students Social Competition held at All Saints Cathedral field in Onitsha.
Ven. Uzochukwu, who spoke through the Supervisor, School Chaplaincies, Ven. Ebenezer Agogbua, stated that the aim of organising the annual event was for the social and moral integration of Anglican students in various public and mission secondary schools under the diocese. He assured that new innovations would be introduced to add colour to the event.
Ven. Uzochukwu commended the Anglican Bishop on the Niger, Most Rev. Owen Nwokolo, who was represented by his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Elsie Nwokolo, for supporting the event, adding that students from various family backgrounds and secondary schools used the occasion to interact with one another and also recorded successes in sporting competitions.


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Do you pick drinks from the menu and then fall back on habits – ordering a beer or wine to wash it down, with no thought as to how it will the affect the experience of your carefully selected dish?
At new Melbourne restaurant Lûmé, that’s akin to blasphemy.
“Instead of having a pre-conceived idea of what the drinks and food should be doing, we accentuate them,” says Lûmé’s bar manager, Nick Tesar. “It’s about using a drink to lift a dish.”
Lûmé assists with this conundrum by removing choice entirely – diners don’t actually see the menu until after their meal. This allows for some intentional, inspired obfuscation. At a recent event, Lûmé created a cocktail to pair with a cheese course … that had no cheese.
“We made a smoked salt and sugar syrup and mixed it with Eric Bordelet Granit Poire 2013, Delgado Zuleta La Goya sherry from Manzanilla, and finished it with a spritz of chardonnay lees,” explains Tesar. The phantom cheese, crafted to look like washed-rind camembert, was actually cauliflower. “It was served with a smoked croissant to accentuate the funky farmhouse characteristics of cheese.” The aim, says Tesar, is to, “Enable a different experience in matching to something that would not otherwise exhibit those components.”
This incredible attention to detail is at the heart of Lûmé’s philosophy. “We currently have an unnamed drink made of Ketel One Vodka, Pastis Henri Bardouin, a house-made macadamia orgeat, dandelion and burdock bitters, served on a licorice and lavender tisane ice cube, garnished with a lavender spritz,” says Tesar. He won’t say exactly what the cocktail is paired with (“at the moment it’s dish number 11”) but it was specifically created to accompany the “crystallised elderberry course”, comprising beetroot, mulled wine, liquid nitrogen and ginger bug (fermented ginger soda).
This precision pairing is crucial, says Tesar: “We want to put the food in the best light possible.”
At The Toff In Town in the CBD, cocktail master Jonathan Minihan has his own specifics to consider. Head chef Karen Batson oversees a Thai-based menu that covers five venues, The Toff, Cookie, Magic Mountain, Boney, and Colonel Tan’s at Revolver. The unifying Thai theme means Minihan needs to create drinks for the venues that will work with strong flavours.
“When you’re pairing cocktails with food, it’s always better to have a dish that’s really full flavoured,” says Minihan. “Really hard-hitting, something the alcohol can work with, rather than mask.”
Part of Minihan’s challenge is to create drinks that pair well with the complex, spicy flavour of Thai food as well as provide a cooling effect. “We have one called The British Garden,” says Minihan. “It’s a Tanqueray No. TEN gin-based cocktail with citrus, lavender bitters, fresh muddled cucumber, a ginger-infused sugar syrup and elderflower liqueur. It pairs well with our spicy eggplant green curry, because it cuts through its rich flavour with a subtle floral and cucumber coolness that refreshes the palate between each bite. It elevates the flavour of the eggplant, too.”
Another favourite of Minihan’s is the True To Our Roots, which is a twist on a classic Brandy Crusta. It features cognac, sherry and a homemade carrot puree, and according to the bartender, “goes beautifully with the sweet carrot flavour in the cashew dumplings with chilli soy, without going overboard on the sugar. The salt from the soy helps keeps it in balance.”
As diners clock on to pairing cocktails with drinks, the next step is expanding the palate – something even cocktail masters have room for. “I recently had a Talisker whisky with freshly shucked oysters and caviar,” says Minihan. “Traditionally that’s a faux pas, you don’t do seafood with a brown spirit. But the Talisker has a lot of that sea-salt flavour. It might just be the exception that proves the rule, but it was absolutely delicious.”
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Paris Saint-Germain returns to the pitch Friday evening to face OGC Nice at the Allianz Riviera in a tough Ligue 1 match. With kickoff quickly approaching, Tuchel announced his official starting lineup to take on Patrick Vieira’s squad.
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) October 18, 2019
With so many players injured and just returning from international duty per the club’s official website, Tuchel had a lot shifting around to do. I like that he kept the defensive trio of Presnel Kimpembe, Thiago Silva, and Keylor Navas. That’s a lot of quality and experience on defense with Abdou Diallo at left-back (in place of the suspended Juan Bernat) and Thomas Meunier at right-back. Diallo has shown some ability to go forward and I’ll be interested in watching his movement throughout the match.
Midfield was a problem with Idrissa Gueye injured and Marquinhos and Marco Verratti returning from their national teams recently. Ander Herrera gets the start alongside Leandro Paredes. Both are more defensive-minded but have shown flashes of being more positive in the attack. This is another opportunity for Paredes to show his quality and prove he was worth the €40 million transfer fee per The Guardian. I worry about the lack of creativity coming out of the midfield in this match and feel as though the players in front of them will need to drop back further to pick up the ball and create on their own.
Angel Di Maria and Pablo Sarabia will be on the wings and I expect them to continue their excellent form that we saw right before the international break. Then there’s forwards Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Mauro Icardi, a partnership few PSG fans would have expected this season. Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappé are both on the bench but they’re clearly not ready to go a full 90 minutes having just returned from injury. We may see them in the second half though if Tuchel finds his team needing a goal to either get a draw or the win.
Also on the bench is Marquinhos and Verratti, who I assume Tuchel will call upon if his starting XI don’t get the job done.
It’s far from PSG’s best but it’s what they’ve got at the moment. Travel, injuries, and fixture congestion contribute to what we’re seeing Tuchel put out tonight. Hopefully, next week against Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League, more first-team players will be able to start.
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Characterization of pear species and cultivars using isozyme polymorphism
- Sharifani, M., Jackson, J.F.
- Acta horticulturae 2002 no.587 pp. 269-278
- Dacryodes edulis, Pyrus, acetates, alcohol dehydrogenase, alleles, buffers, computer software, cultivars, enzyme activity, genetic variation, glucose, glutamate dehydrogenase, heterozygosity, isocitrate dehydrogenase, isozymes, leaves, loci, pH, pears, phenolic compounds, phosphoglucomutase, pollen, sodium phosphate
- Self-incompatibility and heterozygosity in the genus Pyrus has led to high genetic diversity in this genus. Codominant isozyme markers was applied for better identification of this genus. As there was a large amount of phenolic compounds in pear leaf, working with the leaf was a problem for isozyme extraction. Thus pollen instead of leaf was used for isozyme extraction. This was due to its higher enzyme activity, easier extraction and simpler isozyme banding pattern. Fourteen pear cultivars and 11 species were selected. These pears belonged to four groups of West Asian, East Asian (Japanese), European and North African pear. Two running buffers including sodium phosphate pH 7 and Tris malate pH 7.8 were used for this study. The first buffer was used for Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Phosphoglucomutase (PGM). The second buffer was applied for Glucose Phosphate Isomerase (GPI), Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH) and Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH). Cellogel acetate sheet 200 μm thick was used for this study. The similarity matrix was calculated in a Macro comparison program using an Excel Macintosh software. Results showed that PGM isozyme system had four zones of activity representing four separate loci. PGM-3 and PGM-4 showed better resolution than the two other loci. We obtained 9 groups of pears based on the structure of two PGM-3 and PGM-4 contained on 3 alleles. GPI showed a higher range of variation within pear cultivars and species. A category of GPI banding patterns divided the pears into 10 groups. Five types of IDH banding patterns were obtained for different pears. Three different ADH-2 banding patterns draw up the pears into 3 groups. In the ADH system two anadoic bands revealed for Choujuurou and Housui were different from the other pears. Results obtained from the similarity matrix of pears showed significant relatedness among some pear species and cultivars. The close similarity of P. gharbiana with P. pyraster suggests the relatedness of these two pears. GPI and PGM revealed more discriminative characterization of pears, which in turn were useful for identification of narrow genetic differences.

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Can you mix oils while frying?
Mixing different types of oils is not a new thing. People keep doing it every time they run out of a particular oil. So, if you don’t have adequate vegetable oil to put it in your fryer, you can go on with some peanut oil. … So, the answer is, yes, you can mix peanut oil with vegetable oil while deep frying.
Can you mix peanut oil and regular oil to fry a turkey?
Can I Use Corn and Canola Oil to Deep Fry a Turkey? When deep frying a turkey, you can use any cooking oil that has a smoke point above 425 degrees Fahrenheit. … Consider using avocado oil, coconut oil, soybean oil, and, of course, peanut oil when deep frying a turkey, as they’ll have no trouble taking the heat.
Can you mix olive oil and vegetable oil when frying?
The oil used for frying should always be hot; if it is cold the food will soak up the oil. … Do not mix olive oil with other vegetable oils or fats. Olive oil should be re-used no more than four or five times. The digestibility of heated olive oil does not change even when re-used for frying several times.
How many turkey can you fry in the same oil?
1 Answer. Reusing deep frying oil is fine (up to a point – you can’t refry indefinitely), and in fact the flavour often improves with use. You should be absolutely fine frying two turkeys one after the other for Thanksgiving.
Can you mix different oils?
Mixing different oils will not improve the performance or efficiency of the engine in any way. The additives in synthetic oil may have limited or no effect at all when mixed with a regular engine oil. … Further, it is advisable not to mix two different brands of oils as their additives may or may not be compatible.
Can you mix old cooking oil with new oil?
There is no limit to the number of times you can reuse old cooking oil, but you should keep an eye out for signs of degradation, such as a murky appearance, foam, or an odor that’s off. Food52 says it’s possible to mix old and new oil for better frying.
Can I mix olive oil and canola oil?
Olive oil is known for being full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids as well as adding flavor. … Adding canola oil to the mix isn’t necessary, though given that olive oil is pricier, it can save you money without skimping on flavor.
Can I mix olive oil and peanut oil?
Mixing oil is fine, but beware that it’s going to burn at whatever temperature the easier to burn oil burns, not the average of the two. Depending on what kind of vegetable oil, the smoke point may be a bit lower than peanut, but should still be good to at least 400F or so.
Can I use vegetable oil to fry a turkey?
Deep-frying makes the turkey crispy on the outside and super juicy on the inside (even the white meat). It also leaves the heat outside! You can deep-fry the turkey in either peanut or vegetable oil, your choice.
Can you add oil to hot oil?
Oil heats quickly, so watch the pan to make sure you add the food when the oil is hot. You should add oil to a hot pan if you are using unseasoned cookware such as stainless steel.


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Employees can improve efficiency, standards compliance, and customer satisfaction through simulation analytics and training
Z Shift personnel developed simulation-based training for one of the nation’s largest operators of 24-hour convenience stores. Following deployment in over 1,200 US locations, a study showed that front-line trainee employees benefitted from the realistic 3D simulation training. Benefits that were proven include shorter training time, greater information retention, improved efficiency, better food-handling standards compliance, improved consistency in food preparation, and increased customer satisfaction, all versus a control group. The client team has been lauded for the successful implementation of this “game-changing” technology.


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- How long does a Ford Fusion last?
- What problems do Ford Fusions have?
- What year Ford Fusion is the best?
- How often does a Ford Fusion need an oil change?
- What cars are least expensive to maintain?
- Which Ford truck engine is the most reliable?
- What cars last the longest?
- What year f150 to avoid?
- Is Ford Fusion expensive to maintain?
- What used cars NOT to buy?
- Why is Ford discontinuing the Fusion?
How long do Ford engines last?
still drive it to work everyday.
the engine on a ford f-150 can last anywhere from 150,000 to 300,000 miles before it will need to be rebuilt..
How long does a Ford Fusion last?
As long as you keep a good maintenance routine, a Ford Fusion can typically last up to 200,000 miles. Some owners have claimed that the Ford Fusion can last up to 15 years, but that largely depends on the model year, type of engine, and how many miles you drive it per year.
What problems do Ford Fusions have?
However, even the most popular vehicles aren’t immune to occasional mechanical problems. Among the most common (and costly) issues with used Ford Fusions are automatic transmission problems such as transmission failure, transmission slips and jerks, burning smells coming from the transmission, and difficulty shifting.
What year Ford Fusion is the best?
2012-2013 Ford Fusion – Appearing on Consumer Reports’ Best Used Cars list, the Ford Fusion is a definite family car consideration. Best years for reliability are 2012 and 2013, while 2008-2009 and 2011 is just one notch below.
How often does a Ford Fusion need an oil change?
Approximately every 6,000 milesRegular Oil Changes and Service Approximately every 6,000 miles or every year, you should have your engine oil changed, as well as having your oil filter replaced. Your Fusion will use up to six quarts of oil.
What cars are least expensive to maintain?
Here are the eight cars that cost the least to maintain.Toyota Corolla — $710 annual maintenance cost. … Toyota Prius — $763 annual maintenance cost. … Honda Accord — $822 annual maintenance cost. … Kia Soul — $919 annual maintenance cost. … Honda CR-V — $965 annual maintenance cost. … Ford Mustang — $979 annual maintenance cost.More items…•
Which Ford truck engine is the most reliable?
The 6.7-Liter Power Stroke Turbodiesel V8 is a Ford truck engine most reliable.
What cars last the longest?
The longest-lasting cars and percentage of vehicles exceeding 200,000 miles are:Toyota Avalon, 2.5 percent.Honda Accord, 1.9 percent.Toyota Prius, 1.7 percent.Chevrolet Impala, 1.7 percent.Ford Taurus, 1.6 percent.Toyota Camry, 1.4 percent.Toyota Camry Hybrid, 1.2 percent.Honda Civic, 1.2 percent.
What year f150 to avoid?
2004There were a great many wonderful and reliable trucks and engines in this period, but one to avoid is the 2004 F-150, which is known for having one of the worst engines in the history of automobiles.
Is Ford Fusion expensive to maintain?
Cost. The average total annual cost for repairs and maintenance on a Ford Fusion is $581, compared to an average of $526 for midsize cars and $652 for all vehicle models.
What used cars NOT to buy?
30 Used Cars Consumer Reports Gave the ‘Never Buy’ LabelChrysler Town & Country. Chrysler’s new minivan will hopefully rate better than Town & Country. … BMW X5. 2012 BMW X5 | BMW. … Ford Fiesta. Compact cars by Ford had a bad run between 2011 and 2014 | Ford. … Ram 1500. 2015 Ram 1500 | Ram. … Volkswagen Jetta. VW Jetta | Volkswagen. … Cadillac Escalade. … Audi Q7. … Fiat 500.More items…•
Why is Ford discontinuing the Fusion?
Most of the cars were taken out of production because of falling sales, or to make room for new cars. This includes Ford, which is killing the Fiesta, Fusion, Taurus, and C-Max sedan and hatchback models as it shifts focus to crossovers and SUVs.


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Cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower are the ultimate cool-weather crop here in Colorado. They contain a substantial amount of fiber and b vitamins plus phytonutrients and antioxidants galore. If you visit your local farmers market this weekend be sure to pick some up and try this simple but delicious recipe:
1 Whole Cauliflower
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
4-6 Cloves Garlic
1/2 Teaspoon Cumin
1/2 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
A pinch of Sea Salt
1 sprig of flat leaf Parsley, finely chopped (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut the Cauliflower head in length wise portions (about 1/2inch thick) and place on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the garlic cloves alongside.
- Drizzle the top of the Cauliflower and Garlic with olive oil, smoked paprika, cayenne and cumin.
- Place in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until browned around the edges and soft at the center.
- Remove from the oven. Place the garlic cloves in a separate bowl on the side to cool.
- Drizzle a small amount of olive oil onto the cauliflower. Add a pinch of Sea Salt and the chopped Parsley.
- When the Garlic has cooled enough to handle safely, remove the skin and mash the soft flesh with a fork. Spread this goodness on top of the Cauliflower as well.
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Gravity Stock: Cheap Beyond Rational (NASDAQ: GRVY)
Gravity Co. (GRVY) is a game company with a single, albeit successful, franchise. The company is trading extremely cheap given its financial success. I believe the reason for the discount is the company’s reluctance to return cash to shareholders as well as the lack of coverage in the name. Although it may take some time, I believe in the eventual use of the money in value-added activity catalyzing multi-bagger returns to the name.
Gravity faces the tailwinds of secular growth
Gravity is the licensor of the Ragnarok game franchise until 2033. The company not only benefits from the game growth which is an age-old trend, but also from the underlying growth momentum within the industry. The company’s revenues mainly generated by mobile are exposed to the fastest growing sub-segment game; the mobile game is expected to grow almost three times (~2.8x) faster than the rest of the games. Gravity should take advantage of this.
In addition, the company is located in an attractive geographical area in terms of growth. It serves APAC countries with a focus on South Korea and Taiwan. This geography combines population and wealth per capita growth. This should bode well for Gravity. A larger population with a higher percentage of smartphone ownership will make the pie bigger for Gravity and population enrichment will improve monetization. Demographics and the economy are secularly bullish for Gravity.
The recent financial history of the company is one of excellence
Gravity’s growth drivers as well as execution are evident in the company’s track record. The company has grown from less than $30 million in revenue in 2015 to $357 million in the last twelve months. The 5-year revenue CAGR for Gravity is approximately 59%. Whether this will continue or not cannot be said for sure, the gaming world fluctuates very fast and consumer preferences change very quickly. And it’s worth noting that revenue was down slightly year-over-year for the past 6 months, but the slowdown appears to be due to tough comps instead of the franchise’s peak.
The margin profile is equally attractive. Gravity has 27% EBITDA and 19% net profit margins. This was not always the case, however. The company’s margins were deep in the red in 2015 when management decided to outsource production. This, combined with extremely rapid revenue growth, has brought excellent profitability.
It’s not just about profit margins, Gravity is a cash flow machine. The company recorded free cash flow margins of approximately 14% in 2020 and very high cash margins in the previous four years as well.
The stock is more than cheap
I wanted to lay out the fundamental positive aspects of the business before moving on to the valuation which is the real party element of this title. We would normally find a nosebleed valuation in a fast-growing, highly profitable, cash-generating asset with a huge cash pile and centuries-old tailwinds behind it.
Gravity is the exact opposite and is ridiculously cheap. It trades at 2.15x LTM EBITDA, 6.56x normalized EPS and 8.93x FY20 FCF. It is difficult to make sense of the situation. These multiples would only be found in secular losers or companies on the verge of bankruptcy. Gravity is a secular winner with a huge cash stack and cash generation.
I understand the risks associated with an international small cap stock that is well under the radar. I also understand the fluctuating world of mobile gaming where unicorns are born and die within months, but I can’t pass up the opportunity here, the valuation seems way too cheap. The Ragnarok franchise has been alive and well for a long time, the investment will pay off if it sticks around a bit longer.
Two catalysts could bring disproportionate yields in a short time
It’s worth looking at the “why” when looking for catalysts in a deep value name like Gravity. I see two main reasons why the stock is so cheap. Luckily, none of these reasons are structural and could backfire to give an easy alpha to the name.
The first is the lack of use of the company’s gigantic cash pile. According to the latest reports, the company had $187 billion in cash and no debt. Needless to say, this is very significant considering the company’s $413 million market capitalization. And the cash situation is not new, Gravity has been accumulating more and more money for years. It did not choose to distribute dividends or buy back shares. It also did not carry out any mergers and acquisitions. This is a big yellow flag, as profits or cash are worthless to investors in any company if they are not ultimately distributed.
This can be a difficult policy to change with ~60% of the company owned by GungHo Online Entertainment (OTC:GUNGF) which in turn is owned by SoftBank (OTCPK:SFTBY) (OTCPK:SFTBF) and Taizo Son, the younger brother by Masayoshi Son. The cash accumulated in Gravity’s vaults may not be important to GungHo or GungHo may be waiting to deploy the capital into something that would benefit them, which is a key risk.
I am still bullish on Gravity because management cannot act in a way that is overtly destructive to Gravity shareholders. I believe the money will eventually be put to good use and generate value.
The second major drawback is the lack of coverage in the name. Currently, no analyst is covering gravity, which is a key risk for institutional owners. Analysts are a seal of approval and a sign that due diligence has been done. It’s hard to get institutional investors into a name without coverage unless you take the company private (which isn’t possible with GungHo’s majority stake).
I see the lack of coverage as an asymmetric advantage. The company is listed as underhedged and cannot be further underhedged without any analyst reviewing the stock. If an analyst initiates a hedge, that would be a very bullish development.
The first catalyst would likely have high convexity, as distributions or accretive investments would likely catalyze hedging initiations in the name.
Overall, I’m a Gravity stock buyer. I don’t see the stock doing much worse than where it is without deteriorating company fundamentals and I’m not particularly concerned given the excellent execution over the last 5 years (at least not worried yet). I can, however, see a path to multi-bagger returns in a scenario where analysts scoop up the stock or Gravity decides to return capital to shareholders. I’m very bullish on Gravity.

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