A he sudden flurry of activity by UK pension funds in announcing asset allocations to hedge funds this spring must surely have piqued the curiosity of many an observer. Not least because of the almost ritual incantations of fear and warning from the traditionalists that quickly follow each announcement.
There is of course a sense that the UK is simply catching up with trends elsewhere. From north America comes the news that hedge funds gained a record $38.2bn (e31.1bn) in net assets during the first quarter of the year, a fourth consecutive quarterly record for industry inflows, according to research compiled by TASS Research, owned by Tremont Capital Management.
And the Alternative Investment Management Association is quick to point out that a number of more forward-thinking institutions in Europe have been investing prolifically in hedge funds for years. “We are really not surprised to see the UK waken up to the possibilities,” says Emma Mugridge, director, AIMA. “We are delighted; it demonstrates that the educational process is paying off. The consultants have a very important role to play in the sea change; the more people become involved and realise what it entails and learn and understand and experience, the more likely we are to see more UK pension funds invest in hedge fund strategies.”
Britain does, though, have a long way to go to catch up. While the WM Company's annual review of UK pension funds notes that over the past three years the interest in hedge fund strategies has increased, Graham Wood, a senior consultant at WM, points out that only a handful of funds have so far introduced these strategies into their asset structure. “Only one fund that I am aware of has made any significant commitment to hedge funds prior to 2004.”
Going forward, he agrees, the picture looks slightly different. But only slightly. “There has been much talk in the press, and it would be fair to say that amongst the largest UK pension funds there is considerable discussion on hedge funds and how they fit with fund strategy, and if they do, how should they fit into asset allocation. In statistical terms, however, the amount in hedge funds today would approximate to zero.”
Anecdotal evidence from elsewhere points towards the growing interest while putting developments firmly in a broader context. Chris Mansi, senior investment consultant and head of the worldwide hedge fund research team at Watson Wyatt, says: “We’ve been looking into hedge funds for the past four or five years, researching fund of hedge funds in detail. We work at two levels: firstly, is there a strategic case for hedge funds?; secondly, if there is one, it becomes an asset class issue and then a manager issue. Until two years ago, the majority of our work was educational. Over the past two years, there’s been a reasonable amount of activity. There has been a minority looking at and allocating to hedge funds. But it’s a significant minority. There has been a marked growth in the number of selections we have assisted on.” Where the decision is being taken to invest, around 5% of assets on average are being allocated to hedge fund strategies, he says.
Robert Ross, director of client services at Russell Investment Group, says that while five years ago no pension fund looked at the asset class seriously, today the majority do. The emphasis is still, though, on looking rather than doing. “But there are some exceptions; this year I’ve had one pension fund (Shropshire) making an asset allocation of 10% (£60m) to funds of hedge funds while another will be allocating 5% later this year (equal to £100m).” Across the industry, he suggests that the total level of assets involved amounts to perhaps half a percentage point.
Why now? What has changed? The answer lies in the cumulative effect of the educational process needed to increase understanding of hedge funds, greater transparency in hedge fund operations, which helps to enhance comfort levels, and the sobering effects of the bear market in equities in the three years to March 2003, says Wood at WM. “In the face of the very large negative equity returns experienced over that period, the expectation that hedge funds would deliver cash-positive return for little risk has its attractions. Moderate-risk hedge funds should give you Libor + 4%. They are not an inflation-linked investment like equity but offer lower risk than equity.” Or, as Michael McKersie of the investment department at the Association of British Insurers puts it: “Hedge funds offer a means to spice up performance while keeping the bulk of your money in safe assets; this is more attractive than running an old-fashioned balanced portfolio.”
Mansi points to two factors. One, the hedge fund market is now larger and more institutional. Two, in the 1990s market environment, the arguments for diversification were just as valid but had less penetration when equities were delivering stellar returns. As hedge fund managers have become more institutional, they have become more palatable to pension funds, who see the arguments for tapping into new methods of investment diversification.
A tactical element also comes into play, he argues. “A lot of talented asset managers have left to go into hedge funds; the market is following them. If you want skilled active managers, you have to go into hedge funds. We believe the strategic case exists for hedge fund investments, but only if you can invest with the best managers. The return you get is driven by the manager’s skills. With a long/short fund, you get some cash plus some market return plus outperformance generated by skill, minus the fees. With an unskilled manager, the equation doesn’t work; you get cash plus the market return minus the fees. Is the average hedge fund possessed of the requisite skill? It’s a hard proposition to justify.”
“Hedge funds represent a diversified way of adding value for funds have had their fingers burned in the short term and have been looking for alternatives,” says Ross. “Changes have also taken place on the supply side as well as on the demand side. Access to and transparency of hedge funds has improved. There are enough funds in the market place that are open to be researched, give you information on their holdings, etc, enabling the use of long-only portfolio research techniques to analyse them. This increasing openness has been necessary for those hedge funds without access to private money to attract investors.”
Another underlying factor is the reduced importance of peer group risk, he believes. “Arguably since Boots made its famous switch out of equities and into 100% bonds, any strategy is acceptable. When equities were rising, the risk was in being out of the market. You got locked into a moving average with no real objective. Nothing is extraordinary any more.
“In the years where funds were 75-80% equities, investment strategy was set by the fund managers acting in line with instructions from trustees. Funds have gradually switched to more customised strategies and the range of asset mixes held today is very much wider. This marks a new phase of development and maturity in the UK pension fund industry.”
Despite the general cheerleading atmosphere, there are warnings that need to be heeded. “Simply slapping the hedge fund badge on an investment vehicle doesn’t make it a Rolls-Royce,” says Mansi. “There are a lot of hedge funds out there. You need to know that they’re capable. You need to do thorough due diligence. Frauds do happen. Once that’s covered, the main risk is the risk of return disappointment, exacerbated by the inflows of money into hedge funds. So many are starting up you need to question the return potential of the average hedge fund manager going forward. You cannot manufacture skilled asset managers on demand. As money flows in, it becomes more difficult to achieve the return. The bar in terms of successful investment has been raised, highlighting how crucial is implementation.”
For Ross too, the element of danger can be traced back to the very fact of growth. “It’s all about active management. If the anomalies that managers are attempting to exploit disappear, or their ability to exploit the anomalies wanes, so will performance. You have to get good managers. Selection is critical.”
Wood adds: “It is a challenge moving into any particular area. There are 6-7,000 discrete hedge funds and around 1,000 funds of hedge funds to choose from. As a risk diversifier, it is better to go for funds of hedge funds. Even that decision leaves the pension fund with a selectable universe of approximately 1,000. That’s a major challenge; there are simply too many. In the normal equities investment world, there might be a selectable universe of 80-90 managers. Being able to filter 1,000 in any meaningful way is difficult.”


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Jamia Millia Islamia: An Ode to Unity
Jamia Millia Islamia was born of India’s nationalist movement. It has been a university that has stood for tolerance & unity through every communal crisis faced by the country. LHI Contributor Aashish Kochhar who is a student there, shares the trauma he faced as he witnessed the violence in the campus and asks isn’t it an affront to all that we stand for!
On the night of December 15, 2019, I saw for the first time what fear really looked like. My friends and I were in my hostel room, with the lights off and the doors locked, while we listened to the horrifying screams of our colleagues and what sounded like explosions outside. We were under a terror attack, not from militants but from our very own police force, who had taken an oath to protect the people of this country.
My university, Jamia Millia Islamia, was being attacked; our library, which has a ‘Wall of Heroes’ dedicated to Param Veer Chakra awardees, was vandalized; buildings were sacked, and many students were brutally beaten.
Many justify the barbaric attack and even question the patriotism of the university. The irony couldn’t be starker. Jamia was founded as an outcome of the national freedom struggle and its history is full of instances when it stood up for the freedom of India and for communal harmony.
In these troubled times, when there are forces attempting to tear at the secular fabric of our nation, let’s look at the history of this great institution and the lessons it teaches us.
The history of Jamia Millia Islamia goes back to a time when Mahatma Gandhi, disturbed by the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh and the implementation of the Rowlatt Act in Punjab in 1919, called for the Non-Cooperation Movement and was soon joined by the members of Khilafat. Both the Congress and the Khilafat, with Gandhi as the catalyst, approved the programme of surrender of the British government’s titles, schools, courts and all sorts of foreign goods along with the promotion of Hindu-Muslim unity and a strict non-violence struggle.
As a result of Gandhi’s call, many Indians dissociated themselves from British-supported educational institutions and established indigenous, nationalist institutions. Historian S N Sen writes in History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857-1947), that when in September 1920, the British government gave the Muhammadin Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh the status of a university, making it the Aligarh Muslim University, the institution’s students and nationalist alumni who supported non-cooperation quit the university, considering it a trick by the imperial government to control the institution’s activities and affairs.
Soon, 18 self-dedicated intellectuals, in just two months, established a new institution in the temporary camps of Aligarh. They named it ‘Jamia Millia Islamia’ (‘Jamia’ means ‘University’, and ‘Millia’ means ‘National’ in Arabic), thus making it the first nationalist institution set up as a product of non-cooperation in India.
Hakim Ajmal Khan, a renowned physician and poet, was the university’s first chancellor, whereas the founder of the Khilafat movement in India, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, was its first vice-chancellor. The same nationalist call later led to the founding of Gujarat Vidyapith, Bihar Vidyapith, Kasi Vidyapith, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith and Bengal National University.
Although the initial response received by Jamia was encouraging, this was just the beginning of a great struggle that was to unfold. The fall of the Khilafat in Turkey in 1924 led to the fall of the Khilafat movement itself. Jamia suffered an acute shortage of funds and plunged into a financial crisis. It was much worse off than its contemporary institutions such as Aligarh Muslim University and Benaras Hindu University because its staunch anti-colonial and pro-nationalist stand meant zero financial aid from the British crown and princely states. The only funds Jamia received were donations from its founders like Hakim Ajmal Khan and a few anti-English government public donors.
Friends of the university like national leaders Abdul Majeed Khwaja and Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari travelled the length and breadth of India and even contacted Mahatma Gandhi to raise funds. According to the book, Jamia Aur Gandhi written by journalist and Jamia alumnus Afroz Aalam Sahil, Gandhi promised to raise funds for Jamia. In order to do so, he wrote several letters to wealthy and influential people, including Jamnalal Bajaj, Ghanshyam Das Birla and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, founder of Benaras Hindu University. It was not met with the desired response.
The university was in such financial dire straits that in January 1925, the founders were considering closing it down. But Gandhi insisted that Jamia continue. He did not see it as just another nationalist project but an initiative that he hoped would set an example of Hindu-Muslim unity. He said, “If you’re facing a financial crunch, I am ready to carry a begging bowl and go door to door, but Jamia must continue.”
Gandhi appealed to the masses in Bhopal and Patna, and wrote in his journals Young India and Navjiwan to raise funds for the university. With determination like this, things began to look up and that same year (1925), the institution moved out of Aligarh to Karol Bagh in Delhi.
But hard times weren’t altogether over for Jamia. In 1927, when the Congress protested against the Simon Commission, most of the university’s founders, who were freedom fighters, supported the agitation and were arrested, thus affecting its functioning. Then, the backbone of Jamia, Hakim Ajmal Khan passed away, leaving a huge void. But Jamia didn’t give up. New leadership emerged with Dr Zakir Husain, Dr Abid Husain and Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, carrying forward the nationalist message.
When in 1928, farmers in Surat district of Gujarat, under the leadership of Congress activist Vallabhbhai Patel, revolted against an increase in revenue tax by the government, Jamia students volunteered in large numbers for the cause of the farmers even though most of their teachers were already in jail. This protest, popularly known as ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ earned Vallabhbhai the title of ‘Sardar’.
In March 1933, the Jamia campus shifted once again, from Karol Bagh to its present location in Okhla (Jamia Nagar), under the leadership of the then Chancellor Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari. For the next decade, many international scholars and donors helped to develop academic excellence and new infrastructure at the university. Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned poet and founder of Shantiniketan, called it “one of the most progressive educational institutions of India” at the time.
Jamia faced another financial crunch in 1942, when the Quit India Movement was launched by the Congress. Jamia students, along with those from several other universities, together revolted to demonstrate Hindu-Muslim solidarity in opposition to the British crown. Many associates of the university, including its Vice-Chancellor Dr Zakir Husain were arrested.
As the years passed, communal harmony gave way to communal violence all over India. Disturbed by this, Dr Zakir Husain invited leaders of both the Congress and the Muslim league to share the same stage on the occasion of the university’s silver jubilee in 1946. He had Mr and Mrs Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Liyaqat Ali Khan on one side of the stage, whereas Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Asaf Ali and Sir C Rajagolapachari were on the other. He tried to negotiate and urge both parties to make peace with each other through his moving speech. Despite his efforts, things did not change, and India was set to be divided on August 15, 1947.
Despite being a prominent stalwart of freedom, Jamia faced the brunt of the Partition riots of 1947 owing to its Islamic identity. The Jamia School (its old campus at Karol Bagh) was ransacked, and furniture and books were destroyed. According to Makhtaba Jamia, the printing press of Jamia and books worth more than Rs 7 lakh were lost in the riots.
Still, Jamia did not waver. It not only went door to door persuading Muslims to stay in India, it also didn’t demand any compensation from the government for the damage it had suffered. Although all of India was burning, Jamia’s main campus at Okhla remained unaffected. Mahatma Gandhi called it “an oasis of peace in the Sahara”.
On one hand, where Jamia students were involved in relief work to evacuate camps around Humayun’s tomb and Purana Qila for Muslims to go to Pakistan, they warmly welcomed all Hindus and Sikh refugees at the Karol Bagh campus, who had come from Pakistan. Many refugee children were even hosted at the Okhla campus. Thus, Jamia and its Vice-Chancellor Dr Zakir Husain presented an exemplary tolerant and nationalist Indian face of Islam.
But Jamia, which was denied official university status by the British government for obvious reasons, had to wait another 15 years for the same from the University Grants Commission. It was only after a long struggle that it was finally conferred the minority institution in 2011.
The history of Jamia was beautifully summed up by Sarojini Naidu, when she said they “built up the Jamia Millia, stone by stone, and sacrifice by sacrifice”. This university today, continues with its mission- to serve the nation and humanity.

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The following evidence was seized from a property within city limits as part of an ongoing investigation:
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Food & Drink International - Fall 2017 - 44
>> Green Mill and Crooked Pint Ale House are focused on keeping their menus fresh and unique, while also offering local
favorites. Crooked Pint Ale House offers 32 craft beers on tap.
cations. Finally, in 2010, Dzubnar purchased the Green Mill Franchise Company from its founder.
In 2011, he created another concept,
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in Minneapolis, to expand the brand's
portfolio. Today, the parent company, Hightop Hospitality, operates and
franchises two brands, Crooked Pint
and Green Mill. Together, they have 33
restaurants in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
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Crooked Pint is an upscale pub with
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rants are known for their "Juicy Lucys,"
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Juicy Lucys are a regional favorite in
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As anyone who has lived in the Midwest will attest, people love to eat outside when the weather allows. In an
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patios, including a few where the roof
Green Mill's roots date back to 1935,
and it is still the oldest licensed pub in
St. Paul. In 1975, the owners went to
Chicago and fell in love with deep dish
pizza and added their version to the
menu. "We do a lot of our own scratch
cooking," Dzubnar notes. "We still
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along with made-from-scratch dough
and bread daily. That's what makes us
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For both brands, Dzubnar and his
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With a formula that clearly resonates
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Have you ever written a letter to your future self? Doing this self-care practice can be a really cathartic and insightful experience! And, we have the perfect tool to help; futureme.org. This incredible website allows you to write an email based letter to yourself that will then be delivered on a future date of your choice!
Surprise! Imagine in one, five, or even ten years receiving a letter from your past self? How cool to open your letter and have the opportunity to see how much you’ve grown and assess your goals and accomplishments? Still on the fence? Ask yourself this, “How would I feel if I got a letter from my past self today?” I’m guessing pretty excited, right? Here’s how to get started:
Start your letter by sharing about your present self. What’s going on in your current life? And, remember to be specific. In order to rekindle the most accurate memories, it’s important to add as much detail as possible.
Look back before you look forward. Provide an update by writing about your current friends, family, career, health and any recent accomplishments or successes.
Freewrite. Spend a little time asking yourself the following questions and write down what is on your mind and heart.
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What worries, obstacles, and frustrations do I face?
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Set goals and make predictions. This is where the challenge and fun comes in! Where do you want to be and what do you think will happen between now and the time you read your letter?
Give yourself a pep-talk. Think of this as an exercise in self-love. End your letter with some words of encouragement, some inspiration and some advice.
Steepers, while time travel isn’t possible yet, writing a letter to your future self is a close second. We promise, your future self will thank you.

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Hi all, After the “Lessons learned Albatros DV ” I’m now showing the second of my past builds: Tokos (Eastern Express) Siemens Schuckert DIII. Tokos SSW kit offers modellers the choice to build an SSW DIII or an SSW DIV. The detail of the kit is outstanding, for 1/72. Unfortunately, the kit only contains parts for an accurately scaled SSW DIV, as the SSW DIII option is not possible to build out of the box without addressing some serious scaling/accuracy flaws, which are: The elevator is too small for a DIII The upper wing us too narrow The spinner is too small To illustrate the inaccuracies, here is a comparison of a spare kit I bought with Dick Bennets 1/72 drawings from 1991: On top of that, the Lozenge decals are not accurate at all, as they are far too bright, and the same for top and bottom surfaces. Things I wanted to try with this kit Despite the kits shortcomings for the SSW DIII option, I chose to build it, in Ernst Udets markings, because it combines a colourful paint job with a prominent ace status of its pilot. Here are some original photographs of the SSW: This was the first kit where I decided to: Make serious changes to the dimensions of major parts of the aircraft Apply Lozenge decals Use the airbrush The completed model I decided to increase the depth of both the elevator and the top wing using an unusual and very lazy method. I folded a piece of simple transparent adhesive tape around the wing and elevator, respectively, letting the folded edge of the tape stand off the original edge of the upper wing/elevator and therefore increase the depth of both parts, respectively. With the paint and lozenge decals added, this solution generated acceptable results. Regarding the bright Lozenge, I sprayed a very thin mixture of black on top of the decals for the top wings, to darken the colour. It looked less bright, but was a) still not an accurate representation of 4 colour Lozenge and b) not applied diagonally. Then, I tried to manually paint some of the hexes of the bottom wing lozenge with colours more typical for underside Lozenge, which looked quite bad in close-ups. Rib tapes were added with a black permanent marker, again out of laziness and ignorance of the true colour of rib tapes. The lessons learned whilst building this particular kit 1. I should just have bought proper Lozenge decals instead of trying to improve the ones from the kit 2. Changes to components can be achieved quite easily, and are worth the effort 3. Airbrushing is worth the effort too, even in 1/72 Best regards, Rob


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Energy stocks were falling across the board along with slumping oil prices as coronavirus concern weighed on the broad market.
Over the weekend, the number of reported coronavirus cases spiked, leading to Monday’s selloff.
Chinese authorities on Monday reported more than 400 new cases, bringing the number of confirmed cases globally to 77,150, according to China’s National Health Commission.
The organization also reported 150 new deaths, bringing the toll from the outbreak in mainland China to 2,592.
Benchmark Brent Crude prices were down 4.6%, or $2.66, to $55.84 a barrel. U.S. benchmark West Texas crude prices were down 4.3%, or $2.29, to $51.09.
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Stocks more broadly fell sharply on Monday as investors worried about how the global spread of the coronavirus, which now has been found in more than two dozen countries, will affect economies in China and worldwide.
Italy confirmed 150 cases of the virus, with officials verifying at least three deaths in Europe's third-largest economy.
Iran has said as many as eight people have died, while the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea has jumped to just under 800, the most outside China.

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Upgrading tank & filter - upgrade tips and establishing amazon biotope community
i am a novice to the fish keeping life, though i have kept goldfish for years i never took a real interest.
I now have an established 55ltr with 2 angels, 2 gourami, a Pleco and a red tail black shark. i am now upgrading the tank size and filter to accommodate them. I will be getting a Juwel Rio 180 and thinking about a Eheim Pro 3, but am considering if the 3e is worth the extra expenditure?
Also i want to try recreate an Amazonian biotope, i know gourami are from the indian region but i wasnt planning on a biotope at the time. i would like to grow my collection to create a community tank. What fish would you recommend to go along with my current selection?
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Opening December 25, Big Eyesis the true story of Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), a woman who claimed she was the true artist behind Walter Keane’s (Christoph Waltz) work.
Directed by Tim Burton, the feature deals with Margaret’s journey in stepping out of the shadows of her husband’s popularity and claiming what is rightfully hers.
The new Big Eyes featurette, exclusively available on Yahoo! Screen, contains archival footage of Walter Keane that hasn’t been viewed by the public in over 40 years (it was revealed on last week’s installment of CBS Sunday Morning).
The featurette also contains interviews with Margaret Keane, clips from the movies, and interviews with Big Eyes writers/producers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.
The Babadookhas been critically acclaimed and praised for its horrifying premise (can a child’s storybook monster actually be real?) and execution, so in the spirit of the holiday season, IFC Midnight has released a video featuring Santa Claus.
Kris Kringle’s merry chimney excursions take a bit of a violent left turn, unfortunately, and before I spoil the video for you, here it is:
*****The Babadook is now playing in select theaters and is available on VOD.
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Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both.
When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behaviour, is forced to medicate him.
But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.
Currently playing at NYC’s Quad Cinema through December 25 (it hits VOD in April), Aftermathcenters on a hot tempered yet successful developer named Thomas Fiorini (Anthony Michael Hall) whose life gradually unravels thanks to a huge disagreement between his under pressure lead foreman Matt (Jamie Harrold) and a volatile subcontractor (Chris Penn).
Elisabeth Rohm (American Hustle, TV’s Stalker) co-stars as Thomas’ easy on the eyes wife, with Frank Whaley (Ray Donovan, Swimming With Sharks) and Tony Danza lending support as two lowlifes who, in separate instances, throws Thomas down danger lane.
Director Thomas Farone shot Aftermath in 2006, the same year of Penn’s passing (Leo Burmester, who played the town’s morally questionable lawman, died a year later). Though one can assume Aftermath’s long delay may have been due to the director or the producers ditching the film altogether, the real story emerges. Consider this – Farone could have rushed the film’s release and attempt to capitalize on Penn’s name.
Since Farone also wrote Aftermath’s screenplay, edited the film, and served as its cinematographer, one can assume he put his creative heart and soul into the project. Though several weeks of reshoots doesn’t seem interminable for a big budgeted movie, things don’t happen overnight for many indie films – and Aftermath was just part of that formula.
Farone also understood that composer David Kitay (The Ice Harvest, Relative Strangers) had other Hollywood gigs lined up, and much of the director’s Aftermath process was playing the waiting game. As Farone claims in our interview, he didn’t exactly “linger” in the editing room for years on end. Instead, by waiting for the best elements to come together – whether it’s the score, the reshoots, the distribution, and the film festival submissions – all of this took a lengthy amount of time.
But now Aftermath is finished, and for a low-budget, 84 minute crime thriller, the flick completely delivers. Tony Danza deliberately chews up the scenery (in a good way) as a wannabe tough guy and the aforementioned Burmester is perfect as the slimy, strip club frequenting sheriff.
The true standout (with respect to Anthony Michael Hall, who also does commendable, unhinged work as the lead) is Chris Penn, a perpetual scene stealer blessed with a ton of presence (for proof, check out Penn’s work in the gangster pic The Funeral). I asked Mr. Farone about his experience on Aftermath collaborating with Penn:
“Chris Penn was incredible. He’s a major talent. He’s very underrated. Careers kind of go as they go, but just from his family and his pedigree, that man is so talented on so many levels. He brought so much to the story. He taught me so much more about character development. The thing that made Chris even more special than that was he was a filmmaker at heart . . . I learned more from that man in my career so far than anybody. He could really talk film and he brought it.”
Part black comedy, part thriller, and eventually all tragedy, Aftermath is a genre hybrid that puts Farone’s manifold talents in display. After watching the movie’s refreshingly surprising climax, I wondered what Farone, who storyboards his narratives, could do with a sizable budget. I also asked him if he’d shoot his next film on digital, since 2014 is a whole different (and in many ways more convenient) world (at least technically) than 2006.
“Good or bad, I do have a strong sense as a filmmaker,” said Farone, who has two scripts already storyboarded and ready to shoot. “To answer your question, I’d shoot both. The best thing about digital (filmmaking) is it allows you to edit when you get your hands on Final Cut and it could really get you started on your craft . . I’ll always be a film purist (but) whatever calls for the best filmmaking process – that’s where I would make my choice.”

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First up is Takitum Tootem!, a twenty minute, two song EP released in December that shows the Ruins of Beverast taking their sound into completely over-the-top experimental territories. The EP begins with the title track, “Takitum Tootem! (Wardance).” Building off of a single guitar line and drum pattern and fueled by psychedelic hysteria, this song perfectly evokes the essence of its namesake, entrancing the listener and channeling a primal essence that evokes a pre-battle frenzy. Contrasting this is the album’s B side: a re-imagining of the Pink Floyd classic “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” which retains the spacey prog elements of the original while dialing up the intensity and volume.
Takitum Tootem! represents a sharp left turn for the band’s sound; there is no black metal to speak of on these songs, and even the funereal doom the band has been known for is sacrificed for a drum circle tribal pulse. It was unsurprising, then, that the majority of the coverage I saw for this EP upon its release was either confusion or outright decrying it as a misstep. Yet I feel like this is wholly undeserved. Maybe it wasn’t the Ruins of Beverast album you expected, but part of what draws me to this band is never knowing what to expect in the first place. Every album I devoured was a chance to hear something different than the one before it; I don’t think I would ever want this band to be predictable. For what they are, these pieces make wonderful contrasts for each other, and manage to show both extremes of what The Ruins of Beverast’s music is capable of: crushing extreme metal and a willingness to explore outsider sounds. I cannot help but love this.
The follow-up and counterpart to Takitum Tootem! is Exuvia, the band’s first full-length release since 2013’s Blood Vaults. If that album was too conservative for you (which was a complaint I see about it quite a bit) Exuvia is Meilenwald giving you what you want in spades. Whether it’s operatic backing vocals, bagpipes, samples of ritual chanting, or Meilenwald’s nu-metal-esque scat vocals in “The Pythia’s Pale Wolves” Exuvia sees the Ruins utilizing their most eclectic palate of extra touches to date, and yet as always, the massive riffs keep everything grounded.
Much of the album contains a similar feel to Takitum Tootem!, particularly the album-opening title track and (of course) the album closer “Takitum Tootum! (Trance),” which both retain the hypnotic repetition present in the EP’s songs. Fear not, however: if you are worried the band has embraced the tribal aspect completely, the classic mix of atmospheric black metal and choral doom dirge is brought back once more to great effect. Exuvia is as heavy as you could imagine, and the signature sinuous song structures return, creating an album that flows from bludgeoning metal to heady progressive oddness more effortlessly than ever before. Exuvia feels at once like a distillation of the best parts of everything that the Ruins of Beverast have built a reputation on to this day, and also a breath of revitalizing air for their formula.
Together, Takitum Tootem! and Exuvia, according to the band, form “a bipartite meditation and celebration in euphoria for manhood’s loss of the crown of creation”, and this concludes my bipartite meditation and celebration of these magnificent offerings from a band that is very near and dear to me. The Ruins of Beverast are uncompromising in their approach to crafting music, and with these latest offerings they have doubled down on this principal and created works that continue in a long legacy of greatness. Or maybe they left you more confused than before, in which case this article is not for you. I like to hope I’ve made a believer out of you though.


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Australia’s strike force has suffered another blow, with Scott McDonald ruled out of the clash with China on Wednesday, after suffering a calf injury against Gretna on Sunday.
Australia-s strike force has suffered another blow, with Scott McDonald ruled out of the clash with China on Wednesday, after suffering a calf injury against Gretna on Sunday.
McDonald, who scored his 26th goal of the season in the 3-0 win, came off after 62 minutes and it was revealed after the game that his injury was deemed to severe for him to travel and back up three days later.
The Celtic hitman-s injury comes on the back of injuries to Brett Emerton, Tim Cahill, Mile Sterjovski and McDonald-s new strike partner Josh Kennedy.
The injury has paved the way for experienced Melbourne Victory striker Archie Thompson to lead the line, as he did against Singapore on Saturday night in the first half. Other strikers in Kunming already are Sydney FC-s Mark Bridge and Adelaide United-s Bruce Djite, who both played well in the difficult conditions against Singapore in their international debuts.
Harry Kewell could also play up front, although it-s unclear what formation Pim Verbeek has decided to start with and whether he is earmarked for a start in midfield.
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FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. — Three Georgia men have been arrested after police say they were involved in a white supremacist group that had plans to overthrow the government and kill a Bartow County couple.
Luke Austin Lane, 21, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and participation in a criminal street gang known as “The Base.”
Lane was arrested Wednesday at his home in Floyd County. Michael John Helterbrand, 25, of Dalton, and Jacob Kaderli, 19, of Dacula, were also arrested in different locations. They were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and participation in a criminal street gang.
The members of The Base are described as a “racially motivated, violent extremist group that sought to ‘accelerate the downfall of the United States government, incite a race war and establish a white ethno-state,’” according to a news release from Floyd County police.
The group, which has the motto “learn, train, fight,” brings together white supremacists with varying ideologies.
According to an affidavit, “members of The Base” would recruit new followers and communicate through a variety of online platforms and encrypted online messaging applications and chat rooms.”
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Its organizers recruit fellow white supremacists online — particularly seeking out veterans because of their military training and train members in military-style camps in the woods, according to experts who track extremist groups.
Some of the topics discussed in these chat rooms included support for the gunman involved in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, how to react to law enforcement if they show up with a warrant, the idea of suicide by cop and other methods to escalate white supremacy, the affidavit said.
The arrests came after an undercover FBI agent infiltrated the group and participated in shooting drills in the mountains of northern Georgia, according to a police affidavit. The drills were being done in preparation for what they believe is an impending collapse of the United States and ensuing race war. At the end of the firearms training, the Georgia men wore tactical gear and balaclava hoods while posing for photos with the undercover agent and the photos were later used in the group’s propaganda, the affidavit says.
Lane, Kaderli and the undercover agent drove to the couple’s home in Bartow County to scope it out, according to the affidavit. After checking out the property and the surrounding neighborhood, Lane suggested using a sledgehammer as one way of breaching the door, then kill them with revolvers, according to the affidavit. Kaderli suggested they should burn the house down after the killings, it states.
Members of The Base also believe in an extreme form of survivalism and preparation, offering real-life survivalist training to resist the “extinction” of the Caucasian race, the FBI has said.
The arrests show an intensified focus on the group from law enforcement officials who are concerned that the supremacists may go beyond plotting to violent acts, a threat made more urgent ahead of a pro-gun rally Monday in Richmond, Va.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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So the inspiration for this blog comes from how much joy I've gotten over the last month listening to the BMI Workshop Songbook podcasts here. And there are many reasons why I absolutely love these. First of all, the Broadcast Music, Inc. workshops help cultivate talents that continually contribute new, exciting works from new composers. Second, this collection of podcasts features the talents of 20 writers/songwriting teams, with composers and lyricists like Andy Monroe and Jack Lechner, Maury Yeston, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green, Barry Wyner, Joy Son and Jill Abramovitz, Michael John LaChiusa, Beth Falcone, and Jeff Blumenkrantz. With all this creative talent, there's a wealth of vocal talent from the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, Gavin Creel, and Christine Ebersole. Perhaps my favorite parts besides all the music are the great interviews, which are really more like conversations about the craft of creating a musical. And through these conversations, a lot of interesting ideas are raised in many of the podcasts, from the difficulty of obtaining rights to adapt popular source material to how 9/11 created a sense of community in one of the classes. If you enjoy the music, you can also buy the Songbook on CD here.
In speaking of process, I revisited Kerrigan and Lowdermilk's Freshman Experiment website the other day and am continually amazed by the scope and ingenuity of this venture. Through two college Freshmen's blogs, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk created songs based on their subjects' experiences, almost all of which are now fan favorites. Through the blogging done by all parties, it's also easy to chart the evolution of the songs as lyrics are tightened and ideas are formed.
For another great resource for hearing about a journey of a show through grassroots promotion, check out MTI ShowSpace's Vault for videos from Pasek and Paul as they discuss the process of creating and getting productions of their song cycle Edges, much of which was done while they were still in college at University of Michigan. It's a fascinating story of how they were able to bypass the Off-Broadway dream by taking the show on the road on a non-equity bus tour and managed to get a slew of college performances long before their first professional production.
And to top off this theme of songwriting and creation comes more Jason Robert Brown blogginess. In this two part blog, JRB gives examples of some lessons he goes over with USC students, from a list of examples of different musical theatre songwriting techniques to how to construct a cheesy disco melody.

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- 1/4 of a medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pound of ground sirloin
- 15 oz can of black beans, rinsed
- 1 tbsp Mexican oregano
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
Frontera Enchilada Sauce, Chipotle Garlic
- 6 whole wheat tortillas
- 6 oz Asadero cheese, grated (perfect for melting, low-calorie too)
Fage 0% greek yogurt (used in place of sour cream)
- Green onion, chopped
- Cooking spray or oil (I use coconut oil)
1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. In a medium sauté pan, heat about a half a teaspoon of oil on medium heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent. Then add the garlic, ground sirloin, beans, oregano, and other spices.
3. Break apart the sirloin and cook until the meat has browned. Pour off any liquid in the pan. Add half of the jar of Frontera sauce and stir until incorporated.
4. Evenly fill the 6 tortillas with the mixture and roll the tortilla. Place the tortilla in a 9 x 13 inch pan, with the fold side facing down. Cover the tortillas with the rest of the enchilada sauce and then the grated cheese. Place into the oven and bake for 15 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
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If you’ve been into the café over the last month, you’ve probably had a chance to try out “Coconut Daydreams”. It’s a delicious coconut-flavored ice cream with toasted coconut flakes and pie crust chunks. Yes, it’s January and twenty degrees outside, but we can all daydream about summer, right? Here at Golden Scoop, we have a unique “employee of the month” reward: You get to design your own flavor, which then goes on sale for the whole month! As you might have guessed, Coconut Daydreams is my creation and I am January’s employee of the month! The flavor is similar to a combination of a coconut macaroon and a slice of coconut cream pie. Yum!
The month is almost over, but the flavor will still be in the case for a few more days as we use up old stock. If you haven’t tried it yet, grab some quickly, as when it’s gone, it’s gone.
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« The Society for American Music’s Education Committee solicits proposals for a series of online video lectures on American music topics. Designed for general audiences (including, but not limited to, high school and university students, concertgoers, and/or historical societies), these lectures may address any topic or theme in American music studies but should approach the material with the layperson in mind. Each “Digital Lecture in American Music” should be 10-15 minutes in length. Please note that the Society employs an expansive definition of “American music” that encompasses all musics of the Americas, and especially welcomes submissions addressing Latin music, Canadian music, Indigenous music, and other marginalized music traditions. In this fifth iteration of the DLAM project, we are open to proposals that explore the use of the audiovisual medium in original and creative ways. The committee will prioritize submissions from those who have not previously developed a digital lecture for the society.
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Mia is no ordinary girl. Growing up with the sensory condition synaesthesia - where she sees the world in a kaleidoscope of shapes, colours and smells - she has gone through life with the vivid imagination of an artist, but for years she has shouldered an overwhelming burden of guilt. It has been a difficult relationship, but now comes the toughest test of all...Alida must find the courage to trust her maternal instincts, or lose her daughter forever.
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Winners announced for KDOT aviation art contest.
The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the 2020 Kansas Aviation Art Contest.
The contest is designed to challenge young people to use creative expression through art to illustrate the importance of aviation.
Artists aged 6-17 are divided into three age categories (junior, intermediate and senior) to create art that celebrates the adventure and excitement of aviation.
The theme for this years contest was “Flying Yesterday and Tomorrow.”
The first place winner in each age group receives a prize package from the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education, which includes a drone and a tablet among other prizes.
State winners will be submitted to the International Aviation Art Contest held by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Over 300 people participated this year.
KDOT director of Aviation Bob Brock said this shows that there is a passion for aviation that “still beats loud in the hearts of Kansas’ young people.”
The 2020 winners are:
First Place: Lily Weidemier of McPherson (junior); Siena Masilionis of Leawood (intermediate); and LeeAnn Skiller of Topeka (senior).
Second Place: Tripp Pelzel of McPherson (junior); Kamron Clone of Newton (intermediate); and Jessica Ta of Wichita (senior).
Third Place: Journey Linthicum of Parsons (junior); Lyssa Kay Beesley of Dighton (intermediate); and Lola Speicher of Randolph (senior).
To see the artwork, go to facebook.com/KDOTAviation.


Do we observe dots on a position detector like in the double slit experiment?
Of course we do. They are classical, relativistic BB pellets, for all intents and purposes, as they don't interfere with each other. The position reflects the angle of their momentum vector, and we measure their momentum and energy: we basically work in momentum space--this is where the infinite coupled oscillators in QFT decouple, after all!
However, there's no "particle position" operator in Quantum Field Theory.
It is true there is no crisp position operator used in HEP, but that's only because it is basically useless: at the level of detection there is no particle interference, as quantified in the linked question.
However, in QFT, the wavefunction is a wave-functional. There's no position operator anymore. There's no mean position. Are the wavefunctionals heading towards each other somehow?
The wave functional formulation is a terrible, terrible, formulation of QFT for the purposes of visualization! (It only helps some in formal correspondence procedures...) The conventional canonical formulation relies on quantum field operators, quite narrowly localized, in practice! These are instrumental in describing the scattering process in the minuscule interaction region: a fireball of the size of fermis!
The proper visualization might entail two classical BB pellets headed at each other, colliding on occasion, and acting quantum in the region of collision; then, once out of it, the products being many classical pellets, gears, cherries, gnats, leaving the interaction region as classical objects, and hitting detectors, detected as basically classical objects: lumps of momentum and energy. QFT was crucial in calculating what happened in the interaction region, but hardly operative outside it.
So does it mean that particles are a quantum of energy but located at a position?
Of course: given the huge momenta and energies involved, most of the time, the uncertainty principle that you imagine is relevant hardly enters at all! Again, outside the interaction region, particles are quite classical.
NB. Caveat for fussbudgets: To be sure, there are QM interference phenomena along the way in special types of experiments, involving neutrino or flavor oscillations, but these are outliers and merit separate discussions, where paradoxes of the UP do enter. But that is a very different question... A further quantum effect is HBTwiss-like interference patterns at the detector, magnifying quantum interference phenomena in the interaction region, not outside it.


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Superb getaway holiday
Maria and her husband's welcome was wonderful. They even left a bottle of wine for us! They are lovely and charming people. We wanted a holiday that was away from the crowds so we could relax and this villa was perfect. It is outside the village so a car is essential but it suited us very well. The villa was well-equipped and very comfortable. We would have no hesitation in returning here.
A great place to escape after a day exploring
We very much enjoyed our stay, the house was clean and comfortable. Maria was great meeting us in town so we could follow her to the house and had a bottle of wine for us. At first we thought it was quite remote but after a few trips to town it was really not that far and there are many other homes in the area. Santa Catarina was wonderful, great restaurants and a wonderful bakery. Only 15 minutes to Alvira, it fit our needs perfectly to explore the eastern part of the Algarve. The weather was still quite hot in late September so the pool was a nice relief at the end of the day.
Thank you for your comment. I was very thankful to have met you. I hope they can come back another year. Thank you and a good year.
The Property and scenery were breathtaking.
Our stay was amazing. Maria and her husband were there to greet us our plane was delayed and we were held up at the car rental so where 3 hours late. They where wonderful and so patient. There was a lovely bottle of complimentary wine as we arrived as well.
Maria showed us how everything worked and left us to enjoy our holiday. It was fantastic, it is so quiet and picturesque. The pool was a welcome perk in the heat The village was wonderful to as where the people. There is a wonderful cafe in the village where you can buy bread and pastries and enjoy a coffee or beer. There is also a place to purchase fresh fish and produce. There is also a lidl nearby as well.
I would recommend a car as this is rural...but also wonderful.
We went to Tavira, Faro, Loule and Estoi all i highly recommend but at the end of the day loved returning to our little villa in Sant Catarina.
I cannot find words to explain how truly beautiful and welcomed the holiday was and we are looking forward to when we return next year.
Thank you Maria and your husband for a wonderful holiday experience. We miss you already. Love shelly and nicki.
You are very nice.
I'm waiting for you for 2018.
All the best to you.
Great Property in a stunning location
Maria and Pau were very kind and helpful. The house is in such a great, peaceful location, surrounded by nature and birdsong. Lots of lovely things to do in the local area too.
Hi. We also like you very much, I saw that you are very good people. I enjoyed having them in my house. Another year if you want, just contact me. Thanks for your comment on the site I thank you for your kindness. Kisses for everyone. Thank you for your contact and attention
Return to Paradise for Christmas and New Year
This is our third time to this little gem in the countryside and as always it was superb. We spent the whole of Christmas and New Year, a total of 4 weeks. Maria ordered us enough firewood for our holiday, so the cottage was nice and cosy, she even put flannelette sheets and pillow cases on the bed for extra comfort and warmth, I would strongly recommend this lovely place to anyone who wants it quiet at night but close enough to all amenities and beaches if that is your thing.... we will be back again and again
Thank you very much for the affection shown, you are very dear. Once again thank you very much.
Perfect Villa for Quiet Getaway!
Perfect for quiet getaway. Pool large enough and villa spacious. Maria very helpful, even when our flight delayed.. The villa was better than any of the photos and close enough to local amenities. Cant wait to come back!
Thank you for your comment. I was very happy to have you enjoyed that little paradise. thank you and is my compliments.
Country house, situated in a quiet location 15 minutes from the beach and 8 km from the highway A22.
Good time to go to the beach. Good typical food restaurants in the area, with a good fresh fish like, game, fresh seafood and delicious sweets in the region, for example, almond cakes, eggs and honey candy, cakes with almonds and figs, etc.

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Has anyone experienced stunted fiddleheads? I have a western sword and an autumn fern (new growth is copper colored) that both produced normal fiddleheads but after unfurling about halfway, they just stopped, leaving half of a leaf. The frond looks normal up to the point the where the tip withered away.
Could it be a drainage problem? Adding to the puzzle is that right next to the stunted sword fern is another sword which opened up perfectly this year.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.


text: The hotel is next to Madrid's former bullfight arena and a metro (subway) station (Ventas). Whilst it is not right downtown, we have decided to walk the distance at least a couple of times because it is not that far and Calle Alcala takes you through a variety of neighbourhoods and streetside terraces that are all interesting and worth seeing and exploring (including the department store El Corte inglés halfway towards Retiro, the spectacular public parc right downtown Madrid). We thought the hotel was very proper, clean, and certainly conveniently located. In addition, our room came with a roof terrace that was especially in the evenings spectacular: we sat under the sky overlooking the open plaza of Ventas and the beautiful facade of the arena. We would also without reservation recommend to have breakfast at the hotel: at EUR 7,95 it is a buffet that is very reasonably priced in light of the variety of foodstuffs on offer, including the incredibly tasty fresh orange juice. The room turned out to be quite spacious, especially the bath room offered more space than the usual 'wet cell'. Apart from the roof top terrace mentioned above the room was equipped with a flatscreen television, desk, and baggage deposit. I appreciated the absence of thick (but typically dust loaded) carpets and the softwood floor covering. The room was clean and serviced daily. This was our first stay at this hotel but given the hotel's convenient location, facilities, and attractive price-quality ratio for the room rates, we will most likely consider it again for our next extended weekend stay in Madrid. The hotel considerably added to our appreciation of our short extended weekend stay in this beautiful city. I should like to thank reception staff who were very friendly and advised on the hotel's restaurant facilities and how to move about Madrid.


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For six years he was a member of the London School Board as one of the representatives of Lambeth West from 1885-1888. Standing as the "Ratepayer's Friend", he took the Moderate Party whip on the board and was chairman of the board's Works Committee. He was a controversial figure, described by the The Daily News as "the great champion of sectarianism under the guise of economy" and was defeated at the 1891 election.
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Aging is a problem that ought to be solved, and most Less Wrongers recognize this. However, few members of the community seem to be aware of the current state of the anti-aging field, and how close we are to developing effective anti-aging therapies. As a result, there is a much greater (and in my opinion, irrational) overemphasis on the Plan B of cryonics for life extension, rather than Plan A of solving aging. Both are important, but the latter is under-emphasised despite being a potentially more feasible strategy for life extension given the potentially high probability that cryonics will not work.
Today, there are over 130 longevity biotechnology companies and over 50 anti-aging drugs in clinical trials in humans. The evidence is promising that in the next 5-10 years, we will start seeing robust evidence that aging can be therapeutically slowed or reversed in humans. Whether we live to see anti-aging therapies to keep us alive indefinitely (i.e. whether we make it to longevity escape velocity) depends on how much traction and funding the field gets in coming decades.
In this post, I summarise the state of the art of the anti-aging field (also known as longevity biotechnology, rejuvenation biotechnology, translational biogerontology or geroscience). If you feel you already possess the necessary background on aging, feel free to skip to Part V.
Part I: Why is Aging a problem?
Aging is the biggest killer worldwide, and also the largest source of morbidity. Aging kills 100,000 people per day; more than twice the sum of all other causes of death. This equates to 37 million people - a population the size of Canada - dying per year of aging. In developed countries, 9 out of 10 deaths are due to aging.
Aging also accounts for more than 30% of all disability-adjusted life years lost (DALYs); more than any other single cause. Deaths due to aging are not usually quick and painless, but preceded by 10-15 years of chronic illnesses such as cancer, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Quality of life typically deteriorates in older age, and the highest rates of depression worldwide are among the elderly.
To give a relevant example of the effects of aging, consider that aging is primarily responsible for almost all COVID-19 deaths. This is observable in the strong association of COVID-19 mortality with age (below, middle panel):
The death rate from COVID-19 increases exponentially with age (above, middle). This is not a coincidence - it is because biological aging weakens the immune system and results in a much higher chance of death from COVID-19. On a side note, waning immunity with age also increases cancer risk, as another example of how aging is associated with chronic illness.
The mortality rate doubling time for COVID-19 is close to the all-cause mortality rate doubling time, suggesting that people who die of COVID-19 are really dying of aging. Without aging, COVID-19 would not be a global pandemic, since the death rate in individuals below 30 years old is extremely low.
Part II: What does a world without aging look like?
For those who have broken free of the pro-aging trance and recognise aging as a problem, there is the further challenge of imagining a world without aging. The prominent ‘black mirror’ portrayals of immortality as a curse or hubristic may distort our model of what a world with anti-aging actually looks like.
The 'white mirror' of aging is a world in which biological age is halted at 20-30 years, and people maintain optimal health for a much longer or indefinite period of time. Although people will still age chronologically (exist over time) they will not undergo physical and cognitive decline associated with biological aging. At chronological ages of 70s, 80s, even 200s, they would maintain the physical appearance and much lower disease risk of a 20-30-year-old.
This may sound like science fiction but is a phenomenon exhibited by other species such as hydras, naked mole rats, tortoises, whales, and sharks - the latter of which can live up to 400 years old. While these species do eventually die, their risk of disease does not change over time - a phenomenon known as 'negligible senescence' - and these species do not age. In contrast, as humans, we experience an exponentially increasing risk of death over time due to aging, a phenomenon known as Gompertz law. Yet this law is not an ingrained law of biology or the result of entropy, as it does not apply to other species, and the goal of anti-aging is to attain negligible senescence in humans.
There would be many benefits to an ageless population such as:
- Very low rates of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease etc.
- Increased healthy lifespans
- Increased cognitive function in older age
- Lower death rates globally
- Trillions of dollars saved on healthcare systems globally
Transitioning to an ageless population would come with several social implications that will need to be considered such as overpopulation, climate impact, immortal dictators and distributional justice. I’ll save a deeper discussion of these for a future post, but you can read responses to these objections here and by Aubrey de Grey, David Wood and others.
Part III: What is aging?
Aging is essentially damage that accumulates over time, which exponentially increases the risk of the diseases that kill most people (shown below):
This 'damage' associated with aging comes in essentially 9 forms, known as the hallmarks of aging:
- Genomic instability
- Telomere attrition
- Epigenetic alterations
- Loss of proteostasis
- Deregulated nutrient-sensing
- Mitochondrial dysfunction
- Cellular senescence
- Stem cell exhaustion
- Altered intercellular communication
The hallmarks of aging are shown in the context of the cellular and extracellular microenvironment are depicted below:
These forms of cellular damage drive the increased risk of disease, frailty, cognitive decline as well as observable signs of aging such as grey hair, frailty and wrinkles. I'm going to save a deeper discussion of the hallmarks and their link to chronic diseases for a future post, but for excellent reviews on this topic I recommend this, this and this.
Where does this ‘damage’ come from?
The 'damage' (hallmarks of aging) occurs as a by-product of normal metabolism - the biochemical reactions that keep us alive. More and more damage accumulates and eventually leads to pathology, i.e. disease. When we talk about anti-aging we are talking about fixing the damage using an engineering approach before it accumulates to a dangerous level at which diseases emerge.
This basic model of aging can be understood as similar to the damage accumulated by a car. In its normal use, a car accrues damage that increases the likelihood that it will break down. Anti-aging is equivalent to maintaining a car, to prevent it from breaking down in the first place.
Anti-aging vs current medicine
Anti-aging is more feasible for extending healthy lifespan rather than solving the individual diseases of aging due to Taueber’s paradox and the highly comorbid nature of age-related diseases. Even if a person survives one age-related disease such as cancer, another (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease) will kill them if aging is not solved. This accounts for the much smaller increase in healthy lifespan associated with curing the diseases of aging, such as cancer (2-3 years), versus slowing aging itself (30+ years):
The difference between anti-aging and current medicine is the former prevents illness by targeting the hallmarks of aging, whereas the latter intervenes once a disease has emerged. If we compare current medical interventions associated with geriatrics with anti-aging - the former extends unhealthy lifespan, whereas only the latter extends healthy lifespan.
Therefore, there is strong reason to think that anti-aging will be more successful in extending healthy lifespan than the ‘sick-care’ approach of current medicine.
Part IV: Can aging actually be slowed?
In the lab, we have demonstrated that various anti-aging approaches can extend healthy lifespan in many model organisms including yeast, worms, fish, flies, mice and rats. Life extension of model organisms using anti-aging approaches ranges from 30% to 1000%:

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