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When Sam Shepard met Peter Brook in London in 1973, Brook introduced him to the teachings of spiritual philosopher G. I. Gurdjieff, whose memoir
Meetings with Remarkable Men was the basis of a film that Brook made in 1979. Among students and adherents, there is a tradition of not speaking publicly about the Gurdjieff work. Some prominent artists have let their involvement with Gurdjieff’s teachings be known – actor Bill Murray is probably the best-known – and a recent anthology called
Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teaching includes entries by Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, playwright Jean-Claude Carriere, and composer David Hykes. The closest Shepard has ever come to acknowledging his relationship to Gurdjieff was his dedication of
A Lie of the Mind to “L.P.,” a reference to Lord Pentland (Henry John Sinclair), the British businessman who established and directed the Gurdjieff Foundation of California and whose funeral Shepard attended in the spring of 1984.
I’d always been curious to know what if any influence Gurdjieff’s work had on Shepard’s plays, especially
A Lie of the Mind. I knew enough about Gurdjieff’s philosophy to know that “waking sleep” was one of his metaphors for the human condition, spiritual practice being an invitation to rouse oneself from this unconscious slumber. And reading the anthology, I was very intrigued to find central themes from Shepard’s work expressed in this passage from an essay by Jeanne de Salzman, who oversaw the continuation of Gurdjieff’s work after his death: “Try for a moment to accept the idea that you are not what you believe yourself to be, that you overestimate yourself, in fact that you lie to yourself. That you always lie to yourself every moment, all day, all your life… You will see that you are two…One who lies and one who cannot endure lies…Learn to look until you have seen the difference between your two natures, until you have seen the lies, the deception in yourself. When you have seen your two natures, that day, in yourself, the truth will be born.”
I was hoping that this interview with Shepard would be an opportunity to sound him out on this subject. Here’s how it went:
I was struck by something that you said to Michael Almereyda in the documentary: “It’s an amazing dilemma when one begins to discover that you’re living your life as a somnambulist. You’re living your life in a trance -- in a dream, to be corny about it. When that occurs, there’s a kind of amazing thing that takes place. One is despair, and the other is a sudden awakening. There’s another way of seeing." That metaphysical perspective shows up in a lot of your plays, and it sounds to me like some of the language that comes from the Gurdjieff work.
Yeah, it's language that's used in a lot of different traditions. The Buddhist tradition. The notion of awakening is a Christian idea.
I hadn't made the connection to resurrection as the same kind of metaphor, but I see what you mean. You also repeatedly use a metaphor of a living corpse. Henry Moss says, “There are a lot of dead people walking around, a lot of walkers and talkers.”
It's an extremely provocative idea that the unconscious can believe themselves to be conscious. People who are in an unconscious state, which is a great majority of us, can believe they're conscious. In other words, we could be walking in a dream and not know it. To me it's a fascinating idea.
A Lie of the Mind is another play that deals with being dead and alive at the same time. Jake thinks he's killed Beth at the beginning of the play. There's also the notion of being split, which shows up in your plays.
Yeah. I don't know what more to say about it. (laughs)
I'm curious about the relationship between the Gurdjieff work, the language of waking sleep and lying, with this notion of being split.
I don't know how Gurdjieff got into it. [he turns cold all of a sudden]
It seems like a code that runs through some of the plays.
No, it's not. As far as the split thing goes, I always felt envious of people who feel themselves to be whole. Maybe there are people who do genuinely feel whole, like they're one person. I've never felt that ever in my life. I felt like I'm many. Many. I don't mean schizophrenic or neurotic or any of that bullshit. On a daily basis, I can feel maybe six different versions of myself playing out in the course of a day, that I'm aware of.
I'll read you a quote from Wyndham Lewis. He says: "Cherish and develop side by side your six most constant indications of different personalities. You will acquire the potentiality of six men. A variety of clothes, hats especially, are of help in this wider dramatization of yourself. Never fall into the vulgarity of being or assuming yourself to be one ego."
(chuckles) I'd drink to that.
During a break from tape-recording the interview, I pointed out to Shepard that I'd been trying to get him to talk about the Gurdjieff work and he'd been dodging my questions. He let me know in no uncertain terms that he doesn't want to be viewed as a representative of the Gurdjieff work. He said that he doesn't know enough about it and he didn't want to reduce it or simplify it. He also indicated that he didn't want people to get the impression that's what his plays are about. I understood and respected his position. I did show him the quote from Mme. De Salzman, and he was very interested in it, saying, “Now
she knows what she’s talking about.”
Shepard and film
Shepard and Jasper Johns
Shepard and Wallace Shawn
American Theatre, April 2004

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At the guest house, every room is fitted with a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom, bed linen and towels. At Mas des Oliviers, each room includes a seating area.
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Why Meghan Markle Fans Are Calling out Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson went viral this weekend for complaining that Meghan Markle was "not naturally warm" to her when they met in person, and fans think they know why. Wilson's story left many viewers incredulous in the first place, but when they did some more digging they found that Markle has reason to distrust Wilson. Many pointed to jokes she made about the royal family last year while hosting the BAFTA Awards.
Wilson appeared on Watch What Happens Live where she wound up sharing an anecdote about meeting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle out in California through a mutual friend. Wilson was with her mother, whom she admitted asked Markle some "rude" questions upon meeting her, but excused it by saying: "she's Australian." She said that Prince Harry was kind and cordial to them, but that Markle was "not as cool, not naturally warm" to them. Even on its own, this story had many viewers taking Markle's side, but considering the scant history between the two actresses, fans felt she was even more justified.
Rebel Wilson, you seem like a smart girl. And hosting the BAFTA’s is a big deal, & likely memorable as host. Don’t remember what you said? Here to help! 🙋♀👇 Meghan Markle wasn’t “naturally warm” to you because you said this about her roughly 2 months prior. #DontBeDaft pic.twitter.com/orlXpwJi4A— Lauren Banister (@realwindsors) March 5, 2023
As fans quickly discovered, Wilson had cracked a joke about Markle and Prince Harry while hosting the BAFTAs last year. She referenced their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey while presenting the award for Outstanding British Film. She said: "From drama to horror, to fantasy, Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah had it all!"
Of course, many fans found this insensitive given the content of the interview. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were clearly conflicted as they came forward to accuse the royal family of racism and cruelty. Since then, they have shared their story in more detail, and many fans have landed on their side.
On top of that, many viewers thought that this exchange was indicative of a broader pattern in interactions between white women and Black women. Many felt that Wilson had framed her story wrong while discussing it with Andy Cohen. She made excuses for her mother's "slightly rude" behavior while making Markle's reaction the focal point. They felt she could have shared the same story successfully with more compassion for Markle, as her lack of "warmth" was perfectly understandable.
Rebel Wilson says Meghan Markle wasn’t as “naturally warm” as Prince Harry after Rebel’s mother asked her a bunch of rude questions pic.twitter.com/ptiKANipxI— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) March 4, 2023
Markle and Prince Harry have not commented on this story, and so far Wilson has not responded to the public backlash on social media. The royal family is preoccupied with plans for The Coronation of King Charles III, so this may be the kind of story that falls by the wayside.0comments

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University of Florida President Bernie Machen announced today that he plans to step down next year after the university's governing board completes a search for his successor, according to a statement by UF.
"I will have served as president for almost 10 years, and I have been fortunate to work with many exceptionally smart and dedicated faculty, staff and students," Machen wrote in a letter to the UF community. "Amid a very difficult period for higher education, we have built a stronger, more dynamic, more forward-thinking university."
Machen, 68, made his departure announcement at the UF Board of Trustees meeting in Gainesville. Chairman David Brown said the board would begin a search for the next president this summer, with the goal of finding Machen's successor in 2013. Machen and Brown will agree on the date for Machen's departure.
"Dr. Machen's announcement was anticipated," Brown said. "Clearly, we would have loved him to consider another contract extension, but he and his wife, Chris, decided it was time to retire.
"We are grateful he wanted to give us as much time as possible to prepare for his departure. Dr. Machen has been an outstanding leader for the University of Florida. The university is a better, more diverse, more entrepreneurial institution because of his leadership."
Machen, a pediatric dentist, plans to stay on as a dentistry professor after stepping down as president. His contract expires Dec. 31, 2013. He was hired in 2004 from Salt Lake City, where he was president of the University of Utah. He had previously been provost and dean of dentistry at the University of Michigan.
"This has been the most exciting and productive period of my career, and I feel we have everything in place for a great future," he said in a statement Friday. "There is a time for everything, and I will be excited to move on to the next phase of my life when the university is ready for a smooth transition."
As president, Machen oversaw a campus expansion, an increase in focus on research and innovation, and helped the school become more financially independent with a bigger endowment. The university also increased diversity despite the end of race-based admissions and improved the student-faculty ratio in the face of six years of budget cuts, the university said.
Machen and other university officials had urged Gov. Rick Scott in February to allow them to hike tuition more than 15 percent, the current cap, but that measure was vetoed. On Thursday, according to the Gainesville Sun, Machen gave trustees a budget plan with $36.8 million in cuts and requested a 15 percent tuition increase for the school. But after a trustee raise questions about that plan, he backed off today, requesting an increase of only 9 percent.
"I am ready to pause the notion of using tuition as the main source of getting us out of this problem," he said, according to the Sun. He said that a lower tuition increase also recognized the tough economic times.
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Bahrain has long been regarded as the “heart of the Gulf” due to its position in the centre of the USD 1.5 trillion Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market. It is a location that allowed Bahrain to establish itself 4,000 years ago as a quintessential trading centre, bridging East and West.
Aiming to maintain its trading legacy, Bahrain is pressing ahead with regulatory and infrastructural reforms to further strengthen its fast-growing Transport & Logistics (T&L) sector.
Regional gatewayRecent initiatives spearheaded by the Bahrain Logistics Board (BLB) aim to capitalise on Bahrain’s incomparable connectivity by allowing foreign companies to setup wholly-owned regional distribution centres. Boasting the fastest seaport customs clearance (less than 3 hours) and truck turnaround time (33 minutes) in the GCC, companies can service a region in which no state is over 2 hours away by air or 8 hours away on land.
Lowering costs, maximizing profitability
Bahrain’s business environment is one that is marked by freedom. Financial freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, the freedom of 100% foreign ownership in most sectors, and the freedom to repatriate all capital, profits and dividends. In addition to an enabling regulatory and business environment, Bahrain also boasts the lowest operation, manpower and port costs across the GCC.
As part recent cost reduction initiatives, Bahrain’s cost competitiveness will be boosted by the abolishment of minimal capital requirements for business startups.
Foreign investors can now also take advantage of Bahrain’s reputation as a key export hub by claiming a 49% stake in shipping, airfreight and sea freight agencies.
Starting with APM Terminals’ operation of the USD 360 million Khalifa Bin Salman Port, to the Bahrain Logistics Zone offering a customs-free value added logistics park with both bonded and non-bonded areas, Bahrain’s word-class logistics infrastructure addresses T&L needs from A-Z.
Strengthening Bahrain’s logistics offering is the close proximity of all key infrastructure on the island. For instance, it only takes 30 minutes to get from Khalifa Bin Salman Port to the King Fahd Causeway leading into Saudi Arabia, or just 25 minutes to get to the Causeway from the Bahrain International Airport.
Two major infrastructure projects are underway which are sure to further enhance Bahrain’s top-notch infrastructural offerings:
- Airport Modernisation and Expansion – An estimated USD 1.1 billion project focussed on the development and modernisation of the existing airport. Upon completion, the airport is expected to support 14 million passengers (65% increase in capacity).
- King Hamad Causeway – Links to Saudi Arabia will increase with the addition of a new causeway alongside the existing King Fahd Causeway. The USD 3 billion King Hamad Causeway is expected to result in an estimated 30% – 50% lower import costs.
Driving efficiency through innovation
With business processes becoming increasingly technology-driven, advanced information infrastructure has become as critical as physical infrastructure. Bahrain’s active recognition of this sees it leading the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in ICT development and online government services.
An example of such leading services includes the online customs clearance system called OFOQ, meaning ‘horizon’ in Arabic. Serving as a one-stop shop for all customs enquiries and submissions, OFOQ effectively decreases transaction costs while increasing risk management and transparency in the clearance process.
A recent addition to Bahrain’s online services is the recently introduced Sijilat Commercial Registration Portal. Sijilat offers businesses a seamless set-up experience with streamlined licensing procedures and reduced registration times.
It is partially due to these reforms that Bahrain has received international accolades in 2016 from the likes of the World Economic Forum, UNCTAD and Agility. See below Bahrain’s latest rankings within the T&L Sector:

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Expert’s answer: Water well level measurement with Proteus EcoMeter
Excellent question! You definitely need to check your communication for your installation, but in this case, the solution is simpler than you might imagine.
Let’s start with some context. The EcoMeter, a low-budget level transmitter from Proteus, collects level data wirelessly. You can pick one of three models. While their specs differ, they all will measure up to three meters in a cistern up to 19,999 liters in volume. (Note that the vendor requires a minimum of 15 centimeters between the sensor and the maximum level.)
As for your communication, yes, the metal lid can attenuate the wireless signal. However, you only need to install a remote antenna with an extension cable to get around this problem. The EcoMeter has an optional cable to connect the sensor to the antenna. Then you can install the antenna outside the tank with the sensor inside. Now, the cable only reaches up to nine meters, but this installation will ensure your reliable communication.
You also have a few ways to install the sensor, depending on your structure and application. But in general, your tank needs to sit within range, your sensor needs enough distance from the cistern wall, and you need a good signal for your communication.
This graphic shows some examples:
If you decide the EcoMeter won’t work for your application, then you need to take a look at other similar devices. I picked two examples, so let’s take a look.
FMR10 from Endress+Hauser
This entry-level radar has all the benefits of radar technology, plus you can set it up and see all the data using the SmartBlue App with the built-in Bluetooth protocol. It can work with analog and HART communication too, if you need those instead to integrate it into your control system and check your data.
If you want to learn more about the FMR10, then read our product review here.
Senz2 radar level transmitter
Another good solution, the compact Senz2 has an internal battery and GSM communication, making all your data available through an internet portal.
Here, if you change your metal lid to a polymer one, then you can install the device outside the cistern. Because of its technology, it can measure through the polymer lid without any problems.
You can read more about the Senz2 in our product review. Be sure to watch our video review at the end too!
Other resources that might interest you
Radar level measurement
Could you please explain how radar works to measure level? So you’re wondering how radar level measurement works? We can certainly explain this. Radar level meters work based on the time of flight (TOF) method or time domain reflectometry (TDR).
Pressure – Measurement troubleshooting
We’re a multinational company based in the Caribbean and have purchased DP level transmitters for our tank farms. We installed the same devices in our new plan in northern Europe, but we noticed that the measurements are not correct. Could you please advise us regarding the source of this problem?
Level transmitter malfunction
We have the Endress+Hauser Levelflex FMP51 installed on a diesel tank for level measurement, but its output is not changing proportionally to the tank level. In the control room, we simulated different currents from the transmitter function menu and the transmitter responded fine. What do we need to fix?


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Laser technology has long been considered the most advanced, but with the appearance of new solutions, the effectiveness of the latter is controversial. The contributions of ultrasound technology have made it possible to overcome the constraints posed by the laser in terms of cutting and welding. This ultrasonic technology is a major success, particularly in the plastics, textiles and food industries.
The ultrasonic cutting machine is advantageous for the following reasons:
The cutting quality obtained through the use of an ultrasonic cutting machine is much better compared to the laser. Ultrasonic cutting machines offer an extreme level of precision and make it possible to better meet the various cutting constraints imposed in an industrial context.
The ultrasonic cutting machine consumes less energy compared to the laser. However, it offers a better quality of cutting or welding. Ultrasonic waves hardly deform the material, especially suitable for cutting garment fabrics
The ergonomic aspect is interesting. The ultrasonic cutting procedure is very simple and requires only that the material be placed on the table. And compared to laser cutting, ultrasonic is much safer.
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Chicken meat is one of the amazing protein sources highly endorsed by the American Heart Association, the others being fish and beans. Besides having far lesser dietary cholesterol and saturated fat content, chicken is loaded with essential vitamins and minerals such as B6 (pyridoxine), B3 (niacin), selenium, riboflavin, phosphorus, and zinc. It is also a superb source of choline, a vital macronutrient for normal brain, liver, and muscle function, as well as for healthy metabolism.
Before we go to the recipes, let us answer the 64-dollar question first: Should we eat the chicken skin?
The quick answer: Sure, but in a moderate amount.
Many nutritionists and medical practitioners have been advising us to shun chicken skin over the years, but in our heads, we envision that the meat is going to be dry, boring, and unappetizing. Well, both they and we are right and wrong at the same time. So in order for you to make your own informed decision on the matter, let us weigh the pros and cons:
PROS: The skin makes the chicken meat juicier and tastier, no question about it. The good news is it is also a good source of unsaturated fat that helps lower LDL or bad cholesterol, as well as blood pressure level. Moreover, a chicken breast with its skin on has an almost negligible amount of extra fat and calorie content than a skinned piece.
CONS: The bad news is that copious amounts of omega-6; the unsaturated fat in the chicken skin can trigger inflammation in the body, which can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, skin problem, and other illnesses. Plus, it is, of course, fattening.
Another thing: it has become a modern day scourge that a lot of dressed chickens available to us in supermarkets are treated with antibiotics and hormones. Sadly, a huge percentage of those chemicals are deposited in the fatty tissues beneath the skin.
It is, therefore, healthier to eat free-range and organically raised chicken, however, they are more expensive. So, if this cannot be an option for you, just try to limit your chicken skin intake and choose only the parts with lesser fatty tissues like the main torso covering.
Here are some healthy and great tasting chicken recipes to supply your body with protein and other good stuff that help in muscle building and in staying fit:
1. Tandoori Style Chicken
- 4 pcs. Chicken Breasts or Drumsticks
- 1 cup Plain Lowfat Yogurt
- 1 tsp. Garam Masala Powder (an Indian spice)
- 1 tsp. Freshly Grated Ginger
- 1 tsp. Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp. Paprika Powder
- 2 tbsp. Chopped Cilantro
- ½ tsp. Kosher Salt
- Pour about ¾ of your yogurt into a bowl and add the garlic, paprika, garam masala, salt, and ginger. Stir thoroughly until fully mixed.
- Marinade your chicken cutlets in the mixed ingredients for at least an hour. It will be better if you put everything in a zip-locked plastic bag and refrigerate it after the first 30-minutes.
- Stir the chopped cilantro leaves into the remaining yogurt and set aside in the refrigerator.
- Heat the broiler and line a rimmed baking pan with a non-stick aluminum foil.
- Remove the chicken portions from the marinade and lay them on the pan. Broil for 10 – 12 minutes or until thoroughly cooked. Flip the pieces once at approximately the middle of set cooking time.
- Drizzle the freshly cooked pieces with the yogurt and cilantro blend you earlier set aside before serving.
- Serve with heated pita or tortilla bread and grilled tomatoes or tossed salad on the side.
2. Grilled Chicken Breast with Bruschetta
- 1 pound Chicken Breast Filet (with or without skin)
- 3 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 cups Chopped Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp. Minced Shallot
- 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 2 tsp. Garlic Powder
- 1 tbsp. Dried Oregano
- Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- ¼ cup Freshly Chopped Basil
- Shaved Parmesan Cheese
- Balsamic Glaze
- Lightly season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper, garlic powder and oregano.
- Place the grill on top of the stove and brush it with the olive oil using a small pastry brush. Turn on the heat to medium-high.
- Once the pan is hot, place the chicken portions in and cook for about 5-7 minutes or until the sides become opaque and the underside turned golden brown and show grill marks. Flip the meat pieces with a thong or spatula then cook for another 5-7 minutes or until all the meat’s pinkness disappears.
- While waiting for each side of the chicken to be fully cooked, you can start making the bruschetta topping by mixing together the tomatoes, basil, garlic, shallot and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper until you achieve desired taste.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, place them on the plate and top with the bruschetta mix. Garnish with shaved Parmesan cheese and lightly drizzle with balsamic glaze. It is now ready to serve.
3. Santa Fe Chicken Salad
- 2 pcs. Boneless Chicken Breast Filet (with or without skin)
- 4 cups Chopped Romaine Lettuce
- 1 cup Black Beans, drained
- ¼ cup Lime Juice
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 tbsp. Vegetable Oil
- Kosher Salt
- ¾ cup Kernel Corn
- 1 Avocado, chopped
- 1 tsp. Ground Cumin
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- ¼ cup Freshly Chopped Cilantro
- 1 pinch of Red Pepper Flakes, crushed
- 1 cup Shredded Cheese (Cheddar or Monterey Jack)
- 2 pcs. Corn Tortilla
- Start by making the lime dressing, as it will also serve as the chicken marinade. Mix together the lime juice, olive oil, garlic, cumin and red pepper flakes in a bowl and whisk thoroughly until it emulsifies.
- Use half of the lime dressing to marinade the chicken portions in a re-sealable plastic bag for about half an hour.
- Slice the tortillas into short ½-inch width strips and fry in a pan with 2 tbsps. Vegetable oil until they become crispy (about 2 minutes per side). Make sure that the oil is already hot before pouring in the tortilla strips. After frying, remove excess oil by putting the strips on a paper towel-lined plate straight from the pan. Immediately season with salt.
- On a separate pan, heat the remaining vegetable oil on a medium-high stove setting. Remove the chicken breasts from the marinade and cook in the pan and for 6-7 minutes on each side. To check if the meat is thoroughly cooked, you can make a small incision to see if the inside has turned completely white.
- Let the chicken rest for about 10 minutes then slice into strips.
- Mix together all the remaining ingredients and toss before pouring onto a serving plate. Top the salad with the chicken and tortilla strips then drizzle with lime dressing. Serve.
4. Baked Honey-Lime Chicken Over Rice
- 4 Pcs. Chicken Breasts (skin-on) or Chicken Thigh Filet (bone-in)
- 1 tbsp. Honey
- ¼ cup Lime Juice
- 3 tbsp. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- ½ tsp. Ground Turmeric
- ¼ tsp. Ground Ginger
- Salt and Pepper
- Chopped Spring Onion Leaves for garnish
- 2 cups Cooked White Rice
- Make the marinade by combining the lime juice, honey, ground turmeric, garlic, ground ginger and 2 tbsp. of olive oil. Whisk thoroughly.
- Roll the chicken portions in the marinade to coat them overall. It is better to put them all in a resealable plastic bag so the meat will be completely soaked. Refrigerate after the first 15-20 minutes, and keep it there for another hour or two.
- Preheat the oven to 425-degree F. Pour olive oil in a large oven-proof pan then put over a stove set to medium heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Place the meat portions on the pan skin-side down then pour the marinade over them. Cook for six minutes until the skin turns crispy and golden brown in color. Turn the meat over and cook for another 2 minutes. Turn off the stove.
- Transfer the pan inside the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the meat is cooked thoroughly.
- Put the cooked white rice on a plate then place the baked chicken portions on top of it. Garnish with chopped spring onion leaves, then drizzle with the drippings from the pan and serve.
There are probably hundreds of ways to make a succulent yet healthy chicken dish. In fact, the Internet is teeming with amazing recipes that can match your fitness goals. Turn to recipes that are low or completely devoid with saturated fat and high on fresh whole food ingredients, particularly fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. Try to avoid battered and deep fried chicken, as this cooking style traps unwanted fats and calories in the breading and skin.
It was determined that your daily dietary requirement includes a gram of protein for every kilogram (0.4 grams of protein per pound) of your own body weight. You need more if you engage in athletic activities or intense resistance training. Every 100 grams of lean chicken meat contains about 18 grams of pure protein. Go figure.

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North Norfolk - Little Egrets part 2
The Swallows at Cley were an unexpected bonus. However, what was even more exciting, was the second opportunity of the day to photograph Little Egrets - this time in nice evening light.
At any one time there were three or four egrets around but quite often they were in the distance. However, every so often a single bird would come and feed in the reeds in front of one of the hides - another great experience!
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Panda Pediatrics partnered with local artists to transform its waiting area into an art experience. Community members gathered Tuesday to get a glimpse at the clinic’s new look.
Panda Pediatrics has partnered with local artists to transform its waiting area into an art experience. An unveiling on Tuesday will welcome community members to check out the pediatric clinic’s new look.
Just after the Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center celebrated 50 years serving Lawrence, its executive director has announced she is leaving for a new position.
Kids can get dental fluoride treatments and sports physicals, and the whole family can get COVID-19 vaccines and have some fun at the free “Panda-Monium” Summer Party this weekend.
Heartland Community Health Center, Lawrence’s safety net health clinic, has opened a pharmacy that “enables Heartland to stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible.”
Elizabeth Keever, executive director of Just Food, has announced in a news release that she is leaving the role after nine years with the food bank. She is joining Heartland Community Health Center’s leadership team.
Lawrence’s safety net clinic has selected an internal candidate, Julie Branstrom, as its new permanent CEO.
As part of an ongoing budget request to the Douglas County Commission for $227K, Heartland Community Health Center staff shared plans Wednesday for their new facility, efforts toward inclusivity and search for a new CEO.
Heartland in recent years has seen turnover in leadership, at times declining to answer questions regarding who was at the organization’s helm, but that has not slowed its expansion.
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The RANET Project: Climate Information Collection in Zambia
By Riedner Mumbi, RANET Zambia Project Coordinator
Question Five: How can information for adaptation decision making be collected and disseminated so as to advance integration of climate risks into plans and policies and be useful for those who need it most?
Drawing on an information collection project in Zambia, this paper looks at how rural communities can be involved in collecting and disseminating timely and accurate climate information. While collecting climate data over a wide area can be costly, the RANET project has successfully collected rainfall data by providing rainfall gauges to rural community members. Disseminating this data in a timely manner to rural communities is being done through mobile phones and community radio broadcasting.
Radio broadcasting is the most cost effective and cheapest way of information dissemination and education.
Studies have shown that the impacts resulting from climate change and in society’s vulnerability have already manifested themselves in many ways. Social, economic and environmental losses associated with an exposed and thus vulnerable society are mounting and threatening both our sustainability and potential for further development.
The livelihoods of most people, particularly in developing countries like Zambia, are critically dependent on weather and climate. Single extreme events in developing countries, can cause serious loss of life, economic setbacks equivalent to a couple of years or decade’s worth of economic development. Take, for example, the Mozambique floods in 2000, which led the Mozambique government to make an international appeal for over US$ 65m assistance in order to cope with the impacts.
Examples such as this illustrate how development and poverty reduction are often being prevented as a result of climatic extremes and variability. In developing countries agricultural production is dependent on weather because the majority of farmers are peasant farmers who depend solely on rain for their crop production. Droughts and excessive rains adversely impact the food production and lives of society. If the Mozambican government, however, had had adequate information about the impending disaster it would have prepared itself and the effects would have been minimized.
Humankind has already started to look for and apply adaptation methods to survive.
But adaptation requires timely and fairly accurate advance information. This is what makes such information a perishable commodity, because it has to be available for application in ample time and properly packaged for society to make good use of it.
Collection of Information
Basically weather and climate information are obtained by taking earth and sea surface information about temperatures, relative humidity and pressure as well as those of the atmosphere and the lower stratosphere.
In order to take measurements of weather and climate variables we need to have both surface and space based instruments as well as remote sensing, state of the art instrumentation. We also need a good network of such instruments in order for the data obtained to be well representative of the area under consideration. Whether this information is gathered in developed or developing countries, the cost is the same. In most cases we also need highly trained personnel to take measurements of the earth, sea and atmospheric environment, and these are not cheap to train. Planning and policy makers, especially in developing countries, should therefore give serious consideration in their budgets to including climate monitoring as a priority.
The Zambia Meteorological Department, through its RANET Project, has in the last four years involved rural community members in collecting climate information. The project provided some 3050 community members in remote rural areas with rain gauges to take rainfall measurements.
So far the results are encouraging and the project is now considering providing automatic weather stations to rural farmer cooperatives across the country. All that is required is training for office bearers of the cooperative, every two years. Such training is simple since everything is shown on the display of the automatic weather station. To motivate these voluntary climate observers, they are invited to attend seasonal rainfall forecasts and seasonal rainfall reviews by the Zambia Meteorological Department. If funds allow in future, a small allowance would be an added incentive.
Dissemination of Information
In addition to the observing equipment, we need good communication equipment to enable us to collect and disseminate observed information and products to the users such as planners and policy makers, researchers, humanitarian organisations like the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Dissemination of observed data to scientists, for processing and packaging, can also be a challenge especially when rural communities are also participating.
Learning from our efforts in two locations over southern Zambia, when an automatic weather station is deployed and placed within the mobile service network, it is the Meteorological Department to worry about the bill from the mobile service provider.
The Zambia Meteorological Department, through its RANET Project, is striving to reach rural communities by adopting the latest communication technologies as shown below:
1. The RANET Project is using mobile phones to disseminate and collect weather/climate information from rural communities using the sms messaging/delivery system since mobile phone technology is the fastest spreading communication system in rural areas. We have to date given out twenty mobile phones and due to good results so far the project plans to expand the network.
In order to motivate our rural partners RANET has been recharging their phones with airtime once in a while. We are also testing the FrontLine SMS software to help us minimise the service cost. This would enable our rural partners to send sms messages to our centre free of charge with the cost charged to the Meteorological Department. In addition mobile phone holders are advised to allow other community members to use the phone whenever need arises but charge the caller for the airtime.
2. We are also piloting the deployment of a very new communication device called Chatty Beetle, which is a satellite based system for sending short messages of about 160 characters. The system uses the earth orbiting communication satellites. It has so far demonstrated that as a point to point system it can be even faster than the Internet. This is useful when sending observed climate information and disseminating warnings.
3. In order to reach remote rural areas with weather/climate information that is timely, the RANET Project has also been assisting rural communities to establish their own community FM broadcasting stations.
The advantage of community radio stations is that they translate weather information into their local language before it is aired, while communities are provided with solar/windup radio receivers to access the broadcasts. The stations also act as a forum for discussion of community problems, and to educate citizens on various issues, predominant among them the effects of weather on their crops. The Zambian government is also reaching out to the rural masses using the same system.
Community radio broadcasting, however, has problems arising mainly from lack of adequate funding for operations. Broadcasting stations depend on other business entities wanting to advertise their merchandise, and the sponsorship of programs. However, since they are generally found in areas where there are very few business organisations able to pay to advertise their commodities, the result is that stations lack the funds to hire qualified staff capable of producing quality programs to attract sponsorship, which would bring in money to sustain their operations. As a result, community radio stations depend on government and non-governmental organisations to support them through sponsorship of their programs, and depend on volunteers for their operational staff. It should be understood that radio broadcasting is the most cost effective and cheap way of information dissemination and education. This is why community radio should be supported as we face climatic extremes and variabilities. In Zambia the Ministry of Education is also using community radio to educate the disadvantaged children who are not able to be in formal school due to poverty and long distances from formal schools.
4. In recent years the RANET Project has also been using the WorldSpace Digital Satellite Radio broadcasting system until the company was declared bankrupt in 2008. It was a very useful communication device through which weather/climate information was broadcast to rural centres, community radio stations and extension officers. The receiver is small and easy to install in remote rural areas with little or no maintenance required for long periods of two to three years.
5. The content RANET Project has been disseminating is packaged in two categories of users (i) extension workers who can use it to improve their performance or interpret the information and then use it to educate their members in their daily activities and (ii) information that is meant to be translated into local languages and broadcast directly by the radio station. It is important for these radio stations to translate information before airing it to the community, this way information can reach a larger community audience.


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Richard I'Anson, featured inTales by Light on Netflix mentioned, “I’ve always had the ability to feel comfortable wherever I am. I do my best to blend in, which isn’t easy given I’m a six-foot-tall white male. At a really simple level, travel photography provides a visual record of places visited. At its best, it can provide an insight to the world at large and all its diversity.”
As a travel photographer, someone documenting a culture, I’Anson tries to capture the culture, location, person, etc., and blending in is a given. As a tourist or traveler we have a choice.
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The head of Australia’s COVID taskforce says he has concerns for First Nations communities, and that there is an "urgency" to improve vaccination rates before the nation's jurisdictions lift lockdown restrictions.
The federal government is embarking on an immediate vaccine blitz to lift vaccination rates, targeting 30 remote and non-remote communities where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vaccine rates are lagging.
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) says restrictions should not be lifted until vaccination rates hit 100 per cent in Indigenous communities.
The National COVID Taskforce Coordinator General, Lieutenant General John Frewen, has also raised concerns.
“The national plan says when we are... at 70 and 80 per cent fully vaccinated, and when the states and territories are at 70 and 80 per cent fully vaccinated, that's when the national plan activates,” Lieutenant General Frewen told NITV’s The Point program.
“I have expressed the concern about not only First Nation communities but other communities where... the rates aren't as high as well.
“It's part of the conversation.
“(But) there's an urgency to this, we can't just think that the nation isn't going to keep rolling on and the economy is going to have to keep opening up.
"So that's why I think it's so important right now to get this done as fast as we can.”
According to NACCHO, just 22 per cent of First Nations people aged 12 and above are fully vaccinated, and 39.3 per cent have received one dose.
Vaccine blitz underway
The vaccine blitz will be carried out by Operation COVID Shield along with state and territory health authorities (except for Tasmania and Victoria), Aboriginal community-controlled health services, and other Indigenous stakeholders.
The long list of targets includes 20 non-remote communities, and 10 in remote areas, stretching from the west Kimberley and Port Hedland in the Pilbara, to Port Lincoln in South Australia, north to Darwin and north-east Arnhem Land and the Barkly, and a number of Queensland communities including Cairns, Normanton and Toowoomba.
In NSW, which has been hit hardest by the virus outbreak, only the Central Coast and Wollongong will be targeted.
“I've turned my full attention now to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, where there is such a pressing concern now around this gap, because we've got these national targets and 70, 80 per cent of fully dosed, for reopening the nation, and I'm really concerned that we might have communities well below those rates when the rest of the nation is starting to open up,” Lieutenant General Frewen said.
Victoria not included
Victoria isn’t included in the vaccine blitz, even though the government has conceded its initial data showing high vaccination rates were inflated.
Lieutenant General Frewen said even with the data correction, Victoria’s roll out effort had been good.
"The ones that we've got on our list are really where the big disparities are now and where we can get the best (and) biggest advantage, as quickly as possible,” he said.
The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service said it felt it had been overlooked by the federal government.
“It’s almost like they've forgotten about us,” said VAHS Chief Executive Michael Graham.
“Even though we've got over 60,000 Aboriginal people here in Victoria, and half of that population live in Melbourne — We've heard nothing from them.”
VAHS Clinical Director Dr Jenny Hunt said it was obvious the data had been wrong.
“There were more people being vaccinated than there actually are Aboriginal people in Victoria, so I think that that was a pretty early flag that there was a problem,” Dr Hunt said.
She said while vaccination coverage was still strong, it was clear more work was needed to protect the majority of Aboriginal Victorians.
“We have got quite good coverage rates but in north and western areas of Melbourne, where we're seeing outbreaks, they are quite a lot lower.”
Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney also said urban communities needed greater focus.
“You just wonder why the inner west of Sydney hasn’t made it on to the list, you wonder why haven’t the western suburbs of Sydney, which have the largest Aboriginal community in Australia haven’t made it on to the list.” Ms Burney said.
She said greater transparency was needed.
"I am calling urgently on the federal government to come clean about how the 30 communities were chosen, what the modelling was, what the data is for across the country and most importantly how you got it so wrong in Victoria,” Ms Burney said.
Lieutenant General Frewen said the 30-community vaccine blitz was just the beginning.
“Once we've got those 30 rolling in an accelerated way then we'll be looking more broadly to everywhere else as well,” he said.
The vax gap has grown
The head of the COVID taskforce Lieutenant General Frewen conceded there had been some setbacks in the roll out in First Nations communities.
“I think once those setbacks got in place, that’s just allowed the gap to sort of grow,” he said.
He said the government was working hard with local communities, leaders and Elders to try and get the message out there that the vaccines are safe and important to protect the community.
“We've just got to get that message out, we've got to get the communities convinced and do everything we can to get the vaccines into people’s arms,” he said.
Lieutenant General John Frewen says the plan would include tailored information for communities.
This could include going door to door in some communities, as Aboriginal medical services are doing in the NSW Far West.
An extra $7.7 million will be provided to the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) for extra vaccine liaison officers to work directly with remote and very remote communities.
First Nations Media Australia will also be funded to produce and distribute information materials about the vaccine rollout, and a communications campaign will combat misinformation within the community.
“We're looking for any opportunity to help convince communities and then to get the vaccinated as quickly as possible,” Lieutenant General Frewen said.
Operation COVID Shield has also promised to release vaccination data on the 30 priority areas each week.
For more on this story, tune into NITV's The Point at 7.30pm, or later on SBS or SBS OnDemand.


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With that we are going to end our coverage for today.
We’ll be back again tomorrow as Boris Johnson goes before the Privileges Committee to give his evidence in person (and in front of the camera).
Today’s coverage has been written by Becky Morton, Emily McGarvey, Michael Sheils McNamee, Nathan Williams and Doug Faulkner.
Thank you for joining us.
We’ll be bringing our live coverage to a close shortly so here’s a summary of the key points from Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Privileges Committee and what else we’ve learned today:
- In his written submission, Johnson accepts he misled MPs in his statements to Parliament where he said Covid rules and guidance had been followed completely at No 10
- However, he argues he did not “intentionally or recklessly mislead” the Commons because his statements were made “in good faith” and on the basis of what he believed at the time
- Johnson also claims he corrected the record “at the earliest opportunity” – something the committee has previously disputed
- He argues it was “reasonable” for him to rely on assurances from his advisers that the rules were followed
- He rejects the committee’s suggestion that it should have been “obvious” to him that Covid guidance was breached because he attended some of the gatherings himself
- If this was the case, Johnson argues it would also have been “obvious” to others but he says the vast majority of those who gave evidence to the committee did not believe they had broken the rules
- He also attempts to discredit the committee’s interim report, describing it as “highly partisan”
- The committee says Johnson’s submission contains “no new documentary evidence”
- Earlier, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed MPs will get a free vote on any sanctions recommended for Johnson.
And here is our write up of the day.
The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group says it is “sickening” that Boris Johnson claimed he acted in “good faith” while accepting he misled the House of Commons over Partygate.
Writing on Twitter the group says it is “obvious that Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament and should resign as an MP”.
It adds: “Far worse though is the lies he deliberately told to bereaved families, after failing to protect our loved ones. His claim that he did so in ‘good faith’ is sickening.”
Meanwhile, a woman whose father died with Covid-19 early in the pandemic says Johnson’s latest defence continues to highlight “his lack of shame and humility”.
Kathryn de Prudhoe, a psychotherapist from Leeds, says her father Tony Clay died alone in April 2020 and had five people at his funeral.
Speaking about Johnson’s defence, she says: “I feel utterly insulted at the obfuscation used to avoid accountability and the subtle yet obvious attempt to paint himself as a victim of people who were out to get him.”
As well as Dominic Cummings several other names feature in Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Privileges Committee.
Martin Reynolds served as Johnson’s principal private secretary and featured heavily in reporting of Partygate. In May 2020, during lockdown, he emailed about 100 Downing Street staff inviting them along to socially distanced drinks outdoors.
In Johnson’s evidence, the former PM says No 10 went to “great lengths to follow” Covid guidance under the direction of Reynolds. Johnson cites his former principal private secretary as someone who believed the events happening were work events.
Lee Cain served as Downing Street director of communications, and his leaving do on 13 November 2020 is one of the events Johnson addresses.
Johnson says on that occasion he “made a short speech, and left after approximately 15 minutes”.
Cain is also referred to in Johnson’s evidence in relation to the event on 20 May 2020, when Johnson says “Lee Cain has also raised the possibility that he raised a concern with me, although he has said that he does not recall if he did so”.
Someone who gets extensive mention in the report is Jack Doyle, the former Downing Street director of communications.
It has previously been reported that Doyle made a speech to 20 or 30 people and handed out prizes at a Downing Street party just prior to Christmas 2020.
In his evidence, Johnson says it was Doyle who first made him aware of the Partygate stories ahead of their publication in the Daily Mirror in November 2021. He says when he was told there had been a party at No 10 in December 2020, he thought it was “some kind of try-on”.
“It seemed implausible to me that there could have been an illegal event at No 10 almost a year earlier that I had not heard about before,” he says.
“Nonetheless, I asked Jack Doyle about the event, which he confirmed he had attended.”
They are yet to comment on Johnson’s evidence.
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has accused him of “misinformation” in relation to his account of a gathering in the Downing Street garden in May 2020.
Writing on his blog, Cummings repeats his claims the then-PM was told by himself and another adviser, Lee Cain, that the gathering “seemed clearly outside the rules”.
In his submission, Johnson insists no-one expressed any concerns to him at the time about whether the event complied with Covid rules or guidance.
Cummings also references a line from a Times article that Johnson had rejected his claims the gathering was against the rules.
“This is not just obviously false, it’s further misinformation from him,” he writes.
“Officials were fined therefore the cops concluded it was against the rules, as [Lee] Cain and I warned that morning, and which is referred to in emails given to Sue Gray.”
As we reported earlier, Johnson has argued Cummings should not be treated as a “credible witness” because of his “animosity towards me”.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says he hasn’t yet seen the evidence from Boris Johnson to the Privileges Committee that has been published today.
Starmer says it is for the committee to conduct their investigation.
He was speaking at a press conference in London following the publication of a report into the Met police (follow our coverage here).
One of the key things the committee investigating Boris Johnson is looking at is how long it took him to correct some of his statements to Parliament.
This is known as “correcting the record”. Each year around 100 written corrections are made by ministers who have inadvertently misled Parliament.
Boris Johnson says he corrected the record at “the earliest opportunity at which I could make the necessary correction”, which, he says, was after the publication of Sue Gray’s report into Downing Street gatherings on 25 May 2022.
That was almost six months after his statements about Covid rules and guidance being followed “at all times” had been made.
The committee said in its interim report that it wanted to know why “instead of correcting the record at the earliest opportunity, he declined to answer questions that were within his direct knowledge”.
It said that it should have been obvious to Johnson that not all the guidance was being followed at events that he attended. Johnson disputes this.
We’ve heard Boris Johnson’s defence before he faces a panel of MPs tomorrow over allegations he misled Parliament.
Here are some possible outcomes of the Privileges Committee inquiry:
He is completely cleared of misleading Parliament – This is possible, although it does not, at this stage, seem the most likely outcome.
That is because the committee has already published a report, after gathering evidence, which identifies one statement he made which later turned out to be wrong.
He is found to have misled Parliament, is suspended and loses his seat – At the other end of the scale is the very worst case scenario for Johnson.
Firstly, the committee would have to decide that Johnson had not only misled Parliament but also that what he said had an impact on its “proper functioning”. This would mean it was a “contempt”.
They would also have to conclude that the contempt was so severe that they decide to recommend one of the most severe punishments available to them: suspension from Parliament for 10 sitting days or more.
He is found to have misled Parliament but gets a different punishment – If the committee does find Mr Johnson was in contempt of Parliament they will take a view on how serious it was.
Punishments could range from: asking him to make a written apology, making him apologise in person in the Commons, up to suspension.
We are starting to get a bit of reaction to the publication of Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Privileges Committee.
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper says: “After countless lies, scandals and failures, it’s time to put an end once and for all to this Conservative soap opera.”
We’ll bring you more as it comes in, although some may be waiting for the ex-prime minister’s televised grilling tomorrow before responding.
Chief political correspondent
A source close to Boris Johnson has responded to the Privileges Committee – which said Johnson’s final written evidence contained no new evidence and only arrived at 08:02 GMT today because the original contained “errors and typos”. (See our earlier post.)
However, the source says that only a typo about a date was corrected so that the submission was fully accurate.
“It is not right to suggest that the document had errors,” they said.”The committee received it in its substantially complete form at 2.32pm yesterday.
“There is significant new material in the document that is new to the public domain,” they add.
The Privileges Committee said evidence suggests it should have been “obvious” to Boris Johnson that Covid rules were not being following in Downing Street.
Johnson argues that if it was “obvious” to him, it would have been obvious to dozens of others who also attended gatherings. He goes on to say that the “vast majority” of people who have given evidence to the committee have indicated they did not consider their attendance broke the rules.Copyright: BBC
Johnson also writes that he does not accept the Committee has ensured a fair process in its report.
He goes on to once again question MPs’ assertion that it would have been obvious to him that rules were broken.Copyright: BBC
However, the committee cited its political balance in the report, highlighting that it is made up of four Conservatives MPs, two Labour MPs, and one SNP MP – to reflect the balance in the House of Commons.
The committee report said:Quote Message: There is a fundamental expectation that members of the committee leave their party interests at the door of the committee room and conduct their work in the interests of the House not their party. That is what each member of the committee has done in this inquiry.”


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Carl Wilhelm Trenckner. [From the introduction to the CPED]: He was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the same milieu as Westergaard and Fausbøll. His father, who was of German descent, was a baker by trade; his full name was Carl Wilhelm Trenckner, but he himself used always to write it V. Trenckner. Having passed through a German middle-school in Copenhagen he received private instruction and matriculated at the university (1841), where he first turned to the study of classical philology (esp. the lectures of Prof. Madvig), but at the same time applied himself to the study of Persian, Arabic, Syriac, Aethiopic and other Oriental languages, not to speak of modern European languages (as German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian), in which he preserved a vivid interest all his life. The great results of the famous journeys of Rask and Westergaard in Persia and India by and by drew his main interest towards the East, and so he never acquired any university degree in classical philology. A moderate fortune enabled him to indulge in linguistic studies at his ease during his youth. As may be seen from his written papers he was especially proficient in Arabic and Persian and for that reason he hoped (in 1853) to obtain a post at the Royal Library, but failed in spite of the most flattering recommendations from his Orientalist professors. At last (in 1861) he found a modest post in the Copenhagen Orphans' Asylum, where until his death (1891) he instructed the poor children in Danish and the elements of History and Geography, and accidentally some more advanced pupils in modern languages, in which he was altogether perfect.
See the full introduction on line at: http://pali.hum.ku.dk/cpd/intro/trenckner.html

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Fed Rate Hike and the Impact on the Emerging Markets
Fed Rate Hike and the Impact on the Emerging Markets
The proposed termination of the U.S. Federal Reserve System’s (the “Federal Reserve”) zero rate policy has enhanced the concerns of hyper volatility and possible crisis in the capital markets of emerging market economies. The fear is completely understandable: global equity markets dropped sharply after the Federal Reserve indicated in May 2013 the expected tapering of its quantitative easing policy (“QE”). This tapering resulted in significant capital outflow, sharp currency depreciation, and increased market volatility for the emerging market economies.
As the excessive supply of liquidity will start evaporating post the hike in the federal rate, what will happen to the emerging market economies? Will they be able to maintain their reputation as lucrative investment destinations or is another financial crisis looming on the horizon?
This is How it all Started
The Federal Reserve undertook extraordinary measures to restore the financial well-being of the U.S. economy post the 2008 global financial crisis. The QE was primarily implemented by buying the treasury bonds and other assets in large quantities, which drove the short-term interest rates near zero and reduced the long-term interest rates in the U.S.
On December 16, 2008, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the federal funds rate near zero. From December 16, 2008, to June 30, 2015, the Indian benchmark index — NIFTY 50 (“Nifty”) — ascended from 3,041.75 to 8,368.50, yielding an annual rate of return of approximately 17 percent. During the same period, the Chinese benchmark index — SSE Composite Index — increased from 1,976.82 to 4,277.22, yielding an annual rate of return of 12 percent.
From 2009 to 2013, the emerging markets saw the net portfolio investment of USD 588 billion, led by China with net portfolio investment of USD 192 billion, followed by Brazil and India with net portfolio investment of USD 174 billion and USD 107 billion, respectively.
Lower interest rates did play a role in supporting the struggling U.S. economy, but it also created an artificial supply of liquidity. Lower cost of capital coupled with a potential opportunity to earn a higher rate of return prompted portfolio managers to invest heavily in financial assets of the emerging market economies. Bank deposit rates in the U.S. dropped from 1.75 percent in 2008 to 0.25 percent in 2013. During the same period, deposit rates in India remained in the range of 7 to 9 percent. Chart 3 shows the comparative advantage enjoyed by the emerging market economies vis-à-vis the U.S. in terms of bank deposit rates. Even after factoring the applicable default and exchange rate risks, investing in the emerging market economies was an attractive proposition for most portfolio managers.
Lessons from History
Although history does not always repeat itself, it can be a good indicator of future events. Global equity markets dropped sharply in May 2013 after the former Federal Reserve Chairman, Mr. Ben Bernanke, indicated that the Federal Reserve may start to taper the QE soon. Post the announcement, the emerging markets saw significant capital outflow, sharp currency depreciation, increased market volatility, and higher long-term interest rates. The impact was more acute for those countries that had large current account deficits, limited public finances, and large borrowings in foreign currency. Nifty declined by 8.27 percent in the month following the announcement of the tapering of QE. Similarly, the Jakarta Islamic Index, IBOVESPA — the Brazilian benchmark stock index — and BIST 100 — the Turkish benchmark stock index — lost 17.61 percent, 18.54 percent, and 24.19 percent, respectively, during the same period.
Historically, investors have reacted negatively to a fed rate hike. There have been 16 incidents of fed rate increases since World War II and the S&P 500 index experienced a decline of 5 percent or more during 80 percent of those instances. Today, in a world without borders, where global capital markets are intertwined, negative impacts on the emerging market economies cannot be ruled out, especially on countries with weak fundamentals.
Why is the Federal Reserve Raising the Fed Rate?
By keeping the short-term interest rates near zero for the past few years, the Federal Reserve has achieved most of its intended objectives. Low interest rates played its role perfectly in stimulating economic activity, whereby it spurred business spending on capital goods — an essential catalyst for an economy’s long-term performance. It also encouraged U.S. households to spend on housing and consumer durables. Low interest rates also proved to be an effective tool in improving the balance sheets of U.S. banks and thus their lending capacity.
For every benefit there is a price to pay, and so has been the case with maintaining low interest rates. Low interest rates contributed to the housing boom and increases in U.S. household debt levels. Artificially keeping interest rates low for an extended period of time may lead to high inflation. Further, low interest rates provide strong incentive to spend rather than to save. Keeping the fed rate low for an extended time period poses a risk of an overheated stock market, and all of the accomplished economic gains of the previous few years may reverse if the monetary discipline is ignored. Given the overall health of the U.S. economy, the downturn associated with higher interest rates looks minor compared to the very real danger of an asset bubble formation that could reverse the hard-earned economic gain if it bursts.
So far, the Federal Reserve has taken steps consistent with the new economic situation. Most notably, the Federal Reserve scaled down its bond buying program from USD 85 billion a month to USD 15 billion a month. Recently, the U.S. economy is on a stronger footing than ever during the last decade. Real GDP of the U.S. grew by 2.39 percent in 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.14 percent in 2015 (as projected by the International Monetary Fund). If this projected growth rate is achieved, it would be the highest growth rate for the U.S. economy in a decade (as shown in Chart 8).
U.S. GDP growth has been accompanied by strong employment creation, as labor market conditions have improved significantly during the last five years. The unemployment rate has gradually decreased from a peak of 9.28 percent in 2009 to 6.15 percent in 2014 and is expected to further decrease to 5.47 percent in 2015 (as projected by the International Monetary Fund). The Consumer Price Index has also dropped significantly from 3.14 percent in 2011 to 1.61 percent in 2014. Although, inflation has declined below the Federal Reserve’s long-term goal of 2 percent, inflation is projected to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium-term on account of the improved labor markets and stability in energy prices.
By law, the Federal Reserve has statutory objectives to achieve maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. The macroeconomic data clearly indicates that employment and inflation are close to targeted objectives of the Federal Reserve. Therefore, raising the fed rate is consistent with legally mandated objectives for the Federal Reserve.
Impact of Fed Rate Hike on the Emerging Market Economies
The Federal Reserve’s actions often create a domino effect. In open market and global economies where the United States is the prime source of capital, action by the Federal Reserve will surely make ripples in the financial markets.
It is often said that “whenever the Federal Reserve sneezes, the emerging markets catch a cold.” Being a lower priority in global asset allocation, emerging markets are the first to have allocations withdrawn or reduced in an event of a crisis. A fed rate hike makes emerging markets significantly vulnerable as it ends an era of easy money, at least in the near term. During the period of near zero fed rates, this easy money was channelized into the global equity markets (including the emerging market economies). With higher interest rates, access to that money gets costly and the probability of an outflow of excess money from the emerging market economies becomes elevated.
Most of the emerging market economies are at the peak of the interest rate cycle and are on a path of gradual rate cuts. An interest rate cut in the emerging markets and a hike in the U.S. will negatively impact the risk return profile of the emerging market economies. The Federal Reserve action will essentially make the U.S. markets more attractive for global investors looking for stable and safe returns. However, the interest rate gap between the U.S. and the emerging markets is significant, and a small fed rate hike in the U.S. may not be attractive enough for the portfolio managers to completely abandon the emerging markets and move investments to the U.S.
The emerging market economies with weak macroeconomic fundamentals and with pending structural reforms are more vulnerable to a fed rate hike compared to reform-oriented economies with strong fundamental footing. On the other hand, the emerging market economies with large foreign exchange reserves, low dollar denominated debt, strong current account balances, and solid public finances are likely to manage the aftershocks of a fed rate hike more effectively.
The Indian economy is in a much better state than it was two to three years ago. India has taken proactive steps compared to the other emerging market economies to control currency depreciation and to increase its foreign exchange reserves. India’s current account deficit has gradually decreased from 4.9 percent in 2012 to 1.7 percent in 2014. Its foreign exchange reserves increased from USD 298 billion as of December 31, 2013, to USD 340 billion as of March 31, 2015. Crude oil import constitutes a major component of India’s import basket; thus, softening of international crude oil prices will provide India an opportunity to further accumulate its foreign exchange reserves. India`s ratio of external debt to GDP remained steady within the range of 20 to 23 percent during the last three years. Further, the Indian equity market has been one of the better performing markets in the recent past and, even after a correction resulting from a fed rate hike, it will be able to attract fresh capital on account of strong macroeconomic fundamentals, structural reforms initiated by its new government, and its status as a bright spot in the bleak global economy. Thus the effect of an increase in the federal rate on Indian market is expected to be minor.
The Russian economy is currently in serious financial trouble. Its economy is suffering as a result of various international sanctions due to the Ukraine crisis and a sharp fall in energy prices — a major source of foreign exchange for Russia. Being a net exporter, Russia has had a positive net current account balance for the last few years but as a result of a sharp fall in energy prices, the current account balance has decreased from 5.1 percent of GDP in 2010 to 1.6 percent in 2014. Foreign exchange reserves also decreased from USD 497 billion as of December 31, 2010, to USD 386 billion as of March 31, 2015. Henceforth, Russian capital markets could see a significant capital outflow as a result of a fed rate hike.
Brazil has mixed macroeconomic fundamentals. Its foreign exchange reserves have increased from USD 289 billion as of December 31, 2010, to USD 367 billion as of March 31, 2015. Brazil’s external debt-to-GDP ratio has been in the range of 15 to 20 percent for the last few years. However, a major concern for the Brazilian economy has been its deteriorating current account balance. The current account deficit has increased from 1.5 percent of GDP in 2010 to 4.17 percent of GDP in 2014. The severity of an increase in the fed rate could be low to medium on Brazilian capital markets.
Indonesia, Turkey, and South Africa are the emerging market economies most prone to aftershocks of a hike in the fed rate. Indonesia’s current account balance has decreased from 1.9 percent of GDP in 2010 to negative 2.95 percent of GDP in 2014. During the same period, Turkey and South Africa have experienced an increase in their current account deficit from 1.95 percent and 3.84 percent, respectively, to 5.7 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. During the last six years, foreign exchange reserves for Indonesia and South Africa remained fairly stable. Turkey has seen a gradual increase in its foreign exchange reserves from USD 86 billion as of December 31, 2010, to USD 121 billion as of March 31, 2015. The external debt as a percent of Gross National Income (“GNI”) for Indonesia has been steady at around 30 percent for the last few years, while external debt as a percent of GNI for Turkey and South Africa has increased from 41.3 percent and 29.9 percent, respectively, in 2010 to 47.9 percent and 40.7 percent, respectively, in 2013. Considering their weak macroeconomic fundamentals, Indonesia, Turkey, and South Africa are more likely to be impacted by a fed rate hike.
A fed rate hike is a long-term positive event for the global economy. Although it may create significant volatility in the emerging market economies in the short-term, the risk of a major financial crisis is limited as most of the emerging markets are much more fundamentally sound today than they were a few years ago. The emerging markets with weak macroeconomic fundamentals like Indonesia, South Africa, and Turkey may experience severe instability and capital outflow in the short-term, whereas China and India (with strong macroeconomic fundamentals) may not experience significant aftershocks.


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