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This is a retort to an article that ran recently on SA arguing that there is a "free money" aspect to Prospect Capital's (NASDAQ:PSEC) high-yield distribution. I'm going to try to keep this short and use Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN), another BDC, as a comparative narrative to show how far short PSEC's business model has fallen specifically over the past five years.
Prospect and Main Street are two of the more popular business development companies that vie for retail investor monies. With market caps of roughly $3 billion and $2 billion, respectively, they are also two of the largest. While it's not a huge deal in my book, both also pay monthly dividends.
However, that's where the similarities abruptly end. When we take a look at a 5-year comparative chart of the two, we see a starkly different outcome in terms of stock price performance. MAIN has basically doubled in five years, while PSEC has flat lined and is down nearly 33% from its 2012 high.
Source: Yahoo Finance
Their dividend rate has also gone in opposite directions.
Prospect was one of the few BDCs to champion dividend growth month after month following the financial crisis, developing devout retail investor support as a result. Then, almost two years ago it dropped its payout almost 25% effective early 2015, as it ran out of spill back NII and forward growth visibility. From a 9/2011 starting point, the dividend is down 17 percent.
Over the same time frame, MAIN has actually raised its dividend 37%, from 13.5 cents a month to 18.5 cents a month. On top of that, the company has distributed $2.175 per share in special dividends since 2012, equating to another 13% economic return on top of September 2011 pricing.
Prospect's last stated NAV was $9.62 a share, 11% lower than what it was on 6/30/2012. Main Street's last stated NAV was $21.11, which is about 40% higher than it was on 6/30/2012.
PSEC trades at a 15% discount to NAV. MAIN trades at a 60% premium to NAV.
PSEC's current yield is 12.25% calculated with annualized monthly rate. MAIN's current yield is 6.5%, calculated on annualized monthly rate, not including specials.
In September/October of 2011, you could have purchased 1,000 shares of MAIN for $16.00 a share, or you could have purchased 2,000 shares of PSEC for $8 a share. Over the past 5 years, PSEC shareholders have received $6 in dividends (75% return), while MAIN shareholders have received $11.50 in dividends (72% return).
Rough total return for PSEC shareholders at a $8 buy in 2011 is 77%, while MAIN shareholders at a $16 buy, 188%.
If you've owned PSEC for the past five years, look at what's currently in your account and double it. That's about what you'd have if you had invested in Main Street instead of Prospect Capital.
Why The Disparity?
If you are committing large sums to the BDC space, it is important you understand how the respective companies are being managed.
- PSEC is externally managed with flat 2% asset-based management cost and incentive fees that can run well over 3%, while MAIN's internal and efficient structure costs shareholders a consistent total now at about 140 bps a year.
If you don't think that can create a huge difference in compound returns, think again.
Source: Main Street Capital Presentation
- Despite continued difficulties of ZIRP to those with heavy reliance on a floating rate loan book, MAIN's performance and operating model, unlike PSEC's, has prevented both NAV and NII dilution.
First examine an operational summary from PSEC's recent 10-K.
As we can see, PSEC's NII has dropped by 36% over the past four years alone. And despite the 25% haircut to the dividend in late 2014, the company is still barely organically covering it.
Unfortunately, for current shareholders, that puts them back to where they were in the Spring of 2014 when speculation first rose that the company might have to cut its dividend. I actually interviewed CEO Grier Eliasek at that time and noted the dearth of dividend coverage. Unfortunately, for me as a shareholder at the time, my yellow flag was somewhat assuaged by his answers. I exited my position soon after the dividend was cut.
On the flip side, in this slide from Main Street once again, we can see how NII and NAV have held up surprisingly well in the face of declining bond yields over the past almost 3 years now.
MAIN's premium to NAV also enables it to accretively raise capital unlike PSEC, which is looking at an awfully steep ~15% discount on an ATM raise.
This hasn't been meant as a slap in the face of PSEC shareholders, more so consider it advice not to wear rose-colored glasses on situations that aren't necessarily ideal. A 77% return over 5 years certainly isn't anything to weep about, but, considering MAIN's comparative performance, it isn't anything to write home about either.
Management structure, excess fee, and shareholder alignment are serious issues to consider when evaluating any investment, especially one in the high-yield space. Unless you think you are investing with miracle worker management, does it make any sense to pay 2% more a year in a similar space if you don't have to?
And while MAIN continues to grow, it is showing signs of incremental slowdown. You could buy the stock at NAV 5 years ago. Today, you'll have to pony up a 62% NAV premium to own the company. Looking ahead, I doubt MAIN will be able to be as generous with the dividend and specials as it has been.
I'm always of the opinion that great companies can make for lousy investments at too high a price. Having purchased MAIN at lower prices, I'd have a hard time pounding the table on it today with a 6.5% yield, which is only about half of Prospect Capital's. I'd probably tippy toe into the stock at these levels, if looking to buy.
I'm also of the opinion that mediocre or crummy companies can make for decent investments if the price gets low enough. Looking back, I probably should have jumped all over PSEC at the $6 range and 18% yield early in the year, which of course didn't last too long. Too much else to consider at the time, I suppose.
At the current 15% discount and $8 price, but still 12% yield, I'm far less enthused at Prospect's prospects (couldn't resist). Dividend coverage chatter, NAV decline, continued criticism of the external management arrangement and executive alignment will provide plenty of near-term headwind here. It's deja vu to Spring of 2014 all over again, as PSEC's yield back then was in the 12% range as well.
Even with my dour attitude, you could probably do worse than PSEC in the BDC space - but looking longer term, you could probably do better as well. If someone stuck a gun to my head at current market, I'd probably still go with MAIN over PSEC, even with the huge NAV premium and only half the yield.
A middle-of-road option might lead one to Hercules Capital (NASDAQ:HTGC), a 9.3% yielding internally managed BDC, and the only other BDC currently in my portfolio. Hasn't raised its dividend in a while and is barely covering it, but I'd argue is in better shape to weather continued ZIRP compared to PSEC.
Disclosure: I am/we are long MAIN,HTGC.
I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: Disclaimer: The above should not be considered or construed as individualized or specific investment advice. Do your own research and consult a professional, if necessary, before making investment decisions.


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The truck bearing plate number JEW 108 was headed to Talisay City from Balamban town when it rammed into a house and sari-sari store.
Truck driver Johnrey Sareta drove into a downhill road when he lost his brakes.
The 29-year-old Sareta said he jumped out of the truck but his right leg got wounded after it nearly got crushed by the vehicle’s rear tire.
The occupants of the house, four-year-old James Kyle Selgas and 20-year-old Messy Alisolo died on the spot. Selgas’s remains were recovered three hours after the accident. /with Marc Eric Cosep, Cebu Technological University Intern
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Get our new Pharmacy Calculations book here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/pharmacy-cpa/the-ultimate-pharmacy-calculations-guide/paperback/product-21648531.html GPhC Exam Question Blog http://gphcexam.pharmacycpa.com/ Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/13009... Free online GPhC Exam Questions http://pharmacycpa.com/login/index.php 20 Calculation Questions in 20 minutes From Pharmacycpa.com 1. Mr Green, a 50 year old man weighing 70 kg, requires an oral loading dose of digoxin. Which one of the following should be suggested to aim for a plasma concentration of 1.5 micrograms/litre? You are given that the Volume of Distribution, Vd, per kg body weight is 6 litres; the Salt Factor S = 1; the Bioavailability F= 0.7; and the formula, where Cp is the Target Plasma Concentration: Loading dose = (VdxCp) / (SxF) A A total dose of 1200 micrograms in four divided doses B A total dose of 500 mcg as stat dose C total dose of 900 mcg as stat dose D total dose of 500mcg in two divided doses E total dose of 900 mcg as tds. 2. A patient is admitted to hospital following an overdose ofkuroxacillin. The drug's half-life is 8.5 hours. A toxic plasma concentration of 52 microgram/mL is measured. How long, in hours, will it take for the plasma concentration to fall to 3.25 microgram/mL? (You may assume that the absorption and distribution is complete and the elimination is described by a I st order process.) A 10 B 23 C 34 D 42 E 50 3. A pharmacist is required to send 100 mL of an aqueous solution of chlorhexidine gluconate which when diluted 1 in 10 produces a 1 in 1000 solution. The pharmacist has available an aqueous stock solution of 20% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate. The correct formula will be A chlorhexidine gluconate concentrate 1 mL, water to 100 mL B chlorhexidine gluconate concentrate 2 mL, water to 100 mL C chlorhexidine gluconate concentrate 5 mL, water to 100 mL D chlorhexidine gluconate concentrate 10 mL, water to 100 mL E chlorhexidine gluconate concentrate 20 mL, water to 100 mL C - 1 in 1000 = 0.1 in 100, ie 0.1 % w/v So concentration of solution to be made is 10 x this, ie 1% So pharmacist must dilute the concentrate (20%) by a factor of 20 So s/he needs 5 ml of concentrate to 100ml of final product 5ml water to 100ml. 5ml of 20% contains 0.2 x 5 = 1g 4. How much potassium permanganate would be needed in order to prepare 500 mL of a 1 in 200 solution? A 200 mg B 500 mg C 1 g D 2.5 g E 5g 5. You are required to prepare 10 powders each weighing 200 mg and containing 5 mg of a drug. The only form of the drug that is available is 30 mg tablets. You will require A two tablets made up to 1.2 g with lactose = 60mg in 1200 B two tabs made up to 2.0g with lactose = 60 in 2000 = C two tablets made up to 2.4 g with lactose = 60 in 2400 = 0.025 D two tablets made up to 3.0 g with lactose = 60 in 3000 = 0.02 E one tablet made up to 2.4 g with lactose = 30 in 2400 = 0.0125 10 x 200 overall weight is 2g 10 x 5 active = 50mg in 2000 = 0.025 60mg in 2400mg = 0.025 60mg in 3000mg = 0.02 6. Which one of the following is the usual dose of oral salbutamol to recommend for a one year old child of average weight for his/her age? A 2.5 mg q.d.s. B 2.0 mg q.d.s. C 1.5 mg q.d.s. D. 1.0 mg q.d.s. E 0.5 mg q.d.s. 7. The ward pharmacist is asked what volume of Potassium Chloride Solution, Strong should be added to a 500 mL bag of sodium chloride 0.9% infusion to produce a concentration of 12 mmol of potassium per L (MR potassium chloride =75). The volume of Potassium Chloride Solution, Strong required is A 0.6 ml B 1.2 ml C 1.8 ml D 2.4 ml E 3.0ml The following questions concern the following quantities of Sodium Bicarb A 0.15 g B 1.5 g C 15 g D 150 g E 1500g Select the correct quantity when preparing... 8. 300 mL of Aromatic Magnesium Carbonate mixture, BP 9. 6 kg of Magnesium Trisi1icate oral powder, compound, BP 10. 3 L of Kaolin and Morphine mixture, BP
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On his show Dr. Oz and his father in law, Surgeon Gerry Lemole tout the uses of Colloidal Silver. Originally aired 11/19/2012 I provide a short intro explaining the differences of a true colloidal silver and the ionic silver that Dr. Oz displays. my colloidal silver website http://beinkisown.blogspot.com/ visit the silverlungs generator site http://shop.silverlungs.com/?Click=12442
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This Wisconsin Critical Care Paramedic module covers pharmacology as associated with critical care interfacility transports.
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BEAUREGARD, AL (AP) — The Latest on the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Alabama (all times local):
About 150 people hunkered down together in a Baptist church and sang songs as deadly storms moved through the Southeast.
The State newspaper quotes staff members of the Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington County, South Carolina, as saying that children sang “Jesus Loves Me” during a regular Sunday night service as storms moved through the central part of the state.
One said the group moved from the sanctuary to a long hall during the storm, which knocked a column down in the front of the building and damaged another.
Derrec Becker with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said no deaths or serious injuries have been reported in the state because of the storms.
About 8,000 lost power. A strong tornado that was part of the storm system tore through southeast Alabama on Sunday, killing at least 23 people.
Authorities plan to resume an intense ground search Monday amid devastation from a deadly tornado that rampaged through southeast Alabama, killing at least 23 people.
The Sunday tornado was part of a powerful storm system that also slashed its way across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
The number of deaths in hard-hit Lee County was so high that coroner Bill Harris told The Associated Press he had to call in help from the state because there were more bodies than his four-person office can handle.
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones says drones flying overheard equipped with heat-seeking devices had scanned the area for survivors but the dangerous conditions halted the search late Sunday.
Jones said the twister traveled straight down a county road in the rural community of Beauregard.
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The Cronut. The Sushi Burrito. The Turducken.
Each and every one of these crazy culinary concoctions will go down in history as one of the greatest food mashups of all time. But why are they created? Who invented these dishes and how?! Only those who have the creativity and brain capacity have the ability to create something so mind-blowingly delicious. Only a true culinary genius can create a dish that gets people all over the world ranting and raving. And I, Jonah Yoder, am up for the challenge!
In order to create a truly inspirational food mashup you have to take two seemingly incompatible dishes and smash them together on one plate. When you think about it the opportunities are as endless as your creativity. The most impactful mashups are the ones that bring together the most differing foods. So without further adieu, I present to you the Cheesecakeadilla!
Below you will find the recipes for both versions of the cheesecakeadilla. Feel free to be creative when you make them. Add your own layers or sauces! The excitement of making a dish your own, is one of the best parts of cooking! I highly recommend trying both and deciding for yourself which one is the better mashup. Good luck!
8 large flour tortillas
8 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla
butter for pan frying
Put the cream cheese, heavy cream, vanilla and powdered sugar in a bowl and mix together until totally combined.
Take a flour tortilla and smear some of the cream cheese mixture on it, then top with the other tortilla.
In a hot skillet add about 1 tablespoon of butter and let it melt.
Add the prepared tortillas and pan fry on both sides until golden brown.
Top with cinnamon sugar or more powdered sugar and serve with a dipping sauce of your choice.
(caramel, strawberry, chocolate...really anything would go great!)
Cheesecakeadilla (Main Dish)
10 large flour tortillas
10 oz. can of refried beans
10 oz. can of corn
10 oz. can of black beans
10 oz. of sour cream
Begin by making the cheese quesadillas by pan frying 2 tortillas together with cheese in between them.
To form the cake take a round springform pan and lay 1 quesadilla in the bottom.
Take the refried beans and spread an even layer on top of the quesadilla.
Sprinkle some corn on top of the refried beans, then place the next quesadilla on top gently pressing down on the previous layer.
Next spread an even layer of salsa over the quesadilla layer.
Then sprinkle some black beans on top of the salsa, then place another quesadilla on top gently pressing down on the previous layers.
Then spread an even layer of guacamole over the quesadilla layer.
Top with another quesadilla and gently press down on the previous layers.
Repeat the steps until all of the quesadillas are used and the cake is formed.
Sprinkle some cheese over the top and place in the oven set to 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes so that everything sets and is melty.
Once the top is golden brown remove the cake from the oven and let it cool.
Once it is cool enough to touch, remove the siding of the pan.
Take the sour cream and carefully spread all over the cake so that everything is covered and smooth.
Garnish with salsa & guacamole and serve immediately with a side salad.

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Ikea has decided that flat-pack furniture and really tasty meatballs are no longer enough; now the Swedish company wants to offer ultra low cost mobile calling too.
Available to members of its loyalty scheme, the 'Family Mobile' scheme is a pay as you go service offering flat rate costs of 9p per min call rates and 6p per text - at a flat rate.
Ikea claims this will be around 25 per cent cheaper than any other provider on a comparable deal.
The Swedish charity (did you know that? One of the largest foundations in the world, dedicated to flat pack furniture) will be teaming up with Mobile Partners for the project.
Although Ikea is only providing the SIM, its www.familymobile.co.uksite has a few cheap-as-chips handsets on offer too, mostly from Nokia (got to keep it Scandinavian, eh?).
No monthly fees or minimum spend are required either, though £10 of call credit is needed to activate the account.
Families can link multiple SIMs to one account too, so no more worrying about what Junior is spending calling all his mates.


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UPDATE (4/21): Since publishing this article, several changes have been made to HB 999. The bill no longer bans majors or minors utilizing Critical Theory. As of writing this update on April 21, 2023, the bill now specifies that general education core classes may not theorize that systematic racism, sexism, or privilege are inherent in U.S. institutions. The bill would still defund Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new bill working its way through the Florida House of Representatives could change the future of a variety of different courses at state colleges and universities.
House Bill 999 would ban majors and minors utilizing critical theory — which includes critical race theory, radical feminist theory, queer theory, and others.
What You Need To Know
- A bill that would ban majors and minors at state colleges and universities that incorporate critical theory has been filed in the Florida House
- HB 999 would also prevent universities from using taxpayer dollars on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs
- The bill's sponsor, Rep. Alex Andrade, says this is a part of a larger focus to re-align with the state's mission of ensuring students are workforce ready
- Meanwhile, some students are raising concern over what this could mean for those enrolled in women's and gender studies courses
If passed, the enforcement of HB 999 would be left up to the Board of Governors which is comprised of 17 members, 14 of whom are appointed by the Governor's Office.
The bill will require schools to remove any majors or minors using critical theory, which includes critical race theory, critical race studies, critical ethnic studies, radical feminist theory, radical gender theory, queer theory, critical social justice, or intersectionality.
According to officials, the definitions of those areas of study will be set by of the Board of Governors.
“The best example I have is the student, who spoke in opposition of the bill, said critical race theory is taught as fact in her sociology major," said Rep. Alex Andrade, who sponsored the bill. "The major difference is the pedagogical methodology of these theories is essentially political ideologies amassed and mislabeled as scientific fact."
Sanjula Rajat, who is minoring in Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies expressed grave concern over the proposed changes.
“We deserve to be able to form spaces where we can talk about things like this," Rajat said. "We deserve to learn about histories of activism, we deserve to learn about the ways of which systems of oppression are created and sustained, and we deserve to learn how to resist them.”
The bill also defunds state university Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Back in December, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis requested a report detailing all campus activities or courses relating to DEI or critical race theory.
HB 999 would prevent state colleges and universities from using taxpayer dollars to fund Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) programs. According to a report requested by the office of @GovRonDeSantis, UCF used $445k in state funds for the DEI program’s vice president’s office pic.twitter.com/m2CwYhztwc— Celeste Springer (@CelesteSpringer) March 30, 2023
The University of Central Florida self-reported several courses that align with this methodology, including their course on third-wave feminism, which could now be on the chopping block.
"I honestly don’t understand why it would be in anyone’s interest — regardless of political party and regardless of political ideology — to undermine the very fabric of civil society, which is pluralism and diversity," said Dr. Margaret McLaren,a Rollins College professor of philosophy.
Republican proponents of HB 999 have called these programs "shockingly wasteful," citing a House of Representatives analysis that showed $20 million in taxpayer dollars go toward DEI initiatives statewide.
Here are a few shockingly wasteful highlights:— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) February 2, 2023
-The “Diversity and Inclusion Office” at USF which costs taxpayers over $1.1 million/yr
-The “Center for Environmental Equity and Justice” at FAMU that costs taxpayers $1.8 million per year https://t.co/FYdJthSOTA
Students like Rajat, who attends a private college, are unlikely to be impacted by the bill, though they are continuing to voice concerns for their peers at neighboring universities.
“Denying students of their education, and denying us the capacity to understand systems of oppression doesn’t benefit society," Rajat said. "It supports harm, it creates harm, and it sustains harm."
HB 999 is currently in the Education & Employment Committee, and will likely go to a full vote in the coming weeks. If signed into law, it would go into effect on July 1.
Celeste Springer is the education beat reporter for Spectrum News 13. If you have a story idea or concern, you can email her at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Although he is a certified fitness consultant, I've been ignoring him for years, because, well, he's my brother. If any of you actually think sibling advice should be automatically listened to, you probably don't have siblings--or at least, not the kind who told you, when you were six, that sunbeams could be trapped and held in the palm of your hand if you were quick enough to catch them. (An afternoon of fruitless frustration that probably contributed significantly to my current skeptic nature.)
Anyway, day before yesterday, I checked my weight on the scale at the doctor's office and discovered that I have actually lost give-or-take fifteen pounds in just over two weeks. Since two of you have already asked how I did this, I'm posting the general rules of thumb to my brother's Sane Low-Carb Diet. ("Sane" meaning you can actually do it without fainting from weakness, killing everyone around you due to hunger-induced bad temper, or having to constantly refer to a list of "legal" foods that no one normal ever has in their kitchen anyway.)
1. Eat three main meals a day. Each of these meals should consist of no more than three fist-sized portions. (Your fist, which serves as an equivalent measure for your general body frame and size.) Women will most likely find that this is about as much or more than they usually eat, anyway. (Male readers will just have to suffer.)
2. Stay away from foods that you know are full of carbs or sugar. When in doubt, just don't eat anything that is white, yellow, or pale earth-toned in color. This means that rice, potatoes, and corn are bad; but you can eat bacon, steak, fried chicken, and other protein-y substances all day long. (Some exceptions to the color rule are eggs, milk, butter, cheese, and salt, which are okay; and squash and beans of any sort, which are not.)
3. If you want to lose weight more gradually, you can still eat the "forbidden" foods--just make sure you don't eat more than one fist-sized portion of them per meal. And whether you're after rapid or gradual weight loss, don't worry about minor carb intake like breadcrumb coating--incidental carbs like that are generally no big deal. (Just don't shovel breadcrumbs into your mouth or anything!)
4. In addition to your three meals, you can have up to two snacks a day, as long as they're not "forbidden" foods. Cheese, cold cuts, chicharon, and canned meat like vienna sausages make great munchies.
5. Pick one cheating day a week, during which you can throw the whole diet out the window and eat whatever the hell you want. This way, if you have a craving for a hot fudge sundae, you can just promise yourself an ice cream binge on your cheating day. Also, if you wind up breaking your diet one day--because you forgot, or couldn't resist, or ate someplace where there was nothing to eat but carbs--you can just decide that that day is your cheating day, and forego the "official" one for the week.
It's doable, I promise. I'm a chips-and-dip addict myself, and I've been doing it for 18 days now, without feeling weak or going crazy. You should not do it for more than two weeks, however, without consulting a doctor, nutritionist, or fitness expert. Drop me a line and I'll give you my brother's phone number.


Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is set to construct Arizonas largest battery energy system, called Roadrunner Reserve. This system will have a massive 200-megawatt system that can store 800 megawatt hours of energy, equivalent to powering 42,000 homes for four hours. The construction of this system is set to begin in the summer of 2025 and will be built in southeast Tucson, near Vail.
TEP stated the system will charge during the productive morning and afternoon solar periods as well as deliver stored energy during peak demand, bringing low-cost solar energy to customers.
According to TEP’s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, this new system will reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent and add up to 1,400 MW of energy storage by 2035. On top of the most recent additions of renewable resources, Roadrunner Reserve will expand, making for a greener grid.


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West Elm Etsy EventMarch 05, 2012 | FILED UNDER: Uncategorized
The event drew a good crowd, but West Elm had done a great job of limiting the number of vendors and spacing them nicely throughout the store so it wasn’t a zoo in there. Custom pillows, letterpress cards and prints, jewelry, and screen printed t-shirts were among the goods for sale.
They even had a DJ and a photo booth….
Heather and me goofing off in the photo booth:
I couldn’t resist making one purchase there… I found the cutest necklace that I think ties in nicely to my Designed Improvised logo. I plan to wear it to all future design meetings with my clients 😉


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Grape(s): Pinot Noir
Localization: Burgundy, France
Tasting Notes: Ruby to garnet in color, aromas of red berries with jammy notes. Balanced, this wine is concentrated, full, fat and round.
Notes: “Ruchots”refers to a place with boulders called “roiches”in the Burgundian dialect.
The best vintages are ideally aged from 5 to 7 years to fully appreciate the wine.
Food Pairing: This wine pairs wonderfully with light meat dishes.
The Domain: The domaine Pierre Amiot was established in Morey-Saint-Denis 5 generations ago. After Pierre, Léon and Édouard, Pierre Amiot decided to take over the domaine in 1951. He joined forces with his eldest son Jean-Louis in 1980. The youngest son Didier started working at the domaine in 1991.
Jean-Louis and Didier cultivate 8 hectares of vineyards in Morey-Saint-Denis and Gevrey-Chambertin. The domaine is spread around the original estate, which is located in the town center.
There are now 40 parcels of vineyards, with 85% in Morey-Saint-Denis and 15% in Gevrey-Chambertin.
Jean-Louis and Didier are proud to present a complete range of wines from every appellation level: 2 Bourgognes, 3 Villages, 5 Premiers Crus and 2 Grands Crus.
The vineyards have an east-southeast exposure with an altitude from 220 to 260m (720 to 840 feet), and are planted in limestone and clay-limestone soils dating from the Middle Jurassic period. This geological diversity makes each plot unique and offers richness and distinction to the fruit, which is then expressed in the wines.
The terroir of Morey-Saint-Denis is ideal for growing Pinot Noir, which is of course the grape variety used for our great red wines. One of the particularities of the Domaine Amiot is that they also own a parcel of Morey-St-Denis blanc, which is very rare in this appellation.
The Domaine Amiot uses sustainable viticulture practices such as plowing to keep the soil healthy, fertilization by compost every 3 years, Guyot and Cordon Royat pruning methods, limited and sustainable treatments.
Our goal is to control yields, allowing the grapes to achieve ideal ripeness and therefore to make the best wines possible.
From the vineyard to the winery, each operation is adapted to the vintage to make the best wines possible and to fully express the parcels’ terroir. 33% of new oak barrels are used for the aging process.

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Products and solutions from Banner Engineering help facility managers and operators keep their systems running smoothly, effectively and efficiently. Our sensors monitor the performance and health of machines, equipment, systems and system components, as well as docks and doors, loading and unloading areas, anywhere or anything that could significantly impact the flow of products and parcels through the system. If a critical condition arises, LED indicators provide a high visibility signal and an audible alert, notifying personnel to take action. Wireless products provide real-time status information from critical areas and equipment, allowing facility managers and operators to remotely monitor systems and respond quickly to any situation.
Banner’s RP-LS42 safety rope pulls line conveyors as a way to indicate emergencies and immediately shut down conveyors. If a rope pull is used during an emergency, it can be difficult to locate exactly where it was pulled. A K30 indicator light can be paired with the rope pulls in order to provide indication as to where the rope was pulled. This allows for quick and easy indication of where an emergency occurred, helping to return to normal operations as fast as possible.
Banner’s wireless solutions can have multiple gateways tied to respective nodes, allowing for elimination of all wires and providing flexible mounting options. The wireless structure of gateways and nodes are responsible for communicating the critical I/O throughout the facility. Even with multiple wireless products, the wireless communication system is efficient and has no cross talk interference and does not interfere with the IT department.
Banner’s Q30FF600 background suppression sensor confirms when a product enters the exit chute to ensure it came off the sortation system and that there isn’t a jam in the product chute. The Q30FF600 has long range sensing up to 600 mm, which is the standard width of many chutes.
Banner’s 30 mm mount E-Stop buttons work well in this type of application because they have an illuminated base that turns from yellow to flashing red when actuated. The red flashing illumination of the E-stop button visibly alerts operators which button was pressed so they can quickly and easily fix the problem to reduce down time and only reset the button that was activated.
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After being announced to in the list of HBO shows set to come to Netflix earlier in the year, we’ve learned that all five seasons of Six Feet Under will drop on November 1st, 2023, in select regions, including the United States.
Airing between 2001 and 2005 across five seasons and 63 episodes, Six Feet Under told the story of a dysfunctional L.A. family that runs a funeral business. It’s a dark comedy that comes from Alan Ball, who went on to create True Blood for the cable network in the late 2000s. The show was a big awards magnet for HBO in the early 2000s, picking up 53 nominations at the Emmys alone.
The cast for the series included Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, and Jeremy Sisto.
For the first time in Netflix’s streaming history (with the exception of a couple of documentaries), they struck an agreement with HBO and its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, in the summer to stream a selection of their series, which have been slowly rolling out since. It’s meant that many regions now have access to the likes of Band of Brothers, Insecure, Ballers, and True Blood.
Multiple regions are expected to receive Six Feet Under as per all the prior HBO series. For the most part, Netflix in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina) has received most of the new HBO shows, as well as most of Europe (notably excluding the UK on all titles) and some Asian territories.
Will Six Feet Under still be on Max after coming to Netflix?
As with all the HBO shows to come to Netflix so far, they’ve been licensed to Netflix on a non-exclusive basis, meaning Max keeps the rights to the show, too. Six Feet Under was one of the launch shows for what was then HBO Max, and it’s not leaving anytime soon.
This is the last HBO show from the initial batch that was announced to be making its way onto Netflix in select regions. Whether more is on the way is currently up in the air. Recently, HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys referred to the licensing to Netflix as an experiment and that it has helped the content perform better on its own platform, which could signal more is on the way.
For more on what’s coming to Netflix in November 2023, keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix.
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Centrotherm International AG operates within the Special industry machinery sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Centrotherm International AG with three other
companies in this sector in GERMANY :
Singulus Technologies AG
sales of 77.90 million Euro [US$91.65 million]
of which 57%
(88.56 million Euro [US$104.18 million]
of which 68%
was Optical & X-Ray Standard Test Systems), and
Lewag Holding AG
(92.00 million Euro [US$108.23 million]
of which 77%
During the year ended December of 2019, sales at
Centrotherm International AG were 99.11 million Euro (US$116.60 million).
decrease of 44.9%
versus 2018, when the company's sales were 179.95 million Euro.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 44.6% decline
in Thin Film Solar Panels, from 28.64 million Euro to 15.86 million Euro.
There were also decreases in sales in
Solar Cell/panel (down 34.5% to 99.11 million Euro)


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Making Trax this Holiday Season
My children range in age from nine down to one, so finding something that interests them all can be quite the challenge. My goal for Christmas 2017 was to find something that everyone could do together *and* that got us out of the house. We already have a pretty fun backyard with playground equipment and sandboxes. What we don’t have is a lot of convenient space for outdoor play with bikes and scooters. Solution? Ride on toys. (In other news, I didn’t really want to ever be able to park my car in the garage but for the first time I could. Added bonus of this years’ present for me: the husband was so excited about cars for the kids he cleaned the whole thing out!)
We decided, this year, Christmas would come early so they could enjoy their big gifts right away. Next, came choosing. My boys are obsessed with tractors so the Kid Trax CAT Bulldozer was a no brainer. The girls were a little tougher but as soon as I found out the Kid Trax Land Rover had a working radio (it plays FM and has an iPod dock), I knew it would be a hit for my music loving girls.
Onto our mini Christmas: we made a big deal out of it just like normal Christmas- we just celebrated two months early. Christmas festivities, movies, and music. We even went to afternoon mass just like we do on Christmas Eve every year. The excitement mounted as we decorated a mini Step2 Christmas tree and got dressed up in Christmas jammies. The kids were properly hyper and refused to sleep. It was a perfect replica of our holiday celebrations. The best part was they only had one toy to focus on.
I don’t know about your kids but, here, Christmas is pretty overwhelming- too much stuff. I’m sure that will be the case this year too (we have some great toys stocked up- stay tuned for our post coming soon on the best toys for kids) but it certainly wasn’t for our mini Christmas. Also, it wasn’t chaotic or rushed. They got to enjoy the anticipation, unveiling, and playing with their new gifts. They didn’t have to race off anywhere other than up the street on their new rides. Speaking of which, let’s take a closer look.
The Land Rover. It features a 12 volt battery, room for two, working stereo, and two speeds, 2.5 and 5 miles per hour as well as a reverse speed of 2.5 mph. My favorite thing about this one is the traction. It can go from grass to sidewalk to street with no problem. It easily handles bumpy terrain and hills. My six year old little girl’s favorite thing about the truck? Hands down the tunes. She didn’t even want to find the communal iPod to listen to her own music (though I’m excited about that feature). Instead, she just turned up the FM radio already programmed to a local station and cruised like an adult. I have to admit here that I’m really afraid for ten years from now after watching her drive. She only ran into my van, the curb, her brother’s ride on, her sister’s ride on (to see a ride on option for older children, stay tuned), and my husband. She was unphased. I’m worried for my wallet (insurance premiums and the therapy to go with riding in the car with her, though her little brothers didn’t seem to mind the bumpy ride).
The CAT Bulldozer. This one is definitely the show stopper and everyone from the littlest to the biggest wanted to give it a go. With its working front loader and realistic steering (according to my husband at least since I’ve never driven a tractor- city girl all the way here but I’m working on it), the CAT offers hours of fun for everyone. At a 55 pound weight capacity even my biggest girl could enjoy it (she’s petite so she’s just barely pushing the limit). This one has a tamer 2.5 mph ride that’s good for the littler ones. The steering is a little tricky but great for the hand eye coordination (you have to push forward on one lever and pull back on another to turn- for those like me who had no idea tractors don’t have steering wheels). Though it’s taking a little practice, the three year old is getting the hang of it, the older girls are already pros, and the littlest one just wants to sit and pretend to be in the driver’s seat for once.
Note: After a week of play with this one, I think I would recommend it for a slightly older age range- maybe 5+. I love the design and the realistic steering is a fun idea but it’s hard for the littler ones. That said, they also have a 6 volt CAT design available that comes with a steering wheel. For now, my six year old is loving this and the boys will grow into it faster than I would like.
Christmas 2017 bring everyone together: goal complete. We even made it for a family “walk” er ride, all around the neighborhood with not one complaint about tired legs or request to return home. The kids are already plotting to drag us out again tomorrow. I see high mileage on these two vehicles in our future. Thanks Kid Trax for making our Christmas wishes come true!
Note about assembly: These toys are always a bit of work to assemble. That said, they came with most of the parts ready to snap together. One thing that is not normal for rideons, they came with the stickers already attached. Do you know how exciting that was for me (because with huge decals inevitably comes a crooked placement or massive bubbles)?! Though it took several hours for one person to put both cars together (at a leisurely pace while fielding calls for work), the mechanic (aka the husband) said the ride ons had very well thought out designs. Final word: plan in advance to allow for assembly time but don’t worry about missing parts or confusing instructions.
We are proud to be official Ambassadors for the Kid Trax Brand. They sent us both toys to test and photograph throughout the year. We already know that we will be making Trax in style with these rides. Though we were sent these items for review, all opinions are our own. We never guarantee a good review, thoughts and opinions are always honest and without bias. We are really excited for this new adventure and will keep you posted on how they wear as we put on the miles.

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Londoners were treated to a stunning light show last night as an electrical storm hit the city.
Landlord Derwent London today said lettings hit an all-time high in the first half of the year amid booming demand for office room in the capital’s Tech Belt.
15 August 2013
It will be the biggest merger in the history of advertising but already there are doubts about whether the £23 billion tie-up between America’s Omnicom and France’s Publicis can work.
31 July 2013
The City has been desperate for takeover deals to perk things up and today traders were spoilt for choice as shares in media and drugs groups soared.
29 July 2013
The Evening Standard is to host a major public debate on the potential impact on the City of London of Britain quitting the European Union.
22 July 2013
There’s no love lost between advertising supremos Maurice Levy and WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell but today’s strong results from Levy’s Publicis gave investors a reason to warm to Sorrell’s group.
18 July 2013
Former Ofcom chief executive Lord Carter was today named the next chief executive of publisher and events group Informa as Peter Rigby announced he is stepping down in December after 25 years at the top.
10 July 2013
Few business leaders have a better insight into the world economy than Miles Young, the British-born, New York-based boss of advertising agency group Ogilvy & Mather. With 22,000 staff in 120 countries, global clients such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, IBM and American Express and annual turnover of £1.5 billion, Young knows where money is flowing.
03 July 2013
WPP was today hit with another major rebellion as more than 26% of shareholders failed to back chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell’s £17.6 million pay package.
12 June 2013
Advertising giant WPP was today braced for another revolt over chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay after a big group of local authority pension funds and a shareholder advisory group declared their opposition.
06 June 2013
City Spy’s ongoing search to find the best-paid corporate PR executive in the City has prompted a tip-off about Matt Young, corporate affairs director at Lloyds Banking Group.
06 June 2013
- 'Cars overturned' as mass brawl breaks out in street at summer party in south east London
- Chuka Umunna: Turn Parliament into a museum
- Prison officer Lorraine Barwell dies after assault at Blackfriars Crown Court
- New bridge across the Thames for cyclists and pedestrians could be built in east London
- Police hunt woman who 'sprayed bleach in shop worker's face at Footlocker store in Kilburn'
- Cyclist Jeremy Vine reveals he films bad drivers and sends footage to police
- 7/7 bombing victims' memorial used as makeshift camp by rough sleepers in London's Hyde Park
- Race hate attacks on the rise in London, Scotland Yard figures reveal
- London weather: 'You Englanders wouldn't be able to survive an Australian summer' World pokes fun at UK heatwave
- London weather: Highest UK July temperature EVER recorded at Heathrow as capital swelters
- London to get 'all-seeing' speed cameras which catch drivers trying to avoid road limits
- Tunisia attack: British 'jihadi bride' posts sickening blog praising beach massacre which killed up to 30 Brits
- Huge tree crashes through window after collapsing on house in leafy south London neighbourhood
- Colleagues' tributes to 'brave and popular' prison officer Lorraine Barwell who died after assault outside London court
- Week-long rail strike set to bring fresh misery for London commuters


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New Zealand at first welcomed the “atomic age”, but radioactive fallout changed all that.
This month marks 25 years since New Zealand legislated a nuclear-free zone that prohibited nuclear weapons and warships in the country’s land, air and water. Although we never considered having nuclear weapons, New Zealand was once as excited as any nation about the dawning atomic age, with our own plans for uranium mines and nuclear power stations. After the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki contributed to the end of World War II, our Government revealed the role of a small group of New Zealand physicists on the Manhattan Project that developed the atom bomb. New Zealand, it said, should be “proud to know that some of her scientists… were at the forefront of this latest development”. Although the subsequent development of more bombs – the US began nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 and the USSR tested its first nuclear bombs in 1949 – was greeted by the Listener then as “deeply depressing”, the promised “peaceful uses” of atomic energy were seen as positive.
When the UK wanted heavy water to use as a moderator in its nuclear power plants, it made an agreement with New Zealand to produce heavy water using geothermal energy from Wairakei. Prime Minister Sidney Holland said New Zealand would be making a “worthwhile and unique contribution not only to its own power resources, but also to the development of atomic energy, which, used for peaceful purposes, may well revolutionise the world’s industrial processes”. When uranium was found in the Buller Gorge in 1955, it was greeted as heralding a potential new export industry and a way to make nuclear power more affordable for New Zealand. It wasn’t anti-nuclear sentiment that led to the abandonment in 1979 of the Government-supported exploration and prospecting, after 24 years, but economics. The uranium was there, but not in sufficient quantities or concentrations to make extraction worthwhile.
An agreement New Zealand signed with the US in 1956 allowed for the provision of a half-price research reactor, along with uranium fuel to power it, but by the time the DSIR was ready for the reactor, the “half-price” offer had been withdrawn, and we were unwilling to pay full price. In the end, our only nuclear reactor – a gift under the US Atoms for Peace programme – was installed at the University of Canterbury’s School of Engineering in 1961. The sub-critical reactor – it had no critical mass of fuel to produce a chain reaction – was removed in 1981 after the university phased out its nuclear engineering course. In the 1950s and 60s, New Zealanders had become aware of the health risks posed by fallout from bomb testing, and the public began to be wary of the dangers posed, for example, by strontium contamination of milk: New Zealand’s welcome to the “atomic age” was radioactive fallout.
So by 1975, when New Zealand needed to make a decision on whether to meet the growing demand for electricity with a planned nuclear power station on the Kaipara Harbour, the promised atomic age had lost its allure. The Listener’s Boyce Richardson described nuclear reactors as now symbolising “an impersonal future world of computers, robots, explosive violence and uncontrollable technology, rather than the cornucopia overflowing with goods and pleasures that they once promised”. Opposition to nuclear testing in the Pacific had spread to nuclear power and most of the submissions to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Nuclear Power Generation in New Zealand were opposed. Even so, it was economics more than anti-nuclear sentiment that led to New Zealand’s rejection of nuclear power – the discovery of the Maui natural gas field in offshore Taranaki meant the country now had sufficient indigenous resources to meet electricity needs until the end of the century.
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Rebecca Priestley’s book on New Zealand’s nuclear history, Mad on Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age, will be published by Auckland University Press this September.


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KIRO Newsradio to air Jan. 6 attack hearings uncensored and unedited
As the House select committee is set to reveal its findings on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol today, KIRO Newsradio will be airing the public hearing live and unedited.
“It is a historic event,” KIRO Newsradio Newsroom Director Charlie Harger said on the Gee and Ursula Show. “It’s not like we’re expecting members of Congress to be up on the rostrum there and swearing. What we are expecting though, is for many of the smartphone videos that were shot, some of those will be aired during this congressional hearing. These are members of Congress who will be airing these uncensored videos. And the news judgment is we are not going to try to stop a congressional hearing and insert our own bleep sounds or try to sanitize it for the listener as it’s happening live.”
The hearing will start today at 5 p.m. PST. The second will be held Monday, June 13th, at 1 p.m. PST. There may be as many as eight days of hearings before month’s end, and even more in September.
Jan. 6 committee sets prime-time hearing date for findings
Each network — except Fox News, which is not covering the hearings in full — will add analysis and reporting.
Harger stresses the need to air the hearing uncensored as the story and the coverage would be incomplete and misinterpreted otherwise.
“What actually happened on January 6 has been whitewashed. Some folks are saying this was just a peaceful protest,” Harger said. “And that is not far from the truth for what some people believe. I think we need to be reminded of what actually happened on that day and what can be done to prevent something like that happening in the future.”
A key adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, who was with him at the Capitol when rioters tried to hunt him down, will testify at the House Jan. 6 committee’s public hearing next week.
“I’m hard pressed to remember the last time Congress was evacuated because people violently got inside smashing windows and attempted to stop the results of an election,” Harger said. “This is the first time, at least in a very long time, since the Civil War, that that’s happened. We, as a news organization, need to cover this and we need to be speaking about what happened.”


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|Department||Department of Industrial Engineering and Management||Supervisor||Dr. Opher Etzion|
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In situation where event-driven architecture is required for detection of desired patterns arises a demand of simple event processing methods to identify meaningful events (such as opportunities or threats) and respond to them. As an example of such system we can consider the detection of lost luggage at an airport, during transfer from check-in to baggage claim. Another example is the detection of suspicious money transfers in the banking system.
The Event Model (TEM), defined by Opher Etzion and colleagues, allows the implementation of the desired functionality. While many event processing engines exists, there is an inherent complexity in using them that require skilled developers. The TEM is a "computational independent model" aimed to enable semi-technical people to create applications by removing technical terms and decisions.
The purpose of my project was to create a proof of concept for this theoretical model.
In order to let a potential user apply the model, I created a simplified tool that allows defining event processing rules and using the model without preliminary studies. During the implementation of the model the following challenges were addressed:
1) Inferring missing information
2) Designing quick access database
3) Fast search for a desired combination of events
During the model implementation we predefined a set of tests that gave us a confirmation of TEM model's correctness.


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A brilliant piece of presentation on practical wisedom!
Interesting animation inspired by African rock paintings by Nicolas Brault
Amazing photo works by Jakub Wojewoda. I am especially fond of the first “black & white” portraiture, you might have to look a little more closely for the “white” on first glance though.


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We've been following Amy's adventure as she attends Culinary School and with every post we wish would would be standing with her in the kitchen. One of the lessons Amy posted was about Asian cooking. As Amy says, Jews love Chinese food and we're excited to learn a tip or two - CookKosher
It is no secret that Jews LOVE Chinese food. Jews and Chinese food go together like, well, bagels and lox. Or moo shu and pancakes. Perfectly well! I cannot think of a dinner that we haven't celebrated with some beef and broccoli and wonton soup. There are a few theories as to where this love affair started. Primarily, Jewish immigrants into the Lower East Side in New York City moved right next to Chinatown. Convenience is key! Plus, the Chinese restaurant owners were quite welcoming.
Other ideas involve the actual cuisine. Jews love eating at home; Chinese food makes great takeout! Plus the familiar menu is the same wherever you go. You want egg drop soup and pan fried noodles? We’ve got that! My Bubbe has enough anxiety without adding figuring out a menu on top of it! Well if that is true, then what could be more Jewish than making your own Chinese food in the comfort of your own home? But what does it take to whip up your own that tastes just as good as from your local restaurant? Here are a few classic must-have ingredients:
• Bok Choy - a leafy green cabbage.
• Chili paste - adds a spicy element to any dish.
• Chinese eggplant - longer, thinner and lighter in color than conventional eggplant.
• Cornstarch - used to thicken sauces or for marinating meat to add texture and tenderness.
• Garlic - a popular seasoning ingredient.
• Ginger - fresh is best! Popular for seasoning, but also in marinades since ginger can break down proteins.
• Green onions - used as garnish or in stir-fries.
• Mushrooms - delicious in soups and stir-fries.
• Rice - if you have ever eaten Chinese food, you know rice is the basis of every meal!
• Rice vinegar - vinegar made of rice. It has a sweet, acidic flavor and is great in sauces or in marinades as it is a great tenderizer. Make sure it’s a kosher brand!
• Sesame oil - often used as a marinade or in dipping sauces.
• Soy sauce - make sure it’s kosher too! Great for sauces or marinating meats.
One of my favorite Chinese recipes I made on my blog What Jew Wanna Eat
is my take on Chicken Dumplings! You just may never order takeout again.
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 40 mins
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 – 3/4 cup water
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 4 stalks scallions, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup shitake mushrooms, minced
• 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
• 1/4 cup water chestnuts, dried and minced
• 1 tablespoon sake plus a splash for dipping sauce
• 1 tablespoon kosher soy sauce plus 1 tablespoon for dipping sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil plus 1/2 tablespoon for dipping sauce
• 1 tablespoon kosher rice vinegar plus 1 tablespoon for dipping sauce
1. Make your dough by mixing the flour and 1/2 cup water until you get a dough that is soft and not too sticky or too dry. Add more water up to 3/4 cup in order to get the right consistency.
2. Roll the dough into two cylinders about 1 inch in diameter. Cover them with wet paper towels and set aside while you make the filling.
3. To make your filling, combine all the other ingredients- chicken, minced scallions, minced mushrooms, minced ginger and minced water chestnuts. Also add 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar and 1 tablespoon sake.
4. Chill your meat for about 30 minutes.
5. To make the dumplings, cut the dough into 1/2 inch pieces and roll them out into circles that are about 3 inches in diameter.
6. Put a dollop of filling into each dumpling and secure each one. I used a fork to seal mine and add a cute detail.
7. Meanwhile, boil a pot of water and drop in the dumplings. When they float (after about 5 minutes) they are done!
8. Serve with a dipping sauce made with 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar and a splash of sake for kicks.


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Platform (im)mobilities: Migration and the gig economy in times of COVID-19
Picture by Manuela Bojadžijev.
Sometimes jokes have a stabilising function, particularly in times of COVID-19: ‘How do you manage to do contact-free delivery if the soup has spilled into the backpack?’, asks one Berlin rider for the food delivery platform Lieferando to his colleagues. ‘I throw a drinking straw to the customer’, replies another. The joke expresses the serious situation. These two riders are not only exposed to health-related risks, they also fear for their daily income. In the current crisis, their livelihood as food couriers relies on new constellations of (im)mobility: their own ability to stay on the move and navigate a city in lockdown, while also catering for those whose mobility is constrained by COVID-19 restrictions. The gig economy is a prime example, both for the constitutive importance of mobility for labour as well as for its reconfiguration in times of COVID-19.
While the workers fear for their safety, the crisis surrounding the global spread of the novel COVID-19 has become a big moment for digital platforms. In China, the crisis led to a boom for platforms delivering meals and other shopping items to the doors of their isolated clients. At the heights of the lockdown in some European cities like Paris and Milan, food delivery riders were often the only people still seen on otherwise empty streets. Coined as ‘corona shares’ by the financial world, the rise in value for certain stocks of the ‘stay-at-home’/‘work-from-home’ industries such as video conferencing or home deliveries is remarkable. They hint at how amply the current crisis is reshaping the spatiality and (im)mobility of labour.
Even before the crisis, in Berlin and many other cities across the globe, the majority of platform workers were migrants. For them, the current situation is particularly precarious. This is the case for Cristina, a recent newcomer to Berlin from Buenos Aires. Shortly after arriving in Berlin with a one-year visa, she started working for Helpling, a German gig economy platform for cleaning services. She had heard about the option to enrol with them in Argentina and had registered even before her arrival to Berlin. Amongst migrants from Argentina and other Latin American countries, it is common knowledge that working for Helpling is an option to make a living. Such platforms ask for very few papers, they accept people with short residence status, do not ask for language skills, and take in just about everyone who applies.
Bastián, a food courier from Chile, tells a similar story. Platforms like Helpling or Deliveroo are in his opinion ‘easy jobs to apply for when you come with a visa, because you only have one year and you don’t need many papers, and you don’t need to speak German’. Like him and Cristina, many of these young migrants have university degrees, but struggle to find other jobs. Bastián argues, ‘this is the only option that the immigrants, or people from Chile, or people from India have. So, even though the work conditions are shit, (…), I was really happy with it. And as long as I didn’t get hit by a car, everything was going to be okay.’ His last sentence underlines the extreme precarity of platform labour. Gig workers are self-employed: there is no sick pay, insurance, or income guarantee in times of low demand.
Under the current difficult conditions, such precarious jobs demand flexibility and the readiness to move on. During the lockdown in Berlin, cleaning jobs became rarer. Cristina and her boyfriend, who is also registered with Helpling, relocated to the Western part of Germany. Here, they worked for 12 hours a day as harvest helpers in agriculture. In this job, they fill in for a different group of migrants. Seasonal workers, mainly from Southern and Eastern Europe, usually populate Germany's fields during the summer. This year their labour mobility was curtailed due to the closure of European borders. Facing prolonged pressure from the agriculture economy, the German government finally issued special permits for tens of thousands of seasonal workers who were flown into the country with chartered flights. The death of one of these workers from Romania from COVID-19 as well as the rising number of infected workers in the meatpacking industry – another hotspot for temporary and posted workers from neighbouring European countries – now shines a spotlight on sectors of the labour market, which are maintained by migrant labour that otherwise remains invisible.
Upon her return to Berlin, Cristina hopes that customers will begin to hire platform workers to clean their flats again. Another option to raise income could be one of the many online labour platforms. Here, Cristina would join workers from across the world in another type of gig economy platforms, so-called crowdwork platforms. These, too, could become other winners of the COVID-19 crisis. Just like Deliveroo and Helpling, they function according to a logic of work-on-demand, and they outsource computer work to internet users around the globe. Compared to the mobile food couriers or taxi drivers, it is often their very immobility that has brought them to these platforms. Many of them are tied to their homes due to care responsibilities or physical limitations.
This is the situation for Eliana – a 60-year-old housewife from Romania who used to work as an electrical engineer until her company went bankrupt in 2017. She was already struggling to find a new job when she developed serious health problems that did not permit much moving around. She earns her unstable income by working from home on the platform Microworkers. Day in, day out she logs on to the platform and competes for a variety of tasks, such as data labelling or content evaluation for tech giants like Facebook, with 1.7 million other workers worldwide, who are registered on the platform. In contrast to delivery workers or harvest helpers, the livelihoods of these homeworkers do not rely on physical mobility. Yet, their labour power still moves – mostly invisibly – across digital space, something which we may think of as ‘virtual migration’.
Even before the pandemic, platform labour had a special relationship to (im)mobility, embodied both in the figure of a migrant food courier as well as a crowdworker working remotely for customers on the other side of the globe. While these workers and their precarious mobilities have been unsettled by the COVID-19 crisis, it has become clearer than ever that mobility is constitutive for labour – paradoxically, even when people are stuck in their homes.
Moritz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISCO), Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His research focuses on labour, digitisation, migration, platforms and urban space, the political economy of the digital sphere, as well as logistics and infrastructure. Together with Manuela Bojadžijev and Mira Wallis he is currently researching the ‘Digitalisation of Labour and Migration’ in a project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG): http://www.platform-mobilities.net/en and https://twitter.com/platformmobili1
Mira is a research fellow and PhD candidate at the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She is also an associate member of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In her PhD project, she investigates crowdwork in relation to different forms and practices of (im)mobility that shape this form of digital and home-based platform labour.
Manuela is Professor at the Institute for European Ethnology and vice-director of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The overall focus of her work is researching globalized and digitised cultures. She is interested in contemporary transformations of mobility and migration as well as of racism, in interplay with the current radical changes of work and life under conditions of digitisation and logistification.


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Teachers, Librarians, and Readers of literature in Spanish…
here is your opportunity to select and purchase Spanish language books, DVD’s and CD’s for Adults, Teens, and Children!
Vendors will include:
The Bilingual Publications Co., Brodart Company, Lectorum Publications, VIP Learning, and more!
This program is part of ¡VIVA!, the library’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place every year from September 15 – October 15.
- Sticky Fingers: DIY Duct Tape Crafts
- Wednesday, October 1, 2014Bayview, Bayview Meeting Room
- Chocolate Tasting
- Wednesday, October 1, 2014Main Library, Children's Center
- Tertulias Literarias
- Wednesday, October 1, 2014
- Noche Caribe: Learn Salsa and Bachata!
- Wednesday, October 1, 2014Mission Bay, Mission Bay Program Room
- Sticky Fingers
- Tuesday, October 7, 2014Parkside, Parkside Teen's Area
- Family History Research: Italian Ancestors
- Wednesday, October 8, 2014North Beach, North Beach Meeting Room

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