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"Michael A. Rembis rightly and bravely uses the example of female delinquency to make sharp historical and contemporary analyses of eugenics and disability. The smart, analytical, and broad historical context Rembis provides will elicit marvelous student discussions of questions of gender,
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Fatima Shah (1914 – October 12, 2002) was a physician, social worker and advocate for the blind in Pakistan. She was the founder of the Pakistan Association of the Blind (PAB) and one of the founding members of the All Pakistan Women’s Association.She was also the first woman to become president of the International Federation of the Blind.
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Jun 30, 2019 · With Michael Rembis, co-editor of the series Disability Histories (University of Illinois Press).This book series explores the lived experiences of individuals and groups from a broad range of societies, cultures, time periods, and geographic locations, who either identified as disabled or were considered by the dominant culture to be disabled.
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(The following is excerpted from Your Complete Guide to a Successful and Secure Retirement by Larry E. Swedroe and Kevin Grogan. Published by Harriman House. Copyright (c) 2019. All rights reserved.
To have a successful and secure retirement, you'll want to avoid these eight retirement planning mistakes:
1. Underestimating your needs. The average person will need to replace 80% to 90% of their pre-retirement income in retirement.
2. Overestimating your ability to continue working. People frequently retire early, often for good reasons. Unfortunately, there are also negative reasons (such as having to leave the workforce due to health reasons, loss of job or having to take full-time care of a spouse or elderly parent). A good retirement plan considers contingencies, including the need for disability insurance.
3. Becoming too conservative with your investments. Unfortunately, too much of a "safe" thing may not be safe because of the risk of inflation, especially for those with pensions without inflation adjustments. While the return on bonds can be eroded by inflation, stocks provide better long-term protection against the risk of unexpected inflation.
4. Underestimating your tax rate. People often assume that their tax rate in retirement will be lower than actually proves to be the case.
5. Failing to provide for a spouse. Couples should take into account that upon the first death, Social Security benefits will be reduced. While living expenses may be reduced, the reduction in income should also be considered. And employees working for companies with traditional pension plans often fail to consider the surviving spouse when deciding on pension payout options. If you are married and have a financial adviser, talk with him or her about this.
6. Taking retirement withdrawals from the wrong locations. The rule-of-thumb approach for the most efficient order of withdrawals from retirement savings is to first draw down the taxable accounts, then the tax-deferred accounts —such as a traditional Individual Retirement Account and 401(k)s — and finally the non-taxable accounts (Roth IRAs). As with any rule-of-thumb, this may not be applicable to your specific circumstances. Talk to your tax professional about this.
7. Underestimating the importance and need for diversification. When approaching or entering retirement, we often make the mistake of believing that our horizons are too short to diversify our stock holdings to such asset class as small-company stocks, international stocks and emerging market stocks. However, diversification across non-highly correlating asset classes is the winning strategy no matter what the investment horizon. Diversification across equity (stocks) asset classes is actually more important as the investment horizon shortens. This is because any asset class can underperform by a very large amount over even fairly long horizons, let alone over relatively short ones. Diversification reduces the risk of any single asset dragging down the portfolio.
8. Underestimating the risks of inflation. The impact of inflation can be devastating. Historically, the rate of increases in wages has exceeded the inflation rate. So, while employed, the risk of rising inflation is not that great. However, once we enter retirement, the risks of inflation increase. One reason is that Social Security benefits are indexed to inflation, not to the cost of living of retirees, which tends to increase faster. For example, historically, the cost of medical care has historically risen at a faster rate than overall inflation.
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Nutrition is very important in Women's Health. Proper nutrition helps balance hormones in a Functional Medicine model. When nutrition is optimal less bioidentical hormones are needed because healthy women make health hormones!
I love using rice vinegar for so many wonderful low-cal reasons. First of all, rice vinegar is a delicious and healthy vinegar type prepared from the fermentation of rice. There are different rice vinegar varieties based on the origin countries, including China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. It is commonly used in many Asian dishes due to its mild and slightly sweet taste. Although rice vinegar is not as popular as apple cider vinegar, it does contain various bioactive compounds responsible for various health benefits. In East Asia, people add rice vinegar to sushi rice, slaws, pickled vegetables, and salad dressings. Plus, the inclusion of rice vinegar in dishes does not alter the food's appearance.
Rice vinegar is the acetous fermentation of sugars obtained from rice that contain potent bioactive compounds, including phenolic compounds and organic acids. The phenolic compounds in rice vinegar are sinapic acid, ferulic acid, p-hydroxycinnamic acid, acetic acid, vanillic acid, dihydro-ferulic acid, and di-hydrosinapic acid. It also contains certain nutrients such as Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Phosphorus.
Nutritional Information of Rice Vinegar
A credible source reported that one tablespoon serving rice vinegar contains zero calories and less than 1 gram of protein, carbs, fiber, fat, and sugar.
Health benefits of Rice Vinegar
Medical research studies reported the following health benefits of Rice vinegar consumption.
Antioxidant and Anticancer activity
The active constituents in rice vinegar show potent antioxidant activity that relieves oxidative stress and improves cellular integrity. Moreover, animal studies reported that rice vinegar inhibits human cancerous cells' growth and reduces the risk of cancer. In the case of colon adenocarcinoma, it reduces the incidence and multiplicity of carcinomas.
Help High Blood Pressure
Research studies also reported that rice vinegar helps high blood pressure and supports cardiovascular functions. It inhibits the activity of angiotensin-converting enzymes that regulate high blood pressure. Also, the acetic acid composition act on the renin-angiotensin system and may help lowering blood pressure. However, further research is required to investigate this beneficial effect of rice vinegar.
Improve Blood Sugar and Cholesterol Level
Medical studies stated that consumption of rice vinegar improves high blood sugar and cholesterol level in the blood. It helps insulin activity and aid diabetes management. Plus, rice vinegar regulates and lowers the total cholesterol and triglycerides level that help cardiovascular and liver function. [1, 4, 5]
Support Weight loss
Studies suggest that regular consumption of vinegar increases the feeling of fullness and suppresses appetite that aids weight loss. Thus, rice vinegar also helps weight reduction and improves lean body mass. [4, 5]
It is advised to consult your doctor before consuming rice vinegar in the following conditions.
Usually, rice vinegar consumption is safe; however, it may cause some severe side effects.
The composition of acetic acid can weaken and damage the teeth over time. Better to use rice vinegar combined with food ingredients. Also, it interferes with the absorption of potassium and decreases its level in the body, leading to osteoporosis.
Dr. Nicole Sundene, NMD
Dr. Sundene is a Naturopathic Doctor in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is considered a Female Hormone Expert in Women's Health and Bioidentical Hormones. She specializes in Holistic Women's Health for Menopause, Thyroid, Hashimotos, PMS, Perimenopause, Autoimmune, Postpartum, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety, Food Allergies, Digestion, Dermatology , Acne, Psoriasis, Eczema and Adrenal Hormonal Conditions. In 1999 she began working for a Hormone Doctor prior to starting Naturopathic Medical School. With over 22 years of experience in both Prescription and Natural women's health and hormones she presents to women the best integrated health solutions for their Chronic Disease. She has been an Herbalist for over 27 years and enjoys teaching women how to use herbs to balance their hormones, nutrition and optimize their health. Dr. Sundene relies on blood testing for her hormone metrics. The hormone testing is covered per the patient's insurance plan and conducted at certain points in the woman's menstrual cycle. To learn more about Hormone Testing for Women Visit: Bioidentical Hormones. Follow Dr. Sundene on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for more tips on Women's Health, Female Hormones and Naturopathy!

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The Geneva Library is pleased to present its latest exhibition: "Pure Gignoux!", consisting of photographs drawn from the institution's collections. Geneva photographer Dany Gignoux has immortalised music legends from Tina Turner to Nina Simone, by way of Mick Jagger. The exhibition is a way of bringing unforgettable concerts back to life and getting up close to musical stars.
Dany Gignoux was born in 1944 and is an adventurer. With her camera glued to her eye or on its strap, she has immortalised the biggest legends in music: from Ella Fitzgerald to Tina Turner, by way of Nina Simone, Johnny Hallyday, Leonard Cohen and Miles Davis. The exhibition will bring back to life the finest concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Paléo Festival Nyon and get you up close to the stars.
Couloir des coups d'oeil
The Couloir des coups d’oeil programme aims to raise awareness of the documents in the collections of the Geneva Library. The reproductions hanging on the walls are a way of discovering images around a theme or person without the conservation constraints that would be involved if the originals were on show. They highlight the acquisition of records and the conservation and archiving work done by the teams at the library.
- Dates: until 2 July 2022
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to noon.
- COVID-19: you must show a COVID certificate and an identity card. Masks must be worn.
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Government Confident of Implementing Mandatory FASTag Across Country From December 1
Across India, nearly 430 toll plazas are ready for FASTag infrastructure as of now.
Earlier in October, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that FASTags will soon be mandatory for all vehicles from December this year. In line with the same, sources at CNBC-TV18 suggests that the ministry is positive about implementing FASTags from December 1.
The central government is also reported to temporarily increase hybrid lanes on some toll plaza. In addition to this, the Road Ministry has also asked NHAI to make live feed of toll plazas public. Across India, nearly 430 toll plazas are ready for FASTag infrastructure as of now.
FASTags are part of the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) program developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). And we are seeing increased adoption of Fastags ahead of the mandatory implementation. According to the NPCI numbers shared with the media, as many as 9.67 lakh transactions were processed daily through FASTags across all toll plazas on national highways in India in the month of September, which is a total of 34% of all transactions done by vehicles commuting on the national highways.
A FASTag is essentially a tag that you attach to the windshield of your car, from the inside. This is Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) enabled and is linked with the registration details of your vehicle. As you drive through any toll plaza, there will be dedicated lanes that have FASTag readers installed overhead—and as your vehicle passes beneath them, the RFID code is detected, read, the necessary amount deducted from the prepaid balance and your journey through the toll plaza is authenticated. All without you having to stop, interact with a human being at a toll plaza or having to pay cash.


AWS services or capabilities described in AWS Documentation may vary by region/location. Click Getting Started with Amazon AWS to see specific differences applicable to the China (Beijing) Region.
Each rule consists of the protocol and the CIDR range or source security group. For the TCP and UDP protocols, you must also specify the destination port or range of ports. For the ICMP protocol, you must also specify the ICMP type and code.
Rule changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, a small delay might occur.
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Gets and sets the property GroupId.
The ID of the security group.
Gets and sets the property IpPermissions.
A set of IP permissions. You can't specify a destination security group and a CIDR IP address range.
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In Response To: Halo Waypoint, now Live. (darthbob)
Copy / pasted from my post at Penny Arcade
As stated before, it shows up under the Community section, like Facebook and Twitter (I guess we now know why Community Games got renamed to Indie Games):
Easily the biggest of the new apps.
It's got an ESRB rating at the front.. RP for Halo: Reach. Yeah, that game is totally going to be E!
Front screen, with awesome music.
You get a Monitor for your avatar. It's a prop, and it's actually pretty well done. More on that later.
The main menu. Everyone on this menu can be selected throughout the app. The lower right is obviously ad space, and selecting it gives a text preview and then launches a video (fullscreen)
Well, let's select career. Oh, it needs to scan your things:
This part is kinda neat, it actually animates you gaining all the levels, showing the dates, etc.
The career home page. Note that 40 is the apparent max level at this point (If it goes to 50, the next 10 levels will be gainable via Reach, obviously)
Career milestones. Note that it actually shows the dates that you hit the milestones, not just when you got Waypoint. A minor but important nice touch.
The awards section shows different awards for achievements that are related to each other between the games. The overview of them isn't really that interesting to look at, so I'll show you a specific reward:
At any point in the Career section, you can hit Y (just like Halo 3) to bring up your friends. From here you can quickly see what their total Halo achievement points are and their levels:
The Intel section has a collection of text stories and video.
Watching the video about PAX. I guess they must be using their Zune streaming tech.
Clicking 'archive' brings you to this screen.
Hey Microsoft, there seems to be a game missing from here. What gives?
Well, that's pretty much it for Waypoint itself. How about the avatar awards?
This is personally my first interaction with actual awards. So you can see, the awards are actually marked as Waypoint awards:
ODST shirt (now you can look like Joe Staten!)
closeup of hoodie
Fullscreen video is of great quality (It's better than my cap card is showing). The focused Marketplace section is nice, although it still has the same problem as the dashboard marketplace, where gamer pics and themes are mashed together with map packs and actual game content. If they could seperate these or at least put all the map packs prominently at the top of the list right next to each other, that'd improve the marketplace section immensely.
It's got some problems, but hopefully the team behind this will actually update it over time in content and features and really make it useful.
Also this thing is gonna drive so many sales of Halo Wars from completionists.
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|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||darthbob||10/30/09 4:56 a.m.|
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|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||darthbob||10/30/09 5:17 a.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||Slothboy||10/30/09 10:40 a.m.|
|I can't find Waypoint at all on Xbox Live.||The BS Police||10/30/09 6:42 a.m.|
|Re: Released for Beta Members only||PyroSporker16||10/30/09 7:30 a.m.|
|Re: Released for Beta Members only||BlueNinja||10/30/09 11:55 a.m.|
|I am in the preview program.||The BS Police||10/30/09 12:14 p.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||Jayshum||10/30/09 9:21 a.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||oddworld||10/30/09 9:40 a.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||Spartan_008||10/30/09 10:22 a.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||Frankie||10/30/09 10:56 a.m.|
|Hey Frankie.||BlueNinja||10/30/09 12:04 p.m.|
|Re: Hey Frankie.||Frankie||10/30/09 12:44 p.m.|
|Re: Hey Frankie.||The BS Police||10/30/09 12:49 p.m.|
|Re: Hey Frankie.||BlueNinja||10/30/09 12:50 p.m.|
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|Re: Hey Frankie.||The BS Police||10/30/09 1:05 p.m.|
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|Re: Hey Frankie.||Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)||10/30/09 1:56 p.m.|
|Waypoint future goals||ZaneZavin||10/30/09 3:04 p.m.|
|It's also a bit too bad...||GrimBrother One||10/30/09 5:22 p.m.|
|Re: Sure, blame French Canadia XD *NM*||PyroSporker16||10/30/09 2:08 p.m.|
|Re: Sure, blame French Canadia XD||BlueNinja||10/30/09 2:43 p.m.|
|Re: Sure, blame French Canadia XD||deadguy71||10/31/09 12:28 p.m.|
|Re: Hey Frankie.||Bry||10/30/09 1:58 p.m.|
|Re: Hey Frankie.||ThermalSoarer||10/31/09 6:13 p.m.|
|Re: Halo Waypoint, now Live.||GrimBrother One||10/30/09 12:04 p.m.|
|My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||FyreWulff||10/30/09 2:04 p.m.|
|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||dCon V||10/30/09 2:52 p.m.|
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|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||ThermalSoarer||10/31/09 11:56 a.m.|
|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||elessar787||10/31/09 1:40 p.m.|
|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||Bry||10/31/09 2:35 p.m.|
|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||rolandk73||11/1/09 1:22 p.m.|
|Re: My writeup / tour of Waypoint. (NSF56k)||Bry||11/1/09 2:09 p.m.|
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New England Toy and Train Exchange
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New England Toy and Train Exchange is an auction house specializing in antique toy trains and collectibles. It's been operating at this location since 2001. For more information, contact the office during regular business hours or visit the company website.
110-112 Beaver Brook Rd, Danbury, CT 06810
- Accessibility Details: The entrance is street level.
- Hours: By appointment
- Hours: Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm by appointment
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Over the recent weekend, the digital world faced a stark reminder of its vulnerabilities...
iBGP, or Internal Border Gateway Protocol, is a crucial component of modern networking infrastructure, particularly in large-scale enterprise networks. Explore the basics of iBGP, including its purpose, functionality, and how it is used in practice.
iBGP, or internal BGP, is a way for routers within the same autonomous system (AS) to coordinate their efforts in handling BGP. Every BGP router within an AS maintains an iBGP session with every other BGP router in the AS, allowing all routers to have a full view of all BGP information so they can make the best routing decisions. In service provider networks, all routers usually run iBGP, even routers that don’t connect to external ASes. Unlike eBGP sessions, iBGP sessions don’t add the router’s own AS number to the AS path or update the next hop address. Also, there is no requirement for a direct connection between two iBGP routers, and normally no filters or route maps are applied to iBGP sessions.
iBGP Main Benefits
One of the key benefits of iBGP is that it allows for more efficient routing within an autonomous system. Without iBGP, each router in the AS would need to rely solely on external BGP (eBGP) sessions with routers in other ASes to learn about available routes. This could lead to suboptimal routing decisions, especially if some routers in the AS have better eBGP connections than others.
By contrast, with iBGP, each router in the AS has a complete view of all BGP information within the AS, allowing for more informed routing decisions. iBGP also allows for better load balancing and redundancy within the AS, since all routers can see all available paths and can make decisions accordingly.
Another advantage of iBGP is that it allows for more granular control over routing policies within the AS. Since all routers have a complete view of all BGP information, it’s easier to apply filters, route maps, and other policies to control the flow of traffic within the AS. For example, an AS might use iBGP to prioritize certain types of traffic over others or to implement security policies to block certain types of traffic altogether.
iBGP is important when managing routing within an autonomous system. By allowing all routers to have a complete view of all BGP information, it enables more efficient and effective routing decisions, while also providing greater control over traffic flow and security.
There are some iBGP intricacies you should be aware of:
- Full Mesh: In iBGP, every router must be fully meshed with every other router in the same AS. This means that each router must establish a BGP session with every other router. As the number of routers in an AS grows, the number of iBGP sessions required can become unmanageable. To address this, networks typically use route reflectors to reduce the number of iBGP sessions that need to be maintained.
- Split-horizon: In iBGP, by default, a router will not advertise a route learned from one iBGP peer to another iBGP peer. This is because iBGP does not modify the AS path attribute, and if a router advertises a route with its own AS number in the AS path, it could cause a routing loop. To overcome this limitation, use route reflectors or configure the
- AS-Path: In iBGP, the AS path attribute is not modified. Therefore, iBGP does not provide any loop prevention mechanism. If a router receives a route with its own AS number in the AS path attribute, it will not install the route in its routing table. This means that you need to ensure that your network design does not allow for loops to occur.
- Next-hop: In iBGP, the next-hop attribute is not modified by default. This means that if a router receives a route from an iBGP peer with a next-hop address that is not reachable, the router will not install the route in its routing table. To bypass this limitation, you can use the
- Synchronization: In iBGP, the synchronization rule states that a router should not advertise a route learned from an iBGP peer to an eBGP peer unless the router has learned the same route from an IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol) or another eBGP peer. This rule ensures that all routers in the AS have the same view of the network. However, this rule can cause suboptimal routing if the IGP does not converge quickly enough.
- Path Attributes: In iBGP, all path attributes are propagated unchanged from one iBGP peer to another iBGP peer. This means that any path attributes set by an eBGP peer will be propagated to other iBGP peers. To address this, you can use the
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CryoSTUCK® – Cryo Labels for Frozen Vials
- Can be successfully applied to frozen containers at -80°C then stored in liquid nitrogen, dry ice or freezers for further preservation.
- Once applied, they are waterproof and able to withstand multiple freeze-thaw cycles. Can also be used for dry-ice storage and transportation.
The labeling of frozen vials is a significant challenge for many bio-pharma research labs, cell banks, biorepositories and other laboratories involved in the biopreservation of samples in liquid nitrogen and ultra-low temperature freezers. Simultaneously, vials containing biological materials cannot be warmed-up due to the temperature sensitivity of their content. In most cases, the re-labeling of these vials has to be done below -70ºC so as not to compromise the viability of the frozen cells.
To help with this task, GA International developed a new and unique cryo label called CryoSTUCK® that can stick to already frozen vials at -80ºC. They can be successfully applied to frozen containers and then stored in liquid nitrogen tanks or -80ºC freezers for further preservation, even for decades.
A special feature was implemented in a number of these labels to allow them to completely cover-up frozen vial labels that are now obsolete. These opaque “cover-up” cryo labels are called Blackout CryoSTUCK®. They are designed to completely obscure existing labels and conceal their obsolete information, preventing it from being seen through. They are ideal for re-labeling frozen vials when removal of the existing label is not possible.
For proper functionality, CryoSTUCK® labels must have an overlap of 0.25” or more. Once applied with clear overlap, they are waterproof and able to withstand multiple freeze-thaw cycles. They can also be used for dry-ice storage and transportation.
CryoSTUCK® and Blackout CryoSTUCK® can be printed using standard brands of thermal transfer barcode printers such as SATO, Printronix, CAB, Zebra, Intermec, Datamax O’Neil, Citizen, Cognitive, Brady (selected models) and others. Recommended thermal transfer ribbons: RR-Class resin ribbons. They also accept writing with permanent markers such as our SCIENCE-MARKER™ – Alcohol And Water Resistant Cryogenic Marker
These unique labels can provide an ideal solution to many laboratories involved in long-term biopreservation of samples such as cord blood banks, cell banks, tissue banks, seed banks, sperm banks and other cryogenic storage facilities in biomedical and veterinary fields.

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From the vantage point of crew members of the tugboat Mike Weisend, the regional economy is improving as seen in increasing shipments along the Ohio River.September 6, 2012, Thursday
The Environmental Protection Agency said it planned to give additional scrutiny to 79 permit applications in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee. The agency said it wanted to make certain that the proposed mines would not cause water pollution and violate the Clean Water Act. An initial...September 12, 2009, Saturday
The Crandall Canyon Mine disaster did not mark the first time that Robert E. Murray has taken a position far afield of the experts.August 24, 2007, Friday
Millions of years ago, giants walked the wilds of North America, in the form of dinosaurs. Apparently giants crawled the wilds, too -- in the form of cockroaches.November 13, 2001, Tuesday
Federal officials here have ordered the Southern Ohio Coal Company to stop pumping untreated water from a flooded mine in Ohio into a river, where it has been blamed in the deaths of fish and other wildlife. The Environmental Protection Agency said the water was being illegally pumped from the...September 04, 1993, Saturday
Here in this economically depressed Appalachian region of Ohio, the Southern Ohio Coal Company is saving a flooded coal mine by pumping a billion gallons of polluted waste water into 75 miles of streams and creeks that flow into the Ohio River. Now in its 19th day, the waste water is painting...August 20, 1993, Friday
LEAD: Fifteen years ago more than 60,000 people worked in the coal mines and the steel, glass, pottery and paper plants that lined the banks of the Ohio River just south of Wheeling, W.Va. Today fewer than 30,000 are employed there.April 01, 1990, Sunday
LEAD: The Governors of New York and Ohio, two states that have been on opposite sides of a fierce debate over reducing acid rain, have agreed on a joint proposal to require steep reductions nationwide in pollution from coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources over the next 25 years.June 06, 1988, Monday
The utility companies that own a nearly completed nuclear power plant announced today that they would try to convert the plant to a coal-burning unit. The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company said the decision was made because of the high cost of completing the William H. Zimmer nuclear...January 22, 1984, Sunday
William Serrin is a reporter for The New York Times. Richard Palmer was piloting the Jay D., a ferry that shuttles back and forth across the quarter-mile-wide Ohio River between Dilles Bottom, Ohio, and Moundsville, W. Va. In many ways, it is a lovely, restful spot, one of the world's great...June 06, 1982, Sunday
The death toll in coal mines increased in 1981, with 20 more miners killed in accidents than in the previous year, according to the Federal Mine Health and Safety Administration. Kentucky reported the most deaths.January 03, 1982, Sunday
By The Associated Press Striking coal miners in eastern Ohio vandalized nonunion coal trucks at a loading dock along the Ohio River yesterday, and power was knocked out at a nonunion mine in eastern Kentucky as the walkout by the 160,000-member United Mine Workers entered its seventh week. In...May 09, 1981, Saturday
Negotiators for the striking United Mine Workers union and the major Eastern and Middle Western coal companies broke off renewed bargaining today, and there were signs that talks might not resume for several weeks. After two hours of what proved to be a fruitless meeting at the Capital Hilton...April 18, 1981, Saturday
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President Trump appears set to expose more than forty years of deceptive and misleading information disseminated by the United Nations (UN) in relation to the boundaries of former Palestine.
This welcome development comes with President Trump’s Special U.S Envoy Jason D. Greenblatt tellingSky News in Arabic on 19 April:
"There is no reason to use the term 'two-state solution,” the reason being that, "every side sees it differently."
The UN must take responsibility for creating such confusion by perpetuating intellectual and political fraud originating with its 1978 publication: “The Origins and Evolution of the Palestinian problem“(Study)
“Even the most cursory reading of this document can leave no doubt that the means and machinery of the United Nations have been misused once again to disseminate highly selective and tendentious information under the guise, in this instance, of what purports to be a scholarly study.
"The history of international conflicts, and particularly those with complex historical origins, can only be properly written by objective historians who enjoy complete academic freedom. The practice of writing and rewriting history according to the transient interests of a political body is of course characteristic of certain regimes. It is regrettable that the United Nations has now been drawn into that pattern.”
Blum then told the UN General Assembly on 30 November 1978:
“At the end of the first part of the publication, ostensibly dealing with the period of the Palestine Mandate, there appear a number of maps. The one map that is conspicuously absent is the official map of the Palestine Mandate which, until 1946, included Transjordan on the east bank of the Jordan River. This map was omitted because it does not fit into the PLO's own scheme, as it would show too clearly that a Palestinian Arab state has already been in existence for 32 years on more than three quarters of the territory of mandated Palestine - that is, the state now called Jordan. That embarrassment is eliminated in this purportedly scholarly and impartial publication by the simple expedient of eliminating the map.”
“Taken in conjunction with the first part, it is clear that this pseudo-scientific "study" is designed to give currency, under the emblem of the United Nations, to a completely misleading version of the history of the Arab-Israel conflict.
"Put briefly, that version has it that the League of Nations Mandate over Palestine was illegal, and all subsequent events, including the establishment of the State of Israel, are null and void. This wholly distorted view is set out in almost as many words in article 20 of the so-called PLO's basic document, the "National Covenant", and it forms the underlying thesis of the United Nations Secretariat publication in question. It completely ignores the Jewish people's inalienable rights to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty in its homeland, the land of Israel.
"Thus, what purports to be a scholarly study, supported by what appears to be a scientific apparatus, is no more than a crude piece of propaganda.”
Two States exist in former Palestine today: Arab Jordan - created in 1946 in about 78% of former Palestine - and Jewish Israel – created in 1948 in about 17% of that territory. These two states remain pivotal to ending the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict.
Trump may be ready to set the UN fabricated record straight when his peace plan is released.
Author’s note: The cartoon—commissioned exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators—whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog

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(Reuters) -Global office rental firm IWG reported a 34% jump in annual core profit on Tuesday amid robust demand for its flexible working spaces, but remained "cautious" in its outlook, sending the shares down about 5% in early trading.
Landlords have seen gradual growth in office space utilisation since mid-2023 as tenants wind back pandemic-linked remote working arrangements and employees switch to a hybrid-work model requiring presence in the office several days a week.
"While 2023 was a record year for both revenue and network size, we continue to see significant growth potential," CEO Mark Dixon said in a statement.
Still, analysts at Investec cut their core profit estimates for IWG's current financial year by about 5%, citing the group's continued investment in its digital platform Worka and cautious outlook.
Shares in the FTSE 250 firm slipped as much as 4.8% to 176 pence, and the stock was among the top percentage losers on the midcap index.
Headquartered in Switzerland, IWG operates in more than 4,000 locations across over 120 countries and reported an 8% rise in annual group revenue to 2.96 billion pounds ($3.75 billion).
The London-listed owner of the Spaces and Regus brands said core profit was 403 million pounds for the year ended Dec. 31, against LSEG average analysts' estimates for 397.6 million pounds.
The company, which said in December it would resume regular dividend payouts, proposed a final dividend of one pence per share.
($1 = 0.7888 pounds)
(Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Sohini Goswami and Bernadette Baum)

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FIRST: It didn't occur to me to consider the LDS-Thank you!
Second:I did have family members that were lightkeepers (one was at Matinicus Rock, Maine for a time-about extreme as it gets!).Others served at the West Quoddy Head Livesaving Station, Lubec, Maine long before the Coast Guard.Sometime I may research them in detail.
It would not take all that many clicks on my posting history to discover I am researching the tiny town of Roque Bluffs, Maine (in 1900 it had grown to 168 and would not exceed that until in the 1970s).A little town with a lot of records if you dig-and I have. I left after college but back in retirement.
The town never had a lighthouse or a lifesaving station but men from the town were lightkeepers AND I think we also had at least one Surfman predating the Coast Guard.
Note:If you want to go exploring around Roque Bluffs in a boat-get me.Not only can I show you great places I can keep you out of trouble-most yachts don't come East of Bar Harbor for a reason.
I'm OK on the lightkeepers-don't have exact dates but the years(beyond that it's really family history).
The lifesavers are a problem.I MIGHT be able to come up with who was in charge (not sure of title)but not the crew.To compound things I think one went to the outer banks of NC one winter.
Really just starting to dig-did find a logbook from Maine station #5 for two years.Must be lots out there someplace.
NARA can be a tough place to search-lots of years ago I did vessel research there.If misfiled it's gone + they didn't get everything.Recently they checked what they had (on another topic) and could come up with only part of what I know existed at one time-this is after a series of searches.NARA is on my list after I know more.
I know some about the WPA projects but not what the LDS filmed-GREAT LEAD!

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Australia’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has proposed a framework to introduce DLT into the country’s international trade and supply chain management, Coindesk has reported. The proposal arrived soon after the national government dedicated USD 700,000 of its 2018-19 budget “for the Digital Transformation Agency to investigate areas where blockchain technology could offer the most […]
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Huawei’s newly launched mobile app store will feature the tech giant’s first cryptocurrency wallet offering, thanks to a partnership with BTC.com.
Key Highlights Ripple price failed to move above the $0.8000 and $0.8100 resistance levels and declined against the US dollar. There is a new connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance at $0.7800 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair may correct higher in the short term, but… […]
A scientific institution overseen by China has announced that it will produce monthly assessments of blockchain projects.
In less than a week on May 15, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will be upgrading the base block size from 8MB to 32MB, as well as re-enabling and adding some OP_Codes to the codebase. With just days left there are a few things BCH holders and full node operators should know before the upgrade […]
Key Highlights ETH price failed to move above the $770 resistance and declined sharply against the US Dollar. There is a contracting triangle forming with support at $718 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair is currently at a risk of more losses below the $718 and $700 support levels.… […]
Key Points Bitcoin cash price failed to move above the $1,650 resistance and declined sharply against the US Dollar. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1,640 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair has to stay above the $1,500 and $1,480 support levels… […]
EOS Price Key Highlights EOS has formed lower highs and higher lows to create a symmetrical triangle on its 1-hour chart. Price is currently testing support and might be due for a bounce back to the top. Technical indicators are signaling bearish exhaustion but the tighter consolidation suggests a potential breakout soon. EOS is consolidating… […]
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price recently broke below its ascending channel support to signal a downtrend. Price has since pulled back to the broken support and completed the retest. The Fibonacci extension tool shows the next downside targets from here. Bitcoin price seems to be caving to bearish pressure once more as it broke… […]
On a day when investment professionals gathered in their excitement about decentralized exchanges, Nouriel Roubini showed up to tear apart everything.
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The anonymous philanthropist behind the all-Bitcoin charity Pineapple Fund has announced that all funds have been successfully donated
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Redefining the Center: LGBTQ Youth & Families (Online)
November 1, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmFree
This class is held over six weeks, meeting an hour per week online. Participants must be able to attend all six weeks to register. All meetings will be held from noon-1pm.
As a result of completing this class, we expect you’ll:
-have a thorough understanding of the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity and be able to understand common LGBTQ terminology,
-understand and have empathy for common issues LGBTQ youth and families experience as well as be able to recognize the resilience of LGBTQ people,
-understand how systems of oppression have been created at the societal and institutional level to purposefully disenfranchise LGBTQ people,
-have actionable strategies to advocate for LGBTQ people both individually and within systems.
More about our cohort continuing education classes:
You’ll complete the curriculum material within a cohort of other CASA Volunteers over six weeks. Each week, you and the other CASA Volunteers participating will complete materials to read or watch on your own and a homework assignment prior to attending a debrief session. This work on your own should take about an hour to complete. During the one hour debrief session with your cohort, you’ll be able to discuss the materials as well as listen to facilitated materials by a member of the ProKids team.
More about the Redefining the Center series:
As mentioned previously, this curriculum is designed to help you begin your journey centering LGBTQ youth in your work as an advocate. We hope that by completing this curriculum, you become inspired to explore more about the topics discussed and continuously learn how you can better show up for the LGBTQ community in your life.
Minority communities are over represented in the child protection system. LGBTQ youth are represented in foster care at rates 3-5 times higher than in the general public.
When we center minority communities, it means solving problems from their perspective, and considering them first in every potential solution. We need to move beyond asking whether a strategy will serve everyone to focusing first on whether it will effectively address the needs of those most likely to be in need.
“This training has been partially funded through a contract between Ohio CASA and the Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio CASA supports local CASA/GAL programs throughout Ohio with training, technical assistance, legislative support, and standards implementation so volunteers may advocate for abused, neglected and dependent children in the court system.”

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Summer is ending, the light will soon disappear. I wear myself out in a lonely race, outside of time. It is so natural for me to connect with landscapes, so unusual to seek a connection with the people I meet. These faces will become familiar.
Series produced in September 2018 during a photographic workshop with Anders Petersen.


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This is such a good cake. Really easy to make and tastes so fantastic!
Gets rave reviews and doesn't last long. ♥
3 eggs beaten
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups oil (canola, or light Olive)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsps vanilla extract
2 cups medium coconut
2 cups finely grated carrots
1 19 ounce can crushed pineapple (undrained)
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans or no nuts! )
Beat eggs well, add sugar and mix well. add oil and beat a little more. Then add the flour, cinnamon and baking soda. Mix well. Add coconut, grated carrots, pineapple, nuts and extract. Mix well. Pour into a 9x13 pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. I line the pan with wax paper and enough to hang over the pan for easy removal. If icing the cake make sure to let it cool completely.
1/2 cup butter
6 ounces of plain cream cheese
2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ice cake, make some tea or coffee or pour yourself a big glass of milk and EAT!!


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I wasn’t ready for this. I wasn’t ready to hear this record right now or to write this review. I was not ready to learn David Bowie had died of cancer, and that this already rough start 2016 had already dealt my mental musical Parthenon another harsh blow. Before I was laid low by these events, I was intrigued by the ‘Lazarus’ music video and pre-ordered Blackstar (Columbia/ RCA) on Amazon. But I hadn’t played the album one time in a busy weekend. And then once the news came down, I retreated to what most do in these cases, share my sorrow publicly and played my favorites on a loop for a few days. Mainly relegated to what is on my old iPod Classic 160 GB, my portable Bowie collection is mainly the 70s albums I grew up on (Diamond Dogs, Station To Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, my 1990s favorite Outside, and some obligatory hits here and there I’m sure everyone else knows well. I wasn’t sure how to approach this final album review from an artist I admired all my life, knowing this was the last new thing I would ever hear from him. I laid down in bed for the first few listens. Just in bed in the dark with my headphones on.
As much an album rooted in Bowie’s entire oeuvre, ‘Blackstar’ is equally an album that would have come from a future timeline or reality. The epic title track opens things up and is almost like a little elctronica-based rock operetta. It chirps to life at once, but soon morphs into a gorgeous, almost Gospel rock-inflected anthem. The third motif in the middle section has the grit and grace of any great rock song the man ever put down on wax. Vocally and lyrically alone, the performance moved me to tears right away. Of course these ominous whooshing churchly vocals, swelling and brooding horns and reeds, right along side with lyrics about life, death, fame and rebirth heard in the context of knowing he had died surely hit me harder than it would have otherwise. That doesn’t make this track any less amazing.
The rest of the album flirts with an array of stylistic choices. The powerful uptempo beat of ‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore’ comes with a subtle Sun-Ra style discordant beauty to it. A chaos that flirts with ruin, but holding together by a thread of greatness. David’s voice is just magical, and harkening back to his earliest work in a lot of ways. Donny McCaslin’s brass work just crushes on this track.
‘Lazarus’ is a song that along with its companion video will be analyzed, deconstructed and perhaps books will be written about for the next few decades I would imagine. The somber balladry of the tune can barely stand up to the titanic lyrics. It was hearing the collected writing of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross set to song. No doubt anyone who heard the track when it came out, saw it in a different light after David’s death. The eerie lyrics are not just prophecy, they are spooky real. Like a manifest from the before the grave. Many artists wrote with their own death as a specter in their life that was all too real to them. Hank Williams Sr., Warren Zevon, Frank Zappa, and hell, evenin the tragic case of Jeff Buckley; he must have “felt like he was dying since the day he was born” in the purest sense. Bowie was clearly leaving no illusions to chance with this track, so present and bare and raw about the sum of his life coming to a bittersweet end. And you never want the track to end, but it does as well.
At this point, after a track like ‘Lazurus’, it starts to be hard to even track quality on a real scale that has meaning, but I will press on. In a change of pace and tone ‘Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)’ is a slick blend of those killer collaborations with Brian Eno, but via the centrifuge of the many who followed in those massive footsteps too like Nine Inch Nails or more recently, Puscifer. ‘Girl Loves Me’ has a creeping rhythm and a call and response refrain. The full expanse of his singing range, including a not often enough heard vamp in his bass register is a thrill and treat. This song will find its fans, but really it’s just slightly above filler.
‘Dollar Days’ again finds us in familiar ground. Almost a call back to his earlier work: a deceptive, emotional, subversive, brilliant pop song. And lyrically again, so final and so very sad, it will break your heart to hear it. Special note goes to the piano work of Jason Lindner.
As the penultimate track evolves via a danceable beat into the beautiful final cut, ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’. It is the sound of an acceptance an artist saying goodbye forever. It would seem that the sentiment of the title is quite the opposite in reality. On Blackstar, Bowie left nothing behind or unsaid; if anything it’s a bit esoteric. Not just in a sense of this album, but his career and his life. And I am still not ready for this. And neither are you.
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Ghost Cult brings you the premiere stream of the new single from Southerly, ‘Pink Rabbits’. Originally by The National, the track is the latest release from their forthcoming Covers Series album. You can hear the track below:
Southerly is the project of Krist Krueger, SELF Group label founder and longtime musician and artist in his own right. The covers series sees Southerly cover favorites such as Low, Big Star, Elliott Smith and Jeff Hanson. The album releases on January 8th. Beyond that a new album of originals from Southerly is due in 2016 as well, Broadcast Live From So, So, So. Recorded by Krueger’s long-time producing partner/ engineer Robert Bartleson at Krueger’s own Sonic Sandbox and Bartleson’s Haywire Recording Studio in Portland, OR. Southerly and Yardsss co-writer Eli Savage also contributed.
St. Paul, MN indie pop rockers Hippo Campus will reissue their debut EP Bashful Creatures on May 5, 2015 via Grand Jury Records (Twin Peaks, Avid Dancer, Seoul). The EP was produced by Low‘s Alan Sparhawk. Stream the music video for “Souls” here and here.
They have announced a number of tour dates coming up, including their previously announced national tour with The Mowgli’s and Fences.
SXSW 2015 Schedule:
Mar 16: AV Club “(Just Another) Manic Monday” Party – Red7 – 6:15 pm RSVP HERE
FLOODfest – Cedar Street Courtyard – 1:00 pm RSVP HERE
C3 Presents Party – Lambert’s – 4:20 pm
StarTime International (official SXSW showcase) – Maggie Mae’s – 9:00 pm
Front Gate Tickets Party – Front Gate Tickets HQ 1711 South Congress Ave- 1:00 pm
First Avenue, Majestic, Metro, and Etix present Midwest Day Party 2015 – Holy Mountain – 4:15 pm
Rachel Ray’s Feedback Party – Stubb’s – 11:30 am
Mar 12: Aria – Minneapolis, MN (with Delta Spirit)
Mar 25: The Independent – San Francisco, CA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Mar 27: Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Mar 28: The Crocodile – Seattle, WA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Mar 29: Media Club – Vancouver, BC (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Mar 31: Kilby Court Gallery – Salt Lake City, UT (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 01: Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO (with Rubblebucket and Vacationer)
Apr 02: The Midland – Kansas City, MO (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 03: Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 04: Metro – Chicago, IL (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 06: The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 07: The A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 08: Deluxe – Indianapolis, IN (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 09: Shelter – Detroit, MI (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 10: The Garrison – Toronto, ON (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 11: La Vitrola – Montreal, QC (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 14: Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 15: Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 16: Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 17: Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 18: U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 21: Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 23: Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 24: Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 25: The Social – Orlando, FL (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 26: Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Apr 30: House of Blues Cambridge Room – Dallas, TX (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
May 01: The Parish – Austin, TX (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
May 02: Fitzgerald’s Downstairs – Houston, TX (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
May 05: The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
May 07: The Casbah – San Diego, CA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
May 08: The Regent Theatre – Los Angeles, CA (with The Mowgli’s and Fences)
Jun 26: Northrop Auditorium/University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN (with My Morning Jacket)
Aug 06: Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO (with Milky Chance and Walk The Moon)
Aug 12: Peabody Opera House – St. Louis, MO (with My Morning Jacket)
Aug 13: Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO (with My Morning Jacket)


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A Look Ahead: This Week's ETFs to Watch
Last week, also the final week of the third quarter, was a glum one for U.S. equities as the S&P 500 gave up 1.3 percent. That was the worst performance for the broader market index since June and it was no surprise as Europe is once again seen roiling global markets. Austerity-related protests in Greece and Spain hampered gains for riskier assets and served as a stark reminder that the eurozone is still far from out of the woods.
Still, the just completed third quarter was the best third quarter for U.S. stocks since 2010 with the S&P 500 gaining almost six percent and the Nasdaq gaining just over that. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the quarter with a gain of over four percent. October, a month with an interesting reputation as it pertains to stock performance, is now here.
Over the past two decades, the Dow has risen an average 1.8 percent in October with positive returns 70 percent of the time, Bloomberg reported citing data from Bespoke Investment Group. We shall see if that track record holds true to form starting this week. Use the following ETFs in the week ahead to take the a temperature check on risk appetite.
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV)
This is not an endorsement of one candidate over another, but some analysts have said an Obama reelection benefits pharmaceuticals stocks and ETFs more than a Romney win. The market will ultimately decide that, but with about five weeks left until Election Day, now is the time to start monitoring and trading ETFs that are firmly in the cross hairs of the election result. XLV certainly fits that bill.
iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund (NYSE: EWP)
At least one Europe ETF had to make this least and it is no surprise that is one of the most controversial. EWP is off almost seven percent in the past week and that decline has made this ETF technically vulnerable. Technical vulnerability is not a good thing when Spain's poor fundamentals are splashed across the headlines all over the world on an almost daily basis.
If EWP continues to fall, it must find support in the $26 area, either just over that number or just below it. That is where the 200- and 50-day moving averages lie and a violation of both would inevitably increase the selling pressure on EWP.
iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EPHE)
An interesting pick given that there are more heavily traded and volatile emerging markets ETFs to choose from. There are two reasons why the iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund makes the list.
First, the ETF is once again nearing the $31 area, which has proven to be stiff resistance multiple times in the past. A strong volume break of that price level should confirm a new leg higher for EPHE. Second, the fund as been one of the more resilient emerging markets ETFs in recent weeks. Last week, EPHE was up almost one percent while the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) was off by the same amount.
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The Rosemary Tree by Elizabeth Goudge
I've been reading Elizabeth Goudge since I was small. The first I read was The Little White Horse: I still have my original copy, have acquired and given away spares, and now downloaded it to my Kindle so that I always have it with me. Last week I read the opening chapters again while I was in London - it has one of the most magical beginnings I can think of, with a journey to a new home and life and the opening up of such possibilities... In my early teens I found her adult novels in the library and they've been part of my life ever since. She introduced me to the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and to Devon before I ever went there, and shaped my notions of what families ought to be. I know that I will still be re-reading her books, for adults and for children, in old age. She loved dogs, and her animal characters are every bit as important as her human ones, all equal under heaven. She makes me feel, when I read her, a better person than I am.
I don't know that I can choose a favourite, but The Rosemary Tree is special to me, nonetheless. It's the story of the Wentworth family: John and Daphne, their three daughters Pat, Margary and Winkle, and also Great Aunt Maria, who lives in the family home, Belmaray Manor, which really belongs to John. The rest of the family live in the vicarage - Maria Wentworth doesn't really approve of her nephew being a vicar, nor did she approve of his marriage to his cousin Daphne, rightly perhaps, as it's not a huge success. John is much scarred psychologically by the war and regards himself as inadequate at everything he attempts, so he blames himself for the failure, and it's true that his chronic forgetfulness is a constant irritant, as is his refusal to sell the Manor. Goudge draws a very clear picture of the sort of genteel poverty which we don't really see today (that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but we notice it less), both in the Wentworth family themselves and, even more poignantly, in the character of the teacher, Miss Giles, who makes Margary's schooldays a misery. Miss Giles is of a generation where the education of girls was deemed unnecessary and, now in the 50s, she faces an uncertain future as retirement looms.
My first school was a small private one not so very unlike that of the ghastly Mrs Belling, in an ordinary house not very well adapted to the needs of small children, but with a large garden. Mrs Belling's garden had a weeping willow tree, where Winkle retreats at every opportunity, so that she can escape to her dream country. Her own teacher, Mrs Bellings' niece Mary, is more indulgent than Miss Giles, so Winkle isn't as unhappy as Margary is. Pat, the eldest, is soon to go to boarding school, and has a harder shell than the others anyway, so she survives better, but not completely without effect. John isn't convinced that the school is very good for the children, but Mrs Belling seems such a sweet old lady, and Daphne won't have them sent to the village school. In one of the passages I love best, John, having learnt from Mary just how cruel Miss Giles can be, asks Margary if she would like to leave. The outcome is not what anyone would have expected.
There are two other important people in the story: Michael Stone, who has come to Devon on an impulse, driven out of London by his shame at having just left prison, and Harriet, John's bedridden old nanny, who is forced into the role of observer and, most importantly, intercessor. She's learnt through illness that only patience and prayer are left and she's the still centre at the heart of the book, keeping vigil so that others may be healed.
Goudge was the daughter of a clergyman, and Christian imagery, and the Christian literary tradition, are vital to all her writing, which is always about conquering weaknesses. Not just "any man's death diminishes me" but any man's pain or weakness, too. And if weakness can't be conquered head on, then it must itself be offered up. Although Maria Wentworth says she has no truck with the monastic life, and John, a natural mystic if ever there was one, has chosen to marry and rescue his unhappy cousin rather than let her suffer, for Goudge the ultimate life is that of the contemplative and the task of those in everyday life is to create the monastic cell within.
Now, I can imagine lots of people hating this, it really doesn't fit in with the pace of modern existence. But there are also many people who are conscious of the lack of a spiritual element in their lives. Some of my earliest memories are of time spent at the convent where my great aunt lived, and I've always felt drawn to that life myself. It's a bit of a problem therefore that I'm an agnostic, if not an outright atheist, but living in the country answers many of my needs, and I think Goudge is equally clear that there's a spiritual balm in nature. Indeed, she recognises a spiritual element in beauty of any form, whether manmade or natural, and looks for it in her characters. If there's the tiniest grain, she will find it, and so her books are imbued with joy.
This is much too grand a house for Belmaray, and too modern, but it is Devon (Lukesland), and Maria Wentworth is very proud of her rhododendrons - so I think we'll have some more, just to please her.

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Overview: Oil’s wild ride has been joined by two other developments that are keeping investors off-balance. First, reports suggest that North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un maybe in critical condition after surgery. He apparently was absent from last week’s events celebrating his grandfather. The concern is about a potential power vacuum and the command and control of North Korea’s weapons. Second, in a tweet late yesterday, US President Trump said he would sign an executive order suspending immigration, ostensibly to fight the virus and protect jobs. No details were provided. Trump has also renewed his threat to stop imports of Saudi and Russian oil. These disruptions have seen global equities fall. Following yesterday’s 1.8% decline of the S&P 500, most of Asia Pacific’s major bourses (including Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and India) fell 2% or more. Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600’s three-day advance is ending, and the benchmark is off about 2% in late morning turnover. US shares are lower, with the S&P off by almost 1.0%. Bond markets are firm, with core yields off 3-4 bp, which puts the US 10-year near 57 bp. Italian bonds are under-performing. The dollar is well bid against nearly all the major and emerging market currencies. The yen is also benefiting from the risk-off. The dollar-bloc and Norwegian krone are the weakest of the majors, while the Russian rouble, South African rand, and Hungarian forint are leading the EM complex lower. Gold is heavy, near two-week lows (~$1670), and oil remains on the defensive. The May WTI jumped in early Asia above $2 but is back below zero, while the June contract has collapsed to nearly $11 from $20 yesterday and is around $16.50 as this is written.
Fitch downgraded Hong Kong’s credit to AA- yesterday from AA, noting that it has been hit with two shocks–the demonstrations and now the virus. It warns that growth may contract 5% this year after falling 1.2% last year. Nevertheless, the relatively wide interest rate differential over the US has sent the Hong Kong dollar to the strong part of the band for the first time in nearly four years. The LIBOR spread was its widest in 20 years. The key spot level is HKD7.75. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervened, selling HKD for the first time in four years.
South Korea reported exports fell 27% in the first 20-days of April compared with a year ago. Exports to China were off 17%, while shipments to the US fell 18%, and to Japan, down 20%. In terms of products, semiconductor shipments were off 15%, and autos, nearly 30% lower. The data was poor but likely overstated. The period had two fewer working days than a year ago. Adjusted for this, exports were off about 17% on an average daily basis.
The dollar is trading at three-day lows against the Japanese yen near JPY107.25. There are a couple of option expirations today that may slow the dollar’s descent. There is a $730 option at JPY107.05 and another for $645 mln at JPY106.80. The greenback dipped a little below JPY107 last week but has not been below JPY106.80 since mid-March. The Australian dollar failed to resurface above $0.6400 yesterday and has been sold below $0.6300 today. Last week’s low was set near $0.6265, and a break signals a test on $0.6200 and possibly $0.6100 in the near-term. The US dollar is trading near two-week highs against the Chinese yuan, near CNY7.09.
German Chancellor Merkel showed the first sign that the European Council (heads of state) could take new measures on top of the compromise struck by Eurogroup (finance ministers). Without committing, Merkel seemed a bit more sympathetic to increasing the EU budget and a possible EU bond. A joint bond where each member is individually and collectively responsible is difficult to fathom. Still, a bond where the obligation is limited to a country’s share of the EU budget seems more politically realistic. However, the EU does not have the power to tax, so how it would service the debt would need to be worked out, especially if it is not to count toward the debt of the members. It is also noteworthy that Merkel may be trying to position it as an EU rather than an EMU issue.
Germany’s April ZEW survey appears to have captured the moment. The current assessment is dismal. At -91.5, it is the worst in a decade (from -43.1 in March). However, the expectations component defied expectations. It surged from -49.5 in March to 28.2 in April. This is the strongest reading in five years. Small shops are re-opening in Germany this week, and there is hope that an economic recovery begins in earnest in Q3.
The UK’s employment figures were better than expected. The claimant count in March edged up to 3.5% from a revised 3.4% in February. Jobless claims rose by a mild 12.2k after a 5.9k increase in February. It had originally reported a 17.3k rise in February. On the other hand, earnings data, which is lagged by another month, disappointed. Average weekly earnings slowed to 2.8% from 3.1% (three-month, year-over-year). The ILO employment rate ticked up to 4.0% from 3.9%. The UK reports March CPI tomorrow. Price pressures are expected to have continued to moderate.
The euro is softer, but it held above last week’s low (~$1.0810) in early European turnover. It seems unlikely to be able to overcome resistance in the $1.0860-$1.0880 area today. A break of $1.08 would spur a test on the $1.0770 area seen earlier this month. Sterling, on the other hand, has broken down to nearly two-week lows around $1.2350. Yesterday, it had briefly poked above $1.2500. The 20-day moving average is found near $1.2380, and sterling has not closed below it since late March. Chart support is seen in the $1.2180-$1.2200 area.
The collapse of the May WTI contract was epic. Perhaps lost on many, unlikely many financial futures that are cash-settled, the oil futures contract calls for physical settlement. Some participants had waited for the last day of trading to roll their position from May to June. When they went to sell their May contract, no one wanted to take delivery in Cushing, which is running out of unencumbered storage. The market imploded, and the May contract at one pointed traded lower than minus $40 a barrel. Participants are likely to make one of two mistakes. The first is to exaggerate the negative price of the May contract. It applies to a small and nearly inconsequential part of the oil market. It is due to oil specific considerations, and extrapolations to other markets may not be particularly helpful. The second mistake is not to appreciate the implications. A significant imbalance of supply and demand will last a while. Looking at the futures strip, light sweet crude is below $35 a barrel through October 2021. The collapse in the June contract warns that despite expectations of sharp drops in output (OPEC+ agreement and market-forced) will not be sufficient to alleviate the storage shortage.
It is hard to imagine a repeat of yesterday’s action as the June contract nears expiry, even if a negative price is seen again. Speculators will be more nimble in rolling to the next contract earlier. Others, caught off-guard by the developments, will be better prepared next time to take advantage of low if not negative oil prices. The pace of accumulation of inventories may slow as US production is pinched. Recall that the OPEC+ output cut agreement does not take effect until May 1. Saudi Arabia had already ramped up production this month and cut prices to Asia next month. US oil rig count has fallen by more than a third in the past five weeks. Low oil prices dampen headline inflation measures, just as some observers begin fretting about the inflation implications of either the federal government or the Federal Reserve policies A reduction of US shale output may boost the price of some of the byproducts, like gas. If oil prices remain low for an extended period, as the futures market implies, it risks weakening the shift to non-carbon fuels and materials.
The US Senate is expected to vote today on another emergency stimulus bill for around $500 bln. Most of the funds will be earmarked for the Payroll Protection Progam that turns business loans into grants if employment is maintained through September (begs the question of what happens in Q4). The House Democrats were looking for $100 bln for hospitals, but the compromise seems to be around $75 bln. They were also looking for aid to the state governments. Still, it appears the White House wants it separately, and instead, a compromise for funds to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, which includes grants, has been offered. It might pass the Senate without objection, which would allow the Senators not to return to Washington. The House may vote on the bill Wednesday. It is unlikely to be unanimous, which means the Representative would have to return to vote.
Three creditor groups rejected Argentina’s proposal to delay interest rate payments until 2023 and principal payments until 2026 on about $83 bln of foreign debt, which covers past restructured bonds as well as the more recent issues. Unless a compromise can be found, Argentina is headed for its ninth default. Even before the crisis hit, Argentina’s debt seemed unsustainable. The dollar has risen for 14 consecutive weeks. Through yesterday, the Argentine peso is off about 9.25% against the dollar year-to-date. In comparison, the Mexican peso is off about 21%, and the Brazilian real has depreciated almost 24%. The costs of insuring (five year CDS) against Mexico and Brazilian sovereign default are trading a little below 300 bp. In early March both were near 100 bp.
The combination of weaker equities and the continued drop in oil prices is weighing on the Canadian dollar. The US dollar is near CAD1.4260, its highest since April 6, and is near the (50%) retracement of the decline since reaching almost CAD1.4670 on March 19. The next target is near CAD1.4360, but the intraday technicals suggest scope for a pullback, and the upper Bollinger Band (two standard deviations above the 20-day moving average) is found near CAD1.4270. Initial support is seen around CAD1.4200. The greenback is bid against the Mexican peso, but it is below last week’s high (~MXN24.43). A move above the MXN24.50 area risks a return toward the spike high seen to the record set earlier this month near MXN25.78.


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Launching this month in Los Angeles, Boss Witch will support site-specific performances in Joshua Tree, Mono Lake, and more.
The music, composed by Ellen Reid, is inspired by “the shapes of the paths” and “evokes the massive sky and the challenging terrain.”
The World According to Sound’s listening series has breathed new life into stagnant stay-at-home days and given me a meditative tool for coping with ever creeping anxiety.
From Hansel and Gretel to Rosemary’s Baby, Philipsz sings these bucolic songs of dark, and often violent, undertones.
Alan Nakagawa is currently accepting submissions for a sound collage titled “Social Distancing, Haiku and You.”
Now on view at Art Basel Miami Beach, sound artist Jana Winderen’s The Art of Listening: Under Water draws listeners’ attention to the rich sonic landscapes of nature — and highlights how human activity might affect them.
Postcommodity’s sound piece will play every day in San Francisco until the Millennium Tower is fixed or torn down.
With dripping, creaking, flowing, artist Katie Wood and scientist Grant Macdonald build an uncanny aural simulacrum of a melting continent.
Adrienne Adar’s attention to botanical sentience seeks to decenter human perspectives on non-human entities.
Colter Jacobsen is an artist whose methods, thought processes, aesthetic, and values accord with many poets and their work.
The World Is Sound at the Rubin Museum asks visitors to listen to Tibetan Buddhist art with their whole body.
From an artist-led exploration of Central Park, to a field guide for a toxic waterway, here are seven recommendations for New York City sonic journeys.


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In its wake yesterday’s intervention by Kostas Karamanlis from Anogeia, where the former prime minister and former president of the National Democratic Party, as a keynote speaker at a memorial event for I. Kefalogiannis, was stationed on the issue of wiretapping, his associates, invite everyone to carefully read the reports of Mr. Karamanlis in order to see that there is no tip towards the Government.
In addition, the same circles emphasize that “what interests Kostas Karamanlis is that no poisonous shadow be left over Public life” hence “he said the obvious”.
References to monitoring
It is recalled that Mr. Karamanlis said about the surveillance in his speech yesterday:
*Clarity and transparency are, after all, fundamental requirements for lawful and smooth public life. Even more so when issues arise such as that of the phone monitoring of a political leader, journalist or any citizen. In such situations, purification only occurs when they are fully clarified. The issue is so heavy and serious that it is not allowed and cannot be tolerated that there should be shadows left behind for the democratic normality. Light then! Bright light!
*That these events were caused by government initiative is not only undemocratic and illegal, it is so beyond all limits of morbid imagination and political stupidity that it is unthinkable. However, there remains an urgent need to clarify who and with what justification requested such a thing and who and how approved it. The invocation of privacy in such cases is subordinated to the need to purify public life. So everything is in the light and from then on, the corrections of the institutional regime that governs the lifting of telephone secrecy and the general operation of the secret services are necessary and with cross-party cooperation. These rudimentary to prevent the further discredit of the institutions.
The comment of government sources
After the former prime minister’s speech and following it, government sources reiterated the intention of the government to provide full answers regarding the case of monitoring the phone of the head of PASOK-Movement for Change Nikos Androulakis, government sources repeat, following the intervention on the matter made by former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.
“From the first moment that the case of Mr. Androulaki’s phone being connected came to light at the initiative of the government, it was emphasized that there is a need to provide full answers, respecting the provisions of the law on privacy and the regulations of the Parliament”, they said. .
They added that “this is why all parliamentary procedures were initiated immediately, while the case is also being investigated by the judiciary. Tomorrow the Committee on Institutions and Transparency meets, followed by the meetings of the Commission of Inquiry”, while concluding they point out that “the Prime Minister has requested proposals from the parties in order for there to be institutional improvements that will ensure the effective operation of the security services with full respect for democratic principles”.
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