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Winning the rights to host the 2018 World Cup, eyebrow-raising comments by US Ambassadors on Julian Assange's Wikileaks website, and multi-million pound London art auctions... It can't be denied that Russia has been making its presence felt over the past week.
Now Geneva-based based auction firm has Hôtel des Ventes has added to the buzz surrounding Russia with its sale of a highly important and unique collection of extensive correspondence, photographs and drawings. In the end, the collection brought almost four times it pre-sale estimate.
It comprised correspondences between H.I.H Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, H.I.H Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, H.I.H Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich and H.I.H Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and their private tutor Mr Ferdinand Thormeyer of Switzerland.
Overall, 35 letters by written by Grand Duke Mikhail between 1902 and 1911 emerged as the highest lot, selling for 34,000 Swiss francs (about $34,600) above their estimated 5,000-8,000 pre-sale value.
Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich of Russia remains something of an untapped, even forgotten, niche for collectors of historic Russian memorabilia.
Mikhael originally succeeded his grandfather, Alexander II, as reigning Emperor of All the Russians, but deferred his acceptance of the throne until an elected assembly was approved. Before being confirmed as Emperor, Mikhael was murdered in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Given that his reign lasted only a few hours, Mikhail is today an often overlooked footnote in Russia history, overshadowed by his brother Nicholas II who became Russia's last de facto Tsar following Mikhail's death.
Nevertheless he is sometimes referred to by historians as Michael II, and his memory apparently burned strong at Hôtel des Ventes' Geneva sale.
Elsewhere, 38 letters spanning Grand Duke Mikhail's childhood, written between 1892 and 1899, were estimated at 5,000-8,000 and brought 29,000 Swiss francs (nearly $29,600). Also from Mikhail's childhood were 35 notes and drawings, which impressively exceeded their 400-600 estimate to bring 16,800 Swiss francs ($17,100).
Also auctioned was a unique piece of memorabilia: a rose gold and silver cigarette case presented by Nicholas II and his brother Grand Duke George to their tutor, estimated at 5,000-8,000 and sold for 32,800 ($33,400) Swiss francs.
In total, the sale netted 390,000 Swiss francs (just over $397,500).
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There are numerous risks for President Trump's agenda now that the GOP health-care bill is dead, analysts say. » Read More
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CNBC's Courtney Reagan reports on Black Friday's success leading into the momentum of Cyber Monday.
Craig Columbus, Tower Square Investment Management CEO, and Scott Wren, Wells Fargo Investment Institute, weigh in on the current market rally, and whether to fade it.
CNBC's Sue Herera reports the latest on the "active shooter" situation at Ohio State University, including reports the attack was deliberately planned.
Wells Fargo Investment Institute Senior Global Equity strategist Scott Wren tells CNBC's "Power Lunch" on Monday WTI Crude will trade in the $40-$50 range in 2017 and this will support stocks.
Citi's Tobias Levkovich is not convinced about Donald Trump's infrastructure plans, but sees other positives for the market.
With markets seeing a December rate hike, the Fed is indicating it wants investors to concentrate on 2017, Danielle DiMartino Booth said.
Discussing how to keep conversation civil this Thanksgiving when talking politics, with The Washington Post's Steven Petrow.
President Barack Obama and his nephews attend the annual pardoning of the turkey at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving Day.
Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, discusses what decisions President-elect Donald Trump should make to clear up potential conflicts of interest while in the Oval Office.
CNBC's Robert Frank reports the latest on President-elect's potential conflicts of interest once he is sworn in.
Deborah Hersman, National Safety Council president and CEO, discusses the Department of Transportation's newly proposed guidelines for distracted driving.
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Twitter accidentally suspends CEO Jack Dorsey's account due to "an internal mistake," CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports.
CNBC's Josh Lipton takes a look at the biggest online scams ahead of the holidays.
George Michel, Boston Market CEO, discusses his company's Thanksgiving game plan, and the current state of the restaurant industry.
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Barley plays an important role in health and civilization of human migration from Africa to Asia, later to Eurasia. We demonstrated the systematic mechanism of functional ingredients in barley to combat chronic diseases, based on PubMed, CNKI, and ISI Web of Science databases from 2004 to 2020. Barley and its extracts are rich in 30 ingredients to combat more than 20 chronic diseases, which include the 14 similar and 9 different chronic diseases between grains and grass, due to the major molecular mechanism of six functional ingredients of barley grass (GABA, flavonoids, SOD, K-Ca, vitamins, and tryptophan) and grains (β-glucans, polyphenols, arabinoxylan, phytosterols, tocols, and resistant starch). The antioxidant activity of barley grass and grain has the same and different functional components. These results support findings that barley grain and its grass are the best functional food, promoting ancient Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations, and further show the depending functional ingredients for diet from Pliocene hominids in Africa and Neanderthals in Europe to modern humans in the world. This review paper not only reveals the formation and action mechanism of barley diet overcoming human chronic diseases, but also provides scientific basis for the development of health products and drugs for the prevention and treatment of human chronic diseases.
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New Delhi: Kerala, Delhi and many other
parts of the country will soon have new onset dates for
A team of 40 weather scientists are in the process of
revising the normal onset dates for monsoon across the
However, according to Ajit Tyagi, Director General of
India Meteorological Department (IMD), there will not be any
significant difference and the new normal dates may vary only
by one or two days.
As per the current datasets, June 1 is the normal date
for the onset of monsoon over Kerala, while in Delhi it is
June 29. When the new datasets are introduced this could vary
by one or two days.
Scientists felt the need for revising the normal onset
dates for south west monsoon as they were based on limited
data of less than 40 years.
"The earlier dates were based on monsoon data between
1932 and 1970. Now we have a more comprehensive analysis of
the seasonal rains till 2009," Tyagi said.
Experts believe that the changes would be of little
consequence as monsoon was a highly dynamic phenomenon.
"There is nothing sacrosanct about the dates. They are
only pointers and are subject to variation of plus or minus
seven to eight days," Tyagi said.
These changes are still being debated among weather
scientists and could come into effect from next monsoon
The changes would give a more accurate picture on the
onset and progress of monsoon as they have been drawn after an
analysis of data accumulated nearly 80 years.
Usually, south-west monsoon sets in over Andaman Seas by
mid-May and under normal conditions reaches Kerala by June 1.
Under normal conditions, its onward surge begins with
Kochi getting monsoon showers by June 2 followed by Mangalore
(June 3), Vishakhapattanam (June 8), Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur,
Ranchi (all June 10), Varanasi (June 15), Lucknow (June 18)
and Delhi (June 29).
Southwest monsoon covers the entire country by July 15,
according to current dates used by the IMD.
The IMD declares onset of monsoon over Kerala if 60 per
cent of the listed 14 weather stations report rainfall of 2.5
mm or more for two consecutive days and if other criteria like
windfield and outgoing longwave radiation are favourable.
Under such conditions, the onset over Kerala is declared
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When Simon gets caught, as he does a few times in this scrappy, humanistic movie, the resort employees assume he’s motivated by greed. Instead he’s operating on a kind of hand-to-mouth motivation that their comparably cushy lives can’t fathom; parentless and self-sustaining, he’s also responsible for his wayward older sister, Louise (Léa Seydoux), who’s more interested in attracting guys with sports cars than holding down a steady job. This upended family dynamic provides the impetus for the boy’s illicit activities, which range from peddling stolen skis to pick-pocketing coats and filching from unattended lockers. Simon and Louise’s relationship finds its apotheosis in an early scene where the boy finds a Charlie Brown-style Christmas tree in a field, then has to pick out another, even sadder shrub after his sister tactlessly drops trou and pees behind his first choice.
The film’s ski-lodge scenes have the air of a dream, an impression that’s further enforced by the sense of Simon as a constant interloper. By day he can feast on burgers and pretend his parents are off on the slopes, but come dusk he’s forced to return to his Dardennian world of hand-to-mouth ruthlessness, sleeping in the living room of the tiny apartment he shares with Louise, sticking cigarette filters in his ears when she brings men home in the middle of the night. Comparing the adjacent lifestyles of holiday luxury and quotidian subsistence, director Ursula Meier considers the two faces of the modern Europe, a world in which surface prosperity continues to mask unseen poverty, even in its wealthiest corners. Simon may play with French kids, steal strange sandwiches from Dutch tourists, and make deals with English seasonal workers, but the promise of a united Europe has largely left him behind.
It’s a reminder that you don’t have to travel to the Caribbean to find context-free fantasy worlds stacked crudely on top of grinding poverty. DP Agnès Godard further conveys this divide through a spate of bisected compositions, contrasting the blinding brightness of the mountain, where views stretch as far as the eye can see, with the gray pallor of the lifeless lowlands, where the only thing worth looking at are those remote, inaccessible slopes. It’s a visual style that comes off as a little obvious at times, an aesthetic that matches the often unsurprising arc of Simon’s travails, which finds his network of schemes and feints crumbling just in time for the requisite surge of third-act pity.
Yet despite its predictability and somewhat shopworn narrative, Sister is sustained by a sturdy emotional engine and some intrepidly thoughtful characterization, factors which mostly make up for these weaknesses. A late revelation about Simon’s parents, for example, seems destined to push things into melodramatic terrain, but instead leads to one of the most heartbreaking scenes of the year, with the suddenly vulnerable boy trading a heap of Euros in exchange for a simple embrace. The gutsy drive that defines the film’s protagonist inevitably undercuts its attempts at drama (we know that whatever happens, a kid this resourceful is going to make it somehow), but that same self-sufficiency only makes the boy’s fruitless search for love all the more tragic.

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One of the best things about being back in Italy was speaking Italian again. Like riding a bicycle, words we haven’t spoken in years were plucked up from somewhere deep down, and we found ourselves effortlessly communicating again in our adopted language at dinner parties, restaurants and other countless conversations with old friends. My Italian isn’t too sophisticated – I often take the easy road by constructing sentences around the easier grammar tenses while my husband is much braver – but it was back. Using the formal Lei without a missed beat. Extending long greetings when you say goodbye to someone. Buon Giorno, salve, ciao, ci vediamo, grazie a lei, arriverderci, a domani! Getting in a heated argument- which feels even better in Italian – at the best place for a fight, a ticket booth line at an Italian train station. The Italian language is old, complicated, challenging, and different depending where in Italy you are – but pays off as the most beautiful, expressive and delightful language to speak.
Confirming my love for the Italian language, I just finished “La Bella Lingua” by Dianne Hales.
Right before our trip, I picked this book up at our local bookstore with the intimate knowledge that it’s always a gamble when choosing a novel from the travel section. But this is the real deal.
Ms. Hales has done her homework (and more). The book is a love story to the Italian language, providing anecdotes through her experiences living and traveling in Italy and pursuits in studying the language. Her über thorough research reveals interesting and little known aspects of Italy’s history, literature and culture, and demonstrates how several key Italians and scholarly groups – past and present – have contributed to helping the language develop and survive. This book has inspired me to search at the local library for “The Divine Comedy” (or “Divina Commedia”) by Dante Aligheri, any film by De Sica, and the opera Madama Butterfly (which I was surprised to learn opened in 1904 at Milan’s La Scala and bombed, then reopened in Brescia, where we lived for several years, to then triumph in Paris and around the world!)
Hales makes the point that while a unified Italy is fairly new, the Italian language – which has served as the great unifier – is very old. The 14th century dialect of Florence – the language of Dante Aligheri himself – is little changed and what is taught and spoken in Italy today. English may be the language everyone needs to know, Hales writes, but Italian is the language people want to learn. With only 60 – 63 million native speakers Italian barely eclipses Urdu, Pakistan’s official language for 19th place as a spoken tongue. Yet Italian ranks fourth among the world’s most studied language. (Only four countries other than Italy recognize Italian as an official language.) The soaring popularity of the language is hardly surprising, she writes, with its exported food, fashion, art, architecture, music and culture … and I’ll add, Italian boyfriends.
For lovers of Italian – those of us who have lived or traveled to Italy and keep going back, who are fascinated with Italy’s history and culture and protagonists, and consider ourselves lifelong students of Italian, “La Bella Lingua” shares our passion and provides a new perspective and adventure through the world’s most enchanting language.
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P. Dulai1, B. Feagan2, B. Sands3, K. Lasch4, R. Lirio4, D. Feng4
1Department of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA, 2Department of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 3Department of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA, 4Department of Gastroenterology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, USA
We aimed to evaluate early markers of response after vedolizumab (VDZ) induction therapy for their prognostic value in determining the long-term risk of colectomy.
Post hoc analysis of VDZ-treated patients (n = 588) enrolled in the GEMINI 1 and long-term safety (LTS) clinical trial programs. Rates of colectomy during the 7-year follow-up period were compared according to treatment response status at week 6 (induction) for various definitions of Clinical remission [CR] (rectal bleeding sub-score [RBS] 0 + stool frequency sub-score [SFS] ≤1), Biomarker remission [BR] (faecal calprotectin [FC] ≤50, ≤100, ≤250), or endoscopic improvement [EI] (Mayo endoscopic sub-score [MES] ≤1) and endoscopic remission [ER] (MES 0). Time-to-event with log-rank and Cox proportional hazard analyses were used and presented as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
The risk of colectomy was comparable between UC patients achieving week 6 CR vs. those with persistent symptoms (HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.37–1.48, p = 0.39). The risk of colectomy trended lower in patients achieving week 6 EI (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.28–1.10, p = 0.08), but was comparable between those achieving an MES of 1 vs. 0 (HR 1.45, 95% CI 0.39–5.48, p = 0.58). The risk of colectomy was significantly lower in patients achieving week 6 BR using an FC cut-off of 250 (HR 0.30, 95% CI 0.13–0.68, p = 0.002) and 100 (HR 0.18, 95% CI 0.04–0.73, p = 0.007) but not with a cut-off of 50 (HR 0.34, 95% CI 0.08–1.41, p = 0.12). The proportion of patients requiring colectomy over a 7-year period was lower among those achieving week 6 BR (FC 250, 3.3%; FC 100, 1.8%) compared with patients who achieved week 6 EI (5.6%), although over one-third of patients who achieved week 6 BR had moderate–severe endoscopic activity (MES 2–3) at week 6.
FC as an early biomarker of response at week 6 may aid in identifying patients who remain at low risk of future colectomy, despite having persistent symptomatic or endoscopic activity. These findings may be limited by overall low rates of colectomy in GEMINI LTS, but can inform considerations for early treat to target approaches.

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Australia’s measurement system must be able to adapt to, service and enhance the productivity and growth of Australian industries.
The National Measurement Institute (NMI) is the peak Australian measurement body responsible for biological, chemical, legal, physical and trade measurement.
- develops and maintains Australia’s primary measurement standards
- provides calibration, chemical and biological analyses for testing food, the environment, sports drugs, and forensic drugs
- supports and advises on measurements for legal purposes
- assists industries to develop new measurement methods
- administers Australia’s national trade measurement system
Standards and conformance
The NMI is part of Australia's standards and conformance infrastructure. They provide advice on measurement to the other members:
- National Association of Testing Authorities
- Standards Australia
- Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
Australia's Standards and Conformance Infrastructure: An Essential Foundation explains the role each organisation holds in the measurement framework.
The NMI contributes to the continuing development of physical, chemical and biological measurement standards and techniques. These improvements keep pace with advances in science and technology and the increasing demands of industry for greater accuracy in measurement.
Governments also require a broader range of measurements to fulfil their regulatory needs for food safety, the environment and trade.
- participates in international collaborations to improve how to define the kilogram, the accuracy of time and frequency measurements, and the standard of direct voltage
- develops leading-edge approaches to improve the accuracy of DNA and RNA measurements for clinical diagnostics
- improves the accuracy of measuring performance-enhancing drugs in athletes by developing detection methods and chemical reference materials
- improves the accuracy of physical measurement standards and techniques to further develop new technology and products
- researches emerging areas such as food allergens, genetically modified organisms, designer illicit drugs, newly identified pollutants, and greenhouse gases
The NMI works with:
- other members of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment to solve significant environmental issues
- the metrology institutes of Japan and the USA to improve the accuracy and reliability of quantum standards for direct (dc) and alternating (ac) voltage
- international metrology institutes on new, highly accurate methods and instruments for measuring the dimensions of nanoparticles
- law enforcement agencies to restrict the illicit drug trade in Australia
Future-proofing measurement standards
NMI conducts leading-edge research that anticipates new measurement technologies and applications. This research supports Australian Government initiatives such as energy efficiency and resource management.
The NMI supports growth areas by researching:
- nanoparticles to help industry and regulators understand and manage potential risks
- measurement solutions in environment, health and energy sectors
- how to improve measuring the quality and volume of water
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The Australian Government is conducting a review of Australia’s measurement laws. Changes in technology, industry and consumer needs call for a major rethink of Australia’s measurement framework to ensure it continues to support the Australian economy.
The Measurement Law Review marks the first comprehensive review of Australia’s measurement laws. The review will release six discussion papers for public consultation throughout 2018.
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Berkshire Hathaway Stock Repurchase Odds Increase
The Odey Special Situations Fund was down 0.27% for April, compared to its benchmark, the MSCI World USD Index, which was up 4.65%. For the first four months of the year, the fund is up 8.4%, while its benchmark returned 9.8%. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Odey Special Situations Fund is Read More
In a recent article, we pointed out that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) is nearly certain to fail the five year retained earnings test not because of poor performance in absolute terms but due to unfavorable comparisons with the S&P 500. [The Rational Walk]
Several value investment bloggers have described their experience applying Graham’s Net-Net investment philosophy in Japan markets – Oddball Stocks (here), Gannon and Hoang, Greenbackd, among others. [Under The Rock Stocks]
Alleghany Corp Investor Day
Alleghany Corporation (NYSE:Y) has been a pretty quiet company in the past, but due to the Transatlantic merger last year, it is becoming a more transparent company. [KK, Brooklyn Investor]
Performance review January 2014 – “Taking responsibility”
January was a very good month for the portfolio. The portfolio gained 3.68% vs. -1.86% for the benchmark (New benchmark since 1.1.2014: Eurostoxx 200 Small 25%, Eurostoxx50 25%, Dax 30% MDAX 20%). [Memyselfandi007, Value And Oppurtunity]
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The ModernGraham approach requires first determining what type of investor you are. It is assumed that you are an Intelligent Investor, as Benjamin Graham would put it, or in other words you seek to be patient and factually-based in your investing and has nothing to do with your actual IQ. [Benjamin Clark, ModernGraham]
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After you’ve been in the investment business for almost 30 years there really isn’t much new under the sun. Old patterns re-emerge after lying dormant like so much winter grass. [John Heldman, BeyondProxy]
What is an Economic Moat?
Economic moats — a term Morningstar borrowed from Warren Buffett — are what keep competitors at bay. An economic moat is a sustainable competitive advantage that allows a company to earn excess returns on capital for a long period of time. [Matthew Coffina, Morningstar]
Activist Investor Takes Aim at Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) may not be as famous as its classical namesake. But the consumer company, whose brands include the housewares maker OXO International, may be the subject of a fight all the same. [Michael J. De La Merced, DealBook]
In Yearlong Clash Over Herbalife, Innuendo Trumps Clarity
William A. Ackman, the founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, announced his “big short” on Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) more than a year ago, and many are still unsure whether he’s right or wrong. [Steven M. Davidoff, DealBook] Related; Herbalife was up more than 5 percent from the previous close in the morning, on decent earnings and news of a big stock buyback financed by a $1 billion convertible bond offering. [Matt Levine, Bloomberg]
Meet China’s Biggest Shadow Bank
Shadow banks in China come in a variety of forms and guises. The term is applied to everything from trust companies and wealth management products to pawnshops and underground lenders. [Climateer Investing]
EM Misery and US Large-Cap Euphoria
Many investors are wondering why emerging stock market misery currently equates to weakness in the US stock market as represented by the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 indexes (large-cap). [Smead Capital Management]
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Institutional Imperative and Differentiating Between the Tech Innovators
The emerging market meltdown in the last two weeks of January 2014 has prompted many quant-based value investors to do the usual screenings of stocks which crashed the most or those with the highest beta, with the expectation that they will bounce back the hardest on any market recovery. [Koon Boon Kee , BeyondProxy]
Thoughts on Multi-Level Marketing, Fraud, and Insider Trading from a Convicted Felon
Yesterday, I was interviewed by Erin Ade, the host of “Boom Bust” on RT News. Topics discussed include: Multi-level marketing companies such as Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) which has been accused of being an illegal pyramid scheme by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. [Sam E. Antar, White Colar Fraud]
Next Up On The “Operation Broken Gate” Agenda?
Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission and its “Operation Broken Gate” initiative has crossed KPMG’s independence violations off its to-do list, the agency can move on to the rest of the ones I’ve already identified for them. [Francine McKenna, re: The Auditors]
Elliott in line for windfall from IPO of rebooted UK game retailer
Elliott Advisors has amassed a 99 per cent stake in Game Retail, the UK video game chain that came close to collapse.. [Duncan Robinson, FT]
Walbucks: Bitcoin for Walmart
From my perspective, I like Henry Ford’s concept that an increased salary means greater demand for one’s products. It makes good business sense too if you can capture a large percentage of your employees consumer spending. That’s when I hit on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT). [Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns]
Andrew Ross Sorkin Expects More From You
Time was, Andrew Ross Sorkin looked up to the CEOs of Wall Street and the titans of the business world. Respected the names they’d made for themselves. [Bess Levin, DealBreaker]
Is the Market Mispricing (and Overvaluing) Yelp, Pandora, Twitter and More?
The difference between diluted and the “basic” share count, as it’s called, is often not that great. Until, that is, you start looking at some of the newer tech companies, like Yelp (YELP), Pandora (P), Twitter (TWTR), Zillow (Z) and LinkedIn (LNKD). [Herb Greenberg, Herb On TheStreet]
Macro Hedge Funds Suffer Despite Industry Boom
Macro and managed futures-focused hedge fund strategies have yet to recover from the financial crisis as many continue to suffer capital outflows and poor performance, according to data firm eVestment. [Sage Um, ai-CIO]
Compagnie Du Bois Sauvage & Ackermans Van Haaren update
A friendly reader has sent me a recent research report from KBC about Belgian holding companies, including “sum of parts” valuations for both holdings I looked at, Compagnie Du Bois Sauvage SA (EBR:COMB) & Ackermans & van Haaren NV (EBR:ACKB). [Memyselfandi007, Value And Oppurtunity]
Return of the Z
Is it better or worse when investors start gaming out doomsday scenarios? Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)’s Asia strategist, Markus Rosgen, says that amid the recent market selloff clients have started asking him for Altman Z-scores. [Abheek Bhattacharya, The Wall Street Journal]
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It’s not easy to be a jazz musician – or anything but a classical musician – in Cuba. It’s like the former Soviet Union, where jazz was forbidden and banned. Stalin sent Russia’s Louis Armstrong, Eddie Rosner, to the gulag (Soviet jazz fans called Satchmo the American Eddie Rosner). It’s hard enough to even get a decent instrument if you’re a young Cuban musician; and since you have to learn classical music exclusively, try to make Bach sound good on a crappy old Petrof piano. Orlando Valle, aka Maraca, the fabulous Cuban flute player, once told me that he had to spend ten years playing only Bach and Mozart, which only increased his love and fascination with the forbidden fruit known as jazz. Castro closed down the casinos and nightclubs where popular musicians earned their keep. Bebo Valdes, patriarch of a Cuban piano dynasty, left his job as pianist and music director of the swank Tropicana nightclub in Havana, moving to Sweden, where for years he was forgotten, earning a living as a cocktail pianist in a hotel. Beny More, the great Cuban singer, left for Mexico. Ibrahim Ferrer, vocalist with the Buena Vista Social Club, was shining shoes to get by before Ry Cooder and Nick Gold put the band together in the mid-1990’s.
Although many Cuban musicians such as Celia Cruz and mambo king Israel “Cachao” Lopez left la isla for the U.S. early on, it became more and more difficult for musicians to emigrate to the U.S. as Cuban leaders tightened the noose on dissidents and musicians parting from the classical norm. Two of the highest-profile musicians who defected were clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito d’Rivera and trumpet player Arturo Sandoval, who was persecuted for listening to listening to jazz on the Voice of America Jazz Hour, hosted by the great Willis Conover.
Which brings us to a great interview I heard the other day with Arturo Sandoval on PRI’s excellent program The World, hosted by Marco Werman. Sandoval was a young trumpet player who idolized Dizzy Gillespie when they first met in 1977. Dizzy, more than almost any other American jazz musician, embraced the new Cuban music of Chano Pozo, Chico O’Farrill, and Machito that hit New York City in the early 1940’s. The new musical hybrid was called “Cubop.” Sandoval was on tour with Dizzy in 1990 when Dizzy (and a business card from former Vice President Dan Quayle that he had saved from an Air Force One flight) helped Sandoval and his family defect. I wasn’t a big fan of Quayle back in the day when he was in office with the first Bush administration, but this story made me warm up to him.
It was such a wonderful feature that I sought permission from The World to re-run it here in its entirety. My thanks to both Marco Werman and to James Beard, the editor of PRI.ORG for granting me permission. With Cuba so much in the news, it is a timely and feel-good tale about how music brings us all together, this time with the love affair between American and Cuban musicians.
Here is the feature page on The World‘s website. And a video of the two trumpet players playing “Night in Tunisia.” What a perfect match! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xncznvkB7S8[/youtube]


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President Donald Trump on Saturday continued to fuel optimism that a new combination of existing drugs could be used to combat the coronavirus, but infectious disease experts in Alabama and elsewhere say it’s too early to know whether the combination will do the trick.
A French study published last week found that a small number of COVID-19 patients who received a combination of an existing malaria drug called hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic called azithromycin showed a rapid recovery.
“HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning.
Trump went on to say that the drugs should be put into use immediately.
However, experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Disease and UAB’s Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo urged caution. Fauci said more clinical trials were needed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the drug combination.
“Many of the things that you hear out there are what I have called anecdotal reports,” Fauci said at a briefing Saturday of the White House task force on coronavirus. “They may be true, but they’re anecdotal, so the only thing that I was saying is that if you really want to definitively know if something works that you’ve got to do the kind of trial that you get the good information."
Early Saturday morning, Marrazzo tweeted a thread showing some shortcomings in the French study, saying “My take: Sloppy analysis informs premature conclusions.”
The Twitter thread, compiled by Jason Pogue, an infectious disease researcher from Michigan, highlighted what he saw as problems with the French study, including that only 20 people participated in the study and only six of those received the combination of drugs Trump named in his tweet.
Pogue points out that six patients were removed from the already small study because they did not participate for the full six days. One died, three were moved to intensive care while still positive for COVID-19, one withdrew because of nausea and another left the hospital. He also pointed out that the patients who received the drug combo showed lower levels of the virus in their system when they began the trial than some of the patients who took only hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malaria drug.
Pogue said the results of the study were encouraging but “most certainly do NOT tell us that HCQ works nor do they suggest that HCQ + Azithromycin is some special cure all.”
Fauci has echoed the same message from the podium at White House briefings on coronavirus, even as Trump remains markedly more optimisic.
“The president is talking about hope for people and it’s not an unreasonable thing to hope for people,” Fauci said.


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Last Tuesday’s release of the new plan for California’s high-speed rail system, showing the projected cost had doubled to $98 billion, will be used by naysayers to argue we cannot afford to build the project. But to keep California moving and for our long-term competitiveness, perhaps we cannot afford not to build it.
We must not lose track of the long-term vision held by California voters who approved the project in 2008. Have no doubt: This project will bring enormous benefits to California’s economy and citizens, and will actually save taxpayers money in the long term compared with alternatives required if high-speed rail is abandoned.
Given the economic climate, it is tempting to think we could abandon long-term investments. But this would actually cost taxpayers more. Given growth, we will have to spend a predicted $170 billion on expanded California airports and highways if we forgo the $98 billion high-speed rail investment. That would waste $72 billion – hardly a value for taxpayers.
The cost of inaction also extends to the broader economic health and competitiveness of our state and nation. Our infrastructure is literally decades behind other parts of the world. Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train opened nearly a half-century ago, and has made 4.9 billion passenger trips since. In Europe, as if domestic lines like France’s TGV and Germany’s Intercity-Express weren’t enough, mobility was transformed when the Continent and the British Isles were linked by Eurostar high-speed trains 17 years ago.
The economic benefits extend beyond just making business travel easier – as an anecdote, just ask the Walt Disney Co., which made a tidy sum off the visit to its theme park outside Paris by yours truly on a childhood day trip from London on the Eurostar.
China, meanwhile, is expanding its 3,800-mile system, spending $94.4 billion this year alone – an amount almost as much as our system will cost over 20 years with inflation. While the Chinese have faced bribery and construction problems, the real “kickback” ultimately comes to the community – which sees economic growth as a permanent benefit of high-speed rail.
Headlines in California of a massive “boondoggle” simply miss the point. Decades-old high-speed rail systems in Japan and Europe are anything but an albatross. Indeed, they provide enormous value across the economic and cultural spectrums. Japan built its first high-speed rail line after seeing traffic reach maximum capacity, and now high-speed rail linkages have dramatically cut travel times.


The clubs are open and so it's time to dig into some artist's records bags respectively their USBs.
REVIEW Len Lewis ‘The Orbalisk EP’ [Deep Sleep Robot]
As a collective, we are not shy about our love for UK producer and DJ, Len Lewis, who recently put out a fantastic mix with own productions only on Torture the Artist.
INTERVIEW & ART:CAST #116 Len Lewis
Appreciated for music that Len Lewis himself qualfies as Sinister Techhouse, shortly SiTh, the Londoner started to dedicate his life entirely to music a couple of months ago, after he had taken a break for nearly 15 years from the scene.


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Paid Surveys Online: How Paid Online Surveys Work
Paid surveys are basically online surveys conducted by companies, where anyone can participate. The registration is fair and simple and once you have registered, you will be put onto companies that match your profile. Companies are eager to know the individual preferences and tastes of different people and they need the opinions of people from all sections in order to get a better perspective. For instance, companies can use paid surveys to get to know the purchasing power or the buying habits of people in general.
Basically, paid surveys are tools that companies use in order to achieve their business goals. The participants may be rewarded with cash, but it may not be limited to cash alone. Sometimes, companies may offer participants products in exchange for their valuable opinions. Some companies may provide discounts on their products or even submit the participant’s names to other websites conducting online surveys.
Searching online will yield a lot of results as you can find innumerable websites that carry out online surveys for money.This is an ideal arrangement as both parties get to benefit. The companies benefit from your valuable opinion and you will receive cash benefits and other rewards. So, it is basically a win-win situation for both sides. There are a number of scams, so it is important to be on guard when you opt for these surveys. If you are asked to shell out money or asked to furnish credit card details or other personal information, it is best to avoid such websites as they will surely turn out to be scams 95% of the time.
Paid surveys are ideal for those seeking some extra income, but it may not provide substantial income that you may want to fulfill family obligations or other needs. This is just some pocket money and you may use this to fulfill some basic needs. If you haven’t been able to participate in these online surveys, you should ideally check your profile and update your profile if necessary. Companies that are in charge of selecting individuals will look for a number of things in the participant’s profile. So, it is important to update your profile in order to increase your chances of getting selected by maximum number of companies.
Online surveys for money don’t generally promise anything regarding the financial returns. However, there are a number of individuals who have benefited from these surveys. In order to achieve the best results, it is important to follow the instructions closely.
Companies never tolerate incomplete paid surveys and that is something that participants have to bear in mind. Since there are a number of scams, it is important to carry out due research in this regard and opt for reputed companies.
Go through the reviews and check out various websites before you register. Paid surveys are not something that will make you rich overnight, but it is certainly satisfying and rewarding as well. If you wish to earn more money, you may have to take on more surveys, but take your time and don’t rush through the process.
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The establishment of an air ambulance service at Hannibal Regional Airport is on hold until the helicopter that Survivor Flight plans to use receives the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The establishment of an air ambulance service at Hannibal Regional Airport is on hold until the helicopter that Survivor Flight plans to use receives the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration. That news was shared by George Walley, chairman of the Airport Advisory Board, during Wednesday morning's board meeting at the airport.
Because modifications are necessary to a helicopter for it to be usable as an medical transportation vehicle, it must be certified by the FAA.
Following Wednesday's meeting, Walley reported that Survivor Flight is hopeful of receiving the FAA's blessing "any day."
In the meantime, Survivor Flight has already hired personnel to man the helicopter. They reportedly make regular visits to the Hannibal airport.
Although the City Council must still give a final reading to a commercial land use agreement with Survival Flight, the company already has city hall's permission to place a 24-foot by 60-foot crew trailer at the airport. The crew trailer will be used until it can build a permanent facility of its own.
If the air service is certified to begin flying before the crew trailer arrives, Walley indicated Survivor Flight might begin working out of the terminal. One limitation would be the crew could not sleep in the building. Consequently, Survivor Flight's three person crew could initially begin working 8-hour shifts, rather than extended shifts. Even when operating out of the terminal the service will be available 24 hours a day.


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Hot stone. Glimmering skies. Thick air. A fresh breeze. Wild flowers put together as if they always belonged together, a woman feeling beautiful, a pup bringing in a relaxed atmosphere. We're laughing. Real laughter, no fake smile, no set up poses, just us enjoying the moment. The girl later thanking me for those memories and says:
‘We can do that again, any time‘.
I admit, when I do those inspirational shoots for my wedding couples to see what is possible styling wise, we choose the dress, we talk to our flower person how the bouquet shall look like, what flowers, what style and everything. We choose what accessories, shoes and hair style. But I say ‘we‘, because it's not just me. It starts with a dress or a person, then I add one or two more things I've seen in the past with other photographers or stylists or flower or calligraphy people or even something I found in my own closet or in the streets while doing everything but photography. And then we sit together, talk about the upcoming session. The person I choose becomes the chief character in this play and starts getting involved in the process and we pick what gives her a certain feel, whatever she can identify with. Maybe we add what she has seen some days before or some time ago. And so two or more people start creating. Not what looks best, but what feels best. And every person or vendor involved in this process adds something, is free to think and feel what might fit. I bring pictures of the model, of the things that inspired me along the path and photos of the props we have found so far. And if the wind, while driving open-topped to our location, adds some movement to the hair, so be it. And there we go creating a story around that person, that dress, that place. One that the model can feel. Just like you would pick your outfit in the morning or pack your bags for a weekend trip, you imagine what the situation shall feel like. And then the magic happens, everything is set up and we let go. No more plans. No storyboards for the final pictures or something like that. Just using the mood we created to let it happen. Note: the idea we have in mind at the beginning is never what we get as a result in the end. But it's wonderful.
It's a process. It's us.
And for me it feels like this:
"I am reminded of Madame Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society. She always used to carry two bags in her hands. Either going for a morning walk or traveling in a train, those two bags were always in her hands. And while sitting not he train from her window she would always throw something out of those bags onto the footpath outside of the train. And people used to ask, „Why do you go on doing this?“ And she laughed and said, „This has been my whole life’s habit. These are seasonal flower seeds. I may not come back on this route again“- she was a world traveler - „but that doe not matter. When the season comes and the flowers blossom, thousands of people who pass this way every day will see those flowers, those colors. They will not know me, but that does not matter. „One thing is certain: I am making a few people happy somewhere. It does not matter whether they know me or not. What matters is that I have done something that will make someone happy. Some children may come and pluck a few flowers to take home. Some lovers may come and make garlands for each other; and, without their knowing, I will be part of their love. And I will be part of the joy of those children. And I will be part of those who simply pass by the path and see the beautiful flowers.“" - Osho
"and, without their knowing, I will be part of their love."
So bridal inspirations really make my heart skip a bit. Cause it's like the wedding itself, it truly is not about the style, that special day in your life or anything else the wedding industry wants to sell, it's an expression of your true self. Hey, you are going to celebrate with your friends and family the path you chose to share with another human being. Take a little effort to find a certain style that really fits you and gets you in the perfect mood for what is about to begin. I wish for brides and grooms to pick clothing, flowers, accessories and a location that gets them in mood to celebrate, to enjoy, be present and feel beauty all around them. Cause life is beautiful! The path is what it's about, so I wish for all of you to remember that you are still you - even on a day full of traditions and things one ‘should do, because it‘s always been done like that before‘ - especially when it comes to classic wedding bouquets and decorations. It's allowed to take advise from vendors or other professionals, but listen to your inner voice, don't wear or choose stuff you would never ever choose in every day life. Express in visuals who you are deep inside your mind and soul, decide how you want to feel and remember the journey you are about to embark on and the commitment you are about to take. Be you and add a little festivity It's a celebration, make it look like one. It's easier to remember the beautiful moments when visuals express how you felt deep inside. Find your soul, speak in visuals (there is so much you can do with so little money, you just have to sit down and truly think what makes you tick - there's always a DIY or inexpensive way to express yourself, and get out there, nature has so much to offer - visually and emotion wise. And if you don't know where to begin, go to my Pinterest board 'wedding‘ and you'll see.)