The Druzhba pipeline (Russian: нефтепровод «Дружба»; also has been referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline) is the world's longest oil pipeline and one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) from the eastern part of the European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The network also branches out into numerous pipelines to deliver its product throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. The name "Druzhba" means "friendship", alluding to the fact that the pipeline supplied oil to the energy-hungry western regions of the Soviet Union, to its "fraternal socialist allies" in the former Soviet bloc, and to western Europe. Today, it is the largest principal artery for the transportation of Russian (and Kazakh) oil across Europe.
On 18 December 1958, the 10th session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), held in Prague, adopted a decision and an agreement was signed on construction of a trunk crude oil pipeline from the USSR into Poland, Czechoslovakia, GDR and Hungary. The construction of the initially proposed 5,327 kilometres (3,310 mi) long pipeline commenced in 1960. Each country was to supply all necessary construction materials, machinery and equipment. In 1962, first oil reached to Czechoslovakia, in September 1963 to Hungary, in November 1963 to Poland, and in December 1963 to GDR. The whole pipeline was put into operation in October 1964. The first oil pumped through the Druzhba pipeline originated from the oil fields in Tatarstan and Samara (Kuybyshev) Oblast. In the 1970s the Druzhba pipeline system was further enlarged with the construction of geographically parallel lines.
The pipeline begins from Almetyevsk in Tatarstan, the Russian heartland, where it collects oil from western Siberia, the Urals, and the Caspian Sea. It runs to Mozyr in southern Belarus, where it splits into a northern and southern branch. The northern branch crosses the remainder of Belarus across Poland to Schwedt in Germany. It supplies refineries in Płock and in Schwedt. The northern branch is also connected by the Płock-Gdańsk pipeline with the Naftoport terminal in Gdańsk, which is used for oil re-exports. In Schwedt the Druzhba pipeline is connected with the MVL pipeline to Rostock and Spergau. The southern branch runs south through Ukraine. In Brody the Druzhba pipeline is connected with the Odessa-Brody pipeline, which is currently used to ship oil from the Druzhba pipeline to the Black Sea. In Uzhgorod the pipeline splits into lines to Slovakia (Druzhba-1 - original Druzhba route) and to Hungary (Druzhba-2). The line through Slovakia is divided once again near Bratislava: one branch leading in a northwest direction to the Czech Republic and the other going southward to Hungary. The Druzhba-1 pipeline branches off toward Hungary in Banská Bystrica Region (Slovakia) near the river of Ipeľ, crosses the Hungarian border at Drégelypalánk and leads to Százhalombatta (not depicted on the map at the beginning of the page). In Hungary, the Druzhba-1 pipeline supplies Duna refinery while Druzhba-2 supplies Duna and Tisza refineries.
The ORLEN Lietuva in Lithuania and Ventspils oil terminal in Latvia are connected to the main pipeline by the branch pipeline from Unecha junction in Bryansk Oblast (not shown on the map). This branch has ceased operation in 2006 and is not likely to become operational in any time soon.
The part of Druzhba pipeline system, which runs via Belarus, is 2,910 kilometres (1,810 mi) long. The length of the pipeline in Ukraine is 1,490 kilometres (930 mi), in Poland in 670 kilometres (420 mi), in Hungary 130 kilometres (80 mi), in Lithuania 332 kilometres (206 mi), in Latvia 420 kilometres (261 mi), and in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic together around 400 kilometres (250 mi). The pipeline crosses 45 major rivers as well as 200 railways and highways.
The pipes for the project were manufactured in the Soviet Union and Poland, while fittings were manufactured in Czechoslovakia. The GDR was responsible for pumps and Hungary - for automation and communication equipment. The construction cost nearly 400 million rubles and nearly 730,000 tons of pipe was laid throughout the path of the pipeline. The Druzhba pipeline currently has a capacity of 1.2 to 1.4 million barrels per day (190×103 to 220×103 m3/d). Work is currently underway to increase this in the section between Belarus and Poland. The pipe diameter of the pipeline varies from 420 to 1,020 millimetres (17 to 40 in). It uses 20 pumping stations.
The Russian part of the pipeline is operated by the oil company Transneft through its subsidiary OAO MN Druzhba. In Belarus the operator is Gomeltransneft Druzhba, in Ukraine - UkrTransNafta, in Poland - PERN Przyjazn SA, in Slovakia - Transpetrol AS, in the Czech Republic - Mero and in Hungary - MOL.
Parallel disputes on transit fees
For the last several years, Russia and Ukraine have been tied up in transit fee disputes as the major pipelines supplying Europe with Russian oil and gas run through Ukraine. The continuous disputes were primarily based on transit of natural gas. On December 28, 2009, referring to Russia's announcement, Slovakian government said Russia issued warnings that it would stop oil supplies to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic over a transit fees dispute with Ukraine. However, the next day, Ukraine's Naftogas issued a statement confirming that Russia agreed to a 30 percent increase in the transit fees through Ukraine. The alleged rise in the tariff will be from $7.8 to $9.50 (or €6.6) per tonne of oil for transiting Ukraine in 2010 and was implemented due to the decision from the Russian side to raise prices of the energy resources. Additionally, unlike previous payments, new payments will be made in Euros as this was one of Ukraine's demands. Also Ukraine needs substantial investments to update the network on its territory as the pipeline grows old. Russia and Ukraine also agreed on the volume of oil to be transported through Ukraine. The overall amount of oil to be transported to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary through Ukraine in 2010 will be 15 million tonnes - a decrease from 17.1 million tonnes in 2008.
Druzhba Wilhelmshaven Oil Pipeline
There have been proposals to extend northern branch of the Druzhba pipeline to the German North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven, which would reduce oil tanker traffic in the Baltic Sea and make it easier to transport Russian oil to the United States. In 2007, German Oil Trading Gmbh (GOT) proposed to build a connection from Unecha to Wilhelmshaven with a possible branch to Polish and German oil refineries. The proposed connection would be 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) long and would have capacity of 25 million tonnes of oil a year, which may be increased to 50 million tonnes. The expected cost of this project is US$2.5-billion and it may be operational already in 2010.
The Druzhba-Adria Pipeline Integration Project was a proposal that was considered in the 2000s to extend the pipeline to pass through Hungary and Croatia to reach the Adriatic Sea at the deep-water port of Omišalj. In the first phase, the Croatian portion of the Adria pipeline would be reconstructed from the Sisak pumping station to Omišalj harbour. The Croatian company JANAF was responsible for the design of the initial project phase, to reverse the phases of the Adria pipeline (which currently carries oil from the port inland) on the Sisak-Omišalj portion.
The proposal was touted by the Croatian president Stipe Mesić but it also garnered a lot of negative press due to complaints from the environmentalist groups such as Eko Kvarner, and was eventually abandoned.
Schwechat–Bratislava Oil Pipeline
Schwechat–Bratislava two-way oil pipeline project was proposed in 2003. It would allow to supply the OMV owned Schwechat Refinery from the Druzhba pipeline.
Baltic Pipeline System-2
The Baltic Pipeline System-2 (BPS-2) is an under construction pipeline from the Unecha junction of the Druzhba pipeline near the Russia-Belarus border to the Ust-Luga oil terminal at the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland with a 172 kilometres (107 mi) long branch line to Kirishi oil refinery. The throughput capacity of BPS-2 will be 30 to 50 million tonnes of oil annually. The construction of the BPS-2 started on 10 June 2009.
- Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
- Russia–Belarus energy dispute
- Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline - the next longest oil pipeline after Druzhba
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Dallas Keuchel turned toward home plate, breathed deep and began the night.
His first offering was off. He fell behind Tampa Bay's initial two hitters. Then Logan Morrison blasted an 87 mph fastball into the Astros' bullpen for a two-out home run, giving the Rays a 2-0 lead and putting Keuchel in another early hole.
Minute Maid Park kept waiting for the return of its ace.
The standard banner hung above Keuchel's Korner. Fans wrapped in orange shirts and thick black beards filled up a seating section along the third-base line completely devoted to the 2015 American League Cy Young winner. Teammates answered pregame questions about Keuchel by praising his dedication to his job.
The post-trade deadline drama from Tuesday? Technically in the past, thanks to another game 24 hours later.
"I didn't really have much of a reaction," manager A.J. Hinch said Wednesday, as the AL's best team faced former University of Houston righthander Austin Pruitt, who threw 6 1/3 winning innings of scoreless five-hit ball.
"One thing that we know is that players are going to have opinions and we have a really expressive group," Hinch said. "I'm glad the deadline's over. I'm glad we can move forward with the team that we have … and just play games."
The Rays followed 2-0 with loaded bases in the second. Keuchel was already at 35 pitches after just two frames, struggling to find an early rhythm and still not looking like himself in his second start after returning from an extended stay on the disabled list.
"We'll clean it up and I need to be better. It all started with me. … It wasn't a very good game by any means," said Keuchel, who acknowledged he's struggling with fastball command.
Wednesday was set up to be perfect timing for the sixth-year lefty. Back up his strong words – "I'm not going to lie. Disappointment is a little bit of an understatement." – by taking the ball a day after the once-scorching Astros fell to 9-8 after the All-Star break, then returning to life as the club's clear No. 1 arm.
Slightly slumping club
They were 32 games above .500 and staring at a near-guaranteed playoff spot. Hinch's injured and slightly slumping club also needed an August kickstart.
"When your primary, a No. 1 guy like Dallas is coming back and getting into his routine, generally that means he's going to be good," said Hinch, whose team fell 3-0 and has lost four of five games. "And when he's good there's a great vibe around every five days that he pitches. A lot of people feed off that."
The classic term that defined Keuchel in 2015: stopper.
"The really good teams have multiple guys on their team who can do that, who almost rise to the occasion and rise to the moment," starter Collin McHugh said.
Keuchel was automatic at Minute Maid two years ago, carrying the Astros to the playoffs for the first time in a decade. He was a perfect 15-0 at home with a slim 1.46 ERA, striking out 139 in 1291⁄3 innings and primarily earning a Cy Young by owning the major-league mound in downtown Houston.
Keuchel was never right in 2016 and his season, like the Astros', ended early.
But he roared back this April and May, going 4-0 with a minuscule 1.04 ERA and regaining the touch that made him so untouchable two seasons ago. Then neck issues kept Keuchel off a game mound from June 3 to July 27, and it took him 79 pitches to get through three innings of three-run ball in his first game back. Wednesday marked his first home start since May 27. Keuchel entered the evening with 11 consecutive overall wins, which was tied for the third-longest streak in franchise history.
"He's a competitor," veteran designated hitter Carlos Beltran said. "He's a guy that prepares himself well, working hard -- extremely hard. So he's going to do his job."
An error by Marwin Gonzalez - filling in at shortstop for Carlos Correa - and a bouncer just out of Yuli Gurriel's reach near first base extended Tampa Bay innings. Keuchel threw scoreless frames in the second, fourth and fifth, settling in as the at-bats mounted. But he allowed seven hits on 79 pitches (45 strikes) through the initial four innings and wasn't close to his pre-DL dominant self.
"He wasn't sharp," Hinch said. "But just from start to start, you look back at how much time he missed … it's a step in the right direction."
Essential to success
When Joe Musgrove took over in the sixth, it was a reminder for these Astros.
They're still off to their best start since they began playing ball in 1962. But Keuchel is essential to their continued ascension, and the best team in the AL is in need of a No. 1 and a 2; Lance McCullers returned to the DL on Monday - as the fifth month of the season unfolds.
"We've learned in July and into August … that our depth is going to be tested," said Hinch, who's missing everyone from Carlos Correa and George Springer to Will Harris, Tony Sipp and Colin Moran. "I want to get our team back. … I've got guys all over the order that are hitting where they're not accustomed to hitting."
Getting the real Keuchel back as an ace, especially at home, will fix a lot of what's suddenly missing.


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So what’s new?
- Seamless Street View: Wherever LIDAR has been used, Street View has now turned into a seamlessly navigable 3D mirror world. No longer do you “hop” from panorama to panorama in discreet steps — instead, you can now glide through a world where the Street View imagery has been painted onto a LIDAR model of the surroundings; as you navigate around, whichever panorama is closest gets used automatically as the backdrop. It’s a really cool effect and it will likely grab all the headlines. To get started, drag the yellow pegman to a place on Earth that has LIDAR-enhanced Street View.
- 3D virtual trees: A cosmetic addition that doesn’t do much for me, but if you’re going to build a faithful mirror world, you’re going to need virtual trees, right? There’s plenty of different species to reflect the local flora, but that doesn’t stop it from obscuring the satellite imagery, which is what I came for. This feature will be turned off in my copy of GE6.
- Accessible historical imagery: Easily the single greatest improvement to Google Earth since its launch in 2005 has been the addition of historical imagery, added in February 2009 with the release of GE5. Google Earth 6 doesn’t have anything new of this caliber but it does make the historical imagery more accessible to casual users by placing pointers to the data front-and-center on the screen. Until now, the forensic neogeographer had to use the historical imagery tool to see what if any older imagery was available; in GE6, the year of the oldest imagery for any given view is visible below the scale legend; click the year to be taken directly to that imagery.
The rest of Google Earth is pretty much the same, a sign that this application is maturing. I’m still hoping for a future release where the KML files in Google Earth’s My Places sidebar sync through the cloud with Google Maps’ My Maps and mobile Google Earth for iOS and Android. This has the added benefit of making hosted publishing possible — you could just choose to “share” a particular KML file with the world and get a URL in return, just as you do with My Maps now.
In the meantime, however, you won’t find me complaining about the greatest piece of free software this side of NCSA Mosaic.

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I am a professional server in an italian restaurant and father of three children, all of whom clamor to cook with me!
My favorite things to cook
Creole cuisine, italian cuisine
My favorite family cooking traditions
Homemade Mayonnaise, Phillips Famous Potato Salad, Holiday Dinners
My cooking triumphs
Gumbo! Chili! Roast Birds of all kinds, "Iron Chef"-style creative cuisine.
My cooking tragedies
I use way too much fat in most of what I do. Sigh.

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Evidence from many countries shows that place matters for school education.
However, in the Scottish context, we know surprisingly little about what underlies the marked differences often seen in educational outcomes. Our project examines the extent to which variation between places is due to the social composition of young people, the quality of education in the schools they attend, and to independent, neighbourhood-based factors.
Aims and Objectives
The project aims to consider the extent to which there are systematic relationships between young people’s educational attainment, and family, school and neighbourhood characteristics. Using comprehensive data for the West of Scotland we will address several key questions in this area:
- How much does parental choice shape school segregation and influence the quality of schools that pupils from different neighbourhoods and family backgrounds attend?
- To what extent can attainment gaps between young people be explained by school characteristics, including school religious affiliation and participation in externally funded programmes designed to raise attainment?
- To what extent might attainment at an individual level be determined by neighbourhood characteristics, including neighbourhood-level deprivation and local availability of green space?
The project will address major policy concerns regarding the impact of the recent curriculum reforms and initiatives to reduce educational inequalities.
We will convene a stakeholder advisory group to work with us on this, with representatives from local education authorities, and professional and parent representative groups.
Planned additions to the data collection through new data linkages will enable more detailed analyses of routes into FE and HE in due course.
Lead: Professor Keith Kintrea

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The accused Lallan
and Ayub allegedly beat up Mohammed Ovaish, a resident of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh after a scuffle broke out among them on Sunday night.
President of the Sindh AgriculAture General Workers Union (SAGWU) (CBA) Ali Ahmed PanAAhwar, vice president Sabhagi Bheel and general secretary Lal Bux Lallan
Sathio, National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) leader Mehboob Qureshi, Home-Based Women Workers FederaAtion leaAder Shakila Khan and others condAeAmned what they called 'economic murder' of cane growers by most millers.
The ceremony was addressed among by Manzoor Ujjan, Prof Barkat Baloch, Sayed Akbar Shah Bukhari, Taj Sarohi, Hubdar Jagirani, Dr Aijaz Samo, Sayed Parveez Ali Shah, Jam Muhbat Ali Sahitto , Lallan
Chano, Murtiza Phull, Altaf Abbasi, Mohammad Sharif Abalbasi, Altaf Raja, Cheezal Jamro, Qasim Malik, Fakir Phallio, Sayed Ghayour Shah, Mir Mutriza Shaikh, Jam Mehdi Raza Sahito, Jam Mehboob Sahitto, Mehrab Gabool, Owais Shah, Zohaib Soomro, Cheezal Jamro, Ali Gul Mallah and others.
Shahi and Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan
Singh, were sacked by the former chief minister.
The superstar, who made double role a memorable trick in Bollywood films of the seventies and the eighties, will appear on the hot seat dressed as an m dmi called Lallan
Bhaiya along with Big B's nattilysuited anchor avatar.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh "Lallan
" is another rebel from the JD (U).
Opening, on the high, iron-girdered bridge, cross cuts between ruthless gangster Lallan
Singh (Bachchan) and the resolute Michael Mukherjee (Devgan) as the former guns down the latter amid heavy daytime traffic.
Mackay arrives at Warwick too late to ride Crosby (Pip Payne) in the nursery.
Sharing details of the recovery, Circle Officer Lallan
Singh said, "Ghulam Nabi had gone to Shimla for working as a labourer.
But for the objection raised by Bhushan on behalf of Rajiv Ranjan Singh ' Lallan
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Pelosi Statement on Continuing Resolution Vote
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the results of the House vote for the Continuing Resolution:
“Today, House Republicans once again demonstrated their inability to reach 218 votes within their own conference.
“With lower numbers in the next Congress, the Republican Leadership will have a choice: embrace the unvarnished extremism of their special interest agenda, or come together with Democrats to meet the needs of hard-working people.
“This time, Democrats’ dedication to the families of Flint, victims of opioid addiction and communities hit by the recent storms was enough to push Republicans’ thoroughly mediocre bill over the finish line.
“Republicans should not count on Democrats’ responsibility to rescue them from their own anti-government ideology.”
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Games for the Assessment and Treatment of Mental Health
CHI PLAY (Companion), pp. 673-678, 2017.
The community for research on video games for assessment and intervention for mental health spans multiple disciplines, from cognitive sciences, computer science, and interaction design, to psychology, neurobiology, and medicine. The goal of this workshop is to bring together an international group of researchers to discuss the current st...More
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Your Favourite Photoshop Tutorials in One Place
Water Drops in Photoshop
This is a video tutorial. It will show you how to create some realistic water drop in 5 mins. The basic idea of how to create water drops is that they are a bit complex, they have highlights, shadows, transparencies, inner shadows and inner highlights. The best thing is that we can create all of those effects using the Layer Styles in Photoshop.
In this tutorial I will create an effect like the one in the header of the MSNBC.com website. This effect is a reader’s request tutorial. If you are using the CS3 version of Photoshop you can use the Smart Filters to test different values and see the effects without worrying about losing the previous version.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a very awesome poster in just 10 steps. This tutorial will be done by Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but you can use other tools instead if you find something nicer.
This tutorial is going to demonstrate you how to apply texture to a uneven surface. Flatly applying a texture across a whole image (as a means to age it or degrade it) is simple stuff. Realistically applying a texture to an uneven surface is much more difficult as more photoshop techniques are required.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to add the fantasy light effects on your photos. what does look like, you can see the sample from the thumbnail. You can just create this fantasy scene using brushes and blur effects.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a nice colorful bubble effect in Photoshop. To begin with, you need to create a background in black, then start to define the circle pattern brush. After the bubble creation, apply the color effect to finalize this tutorial.
This tutorial is about making a “mac” style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious – your desktop as well as part of your designs or for corporate work (powerpoint presentations, flash work etc). For the final touches a tinge of black is overlayed on bottom right and a bit more white is overlayed on the top left. But these are inconsequential changes.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create an abstract background image using Photoshop. The design has a cool wavy pattern with interesting lighting effects. This is a combination of design effects. You will find it very useful to create another design pattern.

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Kara Richardson Whitely has written a bold and riveting memoir that tells about her struggle with food, and her surmounting obstacles as she prepares to walk up Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, while raising money for an AIDS cause for children in Africa. I had the pleasure of meeting Kara at a recent Mediabistro event in New York City, which she attended with her husband Chris, in order to promote her book. Kara credits Mediabistro and its workshops with helping to write this daunting memoir.
Kara, a journalist who lives in New Jersey, has struggled with weight issues all her life. Her descriptions of reaching 350 pounds, then losing weight as she works out and prepares for her trek abroad are uncompromisingly honest and refreshing. She doesn't claim to offer diet prescriptions, but she does share what worked for her. "It took Weight Watchers here, Oprah's Boot Camp there, South Beach bars from time to time, a 4 p.m. ritual of eating Luna Bars, and working out (a lot) to get rid of one hundred pounds. I had to find out what worked for me. Sometimes nothing did."
As if losing lots of weight and working out weren't challenges enough, Kara climbs mountains and determines to walk up Kilimanjaro. Her steadfast preparation for that walk is admirable. She and Chris scale down and up the Grand Canyon and take on Vermont's Mount Mansfield and Camel Hump; but climbing isn't all that's involved. The two must take a slew of shots to ward off diseases and buy prescriptions that may save their lives. Even finding the right clothes to fit her body for that walk is a challenge. Kara, clearly willing to do whatever it takes, even takes a last minute trip to do altitude training in Telluride, Colorado.
The rewards of her efforts are immediate. After raising $12,000 for Global Alliance for Africa, Kara and Chris have the opportunity to see what sorts of help their contribution will give to families in Africa who, for example, must count on rain for their drinking water. When the two ask what is the best way to help, the director informs them, "Tell people about Africa."
By the time, Kara, Chris and friends finally embark on their adventure, the reader knows Kara is as ready as she can be, given the unforeseen. Kara finds she is both resilient and strong. When others encounter altitude sickness, for example, she is fine. When the going gets hard, she reminds herself of why she is making the trek to the top, to help AIDS orphans in Africa. "The meditation of steps, breath and the songs from our porters," carry the team up the mountain. The trekkers battle diseases like diarrhea and the trials of insomnia, and the struggle intensifies as they reach the third summit, Jamaica Rocks, at 5,500 meters above sea level. Slowly, slowly, the group reaches Gilman's Point, at 5,686 meters. Uhuru Peak, the actual summit, is 1,000 meters higher, and when Kara and Chris finally get there, the reader, knowing full well what it took, revels in the many levels of exhilaration Kara experiences having fulfilled her quest.
Fat Woman on the Mountain is an engaging and inspiring read. Far more than about the challenge of losing weight, it's about overcoming external and internal obstacles to fulfill an important and rewarding dream. As a how-to in this department, it's one of a kind, a gem.
For more information about Kara 's adventures or her book, see http://www.fatwomanonthemountain.com/.

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Life as a high-flying publicly traded company tends to be fleeting, and rarer than you might expect.
While the entire stock market has a history of generating positive returns, things get scrappier at the individual stock level, a JPMorgan analysis shows. Since 1980, roughly 40 percent of Russell 3000 Index stocks (we’ll call it the broad market) experienced catastrophic loss, or a decline of 70 percent or more from which the company never recovered. The cumulative return on the median stock since its inception relative to the broader market was an eye-opening, negative 54 percent. Two-thirds of all stocks underperformed the broader market, and over the past four decades 320 companies have disappeared from the S&P 500 and were replaced. More broadly, 65 percent of businesses fail in the U.S. within 10 years, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The U.S. economy is a constantly evolving system that thrives on innovative destruction and renewal. No companies are immune from obsolescence, cyber threats, government overreach or instability, outright fraud, poor management decisions, theft of intellectual property or a host of other competitive, systemic threats. Even the best-managed companies can be destroyed by exogenous factors or black swan events that are beyond anyone’s control or ability to forecast.
No, we aren’t telling you all of this to excite fears and worries about the market. Rather, data simply underscore why it’s worth avoiding unnecessary concentration risk today, even if it runs counter to a “let your winners ride” impulse or you’re concerned about capital gains taxes. If your investment horizon stretches well beyond 5 years, managing concentration risks through disciplined portfolio diversification tends to yield better absolute and consistent performance.
GETTING CROWDED NEAR THE TOP
After a long bull market, steady-handed stock-pickers may now have portfolios heavily weighted in a few very successful stocks. A single stock, or a handful stocks, that once represented 2 percent of a portfolio 10 years ago could potentially balloon to 10 percent or more if left untouched. While that’s growth all investors seek, it’s also significantly stepped-up concentration risk in a portfolio. Going forward, performance of that single stock, or group of stocks, will have an outsize impact on returns.
There are other paths to concentration risk. Some investors hold an outsize proportion of company-issued stock in their retirement portfolios. Inherited positions are another common source of outsized positions. Some investors, by design, concentrate their portfolios in a handful of stocks rather than diversifying across sectors and assets. No doubt, fame and fortunes have been made by top stock pickers through history. Stan Druckenmiller, a Wall Street legend known for taking huge, concentrated bets once said, “The first thing I heard when I got in the business — not from my mentor — was, 'Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.' I'm here to tell you I was a pig.”
But we’re not all Stan Druckenmiller, and human hindsight bias tends to gloss over the thousands of other big-bet investors that lost it all for the handful of legends that rose to the top.
“Our clients come to us during or after long periods of wealth accumulation and it’s our job to manage that wealth in a manner that delivers long-term growth without the risk of permanent loss of capital,” says Matt Stucky, senior portfolio manager at Northwestern Mutual. “Avoiding excessive concentration risk by adequately diversifying is essential to delivering that promise.”
REDUCING CHANCES OF THE BIG MISTAKE
But let’s be honest, it’s difficult to sell investments that have handily outperformed. Five and ten-bagger returns can lull investors into leaving “well enough alone” because it’s easy to “love” a stock that’s done so well. Capital gains taxes are also a top impediment to trimming winners, as there’s no tax instance if you don’t sell. But consider two things.
First, in addition to growth, successful long-term investing that leads to financial security hinges on minimizing “the big mistake”, which essentially means limiting exposure to glaring risks. Concentration risk is one of those known, glaring risks. While it’s impossible to know how a stock will do over 5 or 10 years, if it represents 15 percent of your entire portfolio, it will drive performance going forward. While things could continue going well, remember, any given stock only has a 36 percent chance of outperforming the broader market over the long term. It is difficult for companies to deliver outsize growth and value creation in the first place, and even harder to sustain it as time goes on.
We’re not all Stan Druckenmiller, and human hindsight bias tends to gloss over the thousands of other big-bet investors that lost it all for the handful of legends that rose to the top.
Secondly, there’s an old saying: Don’t let the tax tail wag the dog. In most cases, taxes shouldn’t be the sole driver of an investment strategy. That’s true when it comes to trimming positions for the sake of diversification and concentration risk reduction. The data support this if your holding period is six years or more.
“Taxes are an important part of financial planning, but they shouldn’t be the only consideration. We constantly see tax minimization being improperly put in front of sound investment management,” says Stucky. “That being said, there are some rare circumstances where it doesn’t make sense to diversify a concentrated position. If a concentrated position is likely to receive a stepped-up basis in the near future it can make a lot of sense to hold off on diversifying.”
Digging more into the tax debate, let’s say you trim a large position and take the maximum long-term capital gains tax of 23.4 percent. You then funnel the proceeds into a broad Russell 3000 Index fund. Recall, there’s a 36 percent chance that a single stock will outperform the Russell 3000 over the long term. If that stock outperforms, the decision to sell wasn’t optimal. However, if that stock underperforms the index (there’s 64 percent chance it will) the decision to trim was the better choice, even with the tax hit. However, if that stock underperforms the index (there’s 64 percent chance it will) the decision to trim may have been the better choice, even with the tax hit.
Diversification is insurance against an unpredictable future. And, if you’re still on the fence, think about it this way: Even the owners of extraordinarily successful companies sell stock to fund lifestyle pursuits, new investments or simply manage risk in their own long-term investment portfolios. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, has sold $27 billion worth of company stock since it went public in 1997, according to Forbes.
PLANNING IN AN UNPREDICTABLE WORLD
An individual company’s odds of long-term, sustainable success are not tilted in favor of investors and CEOs. There are far too many competitive factors and exogenous threats that can upend a single company or entire sector. That’s why it’s important to build a comprehensive, strategic financial plan that diversifies wealth across individual positions, asset classes, and investment strategies.
As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to reach out to your financial advisor (or begin working with one) if you have questions or concerns about concentration risk in your financial plan. A good strategy will not only address this risk, but account for a host of other risk factors that could hinder growth or make it more difficult to reach your financial goals.
The opinions expressed are those of Northwestern Mutual as of the date stated on this material and are subject to change. There is no guarantee that the forecasts made will come to pass. This material does not constitute investment advice and is not intended as an endorsement of any investment or security. Information and opinions are derived from proprietary and non-proprietary sources. All investments carry some level of risk including the potential loss of all money invested. No investment strategy can guarantee a profit or protect against a loss.

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Get an insider’s view on John Stowell’s style of teaching and playing, approaching guitar chords pianistically, developing arrangements of familiar tunes that create new challenges (modulations, odd meters), use of open string voicings and voice leading in comping.
- Modulations as part of an arrangement of a familiar standard
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In part 2 of this insider’s view on John Stowell’s style of teaching and playing, students get further ways of re-thinking how they approach jazz standards by changing meters, reharminizing, introducing tension through melodic minor modes.
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- “Autumn Leaves”
- Changing meters
- Incorporating odd meters
- Reharminizing a standard
- Using the implied five
- Working with melodic minor modes to introduce tension over the dominant
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly during its opening session on Sept. 27, he reiterated that Iran can't be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
Although Netanyahu called on the international community to establish red lines for the amount of uranium Iran would be allowed to enrich, he did not state, as he had done in the past, that Israel will take military action if it sees no other option to stop Iran's nuclear program.
Despite intense Israeli diplomatic efforts, no red lines were established and Netanyahu has since the speech been forced to refocus his attention to the matters closer to home. The UN General Assembly backed Palestinian National Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas' proposal to upgrade the Palestinians to a non- member state on Nov. 28; and only a week earlier, after years of low level conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza, the conflict escalated to eight days of intensive fighting.
Still in the run-up to the Israeli elections on Jan. 22, 2013, which picked up speed after the eight-day fighting ended, Netanyahu has made Iran one of the main issues. He hasn't changed his standpoint that Iran is an existential threat to Israel, referring to statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Israel should be wiped off the map.
"First of all, it's very dangerous to make predictions in the Middle East nowadays, but I doubt very much that there will be direct confrontation between Israel and Iran," Prof. Meir Litvak from Tel Aviv University told Xinhua on Thursday.
"The reelection of [United States President Barack] Obama, plus the looming crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations and the effect it will have on Israeli-American relations, will make it extremely difficult for Netanyahu to contemplate a move against Iran," Litvak said.
While Obama has also stated that Iran can't be allowed to get nuclear weapons, his timetable for when military would be the only option left is considerably furtherer in the future than Israel's, a difference often described by the expression that their clock are "ticking at different speeds."
The discrepancy in the urgency of the matter is down to two factors: the United States is farther away from Iran than Israel; due to its superior military capabilities, the United States can wait much longer before taking military action and still be confident of being successful.
For instance, if Iran moves some of its operations underground, the United States could still launch a strike that would halt the enrichment of uranium, while Israel does not have such abilities.
Whereas, the United States and Israel both opposed Abbas' UN bid, stating the Palestinian statehood can only be achieved via peace negotiations, not via unilateral actions in the UN.
Just one day after the resolution passed, the Israeli government approved the construction of 3,000 housing units in eastern Jerusalem, including the E1 area which connects the city with the West Bank. The decision was criticized by the Americans.
Meir Javedanfar, a lecturer on Iranian affairs at the Interdisciplinary-Center in Herzliya, said that he doesn't think there will be a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran because Israel doesn't have the political capital to do so. Netanyahu and other Israeli politicians haven't been able to convince the United States and other members of the international community that a strike is the only option left.
"Unless the Iranians kick out all the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, the chance of a military strike is low, Javedanfar said. "If there is ever going to be a military strike, most probably it will be Americans doing it."
"We are going to see renewed negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran, and probably a serious offer by the Americans," he added. The P5+1 consists of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany.
One such possible offer could, according to Javedanfar, be something along the lines that if the Iranians agrees to halt enrichment at 20 percent and ship out all uranium over 20 percent and agree to get inspections, then it might be enough for Israel to back down.
Litvak noted that in addition to the official P5+1 negotiations, reports have been circulating that there might be a direct American-Iranian negotiation. "And that would preclude any possibility of an Israeli move against Iran," he argued.
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER
Nevertheless, not everyone is convinced as Litvak and Javedanfar that Israel won't attack. Prof. Gerald Steinberg, of Bar-Ilan University, said that Israel will launch a strike " earlier in the year rather than later."
Steinberg argued that the ongoing civil war in Syria means Iran is losing its close ally and that Iran's ability to retaliate against Israel via Hezbollah in Lebanon is decreasing. In addition, the eight days conflict between Israel and Hamas means that "Hamas basically [has been] removed as an actor for 2013" due to the losses it suffered.
"Israel made it very clear that it will act in its own interests if necessary, and Obama acknowledged that," Steinberg said regarding any possible American resistance to Israel's plans.


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HAVELSAN press release
In the 14 years since the first delivery of the system, the Submarine Data Distribution system (DBDS) for ten submarines and the Ship Data Distribution System (GVDS) for 31 surface ships have been developed and successfully put into use both at home and abroad.
At home, a total of 36 systems were produced. Twenty-nine of these systems were GVDSs and distributed as follows: 5 for MİLGEM, 16 for New Type Patrol Boat, 2 for LST, 1 per TCG Anadolu, DIMDEG, TVEG, Burak, Barbaros, and Kılıç. On the other hand, DBDSs were deployed on seven submarines; 6 for Reis-Class submarines and 1 for Preveze submarine.
A total of 5 systems, 2 GVDSs for Pakistan MİLGEM Corvette and 3 DBDSs for Pakistan AGOSTA submarines, were developed.
GVDS and DBDS considered the heart of the platforms, have direct connections with many systems on the platform, and these systems get the data they need through GVDS and DBDS.
The system was designed and developed with such speed and performance that it prepares the data infrastructure necessary for the ship to hit the bullseye even in a rough sea in bad weather conditions
HAVELSAN, which provides the necessary infrastructure for tactical sensors such as radars and weapon systems such as cannons to operate at the highest performance even in the worst conditions in the ship environment, also supplies most of the electronic cards needed by the GVDS/DBDS product family and develops all of its software and mechanical needs with its in-house unique engineering solutions. Despite the very high number of platforms these systems have been running so far, they continue to serve 24/7 with a very high success rate without encountering any major malfunction. Furthermore, 41 systems have been delivered by now, and 20 ships and submarines are in queue for delivery within the scope of domestic and international projects awarded.
The HAVELSAN GVDS/DBDS product family, which has reached around 75% locality by exceeding even the locality rate in the contract signed with the Presidency of Defense Industries, allows the platform on which it is installed to operate at the highest performance even in the most challenging sea conditions.
About HAVELSAN GVDS and DBDS
HAVELSAN Ship Data Distribution System (GVDS), a member of the HAVELSAN Platform Data Distribution Systems (PDDS) family, is designed to operate with full performance under any environmental condition of surface platforms. HAVELSAN GVDS, a redundant and reliable system, is developed for use on large, medium and small-sized warships with its 24/7 warfighting readiness and is a key system for the integration of ship systems.
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The “heart” of ships, HAVELSAN Platform Data Distribution System, with its reliable operating performance and technology is preferred by the Turkish Naval Forces and many other countries’ naval forces since 2009.
The weapons, sensors, and navigation systems in submarines, which have the most complex technology after space vehicles, must be able to function fully, data integration of these systems must be done correctly and only correct and valid data must be circulated in the fastest way throughout entire combat system.
HAVELSAN Submarine Data Distribution System (DBDS), a member of the HAVELSAN Platform Data Distribution Systems (PDDS) family, is designed to operate smoothly under any environmental condition of a submarine. HAVELSAN DBDS, a redundant and reliable system, provides 24/7 warfighting readiness and increases navigational safety.


i was oputting in a cv joint today and i didnt realize till after i put it all together that it idnt even go in all the way on the transmission side. is there a trick to gettign these in? ive done tons of cv joints on other cars but thsi oen seesm to be a bit of a pain. no matter how much i tap it with a rod and hammer it wont go in on the transmission side. could it be possibel that i have the wrong cv joint? i baught it remanufactured from napa.


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Louisiana Tech will play three games in August at the Summer of Thunder in the Bahamas.
The exposure the Louisiana Tech men's basketball team has received during the past two years will carry over into international waters this summer.
Tech is headed to Nassau, Bahamas, in August for a six-day, three-game excursion as part of the Summer of Thunder, a slate of exhibition games put on by the Bahamas Basketball Federation featuring international teams and 13 different Division I programs.
Tech leaves for the Bahamas on Aug. 17 and returns Aug. 22. In between, the Bulldogs play the Pyramid Food Rockets on Aug. 18, Bahamas All-Stars on Aug. 20 and P.J. Stringers on Aug 21 while ...


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The constant pursuit to deliver the ultimate birding expedition takes us to an isolated belt in Northeast India, spanning the Brahmaputra River in Assam to the eastern Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh.
Look out for at least five different species of Hornbill, Snowythroated Babbler, Bengal Florican and Black-breasted Parrotbill, among others.
BEST OF ASSAM'S WILDLIFE AND BIRDING
Kaziranga and Manas National Parks are both UNESCO World Heritage Sites that offer incredible sightings of wildlife and birds. Both parks are home to the Royal Bengal Tiger, One-horned Rhinoceros, Indian Wild Water Buffalo, and the endangered Bengal Florican. Nameri National Park, on the other hand, is noted for excellent birding and rafting opportunities.
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This tour introduces birders to the various birding pockets of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. This area is a major biodiversity hotspot and forms the Eastern Himalaya Endemic Bird Area. Enjoy your time in the tropical evergreen and subtropical broadleaf forests of Eagle's Nest Wildlife Sanctuary, spotting threatened species like Rufous-necked Hornbill and the Nuthatch, and Great Pied Hornbill, White-winged Wood Duck and Blue-bearded Bee Eater in Nameri National Park.
BIRDING IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS
North Bengal and West Sikkim are blessed with a rich variety of wildlife and birds. Cover the virgin territories of Mahananda, Samthar, Lava and Neora Valley, Rangit Valley, Vershay Rhododendron Sanctuary, Pamayangtse-Khichepheri and Maenam-Damthang, where tourist footfall is at a minimum and spectacular bird species on full display. This itinerary will also present an opportunity to visit areas ranging from 100 mts to 3050 mts.
ASSAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH WILDLIFE AND BIRDING
This tour takes you through the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India's northeastern corner. Explore one of the subcontinent's richest biodiverse surroundings - expect to witness rhinos grazing idly on grass, tigers lurking behind tall elephant grass, hornbills flying over your head, and various babbler species.

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June 21, 2019
After Arkansas implemented Medicaid work requirements, thousands of adults lost their health insurance and unemployment among Medicaid-eligible adults rose, according to a study published Wednesday.
After two years of negotiations, CMS on Monday announced new voluntary options for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities to settle disputes over denied Medicare Part A claims.
American Health Line rounds up the latest health care news in the states.
June 20, 2019
The Annie E. Casey Foundation on Monday released a report that ranks the wellbeing of children in every state. See how your state fared with American Health Line's interactive maps.
Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Wednesday formally introduced a wide-ranging bill to address so-called "surprise" medical bills that would establish a benchmark provider payment rate for out-of-network services, instead of the arbitration process favored by hospital industry groups.
CMS on Monday proposed a rule intended to streamline Medicare Part D's electronic prior authorization process by circumventing certain HIPAA requirements.
June 19, 2019
Lawmakers and stakeholders during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Tuesday agreed steps must be taken to address so-called "surprise" medical bills, but they were divided over the best way to do so.
More U.S. residents are turning to faith-based health care sharing ministries that provide cost-sharing arrangements to help cover members' medical bills, but some states have taken action amid complaints that members' medical bills are not being paid.
Despite some experts' calls to divert patients away from costly academic medical centers (AMCs), research demonstrates that AMCs might produce better patients outcomes—and might not cost as much as some policymakers fear, a trio of prominent health care experts argue.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Specification
Buying a tablet is my long-term desire. I was in a great search for the best tablet, until now. My requirements are - the tablet should run on Android operating system with the front and rear camera. One of my friends told that, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has all the features which I am looking for.
Can anyone give me, the specifications of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1?
Waiting for your valuable replies!!!
I think Galaxy Note 10.1 will gratify all your tablet needs!!!
The operating system of Note 10.1 is powered by a very fast Quad-core processor. Special Stylus – S pen comes along with this tablet to offer the superior precision. It has a display resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels.
The specifications of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 are:
Multi-touch Capacitive touch screen
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1024 MB RAM system memory
64000 MB built-in storage
32 GB extendable memory
3MP rear camera and 2 MP front camera with auto-focus and LED Flash
1080p Video Capture Resolution
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