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Digital Book Tour: New Books by Gigi Bella, Amy Shimshon-Santo
By Frontier Poetry | April 27, 2020
Fam, times are weird—so many of us have to figure out new ways of doing old things. Book launches, an established feature of our wonderful community of writers, have been particularly hard hit, and we'd love to make room for authors to share their work with the world. Our limited Digital Book Tour series will serve that end! Today, we're sharing excerpts and interviews from Gigi Bella's Big Feelings and Amy Shimshon-Santo's Even the Milky Way is Undocumented.
An Excerpt from Gigi Bella's Big Feelings
burn it all
after ada limón
say i can't pay rent
or electricity or water or phone bill
say i never stop getting fired
say i never find the exact right place at the exact right time
say they won't neuter my cat because i make a dollar too much
say i eat a lot of tuna
say i've been burned out for the last four years how
can i still be burning?
say they turn my high school home into a very important gas station
say when will they gentrify the mountains?
say i do not know how to do my taxes
say i am still sad tomorrow
say i cannot hold it down with iced coffee
say i eat gummy bears for dinner
say you leave, say i leave to see if it'll make me feel less alone
say all i do is leave or at least that's what it feels like
say i do not know how to person
say alone is not on my resume
say i always get fired from it too
collect unemployment
say i don't make it after all
say i am not all the things i thought i'd be
say somehow it will all be ok
say fuck it
say we roll around in the grass
say we stare down everything that will kill us
say we post it on instagram & make out
take a very sexy bath in all the bills we didn't pay
recreate that scene from pretty woman
say we run & run & run
say we stop
watch it all burning, the prettiest sunset
say we have a picnic watch the sky go down
watch it all
On What the Reader Will Walk Away With
Gigi Bella: Your big feelings are allowed. All the times you fell in love with a tsa agent you met for five minutes or moved across the country on a whim or cried on the bathroom floor; all of it is what makes you the most yourself. In connection with that, the biggest feeling has to be for yourself. You have to hold your own hand at the most romantic part of the movie. Play a game of MASH with only your name written down. Return to the altar of you and recognize all of its sanctuary.
On What the Writer Walked Away With
Gigi Bella: The creation of this book took place over the course of 3 years in which I found myself displaced due to class inequality, domestic violence & sexual assault. i found myself in love with people who did not know how to love me back. Let a country and a bank account question my worth. I was homeless and submitting the manuscript from a dunkin donuts and I am, now, releasing the book during a pandemic. Growing up poor and Mexican and queer, the world only wants you to know how unlovable you are. The world is always ending. This work is my apocalypse hymn. The prayer of undoing. It is a map of my survival. I, also, never thought I would put out a book with so much formal poetry in it! I just remember my friend, Gabriel Ramirez, telling me "forms are for everyone. language is for everyone," and the feeling of completing a crown of sonnets. Maybe I didn't finish school or even go there for poetry in the first place but my words are powerful and I am brilliant and I am so grateful that I finally learned how to command the galaxy I've been queen of all along.
On The Book's Biography
Gigi Bella: In the musical Be More Chill, the character Christine Canigula sings, "i have mad gigantic feelings, rad & frantic feelings about most everything, like gun control like spring." I started sort of condensing that down to big feelings. my big feelings are what pushed me to move to New York, to fall in love with someone who was undocumented, to leave an alcoholic, to buy a vibrator, to say, "it's ok that you don't love me because I will always love me." I remember a conversation I had with my friend Noel Quiñones about how our big feelings are not really an absence of fear, pero like you look your fear in the face and you follow your big stupid heart anyway. Even though it might really hurt. I ended up back in my hometown after moving across the country for someone I caught on Bumble. Submitted these poems when I barely wanted to be on the planet. I am releasing this book in a moment defined by fear. The greatest gift I have to share is a roadmap to resilience. a messy mirror. This book started with my fear of overwhelming others with these big feelings and all comes back to my big feelings as my superpower. Not a thing that makes me weak but, instead, the thing that arms me.
On The Book's Family of Support
Gigi Bella: This work could not have been made without my Project X familia in the Bronx. My cat, Ducky, and the sweet bodega from whence he came! New York City. Ariana Grande's Sweetener. Reading Ada Limón's Bright Dead Things on the train. going to Broadway shows by myself. Joe Iconis. Birthday Cake Truffles from Milk Bar. The time Gabe read Natalie Diaz out loud at the kitchen table. the man who dumped me while I was at the National Poetry Slam. The gown I wore the next day. The man I got a matching tattoo with. My little sister and the halloween we spent in Brooklyn. My mother & her mother & her mother's 100 year old mother. The family who taught me what survival looks like. Selena. My super hot hilarious radio dj collaborator boyfriend who believes in me (wild concept). my ancestors. & me. I am so grateful I stuck around.
gigi bella is the tenth ranked woman poet in the world, the Project X Bronx Poetry Champion, a Pink Door Fellow & a National Poetry Slam Champion. She has been featured alongside Andrea Gibson, Joy Harjo, Sabrina Benaim, Olivia Gatwood and many others. Her chapbook, weird things, was featured on the instagram of pop singer/songwriter, Sara Bareilles. Her other work is featured on Button Poetry, Slamfind and in What Are Birds?, Maps for Teeth and Knight's Library.
Learn more about the work here.
An Excerpt from Amy Shimshon-Santo's Even the Milky Way is Undocumented
my body is pulled by the heavens
infinite space without nationality
borderless sky of darkness, living and dead light
moon recognizes every mother on earth
her cycle, her blood,
her ability to reproduce stars
the border patrol doesn't care. it has orders
to separate children from their constellations
nature means nothing
a river / a plain / a family / nothing
even the milky way is undocumented
("borderless" was first published by Lady Liberty Lit and was nominated for Best of the Net)
Amy Shimshon-Santo:I hope readers come away with a deeper sense of the humility, and power, of resiliency.
Amy Shimshon-Santo: Poetry is medicinal. I wrote to become visible to myself, to give voice to my life as a human.
I chose a non-traditional path, leaving home at 16 to pursue a career in dance, living between three or four different countries, and starting a family in my twenties with someone from a different faith, culture, and nationality. I dedicated myself to service of my family and communities, but became a silver shadow in an expansive forest. I lost myself in the blur of it all. Later, I became the primary caregiver to our children. Translate: single mom. That period of life was filled with grace, but it was undeniably challenging. Single mothers are not afforded the dignity they deserve. Single moms save lives. They deserve to save their own. That's what I set out to do. Raise my kids and grant myself the grace and reverence of renewal.
Beneath the stories of a mother, and a family, is the deeper journey of a woman. Part of my healing process was external. Call it adaptive self leadership while living under machismo, racism, xenophobia, and limited income. The other part was internal. I had mechanized my own invisibility, and supposed lack of possibility or value.
The journey of the book brought me to a new place. Everyone deserves a relationship to self that is stronger than their burdens, or fears. Poetry is designed for the subtle work of liberation. The book lead me to the obvious: if we don't love ourselves perfectly its hard to get anything else quite right.
I also got to witness my children grow and flourish. While my sense of self worth was lacking, it was impossible to deny that I had done something right. They were, and are, stelar.
Amy Shimshon-Santo: Writing found me. It followed me around, and loved me first before I realized what was up. When my father died, we sat shiva. From the pain of loss, I realized I didn't want to live without writing. It just wouldn't be worth it. A mentor named Paul Robinson said, "I want you to write as if there were no obstacles." I enrolled in creative writing classes and applied to MFA programs. At this time, my kids were completing high school. They had worked hard to get to pursue a higher education. It was their turn, not mine. I'd lost my job during the recession, and we were living like lizards, low to the ground. Tea. Music. Library books. When my father died it brought the temporarily of life front and center. It turns out there is enough to go around. My kids got to go to college, and I got to write. I wrote many of these poems in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Antioch University, and the rest followed shortly after.
The poems were written over four years, and speak to twenty plus years of living. The book roughly begins with my firstborn arriving, and concludes with my two children grounded and grown.
I submitted individual poems for publication first, and they were gobbled up by feminist and queer lit mags. The poems had a readership. People felt them. Women would slide up and whisper, "I read your poem." They'd grin. "Which one?" I have written more than one. They had favorites like the "Good Fuck Poem: A Definition," or "No (No.10)." I had a body, and a politics. Women readers told me they appreciated that.
Amy Shimshon-Santo: Poetry is my bullet proof vest.
Having a creative practice has saved my life. The poems wouldn't have come without the mystery of the creative process, and I am lucky and grateful for it.
This book is set in a family. It wouldn't have be possible without my children, Avila and Reva Santo. Many poems arrived in my daughter's apartment in Puerto Rico, and my son graciously recorded the audio book.
I am grateful for the editorial support of Dan Bellm and Gayle Brandeis. Studying translation and poetry with Dan was elemental. Studying across genres with Gayle was catalytic. She published my first poem, and pushed me into the ring. Some of the poems landed in my Auntie Deena Metzger's living room. My poetry buddy Adrian Cepeda has been my all-dues-paid poetry compadre. He encouraged me to submit work and recommended the publisher that eventually chose the book — Summer at Unsolicited Press. There would be no collection without all the feminist and queer lit mags that sparked this possibility by publishing my work. Kio Griffith read the manuscript and invented the magical cover art — an intergalactic vessel for traversing the stratosphere by canoe and compass. For the launch, we'd planned a 6D installation of his cover art that rendered it habitable. The book tour was cancelled due to COVID19, and then I became sick and was diagnosed as "presumed COVID19." But, here I am on the other side of the worst of it. I am breathing and imagining future. I am writing these lines. I appreciate everyone who ever felt a poem I have written down or spoken.
Amy Shimshon-Santo is a writer and educator from Dogtown, a place that no longer exists. Her interdisciplinary work connects the arts, education, and urbanism. She has worked across genres including poetry, creative non-fiction, choreography, and social science. Amy has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for creative non-fiction (2017), Best of the Net for poetry (2018), and was recognized on the National Honor Roll for Service Learning. Her writing has been published by Yes Poetry, Zócalo Public Square, Lady Liberty Lit, Full Blede, Rose Quartz Journal, Awkward Mermaid Press, Inscape, Rag Queen Periodicals, Anti-Heroin Chic, Lady Liberty Lit, Entropy, SAGE Publications, UC Press, SUNY Press, Public, Teaching Artist Journal, Critical Planning Journal, and the Tiferet Journal. She has performed throughout the world from Salvador, Brazil to Point Barrow, Alaska. Amy currently teaches at Claremont Graduate University where she directs the MA Program in Arts Management. Web: www.amyshimshon.com, Twitter: @amyshimshon, IG: @shimshona, SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shimshona


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Q: PostgreSQL Query Using Crosstab Now, I am leaning postgreSQL. In the study, I found crosstab in postgreSQL. I tried to apply this function to my customized table, but it dose not work. please help!!
This is my Table
 year | type     | count
------+----------+----
 2015 | AS       |  6
 2015 | HY       |  6
 2015 | KR       |  6
 2015 | SE       |  6
 2016 | AS       |  2
 2016 | HY       |  2
 2016 | KR       |  2
 2016 | SE       |  2
 2017 | AS       |  1
 2017 | HY       |  1
 2017 | KR       |  1
 2017 | SE       |  1
 2018 | AS       |  2
 2018 | HY       |  2
 2018 | KR       |  2
 2018 | SE       |  2

I want to change this table like this
year |  AS  |  HY  |  KR  |  SE  |
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2015 |   6  |   6  |   6  |   6  |
2016 |   2  |   2  |   2  |   2  |
2017 |   1  |   1  |   1  |   1  |
2018 |   2  |   2  |   2  |   2  |

To make that table, I designed query using crosstab, but dose not work!
Please Let me know the query of this problem.

A: You could achieve this without Crosstab, you can use Aggregate function.
Query :
select
  year,
  max(counts) filter (where type = 'AS') as "AS",
  max(counts) filter (where type = 'HY') as "HY",
  max(counts) filter (where type = 'KR') as "KR",
  max(counts) filter (where type = 'SE') as "SE"
from
  tbl
group by
  year
order by
  year asc

Demo <> DB Fiddle
And if you are try learning Crosstab this answer are really great and explain really well about to do pivot use Crosstab.

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*PostgreSQL Crosstab Query

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The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Human, Social and Political Science, has approved amendments to the regulations for the Archaeology Tripos so as to remove Papers M7 and M8, replace Paper SOC4 with SOC2, remove Paper B5 and make some editorial changes as shown below.
By amending the title of Paper M1 'Akkadian language I' to 'Babylonian language'.
By inserting an asterisk after Paper A13 'Past in the present'.
By amending the title of Paper A35 from 'African archaeology' to 'The archaeology of Africa'.
By amending the title of Paper B4 from 'Human comparative biology' to 'Comparative human biology'.
By amending the title of Paper M4 from 'Akkadian language II' to 'Intermediate Babylonian'.
By amending the title of Paper M5 from 'Akkadian language III' to 'Advanced Babylonian and Assyrian'.
By deleting papers M7 and M8.
By replacing in Regulation 16(a)(iv) 'SOC4' with 'SOC2'.
By removing from Regulation 16(b)(iii) 'M7, or M8'.
By removing from Regulation 16(b)(iv) 'M7–M8', and replacing 'SOC4' with 'SOC2'.
By removing from Regulation 17(b)(iii) 'M7, or M8'.
By removing from Regulation 17(b)(iv) '–M8'.
By removing from Regulation 17(c)(i)(1) 'one paper chosen from B4 or'.
By removing from Regulation 17(c)(ii)(3) 'Paper B5 or'.
By removing from Regulation 17(f)(iv) 'either two papers chosen from B11–B18, A13, AS1–AS12, A50–A62; or one paper chosen from the following: B2–B3, B5–B6, A10, A12, A21–A36, A38–A41; or'.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, has approved the addition of Environmental Data Science as a course of study for the Degree of Master of Research in Physical Sciences and the amendment of the Schedule to the regulations to allow for its inclusion.
1 The Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Building Conservation will be closed to applicants from 1 October 2019 and will be removed from the Schedule once all current students have completed the course.


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namespace NEAT
{
    extern double signedSigmoidTable[6001];
    extern double unsignedSigmoidTable[6001];

    NetworkNode::NetworkNode(string _name,bool _update,ActivationFunction _activationFunction)
            :
            value(0),
            name(_name),
            update(_update),
            activationFunction(_activationFunction)
    {}

    NetworkNode::~NetworkNode()
    {}

    void NetworkNode::addFromLink(NetworkLink *link)
    {
        fromLinks.push_back(link);
    }

//This function computes the new value based on the children nodes.
    void NetworkNode::computeNewValue()
    {
        if (!update)
        {
            newValue = value;
            return;
        }

        double tmpVal=0;

        for (int a=0;a<(int)fromLinks.size();a++)
        {
            tmpVal+=fromLinks[a]->getFromNode()->getValue() * fromLinks[a]->getWeight();
        }

#ifdef DEBUG_DO_NOT_USE_ALL_ZERO
        if (fabs(tmpVal)<1e-2)
        {
            newValue=0.0;
            return;
        }
#endif

        bool signedActivation=false;

        if (Globals::getSingleton()->hasSignedActivation())
        {
            signedActivation=true;
        }

#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
        cout << "Before: " << tmpVal;
#endif

        switch (activationFunction)
        {
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_SIGMOID:
            //newValue = fsigmoid(tmpVal,4.924273,2.4621365);

            //try my own sigmoid

            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Sigmoid> ";
#endif
                //signed sigmoid
                if (tmpVal<-2.9||tmpVal>2.9)
                {
                    newValue = ((1 / (1+exp(-tmpVal))) - 0.5)*2.0;
                }
                else
                {
                    newValue = signedSigmoidTable[int(tmpVal*1000.0)+3000];
                }
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Unsigned Sigmoid> ";
#endif
                //unsigned sigmoid
                if (tmpVal<-2.9||tmpVal>2.9)
                {
                    newValue = 1 / (1+exp(-tmpVal));
                }
                else
                {
                    newValue = unsignedSigmoidTable[int(tmpVal*1000.0)+3000];
                }
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_SIN:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Sin> ";
#endif
                newValue = sin(tmpVal);
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Unsigned Sin> ";
#endif
                newValue = (sin(tmpVal)+1)/2;
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_COS:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Cos> ";
#endif
                newValue = cos(tmpVal);
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Unsigned Cos> ";
#endif
                newValue = (cos(tmpVal)+1)/2;
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_GAUSSIAN:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Unsigned Gaussian> ";
#endif
                newValue = exp(-pow(tmpVal,2));
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Unsigned Gaussian> ";
#endif
                newValue = exp(-pow(tmpVal,2));
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_SQUARE:
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
            cout << " <Square> ";
#endif
            newValue = tmpVal*tmpVal;
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_ABS_ROOT:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Root> ";
#endif
                if (tmpVal<0.0)
                {
                    newValue = -sqrt(fabs(tmpVal));
                }
                else
                {
                    newValue = sqrt(fabs(tmpVal));
                }
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Absolute Root> ";
#endif
                newValue = sqrt(fabs(tmpVal));
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_LINEAR:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Linear> ";
#endif
                newValue = min(max(tmpVal,-3.0),3.0) / 3.0;
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Absolute Linear> ";
#endif
                newValue = ((min(max(tmpVal,-3.0),3.0) / 3.0) + 1) / 2.0;
            }
            break;
        case ACTIVATION_FUNCTION_ONES_COMPLIMENT:
            if (signedActivation)
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Signed Ones Compliment> ";
#endif
                newValue = min(1.0,max(-1.0,tmpVal/3.0));
                if (newValue>-0.1)
                {
                    newValue = max(0.0,newValue);
                    newValue = 1.0-newValue;
                }
                else
                {
                    newValue = (-1.0) - tmpVal;
                }
            }
            else
            {
#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
                cout << " <Absolute Ones Compliment> ";
#endif
                newValue = min(1.0,max(0.0,tmpVal/3.0));
                newValue = 1.0-newValue;
            }
            break;
        default:
            throw CREATE_LOCATEDEXCEPTION_INFO("Unknown activation function!!!");
            break;
        }

#if DEBUG_ACTIVATION_CALCULATION
        cout << " After: " << newValue << endl;
#endif

    }
}

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It's all in day's work, Susie! Like I've said before, I love finding and sharing these photos with all of you! I wonder if the lads ever kept scrapbooks of these photos!
I hope Bobby gets a good laugh when he looks at these photos.I'm sure a lot of these photos come as a surprise and a laugh to him as a lot of them were taken such a long time ago and have only come to light recently because of your good self,Vrinda .Keep up the good work,Queenie!!!!!!!!!
If Bobby does, it's all worth it! I wonder if he does log in here and see these. That would be so funny! Thanks, hon!


HealthDay News — Exposure to neuraminidase inhibitors during pregnancy is not associated with adverse neonatal outcomes or congenital malformations, according to a study published online February 28 in The BMJ.
Sophie Graner, MD, PhD, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the possible effects of exposure to neuraminidase inhibitors during embryo-fetal life. Data were included for 5,824 exposed women and their infants and 692,232 non-exposed women.
The researchers found that in utero exposure to neuraminidase inhibitors was not associated with elevated risks of low birth weight (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65 to 0.91), low Apgar score (aOR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.14), preterm birth (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.86 to 1.10), small-for-gestational-age birth (aOR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.87), stillbirth (aOR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.51 to 1.30), neonatal mortality (aOR, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.56 to 2.28), or neonatal morbidity (aOR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.86 to 1.00). During the first trimester, there was no increased risk of congenital malformations overall in association with maternal exposure (aOR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.77 to 1.48). In analysis restricted to oseltamivir alone, there were no significantly increased risks of any of the outcomes.
"The results support previously reported findings that the use of neuraminidase inhibitors is not associated with increased risks of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes," the authors write.


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 Honoré Dutrey (1894-1935), tromboniste américain de jazz et de dixieland ;
 Louis Dutrey (1894-1941), joueur français de rugby à XV.

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Tuesday, July 2. 2013
Posted by Radar in Wheel of Time Read-Through
View as PDF: This entry | This month | Full blog
These are without a doubt, the best chapters of the story we have read so far. They were fast paced, exciting, and entertaining. I remember telling Joey when I first listened to them that these felt like I was reading a D&D adventure. I felt part of it at every step of the process. And while it has been weird that Rand has barely played a part in the overall story, Jordan brings him in at the end with such power that I am blown away. This book compels me to want to read more of this series. Continued in-attempts to make sure spelling is correct. Chapters and summary below the fold.
Ch50 The Hammer
Everyone seems dejected and acts as though there is no hope (probably due to the dreams that Belial has been sending in to peoples heads). Loyal has been to Tir before? Perrin works the forge. He is rewarded for his efforts by the blacksmith with a hammer. There is a Forsaken in Tir. Moraine has learned how to do balefire in the last year. She plans to use it on Belial. Loyal has info on the forsaken. Belial is the 'net-weaver' (schemer) and plans to maybe take Calendore from Rand once he takes it.
Ch51 Bait for the Net
Spilled fish standing upright in a circle. How weird, Nineve gets mad at a butcher. The women are captured and Julin appears to be the one who betrayed them. Nineve still fights back. She swears like a sailor, but it's totally ok because it is nineve. The girls try to pretend that they were trying to trap the dark-friends.
Ch52 In Search of a Remedy
Tom is sicker and Matt takes him to a wise-woman. The elderly should not be out in the elements. Mother Guenna is going to Make Tom better. Matt's randomness luck holds and he finds out that the girls were here, but taken captive. He leaves Tom at her house. But how is he going to get in to the Stone?
Ch53 A Flow of Spirit
Continued working at the forge. They learn that Rand is in Tir. Amazing things are happening (both bad and good). Moraine tries to send them away. Faieile has been ensnared in a hedgehog-spirit ter-angrial trap meant for Moraine. It will actually work towards Moraine's good since they will think she is ensnared. Faiele 'sleeps' probably in TAR, trapped in a dream. Perrin hopes it will be like the wolf dreams. Loyal is to watch guard over the room and Perrin rushes in. Hopper is there and helps Perrin.
Ch54 Into the Stone
Matt climbs the walls of The Stone and meets Eyeel and Jewlyn at the top. The Eyeele leave them alone and leave. Matt uses his newly formed bomb/fireworks to great effect and wakes up the Stone. He and Joolin fight off defenders of the stone as well as High Lords, using Matt's blind luck at times. Igwayne comes to and uses her Ring to go to TAR and see what she can do. She finds Joya, attacks her and cuts her off from the Power. Perrin and Hopper search around for the real Faieel and have to beat several people.
Ch55 What is Written in the Profecy
Rand makes his way to Calendore and meets Belial. He tries to make him take the sword, but Rand does not. Moraine shows up and acts like a champion despite facing down one of the forsaken. To Belial's surprise she sends out balefire and destroys him. She tells him to take the sword and then is attacked and rendered inert. Rand faces down Baalzemon. Rand takes the sword. He teleports away to chase down Baalzemon. Igwayne goes searching for a way to free themselves via TAR. She finds Amiko and binds her with the power. You can only effect living things in TAR, not inanimate objects. Matt comes in to the prison and finds Amiko bound. He opens the door and gets verbally berated by the girls. Stupid ungrateful girls. He is chided for his language yet it's ok for nineve. Julin comes to face the girls and proves his innocence. Amiko tries to beg for forgiveness and gets a punch to the face by nineve. Matt is abused by the girls with the power. Perrin and Hopper continue to search for Faiele. He pounds down a bronze door. They find her and he risks everything to save her amidst falcons. He frees her and they are released from TAR. Rand is in TAR because we hear the gongs from Perrin's hammer. Baal uses balefire against him. He does other miraculous things to prevent his death. And then Baal dies… maybe, I don't know. Rand thinks that is the end battle. But it's not. Enemies stop fighting and kneel as Rand declares himself the Dragon Reborn.
Ch56 People of the Dragon
The Eyeel becomes Rand's bodyguards. There is a reunion. Moraine tells Nineve that Perrin's new girl is none of her business (great). Moraine then shows them one of the dark ones seals that is unbroken. Matt determines that everyone there are the People of the Dragon. Rooark shares some history about the Eyeel and shows the dragon on his arm that matches the dragon banner. The Dark One is not actually dead. No idea who it was that Rand actually fought. They think it might have been Ishamael. At least 9 of the 13 Foresaken are still live. Bearlain, first of Mayen, delivers a message from Lanfear. The girls don't like her, I assume because she is super pretty and acts with power and authority. Typical of people to not like those that are better.
As I read this chapter, my mind went to Atlas Shrugged and I felt so much that Perrin just like Hank Rearden, working his metal. It's nice to have that one thing that you can do to help refocus or reorient your bearings on. Loyal makes a comment that he has been to Tir before. I thought this was the first time he had been out in the world. Maybe I am wrong. Moraine is rude to loyal about his long-windedness, and that annoys me. I just like him so much that it bugs me when someone is rude to him. Why does Perrin have to choose between the hammer and the axe? Is he supposed to be choosing between being a wolf and being man? Or are we throwing one more thing in to the mix and he has to choose between what kind of man he wants to be. I liked it, but I just felt a bit confused with the whole thing. In the game Diablo 3 there is a boss called Belial and he is a schemer/liar as well. Is that a blatant ripe off of Jordan or does someone else claim the right of that character?
Joolins weapon is mead out of bamboo. Bamboo exists in this world. I guess that's kind of cool. Also, I guess it wouldn't be a chapter about Nineve without having to listen to her complain about something.
No real comment about this chapter other than I thought the guy doing the voice work did a great job of presenting this chapter.
I have no problems with Moraine ignoring Faieel and focusing on the forsaken. That is the most important thing right now. I've been hard on her in the past and will probably continue to do so in the future, but I totally back her on this. Perrin shows why he is one of my favorite characters in the story by jumping after her. He is a total hero type.
Super fun to listen to the story from Matt's perspective now that he isn't being a total punk. The voice of that character is just totally fun and I can't help but grin. Is Joya actually black skinned? Because the number of times that they referred to her as the "black sister" was a little conspicuous. And they didn't seem to refer to the other Black Adja members that way.
Moraine is awesome and shows that she has ice in her veins to face down a Forsaken like that. So amazing. I have no idea how Rand got in to the Stone. Maybe that was just Jordan continuing his mystique about Rand for this book; he was able to do it because he is the Dragon Reborn and is special. I can live with that. It makes me sick - instead of explaining what they just went through they decide to bully Matt with the power after he saved them. What happens to items hit with balefire in TAR? It should not be effected in the real world, right? The whole fight with baalzemon was confusing again. I really wish we had more info about what is going on with these fights. It's not interesting. It is just annoying.
I like that Moraine protects Perrin's privacy to the girls, who would just end up gossiping about it. The Ieel are really cool and I like them. Now that I understand their history more (from books 5 and 6) I can appreciate them so much more.
I loved the sections where Perrin worked as a blacksmith. I can totally appreciate getting lost in some hard work and just really enjoying the feeling. I think the deal with the hammer and axe is kind of a mirror of the wolf/man conflict, but not exactly the same. He has to fight constantly the urge to make the axe is first solution for problems he encounters. The amount of violence in the world is only increasing, so he is going to feel more and more comfortable swinging that axe around. The hammer is there to remind him of what he's fighting for: a normal life.
The term belial is a Hebrew adjective meaning "worthless" and is used in the Bible to denote people who have given themselves over to Satan. It's often interchangeable with demon.
Moiraine is brutally efficient sometimes, but I can't help loving her. Seeing her face down that Forsaken was freaking awesome. She has dedicated her life to making sure the Dragon Reborn is at the Last Battle and she'll do anything it takes to make it happen.
Rand got into the Stone by climbing the wall like the Aiel.
I agree that the endbook boss fights so far have been more confusing than satisfying. It seems like in later books we get a little more explanation of what's going on, but I get the feeling that Jordan is trying to impress on the reader that Rand is doing this all by instinct and he doesn't totally know what he's doing. When Rand starts to get a little more control on his powers and begins using conscious thought in his fights, we as readers will get a more clear perspective on what's happening.
I think the girls were embarrassed to have Mat rescue them, especially after all the rude things they've been saying about men in this book. And it's especially embarrassing for Mat to rescue them because a) he can't wield the One Power, b) they really look down on him and constantly underestimate him, c) they consider him uncouth and rude, and d) he berates them for punching Amiko without understanding why they felt justified in doing that. I could actually expand on that list quite a bit, but I think it hits the major themes. I'm not excusing them; I'm just saying that there's a reason for them behaving like jerks. Mat and these girls will continue to have conflicts. :)
#1 Curtis on 2013-07-03 08:36 (Reply)
I think it would be more honest if you were to start referring to "attempts at incorrect spelling" rather than "in-attempts at correct spelling".
#2 AoD on 2013-07-03 12:39 (Reply)
It's all phonetics to me. I spell it like it sounds.
#2.1 Radar on 2013-07-03 12:45 (Reply)
I would be more inclined to accept that argument if you weren't so inconsistent. e.g, Faieel vs. Faieile; Julin vs. Joolin (and yet never Jewlian).
#2.1.1 AoD on 2013-07-03 12:52 (Reply)
Not knowing the proper way to spell a name, has caused me to try a few variations to see which feel right to me. For example, I almost always write: Moraine, Nineve, and Igwayne.
And I did write Jewlyn.
#2.1.1.1 Radar on 2013-07-03 13:42 (Reply)
I like that he rarely settles on one spelling. He likes to try out different ways so spelling the exact same name, as if to say, "These names are dumb and I hate them."
#2.2 Curtis on 2013-07-08 13:03 (Reply)
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Sales and leasing of airplanes are in the spotlight. A guide to the complexities involved.
Kushan Mitra Last Updated: December 9, 2011 | 17:43 IST
Kingfisher Airlines, in deep trouble, is set to return two of its Airbus jets to Irish leasing company AerCap. A senior executive at one of Kingfisher's rival companies said more of Kingfisher's jets would be returning to the leasing companies that own them in coming days. In fact, Kingfisher owns just two aircraft out of its fleet of 65, shows data available with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The data further reveals that, with the sole exception of state-owned Air India, which owns all its planes, almost all the aircraft used by Indian airlines belong to leasing companies.
Welcome to the curious world of aircraft buying. Aircraft do not come cheap. The average list price for a brand new Airbus A320 in 2011 was $85 million. Boeing has the 737-800 listed for $84.4 million. These two 180-seater aircraft are the workhorses of airlines across the world. In India GoAir, Indigo, Kingfisher and the domestic flights of Air India all use the A320 extensively. Jet Airways and SpiceJet use the 737-800.
There are variants of these airplanes, the slightly smaller Airbus A319 being currently priced, on average, at $77.7 million, while the slightly larger Airbus A321 sells for $99.7 million. The same goes for comparable Boeing models.
However, almost no aircraft ever sells at its listed price. Airbus and Boeing negotiate hard for large orders and offer massive discounts to get them. Discounts range from 10 to 40 per cent depending on the type of aircraft ordered, delivery dates requested, the engines selected and the interior options specified. Thus, for example, while Indigo and Kingfisher have similar A320 aircraft running the same IAE V2500 engine, Kingfisher's planes would have cost more as they are outfitted with galleys and in some cases with seat-back personal TV screens.
Airlines pay, on average, only one per cent of the cost of the aircraft at the time when the deal to buy them is signed. At pre-determined timelines before the delivery date and during the lead-up to constructing a plane, they have to fork out small percentages of the cost to the manufacturer. A big tranche of up to 10 per cent usually has to be paid when the three-month long assembly process for a narrow-body jet commences.
Much of this financing is provided by banks, from which airlines usually take long-term loans at pre-negotiated rates. Often, if the manufacturer so requests, the Export-Import Bank of the country where the aircraft are being made - France or Germany in the case of Airbus and the United States in the case of Boeing - also finances part of the purchase at a favourable interest rate.
Enter the leasing companies. Aircraft leasing companies are often divisions of large banks. The UK-based Royal Bank of Scotland, or RBS, and the US-based Wells Fargo have large aircraft divisions. But such companies can be standalone entities as well, or divisions of large non-financial corporate firms. The world's two largest aircraft leasing companies are GECAS, part of the General Electric group, and International Lease Finance Corporation, or ILFC, part of insurance company AIG. (It is being spun off as an independent company.)
Often, leasing companies buy aircraft directly from Airbus and Boeing - at times for particular customers to whom they lease them once the aircraft are delivered. Indian airline companies, however, follow a different path. They buy most of their aircraft directly from the manufacturer, but before the aircraft are delivered, they also often conclude deals with leasing companies to sell them those aircraft. In times of financial difficulty, airlines in India have even sold their positions on the production line to leasing companies. Air Deccan did so to RBS, treating the delivery position as a fungible asset - though this is a development manufacturers privately admit they are not happy with.
"The deal with the leasing company is concluded before delivery," says the former boss of an Indian airline. "It hands us a cheque before the delivery. When we get the plane, we pay the manufacturer with that money. The manufacturer gives us the ownership papers and we in turn hand those over to the leasing companies."
Now comes the sleight of hand. An airline buys an aircraft for a certain pre-negotiated price, but often sells it to the leasing company at a higher price. Suppose an airline pays the manufacturer $50 million, it in turn may sell the plane to the leasing company for $60 million, netting the $10 million as profit. Not a single flight has been operated yet using the newly acquired aircraft, but it has already turned a profit for the airline. The airline then promptly leases the aircraft back from the leasing company, thus concluding a 'sale-leaseback' deal on the aircraft for a pre-determined period of time. This could be for just a year, but is usually for 10 years or so.
Again, airlines often do not buy aircraft engines from the aircraft manufacturer. They negotiate separate deals with engine manufacturers. (However, all aircraft prices quoted so far in the story include those of the engines in them.) Airlines can conclude 'per-hour' deals with engine companies, paying them for every hour an engine is used, rather than buy the engine outright. Engines are easily swapped around between aircraft, so the plane you fly next could well be using engines other than the ones it had when it was delivered. The engines could even be older than the aircraft.
But what is in it for the leasing companies? Why would they let airlines book profits at their expense? In fact, when an airline strikes a sale-leaseback deal, the profit the airline made is factored into the lease. If an airline company sells an aircraft to a leasing company at a relatively small profit, the monthly lease rental is lower. Book a higher profit during the sale and the airline pays a higher lease rental. The average lease rental on a brand new A320 or 737-800 ranges between $500,000-750,000 per month. Again leasing companies also offer 'per hour' deals for aircraft, as well aircraft on monthly rentals, the rental ranging between $2,500 to $3,000 with a minimum number of hours of use - between 200-250 hours every month - guaranteed. They also take a month's rental as deposit. While the airline takes care of routine maintenance, essential heavy maintenance is the leasing company's responsibility.
But the airline still benefits because it does not have to factor in a depreciating asset on its books. The lease payments become an operating expense. But with such an arrangement, managing costs becomes vital. When a leased aircraft flies between Delhi and Mumbai, for instance, a flight that in low-congestion conditions takes two hours, the lease fee for a fairly new A320 would be around $5,500. Assuming 90 per cent of the 180 seats on the A320 are filled and the average fare is Rs 5,000, or $100, the airline makes an estimated $16,000 from the flight (in some cases, it would earn a bit more from freight revenue). Be warned these are inexact numbers; but calculating average fuel-burn, an airline would spend around $4,000 on fuel to operate this flight.
There are other costs as well. Pilots are expensive, as are costs at Indian airports - navigation charges as well as other intangible costs. But an airline should still be able to make a fair operating profit on this particular flight of at least $5,000. However, fuel costs do not really go down for each less passenger carried, and competition means that the assumed average fare of Rs 5,000 could be off the mark. While lower fares mean a fuller plane, most other costs are fixed. If fares are raised, fewer passengers might board. The operating profits calculated above also do not include the costs of over the top marketing campaigns, or the losses incurred due to delays and diversions.
Thus buying aircraft and running an airline is not as simple as it seems, although it is not impossible to make money either.
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You've been working long hours and/or caring for children, temps outside are frigid, and your loved ones are under the weather. Nothing sounds better than hot chicken soup for dinner, but you want something healthy and fresh – not from a can. And a good, healthy chicken soup takes significant time and energy to make…Or does it?
Is Chicken Soup from Scratch Healthier than a Soup Made with Shortcuts?
I'll be the first to admit, the bone broth you get from simmering a whole chicken for a few hours is the ideal base for chicken soup. Bone broth is full of collagen, minerals, amino acids and other nutrients that help combat inflammation and seasonal bugs. But when you don't have two-plus hours to make a homemade chicken soup from scratch, store-bought chicken broth is just fine… Just be sure to buy actual broth, not bouillon cubes, powder or base (paste – which may contain artificial flavors like MSG), and choose organic broth – it's higher vibrational than broth made from conventionally-raised chickens.
As promised, this recipe is super easy and should save you about 1.5 hours of prep and cook time.
1-2 cups of carrots – shredded are easiest, you can also slice baby carrots into rounds, as I did in this recipe, or peel and slice whole carrots.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Peel and slice all veggies and set aside. Brush chicken on both sides with olive oil and place on a baking sheet – Sprinkle 2 tsp of Dipping Spice Blend (it has really turned out to be an all-purpose blend!). Toss the sweet potatoes in olive oil, spread out over another baking sheet, and sprinkle with Dipping Spice Blend. Bake both sheets in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
While chicken and sweet potatoes are baking, heat the broth, onions, carrots and optional veggies or herbs in a soup pan over medium high heat until it's about to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer veggies in broth for 15 minutes or so.
When the chicken and sweet potatoes are done (the sweet potatoes can be al denté, as they will continue to soften in the soup), slice them into bite sized pieces, and add to the soup. Season the soup to taste with Tuscan and / or Olive Oil Dipping Blends (I used both in this recipe). Continue to cook soup for another 5 to 10 min.
Place a large handful (about 1 to 1.5 cups) of spinach or kale into each bowl (I use kale in this chicken soup recipe), then ladle the soup over the greens until the broth covers them. Wait five min for the greens to wilt and the soup to cool enough to eat, then finish with a drizzle of cold-pressed olive oil. I used oregano flavored olive oil for my first bowl, and the next day when I reheated the soup, I tried a mix of garlic, spicy jalapeño, and basil flavored olive oils, which lent it a little Southeast Asian flavor. If in the mood for a very spicy chicken soup, habanero olive oil is a spot-hitter.
Serves 2-3. Enjoy (and feel better)!
Organic Chicken – It's a wonderful source of lean protein – one which contains all essential amino acids. Chicken is also is full of vitamins and minerals our bodies need. Coupled with the bone broth benefits mentioned above, it really brings a lot to the table nutrition-wise. Just be sure to go with organic chicken to avoid antibiotics, GMOs (in animal feed), and even (gulp!) arsenic –it's definitely a higher vibrational choice!
Onion – I can't praise onions enough – not only do they add savory flavor to any meal, but they're full of potent antioxidants like quercetin that help your body fight inflammation. I'm such a fan, I've been known to drink onions (like in this video)!
Carrots – Full of beta-carotene and vitamin C, carrots are another great source of antioxidants, not to mention a host of other essential vitamins and minerals, fiber too. This chicken soup recipe features organic multicolor baby carrots – purple, yellow, white and orange; though you get a wider spectrum of antioxidant nutrients from carrots of various colors, regular orange carrots are perfectly fine as far as health benefits go.
Sweet potato – Another terrific source of beta-carotene, sweet potatoes also contain a lot of antioxidant vitamin C, as well as various minerals, B-vitamins and fiber. As with other beta-carotene rich foods like carrots, it's best to consume sweet potatoes with a healthy fat like olive oil for so your body can better absorb the beta-carotene – hence, I drizzle olive oil on my bowl of soup as a finishing touch.
Spinach and Kale – Dark, leafy greens are packed with natural plant compounds called phytochemicals, many of which are antioxidants that help protect us against the ravages of aging. They're also a great source of vitamins, minerals and fiber your body needs, especially Vitamins K and A (from beta-carotene). You really can't go wrong with dark leafy greens, so I include them in my soups and dishes whenever possible – kale, in particular, as it's a cruciferous vegetable with sulforaphane, a powerful anti-cancer compound. Choose organic leafy greens when you can, to avoid vibration-lowering pesticides.
Olive oil – Not only will it help you absorb all the health-boosting nutrients like beta-carotene in this soup, olive oil also offers powerful compounds of its own – heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and antioxidant phenols. I also think it adds phenomenal flavor and texture to soup.
Garlic –Garlic is a powerful immune system booster – If you have the time and inclination to peel and chop fresh garlic, your body will thank you. And if you don't – adding cold-pressed garlic flavored olive oil will imbue your soup with savory and robust garlic flavor.


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Santa Clara county supervisors refuse to change sanctuary...
1of2Dozens of community members pack the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting as the officials consider possible amendments to the county's sanctuary policy.Photo: Tatiana Sanchez / The Chronicle
2of2Eduardo Arevalo-Carranza, 24, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, is accused of killing San Jose resident Bambi Larson.Photo: San Jose Police Department
Santa Clara County supervisors Tuesday refused to change a sanctuary policy that critics said allowed the county to release a violent felon, an undocumented immigrant who is accused of then breaking into a San Jose woman's home in February and killing her.
Instead, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously upheld the county's expansive sanctuary policy, saying that changing it could lead to racial profiling and problems with fair, consistent and accurate use of the policy. The board rejected a proposal to revise the policy to allow local law enforcement officials to hand over some undocumented immigrants to federal immigration authorities for deportation.
"We must separate issues of immigration status from administration of our criminal justice system and today's decision strengthens and clarified that separation," said Supervisor Susan Ellenberg in a statement. "Santa Clara County has long been a shining example of open and progressive thought, diversity and inclusion for the state of California and the nation."
The development was the latest in an emotional debate that emerged in a region known for its staunch support of immigrant rights.
The county's sanctuary policy allows the county to honor judicial warrants issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the arrest of a particular individual, officials said.
The debate was ignited by the slaying of San Jose resident Bambi Larson, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant with a lengthy criminal record. Carlos Eduardo Arevalo-Carranza, 24, who emigrated from El Salvador, faces murder charges in the stabbing death of Larson in her San Jose home in late February.
ICE had previously issued nine detainers for Arevalo-Carranza with jails in Los Angeles and Santa Clara County, where he served time for local crimes. But the detainers were all ignored by California law enforcement, allowing him to get back "onto our streets to re-offend," the agency said.
A detainer or "immigration hold" — which differs from a judicial warrant — is a written request by ICE to a local jail or law enforcement agency to detain an undocumented immigrant arrested on criminal charges for an additional 48 hours after his or her release. The intent is to give ICE time to arrest the individual and begin deportation proceedings, but some courts have deemed the tactic unconstitutional.
Many residents and local politicians had pressured the board to change its policy, which says police should not notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented immigrant is released from jail. The policy is similar to those in San Francisco and other counties in the Bay Area, as well as a number of cities and counties across the country. But it goes beyond California's sanctuary law, which allows law enforcement to report violent or serious criminals to ICE.
A proposal approved by the board in April, after several hours of public comment, gave county officials 60 days to work with law enforcement agencies and community leaders to craft policy amendments. Supervisors David Cortese and Mike Wasserman asked officials to consider how ICE would be notified of inmates convicted of violent felonies or other serious crimes, and would have sufficient time to obtain arrest warrants before a serious offender is released from jail.
The board's decision Tuesday frustrated Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, who had challenged supervisors to push forward a more robust policy that would allow law enforcement officials to report violent or serious offenders to ICE by sending basic release information.
"This is not an immigration issue, it is a safety issue," said Rosen. "If you are a dangerous criminal, undocumented or not, then we don't want you here anymore."
Supervisor Joe Simitian, like Rosen, said he fully supports the region's immigrant communities and doesn't believe in cooperating with ICE but that law enforcement should be able to report violent or serious criminals.
Joe White, a San Jose resident and business owner, told the board he favored loosening the sanctuary policy to give ICE more authority.
"I feel that there's a path to citizenship, and it's not being taken," said White, who said he lives a few miles from where Larson was slain in her home. "I feel that if the people are being turned over to ICE, they still have a right to go to trial and go from there. I don't think that we should not detain them."
But dozens of immigration advocates who spoke during two hours of public comment thanked the board for its decision.
Maricela Gutierrez, executive director of the immigrant rights organization, SIREN, commended the county for its "tremendous national leadership in protecting our immigrant community and recognizing the importance of due process."
Tatiana Sanchez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: tatiana.sanchez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @TatianaYSanchez.
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Tatiana Sanchez covers immigration and civil rights for The Chronicle. She got her start in journalism in the California desert, where she covered the marginalized immigrant communities of the eastern Coachella Valley for The Desert Sun. Previous stops also include the San Diego Union-Tribune and most recently, the Mercury News in San Jose. A Bay Area native, she received a master's in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University.
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Outflow from the largest US oil-specific exchange traded fund (USO) reached $1 billion in April-May, Bloomberg says. It is the largest outflow in six years and raises concerns over a further rebound in oil prices.
A total of $368.4 million has been withdrawn from the US Oil Fund this month, following $591.6 million in April, which was the biggest single-month outflow since April 2011, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Total assets are currently down from $3.25 billion since March, standing at $2.28 billion.
"The oil rebound has run out of gas and now you are seeing nervous investors with itchy trigger fingers bailing out of USO. They don't want to get burned by another drop in oil," Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas said.
Investors poured $2.86 billion into the USO in the six months ended March 31 as oil slumped and started to sell when crude turned to growth.They used the 30-percent rebound in oil prices as an opportunity to reap profits.
Oil rebounded from a six-year low in mid-March on speculations that the falling number of drilling rigs will reduce production and ease a supply glut. The number of active rigs in the US currently stands at 802, which is the lowest number since March 4, 2011.
US crude stockpiles that are close to the highest level in 85 years, along with OPEC's November refusal to cut production, will continue influencing oil prices, according to leading financial service providers Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup.
US production climbed to 9.57 million barrels a day last week, the most since 1983, according to Energy Information Administration data. Inventories were 479.4 million, up 86 million from the previous year.
OPEC, the group of 12 oil producing nations, has predicted in its long-term strategy report seen by Reuters that supply from non-OPEC countries will continue growing, mainly due to North American shale.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting in Vienna on June 5 to discuss output policies. In November, the OPEC oil cartel decided to keep production high and provide no relief to the supply glut, aiming to gain its market share.
WTI futures for July were up 65 cents at $58.33 a barrel by 15:10 MSK on Friday. Brent rose 63 cents to $63.21.


The Israeli customs directorate published their working schedule during the coming 2016 Jewish Passover holiday.
The Passover 2016 holiday begins in the evening of Friday, April 22nd and ends in the evening of Saturday, April 30th.
On 22nd April 2016, Customs at Ashdod, Haifa, and Tel Aviv main postal office will be closed.
Customs at Ben Gurion International Airport will be working from 08:00 until 12:00.
Cargo operations at Border crossings: Jordan River Border Terminal (Sheik Hussein border crossing) Allenby Bridge border crossing, Yitzhak Rabin Border Terminal (Arava Terminal), Nitzana Border Crossing (From Egypt), will be closed.
Customs at Ashdod, Haifa, Ben Gurion International Airport will be working from 08:00 until 13:00.
Tuesday 26th April 2016 - Customs at Ashdod and Haifa will clear personal effects import.
Thursday 28th April 2016 - Customs at Ashdod, Haifa and Tel Aviv main postal office, will be working from 08:00 until 11:00.
Customs at Ben Gurion International Airport, will be working from 08:00 until 12:00.
Customs export departments at customs field offices, at Ashdod, Haifa, Ben Gurion International Airport, will be operating as above. No second shift will be available for customs export services.
During the intermediate days of the holiday, the automated customs clearance system (Customs data management system) will be operating regularly during customs hours. However, in cases where imported goods are directed for more extensive customs processes, the examination will be postponed. Customs will only handle those goods which are subject to: direct delivery, animals, medicines, dangerous and radioactive cargo and raw materials for industry.


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There has been an outpouring of concern and remembrance for the late Teena Marie since it was confirmed that she died in her home on December 26th. The community of entertainers has been very vocal on social networks like Twitter, sharing their favorite songs and thoughts about the singer and songwriter.
"She was an amazing work of art," said The Roots' Questlove. " Most believed [Rick] James produced all her records. Truth is she produced these on her own…the mark of a true artist is when their album cuts get more love than the hits. Marie's magic was defined by her album cuts."
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Bob Spear created the nonprofit Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington so he could bring his passion for nature to the public through his woodcarving and gift for teaching.
Bob Spear is proof it's possible to live your passion. He's done so for most of his 87 years with no intention of slowing down or changing course.
Spear's passion melds a love of nature, and the birding world in particular, with an extraordinary talent for woodcarving and gift for teaching. This native Vermonter and naturalist shares his vast knowledge and incredible carvings with countless students of all ages through the Birds of Vermont Museum he founded in Huntington.
This gem is just up the road from the Green Mountain Audubon Center, which, incidentally, Spear also had a hand in creating. The only teaching facility in New England that uses wood carvings as an educational tool, the nonprofit museum's mission is to educate visitors about the environment through the study of birds and their habitats.
A place that must be seen to be truly appreciated, the museum features more than 470 of Spear's wood carvings of Vermont's nesting species, North America's endangered and extinct species and a display of tropical birds.
Open May through October, Birds of Vermont's offerings include bird monitoring walks, presentations and educational talks, some conducted jointly with the Audubon Center. School visits are always welcome, and vacation sessions feature soap-carving classes. Becky Cozzens, a kindergarten teacher at the local Brewster Pierce School, has made annual pilgrimages with her students since the museum opened. "It's very exciting for the kids, and they love meeting Bob," she says.
Birds of Vermont offers bird monitoring walks, presentations and educational talks, some conducted jointly with the Audubon Center. Ingrid Brown (left) is the museum's curator, and Erin Talmage is the director.
In the spring of 2004, the museum and center's combined properties were designated an Important Bird Area, part of an Audubon program to provide critical habitat for birds.
Spear's father was a dairy farmer in Colchester. His mother was a teacher, but schools in Vermont were not allowed to hire married women, and the farm didn't provide enough income for the family, says Brown.
The family moved to a farm in Massachusetts, and his mother taught in a one-room school house with Spear as one of her pupils.
In 1962 he founded Vermont's first chapter of the National Audubon Society. After retiring from GE in 1972, he was instrumental in establishing the Green Mountain Audubon Center, where he spent seven years as director. Having often visited schools to share his birding knowledge, Spear had a collection of carvings he used for teaching. Leaving Audubon, he tried to give them away as a group. When nobody stepped forward to take them, Spear decided to start his own museum.
"I needed a place for all the carvings," he says. "I looked for an existing building but couldn't find the right thing." He settled on a concrete-block building on Sherman Hollow Road land owned by his longtime partner Gale Lawrence, a well-known naturalist and author with whom he still lives.
Lawrence donated the property to the museum. After building an addition and constructing the display areas, Spear opened Birds of Vermont in 1987.
A gentle, unassuming man who clearly loves his work, Spear has produced every aspect of the museum's pieces — from choosing the birds to carve and creating each specimen's habitat to building the display pieces and designing the lighting.
Even self-proclaimed non-birders are taken by Spear's considerable skill and the extent of the museum's collection, which is, as Brown jokes, "one man's retirement project!" The pieces are biologically correct and so detailed it's hard to believe they're not real.
"Bob strives to make his carvings as true to life as possible," says Brown.
Bob Spear works on his largest carving yet, a wild turkey he started last May. He has already dedicated 440 hours to the work.
A typical small carving may require 40 hours or so to finish, but some of the more intricate specimens, such as a magnificent bald eagle replica, take upwards of 400 hours. Working on a turkey he started last May, Spear plans to eventually carve some 50 more birds and 100 Vermont butterflies.
Spear's tireless energy is even more remarkable considering, as Brown points out, "He's not carving multiples of the same bird. Since every bird is different, it's a new challenge." Nesting pair displays contain female and male specimens, their eggs (wooden), and nests (real, whenever possible).
This woodcarving legacy is continuing. Spear works closely with the Green Mountain Woodcarvers. He hosted a "carve-in" class last fall. Brown, a former art major and recently elected president of the Woodcarvers, has been carving with Spear for many years as his apprentice and named successor.
Birds of Vermont has benefited from Spear's creative right brain/practical left brain balance in many ways beyond his carving. Heat produced by the original fluorescent lights was beginning to cause some carvings' paint colors to fade, so Spear recently updated the museum's lighting by designing and installing a fiber-optic system to illuminate the exhibits.
"Fiber optics are more like sunlight and show truer color," he explains. "There's no heat, so there's no damage." Future plans call for mechanical upgrades to control humidity, thereby preventing carvings from fading and cracking; installing corresponding audio bird calls; and building an addition for activities and exhibit expansion.
Since exhibits reflect Vermont's bird population, they're continually updated to mirror habitat variations affecting them. Changes within our borders such as fewer farms, increased population, development and larger forests, combined with issues of temperature fluctuations and tropical forest reduction, mean there's a different mix of birds visiting Vermont these days.
The Birds of Vermont Museum features more than 470 wood carvings of Vermont's nesting species and North America's endangered and extinct species.
Spear's dedication and outreach in emphasizing the importance of birds in our ecosystem have been widely acknowledged. Last year he received the Governor's Heritage Award for Traditional Arts, adding to an already long list of accolades recognizing his numerous contributions.
It's clear Spear's desire is to encourage would-be and confirmed nature lovers alike to develop their own connection with the world around them.


Do you know someone transitioning?
Producers RDF Television are on the look-out for Somerset-based transgenders to star in a new television show to be aired on Channel 4.
The makers of Secret Life of 4 Year Olds and Inside the National Trust are reaching out to the Somerset transgender community in the hope of finding participants for a brand new documentary series.
The series, as yet untitled, will follow several transgender individuals as they transition over the course of two to three years.
A spokesperson said: "No other series has attempted to show the transitioning process as fully as this, making it a unique and exciting project to be involved in.
"We're currently looking for transgender individuals from all over the UK to take part and are currently looking in Somerset.
"The series hopes to follow a number of transgender individuals, across various aspects of their lives to hear about their unique experience.
Anybody interested should call casting producer Lynsey Kent on 0207 013 4275.


MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A Miami-Dade County woman has been reunited with her missing dog after a microchip mix-up.
Tuesday was a happy reunion for Genevieve Pardo and her Chihuahua mix, Ellie, who had been missing since June 3, when the dog ran out of a front door that was accidentally cracked open.
The southwest Miami-Dade County woman believed that joyous moment would have happened nearly a week ago, when she got an email from Ellie's microchip company, Home Again.
"We have great news," the email read. "We have just received a call from Dream Lake Animal Hospital letting us know they took in a pet with Ellie's microchip number."
But when Pardo got in touch with the animal hospital, she learned Ellie was missing again.
Dr. Sergio Vega said he scanned Ellie for a microchip, but the phone number he tried calling was incorrect, so he allowed the good Samaritan who brought in the dog to leave with her.
"So you didn't take down this woman's name or number or anything that came in with the dog?" Local 10 News reporter Erica Rakow questioned.
"No. We don't have to do that," Vega replied.
Pardo came to Local 10 for help to track down Ellie once again. The woman who brought the dog in to get scanned saw the news report and contacted Local 10.
One day later, Ellie was back with her family.
"It feels like Christmas," Pardo said. "It feels like a miracle, amazing. I just feel like screaming at the top of my lungs."


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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement.
Nigeria is one of Africa's two largest economies, the other being South Africa. Buhari's government had refused to join a continental free-trade zone established in March, on the grounds that it wishes to defend its own businesses and industry.
The administration later said it wanted more time to consult business leaders.
"In trying to guarantee employment, goods and services in our country, we have to be careful with agreements that will compete, maybe successfully, against our upcoming industries," Buhari on Wednesday told a news conference during a visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Earlier Ramaphosa told a business conference in Abuja that South Africa saw huge benefits from the continental free trade deal and that a draft agreement relating to the movement of people was being reviewed.
In his first visit to Nigeria since becoming South Africa's president in February, Ramaphosa said he was seeking greater collaboration between the two countries.
He condemned xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa, including Nigerians, against a backdrop of economic hardship and soaring unemployment.
"This is a working visit to come to Nigeria and I've made it a specific issue that I want relations with Nigeria to improve exponentially," Ramaphosa told the conference.
Nigeria and South Africa have the two largest economies in Africa. Along with Angola, they make up about three-fifths of sub-Saharan Africa's annual economic output.
Both countries have been hit hard in recent years by low commodity prices that slowed growth, cut government revenues and weakened their currencies. But each has emerged from recession, largely because of a rebound in commodity prices.
The growth of the two economies played a large part in the World Bank's forecast that sub-Saharan Africa's economy will grow by 3.1 percent this year, up from 2.6 percent in 2017.
The continental free-trade zone, which encompasses 1.2 billion people, was initially joined by 44 countries in March. South Africa signed up earlier this month. Six countries, including Nigeria, are yet to sign the agreement.
Economists point to the continent's low level of intra-regional trade as one of the reasons for Africa's enduring poverty and lack of a strong manufacturing base.
African Union officials said countries that have signed the agreement will need to submit a schedule of tariffs by December, adding that they expect intra-African trade to double over the next four years once tariffs are reduced.


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Hi, I took the Saturday Sabbath Observer test this morning, and I have a question. On every test, you can get a different amount wrong and still obtain a certain score, depending on the "difficulty" of the test. I assume this "difficulty" is calculated based on how many people get how many right – as, it is a curve.
I understand that Sabbath *percentiles* are calculated compared to the general population, but are our numerical scores curved only against Sabbath observers? I'm asking because I know that men who sit in yeshiva sharpen their brains in a way that gears them for this test. I suspect that the Sabbath observers test higher on average than the general population, and I worry about competing with them versus the general population when it comes to a curve.
In other words, might I get a lower score simply because I am competing against a possibly sharper group? Like, I would have gotten a 170 if I took the "regular" exam, but might get a 165 because of who I am testing with?
Are my fears founded or unfounded?
Thank you so much, I feel much better.
It's going to be a loooong three weeks waiting for the results!
Can you be more specific on what these "difficult factors that were present" were?
Oh okay i see! Thank you for the reply! One more question: are all Saturday observer exams nondisclosed?