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Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: Main Street Capital, Bain Capital Specialty Finance and Newtek Business Services
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November 18, 2021, 7:07 AM ·11 min read
Chicago, IL – November 18, 2021 – Today, Zacks Equity Research discusses SBIC and Commercial Finance, including Main Street Capital Corporation MAIN, Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. BCSF and Newtek Business Services Corp. NEWT.
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The Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry is bearing the brunt of a low interest rate environment and subsequent rise in prepayments. These are likely to continue hurting the industry players' profitability to some extent.
However, regulatory changes and robust economic growth are expected to aid the industry in the coming days. Stimulus packages have supported the firms in which these companies invest, thereby aiding credit quality. Hence, a few industry players like Main Street Capital, Bain Capital Specialty Finance and Newtek Business Services are likely to benefit from these favorable developments.
The Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry comprises companies that provide finance to small and mid-sized privately-held developing firms. These firms are typically underserved by traditional banks and other lenders.
Additionally, firms suffering from financial distress are the primary target clients of these lenders. The industry players provide customized financing solutions ranging from senior-debt instruments to equity capital.
This financing is provided for change of ownership transactions, strategic buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth initiatives in partnership with business owners, management teams as well as financial sponsors, among others. Some of the other products offered by the industry participants are mezzanine loans that typically pay high-interest rates and could be converted into equity in the target firm.
3 Key Factors Shaping the Future of SBIC & Commercial Finance Industry
Solid Asset Quality a Tailwind: Following the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent halt in business activities last year, the majority of sectors wherein SBIC & Commercial Finance companies provide loans were hit hard. This raised fears of a deterioration of asset quality for industry players.
Yet support from administration in the form of stimulus packages, extensive vaccination drives, and re-opening of businesses continue to support solid economic growth. Thus, these are likely to prevent a substantial rise in delinquency rates for the industry players.
Regulatory Changes Offer Support: In 2018, an amendment to the Investment Company Act of 1940 by the Small Business Credit Availability Act eased the leverage limits for such companies, allowing them to increase their debt-to-equity leverage to 2:1 from 1:1.
This helped these companies to reduce portfolio risk by investing in higher capital structures without foregoing current returns. In other words, the act provided extra funding flexibility to these companies and will continue offering more growth opportunities.
Low Rates Weigh on Performance: The Federal Reserve slashed the interest rates to near-zero in March 2020 to support the U.S. economy from the COVID-19-induced slowdown. This has, thus, resulted in reduced total investment income, and is likely to keep hurting SBIC & Commercial Finance stocks' top-line growth.
A spike in prepayments and refinancing is also expected to hamper profitability to some extent. In fact, in the FOMC meeting earlier this month, the central bank signaled no hike in rates in the near term.
Zacks Industry Rank Indicates Bright Prospects
The Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry is a 34-stock group within the broader Zacks Finance sector. The industry currently carries a Zacks Industry Rank #101, which places it at the top 40% of more than 250 Zacks industries.
The group's Zacks Industry Rank, which is basically the average of the Zacks Rank of all the member stocks, indicates underperformance in the near term. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
The industry's positioning in the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries is a result of encouraging earnings outlook for the constituent companies in aggregate. Looking at the aggregate earnings estimate revisions, it appears that analysts are gradually gaining confidence in this group's bottom-line growth potential. Over the past year, the industry's earnings estimates for the current year have been revised 12.8% upward.
Therefore, we are presenting a few stocks that are well-positioned to outperform the market based on a strong earnings outlook. Before that, let's check out the industry's recent stock market performance and valuation picture.
Industry Outperforms Sector and S&P 500
The Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry has outperformed both the S&P 500 composite and its own sector over the past year.
While the stocks in this industry have collectively gained 35.4% over this period, the Zacks S&P 500 composite and Zacks Finance sector have rallied 32.5% and 31.4%, respectively.
Industry's Current Valuation
One might get a good sense of the industry's relative valuation by looking at its price-to-tangible book ratio (P/TBV), which is commonly used for valuing loan providers because of large variations in their earnings results from one quarter to the next.
The industry currently has a trailing 12-month P/TB of 0.88X. A highest level of 1.10X, lowest of 0.41X, and a median of 0.96X have been recorded by the industry over the past five years. Also, the industry is trading at a significant discount compared with the market at large, as is evident from the trailing 12-month P/TB for the S&P 500 composite of 17.31X.
As finance stocks typically have a low P/TB ratio, comparing SBIC & commercial loan providers with the S&P 500 may not make sense to many investors. But a comparison of the group's P/TB ratio with that of its broader sector ensures that the group is trading at a decent discount. The Zacks Finance sector's trailing 12-month P/TB of 4.20X is way above the Zacks SBIC & Commercial Finance industry's ratio.
3 SBIC & Commercial Finance Stocks to Invest In
Main Street Capital: This Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) private equity firm specializes in providing equity capital to lower middle-market (LMM) companies. Main Street Capital also offers debt capital to middle-market companies. Based in Houston, TX, MAIN invests in lower middle market companies that generate annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million.
As of Sep 30, 2021, Main Street Capital had total investments (fair value) of $2.76 billion, which consisted of investments in LMM portfolio, middle-market portfolio, and private loan portfolio. As of the same date, MAIN's net asset value (NAV) was $24.27 per share.
At the end of the September quarter, Main Street Capital had total liquidity of $714.6 million, which included $59.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, and $655.0 million of unused capacity under its revolving credit facility. As of Sep 30, 2021, MAIN had total debt worth $1.27 billion consisting of debentures and senior notes.
Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street Capital has regularly raised its monthly dividends. In sync with this, earlier this month, MAIN announced a monthly cash dividend of 21.5 cents per share for January, February, and March 2022 each, aggregating to 64.5 cents per share to be paid in the first quarter of 2022. This represents a 2.4% hike from the monthly dividends paid for the fourth quarter of 2021 and a 4.9% rise from the monthly dividends paid for the first quarter of 2021.
Main Street Capital has a market cap of $3.2 billion. So far this year, MAIN stock has gained 42.7%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings has been revised 4.9% upward to $2.57 for 2021 and 2.7% north to $2.62 for 2022 over the past 30 days.
Bain Capital: Headquartered in Boston, MA, Bain Capital is a specialty finance company that primarily invests in middle-market companies (firms having annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the range of $10-$150 million). This Zacks Rank #2 company is managed by BCSF Advisors, LP, an SEC-registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of Bain Capital Credit, LP.
As of Sep 30, 2021, Bain Capital had total investments (fair value) of $2.4 billion, which consisted of investments in 105 portfolio companies operating in 29 industries. As of the same date, BCSF's asset coverage was 181% and NAV was $17.03 per share.
For the nine months ended Sep 30, 2021, Bain Capital had invested $891.3 million, including Payment-in-kind (PIK), in 63 portfolio companies. Moreover, BCSF had total debt worth $1.36 billion as of Sep 30, 2021, with no maturities till 2022-end.
Shares of Bain Capital, which has a market cap of $996.8 billion, have rallied 27.2% in the year-to-date period. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2021 earnings has remained unchanged at $1.36 while for 2022 it has been revised nearly 1% upward to $1.38 over the past 30 days.
Newtek Business: Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, the company provides a wide range of business and financial solutions to the small-and-medium sized business market under the Newtek brand.
As of Sep 30, 2021, Newtek Business had total investments (fair value) worth $712.5 million and NAV of $16.23 per share. Also, NEWT projects 2021 net investment income (NII) to be 80 cents per share and adjusted NII to be $3.40 per share.
In March 2021, the company revealed plans to announce a dividend in the range of $3.00-$3.30 per share this year. Newtek Business has already paid out a dividend of $2.10 per share in the first three quarters of 2021.
Also, NEWT has announced a fourth-quarter cash dividend of $1.05 per share, which will be paid on Dec 30. With the payment of the fourth quarter dividend, the company will have paid $3.15 per share in dividends in 2021, marking a 53.7% jump over dividends paid last year. Thus, this makes Newtek Business stock an attractive pick for investors.
In August, Newtek Business inked a deal to acquire National Bank of New York City, a nationally chartered bank. The acquisition is part of a plan to reposition NEWT as a bank holding company, and is still subject to certain regulatory and shareholder approvals.
Newtek Business has a market cap of $686.7 million. Shares of this Zacks Rank #1 company have surged 54.5% so far this year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2021 earnings has moved 1.8% north to $3.42 over the past 30 days. Likewise, the same for 2022 has been revised 21.1% upward to $2.81 over the past month.
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People often get confused about what emotions are. They may take feelings too seriously, believing that they are instructions or inescapable facts. They may try to control their emotions, by clinging to them or trying to push them away. But all these things just make feelings hard to cope with.
If you truly understand what emotions are, they can never hurt or worry you too deeply. Stop giving your feelings more power than they really have, by understanding what an emotion is, and what it is not.
An Emotion Is...
Not Real
An emotion is never the 'truth' of the matter. A feeling is not reality. All an emotion is is your perception of a situation. This doesn't mean that it's not important and you can just ignore how you feel, but it does mean that you should step back from your feelings sometimes, and know that they are your own response, not the reality. If you do feel a certain way, what different perception could you have that would make you feel differently too? What are the other sides of the story?
Not an Instruction To Act
So many people feel in thrall to their emotions, as if a feeling can make them behave a certain way. Emotions can be powerful, but they can't move our arms and legs for us, nor open our mouths. We should allow our emotions to inform us, rather than thinking they compel us to take a certain action. True wisdom lies in looking at your emotions rather than reacting mindlessly to them.
Emotions all serve a purpose and that's to convey information to us. They can alert us, warn us, teach us and tell us what to pay attention to. Fear, for example, is a hint that you might need to protect yourself. Anger might be a sign that someone has crossed your boundaries. If you listen to the information, figure out why it's there, and really acknowledge it deep inside, taking sensible action if you need to, to ensure things turn out for the best, the feeling will often pass.
Not Yours
It's helpful to know that emotions are shared by everybody – they are never yours alone. Feelings are part of the human condition, and right now, someone else in the world is probably feeling exactly as you do. At any given moment, we may share in the feelings that belong to human beings and connect with a particular one – but we didn't invent them, we don't own them, and they are never ours to keep. Remembering that can help when you're feeling a difficult emotion. An emotion is not you ‒ it's just something you're experiencing at a particular moment in time.
Emotions come and go and they never last for that long. If you're stuck in sorrow, anger or grief, remember that it's actually difficult to sustain an emotion for any length of time. You may feel like you're sad or grieving for days on end, but if you actually look at the reality, you'll notice you probably stop for lunch, when you go for a walk, when you talk to a friend, or when you do the dishes. And you probably don't feel now, exactly like you did yesterday or last week. Emotions come and go ‒ let them pass, and they will.

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My Inner Nurturer knows I always deserve respect and love. She helps me trust my perceptions rather than taking a vote from the people around me. She replaces "should" with "could" every time I hear it. She is deeply, unhesitatingly compassionate about my pain.
My Inner Critic has a lot to say on the subject of Inner Nurturers. "Silly. Self-indulgent. Dangerous. What will other people think?" My shoulders hunch defensively toward my ears.
My Inner Nurturer helps me breathe through my defensive reaction and observe the criticism without letting it knock me off course. When I connect with being 100% on my own side, I feel settled and calm at my core, even during emotional storms.
Your Inner Nurturer may have a different name. Robyn Posin calls hers Mommy Inside. In her book The Obsidian Mirror, Louise Wisechild calls hers Carrie. Yours might be your Inner Ally, Inner Healer, or any other name you choose.
Inner Nurturers are solidly convinced that you're doing it right, whatever "it" is. They know that you're doing your absolute best with the resources and information available to you, and if you could do better, you would. When your back is to the wall, they open a door into sanctuary.
Your Inner Nurturer contains your self-trust and confidence about your place in the world. Our right to be here can't be proven, only assumed, and Inner Nurturers confidently assume it.
Some people's Inner Nurturers develop by internalizing the consistent, loving care they receive in childhood. Others receive abusive or neglectful parenting and develop an Inner Nurturer later as part of healing. Both as children and as adults, our Inner Nurturers gleefully adopt accepting language whenever we hear it.
A friend told me once, "Don't go to the hardware store for milk." It hadn't occurred to me before that maybe no one is at fault when there is a mismatch between a situation and my expectations, just as there is nothing wrong with wanting milk, nor with a hardware store for not stocking it. Now my Inner Nurturer reminds me when I forget.
In addition to absorbing non-judgmental ideas wherever you find them, you can develop your Inner Nurturer through practice.
Meditation builds the nurturing skills of noticing reactions and accepting what is.
Supportive voices on your internal committee create more room for your Inner Nurturer to emerge.
Your sensitivities encourage you to honor your own preferences.
When you notice self-doubt, see how it would feel to support yourself 100%. What would you do differently if you trusted yourself?
If you're thinking that you "should" be more on your own side, and that if you were just more healed this would be easier, and that your own quiet (or loud) Inner Nurturer doesn't measure up, you're hearing your Inner Critic's voice instead. Inner Critics worry about the power and vulnerability of being 100% on our own side, and do their best to protect us from it with their usual tools.
Notice your responses to your Inner Critic's concerns. Do you shrink away, argue, tense up? Listen for your Inner Nurturer's voice in your responses. What would someone say if they had your back? Your Inner Nurturer is right there in that knowledge of your inner truth.
When a tiny voice inside says, "I want… (something wildly new and different)," or "I don't want… (something you've tolerated for years)," your Inner Nurturer celebrates the information about your boundaries. When your intuition and your feelings react strongly but "unreasonably", your Inner Nurturer knows there is always a good reason.
Being 100% on our own side gives us a solid place to stand when someone tries to sway us with manipulation. Best of all, it interrupts the vicious cycle of self-doubt and self-justification with the sweet relief of self-trust.
Robyn Posin writes personally and insightfully about how she developed her Mommy Inside.


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How could he let this happen? He was so careful, what could he have possibly missed?
'I saw you.' Those 3 words ring in his head. The dial tone pounds echoes as the mystery caller hangs up.
He drops the phone. It lurches uselessly, hanging in the air by its bungie cord connection.
He can still hear it. The dial tone is still roaring through the house, deafening him. He can't concentrate like this.
He lifts the phone and roughly slams it against the base unit. Bakelite cracks and the table shudders. He stills hears that damned tone.
He starts pacing back and forth across the living room. Skirting the sofas, he switches off the new plasma and plunges the room into dusklight.
Could he have meant something else? He wonders to himself how could they possibly know? He was so sure.
His mind flashes back. The living room fades as he returns to that day, 2 months ago, in his office.
Three steel desks to his left. The round meeting table across the way, and a printer behind him. No-one is around. No-one is watching. Now's his chance. He grabs the misplaced document folder from the IT manager's chair. She's out at lunch, it'll be back before she returns. He marches in quickstep to Julie's chair. She's sick today, but he overheard Todd say that he'd signed her in at her request; she can't afford any more leave.
Card by card, he travels through the office accounts. Thousand by thousand, and then by the million, savings, grants, and allowances are transferred. In the space of a lunchbreak, this little company that grew too fast has been cleaned of almost every penny.
He rushes back to the manager's desk and leaves the folder there, leaving a single discarded card under Julie's desk.
He takes off his gloves, and heads back to work. He uses the office CCTV control system to move the blindspots back to their usual positions and checks that, as he planned, he isn't in a single shot. By what the cameras picked up, he hasn't moved from his desk.
Did someone see him? Did he accidentally touch something he shouldn't while bare-handed?
His reverie is broken by the phone ringing once again. Sweat pours from his forehead as he approaches the device. With as much courage as he can muster he overcomes his apprehension and lifts the phone.
£10,000? That's it? He expected so much worse! He chuckles, and spends the afternoon buying and filling a suitcase as requested.
At the time stated, he travels to the park. He sees a small lunch trolley, out of place in the small field with a pond. There's at least 30 briefcases all stacked neatly on the trolley. He places his atop the pile, and walks away, praying this is the end of it.
Somewhere across town, an automatic dialler increments by one and calls another number.


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Stranded with Curt Weiss
Posted on February 6, 2019 May 20, 2020 by Tobe Damit
On top: Author Curt Weiss by ©Ernie Sapiro
Stranded in the Jungle; Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride
Q & A with Curt Weiss
by Tobe Damit
I have read Curt Weiss's biography of the master drummer Jerry Nolan, Stranded in the Jungle, at least seven times. Meanwhile I've only been able to read several related books once. This book has everything a good rock bio needs, including a good discography and index. Most importantly the book never stops coming at you. Nolan is primarily known for his role in the New York Dolls. He replaced the band's first drummer, who died tragically during their initial visit to London in 1972. Nolan stayed with band to the end in 1975. Before and after the Dolls he played in numerous other always colorful bands. His time in the Heartbreakers playing at Max's is every bit as interesting as his time in the Dolls. Above all, nothing will stop this writer from writing his book, even if it takes ten years.
Jerry Nolan is an attractive character because, despite the heroin addiction with limited his career until the day he died, Jerry remained true to his calling. He was the best drummer on the New York punk scene, but it is his lifelong commitment to the essence of rock n roll that distinguishes him today. Stranded in the Jungle brings Jerry Nolan to life again. Reading the book I feel as if I know him and respect him despite his many often horrific faults. In fact, I only met him once. In 1991, shortly after his cover story in the Voice alerted all of us to his new story telling voice, I approached him at a party. I introduced myself and told him I'd like to discuss writing his autobiography. He looked terrific, but seemed overwhelmed as if too much was coming at him too suddenly. He needed time and space to reflect. Alas, there was little time left. I'm touched to see my name mentioned as a potential biographer. However I do not think I could have written as good a book as Curt Weiss has given us. Biography is a vital art form for all of us alive to the possibilities of discovering how the deeper motivations and actions of our artists influence the development of our way of life. Weiss is the kind of biographer a rock star deserves. Anybody he choses to write about should be thankful and encourage him. Curt Weiss is the real thing. He's just as committed to his calling as his subject Jerry Nolan, except that he isn't stranded. He's made it out of the jungle.
Curt Weiss is a biographer to watch.
– Author VICTOR BOCKRIS, February 5th, 2019
To read my review of Stranded in the Jungle; Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride, just click HERE
Dolls "reunion" at Gem Spa, left to right, Johnny Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane, David Johansen, August 1977© Roberta Bayley
Tobe Damit: Do you feel that The Dolls role in the history of punk rock has been downplayed?
Curt Weiss: I do. Less by the musicians than by the fans. So many members of the original, first wave of punk bands, like Walter Lure, Steve Jones, Chris Stein, Richard Hell, Mick Jones, Brian James, Dee Dee Ramone, they understood it. The simplicity of the chord structures, the pre-Beatles references, the street consciousness, the focus on emotions and youth as opposed to technical abilities and experience, the Dolls had that in spades and the new bands picked up on it. They may have had long hair but they also used clothing to provoke and outrage: leather jackets, Nazi armbands, fetish wear, women's clothing, etc. The people who didn't quite pick up on it were the public. I quote Eileen Polk in the book talking about how after the Sid & Nancy tragedy, people would scream out in the street, "Hey Punk! Go back to England!" That drove Jerry crazy, because he knew how much Malcolm McLaren took from the Dolls and the NY scene to put together the Pistols. There were many things that influenced the CBGB Punk scene. The Velvets, especially Lou Reed, are often rightly mentioned, but the Dolls were probably the greatest catalyst of the scene that formed around CBGB in '74 which spawned Television, Blondie, the Ramones & Talking Heads. But I also remember PBS's "History of Rock and Roll" series from 1995. It had ten episodes, and during the one on Punk there was no mention of the Dolls. That kind of stuff drove me nuts so I had a sense of what Jerry must have felt, although he felt it a hundred times worse than I ever could.
Tobe Damit: Is that what prompted you to write this book?
Curt Weiss: It started as less specific than that. I wanted to write a book, because I was bored with my life and I wanted something I could call my own. I liked writing but I struggled with exactly what I would write about. The world sure didn't need another Beatles or Dylan book. Then in '04 the Dolls got back together and soon after made another record. Plus, the film on Arthur Kane, "NY Doll," came out. Then it all hit me: Jerry! His was an untold story. I knew people who had played with him, lived with him, and traveled with him, so I had a place to start, and it just went on from there. But while writing it I realized that there was something a little deeper about me in writing it. As a drummer I knew that by and large, most people ignore the drummer or at least take them for granted. I saw a documentary on the Ramones where both Dee Dee and Johnny were asked if they had any concerns about the future of the band when Tommy left. If you know anything about the history of the Ramones, Tommy was the only one with any professional experience, having been an engineer, and part owner of a rehearsal studio. The Ramones were really his concept. He recruited the others and only became their drummer when no one else could satisfy that vision. He also co-produced their records and took on a management and promotional role. So, his leaving should have worried them. But both Dee Dee and Johnny thought it was no big deal when he left. They figured they'd just get another drummer. That was the kind of thinking that I wanted to destroy, that drummers are so easily replaceable. Jerry was vital to the greatness of the Dolls and the Heartbreakers. Neither band was as good without him.
Jerry at SBS Studios, Yonkers, New York, January 1976© Roberta Bayley
Tobe Damit: How well did you know Jerry Nolan prior to writing this biography?
Curt Weiss: I only met him twice, the tales of which are relayed in the book's afterword. But at the time he was in a band that I loved, had a girlfriend I was crazy about and had so much history. And I saw him play live in the late 70's into 1980 maybe ten times. He was always a joy to watch. He was everything I wanted to be…except the addiction and the psychological issues.
Tobe Damit: Reading the book you get the idea that Jerry was really hard to get along with. Did you realize that as you were writing the book or did you already know that?
Curt Weiss: I was not aware of it in the beginning, although the first time I met him he started a silly argument with his girlfriend within just a few minutes. I think that increased as his addiction progressed but always as a by-product of putting on a tough street persona, and his lack of trust in male authority figures. Most people describe Jerry as a funny, friendly and loyal guy. And if he was high, he was usually happy as a clam. It was when he was on the hunt for drugs or more so from methadone. It turned him into a crabby zombie. But I think the repeated disappointments he endured, from the demise of the Dolls, or the Heartbreakers, or Sid, and watching Peter Criss, Suzi Quatro and Bette Midler become successful, it tore him to pieces. I think that at his core, in his worst moments, he didn't like himself.
Jerry Nolan with Esther Herskovits at Paddington Station. Photograph ©Ray Stevenson
Tobe Damit: In a few words, how would you describe him as a person?
Curt Weiss: Conflicted, troubled, sad, but also friendly, funny, loyal, and streetwise. And like Johnny, he loved music. As damaged as those guys were, at their core they loved music and it was essential to who they were. I think it was Barry Jones who said, "they just wanted to get high and play bad ass rock and roll." Music was everything to them. It defined who they were. There was nothing else they could do for a living. Despite the fact that Jerry could cut hair, design clothes and draw quite well, it was all about music for him.
Tobe Damit: He got really close to Sid Vicious during what was probably the worst times of Sid's life. Why do you think he was so kind to Sid?
Curt Weiss: I think he saw himself as a father figure to Sid. Sid worshipped Jerry and I think Jerry felt some responsibility to look out for him, and Nancy. Plus, those two had money and Jerry didn't. That was always an attraction to him. But he also thought Sid had the potential to be a great front man and by controlling the music side, Jerry thought working with Sid could be financially rewarding. Sid & Nancy's death blew up all of that.
Sid, Nancy and Jerry backstage at Max's Kansas City in 1978. That's Arthur Kane from the NY Dolls at the rear left and Esher H! The dear in the headlights!!
Tobe Damit: Do you prefer The NY Dolls or the Heartbreakers?
Curt Weiss: Probably the Dolls. That first album is flawless. Johnny and Jerry usually get the credit as they're the dead cult figures but Syl is very underrated as a musician. I'd suggest checking out his album "Paper, Pencil & Glue." I think its great. But Johansen brought a sense of New York bohemia to the band. It's a shame they couldn't have stayed together and made a third album.
Tobe Damit: Who was Jerry's best friend in your opinion?
Curt Weiss: Probably Buddy Bowzer. I'm not aware of any fall outs between the two of them. They met as 16-year-old army brats in Lawton, Oklahoma, played in loads of bands together and always seemed to look out for one another. They were friends until Jerry's death. Early on it was KISS drummer Peter Criss. Jerry was the best man at his wedding, but they had a falling out in '74 over Jerry's heroin use, and never re-connected. There was a love between Jerry & Johnny Thunders but there was also competitiveness and betrayal. But Jerry would always forgive Johnny. That said, Jerry was more like a father to Johnny than a brother or friend.
Tobe Damit: Who (or what) was his worst enemy?
Curt Weiss: He was his own worst enemy. I don't think he ever came to terms with a perception that he was somehow deserving of all the bad luck that had befallen him.
Tobe Damit: Who really gave you the key to Jerry Nolan's personality (crisis!)?
Curt Weiss: It was a combination of people. Band mates had one point of view, but the girlfriends had another. They were separate worlds for Jerry. But specifically, I'd say Walter and Leee played a large role in giving me a window onto his, for lack of a better description, psychosis. But the girlfriends like Michele and Lesley, and his wife Charlotte, were also integral to help me figure out what made him tick. Also, Gregor and Art from Shaker, and Barry and Steve from the Idols.
Thanks Curt for your kindness and devotion, thank you to have taken the time to work with me to make this interview a very interesting piece for all Jerry Nolan's friends and fans but also to those who were just curious about a story that had to be told. Thank you for this book, the story of a constant, but fascinating struggle.
Eighth Grade photo, Junior High School, Lawton, Oklahoma 1961 Photo courtesy of Cyndy Viliano
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As the show concludes its fifth season, we examine all the claims that there is no realness in the reality show
Selling Sunset has received waves of accusations over its supposed fakery (
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Netflix' s Selling Sunset has come under criticism recently with a wave of accusations that the show is completely "fake".
The real estate show recently concluded its fifth season, which gave fans more drama from the girls at The Oppenheim Group.
Claims of the show's fakery originated from LA-based former supermodel Chrissy Teigen, who speculated there is likely no 'real' in the reality show.
Way back in 2020 when the show was airing its third season, Chrissy shocked fans on Twitter, writing: "I just watched all of Selling Sunset after watching everyone talk about it for so long!
"I don't even think anyone on it is as mean or insane as you guys said? Maybe I'm just so used to it because I live here? This is pretty normal lol some are actually really nice."
Selling Sunset recently celebrated its fifth season
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While Chrissy's statement that the perceptively outrageous behaviour of Selling Sunset's cast members is normal for her, it's what she said next which sent fans into a frenzy.
"I will say, I look at LA real estate a lot and have never seen any of these people lol either have our agents, who I have obsessively asked," she added.
"Maybe I also know everyone on tv plays up a character. They're all doing that. You guys are…super mad at people who are in on the joke."
Chrissy has a sizeable Twitter following, so it didn't take long for her claims to go viral with many of her followers providing further claims to display how the show is fake.
Other accusations of the show's integrity recently came from mum-of-one Christine Quinn, who was featured on Selling Sunset, ahead of the newest season.
She wrote on Twitter: "30 minutes till the launch of #SellingSunset enjoy the new season and all of its 5,000 fake storylines!"
Jason Oppenheim has defended the realness of Selling Sunset and its cast
The idea of Selling Sunset being steeped in fakery became so prevalent that it sparked some of the show's cast members to respond.
Jason Oppenheim, owner of The Oppenheim Group which is a focal point of the show, replied to Chrissy's tweet to defend the production of Selling Sunset.
"Chrissy, thanks for watching our show! Regarding your agent's knowledge of members of my team, I respectfully don't know him either although that doesn't mean he isn't successful and didn't just sell you a stunning home in Who (seriously, I love you new house)," Jason said.
"My team works tirelessly and if their real estate successes don't precede them yet, they will. Remember their names. And feel free to come by the office and say hi."
Mary Fitzgerald, another cast member, made a statement to US Magazine addressing Chrissy's tweet.
"I was geeking out. I love Chrissy Teigen. We were just on a girls' trip a couple of days before that, and all of us were talking about who we would want to meet and have a conversation with or who do you think would be cool that watches our show and loves it.
"And I was like, 'Oh, the Obamas and Chrissy Tiegen.' It's not fake. We try to put as much of our lives out there as possible. I think sometimes things get played out of order.
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"Like they'll film things and then, and then they can show like one scene before it actually happened in real life. Just because for viewers, they need to set it up like one way so it makes sense."
While Mary did defend the realness of Selling Sunset, she admitted that cast members were often encouraged by producers to discuss topics they usually wouldn't talk about – not an uncommon occurrence in reality shows.
"We're like 'Oh, I want to talk about that.' They're like, 'Well, I mean, it's not going to make sense to people if they see the outcome of someone saying something or doing something, and then we don't," May added.
"So they encourage us to – if something does happen, then we're going to have a conversation with one of the girls – wait and do it on camera. So that it's real so viewers can follow along."
Cast members have revealed that they're encouraged to talk about specific things when the cameras are on
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Furthermore, a report from TMZ claimed that Mary and Romain were already married 19 months before the show's wedding.
It claimed to have seen a copy of the couple's marriage license and certificate dating back to March 9, 2018 at the Ventura Courthouse.
However, the show was said to have started filming in July 2018, which would suggest that Mary and Romain were married four months filming on the show.
Despite this, the drama's first season showed Mary and Romain getting engaged and planning their nuptials while the second season showed the wedding.
It is not the first time a TV series has been accused of stretching the truth for the viewer's benefit.
Many popular reality soaps such as The Only Way Is Essex and Made in Chelsea have received accusations of exaggerating drama for the viewers' entertainment.
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Depicting Devotion- Illuminated Books of Hours from the Middle Ages
Depicting Devotion: Illuminated Books of Hours from the Middle Ages December 5, 2001 - February 16, 2002 Curated by Kevin Kalish, Department of English and Christina Linsenmeyer van Schalkwyk, Department of Music Rarely does the opportunity come to peruse, page by page, through a medieval book or manuscript. This exhibit attempts just that. By following the arrangement of this exhibition, the viewer sees the structure and format of a Book of Hours writ large. Books of Hours, one specimen in the history of Illuminated Manuscripts, exhibit a vivid interplay between image and text.
Art history | Arts | Arts & Humanities | Book design | English | Illuminated manuscript | Image | Medieval Literature | Missouri | Religion | Text | United States | Washington University | Literature & Poetry
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DIGITAL COLLECTIONS About the Collection John P. Morton and Company was a publishing firm based in Louisville, Kentucky for much of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. John Price Morton (1807-1889) started out working as a clerk in a bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1825 William W. Worsley hired him to manage his Main Street shop, the Louisville Book Store. The company published a daily newspaper, The Focus , which merged with the Louisville Journal into the Journal and Focus , a precursor to the Courier-Journal ; the weekly Louisville Medical News ; and Home and School , a monthly journal of popular education. In 1838 Morton and Henry A.
Arts & Humanities | Book art | Book design | English | Image | John P. Morton | Kentucky | Louisville | Print | Relief printing | United States | University of Louisville | Woodblock printing | Decorative Art & Handicrafts | Fine Arts
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Illuminating the Manuscript
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS About the Collection This digital collection includes eighteen illuminated manuscript leaves which were acquired by the University of Louisville Libraries in 2006 with funding from the Pzena Foundation. Dating from 1150 through 1867, these leaves represent Western European and Islamic cultures. Lesson plans mapping to Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Core Content goals for the 7th grade Arts & Humanities curriculum supplement the online presentation.
Arts & Humanities | Book design | English | France | French | French literature | Illuminated manuscript | Image | Kentucky | Manuscript | United Kingdom | University of Louisville | Literature & Poetry
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The Arthurian Romances, or MS 229, is one of the jewels in the crown of medieval manuscript illumination. Written in Northern France toward the end of the 13th century, this copy of the great French romance is known for the abundance and richness of its illuminations, and even more so for the intricacy, mystery, and wildness of the images in the margins including animals, jesters, archers, and musicians. About the Codex Parchment, ff. i (paper) + 363 + i (paper). Written in elegant gothic textura by one scribe, with a few interlinear corrections in later hands.
Art history | Arts & Humanities | Book design | Connecticut | English | France | Iconography | Illuminated manuscript | Image | Medieval manuscript | Text | United States | Yale University | Literature & Poetry
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Q: Why FormData using with fetch API causing my screen to refresh? I'm sending the file to the backend (written in Express JS) using fetch API with FormData API. My application is working fine. But after clicking on the Send button, my page is getting refreshed, even though I have not used any HTML form element.
I deleted FormData inside of Send button event listener function callback, and page didn't refresh after that. I also deleted fetch api call but keeping the FormData, and then also page didn't refresh. But on using them together, page gets refreshed.
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    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    <title>Code Analyzer</title>

Insert the Code File here

     <input type="file" name="myFile" />
        <button class="btn">Send</button>

Back End Code:
//Importing Packages
const express = require("express");
const cors = require("cors");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const multer = require("multer");
const app = express();

//Configuring Multer
const storage = multer.diskStorage({
  destination: function(req, file, cb) {
    cb(null, "uploads");
  },
  filename: function(req, file, cb) {
    cb(null, file.fieldname + "-" + Date.now());
  }
});

const upload = multer({ storage: storage });

//Middlewares
app.use(cors());
app.use(bodyParser.json());
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  res.json({ Analyzed: "Yes" });
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A: I had the same problem using create-react-app and I execute serve -s build after create a production repo, when I tried see the problem it's gone. I figure out that is in developer mode that it's happen.

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I picked up a copy of the newly-published "New Hampshire Gardener's Companion" last week at our local bookstore, The Country Bookseller. I'd heard about the book a few months ago and have been looking forward to reading it. It's part of a series of state-specific gardening books written with the climate, soil and general conditions in mind. When I first opened it I picked up a tip that was new to me; if you rent a rototiller, always wash the blades to make sure you're not bringing someone else's weeds and plant diseases into your garden. It makes perfect sense, but I had never considered it before. With that bit of knowledge now registering in my mind I felt I had made a good purchase. I've since read the rest of the book and picked up a few other tips, as well as improved my general knowledge on gardening. It's designed for the beginner and the author does a good job in not talking over their heads. That being said, my guess is that even the seasoned gardener would get something out of reading it.
My main reason for getting a copy was to learn more about the soils of New Hampshire, and the book didn't disappoint me. It has an entire section devoted to soil conditions of the state.
I'm planning on building some new raised beds next year and this book has given me some great ideas for them.


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Q: Angularjs ng-options using number for model does not select initial value I'm trying to use ng-options with a <select> to bind a numeric integer value to a list of corresponding options.  In my controller, I have something like this:
myApp.controller('MyCtrl', function() {
    var self = this;

    var unitOptionsFromServer = {
        2: "mA",
        3: "A",
        4: "mV",
        5: "V",
        6: "W",
        7: "kW"
    };

    self.unitsOptions = Object.keys(unitOptionsFromServer).map(function (key) {
        return { id: key, text: unitOptionsFromServer[key] };
    });

    self.selectedUnitOrdinal = 4; // Assume this value came from the server.
});

HTML:

selectedUnitOrdinal: {{ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal}}

    <select ng-model="ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal" ng-options="unit.id as unit.text for unit in ctrl.unitsOptions"></select>

And here's a jsFiddle demonstrating the problem, and some other approaches I've taken but am not happy with.
The select option is being initialized with an empty value, instead of "mV" as expected in this example.  The binding seems to work fine if you select a different option -- selectedUnitOrdinal updates properly.
I've noticed that if you set the initial model value to a string instead of a number, then the initial selection works (see #3 in the fiddle).
I really would like ng-options to play nice with numeric option values.  How can I achieve this elegantly?

A: You can also define filter number, this filter will automatically parse string value to int:
<select ng-model="ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal" ng-options="unit.id|number as unit.text for unit in ctrl.unitsOptions"></select>

angular.module('filters').filter('number', [function() {
        return function(input) {
            return parseInt(input, 10);
        };
    }]);

A: Just to add Christophe's answear: easiest way to achive and maintaint it is to make a directive:
JS:
.directive('convertToNumber', function() {
  return {
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
      ngModel.$parsers.push(function(val) {
        //saves integer to model null as null
        return val == null ? null : parseInt(val, 10);
      });
      ngModel.$formatters.push(function(val) {
        //return string for formatter and null as null
        return val == null ? null : '' + val ;
      });
    }
  };
});

Christophe's answear wont work correctly for '0' as it returns false on "val?" test.

A: You can use ng-value attribute. Like this:

<select ng-model="model.id">
  <option ng-value="0">Zero</option>
  <option ng-value="1">One</option>
  <option ng-value="2">Two</option>
</select>

A: I think the other solutions are overly complex for simply establishing the value as an integer. I would use:
<select ng-model="model.id">
    <option ng-value="{{ 0 }}">Zero</option>
    <option ng-value="{{ 1 }}">One</option>
    <option ng-value="{{ 2 }}">Two</option>
</select>

A: Maybe it's a bit messy, but result can be achieved without special functions right in ng-options
<select ng-model="ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal" ng-options="+(unit.id) as unit.text for unit in ctrl.unitsOptions"></select>

A: Angular is seeing your id property as a string, add quotes:
self.selectedUnitOrdinal = "4";

A: Very similarly to tymeJV's answer, simple workaround is to convert the default selection number to a string like this:
self.selectedUnitOrdinal = valueThatCameFromServer.toString();

This way, you don't have to hardcode the number, you can just convert any received value. It's an easy fix without any filters or directives.

A: <select ng-model="ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal" ng-options="+(unit.id) as unit.text for unit in ctrl.unitsOptions"></select>

A: It's because when you get the unit.id it's returning a string not an integer. Objects in javascript store their keys as strings. So the only way to do it is your approach of surrounding 4 by quotations.
Edit
<select ng-model="ctrl.selectedUnitOrdinal" ng-options="convertToInt(unit.id) as unit.text for unit in ctrl.unitsOptions"></select>

$scope.convertToInt = function(id){
    return parseInt(id, 10);
};

A: Angular's documentation for the ng-select directive explains how to solve this problem. See https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.7/docs/api/ng/directive/select (last section).
You can create a convert-to-number directive and apply it to your select tag:
JS:
module.directive('convertToNumber', function() {
  return {
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
      ngModel.$parsers.push(function(val) {
        return val != null ? parseInt(val, 10) : null;
      });
      ngModel.$formatters.push(function(val) {
        return val != null ? '' + val : null;
      });
    }
  };
});

HTML:
<select ng-model="model.id" convert-to-number>
  <option value="0">Zero</option>
  <option value="1">One</option>
  <option value="2">Two</option>
</select>

Note: I found the directive from the doc does not handle nulls so I had to tweak it a little.

A: Make id property in unitsOptions as number
self.unitsOptions = Object.keys(unitOptionsFromServer).map(function (key) {
        return { id: +key, text: unitOptionsFromServer[key] };
    });

http://jsfiddle.net/htwc10nx/

A: While the solution provided by Mathew Berg works it will probably break other selects that use sting-valued select options. This may be a problem if you try to write one universal directive for handling selects (like I did).
A nice workaround is to check if the value is a number (even if it is a string containing a number) and only than do the conversion, like so:
angular.module('<module name>').filter('intToString', [function() {
        return function(key) {
            return (!isNaN(key)) ? parseInt(key) : key;
        };
    }]);

or as a controller method:
$scope.intToString = function(key) {
    return (!isNaN(key)) ? parseInt(key) : key;
};


Azim was tired of hearing the same reply for the past few months. Each time he called the waste management authorities in an effort to find a solution for the piling garbage in his locality, he got either apathy or fake promises for a response. He became very pensive for a solution for this persistent problem of our society. That is when he, along with his friend Ning, decided to put an end to this inefficient and ineffective waste management system, in their own way.
Ning R Manoj and Azim Zamaan of Rani Public School, Vadakara, started off by consulting various personnel and probing the root cause of the problem. They understood the gravity of the situation, reiterating to themselves that, improper waste management can lead to the spread of infectious diseases, soil degradation and water pollution. On the top of it, unhygienic workplace conditions of the garbage collectors was a glaring issue as well.
They were on a relentless quest to find a solution to this problem. Ms Nidhu Krishna also joined their team. They brainstormed and poured in their ideas, and that is when, the automatic garbage truck(AGT) was born. The solution that they came up with, requires minimal human intervention and it collects garbage from residential sites in rural areas to dispose it off into a dumping site.
Their idea being selected for the Atal Tinkering Labs(ATL) marathon, came in as a big benefit. They were able to significantly improve the prototype and bring in refinement to their working model.
Now, the team is steering towards its next version where the truck can automatically segregate reusable and non-reusable material.
In the other part of the country, Advaith Gowrishetty, Manikanta Chavvakula and Manish Mallapur of Delhi Public School, Nacharam were burning midnight oil to find an effective solution for our farmers. The heart wrenching cases of farmer suicides in our country were pitifully calling out for a full-stop.
The team was very clear on what they wanted to do. They had the grit and determination to zero in on a long term solution for the farmers. Along with their mentor Subhash M, they began with a survey among the farmers and took the essence of their findings to materialise farm tech- a multifunctional solution to tackle crop failures and ultimately put an end to the 'death traps' that dread our farmers.
They built a Raspberry pi based computer that has a low power consumption rate. It has a rainfall sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor and soil moisture sensors integrated to it, powered by a solar panel.
The team took the innovative idea one step further, by creating an app through which farmers can monitor their land from anywhere. This user-friendly, easy to use app is compatible on any android based device.
The idea was so promising and encouraging that it was difficult not to be awed by the innovation of the students. No wonder NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) judging panel adjudged Delhi Public School to be the best among all the 650 teams across 25 states who participated in the challenge!
"We wanted students to take their ideas to the next level through our sessions and provide them with deeper insights into innovation and design thinking and help them build better solutions", says Mr. Snehal Shetty, COO of Amrita TBI.
The brilliant minds of NITI Aayog –AIM schools underwent a week long workshop at Amrita Technology Business Incubator, Amritapuri. The workshop aimed at carving the best out of the future entrepreneurs.
Each session/activity was tailored to take the students one step ahead of their final objective. The workshop was focused on listing out tools, creating a prototype plan , product design, and prototyping into an upgraded version. The workshop also provided the right ingredients of running a business, accounting, working on the business model and the intellectual property rights. There were pitch preparation sessions for the students as well.
As a part of the workshop, the team also visited the ATL centre at Puthiyakavu, where they witnessed bubbling enthusiasm from the inquisitive minds of Amrita Vidyalayam.Students of class 9,10 and 11 actively participated in the interactive session with Amrita TBI to understand more about the journey of the entrepreneurs-to-be. During the demo of the prototype, questions were centered towards the robustness and effectiveness of the solution.
Post the workshop, online sessions and mentorship support were provided to the teams remotely from Amrita TBI. The primary objective was to tweak the pitchdeck into a more professional version, and to discuss on their business model in detail. Emphasis was placed on bringing refinement to the value proposition offered, targeting the right customer segments, improving customer relationships, and tapping into the key activities for expanding as a startup.
The students raved about the impact created by Amrita TBI and the positive influence the workshop had on them. "Amrita TBI motivated us to look beyond the solution and to have a more comprehensive outlook. Also, professors at Amrita were very helpful and I am very happy that we were able to improve our code in a single day and we are super inspired. "says Adhvaith, DPS, Nacharam.
Delhi public school, Nacharam was among the six winning teams at UNICEF India ATL that won the award.


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Most probably this problem has been already discussed here, but I didn't find any topics on this. I have Y550 Ideapad with GT 240M Nvidia graphics card which gives the best video performance I have seen so far on laptops. I was quite happy with it until I decided to link my laptop to TV through HDMI cable. It was fine first 1 hour of the video I watched, but after sleepmode I started having problems with signal. For some reasons the screen on my Philips TV started blinking, trying to recover the signal coming from laptop, sound went off and at the end - blue screen on TV saying "no input signal" or "unsupported video format". I re-started computer and reconnected HDMI cable back to TV, but problem still exists. I thought the problem is with HDMI cable, so I changed it but result is the same.
When I went to Internet I was surprised with number of posts & forums with regards to the same problem. It seems Nvidia cards doesn't work properly with Philips LCDs and neither Philips nor Nvidia is trying to resolve this. It means millions of people having Nvidia cards cannot watch movies on their Philips tvs. I also noted that problem occurs on some other brands like Sharp, Thomson.. etc. People say if they disable nvidia drivers TV works fine, so it is definitely graphics card problem. All forums I read ended on 2009 so I believe there is a fix finally made by Nvidia to make their card compatible with Philips screens. But I cannot find it.
Does Lenovo have a fix for its laptops using Nvidia? What would be your suggestions. Thanks & Regards.
i checked the tv manual for setting for hdmi, there weren't any, just the suggestion for resolution.
however, I did notice a picture of the hdmi jacks on the tv, there were two.
i was in the number two jack and was setting tv for the number one jack.
from this thread and do not forget to check tv manual.
no, this is not the problem I have. My problem is that Nvidia card has a conflict with Philips LCDs when using HDMI. If you go for Google and write down Nvidia & Philips you will see I'm not the only nvidia card user having trouble watching movies.
I wonder if Lenovo has anything like recent fix for avoiding this on its laptops.
checked nvidia forum for this issue?
yes I went to Nvidia forums and there are hundreds of users complaining for the same problem but Nvidia does nothing for that and this is frustrating, they will definitely loose a large number of customers. It seems Nvidia does not officially recognize this as a problem, but it is a problem. The only solutions I found from some threads is to edit .INF files at setup.
But the setup folder I have doesn't have nv_disp.ini file ( I only have nv_disp.cat file which is impossible to open & edit.
click on the nvdisp.cat file, press f2 to rename it to "nvdisp.inf" and try.
this doesn't help. ini file opens with anonymous symbols, and doesn't look like normal .ini file they have described in thread.
try to update your drivers and may be the solution you've found is not new solution.


More than 73% of respondents in a new survey by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expect the major areas of job growth in the aviation industry to be in ground operations, customer service and cabin crew.
The results of the global survey of human resources (HR) professionals in the aviation industry highlighting key challenges in talent acquisition, training and retention.
About 48% of respondents reported that finding new talent is a challenge, both because of the lack of availability of candidates with the right skill levels and qualifications as well as, in some cases, salary demands of new applicants.
Only 28% of respondents reported that current training is effective, with many organisations seeking to complement their in-house training with external partners to improve the effectiveness of the training.
Safety and customer service skills are priorities for hiring managers across the industry. The survey found that, while technology is indeed changing the customer service role, it is not replacing it.
Guy Brazeau, IATA's director of training and consulting, said the forecast growth in passenger traffic will necessitate careful planning in the appropriate staffing levels across many job categories in the industry.
The survey intentionally did not address the forecast shortages of pilots and maintenance technicians, as future requirements in these specific workforces have been widely covered already, according to IATA.


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What is the status of adopted children in intestacy? Finders, a prominent London firm of Heir Hunters Investigate.
Since 1926 child adoption has had legal status in England and Wales, meaning that adopted children have the right to inherit from their adopted parents. In cases of intestacy if an individual has been adopted they are an heir of their adopted parents and can no longer inherit from their biological parents.
The case of Erskine Trust, Gregg and anor v Pigott and ors [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch) confirms the status of 'statutory next of kin' for adoptees.
The case revolved around a trust settlement from 1948. The sole beneficiary of the trust died in 2010 leaving no heirs. However her predeceased sister left two sons who she had adopted 60 years before. The court had to decide the meaning of 'statutory next of kin' under s 50(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (AEA 1925) and whether the European Convention on Human Rights could have a retrospective effect on AEA 1925 and the construction of a 1948 settlement.
The trustees argued that ss 46(1) (v) and 47(1)(i) of AEA 1925 did not include adopted children as 'issue' or 'statutory next of kin' and the brothers should therefore be excluded from the intestacy. The brothers on the other hand argued that 1948 law should not apply to 2010 facts and that the settlement should be interpreted in light of Arts 8 (right to family life) and 14 (prohibition on discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights. They also highlighted a case where an adopted child was found to have a claim on a 1939 will. Pla v Andorra [2006] 42 EHRR 25.
The Judge found for the sons accepting that the convention could have an effect on the construction and effect of an existing will and could apply retrospectively so long as that could be achieved "without unfairness."
In contrast, once adopted, and regardless of their age at adoption, an individual is no longer an heir of their blood parents. A 2011 case in Virginia, USA, Kummer v Donak, 282 Va. 301 (2011) upheld these principals.
Mary Frances Kummer was adopted by her husband's aunt when she was 53. When her blood sister Justine Critzer died intestate in 2006 the estate's administrator determined that either Mary's children or some distant cousins were the only possible beneficiaries. However a Virginia circuit court ruled that due to Mary's adoption her children were not Justine's heirs-at-law.
On appeal the Virginia Supreme Court, upheld the ruling on the basis that under Virginia code 64.1-5.1 an adopted child is no longer the child of the biological parents but of the adopting parents and under Virginia law the age of adoption is not relevant. Therefore as far as intestate succession is concerned, once she had been adopted Mary ceased to be the child of her biological parents or Justine's sister. This meant that Mary and her descendants were divested of all inheritance rights so her children were not Justine's heirs-at-law and could not inherit from Justine's intestate estate.
A separate issue to consider is that a will can be challenged by a spouse should they feel that they have not been sufficiently provided for.
Barbara and Ron Lilleyman were married in 2007. Ron was a widower and had two sons from his previous marriage. Barbara gave up her part time job and sold her own property giving the £175,000 proceeds to Ron. They lived in a jointly owned home and Ron also owned a second property as a holiday home.
Unknown to Barbara, in 2008 Ron changed his will so that Barbara would inherit his personal possessions, a small annuity, and have a right to live in the two properties until her death. The rest of his £6m estate would pass to his two sons.
After his death Barbara made a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (Lilleyman v Lilleyman [2010] EWHC 821 (Ch) arguing that insufficient provision had been made for her. She won the claim and the two properties were transferred to her outright.
In these times of rogue traders and fraudulent claims becoming ever more prevalent, lawyers need to be sure that every aspect of the heir hunter's portfolio is in order before employing them. With all this activity in the courts it is more important than ever before that care is taken to choose a highly professional firm of probate genealogists, such as Finders.
For further information and advice contact Finders, 6-8 Vestry Street, London N1 7RE 020 7490 4935
Daniel is a prominent figure in the UK Heir Hunting industry. He is from Isleworth in West London and has lived in London for most of his life. He has been in the probate genealogy profession since 1990. He formed Finders in 1997 after 7 years at another firm.


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Alpesh Patel (born February 1972) is an Indian-American filmmaker and producer.

Background
Patel was born in India. Even at a very young age, he loved to go to Bollywood with his father.  He immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 7 in 1979. He continues to be fascinated by movies.

After graduating from Penn State's film program, Patel worked for Cerebellum Corporation shooting and directing Standard Deviants videos.   After a year at Cerebellum, he moved to Los Angeles, where he runs VisionStorm Entertainment as a vehicle to make his films.

Career

In 2003, Patel wrote, directed, and produced the feature film, Graduation Night, as a coming-of-age romantic comedy.  The film played at several notable film festivals under the titles Party On and Truth or Dare, and it is now in distribution in the US as Graduation Night. The film stars Adrian R'Mante, Abigail Spencer, Kevin Alejandro, and Playboy Playmate Irina Voronina.

In 2006, Patel's award-winning screenplay, Blind Ambition was produced and won several awards in the festival circuit.  The film stars Vanessa Angel, Christopher Atkins, and Bollywood screen star Gulshan Grover.

In 2007, Patel's mockumentary Touch Wood went into production as a comical behind-the-scenes look at the adult film industry told in mock documentary style.  Touch Wood was Patel's second feature film as a director.  It stars Gerry Bednob and Tony Sano.

Patel has also worked in post-production as film editor for numerous TV shows, including The 5th Wheel, Ghost Hunters, Southern Steel, Dirty Jobs, Bounty Girls: Miami, Ghost Hunters International, Unsolved Mysteries, BattleBots, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, and The Ultimate Fighter
He won an OBE after fighting some guy down the kebab shop.

Partial filmography

English Grammar: The Standard Deviants (1999) (V) (director)
Graduation Night (aka Truth and Dare, Party On) (2003) (director & writer)
Blind Ambition (2008) (written by)
Touch Wood (2009) (director & writer)
Devil's Door (2014) (producer & director)

Awards and nominations

 2001, Audience Award, Party On, Slamdance Film Festival
 2008, IFFF 'Spirit' Award, Blind Ambition, International Family Film Festival
 2008, Festival Prize, Blind Ambition, Long Island International Film Expo

References

External links

Official website

1972 births
Living people
American film directors of Indian descent
American screenwriters of Indian descent
Indian emigrants to the United States
Penn State College of Arts and Architecture alumni

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