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Figure. Hazard Ratios for Incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Quartile of Energy-Adjusted Dietary Intake of Antioxidant Carotenoids
Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, systolic blood pressure, atherosclerosis composite score, serum total cholesterol, and alcohol intake. The lowest quartile was considered the reference group. For each nutrient, the P value of the test for trend is given.
Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the Study Sample (N = 4170)*
Table 2. Mean Dietary Intake of Nutrients by Quartile in the Total Study Sample (N = 4170)
Table 3. Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration per Standard Deviation (SD) Increase in Dietary Intake of Antioxidant Nutrients
Table 4. Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Category of Combined Intake of 4 Predefined Antioxidant Nutrients (Vitamins C and E, Beta Carotene, and Zinc)
Table 5. Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Category of Combined Intake of 4 Predefined Antioxidant Nutrients (Vitamins C and E, Beta Carotene, and Zinc), Excluding Supplement Users and Stratified by Smoking Status
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Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Redmer van Leeuwen, MD, PhD; Sharmila Boekhoorn, MD; Johannes R. Vingerling, MD, PhD; et al Jacqueline C. M. Witteman, PhD; Caroline C. W. Klaver, MD, PhD; Albert Hofman, MD, PhD; Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, MD, PhD
Author Affiliations: Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Drs van Leeuwen, Boekhoorn, Vingerling, Witteman, Klaver, Hofman, and de Jong) and Ophthalmology (Drs van Leeuwen, Vingerling, and Klaver), Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (Drs Klaver and de Jong), and Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Centre (Dr de Jong), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Context Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries. Recently, high-dose supplementation with beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc was shown to slow the progression of AMD.
Objective To investigate whether regular dietary intake of antioxidants is associated with a lower risk of incident AMD.
Design Dietary intake was assessed at baseline in the Rotterdam Study (1990-1993) using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Incident AMD until final follow-up in 2004 was determined by grading fundus color transparencies in a masked way according to the International Classification and Grading System.
Setting Population-based cohort of all inhabitants aged 55 years or older in a middle-class suburb of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Participants Of 5836 persons at risk of AMD at baseline, 4765 had reliable dietary data and 4170 participated in the follow-up.
Main Outcome Measure Incident AMD, defined as soft distinct drusen with pigment alterations, indistinct or reticular drusen, geographic atrophy, or choroidal neovascularization.
Results Incident AMD occurred in 560 participants after a mean follow-up of 8.0 years (range, 0.3-13.9 years). Dietary intake of both vitamin E and zinc was inversely associated with incident AMD. The hazard ratio (HR) per standard deviation increase of intake for vitamin E was 0.92 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84-1.00) and for zinc was 0.91 (95% CI, 0.83-0.98). An above-median intake of all 4 nutrients, beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc, was associated with a 35% reduced risk (HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.46-0.92) of AMD. Exclusion of supplement users did not affect the results.
Conclusion In this study, a high dietary intake of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc was associated with a substantially reduced risk of AMD in elderly persons.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative disorder of the macula, the central part of the retina. Late-stage AMD results in an inability to read, recognize faces, drive, or move freely. Early AMD is the subclinical stage of the disease and can be diagnosed by funduscopy. The prevalence of late AMD steeply increases with age, affecting 11.5% of white persons older than 80 years.1 In the absence of effective treatment for AMD, the number of patients severely disabled by late-stage AMD is expected to increase in the next 20 years by more than 50% to 3 million in the United States alone.1
The pathophysiology of AMD is still poorly understood, and AMD may in fact be a constellation of diseases with different causes. As in other age-related disorders, oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology of AMD.2 The retina seems particularly susceptible to oxidative stress because of its high concentration of oxygen, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and photosensitizers, in combination with an intense exposure to light.3 Epidemiological studies evaluating both dietary intake and serum levels of antioxidant vitamins and AMD have provided conflicting results.4-7 In the randomized, placebo-controlled Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), supplements containing 5 to 13 times the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc given to participants from retinal clinics with early or monocular late AMD resulted in a 25% reduction in the 5-year progression to late AMD.8 We sought to investigate whether antioxidants, as present in normal daily foods, may play a role in the primary prevention of AMD.
Study Population
The Rotterdam Study is a population-based, prospective cohort study of the frequency and determinants of common cardiovascular, locomotor, neurologic, and ophthalmologic diseases.9,10 The eligible population comprised all 10 275 inhabitants aged 55 years or older of a middle-class suburb of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, of whom 7983 (78%) participated. Because the ophthalmologic part of the study became operational after the pilot phase of the study had started, 6780 (66%) took part in the ophthalmic examinations. A baseline home interview and examinations at the study center were performed from 1990 to mid 1993, followed by a first follow-up examination from 1993 to 1994, a second from mid 1997 to the end of 1999, and a third examination from 2000 to the end of 2004. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The medical ethics committee of Erasmus University approved the study protocol.
Diagnosis of AMD
The eye examination included 35° fundus photography (Topcon TRV-50VT fundus camera, Topcon Optical Co, Tokyo, Japan) after pharmacologic mydriasis.10 Transparencies were graded with 12.5 × magnification according to the International Classification and Grading System.11 Two experienced graders, masked to dietary intake, graded the follow-up transparencies and afterward compared these with the baseline ones. The grading procedures, definitions, and graders were identical at baseline and follow-up. Consensus sessions and between-grader comparisons were performed regularly. Weighted κ values were 0.72 for soft distinct drusen, 0.80 for hyperpigmentation, and 0.58 for hypopigmentation.
Early-stage AMD was defined as the presence of either large (≥63 μm), soft, distinct drusen with pigment irregularities or indistinct (≥125 μm) or reticular drusen with or without pigment irregularities. Drusen are white deposits in the retina that are considered to be the hallmark of early AMD and are important predictors of late AMD.10,12 Late-stage AMD, mostly leading to blindness, was defined as geographic atrophy (both central and noncentral), choroidal neovascularization, or a combination of both.11
Dietary Assessment
At baseline, participants completed a checklist at home that queried foods and drinks they had consumed at least twice a month during the preceding year as well as dietary habits, use of supplements, and prescribed diets. Next, during their visit to the research center, they underwent a standardized interview with a dietitian based on the checklist, using a 170-item semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire.13,14 A validation study comparing this questionnaire with a 2-week food diary demonstrated reproducible and valid estimates.13,14 These dietary data were converted to total energy intake and nutrient intake per day with the computerized Dutch Food Composition Table.15 For the current study, we selected the carotenoids alpha and beta carotene, beta cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, lycopene, vitamins A (retinol equivalents), C, and E, and iron and zinc as cofactors for antioxidant enzymes. Persons who reported taking supplements containing carotenoids, vitamins A, C, or E, iron, or zinc, as well as multivitamins or multiminerals, were classified as supplement users.
Assessment of Confounders
Information on potential confounders was collected at baseline. Smoking status was categorized as current, former, or never, and number of pack-years was calculated. Serum total cholesterol level was measured in nonfasting blood samples with an automated enzymatic procedure. Blood pressure was defined as the mean of 2 measurements in sitting position at the right brachial artery with a random zero sphygmomanometer. The ankle-arm index was calculated by taking the ratio of systolic blood pressure at the ankle to systolic blood pressure at the arm, using the lowest ratio of both legs. Carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerotic plaques were assessed ultrasonographically and aortic calcifications on lateral radiographic films of the lumbar spine. A subclinical atherosclerosis composite score (range, 1-4) was constructed by summing points for the population-based deciles of carotid wall thickness and ankle-arm index, with points added for the presence of carotid plaques and aortic calcifications.16
Study Sample
The cohort at risk consisted of 5836 persons with no AMD in either eye at baseline; ie, with no drusen or pigment irregularities, hard drusen only, or soft drusen without pigment irregularities. Incidence of AMD was defined as the presence of early- or late-stage AMD in at least 1 eye at 1 of the follow-up examinations. Persons with incident AMD were compared with those with no AMD at baseline and no AMD at any follow-up examinations.
Dietary intake was not assessed in 227 participants with decreased cognitive function (defined as a score <80 on the Cambridge Examination of Mental Disorders in the Elderly)17 because their dietary history was deemed unreliable. We also excluded 179 nursing home residents because their food was prepared by nursing home staff and would not reflect past dietary habits. Reliable dietary data were missing in 665 participants because of logical inconsistencies in dietary interviews, missing the baseline dietitian visit when the food-frequency questionnaire was administered, or various other logistical reasons. Baseline characteristics were similar in the 2 groups, although eligible respondents without dietary data were, on average, somewhat older compared with those with data and included fewer women.
Of this baseline cohort, 156 participants died, 419 refused any follow-up examination, and 20 were lost to follow-up before the first follow-up examination. Nonparticipants tended to be older; included more women, nursing home residents, and smokers; and more often had systemic hypertension. They did not differ from participants in their dietary intake of antioxidants; eg, vitamin E (P = .75) or zinc (P = .69). The study sample thus consisted of 4170 participants who had normal cognition, lived independently, had reliable dietary assessment and gradable fundus transparencies, and participated in at least 1 follow-up examination.
We adjusted the dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients for the total energy intake by means of the residual method described by Willett.18 For each nutrient, linear regression analysis was performed with antioxidant intake as the dependent variable and total energy intake as the independent variable. This regression equation was used to calculate the expected mean antioxidant intake of the study population for the mean total energy intake of the study population. Next, for each individual, the energy-adjusted intake was calculated by adding the expected mean antioxidant intake of the study population to the residual derived from the regression analysis.
We estimated the risk of AMD associated with the dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients at baseline with Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Intake of each nutrient was entered into the model either as a linear term per standard deviation or as a dummy variable representing 1 of the 3 highest quartiles. Quartiles were analyzed both as a categorical variable and as a continuous variable to test for trend. Quartiles and SDs were based on the distribution within the study sample. We adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, systolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, composite atherosclerosis score, and alcohol intake in all analyses. We additionally adjusted for intake of polyunsaturated fat in the analysis of the fat-soluble vitamin E because of a reported association between this fat and AMD.19 Missing values of categorical variables were represented in the model by a missing indicator. For continuous variables, missing values were replaced by the mean or median of the study sample, depending on the distribution. Only the atherosclerosis composite score had more than 1% of the data missing (12.7%). To distinguish between the effect of antioxidants from food and from supplements, all analyses were repeated after exclusion of supplement users at baseline and also after adding supplement users to the highest quartile of dietary intake. Also, analyses were repeated after stratification for smoking status.
One of our aims was to study the regular dietary intake of the combination of nutrients that had been administered at a high dose in AREDS.8 To secure large-enough groups with a relatively high or low intake of each of the 4 nutrients, we used the median intake per nutrient, based on the total sample, as the cutoff value. The high-intake group consisted of persons with an above-median intake of each of the 4 nutrients. The low-intake group had a below-median intake of each nutrient, and all persons in between were considered the reference category.
Associations are presented as hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). All analyses were performed using SPSS, release 11.0.1 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill).
Mean follow-up of participants was 8.0 years, with a range of 0.3 to 13.9 years (median, 10.6 years). During this period, 560 persons (13.4%) were diagnosed as having incident AMD, the majority of whom had early-stage AMD. Persons with incident early AMD had either large, soft drusen with pigment irregularities (n = 317) or indistinct drusen without (n = 124) or with (n = 77) pigment irregularities. Of the 42 persons with incident late-stage AMD, 14 had the atrophic and 28 the neovascular type. Twelve of them had AMD at the second follow-up examination while 30 did so at the third follow-up. The incidence of AMD in the study sample was similar to the incidence in those with missing data on dietary intake who were not included in the sample (P = .60, adjusted for age and sex). Baseline characteristics of persons with incident AMD as well as the remainder of the cohort are presented in Table 1. The mean age was 68.2 years for the incident cases compared with 66.4 years for the remainder (P<.001). Persons with incident AMD reported more pack-years of cigarette smoking (P = .04) and had a higher serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (P = .02). Other baseline characteristics were not different in the 2 groups.
Table 2 shows the mean daily dietary intake of the antioxidant nutrients in the study sample, adjusted for total energy intake. In Table 3, the risk of AMD in relation to nutrient intake is presented. A significant inverse association was observed for intake of vitamin E, iron, and zinc. After adjustment, a 1-SD increase in intake was associated with a reduced risk of AMD of 8% (95% CI, 0%-16%) for vitamin E and 9% (95% CI, 2%-17%) for zinc.
The risk of AMD by quartile of nutrient intake is presented in the Figure. The tests for trend for both vitamin E (P = .04) and zinc (P = .06) intake indicated a dose-response relationship between vitamin E and zinc intake and reduced risk of AMD.
Table 4 presents the impact of the combined dietary intake of the 4 antioxidants that were studied in AREDS.8 Intake of these nutrients in the present study was considerably lower than the high-dose supplements used in AREDS. An above-median intake of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc, compared with a below-median intake of at least 1 of these nutrients, was associated with a reduced risk of AMD (HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.46-0.92) adjusted for all potential confounders. In persons with a below-median intake of all 4 nutrients, the risk of AMD was increased but not significantly so (HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 0.92-1.56).
Exclusion of the 559 participants who used antioxidant supplements at baseline did not substantially alter the risk estimates (Table 5). In addition, adding supplement users to the highest quartile of dietary intake did not change the results (HR, adjusted for the same factors as in Table 5, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.61-0.98). Stratification for smoking status did not substantially change point estimates but widened the confidence intervals (Table 5).
We found that high dietary intake of vitamin E and zinc was associated with a lower risk of incident AMD. An above-median intake of the combination of vitamins C and E, beta carotene, and zinc was associated with a 35% lower risk of incident AMD.
The strengths of our study were the prospective design, the population-based cohort, the detailed and similar grading of AMD at baseline and follow-up, and the long follow-up. Potential weaknesses were, as in all observational studies, selection bias, information bias, and confounding. Selective nonresponse was unlikely because nonparticipants did not differ from participants in the dietary intake of antioxidants. Bias in the diagnosis of AMD was minimized by the masked grading of photographs by persons unaware of the antioxidant nutrient status. Misclassification potentially could result from the use of only 1 food questionnaire at baseline, but such misclassification would be nondifferential and, therefore, more likely to underestimate the true associations. The questionnaire was not validated for all nutrients included in the current analysis; eg, specific carotenoids and vitamin E. However, for other nutrients, the validity of the questionnaire was shown to be moderate to good. The adjusted Pearson correlation coefficient for vitamin A (including retinol and beta carotene) was 0.48; for vitamin C, 0.64; for iron, 0.42; and for zinc, 0.51.13,14 For vegetables, the correlation was 0.39, and for fruit, 0.60. Since alpha and beta carotene and lutein intake are well correlated with total vegetable intake, we presumed equal validity. The same held for the correlation between beta cryptoxanthin and vitamin C. It is possible that other factors can explain the reported associations. Although we adjusted for known confounders, such as smoking and atherosclerosis, unknown factors associated with a healthy diet still may have played a role.
The median nutrient intake used as a cutoff value was at or above the RDA, so the majority of our population presumably consumed a healthy diet. A larger risk reduction was observed for dietary intake above the RDA for all 4 micronutrients than for individual micronutrients. To ensure that diet was the only source of antioxidant intake, we repeated the analysis excluding persons using antioxidant supplements at baseline (13.4%) and also investigated the combined effect of antioxidants from food and from supplements. This resulted in similar risk estimates. The independent association between antioxidant supplements and AMD could not be examined because of the relatively small number of antioxidant supplement users in our population and the lack of data on duration and dosage of use.
Recent data suggest that oxidative protein modifications may play a critical role in the formation of drusen.20 This implies that antioxidants may have their strongest effect at the initiation of the disease. We studied a cohort that was free of clinical signs of early-stage AMD at baseline, and our incident cases were primarily affected by early AMD. Early-stage AMD, however, is a strong predictor of late-stage AMD.10,12 Exclusion of the 42 persons with incident late AMD did not change the results. We therefore conclude that dietary antioxidants may delay the development of early AMD and, possibly, of AMD in general.
Different antioxidants may act synergistically3; therefore, we studied the combined effect of nutrients and used the combination previously investigated in AREDS.8 We observed a dose-response relationship with a mean intake of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc as reference. Persons with an above-median intake of these nutrients may be different in other aspects. This residual confounding is inherent to an observational study and can only be dealt with in a randomized trial. However, experimental studies with a randomized change in food consumption are difficult to perform.
Previous studies have shown variable degrees of protection against AMD by different antioxidants. Dietary intake of vitamin E was not associated with AMD risk in 1 case-control study in persons with neovascular late AMD4 but showed an inverse association with large drusen in a population-based study.7 A high intake of lutein and zeaxanthin was associated with a 40% lower risk of late AMD in 1 study4 but history of intake of these 2 nutrients was not associated in another study.7 A randomized controlled trial of vitamin E supplementation did not show an effect on the incidence of early AMD after 4 years of follow-up.21 An inverse association between zinc intake and both prevalent and incident early AMD was reported in 1 population-based cohort study22 but could not be confirmed in another similar study23,24 or in a pooled study in which late AMD and visual acuity data were obtained by self-report.25 In contrast with the aforementioned studies, our results were based on long-term follow-up of a large, population-based cohort with thorough baseline assessment of dietary intake.
Recently, a meta-analysis of 19 clinical trials including AREDS showed that high-dosage (≥400 IU/d) vitamin E supplementation may increase all-cause mortality.26 This finding would challenge recommendations for supplement use.8 It should be noted that most trials were performed in patients with chronic diseases, in contrast with the general population in our study sample. The mean amount of vitamin E consumed in diet in the highest quartile of our cohort (20.2 mg/d [30 IU/d]) was still considerably lower than high-dose supplementation, and the bioavailability of dietary antioxidants may be different from that in supplements. Dietary replacement also may be less expensive than supplement use.
This study suggests that the risk of AMD can be modified by diet; in particular, by dietary vitamin E and zinc. A higher intake of vitamin E can be achieved by consumption of whole grains, vegetable oil, eggs, and nuts. High concentrations of zinc can be found in meat, poultry, fish, whole grains, and dairy products. Carrots, kale, and spinach are the main suppliers of beta carotene, while vitamin C is found in citrus fruits and juices, green peppers, broccoli, and potatoes. Based on this study, foods high in these nutrients appear to be more important than nutritional supplements. Until more definitive data are available, this information may be useful to persons with signs of early AMD or to those with a strong family history of AMD.27 Although in need of confirmation, our observational data suggest that a high intake of specific antioxidants from a regular diet may delay the development of AMD.
Corresponding Author: Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, MD, PhD, Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, KNAW, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands (p.dejong@ioi.knaw.nl).
Author Contributions: Dr de Jong had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: Klaver, Hofman, de Jong.
Acquisition of data: van Leeuwen, Boekhoorn, Vingerling, Witteman, Klaver.
Analysis and interpretation of data: van Leeuwen, Boekhoorn, Vingerling, Witteman, Klaver, Hofman, de Jong.
Drafting of the manuscript: van Leeuwen, Klaver.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Boekhoorn, Vingerling, Witteman, Klaver, Hofman, de Jong.
Statistical analysis: van Leeuwen, Boekhoorn, Klaver.
Obtained funding: Hofman, de Jong.
Study supervision: Vingerling, Witteman, Klaver, Hofman, de Jong.
Financial Disclosures: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by unrestricted grants from the following organizations: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Hague; Optimix, Amsterdam; Physico Therapeutic Institute, Rotterdam; Blindenpenning, Amsterdam; Sint Laurens Institute, Rotterdam; Bevordering van Volkskracht, Rotterdam; Blindenhulp, the Hague; Rotterdamse Blindenbelangen Association, Rotterdam; Oogheelkundige Ondersteuning, the Hague; kfHein, Utrecht; Ooglijders, Rotterdam; Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam; Van Leeuwen Van Lignac, Rotterdam; Verhagen, Rotterdam; General Netherlands Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Doorn; Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Utrecht; and Elise Mathilde, Maarn. An unrestricted grant was obtained from Topcon Europe BV, Capelle aan de IJssel.
Role of the Sponsors: The study's sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript.
Acknowledgment: We thank Astrid E. Fletcher, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, and Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, for their critical and valuable comments.


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The Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS), based in South East London, is a remarkable example of this alternative option: a member-led Community Land Trust (CLT) that was set up for the benefit of the local community. Last summer after more than four years of campaign work, RUSS went through a demanding procurement process to put forward a community-led proposal to develop a council-owned vacant plot in Church Grove, Ladywell. In October 2015, London Borough of Lewisham announced that RUSS was the preferred bidder to develop the site.
With access to land, RUSS is now seeking to secure development funds and planning permission to deliver its sustainable and affordable community self-build vision. The self-build aspect of the project will not only reduce costs and increase affordability, but also provide training opportunities to self-builders and volunteers, while aiming to encourage teamwork and cohesion during the building process. RUSS and other CLTs are aiming to make housing affordable, but also greener living affordable, a virtuous cycle that self-reproduces: better insulated homes that save and produce energy lower members' living costs and their environmental footprint.
RUSS was originally formed back in 2009 with only a handful of members; today, it has more than 250 members. The organisation's co-operative advantage has been noticed by numerous individuals, the local government and established civil society groups, such as London Citizens.
But what does the concept of co-operative advantage actually mean? The term has been popularised over the last few decades as a friendly version of the economic theories of comparative advantage and competitive advantage, which aim to explain financial gains for organisations that operate in more efficient ways than their competitors. Comparative advantages emerge in relatively open markets and are materialised into greater sales, margins and/or higher degrees of customer retention in comparison to those of the competition. In this economic sense, the co-operative advantage is where the co-operative model has an "edge" or a "fit" that offers a competitive advantage over private sector businesses.
Much has been written about the extra advantages that the co-operative model brings to the table. The obvious one is a co-operative's edge in meeting needs not met by the private market, since co-operatives are bottom-up initiatives created by the same people who suffer those needs. Membership in some cases may offer advantages that are not available otherwise, such as a job, access to otherwise prohibitive facilities and services (e.g. in farming), or access to shared spaces or housing as in the case of RUSS and other community land trusts.
The CLT model was originally popularised in the US and later appeared in Britain's rural areas first. In the UK there are currently many rural CLTs and more urban ones are gradually emerging, such as Bristol CLT and in London, Brixton Green and East London CLT.
This data provides co-operatives with extra market knowledge that other private companies are unable to capture.
However, the problem with this 'advantage' approach is that co-operatives' performance is always studied in comparison to those of privately owned firms and in a context of competition, not co-operation. The success of a co-operative is far too often measured with the same short-sighted yardsticks used to quantify efficiency and cost effectiveness in privately owned companies. The co-operative advantage initially appeared as a response from co-operative advocates to counterbalance the numerous books and academic articles from economists who were analysing the limitations of co-operative's financial performance and governance and to show that co-operatives can also have a competitive advantage and a business case.
CLTs are moving away from these reductionist definitions of competitive advantage and success. CLTs are owned and run by members as not-for-profit to develop permanently affordable housing and other community assets for long-term community benefit, restricting market forces and creating mutual home options at affordable levels. By retaining total or partial control over the land, CLTs are able to secure affordability and community ownership in perpetuity.
CLTs are creating co-operative advantages that materialise throughout the whole process of the formation, development, delivery and management of their projects, going beyond the type of competitive advantage that is only translated in the bottom line of balance sheets at the completion of business transactions.
In the case of RUSS, the work of volunteers has been vital to its success. The Greater London Authority awarded RUSS a grant in November 2014 to produce an official proposal and planning application for the Church Grove site. With that funding, RUSS recruited a project manager—RUSS's only paid employee—along with the newly appointed architectural team in spring 2015. All the work that took place since 2009 was carried out by volunteer members and supporters, who continue to be central to the project and work closely with the project team to move RUSS's vision forward. It was volunteers who learned about the CLT model, raised funds, joined new networks of like-minded organisations, visited other CLTs, learned about sustainable architecture, explored unsustainable urban lifestyles and how to change them, organised local events to keep the membership growing and inspired and excited many minds on the way. It is volunteers who keep doing all of those things and are working to develop the next stage of the project.
The CLT model was originally popularised in the US and later appeared in Britain's rural areas first. In the UK there are currently many rural CLTs and more urban ones are gradually emerging, such as Bristol CLT and in London, Brixton Green and East London CLT. RUSS offers a very innovative model, not only for a London location that is characterised by its lack of plots and the wider housing crisis, but also because it combines affordability and sustainability objectives through a self-build and mixed tenure approach. By approaching housing collectively, self-builders will be able to access sustainable technologies most individual households could not afford by themselves. A win-win for residents and the planet.
Unlike commercial developers, RUSS is also thinking about the spaces in between buildings—such as river paths, food growing and community shared spaces—and how these spaces can foster relationships among residents and neighbours. This collective approach to sustainability and space opens up choices to people at a time where the mantra seems to be that there are no options, especially with regards to housing, and especially with regards to housing in London.
For these reasons, RUSS is materialising the co-operative advantage beyond any comparisons and profit margins. This is tangible at two levels: RUSS aims for the synthesis, not competition between rural and urban spaces and lifestyles. Secondly, RUSS is acting as an effective link between bottom-up and top-down initiatives, avoiding infertile competition; unfortunately, far too often, community-led initiatives get nowhere due to lack of resources and unsupportive policies. Top-down initiatives imposed by governments to improve housing or foster sustainable living are often out of touch with the needs of local people. CLTs, alternatively, offer a channel for communities to find common objectives and opportunities in partnership with their local council. Organised at nationwide level by the National CLT Network, CLTs have the ability to lobby for new development policies and more community-focussed policy frameworks that can enable local authorities to foster rather than hinder community-led initiatives.
There are obviously good reasons for championing the co-operative advantage but one that goes beyond the ruthless focus on economic growth. However, let's not forget that despite the commons spirit underlying CLTs, their visions are still dependent on being effective at competing for land and often on open market borrowing. For this reason, RUSS (and all CLTs) should constantly interrogate their options, search for ethical mortgage providers, encourage members to manage their new housing spaces and minimise delegation to professional management decisions in order to continue to have a meaningful and incomparable co-operative advantage. Let's always ask advantages, yes, but to whom and of what kind? To the organisation? For financial indicators that ignore other social gains? To members? To their communities and the environment?
So should we talk of a co-operative advantage? Yes, but not in the sense of simplistic comparisons of economic performance and short-termism, but throughout the whole organisational process and dynamics, creating wealth beyond economic indicators and securing affordability and community ownership in perpetuity; putting a strong, diverse and inspired movement back into the co-operative and moving away from the productivist focus of commercial developers and dominant building regimes for whom people and the environment are not priorities. Let's create incomparable advantages and immeasurable benefits for people and the environment.
Raquel Ajates Gonzalez is a member and former co-director of RUSS.


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Wall Street, a place known for incredible stress and unhealthy habits, has inadvertently become an incubator for wellness innovation. Meet its leaders.
Wall Street, a place known for endless work hours, incredible stress, and unhealthy habits has inadvertently become an incubator for wellness innovation.
Why? After the financial crisis, the fragility of the economy seemed to magnify the fragility of well-being, leading to soul searching and career changes. And that's when many Wall Streeters we talked to decided to use their 14-hour days differently—namely to help others. Or, maybe it's just all that green juice they've been sipping.
Mike Patton was a futures' broker at Bear Stearns for two years. He was looking to move up in the industry but was having a tough time finding an opportunity.
Yoga Vida now has two New York locations with consistently packed classes—and he's managed to maintain some of the lowest prices in the city.
Evelyn Stevens started at Lehman Brothers in 2005 right after graduating from college, where she says she pulled all-nighters on a regular basis. "I ordered from Seamless every night and drank way too much Diet Coke," she said at a recent event for Specialized.
In 2007, her sister introduced her to cycling and she was immediately hooked. It was the peak of the economic crisis, and she watched as others around her were laid off. "My bike became an outlet and a release for me," Stevens says.
By 2009, she had quit her job and taken up cycling full time, and since then, she's placed first in more than ten races around the world and even competed in last summer's Olympics in London.
Julie Macklowe worked in finance for more than ten years, during which she managed her own $250 million hedge fund. But after breaking out in hives from chemical-packed skin-care products, she dropped it all to develop her luxe natural beauty line, Vbeaute.
"I made it my mission to work with the best lab and scientists to create an anti-aging line for sensitive skin that was fragrance-free, paraben-free, and gluten-free, for women on the go," Macklowe says. The line is now sold at Bergdorf Goodman.
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Q: How to invoke Quasar dialog from external component? I'm using Vue.js 2.x + Quasar 1.x with http-vue-loader (so no build tools) at the moment.
I put a q-dialog in a separate component - let's call it MyComponent, and when I just hook it up in a parent component like so:
<my-component></my-component>

then nothing happens, it's not even in the DOM... When I just insert the whole q-dialog template into the parent component, without having its separate external component, everything works just fine with a simple v-model.
So I imported the component successfully, that part is fine.
I was trying to invoke it when I click on a button, but I can't really communicate with the component this way.
Now I've come across two separate ways of creating dialogs in Quasar, the first one is using the  component when it's not in its separate component. The second one seems to be the one I might need for a separate dialog component. The problem is that importing an external component with vue-http-loader looks like this:
components: {
  'my-component': httpVueLoader('/components/MyComponent.vue'),
},

while according to the Quasar docs, it should look like this:
import CustomComponent from '..path.to.component..'

...

this.$q.dialog({
  component: CustomComponent,

...

The docs are a bit confusing to me as well. :/

A: Unfortunately, I can't see the CustomComponent code, which is required to be created following an interface, which is described in this docpage under the warning. Make sure that CustomComponent is valid.
P.S. - Both of those ways do the same thing but in different ways. With the first one, you'll import that component to another and set him in the template, but with the second one, you'll call a tool, that creates a new modal with passed parameters. But the second one doesn't have all functionality compared to the first one.

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Many people (including me) are starting to play fortnite less and less. Dont mention the 125M players because that number will never decrease since i think its the amount of players that played fortnite atleast once. I just want to know everyone's opinion on this topic.
I hate fortnite. It's ridiculous how much populary it gets.
Yeah, I think the fad's wearing off. It'll certainly stay successful for awhile but the "OMG EVERYONE'S PLAYING IT!" is dying down. The *IMPORTANT* number is Active Players, of which I don't have handy, but I'm not hearing about it every 17 minutes like I was a few months ago.
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Carrying out the feasibility analysis is a process requiring professional knowledge and perceptiveness, because it does not follow only the established check list. Each time, specific investor requirements should be taken into account, especially if they are unusual and require designing the premises in a way that differs from the most commonly used principles.
The architectural and building design is a special type of document that is created when it is necessary to build a new facility. This is a procedure that provides the investor with greater freedom than in the case of adaptation of the existing property, although also in this case obtaining the maximum ergonomics of the building requires adjusting its design to the requirements of the local development plan, as well as the specificity of the building plot. These factors determine the need to prepare a design of a different nature than in the case of the adaptation of the premises.
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All'età di 17 anni, Kajsa Grytt ha fatto parte della prima formazione del gruppo punk al femminile Kasern 9, poi rinominato in Pink Champagne, che ha lasciato prima della pubblicazione del primo disco per entrare a far parte dei Tant Strul come chitarrista e, successivamente, anche come cantante. Con i Tant Strul ha pubblicato tre album fino al loro scioglimento nel 1985; per altri quattro anni ha continuato a esibirsi in duo insieme alla tastierista del gruppo Malena Jönsson come Kajsa & Malena, pubblicando altri due dischi.

Nel 1990 Kajsa Grytt ha firmato il suo primo contratto discografico come cantante solista con la EMI, su cui ha pubblicato il suo album di debutto eponimo l'anno successivo, seguito da Revolution nel 1994. Quest'ultimo è entrato nella classifica svedese al 41º posto, un risultato al di sotto delle aspettative dell'etichetta, che non ha rinnovato il suo contratto.

La cantante è tornata alla ribalta con il suo terzo disco Är vi på väg hem?, uscito nel 2003 e accolto favorevolmente dalla critica (Aftonbladet gli ha assegnato cinque stelle su cinque) e dal pubblico (ha infatti raggiunto la 28ª posizione della classifica nazionale). Nel 2006 è uscito l'album successivo, Brott & straff - historier från ett kvinnofängelse, per la realizzazione del quale la cantante ha collaborato con varie detenute nelle carceri femminili svedesi, scrivendo la musica intorno ai testi scritti da loro.

Nel 2011 Kajsa Grytt ha ottenuto il piazzamento più alto della sua carriera nella Sverigetopplistan con il suo quinto album En kvinna under påverkan, che ha raggiunto il 13º posto. Nel 2014 ha preso parte al programma televisivo musicale Så mycket bättre su TV4. Per celebrare i 40 anni della sua carriera, nel 2019 la cantante ha realizzato una tournée che l'ha portata in altrettante città della Scandinavia.

Discografia

Album in studio
 1982 – Kajsa Grytt
 1983 – Revolution
 2003 – Är vi på väg hem?
 2006 – Brott & straff - historier från ett kvinnofängelse
 2011 – En kvinna under påverkan
 2013 – Jag ler, jag dör
 2014 – Vad har jag gjort - en samling
 2018 – Kniven i hjärtat

EP
 2013 – Dubious Sessions
 2014 – Så mycket bättre

Singoli
 1990 – Vår tur nu
 1990 – Som om himmelen var här/Come Give Me Love
 1994 – Visa hur man älskar
 1994 – I ditt regn
 1995 – Solen i dig (con Staffan Hellstrand)
 2003 – Ökensand
 2003 – Farlig liten jävul
 2006 – Ett kvinnofängelse
 2011 – Du ska ramla och trilla
 2013 – Samla
 2013 – Du ler, du dör
 2015 – Ja e inte som ni
 2016 – Bara vi står ut - fadern
 2017 – Bron
 2017 – Mina girls
 2018 – Kniven i hjärtat
 2018 – Här nu

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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What gives? you ask. What's goin' on? you wonder.
Here's what happened last Saturday?
Big Wes Turner's Trio was blessed with clear skies, a beautiful bug-free evening, and a patio filled with the kind of folks who enjoy all of that and a great beer from the taps of Tyranena Brewery. Guitar slinger Gary Hendrickson was back from knee-rehab and playing like he meant it.
Faux Fawn, the brainchild of singer/songwriter Paul Otteson, performed at the High Noon Saloon, Madison's premiere live music venue. Paul, Luke, Audre, Doug, and me. I'm so pleased and proud to part of it. We opened for L. Arvid on the occasion of his CD release. Thanks to him, opener Jack (Wow!), and the boisterously appreciative audience.
On Wednesday, Big Wes Turner's Trio plays a private party at a very swanky undisclosed location in Madison.
The very next night, Big Wes Turner's Trio welcomes guest artistes Chuck Bayuk and Frankie Lee to our odd-Thursday-of-the-month gig at The Essen Haus (in Madison). Strummin' starts hummin' at 8:30 pm.
You'll have to check back.


Shark Punch, which is focused on disrupting game discovery, has announced a $1.2 million seed funding led by London Venture Partners with participation from DN Capital, Reaktor Polte as well as private angel investors. The company is also launching their new game discovery platform: Playfield.io.
Playfield is a social discovery and community platform for games. Playfield helps players find games, they care about, and allows developers to connect directly with their gamer communities. It uses proprietary algorithms to find new games that the community can vote on, comment on, and follow, with social- and interest-based personalized recommendations in the pipeline. The service's open beta is currently available online, with mobile soon to follow.
"We started the company initially to develop a new game called The Masterplan, but after many discussions with other game developers, we realized that discovery is a massive problem for both developers and players. The question is rarely 'is there a big enough audience', but 'how to reach the right audience'", said Jiri Kupiainen, CEO, Shark Punch.
LVP is a seed fund which has invested in many other companies including Unity, PlayRaven, Omnidrone, Peak and Polystream.


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Q: Order dimension and width of a poset Let $(P,\leq)$ be a finit poset, $w$ its width. Then, by Dilworth's theorem, I know that $P$ is a union of $w$ chains.
My question is: is there also a relation between the order dimension of a poset and its width?
Thanks very much for the help. Also if there are any results that some how disciplines the order dimension of a poset based on any order relation's properties it would be of great help.

A: Dilworth also proved that the order dimension of a (finite) poset is less than or equal to its width. This was in the same paper as the result you quoted:

R. P. Dilworth, A decomposition theorem for partially ordered sets, Ann. Math. 51 (1950), 161–165.

(By the way, the same goes for infinite posets, provided the width is finite.)
Here is an outline of the proof. Suppose the (finite) poset $P$ has width $n.$ Then $P$ is the union of $n$ disjoint chains $C_1,\dots,C_n.$ (This is the tricky part but you already know it.) For each $i\in\{1,\dots,n\},$ extend the given partial order to a total order $\le_i$ so that,if $x,y$ are incomparable in $P$ and $y\in C_i,$ then $x\le_iy.$ (Exercise.) Then the given partial order is the intersection of the $n$ total orders $\le_1,\dots,\le_n.$


The EU has struggled for over a year to finalise the blacklist, with smaller, low-tax EU nations such as Ireland, Malta and Luxembourg anxious about scaring off multinationals.
These 47 countries committed to making changes to their tax policy in 2018, 2019 for developing countries, in an attempt to comply with European Union regulations. Finally, the cases of 8 countries affected by hurricanes will be assessed next February.
The two lists "will help to increase the transparency of the global tax environment", Estonian finance minister Toomas Toniste, who chaired the meeting, told journalists.
The list of non-EU states was unveiled on Tuesday, a year after the leak of the Panama Papers - a massive amount of data from a prominent Panamanian law firm showing how the world's wealthy stash their assets.
"We've done in two months what would have been done in eight-nine months otherwise", an diplomat noted ahead of the meeting.
"The placement in the list must not be seen as the end game: on the contrary, the exercise is ongoing and remains a matter of cooperation between partners", he said.
The bloc has finally agreed on a tax haven blacklist of 17 third countries in December's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on Tuesday. "It would have made clear that they can get a red light or a green light according to what they do next".
"We were aware of the monitoring done, but right now we only saw the list online and are awaiting communications from the European Union as to what are the reasons or the reason for us be placed on the list", he said, reports Now Grenada.
The new list was drafted by the European Council's Code of Conduct (COC), a group comprised of finance ministers from EU member states, including the UK.
"If someone wants additional sanctions, they can talk about it".
"To be on a blacklist is in itself bad enough and of course there will be consequences for these countries", Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna said.
WIC News understands that the list will be updated regularly.
"It seems the EU's pressure has obliged some of the most notorious tax havens like Switzerland and Bermuda to commit to reforms", said Aurore Chardonnet, from the Oxfam NGO.
"Given the unfortunate incorporation of the country in this discriminatory list, the Republic of Panama has made a decision to call its Ambassador to the European Union, Dario Chiru, to assess the steps to be followed moving forward", the government said in a statement.
"There is no tax haven in the EU", Moscovici assured, insisting that EU member states "respect worldwide standards".
European Union member states weren't considered for the list.
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Global banking and fintech signals – December 2019
Our monthly commentary and curation of market signals within the fintech and banking industry. We filter out the noise and present ideas that shape the next generation of financial services.
What holds legacy banks back to innovate as fast as fintech startups?
Techcrunch: FintechOS raises $14M to help banks launch products as fast as fintech startups
Finextra: HSBC inks global deal with Open Banking outfit Bud
Legacy banks are often portrayed as slow and old-fashioned when compared with innovative and digital-savvy fintech competitors. However, it's often not the lack of smart and driven people or initiatives that hold traditional banks back. It's the legacy IT systems. Banks that haven't integrated and upgraded their IT stack to the cloud have to put the breaks on projects that require to touch any legacy IT.
Understandably, this is a frustrating constraint.
According to Wall Street Journal, last year Europe's banks planned technology investments worth of $77B, and their U.S. competitors around $105B. Technology-focused startups use this opportunity to build banking infrastructure from the ground up and work directly with legacy banks.
After all, front-end related innovations are only possible via robust and scalable backend systems.
Romanian fintech startup FintechOS offers exactly that. They just raised $14M to expand their Technology-as-a-Service platform that lets banks and insurance companies pull data from their internal silos and enrich them in the cloud. From there, banks can use the aggregated data to develop personalised customer journeys and automate processes:
Image source: FintechOS
Banks increasingly rely on these new backend-tooling providers in order to keep up with the innovation pace of fintech startups. This trend was signaled this month by HSBC, which has signed a global deal to use aggregation technology developed by Bud.
Instead of taking on the mammoth task to overhaul the entire IT stack themselves, the best way forward might therefore ultimately be to develop a functional tech M&A unit and to fortify such partnerships with B2B2X infrastructure providers.
The advantage of aggregation and integration technology is that it allows banks to move from one-sided financial services providers to enablers: Enabling customers to get a holistic, predictive view on their current financial situation, to receive personalised advisory based on historical spending patterns, asset allocation and other 3rd party data, or simply to receive faster and accurate customer service.
How banks can start with their transformation from providers to enablers is illustrated in our last whitepaper about digital product portfolio innovation. Have a look here:
View the full whitepaper (pdf)
An overview of Softbank's fintech portfolio
Quartz: SoftBank's fintech portfolio
Softbank, currently under fire for burning billions of dollars via its Vision Funds, has a remarkably international portfolio of fintech investments. Quartz released an overview of the fintechs that were lucky enough to receive a check by the Japanese conglomerate, such as Grab, Paytm or OneConnect:
Source: Quartz
As consumer fintech is a costly business with yet unproven paths to profitability, the article rightfully remarks that valuations of portfolio companies like SoFi or Greensill are likely to be inflated by Softbank's cash infusion.
The incubent venture success story of the year? Goldman forced to put on the breaks on its fintech Marcus
Finextra: Goldman Sachs to put the brakes on Marcus expansion in UK
Financial Times: Marcus cuts rate on instant access savings account
Usually, fintechs launched by incumbents struggle to create impact. For instance, JPMorgan Chase has shut down its digital venture Finn, only one year after launch in 2018, according to The Wall Street Journal (€). The app cannibalised JP Morgan's core business, threatening the metrics and bonuses at the core organisation. It was only a matter of time.
Similarly, RBS just launched their own challenger bank, Bó. The new proposition is received with mixed feelings: James Cook of The Telegraph judged the customer experience as a "confused mess" (€):
"(…) Bó doesn't have a so-called "killer feature" that could attract anyone who has used one of its rivals."
On the contrary, Goldman launched Marcus as a true greenfield proposition, offering a simple digital savings account with solid interest rates (1,5%). Part of Goldman's strategy to add $5 billion in revenue by 2020 is to push new consumer-facing businesses, such as the cooperation with Apple on a new credit card offering and Marcus.
After launching in 2018, Marcus attracted 50.000 users already two weeks after launching. Currently, around 300.000 users have opened up a savings account at Marcus.
The strong growth in users, and ultimately deposits, now forces Marcus to slow down, as Financial Times notes:
"Analysts said the rate cut on the Marcus account signalled that Goldman had less desire to attract deposits as it approached the £25bn ceiling that would compel the bank to comply with the UK's "ringfencing" legislation.
British banks that hold more than £25bn — about $31bn — in customer deposits for a sustained period must legally "ringfence" or separate their retail and investment banking operations."
The key takeaway is that Marcus is laser-focused on solving a very fundamental customer need: a frictionless mechanism to store away and grow money. Marcus doesn't have any fancy features, not even an app. It simply focuses on getting the basics right.
OakNorth co-founder propagates end of fintech goldrush and focus on profitability
Wired: Fintech needs to ignore the VC goldrush and start making profit
Related to Marcus' offering a specific value proposition, Rishi Khosla of UK fintech OakNorth gave a similar advice to the investor and fintech community.
As fintech has become one of the biggest venture capital pools, many founders have prioritised aggresive growth over profitability. As long as fintechs periodically make headlines after acquiring another million users, investors are happy.
The underlying assumption is that the bigger the user base, the easier monetisation will become. It's a valid rationale in consumer tech, however the article points out it doesn't apply in the heavily regulated banking industry. Meanwhile, OakNorth, a technology-driven SME lender, has has proven that profitability and growth aren't mutually exclusive:
"For us, it came from having a clear idea of what customers value and are willing to pay for, as well as developing solutions that help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of existing institutions, rather than trying to replace them."
Razer, the Chinese gaming giant valued at $1 billion, just applied for one of Singapore's digital banking licenses
Fortune: This Video Gaming Giant Wants to Dominate Digital Banking
Razer Press: Razer Fintech Leads Consortium Bid for Digital Full Bank License in Singapore
We've covered the fintech-gaming cross-over before. With a projected 2.7 billion gamers globally by 2021, gaming is becoming a major global industry characterised by a highly engaged user group. While some games, such as Fortnite, have provided a blueprint for next generation fintech use cases, now there's the first major gaming company making serious moves into banking.
Around mid-2020, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will declare which companies will receive one of its five digital banking licenses.
One of the contenders for the license is Razer. It is the world's leading lifestyle brand for gamers, with over 70 million users across its software offerings. Among its services are Razer Gold, one of the largest virtual credit services for gamers globally, and Razer Fintech, one of the biggest online-to-offline digital payment networks in Southeast Asia.
Fortune notes:
"Instead of fighting local banks, Razer Fintech plans to target the youth and millennial segment in Singapore. Eventually, it aims to roll out globally as Razer Youth Bank, which the company said would be the first bank of its kind.
Razer is trying to leverage on its large, young fan base and its existing digital payments networks Razer Merchant Services and e-wallet service Razer Pay. It's also looking to boost its global presence—the company is based in Singapore and San Francisco but has retail stores in places like London, Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Taipei."
Razer Youth Bank will crush traditional banks at a game they never learned to compete in.
Traditional banks move into digital banking because they're loosing out on younger demographics that are increasingly migrating to mobile-first neobanks. It forces them to overhaul their entire IT stack, as covered above, and with that changing their way of operating the business and serving users.
However, even after digitalising the entire product portfolio, they're still a bank. A digital money storage unit, a list of transactions, an app or piece of plastic to make purchases. If they're ambitious, they add a few features on top, like intelligent push notifications, card freezing, spending trackers or virtual sub-accounts.
However, the use cases traditional banks can offer on their own are limited. After all, the only real value proposition is that they're a highly regulated entity that keeps your money safe.
Gaming companies like Razer instantly get access to its core demographic through its existing platform. With zero customer acquisition costs, a highly engaged users base, real-time access to contextual data and seamlessly integrated banking services, Razer Youth Bank will crush traditional banks at a game they never learned to compete in.
Razer Youth Bank would look anything like a traditional bank. On top of that, they partnered with powerful strategic investors:
Sheng Siong Holdings, an investment vehicle operated by the owners of one of the largest supermarket chains in Singapore
LinkSure Global, the company behind WiFi Master Key (ca. 800 million monthly active users)
Carro, Southeast Asia's leading wholesale marketplace for cars
… as well as platform partners:
JustCo, one of Asia Pacific's largest co-working communities
Quantifeed, an Asian digital wealth manager
The impressive list of partners can be found here.
Migrating banking-related services into to third party apps, where the users already are, is the ultimate blue ocean. It's not about building a new banking app, but leveraging banking in new contexts.
PARTNER, DIGITAL BANKING
Adrian Klee
Adrian is an expert in building digital business in the financial services sector. He has a background in Fintech and Consulting, and specialises in market research, digital service development and lean venture building.
By Adrian Klee|2020-03-19T19:25:14+02:00January 1st, 2020|Tags: Fintech, Insight|

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HomeSportsFootballDestrehan shakes off Hahnville rally, rides rushing attack to victory
Destrehan shakes off Hahnville rally, rides rushing attack to victory
September 21, 2018 Ryan Arena Football, Sports
Destrehan's Dontrell Smith earns a jump ball interception in the Wildcats' win over archrival Hahnville in Boutte Friday night.
RB Emery piles up nearly 200 scrimmage yards, CB Smith forces three turnovers
The hype and discussion heading into the annual Hahnville-Destrehan rivalry showdown had much less to do with the on-field matchup than usual — but this battle was as toe-to-toe and relentless as ever.
The Tigers rallied back from a 14-0 deficit to eventually take a 15-14 lead, but two Destrehan touchdowns in the game's final 15 minutes delivered the Wildcats a 28-15 victory at Tiger Stadium, avenging its loss to their archrival a year earlier in Destrehan and notching one in the win column in the opening week of District 7-5A play.
The "will he or won't he" saga revolving around Hahnville transfer quarterback Andrew Robison turned out to be the latter, as he did not suit up for the Tigers Friday night. But there was plenty of talent on display on both sides of the ball, including Destrehan's John Emery, who posted nearly 200 yards from scrimmage and galloped for a game-sealing 14-yard touchdown run with 9:33 left in the game.
Emery was voted the game's MVP, and he said after last year's loss, the Wildcats walked on the field with no intentions of dropping a second straight to their cross-parish rival.
"We had a grudge coming into this one," Emery said.
Destrehan coach Stephen Robicheaux acknowledged the extra distractions that surrounded this game, but said the players on both sides made the most of the rivalry spotlight.
"They were overshadowed this week with everything involving (Robison), but there are a lot of real good players in this (school) district and I think you saw that on both sides tonight," Robicheaux said.
It looked like Destrehan (3-1, 1-0) might run away with the game early on after posting two quick touchdowns in the first quarter on J.R. Blood touchdown passes: the first on a 64-yard connection with Emery, then another on a 30 yarder to Carson Rieder. Hahnville fumbled away the ensuing possession, and with 3:18 left in the first quarter, the Wildcats threatened to take a commanding three score lead.
But Hahnville forced a stop, then started to click on offense. Andrew Naquin sparked a drive when he found Jerry Spencer for a big chunk of yardage, combining with a personal foul penalty to put HHS at the Destrehan 25. Jace Meyers took control of the drive from there and capped it off with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 14-7.
John Pearsall kept the Tigers (1-3, 0-1) going, intercepting a pass on Destrehan's next drive to set up Hahnville again in Destrehan territory.
"Everyone counts us out, and we look at that at adversity," said Pearsall. "So we try and fight through it. Even though the score wasn't on our side, we still learned things … and we've gotta win these next 7 games we've got."
But this time, cornerback Dontrell Smith answered with a big play of his own, intercepting Naquin on a deep throw to short circuit the Tigers' drive. It was one of three turnovers Smith had a hand in, with two interceptions and a fumble recovery highlighting a night he was most often locked head to head in coverage with top HHS receiver Jha'Quan Jackson.
"We were jawing back and forth all game," Smith said with a smile. "(It's been like that) since the summer. He's a great wide receiver, but I don't doubt myself. I'm a confident corner."
Hahnville struck nonetheless. Destrehan started its ensuing drive on its own 4 and a holding call in the endzone resulted in a safety. The Tigers seemed to have momentum completely on their side when Jha'Quan Jackson appeared to surge up the middle of the field and coast in for a kickoff return that set the Hahnville student section ablaze, but it was called back for holding and Destrehan took a 14-9 lead into halftime.
The Tigers marched down the field and took nearly eight minutes off the clock to begin the second half, taking a lead on Meyers' second touchdown run of the night, a six-yarder, to make it 15-14 Hahnville — that capped a 16 play drive and was part of an 80-yard effort by Meyers, who began the year as the Tigers' third running back.
"Jace is very multidimensional," said Hahnville interim coach Mike Silva. "He can catch passes, he can block … he runs that inside zone better than all of 'em. He makes a couple quick moves and gets his head down."
Destrehan needed a big play and got one on a beautiful pass from Blood to Quinton Torbor that went for a 37-yard touchdown, putting Destrehan up 20-15 and giving DHS a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
"It was a great pass … when we needed a big play they came up with a big play," Robicheaux said.
Silva acknowledged many likely felt Destrehan was a heavy favorite entering the game, but that his players were determined to fight.
"Our kids gave us everything they had. With everything our kids have battled through, this was important to them. You saw that," Silva said.
Destrehan rushed for 231 yards on the night with Emery topping 120 yards and Kyle Edwards a shade under the century mark.
"They wore us down in the second half," Silva said. "Those two big backs are just monsters."
Though there was question – and much discussion both in the community and in the media – as to whether Robison or Naquin would start, Pearsall said it didn't change the team's approach.
"Whoever's at quarterback, 1(Robison) or 10 (Naquin), we're supporting them no matter what," he said. "That's our teammate. Those guys are our brothers."
Emery said his team heard the talk too, but that they kept their focus on the task at hand.
"We've got a quarterback too," said Emery, with a nod to Blood. "Playing with a group like this … everyone's together, there are no bad vibes. It's a blessing."
Andrew Robison
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Aleta Schexnayder says:
Proud of the HHS Tigers Football team. I love the quote:"Whoever's at quarterback, 1(Robison) or 10 (Naquin), we're supporting them no matter what," he said. "That's our teammate. Those guys are our brothers." The teenagers are showing more maturity and integrity than most of the adults involved in this situation. GEAUX Tigers!


Roasted Corn Miso Salad. A great way to enjoy fresh corn and Summer days! Don't you just love it when a summer salad is the perfect meal?
In case you missed the Strawberry Lychee Panna Cotta, I'm having a giveaway on the blog and it runs through August 17. One of you can win KitchenAid mixer, along with other 2 prizes. So don't forget to enter!
Lately, I am taking a break from refined sugar. It has not been easy, especially when you work 12-14 hours a day. It is hard to maintain your sugar level at work and not being cranky at all. But no, I haven't give up and for now, I am trying to make adjustments here and there.
Anywho, I've been on a salad kick lately and my fridge is almost filled with lots of salad dressing. I just love light dressing on my veggies. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar, make sure they are good quality, are often my go-to salad dressing. And is there a more perfect summertime food than roasted corn? I guess not. Thankfully, Trader Joe's has perfect roasted corn for salad. For me, 'salad' means you can throw on literally everything, including roasted corn. And the dressing. This miso salad dressing has been one of the easiest for me to prepare. If you're not as heavy handed as I am on salad dressing, you might have some left over and this dressing will bring Summer to your taste buds.
Combine all ingredients for miso salad dressing in a bowl. Whisk well and toss to your salad. Let it cool in the fridge for 30 mins – 1 hour before serving.
This salad is just the perfect one for summer. Especially with it being too hot to cook these days!
Oh yum! This is what I want for lunch!
Thank you, Marye! This dish is a perfect recipe for a healthy and tasty lunch.


It was composer David Johnson who put me in touch with pianist/conductor Ian Hobson in the late 1990s which is how the invitation to play with Sinfonia da camera came about, and the recording was made from the dress rehearsal and the world premiere of Graham Whettam's "Concerto Drammatico" in September 2000. Graham and Janet Whettam accompanied me on the trip to the US which started with a couple of performances of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with Shreveport Symphony and Dennis Simons. It was there that I also premiered Graham's "Ballade Hebraique" for cello and orchestra which he had written for me as a present for my American Debut. In Champaign-Urbana's wonderful Krannert Center I played a recital and two days later Graham's cello concerto.


Today I'm in love for these dolls. Do you know las sandalias de ana? Take a look in her etsy shop and in her blog.
Oh my goodness, these are so cute!!
Oh wow, I never saw this shop before. Their stuff is adorable!
Ohhh, I can only say thanks!


The first few minutes of the movie do really well to pull you in. There's a nod to the filmy Punjab as we start from lush fields, but we soon realize that these are not the same fields where a Raj would be waiting, arms extended, for his Simran. From setting things up for Mary Jane (Alia, easily the best performance here), to a quick introductory montage of other important players set to the tunes of Tommy's singing, the first few minutes had me interested. The last half hour or so, where all the strings start showing just how they're tied together, is another period in the movie that had me hooked. Between the first few minutes, the last half hour, and the set-up leading to the timely revelation of 'Ik Kudi', 'Udta Punjab' has plenty going for it.
It's the middle, however, that could have done with some trimming. We spend a little too much time with Tommy, yet don't get to see that many shades of him. Shahid does a good job with the over the top portrayal of Tommy, but it ends up feeling a little bit single track after a while. His moment of epiphany seems to arrive when he's in the lock-up, but doesn't. It rears its head again when he shoots at his uncle, but that's another false alarm. During the show where he finally loses it, you give him another chance, only to be treated to more of the same. By the time he gets inspired by Mary Jane rescuing him, you're watching & interested mostly because Alia is involved.
Ironically, Preet (Kareena) & Sartaj's (Diljeet) track is one that could have used more time & depth. Their investigation seems one-dimensional, and things proceed all too conveniently. It doesn't seem to belong to the same movie where Alia'a character is having such a rough time. Dr Preet is the one character in this mix with no blemish, and I feel depth in her arc was sacrificed in the interest of keeping her pure and dignified, well above all the muck she's surrounded with. This enhances the shock you feel at her ultimate fate, but it's too little too late by then.
Sartaj was interesting to me. He's simple but not stupid, and it takes some doing to not resort to caricaturing. To Diljeet's credit, he doesn't miss a step. I'll definitely be looking out for more of his work.
A lot of credit is due to the director Abhishek Chaubey for making a movie about Punjab with authentic Punjabi character, and not once resorting to Balle Balle Shava Shava, Aahu Aahu, or Harippa! The songs take on a whole new meaning once you've seen the movie, and I was really thankful for subtitles when the songs were on. The subtitles made me wish I knew Punjabi to catch what was lost in translation.
This was a good movie, and a lot of the nitpicking here is due to the fact that I expect more from this cast and crew. They've set me up to do so.
It's on Netflix now, do watch.


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Eighth Referendum
The Eighth Amendment
Mary Lou McDonald
Paddy Holohan
Jeremy Corbyn leaks document to prove that the NHS is "up for sale"
Corbyn says that the documents leave Boris Johnson's denials on a post-Brexit US trade deal "in tatters".
Jeremy Corbyn and the UK's Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of negotiating a secret trade deal with the US to sell the NHS to American pharmaceutical companies.
Corbyn unveiled the documents on Wednesday at a press conference where he claimed that he had 451 pages that covered six rounds of negotiations between the UK and American pharmaceutical companies starting in July 2017 to "just a few months ago".
He said: "Perhaps he (Johnson) would like to explain why these documents confirm the US is demanding the NHS is on the table in the trade talks.
"The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson's denials in absolute tatters... We have now got evidence that under Boris Johnson the NHS is on the table and will be up for sale. He tried to cover it up in a secret agenda and today it has been exposed."
He continued: "We are talking here about secret talks for a deal with Donald Trump after Brexit.
"When Johnson says 'Get Brexit done', it's a fraud on the British people."
Corbyn tweeted out the press conference from his Twitter account on Wednesday, which you can see here:
REVEALED: the truth about the Conservatives, Donald Trump and our NHS. https://t.co/AvCxXdVnGM
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 27, 2019
Brexit,
Boris Johnson,
Jeremy Corbyn.
British MP promises to end Troubles prosecutions for British soldiers, says there will be "blood on the carpet"
Carl Kinsella
Nearly a million Irish passports issued in 2019
"Let's get Brexit done" - Boris Johnson celebrates UK General Election victory
Dave Hanratty
UK General Election exit poll indicates emphatic Boris Johnson victory
Arlene Foster: Boris Johnson "broke his word" over Brexit and a border in the Irish Sea
WATCH: BBC presenter Andrew Neil calls out Boris Johnson for an interview in brilliant video


Attending a good friend's wedding can be really emotional, and this was exactly how I felt on the day my close friend Russell exchanged vows with his sweetheart, Aimee. I've known Russ for many years, and I was really honored to be the one capturing memorable moments for him.
On a perfect April day with amazing weather, these two huge hockey fans (of different teams, though) and their guests celebrated their big day at the gorgeous Ramsey Golf and Country Club. Quietly tucked away in Bergen County, this charming property features a majestic stone castle, sparkling lakes and lush gardens. After the outdoor ceremony was held by the water we explored the dreamy surroundings and found some fantastic hidden spots to shoot in. After I got them to stop licking each other, Aimee was simply amazing, willing to walk over rocks and climb on trees for the sake of great photos. And it was worth it :) During the reception, I love how Aimee's dad put a Philadelphia Flyers jersey on her, and I love how Russ boo'd the whole time.
The whole day was filled with fantastic energy, and everyone noticed how happy and excited Aimee and Russ were to get married. It was impossible not to, since their joy was literally written all over their faces.
Russ, I've known you for many years, and I've never seen you this happy before. I am so touched that you asked me to capture your most incredible day. I love you both so very much and my life is better with you in it. Take a look at some of my favorite photos above and relive their celebration!


Just a small report from last night's youth group. We had a review and game night in which we used Kahoot! to review the parables that we've been going through for the past month. It seems like most of the students are tracking really well with our time in the Word, which is encouraging! Then, after playing a couple rounds of "Chinese Dodgeball" we broke out into our small groups to plan Trunk or Treat! We had the students come up with themes to help their youth leaders decorate, and some of the ideas are awesome! I'm really excited to see if they can make some of them come to life come Wednesday the 31st!
Trunk or Treat is an outreach event, as flyers will be going home to the Marion kids on Friday. I'm super excited about working with the youth that can come to "redeem the day." We talked a bit about that last night. We really want to be a light for Jesus on a day that typically celebrates the darkness. I'd be grateful if your students would join us! They are free to dress up, we just ask that they not dress up in anything scary, gory, etc. Again, our goal is to be different from the world, while still being in the world.


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This is the intro podcast where I give you an overview of what this podcast is about and you decide whether you like my voice and whether you want to keep listening.
Over the next few weeks we will cover lots of tips and tricks I've used to make contracts more productive and easier to understand and faster to action.
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Q: How to detect if a video has been loaded in Media Player Framework? How to detect if video has been loaded and ready to play in Media Player Framework?
(http://playerframework.codeplex.com/)

A: Try to listen to PlayerStateChanged event of MediaPlayer control. Then check if PlayerState is Loaded.
Refer to the official documentation of Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework :

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