Niamh Barry was born and raised in Dublin. Since graduating from the National College of Art and Design in 1991 she has made her native city the home of her studio practice.
She first gained international recognition in 2011 when she was chosen by London's Luxcraft as one of just eight artists to showcase their lighting designs. She has risen to great prominence in the intervening years. A pioneering force in the use of LED, she has become one of the most sought-after figures producing light sculptures today. In fact, Barry credits much of her success to developments in this medium, which, like bronze, has afforded her the capacity for unhindered expression, an ability to reproduce forms that spring from her imagination three-dimensionally.
Barry's work transcends utility. She strives, above all else, to achieve striking visual balance, movement, and proportion. Her process is visceral, and allows her instinct to speak. Her work is thus experienced similarly—which is to say with emotion rather than contemplation alone. It is inpired by natural beauty—the patterns and textures of ploughed and planted fields, walls, and hedges; cloud formations; the delicacy of flowers; low winter light penetrating the branches of bare trees; the light and heat of fire, which she finds both exhilarating and comforting; and the perfection of birds—their long necks, their grace in flight, the markings of their feathers, and the seeming impossibility of their heavy torsos supported by fragile, delicate legs.
Perhaps her greatest source of inspiration is the human form—its movement in embrace and dance, or even its composure in a still moment. This is visible in many of her sculptures.
Barry's process begins with a series of rapid line drawings. She transcribes these sketches directly to maquettes, from which she creates her sculptures. She often says that her sculptures are drawings in bronze and light.
Barry has been profiled in Architectural Digest, The Financial Times, Modern Magazine, and Galerie Magazine. Her work is in public and private collections alike, including those of the Four Seasons Hotel, Candy and Candy, the Merrion Hotel, the Shelbourne Hotel, Finchatton, the Ritz Carlton, and U2. In 2017 Barry was the recipient of the 2017 Award for Best Lighting in Image Interiors and Living Magazine. Most recently she has completed a monumental light sculpture in the headquarters of the Central Bank of Ireland. She currently has a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland.


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Diego Armando Maradona [diégo armándo maradóna], argentinski nogometaš in trener, * 30. oktober 1960, Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina, † 25. november 2020, Tigre.

Maradona velja za enega izmed najboljših nogometašev vseh časov. Igral je na položaju veznega igralca.

V svoji klubski karieri je igral za Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona, S.S.C. Napoli, Sevilla FC in Newell's Old Boys; največje uspehe je dosegal za Napoli in Barcelono, kjer je osvojil številne nagrade. Med drugim je znan kot prvi igralec v zgodovini nogometa, ki je dvakrat podrl rekord za najvišji prestopni znesek: najprej za prestop v Barcelono, za katerega je klub plačal 5 milijonov funtov, in od tam v Napoli, ki ga je prestop stal 6,9 milijona.

Za argentinsko nogometno reprezentanco je zbral 91 mednarodnih nastopov in 34 golov, najznamenitejši je bil nastop na Svetovnem prvenstvu 1986, na katerem je kot kapetan reprezentanco popeljal do naslova svetovnih prvakov.

Zgodnje življenje

Diego Maradona se je rodil 30. oktobra 1960 v Buenos Airesu v Argentini.  Bil je sin revne družine, ki se je preselila iz province Corrientes. Maradona je bil vzgojen v Buenos Arinesu. Bil je prvi sin v družini in ima dva mlajša brata, Huga (el Turco) in Raúla (Lalo), oba pa sta bila tudi profesionalna nogometaša. Njegov oče Diego Maradona "Chitoro" (1927–2015) je bil rodu Guaraní, njegova mama Dalma Salvadora Franco, "Doña Tota" (1930–2011), pa je bila italijanskega porekla.

Maradona je svojo prvo nogometaško žogo dobil v darilu, ko je praznoval tri leta in se hitro posvetil športu. Ko je imel osem let, je Maradona opazil skavt, medtem ko je igral v svojem sosedskem klubu Estrella Roja. Postal je glavni igralec ekipe Los Cebollitas (Mala čebula), mladinske ekipe Argentino Juniors iz Buenos Airesa. Kot dvanajstletni deček je z igranjem z žogo gledalce zabaval tako, da je med vmesnimi prekinitvami tekem s svojimi prvimi divizijami pokazal ljubezen do športa. Med njegovimi navdihi med odraščanjem je bil brazilski športni igralec Rivellina in krila Manchester Uniteda Georgea Best.

Nogometaška kariera

Zgodnja kariera

20. oktobra 1976 je Maradona prvič igral na nogometaškem stadionu, ko je z svojo ekipo Argentinos Juniors tekmoval proti Talleres de Córdoba. Na igrišču je imel Maradona oblečen dress številko 16 in je postal najmlajši igralec v zgodovini argentinske Primere División. Med tekmo je Maradona zadel svoj prvi profesionalni gol. Po koncu tekme je Maradona rekel: "Tistega dne sem čutil, da sem nebo držal v rokah." Maradona je 14. novembra 1976, dva tedna po dopolnjenem 16. letu, dosegel svoj prvi gol v Primera División proti ekipi Marplatense San Lorenzo.

Maradona je pet let preživel v Argentinos Juniors, od leta 1976 do 1981, v 167 nastopih je dosegel 115 golov, preden je v Boca Juniors prestopil 4 milijone ameriških dolarjev. Maradona je prejel ponudbe za vstop v druge klube, vključno z River Plateom, ki je ponudil, da postane najboljši plačani igralec kluba. Kljub temu je Maradona izrazil željo po prestopu v Boco Juniors, ekipo, za katero je vedno želel igrati.

Maradona je pogodbo z Boco Juniors podpisal 20. februarja 1981. Dva dni kasneje je tekmoval proti Talleresu de Córdobi in dvakrat zadel gol ter s tem dosegel zmago z 4 : 1. 10. aprila je Maradona na stadionu La Bombonera odigral svoj prvi Superclásico proti River Plateu. Boca je premagala River s 3 : 0, Maradona pa je dosegel zadetek, potem ko je premagal Alberta Tarantinija in Fillola. Kljub nezaupljivemu odnosu med Maradono in menedžerjem Boce Juniors, Silviom Marzolinijem, je imela Boca uspešno sezono in je po pridobitvi točke proti Racing Clubu osvojila naslov prvaka. To bi bil edini naslov, ki ga je v argentinski domači ligi osvojil Maradona.

FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona je Maradono sprejel v klub za milijardo pezet od Boca Juniors, takrat rekorden znesek. Pri prestopu je glavno vlogo odigral agent Josep Maria Minguella. Maradona je imel težave s prilagajanjem in decembra 1982, ravno ko se je šport začel izboljševati, je zbolel za zlaatenico. Iz kluba je bil oduščen marca 1983. Po vrnitvi je Maradona pripeljal FC Barcelono do zmag na Copa del Rey in Copa de la Liga. V finalu za Copa de la Liga proti Realuz mu je z lepim golom celo uspelo zagotoviti, da so mu navijači nadtekmovalca Reala izrekli iskrene čestitke. Četrti dan sezone 1983/84 si je Maradona zlomil nogo po hudem spopadu branilca Athletic Bilbaa Andonija Goikoetxee. Po štirih mesecih okrevanja se je Maradona vrnil igrat proti FC Sevilla in takoj zadel dva gola. Na koncu je Maradona v tej sezoni dosegel enajst ligaških golov, FC Barcelona pa je končal eno točko za državnim prvakom Athleticom iz Bilbaa. Zadnja tekma Maradone z FC Barcelono bil finale Copa del Rey leta 1984, ki je bil z 1:0 izgubljen proti Athleticu iz Bilbaa. Po dolgotrajnih provokacijah med tekmo je Maradona reagiral in namerno brcnil nasprotnika, nato pa je prišlo do prerivanja med igralci FC Barcelona in Athletic de Bilbao.

SSC Napoli
Leta 1984 se je Maradona preselil v Neapelj v južni Italiji. Zanimalo ga je več velikih italijanskih klubov, vendar mu je bila izbira za neapeljski klub SSC Napoli najprimernejša. V svoji prvi sezoni je Napoli, ki mu je prej grozilo izpadanje, vodil do osmega mesta. Maradona je bil kmalu nagrajen s kapetanskim trakom. V sezoni 1986/87 je po tem, ko je z Argentino postal svetovni prvak, prvič v zgodovini klubov osvojil naslov državnega prvaka.

V sedmih sezonah, v katerih je Maradona igral z Napolijem, je klub dvakrat osvojil državno prvenstvo in enkrat osvojil pokal UEFA , leta 1989. Maradona je bil nosilec znamenitega veznega  'MaGiCa' (Maradona, Giordano in Careca) in tam postal izjemno priljubljen. Klub se je leta 2000 odločil, da njegove številke majice (10) nikoli več ne bo uporabil kot poklon.

Mednarodna kariera

Svetovno prvenstvo v nogometu 1986

Leta 1986 je Maradona odšel na svetovno prvenstvo nogometa v Mehiko. Po zmagah proti Južni Koreji in Bolgariji ter neodločenem izidu proti Italiji z 1:1 v katerem je Maradona izenačil na izenačeni tekmi, potem ko je Italija povedla, je Argentina na koncu končala na prvem mestu. V osmini finala je bil Urugvaj poražen z rezultatom 1: 0. V četrtfinalu proti Angliji, štiri leta po Falklandski vojni, je bil Maradona neustavljiv: najprej je rezultat podrl z rokometnim golom, nato pa spektakularno preigral angleško obrambo in podpisal za 2-0. Ta drugi cilj je internetna anketa, ki jo je organizirala FIFA, pozneje imenovala za cilj stoletja. Tekma se je končala z 2 : 1. V polfinalu je Maradona znova dosegel dva zadetka, tokrat proti Belgiji. V finalu proti Zahodni Nemčiji je Argentina popustila z 2: 0, a ob podaji Maradone je Jorge Burruchaga v 84. minuti dosegel zmagoviti gol. Maradona je bil zvezdnik in je veljal za najboljšega nogometaša na svetu.

"Božja roka"
Čeprav je šlo očitno za igro z roko, je bil odobren prvi gol Maradone v četrtfinalu proti Angliji. Skoraj dvajset let je Maradona vztrajal: "To je bila božja roka." V intervjuju za ARD je leta 2006 priznal prekršek. Dejstvo, da je na tej isti tekmi zadel po velikem hitenju, kaže na obe strani Maradonine osebe: goljufa in nogometnega genija.

Svetovno prvenstvo leta 1990
Leta 1990 je v Italiji potekalo svetovno prvenstvo. Argentina je v skupinskem delu končala za Kamerunom in Romunijo, a je bila v nadaljevanju najboljša tretjina. V osmini finala je za zmago proti Braziliji zadostoval zadetek Claudia Chananiga. Argentina je v četrtfinalu premagala Jugoslavijo. Rezultat je ostal 0:0 in spremenil se je v enajstmetrovke. Maradona je svojega zgrešil, a je bilo za Argentince vseeno 3: 2. V polfinalu se je Argentina srečala z Italijo, natančneje na stadionu San Paolo, stadion Napolija, kjer je takrat igral Maradona. Večina navijačev Napolija si je želela, da bi Argentina in Maradona izgubila. Po neodločenem izidu 1: 1 je spet prišlo do enajstmetrovk. Maradona je brcnil v svojo, Argentina pa je povišala na 4-3. V finalu, v katerem so italijanski navijači poklicali Maradono, je Argentina po poznem zadetku Andressa Brehmeja izgubila proti Zahodni Nemčiji.

Svetovno prvenstvo leta 1994

Leta 1994 je bil 33-letni Maradona ponovno uvrščen v izbor za svetovni pokal. Na prvi tekmi proti Grčiji je Maradona zadel gol, čeprav je bil Gabriel Batistuta zmagovalec tekme s hat-trickom. Zmagala je tudi Nigerijo, proti Bolgariji pa je bil poraz z 2: 0. Kljub temu se je Argentina uvrstila na tretje mesto, skupaj z Nigerijo in Bolgarijo. Vse tri države so imele šest točk. Romunija je bila nasprotnica v osmini finala. Z Gheorghejem Hagijem kot zvezdnica je Romunija zmagala s 3: 2, tako da je Argentina izpadla. Poleg tega je bila Maradona ujet in suspendirana zaradi uživanja mamil. S tem se je končala njegova mednarodna kariera, po sedemnajstih letih in 91 tekmah, v katerih je dosegel 34 golov.

Kariera trenerja argentinske nogometne reprezentance
Pod vodstvom Maradone se je Argentina uvrstila na svetovno prvenstvo proti Južni Afriki (2010). Tam se je uvrstila v četrtfinale, a jo je premagala Nemčija. Maradonin 'lastni' trenerski slog je povzročil veliko publicitete, predvsem dejstvo, da je s svojimi igralci postal zelo fizičen. Prvotno je bilo predvideno, da bo Maradona ostal v Braziliji kot državni trener do svetovnega prvenstva leta 2014. Maradona je želel obdržati celotno osebje po svetovnem prvenstvu leta 2010, a se argentinska nogometna zveza ni strinjala. Potem ko je Maradona vztrajal pri svojih zahtevah, se je sindikat odločil, da mu ne bo podaljšal pogodbe. V odgovor je Maradona spregovoril o "izdaji".

Zasebno življenje
Maradona se je leta 1989 poročil z Claudio Villafañe, s katero je imel pet otrok, mednjimi tudi Diega Singara, znanega tudi pod nogometnim imenom Diego Maradona mlajši, nezakonski otrok. Maradona se je z ženo Claudio ločil leta 2004, vendar je z njo ohranil dobre odnose.

Politični nazori

Ko se je bližal konec njegove nogometne kariere, se je Maradona vse bolj vključeval v izražanje svojih političnih stališč. Tako je v devetdesetih letih podprl argentinskega predsednika Carlosa Menema. Pozneje je pokazal več simpatij do levega političnega spektra. Čez čas se je Maradona spoprijateljil s kubanskim predsednikom Fidelom Castrom. Z njim se je tako dobro razumel, da si je Maradona tetoviral Castrovo figuro na svoji levi nogi in lik Che Guevare na svoji desni roki. Svojo politično podporo je podal tudi venezuelskemu predsedniku Hugu Chávezu. Maradona je bil tudi prijatelj bolivijske levičarske predsednice Eve Morales. Avgusta 2007 je Maradona v televizijski oddaji povedal:"Sovražim vse, kar prihaja iz Združenih držav Amerike. Res močno sovražim to."

Sodne težave
Maradona je bil v življenju večkrat vpleten v različne težave s pravosodjem in pravnimi spori: zlasti z italijanskim davkarjem, ki ga je leta 2009 obtožil utaje davkov za 39 milijonov evrov, prek družbe Equitalia zadržal izvršbe tretjih oseb za zneske, ki so mu bili pripisani, potem ko je zahteval le 42.000 evrov in zasegel dve luksuzni uri in komplet uhanov.

Zdravje

Od zgodnjih osemdesetih letih 20. stoletja do leta 2004 je bil Maradona odvisen od kokaina. V svoji avtobiografiji, objavljeni leta 2000, je priznal, da ga je začel zauživati leta 1982. Med bivanjem v Neaplju je njegovo zauživanje kokaina postala prava odvisnost, ki je začela motiti njegovo igranje nogometa.

V letih po upokojitvi se je Maradonino zdravje zaradi presežkov s hrano, alkoholom in kokainom, postopoma poslabšalo zaradi česar je bil sprejet v več bolnišnic, kjer je opravil več kirurških posegov ter rehabilitacij in razstrupljanj. Zaradi povečanje njegove telesne teže, ki jo je utrpel v zgodnjih 2000-letih, je bil Maradona prisiljen opraviti dva želodčna obvoda, enega leta 2005 in drugega leta 2007.

Smrt
2. novembra 2020 je bil Maradona sprejet v bolnišnico v La Plati, domnevno iz psihičnih razlogov. Njegov predstavnik je dejal, da njegovo stanje ob prihodu v bolnišnico ni bilo resno. Naslednji dan je bil Maradona sprejet na nujni operaciji možganov za zdravljenje subduralnega hematoma. Po uspešno opravljeni operaciji so ga iz bolnišnice izpustili 12. novembra, zdravniki pa so ga ambulantno nadzorovali. 25. novembra 2020 je Diego Maradona doživel hud srčni infarkt in umrl na svojem domu v Dique Luján v provinci Buenos Airesu v Argentini, star 60 let.

Maradonina krsta - ogrnjena z argentinsko državno zastavo in tremi dresi Maradone s številko 10 (Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors in Argentina) - je ležala v državni predsedniški palači Casa Rosada, mimo njegove krste pa so hodili njegovi oboževalci in žalovali. 26. novembra je pogreb Maradone, ki se ga je udeležilo več deset tisoč ljudi, prekinila njegova družina, ko so njegovo krsto preselili iz rotunde predsedniške palače, potem ko so navijači prevzeli notranje dvorišče in se tudi spopadli s policijo.  Istega dne je bil organiziran zasebni pogreb in Maradona je bil pokopan v grobu ob svojih starših na pokopališču Jardín de Bella Vista v Bella Visti v Buenos Airesu.

V popularni kulturi
Ameriški časopis Houston Chronicle je o Maradoni zapisal:Da bi razumel mogočno senco, ki jo Maradona meče nad svojo nogometno noro domovino, je treba pričarati atletičnost Michaela Jordana, moč Babe Ruth in človeško zmotljivost Mikea Tysona.  Združite jih v enega samega človeka s sodovimi prsi s kosmatimi črnimi lasmi in dobili boste El Diega, idola milijonom, ki ga kličejo D10S, mešanico njegove igralne številke in špansko besedo za Boga.

V Argentini Maradona velja za ikono. Še zdaj velja za enega najboljših nogometašov v zgodovini in je eden najbolj priljubljenih na svetu. Leta 2005 je izšel "Loving Maradona - film o brezpogojni ljubezni" , video poklon Javierja Vázqueza, ki zbira malo znane podobe, pričevanja bližnjih Diega, oboževalcev Maradone in več drugih oboževalcev. Na filmskem plakatu je prikazan argentinski izbor, sestavljen iz enajstih slik Maradone, z obrazi, ki ustrezajo različnim obdobjem njegovega življenja. V njegovo čast je leta 2007 izšel film z naslovom Maradona - La Mano de Dios, ki ga je režiral italijanski režiser Dino Risi. Leta 2008 je izšel še en biografski dokumentarec o nekdanjem igralcu: " Maradona by Kusturica ", ki ga je produciral srbski režiser Emir Kusturica.

Francosko- španski pevec Manu Chao je še eden, ki se je že poklonil Maradoni, saj je zanj sestavil dve pesmi: "Santo Maradona" in "La Vida Tombola", slednja spada v glasbeno podlago filma Kusturice.

Statistika kariere
Maradona je za klub in državo skupaj odigral 694 tekem in dosegel 354 golov s povprečjem doseženih golov 0,51.

v klubih
 Argentinos Juniors (1976-1981) - 166 tekem (116 golov)
 Boca Juniors (1981-1982, 1995-1997) - 71 tekem (35 golov)
 Barcelona (1982-1984) - 58 tekem (38 golov)
 S.S.C. Napoli (1984-1991) - 259 tekem (115 golov)
 Sevilla (1992-1993) - 29 tekem (7 golov)
 Newell's Old Boys (1993) - 5 tekem (0 golov)

Z reprezentanco
 1977-94 Argentina (91 tekem, 34 golov)
 21 tekem v štirih FIFA svetovnih prvenstvih (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 Argentinski drugi najboljši strelec

Lokalna prvenstva
 1981 Argentinsko prvenstvo
 1987 Italijansko prvenstvo
 1987 Italijanski pokal
 1989 pokal UEFA
 1990 Italijansko prvenstvo

Mednarodni uspehi
 1979 FIFA Mladinsko svetovno prvenstvo.
 1986 FIFA Svetovno prvenstvo.
 1990 FIFA Svetovno prvenstvo, drugo mesto.
 1993 pokal Artemia Franchija.

Treniranje
 1994 Mandiyú de Corrientes.
 1995 Racing Club de Avellaneda.

Častni naslovi
 1979-81 Nogometaš leta, Argentinsko društvo novinarjev.
 1979-81, 1986 Nogometaš leta, Argentinsko društvo športnih novinarjev.
 1979, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992 Južnoameriški nogometaš leta (El Mundo, Caracas).
 1986 Najboljši nogometaš FIFA Svetovnega prvenstva.
 1986 Zlata žoga za najboljšega nogometaša v Evropi (France Football).
 1986-7 Najboljši nogometaš na svetu (Onze).
 1996 Zlata žoga za nogometno kariero (France Football).
 1999 Najboljši gol na svetovnem prvenstvu ( 1986 (2-0) Argentina 3 - 2 Anglija ).
 1999 Športnik stoletja, Argentinsko društvo športnih novinarjev.
 2000 FIFA Najboljši nogometaš stoletja, ljudsko glasovanje.

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Zunanje povezave

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Argentinski televizijski voditelji
Maradona, Diego
Maradona, Diego
Maradona, Diego
Maradona, Diego
Maradona, Diego
Nogometaši SSC Napolija
Udeleženci Svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu 1982
Udeleženci Svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu 1986
Udeleženci Svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu 1990
Udeleženci Svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu 1994
Nogometaši, kaznovani zaradi dopinga
Argentinski športniki, kaznovani zaradi dopinga
Argentinski nogometni trenerji
Selektorji argentinske nogometne reprezentance
FIFA 100
Trenerji Racing Cluba
Trenerji Al Wasla FC
Argentinski komunisti
Trenerji Deportiva Mandiyú
Trenerji Fujairaha FC
Trenerji Doradosa de Sinaloa
Trenerji Gimnasie y Esgrima de La Plata

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On December 20, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 41st meeting of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 19, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 19, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the 2018 General Assembly of Japan's National Council for Export Promotion of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Processed Foods held in Tokyo.
On December 19, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly held the 75th meeting of the Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society (IT Strategic Headquarters), and the 6th meeting of the Strategic Council for the Promotion of the Use of Public Data by the Private Sector, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 18, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a request to the Government on the return of the Northern Territories from Ms. Harumi Takahashi, Governor of Hokkaido, and others, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 18, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 17th meeting of the Council on Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 18, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting of the Ministerial Council on the Strengthening of the Maritime Security System at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 17, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the third meeting in FY2018 of the Forum for Consultations between the National and Local Governments, held at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 17, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a proposal from the Economic Strategy Headquarters for Building the Future Society based on AI of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 17, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a ceremony to commend leading companies where women shine, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 17, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 37th meeting of the Council on National Strategic Special Zones at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 14, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a report from the Ruling Parties' Working Team on the New National Defense Program Guidelines and Other Matters, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 14, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the award ceremony of the Prime Minister's certificate of appreciation for life-saving activities at the Prime Minister's Office to commend those who placed themselves in danger to save another person's life.
On December 14, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted a luncheon for Japanese-speaking ambassadors accredited to Japan, at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
On December 14, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the ninth meeting of the National Resilience Promotion Headquarters and third Ministerial Meeting on Emergency Inspection of Critical Infrastructure, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 13, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Mr. Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, Prime Minister of Mongolia, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 13, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a courtesy call from Mr. Shinichi Nakashige, Mayor of Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, tea producers, and others, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 12, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a request from the Headquarters for the Revitalization of Education of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 12, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 12, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a courtesy call from the "NINJA Parliamentary Group" and the Japan Ninja Council at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 11, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 11, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 33rd meeting of the Administrative Reform Promotion Council at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 11, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the Liaison Meeting of the Government and Ruling Parties at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 11, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the seventh meeting of the Advisory Panel on Security and Defense Capabilities at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 11, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 18th meeting of the Strategic Headquarters for National Space Policy at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 10, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office.
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On December 6, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a meeting of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Councillors.
On December 6, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a courtesy call from the Diet members of the ruling parties elected in Osaka at the Prime Minister's Office.
On December 5, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the year end party of economists, held in Tokyo.
On December 2, 2018 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Asunción in the Republic of Paraguay.
On December 2, 2018 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Montevideo in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
On December 1 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is visiting Buenos Aires in the Argentine Republic to attend the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and other events, held talks with the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently, the Prime Minister held talks with H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey. Afterwards, the Prime Minister held talks with H. E. Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Around noon, the Prime Minister attended the third session (working lunch). In the afternoon, the Prime Minister attended the closing session, where the communique was adopted and H.E. Mr. Mauricio Macri, President of the Argentine Republic, delivered closing remarks. Following that, the Prime Minister held talks with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation. Thereafter, the Prime Minister held talks with President Macri and attended the signing ceremony of the Japan-Argentina Investment Agreement and the closing ceremony of the 120th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Argentina.


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I met my usual running buddies at Richard's house at 5:40 AM this morning. I was late. Some say as usual, I say not true;-) The plan was to run about 11 miles with some major hills. The goal is to integrate as many hills as possible into our regular training to prepare for Laurel Valley. I say we need to add actual stair running to our regimen as well to get ready. Anyway, we took off at 5:40 AM and headed for the Rocket City Marathon route that would lead us from our starting point on Pratt Ave at the bottom of Monte Sano Mountain to the bottom of Drake Ave. The pace was rather fast and I started to break a sweat after just half a mile. At this rate, I would be soaked and finished before we ever got to the bottom of Drave Ave. From there it would be all uphill for a while. Once we arrived at the top of Drake, we waited to make sure the entire group continued together from there. The Drake climb feels like you are literally leaning forward into the road. We made our way to the dead end of a neighborhood and to a power line cut, which we ascended until we reached another one of our "posh" Huntsville neighborhoods. While the power line cut seemed to have been cleared at the start of our ascend, the brush got significantly thicker towards the top with lots of thorns to "decorate" our legs and arms. From there, we headed towards Monte Sano Boulevard and Bluffline Trail, which we would descend until we hit the top of Tollgate Trail. Once we reached the bottom of Tollgate Trail, we made our way down Bankhead Parkway until we got back to Richard's house. A quality 13 mile loop in about 2 hours and 20 minutes with lots of serious uphills and a nice trail section as well. Those are the types of training runs I want to do all the time. My legs haven't been sore like this after a training run in a long time.


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HiToms Defeat Copperheads 7-6, Win Fifth in a Row
Asheboro Copperheads (7-11, 7-11) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 9 0
High Point-Thomasville HiToms (12-8, 12-8) 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 X 7 10 3
2B: Chris Adams; Caleb Webster
2B: Myles Christian
HR: Myles Christian; Austin Pharr
HIGH POINT-THOMASVILLE, N.C. - High Point-Thomasville's (12-8) power-hitting prowess pesisted Friday night at Finch Field, as Columbus State's Austin Pharr and Middle Tennessee State's Myles Christian smacked home runs to pace the HiToms to a 7-6 victory against the Asheboro Copperheads (7-11).
Pharr's two-run home run was his fourth in as many games, while Christian's blast was his seventh on the season and proved to be the difference in a one-run game.
High Point-Thomasville has not lost since Sunday against the Gastonia Grizzlies, rolling off five straight victories, including two wins against the Forest City Owls and back-to-back one-run wins against the Copperheads.
The win kept the HiToms' lead in the Coastal Plain League West at two games, with second place Forest City sitting at 9-9 overall. High Point-Thomasville has five games remaining before the first half ends June 30. Forest City will play eight games in that stretch.
The back-and-forth affair began with crucial two-out hits for the HiToms, led by a two-RBI, two-out single by Wofford's Reed Massey in the bottom of the 2nd. Asheboro quickly answered in the next half-inning with a run on a single by Penn's Sean Phelan to draw back within one.
The two-out hitting struck again in the bottom of the third, as Columbus State's Frank Wager drove in his college teammate Pharr to extend the lead. The two teams traded runs again in the fourth - one on a groundout by Asheboro's Caleb Webster, the other on the third two-out hit of the night for the HiToms, courtesy of Kankakee's Bryce Butler.
Two Copperhead runs in the top of the fifth tied the game at four, but Pharr promptly untied the game with his two-run home run in the bottom of the inning. The round-tripper brought his season RBI total to 21, which leads the Coastal Plain League.
The game went quiet until Christian unloaded his home run, a solo shot in the bottom of the 7th. That homer proved to be valuable insurance, as the Copperheads used a couple of hits and a HiTom error to draw back two runs in the top of the 8th.
The tying run reached second base for Asheboro in the final frame, but Greensboro College's Will Hicks struck out Trevecca's Ethan Harrison on a breaking pitch diving out of the strike zone to seal the game.
High Point-Thomasville gets a well-deserved day off Saturday after playing 12 games in 11 days. The HiToms return home to Finch Field to face Forest City in a pivotal West Division clash at 4:00. General admission tickets are $7, while box seats cost $8.
If you cannot make it to the game, watch the action live on HiTomTV on the home page of hitoms.com beginning at 3:45. Just click the white HiTomTV banner.

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Just having some fun with Mrs. Elaine's baby scale.
Okay, well I have to brag once again that I have the best husband ever. He is so sweet and helpful. Ever since Josie was born (and of course when I was on bed rest) he has just taken over the job of cooking supper, or at least getting it started. I have never asked him to do this, he just has because he's sweet. Well, this week he has cooked me 3 wonderful suppers, Monday he helped me clean the house (it was completely out of control after coming back from camping and going right into a thousand doctor's appointments), Tuesday he mowed the yard (and cooked supper) and yesterday he brought me home flowers :). What more could a girl want?
Today was a another very long day at the doctor's. Today Jake, Josie, and I met with the GI specialist, Dr. Gillis and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Now that Josie has gained weight, we are focusing on the other 2 problems: what made her spit up blood, and why her liver enzymes were elevated. So today they did more blood work (so sad!, but this time Jake held her instead of me), another urine test (took forever-we had to wait for her to pee in a bag), and some infection tests (swabs in her mouth, nose and bum). We will find out results of all those tests tomorrow.
The bad news is, in 2 weeks, Josie will have an outpatient procedure at the hospital :(. She is going to have a scope down her throat, so she will have to be put to sleep for that. The putting to sleep part is what Jake and I are so scared about. The procedure itself is only 15 minutes long. Please pray that everything goes okay and Josie wakes up like she is supposed to. Oh yeah, the scope is to check for an ulcer or anything else that could have made her throw up blood.
She also got her first prescription today-Zantac for reflux, because she has been spitting up A LOT.
Josie is now 7lbs, 5 oz- she gained 5 oz!!! Thank you so much for all your prayers-they worked!! We still go to the specialist tomorrow, just to make sure everything is okay, but "failure to thrive" is not an issue anymore. Also, I can stop pumping and supplementing-he told me just to nurse, and then she goes back next week to recheck her weight. If she is still gaining, we are good to go for just nursing. I hope that is the case, because nursing is so much easier than pumping. Well, I wil update some more after tomorrow, but right now, we are praising God and rejoicing :).
Tomorrow is our appointment to see if Josie has gained weight since we have been supplementing with formula. Please pray that she has! If she has gained weight, then lots of scary things will be ruled out, and she will not have to have as many tests. We really hope that happens. Thank you to everyone who has been praying.
Well, I was going to post this yesterday, but time just got away from me. I think I was officially initiated into motherhood. Yesterday morning was great. I got up, fed the squirt, put her back to sleep in her bassinet, and then went to pump. I finished pumping, got in the shower, dried my hair, got dressed, ate breakfast, made the bed, and the squirt was still asleep. I was actually completely ready to go to church at 8:40 (we leave at 9:00), so I had plenty of time to get Josie out of bed and get her ready. So I got her up, took her into the bathroom to wash her face, and then it happened-she spit up ALL over herself and me. The outfit could not be salvaged. I was just glad I hadn't got her dressed yet! We (Josie and I) both have a limited amount of things that fit us right now. So I had to go find another outfit….ahhh…the joys of motherhood :). (and, for those who were wondering, we left for church right on time).


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Interaction Quotes
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life.
Party, Flower, School
Walt Whitman (2009). "Democratic Vistas: The Original Edition in Facsimile", p.33, University of Iowa Press
To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.
Russell L. Ackoff
Leadership, Integrity, Taken
"On purposeful systems (1972)". "Thinking about Quality: Progress, Wisdom, and the Deming Philosophy". Book by Clare Crawford-Mason and Lloyd Dobyns, p. 40, 1994.
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time.
Gregory Bateson
Thinking, Two, Quality
"Mind and Nature - a Necessary Unity". Book by Gregory Bateson, new edition, 1988.
The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.
Morihei Ueshiba
Sports, Heart, Fire
Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). "The Art of Peace", p.92, Shambhala Publications
Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.
Stress, Sides, Language
"Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity". Book by Gregory Bateson, 1979.
Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.
Communication, Behaviour, Architecture
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.
Evan Parker
Attitude, Thinking, People
Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.
Oliver Lodge
Survival, Matter, Way
Oliver Lodge (2012). "My Philosophy: Representing My Views on the Many Functions of the Ether of Space", p.295, Cambridge University Press
You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.
Helmut Jahn
People, Chinese, Farce
Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction.
Roy Romer
Thinking, Acquisition, Inquiry
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
Truth, Guides, Sensible
William James (2015). "The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding", p.31, 谷月社
Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.
Keith Henson
Successful, Behaviour, Attention
I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity.
Creativity, Space, Office
Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.
Technology, Soul, Style
"Taking Sock" by Jaron Lanier, www.wired.com. January 1, 1998.
Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and how much they have to say. You can tell them. You can shine that light on them, one human interaction at a time.
Smart, Kids, Light
I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!
Taste In Music, Causes, Outcast
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
Leadership, Powerful, Hero
"Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala". Book by Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson. Chapter 5: "The Politics of Hope", 1990.
At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction.
Book, Thinking, Two
There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate.
People, Acting, Inappropriate
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Drama, Disrespect, Battle
We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.
Vincent Nichols
Skills, Community, Important
"Archbishop Vincent Nichols voices fears over social networking sites". www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2009.
If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium.
Men, Civilization, Years
If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more, that is a good thing.
John W. Thompson
Good Things, Accepting, Process
"Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.
That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts.
Harold Ramis
Dvds, People, Reaching
I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.
William C. Kirby
Believe, Understanding, May
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Mount Julia is an extinct volcano located in The West Coast Range, on the West Coast of  Tasmania, Australia with an elevation of  above sea level.

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A hero from a bygone age, Lord 'Flash' is a descendant of our previous Flash Harry, but owes more to the Boy's Own pulp-esque magazine 'reality' than his Victorian predecessor. A Flying Ace and Squadron Commander, he is best described as vain, self-absorbed and arrogant. Yet he is also a reckless adventurer, prone to acts of herosim and derring-do. He delights in 'tweaking the Kaiser's nose' by undertaking missions for the British Secret Service. Supposedly, women instantly fall for him, men want to be him and his opponents fear him. He is a hero of sorts, albeit one with his own publicity agent and a tendency to avoid playing the modesty card of his fellows.
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Stretch Spandex Atomic Wall, otherwise known as CNC Wall with Velcro Tab Attachments that can hook directly to our pipe for profound impact at all sorts of different events.
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Atomic Wall backdrops are available in 5 different patterns including squares, triangles, hexagons, rectangles and diamonds. Each shape is available in different panel sizes. Shape sizes are available in 6", 12", 2' and 2.5' panels. These stretch fabric panel wall backdrops can be completely seamless up to 32' x 12'. Larger walls can be completed by adding a seam.
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"Brazil's Braskem Must Face U.S. Lawsuit over Petrobras Scandal," Reuters
Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA must face the main part of a shareholder lawsuit over its role in a massive bribery scandal that engulfed Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras SA , a U.S. judge has ruled.
In a decision made public on Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan said holders of Braskem's American depositary receipts may pursue claims that the company and former Chief Executive Carlos Fadigas defrauded them by concealing how bribery enabled the company to buy naphtha from Petrobras at below-market prices.
Naphtha is a key ingredient in petrochemicals, and the complaint said Braskem bought 70 percent of its naphtha from Petrobras.
"The core of the case was the naphtha pricing statements, and I am pleased to see that was upheld," the investors' lawyer Steven Toll said in an interview. "The case will go forward."
The full article can be viewed here.
Christopher Lometti
Daniel S. Sommers
Steven J. Toll
Braskem S.A. Securities Litigation


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Sail to India
Designer(s) Hisashi Hayashi
Publisher(s) Alderac Entertainment Group
It is the Age of Discovery! With the Mediterranean under Osman Turkish control, the Portuguese are looking for alternative routes to the East Indies, moved by the trade of gold, spices and other goods. Better ships and general centralization of power help push the Portuguese out into the Atlantic, and explorers like Prince Henry, Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama took to the sea. In Sail to India, players take on the role of a powerful noble and supply expeditions in search of lucrative trade routes. Players gain victory points by discovering new coastal towns, selling trade goods and constructing buildings. Players can also acquire technologies, which grant powerful abilities during the game. Discover the route to India and seize the greatest wealth and prestige!


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Bitcoin Failure to Break Top Indicates ABCDE Triangle
Indian crypto P2P market size triples despite regulatory uncertainty
DeFi: Borrowing and Lending Crypto Deserves Scrutiny and Caution – CityAM
Crypto lending and borrowing in booming but the important questions are still the same: who are the lenders, and who are the borrowers? Why do they engage in these transactions? What forces shape the market, and how do the players involved react to those forces?
The bigger story when it comes to crypto-backed crypto lending can be found in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). DeFi is a catchall term for the activities in a booming sector of the industry, one which leverages the power of smart contracts to automatically settle complicated financial transactions. As a side note, this subject can become rather complicated as it deals heavily with nitty-gritty distributed computing, and even geniuses like Vitalik Buterin struggle to communicate what precisely is going on in clear terms. We'll cover it just enough to discuss what the financial implications of these opportunities are.
Smart contracts were quickly brought to bear in crypto's favorite application, trading. Decentralized exchanges were built using smart contracts to allow the trading of cryptocurrencies without the need to interact with "off-chain" platforms. Of course, there's nothing crypto traders love more than leverage, so organizations like MakerDAO popped up to facilitate decentralized lending.
MakerDAO pioneered a model which is ubiquitous today, in that they allowed anyone to borrow crypto from a smart contract with the provision of collateral equal to 150% of borrow. In particular, MakerDAO allowed traders to deposit ETH and receive a stablecoin, DAI, whose value is algorithmically pegged one-to-one to the US dollar. The smart contract would create this DAI and store the collateral, while also handling functions like margin calls. It would even liquidate the collateral if the borrower didn't recapitalize the loan. Since its founding, traders have pledged more than $500mm of collateral to borrow DAI off the smart contract.
(Source: DeFi Pulse)
The next evolution in DeFi was a project called Compound, which put a spin on MakerDAO's business. It allowed a two-way market of borrowers and lenders to meet on the smart contract. In order to align incentives, the smart contract behind Compound varies rates of interest (independently for depositors and borrowers) and collateral multipliers across assets. It's important to note that the spread between depositor and borrower interest rates (APY in the image above) does not get paid as profit to the owners of Compound. In fact, there aren't really owners of Compound, in the sense that we'd think of it like any other business. The spread is purely intended to stabilize the lending markets.
(An example of what the Compound dashboard offers – rates on deposits and borrows in several currencies, as well as the option to activate any combination of assets as collateral. Source: Compound)
One feature that distinguishes COMP is the presence of voting rights. The team decided to implement a kind of dividend, or reward, into their platform.
(Diagram explaining the COMP distribution program. Source: Compound)
This idea, that users of the platform would earn rewards for their use of the platform, kicked off an investment craze known today as "yield farming". DeFi enthusiasts realized just how lucrative token rewards like the program COMP offered were. More to the point, they realized those token rewards could be earned at a higher rate through the use of leverage, which they were able to obtain in the web of decentralized lending platforms.
(Selection from InstaDApp's dashboard, highlighting widgets added to facilitate yield farming. Source: InstaDApp)
Credit ought to be given to the attempts, however limited, made by most DeFi proponents to inform would-be farmers of the risks inherent in these operations. More skeptical voices have emerged in response to the buzz surrounding yield farming. Leshner, the founder of Compound, called the activity a "self-organizing anarchy," while Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, shared his own concerns:
(Source: Twitter)
How should investors begin to assess the risks involved in trading DeFi, or in farming yield? In the first place, it's important to remember that the main product on offer, through all of this, is more like a floating-rate note, and less like a fixed-term loan. Compound, according to their docs, actually varies the rate of interest earned on any asset per confirmed block (!). And while there's some assumption of continuity there, that amount of variance ought to give pause to those seeking to make a comparison between DeFi loans and traditional fixed-income investing.
(This source code from Compound calculates the "APY" often cited in discussions of yield farming. The doc adds, "Note that the supplyRatePerBlock value may change at any time." Source: Compound Docs)
An investor lending into a lucrative DeFi contract only earns that high rate of interest as long as it persists in the market, so there's no way of actually assessing what the gains on any particular trade will be. If at trade time the lending rate on Compound for ETH is 20% annualized, and an investor lends 1000 ETH, they will earn one block's worth of a 20% annual interest rate. The average time between blocks for ETH has long been about 15 seconds, implying a very little amount of time for that high rate of interest to accrue.
A proper accounting of duration is merely the most innocent of the risks surrounding an investment in DeFi. Most of the strategies involved in farming yield boil down to taking out leveraged loans on the platforms offering the highest token rewards. DeFi Prime described InstaDApp's "Maximize $COMP Mining" widget bluntly: "Essentially, it's mining using a leveraged position: people borrow and deposit assets simultaneously in order to get more COMP." A financial system that relies on obscure forms of leverage to power an alluring set of returns should raise blaring red flags – just ask Michael Burry.
And even if the duration of the loans and the crumbly ziggurat of leverage on which it stood weren't enough to make savvy investors pass and live on to fight another day, there is a core component yet unexamined: the nature of the borrower on the other side of the loan. When a deposit is made at a bank, that too is a short term loan, which bears a varying rate of interest. Since the Great Depression, however, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has backed the credit of these banks' depositary holdings with a government guarantee, making them essentially risk-free. When a crypto lender solicits deposits from investors into their platform, the investor can make their own decision whether to lend with respect to both the creditworthiness of the lender and its book of borrowers as well as the rate on offer to them. When a trader deposits stablecoins or other crypto at a DeFi platform, they are made to make their decision in a vacuum, with only the rate on offer to guide their thinking, and no real information about the trustworthiness of the smart contract or the borrowers on the other side running the system.
In our read, the risks of DeFi lending at any level are rather high, and the returns uncertain. More to the point, the risks of yield farming are increased by the leverage permitted by smart contract implementations, and the returns are made even more uncertain by their dependence on the volatile price of token rewards. Investors interested in committing their or their clients' capital to these endeavors would be smart to limit dramatically the amount of funds they allocate here.
Co-Authored by David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial Group and Ryan Anderson, Head of Trading.
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David Siemer is CEO of Los Angeles and London-based digital asset management firm Wave Financial. Before founding Wave, David co-founded Venture Capital firm Wavemaker Partners in 2004, which has invested in over 350 startups around the world and achieved significant investor returns.
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Home Match Ntcham Or Armstrong?
Brendan Rodgers has a welcome selection headache tomorrow for his top of the table showdown with Aberdeen. Ntcham or Armstrong.
The gaffer's choice so far has been to go with the in-form player. Both players form has dipped this season but lately, both players have been shown signs of getting back to their best.
Armstrong was simply first class against Partick on Wednesday night. Even if you take his belter of a goal away his performance was top class. Ntcham got a bit of a hard time at the start of the season but has looked solid for the last month or so.
Whoever gets the nod you'd imagine will sit out the Dundee game midweek and be ready to face Sevco on the 30th, that's providing they continue to impress. Brendan Rodgers has mastered seven wins from seven against Aberdeen since he took over as Celtic boss so we trust whatever choice he makes.
But before he makes it, which player would you prefer to see start and why?
Not Armstrong, that's for certain.
He doesn't want to be here, thinks he is better than us, and has been part of the reason for the disruption of our team this year. Ntcham every day of the week for me.
Ntcham all day long. Armstrong bn posted missing too often.
Hear Hear Joe, if he's offered an extension this summer and he wavers like last term then dump him.
Armstrong for me, I think the guy is excellent in the way he always drives forward and there is goals in his game, Ntcham is a terrific player too and is an excellent passer of the ball.


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Anyone who is aware of their stuff in drum and bass has been eagerly awaiting the discharge of Joanna Syze's sophomore album, Surrender. Over three years within the making and containing collaborations with the likes of RedPill, Barbarix, Chris.SU, Mizo and, after all, two tracks with the incomparable AKOV.
Surrender has clearly been well worth the wait. Since its Beatport unique launch on Friday, it's shot to quantity 4 on the Beatport DnB Top 100 and a lot of the singles from the album have charted as effectively. Rene LaVice featured three of Surrender's tracks on his BBC1 radio show and other singles have received high praise from Bassrush and District Bass. If that's not sufficient, Joanna's heart-rending story of how the album got here to be was featured on UKF. There's a cause it's so deep, darkish and emotional. You can try that story right here.
Another cause Surrender turned out so effectively is the collaborators who labored together with her on this undertaking, and her collab with AKOV on "Archangel" is a testomony to that. The pair additionally labored with Volatile Cycle on one other observe known as "Shadows" however "Archangel" is an actual spotlight in an album of highlights. The observe combines Syze's cinematic flare and AKOV's heavier-than-heavy bass drops and neurofunk synths. In a current interview with Bassrush, AKOV mentioned he likes to carry a "crunchy" sound to his beats, and that's positively current right here. If that wasn't sufficient, Syze's heart-rending and goth-tinged vocals float over after which wind across the beats and synths with some actually attention-grabbing manufacturing. They seem each within the ambient sound house and within the forefront of the observe, creating an impact of feeling her voice in a number of locations, as an angel floating across the crunchy, crunchy bass. If you don't get goosebumps from "Archangel," you will not be alive your self.
There actually isn't an album out proper now like Surrender. It's revolutionary and totally different, having been produced in a approach that will not have been seen in drum and bass earlier than. It's a whole work and might be listened to as a full album, not only for its particular person tracks. That mentioned, every observe additionally has its personal distinctive vibe and every one can stand on its personal as an enormous tune. It's actually among the best LPs in 2019 up to now, and "Archangel" with AKOV helps to inch the album out that a lot farther. It is a should should should cop.
Surrender is out now on Othercide Records on Beatport unique and can be launched worldwide on February 22. Some singles like "Shadows," "Dark Days," "Nothing Lasts Forever" and the album's title observe might be streamed on YouTube or Soundcloud.


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History of IAEA
Ethics Guidelines
Ethics Guidelines Endnotes
A town hall to discuss ethical issues in the Astrology Community was held on Zoom on July 14, 2020 at 11 am based in NY, NY.
At the town hall, the Founding Committee of Margaret Gray, Anne Ortelee, Laura Nalbandian and Patricia Walsh invited members of the astrology community to unite to create IAEA, the International Association of Ethical Astrology.
Our goal is simple:
Ethics: the moral compass guiding our lives.
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Q: How to delete to the last blank characters on the line I have:

  int x = 1;______

(underscores means spaces)
and I would like to get:

  int x = 1;

My naive solution is $bld$, is there a quickest way?
In Emacs I use M-\ (delete-horizontal-space)

A: For the current line:
:s/\s\+$

For all lines:
:%s/\s\+$

The substitution text can be omitted if blank, so we don't need to write s/\s\+$//.

A: I do this with a search and replace mapping:
map <leader>W :%s/\s\+$//<CR>:let @/=''<CR>

:%s/\s\+$// deletes all trailing white space and then :let @/='' clears the search register.

A: :%s/\s\+$//

What it does is it searches for white spaces at the end of the line and replace them by nothing.
Source: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Remove_unwanted_spaces

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Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction is a textbook by Peter Hugoe Matthews in which the author provides an introduction to linguistics.

Reception
The book was reviewed by Cheryl Eason and Ute Römer.

See also
Language: Introductory Readings

References

External links
 Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
2003 non-fiction books
Linguistics textbooks
Oxford University Press books


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Senior Housing Community In Ballston Spa Envisions Having 83 Townhouse-Style Units
This rendering depicts what the proposed senior housing community on Hutchins Road would look like. The townhomes would have two bedrooms and two baths on a single floor.
Courtesy Malta Development Inc.
By Jill Nagy
Malta Development Co. is planning an 83-unit senior housing community on Hutchins Road in Ballston Spa.
Developer Tom Samascott hopes for approval in August and said construction would begin in the spring.
He described the project as townhouse-style rental units, each of them with two bedrooms and two baths on a single floor. He anticipates rents of $1,700 to $1,800 a month.
The buildings will have vinyl siding and asphalt shingle roofs. Amenities will include pocket parks with garden beds and a dog park. There are no plans for a fitness center, community room or similar facilities.
"The development is too small," Samascott said.
Apartments will be available for people age 55 years and older, and the development is aimed at seniors wanting to downsize from single-family homes.
The development would be on a 14-acre currently wooded site. An existing house would be razed and the area behind it cleared for the construction.
KVA Construction, a subsidiary of Malta Development, will do the construction at an estimated cost of $12 to $13 million, said Samascott.
Malta Development Co. has developed neighborhoods in the area including Brownell Farms, Olde Saratoga Estates, Edgewood Estates, Furlong Hills, The Estates at Northern Pines, Kaydeross Estates, Creek View Court, Jessica Trace, Century Farms, Meadowview Estates, and Creekside Park.
The company was started by Samascott in 1988.
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From mental and physical tension to overeating, malnutrition, intake of excessive sugar, meat, protein or fat, can all result in poor vision. Here are 6 foods that can improve your eyesight.
Poor eyesight is primarily a sign of poor nutrition. Vision problems are quite common in the world. The World Health Organisation states that as many as 1.3 billion people across the world live with some form of vision impairment. It is thus important to get eye exams done regularly. However, to prevent having any eye problems, a healthy and nutritious diet can go a long way. Nutritionist Nmami Agarwal recently took to Instagram to talk about some foods that can promote a healthy eyesight. In her blog, she mentions that there are various reasons that can result in poor vision.
From mental and physical tension to overeating, malnutrition, intake of excessive sugar, meat, protein or fat, junk food; poor muscle tone, lack of physical activity and flexibility can all result in poor vision.
For healthy eyes, a healthy lifestyle is what you need. Along with regular exercise, following are the foods you must include in your diet for healthy vision.
Eating some healthy foods daily does not mean you have to go out of the box. Some easily available foods are also extremely nutritious and can do wonders for your health. Have a look at the diet plan of 2019!
According to the scientists, the fluid gel forms a protective barrier that protects the surface of the eye from further damage caused by blinking.
1. Leafy green veggies: Leafy green veggies are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin which help in improving vision. Vitamin C rich leafy greens are great for your eye health. Spinach, collards and kale are some instances of healthy leafy green veggies.
2. Citrus fruits: Orange, grapefruit and lemons are citrus fruits good for your eyesight. Vitamin C in citrus fruits acts as antioxidants and help in preventing age-related eye damage.
Also read: Do You Know Eyes Have Natural Version For Night Vision?
3. Nuts: Nuts are rich in omega 3 fatty acids and Vitamin E, both of which help in fighting from age-related eye problems. Peanuts, brazil nuts and walnuts are instances of nuts good for your eyesight.
4. Fish: Salmon, trout, tuna and herring are all fish that are good for your eyesight. Oily fish is rich in omega 3 fatty acids that offer protection to eyes from macular degeneration and dry eye syndrome. Nmami informs in her blog that omega 3 fatty acids help in drainage of intraocular fluid from eyes, thus reducing risk of glaucoma or high eye pressure.
5. Carrots: Carrots are rich in Vitamin A and carotene. Both of these are important for a healthy vision. Vitamin A specifically is a component of rhodospin, a protein which helps the retina to absorb light.
6. Seeds: Some seeds like hemp seeds, sunflower seeds and chia seed can help in improving vision. Fatty acids in these seeds can improve dry eye conditions. These seeds are also rich in omega 3 fatty acids and are also a good source of Vitamin E.


England defender Kieran Trippier believes that Saturday's Nations League clash against Spain will give the Three Lions the ideal opportunity to prove that they can beat the big names.
Although Gareth Southgate's side made a run to the semi-finals of the World Cup, they did so by beating relatively modest sides, like Tunisia, Panama and Sweden, while Colombia were only navigated via a penalty shootout.
Against the game's traditional big guns, however, critics still feel they have a point to prove - and the Tottenham defender is eager to help them do it.
"You need to beat the best and Spain are one of the best in the world," he said. "In the World Cup, you can only play who you are drawn against. Obviously, Spain will be a big test and we want to play the likes of them to show that we are here and we are ready.
"We want to beat these teams, we want to beat the best and Saturday will be no different. So it's an exciting one and we are all really looking forward to it, but we need to beat these sorts of teams if we want to be up there. Come Saturday, we'll be ready and give everything to do that."
"We know the quality we have got in our dressing room and on our day we can beat anyone."
Now the target for Trippier and his England team-mates is success at Euro 2020, having had their confidence boosted by the run in Russia.
"The progress and the journey that we went on was fantastic but obviously we were disappointed to get beaten in the semi-final, given the way we started. But we overcame so many obstacles in that tournament and we have got to be proud of ourselves. The nation and the players are back," he said.
"We've set the bar high at the World Cup with how well we did as a team and obviously we go into every tournament wanting to win it.
"Every opportunity we get, we always try to do the best we can for our fans and ourselves and the tournament in two years will be no different. If we get there, which we will do, we will go there wanting to win it."


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Q: Получить числа из строки python строка: "5 из 19".
Нужно получить числа 5 и 19

A: a="5 из 19"
b=a.split()
c=[]
for i in b:
    if(i.isdigit()):
        c.append(i)
print(c)

если нужно вернуть прямо числа, а не строки с числами:
a="5 из 19"
b=a.split()
c=[]
for i in b:
    if(i.isdigit()):
        c.append(int(i))
print(c)

и если захочется вернуть не только целые числа:
a="5.78 из 19.38 да на 385"
b=a.split()
c=[]
for i in b:
    try:
        c.append(float(i))
    except ValueError:
        continue
print(c)


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Q: Can you copy an in-cell image to another cell using app script? Is it currently possible to copy an in-cell image from say Sheet_A to another specified cell in Sheet_B?
I am trying to build a catalogue where I can retrieve such images with a search function on google sheets. Can someone help me out?

A: It was solved using copyTo. Let me know if you want a sample sheet!!


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Q: Reset and restart javascript countdown (loop) I have this pure JavaScript countdown based on date object all working fine except that I wanted the countdown to keep running.
JSFiddle sample
//the countdown part

var d = new Date();
var theDate = d.getFullYear() + '-' + (d.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + d.getDate();
var newTime = new Date(Date.parse(d) + secs * 1000);
//var end = new Date('02/08/2016 10:00:00');
var end = newTime;
var _second = 1000;
var _minute = _second * 60;
var _hour = _minute * 60;
var _day = _hour * 24;
var timer;
if (timer) clearInterval(timer);

function showRemaining() {

  var now = new Date();
  var distance = end - now;
  if (distance < 0) {
    clearInterval(timer);
    document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = 'this is the callback from here should reset and starts again';
    return;
  }
  var days = Math.floor(distance / _day);
  var hours = Math.floor((distance % _day) / _hour);
  var minutes = Math.floor((distance % _hour) / _minute);
  var seconds = Math.floor((distance % _minute) / _second);

  document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = days + 'days ';
  document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML += hours + 'hrs ';
  document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML += minutes + 'mins ';
  document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML += seconds + 'secs';

}

timer = setInterval(showRemaining, 1000);

A: In the if (distance < 0) branch, you simply need to remove clearInterval and reset the end variable.
Something like this:
if (distance < 0) {
  d = new Date();
  theDate = d.getFullYear() + '-' + (d.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + d.getDate();
  newTime = new Date(Date.parse(d) + secs * 1000);
  end = newTime;
  return;
}


Hey any ideas if your going to add more bridges to bb or ipb forums ?
Tournamatch is compatible with the BuddyPress WordPress plugin, but it does not integrate into BuddyPress. Currently no timetable on an Invision Power Board (IPB) bridge.


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Hi, been a while since I posted.
Quick question: many email marketing services have the ability to track click-throughs on links. Is this something that would be available, and if not, I'd appreciate any suggestions for integrating a 3rd party solution to add this functionality.
GAZ comes with an option to track when HTML emails are read, but GAZ doesn't have click through tracking on links. More on the GAZ tracking can be found here.


Assembly Member James Gallagher at today's event. Senator Jim Nielsen and Congressman Doug LaMalfa also participated.
We continue to broaden support for increased water storage through construction of Sites Reservoir.


You have enough gear that with a group that uses stuns/interrupts/personal cooldowns you should be ok.
If you have a group of MoP dungeon heroes that expect to brute force and be healed through everything then you will have a bad time.
I rarely use heal or PoM.
Stack Clarity Of Will on the tank and have PW:s up as much as possible. Some pulls the hp of the group wont even drop.
If a dps takes damage or gets a DoT on them just throw a PW:s on them then go back to the tank. Then use penance to top them up. Make them heal themselves!
If its a big group aoe then use AA at 1 stack for the IF buff to PoH. Then you can follow with your lvl 90 talent then back on the tank.
If you arent tracking CoW then use a weak aura to track it. Make sure you track Weakened soul so that PW;s can be refreshed asap.
Dont be afraid to use pain suppression and barrier as tank cooldowns.
I use mindbender as it gives dps and returns mana on a 1m CD. The solace gcd sometimes for me isnt worth it so i prefer mindbender.
Try some of that and see how you go.
A fellow Gnomeregan Priest! Hello!
Brew hit the right steps you should be taking.
Things you should not be doing is Atonement all the time like we did in MoP. The last boss of UBRS has a lot of avoidable dmg... mainly the dragon breath. Baddies in fire does not reflect your quality of play and will kill your mana.
GL! and I'll see you around on the server!
For me as disc, I always keep Penance, PWS, and PoM on cooldown on the tank and fill with heal/PoH. FH when someone gets low or to burst the tank up if he gets low.
If you find yourself getting a bit behind on the heals, try bursting the tank up to full and then shielding him and casting pain suppression on him to keep him there. From there you can get everyone else topped off.
Angel, I feel your pain. Part of the issue is that Blizzard increased the difficulty of healing and made ignoring mechanics much harsher for DPS, which can make you feel inadequate.
First, sounds like your tanks aren't using their active mitigation and self heals correctly - tell them to use cooldowns all the time.
If you use PW:Solace (as I do) make sure you hit it every CD. While it does take up a GCD, the damage, mana gain and immediate atonement healing it does isn't made up for by mindbender (imho).
Further, disc is a very proactive rather than reactive healing spec - if you know that a large damage spike is incoming (like right before the dragons drop and breathe fire on all your DPS that's too dumb to move out of the way) you can run that fight with Spirit Shell and spam PoH to get everyone fully shielded before the damage hits, making it much easier to top them off after.
The last thing I'd say is that you're doing great for the gear level you have - as you increase your ilvl, you'll worry less about running out of mana and have more time to stack evanglism/aa, since your shields and heals will hit exponentially harder as you get closer to heroics. At ilvl 601, it felt like it was all i could do to keep people alive. At ilvl 632 now, I fall asleep through heroics.
You need to know when your grp members will be get damage for PW:S, Clarity, etc.
Divine Star, Mindbender (for mana) or Surge of Light (for quick and free heals - i pref Mindbender for dps, good mana regen). Power Infusion isn't the best choice for disc: Spirit Shell or Twist is mutch better.
One trick: use PoH after use Archangel - must use Arch on cd (Holy Fire on one target, then Archangel, then crit PoH).
Ask grp for more cc, strun and interrupt - need to know tacs everyone in the grp.
Cannot avoide fails with gear yet!
Sadly its all too easy to say "omg where are the heals" - when the person complaining has been stood in the fire for the entire boss fight - doesnt have their interrupt on their action bars and fail to CC.
Beginning of expacs are always tough as mana management is compounded by the fact tanks / dps have poor gear as well so they kill things slower (more damage) and the tank gets hit harder (more damage).
Players still think they are running around in purples one shotting mobs.
Be patient - ask them to play their classes / cc / interrupts. If they refuse then say "fine but dont complain when I go oom"
Best time to learn is now while the going is tough!
Stick at it and good luck!!
lol, yar. My mana, like my love, is too precious to spend on someone who will waste it!
LOL. My wife approves of this message... she is not a fire stander.
I did a couple normal runs, and heck even UBERS before the xpac came out and dear lord do I dislike dumb people. I did feel ineffective until one day a tank told the dps to either move out of the bad or we will replace you.
After soo many horrid groups I started playing my druid and kinda was going to main him. Today however I did a Heroic UBERS today (first heroic), with a good group and omg, even though it was a little rough Ilvl 610. But at the end of the day the we won, and I got my first WoD heroic drop. Funny enough a couple hours later I did a LFR MC raid, and ended up replacing said heroic drop.
So I think I am going to stick it out, and just hope people become start learning how to deal with the mechanics.
I'd say stick around, every single gear increase (mostly) helps more and more.
As Gwenymph mentioned above, make sure you use AA as if it was a healing CD. Make sure to have PW: Shield up on your party members, and i recommend using PoH+Holy nova during AA, to help with mana consumption. You will also have to have a feeling for when large damage spikes may occur, so you can time AA more effectively, since the increased healing will make it so you shouldnt have to spam PoH as much.
http://www.wow-heroes.com/character/us/Ysera/Glorynymph/Switch to disclipine spec to view my healing gear, if it'll help you get a feel for how the stats should be as a disc priest.
Stat %s for Mistweaver Monk?
What stat %s should we aim for?
I'd appreciate any constructive opinion you have and thanks in advance.


An earthquake has hit southern Iran just 60 miles from the country's Bushehr nuclear power plant.
It hit on Thursday morning and was also felt in Bahrain and other areas around the Persian Gulf.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck at 6.34am GMT, some 60 miles east of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the only operating nuclear power station in the Islamic Republic.
The USGS put the earthquake's magnitude at 5.5, while Iranian state television, citing officials, described the quake as a magnitude 5.9. Varying magnitudes are common immediately after a temblor.
Government-run TV did not report any damage at the Bushehr plant, which has seen other earthquakes in the past and was built to resist damage from the tremors.


Automatic electronic data delivery is the federal government's preferred channel for receiving mortgage data, and Veros powers a lot of that space. We sat down with Darius Bozorgi, CEO of Veros, to discuss the latest in automation and how lenders and appraisers can adapt.
HousingWire: How will the Electronic Appraisal Delivery (EAD) portal from the FHA change the way lenders process loans?
Darius Bozorgi: As the FHA has indicated publicly, EAD is being implemented in order to validate appraisals prior to endorsement, a critical change in how lenders are currently interacting with FHA. Today, lenders submit required appraisal data manually. With EAD, all appraisal fields will be collected automatically from the submission, allowing lenders to mitigate errors and experience significant savings. In addition to these lender opportunities, EAD will significantly enhance FHA's risk management capabilities.
HW: What effect will EAD have on the industry?
DB: Similar to what we saw when the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP) was launched, EAD should be an easy transition for lenders and other stakeholders, including appraisers. FHA adopted the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) standard years ago. EAD will have the same effect as UCDP in terms of clearing any appraisal issues prior to endorsement, resulting in fewer issues for lenders and all related participants. The recently announced FHA premium reductions would lead one to reasonably anticipate an increase in volume. EAD will give FHA 100% diligence on all submitted appraisals, which allows FHA to engage in these types of policies, knowing it has the systems and tools in place to identify and manage risk.
HW: What will be the biggest challenge for lenders using the EAD and how will Veros Pathway help?
1. While there will be overlaps, lenders will see a different set of hard stops in EAD vs. UCDP. As a result, lenders need to be aware that while an appraisal may pass one portal, it does not automatically translate to a green light in the other.
2. EAD is implementing a two-phase approach regarding digital signatures: Identify any transformation of data from the appraiser's desktop to the time it was received in EAD, and validate, beyond a license number, the identity of the appraiser.
For lenders that do not sell to the GSEs, there may be more of a learning curve. Having never submitted appraisals in a fully electronic format and in the UAD standard, these lenders may need to re-engineer how they receive appraisals and how they package them for submission to the EAD portal.
stops, ensuring the cleanest appraisal possible. As interfaces and requirements change on the back end, Pathway clients will have little or no need to adjust while enjoying more flexibility with appraisal submissions into the secondary market.
HW: What has working with the GSEs on UCDP, and now the FHA on EAD, taught you as a company?
DB: We truly value these partnerships and have learned quite a bit about working with large government and pseudo-government organizations and their regulators. Veros competed against numerous organizations to be the technology provider to both the GSEs and FHA. We were humbled to secure those relationships and very proud to have demonstrated excellence in both mission-critical efforts. Veros took the time and effort to understand objectives, pain points, and what each was trying to achieve, allowing us to play a role in a very collaborative effort on how mortgage data is viewed, standardized, packaged and transmitted throughout the industry. A lot of credit has to be given to these organizations for implementing these paradigm-shift reforms.
HW: What is the next priority for technology providers?
DB: We'd like to be part of the continued evolution of data standards and the transmission of mortgage data across the entire U.S. housing finance system. Private capital is another important issue. By establishing industry standards, with systems that assure these standards are met, full transparency can be achieved, giving participants the confidence to return to the market. Additionally, the same proven models for appraisal should be applied across the entire loan file, further stabilizing and growing the U.S. housing market.
Sarah Wheeler is the Managing Editor for HW Content Solutions. She joined HousingWire in November 2013 as Content Editor and was quickly promoted to Magazine Editor. Sarah has an extensive background in journalism and marketing.