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An interview with Jim Ross on the past, present, and future of wrestling
by David Shoemaker on January 22, 2014
Last week, the Masked Man talked to the legendary WWF announcer (and barbecue sauce maven) Jim Ross about his era-spanning career, his favorite matches, and his take on the current WWE product, as he prepares for his upcoming one-man show in New York.
First things first: Congrats on the Sugar Bowl.
That was one of the greatest football experiences of my Sooner life. I went into the game believing that Alabama was still the best college football team in the country. Alabama was 59 minutes and 59 seconds away from playing in the SEC title game again, which they assumed they would win and play for a national championship. So what the hell were we doing down there? We lost to Baylor like the redheaded stepchildren on a Thursday night in Waco and we didn't even know who our quarterback was going to be. We had all these injuries — it seemed like we had no chance. I've seen a lot of great Sooner wins, but this was just an extraordinary performance.
You're frequently on the sidelines during Oklahoma games. How'd you become such a fixture?
A lot of members of Coach Stoops's staff were big wrestling fans. Back in '99, Mike Leach and Mike Stoops would be game planning and they'd take a break for dinner about the time that Monday-night Raw came on. Then we were doing a taping in Oklahoma City and somebody in the WWE called and got us sideline pregame passes, and I went to practice and met the coaches. It became more about our friendship than it did about celebrity. I never really looked at myself as a celebrity. If I am, it's a very unlikely one.
After that there was a long time when I was working [at WWE headquarters] in Stamford, Connecticut, that I would commute to the OU game every weekend, home or away, flying out of New York on Friday and then going to the game on Saturday, and then on Sunday I would fly to wherever Raw was. They were ridiculous commutes. Let's say you're going to play at Iowa State. Well, there's no nonstops from New York City to Ames. So I would arrive on Friday and the coaches would be wrapping up their meetings and we'd go grab a bite to eat or have a beer or something just to get them out of the hotel. They wanted to hear wrestling stories. I didn't know at the time, but I was kind of doing a mini version of my one-man show. I was holding court, telling wrestling stories, and doing Q&A. The last thing they wanted to talk about was tomorrow's game.
Quick story: I kept having these horrific stomachaches. I was raised by an old-school father who would roll over in his grave if he heard I didn't go to work because of a stomachache. So I just endured. I drank a lot of Mylanta and chewed Tums like they were gold. By the time I went to a gastroenterologist, he said, "You've got about 30 days left." I got 13 inches of my intestine removed and I was in the hospital for seven days. When I got coherent, I turned on my cell phone and listened to my messages, and one of them was from Bob Stoops. It was game day and he was on the sideline in Kansas City. He said, "I looked around and you're not here. We miss you, and hope you're getting better." I thought that was pretty cool. That old cell phone is so antiquated and dilapidated now, and I don't even know if I have the charger for it, but I never had the heart to throw it away.
You're famous for calling wrestling matches, but you've called football games, too, including a broadcasting stint with the Atlanta Falcons. How is calling football different from calling wrestling?
Not much. Less than the sports elitist would want you to believe. My belief is that if one is a communicator and he enjoys the product and has product knowledge and is motivated to study said product, that the broadcasting part comes easy. I believe I could go broadcast football or basketball or baseball because I'm fans of all those genres. Of course, this is the point where Monsoon would say to me, "Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back." But actually, I've officiated on the field in all those sports. I played as a high schooler, which doesn't give me any skill set, but it gives me knowledge of the game — a little bit.
With WWE, I would spend so much time studying and pregaming and preparing that it drove a lot of my broadcast partners crazy. But I had to be anal so I could let the flow of the match come to us. I've always thought that the wrestlers make the music, and it's up to the announcers to add the lyrics. It's the same way if you do a football game. Some football games are so overtalked that I wonder if the producer and the announce team remember they're on television and not radio.
You could say that about wrestling today, too. Occasionally, you wonder if the announce team remembers they're watching a match.
Today's trend in wrestling seems to be more narratives. A lot of the subtle, fine points of the art form, of applying holds and focusing on a body part and why are they doing something and what could this be leading to, are often ignored. But if you have movement on the screen and you're talking about something else, there's a disconnect. It's like it's third-and-12 and they're throwing the ball and you're talking about the second half of the doubleheader — it's related to the game but it's not related to the moment. I always wanted to create the ability to suspend the viewers' disbelief and get lost in the process of what these great athletes are doing. And it's certainly not a knock on any of the current broadcasters, because this is what they're obligated to do. They have many more masters to serve than I did. There are so many things that they have to service, whether it be the app, or a movie, or in-show sponsorships, or whatever. The guys are just doing their jobs. But I'll say this — back when we were getting the highest ratings, the sound of the show was different. And maybe egocentrically, I like that soundtrack better.
It seems that WWE is borrowing all these MMA moves, but as MMA's commentary is getting more and more technical, WWE is going in the opposite direction.
I think the front office thinks the fans already know, and the irony is that the younger fans [WWE] is trying to attract still need education. It's like a kid watching a football game with his dad. His dad's gotta explain what a forward pass is, what a read-option is. UFC has done a good job because they started this brand-new sport and sort of trademarked a lot of their terms. Take a kimura — well, a kimura's a double wrist lock, and a double wrist lock has been used in wrestling for years. I think UFC's been on a major educational swing, and the diehards all know what these holds are, but they're still adding so many new viewers that it's still imperative to do some explanation. Joe Rogan does an amazing job of that. I learn something every time I listen to him.
Back in your early days you worked for Bill Watts's Mid-South promotion, first as a referee and then as an announcer. What were some of your most memorable matches?
I think the first NWA title match that I was involved in was that thing that we did with Bill Watts, Ric Flair, Dick Murdoch, and Ted DiBiase.1 It seems like that angle has withstood the test of time. I was in New Orleans recently and a lot of the folks that I met there remembered how hot that angle was.
The Freebirds blinding the Junkyard Dog was a great one. It was so real in the sense that Dog, his wife was pregnant with their first child, and the story line goes the Freebirds blinded him and he had never seen his first child because of the dastardly acts of the Freebirds. People could relate to missing out as a parent; they could relate to the heartache. We just told a story — that Dog was sitting on his rocking chair, rocking his child that he couldn't see. It was like a country song.
One of the angles that's kind of off the radar from that era was Dick Murdoch and Killer Karl Kox, because Murdoch could be as good, if not better, than anybody in the business. He was under strong consideration several times to be the NWA champion. But he'd hit for the golden sombrero occasionally. He just horsed around — he was fun-loving and kind of a rebel. When he worked with Kox, they both were former Marines. Kox was another legitimately tough, tough dude. I remember refereeing a match they had — I think we were in Baton Rouge. So Murdoch was in one of his Three Stooges moods and Kox backed him into a corner and I was on Kox's left side — anytime you're refereeing guys that are right-handed, you always break on the left side so you don't inadvertently get an elbow stuck in your face when they're rearing to punch somebody — and he knocked the holy hell out of Murdoch. Dicky's knees wobbled and Karl held him up because he didn't want him to go down. Murdoch covered his mouth and says, "What the hell was that for?" And Kox said, "For clowning around." And Murdoch got serious and they had one of the best matches that I ever remember seeing.
After Watts and NWA, you moved to the Crockett territory, which became WCW. Was it a smooth transition?
As an announcer, it was great. When I went from Watts to Crockett, some of the guys there knew my work. I could give them a different presentation than they were getting at that time. I wouldn't say it was better, but it was different. I had previously called a whole litany of matches involving Flair, the Rock 'n' Roll Express, [and] the Midnight Express, who had passed through Mid-South but were in Crockett by then. Some of those Rock 'n' Roll–Midnight matches back in Mid-South were clinics. They proved that tag-team wrestling works, and that you don't have to be a giant if you're good at your trade. If you're positioned correctly and you can get the job done bell-to-bell, if you have a magnificent talker like Jim Cornette, and the booker pulls the trigger and gets you minutes in the game, it will work. If people go on YouTube or the WWE Network when it comes and look at some of those Rock 'n' Roll–Midnight matches, they'll see what those wrestlers were doing then holds up today.
What were some of the most memorable matches you called when you worked there?
It's hard to pick one magical match that stands head and shoulders above all the rest. In about '89, not too long after I got to WCW, we brought in [Ricky] Steamboat and he had a tremendous run with Flair. Every one of those matches was unique and compelling.
And I loved the Terry Funk feud with Flair. Terry was such an amazing talent on the mic — and you gotta remember that this was all extemporaneous speaking. This was a guy creating a promo on live TV, or live-to-tape TV, doing extemporaneous stand-up for two or three minutes. It's entertaining as hell. And then you have Flair, who was also one of the better promo guys in the business, especially at that time. You had all this great verbal jousting, and then when they got in the ring, I'll tell you what, those guys were so good. You know, a lot of the young guys these days think that they have to sit together and talk about their matches ad nauseam. It's almost embarrassing to the trade for them to have to work out every time that they inhale and exhale in a wrestling match. I don't recall ever seeing Flair and Funk have a strategy session. You have to listen to the audience and be prepared to call an audible.
And the Horsemen, obviously. I always thought that the best version of the Horsemen was Flair, Arn, Tully, and Barry Windham. No knock on Ole, but when you saw Ole on TV he was generally playing himself and he was playing a villain. It's what we call a natural casting. But with Flair, Arn, Tully, and Barry, even a drunk booker would be challenged to come up with a match that those four guys couldn't make good.
It's probably fair to say there's one WWF match in particular that you're best remembered for now.
Back in June 1998 when Undertaker threw Mick [Foley] off the Hell in the Cell. I don't know that that was the best match I ever called, but I will say it's the most memorable match, because I don't know if a day goes by that somebody doesn't bring it up.
Have you seen the YouTube videos where people dub your voice from that match over dunks and tackles and other highlights? I feel like it's what the Internet was invented for.
The first one I remember getting tweeted to me a lot was the Jadeveon Clowney hit a year ago in the bowl game. Little did I know that it wasn't going to end, because now I've been on dunks, on UFC fights, on baseball brawls, all kinds of stuff. Now whenever there's a big play, somebody says "Has this been J.R.'d yet?" You can't help but laugh about it. It's kind of cool that people remember something you said 15 years ago.
Some might say it's crazy that such a legendary announcer isn't calling the WWE's flagship show today. Why do you think you're not still doing it?
When we were doing Man on the Moon, Jim Carrey told me that Hollywood and entertainment in general puts a bigger emphasis on youth and look than they do experience and talent. So I think the key thing is that I'm 62 years old, I've had facial paralysis from three bouts of Bell's palsy, and it was time, in their view, to make a change. The neurologists will tell you that Bell's palsy doesn't have a definitive cause, and it doesn't have a cure, but most of them think the reason for getting it has to do with stress. I think all the years with all the responsibilities, all the other things that I was doing in addition to being on air, that could've had a contributing factor to my illness. I do think partly that WWE just didn't want to put me back into a situation where that could happen again.
Of course, when Lawler had his heart attack, I filled in for him while he was gone, and I made a few cameos here and there, but I don't know that it was ever a political thing. At some point, you gotta change. Networks do it all the time. I think they wanted to change the philosophy of how the matches were called a little bit. My skill set fit the old version.
There's a perception that you've been jerked around by WWE over the years. You were fired and rehired several times.
The first time that I got future endeavored, as we say, was a few weeks after my first Bell's palsy attack. I think I still had a few months left on my contract, which they honored. Then I think it was '94 when Vince got indicted and had all the federal government issues, and they brought me back on a short-term contract to fill in for him on Raw, but when Vince got exonerated, I didn't have a role, because I was there to fill in for him. I think people misunderstand that second one as "Oh, he got nailed again." Everything in that contract was honored. The third time, Vince wanted me to come back as a producer and to work with J.J. Dillon in talent relations. But sure enough somebody asked, "You think you could help us do some voice-overs for international syndicated shows?" I told them to go to Vince, because I wasn't brought back to announce, but Vince agreed and then I started getting more assignments. I got on Raw and there were a lot of incarnations of that team, but they finally settled in with Jerry and me. We just clicked. It was kind of Madden-Summerall-ish. I give Jerry the credit for that, because he was a great antagonist and I was the straight man. I was George Burns and he was Gracie Allen.
How did you start working with talent in the front office?
It was during that third stint. I was in South Africa doing a show, Vince was back at home base because that weekend his son Shane was getting married, and J.J. Dillon, who was vice-president of talent relations, abruptly quit. Bruce Prichard got that job for a few months, but Vince wanted me involved, so he made a new title called vice-president of wrestling administration, and that was me. But the job wasn't a good fit for Bruce, because he was more of a creative type. So I assumed the job.
I was booking live events, I was doing the payroll, I was creating and managing the developmental areas, I was overseeing recruiting, I was on the executive committee. If I wasn't Vince's right hand, I was his left hand. He always said that talent and television ran the company, and I ran talent, Kevin Dunn ran TV — so one of the two of us were the right hand, the other was the left.
Sounds like a big job.
That's just the grunt work. It's akin to being the GM of an NFL franchise. I thought it was imperative that we change the culture of that locker room. It had probably been ingrained in me from Bill Watts, who was my first major boss, who was a jock at heart, who played football and wrestled at OU and played in the AFL. The performers would rather be treated as athletes than entertainers. So I decided that our locker room had to be a bastion for athletes, and for guys that wanted to be the top guy, where we had healthy competition for the best roles. So I think we did create that team atmosphere.
We also had to be more aggressive in recruiting and training. They didn't even have anywhere to train anybody. We were just getting someone else's hand-me-downs. We're taking leftovers. So we started those developmental areas, started recruiting talent.
When the Monday-Night Wars came along, I think that our team was in place, and that team mentality was already in place. I think that really helped us endure the Monday-Night Wars, because we had a bunch of guys that knew what it was like to come from behind and win games you weren't supposed to win.
During those days you had a few famous turns as part of the story lines — turning heel and bringing in fake Diesel and fake Razor Ramon, joining Vince's Kiss My Ass Club, feuding with Michael Cole … the list goes on. How did you feel about being "onscreen"?
Me in a wrestling ring is like a cow on ice. It's not a pretty sight. I always felt I didn't belong in the ring for the simple reason that I wasn't very good at it. I thought that others would be better served to get that TV time. None of those moments ever resulted in me going on the road to sell a ticket. They were just done for television ratings.
The Cole angle was funny. WWE thought I could probably tell the story from either a protagonist or an antagonist point of view, so I played heel. But for whatever reason, the fans just didn't want to accept me as a villain. And no matter how hard I tried, it didn't work. Poor Michael Cole, I kick him in the balls on TV and it's supposed to be me being a bully, and people cheered. He'll tell you, he didn't live that down for 10 years. That one moment defined him to the fans. And it was unfair, but that was how it was. The creative in that deal backfired. Then the WWE said, they love J.R. for whatever reason — we don't get it — but they embraced it and decided to use me to get heels over.
I saw a clip the other day of the Kiss My Ass Club, which was done — of course — in Oklahoma City, in front of my family. Which is great booking, because you get the greatest reaction in your home area where one of their own is getting humiliated. But on that day, there was Mr. McMahon in the ring, heel Undertaker, and heel Kurt Angle. They used the J.R. character to help get heat on those three men by humiliating me, burying my face in McMahon's buttocks.
And then the most infamous one was after WrestleMania 17 when Austin joined McMahon. On Tuesday, Smackdown was taped in Oklahoma City, so of course J.R. is going to interview his old friend Stone Cold to find out what the hell is going on. So in Oklahoma City, Austin beats the shit out of me and I get bloody. It was a traumatic experience. Steve's hands were like getting hit by anvils. I thought he must have been pissed off about a payoff we gave him somewhere along the way because he was really laying them in. I had knuckle knots all over my head. Then he did the surgery on that blood, and the people were just aghast.
So, I've done all those in-ring things. I think sometimes the writers know that Vince enjoys silliness or sophomoric humor. And I just didn't ever turn anything down. I've been a team guy since high school. I played three or four positions in football and never said, "I don't want to play defensive end, I don't want to be a guard," or whatever. My old man used to say, "If you take the guy's money and you cash the check, then you do what he needs you to do." I always had that philosophy. So beat me up, bloody me up, beat the shit out of me, let's get it over with.
What's your current status with WWE? Do you have a Legends contract or are you totally done with them?
I have a Legends agreement. If you put a gun to my head, I honestly couldn't tell you how much longer it's in effect. If they need somebody to go in for a DVD or video-game work, things like that, I can help out as a freelancer.
You were last seen as a WWE employee at SummerSlam, hosting a rather controversial panel discussion for WWE 2K14, where Ric Flair seemed to be, shall we say, overly animated. The rumors are that gig got you fired.
I don't think you have to be a Mensa member to figure out that it had an influence on decisions that were made. I was working with the developmental kids [in NXT] and enjoying that, and got called in for that job.
It was a very unique night, to say the least. Ric was coming off maybe the most traumatic time of his life. [Flair's son had recently died of a drug overdose.] In hindsight, it might not have been the most timely booking, to get him in that environment. And then you can look at the other side and say maybe it's a good thing to get him out around friends. As it worked out, you'd probably lean more to the former than the latter. But here's the deal: I was conductor of a runaway train. I was supposed to keep it on the tracks and that didn't happen. So I don't have any issues taking responsibility. Did I envision that it would help facilitate my exit? No. But I could see the thinking behind it.
But honestly, people might not believe this, and I don't want to give one of those eye-rollers, but it really came at a good time. My health is good, I just celebrated my 62nd birthday, I got a lot of projects going. I'm going to start a podcast soon with the same company that does Austin and Jericho. I'm excited about that. I got Live Nation working with me on one-man shows and, of course, we start out the way we want to start out, in New York City, Saturday, March 1, at the Gramercy Theater.
How are the shows going so far? You did some in Europe, right?
It's nice to have people pay to hear you tell your stories. Especially because me — I'm not supposed to be in the wrestling business. I didn't know anybody, I wasn't anybody's relative, I wasn't a big tough guy, I wasn't a great athlete. It was completely accidental, and little did I think I'd have a 40-year run. Hell, it was my first job out of college.
With the career you've had, you probably get a lot of bizarre questions.
I tell the people before we do the Q&As that there is no question off-limits, but it's not a "blast anybody" fest. Somebody'll ask, "How did you feel when Owen Hart died?" Well, you know, I don't want to embarrass the questioner, but how in the hell do you think I felt? Is there anything but shock and dismay and heartbreak that I would feel when somebody dies? Same thing I felt when Brian Pillman was found dead in a hotel room. He was one of my boys. I brought him to WCW from Calgary. He was one of those football players that was an overachiever, that wanted to be no. 1. He was a locker-room crazy man, but, boy, bell to bell, he gave you everything he had every night, sometimes to his own detriment.
So put on your talent-evaluator hat for a second. What do you think of the current generation of superstars, like Cena, Orton, Punk, and Bryan?
Daniel Bryan I used to watch before they hired him, and he has it. He's connected to the audience in an organic way, and it's fascinating. I recruited and signed Cena and Orton. Cena has pulled the wagon for WWE for a decade, and that ain't easy. CM Punk is another original character. Largely, he's himself, and all the great personalities that I've ever come in contact with, were essentially embellished natural extensions of their real personality.
How do you think they're doing developing new stars?
It's imperative to get new faces in that upper echelon. There's no timeline for that. You can't say, "Oh, we'll get this done in six months or a year." You have to constantly be finding out who has ring presence, who can produce bell to bell, who can deliver a believable promo, who stays out of trouble, who stays healthy, who isn't a headcase away from the arena, those types of things. There's so many unknown elements that you can't control.
I see that the WWE is trying very diligently to get the Shield headed in the right direction. All three of those guys are probably going to be big stars. Reigns seems to be the guy that's leading the charge there, but I think the mistake people would make is that he's going to be the only star out of the Shield. I think Bray Wyatt has the it factor. He's got that 300-pound body that's got a second gear. He's got that great, almost Jake the Snake–like delivery. I know that they have high hopes for him. There's a lot of really good young prospects down in Orlando, and the future is bright.
What's the hardest thing for guys to learn when they get the call up?
You always hear when a great five-star recruit signs with a university that their biggest challenge is getting used to the speed of the game? Or when a guy goes from college to the NFL? It's the same in wrestling. The guys that become stars are the ones that can adapt to the speed of the game — also the ones best prepared for fame and stardom and pressure, the metaphorical speed of the game.
The guys at the top of the food chain right now are solid, but they need new dancing partners. They need new teammates. And they'll tell you that. But you just can't wave a magic wand and make that happen. I think 2014 will be a year where some guys are going to step up to the next level.
I mean, these guys have the chance to live in a nice house and make good money, and if you're smart, if you invest right and don't buy too much bling, in a 10-year run, you're done. There's no reason not to be able to live comfortably after 10-15 years with the money these fellas are making now. But that comes back to mentoring. You can't spend more than you make, and I can tell you about a lot of guys that have always spent more than they make. And at the end of the day, that's not good math.
Ross called a notorious match in which Flair was visiting Mid-South and young baddie DiBiase was granted a title shot. Old-timer Murdoch was displeased, and attacked Ted, functionally effecting a rare double-turn, making Murdoch a villain and DiBiase a fan favorite. Despite the "arterial damage" (in Ross's parlance) that DiBiase suffered, he limped back out for the match and put up a valiant fight before losing via count-out and setting up a huge feud with "Dirty" Dick. I've only done it about 5 percent justice here, and totally left out the parts with Butch Reed and Dick Slater.
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David Shoemaker , also known as "The Masked Man," is the author of the The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Pro Wrestling.
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Home Small Business Yahoo Selling Open Source Zimbra to VMware
Yahoo Selling Open Source Zimbra to VMware
By Sean Michael Kerner | January 13, 2010
Let the rumors rest in peace. Yahoo and VMware made it official today, announcing a deal that will see the virtualization giant take over the e-mail tech firm. Server Watch has the story on what Yahoo will keep through the deal, and what it means for VMware's open source plans.
Yahoo has reached an agreement to sell its open source Zimbra e-mail collaboration unit to VMware. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but VMware said it expects the deal to close in the first quarter of calendar 2010.
As part of the deal, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) will continue to use Zimbra technology in its e-mail and calendar services, while VMware (NYSE: VMW) will acquire all of the intellectual property and technology rights.
VMware plans to continue to support Zimbra's current open source and commercial efforts, while also integrating Zimbra with the VMware vSphere cloud-based infrastructure.
"Zimbra is a great example of the type of scalable 'cloud era' solutions that can span smaller, on-premise implementations to the cloud," VMware Vice President Brian Byun said in a statement. "It will be a building block in an expanding portfolio of solutions that can be offered as a virtual appliance or by a cloud service provider."
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1. What is FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI etf ("FBM KLCI etf")?
FBM KLCI etf ("the Fund") tracks the performance of FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI ("the Index") which provides investors easy access to top 30 listed companies*, effectively buying into Malaysian equity market performance. As FBM KLCI etf's units are being traded on the stock market, investors can easily trade through their remisiers or via online trading.
FBM KLCI etf is formerly known as FBM30etf, Malaysia's first equity ETF listed on Bursa Malaysia on 19 July 2007.
* 30 largest Malaysian companies based on market capitalization that meet free-float and liquidity-requirements.
2. Can you tell me more about the index which FBM KLCI etf tracks?
FBM KLCI etf tracks the premier Malaysia stock market index, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (the Index) which comprises 30 largest companies. The index is based on top 30 companies based on market capitalization that meets free float liquidity requirements, providing investors a highly investable and tradable index. The Index will be calculated by FTSE and will be updated real-time every 15 seconds. The Index constituents are reviewed periodically in June and December every year and can be obtained from Index Composition.
FTSE Group is an independent global company whose sole business is the creation and management of indices and associated data services. FTSE serves thousands of clients worldwide.
3. Why would I want to invest in FBM KLCI etf?
• Flexibility – buy and sell during trading hours just like a stock from 9 am to 5 pm Malaysian time.
• Low Cost – Management fee is 0.5% unlike an actively managed unit trust fee which is normally around 1.5%. to 2%. Plus, FBM KLCI etf has no entry fees.
• Transparency – you know what top 30 Malaysian stocks you are buying into (e.g. Public Bank, Sime Darby, Bumiputra Commerce Holdings, Tenaga Nasional, IOI Corporation and Malayan Banking)*. Prices are available real-time throughout the trading day.
• Liquidity – you can buy and sell FBM KLCI etf's units easily, just like a stock.
4. Does FBM KLCI etf provide income distribution?
As FBM KLCI etf will be holding stocks and cash in its portfolio, it may be entitled to receive dividends on the holdings of shares. The Manager endeavors to pay out all such income after deducting expenses, fees and tax. However, the exact amount to be determined will be at the absolute discretion of the Manager. Income distribution (if any) is expected on a semi-annual basis.
5. What are the costs involved to buy FBM KLCI etf compared to unit trusts and holding individual stocks?
FBM KLCI etf has a lower management fees of 0.5% per annum compared to an actively managed fund (about 1.5% - 2%)* or index fund (about 1%)*. FBM KLCI etf has no entry fees (upfront fees) compared to unit trusts that typically incur entry charges of 3% to 6%. To attain the diversification that FBM KLCI etf offers, you would need to buy 30 individual stocks plus the trading costs of each transaction.
6. Is trading volume an indication of how easily you can buy and sell units of FBM KLCI etf i.e. liquidity?
No. The trading volume is not indicative of FBM KLCI etf's liquidity. The Fund appoints participating dealers to accumulate the necessary stocks that make up a basket that can be divided into tradable units to meet the investors' demand and supply of the Fund. We have 4 participating dealers, namely stock broking companies which are AmInvestment Bank, JF Apex Securities, TA Securities Holdings and Malacca Securities.
7. Who are the Manager and Investment Manager for FBM KLCI etf?
FBM KLCI etf's Manager is AmFunds Management Berhad, which is marketed under the AmInvest brand. AmFunds Management Berhad has nearly three decades of experience in managing funds and investments. AmFunds Management Berhad emerged as the pioneer in exchange traded funds (ETFs) when it introduced Malaysia's first bond ETF, ABF Malaysia Bond Index Fund in 2005 and Malaysia's first equity ETF, FBM30etf (now known as FBM KLCI etf) in 2007.
1. How do I buy or sell FBM KLCI etf?
Go to Go to any stockbroking companies in Malaysia. Please visit Bursa Malaysia for a list of the brokers.
You may then buy or sell FBM KLCI etf through your broker/remisier or via online trading during normal trading hours.
2. What is the stock name and stock code of FBM KLCI etf?
3. What is the trading currency of FBM KLCI etf?
FBM KLCI etf is trading in Malaysian Ringgit.
4. How does FBM KLCI etf settle?
In the same manner as share transactions, which is not later than 3 working (market) days after the transaction date i.e. T+3.
5. What is the minimum sum of investment?
Based on a minimum board lot size of 100 units, the minimum investment for FBM KLCI etf would be the Fund's market price per unit multiply by 100. For example, if the price per unit is RM1.10, FBM KLCI etf's minimum investment will be RM110.
6. Where can I get the latest price information on FBM KLCI etf?
Each ETF has a market price and Net Asset Value (NAV). Theoretically, the unit price of an ETF should not differ much from the NAV of the Fund. The market price is the price where you buy and sell the Fund based on the market's supply and demand. You may also ask your remisier or go to your online trading website for real time prices of FBM KLCI etf. The market price of the Fund is also published at www.bursamalaysia.com throughout the trading day.
The Fund's Net Asset Value (NAV) is the market value of the underlying securities held by the Fund minus its liabilities computed at the end of the day. It can be obtained from the Fund's website at Fund Values or www.bursamalaysia.com . Participating dealers help to ensure FBM KLCI etf's market price usually trades very close to its NAV price.
7. Where can I find the latest information on FBM KLCI etf?
The latest information about FBM KLCI etf is available on this website and www.bursamalaysia.com You may also inquire from your remisier or broker.
1. How often does FBM KLCI etf rebalance its portfolio?
FBM KLCI etf's Manager will rebalance FBM KLCI etf's holdings in the portfolio as and when it is necessary to improve its tracking to FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI. The Index is reviewed periodically every 6 months in June and December by FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Advisory Committee.
2. How long can I hold the units for? Do they expire?
Being an open ended fund, the Fund's units have no expiry or maturity. They exist as long as FBM KLCI etf exists. In the event of the winding down of FBM KLCI etf, its assets will be sold and the proceeds distributed proportionately back to unit holders.
3. Can FBM KLCI etf's units be exchanged for shares?
Although a unit of FBM KLCI etf represents a share in a trust holding through a portfolio of shares, retail investors do not normally exchange their units for a proportional part of the portfolio. Hence, retail investors usually sell their units on the exchange for cash.
There is a fixed quantity of the Fund's units to be exchanged for the underlying shares (Redemption Unit Block) which are carried out by a participating dealer. Please refer to the Manager for more details.
4. Do investors get a certificate for FBM KLCI etf's units they own? How does an investor check how many units they own?
No, FBM KLCI etf's units are listed on Bursa Malaysia and therefore are scripless just like shares. Certificates representing the units are actually deposited into the stock exchange, Bursa Depository Sdn Bhd. ("BDSB"). The BDSB keeps track of the ownership of the units and send CDS Statements detailing the security and the amount owned to its account holders. If there is a need to check specifically on how many of FBM KLCI etf's units an investor owns, they may obtain it from the CDS Statement which can be requested from BDSB.
5. Am I entitled to any bonus issues arising from the underlying shares?
No, however, when underlying shares/stocks in the portfolio held by FBM KLCI etf have bonus issues, the benefits will be accrued to FBM KLCI etf and the value is reflected in the NAV of FBM KLCI etf's units.
6. Are there any Bursa Malaysia's enhancements to look forward to on ETFs?
Equity etf is at 2 decimal points whereby the minimum change or minimum bid size is 1 sen (RM0.01)*. FBM KLCI etf is priced at approximately 1/1000 of FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI value. Bursa Malaysia will be enhancing the price quotation system to display ETF unit prices from 2 decimal places to 3 decimal points by 3rd quarter of 2009. This will allow the market price of FBM KLCI etf to better reflect its NAV i.e. thus, a more precise value of the Fund's asset price value.
1. Who is the Trustee for FBM KLCI etf?
FBM KLCI etf's trustee is HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad. The appointed Trustee is a member of the HSBC Holdings Plc group of companies and forms part of the global network of trust companies within HSBC Holdings Plc.
The Trustee's main functions are to act as a custodian of the assets of the Fund and to safeguard the interests of unitholders in the Fund. In performing these functions, the Trustee has to exercise all due care and vigilance and is required to act in accordance with the provisions of the Deed, Capital Markets & Services Act (CMSA) and the SC's Guidelines on ETFs. Apart from being the legal owner of the Fund Assets, the Trustee is also responsible for ensuring that the Manager performs its duties and obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Deed, CMSA and the above Guidelines.
3. Where are the assets kept? How safe are they?
All assets owned by FBM KLCI etf including shares, derivatives, rights and cash, are held in trust by HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee. In the event the Trustee cease to continue conducting business, the Fund Manager will find a new Trustee and all the assets of FBM KLCI etf will be transferred to the new Trustee. If the Fund Manager winds down its business, the Trustee will find a new Fund Manager to manage FBM KLCI etf's assets.
Specific parties, usually stock broking companies, are appointed by the Fund Manager to create and redeem FBM30etf units, thereby increasing the supply or reducing the excess supply in the market respectively. This function, together with the responsibility to put up bid and ask prices on the exchange helps the FBM30etf units to trade at prices near to its IOPV.
It is essentially an indication of the real-time NAV of FBM KLCI etf. It is calculated using the real-time last trade price of the underlying shares traded on Bursa Malaysia and multiplying those prices with the quantity of corresponding shares in the In-Kind Creation Basket plus the value of the cash component in the In-Kind Creation Basket. The In-Kind Creation Basket is essentially the portfolio that a PD must tender to FBM KLCI etf in exchange for a specified number of FBM KLCI etf's units. It is usually a representative subset of the composition of the portfolio in FBM KLCI etf.


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Q: interactive map, how to create a link from a popup of a marker of the map to a template in symfony I am looking to make an interactive map. My map shows climbing sites in France for example. I want the popup of the marker of a map site to refer me to the template of this site which is descriptive. My project is in symfony. I proceeded as follows. In index.htmll.twig, I paste the map into a javascript tag. I try to loop on the variable 'sites' of the escalation sites in my database via the javascript script in the twig. but for the moment it does not work. Here is the code for the script in index.html.twig:

I have the following error:
An exception has been thrown during the rendering of a template ("Notice: Array to string conversion").
The dump of sites in the twig is working. I don't know where to put an __toString to make the conversion to string work.
You can find too a picture of part of the DB.
And in the controller there's this :
/**
 * @Route("/", name="site_index", methods={"GET"})
 */
public function index(SiteRepository $siteRepository): Response
{
    return $this->render('site/index.html.twig', [
        'sites' => $siteRepository->findAll(),

    ]);
}

Thank you.
Diego

A: In this part:
var site = {{sites}}

your sites is an array. You should serialize this variable first. You can do this with the new serialize filter in Symfony 5.3: https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-5-3-twig-serialize-filter
var site = {{ sites|serialize('json') }}

If you're not using Symfony 5.3 yet, you should use the json_encode and raw filters:
var site = {{ sites|json_encode()|raw }}


On March 28, 2001, Carnegie Senior Associate Michael McFaul presented his findings on Russian attitudes toward democracy, markets, and the West, based on extensive polling conducted before and after parliamentary and presidential elections in 1999-2000. The data gathered by McFaul challenge Western assumptions that portray the average Russian as anti-democratic. Instead, McFaul's figures show that most Russians have positive attitudes toward many aspects of democracy, and that Russian attitudes toward markets and the West are much more complex than commonly assumed.
Andrew Kuchins, Director of the Endowment's Russian and Eurasian Program, began the meeting by describing the formidable task of gathering public opinion data over a two year time span in a way representative of the entire Russian population. McFaul worked with Timothy J. Colton of Harvard to gather responses on hundreds of questions, carefully formulated to accurately gauge Russian attitudes.
With such a vast array of data, McFaul noted that drawing conclusions was no easy task. The information gathered presented several contradictions: the first between Russian attitudes on order and stability versus democracy; the second between attitudes on democracy versus attitudes toward the old Soviet system.
"The historical narrative on Russia has crystallized in the past year and a half," based on the assumption that the rise of Putin demonstrates that Russians prefer a strong state over democracy, noted McFaul. There are many reasons one might assume this to be true, given the dominant role a strong state has played in Russian history, the historical failure of democratic reforms in Russia, and the failure of the current Russian elite to enshrine in myth the events of the late 1980s and early 1990s leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union as a popular and democratic revolution. Also, Western analysts are prone to this assumption because of the legacy of the Cold War, during which Russia was viewed as different and separate from the West. Even the propensity of political scientists to focus more on the state than on societal attitudes causes the complex Russian state to dominate discussions of contemporary Russia. Combined with the rhetoric of the Kremlin, which has come to espouse political authoritarianism and liberalized markets, these factors reinforce the perception of Russians as preferring stability and order over freedom and democratic participation.
In fact, McFaul's data show that Russians have much more positive attitudes toward democracy than might be expected. Interestingly enough, Russians are more critical of markets than is commonly thought. Russian attitudes toward the West, however, are generally mixed at best, which is no surprise to analysts of Russia in the wake of the 1998 financial crisis and Russian criticism of NATO expansion and the 1999 war in Kosovo.
McFaul found that 62.9 percent of Russians supported the idea of democracy, and most Russians thought military rule would be a bad way of governing Russia and that the parliament should have equal or greater power than the president (70.4 percent and 66.5 percent, respectively). While the majority of Russians (67.2 percent) were prepared to support banning certain political parties to bring about order in the country, 79.4 percent of Russians believe freedom of the press, radio, and television is important. The freedom to elect the country's leaders is important to an overwhelming 85.7 percent of Russians, and 86.1 percent believe it is the duty of each citizen to vote in elections.
A majority of Russians (73.1 percent), however, believe the Soviet Union should never under any circumstances have been dissolved. Most Russians (56.2 percent) believe that they have no say in what the current government does. Finally, 71.5 percent of Russians are dissatisfied with the way democracy works in Russia. Nevertheless, a solid majority (58.4 percent) of Russians think a democratic system is an appropriate way of governing Russia, opposed to only 24.4 percent who believe it is a bad way to govern the country.
As an institution, Russians trust the military the most (76.3 percent of respondents), followed by the Russian Orthodox Church (70.7 percent). However, 80.3 percent of Russians agree that Russia should have a professional army, consisting of paid volunteers rather than conscript soldiers.
In examining attitudes toward the economy, the influence of Soviet-era thinking is more apparent. According to McFaul's polling, 83.9 percent of Russians believe that all heavy industry must belong to the state and should not be given over to private ownership. An overwhelming 93.9 percent of Russians think that the government ought to guarantee a job to everyone who needs one, and 66.1 percent think the state should limit the incomes of the rich. Interestingly, 34.8 percent of Russians consider themselves to belong to the middle class, a figure much higher than official estimates of the size of Russia's middle class. Also, in contrast to opinions favoring a dominant governmental role in managing the economy, 63.5 percent of Russians think that competition among various enterprises, organizations, and firms is beneficial to society, while only 11.9 percent disagree.
Russia views the United States as a threat to its security, with 55.4 percent of respondents agreeing that US policy threatens Russia. Similarly, 55.2 percent of Russians would have a negative attitude toward the inclusion of the Baltic states in NATO. However, 44.6 percent of respondents thought that the inability of Russia to resolve its internal problems is the greatest danger to the nation.
Asked how Russian attitudes compare with attitudes of citizens of other nations in transition, McFaul said that Russia fit the profile of an "average country in transition," correlating closely, surprisingly enough, with Zimbabwe. McFaul observed that the data gathered on Russia might indicate that Russian society is more receptive to democracy than are Russian elites and official institutions. Responding to a question on the extent to which Russians believed the balloting process to be fair and confidential, McFaul noted that this particular aspect was not included in his extensive survey, but would be a fruitful topic for further research.
McFaul described the procedure by which data were gathered; the questions were presented to a group representative of the overall Russian population in the form of a questionnaire, in which the questions were randomly clustered, that participants had 90 minutes to complete. The participants were not aware that they were taking part in a survey sponsored and designed by Americans. The information was gathered after Vladimir Putin became a factor in Russian politics, so his influence is reflected in the responses. However, according to McFaul, it is possible that Putin's continued involvement in politics could cause popular attitudes to shift markedly in the future.
Responding to questions on how to interpret Russians' nostalgia for the Soviet Union, McFaul pointed out that feelings of nostalgia are probably linked to other issues, such as the general prosperity enjoyed under Brezhnev. When asked about specific Soviet practices, particularly travel prohibitions and monetary restrictions, Russians were much more critical of the Soviet past.
McFaul is analyzing the vast and complex set of data he has gathered, and he plans to publish a Working Paper soon, which will be followed by an edited volume with Timothy J. Colton.


Tuscany we love you! Even if you are rather expensive; it would seem that you pay for insane levels of pretty, wherever you turn. How do the Italians do it? The whole place OOZES style – right down to the Cypress trees.
Helly & Nathan picked us up in a car filled with Verdi (for the aural Italian experience) and we immediately took off for Pisa, to take the obligatory photograph. Boy, was it hot. I mean, yes it is in NovoP too, but there was barely any shade around the tower. Still, the sights are enough to distract you from any early signs of sunstroke and dehydration, at least for a little while.
Leaping back into a now cooking car (silently thanking the inventor of air-con) we set off on our way to the final stop of the day, Hotel LISA in Viareggio. This once opulent holiday area had an air of elegance with palm tree-lined avenues and turn-of-the-century hotels along the front. According to the guidebook, only the extortionate prices are left over from bygone days when this was an exclusive resort. We can certainly vouch for that – you even had to pay to get onto the private beaches, or walk 700m to the free one.
So what did we do? We didn't walk…we got up at 6.30 the next morning, deliberately flouted the law and leapt into the deliciously warm, private seawater; swimming, splashing and bobbing around before anybody else had thought to get out of bed. A grand way to spend the morning of my birthday: feloniously.
We went back to eat a king's breakfast (he didn't notice) including croissants, great coffee and some form of Bakewell Tart equivalent and got back on the road. Winding our way through glorious Tuscan countryside we passed the hilltop settlement of Volterra which was so pretty we just had to stop and explore. Wow! A thousand years old and compact enough to wander around without a map, it offered splendid views and a(nother) zillion photo opportunities.
Dragging ourselves away, we continued our way to Siena where we drove around the ring road three times before finally finding Fonte di Pescaia, our hotel bed for the night. The manager, Francesco laughed at our plight, before recommending that we pop into the seashell party. Wha…? This is when we learnt that Siena, like Hogwarts, is divided into 'contrade' or houses, and it just so happened that the Clams were throwing a party that evening, in the run up to the Palio.
Deciding on a 'food crawl' as our modus manducandi, we gorged on cold cuts and fabulous bread at Fonte Guista, washed down with local beer followed by a less impressive antipasta and chianti behind Piazza del Campo. We found the party – hurrah to Francesco! It was an extra-special evening anyway, and Prosecco was available at €8 a bottle, so it would have been rude not to join in. So we did – even dancing to Psy at one point, albeit on a dance floor heaving with people who were (by then) at least half my age.
The next morning Helly & Nathan learnt ordering 'latte' wasn't quite the same as ordering 'caffelatte' so didn't get the caffeine hit that they had hoped for. Still, you're never far from fabulous coffee in Italy, so not to worry! We wandered around more of hilly Siena, stumbling over the Goose district, dipping our feet into Fonte Santa Catarina and eating a lovely big gelato for refreshment before piling back into the car ready for the final leg of the journey to Florence.
Coming from Bulgaria, a land which doesn't seem to cherish its art or safeguard its architectural history (they are currently rebuilding the ancient ruins in Sozopol in concrete – original architecture is sooo last millennium) we found it difficult not to be overwhelmed. Check out our apartment, for starters: Via Della Burella 4 just 5 minutes' walk from the Ufizzi gallery and the Duomo.
We walked and walked in all directions, with all eight of our feet needing frequent rests in the heat over the three days. We caught two sunsets over the Ponte Vecchio and did another early reveille (6.15am) for more photos with great light and fewer tourists, whilst Helly was chatted up by a policeman.
Hiring bikes for a song at 8am was another adventure (saving our feet), not least as the lady we dealt with was… originally from Haskovo, Bulgaria! The whole transaction after that was in Bulgarian, and despite having been resident in Florence for 23 years, I think she was pleased to be able to chat a bit in Bulgarski. So were we!
By packing our own sarnies on the last day, savouring the view from Chiesa de San Mineata, we were able to save our appetites for Mastica Brodo, where we received a wonderfully warm from owner, Tony. One of his waiters was also kind enough to help us book a taxi the next day, a task that was ever-so-slightly beyond our holiday Italian!
So thank you Team Tuscany for great memories, and farewell Florence – until next time!
Oh I love it!!!! Can we go back pleasepleaseplease????? What an amazing place!
Ooh yes and next time we might have to go in something… might save us from the dangers of dehydration!
Oh, It all looks so lovely. You guys had a blast. And io adoro that Last Supper quadrych(? triptych, but with 4 elements?).
The quadrych (love it) has had me laughing out loud every time I look at it. Grazie mille for your words of appreciation!!


TIE Kinetix shares are traded continuously on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam since March 2000 on the local (AMS) market. The share's ISIN code reads NL0010389508.
The total number of shares outstanding per September 30, 2018 amounts to 1,617,281.
Where is TIE Kinetix listed?
TIE Kinetix is listed at NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. The shares of TIE Kinetix have since March 2000 traded at EuroNext Amsterdam.
When does the company's financial year starts?
The financial year of TIE Kinetix starts annually on October 1st.
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If you live or travel through Montgomery County the following is what you should know about developing trends and problems within the criminal justice system according to a Montgomery County criminal lawyer. To learn more, or to discuss a case, call today and schedule a consultation with an attorney.
While there may not be anything too unique about defending cases in Montgomery County, Montgomery County is a very big county. There are two district court buildings and a very large circuit court building within the county and there are many cases that are heard in these court systems on a yearly basis.
Actually what is different about Montgomery County from most other counties is that there is a sense of community within the legal profession. Most of the prosecutors and other defense attorneys that have worked with me in Montgomery County over the years are people that, a defense attorney, I see almost every day, people that are in the county on a regular basis and do not have commitments that usually go beyond their criminal cases. They are committed to the area, they know the police officers well, they know the probation agents well and the attorneys all know each other as well as the judges, and there is a good working relationship between all the people here.
One of the problems in the Montgomery County justice system is that there is not enough evaluation of what actually took place on a case by case basis taken into account. There is too much relying on the sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimums that don't necessarily take into account that every criminal defendant does not come into the case on equal footing, that every situation is unique and every situation has its own particular nuances. These nuances might warrant a different kind of treatment for one case versus another.
There are many prosecutors and many judges in the county that do take those things into account and have gotten very good at making sure that criminal defendants are not treated the same just because they committed the same offense. It is a controversial topic because many people believe that they all should be treated the same and it does not matter what brought them to the place that they are at when they have committed a particular criminal offense. So that is probably the biggest problem, that there is not as much individual tailoring on how cases are handled or taken into account on a case by case basis.
The most common mistake people make is giving a confession when they are arrested by a police officer. Police officers are law enforcement agents but their goal also is to try and have a successful investigation. So when an individual is arrested and asked questions by police officers, the police officers are asking those questions in an effort to elicit criminal responses and make their investigation more successful.
While an individual may think they are being cooperative when they are being questioned by a police officer, what they are doing is telling the police officer what is ultimately going to be used against them in the criminal court. So it is important for that individual to remember that they do not have to tell the police. They should in fact not tell the police anything until they have an attorney present and should let the officer know in the politest way as possible that they wish to speak to counsel before saying anything further.


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Vodafone Scholarship allows SHES student to strengthen the existing Partnership with Mencap Cymru
Jade Mottley, a Year 3 Sport Science student with the School has been successful in obtaining a student scholarship from Vodafone that gives her the opportunity to work with charity Mencap Cymru.
The Vodafone World of Difference programme is about spending time making a difference for a dream charity whilst getting paid. The programme offers 500 scholarships and past winners have lent their considerable expertise to diverse causes like children and young people, the environment, animal welfare, poverty relief, health and the arts.
Following a review of her proposal and a round of interviews, Jade has been successful in being awarded one of the 500 scholarships and will be working for the charity Mencap Cymru for the next four months for 15 hours a week. Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability and works with people with a learning disability to change laws, challenge prejudice and support them to live their lives as they choose.
The project that Jade will be working for is project 'Play our Way'. This is a BBC Children in Need project aimed at supporting young people with a learning disability to socialise independently, gain new skills and form friendships. The role that she will have within the project is to support the project Ambassadors to access a range of specialist/ mainstream activities. She will be supporting young people with leisure activities including dance, football archery and trips out to the cinema for two evenings a week and will lead team building activities for two Saturdays a month.
This new link with Mencap Cymru adds to the already successfully secured ESF funding for the KESS PhD scholarship and the Access to Masters (ATM), both supervised by Dr Gavin Lawrence.
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Jacob Allen (born 1995) is an singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from London, UK, currently writing under the moniker Puma Blue. He has also created music in differing styles under the names Butch Slims and Boss Nass. He has previously cited Jeff Buckley, D'Angelo, Radiohead, DJ Harrison, J Dilla, Mac Demarco, Billie Holiday, John Frusciante & The Jimi Hendrix Experience as major influences. His bedroom demo 'Only Trying 2 Tell U' was featured in NME magazine and received airplay on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show. Read more on Last.fm
Jacob Allen (born 1995) is an singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from London, UK, currently writing under the moniker Puma Blue. He has also created music in differing styles under the names Butch Slims and Boss Nass. He has previously cited Jeff Buckley, D'Angelo, Radiohead, DJ Harrison, J Dilla, Mac Demarco, Billie Holiday, John Frusciante & The Jimi Hendrix Experience as major influences. His bedroom demo 'Only Trying 2 Tell U' was featured in NME magazine and received airplay on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show. After abandoning the use of his birth name as an artist, Jacob created the alias Puma Blue in 2015 and began to express his love of jazz with more emphasis in his music. Jacob is currently playing shows in London and working on a debut EP. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply..
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Cameron Maxfield (Max) was tutored by the late David Mellor, renowned around the world for his contemporary cutlery design. Cameron attended the Royal College of Art from 1967 to 1970 and taught for 28 years as a senior technician/lecturer at the Sheffield Hallam University's Jewellery and Metalwork course, mostly under course leader and well known silversmith Keith Tyssen.
After Max retired from Sheffield Hallam, he was invited by Yorkshire Artspace to work as a technical skills expert and design advisor for the Starter Studio Programme for emerging silversmiths, based at Persistence Works Studios. Here he currently provides on-to-one tuition to up to six emerging silversmiths/jewellers per year and has done so for ten years. He also regularly runs master-classes, specialising in hand-raising, forging and spinning.
He is a master of his craft and an incredibly generous teacher who is both respected and genuinely loved by all who were taught by him. In 2008 Cameron won the prestigious Museums Sheffield: National Metalwork Award for his highly innovative and contemporary Britannia Silver hand-raised Teabag Teapot, now held in the Museum's 'Metalwork Gallery' collection.


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Jackson Harris releases a lovely chillwave tune, entitled, "I Can't Stop"
December 21, 2021 0 1 min read
Jackson Harris is a multi-talented singer-songwriter, musician, and actor from New York City. Not too long ago, he released a lovely chillwave tune, entitled, "I Can't Stop."
Jackson Harris – "I Can't Stop" single
"This song is about wanting someone so much that you can't stop loving them." – Jackson Harris explained
'I Can't Stop' tells an intriguing tale about a young guy who shares a challenging relationship with his significant other. Oftentimes, he wakes up in cold sweat after having nightmares about his partner never coming back home. Also, during the daytime hours, his mind is constantly racing in one direction—and his companion is the only person who can slow it down. Later, he tells his companion, "I can't stop my heart from loving you. It's just too damn hard."
'I Can't Stop' contains a relationship-based narrative, ear-pleasing vocals, and tuneful melodies that will resonate well with fans of Mouth Sounds, Tim Atlas, and ELYAZ. The nostalgic tune possesses guitar-laden instrumentation flavored with synthpop, chillwave, and '80s-inspired pop-rock elements. Furthermore, "I Can't Stop" serves as a tasty appetizer to what listeners can expect to hear from Jackson Harris in the near future as he continues to release new music.
"I Can't Stop" single
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1,039 Schools Hit by Ransomware in 2019, New Data Shows
As the year comes close to its end, a new data collected by security firm Armor reveals that a total of 1,039 schools across the U.S. have been potentially hit by a ransomware attack since January this year.
According to the findings, 72 U.S. school districts and educational institutions have been victimized by ransomware in 2019 alone, in which 11 had their systems impacted only in October. These 11 new school districts, the company revealed, had directly affected 226 schools in total.
"Of the 11 school districts hit in this last attack wave, only 1 has reported having paid the ransom, but did not disclose the sum (Port Neches-Groves), 3 reported having refused to pay (Wood County, Penn-Harris-Madison, Claremont) and 7 have not revealed whether they have paid the ransom or not," the report noted.
The data was released 3 months after the firm published an initial tally of the number of educational institutions hit by ransomware from January to September. In the previous data, Armor revealed that a total of 54 school districts have fallen victim to ransomware attacks, which potentially affected over 500 K-112 schools.
With the result of the recent survey exhibiting a massive increase, the firm was able to conclude that school systems are now second to municipalities in terms of ransomware attacks. As of December, Armor's findings revealed that cities and municipalities remain to be the top targets of ransomware attacks, with 82 total records in 2019 alone.
Following school divisions on the third spot are healthcare organizations, in which 44 total cases are recorded this year. Trailing behind them are service and cloud-based providers, with a total of 18 ransomware cases.
"With schools, municipalities, and healthcare, the common threat is a very low tolerance for any kind of downtime," said Chris Hinkley, head of Armor's Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) team. "They are all very tech-dependent, and also serve a lot of people, in most cases with taxpayer money. So there's a sense of urgency. … Attackers have clued into that and it translates into a higher probability of payment."
In a separate report published by software company Emisoft, it was revealed that these educational organizations impacted by ransomware attacks included "86 universities, colleges and school districts, with operations at up to 1,224 individual schools potentially affected."
The F.B.I., on the other hand, maintains that all U.S. entities currently targeted by a ransomware attack must choose to not pay the ransom and must instead contact their local FBI field office.
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How Piers Morgan just handed Donald Trump an easy win
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 1:44 PM EDT, Thu April 21, 2022
Piers Morgan attends the 2019 British Academy Britannia Awards on October 25, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
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The clip seemed shocking.
Directly confronted about his 2020 election loss, former President Donald Trump appeared to walk out of an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.
Morgan tweeted an edited 30-second promotional clip of the interview, which is set to air next Monday, to his 7.9 million Twitter followers. It immediately became a sensation on social media – the clip has been viewed more than 3 million times – and spawned a series of stories about the incident.
Except that, well, it may not have exactly happened that way.
Yes, Trump and Morgan got into it over the 2020 election, with the former President calling Morgan a "fool" if he believed the election was free and fair. (Worth noting: There is zero proof of widespread election fraud in the last presidential election.)
But Trump didn't end the interview there. As NBC first reported, an audio recording provided by Trump's communications director shows that Morgan and the former President laughed and thanked one another at the end of the interview. It appeared to be cordial and friendly.
It's hard to describe what a favor Morgan did for Trump here with the edited clip.
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Remember that maybe the most consistent strain of Trumpism over the years has been his assertion that the news is a) fake and b) out to get him (and his supporters).
That's, of course, a ridiculous assertion. But, occasionally a member of the media – and I am stretching the definition of "member of the media" to include Morgan – does something colossally stupid that gives Trump just the ammo he needs to continue to make the case that the media is out to get him.
Which he did in a statement released on Wednesday night.
"Piers Morgan, like the rest of the Fake News Media, attempted to unlawfully and deceptively edit his long and tedious interview with me," said Trump, adding: "It just shows, however, what I have to deal with in the Fake News Media. He went out of his way to deceptively edit an interview and got caught. That is a big story, isn't it?"
Morgan responded on Twitter Thursday morning, calling Trump's claim "fake news."
Remember too that Trump thrives on confrontation and buzz. The goal, always, is to be relevant, to be part of the conversation. And, ideally, to have some sort of grievance by which he can portray himself as the victim of some sort of grand conspiracy.
Morgan gives Trump all of those things – in a 30-second edited video clip.


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Home Africa Why I Intend To Sack Jonathan – Kwankwaso
Why I Intend To Sack Jonathan – Kwankwaso
President Jonathan went dancing at a campaign rally, the day of the abduction which was also the day after Nyanya terrorist bombing that claimed 72 lives in the nation's capital, ABuja
by Balarabe Alkassim & Ismail Mudashir (Kano)
Governor Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, yesterday, declared his ambition to contest for the presidency under the platform of the All Progressives Change (APC), saying he is seeking the position in order to rescue the country from the misrule by President Goodluck Jonathan.Making the declaration at Old Parade Ground, Abuja, amidst thousands of supporters including serving governors of the APC, Kwankwaso said he would reverse the rot and decay suffocating the country.
He said: "The call to save our dear country has never been louder, clearer and more unambiguous than now. Every facet of our national life is deteriorating: governance has been reduced to mediocrity; incompetence and impunity. I have no doubt in my mind that this journey is difficult and arduous. I have no illusion about the enormity of the challenges. But to save our country, we must walk the journey, however difficult. And we must confront and defeat all the challenges, however monstrous. Yes, we must."
If elected, he said his first priority would be the restoration of peace and security in every corner of the land, saying Boko Haram and all forms of insurgency must be defeated.
He added: "Lives and properties of our citizens must be protected and secured. As a government, we cannot afford to live in denial. Insecurity is escalating at an alarming rate. Little wonder rag-tag insurgents are taking over cities and towns in the North-east.
"My experiences as Nigeria's Defence Minister and as Special Adviser on war-torn Darfur and Somalia have shown me that securing a nation and fighting and defeating armed insurgents is only achievable if the forces are professionally mobilised, properly kitted and equipped, highly spirited, and correctly armed with intelligence and munitions.
"And where low morals meet poor quality equipment and kits, no doubt, the insurgents will have an edge. Any responsible government must take these issues seriously if protection of life and property of its citizens is its primary responsibility. These, we understand very well. We must work together, compatriots, in a new APC government to achieve this."
Continuing, Kwankwaso said: "Our journey to economic prosperity will always be imperilled if the peace and security of movements of persons and goods cannot be guaranteed. Stopping these menaces does not require rocket science. Good surveillance equipment deployed appropriately and manned by well-groomed and well motivated enforcement agents will do the magic. Ensuring that the culprits are apprehended and brought to justice is imperative."
He said his second priority would be the fight against corruption which, he said, has eaten deep into the fabric of our value system.
Kwankwaso, while accusing Jonathan of using sentiments to cover, protect and promote corruption in public life, accused the PDP-led government of churning out colourful statistics in order to give the country a clean bill of health.
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She was the eldest daughter of John Alexander Miller and Sarah Jarrett, both Pennsylvania natives, and she had eight siblings: John (b. 1883), twins Albert and Bertha (b. 1885), Howard (b. 1887), Percy (b. 1890), Elva (b. 1894), Lydia (b. 1896) and Sarah (b. 1899).
The family appeared on the 1900 census living in Elliott, Pittsburgh and on the 1910 census within Pittsburgh city itself.
Mary, known as Mamie, later worked as a school teacher, teaching at Westlake School. She was married on 26 August 1911 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario to Percy Coleman Corey (b. 20 June 1874), a native of Pennsylvania and son of Joseph Corey and Anna Waite. Percy had previously been married in 1896 to Minnie Bedford (b. circa 1876) and they had a son, Harold (b. 1895) but they were later divorced.
Mary moved to Burma where her husband was working as a superintendent at a petroleum company. She fell pregnant whilst in Burma and decided to return to Pennsylvania to have her baby. She boarded the Titanic in Southampton as a second class passenger and was travelling with Mrs Claire Karnes (joint ticket number 13534, which cost £21), also a resident of Pittsburgh and whose husband Frank worked for Percy Corey in Burma where the two ladies became acquainted. Claire was also pregnant.
Both Mary Corey and her friend Claire Karnes became two of only a dozen women travelling second class to die. The reason for their not leaving Titanic is unknown.
Mary's widower Percy later returned to the USA and was remarried in 1914 in Los Angeles, California to Hazel Eugenia McDaniels, née Cranston (b. 1890) 2, a divorcee. That marriage was also brief and he was married again to an English woman, Florence Agnes Snell (1887-1971) and they had two daughters, both born in Burma: Margaret and Patricia. His son from his first marriage, Harold, was killed in an aviation accident in New York in 1919.
Percy died in San Luis Obispo, California on 3 April 1960.
Birthplace unclear. When she appeared as an infant on the 1880 census she was living with her parents in Gallitzin, Cambria, Pennsylvania.
Previously married on 17 April 1911 in Los Angeles to Jesse Howard McDaniels (b. 1883) but divorced within the year. Jesse McDaniels was remarried at least twice, firstly on 24 April 1912.
PERCIVAL C. COREY, WIDOWER OF TITANIC VICTIM MARY ELIZABETH MILLER COREY, WITH HIS SECOND WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS.


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