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The Ormewoods release new music video reaching across the political aisle, 'Hope, Pray, Sing'
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The Ormewoods – Claire Pearson and Don McCollister – are an Americana and folk duo, and their new music video, "Hope, Pray, Sing," was released to draw people closer together rather than tear them apart.
"The song was originally written after the 2016 U.S. presidential election," Pearson says. "I'm still a bit disconcerted, but I do know how to 'Hope, Pray and Sing.'"
As chief songwriter, Pearson draws lyric inspiration from her daily journals. The song's opening lyrics, "Hope to stand your ground, pray for angels to sound, sing for peace to be found," set the stage for a musical message with positive vibes.
"The hateful climate and the demonizing of people with different beliefs is our greatest concern," Pearson adds. "This song resonates with people who are sick of these things too."
Pearson says the response to "Hope, Pray, Sing" has been really lovely.
"Friends and family on both sides of the political fence have embraced it; we couldn't ask for anything more," she says.
The duo's music is described by fans as "sexy, folk, pop and country." It's toe-tapping and, at times, profound.
To date, The Ormewoods have produced two albums, "The Bedroom Sessions," which in 2017 spent more than 33 consecutive weeks on the folk charts, and "Not Your Mama's Folk."
About the Ormewoods:
The Ormewoods combine the best of their musical histories. The couple originally met more than 15 years ago, ended up going in different directions, and then fate brought them together again. McCollister is a two-time Grammy-award winning engineer/producer and Pearson is a longtime singer/songwriter and indie radio hit.
When reunited, they quickly built a fan base as they toured to promote their debut album, "The Bedroom Sessions." The album continues to receive strong Americana radio support across the country thanks to their number one single, "HeyBabe," a song about their relationship and how they circled back to each other.
Vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and seasoned performers, The Ormewoods share a passion for live performances and embrace audiences of all ages and fans of all music genres.
To learn more about The Ormewoods: https://www.theormewoods.com/
Twitter: @TheOrmewoods
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This is not a "how to feel sad" tutorial...just the opposite, when you sing the blues, you will feel better. So start singing.
There has been a certain tune playing in my head for the last few weeks, and the only thing that might get rid of it is if I write about it.
So now you, too, can learn to sing the blues.
And just to make it more official, I have also included a downloadable MP3 of the blues that you can take everywhere with you so you can sing the blues anytime.
I will make this version of the blues very uncomplicated for you. It's a simple 3 line blues that can make you look like a professional singer wherever and whenever.
Here are a few things to remember when you are singing the blues.
This first thing may be the most important thing to some of you - you do NOT have to know how to sing in order to sing the blues. "Yes," there is a melody that you COULD sing if you wanted to, but you can get away with just speaking the words, and it will still come across as the blues.
You will be making up 3 lines of the song.
After you sing the 3 verse lines you made up, you end the verse by singing, "I got the ____ _____ ____ blues," twice.
Start with the end in mind. If you are singing about walking the dog, the third line should be like a punch line of a joke...giving flavor and fun to the verse. So start with the punch line, figure out the word that you would like to rhyme with.
Let's say, for example, that you have the "Walk the Dog" blues.
What are some things that would be a hardship when it comes to walking your dog?
This part of the song is slow and very bluesy so have fun with it.
Yes...have fun with it. Which brings me to "WHY" you should sing the blues.
1- Even though singing the blues is associated with being sad (or blue, thus the name), in all actuality, singing boosts your spirits.
I remember a long time ago being dumped by a girl and I was in a bad way. I would sing songs about being dumped including Frank Sinatra's "Learnin' the Blues." I would cry through the whole thing, but I would also feel better just because I had been singing. You see, singing releases endorphins (chemicals which make you feel happy), so even when you're sad, it's good to sing.
2- When you are making up your own lyrics to a song, it gives you a sense of accomplishment. It may seem like it's a difficult thing to do, and that's why it is so impressive, but when you get the system down, you will see that it is actually quite easy.
It's like writing short poems, which is impressive in and of itself, but when you add music to it, it is awe-inspiring, not just to others, but to yourself. It really feels good.
3- A lot of times, if you are singing the blues about a problem that you really are experiencing, you often come up with a solution to that problem when you make up the verses and sing it in the blues.
The other day, true story, I was sitting at a piano and was surrounded by some friends who started singing the "Sunglasses" blues...because I was wearing sunglasses at a time that I didn't need to be wearing them.
The thing is, is that I DID need to wear them because my hay fever had gotten the best of me that day and my eyes were red and puffy, and I didn't want people to be frightened by my red eyes.
While everybody was singing, I thought of a solution: take off the shades and just squint a lot. I know, not a mind-blowing solution, but that's when it came to me, and that's when I knew it would be OK.
So now you know how to sing the blues...go ahead and get started.
The second MP3 below is the music without me singing (minus track...or karaoke version, if you will). In this version, I gave you three verses to sing, with the wrap up at the end.
Each song has it's own download option.
So be happy being blue!!


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Is Odessa Next? Putin Sees A Gateway To Moldova — And Chance For Revenge
After the fall of Mariupol, Vladimir Putin appears to have his eye on another iconic southern coastal city, with a strong identity and strategic location.
Odessa after a missile attack
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Air strikes on the port city of Odessa have become more frequent over the past three weeks, most often hitting residential buildings, shopping malls, and critical infrastructure rather than military targets. The missiles arrive from naval vessels on the Black Sea and across the sea from the nearby Crimean coast, with the toll including multiple civilian deaths and a growing sense of panic. In Odessa, fears are rising that it could follow Mariupol as Vladimir Putin's next principal target.
Since the beginning of the war, more than half of the population — about 500,000 people — have left the city, even as others are flowing into Odessa from other war-torn regions in southern Ukraine, where the situation is even worse: people from Nikolayev, Kherson, Crimea, and even from Moldovan Transnistria.
Ukrainian forces resisting in and around the city of Mykolaiv, 80 miles up the coast, have prevented Odessa from being encircled by Russian forces.
But now, after the fall of Mariupol, 380 miles to the east, the port city is increasingly seen as the next target for Putin.
Proud Ukrainian spirit
Not surprisingly, the "pearl by the sea" is unusually quiet ahead of the summer tourist season. In a report from what is still considered the prime resort capital of Ukraine, newspaper RBC writes that only the legendary Privoz market and a few other cafes on Deribasovskaya Street are reminders of what Odessa was like in peaceful times.
Despite everything, Odessa remains a proudly Ukrainian city.
An ancient Greek city with a uniquely modern culture and ethnically diverse composition, Odessa was as important to the Soviet Union as it is to Ukraine — and apparently, to Putin too. There is no shortage of symbolism: The people of Odessa are considered freedom-loving and open-minded. In 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, when Putin tried to seize major cities such as Mariupol and Kharkiv, and hold pseudo-referendums, Odessa was a non-starter and Russian troops were always unwelcome there.
According to Sergei Bratchuk, advisor to the head of the Odessa regional military administration, the purpose of the Russian army is to put psychological pressure on the residents and defenders of the region — but also to take revenge for the fact that, despite everything, Odessa remains a proudly Ukrainian city.
"So, unfortunately, we know that this will continue and there is a very high probability of more missile strikes," Bratchuk says. "This is all revenge from the enemy, to show Odessa. But it means that we are on the right track and that we will endure it all."
Still a moment to get some sun in Odessa
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Strategy or symbolism?
The other reason is more strategic than symbolic, and extends beyond Ukraine: Moscow is bombing Odessa in order to intimidate Moldova, whose border lies only 35 miles away.
Moldova has its own internal battle with pro-Russian separatists in the breakaway republic of Transnistria. The opposition leader in Transnistria, Gennady Chorbu, has warned that Putin may call on pro-Russian leadership in the territory to provoke a conflict with Moldova.
Thus for the Kremlin, Odessa is both a potential "next" symbolic victory after Mariupol, and the gateway to a wider, regional war — if that's what Putin has in mind.
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Despair, Love, Betrayal — Then Death: A Ukrainian War Diary
Volodymyr Vakulenko was a Ukrainian writer killed by the Russians during the invasion. He left behind a diary that is intensely personal, yet encompasses much of the tragedy of his nation.
Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko
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KYIV — Volodymyr Vakulenko lived in the Ukrainian village of Kapitolivka near Izyum, with his 14-year-old son who has autism. Volodymyr was abducted by the Russians back in March, in the weeks after the invasion. For months, his family, investigators, fellow writers, journalists and volunteers searched for him in vain.
Volodymyr recounted in his diary, which was later found, the first weeks of the Russian invasion of the Izyum region in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv-based media Livy Bereg takes a look back at Volodymyr's life and publishes excerpts from his diary, the original of which is now kept in the Kharkiv Literary Museum.
This is his story:
Continuing volunteer work
His diary tells the story of a civilian whose only fault was a constant devotion to his country. Volodymyr had last taken up arms in his youth, while serving in the Soviet army. He was severely beaten twice there, which had left him with life-long disabilities — problems with his spine and hearing.
Volodymyr suffered another injury, this time to the head, during Ukraine's 2014 revolution, which was why he did not serve in the Ukrainian army. Instead, he continued his writing and volunteer work.
"My volunteering began long before these events, but it was different, such as helping people with disabilities, and it did not stop for many years [...]. Yet the fighting arrived, like an angry viper crawling closer and closer to my hometown."
Silence and humiliation
Volodymyr raised his 14-year-old son Vitalik. The boy has a complex form of an autistic disorder. He does not speak and needs constant care. The boy's mother, Iryna Novitska, lost the ability to walk three years after giving birth, so after the divorce, the family decided that the boy would stay with his father.
The most difficult thing under occupation was the lack of information
Volodymyr did not like to leave his son alone, even for a minute, so he took him everywhere with him: even when he began to deliver aid to soldiers at checkpoints. Every day, they walked together for 5-20 kilometers. He collected money to help the military, like many others, through social networks. And sometimes, someone in the supermarket would come up to him asking to give soldiers a "package of goodies", as he calls it in his diary.
The most difficult thing under occupation was the lack of communication and understanding of the situation in the country.
He says in his diary: "The mayor hid from responsibility, there was no connection at all, we didn't even know if the city was still standing or taken by the enemy. There was absolutely no news, a complete lack of communication with any authorities to somehow clarify what was happening in our village — there were many occupiers and checkpoints every 100 meters. They were constantly searching, even empty bags. Another thing, I was terribly upset that my nerves could not stand such humiliation."
To stay or go?
The Vakulenkos, like other residents of Kapitolivka, tried to assess the situation by the sounds of fighting.
"Those explosions that scared a little at the beginning of the war were even pleasing to hear during the occupation, depending on the direction. If there were battles, it means that the city is standing, it means that our boys are alive."
The second hardest thing was how to ensure the stability of a teenager with an extremely vulnerable nervous system and explain to him what was happening. Volodymyr's mother, Olena, says that during the first two weeks of the invasion, she constantly asked her son to leave with her grandson, but he said that he should stay and help our people, and also take care of his father after a stroke. And then it was too late.
"It would be extremely dangerous for me, with my patriotic pro-Ukrainian views, to find myself trapped in an enemy ring, but I had no choice. I have a child with a special perception of everything around him, who stopped any communication with the outside world in the first days of March. In the end, I already understood that all these explosions... would affect his autistic psyche as well. [...] Kharkiv has been bombed and its rebuilding will take years."
Natalia Ivashura, a specialist in working with autistic teenagers and the mother of a 17-year-old boy with an autistic disorder, says: "Since the beginning of the full-scale war, many Ukrainians have felt a loss of control over their lives. Frankly speaking, families of children with autism lost that control a long time ago. The fact is that children with autism are more calm and successful in situations that can be predicted... during war, this is almost impossible."
She continues: "The decision to evacuate is very difficult for many, because being with such a child in a foreign city, in a foreign country is a tough challenge. That is why some families stayed at home, even if the settlement was occupied by enemies, because a child, for example, falls asleep only in his bed... Often it is impossible to convince a child with autism to go into a bomb shelter, because there can be too many sensory stimuli, and this makes the parents feel helpless, unable to protect the child and themselves."
While taking care of his son and father, Volodymyr continued to volunteer.
"Any kind of heroism, such as stopping an armored personnel carrier, takes place in big cities, and we are a small village, where the maximum that can be done is to gather patriotic people – no more than 2-3 people. I knew this for a long time, so I lived as a hermit. I always knew that I would be betrayed sooner or later, and as it turned out later, there were a lot of informers."
Olena says that her son was very ardent and, perhaps, even overly fearless. He convinced fellow villagers to speak Ukrainian and not to trust Russian television. Someone from the locals, says Olena, betrayed him to the occupiers. At first, the Russians stopped him on the street, checked him, searching even empty bags.
Volodya with his son Vitalik
On March 22, five occupiers came to the yard of Volodymyr's father and asked: "Where is your nationalist?" They took phones, documents and Ukrainian books "for inspection". The next day, Volodymyr and his son were taken away. They forced them to undress and show tattoos.
By evening, Volodymyr and his son were released. They said they would return the documents the next day, but of course, they did not.
The second time the writer was taken away was on March 24. This time he did not return home.
"The documents were found later, on May 12, in a purse along with the body, shot through with a bullet," says Volodymyr's ex-wife Iryna Novitska. "Volodymyr was picked up [after being released] by a volunteer from a group that drove the streets picking up bodies. Some enemy equipment was burning near the place where the body was found. And those Russians who came to put it out paid attention to the body and let the volunteers know. In the posthumous photo, the documents are laid out in his hands, unfolded. I don't know where they disappeared to afterwards."
The second time the writer was taken away was on March 24. This time he did not return home. But before that, he buried his diary under a cherry tree in the garden.
Olena was looking for her son for months. She knocked on every door of the occupation administrations and the so-called "militsiya". At first, they told her "Don't worry, we'll let him go, we're not Nazis". Then they lied that they had no information, but were looking for it.
"When I came to the Russian military commandant again," Olena says, "he didn't even look at me, he looked over my head, somewhere at the wall: 'We are working. We are searching'. And I understood that they all knew where he was and what happened to him. They were just lying to my face."
In the autumn, the world would discover that there were 12 Russian torture chambers in Izyum.
While looking for Volodymyr, the family tried to survive. There had been almost no food in the city since the beginning of the occupation. Vitalik nearly died three times, but fortunately survived.
Other writers found out about Volodymyr's abduction on April 10, when his ex-wife Iryna Novitska reported it on Facebook. Since then and until the liberation of the occupied territories of the Kharkiv region in September, no one had any contact with Volodymyr's relatives in Kapitolivka. They did not even know that the occupiers, fortunately, had immediately released Vitalik. Human rights activists could only talk about Volodymyr's case on international platforms, but there was no way to check the facts and collect evidence.
After the liberation of the Izyum region, mass graves were opened. According to the book of records of the Izyum ritual service, the body of Volodymyr Vakulenko is in grave No. 319. Olena, who lived in hope all that time, says her heart broke then.
Two bullets from a pistol were found in Volodymyr's body. Head of the Investigation Department of the Kharkiv Region Police Serhiy Bolvinov announced the findings at the end of November. Witnesses noticed bullet holes in the body and in his documents. The body had been on the street for more than a month.
Birds chirp only in the morning.
Olena doesn't know if Vitalik understands that his father is gone. She says: "I still haven't figured out how to explain it to him, but when we talk about Volodymyr, he gets very nervous."
An entry from Volodymyr's diary reads:
"At first, I dreamed of numbers, old calendars, my friends and boys (*Ukrainian soldiers), as if I were hugging them, meeting them. I'm afraid to think what happened to them. In the first days of the occupation, I gave up a little because of my half-starved state in general. Now I have pulled myself together, even worked in the garden a little and brought potatoes into the house. Birds chirp only in the morning... Finally, in the evening, music on my cell phone saves me. And today, on the Day of Poetry, a small flock of cranes congratulated me from the sky, seeming to say: 'Everything will be Ukraine!' I believe in victory!"
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Recognizing homegrown potential
Cord ImportOctober 21, 20094 mins read
As Westerners, it is easy to feel as though we have the answers to all the world's problems.
This very sentiment motivates many Western youth to spend time volunteering overseas. While Westerners believe they can make a difference in the lives of the worlds most needy, they tend to ignore the compassion and leadership from within the very community they are trying to help.
In turn, the capable youth of the developing world are overlooked and their potential is left unrealized.
Living in a war-torn country as a child is unimaginable. An entire generation of Uganda's youth does not know peace due to the two-decade-long presence of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Some Ugandan youth dream of growing up to be boda boda (motorcycle taxi) drivers, waiters or farmers. Most Ugandans dream of peace and having their basic needs met. However, one must look to the local people who have successfully helped their own communities.
Sera and Vincent are two such individuals.
Sera is a Rwandan woman who moved to Uganda as a child. While still young, Sera began caring for 14 boys between the ages of seven and 15. With the support of a Chicago couple, she was able to rent the boys a home and send them to school.
"I care about each of them. I want to see them grow up to be successful. We are a family," said
Sera.
Even while the boys were living on the streets, Sera would visit and bring them food. The Chicago couple were sponsoring Sera to go to school and wished for her to travel to the United States for her post-secondary education. Instead, Sera asked them to come to Uganda.
After their two week trip, the American couple agreed to support Sera, rent a home and ensure school fees for all 14 boys. Caring Place Ministries is now the home of the boys along with Sera, Frances and Mama Grace who care for them.
While living on the street, the 14 young boys found one another and became a family unit. Today, all of the boys are now in school and have excelled; each one is in the top of his class. They love to sing, dance and play soccer and dream of becoming pilots, teachers and leaders in their own right. One of the boys, Marc, even dreams of doing what Sera has done for him for a new generation of Ugandan youth.
If not for Sera and the support from international donations, the boys would continue to suffer on the streets, addicted to drugs, fending for themselves. Such a selfless act of not attending university and caring for these boys has given them hope for the future.
Yet another exceptional example of homegrown leadership is Vincent.
Vincent grew up in northern Uganda and attended Makerere University as an art student.
Upon graduation, he travelled back to Gulu and began an art therapy program at a school called Laroo. The school is home to over 400 children; over 95 per cent of the student body are formerly abducted child soldiers.
Vincent runs the Let Art Talk program for students. The premise is to use art as a form of therapy. Vincent believes art helps the young people process and discuss the atrocities that they have experienced during the time they were abducted.
Of the program, Vincent said, "The therapy is going to hurt. Art is a release for the soul. Everything that has happened to these children is so horrific that they deserve to experience the joy of art."
Almost every painting and sculpture portrays an AK-47 toting child.
While the horrors that each of the students has experienced is never blatantly depicted, the pain and suffering in each child's eyes and artwork is unmistakeable.
Vincent is not a paid teacher. While his program receives little funding, the impact his personal investment and teaching are having is overwhelming. These children, who once endured the brunt of warfare, are now permitted to laugh and paint. These former child soldiers now recognize it is okay for them to once again be children.
Far too often, the compassion and leadership of local African individuals is underrated. Neither Sera nor Vincent have had the opportunities that a Westerner has. Regardless, both have made a positive impact on their community and the youth of Uganda.
The two are prime examples of Western underestimation of the citizens of the developing world.
Perhaps instead of believing that the Western world has all of the answers, it is time to look within local communities for answers and for homegrown leaders to bring about change.


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Ken Morrison is the Chief Executive of the Property Council of Australia, the national representative of the property industry. The property industry employs 1.1 million Australians, accounts for 9% of GDP, and 14.1 million Australians have a stake in property through their super fund. Ken is a Property Male Champion of Change, working to achieve a significant and sustainable increase in the number of women in leadership roles, a director of the Green Building Council of Australia, and sits on the executive committees of the Business Coalition for Tax Reform and the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. He is passionate about the future of our cities and has played a significant role in shaping tax, planning and infrastructure policy for over a decade. Before taking up his current position in 2014, Ken was the Chief Executive of the Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF), the peak CEO forum for the tourism, aviation and transport sectors. Prior to this Ken held several executive positions at the Property Council of Australia, including Chief Operating Officer and NSW Executive Director. Ken holds degrees from UNSW and UTS, and has undertaken courses at the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Harvard Business School.
Kathy Mac Dermott, Chief Operating Officer
Kathy Mac Dermott is Chief Operating Officer at the Property Council of Australia. Kathy joined the business in 2010 as Executive Director, Queensland Division, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2014. Kathy has over 11 years' experience as a property journalist for the Australian Financial Review, including seven as Queensland Bureau Chief. She has also worked extensively in corporate advisory roles, specialising in property, in Australia and London for more than two decades. Kathy is the program director of the Property Male Champions of Change. She holds a degree from QUT and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mike Zorbas, Group Executive, Policy and Advocacy
In his role as Group Executive of Policy and Advocacy for the Property Council of Australia, Mike looks after policy on behalf of the property industry, our nation's largest employer. Previously he has held senior roles at Lendlease, Stockland and the Liberal Democrats in the UK among others as well as being a member of the Board of the Sydney Institute and a former Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney.
Matt Francis, Head of Media & Communications
Matt Francis is the Head of Media and Communications. He has over two decades experience managing corporate affairs, communications and media for government and the private sector organisations, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia and the United States, Tourism Australia, Melbourne Airport and as a strategic communications consultant. He has worked for senior government ministers in policy and media advising roles across a range of portfolios.
Sandra Brewer, WA Executive Director
Sandra Brewer is the Western Australian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia. Prior to commencing this position, Sandra was a communications and marketing executive. Her experience spans blue chip corporates, WA private businesses, retirement living, residential development and construction. Sandra believes that leaders should be driven to create change beyond the four walls of an organisation, which is why she has volunteered for many years in political and industry bodies. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. Sandra also has first-hand experience in the property industry, through her family's business in residential construction. Sandra is committed to being a strong and effective advocate for the Members of the Property Council and the many people who work in the property industry.
Adina Cirson, ACT Executive Director
Adina Cirson is the ACT Executive Director and has extensive experience working in public policy and communications in Canberra for nearly 15 years. Adina worked federally for Senator Kate Lundy for four years before her move to the ACT Government in 2006, working for Chief Minister Jon Stanhope on affordable housing, climate change and water security policy. Following this role, Adina was senior communications consultant to ACTEW's Water Security Major Projects, with a focus on community engagement and stakeholder management. Adina commenced work with ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher as her Director of Communications in 2011, and in 2014 was appointed Chief of Staff to the Minister for Planning, Land Management and Urban Renewal Mick Gentleman. Adina holds a Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations) Degree and is currently studying a Master of Juris Doctor (Postgraduate Law) at the University of Canberra.
Jane Fitzgerald, NSW Executive Director
Jane Fitzgerald is Executive Director of the New South Wales Division of the Property Council of Australia, leading the advocacy agenda at a time of enormous investment and change in the sector. Prior to her appointment, Jane was a senior executive with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and, amongst other roles, was the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. Previously, Jane was the Deputy Director-General of the NSW Ministry for Police and chief of staff to two ministers in the NSW Government. Jane has a law degree and an arts degree majoring in politics from the University of NSW. She is also a moderator with the Cranlana Programme, an independent organisation with a broad objective to cultivate wisdom in leadership.
Daniel Gannon, SA Executive Director
A tertiary qualified and extensively networked public policy and communications professional, Daniel Gannon is one of South Australia's leading and most influential industry advocates, and in 2018 was named one of the state's 100 Most Influential People, in SA's Top 40 Leaders Under 40 and in the state's Top 50 Powerbrokers. Throughout his career, Daniel has worked across Local, State and Federal Government policy spheres, and has embedded himself in the property and investment industry through the Property Council of Australia – one of the state's most powerful associations – representing a broad range of sectors ranging from commercial and residential property to industrial, retail and retirement living sectors.
He is a skilled and effective communicator, leader, public speaker, and influential high-profile advocate with 15 years' experience, as well as significant public policy and governance proficiency. Put simply, Daniel advocates for healthy economies to help create a more prosperous South Australia. In addition to government and not-for-profit board experience, Daniel has credibility with media, experience in developing and communicating complex policies, the ability to talk directly and powerfully to private and public sector leaders, and the drive and tenacity to achieve strategic outcomes.
Joanne Gullick, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Jo Gullick is the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at the Property Council if Australia. Jo has over 25 years' experience in finance and corporate governance having previously worked in a broad range of industries including: a not-for-profit employer membership group; an ASX publicly listed company; the performing arts; retail; and chartered accountancy. Her most recent experience was as at the Australian Industry Group where she headed up the finance team for almost a decade. She has sat on a number of boards in her capacity as company secretary. Jo holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University. She is also a Certified Practicing Accountant and has obtained a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia.
Christopher Mountford, QLD Executive Director
Chris Mountford is the Queensland Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia. In this role Chris leads the Property Council's policy, government advocacy and commercial activities in Queensland. Prior to commencing in this position, Chris was the QLD Deputy Executive Director for nearly six years. He has represented the property industry on numerous State and local government advisory and policy review committees. Prior to joining the Property Council, Chris held roles with the Civil Contractors Federation and Local Government Association of Queensland. He has more than a decade's experience in member based advocacy organisations and government relations. Chris holds degrees from the University of Queensland, and is a member of the Queensland Board of Advisors for the Property Industry Foundation – a charity that raises funds to support young people at risk of homelessness.
Ben Myers, Executive Director - Retirement Living
Ben is responsible for championing policy and advocacy that underpins the social licence and future growth of the industry. He is also responsible for managing the Retirement Living Council, which is a national leadership group for the retirement living sector. Ben has a long history of serving in senior leadership positions in government and private sector roles across Australia. Throughout his career, Ben has worked at all levels of Australian government and managed communications across Australia for the global energy producer BG Group. Over his career, Ben has worked across most major industry sectors in Australia and has been directly involved in delivering some of the nation's largest infrastructure projects, including the BG Group's US$20 billion QCLNG project and the Brisbane City Council's TransApex road network.
Belinda Ngo, Executive Director - Capital Markets
Belinda Ngo is the Executive Director of International and Capital Markets for the Property Council of Australia. Belinda is responsible for national policy relating to investment, tax and capital markets for Australia's $670 billion property investment industry. The Property Council represents members across all four quadrants of property investment: debt, equity, public and private. Prior to joining the Property Council, Belinda worked for Macquarie Group and KPMG. Belinda has over 14 years of professional experience specialising in capital markets and tax policy, tax advisory and capital management. Belinda is a Chartered Accountant and a Solicitor of NSW.
Ruth Palmer, NT Executive Director
Prior to joining the Property Council, Ruth spent seven years with the Northern Territory Government working for then Chief Minister Paul Henderson MLA to most recently with the Leader of the Opposition, Delia Lawrie MLA as an Adviser. Ruth has extensive experience with marketing, communications and driving memberships. She is an experienced copywriter and enjoys picking articles or papers to pieces for spelling and grammar. Working in the Communications Unit with the Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition has given Ruth knowledge and experience with industry growth and strategies for moving the Territory forward. Ruth resides in Darwin with her two children Chloe (6) and Amelia (19 months). She has lived in the Territory coming up to ten years now and is happy to call it home. On the weekends, the majority of her time is spent in the outdoors camping, fishing or fulfilling her other passions; writing and photography.
Natasha Teychenne, Head of People and Culture
Natasha Teychenne is the Property Council of Australia's Head of People and Culture. Natasha is an experienced HR executive, with expertise in organisational development, cultural transformation and learning and development. Natasha draws on her organisational development background to take a broad based and integrative view of the people strategies required in the business and applies generalist HR approaches to provide the foundations on which to build the talent, leadership and capability for achievement of business imperatives. Prior to joining the Property Council, Natasha led the People and Culture function for a financial services organisation with a strong focus on culture, engagement, talent and leadership capability. She has also held senior HR roles at PPB Advisory, Telstra and CSC Australia. Natasha started her career as an executive coach and consultant working across a wide range of ASX listed companies and public sector organisations in the areas of strategic M&A, culture development and organisational design. Natasha holds a Master of Psychology, is a registered practicing Psychologist, and is a certificated facilitator in Achieve Global (now Miller Heiman Group).
Cressida Wall, VIC Executive Director
Cressida has extensive experience in senior roles across a wide variety of sectors, including public policy, corporate affairs, infrastructure, private equity, property and technology startups. She has been a Board member of the Office of Projects Victoria, and prior to that spent five years as a key economic adviser to the Bracks and Brumby Government.
Brian Wightman, TAS Executive Director
Brian Wightman is the Tasmanian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia and former Attorney General for Tasmania. As Executive Director, Brian leads the Property Council's policy development, advocacy and public affairs for the state. He also undertakes considerable stakeholder engagement, strategic planning and provides media commentary. Prior to this appointment, Brian ran a youth charity and; was a minister in the Tasmanian Labor government for four years, serving in justice, environment and heritage portfolios. Brian also has experience in the education sector, working as a school principal before his political tenure. Brian holds a Masters Degree from the University of Tasmania and has interests in leadership, education, program and volunteer management, policy and community engagement.


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Il TACAM T-38 (abbreviazione di Tun Anticar pe Afet Mobil, "cannone anticarro su affusto mobile") era un cacciacarri romeno progettato durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

Storia
Nel 1943, quaranta cannoni campali sovietici da 76,2 mm M1936 di preda bellica furono utilizzati per riarmare i carri armati T-38 in uso all'Esercito romeno. L'impostazione cacciacarri così ottenuto ricordava il tedesco Marder III. A causa del mancato completamento del TACAM R-2, il progetto venne abbandonato dopo il colpo di stato di Re Michele.

Tecnica
Il TACAM T-38 venne realizzato rimuovendo la torretta del carro armato leggero T-38, sostituita da un affusto a piedistallo per incavalcare il cannone sovietico da 76,2 mm M1936. A protezione del pezzo e dei serventi, il pezzo era protetto da una casamatta chiusa su tre lati, realizzata con piastre di corazzatura recuperata da carri ex-sovietici. Queste modifiche avrebbero dovuto essere realizzate dalle officine Leonida di Bucarest. Dopo l'abbandono della produzione del TACAM R-2 nel luglio 1944, a causa dell'inadeguatezza del cannone contro i pesantemente corazzati carri russi IS-2, il progetto TACAM T-38 venne completamente abbandonato.

Note

Bibliografia
 Mark Axworthy, Cornel Scafeș, Cristian Crãciunoiu,Third Axis. Fourth Ally. Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941-1945, Arms and Armour, London, 1995. ISBN 1-85409-267-7

Semoventi
Veicoli militari rumeni

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New site. Adjacent to Isle of Portland SSSI.
Nicodemus Heights forms part of a complex range of habitats including limestone grasslands, cliffs and quarries found on the Isle of Portland. The limestone geology, southern maritime position and land use history give the Island a unique ecological character and rich biodiversity and make Portland one of the key limestone areas in Britain.
Nicodemus Heights lies in the north-eastern part of the Island. The southern part of the site has been disturbed by past quarrying activity and the plant communities are the result of natural recolonisation of the calcareous substrates. In the north grassland has developed on thin soils over upper Portland beds. The site is important for limestone grassland communities; for Nationally Rare and Scarce bryophytes and higher plants; for the endemic plant early gentian Gentianella anglica*; and for the Nationally Scarce butterfly silver-studded blue Plebejus argus cretaceus.
The unimproved limestone grassland is of high quality and two distinct communities are present. The most extensive type is characterised by abundant upright brome Bromus erecta, and also contains frequent or abundant sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, black medick Medicago lupulina and wild carrot Daucus carota. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa is locally frequent, and the Nationally Scarce slender tare Vicia parviflora is also present. The second type of unimproved grassland, which has a very restricted distribution nationally, occurs on thin and well-drained soils which have developed over old limestone spoil heaps. This vegetation is short and open with areas of bare rock, and amongst the abundant sheep's fescue there is frequent squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The Nationally Scarce dwarf mouse-ear Cerastium pumilum also occurs here, together with a variety of small bryophytes, including two Nationally Rare liverworts Cephaloziella baumgartneri and green blackwort Southbya nigrella, and a Nationally Scarce moss Luisier's tufa moss Gymnostomum viridulum.
These grasslands also support substantial colonies of the endemic and Nationally Scarce plant early gentian Gentianella anglica*. Numbers of plants vary greatly from year to year but the site has recently held over 50% of the total early gentian population on Portland.
Small areas of scrub occur within the site, often associated with hollows, boulders and rocks left behind by historic quarrying activity. Ivy Hedera helix growing here provides a host for the Nationally Scarce parasitic plant ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae. Wild privet Ligustrum vulgare and traveller's joy Clematis vitalba are frequent in these areas, which also contain occasional introduced species such as fig Ficus carica and reflexed stonecrop Sedum rupestre.
In the southern part of the site is an area of open vegetation on a stony substrate which contains a variety of plants associated with unimproved calcareous conditions, including marjoram Origanum vulgare and wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa. This part of the site forms the core of a large population of the Nationally Scarce butterfly silver-studded blue Plebejus argus cretaceus. This butterfly has suffered population declines throughout its range and the cretaceus race is now confined to Portland. Nicodemus Heights SSSI supports one of the three largest colonies on Portland.
The site also supports a large population of small blue Cupido minimus, a declining butterfly for which Portland is a stronghold.
*Species listed on Annex II to Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora, and on Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.


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IPR welcomes senior Civil Servants to Policy Profession Masterclass on AI and ethics
This month we welcomed a number of Senior Civil Servants to a Policy Profession Masterclass on AI and ethics.
Published on Monday 21 October 2019
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On 14 October 2019 we welcomed over 30 Civil Servants to a Policy Profession Masterclass on AI and ethics in Pall Mall, London.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms are increasingly being embedded into everyday technologies that influence many aspects of our lives. Such influence ranges from suggestions of films or even romantic partners, to customising of news access and personalised home insurance costs. These technologies raise important ethical concerns around society's ability to understand and scrutinise AI decisions, as well as the risks of algorithmic bias and misinformation. All of these are becoming increasingly important considerations for policymakers.
On 14 October 2019 we welcomed over 30 Civil Servants to a Policy Profession Masterclass on AI and ethics in Pall Mall, London. Policymakers from 18 government departments - including the Cabinet Office; Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Department for Education; and Department for Work and Pensions – were in attendance to learn from University of Bath academics.
Speakers Dr Joanna Bryson and Dr Özgür Şimşek from the Department of Computer Science, and Dr Iulia Cioroianu from the Institute for Policy Research (IPR), each presented on the increasing public and private use of AI, how changing technology impacts individuals and governments, and the ways in which AI decision making can be held accountable and regulated, to ensure that the economic advantages generated by AI benefit society as a whole.
The masterclass is part of a wider series we have organised with Policy Profession. The next session, 'Finding growth within – how to transition from a linear to a circular economy' will take place in December, featuring Dr Sophie Parsons and Professor Marcelle McManus from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor Matthew Davidson from the Department of Chemistry, University of Bath.
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Kumrovec järnvägsstation ligger en dryga kilometer utanför byn Kumrovec på den numera nedlagda linjen Savski Marof - Klanjec -Kumrovec (- gräns Kroatien/Slovenien - Imeno - Celje).

Det finns bara ett stationshus och en bangård med en uppställd godsvagn kvar. Stationshuset är trots att linjen är nedlagd bevarad i dugligt skick och är fortfarande öppen med väntsal och biljetthall. Ett klart tecken på att det gått tåg här tidigare är en gammal tidtabell från 1993 som förklarar när tåget ankom och avgick. Grönskan har dock tagit över den idag nedfallna bangården.

Stationen kan komma att trafikeras igen om politikerna i Kroatien bestämmer sig för att rusta upp och elektrifiera linjen samt sedan dra Zagrebs pendeltåg på linjen mot Savski Marof och Harmica vidare upp mot Kumrovec som då skulle bli dess nordliga slutpunkt.

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Startup Orca Security Raises $55M To Thwart Cloud Complexity
'It's time to ramp up on all fronts ... We feel this is the right time to hit the gas pedal, and when you do that, you better have a full tank,' Orca Security Co-Founder and CEO Avi Shua tells CRN.
By Michael Novinson December 08, 2020, 09:00 AM EST
Rising cloud security star Orca Security has closed a Series B funding round to address emerging technologies, facilitate more customization and build its channel program.
The Los Angeles-based cybersecurity startup said its revenue has grown tenfold since closing its Series A funding round in March, with a dramatic acceleration in cloud migration due to COVID-19 resulting in wait times of up to 10 days for prospects to speak with Orca's sales team, according to co-founder and CEO Avi Shua. The latest $55 million funding round was led by new investor ICONIQ Growth, Orca said.
"It's time to ramp up on all fronts," Shua told CRN. "We feel this is the right time to hit the gas pedal, and when you do that, you better have a full tank."
[Related: The 20 Coolest Tech Startups Of 2020]
Orca was founded in 2019, and has grown its headcount from less than 30 employees at the start of 2020 to 70 employees today. Twenty-two new hires have been made in the last few months, Shua said, with Orca growing its sales team from two to nine people during that time by hiring for sales leadership, engineering and enablement functions. Orca plans to grow its staff by another 50 percent during 2021.
"It's been a amazingly successful year for us," Shua said.
From a technical standpoint, Shua said the Series B funding will allow Orca to add capabilities around Kubernetes and serverless security as well as more customization for advanced customers who are looking to create their own rules. These are typically larger organizations that want to put their own policies in place beyond what's required by compliance or regulatory frameworks, according to Shua.
Orca's technology enhancements will make it easier for customers to take a holistic view of risk that goes beyond just looking at the severity of the identified issue, Shua said. For instance, Shua said a server with a critical vulnerability that isn't exposed to the internet should be a lower remediation priority than a server that's indirect exposed to a load balancer that could make customer data public.
In addition to providing customers with a customized list of threats that are most important to them, Shua said Orca plans to use the Series B funding to add more detection capabilities and bolster its ability to identify and remediation deviations from compliance frameworks such as PCI in a manner of minutes.
Orca's few dozen customers span the gamut from startups with a few hundred employees and an IT security team of less than 10 people looking for greater cloud visibility to Fortune 100 companies with hundreds or even thousands of different cloud environments who need help with governance, Shua said. The company is strong in the fintech space, and hopes to have at least 100 customers by late 2021.
Roughly a quarter of Orca's sales go through the channel today, and Shua said the company works with MSSPs, SIs and consultants that can provide meaningful value-added managed or professional services around the company's technology. Most of Orca's very large customers have a direct relationship with the company, while many smaller customers rely on the channel to choose and deploy tools, Shua said.
Orca hopes to grow its channel community from a few partners today to a couple of dozen solution providers a year from now, according to Shua. The company has brought in a marketing leader to build out more channel marketing resources, and has also added channel account manager (CAMs) to help maintain relationships with the solution provider community, Shua said.
Finally, Shua said Orca hopes to use some of the Series B process to build sales offices outside the United States in Australia, Japan and the European Union nations. Roughly a third of Orca's sales come from outside the U.S. today, and Shua thinks that figure could reach 40 percent by the end of 2021.
"The move to cloud has dramatically accelerated during COVID," Shua said. "There's a market for what we're building."
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namespace llvm {

class MipsDAGToDAGISel : public SelectionDAGISel {
public:
  explicit MipsDAGToDAGISel(MipsTargetMachine &TM)
      : SelectionDAGISel(TM), Subtarget(nullptr) {}

  // Pass Name
  const char *getPassName() const override {
    return "MIPS DAG->DAG Pattern Instruction Selection";
  }

  bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) override;

protected:
  SDNode *getGlobalBaseReg();

  /// Keep a pointer to the MipsSubtarget around so that we can make the right
  /// decision when generating code for different targets.
  const MipsSubtarget *Subtarget;

private:
  // Include the pieces autogenerated from the target description.
  #include "MipsGenDAGISel.inc"

  // Complex Pattern.
  /// (reg + imm).
  virtual bool selectAddrRegImm(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                                SDValue &Offset) const;

  // Complex Pattern.
  /// (reg + reg).
  virtual bool selectAddrRegReg(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                                SDValue &Offset) const;

  /// Fall back on this function if all else fails.
  virtual bool selectAddrDefault(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                                 SDValue &Offset) const;

  /// Match integer address pattern.
  virtual bool selectIntAddr(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                             SDValue &Offset) const;

  virtual bool selectIntAddrMM(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                               SDValue &Offset) const;

  /// Match addr+simm10 and addr
  virtual bool selectIntAddrMSA(SDValue Addr, SDValue &Base,
                                SDValue &Offset) const;

  virtual bool selectAddr16(SDNode *Parent, SDValue N, SDValue &Base,
                            SDValue &Offset, SDValue &Alias);

  /// \brief Select constant vector splats.
  virtual bool selectVSplat(SDNode *N, APInt &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm1.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm1(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm2.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm2(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm3.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm3(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm4.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm4(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm5.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm5(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm6.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm6(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a uimm8.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimm8(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value fits in a simm5.
  virtual bool selectVSplatSimm5(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value is a power of 2.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimmPow2(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value is the inverse of a
  /// power of 2.
  virtual bool selectVSplatUimmInvPow2(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value is a run of set bits
  /// ending at the most significant bit
  virtual bool selectVSplatMaskL(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;
  /// \brief Select constant vector splats whose value is a run of set bits
  /// starting at bit zero.
  virtual bool selectVSplatMaskR(SDValue N, SDValue &Imm) const;

  SDNode *Select(SDNode *N) override;

  virtual std::pair<bool, SDNode*> selectNode(SDNode *Node) = 0;

  // getImm - Return a target constant with the specified value.
  inline SDValue getImm(const SDNode *Node, uint64_t Imm) {
    return CurDAG->getTargetConstant(Imm, Node->getValueType(0));
  }

  virtual void processFunctionAfterISel(MachineFunction &MF) = 0;

  bool SelectInlineAsmMemoryOperand(const SDValue &Op,
                                    char ConstraintCode,
                                    std::vector<SDValue> &OutOps) override;
};

/// createMipsISelDag - This pass converts a legalized DAG into a
/// MIPS-specific DAG, ready for instruction scheduling.
FunctionPass *createMipsISelDag(MipsTargetMachine &TM);

}

#endif

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How is China's crackdown on big tech impacting emerging markets?
The current wave of regulatory intervention by the Chinese government has been far reaching, addressing matters including anti-trust, data protection, property speculation, climate change and various interventions in relation to social abuses. In the internet platform space, financial technology (Ant Group), ecommerce (Alibaba, JD.com, PDD, etc.), gaming (Tencent, NetEase etc), food delivery (Meituan, etc.), education technology (Tal/Oriental Education etc) and ride-hailing (Didi) have all been targeted.
The objective behind all these policies can be traced to China's stated long-term aspirations, which includes creating a more sustainable economy—with less pollution—that benefits the broader Chinese population instead of just the elite. On the issue of education reform specifically, there is a clear intention by the government to improve incentives for families to raise more children, in order to alleviate demographic headwinds. The latest moves are also targeting companies not fully aligned with the overall strategy of the government and serve as another clear indication that China is strongly motivated by self-sufficiency—and is willing to sacrifice short-term growth in the pursuit of same.
From a timing perspective, Chinese President Xi Jinping is evidently craving legitimacy of rule ahead of China's 20th Party Congress in 2022, where he is expected to extend his leadership beyond 10 years, disturbing the established order. China remains, at least by name, a socialist state, and in a country with extreme income disparity, the public perception concerning the contrast between the billionaire owners and gig-economy workers at China's internet platforms makes them a very easy target politically.
The internet platforms have arguably become a victim of their own success. In addition to bad press about income disparity and worker practices, the monopolistic behaviour and increasing power accumulated through harvesting data on Chinese consumers make them an obvious target for anti-trust and data protection legislation. The government is legislating to improve consumers' data protection against private companies, and particularly tightening private companies' ability to transfer sensitive data abroad. Only the government is allowed unfettered access to such data.
China's top strategic priority is arguably to become self-sufficient, especially in regards to key technologies of the future like semiconductors, medical devices, AI (artificial intelligence), green technology and various forms of automation. The ample war chest of the internet platforms puts them in pole position to invest in the development of these new technologies, and the Chinese government is, amongst other things, using anti-trust legislation as leverage to force these companies to reinvest in areas aligned with the overall strategic direction of the country, instead of harvesting monopoly rents for their owners. This type of industrial policy obviously undermines property rights, which has knock-on effects for the incentives of entrepreneurs and investors alike.
Amid this backdrop, we believe it's crucial for those investing in China to understand the strategic direction of the country, where the government would like capital to be allocated to, and which business models are perceived to work in the interest of the nation's unfolding strategic plan—and, conversely, which ones are in the bad books.
The crackdown's impact on Chinese tech stocks
Before the Ant Group's initial public offering (IPO) late last year, Chinese internet companies had been the darlings of the stock market for a while. This was especially true during the height of government-mandated lockdowns in early 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, with these business models perceived as havens in the storm. In a world under lockdown, the appeal of services like meal delivery, ecommerce and online entertainment received a boost, while most other areas of the economy were suffering.
Chinese regulators' decision to suspend Ant Group's IPO in November 2020 negatively impacted sentiment in some of these internet names, including Alibaba, given the affiliation between the two companies. However, it was not until February of this year that we saw a peak in valuations more broadly across this space. Since then, there have been a flurry of regulatory interventions and, as illustrated in the chart below, these have resulted in a rapid decline in share prices for the largest players in this space.
Source: Russell Investments / MSCI, cumulative total returns in USD from Feb. 16, 2021 through July 31, 2021.
Notably, the combined destruction of market capitalization in these five names alone from mid-February 2021 through the end of July 2021 was nearly US$700 billion, with a long list of second-tier players in this space—many of whom were equally or harder hit.
The impact on emerging markets
We have seen a very rapid transformation of the opportunity set across emerging markets as the crackdown has intensified. As noted in a blog post from earlier this year, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MSCI EM Index) is dominated by large tech names—roughly to the same degree as the S&P 500 Index. The top five tech names made up roughly 24.5% of the MSCI EM Index, compared to 22% in the S&P 500, in December 2020.
As illustrated in the chart below, the five largest tech names alone have contributed more than -6% to the -10.5% aggregate MSCI EM Index decline since the peak in mid-February (through the end of July 2021). In addition, their weight in the index has shrunk to about 21% as of this writing. We have seen even more aggressive declines in some of the next-tier internet platforms, such as PDD, Baidu, Tal Education and New Oriental Education.
Source: Russell Investments / MSCI, cumulative total return contribution in USD from Feb. 16, 2021, through July 31, 2021, of the 5 largest technology names (TSMC, Tencent, Alibaba, Samsung and Meituan) vs. the MSCI Emerging Markets Index net.
Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Notably, as a result of the rapid market cap erosion amongst ecommerce names, the weight of the internet and direct marketing retail industry has shrunk from roughly 12% in mid-February to below 9% of the MSCI EM Index now.
The outlook for emerging markets going forward
We have held the view for a while now that the valuation spread within emerging markets was extraordinarily wide and would eventually need to reverse. We have equally observed for a few years that the small and mid cap section had struggled to keep up with the wider market for the longest period in recent memory, which again raised the probability of an eventual reversal in this dynamic and for the small and mid cap premium to reassert itself. We are now seeing reversals on both fronts, but we believe this dynamic continues to have legs to it.
It is always difficult to predict the exact timing and trigger for such reversals. in this case, the Chinese regulatory drive has certainly played a large role, along with the future expectations around vaccines and other positive drivers behind the eventual reopening trade elsewhere in EM. Valuations have also played a role in the magnitude of the selloff, given the elevated valuations many of these names were trading at.
Focusing in on the motivations of the Chinese regulators responsible for the clampdown, the recent flurry of activity seems to indicate that they perceive the rectification of the core issues the reforms are targeting to be urgent. Therefore, in our opinion, it is very plausible that the reform drive will continue for a while as China once again seeks to coerce its corporate champions to align behind the country's strategic goals.
Ultimately, we believe that dislocations like this may provide ample opportunity for disciplined active stock pickers to establish positions that could contribute to performance in years to come. With this in mind, we remain excited about the opportunity set in EM.
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Olivia Yanson, the matriarch of the family that owns the biggest bus company in the country, has recovered from coronavirus disease, her daughter, Ginnette Dumancas, said yesterday.
Dumancas posted on Facebook yesterday that her mother was discharged from St. Luke's Hospital in Manila Wednesday night after surviving the virus.
Yanson will be in isolation for another seven days, she added.
"She stayed in the St. Luke's Hospital for 10 days to fight the Covid and the feeling of uncertainty and the helplessness stressed me the most," Dumancas said.
She added that prayers helped her mother recover from the virus.
She said, "I don't think that I can endure all of those tensions if I am not assured that you are praying with me for Mommy Love…I am sure that heaven was flooded with prayers coming from all over the world."
She said that the key to fighting the virus is early detection, adding that Covid-19 first attacks the nasal, throat, and lungs.
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She added she was grateful that they were able to leave Bacolod days before the airport was closed.
Olivia, along with children Ginnette and Leo Rey, had been in a legal battle with her other children Roy, Emily, Celina, and Ricky for control of Vallacar Transit Inc., operator of Ceres bus.*


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Luxembourg's Nicola McEvoy has won the 2012 International Rose of Tralee, marking the first victory for the Grand Duchy in the history of the Irish contest.
The European School teacher was crowned International Rose in Tralee late on Tuesday night at the end of a nail-biting two-day televised presentation of contenders.
Nicola, who gave her presentation on Monday with a pitch-perfect rendition of La Vie En Rose, looked stunned as the compere announced her name.
In Luxembourg friends and supporters who had gathered at Irish bar The Black Stuff where the contest was televised cheered for joy as the news was announced.
The International Rose of Tralee is an annual contest held in Tralee in Ireland for young women of Irish heritage around the world.