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State of the Spurs
What the first 20 games have revealed about the Spurs
LaMarcus has been great, the bench has been weird, and other Spurs things to keep an eye on going forward.
By Marilyn Dubinski Nov 29, 2017, 7:30am CST
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We are half a game away from officially being a quarter of the way through the 2017-18 season, so this feels like as a good a time to take a look at the current state of the Spurs. Kawhi Leonard has yet to make an appearance, and Tony Parker has only played 14 minutes, but the Spurs are holding their own with a 13-7 record while sitting at 3rd in the West.
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While there are definitely a few games in there the Spurs wish they could have back (losses to Indiana and Milwaukee immediately come to mind), most would call that exceeding expectations given the circumstances. (After all, the Spurs only have one more loss than the Golden State Warriors!) There are several things, good and bad, to take away from the Spurs' performance so far, so here are some observations from the first quarter of the season.
A rejuvenated LMA has been huge
2016-17: 17.3 pts, 7.3 reb, .477 FG%
2017-18: 22.2 pts. 8.3 reb, .507 FG%
What a difference a healthy body and mind makes. After featuring in enough trade rumors to start his own gossip magazine, LaMarcus Aldridge had a heart-to-heart with Gregg Popovich about his role on the team, Pop promised to help him feel more comfortable in the system, and it has done wonders. Without Aldridge, and possibly without him at least returning to All-Star form, the Spurs would not be in a good place right now.
Plus/minus (how many points a player's team outscores the opponent by when he is on the court) may not be the best stat for an individual game since extenuating circumstances can skew an individual's numbers, but over an extended period of time it tells a story, and in Aldridge's case it shows just how heavily the Spurs have been leaning on him.
In their 13 combined wins, Aldridge has a total plus/minus of plus-159. In other words, the Spurs are outscoring their opponents by over 12 ppg when he is on the floor in wins. In their 7 losses, he has a plus/mius of minus-76, or almost -11 ppg. Again, some of that is out of his control, and based on his game log he's hardly had any "bad" individual games, but it still shows the impact he has on the outcome.
While it will be interesting to see if Aldridge can keep his scoring average up once Leonard returns, if he can remain just as efficient and effective with fewer touches while keeping up the excellent defense, the Spurs have the potential to be an even more serious contender than last season.
The bench has been befuddling
One of the Spurs' biggest strengths over the years has been their depth and bench advantage. There have even been seasons when the Spurs bench has been the group that was expected to win the games, as the starters simply held down the fort while waiting for the bench to lay waste to the opponent's reserves and either gain or extend a lead.
This year has been different. While the reserves are still outscoring their counterparts by 5.4 ppg, it hasn't been quite as indicative as to whether it results in a win compared to years past. The Spurs are currently 8-5 when their bench outscores the opponent's, but also 5-2 when they are outscored. The last five games in particular have put an odd twist on this stat, where the Spurs are 4-1, but the bench is 1-4 with their lone "win" coming in a blowout loss to the Pelicans, and in that game most of the bench's contributions came in a garbage time fourth quarter where they merely made the final score less mortifying.
Still, one thing that has been mostly consistent with the bench is as Rudy Gay goes, so go the Spurs. It's not to the same extent as Aldridge, but overall he has averaged 13.3 ppg in wins and 9.6 ppg in losses. Gay could stand to be more consistent, but considering he is coming off a devastating injury and adjusting to life off the bench after being a career starter, patience is key. Still, he's definitely building a strong resume for 6th Man of the Year if he can steadily improve.
The bench might sort itself out as Patty Mills and soon Kyle Anderson return to their reserve roles, but for now it isn't playing its usual role in blowing games open for the Spurs. That's definitely something to keep an eye on going forward.
As always, the 3rd quarter and TO's are key
Despite the quirkiness with the bench, two things that have remained constant keys to victory for the Spurs are the third quarter and turnovers. How they respond coming out of halftime has always been key for Pop's squad, and this year is no different as they are 11-2 when outscoring opponents in the third quarter and 2-5 when outscored.
More specifically, in wins the Spurs have outscored opponents by an average of just over 7 points in the third quarter. On the other hand, they have been outscored by almost 6 points in the third quarter of losses. That's a drastic 13-point swing between wins and losses, and considering the Spurs' point differential is relatively small (for them) at just +3.1 per game, it's easy to see why the third quarter has been such a decisive factor.
As far as turnovers go, the Spurs are a respectable 6th best in the league at taking care of the ball while only committing 13.9 TO's per game. However, they are only forcing 13.8 themselves, and even more concerning is their opponents are getting more points off turnovers (17.2) than the Spurs (16.4). Finally, the Spurs are only committing 13 TO's per game in wins, but 15.4 in losses.
Again, this will likely change when their perennial DPOY/best offensive player (a.k.a. MVP, alias The Klaw) returns, but in the meantime the Spurs have little room for error in terms of taking care of the ball and giving away free points to the other team.
Those are just a few things I've taken away from the first quarter of the season. There are plenty of other things to talk about, like the emergence of players like Kyle Anderson and Bryn Forbes, Pau Gasol living up to his massive contract (so far), and much more, so feel free to discuss anything else you may have noticed in the comments below.
As always, May The System be with you.
Stats are courtesy of basketball-reference.com and NBA.com.
What We Learned from the Spurs loss to the Clippers The overmatched Spurs stoically take their medicine.


A woman who crashed her car and became trapped when it flipped over onto her in Hamilton Township Sunday may have police and several onlookers to thank for saving her life.
Police say their investigation revealed the driver, who was not initially identified, was traveling southbound on Weymouth Road around a curve when she lost control of her vehicle, it went off the roadway, and struck a tree. She was ejected from the vehicle as it overturned and the vehicle came to rest upside down on top of her.
Hamilton Townahip Police Sgt. Michael Virga and seven passers-by lifted the vehicle enough for Sgt. Michael Schnurr to pull the driver from underneath it. She was flown by helicopter to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, in Atlantic City with serious injuries, police said.
Good Samaritans who provided critical assistance were Maria Gallagher, Harry Gallagher, Nereida Santos, Michael Braunius, Mignalys Vidal, Savannah Asencio, and Jason Sabol, police said.


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WSB: Ten weight categories for Series IV.
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The World Series of Boxing WSB recently announced that it will move to ten weight categories from next season in a move that has been broadly welcomed by the wider boxing community.
In previous seasons WSB matches were fought over five bouts. The logic behind this was that it facilitated television production. Five bouts was found to require approximately 2.5 hours of air-time and it was felt that longer shows would not be practical on a number of levels, not least in terms of audience enjoyment.
However, limiting the matches to five bouts also meant that catch weights were required; otherwise boxers from the excluded weight groups would have been unable to compete in the WSB. This would have been unacceptable for fans and boxers alike and it would have surely deprived the world from seeing some of the most exciting bouts the WSB has witnessed.
Yet the catch weight system was hard on the boxers themselves. As our interview with Argentinian Manager Hernan Salvo (coming soon) explains, for some boxers making the cut to the catch weight group below their normal AIBA Open Boxing (AOB –formerly called amateur boxing)category was too difficult, especially for athletes who already have very low body fat percentage levels. This left some of them having to face far larger opponents than normal. This was not ideal as sometimes it could leave them up to almost ten kilograms (22lbs) adrift of the heaviest in their category and that is assuming that the boxers at the top of the weight group were not cutting weight themselves from the group above meaning the difference in reality could be closer to 13kg or 28lbs.
Consider this (overly simplistic) hypothetical example to illustrate why this is a problem. If you take two athletes competing at the old WSB weights: one at 64kg who is unable to cut to 61kg and one at 75kg who can cut to 73kg. This used to put them in the same weight group. Then (for ease of maths) give them both body fat percentages of 10%. Allowing about 2kg in each boxer for skeletal weight, and assuming both fighters are fully hydrated, then the lighter boxer is carrying approximately 55.6kg of soft tissue (muscles ligaments and tendons) and fluid. The heavier boxer is however carrying almost ten kilograms more soft tissue and fluid. This represents something like 7-8kg worth of extra muscular strength available to the heavier boxer.
Clearly, boxing is a complex sport with technique, style, timing, reach, VO2max, lactate tolerance, psychology, experience and whole variety of other issues having an important bearing on the outcome. Yet such a strength discrepancy is nonetheless significant, and it was difficult for smaller boxers to ignore.
It became obvious that a shift to ten weight groups was needed but the trouble was how to deal with the administrative difficulty for TV scheduling of having twenty fighters a match (not to mention the significant extra costs for franchises to fly and accommodate all those extra athletes).
Fortunately, the clever people in the WSB sports department came up with a solution: splitting the boxers into two categories C1 and C2. One category would contest the home leg of a match and the other would travel to compete abroad. The "where and whens" were decided automatically as the teams were announced at the Official Draw and the WSB recently unveiled which weight categories would be allocated to which C-Group (see below for details).
This plan seems to be working out well for all concerned so far. For franchises the costs of travelling to compete remain the same, more boxers will get the chance to compete, meaning that WSB boxers will also get more rest between matches. Boxers will also be able to manage their weight across the year to allow them to compete in AOB and APB events as well. Finally, fans will be able to watch more of their favourite boxers competing at their natural weights, leading to more exciting matches across the two legs and reducing the need for gamesmanship in boxer selection by coaches.
An interesting factor is that some teams have particular depth in (e.g.) the lighter weights, meaning they can unleash more of their talent to pick up wins. Argentina Condors for example had an amazing eleven boxers registered at Middleweight (then 61-73kg) last season. Others lack depth in other areas; Algeria Desert Hawks for instance only had three boxers at Bantamweight last year and will now need to adjust their line-ups accordingly.
This factor may actually have some unanticipated and surprising effects on the WSB's pecking order. Will some teams now rise to prominence while others fall back as a result of this change? It remains to be seen, but it does add another interesting factor for WSB aficionados to consider.
Categories 1 (C1) and 2 (C2)
C1 = 49kg, 55kg, 64kg, 75kg, 91kg
C2 = 52kg, 60kg, 69kg, 81kg, 91+kg

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I had never thought about housesitting until I recently took early retirement at 62. I am divorced after 36 years with a tremendous amount of experience in owning homes, taking care of minor to major maintenance issues. Animals like me and I really enjoy dogs, cats and horses.
I am taking the next six months and evaluating where in the world that I want to spend the rest of my life. I have traveled to most parts, but haven't spent much extended time out of the U.S. For five years, I have had a non-profit in ministry in Uganda, Africa where we help a couple orphanages, which I enjoy (but wouldn't want to live there permanently...) I believe housesitting would be a positive experience for me.
I have just taken early retirement and want to decompress for six months or so. I have owned dogs, cats, birds and have ridden and been around horses most of my life. Not afraid or have a problem with any animals. Have always been a "Mr. Fixit" and have owned six houses in my life. Currently divorced. Very neat and organized and treat things as if they were my very own.


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Britain to review tax to speed up North Sea oil and gas deals
Wed, Mar 08, 2017 - 8:42 PM
Britain will look at ways of making it easier to sell North Sea oil and gas fields by changing tax rules in order to keep them producing for longer, the finance ministry said.
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[LONDON] Britain will look at ways of making it easier to sell North Sea oil and gas fields by changing tax rules in order to keep them producing for longer, the finance ministry said.
The move, which is due to be announced in finance minister Philip Hammond's budget on Wednesday, follows a call by the industry's oil lobby group for a change to decommissioning tax rules that have prevented deals in the North Sea.
Owners of oil and gas assets get tax relief on the future costs of dismantling them, but as assets are sold the relief cannot be passed on to new owners.
"The UK government will publish a discussion paper and establish a panel of industry experts to consider how tax can assist sales of oil and gas fields, helping to keep them productive for longer," the ministry said in a statement.
The North Sea has seen an uptick in deals this year, mainly due to the US$3.8 billion acquisition of a large chunk of Shell's assets by private equity-backed Chrysaor.
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But deals would have been concluded more quickly and others would come to fruition if the decommissioning cost taxation regime is updated, Mike Tholen, economics director of Oil and Gas UK, said.
"For (new buyers) it would be easier for the deals they are thinking about if the ability to release decommissioning tax relief between the vendor and the purchaser was part of the tax regime," Mr Tholen added.
Many traditional North Sea operators, such as Shell or BP, are gradually winding down ownership of old North Sea assets as smaller, more nimble companies snap them up to apply new technologies that help extract more oil or gas.
"The right assets need to be in the right hands to maximise economic recovery late in the life of the North Sea," said EY's head of oil and gas tax, Derek Leith.
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Richard Curtis writes and directs this ensemble comedy set in the world of the pop music and pirate radio stations of 1960s Britain. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as The Count, a larger-than-life American rock 'n' roll DJ who – along with fellow broadcasters Dave (Nick Frost), Simon (Chris O'Dowd), Midnight Mark (Tom Wisdom), Wee Small Hours Bob (Ralph Brown), Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke), On-The-Hour John (Will Adamsdale), Angus 'The Nut' Nutsford (Rhys Darby) and Gavin (Rhys Ifans) – takes the airwaves by storm via Radio Rock, a pirate radio station operating from a boat in the middle of the stormy North Sea in order to escape the confines of stuffy British law. Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh co-star.
Extras: 11 Hilarious Deleted Scenes, with Introductions from Richard Curtis|Feature Commentary with Nick Frost, Chris O' Dowd, Producer Hilary Bevan Jones and Writer/Director Richard Curtis.


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I dunno who Mieke is…she's new. Mieke her debut EP was released on August 28. Ethereal in that Kate Bush, Bjork sorta way I hope we can get her into Girth for a 2016 In Session. I like new people.
The return of a fresh NBA season brings with it the fist pumping joy of…commercials.
Surprisingly it's not all about the Superbowl; throughout the NBA season viewers will chuckle, marvel and even gasp at some of the marvelous ads. The commercials are as much a fun part of the entertainment package as the actual games and household name players.
Oh and…Now You See Me armed with one of the strongest marketing draws for a potential blockbuster: low expectations.
It is utterly criminal how this emotionally dense song isn't featured in a movie. (Zella's Sacrifice was used in Insurgent…file that under "when good songs are used in bad movies").


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Preseason snaps ideal for Bakhtiari
David Bakhtiari's return – whenever it comes – will help stabilize the offensive line.
Preseason snaps ideal for Bakhtiari David Bakhtiari's return – whenever it comes – will help stabilize the offensive line. Check out this story on packersnews.com: https://pck.rs/1ElbuWu
Ryan Wood, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 7:29 p.m. CT Aug. 26, 2015
Injured offensive lineman David Bakhtiari (69) made an appearance at Green Bay Packers Training Camp at Ray Nitschke Field August 26, 2015.(Photo: Jim Matthews/Press-Gazette Media)
While the value of preseason games understandably has been debated this week, at least one of the Green Bay Packers' premier starters wishes he could get some exhibition reps.
Left tackle David Bakhtiari missed the Packers' game at Pittsburgh on Sunday. There's no indication he'll play this Saturday when the Packers host the Philadelphia Eagles at Lambeau Field.
Since debuting in the Packers' preseason opener at the New England Patriots on Aug. 13, Bakhtiari has been held out of practice with a knee injury. Coach Mike McCarthy said Bakhtiari was getting close to returning to practice Wednesday, but he was once again held out.
Bakhtiari played with the knee injury against the Patriots and struggled, allowing two sacks. He said the knee was a factor.
"Pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back was, 'I'm not myself. I can't do what I want to do,'" Bakhtiari said of the knee. "And certain things mentally and physically that wasn't working, so I was like, 'Yeah, I need to get this taken care of.' The good thing is with the preseason you have some more down time, whereas in the regular season you don't have the leisure to take care of this little thing."
Bakhtiari is one of three starters on the Packers' offensive line missing practice, joining guards Josh Sitton and T.J. Lang. Don Barclay (left tackle), Lane Taylor (left guard) and Josh Walker (right guard) have gotten first-team reps in the starters' absence.
Barclay, especially, has struggled. In two preseason games, the veteran tackle has allowed four sacks, three pressures, two penalties and a safety. So far, it hasn't been the return he would've liked after missing last season with an ACL injury.
Bakhtiari said his teammate is doing a "great job" considering the difficulty of unexpectedly playing left tackle.
"It's tough," Bakhtiari said of Barclay. "One, the guy has been bounced around everywhere. Two, he hasn't played football in over a year, so for him to come back … you're going to have bumps in the road.
"He didn't know that he was going to be getting reps at left tackle. For him to switch like that, I commend him for it. He's been bouncing around playing right tackle, guards, doing a little bit of center, and then jumping over to left. That's definitely tough."
Bakhtiari's return – whenever it comes – will help stabilize the offensive line. The former fourth-round pick in 2013 has started all 35 games in his career, counting playoffs. His goal, he said, is to return before the Packers' opener Sept. 13 at the Chicago Bears. He's unsure how much he'll play in the preseason.
The question, though, is whether Bakhtiari needs those exhibition snaps.
"Ideally, I would like them," Bakhtiari said. "But what's more important to me – and I think to the organization – is me being healthy instead of the reps with the fact that I have had game experience. So I can kind of lean on that a little bit, but I would've loved to play in every single preseason game and every single practice. That's kind of what I do, and what I like and enjoy doing.
"So this is a different route for me, but we'll see. I've got to see what happens when I come back. I haven't gone to play football and then taken time off and really come back like this."
-rwood@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @ByRyanWood


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International Women's Day Summit 2020
by Erin Power | Feb 11, 2020 | Airlines | 0 comments
EveryMundo hosted our annual IWD Summit where we bring together women who are leading in business, government, and technology to share their experiences and recognize the impact women are making across industries. All genders welcome. Lunch and refreshments will be provided to guests at the start of the Summit, and the event will be followed by a light cocktail reception.
EveryMundo Office: 25 SE 2nd Ave 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131
What is International Women's Day?
International Women's Day is a United Nations-sanctioned global holiday. It celebrates women's contributions to society, raises awareness about the fight for gender parity, and inspires support for organizations that help women globally. UN Women also issued a 2020 theme: "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights." UN Women has a new multigenerational campaign for pursuing equality called Generation Equality.
International Women's Day offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by women in society who have made advances in their chosen fields.
Featured Speakers:
Mariana Fonseca Medina has worked with American Airlines for almost 9 years, where she now serves as the Managing Director of Digital Customer Experience.
Anabel Perez is CEO and Co-Founder of NovoPayment, a pioneering FinTech company that enables financial institutions in the digital transformation of their services. Anabel has expanded the company's reach to six countries and more than 72 deployments, touching +10,000 corporate platform users and 2.5 million end users across the Americas.
Constance Collins is the Founder and Executive Director of Lotus House, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless women, youth and children. Lotus House provided sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources that empower them to heal, learn, grow and blossom into who they are truly meant to be.
Emily Smachetti has served on several national committees and is current chair of the Appellate Chiefs' Working Group, which advises various Department components on an array of matters, reviews and drafts proposed legislation and guidance memos, and weighs in on policy decisions. As ACWG Chair, Emily also serves as an ex officio member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee.


In a new ecology-focused Civ VI expansion, Kupe leads the Māori in an attempt to dominate the globe through kaitiakitanga.
The Māori have been announced as a playable race for Civilization VI, and boy are they bringing the mana. Led by Kupe, who discovered New Zealand while out chasing an octopus, the Māori are a seafaring civilisation making their first official appearance in the series, which has sold upwards of 30 million titles since the 1990s.
Unlike most civilisations, the Māori begin in their waka atop the ocean with the ability Kupe's Voyage. While at sea, the Māori accumulate science and culture 'resources', and can thus afford to spend their first few turns exploring for the perfect location to build a home city.
This is a huge shift in the standard gameplay loop, which generally sees civilisations plonk down where they are and start ramping up for expansion. In most Civilization campaigns, what players prioritise early can have irreparable consequences as they progress. The Māori have a little more flexibility and, once settled, gain a free worker unit.
The Māori have unique warriors called Toa, which possess a haka ability that weakens adjacent foes, and Pa fortifications which can be built on hill tiles. But militarism doesn't appear to be their strong suit. Rather, cultural buildings like the marae and incentives for focusing on tourism mean the Māori are more likely to achieve victory by fulfilling cultural or religious goals than going full Napoleon on the globe. They will still possess a strong military early in the game, however.
The expansion pack, titled Gathering Storm, is not the first time Māori have appeared in a Civ game. Civilization V had an incredibly well-researched Māori race led by Te Rauparaha, the 'Napoleon of the South', created by a New Zealand-based modder.
But Gathering Storm focuses on new ecological and political systems reflective of our times, with climate change and natural disasters posing true civilisational threats. And while an official composite Polynesian civilisation existed in Civilization V, developers said this time around they want to focus on a specific race – thus they chose Kupe and the Māori because of their ecological bent. "They have a leader agenda that's based on the Māori word kaitiakitanga, which means 'guardianship' itself," senior producer Dennis Shirk said.
This is reflected in mechanics like rewards for preserving forests and researching conservation, which has spillover effects into tourism – a Māori strength – too.
Learning from Lego, who cooked it with their Bionicle series and were sued by several iwi, the team behind Civilization VI consulted with the Māori New Zealand Arts & Crafts Institute to design Kupe's ta moko and nail the pronunciation, though the announcement trailer mangles te reo spectacularly.
New faction leaders in the Gathering Storm expansion possess different attitudes towards climate issues; too much deforestation or Co2 for example and Kupe will show up to crack skulls. The late game places more focus on political jockeying, which will be impacted by what steps players and opponents have taken towards developing renewable energy and reversing the ecological effects of their industrialisations.
But with the endgame now stretching out to the 2050s, it's unclear whether a campaign will ever be finished before the real ice caps melt and New Zealand sinks beneath the ocean. Fortunately there are several thousand years of a Māori golden age to play through first. Kia ora!


Hi everyone, this is the first thread for the Pulse Analog/HPA campaign. Please post thoughts, comments, questions, screenshots, etc. in here. We will be attending to these forums now instead of the IGG pages due to ease of use for both LHL and backers.
when can we get the orders in the system, so you know how many you have to build?
It should be good if also these Pulse campaign 2 (or 3) orders were included in the order system and it would be good if every perk is shown separately. Just so we know you have it on paper.
@John orders are already being put into the system when I come across them. I'm the only one working tickets, so it's slow but HPA orders are being added slowly but surely.
@Mathijs same as above. The invoice will show each perk separately.
Glad progress is being made. the first step is getting the orders in the Big Commerce System, so that production can plan the production schedule.
For the Analog Components not listed in BigCommerce Order list, do I have to send you a ticket to list out what we purchase and configuration, or just wait you or Nat to enter them????
Please send us a ticket listing everything you ordered so we can double check everything and enter it for you. Provide any screenshots or receipts as well for the perks/items purchased so we have that for our records (in case they didn't make the trip over to the new system).
Regarding my order, please check archived ticket #23953. All the details and contributions are there. Please check if everything is OK.
I'll review this for you and let you know, Marcelo.
The pulse spin off products hpa pre amp and amps are at the back of the line. At least that is what I read (somewhere, but cannot recall where) This seems a bit strange as the designs seemed closed to finished some time ago. From what I can make up from all the different forums is that the efforts seem to be focused on 1 source se 2 vidac Tube 3 remaining pulse dacs 4 Wave Where the other sources fit in this schedule I cannot say. The news on the development of the Wave stand, the vidac modules and the hpa modules is non-existent .


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This Happy Home Will Make You Smile
Afraid of pops of pink, bright blue, and bold green in your home? This New York-based Creative Director shows us how to pull it off with flying colors.
Laura Serino
Dan Pelosi isn't timid when it comes to bringing bright hues into his Brooklyn apartment. In fact, his collection of color is exactly what his guests respond to the minute they walk inside. "My home isn't about pop color, it's about pop neutrals," he explains. "Which is also the name of my boy band."
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK Courtesy of OOKKUU
In case it wasn't obvious, Dan Pelosi's personality is just as striking as the bold hues in every room of his Brooklyn home. His colorful space was a happy accident. A collector of things, from artwork from friends to a bookcase of serving pieces, Pelosi insists his colors come from years of bringing in things he loves to his home, not intentionally setting out to add pops of bright hues.
"I'm in the 'more is more' camp with color," he says. "It's not overwhelming, but I love the general combinations of colors that don't make sense. When you start piling them on top they create a broader spectrum."
Before moving into this space, Pelosi never dreamed he'd leave the prime location of his West Village abode. "I told myself that if I ever left, it'd be for a brownstone where I could entertain and go from a living to a dining area." His request to the interior decorating Gods were eventually answered in the form of his sunlit, three-bedroom in Bed-Stuy.
A serious chef and entertainer, Pelosi grew up in an Italian and Portuguese household where dinners were where everyone came together and often took over an entire day. It was a tradition that bored him growing up, but eventually became one he celebrated as he learned to cook. He wanted a space that could accommodate lengthy meals and at least twelve people in one spot- a hefty ask for a New York City space.
The dining room table was made from his own design and can seat around 14 guests cozily. His dinner party guest list is a mix of friends from different parts of his life, which is key for keeping the conversations interesting at his parties. The other hodgepodge at his table is Pelosi's collection of chairs, which each represent a different period of his life. "I got the green chairs from a garage sale in San Francisco, the blue chairs from a project I did with Gap," he says. "They all speak to different stages of my life, which I love."
Most of the colorful pieces throughout the apartment have been collected over years and years. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Pelosi has been trading and buying art since his time as a student and most of the artwork in his home are from good friends and artists he has followed for years.
A separate living area also meets his needs when it comes to entertaining. There's enough seating for up to 12 friends for movie nights. Rather than use one bright rug to anchor the space, Pelosi chose to layer several in order to make the area more cozy and less precious.
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the mantle was intentionally left blank in order to break up the art-filled walls on either side. "Plus, the architecture around the fireplace was so pretty, I wanted it to speak for itself," he says. Though the mantel usually rotates favorites, a ceramic butt sculpture by friend and artist Ben Medansky and a plaster pair of tighty whitey's by former RISD roommate and artist Philip Iosca hold court next to a painting from a childhood friend's daughter.
The brown leather couch was a purchase from Restoration Hardware specifically for this space. Most of the pillows and throws are from textile designer Caroline Hurley, a close friend he met in college. Most of the stools in this space and along the kitchen island are by designer Eric Trine who he met while living in Portland. Pelosi's knack for collecting extends to his circle of artistic friends too.
His penchant for holding onto cherished items is most evident in the guest room. The quilt is one his Mother made for him before he went off to college. ("It was the first thing I ever art directed!") and a piece of art from Shara Hughes hangs above the bed.
In his own room, much of the design decisions came down to a gut feeling. After ditching a proper bed, he moved his mattress to the floor which helped make everything else in the space feel more grounded. The room achieves a perfectly undone balance with just-right wrinkly linens and a plethora of greenery that helps block out early morning light.
The credenza in his room is constantly evolving with photos, images or pieces that are currently inspiring him. "I spend lots of time at home and I love to play around with moving things and redoing the mantel whenever possible," he says.
Although most of the color throughout his home comes from artwork and collections, the bathroom walls are a blushing pink. Pelosi, a retail creative director, borrowed the color while working on launching the Lou & Grey store in Manhattan. "It's the color they painted all the dressing rooms," he explains. "When you wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, you're actually glowing."
The most important tip Pelosi can offer anyone that's afraid of color is to just start bringing in items you love and worry less about how it will work in the space. "It's not in my apartment unless it's a favorite thing," he says. A mantra we should all decorate by.


Dear President Trump, thank you so very much for giving John McCain a beautiful funeral. There, now you have a thank you. Just one more favor. Will you please let this American war hero and patriot RIP? Thank you in advance.


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Hyundai's First Dedicated EV Platform Is Designed for RWD, AWD and Has a Big Future
The soon-to-be-widespread platform boasts a few world firsts and some dynamic promise.
Kelly LinAuthor
Until now, Hyundai Motor Group has focused on fitting electric powertrains into vehicles that were originally built to accommodate internal combustion engines. From the Hyundai Kona Electric to the Kia Niro EV, the automaker has started to achieve some success in this area, in spite of the compromises inherent to the approach. Now, it's turning the page by introducing its first dedicated platform for battery electric vehicles. The platform will underpin a wide range of new electric models, with the first ones launching next year.
Dubbed E-GMP, the platform will underpin the Ioniq 5, a midsize crossover coming in early 2021. It will also be the basis for Kia's first dedicated electric vehicle that will debut sometime next year. The platform will then expand across most vehicle segments, even big SUVs, offering various levels of performance. A future high-performance model on the platform will reach 62 mph in less than 3.5 seconds and achieve a top speed of 161 mph. Hyundai says to expect up to around 600 hp from the platform.
The new electric motor is smaller and has a maximum speed that's 70 percent higher than existing motors. It's one part of the platform's new compact power electric system that combines the motor, transmission, and inverter into a single unit.
While the automaker has traditionally opted for front-wheel-drive EVs, the new platform relies on the rear wheels for propulsion in its most basic form. E-GMP can accommodate both rear-wheel and all-wheel drive, however, and vehicles with the latter configuration have an additional motor. (This is similar to the modular, reconfigurable nature of Volkswagen's ID-branded EVs and its new MEB electric car platform, which can support a variety of drive configurations.) To improve ride comfort, Hyundai is using the first mass-produced integrated drive axle, which combines the wheel bearings with the drive shaft to power the wheels.
Drivers can recharge with either a 400- or 800-volt system. Hyundai says it has patented the technology compelling the motor and inverter to boost 400 volts to 800 volts for stable charging compatibility. It takes just 18 minutes to recharge the battery up to 80 percent with high-speed charging. The platform enables two-directional charging, meaning that the vehicle's battery not only receives power from an external source, but can charge another EV or device without the need for extra components. Providing up to 3.5 kilowatts of power, it can run a mid-size air conditioner and a 55-inch television for up to 24 hours, Hyundai says.
It doesn't mean much for those of us on this side of the Atlantic, but vehicles will have a maximum range of over 500 km (310 miles) on the European test cycle. This estimate isn't comparable to range estimates for the EPA cycle, as they're often fairly optimistic.
Eventually, the platform will be used on Genesis vehicles. Hyundai is also studying the platform's application for fuel cell electric models. As to whether Hyundai will share the platform with other companies, the Korean automaker says there's nothing to announce at this time, but there could be collaborations in the future.
If you're a fan of the Kona Electric and Niro EV, know that the automaker isn't giving up on EVs based on existing vehicle platforms. By 2025, Hyundai Motor Group will bring out 23 battery electric vehicles, 11 of which will be dedicated BEVs. The automaker aims to sell more than 1 million EVs around the globe by this time. Part of this strategy will involve its new Ioniq brand of electric vehicles, which will include the Ioniq 5, 6, and 7 vehicles to debut by 2024.


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Medical emergency rescue in disaster: The international emergency response to the Haiyan typhoon in Philippines.
Ling F, Ye Z, Cai WW, Lu Y, Xia SC, Chen ZP, Chen EF, Wang XF, Wang Z, Lv HK, Gong ZY
Following Typhoon Haiyan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been supporting the Government of the Philippines in coordinating the incoming relief supplies from more than 30 international humanitarian health organizations. During the 10 days in Abuyong, Philippines, the Chinese medical rescue team consisting of 50 experts specialized in clinical medicine and disease prevention and control action was taken including, medical treatment, environmental disinfection and health education. A total of 1,831 cases and 2,144 outpatients were treated, blood tests, B-ultrasound, electrocardiogram (ECG) and other laboratory examinations were carried out for more than 615 patients; a cumulative 90,000 square meters in external environment were disinfected, and more than 500 health education materials were handed out. Besides, measures of purifying drinking water, and rebuilding the local hospital have also been carried out. The international emergency response to the Haiyan typhoon in Philippines contributed to reconstruct the local disaster health system by the activities from international medical emergency rescue. To improve the capacity of international medical emergency rescue in disaster, the special project of foreign medical emergency rescue should be set in countries' medical emergency rescue, and disaster emergency medical rescue should be reserved as a conventional capacity.
KEYWORDS: Medical emergency rescue, typhoon, disaster, emergency response


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US issues new Iran sanctions over protest crackdown
The latest sanctions target two law enforcement commanders and the warden of an Iranian prison housing political prisoners.
A woman holds a placard as protesters march in solidarity with protesters in Iran in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 22, 2022. - OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images
Elizabeth Hagedorn
@ElizHagedorn
The Biden administration on Friday unveiled fresh sanctions targeting three Iranian officials involved in the repression of the country's nationwide protests and other human rights abuses.
Among those targeted by the US Treasury Department was Ali Akbar Javidan, the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) commander in Iran's western Kermanshah province who the department described as having direct oversight of forces that have killed protesters, including children and the elderly.
"Javidan has made public statements justifying the police response to the ongoing protests while valorizing the LEF forces for suppressing them," the department said in a statement.
During a roundup of 1,700 people in July, he allegedly vowed to punish so-called moral crimes, including for the improper wearing of the hijab.
Also hit with sanctions on Friday was Ebrahim Kouchakzaei, an LEF commander in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan whose alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in mid-September fueled major protests in the province. The US Treasury said those protests were met with a violent security crackdown that killed more than 60 people.
In addition, the US government designated Karam Azizi, the warden of Iran's notorious Rejaee Shahr Prison, which is known to house political prisoners.
"Under Azizi's leadership, Rejaee Shahr Prison has remained a place rife with abuse, where prisoners suffer from physical abuse and medical neglect," the Treasury said.
The sanctions on Azizi and Javidan were levied under the Global Magnitsky Act, which allows for visa bans and asset freezes on foreign officials implicated in rights abuses.
The latest measures come as Tehran violently cracks down on one of its largest protest movements since the 1979 revolution. Since the demonstrations erupted over the Sept. 16 death in police custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Masha Amini, the Treasury Department has issued five rounds of sanctions targeting Iranian officials involved in the violence against protesters and internet censorship.
On Thursday, Iran carried out the first known execution of a prisoner arrested over the protests. According to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Mohsen Shekari was hanged after a court found him guilty of injuring a member of the security forces with a machete.
Coinciding with International Anti-Corruption Day, Canada also issued sanctions on Friday against Iranians implicated in human rights abuses. In a joint statement, the US and Canadian governments pledged to find additional ways to impose costs on those responsible for the ongoing repression.
"While these are longstanding concerns, the Iranian authorities' intensification of violence against the Iranian people following the death of Mahsa 'Zhina' Amini calls for consequential responses from all corners of the world," the statement read.
As the protests have dimmed prospects for a revived Iranian nuclear agreement, the Biden administration has stepped up its targeting of illicit Iranian oil sales. On Thursday, the Treasury Department designated a network led by Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan that it accused of facilitating the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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This article is for GUNBOT 332 (out of use) – an old version .
Ok, first of all, this is an announcement: GUNBOT v3.3.2 GUI edition is out!.
So why this announcement? Because before you get your hands on this piece of software, I want you to think: all past months have been exciting, entertaining and you have been a part of it! Together, we built this bot, we discussed, we shared ideas, we pondered every single option, price, setting: until now. It has been a win-win: I have coded our common ideas and sold licenses, you have used all previous versions and patches and your BTC balance makes you smile now. Some of you posted on this forum their results, some didn't: I want to thank you all, announcing this is not the end: this is our "start". The software is considered now out of beta and by now, we are ready to make serious money with it.
That's why, I want to share with you the way I run it, the way I configure it, and the way I take profits out of it.
You have been provided a download link: it is a zip file, double click on it and unzip it on your desktop or any other folder you want.
Add your API keys and SECRET and select your Market .
When you create a new API key, everything needs to be enabled but withdrawal and deposit: as long as you don't enable those 2 options, you are safe using the bot, none will ever be able to access your account and move your assets out of the exchanges.
It is a good idea tho, to never share your "secret" key with anyone !
The "Markets Settings" section is very important: this is the place you select what pairs you are going to trade with GUNBOT and in what exchange. Actually Poloniex, Bittrex, and Kraken are available, but we are going to implement any serious exchange out there.
You don't have to worry about the spell of the altcoins: write BTC for bitcoin on all exchanges, without worrying about Kraken calling it XBT or another exchange calling it differently: the bot does that internally and when you write BTC or ETC, your GUNBOT knows what to call it on the different exchanges.
Take into consideration the primary coins issue tho: i.e at poloniex there are 4 primary coins: BTC/ETH/XMR/USDT.
If you want to trade BTC against USD Theter you need to respect what poloniex tradable assets are: they call it USDT/BTC and not BTC/USDT. Also: when you first start to trade a pair, you need to have a balance in the primary coin and possibly no balance on the "altcoin" (please note that in the case of USDT/BTC, bitcoin si considered altcoin).
So: if you want to trade USDT/BTC, you need to have Theter Dollars on your balance.
Fill the coins pair and the market in the Markets Section and press "Save settings" button: a confirmation message will appear if everything went smooth.
There is a combo box to select one of the 4 strategies for each order set: you can decide to use Bollinger Band (BB) to buy and Stepgain to sell, or you can buy at a fixed price (or better) using PINGPONG and you can sell at a fixed % using GAIN strategy.
The GAIN section allows you to set a % for both buy and sell orders: the bot will buy x% below the lowest EMA (or better price) and will sell at x% above the price you bought (or better).
These settings are very important to set even if you are not using the GAIN strategy: this values, indeed, are "safe" values the bot will never sell or buy above or below this.
I.e.: if you are using Bollinger Band strategy, sometimes the Bollinger Band are too tiny (or not completely calculated yet). In those cases, the bot would use a safety price to sell, which is the GAIN setting: it will never sell at less than that. Be sure to have the correct value for it!
The next section is my favorite: the Bollinger Band.
Well…a lot have changed since that post and we developed the Bollinger Band as a strategy. You can set % values in Low BB and in High BB: the bot will buy only when the price goes x% above the lowest BB (or better price) and will sell only when the price will go x% below the highest BB (or better price.
The PINGPONG section is interesting too: if you see a coin doing side moving and reaching the same price up and down repeatedly (DOGE ?) this could give you good profits: set a price to buy and a price to sell and the bot will keep buying/selling at that price (or better).
I'm not a big fan of the next section because the natural evolution of STEPGAIN has been Bollinger Band. But I see reputable members of the GUNBOT community that are doing huge profit with this strategy.
You specify 2 levels of buy and 2 levels of sell (buy below EMA and sell above the price you bought). Say you set buy level 1 to 2% and buy level 2 to 5%: the bot will try to reach the level you set in "Level to use for buy orders" (1 or 2: in the example above would be 2% or 5%).
Sell Level 1 to 2% – Sell Level 2 to 7% > Level to use 2 > the bot will sell when the price will go between 7% above the price you bought and Highest Bollinger Band: if it fails it will buy at 2% or better.
Confused? Use Bollinger Band : it is a natural extension of all of this that lets you explore from GAIN setting to BB or better.
Max Balance to trade is the amount of BTC (or primary coin) you want to use per each trade: in this case, it will buy 0.01 BTC worth of altcoin and will sell them at profit, using your strategy.
If you are afraid of falling coins, you can protect your balance using the Security Margin: in this case, the bot would sell all your bought altcoins, if the price reaches 60% down the price you bought.
You can play with this limit: there are people running GUNBOT with a very small margin, so they sell the bought coins at a loss if they go down after they bought them and the bot moves on to look new entry points: it is a way to not hold bags!
Please use this setting with caution: the bot sells at a loss when the security margin is reached!
– Max latest prices indicators: there are 2 of them, max latest prices and max latest prices trend. The first one is used to store prices and calculate Bollinger Band. Unfortunately, poloniex/bittrex/Kraken don't send us Bollinger Band, Ema, Candlesticks back with their API: we need do to maths by ourselves using prices. While the exchange gets one price at every microsecond as long as their order book gets updated, we are limited to the API calls limits to gather prices: one every x seconds you set bot delay time.
The Max latest prices for BB calculation are fine to 300: you can play with that number and compare results with exchanges.
The Max latest prices for the trend watcher is interesting too: using the trend watcher, GUNBOT can see downtrends and uptrends.
It will follow downtrends for the buy orders and despite any strategy you use, it will always try to get a better price: when a downtrend is over it is time to buy!
The same happens with uptrend: the bot follows them and when the uptrend is over (the price trend reverses), it is time to sell! Using 30 latest prices is fine if you increase that number the bot would become less reactive, if you decrease that number, the bot would become more reactive.
There are 3 bot timings: bot delay, bot on fail and need faster/slower.
You can play with the first 2 of them in this section. Consider all exchanges have an API call limit in seconds: i.e. on poloniex, you can't send more than 6 API calls per second. If you are trading a lot of pairs and you have Time delay time and bot on fail time too short, you risk being banned. The Time delay time is a number of seconds the bot will wait before to update prices and statistics.
The Bot of Fail delay is used if an API call fails: it will retry after x seconds you set in that config value. A reasonable timing for up to 10 pairs is 60/30 in this couple. For over 10 pairs up to 20-25 pair, is reasonable to double those values to 120/60. If you go higher than 20-25 pairs, I suggest you use 2 or more different API keys: you don't have to pay for it, you can generate new API keys and send them to me to be added to your license.
Beware tho: do not abuse exchanges limits, we are welcome at exchanges with our bots because we generate fees, but the system needs to be workable for everyone. Any abuse of API calls made with GUNBOT is highly discouraged and if it happens to you and you don't stop your bot and use reasonable bot timing, we may suspend your license until you comply with the exchange's limits.
So…we are done with settings…what's next?
A confirmation message would appear saying the settings have been successfully saved.
Again a confirmation message would appear asking you to wait sometime and give the bot its time to collect everything it needs to start trading and connect to the desired exchange.
So what does your console says?
These are the basic information about the exchange we are trading, the coin pairs we are using in this instance and their available balances to trade: in this case, we will use those BTC to buy and we will have to sell those ETH.
Here you can see prices: the Last market price, the maximum price the bot would buy (but it will try to get a better one) based on the strategy and settings you using, the minimum price the bot would sell (but it will try to get a better price) based on the strategy and settings you using, the price you bought in your last buy order and the price for the security margin.
Now, try to play a bit with your bot and see how those prices would change if you change settings. But how to change settings? Go back to the configuration tab (the X4 Edition tab), change the coin name and the market (polo, rex, Krak) you are trading that pair and press the LOAD SETTINGS.
It will load the settings you previously saved for that pair: now change i.e. the BUY LEVEL in the GAIN section and press SAVE SETTINGS. Go back to the trading pair tab and observe the Price to buy: it changed following the % you just changed. You can play with any settings and observe the console reacting to your changes LIVE.
The picture below shows an important part of the GUNBOT core: the trading.
It shows you the last trading attempt timestamp and indicates the results: in this case, it is saying that it is waiting for a good price to sell but it can sell yet because the last price is too low. It also indicates that it doesn't need to be faster and it doesn't need to be slower.
This is an important concept: when the price gets closer to the target price to buy or the target price to sell, we need to move faster! We did talk about the API call limits: if you set a bot timing too short, you may get banned. Don't do it: let the bot do the job for you.
When it is needed, the bot knows how to speed: it does it in the correct way, without exceeding the API call limits and it does it only for that pair and only for the time it is needed.
For example, the price is getting close to the target price to sell: we need to be fast or we may risk to lose the price and not able to sell. In this case, if you have a bot timing very high because you are trading a lot of pairs, the bot ignores all of that and uses its own timing, in the right way, respecting the exchange rules and being fast enough internally to not lose the ride .
The section below shows your trading results: the last buy order description, the last sell order description and the total profit you got in the actual session.
When you decide to close the bot, you can withdraw that amount from the exchange! If you leave that profit on your balance tho, the bot will reinvest it the next time you start.
The last part of the console shows all actual settings for that pair so you always know what settings you are using, without having to go back to the configurator and "load settings".
Well, this is all…what's next? Oh right….the way I run it….
Ok, do this: use pure BB, you will have time to speculate and study your own strategy.
Set lowBB and highBB to values between 20 and 35 (for example lowBB 21 and highBB 29 or lowBB 24 and highBB 27 or any other value you wish.
Make a selection of at least 10-15 coins and start them all with those settings on pureBB. In 1 week, come back here and post your results!


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Only 3% of Our Transactions Happen Physically, Says Equity Bank, Kenya's Leading Banks
kodzilla· November 16, 2021 ·3 min read
James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Group Holdings Ltd.
One of Kenya's largest banks, Equity Bank, recently indicated that it is positioning its network of 190 branches into centers of providing advisory and consultation services for SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) and large customers.
This is motivated by an ongoing shift of retail clients moving to digital channels, which intensified during the pandemic.
One month ago, Kenya's Central Bank governor revealed that 96% of transactions happen outside the bank branches. The figure rose from 91% before the pandemic.
Furthermore, the governor of Kenya's apex bank said the number of bank transactions on mobile phones has increased from 56% to 85% of all transactions.
According to the governor, the move to digital channels has been part of continued transformation in Kenya's financial sector which can be traced back to the launch of mobile money service MPESA by leading telco, Safaricom.
SEE ALSO: Loss of Trust in Governments Reason Behind DeFi and Crypto, Says Governor, Central Bank of Kenya
Indeed, Kenya's financial inclusion has risen from 26.7% just 10 years ago to 83% currently.
Kenyans are also at the forefront when it comes to usage of cryptocurrencies.
A recent report by Chainalysis determined that Kenya is number one globally when it comes to to peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency transaction volumes.
P2P trading is the act of buying and selling cryptocurrencies directly between users, and is popular across the continent.
One of the most common use cases for crypto in Kenya was to carry out international transactions, to enable cross border trade.
Kenyans also use crypto to preserve savings as well for individual remittances.
The changing landscape in Kenya's financial sector is reflected in Equity Bank's third quarter financial results, released last week.
Equity announced that legacy banking – physical branch networks and ATMs, now account for only 3% of the bank's transactions. It also said that the vast majority of transactions (945 million) were carried out on mobile devices or on 3rd party infrastructure.
In October 2021, Equity's push for SME's was recognized as the bank clinched Africa's best bank for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) title during the 2021 EuroMoney Awards.
The award recognized that Equity's SME lending has focused on unsecured working capital financing with a specific focus on supply chain financing in agriculture, manufacturing, fast-moving consumer foods, and healthcare.
The award also praised Equity for accessing credit-risk guarantees and other types of funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other development finance institutions in Europe – tailored for SMEs, including female entrepreneurs and agricultural value chains.
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Market Snapshot: Why stock-market investors shouldn't count on a 'Santa Claus' rally this year
This Christmas, investors might want to bet on a lump of coal instead of Santa Claus delivering tangible stock-market gains to Wall Street. Read More...
Investors, like kids on Christmas Eve, have come to expect Santa Claus will get down the chimney, march over to Wall Street and deliver the rewarding gift of a stock-market rally.
This year, however, investors might be better off betting on a lump of coal, rather than waiting for tangible stock-market gains to emerge in this holiday season, market analysts said.
"The Santa Claus rally is canceled this year as the equity market navigates higher yields and contracting earnings," said José Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers. "Seasonal tailwinds that have traditionally driven Santa Claus rallies pale in comparison to the plethora of headwinds the equity market currently faces."
U.S. stock indexes tumbled last week, with the S&P 500 SPX, +0.23% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.32% both booking their sharpest weekly declines in nearly three months, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The drop occurred as stronger-than-expected economic data added to concerns that the Federal Reserve might need to be more aggressive in its inflation battle than earlier anticipated, even with alarms flashing about a potential economic recession.
See: Here's what history says about stock market performance in December
Santa Claus tends to come to Wall Street almost every year, bringing a short rally in the last five trading days of December, and the first two days of January. Since 1969, the Santa Rally has boosted the S&P 500 by an average of 1.3%, according to data from Stock Trader's Almanac.
"December is the seasonally strongest month of the year, particularly in a midterm election year. So, December has been positive most of the time," said David Keller, chief market strategist at StockCharts.com. "It would actually be very unusual for stocks to sell off dramatically in December."
Will Wall Street get a Santa Claus Rally?
A rotten year for financial assets has begun drawing to a close under a cloud of uncertainty. Given the Federal Reserve's tough stance on bringing inflation down to its 2% target and already volatile financial markets, many analysts think investors shouldn't focus too much on whether Santa Claus ends up being naughty or nice.
"Next (this) week is going to be a huge week for the markets as they attempt to find some footing heading into year end," said Cliff Hodge, chief investment officer at Cornerstone Wealth, in emailed comments Friday.
That makes the Fed's rate decisions this week and fresh inflation data even more crucial to equity markets. Friday's wholesale prices rose more than expected in November, dampening hopes that inflation might be cooling off. The core producer-price index, which excludes volatile food, energy and trade prices, also rose 0.3% in November, up from a 0.2% gain in the prior month, the Labor Department said.
The corresponding November consumer-price index report, due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, will further show if inflation is subsiding. The CPI increased 0.4% in October and 7.7% from a year ago. The core reading increased 0.3% for the month and 6.3% on an annual basis.
"If the CPI print comes in at 5% on core, then you'd get a real selloff in bonds and in equities. If inflation is still running hotter and you have a recession, can the Fed cut rates? Maybe not. Then you start getting into the stagflation scenarios," said Ron Temple, head of U.S. equities at Lazard Asset Management.
See: Investors won't see relief until 2024 in the form of Fed rate cuts, warns Credit Suisse
Traders are pricing in a 77% probability that the Fed will raise its policy interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.25% to 4.50% on Wednesday, the last day of its Dec. 13-14 meeting, according to the CME FedWatch tool. That would be a slower pace than its four consecutive 0.75 point rate hikes since June.
See: 5 things to watch when the Fed makes its interest-rate decision
John Porter, chief investment officer and head of equity at Newton Investment Management, expects no surprises this week in terms of how much the Fed will raise interest rates. He does, however, anticipate stock-market investors will closely watch Fed Chair Powell's press conference for insights into the decision and "hang on every single word."
"Investors are contorting themselves almost into a pretzel and trying to over-interpret the language," Porter told MarketWatch via phone. "Listen to what they say, not listen to what you want them to say. They [Fed officials] are going to continue to be vigilant, and they have to watch inflation."
Does the 'Santa' rally really exist?
For years, market analysts have examined potential reasons for the typical seasonal Santa Claus pattern. But with this year still awash in red, some think a rally in late December could become a self-fulfilling prophecy, simply because investors might search for any reason to be slightly merry.
"If everyone's focused on the positive seasonals, it could become more of this narrative that drives things rather than anything more fundamental," David Lefkowitz, head of equities Americas of UBS Global Wealth Management, told MarketWatch via phone.
"Markets tend to like the holly-jolly spending season so much, so there's a name for the rally that tends to happen at the end of the year," said Liz Young, head of investment strategy at SoFi. "For what it's worth, I think 'Santa Claus Rally' holds as much predictive power as 'Sell in May and Walk Away,' which is minimal and coincidental at best."
Relief rally's big tests
While the three main U.S. stock indexes booked sharply weekly losses, equities have rallied off the October lows. The S&P 500 has rallied 9.9% from its October low through Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.32% gained 16.5% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.23% advanced 6.6%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
However, many top Wall Street analysts also see reasons for alarm, specifically that the stock market's bounce off the recent lows is likely running out of room.
So, are investors ignoring warnings? Despite talk of the seeming inevitability of a year-end rally, several recent rally attempts failed, while Wall Street's CBOE Volatility Index VIX, +6.92%, or "fear gauge," was at 22.86 at Friday's close. A drop below 20 on the VIX can signify that investor fears about potential market ructions are easing.
U.S. stock indexes opened modestly higher on Monday with the S&P 500 gaining 0.3%. The Dow rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq advanced 0.2%.
Later this week, not long after the CPI and the Fed decision, investors will also receive November retail sales data and industrial production index on Thursday, followed by the S&P Global's flash PMI readings on Friday.
–— Joseph Adinolfi contributed reporting to this article.
See: BNP Paribas studied 100 years of market crashes — here's what it says is coming next


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Els ossos neperians o varetes neperianes, són els elements inventats per John Napier, que constitueixen l'anomenat àbac neperià que s'usen per al càlcul numèric de productes i quocients de números. També és anomenat àbac rabdològic (del grec? Aßdo?, Vareta i? O "o", tractat). Napier va publicar la invenció d'aquestes varetes en una obra impresa a Edimburg a finals del 1617 intitulada Rhabdologia. Mitjançant aquest mètode, els productes es redueixen a operacions de suma i els quocients a operacions de resta, de la mateixa manera com les taules de logaritmes inventades per ell transformen les potències en productes i les arrels en divisions.

Descripció

L'àbac consta d'un tauler amb una vora on es col·loquen les varetes neperianes per realitzar les operacions de multiplicació o divisió. El tauler té la seva vora esquerra dividida en 9 caselles en les quals s'escriuen els números que van d'1 a 9.

Una vareta neperiana consisteix en una tira de fusta, metall o cartró gruixut. La cara anterior està dividida en 9 quadrats, els quals tots, excepte el superior, estan dividits en dues meitats per un traç diagonal.

A la primera casella de cada vareta s'hi escriu el número: a les següents caselles (amb els dígits separats per la diagonal) s'hi escriu el doble d'aquest número, el triple, el quàdruple i així successivament fins a arribar al nònuple del número al qual correspon la vareta.

Els dígits resultants del producte s'escriuen un a cada costat de la diagonal i en aquells casos en què el producte sigui inferior a 10, s'escriuen en la casella inferior. En aquests casos, a més, s'hi col·loca un zero en la casella superior a aquesta.

Un joc consta de 9 varetes corresponents als dígits que van de l'1 al 9. A la figura s'ha representat, a més a més, la vareta 0, que realment no és necessària per als càlculs.

Multiplicació
Proveïts del conjunt descrit, suposem que volem calcular el producte del número 46785399 multiplicat per 7. Al tauler posarem les varetes corresponents al número, tal com mostra la figura, i farem una posterior lectura del resultat en la faixa horitzontal que correspon al 7 del casella del tauler. Aquesta operació només requereix unes senzilles sumes, naturalment amb el ròssec dels dígits situats en diagonal.

Començant per la dreta, obtindrem les unitats (3), les desenes (6+3 = 9), les centenes (6+1 = 7), etc.

En el cas que algun dígit del número que volem multiplicar sigui zero, n'hi hauria prou amb deixar un buit entre les varetes (que equival a la vareta "0").

Suposem que volem multiplicar el número anterior per 96.431. Operarem anàlogament al cas anterior obtenint ràpidament els productes parcials del número per 9, 6, 4, 3 i 1. Si els posem correctament i els sumem, n'obtindrem el resultat total.

Divisió
De la mateixa manera podem realitzar divisions un cop coneixem els 9 productes parcials del dividend; els quals es determinen mitjançant l'àbac. Només cal que seleccionem el número inferior immediat a la resta sense necessitat de realitzar els molestos temptejos que requereixen les divisions realitzades a mà.

Per fer l'operació anterior, posem un exemple que segueix el mètode següent:

 * El dividend (46.785.399) té vuit dígits i el divisor (96.431) en té cinc. Per tant, el quocient tindrà 8-5 = 3 dígits. Com a màxim, el quocient podria tenir 8-5+1 = 4 dígits, però en ser el 4 del dividend menor que el 9 del divisor, el quocient és de 3 dígits. Aquestes qüestions pertanyen a l'aritmètica.
 Això fa que s'hagi de desplaçar els 3 - 1 = 2 dígits del dividend, i quedi el número 467.853 com el minuend, al qual cal buscar el subtrahend adequat.
 Si usem la taula neperiana obtinguda, busquem el número menor més proper a 467.853, en aquest cas és el 385.724, el subtrahend de l'operació; el número associat a la taula neperiana és el 4, número que forma part del quocient. El resultat de la resta és 82.129.

 * A la quantitat resultant (82.129), se li afegeix el 9 que abans no havíem tingut present, i n'obtenim el resultat 821.299.
 Novament, cal realitzar l'operació de resta a 821.299 (minuend) amb el subtrahend menor més proper de la taula neperiana, que és el 771.448. El número associat és 8 i la resta obté el 49.851.

 * A la quantitat resultant (49.851) se li afegeix el següent (i últim) 9, i queda el resultat 498.519.
 Del minuend 498.519, es busca a la taula neperiana el menor més pròxim, que és el 482.155, el número associat és el 5. La resta té com a resultat 16.364.

 * Com que el 16.364 és menor que qualsevol dels números de la taula neperiana i, a més, ja sabem quins són els tres dígits del quocient: 4, 8 i 5, ja hem obtingut el resultat de la resta de l'operació.

El resultat, per tant, és el següent (com es pot veure a la taula):

Arrel quadrada
Com ja sabem, per extreure una arrel quadrada, abans de tot cal agrupar els dígits de dos en dos des de la coma, tant cap a la dreta com cap a l'esquerra, de manera que el número quedi de la manera següent:

... xx xx xx xx, xx xx xx ...

Per exemple: el número 458.938,34 quedaria 45 89 38, 34.

Prenent el parell (que podrà ser d'un sol dígit) de l'esquerra (xx), s'obté la xifra sencera. Així doncs, el seu quadrat és igual o menor que el parell. Aquesta serà la primera xifra de la solució. Prenent del parell, el quadrat del sencer així trobat, obtenim la resta:

 r  a  = xx - a ² (Si el primer parell fos 07, la xifra a seria 2, i la resta 7-4 = 3)

Posteriorment, i de forma iterativa, s'afegeix el següent parell a la resta, i ens queda un número de la forma YXX (i, la resta anterior, xx el parell afegit) que anomenarem Ra. La següent xifra de la solució haurà de ser tal que el quadrat de la solució parcial ab (sent ab un número de dos dígits, no un producte) sigui menor que xxxx (els dos primers pares del radicand):

 (ab) ² = (a · 10+b) ² = (a · 10) ²+2 · a · 10 ·+b ² < xxxx

Aïllant:

 2 · a · 10 · b+b ² < xxxx - (a · 10) ² = R

 (2 · a · 10+b) · b < Ra (I)

Operant de la mateixa manera un cop conegudes les xifres ab, s'haurà de determinar la tercera xifra de la solució (c) i següents (d, e, ...) que, com fàcilment es pot demostrar operant anàlogament al cas anterior, hauran de complir:

 (2 · (ab) · 10+c) · c < Rb (II)
 (2 · (abc) · 10+d) · d < Rb (III)
 (2 · (abcd) · 10+e) · i < Rb (IV)
 ...

Els productes indicats poden obtenir-se fàcilment amb l'àbac de Napier, però per a això és necessària una vareta auxiliar que fa que cada faixa horitzontal reculli els quadrats dels números corresponents.

Coneguda la primera xifra a, posem a l'àbac la (o les) varetes corresponents al doble de a. Fet això, només caldrà afegir la vareta dels quadrats per trobar el número. Ara bé, el resultat ha de complir l'equació (I), que serà el corresponent a la faixa b. Aquest número s'ha de sostreure de Ra per trobar Rb.

Una vegada hem trobat b, retirem la vareta auxiliar dels quadrats i posem en el tauler la vareta corresponent a 2 · b. Pot passar dues coses: si b és menor que 5, el doble tindrà només una xifra, de manera que n'hi haurà prou amb posar la vareta. En cas contrari, si b és igual o major que 5, el doble serà major de 10, pel que serà necessari incrementar l'última vareta col·locada en una unitat.

Vegem-ho amb un exemple. Desitgem obtenir l'arrel quadrada del número 46 78 53 99. Prenem el primer parell (46) i determinem el quadrat immediatament inferior, que resulta ser 36 (49 que és el següent és més gran que 46), de manera que la primera xifra de la solució és 6, i la resta: 46 -- 6/6 = 46-36 = 10.

Posem les varetes de 6.2 = 12 en el tauler, i seguidament la vareta auxiliar dels quadrats. Componem la resta i el següent parell obtenint el número 1.078 que no haurà de ser superat pel quadrat de (6b). Llegim en l'àbac (1) el valor 1024, i trobem que b = 8 i el nou resta 1078-1024 = 54, descendint el següent parell, obtenim un valor de 545.312.

Posem les varetes corresponents al doble de 8; per ser 16 (> 10), retirarem l'última vareta, la del 2, la substituïm per la del 3 (és a dir, li sumem una unitat) i afegim la vareta del 6. L'àbac queda com es mostra en (2a). Com es pot observar, les xifres col·locades són les corresponents al doble de la solució trobada fins al moment (68.2 = 136), és a dir, el 2abc de les equacions anteriors.

Fet això, tornem a posar la vareta auxiliar, i operant com en el cas anterior, obtenim (2b) la tercera xifra: 3, essent la resta 1364. Descendim el següent parell obtenint un valor de 136.499, posem la vareta 6 (3.2) i trobem el següent dígit 9 i la resta 13.478. Mentre la resta sigui diferent de zero, es pot seguir obtenint xifres significatives.

Per exemple, per obtenir el primer decimal, baixaríem el parell 00 obtenint el número 1.347.800 i col·locaríem les varetes de l'9.2 = 18, quedant en el tauler les següents: 1-3-6-7 (6+1) -8 -- auxiliar. Fent la comprovació, s'obté el primer decimal = 9.

Modificacions

Durant el , l'àbac neperià va patir una transformació per facilitar la lectura. Les varetes van començar a fabricar-se amb una inclinació de l'ordre de 65º, de manera que els triangles que havien de sumar-se quedaven alineats verticalment. En aquest cas, a cada casella de la vareta s'hi ha de posar la unitat a la dreta i la desena (o el zero) a l'esquerra.

Les varetes estaven fabricades de manera que el gravat vertical i horitzontal era més visible que les juntes entre les varetes. Així doncs, facilitava la lectura, ja que quedava, en un rectangle, el parell de components de cada dígit del resultat.

Així, a la figura s'aprecia immediatament que:

 987654321 x 5 = 4938271605

Àbac de fitxes
Napier, a més a més de l'àbac anterior, va construir també un àbac de fitxes. Tots dos, reunits en un únic aparell, constitueixen una joia històrica única a Europa propietat del Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

L'aparell és una magnífica caixa de fusta amb incrustacions d'os. A la part superior conté l'àbac rabdològic, mentre que a la inferior hi ha el segon àbac. Aquest, consta de 300 fitxes emmagatzemades en 30 calaixos de les quals 100 estan cobertes de xifres i 200 mostren petits forats triangulars que permeten veure únicament certes xifres de les fitxes de números quan se superposen a aquelles. Per tant, gràcies a l'hàbil col·locació d'uns i altres es poden fer multiplicacions fins al límit sorprenent d'un número de 100 xifres per un altre de 200.

A les portelles de la caixa es troben, a més, les primeres potències dels números dígits, els coeficients dels termes de les primeres potències del binomi i les dades numèriques dels políedres regulars.

Es desconeix qui va ser l'autor d'aquesta riquíssima joia, tampoc si és d'autoria espanyola o estrangera, encara que és probable que originalment pertanyés a l'Acadèmia de Matemàtiques creada per Felip II o que la portés com a regal el Príncep de Gal·les. L'únic que es pot assegurar és que es conservava a Palau, des d'allà, va passar a la Biblioteca Nacional i posteriorment al [Museu Arqueològic Nacional, on a hores d'ara encara es conserva.

L'any 1876, el govern espanyol va enviar l'aparell a l'exposició d'instruments científics que es va celebrar a Kensington (barri de Londres). Allà, va rebre una atenció extraordinària que fins i tot diverses societats van consultar l'origen i el seu funcionament a la representació espanyola, fet que va motivar que D. Felipe Picatoste escrivís una monografia que posteriorment va ser enviada a totes les nacions. Va sorprendre el fet que l'àbac només fos conegut a Anglaterra, país d'origen del seu inventor.

Vegeu també
 número e

 Acústica
 Nombre e
 Decibel

Bibliografia
 Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano. Barcelona (España): Montaner i Simon. 1887. pp. 19-20.

Àbac


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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—The Bikes Belong Foundation has launched a new grant program to fund research on the economic impact of bicycling facilities and events.
The Bicycle Research Grant Program will award a total of $40,000 in grants to academic or non-profit research institutions in 2011. Grants will range from $5,000 to $10,000, according to a press release.
This new program aims to fill a crucial knowledge gap. Collecting quantitative evidence on the benefits bicycling brings to local, regional, and national economies will help encourage and guide investments in bicycling.
In 2010, Bikes Belong awarded small grants for studies currently underway on the economic impact of bicycling in Portland, Oregon, and at the Allegrippis Trails in Raystown Lake, Pennyslvania. The new dedicated research grants program will provide more opportunities to support similar studies.
The application deadline for the first round of grants is March 31, 2011.
In addition to funding economy-driven projects, Bikes Belong will consider innovative or unique research on other bike-related topics on a case-by-case basis.
To learn more about the program or to apply for a research grant, visit www.bikesbelong.org/foundation (click on above link).