San Francisco, April 12: Taking on streaming giants like Netflix and Hulu, Walt Disney Co. has announced it will launch its new streaming service called Disney+ in November, at a price of $6.99 a month. This comes after the entertainment giant sealed the deal on its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox. After Netflix's Success, Google-Owned YouTube Working on Interactive & Live Content.
Notably, with its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company now owns Indian TV giant Star, a Mumbai-based media company with dozens of sports and entertainment channels. Disney now is also controlling 60 per cent stake in Hulu.


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Q: Jquery: how to add css class to table cell by ordinal position Suppose I have a table with 7 columns and the last column has a button. One button will be there in the last column of all rows. Now I want when I click on any button in last column of any row then I need to add css class to 2nd, 3rd, 4th cell of that table row where button was clicked. How to achieve this by JQuery?
I could not come up with any code because I do not know how to access table cell by ordinal position of a row where button clicked occurred. Looking for idea to complete this.

A: If you bind on your buttons then in the handler you can find the parent row with
$(this).closest('tr');

Then from there you can find specific tds
$(this).closest('tr').find('td').eq(3).addClass('whatever');

eq() takes an index position which will let you get a specific jQuery object from the result set to operate on.

A: this is set to the element being clicked on your handler. Use that to backup and get the parent row, and then you can find the children

A: Please have a look at following updated fiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/qvy0y8sk/7/
Here I have used :nth-child to locate the required cell:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $(".edit-user,.save-user").click(function(){
    var tr = $(this).closest("tr");
    $(tr).find("td:nth-child(2)").addClass("newClass");
    $(tr).find("td:nth-child(3)").addClass("newClass");
    $(tr).find("td:nth-child(4)").addClass("newClass");
  })
})

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Paul Auster Novel 'In The Country Of Last Things' Gets Movie Adapt With Director Alejandro Chomski, Shoot Underway
The Stakes Behind The James Bond Rights Auction As Warner Bros And Others Try To Win 007's Loyalties From Sony
By Anita Busch, Mike Fleming Jr
Ask anyone in the hunt for the next batch of James Bond films that are now up for grabs, and this is what you'll hear, as voiced by one exec whose studio is among those in the chase: "They might not say they're actively shopping it, but they are certainly making it known their deal is up and they will be."
The James Bond distribution deal with Sony is done after Spectre bows in the U.S. on November 6. It could stay at Sony or it could head to Warner Bros., or Fox (which handles MGM's home video), or Universal, and Paramount. Or even Disney, where Bob Iger has shown the wisdom of making big bets can work out in buying out whole companies like Marvel and Lucasfilm for cash and stock.
At a time when studios are hungrier than ever for proven global franchises, James Bond is Hollywood's longest-running success story. Consider that 50 years after Sean Connery launched the character in 1962's Dr No, 007's last outing Skyfall became the series' biggest grossing film, topping out at $1.1 billion globally. With Daniel Craig and that film's director Sam Mendes a week away from the U.S. launch of what might be their last Bond film together, there is every expectation that Spectre will chase that high-water gross mark. It already opened briskly overseas.
'Spectre' Spies Another Record: Bond Sets Biggest Wednesday Ever At UK Box Office
So it's not surprising that a hit-starved studio like Warner Bros, or any other major, would covet the franchise. Indeed, sources sighted Warner Bros chief Kevin Tsujihara at the Montage Hotel recently with Gary Barber, the point person at MGM whose job it is to figure out the distribution future of 007 for MGM and Danjaq producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. According to our source, the chatter seemed more intense than a meet and greet. It looked like they were throwing around numbers. Not surprisingly, Warner Bros has been oft mentioned as the most aggressive in this hunt.
What's odd about this is that nobody is saying that Sony hasn't done a fine job in marketing and releasing the Bond films. But the last deal was made by Amy Pascal, and she is no longer in charge. The new guy in the seat, Tom Rothman, is known from his days running Fox as a tough, bottom-line-minded executive who most feel would walk away from a deal that gave the studio market share at the expense of profit. Indeed, some say that at Pascal's urging, Sony gave up too much the last time around to keep 007 in the fold.
The Wall Street Journal rifled through those hacked Sony documents and pried out a memo that underscores the troubling risk-reward disparity. According to WSJ, co-financing and marketing and releasing Skyfall brought Sony $57 million on a film that grossed $1.1 billion globally. MGM, in turn, made $175 million, while Danjaq made $109 million. And that doesn't factor in all the other things Sony gave up and the movies like the 21 Jump Street franchise that MGM was kissed into when the last re-up deal was made. Some would consider the math on this to be on par with the old first-dollar gross deal scenarios which became toxic to studios when owners like Sumner Redstone realized that a star like Tom Cruise had earned way more than $50 million on a Mission: Impossible movie through first-dollar gross participation before Paramount — which financed the whole film –had even recouped its outlay. His generous portion on video pushed that payday to an estimated $80 million.
So much is up in the air right now on 007. First off, the odds are against Craig and Mendes returning for another go, which would mean starting again with a new actor even though reports indicate Craig might owe one more film to fulfill his contract. When Craig recently observed that he would rather "slash his wrists" than do another Bond movie, it certainly echoed loudly around Hollywood, even if those close to him attributed it mostly to the bad idea of putting Craig in front of a journalist right after he completed a time-press and arduous Spectre shoot in which he seriously injured his knee. It would be similar, they said, to asking a woman just out of childbirth how eager she was to have another.
Here's what we hear. 007 rights gatekeepers Barber, and Wilson and Broccoli, will wait until Spectre plays around the world and accumulates an ungodly global gross that will only strengthen their leverage. And then, early next year, they will make the best deal. If that means bidding farewell to Sony, so be it.
Sony had initially gotten rights to Casino Royale years ago in a deal orchestrated deftly behind the scenes by former Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO John Calley, who revived James Bond while head of United Artists. Because of that, Sony released Casino Royale with a new Bond — Craig — and grossed about $600M worldwide.
When it came time to re-up, Pascal was running the studio and people are still debating whether her zeal to keep Bond led Sony to give up too much. On the plus side, Pascal was invited to have a creative voice in the process over the last few films. Sony co-financed movies that were big hits, and received a distribution fee that some say was capped.
But it was the other concessions granted by Sony that still has tongues wagging. Sony offered up some of its plum projects to be co-financed by MGM. At the time, the sexiest one the studio had was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. That film, which starred Craig, went into the pot and while the movie didn't come close to meeting everyone's out-sized expectations, 21 Jump Street — another film offered up for co-financing — certainly did. MGM got to be part of that hit and its sequel and presumably will be part of the next film that is rumored to meld that series with Men In Black. Sony, in turn, got to co-finance and release some MGM films, including the Robocop remake. Sony is now gearing up for another Dragon Tattoo installment with The Girl In The Spider's Web, the book written by David Lagercrantz, who was installed by the rights-holder relatives of the late author Stieg Larsson. Pascal is a producer on that movie, and MGM is expected to be in the mix if the studio wants to be.
The proceeds from these co-fi deals went into into a split pot, but the unsung coup for MGM was that it got to broker almost all of the international TV deals. That studio was still getting back on its feet after being frozen in a bankruptcy, and it's believed they didn't have the kind of clout to get as high a price as Sony would have. It also left Sony's loyal global customers on the outside looking in because MGM was making the deals and had its own list of customers. The prospect of all that led to widespread internal disagreements within Sony divisions over whether the studio should make such a deal, but Pascal won the day.
Two blockbusters and Spectre later, and Pascal is now off producing movies. And the studio will have some serious decisions to make as it formulates how crucial it is to keep James Bond. Many believe that no studio will replicate the horse trading that took place in the last Sony 007 deal. It is an open question whether another studio will find some ground on which they can get the market share bragging rights that come with 007, while not feeling they made a loss leader deal.
If ever MGM was going to get back into the distribution business — it disbanded distribution when it emerged from bankruptcy and has placed big movies like the Ben-Hur and The Magnificent Seven remakes all over town — the 007 franchise would be the one to relaunch. That's always an option, but more of a long shot than the notion of Craig returning to His Majesty's Secret Service.
The betting here is that if Sony's brain trust led by Michael Lynton and Rothman won't do it, another big studio like Warner Bros — which successfully partnered with MGM on the billion-dollar The Hobbit trilogy — will swallow hard and make the deal. Tsujihara and Barber are tight, and you can bet that Warner Bros will move heaven and earth to make a hit out of MGM's upcoming Rocky film Creed, the Ryan Coogler-directed film that opens Thanksgiving with Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan starring. Is it too much to imagine that soon, the most important entries on Tsujihara's call sheet will be Barber, along with Harry Potter author JK Rowling and James Packer?
Aviron Names Ex-Fox Exec Tomas Jegeus CEO As Company Adds Production & Intl Distribution Plans
Snap Inc. Shows "Impressive Turnaround," But Stock Still Not A Buy - Analyst

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Echinacea purpurea, Inflorescences. Family Asteraceae, Subclass Asteridae. Origin: Cultivated.
Hugh D. Wilson (2011). Echinacea purpurea (Cultivated). Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /101145.


One of the most difficult areas to lose excess body fat from is the back.
Back fat, as fitness trainers call it, is a tough thing to spot reduce.
Women who want their bikini figure back find it frustrating to lose fat in this area.
The best way you can get the results you want is the proven, old-fashioned way: count your calories and do a regular full-body exercise routine that helps you shape muscle and burn fat.
Here is a successful exercise strategy that will help you to burn the back fat and slim down with leaner muscle.
If you want to specifically focus on exercises for back fat, then make sure you perform a range of exercises that target the muscles of your upper and lower back.
This approach helps you to tone up underlying muscles and give you a better figure in the long run.
It's not always easy to find exercises for back fat that will allow you to spot reduce, but if you do the exercises we list here, you will soon be able to put together a program that'll help you achieve the figure you've always wanted.
First, using any kind of rowing motion will help to tone up the lats and upper back muscles, so it's a good idea to spend some time on a rowing machine whenever you're doing your cardio, rather than relying exclusively on an elliptical trainer or treadmill.
You could try exercises such the dumbbell row, which simply involves placing a knee on a bench, bending over, and lifting a dumbbell in a rowing motion to fully engage your back muscles.
Once you can increase the weight of this rowing exercise, you'll soon be on your way to performing your first successful and unassisted pull-up.
Once you have built up a good amount of strength, you may want to consider adding pull-ups to the routine, and there's no denying that this powerful bodyweight exercise is one of the best strength training movements you will ever encounter.
You can start incorporating a variety of bodyweight exercises into your routine that'll help to tone up your upper back.
Push-ups can help to tone up your arms as well as your lats and upper back, while the bodyweight exercise known as the "Superman" can also help to engage your back, encouraging it to tone up over time.
Doing pull-ups will build up your shoulders, biceps, and lats; it also works wonders for every back muscle you have.
If you aren't yet strong enough to perform a full body weight pull-up, then there's no shame in using resistance bands to take some of the strain and help you to perform the exercise through its full range of motion.
Of all, it's important to realize that you can't spot reduce when it comes to losing body fat, so while it is possible to follow a calorie controlled diet and perform plenty of cardio to burn excess calories, you can't always guarantee where this body fat will disappear from.
Remember, rowing, push-ups, Supermans, dumbbell rows, and pull-ups build muscle which will give you an overall lean look as you continue to slim down and lose back fat.
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package org.hisp.dhis.android.sdk.persistence.models;

import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.Column;
import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.ForeignKey;
import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.ForeignKeyReference;
import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.PrimaryKey;
import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.Table;
import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.structure.BaseModel;

import org.hisp.dhis.android.sdk.controllers.Dhis2;
import org.hisp.dhis.android.sdk.persistence.Dhis2Database;

/**
 * Class for holding information on items that have failed to upload to the server.
 * @author Simen Skogly Russnes on 26.02.15.
 */
@Table(databaseName = Dhis2Database.NAME)
public class FailedItem extends BaseModel {

    private final static String CLASS_TAG = "FailedItem";

    public static final String EVENT = "Event";
    public static final String ENROLLMENT = "Enrollment";
    public static final String TRACKEDENTITYINSTANCE = "TrackedEntityInstance";

    @Column
    @PrimaryKey
    private long itemId;

    @Column
    private String itemType;

    @Column
    private int httpStatusCode; // 401, 500 .. etc

    @Column
    private String errorMessage; // the web api sometimes crashes with status 500, so for example the stack trace could be here.

    @Column
    @ForeignKey(references = {@ForeignKeyReference(columnName = "importSummary",
                    columnType = int.class, foreignColumnName = "id")})
    protected ImportSummary importSummary;

    /**
     * Returns the item for the given FailedItem. Can be cast to either of the model types
     * @return
     */
    public BaseModel getItem() {
        BaseModel item = null;
        if(itemType.equals(EVENT)) {
            item = Dhis2.getInstance().getDataValueController().getEvent(itemId);
        } else if (itemType.equals(ENROLLMENT)) {
            item = Dhis2.getInstance().getDataValueController().getEnrollment(itemId);
        } else if (itemType.equals(TRACKEDENTITYINSTANCE)) {
            item = Dhis2.getInstance().getDataValueController().getTrackedEntityInstance(itemId);
        }
        return item;
    }

    public ImportSummary getImportSummary() {
        return importSummary;
    }

    public long getItemId() {
        return itemId;
    }

    public String getItemType() {
        return itemType;
    }

    public int getHttpStatusCode() {
        return httpStatusCode;
    }

    public String getErrorMessage() {
        return errorMessage;
    }

    public void setItemId(long itemId) {
        this.itemId = itemId;
    }

    public void setItemType(String itemType) {
        this.itemType = itemType;
    }

    public void setHttpStatusCode(int httpStatusCode) {
        this.httpStatusCode = httpStatusCode;
    }

    public void setErrorMessage(String errorMessage) {
        this.errorMessage = errorMessage;
    }

    public void setImportSummary(ImportSummary importSummary) {
        this.importSummary = importSummary;
    }
}

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Sony PlayStation Investment Into New 'PC Business' Worth $50 Million Implies More Upcoming Titles
Hold onto your pants, it appears that Sony might actually start taking PC seriously in the near future.
How seriously we should look at this, however, comes from the eye of the beholder.
The Last Of Us Part II Confirmed For PS4's Next State Of Play, Naughty Dog Drops Teaser
A LinkedIn profile for Jerry Liu shows that he was responsible for forecasting models and reporting systems that states that Sony/PlayStation's entry into their new 'PC business' is an investment worth $50 million.
The PC business is a $50 million venture for Playstation/Sony. pic.twitter.com/l5GYvWvtr6
— Timur222 (@bogorad222) November 6, 2020
Unreal Engine 5 Announced By Epic Games, Boasts The Ability To Deliver Graphics On-Par With Real Life
Currently, the status of PlayStation on the PC is extremely far away from what most could consider ideal, and arguably even functional. PlayStation Now can be played on PCs, allowing PC users to dip their toes into Bloodborne, Little Big Planet, and other titles that are admittedly past their shelf-life as far as single-platform sales are concerned.
Yet how these titles actually play on PC is a far cry from what is expected from PC gamers, and often dips below even the PlayStation level of functionality as titles are streamed which can result in heavy input latency, audio issues, and a bit of frustration overall.
Occasionally, while playing a title, the PlayStation Now application can bug and think you're still attempting to select a title; this results in everything becoming unplayable until you turn the application on and off again.
Overall, it's far better than not having access to many PlayStation exclusives, but the execution leaves a bit to be desired: the ability to download titles to play with less latency (milliseconds count) would be a phenomenal step forwards.
Yet the LinkedIn profile specifically states a period of late-2018 to present; PS Now has launched in 2014, and this leaves more than a few scratching their heads unless we take into account the recent success that SEGA has had with porting over Persona 4 Golden, and Guerilla's Horizon Zero Dawn.
Suddenly, the PC is looking a bit more attractive for console-exclusive developers once the title reaches a fair end-of-life range on a specified console, and porting titles means that developers can again experience a bit of a resurgence as they open their borders.
That this is surprising to studios and publishers is simultaneously amusing and disappointing, but it can bode well; we might finally be moving past the collective shenanigans of permanent exclusives and into a more widespread range and rate of adoption.
Naughty Dog Says There Won't Be Any Story DLC For The Last Of Us Part II
Here's hoping the vague wording of the $50m Sony/PlayStation 'business' with PC has far sharper fangs in the future than they're currently showing.
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Q: Libgdx degree between two points calculation Here I am calculating degree between actor and touch point and passing this degree to actor as rotation angle.I want the actor should point towards the finger touch or finger dragging direction.(consider i am pulling bus on road by finger touch and drag )
float degrees = (float) ((Math.atan2(touchPoint.x - crocodile.position.x, -(touchPoint.y - crocodile.position.y)) * 180.0d / Math.PI));

Its calculating degree properly. only sometimes in between it is giving bit different degree. so my actor is fluctuating when result is really different than expected.
result that i printed is :

Blockquote

    degree is :: 141.93233
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 158.61426
    degree is :: 90.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 90.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93057
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93306
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93134
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93134
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93306
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93134
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93134
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93008
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93306
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93257
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 141.93134
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0
    degree is :: 180.0

Now , 180 and 141 why it is fluctuating with those values.
considering i am expecting 141 constantly or 180 constantly what i need to change in above formula.

A: First parameter must be y and the second is x.
double atan2(double y, double x)

Atan2 is actually specified arctangent function of y/x
Because of that usually first parameter is taken y.
Also you can get proper degree sometimes when you swap x and y because in some borders like x<0 and y<0 it doesn't matter swapped or not.
Look here for more explanation

A: Combining the question and the answer helped me solve my problem quickly. Just to clarify the solution a little:
double degrees = Math.atan2(
    towards.getY() - pointer.getY(),
    towards.getX() - pointer.getX()
) * 180.0d / Math.PI;
pointer.setRotation((float) degrees);

Also note that in order to rotate around the middle you need to do:
pointer.setOrigin(Align.center);


America has the distinction of being the most overweight country in the world. The latest statistics reveal that 38% of our citizens qualify as obese.
Science around the health benefits of fruits containing anthocyanins continues to grow.
The label "superfruit" has been used to describe any fruit with high nutrient levels. Superfruits come in every color of the rainbow, but those with red, blue or purple hues from the presence of anthocyanins generally boast superior antioxidant power.
Formulating dairy products for children can be tricky. Two essential ingredients are a clean label and a clever package, possibly adorned with Disney or Star Wars characters.
Dairy processors could use the new Nutrition Facts panel to highlight dairy's nutrient powerhouse.
Are you rushing to update your label before the July 26, 2018, deadline? Here's the good news: FDA recently proposed extending the compliance date for using the new Nutrition Facts panels.
Whey protein remains the 'gold standard' for fueling muscle protein synthesis.
In September, researchers, manufacturers and end users of whey protein from around the world gathered in Chicago for the eighth International Whey Conference. A key takeaway from the conference is that whey protein continues to be the "gold standard" for fueling muscle protein synthesis (MPS).
Clinical trials continue to document the benefits of probiotics. However, dairy products face growing competition from supplements and other food categories as a delivery vehicle for probiotics.
Probiotics are hot. Originally found primarily in dairy foods, probiotics now pop up in everything from pills to prunes. As competition mounts from other probiotic delivery vehicles, the dairy industry needs to continue to educate consumers about the benefits of dairy as a delivery vehicle for healthy bacteria.
Making cheese predates recorded history, but artisan cheesemaking in the U.S. is a relatively new industry. According to a 2016 American Cheese Society (ACS) report, there are more than 900 artisan, farmstead and specialty cheesemakers operating in the United States. While a few artisan cheesemakers have been in business for over 100 years, the average has been making cheese for only 15 years.
Natural prebiotic ingredients can add health and functional benefits to ice cream, yogurt and dairy beverages.
Today's health-conscious shoppers want to know more about the ingredients that they consume. Are they natural? Are they sustainable? What health benefits do they provide?
McCarty Family Farms is Validus-certified in Animal Welfare, Environmental Care, On-Farm Security and Worker Care.
Health and Wellness Editor Sharon Gerdes visited McCarty Family Farms, which supplies milk to Dannon's yogurt processing plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The dairy farms are Validus-certified in four areas of social responsibility.


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The Genius Delusion: Reflections on Elizabeth Gilbert's 2009 TED Talk
By David McMillan, September 7th 2010
https://thoughtcatalog.com/?p=8995
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self-assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
The Beatles, "Help"
Being a creative artist involves a unique set of perils different from other vocations. A real estate agent may commit suicide after his company goes bankrupt; a depressed novelist may kill himself over an unsatisfying paragraph (a slight exaggeration, but not by much). Exaggeration or not, creative artists are a notoriously anguished lot; while some of us might be well-adjusted and perfectly content with our lives, a great many of us suffer from constant self-doubt, chronic depression, violent mood swings, drug and alcohol addiction; some succumb to madness, others to paralysis, others to suicide. Most people assume that this is just part of the bargain of being a creative artist—that this is the way it's always been and always will be. (Which is why up until 2008 your mother probably preferred you become a real estate agent than a novelist.) But is it inevitable that creative artists must live tortured lives, or is there another path available to us—one that might spare us from a life of anguish, addiction, and madness?
This was the question posed in a TED talk by author Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame) a little over a year ago. For nearly twenty minutes, Gilbert argues that (1) artists since the Renaissance have been under the belief—or more accurately, the delusion—that they are the source of their own genius; and (2) that this delusion may in fact be the root cause of much of the suffering, madness, and self-destruction that characterize the lives of creative artists in the modern, post-Renaissance era. Gilbert goes on to explain that that this modern view of genius is starkly different from the Greco-Roman view; for the Greeks and Romans, creativity didn't come from human beings, it came to human beings. This view served as a "protective psychological construct" that kept the artist both humble and sane. Humble, because the artist could never entirely take credit for his or her work. Sane, because if the work wasn't good, it wasn't entirely the artist's fault—he or she could blame it partially on having a "lame" Genius.
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Whether you view the creative process as a battlefield or a playground is a matter of personal choice.
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In light of the grim personal history of creative artists in the post-Renaissance era, and in light of the anxieties Gilbert began to experience after her own literary success, she advocates a return to this Greco-Roman view of creativity. True, appealing to muses, fairies, daemons, and gnomes for our creative inspiration may run counter to our firmly entrenched rational beliefs; but it may also save the lives of our creative artists. As Gilbert says, "[I think it's] better if we encourage our great creative minds to live."
Soon after it was posted, the video of Gilbert's talk quickly went viral, and has been seen nearly half a million times on YouTube alone (I myself account for three of those times). Clearly Gilbert's "Big Idea" resonated with a lot of people—especially with other creative artists, since all of us have struggled with the anxieties that come from believing that we are the source of our own genius (or mediocrity). Such a creative belief system, to borrow Gilbert's phrase, is like "asking somebody to swallow the sun." It's not only an impossible task; it's also a potentially self-destructive one.
Indeed, Gilbert's phrase about "swallowing the sun" is remarkably apt, since several ancient stories deal with characters whose major offense against God/the gods was hubris—and often their hubris involved reaching for or flying too close to the sun.
Exhibit A: The god Prometheus, who was sentenced to an eternity of endless torture for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to human beings.
Exhibit B: Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, and as a consequence burned his wings and plunged to his death.
Exhibit C: The biblical story of the Tower of Babel (which is personally my favorite story about the dangers of creative hubris). According to the story, the ruler Nimrod commissioned his people to build a tower that would rise to the top of heaven itself. They began to build the tower and succeeded in making significant progress. However, from up on high, God saw this and wasn't pleased: "Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech" (Genesis 11:6-7). True to his word, God "confounded" their speech, so that Nimrod's people, who formerly spoke one language, could no longer understand each other. As a result, they stopped working on the tower and scattered to various parts of the earth.
Consider these stories for a moment, especially in light of Gilbert's "Big Idea." Isn't Prometheus the prototype of the modern creative artist—Percy Bysshe Shelley and his Romantic contemporaries certainly thought so—a hero-martyr willing to endure a lifetime of suffering in order to bestow something of value to mankind? Isn't Icarus the reckless artist who ignores his limitations, and whose recklessness becomes his undoing?And hasn't every creative artist, at some point in their lives, felt like the people working on the Tower of Babel? One moment you're totally unified in purpose, actively making progress on your art, when suddenly your mind splinters into dozens of conflicting inner voices, each speaking a different "language" (doubt, megalomania, anxiety, despair) all of them threatening to undermine your creative endeavor—and perhaps your sanity.
While not all of these stories are ostensibly about the creative process, they nevertheless contain an important insight, anticipated by the ancients and borne out by the private lives of creative artists since the Renaissance: reaching for the sun is dangerous business. And ultimately, that's what every creative endeavor is (or at least should aspire to be): a reaching for the sun, a bold attempt to attain the heights of heaven and live to tell about it. Of course, embarking on any bold creative endeavor is a sure way to trigger the forces of self-sabotage, inner confusion, and torment. In the above-mentioned stories, punishment was meted out by God/the gods; but in our own era, creative artists have become quite adept at inflicting punishment on ourselves, as the lives of artists from Edgar Allan Poe to Kurt Cobain tragically illustrate.
The question becomes: is there a way to spare our present-day Prometheuses from a lifetime of suffering? Is it possible to keep the future Icaruses of the world from plunging to their deaths? Is there a way to save our creative minds from succumbing to the inner voices of Babel and descending into self-sabotage? And keep in mind, I am not posing this question as a detached observer, but as a creative artist myself, one who has personally experienced the anguish and self-doubt and "babeling" voices that attend the creative process—and who has also asked himself: "Is there a better way?"
In her TED talk, Gilbert says yes, there is—even if it may seem suspiciously New Age-y to many creative artists and our post-Renaissance, rationalist sensibilities:
Give up on ever becoming a genius. Instead, ask for help from your Genius.
This doesn't mean that creative artists need to find religion (although if we do, that certainly is our right). What it does mean is that if we want to avoid the dangers of "swallowing the sun," it would behoove us to create one of those "protective psychological constructs" that separates us from our Genius (lame or otherwise), and by doing so safe-guards our psychological, emotional, and physical well-being.
Admittedly, the idea of separating yourself from your Genius doesn't fit well with our Romantic notions of individual artistic achievement; nevertheless, many artists since the Renaissance have relied upon such constructs to help them with their creative process.
Walt Whitman, for example, split his personality into three parts: there was "Walt Whitman, one of the roughs," his mortal, physical self; there was the "Me Myself," Whitman's essential self, undisturbed by circumstance, who was, as he put it in "Song of Myself," "Both in and out of the game and watching wondering at it"; and finally, there was "The Soul," the ultimate cosmic source of Whitman's creative genius that occasionally allowed him to merge with it to write works of incredible poetic power.
A contemporary artist who relies upon such a construct is the novelist Stephen Pressfield. Pressfield, author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and The War of Art, unabashedly admits to invoking the Muse to help him combat "Resistance," his term for the impersonal forces that seek to undermine and sabotage our creative endeavors. As a former Marine, Pressfield sees the creative process as a battlefield, one that the artist must return to everyday. But in order for the artist-as-soldier not to get beaten down by Resistance, he must invoke the aid of the Muse. He can't win the battle alone.
Finally, acclaimed writer Ray Bradbury, who turned ninety this year, has gone so far as to say that taking credit for his books is in some ways an act of plagiarism. He may have been the vehicle, but his works were actually composed by "the other me":
Did R.B. write that poem, that line, that speech?
No, inner-ape, invisible, did teach.
His reach, clothed in my flesh, stays mystery;
Say not my name.
Praise other me.
("The Other Me," from Zen in the Art of Writing)
These are just a few examples. There are countless others, and no two constructs need be alike. Whether you view the creative process as a battlefield or a playground is a matter of personal choice. Likewise, who or what you invoke for help is up to you (while other artists may invoke the Muses of antiquity, perhaps your muse bears a strong resemblance to Jerry Garcia). The bottom line is, it doesn't matter what you call your Genius; it only matters that you call your Genius. But keep in mind, the purpose of these constructs isn't to make you a great artist. Their purpose, to put it bluntly, is to keep you sane and keep you alive, to function as a buffer between you and the mysteries of creation, between your fragile mortal mind and the awesomeness of the sun. And it's in invoking our Genius that we realize that our talents, and our occasional bursts of "genius," are really just gifts sent to us on loan from the Universe. So that our proper attitude to anything we create shouldn't be "I am a genius" or "I am a failure," but rather, "I can't take all the credit." Or, even better: "Say not my name. Praise other me."
…reaching for the sun is dangerous business…
Granted, an element of madness will always attend the creative process; this can't, nor I think shouldn't, be escaped. (As Plato noted, it's impossible to write great poetry without "the madness of the Muses," and I think this insight extends to all the arts.) Of course, there's madness, and then there's madness—and if creative artists wish to continue doing our work and avoid the risks of "swallowing the sun"—and perhaps even lead happy, well-adjusted lives—we would do well to organize our madness into a workable system. And if that requires us to invoke the aid of God, the gods, fairies, muses, daemons, gnomes, elves, or smiling Jerry Garcias, I for one am perfectly in favor of it.
Entirely rational? Maybe not. But as Gilbert suggests, being rational hasn't necessarily been good for the happiness and emotional stability of creative artists over the last five hundred years. And although we shouldn't turn our backs on reason completely, perhaps creative artists need to abandon our "rational" efforts at becoming geniuses, "open up the door," and in the words of The Beatles, ask our Genius for help.
Who knows—with a little faith and hard work, we just might get it.
My personal thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert for her inspiring and thought-provoking TED talk. Hers was definitely an idea worth spreading.
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About Junior ISAs
Want to understand more about Junior ISAs and the differences between Cash and Stocks & Shares JISAs? Read on.
By Beanstalk
What is a Junior ISA?
To encourage and help parents and others to put money aside for when their children become adults, the UK Government launched the Junior ISA ("JISA") in 2011. A JISA is an account held in the child's name but managed by a parent or legal guardian, and that is usually exempt from both income and capital gains tax. To offer a JISA, the provider, such as Beanstalk, must be approved by HMRC (the UK tax authority).
To comply with HMRC rules, Junior ISAs have a number of features:
The account is in the child's name and is only accessible by them once they become 18
The account can only be set up by a parent or legal guardian who is then responsible for overseeing it until the child is 18. (They are known as the "registered contact")
There is a maximum limit for how much can be contributed to JISA accounts in any tax year. For 2020/21, the limit is £9,000.
Once made, contributions cannot be withdrawn except in a small number of circumstances such as the sad death or terminal illness of a child.
Different providers operate different rules, but Beanstalk allows contributions to be made by parents or other friends and family, such as grandparents, as well as ourselves as we will directly contribute moneyback earned on your shopping through the app.
There are two types of JISA: "cash" and "stocks & shares" and these are explained in more detail below. A child is only allowed one of each type. You are able to transfer between providers so if you want to open an account of the same type with a new provider, you can if you transfer the old account across. (Beanstalk manages this process for you, we just need the old account details and your signature.)
What is a Cash JISA?
Cash JISAs are offered by banks and building societies and are like a regular bank savings account in that they typically pay a fixed rate of interest on any savings and the savings are protected under a deposit guarantee system (up to £85,000 per person per bank). Rules vary but some banks require you to open accounts in branch or be an existing customer.
Typically banks offer fixed interest rates (which they vary from time to time). For example, if the bank offers 1% annual interest, then after one year £100 in a JISA would be worth £101. Banks normally set their interest rates considering the "base rate" which is set by the Bank of England and make money by paying savers less interest on their cash than they charge to people who borrow from the bank.
Although cash JISAs give certainty (you know that the savings will grow by the interest rate), one thing to think about is the effect of the inflation rate on the value of your child's savings. If inflation (the general increase in cost each year of goods and services) is higher than the interest rate, then despite the fact your child's savings have grown, they will be able to buy less with the money than they could at the start.
What is a stocks & shares JISA?
A stocks & shares JISA allows you to put money into a range of different investments such as company shares, investment funds and government bonds depending on what the provider offers. The growth in your savings depend on how well the investments do but there is of course a risk that you could end up with less than you put in. However evidence suggests that, over the long term, stocks and shares tend to outperform cash as the returns can compensate for the ups and downs.
For example, the Barclays Equity Gilt Study in 2019 showed that over 50 years, UK shares would have returned 4.7% whereas cash would have returned 1.1%. In some years cash would have significantly outperformed equities but over the longer term it was the other way around.
Beanstalk JISA is a stocks & shares JISA with a simple choice of two tracker funds (an L&G cash fund and a Fidelity global shares fund). Unlike some stocks & shares JISAs, we do not have a minimum one off or monthly contribution requirement to open the account. (It could be opened with savings earned on your shopping).
Stocks & shares JISAs make money by charging various fees on the account. Beanstalk's only fee is an annual fee of 0.5% on the total balance of the account deducted directly from the account. You can see how this compares to other providers below:
(Note: the tracker funds we offer have their own charges of 0.1% - 0.12% which are deducted through the fund).
Beanstalk is the newest member of the KidStart family. KidStart is the shopping club for parents that has been helping families save for their children for over 10 years and has helped thousands of families save millions for their little ones.


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Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's Pacific coast between May 5 and June 8, 2018. The lander will launch to Mars aboard an Atlas V-401 launch vehicle, one of the biggest rockets available for interplanetary flight.
It stands 188 feet (57.3 meters) tall, or about as tall as a 19-story building. Fully stacked, with the spacecraft, the Atlas V-401 weighs about 730,000 pounds (333,000 kilograms). That's about 14 big rigs, fully loaded with cargo!
The three numbers in the 401 designation signify:
4: a payload fairing -- or nose cone -- that is about 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter
0: solid-rocket boosters supplementing the main booster
1: the upper stage, which has one engine
JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the InSight Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The launch vehicle and launch services are provided by United Launch Alliance, Centennial, Colorado, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.
For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight.
Engineer Joel Steinkraus uses sunlight to test the solar arrays on one of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Alternate: MarCO Being Tested in Sunlight
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InSight Approaching Mars
Landing a spacecraft on Mars is one of the trickiest things we do. This 60-second video explains how it's done, and the three landing systems we use at the Red Planet.
Mars in a Minute: How Do You Land on Mars?
The InSight Team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, in June 2015.
The InSight Team at JPL
NASA's InSight used its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset. This series of images was taken on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day,...
InSight Images Clouds on Mars
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InSight Moments Away From Landing, Underside View (Illustration)
One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box.
MarCO and Dispenser
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Rolling Stones Rock
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Heat Shield Construction for NASA's InSight Mission
Artist's concept of the interior of Mars shows a hot liquid core that is about one-half the radius of the planet.
Mars Interior
In this photo, the back shell of NASA's InSight spacecraft is being lowered onto the mission's lander, which is folded into its stowed configuration.
Lowering Back Shell onto Stowed InSight Lander
This mosaic, composed of 52 individual images from NASA's InSight lander, shows the workspace where the spacecraft will eventually set its science instruments.
Mosaic of InSight's Workspace
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Mars in a Minute: How Did Mars Get Such Enormous Mountains?
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InSight Probes the 'Inner Space' of Mars
Engineers Marleen Sundgaard (left) and Pranay Mishra measure their test lander's "workspace" -- the terrain where scientists want to set InSight's instruments -- at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Measuring the Workspace
An artist's rendering of the twin Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft flying over Mars with Earth in the distance.
MarCOs, Mars and Earth
InSight's heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3).
HP3 Being Tested in Germany
Artist's concept of the interiors of Earth, Mars and Earth's moon.
Artist's Concepts: Earth - Mars - Moon
Mythbuster Adam Savage and Engineer Adam Steltzner at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2018, for the landing of InSight on Mars.
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Twenty-one of the 32 champs since 1985 (including the past four: UConn, Duke, Villanova and UNC) have donned blue.
Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 295 schools have taken part in March Madness. We decided to take a deep look at the one of the most talked about, if not necessarily the most important factor in determining a team's chances: school colors.
In the more than 2,000 tournament games played since 1985 (not including the First Four), here's what we learned. Only three colors have winning records in the tournament: blue, orange and yellow (which includes gold).
Nota Bene: These statistics only count games against other types in the category, e.g., red vs. red games are not taken into account.
Of course, some of this is skewed by the number of teams each color has and how many games those teams have played. Blue, for instance, has the second-highest number of teams, and has played the most NCAA tournament games since 1985 by far (1,362). Brown, on the other hand, has only six teams and has played only 30 tournament games. But looking at each color's wins per number of teams doesn't tell too much of a different story, as the top three colors stay the same.
In the 32 years since the NCAA tournament's expansion, the most common matchup isn't too surprising: red and blue teams have played each other 483 times, and blue holds a 281-202 lead in the series. In fact, blue holds a winning record against every color except orange.
What's more, in the 33 championship games since the field expanded to 64 teams, blue teams have won 21 titles (Duke 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015; Connecticut 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014; Kentucky 1996, 1998, 2012; North Carolina 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Kansas 1988, 2008; Villanova 1985, 2016; UCLA 1995).
The next closest color is red with seven championships (Louisville 1986, 2013; Arizona 1997; Arkansas 1994; Indiana 1987; Maryland 2002; UNLV 1990).
Orange has three (Florida 2006, 2007; Syracuse 2003), and Green (Michigan State 2000) and Yellow (Michigan 1989) each have one.
It's simple. If a team's color is the most important factor for you in picking a game -- seems perfectly logical to us -- run with the blues.


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Czech government approves minimum monthly wage rise to $739 from January
Reuters | Posted: Nov. 5, 2021, 5:20 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 5, 2021, 7:11 a.m. | 1 Min Read
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has approved a rise in the minimum gross monthly wage by 1,000 crowns to 16,200 crowns ($739) from January, Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlicek told Reuters.
The minimum wage is paid to about 150,000 of the country's four million employees, but it is also used as a benchmark to determine higher wages in a number of professions.
The average monthly gross wage was 38,275 crowns (1,511 euros) in the second quarter.
($1 = 21.9170 Czech crowns)
(1 euro = 25.3339 Czech crowns)
(Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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Ross Kennedy Smith was a long-time debate coach at Wake Forest who inspired debaters to work harder, think creatively and most importantly to become better people. With these tenets in mind, we have named the Wake workshops in his honor.
What Makes the RKS Senior 6 so special?
We believe that we have hired not only great minds, but great debate educators and that our lab sizes will ensure that each debater will receive the individual attention they deserve. We care about the person first, the debater second. 28 students will get to work with Jarrod Atchison, Natalie Bennie, Calum Matheson, Corinne Sugino; it could be you!
We want students to be better speakers when they leave. There will be a heavy emphasis placed upon practice! Rebuttal redoes, practice debates, mini debates, and drills that don't involve just reading will all be integrated. Every time a student learns a new concept, they will practice it. Unlike other workshops, when practice debates are scheduled very few, if any, debaters will have byes. We have made sure to hire enough quality instructors to allow for both frequent practice and quality feedback.
leading up to the workshop, extending the workshop experience well beyond the five weeks you are at Wake Forest. We know that a workshop is a big commitment in terms of time, money, and effort; we want students to know who they are working with well ahead of time.
When the year starts, debaters will have to face opponents who use all different styles of arguments. We know from experience at Wake Forest that the summer is the best time to learn the widest possible variety of arguments. If you only debate one style of argument over the summer, you will be forced to learn in the middle of a debate. Instead, come to the RKS and practice debating all styles.
We are serious. Our best advertisements are the people who grew last year at the RKS. Ask someone who attended last year. You can also read their thoughts here.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is meeting again today and the bets are in on whether or not policymakers will respond to rising consumer prices.
A magnificent Monday to you as we head closer to the middle of the year!
U.S. stocks entered the weekend higher in a choppy trading session with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.04%), the S&P 500 (+0.19%) and tech-centric Nasdaq Composite (+0.35%) and stocks looking forward to a mixed bag this week as the U.S. Federal Reserve convenes for a meeting later in the week.
Asian stocks were mixed Monday in holiday-thinned trading as investors prepared for a key U.S. Federal Reserve meeting later in the week.
Benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasuries finished at 1.47% after hitting three-month lows on Thursday and notching their biggest weekly slide since December last week (yields generally fall when bond prices rise).
The dollar was steady against Group-of-10 peers during early Asian trading in the wake of a Group-of-Seven leadership meeting that emphasized unity.
Oil surged with July 2021 contracts for WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) (+0.47%) at US$71.24 on demand recovery and rising shipping demand for fuel oil.
Gold slipped with August 2021 contracts for Gold (Comex) (-0.74%) at US$1,865.70 as lowered inflation concerns remain low and with traders betting that the Fed will not taper anytime soon.
Bitcoin (+9.37%) recovered to US$39,197 as outflows from exchanges led inflows on the back of numerous positive factors including Tesla's softening stance on accepting Bitcoin for payment (outflows suggest that investors are looking to hold Bitcoin in anticipation of higher prices).
Shipping Costs Loom Large on Imported Inflation
Will the U.S. Federal Reserve Taper?
What's Behind the Latest Bitcoin Bump?
Inflation data, albeit distorted by the effects of the pandemic, are likely to loom large over discussions at the Fed, as it considers and possible policy shifts.
But the bigger clue as to the status quo being maintained may be in the unemployment numbers.
While employment data in the U.S. is improving, it is still well short of expectations, affected by seasonal imbalances and may not provide the strongly persistent and consistent evidence that the Fed will require before making any shifts in policy both with respect to tapering asset purchases and certainly not interest rates.
Over in Asia markets were mostly muted with many major exchanges closed for a holiday with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 (+0.38%), up slightly, while Seoul's Kospi Index (-0.07%), was down but not a meaningful amount, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and Sydney's ASX are closed for holidays.
1. Shipping Costs Loom Large on Imported Inflation
Record increase in shipping rates threaten to increase prices for goods just ahead of restocking inventories for the year-end peak holiday buying season
Longer risk for inflation is that even as shipping rates normalize, producers continue to keep prices elevated by raised shipping costs at those higher levels
One of the key weaknesses laid bare by the global pandemic has been highly optimized supply chains with limited levels of redundancy built in.
As the pandemic meandered its way across the planet, supply disruptions affected everything from chips to cars.
But even as many parts of Europe and the U.S. emerge from the pandemic, thanks to robust vaccination programs, a new threat to recovery is emerging – shipping costs.
Over 80% of all goods are transported by sea, but freight-cost surges are threatening to lift the prices of everything from toys to turntables, coffee to cars, furniture to flax and adding to concerns of a global economy already bracing for accelerated inflation.
The timing could not be worse.
Although the Northern Hemisphere is in the middle of summer, this is also the time when retailers typically stock up in preparation of the year-end holiday shopping season, but a confluence of factors are conspiring to raise prices.
Soaring demand, a shortage of containers and saturated ports with too few ships and dock workers have contributed to the squeeze on transportation capacity on every freight route.
Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus are also affecting Asian manufacturing export ports like Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
The cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Rotterdam is now some 547% higher than the seasonal 5-year average, according to Drewry Shipping.
Shipping costs do not typically form a large portion of overall cost of goods, but when rates go up that much, they can.
HSBC (+0.49%) estimates that a 205% increase in container shipping costs over the past year alone could raise Eurozone producer prices by as much as 2%.
At the retail level, merchants are stuck with a handful of unfavorable choices, stop trading, absorb costs to pass them on later, or simply raise prices – many have opted to just raise prices.
But while increased shipping costs may hit discount retailers harder like Walmart (+0.62%), which relies on shipping bulky goods cheaply from China, it may provide an unexpected boost for firms which rely more heavily on locally-sourced products, like Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon (-0.08%), because the higher prices from more expensive local products may no longer be as expensive when compared with imports.
If central bankers are worried about rising shipping costs however, they don't appear to be showing it, arguing that the consumer price rises because of supply chain disruptions will eventually iron themselves out.
To be sure, shipping costs typically only constitute a small fraction of the final price of a manufactured good and economists at Goldman Sachs (+1.10%) estimated in March this year that internationally they still make up less than 1% of final costs.
And companies don't typically pay for freight on an ad-hoc basis, but have annual contracts with container shipping lines, with the headline-grabbing spike in shipping rates referring to current rates, which may be far higher than what firms are actually paying.
Some analysts suggest that the end of lockdowns will see a rise in demand for services, from goods, but there is a concern of course that producers become more willing to pass higher costs to consumers, and leave those price increases in place even when shipping rates soften.
2. Will the U.S. Federal Reserve Taper?
Good chance that U.S. Federal Reserve will not make any major changes to its policies even though consumer prices rising at fastest rate in 13 years
Key metric should be employment, which is encouraging, but not unequivocal and suggestive that the Fed will likely keep to its proposed schedule for tapering asset purchases and raising interest rates
You taper if you want to, the Fed's not for tapering.
When U.S. Federal Reserve officials convene on Tuesday for their latest 2-day monetary policy meeting, a booming U.S. economy and data backing higher levels of inflation will cloud discussion over whether the central bank should start dialing back its US$120 billion-a-month asset buying program.
Since the Fed last met in late April, several senior policymakers have hinted that the Fed is open for discussion about eventually winding down the pace of asset purchases, which include U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, but the question for investors is when that tapering will occur.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will no doubt want to avoid the "taper tantrum" of 2013, where then-Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Fed would be scaling back purchases eventually, with little warning, was misinterpreted by markets and saw sharp corrections across all asset classes.
Mindful of the stakes and risks involved, Powell has been adamant about delivering clear and consistent messaging when it's come to any prospect of tapering, and communicated such intentions by the central bank repeatedly.
Minutes from recent Fed meetings also suggest that while the Fed may not yet be at the stage where they are looking to taper, they are at least at the point of considering a discussion of the topic.
Consumer prices have been rising fast – last Thursday's CPI report saw a 5% rise year-on-year, the steepest increase since 2008, but crucially, last month's job numbers were still weaker than expected, even though they revealed an improving labor market.
The bulk of investors still expect the Fed to only start tapering in early 2022, with guidance on the exact approach likely to be unveiled in more detail this September at the latest.
Goldman Sachs is of the view that the Fed will only reveal its plans to taper asset purchases by December, with rates not likely to be raised until well into 2024 – which is more in line with the Fed's guidance.
There are more than a few reasons to be sanguine about the prospects of tapering or rates – the Biden administration is still gunning for a massive fiscal spending policy, that will need to be funded from a combination of higher taxes or more debt, and the Fed will have an interest in keeping Washington's borrowing costs low.
Powell has also made clear from the beginning that the Fed wouldn't be looking to raise rates until 2023 at the earliest.
And finally, Powell and his colleagues at the Fed appear committed to their "new monetary policy" mechanism which can accept higher periods of inflation to make up for prolonged periods of low inflation.
While the Fed may be open to talking about tapering, that may not necessarily mean they're likely to turn on tapering at the drop of a hat.
3. What's Behind the Latest Bitcoin Bump?
Musk tweets to consider accepting Bitcoin for Tesla again if it becomes more environmentally-friendly in mining
Major upgrade for Bitcoin looks likely to gain consensus, which will allow higher levels of privacy, open the prospect for multisig wallets and improve scaling developments
Over the weekend, Bitcoin jumped over US$39,000 after Elon Musk declared that Tesla (-0.04%) would accept the cryptocurrency again when Bitcoin mining was done with more clean energy.
In a tweet, the CEO of Tesla, Musk, said that the electric vehicle maker would allow Bitcoin transactions again "when there's confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend."
The latest tweet from Musk comes in response to allegations by Magda Wierzycka, Executive Chair of South African asset manager Sygnia, that Musk's recent tweets on Bitcoin should have prompted an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Musk has always been the "Bitcoin whale" that has been hiding in plain sight, and some of his tweets could potentially be seen as manipulating the price of Bitcoin.
The Tesla CEO has seemingly enjoyed his significant influence and appears to have delighted in whipsawing Bitcoin and other digital tokens like Dogecoin in the past few months.
In February, Tesla announced it had bought US$1.5 billion in Bitcoin and in March, Musk tweeted, "you can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin," fueling an incredible rally for Bitcoin which saw it top off around its all-time-high of about US$64,000.
During this period, Tesla sold around 10% of its Bitcoin stake, raking in a profit of over US$100 million.
But less than a month later, Musk sent Bitcoin plummeting, alleging that Tesla would no longer be accepting Bitcoin due to concerns about fossil-fuel usage for Bitcoin mining and transactions.
Musk's relentless tweets have had considerable material impact on Bitcoin's price, moves that had Bitcoin's legal status been clearer, ought to have attracted if not an investigation, then at least an inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, especially if it can be shown to have had material impact on Tesla's share price.
And the latest tweet which appears to be embracing Bitcoin again (provided that it's more environmentally friendly) could even be a pretext to boost Tesla's Solar Roof business, which could apply that solar power to run Bitcoin mining facilities.
The bullish upturn for Bitcoin comes on the back of several developments over the weekend, including a crucial consensus on upgrades to the Bitcoin blockchain that could raise the stakes for Ethereum, currently the world's second most valuable and arguably more versatile blockchain.
Bitcoin's Taproot upgrade, the most anticipated since 2017, is said to now have sufficient support from Bitcoin miners to lock in activation.
Taproot will adjust Bitcoin's core code that allows for possibly heightened levels of privacy, multi-signature wallets and security and improvements for scaling and speeding up the Bitcoin blockchain.
MicroStrategy last week boosted a junk-bond offering to buy more Bitcoin from US$400 million to US$500 million.


First off if you haven't seen the post where I broke down my debt head on over there.
GEM Visa has some exciting news for me today.
Firstly, in the mail, I got a letter from them saying how wonderful I was and that I was conditionally approved for an extra $8000 to use on whatever I want. "Make your resolution a happening thing today" they told me.
They were so excited about this news they rang me about 3 hours after getting the letter. The man on the phone was a smooth talker and was ploughing through his dialogue, it's almost like he has given it 100's or 1000's of times before.
It was all great to hear and I was excited they were excited. How could I turn this AMAZING offer down??????
He seemed quite happy to hear that and then asked if there were any issues and if everything was good dealing with them, I said no issues and everything was good.
That ended the phone call.
I'm glad I have all of this money stuff sitting right in my head, I have a goal and know where I am wanting to go. No wonder people get into so much trouble when finance companies are offering money all the time.
Do you get crazy offers from people? Let me know.


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Business Interruption Is the Main Cost Driver of Cyber Insurance Claims, Says Allianz
By Filip Truta on Nov 27, 2020 | 0 Comments
External attacks cause the most costly cyber losses, but internal incidents like human error or systems failure are more frequent
Inability to access data or services can affect revenues significantly, given growing reliance on online sales
Rise in ransomware attacks, the cost of lmega breaches and the Covid-19 working landscape present significant cyber risks for the future
External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses, but employee mistakes and technical problems are the most frequent generator of claims, according to a report from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a business unit of Allianz Group.
The study, Managing the Impact Of Increasing Interconnectivity – Trends In Cyber Risk, analyzes 1,736 cyber-related insurance claims worth EUR 660 million (US$ 770 million) involving AGCS and other insurers from 2015 to 2020.
In 2016, when cyber was a relatively new line of insurance, AGCS had been notified of 77 cyber insurance claims, according to the report. That number rose to 809 in 2019 and, in 2020, the corporate insurance carrier has seen 770 claims in the first three quarters alone. A key reason for this steady increase is a 70% rise in the average cost of a cybercrime and a 60% increase in the average number of security breaches.
Losses resulting from DDoS attacks, phishing and malware account for 85% of the value of claims analyzedThese are followed by malicious internal actions, accidental internal incidents, IT or platform outages, systems and software migration problems or loss of data.
The potential impact from human error or technical failure incidents may also be heightened by the huge rise in remote working due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The main cost driver behind cyber losses is business interruption, which accounts for around 60% of the value of all claims analyzed. Costs involved with dealing with data breaches add to the tally.
"Businesses and insurers are facing a number of challenges such as the prospect of more expensive business interruptions, the rising frequency of ransomware incidents, more costly consequences of larger data breaches given more robust regulation and litigation, as well as the impact from the playing out of political differences in cyber space through state-sponsored attacks," AGCS notes in a press release promoting the study.
Ransomware incidents are becoming more damaging, the analysis finds. Malicious actors increasingly target large companies with sophisticated attacks and ever-bigger extortion demands. Total costs associated with dealing with ransomware incidents are estimated to exceed $100 billion in the five-year period tracked by the study.
"High-end hacking tools are more widely available driven by the growing 'commercialization of cyber-hacks'. Increasingly, criminals are selling malware to other attackers who then target businesses demanding ransom payments," says Marek Stanislawski, Global Cyber Underwriting Lead at AGCS. "However, extortion demands are just one part of the picture. Business interruption can bring the most severe losses – with downtimes becoming longer – while systems and data restoration costs can quickly escalate."
As IT systems and cyber events become more complex, and with the growth in cloud and third-party services, the cost of dealing with a large data breach is also rising. Mega breaches (involving one million or more records), as they're called in the infosec industry, are more frequent and expensive, now costing $50mn on average, up 20% over 2019, AGCS analysts found.
Finally, the increasing involvement of nation states in cyber-attacks is a growing concern, according to the insurer. Major events like elections and Covid-19 present significant opportunities for state-sponsored actors, as do critical infrastructures like ports and terminals, and oil and gas installations.


It may be that you looked at your usage prior to shutting down your computer and since then the Surbeam modem updated your total usage shortly after turning off the computer. It can take as long as 24 hours for the modem to update completely.
I went over a month and I had my moden and computer off for three days. There was no way I went over.
Next time you go to your Exede dashboard, be sure to read the print below your data meter. It will explain to you that if your modem is offline, it cannot update so plugging it in after a month will show the last updated figures prior to being disconnected. It will update within 24 hours after being put back online.
that does not explain why they say I went over for the month. I was not on for 2 weeks and then used very little.
no I have the same problems sometimes and I even let the modem (update) as yall say. a way to check this lie is to unplug the lan cable several hours before unplugging the modem or leave the modem on and just unplug the lan cable out of the back of it and you will still see useage.
Shut down everything dealing with Apple iCloud. It uses a lot of data in the background without your knowledge. Since I shut down mine, I have been closer to normal.
Hi Josh, send an email to exedelistens@visat.com with your account and contact information. We can give you a call and do some troubleshooting. Is your router off as well? Do you have any other devices connected?


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Monday, Jan 11 2021
The Iowa House opened its 2021 session on January 11 with 59 Republicans and 41 Democrats, a big improvement for the GOP from last year's 53-47 split.
The House members include 69 men and 31 women (21 Democrats and ten Republicans), down from a record 34 women in 2019 and 33 women last year.
Six African Americans (Democrats Ako Abdul-Samad, Ruth Ann Gaines, Ras Smith, Phyllis Thede, and Ross Wilburn, and Republican Eddie Andrews) will serve in the legislature's lower chamber. Republican Mark Cisneros is the first Latino elected to the Iowa legislature, and Republican Henry Stone is only the second Asian American to serve in the House. The other 92 state representatives are white.
Democrat Liz Bennett is the only out LGBTQ member of the Iowa House. To my knowledge, Abdul-Samad (who is Muslim) is the only lawmaker in either chamber to practice a religion other than Christianity.
I've posted details below on the Iowa House majority and minority leadership teams, along with all chairs, vice chairs, and members of standing House committees. Where relevant, I've noted changes since last year.
The 20 most-viewed Bleeding Heartland posts of 2020
Monday, Jan 4 2021
Since I started reviewing Bleeding Heartland's most widely-read posts at the end of each year, I've had mixed feelings about the practice. My organizing principle on any given day is not chasing clicks, but looking for ways to add value, either by covering Iowa political news not reported elsewhere, or by offering a different perspective on the big story of the day. I try not to be hyper-aware of traffic numbers, so as not to let those drive editorial decisions.
On the other hand, it is fun at year-end to recap the posts that were particularly popular with Bleeding Heartland readers, and I usually find a few surprises.
How many Iowa candidates "won" under rules Republicans forced on unions?
Friday, Nov 27 2020
Sixth in a series interpreting the results of Iowa's 2020 state and federal elections.
Republican lawmakers and Governor Terry Branstad set out to cripple public sector unions in 2017 by enacting a law that eviscerated bargaining rights and established new barriers to union representation. Under that law, public employees must vote to recertify their union in each contract period (in most cases, every two or three years). Anyone not participating in the election is considered to have voted against the union. So a successful recertification requires yes votes from a majority of all employees in the bargaining unit.
The law hasn't accomplished its goal of destroying large unions that typically support Democratic candidates. The vast majority of bargaining units have voted to recertify in each of the past four years. This fall, all 64 locals affiliated with the Iowa State Education Association voted to keep having that union negotiate their contracts. AFSCME Council 61, which represents most Iowa state and local government workers, was nearly as successful, with 64 out of 67 units voting to recertify.
I decided to return to a question Bleeding Heartland first pondered in 2017: how many candidates for other Iowa offices could declare victory under the system Republicans forced on labor unions?
I found that even after Iowa's highest-turnout election in decades, our state would have no representation in Congress if contenders needed a majority vote among all constituents. "Winners" could be declared in about a third of state legislative races.
Record number of women will serve in Iowa Senate; fewer elected to House
Sunday, Nov 8 2020
Second in a series interpreting the results of Iowa's 2020 state and federal elections.
The non-profit 50-50 in 2020 dissolved early this year after working for a decade to increase women's representation in Iowa politics. Although our state has elected a woman governor, a woman to the U.S. Senate (twice), and will have women representing three of the the four Congressional districts for the next two years, we have a long way to go toward parity in the Iowa legislature.
When lawmakers convene in Des Moines in January, women will make up one-quarter of the Iowa Senate for the first time. However, the number of women serving in the House will drop below one-third of the chamber.
Democratic Iowa House candidates report record-breaking fundraising
Tuesday, Oct 20 2020
Democratic activists are highly motivated to take back the Iowa House majority, judging from the latest round of campaign finance reports for legislative candidates.
Iowa has never seen anything like this kind of fundraising for state House races.
Iowa SOS will need permission for future emergency election changes
Friday, Jun 26 2020
Secretary of State Paul Pate will need approval from the Legislative Council in order to use his emergency powers to alter election procedures, under a bill Governor Kim Reynolds signed on June 25.
While Republicans have a majority on that legislative body, it's not clear they would use that power to prevent Pate from repeating steps that led to record-breaking turnout for the June 2 primary.


Photoelasticimetry is a way to visualize strains in materials. In this Instructable, we will see how you can do some samples to experimentally determine the stress distribution in some materials under mechanical load !
A "birefringent" material is a material in which the refractive index (i.e. the speed of light) depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light.
When you apply some mechanical stress, the birefringence of the material changes locally depending on the strain, and at some points it acts like a "wave plate" that change the polarization state of the light.
A "polarizer" is an optical component that only let some types of polarization to pass through it. If you superpose two "linear" type polarizers oriented in the perpendicular directions, the light will be blocked but if you add a "wave plate" conveniently oriented between them, the light will pass through and you will see light.
Thanks to a french I.U.T. Fablab in the city of Cachan (at the south of Paris), the InnovLab ( http://innovlab-iut-cachan.blogspot.com/ ), I had the chance to have access to a waterjet cutter in order to realize the frames !
If you want to do the sames, you could water cut them or maybe use others types of C.N.C. machining. Here, I used a 12mm thick aluminum material.
Then, you can drill some holes and tap them to add some screws that will help you to press the samples. You can also do a mechanical deformable structure that will locally press your sample.
Then apply you strain and watch the colors change.
Interesting instructable. So where do you place the polarising film? Either side of the frame with the polycarbonate part in the middle? What orientation should the film be in?
The screen is behind the polycarbonate part (it includes by itself a polariser), while the polarising film is in the front of it.
The orientation of the films and sample will determine which polarisation you can let pass / shutdown. Before cutting your final piece, you can "cross" the axis of the linear polarisers by turning the closest one of you (they should become "dark", and block the light), and put the raw polycarbonate sheet between them.