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Angel Maker: Part Two by B. B. Wright
Angel Maker
A Short Story of Fiction by B. B. Wright
An Inspector Alexander Collier Mystery
Inspector Alexander Collier Mysteries will often provide a choice for the reader. If you want to obtain a deeper understanding or a 'feel' for the period follow the embedded links (high-lighted blue and underlined) found in the text of the story.
Chilling November Days
Diane Waumsley pulled her woolen hat over her ears and jacked up the collar on her coat to ward off the damp, chilling November wind when she stepped out of the vehicle. Before closing the car door, she leaned back in.
"Thanks Uncle Sandy. But…are you sure you don't mind? It's six…and…well …I could've found…"
Alexander Collier shook his head and smiled. "I appreciate your concern, Rebecca, but if I'd minded I wouldn'tve offered. I'm up much earlier than this most mornings."
As was his habit, Collier was already dressed for the day in his 3-piece "London Drape" suit.
"But, Uncle Sandy, it could be a week…Maybe more."
"Be off with you. Your Auntie Lila's waiting with my breakfast," he lied, knowing that breakfast would not be on the table for at least an hour, "and I dare not test her mood so early in the morning."
"Especially this Sunday morning," she added, stretching across the seat and kissing him on the cheek. Her expression took on a more sombre veil as she asked: "Are you… sure you're ready for today, uncle?"
Until two years ago, every Remembrance Day her uncle had shut himself away in his study and drank. Last year was the first time he had gone to watch the ceremony. She was proud that this year he would later don the uniform and participate in the march.
Remembrance Day ceremonies on the second Sunday of November each year had always been a difficult time for her uncle. He had never spoken about his experiences during the last World War—the so-called war to end all wars—but she had learned bits and pieces from her mom, his sister. Still, she never knew or understood why her uncle had not participated in the ceremonies. All she knew was hinted through family gossip and that it had to do with the loss of his brother, Joe, in 1917. As she grew up, she had come to accept that her uncle was a private man who contained many deep, dark secrets hidden in the antic of his mind.
He removed his Homburg hat and combed his fingers through his salt and pepper hair.
"This day…" His gaze drifted before returning his attention back to her. "Conjures up much that I would prefer to forget…But, it's time," he replied with a reassuring smile. "Now, wipe off that concerned look. Aye, I'm ready. I'll do fine."
Knowing that he had not touched a drop of liquor in two years, she felt reassured and squeezed his hand to convey her love and support.
"You'll be coming to supper this evening?" She nodded. "Good. We've…invited your mom. I hope that's okay?" he asked with a disconcerting look.
For a moment she didn't know what to say and she slipped onto the passenger seat and closed the car door.
"I really don't…"
"If your mom could have taken back her words…"
"What?! And have her lie instead?!" She interjected, unsuccessfully trying not to raise her voice and firmly folding her arms across her chest. "Obviously, she told you what she said?" she continued, her voice breaking slightly. He nodded. "I'm sorry uncle. But, then you also know that they were cruel, hurtful and anti-Semitic words against my fiancé."
"I do… Wait a minute…did I just hear you correctly? You and Lanny are engaged?"
"A month ago."
Taken off guard, he felt hurt to discover about their engagement this way.
"I take it that your mom already knows?"
"No! It occurred after our row."
"I see…Well…Congratulations!"
He decided against asking why he had not known sooner preferring to wait for a more opportune time.
"I couldn't be more pleased," he continued. "He's a fine young man. I should think supper should be interesting…very interesting, indeed," he chortled. "Still, it will be a grand time to celebrate!"
He bit the corner of his mouth as he carefully thought out his next words.
"Surely, Diane, you know that your aunt and I would be the last to defend or support your mom in her beliefs. We support you. Always! And that having been said, you can't solve anything without confronting it head on. I should know. At least tolerate her for this evening. Let's see where it goes." He shook his head. "Heaven knows how your mom came about to think that way, though I do have my thoughts on the subject. At least give it try." He sighed deeply. "Did you know that Richard's in Germany with Elsa."
She looked at him quizzically.
He took in a few deep breaths before continuing. "He's there to help Elsa get her family, her Jewish family, safely out of Germany. I've been trying to help through contacts in London. And, in light of what has just happened in the last few days, I'm deeply concerned for their safety."
"Shouldn't their British passports be safeguards enough?"
Collier shrugged. "Ninety per cent of the new reality in Nazi Germany is perception especially when it comes to Jews. If Richard and Elsa disappeared, they would be difficult if not impossible to trace. That's why I've got the Foreign Office doing the best they can to keep close tabs on them. That may be the best and only safeguard my son and Elsa have got."
"Have you heard from them?"
"Not since Kristallnacht on the ninth. I've been told that they went into hiding. So, your aunt and I are waiting it out. No news is good news…I guess."
He adjusted his position to fully face her.
Contrary to his skepticism and logical disposition he had prearranged a visit (his second visit in two years) before breakfast with the psychic, medium Elizabeth Stoddard (a.k.a. 'Queenie) to talk about his son. And, time was running short. Her book Psychic Glimpses, tucked away in his inner pocket, pressed uncomfortably against his chest each time he moved and acted as an unwelcome reminder.
"Diane, let's get back to you for a moment. I understand how you feel about your mom, I'm not happy with her either, but shutting her out doesn't solve anything."
"It's worked for me," she retorted.
"Really?" he asked, raising his eyebrows in disbelief. "So does that mean you're now not coming to supper?"
Her expression softened as she thought through her reply.
"I'd like to bring Lanny with me, if that's okay?"
A broad smile creased his face as he shook in head in despair. "Diane…Diane…I wonder at times if you're really listening. Of course you may. It wouldn't be a celebration without the two of you present. And, I won't take no for an answer." He adjusted his hat back on his head.
"Good, then it's settled. I'll…we'll come. Thank you, Uncle Sandy."
The two them held hands tightly in silence before she finally exited the vehicle.
As she watched her uncle drive off, she was surprised to see him turn left at the intersection rather than continue straight through which would have been the direct route home. Giving a slight shrug, she turned and ran across the road toward the hospital.
Normally, she would not have begun her shift until 4:00 P.M. and supper with her mom would not have entered into the equation but the shift switch as a favor for her friend, Gillian, had changed all that. Fearful of sleeping through the alarm, she had had a broken sleep and felt tired. The thought of supper now with her mom made her feel frustrated and edgy and she resented this additional concern being added to her day.
Ninety minutes early for her shift, she still hoped to be running at full tilt by the 7:30 patient briefings.
Her stomach growled as she made her way up the steps to the hospital. Mentally, she chastised herself for not accepting her aunt and uncle's invitation to breakfast. Maybe, she thought, it would have been a more ideal time and location to talk about her impending supper with her mom. She had forgotten that her cousin, Richard, was dating a Jewish girl. And, she was more than surprised to learn from her uncle that the two of them were now in Germany.
She hadn't grasped the urgency of their mission.
Preoccupied, she misjudged the next step and stumbled but quickly regained her balance.
Composing herself, she looked at the few stairs remaining to the front door of the hospital and attempted to focus her attention on the day ahead but hunger pangs began to press her immediate needs like a thirsty day in the desert without water. Pushing aside The Observer newspaper that peeked out from her oversized purse, she began to rummage along its bottom.
"Ah! There you are you little rascal."
Pulling out a Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, she quickly unwrapped it and continued to traverse the remaining distance. Though, she had her toast and egg sandwich, sliced and wrapped, and digestive biscuits, the chocolate bar for the moment took precedence—a kind of reward for her just being here at this god-awful time—and she wolfed it down.
After she had changed into her nurse's uniform in the locker room, she tucked The Observer under one arm, picked up her bag with the egg sandwich, biscuits and thermos of tea and headed to the stairwell for the walk up the three flights of stairs to Ward CH3.
She looked forward to using her extra time before patient briefing for getting her head together and to satisfying the grumbling needs of her stomach in the small lunch room off the hall leading to the nursing station.
When she opened the door from the landing onto the Ward, she was stunned to find the staff in frenzied panic. Whatever had happened, the staff was functioning at critical levels.
Her newspaper fell to the floor when she grabbed the upper arm of one of the nurses she recognized running by.
"Judith, what's wrong?" Diane asked, alarmed.
"Oh, Diane…She was my patient, under my watch…she's missing! Please! Let me go!"
Judith pulled away and disappeared into one of a series of patients' rooms lining the hall on either side before reappearing and heading to the next.
"Who's missing?" Diane called out, picking up the newspaper and stuffing it under her arm as she scurried after Judith who had disappeared into another room.
"Did you see anyone on the stairwell?" Judith asked when she reappeared.
"No…but…"
"Search the two rooms on that side and I'll finish up along here."
"Judith? Whom am I looking for?"
"Rebecca…Rebecca Grynberg," Judith replied breathlessly, unable to fully avert her eyes from Diane.
"Rebecca? But…how? When? She was too ill to…"
"We know. We all know. Please, Diane, do what I asked. We'll talk… later."
For a brief moment the two of them stood in silence facing each other until Diane broke the silence.
"Then…if you all know…that…Judith, what are you not telling me?"
"We think she may have been taken."
"Taken? Then, the police must have been…?"
"No! The administration told us to thoroughly check the hospital first," Judith interjected.
Diane's lunch bag crashed to the floor along with The Observer as if to punctuate the uncomfortable awkwardness that had suddenly been thrown up between them.
Judith knows I'm the niece of Inspector Collier, Diane thought. And, she still expects me to blindly follow these dumb orders? I can't. "How long do you think she's been missing?"
"No more than two hours."
"Two…?! Let's quickly finish up here so we can call the police."
"We?! No! You can't do that! I just told you admin…"
"Maybe you can't Judith but I can and will!"
Dear Reader:
I do hope you are enjoying the story so far. There is much yet to learn about Inspector Alexander Collier and his family as well as the times he lived in.
The procedure used to eventually solve Rebecca's murder would have been impossible in the United States because of the Fourth Amendment.
The unprecedented growth of discovery, technological and scientific (medical) advances we take for granted in our modern age often blinds us into thinking that this is always the way it was. The link (at "nurse's uniform") to the interview with Mildred Brown Shaw R.N. says otherwise. Her experiences, as a nurse in the United States during the 1930's, provides rare practical insight to nursing during this period and what Diane Waumsley may have experienced during each of her shifts in Ward CH3.
Thank you for giving your valuable time to follow this series. Hopefully you will continue to enjoy the series as much as I do writing each episode.
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Angel Maker: Part One by B. B. Wright
Posted on October 1, 2014 by wrightba
All the King's Horses and All the King's Men
A heavy grey mist had settled over Bournemouth and since it was well past the ten o'clock closing for pubs and the last of the trolley buses had been docked for the night, very few people wandered about on its damp, cold streets. The doors to the 550 seat Palladium Cinema had been locked for at least an hour and the marquee which had highlighted that evening's show of The Divorce of Lady X starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier had been plunged into darkness.
Fish and chips news wrappers and other detritus carelessly tossed aside from earlier that day blew about like tumbleweed. For an ephemeral moment the front page of the Guardian was pasted against a wall by the wind to expose once again what should have been a troublesome headline:
Germany's Day of Wrecking and Looting
Gangs Unhampered by the Police
Synagogues Burned Down in Many Cities
A young man with a potato sack across his shoulders hurried along Fisherman's Walk. Lamplight splashed his shadow across the Guardian headline like a stain as he turned into the alley beside the Cinema. He felt the limp, small body he carried in his sack stirring as the chloroform he had given her was beginning to wear off. Quickening his pace, he continued down the alley to the back of the building.
He laid the sack down in a sheltered area in the glow of the light from the lamp above the back door to the Cinema. Untying the sack he took out his knife and slit the sack open from top to bottom. Folding the blade in, he returned it to his pocket.
He liked his prey young, very young and their innocence made what he was about to do to her that much more pleasurable. She was more than just a receptacle to feed his needs; she was an unblemished treat of virgin purity. He sat down beside her and waited for her to wake; he stroked her hair and ran his hand along her white legs and up under her gown. He needed her conscious. He enjoyed their struggle and pain; it made him even more excited.
He had strangled his last victim but, tonight, he had planned a different thrill for himself.
Astride her and fully satisfied, he released his grip on her and stood up and fastened his pants. He watched her as she curled up into a fetal position, whimpering. And he smiled.
"Do you believe in angels?" he asked her softly.
Her nod was hesitant.
The sight of blood on her gown between her legs etched terror on her face as she looked up at him.
"Yes, I thought so," he continued. "Now there, there, Rebecca. There's nothing to be afraid of." He reached out to touch her but she pulled away. "I am an angel maker. That's right. And, tonight is your lucky night.
He came closer and went down on one knee next to her.
"Have you ever played broken propeller before?" he whispered into her ear.
She shook her head and pulled herself in even closer.
"No, of course you wouldn't've. I just invented it. Tonight you will be first to play it with me. But I must secure you to ensure the game is played correctly."
He forced her to straighten out and took a rope from his pocket and wound it around her several times so as to fix her arms tightly to her sides. Then after several failed attempts, he finally stuffed her underpants into her mouth.
"That last bite hurt, Rebecca." And, he slapped her hard across the face making her unconscious. "No!…No!…That won't do! Damn! You must be awake to play this game!"
Several minutes passed before she regained consciousness.
"Good! Now we can play my game. But, first I must remove your ribbon so that your hair hangs loose."
Removing it, he placed it in his pocket.
He grasped her slender ankles and began to swing her around and around, the speed increasing with each turn.
"Humpty Dumpty splat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great bawl. Broken propeller," he yelled out and let go his grasp.
The lamplight over the door highlighted it all until the moment her small foot sliced through it sending everything into darkness as her head cracked against the brick wall.
He stepped closer to observe her lifeless body.
"All the King's horses and all the King's men, definitely can't put poor little Rebecca together again. Now you are an angel."
Pulling out his knife, he cut off a thick strand of her hair and placed it in a locket and returned both to his pocket.
His trophies of her hair and ribbon in hand, he returned to the loneliness of his flat to wait. He had no idea when the urge would erupt again or who would be his next prey. Yet, somehow in his socially inept mind, living on the edge of society, he understood it would not be long because he had already recognized that the time between killings was becoming shorter.
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Why South Africa may have to wait for a quarantine breakthrough
Howard Wright | May 20, 2014 |
Peter Gibson, CEO of Racing South Africa, speaks at the Asian Racing Conference.
Recent developments seemed to promise hope that a possible relaxation of the extreme quarantine regulations affecting South Africa could be on the horizon. But, as Howard Wright found out at the Asian Racing Conference earlier this month, that may not be the case.
If the many vociferous supporters who greeted the stunning success of South Africa's dual horse of the year, Variety Club, in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse on the first Sunday in May thought a second successive victory on the international stage would open the door to less punishing quarantine regulations for their equine travelers, their hopes were shortlived.
Even Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges was moved to suggest that Variety Club's world-class performance, following his win in the Godolphin Mile, could hardly have been more timely as a means of focusing further attention on the easier movement of racehorses.
"If there was no incentive before today, there is now," Engelbrecht-Bresges told members of the media in his immediate Champions Mile response, pointing to imminent discussion of the subject at the Asian Racing Conference being hosted by his organisation on behalf of the Asian Racing Federation.
Yet just 48 hours later, a few miles southwest of the racecourse in the impressive setting of Hong Kong's convention and exhibition centre, the key to the door was put to one side, if not exactly thrown away.
Some encouragement for South Africa had emerged the day before, when the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) executive council reaffirmed its support for efforts to reduce red tape in transporting Thoroughbreds to race. But Dr. Brian Stewart, head of equine welfare and veterinary services at Racing Victoria and chairman of the IFHA's movement of horses committee, quickly set a more sombre tone while chairing the public session on the movement of horses.
"We have to be aware that these movements are controlled by national government authorities, and national veterinarians are inherently conservative and naturally risk aversive," Stewart said. "To make change, we can't just wish it to be so, or force it to be so.
"We need systems in place, and when we make depositions to government, we have to provide them with comfort that loosening movement controls is going to be safe, will protect the national horse population and is based on science, not on business priorities."
In his IFHA role, Dr. Stewart is directly involved in the evolving collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the International Equestrian Federation (FEI). Together, the three bodies are pursuing development of a streamlined policy for the movement of high-health, high-performance (HHP) horses, which has been outlined here and was reiterated in Hong Kong by Dr. Anthony Kettle, head of equine import and export for the Emirates Racing Authority and in charge of quarantine for the Dubai Racing Club.
The OIE's position on and support for the HHP concept, which relies on a purebred passport being issued by recognised international organisations such as the FEI and national bodies, was outlined in public, for the first time that I am aware of, at the conference by Dr. Susanne Münstermann, from the OIE scientific and technical department in Paris.
Sparing no detail about the OIE's history, standing, organisation, reach, and requirements, as befits a body whose website would take a week to digest, Dr. Münstermann nevertheless put African Horse Sickness, South Africa's Achilles' heel, in the spotlight almost from the outset, explaining that countries have been requested to declare they are free from the disease since 2013.
South Africa cannot comply since outbreaks in 2013 and this year outside the all-important "free zone," in which the Kenilworth quarantine station is located, have extended the two-year ban on direct export imposed in 2011. This explains why Peter Gibson, stout defender of the faith as CEO of Racing South Africa, started on the back foot as he followed Dr. Münstermann up to the podium.
Drawing on Variety Club's example, Gibson pointed out that 17 years earlier, London News had become the first South African-trained winner in Hong Kong when his success in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup followed direct shipping after 30 days' quarantine, whereas the country's most recent G1 victory had involved being on the road and in the air for four times longer.
"How is it possible that South African exporters face greater constraints than they did 17 years ago?" Gibson asked, adding that his country has spent 50 percent of the intervening time under suspension.
By the end of the session, Gibson admitted he was probably farther away from providing an answer than when he posed the question.
"The HHP project being pursued by the OIE, IFHA, and FEI will do nothing for our position," he said. "The OIE already demands zoning, disease-free zones and compartmentalisation in its animal health code, which lists 11 equine diseases including African Horse Sickness, but we won't qualify."
By the end of the conference, after helping man a Racing South Africa booth in the exhibition area, Gibson was a little more cheery, admitting that the industry he represents, and particularly its big-name owners and breeders, would have to get their own house in order by greatly improving quarantine and testing, possibly at the existing facility in Kenilworth.
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Tupac: 187 - The Red Knight
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The powerful and compelling true story of corruption, coercion and murder surrounding the Tupac Shakur & Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace homicides brought to 2014. With contribution by former Los Angeles Police Detective Russell Poole, the original Wallace homicide investigator, Michael Douglas Carlin, Director of "American Federale" and Richard "RJ" Bond, director of the "Tupac Assassination" movies take you inside the 18 year odyssey of the derailed murder investigations. Tupac 187: The Red Knight" goes back to the beginning of the investigations-the original police files-and re-examines the people and evidence who have been previously corrupted or ignored. We decided to strip the Death Row Records disinformation machine of its fallacies, and re-paint the witness disparagement campaigns by the Los Angeles Times with the color of truth. When all is laid out raw and exposed under the book's harsh light, "187" clearly evidences the power of the media-both of 1996 and of today- to not only report news-but to make it. Moreover, Tupac: "187" exposes leaks in the Los Angeles Police Department that may have fatally crippled the investigations in both cases; covert operations to collect up investigation notes and findings, key credible witness testimony hidden in detective's desk drawers, complaints of Los Angeles Police employees of their work literally disappearing from their computer files-along with their computers-it's all brought to light. Even in the last year, witnesses took new information to four key L.A.P.D. brass, only to see the body of evidence leaked by one of those in the meeting, to end up on the Internet-risking lives and attempting to sabotage the new information. This book is what you get when you combine the work of the LAPD Detective that found justice for Bill Cosby's son and who broke the infamous LAPD Rampart Scandal to the world, the Filmmaker who dared to follow the Mexican Federale that killed drug lord Pablo Acosta and the award-winning filmmaker who produced the classic "Tupac: Assassination" documentary? You get a whole new group of suspects, motives that support a completely new understanding of the Tupac Shakur and Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace homicides ("187" of the title is the California Penal Code section for Murder) that some in the law enforcement community would rather you not know about. Through actual police and court documents never before published, never released recorded phone conversations from 1996, an unearthed 1998 confession letter and all new and never before released witness interviews, Bond and Carlin follow the cold trail of those responsible for the loss of two of the music industries greatest hip-hop legends. Where they lead will stun and shock the senses. Never before has there been a level of detail in these cases that has been made public; Bond and Carlin, with the help of Poole, go back to the very beginning when leads were new and unbiased, and publicly flush out the Death Row Records dis-information machine that turned good witnesses into targets of smear campaigns, and took the lives of countless witnesses and suspects. Prepare to challenge all you thought you knew about both cases, and get ready to learn new information that will forever change the way you view police, the law and the killings of Shakur and Wallace!
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Olympics \"Day -2\" includes six women\'s football matches
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Canada versus Australia. Agência Brasil Fotografias
American swimmers Allison Schmitt and Michael Phelps are seen here in the restaurant of the Athletes Village. At the event's peak, the venue will prepare 60,000 meals each day. Phelps' diet has received headlines in the past, clocking in at 12,000 calories a day in 2008.
It's two days to go until the opening ceremonies, but the football competitions for the 2016 Summer Olympics have begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Meanwhile, athletes are arriving to the Olympic Village, which has been one of the many lightning rods of controversy for the event.
Wednesday includes six women's football match-ups, between Sweden and South Africa, Canada and Australia, Brazil and China, Zimbabwe and Germany, United States and New Zealand, France and Colombia. Canada's forward Janine Beckie scored a goal just 20 seconds into the game, the quickest in Olympic history. The team beat Australia 2-0.
The men face off Thursday with Iraq vs Denmark, Honduras vs Algeria, Brazil vs South Africa, Mexico vs Germany, Portugal vs Argentina, Sweden vs Colombia, Fiji vs South Korea, and Nigeria vs Japan.
Canada vs. Australia
Zimbabwe vs. Germany
Many athletes are arriving in Rio, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Teams are welcomed with ceremonies, the India, Bahama, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Norway delegations receiving their a 45-minute welcome Wednesday. While members of the US swim team have been photographed in the Athletes Village restaurant, recent reports suggest that Team USA men's basketball will be staying in a luxury cruise ship, docked off the Port of Rio. Canadian tennis player Daniel Nestor has suggested the village lacks hot water. Members of the Australian team had their three laptops stolen last week, during a building evacuation due to a nearby fire.
with files from Canadian Press. "Canadian women's soccer team wins Olympic opener over Australia" — CBC, 3 August 2016
Associated Press. "U.S. swimming team wraps up pre-Rio training camp" — NBC, 30 July 2016
Meghan DeMaria. "Inside The Kitchen At The Olympic Village" — Refinery29, 1 August 2016
"Rio Olympics 2016: Football kicks off Games before opening ceremony" — BBC, 2 August 2016
Shekhar Bhatia, Louise Cheer. "EXCLUSIVE: Forget the athletes' village, we're staying on a CRUISE LINER! Team USA basketball millionaires reject shared bedrooms for luxury life with spa, shops… and 7ft beds" — Daily Mail, 2 August 2016
Kerry Gillespie. "Canadian flag raised in Olympic village" — Toronto Star, 2 August 2016
PTI. "Indians look upbeat at Welcome Ceremony at Olympic Village" — Indian Express, 3 August 2016
Nick Bromberg. "Australian athletes have three laptops stolen from Olympic Village" — Yahoo! Sports, 31 July 2016
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Men\'s, women\'s football team face off in Rio, before Olympics official open
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Leading up to the Olympic Games opening ceremonies on Friday, football competitions for the 2016 Summer Olympics began two days before in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Wednesday's schedule included six women's football match-ups, between Sweden and South Africa, Canada and Australia, Brazil and China, Zimbabwe and Germany, United States and New Zealand, France and Colombia. Canada's forward Janine Beckie scored a goal just 20 seconds into the game, the quickest in Olympic history. The team beat Australia 2-0.
The men faced off Thursday with Iraq vs Denmark, Honduras vs Algeria, Brazil vs South Africa, Mexico vs Germany, Portugal vs Argentina, Sweden vs Colombia, Fiji vs South Korea, and Nigeria vs Japan.
When teams arrived at the Athletes Village, they were welcomed with 45-minute ceremonies. While members of the US swim team have been photographed in the Athletes Village restaurant, recent reports suggest that Team USA men's basketball will be staying in a luxury cruise ship, docked off the Port of Rio. Canadian tennis player Daniel Nestor has suggested the village lacks hot water. Members of the Australian team had their three laptops stolen last week, during a building evacuation due to a nearby fire.
with files from Canadian Press. "Canadian women's soccer team wins Olympic opener over Australia" — CBC, August 3, 2016
PTI. "Indians look upbeat at Welcome Ceremony at Olympic Village" — Indian Express, August 3, 2016
"Rio Olympics 2016: Football kicks off Games before opening ceremony" — BBC, August 2, 2016
Shekhar Bhatia, Louise Cheer. "EXCLUSIVE: Forget the athletes' village, we're staying on a CRUISE LINER! Team USA basketball millionaires reject shared bedrooms for luxury life with spa, shops… and 7ft beds" — Daily Mail, August 2, 2016
Kerry Gillespie. "Canadian flag raised in Olympic village" — Toronto Star, August 2, 2016
Meghan DeMaria. "Inside The Kitchen At The Olympic Village" — Refinery29, August 1, 2016
Nick Bromberg. "Australian athletes have three laptops stolen from Olympic Village" — Yahoo! Sports, July 31, 2016
Associated Press. "U.S. swimming team wraps up pre-Rio training camp" — NBC, July 30, 2016
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Higuaín leaves Napoli for Juventus
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Yesterday, Italian football club Juventus F.C. announced signing of Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín from their rival club S.S.C. Napoli. 28-year-old Higuaín signed a five-year contract with the Old Lady for a Italian record transfer fee of €90 million.
File photo of Higuaín, 2015.
Image: Илья Хохлов.
Debuting at the age of 17 in 2005, Higuaín has made 329 league appearances and scored 191 goals. He joined Spanish capital club Real Madrid in 2006. Spending six-and-half seasons with Los Blancos, Higuaín has won the La Liga title there.
Higuaín — nicknamed Pipita — joined Napoli in 2013. While there he broke the goal scoring record set by Gunnar Nordahl of the Italian Serie A, netting 36 goals in 35 appearances. He helped Napoli qualify for the UEFA Champions League as the club finished second in the league.
In remarks to Gazetta World following Higuaín's agreement to the contract, AS Roma captain Francesco Totti said, "Footballers today are a bit like nomads[…] They follow money and not their hearts." 40-year-old Totti has played 25 years for Roma, signing a one-year contract extention last month.
Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis said, "Some believe that talking of a betrayal is an exaggeration, but I think differently. In this move there is the full meaning of a betrayal, which includes ingratitude."((it))
Former Agrentine captain and Napoli legend Diego Maradona said, "This Higuain affair is hurting me because he is going to a direct rival like Juventus. But we cannot blame the player either. A player has a responsibility to himself and it is those fat cats of business that are grinning the most in this case. Nobody thinks of the fan."((es))
Higuaín has been assigned the number 9 jersey.
UEFA Champions League. "uefachampionsleague on Instagram" — Instagram, July 27, 2016
"Napoli, De Laurentiis: «Higuain, la Juventus e le visite di notte: provo tristezza»" — Corriere dello Sport – Stadio, July 27, 2016 (Italian)
"ADL: 'Higuain is a traitor!'" — Football Italia, July 27, 2016
"Footballers today follow money and not their hearts – Roma's Totti" — ESPN FC, July 27, 2016
"Higuain joins Juventus" — Juventus F.C., July 26, 2016
Diego Maradona. "Diego Maradona" — Facebook, July 24, 2016
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Messi speaks of Argentina exit after losing Copa América Centenario over penalties
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Argentina's football captain Lionel Messi spoke of retirement from international football after losing 4–2 to Chile in the penalty decider in Copa América Centenario final on Sunday. Since then, many players including his present FC Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez, former teammates David Villa and Ronaldinho, former Argentina captain Diego Maradona, and Argentine president Mauricio Macri have expressed disappointment, some urging him to stay.
File photo of Lionel Messi after a loss in 2014.
Image: Agência Brasil.
Messi missed the penalty kick after Chilean Autero Vidal's spot kick was stopped by Sergio Romero as the match progressed to a penalty shootout. Javier Mascherano and Sergio Agüero scored their spot kicks for Argentina, but after Lucas Biglia's penalty was saved by Claudio Bravo, Francisco Silva scored the winning penalty for Chile.
Messi was crying after the match, and later told news reporters, "In the dressing room I thought that this is the end for me with the national team, it's not for me"((es)). He added, "I tried so hard to be champion with Argentina. Now I am leaving without having managed it"((es)).
Today, Suárez speaking to Radio Tenfield said, "Knowing Leo, I'm sure it was said in a moment of sadness and helplessness. It would be a shame for football if he took this decision, but I'm sure he will reconsider and change his mind."
Yesterday, president Mauricio Macri and Maradona urged him to think about his decision.
Messi's former teammate David Villa said, "It's very bad news for soccer. Messi is the best player in the world. […] I don't know what happened in his mind[…] I know he's strong, a professional player, he's sure now disappointed because he lost one more final in penalty kicks again."
Ronaldinho, former Brazilian player and ex-Barcelona player, told America TV he respects Messi's opinion and he would be always with him.
Five time World Player of the Year Messi has lost four finals on the international stage, of which three defeats came in the last three years — 2014 FIFA World Cup loss to Germany, last year's loss to Chile, and this year's.
Sergio Agüero told Argentine newspaper Olé other players were also deciding weather to hang up their boots.
Messi played for Argentina when they won the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal.
20:00 (UTC-4)
Argentina 0–0 (a.e.t.) Chile MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Referee: Héber Lopes Brazil
Lucas Biglia
Marcos Rojo 43′ 2–4 (penalties) Arturo Vidal
Marcelo Díaz 16′, 28′
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"Messi retires from internationals after Chile retains Copa" — Buenos Aires Herald, June 27, 2016
"Live score – Copa América: Argentina-Chile" — FIFA, June 26, 2016
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Messi hints Argentina exit after losing Copa América Centenario over penalties
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Argentina's football captain Lionel Messi hinted at retirement from international football after losing 4–2 to Chile in the penalty decider in Copa América Centenario final on Sunday. Since then, many players including his present FC Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez, former teammates David Villa, Ronaldinho, former Argentina captain Diego Maradona, and the Argentine president have made attempted to convince him to stay.
Messi was crying after the match, and later told news reporters, "In the dressing room I thought that this is the end for me with the national team, it's not for me". He added, "I tried so hard to be champion with Argentina. Now I am leaving without having managed it"((es)).
Today, Suárez spoke to Radio Tenfield and said, "Knowing Leo, I'm sure it was said in a moment of sadness and helplessness. It would be a shame for football if he took this decision, but I'm sure he will reconsider and change his mind."
Messi's former teammate David Villa was shocked by the decision and said, "It's very bad news for soccer. Messi is the best player in the world. […] I don't know what happened in his mind, I know he's strong, a professional player, he's sure now disappointed because he lost one more final in penalty kicks again."
Ronaldinho, forms Brazilian player and ex-Barcelona player told America TV he respects Messi's opinion and he would be always with him.
Messi's only achievement with Argentina was the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal.
Marcelo Diaz 16′, 28′
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FIFA FIFPro XI Award 2015 announced
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Today, FIFA announced the 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI in Zürich, Switzerland. FIFPro World XI is a team which 26,478 players across 68 countries vote for a perfect dream team.
The FIFPro or the team of the year had eight players from Spanish La Liga. Four from both FC Barcelona, the current FIFA Club World Cup champions and their arch rivals Real Madrid. A total of four players with Brazilian nationality were included.
The FIFPro featured the 2014 FIFA World Cup winner Manuel Neuer, who plays for the German club Bayern Munich as the goalkeeper. The three forwards were the two Ballon d'Or finalists Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, and of course the Ballon d'Or winner and Barça star Lionel Messi.
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique won the FIFA World Coach of the Year. Netherlands' assistant manager, Marco van Basten, who won the Ballon d'Or thrice said "I think if you have a team with all these champions, as a coach it's good to be quiet! Wish them good luck and enjoy themselves. They're all winners, they know exactly what to do."
For last six years, FIFPro XI featured 47 La Liga players and seven Bundesliga players out of 66.
I think if you have a team with all these champions, as a coach it's good to be quiet! Wish them good luck and enjoy themselves. They're all winners, they know exactly what to do."
Image: Michael Kranewitter.
Image: Christophe Pelletier.
Image: Богдан Заяц.
Image: Дмитрий Неймырок.
Image: Олег Дубина.
Image: Clément Bucco-Lechat.
Image: Fanny Schertzer.
Image: Catherine Kõrtsmik.
Image: Tânia Rêgo/ABr.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Defenders Thiago Silva (Paris SG)
Marcelo (Real Mardid)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Dani Alves (FC Barcelona)
Midfielders Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Paul Pogba (Juventus FC)
Forwards Neymar (FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
"Luis Enrique wins 2015 FIFA Football Coach of the Year" — Wikinews, January 13, 2016
"FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 goes to Lionel Messi" — Wikinews, January 12, 2016
ESPN Staff. "Barcelona, Real Madrid put four players each on FIFPro World XI" — ESPN FC, January 11, 2016
"2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI revealed" — FIFA, January 11, 2016
"FIFPro and FIFA present the 2015 World XI" — FIFPro.org, January 11, 2016
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Barça beat River Plate 3-0 to win third FIFA Club World Cup
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Today, Catalonia-based football club FC Barcelona defeated Argentine club River Plate FC 3–0 at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama in the FIFA Club World Cup final hosted in Japan.
FIFA Club World Cup is a tournament in which football clubs winning in the respective continental confederation championships participate. Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League, and River Plate won the 2015 Copa Libertadores. Barcelona's Neymar, recovered from groin injury, was included in the squad.
File photo of Suárez, who scored five goals in the tournament.
Image: Lluís.
Barça had a greater ball possession. The match saw six yellow cards, two for River Plate players. More than 30 fouls were committed in the match. Lionel Messi scored the first goal of the match after breaking the opponents' defense in the 36th minute, assisted by Neymar. A sliding tackle by Ivan Rakitić in the 43th minute got him a yellow card. Before him, three other players were already booked by the match official. The first half ended in 1–0 for the Europeans.
In the opening minutes of the second half, Uruguayan Luis Suárez scored the second goal of the match, assisted by Sergio Busquets in the 49th minute. In the 68th minute, he scored the third of the night by a header, assisted by Neymar.
Interestingly, River Plate faced six South Americans in the match.
This was Barcelona's fifth trophy of the season, and third FIFA Club World Cup title.
19:30 JST (UTC+9)
River Plate 0–3 FC Barcelona Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Referee: Alireza Faghani, Iran
10′ Matías Kranevitter
32′ Leonardo Ponzio (0–1) HT 36′ Lionel Messi
49′ Luis Suárez
16′ Jordi Alba
43′ Ivan Rakitić
61′ Neymar
72′ Sergi Roberto
"Suárez scores a hat-trick, Barcelona advances to FIFA Club World Cup 2015 Final" — Wikinews, December 18, 2015
"FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 – Matches – River Plate-FC Barcelona" — FIFA, December 20, 2015
"River Plate 0-3 FC Barcelona" — Goal.com, December 20, 2015
"River Plate vs FC Barcelona" — BBC Sport, December 20, 2015
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Chile beats Argentina to win first Copa America title
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On Saturday, host nation Chile defeated Argentina 4–1 over penalties in the 2015 Copa América((en)), which was held in Estadio Nacional located in the Chilean city of Santiago, to clinch the title for the very first time.
File photo of Alexis Sanchez, who scored the winning penalty of the tournament.
Image: Government of Chile.
The first half saw 3 yellow cards. In total, both halves, 49 fouls were committed. Nobody scored in the first half of the match. Chile had 57% possession of the ball. The second half saw 4 yellow cards, but neither team could find the net. Since the second half ended in 0–0, the match proceeded to extra time. Gonzalo Higuaín missed some chances to score a goal for Argentina. Argentina has not won any major trophy in the past 22 years.
Chile began the penalty-shootout. Chilean players converted each penalty kick into goal, whereas except for FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi, no other Argentine could score a penalty. Misses by Higuaín and Banega turned out to be costly for Argentina and the final strike by Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez sealed the victory by the host nation.
Chilean captain Claudio Bravo won the golden glove trophy and Eduardo Vargas won top scorer award.
17:00 CLT (UTC−3)
4-1 (penalties) Argentina Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Aránguiz
Sánchez Messi
GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c)
5 Francisco Silva 24′
21 Marcelo Díaz 44′
17 Gary Medel 34′
4 Mauricio Isla
20 Charles Aránguiz 86′
8 Arturo Vidal
15 Jean Beausejour
10 Jorge Valdivia 75′
11 Eduardo Vargas 95′
7 Alexis Sánchez
Substitutions:
14 Matías Fernández 75′
22 Ángelo Henríquez 95′
GK 1 Sergio Romero
4 Pablo Zabaleta
15 Martín Demichelis
17 Nicolás Otamendi
16 Marcos Rojo 55′
6 Lucas Biglia
14 Javier Mascherano 55′
21 Javier Pastore 81′
10 Lionel Messi (c)
11 Sergio Agüero 74′
7 Ángel Di María 29′
22 Ezequiel Lavezzi 29′
9 Gonzalo Higuaín 74′
19 Éver Banega 91′ 81′
Gerardo Martino
Man of the Match:
Arturo Vidal (Chile)
Assistant referees:
Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia)
Fourth official:
José Argote (Venezuela)
Fifth official:
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Tim Hill. "Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it happened" — The Guardian, July 5, 2015
Phil Dawkes. "Agentina 0-0 Chile (1-4 on pens)" — BBC Sport, July 5 ,2015
"World Match Centre – FIFA.com" — FIFA, July 4, 2015
Tom Webber. "Vidal named MasterCard Man of the Match in Copa América final win" — Copa América, July 4, 2015
"HTML Centre" — CONMEBOL, July 4, 2015 (Spanish)
"Árbitros designados para la gran final de la Copa América" — CONMEBOL, July 1, 2015 (Spanish)
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29 June 2015: Argentina beats Colombia 5-4 over penalties in Copa America quarter final 2015
On Tuesday, Argentina defeated Paraguay 6–1 in the second semi-final of the 2015 Copa América((en)) which was held in Concepción city of Chile to reach the finals.
Rojo 15′
Pastore 27′
Di María 47′, 53′
Agüero 80′
Higuaín 83′ Barrios 43′
Michael Emons. "Argentina 6-1 Paraguay" — BBC Sport, July 1, 2015
Reuters. "Argentina hit Paraguay for six to reach Copa America final" — The Guardian, June 30, 2015
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25 Percent Default Steel Recycled Content – Until you receive your order's documentation, LEED allows you to use 25 percent as the recycled content for steel. The average recycled content of rebar and most structural shapes (red iron) is around 95 percent. Average recycled content of light-gauge steel studs and other light-gauge framing is 35 percent. The LEED definition of recycled content encourages post-consumer recycled content. The LEED goals are to use materials with recycled content such as the sum of the post-consumer recycled content plus 1/2 of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10 percent based on cost, of the total value of the materials in the project. One to two additional points may be earned for up to 20- to 30-percent. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing components are excluded. If only a fraction of a product or material is recycled, then only that percentage (by weight) must contribute to the recycled value.
Definition: Post-Consumer Recycled Content – is the percentage of material in a product that was consumer waste. The recycled material was generated by household, commercial, industrial, or institutional end-users and can no longer be used for its intended purpose. It includes returns of materials from the distribution chain (ISO 14021). Examples include construction and demolition debris, materials collected though recycling programs, discarded products (e.g. furniture, cabinetry, decking), and landscaping waste (e.g. leaves, grass clippings, tree trimmings).
Definition: Pre-Consumer Recycled Content – formerly known as postindustrial content, is the percentage of material in a product that is recycled from manufacturing waste. Examples include planer shavings, sawdust, bagasse, walnut shells, culls, trimmed materials, over issue publications, and obsolete inventories. Excluded are rework, regrind, or scrap materials capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated them (ISO 14021), for example, foundry trees and scrap put back in the Electric Arc Furnace.
Regional Content Percentage – There are no default standards for regional content percentages. With special attention to sourcing we can provide a high percentage to meet the regional content requirements of your project location. For example a local LEED Platinum project documented steel components with regional contents of 60-to 100-percent. The LEED goals are to use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site for a minimum of 10%, based on cost of the total materials value. One to two additional points may be earned for up to 20- to 40-percent. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing components are excluded. If only a fraction of a product or material is extracted, harvested, or recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) must contribute to the regional value. Use the location from which they were salvaged as the point of extraction or harvest.
Definition: Regionally Extracted Materials – are raw materials taken from within 500-mile radius of the project site.
Definition: Regionally Manufactured Materials – are assembled as finished products within a 500-mile radius of the project site. Assembly does not include on-site assemble, erection, or installation of finished components.
We want to make it easier being green. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have or for presentations about LEED credit documentation. Thank you for your interest in American Metal Supply's products and services. Complete documentation will be supplied with you order.


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December Election Update: Terror threat dominates election discourse
Louie Goldsmith
With just under two months until the Iowa Caucuses, the 2016 Presidential campaign has begun in earnest. Candidates are traveling across the nation to make speeches, while the Super PACs blitz the airwaves in early primary states.
Though the field vying for the Republican nomination has seen three major candidates drop out, it remains historically large. All three of the candidates to suspend their campaigns are sitting or former governors. In most years these candidates would be formidable presences, but with the sheer volume of candidates they have been forced to drop out.
During the primaries, one of the most valuable opportunities for candidates to gain ground in the polls in during debates. They allow candidates to accentuate minor policy differences and gain personal attention from the public in ways they are not ordinarily able to.
However, some of the debates in the election cycle have drawn criticism from people who believe they have not been well moderated. Because of the number of candidates, each one has tried to grab media attention. This has led to chaos during debates. This criticism has also been aimed at the media running the debate who are seen as unable to maintain control.
A new issue that has become important in the campaign is foreign policy towards the chaotic Syrian Civil War, and the migrants escaping from ISIS' reign of terror within. Most Republican candidates have championed a policy of not allowing these migrant into the country for fear there may be radicalized terrorists in their number.
Recently, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump's advocated for no longer allowing Muslims to enter the country and forcing Muslims to identify themselves in public. These ideas have been criticized by members of both parties as denying equality and full-rights to American citizens on account of their beliefs.
With regards to how to combat the Islamic State, Republican candidates are split on the specific details of their plans but have advocated a more aggressive military strategy than the Democratic candidates.
These Democratic candidates, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders, support plans to allow more refugees from the brutal war into the nation. They have not supported the sending of ground troops to fight ISIS, likening the conflict to the Iraq War which stretched on for a decade as the United States attempted to build a nation.
The debate over the migrants strikes at the core of the anti-immigrant sentiment which Republicans such as Donald Trump have used to gain support. The refugees fleeing from Syria view America as a last hope for their safety, while domestic political issues are preventing them from coming.
Louie Goldsmith can be contacted at [email protected][
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Masa Son Unveils a $41 Billion Asset Sale to Silence His Critics
Pavel Alpeyev
Takahiko Hyuga
Mar 23 2020, 11:14 AM Mar 24 2020, 5:38 AM March 23 2020, 11:14 AM March 24 2020, 5:38 AM
(Bloomberg) -- Masayoshi Son is making his biggest play yet to silence doubters. On Monday, the Japanese billionaire unveiled an unprecedented $41 billion plan to sell off assets and shore up SoftBank Group Corp.'s crumbling market value in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
SoftBank aims to sell assets to raise as much as 4.5 trillion yen ($41 billion) over the coming year to buy back stock and slash debt -- an amount equivalent to almost its entire market value last week. The scale of the endeavor surprised investors, sending the Japanese firm's stock up 19%. Yet that's a fraction of the capitalization the investment house has lost since its 2020 peak, underscoring persistent concerns that tumbling technology sector valuations will damage Son's debt-laden company.
The Japanese conglomerate, which also operates the $100 billion Vision Fund, is considered especially vulnerable to economic shocks given its enormous debt load and ties to unprofitable startups across the world. After Monday's rally, it's still down more than 40% from this year's peak in February.
The coronavirus-triggered rout has also spread to credit markets and sparked a surge in the cost of insuring debt against default -- including that of SoftBank, whose credit-default swaps touched their highest level in about a decade.
Monday's announcement appeared intended to underscore a point Son himself has made repeatedly: that SoftBank is worth far more than its current stock price thanks to holdings in industry leaders from e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to British chip designer Arm Holdings Plc and Japanese carrier arm SoftBank Corp. Its slice of Alibaba alone is worth more than $120 billion.
"Son is finally doing what his investors have been asking for years and unfortunately it took an unprecedented sequence of events for him to do so," said Justin Tang, head of Asian research at United First Partners in Singapore. "His Vision Fund ambition will have to take a backseat for now, but he will be back."
It's unclear what SoftBank intends to sell, however. Alibaba represents its single biggest chunk of unrealized value, but Arm -- which SoftBank bought for $32 billion in 2016 -- is a worldwide leader in the chip architecture that underpins modern smartphones. SoftBank Corp., on the other hand, is a steady if unspectacular leader that generates cash to help fund Son's global ambitions, and the group likes to use its stock as collateral for loans.
"Arm is a golden egg for SoftBank, and the business will attract U.S. firms like Intel once it starts a bidding process," said Koji Hirai, the head of M&A at advisory firm Kachitas Corp. in Tokyo.
Part of the sale proceeds would go toward a new share buyback program of as much as 2 trillion yen that comes on top of previously announced repurchases. Alibaba's stock was down more than 5% in the afternoon in Hong Kong. The Japanese firm's domestic telecom arm, ended 3.4% lower. SoftBank spokeswoman Hiroe Kotera declined to comment on whether it would sell shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant.
"There is institutional memory at SoftBank of these kinds of shocks, first dating back to the dot-com bubble," said Kirk Boodry, an analyst at Redex Holdings who writes for Smartkarma. "There is no doubt that there will be much more bad news coming from the Vision Fund, bankruptcies and falling valuations. This is one way SoftBank can get ahead of that."
What Bloomberg Intelligence Says
SoftBank may sell some of its 26% Alibaba stake, which we believe accounts for about half its net asset value, to fulfill a $41 billion divestment pledge. The pending deconsolidation of its U.S. telecom subsidiary Sprint won't generate any cash proceeds for SoftBank, as the transaction is an all-stock merger with T-Mobile.
- Anthea Lai, analyst
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Read more: Son's Empire Wobbles as Credit Rout Hits SoftBank Debt Load
Son is trying to salvage his reputation as one of the world's foremost tech investors, a name based largely on a prescient early bet on Alibaba, which grew to dominate e-commerce in the world's No. 2 economy. But he's struggled since to match that success, after sinking money into a string of struggling startups from Uber Technologies Inc. to WeWork and Oyo Hotels.
Even before the global outbreak, WeWork's spectacular implosion served as a catalyst for Son to temper SoftBank's and the Vision Fund's aggressive global bets. He urged founders to rein in excesses and focus on the bottom line, wary of a repeat of WeWork's uninhibited expansion.
Son has reason to worry. SoftBank's exposure to cash-burning startups partly prompted S&P Global Ratings to cut its outlook on SoftBank to negative, citing also the broader market declines and the conglomerate's initial plans for a buyback. The stock repurchase program announced Monday comes on top of a 500 billion yen plan announced just over a week ago, after activist shareholder Elliott Management Corp. called on the Japanese investment firm to boost returns.
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SoftBank has said its financial policy is to have enough liquidity on hand to cover two years of bond repayments and focus on its loan-to-value ratio, a metric for balancing net interest-bearing debt against the value of investments. SoftBank has also said it's curbing new investments to match the current environment and acknowledged that fundraising costs are likely to rise.
It keeps a running tally of what it calculates is the value of its shares, excluding its debt. Despite Monday's rally, that figure remains more than three times its closing price of 3,187 yen.
While SoftBank's newly unveiled asset sale and buyback plan would go some way toward assuaging concerns about its situation, the big question remains the spread of Covid-19 and its ultimate impact on both investment activity and the broader economy.
"SoftBank is now trying to sell its assets as the values for those are cheap," said Mitsushige Akino, an executive officer at Ichiyoshi Asset Management Co. in Japan. "Investment companies are supposed to purchase assets when they are cheap and sell them when they are expensive. It looks like SoftBank is doing the opposite, when they have to invest more money."
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Thank you for the beauty of the heavens, the oceans, the mountains, forest and plains, and all that is created, all reminders of the beauty within each of us; we are the universe and the universe is we. As we share this last meal together, before returning to the structure of a new school year, we are reminded, we are what we eat, mind, body, and soul; mind, body, and spirit; everything becomes us, sun, rain, grain, and sea, and in time, we become everything.
Thank you for the insight that we should welcome all our guests, pleasure and pain, teachers alike, guideposts to fulfillment and joy. In this spirit, we practice patience, we listen deeply, we give compassionately, we forgive freely, we speak kindly, we exude gratitude, and we love generously.


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Dual CS 606 turntable
Review: David Price, Lab: Paul Miller | Dec 26, 2019
With its ultra low mass arm and cartridge system, the CS 606 was one of a trio of decks that was finally able to claw back sales from the Japanese. How does it perform today?
The fact that Dual couldn't achieve serious success in the middle sector of the British turntable market back in the late '70s was testament to how fast the hi-fi world had changed. That part of the market was becoming the province of Japanese companies such as Pioneer, Sony and Technics, which were making complex, technologically advanced turntables packed with modern, user-friendly features that people wanted to buy.
By contrast, Dual seemed to be building oddly styled, quirky decks that lacked the mechanical sophistication of those offered by its Nipponese competitors. To make things worse, the Japanese brands were benefiting from a cheap currency – worth roughly four times less than it is today – which meant that their turntables were very competitively priced. In other words, one of Europe's longest established and most illustrious brands found itself struggling on its own doorstep.
Black Arts
Things weren't always this way, of course. Dual had once been one of the largest turntable manufacturers in Europe. At the peak of West Germany's post-war Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle, it could boast over 3000 employees working in several factories across the country.
The company could trace its roots back to 1907, when brothers Christian and Joseph Steidinger began making clockwork and gramophone parts in the Black Forest town of St Georgen. In 1927, Gebrüder Steidinger made Dual the firm's brand name – a reference to the dual-mode power supplies it was making that allowed other companies' turntables to be powered either from a wind-up mechanism or AC mains. Soon after this, Dual began making record players of its own.
During the '70s it produced a series of rather ungainly looking turntables, all lacking the visual sophistication and operational slickness of similarly-priced rivals. True, the 504, which it launched in 1977, had been reasonably successful, being a decent lower-mid price belt-driven deck with a pleasant sound. Yet while this was much better looking than the 503 it replaced, it was still a little off the mark compared to the increasingly sleek and modern Japanese competition.
However, in 1979 Dual finally got its act together. The decks in the company's new '06 range, launched in Japan that year, were slimmer, less chunky and had a gentler and more delicate action. At the same time, they featured a concept that Dual called 'Ultra Low Mass'. This, the company thought, would finally clinch it and give the new range a unique selling point that would put it ahead of its rivals.
Warp Factor
Ultra Low Mass, or 'ULM', was the marketing buzzword Dual employed when the CS 506, CS 606 and CS 706 turntables were unveiled in the UK at the 1980 Harrogate show. And many were impressed. Where the previous generation of decks were equipped with medium-mass tonearms, the 'ultra low mass' of both the new arm and new generation of Ortofon-made MM cartridges appeared to be an impressive combination.
Dual explained that its new arm and cartridge combinations now enabled its turntables to ride records with warps more effectively, which was an issue increasingly preoccupying vinyl users at the time. The main reason for this was that the quality of pressings had deteriorated over recent years, LPs becoming thinner and lighter due to the mid '70s oil crisis which had seen the price of raw vinyl escalate dramatically.
Low mass was nothing new, of course. The '70s had been characterised by a move away from low-compliance cartridges and tonearms having a high effective mass to the exact opposite. By the latter half of the decade, lowish mass, high-compliance moving-magnet cartridges from brands such as Shure and Grado were hugely popular. Indeed, the SME Series III tonearm epitomised this state of affairs, being a low effective mass high-end tonearm that was built to capitalise on this trend. In truth, though, Dual was late to the party, because the market was actually beginning to move back once again towards high-mass arms and low-compliance moving-coils.
Winning Range
All the same, ULM was a concept that the more serious audio consumer understood easily and was also not difficult to sell to more mainstream buyers to whom lighter was obviously better when you were talking about playing records. At last it seemed that Dual had a winning range of upper-budget and mid-priced record decks.
The new decks came in three variants: the CS 506 was the entry-level model at £115 and was belt drive, the £150 CS 606 was the mid-priced design and was direct-drive while the £200 CS 706 was the full, all-singing-and-dancing quartz-locked variant. All featured Dual's simple end-of-side auto-stop, activated by a microswitch so as not to interfere with the working of the tonearm. This was a good middle way between fully manual decks like the Rega Planar 3, and fully automatic designs from Japan such as Pioneer's PL-600 which were more mechanically complex and, many would say, slightly compromised as a result. History records that it was the CS 506 that went on to become the real sales success of the series. It was affordable and seemed very well made for the price.
Real Filip
The CS 606 that you see here boasted electronically-governed direct drive – something that was hugely fashionable in the lower to mid sectors of the market at the time – with Dual's EDS 500 direct-drive motor system giving the fine basic mechanicals a real filip. Wow and flutter was said to be down to '0.03% WRMS', an admirably low figure that was close, on paper at least, to the best Japanese direct-drives of the day. Speeds were the usual 33.33 and 45rpm, with a pitch control of 10% to set them precisely via the illuminated strobe bars on the rim of the non-magnetic aluminium platter. The platter itself weighed 1.4kg and came topped with a rubber mat.
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It's Valentine's Day! What better way to celebrate than to take a moment to reflect on all the things we love–including our jobs here at Blue Ridge Builders Supply! We asked many of our employees what they love about BRBS and here's what they had to say. It seems we have many common themes–co-workers, customers, family atmosphere–but also several unique perspectives that make each one of us special.


Question: Our physician performed a YAG capsulotomy, CPT code 66821. However, he determined it was an incomplete procedure and needs to bring the patient back. The operative report indicated that, due to makeup on the eyelashes, the view was unclear and an attempt to repeat was not possible. Can we submit this with modifier -53?
Answer: As this procedure states one or more sessions and the patient is required to come back for the procedure, bill the YAG at the following visit.


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Report: RB Leipzig Eyes New Deal, Release Clause for Dayot Upamecano
The center back's release clause is reportedly set to drop next summer under his current deal.
By 90Min
RB Leipzig are looking to begin talks with Arsenal target Dayot Upamecano over a deal new, as they look to remove his release clause, which is set to drop drastically next summer.
The 20-year-old joined the German side back in 2017, moving from Red Bull Salzburg and has established himself as one of the most exciting young center backs in world football. However, injuries have hampered his involvement so far this campaign, limiting him to just two Bundesliga outings up to this point.
As a result of his fine performances in the first half of last season, a number of top European clubs showed an interest in him. Arsenal were one of these teams and reportedly tabled a bid for the defender.
However, it now being reported that RB Leipzig are moving quickly to tie their star down to a new contract, as his release clause is set to drop next summer. German publication Sport Bild (via Sport Witness) have reported that the Gunners did indeed make a €60m offer for him, and Leipzig are concerned that they will lose him because his current contract includes a €100m release clause, which is set to drop to €80m next summer. As a result, they are looking to extend his current deal which runs until 2021.
The report makes no mention as to whether or not Arsenal are still interested in the player having already signed William Saliba and David Luiz in the summer, but it reiterates that Die Roten Bullen see this as a point of concern.
Similarly, French outlet L'Equipe (via the Sun) have stated that his release clause will drop next summer, but they believe that it will drop to as little as £53m. This figure is similar to the offer the north Londoners reportedly tabled for his services in the summer, making a deal more likely should Unai Emery decide to make a move.
It is not yet clear what the exact figures are, but RB Leipzig are moving fast to tie Upamecano down to a new deal as his release clause is certainly set to drop next summer.


When using 4.9 the coordinator is able to spread the load across all agents. When rendering from 4.12 it only uses the local agent. They are the same Agent versions and I opened the 4.12 swarms just to be safe. All agents have the same settings.
same settings across the board.
Hi, did you find the reason and a solution? I have the same issue now after upgrade from 4.20 to 4.21. The same config, new swarm binaries (for 4.21), coordinator sees all machines and ping from agents is successful.
I Have 5 swarm nodes but only 2 of them are being used by the co-ordinator?