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The Absorption of Asperger's Into The Autism Spectrum: Is The Spectrum Too Wide?
By C. Dixon
In the DSM-4 (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), there were four autism-related categories. The panel who wrote the DSM-5, released in 2013, felt that the diagnoses weren't consistent based on the previous framework in DSM-4. So to help establish clearer boundaries for diagnosis, they shuffled everything under the autism spectrum. This means that Asperger's is no long classified as a disorder all its own; meaning that technically, the Asperger's diagnosis no longer exists.
There has been some controversy over this change. It affects diagnosis and insurance coverage; some believe this is helpful, while others believe it's detrimental.
The label change can also affect your idea where you "fit in" on the spectrum — something that is important to Andy, a man diagnosed with Asperger's, who gives his two cents in the following video. You'll also hear from Karen. She, too, was diagnosed with Asperger's, and she commends the absorption of Asperger's into the autism spectrum because her experiences with sensory overload align more with the autism spectrum. She also views the distinction between Asperger's and autism as "elitist".
In addition to the above commentary, you'll hear from Dania Jekel, executive director of the Asperger's Association of New England, and Susan Senator, an activist and author who has an adult son on the spectrum with a more severe form of the disorder.
Watch this video to learn more.


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Australia legend Mitchell Johnson supports Jhye Richardson's omission from Test squad to build fitness | Ralph Lauren
Jhye Richardson's omission from Australia's Test squad today surprised, if not angered, many after the Scorchers quick's dominant Big Bash season, but Mitchell Johnson supports the conservative approach taken in the 24-year-old path to a Test cricket return.
Richardson was named in Australia's 18-man T20 squad to tour New Zealand while their longer-form compatriots tour South Africa at the same time, his inclusion is his first international call-up since seriously injuring his shoulder while fielding against Pakistan in 2019.
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Australian fast bowling legend Johnson (313 wickets) is aware of the conditioning required to last in a Test series and backed Richardson's delayed comeback to Test cricket.
"Originally I said probably take him to South Africa but then looking at it he hadn't played any Shield cricket so his bowling loads are quite low," Johnson told the Fast and the Curious podcast.
"That's important, you have to get yourself prepared for Test cricket and he's probably not there yet and he'd provably tell you that too I'm assuming.
"It's a smart choice to get him into the Test squad, but it's a great opportunity for all these guys because normally it's one squad and now there's this opportunity getting experience for all these guys but Jhye deserves that spot.
"He's come back from his injury really well and he's been patient, which is hard to do when you're a young guy because you feel like you're in a rush.
"(Richardson) has got so much time in the game."
The Perth product was a stand-out from the BBL regular season with 27 wickets across 14 matches, while averaging 22.25 runs per innings.
Matthew Wade was dropped from the Test squad, but the Tasmanian will line-up alongside Richardson in New Zealand as Vice Captain of the shorter format side.
Johnson agreed with the decision to drop Wade but threw up Hobart Hurricanes' Riley Meredith as fast bowler he would have liked to see travel to South Africa.
Camera IconRiley Meredith (left) of the Hurricanes celebrates the wicket of Lewis Gregory (right) of the Heat during the Big Bash League (BBL) cricket match. Credit: DARREN ENGLAND/AAPIMAGE
"Only one I probably would look at is Riley Meredith, I would have loved to see him in the Test squad," he said.
"As a fill in for Mitchell Starc, they're very similar in a lot of ways, they have that raw pace.
"I did watch his last couple games, he's been hit a little bit but he's also had catches dropped and opportunities not taken and that definitely comes into it.
"I think that needs to be talked about more, a little bit like in Baseball, they actually count their errors."
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Camilla Parker Bowles' brother dies after serious head injury
By Emily Smith, Jamie Schram and Ian Mohr
April 23, 2014 | 1:31pm
Mark Shand (right), brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (left), died Wednesday in New York. Indigo/Getty Images
Prince Charles' playboy brother-in-law died Wednesday after cracking his head on a Gramercy Park sidewalk during a night of drunken revelry.
Mark Shand, the younger brother of Camilla Parker Bowles, suffered the fatal fall while heading back to the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel after smoking a cigarette outside, law-enforcement sources said.
Shand, 62, entered a revolving door to the hotel lobby, stumbled backward and fell down around 2:40 a.m., the sources said.
"He hit his head very hard, and his friends said they could hear a loud crack," another source said.
Shand, a globe-trotting travel writer and conservationist, was conscious and able to speak when cops arrived and he was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center.
Mark Shand and Princess Eugenie of York attend the Faberge Big Egg Hunt Cocktail Countdown event on Jan. 28, 2014, in New York City.Andrew Toth/Getty Images
He took a turn for the worse and was put on life support. He was pronounced dead at 11:25 a.m., sources said.
An autopsy is pending, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.
Shand had started the evening at a Sotheby's charity auction tied to the recent Fabergé Big Egg Hunt across the city.
Beneficiaries included the Elephant Family, which works to save the Asian elephant from extinction. Shand was the chairman and co-founder of the group.
After the auction, Shand went to a party at the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel, where sources said he got "smashed" and "stayed 'til the very end."
Shand then headed downtown to continue drinking at the Rose Bar with a group that included his cousin, British socialite Alexandra Bowes-Lyon, who was outside with him and witnessed his deadly tumble, sources said.
A statement from Clarence House — the official residence of Prince Charles and his wife, also known as the Duchess of Cornwall — said "the Duchess, the Prince of Wales and all her family members are utterly devastated by this sudden and tragic loss."
Famed fashion designer and longtime friend Diane von Furstenberg said Tuesday night's auction "was a moment of glory and victory" for Shand.
"As much as I am incredibly devastated about him having gone, I know he left in a moment of great happiness," von Furstenberg said.
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Too many young people today drop out of school and struggle to break the cycle of poverty. Since 1987, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has been empowering students to engage in school and find their own path to success. NFTE is the only global nonprofit organization solely focused on bringing entrepreneurship education to low-income youth, with 23 active programs in 10 countries. NFTE South Florida, launched in 2006 has become the nation's fastest growing program with over 30,000 youth served to date. NFTE students see the world differently. They find opportunity where before they saw only roadblocks. They recognize the relevancy of education and the importance of setting and driving toward personal, educational and professional goals. They become entrepreneurial thinkers, armed with the skills and tools to adapt to economic circumstances in good times and bad.
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The service works in three forms. With your Gmail account, iGoogle homepage, or directly on the web. The signup process consists of entering your Gmail account information (currently the only e-mail service supported) and installing the plugin — a cool thing about this being that your e-mail login (e.g. Gmail) IS your Xoopit login. Meanwhile, Xoopit spends a few minutes excavating "precious photos, videos, and files" from your inbox. In my case, it must've taken around an hour so.
With the e-mail excavated and plugin installed, heading to your Gmail inbox reveals a whole new kind of dimension to your e-mail — a Gmail 2.0 or rather what Gmail could be in the next three years. A top bar gives you an expandable line of thumbnail previews of the latest Photos, Videos, and Files in your inbox, which you can search through, as well. Clicking on the respective links takes you to a more deeper view — for example, in the same way that your inbox hows you the conversations you've recently exchanged, clicking on "Files" shows you an inbox-like view of all your recently received files, same with "Photos" for photos, etc.
This in itself is a really useful way of getting a grip on the contents on your inbox and seperating out an e-mail from its contents, but that's not where it ends. Heading to Xoopit's own website and logging in reveals a full-fledged social network with the whole Facebook-style News Feed of your recent items, but produced without you or anyone else having to take a single action.
For example, I can see that recently, I've been sent 10 photos by my mother, 3 files by a college, 3 photos by a PR person, an .RTF "FYI" receipt from a recent order I made online, and so on. To be honest, this is the most dynamic, useful view of my e-mail that I've ever witnessed. Listed under "People" (friends list) are all my contacts with whom I've recently been in touch with, and clicking under the name I'm able to browse through tabs to see the stuff they've sent to me recently.
Xoopit is starting small, but I can without a doubt say they're onto something. If this kind of presentation and interaction isn't the future of e-mail, then I'm not sure what is. Frankly, I'm surprised no one's thought of this idea before — it seems obvious after Xoopit that social networks have undoubtedly mastered the "here's your life" user interface, and there is a whole world to conquer with e-mail in this respect. I certainly hope with their $5 million round they're able to get somewhere with this concept, because this is how I want to live through my e-mail, darnit!


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Lisa Becharas
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Home Base: Boulder, CO
Birthday: February 20th
Lisa grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, before heading to college at DePauw University to run cross country and track. After college, she spent five and a half years coaching Collegiate cross country and Track and Field at Illinois, Wesleyan University while receiving her Masters degree in biomechanics.
While coaching she helped capture a team NCAA National Championship and coached 2 individual National Champions and 9 All-Americans. In her coaching years, Lisa discovered triathlon and fell in love with the process of improvement. In December 2017, Lisa left a job she loved and moved to Boulder, Colorado to chase her dream of competing as a professional triathlete. After an injury setback in 2019, and surgery in early 2020, Lisa has started to climb the rankings.
Lisa focuses on the 70.3 distance and in 2022 she is excited to dip her toes in the off-road triathlon scene. She is on a mission to make the most of her years as a competitive athlete and hopes to inspire others to take chances, go all-in on their dreams, and most importantly have the time of their life creating meaningful relationships with the community!
Helped coach a team NCAA National championship in track and field
Qualified for the 2020 PTO championships after undergoing surgery earlier in the year
Finished 65th in the PTO 2021 world rankings
What is your favorite Speed Hound product?
"Pro recovery system hip attachments - I throw them on any chance I have between and after workouts! I also love to use them after I do strength!"
Favorite way to cross-train: Does riding my bike count as cross training?!
If you have an extra day every week, how would you spend it? Napping, riding my bike, and learning how to cook!
Inspiration/mantra when the going gets tough: You don't have to, you get to.
Best book you've read recently: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
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Feather Decorations Evolve Into Line Of Hair Products For People And Pets
• December 29, 2016
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By Nancy Dahlberg Miami Herald
WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Meet the twin sisters who are helping people and their pets get glam! As the "Condition Culture" company tagline says, "beauty for your best friend." "Condition Culture" creates products like funky feather accessories for people and their furry friends.
Founded by twin sisters Alex and Donya Litowitz, Miami-based beauty company Condition Culture launched its first product, Featherlocks (feather decorations for the hair), in April 2010, appearing in top fashion magazines and television shows.
Condition Culture continues to sell the original hair feather extensions and has since developed several other products, including Puppylocks, feather accessories for dogs.
After graduating from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in December, Donya decided to purchase the company and move it further into professional haircare products.
Alex, a hair stylist who would put artistic feathers in her clients' hair before they created the product, wanted to start a family and return to hair styling. "Since the purchase, I have focused on reorganizing the operations and product development to refocus the resources on the new direction," said Donya, who had a background in real-estate finance.
Condition Cutlure's latest brand, Colorsmash color-kissed hairspray, a color hairspray with no iron oxides, launched in June at Cosmoprof in Las Vegas. It is also sold in Germany, the U.K., South Africa, Australia, Italy, China, Korea, Israel, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. The product (about $20 a can) results in professional-looking color without the commitment or mess like current options on the market, Donya said. It is now the company's key product.
This year, international distribution has doubled for Condition Culture; the next growth focus is the Asian market.
Donya has also increased the use of technology to increase efficiency and has reduced the team to eight core people in a flat organization where she interacts with all areas of the business as needed but allows each department to function independently. More deliverables are outsourced to keep the company lean and agile.
"We have created a very collaborative environment. It's become a family; we spend a lot of time together, and working toward a common goal keeps us united and moving forward. Stella, the office dog, contributes just as much," said Donya, a third generation Miamian. The company's offices include a showroom, product design, business development and distribution. Stella is a key part of the staff, offering valuable feedback on the company's pet products, as well as being a stress reliever and morale booster.
Plans include bringing more manufacturing back into the U.S., and new product development with a focus on Colorsmash and Puppylocks. The next big product launch is in July. The company won't disclose what's coming but said it is aimed at significantly widening Condition Culture's market. Condition Culture's products are sold online at Conditionculture.com, as well as by retail partners. Its popular pet products are also sold at PetsMart.
"You have to make mistakes to learn anything," Donya said. "Don't compromise on what you really want." ___ Company: Condition Culture
Headquarters: Miami
Concept: Five beauty brands for people and their pets, as the company's tagline says, "beauty for your best friend." Condition Culture creates products that aim to enhance confidence and freedom of expression.
Management team: Donya Litowitz, CEO; Chris Askew, product development; Linda Uribe, international accounts; Megan Patton, domestic accounts; Jenny Hernandez, inventory and office management; Nicholas Piniero, marketing and creative; Stella, the dog and director of office morale Number of employees: 8
Financing: Self-funded and not looking for investment. "We were profitable from the first year and have reinvested into the development and growth of new products," Donya said.
Website: ConditionCulture.com
Recent milestones: The launch of Colorsmash hairspray, which has already established international distribution in Germany, South Africa, England, Australia and the Netherlands in less than five months and won the 2016 PDC Haircare Award for innovation in formulation/packaging compatibility and design.
Biggest startup challenge: The large financial and emotional investment that goes into running a company, the sleepless nights, and the ups and downs, Donya said. "But at the end of the day, I wouldn't have it any other way. The key is to believe in what you're doing and to surround yourself with people that encourage you to be better every day. Having a solid team is key. Everyone in my family are entrepreneurs, so I guess you can say it's in our blood."
Copycats have also been a problem for the company, but since the Colorsmash hair spray took four years to develop and has a patent pending, Donya believes it will not be easily copied.
Next step: Expanding the Colorsmash brand by evaluating the consumer response from the initial launch and continuing to improve the assortment of colors.
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He has written scripts, horror stories and scenarios for graphic novels under a pseudonym.. Da er in seinem früheren Job als Börsenmakler ausreichend Geld verdient hat, um nicht mehr arbeiten zu müssen, gibt es auch nichts, was diese Leere füllen könnte..
Having previously earned good money as a stockbroker , he no longer needed to work; there was nothing left in his life to fill the emptiness.. Madge Bellamy got married with stockbroker Logan Metcalf in but the marriage lasted only three days.. When she refused to play in the special for her purchased movie " The Trial of Mary Dugan ", this led to the breaking-off with Fox Pictures..
Doch auch wenn ich morgen nicht mehr als Bäcker, Lagerist oder Börsenmakler arbeite, eines, was ich morgen und auch übermorgen noch bin, steht heute schon fest: Yet even if tomorrow I no longer work as a baker, shopkeeper or stockbroker , one thing that I will also be tomorrow and the day after that is certain: Doch auch der bislang vollkommen unbekannte Name des Autors und dessen kuriose Biografie geben Anlass für leise Zweifel:.
John Henry Eagle, so wird behauptet, sei als Sohn eines in der Lüneburger Heide stationierten britischen Offiziers und einer deutschen Mutter geboren, habe in London als Börsenmakler gearbeitet, unter Pseudonym Drehbücher geschrieben und nun endlich erstmals unter seinem eigenen Namen einen Roman veröffentlicht:.
But the hitherto completely unknown name of this author and his curious biography also suggest some reasons for suspicion:. John Henry Eagle was born, it is claimed, in — the son of a British officer stationed in Lüneburg Heath and a German mother. He worked as a stockbroker in London and wrote scripts under a pseudonym before finally publishing this novel under his own name:. Während Almosenempfänger vom warmen Essen träumen, zelebrieren die Börsenmakler der Wall Street ihre Geschäftsabschlüsse mit üppigsten Gelagen..
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Scotland Memorial Hospital offers advanced diagnostic imaging technology combined with access to the most sophisticated array of expertise in the region. Our radiologists, nurses, technologists and administrative staff are committed to providing accurate and timely diagnostic services in a professional and friendly environment.
General X-Ray
General X-rays use invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce computerized images of internal tissues, bones, and organs. Standard x-rays are performed for many reasons, including diagnosing tumors or bone injuries.
Fluoroscopic Procedures
Fluoroscopic Procedures are studies of moving body structures - similar to an x-ray "movie." A continuous x-ray beam is passed through the body part being examined and is transmitted to a TV-like monitor so that the body part and its motion can be seen in detail.
Nuclear Medicine is a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials to examine organ function and structure.
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET scans), provided at Scotland Memorial Hospital through our affiliation with Alliance Imaging, are useful in differentiating malignant tumors from benign tumors as well as determining the extent of or stage of cancer. PET scans also facilitate the accurate, non-invasive detection and staging of heart disease and neurological disorders. PET scans are done on a mobile unit at Scotland Memorial Hospital every other Tuesday.
In an ultrasound, sonographic sound waves outline the shape of various tissues and organs in the body to produce images. These images assist the radiologist and medical provider in diagnosis and treatment.
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If you are scheduled for any of these procedures, you will report to Scotland Memorial's Outpatient Registration area before proceeding to the Imaging Department. If arriving after 5:00 pm patients must report to the Emergency Center Registration Desk to register for an imaging procedure.
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The following services are provided in the Imaging Department on the hospital's first floor. Unless otherwise instructed, please check-in at the Outpatient Registration desk for your imaging procedure before proceeding to the Imaging Department.
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You are here: Home / Featured / How Bacteria In Raw Milk Sickens Some But Not All Exposed
How Bacteria In Raw Milk Sickens Some But Not All Exposed
April 19, 2012 by Carla Gillespie
Raw milk has been the source of a number of recent foodborne illness outbreaks including two ongoing E.coli outbreaks in Missouri and Oregon that have sickened at least 18 people and hospitalized five small children with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which causes kidney failure.
Raw, or unpasteurized, milk products account for the majority of all dairy product-associated outbreaks of foodborne illness reported to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). From 1973 to 2009, 82 percent of dairy-related outbreaks were caused by raw milk or cheese made from raw milk.
In the last 30 months, 27 raw milk outbreaks have sickened 409 people, according to reports from state health departments. There have been five raw milk outbreaks so far this year.
Although public health officials warn consumers not to drink raw, or unpasteurized, milk because of the dangerous pathogens it can contain, enthusiasts believe raw milk is natural and safe.
Food Poisoning Bulletin asked Heidi Kassenborg DVM, and director of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Dairy and Food Inspection Division, and Joni Scheftel DVM, from the Minnesota Department Health to answer some questions that frequently come up during raw milk outbreaks.
Q: How can E.coli get into some, but not all bottles of milk when there is an outbreak?
A: Cows are milked twice or even three times per day, with the milk collected in a bulk tank. With pathogens like E. coli 0157:H7, it only takes a small amount to cause big problems for human health. Further complicating matters is that fact that pathogens may not be evenly distributed within a tank of milk. Bacteria do not get evenly distributed throughout a product. They tend to group in clusters. So milk taken from one part of the bulk tank may be contaminated while the rest is not.
Q: Is fecal contamination on the udder the only way for E.coli to get into milk?
A: In the case of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, contamination on the udder with cow manure is one of the primary ways for these bacteria to get into the milk. Other ways that harmful bacteria can contaminate milk are through contaminated equipment and improper storage.
Q: How much E.coli does it take to make a person sick?
A: The infectious dose of E. coli is very low – it can be as low as 10 organisms.
Q: How can members of one family all drink from the same bottle but not all get sick?
A: E. coli organisms may not be evenly distributed in the milk and they can multiply over time, so people drinking milk from the same bottle at different times can be exposed to different doses of infectious organisms. In addition, people vary in terms of the ability of their immune system to fight off infection. A person may have had an E coli infection previously (often in childhood) and be immune or partially immune to infection.
Generally, the very young, the very old, pregnant women and those with immune-compromising conditions or taking immune suppressing medications are more susceptible to E coli infection. That is another reason that you may see a spectrum of symptoms from mild (or no symptoms) to severe symptoms within a family group exposed to the same bottle of contaminated milk.
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Q: Why are multiples of 11 palindromes? One thing I noticed is that for any integer $-10<a<10$, $11a$ is always a palindrome. I'm assuming this is because 11 is the first row of Pascal's triangle. For that same reason, for any nonnegative integer $n<5$, $(11a)^n$ is a palindrome.
Is there a proof for this? Is there a proper formula that proves that multiples of 11 are palindromes?

A: Since $11 = 10 + 1$, the binomial theorem gives
$$
11^{n} = (10 + 1)^{n} = \sum_{k=0}^{n} \binom{n}{k} 10^{n - k}.
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If $0 \leq n < 5$, then $\binom{n}{k} < 10$, i.e., is represented base $10$ by a single digit. Concretely,
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  11^{2} &= 121, \\
  11^{3} &= 1331, \\
  11^{4} &= 14641, \\
  11^{5} &= 161051.
\end{align*}
(At the fifth power, there's carrying from $\binom{5}{2} = \binom{5}{3} = 10$.)
The question about $11a$ is similar but trivial: If $0 < a < 10$ is a single digit base $10$, then $11a = 10a + a$ has decimal representation $aa$.
It's not true that $(11a)^{n}$ is a palindrome, e.g., $22^{5} = 5153632$.

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For Black musicians "Rock" is a 4 letter word. The music genre of Rock has a handful of engineering craftsmen who have taken ownership in the art from while being members of the African-American culture. To be Black & a Rock musician is a small exclusive club. Single synonymous names like Prince and Jimi are distinguished not only as talented musicians, but identifiable figures in Rock music. Forerunners such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Thin Lizzy, Shuggie Otis & Ernie Isley opened doors for Rick James, Lenny Kravitz, Fishbone, Ben Harper & Living Colour. This passing of the torch includes the fusion of Jazz, Soul, Funk & Pop. It's a handshake amongst musicians that in this life of Rock is rare but sincere. Morris Mills now adds his name to that book of music.


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Bear Brook murders: An amateur sleuth helped authorities confirm the identities of the New Hampshire victims
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"I still can't believe it," Heath said Friday.
Officials revealed that they had identified three of the four victims who were found in barrels in 1985 and 2000 in Allenstown, New Hampshire. The woman was 24-year-old Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, who also went by Marlyse McWaters, among other names. Two of the three girls were 6-year-old Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and 1-year-old Sarah Lynn McWaters, both daughters of Honeychurch.
It was an answer to a question that had remained a mystery for decades. Authorities on Thursday said the breakthrough was a result of information from relatives, DNA testing, genealogy research — and the diligent research of Heath.
Her first lead didn't go anywhere
In January 2017, investigators announced that a man named Bob Evans had likely killed the four female victims discovered in Bear Brook State Park. In August of that year, they announced that "Bob Evans" was an alias for Terrence "Terry" Rasmussen.
Rasmussen went by many names over the years. He was linked to the 1981 disappearance of a woman in New Hampshire that he was thought to be dating and was serving time for the murder of his wife in California when he died of natural causes in 2010.
Though investigators had identified Rasmussen as the man who likely killed the four Bear Brook victims in 2017, the victims' identities were still a mystery.
For years, helping connect people to their missing loved ones had been a hobby of Heath's. Combined with her interest in the Rasmussen case, she got to work on trying to find potential matches for the victims in November 2017.
She scoured ancestry message boards for terms like "California," where Rasmussen had been arrested, or "missing sister" in hopes of finding a relative of the victims. Then she began compiling a list of names.
"I would just go through that list and then I would start searching to see if they had public records, if the person was alive, see if I could find any record for their existence," Heath said. "If not, then I would pursue it a little further and reach out to the person who had originally posted looking for the loved ones."
Heath said she found a posting from around 1999 about a relative looking for Sarah McWaters and her mother Marlyse McWaters. As she conducted further searches for Marlyse McWaters, Heath came across other relatives looking for the same woman. It turned out McWaters was also the mother of a girl named Marie Vaughn.
In a Facebook group about the Rasmussen case, Heath asked whether those missing people could be the victims found in Allenstown, but she didn't get much of a response. So, she dropped it.
She followed up a year later
About a year later, Heath, who lives in Connecticut, was listening to a New Hampshire Public Radio podcast about the Bear Brook murders when information about the victims reminded her again of the woman looking for Sarah McWaters on that ancestry message board.
"At that point I was like, I need to reach out to this woman," Heath said.
The listing contained an email address, so Heath said she tried to match the address to a Facebook profile. Heath reached out to one woman asking whether she was the same person who had made the ancestry posting.
Within minutes, Heath received a response. It was her.
Heath asked the relative if she had any more information about Sarah and Marlyse McWaters. The woman started sharing more details, including that Marlyse had married a man with the last name Rasmussen.
"Right there, my stomach jumped," Heath said. "It just rocked. I knew right away. There's no way that a woman goes missing with those children with a guy with that last name, Rasmussen. It's just way too coincidental."
Heath didn't say anything to the relative of Sarah McWaters about Rasmussen's criminal history just yet, but she said she began reaching out to relatives of Marie Vaughn. Vaughn's relatives told Heath that Vaughn's mother had left California with a man named Terry.
It all came together in the same week
Within two hours, Heath said she was on the phone with law enforcement in San Bernardino, California. Those authorities quickly turned the information over to investigators in New Hampshire who were already examining DNA research based on information from the family of Marie Vaughn and other genetic databases.
Through advances in DNA technology, investigators were able to obtain DNA profiles of the degraded remains from the barrels. Barbara Rae-Venter, a genetic genealogist who also helped crack the Golden State Killer case, was able to confirm the identities of the victims via searches through DNA databases, according to New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin.
That, plus the information that came in from Heath and the DNA samples from Sarah McWaters' family, allowed them to make the final determination.
"Her work and our work converged, and it turns out that she was correct," Strelzin told CNN. "She did some great work on the case and some great sleuthing."
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1850 The Conquest of Peru; The Conquest of Mexico
Uniformly bound set of the history of Peruvian and Mexican conquest by William H. Prescott, a bright group.
1855 Lands of the Slave and the Free
A complete two volume set of this first edition travelogue regarding the United States, Canada and Cuba.
1911 Newfoundland
A fascinating overview of the island of Newfoundland in the year 1911, with numerous photographs.
1884 Ranch Notes
An interesting account of a ranchers experience cattle-herding in the United States.
1897 Journal of a Tour in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
The first edition of Lady Howard of Glossop's account of her late nineteenth century travels in the Americas.
1844 Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or, Yachting in the New World
The scarce first edition of Mrs. Houstoun's illustrated two volume account of her yachting adventures in mid-nineteenth century America.
1851 Travels in the United States, Etc. During 1849 and 1850
The scarce three volume first edition of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley's best known work, an account of her North American travels in the mid nineteenth century.
1877 The Sea of Mountains
A handsome two volume, first edition, account of Lord Dufferin's travels through British Columbia.
1887 Canada And The States: Recollections, 1851 to 1886
A scarce copy of recollections of Canada and the United States from the influential railway entrepreneur Edward Watkin, who was president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.
1931 The Red Badge of Courage
A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Stephen Crane's well renowned American civil war novel with the original dust wrapper.
1857-61 Works of William H. Prescott
A handsome uniformly bound fifteen volume set of historical works by the renowned American historian, William H. Prescott.
1960 The Journal of Christopher Columbus
Scarce early edition of this translation of Christopher Columbus's journal with illustrations rebound in leather.
1886 The Providence Plantations for Two Hundred and Fifty Years
Providence: 1886
The first edition of this illustrated historical review on the 250th anniversary of the settlement in Providence.
1960-70 Collection of Military Aircraft Books
Letchworth; Los Angeles; Hertfordshire: 1960-70
A collection of books regarding military aircraft up until 1961, with numerous illustrations throughout.
Stock Code: 833G8
1889 Americanisms - Old & New
Extensive dictionary of Americanisms by John S. Farmer, first edition, signed and limited.
1922 Under Hawaiian Skies
Honolulu: 1922
The first edition of this vivid, illustrated history of the Hawaiian islands, a signed presentation copy by the author.
1902 To Drink or Not To Drink Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain
Pittsburg: 1902
A very scarce American advertising brochure selling a $20 soda fountain, a charming work of the turn of the century.
1965 Daughter of the Tejas
Greenwich, Connecticut: 1965
The first edition, first printing of this ghost novel by Larry McMurtry under the pseudonym Ophelia Ray in the original dust wrapper.
1970-2014 21 Works by Larry McMurtry
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore: 1970-2014
Twenty-one first editions, first printings of works by Larry McMurtry including works of fiction and non fiction with the original dust wrappers.
1928 Nick of the Woods
United States of America: 1928
The scarce first new edition of the nineteenth century American Gothic novel Nick of the Woods.
1904 Reminiscences of the Civil War
A fascinating volume of a Confederate army general's experiences and reminiscences of the Civil War.
1992 The Civil War
Extensive study of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote, complete in three lovely volumes.
1981 Artificial Curiosities from the Northwest Coast of America
Fascinating first edition illustrated catalogue of the native American artefacts from Captain James Cook's third voyage in the British Museum, complete with dust wrapper.
1967 Four Oaks Farm and Four Oaks Library
Somerville: 1967
An excellent set documenting the residence of Mary Hyde housed in a lovely original marbled slipcase, first limited edition with card signed by Mary Hyde loosely inserted..
1951 The Florida of the Inca
The first English edition of this historical work on Hernando de Soto's 16th century voyage to America, enclosed in the original dust wrapper.
1873 History of the Conquest of Mexico
Philadelphia : 1873
William H. Prescott's history of Mexican conquest, a later edition complete in three volumes.
1937 Pilgrims of the Wild
A smart signed copy of the immensely popular and later debunked autobiography of Grey Owl, a work that in its height of its popularity sold over 5,000 copies per month.
1860 Fifty Years in Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave
The very scarce abridged edition of Charles Ball's account of his life under slavery in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century America.
1914 Our Philadelphia
Philadelphia and London: 1914
A first edition topographical work on the city of Philadelphia, including history and memories of Elizabeth Robins Pennell while she lived there, with lovely illustrations by her husband Joseph Pennell.
1955 The Indians of Canada
Ottawa: 1955
A wonderfully illustrated work on the native peoples found within Canada, with histories of various different tribes, written by Jenness Diamond and containing a colour folding map to the rear of text.
1959 Uniforms of the United States Army
A large paper copy with some lovely coloured plates illustrating the US Army uniforms, first trade edition thus, enlarged.
1861 By Laws of the Orphan House Of Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston: 1861
An interesting first edition copy of the By Laws for the Charleston Orphan House.
1775 Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack, for the Year of our Redemption, 1776
Newburyport, Massachusetts: 1775
A very scarce almanac for 1776, published in New England during the American Revolution.
1856 Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
A later impression of this work concerning an account of travels in Yucatan, complete in two volumes.
1950 The Cherokee Story
Asheville: 1950
An uncommon work by John Parris which celebrates the Cherokee people and their history through a collection of stories, with full-page illustrations throughout the text.
Stock Code: 817D5
1966 Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?
The first edition, first printing of this fascinating ethnographical work on the Gullah culture's oral, musical, and cultural history.
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Q: How to fill the points in a line graph with colour but not the lines in r? I am very new to R and am having trouble filling in the points on a line graph. When i enter my code no colours show on the plots, I am not sure what i am doing wrong. This is my code so far:
Mydata1 <- read_xlsx("41586_2020_2505_MOESM3_ESM.xlsx", sheet = 2)

Mydata1$Metabolite <- factor(Mydata1$Metabolite,
                             levels=c("G6P", "FBP", "Malate", "Citrate"))

ggplot(Mydata1, aes(x=`Time [hr]`, y=`Relative Flux (%)`, shape=Metabolite)) +
  geom_line(lwd=0.5) +
  geom_point(size=4) +
  scale_shape_manual(values = c(21, 22, 23, 25)) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c("dodgerblue4", "dodgerblue3",
                                "dodgerblue2", "dodgerblue1")) +
  coord_cartesian(ylim=c(0, 6)) +
  geom_hline(yintercept=1, linetype="longdash", size=1)

dput(head(Mydata1, 20))
structure(list(`Time [hr]` = c(0, 0.26, 0.63, 0.96, 1.31, 1.63,
1.98, 2.3, 2.63, 2.96, 3.38, 3.78, 4.16, 4.56, 4.95, 5.28, 5.65,
0, 0.26, 0.63), Metabolite = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("G6P",
"FBP", "Malate", "Citrate"), class = "factor"), `Relative Flux (%)` = c(4.720286,
0.1610225, 0.1215011, 0.07619009, 0.02090246, 0.01812352, 0.02423107,
0.05935092, 0.08659023, 0.1906476, 0.2139404, 0.4618791, 0.2807972,
0.4641912, 0.6142707, 0.8049576, 0.7756669, 157.3645, 4.495637,
0.9071313)), row.names = c(NA, -20L), class = c("tbl_df", "tbl",
"data.frame"))

Thanks in advance for the help

A: You need to indicate a color aesthetic in the geom_point call. I used Metabolite but you can use any relevant column there.
geom_point(aes(color=Metabolite), size=4)

A: Without a reproducible example, it is harder for us to provide solutions that reflect your particular data.
So here is a representation using the airquality dataset from the datasets package. You can accomplish this by mapping the color within aes for the geom_point.
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

datasets::airquality %>%
  group_by(Month) %>%
  summarise(avg_temp = mean(Temp)) %>%
  ggplot(aes(x = Month, y = avg_temp)) +
  geom_line() +
  geom_point(aes(color = avg_temp))

If you don't want to display the legend, you can add the following:
  geom_point(aes(color = avg_temp)) +
  theme(
    legend.position = "none"
  )

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Note: This recipe isn't strictly paleo as it contains legumes. That said, some people on a paleo diet do consume beans/legumes so be sure to make your own decision based on your own personal diet!
I often find that the recipes I don't expect to be a huge hit are the ones that become family favourites. You see, in the midst of the Easter chocolate madness, I asked Jesse what his favourite chocolate recipe I've made lately was (as I was putting together our Healthy Chocolate Recipes post) and he said "those brownies you made the other week...."
I was racking through my brain, training to figure out what brownie recipe he was talking about when he said "the black bean brownies".
I knew he loved them and I knew they were delicious - but out of all the chocolate recipes I've made lately my fussy husband chose the recipe with beans as a base?!
I'd tried some pretty awful black bean brownies, but I was determined to come up with the ultimate recipe - and based on Jesse and my family's response, I think it's safe to say I did just that!
Best of all? These brownies are totally healthy as well as low fat, low calorie, grain free, gluten free - and they can even be refined sugar free too! They're so good that we now buy extra black beans just so we can make up a batch whenever we feel like some fudgy brownies.
In your food processor, process your black beans on high until smooth.
Add in your eggs, oil and vanilla and process until smooth.
Add in your cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar and salt and process until combined, scraping down the sides as needed.
Stir through your chocolate chips (if using) and pour into your baking tin.
Bake for 20-35 miutes (depending on the size of your tin) or until cooked through and a skewer inserted into the centre of your brownies removes clean.
In the Cuisine Companion: Blend your black beans on S12 for 1 min with the ultrablade, scraping down the sides halfway through to incorporate everything. Add in your eggs, coconut oil and vanilla and mix on S8 for 30 seconds. Add in your cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, mixing on S8 until combined. Stir through your chocolate chips and pour your batter into your baking tin.
But tell me, what was the last recipe you made that was a huge hit with your friends/family/partner?
And what's your favourite chocolatey treat?
Beans really aren't what I'd normally put in a brownie, but these do look really tasty. Wish I could just try one right now.
That's happens with me too! I'm always surprised by the things they do love the most!
beans/legumes are not paleo, so the paleo tag/title is misleading.
Hey Alice, they're definitely not what you'd usually put in a brownie! I was very skeptical at first but after lots of testing and tweaking, we came up with this ultimate black bean brownie recipe that Jesse has requested over and over!
I was really confused when I was making these because your instructions didn't mention the sugar. But I added it and I'm throwing everything in the oven now. I can't wait to try them!!!
These are unbelievably delicous!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe!
I am on the Auto-Immune Protocol, and am not eating any nuts or seeds. The coconut flour is fine in moderation (since it's not really a nut), but I can't use any nut/seed flours for the almond meal. Could I use Yuca root, or arrowroot/tapioca flour? Or perhaps mashed sweet potato or squash, and reduce the liquid? It sounds much nicer than many "bread" recipes out there that are AIP compliant.
Hi Kate, I have no idea how this recipe would work with substitutes as we only tested it with almond meal, tweaking it until the recipe was absolutely perfect. Any substitution to any recipes will effect the taste, texture and end results so it's important to be aware of that.
If you're substituting it with anything, I'd perhaps try substituting the almond meal with ground oats/oat flour or possibly arrowroot/tapioca flour. Definitely don't substitute mashed sweet potato or yuca root as that's completely changing the makeup of the bread.
Hi! I am making this recipe today and only have 1/4 cup of almond meal. Any idea what I could do for the missing 1/4 cup of almond meal? I have brown rice flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour?
Hi Melissa, you will get a different end result when substituting ingredients, however, you could try to replace the other 1/4 cup almond flour with 2 tbsp brown rice flour or tapioca flour.
Hi I'm just wondering if I can substitute the almond meal with almond flour? I would love to make this banana bread but I only have almond flour! Thanks!
Hey Lisa, I am SO glad you loved the recipe! I agree that the recipe is so easy to slice and it really can be eaten straight out of the oven!
Thank you so much for following the recipe as well! We often get emails from readers who are disappointed when a recipe doesn't work, only to find out they've changed most of the ingredients. We spend HOURS testing and tweaking recipes to make sure they're perfect so it's awesome to hear when readers love them!
I followed your recipe exactly (I weighed my ingredients), and it was wonderful! It was a little too wet, despite being very brown on top, so I'm going to try it again right now and add a tablespoon of chia seeds! I'll find any excuse to use chia ;) thanks so much for the recipe!
As I mention in the recipe, if your top seems to be cooking faster than the middle of your loaf, simply cover it with foil and allow it to keep on baking until the middle is cooked through. This way the loaf won't dry out and your crust won't burn!
I used a little agave nectar instead of the vanilla extract (I am intolerant to vanilla) and added a little more honey to it and it was just delicious! Thank you so much for this recipe!
My pleasure, Helena! I am so glad you loved the recipe!


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By Lambert Strether of Corrente
"Democrats are forecast to pick up 13 seats on November 6, 2018. Republicans will gain 1 seat, for a net gain of 12 seats for the Democratic Party" [Decision Desk HQ]. Just putting this out there…
2016 Post Mortem
"Hillary Clinton to Do Speaking Tour to Promote New Book" [Publishers Weekly]. "In addition to the traditional bookstore signings, [Simon & Schuster] has scheduled about 15 speaking/signing events around the country and in Canada at larger venues. Ticket prices to attend the speaking events are priced from about $50. Above that threshold there is the VIP package (for $229, which includes the book) and a VIP platinum package ($3,000, which includes front row seats for two, a back stage meeting, a photograph and signed book)." What Happened. Indeed.
"Infrastructure dreams in limbo as Trump, Republicans running out of time in 2017 Congress" [Logistics Management]. "[Goldman's] Gary Cohn, director of the president's National Economic Council, said the infrastructure plan would 'come on the heels' of a tax overhaul. 'We hope it's this year,' Cohn told Politico. As with most things Trump, that probably means not this year—if at all. The harsh reality is the first session of the 115th Congress is rapidly coming to an end as well – and the harsh political climate in Washington prevents anything except essential government business from getting done." So Trump won't be able to deliver for his marginal working class voters in the swing states; he'll have to run his own version of "Have you seen the other guys?" — which he seems to have been doing for some time.
Concrete material benefits (a.k.a. "pothole socialism," and read the full article on Rob Ford, below):
"We ended up changing brake lights on 50 cars. We did a conference call w/ 80 ppl from other chapters who want to start their own programs."
— DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) August 30, 2017
The benefits are, in increasing order of abstraction: (1) The fixed brakelight; (2) the driver doesn't get arrested (a life threatening event if you're driving while black); and (3) "law enforcement for profit" schemes (as in Ferguson) are sabotaged by denying them revenue from the traffic stops.
"The Democratic Socialists Are Here to Fix Your Brake Lights" [Vice]. A-a-a-a-n-d some coverage (finally; NC readers have known about this program for more than a week).
UPDATE "NPC Report from the real minority view" [Danny Fetonte]. A response to critics (presumably these). This is an important story if you care about party institutions generally, and especially if you believe that current party institutions are disintegrating or at least re-aligning. (Watching the DSA in formation is rather like watching the birth of a star would be to an astronomer.) I gave a summary of the Fetonte situation two days ago, here. I probably have a dog in this fight, but I'm in the uncomfortable position of not knowing which of the several dogs it might be. On one hand: In an institution that claims to be democratic, it's a good thing that it's hard to get rid of board members; and the operational test of what the DSA membership thinks of l'affaire Fetonte will come from metrics like a dues strike or a drop-off in growth, or from a successful call for a new convention (doubtful). Then again: It's hard to see how having a police organizer (no matter how, when, or why) on the DSA board makes alliances with parallel institutions like #BlackLivesMatter easier. (One very concrete material benefit, after all, is "the right not to be killed, as The Clash put it.) Also: I don't like Fetonte saying he organized "state workers" in his campaign bio, when those state workers were police, since that certainly would have had a material impact on voters (and I'm mystified that nobody in the DSA leadership pointed this out, or fixed it. Who signed off on the bios?). And I don't like that there was no recorded vote when Fetonte's Austin chapter supported him, either, at a meeting he chaired (!). Then again: I think it's sensible to appeal to Sanders voters, which Fetonte wants to do; see the link. The controversy reminds me of the way the Sanders-supporting Heath Mello got defenestrated by the Democratic establishment for not being 100% pro-abortion, where the locals had they been asked would have said that Mello had worked hard to mitigate pro-life efforts, so the establishment made their lives harder. I can't imagine that organizing Texas for the DSA is easy, and by all accounts Fetonte did a good job at that. ("He asked for my vote," said one of the attendees who voted for him in Chicago.) As Fetonte writes:
The bullies and "know it all's" want to write and talk about revolution and organization without ever block walking or phone banking. These folks show utter contempt for regular people who do the living in this world, while they sit behind their computers and act superior.
Then again, @LarryWebsite knows how to organize, too.
On the final hand: I don't care about civility and tone as values, but I do care about them as markers. Even on the Twitter, the DSA chapters come across as welcoming, even humorous; an institution to join. (I grant that's partly PR, but that's if you want to build an institution, PR is strategic.) On the Twitter, Fetonte's detractors — as opposed to the chapter statements, which are sober and well-reasoned — come across as snarky virtue-signalers who make fun of other people for being stupid (the greengrocer's apostrophe in "know it all's" came in for much derision). If I want to hang out with people like that, I can join the Democrats. It would be nice if there were real reporting on this. If putting the working class first is the essence of what it means to be on the left, which dog(s) in this fight is (are) doing that?
Here's why the Arpaio pardon is truly worrying:
Arpaio is a very well known "Constitutional Sheriff," a subgroup to the overall Anti-Government Extremist (A.G.E.) movement. 2/ pic.twitter.com/deuOXQzIMl
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 26, 2017
Most coverage of the Arpaio hasn't focused on the institutional aspects of the Arpaio pardon; this author does.
"Winter is coming in Donald Trump's Washington" [Ed Luce, Financial Times]. "The pace of Mr Trump's implosion will be dictated by the issuance of subpoenas on his relatives and associates. The deeper that special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe goes, the greater Mr Trump's temptation to scapegoat his staff and trigger outrageous diversions." In pieces like this, it's very difficult to separate the real power dynamics from the performative speech.
"Rob Ford, Donald Trump, and the New Direction of Political Polarization" [American Affairs Journal]. "I am not a typical American, either. In fact, I'm a Canadian. I was a key player on the team that helped elect Rob Ford as mayor of Toronto—North America's fourth largest city. I helped him craft a campaign platform that resonated with typical Torontonians and, later, helped him translate that platform into an actionable governing agenda. I helped him get things done. Three years later, Ford fired me as his chief of staff when I insisted that he go to rehab to address the personal demons that were destroying both him and his mayoralty. My experience with Ford has given me an unusual perspective on the recent presidential election, the Trump phenomenon, and the rise of a new and powerful political force that favors unorthodox candidates…. In 2010, Rob Ford assembled a passionate coalition of voters that defied the traditional Left-Right spectrum in Toronto: they were conservatives, liberals, and socialists. The pro-Brexit campaign crossed political party lines and won. Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election by pulling together a coalition of support that most pundits didn't believe existed. After all of this, I'm convinced that typical Canadians, Britons, and Americans simply do not view the world the way I do. They don't see life through ideological lenses. They don't measure politics on the traditional Left-Right continuum. Most typical Americans don't have time to divide the world into Left and Right. Instead, they instinctively divide the world into things that affect them and things that don't, things that help them and things that don't." This is a must-read, agree or disagree.
"In Berkeley, community comes out in force against hate, racism" [BerkeleySide]. Another trip report.
Personal Income and Outlays, July 2017: "Vital signs for the consumer are strong but inflation is completely lifeless, based on a mixed personal income & outlays report for July" [Econoday]. "Income is the highlight, up 0.4 percent in the month including a second straight 0.5 percent gain for wages & salaries in what is an important and emerging sign of wage traction." After 40 years… More: "Employment is very strong and may finally be reflected in strength in wages, but gains here have yet to boost inflation readings which in this report are central to Federal Reserve policy. Nevertheless, the gain in income will put the focus on average hourly earnings for August in tomorrow's employment report which, however, are not expected to show much strength." And: "The increase in personal income was at expectations, and the increase in PCE was slightly below expectations" [Calculated Risk]. And: "The data will tend to maintain market doubts whether inflation will strengthen towards the 2% target in the short term and the more dovish FOMC members will continue to preach patience over raising interest rates further" [Economic Calendar]. "The US data overall will maintain the case for policy normalisation, but with the FOMC still proceeding carefully." And but: "The savings rate continues to decline – and historically is extremely low. Consumer spending is far outpacing income – not good news" [Econintersect]. "The backward revisions this month marginally improved the year-over-year rate of growth for income and expenditures."
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, August 2017: "Chicago's PMI sample continues to report strong activity" [Econoday]. "Both new orders and production are accelerating though employment, in what is a negative signal for tomorrow's jobs report, contracted in the month. Backlog orders, after peaking near a 2-year high in June, also contracted. Yet the story of this report is strength and is reflected in a drawdown in inventories…" And: "The results of this survey continue to agree with district Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys – and aligns with the overall trend of the ISM manufacturing survey" [Econintersect].
Pending Home Sales Index, July 2017: "For the fourth time in five months the pending home sales index fell" [Econoday]. "Housing opened the year with strength before fizzling during the Spring selling season and limping through the Summer months. Also note that Hurricane Harvey is certain to depress home sales in the South in coming housing reports." And: "The rolling averages are in positive territory. The data is very noisy and must be averaged to make sense of the situation. There is no signs of a surge in home sales, and the overall downward trends remain in play" [Econintersect].
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, week of August 27, 2017: "Yet another expansion high is the result for the consumer comfort index" [Econoday].
Jobless Claims, week of August 26, 2017: "Jobless claims remain at historic lows" [Econoday].
Challenger Job-Cut Report, August 2017: "Layoff announcements remained subdued but did increase in August" [Econoday]. "Construction, where demand for labor is strong, surprisingly had the highest layoff total in August followed by retail where layoffs have been heavy this year. Unlike most advance indications, these results are not pointing to increasing strength for tomorrow's August employment report."
Retail: "Sears' receivables have dropped from $152.6 million in 2012 to $44.3 million in 2017, according to CreditRiskMonitor. In the company's Q2 earnings statement, Sears reported merchandise sales of $3.4 billion during the period, compared to $4.7 billion during the same quarter a year ago" [Sourcing Journal]. "Some ongoing vendors like LG Electronics that have decided to continue to supply the retailer also do so on the condition of shortened payment windows. … While arrangements like this keep some stock in the stores, it also threatens to drain Sears' liquidity… That might help explain the situation at some Sears locations…. Sears is in the midst of a massive cost saving initiative with the goal of reaching $1.25 billion this year. To date, the company's latest earning statement shows it has achieved $1 billion of it. The result has been hundreds of Sears and Kmart store closures and thousands of jobs lost."
Retail: "Dollar General Q2 Earnings Beat Due to New Stores, Increased Traffic" [MarketWatch]. "For the quarter, same-store sales increased 2.6%, mainly attributable to increases in average transaction amount and customer traffic. Same-store sales increases were driven by positive results in the consumables and seasonal categories, partially offset by negative results in the home products and apparel categories."
Retail: "A commercial printing studio, Lqqk (pronounced: "Look") also produces its own label known for handprinted T-shirts, hats, knapsacks and patterned outerwear that typically sell out within 48 hours of release" [Women's Wear Daily]. "The past year has seen Lqqk lend its distinctly minimal, off-kilter aesthetic to a suite of new partners. The studio has collaborated with Japanese men's wear brand N. Hoolywood, opened new wholesale channels and devised a sneaker and apparel collaboration with Vans' tier-one label, Vault, due this spring. Commercial jobs are but a spoke in [Lqqk founder Alex Dondero's] wheel. As such, Dondero has used the studio to spin a creative web and establish a Lqqk network — a crew of artists, technician and print collaborators who orbit his particular culture of music, art and design. 'In New York it's just so important to have your creative network and make sure you're always paying it forward. Everyone has to be compensated in order to just live in N.Y., because nothing comes cheap,' he said." This again is William Gibson territory; Dondero lacks only representation by Blue Ant! And the "creative network" model meshes nicely with the etymology of entrepreneur. Let's put on a show!
Retail: "Amazon has one of the most advanced systems to organize work flow at distribution centers. Much of it can be transferred to retail operations. Amazon Robotics is among the company's top initiatives, according to the company" [247 Wall Street]. Really? Warehouse robots "work" in retail? Scanners I can see, but IMNHSO, developers tend not to build generic "work flow" systems; rather such systems are built to be fit-for-purpose. This smells like a propagated narrative spun post hoc, to me.
Retail: "Web grocery shopping accounts for less than 5% of the nearly $800 billion in food and beverage sales in the U.S., but food retailers that have both physical stores and e-commerce offerings have done better in getting a share of that market, providing more confidence along with produce to shoppers. Amazon, like other online retailers, is focused on adding new products to its web offerings—both on its own and through third-party sellers. Whole Foods will bring those goods to Amazon, which now has to figure out how to get them to consumers" [Wall Street Journal].
Supply Chain: "Zaycon Fresh, a company that sells farm-fresh meat direct to consumers buying in bulk, shows up in a truck, usually at a local church parking lot, to hand off product to client" [MarketWatch]. "'We go to a spot and they'll come to me,' said Mike Conrad, founder of Zaycon Fresh. 'People don't have to get out of their cars' at the pickup location… According to Conrad, Zaycon Fresh has no warehouses, and delivers across nationwide routes with 31 trucks that pick up and drop off meat along the way. The company started in December 2009, and has a logistics system that was built as the company grew. Zaycon Fresh depends on 'personable' staffers* to deal with customers at pickup spots." In a third-world country, this would be called a "pop up store." * IOW, this is not a tech company.
Supply Chain: "Rob Siegers, President, DHL Technology Sector, said the semiconductor industry was undergoing fundamental changes due to new Internet of Things (IoT) applications and digitization efforts as the market shifted from traditional PC Chips to IoT, gaming chips, high-end graphic chips and into the automotive industry" [Lloyd's Loading]. "In terms of freight demand, air cargo operators and forwarders would be the main beneficiaries. 'Typically, the production times are compressed and, with the need for high security and premium handling as well as the demand to get to market quickly, a majority of products are being transported via air services,' he added. 'We do not see this model significantly changing in the near future.'"
Supply Chain: "Kra backers rebrand project as the Thai Canal with marketing picking up for ambitious Asian waterway" [Splash 247]. "Plans to create a waterway through southern Thailand's isthmus were first mooted in 1677. The 135 km long canal would link the South China Sea with the Andaman Sea and provide an alternative to the Malacca Strait. Every few years the infrastructure project reappears in the headlines, normally shot down due to its prohibitive costs." Such a canal would also sever the restive provinces in the Muslim south from the rest of Thailand. I'm not sure that wouldn't be an over-riding concern, even if the Chinese wrote a big fat check for the whole thing.
Shipping: "Irrespective of the business management missteps by Hanjin [when it went belly-up in 2016], it seems that the industry has totally ignored the self-defeating cycle of ordering excess capacity, applying cutthroat pricing, and living with long-term transfer of value to suppliers and customers (i.e. commoditisation). It is hard to imagine how to avoid experiencing another Hanjin moment, as many carriers with stretched balance sheets will be tempted to replicate Hanjin's tactics to survive the inevitable" [Splash 247]. "From the flurry of new order announcements and knowing what is already coming down the delivery pipeline, it seems to me that the only sure strategy to persist is one that we know in economics as tit-for-tat, or a similar 'prisoner's dilemma', game theory. Just as tit-for-tat strategy is implemented in games with repeated moves, so is the ongoing carriers' strategy. The economic framework of tit-fir-tat nicely explains how carriers interact with each other in competitive environments and what will be the outcomes of their strategies. Since regulatory frameworks don't allow them to collaborate* (or collude, if you prefer that word), they are forever forced to play the uncooperative version of this game theory. In the business environment which also includes long lead times for new capacity, low barriers to entry, high barriers to exit, perishable inventory, high elasticity, the uncooperative game theory has only one outcome – one prisoner goes free and the other one gets a life sentence. As a shipper, you might be watching these developments with glee in your eye." * Really? They merged, didn't they?
The Bezzle: "Time for U.S. Supreme Court to 'Rectify' Online Tax Rule?" [Bloomberg BNA]. "A South Dakota Supreme Court justice suggested during Aug. 29 oral arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court should revisit a 25-year-old opinion that restricts the ability of states to tax remote retailers ( South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., S.D., No. 28160, oral arguments 8/29/17)."
The Bezzle: "SAC Capital's Steven Cohen, faced with a Securities and Exchange Commission deadline to liquidate his funds as part of an insider-trading settlement, has turned to an affiliate of his firm's auditor to take the remaining investments off his hands" [Francine McKenna, MarketWatch]. "The move appears to fly in the face of SEC auditor independence rules that prohibit business relationships between auditors and their clients—rules that apply not only to the organization under audit, but the audit client's affiliates as well." The Cayman Islands are lovely this time of year…
Social Risk: "The recently proposed liquidity regulations for banks under Basel III emphasize the importance of deposit insurance and well-established customer relationships for the stability of bank funding. However, little is known about which clients withdraw their deposits from distressed banks. New survey data covering the behaviour of households in Switzerland during the 2007-2009 crisis suggest that well-established customer relationships are indeed crucial for mitigating withdrawal risk when a bank is in distress" [Bank Underground].
Political Risk: "One proposed fund, the Point Bridge GOP Stock Tracker ETF holds companies that are seen as sympathetic to the Republican Party. The ticker, MAGA, is a reference to 'make America great again,' the slogan that President Donald Trump used in his successful White House run" [MarketWatch]. "It wasn't clear when the fund might begin trading." Seems more than a little meta! And then: "In an updated filing on Wednesday, Point Bridge wrote that the fund would charge an annual expense ratio of 0.72%, or $72 for every $10,000 invested. That is significantly higher than what is charged for other funds with a large-cap U.S. stock focus." Must be the Louis Quinze bathroom taps…
Political Risk: "Sometimes all the planning in a supply chain is no match for political forces. Hyundai Motor Co. was forced into a week-long suspension of production in China…, as a dispute between Beijing and Seoul wreaks financial havoc at the Korean auto maker and its bid to establish a bigger presence in China. Hyundai says its Chinese joint venture, Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., halted production last week because it was unable to pay a parts maker, causing the supplier to halt deliveries. The trouble comes as Hyundai's sales in China have crashed following South Korea's deployment of a U.S.-built missile-defense system in the face of North Korea's growing nuclear threat" [Wall Street Journal].
Today's Fear & Greed Index: 43 Fear (previous close: 34, Fear) [CNN]. One week ago: 22 (Extreme Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Aug 31 at 12:38pm. The swing away from fear continues….
"Repeating radio signals from a mysterious source in a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years away have been detected by astronomers" [Newsweek]. "Despite widespread speculation, the possibility of the signals coming from an advanced alien civilization has been largely ruled out."
"[B]ehind these ["gig economy"] companies' flashy design and world-disrupting messaging lies something else: Good old-fashioned exploitation, as a growing fleet of workers is being denied basic protection from racial discrimination" (Interview with Nayantara Mehta, senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project) [PortSide]. "Provisions like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which bars employers from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin—apply only to legally recognized employees. Gig economy companies tend to classify drivers and 'taskers' as independent contractors instead, which excludes them from adhering to most of the laws that regulate workplaces and protect employees."
To start off, what does the on-demand economy workforce actually look like? Who are these workers, and what sorts of jobs are they doing?
Many workers in the on-demand economy—people who get work through an app—work part-time or only occasionally, but there are workers who do this work full-time. And for companies like Uber that rely on the constant availability of drivers to meet passenger demand, those full-time drivers end up performing a lot of the company's driving hours.
One of the problems is that we just don't have data from the companies. We have a sense of the number of hours people are working, but not so much the demographics of the drivers and the workers. We get a lot of information from interviews and other sources outside the company, but it'd be helpful to have information directly from the companies.
Most employers report on the demographics of their workforce, but these companies tend to be particularly opaque because they're selling a story of themselves as a place where people go to earn some extra money for vacation or to pay for their kid's sports trips. But we don't know the reality to be able to really assess what companies are saying. It reminds me of the fast food industry's positioning of itself as people's first job, where teenagers work. Actually it's a lot of people providing for their families who work there. It kind of obscures the responsibility to the workers when these companies say they just employ teenagers looking to make pocket money. Also, that people need to earn extra money on top of, say, working full time tells us something about our economy—that people need to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet.
"Weak online connections on job sites and social networking sites are no match for 'strong connections' — i.e., close friends and family members with whom you communicate at least once a month — when it comes to landing a gig, according to a new study from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences" [Moneyish]. A gig, or that unpaid internship that gets you the entry-level job requiring two years of experience…
"Is Poor Health Hindering Economic Growth?" [Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta]. "So how might poor health hinder economic growth? Health factors account for a significant part of the decline in labor force participation since at least the late 1990s. After controlling for demographic changes, the share of people too sick or disabled to work is about 1.6 percentage points higher today than it was two decades ago… [S]ignificant improvements to the health of the working-age population would help lessen the drag on growth of the labor supply coming from an aging population. Public policy efforts centered on both prevention and treatment of work-impeding health conditions could play an important role in bolstering the nation's workforce."
Race, Money and Broadway: How 'Great Comet' Burned Out NYT (DG). DG: "Just about everything wrong with the arts is on display here."
"How Apple Plans to Change the Way You Use the Next iPhone" [Bloomberg]. Whaddaya mean, "you"? If Apple forces facial recognition on me, I'm off the platform. Even if I trained it with a Nixon mask, I'd still have to carry the mask at all times. Or just wear it. Hey, why not?
"Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree" [Association for Computing Machinery]. "[N]early all of the technical components of bitcoin originated in the academic literature of the 1980s and '90s…. This is not to diminish Nakamoto's achievement but to point out that he stood on the shoulders of giants. Indeed, by tracing the origins of the ideas in bitcoin, we can zero in on Nakamoto's true leap of insight—the specific, complex way in which the underlying components are put together. This helps explain why bitcoin took so long to be invented. Readers already familiar with how bitcoin works may gain a deeper understanding from this historical presentation…. Bitcoin's intellectual history also serves as a case study demonstrating the relationships among academia, outside researchers, and practitioners, and offers lessons on how these groups can benefit from one another."
"Wittgenstein on Whether Speech Is Violence" [JSTOR Daily]. "In his essay, "Wittgenstein's Dictionary," the educator John Willinsky highlights the differences between the 'meaning is use' doctrine and a dictionary-first theory of meaning. 'The dictionary's careful fixing of words to definitions, like butterflies pinned under glass, can suggest that this is how language works. The definitions can seem to ensure and fix the meaning of words, just as the gold standard can back a country's currency. What Wittgenstein found in the circulation of ordinary language, however, was a free-floating currency of meaning. The value of each word arises out of the exchange. The lexicographer abstracts a meaning from that exchange, which is then set within the conventions of the dictionary definition… When is speech violence? It depends on how we define it. If we define violence as a physical act, then speech is never violence. If we choose to define violence as causing harm to a person, then speech is often violence. If we choose to define violence as intentionally causing harm, then sometimes speech is violence."
"I didn't know what a meme was, says Distracted Boyfriend photographer" [Guardian]. If you're into meme transmission, this is a must-read (And see the indispensable Know Your Meme here.) Since nobody else has, I guess I'll have to (and do feel free to propagate on the Twitter):
What's interesting to me is the tripartite structure of the meme (which is the source of its power as a vehicle for jokes and commentary). Most of our political discourse is binary ("If you voted against X you are for Y," "If you are against anti-X you are pro-X"). So watching "the Internet" collectively learn to think in threes is interesting.
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Longtime Scottish techno stalwart offers two wicked Detroit-inspired abstractions. We're strongly reminded of Shed or Shake in the skittering electronics and elegantly sweeping synths of 'Red Room' while the mature architecture of 'Stress Free' again harks back to earlier Soloaction releases or further back to Carl Craig in prime 'Landcruising' era. Lush.