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Sweden: 'No Apartments, No Jobs, No Shopping Without a Gun'
Via David
The Swedes see the welfare systems failing them. Swedes have had to get used to the government prioritizing refugees and migrants above native Swedes.
"There are no apartments, no jobs, we don't dare go shopping anymore [without a gun], but we're supposed to think everything's great. ... Women and girls are raped by these non-European men, who come here claiming they are unaccompanied children, even though they are grown men. ... You Cabinet Ministers live in your fancy residential neighborhoods, with only Swedish neighbors. It should be obligatory for all politicians to live for at least three months in an area consisting mostly of immigrants... [and] have to use public transport." -- Laila, to the Prime Minister.
"Instead of torchlight processions against racism, we need a Prime Minister who speaks out against the violence... Unite everyone. ... Do not make it a racism thing." -- Anders, to the Prime Minister.
"In all honesty, I don't even feel they [government ministers] see the problems... There is no one in those meetings who can tell them what real life looks like." – Laila, on the response she received from the government.
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NC: The last Jeffersonian-Democrat
In 1973, Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina was perhaps the most respected and popular member of the United States Congress. His role in the televised Watergate hearings as chairman of the Senate Select Committee led one member of Congress to remark that he was "the most nonpartisan Democrat in the Senate." T-shirts were made in his honor; everyone had a favorite "Senator Sam" story; he starred on an album entitled "Senator Sam at Home;" his face was pressed on Newsweek and Time; fan clubs appeared; and it became "chic" to have a Southern accent and spin down-home tales of life in the rural South. Millions adored him. But Ervin didn't buy into this heroic public image.
He was seventy-seven and had already decided he would retire in 1975. He maintained a listed phone number at his residence in Washington D.C. for most of his time in the Senate (he only changed it after several unusual phone calls during the Watergate hearings led his wife to demand a new unlisted number), and he called himself a simple "country lawyer." He lived in the same house in Morganton, North Carolina most of his life (across the street from his birth home), greeted neighbors and constituents himself at the front door, and graciously accepted produce on his porch from local farmers. He would often remark that his wife of over fifty years kept him grounded. Senator Sam was truly one of the people.
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FINAL DIXIELAND PATCON/FAMILY REUNION Called Off
Those Immune to Conscience
The sight of politicians, especially Republican politicians, bemoaning the state of affairs is more than a sane person can take, if that description still fits. The U.S. is in a full-blown Constitutional crisis, caused by the lack of integrity of the Republicans as the opposition party. The Democrats are communist and have been for a while, but only lately have we discovered why Republicans have for the longest time lacked spine. It's not weakness, it's corruption so deep that they can't even do what is in their political best interest, much less the people's.
The election fraud is so pervasive that it doesn't speak to the level of fraud in our elections, it speaks to the level of corruption throughout the government. The DOJ refusing to look at the fraud in any state, but threatening to intervene where fraud is being discovered is only part of the story.
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America's Descent Into Totalitarianism
PATCON XVIII October 2, 2021
The Thirty Tyrants: The deal that the American elites......
The Stolen Election A-Z
In three options for how a conquering power might best treat those it has defeated in war. The first is to ruin them; the second is to rule directly; the third is to create "therein a state of the few which might keep it friendly to you."
The example Machiavelli gives of the last is the friendly government Sparta established in Athens upon defeating it after 27 years of war in 404 BCE. For the upper caste of an Athenian elite already contemptuous of democracy, the city's defeat in the Peloponnesian War confirmed that Sparta's system was preferable. It was a high-spirited military aristocracy ruling over a permanent servant class, the helots, who were periodically slaughtered to condition them to accept their subhuman status. Athenian democracy by contrast gave too much power to the low-born. The pro-Sparta oligarchy used their patrons' victory to undo the rights of citizens, and settle scores with their domestic rivals, exiling and executing them and confiscating their wealth.
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On the surface the federal leviathan looks to be impregnable. Mr. Trump's people were blocked by every state and federal court where they hoped to seek redress for what polite society calls "voting irregularities." The test for a civil case is preponderance of the evidence, a low bar compared to criminal proceedings. One might think that cases in which there were hundreds of sworn affidavits, video evidence, expert testimony, and demonstration it might just be possible that a court might give you a hearing rather than toss your case out on flimsy technicalities. Wish to complain of this, please not on Twitter, You Tube, Facebook—the Bolshevik Borg does not wish to hear it or see it, nor will they tolerate others doing so.
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To my young, "progressive" Vietnamese friends:
Via Niki Tran
Your parents, grand-parents and people of our generation escaped from bullets and prisons of Communist Vietnam, risked our lives at seas, and lived in these refugee camps for months and years on end, because we lived through socialism and know its reality. One MILLION lives were lost at seas in this process.
Therefore, please stop lecturing us on progressivism and democratic socialism, after you have been brainwashed in schools. We have lived in stricken poverty, filthy conditions, with rats and cockroaches infestation and diseases, just to be able to come to this great country; so, spare us your lecture on the poverty of inner city life. We have come to this country with nothing but the clothes on our back, with no money and little or no English skills, or knowledge of the trades, lived in 1/2-way houses in the inner cities; and so we worked as maids, garbage collectors, cashiers, waiting tables, Kmarts (your Walmart's predecessor) and any odd jobs to make a living and build our way up through hard work and savings.
~~Steven Tuan Pham
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For those who think that what happened today is a "threat to democracy".......
~~Father Jay Rice
Democracy is already dead in this nation. When rampant fraud is permitted, when certifying fraudulent elections is permitted, democracy is dead. The people are no longer truly represented. When this happens, the unrepresented rise up. This is exactly what happened in 1776 and the years leading up to it.
If there was no fraud, if there was no clear cheating, the people would accept the election. But when it is clear that their votes were invalidated by fraud the result will always be rebellion in one form or another.
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They love Donald Trump because no one else loves them. The country they built, the country their ancestors fought for over hundreds of years has left them to die ... mocked and despised by the sneering half-wits with finance degrees but no actual skills."
~~Dave Dietz
Sunny Hill Farm
Dixieland Salvation Fund AKA "Townsend Global Initiative Foundation (T.G.I.F.)" Kindness of Tom :)
Core Creek Militia
My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed by the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.
The Seven Blackbirds
==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.
53rd North Carolina, Fort Mahone/ "Fort Damnation" Petersburg, Virginia
Requiem Aeternam - Eternal Rest Grant unto Them ============================== My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville. ============================= My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket. =========================== *General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below. =========================== *The Attack On Fort Stedman ============================ "His Colored Friends" ============================ Lee's Surrender ============================= My Black NC Kinfolks ============================ Punished For Being Caught!
Great Grandfather Koonce
He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.
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Insider trading history of Mehta Vimal at Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.
The following table details the trading activities (stock purchases, stock sales, and stock option exercises) reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by insider Mehta Vimal since year 2005. The trader's CIK number is 1733369. At the time of the last reporting, Mehta Vimal was the CEO, President, Secretary of Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. . (stock ticker symbol BTAI). See this page for all insider trading activities at Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. .
Stock purchases, sales, and option exercises reported by insider Mehta Vimal since 2005.
Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above table cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more information regarding the trades made by Mehta Vimal (CEO, President, Secretary of Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. at the time of this reporting) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.


It's never too early to think about Mother's Day! Though we're probably wondering which flowers or box of chocolates to get for our moms, we all know that mothers tend to ask for very little. That's what makes them so special and important; they give their hearts to us and seldom ask for anything in return. So in addition to a wonderful present, spend a little more time writing a touching message to your mother that will remind her how much you love her.
You may find that you have lots of things to say to your mother once you start writing. Yes, the messages inside of Hallmark cards already do a good chunk of the work for you, but writing a message in a blank card puts the focus on what you have to say rather than anyone else.
Of course, you could also make your own Mother's Day card, which not only counts as part of her present but also shows just how much time and effort you put into showing your love for her. Mothers enjoy homemade things and tokens of affection that we pour a little piece of ourselves into. There's a reason she still has all of our macaroni art from kindergarten.
Okay, so maybe you're not so good with words. But you don't need to worry because here are a few ideas to help get you started. Remember that these are only starting points. Don't just copy ones from the internet!
Memories: You can always include a memory that you and your mother share to make your card more special. You can preface it with a joke ("Remember that time I fell into the koi pond...") or you can begin your message with a kind reminder ("I'll never forget that time you did \_\ for me..."). Including a memory that you and your mother shared lets her know that you hold your memories just as close to your heart as she does.
Compliments: Nothing beats an honest compliment to your mother. Oftentimes we take for granted the things that they do for us and it's high-time we told them how much we respect them for their deeds. Depending on your personality and the personality of your mother, there are a few different ways that you can take this approach. You can tease her about how she's had to put up with your all these years or you can lovingly thank her for her devotion and undying love for you.
You can also focus on the things that you admire the most in your mother. Perhaps it's her perseverance, her dedication, her strength, or her humor that get you through the day and remind you why you cherish her so much. Tell her how you feel. Let her know that her greatest qualities are ones you hope to inherit from her.
Gratitude: The best thing that you can do for your mother is to thank her. She has made you countless meals over the years, applied a couple thousand bandages, cried with you, laughed with you, and shared many memories with you. She carried you around for nine months and took care of you before you even really knew how to do it yourself. Even though she drives you crazy sometimes, no one's going to have the same kind of love that a mother does and you should thank her for that.
Spoiling: Your mom and grandmother have definitely squabbled over the years about how much your grandmother gives you. Whether it's a dollar bill here or a little present there, we're pretty much always on their mind. They make you your favorite dinners, bake your favorite goodies, and smother you with hugs. You can thank your grandmother for everything that she's given and done for you throughout your life and Lord knows she deserves a little gratitude for it.
Strength: Our grandmothers grew up in much different times than we did and they've seen things we could never imagine. Some of our grandmothers have survived wars, economy collapses, the death of spouses, starvation, immigration, and a plethora of other hardships. You obviously don't need to remind them of these things, but you can compliment their strength in other ways. Letting them know how much you admire them and how you hope to, one day, be as strong as them is a simple way to tell them how much you respect them.
Dedication: It takes a certain amount of patience and loyalty to be there for someone constantly, no matter what they're going through. Take the time to thank these women for being there for you when you felt that no one else was, always being a shoulder to cry on, for helping you smile when you felt your worst, or reminding you how loved you are. If you're someone who isn't good with sentimentality then you can joke a bit, thanking them for listening to any silly problems or for helping you finish that bottle of wine during your breakup.
Loyalty: There are some things that you just can't tell anyone else. These are the women you trust to listen to you, offer advice, and keep your secrets locked away tight. They were there to listen to you when you thought you couldn't turn to anyone else and this is something they should be thanked for. You can let them know that you never forgot what advice they offered you or how they said something that not only cheered you up but changed your life. Tell them how you appreciate them being there for you and remind them that you'll always be there to do the same for them.
Whoever you may be writing to this year, these are just some of the ideas to get you going and to help you give one of the most heartfelt cards your recipient has ever received!


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Q: Loading .NetCore DLL's in powershell I've created some .DLL's compiled using .NetCore 1.1. I now need to load them into Powershell and call their methods. Is this supported or do my DLL's need to be compiled using the full version of .Net?

A: Your .NET Core dlls won't run on standard out of the box windows only flavored powershell.
But! There is a .NET Core friendly version of powershell here: Powershell Core.
Powershell Core will run on Windows, Linux, and macOS, just as .NET Core was meant to run.

A: I came across this question when trying to do something similar. I succeeded in loading a .NET Core dll in the following way:
// You can use namespaces, but also paths
using assembly 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.4\System.Text.Json.dll'

// Specific for the static method I use in my example
$options = New-Object System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions

// Use the Serialize method of the static class JsonSerializer
$jsonString = [System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer]::Serialize($device, $options);

I used System.Text.Json, but you can do this with any dll.
Source:
Powershell 7 docs

A: To add a DLL to a powershell script use the following code: Add-Type -Path "C:\locationOfDLL\mydll.dll". See if that works for accessing the dll as needed.

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Flower Fairies Collection Favorites Assortment #6 includes Crocus Girl, Daffodil, Totter-Grass, White Bryony, Pholox, and Lady's Smock Flower Fairies. The set of 6 fairies is conveniently boxed so that you can easily add a group of fairies to your home today! Most assortments include Flower Fairies that are no longer available for individual purchase. Boxed together in Styrofoam, not in individual Flower Fairy boxes.


Conservation Advisory Council – Per NYS General Municipal Law, each municipality is sanctioned to create a Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) to advise local government on environmental matters and review development proposals with potential environmental impact in an advisory capacity. Since 2009, the Kingston CAC has worked as a volunteer board to ensure the conservation of the City's natural resources and the enhancement and protection of its environment, while fostering unified actions on environmental matters. The Kingston CAC meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in Kingston City Hall Conference Room 1. The meetings are open to the public. For more information, visit the Kingston CAC webpage. See Kingston CAC 2017 Annual Report.
Climate Smart Kingston Commission - The Climate Smart Kingston Commission convenes monthly to strategize, plan, and implement the goals of Kingston's Climate Action Plan. The Commission is comprised of residents and officials who want to take action to assure a sustainable future for the city. The Climate Smart Kingston Commission meets the 4th Wednesday of each month from 5:00-6:30pm at Kingston City Hall, Common Council Chambers. For more information, visit the Climate Smart Kingston Commission webpage, where you can sign up for the Climate Smart Kingston Mailing List to be informed via email of updates on Kingston's sustainability initiatives. Or you can follow Climate Smart Kingston on Facebook.
The Friends of Forsyth Nature Center is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization whose mission is to support the Forsyth Nature Center and to foster and inspire the exploration and conservation of the natural world in and around our urban community. The FFNC Board of Directors meets regularly throughout the year. This group provides scholarships for the Junior Naturalists Program and participates in the Kingston Earth Fair and the Fall Festival, fundraising for the FNC. All proceeds are dedicated to maintaining and improving the Forsyth Nature Center and its programs.
Visit the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Climate Information Resources page for more information on climate science, educational resources and state actions on climate mitigation and adaptation.


Next week's web series will star comedic duos, so if you know of any particularly funny ones, tell us about them at tips@thewrap.com/members.
This show is so bizarre, concept and execution, that it's worth mentioning. The sound in this web series, including the main character's voice, may provoke insanity, but while you're going insane, you'll see a lot of very odd and surprisingly funny celebrity (and "celebrity") impersonations, from Steven Seagal to "The Verizon Guy." The creator's (Matt Florio) conceptions of how each of these celebrities would behave in a roommate situation are entertaining and kind of poetically surreal.
This series begins with a pair of college dorm roommates, one who's gay and one who's straight. From their first awkward encounter (explained by the straight guy being "from Ohio"), their perceptions of each other are eye-opening in how just left of stereotypical they are. Overall, this web series is marked by dynamic relationships and how long it's been running — the pilot came out in November 2012, with season three still rolling out now.
This web series speaks for itself. It's genius in that it clearly takes next to no budget to film but the deadpan acting and the cuts can be described as no less than pure art. "Bad Roommate" could not be more understatedly insane. Everyone should see this show, yet so few people have (the first three episodes all have under 1,000 views on YouTube). These guys explore all the odd corners of sharing a room with a stranger…in the span of the first two episodes alone.
Truly short and sweet episodes, some that are more like vignettes, mark this series about two women who live together, and clearly have for a while. They operate a bit outside of reality's realm, which works particularly well in one episode that's a parody of "The Bachelorette." Mostly, these women look like they have a genuinely good time making this web series and coming up with each punch line, all of which hit spot on.
This web series makes roommates out of two recently broken up women, one with her girlfriend and the other with her guy who gave her an STD. "Entangled with You" explores some real issues with some real characters. It doesn't try to be cute, which is a breath of fresh air in the world of web series.
YouTubers Are Huge in the US; How About Everywhere Else?


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Q: Changing action bar color in android studio Im trying to change my action bar color so i created this style
<style name="trial" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">

    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">#3BB9FF</item>
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle"   parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">#000080</item>
</style>

but it's not working
i have this error  :   Couldn't resolve resource @style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionMode
but in the layout preview it's working fine

A: Add the following code under /res/values/styles.xml

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/TitleBarTextColor</item>
    <item name="android:background">#FF1D3F7A</item>
</style>

<style name="TitleBarTextColor" parent="@style/MyActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFFFF</item>
</style>

FF1D3F7A being the background color


LEROY: A Warriors-Cavs Finals? Who'd have guessed?
Raise your hands of you thought at the beginning of the season that it was going to be Cleveland versus Golden State in the NBA Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs went out early against the L.A. Clippers, the Miami Heat didn't even make the postseason, and Kobe Bryant and the Lakers also sat home for the playoffs.
Sure, LeBron James is back in the finals, but with the way the Cavaliers were playing early in the season, one would have thought that they were going to be a one-series-and-done team. With Kevin Love out for the season and Kyrie Irving banged up, that just shows what kind of player James is as he carried the team on his back in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Atlanta Hawks.
And while the Warriors have been playing well all season long and have arguably been the best team in the league this season, Golden State is not one of those marquee teams in the NBA. Other than Stephen Curry, how many average sports fans can name another player on the Warriors? I bet most of you had to go and Google the Warriors just to make sure that the player you were thinking of was really on the team.
Just the fact that James and Curry are in the finals should be enough for people to tune in, but I doubt that's going to happen. The series might actually be fun to watch, but the average NBA fan might just stay away.
Don't be surprised that the ratings for the Stanley Cup Finals rivals that of the NBA's this postseason and most of the time those numbers can be rather mediocre.
-- Speaking of Curry, there was much fuss of the way his 2-year-old daughter Riley stole the show during a couple of post-game press conferences recently. Some thought it was adorable, while others were just annoyed.
Personally, I can see both sides.
You can't blame Curry for wanting to share the moment with his daughter. It shows how much he cares about his family.
But as for the reporters who want to get their questions answered by the Warriors' star player to make their deadline, I can see why it would become a nuisance to some.
As long as the Warriors keep on winning, Riley will probably be making a few more appearances, and we might just have to grin and bear it.
-- The New England Patriots might want to send a thank-you letter to FIFA for taking some scandalous attention away from them, at least for a little while.
With charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, one would have thought we were talking about organized crime instead of soccer's global governing body.
There have been whispers of corruption within FIFA for years, but it wasn't until the U.S. Justice Department brought the hammer down when it unsealed a 47-count indictment against 14 defendants this week that all those rumors were finally confirmed.
It's a juicy story, no doubt. But, like the upcoming NBA Finals, does the average American really care? Or is Tom Brady using a deflated ball just a much more appealing scandal for the average Joe in the good ol' U.S. of A.?
Personally, I have other things to worry about in my life. But if I had to choose a favorite scandal right now, I guess I would have to go with FIFA and bribes over deflated balls.
One thing's for sure: The average human being loves a good sports scandal to follow. So, MLB, you've been quiet for a while. What have you got?


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ZITON A/S ("ZITON") successfully placed a three-year EUR 100 million senior secured bond loan and a three and a half year EUR 25 million second secured bond. The proceeds will be used to refinance the outstanding bond and subordinated debt and buying back a minority stake in the subsidiary Jack-up InvestCo 3 Plc.
The senior secured bonds, maturing in October 2021, will bear a floating coupon of 3 months EURIBOR + 6.90% (paid quarterly) and the second secured bonds, maturing in April 2022 will bear a floating coupon of 3 months EURIBOR + 11.85% PIK interest. Listing of the bonds on Oslo Stock Exchange will take place within 60 days of settlement.
This was the third time ZITON raised capital in the Nordic bond market and the transactions were well received by the market, as evidenced by the strong Nordic and international demand resulting in both bond issues being heavily oversubscribed.
"The new capital structure is a reflection of the Company's strong market position and development to a full-service provider over the past three years and the new financing provides the necessary flexibility for continued investments and growth while significantly reducing the total cost of funding" says Thorsten Jalk, CEO of ZITON A/S.
Pareto Securities acted as Sole Bookrunner in connection with the bond issues.


Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are naturally suited for this purpose. They must, as per their status pay most of their profits to us as dividends. This tax requirement let's us play landlord from the convenience of our brokerage accounts!
Plus we can cherry pick our real estate buys to focus on those that increase their dividends consistently over time. These stocks have wonderful "built in" capital appreciation potential because their stock prices rise as their dividends climb.
We won't get this price growth from a mere ETF, however. While many REITs do raise their payouts year after year, there are other REITs that find themselves overleveraged and forced to slash their dividends. Which means we must select our REITs smartly and carefully.
In fairness, retail REIT Washington Prime (WPG) started with a weak hand. Simon Property (SPG) packed many of its second- and third-tier mall assets into the company and spun it off in 2014. (At the time, Fitch Ratings even warned against the bargaining power of second-tier malls associated to spinoffs like Washington Prime's.) WPG then bought up Glimcher Realty Trust for $4.3 billion in early 2015 to make up the current entity.
While the company has rebounded with the rest of the REIT market in 2019, it's not because it's doing much right operationally.
Full-year adjusted funds from operations (FFO, an important REIT profitability measure) dipped 7.4% in 2018. That's bad. What's worse is how Washington Prime closed out the year–with a 13.6% dip in AFFO, to 38 cents per share. One of the "sunnier" parts of the report was that comparable net operating income for its Tier 1 and Open Air assets were "practically flat, down only 0.3%" … after they backed out $7 million in impact from Toys R Us' bankruptcy and some capex.
Considering these issues, as well as the warning signal flashing from its barely-not-junk debt rating, Washington Prime is not a reclamation story investors can feel good about yet–18% yield or not.
Mortgage REIT Annaly Capital Management (NLY) has had significant issues in the past because of its heavy concentration in fixed-rate securities. The problem? When rates rise, the rates on those securities look increasingly stale, and their prices decline as investors jump into higher-rate securities. Back in 2004-06, this hacked away at profits, causing Annaly to hack away at its dividend.
NLY remains heavily invested in fixed-rates, at 93% of the portfolio (that's growing; it was 90% just a year ago). It's not as much of a problem now that the Federal Reserve has pushed the "pause" button on interest rates, though it has hampered the company over the past few years.
But Annaly investors still have plenty to grumble about.
Fourth-quarter earnings were a doozy. The report was peppered with issues such as an uptick in leverage from 6.6-to-1 at the end of 2017 to 7.0-to-1 at the end of last year, thinner net interest margins (1.34%), a decline in book value per share (From $11.34 to $9.39). But the biggest problem was the most important number: core earnings per share, which declined 13.3% to 26 cents per share.
The yield is nice, but the cash flows behind it aren't.
I love the instant diversification investors can reap from buying into funds. But I prefer actively managed closed-end funds (CEFs) over index funds in part because in some market industries, fund managers act like bouncers, keeping out the riff-raff and letting the few attractive players in.
A good example of how index funds get it wrong? The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM)–a portfolio of about 35 mREITs that are weighted by market cap. In other words, the bigger they are, the more they affect the fund's performance.
The problem? The two 800-pound gorillas of the mortgage REIT space – Annaly Capital and AGNC Investment (AGNC) – make up almost 30% of the portfolio and have dragged it down with their underperformance.
The mREIT industry is a difficult one with more losers than winners, making quality stock selection vital, moreso than with other areas of the market. You see the same thing in international real estate, where ETFs such as the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF (RWO, 3.5% yield) and SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF (RWX, 4.9%), where you would be far better cherry-picking the best REITs to buy at any given moment.
It's actually easier to "time" REIT stocks than most investors think. Thanks to their generous yields we can simply buy the safest payouts when we are able to secure the most dividends for our dollar.
With its yield near its all-time lows, it made sense to sell (and book our 109% total returns). Even the sleepy high yield space can experience mild bouts of irrational exuberance! Fortunately there are investments with more price upside that will actually give us a raise to boot (up to 7.5% dividends).


Whoops! Those crazy elephants -- what will they do next? Elefunk is yet another new game for the PlayStation Network that features elephants doing crazy things. We don't know much else about the game right now, but can anyone seriously question the entertainment value of elephants collapsing off of bridges?


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These Great Games Were Released in 2019
And this is my list of my favorite games of 2019.
You may call this a "Game of the Year" list. I suppose that isn't far off from...
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Delayed
April is starting to look a little packed.
Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase said today that the game will be delayed slightly. Final Fantasy 7 Remake was originally slated to be released on March 3. Now, it will instead be released on April 10. This comes via a press release sent out Kitase and the development team at Square Enix.
This sad news comes roughly a week after the still unannounced demo for Final Fantasy 7 Remake was leaked. There are already...
Doom Eternal - Official Trailer 2
It's a new trailer for Doom Eternal. 'Nuff Said.
You want a new trailer for DOOM Eternal? You got it. This trailer offers up a look at the new enemies like the Marauder and Gladiator. You get a look at new glory kills. You get a look at the awesome power of the Crucible weapon.
Doom Eternal will be out on March 20, 2020 for the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia. A Nintendo Switch release will be released "at a later date." ...
New Character Focused Trailer and Screens for Resident Evil 3 Remake
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When you think of Resident Evil 3, you probably think of the characters of Jill Valentine and the ever persistent Nemesis. You may even think of Carlos, whom you do spend a bit of time playing as after a certain story beat in the original. However, there are a number of other characters that were in the original that are maybe not as memorable. They are, nonetheless, still vital to the story and will obviously show up in the Resident Evil 3 remake that Capcom is working...
PlayStation is Officially Ditching E3 2020
A surprise move with the PlayStation 5 mere months away from release.
In late 2018, Sony announced that they would not participate in E3 2019. Today, history repeats itself as Sony has once again announced that they will not be participating in E3 2020. For the second year in a row, Sony and their PlayStation lineup will be a no-show at, what used to be, one of the largest industry events of the year.
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Tekken 7 Season 2 Launches Today with Anna and Lei
The second season pass for Tekken 7 launched today. With its release comes the first two playable characters out of the six that are planned.
Today sees the release of Anna Williams and Lei Wulong.
Lei Wulong
Blackout Battle Royale Gameplay Showcased in New Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Trailer
Activision and Treyarch released a new gameplay focused trailer today for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Specifically, this video focuses on the Blackout battle royale coming with the game.
As you may recall, yesterday we saw what the full Blackout map looks like. It seems as though this is all leading up nicely to the Blackout beta that begins on Monday, September 10 on the PS4. The PC and Xbox One will get to hop into the beta starting on Friday, September 14. More information...
This Official Forza Horizon 4 Commercial is Amusing and Informative
If you still don't know too much about the upcoming open world racing experience that is Forza Horizon 4, then maybe this new official commercial will help you to understand.
Though it is informative, it still seems to have left the poor narrator a little confused.
Forza Horizon 4 will be released on October 2, 2018 for the Xbox One and Windows 10.
First Look at The Surge's Western Themed Expansion
Published: 09-06-2018, 11:31 AM
Even though The Surge 2 was announced, that doesn't mean work stopped on the original game. In fact, there's an entirely new expansion coming out for The Surge that maybe isn't what you expected to see out of the game.
It's called The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented and it's got a decidedly western theme going on. Just like the base game, it will put your action-RPG skills to the test.
Enter the bowels of the CREO facility and explore an old and abandoned Quality Assurance
THQ Nordic Acquires Kingdoms of Amalur IP
THQ Nordic just continues to grow. The latest acquisition announcement came today when it was revealed that the company picked up the Kingdom of Amalur IP from 38 Studios. Not only did THQ pick up the rights to this RPG, they also picked up the Amalur content that relates to the abandoned MMORPG that was codenamed "Copernicus."
About Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead
Valve Making Great Strides to Combat Steam's Content Problem
Valve just updated their blog today with some information that I honestly wasn't expecting to see. A few months ago Valve's Erik Johnson put up a blog post that more or less said that they were going to be working on making things better in the Steam store and would work on removing games and developers that were being obvious trolls or those with illegal content in their games.
It sounded, at least to me, like they were again going to be super hands off and let the market curate...
This is the Full Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 'Blackout' Map
Charlie INTEL has pieced together the full battle royale map that will be used for the Blackout mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. I say "pieced together" because Activision and Treyarch were sending out direct messages to a number of Call of Duty communities with small sections of the overall map. Those communities then shared the media they were sent with the world, typically through Twitter posts. It took a bit of time, but it looks like all of the pieces finally fell into place. Thi...
The Intro to Metal Gear Solid Looks Damn Good in Unreal Engine 4
A fan took the time to remake the intro to Metal Gear Solid using Unreal Engine 4. The video, seen below, was uploaded to the Warpgazer YouTube channel and is said to be made by Erasmus Brosdau.
The description says that everything was "real-time rendered" in engine and used a variety of Unreal marketplace assets. The intro is presented pretty much as you probably remember it, a few exceptions being some tweaks to sound effects and the start menu design.
Nielsen Acquires SuperData Research to Broaden Digital Game Sales Data
Nielsen, the company that already tracks what shows you're watching, wants to broaden its horizons a bit. Today, they finalized the acquisition of SuperData Research in order to track digital game sales and eSports. This acquisition will bolster their Nielsen Games and Nielsen Esports divisions. Nielsen is often very useful for various production companies to see what consumers are watching or purchasing. It helps them to see and understand various market trends. That kind of stuff is...
Jagged Alliance: Rage! Release Dates Announced in New Trailer
The release date for Jagged Alliance: Rage! was announced today in a new trailer. That date is September 27 for the PC and November 6 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Well, I suppose you don't really need to watch the trailer now, eh? You probably should still check it out though. There's still probably some content there you'll want to check out. I mean, it IS a gameplay trailer after all.
This spin-off from the Jagged-Alliance-Franchise is about the beloved mercs like
Next Black Desert Expansion 'Drieghan' Playable at EGX 2018
Those who are going to this year's EGX will get to play the upcoming Drieghan expansion for Black Desert Online. Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games say that they will show off this new content that features a large, mountainous area with "over 300 challenging quests" and a dragon boss. Dragon bosses are cool.
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Hunter Lee Prewitt, 28, Mountain Grove, Mo., was charged with one count of bank robbery. It is alleged that on Jan. 25, 2017, Prewitt robbed the Landmark National Bank at 106 South 6th Street in Osage City. According to court records, Prewitt gave a teller a note saying: "This a robbery. Give me all one hundreds, fifties and twenties." He left the bank with cash and drove away in a white pickup truck.
BURLINGAME—Bill Caton, project manager, and Fred Diver, Osage County commissioner, discussed a senior housing project with the Burlingame City Council at its Feb. 6 regular meeting.
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MELVERN—Marcia Patterson, member of the Melvern Visionary Committee, presented information on installing a disc golf course on the recreation grounds north of Marais des Cygnes High School.
LYNDON—The Osage County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Laurie Dunn, sheriff, to move forward with hiring Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., to perform medical services for the jail.
"We've got a lot of counties right around you we take care of," said Art Rose, program consultant for ACH. He said services would start a few months after the contract was finalized.
OSAGE CITY—The Osage City Council tentatively approved a $732,787 bring Greeley Excavating, LLC, for both divisions of the septic sewer system project for the city.
"This is the first construction project resulting from our order with the EPA to address deficiencies with the septic sewer system," said Waldo Margheim, engineering manager for wastewater systems at Burns & McDonnell.
Waldo reviewed the opening of bids, which took place Jan. 23.
LYNDON—The Osage County Board of Commissioners hosted an annual update from Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness, Emporia, which operates a regional office in Osage County, one of seven counties served by the organization.
Rod Runquist, chief executive officer, presented updates on the organization along with Lauren Rickner, Osage City office manager.
Rickner said the office has been focused on regionalizing each of its satellite offices.
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Shot Trajectory Parameters in Gold Medal Stationary Shot-Putters during World-Class Competition
in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Laurent Frossard 1 , James Smeathers 1 , Alison O'Riordan 1 and Scott Goodman 2
1 Queensland University of Technology
2 Australian Institute of Sport
https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.24.4.317
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The parameters of the shot's trajectory were reported for male and female gold medalists (classes F52, F53, F54, and F55) who competed at the 2000 Paralympic Games and the 2002 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships. The specific objective was to determine the magnitude of differences in these parameters across classes and genders. The release velocity of the shot increased with the performance and the classification for both males (8.30 m/s – 9.96 m/s) and females (4.58 m/s – 8.50 m/s). The measured angle of the shot's trajectory at release also increased with the performance and the classification for both males (27.54° – 32.47°) and females (9.02° – 34.52°). The position of the shot from a fixed reference point at release revealed a similar trend for both males (2.01 m – 2.68 m) and females (1.16 m – 1.98 m), although it was weaker.
* Laurent Frossard is with the School of Engineering Systems, James Smeathers and Alison O'Riordan are with the Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation and the School of Human Movement Studies, all at Queensland University of Technology. Scott Goodman and Alison O'Riordan are with Athletics Australia, Australian Institute of Sport.
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A key word is one which is essential to the meaning of a sentence.
e.g. The snake is a reptile. The snake is a reptile.
Look at the sentences carefully. Copy the sentence in your book and underline the three key words using a ruler and a coloured pencil.
Birds have wings and feathers.
Gorillas and chimpanzees are kinds of apes.
The thigh bone is called the femur.
The knee bone is called the patella.
Rainfall is measured with a rain gauge.
Do the same again with these sentences, but you must decide how many key words are in the sentences.
The skull is a kind of bony box which protects your brain.
Birds are warm-blooded, but reptiles are cold-blooded.
Swans and ducks are two birds that have webbed feet.
The little baby gurgled happily as she played in the sandpit.
The referee stopped the game because the player had hurt his ankle.
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Colin Gregson (born 19 January 1958) is an English former professional footballer and FA Youth Cup winner who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and in the Scottish League for Berwick Rangers.

Early life

In 1969, whilst playing in a cup final for Wyndham Primary School, Gregson was noticed by Coventry City scout, Jimmy Nichol. At the end of the match Nichol approached Gregson's father with an invitation for his son to take part in trials at the club during the school summer holidays of that year. Gregson took part in the trials and was accompanied to Coventry by his father. He repeated his trials with the club during the Easter holidays of 1970.

Gregson represented various youth clubs including Newcastle City Boy's (1969–74), Newbiggin Hall Boy's Club (1971–72) and Montagu & North Fenham Boy's Club (1972–74) being the club his father, Gordon, had played for 1949–50.

In 1971 Gregson was noticed by West Bromwich Albion scout, Bill Emery and was invited to take part in trials at the club during the Christmas holidays of that year. In 1972, after having had trials with Newcastle United and Sunderland, he signed Associated Schoolboy Forms with WBA which prevented other clubs from approaching him. He regularly took part in trials at the club until he left school in 1974.

In late 1972, whilst representing Montagu & North Fenham Boy's Club, Gregson took part in a televised penalty competition held at St James' Park and scored 6 out of 10 penalties against the Newcastle United goalkeeper, Iam McFaul. The show was later broadcast on Tyne Tees Television's sports programme, "Sportstime", presented by George Taylor.

Club career

West Bromwich Albion

On 1 July 1974, Gregson joined West Bromwich Albion, then recently relegated to Division Two and managed by Don Howe, as an Apprentice Professional. At the end of his first season he helped WBA win the Midland Intermediate Cup by scoring in the 1st leg of the final (1-1) against Shrewsbury Town at the Hawthorns. In May, 1975, he was a member of the Albion squad that took part in the International Youth Tournament held in Augsburg, Germany. At the end of the season, Don Howe's contract with WBA expired and was not renewed. He was replaced by the ex-Leeds United and Republic of Ireland midfielder, John Giles, as player manager.

The 1975–76 season saw Gregson, as a 17-year-old, immediately become a regular in Albion's reserve team and in one Central League match (20 December 1975) at Burnley, he scored the equaliser in a 2–2 draw with a 25-yard shot whilst playing alongside the ex-England legend, Geoff Hurst, recently signed from Stoke City. It was reported, "Gregson's 79th minute equaliser - a dipping shot 25 yards out, hammered in after he had cut in from the right, came just one minute after Burnley had taken the 2–1 lead their play during the second half had merited" also "and then came Gregson's spectacular equaliser".

During the same season Gregson represented West Bromwich Albion in trials, held at, Lilleshall, Shropshire, for the England Youth Team (U18). He later signed full professional forms with the club, 20 January 1976.

Gregson was a key player for Albion's youth team during their FA Youth Cup winning campaign of 1975–76. Before defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the two-legged final, Albion had already defeated Coventry City, Charlton Athletic, Ipswich Town, Manchester United and Crystal Palace. In the 3rd round home tie (15 December 1975) when Albion were a goal down and with only 30 minutes of the game remaining, Gregson scored a hat-trick against Charlton Athletic, to ensure Albion reached the 4th round. It was reported, "But then Gregson took over. He equalised in the 60th minute with a brilliant solo effort, beating three men before shooting past the keeper". During the 5th round tie against Manchester United at The Hawthorns, (Tuesday, 9 March 1976) it was reported, "Summerfield's equaliser was again the result of a Lynex cross with Colin Gregson setting up the goal with a brilliant pass from midfield". During the first leg of the semi-final clash (Monday, 29 March 1976) at home to Crystal Palace, Gregson created two of Albion's goals from a corner and a free kick and also scored with a penalty in the resulting 3–2 win. In the first leg of the final (Tuesday, 27 April 1976) at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he created the first goal, scored by Kevin Summerfield, with a defence-splitting pass and was voted man of the match. Albion went on to win the match 2–0 and secured the trophy, for the first and only time in the club's history, with a 3–0 win in the second leg at the Hawthorns (Monday, 3 May 1976).

Towards the end of the season, Gregson made his debut in Albion's first team during a private friendly against Crewe Alexandra at the Hawthorns. The match was arranged by John Giles to enable him to observe how some of Albion's younger players performed against more senior players.

At the end of the season WBA had won the FA Youth Cup, finished second to Liverpool in the Central League, and gained promotion back to Division One.

The 1976–77 season saw Gregson continue as a regular in Albion's reserve team and towards the end of the season Sheffield Wednesday, then in Division Three and managed by Len Ashurst, expressed an interest in him. Peterborough United, then also in Division Three and managed by the ex-Vice President of the League Managers Association, John Barnwell, also expressed an interest in signing him and invited him to play for Peterborough in a home friendly match (12 May 1977) against Nottingham Forest, then in Division Two and managed by Brian Clough. The full-strength Forest team featured players such as Ian Bowyer and the future England International, Tony Woodcock. Gregson played the full 90 minutes of the match and within weeks Forest had gained promotion back to the First Division. Within two years they had won the First Division Title and the European Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday

Gregson eventually chose to sign for Sheffield Wednesday and made his first appearance for the club Saturday, 20 August 1977 during a Central League match at Sheffield United. It was reported, "Gregson, the newcomer from West Brom, was playing extremely well in midfield for Wednesday, he was instrumental in breaking up many of the dangerous home attacks".

Tuesday, 30 August 1977, saw him make his debut, as a 19-year-old, in the first team during a League Cup match away at Blackpool (score 2–2). Wednesday's second goal of the match occurred after Gregson challenged Blackpool's goalkeeper who, under pressure from the challenge, dropped the ball to enable another Wednesday player to score. It was reported, "Colin Gregson was drafted into the team in place of the injured Rodger Wylde and made a promising debut". He went on to make his debut in the Football League, Saturday 1 October 1977 away at Portsmouth (score 2–2). However, on 5 October 1977, Len Ashurst was sacked by Wednesday, and reserve team coach, Ken Knighton, appointed as caretaker manager.

After the appointment of the new manager, Jack Charlton, Gregson made one further appearance in the first team as a second-half substitute away at Exeter City (score 1–1), and although he never featured in the new manager's future plans, he continued to perform to a high standard, as demonstrated by various match reports, in the reserve team. During one match, Saturday, 4 March 1978, giving Wednesday a 2–1 victory, he scored both goals passed the Manchester United goalkeeper, Alex Stepney, who had played for United during the 1968 European Cup Final. It was reported, "Wednesday's first goal was rocketed into the net by Gregson" and "Gregson crowned a workmanlike performance with the winner (a header created from a cross by the ex-WBA & Scottish International, Bobby Hope) five minutes from the end".

At the beginning of the 1978–79 season Maurice Setters was appointed as Wednesday's new reserve team coach after the departure of Ken Knighton to manage Sunderland. During an away match at Derby County,"Gregson fired in an unstoppable drive from 30 yards which left County's goalkeeper bemused and rooted to his line".

During a later match, Gregson scored the winner to give Wednesday a 3–2 victory over Everton. It was reported, "Colin Gregson's brilliant 80th minute header gave impressive Wednesday their ninth successive win after they had trailed 0–2 after 15 minutes".

On 13 March 1979, Gregson played for Wednesday's reserve team in an away match at Manchester City. The City team featured the former England international, Colin Bell MBE, and the Polish International, Kaziu Deyna, who had played for Poland during the 1974 World Cup Finals.

Denmark

In May 1979, Gregson left Sheffield Wednesday and spent a week in Denmark training with Randers Freja, managed by ex-Aston Villa coach, Frank Upton. Upton had made the invitation to Gregson after travelling to England to watch him play. At the end of his stay, Gregson expected to be offered a two-year contract but the deal was never finalised due to the apparent abrupt departure from the club by Upton.

Berwick Rangers

After returning to the UK, Gregson was invited for a trial with Berwick Rangers who had then just gained promotion to the Scottish First Division (now the Scottish Championship). After impressing during a pre-season friendly at Galashiels, he was offered a two-year contract by player/manager, Dave Smith. He made his debut for the club, Saturday 28 July 1979, against Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox Park in the 1st round of the Drybrough Cup. He made his debut in the Scottish Football League, Saturday 11 August, against Airdrie. He missed three months of the season due to sustaining a serious knee injury but later returned for a match at Arbroath, 1 December 1979, when it was reported, "In the midfield Gregson was the pick. Despite not having played competitively for 12 weeks he filled the gap left by Jim Morton's departure with admirable success. A player who likes to get involved in things, he might prove to be more effective than Morton has this season". The match was broadcast the following day as the main match on Scottish Television's sports programme, "Scotsport". Gregson made his last appearance for Berwick, Saturday, 20 August 1980, during a Scottish League Cup fixture against Aberdeen. Shortly afterwards he requested that his contract with the club be terminated by mutual consent, due to the excessive travelling involved from his home in Newcastle to away games in Scotland. He then had a short spell with local non-league club, Blyth Spartans.

Australia

In 1981, Gregson joined Australian National League club, West Adelaide, then managed by Englishman Billy Birch, but by the time Gregson arrived at the club Birch had been sacked and replaced by Yugoslavian coach, Peter Jaksa. After an away match at South Melbourne, which involved a return journey by plane, it was reported, "New English import Gregson, went on against South for the last 20 minutes and impressed". Jaksa was also quoted, with reference to the next match, as saying, "I must also seriously consider fielding Colin Gregson from the kick-off this time, Gregson looks good but he is still not fully fit". The South Melbourne team featured the ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool & Aston Villa striker, Alun Evans.

Honours
West Bromwich Albion
FA Youth Cup winners: 1976

References

External links
Gregson's league stats at Neil Brown's site
Gregson's Sheff Wed stats at Adrian Bullock's site

1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
English footballers
Association football midfielders
West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Berwick Rangers F.C. players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players
West Adelaide SC players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players

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So. . . you've worked hard at building a web site from scratch. You started back in 1995 in the web's "early days". You built content, built the databases, designed graphics, and wrote software. You promoted your site every chance you got and added e-commerce to generate revenue. The last years seem a blur of staying up late nights, midnight snacks, working odd hours, tweaking code. However, now all the hard work has paid off and you are getting 50,000 visitors every day viewing about 15,000,000 pages the month. One day you get a strange e-mail. It is a well known publicly traded company that wants to see if you are interested in selling your web site. They ask you to name your price. You smile. Wow. Someone wants to buy your web site. Then the smile disappears as you realize that you have no clue as how to value a web site. After all, this is not just like any other business. What do you compare it to? It isn't like real estate where you can easily check to see what the market is like or what comparable properties sell for. How do you measure your hours or hard work, sweat, frustration, and money that you have poured into the web site?
While we realize that ultimately, the value of a web site may come down to the simple "what is the buyer willing to pay" and the seller "willing to take" we nevertheless want to offer a roadmap and somewhat of a checklist / laundry list of things to consider.
Some of the components are obvious. They include: value of hardware, value of software, value of content, etc. Some of the components of a web site's value may not be so obvious. For example a web site that costs $500 to run every month and does not produce any income of any kind may not seem that attractive at first. However, you sometimes need to look a little deeper beneath the surface. What if the site offers something unique which is of value to someone else; such as a constant amount of traffic with certain "attractive" demographic characteristics? What if the site includes custom software that can be easily ported to other areas or to another site? Certainly such type of traffic or feature has a value that may not be easily calculable, but needs to be included in the valuation.
There are many elements that must be included in the valuation of a web site. Both the seller and buyer must remember that an important thing to be considered in valuing a web site is the "traditional" methods of business valuation. Basically, you always still need to look at the "bottom line". You need to determine what the return on investment is going to be and if the acquisition of a site is ultimately going to be a worthwhile investment. However, for web sites, you can't just look only at the traditional valuation methods. You will find that many sites are not making money, but that does not mean that these sites are not worth anything. In fact they could be worth millions of dollars in what can be best described as "dormant money".
Someone could argue that ultimately, all these components lead to one thing. Traffic to the site. They would claim that just by looking at traffic alone you can determine the value of a web site. After all, they would argue, a site with 5 MB of files and data using a "virtual server" / hosting service (i.e. sharing space on a server with many other) serving 5,000,000 visitors a month would be worth more than a site which owns 3 servers and has 1 gigabyte of files and data serving 4,000,000 visitors a month. That is not necessarily true. You may need to also look at the "smaller" sites capacity to handle more traffic, more data and more. The infrastructure becomes very important too.
It is interesting to point our that there are not many places like the web where a very small amount of investment and infrastructure can generate far more traffic than sites that have poured millions of dollars in equipment, software and development. The college student's site that started as a school project has the potential to generate more visitors than the site which cost some company funded by a lot of venture capital which invested several millions of dollars to create a "high tech" site (for an example we don't need to look farther than the currently very popular "facebook.com"). In some discussion circles this is called the small dog being able to outdistance the big dog. Very little investment can create a lot of value. In the "outside real world" a start up company that wants to look good to it's potential clients needs to make a substantial investment just to open it's door's to the public. Even the office space or the furniture can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Yet on the web the "Small Dog" can look as good (or even better) than the "Big Dog".
In the middle of 1997 Tripod was sold to Lycos for 58 million dollars in the acquiring company's stock.
Today the market has grown substantially. Not only are there more of the "bigger players" engaged in buying web properties, but a whole new group of medium and smaller buyers of sites have cropped up as well. The "medium sized" buyers are generally companies, like for example Atomic Online and Internet Brands, that buy sites in their "space" to expand the size of their audience. This is your basic market consolidation. The smaller players are individuals or companies that buy websites with potential, improve them and then flip them (website flipping) or buy sites with potential, improve them, increase revenue and add them to their portfolio of web properties (buy and hold).
When we originally wrote this article there were only a handful of website brokers and sites which helped buyers and seller of existing web sites. Generally, they represented sellers and around 1999 many of them handled mostly adult sites, since until then (by category) adult sites were the sites generating any significant revenue. There are now more companies and sites that have entered this space and many more web brokers have appeared as well.


text:
The Art of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-1967)
by Katherine Anne Porter
Here is a contemporary of the New Critics, whose work has never come to their attention. I suspect that when they identify themselves with agrarianism, they mean the aristocratic mythology of the Old South, and are not really interested in a country boy so close to home. I am bosom buddies with some of the New Critics (others aren't really interested in bosoms). They all focus on precisely the textual density often achieved by Mr. Guthrie, one of the most gifted lyricists since Robert Burns (to whom Woody wrote at least one letter--did Bobby reply?).
Let me just examine, somewhat after the manner of the New Criticism, one of his little masterpieces. Oh, I'll not use their hifalutin vocabulary. Where Mr. Guthrie and I come from, few words count for more than many. I shall show that his subject matter, the way he treats it, and the sense he gives to it constitute a unified perception, which could not be conveyed in any other way. Is this not what we mean by art: beauty achieved through absolute integrity of material, form, and content? You may say what you will about the importance of a "message." Our classics have survived out of the past as treasured for their beauty.
Mr. Guthrie finds a topic in the rough company he has chosen for himself. Some call them hoboes, bums, Guthrie calls them "travelers," those down-and-out, illicit riders on railroad freight cars. During the Great Depression of the 1930s there are so many of them, and they are so often injured that the railroads designate an employee, the brakeman, to control the problem. The travelers call him a "bull," no doubt for just such tough measures as Mr. Guthrie records here. The encounter entails harsh consequences for the travelers, and a fatal end for the railroad bull himself.
By setting his ballad "down in the scrub oak country," Mr. Guthrie may inadvertently reveal something about himself. "The town of Kilgore" actually lies among high pine forests in the rolling hills of East Texas. The "scrub oak" of Guthrie's own home territory begins only a hundred miles further west. He is remembering a visit to Kilgore when it was an unlovely oil boom town, not different from the Okemah of his boyhood or from Texas Panhandle towns of his youth. Mr. Guthrie knows "Kilgore and Longview twelve miles down" also as a rail center where "the tales are switched down the stems and mains," among travelers seeking shelter in their "jungle yards" and conversing in railroad argot.
The time is a cold and wintry day, when there are many "boys on the hunt of a job." The few lucky families, "the working people," do not treat them as bums, but will hand out "a carrot or spud just to boil a stew around." Even the railroad bull may not himself be an evil man. Mr. Guthrie notes that the office is notorious, and "the bulls are tough," but Guthrie speaks up for them elsewhere:
They'll tell you, yes, I'm tough, I'm paid to be tough, and if I ain't tough, the boss'll get somebody what is tough. When that five o'clock whistle blows, and I take off my harness, then I'm a pretty good feller, something like you, but when that morning eight o'clock rolls around, I put my rig back on, and I get tough again, and I stay tough all day long--and it just so happens that I'm tough right this minute.
Hard as it may seem on a cold day, when your last stew pot gets kicked over, it is not the worst thing that has happened to young men in the railroad yards. Many no doubt dream of eventual retribution, but the experienced bull is undaunted by desperate threats.
Red he laughed and he clumb the bank and he swung on the side of a wheeler
And the boys caught a train to Seminole, and west to Amarillo.
Red has his job on the heavy equipment (a "wheeler" may be a road grader), and the hungry travelers set off to the high plains. Experiences like theirs were many times repeated during the Great Depression, so commonplace as to be merely representative.
But here is the point where Mr. Guthrie's hobo recollection discovers its artistic form. The travelers issue a threat, pointing to "just one year from today," harkening back to the ancient oracle which casts a time frame out beyond ordinary history, its fulfillment fatally predestined. Hence the almost musical resolution expressed in the final line, as over Red's corpse the travelers sit down at last to consume that meal begun one year ago to the day. These diners are as surely murderers as Atreus and Thyestes, but the meal here over the victim's body asserts an inexorable rightness in the world. Insofar as we may share their feeling, we are left with the final problem posed by great art: what in the world can it mean?
That is a question of course to be answered only by the work itself, and only in the language of the work. We do best to read it over with the question in our mind. The language is not such as the New Critics, or any other critics for that matter, are wont to call "poetic." It is common--worse, it is platitudinous: "A gun wheeled out of an overcoat and played the old one two." The meter is everywhere crippled, hobbling along in exactly the crazy gimp of the little minstrel himself, who soon enough lost all control of his limbs. --We realize that we have been flung four thousand years back into the age of the bard, what we have on paper only an uncertain scribble of its true existence in song, and in the ear of the audience. The singer does with each syllable and line as he pleases, meter and rhymes perfected only in his delivery. Occasionally he signals the pick up of a new strophe, for example, by the slight acceleration of internal rhyme. Then we know something is coming.
His choice of words sets his story against the backdrop of hard traveling on cold shiny irons through the unforgiving machines of an industrial world. Men have the machines to thank for their jobs--if they are lucky enough to have one. If they are good men they look out for one another, be it in the jungle yards, or by giving a handout to a destitute traveler. But everybody serves the machines. Red, moreover, is introduced as one who even draws pleasure from the job, "just a sportin' his smooth runnin' gun." This little machine of his own assures his overwhelming power over the travelers. He can fulfill his official duty, protect railroad property, with no more than a kick flinging their warm meal over the bush. They are helpless--can only threaten. Red has heard idle threats before this. He is just, as they say in the industrial world, doing his job. Is that wrong if he does it with zest?
There, I think, we have a message. It pertains to authority, indeed to all organized life, to the context in which each of us lives and works. As for me, I cannot help but think how the German word for "job" is Amt, a person who has one, a Beamte. It is in my day, you know, that Adolf Hitler makes his pact with Joseph Stalin, two great overlords of officialdom. No one is better at doing their jobs than the Germans. Woody, as we say back in Texas, I hear ya'. Meaningful human activity always requires organization. We all truly have a job. We must all be Beamte, however hateful that may be to us. But woe to the man who takes his job too seriously. Woe to the organization whose members become too loyal. At that point, of course, the organization is served, but no longer itself serves humanity. Loyalty to the railroad has become destructive of Red's human responsibility. The hungry travelers must turn to ancient self help, or as in this ballad, to the law of the smooth runnin' gun.
But now, you see, I did not say that nearly as well as Mr. Guthrie does. So let me just repeat: his subject matter, two boys on the hunt of a job; his song in their language, and in the symbolism of hard industrial equipment; his message, the callousness of man--and our fate. Under a deft hand emerges a little piece of beauty which transcends itself.
Indian Creek, Texas
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For several months now, we've been playing in a regular Aliens & Asteroids game at my FLGS, and each character is very unique despite their chosen professions. That's one of the nice things about this system. Character creation is not locked down once you select a career path.
Sure, you can follow the path and only take those traits as your character levels up, but why would you do that? Our characters are shaped by our experiences, just like we are.
Don't believe me? Let's go through a few examples so you can see what I mean at my own table. These characters appear every week in our ongoing campaign and have advanced through the ranks from level 1 to level 7 since August 2017.
We'll start with the two NPCs that have accompanied our party since we began. Everybody needs a little armed backup, right?
Buddy has been a member of the team since the beginning and has a history of botching rolls in the worst places. On one planet there were "swamp anemones" that would paralyze you with a poisoned spine as they wrapped around your foot if you stepped on them. I think during one session he stepped on them frequently and had to be rescued more than once. He's not that bright, but he's always there and willing to lend a strong hand if you need it.
At 1st level he started out with the Sprinter and Guns traits. Handy in a firefight. But as those fights got tougher, we added a few other traits such as Hand-to-Hand, Melee, and Heavy Weapons. My favorite trait he took was "Hitting the Gym," which bumped up his already high Toughness from 14 to 15. He definitely knows where the weight room is at.
Jennifer, like Buddy, has been on the team since the beginning. She and Buddy are close. And she was a buttoned down soldier to start out, with Explosives and Guns at first level. If she couldn't kill it with a gun, she figured she'd blow it up. And that was a pretty good approach for a while. But in one session, she began to see her own mortality a bit more clearly through the fog of war.
True story. In a battle with Dread-enhanced lampreys, the party faced a giant beast at least 3 or 4 meters long and nearly a meter across at the head. This thing was massive. And it was on a rampage. Poor Yattara was dangled off a rope in a cave underground and was chomped on by this thing. Buddy pulls her out, like a fish on the end of a line, and she's wailing and screaming trying to get this giant sucker fish with teeth off of her. It had drawn her into its gullet until she was wearing it like a pair of pants.
Well, two of her party members — Dr. Stone and Commander Cantrell — decided they'd try to cut Yattara out of the fish with their combat knives. First, one tried to cut her out and rolled a critical failure, stabbing through the fish into the Marine's leg. Then the other one tries to cut her out and ALSO rolls a critical failure, stabbing her other leg through the fish. Though they did eventually kill the foe, she never forgot being eaten alive by a giant fish and nearly losing her legs in the process.
So when she had an opportunity to do a Cybernetic Enhancement, she chose to replace her own legs with enhanced robotics so she would gain some Toughness and never feel that helpless again.
Both characters have bumped up their Toughness, but in very different ways!
Next time we'll talk about Technician Samsonite and our medic, Dr. Stone, and some of their unique trait choices!