Bromley Council has refused planning permission to a free school it had itself invited to open in the borough. It sounds like a bizarre silly season story but it is anything but funny as the mystifying chain of events left over 50 Bromley children, who were already on their summer holidays, wondering where they will go to school in September.
I have castigated the Labour council in my borough of Hammersmith & Fulham for their callous chicanery in withdrawing the site of Fulham Boys' School for ideological reasons at the last minute, leaving children with nowhere to go to school next term. Only the intervention of London Mayor Boris Johnson saved the day.
It is appalling that a Conservative Council could do effectively the same thing – with only five weeks to go before a school opens.
The consternation in the homes of the affected children and the immense stress which will have disrupted those families' summer holidays, is all the more painful to imagine because it was caused by Conservative councillors. All the children were offered alternative places within a week and that is the only creditable aspect of this sorry episode.
The new primary free school was invited to open by the administration in Bromley and had the support of the council's education and planning officers. But it was blocked by a Cllr Russell Mellor on Bromley's Plans Sub-committee four. Cllr Mellor and the man whose plans he blocked, Cllr Stephen Wells the Cabinet member for education, both sit for Copers Cope ward.
It is difficult to discern what the motive for the rebellion was but it can hardly be pretended that it was in the interests of the children. The official objection was that the school would have caused "light pollution" – but it would be surrounded by a tall hedge and by 65 feet away from the nearest house. The planning officers, in their professional judgment, had felt confident enough to recommend approval.
The numbers of primary age pupils in adjacent wards are projected to increase by over 20 per cent in some cases over the next few years.
The free school was to be sited in temporary accommodation in the spacious grounds of the existing Harris Academy, Beckenham. The Academy buildings are old and the Education Funding Agency has allocated money to knock them down and rebuild the school to modern standards. It also hoped to construct a new permanent home for the primary at the same time. However, Bromley has also refused planning permission for the rebuild, effectively throwing the EFA's money back in its face.
It did not take long for strong disappointment at the apparent shambles to be signalled from the DfE and City Hall. However, the Council Leadership feebly lacked the resolve to step in and use its overall majority of 42 to restore its policy.
What this says about the leadership of Cllr Stephen Carr and the respect he is accorded by his group I am not sure. His insouciance is extraordinary.


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How to Force Quit an app on the Mac
May 24, 2018 /in Tips for Mac/by Dan Wassink
Mac apps are pretty stable these days, but every once in a while you may have it where that app is acting strange and you want to quit it. Maybe it's frozen and you can't even quit it even if you wanted to. This is usually an older app when it happens to me. You could restart your Mac, but there is an easier way – force quit the app causing you the issue.
How do you quit it without restarting your Mac? It's pretty easy. Go to the app's icon in your Dock. When you hold down the Control key and click on it, you are going to get a few options, one being Force Quit. Just select this and the Mac OS will force that app to quit. In most cases you can restart it and everything will be fine. Hope the tip helps!
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Hybe contents featuring BTS to arrive on Disney+
By Park Jun-hee
Published : Jul 12, 2022 - 13:31 Updated : Jul 12, 2022 - 16:33
(Courtesy of The Walt Disney Company and Hybe)
Original content featuring BTS will arrive on Disney+ following a global content collaboration between Hybe Corporation and The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific.
On Tuesday, Hybe, the media conglomerate behind BTS, announced that it is set to provide a total of five major content projects to the US-based content giant's platform. The package includes two exclusive series featuring BTS.
Among the content coming to Disney's streaming platform is the 4K Ultra High Definition version of "Permission to Dance On Stage," the band's first in-person concert after the pandemic struck, held in Los Angeles in November 2021. A spinoff of the K-pop act's reality series "BTS In the Soop" titled "In the Soop: Friendcation," featuring BTS member V and actors Park Seo-joon, Choi Woo-shik, Park Hyung-sik and rapper Peakboy, will also be available on Disney+.
An original documentary series called "BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star" that follows the nine-year journey of the band will also be aired on the streaming service. A pre-recorded clip features the septet's footage and music over the past nine years and the bandmates' daily lives, thoughts and future plans as they plan to embark on "BTS' second chapter." The documentary will be available exclusively on Disney's streaming platform in 2023.
According to the two companies, more programs featuring Hybe artists, including BTS, will be released on the streaming platform over the next few years.
"We hope that strong content presented by Hybe will be able to spread globally through Disney's streaming services, including Disney+," Jessica Kam-Engle, Disney's Asia-Pacific head of content, said via a press release.
Park Ji-won, CEO of Hybe, also expressed his excitement about the pact's synergistic potential in the future.
Hybe's high-quality content, produced for fans of its artists and music, will be branched out to global viewers through Disney's streaming services, Park said.
"We look forward to the long term with Disney, which boasts and has a long history of building franchises and collaborating with musicians through its brand power and platform."
By Park Jun-hee (junheee@heraldcorp.com)


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Betsy's third Border Collie Jinx came from a sheep farm in Pennsylvania. While she was not ready for a puppy, getting Jinx was just meant to be. Betsy brought Jinx to Terri Arnold at eight weeks of age, and Terri has worked with Betsy and Jinx ever since. Jinx is also Betsy's second breed champion and her first herding titled dog.
* Jinx has eight perfect "200" scores in Novice, Open and Utility.
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Slice eggs in half lengthwise; remove yolks and set yolks and whites aside. In a bowl, combine the yolks, cream cheese, mayonnaise, pickle relish, mustard, salt and pepper; mix well.
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I thought they were just ok. Nothing special although I was hoping they were after reading the great reviews. Will try a different recipe next time.
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I gladly send congratulations and good wishes to Father Francis Duffy on hearing the news that Pope Francis has chosen him to be the next Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois in succession to the much loved Bishop Colm O'Reilly.
I have known Father Duffy for many years and I am confident that he has the gifts and qualities needed. His experience in Catholic education, parish ministry and diocesan administration have shown his excellent ability to lead people by word and example and prepared him well for this day.
I know for certain that he will have many prayers from the parishioners he has served, so generously and so often over the years and from many others as he takes up his new appointment.
Today I also pay a well-deserved tribute to Bishop Colm O'Reilly for his faithful and faith-filled service to the Irish Bishops' Conference for the past thirty years. In particular I thank him for his work as Chairman of the Council for the Missions, President of Cura and his contribution to the establishment of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.


Urbanisation is a driving force in the world today, leading some scholars to have coined this the "Urban Age." The United Nations (2016) predicts that by 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities, and the European Commission (2016) states that "cities are home to the greatest challenges we are now facing: finding affordable housing, quality health care, fighting […] social exclusion and poverty." Cities are both the drivers and saviours of economic, social and environmental challenges across the world.
Join us in Copenhagen at a conference hosted by Copenhagen City & Port Development, Copenhagen Business School, City Facilitators, and ICLEI Europe. The conference will present Nordic sustainability projects in order to explore how cities can, and are, financing and delivering solutions to economic, social and environmental challenges.
This conference presents several Nordic city solutions to prompt discussion around how to deliver and finance urban sustainability projects.
Cities in Europe and across the U.S. have evolved along two distinct paths: 1) urban deindustrialisation and population decline, or 2) economic growth and population growth. Cities that have experienced urban decline will be interested in understanding how Copenhagen evolved over the last two decades from a city with double-digit unemployment and massive annual deficits to one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Cities that have experienced extensive gentrification will be interested in understanding how Denmark provides affordable and social housing for 20% of its population, and how development in Copenhagen, with City & Port at its helm, financed the city-wide metro system with limited public money.
To view a preliminary event programme, click here. In case of questions, please contact Charlotte Ipsen at cip.msc@cbs.dk.
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Friday, March 29, 2019 is National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day! Come celebrate ALL WEEKEND with Nino and Catherine as we give back to you for making Buzy Burrito Taqueria a success as we pursue the American dream.
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We will contact you within 7 days with details on how to claim your vacation certificate.
You have 18 months to take your vacation; however, you must activate your certificate within 30 days and pay the small daily resort fee ($20/night; Las Vegas up to $38/night). Must be 21 to enter.


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Also known as vitamin B3, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is an essential factor for many biological processes, including fat and glucose metabolism, the production of ATP (the cell's primary carrier or energy), and the functions of key proteins, including the sirtuins.
NAD can be produced from multiple pathways1, including through metabolism of tryptophan (trp), nicotinic acid (Na), or nicotinamide (Nam). Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are both also referred to as niacin or vitamin B3. NAD can be further metabolized into NAD and NADP which are used in a variety of biological pathways.
The sirtuins are important sensors of metabolic state in the cell (meaning they can sense the metabolic state, and initiate downstream cellular events in response). Sirtuins modulate the activity of proteins by removing specific chemical groups (acyl, succinyl, malonyl, and palmitoyl groups). Key proteins in the mitochondria are regulated by acylation. Thus the sirtuins play a critical role in the function of mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse2. Many studies have demonstrated in yeast cells, worms, and mice, that modulation of sirtuin pathways and NAD, can increase lifespan and healthspan (healthy lifespan).3Multiple recent studies have linked aging with a decline in NAD levels, and that supplementation of NAD can increase lifespan in worms and mice through a mechanism that depends on sirtuins.2,4,5,6However, while there are many studies showing positive benefits of sirtuin modulation on lifespan, one 2011 study demonstrated that many of the lifespan increasing effects of sirtuin overexpression in yeast and flies, dissapears when proper genetic controls are used.7However, follow up studies in mice using sirtuin overexpression, or sirtuin-activating compounds (resveratrol, NAD+ precursors, etc), have demonstrated improved organ function, disease resistance, and increased longevity.3.
The sirtuins can be modulated by a variety of different molecules. The most famous sirtuin activator is resveratrol, a compound naturally found in grapes (and wine), as well as peanuts, blueberries, and cranberries. Six studies have demonstrated that resveratrol is effective in humans, with most studies showing improvements in glucose metabolism and increased indicators of cardiovascular health.3Another strategy to modulate sirtuins is by increasing NAD, which acts as a co-factor for sirtuin proteins.
Increasing NAD in the cell results in more co-factor for sirtuins molecules to use, thus allowing for greater sirtuin function. The most widely used method to increase NAD is by delivering pre-cursors: compounds that become metabolized into active NAD once they are ingested. Nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside are the two most commonly used precursors.
There is good evidence that modulating sirtuin pathways and NAD+ cofactors for these pathways can effect fundamental cellular processes that lead to improved cardiovascular and metabolic aging in lower organisms (yeast, flies, and mice). More studies of human aging biomarkers and non-human primates are required, however, before we can be confident of the interventions that can most readily improve sirtuin function, healthspan, and lifespan. Indeed, there are multiple strategies to modulate NAD, and NADH, and mitochondrial pathways. Including ketone esters, nicotinamide riboside, nicotinamide mononucleotide, and resveratrol. Rigorous studies of specific medical endpoints need to be carried out in order to determine what interventions are best.


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est le premier album de la chanteuse soul américaine Roberta Flack, sorti le 20 juin 1969 chez Atlantic Records.

Après qu'un morceau de cet album, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, a été inclus par Clint Eastwood dans son film Play Misty for Me de 1971, la chanson devenant numéro 1 aux États-Unis, l'album atteint le sommet du classement des albums Billboard et du Billboard R&B. Dans l'édition 2020 de la liste 500 plus grands albums de tous les temps de Rolling Stone, l'album est classé à la  place.

En 2019, le site web de Roberta Flack annonce que First Take sera remastérisé et réédité en édition de luxe limitée à seulement 3000 exemplaires commémorant le cinquantième anniversaire de l'album. L'ensemble comprend un vinyle LP et deux disques compacts : un CD est l'album remastérisé et l'autre contient des « enregistrements rares et inédits ». L'ensemble sort le 24 juillet 2020.

Liste des pistes

Personnel

 Roberta Flack – piano, chant
 Bucky Pizzarelli – guitares
 Ron Carter – basse
 Ray Lucas - batterie, percussions
 Seldon Powell, Frank Wess – saxophone
 Charles McCracken, George Ricci – violoncelle
 Benny Powell – trombone
 Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman – trompette
 Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff – violon
 Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel – alto
 William S. Fischer - arrangements de cor et de cordes, direction de cordes

 Technique

 William Arlt - ingénieur du son
 Bob Liftin - ingénieur remixage
 Stanislaw Zagorski – conception
 Ken Heinen – photographie

Classements hebdomadaires

Certifications

Notes et références

Voir également

 Discographie de Roberta Flack
 Liste des albums numéro un de 1972 (US )
 Liste des albums R&B numéro un de 1972 (US )

Album certifié disque de platine aux États-Unis
Album certifié disque d'or au Canada
Album numéro un au Billboard 200
Album numéro un au Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Album publié par Atlantic Records
Musique américaine (États-Unis)
Musique afro-américaine
Premier album musical sorti en 1969

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Novocastrians will likely have to wait until next year to enjoy the state's new multi-billion dollar intercity fleet after delays to the arrival of the trains from South Korea. Transport for NSW has confirmed the trains, which were to begin carrying passengers on the Central Coast and Newcastle line later this year, have been delayed and a new "timeline for them to enter service" will be "confirmed once they arrive". The trains were due to arrive by ship in March, but will likely not arrive until November or December. They will then have to undergo likely three to four months of testing before entering service. The Central Coast and Newcastle line is set to receive the trains first, months ahead of the Blue Mountains line and more than a year ahead of the South Coast. Significant track, signalling and station modifications have been made to cater for the trains, including platform extensions at Adamstown and upgrades at Hamilton. The new trains will replace the ageing V-sets, which are due to be retired by 2022 after four decades of service. READ MORE: Prototype reveals what's in store for intercity passengers The fleet consists of 554 double-deck carriages. The government added 42 carriages to the order in February, taking its build and maintenance contract with RailConnect - a consortium of Korea's Hyundai Rotem, Japan's Mitsubishi and Australian engineering firm UGL - to $2.43 billion. Transport for NSW secretary Rod Staples said the extra carriages had impacted the overall delivery schedule. READ MORE: Government promises two staff for each new intercity train "There are a number of moving parts involved in any project of this scale and we will continue to work closely with RailConnect to get these trains on the tracks as soon as possible for our intercity customers," Mr Staples said. "Testing [in Korea] started in March 2019 and has allowed us to run the trains all day rather than be limited by short shut-down periods on the busy Sydney Trains network. "This means that any fine-tuning can take place at the manufacturing facility before the train is shipped." _____________________________________________________ Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp said the delay was a blow for commuters and "the latest in a long list of issues" that had "plagued" the project. "They don't fit the tunnels, they don't fit the tracks and now they are delayed," he said, in reference to previous issues. "Now Newcastle and Central Coast commuters will spend longer crammed on the 40-year-old V-set carriages while manufacturing continues in South Korea. "We have two great local manufacturers in the Hunter - these delays are another reason they should have been built here. "This is more incompetence from Mr Constance." A $265 million fleet maintenance facility at Kangy Angy on the Central Coast is also months behind schedule. The new trains' fixed seating configuration received criticism early last year after it was revealed half of the seats will always be facing backwards, as opposed to the reversible flip seats on existing trains. Some of the anticipated features include tray tables, charging ports for mobile devices, more space for luggage, prams and bicycles, improved accessibility, and modern heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
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July 29 2019 - 5:00PM
New intercity fleet bound for Newcastle-Sydney train line likely to be delayed until early 2020
Max McKinney
Novocastrians will likely have to wait until next year to enjoy the state's new multi-billion dollar intercity fleet after delays to the arrival of the trains from South Korea.
Transport for NSW has confirmed the trains, which were to begin carrying passengers on the Central Coast and Newcastle line later this year, have been delayed and a new "timeline for them to enter service" will be "confirmed once they arrive".
The trains were due to arrive by ship in March, but will likely not arrive until November or December. They will then have to undergo likely three to four months of testing before entering service.
The Central Coast and Newcastle line is set to receive the trains first, months ahead of the Blue Mountains line and more than a year ahead of the South Coast.
Significant track, signalling and station modifications have been made to cater for the trains, including platform extensions at Adamstown and upgrades at Hamilton.
The new trains will replace the ageing V-sets, which are due to be retired by 2022 after four decades of service.
READ MORE: Prototype reveals what's in store for intercity passengers
UPGRADE: A v-set train at Newcastle Interchange. Picture: Marina Neil
The fleet consists of 554 double-deck carriages.
The government added 42 carriages to the order in February, taking its build and maintenance contract with RailConnect - a consortium of Korea's Hyundai Rotem, Japan's Mitsubishi and Australian engineering firm UGL - to $2.43 billion.
Transport for NSW secretary Rod Staples said the extra carriages had impacted the overall delivery schedule.
READ MORE: Government promises two staff for each new intercity train
"There are a number of moving parts involved in any project of this scale and we will continue to work closely with RailConnect to get these trains on the tracks as soon as possible for our intercity customers," Mr Staples said.
"Testing [in Korea] started in March 2019 and has allowed us to run the trains all day rather than be limited by short shut-down periods on the busy Sydney Trains network.
"This means that any fine-tuning can take place at the manufacturing facility before the train is shipped."
Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp said the delay was a blow for commuters and "the latest in a long list of issues" that had "plagued" the project.
"They don't fit the tunnels, they don't fit the tracks and now they are delayed," he said, in reference to previous issues.
"Now Newcastle and Central Coast commuters will spend longer crammed on the 40-year-old V-set carriages while manufacturing continues in South Korea.
DELAYED: Transport Minister Andrew Constance inspecting a prototype of the new intercity fleet. Picture: Janie Barrett
"We have two great local manufacturers in the Hunter - these delays are another reason they should have been built here.
"This is more incompetence from Mr Constance."
A $265 million fleet maintenance facility at Kangy Angy on the Central Coast is also months behind schedule.
The new trains' fixed seating configuration received criticism early last year after it was revealed half of the seats will always be facing backwards, as opposed to the reversible flip seats on existing trains.
Some of the anticipated features include tray tables, charging ports for mobile devices, more space for luggage, prams and bicycles, improved accessibility, and modern heating, ventilation and air conditioning.


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'''
Typical operation:
input date > weight > hidden layer 1 ( activation function ) > weights > hiddent layer 2... output layer

compare output to intended output > cost function (cross entropy)
optimisation function (optimizer) > minimize cost (AdamOptimizer...SGP, AdaGrad)

backwards progation of weights

feed forward + backprop = epoch   --aka. cycle to lower cost function
'''

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
#from tensorflow.examples.tutorials.mnist import input_data
#mnist = input_data.read_data_sets("/tmp/data/", one_hot=True) # the 'hot 1' in array of 0's

from nn_data_model import create_feature_sets_and_labels

train_x, train_y, test_x, test_y = create_feature_sets_and_labels('pos.txt', 'neg.txt')

# Nodes on each hidden layer
n_nodes_hl1 = 500
n_nodes_hl2 = 500
n_nodes_hl3 = 500

n_classes   = 2 	# positive/negative
batch_size  = 100	# how many examples are processed before making a weight update. Low = noise, higher takes longer time to computer

hm_epochs = 10 # cycles feed forward + backprop

# Matrix = heigh * width
x = tf.placeholder('float') # Input data, converted to 784 pixel matrix
y = tf.placeholder('float') 			 # Label of data

# Model to run data through
def neural_network_model(data):
	# Layer Passing
	hidden_1_layer = {'weights':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([len(train_x[0]), n_nodes_hl1])), # Create tensor, aka array of random numbers in the hiddel layer
					  'biases':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl1]))}

	hidden_2_layer = {'weights':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl1, n_nodes_hl2])),
					  'biases':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl2]))}

	hidden_3_layer = {'weights':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl2, n_nodes_hl3])),
					  'biases':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl3]))}

	output_layer = {'weights':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_nodes_hl3, n_classes])),
					'biases':tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([n_classes])),}

	# Model  = (input_data * weights) + biases
					# layer input data
	l1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(data, hidden_1_layer['weights']), hidden_1_layer['biases']) # l1 = 'sum box', whether the threshhold function fires
	l1 = tf.nn.relu(l1) # activation function 'recitified linear' applied to layer 1

	l2 = tf.add(tf.matmul(l1, hidden_2_layer['weights']), hidden_2_layer['biases'])
	l2 = tf.nn.relu(l2)

	l3 = tf.add(tf.matmul(l2, hidden_3_layer['weights']), hidden_3_layer['biases'])
	l3 = tf.nn.relu(l3)

	output = tf.matmul(l3, output_layer['weights']) + output_layer['biases']

	return output #output is array with a '1' on a category and the remainder categories having a '0'

def train_neural_network(x):
	prediction = neural_network_model(x)
	cost = tf.reduce_mean( tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(prediction, y) ) # cost of prediction to prediction label
	optimizer = tf.train.AdamOptimizer().minimize(cost)

	with tf.Session() as sess:
		sess.run( tf.global_variables_initializer() )

		# Train data -- Optimize weight cost with x,y weight modification
		for epoch in range(hm_epochs):
			epoch_loss = 0

			i = 0
			# Generate Array batches of trained data  and run a session on them
			while i < len(train_x):
				start = i
				end = i + batch_size

				batch_x = np.array(train_x[start:end])
				batch_y = np.array(train_y[start:end])
				i += batch_size

				_, c = sess.run([optimizer, cost], feed_dict={x:batch_x, y:batch_y} )
				epoch_loss += c
			print("Epoch ", epoch+1, " completed out of ", hm_epochs, " loss: ", epoch_loss)

		# Run through Optimized Weights to model
		correct = tf.equal(tf.argmax(prediction, 1), tf.argmax(y, 1))
		accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct, 'float'))
		print('Accuracy:',accuracy.eval({x:test_x, y:test_y})) # Evaluate

train_neural_network(x)

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The Magnetar Trade
by Dave · April 17, 2010
I'll have some additional thoughts on the Goldman Sachs/SEC summed up in a post early next week, but in the meantime, a similar situation with another hedge fund is required reading. A very indepth article is available at ProPublica.
Let the outrage begin.
Dave is a part-time blogger that writes about whatever suits him at the time.
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angulimala says:
It looks like Magnatar got the Gold Medal of cons – getting people to bet against you on something you can control.Report
Freddie says:
Magnetar sounds like a supervillain.Report
greginak says:
oh my, oh dear. I hope all those energetic, dynamic creators don't get all upset and Go Galt. what would we do without them.Report
I don't know if I understand this well enough to be outraged, but it does seem to me that, in order to pull off a scam like this, you'd have to have a certain amount of disdain for your clients and, in some sense, for investing as such. Is that right?Report
Michael Drew in reply to Rufus says:
@Rufus, Who's to say investing isn't best done with disdain for the enterprise? Clients, that's a different matter…Report
Rufus in reply to Michael Drew says:
@Michael Drew, I guess that's true in that it seems a lot more shocking to me that they would be betting against their clients than that they would try to game the system.Report
@Rufus, Indeed, though ultimately perhaps not so shocking on either count, no?Report
Rufus F. in reply to Michael Drew says:
@Michael Drew, I've probably been a bit too optimistic. It come from having a rigorously honest relative who works in finance. The sad thing is I had been hoping to invest at some point myself, but am starting to think it would be as bad an idea as thinking, 'You know, I'm going to go make some money at that three-card Monty table."Report
Michael Drew in reply to Rufus F. says:
@Rufus F., I don't for a second mean to say that people in finance are by and large unscrupulous, either. Only that scruples do have their obvious drawbacks when winning and losing are so clearly defined, and also that if ever there was a business worth not inflating into some kind of righteous…Report
Michael Drew in reply to Michael Drew says:
@Michael Drew, …oops my cat hit submit there. …into some kind of righteous calling, it would be finance.Report
Dave in reply to Michael Drew says:
@Michael Drew,
I don't for a second mean to say that people in finance are by and large unscrupulous, either.
That's good because I work in finance. 😉
Only that scruples do have their obvious drawbacks when winning and losing
They most certainly do although I'm not sure it's about scruples as it is prudent risk management. Merrill Lynch sees Lehman making boatloads of money in the subprime mortgage business and Lehman shareholders are generating large returns on their holdings. Merrill shareholders see Lehman's returns and want those returns and demand Merrill get into the business as well. If Merrill doesn't, it gets punished by its investors who will simply sell shares and buy shares of Lehman.
Risk management gets tossed aside in pursuit of higher earnings and bigger bonuses and when things blew up, it would have taken everyone down if not for the bailouts.Report
@Dave, well-put. Everyone has to compete with the lowest common denominator, kind of like in coal mining.Report
Right, that's probably true. I do wonder what part the culture plays in this (I mean the culture of the financial sector). Most of the guys I know in finance are Canadian and their personalities tend more towards the model of the upright 19th century gentleman than the wall street master of the universe type. There has been a lot of speculation about why no Canadian banks failed, and the common wisdom is that it's because Canada never deregulated like everyone else did. I also sort of think, though, that the culture is much more small-c conservative. They don't take as many risks. If you're an investor, there's something to be said for that. If you're an investor who wants to get really friggin' rich right now, however, it's not ideal.Report
@Rufus, Krugman thinks it's the leverage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/opinion/01krugman.html
…But to what extent were the Cowboy culture and deregulation down here really discreet phenomena? Chicken and egg, though I tend to lean toward your view of which probably came first (ie the culture or the legal environment). But then I'm not at all sure, as not just financial culture but also political culture and institutional structures come greatly into play, and both are profoundly different in each country.Report
If the fines that eventually get levied end up likely to bankrupt them, will we have to bail them out lest the financial markets be destroyed?Report
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Of the world´s 100 largest economies, 51 of them are corporations, not countries. The wealthiest 700 corporations own over 80% of the world's wealth and the entire economic system is structured to allow large corporations to continue to grow and concentrate more and more wealth into fewer and fewer hands. In 2011, the list of the Fortune 500 companies was the world's second-largest combined economy only surpassed by the U.S. economy.
Defining corruption as the exercise of public power for private, selfish ends, many theorists have argued that individuals can be corrupt even if their actions are legal.
1 CORPORATIONS AS PERSONS
2 CORPORATIONS AS FEUDAL DYNASTIES
3 CORPORATIONS IN CARTELS
4 CORPORATE PRODUCTIVITY
5 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
6 GRIFT
7 FREE MARKET PRESERVATION
8 SOLUTION?
CORPORATIONS AS PERSONS
Corporations are granted the rights of personhood, in a legal sense. Problem is, they're not required to live up to the same standards of responsibility.
A person (a real person that is) whose only concern or interest is for his or her continued economic profit would be considered a psychopath. People are supposed to show care and concern and compassion as well. The economic rules that govern our global economy, however, demand corporations to follow only one mandate: maximize returns and shareholder profit. There's nothing inherently evil about corporate business. Evil outcomes are entirely a fact of corporations doing what they are supposed to do: organize human ingenuity at scale to maximize profit for the stockholders.
CORPORATIONS AS FEUDAL DYNASTIES
And what may be worse, corporations are potentially immortal (i.e. if they don't go bankrupt or get swallowed up by another corporation). Corporations are economic feudalism of wealth and power in an age of internationalized digital capital.
Corporate wealth is often phantom wealth. "Phantom wealth also includes financial assets created by debt pyramids by which financial institutions engage in complex trading and lending schemes using fictitious or overvalued assets as collateral for loans in order to feed and inflate asset bubbles to create more phantom collateral to support more borrowing to further feed the bubble."
International trade policy "is a project being carried out by elites for elites, with little consideration for the interests of ordinary people" - Larry Summers, economist
CORPORATIONS IN CARTELS
The business-oriented Cato Institute is also calling for "an end to crony capitalism that costs taxpayers $100 billion year and consumers hundreds of billions more in higher prices." The massive Big Business phenomenon of share buybacks—some $3.4 trillion over the last 10 years—has been denounced by such stalwarts of capitalism as Harvard Business Review ("stock price manipulation"), The Economist ("an addiction to corporate cocaine") and Reuters ("corporate self-cannibilization").
Healthcare is a classic example. U.S. healthcare costs 18% of GDP, compared to 12% in the next-highest cost countries, France, Sweden and Switzerland, 11% in Germany and Canada, 10% in Japan and 9% in Britain and Australia. Effectively, the U.S. government pays as much for healthcare as Britain's state-run system, then private American citizens pay the same amount all over again. The U.S. population gets nothing extra in terms of health outcomes for all this expenditure. Indeed, basic U.S. indicators of healthcare results, such as life expectancy, are distinctly mediocre by rich-world standards. In effect, the American taxpayer is paying for healthcare directly and paying again, via taxation, as the industry is subsidized by American government. This dynamic plays out in other countries too.
CORPORATE PRODUCTIVITY
Big Business likes to talk about the good jobs it provides but the reality is that median salaries in the U.S. have been flat for several decades. This is not because of a failure of workers to become more productive. The truth is that there were gains in productivity but they did not go to workers. Gains that flowed from workers' improvements in productivity mostly flowed to the organizations and their shareholders, including the executives who received sizable stock-based compensation. Hourly compensation for workers remained practically flat.
"The only legitimate reason for government to issue a corporate charter extending special privileges favoring a particular enterprise is to serve a clearly defined public purpose. That purpose should be clearly stated in the corporate charter and be subject to periodic review." - David Korten
The economic problem with shareholder value theory is therefore that it simply doesn't work, even on its own narrow terms. A singular focus on maximizing shareholder value as reflected in the stock price ends up destroying real shareholder value. It leads to behaviors that are counter-productive to the health of the organization.
The moral problem with shareholder value theory is that it seeks to legitimize institutionalized selfishness. It encourages managers, boards of directors, shareholders and institutional investors to look after their own interests at the expense of everyone else. Should we be surprised when ugly economic, financial and moral consequences ensue, on a vast economy-wide scale?
See also Crony Capitalism: Unhealthy Relations Between Business and Government from the Committee for Economic Development.
GRIFT
Although there are numerous instances of healthy public-private partnerships, the unhealthy interaction between large government and private interests, when coupled with costly election campaigns and the increased influence of lobbying, has exerted an important toll on the U.S. economy. This has occurred along the following lines:
It arguably has impeded fundamental economic reforms, which could in principle yield equity and efficiency gains.
It has reduced the overall degree of competitiveness of the economy by favoring insiders over outsiders.
It has resulted in the costly introduction of subsidies or tax breaks that benefit vested interests at the expense of the general public.
It has encouraged rent-seeking rather than economically productive behavior.
If left unchecked, crony capitalism will continue to sap vitality from the economy. It also will continue to undermine public support for apitalism. This adds urgency to the task of finding solutions to the rise of crony capitalism.
Remedies must touch all parts of this vicious cycle of economic cost and public disillusionment by restoring prosperity and ensuring opportunity is spread across all of society and not ringfenced by a few neo-feudal CEOs.
FREE MARKET PRESERVATION
Corporate public corruption flows from a tragic tension: between directors' or officers' obligation to the corporation's health, and their ability to increase profitability by increasing corporate power. There is ample evidence that massive corporations, even those perceived as leaders in CSR, invest heavily in public relations to reduce their tax burden. They do not bribe, but they extract wealth from the public through tax cuts; on a net level, they add more corruption than they reduce.
One approach locates the institutional flaw in corporate law and corporate obligations, arguing that officers and directors should be ethically free to pursue the public good even when it directly conflicts with corporate goals. In the Aristotelian framework, one might call this the aristocratic approach: the goal is to free corporate CEOs to be aristocrats instead of oligarchs. We should be troubled by the vision they present: unaccountable corporate actors independently choosing that which is best for the country, and quite possibly the world.
Moreover, systems of aristocracy are notoriously weak, and tend toward corruption themselves. Freedom plus exhortation does not always mean virtue. The occasional multinational will resist the temptation to reduce its own taxes or deregulate its industry, but that is hardly a prospect to rely on. As Madison famously wrote in Federalist Paper No. 51: "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."
The problem is not with the existence of the corporation, or with corporate law. More free and open markets would lead to less corruption. The problem is with concentrated power: a handful of actors who are sui generis; so large and powerful they can bend public power. The modern anticorruption movement chooses not to address these large actors, using formalism or legalism as an excuse, at all of our peril.
There is an overall principle here, and it should be pretty obvious. Once an economic system has moved away from a free market, usually through legislation drafted by panicky and economically illiterate leftists given license by a war or an economic crisis, it creates crony capitalists. These benefit from the new restrictions and build businesses optimized for the restrictions that the laws and regulations have introduced.
Confronting rentier capitalism and fashioning firms for which social responsibility is more than a marketing ploy requires nothing less than re-writing corporate law. To recognise the scale of the undertaking, it helps to return to the moment in history when tradable shares weaponised capitalism, and to ask ourselves: Are we ready to correct that "error"?
The moment occurred on September 24, 1599. In a timbered building off Moorgate Fields, not far from where Shakespeare was struggling to complete Hamlet, a new type of company was founded. Its ownership of the new firm, called the East India Company, was sliced into tiny pieces to be bought and sold freely.
Tradable shares allowed private corporations to become larger and more powerful than states. Liberalism's fatal hypocrisy was to celebrate the virtuous neighborhood butchers, bakers, and brewers in order to defend the worst enemies of free markets: the East India Companies that know no community, respect no moral sentiments, fix prices, gobble up competitors, corrupt governments and make a mockery of freedom.
Then, toward the end of the 19th century, as the first networked mega-companies – including Edison, General Electric, and Bell – were formed, the genie released by marketable shares went a step further. Because neither banks nor investors had enough money to plough into the networked mega-firms, the mega-bank emerged in the form of a global cartel of banks and shadowy funds, each with its own shareholders.
Unprecedented new debt was thus created to transfer value to the present, in the hope of profiting sufficiently to repay the future. Mega-finance, mega-equity, mega-pension funds, and mega-financial crises were the logical outcome. The crashes of 1929 and 2008, the unstoppable rise of Big Tech, and all the other ingredients of today's discontent with capitalism, became inescapable.
In this system, calls for a gentler capitalism are mere fads – especially in the post-2008 reality, which confirmed the total control over society by mega-firms and mega-banks. Unless we are willing to ban tradable shares, first introduced in 1599, we will make no appreciable difference to the distribution of wealth and power today. To imagine what transcending capitalism might mean in practice requires rethinking the ownership of corporations.
Imagine that shares resemble electoral votes, which can be neither bought nor sold. Like students who receive a library card upon registration, new staff receive a single share granting a single vote to be cast in all-shareholder ballots deciding every matter of the corporation – from management and planning issues to the distribution of net revenues and bonuses.
Suddenly, the profit-wage distinction makes no sense and corporations are cut down to size, boosting market competition. When a baby is born, the central bank automatically grants her or him a trust fund (or personal capital account) that is periodically topped up with a universal basic dividend. When the child becomes a teenager, the central bank throws in a free checking account.
Workers move freely from company to company, carrying with them their trust-fund capital, which they may lend to the company they work in or to others. Because there are no equities to turbocharge with massive fictitious capital, finance becomes delightfully boring — and stable. States drop all personal and sales taxes, instead taxing only corporate revenues, land, and activities detrimental to the commons.
Europeans and Americans have "...a greater readiness to fathom the end of the world than to imagine life after capitalism." - Slavoj Žižek
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Council votes to allow existing STRs in residential zoning to stay
Posted: 7:27 am, June 19, 2019 by News Staff
–At Tuesday night's meeting, the Paso Robles City Council altered their direction on Short Term Vacation Rentals (STRs). Instead of approving at second reading an ordinance to phase out Short Term Rentals in R-1 Residential Zoning, they unanimously approved a plan to allow more than two hundred Short Term Vacation Rentals to remain in R-1 zoning. The vote was 3-0. Councilmen Steve Gregory and John Hamon recused themselves because of conflicts of interest.
The new proposal is very close to Option B, which was presented by city staff in the council meeting two weeks ago.
It increases fines for nuisance violations at STRs: $500 for a first offense; $1,000 for a second offense; and $2,000 for a third offense. The STR's permit would be rescinded after a third complaint.
But it would allow 210 of them to continue to operate. Neighbors living next to STRs say their complaints are generally ignored by rental agencies and the police. The ordinance will "grandfather" all existing STR's in R-1 zoning. There are currently 210 Short Term Rentals in R-1. The proposed ordinance would expire in three years.
In California, 28 similar towns have banned Short Term Vacation Rentals in residential zones. These towns include San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Temecula, Healdsburg, Sonoma, Calistoga, Carmel, South Lake Tahoe and twenty other cities.
About sixty people attended Tuesday night's city council meeting. For over an hour residents spoke for and against STR's. Many neighbors described parties at short term rentals in neighborhoods that were previously quiet and family oriented. Most residents waited until the council finally rendered a decision around 11:20 p.m. The new ordinance will come back before the same limited, 3-person council in two weeks for a second reading. If it's approved, it will become effective July 16.
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NBA 2k16 is the best 2k game ever. I mean there was everything we wanted and EA was surprisingly understanding while adding from the wish list we made from the year before.
However, there are some new features that we want EA Sports to add in upcoming version of the game. Here are some of the NBA 2k17 that we would like to see in the upcoming version of the game.
We have been asking this feature since a long time now. A potential bar for inform players would be a perfect addition. A young player could develop into a champ if he continues to play in form. This will add curiosity among the fans and increase the time player's play in career mode.
2K has started the online version but we want improvement in this. It is partially online but we could use a full online version in which draft and full agency could be added. It will excite more users in playing the game online.
Some of the fans want the real money to be added. We want player's valuations in dollar not in VC.
Pre-Game presentation will add authenticity to the game. A story piece / news about the squad and information of the upcoming game should be added in the game. Player interviews should also be improved.


Several years ago, Anita supported the development of the UK's smart grid policy for the Department of Energy and Climate Change UK. She has also supported energy retailers understand DER value pools and consider how to grow their presence in this emerging space.
Prior to BCG, Anita worked with Fairfax Media in M&A, strategy and new ventures where she launched a new B2B digital business. Before that, she worked in another consulting firm and also in investment banking.


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Expert workshop in Rwanda examines Memory Sites
(09/11/2016) © UNESCO
The National Centre for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG), the Ministry of Sports and Culture of Rwanda and UNESCO organized an international experts meeting on the World Heritage Convention and Memory Sites from 7 to 9 November 2016 with support from the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF). The three-day workshop included visits to Murambi and Nyamata memorial sites, which are two of the four 'Sites of Memorial of Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero and Gisozi' included as one serial site on Rwanda's Tentative List for potential World Heritage Listing.
Over 50 participants, including the Rwandan Minister of Sports and Culture, the Executive Secretary of the CNLG, university professors and researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders from civil society attended the workshop. They were joined by the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, representatives from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the AWHF as well as World Heritage experts from South Africa, Mali and Senegal to reflect on sites of memory in the framework of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Case studies from Robben Island and Island of Goree World Heritage sites were considered alongside examples from UNESCO's Memory of the World Programmeand the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.
The Director of the World Heritage Centre presented the history of memory sites linked with the World Heritage Convention such as Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) in Poland and Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) in Japan as well as past World Heritage Committee decisions and outcomes of experts' meetings. Her presentation shed light on the complexities involved with places of memory and site interpretation. The AWHF gave a detailed presentation on the World Heritage nomination process. ICOMOS reviewed the concept of "Outstanding Universal Value" in the context of the World Heritage Convention as well as the six criteria possible for the nomination of cultural World Heritage sites. Participants learned about the ICOMOS Charter on the Interpretation of Cultural Heritage Sites, and the critical need for a comprehensive "comparative analysis" of sites as part of the World Heritage nomination process. The need to closely involve local communities in the management and interpretation of memory sites as well as in the eventual preparation of a nomination file was demonstrated through the case studies shared by the experts from South Africa, Senegal and Mali.
During the opening ceremony, the Minister of Sports and Culture, H.E. Ms. Julienne Uwacu expressed the government's commitment to preparing a successful nomination file to ensure World Heritage status for the Sites of Memorial of Genocide. She also informed participants of the national authorities' willingness to consider nominating other heritage sites in Rwanda that could be worthy of World Heritage status such as the volcanoes and gorilla habitats bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Following the discussions, the CNLG and UNESCO presented draft recommendations from the workshop. These included the need to form a steering committee to focus on the most appropriate way forward for the Sites of Memorial of Genocide; ensuring full legal protection and management for the sites; integrating genocide education into national curriculum; reaching out to new partners and donors for an interdisciplinary and inter-generational approach to memory heritage; and involving the multiple voices of local communities as well as the diaspora in site interpretation and safeguarding.
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Today I am once again talking about the UmiDigi A3. This is definitely a lower end phone but it has it's place as a budget phone, most importantly due to its very low $79 price tag! See links below! It will work on GSM LTE bands in the USA and it might just be the ticket for the smartphone older folks in your life need for Xmas. It will get the job done easily for those who are not running a zillion apps nor folks who need a stellar camera. Facebook or YouTube will work just dandy! So check the links below to check out Ben's hands on video to see all the pros and cons.
This is a great ultra-low budget phone for the segment comprised of seniors or kids needing a smartphone and won't even put a dent in most bank accounts!
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Manon Deketer (Dunkerque, 8 de junio de 1998) es una deportista francesa que compite en judo. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Judo de 2022, en la categoría de –63 kg.

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Today in Ukraine there are about 20 hospitals for the infertility treatment. They are gaining popularity among couples from all over the world thanks to the legalization of surrogacy and egg donation. All available methods of infertility treatment (including surrogacy with IVF) regulated by law of Ukraine, which equally respects the rights of Ukrainians and foreigners.
How much is ivf in Ukraine? Cost of the program in different clinics depends on the particular case of infertility and is set individually. As a rule, such a procedure is very expensive.
– Additional tests and examinations.
How much is IVF in Ukraine?
The average cost of one IVF cycle, which includes all the drugs, consultations and tests is from 5 500 to 11 000 euro. Such prices are competitive with the prices in IVF clinics of Eastern Europe. In comparison with Western Europe and the United States, prices in Ukraine are much lower.
In vitro fertilization in Ukraine is one of the most effective ways to treat male and female infertility.
– IVF using fresh donor's cells + surrogate mother.
Employees of VittoriaVita speak Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, English, German and Italian languages for easy communication with customers.


Method You'll need a meat thermometer for best results, digital is best.
As with all meat, ensure the steak is at room temperature before you start cooking it. Remove from the fridge and sit the steak on a plate for a couple of hours before cooking. Preheat your oven to about 50°C, adjusting the heat to lower for a fan oven. Place the steak on a baking tray and season well with sea salt. Cook for two and a half hours. After this time, probe the centre of the meat to check the temperature. Your desired core temperature is 48-50°C for a rare steak at this point. The theory is, if your oven can sit at 50° then your steak will never go above that temperature, so there's no chance you can overcook or undercook it.
Bring a pan large enough to accommodate the steak up to smoking. When it is ready, add a little oil with a few sprigs of rosemary, three cloves of garlic (skin on, squashed a little) and two star anise. Place your steak into the searing hot pan, adding two or three generous knobs of butter either side of the beef. Leave the meat alone, don't agitate it – let it build up to a deep colour. A top tip is to turn down the heat a little, so you don't burn the butter. Baste with that foaming butter in the meantime. Turn the meat over after about three to four minutes, and continue basting. After a max total of eight minutes, remove from the heat and allow to rest. Tuck the steak up under a blanket of tinfoil and a tea towel, resting for at least 30 minutes (preferably 40 – it's worth the wait!). After this time, the core temp should be around 57°C for a lovely rare tomahawk (adjust cooking temp if you like it a bit more well done).
For the Buttered KaleTrim the ends off the kale, chop into equal segments (or strip from the stalks if you prefer). In a hot pan (one containing any meat juices is best) add the kale and butter, mixing to coat. Add a pinch of salt, pepper and the dash of boiling water. Shake the pan and cover, reduce heat slightly and leave to steam for 4-5 mins. Before serving add squeeze of lemon, mix and serve.
Start with poaching the egg- Boil water with a dash of vinegar - white wine vinegar is best.
Crack the egg into a ramekin and tip gently into the boiling water.
Lower the heat so the egg can simmer for about 3 minutes.
Take out the egg with a slotted spoon and refresh by putting it into a bowl of cold water.
Melt 100g of butter and set aside.
Crack 2 eggs and separate the yolk from the white.
Place the yolk into a stainless steel bowl with a teaspoon of vinegar.
Whisk together and place the bowl ontop of the pan that contains your poaching water and use it as a bain marie and whisk until the egg starts to thicken up. Dont stop whisking the egg, If you do stop whisking the eggs it will scramble!
Now add the butter drip by drip until the yolks start to combine with the butter. Keep adding more butter each time until you have used up your butter.
Toast the Muffin and spread it with some butter and then add tomato chutney.
Re-boil the water and reheat the poached eggs by placing into the hot water for about 2 minutes.
While reheating the eggs slice 3 to 4 mushrooms per person and fry quickly in some butter.
Tasty Lamb Cutlets - using local lamb!
How to cook the perfect lamb cutlets - Alastair David the Darts Farm Butcher will be demonstrating lamb on Sunday 9th April at 1.00 p.m.
1. Coat the lamb cutlets with a little olive oil and season well with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and when hot, add lamb cutlets and sit standing up on rim of fat to crips up the fat– you will need to use tongs to do this. Cook for a couple of mins until the fat becomes golden and crispy, then lay the cutlets or chops flat in the pan.
3. Now cook for about three mins per side for meat that is just pink. Cook for a couple more mins if you prefer your lamb cutlets or lamb chops more well done. Remove with tongs and leave to rest for at least 10 mins before serving.
Serve with creamed leeks and Rosti for a tasty supper dish.
Fish Soup, celebrating all our wonderful Fish and Seafood from around the coast. Pop to the beach to buy the freshest fish or along to one of the locla fishmongers who will help you trim the fish and of course advise you on what the best is! You will be able to see some great seafood cookery from Chef Olivier Guyard-Mulkerrin who is a true master of the kitchen and produces fantastic fresh flavoursome fish dishes, at Les Saveurs in Exmouth.
Melt butter and sweat all vegetables with garlic and herbs.
De-glaze the pan with vermouth& water.
Add fish and simmer until fish is cooked.
Add cream and chopped parsley and fennel.
Reduce and re- season with salt and pepper.
Top your soup with Aioli.
Add garlic and lemon juice.
Season with salt, pepper and cayenne.
Well actually aga dried as there is not enough sun at the moment! These work so well and are so easy to do and really add flavour to winter dishes, watch out for medium sized tomatoes which are the best. Then simply slice in half, sprinkle with a bit if salt and place face up onto a wire rack, place in a very low oven for about 6 hours and they will come out dried but still moist, pop into a jar and cover with oil and place in the fridge, use when you need them. To keep them fresh make sure that they are well covered in oil.
210ml water @ 37degrees luke warm!
Sieve flour. Add salt add and rub in the fat. Add sugar and add dissolved yeast.
Make any shape and place on baking sheets.
Prove until double in size.
Glaze with egg wash and bake in the oven 220c for 12-15 minutes. Tap the bottom of the bread to make sure its cooked it should sound hollow!


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Although young meeting planners are extremely tech-savvy, they typically don't know much about meetings technology, specifically. For that reason, mobile meetings app maker EventMobi has teamed up with Joe Goldblatt, founding president of the International Special Events Society (ISES) and the author and editor of 35 books on event management, to produce a university-developed event technology program, it recently announced.
The "Event Technology Certificate" program will be offered for free to professors at accredited institutions as a standalone course or as a resource they can use within an existing curriculum. It will be available both online and face-to-face to accommodate any course format and to allow students maximum flexibility.
"Partnering with EventMobi provides us with unique and highly valued insight into the latest innovations in event technology," said Goldblatt, a professor at the International Centre for the Study of Planned Events at Scotland's Queen Margaret University. "Combined with industry knowledge and experience, we can deliver a technology-centric event management education program that's the first of its kind."
The certificate program will go beyond the scope of EventMobi's product offering and will include dedicated units on project management apps, event design, social media, and more. It's currently scheduled to launch to colleges and universities in spring 2016.


Are you involved with the "fruitless works of darkness"?
The fruit in your life will be a good indication.
Too many times we use good things the wrong way and convince ourselves it's ok.
On the inside we claim the name of Christ but on the outside we look like the world, undercover Christians.
We cannot have any involvement, not even dance around the edges of sin, but instead expose by our lives and testimony the fruitless works and darkness around us.
Hard to do when we are undercover.


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Ricketts salutes Shrewsbury players after they set up FA Cup tie with Liverpool
Delighted Shrewsbury manager Sam Ricketts saluted the efforts of his League One side after beating Bristol City 1-0 to set up a showpiece home clash against Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Defender Aaron Pierre's fine 89th-minute strike – a low 25-yard drive into the bottom corner of the net – secured victory against a City team currently ninth in the Championship in an exciting third round replay.
Shrewsbury can now look forward to welcoming Jurgen Klopp's Premier League leaders to the Montgomery Waters Meadow on January 26.
"I'm obviously delighted," said Ricketts. "I thought the players were excellent. I thought they were superb, carrying out what we asked them to do, not just tonight but in the first tie as well.
"I think over two games we've shown what we're capable of and the players have shown what they're capable of.
"Obviously, I'm delighted for them to get through, I'm delighted for the supporters and, overall, the performance as well."
Daniel Udoh and Callum Lang were both denied by good saves from visiting goalkeeper Daniel Bentley – but he could do nothing about Pierre's thunderous late strike.
As for hosting Liverpool, Ricketts added: "It will be a special occasion for everyone involved. The players first and foremost because they're the people that have done it, the supporters – you could see what it meant coming on the pitch at the end of the game.
"I'm just delighted for them because that's what football is. It's all about entertainment, enjoyment. I've always spoken about the FA Cup – it can take you anywhere.
"We've played Bristol City. We've been to their lovely new ground and now we get the chance to play against Liverpool."
City had their chances with Josh Brownhill's early effort well saved by goalkeeper Joe Murphy while Nathan Baker headed against a post and Famara Diedhiou lifted his shot over the bar with Murphy to beat.
City boss Lee Johnson said: "I suppose I'm disappointed, for sure. I'm philosophical in the sense of that we've got an important league campaign to concentrate on.
"I'm disappointed for the people more than anything because I know that they wanted what is a big game, at home to Liverpool, and we haven't given it to them, so we've got to make sure we go and give them a very good attempt at the play-offs now.
"I thought we played well today. I thought there was some good play and I think the issue was our finishing.
"We just didn't finish when we needed to. On another day, we could have been one, two, three-nil up and then, of course, they're not bad and they're not bad on the counter attack – and it's a wonderful strike from Pierre.
"And it's something that we've just had to deal with and we've got to go again."
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Morrisons Best range scaly chocolate Dragon Egg 'is coming'.
Back by popular demand, the 20cm delicacy finished with a dusting of ruby red and gold lustre is available from all 494 stores nationwide.
Think you've seen it all before? 'You know nothing'.


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2016 Bailegangaire
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NOMAD was set up in January 2006 to further the development of the performing arts in the North Midlands region and extend the parameters of regional, national and international performances available to venues and their audiences.
The partnership network set out to encourage more theatre companies both national and international to tour to the region, to produce high quality theatre and ultimately to enrich and strengthen performing arts practice in the region and shape the future development of touring.
Nomad is the first network of its kind, being a partnership of venues and a professional theatre company working together to change the face of touring and theatre in the region.
In 2007 "Conversations on a Homecoming", NOMAD's debut venture in association with Livin Dred, took to the road. The show, which played to full houses in most venues, was a huge success, not only with critics, but with the people of the north midlands region. A very positive indication of things to come…
The Dead School was a phenomenal success. Touring initially in 2008, receiving three Irish Times Theatre Award Nominations incl Best Production. Revived for the '09 Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and again in 2010 for a smash hit run in the Tricycle Theatre, London.
2009 was a busy year for Nomad with another Irish Times Theatre Award Nominated production Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and their first venture into children's theatre with Monkey Shine Theatre Companies production of The Gift
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TV Review: 'Almost Human'
Maia Zewert
Fox has not had a great history with sci-fi shows in recent years. "Dollhouse," "Terra Nova" and, of course, "Firefly" all only lasted one season. However, the network really seems to believe in its newest venture into the genre with this year's "Almost Human."
The show is set in 2048, when human police officers are required to have lifelike robot partners in an effort to combat the rising scientific discoveries and the crimes committed to steal the information behind them. Karl Urban, who seems to have taken a real shine to sci-fi after playing Bones in the "Star Trek" reboot, stars as John Kennex, a cop who has been on the beat for a long time and does not see the point in having the robot partner.
Kennex returns to the field for the first time in two years after a raid that killed most his team, put him in a coma and blew off most of his leg (the pilot's budget allowed for a somewhat gory shot of his dismembered leg). After getting a new synthetic leg that does not seem to be agreeing with him and pushing his android partner into traffic after the robot suggested Kennex was not fit to return to duty, Kennex is then assigned a new partner named Dorian, played by Michael Ealy, one of the first androids to be programmed with emotions.
"Almost Human" may read like a typical buddy cop show, however the futuristic setting allows for a much richer story telling. Urban and Ealy have a lot of fun developing their give-and-take as partners, and it is a joy watching their scenes together (I do hope we get more scenes of them talking in the car. Much like the leads of "Hawaii Five-0", Ealy and Urban thrive when they're stuck in confined spaces together).
Urban's gruffness plays well on screen, but it is Ealy's portrayal of the android that really steals the show. It could have been much too easy for him to fallback on a cartoonish representation of the robot, or for him to try to be Data from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Instead, he makes it his own, and in doing so, becomes the highlight of an already extraordinary show.
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Ringo and his All-Starrs spread peace and love at Stephens
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Adam Coates, Andrew Ng, Honglak Lee ;
Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, PMLR 15:215-223, 2011.
A great deal of research has focused on algorithms for learning features from unlabeled data. Indeed, much progress has been made on benchmark datasets like NORB and CIFAR-10 by employing increasingly complex unsupervised learning algorithms and deep models. In this paper, however, we show that several simple factors, such as the number of hidden nodes in the model, may be more important to achieving high performance than the learning algorithm or the depth of the model. Specifically, we will apply several off-the-shelf feature learning algorithms (sparse auto-encoders, sparse RBMs, K-means clustering, and Gaussian mixtures) to CIFAR-10, NORB, and STL datasets using only single-layer networks. We then present a detailed analysis of the effect of changes in the model setup: the receptive field size, number of hidden nodes (features), the step-size ("stride") between extracted features, and the effect of whitening. Our results show that large numbers of hidden nodes and dense feature extraction are critical to achieving high performance - so critical, in fact, that when these parameters are pushed to their limits, we achieve state-of-the-art performance on both CIFAR-10 and NORB using only a single layer of features. More surprisingly, our best performance is based on K-means clustering, which is extremely fast, has no hyper-parameters to tune beyond the model structure itself, and is very easy to implement. Despite the simplicity of our system, we achieve accuracy beyond all previously published results on the CIFAR-10 and NORB datasets (79.6% and 97.2% respectively). [pdf]
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AB  - A great deal of research has focused on algorithms for learning features from unlabeled data. Indeed, much progress has been made on benchmark datasets like NORB and CIFAR-10 by employing increasingly complex unsupervised learning algorithms and deep models. In this paper, however, we show that several simple factors, such as the number of hidden nodes in the model, may be more important to achieving high performance than the learning algorithm or the depth of the model. Specifically, we will apply several off-the-shelf feature learning algorithms (sparse auto-encoders, sparse RBMs, K-means clustering, and Gaussian mixtures) to CIFAR-10, NORB, and STL datasets using only single-layer networks. We then present a detailed analysis of the effect of changes in the model setup: the receptive field size, number of hidden nodes (features), the step-size ("stride") between extracted features, and the effect of whitening. Our results show that large numbers of hidden nodes and dense feature extraction are critical to achieving high performance - so critical, in fact, that when these parameters are pushed to their limits, we achieve state-of-the-art performance on both CIFAR-10 and NORB using only a single layer of features. More surprisingly, our best performance is based on K-means clustering, which is extremely fast, has no hyper-parameters to tune beyond the model structure itself, and is very easy to implement. Despite the simplicity of our system, we achieve accuracy beyond all previously published results on the CIFAR-10 and NORB datasets (79.6% and 97.2% respectively).  [pdf]
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Coates, A., Ng, A. & Lee, H.. (2011). An Analysis of Single-Layer Networks in Unsupervised Feature Learning. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, in PMLR 15:215-223
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