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We square up to Australia in this issue, speaking to its champions and indulging in a fair bit of sipping and slurping too. Not only is Australia a tremendously exciting source of wines, it also manages to deliver a disproportionately high level of quality from entry level upwards. Consider, too, that Australia remains the most popular source of wine for UK drinkers, accounting for 23% of the volume drunk and almost 23% of sales by value. The reason for taking the wines from Down Under seriously – no matter what channel of the trade you may inhabit – is clear. The wine- drinking public likes the wines. What is also becoming clear, though, as exchange rates soften in favour of buying Australian, is that these past few years have seen a remarkable evolution – both with the classic varieties such as Chardonnay and Shiraz, along with a host of other exciting grapes and styles. Meanwhile, Australia's diverse producers appear to have come together once more as a cohesive force, pushing a premium (and regionally-linked) message, but also stressing the quality ladder made available by its ever popular brands. We cover all of this and more, hopefully giving a taster of why I believe Australia is reasserting itself as one of the most exciting, diverse and enjoyable wine- producing countries – and why it should be playing a vibrant and profi table role in your portfolio.


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ADB grants $278m loan to improve East-West Highway in Georgia
WCN Editorial Team 27 Nov 2019 ASIA TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted $278m loan to build and improve part of East–West Highway in Georgia.
The improvement project involves construction and rehabilitation of 30km of main and secondary roads on the Shorapani–Argveta section of the highway.
The 410km East-West highway is a part of Corridor 2 connecting member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC).
Currently, it represents 30% of Georgia's international road network. Accessed by more than 13,000 vehicles a day, the highway carries over 60% of the country's foreign trade.
The loan will be used to construct 14.7km access-controlled, dual two-lane carriageway between Shorapani and Argveta.
ADB Central and West Asia senior transport specialist Valerie Lisack said: "A reliable road network is essential to make sure that Georgia benefits economically from its unique location at the crossroads of transit routes linking Europe and Asia.
"This project supports the government's ongoing commitment to improve its infrastructure, particularly roads and highways, to fast track the country's development."
About 15km of secondary roads connected to the highway network will also be rehabilitated, along with the construction of a rest stop with accessibility for elderly people, children, and people with disabilities.
Estimated to be completed by the end of 2025, the project also includes building of roadside stalls and half of which will be leased to women-run businesses.
In addition, the project will see a road safety awareness campaign being conducted for roadside villages and schools in order to increase road safety.
Furthermore, a total of 38 portable scales and one weigh-in-motion site will be incorporated to reduce damage caused by overloaded or overweight trucks.
So far, Georgia has been granted $2.8bn in sovereign and non-sovereign loans.
Last year, a loan of $300m was approved by ADB to support a four-lane, 12km road construction on the East–West highway between Khevi and Ubisa.
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Home Highlights on Morocco Heart of Marrakesh feels impact of euro zone crisis
Heart of Marrakesh feels impact of euro zone crisis
By Zakia Abdennebi
MARRAKESH, Morocco, June 27 (Reuters)
An Islamist bombing of a cafe last year hurt trade for the snake charmers and trinket sellers who entice foreign tourists to Marrakesh's Jamaa el-Fna square, but the euro zone debt crisis risks doing far more lasting damage to business.
The square, a riot of colours, smells, music and commerce surrounded by the red walls of the old city, is a barometer of how Morocco's economy – heavily reliant on the foreign tourists who usually flock to the square – is performing.
The indications from traders, officials and tourists here are that visitors from Europe, preferring to hold onto their savings in the face of the financial crisis at home, are not coming in the same numbers as before.
"I know a lot of friends stopped travelling because of the crisis," said a French tourist who wished only to be known as Jean-Baptiste, who was strolling in the square recently w i th his wife, Mathilde.
Tourists from western Europe typically account for more than 70 percent of all visitors annually to Morocco, where total visitor numbers fell 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from a year earlier, according to official data.
The downturn in trade in Jamaa el-Fna square shows that while the euro zone crisis has its epicentre in places like Athens and Madrid, the tremors are being felt much further afield.
Morocco is vulnerable because Europe is its biggest trading partner and tourism is it biggest source of foreign currency – crucial to keeping its fragile balance of payments afloat – and accounts for up to 10 percent of gross domestic product.
Tourism is also the second-largest industry in terms of jobs, employing 400,000 in this country of 34 million, which is struggling to contain unemployment that has reached 33 percent among people under 35.
Citing the combined impact of the slowdown in Europe and a poor harvest, the government forecasts economic growth this year will slow to 3 percent, from close to 5 percent in 2011.
That risks further stoking social unrest in an already volatile country. Morocco rode out last year's Arab Spring without a revolution but did see months of mass protests that could recur if the economy worsens.
Jamaa el-Fna used to be the spot where the Marrakesh authorities would execute people. Now recognised by the United Nations as part of a World Heritage site, it is probably Morocco's most iconic tourist attraction.
Snake charmers and dancing monkeys compete for space in the square. At night people dine out on restaurant terraces while down below traditional musicians and dancers perform and local women cajole tourists to have elaborate patterns painted on their hands in henna.
The numbers of tourists visiting Jamaa el-Fna itself dropped 7 percent in the first quarter, according to Abdellatif Abouricha, the Moroccan government's chief tourism official for Marrakesh.
"The Argana bombing is almost forgotten, but the international financial crisis has had a slight impact on tourism activities on the square and the whole city," he said.
TOUGH YEAR
On April 28 last year, an Islamist militant who disguised himself as a guitar-carrying hippie, walked into a cafe in the square, the Argana, and planted two bombs that killed 17 people, mostly foreign tourists.
Hordes of foreign visitors swiftly cancelled trips to Marrakesh, Morocco's top tourist destination.
"The months which followed the bombing were catastrophic," said Mohamed El-Baraka, 56, who sells books near Jamaa el-Fna.
When a Reuters reporter visited the square one evening in late May this year things seemed to be back to normal and it was heaving with Moroccan visitors and foreign tourists.
During the heat of the day, however, activity was much more subdued. There were few tourists about on the square, mainly because they preferred to stay in the cool of their air-conditioned hotels.
"The Argana bombing scared everybody, even me and I've been here for 30 years," said a 45 year-old seller of dried fruit who gave his name as Abdelghani.
"We are not used to those kinds of incidents, but I think it is forgotten now … The square is starting to return to normal but still the incomes are low," he said.
Room rates in Marrakesh are the highest in the country but the average number of nights' stay per visitor at hotels in the city fell 15 percent in the first quarter year-on-year, according to the city's tourism office.
Government officials play down the challenges facing Moroccan tourism. Abouricha said the euro zone crisis, the Argana bombing, and the Arab Spring upheavals around the Middle East all weighed on tourism in Marrakesh, but the impact was "not catastrophic."
Tourism Minister Lahcen Haddad has predicted 2012 will be "a tough year," with a risk that tourist numbers in Morocco would fall, but he said revenues, which totalled $6.9 billion last year, should hold up, claiming those who did come were spending more.
Hassan, who sells orange juice from a stall on Jamaa el-Fna square, is far less confident.
"With the combined effect of the financial crisis and the Argana bombing on Jamaa el-Fna square, the prospects for tourism in the city are not looking good," he said.


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Q: How do I write a log likelihood function when I have 2 mean values for my pdf? I have been given the following pdf :
fT (t; B, C) = ( exp(-t/C) - exp(-t/B) ) / ( C - B )  ,  (t>0)
where the overall mean is B+C.
I am unsure as to how to write the log likelihood function of B and C.
The next part of the Q asks me to derive the equations that would have to be solved in order to find the max likelihood estimators of B and C.
I would be grateful for any help =)

A: By definition, the log-likelihood is given by
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\ln \mathcal{L}(B,C|x_1 , \ldots ,x_n ) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\ln f(x_i|B,C)}.
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Thus, in our example,
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\ln \mathcal{L}(B,C|x_1 , \ldots ,x_n ) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\ln \bigg[\frac{{e^{ - x_i /C}  - e^{ - x_i /B} }}{{C - B}}\bigg]} .
$$
EDIT: In view of the next part of the question, it may be useful to write
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\ln \mathcal{L}(B,C|x_1 , \ldots ,x_n ) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\ln [e^{ - x_i /C}  - e^{ - x_i /B} ]}  - n\ln (C - B).
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Jerusalem's Shepherd Hotel Affair
In Jerusalem, where all planning is strategic and all local issues are international, the sale of one property can serve as a political move intended to determine the city's future status.
by Gershom Gorenberg
Western communists, it was said in another era, took out their umbrellas whenever it rained in Moscow. I remembered that adage as I read a recent statement from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that arrived in my inbox. The subject was the latest U.S.-Israeli flap over construction in East Jerusalem. No matter that the diplomatic thunderstorm appears artificial -- deliberately engineered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deflect the Obama administration's pressure to freeze settlement activity. At the Presidents Conference headquarters in New York, the umbrellas were opened with alacrity. The statement is an uncritical repetition of Netanyahu government spin.
The locus of the clash is a four-story building known as the Shepherd Hotel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood north of Jerusalem's Old City. It's an affluent area where foreign consulates are scattered between mansions of aristocratic Palestinian clans such as the Husseinis and Nashashibis. The hotel building itself was once the headquarters of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem and Arab nationalist leader during British rule of Palestine. After Israel conquered and annexed East Jerusalem in 1967, a government agency -- the Custodian of Absentee Property -- took possession of the building.
In the mid-1980s, it was sold to a corporation owned by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, the financial angel of far-right Israeli groups intent on settling Jews in Palestinian neighborhoods inside and encircling the Old City. Moskowitz-backed projects have repeatedly been flashpoints for Israeli-Palestinian tensions. They're also a direct threat to any attempt to reach a compromise over the future of the so-called Holy Basin -- the Old City and its environs -- which is critical for any peace agreement.
Today the hotel is dilapidated and empty, with plastic sheeting flapping over broken windows. For several years, say sources familiar with the subject, Moskowitz has sought approval to build apartments on the site for Israelis. The British government has been particularly disturbed by the plan, since the heavily guarded settler compound would be practically in the backyard of the nearby British consulate. Because of the foreign concerns, the previous Israeli government and Jerusalem mayor put off approval of building permits for the development. Even the Netanyahu government promised the U.S. that there would be "no surprises" at the site, according to a source immersed in Jerusalem diplomatic issues.
Then, on July 2, the Jerusalem municipality – now headed by right-wing Mayor Nir Barkat – quietly issued permits for the first 20 apartments at the Shepherd Hotel lot. Given the consequences, such a move is unthinkable without the approval – or encouragement – of the national government. At the beginning of last week, a sudden flurry of reports appeared in the Israeli media: At a meeting at the State Department, U.S. officials told Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren that the administration wanted the project stopped. That, in turn, gave Netanyahu the opportunity to publicly announce that in "united Jerusalem," there would be no limits on Jewish construction.
The affair, of course, comes in the midst of a larger dispute. The Obama administration wants Israel to freeze settlement activity in the West Bank and evacuate small settlement outposts built since 2001; Netanyahu rejects a freeze and has yet to take serious action on the outposts. The American position – hardly new with this administration – is construction for Israelis in East Jerusalem constitutes settlement.
In Israel, it's no longer political heresy to talk about a political division of Jerusalem. Nonetheless, the slogan of "united Jerusalem" has much firmer political support than does expanding settlement outside the city. As for the outposts, they're identified with an unpopular, radical fringe of the settlement movement, and the government's unwillingness to evacuate them smacks of weakness. The Shepherd Hotel affair has neatly allowed Netanyahu to shift the focus of the argument with the United States -- presenting himself as defending Jewish rights in Jerusalem, rather than settlement. It helps that most Israelis are unfamiliar with the geography of East Jerusalem and the location of the planned development. While expanding Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem is also meant to preempt peace negotiations, placing right-wing activists inside Palestinian neighborhoods is far more provocative. Netanyahu's rhetoric hides the distinction.
Netanyahu, it seems, is also gambling that "united Jerusalem" can still produce reflexive support among American Jews, amplifying criticism of Obama among his own constituency. On the surface, the statement issued by Presidents Conference Chair Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chair Malcolm Hoenlein shows that the bet has paid off. The Conference is a roof body of 52 national Jewish organizations and claims to present the "consensus policy" of American Jewry. One of its key roles is lobbying the executive branch on Israeli issues. And Solow and Hoenlein's concise, misleading comments serve Netanyahu's purpose.
"We find disturbing the objections raised to the proposed construction of residential units on property that was legally purchased and approved by the appropriate authorities," the statement says, as if describing the real-estate market and local zoning decisions in, say, Silver Spring. But in Jerusalem, where all planning is strategic and all local issues are international, both the sale of the property and the approval of construction are political moves intended to determine the city's future status.
"In addition to the Jewish housing, the project called for apartment units for Arabs as well," Solow and Hoenlein say. This is simply untrue, according to attorney Daniel Seidemann, an expert on East Jerusalem affairs, who has seen the building permits. The project is intended as an Israeli enclave inside the Palestinian neighborhood.
Even stranger, though, is this passage: "It is particularly significant that the structure in question formerly was the house of the infamous Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseni who spent the war years in Berlin as a close ally of Hitler." This follows the lead of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has told Israeli diplomats that to deflect critics of the project, they should circulate a photo of Husseini meeting Hitler. That the mufti supported Hitler is undeniable. The logic connecting that fact to moving settlers into Sheikh Jarrah is unfathomable. Though the competition for cynical use of the Holocaust is stiff, this surely deserves dishonorable mention.
Beyond the details, a basic question is whether the statement indeed reflects the "consensus policy" of American Jews. Americans for Peace Now, a member organization of the conference, was "surprised to learn that this statement was published. We were never notified about it or given an opportunity to comment on it," spokesperson Ori Nir has said. In a reply to the JTA news agency, Nir noted that "APN strongly opposes actions that change the status quo in Jerusalem." Other Jewish groups with an explicit pro-peace agenda, such as J Street, aren't Conference members.
In its response to the Shepherd Hotel dispute, the Presidents Conference indeed acted as an umbrella organization -- in the sense of reflexively taking out the umbrellas. But American Jewry is not a tightly organized party run from the top down. Whether the conference statement is taken as representative of a diverse community depends on how strongly Jews who support compromise in Jerusalem make their voices heard.
Gershom Gorenberg is a senior correspondent for the Prospect.
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Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic — a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is the ethic of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption — and now the Net is remaking us in its own image. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection.
How does our brain handle information and what effect does the digital age have on the way we consume, process and handle information. Open your eyes and decide for yourself if the digital ages is the progress we seek.
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Among the most discussed provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) are the tax incentives provided for investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). These generous tax incentives have not only drawn attention from tax professionals, but also from real estate professionals, hedge funds, private equity groups and, of course, taxpayers who have large realized or unrealized capital gains. In addition, the mainstream media has been running stories about the benefits of investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance in regulations, revenue rulings, and on its website. However, as is common with any topic that receives significant attention before complete guidance is issued, there is a lot of misinformation being circulated. In this connection, it may be helpful to review a few questions that Withum's Real Estate Group has been receiving from our clients and contacts.
1. In 2018, a taxpayer sold publicly traded stock for $1 million and has a long-term capital gain of $750,000. Does the taxpayer have to invest the full $1 million into a Qualified Opportunity Zone fund to receive the full deferral?
No, the taxpayer is only required to reinvest the amount of capital gain to achieve the deferral. For a taxpayer selling real estate, this is a major difference between deferring gain under the like-kind exchange provisions (Section 1031) and deferring using a QOZ fund. The like-kind provisions mandate that the full sales price of real estate be reinvested to maximize the amount of the deferral. The QOZ rules only require that the amount of the gain be reinvested. A taxpayer can keep an amount equal to the tax basis in the property sold.
2. A taxpayer is a 10% member in a limited liability company that is treated as a partnership for income tax purposes. The taxpayer is informed by the entity that it realized a capital gain in 2018 and the taxpayer's share is $300,000. The entity further informs its members that it will not elect to reinvest the capital gain into a QOZ fund. Can the taxpayer elect to reinvest the share of the capital gain into a QOZ fund and when does the 180-day period begin?
Under the recently issued regulations, an entity may elect to reinvest its capital gain into a QOZ fund. However, if the entity does not make the election, a taxpayer may elect to reinvest the allocable share of the capital gain into a QOZ fund. The regulations also provide that the taxpayer's 180-day period to make any reinvestment begins on the last day of the entity's taxable year.
This is a very generous rule, since many limited partners do not receive information about their allocable share of capital gains until after year-end. Taxpayers who receive this information before June 30 of the subsequent year will still have the ability to reinvest into a QOZ fund and defer their capital gain.
3. A taxpayer does not have a capital gain to defer but is interested in investing in a QOZ fund. Assuming the QOZ fund is held for over 10 years, can the taxpayer exclude the full gain on the disposition of the QOZ fund?
No, the exclusion of the full gain on the disposition of the QOZ property only applies to taxpayers who invest their capital gain into the QOZ property and make an election to defer the gain. A taxpayer who invests money into a QOZ fund without deferring any previous capital gain will not be eligible to exclude the gain on the disposition of the QOZ property.
4. Taxpayers who purchase a building in a QOZ must "substantially improve" the property for it to qualify as QOZ property. Substantial improvement is defined as additions to the basis of the property, during a 30-month period, in an amount that exceeds the basis of the property at the beginning of the 30-month period. This question relates to determining the basis at the beginning of the 30-month period. Must the taxpayer make additions that exceed the basis of the land and the building or just the building?
Again, the recent regulations make it clear that the amount of the additions to the basis of the property, during the 30-month period, only have to exceed the basis assigned to the building. The basis assigned to the land is not included in the computation.
A follow up question relates to how this rule applies to the purchase of vacant land in a QOZ. Must the land be "substantially improved" by making additions that exceed the basis of the land? The regulations only discuss the exclusion of the land basis when both land and building are purchased. It appears that, if only land is purchased, the substantial improvement provisions apply.
5. Taxpayers can also defer their capital gain if they invest an equivalent amount in a trade or business located in a QOZ. A taxpayer is contemplating opening a franchise for a retail store that sells liquor for consumption off premises. Assuming the trade or business meets the definition of a qualified opportunity zone business, will this qualify for deferral of the tax on the capital gain?
The franchise must meet certain tests to qualify as a QOZ business; these include a percentage of gross income derived from the trade or business and the location of property employed by the trade or business.
However, certain types of businesses are precluded from being QOZ trades or businesses. This includes country clubs, golf courses, gambling establishments, massage parlors and suntan facilities. Included in this list are retail stores with the principal business of selling liquor for consumption off premises. Therefore, the franchise will not qualify as a QOZ business.
Much more guidance has to be issued to address the uncertainties surrounding the tax benefits of investing in QOZ funds. The tax incentives are very lucrative and the lack of guidance may lead to liberal and possibly abusive interpretations.
Please reach out to your Withum Real Estate professional with any questions on QOZ provisions or strategies.


Starting cornerbacks Charles Tillman and Nate Vasher will return to action today. Vasher missed the past three games after having wrist surgery, while Tillman missed the last game with a shoulder injury. Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd is inactive again, for the fourth straight game, with a sprained knee, while strong-side linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer did not dress after having surgery on his right thumb last week. Safety Danieal Manning missed his second game with a strained hamstring. Devin Hester and Rashied Davis are expected to be the Bears' starting wide receivers, while Nick Roach, a second-year player from Northwestern should open in place of Hillenmeyer. The Bears' other inactives are defensive tackles Matt Toeaina and Anthony Adams, recently signed safety Terrence Holt and offensive tackle Fred Miller.


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The 7 Carl Barks comics DuckTales fans need to read
By Christopher Gates Posted in Comics on August 11, 2017 10 min read
Can't wait for the next episode of Disney XD's DuckTales? We have some good news. If you need a quick fix of your web-footed friends, there are literally hundreds of comics out there starring the DuckTales gang, all written and drawn by a cartoonist named Carl Barks.
In fact, without Carl Barks, there would be no DuckTales. In the '40s, '50s, and '60s, while working on Disney's comic book line, Barks created Uncle Scrooge, Duckburg, the Beagle Boys, Magika de Spell, Scrooge's money bin, the Junior Woodchucks, and pretty much everything else that makes DuckTales, well, DuckTales. Barks transformed Donald Duck from Mickey Mouse's irritable sidekick into an adventure hero. He made Huey, Dewey, and Louie into stars, and introduced characters like Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose into Disney canon.
There's just one problem: during his tenure as "the good duck artist," Carl Barks wrote and drew over 600 comics. It's hard to know where to start. That's why we asked a panel of experts—professor Daniel Yezbick, author Peter Schilling, and Carl Barks Fan Club President Ed Bergen—for help. No matter what kind of DuckTales fan you are, there's a Barks story out there for you. We'll help you find it.
For the romantic: "Back to the Klondike"
Carl Barks' stories provide DuckTales' foundation, but as any fan will tell you, the comics and the cartoon aren't quite the same. Both series focus on wild adventures and globe-trotting treasure hunts, but Barks plays social satire in his stories, and doesn't hesitate to take absurd digressions. By comparison, DuckTales is more straightforward.
Daniel Yezbick, a regular contributor to Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Library and author of Perfect Nonsense, urges DuckTales fans to check out "Back to the Klondike," which is available in the Only a Poor Old Man collection. In "Back to the Klondike," Scrooge McDuck takes some pills to bolster his failing memory and suddenly remembers that he owns a gold clam in Alaska. That's also where he met the beautiful, wily, and resourceful saloon singer Glittering Goldie, who he might have feelings for. Maybe.
After many shenanigans (including bar brawl that's so brutal that Disney censored it during "Back to the Klondike's" first printing), Scrooge and Goldie reunite, and Scrooge proves that he has a heart of—well, not gold, exactly. More like copper. "Back to the Klondike" is a surprisingly heartfelt story, and proves that Scrooge, who can come sometimes feel a little one-note, has a lot of depth. You just have to dig deep to find it.
Oh, also? "Back to the Klondike" is, like DuckTales, both exciting and riotously funny. Yeznick says that "Back to the Klondike" epitomizes the "infectious sense of wonder" that drives all of the "excitement, discovery, and exploration" that attracts people to both Barks and DuckTales. In fact, "Back to the Klondike" fits the DuckTales formula so well that in the '80s DuckTales producers adapted it into an episode called, appropriately enough, "Back to the Klondike." If the story seems familiar, that's probably why.
For the raider of the lost ark: "The Golden Fleecing" and "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone"
DuckTales isn't the only Disney franchise that owes a lot to Carl Barks. Indiana Jones does, too. Steven Spielberg lifted the rolling boulder scene that kicks off the Indiana Jones franchise from Barks' "The Seven Cities of Gold." Dr. Jones' co-creator, George Lucas, admits that Uncle Scrooge's "ingenuity, integrity, determination, a kind of benign avarice, boldness, a love of adventure, and… sense of humor" directly informed Indiana's character.
You can see all of this at play in "The Golden Fleecing," which Yeznick calls "a hilarious riff on Jason and the Argonauts, complete with ferocious dragons, secret missions, and atrociously strange '50s gender and ethnic stereotyping that typifies a lot of Barks' satire." Carl Barks Fan Club president Ed Bergen lists "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone," in which "Scrooge is on the hunt for the 'stone that turns all metals gold' which… after many twists and turns, actually turns its owner into gold," as a personal favorite.
It's easy to see why. In both of these stories, Scrooge recruits Donald and his nephews as helpers and takes off to search for artifacts from Greek mythology. Naturally, neither journey goes according to plan, and it's not long before Scrooge and company find themselves up fighting the same monsters as the ancient Greeks. If you're looking for a good example of Barks' adventure stories, you can't do much better than these (conveniently, both stories are available in Fantagraphics' The Seven Cities of Gold compilation).
For the environmentalist: "Vacation Time"
Donald Duck barely appeared in the first DuckTales cartoon (allegedly, Donald's raspy voice made him too difficult to understand on television), but he plays a major role in the new series, and he's a main character in Carl Barks' stories, too. In fact, Carl Barks' Duck author Peter Schilling prefers Donald to Scrooge. As Schilling explains, "[Donald's] stories can be about anything, whereas Scrooge's money is the focus of every story."
"Vacation Time" might be Donald's shining moment. Unlike Scrooge-driven adventures, "Vacation Time" has no treasures. There are no monsters. Donald simply takes Huey, Dewey, and Louie camping in the woods. That's it.
Of course, with Donald at the helm, nothing goes smoothly. Schilling compares "Vacation Time's" Donald to The General's Buster Keaton, a "guy [who] goes headfirst into an adventure (Donald wants to camp and get a prize-winning picture of a deer)," but reveals "very subtly that he has some skills buried beneath his incompetence."
Despite his bluster, Donald proves in "Vacation Time" that he's a capable and thoughtful outdoorsman, and when a fellow camper starts a deadly forest fire (as Yeznick notes, both Barks and his wife were fervent conservationists), Donald steps up and saves the day. "Often in these tales, the kids bail out Donald," Schilling says. "But here, Donald is the leader, the adult, without whom the kids would literally die. It's a great, great adventure."
For the classic film buff: "The Golden Helmet"
To Schilling, Donald is a like an old Hollywood actor. His personality remains constant from story to story, but his circumstances constantly change. In that way, he reminds Schilling of Golden Age Hollywood star Cary Grant. "Grant didn't have a tremendous range," Schilling says. "You went to see one of his movies to see how fun it would be to watch Cary Grant be a scientist, newspaper editor, union hell-raiser, [or] whatever."
"The Golden Helmet," in which Donald finds a treasure map hidden in an old viking ship, shows off Donald's full potential. The story has all of the hallmarks of Uncle Scrooge and DuckTales' treasure-driven adventures—"Barks loved to draw seascapes, and this one has tremendous water voyages," Schilling observes—but with Donald in the lead role, the dynamic changes. In "The Golden Helmet," Donald serves as a security guard, a sailor, a treasure hunter, an outdoorsman, a would-be king, and a reluctant hero. With every role, Donald shows a new side, and he emerges from the story as a fully-rounded character.
It's a funny, dramatic story, too. See, whoever finds vikings' long-lost gold helmet will be crowned king of North America, and will be able to rule the continent as he sees fit. A madcap, slapstick dash around the world follows, as Donald races the villainous Azure Blue to the prize. Things take a darker turn, however, once Donald retrieves the helmet and discovers that its power is hard to ignore. Just like Donald, "The Golden Helmet" lets Barks exhibit his full range as a storyteller. It's an absolute must-read.
For the fan who, well, it's complicated: "Luck of the North"
"Luck of the North," which appears in Fantagraphics' Trail of the Unicorn, is Ed Bergen's pick for Carl Barks newcomers, and with good reason: it's the one that got Bergen hooked as a kid, and remains one of his favorites to this day.
He has a pretty good guess why, too. In "Luck of the North," Donald displays a wide range of emotions. As Bergen describes it, "Luck of the North" sees Donald experience "glee in sending his cousin, Gladstone, off on a wild-goose chase, remorse in considering what might happen to Gladstone at the North Pole, and then determination, with the nephews, on going to the North Pole himself to attempt to rescue Gladstone from any potential problem."
By the end of "Luck in the North," Donald emerges as a fully-fledged character, and one who's much deeper than you'd expect given his cartoon roots. "Donald comes across to me as really human in that story," Bergen says, "with all the attendant human emotions regarding any decisions we make and the morals or ethics involved in those decisions." Bergen cites a quote from a friends' Carl Barks exhibition to explain what he means: "Die Ente ist Mensch Geworden," or "The Duck Has Become Human." "That's what I think really engaged me, and would engage others, and draw them to Carl's work today," Bergen says. "The stories are timeless!"
For the reader who's short on time: "Statuesque Spendthrifts"
Speaking of time, while Carl Barks' adventure stories get most of the attention, the artist produced a number of short 10-page comics as well. "Sometimes, these stories are underappreciated as they are not usually the broad, sweeping adventure tales," Begen says, "but they deal with some of our regular human emotions and foibles that are common to us all in real life."
In fact, one of Barks' best stories, according to Bergen, is the 10-page comedy "Statuesque Spendthrifts." In the comic, Scrooge and the Maharajah of Howduyustan (get it) face off to determine who's the richest man (or duck) in the world. Over the course of the story, Scrooge and the Maharajah build a series of increasingly ludicrous statues of Duckburg's founder, Cornelius Coot. At the end, the Maharajah is bankrupt, Duckburg is flooded in unwanted sculptures, and Scrooge… well, that'd be telling.
It's a good story some of Barks' best visual comedy, but "Statuesque Spendthrifts" serves another purpose, too. While Carl Barks' adventure stories send Scrooge and Donald around the world, the shorts focus on life at home in Duckburg. If you want to know more about the city where most of DuckTales' action takes place, Barks' shorts will tell you everything you need to know—and hey, they're pretty fun to read, too!
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The Maple State (Indie Punk) release new video for 'Germany'
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The Maple State returned earlier this year with the release of 'Things I Heard At The Party'. This Manchester band was big on the UK scene in the mid-2000s (at one point turning down a tour with Paramore as they considered them too pop punk!) before calling it quits a decade ago.
They have just released a video for a new song called 'Germany'. This is in a slightly more upbeat direction than their previously released album (that was received well), check out the video below.
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It's been almost two months since I last composed a blog post. The past two months have been a bit of a roller coaster ride from work-personal health, but looking forward to regularly posting again and keeping everyone apprised as to how I'm doing.
About a month ago, I had gotten my routine blood work done (to monitor my kidney function). Each time I get stuck with the needle to draw the blood, I pray for no change -- which in this case, is a good thing! Unfortunately, end of May was not in my favor. I was at my parent's house hanging out when I received the call from my nephrologist -- my levels had decreased enough to require me to begin preparing for dialysis. It wasn't a complete surprise, but its similar to those dreaded times when you were younger at school....presentation day. You know its going to be your turn at some point in the near future, but you're doing everything you can to postpone the inevitable. So, I had to start the process to schedule a surgical procedure to install a catheter into the side of my stomach, and begin coordinating with a local dialysis center to begin training on how to use the in-home unit. All in all, it'll take about a month to do.
Within a week I was off making preparations for all of this.
I had never been under the knife before, so this was all strange to me. And as a result of things moving so rapidly, I never really had the opportunity to sit down and absorb what was actually happening. I maintained my usual overdrive/problem-solving mode, so I don't think anything hit me till I got into the OR under those lights. I never get any anxiety, but under those lights, I guess I got a dose of slight anxiety. I think part of it was that I was so busy preparing to be MIA for a few days (work, family, etc.), and the doctors and surgeons did a wonderful job from start to finish.
Before I knew it, I was out of the operating room and in recovery. It was a fairly quick procedure, and everything went smoothly. Such a strange and erie feeling -- to be put under. One minute you're looking at this room full of people, under the bright lights. And then suddenly you wake up and they tell you it's all done and you're in recovery now (sore as a MoFO!).
<-- I'm so high! (legally) LOL. They had the good stuff...hahaha.
It was a hard decision to make (proceeding with preparing for dialysis). I couldn't have done it without the help and support of my friends and family - particularly my girls! They made everything including rest/recovery easy -- almost like a stay-cation!.
Regardless of what I need to do in the near future to maintain health, I'd really like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who has supported me through this journey. And a HUGE THANK YOU for those that were willing to/have gotten tested to be a donor! Words cannot express the level of gratitude I have for you.
There still is a chance that I don't have to go through with this for too long. We do (thank God) have someone who is currently going through the full diagnostic work-up to be my donor! So, hopefully everything works out on that end. SUPER THANKFUL that there is someone!
On the one hand, PKD put a "wrench" into a few things in life, and on the other, it really made me realize three things: 1) I have an absolutely amazing group of friends and family. 2) Not only do I live in one of the best places in the world, but hands down the best time. 3) I would have never imagined how sincere, incredibly generous and ridiculously cool complete strangers could be and their willingness to support others in times of hardship. Well, one more thing: 4) Doctors/Surgeons aren't savages...they did shave my hairy belly before they put the sticky bandages on. It'd just be messed up if they didn't ;-) Thanks team! lol.
I'm still trudging through this tunnel, but I'm seeing lights everywhere -- and it really has fueled the fire under my @$$ to work hard, keep the fight going and build something that will be beneficial for generations to come! There are so many people suffering in this world to a magnitude I can't fathom -- I was blessed with a walk in the park. Let's all try to make the world a little bit better than yesterday!


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Smirnoff: Yours For The Making
Sarah-Jane Wai O'Flynn, lead singer of the Dirty Epics is pictured under the world's largest free-hanging mirror ball to announce the Smirnoff "Yours for the Making" campaign.
Smirnoff's latest campaign, Yours for the Making, is a challenge to all their customers and fans, throughout Ireland, to make more of our free time by trying something new on nights out. To drive this, Smirnoff have brought together a collective of the most creative and innovative nightlife experts, including Dirty Epics front woman Sarah-Jane Wai O'Flynn, to uncover extraordinary nights.
To amplify the campaign and create real engagement and feedback, club promoters, night owls and partygoers are being called upon to fuel the search by tweeting their suggestions for new nights to @SmirnoffGB_IRE using #yoursforthemaking. Whether it's a silent disco or rubiks cube party, Smirnoff will reward the best submissions by turning suggestions into reality.
To celebrate the launch and to get people to make the most of the extra hour this weekend, Smirnoff has created a giant mirror ball suspended over London. Sarah Jane Wai O'Flynn who attended the impromptu set by DJ Maya Jane Coles under the mirror ball, commented, "With an extra hour this weekend, it's a great opportunity for people to get out and make the most of their night. I am really excited to be involved in the Smirnoff Yours for the Making campaign in Ireland to find the next big thing in nightlife, I can't wait to start seeing the ideas coming through and hopefully getting to see some of these ideas become a reality."
The Smirnoff mirror ball is currently the World's largest free-hanging mirror ball.
Situated in the centre of London, the giant Smirnoff mirror ball marks the clocks going back this weekend and calls on the 80% of Irish who plan to sleep for longer, to make the most of their extra hour. With over half the population likely to forget the clocks going back all together, the world's largest mirror ball spinning is not just a bold reminder to set our clocks but also to feel inspired to try something new.
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'Confidential Assignment' deals with the first informal cooperation in investigation between South and North Korea. In this 10 billion won blockbuster movie, Hyeon Bin will play Lim Cheol-ryeong, a North Korean up-and-coming detective and present a high level of action performance along with a thick North Korean accent.
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What does it mean to teach Pacific Studies in the current moment? What are the pedagogies, both old and new, that Pacific Islander scholars, activists, teachers, and performers are drawing on to educate and foster knowledge relevant to Pacific Islander people? Deepen our conversations about Pacific Islander diasporas and pedagogies in relation to the environment.
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White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are large apex predators who occur in cool marine systems all over the globe. Gansbaai, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, is visited seasonally by various sizes and both sexes of white sharks. In summer, strong southeasterly winds cause the cold water of the Benguela current to enter the bay. In winter, the northward movement of westerly winds reduce upwelling and increase the leakage of the warmer water of the Agulhas current into the bay. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, during winter the water is warmer and the visibility is clearer.
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Great white sharks seem to make conscious movement decisions to acquire food and mates and to evade predators. Cape Fur Seal pups, in fact nearly 12 000 of them, are a very big motivating factor to return to Dyer Island, Gansbaai during winter.
Geyser Rock is home to resident seal colony of 60 000 which increase every December when 12 000 seal pups are born.
These seal pups grow rapidly and by winter, not yet "sea" wise, they venture on their own into the waters of Shark Alley, the strait formed by 2 islands; Geyser Rock and Dyer Island. This is what that the sharks have been waiting for. Every trip has the thrilling chance of seeing a great white shark hunt a seal at the surface.
However, the southern tip of Africa is not without reason called the Cape of Storm and it is these winter storms that made it notorious for shipwrecks. We encourage winter cage divers to plan a few possible dates for their dives as winter is characterized by these winter storms.
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