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Теа́тр Гонза́го — памятник архитектуры начала XIX века. Театр, построенный в усадьбе Архангельское по проекту Пьетро Гонзаго, располагается с западной стороны усадебного парка. Объект культурного наследия Российской Федерации, охраняется государством.

В 1817 году планировались празднества, посвящённые пятилетию победы над Наполеоном. Часть мероприятий Александр I планировал провести в усадьбе Архангельское.

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Сохранились свидетельства о том, что театральные представления в Архангельском проходили ещё при князе Голицыне. Театр, как свидетельствует опись 1812, составленная при покупке Архангельского Н. Б. Юсуповым, помещался в правом флигеле усадебного дома (Большого дома).

В 1791—1799 годах князь Н. Б. Юсупов был директором Императорских театров, он неоднократно устраивал в Санкт-Петербурге и Москве гастроли итальянских театральных трупп. Именно он пригласил в Россию в конце 1791 или в начале 1792 года выдающегося итальянского художника-декоратора Пьетро ди Готтардо Гонзаго. Наследник Павел Петрович и Мария Фёдоровна сразу привлекли итальянского художника к работам в Павловске, но к императорскому двору его не допускали (возможно, потому что Гонзаго был масоном). Поселившись в Москве, Юсупов создал у себя театральную труппу и оркестр, который просуществовал до его смерти. Купив Архангельское, Юсупов занялся постройкой нового здания для театра, располагавшегося отдельно от усадебного дома. Проект театра был разработан в 1816 году архитектором О. И. Бове. Изначально Юсупов предполагал приспособить под здание театра обветшавший голицынский манеж, однако этот замысел не был осуществлён.

По просьбе Н. Б. Юсупова Гонзаго подготовил новый проект постройки театра в Архангельском. Но самому Гонзаго приехать в Архангельское не удалось, так как его не отпускала Дирекция Императорских театров. В своей мастерской при Эрмитажном театре в Санкт-Петербурге Гонзаго подготовил двенадцать «перемен» декораций. Строительство театра проходило в 1817—1818 годах, вероятно, с использованием на первом этапе некоторых проектных решений Бове, работы проходили под наблюдением крепостного архитектора В. Я. Стрижакова. Надзор над строительными работами осуществлял архитектор Е. Д. Тюрин, который приезжал в Архангельское и занимался сметными расчётами стоимости строительства. Отделкой интерьеров театра занимался архитектор С. П. Мельников, руководствуясь проектом Гонзаго. К началу 1818 года были завершены строительные и отделочные работы. В июне была получена из Петербурга первая партия декораций, созданных по эскизам Гонзаго. Их монтажом занимался машинист московского театра Юсупова. В январе 1819 года в Архангельское пришла вторая партия декораций Гонзаго.

В 1828 году с южной стороны фасада Тюриным была пристроена открытая двухмаршевая лестница. В 1857 году проводился ремонт декора фасада — разрушившийся старый штукатурный карниз поменяли на деревянный, выкрашенный в белый цвет, под окнами был установлен поясок из деревянных брусков. В таком виде сооружение сохранилось до наших дней. С 1940 года реставрацию здания вёл архитектор Николай Дмитриевич Виноградов.

«Театр Гонзага» был торжественно открыт 8 июня 1818 года в присутствии императора Александра I и прусского короля Фридриха-Вильгельма III. Собственная театральная труппа Юсупова состояла из крепостных балерин, певиц и музыкантов, живших в его московском доме. Обычно в Архангельском ставили отдельные балетные сцены и дивертисменты с пением и танцами. Однако театр вошёл в историю не спектаклями, а благодаря творчеству выдающегося итальянского художника. Театр так и называли: «Театр Гонзага». Из двенадцати декораций, выполненных Гонзаго гуашью, до нашего времени сохранились четыре и подлинный занавес (6×8 м), иллюзорно продолжающий архитектуру зала, а также небольшие копии, сделанные учениками. Большая часть декораций Гонзаго была утрачена при последних владельцах Архангельского, которые резали их на палатки для приёмов на открытом воздухе. Декорации, хранящиеся в Архангельском, — единственные подлинники. На занавесе представлена перспектива храма с колоннами, в дальнем конце которого стоит на пьедестале золочёная скульптура. Сохранившиеся декорации представляют виды Таверны (или Избы) — полный комплект из задника, шести кулис и подзора; Тюрьмы — от неё остались задник и арка переднего плана; Храма и колоннады — от этой декорации сохранился лишь задник; Зала — ещё одна полностью сохранившаяся декорация — в комплекте задник, восемь кулис и подзоры. От ещё одной из декораций — Подземелья — остался кусок задника. Впечатление от оригинальных декораций Гонзаго доносят до нас акварельные рисунки, выполненные с них крепостным художником. Главная их ценность — документальная, так как сами акварели посредственного качества. Декорации Гонзаго, представителя венецианской школы, великолепны в колористическом решении при ограниченном применении цвета. Особого эффекта художник достигает мастерской перспективой, уводящей взгляд зрителя в бесконечную глубину, далеко за пределы сцены. Создавая декорации для Архангельского, Гонзаго принимал во внимание слабую освещённость сцены, от которой к тому же будет подниматься столб пыли. Архитектурные мотивы обобщались с сохранением реального облика, образуя единый комплекс, при этом упрощалось его восприятие зрителем без ослабления впечатления.

Остальное обширное наследие — это эскизы, натурные зарисовки и графические фантазии мастера. 30 июня 1969 года к пятидесятилетию музея-усадьбы Архангельское в театре состоялся «спектакль декораций»: под музыку Россини зрителям показали четыре декорации Гонзаго.

К началу 1990-х годов пришел в полуразрушенном состоянии, впоследствии реставрировался. Основные реставрационные работы завершились в 2019 году, однако первый после реставрации спектакль был показан лишь в 2021 году из-за пандемии коронавируса.

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Театр Гонзаго — деревянное прямоугольное в плане здание (39,88×17,46 м).в два этажа, обращённое одной из своих продольных сторон на «московскую дорогу» (Ильинское шоссе). Фасад, смотрящий на дорогу, декорирован весьма скромно — четырьмя колоннами ионического ордера, расположенными по центру здания на уровне второго этажа. Простые окна лишены украшений. Верх сооружения обрамлён деревянным фризом, покрытым штукатуркой. Этот фриз сменил обветшавший лепной с барельефами в 1857 году. Части старого лепного фриза — барельефы с театральными атрибутами хранятся в театре. Кровля здания двухскатная, его торцы завершаются гладкими фронтонами, лестницы крыльца с южной стороны ведёт на второй этаж. Лестничные балюстрады декорированы вазами. Фасады театра оштукатурены и окрашены в золотисто-жёлтый цвет, архитектурные детали выделены белой краской.

Одну половину здания занимают фойе и зрительный зал, вмещающий всего двести пятьдесят человек, вторую — сцена и уборные актёров. Зрительный имеет форму овала со срезанной дугой в месте примыкания сцены, соединён с фойе тремя входами. По низу стены зала обведены цоколем, от которого поднимаются римско-коринфские колонны из стукко, соединённые между собой арками. Центральный вход обрамляется аркой, опирающейся на римско-ионические колонны. Одиннадцать пролётов между колоннами посередине разделены балконами, которые образуют 22 ложи бенуара и бельэтажа. Над колоннами проходят простой фриз и лепной карниз, украшенный кронштейнами и розетками. От тяги карниза поднимается плафон в форме купола небольшой высоты. Пол партера имеет наклон по направлению к сцене, амфитеатр в зрительном зале не выделен.

Лестничные марши этого входа ведут через коридор на бельэтаж. Коридоры декорированы золочёными канделябрами и лепными масками искусной работы.

В полуподвальном нижнем этаже был устроен склад реквизита и декораций, а также находились костюмерные и некоторые уборные.

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Bankman-Fried is arrested as feds charge massive fraud at FTX crypto exchange
By David Gura,
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Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX US Derivatives, testifies during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in the Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12.
Updated December 13, 2022 at 3:21 PM ET
Sam Bankman-Fried, the notorious former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, is facing a raft of federal fraud charges, accused of misleading investors and using billions of dollars from his customers for his own ends. He was arrested in the Bahamas, where he lives, the office of the attorney general of the Bahamas said on Monday night.
A federal grand jury indicted Bankman-Fried on eight criminal counts, ranging from wire fraud to conspiracy to commit money laundering and violating campaign finance laws, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday morning.
The U.S. attorney's office in southern New York filed the federal charges against Bankman-Fried, who's also known as "SBF," on Friday under a sealed indictment, according to court records. A magistrate judge unsealed the indictment the morning after Bankman-Fried's arrest.
In a statement sent to NPR, Bankman-Fried's attorney, Mark S. Cohen, said his client is "reviewing the charges with his legal team and considering all of his legal options."
U.S. prosecutor urges the return of "dirty money"
Bankman-Fried is charged with "a series of interrelated fraud schemes," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said at a news conference about the case Tuesday.
Williams also raised the possibility that more charges could be yet to come, as agencies and investigators comb through financial records.
"This investigation is very much ongoing and it is moving very quickly," he said. "But I also want to be clear about something else: While this is our first public announcement, it will not be our last."
Describing the campaign finance charge, Williams said Bankman-Fried directed tens of millions of dollars to be illegally sent to Democratic and Republican candidates and committees — money the prosecutor said was stolen from customers.
"All of this dirty money was used in service of Bankman-Fried's desire to buy bipartisan influence" and shape policy, Williams said. Directing part of his comments to any political campaign, entity or person that received stolen money, he added, "We ask that you work with us to return that money to the innocent victims."
FTX goes from a behemoth to bankruptcy
The arrest and charges complete what has been a stark reversal for Bankman-Fried, 30, who had watched FTX's value soar to some $32 billion after launching the company in May 2019. Earlier this year, FTX's splashy public relations blitz included a Super Bowl ad and high-profile celebrity endorsements, touting itself as "the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto."
But FTX abruptly filed for bankruptcy last month, under a cloud of suspicions about its solvency. Questions centered on $8 billion in customer deposits that was unaccounted for.
Now authorities are saying Bankman-Fried's promise of using sophisticated measures to protect FTX customers from risk was part of a long-running fraud. On Tuesday, authorities repeatedly called his crypto operation a house of cards.
The campaign finance charge accuses Bankman-Fried and others of conspiring to circumvent federal limits on campaign donations and making "corporate contributions to candidates and committees ... that were reported in the name of another person."
Along with the criminal charges, civil complaints against Bankman-Fried were announced by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Gurbir Grewal, the SEC's head of enforcement, said FTX hid its actions behind a "veneer of legitimacy" that was in fact fraudulent.
Bankman-Fried stands accused of funneling customers' money to his privately held crypto hedge fund, and using their capital "to make undisclosed venture investments, lavish real estate purchases, and large political donations," the SEC said.
Bankman-Fried is accused of misleading investors
Despite what he told investors, Bankman-Fried "had exempted Alameda," his privately held hedge fund, from risk mitigation measures, the SEC says in its complaint, "and had provided Alameda with significant special treatment on the FTX platform, including a virtually unlimited 'line of credit' funded by the platform's customers."
That line of credit was sustained through an order from Bankman-Fried to alter FTX's underlying code so Alameda could access funds, the CFTC says. The agency says Alameda also benefited from preferential treatment, such as faster execution times for FTX transactions and "an exemption from the platform's distinctive auto-liquidation risk management process."
When "Bankman-Fried's house of cards began to crumble" in May 2022, the SEC complaint states, he "directed FTX to divert billions more in customer assets to Alameda to ensure that Alameda maintained its lending relationships, and that money could continue to flow in from lenders and other investors."
Those actions allegedly continued through the summer, as Bankman-Fried "continued to make misleading statements to investors about FTX's financial condition and risk management," according to the SEC.
The agency says Bankman-Fried "used Alameda as his personal piggy bank" — an accusation that's very different from the public persona he sought to project.
Bankman-Fried "held himself out as a visionary leader in the crypto industry, and touted his efforts to create a regulated and thriving crypto asset market," burnishing an image built on responsibility and trust, the SEC says.
Summarizing the charges, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said, "We allege that Sam Bankman-Fried built a house of cards on a foundation of deception while telling investors that it was one of the safest buildings in crypto."
Bankman-Fried was taken into custody in the Bahamas
The crypto executive's arrest in the Bahamas was made at the request of the U.S. government.
The Bahamian attorney general said police made the arrest after officials received "formal notification from the United States that it ... has filed criminal charges against" Bankman-Fried, and they learned that the U.S. is "likely to request his extradition."
The office "intends to process" an extradition request "promptly," when it is made.
In a statement, the prime minister of the Bahamas stressed that the country is cooperating with law enforcement and regulators in the United States, but its own "regulatory and criminal investigations into the collapse of FTX continue."
Bankman-Fried was poised to testify to lawmakers
Just one month ago, FTX, a behemoth in virtual currencies, filed for bankruptcy after suspicions rose that it was insolvent and also moving money around illegally.
Bankman-Fried resigned hours before the bankruptcy filing and has spent the last month on a charm campaign, painting himself in a variety of media interviews and even on Twitter Spaces as a guy who let things slide and didn't intentionally commit fraud.
He was slated to testify virtually from the Bahamas before a congressional committee on Tuesday.
As of late Monday night, the committee still had a notice of the hearing posted that listed Bankman-Fried as a witness and also included the written testimony of the hearing's other witness, FTX's CEO John Ray.
Bankman-Fried has denied that he has avoided coming to the United States over the last month for fear of being arrested.
David Gura
Based in New York, David Gura is a correspondent on NPR's business desk. His stories are broadcast on NPR's newsmagazines, All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and he regularly guest hosts 1A, a co-production of NPR and WAMU.
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Fraudsters are tricking Irish people into parting with thousands of euro - sometimes tens of thousands - ,while some Irish businesses have been stung for hundreds of thousands. The growing sophistication of fraudsters mean scams have become harder to spot, and therefore easier to fall for. Technology too is arming conmen with the information they need to create convincing scams.
"Fraudsters use social media and the internet to get publicly available information about you - so that they can build up a sense of trust when they contact you," said Niamh Davenport, fraud awareness and payment manager with the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI). "Telephone scams are becoming more sophisticated. There will be call centre noises in the background. If a fraudster rings pretending to be your bank, he will be aware of the wording used by banks and will use that language in the call."
In some cases, millions of euro have been lost to scams. "Fraudsters research their client and know their target - so whatever kind of payment may seem plausible to an individual is the payment that's sought," said Patrick D'Arcy, a former garda who has worked with the Garda Fraud Squad and who is now a director of forensic and investigation services with Grant Thornton.
"If the fraudster is targeting a wealthy individual or company, he could be suggesting a payment of €10,000 or €20,000. Some payments sought can be into the millions."
One telephone scam that is prevalent involves a call from someone purporting to be from your bank. With these scams, you're typically told there's a fraud in your bank - and that the bank is looking for you to transfer money into a 'safe' account. You are usually advised to withdraw money from your local bank branch and then to lodge that money into the 'safe' account by arranging a money transfer in your post office.
You may be told not to tell the bank branch why you're withdrawing the money - and the fraudster may suggest that the branch is in on the fraud, according to Davenport, who heads up the BPFI's anti-fraud initiative, fraudsmart.ie. Of course, the 'safe' account in question is the fraudster's account - and once your money is transferred into it you're unlikely to ever see it again.
Another version of this telephone scam is where you get a call from an individual claiming to be from your bank - where you are told that your bank has noticed some unusual transactions on your account and wants to confirm your account details. Should you divulge those details, the fraudster will then use those details to attempt to access - and take money out of - your account.
There have also been recent cases of people receiving calls advising them that their computer has been hacked or has a virus. The fraudster, who purports to be from a well-known company such as Microsoft or Apple, seeks payment of anything from a few hundred euro to a few thousand to fix the non-existent problem.
Earlier this month, three men were arrested as part of a Garda investigation into two invoice redirection frauds of over €500,000. In one of the frauds, more than €300,000 was stolen from a Spanish company and redirected to an account in Ireland.
Invoice redirection fraud, which targets people in the workplace, is one of the most common types of email fraud. With invoice redirection fraud, a business gets a fraudulent email which claims to be from an existing supplier and advises that payment for future bills or invoices should go into a new bank account. The email will look similar to the emails usually sent by that supplier -but if money is transferred into the so-called new bank account, it will be going to the fraudster rather than the supplier. "Invoice redirection fraud usually happens when the fraudster has either hacked into your email - or hacked into a supplier's email," said Davenport.
Another common fraud is CEO fraud, where you typically receive a very demanding email from your 'boss' asking you to immediately transfer money to an account so that a supplier can get paid. The account however belongs to the fraudster. To avoid falling for CEO scams, watch out for emails from work colleagues which seem unusual. "People are often rushed in work, but if you get an email like this, take a break, pause, ask yourself if the email looks right, and follow up with a phone call to confirm," said D'Arcy.
One fraud which could catch you out if you are about to travel, or have just returned from holiday, is the airline giveaway scam. With these scams, you typically get an email from a well-known international flight carrier seeking feedback from you through a survey.
"The email might say that if you respond to the survey within a certain date, you'll get a €200 voucher off your next flight with the airline," said D'Arcy. "The questions on the survey will be questions that you'd expect an ordinary airline to ask you - but towards the end of the survey, you'll be asked for your bank details and bank account password to facilitate payment of the voucher."
It is the question about your bank details which should alert you to the fraud - and it is important not to divulge this information or to respond to such surveys. With scams like this, the email address used will be very similar to that of the organisation the fraudster is purporting to be from - but it will have been altered slightly.
Would-be holidaymakers should also be aware of booking scams where fraudsters set up bogus accommodation websites and post fake adverts online. Many people have lost thousands after falling for such scams - only discovering they've been conned when they go on holiday and find the accommodation they have paid for doesn't exist. Fraudsters are also hacking the email accounts of genuine travel company websites - and then getting in touch with the company's customers directly, requesting payment for the holiday by bank transfer.
To avoid falling prey to booking scams, do your research before booking a holiday or accommodation, book through reputable operators, check the company's website and email address to ensure it hasn't been subtly altered, and pay by credit card rather than bank transfer. Ring your travel company directly (using the number you already have for them) if you receive an email requesting payment by bank transfer.
Another common summer fraud is the summer job scam where conmen offer non-existent jobs to children who are off school, or to students who are off college. Personal information, such as tax details and social security numbers, are sought - so the fraudster can steal the individual's identity. An advance payment may even be sought by the 'employer' to cover the cost of training or materials for the non-existent job. Run a background check on any employer offering you or your child a job - and steer clear of the 'employer' if they're seeking an advance payment.
Another fraud which happens regularly is where fraudsters get your bank account and personal details and then set up a direct debit using your account details, thereby getting you to unknowingly pay for something for the conman, according to D'Arcy.
In cases like this, the direct debit could be going through on your account for months before you discover it. Banks will usually only refund you for two or three months of the fraudulent direct debit payments - though some will refund you for longer, according to D'Arcy. "To prevent this type of fraud, regularly check your credit card and bank statements - so that you quickly spot any unusual transactions on your account," said D'Arcy. "Also, avoid putting any paperwork with personal details into your recycling bin - as fraudsters can get your details in this way."
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'Azaadi will never happen' as one cannot 'fight with the Army': Bipin Rawat
Anushruti Singh
Srinagar, May 10: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that we need to tell the Kashmiri youth 'Azaadi will never happen' as one cannot 'fight the Army'.
Flagging concern over Kashmiri youth 'picking up gun', General Rawat told the Indian Express, "I want to tell Kashmiri youth that Azaadi isn't possible. It won't happen. Don't get carried away unnecessarily. Why are you picking up weapons? We will always fight those who seek Azadi, those who want to secede. (Azadi) is not going to happen, never".
Rawat further said that he doesn't attach much importance to the number of terrorists who are gunned down in encounters with the Army. "These numbers don't matter to me because I know this cycle will continue. There are fresh recruitments happening. I only want to stress that all this is futile, nothing is going to be achieved by them. You can't fight the Army".
During an Interview, the Army Chief also said he is perturbed by the killings."We don't enjoy it. But if you want to fight us, then we will fight you with all our force. Kashmiris have to understand that the SFs (security forces) haven't been so brutal — look at Syria and Pakistan. They use tanks and air power in similar situations. Our troops have been trying their level best to avoid any civilian casualty despite huge provocation", he asserted.
"I know that the youth are angry. But attacking security forces, throwing stones at us isn't the way", Rawat added.
Describing the challenge as one to break this cycle so that calm returns. He said "I don't understand why people are coming out in huge numbers to disrupt our operations. Who is inciting them? If they want that the militants aren't killed, they should go and tell them to come out without their weapons so that nobody is killed,"
He further stated "Let anyone of them say — mein le kay aata hun (I will bring him out). We will halt our operation. We can't allow people to disrupt our operations and help militants to flee".
Instead, the Army Chief said that the people are "inciting security forces by pelting stones at them to disrupt the operations…they are provoking security forces to become more aggressive."
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here as the JMM-Congress alliance government completed a year in the state.
According to Congress leaders, Soren called on Rahul Gandhi here and discussed state politics and the JMM-Congress government completing one year in the state.
Besides Soren, Congress' Jharkhand in-charge R.P.N. Singh was also present in the meeting. Soren had arrived in the national capital after a gap of several months. The Chief Minister was unable to come to Delhi in the last few months due to the nationwide lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
he Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that Vijay Mallya's extradition has been raised at the highest political level, but the UK government has refused to share the details of the confidential proceedings delaying his extradition.
"In December 2020, External Affairs Minister Dr. S.Jaishankar raised the issue with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and most recently in January 2021, the Home Secretary of India raised it with the UK Permanent Under Secretary of Home. UK's response remained the same", said Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench headed by Justice U.U. Lalit.
Mehta added that in November last year the foreign secretary of India raised the issue of Vijay Mallya extradition with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who responded that the UK's legal complexities were preventing Mallya's quick extradition.
Mehta submitted that the Indian government has been informed that there is a further legal issue that needs to be resolved before Mallya can be extradited. "Under United Kingdom law, extradition cannot take place until it is resolved. As it is judicial in nature, the issue is confidential, and you will understand that Her Majesty's government cannot provide any more details", said Mehta citing official response from the UK.
Mehta submitted before the bench that his extradition has been pursued at the highest level and sought adjournment on the matter. The top court has fixed the matter for further hearing on March 15.
On August 31, the Supreme Court had dismissed Mallya's plea seeking review of a 2017 judgment which held him guilty for contempt of court. The top court also sought Mallya's presence before the court on October 5.
The top court had held him guilty of contempt, as Mallya did not truthfully disclose the full account of his assets. In May 2017, the apex court held him guilty of contempt of court for transferring $40 million to his children, and ordered him to appear on July 10, 2017 to argue on the quantum of punishment.
The farmers protesting against the new Central farm laws have announced a 'Tractor March' on Republic Day. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard the petition of the Delhi Police on the issue. The apex court said it is for the Delhi Police to decide whether it would allow the farmers to enter Delhi or not.
The apex court asserted that it is the Delhi Police and not the judiciary that has the authority to decide on the issue.
Responding to this SC order, the National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait, said the highest court has taken cognizance of the matter, it is a good thing that the law and order situation must be looked into by the police. At the same time, the farmers leaders have said they would take out a parade on Outer Ring Road in the national capital so the police should come and talk to them and remove the roadblocks for the parade.
Tikait said the citizens of the country cannot be stopped by constitutional institutions or the police from celebrating Republic Day. "We are not going to the national capital to fight. We will celebrate the R-Day in Delhi, earlier we used to celebrate it in the fields and villages. Now we are here in Delhi so we will celebrate the day here," the BKU spokesperson added.
The Delhi Police had filed a petition in the Supreme Court to ban the 'Tractor March' by the farmers on January 26. They had said that law and order could be affected if the march is allowed on Republic Day.
During the SC hearing, it said the entry of farmers into Delhi is a law and order issue and who are allowed to come to Delhi or not is for the Delhi Police to decide.
However, he farmers have said they would take out a parade on January 26 on Outer Ring Road. The parade would include tableaux in vehicles that would showcase the agricultural reality in various states in addition to historical regional and other protest marches.
The farmers would hoist the national flag on these vehicles and also carry the flags of the farmers organisations. No flag of any political party would be allowed in the parade.
There would be participation of the families of the martyrs of the farmer protests, defence service personnel, reputed sportspersons, women farmers etc. Several states are expected to be represented in the parade.
The farmers who can't come to Delhi to participate in the parade will organise parades in various state capitals and district headquarters.


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Former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis on Combating Insider Threats
Part 3 in the 4 part series John C. Inglis , Sachin Nayyar • October 28, 2015
In this third video of a four-part series, Chris Inglis, former NSA deputy director and current Securonix advisory board chair, sits down with Securonix CEO Sachin Nayyar to discuss today's insider threats.
Over time, the increasing complexity of enterprise systems has necessarily concentrated more power in the hands of individuals. Insiders can access more data, store more, and do more harm than ever before.
"Organizations vastly underestimate the likelihood of an insider attack," says Inglis. "It only takes one in a company of thousands. The proper estimation is one, as in 100 percent likely."
Insiders are not just defined as the employees and contractors within an organization, they are users or entities that operate with privileged access. An insider attack is any misuse of credentials that exploit vulnerabilities presented by privileged access to data and applications.
Traditional security tools are useless against attackers with privileged access and legitimate credentials. Defending the network is good. But what about protecting what really matters: the data! To detect misuse of privilege, organizations must have visibility into their data and real-time analytics of the behavior against it.
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John C. Inglis
former Deputy Director of the NSA
Inglis retired from the Department of Defense in January 2014 following over 41 years of federal service, including 28 years at NSA and seven and a half years as its senior civilian and Deputy Director. He began his career at NSA as a computer scientist within the National Computer Security Center followed by tours in information assurance, policy, time-sensitive operations, and signals intelligence organizations. Promoted to NSA's Senior Executive Service in 1997, Inglis held a variety of senior leadership assignments and twice served away from NSA Headquarters, first as a visiting professor of computer science at the U.S. Military Academy (1991-1992) and later as the U.S. Special Liaison to the United Kingdom (2003-2006).
Sachin Nayyar
CEO, Securonix
Nayyar has over 15 years of experience providing thought leadership around Information Security. He is a renowned thought leader in areas of Role Design, Role Management, Regulations, Risk Management, Compliance, Identity/Access and Governance. Prior to Securonix, Sachin was the Founder and CEO of Saviynt - a leading provider of Cloud Access Governance and Intelligence solutions and Vaau - makers of role management and identity compliance solutions, where he took the company from conception to acquisition by Sun Microsystems. While at Sun, he held the role of Chief Identity Strategist responsible for vision and direction of Sun's entire security portfolio.
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Hospitality Explained
Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt describes hospitality in the Encyclopédie as the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity.[1]
Hospitality ethics is a discipline that studies this usage of hospitality.
Belle of the maypole has learnt from the best.
Derives from the Latin hospes,[2] meaning "host", "guest", or "stranger". Hospes is formed from hostis, which means "stranger" or "enemy" (the latter being where terms like "hostile" derive). By metonymy the Latin word 'Hospital' means a guest-chamber, guest's lodging, an inn.[3] Hospes/hostis is thus the root for the English words host, hospitality, hospice, hostel and hotel.
Historical practice
In ancient cultures hospitality involved welcoming the stranger and offering him food, shelter, and safety.[4]
Global concepts
In Ancient Greece, hospitality was a right, with the host being expected to make sure the needs of his guests were met. The ancient Greek term xenia, or theoxenia when a god was involved, expressed this ritualized guest-friendship relation. In Greek society a person's ability to abide by the laws of hospitality determined nobility and social standing. The Stoics regarded hospitality as a duty inspired by Zeus himself.[1]
India and Nepal
In India and Nepal hospitality is based on the principle Atithi Devo Bhava, meaning "the guest is God". This principle is shown in a number of stories where a guest is revealed to be a god who rewards the provider of hospitality. From this stems the Indian or Nepal practice of graciousness towards guests at home and in all social situations. The Tirukkuṛaḷ, an ancient Indian work on ethics and morality, explains the ethics of hospitality through its verses 81 through 90, dedicating a separate chapter on it (Chapter 9).[5] [6]
Judaism praises hospitality to strangers and guests based largely on the examples of Abraham and Lot in the Book of Genesis (Genesis 18:1–8 and 19:1–8). In Hebrew, the practice is called hachnasat orchim, or "welcoming guests". Besides other expectations, hosts are expected to provide nourishment, comfort, and entertainment for their guests,[7] and at the end of the visit, hosts customarily escort their guests out of their home, wishing them a safe journey.[8]
Abraham set the pace as providing 3 things:
Achila ("feeding")
Shtiya ("drinking")
Linah ("lodging")
The initial letters of these Hebrew words spell Aishel. (Genesis, 21:33).
In Christianity, hospitality is a virtue which is a reminder of sympathy for strangers and a rule to welcome visitors.[9] This is a virtue found in the Old Testament, with, for example, the custom of the foot washing of visitors or the kiss of peace.[10] [11] It was taught by Jesus in the New Testament. Indeed, Jesus said that those who had welcomed a stranger had welcomed him.[12] Some Western countries have developed a host culture for immigrants, based on the bible.[13]
John Paul II writes, "Welcoming our brothers and sisters with care and willingness must not be limited to extraordinary occasions but must become for all believers a habit of service in their daily lives" (Address to volunteer workers, March 8, 1997).
Individuals are also treated as favored guests in the liberal Catholic tradition. Honored guests receive first parlance, religious clergy second parlance, and very important persons third parlance. Clergy and followers of Christ received parlance and some may have turned away from hospitality, welcoming and serving, since active service requires detachment from material goods, family connections, and physical comforts. Hospitality is a meeting of minds, it is an openness to the familiar and meet to discuss and question the mystery of self, social events, experiences, nature and to God. Any guest should never made to feel or see that they are causing undue extra labor by their intrusion or presence.[14]
It is always polite to ask about religious convictions. John Paul II said: "Only those who have opened their hearts to Christ can offer a hospitality that is never formal or superficial but identified by "gentleness" and "reverence"." In reference to Biblical scripture as a sign of politeness to always come to the defense and aid to those who give a account of hope and those interested (cf. 1 Pet. 3:15).
Christ expanded the meaning of brother and neighbor to include the stranger, that he or she be treated like a follower with and for hospitality and mutual help, if the believer in Christ or whom may be a messenger of god either needed help, circumstances made it difficult to interpret and being uncertain of whether a individual is a believer in Christ and god.[15] [14]
Pashtun
One of the main principles of Pashtunwali is Melmastia. This is the display of hospitality and profound respect to all visitors (regardless of race, religion, national affiliation or economic status) without any hope of remuneration or favour. Pashtuns will go to great lengths to show their hospitality.[16] [17] [18]
Islam highly recommends one another to say peace be upon you Assalamu Alaikum to one another as Muhammad had said,Muslims are obliged to treat their guest with kindness and peace even prisoners (in war), As Muhammad had said in authentic sources and verses from the Quran
Abu Aziz ibn Umair reported: I was among the prisoners of war on the day of the battle of Badr. Muhammad had said, "I enjoin you to treat the captives well." After I accepted Islam, I was among the Ansar (Inhabitants of Madinah) and when the time of lunch or dinner arrived, I would feed dates to the prisoners for I had been fed bread due to the command of Muhammad. [19]
Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious:
Good hospitality is crucial in Islam even in business According to another report, Muhammad passed by a pile of food in the market. He put his hand inside it and felt dampness, although the surface was dry. He said:
"O owner of the food, what is this?'The man said, 'It was damaged by rain, O Messenger of God.'He said, 'Why did you not put the rain-damaged food on top so that people could see it! Whoever cheats us is not one of us." (Saheeh Muslim)
Celtic cultures
Celtic societies also valued the concept of hospitality, especially in terms of protection. A host who granted a person's request for refuge was expected not only to provide food and shelter for his/her guest, but to make sure they did not come to harm while under their care.[20]
Current usage
In the West today hospitality is rarely a matter of protection and survival and is more associated with etiquette and entertainment. However, it still involves showing respect for one's guests, providing for their needs, and treating them as equals. Cultures and subcultures vary in the extent to which one is expected to show hospitality to strangers, as opposed to personal friends or members of one's ingroup.
Anthropology of hospitality
Jacques Derrida offers a model to understand hospitality that divides unconditional hospitality from conditional hospitality. Over the centuries, philosophers have devoted considerable attention to the problem of hospitality.[21] However, hospitality offers a paradoxical situation (like language) since inclusion of those who are welcomed in the sacred law of hospitality implies others will be rejected. Julia Kristeva (1991) alerts readers to the dangers of "perverse hospitality", which consists of taking advantage of the vulnerability of aliens to dispossess them.[22] Hospitality serves to reduce the tension in the process of host–guest encounters, producing a liminal zone that combines curiosity about others and fear of strangers.[23] In general terms, the meaning of hospitality centres on the belief that strangers should be assisted and protected while traveling.[24] However, not all voices are in agreement with this concept. Professor Anthony Pagden describes how the concept of hospitality was historically manipulated to legitimate the conquest of Americas by imposing the right of free transit, which was conducive to the formation of the modern nation-state. This suggests that hospitality is a political institution which can be ideologically deformed to oppress others.[25]
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1 . " Saturable and reverse saturable absorption in aqueous silver nanoparticles at off-resonant wavelength ", Misha Hari, S. Mathew, B. Nithyaja, Santhi Ani Joseph, V.P.N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan ; Optical and Quantum Electronics, 43, pp. 49-58, (2012). .
2 . " Linear And nolinear optical properties Of gold nanoparticles stabilized With polyvinyl alcohol ", Misha Hari, Santhi Ani Joseph, Nithyaja Balan, Mathew S, Ravi Kumar, Giridhar Mishra, R. R. Yadhav, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori, ; Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 20, pp. 467-475, (2011). .
3 . " Thermal diffusivity of nanofluids composed of rod-shaped silver nanoparticles ", Misha Hari, Santhi Ani Joseph, S Mathew, B Nithyaja, V. P. N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan ; International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 64, pp. 188-194, 2013 .
4 . " Band-gap tuning and nonlinear optical characterization of Ag:TiO2 nanocomposites ", Misha Hari, Santhi Ani Joseph, S. Mathew, P. Radhakrishnan, and V. P. N. Nampoori ; J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074307, 2012 .
5 . " UV-Visible Photoluminescence of TiO2 Nanoparticles Prepared by Hydrothermal Method ", S. Mathew, Amit kumar Prasad, Thomas Benoy, P. P. Rakesh, Misha Hari, T. M Libish, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori, C. P. G. Vallabhan ; Journal of Fluorescence, 22(6), pp. 1563-1569, (2012) .
6 . " Synthesis of monocrystalline zinc oxide mircorods by wet chemical method for light confinement applications ", Aparna Thankappan, Misha Hari, S. Mathew, Santhi Ani Joseph, Erni Rolf, Debajeet Bora, Artur Braun, V.P.N. Nampoori ; Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44(10), pp. 2118–2123, (2012) .
7 . " Thermal diffusivity of Rhodamine 6G incorporated in silver nanofluid measured using mode-matched thermal lens technique ", Santhi Ani Joseph, Misha Hari, Mathew S, Gaurav Sharma; Soumya, Hadiya V M, Radhakrishnan P., Nampoori V. P. N ; Optics Communications, Vol. 283, 313-317, 2010. .
8 . " Laser induced Bessel beams can realize fast al-optical switching in gold nanosol prepared by pulsed laser ablation ", Santhi Ani Joseph, Gourav Sharma, Misha Hari, S Mathew, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori ; Jounal of Optical Society of America B, 27, pp. 577-581, (2010). .
9 . " Photothermal characterization of nanogold under conditions of resonant excitation and energy transfer ", Santhi Ani Joseph, S Mathew, Gourav Sharma, Misha Hari, Achamma Kurian, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori ; Plasmonics, 5, pp. 63-68, (2010). .
10 . " Optical Non-linearity in ZnO Doped TeO2 Glasses ", Rose Leena Thomas, Vasuja, Misha Hari, V. P.N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan and Sheenu Thomas ; Journal Of Optoelectronics and advanced Materials, Vol. 13, Issue 5, pp. 523-527, 2011 .
11 . " Optical limiting in TeO2-ZnO glass from Z-scan technique ", Roseleena Thomas, Vasuja, Misha Hari, Nithyaja. B, Mathew. S, Rejeena. I, Sheenu Thomas, Nampoori. V. P. N and Radhakrishnan. P ; Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials (JNOPM), Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 351-356, 2011 .
12 . " Selective mode excitation in the dye –doped DNA polyvinyl alcohol thin film ", Nithyaja Balan, Misha Hari, Vadakkedathu Parameswaran Narayana Namppori ; Appl. Opt. 48, 3521, (2009) .
13 . " Effect of DNA on nonlinear optical properties of Rhodamine6G-PVA solution ", B. Nithyaja, H. Misha, P. Radhakrishnan and V P N Nampoori ; J. Appl. Phys. 109, 023110, (2011) .
14 . " Linear and nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoparticles stabilized by bovine serum albumin ", Nithyaja B, Yogeshwar Nath M, Amit Kumar S, Misha H and Nampoori V P N ; J. Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials 20(1), 75, (2011) .
15 . " Synthesis of silver nanoparticles in DNA template and its influence on nonlinear optical properties ", B. Nithyaja, H. Misha and V.P.N. Nampoori ; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2(4), pp. 99-103, 2012 .
16 . " Fluorescence enhancement of silver nanoparticles using DNA as a stabilizing agent ", Nithyaja B, Misha H, Nampoori V P N ; Proc. SPIE 8173, 81731K, (2010) .
1 . " Enhanced thermal diffusivity of R6G dye on addition of Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite ", Misha Hari, Santhi A. J, G. S. Avadhani, Nithyaja B, Deep Pung, Bishwajeet S, P. Radhakrishnan, V P N Nampoori ; PHOTONICS-2010, 10th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, December 11-15, 2010, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India. .
2 . " Linear and nonlinear optical characterization of gold nanoparticles in polyvinyl alcohol ", Misha Hari, Santhi Ani Joseph, Nithyaja Balan, Mathew S, Ravi Kumar, Giridhar Mishra, R. R. Yadhav, P. Radhakrishnan, V.P.N. Nampoori ; International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology (ICMST 2010), November 26-28, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia .
3 . " Nonlinear Optical Investigation on Lead Iodide Dihydrate using Open aperture Z-scan measurement ", Rajeena I, Lillibai G, Nityaja B, Misha Hari, Indu Sebastin, Nampoori VPN and P Radhakrishnan ; International Conference on Contemporary trends in Optics and Optoelectronics, XXXV Optical Society of India Symposium, 17-19 Jan, 2011, Thiruvananthapuram, India. .
4 . " Optical non-linearity in ZnO-TeO2 glass fron z-scan technique ", Rose Leena Thomas, Vasuja, Rajeena, Misha Hari, Nithyaja B, V. P. N. Nampoori and P. Radhakrishnan ; International Conference on Contemporary trends in Optics and Optoelectronics, XXXV Optical Society of India Symposium, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 17-19, Jan 2011. .
5 . " Two photon absorption in TeO2-ZnO glass at different laser irradiances ", Rose Leena Thomas, Vasuja, Misha Hari, V P N Nampoori, P Radhakrishnan and Sheenu Thomas ; ICMST 2012, St.Thomas College, Pala. .
6 . " Fluorescence enhancement of silver nanoparticles using DNA as a stabilising agent ", Nithyaja B, Misha H, Nampoori V P N ; Photonics 2010 .
7 . " Nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoparticles stabilized by bovine serum albumin ", Nithyaja B, Yogeshwar Nath M , Amit Kumar S, Misha H and Nampoori V P N ; ICMST 2010 .


Banaue lies in the mountainous region of the Cordillera located in the Province of Ifugao. Going here is like a dance for your life, there are a lot of sharp turns, downhill, and uphill roads. The only way to reach it is taking the challenge of traveling by land via private car or taking the 9 to 10-hour bus ride via Ohiyami Bus, the only Banaue local bus company that offers direct trips from Manila to Banaue. It offers only two night trips daily and is located along Lacson Avenue, Manila near University of Santo Tomas.
The only hotel in Banaue is the Banaue Hotel and Youth Hostel, which offers accommodations at premium prices. If you're a backpacker, one of the best choices you have is the Banaue View Inn.
It's a 2-storey house perched above the mountain giving you a full view of the whole town. Get the room at the veranda on the 2nd floor for a relaxing view, the perfect spot for sipping a hot cup of Ifugao coffee blend.
Located in the same compound as Banaue View Inn is the Banaue Museum, which houses a collection of artifacts by Otley Beyer, the Father of Philippine Anthropology.
The Banaue View Inn and Banaue Museum are operated by the descendants of Otley Beyer. Lily B. Luglug, granddaughter of Otley Beyer, said that she sometimes acts as a curator of the museum when she has free time, especially after finishing a bead necklace.
and her favourite bead necklaces, the most expensive items in the collection.
Exploring the nearby towns like Lagawe, Ifugao Province's capital, is a good way to learn more about the local culture.
Just an hour ride away from Banaue, Lagawe's streets turn into a big market during market day with freshly harvested fruits and vegetables scattered and lined up on the ground sold at very affordable prices.
You can grab a quick snack at Pedro's, which serves comfort food dishes like pasta, fries, and pizzas. One must-try dish is the Smoked Pork Pinunog Pizza, which is topped with flavorful pinunog, the Ifuago's version of smoked sausage.
Aside from the breath-taking view of the Banaue Rice Terraces at the viewpoint, challenge yourself and walk along the rice paddies, which has only about a foot in width, towards the view deck.
The rice paddies are knee-deep while the edges of the pathways are almost 10 feet deep. There are no railings on the pathways so focus and balance must be kept in mind while walking towards the deck.
How to Get Here: Rent a tricycle at the town center and ask the driver to bring you to the view point.
Most of the locals on every corner of the town chew moma or nga nga, a combination of betel nut, betel powder, lime, and sometimes with tobacco leaves.
Marilyn Maglihan, a local and a polymer clay art maker, shared that chewing moma is a vice just like cigarettes for others.
Manglihan doing a polymer clay art, which will be sold in pasalubong shops across the town and one of which will be the highlight of the House of Ekolife.
Weaving of traditional cloth and carving are the common sources of living of the locals.
Most of the carvings in Banaue represent the Bul-ul, the rice guardian of the Igorot.
Ground Floor, Banaue Museum, Banaue, Ifugao.
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12-6-22: Inflation Will Likely Be "Transitory" Indeed (2021-22, R.I.P.)
by Gary Alexander
This column may end up continuing my "Thanksgiving" streak into Part VI: Inflation is decelerating fast!
All through 2021, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, led by Chairman Jerome Powell, along with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and President Biden's Amen Chorus, sang from the same hymnal page, that inflation was "transitory" and it was actually good for the economy. That didn't resonate well with millions of struggling families facing double-digit increases in necessary food, fuel, and housing costs.
These PhD pundits were wrong, of course, unless you define "transitory" as two years, because inflation will probably settle down early next year, because the Fed is doing what they should have done a lot sooner – vacuuming up much of the vast infusion of money supply to "fight COVID" or "stimulate" an economy that was already at warp speed (+5.6%) in 2021. Only in March 2022 did they start raising rates and then sop up $95 billion per month in "quantitative tightening" to reduce the Fed's balance sheet.
Graphs are for illustrative and discussion purposes only. Please read important disclosures at the end of this commentary.
Let us pause to define inflation. For far too long, "inflation" has meant "rising prices" to most Americans, but the term originally meant "rising money supply," as in the inflating of a balloon with a rising amount of air – like "inflating a tire." This is still the classic "Austrian" economic definition of inflation. The leading 20th Century Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, said in a lecture in West Virginia in 1951:
"Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, means increasing the quantity of money and bank notes in circulation and the quantity of bank deposits subject to check. But people today use the term 'inflation' to refer to the phenomenon that is an inevitable consequence of inflation, that is the tendency of all prices and wage rates to rise. The result of this deplorable confusion is that there is no term left to signify the cause of this rise in prices and wages."
– Ludwig von Mises (1951).
About a decade later, two noted American economists reworded Mises' classic definition of inflation:
"The word 'inflation' originally applied solely to the quantity of money. It meant that the volume of money was inflated, blown up, overextended. It is not mere pedantry to insist that the word should be used only in its original meaning. To use it to mean 'a rise in prices' is to deflect attention away from the real cause of inflation and the real cure for it."
– Henry Hazlitt, in "What You Should Know About Inflation" (1960)
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output."
– Milton Friedman (1963)
The cause-and-effect of printing and spending money is not immediate. The effect of money in the system to cause price increases generally takes 6-9 months. The same is true for deflationary policies, so the beginning of the Fed's decline in money supply in April 2022 should be felt around the start of 2023.
So far, it looks like the Consumer Price Index for goods peaked at 14.2% (year over year) in March and is most recently at 8.6% in October. Price increases for durable goods peaked at 18.7% (y/y) in February and fell to 4.8% in October. With these peaks in mind, year-over-year figures could turn negative soon.
Declines in prices of services will be stickier and more stubborn, but the Zillow Rent Index peaked at 17.1% y/y last February before falling to 9.6% in October, so rent growth rates might also slow next year. Wages and Social Security benefits are already slated to rise in 2023, but that is already baked in the cake.
Why Many Huge Long-Term Price Increases Are Illusory – or Even Deflationary
Consumer price complainers seldom cite prices that decline dramatically, but let me rehearse a few.
I recall flying coast-to-coast in 1975 for about $900 a ticket. It's half that now. A long-distance phone call could cost $2 a minute in prime time. Now, it's essentially free. I paid $475 for a new Encyclopedia Brittanica set in 1972. A far more complete Wikipedia online is essentially free. I paid $3,000 plus $500 for a printer for an in 1984 and it blew up every time I wrote eight pages or more. Now, I can buy a $399 laptop that stores gigabytes (with all these charts, too). An early calculator cost $500. The first cellphones felt like a brick (2 pounds), lasted 30 minutes without re-charging, and cost $3,995.
Need I go on?
But let me cite some items that have risen in price. You hear complaints about them all the time, but I'll give you the rest of the story, courtesy of a new book, "Superabundance" by Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley. They measure the amount of time it takes a median-salaried worker to buy a certain product.
Before I cite these examples, let me quote three all-important words at the end of Milton Friedman's definition of inflation as a "monetary phenomenon" (above). He refers to inflation as "a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output." Our wealth and output have grown so much in the last 50 years that you can't measure prices in a vacuum. You must measure our ability to pay those prices.
Here are some widely complained-about price increases of the last year (or the last 25 to 50 years):
#1: The Cost of a Thanksgiving Dinner. Unless you were on a remote desert island with no Internet service, you heard stories in the last month about the rapid rise in the cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner – this year, and over time. Since 1986, the American Farm Bureau Federation has conducted an annual price survey of food items in a typical Thanksgiving dinner designed for 10 people with plenty of leftovers, including a 16-pound turkey, a 30-ounce pumpkin pie mix, and lots of other goodies. In nominal terms, the cost of that dinner rose from $28.74 in 1986 to $46.90 in 2020, up 63.2%. In the same 34 years, inflation rose 135%, so the dinner rose less than half as fast as inflation, but the average unskilled worker put in 3.27 hours of labor for that dinner in 1986, and only 1.67 hours in 2020, or 40.3% less time. Blue-collar workers put in 38% less time for the turkey repast, and skilled workers put in 74.8% fewer hours! *
#2: Housing costs are incredibly higher, aren't they? Superabundance authors say: "Bill Bonner noted that 'it cost $23,000 in 1970 to put a roof over [one's] head. Today it's $240,000.' What he forgot to mention is that the average house in 1970 was 1,500 square feet. Today it's closer to 2,700 square feet…. The nominal price of a square foot of house in 1970 was $15.33 and the U.S. blue-collar hourly compensation rate was $3.93, indicating a time price (TP) of 3.9 hours per square foot. In 2019, the nominal price of a square foot of housing was $88.89, and the U.S. blue-collar hourly compensation rate was $32.36, indicating a TP of 2.75 hours per square foot. Those figures indicate that the price of housing declined by almost 30% between 1970 and 2019." For skilled workers, the time price decline was 67%. *
#3: Television and other electronic prices. Here's where the math gets crazy. I paid $500** for my first color TV console set in 1982, and it was a pretty rotten picture by today's standards. For much less than $500, I can get a fairly large HDTV flat screen now. In 1997, Sharp and Sony introduced their first 42-inch flat-screen TVs for about $15,000 each. That year the U.S. blue-collar hourly pay rate was $18.12 per hour, which works out to 828 hours to afford this early flat screen. In 2019, a large discount retail store advertised a 43-inch LCD set for $149, with the blue-collar hourly rate averaging $32.36, so it took just 4.6 hours of work to buy that set. It's 99.45% cheaper, a compounded savings of 26.7% per year. *
Using Moore's law, the transaction costs and storage rates in our computers are falling at similar rates.
So, tell me once again how fast prices are rising.
*These three examples are from pages 372, 431, and 465, respectively, of "Superabundance" by Tupy and Pooley
** I won the TV in a bank promotional contest, but the bank and the IRS told me the taxable retail value was $500.
All content above represents the opinion of Gary Alexander of Navellier & Associates, Inc.
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Gary Alexander has been Senior Writer at Navellier since 2009. He edits Navellier's weekly Marketmail and writes a weekly Growth Mail column, in which he uses market history to support the case for growth stocks. For the previous 20 years before joining Navellier, he was Senior Executive Editor at InvestorPlace Media (formerly Phillips Publishing), where he worked with several leading investment analysts, including Louis Navellier (since 1997), helping launch Louis Navellier's Blue Chip Growth and Global Growth newsletters.
Prior to that, Gary edited Wealth Magazine and Gold Newsletter and wrote various investment research reports for Jefferson Financial in New Orleans in the 1980s. He began his financial newsletter career with KCI Communications in 1980, where he served as consulting editor for Personal Finance newsletter while serving as general manager of KCI's Alexandria House book division. Before that, he covered the economics beat for news magazines. All content of "Growth Mail" represents the opinion of Gary Alexander


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The news highlights from Mouser this week are:
New Event – Mouser to Inspire Innovation at Electronica 2022
Mouser will be exhibiting at Electronica 2022, the world's leading trade fair and conference for electronics, in Munich from 15 November through 18 November 2022. Mouser will once again partner with TTI, Inc to exhibit in Hall C3 at Booth 578. Throughout Electronica 2022, the Mouser booth will feature a "spin-to-win" game, giving visitors the chance to win one prize from a host of gadgets and dev tools. From 10 October to 2 December 2022, Mouser will also be running an Electronica 2022 online prize draw, where registrants can enter to win a prize. Alongside this, attendees can relax and enjoy a hot drink at the Mouser coffee bar. Visitors to the booth will also have an opportunity to use the Mouser Customer Service Pod, where the team will be on hand to offer attendees demonstrations and guidance on how to use the extensive range of services and tools on the Mouser website, answer questions regarding orders and delivery times and offer suggestions for technical resources that buyers and designers may find useful.
Full press release here: https://eu.mouser.com/newsroom/publicrelations-mouser-electronica-2022final/
New Product – Mouser Now Stocking ams OSRAM SYNIOS P3030 KW DSLP31.CE LED for Car Body Illumination
Mouser is now stocking the SYNIOS® P3030 KW DSLP31.CE LED from ams OSRAM. Part of ams OSRAM's SYNIOS P Family of products, the P3030 KW DSLP31.CE is a white LED with a luminous flux/radiant flux of 45 lm to 71 lm and a minimum colour rendering index (CRI) of 90. Forward current is rated at 3 mA to 200 mA, with a pulsed forward current of 400 mA (max.). The LED functions on a forward voltage of 2.6 V to 3.5 V, with a maximum reverse voltage of 5 V. The close-to-centre chip layout allows for optimal design flexibility, and its small outline dimensions, especially the height, provide maximum flexibility to accommodate even the tightest of spaces. Through this, the product delivers an exceptional solution that meets the energy efficiency, weight, and space-saving qualities for the rapidly emerging field of automotive exterior lighting.
Full press release here: https://eu.mouser.com/newsroom/publicrelations-ams-osram-synios-p3030-kw-dslp31-ce-2022final/
New Resources – Kickstart Product Design with Mouser's Resources for Development Kits and Engineering Tools
Mouser provides a wealth of services and tools to help engineers and purchasing professionals find the right products for their designs, including a resource site for development kits and a page devoted to the latest engineering tools. The development kits resource site offers a diverse collection of resources to inform the development of applications ranging from Internet of Things (IoT) devices to Bluetooth mesh networks to wearable medical devices. These resources include articles addressing challenges and use cases for specific components, including AMD Xilinx Kria System on Modules (SoMs) and the Microchip Technology SAM E54 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit and also includes convenient product information, allowing engineers to easily find components for their new designs. The engineering tools page features a constantly updating list of new tools for evaluating semiconductors and other electronic components, including tools for embedded processors, RF wireless, sensors, and more.
Full press release here: https://eu.mouser.com/newsroom/publicrelations-development-tool-resources-2022final/
New Award – Mouser Congratulates Winners of 2022 Create the Future Design Contest
Mouser congratulates the winners of the 2022 Create the Future Design Contest, who will be honoured at a special awards banquet in November. Intel® and Analog Devices, Inc. teamed with Mouser in sponsoring the 20th annual contest, produced by SAE Media Group, an SAE International Company. Together with COMSOL and SAE Media Group, Mouser will award the $25,000 grand prize to a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab for their entry, FlowIO Platform, a fully integrated, miniature pneumatic development platform designed to make prototyping, innovation, and research with soft robotics quick and easy. Finalists were selected by senior editors at SAE Media Group, producer of the contest, and judged by an independent panel of design engineers.
Full press release here: https://eu.mouser.com/newsroom/publicrelations-create-the-future-winners-2022final/
To see more new products and Mouser news, go to https://eu.mouser.com/pressroom
Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorised semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor's website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6,8 million products from over 1.200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650.000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 93.000 square-meter, state-of-the-art facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com/.


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Apparently Anthem bombed. It's a retail game with a GaaS model behind it. Basically launched as an incomplete game and they'll be adding more to it later.
At least EA has Apex after its slew of epic failures over the past year.
banditwolf
GW Villian HQ litterbox
Well anthem banned Gladd who was one of the few promoting it (as friends told me). So that didn't help.
I've tried apex. It's ok but you need teammates to play with.
Basically run around till you find someone. Die. Start new game.
More or less a time waster.
Originally Posted by banditwolf
Let's play it.
Psn is same
I might send you a PSN message this weekend. You'll know it's me since my PSN name has a beer in it.
Best1989
Interstellar Funk Space Station
My brother already got all the trophies. He seems to enjoy it lol
I don't think I'll play it.
Originally Posted by Best1989
That's crazy. I am not even close. Don't have that much time to play.
https://www.naughtydog.com/blog/unch...tember_3_2019\
After nearly 10 years of operation, on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 [5:00 PM PT] we will be bidding farewell to the multiplayer servers for Naughty Dog games on the PlayStation 3, including Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us Left Behind. It's bittersweet to say the least. Uncharted and The Last of Us multiplayer on the PS3 are defining entries in Naughty Dog's history and we've been honored to support the passionate communities that have grown around them for almost a decade. We have so many fond memories from playing alongside you throughout the years.
However, we wanted to make sure we gave multiplayer on PS3 a proper send-off. From now until September 3, 2019 [5:00 PM PT] all multiplayer services will remain intact and we're making all multiplayer DLC for Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us on PS3 totally free. Just fire up PlayStation Store and look for our new free Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us multiplayer DLC bundles, which include all gameplay and vanity items. Whether you're an active player or want to play a few rounds for old time's sake, there's never been a better time to experience the full breadth of Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us Left Behind multiplayer on PS3.
Thank you to everyone who has played Uncharted and The Last of Us multiplayer on PS3 and for all of your incredible enthusiasm, feedback, and support.
As always, be sure to follow Naughty Dog on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram for the latest updates from the studio.
xelement5x
That's pretty cool of them to do.
Originally Posted by MrBonkers
Actually this makes the localization good, but because it doesn't match the Japanese Script 1:1 people throw a fit. And if that's a problem for you, GTFO, go improve your Japanese and play the Japanese version to be as pure and kawaii as you want.


I'd be very interested to know what info you've uncovered re: winter tires. I too have a 99 Protege and live in Longueuil. Do you know of any places in QC that have good prices on tires? I don't think Canadian Tire has much to offer for our size tire.
Likewise I'd be happy to pass on good deals that I may come across.


Website gave me an error but my card was still charged. Never received a confirmation.
Choosing a departure time from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bruges. Can I get off in Ghent on the way & then take a later train to Bruges?
Can you print your train ticket at the Frankfurt airport so you can take the S-Bahn to the train station?
Confused about choosing which train ticket and seating is best for our trip.
No customer service at Rail Europe and I have read these very same complaints from several other people!
Munich Airport station to Nuremberg?
THE PAYMENT FOR THE TRAIN IS DONE BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TICKET.
Does a regional train ticket in Italy need to be validated before boarding?


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