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Q: Recursive regular expression in C# I am practicing regex with C#. This is my code:
string test =
    "this is whole new line, with different parameters 10.1.2.1, 10.1.5.1, 10.1.3.1";
string a = Regex.Match(test, "10.[0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+").Value;
Console.WriteLine(a);

The result is 10.1.2.1. It finds the first match and that's it.
How can I perform this function recursively ? Do I need to add some extra code or is there a regex class which has this as a built in function (which I would prefer)?

A: You are explicitly asking for only one match, using the Match method. You should use Matches instead, and iterate over the result:
string test = "this is whole new line, with different parameters 10.1.2.1, 10.1.5.1, 10.1.3.1";
foreach(Match result in Regex.Matches(test, "10.[0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+"))
{
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}

That code will print the following:
10.1.2.1
10.1.5.1
10.1.3.1

A: From the documentation of RegEx.Match():

Searches the specified input string for the first occurrence of the
  regular expression specified in the Regex constructor.

It does exactly what it should, returns the first match. If you want all matches you should use RegEx.Matches(string, string).

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Home / LATEST NEWS / California lawmakers agree on $600 stimulus for low-income Californians
California lawmakers agree on $600 stimulus for low-income Californians
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Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced that they have reached an agreement on a package of immediate actions that will speed needed relief to individuals, families, and businesses suffering the most significant economic hardship from the COVID-19 Recession.
The compromise builds on the initiatives in the Governor's state budget proposal to provide cash relief to lower-income Californians, increase aid to small businesses, and provide license renewal fee waivers to businesses impacted by the pandemic. In addition to these measures, the agreement provides tax relief for businesses, commits additional resources for critical child care services, and funds emergency financial aid for community college students.
"As we continue to fight the pandemic and recover, I'm grateful for the Legislature's partnership to provide urgent relief and support for California families and small businesses where it's needed most," said Governor Newsom. "From child care, relief for small business owners, direct cash support to individuals, financial aid for community college students, and more, these actions are critical for millions of Californians who embody the resilience of the California spirit."
"We're nearly a year into this pandemic, and millions of Californians continue to feel the impact on their wallets and bottom lines. Businesses are struggling. People are having a hard time making ends meet. This agreement builds on Governor Newsom's proposal and in many ways, enhances it so that we can provide the kind of immediate emergency relief that families and small businesses desperately need right now," said Senate President pro Tempore Atkins. "People are hungry and hurting, and businesses our communities have loved for decades are at risk of closing their doors. We are at a critical moment, and I'm proud we were able to come together to get Californians some needed relief."
"Californians have been hurting. Our response tackles the human and the economic impacts of COVID in a way that echoes President Biden's American Rescue Plan and will help those who are hurting most. We are building an economic foundation for the recovery of jobs, small businesses, and, indeed, our everyday lives," said Speaker Rendon.
Separately, the Governor and legislative leaders said that discussions are continuing on measures for the safe reopening of the state's K-12 schools, including strategies to address learning loss caused by the pandemic.
Below are key provisions of the Immediate Action Agreement:
Direct Relief to Individuals and Families
The agreement incorporates the Governor's Golden State Stimulus plan to assist California households that have borne the disproportionate economic burden of the COVID-19 Recession – those with incomes below $30,000, as well as those unfairly excluded from previous federal stimulus payments.
The agreement provides $600 in one-time relief to households receiving the California EITC for 2020. Also, the agreement provides a $600 one-time payment to taxpayers with Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs) who were precluded from receiving the $1,200 per person federal payments issues last spring and the more recent $600 federal payments. The agreement would provide the $600 payments to households with ITINs and income below $75,000. ITIN taxpayers who also qualify for the California EITC would receive a total of $1,200. The payments will be provided to these households shortly after they file their 2020 tax returns.
The agreement broadens this initial plan and now provides direct relief to more lower-income Californians through a $600 one-time grant to households enrolled in the CalWORKS program and recipients of SSI/SSP and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). Grant payments for CalWORKS households are expected by mid-April; timing for the delivery of SSI/SSP and CAPI grants is currently under discussion with federal officials.
Combined, the agreement represents a total of 5.7 million payments to low-income Californians.
Immediate Relief for Small Businesses Quadrupled
The agreement reflects a four-fold increase – from $500 million to more than $2 billion – for grants up to $25,000 for small businesses impacted by the pandemic, and also allocates $50 million for cultural institutions.
The agreement also partially conforms California tax law to new federal tax treatment for loans provided through the Paycheck Protection Plan, allowing companies to deduct up to $150,000 in expenses covered by the PPP loan. All businesses that took out loans of $150,000 or less would be able to maximize their deduction for state purposes. Larger firms that took out higher loans would still be subject to the same ceiling of $150,000 in deductibility.
More than 750,000 PPP loans were taken out by California small businesses. This tax treatment would also extend to the Economic Injury Disaster Loans as well.
Fee Waivers for Most Impacted Licensees
The agreement provides for two years of fee relief for roughly 59,000 restaurants and bars licensed through the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control that can range annually from $455 to $1,235. The agreement also reflects fee relief for more than 600,000 barbering and cosmetology individuals and businesses licensed through the Department of Consumer Affairs.
More Resources for Critical Child Care
The agreement adds just over $400 million in new federal funds that will provide stipends of $525 per enrolled child for all state-subsidized child care and preschool providers serving approximately 400,000 children in subsidized care statewide. The new federal resources will extend care for children of essential workers through June of 2022, and funds increased access to subsidized child care for more than 8,000 children of essential workers and at-risk children – who are not currently served in the system – through June of 2022.
Additional Aid for Individuals and Families
The agreement provides an additional $24 million for financial assistance and services through Housing for the Harvest – a program providing support for agricultural workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19. The agreement also provides a combined $35 million for food banks and diapers.
Emergency Financial Relief to Support Community College Students
The agreement provides an additional $100 million in emergency financial aid for qualifying low-income students carrying six or more units, with award amounts to be determined locally and made available by early April. The agreement also provides $20 million to reengage students who have either left their community college studies because of the pandemic or to engage students at risk of leaving.
CalFresh Student Outreach and Application Assistance
The agreement provides roughly $6 million to support outreach and application assistance to the University of California, California State University, and California Community College students made newly eligible for CalFresh – the state-administered federal program for supplemental food assistance. The agreement also provides $12 million in state funds to support the associated county administrative workload.
Also, the following provision is included in the agreement:
Restoration of Reductions
The agreement restores previously enacted reductions, effective July 1st, for the University of California, California State University, the Judicial Branch, Child Support Services, and for moderate-income housing.
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A Reading and Conversation with Acclaimed Memoirists
The English Department's Writer in Residence Lindsay Wong invites acclaimed memoirists Jenny Heijun Wills and Antonio Michael Downing for a reading and conversation about the authors' writing process.
Jenny Heijun Wills is a Canadian writer, whose memoir Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2019. Her book was also named as one of the Globe & Mail's "100 Books that Shaped 2019", the CBC's "Best Canadian Non-Fiction of 2019", and Adoptee Readings' "100 Adoptee-Authored Books from the Decade". She teaches writing and critical race studies in literature at the University of Winnipeg.
Antonio Michael Downing is the author of Saga Boy. He grew up in southern Trinidad, northern Ontario, Brooklyn, and Kitchener. He is a musician, writer, and activist based in Toronto. His debut novel, Molasses, was published to critical acclaim. In 2017, he was named by the RBC Taylor Prize as one of Canada's top emerging authors for nonfiction.
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USD tumbles as stocks fail to regain losses, AUD falls with it
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It should be no cause for celebration that the Aussie Dollar is pretty much unchanged over the past 24 hours against the USD. Having opened in Sydney on Tuesday morning at USD0.7622, the AUD this morning stands at 0.7634. The problem is that the USD itself has fallen heavily during this period, so keeping up with the world's worst major currency is hardly a badge of honour.

 In fairness, a range of just 31 pips from USD0.7613 to 0.7644 may merely indicate the global FX investor community has been pre-occupied elsewhere (see our comments below on the EUR) but it would have been nice to see the Aussie draw a bit more support from yesterday's pretty solid NAB Survey. Instead, the gap between business conditions and business confidence has left currency traders a little puzzled and they're now awaiting official data on wages and employment.

 The first of this week's data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics is due this morning. The consensus expectation is that the Wage Price Index will have risen around 0.7% q/q in Q3 to be up around 2.2% in y/y terms though the risks appear to be skewed very modestly to the downside, notwithstanding a 3.3% increase in the minimum wage effective July 1st. The AUD is unlikely to react well to any number which falls shy of expectations.
GBP / AUD
The British Pound still moves up and down like the proverbial fiddler's elbow. Having touched a low of USD1.3087 during the London morning, the so-called 'cable' rate managed to rally almost a full cent to a high of 1.3178 before closing in New York around 1.3170. Official statistics Tuesday showed that CPI inflation in the UK was steady at 3.0% y/y in October rather than the 3.1-3.2% consensus of analysts' expectations. This was important for several reasons: it continues the squeeze on real earnings (wages are growing only around 2% y/y) but it calls into question both the BoE's recent decision to raise interest rates and undermines the arguments for any further tightening of monetary policy.

 Despite these headwinds, the GBP improved steadily throughout the Northern Hemisphere day, little troubled by the latest political squabbles in the UK. Giving evidence to the House of Commons Business Committee, the Head of Honda UK said said it relied on 350 trucks a day arriving from Europe to keep its UK factory operating, with just an hour's worth of parts being held on the production line. In an elegant piece of understatement, he said, "I wouldn't say that the just-in-time manufacturing model wouldn't work, but it would certainly be very challenging." Wednesday in the UK brings the latest official data on unemployment and average earnings, with the wages rather than the jobless number likely setting the tone for the GBP.
AUD / CAD
The Canadian Dollar's recent strong run may be coming to an end. Having finished last week at USD1.2690 the pair moved steadily higher throughout the London and New York time trading sessions on Monday to finish around the highs of the day at 1.2733. On Tuesday it extended this move (USD higher, CAD weaker) to a spike high of 1.2765 before the latest bout of USD weakness pushed it down to 1.2736 by the North American close.

 In an otherwise quiet market, there's a bit of chat around upcoming talks around the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA). The fifth round of renegotiations is due to be held between November 17 and 21 in Mexico City and with 75% of all Canada's exports headed to the United States, there's a concern these talks might be the catalyst for a bit of profit-taking on long CAD positions. Before then we get some CPI inflation numbers which probably won't help the CAD but keep an eye, too, on oil and natural gas which have recently been one of the big props for the currency. NYMEX crude futures fell 1.9% to $55.68 on Tuesday with natural gas down a chunky 2.4% to $3.09.
AUD / EUR
The euro has enjoyed a very strong 24 hours. It ended last week at 1.6662, reached a high Monday of 1.1672 and having opened in London Tuesday around USD1.1680 it took less than 12 hours to trade as high as 1.1800; its best level since the ECB meeting on October 26th. The main reason for the EUR's strength was yet another set of better than expected economic numbers. They'll be of little comfort to Italian soccer fans who on Monday saw their team fail to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1958, but GDP of 0.5% q/q pushed the annual rate of growth in Italy up to a 6-year high of 1.8%. Germany grew +0.8% in Q3 - driven by public consumption, investment and net exports - and some of its back data were also revised higher.

 The comparison with the US tells a clear story: the GDP of the 19 countries using the euro grew by 0.6% from July-September and was 2.5% higher than the same period in 2016. In the United States, the economy grew just 2.3% y/y in Q3 after also growing slower than the Eurozone in Q2. We could argue that the pace of EUR appreciation over the last 24 hours leaves it technically overbought but there'll be few sellers as log as nervousness persists in US asset markets.
AUD / NZD
The Kiwi Dollar has had a pretty difficult 24 hours, albeit not really of its own making. After Tuesday's very strong NAB Survey and with investors generally positioned long NZD, short AUD, there was a rush to close out these positions. This pushed the AUD/NZD cross up to a high of 1.1138 by the time of the London opening. The NZD then did a pretty good recovery job through the Northern hemisphere trading day. By the close of business in New York, the cross has fallen to 1.1094 having at one point traded as low as 1.1080. The NZD/USD pair touched 0.6847 just after the London open but has since recovered around 35 pips to open in Sydney today around 0.6882.

 There is literally nothing on the New Zealand economic slate today though students of price action will take some comfort from the NZD's recovery off its' lows against both the AUD and USD. Indeed, the NZD/USD pair has actually just managed to break above its 20-day moving average, even if it remains well below its 50, 100 and 200-day measures. A gap of just 180 pips from its 50-day average of 0.7065 doesn't scream that the NZD is in oversold territory though it would offer some psychological encouragement if it could trade back on to a US 69 cents handle. It could be a long day ahead…
The "buy the dip" crowd clearly didn't get the memo on Tuesday. Prior to the NY open, futures markets had signaled an opening loss of just 3 points for the S+P 500 index but at no point during the New York day did the market manage to claw its way back into positive territory. Indeed, at one point it was more than 16 points lower at 2566; its lowest point in almost a week. At the start of the trading session the latest NFIB survey of small businesses was actually pretty upbeat. It noted, "The Index of Small Business Optimism gained 0.8 points to 103.8 in October, maintaining a streak of robust readings. Labor market indicators point to continued good jobs reports and job openings surged to record territory".

 Unfortunately, producer prices came in at a much stronger than expected 2.8% y/y; the fastest rate in more than 5 years with core PPI of 2.4% the highest since February 2002. The USD hasn't really been trading off rate hike expectations recently – a December hike was already priced at 97.1% probability. Instead, the stock market wobble and continued uncertainty over tax reform have continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The USD Index tumbled more than half a point on Tuesday to 93.52; the lowest since October 26th. The next test for stocks and the Dollar comes with Wednesday's CPI data where consensus looks for the y/y rate to be unchanged at 1.7%.
USD steadies, GBP wobbles, AUD sleeps
We'll try our best to avoid references to Groundhog Day this morning but the fact remains that the Aussie Dollar is stuck within some very familiar ranges. It will be no surprise to read that throughout the Northern Hemisphere trading sessions it remained on a US 76 cent big figure. Indeed, just 46 pips separated its highs and lows of 0.7619 and 0.7665 respectively.

 We highlighted here yesterday that RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle was scheduled to give a speech on business investment. Mr. Debelle is always a fascinating speaker and foreign exchange professionals worldwide will be familiar with his work as the lead on the FX Global Code. He describes this as, "global principles of good practice in the FX market to provide a common set of guidance to the market, including in areas where there is a degree of uncertainty about what sort of practices are acceptable, and what are not". It is effectively the new global FX rulebook and is well worth reading over a couple of flat whites.

 Yesterday's speech, however, was more about business sector activity and what it may mean for monetary policy and his plain speaking is always a refreshing antidote to the usual global Central Bank dullness. As he put it, "Are we just going to jack up rates to see how the household sector lives with that? I don't think so."

 As we await and then pore over all this week's incoming economic data and scrutinize them for what they may mean about the Cash Rate, just be certain of one thing: the RBA is in no hurry at all to raise rates. And with this in mind, the AUD will need some hugely positive activity numbers if it is even to stabilize, let alone reverse its recent decline.
The British Pound fell quite sharply as the London market opened yesterday; something of a relief to your author who warned here 24 hours ago that this would be the likely reaction to the weekend's UK political developments. From an opening level in Sydney around USD1.3180, the GBP tumbled to a low in the European morning of 1.3068 before rallying just under half a cent to close in New York around 1.3115.

 We wrote on Monday that, "as the EU withdrawal bill returns to the House of Commons on Tuesday… it is widely expected the Labour Opposition will join Conservative rebels to inflict a series of potentially damaging defeats on the government." We subsequently learned that MP's have tabled an astonishing 471 amendments for debate in Westminster.

 Perhaps the most damaging was one was Number 7: tabled by 10 Conservative MP's effectively demanding a Parliamentary vote on the UK's Brexit deal. The GBP rallied when the Government conceded this point, perhaps in the belief that it might avert a worst-case scenario whereby the UK could leave without a deal having been secured.

 However, it is by no means clear that this is in fact the case. It is only a vote on a deal. It doesn't provide for a vote on a 'no-deal' outcome. We don't profess to be experts on the UK constitution but it may require CPI figures today to be well in excess of the 3.2% y/y consensus if the GBP isn't once more to resume its slide…
The Remembrance Day commemorations fell on a weekend this year, with November 11th being a Saturday. Some US Federal organisations had last Friday as a holiday but in Canada it was observed on Monday and its banks were therefore closed yesterday. This is important to bear in mind when trying to analyse the price action of the Canadian Dollar since Friday's close. Yes, the charts will record that USD/CAD at 1.2730 is around 40 pips higher than at the end of last week but it might be premature to declare that the CAD's recent outperformance has definitively ended.

 Certainly, it would be wise to await upcoming economic releases before rushing to judge. Perhaps the most important number in Canada this week is CPI, where the annual rate is expected to ease back a touch from 1.6% to just 1.4%. Before then, there's a few statistics on house prices to digest. September's -0.8% m/m decline was the biggest monthly drop nationwide since 2010 whilst prices in Toronto tumbled -2.7% m/m (who said monetary policy doesn't work very quickly?). Weaker CPI and lower house prices won't help the CAD but keep an eye, too, on oil and natural gas which have recently been one of the big props for the currency.
Hands-up anyone who's surprised to see the EUR/USD exchange rate on a 1.16 big figure! Just as the AUD/USD appears nailed on to US 76 cents, so it appears the EUR is glued to 1.16. Indeed, the trading range throughout the whole of the Northern Hemisphere time zones was just 32 pips from 1.1640 to 1.1672. As for the AUD/EUR cross, no great mathematical prowess is necessary to work out that it hasn't moved a great deal, though at 0.6535 it is nevertheless around 30 pips lower than Monday's opening level.

 We noted here yesterday that Eurozone CPI on Thursday will likely be the most important of the economic numbers to be released this week. Germany is the biggest economy in the Eurozone and with the inflation numbers calculated on the basis of GDP weights, then obviously it's the German numbers which matter most. Provisional numbers for October indicated at 1.5% y/y rate and the final numbers are released this morning.

 Later in the European session we get Eurozone industrial production (f/c +3.6% y/y) and then the German ZEW Survey. We're not great fans of this as it's a survey of investment professionals rather than industrialists but with stock markets hitting fresh highs last month, it will likely help underpin the EUR at or around current levels.
Having been stuck on a US 69 cents handle ever since last Wednesday afternoon, it was no great surprise to see the Kiwi Dollar glued to this level throughout Monday's European session. As the North American morning wore on, though, the NZD gradually slipped lower and finally broke on to 68 cents around 10am New York time on it its way to a session low of USD0.6895. It has subsequently recovered very modestly and indeed it would not even be worthy of a mention were it not for the fact that it ends the NY session back on a US 69 cent 'big figure'.

 There is no economic data locally until Thursday's ready mixed concrete production numbers which now take the prize as our new favourite indicator! Usually, we might well suggest looking at the AUD/NZD cross for signs of interest from relative value FX players but a rate of 1.1047 is within 10 pips of the opening level in Wellington on Monday morning with barely 30 pips separating the day's high and low. Move along folks, there's really nothing to see here…
The US Dollar had a pretty dull and uneventful day on Monday. Its' index against a basket of currencies edged very marginally higher from Friday's close of 94.13 to end in New York at 94.20 after an intra-day high of 94.33. Equity markets in the United States initially reacted quite negatively to fears that President Trump's tax reform agenda might have ground to a halt. Futures on the S+P 500 index at one point lost almost 10 points but by the closing bell the market had recovered all these losses and more to be up a net 5 points on the day. "Buy the Dip" still seems to be the most profitable investment strategy, though for how long this can endure remains to be seen.

 Fed Chair Janet Yellen is one of the speakers at an ECB Conference in Frankfurt Tuesday on "Communications challenges for policy effectiveness, accountability and reputation". Along with the heads of the BoJ, BoE and ECB, Dr Yellen addresses a late-morning session entitled, "At the heart of policy: challenges and opportunities of central bank communication". Your author can only wonder if at least two of the four speakers should talk about 'how not to do it'.

 On the US economic data front we have the latest NFIB survey of small business optimism but once again it's the prospects for tax reform and the stock market's reaction to them which will likely determine the near-term direction of the USD. We again flag technical support for the US Dollar index which comes from the 200 day moving average at 93.25.
Aussie wages and employment data this week
The Aussie Dollar ended last week pretty much where it began against a USD which lost quite a bit of ground late Thursday and into Friday. The AUD/USD pair opened last Monday in Sydney at 0.7650 and in one of the quietest weeks in recent memory remained stuck in a range of less than 60 pips from 0.7636 to 0.7694 before ending at USD0.7659.

 This calm came despite the much-anticipated RBA meeting and the new Quarterly Statement of Monetary Policy; neither of which really shifted the dial much on interest rate expectations. Against this background, a new monthly round of incoming economic begins for the RBA to then consider at their last meeting of the year on Tuesday December 5th.This kicks off with the NAB Business Survey tomorrow, then Wednesday it's the quarterly wage price index and Thursday it's the employment and unemployment numbers.

 Like most Central Banks around the world, the RBA has been a bit puzzled as to why falling joblessness hasn't so far boosted earnings growth. And, like all the others, it just says "give it time, it will happen". Interest rates in Australia aren't going to move much, if at all, until wages actually do pick up, and it looks like being a quiet start to the week for the AUD, with a Guy Debelle speech on business investment the local highlight today.
Last week was a roller-coaster for the British Pound. GBP/USD began last Monday at 1.3076 and having been as high as 1.3220 after Friday's economic data, ended the week at 1.3190. Against the Aussie Dollar, GBP rose from 1.7087 to 1.7220 whilst against the Kiwi Dollar it gained exactly one cent from 1.8927 to 1.9027.

 The weekend Press in the UK has once again been dominated by politics; a constant stream of bad news for Prime Minister Theresa May's minority government which remains in office (though arguably not in power) only because of a coalition agreement with the Ulster Unionists.

 The arcane rules of a leadership challenge in the Conservative Party require 48 of their MP's to sign a letter of no-confidence. Reports on Sunday suggested there were now 40 such signatories and the number could rise as the EU withdrawal bill returns to the House of Commons on Tuesday. It is widely expected the Labour Opposition will join Conservative rebels to inflict a series of potentially damaging defeats on the government.

 As we saw last week, however, bad political news was to some extent offset by incoming economic data. This week brings UK inflation and unemployment data. CPI is likely to rise above the Bank of England's 1-3% target range and BoE Governor Carney will have to write a letter to the Chancellor explaining what he will do to bring it down. Spoiler alert: he has already raised UK interest rates! As in Australia, the British Pound is unlikely to rally much unless wages show signs of picking up.
The Canadian Dollar has had a very good November so far. It hasn't been a one-way trade because of the volatility of incoming economic data but it has thus far been the strongest of all the major currencies. It began last Monday in Sydney at USD1.2763 and after a bit of a wobble Tuesday which saw the pair back up from 1.2702 to 1.2797, it was then a steady grind lower to end the week at 1.2689. The Aussie-CAD cross fell from 0.9765 to 0.9720 whilst the Kiwi-CAD fell a little bit less from 0.8715 to 0.8700.

 As with the Eurozone and the United States, perhaps the most important economic data in Canada this week is CPI, though the annual rate is expected to ease back a touch from 1.6% to just 1.4%. Before then, there's a few statistics on house prices to digest. September's -0.8% m/m decline was the biggest monthly drop nationwide since 2010 whilst prices in Toronto tumbled -2.7% m/m (who said monetary policy doesn't work very quickly?). The Bank of Canada, like its US counterpart, only has 8 monetary policy meetings per year and the next one isn't scheduled until December 6th.
The EUR opened last Monday morning around 1.1615 and dipped down to a low of 1.1561 just before Tuesday's US open. From that point it climbed slowly but steadily to a high of USD.1166 before ending week at 1.6662. The AUD/EUR cross rate began at 0.6585 and touched a high of 0.6625 on Thursday before ending Friday on its low at 0.6565. NZD/EUR, meantime, finished the week exactly unchanged at 0.5944.

 For the week ahead, Eurozone CPI on Thursday will likely be the most important of the economic numbers to be released. With Continental Europe now enjoying its 17th consecutive quarter of GDP growth, subdued price prices are the only reason the ECB continues its policy of Quantitative Easing; albeit now at a somewhat slower monthly pace.

 Provisional estimates for October showed prices rose just 0.1% on the month for a 1.4% annual inflation rate though with oil prices rising and already feeding into higher pump prices for petrol and diesel, it may not be long before CPI resumes its upward path. As we keep saying, these are the key driver (pun very much intended!) of inflation right across the G20 and the Emerging Markets universe, though the EUR exchange rate this week is more likely to be driven by sentiment towards the USD Dollar.
The Kiwi Dollar had a slightly better week than its Aussie counterpart but still only managed to gain around 50 pips against a generally weak US Dollar. The pair opened in Wellington last Monday morning at 0.6907 and closed in New York on Friday evening at 0.6931.

 The overall range was somewhat higher than for AUD with 88 pips separating the high of USD0.6972 and the low of USD0.6884. After a minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale was felt in Wellington overnight – almost exactly a year to the day since the destructive 7.8 Kaikoura quake – the New Zealand Dollar opens little changed this Monday morning.

 Economic data this week is very much second or even third-tier but it does include possibly one of the best indicators of construction activity: ready mixed concrete production. It's always nice to find that a nation whose official statisticians can't measure CPI each month can still produce this gem of a number! For today the REINZ releases house sales data but as in Australia, it looks a quiet start to the week across the Tasman Sea with the AUD/NZD cross rate (which closed Friday at 1.1048) perhaps the best guide to Kiwi sentiment.
The US Dollar performed very poorly last week. In the first 3 ½ days of the week, the USD index against a basket of currencies was essentially stuck in a range from 96.40-96.84. By Thursday afternoon in New York, however, the mood turned more negative, the S+P 500 index had its worst session in 3 months and the USD index then slid all day Friday to end the week at 94.10; its lowest close since October 26th.

 The chief reason for the US Dollar's drop was nervousness about the likely success – or otherwise – of President Trump's tax reform bill. This formed a central plank of his campaign pledge to "Make America Great Again" but was delayed so much that the hopes of USD bulls were consistently dashed through the first 10 months of his term of office.

 From November 9th 2016 to the beginning of January, the USD Index surged from 96.6 to 103.3 on hopes for a substantial fiscal boost, faster economic growth and much tighter monetary policy. By late September, the USD Index had tumbled to just 90.9 and if tax reform runs into the ground now, this will again become the downside target. Some support ahead of that comes from the 200 day moving average at 93.25.
USD sharply lower, RBA SoMP awaited
With little fresh news domestically, and helped to a great extent by a much weaker USD (see below) the Australian Dollar initially found some support Thursday from higher than expected inflation figures in China which helped alleviate fears about a further slowdown in the economy which is still the major destination for Australia's exports of coal, gas and minerals.

 After a deflation scare around the beginning of the year, China's CPI had risen to 1.6% y/y in September. October was expected at 1.8% but the actual number printed on Thursday was 1.9%. It is sometimes a little odd to see investors cheering higher inflation and we wouldn't want to exaggerate the positive impact of the China data on the Aussie Dollar.

 Yes, the AUD/USD pair reached a high of 0.7692 in London but was then sold heavily down to 0.7652 just after the NY open before recovering to 0.7677. Indeed, if we look at Thursday as a whole, the AUD lost ground to both the Canadian and New Zealand Dollars as well as to the EUR.

 For the day ahead, the RBA's Quarterly Statement of Monetary Policy will be the key event for currency traders locally. If AUD/USD manages to get back on to a US 77 cents 'big figure' it's more likely to be because of events in the United States than in Australia. Keep an eye on the AUD crosses for a truer picture post-RBA.
It was reported on the front page of The Times newspaper on Thursday that, "European Union leaders are preparing for the fall of Theresa May before the new year… Fears are growing in Brussels that the instability of Mrs May's government raises the real prospect of a change of leadership or elections leading to a Labour victory."

 One European leader told the newspaper that, "Britain is very weak and the weakness of Theresa May makes [Brexit] negotiations very difficult." The appointment of a female pro-Brexit supporter to fill the latest vacant post has allowed the Prime Minister to maintain the balance between the sexes and also between so-called Leave and Remain figures in her cabinet but this is not a Government formed from a position of strength.

 Formal Brexit negotiations are due to resume later today and it would be reasonable to suppose that the EU side would press home its clear advantage. In the foreign exchange markets, the British Pound has had a wild ride over the past 24 hours. It opened in Sydney yesterday around USD1.3117 and has been as low as 1.3088 before rallying to 1.3164 as the USD itself came under pressure.

 Overall the GBP's performance has been mixed: up against the USD, AUD and NZD but down against the EUR and CAD. Economic data in the UK on Friday are industrial production and the merchandise trade balance. We'd expect most interest to focus on the net drag on GDP from the trade deficit. Spoiler alert – it's likely to be a bad news story.
The Canadian Dollar has performed very well over the last week. It hasn't been a one-way trade because of the volatility of incoming economic data but from an opening level of USD1.2904 on October 1st, the pair has moved down to a low of 1.2672. The CAD is also stronger against the Aussie Dollar (down from a high of 0.9908 to 0.9725) and a little less so against the Kiwi Dollar (from a high of 0.8924 to 0.8814 this morning).

 The move lower (stronger CAD) was helped by Wednesday's better than expected numbers on housing starts which rose at an annualized pace of 222.8k against the consensus expectation of 211k and by building permits which rose 3.8% m/m versus forecasts of a more modest 1.0% m/m gain.

 Oil prices are again firmer today with Brent crude at $63.89 per barrel and NYMEX futures at $57.17. The day ahead is quiet in terms of scheduled economic data in Canada though it will be seen as a very good performance by the CAD if it can hold on to its gains of the first 10 days of this month.
In Europe yesterday, the European Commission released updated economic forecasts for the Eurozone economy. Back in Spring, it forecast euro area GDP growth of 1.7% in 2017 and 1.8% in 2018. These numbers have now been revised up to 2.2% and 2.1% with next year now seeing the economy growing at its fastest pace in a decade.

 European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said, "We have entered a new phase of the economic recovery, with stronger growth driven by resilient consumption, the global upswing, loose financing conditions and falling unemployment". Though still very high, unemployment in the euro area is expected to average 9.1% this year, its lowest level since 2009, dropping to 8.5% in 2018 and 7.9% in 2019.

 With the US Dollar under pressure and few attractive alternatives elsewhere, we said in our North American commentary that this "ought to provide a favourable backdrop for the euro today though last week's high of USD1.1671 is still likely to keep a lid on any gains". Well here we are with the EUR the best performing currency overnight and a high against the USD of 1.1651. Sometimes it just feels so good when a plan comes together!

 Friday looks set to be a much quieter day (unless you're really interested in Slovakian industrial production) and we'd expect EUR/USD to stay on a USD1.16 big figure throughout the day.
Yesterday's RBNZ meeting left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 1.75 percent. Its Statement noted, "The exchange rate has eased since the August Statement and, if sustained, will increase tradables inflation and promote more balanced growth... Employment growth has been strong and GDP growth is projected to strengthen, with a weaker outlook for housing and construction offset by accommodative monetary policy, the continued high terms of trade, and increased fiscal stimulus".

 This is all pretty standard stuff and, indeed, could have been written by virtually any Central Bank in the world right now. What piqued the interest of the FX market was the RBNZ's quarterly forecast track for its official interest rate. A quick look at this showed the Bank now sees rates rising in Q2 2019 rather than in Q3 2019 as it had previously forecast. In reality this is a tiny shift and we're still talking 18 months away, but it was enough for the Kiwi Dollar to catch a bid immediately after the numbers were released.

 After a high of USD0.6971 in the local time zone on Thursday, it went on to a best level of 0.6975 in London. Since then, however, the currency has done little more than track the fortunes of the Aussie Dollar. AUD/NZD has been trapped in less than a 30 pip range from 1.1018-1.1045 for the whole of the past 18 hours with little or no investor interest to trade the pair ahead of today's RBA SoMP.
The USD has had a pretty grim overnight session. In our North American opening commentary (OFX never sleeps!) we said "Its index against a basket of currencies at 94.30 has broken down below the 94.40-94.85 range… The end-October low of 94.22 and the 20-day average of 94.10 now become the immediate downside targets".

 Well, here we are at the Sydney open and the USD Index stands at 94.17 having touched an intra-day low of 94.15. Foreign exchange is a humbling asset class and we'll try to resist the temptation to crow about this call! The big problem for the USD hasn't been President Trump's Asia visit or what he did or didn't say with Premier Xi in Beijing. Instead, it's all about the lack of progress on tax reform in the United States, upon which so many hopes had been pinned.

 In a piece of legislative text guaranteed to make the heart sink, the House Ways and Means Committee has released the updated GOP tax bill. The very first sentence reads, "An Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to HR 1 Offered by Mr. Brady of Texas" and - believe your author – it doesn't get any better from there. As we go to print the S&P 500 index is off its worst levels of the day but tax reform worries are weighing heavily on the US Dollar. We've warned all week here about this and thus far it is outweighing anything the President has said or done on his Asia trip.
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There are 11 RBA Board meetings each year. Very sensibly, it takes January off, considering that people would rather be at the beach or away on vacation than be disturbed by such matters as the cost of borrowing and mortgage rates. As well as the 11 monthly Statements which essentially summarise the Board's immediate decision on one sheet of paper, there are four Quarterly Statements of Monetary Policy (the clue is in the name!) which explain in detail the numbers and assumptions which underpin its immediate interest rate decision as well as offering a medium-term view on the economic conjecture.

 By tradition, the Board meeting is on the first Tuesday of the month with the SoMP on the Friday of the same week. After its' warning that, "The higher exchange rate is expected to contribute to continued subdued price pressures in the economy… and is also weighing on the outlook for output and employment", the market spent most of Tuesday selling the Australian Dollar.

 For no particularly obvious reason, it then spent most of Wednesday buying them back and at one stage reached a high of 0.7682 before closing in NY around 0.7672. For currency traders, it threatens to be a long wait until Friday…
The British Pound continues to react nervously to the very fragile political situation in the UK and is by some distance the worst performing of all the major currencies overnight. Fortunately for Prime Minister Theresa May, the UK Parliament has just risen for a week's holiday and she avoided the danger of once again coming off second-best to Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn in the weekly pantomime that is Prime Ministers' Questions.

 Unfortunately, having suffered the resignation of her Defence Secretary last week, Press reports throughout the London day suggest the International Development Secretary might now be forced out after revelations about unauthorized meetings whilst on holiday in Israel. As Oscar Wilde might have put it, to lose one Minister looks unfortunate, but to lose two begins to look like carelessness...

 We wrote in our overnight commentaries for London and New York (OFX never sleeps!) that "the path of least resistance for GBP still appears to be to the downside" and this is exactly how it turned out. GBP/USD touched a low of 1.3091 after a high in Sydney yesterday of 1.3174. GBP/AUD, meantime is down 143 pips at 1.7075 whilst GBP/NZD is 142 pips lower at 1.8934.

 The day ahead for GBP will again be dominated by UK politics and the upcoming economic data – house prices and industrial production – are unlikely to offer much respite for the beleaguered pound.
The Canadian Dollar enjoyed another good day on Wednesday, falling to a low against the USD of 1.2724 compared to a high the previous day of 1.2797. It was helped in this by much better than expected numbers on housing starts which rose at an annualized pace of 222.8k against the consensus expectation of 211k and by building permits which rose 3.8% m/m versus forecasts of a more modest 1.0% m/m gain. This helped the CAD keep pace with gains in the Aussie and Kiwi Dollars to end the New York session at AUD/CAD0.9770 and NZD/CAD0.8837 respectively.

 Oil prices were little changed on the day with NYMEX crude at $56.79 per barrel and natural gas futures around three-tenths of a percent higher. The day ahead is quiet in terms of scheduled economic data with only new house prices to be released and it would be a surprise indeed if the CAD was the stand-out performer in either direction over the next 24 hours.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any quieter, the EUR/USD exchange rate has spent the past 24 hours trapped in a 22 pip range from 1.1586 to 1.1608 and opens in Sydney this morning at 1.1598. The technical picture continues to exert some downward pressure on the currency pair. It is now below its 20 day moving average of 1.1688, the 50 day average of 1.1782 and the 100 day measure at 1.1787.

 In another bearish chart development, the 50 day average has also crossed down through the 100 day one. In the very big picture, we should look to the much slower 200 day average for support but unfortunately this does not come into play until we get all the way down to 1.1410.

 The ECB's Sabine Lautenschlaeger on Tuesday said, "I would have liked to see a clear exit [from QE]" and on Thursday in Europe it is the turn of Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann to speak. Analysts will again be looking for any differences of opinion between him and ECB Chief Mario Draghi. For the day ahead, there's little in terms of Eurozone economic data (unless Lithuanian CPI and the Estonian trade balance really excite you) though at 10am GMT the European Commission will be releasing updated economic forecasts.
Just as the Aussie Dollar rose without any obvious catalyst through the European and North American sessions overnight, so too did the New Zealand Dollar. It would be a pleasure to report some insight into this price action, some hitherto unnoticed piece of news, but sadly it is just one of those occasions when we have to note what happened without fully being able to explain why. If there was a large-scale re-allocation of investment flows or a significant corporate deal to be executed, the new era of regulation in wholesale foreign exchange markets simply forbids any discussion of it.

 Indeed, it can frequently be the case that close colleagues on a major bank FX desk may have little or no knowledge of each other's customer flows. There are obvious advantages in terms of client confidentiality, but it does mean that answering the question "why did the rate move?" is nowadays infinitely more difficult. If there are any Latin scholars amongst our readers, they may be familiar with the phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc". In plain English, this means "after this, therefore because of it" and it is a trap into which financial journalists often fall when attempting to ascribe causality when in fact it was just coincidence.

 The honest truth is that sometimes we just don't – and can't – know what moved an exchange rate. Your author is never afraid to hold his hand up and admit this; hoping to be rewarded for honesty, if not for insight! What we do know is the price action: NZD/USD has virtually tracked AUD/NZD tick for tick and the cross rate at 1.1089 is less than 10 pips away from where it closed last night. Let's hope the RBNZ meeting today brings more obvious catalysts for market movement.
Air Force One touched down in Beijing on Wednesday to begin the third leg of President Trump's five-nation Asia trip. In a reciprocal gesture for hosting Premier Xi at his Mar a Lago estate in Florida earlier this year, the two leaders and their wives enjoyed an opera performance and a tour of the Forbidden City.

 Your author first experienced this almost 20 years ago; a wonderful memory from back in the days when a Global FX Strategist actually got to see the world he wrote about. With the serious business part of Mr. Trump's trip not until Thursday, the US Dollar index remains stuck in its now-familiar 94.40-94.85 range.

 It opened in London yesterday almost exactly in the middle of this band at 94.62 and simply didn't move in North America before closing at 94.59. Of all the tools available to a current strategist or technical analyst, the most useful for analyzing the US Dollar's movements over the last 18 hours would have been a magnifying glass. A December Fed rate hike still appears very much a done deal and it would take either a huge external shock or a sudden sharp decline in the stock market to make investors rethink their views. Keep an eye on tax reform progress back home, as well as the President's Asia trip and his Twitter feed for near-term clues on the USD.
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Holy cow, that has to be one of the funniest moments on TV! EVER! I was in 5th grade when I first saw Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" spoof of "Gone with the Wind." Her hilarious over-the-top take on a cinema classic stayed with me, and I just knew I HAD to somehow pull it off for Halloween. When I saw her in the curtain dress including the curtain rod, I laughed so hard my mom came running in the room to see what was wrong with me.
The curtain rod was from a discount linens store that I painted the finials and my husband duct taped the two slide together pieces to the right width. I wondered and wondered how in the world I'd be able to get the curtains to stay up on my shoulders, did I need some kind of shoulder brace or rods stuck down the back of the dress? Then I saw an interview with Bob Mackie (the designer of the original curtain dress Carol used on her show) on YouTube, and he said he had an assistant standing at the top of the stairs that simply lifted the curtains onto Carol's shoulders and it balanced perfectly. And hallelujah, that worked perfect for me – no fancy rigging required!
The dress and hoops were an eBay find (try as I might, I couldn't find a dress in the coral floral print like Carol used on the show), and I ordered the bullion fringe and tassels also from eBay. For the rope tassel belt, I wrapped green ribbon along the cording for that added touch (okay, it's really just OCD, I just had to have matching green in the belt). And truth be told, I also painted the tops of the tassels to a more matching shade of gold (again, OCD).
Surprisingly navigating and driving in hoops wasn't too bad – they were very flexible, and I was able to put the curtains on myself (I didn't drive in the curtains). One thing I had to keep in mind was the width of doorways at home and at work, although the hoops squeezed through, I ran into some door frames with the curtain rod and had to turn sideways to get through!
Happily I won the costume contest we have each year at my workplace, and also the homemade costume category for adults at a town-held contest.


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AMON AMARTH Announce New Album 'The Great Heathen Army'; Drop New Track/Video "Get In The Ring"
Unscene FeaturesNew releasesTours/Festivals dates Including RescheduledUnscene News
Announce New Album
Out August 5th, 2022 Via Metal Blade Records
Drop New Single & Music Video Starring AEW Pro-Wrestling Star Erick Redbeard
"GET IN THE RING"
Undisputed kings of Viking heavy metal, Amon Amarth, have announced their twelfth studio album, 'The Great Heathen Army' . The 9-track aural assault will be released on Friday, August 5th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders available now HERE with the first 1000 orders at the band's European Victorious Merch store receiving a free signed poster.
The announcement is highlighted by the release of brand new track and accompanying music video, "Get In The Ring" which was written for AEW pro-wrestling star Erick Redbeard, who also stars in the music video . Watch the video below…
Speaking on the announcement of their new album, AMON AMARTH vocalist, Johan Hegg shares
"Overall 'The Great Heathen Army' is one of the heavier albums we've made. There are some dark and heavy songs that are really powerful and in-your-face, but we obviously have some trademark melodic Amon Amarth songs on there as well, and a few surprises too. It's a really well-balanced album. It sounds great. Andy Sneap is awesome. It was great to be able to work with him again."
Gutiarist, Olavi Mikkonen adds
"We've been away making new music and we're back with new darker, more death-metal sounding album. If "Berserker" was our "heavy metal" album, then The Great Heathen Army is our "death metal" album. But with that said, it's still very much contemporary Amon Amarth, but perhaps style-wise we have gone back to our roots a little bi
On the release of new single "Get In The Ring", Mikkonen continues
"I really like "Get In The Ring" which was written for our friend Erick Redbeard the pro wrestler as an "entrance" song for him. The lyrics are obviously written to fit both Viking and wrestling themes, and you can also see Erick as the lead character in the new video for the song. We shot the video in Wroclaw, Poland with our friends Grupa 13 and they helped us create this dark and epic Mad Max meets Viking underground super brutal fight club for the video clip."
One of the best-loved metal bands in the world, AMON AMARTH are firmly dedicated to aiming high when they hit the studio. Recorded with esteemed studio guru Andy Sneap at the controls, 'The Great Heathen Army' represents another bold leap forward for the band, as their trademark sound undergoes yet another skilful, evolutionary overhaul, both lyrically and musically. From the noisily rabble-rousing "Find A Way Or Make One" and the pummelling, pugilistic "Get In The Ring", to the evocative fury of "Saxons & Vikings" and the cinematic squall of the title track, 'The Great Heathen Army' encapsulates the essence of this legendary band, while still allowing acres of space for new ideas
Album Pre-orders are available now from www.metalblade.com/amonamarth/ and feature a host of exclusive vinyl variants and must-have merch items for any self-respecting AMON AMARTH fan.
Armed with their 12th and arguably finest album to date, AMON AMARTH are poised to return to full action with a bloody, broadsword-wielding vengeance. The release of 'The Great Heathen Army' will kick-start another relentless global campaign, commencing with a co-headlining tour of Europe alongside Machine Head and fellow countrymen The Halo Effect. Still ruthlessly devoted to the ways of the warrior, AMON AMARTH have Odin's wind in their sails like never before. For tickets and further information head to AmonAmarth.com. Full dates listed below
Thursday 8 – NOTTINGHAM, UK, Motorpoint Arena
Friday 9 – CARDIFF, UK, Motorpoint Arena
Saturday 10 – LONDON, UK, The SSE Arena, Wembley
Monday 12 – MANCHESTER, Uk AO Arena
Tuesday 13 – DUBLIN, Ireland, 3Arena
Friday 16 – ZURICH, Switzerland, Hallenstadion
Saturday 17 – VIENNA, Austria, Stadthalle
Sunday 18 – KRAKOW, Poland, Tauron Arena
Tuesday 20 – TALLINN, Estonia, Saku Arena
Wednesday 21 – HELSINKI, Finland, Ice Hall
Friday 23 – OSLO, Norway, Spektrum
Saturday 24 – STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Hovet
Monday 26 – COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Forum Black Box
Tuesday 27 – HAMBURG, Germany, Barclays Arena
Wednesday 28 – FRANKFURT, Germany, Festhalle
Friday 30 – OBERHAUSEN, Germany, König Pilsener Arena
Saturday 01 – BERLIN, Germany Velodrome
Sunday 02 – AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Afas Live
Tuesday 04 – MILAN, Italy, Lorenzini District
Thursday 06 – BARCELONA, Spain, Sant Jordi
Friday 07 – MADRID, Spain, Vistalegre
Saturday 08 – LA CORUNA, Spain, Coliseum
Sunday 09 – LISBON, Portugal, Campo Pequeno
Wednesday 12 – PARIS, France, Zenith
Friday 14 – MUNICH, Germany, Olympiahalle
Saturday 15 – LEIPZIG, Germany, Arena
Sunday 16 – PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Tipsport Arena
Tuesday 18 – BUDAPEST, Hungary, Barba Negra
Thursday 20 – ESCH SUR ALZETTE, Luxembourg, Rockhal
Friday 21 – BRUSSELS, Belgium, Forest National
Saturday 22 – STUTTGART, Germant, Schleyerhalle
FIND AMON AMARTH ONLINE:
www.AmonAmarth.com
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Archive: August 3rd, 2013
August 3, 2013	Mets 2013 Games Joe Janish
David Wright Out, Wilmer Flores Stays Put
David Wright has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a hamstring strain. Wright had been playing with hamstring discomfort for about a week, though he and the Mets described it as a "cramp."
It would be dramatic to say this is a tremendous blow to the team, and one they can't afford. Maybe if they were fighting for a playoff spot, rather than fighting to be better than ten games below .500, Wright's injury could be considered as such. But really, this should be viewed as an opportunity to audition people such as Josh Satin, Justin Turner, Wilmer Flores, perhaps even Zach Lutz. Yes, it's terrible that we can't watch Wright for at least two weeks, but there's nothing we need to learn about "The Captain," either. This season is all about gathering as much knowledge as possible on the current assets to ascertain which ones are worth considering for the future.
Along those lines, Pedro Feliciano returns to the big leagues, as Josh Edgin is also going on the DL (fractured rib — how did that happen?). Additionally, Mike Baxter returns to take Wright's place on the roster. How does promoting an outfielder make sense, you ask? Maybe the Mets intend on trying out Eric Young, Jr. at 2B? Will Daniel Murphy — or Flores — see time at 3B?
Terry Collins bemoaned that in addition to a hole at 3B, Wright's absence also creates a hole in the #3 spot of the lineup. My initial reaction is to put Marlon Byrd there, since he's arguably the Mets next-best hitter this year. If Keith Hernandez had his way, Murphy would be there. Maybe the #3 hitter is in Las Vegas — Flores is hitting .320 with 14 homers and a .882 OPS. His defense must be really bad, or there's a financial reason that Baxter, rather than Flores, was promoted.
While we're on the subject of injuries, Bobby Parnell is also reportedly suffering from neck pain and his availability is day-to-day.
Mets Game 107: Win Over Royals
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Internet backs Frank Ocean against haters
Haters came out of the woodwork after the the Odd Future singer revealed he once had a relationship with a man, but fans on Twitter and Tumblr are fighting back with messages of love and acceptance.
Lindsey Weber— 2012-07-10 06:17 pm | Last updated 2019-02-07 08:24 am
Click almost anywhere online today and you'll most likely scan a name previously unknown to the masses: Frank Ocean. The R&B singer and oldest member of controversial-rap-crew Odd Future, released his album Channel Orange today on iTunes.
Normally, for an artist like Ocean (read: Not Bieber), this isn't enough of a feat to get yourself plastered across Twitter's Trending Topics and over 20,000 notes on Tumblr. But after rumors emerged from early listenings of the album that Ocean uses male pronouns instead of the expected female ones, the singer himself took to his Tumblr to describe how he once, indeed, fell in love with a man.
Thankfully, after the singer shared these details with the Internet, a firestorm of support arose.
Haters gonna hate (and they definitely did), but when Ocean released his album over a week early on iTunes, it immediately shot to #1 and has remained there throughout the day. A site called "Hate Tweets to Frank Ocean" even appeared, scouring Twitter for hateful tweets at the singer and encouraging fans to @reply "with some <3":
Some people have chosen to write vicious, disgusting replies to Mr. Ocean's letter of love. This, frankly, cannot stand. So go ahead and reply them with one simple, universal message: all that matters is *that* you love and show that in the end, love conquers all.
When you choose to @reply, an automated tweet is suggested: "It's not who you love – it's *that* you love that truly matters." And while hateful tweeters continue on (and despite the tweets, some seem to have still bought the album) they're definitely taking notice. A featured tweeter, @rCavarli, wrote: "im getting tweets like every second cos of this fag argh!"
Ocean himself seems flattered by the retweets, reblogs and bountiful GIF. He tweeted "life is something else" soon after his debut on The Late Show With Jimmy Fallon and the album's release. And faux Frank Ocean Twitter accounts have been popping up, making supportive (yet fictional) statements that fans seem to want the singer himself to make One of the, @frank_ocean_ , tweeted: "I wonder what the world would be like if there was no discrimination."
Ocean's solo debut is well worth the hype. His unrequited love, be it male or female, resonates throughout his album–heartache has never sounded so lovely. Turns out, a surprisingly honest note—blogged so appropriately on Independence Day, no less—paved the way to some smart marketing and a deservingly perfect debut.
Photo via Frank Ocean
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Lindsey Weber is a writer and editor who's worked for Flipboard, Mel Magazine, Slate, Eater, Wirecutter, Billboard, and more. She currently hosts a VR talk show called Conundrums.
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Dickens' choice of "Ebenezer" for his famous character has another rhetorical gift hidden inside the shell of its harsh-sounding name. "Ebenezer" means "helping stone." How wonderfully apt that this hardened character softens to become, ultimately, an agent of assistance, reflected perfectly in his name.
Hmmm . . . this seems similar to the Chekhov's Gun device (a method of foreshadowing) . . .
Kobayashi… wasn't that the name of the fictitious Keyser Soze's lawyer in The Usual Suspects?
My favorite easter eggs hatch on TV when actors from a previous work appear in another project and make reference.
For instance, Christopher Reeves (Superman) appearing on Smallville (the TV show about Superman as a kid).
Another example would be when Stargate SG-1 (starring Richard Dean Anderson) references the old show MacGyvver (also starring RDA). Those types of things make my inner- (and, let's be honest, outer-) fangirl very happy.
Seeing those Easter Eggs is the treasure you receive for devoting innumerable hours to the expanse of your knowledge in a particular fandom.


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[Letter from James Birney to Lysander Spooner, Esq.]
One-page letter dated August 18, 1853, from James Birney of Cincinnati [Ohio] to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], asking for his legal opinion on the decision of Judge [John] McLean on the [Rosetta Armstead] fugitive slave case.
[Letter from Lysander Spooner to George Bradburn]
Four-page letter dated October 27, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, regarding the death of "Rogers" and the reactions of various prominent abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison and Edmund Quincy.
One-page letter dated July 18, 1848, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, notifying that he is leaving Boston for Athol because he has "nothing to eat" and that "the Abolitionists must flounder in their ignorance until they are willing to give me bread in exchange for knowledge."
Five-page letter dated August 20, 1866, from A. P. Aldrich in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts] regarding the economic hardships faced by the South during the reconstruction era.
[Letter from S. P. Andrews to Lysander Sponer, Esq.]
One-page letter dated December 28, 1850, from Stephen P. Andrews in New York City, to Lysander Spooner of Boston [Massachusetts], reporting on the distribution of books sent by Spooner to Freeman Hunt, [William Cullen] Bryant, [Horace] Greeley, and Park [Parke] Godwin. Includes mention of a "card" [possibly a petition] that Andrews suggests having signed in Boston and then sent to New York for additional singatures.
[Letter from Stephen P. Andrews to Lysander Spooner]
One-page letter dated December 13, 1850, from Stephen P. Andrews in New York City, to Lysander Spooner of Boston, Massachusetts, arranging an agreement for Andrews to promote the views of Spooner and other Boston abolitionists in exchange for an allowance of funds.
Invitation to National Convention 1839
Printed invitation from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison to represent the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the National Convention of Abolitionists in Albany, N.Y.
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Pod 3 is a modular GPS tracker for use with virtually anything
By Kraig Becker	 February 20, 2017
One of the biggest fears of any pet owner is having their animal escape and get lost outdoors, potentially never to be seen again. But two years ago, a small start-up out of Sydney, Australia, created a device called the Pod to protect against just such an occurrence. The Pod is a GPS tracking device that can be attached to your pet's collar, allowing you to track their location right from your smartphone.
Since its release the tracker has seen a few incremental updates, and it's about get its most substantial redesign yet with the release of the Pod 3, a modular GPS device that delivers even more functionality.
Pod Trackers, the company behind the Pod 3, has managed to pack a lot of technology inside this tiny device. Not only does it come with GPS capabilities, but it is also equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 2G/3G cellular networking features too. This gives the user the ability to track the gadget in real time, both indoors and outdoors, across 175 countries worldwide, using an app for both iOS and Android.
GPS tracking of this kind isn't all that new, and we've seen it offered in other devices before. But what sets the Pod 3 apart not only from the company's previous generation of Pod trackers, but from the competition as well, is its modular capabilities. The gadget has been designed to accept a number of special modules that snap into place along one end. These modules add functionality to the device beyond its tracking capabilities.
For instance, one module converts the tracker into a light and location strobe, while another is an extended-life battery that allows the Pod 3 to continue functioning for up to two weeks between charges. Other modules include a USB dock to keep the GPS working at all times and an ultrasonic speaker that emits a "discreet, high frequency noise" designed to keep birds away. Those last two modules are made to be used on a boat, car, or other vehicle.
The standard Pod 3 device is waterproof, impact resistant, and is smaller and lighter than previous versions. It can run for up to five days on its standard rechargeable battery, and it comes with a simple reusable strap that allows it to be connected to just about anything. This makes it a good choice for not only tracking your pet, but other valuables such as a car, bike, or luggage, too.
Pod Trackers was hoping to raise $50,000 through its Kickstarter campaign to get the Pod 3 into production, but with just a few days left before those efforts come to an end, it has brought more than three times that amount. That means that the device should begin shipping to supports in March, when it will also go on sale for $149. If you hurry and pre-order one now, however, you can get one for as low as $99.
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