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Lake Trust Credit Union Sponsors Blockchain Competition for Leading University Student Teams at Michigan State University
Posted on June 4, 2019 by Saji .
Lake Trust Credit Union – a community-based financial institution serving members across Michigan – co-sponsored the Spartan Blockchain Innovation Competition 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan, on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Supported by Michigan State University's administration, the event brought together teams from leading academic institutions to compete in a thought-provoking blockchain pitch competition.
Lake Trust announced the credit union would double the pitch contest prize from $750.00 to $1,500.00. The top award went to Smartifi, which is a prospective solution regarding the student loan crisis, presented by Michigan State students Majeed Fardin and Parker Nolan.
Spartan Blockchain is a nonprofit blockchain advisory firm and student organization dedicated to making Michigan State University a global leader in blockchain development and innovation. In the belief that large-scale blockchain system adoption will restructure the global economy, the students seek to serve Michigan State University and the surrounding area by helping students, faculty and businesses adopt blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
In addition to the competition, Spartan Blockchain hosted a think tank that included sponsors, students, faculty and other attendees. The think tank was followed by a community meetup that allowed students and community members to connect and collaborate on innovative blockchain projects.
The only credit union headquartered in Livingston County, Lake Trust Credit Union has more than $1.8 billion in assets and ranks fifth-largest in Michigan in number of members. With federally NCUA-insured branches located in counties across the state of
Michigan, Lake Trust is an equal opportunity lender, equal housing lender and committed to creating stronger Michigan communities. Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in the state of Michigan. For more information, visit laketrust.org and follow @LakeTrustCreditUnion on Facebook and @laketrust on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
The Lake Trust Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local Michigan-based opportunities that address the five basic human needs: food, shelter, clothing, education and health care. The Foundation frequently contributes to 501(c)(3) organizations who align with its mission to support economic development, basic human needs fulfillment and entities offering programs for entrepreneurs. Through partnerships, outreach programs, grants, financial assistance and support for a community's underserved people, the Foundation helps to build and sustain stronger communities. For more information, visit laketrust.org/foundation. For information on Lake Trust's Moved By Good initiative, see laketrust.org/moved-by-good. Follow @movedbygood on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Tagged bitcoin, blockchain, credit union, cryptocurrency, East Lansing, Lake Trust Credit Union, Michigan State University
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $3.5 Million Grant to Detroit Promise to Help Students Pursue Higher Education
Posted on May 3, 2017 by Nick
By Tiffany Jones
The Detroit Regional Chamber joined Gov. Rick Snyder and Mayor Mike Duggan to announce a $3.5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in support of the Detroit Promise, a last-dollar scholarship program administered by the Chamber Foundation.
The grant will support thousands of Detroit high school graduates with tuition and services as they pursue a college education at participating institutions over the next three years. The grant is part of a $30 million campaign led by the Michigan Education Excellence Foundation (MEEF), which seeks to shepherd the program through a critical time of transition and development. The grant will support the two-year and four-year scholarship program to meet anticipated growth. It also will support efforts to enhance retention rates so that more students successfully obtain degrees and certificates.
Under the leadership of the governor, MEEF has raised nearly $10 million in seed money to initiate the scholarship program, established in 2013, formerly known as the Detroit Scholarship Fund. The grant will ensure that the scholarship and supportive programs are fully developed and available to Detroit youth as public funding becomes available during the next couple of years under the Detroit Promise Zone, a tax capture program initiated by the mayor.
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"The W.K. Kellogg Foundation investment will assure that more Detroit youth will enter college and successfully earn postsecondary degrees," said Sandy Baruah, president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber. "Thousands of young Detroit residents will be better prepared for and able to succeed in the 21st century global economy."
The announcement attracted media from major local outlets including Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, WWJ and WXYZ-TV7.
Tiffany Jones is the director of communications at the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Read more about The Detroit Promise:
Detroit Promise Expands Tuition-Free Program to Four-Year Universities
Tagged Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Detroit Promsie, MEEF. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Michigan State University, sandy baruah, Tiffany Jones, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, WWJ
Michigan schools on cutting edge of high-tech programs to meet needs of auto industry
Posted on December 19, 2016 by Nick
By Dawson Bell
Employment prospects in Michigan have turned around dramatically since the depths of the Great Recession in 2008-09.
Overall job numbers have rebounded to near pre-recession levels. The state's unemployment rate (5.4 percent) is now below the national average after a decade spent among the highest in the country (peaking in 2009 at 14.9 percent).
But one of the most striking features of Michigan's turnaround is that it represents not so much a restoration of a lost economy, but the creation of a transformed one.
Nowhere is that transformation more remarkable than in the automotive and transportation manufacturing and service sectors — long the bedrock of the state's economy. The home of the auto industry has become ground zero for the development of 21st century mobility technology. And with that transformation comes one of the most significant challenges the state now faces: developing a workforce with the talents needed to sustain that position of leadership.
Consider a report issued in April by the research group Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan, which identified 564,000 state workers employed in the broad category of transportation safety — from tractor-trailer drivers to engineers and planners. The size of the cohort is astonishingly robust, and the demand for new workers intense.
Yet in some areas most in search of new talent, demand far outstrips supply. In 2014, for example, employers sought to fill more than 16,500 jobs for transportation-related application and software developers, while only 1,586 potential employees had recently completed the requisite training for those jobs.
Fortunately, a broad range of educational institutions, nonprofits and businesses are moving quickly to turn the skills gap around. Among them:
Washtenaw Community College, where the Advanced Transportation Center (ATC), launched in 2015, is working with academic and industry partners to provide training and certification for students in a variety of leading transportation technologies. Those include: computer service diagnostics, lightweight materials and advanced manufacturing techniques, and the technology required for autonomous and connected vehicles.
Director Al Lecz, who spent 36 years with Ford Motor Co. working primarily as a powertrain engineer, said technology has fundamentally transformed the transportation industry. The culture has rapidly become one in which flexibility, innovation and creative problem solving are highly valued, he said.
"It is an absolutely thrilling time to be an engineer or technician," Lecz said.
The Michigan Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (MCAM), formed by eight community colleges (Bay, Grand Rapids, Kellogg, Lake Michigan, Lansing, Macomb, Mott and Schoolcraft), trains aspiring and displaced workers in high-demand technical fields, e.g. computer numerical control (CNC) and mechatronics (combining electronics and engineering). The program received a nearly $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor at its launch in 2013.
The formation of a partnership between Ford Motor Co. and the University of Michigan will bring Ford engineers and researchers on campus at the university's new robotics lab. The partnership is aimed at accelerating autonomous vehicle research in collaboration with UM academics and students in a place where "machines walk, fly, drive and swim," according to reports issued with its announcement in September.
Connected and Autonomous Networked Vehicles for Active Safety (CANVAS), within Michigan State University's electrical and computer engineering program, is testing a range of technologies for driverless and connected cars.
Director Hayder Radha said the objective is to train a new generation of engineers in new technology that rely on sensors, radar, computer science and artificial intelligence to create a vehicle capable of independent navigation.
In the last 20 years, vehicles have evolved rapidly into highly sophisticated mobile computers, Radha said. But the impending launch of autonomous and connected vehicles has generated unprecedented interest among millennials.
"I've been overwhelmed with students who want to work in this area," Radha said. "They may not even want to drive, but they want to develop and drive autonomous vehicles."
MSU Engineering Dean Leo Kempel said Michigan has long been home to the highest per-capita concentration of engineers of any state in the country. What is changing is the rapid expansion of the field into new disciplines, like computer science, sensor technology and artificial intelligence.
"Students want to work on those things. They want to work in areas where they can make change," Kempel said.
That ideal has also led to a boom in interest in Wayne State University's electric-drive vehicle engineering degree program, one of the first programs of its kind in the United States aimed at reducing the nation's dependence on imported fossil energy and lessening the environmental impact of petroleum-based vehicles through innovation.
For more than a century Michigan has been a preeminent state for engineering and technology, Kempel said, "but in 20 years, I think we may look back and say the last 20 were better than the previous 50."
The pace of change is dizzying, but Michigan's colleges appear to be keeping up.
Dawson Bell is a metro Detroit freelance writer.
Tagged CANVAS, Ford Motor Co., Michigan Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, Michigan State University, Washtenaw Community College, Wayne State University
Joan Rose
Posted on October 19, 2016 by Kelly Weatherwax
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Joan Rose serves as the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, the co-director of the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) and the co-director of the Center for Water Sciences.
An international expert in water microbiology, water quality and public health safety, Rose has published more than 250 manuscripts. She has been involved in the investigation of numerous waterborne outbreaks worldwide. She has also been involved in the study of water supplies, water used for food production, and coastal environments as well as drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment and reclaimed water. Her research focuses on microbial pathogen transport in coastal systems and risks to recreational waters and the study of climate factors which impact water quality.
Rose has been appointed to the National Research Council of the National Academies Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Advisory Board, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian National Research Center.
Tagged Great Lakes, Homer Nowlin, Joan Rose, Michigan State University, Water quality
As the big game approaches, Brinks Gilson & Lione attorneys pit the University of Michigan against Michigan State University in trademark wars
Posted on October 13, 2015 by Saji .
ANN ARBOR –Oct. 12, 2015 -While the winner of the highly anticipated gridiron match-up between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University on Saturday, Oct. 17 remains to be determined, there is a clear victor off the field when it comes to school trademarks, according to Michael Spink, a shareholder in the Ann Arbor office of intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione. Spink and his colleague, Briana Emerson, an associate at Brinks, researched each school's registered trademarks in a study earlier this year that analyzed the trend among universities of registering unusual trademarks that are often related to athletics.
"In the rivalry between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, U of M is the clear winner in the trademark competition," Spink said. "MSU has 17 live registrations (including the block S and Spartan helmet), 6 pending registrations, and 8 unregistered trademarks; while U of M has 54 live registrations (including the block M and a word mark for the BIG HOUSE), 12 pending registrations, and 16 non-registered trademarks."
Emerson notes the University of Michigan has trademarks that incorporate the names of its school colors, including "MAIZE RAGE" (US Reg. No. 2683625) and "M GO BLUE" (US Reg. No. 2781716) for both collegiate athletic exhibitions and games. She also offers some other interesting tidbits on the intellectual property and social media happenings of both Big 10 schools:
In June 2015, MSU signed Atlanta based Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) as its licensing agent. Until June, MSU had been "one of the nation's largest remaining independent licensing programs," according to a press release on the CLC website. CLC represents nearly 200 collegiate institutions nationwide, including the University of Michigan.
The CLC website lists U of M's royalty rate as 12% while MSU's royalty rate is 10%
In published university financial documents, MSU lists its athletic licensing and royalty revenue from June 2013 to July 2014 as $1,762,160, while U of M lists its athletic licensing and royalty revenue as $7,487,000 for the same time period
According to a hashtag search on Instagram, #harbaugh has been used 15,412 times as of Sept 29, while #dantonio has been used 1,133 times. Harbaugh's dominance could be skewed because of his time coaching professional football.
Amid all the competition, Spink, who blogs and tweets about unusual trademarks @funkymarks, said that the universities in Michigan have not ventured too far into the field of registering non-traditional trademarks. In contrast, he notes that many other universities have.
"For example, the University of Arkansas' famous 'hog call', a distinctive crowd cheering '"Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie! Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie! Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie! Razorbacks!"' was registered in 2014 with the trademark office," Spink said. "In overcoming an initial rejection, the University submitted a substitute specimen, along with evidence of continuous and exclusive use for at least 5 years preceding the application, in order to obtain the trademark registration. Our universities' mutual rival, Ohio State, has registered the silhouette of four people using their arms to spell O-H-I-O, a longstanding tradition of alumni and students."
Spink and Emerson hold degrees from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and Michigan State University (Go Green!) respectively. To view their original report from March 2015 on the trend towards trademarking school colors and other college athletic signs and symbols, visit the Brinks website.
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The attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents at Brinks Gilson & Lione focus their practice in the field of intellectual property, making Brinks one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S. Clients around the world rely on Brinks to help them protect and enforce their intellectual property rights. Brinks attorneys provide counseling in all aspects of patent, trademark, unfair competition, trade secret and copyright law. More information is available at www.brinksgilson.com.
Tagged Big Ten, Brinks Gilson & Lione, football, Michigan State University, trademarks, University of Michigan
'Michigan State has always been in Detroit'
By Chris Solari
From LansingStateJournal.com
The ties that bind Michigan State's basketball team to Detroit are long and deep.
Greg Kelser. Steve Smith. Shawn Respert. Kalin Lucas. Some of the Spartans' best players have come from the Motor City.
"We feel like Detroit IS Michigan State and Michigan State IS Detroit," junior guard Keith Appling said.
That feeling holds true outside the arena, too. MSU's reach in metropolitan Detroit extends well beyond sports.
Detroit is home to the school's largest alumni base, with about 100,000 Spartans who own businesses and serve in the workforce. And the university has made a concerted effort in recent years to establish more of a presence there — with its athletic teams and its academic programs.
MSU returns to its home away from home this weekend, opening NCAA tournament play today at The Palace of Auburn Hills. And Tom Izzo's team once again will shine a national spotlight on the city and the school's symbiotic relationship.
"I think they embody what I believe in — the blue-collar, hard-working, factory-type," Izzo said this week. "I can't think of a better place to have this at."
About 25 percent of MSU alumni live in the southeast region of the state.
Ben Erulkar sees them all around him every day. And the Detroit Regional Chamber's senior vice president for economic development knows exactly the impact they have.
"The first and most obvious way Michigan State benefits Detroit is through talent, pure and simple," Harvard graduate Erulkar said. "Michigan State produces really smart people. Those folks stay in the region to make their lives and their careers, and that's a tremendous benefit — probably the benefit we tend to overlook and take most for granted."
Jena Baker-Calloway, director of the 3 1/2-year old MSU Detroit Center, said the university also benefits from having a metropolitan Detroit presence.
"It's a two-way relationship, not a one-way relationship," Baker-Calloway said. "There is expertise within the community that the university wants to make use of as well, along with what university brings there in various disciplines where we are top of the field in terms of thinking and research."
Erulkar pointed to two cooperatives in particular: The university's supply chain management school, which helps to guide the resurgent automotive industry, and its agricultural programs, particularly with the recent urban farming initiative to help reallocate land within the city. He added that MSU's research and discoveries in those areas, as well as others, provide the type of innovation and entrepreneurship needed to re-energize Detroit's economy.
"When we at the chamber go overseas and promote Michigan and southeast Michigan as an attractive place for talent to come to and for capital to invest in, Detroit is the brand name that people focus on," Erulkar said. "There's no question that the state as a whole, and MSU and the educational institutions, all benefit from that."
'Terrific experiences'
There is no MSU brand more recognized than its basketball team, and Izzo has made Detroit a major point of emphasis during his 18 years as head coach.
The Spartans have played 16 times in the metro area under Izzo. His record is 10-1 in Auburn Hills, including two NCAA tournament victories in 2000 en route to the national championship.
"We've had terrific experiences playing there," MSU President Lou Anna Simon said Tuesday.
Izzo said the way the city embraced MSU in 2009 made its Final Four trip to Detroit "just a setting of all settings." Open practice at Ford Field before the games drew more than 10,000 fans. More than 7,000 more jammed into Somerset Mall in Troy later for a pep rally.
"I thought that was pretty sweet with it being in the city," said MSU senior center Derrick Nix, who that year was a senior and schoolmate of Appling at Detroit's Pershing High. "It meant a lot to the city, and it meant a lot to the program."
One example of the emphasis MSU has taken in the region is by opening its Detroit Center in October 2009. It's a way for the university to introduce itself to future Spartans while helping to contribute in the rebuilding of a troubled city.
More visible now
"Michigan State has always been in Detroit," Calloway-Baker said, "but not as visible."
The office on Woodward Avenue adds a central location to the university's presence in southeast Michigan — the College of Osteopathic Medicine has locations at Detroit Medical Center and Macomb University Center, and MSU Extension programs are available in the region.
The center contains the College of Music's Community Music School, which offers music therapy as well as classes for inner-city children to help fill the void left by arts funding cuts to public schools. College of Education interns in area schools use the center as a home base, and it also houses offices for governmental affairs, university advancement and admissions.
Another major compoment of the Detroit Center is its abundant space. Staff has reached out to offer a place for neighborhood groups and civic organizations to meet.
"People see East Lansing sometimes as being kind of far away," Calloway-Baker said. "It makes our faculty and the university as a whole more local."
All tied to athletics
Bob Hornik says MSU's success means a lot to the alumni — in terms of pride and finances. MSU's Macomb Alumni Association president, who previously sat on the school's national alumni board, has researched a number of Big Ten peers and said there is a direct correlation between athletic success and donations to his group and the university.
"How the alumni association goes is how the athletic programs go," Hornik said. "Everything kind of ties to athletics."
Hornik's group collects money through fundraising events — such as the one it will hold March 27 in Warren with former Spartan basketball star and Pistons announcer Kelser. Those funds go to scholarships for MSU freshmen.
He said there has been an active push in the last half-decade to promote the school more as well, stretching beyond being just a social organization.
Steve Culp, who is in charge of the MSU Alumni of Metro Detroit, was a football manager in the 1990s. He now coaches football and track at Troy Athens High and teaches physical education at Brookfield Academy.
He said the Detroit Spartans — which encompasses alumni groups in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties — attend MSU sporting events together when they are held in town, as well as organize watch parties at local bars for games on TV. They also participate in a number of civic activities, such as next month's tree planting in the city's Parkland area.
"The thing you see the most and what stands out, obviously, is sports," Culp said. "But also, it's about getting involved in the community."
Izzo said he's been appreciative of the Spartan support around Detroit and thinks this weekend's second- and third-round NCAA games — especially with rival Michigan also playing at The Palace — will provide an energized environment.
And, in turn, he envisions it as a much larger positive for a city that needs MSU's help.
"Hopefully they'll embrace it like I think they will," Izzo said. "It's another way to put our best foot forward as a city and hopefully keep building on what we're trying to do down there — and that's to get things straightened out the way they should be."
Tagged Detroit, detroit regional chamber, Greg Kelser, Keith Appling, Michigan State University, Tom Izzo
Inside the CEO Mind welcomes MSU president
As the 20th president of Michigan State University (MSU), Lou Anna Kimsey Simon leads one of the world's top universities and serves as one of the state's thought-leaders on the changes and challenges facing higher education.
On April 19, Simon will be the featured speaker at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Inside the CEO Mind, a programming series that provides Chamber members with exclusive access to the some of the region's best business minds and innovative thinkers.
"We're thrilled to have Lou Anna Simon speak at Inside the CEO Mind," said Chamber Chief Operating Officer Tammy Carnrike. "As the leader of a world-renowned university, she can bring a unique perspective on leadership as well as the state of higher education and innovation in Michigan."
Simon was appointed president in January 2005 by the MSU board of trustees. Her career at MSU began after earning her doctorate in 1974 and moved into a variety of administrative roles, including assistant provost for general academic administration, associate provost, and provost and vice president for academic affairs.
As president, Simon has engaged MSU in a strategic and transformative journey to adapt the principles of the land-grant tradition to 21st century challenges. She has expanded MSU's reach in the state and around the world by focusing the university's strengths on solutions that enhance and protect quality of life: clean and affordable energy, access to education, safe and plentiful food, and health care.
Simon is the second speaker in the 2013 series lineup as the program continues to host high profile CEOs whose innovative businesses, practices and companies are fueling Southeast Michigan's economy. This year's programming season kicked off with Carla Bailo, senior vice president of research and development for Nissan Americas.
"Inside the CEO Mind is a wonderful program. To hear these accomplished professionals share their wisdom and insight is truly inspirational, but even more important, their advice is practical," said Alan Hahn, business development manager, Dragun Corporation.
In 2012, the Inside the CEO Mind series hosted influential CEOs including Mike Duggan of Detroit Medical Center, Florine Mark of Weight Watchers Group and Kim Yost of Art Van Furniture.
"It's not often that a small business can have an audience with the CEO of a large company. But that is exactly what you get with Inside the CEO Mind," said Jim Musial, Chamber member and ambassador. "You get to hear firsthand about their personal story and about their organization. The stories are inspiring and I always look forward to the next one."
To learn more about Inside the CEO Mind or to attend an event, please visit detroitchamber.com/events.
Tagged Inside the CEO Mind, Lou Anna Simon, Michigan State University
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Purpose: Develop essential body awareness through coordinated symmetrical body movement and strengthening.
Equipment: Mat or rug, small pillow.
This is a set of gross body strengthening exercises, targeting primarily the core (abdominal/back) muscles and symmetry of control and intended generally for children 10 years and younger. The drawings are difficult to understand, so see the comments that follow. Download the attachment and print it off or simply preview it online. The exercises can be challenging for sedentary children, so take it slowly and add time/repetitions with each successive attempt.
1. Trunk Lift: The child lies on the floor face down with the pillow under the belly for support. The coach holds the legs while the child lifts the trunk off the ground to hold it in the air for a few seconds, or longer if possible. Coach can also support from the front if the exercise is too difficult. The child should attempt to rise and hold a symmetrical position, not twisting to one side or the other, and with legs straight back on the floor. Hand are either crossed behind the head, or interlocked across the lower back.
2. Leg Lift: The child lies on the floor face up with the pillow under the lower back for support. The coach holds the hips down, as required, while the child lifts the legs off the ground to hold it in the air for a few seconds, or longer if possible. Coach can also support the legs while lifting if the exercise is too difficult. The child should again attempt to hold a symmetrical position, not twisting to one side or the other, and with back on the floor. Hands are either crossed behind the head, or arms are placed along side the body with hands pressed against hips/buttocks.
3. Sit Ups: The child lies on the floor face up. Hands are either crossed behind the head or across the chest. Flat-leg sit ups, such as drawn are not recommended, and the child should have the legs bent with knees up. The coach may help holding the knees for stability if required.
4. Sit Ups – Bent Knee: The child lies on the floor face up. The legs are bent and brought towards the torso as the child simultaneously brings the torso forward as in a regular sit up or crunch. Hands may be crossed behind the head or across the chest.
5. Feet lift: The child lies on the floor, face up, with pillow under the lower back. The legs are lifted straight up through a full range of motion, at first, all the way up, then all the way down. (You may want to also try going further, to try to touch the floor behind the head with the toes). The coach holds the hips down, as required, while the child lifts the legs off the ground to hold it in the air for a few seconds, or longer if possible. Go at a comfortable speed at first, then try slowing things down through the entire movement. Be sure to not over do things. Coach can also support the legs while lifting if the exercise is too difficult. The child should again attempt to hold a symmetrical position, not twisting to one side or the other, and with back on the floor. Hands are either crossed behind the head, or arms are placed along side the body with hands pressed against hips/buttocks.
6. Toe Touch: This movement should not be done too quickly. Start in a standing position with arms wide spread out to the sides. Have the child bring the arms in as he bends forward. Feet should be approximately shoulder width apart, or try spreading the legs further if it is easier to start. The child should bring the finger tips forward, then down as he leans forward to touch his toes.


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Two men who burgled a home in Hucknall and then led police on a high-speed chase have been jailed for a combined 10 years and eight months.
Martin Neville, 30, of Bellscroft Avenue, Thrybergh, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and dangerous driving.
He was jailed for four years for burglary and 18 months for dangerous driving, with the sentences to be served consecutively.
Jacob Roberts, 23, of Upper Clara Street, Kimberworth, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, dangerous driving and grievous bodily harm.
He was handed a prison sentence of two years and eight months for the burglary, a 21-month prison term for the GBH and a nine month sentence for dangerous driving, with the sentences to be served consecutively.
Neville and Roberts burgled a property in Maple Leaf Way, Hucknall, on 16 July 2018.
They were disturbed by a neighbour who confronted them and tried to stop them but they managed to escape. The neighbour suffered an injury to his hand during the incident which required hospital treatment.
Neville drove off in a Seat Leon while Roberts made off in a Vauxhall Insignia travelling in a convoy.
Both vehicles were seen to drive very dangerously and failed to stop for the police.
During the pursuit the Seat Leon drove the wrong way on the M1 at excess speed and into the path of oncoming vehicles. It nearly collided head-on with police vehicles.
A stinger was used to bring the vehicle to a stop at the top of the slip road at junction 28 of the M1. The stinger punctured some of the car's tyres as the vehicle then went the wrong way down the A38 and out of view.
The Seat Leon was found abandoned a short time later and the occupants were arrested.
The Vauxhall Insignia was also driven dangerously and at excess speed on the M1, the A38 and through numerous towns and villages during the pursuit. It eventually came to a stop and its occupants were detained.
Neville and Roberts were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (9 January 2019).
Speaking after their sentencing Detective Sergeant Craig Luckett, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was a fantastic multi-force effort which involved several officers who were utterly appalled at how dangerously Neville and Roberts were driving.
"They showed no consideration whatsoever for anyone else on the road and it was a miracle that no-one was injured during the pursuit."
DS Luckett added: "This court result is also thanks to a great team effort by our County Burglary Team and we hope it sends a message that we will do everything we can to catch burglary offenders and bring them to justice.
"I'd also like to commend the bravery of the neighbour who tried to prevent the burglars from escaping from the property on Worksop. He was commended by the judge for his brave actions."
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The Riksbank has a 2% inflation target, so clearly they are missing on the low side. Of course, given the typical wishful thinking of central bankers, you can see from the chart that they are forecasting that they will hit the target a year from now, and exceed it later in 2015 and 2016.
The deflation has been caused by the Riksbank's tight monetary policy since the summer of 2010.
So, in the last two charts, you can see that the downturn in Sweden during the recession was larger, but the recovery was stronger than in the US, with Swedish real GDP returning to its pre-recession level earlier than in the U.S. But there has been lower growth in Sweden in 2012-13 so, relative to 2007Q4, the US and Sweden are in essentially the same place.
Monetary policy needs to remain highly expansionary to contribute to inflation rising towards the target. Although inflation has been somewhat lower than expected, only a minor revision has been made to the inflation forecast. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at 0.75 per cent. It is judged appropriate to begin gradually raising the repo rate in one year's time, when inflation has picked up.
As economic activity strengthens, inflationary pressures are expected to rise. However, it is uncertain how quickly inflation will rise, particularly as it has been weaker than expected for some time now. The repo-rate path has therefore been adjusted down somewhat and reflects a greater probability of a repo-rate cut in the near term compared with the assessment made in February.
That's from a section titled "Low Interest Rate Until Inflation Picks Up." Clearly, if inflation remains low, the policy rate will remain low.
Deputy Governor Lars E.O. Svensson entered a reservation against the repo-rate path and advocated a repo-rate path with a repo rate of 0.25 per cent through the fourth quarter of 2010, and thereafter a gradual return to the repo-rate path of the main scenario. Lars E.O.Svensson maintained that such a repo-rate path results in a better outcome for both resource utilisation and inflation, with both lower unemployment and CPIF inflation closer to the target.
After leaving the Riksbank, in September 2013 Svensson wrote this post, in which he claims that, if the Riksbank had not only done what he had recommended in June 2010, but kept the policy rate at 0.25% until the current time, the inflation rate would be at the 2% target, and unemployment would be lower. In Svensson's September 2013 post, it is not clear to me what model he used to come up with his counterfactual, but suffice to say that, whatever the model is, it tells us that a short-term real interest rate of -1.75% can be sustained for 3 1/2 years, which seems goofy. One thing I would be interested in seeing is the output this model produces under the actual path for the policy rate. My guess is that it predicts inflation well above what actually occurred. Off the top of my head, I would say that, under Svensson's policy scenario, the inflation rate would currently be lower, and the unemployment rate would be about the same as what we're actually seeing in Sweden now.
Of course, this is just quibbling over history. What does Svensson think the Riksbank should do now if it wants to hit its 2% inflation target?
The most important thing is that the Riksbank takes the inflation target seriously and stops neglecting it. In order to get inflation back to target soon, the policy rate has to be lowered quickly to 0.25 percent or even zero. If this does not help, the Riksbank – as other central banks at the zero lower bound with too low inflation and too high unemployment – will have to use unconventional (but by now frequently tested) policy measures. These include a negative policy rate, large-scale asset purchase to lower long interest rates (quantitative easing), a low policy-rate path for a longer period with different variants of "forward guidance", foreign-exchange interventions to depreciate the currency or at least (as in Switzerland) prevent it from becoming too strong, and to aim to overshoot the inflation target for a few years.
By now, it should be well known that Taylor rules have some very undesirable properties. In particular, a central bank which follows a Taylor rule blindly can get stuck in a policy trap, in which the policy rate is at the zero lower bound, and inflation is low or negative. The central bank wants higher inflation, and thinks it will achieve this by lowering the policy rate, which is not feasible, so the policy rate stays at the lower bound and - given that the Fisher relation holds in the long run - inflation stays low or negative. This is the policy trap that Svensson's advice would lead the Riksbank into.
In Sweden, the Riksbank cannot consistently meet its inflation target of 2% if the policy rate stays low or goes to zero. The Fisher relation guarantees that. In order to meet its inflation target, the Riksbank has to increase the policy rate - there's no other way to do it.
In addition to the standard Taylor-rule policy-trap problem, there are two elements of Svensson's unconventional policy recommendations that further exacerbate the problem, in terms of how Svensson looks at it. First, if QE works in the long run the way I've modeled it, then it will ultimately produce less inflation, not more, if the policy rate stays low or at the zero lower bound. Second, consider Svensson's "negative policy rate" recommendation. This appears to be a variant of the idea that, if our problem is a binding constraint on the nominal interest rate at zero, then we should relax the constraint by somehow taxing the liabilities of the central bank. Miles Kimball loves this idea. Basically, the central bank could tax reserve accounts, and there are schemes that might allow taxation of currency or its electronic replacement.
Basically, people who advocate for taxes on central bank liabilities as a means for increasing inflation are making the same error as are people who are concerned that the currently large stock of reserve balances in the United States might ultimately produce more inflation (a group of people that may or may not have once included yours truly). For example, you might think that, if you tax central bank liabilities, then people have less inducement to hold those liabilities, and inflation results due to some kind of hot-potato effect. Similarly, you might think that, as assets other than money become more attractive (as the economy recovers and real returns rise), that inflation might rise, for a similar reason. Well, that logic is wrong. To induce people to hold central bank liabilities when the nominal interest rate has been at its lower bound for a long period of time, the inflation rate must be sufficiently low, so that the real return on money is sufficiently high. If we tax central bank liabilities, or the real returns on alternative assets are higher, the inflation rate must be all the lower in the long term, in order to make central bank liabilities sufficiently attractive that people will hold them.
So that doesn't give the dramatic story I thought it did, i.e. year-over-year inflation is still up around 1.5%, though short of the Bank of Japan's 2% inflation target. Note as well, that if we look at the levels, in January the CPI fell, and there was no change in February.
So, in spite of the recent blip in inflation, the average rate of inflation in Japan over the last twenty years is about zero, and in that 20-year period we have seen other short bursts of inflation. Thus, the Bank of Japan seems to have had some difficulty in producing inflation - but this time may be different. Given that the Bank seems intent on holding the short-term nominal interest rate at zero (essentially), I don't see it, but I'm curious to see how the data unfolds.
In late 2010, Sweden had just about recovered its late-2007 output so it was still a long way below trend. If potential output grew according to trend, then a simple Taylor would suggest keeping interest rates lower for longer. Is the argument for increasing interest rates in 2011 that potential output did not grow between late 2007 and late 2010? If we think that potential output did grow, then what is the rationale for increasing interest rates by 2 percentage points?
1. What's potential? How are you measuring it?
2. To me, the rate hikes look like what central banks typically do under those circumstances. I'm not sure about whether this is optimal, but to me it looks to be within the bounds of New or Old Keynesian thinking.
Let me rephrase the claim: in late 2010 inflation was below 2% (the target) and unemployment was 2% above pre-crisis levels and therefore a Taylor rule would not prescribe a 2 percentage point interest rate increase. In other words, a rate increase is not what central banks would typically do under these circumstances, at least under this simple Taylor rule. Do you have a more sophisticated model of central bank behavior in mind? This is what I couldn't follow.
I am also not making any claims about optimality.
The way central banks, including the Fed typically do this (and let me emphasize that I'm not endorsing it) is to think of the Phillips curve in forecasting terms. In mid-2010 the growth rate in real GDP was really high, so the Riksbank was thinking the output gap was shrinking fast, and that made them think (in typical Phillips curve fashion) that they should expect higher inflation. So they started raising the repo rate in anticipation. Sure enough, by late 2011, the inflation rate is well above the 2% target. But they stopped tightening, and indeed began easing given the weakness in GDP growth. So, that looks typical to me. Again, a 2% policy rate is not particularly high given the state the Swedish economy at the end of 2011.
"If we tax central bank liabilities, or the real returns on alternative assets are higher, the inflation rate must be all the lower in the long term, in order to make central bank liabilities sufficiently attractive that people will hold them."
You are making it sound as if the tax will cause lower inflation. In the previous sentence you are decribing an outcome without any causality. Can you describe the mechanism that leads taxes to lower inflation?
It's just the Fisher relation. It has to hold in the long run. But, if you like, if the tax rate permits the central bank to lower the nominal rate below zero, and the central bank reduces the nominal rate to its new lower bound permanently, then effectively the tax rate has caused inflation to be lower in the long run.
The model used for the counterfactual experiment is the Riksbank's standard empirical DSGE model, Ramses. There is an update of the experiment here, including 2013: http://larseosvensson.se/2014/02/06/ekonomistas-unemployment-and-monetary-policy-update-for-the-year-2013/ .
The red lines show the actual outcome. The blue lines show the counterfactual outcome.
By the way: I am not advocating using a Taylor rule. Instead I prefer "forecast targeting", that is, setting a policy rate and a policy-rate path such that the corresponding forecasts of inflation and unemployment "look good," meaning that they best stabilize inflation around the target and unemployment around a long-run sustainable rate.
There is much on this on my website, larseosvensson.se. A recent paper on lessons from my 6 years of policymaking is this: http://larseosvensson.se/files/papers/Svensson-paper--Some-lessons-from-six-years-of-practical-inflation-targeting.pdf .
Thanks, Lars. I've sometimes wondered about how forecasts are used in the policy exercise. Sometimes people will treat the forecast as if it is another piece of information, but of course we forecast given what we know about the current state of the world, so that can't be true. And what happens if the forecasting model is wrong? Surely every model is wrong to some extent, and in the current context, in which the data appears to be at odds with standard Phillips curve correlations, that seems particularly problematic.
Given that the majority wanted to justify a high policy-rate path, there was a strong temptation to exaggerate inflation risks.
Why a negative real rate for three years is goofy? What is the deep parameter that tells us that the real rate on monetary assets should be positive?
Who said it needed to be positive?
The FED has been "deeply" into unconventional policy? Looking at the slow recovery, it does not look deep enough.
In your own experience, if something doesn't work, does doing more of it help?
If something *does* work, doing more of it may not help.
Finding the mechanisms for your approach to the Fisher relation is a deeply complicated process. Take this scenario for instance... the Fed in normal times all of a sudden decides to raise the Fed rate to 12% and leave it there forever. In the short run, the real rate would rise, inflation would fall, real output would crash. There would be a mess. But the Fed doesn't flinch and holds the Fed rate steady at 12% into the long run.
Then I imagine the adjustments that as the economy recovers to bring the real rate back to 2% to 3% assuming that it is invariant to monetary policy in the long run. How would inflation find its way back to 9%? How would wages be settled? How would prices be settled? It's an incredibly messy process, but underlying the whole process is a guiding message... The Fed rate will be 12%... That means that inflation will have to be 9% into the long run, because the economy naturally grows at a 2% to 3% rate considering innovation, capital accumulation, growth in the labor force, etc. So people just simply start incorporating into their contracts this message that inflation will have to rise to 9%. In the aggregate, people will gradually bargain for embedded higher prices in order to lower the real cost of financing, until the inflation rate reaches 9%.
And now we have a situation where the Fed rate is projected to be below its natural nominal rate by at least 2% into the long run. This means that with a 2% inflation, the real rate will always be 2% below its natural level. So do we now expect contracts in the aggregate to embed lower inflation to raise the real cost of financing? Why not? A contract has two sides looking for a balance irrespective of the macro reasons why the Fed rate is low. Once into a low interest rate contract, embedding lower prices is a bargaining tool while still getting a decent real rate of return.
Is this how you see the mechanics for the Fisher relation in the long run?
My sense is that you are correct and proving it is going to be a fierce battle. Many top economists will have to give up their stand for loose monetary policy. That will not be easy. Even when they realized that potential output was less than originally thought, there was no backing off of loose monetary policy. The reaction was to double-down and keep pushing beyond the lower potential output level.
My sense then is that your idea of the Fisher relation will be opposed by the idea that inflation will rise as real output gets closer to its natural level. I do not agree that it will. I think there is stubborn low inflation because the monetary expansion is bifurcated. You and I see stubborn low inflation for different reasons. Maybe they are connected.
I also do not agree that Sweden's higher interest rate led to the low inflation. I compared Sweden to Norway.
Norway has 2.6% inflation and had even higher interest rates for longer. There is another mechanism at play, which seems related to "loans to private sector". Norway had better growth in loans even with a higher interest rate. Maybe the banks in Sweden are sick. In such a case, wouldn't higher interest rates benefit them?
"Finding the mechanisms for your approach to the Fisher relation is a deeply complicated process."
No. I've written these things down formally. Not with all the short-run effects you might want to think about, but the theory is there. And the basics are just standard monetary economics. Nothing fancy going on.
"the idea that inflation will rise as real output gets closer to its natural level."
1. What determines that "natural level," and what is it right now in the United States?
2. Seems that Keynesians would say that output has been increasing toward that natural level for the last 2 years. Why is inflation falling?
By, the way, I'm puzzled why you think it's weird to take seriously the long run implications of the Fisher relation, which is at the core of essentially all mainstream monetary economics, while proposing some "monetary bifurcation" theory of inflation. I'd like to see you formalize that.
The long run Fisher effect is not at all weird. I agree with it. Yet, other progressive economists will say you are wrong because they will not accept a rise in the Fed rate. They fear a premature recession.
I would link to my work on the natural level of potential GDP, but the server for my blog, typepad.com, is offline due to some kind of hacker attack. If my blog ever comes back up, you can do a search on effectivedemand.com for potential GDP.
Briefly, right now the natural level of real GDP in the US is between $16.050 and $16.100 trillion.This is based on a calculation of effective demand which limits the business cycle. Effective demand is determined by labor share, which will limit the utilization rates of labor and capital. The recent drop in labor share has pushed the natural level below the previous full employment level. I see a NAIRU between 6.3% and 6.7%.
I would say that inflation is falling due to low relative labor income from low labor share. Monetary expansion is taking place among higher incomes, but not among lower incomes.
Yet, there are forces pulling down labor share, like from China where labor share dropped substantially from 1997 to 2007. The drop in labor share in China put pressure on the US to do the same. Inflation stayed low in China in spite of large capital inflows. Inflation is muted in the US as well. But there are consequences for effective demand when labor share drops. The biggest consequence is a drop in potential output.
So a summary... crisis hit, Fed rate went to zero, economy started to recover, yet labor share fell dropping potential output, Fed did not see this, Fed saw a much higher potential output, so their Taylor rule showed a negative Fed rate, when in reality, with a lower potential GDP or even a higher NAIRU in the Taylor rule, the Fed rate comes out positive. Since then the Fed counts on the wealth effect to spur spending, However monetary expansion bifurcated giving liquidity to capital income but not labor income, inflation stays muted and low... and then the Fed says that the Fed rate must stay on ZLB trend in order to reach the "false" CBO potential GDP... Fed forecasts a negative real rate to take us to full employment... but really a positive real rate will get us to full employment.
With the Fed rate on ZLB trend for so long into the future, your Fisher effect comes into play embedding low inflation which was already muted by low money expansion among labor income.
The real natural rate looks to be around 2%. Real GDP is reaching its natural level of $16.100 trillion. With an inflation of 2%, the Fed rate should be closing in on 3% fairly soon. The Fed should have started to raise the Fed rate around 2 years ago. And it should be at least 2% by now. The Fed does not realize that the LRAS curve has shifted down due to lower effective demand. So they are way behind the LRAS curve.
So, your work on the Fisher effect is immensely important and I sense there are "Fisher" forces raising the real rate toward 2%, while other forces, like forward guidance, try to push the real rate lower. Yet, the Fisher effect supported by the bifurcation in monetary expansion is winning the battle over the real rate. So like you, I see inflation staying stubbornly low for quite some time.
I do see pressures to raise wages. But so far there is not enough to raise labor share, which is the critical component to change potential utilization of labor and capital. As well, I think it is too late in the business cycle to substantially raise labor income. Profit rates are already peaking, and if the push to raise labor income is too strong, there will be an economic contraction.
To wrap up, I agree with you. Getting the Fed rate off of the long run ZLB trend would open the door to higher inflation. But the global economy is fragile. Emerging markets fear a higher Fed rate. The debt servicing costs of the govt would rise. The stock market would contract. Yet, accepting all that stress, the economy would be healthier.
"Yet, other progressive economists will say you are wrong because they will not accept a rise in the Fed rate. They fear a premature recession."
Exactly. The fear is overblown. As usual, there's a tradeoff. You get to have inflation at the target rate of 2% (which we're assuming is optimal) forever, weighed against whatever short-run costs we face due non-neutralities of money. The latter should not be a big deal if we're only talking about an increase in the short rate (for now) of 100 to 200 basis points (which can occur in steps of 25 basis points each). In the meantime, we're experiencing problems due to the fact that - as indeed the Riksbank and Svensson recognize - that borrowers are suffering from the unanticipated low inflation.
In your model, shouldn't the Fed just buy all the outstanding Treasury debt (and just forgive it)? In your model that would produce lots of deflation, but "good" deflation, correct?
The model says that, if long Treasuries are indeed worse collateral than short Treasuries, then a floor system (reserves outstanding, and interest paid on reserves at the market rate) is optimal, and the central bank should convert all of the long-term Treasuries into reserves - given the short-term interest rate. Then, the question is - what's the optimal short term interest rate given that policy? There's an implied optimal inflation rate that pops out of the model, but I did not go to much effort to characterize what it is, though there is no presumption that a scarcity of collateral (and a low real rate) implies that the zero lower bound is optimal. It's certainly not true in general that QE produces deflation in the model - just less inflation. An important implication of the model is that the nominal interest rate can be at the zero lower bound and there can be positive inflation - QE or no QE.
It shows in February year over year the cpi index rose 1.5%.
For March, it only lists preliminary Tokyo results. CPI for the Tokyo area is up 1.3%. The only .4% numbers I see are core year over year for Tokyo area or .4% monthly headline.
Maybe there is an error?
Then, January, February, and March (preliminary) came from the Bank of Japan's web site.
here is a direct link to one of the FRED charts that I use in looking at Japan. It includes Japan's unit labor cost, inflation and labor share. You can change the parameters as you wish.
(which is the same place I got the 3 observations for this year), the B of J's claim is that the monthly increase in the CPI in March is 0.4%, but you can see that it's actually about -0.9%.
The March numbers won't be available until April 30th. The March you see at that site is only for the "Ku-area of Tokyo." So the year over year is against a totally different series. The January and February numbers are from all of Japan. I think you are correct until you put the March data. That data is from a completely different series for Tokyo. That's why the year over year look wrong, they are compared to the rest of the Tokyo series.
I see what's going on. Thanks. I'll just scratch the last number, and fix the chart when I get a chance.
March inflation came in up a little at 1.6% yoy, Index Value = 101.
"Too often economists are trained to look scientific and more scientific than other Social Sciences by in fact using too much complicated math and not going sufficiently after the historical data.
You know, when I started as a young AP in a US University [Ed. Note: MIT] I found really striking that everybody was expecting me to prove new mathematical theorems and I realised that we had very little knowledge of the fact we want to explain.
Math can be useful if it is simple and allows you to explain a larger number of facts, but if we don't even know what to explain what's the point of proving theorems?
I think part of it is because it's an easy way to look scientific. Using a lot of techniques is a way to put off other people and to pretend that what we are doing is really scientific."
Economics is indeed a science. We have theory. We have data. We use the data help us with the theory, and we use the theory to help us with the data. Mathematics and statistics are extremely useful for scientists. Economists would be foolish to leave these powerful tools on the shelf. We're not trying to fool anyone. We're doing the hard work of trying to figure out how the world works and make it better. Don't be so cynical. People might just dismiss you as a crank.
"Matthew Yglesias: In your book there's a very amusing criticism of American economists and what you call their childish mathematical obsessions. What's being done wrong?
Thomas Piketty: It's not only in US. It's economists everywhere. I think what they're doing wrong is that in order to distinguish themselves from other disciplines, in order to look like we all are scientists, they use too much complicated math just for the sake of it.
Math is fine. Math is very cool. But very often, they tend to push for more sophisticated math just to push off other people. It's an easy way to have the appearance of scientificity. For a real mathematician or physicist, the math will not be terribly impressive but it's enough to impress those economics departments that are less good at math and those social scientists who are less good at math.
I think math is useful, if you have a good ratio of facts to theory. But most of the time the economists do the opposite. There are incredibly sophisticated mathematical models with a very tiny empirical component.
I think this tells you more about Piketty than it does the state of the economics profession.
It is funny to see how you always try to pretend in vain that the topic is methodology while it is in fact content. All the people you have an issue with are progressive economists and all the people you defend (like Fama's counterfactual straight-out-of-the-asylum claim that monetary policy is always ineffective) are right-wing economists.
Weird isn't it. Some of those "progressive" economists you mention are the last people I would want to be stuck in an elevator with. I never defended Fama though. That's inaccurate. I defended Prescott though. I'm not "pretending" about anything. I am only interested in the science. Really.
"I am only interested in the science. Really."
I agree with Piketty the obsession with making an argument in algebra which can be expressed well in English is about identity. It is a way of differentiating yourself from the others and forming a club. Good mathematics is good. But it should complement analysis not supplement it - ie use technical appendixes. The more people who can read the research, the more available it is to others working outside the discipline. This is good for research and healthy for democracy. Eg, give an article on Chinese monetary policy to someone who knows Chinese history - and see what they say. They would immediately demolish it for even not knowing the most basic things about its institutions and why they are there.
"It's just the Fisher relation. It has to hold in the long run."
Aha, doing long-run macro to analyze short-run problems. No wonder you get things so wrong.
Rule of thumb: If it shows up in a scatter plot, it's not so long-run as you think.


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Q: SQL Server: How can I get data from junction table that only has IDs? I have three tables (examples here).  Two with data and one that is a junction table to handle many:many relationships.
Users:
ID | UserName
====================
1  | Jeremy Coulson
2  | Someone Else

Repositories:
ID | RepositoryURI
====================
1  | http://something
2  | http://another

RepositoriesUsers:
ID | UserID | RepositoryID
==========================
1  | 1      | 1
2  | 2      | 2

So, in this example, user 1 is associated with repository 1. User 2 is associated with repository 2. I need to now search by Repositories.RepositoryURI and return Users.UserName.
I have this query:
select UserName
from RepositoriesUsers
join Users on Users.ID = RepositoriesUsers.UserID
join Repositories on Repositories.RepositoryURI = 'http://another';

But that returns every row in the RepositroriesUsers table.
How can I match data between the junction table with IDs and the other tables with human-friendly text?

A: You aren't actually giving a correct join condition for your second INNER JOIN. It should be:
SELECT U.UserName
FROM RepositoriesUsers RU
INNER JOIN Users U
    ON U.ID = RU.UserID
INNER JOIN Repositories R
    ON RU.RepositoryID = R.ID
WHERE R.RepositoryURI = 'http://another';

Also, you should try to use table aliases in your queries for clarity.

A: I think a simple correction is needed to your join:
select UserName
from RepositoriesUsers
join Users on Users.ID = RepositoriesUsers.UserID
join Repositories on Repositories.ID = RepositoriesUsers.RepositoryID
where Repositories.RepositoryURI = 'http://another';

A: Please change your join condition for Repositories table and add a WHERE clause as follows
select *
from RepositoriesUsers
join Users on Users.ID = RepositoriesUsers.UserID
join Repositories on Repositories.ID = RepositoriesUsers.RepositoryID
where RepositoryURI = 'http://another'

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The Scholars-in-Residence Program is a 4-week research residency (May 2-27) that provides students a unique opportunity for sustained engagement with humanities and social-science research. Specifically, the program involves creating original academic research, living in residence with a community of scholars, and participating in educational and social programming.
The Program's primary aim is to support the development of students' research skills by providing them with hands-on experience with an original research project supervised by a faculty mentor. The 2016 Program includes sub-projects in interrelated areas and themes: print culture, literary-historical archives, theatre, censorship, and surveillance. Students will benefit from practical training and professorial guidance, from their small-group interactions on a specific project, and from being exposed to a variety of research techniques and practices within the larger cohort of scholars-in-residence. While sharing the excitement of primary research and knowledge creation, students will cultivate organizational skills and teamwork.
Research residents will live together in a Victoria College residence during the four weeks of the program. A partial meal plan will also be provided. While exploring research problems and techniques with students from a diversity of fields, students will also have the opportunity to build supportive relationships with likeminded scholars based on their shared curiosity and passion for inquiry.
The Program includes a variety of enrichment activities intended to help students flourish as researchers while experiencing the broad range of cultural opportunities that Toronto has to offer. Lunchtime seminars will focus on research methodologies, professional communication, academic publishing, and career opportunities, among other topics. Special guest speakers will discuss their own research initiatives and provide insight into contemporary debates and challenges faced by scholars. And evening programming may involve excursions to museums, cultural events, talks, and other opportunities to socialize.


Click the "Music" icon at the top of your library to view your audio files. Scroll through the list, and you'll see the new audio files the program added. Scroll through the list, and you... iTunes will rescan your music, but recognize it's already imported, so you shouldn't end up with duplicate files (unless you have moved/renamed files) Mac-only advanced method This method is a bit more complicated to set up, but easy to use.
To add or rescan a selected folder, Drive, or Network Location, Add any newly found music files and associated Album Art (from files or tags) to the Library. • Catalog the contents of any CDs that are found to the Library. CDs that have been added to the Library will appear in the Locations node of the Library. If any CD album is selected, the Tracks on the album will appear greyed out... I used to be an iPhone user so iTunes was pretty much the only way I got music to my phone. Now that I have switched to Android I still use iTunes for my music library on my PC, but to listen to the music on my phone I use Google Play.
iTunes will rescan your music, but recognize it's already imported, so you shouldn't end up with duplicate files (unless you have moved/renamed files) Mac-only advanced method This method is a bit more complicated to set up, but easy to use.
And then, click on the option "device" and select "Transfer music to iTunes" so as to begin the exporting music from your iOS device to the iTunes library. Step 3: For fixing purchased items, you will have to launch iTunes and then click 'Edit' > 'Preferences'.
In the dialog that opens up, select your settings and hit the Proceed button; Note that: If you haven't installed iTunes using the default settings, click on the Locate iTunes button and browser for the Library's path manually.


GENEVA (Reuters) - Brazil and Latin America are recording lower numbers of Zika infections than last year, but all countries must remain vigilant against the virus which can cause birth defects, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The viral disease carried by mosquitoes has spread to more than 60 countries and territories since an outbreak was identified in Brazil in 2015, raising alarm over its ability to cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
"The prevalence of Zika is dropping, certainly in the Americas," Ian Clarke, WHO incident manager for Zika, told a news briefing.
He said it was not clear why infection rates were falling.
"The anticipation was that we would see a second wave, certainly in Brazil and we haven't seen it. And we don't believe this is because we're not looking. There's a lot of surveillance ongoing," Clarke said.
Further research was needed into issues including whether there was a "natural immunity" due to previous exposure.
Wednesday marked the first anniversary of WHO declaring that Zika constituted an international emergency. It lifted that designation in November while maintaining its advice for pregnant women and travelers.
To date, 29 countries have reported thousands of babies born with Zika-linked microcephaly, which causes abnormally small-sized heads, often signifying arrested brain development.
Long-term efforts were required, such as against other infectious diseases including malaria and dengue fever.
"We should expect to see outbreaks. We saw it in Singapore, we will see it again," Clarke said.
Angola said last month it had recorded its first two cases of Zika virus.
"In a couple of other countries we're doing some quite intensive surveillance work, Tanzania and some others where we know there is the vector (the aedes aegypti mosquito), we know that there is chikungunya, so really looking to see if we can find Zika," he said.
There is no preventive treatment against Zika, but drug companies are rushing to develop a vaccine.
"There are about 40 vaccine candidates, five are entering or about to enter in phase 1, clinical trial for safety and ability to induce an immune response," said WHO's Dr Bernadette Murgue.
The five experimental vaccines, as listed on the WHO website, are made by: Gene One Life Science Inc/ Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc; Moderna Therapeutics; and by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"It will take at least two to three years before registration of these vaccines," Murgue said.


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Autopsy to be performed Monday after 21-year-old Chicago-born rapper dies at Midway Airport
An autopsy will be performed Monday after the unexpected death of Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD at Midway Airport Sunday.
The up-and-coming rapper died after suffering cardiac arrest at a private hangar at Midway, authorities said. He reportedly had a seizure.
Paramedics were called shortly after 2 a.m. after the 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jarad Higgins, arrived in Chicago on a private jet. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said there are no signs of any foul play and they are waiting for the results of the autopsy Monday.
"Shortly after arriving to Chicago he suffered what appears to be some type of medical emergency according to people traveling with him. There were no signs of foul play and all individuals aboard the aircraft are cooperating with CPD and have given all of their information," Chicago Police Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said."Currently we are awaiting the Cook County medical examiner on the cause and manner of death."
After arriving in Chicago Mr. Higgins suffered what appears to be a medical emergency with no obvious signs of foul play. Individuals aboard the aircraft are cooperating. We will await autopsy results on cause & manner of death & don't anticipate any updates until 3pm tomorrow https://t.co/5mJuvx2uLR pic.twitter.com/Ptx5rKyx9O
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) December 9, 2019
Authorities said they don't expect any further updates on how Higgins died until Monday afternoon.
Higgins grew up in Chicago's south suburbs and graduated from Homewood Flossmoor High School in 2017.
Higgins' long-time friend, Cameron Irvin, said he knew Jarad before his red carpet days.
"If you knew Jarad he always used to skateboard, had the torn jeans with the skater shoes and use to have the pink braids," Irvin said. "If you knew him when he had the pink braids that's a long time ago."
Juice WRLD rose to fame off the back of his 2018 album "Goodbye and Good Riddance," which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. The lead single "Lucid Dreams" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also won the "Top New Artist" Billboard award earlier this year.
Higgins has been known to work with artists such as Travis Scott and Lil Yachty.
Many music artists are also remembering Higgins' legacy.
Chicago rapper and activist Chance the Rapper said, "Millions of people, not just in Chicago but around the world are hurting because of this and don't know what to make of it."
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Interscope Geffen A&M Records released a statement, saying "Juice made a profound impact on the world in such a short period of time. He was a gentle soul, whose creativity knew no bounds, an exceptional human being and artist who loved and cared for his fans above everything else. To lose someone so kind and so close to our hearts is devastating. Our thoughts are with Juice's family and friends, everyone at his label Grade A, and his millions of fans around the world."
Fans are also mourning the artist who many say was just at the beginning of a successful career.
"It was really touching, young up-and-coming artist from Chicago really, you know, just kind of making his way, and this happens," said fan Lania Sibley.
"I know his music touched a lot of people so hearing he was so young and passed at such an unfortunate way is very saddening," said Robyn Echols.
Higgins celebrated his 21st birthday last Monday.
This article originally appeared on ABC7 News.
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Former Tipperary Rose Aoife Shanley was among 129 Irish troops that arrived home from Syria and the Golan Heights last night after spending six months away from their families.
Members of the Defence Forces arrived into an emotional and packed Dublin Airport around 8pm on Sunday.
Speaking to Dublin Live, Captain Shanley, 32, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary said her experience away with troops was fantastic.
She said: "I am so overwhelmed, there was a massive turnout at the airport.
"It's fantastic to see everyone's families, kids, husbands and wives.
"There were tears of joy when I met my Mam and Dad. The experience away was brilliant, we were very busy but it was fantastic.
"I didn't know a lot of the troops heading out six months ago but now we are like a big family coming home together.
The 2013 Tipperary Rose has been a member of the Defence Forces since 2009 and is stationed at the Curragh camp.
Captain Shanley works as an engineering officer and explained her role over the last six months involved searching unoccupied territory to ensure no explosives remained in the area after the war in Syria.
She said: "Our job was to further the footprint of Irish and United Nation troops on the ground.
"We started to reoccupy posts in Syria and before we did that we would have to search the land.
"The engineers would go out and search the posts and make sure there was no explosives leftover from the Syrian civil war.
"We would check to make sure there were no ammunition or mines in the area and once it was cleared, UN troops would then reoccupy the land and it would create a positive presence there.
She told Dublin Live last night (Sunday) that she was going to spend the night in Clonmel with her parents and was looking forward to a cup of tea.
"When you're abroad you really miss the freedom of being able to decide if you want to go meet your friends or go to the cinema.
"I can't wait for a mug of Barry's tea and a bit of Irish bread, some toast.
The 130 troops had been due to arrive back on Irish soil last Thursday but their return from Syria was delayed because of problems securing landing clearance in Beirut.
The Irish soldiers from part of the UN peacekeeping force (UNDOF) and are tasked with monitoring an 80 km zone between Syria and Israel.
The group that returned last night are the 58th group of Irish Defence Force members to be sent to the area but are the first group deployed directly to Syria since the UN removed personnel there in 2014 because of the Syrian war.
Their replacements, the 59th Infantry Group, have completed their deployment to Syria and joined their UNDOF colleagues in theatre.


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Mugshots.com Writing Staff. Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a little known First Amendment case that, at first glance, appears to be a relatively unremarkable case involving the question of whether a private operator of a public access TV network is properly characterized as a state actor for First Amendment purposes. If the Court rules that the private operator is deemed to be a state actor, then it can be sued for First Amendment violations.
Depending how the Court rules, this case could have far-reaching implications affecting nearly every person in America. A broad, expansive ruling by the Court could affect how or if social media giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are able to control or censor content on their platforms.
The case before the Supreme Court, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, comes from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which ruled that the private TV operator in the case is a "state actor." For First Amendment purposes, a party who is treated as a state actor is acting on behalf of the government and thus can be sued for First Amendment violations. The case has the potential of being tremendously important with respect to free speech rights and censorship considerations.
If so, then the recent content-based purges undertaken by several social media platforms would run afoul of the First Amendment. As it stands now, they are free to remove or prohibit any content they choose because they are private entities, not deemed to be state actors. However, the current case could change that.
Although the Second Circuit ruled that private operators of public access TV channels are state actors subject to the First Amendment, the Sixth and D.C. Circuits have ruled otherwise, creating a circuit split that the Supreme Court will have to answer. If the Supreme Court renders a narrowly tailored opinion limited solely to public access channels, then the ruling likely won't affect parties other than privately owned operators of public access channels. On the other hand, if the ruling is broader in scope, then it could very well affect internet and social media platforms and thus hundreds of millions of Americans.
You may not realize it yet, but all eyes should be focused on the relatively obscure case of Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck.


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People identified as court officials stormed the home of Nigerian Musicians, Peter and Paul 'PSquare' Okoye today to seize their properties in line with a High Court order.
The officials, who arrived the house in Omole, Lagos in the early in the morning, reportedly forced their way in, after security guards denied them entry on the basis that the duo was not around.
It was gathered that the case started about eight years ago when the brothers were invited to perform at a gig but could not perform because the event was postponed.
The organisers of the event reportedly appealed to the brothers to perform the next day, but they refused and left without refunding the sum of N1m paid to them by the organisers.
The orgainser eventually took them to court, but they didn't really pay attention to the issue until Friday morning when agents of the court arrived with documents authorising them to confiscate the musicians' properties.