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The construction project of the Russian gas pipeline "Nord Stream-2" remains the subject of serious disagreement in Europe. After Germany, because of its own economic benefits, took a tough stance in support of the project, Berlin ran into bitter opposition from the United States, several European countries, the European Council and the European Commission.
Meanwhile, the project continues, as most European countries, in whose economic waters are pipe-laying, have given their consent. However, Brussels does not intend to simply give up and under pressure from Washington continues to come up with various ways to harm the gas pipeline, sabotage its construction or make operating conditions unprofitable.
The next report of the European Commission pursues just such a goal. To create problems invented a special legislative mechanism. The subordination of the gas pipeline to this European law will hit Germany's interests, so it is not surprising that the confrontation between Moscow and Washington turned into a local European conflict of interests, in which Finland and the Netherlands also took the side of Berlin. What exactly does Brussels want to do?
It is known that the main beneficiary of the breakdown of the construction of Nord Stream-2 is the United States. American President Donald Trump, even during his election campaign two years ago, promised to make the country a global energy leader. This task today has one major obstacle - Nord Stream 2, which is designed to increase the supply of Russian gas to Europe.
The United States, by contrast, assumed to close the growing needs of European countries through the supply of its liquefied natural gas (LNG). The paradox is that the American liquefied gas is three times more expensive for Europeans than the Russian pipeline. That is why the project is so beneficial primarily to Germany.
If an additional 55 billion cubic meters of gas a year goes to Europe through the new Russian pipe, the effect for Europe will be extremely positive: the needs of consumers will be satisfied, and the overall cost of gas on the European market will decline. Under these conditions, the American LNG from relatively unnecessary gas for Europe will turn into completely unnecessary, and it will be impossible to sell it at all.
In order to sabotage the Nord Stream II, Washington calls it a political project that will become an obedient lever in the pressure on Europe from Russia. Berlin, however, insists on its commercial value. The only trouble is that, to the detriment of their own position, the United States is supported by the countries of Eastern Europe, it stands in solidarity with Washington and Southern Europe, on whose territory LNG terminals are built.
Therefore, the European Commission (EC) has chosen the only possible way to prevent Moscow and Berlin from resorting to the voices of far from the largest European countries in order to "kill" the project and harm the economic interests of such a giant as Germany. The European legislative framework has become a new and perhaps the latest pressure mechanism. Why impose sanctions on the gas pipeline and those who will use it, if it is possible to simply limit the project at the level of the law, reduce its potential, harm the consumers and deprive it of its economic advantage?
More recently, the US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenello, warned of future troubles for the gas pipeline and European consumers of Russian gas.
The ambassador did the main thing - he sowed discord in Europe, and now the European Commission has taken this path. According to Vedomosti, on the eve of the EU countries responded to the third revision of the amendments to one of Europe's main energy laws - the gas directive. The EC insists that the amendments be adopted. They involve the redistribution of regulation of the European market in order to extend it to the offshore gas pipelines. The law separates the functions of the transit and supplier, and allows third-party deliveries to develop competition. The most important thing is that the European Commission should get the right to control interstate agreements on gas transportation, as well as block them if it wishes.
What does it mean? First of all, a powerful blow to the Nord Stream II, its essence, purpose and effectiveness. Another consequence is the equalization of the legal status of underwater and land gas pipelines in Europe, that is, the transfer of the Nord Stream 2 to the control of the European Union. The directive notes that if the gas goes through Europe and will be distributed through its gas transmission system, then the entire volume of the required control and at the sea stage - in the depths of the Nord Stream-2. It will be integrated into the overall system and supposedly will become a tool for competition among European suppliers.
With the intention of the EC to correct the European gas directive they did not agree in Berlin, Amsterdam and Helsinki. The updated document will be a blow to the interests of a large industry German business - Wintershall, Uniper, Austrian OMV. The rest of the European companies tied in one way or another to Nord Stream-2, the French Engie and the British-Dutch Shell, will definitely not support the document. It is these factors that give Berlin the full right and reason to call the gas pipeline a commercial project.
At the same time, Germany as a whole has no objections to the regulation of the GTS, which connects Europe with third countries. According to sources, the position of Germany was also supported by the Netherlands and Finland. They noted in their resolutions that they did not see the point in adopting new amendments, since the EU gas directive in its current form already sufficiently regulates the European gas arteries.
In general, it is absolutely clear that the initiative to make changes in the European gas directive does not at all pursue the goal of achieving transparency, competition and other benefits of a market economy in the gas sector. In Berlin, they are well aware that they will lose if they lose the right to be Russia's main partner in Nord Stream 2, sharing sovereignty this time not with the US, which the Germans were inclined to do before, but with the EC and Washington's allies in Europe.
That is why Russia's key partners in this project, as well as the lobby of large businesses that have invested in the gas pipeline, are unlikely to pass Nord Stream 2. However, Brussels's attempts to block the project or individual agreements within its framework cannot be ruled out, which in fact contradicts common sense. In favor of Washington, the Europeans agree to deprive themselves of cheaper gas, which is almost ready to go to the European market in order to ensure the EU's energy stability and relieve the dependence on the transit country represented by unreliable Ukraine.


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German driver who hit New Year's crowds to remain in clinic
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in western Germany say a man who repeatedly drove into crowds early on New Year's Day and injured 14 people can't be held criminally responsible because of his mental condition.
Prosecutors in the city of Essen said Monday they based their decision on an expert opinion. They are calling for the 50-year-old German man to be kept at a psychiatric hospital.
The man drove into people in the city of Bottrop and then in nearby Essen in the early hours of Jan. 1.
At the time, police said the driver made anti-foreigner comments during his arrest and there were indications he'd been treated for mental illness in the past.
The injured people included a 46-year-old Syrian woman who suffered life-threatening injuries.


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Brutal Bombing Kill, Injure Family In Syria's Daraa (Photos) 1 out of 5 based on 3 ratings. 3 user reviews.
Brutal Bombing Kill, Injure Family In Syria's Daraa (Photos)
On July 15, an entire family of five was killed or injured when an improvised explosive device ripped through their car in the town of Om Elmiathin in the eastern Daraa countryside.
The mother, Razan Mashhur al-Awdat, and her two daughters, 5-year old Rawa and 7-month old Reem, were killed in the attack. The father, Omar Hamed al-Mahamid, and his son, 5-year old Mohamad, sustained injures.
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Local sources said the father had been a former member of the Ausud al-Sunnah Brigade, a group affiliated with opposition figures based in the UAE. In 2018, he joined the reconciliation process and returned to civilian life.
The sources noted that Omar's brother, who owns the targeted car, is working for the Military Intelligence Directorate. Just like his brother, Amir was a rebel fighting in the ranks of the so-called Free Syrian Army.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Such attacks are usually carried out by ISIS cells, which are active in northern and eastern Daraa.
A series of similar terrorist attacks took place in Daraa over the past few months. Local fighters and government forces are yet to take measures to improve security in the region. The lack of trust between them remains the main issue. Russian is working to resolve differences by holding regular security meetings in the governorate .
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Classic Race Cars at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
by Brian Story
in Features
Dr. Fred Simeone, a neurosurgeon from Philadelphia, has spent the last 40 years compiling an elite collection of automobiles with international recognition. During a Dec. 20, 2014 visit to the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, a line of early Le Mans, Sebring, Mille Miglia and Nurburgring competitors in their gleaming original paintwork greeted us as we awaited a chance to speak with Dr. Simeone.
The line of body designs evolved from early exposed utilitarian components and delicate wire wheels, to sculpted sheet metal and precision-formed alloy rims on racing slicks. Our tour through the collection of 65 automobiles revealed a carefully selected and curated group of sports cars, winners of the World Sportscar Championship Series and more.
1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe courtesy of the Simeone Museum
The 1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe responsible for setting a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats sat twenty feet from a 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Mille Miglia Spider, a third place runner up at the 1933 Spa 24 hour race. The 1938 winner of the Mille Miglia, an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B MM Spyder, stood on a podium at the other end of the gallery.
What stunned us was how the extraordinary became the average along the display floor. Nurburgring winning Aston Martins and Le Mans Ford GT40s blended into the collection of racing evolution casually, leaving us with a question: how did all these cars come together?
1966 Ford GT40 MK II courtesy of Simeone Museum
In one of the museum's upstairs offices, Dr. Simeone described how he became involved with collecting at a young age. His father appreciated automobiles and had accumulated a few, which are on view in the collection. As Dr. Simeone put it, "My father said it was okay to save up for a car and enjoy it. He didn't discourage it like other fathers did." That was how it started.
As Dr. Simeone graduated from medical school and began his career in neurosurgery, he began collecting, adding to the cars his father left him throughout the 1970s and 80s. Each addition had to represent something special, though.
"I didn't want the little Lotuses and Morgans, I wanted cars that won major races," Dr. Simeone said. "They had to be winners in [their] category, they had to exhibit superb performance qualities and they had to have the body and engine they were raced with."
1931 Bentley 4.5-liter Supercharged Tourer by Vanden Plas courtesy of the Simeone Museum
He explained his method for developing the collection and remaining motivated. "I'd write them down on a white refrigerator magnet, and every once in a while I'd be able to take one off." His refrigerator must have been an interesting sight to behold.
The unifying theme of the collection is aptly summed up by the John Stuart Mill quote, "Competition is indispensable to progress." Organized in chronological order according to race category, the evolution of the race and sports car is visible in a consistent, thematic quality that Simeone mentioned is rare in most private collections.
This was a determining factor in the museum's nomination as "Museum of the Year" at the 2011 International Historic Motoring Awards in London. The foundation has also received IHMA awards for "Best Publication" and "2014 Car of the Year" with the 1964 Daytona Coupe pictured above.
1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B MM Spyder courtesy of the Simeone Museum
"I felt the need to take a proactive step in the stewardship and preservation of the collection," Dr. Simeone explained, detailing his reasons for creating the foundation museum. "[It's] a place where people of all ages can view these unique cars, hear them, [and] smell the old leather and oil."
To create a proper environment for visitors to experience the cars, the museum holds a Demonstration Day once a month where a few select cars are run in the three-acre lot behind the museum for spectators. In the article below, a 1929 duPont Le Mans Speedster is featured in action as one of the Demonstration Day exhibits
1956 Jaguar D-Type courtesy of the Simeone Museum
Be sure to check out the end of the video at the base of our earlier article about the Simeone Collection. In the video, uploaded to YouTube July 24, 2014 by the Simeone Museum, Publisher of duPont REGISTRY Thomas L. duPont talks about three of the duPonts in his collection of automobiles.
The Le Mans Speedster shown in the video is a production edition of the competition vehicle raced in the 1929 24 hours of Le Mans, one of three four-seat duPont Speedsters in existence. The second of the three cars is in Mr. duPont's private collection, sporting midnight blue and black livery.
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Debuting in 1919 as an American luxury motor car brand, the duPont became a symbol of unique taste for elite individuals. In 1928, the eight-cylinder engine featured in the Speedster was introduced with the new model G line of duPonts, producing 125 hp at 3,200 rpm, as mentioned in Stan Smith's book, "The Eight Cylinder duPont Motor Car." It was a powerful and rare car for the wealthy.
In 1931, production of the duPont automobiles ceased, but they have remained highly desirable as only thirty or so of the 537 original automobiles exist. Only ten or so of those in existence are outside of the duPont family's ownership. Seeing one of these duPonts Speedsters anywhere is rare, and to be seen in motion at the Simeone Foundation is a once in a lifetime experience
1929 duPont Le Mans Speedster courtesy of the Simeone Museum
These Demonstration Days are one of the many ways the Foundation functions to serve as an interactive part of the automotive community, and they remain its most strongly attended feature event. Other events are often scheduled and held in the museum, such as wedding receptions and special events on the display floor.
Experiences like these, where visitors can observe the cars in an intimate environment, are what Dr. Simeone has strived to create. As he explained, "I want kids to come here and say 'Wow, that was neat!' and get a hook in their mind that cars are cool and competition is maybe a good thing."
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"The DNA of this collection is competition, and I want to inspire the people who walk through our doors," Simeone continued. He succeeded in inspiring us on a previous visit as an old British competitor was revived.
The sound of a 1921 Vauxhall 30/98E Velox tourer emerged from the back section of the museum's restoration workshop. The car hadn't run in decades, butran smoothly at that moment. Bodied in bare aluminum, the tourer has been preserved in its original condition, mud still caked on the undersides of its fenders from hill climbing. It looked ready to take on the Bentleys and other hill-climbing champions thanks to its inspiring intactness.
1921 Vauxhall 30/98E Velox Tourer courtesy of the Simeone Museum
Dr. Simeone has retired from active medical practice and spends much of the work week at the museum, overseeing the restoration and curation of the collection with the help of 150 volunteers. One of the volunteers, "Shiny" Bob Goldstein, has been washing and maintaining the autos' spotless bodywork since the opening of the museum . He is the museum's longest participating volunteer.
Scroll down and check out our favorites from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, and consider visiting the museum the next time you're in Philadelphia. At number 27 on Tripadvisor's Things to Do in Philadelphia, and only a 10 minute taxi ride from the airport, it's a great spot to explore during a long layover. For more information about demonstration days and museum events, check out their website at SimeoneMuseum.org.
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I'm a one pass subscriber which gives you pretty much all their publications. I've tried many newsletters including, The Morgan Report, Future Money Trends, TDV (still keep this) and I personally think the educational information plus stock picks are excellent.
I have also read all Doug Casey's books multiple times and he has been the largest impact on my thinking. I pretty much agree with everything he says.
It's a quality product in my opinion. I think it is a good value in terms of the information it delivers but whether it is pays for itself depends at least in part on how much capital you have to work with. What I really like about it is not just the recommendations but the "why" behind them and the general investing knowledge that can be applied to any sector. I'm not an experienced investor and I've made mistakes but I'm learning.
I was well positioned when gold moved in Q1 of this year. I wouldn't have been without being a subscriber. I have yet to be in on any recommendations that played out from open to close so I'm still waiting for a number of speculations to come to fruition. It takes time.
Probably higher net worth than I am but as time goes on and I accumulate more capital its value will grow. There are some opportunities presented such as private placements that you can only take part in as an accredited investor. That has been a bit frustrating for me but no fault of theirs. My understanding is that investments restricted to accredited investors are supposed to protect investors with lower net worth from risk but it seems to me it does the exact opposite. I can buy stock in the same company at market price yet an accredited investor can buy the stock and get a warrant to boot. Which is riskier? But I digress.
For now I consider it an investment in my education as an investor and one that should continue to serve me well years into the future.
Coming here abit but late I see. But just for your information Casey newsletters has been murdered over the past couple years because of their focus on the resource sector which has been hammered very thoroughly. But same could be said for all hard money oriented newsletters, even those of yours truly if you can believe it(!). My losses have been smaller per stock simply because I use stop losses on EVERY position. Been stopped out of a most resource, i.e., gold & silver stocks over past couple years. I suspect that his letters oriented to technology have done better but I haven't seen those letters for awhile. Any letter that is primarily hard money and says they've made money in recent years is a liar. Casey's letters cover a pretty wide range though they are heavily weighted to gold,silver and commodities. I've subscribed on and off to various Casey letters over the years. Not particularly impressed with individual stock recommendations but have very good over all economic analysis which is consistent with free market tenets. CASEY LETTER is always worth a read for the big picture. They usually offer some type of program where you can see all their letters for a short period of time for a reasonable price. Give you good idea of what they've got. Then you can subscribe to individual letters that appeal. But until gold and silver turn around they won't be making much or any money. I see Rick Rule contributes to this site and he does have good insights. He pointed out at the beginning of the big break in gold & silver, and especially the relevant shares a few years ago, that most people did not realize just how bad it would get. While I may exaggerate a bit, he said something to the effect that the bear would end only when there were no bids left (meaning buyers willing to bid). He sure called that as most hard money letters bought all the way down. I'm not so sure we've seen the bottom yet though the risk/reward is certainly more favorable. I personally hold small gold/silver stock positions waiting to see Rule's no bid bottom to expand buying. In the interim I trade both long and short very short term in big volume gold and silver stocks via technical analysis. Haven't trade futures for awhile though I expect to pick up there again within the year. Don't know about Rick but can say that Casey's letters went right on buying on dips, hanging on to positions which went from losses, to big losses to substantial losses to staggering losses. They however, unlike many newsletters, reflect an accurate track record each issue. As one of the previous comments said, one thing the Casey letters do is educate you. They are not just cheap tip sheets. So if you understand what they are saying it makes investing in hard times that much easier. Many hard money letters simply quit covering their recommendations thinking their readers wouldn't notice, I guess. But it does bring up the most critical point. Learn how to trade. I personally think the Graham:"value" investing approach is waste of time. But if that is what you believe, then learn it and apply consistently. My recommendation is you read and learn the lessons of a few books like Investor's Quotient (Bernstein is great teacher, lousy trader), The Disciplined Trader by Douglas, When to Sell (much more important thatn when to buy), something on technical analysis (Casey letters in recent years have started to include technical comments). I Like Techniques of a Professional Commodity Trader and the massive Murphy book on technical analysis. But I am an old man. The in-thing now is "candlesticks." It's idiotic to think that different charts will make you money since they all tell you essentially the same thing but many newbie traders swear by candlesticks. The best one there is Morris's Candlestick Charting Explained. But don't make the mistake of too many "value" & technical investors and think those approaches give you a system to forecast the future. Understanding technical analysis means you have a system for disciplined management of your money (keeping losses small, letting profits run) not a system for telling the future. The catastrophic monetary and fiscal policies bode ill for the economy in the future. But the simple solution of buying gold has proven very costly for years now. I and Casey and I believe Mr. Rule all agree on the long game out there of a collapsing dollar, high inflation and economic chaos. But the statists have proven much more resilient than expected and have clobbered us over the past few years. Welcome to the markets. Read carefully & learn from interviews with the most successful traders and investors in books like Jack Schwager's Market Wizards series (up to 3 books I believe). You will find that money (or some say risk) management is the single emphasis that separates the regular big winners from the losers. You'll have to wait another year for my own book on how to be a successful stock and commodity trader, but these will go a long way to helping you actually learn what's important and what is not for trading success.
It is interesting that you think the value school is a waste of time, given how great the track record of this school is. It has produced several self made billionaires. Also, you don't really stick to this comment, since some of the recommendations you give are indeed value investment recommendations.
One really has to give the statists some credit for keeping it together this long. But this was by no means a predictable, meaning likely outcome. So I think people were right to have bet against it, even though this bet has turned out a bit frustrating in the last few years. Still I have not seen anything that convinces me that this was fundamentally wrong. I think you are a bit too negative on the track record though. Gold has been down in US Dollars for only 2 years. And last year it was barely down. In most countries, people have done well last year with gold compared to their local legal tender. So unless you bought at the heights of 2011, you have not done too badly and you still have a very good outlook on your investment.
You are right to point out that technical analysis does not really predict the future. But then what is it good for? I am not coming from an investment background. I was more interested in philosophy and science and I was active in the sceptics movement. I only got into investing in the last decade or so. It took me a while to understand that people are actually trying to predict markets by seeing patterns in charts. This simply seemed too strange to be true to me. I was immediately reminded of esoteric theories like astrology. There, they are trying to do the exact same thing and you will find people who will tell you how great this works. But if you test it, it does not really seem to work.
The human brain is designed to look for patterns everywhere. Once it has found a pattern, it starts believing in it. And it starts believing in it to a degree where it is hard to convince people otherwise. Once you have a pattern you start analysing things with a confirmation bias. That means that on the one hand you start seeing a successful prediction as prove that the pattern exists, but on the other hand an unsuccessful prediction is simply an unfortunate and insignificant mistake.
If you are trying to predict price moves, you have the possibility that a price goes either up, down or sideways. So if you are predicting one of the three, with whatever method, you should be correct quite frequently. Therefore your pattern that you use is confirmed to work frequently and you start believing that there really must be something to it.
It is interesting, when you are following technical analysts, they go from very confident predictions at the start of their career, to more and more vague predictions. That is not to say that technical analysis is totally bogus. Markets are humans acting. If enough humans do the same technical analysis, then some of these phantasy lines in the sand, like moving averages etc. can become real. It then becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
Sounds nice, but unloved and in an uptrend may be a contradiction in terms.
I notice that sector oriented newsletters, like those published by Casey are interesting contrary indicators. When subscription sales are booming, markets are over priced, and the information is of lesser value, when the sector is cheap, and the information may have competitive utility, subscription interest is very weak.
Just to be clear, that is not to say that you should not look for any patterns. The reason why our brain looks for patterns is because this is a good way of making sense of the world. That is because there are a lot of real patterns in the world. For example markets really do seem to move in cycles. They go from over valuation to under valuation to over valuation etc. But here I can see all kinds of reasons why this is suppose to be the case. With a lot of technical analysis there does not seem to be any reason, why this pattern is suppose to be there. They can simply make the pattern out on a chart and that is it. But that is most likely to be a fallacy, as every mathematician will tell you. And it does not seem to work particularly well.
Since my last post I cancelled my subscription as I couldn't justify the expense relative to the value of the information I was getting. Of the various newsletters I was most impressed with International Speculator and will probably resubscribe at some point. Louis James does great work and stays on top of his recommendations. The newsletters are not of equal quality in this regard.
I started subscribing off-and-on in 2005 (or so), and I became a lifetime subscriber in 2009, so I get all of their stuff.
My favorites are International Speculator and Investment Alert. I also like Big Gold. Their Energy newsletters are well reputed, but I'm not a huge fan; that might be more the sector than the letters, as I got out of energy shares over the past few years when I thought the oil/gold ratio was riding too high. (I hope to re-enter over the next year but haven't started yet.) I've never gotten into their Technology letter, but again, it's the sector; I'm a technology guy and a dotcom-era-survivor, so I don't invest in technology companies unless I own them. The Casey Report is nice sometimes, but macro-esque and not very actionable. So, my subscriber profile is that I'm mostly a precious metals guy.
I think they've done a better job recently of being more diversified, but they do skew to the speculative end of the mining market. Needless to say, that's been a painful strategy these past few years. It would have been nice if they had more conservative options in their mix. I agree that most of the seniors are bad businesses, but they could have had more mid-tier producers and the like.
I don't want to complain too much, because they served me very well in 2005-2007 and 2009-2011. I got out of miners in 2007 because of Adam Hamilton's very disciplined stop-loss strategy, and Hamilton again rang the bell on this cycle. Many of us have had lots of time over the past few years to reflect on what we could have done better going into this bear market. I would do things differently, but you play the hand you're dealt with the skills you have. I own a lot more shares than I did in 2011, and I think the fundamental thesis behind resource investing is sound as a pound, and these days even sounder.
That leaves the question of Casey, and since I mostly use their precious metals stuff, that means Louis James. He is very careful in applying the Casey formula to analyzing mining stocks: People, Placement, etc. I do feel well-informed about the companies they recommend. He visits the mines, puts boots on the ground, investigates the people, etc.
However, he is a hard-working, well-intentioned, reasonably intelligent man executing a formula which Doug came up with. I don't think that Louis is as smart as Doug. I don't think Doug is as hard-working as Louis. (I don't think either would disagree with either of these statements.) Ideally you'd get the best of both worlds, but in practice, I'm not so sure it works out that way.
So, consider this a lukewarm endorsement. Good value, quality stuff, but it has its limits.
I have been a subscriber for 1 year to International Speculator and Big Gold. I have a feeling these newsletters will be more than worth it once gold and silver take off. Louis James does some fantastic boots on the ground research.
I have subscribed off and on to the 'International Speculator' for years – love Lobo. When Doug wrote it himself though there was always a write up about his travels through a different country every month and an account for exactly how political sociopaths fucked up said country. Now I guess we can get a bit of that in the 'International Man'. As far as was it worth it? Yeah you should be using speculative money. Hyper inflation has to kick in eventually, does it not?
and I just now subscribed to 'Crisis Speculator' which looks like it will have more of that awesome Doug content!


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Бангладешско-пакистанские отношения — двусторонние дипломатические отношения между Бангладеш и Пакистаном. Бангладеш был частью Пакистана с 1947 по 1971 год, затем получил независимость после кровопролитной народно-освободительной войны. В рамках , Индия предпринимала меры, чтобы Пакистан признал независимость Бангладеш. Пакистан обратился к КНР с просьбой заблокировать вступление Бангладеш в Организацию Объединённых Наций до 1974 года. Индия, тем временем, прикладывала усилия, чтобы помочь добиться международного признания Бангладеш. К концу марта 1973 года 98 стран признали Бангладеш. В 1974 году Пакистан признал Бангладеш после того, как стало оказываться давление со стороны других мусульманских стран, особенно арабских государств. Муджибур Рахман заявил, что он будет присутствовать на конференции ОИК в Лахоре, только если Пакистан признает Бангладеш. Пакистан установил полные дипломатические отношения с Бангладеш 18 января 1976 года.

Независимость Бангладеш от Пакистана
С 1947 по 1971 год Бангладеш был частью Пакистана: как Восточная Бенгалия до 1955 года, а с 1955 по 1971 как Восточный Пакистан. Отношения между двумя провинциями (Западным и Восточным Пакистаном) стали напряжёнными в связи с отсутствием официального признания бенгальского языка, демократии, региональной автономии, неравномерным распределением ресурсов, этнической дискриминации и неэффективных усилий центрального правительства по ликвидации последствий циклона Бхола, который нанёс серьёзный урон в Восточном Пакистане. Из-за этих противоречий начались народные волнения в Восточном Пакистане, которые в конечном итоге вылились в гражданскую войну и независимость провинции. В марте 1971 года пакистанская армия начала операцию «Прожектор», целью которой было устранение интеллигенции Восточного Пакистана, политических активистов, индуистов и представителей других меньшинств. Количество убитых бенгальцев пакистанскими солдатами остаётся спорным: по разным оценкам, от 300 тысяч до 3 миллионов человек погибли; около 8-10 миллионов человек стали беженцами в Индии. Многие полицейские и солдаты бенгальского происхождения взбунтовались и сформировали партизанские силы — Мукти-бахини, которым помогали Индия и Советский Союз. Когда была объявлена война между Индией и Пакистаном в декабре 1971 года, индийская армия нанесла поражение пакистанским вооружённым подразделениям в Восточном Пакистане и независимое государство Бангладеш было образовано.

Установление и развитие двусторонних отношений
Пакистан и его союзники, такие как Китайская Народная Республика, отказались признать независимость Бангладеш, который в свою очередь, потребовал извинений у пакистанского руководства за военные преступления, совершенные вооруженными силами Пакистана. Пакистан вышел из Содружества наций в 1972 году в знак протеста против признания Бангладеш этой организацией. В 1975 году обе страны обсуждали ситуацию о внешнем долге когда-то единого государства. Бангладеш и Пакистан пришли к решению поделить долг, а также все внешние займы и кредиты пополам. Отношения значительно улучшились при военных режимах Зиаура Рахмана и Хуссейна Мохаммада Эршада в Бангладеш, которые отдалились от традиционного союзника — Индии.

Когда встал вопрос о вступлении Бангладеш в ООН, КНР, по просьбе Пакистана, в первый раз воспользовалась своим правом вето. Это помогло Пакистану вернуть своих военнопленных. Пять пакистанских глав правительств были с официальными визитами в Бангладеш с 1980 года, что привело к установлению торговых и культурных отношений. Общая озабоченность по поводу региональной роли Индии оказали влияние на стратегическое сотрудничество этих двух стран. Пакистан осуществил продажу нескольких эскадрилий Shenyang J-6 Военно-воздушным силам Бангладеш в конце 1980 года, однако они все были уничтожены во время очередного циклона.

Торговые отношения
В 2010 году объём товарооборота составлял сумму 340 млн. долларов США, который является незначительным (с учётом общей численности населения этих двух стран). Инвестиции из Пакистана в Бангладеш идут в текстильную промышленность и энергетику. В 2016 году Бангладеш экспортировал в Пакистан товаров на сумму 47,7 млн. долларов США. Экспорт Бангладеш в Пакистан: тканые одежды, трикотаж, текстиль, сельскохозяйственная продукция, кожа и изделия из кожи, обувь, джут. В 2016 году Пакистан экспортировал товаров в Бангладеш на сумму 507,5 млн. долларов США. Экспорт Пакистана в Бангладеш: хлопок, хлопчатобумажная пряжа и нитки, хлопчатобумажные ткани, искусственные волокна, ткани трикотажные и вязаные, шкуры и кожа, котлы, машины и механические приборы, минеральные масла и продукты, пластмассы и изделия из них.

Бихари
Продолжается спор о статусе и возвращении бихари в Пакистан. Насчитывается около 540 тысяч человек из этой общины, которые переехали в Восточный Пакистан из индийского штата Бихар после раздела Индии в 1947 году. Во время освободительной войны, эта община поддерживала действия центрального пакистанского правительства, а затем хотела эмигрировать в Пакистан, который проиграл эту войну. К 1982 году около 127.000 человек были репатриированы в Пакистан, а около 250 тысяч человек по-прежнему требует репатриации из Бангладеш. В 1985 году был достигнут определенный прогресс в этой области, когда президент Пакистана Мухаммед Зия-уль-Хак согласился принять бихари. В 2002 году Первез Мушарраф посетил Бангладеш и подписал несколько двусторонних соглашений, но заявил, что эмиграция оставшихся бихари в Пакистан невозможна в настоящее время.

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Burning ideas. Swedish chef Niklas Ekstedt is singlehandedly creating a countertrend to modern cuisine, wowing diners with near-forgotten techniques and food that's… hot like fire.
Niklas Ekstedt couldn't care less about Michelin stars or awards ceremonies. At the restaurant bearing his last name, the Swedish chef, author, and TV star relies on ancient techniques, open flames, and culinary storytelling. The Northern firebug sat down with us for an exclusive interview to explain why he regrets striking out on his own at 21, why chefs need better managers, and why people are always underestimating Sweden.
So what was the inspiration behind this extraordinary culinary philosophy of yours?
Ekstedt: My parents raised me in a little village in the north of Sweden, far away from all the hectic rush of the city. Nothing out there but pure nature. With my food now, I think I'm picking up where I left off as a child. We used to walk around in the forest collecting mushrooms, berries, and herbs. It was a very sheltered childhood.
Most teenagers end up wanting to do the exact opposite of what their parents tell them. Were you that way, too?
Ekstedt: When I was 18, I wanted nothing to do with regional, seasonal, or sustainable food. I wanted to cook in the classical French tradition, and I wanted to do it as far away from home as possible. That's why, when I turned 19, I moved to Chicago to work at Charlie Trotter's, which was one of the most hyped restaurants in the world back then, a lot like Noma or elBulli. So there I was, a Swedish hayseed in the big American city.
Besides being known for his progressive culinary ideas, Charlie Trotter was also famous for not mincing words. What was it like working for him?
Ekstedt: It was super hectic there, but that's no surprise. Every famous chef in the world was at that restaurant – either inside, cooking in the kitchen, or outside, as a customer. So you can imagine how crazy that was in the beginning, for a young Swedish kid who didn't know anything about the world. It was a huge learning curve for me, of course – especially in terms of discipline, hard work, and English.
Just a short time later, you decided to start your own restaurant. Did you take that step too soon, at age 21?
Ekstedt: Yes and no. I had my dad's full support; we actually opened the restaurant together. But looking back now, I think I'd have done it differently.
Ekstedt: I was just too young, from both a business and a culinary standpoint. When you're young, you're always in such a damn hurry, and nothing can ever happen fast enough for you. Nowadays, I always tell my son, "Take it easy. Enjoy these years. You'll be an adult soon enough."
Over the years, your restaurant, Niklas, became what's now Ekstedt. If you compare the two concepts now, what would you say the big differences were?
Ekstedt: The two restaurants are just fundamentally different. The food I make now reflects my childhood, my life, and me as a person. It's authentic. At the same time, it's contemporary in a way, even though it's actually old-fashioned.
You do almost all of your cooking over an open fire, working with completely fresh products. You also do without electricity to a large extent. It's a pretty elaborate endeavor, and you probably can't do much advance preparation, right?
Ekstedt: Right, obviously. In my opinion, modern cooking is too obsessed with details. Amuse-bouches here, appetizers there, and then some petit fours. I wanted to create a restaurant where there's one set menu with five or six dishes, and none of that extra stuff. We don't have cold desserts, either – all of our food is hot. And we get our products from the region. Actually, we only use electricity because we have to. We're required by law to store products in a refrigerator, for example. Even though we could do it differently, we're not allowed to.
Why do you feel such a need to cook without electricity?
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Ekstedt: In Sweden, we're obsessed with new technologies. The minute something new is invented, it's all, "Out with the old, in with the new." That means a lot of old technologies are being forgotten, and my team and I are trying to breathe new life into them. I've spent a lot of time studying old techniques and preparation methods. I can't even tell you how many books I've read over the years about them. And the deeper I get into the subject, the more I realize that the time we've spent cooking with electricity is just a tiny fraction of the time we spent cooking without it. At Ekstedt, we've basically gotten to the point where we create our food based on different techniques. Like, our first step is to decide we want to try out some specific technique, and then after that we start thinking about what products we could use with it.
What techniques are you currently working with at the restaurant?
Ekstedt: Most of the techniques we use are fast-paced and made-to-order – nothing like American barbecue culture, which is all slow-and-low, hours and hours of grilling. We're big fans of open flames here, so smoking is one of our most important food preparation methods. We do a lot of experimentation with different Scandinavian varieties of wood or grass. We also pickle a lot of products and ferment them so that we can get through the long winter months. Our menu doesn't change radically from one month to the next – it's a continuous process of developing and redeveloping our dishes. In fact, we have our own team of people working in a test kitchen for that exact purpose. Vegetables are definitely another focal point for Ekstedt. Generally, we all focus too much on proteins when it comes to grilling, even though grilled vegetables are the real highlight of the meal. No aluminum foil, no vacuum bags, none of that. I think preparing food in plastic bags is silly anyway. Just throw the entire vegetable into the fire. Larger vegetables are best for that, because they can withstand the flames. Cabbage or kohlrabi, for example.
You're also preparing regional cuisine in Sweden, a country with long winters and short summers. Why would you do that to yourself?
Ekstedt: From a climatic point of view, that's true – we have a short harvest period here. But geographically speaking, Sweden has unbelievable product diversity. We have the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, lots of forests with amazing wild animals (in winter, too), huge swaths of farmland with unique plants and herbs… Sweden even has vineyards now. A lot of people think Scandinavia has a harsh climate, but we have a wider variety of products here than most European countries do. From the end of the Second World War until the late 90s, though, Scandinavians only cared about French, Spanish, and Italian products. So it's a very healthy development that people here are finally concentrating on their own cuisine.
All the hype around Claus Meyer's and René Redzepi's New Nordic Cuisine has caused a lot of changes in Scandinavia. Was that sort of a blessing and a curse?
Ekstedt: Well, of course it's a little stressful, because diners at our latitudes base their expectations on those places. I have the advantage of being a little older – René Redzepi worked at my restaurant, in fact. So I was lucky enough to have made a name for myself already before all that hype broke out. My food was always very technique-focused, whereas at Noma the emphasis was more on the product. All the same, though, Noma was an unbelievable inspiration, and without it I probably never would have opened Ekstedt.
You didn't just make a name for yourself through your restaurant, though – you're also known as a TV chef. How important is that combination?
Image: Per-Anders Jörgensen
Ekstedt: I think of television as a very personal medium, a way for me to travel around the world meeting interesting people and finding a lot of new sources of inspiration. It's also a welcome change of pace – it gives me a break from day-to-day restaurant life. Of course, it turned me into kind of a celebrity chef in Sweden, so I didn't have to worry about customers or Michelin stars or reviews. On the other hand, people's expectations are on a whole different level when it comes to chefs they know from television – and the TV personality isn't the same person as the guy in the restaurant. Filming takes up a lot of time as well, which makes the restaurant side of things a little more difficult, because competition in Stockholm is merciless. The city has a lot of excellent restaurants; again and again, you see really good places going out of business.
Ekstedt: The national and international market is very fast-paced, and it requires people to have a wide range of skills, particularly young people. The restaurant world is fairly unique in terms of forcing creative types to think about business profitability as well. Painters have gallery owners who exhibit and sell their work; musicians have managers to handle the business end of things. Gastronomy has gotten so competitive that a lot of excellent chefs are being hampered in their creativity – they can no longer focus on what's important, which is cooking. Plus chefs just simply aren't trained in business administration, they don't have any experience in that area. I've been very lucky in that regard, because I've always had people around me to help with business questions.
You seem like you've broken free of all that pressure – like you've managed to create your own recipe for success. Would you agree?
Ekstedt: I love food, and I love the culinary world, every aspect of it. I don't focus too much on the cooking itself, or on awards or Michelin stars. I just love telling stories with my dishes, and I'm always striving to improve that process. I've often gotten to the point where I said, "I don't want to be a chef anymore. I want to do something different." But life has a funny way of throwing the best offers at you just when you've decided to quit. To me, it's always been important to have a Plan B. I have a lot of different projects going – I always have an alternative. That helps me sleep at night.
How are you handling the current employee shortage in the restaurant industry?
Ekstedt: Good question. We're putting a lot of thought into that. One of the biggest issues is when employees you've invested a lot of time in decide to move to another restaurant in the same city. That always just creates bad blood between restaurateurs. I think paying your crew well is pretty much the be-all and end-all. So it's also important to me to make sure that employees are paid from the minute they arrive at the restaurant to the minute they leave. Here in Sweden, fortunately, we also have a legal system that's really good to employees.
Where would you say the problems are in terms of the next generation?
Image: Mathias Nordgren
Ekstedt: There just aren't enough good trainee positions for young people. Nowadays, restaurants are opening and expanding to new locations at an unbelievable pace, but there are just too few companies and institutions focused on training. A lot of people, especially service staff, just work in restaurants on the side until they find something better. We need to change that on a fundamental level. And we've also failed to give immigrants a shot at getting their foot in the door of the restaurant world.
Ekstedt: I'm the kind of person who's never completely satisfied, so I have a couple of projects in the works. It's too soon to go public with them, though.
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As you age, you may notice an increased presence of flat, brown to dark gray colored spots on your skin. While often referred to as age spots, these collections of pigment (Melanin) aren't really caused by aging. Instead, they are primarily the result of years of exposure to Ultraviolet Rays. That's why they tend to show up on areas most often exposed to the sun, such as the face, neck and back of the hands.
Also commonly referred to as Solar Lentigines, Hyperpigmentation and Sun Spots, while unsightly, Age Spots are neither painful or dangerous. That said, because they are similar in appearance to cancerous growths, you should take caution not to miss diagnose yourself. If you have spots that are irregularly shaped, tender, itchy or seem to be growing in size you should have them diagnosed by a Dermatologist.
People of all ages and skin color develop Age Spots, however those that fit one or more of the following characteristics are most prone to developing them.
Frequent UV Exposure … People who spend considerable time in the sun are more likely to develop Age Spots.
Over 40 years of Age … Simply because of accumulated exposure to UV Rays over the years. This is partly why they are most often referred to as Age Spots.
Fair Skin … Those of us with a fair complexion are more prone to all of the negative effects of UV Exposure, spots on the skin included.
Protect Your Skin … Use Sunscreen. If it seems like we mention this in almost every article we write, that's because we do. Sunscreen is the single most important Anti-Aging product for the skin. Protect your skin from the damaging effects of UV exposure and it goes without saying that you will experience less side effects. Use a sunscreen with Broad Spectrum protection to ensure you are protected from both UVA and UVB Rays.
Anti-Oxidant Skincare … Use products with Anti-Oxidants to repair skin damaged by exposure to UV Rays, air pollution, etc. Vitamin C is the best Anti-Oxidant there is for the skin. Find one that is stable and use it daily to help treat and minimize sun damage and many other problematic skin conditions.
Laser Treatment … Kills Melanin producing cells without damaging the skin. Usually takes multiple treatments over a few months.
Chemical Peels … An acid is applied to the skin to burn the outer layers, allowing new skin to replace it.
Hydroquinone … Gradually bleaches the skin by inhibiting the production of Melanin. Effects usually become noticeable after 3-4 weeks of regular use.
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Storm Disaster Looms for Bangladesh, Myanmar
Our Correspondent May 17, 2013
A potential humanitarian disaster is looming in western Burma's Arakan State after thousands of internally displaced Rohingya Muslims on Wednesday failed to agree to a government plan to evacuate them ahead of an approaching tropical storm.
Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect 4.1 million people in the region, the UN has warned, stormed into Bangladesh Thursday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters. It is expected to cross the Bay of Bengal and blast Myanmar as well.
Winds of up to 100 kph lashed the coast with an expected 2.1 meter storm surge and heavy rain likely to cause widespread flooding. Five people have been reported killed some by falling trees, with thousands of huts destroyed in the torrential rain.
About 1 million people have been moved into cyclone shelters in Bangladesh. "We have shifted most of the people who are vulnerable," said Muhammad Abdullah, administration chief for the coastal area, adding that about 1 million people had been moved into hundreds of cyclone shelters. "We had to force some because they refused to leaves their homes."
While the Rohingya obviously distrust the state, the attempts to move them to shelter bear a marked contrast to 2008, when Tropical Storm Nargis roared across the Bay of Bengal with a 3-meter storm surge that is believed to have drowned more than 100,000 people while the government did nothing, and in fact attempted to block relief efforts from international aid donors.
Some 70,000 Rohingyas are living in makeshift camps in low-lying paddy fields on the Arakan coast that could be flooded when the storm hits on Thursday night, according to UN estimates.
The Rohingyas, located at sites near the Arakan State capital Sittwe, turned down a plan by local authorities to move all of them to a military-controlled site.
State authorities said they had been working with UN officials to preemptively move the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps to higher ground, but on Wednesday afternoon none of the Rohingyas had been resettled.
Arakan State government spokesperson Hla Thein said local authorities had tried to persuade the IDPs to move to a huge military base near Sittwe, but they had declined to cooperate.
"In the Sittwe area, we have 13 IDP camps, 11 are Bengali camps—these refused to move. The Rakhine camps were moved to [Buddhist] monasteries in Sittwe town," Hla Thein told reporters. "The UN and INGOs... are trying to negotiate with the Bengalis and the government," he added.
Burma's government does not recognize the citizenship claims of the Rohingyas, who number around 800,000 people. It terms them "Bengalis" and has suggested that they are immigrants from Bangladesh.
Hla Thein went on to claim that "Muslim organizations in Rangoon and abroad" had instructed the Rohingya IDPs to stay in the vulnerable camps despite the storm.
Cyclone Mahasen is moving through the Bay of Bengal and heading towards the coast of Bangladesh. It will create severe storm conditions on the Arakan coast. Hla Thein said that 4-meter (12-foot) high waves were being expected near Sittwe, while a storm surge could flow up to 1 mile (1.7 km) inland.
Rohingyas living in three IDP camps in a coastal zone west of Sittwe said they refused to be evacuated as they feared the Burmese military and armed police units that would be responsible for transporting them.
"I am scared; I don't want follow the army to the base. I don't believe their promises," said Mamut Shafi, who stays at Dar Phim, an unofficial camp where some 188 families live. The cluster of rickety bamboo and plastic tarpaulin huts is located on a muddy, low-lying paddy field, less than 1 kilometer from the coast.
Maung Maung, a leader of Te Chaung, a camp located a few kilometers outside of Sittwe, said the Rohingyas there were worried about how the strong winds and a possible storm surge might affect their camp.
"If it's a big storm, we will have a lot of trouble," he said, adding that the IDPs there had refused to be evacuated to a military base because they wanted to return to their former neighborhoods in Sittwe in order to escape the storm. "There are 14,000 homes in our quarter that are ready to use," he said.
Maung Maung, who used to own a medicine store in Sittwe, said all families at the camp had been chased out of the town when the Arakanese Buddhist majority clashed with the Rohingya communities last year. "We want to go back to where we lived before," he said, before adding that armed police units were stationed on the road to Sittwe to prevent Rohingyas from accessing the town.
On Wednesday, dozens of armed police and soldiers could be seen at the IDP camps, Buddhist monasteries and along the roads. During waves of inter-communal violence in June and October 2012, about 140,000 people were displaced. Most of them are Rohingyas, while the Muslim group also bore the brunt of the attacks.
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleges that local authorities were complicit in the violence against the Rohingyas and have restricted their movements and aid deliveries to their camps. The rights group said the acts amount to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas, removing them from parts of Arakan State.
Maung Maung said that mobile health clinic had stopped coming to Te Chaung camp three months ago, leaving the population of 2649 registered IDPs without any form of healthcare. "The government promised us again and again that they would help us, but they did nothing."
Abu Tahay, a Rohingya leader from Maungdaw Township in northern Arakan and chairman of the Union Nationals Development Party, said that it was understandable that the IDPs rejected the government's evacuation plan of moving all Rohingyas around Sittwe into one military-controlled camp.
"If they go the military base, after the storm is over they will be under the military's control. They will lose all rights to move," he said, "They worry that they will be moved to new resettlement sites, like was recommended in the government's [Arakan] report." "They are worried about this kind of segregation."
Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Tuesday that Burma's government had ignored the repeated warnings from foreign governments and aid groups to move the Rohingya IDPs from the low-lying sites ahead of the rainy season, which often brings storms and cyclones to the Arakan coast.
"If the government fails to evacuate those at risk, any disaster that results will not be natural, but man-made," Brad Adam, the group's Asia director said.
(A different version of this appeared in The Irrawaddy, with which Asia Sentinel has a content sharing agreement.)


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Profile of Success
By Kathy Hosler
Photos provided by QK Dogs
well-trained dog that is healthy and physically fit is a walking billboard for success," says Jennifer Broome, founder, owner and lead trainer of QK Dogs.
Jennifer is a true outdoorswomen who grew up with sporting dogs. As a child she began her own pet sitting and dog walking business. In college she got her degree in Wildlife Biology and Management and subsequently worked for both state and federal agencies as a Biologist.
During her career as a Biologist, Jennifer developed her own dog training program. Today Jennifer Broome is the owner of the largest dog training, boarding and wellness facility in the Northeast, specializing in raising and training field dogs for hunting as well as field companions.
So, how did this little girl with a dog walking business incorporate her love of dogs and of the outdoors into an amazing dog wellness facility that is known throughout the country? Jennifer followed her passion, which began with finding the ideal location to open her training facility—100 lush, wooded acres in the Quinebaug valley of Connecticut.
"We're in the area called the 'quiet corner' of Connecticut," says Jennifer. "It was the perfect setting for what I had in mind."
In 2000 she left the world of being a wildlife biologist to concentrate totally on her business, which offered basic, advanced and problem obedience training for all breeds with a focus on training the sporting breeds. She moved into the 100-year-old farmhouse on the property, erected a 3,500 sq. ft. building for training and boarding, and in 2001, Quinebaug Kennels opened its doors.
People saw the beautifully trained dogs that Jennifer was producing and wanted her to train their dogs. Word of mouth from satisfied clients had the facility bursting at its seams. Once again, Quinebaug Kennels needed to expand.
People saw the beautifully trained dogs that Jennifer was producing and wanted her to train their dogs. Word of mouth from satisfied clients had the facility bursting at its seams.
Jennifer's husband, Jason Smith, is the Operations Manager and Builder. He has been the general contractor for all of the buildings and improvements to the facility.
"Jason is 'the man' behind QK," Jennifer says, and adds with a quick smile, "We always say, If it breaks, bleeds, or blows up—Jason can fix it! He's a visionary like I am. I tend to be the dreamer and say, 'Let's do this!' and he helps to make it possible. Jason is a huge, huge part of our success!"
"Since 2012 we had been planning out in our minds what we wanted our new facility to look like," Jason shares. "We didn't want to just house boarding and training dogs, we wanted to design a complete comprehensive canine wellness center.
"We brought in architect Richard Bacon from Florida to give us ideas to improve upon what we already designed and to help make our dream a reality," continues Jason. "He offered us suggestions on things like the efficient use of space and the strategic placement of our different departments."
"Our goal was to do everything right the first time. I gleaned a lot from articles and the ads in Pet Boarding & Daycare Magazine. I was able to look at who uses what, and it helped us get into good products. "
– Jennifer Broome, founder, owner and lead trainer of QK Dogs.
"My dream for the new Lodge was to have designated areas for an aqua therapy and rehab center, a veterinary services room, separate puppy and small dog areas, a grooming department, and more," Jennifer adds. "I wanted it to have two wings, each having an independent heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, to really help maintain quality air control for a healthy kennel environment.
"Our goal was to do everything right the first time. I gleaned a lot from articles and the ads in Pet Boarding & Daycare Magazine," Jennifer continues. "I was able to look at who uses what, and it helped us get into good products. PB&D was a really great resource and helped us select our kennels and guillotine doors, cleaning equipment and products, equipment for our grooming salon, computer software programs, and more."
"We finalized the plans and began construction," Jason shares. "Soon, our 6,500 sq. ft. Lodge with heated floors, security and fire systems, indoor/outdoor kennel runs, and so much more began to take shape."
In 2015, Jennifer and Jason's dream facility was completed. The Lodge opened and Quinebaug Kennels was renamed QK Dogs. In addition to their beautiful facilities, QK has huge play yards and miles of wooded trails and exercise paths. It's the perfect setting for conditioning and training dogs.
Their website, www.qkdogs.com, is packed with information and provides an in-depth view of the entire QK campus, their services, staff and their policies. Visitors to the website can learn all about QK Dogs and their specialized training and conditioning programs.
Their "Puppy Head Start Program" accepts pups as young as four months. It is a two-week board and train program of leash work, crate training, age-appropriate socializing, patience work and training.
Training is a fundamental part of QK Dog's unique daycare program called "Playcare Plus." It's not just about putting dogs together to play all day. It is a comprehensive program for dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes, and is tailored to each dog's needs.
"In Playcare Plus, we work on a dog's patience, manners, and structure, and on their socializing with other dogs," says Jennifer. "We balance exercise, training, socialization, and relaxation. The owners are thrilled that their pups are having fun while learning these needed behaviors."
"It's a win-win for all," says Jennifer. "We get to know the puppy. And the program gives the owners an introduction to QK Dogs. The puppy has a comfort level with us, and we've gotten them off to a real good start.
"I have been training for nearly 30 years, and I continue to mentor and train with the top trainers in the country," Jennifer continues. "There is such a need for really good instruction, care, and training for family pets of all breeds. Well-behaved dogs live better lives because people want to be around them. They get to go places and do things."
In addition to their obedience training programs, QK Dogs offers private lessons and "Zoom with Broome," a one-on-one session that a client can schedule with Jennifer. They can get help with a training issue, finding the right dog to fit their lifestyle, or any other dog-related issue, from the convenience of their home.
QK Dogs holds monthly training camps, April through October, that are hugely popular. They also offer a variety of clinics presented by clinicians and trainers from all over the country.
In addition, QK Dogs has always had a very comprehensive Sporting dog training program. They train all breeds that specialize in upland and waterfowl hunting. Their customized programs can take a dog through its first puppy sessions to a fully-trained gun dog or a seasoned competitor.
Jennifer is an AKC Breeder of Merit for Labrador Retrievers and German Shorthair Pointers. She has competed in AKC Hunt Tests and Field Trials for both breeds. She also shows her GSPs in AKC conformation and participates in NAVHDA with the GSPs, even achieving the coveted VC (Versatility Champion) title with her GSP, CH VC Abbe Lane's Sweet Little Elsie MH JHR RDX CGC. She has titled numerous dogs with field titles, and has helped her clients train for competitions.
Jennifer spent much of her career traveling the country teaching dog seminars and giving demonstrations for non-profit groups with her sporting dogs for organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, NRA and The Ruffed Grouse Society. And she was on the Cabela's Pro Staff as a dog trainer for 12 years.
"Because we have such a unique brand and philosophy, it is at least a three-month process for any trainer we bring on our staff to become a QK trainer," Jennifer shares.
The health and fitness of the dogs go hand in hand with the training. That's where QK's wellness center and its services are invaluable. The aquatherapy room in the wellness center is all about helping dogs achieve their fitness goals and/or rehab after surgery or an injury. They have a Hudson Aquatics warm water treadmill and with it they are able to customize the aqua therapy sessions to the exact needs of each dog.
What's new at QK Dogs?
"We just put up a new outdoor 120' x 80' covered arena for our training programs," Jason says. "And, for 2023, we are planning an indoor atrium to enhance our Playcare Plus Program."
The progress never stops, and the passion that created this mecca for dogs is evident in everything Jennifer and Jason do. When people enter the world of QK Dogs, they see a place where every dog gets the training, love and encouragement needed to help it reach its highest potential.
No doubt about it…at QK, it's all about the dogs!
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Lucien Favre and OGC Nice are attempting to pull off an ambitious move to sign Brazilian central defender Dante from Wolfsburg, according to L'Équipe.
The 32 year old has a great relationship with Lucien Favre, who he met at Gladbach.
The Bundesliga side are willing to let the player go, but Dante's wage demands are currently a major stumbling block.