I would like to start my speech by looking at developments in the global economy affecting Japan's economy. Since the autumn of 2017, improvement in economic sentiment has been noticeable worldwide (Chart 1). The global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) has shown remarkable improvement for manufacturing activity in particular, and business fixed investment and trade volume have been increasing. One of the factors underlying this improvement in economic sentiment is that, while advanced economies remain robust, there is a cyclical factor of continued moderate recovery in production for the resource and manufacturing sectors, which bottomed out in 2016 amid the waning of concern over a slowdown in emerging economies, especially China. The cultivation of the potential demand by utilizing new technologies -- such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and autonomous driving -- also contributes to the improvement to some extent (Chart 2).
Looking at the global economy from the two perspectives of the real GDP growth rate and the inflation rate, developments can be described as follows. Until 2016, the economy remained in a phase where sluggish growth coexisted with low inflation. In 2017, it moved into a phase where an improving trend in the growth rate became evident while the inflation rate remained low. Looking ahead, the global economy is likely to shift to a phase where inflation is clearly accelerated by continued relatively high growth if various downside risks that have been pointed out, such as the following, do not materialize: (1) the risk of monetary policy normalization in the United States and Europe exerting downward pressure on the global economy; (2) the risk of deceleration in the Chinese economy; and (3) geopolitical risks surrounding North Korea and the Middle East. One of the key points for the time being is whether the global economy will reach the phase of rising inflation with high growth that I just mentioned, while avoiding a situation of economies stalling, with major economies beginning to see changes in their monetary policy stances, and if such a phase is achieved, when that will happen.
Next, I would like to turn to developments in Japan's economy. Supported by the moderate growth in the global economy, Japan's real GDP has continued to mark positive growth for eight consecutive quarters since the first quarter of 2016. The annual real growth rate for 2017 stood at 1.6 percent, the highest level since 2013 (Chart 3). The breakdown by component during this period shows that private business fixed investment and exports are the major driving forces of the growth.
With regard to the outlook, in fiscal 2018, Japan's economy is likely to continue growing at a pace in the range of 1.0-1.5 percent, exceeding its potential (Chart 4). This is because business fixed investment will increase, reflecting improvements in corporate profits and business sentiment, and exports will rise on the back of robust growth in the global economy. These positive developments will then transmit more strongly than before to households through a rise in wages, which will lead to some acceleration in the pace of growth in private consumption. Meanwhile, it is highly likely that the economic growth rate for fiscal 2019 will decrease to the range of 0.5-1.0 percent, reflecting such factors as (1) the effects of the consumption tax hike scheduled in October 2019 and (2) deceleration in business fixed investment due to the peaking out of Olympic Games-related demand.
Now, I would like to talk about the effects of the scheduled consumption tax hike. The hike will have some impact on the GDP growth rates, mainly due to changes in household spending, through the following two major channels: (1) the front-loaded increase and subsequent decline in demand prior to and after the consumption tax hike and (2) the decline in real income. At present, the negative impact of the hike on the projected growth rate for fiscal 2019 is likely to be smaller than that on the rate for fiscal 2014, when the last hike took place. This is because the increase in the consumption tax rate is smaller than that of the most recent tax hike and a reduced tax rate will be applied to some items. In addition, as the consumption tax hike is scheduled to take place in the middle of the fiscal year, there are technical factors; namely, that the front-loaded increase and subsequent decline in demand prior to and after the hike will offset each other during the fiscal year, and a decline in real income could only occur in the second half of the fiscal year.
Next, I will move on to recent price developments in Japan and their outlook.
Looking at recent developments in the consumer price index (CPI), the year-on-year rate of increase in the CPI for all items less fresh food for January 2018 was 0.9 percent. However, it should be noted that the contribution of energy items was significant, at 0.5 percentage point, and in terms of the rate of increase for all items less fresh food and energy, which directly reflects domestic supply-demand conditions, the rate only stood at 0.4 percent year-on-year. Although this rate indicates a continued moderate increase, its level is still low, mainly against the background that firms' wage- and price-setting stance remains cautious so far.
As for the outlook, I would like to first take a look at the Bank's baseline scenario. According to the Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (Outlook Report) released in January 2018, inflation expectations are projected to rise as firms' stance gradually shifts toward raising wages and prices with the economy still growing at a pace above its potential and the output gap continuing to improve. It also indicates that, as a consequence, the inflation rate is likely to continue on an uptrend and increase toward 2 percent. With this mechanism operating, the inflation rate -- specifically, in terms of the median of the Policy Board members' forecasts for the year-on-year rate of change in the CPI (all items less fresh food) -- is projected to rise to around 1.8 percent through fiscal 2019, excluding the direct effects of the consumption tax hike (Chart 4).
In contrast to this baseline scenario, I consider that the possibility of the year-on-year rate of change in the CPI increasing to 2 percent through fiscal 2019 is low at this point. This difference in the price outlook reflects the discrepancy in how to view the overall effectiveness of the current monetary easing policy and the functioning of the policy's transmission channels. I will elaborate on this later when I explain the conduct of monetary policy.
In what follows, I describe the Bank's monetary policy. I would like to first explain the current framework and then present my views on policy measures necessary for achieving the Bank's price stability target.
The first is yield curve control in which the Bank controls short-term and long-term nominal interest rates and thereby encourages a decline in real interest rates -- calculated as nominal interest rates minus expected inflation rates -- so as to achieve highly accommodative financial conditions and stimulate economic activity and prices. The Bank has set the short-term policy interest rate at minus 0.1 percent and the target level of 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) yields at around 0 percent. It conducts purchases of JGBs so as to achieve these targets, thereby encouraging the formation of an optimal shape of the yield curve to achieve the 2 percent price stability target.
The second component is an inflation-overshooting commitment. Under this commitment, the Bank continues expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI (all items less fresh food) exceeds 2 percent and stays above this target level in a stable manner. With this commitment, the Bank aims to increase its credibility among the public that it will achieve the 2 percent price stability target by ruling out the possibility of a change in the direction of monetary policy at an early stage when achievement of the target comes in sight.
In my view, this monetary policy framework will lead to higher inflation, mainly through four transmission channels (Chart 6). The first is highly accommodative financial conditions -- accompanying declines in real interest rates through declining nominal interest rates and in risk premia -- to bring about an improvement in the output gap. The second is the improvement in the output gap to push up the observed inflation rate. The third is the rise in the observed inflation rate resulting in higher inflation expectations through the adaptive expectation formation mechanism, which further raises the observed inflation rate. And the fourth channel is that the Bank's strong commitment to achieving the 2 percent price stability target will directly raise inflation expectations, prompting a rise in the observed inflation rate in turn.
In other words, under the current monetary policy framework, supply-demand conditions are tightening further, but this has not yet affected firms' overall price-setting stance toward raising prices.4 It also should be noted that the rise in inflation expectations remains moderate, partly reflecting the moderate pace of increase in the observed inflation rate. Short-term inflation expectations have increased somewhat, due mainly to the rise in crude oil prices, but they have not recovered to the level seen in the period between mid-2014 and mid-2015, when such expectations shifted from increasing to being flat. Medium- to long-term inflation expectations remain somewhat weak (Chart 8). I would note that the inflation-overshooting commitment was effective in stopping a decline in inflation expectations, but it has not been sufficient to clearly increase inflation expectations.
On the basis of such understanding, I believe that further monetary easing is necessary to achieve the price stability target at an early stage. Specifically, the Bank should purchase JGBs so that yields on JGBs with maturities of 10 years and longer will broadly be lowered further. With a view to reinforcing the inflation-overshooting commitment, the Bank should also add the commitment that, in terms of the medians of the Policy Board members' forecasts presented in the Outlook Report, if there is a delay in the timing of achieving the price stability target due to domestic factors, the Bank should take additional easing measures.
I would note that a further lowering of yields on JGBs with maturities of 10 years and longer will promote business fixed investment and housing investment to a greater extent from the financial side. This lowering of JGB yields is also expected to have synergy effects with the government's fiscal policy providing tax support for firms that have a positive stance toward making fixed investment and raising wages. These developments will further increase the pace of improvement in the output gap, and thus enhance the dynamism of the rise in the inflation rate through the first and second transmission channels that I explained earlier. Among many options for additional monetary easing measures under yield curve control, the further lowering of yields on JGBs with maturities of 10 years and longer is the best at this point, in my view, considering the balance between positive and negative effects.
Strengthening of the inflation-overshooting commitment aims at increasing the transmission effects of higher inflation expectations on the observed inflation rate -- in other words, increasing the effects through the third and fourth transmission channels. The rise in inflation expectations from 2013 was attributable to the Bank's decision to introduce an inflation targeting policy. It also was attributable to the initiatives taken to achieve the policy; the Bank announced the strengthening of policy coordination with the government by releasing the joint statement, and the two entities have taken concrete actions by implementing flexible fiscal policy and bold monetary policy as well as the growth strategy. In order to influence inflation expectations, it is essential that policy coordination with the government aiming at achieving the price stability target be firmly ensured through both entities' concrete actions. The Bank, for its part, should further promote powerful monetary easing backed by a clear and strong commitment to achieving the price stability target.
In addition to the two major components, the Bank conducts purchases of risky assets -- namely, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) -- as part of monetary policy.
For the inflation rate to increase to 2 percent going forward, I consider that it is essential to achieve a widening of the output gap that exceeds 2 percent, as well as a rise in the expected inflation rate that is greater than that observed during 2013 and 2014. This view is based on a projection of price developments derived by (1) estimating the so-called hybrid New Keynesian Phillips curve that takes the expected inflation rate, the observed inflation rate, the output gap, and the consumption tax dummy as explanatory variables and then (2) applying projections of the output gap -- deduced from the forecasts of the majority of the Bank's Policy Board members on real GDP growth -- and the expected inflation rate.
These facts also can be confirmed from an estimate of the Phillips curve with time-varying parameters (Chart 7, the right-hand panel).
The output gap estimated by the Bank's Research and Statistics Department became positive from the October-December quarter of 2016 and has increased further to 1.35 percent in the July-September quarter of 2017. Having said that, a further widening of the output gap is necessary to affect firms' overall price-setting stance toward raising prices, in view of the fact that the average of the output gap was in the range of 2.5-3.0 percent in the past when the year-on-year rate of increase in the CPI (all items less fresh food and energy) exceeded 2 percent on a basis excluding the effects of consumption tax hikes.
As the global economy continues to grow at a moderate pace, the Federal Reserve is on course to raise policy interest rates and the European Central Bank is moving toward an exit from monetary easing. Under such circumstances, there is some speculation, especially overseas, that Japan's monetary policy might also shift to a tightening in the near future, or might at least make a slight adjustment toward an exit from monetary easing. However, the inflation environment in Japan differs substantially from that in the United States and major countries in Europe. I believe that, in Japan, there is still a long way to go before considering a change in monetary policy stance.
Let me first look at price developments in Japan as well as in the United States, where the policy rate hike is proceeding. Chart 9 compares developments in the inflation rate excluding those of fresh food and energy between Japan and the United States since 1995. The bold black line indicates an inflation rate of 2 percent and the gray bands show recession periods. In the United States, the inflation rate has been more or less at around 2 percent from 1995 to the present. On the other hand, in contrast to the United States, the inflation rate in Japan moved in negative territory for most of the time during the period between the latter half of 1998 and early 2013. In 2013 onward, the inflation rate has turned positive, mainly due to the introduction of QQE, but remains distant from 2 percent.
The Bank, through its bold monetary easing policy, now aims at shifting the economy from being stuck in a deflationary equilibrium to entering an inflationary equilibrium in which inflation expectations are anchored at around 2 percent. However, as I have explained so far, the improvement in the inflation rate is not enough and still only halfway accomplished. If the direction of monetary policy is changed without deep consideration in such a situation, there is a risk of the economy fully returning to a deflationary equilibrium.
That is the very reason why it is necessary to carefully conduct the current monetary policy by giving full consideration to risks to economic activity and prices.8 Going back to my earlier reference to recent developments and the outlook for economic activity and prices, from the perspective of careful conduct of monetary policy, I believe that the following two points require due attention, particularly with regard to the assessment of economic developments in fiscal 2019.
The first point to be considered is that, since the most recent consumption tax hike in fiscal 2014, a rise in real disposable income has not strongly linked to an increase in real consumption. It should be noted that, if the next consumption tax hike scheduled in October 2019 causes similar effects, improvement in aggregate demand will not make sufficient progress. I also would note the possibility that, if the tax hike takes place when the anchor of inflation expectations is not yet functioning effectively, people's inflation perceptions might change and, mainly due to declines in consumption, inflation expectations might become sluggish again.9 That is, there is a possibility that the tax hike could increase downward pressure on prices through both channels of the output gap and inflation expectations (Chart 10).
The second point is that there is some possibility that risks to developments in overseas economies will materialize by fiscal 2019. If the risks materialize, Japan's economy will slow down to some degree as it loses support from the firm growth in the global economy. In my view, particular attention should be paid to the risk that U.S. monetary policy normalization will put downward pressure on the global economy, as its potential impact on the global economy is larger than that of other risks.
Following the bursting of the bubble in the 1990s, Japan experienced a prolonged period of economic stagnation aggravated by deflation, described as the "lost two decades."10 Since 2013, the price situation is finally no longer deflationary, owing to the improvement in the environment surrounding firms and households -- such as represented by the employment situation -- in addition to the Bank's implementation of bold monetary easing policy.11 While Japan's economy is still on its way toward achieving and maintaining the price stability target, as I described earlier, it is necessary to augment the momentum of the virtuous cycle that has emerged during the process toward achieving this target, and put an end to the "lost two decades" for good by realizing the target at an early stage. As a member of the Policy Board of the Bank, I will continue to devote the best of my abilities toward achieving and maintaining the price stability target.
5For the implications of inflation expectations being anchored, see Ben Bernanke, "Inflation Expectations and Inflation Forecasting: Speech at the Monetary Economics Workshop of the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts," Federal Reserve Board (July 2007).
6See James Bullard, "Seven Faces of 'The Peril'," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, vol. 92, no. 5 (2010): 339-52. Based on Japanese and U.S. data for 2002-2010, Bullard discusses the possibility of the U.S. economy at that time falling into a deflationary equilibrium like Japan, and analyzes monetary policy so as to avoid such equilibrium.
7See Ryan Banerjee and Aaron Mehrotra, "Deflation Expectations," BIS Working Papers, no. 699 (February 2018). The authors found that, by analyzing inflation expectations across 43 economies, expectations become "less well anchored" and are associated with "somewhat higher backward-lookingness" during deflations.
8In assessing the effects of large-scale monetary policy on the financial system and the functioning of financial intermediation, multiple factors also should be taken into account; for example, (1) effects of developments in lending rates, (2) declines in firms' bankruptcy rates and in banks' credit costs, both resulting from monetary easing, and (3) effects of improvement in asset markets pushing up financial institutions' profits. When making monetary policy decisions, it is necessary to give due consideration to the likelihood that the longer it takes to achieve the price stability target, the more risks to the robustness of the financial system arise.
9As for the impact of the tax hike on the inflation rate and inflation expectations, one possibility is a decline in aggregate demand to push down the observed inflation rate, which will lower inflation expectations in turn. Another possibility is a rise in prices accompanied by the tax hike to raise inflation expectations. Earlier episodes of tax hikes in April 1997 and April 2014 suggested that the inflation rate initially rose following each hike but declined as aggregate demand decreased, thereby causing a fall in inflation expectations.
10For details about Japan's prolonged stagnation, see the following publications: (1) Koichi Hamada, Anil Kashyap, and David Weinstein, Japan's Bubble, Deflation, and Long-term Stagnation (Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2010); (2) Masazumi Wakatabe, Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics: Lessons for the World (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); and (3) Kataoka Goushi, Nihon no "Ushinawareta 20-nen": Defure o koeru keizai seisaku ni mukete [Japan's Lost Two Decades: For economic policies to overcome deflation] (Tokyo: Fujiwara-Shoten, 2010).
11See Adachi Seiji, "2 pasento no infure mokuhyo wa dato ka" [Is an inflation target of 2 percent appropriate?], Keiki to Saikuru (Japan Association of Business Cycle studies), no. 64, November 2017. Adachi estimates a New Keynesian Phillips curve by adopting the framework of the Logistic Smooth Transition Autoregressive model, on the assumption of two regimes; namely, a "deflationary regime" and an "inflationary regime." Looking at the estimates on the probability of a regime change, the figure for the April-June quarter of 2017 is estimated at 57.8 percent. While this is greater than 50 percent -- the threshold between the "deflationary regime" and the "inflationary regime" -- it suggests that the economy is still distant from 100 percent, a level that would indicate the economy's complete overcoming of deflation.


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5 minute readApril 8, 20218:53 AM UTCLast Updated ago
Rallies, religious gatherings aggravate India's worst COVID-19 surge
By Sachin Ravikumar
and Krishna N. Das
[1/6] Hindu devotees take part in 'Huranga', a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colours, at Dauji temple near the northern city of Mathura, India, March 30, 2021. REUTERS/K. K. Arora/File Photo
NEW DELHI, April 8 (Reuters) - India's COVID-19 cases have soared 13-fold in barely two months, a vicious second wave propelled by open disregard for safety protocols in much of the vast country.
Election rallies led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other major figures, as well as crowded festivals and religious gatherings, have characterised the record resurgence of the new coronavirus.
After quelling the first surge late last year, India's leaders let down their guard. Allowing or even encouraging dangerous behaviour, they underestimated the virus, reopening the economy too fast and too broadly, experts say.
With daily infections hitting a record 127,000 on Thursday, the most in the world and the third day this week over 100,000, the third-hardest hit country is soaring past its mid-September peak of around 98,000 cases a day. read more
Days after the health minister declared India's COVID-19 outbreak contained in late January, Mumbai reopened its massive suburban train network and authorities let tens of thousands of visitors into stadiums for international cricket matches.
Many of the South Asian nation's 1.35 billion people ignored masks and social distancing, while politicians including Modi and Interior Minister Amit Shah greeted hundreds of thousands of mostly mask-less supporters at election rallies.
When daily infections fell below 10,000 in early February, some experts predicted India would see only a modest second wave at most. read more
"We were really premature to celebrate," said University of Michigan epidemiologist Bhramar Mukherjee.
"This is a lesson," said Mukherjee, who leads a team of researchers modelling the trajectory of India's outbreak. "The really treacherous thing about this virus is how silently it casts its footsteps. By the time you see the cases and deaths, the damage is done."
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told officials of 11 of the worst-hit states this week that "people largely gave up on COVID-appropriate behaviour, became very careless" as activity resumed.
"There have been elections, religious gatherings, reopening of offices, lots of people travelling, attending social functions, not following rules, little mask-wearing in functions like weddings, even on crowded buses and trains," he told a video conference.
Vardhan himself has faced criticism for tweeting dozens of images and videos of party rallies.
With 12.9 million cases, India remains close behind Brazil and well below the United States, which has recorded more than 30 million infections. India's COVID-19 deaths are above 166,000, although its fatality rate is one of the lowest in the world, partly because of its relatively young population.
New Zealand on Thursday suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about two weeks. read more
Authorities have imposed some curbs on movement, but federal ministers and industrialists have advised against another national lockdown. Last year's curbs thrashed the economy and threw millions of poor people out of jobs.
Instead, an increasing number of states are imposing local curbs, including night curfews in mega-cities such as Delhi and Mumbai.
Authorities have refused to call off a weeks-long Hindu festival, held once every 12 years on the banks of the Ganga river in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
A successfully run Mahakumbh, which is expected to draw millions of devotees, is seen as crucial for the campaign of Modi's Hindu nationalist party in the state, which votes next year. read more
Political parties have largely flouted COVID-19 rules during campaigns for multi-phase elections in four big states and one federal territory that started last month.
"Political leaders are themselves responsible" for the resurgence by allowing the packed rallies, said Subhash Salunke, a former World Health Organization official who advises the worst-hit state, Maharashtra. "The upward trend is going to be there for another couple of weeks."
Shashank Tripathi, a professor at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, said that even if most people are eventually exposed to the virus, "there is no guarantee that it will not come back and infect you again."
"The lesson is the same for any country."
Reporting by Krishna N. Das in New Delhi and Sachin Ravikumar in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Neha Arora; Editing by William Mallard
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Het Kasteel Overhamme is een voormalig kasteel in de Oost-Vlaamse plaats Aalst, gelegen aan  de Overhammedreef 26-32.

Geschiedenis
Het kasteel werd voor het eerst vermeld in de 15e eeuw, als bezit van de familie de Bosch. In de 16e eeuw werd het kasteel nog verwoest en daarna hersteld. In 1663 werd het kasteel als leen uitgegeven. In 1644 werd het kasteel afgebeeld op een gravure van Antonius Sanderus. Het was toen een U-vormig kasteel waarvan de vleugels rond het voorplein waren gegroepeerd.

Tijdens de 2e helft van de 18e eeuw werd het kasteel nog uitgebreid. Ook de nu nog aanwezige dienstgebouwen zijn uit deze tijd. In 1796 werd het door barones Johanna van Kumptich nog benut als onderduikadres voor de monniken van de Abdij van Affligem.

In 1946 werd het kasteel gesloopt.

Wat bleef waren enkele dienstgebouwen uit de 2e helft van de 18e eeuw. Het betreft een U-vormig gebouw onder mansardedak dat nu als woning dient. Verder is er een voormalig wagenhuis dat tegenwoordig dienst doet als garage.

Het kasteeldomein is toegankelijk via een dreef. In het park bevindt zich een vijver en een ijskelder.

Overhamme
Onroerend erfgoed in Aalst
Verdwenen kasteel in België

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While there are many mistakes that can hurt a trader, these are three big ones. Get a handle on these and many other aspects of your trading will fall into place.
I address risking too much a lot in my articles because it is so important. I recommend not risking more than 1% of your account on a trade, and at absolute maximum 2%. Usually I state the mathematical reason: "With using this approach even a series of losses won't significantly draw down your account." But that isn't the only reason.
When you risk 1% you are less concerned about that ONE trade, which means you are free to seek other opportunities. Like a casino, if you have a solid strategy, the more valid opportunities you trade the better your results are likely to be.
Related to the prior point, risking 1% on 10 trades is much better than risking 10% on 1 trade. You could easily lose that 1 trade for 10%, but the chances of losing 10 trades is slim. You have the same upside, but less downside by diversifying your positions.
Risking 1% per trade is less mentally draining than worrying about a large position (where you risk 5%+), which means your mind is actually clearer and more objective…qualities you need as a trader.
Most traders try a strategy for a couple days or couple weeks, but abandon it once a few losing trades show up. They seek something better; that will produce more profits, quicker. The irony is that jumping from strategy to strategy actually makes for a very poor trader, since it creates and shows a lack discipline.
Discipline is one of the key traits of a trader. So by sticking to a strategy you're actually exercising your discipline and will likely improve as a trader. Most traders don't even give a strategy a chance to prove itself though. Losing trades are a part of trading, even strings of losses.
If you decide to trade a strategy, stick to it for at least a month, and then look at the results. Even if it isn't a great strategy, by risking less than 1% per trade (see above) you aren't likely to lose much money and you will become more disciplined. If it produces a profit, you are in the minority of traders who profit, so stick with it. If it produced a loss, consider why. This information will help you select a better strategy.
A trader may have a winning strategy, but they don't trust it. Therefore, they take additional trades or don't trade all the strategy signals. The trader is therefore not even trading the original strategy, yet the strategy is often blamed for losses. This results in the continual search for a new strategy (see above).
What most traders fail to realize is that in most cases it is not the strategy at fault. The trader is at fault for not following the strategy.
This is the mental part of trading. Our emotions tell us to do all sorts of things that are contrary to our strategy. Yet sticking to a method is the only way to counteract these emotional urges and actually gain consistency.
Before you conclude that a strategy or method of trading isn't profitable, consider whether you are actually following the system as intended. Did you skip trade signals? Have you taken trades which aren't part of the system? Have you risked more than 1% per trade, which could cause you to lose objectivity because you "need" the trades to work out? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you can't blame the system; you need to look at yourself.
Getting a handle on these issues will result in other issues disappearing. By keeping risk small you are more flexible and objective to take on more valid trades which will likely increase profits. Sticking to one method of trading will create discipline and give a very good idea of what works and what doesn't. Jumping from strategy to strategy won't do that. Once a strategy is selected make sure to actually follow it. Most traders blame a trading system, when it is the trader who is not following it correctly. If you want to be a successful trader, don't make excuses for yourself. Work on these issues, get them under control, and results will follow.


With the highest GDP per capita of 9,766.2 USD in 2015 among the TCC partner countries, Malaysia's car ownership rate equalled 360 passenger cars for every 1,000 Malaysians in 2015, whereas the share of 2-wheelers are almost similar to the total number of passenger cars. The 2-wheelers share is the lowest of all TCC partner countries and equalled 47% in 2015.
The Transport and Climate Change project (TCC) closely cooperates with the Logistics and Land Transport Division and Road Transport Department (JPJ) under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), the Infrastructure and Utilities Section and Energy Section under the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI).
In Malaysia, TCC focusses on institutional strengthening and policy support in the transport sector. Similar to the other partner countries, a stocktaking report was developed for the land transport sector. Based on this report, further actions to implement and align the national transport planning with the KLTSP will be identified. The project is supporting JPJ to develop a standard to legalise the road usage of 25 km/h to 50 km/h electric motorcycles (2-wheelers).
The project will support EPU with capacity building for Demand Side Management Preliminary Study and also conduct a training on the selection of suitable tools for sustainable transport indicator/ data analysis.
In the past, TCC supported the development of a NAMA proposal titled "Towards Energy Efficient Two-Wheelers in Malaysia (EE2W)" in collaboration with Malaysia Green Technology Cooperation (MGTC) and provided knowledge exchanges through workshops on Green Freight and Fuel Economy.
For more information, please contact our country coordinator for Malaysia, Ms. Jeyashri Kisna.
 Source: Population Clock: Malaysia, URL: https://www.statistics.gov.my, last checked on 24/11/2016.@ 11.25 a.m.
 Source: CIA World Factbook (2016): Malaysia, URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html, last checked on 16/10/2016.


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Does Muscle milk contain creatine?
whats better musclemilk or sustain????
Best Supplement to cut chest/stomach fat???
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does a heathly 18 year old echo need these??
how long after takin supplement should I workout??
Mass fx and hyperdrol for 18 year old?
Ya another Vaporize/Scorch Stack, i need help please!!
NO Supplements Servings Bull S@$t?
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Can I crush amino tablets?
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A tale of 2 Proteins !!!!!
How long to cycle off nitric oxide?
Need help, Retain for 8 straight weeks?
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Reflex - Brand chain amino acid capsules;Effective?
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Machynlleth TownThe historic town of Machynlleth sits at the mouth of the Dyfi estuary in the heart of the UNESCO Dyfi Bioshere, an area of outstanding natural beauty and diversity. In order to celebrate and protect this unique environment it has recently been made one of only two UNESCO Biosphere Reserve sites in the UK. The Centre for Alternative Technology has been hugely proactive in promoting ecological technology and lobbying for environmental policy both in the UK and internationally. The centre itself is extremely popular amongst visitors both as an inspiring educational resource and as a fun day out.
As well as the Centre for Alternative Technology there are a host of other attractions on offer in Machynlleth including King Arthur's Labyrinth, Corris Mine Explorers. The Museum of Modern Art Wales houses a superb permanent collection and its Tabernacle buildings provide a venue for numerous festivals, including the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
The weekly Wednesday market and biannual fair are still hugely popular despite dating back to a Royal Charter issued in 1291, The e town is full of independent shops offering local crafts, galleries, and plenty of cosy cafes to stop for a paned (cuppa). The town has enjoyed a distinguished history. Its claims to being the ancient capital of Wales are based upon Owain Glyndwr's short lived government of 1404, which was housed in the Parliament buildings that are still open to the public today.
There is evidence of human settlement in the Machynlleth area dating as far back as the Early Bronze Age (c. 2750 years ago) with evidence of copper mining activity within a mile of the town centre. It may be that the legend of 'Cantre'r Gwaelod', the magnificent city and fertile plains now lost beneath the waves near Aberdyfi speaks of this period, or of settlers further back in the mists of time - possibly as far back as the end of the ice age when significant sea-level rises re-shaped the coast of Britain. The Romans built a small fort at Pennal, some four miles west of Machynlleth, and archaeological evidence suggests there was modest Roman settlement in the area around this fort.
One of the earliest written references to Machynlleth is the Royal Charter of 1291, granted by Edward I to Owen de la Pole the Lord of Powys. This Charter allowed Machynlleth to hold a market every Wednesday and two fairs a year, a tradition that continues to this day. It is clear that the market and fairs helped Machynlleth to thrive throughout the Medieval period and right through to the Victorian era with evidence to suggest that animals came for sale from across the length and breadth of Wales and as far afield as Hereford and Shropshire.
This historic town boasts a number of interesting buildings in addition to Owain Glyndwr's Parliament building. Royal House which stands on the main through road is a great example of a medieval house. It is believed that a rogue by the name of Dafydd Gam was imprisoned at Royal House between 1404 and 1412 for attempting to assassinate Owain Glyndwr. Following his release, historic annals show that Dafydd went on to fight alongside Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt and, indeed, he is named amongst the dead in Shakespeare's Henry V.
Another tradition associated with Royal House is that Charles I stayed there in 1643 - and hence the name 'Royal House'. On 29 November 1644, near Dyfi Bridge, a battle took place between Oliver Cromwell's army under the command of Sir Thomas Myddleton of Chirk Castle and the Royalists. Many were killed and a number of houses in Machynlleth that were occupied by Royalists were burned down.
In the 19th century, the daughter of a prominent local landowner married Viscount Seaham, the second son of the third Marquess of Londonderry and they made their home in Plas Machynlleth. On the death of his father, Viscount Seaham became Earl Vane. The grand clock tower which stands in the centre of Machynlleth on the site of the old Town Hall was erected by the townspeople to celebrate the coming of age of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest, Viscount Castlereagh, the eldest son of Earl Vane and his wife. The foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1874. Another of their sons, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest was the last member of the family to live at the Plas. He was killed in the Abermule train collision on the Cambrian Railways, and after his death, Plas Machynlleth was firstly used as a military facility during the Second World war then given to the townspeople.
Despite Machynlleth's rich political history and contemporary ecological and alternative subculture, it has also played an important role in the history of rock and roll. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant has owned property here since he was a boy and penned the iconic 'Stairway to Heaven' as well as many more songs in Bron-Yr-Aur cottage just outside Machynlleth.PowysSY20 8BLUnited Kingdom52.590628294156-3.853024998857http://www.showmewales.co.uk/?dms=3&venue=1024804
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The historic town of Machynlleth sits at the mouth of the Dyfi estuary in the heart of the UNESCO Dyfi Bioshere, an area of outstanding natural beauty and diversity. In order to celebrate and protect this unique environment it has recently been made one of only two UNESCO Biosphere Reserve sites in the UK. The Centre for Alternative Technology has been hugely proactive in promoting ecological technology and lobbying for environmental policy both in the UK and internationally. The centre itself is extremely popular amongst visitors both as an inspiring educational resource and as a fun day out.
Despite Machynlleth's rich political history and contemporary ecological and alternative subculture, it has also played an important role in the history of rock and roll. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant has owned property here since he was a boy and penned the iconic 'Stairway to Heaven' as well as many more songs in Bron-Yr-Aur cottage just outside Machynlleth.
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The town of Machynlleth is situated on the main A487 and A489 roads.
There is on-street parking on the main high street as well as a car park located close to the town centre. It is also served by the train station which is located to the north of the town.
Accessible by Public Transport: 0 miles from Machynlleth station


As part of the Witney community's commemoration of the end of the First World War, St Mary's children have taken part in the creation of a mosaic plaque with artist Beck Paton.
The design was drawn from several children's work and incorporates a bird of peace, poppies and our school name.
It was a delight to watch the children working collaboratively to create this unique piece of artwork.
The plaque will go on display in the Corn Exchange sometime in the autumn as part of an exhibition to mark the centenary of the declaration of peace.


Garden City & Melville, N.Y. – January 8, 2013 – Data Storage Corporation (OTC QB: DTST), a long-standing leader in cloud storage and cloud computing with over 11 years' experience in providing IaaS and SaaS solutions insuring disaster recovery, business continuity and compliance, and ABC Services, Inc. ("ABC"), a certified IBM IT solutions provider, announced the formation of a joint venture creating Aegis Technology Services.
The new company will combine ABC's industry-leading managed services expertise in IBM iSeries/AIX v7 with technical support and datacenter operations expertise from Data Storage Corporation. This combined know-how will enable mid-market firms built on IBM hardware platforms to deploy new levels of reliable and cost effective computing and high availability solutions, leveraging the cloud and the benefits of the Infrastructure-as-a-Service ("Iaas")/hosted model. According to a report recently published by the research firm IDC (Worldwide and Regional Public IT Cloud Services 2012-2016 Forecast), global spending on public IT cloud services is expected to reach the $100 billion milestone in 2016 as a result of companies starting to migrate their operations to the cloud services model. Based upon current trends, it is estimated that as much as 65% of the 60,000 SMBs currently using IBM Power Systems (iSeries/AIX) will move to a hosted services model over the next decade.
Aegis Technology Services is already in the process of establishing operations including the purchase of new IBM's Pure Systems™ architecture, IBM Power HA server hardware and the formation of the executive management and business development teams. As part of the joint venture agreement, Peter Briggs, Executive VP at Data Storage Corporation and founder of Safe Data, acquired by Data Storage Corporation in 2010, has been named Managing Partner. With over 20 years of experience in IBM System i(iSeries,AS/400) High Availability services gained at both Safe Data and Data Storage Corporation, Peter brings unmatched industry experience and deep relationships to the new venture.
Since 1994, ABC Services, Inc. has worked with a variety of companies throughout the Tri-State region, empowering them with innovative business technology and helping them to prosper and surpass their competition. Services range from the latest computer hardware and software installations, state-of-the art networking solutions, complete computer repair and warranty service to web design and hosting and Help-Desk services. ABC has the ability and resources to meet any IT systems integration needs, quickly and cost-effectively. ABC Services is an accredited and certified provider of hardware and software solutions from Microsoft, IBM, Juniper Networks, Dell, VMware, Veeam, Symantec and Vision Solutions. For more information on ABC Services, please visit http://www.abcservices.com/.
Data Storage Corporation, an 11 year veteran in cloud storage and cloud computing solutions focuses on data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity and compliance solutions that assist organizations in protecting their data, minimizing downtime and ensuring regulatory compliance. Serving the rapidly emerging business continuity market which is expected to grow to over $39 billion over the next several years, Data Storage Corporation's clients save time and money, gain more control and better access to data and enable the highest level of security for that data. The company's solutions include: Infrastructure-as-a-Service, data backup and storage, high availability data replication services; email archive and compliance solutions for e-discovery; continuous data protection; data de-duplication; and, virtualized system recovery. Headquartered in Garden City, N.Y., Data Storage Corporation offers its solutions and services to healthcare, banking and finance, distribution services, manufacturing, construction, education, and government industries. For more information, visit www.datastoragecorp.com. Follow Data Storage Corporation on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/DataStorageCorp.


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The test material is not highly flammable.
The flammability of the test material was investigated in accordance with the standardised guideline EU Method A.10 under GLP conditions. The study was awarded a reliability score of 1 in accordance with the criteria for assessing data quality set forth by Klimisch et al. (1997).
A mould was loosely filled with test material. A non-combustible, non-porous board was placed into the mould which was then inverted. The mould was removed and an air-rich Bunsen burner flame applied to one end of the pile until ignition occurred.
The pile ignited with a small orange flame which self-extinguished 7 seconds after the Bunsen flame was removed without propagating combustion. This result in the preliminary screening test obviated the need to perform the main test.
The test material has been determined to be not highly flammable as it did not propagate combustion over the 200 mm of the preliminary screening test.
The tests for pyrophoricity and flammability in contact with water were not conducted since experience in use and structural grounds indicate that a negative result would be obtained.
In accordance with the criteria for classification as defined in Annex I, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, the substance does not require classification with respect to flammability.


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Defeated Sanity
Defeated Sanity was formed in 1994 in Dachsbach, Bavaria as a project of Wolfgang Teske (guitar) and Lille Gruber (drums) with the intention to play the most brutal and intense death metal possible. The band started playing shows in 1996 with the help of session musicians Jonas Gruber (bass) and Robert Colnik (vocals). With this line-up the band also recorded the two demos "Devoured By The Black" (1996) and "Withdrawn From Beauty" (1998). The next step was to find musicians able to play the very complicated songs
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Fatal Self Inflicted Disfigurement
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This is the third porter with chocolate and peanut butter I've had in the last few months. It's amazing how beers of this niche style run the gamut from meh to outstanding. Horny Goat Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter is definitely one of the better examples of what is, essentially a novelty brew. It does live up to its name, and it's quite satisfying.
I poured a 12oz bottle into a mug. It was bottled on 1/15/15.
Appearance: Dark nearly opaque shade of brown with slightly red highlights. Pours to a two-finger, brown, frothy head that laces and retains very well.
Smell: Nearly identical to peanut butter and chocolate candy. Seems a little faux, though. Not much authentic porter aroma.
Taste: There's pretty much only two main flavor characteristics to the palette of this beer: mild milk chocolate porter base and a sweet candy-like peanut butter flavor on the finish. That being said, the flavor combinations are delectable to say the least. I'd probably prefer more authentic porter character up front; as it stands it's a little mild. Dark malts to be sure, but not a malt beer per se. Plenty of bitterness through the middle. It's dry with a flavor of roasted nuts and significantly bitter. The peanut butter flavor emerges at the last second, tasting of peanut butter flavored-candy instead of peanut butter per se. I do notice a little tanginess as well, but it seems to fade quickly. I never get tired of these flavors, though (as repetitive as they may be).
Drinkability: At 6.5% ABV, Horny Goat Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter is pretty big in the body. It's not exactly carbonated motor oil, yet it's beefier than your average porter. It's comfortable in the mouth with some crispness on the finish. The bitterness and peanut butter flavor does linger and is a little cloying, but easily tolerable. This is a fine liquid dessert.


8" by 5"; (xii) 496pp.
A first edition of this novel by H. Rider Haggard.
Illustrated throughout with numerous plates by G. P. Jacomb Hood.
In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound, though with some bumping and light rubbing. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Pages are bright, though with some scattered light spotting in places. Overall: VERY GOOD.


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Exclusive: What Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Thinks Will Drive Crypto Adoption
After Vitalik Buterin's stellar keynote about Ethereum 2.0, NewsBTC got the rare chance to sit down with Charlie Lee, a Coinbase director of engineering-turned Litecoin founder. The crypto pioneer told us all about his thoughts on how this ecosystem is developing, along with Litecoin's plans for global dominance.
Related Reading: Exclusive: Why Tron CEO Expects Bitcoin, Crypto Assets To Rally In 2020
Charlie Lee's Crypto Insights
NewsBTC: A few months ago, you told CNBC Fast Money that the downturn in the crypto market has allowed you and the Litecoin Foundation to properly build out your product. Does that still hold true today?
Charlie: Yeah. So my point there is that when prices aren't going up like crazy, there are definitely fewer distractions. This means that it's a good time for people to keep their heads down and start to work on getting other products live. Just recently, we've been working hard on trying to add more fungibility into the Litecoin protocol. So what we're looking at now is doing a MimbleWimble extension block upgrade for Litecoin. So we're doing a lot of research into that about how we could make such an implementation in a safe way. We want more fungibility and privacy in the Litecoin ecosystem.
NewsBTC: How has this crypto bear market compared to ones in the past?
Charlie: Well it's been pretty similar. One thing about this bear market, even though it's been over a year now, is that it hasn't been as bad for people. The drop is similar percentage-wise. But during the last bear market, I remember it got to a point where people just didn't think that it was going to come back. People just weren't optimistic about the price at the time. Now, I think we haven't gotten to that point yet, and maybe we might not go there this time, which will be great. But I wouldn't be surprised if there are more sell-offs, or if it takes a lot longer to climb out of it. It could be another year or so. But who knows? It's hard to predict these things.
NewsBTC: So you made crypto history when you purchased a stake in WEG Bank a few months back. How has that been playing out so far?
Charlie: It was actually like almost a year ago that that deal happened. We have a 9.9% stake in the bank, meaning we have some influence. The bank is kinda creating crypto products. So they're kind of approaching it from a different direction of starting with a regulated bank, then pivoting to give us merchant processing and stuff like that. So the first step has been great. Next is supporting crypto companies with bank accounts. Then, lastly, you want to add crypto wallets, along with storing fiat in normal accounts for crypto companies. What would be cool is allowing people to store U.S. dollars at a bank and cryptocurrencies too.
But eventually, there will be merchant processing and other crypto solutions. It's going slowly because banks move slowly due to regulations. That was to be expected, but it's going well. I don't have anything really to announce right now, but I'm excited about what is to come in the future.
NewsBTC: So you guys joined hands with Ben Askren from the UFC. Did you see values align between the UFC and cryptocurrencies?
Charlie: It wasn't quite a partnership with Ben. He's a huge proponent of cryptocurrency, and he also understood Litecoin very well. Ben understands the need for sound money. He also said he supports Litecoin, so members of our community actually donated to him over 100 LTC for his previous fight. And he was very thankful for that. And he wore a Litecoin t-shirt for a few of his interviews. We also had the Litecoin logo on the UFC mat there, which brought us a lot of exposure and drew a lot of new people into this space. I think there's an intersection between the cryptocurrency community and combat sports fan. It's a unique opportunity for us to expand the adoption of Litecoin through that.
Pumped for @LTCFoundation to sponsor me for UFC 235! @SatoshiLite @johnkim77 #ltcwestcoast #ltceastcoast pic.twitter.com/oV0bzey2XA
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) January 15, 2019
NewsBTC: What is one thing holding back crypto adoption as it stands?
Charlie: I'll tell you two things. One thing is volatility. Because crypto prices are so volatile, it's hard for people to actually use it, meaning adoption is hampered. Volatility is kind of a chicken and the egg type scenario. Once there is adoption, volatility will decrease, meaning more adoption. So it's a slow process for that to work for us to overcome that. The second thing that's kind of preventing us from getting a lot of adoption is user experience of storing your own money.
Securing your own money is hard. There's always a tradeoff between security and usability. So people are using exchanges to store their coins because they can't do it themselves. It's easy, but then you hear all the stories about exchanges getting hacked. And that really hurts adoption. So probably, we just need to work on having better, easier solutions that allow people to store their own money. That's the whole problem really. So I think usability and user experience is really important, albeit it's something that is hard to solve.
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The Burras Lane Church hall was converted into houses almost 10 years ago, and as the hall is on a hill the floor level of the houses is several steps up from the street level, One of the steps cuts through the Cut mark leaving it only partially visible, but easily recognisable .
Unfortunately there is no further information given other than the house it is on, and there is no definite sign of the mark on the house… there is a possibility that it is behind the creeper as I have shown on the second picture – but I can't confirm it.
This is actually a Bolt type Cut mark, not just a normal plain one.
I couldn't decide exactly where this was Cut mark location was, the footpath wall ends behind this large tree and a lower wall joins it to carry on along the river bank, but I couldn't see anything on the bit of wall behind the tree or the end of the wall itself. Possibly the tree has pushed up the ground and hidden the cut mark.
This mark is suffering from a leaking drainpipe keeping it wet alot of the time… moss is the main problem at the minute but in the winter ice is going to start eating away at it.
This bench mark has a couple of posts on bench-marks.org.uk, both of which state that the mark is strange because it is upside down… both 'finders' are wrong ! The upside down marks (and there are two of them) are modern arrows cut in by a cutting disc to mark the limits of presumably a concreted over cellar opening in the pavement.
No sign of the Cut mark. It would in theory be just about where the doorway has been made into a window, but the wall has been taken down and rebuilt and the mark lost.
Side Copse is fairly near Otley Rugby ground and as I was looking for it early one Saturday afternoon there were a lot of spectators in the area… I was standing on the road (the path is narrow) looking at the wall when I was encouraged to move on by a car horn of a guy that wanted to park where I was, I guess he probably thought I was a bit strange staring at a wall !
There are more Survey marks than those shown on the OS list, most of these are older survey marks that have been lost over time, but some of these are still visible if you look carefully.


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Inside the Rise of Cuban-Inspired Craft Cocktail Bars
Article by Food & Wine April 28th 2018
COURTESY OF CIENFUEGOS
Meet the man connecting bartenders to Cuba's storied cocktail culture.
BRETT MOSKOWITZ
"There's a saying in Cuba, 'Vamos a resolver'—'let's figure it out.' You gotta do what you can with what you got." That's bartender Ricky Gomez, who opened a Cuban-inspired cocktail bar called Palomar, in Portland, Oregon, less than a month ago. He's one of a handful of bartenders across the U.S. paying homage to Cuba's rich cocktail culture these days by opening bars from San Francisco to New Orleans.
As Nick Detrich, who opened a Cuban bar in NOLA this March, puts it, "There is certainly the allure of Cuba as a sort of forbidden fruit, and Cuban rums and drinks are the apple of that tree." Sure, everyone loves a daiquiri, but there's more to this resurgence than just the drinks.
The Cult of the Cantinero
To understand Cuban cocktail culture, you need to start with the cantinero, the term for a professionally trained bartender that has come to mean so much more. Cantineros were shaking drinks with citrus peels in the tin, using ice in novel ways, and combining an array of ingredients in mixed drinks long before mixology became the buzzword it is today. It's a tradition that has been taken seriously since before the bartenders association Club de Cantineros de Cuba first formed in 1924, and, one that, in an unlikely turn of events, is seeing a resurgence in the U.S. today.
The opening of Cuba to more U.S. visitors, along with an interest in rum-based cocktails, created something of a perfect storm for Cuban drinking culture to permeate the U.S. as it has of late. What not everyone knows, however, is the story of Julio Cabrera, a Cuban-born second-generation cantinero who has had an immense influence in bringing the culture to life stateside.
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Cabrera, whose father's café, El Sacrificio, was nationalized by Castro in the 1960s, made a name for himself in Miami with stints at the Delano's Florida Room, as head bartender at Sra Martinez, and at the Regent Cocktail Club, where he built a following for his drinks and cantinero style. In 2012, he started taking bartenders on trips to Havana, to expose them to the rich cocktail culture there.
"I started in September 2012 with bartenders and rum experts from Miami," he says. "It's been 15 trips so far with almost 100 bartenders from all over the country and beyond."
The impact has been significant, particularly for bartenders with family ties to Cuba. "As a first-generation Cuban American, I don't know when I would have gone back if it wasn't for him organizing those trips," says Gomez. "My parents really had no plans to go back until the Castro regime was done. It was important for me to get my own perspective without my parents after hearing the stories as a child."
"He's done more for me personally than anyone outside of my own immediate family," says TJ Palmieri, the owner of Madrina's, Gainesville, Florida's only Cuban cocktail bar, and another son of Cuban immigrants whom Cabrera has taken to Cuba.
Cabrera is focused on making personal connections, not just bringing bartenders to Havanah, but introducing them to the cantineros there. For Palmieri, the late "Manuel 'Manolito' Carbajo, head bartender at Havanah'sfamous Floridita—the birthplace of the frozen daiquiri—had a profound impact on his career. And "current Floridita cantinero Alejandro Bolivar is also among the list of the very best bartenders I've ever had the pleasure of sitting in front of," he says.
The influence seems to be as much about the perseverance and dignity cantineros display in the face of limited resources as it is the technique or recipes. For Chris Hannah, who runs the James Beard Award-winning French 75 Bar and who opened Manolito—the bar—with Detrich and Konrad Kantor, Manolito's generosity of spirit made naming the bar after him a "no-brainer." As Hannah explains, "El Floridita has always been the ground zero bar for us as a group to meet-up at [during trips to Havana]. Manolito was always there with a smile, waiting for us."
Cabrera's guided trips to Cuba have been critical in honoring the spirit of Cuban cocktail culture. Many of the Cuban-themed bars opening these days aren't owned by people of Cuban heritage. The Manolito team's only link to Cuba came via their multiple trips with Cabrera. New York City's celebrated Black Tail was opened by the Irish team behind the equally lauded Dead Rabbit—Sean Muldoon (who went on one of Cabrera's trips) and Jack McGarry. Obispo, a rum bar in San Francisco slated to open in June, was named after the street where owner Thad Vogler briefly lived in Havana (which also happens to be where Floridita sits).
But something about the experience of spending time in Cuba deeply affected them all. "I really like a certain vibration that exists there," says Vogler, who owns two bars in San Francisco on top of the forthcoming one, and last year published By the Smoke & the Smell about his travels to Cuba and elsewhere in search of artisan spirits. These new bars mark a decidedly different era for Cuban-inspired cocktail bars, after the generation of stalwarts Cienfuegos in New York and La Descarga in Los Angeles.
The reverberations continue to unfold, too.
Cabrera has teamed up with chef Michelle Bernstein, her husband David Martinez, and fellow Cuban cantinero Orestes Pajón to open the Cuban bar/restaurant and cantinero school called La Trova—named after a style of music developed in Santiago, Cuba—on Calle Ocho in Miami's Little Havana. It will be a dream-come-true for Cabrera. A small café with a Cuban-style take-out window in the front of the restaurant will be called El Sacrificio in honor of Cabrera's father. "It will be my home," he says.
Inspired yet? Make the Jazz Daiquiri from Manolito in New Orleans.
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Welcome to the Champion's Arena!
n0d3::Champions is a fast paced fighting adventure that pits you against the most deadly foes that the Oculus has ever known!
Choose your warrior and prepare for mayhem as you and your foes battle to the death in with three lives, multiple unique fighting styles and an endless assortment of combos!
Compete against your friends and enemies in a fight to the death or play solo as you attempt to conquer over 60 unique characters in their home environments.
Users looking for endless carnage can enter the Arena of their choice and fight until they drop!
Users will have the ability to play solo, with friends, online or in an endless combat arena. The game currently features 16 characters and 7 different levels with 60 characters planned. Each character will have it's own unique level.


OCS offers a complete range of internal transport systems with overhead and floor conveyors for production processes and storage systems. The systems have all the necessary features such as Power & Free buffers, workstations, switches, curves, vertical conveyors and automatic loading positions.
As the OCS system for overhead conveyors are standard components built in to modules, we can quickly and easily adapt to manage the processes even after installation and commissioning.
Our internal transport systems with overhead conveyors for the modern industry are based on a friction-based technology that gives a smooth, quiet and clean motion. The solution has more features than traditional Power & Free chain conveyors and similar features as in EMS electric Monorail systems, but at a lower cost.
We offer a complete range of floor conveyors for handling payloads up to 1500kg/m. From experience, we know that a combination of different transport solutions for larger internal transport systems may sometimes be the best solution.


Powerhouse Project Manager Dan Schooff has declared Jan. 17 "Pool Truss Day," in honor of the 80 ft. pool house truss that was installed in the roof of the Powerhouse this afternoon.
"Today, we installed a 14 ton truss that turns a building that was built in 1913 with two rooms into the most beautiful pool house in the country," says Dan.
The Powerhouse repurposes the decommissioned Blackhawk Generating Station on the Rock River into a 120,000-square-foot student center in every sense of the phrase. The Powerhouse will be a first-of-its-kind facility in the country—one that interlaces student life spaces with recreational facilities, further connects campus with the community, and preserves history while looking to the future.


We had a chat with David Pigram our head chef at The Waterleaf. We thought it would be great to share some information about your chefs with you!
Originally from Essex, David trained at Colchester Institute and has worked in the best kitchens in the world from as far away as Sydney, Australia and as close as Reads in Faversham and Canterbury including Michel Roux's White Hart in Suffolk.
When coming to Reynolds it was a big decision for David to move out of London. However, The Waterleaf offers the unique ability for the Chefs to grow their own produce and eventually own their own livestock. It was therefore far too good an opportunity to pass up. In addition to this, The Reynolds Group is passionate about apprentices; providing an exciting opportunity for the Chef's to pass on their knowledge to the next generation of Chefs.
Working with David in the kitchen, is second in command Adam Barratt previous head chef in Topes, Rochester. This amazing team are extremely excited to be part of the brand new project.
The biggest challenge the Chefs faced at Reynolds, was working with ingredients they had never worked with before. Superfoods are highly beneficial to your health and it was the task of the Waterleaf Chefs to enhance their flavour, producing dishes that incorporate health benefits and a delicious experience.
The current menu took months of experimentation; the way different ingredients react, the result of different ingredient combinations, e.g. one must be very careful when mixing Maca with dairy as it stabilises. It has been a massive learning curve for the Chefs at Waterleaf and they have risen to the challenge.
Unlike most restaurants, it's not just the Chefs that influence the menu. They discuss nutrition with personal trainers and fitness staff to find out what they are eating and what they suggest to their clients, to make sure the Waterleaf incorporates the most effective and current nutrition information and ingredients into our Menus.


i walked outside this morning and saw this praying mantis in a type of wild dance. i thought at first she was stuck, so i freed her. she went right back to her dance.
This entry was posted on September 4, 2011. It was filed under photo of the day and was tagged with photo of the day, praying mantis.


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Q: Authentication required for GIT credentials in Visual studio I am pretty new here and I am trying to push some files in Git hub using Visual studio terminal, but every time I do this, I have to put my credentials. Since today I cannot type my password into the terminal and I am having a hard time with this:(.
Can anyone let me know how can I solve this?

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Eating breakfast keeps you healthy and fit throughout the day.
Do you feel that you don't get enough time to prepare breakfast? So this section contains a collection of healthy instant breakfast items which can be made easily in less than 30 minutes. Hope you like it. If you are looking for any specific recipe which you don't find here, pls do let me know. I will try to post it at the earliest.


Helmholtz Zentrum München researchers have discovered that to a certain extent, liver cells are capable of the self-digestion of cell components that have been damaged by copper. This process is called autophagy, or mitophagy when referring to damaged mitochondria. The study, which has been published in the prestigious 'Gastroenterology' journal, offers convincing evidence for the liver cells' pro-survival mechanism in Wilson disease.
Wilson disease, also called hepatolenticular degeneration, is a rare hereditary defect in the metabolism of copper. In this disease, the liver is no longer able to eliminate excess copper from the body. Instead it accumulates the metal, particularly in the liver but also in other organs such as the brain, where it can cause very severe damage. Wilson disease is triggered by a defect in the so-called Wilson gene, which codes for a transport protein (ATP7B) that moves the copper out of the liver cells and into the bile. If the gene is defective, the excess copper remains in the cells and causes damage.
This constantly rising copper overload in the cell does not immediately lead to damage, however, and sometimes years pass before cell death. This suggested the possible existence of intracellular protective mechanisms. "From our previous work, we knew that the rising copper overload particularly damages the mitochondria," explains Prof. Dr. Hans Zischka, who is together with Prof. Dr. Roman S. Polishchuk last author of the study and group leader at the Helmholtz Zentrum München's Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology (TOXI), as well as professor at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene at the Technische Universität München (TUM). "We wanted to investigate if there are mechanisms within the cells that can counteract such poisoning of the mitochondria in Wilson disease," Zischka continues.
The study was conducted in the framework of a joint research project involving the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), located near Naples. The scientists examined cell cultures from patients and rodent models of ATP7B deficient hepatocytes and studied their reaction to copper. "We observed that the cells use an extensive repertoire of tools to combat the copper toxicity," reports Hans Zischka. "They reacted to the addition of copper with an intensification of the mechanisms that support autophagy*." Particularly, the copper-overloaded mitochondria are affected by this process (in this case called mitophagy). When so-called autophagy inhibitors (such as Spautin-1) were deployed, the authors were able to show that cell death occurred more swiftly. Autophagy consequently helps liver cells to fight the copper toxicity that occurs in Wilson disease. During the course of the disease, this process of course helps only up to a certain level of copper overload.
The study's results now show that the potential for cell regeneration resulting from autophagy should be further investigated. This could also be interesting for other metabolic disorders that arise from the accumulation of metals. Agents that activate this pathway could reduce copper toxicity in patients with Wilson disease. However, there is no pharmacological approach known at this time.
* The term "autophagy" describes a process in which cells degrade/digest their own constituents. These can be individual proteins or even complete organelles.
Hans Zischka and his team have been investigating Wilson disease for years: In 2016 the scientists published a study that compared the new agent methanobactin to chelators that were in use in hospitals. The results for methanobactin, a bacterial substance, were very promising and are currently being investigated in further studies.
Substantially involved in the study were, from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Mr. Josef Lichtmannegger, Ms. Claudia Einer, and doctoral student Sabine Borchard, who is participating in the PhD training program at the Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health, or HELENA.
The work of the Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology (TOXI) focuses on elucidating the fundamental reactions of biological systems to chemical substances. The aim is to improve our understanding of the significance of such mechanisms and to gain new insights into signal networks and genetic programs responsible for the development and progression of complex diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases and cardiovascular disorders. Its findings form the basis for the development of improved strategies for identifying, quantifying and reducing health risks. In addition, the research promotes research into the prevention and early detection of environmental diseases and the development of innovative therapeutic approaches.


NEW YORK, LONDON, 17 September, 2013 – Volante Technologies Inc.,today announced that Volante Suite 4.0 has achieved Oracle Exalogic Optimized, Oracle Exadata Ready, and Oracle SuperCluster Ready status through Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Today's announcement demonstrates that Volante Suite 4.0 has been tested and tuned with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud to deliver speed, scalability and reliability to customers. Additionally, Volante Technologies supports VOLANTE SUITE 4.0 with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle SuperCluster Oracle Solaris 11, Oracle Linux, and Oracle VM 3.
The Volante product is a model-driven code generator that enables data integration and helps firms navigate and manage the diverse, complex and constantly growing mass of message formats, standards and protocols throughout the lifecycle of any financial transaction. Volante works with commercial and retail banks, corporate treasury departments, buy and sell side organisations, exchanges, custodians, clearing houses and financial industry utilities. Volante is a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork.
Volante's architecture incorporates messages and standards through the use of a wide variety of adapters to handle virtually every possible combination or permutation of message and data complexity. By extensively testing the creation, validation and transformation of 32 international and domestic message standards, the Volante product running with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud can provide near linear scalability in the most challenging Financial Services environments and can be over 4.5X faster for critical batch processing in typical deployments.This performance test proved that Volante Suite with Oracle Exalogic can be globally applicable and a proven and measurable enterprise architecture for the implementation of financial message-based data integration.
Volante's ability to transform new messages and standards without adding excessive latency demonstrated that Volante can provide a high degree of insulation from external change and protects firms from the costs and challenges of new processes. Our performance tests at the Oracle labs show good compatibility between the Volante and Oracle products and enable deployment to be over four times faster than was previously possible before the Volante products were optimized for running on Oracle.This ability to speed up deployment helps enhance the technology TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and can reduce the operational risk inherent in a firms' infrastructure's ability to adapt and evolve.
Oracle Exalogic Optimized, Oracle Exadata Ready, and Oracle SuperCluster Ready are part of the Oracle Exastack program which allows partners, such as Volante Technologies Inc., to leverage OPN enablement resources and dedicated lab environments to help develop, test and tune their applications on Oracle Exadata Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, and Oracle SuperCluster Engineered Systems.
Oracle Exadata delivers extreme performance and is the ideal database platform for OLTP applications, data warehouses as well as the varied and unpredictable workloads of cloud computing. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure and redundant.
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is hardware and software engineered together to provide extreme performance, reliability and scalability for Oracle, Java and other business applications, while offering lower TCO, reduced risk, higher user productivity and one-stop support.
Oracle SuperCluster is the world's efficient multi-purpose engineered system, delivering extreme efficiency, cost savings, and performance for consolidating mission critical applications and rapidly deploying cloud services. Oracle Solaris 11, the first cloud OS, brings the reliability, security and scalability of the #1 enterprise OS to the cloud, allowing customers to run their most demanding enterprise applications in private, hybrid, or public clouds. Oracle Linux brings the latest Linux innovations to market, delivering extreme performance, advanced scalability, and reliability for enterprise applications, and enables lower costs. Oracle VM 3, the latest release of Oracle's x86 server virtualization solution, is suitable for datacenter workloads, enabling companies to move beyond server consolidation and to focus on accelerating and simplifying application deployment and management.
By achieving Oracle Exalogic Optimized status, Oracle recognizes Volante Technologies Inc. for developing, testing and tuning Volante Suite 4.0 on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. Customers can be confident when selecting Volante Suite 4.0 that it has been tested and tuned to achieve optimal performance, scalability and reliability.
Product scalability in a constantly evolving financial climate can be a key concern for financials services institutions. By carrying out this extensive testing of the creation, validation and transformation of thirty-two international and domestic message standards we have proved that Volante on Oracle Exalogic is capable of addressing scalability and of operating in the most challenging financial services environments. We are proud to be awarded the Oracle accreditation and look forward to collaborating on future Oracle Exalogic-based projects and helping more customers achieve seamless integration whatever their business challenge. Oracle Exastack Optimized recognizes partners who have optimized their solutions on a complete, integrated and cloud-ready infrastructure in order to help them accelerate innovation, unlock new features and functionality, and deliver superior value to users," saidChris Baker, Senior Vice President, Worldwide ISV and OEM Sales, Oracle. "By achieving Oracle Exalogic Optimized status, Volante Technologies Inc. has demonstrated VOLANTE SUITE 4.0 is tested and tuned to work with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud to help deliver optimum performance, scalability, and reliability to their customers.


Earlier in December, 21-year-old Chinese prospect Yang Jian Bing tragically passed away as he was cutting weight for his fight at ONE Championship "Spirit of Champions" event. Less than two weeks later, the Singapore-based promotion has decided to completely revamp their weigh-in system to what could possibly change the face of MMA weigh-in procdeures.
Their new systems hopes to curb dehydration and all the complications related to that process, and make fighters compete at their "walking around weight".
Fighters in the promotion will have daily weight checks throughout fight week, and will be tested up to three hours prior to the event.
· 8 weeks: +6% max over.


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Penne ist eine italienische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern in der Provinz Pescara in der Region Abruzzen und ist Mitglied der Vereinigung I borghi più belli d'Italia (Die schönsten Orte Italiens).

Die Nachbargemeinden sind: Arsita (TE), Bisenti (TE), Castiglione Messer Raimondo (TE), Castilenti (TE), Civitella Casanova, Elice, Farindola, Loreto Aprutino, Montebello di Bertona und Picciano.

Geschichte
Der Name Penne leitet sich von der Stadt Pinna ab. Bereits Plinius erwähnt Pinna als Hauptstadt der Vestiner.
Für die Treue zur Zeit des Bundesgenossenkriegs (bellum sociale) wurde die Stadt zum Municipium ernannt und erhielt dadurch römisches Bürgerrecht.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die ganze Altstadt, die ihren ursprünglichen Charakter im Zentrum bewahrt hat, ist eine einzige Sehenswürdigkeit. Besonders herauszuheben sind
 der Dom auf der höchsten Stelle der Stadt
 das Diözesanmuseum nahebei; es dient zugleich als Museum für wichtige antike und mittelalterliche Exponate
 Porta San Francesco, das barocke Eingangsportal in die vormals ummauerte Stadt.

Jeden Samstag gibt es einen Wochenmarkt in Penne.

Weinbau
In der Gemeinde werden Reben der Sorte Montepulciano für den DOC - Wein Montepulciano d'Abruzzo angebaut.

Weblinks

  Die wesentlichen historischen Eckdaten der antiken und mittelalterlichen Stadt bis in die Neuzeit, abgerufen am 31. August 2018

Einzelnachweise

Ort in den Abruzzen
Weinbauort in Italien


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