Before starting taking exercises to lose weight, you should understand the 6 following mistakes thoroughly. If you continue making them, there is no way you can lose weight no matter how hard you work out.
Every time you have done working out, you will feel hungry. It's easy to understand because when your body loses an amount of energy, it immediately wants to fulfill it. Craving is a sign to tell you that.
That is why you should completely not to turn foods into a reward after exercising so hard. They will become counter-productive and you will waste all of your health as well as efforts. If you find it difficult to control your craving, try some otc appetite suppressants. There are various types supporting people who are on diet and working out.
Resting time includes time between exercises and after you have practiced for a while. To achieve your weight loss goal, you should practice constantly within at least 60 minutes. And the time to rest during that should be only 5 to 10 minutes. After a certain period, which is normally a week, you should rest for a day to reduce muscles stress and increase the quality of exercises in the next phase.
Women often make this mistake because most of them don't have as much both mental and physical strength as men. And they often have to use weight loss pills for women to compensate for the calories that they cannot lose when taking not enough exercises.
If you are one of them, remember that even when you work on a treadmill in an entire hour, there is nothing certain that you can lose weight. Although the time for practicing is important, the intensity is even more crucial. Ask for your coach's advice to have a suitable intensity for your health condition and goals.
People who want to lose weight fast often fall into this situation. Exercising can only bring your joy and comfort when you are not too pressured by losing weight. Therefore, don't squeeze the time by excessive work-out. You may get exhausted, stressful and it will obviously affect your daily activities.
High-intense exercises allow you to increase your heartbeat and burn fat even when you don't work out. A safe regimen with stable and slow-speed exercises will make your weight loss process much less efficient. You can combine gym with dance sport or aerobics in order not to get bored and increase your metabolism.
Similar to warming up your body, practicing movements for heartbeat-reduction can help your body get used to the new state and avoid shocks. Finishing your exercises with gentle movements can turn your heartbeat to normal and boost your practicing capacity to a whole new level. You can look for those movements on Google or ask your coach to find out.
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ARMOR works with UNESCO to support education in Togo
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10/01/2019 Partnerships
ARMOR and UNESCO have signed a partnership agreement setting out the scope of their collaboration to support education in Togo. This partnership aims to distribute solar kits which use the ASCA® photovoltaic film, and to equip 212 schoolchildren in Akplolo (Togo) with rechargeable mobile lamps to enable them to study in the evening.
This project has already been tested in the same town last year with six schoolchildren at a primary school. Initial feedback showed significant improvements in school performance and greater facility for children to work after school. The partnership agreement will make it possible to extend this system to 212 schoolchildren. They will receive 65 Solar Set and 240 rechargeable and portable LED lamps.
The portable lamps are thus recharged by the Solar Sets, which, once opened, become solar chargers. Finally, the lamps will allow children to study in the evening, after dark.
In order to monitor the installation of the equipment, its maintenance and follow-up of the results, ARMOR and UNESCO will be assisted by the local association of the village of Akplolo, the GRAD, represented by Mr Alphonse Tay (former Director at UNESCO, in charge of educational programmes in Akplolo)
With the ASCA® organic photovoltaic film, ARMOR is continuing its commitment to provide widespread access to energy.

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Many of the youth today are gifted with aptitudes in sports. Some excel in gymnastics, swimming, archery, while the others excel in football, golf, martial arts, track and field events, and the list goes on. Nowadays, the youths agility to fulfill their passions comes with a bonus—athletic scholarship. Athletic scholarships are specially designed for the students who excel in sports provided they will be able to acquire a good grade which is appropriate to the required scores of the organization who funded the scholarship. And of course, the talent that goes with the discipline a devoted sports person desires. If you are one of these sports person who want to acquire the said scholarship, your initial step is to look for the college institutions or universities which present the academic program that suits to your interests.
However, you still have to note that educating yourself even thoughplaying sports. As you join a division, you must carefully weigh the pros and cons of attending either in smaller colleges or large institutions. You may find yourself standing out though in a smaller college. You may also join in large institutions, but chances are you might find yourself just as an alternative to a lot of other athletes. You must be aware that the sports played during college are not like playing in your school or in your local community.
Before engaging here, you can consult first your trainer/coach if you're "good enough" to qualify for college sports already. The level of play is very much different and so much competition has sent what was dubbed as great players in their community to mediocrity in this level. There are two ways in presenting the athletic scholarship. First is through official applications. And the following is the scout's recommendations who represents the colleges and who travels to assess players in various sports, looking for the players that possess star qualities. If you aim to succeed, aim to excel in your sophomore year. Maintain high grades to meet the academic requirements. It is also advisable that you compile your accomplishments for being an athlete. Consult to your coach whether which sports you will be best fitted according to your abilities. Also, be keen in selecting the school which offers an immense balance between sports and academics.
Talk to a career guidance counselor; this may help you in choosing the subjects you can study so you can qualify not just in sports alone. Establish contacts among the coaches of the college where you are applying, in addition, and let them know that yoo are dedicated and eager to know more about their curriculum. Most of all, show your best advantages like showcasing both academic and athletic accomplisments. Then cite that you are looking for a scholarship. It will also be an advantage if you would initiate in submitting the applications to the college where the coach you wanted to contact works, this will emphasize your enthusiasm on the program. With all the colleges and universities that offer athletic scholarships for great athletes, your college education will never be too straining to your parent's purse anymore. Instead, they will feel glorified of having a kid who can excel not just in sports alone, but also in academics. Now, as you go on to your application, remember that handling the application sensibly matched with discipline are the best recipes to ensure full scholarship in college. .


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Edward Meister Jr. was one of those rare individuals who succeeded in putting back into the game of golf as much as he took out of it.
He qualified and competed in twenty-five United States Golf Amateur Championships, attesting to the quality of his playing ability over many years. Ed won four Cleveland District Championships from 1935 to 1947. He was a highly recognized international golfer, and was chosen to be on the US Walker Cup Team. Ed was captain of the Yale golf team in 1939 and 1940.
He qualified for at least fifteen US Open Championships and was invited three times to pay in the Masters.
Ed Meister started his golf at Canterbury Country Club where his father was a charter member. He not only won the championship at Canterbury, but after joining Kirtland Country Club after World War II, proceeded to win that championship seventeen times.
He also worked strongly for the traditions of the game He was for a great caddy program and against slow play. He was chairman of the Greens Committee at Kirtland for eighteen years. As he evolved into an expert on turf management, he was elected to the executive committee of the USGA, where he served as chairman of the Green Committee.
Ed believed in making your course available for golf competitions, and brought the amateur and open qualifiers to Kirtland. He liked to se up the course at its most difficult, and today there is a tournament in his honor called the Meister Blue Tee Tournament.
There is a special tribute to Ed Meister Jr. in the men's locker room at Kirtland, recognizing his tireless efforts in making that club adhere to the highest standards of excellence.
In 1979, Ed died after a two-year siege with lung cancer.
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Director of Photography Byron Shah did a test shoot with three of the hottest interchangeable lens cameras: Canon's 5D Mark II, the RED One, and Panasonic's GH1. He helpfully labels each shot with not only what lens was used but also the exposure settings.
Came here looking for some notes on Little Miss Sunshine..writing a screenplay inspired by that movie..and I got a different view point.


Family owned grocery store in Nashua with a high volume deli is seeking an experienced deli manager.
This is a working management position. Manager works a 40 hour (critical hours) week and is supported by full time and part time deli assistants.
The deli manager will run the day to day operations of the deli department and will be responsible for personnel management, inventory management, sanitation management, and lead the team in providing a very high level of responsive customer service.
College degree preferred but not mandatory. Three years of relative work experience a must.
Salary based on experience and proven success.


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Bringing a life into this world is a literal and symbolic beginning. It's nearly impossible not to be joyful when you interact with a newborn. However, that enthusiasm may initially be mitigated if the child is born with a birth defect. And they are more common than you think, with 1 out of every 33 live births in the U.S. (which translates to about 120,000 babies) resulting in a birth defect. Alarmingly, many of those defects are the leading cause of death in infants during the first year of life, which makes parents wonder how to prevent this from happening.
While not all birth defects have known causes or are caused by a medical professional's negligence, Attorney Chris J. Roy, Jr. knows what to look for and how to craft an effective case to secure maximum compensation. A trusted advocate, Chris fights to protect the rights of the littlest patients and their families. By choosing the Chris J. Roy, Jr. Law Firm, you will benefit from nearly three decades of experience and skilled representation. He handles claims from anywhere in Louisiana with a concentration in Alexandria, Pineville, Rapides Parish, and Grant Parish. For a free consultation to find out your options, contact LA birth defects lawyer Chris J. Roy, Jr. by calling 1-318-487-9537 or filling out a case evaluation form.
Birth defects can occur at any time throughout the pregnancy, but most commonly they occur during the first trimester. This is the time when the baby's organs are formed. Defects can be structural (having to do with a part of the body) and functional (having to do with social and/or mental function). Thousands of different kinds have been identified. Common structural abnormalities include cleft lip, abnormal heart valves, club foot, and spina bifida. Common functional defects include autism, Down syndrome, blindness, deafness, hypothyroidism, and muscular dystrophy.
The mother's diabetes or obesity.
Genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors often play a role, but about 70 percent of birth defects do not have a known cause. Some of those external factors could be medical negligence and malpractice during prenatal care. Legally speaking, a birth defect is different from a birth injury. A birth defect forms while the infant is still in the womb. In contrast, a birth injury occurs while the mother is in labor or during the delivery process. Both types typically result in infants with serious health problems who require specialized, life-long medical care.
When a child has a birth defect that may have been caused by an avoidable exposure, possible answers may cause parents to consider litigation. Additionally, parents who are not properly warned of possible birth defects may have a legal claim for wrongful birth if they feel they would have opted to end or avoid pregnancy if they had been informed.
Central Louisiana birth defect lawyer Chris J. Roy Jr., founder of the Chris J. Roy, Jr. Law Firm, understands how difficult it can be for families to deal with the trauma of medically induced birth defects. He seeks to ease the financial, mental, and physical burden that the litigation process can add by consistently communicating with you, as well as handling the complicated details so you can focus on what's important. While the firm is large enough to supply the necessary resources to handle any type of personal injury, it is also small enough to provide the individual attention that your case deserves. Chris J. Roy, Jr. will carefully examine all possible avenues for compensation to make sure you get the best recovery possible. An experienced litigator, he takes pride in helping victims of medical negligence throughout Louisiana. For help with your legal claim, contact the firm today for a free initial consultation by calling 1-318-487-9537 or filling out our online form.


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Spain election: Socialists win, far-right Vox surges to third place
Result set to deepen years of political turmoil with Sanchez unable to form government
Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right Vox Party, gestures to supporters outside the party headquarters after the announcement of the general election first results, in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Image Credit: AP
Madrid: Spain's Socialist premier Pedro Sanchez emerged as winner but weakened from Sunday's repeat election that propelled the far-right Vox into third place in a result set to deepen years of political turmoil.
The ballot, the fourth in as many years, failed to draw a line under months of parliamentary deadlock following an inconclusive April poll which Sanchez won but left him unable to form a government.
The Socialist leader, who had called the vote to strengthen his hand, ended up losing three seats in a poll that weakened his potential allies and strengthened the right.
The campaign has been overshadowed by the Catalan separatist crisis that has played squarely into the hands of the far right which over the past year has made significant inroads into Spain's political arena.
Announced some four hours after polling stations closed, the final results showed the Socialists taking 120 of the parliament's 350 seats (28 percent of the votes) while Vox secured 52 (15 percent) - more than double its mandates in the outgoing assembly.
Vox only made its parliamentary debut in April when it won 24 mandates in the biggest showing by the far-right since Spain returned to democracy after dictator Francisco Franco's death in 1975.
In second place was the rightwing Popular Party, which took 88 mandates (nearly 21 percent), up from 66 in the previous poll.
Sunday's vote will only prolong the chronic political turmoil in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, Teneo analyst Antonio Barroso told AFP.
"The results will make forming a government more difficult due to the parliament's deep fragmentation and the rise of Vox," he said, warning that the divisions "were so problematic" that it was impossible to rule out yet another election.
In recent days, Sanchez had repeatedly raised the alarm about Vox's "aggressive ultra-rightwing" policies, warning the party would drag the country back to the dark days of Franco's dictatorship.
But his warnings appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.
Turnout dropped two percent points compared with April's figure, standing at 69.87 percent.
Europe extremists hail Vox victory
Vox's surge drew praise from fellow extremist leaders in Europe, with Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini lauding its "great advance" while Marine Le Pen of France's National Rally described its electoral success as "spectacular".
But in Spain, the reaction was one of shock, with the outcome swiftly denounced by Pablo Iglesias, leader of the radical leftwing Podemos who spent months locked in talks with Sanchez's Socialists that failed to end the deadlock.
"These elections have allowed the right to grow stronger and now we have an extreme right which is among the most powerful and strong in Europe," said Iglesias whose party also suffered a slide, dropping to 35 seats from 42 in April.
Catalan clashes
The campaign took place on the heels of fresh unrest in Catalonia after Spain's top court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy jail terms over their role in a failed 2017 independence bid.
The October 14 ruling triggered days of mass protests which by night descended into chaos, with demonstrators torching barricades and hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails at police who hit back with water cannon, tear gas and foam bullets.
As the crisis gathered pace, Sanchez came under fire from the right, particularly from Vox leader Santiago Abascal who demanded Madrid suspend Catalan autonomy and arrest regional president Quim Torra.
But as the party's profile has risen, it has faced growing criticism, with 3,000 academics and researchers denouncing it for a "calculated, systemic and recurrent" use of "falsified and manipulated data" to advance an ideological agenda of extreme nationalism.
Spain has been mired in political paralysis for four years since Podemos and business-friendly Ciudadanos entered parliament following a December 2015 election that shattered the decades-long hegemony of the Socialists and the PP.
With no single party able to secure the required 176 seats for a majority, the Socialists are likely to opt for a minority government.
But Oriol Bartomeus of Barcelona's Autonomous University said the next few weeks would prove tricky.
"It won't be easy to break the blockage but right now, nobody wants to even consider the possibility of repeating the elections for a third time," he told AFP.
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Small mammals have undergone rapid declines in recent decades in the tropical savannas of northern Australia. Inappropriate fire regimes – namely, high frequencies of large, intense fires – have been strongly implicated as a potential driver of these declines. Implementing early dry season prescribed burning to reduce the extent of late dry season wildfires is a management paradigm being rolled out across vast areas of northern Australia. It is widely assumed that this style of management benefits a wide spectrum of biodiversity, but this assumption has yet to be rigorously evaluated, especially in relation to the wide range of small mammals which are declining in the tropical savannas.
The PhD project will investigate the response of small mammals to the spatial and temporal patterns of fire (e.g. seasonality, frequency, patchiness) in northern Australia and will explore the broad-scale patterns in 'mammal-relevant' fire regime attributes resulting from fire management programs across northern Australia. The applied focus will be on how we can optimise outcomes of prescribed fire programs for declining native mammals.
To address these questions, we will select from a suite of well-established and novel methods, including including conventional mammal surveys, GPS- and radio-tracking and genetic analysis to determine rates of mammal survival following fire. Using populations models, we will integrate this information on the fire ecology of small mammals with detailed satellite- and ground-based observations of fire attributes (e.g. patchiness, severity) to understand the likely long-term effects of early dry season prescribed burning on small mammals. The project outcomes will help to identify land management strategies with diverse environmental benefits.
The student will need to be have a good undergraduate academic record. They must be able to work independently, showing a high level of initiative. They will need to have field experience, and have trapped and handled small mammals. They must have the capacity to plan and implement a logistically complex field programme in remote and physically challenging environments.
The project is fully funded and will involve close collaboration between Charles Darwin University and various stakeholders. The student would need to successfully apply for Research Training Program scholarship ($27,596 per annum) from Charles Darwin University (see www.cdu.edu.au/research/ori/scholarships), and the project will provide a 'top up' of $7,000 per annum for three years. The student would be based at CDU's Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL; http://riel.cdu.edu.au/), and be supervised by Prof. Sam Banks (www.sambanks.weebly.com) and Dr Brett Murphy (www.tropicalsavannaecology.org/brettpmurphy).


This feels like it was made a decade too late. Billed as a "coming of age" drama, the plot can be all-too-neatly summarised in one sentence: Sonja is a girl who realises she's in love with her best friend. If you think you've seen that film before, you'd be right, and in many better ways.
The term "navel gazing" was invented to describe characters like Jenny on The L Word, and films like this. For those not in the know, it means overt and often pointless, painful self-reflection. It is the height of oblivious self-indulgence.
In an opaque film that is as emotionally frozen as the tundra on which it is set, kd lang turned in a perfectly serviceable performance, made all the more impressive by the fact that the motivations for her character were extremely difficult to understand.


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Reverend James Beaven1
M, #304211, b. 9 July 1801, d. 8 November 1875
Reverend James Beaven was born on 9 July 1801 at Westbury, Wiltshire, EnglandG.1 He married Elizabeth Speed Frowd in 1826.1 He died on 8 November 1875 at age 74 at Niagara, Ontario, CanadaG.1
He had three other sons and three daughters.1
Child of Reverend James Beaven and Elizabeth Speed Frowd
Hon. Robert Beaven+1 b. 20 Jan 1836, d. 18 Sep 1920
[S325] Ramsay Cook, editor, Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press), volume XIV, 1911-20. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
Elizabeth Speed Frowd1
F, #304212, b. circa 1795, d. 14 September 1871
Elizabeth Speed Frowd was born circa 1795.1 She married Reverend James Beaven in 1826.1 She died on 14 September 1871 at Toronto, Ontario, CanadaG.1
From 1826, her married name became Beaven.1
Child of Elizabeth Speed Frowd and Reverend James Beaven
Arthur Hill McBride1
Arthur Hill McBride was born at IrelandG.1 He married Mary D'Arcy.1
Child of Arthur Hill McBride and Mary D'Arcy
Hon. Sir Richard McBride+1 b. 15 Dec 1870, d. 16 Aug 1917
Mary D'Arcy1
Mary D'Arcy was born at IrelandG.1 She married Arthur Hill McBride.1
Her married name became McBride.1
Child of Mary D'Arcy and Arthur Hill McBride
Christine Margaret McGillivray1
Christine Margaret McGillivray married Hon. Sir Richard McBride, son of Arthur Hill McBride and Mary D'Arcy.1
Child of Christine Margaret McGillivray and Hon. Sir Richard McBride
Catherine Anna McBride+1
Robert Dunsmuir1
M, #304216, b. 31 August 1825, d. 12 April 1889
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Robert Dunsmuir was born on 31 August 1825.2 He married Joan Olive White, daughter of Alexander White and Agnes Crooks, on 11 September 1847.1,2 He died on 12 April 1889 at age 63.2
He and Joan Olive White emigrated along with their children to Fort Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A., arriving on 8 July 1851 on board the Pekin.2 He lived at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.3
Children of Robert Dunsmuir and Joan Olive White
Elizabeth Hamilton Dunsmuir2 b. 19 Sep 1847, d. 1901
Agnes Crooks Dunsmuir2 b. 1849, d. 1889
Hon. James Dunsmuir+1 b. 8 Jul 1851, d. 6 Jun 1920
Alexander Dunsmuir2 b. 1853, d. 1900
Marion Dunsmuir2 b. 1855, d. 1892
Mary Jean Dunsmuir2 b. 1862, d. 1928
Emily Ellen Dunsmuir2 b. Jan 1865, d. 1944
Jessie Sophia Dunsmuir+4 b. 1866, d. 16 Feb 1946
Annie Euphemia Dunsmuir2 b. 1868, d. 1952
Henrietta Maude Dunsmuir+2 b. 1872, d. 1950
[S4567] Bill Norton, "re: Pitman Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 6 April 2010 and 19 April 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Pitman Family."
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Joan Olive White1
Joan Olive White was born circa 1828.2 She was the daughter of Alexander White and Agnes Crooks.2 She married Robert Dunsmuir on 11 September 1847.1,2
From 11 September 1847, her married name became Dunsmuir.2 She and Robert Dunsmuir emigrated along with their children to Fort Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A., arriving on 8 July 1851 on board the Pekin.2
Children of Joan Olive White and Robert Dunsmuir
Laura Miller Surles1
F, #304218, b. 13 February 1858, d. August 1937
Laura Miller Surles was born on 13 February 1858 at Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.A.2 She married Hon. James Dunsmuir, son of Robert Dunsmuir and Joan Olive White, on 5 July 1876 at Old Sardis Church, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, U.S.A.G.1 She died in August 1937 at age 79 at Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada.2
From 5 July 1876, her married name became Dunsmuir.1
Children of Laura Miller Surles and Hon. James Dunsmuir
Sarah Dunsmuir2 d. 1925
Emily Dunsmuir2 d. 1938
Joan Dunsmuir2 d. 1884
Elizabeth Maud Dunsmuir+1 b. 15 Apr 1882, d. 27 Dec 1962
Laura Mary Dunsmuir+1 b. 3 Jul 1884, d. 19 Sep 1959
Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir1 b. 30 Jul 1890, d. 23 Oct 1959
Kathleen E. Dunsmuir2 b. 22 Dec 1891, d. 1941
James Dunsmuir2 b. 28 Jan 1894, d. 7 May 1915
Dola Frances Dunsmuir1 b. 25 Sep 1903, d. 9 Dec 1966
[S1401] Christopher Quaile, "re: Lord Bowen," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy. Hereinafter cited as "re: Lord Bowen."
Evelyn Mary Paynter1
F, #304219, b. after 1878, d. 24 July 1950
Evelyn Mary Paynter was born after 1878.1 She was the daughter of Reverend Samuel Paynter.1 She married Malcolm George Archibald, son of Sir William Frederick Alphonse Archibald and Florence Wallroth, on 28 January 1904.1 She died on 24 July 1950 at England.1
From 28 January 1904, her married name became Archibald.1
Children of Evelyn Mary Paynter and Malcolm George Archibald
William Montague Archibald+1 b. 24 Nov 1904
Evelyn Florence Archibald+1 b. 10 Aug 1907
Reginald Francis Archibald+1 b. 20 Feb 1910
[S3261] Alan Dorward, "re: Archibald Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 26 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Archibald Family."
Sir William Frederick Alphonse Archibald1
M, #304220, b. 17 May 1846, d. 31 March 1922
Sir William Frederick Alphonse Archibald was born on 17 May 1846 at England.1 He was the son of Sir Thomas Dickson Archibald and Sarah Smith.1 He married Florence Wallroth, daughter of Charles William Herman Wallroth, on 9 January 1873.1 He died on 31 March 1922 at age 75 at England.1
Children of Sir William Frederick Alphonse Archibald and Florence Wallroth
Cecile Florence Archibald1 b. 18 Jan 1875
Roderic Thomas Archibald1 b. 8 Oct 1876
Malcolm George Archibald+1 b. 25 Nov 1878, d. 16 Dec 1921
Ethel Frances Archibald1 b. 20 Dec 1878, d. 10 Aug 1961
Cuthbert Norman Archibald1 b. 21 Feb 1882
Hubert Karl Archibald+1 b. 11 Jan 1883
Ruth Mary Archibald1 b. 2 Jan 1889


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Wharton DC
5th Annual Wharton DC Innovation Summit
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: YOUR PATH TO THE FUTURE
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 - North Bethesda, Maryland
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Hosted by Wharton Club of DC in conjunction with its outstanding Sponsors and Strategic Partners, the 2019 Wharton DC Innovation Summit is a full-day conference, open to the public. The Summit will focus on disruptive technologies, offering solutions and ideas from top thought leaders about how to leverage them as a path to the future.
Join us as we learn from our keynote speakers, Seth Goldman, Co-Founder and TeaEO Emeritus of Honest Tea and Executive Chair of Beyond Meat, and David Morey, Chairman & CEO, DMG Global (author, Creating Business Magic), and our Midday Panel of experts. Attendees will also gain insights from our 12 breakout sessions in three tracks: Disruptive Technologies, Funding, and The Future of: Food, Healthcare, Work & Cities, plus workshops.
WHAT IS DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY? A disruptive technology is one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry.
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Whether you are a venture capitalist, a seasoned or aspiring entrepreneur or are intellectually intrigued by innovation, this is a must-attend event. The Summit allows you to meet investors, innovators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academic leaders and others. Their common goal is to empower private and public innovators to spur business, economic and job growth in the U.S. and abroad. Prior Summits cumulatively had over 1,400 attendees representing 350+ companies and organizations (from startups to Fortune 500 companies) and featured 250+ speakers in over 125 sessions.
What is The Wharton Club of DC?
With a core base of Wharton School alumni as members, the Wharton School Club of DC is a business-focused membership organization that provides opportunities for networking and lifelong learning to entrepreneurs and business leaders as well as professionals from elite/top universities and business schools. Our Club is an active, engaged organization that values innovation, the sharing of ideas and entrepreneurship. Since 1968, we have focused on engaging with the region, the nation and the world to encourage our members and others in the DMV business, entrepreneurial and professional communities to continue learning and growing with our numerous programs and activities.
Our keynote speakers are thought leaders who have achieved great success in their business activities and will share the innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership lessons they learned.
Seth GoldmanCo-Founder, Honest Tea; Executive Chairman, Beyond Meat
Keynote: The Future of Food
Seth Goldman, Founder and TeaEO Emeritus Honest Tea and now Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, will inspire attendees with lessons he has learned on the path to success fueled in significant part by innovation, but overcoming huge obstacles. He will discuss many facets of "The Future of Food," from creative and more sustainable ways to grow, produce, distribute, and encourage the use of more healthful food products - and better ways to use water & other vital resources.
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David MoreyChairman & CEO, DMG Global
Keynote: Creating Business Magic
David Morey will discuss and demonstrate (through his performance of magic) his theme from his latest book "Creating Business Magic: How the Power of Magic Can Inspire, Innovate, and Revolutionize Your Business".
Midday Featured Panel Speakers
These speakers are top innovators and leaders who will share with us how to explore and exploit trends, seize opportunities, and overcome challenges in the U.S. and abroad. They will do this in the context of Disruptive and Emerging Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain, & IoT (Internet of Things) that are fueling growth.
Hon. James P. Moore, Jr.Founder & CEO, Washington Institute for Business, Government, and Society
Midday Featured Panel
James P. Moore, Jr. is the founder and CEO of the newly launched Washington Institute for Business, Government, and Society. Based in Washington, D.C., the Institute is dedicated to addressing challenging issues facing the intersection of business, government, and society, particularly in the area of high technology and innovation. Furthermore, it is committed to the education of future leaders through scholarships and other opportunities, underscoring its trademarked slogan 'Shaping the world together".
Prior to launching the Institute, he served as Managing Director of the Business and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business and taught courses in international trade, ethics, management and leadership. He received the school's highest award for distinguished teaching and was also inducted into its honor society.
Susan PenfieldChief Innovation Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Susan Penfield is Booz Allen's Chief Innovation Officer, Strategic Innovation Group Lead, and a member of the Firm's 11-person Leadership Team. She drives the firm's innovation agenda to build and scale functional differentiation and develop and monetize breakthrough solutions in the areas of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, advanced cyber, and augmented and virtual reality.
Susan came to Booz Allen 24 years ago and has transformed numerous business units across her tenure. She led the firm's billion-dollar digital business spanning the defense, national security and civilian sectors. Susan then took on the leadership of the health business, advancing it to become the firm's largest and fastest growing account and providing transformational consulting and technology to public and private sector healthcare clients.
Susan is a dedicated philanthropist and serves on the board of several not-for-profits including the globally recognized social good incubator, SEED SPOT, and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is a passionate advocate for the recruitment, retention, and the advancement of women, and speaks routinely on STEM-related topics.
Susan was recognized as one of the top 25 executives to watch in 2019 by WashingtonExec magazine for her pioneering work driving technology innovation in government.
Gary ShapiroPresident & CEO, Consumer Technology Association
Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies and which owns and produces CES® – The Global Stage for Innovation.
Shapiro directs a staff of about 200 employees and thousands of industry volunteers, leading his organization's promotion of innovation as a national policy to spur the economy, create jobs and cut the deficit. CTA advocates for a lower deficit, skilled immigration, free trade and policies that support innovative new business models. CTA does not seek government funding for industry.
Shapiro is a New York Times bestselling author, whose books include "Ninja Future: Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation" (HarperCollins, 2019), "Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses" (HarperCollins, 2013) and "The Comeback: How Innovation will Restore the American Dream" (Beaufort, 2011). Through these books and television appearances, and as a columnist whose more than 1,000 opinion pieces have appeared in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post, Shapiro has helped direct policymakers and business leaders on the importance of innovation in the U.S. economy. He is considered an "influencer" on LinkedIn and has more than 300,000 followers.
S. Tien WongChairman & CEO, Opus8, Inc.
Midday Featured Panel &
Session Panelist: PitchMasters
Mr. S. Tien Wong is a technology entrepreneur, CEO, and angel investor. He is Chairman & CEO of Opus8, Inc., a private investment and strategic advisory firm specializing in raising capital for private equity and venture capital fund managers, as well as and promising tech companies. He is also Chairman of Tech 2000, Inc., an ed tech company which provides advanced tech training, learning analytics, and software development to Fortune 500 customers. Mr. Wong is also Chairman of Lore Systems, Inc., an IT services company which provides managed hosting, IT support, "virtual CIO," and cloud computing solutions for commercial, nonprofit, and government clients.
He is Founder and Host of the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forum, a community of over 7000 founders, CEOs, angels, VCs, CXOs and other business leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region. The community hosts quarterly 1/2-day Forums with upwards of 550 attendees, featuring VIP guests, speakers, exciting presenting companies, and the best CXO to CXO networking in the region.
In 1991, Mr. Wong co-founded and served as Chairman & CEO of CyberRep, Inc. until its acquisition in 2003 by Affiliated Computer Services, a "Fortune 500" company. CyberRep was one of the world's largest privately held CRM outsourcing companies, operating 9 customer interaction centers throughout the USA with over 2,300 employees and $80 million in revenue. Today, the CyberRep/ACS business unit is a $2 billion division of Conduent (NYSE: CNDT), a spinoff of Xerox. CyberRep garnered prestigious awards including Customer Inter@ction Solutions magazine's MVP Quality Award and Customer Interface magazine's ACCE (Award for Call Center Excellence), as well as INC. magazine's 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000's "Inc. 500" recognition as the 51st, 53rd, 72nd and 408th fastest growing private company in the USA, respectively. CyberRep was profitable for 11 straight years and was backed by Allied Capital, a $5 billion investment company.
A recognized international expert in CRM, direct marketing, and BPO, Mr. Wong has presented at dozens of conferences around the world. He has also provided industry commentary on the ABC, Fox, NBC, CNBC, Maryland Public Television, and China's CCTV networks, as well as for publications such as Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Inc. Magazine, and Success Magazine.
Mr. Wong received the 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Greater Washington and the 2003 Ernst & Young Performance Excellence Award. He was inducted into the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. He is a 2012 and 2013 Washington Business Journal "Power 100" selection as one of the region's most influential leaders, a three-time SmartCEO Magazine selection as a "Smart100" CEO ('09, '10 and '11), a 2013 InTheCapital "Fifty on Fire" awardee, community service honoree as a member of Greater DC Cares 2009 "Class of Change" and The Gazette of Politics and Business selection in 2010 as one of "25 CEOs You Need to Know." He is a member of YPO and is a frequent guest lecturer on entrepreneurship, leadership, venture capital, and private equity at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence.
Mr. Wong was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the 9-person Maryland Venture Fund Authority which oversees $84 million in venture capital allocations; he serves on the Boards of Directors of the Montgomery County (MD) Economic Development Corp., Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Potomac Officer's Club, and FounderCorps. He serves on the Investment Advisory Boards of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund, and the Digital DC Tech Fund, and is a Mentor at the Mach37 Cybersecurity Accelerator and Conscious Venture Labs. In the past, he has served as Treasurer and National Board Member of the American Teleservices Association; Chairman of the Executive Leadership Committee for the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE); Trustee of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and on the Boards of the Maryland Tech Council, Association for Corporate Growth, Monte Jade Science and Technology Association, TradeUp Capital Fund, and Startup Maryland. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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using NUnit.Framework;
using StructureMap.Building;

namespace StructureMap.Testing
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class BidirectionalDependencies
    {
        #region Setup/Teardown

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        {
            container = new Container(x =>
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                x.For<IBiPresenter>().Use<BiPresenter>();

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                x.For<IBiLeaf>().Use<BiLeaf>();
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        #endregion

        private Container container;

        [Test]
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        {
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                Exception<StructureMapBuildException>.ShouldBeThrownBy(() => { container.GetInstance<IBiPresenter>(); });

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        {
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Like I have each fall for about a decade, today I sat in the office surrounded by friends and fellow tech geeks, watching another beautifully executed Apple event evolve to its logical conclusion. Just like every year, I wondered how they continue to make so many amazing products. Once again, I want them all (well, maybe not that Rose-colored Apple Watch Sport).
Looking at the audience, I realized that at some point and to a greater or lesser degree I've been everyone in that room.
I've been an unabashed fan of Apple products specifically and technology in general—stunned and delighted at how their devices get better and smaller without fail, every year. I've been a writer and podcaster, looking at how those devices can improve lives, save time, and build cool things. I've been a creator, part of a team making a product that I desperately hope its users love as much as I do. I've been a presenter, pitching a customer on how my team's product will solve their problems, save them time, and make their jobs easier.
Another year, and another set of beautiful images sliding by on the wall of a very large room. Another year of me sitting and watching as images of those images and the people watching them slide by on a much smaller screen, in our much smaller room here at high90 HQ.
At one point during today's event I realized that I'd forgotten about one group. It's a group I've never been a part of. As soon as I noticed that group, I knew it was the group I really wanted to belong to all these years.
I want to be one of the happy people on the wall.
I want to go about my life and not care one bit more about what piece of technology I'm using to capture the moment than I care about what kind of shoes I wear. I want to just take a video of my kid, laugh with him, then throw my device back in my pocket and forget about it. I don't want to think about that video until we decide to laugh at it again ten years later. I want to be too busy to remember to charge my devices at night. I want to not even realize that they're completely out of juice until well into the next day because I was too busy just… living.
Instead I'm sitting here tied to a chair, in a cave, watching shadows on a wall. It's a beautiful cave. I decorated it. I picked the chair. I tied the ropes.
I want untie those ropes, stand up, turn around, and walk out of the cave. I know the shadows on the wall aren't real, but maybe they represent something that is.
I want to see what's making those shadows and maybe start making some myself.
If anyone's looking for me I'll be outside.


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Mid-Season Report: Where Does Daniel Ricciardo Stand Now?
Written by Tiannah Pedler, Edited by Simran Kanthi
Credit: Jakub Porzycki
Heading into the summer break, there was already a lot of discussion regarding Daniel Ricciardo's performance in the 2022 season. Then came the Oscar Piastri saga, during which Ricciardo's future became less and less clear. As it stands, fans are unsure where the Australian will end up. Will he retain his McLaren seat for 2023, move elsewhere, or is his career in Formula One over?
A lot is going on behind the scenes. Ricciardo has previously claimed to have difficulty with his McLaren MCL36, and there have been suggestions that his car is not as driveable as that of teammate Lando Norris.
While it's impossible to know what takes place behind the doors of the McLaren garage, there are plenty of stats that offer a hint of an insight into Ricciardo's uphill battle this season.
When Daniel Ricciardo moved to McLaren in 2021, the delta between himself and Norris in qualifying sessions was +0.277 seconds, on average. Midway through the 2022 season, that gap has widened to +0.483 seconds, almost doubling.
Several strategy mistakes and miscommunications during qualifiers appear to have occurred this year. From a lack of response from his race engineers in Imola that prevented him from pushing early to a delayed start in the Miami Q2 session due to engine trouble, Ricciardo seems to have had no luck when it comes to qualifying.
More recently, Ricciardo picked up the pace in Hungary and ended just +0.122 seconds behind Norris in the Q1 session. However, he lamented that he "picked up a bit more understeer" in Q3, landing him in P9 while his teammate was swept up to P4.
Even when Ricciardo is in form, he still finishes a few tenths behind Norris. However, plenty of strategy errors and bad luck incidents pull down his average, painting a worse picture of his speed than is necessarily accurate.
Of course, qualifying is not the be-all and end-all, so what happens during the race?
Contrary to his qualifying results, Ricciardo has shortened the delta with Norris in points. After 11 races in 2021, Ricciardo was 63 points behind his teammate; this year, that gap is 57.
Once again, there has been much talk about a problem with Ricciardo's car. After a poor finish outside the points in Spain, McLaren Team Principal Andreas Seidl explained that it was "simply not possible for Daniel to do a better pace" due to a fault with his car.
On several occasions, Ricciardo has outperformed his younger teammate, including in Baku. Team orders were given on lap five for Ricciardo to hold position behind Norris, despite the Australian arguing that he had the faster pace. However, by lap 20, Norris was forced to box with rear tyre wear, leaving Ricciardo to pull out in front. The number three driver eventually finished in P8, with Norris just behind in P9.
Despite McLaren's team orders, the race pace data shows that Ricciardo was consistently faster than his teammate. The question remains: had Ricciardo not been slowed for the first 20 laps, could he have bested Fernando Alonso and finished higher?
Several times following Baku, Ricciardo had complaints about his car. From overheating brakes in Montreal to broken DRS in Silverstone, his streak of bad luck kept on extending.
Ricciardo's most recent race so far, in Hungary, saw him finishing outside the points again in P15.
Is It the MCL36, or Is It Ricciardo?
Since early in the season, Ricciardo has complained about McLaren's 2022 challenger. Shortly after the Bahrain Grand Prix, Ricciardo said of the car, "I think we have a few more weaknesses than strengths."
The Bahrain GP was a disaster for most Mercedes-powered teams, with McLaren, Aston Martin, and Williams all landing outside the points. Only Mercedes themselves managed to score highly.
Entering the summer break, Ricciardo continued to lament a lack of connection with his vehicle. He noted that Norris has also complained about the car but said that he thought his teammate is more used to McLaren's style.
Norris himself has contrarily insisted that the MCL36 is "very unsuited" to his driving style, declaring, "I don't think you can probably in any way say the car is made around me."
It seems neither McLaren driver has meshed particularly well with the car, although the stats suggest Norris has had a better consistent hold on it. This is perhaps not surprising since Norris has been in a McLaren since his debut in Formula One, whereas Ricciardo has bounced between three entirely different car concepts within four years.
It's impossible to say whether one driver's car is better than the other's, but it does not seem like a huge reach to say that the McLaren MCL36 isn't the Woking outfit's best-produced challenger.
Where Does Ricciardo Stand Now?
Undeniably, Ricciardo's performance seems dismal compared to his feats at Red Bull just a few years ago. However, there are many factors contributing to the 33-year-old's apparent struggle.
A combination of bad luck, questionable strategy calls, and a difficult car are all holding the Australian back. Unfortunately, bad luck doesn't guarantee him another chance.
The rumour mill is working overtime, and popular opinion is that fellow Aussie Oscar Piastri will take Ricciardo's McLaren seat in 2023. For now, it's unclear where Ricciardo will end up in future seasons and whether he will get another shot to prove himself.


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The biggest show in the world for tanners
The Ron Sauer blog
Published: 04 March, 2015
Ron Sauer
Lineapelle took place in Milan last week and was a great fair, superbly organised. With three enormous halls dedicated to tanneries and the raw materials trade it is now surely the biggest exhibition in the world for the tanning sector.
Stands, services, bars restaurants and everything around it could hardly be improved. The place is huge and easily accessible (except for people with limited mobility like me who have a mile to walk from subway to get to the first hall). There were other halls for machinery, components, synthetics, chemicals, etc but it is hard to believe the three days were enough for somebody to pass by them all. This fair is an absolute must for everybody in the trade.
As usual we saw the classic pattern of fewer people the first and last day and all counting on the second day, the one in the middle. But I write fewer not few because the first day was not that bad either. Some people say there were not many visitors in general but I doubt that to be honest. The place is huge, spread over a large area, many stands were big and the corridors were wide. I would say the crowd looked more diluted because of this but it was definitely there. Even though the show was busy the atmosphere in the halls remained calm and relaxed which is a positive factor.
We should also not forget that this was the spring/summer season event and the autumn edition has always been traditionally much busier.
I will not try and say how much business was done. There are always some people able to do so but not me. I am very curious to know how they find out.
Across the different leather sectors the automotive market remains the most healthy. Its long-term contracts and margin possibilities continue to make it an attractive option for tanners. New entrants are trying to work their way into this sector. The leather goods leather tanners are doing OK though less than previously. The footwear and furniture sectors remain problematic especially in the medium quality bulk business where competition with low cost countries is strongest. But also here some are very successful.
As always there were people who were happy with their business and others who complained there was nothing to do. That's nothing new. The finished leather buyers are the ones who can make or break the trade and they did not make it any easier. Most keep pushing to pay less for leather. There are tanners who can handle that (innovation, fashion, productivity), others who cannot but are willing to sacrifice and others again who found themselves out of the game. Some of the tanners who were waiting for delayed orders did finally and at the last moment for the season, get them at the fair, others are still waiting.
In short prices are the big problem, not work. Generally, we did not see raw materials markets come down. Nor rise. This hardly ever happens at fairs any more. It is all about looking, listening and feeling and talking. The true market situation will come to surface once things have settled down and we hope that it will be before the Hong Kong fair (March 30 – April 1) fever starts to bend hopes and expectations as it always does.
It became clear at Lineapelle that there is always business for the very best qualities but as usual there is not too much of that around. The fair also showed that even the top quality material cannot just fetch any price. Buyers are critical for everything.
As far as Italy is concerned it showed that Russia remains a big headache for the Italian shoe makers for who Russia is major market.
I would be very happy to hear any readers experience of the fair last week.
Ron@theSauerReport.com
www.thesauerreport.com
Publication and Copyright of "The Ron Sauer Blog" remains with the publishers of International Leather Maker. The articles cannot be reproduced in anyway without the express permission of the publisher.
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Jennie Garth was born on 03-04-1972 in Urbana in the state of Illinois, United States. She is an American Television Actress, Film Actress, Soap Opera Actress & Television Producer.
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Jennie Garth is an American actress well known for her decade long stint on the television series 'Beverly Hill, 90210' that changed her life for the better. She dropped out of high school at the age of 15 to pursue a career in acting, and shifted from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Before 'Beverly Hills 90210', she landed a role on the television series 'Brand New Life', which abruptly ended after the first season. However, the sudden demise of the show proved lucky for her, as she soon landed the role of Kelly Taylor in 'Beverly Hill, 90210' that became a household name. After 'Beverly Hills' concluded after its ten-year run, Jennie took the conscious decision to move on to TV movies, and earned a few roles in films like 'The Street' and 'What I Like About You'.
She also produced a few TV movies, and appeared on 'Dancing with the Stars', where she reached the semifinals. Her popularity resulted in her own reality show, 'Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country on CMT'. Her role in the television drama 'Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg', which addressed domestic abuse, was appreciated. Her performances in the HBO feature film 'Power 98' and the political drama 'My Brother's War' were also critically recognized.
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She was born to Late John Garth and Carolyn Garth. She has 3 elder brothers named Charles Parker, Lynn Borchers, and John W Garth. She has 3 elder sisters named Lisa Adams, Cammie Clark, and Wendy Garth. She was married to Daniel aka Dan B. Clark from 1993 to 1995. She then married Peter Facinelli in 2001 and together the couple has 3 daughters named Luca Bella, Lola Ray, and Fiona Eve. The marriage couldn't last forever and they finally got divorced in 2013. She then married Dave Abrams in 2015 and parted wys with him in 2018.
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Simone Verdi
Italy's Verdi 'exactly like' David Silva, says Mancini
Tommy Doleman
11:08 AM GMT+4 05/06/2018
The former Milan youth, who is now entering the peak years of his career, has been compared to one of the greatest midfield minds in the game
Italy coach Roberto Mancini likened Bologna forward Simone Verdi to a young David Silva.
Mancini signed Silva as Manchester City manager in 2010 and the Spain international has since become one of the best midfielders in the Premier League.
Verdi, 25, played the first hour of Italy's 1-1 draw with Netherlands, who earned a draw thanks to a late goal from Nathan Ake on Monday, and Mancini believes the winger could learn from Silva.
"Verdi still needs to grow. It's not easy at this level, but he has good technical qualities," he said.
"When I was at Manchester City, I signed Silva, and he was exactly like him, very offensive.
"Then we started talking about playing him as an inside forward and he had some problems at the beginning, but now he's been doing it for two years.
"It's not easy to do right away, but with a little patience the player will grow physically and mentally, especially as an inside forward where the player needs to think more than a striker."
Verdi has spent the past two years at Bologna, but is currently in talks to join Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli.


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Market Commentary: September 2018
Here are this month's highlights: September was a month of contrasts: Even as new trade tariffs took effect in the Sino-US standoff, the US, Canada and Mexico brokered a deal on NAFTA; While South African growth languished, the US economy steamed ahead and the Federal Reserve fulfilled expectations of a rate hike toward month end.
Market View
South African Cash yielded a return of 0.56% for the month, easily outstripping other asset classes. While the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left rates unchanged at the September Monetary Policy Committee meeting, it sounded a more hawkish tone.
Currency weakness, higher international oil prices and higher-than-expected electricity tariffs continue to pose an upside risk to headline inflation.
"The consumer price index unexpectedly declined to 4.9% during August, likely due to the lagged impact of fuel price increases, as consumers received a temporary reprieve."
The SARB warns that inflation, while still in its target range, is likely to continue moving away from the mid-point. Remaining accommodative, given the particularly poor domestic economic growth prospects, the SARB maintains inflation targeting as its primary mandate. The public may therefore expect a tightening cycle, unless there are material changes.
South African fixed income markets were largely unchanged during September: The ALBI closed 0.25% higher and inflation-linked bonds gained 0.43%. The SARB has a proven track-record in inflation-targeting, and the government has demonstrated its commitment to fiscal discipline through restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the state capture enquiry.
"These measures mean that South African bonds are likely to gain appeal, even as the US Federal Reserve Bank raises interest rates and Emerging Market (EM) risk remains elevated."
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 basis points (bps) at its September meeting, while the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged. Both moves were in line with market expectations, and September therefore saw a degree of calm return to financial markets after a noticeably volatile August. As risk aversion ebbed, government bonds restored some of their year-to-date gains and government bond yields were higher. The 10-year T-bills closed at 3.06%, while equivalent Bunds and Gilts closed at 0.47% and 1.57%, respectively.
In Italy, the government agreed to a higher-than-expected budget deficit of 2.4%. This raised eyebrows amongst European Union peers (as it appears to run counter to Rome's commitment to fiscal discipline) and leading bond yields in peripheral Europe rise more than expected. Italian yields closed more than 45 bps higher, at 3.15%. The BarCap GABI closed 0.86% lower in USD.
"EM bonds, despite a tumultuous quarter, saw hard currency sovereign and EM corporate bonds tick up, although local currency bonds were lower."
Much of the EM-risk aversion was sparked by idiosyncratic domestic political risks in Turkey, Argentina and Venezuela; renewed geopolitical risk regarding Russia, the Korean peninsula, Iran, the Middle East; and increasing US trade tension with China.
The Turkish government has seen total foreign-currency denominated debt rise to 70% of GDP (versus 30% in South Africa) leaving it extremely vulnerable to changes in offshore investor sentiment. The Turkish government, however, surprised markets with strong policy action and EM bonds experienced some respite – the JP Morgan EM Bond Index global spread dipped 10 points overall. Nonetheless, local currencies and local currency bonds therefore felt the risks more.
High yield bonds closed at 2.1%, outperforming government and investment grade peers, and boosted by higher energy prices and a return of risk-appetite. Global investment grade bonds provided a 0.6% return, but performance was mixed across sectors. Europe saw a particularly solid performance from the transportation sector and technology companies, and corporate issuance was strong. Amongst the companies to issue, Vodafone raises Euro 18.4 billion in the largest corporate hybrid issuance for the year (hybrids are bonds with equity-like characteristics).
South African equities underperformed global peers. The ALSI closed 4.17% lower, while the MSCI EM lost 0.53% and the MSCI World was up 0.56%.
The local bourse saw returns tempered by a firmer rand, and particularly poor sectoral performance from industrials – the sector lost over 7%. Amongst Industrials, dual-listed large cap rand hedges underperformed. MTN was one of the more volatile stocks in the telecommunications sector, as the company saw sentiment swing wildly: The stock has plunged over 27% as the Nigerian government made a claim for a $8.1 billion refund on 29 August.
"However, the biggest detractor was industry heavyweight Naspers (NPN). The share fell more than 32% during the month, after the company announced the unbundling of its video entertainment operation."
The company expects that the new company, Multichoice Group, will list on the JSE in the first half of 2019. Investors, though acknowledging the positives (including economic transformation, and the company's long-term strategic direction) were somewhat unsettled by the announcement.
Credit ratings agency, Moody's released a mid-month research note indicating its belief that spin-off would reduce the firm's business diversity and impact the cash available for debt servicing (given that the video entertainment operation was one of the more mature investments, yielding stable cashflows and dividend yields). The note, however, went on to confirm that cash generation from e-commerce operations and sizeable holdings in Tencent remained supportive of credit fundamentals. NPN's September losses perhaps unsurprisingly echo the 35% loss that Tencent has suffered since January.
"The Chinese company, however, has bought back shares for the first time since 2014, fuelling speculation that a rebound may be on the cards."
On a sectoral basis, Resources outperformed, edging up just over 1% and bringing the year-to-date gains to over 20%. This is in line with gains in the Bloomberg Commodity Price index (rising just over 1.9% in September) and with improved growth prospects in China. The mining sector was also boosted by the Department of Mineral Resources announcement that some of the provisions of the final version of the Mining Charter would be eased, although the BEE ownership target would remain. Trade and tourism related stocks were boosted by the positive amendments to visa regulations announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, which are also aimed at attracting much-needed foreign skills.
Listed property markets shed just over 2.5% in September. The sector continues to face noticeable headwinds – the recent announcement that South Africa has entered a technical recession has highlighted poor economic growth prospects.
There are still notable pockets of opportunity, with some companies benefiting from their exposure to and diversification into South Eastern and Emerging Europe. MAS, for instance, has reported distribution per share growth of 30% for the 2018 financial year. On the local domestic front, consumers are still heavily indebted, and the decision by the SARB to leave rates unchanged (and therefore the base home loan rate at 10%) may encourage some buyers.
"Given the poor economic outlook, and the SARB's more hawkish tone, home-buyers may look to take a leap while interest rates are still at the lower-end."
The South African property market remains somewhat skittish, however, with many buyers adopting a 'wait-and-see' attitude. The market is likely to wait for a greater degree of policy certainty, particularly around the issue of land expropriation without compensation.
Global Property slightly outperformed South African markets, with the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT closing -2.37% lower. Global property market prospects appear to be increasingly sensitive to interest rate movements: As ultra-accommodative policy eases, and inflation rises, investors become more focused on the inflation-hedging ability of long-term leases.
"Niche-specific characteristics continue to favour the logistics and e-commerce related sectors, both in Europe and the US."
The German residential sector continued to provide positive returns within Europe, while Singapore yielded 0.85% within Asia, making it a global star performer. The overall improved economic growth outlook means that real estate fundamentals remain healthy, offering opportunities for astute investors.
Global equity markets proved to be fairly resilient, even in the face of rising trade and geopolitical tension. The US registered its strongest quarterly growth in five years, and the S&P500 ended 0.57% higher.
In terms of market performance, a new sector was added to the S&P500 at month-end, causing some rebalancing and perhaps making it more difficult to unpack performance on a sectoral basis.
"The change sees the communications services sector replace the small telecommunications services sector."
It includes a number of heavyweight stocks previously included in the consumer discretionary sector, including Alphabet, Netflix and Facebook. US growth data continues to be upbeat, with recent consumer and business sentiment surveys showing that confidence is at a multi-year high. In the UK energy counters surged ahead, and sterling weakened on fears of a hard Brexit. The resource, mining and oil-and-gas rich FTSE100 found both factors to be tailwinds, and ended the month just over 1% higher.
"Beleaguered Prime Minister Theresa May is finding it increasingly challenging to keep her constituency appeased, as evidenced by recent calls for new party leadership and a second referendum."
While retail sales have been surprisingly upbeat (ticking up 0.3%), consumer confidence has dipped. Business owners too are feeling the pinch: UK manufacturing exports slumped to their lowest level in two years; businesses are reportedly slowing their pace of hiring and business confidence is lower.
With the tension around Brexit far from resolved, the Eurozone was somewhat lacklustre. The STOXX All Europe closed 0.52% higher. Trade war rhetoric, migrant tension and Italian budget concerns added to Brexit-related worries. On the macroeconomic front, ECB President Mario Draghi noted the 'relatively vigorous' pickup in inflation and the modest uptick in wage growth as particularly positive.
"European stocks lost some momentum toward month-end, as the Italian government's budget vote flew in the face of EU guidance"
The government approved a wider-than-expected goal of 2.4%, affirming fears that populist coalitions were willing to breach EU-deficit targets in order to fulfil campaign promises. This sparks concerns regarding fiscal discipline in other peripherals, including Spain and austerity-hit Greece.
The European Union's Economic Sentiment indicators also fell during September, to their lowest level in more than a year. To date, the impact of trade tariffs and escalating tension is difficult to quantify, but it is to be noted that Europe's manufacturing export boom has reversed trend, and the Eurozone trade surplus declined. Amongst the sectors that are notably impacted by trade concerns are vehicles and food and drink – both on Brexit-related issues and with regard to US tariffs.
"Japanese stocks posted solid gains, despite the country being hit by a series of natural disasters. The Nikkei ended the month up 6%."
A noticeably weaker yen boosted the prospects for healthy corporate earnings growth, and spillover trade tensions were soothed somewhat by a new round of talks between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump. Trade tension nonetheless lead broader Asian markets lower.
Chinese equities softened, as the US escalated its trade war with Beijing, and tit-for-tat tariffs were imposed on over USD 250 billion of goods. Offshore sentiment toward China, however, was positive: both the MSCI and FTSE Russel announced that more mainland shares would be added to their flagship equity indices during the first half of 2019 (the MSCI is set to more than quadruple the share).
Elsewhere in Emerging Asia, Indian markets were laggard, with the SENSEX declining more than 6%. The oil-importing country has been hurt by increasing inflation and a widening trade deficit as oil prices continue to rise.
"Outside Asia, Latin American and Emerging Middle East and African markets posted stronger results. The regional gainers were boosted by higher commodity prices and by some respite from cross-border tension."
Mexican equities were buoyed by the tri-lateral trade agreement with the US, and by respite from anti-migrant sentiment (the month saw record amounts of cash being remitted by Mexicans working in the US). Brazilian equities weathered the growing uncertainties around October's presidential election, ending the month nearly 3.5% higher.
Argentine markets, however, continued to be extremely volatile. The peso has continued to lose ground, inflation is rampant, and the country has seen itself turn to the IMF for an additional bailout – sparking widespread anti-austerity protests.
"In EMEA, the Turkish government took decisive steps to address inflationary concerns – hiking interest rates by a higher-than-expected 675 bps."
This has been hailed as positive by international investors, somewhat stemming concerns regarding systemic vulnerability and capital flight. Russian markets were amongst the star performers, boosted by its Central Bank action and strong energy counters, despite still-simmering spy-and-election-meddling tension with the EU and US.
African markets performed poorly, with the MSCI EFM ex SA lagging (at -4.7%), the MSCI EM (-0.53%) and the MSCI BRICS (-1.12%).
In currencies, the USD Index was flat in September and currency pairings were mixed. The yen depreciated sharply, while the Canadian dollar strengthened on positive trade talks. The Turkish lira was boosted by strong policy intervention, and the Russian rouble surged in line with energy-sector strength (up 8.2% and 2.8%, respectively).
"The South African rand too managed a solid gain, although the currency has been extremely sentiment-prone and remains vulnerable."
The Bloomberg Commodities Index posted a solid 3.9% return, led by substantial gains in the energy sector. Oil prices hit over USD 80 per barrel – levels last seen in 2014 – and a gain of over 9% for the month. South African consumers are not alone in feeling the impact, with widespread protests in even developed nations (such as Germany).
"The weak rand and increased domestic taxes, however, mean that South African motorists have been harder hit than most."
Anecdotal evidence shows that the fuel levy (including the Road Accident Fund and tax) has increased by more than 150% since 2008, a litre of petrol at the coast will cost you R16.49 versus R9.17 10 years ago and inland prices have hit a record-breaking R17.08. Industrial metals were slightly higher (+1.4%) on largely positive macroeconomic data, while gold dipped (-0.7%) as safe-haven demand ebbed.
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When one thinks of hydration packs they often think of heavy packs or awkward handhelds that weigh you down rather than help push you further. Fact is most add-on running gear is bulky, expensive and just plain frustrating. Orange Mud owner and founder, Josh Sprague, describes a similar experience as he navigated a world of fanny packs and handhelds during adventure races and Ironman races.
Sprague wanted something more stable and toyed with the idea for over ten years. During the 2012 training season, Sprague realized how tired he was of stashing bottles along his route and decided he would develop a product where runners could create and carry their own nutrition.
"I thought it would be nice to be able to do your own nutrition plan during a race and be able to execute it and carry extra," Sprague said.
Made in Sprague's garage with a fanny pack, gun holster, and some straps that were lying around, the first prototype wasn't exactly shelf ready. But, just a short ten months and 21 prototypes later, the product was inching its way out of the developmental phase looking less and less like something you'd find at a yard sale.
By October 2012, a crowd funding campaign allowed Sprague to launch his product, but he had to show retailers that this was a product consumers were begging for. To prove Orange Mud was something worth stocking on the shelves he put in the time and energy needed to promote it to the right audiences. Orange Mud had a presence at Ironman Arizona showcasing their HydraQuiver Single Barrel Hydration Pack and it sold big.
While Orange Mud began to grow in popularity with endurance athletes, they also began to expand their product offerings. Sprague began hearing from ultra-runners that they loved the HydraQuiver but needed to be able to carry more hydration; so he developed a second vest pack with two barrels for hydration, the HydraQuiver Double Barrel. These have become one of his most popular selling items and are showing up all over the 5k, half and full marathon circuits.
Orange Mud's transition wrap is the product that really helped put them on the map based on its unique and highly functional characteristics. The Wrap has a dual function of serving as a towel under which you can execute a flawless outfit change after a ride/run/paddle/hike etc. and it can also be used as a seat covering to ensure that regardless of how dirty you are, your car seat stays clean. OrangeMud has sold about 75,000 transition wraps and they are carried in over 400 stores in 40 countries, clearly indicating their popularity and usability.
As for the future of Orange Mud, Sprague and his team plan on continuing to expand the brand and its product offerings. They hope this continued innovation will help the brand grow.
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Earlier this year, I showed my students a short video on Andy Goldsworthy, a sculptor who works by re-arranging things in nature. When I asked my first-period class what they thought, one young chap in the front row replied, "I think he's got too much time on his hands."
This did not surprise me, because I have noticed that most times when someone links a cool and creative video through facebook, someone else has to take it upon himself (yes, it's always a guy) to point out that the people who made it had too much time on their hands.
I suppose these dissenters would prefer the artists to spend that time watching television programs, like a good little sheeple, or doing something more practical and highly effective, like writing a letter to a congressperson.
My guess, however, is that what really annoys these art-devaluators is that people like Andy Goldsworthy exist at all. They are annoyed that there are people who get to have a great time for a living, doing something creative. Most of us work at destructive, demeaning jobs - jobs that only by a far stretch of the imagination could be categorized as "good work." They usually contain some constructive elements, but on the whole play into a culture and a system where creativity is seen as a luxury, and destruction a necessary and even pleasurable by-product of wealth-accumulation.
And I think we sense the not-goodness of this, and resent someone who lives, to a much greater degree, outside of it. We resent him his slower-paced life. We resent him his peace, his beautiful surroundings, his lack of stress.
So instead of listening, enjoying, and possibly learning what he could potentially teach us... we laugh, imagining ourselves superior to a man who, by his own admission, listens to rocks.


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The Mysterious Blobs of Oakville, Washington
Brent Swancer June 21, 2021
The small town of Oakville, Washington is typically a peaceful, quiet place where nothing much really happens. Located in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States, fewer than a thousand people live here, and it is mostly a placid place historically known for its lumber production, but now mostly known for its seemingly never-ending rain, with 150 days a year of precipitation. It rains so often here, that when it started raining on August 7, 1994, it was pretty much business as usual, but it would soon become apparent that this was no normal rain, launching an unsolved mystery that is still not totally understood.
People soon noticed that what was falling was not water. Instead, is seemed to be tiny blobs that smeared like jelly when they hit and clung to objects in lumps of gelatinous ooze. Some drivers would complain that the viscous substance was streaking across their windshields to obscure visibility and cause accidents, and those who dared to touch the strange substance described it as a mushy gel similar to jello. One motorist who experienced the downpour of blobs was police officer David Lacey, who was out on patrol with his partner when the gelatinous pieces began smacking against their windshield at approximately 3 AM. He would say of what happened:
We turned our windshield wipers on and it just started smearing to the point where we could almost not see. And we both looked at each other and we said, 'Jeez, this isn't right.' I mean, we're out in the middle of nowhere, basically, and where did this come from? The substance was very mushy. It's almost like if you had Jell-O in your hand and you could pretty much squish it through your fingers. We did have some bells go off in our heads that basically said that this isn't right, this isn't normal.
Oakville, Washington
This was already strange enough, but then it got weirder still. People began to report that animals that sniffed at or licked the substance soon got sick and dropped dead, often with a green vicious fluid dribbling from their mouths, and after this people began getting sick as well. There would begin admissions to the hospital of people suffering from nausea, headaches, shortness of breath, vertigo, blurred vision, and fainting, as well as flu-like symptoms. Many of the patients were described as having inner-ear problems, severe intestinal problems, and major respiratory issues. In some cases, it was bad enough people were spontaneously collapsing, and whole families were coming down with the mysterious illness, all of whom had been in contact with the blob rain. Officer Lacey was one of the first to fall ill after touching the stuff on his windshield, and would say:
I was to the point where I could hardly breathe. I started to put it together that, possibly, whatever the substance was, it made me violently sick like I never had been before, to the point where it just totally shut me down.
In the meantime, the strange rain fell several more times over the coming weeks, and people all over town were coming down with the symptoms, which would last anywhere from days to weeks, baffling doctors in the process. Another resident who would talk of her experience with the strange illness was a local named Dotty Hearn. She claims that shortly after coming into contact with the strange jelly from the sky she had fallen severely ill, with dizziness and nausea, and it made her collapse one day in the middle of the floor. Her daughter, Sunny Barcliff, would say of her mother's worsening condition:
She was cold, drenched with perspiration. My mom had been vomiting. She had extreme vertigo. She complained that she had difficulty with her vision, her vision was blurring. For some reason, as we were going out the door, I remembered the substance and I wondered if perhaps it might have had some sort of an effect on her, if it might have made her sick. So I opted, at that moment, to take a sample of this gelatinous material to the hospital.
An analysis of the sample turned up some strange findings, in that it contained human white blood cells and two types of bacteria found in the human digestive system, but no one could figure out what the substance actually was, why it was causing such harsh symptoms, or why it kept falling from the sky. It was at first speculated that it was human waste dropped from a passing airliner, but this was quickly ruled out, as regulations state that human waste on airplanes much be dyed blue, and the blobs were completely colorless. Furthermore, Federal Aviation Administration regulations forbid the dumping of human waste mid-flight. The goo was then sent to the Washington State Department of Health for further analysis, and one microbiologist Tim Davies would say, "I saw what I think was a eukaryotic cell, which is, basically, a cell that has a definable nucleus, and is found present in most animals."
In the meantime, there was all sorts of speculation flying around, ranging from chemical spill to aliens. One of the weirdest theories was that the Navy, which had been performing live bombing runs off the coast, had blown up a school of jellyfish, after which the fragments had somehow been sucked up into the atmosphere to be dumped on Oakville. However, the town was 50 miles from the coast and the rain had fallen numerous times over a 3-week period. Another theory was that the military had intentionally dispersed the material as some sort of a test of biological warfare. Some residents would report having seen an abnormal number of slow-moving military aircraft in the sky during the time of the falls of blobs, as well as mysterious helicopters that were unmarked and all black. In the end we are left with no real answers, all of these various stories floating about and no real concrete solutions as to what exactly was happening here. What was going on in Oakville, and what does it all mean? We may never know for sure.
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