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The Mexican government's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
By Manuel Leon Hoyos | July 31, 2020
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Mexico, the second largest Latin American economy, has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis as the death count surpassed 46,000—making it the third highest in the world. Unlike other countries in the region, though, its government has kept crisis spending relatively low, at about 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), to avoid massive government debt issuance.
Mexico's sovereign credit rating and the national oil company, Pemex, were downgraded in April and further again in June. Since February, the Mexican peso has depreciated by over 20%. The country has experienced shortages in foreign exchange liquidity and a sharp fall in commodity prices—particularly crude oil prices. According to the Bank of Mexico, the crisis has brought "the greatest contraction ever recorded of holdings of emerging economies' assets, especially of fixed-income instruments" (see a YPFS blog post on the Bank of Mexico's liquidity measures). In April, Mexico's economy contracted by 17.3% as 12 million people dropped out of the labor force. The second quarter contraction was 18.9% in respect to last year. The IMF currently expects a 10.5% GDP contraction in 2020.
While many Latin American countries have increased public debt to boost fiscal expenditures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Mexican government has taken a different stance. According to various estimates, economic packages in Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru range between 5% and 10% of GDP. In Mexico, it is estimated to be lower at about 3% of its GDP (Bloomberg, IMF, Statista) including the $7.7 billion (0.7% of its GDP) Emergency Prevention and Assistance Fund announced in March through which the federal government directed additional resources to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has firmly committed that Mexico would not be issuing public debt to get out of the current COVID-19 crisis, but would rather reallocate resources and take austerity measures.
On April 5, President López Obrador outlined the principles and measures for the Mexican government's economic response to the COVID-19 crisis. These were further outlined on April 22 and established in a decree on April 23.
The principles include an "austerity law" to reduce public expenses for non-priority programs. The President ordered the termination of federal public trusts (fideicomisos) deemed non-strategic and directed these resources for the current health and economic emergency (April 3). These public trusts are established to support a variety of purposes, including the economy, health, arts, cinema, and sciences. The government's plan is financed with savings coming from the Stabilization Fund of Budgetary Revenues (Fondo de Estabilización de los Ingresos Presupuestarios) and commits to not increase Mexico's public debt, taxes, or gas prices, or to lay off government workers.
The President highlighted that in addition to strengthening social programs to protect the poor and credits for small businesses, the government will concentrate resources to prop up Mexico's national oil company Pemex and pay Mexico's public debt. "We are going to allocate most of the resources to the debt, because we do not want the debt to increase, we want to do everything possible to maintain the commitment to continue to ensure that there is no increase in public debt" (April 3).
In 2019, the Mexican Congress approved up to $5.3 billion for external debt for 2020. Despite having access to the IMF Flexible Credit Line for $61.4 billion, the Mexican government plans not to make use of it. "The commitment is to get out of the crisis without getting into debt" (April 16).
President López Obrador said that in previous crises such as in 1994-1995, Mexico borrowed funds from international organizations and used those for the Bank Fund for Savings Protection (FOBAPROA), which were accompanied by a great deal of corruption. "The government bought portfolios and gave the banks promissory notes on behalf of the government, and all of this became the enormous public debt that paralyzed and prevented the country from growing for two decades" (April 28). He has opposed rescue packages and emphasized that his administration will not execute the "recipes of the neoliberal period because they do not solve the problem, but rather aggravate and deepen corruption" (April 6).
In late April, Mexico did conduct a $6 billion bond issuance, one of the country's largest, with an average rate of 4.7125%. Finance Minister Arturo Herrera emphasized that this will help consolidate the government's funding sources and operate programs responding to COVID-19 crsis. The bonds were issued at terms of 5, 12, and 31 years.
In May, Mexico received a $1 billion loan from the World Bank. President López Obrador said that the transaction was a routine operation approved last year to manage government finances (June 8).
The economic measures outlined by the government include:
A hiring freeze. No government workers will be fired. Wage payments for those unable to work due to lockdown measures are extended until August 1.
Salaries for high-ranked government officials will be voluntarily reduced by up to 25% and they will not receive bonuses at the end of the year.
Each government agency will only be allowed to use 25% of the allocated budget for general services, materials, and supplies.
Government spending is postponed, with certain exceptions for priority social programs and major infrastructure projects.
The elimination of 10 Under Secretaries. Employees of these Under Secretaries will preserve government employment with the same income.
Beneficiaries of pension payments will receive two months upfront. These include over eight million senior citizens and 744,000 young people with disabilities, for up to $2 billion overall (July 2).
The government, through the Ministry of Economy and multiple national social institutions, will provide housing loans and four million credits of up to $1,100 per credit, to small businesses and workers in both the formal and informal sector. By July 12, the government had granted over 1.4 million credits (July 12).
Unemployment insurance for three months, for workers that hold a mortgage with INFONAVIT.
The creation of two million jobs through major infrastructure projects such as the "Maya" train in the Yucatan Peninsula, an oil refinery in the state of Tabasco, and a new airport in Mexico City-Santa Lucía.
Provide liquidity support through development banks.
The program of fiscal incentives and low gas and energy prices will continue at the northern border, as well as prompt VAT refunds to taxpayers.
Following the initial announcement of the government's economic plan in April, business groups criticized it as "underwhelming" or "incomplete." This month, a group of 30 Mexican writers and academic scholars criticized the management of the COVID-19 pandemic as "suicidal austerity" (July 15). President López Obrador has argued that critics seek to restore old neoliberal regimes, characterized by corruption and inequality (July 16).
A Bank of America report said that Mexico could lose its investment grade credit rating next year as public debt is expected to rise to over 60% of GDP. The Bloomberg Editorial Board said that the President is making the crisis worse and that "the government's indifferent fiscal response is inexcusable." Minister of Economy Graciela Márquez Colín, has maintained that Mexico cannot easily increase debt. She said that "if at a certain point we need to raise more debt, we will. It is not a closed-off road." However, taking on debt, she said, could cause problems.
Recently, the Mexican Minister of Finance Arturo Hererra Gutiérrez said that although originally the international consensus estimated lockdown measures to last a couple of months followed by an immediate economic recovery, "the recovery horizon will be much longer, as long as an effective vaccine or treatment is not available, and therefore economic policy, particularly fiscal and financial, must adjust to the new reality" (July 18). Gerardo Esquivel, Bank of Mexico's Deputy Governor appointed by President López Obrador last year, estimates that poverty will increase in the country as a result of the pandemic by at least nine million more people. He said that "it is essential that additional measures be taken to alleviate the enormous economic and social costs that this crisis will leave" and urged for action, "let's learn from history, act smart, prevent more people from falling into poverty, and help weld the broken pipes of our economy. Let's do it before it's too late" (July 29).
In contrast, the Bank of Mexico quickly unveiled a series of liquidity measures totaling $30 billion (3.3% of last year's GDP) in April to "foster an orderly functioning of financial markets, strengthen the credit channels and provide liquidity for the sound development of the financial system." The Bank of Mexico has cut its benchmark rate 225 basis points this year to a 5% target rate (see a YPFS blog post on the Bank of Mexico's liquidity measures). The Bank of Mexico also holds swap lines with the US Federal Reserve and US Treasury for $60 billion and $9 billion respectively. The peak usage was at $6.6 billion in April and currently about $5 billion is outstanding.
Other COVID-19 related responses within Mexico include the Mexican Business Council, in collaboration with IDB Invest—the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank—announcing $12 billion in loans a year to SMEs.


In this study, we investigate the effects of age structure dynamics of population on the housing demand in Turkey. The critical question is how the housing demand moves in the environment of positive population growth with declining rate and aging population. We use TurkStat Household Budget Survey to determine the link between household housing demand and household age cohorts. We obtain housing demand for each age cohorts and long term housing demand for Turkey by utilizing TurkStat population forecasts. Estimation results indicate that age structure of population has a notable effect on the growth of housing demand besides population growth. The results show housing demand will increase 1.48 percent annually on average from 2009 to 2050 where 1.08 percent of the increase will be contributed by population growth and the rest of 0.40 percent will be derived by the change in age structure of the population.
Abel, Andrew B., 2002, The Effects of a Baby Boom on Stock Prices and Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Social Security, Wharton School The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research working paper no. 13, University of Pennsylvania. Ang, Andrew ve Angela Maddaloni, 2005, Do Demographic Changes Affect Risk Premiums? Evidence from International Data, Journal of Business, 78, 341-380. Brooks, Robin J., 2000, Life Cycle Portfolio Choice and Asset Market Effects of the Baby Boom, IMF mimeograph. Brounen, Dirk ve Peter Neuteboom, 2007, Demography and Housing Demand-Dutch Cohort Evidence, Erasmus University working paper. Ceritoğlu, Evren ve Okan Eren, 2013, Türkiye'nin Sosyal ve Nüfus Yapısındaki Değişimlerin Hanehalkı Tasarrufları Üzerindeki Etkileri, TCMB Ekonomi Notları No. 13/24. DellaVigna, Stefano ve Joshua Pollet, 2007, Demographics and Industry Returns, American Economic Review, Vol 97, 1167-1702. Ermisch, John, 1996, The Demand for Housing in Britain and Population Ageing: Microeconometric Evidence, Economica, 63 (251), 383-404. Mankiw, N. Gregory ve David N. Weil, 1989, The Baby Boom, the Baby Bust, and the Housing Market, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 19(2), 235-258. Ohtake, Fumio ve Mototsugu Shintani, 1996, The Effect of Demographics on the Japanese Housing Market, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 26(2), 189-201. Poterba, James M., 2001, Demographic Structure and Asset Returns, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 83, 565-584. Yoo, Peter S., 1994, Age Dependent Portfolio Selection, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lois working paper no. 94-003A.


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£1bn a year laundered in cash transfers
Gangsters, drug dealers and sex traffickers are using money transfer businesses to launder at least £1 billion in cash every year, the National Crime Agency said after a Times investigation.
Sophisticated home-grown and foreign organised crime networks are known to use the UK outlets, which outnumber by four to one those in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain combined.
The Treasury warned last week in its national risk assessment that terrorists were depositing cash into the financial system that "moved through formal banking mechanisms or via money service businesses (MSBs)".
Intelligence has suggested that about 15 per cent of more than 31,000 outlets are exposed to money laundering from groups involved in human trafficking, importing drugs and other crimes.
The sheer number of the businesses, including bureaux de changes and cheque cashing companies, makes the practice difficult to identify and, despite long-running concerns, figures suggest failures in self-regulation.
Of half a million suspicious activity reports the authorities received from the financial sector last year, only 17,701 were from money service businesses, thought to be mostly larger companies.
Gangs use criminal-controlled money transfer services or pass off the sums as legitimate. The money is moved abroad, often through many countries including "high-risk jurisdictions" such as Albania and Pakistan.
Ben Russell, deputy director of the National Economic Crime Centre, said that crime syndicates were "career criminals building their lives and their lifestyles running citywide, countrywide significant criminal networks". He stressed that most money service businesses were compliant and legal.
Last month a businessman who laundered at least £5 million through his money transfer company in south London was sent back to prison for breaching a crime prevention order. Shafiq Ahmed, 53, arranged for drug money to be paid into UK bank accounts and immediately wired to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Far East. Ahmed, who was first jailed in 2013, used falsified business records and forged documents to cover his tracks.
The government is using this excuse to get the world on a digital currency so they can control and tax you at their will. For example the government says get the vaccine and you say no and then find out you can not access your digital wallet, you earn a extra $20 bucks doing something and seeing there is no paper money get 20 put into your digital account and then see the tax the government takes out of your account. Digital money is like the mark of the beast
Panama reports 2,877 new COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths in 24 hours
A total 2,877 new cases of covid-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, raising the number of infections to 291,285, according to the Ministry of Health of Panama.
A shooting in Santa Maria leaves two dead and one injured
Two people lost their lives and one was injured after a shooting took place in Santa María, Betania.
Panama ends 2020 with 2,128 cases of malaria
Panama ended 2020 with a total of 2,128 confirmed malaria cases, according to the Ministry of Health (MINSA).
Costa Rica escalates dispute with Panama over food exports to the WTO
Costa Rica requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) hold consultations with Panama due to measures that restrict or prohibit the importation of Costa Rican products suc...
Recreational activities will be prohibited during the total quarantine
The Ministry of Health (MINSA), informs that in the provinces of Panama and West Panama the use of beaches, rivers and public spas is restricted until March 15, 2021.
The police in Panama: a Frankenstein in uniform
Police violence and corruption are spreading through Latin America as if it were another epidemic. The repression of the Colombian and Chilean police, the racism of the uniforme...
Beaches and parks will be open from Monday to Friday, according to the Minsa decree
Through Executive Decree No. 62 of January 13, the curfew hours are established at the national level and the sanitary measures for the provinces of Panama, Panama Oeste, Coclé,...
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Another loss and a push puts me down $0.19 and right back where I started after Monday's Cubs debacle. Today I'm playing a few more games. These plays are with better pitchers, IMO, and following 1st 5 trends.


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Bonn, 5 July 2017. The JAPCC participated in the "Unmanned Vehicles VI" conference, organized by the German Association for Armament Technology (DWT) and held in Bonn, Germany from 4 to 5 July 2017. On the first day the JAPCC's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subject Matter Expert (SME) presented the findings of the recently released JAPCC study on the legal and ethical implications of increasing automation of future unmanned systems. (available here) The topic gained a lot of interest and sparked interesting discussions about the future role of autonomy in military applications. These discussions continued at the JAPCC booth where the conference participants, to include military, industry as well as academia, had the opportunity for personal and more in-depth dialogue with our SMEs about the topic.


Fathers made weak. I completely related to Michelle Obama talking about driving home from the hospital with a newborn, and driving 15MPH. The day that tiny life was put in my hands I changed from a typical teenager in a middle-aged body who liked action flicks with lots of shooting to a guy who got tears in his eyes when he saw a dog get hit by a car. Life really did become more precious to me. I had never been afraid of heights, but now my heart jumps thinking the kids might fall. I now drive slower and climb ladders more carefully. I worry about everything.
Mothers made dumb. My wife has a theory that kids make mothers dumb. Their constant interuptions and questions make long complicated thought impossible. Mothers who once were scholars become unable to remember why they walked into a room. All day, every day, for year after year, mothers rarely get time to sit and think. Time to write or even read. When the kids are little, nap time is the time to do laundry. If you have more kids, then nap time doesn't matter, because one of them is always awake, unless you stay up later than them and rise earlier than them, but that results in lack of sleep and even more tired brains.
3CDC's decision to drastically limit the hours that the toilets are open on Fountain Square is a huge mistake. Moving them from their formerly underground dingy location was one of the best parts about the redesign of the square. I saw this story on local TV news last night, and I couldn't believe it! I predict that management will cave under pressure, and re-open them. This is a terrible decision for those of us with little kids.
"...Oh yeah, we work with sound; mostly for clearing, rebalancing, I use use pshychic geometry in the aetheric fields...this changes people's lives in their houses..." ...Say what?
Mother's lives are hectic. Even if you are a stay-at-home mother of one, it is hard to keep on top of daily errands. Add on top of that another child, a full time job, a 20 minute commute, car maintenance, daycare arrangements, house payments, packing lunches, music lessons, homework, etc etc, and a mother quickly becomes overloaded.
I forget things all the time. Heck, I had to jump my car this morning because I left the lights on. Trust me, I know what it is to be forgetful. But, I know what my limits are, and I know for example that I cannot take-on freelance work these years when the kids are small. Each of our small decisions each day build upon each other to build our total life. We make decisions about whether we should eat fast food or a home-prepared meal, we decide how far to live from work, how many hours to work, how big of a house we can afford, watch TV or read a book, play with kids or do your taxes. And I don't want to forget to mention that these decisions are often made by both parents, and the fathers also share responsiblity here.
Both the Slaby and Edwards case were mothers apparently starting back to work after spending summer with their kids. Both worked full time. Both live in upper middle class neighborhoods far from their work. Both had SUVs with high seat backs that have more distance between the kids and the driver. Both had jobs in which they educate other people's children. To me, it is a cumulative effect of slightly bad decisions that put things or career ahead of their own children. Each is a small decision, but they added up to a scattered mind and a tragic accident. An accident that is a crime that should be prosecuted.
In the past 10 years, about 340 children have died of the heat after becoming trapped inside vehicles, according to an Associated Press analysis made in July. Prosecution and resulting penalties have varied widely.
Charges were filed in a little less than half the deaths. Of those that went to trial, 81 percent resulted in convictions or guilty pleas, and half of those brought jail sentences.
The NAACP believes that black mothers in similar situations have been charged. Nate Livingston said the same last year. I think I agree. Some mothers may have known the child was in the car, but thought they would be OK. To me, the distinction between neglect and forgetfulness is the same as that between one big bad decision and many smaller bad decisions. Both result in a dead baby, and both should be prosecuted. ...At least take it to court and make the case.
Stage left. Here you can see the stage proscenium is the tallest steel. The ramping floor for the seating is to the right. To the left is the future wall along Elm Street.
I've noticed that the Sheriff is still bringing the cleanup crew through OTR, and I appreciate it a lot. A few observations. The guys (they are all men, mostly white) work very hard. No slackers here. I think they are under instruction not to socialize, but they will say hi and "how are you?", which is what this guy said. My response at 7am, half awake was, "I'm ok, better that you I guess" and he chuckled.
I-phone takes better pics than most phones, but not as good as a real camera.
I noticed recently that several buildings at the Five Points intersection of McMicken and Vine have been vacated. I couldn't believe this, because I remember when they were newly rehabbed, and it didn't seem that long ago (1992?).
Developed by OTR Housing Network. Tax Credit Ownership Managed by Stern Hendy.
Anyone know the story here? Were the rental subsidies only for 15 years? Are there plans to secure them and/or upgrade them?
Other properties that were rehabbed then by the same developers that may also be going vacant: 1636 Main, 1929 and 1930 Vine, 144, 208, 222 Peete, 216, 218, 220 and 228-30 E. Clifton, 202 and 209 Mulberry, 202 Mulberry, 6 Findlay.
I have wanted to see this movie for a long time. I just googled it and found out it is based on a novel by Ted Hughes, which I found suprising. I didn't even know he wrote children's stories. Might be worth checking out the rest of his writing.
Anyway, we will definitely be attending this movie, and would love to meet other families there. Send and email to mike at citykin dot com if you want to meet-up.
We saw Edward Scissorhands last week. I hadn't seen it since it was originally released in 1990. It was better than I remembered, but a bit too mature for little kids, especially the part where the neighbor tries to seduce Edward. They mostly ignored the film and ran around.
[Where: 1210 Linn Street, Cincinnati, OH 45203] Behind Casino Theater at NW corner of Linn and Clark.
I feel this blog has not been up to par lately. My readership, which steadily increased for a year or so, has plateaued and I have felt inhibited in my writing.
I just read a short list entitled, What Makes a Good Blog. I agree with the points and will take them to heart.
Sen. Obama says his administration would shift urban-policy making to so-called smart-growth strategies that synchronize transportation, commercial and housing needs for entire regions, rather than following the tradition of focusing first on fighting poverty and crime. He would fund $200 million in annual grants to develop "regional clusters," such as the high-technology-focused area known as the Research Triangle in North Carolina…..
Barack Obama's campaign plans to relaunch his "urban agenda" Monday in what people close to the strategy say is an effort to assure urban leaders and voters of the Democratic nominee's commitment to cities and minorities without alienating skeptical white voters.
The plan features an increase in the minimum hourly wage, a new White House office focused on metropolitan areas and $60 billion to establish a national bank to finance public-works projects.
Michael Coleman, the black mayor of Columbus, Ohio, will lead the discussion Monday before the caucus. A series of town-hall meetings staged in various cities will follow, each led by mayors and other local leaders.
...Sen. McCain hasn't released a formal policy identified as targeting urban issues.
I have a new G3 Iphone. It was a gift from my dear wife, and I have been figuring out how it works for the past 3 weeks. One thing that drives me crazy is that I can go all over this city and access the internet and check my mail. All over the city except one location and that is Fountain Square and the one or two blocks around it.
For some reason, if I try to check email while at the square, I am automatically diverted to a Cincinnati Bell WiFi site that wants credit card info to get service. If I walk two blocks to the north, I resume regular service. I get regular service in Clifton, Avondale, North Avondale, West End, all over except Fountain Square.
Now despite being a uber-blogger, I really don't research or completely understand how the G3 or WiFi works. All I know is that I cannot check my email or browse a website on Fountain Square, but I can all over the rest of the city.
Am I doing something wrong, or are the Corporate Overlords screwing me? Seems like FS would be a key place to offer free WiFi.
...Biden commutes back-and-forth from Delaware to Washington regularly on the Acela, so he appreciates what high-speed rail can do. What's more, Wilmington recently lost its scheduled air service making Delaware a plane-free state that depends on rail for its connectivity. ... he's still one of the best friends rail has in the Senate. Beyond that, Biden's son sits on the Amtrak board and unlike some of Amtrak's leadership (which besides Biden is heavily dominated by Republicans) is actually a forceful advocate for Amtrak and for improving rail.
..."As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.'' With its blend of black and white, rich and poor, industrial and agricultural, the state is a microcosm of America -- and Cincinnati and its surroundings are, in turn, fairly representative of the state.
On one side of the city you find Indian Hill, the third-most lucrative zip code in the US for Republican fundraisers, who recently brought in $2.5m there in a single night. Across town, it's a different story. Every other shop is boarded up. There are no nice lawns and no Stars and Stripes at the bottom of the garden, just rusty old cars.
...Probably my best insight into Ohio's floating voters came in Mount Adam, the most bohemian district of Cincinnati.
...how Ohio swings will depend on whether the first-time voters dreaming of "hope'' outnumber the closet bigots who say "nope''. Based on what I've seen, I'm going with "nope''.
Versaci has made a name for himself as the guru of the New Ruralism, a countryside outgrowth of trends toward traditional town planning known as the New Urbanism. Both pick up on a widespread desire to live in communities that hark back to the past, to what America was like before modern architecture and planning began to ruin the full spectrum of manmade places.
According to federal data, almost $1.6 billion in subprime loans were originated in 2005 in Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is located. As rates rose, homeowners couldn't pay, and foreclosures were common. More than 15,000 foreclosures were filed in the county last year.
To mitigate the effects, the city demolished about 800 houses last year, with a goal of 1,000 more in 2008. That will create about 120 acres of vacant land, but mostly in small parcels dispersed throughout the city that aren't conducive for reuse by developers.
The redevelopment of these properties will be coordinated by the Connecting Cleveland 2020 Citywide Plan, which outlines the strategic building of strong, vibrant, and diverse neighborhoods. On the industrial side, the city created an Industrial-Commercial Land Bank in 2005 to entice developers to redevelop the vast number of abandoned properties for a variety of uses.
I have only had raw (cow) milk one or two times, but farmers who produce a clean organic produce like this should be supported, not prosecuted.
...the government has for too long artificially propped up housing prices through restrictive zoning laws, government subsidization of dubious mortgages and other such measures. Left-liberals who have historically complained (with some justice) about the shortage of affordable low-income housing in these cities should be particularly enthusiastic about the recent decline in real estate prices. At the very least, the resulting benefit to lower-income families gives liberals - and the rest of us - additional reason to be skeptical about the desirability of government-subsidized efforts to prop up real estate prices by guaranteeing mortgages, bailing out lenders and borrowers, and other similar measures that seem to be politically popular at the moment. If we genuinely want to help the less affluent, we should let this market correction run its course.
Another movie from 2006 that also looks interesting: Manufactured Landscapes.
...a thought-provoking investigation of photographer Edward Burtynsky's legacy, with its aesthetic studies of industrial landscapes. But Baichwal's documentary probes deeper than a mere surface-level glimpse of Burtynsky's life and work. It uses the topic of Burtynsky as a springboard, segueing, from there, into a protracted exploration of "the aesthetic, social and spiritual dimensions of industrialization and globalization." Whereas Burtynsky's photographs reveal human beings dwarfed by the massive industrialized landscape that surrounds them, Baichwal (much as Louis Malle did in his Humain, trop Humain) sheds a light on the tedium and monotony suffered by workers who are assigned small components of huge manufacturing processes, and must endure the repetitive work that it entails.
Dan at Park + Vine pointed out an eco-friendly company Cardboard Designs, that produces all kinds of stuff out of cardboard. The furniture is great. They even have a lemonade stand. I think he is going to start carrying some of this stuff, if he doesn't already.
Although I have written about how I like stone buildings, I am also fascinated by a Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban who is producing large structures out of paper and cardboard tubes. I read a fascinating interview with him a few years ago, but I cannot find it online now.
This project is a study into different ways of bringing play back into public space. It focuses on ways of incorporating incidental play in the public realm by not so much as having separate play equipment that dictates the users but by using existing furniture and architectural elements that indicate playful behaviour for all.
By the way, the Wooster Collective Website where I found this is great, you may want to check it out further.
This reminded me of my desire to surreptitiously install a rope swing in the park. We have suburban friends who have a great rope swing in their front yard, and I have fond memories of a similar one in my childhood. I know the perfect tree, but wonder how long the park workers would allow it to remain?
This has some similarities to Parking Day, of which Cincinnati is going to be part of this year: http://cincinnatiparkingday.blogspot.com I'm trying to figure out how to participate in this. Since it is on a Friday, (Sept 19th), and I don't think we we take kids out of school, or me out of work, to participate.
Our kids may run a lemonade stand again this year near Mica. Look for us and say hi.
I'll repost this a week before the event.
How short is boyhood, and how sad is it to see the yellow buses lumbering down the street.
Why is it that a boy can only be seven for one summer?
But that is not what this post is about. It is about vacationing. Leaving home and returning to see your home in a different light. It is about how it is often hardest to see what is right in front of your own nose.
After vacationing in a distant suburban/rural locale with in-laws, I was really ready for my return to my urban paradise. A trip to the grocery on this vacation was a tortuous, winding 20 minute drive. The sleeping arrangements made for a lack of privacy, and there were always kids crying. The winding roads gave me a headache. After 7 days I was ready for our private home in the city.
On the drive back, I was shaking my head thinking: "who in their right mind wants to live where you have to drive an hour round trip to buy a bottle of liquor?" What is the purpose of such isolation at such great expense? Granted, there was nature outside our door, but it was tamed and really acted only as scenery. (The trees were trimmed to accentuate the view of a nearby golf course). On the long drive back, I was thinking how much our home in downtown Cincy is heaven. At our home, I thought, the world is at our doorstep, yet inside it is a peaceful retreat.
But as I pulled-up to the house, I suddenly had an anxiety I hadn't experienced for 8 days or more: No parking spaces. I had tons of packages and a couple of sleepy kids to unload, and no place near our door to park. That wasn't that big of a deal, but there were also lots of people hanging-out, sitting around watching me unload. I had to park next to two passed-out drunks, and then walk past three guys in wife-beater shirts at the corner. One of the guys finished peeing on the wall right before I walked past.
I know this is going to sound dumb, but just then it hit me that this is what I have been living with for years, and for some reason I had pushed it out of my mind and as a result I didn't really understand other people's aversion to living here. This was the elephant in the room that I never talked about. But I didn't do this consciously. And it is not that I don't notice littering or people bumming change. It is more that I forget that the rest of the world is not all like this. And, like it did to me after being gone for a week, it unnerves people.
Then tonight I am made to listen for hours to Andre's new boom-box. I mean he keeps the volume at eleven, at all times! But now, after being home for 24 hours, this doesn't bother me at all. With the windows closed, these guys, singing off key to an old soul tune is akin to the locusts and frogs humming in the forest.
I walked past this car in a parking lot, and two little dogs started barking at me. Should they be packed-in like this?
Previous post on this project.
The Mt Adams Pool is an older, smaller pool, with an integral kiddie end. It is up behind the Playhouse Parking Garage, and is a very quiet pool compared to the other CRC pools because it is mostly adults. Making this a sprayground as is planned, would not suit these users, so a Mt Adam's group is lobbying to save this little oasis. We go there because it is one of the only CRC pools open on Sunday.
See here for previous posts on this project.
What was that eerie cloud?
Unfortunately, because of the tremendous increase in light pollution over the past quarter century, the majority of our current generation have never seen the night sky in all its grandeur.
In his book "Nightwatch," the well-known Canadian astronomer Terrence Dickinson comments that in the aftermath of the predawn 1994 Northridge, California earthquake, electrical power was knocked out over a wide area. Tens of thousands of people in southern California rushed out of their homes looked up and perhaps for the first time in their lives saw a dark, starry sky. In the days and weeks that followed, radio stations and observatories in the Los Angeles area received countless numbers of phone calls from concerned people who wondered whether the sudden brightening of the stars and the appearance of an eerie silvery cloud (the Milky Way) might have caused the quake.
"Such reaction," notes Dickinson, "can come only from people who have never seen the night sky away from city lights."
If there were men who had always lived underground in fine and well-lit houses which had been adorned with statues and paintings, and equipped with all the things which those who are considered well-to-do possess in abundance, who had, however, never come forth into the upper world, but had learned by fame and hearsay of the existence of certain divine powers and natures, and had then at some time, through the jaws of the earth being opened, been able to come forth from those hidden regions, and to pass into these parts which we inhabit, when they had suddenly obtained a sight of the land and seas and sky, and had marked the vastness of the clouds, and the force of the winds, and had beheld the sun, and had marked not only its size and beauty, but also its power, since by diffusing light over the whole sky it caused day, and when, again, after night had overshadowed the earth, they then perceived the whole sky studded and adorned with stars, and the change in the light of the moon as it alternately waxed and waned, and the rising and setting of all these bodies, and the fixity and unchangeableness of their courses through all eternity, when they saw those things, they would assuredly believe both that the gods existed and that these mighty works proceeded from them.
...Are we with our light pollution like those people living underground?
See all my Dark Sky posts here.
August 8, 2008. Was this the last day of this pool for just this year, ..or forever? We don't know.


Stockbrokers do not have a fiduciary obligation to customers. At least not today. But they do have consider the best interests of their customers when making recommendations and they do have to make suitable recommendations. The line gets pretty fuzzy when stockbrokers have a conflict of interest – lining their pockets versus making you money. New rules would require stockbrokers to be more transparent about disclosing conflicts of interest.
Having the issuer or investment house fund seminars or marketing materials is one example. It isn't necessarily wrong but customers should know who is paying for the presentation. Are you getting independent investment advice from a broker or listening to a paid pitch? Most customers would want to know.
Funding due diligence is another questionable practice. The brokerage firm gets money from the promoter to fund due diligence – usually at a firm chosen by the issuer. This allows the stockbroker to claim that the investment was vetted and approved by a third party.
One of the worst practices are secret commissions or bonus payments. They often are called something different but the bottom line is that brokers are more prone to sell you something in which they are making a higher profit, even if the investment is questionable or not right for you.
These conflicts often occur with retirement products and non-traditional investments. Uncle Sam is not going to make secret deals with the local office of Edward Jones nor is Ford going to make deals with Merrill Lynch. But in large segments of the industry, conflicts abound.
While these undisclosed conflicts might not be illegal, they can be used as evidence if a broker makes an unsuitable investment recommendation for you. (The rules for investment advisers are much stricter; advisers have a clear fiduciary duty to their customers).
While no broker can guarantee an investment, best practices say that a stockbroker should disclose conflicts and should be independent in his or her recommendations. If you lost money and think the investment itself was unsuitable or think the broker acted solely to line his pockets, you may have a case and may be able to recover your losses.
Industry rules allow customers to arbitrate their disputes. Most cases are handled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and are heard by a 3 person panel, two of the panel members being "public" as opposed to industry.


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Grand Chute Man's Highly-Aggressive Immune System Cancer Goes into Remission with Experimental Therapy
CAR T Therapy induced remission in man with terminal immune system cancer.
Bren Carroll, a retired Navy vet, said that his immune system cancer has gone into full remission thanks to an experimental treatment. Given only two years to live, Carroll, against all the odds, has gone seven years cancer-free. Carroll's oncologist declared that the man's response to treatment is encouraging.
Grand Chute Man Diagnose with Mantel Cell Lymphoma, a Type of Immune System Cancer
The retired Navy veteran recalls the dreadful moment after his doctors told him that he has cancer. Back in 2011, Carroll, who just ended a decades-long military career, was looking forward to spending more time with his wife and children.
Regrettably, he would soon find out that he has mantel cell lymphoma, a very rare and incurable type of immune system cancer. During a recent interview, the Grand Chute man told the reporter that his doctor gave him two years to live.
Until he enrolled in Dr. Nirav Shah's clinical trial, Carroll tried all forms of conventional cancer treatments.
In October 2011, taken aback by Shah's experimental therapy, Carroll signed up to Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin clinical trial.
Dr. Shah, an assistant professor of medicine, specialized in oncology and hematology, used a variation of the CAR T therapy (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell) in order to target the cancer cells.
More specifically, Dr. Shah and his team harvested Carroll's T-cells and reprogrammed them to fight against the cancer cells. Shah declared that this version of CAR T therapy is patient-tailored since the more 'traditional' approach relies on targeting a single receptor. In Carroll's case, the treatment was designed to target two cancer receptors – CD20 and CD 19.
Seven years later, Carroll's cancer is virtually untraceable. Shah said that we shouldn't call the CAR T therapy a cure just yet, but it appears to be the first step in the right direction.
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Alleged Russian Agent Marina Butina Moved to Virginia Jail, Unclear Why
Butina was moved from federal facility in D.C. to jail in Alexandria where Paul Manafort is currently being held
Betsy Swan
Former Political Reporter
Senior Editor & Writer
Updated Aug. 19, 2018 2:11PM ET / Published Aug. 18, 2018 12:27PM ET
William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center
Maria Butina, the Russian national accused of acting as a Kremlin agent in the United States, was abruptly moved from a jail in Washington to a lockup in Alexandria, Virginia, according to her lawyer.
"I got a collect call from Maria from Alexandria Detention at midnight last night, but was disconnected before we could speak," Robert Driscoll told The Daily Beast. "I couldn't get in to the facility last night, but visited her this morning. She was not informed of the reason for the move. I was not notified of the move, and still am unaware of the reason."
Amy Bertsch, a spokeswoman for the Alexandria Sheriff's Office, confirmed Butina arrived around 7 p.m. Friday at William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center, which also houses federal inmates. Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chief, is also currently being held at the same jail, awaiting the verdict in his trial for a host of alleged financial crimes.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why Butina had been moved. Butina has pleaded not guilty to charges she acted as an covert Russian agent.
While the Manafort case is on trial two blocks from detention center, Butina's case is slated for federal court in D.C. The jail has housed other high-profile inmates who have been on trial in D.C., including Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the Libyan militia leader who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in Benghazi attacks. He was housed in the Alexandria detention center from his arrival in the U.S. in 2014 until this summer.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused American officials of mistreating Butina in jail.
Butina attended graduate school at American University, and over several years built relationships with a host of leaders in the conservative movement. She began a romantic relationship with Paul Erickson, formerly a member of the board of the American Conservative Union, and he helped her build connections throughout the American right.
Russian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev helped fund Butina's Russian gun rights group. The Daily Beast reported last week that she also had assistance from Igor Pisarsky, a prominent public affairs professional in Moscow whose firm has worked for a host of Kremlin clients.
A spokesperson for Nikolaev said he had no involvement in her activity in the U.S. "His support for Ms Butina's organization was strictly limited to domestic activity in Russia," the spokesperson said. "It lasted just two years and ended in 2014, since which time there has been no contact."


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AST 2199 - Duel with the Palace Lord of the Blazing Sun Immortal Palace
Ancient Strengthening Technique - AST 2199 - Duel with the Palace Lord of the Blazing Sun Immortal Palace
Upon hearing Qing Shui's words, Lie Hunren looked at him as though he were a clown: "Young man, talking like this proves nothing. Let me see if you're the real deal or not."
As he finished saying this, he stepped towards Qing Shui.
Qing Shui felt a strong pressure coming at him as he moved, as though there was really something between the two of them.
By this time, Qing Shui had already brought his strength up to maximum, using all his formations and the Battle God Halo. He knew that this time he had met someone who was truly powerful, and one slip up would be costly.
"Not bad, young man. Let's see what you can do against my attacks."
Blazing Volcano!
Lie Hunren reached out and attacked Qing Shui with what seemed like a little volcano. It had the top full of fire, and was powerful enough to burn the souls of people. The volcano was also very strong in attack power.
A veteran would be able to tell how dangerous it was by reaching out. This simple motion explained the power behind it.
Nine Continents Mountain!
As Qing Shui reached out, the Nine Continents Mountain in front of him went towards the little volcano.
The attack power of the Nine Continents Mountain had already reached 27 billion Dao, and on top of that, it had the strength of the shield attack. Even if it wasn't a true shield attack, it could diminish some of the attack power of the opposing force. If it were actually a true shield attack, it would completely suppress its attack power.
The chance that the Nine Continents Mountain would be able to completely nullify the opposing attack was low, but the shield attack was still there, about 20 to 30 percent, and could nullify another 20 to 30 percent of the enemy's attack during this fluctuating time. But even with that, the Nine Continents Mountain was beaten away by the little volcano.
Although it was beaten away, the power that the little volcano had been left with wasn't much and under it, the large red Demonic Vines wrapped around the little volcano had disappeared in a bit.
Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines!
The main purpose of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines was pestering strength, toughness, and sturdiness. Its attack power was secondary. Furthermore, it had sharp and menacing bloodthirsty spikes. The Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines were very different from before, their power incomparable to the past.
When Lie Hunren saw that his own little volcano had dissipated, he couldn't help but look at Qing Shui. This young man's strength wasn't too bad, and wasn't just all talk. Unfortunately, he wasn't of his family, and was even an enemy, so he couldn't let him go.
When this thought came out, it was like a seed sprouting its roots, continuously growing. This prompted Lie Hunren to quickly make a decision.
Qing Shui felt a surge of killing intent. He didn't think that the palace lord of the Blazing Fire Immortal Palace would want to kill him. However, this killing intent was real and extremely intense.
Qing Shui clenched his two fists together, then used the Diamond White Tiger King. He then afterward also used the Dragon Spider, the Buddha Diamond Seal, and without batting an eye, put a Buddha Wisdom Seal on Lie Hunren.
He unleashed the power of the Divine Weapon Flying Sword. This way, he could minimize the damage to the people around, increasing their vitality.
"I see. You're trying to use those two Beasts to control me. Funny." Lie Hunren looked at Qing Shui without a trace of dismay.
Art of Pursuing, Emperor's Qi!
Qing Shui waved his hand and attacked with two crippling strikes, which made Lie Hunren slightly shiver. A dark colored light flashed, increasing his strength a decent amount. However, it wasn't for recovery, but only a temporary boost.
Qing Shui smiled, and as his hand moved, another white light surrounded Lie Hunren.
Area Dominance.
In this instant, a large amount of strength that was increased was cut in half.
Lie Hunren moved. He knew that he needed to get rid of this young man even more.
Buddha Bright Seal.
Stellar Transposition.
The first to strike was the one with the advantage. Qing Shui also didn't want to be careless and immediately used the Buddha Bright Seal and Stellar Transposition.
While the Stellar Transposition was still very menacing, Qing Shui was thinking of using the Buddha Bright Seal to make his opponent become disoriented for a bit, lowering his opponent's strength, while further increasing his own attack.
The Stellar Transposition bypassed defense, so Qing Shui had no idea what to suppose in the end.
What surprised Qing Shui was that this Buddha Bright Seal had a strong effect on Lie Hunren. Last time, when he was fighting the Demon Gate Junior Sect Master, his opponent had Demon Shadow Splitting so he wasn't sure whether this Lie Hunren took the attack on purpose or not. He decided not to think about it anymore.
The Stellar Transposition hit Lie Hunren's body, blowing him away with a trail of fresh blood coming from his mouth.
Seeing this, Qing Shui knew that Lie Hunren had actually been hit by him. Still, that guy's resistance was very strong. He didn't even think about preparing defenses against an attack that would bypass them, which meant that the only thing left was his own life force. The stronger the life force, the less of an effect the attack would have and the quicker it would be to recover from.
It seemed that this Lie Hunren's life force was pretty strong. Qing Shui's Stellar Transposition wasn't anything weak. Even though it had not reached 70 billion Dao, it had the defense bypass power of about 10 billion, which was enough to injure his opponent.
All in all, his strength had been crippled a little, and now it was just enough for Qing Shui to have an effect on him. Actually, Lie Hunren's power now wasn't too low, but it also was enough to delay the fight. Of course, his strength would also continue to diminish as the fight went on.
The way the Lie Hunren was looking at Qing Shui was just like that of a devil. A large blade of fire appeared in his hand, and he suddenly rushed towards Qing Shui; his speed enough for people's hairs to stand on end.
Windwhisk Willow!
Qing Shui's heart jumped, then quickly used Windwhisk Willow.
This move had alarmed Qing Shui, because the Nine Palace Steps and Windwhisk Willow that he had combined had reached a bottleneck, unable to thoroughly combine. At this moment, however, he found that he had burst through the bottleneck like window paper. They had managed to combine perfectly and allowed him to dodge Lie Hunren's vicious blade.
Lie Hunren's eyes turned red. Someone had evaded it. Someone had evaded his own blade. He couldn't figure out what that young guy's movement technique was either, which was too weird.
Qing Shui seemed to have gone completely into his own world. He didn't have a weapon in his hand because he knew that it wouldn't matter even if he did have one. He continuously dodged, using the Buddha Bright Seal and Gouging Strike every now and then, along with the Dragon-capturing Hands, and didn't dare use anything else against a person of Lie Hunren's caliber. It was already too risky in close range. One misstep would spell his end even if he had a stronger defense.
Beihuang Fan and the rest of the people were watching Qing Shui's movements, themselves also stunned. Those movements were too peculiar. They could see that Qing Shui was using Windwhisk Willow, but it seemed to be even stronger than usual.
Lie Hunren felt an unmatched gloom. This young man had such a strange movement. It was way too scary, making him think that this guy had some weird feeling to it. Qing Shui had Windwhisk Willow, and now it had been combined with the Nine Palace Steps. Meanwhile, Lie Hunren's strength did not lie with his speed, which was now halved. Even if he struck out with strength, he couldn't hit his target, which was the power of speed.
Lie Hunren was the Palace Lord of the Blazing Fire Immortal Palace but he appeared so powerless in front of many people. When he was starting to be angered by this fact, Qing Shui moved his hand again.
A white shadow came out, directly striking Lie Hunren's body.
Stellar Transposition!
Without knowing that a while had passed once more, Qing Shui was able to use his Stellar Transposition again.


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Q: PL/SQL program using CURSOR for frequency distribution in table finaltableA has two columns WORDS, WCOUNTS. The program should insert every word of intitaltableA into finaltableA exactly once. In the column WCOUNTS the program should put how often the word occurs.

intitaltableA

COVID

is

a

disease

COVID

can

be

treated

with

antibodies

COVID

is

a

serious

disease

there

is

a

vaccination

available

for

COVID

finaltableA should look like this -

WORDS
WCOUNTS

a
3

antibodies
1

available
1

be
1

can
1

COVID
4

disease
2

for
1

is
3

serious
1

there
1

treated
1

vaccination
1

with
1

I should use a cursor to insert and update the table. I am new to PL/SQL.

A: It is quite obvious that you can do this without any cursor in PLSQL, so I guess that means that you are trying to solve a homework problem or a training question. Anyway, here you can see two simple options to get the result you want, with and without PLSQL.
Option 1 - Without PLSQL
with x ( words )
as
(
select 'COVID'        from dual union all
select 'is'           from dual union all
select 'a'            from dual union all
select 'disease'      from dual union all
select 'COVID'        from dual union all
select 'can'          from dual union all
select 'be'           from dual union all
select 'treated'      from dual union all
select 'with'         from dual union all
select 'antibodies'   from dual union all
select 'COVID'        from dual union all
select 'is'           from dual union all
select 'a'            from dual union all
select 'serious'      from dual union all
select 'disease'      from dual union all
select 'there'        from dual union all
select 'is'           from dual union all
select 'a'            from dual union all
select 'vaccination'  from dual union all
select 'available'    from dual union all
select 'for'          from dual union all
select 'COVID'        from dual
)
select words, count(words) as counter
from x
group by words
order by 2 desc;

If you execute it, it gives you the output you want
SQL> with x ( words )
  2  as
  3  (
  4  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
  5  select 'is'           from dual union all
  6  select 'a'            from dual union all
  7  select 'disease'      from dual union all
  8  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
  9  select 'can'          from dual union all
 10  select 'be'           from dual union all
 11  select 'treated'      from dual union all
 12  select 'with'         from dual union all
 13  select 'antibodies'   from dual union all
 14  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
 15  select 'is'           from dual union all
 16  select 'a'            from dual union all
 17  select 'serious'      from dual union all
 18  select 'disease'      from dual union all
 19  select 'there'        from dual union all
 20  select 'is'           from dual union all
 21  select 'a'            from dual union all
 22  select 'vaccination'  from dual union all
 23  select 'available'    from dual union all
 24  select 'for'          from dual union all
 25  select 'COVID'        from dual
 26  )
 27  select words, count(words) as counter
 28  from x
 29  group by words
 30* order by 2 desc
SQL> /

WORDS          COUNTER
----------- ----------
COVID                4
is                   3
a                    3
disease              2
there                1
available            1
for                  1
serious              1
antibodies           1
can                  1
vaccination          1

WORDS          COUNTER
----------- ----------
treated              1
be                   1
with                 1

14 rows selected.

Option 2 - Using PLSQL and a CURSOR
In the below example, I'm going to use dbms_output to show the results. Keep in mind that here there are dozens of ways to do the same, I am just using the simplest one I can think of.
SQL> create table t ( words varchar2(40) ) ;

Table created.

SQL> insert into t
  2  with x ( words )
  3  as
  4  (
  5  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
  6  select 'is'           from dual union all
  7  select 'a'            from dual union all
  8  select 'disease'      from dual union all
  9  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
 10  select 'can'          from dual union all
 11  select 'be'           from dual union all
 12  select 'treated'      from dual union all
 13  select 'with'         from dual union all
 14  select 'antibodies'   from dual union all
 15  select 'COVID'        from dual union all
 16  select 'is'           from dual union all
 17  select 'a'            from dual union all
 18  select 'serious'      from dual union all
 19  select 'disease'      from dual union all
 20  select 'there'        from dual union all
 21  select 'is'           from dual union all
 22  select 'a'            from dual union all
 23  select 'vaccination'  from dual union all
 24  select 'available'    from dual union all
 25  select 'for'          from dual union all
 26  select 'COVID'        from dual
 27* ) select words from x
SQL> /

22 rows created.

SQL> commit ;

Commit complete.

SQL>  declare
  2  begin
  3  for i in ( select words, count(words) as counter from t group by words order by 2 desc )
  4  loop
  5     dbms_output.put_line( 'Words: '||i.words||' - Wcount is: '||i.counter||' ');
  6  end loop;
  7* end;
SQL> /
Words: COVID - Wcount is: 4
Words: is - Wcount is: 3
Words: a - Wcount is: 3
Words: disease - Wcount is: 2
Words: antibodies - Wcount is: 1
Words: for - Wcount is: 1
Words: be - Wcount is: 1
Words: vaccination - Wcount is: 1
Words: can - Wcount is: 1
Words: available - Wcount is: 1
Words: treated - Wcount is: 1
Words: there - Wcount is: 1
Words: with - Wcount is: 1
Words: serious - Wcount is: 1

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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Why is the National Enquirer Afraid of This Man?
Martin Singer may be a mad dog, but he's crazy like a fox
Published in 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers — February 2008by Cathy Madison
Priscilla Presley called him a stealth rottweiler. Los Angeles magazine dubbed him a raging bull. Rosanne Barr was so bowled over by his ferocious tenacity—in a suit filed against her—that she later hired him. Yet when you meet Martin D. "Mad Dog" Singer, he is soft-spoken and amiable. Dressed impeccably in a finely tailored, understated suit and lavender tie and smiling as wide as the vista beyond his conference room window, he seems more teddy bear than grizzly.
But this is Hollywoodland, where successful people embrace multiple personas. We are also safe here on the secured 24th floor of a Century City office building, not sitting exposed and vulnerable in a packed courtroom or speeding through a paparazzi-laced gauntlet. In disarmingly pleasant tones, Singer discloses the secret to his celebrity-studded success.
"I'm aggressive," he says. "Very aggressive."
He is also direct, no-nonsense, schmooze-free. He is not star-struck, although he appears with Kelsey Grammer in a golf picture that graces his office. He does not drop names, although he could: Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Demi Moore, Sylvester Stallone and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have been clients. He does not preen and swagger. What he does is reach into his pocket and haul out his wallet, which looks like anyone's wallet, crammed with cards and pictures of loved ones fading behind scratched plastic. He digs around, pulls out a tiny slip of paper, and puts it face-down on the table.
He's not from here, he explains. He didn't grow up among the rich and famous. He didn't always charge $700 an hour, and celebrity clients didn't always darken his door. In fact, when he and John Lavely Jr. started Lavely & Singer in 1980, he didn't have any clients at all.
A lower-middle-class kid from Canarsie, a Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood favored by Italian mafia, Singer learned early to work hard—very hard—for what he wanted. An excellent math and science student, he considered engineering. But during Singer's first year at City College of New York his father died, leaving behind a silkscreen printing factory and a family to support. Singer recalculated. Instead of dropping out, he rescheduled classes to incorporate 30 to 35 hours a week of factory work, and switched to political science, even though he didn't know exactly what that was. He was told it would lead to law school, which it did; he attended Brooklyn Law School, passing up more prestigious venues to shoulder family responsibilities. He graduated in 1977, and looked west for a job.
Weather, not entertainment industry allure, led him to L.A. He and his bride had fallen in love with California during a stopover on their Hawaiian honeymoon after his first year in law school. When career decision time came in January of his senior year, "it was 20 degrees in New York, with heavy snow and rain. So during the interview process we went to Phoenix, Houston, San Diego and Los Angeles," he says. He took the bar in California and landed a law clerk position—with no possibility of future full-time employment, the official letter said—at entertainment transactional firm Schiff Hirsch and Schreiber, a key Los Angeles boutique that initially paid him $10 an hour, less than his wife earned as a legal secretary.
The firm boasted such clients as Francis Ford Coppola and Jane Fonda, yet show biz still didn't beckon. Singer's math acumen suggested a future as a tax attorney; he assisted one for a while. But, simultaneously, he began assisting in litigation, and he was hooked. Three years later, he was a happily employed associate when, around April Fool's Day, a memo announcing that the firm would dissolve in 30 days landed on his desk. He thought it was a joke, a cruel one since he'd just bought a small house in the Valley and was expecting his second child. It was no joke. Situation: scary. When litigation department head John Lavely Jr. suggested launching their own firm even though they had no clients in their pockets, Singer hesitated. But his entrepreneurial side prevailed.
He turns the slip of paper right side up. "We went out and celebrated at a Chinese restaurant," he says, "and this was my fortune: 'Your intuitions in business decisions are good.'" Never mind that he remained salary-free for three months; they were still in business a year later, when they celebrated their first anniversary at the same Chinese restaurant and—Singer pulls a second slip of paper from his wallet and grins—he got the same fortune.
A self-described workaholic, Singer has a single focus: getting good results. "I care about my work," he says. "And I work very hard. I'm accessible but I'm also very pragmatic. I often turn down cases or recommend that my clients don't sue when it'll cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars and I can't guarantee that we'll prevail."
Handling libel, defamation and media issues is no simple undertaking, particularly when one's clients include not only movie stars but also high-profile politicians, corporate executives and athletes. Building a celebrity clientele has been a slow process, he says, even for someone who arguably has handled more plaintiff libel lawsuits in the past five years than any other lawyer. Referrals—from other entertainment attorneys, business managers, publicists, accountants, even opposing counsel and clients—are essential. He must please not only famous clients but also their "people."
"It helps that I'm someone from Brooklyn," he admits. "I don't have a laid-back, let's-go-surfing personality." A former high school football player whose field presence would still be formidable, he thanks sports—from stoopball to stickball—for his battle mentality. He wants to win. Forget teddy or grizzly; more often he's the bad news bear. "The last thing a celebrity wants to be is in a courtroom," he says. "You're telling them either 'someone hasn't honored their commitment or has ripped you off or treated you poorly, and you have to hire a litigation lawyer to preserve your rights,' or 'you've been accused of doing something wrong and now you've got to justify your conduct.' It's always bad news, even when you win," he says.
Singer says he is driven—passionately, consummately driven—to protect the rights of all clients, whether or not they are household names. About 40 percent are defendants and 60 percent plaintiffs; none of the work is easy.
"A lot of celebrities don't ever want to hear the word 'no,' and the CEOs are even worse," he says. He is no shrinking violet, he adds, and insists that his clients tell him the truth. Sometimes he gets it, sometimes not. Although each client is different, "some are more difficult than others. If they're too difficult, I'll stop representing them. Life's too short."
On a first-name basis with editors and counsel at the tabloids, Singer practices one rule: never lie to the media. He may implore them to kill a story, change a story, move a story, or print truth instead of fiction. He seldom has the luxury of time; he must act in minutes, not hours, days or weeks. Every week, he contends with about 40 calls involving different publications proposing stories that clients claim are either false or defamatory. Their intended stories may cross essential boundaries, and Singer isn't shy about pointing them out.
In one case, medical personnel leaked confidential information about Singer's client, whose medical condition, if disclosed, could affect the syndication of a popular TV series. Singer knew the information was true but had to figure out a way to kill the story. He knew this: If the publication had accurate information, it must have been illegally obtained. If it ran the story without saying whether it was true or false, it violated the person's right to privacy. And if it ran the story and it was wrong, the negative effect on the client's future could subject them to $20 million, $50 million, even $100 million in damages. "Was it worth the risk?" he asked the publications.
"Lo and behold, they didn't run the story," Singer says. Nine months later, the client decided to disclose his medical condition, and "you know what? That's the right thing to be done. His family shouldn't hear about someone having cancer by reading the Enquirer."
Such issues often involve children. Adults volunteer to live in the public eye, which means they're fair game, but children do not, Singer says emphatically. "Sometimes the question is whether it's morally correct to publish a story. I have to use my skills to appeal to [editors] as human beings." While he can still depose a plaintiff for days on end—professionally and courteously, of course, but skillfully enough that the plaintiff dismisses the lawsuit—Singer says that his practice has changed significantly since his name went on the door in 1980.
"I usually have at least half a dozen major arbitrations a year that would have been jury trials," Singer says, adding that his last trial was two years ago. Although he has two or three scheduled in the next six months, perhaps only one will reach a courtroom. About 95 percent of all cases settle, he says. And many cases are handled out of state, where California's anti-SLAPP statute doesn't apply.
"Do you know where the word 'arbitration' comes from?" he asks. "This is in the Marty Singer dictionary: It comes from the word 'arbitrary,' because those decisions can be arbitrary. The bad thing about arbitrations in California is that an arbitrator can get it wrong in terms of the facts or the law, but unless you can prove fraud or refusal to allow evidence, you have no right to appeal. I think it's a disservice to clients when they basically get one shot at the apple," he says. "I much prefer jury trials."
The most significant changes during Singer's reign are due to the Internet. The National Enquirer and Star splashing headlines on the newsstand once a week was one thing; Web sites publishing news 24/7 is quite another. "Many don't care about the law. They just want to be the first to scoop it, and if it's false, it's too late, because it gets picked up by all the other media," he says. "Not only is it instant news, but they generally don't have the same approach to fact checking before they run the story. Some just say, 'Go ahead and sue me. I got nothin'.' They just get publicity."
Men and women behaving badly keep Singer on his toes, sometimes literally. Some make up stories, like the one claiming a celebrity was swilling booze when the liquid in question was ginseng. Others jump out of bushes, ambushing a stroller to capture a famous couple's baby on camera. Inside the courthouse, Singer fights legal wars, but outside the courthouse, he must deal with security issues even more intimidating—and dangerous.
"Paparazzi run rampant here. They're faceless thugs, many of them, and they basically create stories," he says. He recalls an incident in an underground parking lot in Beverly Hills, where his car was blocked and he and his client were chased. His clients, of course, face such harassment all the time. Singer's experience in their presence, simply walking beside them and sharing their fear, gives him compassion for the downsides of fame.
"I just want to make sure justice is accomplished, and many times these people don't get justice in America," he says. "It gets harder every day."
Despite his workaholic tendencies, Singer makes no claim to doing it all by himself; other lawyers often draft his notorious poison pen letters, for example. He claims that his considerable accomplishments—the Daily Journal has named him one of California's Top 100 Attorneys, and a slew of celebs apparently concur—rely heavily on assistance and support from his partners and associates.
His career commitments, however, don't keep him from his other loves: watching sports (he's an avid Dodgers and New York Giants fan), golf (although his local pro says he needs to spend more time on the course) and his family. The father of three grown children ("all brilliant," he claims, although none is a lawyer), he once, midway through a three-week jury trial, convinced a judge to end an afternoon session early so he could coach his son's semifinal championship Little League game. The team lost, but Dad was there on time.
At 55, Singer says he wants to work less for the same results, but he has no intention of slowing down. So he'll continue to embody his moniker, which first came about when a colleague noted his initials—M.D.—and called him "Mad Dog." Singer immediately took to the nickname—and Hollywood seems to agree.
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Marshall Acton II
Marshall Acton II Review
The Marshall Acton II aims to bring classic styling to the smaller mains-powered Bluetooth speaker, along with physical control knobs, app support and a powerful sound experience.
Luke Edwards | October 31, 2018 2:03 pm GMT
Mashall
Marshall has created a stunning Bluetooth speaker in the Acton II. With plenty of power and balance in the sound, backed by app support for manual tuning, this is a standout speaker that justifies its price.
Excellent bass for size
Physical knob controls
Slight bass distortion
No aptX
Not battery powered for mobility
Review Price: £220
Physical controls
Leather-style finish outer
What is the Marshall Acton II?
When Marshall makes a speaker, it doesn't just produce a sound-sharing machine – it creates a design icon. As such, the Marshall Acton II looks awesome in the company's classic band amplifier style, which has been shrunk down for this desktop-friendly Bluetooth speaker. Despite its size, the Acton II packs plenty of power.
But can all that justify the £220 price? Or does the competition from the likes of B&O and Bose make this a pricey design decision?
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Marshall Acton II – Design
There's no denying it: the Marshall Acton II is a stunner. From the leather-style wrapped outer layer to the tactile physical control knobs, this screams analogue, all the while keeping up with the latest Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. The model I tested was white with a rose gold finish, but there is also a black and gold option for an even more classic style.
On top of the speaker there are control knobs for volume, bass and treble – all of which light up indicator bars to show what level they're at. These are flanked by chunky metal buttons to play and pause, or switch between Bluetooth and auxiliary line-in. On the far end of that top bar you'll find the power switch and the 3.5mm aux port.
The mains power uses a standard-length cable, so don't expect to stretch this too far above table height. This isn't a battery powered speaker – but at 2.85kg you probably wouldn't want to lug this around as a portable speaker anyway. Also, if you opt for the white leather-style outer layer, it's unlikely to last long outside the protection of the home.
A really nice audio touch is the inclusion of a guitar sound effect when the speaker turns on or Bluetooth connects. This gives a proper rock and roll feel to this speaker from a brand that formed an integral part of the rock and roll era. These sounds can also be turned off in the app, in case you get bored of them – a thoughtful touch.
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Marshall Acton II – Features
The 30W Class D amplifier for the woofer is what helps this little speaker stand out even when compared with larger units – it's got plenty of power and bass.
The Bluetooth connectivity is important for easy phone and computer audio hook-ups. The 3.5mm aux input is a great option for higher quality audio, since lots of phones no longer have a headphone port. As such, the latest Bluetooth 5.0 inclusion is very necessary.
That said, the Marshall Acton II doesn't appear to feature aptX, meaning you don't get high fidelity audio over Bluetooth – unlike some of the competition, such as the similarly styled but far bigger and pricier BoomBocs. However, it does use digital signal processing (DSP), so the quality doesn't distort at higher volumes.
There is also a Marshall Bluetooth app, which allows you to connect to the Acton II speaker for updates and finer audio controls. This can be used to tweak the EQ settings with slider bars, but also with presets. So you can pick from the likes of Rock, Metal, Hip-hop, Pop, Jazz and more to enjoy your style of music as the Marshall would have it heard.
Also, through using the app, the unit can be linked to another Marshall Bluetooth speaker to make a stereo pair. This is useful in case you need to add even more power – or if you want to use them as a 2.1 surround sound system for your phone's movies.
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Marshall Acton II – Performance
The Marshall Acton II is relatively small. Yet when you power it up and hear that initial guitar strum to denote it's ready to play, it threatens plenty of grunt. Once you crank the volume up a little, along with the bass, you realise how much power is at your disposal.
In fact, you'll likely never need to use the full volume option, even in a loud party situation. This is both good and bad. Good, because you have the power if you need it, but bad as the top end does distort ever so slightly. Since you'll likely never leave it on full volume, it's not a massive issue. And if you really want ear-melting power, you can always opt for the slightly larger Stanmore II instead.
Marshall is a company with a rock and roll heritage and you can certainly hear the quality when it comes to guitars – everything is just tuned right. Crank up a bit of Muse and you'll feel Matt Bellamy's guitar shred through you and the high end of his cries vibrate your chest – all in a very good way.
That said, if you switch to some hip-hop, the bass kicks in and you're transported into the studio with clear voices coming over the top end as bass remains solid at the bottom. This kind of balance helps justify the price and shows this isn't just a speaker designed to look good.
The app works well too. It has a nice simple layout, while offering enough options to make it useful. For those that like to play with EQ levels, this is a must-have. But for those less knowledgeable about what they're doing, the presets are really helpful too.
The variation between modes isn't a huge change, just enough to hear the difference. But, bearing in mind this is a small Bluetooth speaker, it does well to offer more manual tuning. You can even change the brightness on the indicator lights if you want – a lovely option that shows Marshall has thought about this in great detail.
Smaller details, like adding lights to the manual knobs and building that layer from hardy metal, go a long way in making this a premium product. The whole unit feels solid, like it will last you a lifetime. The white model may need cleaning more often than the black version, but if you're buying this as a feature, then the odd clean is a fair price to pay.
Why buy the Marshall Acton II?
If you want a Bluetooth speaker that looks stunning and works as a real feature in your room, then the Marshall Acton II is one of the best options available. On top of that, you can rely on powerful and well-balanced sound, backed by an app that allows for manual adjustments to suit your tastes.
If you don't mind the lack of aptX for truly top-quality Bluetooth streaming, and Wi-Fi connectivity isn't for you, then this is a great speaker. For those that want even more power, the ability to pair it with another speaker is a nice stereo option, too. The 3.5mm audio-in for aux is a welcome addition that helps keep that classic look as well as allowing you to use the speaker for higher-quality audio inputs.
Luke Edwards has been a journalist and editor for – well – far longer than he'd like to divulge. He specialises in all things tech and gadget related – from science and health to sports and adventure.…


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BlogThe GOP's Post-Cloture Obstruction: Nothing Changes
The GOP's Post-Cloture Obstruction: Nothing Changes
Paul Gordon	| December 11, 2013
Under Senate rules, after a filibuster has been broken by a successful cloture vote, a single senator can still delay an actual yes-or-no confirmation vote for as long as 30 hours. That 30-hour wait can be eliminated, but only if all the senators agree. So when the Senate invoked cloture on Nina Pillard's nomination to the DC Circuit Tuesday evening, Republicans immediately set about delaying her confirmation up to about 1:00 am Thursday morning. National Journal reports that McConnell has no intention of giving back any of that time, and that Republicans are "plotting a talkathon."
But the National Journal report makes a serious factual error when it says:
Before the rules change, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would probably have agreed to yield back time. Now? Not so much.
While Senate Republicans may want Americans to believe that, a quick look at the record shows it isn't so. We can look at other times (before the rules change) that Democrats successfully invoked cloture on a circuit court nomination to see if the GOP yielded their right to force the Senate to wait 30 hours before holding a confirmation vote.
It turns out there are only four examples where Democrats were able to successfully break the Republican filibuster of an Obama appeals court nominee with a cloture vote, and in only one of those cases did Republicans agree to immediately allow an up-or-down confirmation vote.
In two of those cases, confirmation votes took place two days after the cloture vote, even though in one instance almost every Republican supported the nominee. The Senate invoked cloture for David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit by a 70-29 vote on November 17, 2009, but his confirmation vote (59-39) was not held for another two days. And cloture for Adalberto Jordán, nominated to the Eleventh Circuit, was invoked by an 89-5 vote on February 13, 2012, but he had to wait two days before his 94-5 confirmation vote.
The only time there was a contested cloture vote for a circuit court nominee and Republicans yielded back the time, allowing a relatively prompt yes-or-no vote, they did so by accident. That was for the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz to the Ninth Circuit. The Senate invoked cloture on Hurwitz's nomination in a 60-31 vote at the end of the day on June 11, 2012, and he was confirmed the next morning by unanimous voice vote. After the vote, senior Judiciary Committee Republican Chuck Grassley claimed that he had not meant to let the vote go forward and did not know that this would happen, or he would have objected in order to prevent the needed unanimous consent. (He also listed 39 Republicans who would have voted against confirmation.)
There was one time when Sen. McConnell and his caucus did agree to yield back the time after a circuit court nomination cloture vote, as National Journal suggests was the norm. On March 2, 2010, the Senate voted unanimously for cloture on Barbara Keenan's nomination to the Fourth Circuit and confirmed her 99-0 the same day.
So before the recent rules change, would McConnell likely have agreed to yield back time for a nominee who Republicans had pulled out the stops to obstruct? Don't bet on it.
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Q: C++ program to find prime numbers in a fibonacci series Can someone help me in this?
This is a c++ program that I need to find prime numbers of fibonacci series.
the question says that after you enter the n ( the number of fibonacci series ) the program has to extract the prime numbers from it, and then, if the sum of those prime numbers is an odd number, it has to show 'A' and if it's even, it should show 'D'. The problem is I know how to find both fibonacci series and prime numbers, but I can't merge them.
And I need to keep the code as simple as possible
Can someone help me in this?
This one is for fibonacci series:
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    int n, a = 1, b = 1, c;
    cin >> n;
    cout << a << endl;
    cout << b << endl;
    int i = 2;
    while (i < n)
    {
        c = a + b;
        cout << c << endl;
        a = b;
        b = c;
        i++;
    }
    getch();
}

And this one is for prime numbers :
#include<iostream>
#include<conio.h>
using namespace std;

int main(){

    int a, b = 1, r = 1, c = 0, x, m;
    cout << "please enter number :";
    cin >> a;
    while (b <= a) {
    m = a;
    x = b;
    while (x != 0) {
        r = m % x;
        m = x;
        x = r;
    }
    if (m == 1){
        c++;
        b++;
    }
    cout << c;
    getch();
}

I have to put them together so i can extract the prime numbers in the fibonacci, but I dont know how.
And, I need it to show the prime numbers but my code shows how many numbers are prime

A: One solution could be to make a function to find the n'th fibonacci number, another function to test if a number is prime, and then loop over the fibonacci number to find the primes
#include <iostream>

int fib(int n) { /* code */ }
bool is_prime(int n) { /* code */ }

int sum_of_prime_in_fib(int lim)
{
    int sum = 0;

    // loop over the fibonacci number to sum the primes
    for (int i = 1; i <= lim; ++i) {
        int f = fib(i);
        if (is_prime(f))
            sum += f;
    }
    return sum;
}

int main()
{
    int n;
    std::cout << "please enter number :";
    std::cin >> n; //remember to check for errors, which I wont do

    std::cout << "the sum of primes is: " << sum_of_prime_in_fib(n) << "\n";
}

I have left the implementation of the two functions as an exercise

A: Since you did not include conio.h content, I will pose a solution from bare-bone.
This question revolves around several stages.

*

*get all fibonacci sequence in a list

*use fibonacci sequence to find if any prime numbers exist (put them in a list)

*calculate the sum of the prime numbers from that list

*if the sum is even, print "A" otherwise print "D".

The code can be broken down to several functions to make it easier and more intuitive.
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

vector<int> generate_fibonacci(int n){
    int a = 1, b = 1, c;
    //cout << a << endl;
    //cout << b << endl;
    int i = 2;
    vector<int> f;
    f.push_back(a);
    f.push_back(b);//assuming that the a,b are part of the fibonacci

    while (i < n)
    {
        c = a + b;
        f.push_back(c);
        a = b;
        b = c;
        i++;
    }
    return f;
}

bool is_prime(int n)
{
    // Corner case
    if (n <= 1)
        return false;

    // Check from 2 to n-1
    for (int i = 2; i < n; i++)
        if (n % i == 0)
            return false;

    return true;
}

vector<int> find_prime_from_f(vector<int> v){
    vector<int> fp;
    for(int i: v){
        if(is_prime(i))
        {
            fp.push_back(i);
        }
    }
    return fp;
}

int main(){
    cout << "please enter the number of fibonacci" << endl;
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<int> fibonacciNumber = generate_fibonacci(n);
    vector<int> fibonacciPrime = find_prime_from_f(fibonacciNumber);
    int sum;
    for(int i: fibonacciPrime)
    {
        sum += i;
    }
    if(sum %2 != 0) cout << "A" <<endl; //if it is odd
    else cout << "D" <<endl; //if it is even

}

You can of course tailor some of the details of these functions, including adding some bound checking for negative numbers, and optimize the algorithm by using array, doing the calculation and checking on the fly, or simplify the code a little. However, this should serve as a starting point for your further implementation.