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Blog: Another Step Towards the Regulation of Cryptocurrency in Hong Kong: HKMA Releases Discussion Paper on Stablecoins – Gibson Dunn
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On 12 January 2022, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released a Discussion Paper on the expansion of the Hong Kong regulatory framework to stablecoins (e.g. crypto-assets pegged to fiat currencies). The Paper considers the adequacy of the existing regulatory framework in light of the growing use of stablecoins and other types of crypto-assets in financial markets, and the challenges posed by this increase in their prevalence. It further poses eight questions for consideration by the industry, including the scope of a proposed new regulatory regime to cover what the HKMA describes as "payment-related stablecoins".
This client alert provides an overview of the HKMA's views on crypto-assets and stablecoins as outlined in the Paper, discusses the implications for players in the stablecoin ecosystem if the proposed changes are implemented, and suggested next steps for interested parties.
The HKMA has requested responses to the Paper by 31 March 2022, and has indicated that it intends to introduce this new stablecoin regulatory regime by 2023-2024.
HKMA's views on crypto-assets and financial stability
The Paper provides a valuable insight into the HKMA's views on crypto-assets in general, and stablecoins in particular, including their linkages to the traditional financial system and ramifications on financial stability.
In introducing its proposal to regulate payment related stablecoins, the HKMA has made it clear that while the current size and trading activity of crypto-assets globally may not pose an immediate threat to the stability of the global financial system from a systemic point of view, it does consider the increasing prevalence of crypto-assets to have the potential to impact financial stability. In particular, the HKMA has flagged that it considers the growing exposure of institutional investors, as well as certain segments of the retail public, to such assets as an alternative to, or to complement traditional asset classes, indicates growing interconnectedness with the mainstream financial system.
Further, as noted by the HKMA, it understands that while Hong Kong authorised banks (Authorised Institutions or AIs) currently undertake only limited activities in relation to crypto-assets, AIs are interested in pursuing these activities further, given that they face increasing demand from customers for crypto-related products and services. This is consistent with what we understand is a steady increase in high net wealth investors hungry for yield demanding access to crypto-assets through their private wealth managers, as well as an uptick in demand from retail investors in Hong Kong eager for the same exposure to upside. To this end, the HKMA has flagged that it will soon provide AIs with more detailed regulatory guidance in relation to their interface with and provision of services to customers in relation to crypto-assets.
Finally, the HKMA has also noted its concerns that the ease of anonymous transfer of crypto-assets may make them susceptible to the risk of illicit and money laundering / terrorist financing activities.
The HKMA's views on stablecoins
The Paper also flags the HKMA's view that stablecoins are increasingly viewed as a 'widely acceptable means of payment' and that this, alongside the actual increase in their use, has increased the potential for their incorporation into the mainstream financial system. In the HKMA's opinion, this in turn raises broader monetary and financial stability implications and has resulted in the regulation of stablecoins becoming a key priority for the HKMA, which has stated in the Paper that it wishes to ensure that such coins "are appropriately regulated before they operate in Hong Kong or are marketed to the public of Hong Kong".
The Paper goes on to identify a number of potential risks that may arise in relation to the use of stablecoins, including, in summary:
Payment integrity risks where stablecoins are commonly accepted as a means of payment and operational disruptions or failures occur in relation to the stablecoins;
Banking stability risks if banks were to increase their exposure to stablecoins, particularly if stablecoins were viewed as a substitute for bank deposits;
Monetary policy risks in relation to the issue and redemption of HKD-backed stablecoins, which could affect interbank HKD demand and supply; and
User protection risks where a user may have no or limited recourse in relation to operational disruptions or failures of a stablecoin.
Given these potential risks, the HKMA has stated in the Paper that it considers it appropriate to expand the regulatory perimeter to cover payment-related stablecoins in the first instance, although it has not ruled out the possibility of regulating other forms of stablecoins as well.
The HKMA's discussion questions for industry consideration
The HKMA has noted in the Paper that it considers 'the need to regulate [stablecoins] is well justified and the tool to regulate…[can] be decided at a later stage'. However, it has indicated that it wishes for feedback from the industry and the public on the scope of the regulatory regime applicable to stablecoins, and to this end has set out eight discussion questions for industry consideration. A summary of the key questions posed by the HKMA, as well as the HKMA's views on those questions, is set out below.
Question 1: Should we regulate activities relating to all types of stablecoins or give priority to those payment-related stablecoins that pose higher risks to the monetary and financial systems while providing flexibility in the regime to make adjustments to the scope of stablecoins that may be subject to regulation as needed in the future?
In posing this question, the HKMA has noted that it intends to take a risk-based approach focused initially on payment-related stablecoins at this stage given their predominance in the market and higher potential to be incorporated into the mainstream financial market (as discussed above). However, the HKMA has noted that it intends to ensure that whatever regime is introduced is sufficiently flexible that it could extend to other types of stablecoins in the future. As such, issuers and traders of other types of stablecoins should not expect to avoid regulatory scrutiny forever.
Question 2: What types of stablecoin-related activities should fall under the regulatory ambit, e.g. issuance and redemption, custody and administration, reserves management?
The HKMA has proposed regulating a broad range of stablecoin-related activities, including:
Issuing, creating or destroying stablecoins;
Managing reserve assets to ensure stabilisation of stablecoin value;
Validating transactions and records;
Storing private keys used to provide access to stablecoins;
Facilitating the redemption of stablecoins;
Transmission of funds to settle transactions; and
Executing transactions in stablecoins.
This broad list is based on a list of activities in relation to stablecoins published by the Financial Stability Board[1] and as such may be viewed as in keeping with international standards. However, as discussed below in relation to Question 5, the breadth of this regime may raise concerns regarding the degree of overlap between this regime and others proposed by Hong Kong regulators, including the proposed VASP regime to be administered by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) (see our alert here).
Question 3: What kind of authorisation and regulatory requirements would be envisaged for those entities subject to the new licensing regime?
The HMKA has suggested that it considers that entities subject to the new stablecoin licensing regime would be subject to the following requirements:
authorisation and prudential requirements, including adequate financial resources and liquidity requirements;
fit and proper requirements in relation to both management and ownership;
requirements relating to the maintenance and management of reserves of backing assets; and systems; and
controls, governance and risk management requirements.
Further, given that it is common for multiple entities to be involved in different parts of a stablecoin arrangement, the HKMA has noted that such entities could be subject to part or all of the requirements, depending on the services they offer.
If requirements in relation to these matters are ultimately implemented by the HKMA, the stablecoin regime would cover some of the requirements of the proposed VASP regime, with the exception of requirements of reserves of backing assets, which will presumably only be applied to stablecoins given their nature.
Question 4: What is the intended coverage as to who needs a licence under the intended regulatory regime?
The HKMA has signalled that it believes that only entities incorporated in Hong Kong and holding a relevant licence granted by HKMA should carry out regulated activities, to enable the HKMA to exercise effective regulation on the relevant entities. As such, it has stated in the Paper that it expects that foreign companies / groups which intend to provide regulated activities in Hong Kong or actively market those activities in Hong Kong to incorporate a company in Hong Kong and apply for a licence to the HKMA under this regime.
If implemented, this would have significant ramifications for those global crypto-exchanges currently offering trading in stablecoins to Hong Kong users from offshore. These businesses would be faced with a choice between either incorporating in Hong Kong and seeking a licence, or discontinuing their trading for Hong Kong users.
Question 5: When will this new, risk-based regime on stablecoins be established, and would there be regulatory overlap with other financial regulatory regimes in Hong Kong, including but not limited to the SFC's VASP regime, and the SVF licensing regime of the PSSVFO?
The HKMA has stated that it will collaborate and coordinate with other financial regulators when defining the scope of its oversight and will seek to avoid regulatory arbitrage, including in relation to areas which 'may be subject to regulation by more than one local financial authority'.
However, an HKMA-administered regime of the breadth proposed above would create a situation in which an exchange undertaking transactions in non-stablecoin crypto-assets would be regulated by the SFC under its proposed new VASP regime while being regulated by both the SFC and the HKMA under its stablecoin regime. In this respect, we note that the proposed definition of 'virtual asset' under the proposed new VASP regime 'applies equally to virtual coins that are stable (i.e. the so-called "stablecoins")'.[2] While the HKMA and SFC share regulatory responsibility for Registered Institutions (i.e. Authorised Institutions which are separately licensed by the SFC to undertake securities and futures business), that shared regulatory responsibility concerns distinctly different types of activities. In contrast, we consider that from an exchange's perspective, the act of executing transactions in stablecoins is substantially similar to executing transactions in non-stablecoin crypto-assets. As such, this approach may lead to unnecessary and undesirable regulatory inefficiencies if exchanges are required to be licensed under both the SFC and HKMA regimes to undertake transactions in crypto-assets.
Question 6: Stablecoins could be subject to run and become potential substitutes of bank deposits. Should the HKMA require stablecoin issuers to be AIs under the Banking Ordinance, similar to the recommendations in the Report on Stablecoins issued by the US President's Working Group on Financial Markets?
While not expressly stating that it will not require stablecoin issuers to be regulated as AIs under the Banking Ordinance, the HKMA has indicated that it expects that the requirements applicable to stablecoin issuers will instead borrow from Hong Kong's current regulatory framework for stored value facilities (SVF). However, the HKMA has signalled that certain stablecoin issuers may be subject to higher prudential requirements than SVF issuers where they issue stablecoins of systemic importance.
Question 7: [Does] the HKMA also have plan[s] to regulate unbacked crypto-assets given their growing linkage with the mainstream financial system and risk to financial stability?
The HKMA has not expressly ruled out regulating unbacked crypto-assets, and has stated that it is necessary to continue monitoring the risks posed by this asset class. In stating this, the HKMA has also pointed to the VASP regime, suggesting that the HKMA's approach to this area is likely to depend on the success of that regime once implemented.
Question 8: For current or prospective parties and entities in the stablecoins ecosystem, what should they do before the HKMA's regulatory regime is introduced?
The HKMA has advised current and prospective players in the stablecoin ecosystem to provide feedback on the proposals set out in the Discussion Paper, and has noted that in the interim, it will continue to supervise AIs' activities in relation to crypto-assets and implement the SVF licensing regime pending implementation of this new regime.
The Discussion Paper provides a valuable insight into the HKMA's plans for the future of stablecoin regulation in Hong Kong. While some concerns exist as to the potential overlap between the HKMA's new proposed regime and the SFC's VASP regime, it is clear that the HKMA intends to ensure that it is regarded as the primary regulator of stablecoins going forward, and that it sees the regulation of this asset class as closely linked to its key objective of ensuring financial stability.
[1] See Financial Stability Board, Regulation, Supervision and Oversight of "Global Stablecoin" Arrangements: Final Report and High-Level Recommendations, https://www.fsb.org/wp-content/uploads/P131020-3.pdf, page 10.
[2] See Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Public Consultation on Legislative Proposals to Enhance Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Regulation in Hong Kong (Consultation Conclusions), https://www.fstb.gov.hk/fsb/en/publication/consult/doc/consult_conclu_amlo_e.pdf, paragraph 2.8.
Gibson Dunn's lawyers are available to assist in addressing any questions you may have regarding these developments. If you wish to discuss any of the matters set out above, please contact any member of Gibson Dunn's Crypto Taskforce (cryptotaskforce@gibsondunn.com) or the Global Financial Regulatory team, including the following authors in Hong Kong:
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Blog: Hialeah could get first new bank in Miami-Dade in five years – Miami Today
Written by Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow on January 18, 2022
A new application for a community bank from Hialeah is in the pipeline of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions to become a state-chartered financial institution. It would be the first new one in Miami-Dade in at least five years.
"They're working on raising capital. So that is one pending chartering application that we have before us for Miami-Dade County," said Jeremy W. Smith, director of the Division of Financial Institutions.
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Blog: M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION II CORP. : Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K) – marketscreener.com
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
As previously reported, on August 16, 2021, M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp., a
Delaware corporation ("MBAC"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
"Merger Agreement") with Blue Steel Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of MBAC ("Merger Sub"), and Syniverse Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Syniverse"), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with
and into Syniverse, with Syniverse surviving the merger as a wholly owned
subsidiary of MBAC. MBAC has set February 9, 2022 as the date for its special
meeting of stockholders to approve the transaction (the "Special Meeting"). The
transaction is expected to close shortly after the Special Meeting, subject to
receipt of the requisite MBAC stockholder approvals and certain other customary
closing conditions. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company
intends to change its name to Syniverse Technologies Corporation and trade on
the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the ticker symbol "SYNV."
On January 18, 2022, Syniverse issued a press release announcing a business
update, including certain financial results of Syniverse Holdings, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Syniverse ("Syniverse Holdings"), for its fourth
quarter and full year ended November 30, 2021, and providing updated guidance
for fiscal 2022. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
and incorporated herein by reference.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference is an
investor presentation dated January 18, 2022, which was prepared by Syniverse in
connection with its earnings release.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference is the
script used by Syniverse management in connection with an investor conference
call held on January 18, 2022.
The foregoing (including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3) is being furnished
pursuant to Item 7.01 and will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of
that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Important Information about the Transaction and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, MBAC has filed a definitive proxy
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). MBAC's
stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the definitive
proxy statement and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in
connection with the proposed transaction, as these materials will contain
important information about MBAC, Syniverse and the proposed transaction. MBAC
has commenced mailing of the definitive proxy statement to the stockholders of
MBAC as of January 6, 2022, the record date established for the proposed
transaction. MBAC stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the
definitive proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC that will be
incorporated by reference therein, without charge at the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: M3-Brigade Acquisition II
Corp., 1700 Broadway – 19th Floor, New York, New York 10019.
Participants in the Solicitation
MBAC and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the
solicitation of proxies of MBAC's stockholders with respect to the proposed
transaction. A list of those directors and executive officers and a description
of their interests in MBAC have been filed in the proxy statement for the
proposed transaction and are available at http://www.sec.gov. Additional information
regarding the interests of such participants are contained in the proxy
statement.
Syniverse and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of MBAC in
connection with the proposed transaction. A list of the names of such directors
and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed
transaction have been included in the proxy statement for the proposed business
combination.
This Current Report shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or
authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed
transaction. This Current Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of
securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation, or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall
be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10
of the Securities Act.
This Current Report may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. The expectations, estimates and projections of the businesses of MBAC
or Syniverse may differ from their actual results and consequently you should
not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.
Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast,"
"anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should,"
"believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, expectations with respect to future
financial and operating performance of MBAC and Syniverse and anticipated
financial impacts of the proposed transaction, the satisfaction of the closing
conditions to the proposed transaction and the timing of the completion of the
proposed transaction.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance,
conditions, or results, and involve significant risks and uncertainties that
could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results.
Most of these factors are outside of the control of MBAC and Syniverse and are
difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are
not limited to: (1) the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement, including due to failure to obtain approval of the
stockholders of MBAC or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement;
(2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the
parties following announcement of the Merger Agreement and the proposed
transactions contemplated thereby; (3) the ability to recognize the anticipated
benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among
other things, competition, the ability of the post-combination company to grow
and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and
suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (4) the occurrence of any
event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of
the Merger Agreement and the proposed transactions contemplated thereby;
(5) risks related to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with
respect to Syniverse; (6) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the
post-acquisition company's Class A Stock and public warrants on the NYSE
following the proposed business combination; (7) risks related to the
post-combination company's ability to raise financing in the future; (8) the
post-combination company's success in retaining or recruiting, or changes
required in, our officers, key employees or directors following the proposed
business combination; (9) our directors and officers potentially having
conflicts of interest with our business or in approving the proposed business
combination; (10) intense competition and competitive pressures from other
companies in the industry in which the post-combination company will operate;
(11) the business, operations and financial performance of Syniverse, including
market conditions and global and economic factors beyond Syniverse's control;
(12) the effect of legal, tax and regulatory changes; (13) the receipt by MBAC
or Syniverse of an unsolicited offer from another party for an alternative
business transaction that could interfere with the proposed business
combination; (14) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts
current plans and operations of MBAC or Syniverse as a result of the
announcement and consummation of the transactions described herein; (15) costs
related to the proposed business combination; (16) changes in applicable laws or
regulations; (17) the possibility that MBAC or Syniverse may be adversely
affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (18) the
amount of redemption requests made by MBAC's public stockholders; (19) the
impact of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic on MBAC, Syniverse and Syniverse's
projected results of operations, financial performance or other financial
metrics or on any of the foregoing risks; and (20) other risks and uncertainties
disclosed in MBAC's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the proxy statement
discussed above, including those under "Risk Factors," and other documents filed
or to be filed with the SEC by MBAC.
MBAC and Syniverse caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive.
You should not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date made. Syniverse and MBAC do not undertake or accept
any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to
any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or
any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
based.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibits      Description
99.1            Syniverse Press Release, dated January 18, 2022.
99.2            Syniverse Investor Presentation, dated January 18, 2022.
99.3            Script for Syniverse Investor Call, held on January 18, 2022.
104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (cover page XBRL tags are embedded
within the Inline XBRL document).
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Blog: Regulators support bill to boost financial consumer protection – BusinessWorld Online
REGULATORS are backing a measure that seeks to enhance financial consumer protection amid a rise in cybercrime incidents as more Filipinos used digital financial services during the pandemic.
This as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported the declared amount in consumer complaints reached P2 billion from 2019 to 2021.
The proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act (FCPA) will provide government agencies and financial regulators with the legal authority to enforce prudent, responsible, and customer-centric standards of business conduct, said BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno during a Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies hearing on Monday.
The measure will provide consumers with more efficient avenues for redress by granting regulators, including the BSP and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with adjudicatory authority to conduct hearings on consumer complaints.
"Consumer complaints can be escalated and resolved at the level of the financial regulators, ensuring quick resolutions, hence de-clogging court dockets," Mr. Diokno said.
Mr. Diokno said 42,456 complaints were elevated to the BSP Consumer Assistance Mechanism in 2020 and 2021. "A majority of these cases have been deemed closed, but the process was long and arduous and for many complaints, the resolutions were unfavorable to the consumer," he said.
SEC Commissioner Ephyro Luis B. Amatong said the regulator issued 241 advisories, 20 cease-and-desist orders, and 14 orders of revocation of certificates or registration against firms during the pandemic.
"Among the serious challenges encountered in the prosecution of criminal cases against these scammers is the lack or absence of complainants who are willing to stand as witnesses in these cases," he said during the same hearing.
"Unlike in the US (United States) where the SEC which has the express authority to compel the return of funds obtained by violators of securities laws as part of their enforcement action, our Securities Regulation Code does not provide for a similar authority for our commission."
Mr. Amatong said this means that victims of investment scams have to file estafa cases on their own to recover their money.
Under the proposed FCPA, the SEC can file cases to recover the funds for and on behalf of the victims of investment scams, and issue an order directing scammers to return the investments of their victims.
The measure also proposes to give the SEC the authority to supervise and regulate investment advisers.
Mr. Amatong called this an "additional layer of investor protection" as it ensures only qualified and licensed persons may provide investment advisory services for a fee or for compensation thus "eliminating the observed modus of scammers posing as so-called investment gurus."
"Without doubt, if properly and swiftly implemented, this act will reinforce the trust and confidence of the public in the financial system, and in the government's ability to uphold consumer welfare," said Mr. Diokno.
Senator Mary Grace Natividad S. Poe-Llamanzares, chairman of the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, is seeking to sponsor the proposed measure at the plenary next week.
Ms. Poe-Llamanzares authored Senate Bill 1739 or the proposed FCPA, which will cover all financial products or services developed or marketed by financial service providers, such as savings, credit, insurance, and remittances. — Alyssa Nicole O. Tan
Blog: Fishing row, labor shortage and education: why Brexit is a threat to the U.K. economy – Blasting News United States
On June 23, 2016 contrary to what opinion polls had predicted, 51.9% of British electors voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. The decision, unexpected even for the center-right government of then Prime Minister David Cameron, was the beginning of an intricate divorce process that would alter not only the political relations between London and Brussels, but also generate numerous economic and social effects. The first sign of this change would come right on the day of the confirmation of the referendum result, with Cameron's resignation.
Four and a half years and two prime ministers later, the U.K. and the E.U. reached a long awaited deal on December 24, 2020 to set out the rules of post-Brexit bilateral relations.
Despite the excitement over the agreement reached, what was seen throughout 2021 was Brexit fallout affecting everything from fishing in the English Channel to university applications and the labour market.
Over the last months, Blasting News has published a series of articles on some of the main economic and social outcomes of the first year of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
One of the effects of Brexit that attracted more attention from the press was undoubtedly the fishing row between the United Kingdom and France.
The tension between fishermen of the two countries reached its peak in early May 2021, when some 60 French fishing boats threatened to blockade Jersey's main port of St. Helier, leading the British government to send two Royal Navy patrol ships and prompting France to respond by sending two vessels.
At the root of the problem were different interpretations of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), that now governs economic relations between the U.K.
and the U.S. after Brexit. According to the British authorities, French fishermen must now show a history of fishing in the area to receive a license to operate in Jersey waters. French authorities, in its turn, claim that additional requirements, such as the limit on how many days a vessel can operate in Jersey waters or the type of fish it can catch, were added without warning.
With the slogan "Taking back control of our seas", the British fishing industry was a powerful symbol for the Leave campaign during the 2016 Brexit referendum, even though it represents only 0.12 percent of the U.K. economy. The free trade agreement signed in December 2020, however, stipulates that E.U. fishing vessels will continue to have full access to British waters until June 2026, with 25 percent of fishing rights for E.U. vessels in British waters being transferred to the British fishing fleet during an "adjustment period" of five and a half years.
With the end of the transition period, the expectation is that the U.K. will push for higher quotas, and may even exclude E.U. boats from its waters altogether, what would certainly lead to more retaliation from the E.U., like taxing British fish exports or preventing British boats from fishing in E.U.
waters.
Another area that was greatly affected by Brexit was higher education. One of the world's leading study destinations, the U.K. always attracted a great number of E.U. students, not only for the well known quality of its educational institutions, but also for things like visa exemption, home fee status, easy access to student loans, unrestricted access to the public health system, and the possibility of working legally both during and after the end of the course.
With Brexit, however, the British government decided to end home fee status for E.U. students. Those starting their courses now are no longer entitled to pay the same fees as British and Irish students: up to £9,250 per year.
Instead, they have to pay the international fee, which can be up to £38,000 per year. In addition, student loans will no longer be available.
As expected, the effects of this measure were felt right in the first half of 2021. In a report published in July, 2021 the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), a U.K. organisation focusing on the application processes for U.K. universities, showed that, as of 30 June 2021, the final date to apply to up to five courses simultaneously, the number of E.U. applications dropped 43% – from 49,650 in 2020 to 28,400 in 2021.
"Applications from the E.U. have been impacted by a range of factors, including the uncertainty associated with the U.K.'s withdrawal from the E.U., and changes to student support arrangements," UCAS told Blasting News.
The E.U. students who decide to carry on with their plans to apply to a university in the U.K. must face, apart from the higher fees, a new bureaucracy: apply for a student visa that costs £348. Once in the United Kingdom, E.U. students will also have to deal with some other changes. To have access to the U.K. National Health Service (NHS), they will need to pay a fee called Immigration Health Surcharge. To remain and work freely in the U.K. after completing their courses, they will need to apply to the new Graduate Immigration Route, which gives the student the right to remain in the U.K. for two years after graduation (three years after completing a PhD) to work or seek work in any sector or at any skill level.
This period, however, is not extendable.
One of the main effects of Brexit was the end of free movement of people between the U.K. and Europe, which led to an unprecedented change in the migration pattern. Figures published in November 2021 by the Office for National Statistics showed that more E.U. nationals left the U.K. in 2020 than arrived for the first time since 1991, a net emigration of around 94,000.
As a consequence of this change, the U.K. saw some sectors that historically relied heavily on foreign staff, such as food processing and logistics, now struggling to cope with widespread labor shortages. With the crisis threatening Britain's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the British government decided to loosen immigration rules and create temporary visa schemes allowing some sectors to bring in seasonal workers from overseas.
In an interview with Blasting News, Professor Catherine Barnard, an expert in European Union and labor law at Cambridge University, says that the tendency now is that the U.K. will need a seasonal labor scheme in order to avoid future shortages in some sectors of the economy.
Barnard, however, is critical of this type of solution: "The advantage to the government of these short term schemes is that the visa holders gain no rights to remain in the U.K. However, they have proved unsuccessful – they are expensive for the users, and it is not clear that many workers want to come to the U.K. Less than a hundred visas have been issued in the pork sectors; about 2.000 in the poultry sector."
Blog: NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC : Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K) – marketscreener.com
ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On January 18, 2022, NAI issued a press release announcing an increase in the
authorized amount of its Stock Repurchase Plan. A copy of the press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
99.1 Press Release of NAI issued on January 18, 2022.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Blog: MICROSOFT CORP : Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K) – marketscreener.com
On January 18, 2022, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") issued a press release
announcing that it had entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which
Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard, Inc. ("Activision Blizzard") for
$95.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, inclusive
of Activision Blizzard's net cash. The full text of the press release is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
On and after January 18, 2022, representatives of Microsoft and Activision
Blizzard will present information about the transaction to various investors.
The presentation will include the slides attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and
incorporated by reference herein.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this
Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any
registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.
Exhibit No.       Description
99.1                Press Release, dated January 18, 2022
99.2                Investor Presentation
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Blog: The elephant in the room: Bringing sustainable investment to Africa – World Bank Group
The coronavirus pandemic has renewed interest in sustainable investing strategies that allow investors to both protect the financial value of their assets and contribute to solutions to global problems such as climate change. These investments have become increasingly mainstream, and now account for more than $39 trillion in the five major global markets, a 34 percent increase over two years, according to the latest trends reported by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.
Such investments represent a sizable share of professionally managed assets in each region, ranging from 18 percent in Japan to 63 percent in Australia and New Zealand. How African investors reacting to these trends has been much less well documented. What we do know is that the market for 'green investments' across the region remain small. For example, although the labelled bond market reached over $1 trillion U.S. in aggregate issuance in late 2020, less than 0.1% was raised by Sub-Saharan Africa. The African Pension Supervisors Network – in collaboration with the World Bank – recently set out to investigate existing practices and how to incentive changes.
Attracting sustainable investment is a key challenge for the region for several reasons. First, while climate change and associated physical risks will be felt by all countries, some the most severe temperatures are predicted to occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region is also directly and indirectly exposed to the transition risks associated with climate change, which is amplified by the dependence of many economies, and jobs, on minerals, energy and mining. In addition, financial sector regulations that are rapidly being rolled out in the European Union and are being harmonized globally will impact all companies that are part of the supply chains that intersect with African countries.
As the main asset owners in the region, the pension and social security funds are at the 'elephants' of the local financial markets and could be the catalysts for greening the continent's financial systems. That's why we started our search for answers by benchmarking the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting practices of a number of the main pension funds in the region, using an assessment developed by the World Bank that has been applied to pension funds globally.
We found that all of the funds provide good disclosure about their organization, their financial performance and strategy – including their assets under management and in many cases their portfolio breakdown. Yet only half of the funds provide information on the importance of sustainability to their investments. They provide limited information on their sustainable investment strategies, and whether they are implemented across their portfolios or in specific asset classes and on delegated investment. The most concerning discovery is that the funds do not appear to disclose any information on their approach to climate change — except for three that disclose board oversight.
This at least in part reflects the fact that across the region there is only patchy existing sustainable investment regulation and guidance requiring reporting or action from pension funds. South Africa is the furthest along in implementing such rules.
Blog: African unity and a UK-Africa trade deal are essential post-Brexit – The Times
In Uganda, schools have recently reopened to face-to-face teaching for the first time in 24 months. Buying time through various forms of lockdown, the vaccines we need to safely reopen have begun to arrive in recent months and we are on our way back to the mend and to the growth that has been constricted by the pandemic.
Among others, credit is due to the African Union (AU) securing the doses for equitable distribution across the continent. It means that today 20 per cent of Uganda's 46 million population — the majority of adults — have had at least one dose. Although the battle before us remains uphill, these achievements reveal how Africa can succeed through collective effort, and how prospects for our 1.3 billion
Blog: CONSILIUM ACQUISITION CORP I, LTD. : Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K) – marketscreener.com
Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.
Consilium Acquisition Corp I, Ltd. (the "Company") plans to disseminate through
its website certain information to the market, its investors, potential targets
and others regarding certain matters in connection with the Company's business
operations and other information, including potentially material information.
Such information and future updates will be placed on the "Investor Relations"
section of Company's website at http://www.cimspac.com. It is possible that certain
information that the Company posts on its website could be deemed to be material
information, and the Company encourages investors, the media and others
interested in the Company to review the business and financial information that
the Company posts on its website, as such information could be deemed to be
material information.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 is being "furnished" by the Company
and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of or otherwise subject to
liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into our filings under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, other than to the extent that such filing incorporated by reference
any or all of such information by express reference thereto.
Item 8.01 - Other Events.
On January 18, 2022, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the
"IPO") of 18,975,000 units (the "Units"), including the issuance of 2,475,000
Units as a result of the underwriter's exercise of its over-allotment option.
Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value
$0.0001 per share (an "Ordinary Share"), one right to acquire one-tenth of an
Ordinary Share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each
whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share for
$11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of
$10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $189,759,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed
the private sale of 7,942,500 private placement warrants (the "Private Placement
Warrants") at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, to the
Company's sponsor, Consilium Acquisition Sponsor I, LLC (the "Sponsor"),
generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,942,500. The Private Placement
Warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in the IPO
except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted
transferees: (1) they will not be redeemable by the Company (except in certain
redemption scenarios when the price per Ordinary Share equals or exceeds $10.00
(as adjusted)); (2) they (including the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise
of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be
transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion
of the Company's initial business combination; (3) they may be exercised by the
holders on a cashless basis; and (4) they (including the Ordinary Shares
issuable upon exercise of these warrants) are entitled to registration rights.
A total of $191,647,500, comprised of a portion of proceeds from the IPO and the
sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account
at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds
held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes,
if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust
account until the earliest to occur of: (1) the Company's completion of an
initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly
submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company's amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance
or timing of the Company's obligation to allow redemption in connection with its
initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company's public shares if
the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 18 months
(or 24 months if the sponsor exercises its extension options) from the closing
of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders'
rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of
the Company's public shares if the Company has not completed its initial
business combination within 18 months (or 24 months if the sponsor exercises its
extension options) from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements,
the forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company registration
statement (File No. 333-261570):
? Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company.
? An Underwriting Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and
BTIG, LLC.
? A Warrant Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent.
? A Rights Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent.
? A Letter Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, among the Company, the Sponsor and
the Company's officers and directors.
? An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the
Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee.
? A Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, among the Company, the
Sponsor and certain other security holders named therein.
? A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated January 12. 2022 between
the Company and the Sponsor.
? A Support Services Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and
the Sponsor.
On January 12, 2022, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing the
pricing of the IPO.
closing of the IPO.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:
Exhibit No.                           Description of Exhibits
1.1         Underwriting Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company
and BTIG, LLC.
3.1         Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
4.1         Warrant Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and
4.2         Rights Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent.
10.1         Letter Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, among the Company, the
Sponsor and the Company's officers and directors.
10.2         Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between
the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
trustee.
10.3         Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, among the
Company, the Sponsor and certain other security holders named therein.
10.4         Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated January 12, 2022,
between the Company and the Sponsor.
10.5         Support Services Agreement, dated January 12, 2022, between the
Company and the Sponsor.
99.1         Press Release, dated January 12, 2022.

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Lots of bento pics today! I took the day off yesterday because hubby's eye was so red that I needed to drive him to the eye doctor. Later I was supposed to pick up the kids at my niece's softball game and since it was at 5:00 I figured, what a great excuse for making bento! I decided on Oyaku donburi, which is always a hit with the kidlets.
Top dish is rice and oyaku donburi.
Bottom dish contains some ahi shoyu poke from Foodland, shelled edamame, and some won bok kim chee.
I'd made miso soup to take for lunch too, but then we started watching Lost and by the time I remembered the soup it had been reduced to goo and had been sitting out too long and I didn't want to risk eating spoiled soup. Fruits are mango and strawberry.
My throat still hurts. In fact, it feels worse. The cotton feeling is gone and instead I feel like I have a marble going down my throat everytime I swallow. *sob* 3 Points meal. 2 for the rice and 1 for the kamaboko.


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Celebrity Acting Coach Louis Stancil Opens 2nd Acting Studio in Hollywood on Sunset
It was a magical day on Saturday, January 21st. or at least for Celebrity Acting Coach Louis Stancil it was. That's when he had the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony for his second location for his acting studio LS Studios.
Photo Credit: @LSActingStudios on IG
Stancil also has a studio in Atlanta, however, he decided it was time to hit the west coast as well to present more opportunities for upcoming actors, opening a location in Hollywood right on Sunset Blvd.
LS Acting Studios in Atlanta found much success with numerous students working in the industry today. Stancil has worked under Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith's production company: Overbrook Entertainment for productions such as "Charm City Kings', REVOLT TV and many more notable name/ programs.
While speaking to Stancil at the event he couldn't even put into words how he was feeling but expressed that he was overwhelmed and appreciative of all the love and support from loved ones and people he'd never even met before.
"It was exciting," Stancil stated about how he felt the moment he cut the ribbon. "To have my family I haven't seen, my friends I haven't seen in so long just to be there and support. Actors I never met- just to show up, it was overwhelming."
The event featured a performance from Stancil's cousin, Award-winning Singer-songwriter Cocoa Sarai as well who also expressed her happiness for the new location.
"This is where you need to be," Sarai echoed to everyone thinking about taking acting classes at LS Studios. "This is a space where you will be able to cultivate your gift, be able to feed your spirit and be able to pay it forward."
LS Studios intern/ student Joe Thomas Carter begins VoiceOver classes in the coming weeks and couldn't be happier about the fact that the studio is black owned.
"I'm happy that this is a black owned studio,' Carter expressed. "I have not heard of a black owned studio before and I'm ashamed to say that because I'm sure there might be some, but I think this is a really big deal, especially in Los Angeles. So, I'm really excited and I hope it blows up because we really need this… I'm so proud of Louis and I'm excited to get started and go on this journey."
The event also featured testimonials from Stancil's good friends like AJ Crimson, Radio Host/ LS Studios Voiceover Coach Reec Swinley, former Publicist Marielle and his family members.
If you're thinking about taking classes at LS Studios, head to LSActingStudios.Com today.
Check out all the interviews and behind the scenes footage from the ribbon cutting ceremony below.
Writer's information
Blair Moon is an Entertainment reporter living in Los Angeles, California who has written for numerous media outlets to date and looks forward to diving into additional facets of the media industry. Stay connected with Blair on Instagram @_BlairMoon


The Green Bay Packers scored 50 points for a second straight game for the first time in franchise history, Sunday, in a 53-20 rout of the Philadelphia Eagles at home.
That's 50 points in consecutive games for the first time in the franchise's 94th season. And that's remarkable.
On the first drive, the Packers couldn't find the end zone and Mason Crosby kicked a field goal to take a 3-0 lead. With three and half minutes to go in the first quarter, Aaron Rodgers found rookie Davante Adams for a touchdown to extend the lead to 10-0. The Packers defense made a stop and with two minutes left in the opening quarter, Micah Hyde ran back a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown. The Eagles finally got on the scoreboard early in the second quarter with a field goal by Cody Parkey. Back came the Packers offense. Rodgers found his favorite receiver, Jordy Nelson for a beautiful 27-yard touchdown. Nelson tip-toed his way into the end zone to give the Packers a 24-3 lead. With two minutes left in the half, Eddie Lacy rushed for a one-yard touchdown. Parkey added a field goal for the Eagles as time expired. Green Bay led 30-3 at half. Crosby kicked a field goal with about eight minutes in the third quarter. Then the Packers' next touchdown came on a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown by Julius Peppers. It was Peppers' second interception for a touchdown this season. Mark Sanchez finally found the end zone late in the third, hooking up with Jordan Matthews. The Eagles trailed 39-13 after three quarters. Twenty seconds into the fourth quarter, Rodgers passed to Lacy, and the former Alabama halfback busted his way into the end zone. Green Bay's Casey Hayward went untouched, scoring again for the Packers on a fumble recovery by Sanchez. In garbage time, Sanchez hit Jeremy Maclin for a 20-yard touchdown with about eight minutes in the fourth quarter.
The Packers offense, defense and special teams (other than a few miscues like a blocked field goal, botched extra point, missed field goal and blocked punt) really clicked on all cylinders.
Rodgers was 22 of 36 for 341 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and a 120.3 passer rating. At home, where the Packers are 5-0 in 2014, Rodgers has now thrown 322 consecutive pass attempts and 29 touchdowns in a row without an interception. Both are NFL records, previously held by New England's Tom Brady.
As a team, the Packers are outscoring opponents 128 to 9 in the first half at Lambeau Field this season. Rodgers in the first half for Green Bay has been good the last two games, too. He's 31 of 43 for 547 yards with eight touchdowns and no interceptions against Chicago and Philadelphia in the last two games in the opening halves.
The Packers are now 7-3 and with the Detroit Lions loss, Sunday at Arizona, the two teams are tied in first place. The Packers play at Minnesota next week, while Detroit plays at New England. Green Bay would be in the playoffs as the fifth seed, if the postseason started today.


With the error reporting as "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getSystemService(String) from the type ContextWrapper".
I just cant seem to see what the issue is here, nor am i any closer to solving the problem. Does anyone have any knowledge of this? My appreciations in advance.
You need to pass the Context (from getContext() or "this" if it is an activity, as a new parameter to the static method and call context.getSystemService.
Basically, you are probably used to calling getSystemService from a class that extends Context like an Activity.
depending on where you are calling it from.
You can make the helper methods static, or add a constructor to your helper to pass in the context and have the helper keep the context as a member.
c# - Where does a thread end?


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When God Validates a Man or Ministry–and He Can, He Does!
Edward Knippers
So Good Friday, the travesty of justice, ends with the greatest act of validation I know of, the resurrection.
Jesus, unjustly slandered and accused, is raised from the dead by God.
"Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know," Peter says. (Acts 2:22).
I mean, sometimes God showers the kind of grace and favour on people which a million dollars of advertising would not buy, as when a single mum read Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life to a desperate murderer, who dramatically escaped from jail, and then, sort of, allowed her to call the police on him.
Or think of the astonishing success of The Prayer of Jabez though there was clever marketing in its dramatic editing into a small, short book. Its message in essence is: Pray big, faith-filled prayers, and God is more inclined to answer. We've heard variants of this lovely and true message before. I think the run-away success of this book was God showing favour on Bruce Wilkinson, who had quietly done remarkable things for many years with his Walk Thru the Bible Ministries. (Incidentally, I frequently pray the prayer of Jabez, particularly when stymied, and this has contributed to changing my life.)
Interestingly, the people God chooses to validate are often visibly flawed people, which maybe why God chooses to validate them, to show that, despite our scepticism, his favour rests on them.
I can think of a remarkable series of God's validation in the life of a pastor I knew. He was numb and not praying well after a family tragedy. David Pytches, who paved the way for the charismatic renewal in Britian prayed for him, and he slain in the spirit and overwhelmed with the knowledge of God's love for him.
He in turn prayed for a twenty year old boy, who was "pole-axed," slain in the spirit, and is now among this country's most gifted preachers and Christian writers.
I heard a woman tell this story about him. 23 years ago, their two year old, had advanced cancer, and the doctors in Great Ormond Street had given up hope. This priest visited for lunch, and was told about the child.
"Have you prayed?" he asked.
"Oh yes!" they said.
"Can I pray?" he asked.
And he took the child, and prayed with the simple intensity. And the parents heard the prayer, and knew that things were going to be different. The doctors at Great Ormond Street were reluctant to test the boy again, but did. He is now 25 years old.
The couple, an architect and psychologist, resigned their jobs, went through difficult financial times, but went into ordained ministry and full time prayer ministry respectively. "If prayer has such power, why would I want to be doing anything else?" she said.
When I worshipped in this man's church, a large, wealthy one, the days of anointing had given way to a time of insecurity and control. I am reading R.T. Kendall's The Anointing, which describes this phenomena of "Yesterday's man" like Saul, who initially started out in the spirit's power, but now operates on ambition and manipulation. Staff appointments in the church were a revolving door, as anyone who disagreed with him or his wife–or whose giftedness threatened either–were publicly and humiliatingly dismissed. Lay people who disagreed with him or his wife were treated with astonishing, finely calculated, manipulative cruelty; if not for the earlier acts of validation in his youth, we would have been tempted to wonder if he were a Christian.
Once, this man's eldest teenager ran away from home. A young Ugandan minister, John Mulinde visited him, and the vicar described his despair. "Well then, we must pray," said Mulinde.
Mulinde prayed. When he stopped, he phone rung. It was a woman whose husband the daughter had run away with.
The vicar was instrumental in introducing him widely in this country. What validation for Mulinde, who is now embroiled in his own scandal and disgrace, as I discovered when googling him while writing this.
Yes, God often bestows validation to those who most need it, either to validate them in other people's eyes, or for their own internal reassurance that God's favour rests on them.
I started out in lay ministry in 2001, at a time of great personal stress: exhaustion, marital stress, and the difficulties of trying to write with two lovely young children, one a toddler.
I wondered if I should even be doing ministry, or getting my own life, house and relationships in order.
Two small things happened to reassure me. A woman in my Bible study was distraught. She was divorced and remarried, and as is not uncommon in these circumstances, her nine year old son, Jake, had lost his faith.
I remembered what I was like at 9, and prayed with real feeling for sad, confused Jake, with the sense of going through the holy place, into the Most Holy Place, and seeing the face of Jesus, between the wings of the cherubim. "When you prayed, it was like balm on the group," she said. The next week, she said "Jake said he's decided to become a Christian."
The same week, I asked my mentor how I could pray for her. She had a rascal son, who had been a millionaire, had married a Latin American, and got a Mexican partner, who used him as a front of his dealings with Mexican drug-dealers and gun-runners. He had lost all his money, and was out of a job. She said, "Well you could pray for Dan, but it would take a miracle." The next week, she met me, eyes shining. "There has been a miracle. His uncle, Dick, asked his cousin to give him a job—and he did." And it required him to move to Virginia, away from Texas, where his unsavoury acquaintances were.
And then I began to pray bigger, dreamier prayers—and many were answered—like moving back to Oxford. And it was reassuring to know in my bones that Jesus looked at me at smiled, though I was weak, struggling with discipline, with weight, with patience. That he thought I was okay, because he loves me as I loved my messy, breaky, chattery, incorrigible toddlers—and thought they were okay—and more than okay!!
That God loves you, that he answers your prayers, that he thinks you're basically okay because you are his child…ah, that's the best form of accreditation!
Hope for Limping Christians. Changing your Character is both an Act of Will and an Act of Grace
In which I am Against (Most) Military Interventions, & Musing on Invisible Weapons of the Spirit
Chronos and Kairos–The Mysterious Right Time
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. And Providence too will move!
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Good news guys, your favorite social chatting and one of the most popular messaging app in the world – WhatsApp, has finally started rolling out their Video calling feature. It is the feature that we have been expecting for long and now, it is up for grabs. Whatsapp is doing all things possible to remain top chatting platform in the world.
Few hours back, WhatsApp began rolling out Video calling features to some beta testers and I'm pretty sure before today ends, a lot of beta testers will be rocking WhatsApp video calling.
As long as you are a beta tester, you only need to update your WhatsApp if available to the latest beta version and you should be sure to receive the video calling features.
None beta testers should breathe easy up till the main update gets to Google Playstore.
Note that it went live only after updating to latest WhatsApp 2.16.318 Beta. Works only when both caller and receiver have latest beta version installed.
Google Duo video calling is what we are using for a while to make video calls, but I know far more people who use Whatsapp than Duo. Now that Whatsapp video calling is live, hope you guys won't move Duo to wastebasket?


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Q: How to use a float in inequalities Hi my code is giving me the following error:
Error:(116, 23) java: method isPulled in class com.testrr.pizzadeliverymadness.Lever cannot
be applied to given types;
  required: float
  found: no arguments
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length

Here is the part of the if statement that is causing all the trouble:
chefY > 0f

chefY is a float (I guess?), I got it from using a sprites Y position:
Here is the code I use to set chefY:
chefY = Boyardee.getY();

I dont know why I get this error, can someone look at it?
EDIT: Here is the whole Lever class:
package com.zacharyweiss.pizzadeliverymadness;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;

/**
 * Created by zachw on 10/25/15.
 */
public class Lever extends Button {
    public Lever (Texture texture) {super(texture);}

    public boolean isPulled(float chefY) {

        if(Gdx.input.isTouched()
           && Gdx.graphics.getHeight() - Gdx.input.getY() >= this.getY()
           && this.getHeight() <= this.getY() + this.getHeight()
           && this.getWidth() >= Gdx.input.getX() && chefY > 0f)
        {
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

The function is called by a simple if statement
if (GreenLever.isPulled()) {
    Boyardee.setTexture(new Texture("Photos/ChefGreen.png"));
}

I have now gotten a NullPointerException which is as follows:
   2015-11-01 20:46:15.018 java[3455:235609] 20:46:15.018 WARNING:  140: This application, or a library it uses, is using the deprecated Carbon Component Manager for hosting Audio Units. Support for this will be removed in a future release. Also, this makes the host incompatible with version 3 audio units. Please transition to the API's in AudioComponent.h.
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.zacharyweiss.pizzadeliverymadness.InGameScreen.<init>(InGameScreen.java:34)
    at com.zacharyweiss.pizzadeliverymadness.PizzaDeliveryMadness.create(PizzaDeliveryMadness.java:67)
    at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:143)
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A: You have written isPulled() so that it requires a float as a parameter. When you try to call it, you pass no arguments to it. Instead of:
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which passes no arguments to isPulled(), do something like this:
float x = //whatever you want it to equal
if (greenLever.isPulled(x) {
    Boyardee.setTexture(new Texture("Photos/ChefGreen.png"));
}

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I work at sonic & spoke to my boss to ask if we could sponsor a dove at my local church for a family in need for Christmas gifts. We bought the presents & delivered to the family. I enjoyed seeing the smiles on their faces when we brought gifts for them. It made me feel good to help someone else during the holidays.
"God puts people in your life for a reason"


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- Warnings -
Before You Write
Before you send us an email, please check that it doesn't fall into one of the following categories. Thank you.
Virus alerts
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Get rich quick schemes
Please do not tell me that you have sent us a virus, or fear you might have done so. And, especially, please don't adopt the more recent approach of telling me that you fear someone else might send us a virus.
Firstly, we have a virus checker that has caught all the viruses, worms, trojan horses, etc., that people have sent us so far - and it is regularly updated.
Secondly, you need to understand that nobody sends out warnings about viruses by email. Not genuine warnings, anyway. Nobody. Not Microsoft, Norton, or anyone else.
Thirdly, these companies make their money by selling you software to solve problems. They are not going to send out a email telling you how to fix a problem for free. They certainly won't send you and your friends an email telling you how to fix this problem without putting it in big letters on their own web site for their own customers to see.
As you have probably realised by now, the problem is not whatever the email virus warning describes - it is the email warning itself. The email message spreads because people are taken in and pass it on. It goes to everyone in your address book because you send it to them all.
If you are really worried, send me an email that points me to a page on a respectable site (Microsoft, Norton, the Home Office...) that describes the problem and what to do about it. Can't find one? Now that's a surprise.
Please do not send me any email petition, no matter how deeply you feel about the subject. I will not pass it on.
Firstly: many email petitions are hoaxes. Before you even think about passing it on, check it out first. If you don't have time to check it, then maybe the issue doesn't mean as much to you as you first thought.
Secondly: even if it is genuine, it is probably out of date. Email petitions can (and do!) circulate for years after the issue has been been sorted out - because people can't be bothered to check the details.
Thirdly: even if it is genuine and current, an email petition is not worth the paper it is printed on. An email petition is just an electronic file, a collection of binary ones and zeros. It is impossible to tell the difference between a genuine email that has passed through thousands of machines and one that was generated by a programmer with a database of names. All the honest effort behind many of these petitions is totally wasted.
However, this is what you can usefully do if you feel it is an issue I would be interested in.
Send me an email that briefly describes the issue and directs me to a web site that describes it in more detail. Please check that it is a web site run by a reputable organisation, and not cloned lookalike with a dubious URL.
If it is not obvious, tell me how I can verify the details for myself. Just reading what someone has written on a web site does not constitute verification. Believe it or not, people sometimes write things that aren't 100% true.
Provide an address (ideally an email address from the web site, but this is not vital) that will enable me to reach someone who can make a difference.
If you do this, then I may well visit the web site and send an appropriate personal message to the person concerned.
There are many variations, but here are the details of the West African '419' letter and email scam as circulated by our local Neighbourhood Watch on 8 August 2002.
In the Avon & Somerset Force area there has been a marked increase in the number of West African '419' letters reported by members of the public over recent months. E-mail is becoming a favoured way of sending these letters, and to my knowledge, at least one of our own Co-ordinators has received one via e-mail. Many are removed from the postal system by the West African Organised Crime Section (WAOCS) prior to delivery by the postie.
The letters demand secrecy to 'protect' the senders family and state that the recipient is the only person to be given the information enclosed in the letter. Letters are worded in a way which tend to play on the compassionate side of the recipients nature, whilst offering huge financial rewards for help.
The normal format of these letters is to state that the sender is the son of a former chairman of a diamond mine or such like, and before his father was killed by rebels, he deposited money (around $20.5 million) and jewellery with an American company which, because of his influence, he was able to register as 'family treasure'.
The offer is that, for the recipients assistance in transferring this fund overseas, they will be paid 15% of the total amount involved, plus 5% for expenses. It asks that the recipients phone number, fax, cell phone be forwarded via the senders e-mail address to enable ease of communication. Things progress from there once contact details are sent.
This scam has been ongoing for a considerable time, and because of some success in informing the public about these letters, the average losses suffered by those victims eager to make a 'quick fortune' have been reduced to £68,000. Details can be found about this and other types of fraud on the Force website.
Should you or any members receive such an e-mail, please forward it to fraud.avsompol@netgates.co.uk or send hard copy letters to: DC 1810 Andy Davis, Fraud Squad Intelligence Officer, Avon & Somerset Constabulary, PO Box 37, Portishead, BS20 8QJ.
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Delta2023: SDP has come to take over Delta, build hope for youths – Gbagi
Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi
As the country marks the 2022 Democracy Day, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Delta state, Olorogun Barrister Kenneth Gbagi has urged Deltans and Nigerians, particularly the youths to be change agents.
The former minister of state for education, while calling on youths to be nation builders, he declared that democracy has come to stay in the country.
The prominent gubernatorial candidate commended Nigeria's founding fathers who struggled to establish democracy in the country.
He expressed worry that the current socio-political and economic challenges plaguing the nation have resulted in a threat to the democracy and unity of Nigeria, appealing that citizens should be fair and patriotic as "no nation is free from challenges".
He used the opportunity to call on Deltans to make up their minds, participate massively in the ongoing voters registration exercise and get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to cast their ballots for the Social Democratic Party come 2023 general elections.
He said the youths should be more proactive than employing reactive tactics, noting that SDP has a place for the youths to play active roles in the political life of the nation.
"SDP is a social movement, the oldest political party in Nigeria, without blemish. Leaders of the party in the past and currently are not known for any corrupt activity neither is there any pending court cases.
"The party has come to take over Delta state. As we mark this year's Democracy Day, I use this medium to call on you not to make any mistakes that will affect your lives and that of your children and children yet unborn.
"It is not about me, Gbagi, it is about the future of Delta State, it about what we will leave for our children. The struggle is to give Delta a befitting legacy and infrastructural development that will stand the test of time.
"We are not where we want to be yet in our democratic march but we are also not where we started. There will always remain much work to be done in democratic consolidation and nation-building. Therefore, we should never despair or contemplate a return to the undemocratic past that had cost us so much toil and blood to escape from" he added.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the Release of the 2018 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm proud to be here today to speak about the State Department's ongoing mission to advance international religious freedom.
This mission is not just a Trump administration priority – it's a deeply personal one. For many years, I was a Sunday school teacher and a deacon at my church.
And that might sound unusual to a lot of folks inside the Beltway. But I am one of millions of Americans, and billions of people across the world, who live in the knowledge of a higher power. I often humbly reflect on how God's providence has guided me to this office, to defend this cause. I think about how, as an American, I've been blessed to enjoy the unfettered exercise of religious freedom, our first liberty here in the United States.
But in much of the world, governments and groups deny individuals that same unalienable right. People are persecuted – handcuffed, thrown in jail, even killed – for their decision to believe, or not to believe. For worshipping according to their conscience. For teaching their children about their faith. For speaking about their beliefs in public. For gathering in private, as so many of us have done, to study the Bible, the Torah, or the Qu'ran.
Go into any mosque, any church, any temple in America, and you'll hear the same thing: Americans believe that kind of intolerance is deeply wrong.
That's why the Trump Administration has promoted religious freedom like never before in our foreign policy agenda. Given our own great freedoms, it's a distinctly American responsibility to stand up for faith in every nation's public square.
So today, I'm pleased to announce that, here at the State Department, we're elevating the Office of International Religious Freedom, along with the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, within our organization.
Effective immediately, each of these two offices will report directly to the under secretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights.
Sam Brownback, the ambassador-at-large for religious freedom, will continue to report directly to me.
This reorganization will provide these offices with additional staff and resources, and enhance partnerships both within our agency – within our agency and without. It will empower them to better carry out their important mandates.
Second: I'm pleased to announce the religious – the release of the religious – International Religious Freedom Report for 2018. It's like a report card – it tracks countries to see how well they've respected this fundamental human right. I'll start with the good news:
In Uzbekistan, much work still remains to be done, but for the first time in 13 years, it's no longer designated as a Country of Particular Concern.
This past year, the government passed a religious freedom roadmap. Fifteen hundred religious prisoners have been freed, and 16,000 people that were blacklisted for their religious affiliations are now allowed to travel. We look forward to seeing legal reforms to registration requirements, so more groups may worship freely, and so children may pray at mosques with their parents.
In Pakistan, the supreme court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Catholic, of blasphemy, sparing her the death penalty after she spent nearly a decade in prison. However, more than 40 others remain jailed for life, or face execution on that very same charge. We continue to call for their release, and encourage the government to appoint an envoy to address the various religious freedom concerns.
And in Turkey, at President Trump's urging, they released Pastor Andrew Brunson, who had been wrongfully imprisoned on account of his faith. We continue to seek the release of our locally employed staff there. In addition, we urge the immediate reopening of the Halki Seminary near Istanbul.
Look, we welcome all of these glimmers of progress, but demand much more. 2018, unfortunately, was far from perfect.
As in previous years, our report exposes a chilling array of abuses committed by oppressive regimes, violent extremist groups, and individual citizens. For all those that run roughshod over religious freedom, I'll say this: The United States is watching and you will be held to account.
In Iran, the regime's crackdown on the Baha'is, Christians, and others continues to shock the conscience.
In Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses were absurdly and abhorrently branded as terrorists, as authorities confiscated their property and then threatened their families.
In Burma, Rohingya Muslims continue to face violence at the hands of the military. Hundreds of thousands have fled or been forced to live in overcrowded refugee camps.
And in China, the government's intense persecution of many faiths – Falun Gong practitioners, Christians, and Tibetan Buddhists among them – is the norm.
The Chinese Communist Party has exhibited extreme hostility to all religious faiths since its founding. The party demands that it alone be called God.
I had a chance to meet with some Uighurs here, but unfortunately, most Chinese Uighurs don't get a chance to tell their stories. That's why, in an effort to document the staggering scope of religious freedom abuses in Xinjiang, we've added a special section to this year's China report.
History will not be silent about these abuses – but only if voices of liberty like ours record it.
Finally, I'll mention just one more reason this report matters so much: It will inspire conversations leading up to our second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom that I'll be hosting here in mid-July.
This year, we'll welcome up to 1,000 individuals who will renew their zeal for the mission of religious freedom, and I'm proud to be one of them.
I'm crossing the days off my calendar waiting for this. Last year was the first time in history that there had been such a foreign-ministerial level conference on religious freedom.
We brought together representatives and activists and religious leaders from virtually every corner of the world. It was truly a stunning show of unity – people of all faiths standing up for the most basic of all human rights. It was so successful that I immediately committed to hosting it the next year on the very day.
Look, the good work that was done didn't stop at the end of that conference. Both the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan demonstrated impressive leadership by hosting follow-on conferences. And the International Religious Freedom Fund, which we launched to support victims of persecution and give groups the tools to respond, has already received millions of dollars. I'm looking forward to this year's ministerial being inspiring, and I know that it will be.
And I'll now turn it over to my friend and our Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, to take your questions. Thank you, all.
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Secretary Pompeo Convenes Second Ministerial To Advance Religious Freedom
Secretary Pompeo To Release 2018 International Religious Freedom Report
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Glasbläser fertigen in einer Glasbläserei aus Halbfabrikaten, den Glasröhren und Glasstäben, künstlerische Gebrauchs- und Dekorationsgegenstände, Neonröhren für Lichtreklame, Thermometer, Laborgeräte und kleine Gefäße. Der Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Gestaltung. Im Unterschied zum Glasmacher, der ebenfalls Glas bläst, arbeitet der Glasbläser "vor der Lampe", also am offenen Brenner.

Geschichte
Das Glasblasen vor der Lampe hat seinen Namen von einer Öllampe mit Blasebalg, mit deren Hilfe früher Glasstäbe erhitzt wurden, um das auf diese Weise erweichte Glas zu Perlen, Figürchen und allerlei anderen dekorativen Objekten formen zu können. Im 17. Jahrhundert hatten die Italiener diese Technik schon zur Meisterschaft entwickelt. Die Öllampe ist zwar längst durch den Gas(gebläse)brenner ersetzt worden, aber der Name hat sich erhalten.

Die heute verwendeten Geräte, die mit Druckluft und Sauerstoff betrieben werden, lassen Temperaturen bis 2500 Grad Celsius zu. Dieser Fortschritt ermöglicht auch dem Künstler neue Möglichkeiten. Durch gesteuerte Zufuhr von Druckluft und Sauerstoff kann er nicht nur die Temperatur variieren, sondern die Flamme so beeinflussen, dass entweder eine oxidierende oder reduzierende Wirkung entsteht, was wiederum zu unterschiedlichen chemischen Reaktionen der verwendeten Hilfsstoffe – Metallsalze und -oxide – und damit zu jeweils verschiedenen Oberflächenwirkungen führt. Hinzu kommt das Aufschmelzen farbiger Glasbrösel und -fäden, was dem Lampenglasbläser eine fast unbegrenzte Palette von Möglichkeiten eröffnet. Das Verhalten verschiedener Glassorten und chemischen Substanzen in der Flamme will sorgfältig erprobt sein; oft sind lange Versuchsreihen mit wechselnden Mischungsverhältnissen nötig, ehe das gewünschte Resultat erreicht ist.

Im Dezember 2015 verkündete die Kultusministerkonferenz in Deutschland, dass die manuelle Glasfertigung als Kulturform in das bundesweite Verzeichnis des immateriellen Kulturerbes aufgenommen wird. Am 11. März 2016 erfolgte die Auszeichnung im Sinne des Übereinkommens zur Erhaltung des Immateriellen Kulturerbes der UNESCO.

Ausbildung
Der Beruf des Glasbläsers ist ein anerkannter Ausbildungsberuf, spezialisiert in verschiedenen Fachrichtungen, wie Glasapparatebau, Kunstglasgestaltung, Christbaumschmuck, Kunstaugenherstellung etc. Die Ausbildung dauert i. d. R. drei Jahre. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland war die damalige Fachakademie Glas, heute Berufsfachschule Glas in Lauscha federführend bei der bundesweiten Anerkennung des Ausbildungsberufes, die 1991 festgeschrieben werden konnte.

Fachrichtungen
Man unterscheidet verschiedene Fachrichtungen (manche werden nicht mehr als Lehrberuf angeboten)

Apparateglasbläser
 Glasinstrumentenmacher (später Glasapparatebauer)
 Glasapparatebauer
 Glasbläser – Augenprothetik (Ocularist)
 Glasbläser – Baumschmuckbläser
 Glasbläser – Baumschmuckveredler
 Glasbläser – Glasgerätejustierer
 Glasbläser – Glasgestalter
 Glasbläser – Thermometerbläser
 Glasbläser – Tieraugenformer
 Neonglasbläser

Arbeitsmittel des Glasbläsers
 Tisch-, Hand- oder Langbrenner (Flöte) mit Gas- und Luftzufuhr, auch in Verbindung mit weiteren verbrennungsfördernden Gasen wie z. B. Sauerstoff
 Kohle- oder Metallauftreiber
 Kohleplatte/Normkohle
 Glasschneider
 Drehbank
 Pinzette
 spezielle Didymium-Brille
 Dorn
 Blasschlauch
 Strukturzangen

Heutige Bedeutung
Viele Forschungseinrichtungen und chemische Laboratorien beschäftigen heute Glasbläser für den Apparatebereich. Im Lauschaer Raum, Ilm-Kreis, Vogtland, in manchen Gebieten Frankens sowie in vielen anderen Teilen Deutschlands befinden sich noch selbständige Glasbläsereien, die auch für das Kunstgewerbe arbeiten.
Auch in Österreich, wie z. B. in Weißenstein in  Kärnten, und der Schweiz gibt es Kunstglas- sowie Glasapparatebläser.

Literatur
 Georg Rendl: Die Glasbläser. Roman. 3 Bände. Pustet, Salzburg u. a. 1935–1937.

Film
 Uwe Kassai:  Handwerkskunst! Wie man ein Glas bläst, SWR Fernsehen – Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz vom  17. August 2018 (YouTube vom 26. November 2018)

Weblinks

 Verband Deutscher Glasbläser e.V.

Einzelnachweise

Glasberuf
Handwerksberuf
Wikipedia:Artikel mit Video
Immaterielles Kulturerbe (Deutschland)
Glasherstellung

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Because Soul Cant Stop
Douglas Cole has published six collections of poetry and a novella. His work has appeared in anthologies and in The Chicago Quarterly Review, The Galway Review, Chiron, The Pinyon Review, Confrontation, Two Thirds North, Red Rock Review, and Slipstream. He has been nominated twice for a Pushcart and Best of the Net, and has received the Leslie Hunt Memorial Prize in Poetry and the Best of Poetry Award from Clapboard House. His website is douglastcole.com
Cops and Dealers
May 27, 2019 7 months ago
Cops and Dealers Dry dusty white air burning and swirling into the distance, planes lifting off the runways at stark angles. I rode over the railroad tracks and into the gravel alleyway, car bouncing like a buckboard as I hit the pot holes. I rolled into the lot behind the shop, and grit dust gathered up and swirled around my car as I got out. Raphael was standing just outside the shop, smoking a cigarette. He lifted one hand, palm high. I took out a pack of my own and lit one up and stood there beside him in the warm shade of the building. "Mornin," I said. "Hola." "Sleep?" "No." We smoked and watched as someone came skulking out of the house across the street and got into his car and pulled away. Almost immediately someone else drove up. "Early day for them," I said. "Yes," Raphael said, blowing a huge cloud of smoke that drifted up over him. "They're selling something," I said. Raphael smiled. "You know, they say I was a cop in Mexico so I was a crook. That I take people's money. That I fuck with the tourist. They say that. But you know, the police, they're just the same here. You think the cops don't know about this place? They know about it. I know they know about it. I seen them out here. But they never arrest nobody. That's not why they come out here. You don't believe me?" "I believe you." "Watch," he said. "I show you." He stepped into the shop then. I looked in. What was he up to? He went over to the shop phone, picked it up and dialed. I stood back in the wide doorway and smoked. My head was a nest of burred buzzer snakes. My eyes were puffer fish with spines. The air wouldn't move, but the trees and homes jumped and jittered on the surface of some worn and grainy emulsion. Who could breathe? Raphael came back out. Two more cars approached and parked next to the house. "What's up?" I asked. "I called the cops on them," he said, and he folded his arms and waited. A few moments later, a bunch of guys came out and drove away. Finally, the guy who lived there came out. He slipped into a white, rusted-out machine with four bald tires and a thick patina of dust on the windshield and drove away. His dog barked at the gate. "See what I mean," said Raphael. "The cops aren't coming?" "Oh, they'll come," he said, "in a while. But they aren't the ones. They jus do what they're told. It's the one you don see, never see. You know? You can feel him right now." And he put a finger to his temple, "Thinking!" He went back inside, strapped on his goggles, and began spraying a curved sheet of metal, some anonymous piece of a plane. I punched in on the time clock and nodded to Larry. The kilns were on, baking the enamel on a set of parts, radiating waves of delirious heat. Tony was already working. I got a drink from the cooler. My tongue was a dry leather flap. I sat down and started plugging plates full of putty. "Hello," I said "Hey," he said. He was deeply involved in his task. The radio was on and I heard the Byrds singing Eight Miles High. "I feel about eight miles low," I said, shaking my head, trying to rid myself of the writhing in my skull. "Little too much afterburn, eh?" "You know it." "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou find bliss," he said. "I don't know about that." The guitar rippled rapid-fire pulses, rising, higher and higher. Just then, Raphael shouted from the other shop, "Hey, come check this out. They're here." I went to the back doors looked out. Sure enough, the police were there. The house was empty. They knocked and looked through the windows. The dog barked and snapped behind the fence. One of them wrote something on a clip board, then got out and posted a slip of paper on the door of the house. "Raphael call the cops on the drug house again?" Tony asked. "Yeah," I said. "He's done that before?" Tony laughed. "He likes to bust their balls." "The guys in the house?" "No, the cops." "What's the note on the door say?" I asked. "That? Just a warning that they got a complaint. That's it. And that's all they'll do. That's all they ever do." "They never bust the guy, huh?" "The guy that lives there? He's long gone by the time they come around, if they come around." "He's tipped off, then." "I'd say so. Raphael seems convinced that's the case." "Then why do they even bother to come?" "Appearances? Maybe they're just warning the guy to keep it low key." Larry came in, then, and I went back to the table and got busy putting putty pieces into the metal plates.
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