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3 Gold Miners to Buy on the Dip Following the Fed Meeting
The Fed was more hawkish than expected at its meeting which caused gold to sell off. However, interest rates moved lower, and the yield curve flattene...
By Taylor Dart June 18, 2021
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The Fed was more hawkish than expected at its meeting which caused gold to sell off. However, interest rates moved lower, and the yield curve flattened. Both are positive developments for gold. Taylor Dart identified 3 gold miners worth buying on the dip: Pretium Resources (PVG), Newmont Corporation (NEM), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM).
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After a brief period of outperformance vs. the major market averages, the precious metals complex has been hit hard again this week, with gold (GLD) down more than 5% for the week. This violent pullback is one of the worst we've seen in years, given its velocity. Fortunately, it's provided a second opportunity to start positions in miners at very reasonable valuations. While the gold price falling $125/oz certainly doesn't help margins for miners, it's important to note that most miners are producing gold for less than $1,025/oz, still enjoying 40% plus margins at current gold prices. Let's take a look at a few names that look compelling if this weakness continues:
The Gold Miners Index (GDX) is one way that investors can play the precious metals sector to gain leverage on gold. However, I prefer individual names since the index often has many laggards that can impede its overall performance, and it doesn't pay a material dividend. Three names that look like standouts among their peers are Pretium Resources (PVG), Newmont Corporation (NEM), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), with the latter two being clear leaders in their sub-sectors. All three of these miners differ in size and risk, but all three look like solid bets as sellers rush for the exits following the recent beatdown in the gold price. Let's begin with WPM:
Wheaton Precious Metals is one of the largest royalty & streaming companies globally and is one of the lowest-risk ways to play the sector, given that the company has extremely high margins above 70%. Its business model of financing miners to build or expand their projects and then take a cut of their production is superior to most gold miners. This is because the company has diversified revenue across dozens of assets and significant upside as new royalties come online, or mines are extended past their initial expectations. The company just came off a strong quarter in Q1 from a financial standpoint with a record revenue of $324.1MM, with the company benefiting from a 13% increase in its gold sales price and a 53% increase in its silver sales price. This has set the company up for a year of significant annual earnings per share [EPS], especially as its mines ramp back up after what was a disrupted 2020 due to some temporary COVID-19 related shutdowns.
(Source: YCharts.com, Author's Chart)
As shown in the chart above, WPM is set to increase annual EPS by more than 38% in FY2021 ($1.55 vs. $1.12), and this is after lapping triple-digit growth last year. At a current share price of $44.00, this leaves WPM trading at just 28x FY2021 earnings estimates and less than 26x FY2022 earnings estimates, a very reasonable valuation for a company with 70% plus margins and a low-risk business model. Currently, WPM's peer Franco Nevada trades at more than 35x earnings, which is where larger precious metals royalty companies typically trade at fair value, with them appreciating to more than 40x during bull markets. If we use FY2022 annual EPS estimates and assign an earnings multiple of 35, WPM has significant upside with a fair value of $58.80, which assumes no further improvement in metals prices. Therefore, with the stock offering more than 30% upside to fair value, I would view any further weakness as a buying opportunity.
The second name on the list is Pretium Resources, a single-asset miner in Canada that is expected to produce just over 350,000 ounces of gold this year. The company released blockbuster drilling results this week, with four of its holes drilled, making the top-15 list for highest-grade intercepts in the sector over the past 18 months among all companies. The highlight hole was 19.5 meters of 306.6 grams per tonne gold and 15 meters of 561.6 grams per tonne, with these holes potentially adding another year of my life to the British Columbia Mine at higher grades. The important point about these results is that they lie less than 1 kilometer from the current mine infrastructure and come in at significantly higher grades than the current gold reserves held by PVG (~9.0 grams per tonne gold). So, assuming the company can prove up a resource here with further drilling, this could translate to a higher production rate once this area is developed.
Unfortunately, the stock picked the wrong week to release its news, and the stock has sold off sharply with the precious metals complex. However, at a current share price of $9.95, the stock is now trading at less than 11x FY2022 annual EPS estimates, which is a very reasonable valuation for a company with 45% margins even at current gold prices. Furthermore, assuming the company's drill success continues, there's no reason that Pretium couldn't increase production to over 400,000 ounces going forward, and this would easily drive annual EPS to as high as $1.20 in FY2023/FY2024, depending on how long it takes to access this area. So, at barely 10x earnings, this looks like a low-risk area to start a position in the stock if it remains below $10.00.
The last name on the list is the sector juggernaut and the only gold miner in the S&P-500: Newmont. The benefit to owning Newmont is that it has more than a dozen mines and a more than 12-year reserve base, so investors have significant visibility into future earnings for the company and comfort that issues at any one mine won't be magnified. NEM had a relatively soft quarter in Q1 with continued headwinds from COVID-19, but the company is set up for another strong year with annual EPS set to come in above $3.60. Looking ahead to the remainder of the year, NEM expects to see stronger operations as COVID-19 cases have dropped globally, and the company should also see its investments in innovation begin to pay off, with an autonomous haulage fleet purchased for its massive Boddington Mine in Australia. The ultimate goal is to implement these trucks at multiple mines, reducing the risk of labor inflation and increasing safety at its projects.
These plans, combined with lower costs as CAPEX comes down over the next few years, are expected to push NEM's all-in sustaining cost margins up to $925/oz in FY2023, up from $730/oz last year. This would make NEM not only the largest producer globally but also one of the lowest-cost names. The other differentiator for NEM is that it pays one of the most generous dividends in the sector. The company currently pays $2.20 per share annually, with the potential for this to increase to $2.50 by year-end. This represents a yield of 3.50% at the current level, and at the higher level which isn't unlikely, the yield climbs to nearly 4.00%.
As shown above, NEM is trading at just 17x FY2021 earnings estimates and closer to 16x FY2022 earnings estimates. For a company that's diversified and has some of the largest mines globally and leads in innovation & technology, this is a very compelling valuation. The bonus, as noted, is that investors get a mix of growth and value here, with the company offering a 3.5% yield as well as a very reasonable valuation. Based on what I believe to be a fair earnings multiple of 20, I see a fair value for NEM closer to $79.60, or 25% above current levels.
There's no question that the gold miners are out of vogue, with many high-flyers performing much better over the past year with inferior fundamentals, but the best time to buy, in my view, is when an asset class is hated, and the sentiment is poor. For the gold miners, this is the setup we've been presented with once again, with the group set to generate record-free cash flow this year and paying an average yield of 10%, with many names trading at double-digit free cash flow yields. For investors looking to get exposure, NEM and WPM look like two of the lowest-risk names to play the sector, with PVG offering leverage but with slightly higher risk.
Disclosure: I am long NEM, WPM, GLD
Disclaimer: Taylor Dart is not a Registered Investment Advisor or Financial Planner. This writing is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation regarding any securities transaction. The information contained in this writing should not be construed as financial or investment advice on any subject matter. Taylor Dart expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken based on any or all of the information on this writing.
WPM shares were trading at $44.45 per share on Friday morning, up $0.09 (+0.20%). Year-to-date, WPM has gained 6.49%, versus a 11.79% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
About the Author: Taylor Dart
Taylor has over a decade of investing experience, with a special focus on the precious metals sector. In addition to working with ETFDailyNews, he is a prominent writer on Seeking Alpha. Learn more about Taylor's background, along with links to his most recent articles.
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The emigrating Happs Part 2: Raimund Happ
Posted on 7 August, 2014 8 August, 2014 by cassmob
Thanks for following along on this post about the Happ family who emigrated to the USA.
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Emigration of Raimund/Raymond Happ
As we know from the previous post, Raimund emigrated with his sister Anna Apollonia in 1869. He was only seventeen but in those days that made him ready to work and take such a huge step. Addendum: Since my initial post, I've found education records for Raimund which show that he had only just finished school when he emigrated. I assume it was at the secondary school level given his age. He had been studying, as far as I can tell, at the High School in Würzburg and these were his results for 1866/67. I have no idea what the scores mean but his subjects were religion, Latin, Greek, German, arithmetic, history and geography.
Jahresbericht über die königlich bayerischen Studienanstalten, das Gymnasium … By Königlich Bayerisches Gymnasium (Würzburg). Students for the 1866/67 year, page 23.
I had also previously searched the German newspapers (under Google Books), for the emigration notice of Raimund and Anna's departure. These searches are neither straightforward or predictable but I did manage to find it fairly easily (I just forgot to add it to their stories yesterday!)
Unmarried siblings Raimund and Anna Happ….Beobachter am Main und Aschaffenburger Anzeiger: 1869,7/12
Year: 1869; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 319; Line: 27; List Number: 1150. From Ancestry.com
Anna and Raimund arrived in New York on 6 October 1869. Raymond (note spelling change) remained in New York for a few years and presumably lived with his sister for some of them. In 1873, the year he turned 21, he became a citizen of the United States of America. At the time he was living at 400 First Avenue and working as a barber. George Eckhardt was his witness.[i]
Two years later Raymond Happ was on the voters' register of the 12th Ward in San Francisco, having registered on 29 July 1875.[ii] In 1888, he is registered as living at 419 O'Farrell St (on the 2nd floor).[iii] The 1892 registers would be something of a gold mine for his descendants as it documents his physical characteristics: he is 40 years old, German-born, 5 feet 6¾ inches tall, with medium complexion, hazel eyes and black hair, though the next entry states he is bald. He is still living at O'Farrell St but his naturalisation date is incorrectly noted as 1878 not 1873.[iv]
It took me a while to locate Raymond in other records and only through searching for "Happ" + b1852. It seems he'd changed his name, or reverted to his full name, Charles R Happ. This may well account for why his brother Julius named his own son, Charles. These Germans can be tricky <smile>
Having pinned down the change of name, there was a surfeit of information on Charles and only one anomaly. On the 1875 City Directory for San Francisco, soon after his arrival, he is listed as a carpenter living at the Columbia Hotel[v]. In all other instances he is shown as a barber so perhaps it was just the work he could get when he first arrived on the west coast…he had "gone west, young man". The nice thing is that the 1891 entry in the city directories ties Charles R Happ to Raymond Happ, as the address in common is 419 O'Farrell St.
Because Charles was in business he appears by name and business in many of the digitised editions of the San Francisco City Directories (in Australia we call them Post Office Directories usually). He, and the business, moved often enough, but frequently within the same street.
The first time we find him working as a barber in San Francisco is 1878. His employers were Oppenheim & Stieber and he was living at 519 Octavia St. In 1883 he was at 915½ Market St working with Strecker and Kern, barbers, but by 1891 he had gone into partnership with John Ulrich Gingg at 116 Kearny St.
Pinned places of residence and work for Charles and Ida Happ. Prepared with Google Earth.
By 1896 Charles had moved to 20 Hollis Street and Happ & Gingg to 102 Geary (1900-1905). Obviously Hollis Street suited Charles as his next move was up to 64 Hollis. From 1905-1909 Charles is residing at 56 Hollis, only a few doors away but the business moved to 414 Divisadero St in 1907 then 2 Mason (1909-1911).
After a brief stop at 1522 Fulton St in 1910 and 814 Cole St in 1911, Charles and his wife Ida moved on to 18th Avenue where it seems they settled indefinitely, living first in number 778 until about 1913, then at number 770 (1921-1940). In the latter years the business name has become Kern and Happ at 1488 Fulton St, so it seems possible that he was perhaps preparing for retirement as by then he was nearing 70. It's also interesting that the business included a Kern, the same name as the person he worked for in 1883.
This is 18th Avenue, San Francisco, very near numbers 770 and 778. Prepared with Google Earth Street View.
But what of the census records? Do they match with the directories? Luckily for me they do! Each entry tells us just a little more about the couple. In 1900, Charles specifies he was born in Bavaria while Ida was born Germany. They had been naturalised in 1875 and 1886 respectively and had been in the country 25 and 14 years. In 1900 and 1910 they were renting their home. They had been married 23 years (est YOM 1886/87), and had no children. Unfortunately I've had no joy in locating their marriage.
Charles is listed as an employer in 1910 and 1920 and a proprietor of a barber shop in 1930. At that time they owned their own home and also owned a radio –a sign of technological change, or was there another reason for this question.
By 1940 Charles had finally retired, not surprising since he was now 88. Both had studied to Grade 8 level and could read and write.
Newspaper articles are frustrating in their absence, or requirement for subscriptions, and even though I have several there's ones I can't see. However the free site, Chronicling America, reveals the non-working side of the Happs' lifestyle with holidays at Hoberg's Resort on 22 August 1897 and again in July 1902.[vi] Combined with the apparent ambience of 18th Avenue, it seems the couple had made a success of their immigrant lives.
Another little snippet came to light through The San Francisco Call with the listing of land transfers in April 1906. What's particularly interesting is a transfer of land from John Juedes to Ida, wife of Charles R Happ in April 1906:lot on E line of 18th Avenue 150N of Fulton St, N25 by E120 $10.
San Francisco Call, 3 April 1906, page 11. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1906-04-03/ed-1/seq-11/
Charles R Happ died on 30 December 1943, aged 91 at Alameda, California[vii]. The registers show his birth as 21 January 1852, compared to 23 January 1852 for his birth/baptism in Dorfprozelten (baptism usually occurred on the day of birth). His wife Ida had predeceased him in San Francisco on 11 June 1941, aged 87. Her date of birth is listed as 18 October 1854 and her father's surname as Maas. They are buried at the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California.[viii]
By the time of their deaths their new nation was again involved in a world war. As with my own George Kunkel I can't begin to imagine how distressing it was for them to be a lightning rod for anti-German sentiment for the second time.
Oh, and by the way, how lucky are we Aussies to have Trove…just imagine what might have been found in a similar site.
[i] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906 (M1674); Microfilm Serial: M1674; Microfilm Roll: 99. From Ancestry.com
[ii] Source Citation: California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 – 2A; CSL Roll Number: 44; FHL Roll Number: 977099. 1875. Ancestry.com
[iii] Collection Number: 4 – 2A; CSL Roll Number: 66; FHL Roll Number: 977627.
[iv] California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 – 2A; CSL Roll Number: 88; FHL Roll Number: 977607.
[v] Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. All entries for Charles R Happ are in the San Francisco directories.
[vi] http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1897-08-22/ed-1/seq-26. The San Francisco Call, 22 August 1897 and 22 July 1897.
[vii] Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
[viii] On MyHeritage.com from Find a Grave, Section F Lot 51.
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It founds these solid walls, the Harbor and the shipyard of Petersburg
The inscription on the medal in commemoration of foundation of Saint–Petersburg, 1703
5 November of 1704
The record in the travel journal of Peter the First
Was laid «Admiralty Shipyards», the oldest shipbuilding enterprise of Russia.
«In 1704, on the fifth of November was found the Admiralty house, 200 sazhen long and 100 sazhen wide, we were in the osteria and celebrated it », — from the records in «Travel journal of Peter the First (1696 –1709)».
General view of Main Admiralty
In one year after the foundation of the shipyard was under way the construction of two bombarding ships, two prams and 24 boats.
Were launched: the first large ship – 18-gun pram «Skinia Zaveta»; the yachts «Ekaterina» and «Lubov». It took only 4 months to construct the lead yacht of Russian fleet «Nadezda».
Peter the First and Fedor Sklyaev laid down the first frigate of Baltic fleet – 54-gun «Poltava». At the suggestion of the czar for the first time ever for shipboard guns were used gun mounting made of iron. The ship happened to be not only powerful, but also maneuvering, while the bow configuration simplified scending.
On the stocks of «Admiralty Shipyards» are simultaneously constructed 10 combat vessels, among which 60-gun «Schlusselburg», 70-gun «Holy Alexander» and the first in the Russian Navy three-deck 90-gun ship of first rate «Lesnoye». During this time period, were developed principally new technologies of shipbuilding, which became the basis for section assembly method widely applicable at present time.
64-gun frigate «Ingermanland»
Was launched 64-gun frigate «Ingermanland», which became the prototype ship for the biggest series in the world consisting of more than 60 units. The squadron by Dmitry Senyavin, defeated Turkish fleet in Dardanelles and Athos battles, consisted of the ships of this series. By the end of 1715 at the shipyards of Main Admiralty already were simultaneously constructed ten 60-90-gun vessels.
Main Admiralty
For the purposes of the Baltic fleet was built the first ship-repairing covered berth for frigates. Previously the vessels for repair were hailed on shore resulting in additional damages. Alternatively, the vessels were just destroyed and then were built the new ones. Аdmiralty Shipyards became a pioneer in arrangement of restorative repair of the ships.
Prototype of first submarine – «secret vessel» by Efim Nikonov
In presence of Peter the First was tested the «secret vessel» by Efim Nikonov — the prototype of the first submarine. During the trials the «secret vessel» dived three times, but during a diving it happened to be damaged. On the death of Peter the Fist the ingenious invention of the talented Russian peasant was lost. However justified recognition obtained Efim Nikonov after 300 years: «secret vessel» – submarines – became the main specialization of «Admiralty Shipyards».
Beginning of the construction of the commercial ships: forest-product carrier of Arkhangelsk type and small internal navigation vessels for delivery of cargoes from Kronstadt to Petersburg.
100-gun battleship «Peter I and II»
Was launched the first in Russia 100-gun battleship «Peter I and II», which was active for 25 years. The keel-laying of the ship completed Petrine period in national shipbuilding. Within 25 years Peter the Great converted the landlocked country into a powerful maritime nation.
Sailing galley of beginning of XVIII century
80 galleys were delivered to the Baltic fleet on the occasion of the brilliant victories in Gangut and Grengam. During short reigning of Catherine I the construction of large ships was significantly reduced.
Empress Аnna Ioanovna
Was completed the construction of most powerful battleship in the Baltic fleet, first rate «Empress Anna». During reigning of Anna Ioanovna were built over 110 ships: battleships, frigates, prams, bomb ketches, large and small galleys.
80-gun battleship «Saint Paul»
Was launched 80-gun battleship «Saint Paul», which on 7 of June participated together with the squadron of Nikolay Golovin in the battle with Swedish fleet at cape Gangut. Then two years apart were launched 66-gun ship «Saint Barbara, the Great Martyr» and 100-gun ship «Zacharias and Elizabeth». In the reign of Catherine the Great Admiralty Shipyards was the only major shipbuilding enterprise of Russia, which was capable to construct all types of vessels for national fleet.
Training 10-gun frigate «Nadezda»
Was built the first special training 10-gun frigate «Nadezda» for deck seamanship of midshipmen and naval cadets.
130-gun frigate «Grace»
Was laid first domestic 130-gun frigate «Grace», constructed within a very short time. It was launched already in August of the next year. Onboard the vessel for the first time was used the technology of underbody copper sheathing.
Steamship «Elizabeth»
Was built the first in Russia steamship «Elizabeth». Were arranged first scheduled passenger voyages to Kronstadt, Lisiy Nos, Оranienbaum and Petrozavodsk by means of 11 steamships, built by Admiralty Shipyards.
One of the first Russian steamships on the Neva.
Was launched steam ship «Volga», which became the model for construction of river service ships for a few decades. For the first time onboard the steam ship was installed the twin engine with capacity of 60 horse power. The powerful and reliable ship worked before early eighteen-fifties.
Steam frigate «Warrior»
Was laid first steam frigate «Warrior» with the rigging and a wheeled running gear. The capacity of the steam engine was 240 horse power. Because the wheels did not allow to install the guns on the shipboards, 28 large-caliber guns were concentrated on the ship ends.
46-gun sailing-propeller driven frigate «Askold»
Was launched the first in Russia steam ship for open sea – 46-gun sailing –propeller driven frigate «Askold». Under the command of captain I rank Ivan Unikovskiy the ship made a unique duration cruise along the following route Kronstadt – Кeel – Brest – cape of Good Hope – Hong Kong – Nagasaki – Hakodate – Кanagawa – Manila – cape of Good Hope – Plymouth – Кronstadt.
Gun boat
Was laid the lead gun boat «Big gun» in the series of 36 gunnery ships of small tonnage. The ships of the type made first line of coastal defense of Baltic Sea. Altogether Admiralty Shipyards built 51 steam gun boats.
Armor-plated ship – floating battery «Don't touch me»
Was launched the first in Russia armor-plated ship – floating battery «Don't touch me». The first armor-plated ship had a thickness of armor 102 – 114 mm. In the side compartments were arranged special tanks after flooding of which the ship draft was increased and the exposed area appearing above water was reduced.
Sea -going armor-plated battleship «Petropavlovsk»
The Baltic fleet was delivered the first domestic armor-plated battleship «Pertopavlovsk», which became the first Russian ship with installed rifled artillery of domestic production and electric searchlights.
Turret battleship «Peter the Great»
Was laid the first in the world turret battleship, the most powerful ship for its time «Cruiser» (since 1872 «Peter the Great»). Well-known British designer Edward Reed wrote in the newspaper «The Times»: «Russians succeeded us not only in respect of operational forces of existing ships but also in respect of new methods of their construction. Their battleship «Peter the Great» can absolutely free enter any British ports, because it is more powerful vessel than any of our own battleships».
Coast defense battleship «Novgorod»
Was constructed unusual ship of round shape – cost defense battleship «Novgorod». In the middle of XIX century in compliance with the Paris treaty for all countries of the Black Sea, including Russia, it was forbidden to have marine forces in the Black Sea. For coastal defense construction engineer Popov proposed to build the round battleships, which with speed of 6 knots do not correspond with a ship's class, however their diameter was 30 meters and they were equipped with 280 mm guns.
Protected corvette «Vityaz»
Was launched the first protected corvett «Vityaz». Under command of admiral S.O. Makarov the unique ship made 387-day around-the-world cruise, in the course of which were performed important geographic and oceanographic researches. The corvett rightly became one of the widely recognized research ships, its name was stamped on the fronton of Oceanographic museum in Monako.
First-rate cruiser «Aurora»
Was built the legendary cruiser «Aurora», which took part in all wars taken by USSR in XX century.
Submarine of type «Bars»
Were laid two most powerful cruisers of the time «Borodino» and «Navarin» named after the armor-plated ships lost in Russo –Japanese war. By the time was related the first experience of construction of submarines by the enterprise. The employee of the shipyard developed the technology of riveting connection of metal hull sections and for the first time were fabricated the hulls for the four submarine of type «Bars», outfitting of which was later transferred to Revel Shipyard. It marked the beginning of serial construction of submarines in Russia.
Refrigerated cargo motor ship
Was constructed the series of four refrigerated cargo motor ships for line Odessa-Marsel. These «floating refrigerators» became the first large vessels built by the enterprise after the revolution and they had most cargo carrying capacity in the Soviet fleet with the capacity of refrigerated holds in 2000 tons.
Submarine of type «Q»
Beginning of production of the hulls of most advanced domestic submarines of type «Q» of series V. The hulls consisting of eight sections on the railway platforms were delivered to Dalzavod in Vladivostok for consequent assembly and outfitting. Besides, was constructed the series of 11 river 200-horse-power tug boats for river driving, the particulars of which far outnumbered the mean values of foreign analogues.
Large timber carriers of series VI
Were launched the timber carriers of series VI «Clara Tsetkin» and «Second five-year plan», intended for London sea line. For the first time ever main and auxiliary machineries, hull fittings, boilers and other equipment were completely made in the USSR.
The first completely built by Admiralty Shipyards submarine Q-305 of series V-bis was delivered to the Baltic fleet. Altogether the enterprise constructed 36 combat units of this project.
The passenger-cargo steam boats for ice navigation «Dezhnev»
Were laid the passenger-cargo steam boats for ice navigation «Dezhnev» and «S.A. Levanevskiy». In the days of the Great Patriotic War «Dezhnev» served as a patrol craft of the Northern fleet in the White Sea and the Kara Sea. At the end of August of 1942 in port of Dixon it fighted with the German large cruiser «Admiral Sheer» and did not allow the enemy raider to block the Norheast Passage, which was needed to the USSR for getting help from the allies.
Submarine М-88 of series XII
Was laid the first in the country fully welded submarine M-88 of series XII. Altogether «Admiralty Shipyards» constructed 14 submarines of the project. Additionally was started the construction of submarine of type «S» of series IX-bis, all six submarines of the series for high battle performances during the Great Patriotic War were awarded Orders with the Red Banner. In addition in this very year was laid the series of 9 submarine cruisers of type «К», designed for long-distance voyages.
Submarine of type «M»
By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War the «Admiralty Shipyards» constructed 316 torpedo boats, and also 69 submarines of following series «M», «Q», «S» and «K», which composed 1/3 character of the submarine contingent of the USSR. For civil fleet the enterprise constructed 6 cargo-and-passenger, 10 hydrographic survey, 3 buoy-crafting vessels, 6 refrigerated vessels, 8 timber carriers, 1 ice-breaker, 38 tug boats, 8 river passenger boats, 1 concrete barge, 7 non-propelled barges and 3 floating docks.
Cutter-pontoon
In the conditions of the war and the siege the Admiralty Shipyards delivered to the Navy 7 submarines, 22 tugboats of type МБК, 48 submarine chasers, 116 self-propelled pontoons, 5 lifting pontoons with lifting capacity of 200 tons. In the facilities were repaired and re-equipped over 260 ships and vessels. The women and the children which replaced the machine men fabricated for the front needs about 3, 000 sets of trawls, 8, 000 explosive cutters, 120 000 marine mines МШ-120, 300 mooring mines, 1,500 mine throwers МБ-82, 30,000 metal and sapper spade shovels, 900 buoys for trawls, 91 sets of paravanes, 80,000 shall cases, mines, drop bombs, 18 300 units of tank components were delivered to Kirovskiy plant.
Cruiser «Ordzhonikidze» of project 68-bis
During the post-war years the enterprise continued to construct submarines and surface ships, miscellaneous vessels for civil fleet. The employees of «Admiralty Shipyards» delivered to the Navy the destroyers of project 30К «Brave» and «Gifted»; the destroyers of project 29 К; four cruisers of project 68-bis of type «Sverdlov»; the series of 20 tankers of type «Leningrad» to the civil fleet.
Тanker «Leningrad»
Was laid the tanker «Leningrad», the first fully welded tanker of project 563. Altogether were constructed 26 tankers of the series, five of which for the first time ever in the history of «Admiralty Shipyards» for export to German Democratic Republic.
Submarines of project 615
The Navy received small submarine with one engine of project 615, the speed of which for the first time ever reached 15 knots in submerged condition. In addition was started the construction of the series of 30 submarines of project 615А. The block construction utilized for the first time permitted to cut the slipway period by half.
Submarine of project 617
Was delivered to the Navy the submarine with hydrogen peroxide turbine С-99 of project 617. The turbine drive allowed to maintain the underwater speed on the level of 20 knots. It was a significant achievement before appearance of nuclear –powered submarines.
Was laid the prototype submarine of project 641, during construction of which was applied heat–resistant steel АК-25, which allowed to increase the depth of submersion up to 280 meters. The series of submarines consisting of 75 units of the project became the largest in the enterprise's history.
Nuclear ice-breaker «Lenin»
Was built the first nuclear-powered icebreaker «Lenin» with nuclear power plant. During the construction and the trials the nuclear –powered vessel visited many delegations and representatives of different countries of the world including the prime-minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan, Vice-President of USA Richard Nixon, the ministers of PRC. During 30 years of operation the ice-breaker passed over 500 thousand miles, among them 350 thousand miles on the ice with thickness 2 meters, it piloted over 3500 vessels through the Northeast Passage. At the same time the first civil nuclear-powered vessel became the training and practical base for preparation more than 5000 sailors for nuclear-powered icebreaking fleet.
Icebreaker «Dobrynia Nikitich» of project 97
Was started construction of vessels of project 97 (and its modifications) consisting of 16 units of patrol ice-breakers and patrol gunboats of ice class. The structure happened to be so successful that these vessels became the most popular icebreakers built for domestic fleet.
Fishing mother ship «Andrey Zakharov»
The first large fishing mother ship «Andrey Zakharov» was delivered to the Customer. In total were built 14 canning factory ships, each of them provided processing of not less than 66 tons of industrial fish per day. In the course of the construction, the project was continuously upgraded, therefore the canning factory ship «Shipbuilder Klopotov», delivered in 1967, due to the additional canning lines had daily output twice as much as the first vessel in the series «Andrey Zakharov».
Tanker of project 1552 «Hanoi» (was renamed as «Ahtuba»)
Was laid prototype tanker «Hanoi» in the series of 7 tankers of project 1552. The tankers of the series became the largest liquid cargo vessels of naval forces of the country. After completion of the construction the tanker tonnage of the USSR raised from twelfth to fifth rank in the world.
Nuclear-powered submarine of project 671
Was laid the prototype nuclear-powered submarine of the series of project 671. The distinctive features of the submarines of this project became up-graded hydrodynamics, submerged speed in 30 knots, and application in the pressure hull structure of a new grade of steel АК-29 allowed to increase the submerged depth up to 400 meters.
Fish processing plant «Vostok»
Was laid down super large fish-processing plant «Vostok», the facilities of which allowed to process up to 300 tons of industrial fish per day. The plant was designed for development of most remote tropical and equatorial areas of World ocean and for the first time in the world's practice included a whole flotilla, consisting of 14 fishing boats.
Submarine «Kalvari» of project И 641
Was built the submarine of project И 641 (Foxtrot according to the classification of NATO) «Kalvari», which became the first submarine in the USSR built for export and the first submarine of Indian submarine forces.
Was started the construction of nuclear-powered third generation submarines of project 705. The submarines of this project became a pride of the Soviet Navy. Having speed of 41 knots, comparable to the speed of enemy's torpedoes, as a matter of fact, the submarines had aviation acceleration capabilities – they were capable to reach the full speed within one minute. During 20 years of exploitation of the submarines of the project no man was lost in the damage control.
Self-contained manned underwater powered vehicle «Sever-2»
On demand of Fisheries Ministry of the USSR was constructed self-contained manned underwater powered vehicle «Sever-2». During the exploitation period the vehicle passed in underwater position about 22 000 kilometers in all seas of World ocean; for the first time ever it dived at depth of 2000 meters in the Ross Sea (Аntarctic).
Ice-breaker «Otto Shmidt» of project 97Н
Was completed the construction of the series of units of harbor ice-breakers of project 97 and its modifications. On the basis of the project was built the only research ice-breaker in the world for performance of hydrometeorological researches and air monitoring in Arctic Regions (project 97Н) «Otto Shmidt», which took part in 40 scientific expeditions. The ice-breaker participated in several global programs of Academy of Sciences of the USSR: «Kara experiment», «Barents experiment», «Polar experiment».
Towed underwater vehicle «Теtis-N» of project 16051
Was started the construction of the series of towed underwater viewing chambers with diving depth of 300 meters: two vehicles of type «Atlant-2»; six vehicles – «Tetis» of project 1605; four vehicles – «Теtis-N» of project 16051. By 1985 the vehicles conducted 5200 divings, including ones for examination of the burial grounds of chemical weapons of Fist and Second World Wars.
Underwater vehicle «Tinro-2» of project 1602
Was put into operation self-propelled two seater underwater vehicle «Tinro-2» of project 1602, with diving depth of 400 meters. The vehicle conducted the researches in the Black Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, at the cost of Africa, in the area of the Bermuda Triangle; in 1993 the vehicle participated in lifting of the wreckage of Korean Boeing-747 off the Sakhalin coast.
Deep-diving self-contained vehicle «Poisk» of project 1832
Self-contained manned powered development vehicle «Poisk – 2» of project 1832 was delivered to the Customer. The deep-diving vehicle was designed for operations at depths up to 2000 meters.
Large submarine base-laboratory of project 1840
The large submarine base-laboratory of project 1840 was delivered to the Customer. During operation of the submarine laboratory was reached the maximum duration of staying of divers in sea with the use of hot-water suits in national and world practice. For the first time from the submarine – laboratory board at depth of 50 meters were executed complicated diving operations: survey of the hull and the outboard holes; metal cutting and assembly of constructions.
Self-contained deep-diving vehicle «Poisk – 6» of project 1906
Was put into operation the unique self-contained deep-diving vehicle «Poisk – 6» of project 1906. For the first time in the history of national fleet in August of 1985 in area of Kuril Ridge the vehicle dived at the depth of 6015 meters.
Mini submarines «Piranha» of project 865
Was started the construction of the series of mini submarines «Piranha» of project 865. The submarine had a crew of three officers, in addition it was capable to take aboard a reconnaissance and sabotage group, consisting of six persons. Departure of saboteur underwater swimmers could be performed at depth up to 60 meters and aground.
Submarine of type «Triton-2»
Was completed the construction of the series of submarines of type «Triton-1 М» and «Triton-2». 45 units of mini submarines built by «Admiralty Shipyards» for saturated divers became the most numerous in submarine arsenal of the Navy.
Diesel-electric submarine of project 877 EКМ
The first diesel-electric submarine of project 877 EКМ was delivered to the Navy of Republic of India. By 2000 Admiralty Shipyards already built 11 submarines of the export modification of project 877.
Research submarine «Mackerel» of project 1710
The prototype research submarine «Mackerel» of project 1710 was delivered to the Navy, onboard of which were implemented the innovative decisions in area of hydrodynamics. In between-hull space of the submarine was placed the system of delivery of polymer paste to boundary layer of outer casing and propeller shaft, as a result was reached multiple increase of the submarine underwater speed.
The vessel of command-and-measurement complex «Marshall Krylov»
«Admiralty Shipyards» completed the construction of the series of two unique vessels of command-and-measurement complex «Marshall Krylov» and «Marshall Nedelin», provided for execution of research and practice tasks and also tactical functions for supporting of air performance and designing tests and for development of new samples of rocket and space equipment. The vessels participated in tests of all types of domestic intercontinental ballistic missiles, they ensured all manned flights of space vehicles.
Таnker «Indra»
Was laid down the prototype tanker «Indra». The vessels of this series were built for foreign customers from Norway, India, Germany. Because of the application of new technologies during construction of the series the construction period was cut to a third and the labor intensity was halved.
Product carrier - chemical tanker «Victor Dubrovskiy»
Was laid down the tanker «Victor Dubrovskiy», which became the first product carrier- chemical tanker built upon a Russian project. Besides the tanker was noted for high degree of automation, during sea trials the tanker operated for 24-hour period in unmanned mode.
Diesel-electric submarine of project 636
Was started the construction of the first series consisting of seven submarines of project 636 for People's Republic of China. During construction of the series at «Admiralty Shipyards» was established the tradition of performance of hull laying official ceremony.
Ice-class tanker «Astrakhan» of project 20070
Was laid down the prototype ice-class tanker «Astrakhan» of project 20070, which became the first vessel constructed for a national customer after a long break. During construction of the tanker the working drawings for the first time were developed by the specialists of the enterprise. Onboard the fourth tanker built upon upgraded project 20071, for the first time in the history of world shipbuilding was installed the bow loading system, allowing to take oil from the submarine pipeline in ice conditions.
Self-contained deep-diving vehicle «Rus» of project 16810
Was built the self-contained deep-diving vehicle «Rus» of project 16810. The deep-diving trials with divings up to 6000 meters took place in area of Azores.
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Charlotte M. Yonge: Love and Life
A VL Classic, reposted from Autumn 2013
Published in 1880, but set in the late 1730s, Love and Life bears the subtitle 'An Old Story in Eighteenth-Century Costume', and that describes it well. The story is based on the tale of Eros and Psyche, and the style and atmosphere are that of the domestic and semi-Gothic novels of the late 18th century. Among many others, I could detect traces of Charlotte Smith, as well as Children of the Abbey by Regina Maria Roche – a wonderful novel of the 1790s, which was popular in the Victorian era but largely forgotten now, and about which I will write at a later date.
Major Delavie is the cousin – and poor dependent – of the grand Lady Belamour, and he has three daughters: the eldest, Betty, is homely but clever and sensible; Harriet is a bit capricious and silly, but still a nice girl; and the youngest, Aurelia, is a virtuous and beautiful maid of seventeen, and remarkably well-read for her tender years. Most of the novel centres on the fortunes of Aurelia, the Psyche in this story. Lady Belamour's son Sir Amyas falls in love with her at first sight. Lady Belamour has other plans for her son, however, and practically blackmails Major Delavie into surrendering Aurelia into her care – to be placed in a secluded country seat to look after Lady Belamour's neglected triplet daughters, as a sort of nursery governess. In these Gothic surroundings, she encounters the tragic recluse Mr Belamour, Sir Amyas' uncle, who takes the innocent young girl under his wing, as he knows Lady Belamour to be up to no good. She, in turn, coaxes him out of his dark and mournful mode of life.
Romantic stratagems and various forms of captivity ensue. After the fashion of those late 18th-century novels, the young heroine suffers unjust suspicions and hardships that would break a weaker spirit, and credulity is sometimes taxed – as in the case of Mr Belamour's age. He treads dangerously close to being the real Romantic Hero of this novel, so Yonge tries to emphasise his status as an Elderly Person… in his early forties. He has white hair, but then, so does Anderson Cooper. That's not enough to turn him into a sufficiently unthreatening Elderly Person, and the author seems well aware of this.
Lady Belamour is a wonderfully well-drawn and manipulative villainess, striking as a goddess in her role as Venus. Almost all the men in the novel fall under her spell, and it seems scarcely credible to the reader, too, that this beautiful 18th-century socialite could be capable of such evil acts. Other characters are mostly either good, but convincingly so, or less good but still human in shades of grey. The one disgustingly evil character is a Jewish woman called Mrs Darke. Had her Jewishness not been mentioned, she would have been just a deliciously horrid creature, but as it was, Mrs Darke with her emphasised Jewishness was the only thing about this novel that left a bad taste in my mouth. Thank goodness Mr Belamour's black servant is a thoroughly good man – though predictably simple-minded, and rather cringe-inducingly named Jumbo.
'Pastiche' needn't be a dirty word, if it's done this well. Yonge's descriptions and details of 18th-century are executed with great assurance, and I think today's historical novelists might do well to take a page or two out of her book. The characters' sensibilities may be closer to the fictional landscape of 1797 than that of 1737, but no matter – Yonge makes the 18th century come to life, and I learnt many fun details from this novel that I'd never heard before; such as young ladies sitting under a tablecloth to shield their powdered hairdos for the night's ball. The details are rather piled on in the rustic idyll of the beginning, with its cowslip wine, bread-and-butter breakfasts and white-washed interiors, but they later give way to the intricate plotting.
Love and Life is lively, engaging, and well-plotted, with a charming cast of supporting characters and beautifully realised settings. It is undoubtedly a Christian novel – Yonge was a devoted Anglo-Catholic – but the moral is likeable and warm-hearted, not the kind of homily you'd perhaps expect from a religious Victorian novelist. It wouldn't have taken much to elevate Love and Life from an enjoyable novel to a truly great one in my estimation; a bit more personality in the young lovers (Sir Amyas especially) wouldn't have been amiss, perhaps.
The title derives from an inscription on a tombstone, which echoes as a sober but comforting note throughout the novel:
Love is strong as Death.
Sorrow not as others that have no Hope.
For the full meaning, you'd have to read the book.
(My book is an edition from 1889, but Love and Life is available as various print-on-demand editions, as well as a free e-book on Project Gutenberg and Kindle store.)
This entry was posted on September 11, 2017 by Leena in Entries by Leena, Fiction: 18th century, Fiction: historical, Fiction: romance.
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Every season Camper strive to reinvent some of our classic concepts while continuing to challenge the status quo with new and original designs. Camper often find that there is a Camper style for every walk of life.
From the beginning, the word "casual" has meant something special to us. We create relaxed yet refined styles that exist between the realms of sneakers and dress shoes. Our designers focus on imagining inventive footwear concepts that blur the boundaries between sporty and smart.
Camaleón, our first shoe, epitomises the simplicity, resourcefulness, and everyday grace of our Mediterranean heritage. Inspired by rustic shoes worn over a century ago by local farmers, this line has become an icon of casual footwear.
Pelotas, one of our most recognisable icons, has sold over 11 million pairs since its launch in 1995. Inspired by sports pioneers, the line features 87 balls on the outsole, which blends a unique cushioning system with a distinctive look.
In 1988 we challenged the idea that shoes must be identical. And so began the story of TWINS – a pair of shoes where the right is different from the left. Since then, we've developed many variations that continue to prove that individuality makes a true power couple.
This line is characterized by its patented, sealed construction - an innovation which makes it lightweight and easy to wear. Since it first arrived in stores in 2010, Beetle has become known for its anatomic sole and elastic laces.


This post discusses how points in a conceptual space are defined differently than in a physical space. The difference is that a physical space defines locations in relation to an origin, whereas a conceptual space defines locations in relation to a boundary. In a physical space, points are constructed through absolute proximity to a single origin. In a conceptual space, points are constructed through their relative distance to two endpoints. Many changes in distance and order arise due to this difference. These insights are useful in order to describe a different kind of geometry of space and time.


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Nav system snafu forces Mercedes to replace 2,000 E-Class cars: Automaker promised system but couldn't deliver
By DIANA T. KURYLKO | Automotive News
NEW YORK -- Mercedes-Benz is giving new cars to nearly 2,000 E-Class owners in the United States because it can't retrofit a navigation system the buyers paid for when they bought their cars.
Another 1,000 customers who expressed an interest in the navigation system but didn't prepay will be given coupons good for $3,250 toward the purchase of their next Mercedes-Benz.
Because of a supplier problem, the navigation system wasn't available when the redesigned E-Class was launched last September. The DVD-based navigation system is part of an optional system called Comand that also includes phone and stereo features. It costs $2,125.
The 2,000 buyers who paid $1,625 for Comand when the E-Class arrived in the United States were told that the navigation system - the only component that had problems - would be installed by dealers when it was ready, says Donna Boland, spokeswoman for Mercedes-Benz USA LLC.
Dealers took the names of an additional 1,000 E-Class buyers who said they'd be interested in a retrofitted navigation system.
But about six weeks ago, Boland says, "We decided the retrofit would be very complex and time consuming, and it wasn't going to meet customer expectations. We decided to make it available only in production cars."
Rather than offer refunds, Boland says, Mercedes decided "we would go out of our way this time" and replace the affected cars with new ones. It's one of the few times we couldn't deliver as promised."
The delay occurred when Mercedes-Benz switched suppliers of the Comand system from Robert Bosch GmbH to Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH in Karlsbad, Germany. It was not clear last week whether Mercedes is offering to take back E classes in other markets.
The new E-Class , which is priced, including freight, at $47,670 for the V-6 E320 and $56,570 for the V-8 E500, has affected Mercedes-Benz's standing in quality surveys.
The brand fell from 128 (tying with Chevrolet) in the J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Initial Quality Study to a ranking of 132 in the 2003 study - just one point above the average score of 133.
Mercedes says much of that decline was because of complaints about the complexity of the E-Class stereo/radio system and excessive wind noise.
California dealer Stephen Smythe, president of Beverly Hills Ltd., is happy with Mercedes' decision to replace customer cars.
"We have more than 30 replacement cars coming for customers who prepaid for the system," he says. "It is a wonderful thing that Mercedes-Benz is doing. I have never seen any car company do anything this big."
Smythe says the move might help quell what he called "negative press" over the reported drops in Mercedes-Benz scores on quality studies.
He says dealers would get a $500 processing fee for the replacement E-class cars. He expects most of the returned cars will end up being sold as used vehicles.
Automobilwoche, the German-language sister publication of Automotive News, contributed to this report
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As Harvey continues through the Texas coast, several celebrities have addressed the victims.
During a heartfelt moment at MTV's Video Music Awards, Katy Perry urged viewers to donate to the Red Cross. "We're praying for your safety in the days to come and stay with you as you rebuild, because we're all in this together," said Perry.
Comedian and actor Kevin Hart posted to his Instagram account and challenged his celebrity friends to donate $25,000.


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and 1.7.07 when parsing JNLP files.
the command line and the injection of e.g. the "-XXaltjvm" option leading to RCE.
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The fix inserted an additional check to "initial-heap-size" and "max-heap-size" parameters.


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Q: UIPageControl-like effect in a one infinite row Collection View I'm building an app where I'd like let the user pick between places in a restaurant. Here's the interface so far.

I'd like to swipe on that row with several choices so that the user can see more than three choices. And I'd like to get the nice effect like UIPageControl where you swipe and stop at the right exact position so that the UI looks always like above.
I figured out there were maybe two solutions :

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*Using the UIPageControl BUT is it possible to remove the little dots at the bottom ?

*Using UICollectionView BUT :

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*Is it possible to stop at the exact position like UIPageControl ?

*Is it possible to have an infinite horizontal scrolling instead of the default vertical one ?

Thank you for your help and ideas !

A: you can use UIScrollview and add these three or more view as subviews as dynamically.
In scrollview's property check 'paging enabled'.So it scroll like pageControl.You can use UIScrollView's delegate method,
-(void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView;

for change images or subview.
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Answer is cool ! Thanks. Just to complete the answer : these two tutorials :
http://sketchytech.blogspot.fr/2012/04/unlocking-magic-of-uiscrollview.html
http://blog.proculo.de/archives/180-Paging-enabled-UIScrollView-With-Previews.html

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Head-HR, GitHub, resigns following alleged faulty dismissal of Jewish employee
An apology has been issued by the tech company, and the expulsion has been reversed
HRK News Bureau
The HR head resigned following the unfair dismissal of a staff member, when it was established that the latter was fired on the grounds of wrongful judgement and erroneous procedures. On Jan 8, the said employee of Jewish origin, commented on the U.S Capitol riots – "Stay safe homies, Nazis are about," following which he was expelled. The employee was only trying to caution his co-workers about the presence of Nazis in Washington on the day of the riot. The claim of faulty dismissal was made by a committee that conducted an independent investigation into the expulsion of the employee.
As a consequence of the independent investigation, the orders of expulsion were reversed immediately, requesting the representative of the employee to reconnect with the organisation.
SanFrancisco-based GitHub also issued an apology to the employee after the independent probe.
Angry mobs rallied across the US Capitol preceding the riots, on January 6. The incident had taken five lives, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, trying to disrupt the certification by the Congress of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.
GitHub, the technology company, expanded its employee base in India last year, by establishing offices in the cities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The developer community of India for GitHub is the third largest after China and the US. This community continues to thrive, with a growth of 22 per cent in the last year alone, after the organisation planned to increase collaboration with developers, students and other platforms. The public repositories increased by 75 per cent in India after implementation of expansion techniques. The GitHub Education gives away GitHub Hackathon Grant Program to support student Hackathons with upto $1000 in Grants.
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Film actors approach the roles they play in a variety of ways. During the early days of Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, and James Dean, the "method" brought in a new wave of acting that was different, alive, and drove acting into the future. Decades have passed and Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis have come to seemingly embody the method. True? I don't know. Do they approach their roles in similar ways? I don't know this either. No idea. What I do know is that whatever they do to prepare works.
Some of the following words are from the Preface of Errol & Olivia.
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, two actors from the Golden Age of Cinema, approached their craft in different ways. One became a "superstar" before the term was coined while the other became a major star. Over seven years they worked together on eight films, films that are as alive today as when they premiered in darkened movie theaters. They were lovers on film (sometimes star-crossed) while their lives followed different paths. This isn't to say that they didn't desire to become united (at one time or another both of them did), but just like you and I, reality and events—small and large—prevented them from becoming a couple.
Looking back, Olivia realized that if their lives had joined it may have ruined her life, while also stating that they had become linked forever in their films. Over the years I have been fortunate to enter her life, if only briefly. We have talked about Mr. Flynn (among other things) and let me tell you that when she allows her memories to close in on her times with Errol and what might have been her eyes moisten. They are alive with emotion. Certainly her feelings and memories have changed over the decades, but it is based upon a time that was real.
The question is: How do you document two lives joined by film but separated by life? This is a difficult task, for there is more—much, much more—documentation about Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland than all the Indian wars people I have written about put together. How do I sift through all of it (an impossible task), categorize it, analyze it, put it into a working order, and then bring these years to life?
Not only a book about Ms. de Havilland and Mr. Flynn, but their films and their times. As with all my books, the telling will not be a white-wash. What happened, happened. It is my job to present it in readable, and hopefully, page-turning prose.
From left: Pat Wymore Flynn (Errol's widow), Deirdre Flynn (Errol's daughter), and lk at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebration of Olivia de Havilland in Beverly HIlls, Ca., in June 2006. This was the first and only time I got to hang out with Pat; I had worked with Deirdre for three+ months in the early 1980s. Oh-ho, are there some stories that came out of this evening—perhaps I'll share some of them in the book. There are some nice images of Olivia but they are all three shots, and the third person doesn't want them to appear on this website, but has kindly agreed to allow one of them appear in the book. (Photo © Louis Kraft 2006)
The easy way out is to peruse the multitude of secondary books written about them. But there is a problem here, for more often than not some of these writers have repeated a growing avalanche of errors, or worse, have created events that never happened. Unfortunately most of these books written about them are not cited, and of the few that are, the citations range from the meager to the creative (read whatever you want into "creative," but the word is not used in a positive way here). There is one exception, one notable exception.* Add the adage, "If it's printed, it must be true," and this is an uphill battle from the get-go.
* If you only read one biography about Mr. Flynn, read Thomas McNulty's Errol Flynn: The Life and Career (2004), for it is by far the best biography to date. Unfortunately, a definitive biography about Ms. de Havilland has not yet been written.
lk at Errol Flynn's 100th birthday party at Jack & Louise Marino's home in Burbank, Ca., 20 June 09. I'm hamming it up in a coat that Beverly Aadland, Flynn's last girlfriend, had made for him. The cigarette holder in my month once belonged to Flynn. That's Jack Marino, my good friend and the organizer/host of the party. Photo by Greg Maradei.
By the way, memoirs are a totally different genre than biography. They don't require notes, but are ideally a truthful retelling of the author's life (or in some instances a retelling of a person from the point of view of someone who knew them). My experience dealing with Indian wars memoirs, or attempted memoirs, by people I have written about, is that memories fade and change over the years. Opinions change. When these people were able to check facts, they did. Information is much more readily available today. In the 1860s and 1880s, much less so. Meaning? If they couldn't check the facts, they didn't and worked from memory. Ask yourself, what did you do in September 2001. Do you remember? Could you write about it? Have your memories changed? Will you research that month? Is there any documentation by you? My guess is maybe yes to some but not all of the above. When people who write memoirs drift from what critics will nail as errors, these "errors" happen for a number of reasons: 1) The event is too far in the past to remember accurately, 2) Little or no research was attempted to revive the memory (that is, if documentation even exists), 3) The memory is good, but the retelling is altered to protect the teller and/or the subject, and 4) Memories and viewpoint have changed over time. In the case of Mr. Flynn, all of the above applies, along with something that was introduced to him in the 1930s.
Now add a few words about an Errol Flynn book that was originally published in 1975 and recently republished to the mix. This author, who goes after Flynn big time for being untruthful, bases much of his conclusions on unnamed authorities who met Flynn for an hour or two, knew him for a week or two, and in a few instances knew him sporadically for a handful of years in the late 1920s and/or early 1930s. Friends, these events, if indeed they happened, occurred years before Flynn became famous in a world far removed from his rough and tumble or cultured beginnings in New Guinea or Australia. Add that many of these memories saw life for the first time 40+ years after they reportedly happened, and you'll realize why I think some of them are questionable.
lk, professor/historian Lincoln Hurst, and Pat Wymore Flynn at the tribute to Olivia de Havilland at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the evening of June 15, 2006. Hurst and I had a rocky relationship; unfortunately he died before completing a book on Flynn. There are images of me with Olivia at this event but a third person in them doesn't want them to appear here. (Photo © Louis Kraft 2006)
How many people have you met and shared a drink with or shared an intimate evening with never to see again? Do you remember them four years later, or more importantly 40 years after that brief moment in time? Go ahead and name them. The bullshit can really hit the fan here, so spit it out! Name names and specific dates. Don't worry, for I'll call you an unnamed authority and your quoted comments will reside in Neverland where historians will never find them. I hate to say this, but my previous sentence is a lie, for if true your comments are invalid and never to be used by this writer. Alas, ladies and gentlemen, if you agree that citing unnamed or named quotes that can never be checked for correctness (because they never can be found) is a valid way to destroy Flynn's memories is good history, I've got some ocean-front property in Arizona I want to sell you. At a good price, mind you.
The above said, I should add that that this unnamed writer did disprove some of Flynn's memories of Australia and New Guinea and did leave hints where to search if you desire to authenticate prose that is questionable and printed quotations that flow trippingly off the printed page. That is, if you have a large bankroll and a lot of time to burn following trails that may lead nowhere. If indeed you are able to track down documentation that confirms two, three, or even four of the author's statements and quotes, he should be heartily thanked for a few more sections of his book will be validated (a book, which, by the way, is a good read).
Ooh, baby, is the above a mouthful! And you wonder why it takes me so long to write a book. Actually, the question should be: Is the Flynn-de Havilland story doable? I don't know. Will I attempt it? Now that's a dumb question, for the manuscript is well under way and you can place money on it being competed.
Good news here, for Errol & Olivia, a manuscript that deals with the life and times of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland during the years they worked together at Warner Bros (1935-1941) is now my primary writing project and will continue to remain so until I delivery a polished manuscript. Their chemistry was real and alive on screen but their relationship wasn't what most people think. Both had lives that went in different directions, and even though at times one or both of them wanted something more, this could never happen. This manuscript won't be a gloss-over; nor will it be fiction. Rather, it will be an examination of two people that were driven by what happened to them during their time together in Hollywood, and it will be written in the same manner as my previous books.
And better yet, and as with Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway, the scope if E&O has increased. Actually it had increased close to a decade ago, but I never announced it in case the manuscript never became the center of my writing life. That time is now long in the past, but the research (which is ever ongoing) was in good shape to do this (the research has grown tremendously in the last two months), and there are two chapters that between them are now over 27,000 words and still requiring many more words to complete. I am already considering how to break them into perhaps two additional chapters.
To say that I'm pleased with the progress—and it's always slower than I want—is an understatement. I don't know if I should say this, but Henry Morgan and Rafael Sabatini will play interesting roles in one of the chapters, as will other historical personages from the past.
Ladies make my world go around. They always have. I'm not snubbing my male friends for they greatly outnumber my female friends—it's just that the ladies are the people I really get close with, and they know me … really know me. Olivia de Havilland is a special person who, for whatever reason allowed me to enter her life for a very small amount of time beginning in the mid-1990s. Livvie is the prettiest, sexiest, funniest, brightest, and has the most charm I've known in another human being (some ladies are right up there with her: Ms. M, a small friend (actually two small friends), and some ladies from my past that frown upon me mentioning their names here). This image is based upon a photo taken in 2009. (art © Louis Kraft 2012)
Research and writing now overlap as I have dedicated a good slice of time to the project. I'm also spending as much time as possible with good buddies and Flynn experts, Robert Florczak (close up for a long time but now an expatriate), David DeWitt (close up for a flash of time, but alas, now on the East Coast), and Thomas McNulty (always long distant. but I've been lucky to spend time with him twice). All are good friends wherever they live.
Left: LK speaking about Errol and Olivia at the Festival of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 19mar2005. The talk was so to-the-point and so key to my Errol & Olivia manuscript, and even though it was one of my better talks, I immediately put it under wraps. It has not seen the light of day since. … Good friend and terrific writer Johnny D. Boggs took this image. (© Johnny D. Boggs & Louis Kraft 2005)
You still have to wait for Errol & Olivia to see the light of day for there is still much to do before the manuscript is complete, but I guarantee that the final product will be different and will be worth the wait. Patience is the key.
This will be a living page (not static as it had been in the past), and one that I intend to update whenever prompted by a thought, a discovery, a writing breakthrough, … whatever. Although I'll be using the blog to publicize the winding road of discovering Errol, Olivia, and their lives and relationship, you may enjoy revisiting this page from time to time, for it will log progress in one location and will hopefully build anticipation.
Louis Kraft writer © Louis Kraft 2013–2020


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Q: iframe / jquery .toggle fails to hide .pdf in Safari I have an iFrame with a pdf src.
When I click a button it is shown.
When I click a button it is hidden.
It is coded as a function using jquery .toggle (simplified):

Hide PDF

Show PDF

This works fine in IE, Chrome, FF...
But in Safari, the pdf does not hide.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hT97Z/
PS: can anyone explain why it does not work at all with onLoad, onDomReady?

A: Here is the solution:

*

*preload the .pdf in a hidden iframe

*toggle iframe and visibility as before

*add the src to the original iframe using jquery

JS-Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hT97Z/3/
In this way the loading of the .pdf is isolated from the toggle function all together.

The code added to the function:
function showpdf() { $('.showpdf').toggle(); $('#theframe').attr('src','the.pdf'); }

The html added:


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Canada to Couple Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting?
Human Exceptionalism
About Wesley J. Smith
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In my very first anti-euthanasia article, published by Newsweek in 1993, I warned that legalizing assisted suicide would lead to "organ harvesting as a plum to society."
That dark prophesy has come true in Netherlands and Belgium, aimed specifically at people with "good organs," such as MS patients and those with mental illnesses.
And now Canada? From the Ottawa Citizen story:
As the nation awaits legalized doctor-assisted death, the transplant community is grappling with a potential new source of life-saving organs — offered by patients who have chosen to die. Some surgeons say every effort should be made to respect the dying wishes of people seeking assisted death, once the Supreme Court of Canada ruling comes into effect next year, including the desire to donate their organs.
But the prospect of combining two separate requests — doctor-assisted suicide and organ donation — is creating profound unease for others. Some worry those contemplating assisted suicide might feel a societal pressure to carry through with the act so that others might live, or that it could undermine struggling efforts to increase Canada's mediocre donor rate.
It should be more than unease. It should be implacable opposition!
I can think of nothing more dangerous than to allow a despairing disabled, mentally ill, or dying patient believe their deaths would have greater value than their lives.
Oh, maybe one: If society comes to accept that premise.
Anyone who asks for euthanasia or assisted suicide should be ineligible to be organ donors to prevent the siren song of utilitarianism from luring people onto the rocks of hastened death.
Wesley J. Smith is an author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism. @theWesleyJSmith


Q. What can I do to prevent my cabbage heads from splitting?
A. Splitting is caused by the pressure of excessive water taken up after the heads are solid. Cutting the roots (spading on two sides of the plant) or breaking the roots (lifting and twisting the head to one side) can often reduce excessive splitting or bursting, but it also damages the plant and requires that the head be harvested relatively soon.
Q. What causes cabbage to develop seedstalks rather than solid heads?
A. Cabbage plants "bolt" (form premature seedstalks) when they are exposed to low temperatures (35 to 45 degrees F) for extended periods. Such chilling may happen if plants are set out too early or if an unseasonable blast of cold assaults the garden. After the plants have stems as large as a pencil, they are subject to this "cold conditioning," that initiates the flowering response.
Q. What is flowering cabbage?
A. Nonheading varieties of cabbage (similar to flowering kale) have been developed for ornamental uses. They have colorful white, pink or red rosettes of leaves surrounded by green or purple outer leaves. Most colorful during cool fall weather, they should be started in early summer to midsummer and set out with fall and winter plantings of regular, heading varieties of cabbage. Flowering cabbage (and flowering kale) are edible as well as ornamental.
Q. Why do butterflies fly around my cabbage plants?
A. Those butterflies (white or brown) are probably the moths of cabbage worms. They lay eggs on the plants. The eggs hatch into the worms that cause considerable damage unless controlled. Most control strategies are aimed at the developing larvae rather than the mature moths themselves.
Q. What causes large, lumpy swellings of my cabbage roots? The plants also are stunted.
A. Swellings and distorted roots on stunted, wilted plants may be symptoms of clubroot disease. This disease is caused by a fungus that remains in the garden soils for many years once it becomes established. It is spread by movement of infested soil and infected transplants. Other related cole crops (like broccoli and cauliflower) also may become infected. If you suspect that you have clubroot disease in your garden, ask your local Extension office for help. If, in fact, you have clubroot in a location, destroy infected plant parts (including the roots) and for at least 4 years avoid planting any member of the cabbage family there, including radishes, turnips and ornamental relatives of cabbage.
Harvest large, unsplit heads of green cabbage. Look for tight, heavy heads, free of insects and decay. Fresh, uncut heads of cabbage can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Cover loosely with a plastic bag or use perforated bags. Do not wash cabbage before storing, the extra moisture will hasten deterioration.
Green cabbage — Green cabbage is sometimes called Dutch White. The outer leaves are dark green and the inner leaves are smooth and pale to medium green. If you plan to eat the cabbage raw, use within a few days. Cabbage that you plan to cook can be stored in the refrigerator for about two weeks.
Savoy cabbage — Crinkly, with waves of blue-green leaves, Savoy cabbage is a beautiful sight growing in the garden. These thin, richly flavored leaves are ideal served raw in salads or cooked. Cooked Savoys do not have the strong sulfur odor of green cabbage. Savoy only keep for about 4 days in the refrigerator so buy it when you plan to use it.
Red cabbage — This variety is usually smaller and denser than heads of green cabbage. The flavor of red cabbage is slightly peppery and it is very susceptible to color change. Cook red cabbage with vinegar (or other acidic ingredient) or it will turn an ugly blue-gray color. Always use stainless steel knives and cookware when preparing red cabbage to prevent color changes.
There are literally hundred of varieties of cabbage. The most popular varieties in the United States are green cabbage and bok choy. As with broccoli, cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable and may reduce the risk of some forms of cancer including colorectal cancers. Cabbage is also high in beta-carotene, vitamin C and fiber. Other substantial nutrients in a half cup cooked cabbage include the following.
Cabbage is king of the cruciferous vegetable family. Sadly, many think of cabbage as an odoriferous and unpleasant vegetable. Cooked cabbage has been wrongfully accused of smelling-up kitchens and hallways everywhere. But don't blame the cabbage, blame the cook. The notorious odor problem is a result of over cooking. Cabbage contains isothiocynates that break down into smelly sulfur compounds during cooking. The reaction is even stronger in aluminum pans. The longer the cabbage is cooked the more smelly the compounds become. The solution; a brief cooking time. Cook just until tender and use stainless steel pots and pans.
There is another adverse effect associated with cabbage — gas. Bacteria that live naturally in the intestinal tract degrade the dietary fiber (indigestible carbohydrates) in cabbage, producing gas that some find distressing. In spite of this unpopular side effect, cabbage offers huge benefits that cannot be ignored.
One medium head (2-1/2 pounds) of green cabbage yields 9 cups shredded raw and 7 cups cooked. The top portion of the cabbage head is more tender and shreds easier than the bottom. If it is practical, cut the head horizontal and use the top, raw in salads and slaw and use the bottom half in cooked recipes.
The most popular and successful method of preserving cabbage is pickling. Kimchee and sauerkraut are fermented, pickled products which take days to make. Both are made by immersing shredded cabbage in a salt solution strong enough to kill off pathogens while allowing beneficial bacteria to grow. Follow the instructions precisely. If too little salt is used, the cabbage spoils; too much salt prevents fermentation.
Cabbage flavor is compatible with many herbs and spices. Steamed cabbage can be seasoned with anise, basil, caraway and celery seeds, dill, mustard, fennel, nutmeg, oregano, black pepper, savory and tarragon.
If you are lucky, the cabbage, green bell peppers and onions will all come from your garden. This recipe can be cut in half by using only half a head of cabbage.
Have all ingredients ready before you start to cook. Remove any decaying outer leaves and wash cabbage; remove core. Remove dark green leaves, cut away tough ribs, roll together into a scroll and cut across into thin shreds. Set aside. Cut cabbage into quarters and shred thinly. Set aside separate from dark green outer leaves. Chop onions and bell pepper and set aside. Peel and smash garlic cloves with side of knife, chop coarsely, set aside.
Use a large (5 quart) stainless steel Dutch oven or pan with lid or use a nonstick surface wok. Heat pan over medium high heat for a few seconds until hot. Add oil to hot pan, immediately add onions and bell peppers and stir for about one minute. Add shredded dark green cabbage, stir for another 30 seconds. Add crushed red pepper and garlic, continue to cook and stir for 15 seconds. Do not allow garlic to brown. Add two handfuls of cabbage stirring for about 30 seconds, continue adding cabbage and stirring at 30 second intervals until all of the cabbage is in the pot. Add water or chicken stock, cover immediately and continue cooking for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking. Add more water if necessary. When cabbage is done, almost all of the liquid will have cooked away.
This slaw can be made using all green cabbage or any combination of green, red and Savoy.
Combine all ingredients in a pint size jar or small bowl and refrigerate. The dressing can be prepared up to three days in advance.
Mix vegetables together in a large bowl. Toss with hands. Add dressing, toss using two spoons, refrigerate. Makes six servings.


This kind of irrational behavior is termed the "sunk cost fallacy". You keep investing time and resources into something – be it a diet, a training routine, a project, or a relationship – in spite of clear indications that a change of action is needed, and you do it simply because you've already committed a good deal of energy into it.
You're dead set on following through, no matter what. Call it the downside of persistence. Or call it for what it is, namely being a damn fool.
The sunk cost fallacy is a well-known concept in behavioral economics. Briefly summarized, the more you spend on something, the less you're willing to let it go. The resource invested can be money, time, mental or emotional energy – it's all the same.
This unwillingness to let go will often lead to continued investments, not rarely in spite of negative effects. Since you've already put your money, time, or energy into it, so you simply keep pouring it on – you're throwing good money after bad, as the saying goes.
Why? You might be thinking that the payoff is just around the corner. If you give up now, all that time and energy will have gone to waste. So you cling on to this sinking ship, as it drags you further into the void.
The way many people approach diet and training is an excellent example of the sunk cost fallacy. I myself am an expert on it.
My long-time readers are probably familiar with my background story and the many years I wasted following old diet dogma in spite of constant failures. Thinking back, the time period starting around in my late teens and many years onwards, seems like one long stretch of a diet.
And just like that, it all ended. Well, relatively speaking, it ended fast, once I found something that clicked. I could finally scratch that itch and be done with it once and for all.
But to get to that point, I first had to exhaust all my motivation and mental fortitude. I had to get to a point were I simply had nothing left to lose. Desperation forced the change and caused me to finally let go; let go of my old patterns, mindset, and make-believe commitment to a dysfunctional idea.
But all that being said, with the fitness community being as it were, with all its ridiculous notions about nutrition and what not, there was a part of me that always resisted the idea of change. On some level, I was very excited to have discovered something that worked for me in intermittent fasting, during that spring and summer of 2006 when I first started practicing it seriously.
But another part of me felt a tremendous sense of loss. I thought that perhaps I should give the old approach yet another try, one last time – because my success would then, in the end, "make it worthwhile". Yes, if I would have finally succeeded on that which I had kept failing on for so many years, it would – in my mind – justify my bullheaded commitment to it.
This irrational escalation of commitment I felt, after doing the same things over and over again for years, became the hamster wheel that kept me trapped in this cage of rigid ideas. Always running for that payoff that never came, and unwilling to switch course until the very end, when I saw no other alternative.
By the way, do you know why hamsters keep running in those wheels, round and round, never getting anywhere? Because apparently, this behavior is self-reinforcing and perceived as important. And you know, I don't think humans are much different in this regard.
Some people spend years on diets and training routines that gets them nowhere – how do they persevere? Had I not been there myself, I would've gawked at this seemingly irrational and absurd behavior. Perhaps it's jolts of dopamine that drives it, the king neurotransmitter of anticipation and expectation, providing us with just enough motivation to keep going, in our search of the payoff that never comes.
Never wait until you're at your wits' end, before a much needed change in your course of action comes – because if you do, it will come more by force, and not conscious will.
Be a pragmatist – not a fundamentalist. Never commit to an idea, only to progress and results.
Always be prepared to change your ways rapidly and dramatically, if required. Adaptability is the key. Rigidity is the killer.
Forget the past and don't try to save a sinking ship; the faster you abandon it, the better.
Cultivate a sense of suspiciousness towards yourself, your mind, and your actions. Wipe out irrational behaviors and counterproductive patterns quickly and ruthlessly – show no mercy or leniency.
Shape your circumstances, don't let them shape you. Shape your ideas, but don't them shape you.
In training, diet and life, remember this.
Well, I wanted to give everyone a little Christmas present tonight, and the choice stood between a heavy-handed review and analysis of Wrangham's Catching Fire, or another Best of Leangains Meals.Both of those are coming, but neither felt quite important tonight. I decided to share a few hard-earned lessons and thoughts instead. I hope the core meaning of this short article comes through, as I feel the issue I've tried to convey, is the root of much wasted time and frustration for many of us. Hopefully, someone learned a thing or two.
P.S. By the way, if anyone would like to give me a Christmas present, that'd be awesome.


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Q: Why am I getting out of range error? I'm building a function to extract all negatives from the list xs. Then I'm appending those negatives to a list negatives, and adding list negatives to list new_home, which may or may not already have values to it. The function was working before I added xs.pop(num). Why is it now out of range?
Here is the code:
def extract_negatives(xs,new_home=None):
    negatives=[]
    if new_home==None:
    for num in range(len(xs)):
        if xs[num] <0:
            negatives.append(xs[num])
                xs.pop(num)
            return negatives
         else:
             for num in range(len(xs)):
                if xs[num] <0:
                    new_home.append(xs[num])
                    xs.pop(num)

     return new_home.append(negatives)

A: As stated, you are mutating list passed to the function and hence index is getting messed up.
If you must delete from passed list then one idea is to delete at the end of function just before you returned result. That way mutation wont affect indexing.
Also , I don't understand why you have if and else both looking for xs<0 . I cleaned up your function and got it working.
EDIT1 -Working Code
def extract_negatives(xs,new_home):
    negatives=[]
    for num in range(len(xs)):
        if xs[num] <0:
            negatives.append(xs[num])

    new_home = new_home + negatives
    for i in negatives:
        xs.remove(i)

    return new_home

new_home=[-9,-11,]
xs = [ 2 ,-3, 4, -5, 6, -7]

    new_home =  extract_negatives(xs,new_home)
    print new_home

Output
>>>
[-9, -11, -3, -5, -7]
 >>> xs
[2, 4, 6]


Background/aim: The number of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 management with hemodialysis (HD) is steadily increasing. Therefore we analyzed the number of new CKD patients ≥80 years managed with HD and their survival through the study period. We aimed also, to identify which of several key variables might be independently associated with survival in this very elderly population of patients.
Patients and methods: This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study that took place during the period from January 1987 to September 2012. The study consisted of 78 (50 male and 28 women) very elderly patients (≥80 years of age); the mean age at which HD was initiated was 83.2±2.5 years. Survival and factors associated with mortality were studied. Survival was defined as the time from start of HD treatment to death (or end of study, if still alive).
Results: In the period from 1987 to 2002, patients ≥80 years of age were only sporadically treated with HD, but since 2003, the number of new patients has been steadily increasing. The mean survival for our group of patients was 25.1±22.4 months (range 1–115 months). Furthermore, 30.8% patients survived <12 months, 29.5% patients survived 12–24 months, 30.8% patients survived 24–60 months, and 9% patients survived >60 months on HD treatment. Older patients were less likely to have diabetes, and primary renal disease did not influence survival. Patients with high C-reactive protein levels and poor nutritional status, as well as those who did not have pre-HD nephrology care and those that had a catheter as vascular access for HD had poor survival. In about half of our patients, the cause of death was cardiovascular disease.
Conclusion: Among patients who were ≥80 years of age at the start of HD treatment, those who received pre-HD nephrology care that followed a planned management pathway, those who had a good nutritional status, and those with an arteriovenous fistula as vascular access for HD at the time of HD initiation had a better survival.


For the past 11 years, Free Richardson has run The Compound, his creative advertising business, from a compact space off Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx, where he works on campaigns for Timberland, ESPN and EA Sports. Part agency, part clubhouse, The Compound refers to the physical footprint, a bunkerlike space where Mr. Richardson hosts clients, professional athletes and hip-hop artists who come to use its recording booth, kibitz or admire Mr. Richardson's collection of KAWS figurines, hip-hop ephemera, and N.B.A. memorabilia.
Mr. Richardson's and Mr. Bey's (his work partner) inaugural show is a survey of portraiture by the photographer Jonathan Mannion, titled "I Got a Gallery." "I Got a Show." Mr. Mannion has been something of hip-hop's house photographer since the '90s when he shot the cover of Jay-Z's debut studio album, "Reasonable Doubt," and his imagery is considered to be some of the most indelible of the genre.
Accordingly, the show leans toward New York's homegrown icons: a double exposure of Method Man in Polo Sport made in 1997; a wall-size print of the Notorious B.I.G. holding an audience in thrall in 1995; a steely DMX holding back a pair of pit bulls from the same year; a black-and-white Polaroid of Slick Rick holding a bedazzled pendant over his damaged eye. The focus is a certain period of New York rap primacy and the way its legacy continues to vibrate.
The Compound isn't necessarily a hip-hop gallery, and that name might not be strictly tethered to hip-hop. Upcoming shows include solo exhibitions of figurative painting by King Saladeen and work by Ron English as well as a sound installation curated by Mr. Bey. But hip-hop culture tints its worldview.