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The long awaited new solo album from platinum artist BIZZY BONE titled Crossroads: 2010, was released this past Tuesday on August 24th, 2010. More info after the jump!


The Investigations Section is responsible for the investigation of all major crimes that occur in the City of Selah. The Selah Police Department's Criminal Investigations Section is comprised of one Detective under the supervision of the Dayshift Sergeant. Cases are generated by Patrol Officers that respond to calls for service and from citizen contacts. The Patrol Officer investigating a crime in the field will do the initial investigation and determine whether or not a detective is needed to respond. If no Detective is required, the Officer will generate a report which will be forwarded to the investigations section for additional follow up. The Investigations Section enables officers to respond faster to your calls for service by keeping Patrol Officers where they are most needed: on the streets.
As a general rule, due to the Detective's caseload and other assigned duties, personnel assigned to the Investigations Section do not take initial reports.
EMERGENCY: If you have an emergency, CALL 911.
There may be times when the Detective will be out of the office. The Investigation Section encourages the public to assist with major criminal investigations by contacting the Police Department with any information or tips that pertain to any ongoing investigation. If you believe that you have information that would help the Investigations Section with a crime, please call: 698-7348.


How to make a man commit to marriage is simple, but not easy. A positive attitude will bring you tremendous success in your relationship. An optimistic attitude will keep your relationship going and dramatically increase your chances of getting him to commit.
If you are the type of person who spends a lot of time at work or building your career, you may be surprise that your relationship with your man is suffering seriously because of lack of attention and care.
However, an optimistic attitude will dramatically help you to improve your relationship in every area. You will be able to get your man interested in you again and make him commit to marriage.
It is all out war finding a good man to marry these days. As women scramble for an edge in winning out over other women, there are some rules of the game that are really different.
There are many advisors who can claim professional expertise in how to make a man commit to marriage, and much of the advice is sound for many people. The truth is that just about any method you use will eventually give you positive results as long as you are ready to learn and willing to persist.
So what can you do to make your man commit to marriage?
Decide that despite all what you may be experiencing now, you will choose to be optimistic. Choose to see your man as a loving, and emotional person who wants to be loved. If you can do this, you will see no reason to develop hatred or jealousy because he is not behaving the way you want.
This requires dome self-discipline on your part. Give your man space to allow him connect with his inner feelings. One little noted method for getting your man to commit is to give him space. It will show you are willing to allow him make up his mind without stampeding him.
Do self-examination of your behaviour and habits. Work on them. If your behaviour or habit is terrible and is seriously affecting your relationship, this is the time to change them.
Take action by asking yourself this question "how can I make my man commit to marriage?" If you take no action, you will never get any result. Ask yourself how it can be achieved. Action can be as simple as acquiring knowledge through experts on the field.


ARLINGTON -- Washington cornerback Josh Norman didn't beef with Dez Bryant on Thursday night. The Redskins instead charged Bashaud Breeland with shadowing the Cowboys receiver on his record-setting day.
But Norman still left the 38-14 loss agitated as the Cowboys beat the Redskins for the fourth straight time. Dallas hasn't lost to Washington since Norman left Carolina for the Redskins in 2016.
"Ever since I've been here, Dallas has just been a thorn in our side," Norman said. "I don't understand. I don't know what we do when we come down here to play these guys or when they come up to D.C. to play us. It's devastating man. It really is."
Norman didn't stop there in his grievance.
Norman had four tackles in the game, two on receiver Terrance Williams and two stopping runs - one apiece for Alfred Morris and Rod Smith.
But Washington's defense didn't have an answer for a Cowboys offense that controlled the ball 32 minutes and 28 seconds to Washington's 27:32. Dallas managed to transform 275 yards of total offense into 34 points.
Rookie Ryan Switzer's 83-yard punt return for a touchdown helped those matters.
The scene looked different from Dallas' rainy win at FedEx Field or either of last year's Cowboys victories. Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott had rushed for 110 yards on average in those games.
Thursday, the Dallas offense spread around touchdowns: Morris, Smith, Bryant, Jason Witten and Switzer all found the end zone. Its 182 yards on the ground actually surpassed each of the games with Elliott.
"The ball bounced our way, all three phases we played really well," Switzer said afterward. "It just kind of felt like we were due for one."
The picture looked different to Cowboys offense members getting chances some (Switzer) hadn't ever and others (Morris) hadn't in a while. But to Norman, the result looked the same.
Staff writer C.J. Holmes contributed to this report.


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Националното знаме на Венецуела има правоъгълна форма с отношение ширина към дължина е 2:3 и се състои се от три еднакви цветни полета – жълто отгоре, синьо в средата и червено отдолу. В центъра на синьото поле, във формата на полукръг са разположение 8 бели петлъчеви звезди. Държавното знаме на Венецуела се отличава от националното по това, че на него присъства герба на страната, разположен в лявата част на жълтото поле.

Жълтият цвят символизира богатсвото на венецуелската земя, синият морето, разделящо Венецуела от Испания, а червеният е символ на кръвта, пролята за независимостта на страната.

История
За първи път знаме с три хоризонтални цветни полета в жълто, синьо и червено се използва от Франциско де Миранда при дебаркирането му в Ла Вела де Коро на 12 март 1806 г. След провъзгалсяването на независимост, този флаг е приет за официален от националния конгрес на 15 юли 1811 г.

През 1817 г. на синьото поле на знамето се добавят 7 звезди, символизиращи седемте провинции на стрната: Каракас, Баринас, Барселона, Кумана, Маргарита, Мерида и Трухильо. През 2006 г. се добавя още една звезда.

Национални символи на Венецуела
Венецуела

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Community Calendar (Oct. 9, 2019)
Fall Storytime at the library
Fall Storytime for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers at the Madison County Library begins tomorrow and continues through Nov. 21. The program runs for 30-45 minutes …
Fall Storytime for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers at the Madison County Library begins tomorrow and continues through Nov. 21. The program runs for 30-45 minutes at 10 a.m. each Thursdsay, featuring session of stories, songs, poems, fingerplays,
feltboard activities, movement activities, and a craft. There will be a Halloween party
on Oct. 31 and a Thanksgiving party on Nov. 21. Registration is required.
Please come by the library at 605 S. May or call 936-348-6118 for more information.
Library seeks input for sign language class
The Madison County Library began classes in Basic Sign Language Classes Monday at the Madison County Library Annex Room (behind the main building), 605 S. May St. in Madisonville. Classes will be held from 11 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays (except Oct. 11) and 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturdays for children. Schedule (days and times) may be subject to change for personal reasons and level of interest/attendance and may be adjusted for different skill levels. Call 936-348-6118 to sign up.
MHS Class of 1979 reunion
The Madisonville Senior Class of 1979 will hold its 40th class reunion from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Madisonville Oak Ridge Country Club, located at 2006 Country Club Lane, Madisonville. Please text André Dean at 936-349-3526 if you and spouse plan to attend. Admission is $10 each at the door. Text confirmation today. Duane, Mary Martha, Diann & André are the initial planning committee. Call and help us find classmates and join the Thursday planning meeting.
Friends of Fort Boggy Quarterly Meeting
The Friends of Fort Boggy State Park will be meet Oct. 22 at the Centerville Municipal Building. A lite lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin at noon. This will be the last meeting of 2019. J.D. Miller, Park Superintendent will be giving a park update on construction of the new bathrooms and shower house plus much more. We will also have an update on preparations for the upcoming "Annual Kids Fish". This meeting is open to the public. If you would like more information about the Friends of Fort Boggy State park and how you can become an active member contact Betty Heffler at 903-322-3478.
Centerville "Art in the Park"
The Centerville Arts Commission will hold the second Art in the Park Festival 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 26 in Fort Boggy State Park, 4994 Highway 75 South. Admission to the festival is $3.
First United Methodist Fall Festival
First United Methodist Church of Madisonville will host a community-wide Fall Festival from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the church's Wesley Park. The fair will offer hot dogs, games and "trunk-or-treat." The church is just west of the downtown square on State Highway 21.
Brazos County Expo Pavilion
Texas A&M University and Bryan community groups will host the Brazos County Expo Pavilion, a community-wide international festival to promote and celebrate the international diversity and heritage of the Brazos Valley on Nov. 9 at 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan. Festival and event parking are free. The festival includes culture displays, demonstrations, performances on multiple stages, arts and crafts, storytelling, vendors, international cuisine and more. Connecting Cultures. Honoring Heritages. More information about the event can be found at http://brazosvalleyworldfest.org.
BVCAP Head Start is a preschool program that provides comprehensive educational social services to eligible children. Head Start provides a rich, developmentally appropriate educational curriculum, social services to help with everyday needs of life, mental health services and nutrition services. The facility is at 901 B W. Trinity St. in Madisonville. Call (936-348-3915.
Safe Families of Brazos Valley hosts a parenting class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church for adults 18 years or older.
The class continues every Thursday until May 16, and meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Topics include communication, family fun, problem solving and more. Dinner and childcare provided.
There is no cost. For more information and registration: contact Noemi Prado at (979-458-0325 or by email at Noemi.Prado@ag.tamu.edu.
Madisonville GED and ESL Classes
Adult GED (general education diploma) classes will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at 714 Bacon St. in Madisonville. There is no charge for attending.
English as a Second Language classes will be held Mondays from 5-9 p.m. Classes are free to attend.
For information, call 936-349-8003 or on Facebook at @madisonvilleadultlearning.
Childcare is available. Please mention it when you register.
Genealogy classes
Family genealogy classes are held from 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at the Madison County Library. Information: 346-300-2525.
A Madisonville prayer group meets every Saturday 1 p.m. at the House of Hope old chapel, 901 W. Trinity. For information, call Ferney Lord at 936-662-7856. All are invited.
The Madisonville Noon Lions Club meets at noon Thursdays at various locations. Guests are welcome. For more information, contact J.J. Alley at jj.alley@fnbhuntsvilletx.com or
American Legion Post 84 hosts an open 42 domino tournament each Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. There is a $10 entry fee, and partners are picked at random. For information, contact Mark Tinsley at 936-348-1269 or the Legion at 936-348-6036.
FIRST WEEK
West End Cemetery
The West End Cemetery group will meet the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Facility. We encourage all to be present and spread the word to others in
The Madisonville Order of Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Madisonville Masonic Lodge.
The American Legion Family Post 84 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.
Diabetes Support Group meets the first Thursday of every month from 6-7 p.m., at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A/B. Snacks are provided. Group will feature varied educational presentations from experts. For questions, contact Hannah Allen 936-435-7919.
Woodmen
The Woodmen Lodge meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Madisonville Volunteer Fire Station.
Veterans Coffee
Living Truth Church is hosting a monthly veterans' coffee and fellowship at the church, Highway 75 North, on the first Saturday of each month. The event runs from 8-10 a.m., with a guest speaker at 8 a.m.
For information, contact Jim Vance at 936-348-1126.
The Grimes County Democrats meet the first Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Grimes County Commissioners' Courtroom, 273 Buffington Lane, in Anderson.
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce meets the second Wednesday of each month. For information, call 936-348-3591.Heart Disease Support Group
Mended Hearts Support Group meets the second Wednesday of every month from 11:30-1 p.m., at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A/B. Light lunch will be served. Group will feature varied educational presentations from experts. Call Christy Garza at 936-435-7929 or christy.garza@hmh.cc for more information.
The Rock Hounds, a club that is dedicated to observing and collecting rocks, fossils, etc., meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the old fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church, 102 S. McIver St. The agenda includes a potluck meal, rock talk, door prizes and plans for future field trips. Guest welcome and there are no dues.
Tails of Loss
A free community grief program for pet loss will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. the second Saturday each month at the Mending Hearts Grief Center, 2112 Southwood Drive, in College Station. Grief for the loss of a pet can be complicated, impacting people emotionally, physically, spiritually and socially. Find Tails of Loss on Facebook or TailsofLoss.org.
The Madison County Republican Party meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Courthouse Annex. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Kevin Counsil at 281-808-5511.
Equivalency testing
High School Equivalency Testing will be offered through Region 6 ESC and the Madison County Public Library on the third Friday of the month through July 19. Testing is held from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Library Annex Building. Registration is required through www.hiset.org. Information: call Region 6 at 936-435-8367 or visit www.esc6.net.
NAACP MeetingThe Madison County NAACP Chapter 6193 meets every third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Madisonville Senior Community Center, located on Amos Street. For information, contact President Steven Green 936-348-4602.Nutrition and DiabetesDiabetes Nutrition Education Class meets the third Tuesday of every month from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Room A/B. A light lunch is provided, and topics vary each week. Call Christy Garza at 936-435-7929 or christy.garza@hmh.cc for more information.
Amputee Support Group
Amputee Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month from 4-5:30 p.m., at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Room C. Snacks are provided. The Amputee Support Group is for encouragement, camaraderie, and to discuss different topics related to amputees. Representatives will be present from various prosthetic companies. Call Christy Garza at 936-435-7929 or christy.garza@hmh.cc for more information.
Bariatric Support Group
Bariatric Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month from 5-6 p.m., at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A/B. A Bariatric Seminar will meet directly after the support from 6 to 7 p.m. Group will feature varied educational presentations from experts. Call Christy Garza at 936-435-7929 or christy.garza@hmh.cc for more information.
WEEK 4-5
Friends of Fort Boggy
Annual and quarterly meetings are the fourth Tuesday in the first month of each quarter — January, April, July and October. Meetings are held during the noon hour at the Centerville Municipal Building, 325 E. Saint Mary's, Centerville. For more information call Betty Heffler at 903-322-3478.
Breastfeeding Support Group meets the last Wednesday of every month from 10-11 a.m. at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A/B. Learn and share valuable parenting advice. Call Christy Garza at 936-435-7929 or christy.garza@hmh.cc for more information.
Texas Mushroom Festival
The Texas Mushroom Festival board and committees meet the last Tuesday of each month at the Woodbine at 5:15 p.m.
The Madisonville Area Revitalization Initiative meets the last Tuesday of the month at noon at the Woodbine.

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For a while now, the art of shaving has been a chore to do each day, But with the recent resurgence of cutthroat shaving and high quality creams and oils, shaving is no longer a chore, but something to look forward to.
In this article, we are going to walk you through how you can get a great shave, using a cutthroat razor.
Before any shave, you need to prepare your skin. Shaving can take its toll on your skin, so some simple preparation will help your skin get through a shave, irritation free.
The easiest way to prepare your skin, is with heat. So the best time to shave is when you come out the bath or shower, failing that, try resting a hot & wet flannel or shave towel on your face for a minute. This allows your skin's pores to open and also softens the whiskers, which is exactly what you want to make shaving easier.
Some people choose to jump straight into applying a cream or gel, and then shaving. Others prefer to use a pre shave product, which tags on the the skin preparation stage. A shave oil is perfect for something like this, as they are designed to help the skin during a shave, whether thats with nutrients and vitamins designed to help the skin or an oil designed to help the razor glide over the skin better.
When you're ready to apply your shave cream, you can do so with a brush or fingers, depending on the type of product. Ensure you use hot/warm water, lather the product, and apply it to the stubble or beard. A good product won't dry out, and will ensure your shave is smooth and doesn't drag or pull the skin.
The Apothecary 87 Shave Oil is a pre & post shave product. Helping the skin stay healthy and recover, as well as allowing the blade to glide. The Shave Cream is soft and can be applied with fingers or a brush. A little goes along way, and the product will stay wet throughout the shave, which is exactly what you want in a product. There are many brands out there, but whichever you choose, find ones that perform the best for you.
Cutthroat razors are not the easiest tool to use, and need to be used with caution and respect for what they are, razors.
Hold the razor on your dominant hand, at a 30 degree angle to the skin. Using your other hand, stretch out the area of skin you are shaving, and use short, gentle strokes with very little pressure to remove the hair.
On the first shave, go with the grain of the hair, as this will stop the blade pulling at the hairs and causing irritation, ingrown hairs and razor bumps. Once you have done the shave with the grain, re apply the shave cream and this time shave against the grain. This will take the shave very close but it will keep your skin fresh rather than sore and irritated.
Once you have finished your shave, wash your face with warm water to remove any excess cream or cut hair. Then wash your face again with cold water. The cold water will close your skin's pores, meaning your face is now ready for the day ahead!
At this point you can also add a post shave product too, ideally something that will nourish the skin, or with an antiseptic incase you've grazed or nicked the skin. Again, this is something we have ensured is in our Shave Oil, and it comes in the form of Avocado oil & Castor oil, which make a great natural antiseptic!
Good luck with your shaves! And if you have any questions, get in touch with us and we will help where we can!


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I don't know about you but our half term was a manic one and we spent the week making the most of the spring weather with lots of days out and about.
One of our destinations for the week was the Warner Bros. Studio Tour as it was a special week where they opened No.4 Privet Drive to visitors for the very first time. I was not the only blogger to visit, with Suburban Mum and Mad Mum of 7 visiting too.
The better weather saw people getting out and enjoying the sunshine and Little Hearts, Big Love had a magical time at Chiltern Open Air Museum whilst Verily Victoria Vocalises had a fascinating tour of the Old Bushmills Distillery, Chez Maximka took in the delights of the seaside at Brighton Pier and the Coombe Mill gang enjoying the delights of a Cornish beach.
Going back in time was the order of the day for some, with Suburban Mum setting off to ride on the Steam Trains with her family at Woody Bay, Rock and Roll Pussycat headed to Stonehenge, Frugal Family explored the delights of Middleham Castle and Family Travel Times took the family to see where Richard III died at Bosworth Battlefield.
Getting up close with animals was also popular day out and the McAllens visited Green Dragon Eco Farm and Plutomium Sox to West Midlands Safari Park to see the animals, Mummy From the Heart got to feed the deer at Knole in Kent, The Mummy Diary made the most of Open Farm Sunday, My Two Mums enjoyed a spot of bug hunting at Upton Country Park and we got to meet some magnificent horses at the Heavy Horse Centre in Dorset.
Theme Parks are always a great place to visit to keep the family entertained and it seems that many of you agree, with Birds and Lillies heading to Alton Towers, ET Speaks from Home visiting Chessington, Hex Mum Blog taking her tribe to Thorpe Park and All the Beautiful Things and I at Legoland.
Festival season has well and truly started with Truly Madly Kids and Mum of Three World visiting Wychwood, Time to Craft at the Bath and West Show and Five Adventurers taking in the delights of Geronimo.
The weather wasn't perfect all week but that did not stop the fun. The Gingerbread Mum entertained her family at Kidzania in London and Yorkshire Tots headed to the Rainbow Factory for lots of role-play fun.
If you have any more posts about the half term holidays please add them to the linky below and I look forward to seeing your posts for the next round-up in July.
Kara is a busy mother of 6 children aged between 2 and 22 and lives in Dorset. The family love to be outside and live by the motto "Collect Moments, Not Things". We can often be found leaping in muddy puddles, climbing trees, collecting seashells or hurling ourselves off cliffs down ziplines, and all for fun of course. Kara loves to blog about her and the family's adventures and can be found at Chelseamamma.co.uk, arewenearlythereyet.eu and sharing videos of her days out on her YouTube channel. She can also be found on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, G+, Vine and Pinterest.
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We haven't had a day out like this to write about for a while – some great ideas here for the summer holidays though.
Thank you for including our day out. So many great ideas in your list.
Sounds like a lot of really fun days out for all the family – not sure where to start!!!!
Brilliant post for ideas and inspiration! Shame many of the places are so far away from us as we'd love to visit a lot of these days out.
Some awesome places to visit! Sounds like a good time was had by all. Hopefully I'll be driving soon a d anle to visit places off the bus route!
Thanks so much for including my post. I'll be back to check out some more ideas when the summer holidays start, eek six weeks of entertaining to do!


Browse: Home / 2012 / February / Wealth preservation: an illusion?
This is the second in a short series of posts on the recent update of the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton long-term return study sponsored by Credit Suisse.
Barron's publishes annual lists of the richest families in the US and around the world. One striking aspect of those lists is the absence in the top 100 of the great fortunes of the past. The Fords, Rockefellers et al. are largely absent; the "nouveau riche" dominate the top ranks. This suggests that once a family stops accumulating wealth, having sold its strategic assets that were the original source of its wealth, and becomes a purely financial investor instead, its wealth essentially stops growing. This is not what wealth managers like to suggest to their potential clients. Their message is that they would not just preserve their potential clients' wealth but also make a significant contribution to enhancing it. However, a closer look at the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton numbers suggests that such claims are likely to remain wishful thinking. It is extremely unlikely that we can accumulate real wealth through investment in a diversified portfolio of financial assets. Even the preservation of the purchasing power of existing wealth is a major challenge. Thus, most families may well experience a slow, steady erosion of their capital instead. Wealth must be created by means other than diversified financial investment.
The long-term performance numbers for the main asset classes reported by Dimson-Marsh-Stanton seem to be largely in line with the results of other studies. For their total sample of nineteen markets, they find that equities had the highest compound real annual return of 5.4 percent in USD, bonds offered 1.7 percent and bills 0.9 percent. Since the kind of international diversification required to achieve these results would not have been feasible for most of the period, it is more realistic to look at an individual market. We choose the US even though its historical return numbers probably look too good to serve as predictors of future returns. The US benefitted, for a good part of the twentieth century, from its emergence as the leading economy in the world and from being the home of the world's reserve currency. In addition, the US avoided social unrest, revolution and the ravages of war, unlike some other countries. As a result, its historical performance should be considered as what one might expect if "all were to go well" in the future. In fact, we do find somewhat better annualized numbers for the US than for the world as a whole: 6.2 percent for equities, 2.0 percent for bonds and 0.9 percent for bills. Thus, a portfolio consisting of equal amounts of US bonds and equities would have realized a real return of around four percent, if rebalanced regularly. This may appear as ample proof that one would have been able to grow one's assets over the long run since, at that rate, real wealth would have grown eighty fold over the past 112 years. Even a more conservative portfolio with a lower weight in equities would have provided a positive real return. This is certainly true but the raw results ignore a number of additional factors that affect performance. They include the effective inflation rate suffered by the wealthy that may differ from the official numbers, impact of the costs associated with investing, taxation and the withdrawals of capital and, on the positive side, the potential value added from active strategies.
To preserve the purchasing power of our wealth, we have to generate a return equal to inflation, i.e., a zero real return. If the return is higher, real wealth accumulates, if it is lower, real wealth erodes. But inflation is not necessarily the same for everybody: consumption baskets differ greatly across individuals. Particularly, for the well to do, many of the goods and services that they cherish have a very limited supply. As the number of wealthy consumers increases across the world, the demand for such items increases and prices rise disproportionately. As an example, as Americans and Asians discovered wine over the past forty years, demand for trophy wines such as Romanée-Conti increased dramatically yet the vineyard's surface is still about 1.6 hectares (4 acres) and total annual production averages just about 5000 bottles. Not surprisingly, the prices of such wines have exploded. One measure of the extent to which the wealthy suffer from higher inflation is the Cost of Living Extremely Well Index (CLEWI). Compiled by Forbes since the seventies and based on US data, it is undoubtedly the most frivolous inflation index ever devised as it includes such "essentials" as yachts, airplanes, cosmetic surgery and private school fees. Barron's found that, over the past 35 years, the CLEWI increased by 6.5 percent per annum as opposed to the 4 percent annual increase of the official consumer price index (CPI). On a more serious level, the cost of higher education, health care, fundamental scientific research and art has also increased at a much higher rate than the CPI – and these items are among the favorite beneficiaries of many families' philanthropic activities. As an example, inflation in operating costs suffered by US universities, as measured by the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI), has been more than one percent higher than the CPI over the past fifty years. Thus, the wealthy generally need a positive real return just to maintain their purchasing power – be it for their own particular consumption basket or to maintain the purchasing power of their philanthropic endeavors. While, the exact number will differ from family to family, it is likely that they will need to generate a real return of about two percent after costs, withdrawals, and taxes of to maintain their true purchasing power. Given the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton results, the typical conservative investment strategy focused on bond like assets cannot provide the kind of returns required, particularly once the costs associated with investment are taken into consideration.
Families differ greatly in how they structure their investment activities but there will typically be a family office that may invest directly or outsource investment to external managers. In addition, there may be consultants, legal advisors, etc. The overall cost depends on the structure that is chosen and will be higher if active investments, alternative strategies and investment in private markets represent a significant part of the assets. For a purely passive solution, the costs are minimal. For small portfolios, they would likely amount to about 0.3 percent, for the very largest portfolios, 0.1 percent or less. We shall consider the cost of adding active strategies together with their potential benefits.
There is no point to wealth that is never touched. But any withdrawal, whether for the support of family members or for philanthropic purposes, reduces the capital on a one for one basis. If there are explicit liabilities imposed on the fortune, e.g., through the trust deed of a philanthropic entity or because family members depend on capital distributions for support, their impact is like that of any other fixed cost. In contrast, if there are no explicit liabilities that need to be covered, withdrawals can always be set to a level that minimizes their impact on the purchasing power of the portfolio.
Taxes are potentially the greatest threat to the preservation of wealth. An effective, but legally sound strategy that minimizes the impact of tax by structuring investments in a tax efficient manner or by deferring tax liabilities can make an enormous difference. Tax is particularly insidious in connection with inflation. Consider an instrument that offers a taxable real return of two percent. With no inflation and a tax rate of 30 percent, we are left with an after tax real return of 1.4 percent. Now add five percent of inflation. In this environment, the instrument offers a seven percent nominal return with tax amounting to 2.1 percent. This leaves a 4.9 percent nominal return but a -0.1 percent real return after tax. Inflation is indeed a tax in itself. Dimson-Marsh-Staunton explicitly discuss the relation between asset returns and inflation. We ignore those results in this discussion but will return to them in a subsequent post. At this point, let us just note that their results show that the impact of inflation on asset returns is actually even worse than is suggested here.
Given the costs enumerated so far, finding additional return sources would obviously be greatly welcomed. There are two potential methods to enhance returns. One is to shift the asset allocation towards higher risk assets in order to capture more of the higher risk premia of those assets. This method requires no skill but can be extremely dangerous. Unless all family members are extremely risk tolerant, an overly aggressive strategy is usually abandoned in the midst of the first crisis – when the negative impact is maximized. The aggressive harvesting of risk premia requires good nerves and the courage to look away in periods of extreme stress.
The second way to enhance returns is through active management, be it in traditional or alternative strategies. It will only ever work for a minority of families since it is largely a zero sum game before costs. In addition, active managers have an unfortunate tendency to extract most of the value that they hope to add in the form of fees. Thus, the careful selection of such managers is of great importance. This means that families who pursue active strategies must ensure that they have access to the appropriate resources who will offer them a reasonable chance of adding value through manager selection. These resources will not be cheap. But for those who do it well, active management may make the difference between erosion and preservation of their capital.
The message is unfortunately rather simple. If you accept the argument that the wealthy usually suffer from a higher effective inflation rate, you must also accept the result that, based on the (optimistic) Dimson-Marsh-Staunton numbers, the usual conservative investment strategies will most likely ensure a slow but steady erosion of the purchasing power of assets even with minimal withdrawal of capital and assuming a highly favorable tax regime. Only those families who are both very wealthy and willing to pursue more aggressive strategies may find themselves able to withdraw some capital and yet maintain their purchasing power.
The table shows a very simple template with a worked example. The numbers largely follow the discussions above. The two percent withdrawal rate is probably at the low end of the range for most family trusts and foundations. It may be tempting to "improve" the results by being aggressively optimistic in one's forecasts for asset and active returns and conservative with costs and taxes. But this is unlikely to change the fundamental reality: while the dream of a fortune that will last forever is obviously attractive, the evidence suggests that it will remain an elusive dream for most families. This is true without even considering the most likely reason for the dissipation of family wealth: the fact that families tend to grow at an exponential rate. We have argued in this post that it is difficult to maintain the purchasing power of a fortune assuming that it stays in one piece. But once the usual centrifugal forces that affect second or third generations come into play, that fortune will usually be split up at some point anyway.
The results are somewhat sobering. Wealth preservation seems to be as difficult as wealth creation. Only a minority of the wealthy can hope to preserve the purchasing power of their wealth once wealth accumulation stops. Thus, perhaps the most obvious advice that one can give to families is to resist the temptation of selling their strategic assets. Once they are gone, wealth erosion is almost inevitable.
While it is unlikely to be of great consolation to most families, the fact that capital preservation is difficult is probably highly desirable from the viewpoint of social harmony. If it were very easy to stay very rich, it would be correspondingly more difficult to acquire wealth. The forced recycling of wealth implicit in our results will give those not yet wealthy hope that they may succeed and acquire wealth through traditional means. If there were institutional barriers to wealth creation, as there were in feudal systems and as there are in repressive regimes, more radical solutions for acquiring wealth such as revolutionary or criminal activities might seem to be highly attractive ways to join or replace the privileged.


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The Infidel and the Professor
Dennis C. Rasmussen
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thought
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David Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his religious skepticism and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith, now hailed as the founding father of capitalism, was a revered professor of moral philosophy. Remarkably, Hume and Smith were best friends, sharing what Dennis Rasmussen calls the greatest of all philosophical friendships. The Infidel and the Professor tells the fascinating story of the close relationship between these towering Enlightenment thinkers—and how it influenced their world-changing ideas. It shows that Hume contributed more to economics—and Smith contributed more to philosophy—than is generally recognized. The result is a compelling account of a great friendship that had great consequences for modern thought.
One of The Australian Review's 2017 Books of the Year
One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2017
Selected for Bloomberg View's "Must-Reads of 2017: From Space to Chinese Noir"
One of Project Syndicate's Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Kaushik Basu)
Shortlisted for the 2018 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Dennis C. Rasmussen is professor of political science at Tufts University.
"A wonderfully written book about a beautiful friendship."—Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View
"Dennis Rasmussen . . . tells the story of Smith and Hume's bond, arguing convincingly and engagingly that there is 'no higher example of a philosophical friendship in the entire Western tradition.'"—Ruth Scurr, Wall Street Journal
"Rasmussen tells an engaging and sometimes moving story of how the friendship between Smith and David Hume shaped, and was shaped by, their attempt to comprehend the rapid development of the social and political order under which we still live."—Alexander Douglas, Times Literary Supplement
"Lively and accessible—of broad interest to readers in philosophy, economics, political science, and other disciplines."—Kirkus
"Masterly. . . . Easy to digest and smart. Recommended."—Mark Spencer, Library Journal
"In The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought, Dennis Rasmussen . . . tells the story of their friendship well. Fourteen nicely-judged chapters take the reader through the overlapping lives of the two men, including such incidents as Hume's notorious falling-out with Rousseau, through to the natural climax of their friendship at Hume's death, and Smith's own demise 14 years later. . . . A short and lively book that sustains the interest not merely of the general reader but the specialist to the end. That is a considerable achievement."—Jesse Norman, Prospect
"[Rasmussen] deftly examines not only Hume and Smith's personal relationship, but also the indispensable part that they played in shaping the Scottish Enlightenment. The result is a valuable study of the rise of the liberal tradition."—Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest
"The Infidel and the Professor is a lean, easy to digest read that is rich in interesting detail. It is anchored in weighty scholarship but not burdened by excessive demonstrations of it. . . . [Rasmussen] makes the distinctive qualities of each more evident. Pick up his book and you might find yourself agreeing with Hume that 'reading and sauntering and lownging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness'."—Julian Baggini, Literary Review
"What his book does offer . . . is a clearer, more exhaustive picture of the common ground that existed between the two thinkers, a map of the intersections, echoes and mirroring perspectives that connect their works. The Infidel and the Professor is written in a style that makes it accessible to non-specialists, who can discover through it the story of two exceptional and very engaging personalities. But it is also of interest for those who are already familiar with Hume's and Smith's lives and works, as it allows us to see them as part of a collective intellectual project. Above all, it reminds us of what the social sciences were originally meant to be: a broad critical reflection on the condition of human beings exposed to the bewildering transformations that modernity brought to their lives."—Biancamaria Fontana, Times Higher Education
"As a total Hume fan, I enjoyed reading it, and it's a well-written book. You don't need to be an expert on either [Hume or Smith] to enjoy it, and get some flavour of the milieu of the Scottish Enlightenment."—Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist
"In addition to painting a vivid portrait of the intellectual life of 18th-century Scotland, Professor Rasmussen provides a road map of the development of Smith's ideas based on his personal history and the broader political, social, theological and academic environments. [His] greatest contribution, however, is to shed new light on the surprising depth and nature of the intellectual and personal influence of the radical skeptic philosopher David Hume on Smith. Touching and illuminating."—Jonathan A. Knee, New York Times
"The best authoritative scholarly book on David Hume and Adam Smith published in the last 5 years. It is destined to be the classic book of those times."—Gavin Kennedy, Adam Smith's Lost Legacy
"The Infidel and the Professor shone a deserved spotlight on David Hume and Adam Smith."—Julian Baggini, The Guardian
"This is a well-written and well-researched history. It rewards a careful reading. . . . I recommend this book highly."—John Mullen, Metapsychology
"The Infidel and the Professor, [Rasmussen's] account of a 'friendship that changed modern thought', is a charming work. Our politicians would benefit from reading it and so, frankly, would you."—Alex Massie, The Times
"Rasmussen has written an excellent book which offers a clear account of the ideas of Smith and Hume, and celebrates the importance of philosophical friendship."—Robin Downie, Philosophy
"Wonderful. . . . [This] book should prove to be an indispensable starting point for future inquiries into Hume and Smith's personal and philosophical relationship."—Erik W. Matson, Review of Austrian Economics
"Rasmussen's story about this strong and stable friendship will be engaging for those who are unfamiliar with Hume's entertaining letters or Smith's personal quirks, and it is a valuable contribution for scholars working on the philosophical views of each."—Lauren Kopajtic, Journal of the History of Philosophy
"A sympathetic account of the closeness of two of the world's greatest thinkers and the warmth of the affection that he evokes is a fine testament to their friendship and his writing."—Craig Smith, Perspectives on Politics
"Rasmussen is at his interpretive best here, and his reading of how these events affected the friendship between Hume and Smith is both novel and persuasive."—John Rick, Reading Religion
"[N]ot a few times did I mark in the margins a thread of inquiry I should like to pull on in the future, using The Infidel and the Professoras a starting point. I do not doubt but it will be likewise stimulating for you."—Edward Austin Middleton, EH.net
"This original, elegantly written, compelling essay, which combines textual analysis with a contextual approach, is likely to have a momentous impact on the historiography of the Scottish Enlightenment and of the Age of Enlightenment as a whole."—Diego Lucci, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"Compelling . . . gripping."—James R. Otteson, History of Political Economy
"Rasmussen's beautifully written book is the kind of work that any serious David Hume and Adam Smith scholars might have once or twice dreamed of writing."—Tatsuya Sakamoto, Journal of the History of Economic Thought
"An excellent introduction for those coming to Hume and Smith for the first time."—Ralph McLean, Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliograpical Society
"Rasmussen succeeds not only in uncovering the uniquely intimate friendship between Hume and Smith among the group of like-minded literati who produced the Scottish Enlightenment, but a kind of inter-generational 'passing of the baton' from Hume (eleven years older) to his younger colleague."—Patrick Madigan, Heythrop Journal
"A wonderfully written book about a beautiful friendship."—Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View
"A vivid portrait of the intellectual life of 18th-century Scotland. . . . Touching and illuminating."—Jonathan A. Knee, New York Times
"Argu[es] convincingly and engagingly that there is 'no higher example of a philosophical friendship in the entire Western tradition.' "—Ruth Scurr, Wall Street Journal
"Adam Smith and David Hume were two of the world's greatest thinkers. The joy of their friendship infuses every page of this marvelous book, which will make you love them both, as thinkers and people. If only one could have been at one of Hume's dinner parties!"—Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize–winning economist
"A remarkable combination of page-turner and serious intellectual history, The Infidel and the Professor is enormously enlightening and impossible to put down."—William Easterly, author of The Tyranny of Experts
"A charming work."—Alex Massie, The Times
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2015 Sarah Cascone, "At the Governors Island Art Fair, Artist Get a Room of Their Own," Artnet (September 3).
Meg Busacca, "Top 5 Installations to See at 4Heads Governors Island Art Fair," Design & Trend (September 4).
Cate Peebles, 9 Poems. (New York: Eye for an Iris Press, 2014), center-spread illustration.
2012 Joel Kuennen, "Who's Next? MFA's from Yale, RISD, and SAIC," Art Slant (May 31).
Greg Cook, "The '2012 RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition': Stars on parade," The Boston Phoenix (May 23).
2010 Sue Martin, "Sculptural Collaborations in Paper: An Interview with Amber Heaton," 15 Bytes: Artists of Utah Ezine (March).


An "internet of things" describes a world embedded with so many digital devices that the space between them consists not of dark circuitry but rather the space of the city itself. The computer has escaped the box, and ordinary objects in space are carriers of digital signals. This capacity seems to finally fulfill the dream of artists and architects of the mid- to late twentieth century, among them Jack Burnham, Cedric Price, Archigram, and Christopher Alexander, who experimented with a cybernetic apparatus for modeling space. It might also be the practical answer to quests by Nicholas Negroponte's Architecture Machine Group and architects exploring Artificial Intelligence, who rehearse interplay between digital machines and the space of the city and the body—reciprocal modeling that enhances the capacities of each. On the contemporary scene, manifestoes like Carlo Ratti's "Open Source Architecture" imagine that in digitized space—this web of things—architecture can be constructed in much the same way that a wiki is assembled.
Yona Friedman's pictograms from Negroponte's "Computer Aided Participatory Design" in Soft Architecture Machines.
As art and architecture adopt technologies to embrace a new imaginary or model a new relationship, digital technologies often become an essential prosthetic for an idea about form-making. Yet these nourishing and exciting projects also perhaps prematurely stop, short of, or even foreclose on, a much more expansive investigation. Even when resisting the vampiric modernist impulse to declare a new regime, these projects may be drawn into a cul-du-sac; their production of artifacts risks being yet another anecdotal, even marginal, expression in a succession of ideas.
Registered brain activity during cell phone use.
We are not accustomed to the idea that non-human, inanimate objects possess agency and activity, just as we are not accustomed to the idea that they can carry information unless they are endowed with code/text-based information technologies. While accepting that a technology like mobile telephony has become the world's largest shared platform for information exchange, we are perhaps less accustomed to the idea of space as a technology or medium of information—undeclared information that is not parsed as text or code. Indeed, the more ubiquitous code/text-based information devices become, the harder it is to see spatial technologies and networks that are independent of the digital. Few would look at a concrete highway system or an electrical grid and perceive agency in their static arrangement. Agency might only be ascribed to the moving cars or the electrical current. Spaces and urban arrangements are usually treated as collections of objects or volumes, not as actors. Yet the organization itself is active. It is doing something, and changes in the organization constitute information. Even so, the idea that information is carried in activity, or what we might call active form, must still struggle against many powerful habits of mind.
Cover of Architectural Design:A.D., October 1970. The cover drawing is a portrait of Cedric Price by Adrian George.
I consider it unlikely that architecture and planning will match the contribution HushPuppies have made to society today, let alone approach that of the transistor or loop, until a total reappraisal of its particular expertise is self-imposed, or inflicted from outside.
At their best, Price's schemes were time-released, located beyond a single site or stage, and poised to upset holistic cybernetic dreams. However, some of Price's projects also aspired to the predictability and predetermination of the holistic scripts of cybernetics, with its quest for homeostasis. For instance, Potteries Thinkbelt and Fun Palace, collaborations with theater director Joan Littlewood and cybernetician Gordon Pask, were theatrical and educational spaces proposed for London but never built. Price, interested in transportation landscapes, incorporated equipment used in container shipping to choreograph the programmatic components to be kinetic, interactive, and responsive to the user. His Generator project, a landscape with minimal construction planned for a wooded area in Florida, was the spatial reflection of a computer game that assigned a repertoire of moves to various players and objects in the landscape. The degree to which these projects were choreographed as tightly integrated, even prescriptive, cybernetic science perhaps foreclosed on their experimentation.
Cedric Price, View of Working Electronic Model of the Generator Project, 1976-1979. Chromogenic color print mounted on cardboard, 12.6 x 17.3 cm. Photo: Cedric Price fonds/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal.
Diagram of Greenbelt, Maryland in Christopher Anderson's book The City is not a Tree.
Archigram, Instant City, 1968. Collage.
Far from what may be considered the more obscure experiments of architects, the most consequential architecture in the world has already become information. Still somewhat obscure only because of its overwhelming ubiquity, space is itself an infrastructural technology that is mobile and monetized, traveling around the world as a repeatable phenomenon. Compared to the relative trickle of space made by special practitioners, these technologies produce a fire hose blast. The most radical changes to the globalizing world are being written in the protocols or softwares of infrastructural space.
Avoiding some modern habits that shape the projects of Price and Alexander, another kind of artistic endeavor, not reliant on either the digital prosthetic or the predictable cybernetic system, can address this new global infrastructure space. This is not a new but an extra art and mode of making in which the action is the form. Action is not necessarily movement but is rather embodied in relationship, relative position and potential in organizations. Action is immanent in the disposition of an organization. There is no prescription for architecture, only a technique for performing it. Active forms design a disposition—a set of capacities for shaping space over time. Active forms are forms for handling forms.
Fundamental properties of patterns as outlined in the Nature of Order Volume 1, by Christopher Alexander.
The shift from nominative to active that requires so much ideation and analysis in some schools of thought, such as design, is completely ordinary and natural in other disciplines, such as theater. As Price recognized, an aesthetic training in this extra art might resemble that of theater. It requires no special technological apparatus. The construction of action is the theater performer's stock in trade. An actor adheres to a script but the scripted words are regarded only as traces or artifacts that hint at underlying action. A scene is a string of actions that carry meaning. Actors rarely deal with nominative or descriptive expressions—states of being or mood. One cannot, for instance, play "being a mother." Attempting to do so leads to what is known in the theater as "indicating." As Deleuze has written, "mediocre actresses must weep in order to signify grief."9 In the theater, infinitive expressions, not representations, are the currency. The director asks the actor, "What are you doing?" It is generally agreed that leading with action or letting a vivid action carry the words rather than the other way around is a durable technique. Again, the action that leads the performance is not necessarily a movement or a gesture. It is rather the driving intent expressed as an active verb. An actor would not play "being a mother," but rather "smothering a child." Uncertainty, or the inability to fix meaning, does not paralyze the actor but rather allows more agility and interaction with other actors. Action is the bearer of information, consequence, change, or event. Action is the material used to make things and create meaning. The actor crafts variables and intentions to shape the information of the play.
Dispositional expressions and active forms can be spatial softwares, protocols, or diagrams. A diagram, as Deleuze and Guattari render the idea, is not a representational sketch of an single arrangement but rather an "abstract machine" that is generative of a "real that is yet to come."11 Similarly, Deleuze discusses Foucault's notions of "dispositif" and "social apparatus" as "lines of force," trajectories or "names given to variables."12 Gregory Bateson wrote that "the switch is the thing that is not except at the moments of its change of setting, and the concept 'switch' has thus a special relation to time. It is related to the notion 'change' rather than to the notion 'object.'"13 Active forms in urban space can serve as expressions of variability and interdependence, like a calculus function or cosx—a software that facilitates relationships while not controlling every outcome. Cosx is an explicit expression and yet only manages a multiple set of values. Knowing all of those values is less important than understanding the disposition to form, when graphed, a particular curve.
This extra art is non-modern because active form does not need to kill object form to exist. There is no need for succession, segregation, and competition between these ideas, which already often coexist on a continuum. Object form can be resolutely disengaged from or, alternatively, positioned to become, active form, like a stone in the water. There is no necessity to create active form and no necessity to corral a fixed set of meanings under a new term.14 There is only the observation that there are modes of form-making that exceed object form in substantial ways—only the need to point to a project that offers additional artistic pleasures and political powers.
The extra art of active form and disposition rehearse an internet of things without the internet.
This article is an adaptation of material from the forthcoming book Extrastatecraft: Global Infrastructure and Political Arts.
Keller Easterling is an architect and writer from New York City and a professor at Yale University. Her book, Enduring Innocence: Global Architecture and its Political Masquerades (MIT, 2005) researches familiar spatial products that have landed in difficult or hyperbolic political situations around the world. A previous book Organization Space: Landscapes, Highways and Houses in America applies network theory to a discussion of American infrastructure and development formats. A forthcoming book, Extrastatecraft: global infrastructure and political arts, examines global infrastructure networks as a medium of polity. Easterling has lectured and published widely in the United States and internationally. Her research and design work has been most recently exhibited at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, the Rotterdam Biennale, and the Architectural League. She has also published web installations including: Extrastatecraft, Wildcards: a Game of Orgman and Highline: Plotting NYC. Easterling is a professor at Yale University.
I borrow the expression "non-modern" from Bruno Latour. Bruno Latour, We Have Never Been Modern (Cambridge: Harvard University Press,1993), 48.
Bruno Latour, We Have Never Been Modern (Cambridge: Harvard University Press,1993), 48.
Cedric Price, Works II (London: Architectural Association, 1984), 18.
Cedric Price and HansUlrich Obrist, Re:CP (Birkhäuser Architecture, 1999), 64.
Christopher Alexander, "The City is not a Tree," Architectural Forum, Vol. 122, No. 1 (April, 1965): 58–62 (Part I); and Vol. 122, No. 2 (May 1965): 58–62 (Part II).
Gilles Deleuze, Proust and Signs: The Complete Text, trans. Richard Howard (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000), 39.
Gilles Deleuze, Foucault. translated by S. Hand. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1988), 37; and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, "On Several Regimes of Signs," A Thousand Plateaus (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1987), 141-, 142.
Gilles Deleuze, "What is Dispositif?," Michel Foucault: Philosopher (New York: Routledge, 1991), 160, 166.
Gregory Bateson, "Criteria of Mental Process 1-4," Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (New York: Dutton, 1979),"Criteria of Mental Process 1-4," 109.
This argument is very careful to avoid modern pronoucements, preferring an inclusive position. For instance, Nicolas Bourriaud's notion of "relational form" is sympathetic, as is his "altermodern" position. Still, this argument hopes to broaden the field in which it and similar notions can be applied. Nicolas Bourriaud, Relational Aesthetics (Paris: Les Presses du Réel, 2002).


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Director Alex Garland follows up "Ex Machina" -- his excellent, Oscar-winning examination of man and machine -- with another challenging sci-fi mind-bender. Based on a trilogy of novels by Jeff VanderMeer (though veering significantly from that source material), "Annihilation" follows the members of an expedition team sent to explore a mysterious, reality-warping zone known as "Area X."
A meteor crash-landing on Earth has left an ever-expanding field of energy -- dubbed "The Shimmer" by those who study it -- encompassing what was once a national park swampland. Several teams have previously been sent into The Shimmer, but none have ever re-emerged. But that changes when Kane (Oscar Isaac), the husband of biologist Lena (Natalie Portman), returns without explanation a year after he and the rest of his team went missing. He seems different, and around the time he starts spitting up blood, it's apparent he's also very sick.
Lena is taken to a military hospital, where she learns about her husband's mission to Area X. Swirling feelings of guilt and a determination to find out what happened to her husband lead Lena into volunteering to join a team of researchers (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, and Tuva Novotny -- all excellent) that will venture into The Shimmer to find out exactly what it is and what lies inside.
A film that intends to challenge its viewers, "Annihilation" in many ways feels like a continuation of the metaphysical ideas of "2001: A Space Odyssey," "The Fountain," or Andrei Tarkovsky's "Stalker." It's also quieter and moodier than one might expect. And as Lena ventures into what more than one member of her team considers a suicide mission, it explores some of the more inexplicable aspects of human nature, delving into humanity's compulsive urge toward self-destruction, and the strange comfort of oblivion.
The success of "Ex Machina" has brought Garland a much larger budget to work with, and those expanded resources are always evident on screen. The world inside The Shimmer is wonderfully realized, filled with flora and fauna that have mutated in strange and unexplainable ways, providing a parade of beautifully nightmarish sights and sounds.
As the real world spirals further into chaos and uncertainty, audiences seem to increasingly demand definite explanations from their entertainment (just look at what happened when "Star Wars" fans found out the interconnected mythology they'd endlessly hypothesized and theorized over didn't matter a bit to the narrative of "The Last Jedi"). But as "Annihilation" gradually builds to its increasingly enigmatic, psychedelic climax, the film continues to raise more questions (as some of the best science-fiction often does) and becomes less clear-cut as it goes on. Garland isn't interesting in offering clarity any more than he is providing his characters with the comforting absolutes they seek. "Annihilation" delights in leaving its viewers dissecting what they've seen; like the women at the heart of its story, we're left searching for answers that never come.


Ways in which practices of directing and dramaturgy act as regulators of thought, through producing enjoyment, fun and pleasure.
Reconsiderations of the Frankfurt School's attacks on the "Culture Industry" in directing and dramaturgy.
Representations in theatre and performance of "Intellectual" figures such as scholars, pundits, philosophers, scientists, activists etc.
Directorial or dramaturgical theatre or performance practices which engage with tropes drawn from the entertainment industry.
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Rare Diseases Croatia
Rare But Equal
Rare Diseases Croatia is social-charity, nonprofit and non-governmental association which gathers other associations with members with rare diseases and individuals who have rare diseases in a unique community of the Croatian area. The main purpose is to achieve, harmonize and protect their individual and common rights and interests.
As umbrella organization for RDs in Croatia, today it gets together:
Over 800 individuals with rare diseases and their family members
27 nonprofit organizations acting for the benefit of patients
More than 400 different rare diagnoses
Below you can read some of the most important activities:
Providing psychosocial help and support to its members
Marking the international Rare Disease Day
Organizing national conferences about rare diseases
Managing the RareConnect project, the European online community for rare diseases
Managing the Croatian Help Line for Rare Diseases
Managing the Croatian Orphanet web – Orphanet is the reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs, for all audiences. Orphanet's aim is to help improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with rare diseases.
A rare disease is a disease that occurs infrequently or rarely in the general population. In Europe, for example, a rare disease is defined as affecting less than 1 in 2,000 citizens, and in the US as affecting fewer than 200,000 patients. Yet for combined population of 800 million, this could range from a few hundred to as many as 400,000 individuals for any single rare disease.
Despite this number, the rare disease patient is the orphan of health systems, often denied diagnosis, treatment and the benefits of research.
For patients, families and individuals affected by rare diseases, gaining access to services is often extremely difficult. Finding expert help is too frequently a matter of luck rather than a consequence of systematic planning by national health systems. Paradoxically, although any given rare condition may only affect a few hundred, there are between 5000 and 7000 distinct rare diseases identified to date, meaning that the number of families in need of health and social services is vast. And, because the diseases share a number of common characteristics, it is possible to develop public policy and actions to improve access to information, diagnosis, care, treatment as well as to promote biomedical research and R&D in medicines.
Rare diseases are often life-threatening. They are chronic, progressive, degenerative and disabling. People living with rare diseases face many common challenges, such as delayed or inaccurate diagnosis, difficulty accessing care and lack of knowledge or access to expertise. For the individual sufferer this is a disaster, and for an economy it represents a significant direct and indirect cost.
When a disease is diagnosed on time and managed well, people are often able to maintain a normal quality of life, meaning that timely diagnosis and correct treatment of rare disease patients is not only ethical but cost effective. Misdiagnosis and delays in diagnosis of rare disease patients often lead to increased expenses and waste for health care and social systems due to inadequate treatments. And the numbers can balloon quickly when a number of rare diseases are taken together.
Rare diseases not only affect the person diagnosed – they also impact families, friends, care takers and society as a whole.
More information about rare diseases can be found in our documentary "Day by Day" that we made with the aim of improving the knowledge and awareness about rare diseases. The movie with English subtitles is available on the following link: http://www.rijetke-bolesti.hr/movie/
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Parliament Updates
Parliamentary panel slams finance ministry and Sebi for ponzi proliferation
Economic Times, September 24, 2015
A parliamentary panel has slammed the finance ministry and stock markets regulator Sebi for not doing enough to curb so-called ponzi schemes, and called for these fraudulent operations to be treated as "offences committed against the State" and made non-bailable.
In a report submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Finance headed by former law minister Veerappa Moily criticised the finance ministry's Department of Financial Services for remaining just a "reticent bystander" to "erupting scams depriving millions of their lifetime savings". ET has learnt the panel has also sought an explanation from the department about its "inaction" as well as its future plans to contain the ponzi menace.
The 30-member committee, which has representation from various political parties including BJP and from both houses of Parliament, has also ticked off Sebi for failing to act decisively against ponzi companies since 2010.
Noting that while Sebi initiated action in some 200 cases, its interim orders took 2-3 years and the final orders took more than five years. "During this interim period, the ponzi company's promoters one way or the other collected thousands of crores of additional amounts from the small investors," the panel noted, adding that in the future it expected Sebi to be "more transparent, vigilant and accountable" in its actions and show the same degree of alacrity demonstrated in the case of Sahara.
On Tuesday, Sebi imposed a penalty – its biggest ever – of Rs 7,269.5 crore on a company called PACL Ltd and its four directors for illegal and fraudulent mobilisation of funds from the public, saying the company deserves "maximum penalty" for such large-scale duping of the common man. The penalty follows another order by Sebi last year wherein PACL was asked to refund Rs 49,100 crore it had collected through illicit schemes over a 15-year period.
Regulators in the country have been slow to crack down on so-called collective benefit schemes and ponzi operations that are rampant across the country and usually dupe the poor of their hardearned savings. Offering the promise of dizzying returns, these schemes often exploit the financial illiteracy of the poor and their lack of access to formal financial channels.
The standing committee has also suggested framing a "model central law" and the setting up of "special economic offences courts" to ensure the enforcement of the law. It has recommended that the proposed model central law should be "comprehensive and all-encompassing, including in its ambit collective investment schemes, chit funds, direct-selling schemes and such other activities".
The panel's report calls for the law to have a separate section on non-permissible schemes that clearly spell out the nature of prohibited activities with its penal consequences. It has recommended that the model law should have provisions such as "attachment of property, recovery and distribution of proceeds in a stipulated time frame, deterrent penalties with imprisonment, time-bound repayments/compensation".
The panel has also proposed the creation of a minimum capital reserve to be maintained with the regulator to serve as a "safety valve against default". Banks should, its report said, be instructed to inform the income tax department and regulators such as RBI or Sebi whenever cash deposits by suspected persons or entities exceed a certain limit.
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When I first opened these two samples, I thought perhaps the package labels had been accidentally switched. So I checked the Canton Tea Co website and sure enough, they had been labeled correctly. So my previous experiences of Tie Guan Yin oolong leaves as being long and dark versus Pouchong leaves being tightly rolled have essentially been turned on their head. But I have no complaints, because I thoroughly enjoyed both of these teas.
The Tie Guan Yin is listed on the Canton website as an "everyday" type of tea, and indeed it would be a great pleasure to drink this tea daily. The leaves — ranging in colour from dark to medium greyish greens — are lightly rolled, and smooth to the touch.
I placed about half of the ten-gram sample into my favourite oolong-designated clay (Yixing) teapot, which had been prepared by rinsing with hot tap water. As usual, the filtered steeping water was brought just to a full boil, then cooled to "fish eye" temperature.
Initial meeting of leaf and water for the preparatory rinse educed the scent of a summer meadow, as the smell of sweet buttercups, new grass, and sprouting shrubs would be carried on a warm breeze. I know that kind of poetic analogy may sound silly, but this is the only way I can accurately describe the aroma.
The initial sip was warm and almost sweet. A few more sips evoked the taste of the fresh spring asparagus with buttery toasted pecans that a friend had served to us a few weeks ago — an indescribable vegetable flavour that is like no other, paired with the sweet pecan nuttiness. As an added bonus, there was an actual buttery or light creamy texture in the cup.
At one time, at the beginning of my tea journey, I had been puzzled when anyone described a tea without added milk as having a creamy texture. It's just leaf and water, I thought, so how could that possibly be? I don't know the science, but I do know the result, and once you sample a tea with this innate quality, you will never forget it. Luckily, it seems that more creamy-textured teas are reaching the market, so it's a little easier to source a tea, like this one, with this quality, and experience it for yourself.
The rather long finish of this tea is the more floral notes associated with Tie Guan Yin. All in all, a very enjoyable cup.
Some tea drinkers classify Pouchong as a green tea, but I'm happy to see this most lightly oxidized of teas listed with Canton's oolongs. Dark leaves, long and thin, are frankly not what I expected in its appearance, but the taste and aroma are all there.
Prepared by the same method as the Tie Guan Yin — or perhaps just slightly cooler water — this high-grown pouchong produces an elegant and aromatic cup. Pale golden green, like a cat's eye, in my small glass tasting cup. Aroma is gently floral, more like fragile spring blossom than full summer bloom. A hint of nectar scent carries into the taste. Although nowhere near the creamy texture of the Tie Guan Yin, this tea nonetheless leaves a light floral finish that lingers on the tongue.
The Canton website notes that this tea won a gold taste award. I can see why.
I browsed through the Canton website and discovered that along with a good selection of teas and interesting tea ware, there is a lot of well-researched information in their "tea school" — along with some terrific photos. I have a feeling I'll be back soon.
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I enjoy giving "gift basket" gifts. By this I mean that instead of giving one single item as a gift, I assemble a group of related smaller gifts, although I don't always wrap them in an actual basket. For example, a Tea Time gift that we gave recently included a teapot with built-in filter, matching tea cozy, four small tins of loose-leaf tea, decorated sugar cubes, a package of scone mix, and a jar of jam, all packed in a pretty box. A Movie Time gift comprised a tote bag filled with popcorn, other assorted munchies, and of course several classic DVD films.
Whenever possible when putting together these basket gifts, I like to tuck in a related book. For the New Puppy gift of double bowl, a leash, treats, a photo frame, and a play ball, we added a book on dog training. Recently I came across several unusual books that I think would be perfect as part of a tea basket gift. I particularly like these because, although they are not the usual books you find in every store, I think recipients will enjoy reading them as they sip their cuppas.
Grand Mother's Teapots by Nelda Powell is the largest in size of the bunch, although its paperback format makes it easy to slip into a gift basket or box. If you enjoy collecting — or just looking at — unusual teapots, this book illustrating one woman's lifetime collection is for you.
The collection is described by the author as "the pride of Georgia Mae Gasperson Wright." Seventy pages of beautiful photographs lovingly showcase hundreds of teapots of every shape, size, and origin, from the easily-recognizable and commonplace to the highly unusual. Many of these were mementos of her children's worldwide travels. Amongst the multitude of styles, I have to admit to a special fondness for her several stacked tea sets of teapot, sugar, and creamer. Given the number of these sets in the collection, I imagine she enjoyed them too.
This book is not only a celebration of a seemingly unlimited variety of teapots and the imaginative souls who created them, but of the special lady who cherished them — and who was, in turn, so very cherished by her grandchildren.
Grand Mother's Teapots is available direct from the author, and at nationwide bookstores.
Brenda Williams may be living the sunbird's life in Arizona these days, but you'd better believe that she's British through and through. A former tea room owner, Brenda offers teas, accessories, British gourmet treats, and tea party packages for adults and children via her current business, Brenda's English Teas. She is also the author of the next gift basket book on my list: A Spot of Tea ~ Brenda's Afternoon Tea Primer.
This delightful little book clearly and concisely tells you everything you need to know to serve or partake of this most English of tea rituals. Each of the 25 pages is packed with etiquette, tips, and how-to's, from preparing a proper pot of English tea and the required equipage, to how to hold a teacup and how to stir your tea (yes, there is a correct way to do each of these!). You'll also find an outline of the basic types of teas, as well as the origins of tea and of afternoon tea itself. Brenda provides an afternoon tea menu and recipes for an array of tempting teatime tidbits.
A Spot of Tea is available direct from the author's website.
I picked up the next two little tea books — gift basket books — last weekend when we visited Biltmore Estate for our fifteenth wedding anniversary. They were stocked in the Confectionery shop along with several types of packaged teas (most notably a selection from the not-so-distant Bigelow tea estate), a few teapots, mugs, and teaspoons, and some very yummy tea-flavoured hard candies.
A Dish of Tea came about, according to the introduction, "from a program on tea, coffee, and chocolate" presented by staff at Conner Prairie Museum in Indiana. Its thirty pages describe customs, etiquette, and table settings as they were practiced in nineteenth-century America. There are scads of teatime recipes gathered from nineteenth-century cookbooks, including Mrs. Beeton's and the White House's. You'll find sweets and savouries of all types within this little book's pages, with each recipe more tempting than the last.
A Dish of Tea is one of a series of small books on a variety of historical "house and garden" titles. They are sold in gift shops and farm markets. If you can't find this title locally, visit the publisher's website, Bear Wallow Books, for links to online sellers.
Book cover photo courtesy of Copper Beech Publishing.
The final title on my gift-basket book list is Tea & Conversation. As you might guess, the focus of these sixty pages is what many consider a lost art: pleasant conversation, otherwise known as "small talk." Now, don't dismiss this out of hand. In these days, when so many people feel a need to get right to the "nitty gritty" in any situation, and are only too eager to speak their minds regardless of the consequences, this book is both a guide and a gentle plea for civilized social discourse.
Along with timeless admonishments and advice to the hostess for making her guests feel welcome and comfortable, there are also guidelines for guests on what types of conversations and behaviours to avoid at an afternoon tea gathering. Crowing about one's accomplishments, or the accomplishments of one's children, and loud voice or boisterous behaviour are all on the taboo list. While some of the suggested topics for conversation may seem outdated, most really do still apply today in polite circles. One timely piece of advice, for example, is directed at young gentlemen: "Never lower the intellectual standard of your conversation in addressing ladies." Now who can argue with that?
Tea and Conversation is also one of a series of tiny books that also features several other tea titles. Published in Great Britain, you can browse their catalogue and purchase (retail and wholesale) at Copper Beech Publishing.


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Q: Web Services Architecture - Multiple services & multiple database connections? Could someone please direct me to some good documentation or feedback here on what are best practices for implementing web services in an application that handles different concerns?  For example, should I create different services, one that handles security, (AuthService), one that handles data-entry for customer service reps, (CRUDService), BillingService and so on or should I just encapsulate all these "services" into one, e.g. ApplicationService?  Basically, I am asking if it is bad design to create multiple services (files) within one application.  Can some of you note on your experiences or what you've experienced?
Also, let's say three of the listed services from above connect to the same database, but are actually hitting totally different concerns, e.g. one is for all transactions like CRUD, and the other one is for purely reporting purposes.  Should I create two services here, one CRUDService and the other for ReportingService?  Is it bad to create two different database connections via these 2 services?  Or how can I share the same database connection with different services?

A: I think there is a tendency among publicly available services to just dump everything into one service. Which, may not be a bad idea for a publicly available API. It just makes it easier for developers. However, for any project i work on, i try to break things down into logical groups. This way your client doesn't need to be inheriting functionality it may not need. Updating services would also be a slightly easier task because you're only affecting a certain subset of your web service framework and not everything. So if your service contract breaks and your clients no longer support it, they may still be able to use other parts of your system, but not that particular one. Where as if you break a contract on your aggregated service, everything fails. Finally, if you have to implement something like a fail-over support, you have more flexibility to choose which service requires more fail-over nodes, allowing you to better manage your resources allocation.

A: If you want best practices take a look to the SOA Design Pattern Catalog

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Foster parents speak out after lawmakers' show of support
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - A Jefferson County couple gained a new ally in their fight to bring home foster kids removed earlier this year.
Erica and Jamison Porter have mixed emotions after getting the support of Jefferson County lawmakers. They say it gives them relief, but at the same time, it's hard to be optimistic with such a drawn out battle.
"I'll be honest, over the past several months, I've lost all confidence in our system to do the right thing," said Erica.
The Porters have been going back and forth with multiple agencies after St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services removed two foster kids from their care in August.
"I think that there are certain St. Lawrence County case workers that are mad at us. They're upset with us for calling them out on not doing their jobs and failing to protect the kids," said Erica.
The Porters now have Jefferson County legislators in their corner. Lawmakers plan to send letters supporting the town of Watertown couple to St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties' DSS, and to the Children's Home of Jefferson County.
"The issue with the Porter family and the foster kids that they have, especially around Christmas time, is very emotional to a lot of us on the board," said District 11 Legislator Robert Ferris.
The Porters say after the children were removed, Jefferson County DSS investigated allegations against them and determined the couple was emotionally abusive to the kids.
That determination has since been overturned by the state.
"The fact that the state overturned it without even looking to schedule a hearing, that's kind of a big red flag that Jefferson County did something wrong," said Erica.
The Porters' end goal is to adopt both foster kids taken from the home, along with their two siblings.
But, they say the Children's Home of Jefferson County revoked the couple's foster home certification.
Erica says that has to be reversed if they want to bring the children in. County lawmakers can't force that to happen, but the Porters are still relieved to have any help.
"It's been months now that we've been trying to get people's support and get people to fix this wrong," said Erica.
7 News reached out to the agencies involved. St. Lawrence County DSS declined to comment. We didn't hear back from Jefferson County DSS or from the Children's Home.


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Hold up to a creature to capture it. Throw to deploy a captured creature.
The Cryopod will begin to decay as soon as it is created, either through crafting or after being obtained from an Orbital Supply Drop, with a 30 day or one month decay period. The Cryofridge will permanently halt and restore the decay timer as long as it is powered. If the Cryopod is not recharged after 30 days (by default), it will disable and will be labelled as dead. Any dino inside the Cryopod will die inside and will disappear forever (even after being recharged), and it is unusable until it recharges at Cryofridge (This will be mentioned in the Tribe Log). Cryopods timer are unaffected by Preserving Salt .
As Cryopods are considered Tek items, they are susceptible to Electrical Storm, preventing them from functioning (cryofreezing/releasing) during said weather.
Freezing a baby (baby, juvenille or adolescent) creature inside a cryopod will pause the imprint timer, and if asking for care, will change what it wants whenever it is unfrozen. Babies trapped prior to the patch related will still have its imprint timer reset to 8 hours next time they are released.
Freezing a female will not reset the breeding timer unless the cryopod containing it was recently transferred to another server. Timer for mating interval continues to tick down even when the female is cryofrozen inside. Females trapped prior to the patch related will still have their breeding timer reset the next time they are released.
Passive XP gain is solely determined by game time since time of trapping, multiplied by their idle XP rates, multiplied by a final 1.05 return. Cryo fridge sole responsibility is to recharge/extend the shelf life of the item itself. Creatures at maximum level or Mek will not gain any passive XP.
Frozen dino/creature will have their gender announced first, followed by all its stat when hovered over with infobox activated. This does not apply to creatures that were frozen prior to the patch that includes it.
In Aberration, creatures that either are not part of Extinction or Aberration (or not having their aberrant counterpart), or is in the list of banned creatures, cannot be released out into the map.
Dinos that do not exist in Aberration cannot be unfrozen within the depths from anywhere, even surface.
Creatures without an icon that are cryofrozen in a cryopod will have an icon similar to Raptor as a placeholder.
Prior to 291.100, female creatures are forced into mating countdown upon being released, and baby imprint timer resets to 8 hours, regardless of server setting. Any creature still in cryopod prior to this update will still have this effect when they are released, but will not persist thereafter.
292.100 - Cryopod automatically set recently released dino from cryopod to follow the survivor who released it. This persist on unconscious dino which cannot be whistled on any command to stop as they will still "follow" the survivor even under unconscious state.
This can be remedied by fast travelling to another bed far from where the dino are.


Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by xnavigator, Jul 26, 2006.
to run a software but with the interface hided..
I have tested "start /b file.exe" but it doesn't work..
I would try running it as a service.
I don't have admin access to use any2service..
Why are you editing the registry then.
I have develoed an application that insert a string to autostart in the registry..
You want to make a program run at startup without displaying an interface which I take to mean that you don't want the user to know it's running, and you're not an administrator on this computer.
Your motives are a bit suspicious. Unless you can explain exactly what you're trying to do and convince us that this is on the up-and-up, I'm going to request this thread be closed.
This software count the time that a pc is online ( use a internet connection )... and is show in the tray bar and so I want to hide the window..