Acute middle ear infections affect more than 700 million people each year, with children often experiencing the most recurrent and severe symptoms due to their underdeveloped physiology. By the age of three, 25-40 % of children have had at least three episodes of acute middle ear infection, which is commonly accompanied by excess fluids accumulating behind the tympanic membrane (eardrum) and prolonged inflammation in the ear. Improper treatment of these infections can lead to high levels of pain, temporary or permanent hearing loss, and speech delay in children.
Recurrent ear infections and persistent fluid in the tympanic cavity are currently treated via the placement of tympanostomy tubes (commonly known as "ear tubes") into the tympanic membrane that help equalize the pressure of and drain fluids from the middle ear. However, this approach suffers from frequent complications, including the progressive occlusion of the tympanostomy tubes' lumen by cellular debris, pathogenic bacterial films, ear wax, blood and pus. Occlusion of ear tubes prevents proper ventilation and drainage of fluids out of the middle ear. Furthermore, due to the various materials and design limitations of conventional ear tubes, efficient delivery of antibiotic solutions into the middle ear is hindered. In the longer-term, a sub-optimal tympanostomy tube design can result in either premature extrusion or failure to self-extrude, requiring further replacement or removal surgeries that must be performed under general or local anesthesia and potentially leading to permanent damage to the tympanic membrane.
To address this challenge, a team of materials scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) led by Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Joanna Aizenberg, Ph.D., and Technology Development Fellow Ida Pavlichenko, Ph.D., who spearheaded the project in Aizenberg's group, have developed a new type of customizable tympanostomy tube with rationally designed geometries fabricated using 3D printing and injection molding techniques.
By using proprietary liquid-infused medical-grade polymers that present a frictionless, antibiofouling lubricious layer, this next-generation tympanostomy tube dramatically reduces the adhesion of biofluids, as well as keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and common ear infection-causing bacterial strains by about 99% when compared with conventional tympanostomy tubes. Fluidic transport tests demonstrate a selective and controllable passage of water, antibiotic drops, and mucus through the lumen of the liquid-infused tympanostomy tubes that have dimensions similar to or even smaller than conventional tympanostomy tubes. These novel liquid-infused tympanostomy tubes will allow for a more effective resolution of infection and targeted drug delivery to treat a broad spectrum of ear and hearing disorders.
In collaboration with Dr. Aaron Remenschneider and Dr. Elliott Kozin at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, the team is currently performing highly promising preclinical studies in an established chinchilla model and is planning first-in-human clinical trials soon thereafter.


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Have you ever had a manager or business leader expect an 80% Forecast Accuracy?
Or, as part of your performance review had a supervisor explain that current forecasting performance is at 48% and the goal is 75%?
Has anyone in your business ever analyzed the historical sales patterns and the natural variability of your customer demand?
Did you know that the tendencies and variability of your demand is a key indicator of the accuracy and attainability of your forecast?
Although all businesses typically gauge supply chain success using Forecast Accuracy as one of the primary measurements, understanding what is really achievable is just as important as the current result. Forecastability is the term that describes the potential accuracy of your forecast. In other words, how hard or easy it would be to predict future demand based on the variation of your history. Why would anyone expect a forecast accuracy of 100% when the forecastability of the business is only 68%?
Many internal and external factors can impact the behavior and pattern of our historical demand. Customers can be unpredictable and not place orders as promised or expected. Internal supply chain issues, product availability or distribution challenges may impact our ability to fulfill demand. In addition, internal business decisions on whether to fulfill, or produce/purchase, to accommodate demand may also have an impact.
The historical demand variability (orders and/or shipments) of the business correlates with the maximum forecast potential. Calculating the Coefficient of Variation (CoV) will tell you the rate or percentage of demand variation. Once you know the CoV, subtract that from 100% to determine the forecastability.
CoV is defined as the ratio of the Standard Deviation (σ) to the Mean (μ). It measures the dispersion of the data points around the mean and helps show how much volatility (or uncertainty) your historical demand has.
Let's Look at a Real-Life Example!
This graph shows cleaned sales order data aggregated to a product family level for the last 12 months. The average order quantity across the last 12 months is 2,896,697 units. The standard deviation for the last 12 months is 565,278. Dividing 565,278 by the average gives us a CoV of 19.51%, meaning the variation at the product family level across 12 months is almost 20%. Therefore the maximum forecastability for this product family would be 80%.
In this example, expecting Forecast Accuracy for the product family or the products within the family to be better than 80% is not reasonable. There could be some products that are less variable and could achieve a higher accuracy rate, but overall most items and the maximum potential for the family itself is 80%.
Now, understanding the factors affecting the variability and being able to change them is a different story altogether.
For more information about CoV feel free to visit our website and webinar session titled "Variability Matters". The webinar explains methods for calculating CoV, comparing results, determining segmentation strategies and applying results to optimize business planning.
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Project teams will most likely succeed if they abandon adversarial relationships and create an environment of partnering and facilitation. High-performance partners are valuable and critical to success.
Effective partnerships are vital in today's project management environment! As we mentioned in the Preface, agility, speed to market, team complexity, diversity, globalization and other similar environmental factors dictate the need for a new paradigm involving the art of partnership.
In the past, adversarial relationships have been the rule, rather than the exception among project stakeholders. Being adversarial doesn't make sense, since this approach almost always defies the law of synergy on any project. High-performance partnerships, on the other hand, build synergy among stakeholder groups and create project success. In fact, we believe that promoting project synergy, affiliating with high-performing partners and "playing nice in the sandbox" will do more for the success of a project than all the creative management charts, graphs, estimates and paperwork project managers can assemble.
We have been involved in many projects in which high-performance partnerships were developed and nurtured, creating an environment in which success flourishes. With many of these projects we have seen the law of synergy at work. Truly, the success of a project team (the ability to balance the PSP) increases exponentially, depending on the synergy between stakeholders. Conversely, we believe success decreases exponentially in an adversarial or divisive environment.
One project with which we have been associated provides a good example of both sides of this diagram. We were recently asked to provide consulting services for a construction project in which each stakeholder had a personal agenda contrary to that of the others involved in the project. This conflict had festered into an adversarial relationship among stakeholders and had negatively impacted the success of the project. All measurements of progress showed that this was an unhealthy situation which stifled the economics of the project and nearly destroyed it entirely.
Team members reported that partnering efforts and performance were much better at the beginning of this project. Even though the stakeholders had had differing perspectives, there was a major effort by a few individuals to bring partners together and focus them on project goals. Although not perfect, the efforts of these team members appeared to unite the team, create synergy, and promote performance during the first phase of the project.
At the end of the first phase, some of the key people moved to other jobs and the partnership disintegrated. Divisiveness began to creep into all aspects of the project and its processes. Significant turf battles began during follow-on phases. Disagreements led to a serious lack of production and to great dissatisfaction on the part of all stakeholders. In trying to discover the crux of the problem, we found that partnering efforts and pursuit of common, earlier goals had been laid aside. Everyone was looking out for himself without caring about the effect this had on the common good.
In digging deeper into the causes we found some personality issues that were now impeding the project's progress. First, an engineer, who was working directly with the owner, held a very hard line on the specifications. While his intentions were good, he regularly required the contractor to adopt his interpretation of the specifications. Next, the project manager for the construction company seemed disengaged and didn't seem to care whether the contract requirements were met as specified. He appeared to try and get his subcontractors to complete work as quickly as possible and move on so no questions would be asked. The owner's facility manager liked to stir the pot, point fingers, create trouble, and then "save" the project by proposing solutions to the problems he created. He personally did not like the idea of the owner bringing an engineer from the "outside" to oversee a project in his building. We immediately saw these relationships as a recipe for disaster.
One pointed example of the conflicts on this project was an incident with the plumbing. The engineer explained to the contractor his expectations as to how the plumbing should be installed. The project manager disagreed with him and instructed his sub-contractors to install it according to his own interpretations. The facility manager visited the construction site, noticed what he perceived to be a problem and began pointing fingers at both the engineer and the project manager in an attempt to stir the pot. The engineer began beating the contractor with his interpretation of the specifications. The facility manager, in trying to "save" the project, called for total removal and re-installation of the plumbing. The project manager refused to do anything.
The three personalities could not come to a resolution of this problem. The disagreement finally escalated into a serious contract issue over which all three were doggedly adversarial and willing to let the project fail.
As difficult as this was, it was just one example of the many issues that created an adversarial relationship among these stakeholders. Finally, the unsolved issues piled up to the point that the project sponsors were ready to abandon the effort. Sheer unwillingness of stakeholders had created a path to failure. In fact, it was difficult to see how these same personalities had experienced success during the earlier phase.
As a consulting firm, we immediately went to work providing partnering and team-building sessions, along with advice on how to correct the problems. These helped, but didn't provide the total impact we had hoped. Finally, the solution we proposed was to bring in a new team member with great partnering skills who could cultivate the partnership efforts necessary to save the project.
We also recommended some operational changes to assist this new team member. The impact was not immediate, but these personnel and the operational changes slowly began to improve the situation. The divisiveness began to give way to partnership, synergy and success as the project progressed with this new structure. Issues like the plumbing problem mentioned above began to melt away.
In looking back at this situation, we asked ourselves how these problems could have been avoided in the first place. How do project managers and teams create and maintain the positive synergy that must exist if a project is to be successful?
We believe that synergy and success are developed among stakeholders when three conditions are met. First, the adversarial relationships of the past must be abandoned and performance-based partnerships created. Second, partnerships must generate innovative processes to bring life and meaning into the project. Finally, partners must promote positive communication in all their interactions throughout the project.


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Do I have to improve my English first before starting?
Or to start and enjoy this passion (to teach Arabic to people) to improve my English? will people be flexible with my mistakes?
I expect that your English is good enough.
There are Youtube videos about how to teach English as a forign language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doay07SePZk was top of the list.
Often English is taught without being able to teach the local language.
Also try using music. You will probably almost know some English songs. Try singing them as this is the fastest way to get it into your head. I particularly suggest the 80's Eurithmics. Very clear use of English and proper scentences.
10 days and still not looked at by the moderator?
Hello, Arabic is also the language I grew up with.


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The Addams Family Director Reveals Tim Burton Turned It Down First
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Tim Burton and The Addams Family are a match made in stylistic and aesthetic heaven, which is why nobody was surprised in the slightest when the filmmaker was announced to be developing a Netflix show based on the property, which has since been confirmed as high school murder mystery Wednesday.
The spooky and kooky clan got their first live-action feature film back in 1991, when Burton was hot off the success of reinventing blockbuster cinema as we know it with Batman. He was the first name on everybody's lips when the project was initially revealed to be in development, but Barry Sonnenfeld ended up landing the gig.
However, it turns out that the future Men in Black director only wound up helming The Addams Family because both Burton and Terry Gilliam had turned it down, as he revealed in a 30th anniversary retrospective with Variety.
"I will tell you that there were two other directors approached, Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, and they're both really good choices. But they both turned it down, so that's how I ended up getting it. Producer Scott Rudin thought he wanted a visual stylist, not just a comedy director. He thought, 'If I can't get Tim or I can't get Terry, I'll get someone with a strong visual sense'."
Sonnenfeld's film turned out to be a major box office success after earning $191 million at the box office on a $30 million budget, and it endures as a beloved favorite three decades on. Burton's Wednesday is currently shooting as we speak, so it eventually worked out for both filmmakers in the long run, even if it took much longer than expected for the Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands architect to get his shot at the franchise.

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How does volcano risk differ from other natural disasters?
What are some of the differences in insurance among volcanoes and other catastrophic events, such as hurricanes and floods?
Important progress has been made in establishing a precedent for casualty insurance-linked securities transactions in the last several years, but there is still significant work to do.
This paper, the first in a three-part series, provides an overview of non-NatCat insurance-linked securities.
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance markets are positioned to step in and provide perhaps the largest series of storm-related payouts in history.
It is worth considering what impacts Hurricane Matthew may have on the insurance-linked securities market and on alternative capital investors more generally.
Growth in insurance-linked securities has increasingly come from private transactions that closely resemble traditional reinsurance business, but these contracts and structures can be more difficult to value.
Collateralized reinsurance has become an essential tool for catastrophe-focused investment managers (insurance-linked securities managers).
In 2015, we saw an evolution in the reserve financing structures to comply with Actuarial Guideline XLVIII (AG48), and we saw more uniformity in regulatory approvals for such AG48 financings than ever before.
The insurance-linked securities market is starting to focus on bringing new types of risk and new sponsors.
Aaron Koch sits down with captive.com for a discussion on insurance-linked securities.
Catastrophe risk markets can create a broader range of investment opportunities, including both very low risk, highly rated catastrophe instruments as well as low-rated, higher-yielding instruments, through the use of collateralized debt obligations.
The reserve financing marketplace has evolved in response to changing market conditions since the market started over 10 years ago, and 2015 will be a watershed year.
Health insurers are starting to look beyond traditional reinsurance and are examining the value of other risk-spreading tools.
The rise of collateralized reinsurance and what it means for the future of insurance-linked securities.
Recent developments in the life insurance-linked securities market and a look ahead to the rest of 2014.
Catastrophe models are a great way to understand natural peril risk, but no model is perfect.


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1) Mukesh Ambani; US$23.6 billion 2) Dilip Shanghvi; $18 billion 3) Azim Premji; $16.4 billion 4) Pallonji Mistry; $15.9 billion 5) Lakshmi Mittal; $15.8 billion 6) Hinduja brothers; $13.3 billion 7) Shiv Nadar; $12.5 billion 8) Godrej family; $11.6 billion 9) Kumar Birla; $9.2 billion 10) Sunil Mittal; $7.8 billion Read More..


This eleventh edition of the ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard again benchmarks state progress on efficiency policies and programs that save energy while benefiting the environment and promoting growth. We use data vetted by state energy officials to rank states in six categories—utility programs, transportation, building energy codes, combined heat and power, state initiatives, and appliance standards.Top finishers in this year's Scorecard include Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Oregon. The most-improved states are Idaho, Florida, and Virginia. The Scorecard shows that energy efficiency is a key resource in these states and others, with utilities spending approximately $7.6 billion in 2016 for efficiency programs nationwide and saving 25.4 million MWh of electricity.


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Tis the season to plant a garden, and today I helped my mom do just that. Over the past week, I've helped her unload bags of garden soil and get the rototiller started, but she's done most of the work. Today, we planted green beans, tomatoes, green peppers, cabbage, zucchini, spinach, cucumbers, and marigolds (to keep the rabbits away). Hopefully it turns out better than last year. She even took it one step further to keep the little critters out. She sprayed coyote urine around perimeter of the garden, which is apparently supposed to deter a rabbit invasion.
Update later!
Green beans, tomatoes, and marigolds
Green peppers, cabbage, spinach, zucchini, and cucumbers
P.S. That random cinder block? It's to stop the water dripping from the barn gutter from making a giant puddle.
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The first IBS 600yd match in April is on what date? The IBS schedule read's April 26th. Your posting in the match results section, say's the first weekend in April which is the 5th and 6th. let us know so that we can cancel hotel rooms already booked for the weekend of the 26th.
The normal IBS matches in Oak Ridge are on the fourth Saturday of the month starting in April. If I wrote the wrong date - my apologies. I been suffering from the flu/virus/whatever for about six weeks now and my mind is not always where it should be. See you on the fourth Saturday of April.
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US technology industry likely to witness surge in demand for EB-5 visas as tech layoffs spread
A significant number of those fired from companies such as Twitter, Amazon and Meta include Indian workers on an H1-B work permit who have up to 60 days to find another job or move to a new visa category. Immigration firms said in the last two months there had been a surge in interest around the EB-5 visa from Indians living in the United States as well as in India.
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The recent spate of layoffs in the US technology industry is likely to result in increased demand for EB-5 investment visas among Indians, immigration experts said.
A significant number of those fired from companies such as Twitter, Amazon and Meta include Indian workers on an H1-B work permit who have up to 60 days to find another job or move to a new visa category.
Immigration firms said in the last two months there had been a surge in interest around the EB-5 visa from Indians living in the United States as well as in India.
"This surge is being driven by multiple factors, including a feature in the new EB-5 law that allows Indians to file for adjustment of status (I-485) concurrently with EB-5, which makes it possible for them to stay in the US without returning to their home country," said Peter Calabrese, CEO of CanAm Investor Services.
This is important in the current context for Indians already in the United States as they can legally stay on without a job once their residency applications (I-485) have been filed.
According to some estimates, companies have cut over 88,000 tech jobs in the US in the last few months, with about a third of these estimated to be immigrants on work permits.
Given the current economic environment, experts said the chances of immediately finding another job to secure the visa status may not be easy.
US visitor B1 & B2 visa interview period increases to 999 days in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Hyderabad
While visa applications are almost back to pre-Covid numbers, staffing at US missions in India to process the same are likely to get back that level only in about nine months or by late next summer.
The EB-5 visa provides two routes to investment, either through direct investment or through the regional centre program, which was reauthorised by the US government earlier this year.
As per the new provisions, applicants need to invest USD 800,000 if it is a project located in a rural area or a qualified high-unemployment zone or is an infrastructure project. If an applicant seeks permanent residency soon after submitting his EB5 application, the process is likely to take only a few years as against the normal route where current wait times for Indian applicants run into decades on account of the high numbers and country quotas.
"This is a huge benefit to H-1B and F-1 visa holders as, thanks to concurrent filing of EB-5 along with adjustment of status, they are able to receive interim benefits of work and travel authorisation in about three-six months which amounts to having a quasi-green card while the EB-5 is pending. This is an almost immediate benefit from the USD 800,000 investment," said Vivek Tandon, CEO, EB5 BRICS, an EB5 consultancy.
Early inquiries had started trickling in even before the layoffs were announced, said Abhinav Lohia, Director - Global Business Development, Golden Gate Global, an EB5 investment firm.
This was in part due to the pent-up demand as the programme had been on hold for almost a year. "I'll say the techies felt the tremors before it hit the news," he said. "There has been a surge in the last couple of months from H1-B and L-1 visa holders, and it's a lot more now."
The other reason why this option has become attractive is that it allows applicants to start their own venture, which wasn't possible under the existing work permit provisions.
Over the last few years, Indians have emerged as the top applicants under this programme, alongside China and Vietnam.
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va ser una actriu estatunidenca d'origen hongarès.

Biografia
Nascuda a Budapest, en una família jueva de classe mitjana hongaresa, és més coneguda pel seu paper de Lisa Douglas, l'esposa del personatge d'Eddie Albert: Oliver Wendell Douglas, a la sèrie Green Acres. Les seves dues germanes, Zsa Zsa Gabor i Magda Gabor, també eren actrius. Totes tres també són conegudes pels seus nombrosos matrimonis i divorcis.

El 1939, es va casar amb Eric Drimmer, un metge suec, després es va divorciar el 1942. L'any següent, es va tornar a casar amb Charles Isaacs i es va divorciar el 1950. De 1956 a 1957, es va casar amb John Williams, un cirurgià estètic nord-americà. El 1959 es va casar amb Richard Brown i es va divorciar el 1972. Més tard es va tornar a casar el 1973 amb Frank Gard Jameson i finalment es va divorciar el 1983.

A la dècada de 1970, Walt Disney Pictures va demanar a Eva Gabor que interpretés personatges amb accent europeu, com ara Duchess a Els Aristogats (1970), després Miss Bianca a Els rescatadors (1977). Amb aquesta pel·lícula, coprotagonitza amb Bob Newhart, la veu de Bernard i protagonista de la sèrie . La parella Newhart-Gabor va assegurar l'èxit de la pel·lícula quan es va estrenar el 22 de juny de 1977 amb més de 48 milions de dòlars d'ingressos per un pressupost de 7,5 milions de dòlars.

El 1990, va reprendre el paper de Miss Bianca a Bernard i Bianca al país dels cangurs, la seva última participació cinematogràfica.

Eva Gabor va morir el 4 de juliol de 1995, als 76 anys, d'insuficiència respiratòria i pneumònia, a Los Angeles (Califòrnia), arran d'un accident en què va perdre l'equilibri i va caure a la banyera de la Ciutat de Mèxic, on passava les vacances. Està enterrada al , Westwood, Califòrnia. Està enterrada no gaire lluny d'Eddie Albert, el seu company a Green Acres, que va morir el 26 de maig de 2005, als 99 anys.

Filmografia

Cinema
 1941: Forced Landing: Johanna Van Deuren
 1941: Nova York
 1941: Pacific Blackout: Marie Duval
 1942: In the Land of Rhythm, de George Marshall
 1945: A Royal Scandal Comtessa Demidow
 1946: The Wife of Monte Cristo: M Lucille Maillard
 1949: Song of Surrender, de Mitchell Leisen: Comtessa Marina
 1952: Love Island: Sarna
 1953: Paris Model: Gogo Montaine
 1954: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl: Judith Duvall, una esclava
 1954: The Mad Magician de John Brahm: Claire Ormond
 1954: L'última vegada que vaig veure París (The Last Time I Saw Paris), de Richard Brooks: Sra. Lorraine Quarl
 1955: Artists and Models, de Frank Tashlin: Sonia / Senyora Curtis
 1957: My Man Godfrey, de Henry Koster: Francesca
 1957: The Truth About Women de Muriel Box: Luisa
 1957: Don't Go Near the Water: Deborah Aldrich
 1958: Gigi, de Vincente Minnelli: Liane d'Exelmans
 1959: It Started with a Kiss: Marquesa de la Rey
 1963: Samantha (A New Kind of Love), de Melville Shavelson: Félicienne Courbeau
 1964: Una dona espera (Youngblood Hawke): Fannie Prince
 1970: Els Aristogats  (The AristoCats): Duquessa (veu)
 1977: Els rescatadors: Bianca (veu)
 1979: Nutcracker Fantasy de Takeo Nakamura: Queen of Time (veu)
 1987: The Princess Academy: Comtessa Von Pupsin
 1990: The Rescuers Down Under: Bianca (veu)
 1994: Un noi anomenat North (North): Bianca (veu)

Televisió
 1963: : comtessa Czigoina
 1965:
 1969: : baronessa Marlene
 1978: Almost Heaven: Lídia
 1981:
 1985: : Maria Talbot
 1990: : Lisa Douglas, nascuda Gronyitz

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Morts d'insuficiència respiratòria
Morts a Los Angeles
Morts de pneumònia
Persones de Budapest
Socialites estatunidencs
Socialites europeus

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In 30s of the last century a great many liberals, including folk song icon Pete Seeger, flirted seriously with Communism. Indeed, Seeger was a member of the Communist Party, as were a great many liberal thinkers at the time. For one thing, the ideals of Communism resembled in a great many ways the ideals of Christianity with which many in the West were familiar– if not enamored. It espoused strong communities, the eradication of exploitation of the poor by the wealthy, and the equal distribution of all property, including wealth. It also embraced the notion that we should all care about our fellow humans. In any event, as I noted, a great many liberals embraced the ideals of Communism though most of them later became disenchanted when the reality of Communism began to stare them in the face. At the time it seemed an obvious alternative to hated Fascism and some, like George Orwell went so far as to join the anarchists on the side of Communism in Spain fighting against Franco and Fascism. The term "anarchist" denotes the confusion on the Spanish left as it included both socialists and Communists all in the name of "Nationalism." But they were united in their hatred of Fascism.
Orwell, author of the recently best-selling 1984 (thanks to the election Donald Trump in America) wrote a journal describing the gradual awakening to the horrors of Communism that took place on the part of a young, idealistic reporter who went to Spain to write about the war and ended up joining the anarchists. His journal is titled Homage To Catalonia and it describes in painful detail the story of a young idealist waking up to the harsh reality that those in power, even those one admires and who seemingly embrace the same ideals as oneself, succumb to the temptations of power and wealth and behave just as badly as those against whom you are risking your life — perhaps worse, since they join hypocrisy to their other flaws.. Orwell was seriously wounded in battle against Fascism and nearly lost his life. He spent the rest of his days fighting a verbal game against the totalitarianism he saw up close.
Lionel Trilling wrote a paper in 1952 extolling the virtues of a virtuous man, as he considered Orwell. Not a great man, but a virtuous man, one who embraced the Victorian notion of "my station and its duties." This was a man who walked the walk and who had no patience whatever with closet liberals who talk the talk but become lost in abstractions and find themselves lame when it comes to standing up to the sort of reality he saw up close. He was, above all else, honest to a fault. He was an advocate of democratic socialism though he saw clearly that democracy is also flawed; it has
". . .told us that genius is available to anyone, that the grace of ultimate prestige may be had by anyone, that we may all be princes and potentates, or saints and visionaries and holy martyrs, of the heart and mind. "
In a word, it tends toward mediocrity, a leveling down of human aspirations to the gathering of wealth and the having of as much as our neighbor, the refusal to allow that there is greatness in the world, that some are actually better persons than others, that failure can be an important lesson learned. So says, Lionel Trilling. But he echoes the convictions of George Orwell who embraced democracy for all its faults — perhaps because, as Winston Churchill said, it is the worst form of government except for all the others. Heaven knows, Orwell saw the "others" up close — at least in their twentieth century guise. And he saw that the best government is the one that empowers the greatest number of people and in socialism he saw that restrictions were necessary to prevent the accumulation of great wealth in the hands of the few who have no idea how to manage the power it delivers to them. These things Orwell saw up close and in person. It almost cost him his life, but he lived to warn us all to be suspicious and not fall for the empty promises of ideologues and the pretty speeches of politicians whose only interest is their own welfare. And above all else, he urged us to become engaged in the world in order to preserve our precious human freedom.
Homage to Catalonia is well worth reading if only to see how painful it was for this one man to have his eyes opened to the realities of a world gone mad, a world in which even those who seemingly embrace the highest ideals also easily succumb to the temptations of power and the desire for great wealth. He worried above all else that we would be lulled to sleep by mindless diversions and political apathy
"…sleeping the deep, deep sleep . . ., from which I sometimes fear that we shall never wake until we are jerked out of it by the roar of bombs."
Tagged: communism, Fascism, George Orwell, Lionel Trilling, Pete Seeger, socialism, Spain, Winston Churchill
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Cuba is another example of how the best intentions are upended once people achieve power. Castro and Guevara led a violent albeit justified Communist revolution against a repressive, right-wing government. Guevara ultimately began ordering indiscriminate executions, and Castro turned into one of the world's most repressive dictators.
Gandhi and King had it right, both "virtuous men" who walked the walk (literally). With Trump and the current right-wing cabal, we should all be taking to the streets, but I fear too many of us have been "lulled to sleep" by diversions and apathy ("Hey, look at my selfie, everyone!").
Good example, and yes, Gandhi and King had it right. I do wonder how Gandhi would have behaved if he weren't dealing with England but, rather, Germany?
I agree, that would have been some moral dilemma. Even in the jaws of a monster, I think Gandhi would have kept his ideals, though I can't speak for him.
Hugh, good post and comments. One of my favorite lines of Seeger's is when he testified in front of Senator McCarthy and said something like so what of I am a communist, our constitution gives me the right to be. Communism is also imperfect, but was tainted as an evil sin, so much that we fought on the wrong side in the Vietnam war supporting a very corrupt government because of it. Defeating communism was the main reason American soldiers had to die.
I am all for democracy, but it requires we do our part – like being as learned and participatory as possible. We have not been up to the task, so we have a so-called leader who is trying to diminish both through demonizing the real media, supporting propaganda and trying to squelch the vote. A key strategy for his election win was to get people who may have supported the Dem candidate not to vote.
The other thing we need to think about is America is not just a capitalistic economy. We have some socialistic underpinnings, that are getting attacked – Medicaid, Food Stamps, Medicare, Social Security, insider trading rules, bankruptcy rules, etc. If it were not for bankruptcy court, the President would have run out of money for poor decision-making and market conditions a long time ago.
Before we think of where we need to go, we need to know who we are. I don't think enough people know that. Keith
Good comments. Indeed we are not a laissez-faire capitalistic society (thank goodness!) Thanks to FDR and others, there are a number of socialistic measures, though there are those who would trash many of them despite the fact that they do tend to help a great many people. Well said!
Thanks. In fact, Ronald Reagan recorded an album to protest the consideration of Medicare and Medicaid in the early 1960s. Where would people be today without these programs?
jilldennison says:
Excellent post, Hugh. And Keith's comments say it all, so I will only add that as long as greed and arrogance are a part of human nature, we can never have a perfect, or perhaps even a very good, system of government for long. It took me decades to realize this, probably because I really didn't want it to be so. We strive toward equality for all, and must keep doing so (yes, I lean very much toward socialism), but we will never reach the goal. Thanks for this thought-provoking post!
April 10, 2018 at 8:00
We are told that the happiest people on earth these days live in countries that combine democracy with socialism.
John Fioravanti says:
Good post, Hugh. Some say that Communism has failed. Lenin's right-wing interpretation has certainly failed. I think that it hasn't – because it has never really been implemented the way Marx and Engels envisioned it. All the features of communism that you identified are not present in 20th Century communist regimes. Instead, the people of those countries got right-wing totalitarian government that outlawed capitalism but did not spread the economic wealth evenly. Those regimes were dictatorial and oppressive. No self-respecting liberal thinker could support that brand of communism.
Indeed. That was what Orwell saw up close in Spain. The reality was totally different from the ideal! Communism in principle does not entail totalitarianism!
Exactly, Hugh. Marx's communism has never been tried.
Marx was a much better ethicist than an economist!
Well I wrote a comment offline while in the kitchen with 8 others, and 3 or more were usually chattering at once. Now I am online, in a quiet space, and the comment has vaporized!!!! When that happens, I sometimes wonder if it's because — perhaps === I should not be stating what I intended to state!
It involved freedom of speech, or lack of freedom of speech and comparing a few examples from personal history as well as the current 'gag' on assange.. i've not checked in the past week to see if anything has changed there.
Thank you for the review, and when I am in the USA I suspect that will be another book to tuck into my luggage!
Many thanks for the visit and the comment. I do hope you enjoy the book — and that you have time to read some of it!!
When I open a book, I start with the opening pages, admire the page design, the credits, the title page, opening lines, — every single nuance, and I basically become 'worthless' until I finish the book! Books are my biggest 'vice' if one could call reading a vice, but I absolutely positively love books! thank you again, Hugh.
I do hope you like this one. Let me know what you think. I expect you will like the cover.
I'm ashamed to say 'The Road to Wigan Pier' is two-thirds-unread on my shelf. Today, as I take no joy in any of our local election results (local council seats, not members of Parliament) and have over the last few months begun to stop thinking about democracy, I shall go out and buy 'Homage to Catalonia' from my local independent bookshop.
(I hope my letter has arrived at your publisher, talking of buying books…)
It did and the book has been sent. Let me now when it arrives, if you would!
It arrived yesterday- and I feel so guilty, the postage! But I'm looking forward to dipping in and out – it's beside my bed. Congratulations, again. I hope the sales are picking up (and mostly coming from the USA, or the publisher will soon be out of pocket).
I'm happy the book arrived. It was spendy! But it's important that it be in the hands of those who will appreciate it! Sad to say, sales are languishing….if they ever did much else! So it goes. Many thanks.


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Jewish Unity
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The Holy Temple
Home » Jewish Holidays » Tisha B'Av
The "Three Weeks" between the fast days of 17th of Tammuz (June 27, 2021) and Tisha B'Av (July 18, 2021) have historically been days of misfortune and calamity for the Jewish people, in which God is so to speak more distant from His people.
On the 17th of Tammuz Moses broke the Tablets after the Sin of the Golden Calf, and the Roman breached the walls of Jerusalem, among other tragedies. On the 9th of Av, the nation of the Exodus cried as a result of the negative report of the Spies, and both Temples were destroyed, among other tragedies.
We observe various aspects of mourning during this time, such as not celebrating weddings or cutting our hair. The mourning becomes more intense as it gets closer to Tisha B'Av. read more »
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RNB Singer Ciara and her new boo Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went to Seattle Children's Hospital to spread some love to the kids and familys that have loved there. The couple looked really happy together. The slim beauty was recently named the face of Roberto Cavalli and is approaching the end of the North American leg of her Jackie Tour. More pics below.
Notice the hand holding on the left. Ciara and Russell seem to be pretty happy together.
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#include <aws/core/utils/HashingUtils.h>
#include <aws/core/Globals.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/EnumParseOverflowContainer.h>

using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
  namespace CloudFormation
  {
    namespace Model
    {
      namespace CapabilityMapper
      {

        static const int CAPABILITY_IAM_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("CAPABILITY_IAM");
        static const int CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM");

        Capability GetCapabilityForName(const Aws::String& name)
        {
          int hashCode = HashingUtils::HashString(name.c_str());
          if (hashCode == CAPABILITY_IAM_HASH)
          {
            return Capability::CAPABILITY_IAM;
          }
          else if (hashCode == CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM_HASH)
          {
            return Capability::CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM;
          }
          EnumParseOverflowContainer* overflowContainer = Aws::GetEnumOverflowContainer();
          if(overflowContainer)
          {
            overflowContainer->StoreOverflow(hashCode, name);
            return static_cast<Capability>(hashCode);
          }

          return Capability::NOT_SET;
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        Aws::String GetNameForCapability(Capability enumValue)
        {
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          {
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            return "CAPABILITY_IAM";
          case Capability::CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM:
            return "CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM";
          default:
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            if(overflowContainer)
            {
              return overflowContainer->RetrieveOverflow(static_cast<int>(enumValue));
            }

            return "";
          }
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      } // namespace CapabilityMapper
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Youth Programming Resources
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Abuse Prevention Resources For YMCA Youth Programming
We created this resource page for YMCAs to help you create and maintain the safest environment possible in your youth programs. The resources available here will help you efficiently train you and your staff, execute strong monitoring and supervision practices, and access additional materials you may need. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at capinfo@praesidiuminc.com
- The Praesidium Team
Tools & Resources for Ys
A complete list of all Praesidium resources available to YMCAs
Front Line Staff Training
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Praesidium's Top 10 Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Essentials for Youth Programming
Download and review these recommendations for providing safe, youth programming.
Youth Programming Top 10 Essentials - Assessment
Praesidium and the YMCA Guardian Group collaborated to create an assessment that may be used to evaluate your Y's youth programs based on the Top 10 Essentials for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention.
Facility Monitoring Checklist
The most incidents of sexual behavior occur in private, the extent to which privacy is managed, the risk is managed. In order to ensure that all of the locations are properly and consistently monitored, designate a staff member to complete a site inspection checklist. Start with this sample and edit as necessary.
All staff should receive your Code of Conduct with Youth. We've provided a sample that outlines specific expectations of the staff and volunteers. Click the button below to automatically begin the download
of the word document.
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YMCA Model Abuse Prevention Policies
As a YMCA you have access to model policies that set the stage for safe environments by defining acceptable and unacceptable employee and volunteer conduct. Policies also facilitate effective monitoring and supervision by helping others to recognize and take action when they see policy violations.
Praesidium's YMCA Helpline
Download this flyer and place in easily accessible areas for staff and volunteers. The download describes how to make an anonymous call to the Y Helpline for confidential, expert consultation for abuse prevention questions and issues.
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Praesidium's APC Quick Check for Ys
This quick check is designed to help reduce an offender's opportunity to gain access, privacy, and control at your Y. It can also be used to identify situations where one youth could be alone with another youth in the Y facility.
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Many Ys are wondering how to handle questions from staff and/or parents about staff providing in-home babysitting services while programs are shuttered. Praesidium has developed this resource to address those questions.
As online interaction increases between personnel and youth, it is important that the correct policies and procedures are in place. Please follow the provided guidelines based on your electronic communication policy and review these tips.
Best Practices for Third Parties
Working with third parties and facility rentals present abuse risk management challenges. When possible, there are several things to include in your organizations contracts. Consider integrating the items listed in the download into written agreements and evaluate whether your organization can.
Providing parents with resources on how to talk to their youth about abuse is always a great practice. View the link to the right that includes a breakdown of resources based on the youths' age.
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During unprecedented times, the Y continues to commendably serve youth in programming. It is important for supervisors to support their staff as they navigate these changes and challenges. Consider these steps on how to effectively support your staff.
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Who is Praesidium?
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If you're not sure what your next step is to preventing abuse, contact us today.
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BizTalk Server 2000 Implemented at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance To Orchestrate Its First Web Services Application
January 14, 2002	 |
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 14, 2002 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Ltd., the leading provider of asset-based lending in the United Kingdom, has chosen Microsoft®
BizTalk (TM) Server 2000 to orchestrate the company's first Web services application, FirstCheck. FirstCheck is an extensive online credit reference solution that allows Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance clients to check the credit rating and payment performance of potential customers and partners within a secure environment. It enables the clients to receive credit information within minutes and allows them to enter into good financial agreements more quickly and avoid risky ones.
"We see Web services changing the way that Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance does business," said Martin Walmsley, e-business development manager at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance. "The FirstCheck solution is our first Web services application, and we couldn't be more pleased with its performance. BizTalk Server enabled us to create the FirstCheck solution quickly and easily. Now, not only are we able to give our customers real-time credit references, we are also lowering our costs for these credit checks, as well as providing a service that has already begun to increase our customer base. Our initial experience with BizTalk Server has encouraged us to look into using BizTalk Server to orchestrate other Web services applications in the future."
Before Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance created its FirstCheck solution, it processed all credit reference requests by phone and fax. This made for a sometimes lengthy credit-check process. Now, FirstCheck clients enter a credit check request online, and the request is delivered via XML to BizTalk Server. BizTalk Server sends a search request through Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance's Microsoft SQL Server (TM) to find the credit information stored in its giant database of client credit information. The results are then returned in XML almost instantaneously to the customer making the request.
Because of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance's innovative work with BizTalk Server 2000, it was named BizTalk Server Customer of the Month for December. This award is presented to key customers to recognize new and innovative solutions utilizing BizTalk Server.
"Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance's BizTalk Server solution is incredibly innovative. It is a great example of using BizTalk Server to orchestrate Web services," said Dave Wascha, product manager of BizTalk Server 2000 at Microsoft. "With the help of BizTalk Server, it has automated the process of receiving credit-check requests and sending back credit information, which has allowed it to decrease the amount of time spent on credit checks and helps ensure accurate and timely information for its clients."
Using XML, SOAP and other core Internet transports and protocols, BizTalk Server 2000 unites enterprise application integration, B2B and business process management technology in a single product to allow companies to easily orchestrate Web services and rapidly build dynamic business processes that span applications, platforms and businesses.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software — any time, any place and on any device.
Microsoft and BizTalk are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.


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Éric Forest, né le  à Bonaventure, est un homme d'affaires et homme politique québécois. Maire de Rimouski de 2005 à 2016, il est sénateur du Golfe depuis le .

Biographie

En 1977, il obtient un baccalauréat en récréologie de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. À ses débuts en politique, il s'implique au sein de la municipalité de Pointe-au-Père. Il est conseiller municipal de 1980-1981 puis maire de 1981-1982. De 1982 à 1986, il est directeur général de l'Office du tourisme et des congrès de Rimouski. Il est ensuite directeur d'un concessionnaire Chevrolet jusqu'en 1995. Il est conseiller municipal à Rimouski de 1994 à 2005. De 1995 à 2005, il est à la tête de l'organisation de l'équipe de hockey sur glace de l'Océanic de Rimouski. Lors des élections municipales québécoises de 2005, il est élu maire de la ville de Rimouski avec près de 70 % des voix, puis réélu en 2009 et 2013 avec de très fortes majorités. De 2010 à 2014, il est président de l'Union des municipalités du Québec. Le , Justin Trudeau, premier ministre du Canada, annonce sa nomination à titre de sénateur.

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Naissance en avril 1952
Naissance à Bonaventure
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The intermedial architectural sound installation Ways of Space (2019) by architect Machiel Spaan and composer Rozalie Hirs was developed in close collaboration during their artist-in-residence at Van Doesburg House, Meudon, France, from September through December 2019. The work is inspired by the concept of the "open floorplan" (Dutch: open plattegrond) Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931) developed for his architectural work, including his own residence at rue Infroît, Meudon, France. In addition, the colors of Theo Van Doesburg and his De Stijl contemporaries inspired Hirs towards new musical harmonies.
It is the third collaborative architectural sound art project by Spaan and Hirs, after Curvices (2013-present), and The Listening House (2017-present). The residency is supported by Mondriaanfonds, Theo Van Doesburg House, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie, and STEIM.
The above photograph by Allard van der Hoek was made on 27 Februari 2020 during the exhibition of Ways of Space (2019) in Van Doesburg Rinsemahuis, Museum Drachten, Friesland, The Netherlands.
Friso Wijnen: Open Saturdays – events in sound, space, and time. Ways of Space
From September until December 2019 Rozalie Hirs and Machiel Spaan are artists-in-residence at the Van Doesburg House. During their stay they will develop Ways of Space, a new architecture sound installation which they will present on Saturday 2 November, at 16.00 hours. Alongside their artistic research, Rozalie and Machiel initiate, curate and organize live events during five Open Saturdays (7 September, 21 September, 5 October, 2 November, and 7 December 2019). These events serve as an inspiration, workshop and stage for Ways of Space. Each event is concluded with a discussion of all participating artists with the public.
FW: Why a joint residence in Van Doesburg studio-house?
MS & RH: We worked together on a project twice before. Ways of Space (2019), executed in Van Doesburg house, forms a triptych with Curvices (2013) and The Listening House (2017). In each of these projects we investigate the trinity sound / tone / music as part of the spatial experience on different scales. Curvices examines the relationship between sound and movement within the landscape and urban space. At The Listening House the relationship between sound and the architectural sculpture in intimate space is the core. Ways of Space takes a closer look at the architectural space, in particular the space of Van Doesburg house.
FW: To what extent have your expectations come true?
MS & RH: The collaboration led to our third project: Ways of Space which would not have been created at all, or in this form, without our stay in the studio-house. We investigated the concept of the so-called open floor plan, as conceived by Van Doesburg, and the color plan of the house as inspiration for this new sound installation. During our residence, Machiel made a thorough inventory of all yellow, red, blue and gray color shades that co-shape both the interior and the exterior of the house. Machiel represented the results of this research by means of a graphic color plan, which Rozalie in turn translated into frequencies and harmonies for the new electronic music composition.
FW: Theo van Doesburg was a multidisciplinary artist. You design architecture, write poetry and make music. How do you feel affiliated with Van Doesburg?
MS & RH: We look around us and let ourselves be inspired by everything we see and hear. The architectural space, the visual arts, the colors and sounds of, in and around the house. So many ideas and opportunities in which we like to immerse ourselves.
FW: During your residency you organized a series of public activities. What did it bring you?
MS & RH: The Van Doesburg house is stubborn. It literally takes time to make it your own and to live there. The Open Saturdays public events have revealed the "true nature" of the studio-house. In our opinion, the house is at its best when you gather with several people, receiving guests, friends and an audience and to listen to a performance, concert or lecture, together with an exhibition in the studio or a dinner at the concrete table. The house primarily appears to be designed for performances, the exchange of ideas and conversations about the arts. Inspiration and friendship.
FW: What was your favourite place in the house?
MS & RH: During the four months we stayed here, the seasons changed from summer to fall and winter. Every month we experienced the house differently. In September we mainly lived downstairs in the garden and in the kitchen, in October in the studio and in the cold and wet November we stayed in the intermediate rooms with the two large doors closed. Our favourite spot though was the studio, where interaction takes place between the various disciplines and between residents, visitors and guests. The studio always takes on different capacities; this multitude of forms we found unique. At the same time the studio was a music theater, poetry stage, vestibule, music studio, dining room, salon, glass house …
FW: What do you take back to the Netherlands in terms of ideas and work?
MS & RH: The sound sculpture Ways of Space, inspired by the colors of Van Doesburg house, will be shown at other locations, such as the Museum Van Doesburg Rinsemahuis in Drachten (3 February – 30 March 2020), the Van Eesteren Museum in Amsterdam (1 -15 April 2020) and STEIM in Amsterdam (summer 2020). And in 2021 most likely in Aubette in Strasbourg, a design by Theo van Doesburg, Hans Arp en Sophie Taeuber-Arp. As such, a work inspired by the colors and ideas by Van Doesburg will travel along several Van Doesburgs.
The residency by Rozalie Hirs and Machiel Spaan was made possible by the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Creative Industries Fund NL.
Interview with Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs by Friso Wijnen
Website Van Doesburghuis, september 2019
a special thank you to
Ways of Space (2019) was made possible through the financial support of Mondriaan Fonds, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie, STEIM, and M3H architecten. Ways of Space (2019) is exhibited at Van Doesburghuis (November-September 2019), Meudon, France; Van Doesburg-Rinsemahuis, Drachten, Friesland, The Netherlands (February-March 2020); Van Eesteren Museum, Amsterdam (April 2020); Studio Nine Dots, Amsterdam (August 2020), and STEIM, Amsterdam (November 2020).
26 November 2020, STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
27 August 2020, Studio Nine Dots, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2-19 April 2020, Van Eesteren Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ***POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC***
7 Februari – 15 Maart 2020, Van Doesburg-Rinsemahuis, Museum Drachten, Drachten, The Netherlands
3 February 2020, Van Doesburg-Rinsemahuis, Museum Drachten, Drachten, The Netherlands (opening lecture)
2 November – 7 December 2019 Van Doesburghuis, Meudon, France.
The above photgraph (©2019 Jean-Michel Bale) shows Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs during their presentation of Ways of Space (2019) at the Van Doesburghuis, Meudon, France. The presentation was part of their 'Open Saturday IV' on 2 November 2019.
Machiel SpaanMuseum DrachtenVan DoesburghuisVan Eesteren MuseumWays of Space
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open saturday IV, maison van doesburg, france


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Novum Alpha - Daily Analysis 30 September 2020 (10-Minute Read)
Welcome to Wednesday and the last day of a month which investors will be looking to leave behind.
In brief (TL:DR)
U.S. stocks reversed course on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 (-0.48%), tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-0.29%) and blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.48%), all down slightly as concerns about political instability rose ahead of the first round of U.S. presidential candidate debates.
Asian stocks were a mixed bag working into Wednesday with South Korea's market closed for a long holiday.
U.S. 10-year Treasury yields fell to 0.644% from 0.656% as sentiment took a cautious turn (yields fall as bond prices rise).
The dollar edged lower in a broad sell off that saw gold rise.
Oil continued to slide with November contracts for WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) (-0.53%) at US$39.08 from US$39.29, on concerns over an increasingly weakening economic recovery.
Gold rose slipped slightly with December contracts for Gold (Comex) (-0.10%) at US$1,901.30 from US$1,903.20 in the previous session, but was still above the psychologically-important US$1,900 level.
Bitcoin (+0.89%) edged up to US$10,800 (GMT 0200) as exchange outflows pipped inflows (outflows suggest that traders are holding onto Bitcoin in anticipation of price appreciation).
In today's issue...
All That Glitters Is Really Only Gold
Is the global economy turning Japanese?
Everything's Digital Anyway, So Why Not Money?
Asking how a presidential debate could affect markets is like asking how a tweet from the White House could crash stock prices - a rhetorical question which answer is to be found in rhetoric itself.
An investor during the Trump administration, is arguably living through one of history's most interesting periods.
Because there weren't classes in business school which referred to Reddit message boards for precursors to market moves, or professors expounding that having a Twitter account following the U.S. president would be more important than having a Bloomberg Terminal.
These are nothing if not interesting times and as the data sources which investors have had to monitor have become more unorthodox, so have markets become more volatile.
Asian stocks were mixed wandering listless into Wednesday, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 (-0.19%) and Sydney's ASX 200 (-1.01%) down and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (+0.90%) up slightly, while South Korea is closed for a long holiday.
With Wednesday not just being the final trading day of the month, but also the end of another quarter, portfolio rebalancing, exits and entries, could exacerbate market moves.
1. All That Glitters Is Really Only Gold
Gold is benefiting from a resurgence in political instability in the U.S. amid a fractious presidential election and mounting narrative highlighting the prospect of inflation
Investors betting on gold should note that the precious metal's role as an inflation hedge is tenuous at best
Gold has pulled back recently, dipping below it's all-time high of US$2,000 which has left some investors wondering if this year's rally in the precious metal is well and truly over, or an opportunity to load up with bags of gold.
With gold futures up almost 24% for the year, and an all-time high last month, the events of this year are breathing new life to those who insist the arc of financial history is pointing towards the inevitable debasement of fiat currencies, with new heights for gold just around the corner.
With the U.S. Federal Reserve pinning interest rates near zero for years to come (there's even a timeline), and allowing inflation to run hot, real yields have slid into negative territory.
What that means is that accounting for inflation, the buyer of a 10-year U.S. Treasury can expect to lose money in real terms, if the bond is held to maturity.
That hasn't always been the case though.
From the early 1980s, when the Fed raised interest rates to keep inflation in check, the fact that gold paid no dividend or coupon worked heavily against it, but now that real yields on government bonds is negative, gold's lack of income isn't such a big deal anymore.
In inflation-adjusted terms, gold hasn't surpassed its all-time high from early 1980 yet (around the time when inflation was at its nadir and the Fed had to intervene by raising rates), and it would need to travel upwards by another 43% from its most recent peak in late August to match that high.
And because gold has historically been the currency of last resort (well before the existence of the dollar), government debasing fiat currencies and pushing real interest rates to record lows are all fueling the narrative for gold's continued bullish trend.
But gold also has a speculative element, coinciding with a rush of trading in commodity derivatives and shares of bankrupt companies.
Gold's advance may also be symptomatic of increased risk-taking by unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus and enabled by easy access to financial markets by retail investors.
Historically, gold's value as a hedge against inflation has been patchy at best, and investors looking to bet on bullion shouldn't be too quick to justify such investments as "safe" – all investment carries risk, especially those that pay out anything more than negative real yields.
2. Is the global economy turning Japanese?
Japan's "lost decades" of low growth and high debt may be what's in store next for rich world economies
Global capitalist system could come under serious threat from extended government support of businesses that should not otherwise exist, delaying needed structural change and retooling populations to cope with an entirely new economic condition
"Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so."
- "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors off the album New Clear Days
Government debt mostly owned by your own central bank? Been there done that.
Anemic growth but high debt? Bought the T-shirt.
Seemingly endless rounds of stimulus? Yawn, wake me up when something new happens.
For all the bang and the clatter that economists may be making of what the global economy and governments have had to do in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, there's a real life example of a country that has had to contend with pandemic-like economic conditions for decades.
As the global economy adjusts to the prospect of high debt, endless stimulus and anemic growth, Japan offers a glimpse of what an economy with high debt, endless stimulus and anemic growth could look like, and honestly, it's not all bad, but it's not all rainbows and unicorns either.
With a national debt closing in on 256% of GDP, and 73% of government debt held by the central bank, Japan still somehow boasts one of the rich world's best living standards and a jobless rate of just 2.9% in July this year.
While Japan has long been used by economics professors as a cautionary tale of what a country that never recovered from a disastrous asset bubble could look like, now global policymakers are wondering if the Japanese experience may not provide a guide as to the way forward in a global economy hammered by the pandemic.
Despite the pandemic, thousands of Japanese companies were somehow able to keep their lights on and employees paid, not just this year, but for the past three decades after Japan's asset bubbles burst – thanks to cheap loans and a culture of lifetime employment.
But before you start slurping the ramen, consider that Japan's broader economic data obscures a much harsher reality of an underclass that doesn't enjoy the benefits of full-time employment.
Over the decades of stagnation and in a move to cut costs, Japanese companies resorted to part-timers, contractors and seasonal workers to reduce their bottom lines.
Known as irregular workers, with zero job security and almost no benefits, this Japanese economic underclass make up roughly 40% of the work force.
Yet as discontent grows from this section of the economy, Japan, an insular and cartoonishly homogeneous country, is now opening its doors to more migrants to take up these low-skilled and low-paying jobs, to cut costs, while supporting a well looked-after overclass.
And a country once known for inventing the Walkman and the world's first futures contract, has since lagged behind its neighbors in North Asia, like South Korea and China in terms of innovation.
A torrent of government spending programs and decade after decade of monetary stimulus from the Japanese central bank has failed to create robust sustainable growth, but left the county with the world's largest pile of public debt.
But while Japan's government has been a profligate spender, its companies have been fastidious savers, with retained earnings at Japanese companies representing some 90% of GDP even up to the end of June.
A similar pattern is being observed globally.
As the pandemic persists, governments are being pressured to dole out trillions of dollars in fiscal stimulus, at a time when some of the largest companies in the world such as Apple (-0.76%) and Google (+0.50%) are sitting on mountains of cash.
But unlike Japan's culture of lifetime employment, jobs everywhere else in the world have never been a sure thing.
For now at least, government stimulus and cheap loans from central banks will paper over losses and structural issues at businesses.
Stimulus has so far kept struggling businesses afloat and prevented mass joblessness, but the companies that do come out on the other side of this pandemic are unlikely to be profitable long term, if ever.
And just as in Japan, these government safety nets merely postpone the kind of painful structural reforms that are needed to boost productivity and innovation.
In a capitalist system, unprofitable companies are supposed to die, even if that death was as a result of factors well outside of the control of the company themselves.
That creative destruction, is what facilitates the reallocation of capital, labor and resources, and what allows new companies and entire new industries to be born.
Endless stimulus, and the addiction to such stimulus merely perpetuates an unsustainable status quo, based on false narratives that employment is somehow an end in and of itself.
It's no surprise then that Japan's "lost decades" also coincided with a period of its lowest levels of innovation.
Because it's somewhat ironic that a country steeped in robot adoration doesn't lead the world in robotics, that despite Japan's obsession with automation, it doesn't lead the world in artificial intelligence.
And even if countries wanted to follow Japan's example of how to fund a stagnant economy, they may not have the ability to do so.
A vast domestic savings pool and Japan's status as a net lender to the world has meant that it's been able to artificially prop up its economy in ways that the rest of the world may find challenging.
The United States, along with some other advanced economies like Germany may be able to, but the question really is, should they?
3. Everything's Digital Anyway, So Why Not Money?
Congress debates expanding banking regulations to allow for tech firms to offer financial services and to provide regulatory oversight
Decentralized finance demonstrates how technology is already offering financial services without permission
Digitalization is such an overused term that it's almost cliché.
But despite mounting concern over the dominance of tech firms, their control over our data and ability to influence events in real life, lawmakers are now considering allowing them to do even more.
On Tuesday, the Congressional Task Force on Financial Technology heard testimony over proposed new rules that would potentially expand banking regulations to enable more tech firms to provide financial services.
Democratic Representative and Task Force Chairman Stephen Lynch noted,
"Banking is becoming less centralized. Consumers are facing more choices than they ever have."
Most of the hearing revolved around whether current banking regulations should be loosened to permit tech firms to offer financial services, including the offering of loans.
To which those in the decentralized finance or DeFi community responded with, "hold my beer."
While lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate about whether or not existing banking regulation should be extended to allow technology to enable more financial services, the decentralized and permissionless blockchain community has already gone ahead and done it.
With over US$11 billion in assets now in decentralized finance, being used to fund loans, facilitate trading, as well as other financial services, regulation has clearly not caught up with technology.
And with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issuing an interpretive letter last week that paves the way for more regulated banks and savings companies to accept dollar deposits backing stablecoin issuances, the initiative may be running away from Congress.
With stablecoins now receiving official sanction, particularly for those which are already regulated, DeFi, of which many trading pairs constitute stablecoins and generate sizeable yields for investors providing liquidity in such stablecoins, has been galloping ahead.
Whereas an annual interest yield for a typical savings account in the U.S. is under 1%, the annual percentage yield or APY for a DeFi liquidity provision smart contract could be upwards of 18%, leading more and more to pour into the DeFi space.
But DeFi is not without its risks, and unlike a bank deposit, which is guaranteed, smart contracts which secure such loans are susceptible to hacking and other vulnerabilities.
Nonetheless, given the robust community policing of smart contracts, generous bug bounties, as well as a sense of vigilante justice in the DeFi space, major hacks of DeFi smart contracts have yet to occur, enticing more participants to become liquidity providers on DeFi platforms.
And with interest rates likely to be held low for an extended period of time, the move towards searching for yield in other places is only going to increase.
If nothing else, the advances in DeFi demonstrate how the next phase of the human evolution in the provision of financial services won't need anyone's permission.
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