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Tax Justice Network: The July Taxcast - Who needs the OECD? Japan introduced a Tax Haven Counter Measure Law in the 1970s!
The July Taxcast - Who needs the OECD? Japan introduced a Tax Haven Counter Measure Law in the 1970s!
In the Tax Justice Network's July podcast: We analyse the OECD's Action Plan it says is going to tackle corporate tax avoidance. And who needs the OECD, the G8 or the G20 anyway? The Taxcast looks at working models governments could implement NOW without any more summits: Japan introduced it's Tax Haven Counter Measure Law in the 1970s and Mexico has a tax haven black list and the Dictamen Fiscal rule to help it hold multinational corporations to account.


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Gunsynd PLC (GUN.L) Update re: Kolosori
Abm May 14, 2021
Gunsynd Plc (AIM: GUN, AQSE: GUN) notes the announcement by Pacific Nickel Mines Limited ("Pacific Nickel"), which is listed on ASX (ASX: PNM). Pacific Nickel advised that it has completed the acquisition of an 80% interest in Kolosori Nickel (SI) Limited ("KNL").
A company incorporated in the Solomon Islands, by issuing 8,375,000 shares in accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement. KNL currently owns PL 05/19, which comprises the Kolosori Nickel Project.
The consideration of $670,000 was satisfied by the issue of 8,375,000 fully paid ordinary shares in Pacific Nickel at a deemed issue price of $0.08 (Upfront Consideration Shares). The Upfront Consideration Shares were adjusted from 9,375,000 in accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA"). The number of shares issued to Gunsynd was 682,790 as per the SPA.
Pursuant to the SPA, payment of up to $1,250,000 will be satisfied through the issue of up to 15,625,000 Pacific Nickel shares at a deemed issue price of $0.08 each within 10 business days of the date each of the following conditions have been satisfied and remain satisfied:
i. a mining lease for Prospecting Licence Tenement is granted for PL 05/19 by the Mines Department; and
ii. confirmation of Indicated Mineral Resources at the Prospecting Licence Tenement in accordance with JORC Code 2012 at a minimum of 6 million tonnes at a minimum grade of 1.6% Ni (which includes 3.9 million tonnes at a minimum grade of 1.7% Ni (saprolite).
All Pacific Nickel shares issued to the vendors are subject to voluntary escrow arrangements; for the Upfront Consideration Shares, the earlier of 12 months from their date of issue or 10 business days after the granting of a mining licence for PL 05-19.
Following completion of the acquisition of KNL by Pacific Nickel, Gunsynd holds no direct interest in KNL and has an interest in 1,945,757 ordinary shares of Pacific Nickel. Subject to Pacific Nickel satisfying the conditions noted above, Gunsynd will receive 1,137,984 Deferred Consideration Shares.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and anticipated results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, competition for qualified staff, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the results of exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to execute and implement future plans, and the occurrence of unexpected events. Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors.
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Dimitris Kolovos graduated from the Dental School of Athens in 2013. Subsequently, he was admitted, upon examinations, to the three-year postgraduate clinical specialization program in the field of "Prosthodontics" at the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. At the same time, he was a clinical associate in the undergratuate clinic in the field of Prosthodontics in the School of Dentistry of the Athens National Kapodistrian University. He has attended seminars on digital smile design and the use of microscope in dentistry and presented many times in national and international conferences.
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Allahabad High Court dismisses plea seeking an FIR against Union Minister Smriti Irani
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition filed by international shooter Vartika Singh seeking registration of an FIR against Union Minister Smriti Irani and other persons.
A single-judge bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh passed this order while hearing a Criminal Revision filed by Vartika Singh.
The revision under Section 397 read with Section 401 CrPC has been filed impugning the order dated 20.2.2021 passed by the Special Judge (MP/MLA Court)/Additional Session Judge, FTC-1, Sultanpur in Misc Case under section 156(3) CrPC filed by the revisionist.
The facts as mentioned in the application under section 156(3) CrPC:-
(a) The revisionist claimed to be the international shooter and winner of the President Gold Medal. She claimed to be a student of Indraprastha College, Delhi University and she had imparted training to 2017 Batch of IPS officers. Besides this, she imparted training to women candidates of BSF in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and invitations were extended by the Chief Ministers of the States. She further claimed that she had imparted shooting training to the children of the Chief Minister of the Punjab and the children of Priyanka Gandhi. She has been honoured by the Prime Minister and the Government of Uttar Pradesh as Chief Guest in several schemes. She has also been honoured by several officers, MPs and MLAs. She has been coach of Doon Valley School. She has been honoured by SIE and Delhi University and different political organizations.
(b) In the application, she alleged that during the Covid-19 lockdown of March 2020, she received a telephone call from an unknown person, who told her his name as Dr Rajnsih Singh S/o Ram Pratap Singh, resident of District Ayodhya introduced himself as Advisor in Food Processing Department and he also showed his photograph with the Central and the State leaders. During the course of conversation, he said that he was close to Union Minister Smriti Irani and he was having close relations with her Secretary, Vijay Gupta. Dr Rajnish Singh further said that he had already talked to Smriti Irani and Vijay Gupta to nominate the revisionist/complainant in National Women's Commission as a member.
(c) The revisionist gave her bio-data and photocopy of the certificates. On 10.6.2020, a letter was shared with the revisionist signed by Smriti Irani, which was addressed to the Prime Minister of the Country. Second letter dated 22.6.2020 was addressed by One M.C Jauhari, IAS to the Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh. Sri Jauhari asked the Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh to send the complainant's certificates regarding her educational qualifications, sources of income and criminal antecedents, if any, within thirty days from the receipt of the letter.
Thereafter, one Satish Kuamr, who told that he was from the Local Intelligence Unit talked to the complainant/revisionist and believing in him, she met with the said Satish Kumar with her parents in Hazratganj, Lucknow and gave her self-attested certificates etc to him. The complainant/revisionist, however, suspected the credentials of Satish Kumar and she clicked his photographs clandestinely.
On 26.6.2020, she went to the office of the Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh to verify the letter allegedly addressed by Sri M.C. Jauhari, IAS. However, no such letter was received in the office of the Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh nor she could get any information regarding Satish Kumar, alleged LIU person. When she contacted Dr Rajnish Singh and inquired about the truthfulness of the letters etc, he said that he would speak to Vijay Gupta and Smriti Irani.
(d) Thereafter, Dr Rajnish Singh sent a third letter on her Whatsapp, which was not signed by anyone, but the office number was mentioned in the letter. This letter was in respect of her nomination as Member in the National Women's Commission. Dr Rajnish Singh demanded Rs 25,00,000 from her for her nomination as Member in the National Woman Commission and for signing of the letter by Smriti Irani. However, the complainant/ revisionist refused to give the bribe and then it was said that she would not be nominated and Dr Rajnish Singh used the word "Yaar" (Dear). Further allegation is that Dr Rajnish Singh and Vijay Gupta, Secretary of Smriti Irani, Cabinet Minister continued to demand Rs 25,00,000 for eight months.
(e) On 20.11.2020, the revisionist went to the official residence of Smriti Irani in New Delhi and showed the three letters, which were shared by Dr Rajnish Singh with her. The revisionist was asked to take back the money, but the complainant said that when she had not paid, there was no occasion for her to take money back. All the three letters were taken back and the complainant was asked to go back. She believed that a fraud was being committed with her to cheat her of Rs 25,00,000 and in this fraud, Smriti Irani, Cabinet Minister was also fully involved. It was further said that the complainant/revisionist possessed mobile recording and the electronic evidence, however, the Station House Officer, Musafirkhana did not register FIR on a complaint sent by the revisionist on 17.12.2020. Thereafter, the revisionist sent a complaint to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Amethi, however, no FIR was registered.
The Court noted,
On this application, the Special Judge, MP/MLA Court called for a police report from the concerned police station. The police submitted its report, in which it is said that an FIR at Case under Sections 509 IPC and Section 66/67 Information Technology Act was registered against the revisionist and one Kamal Kishore, Commando and during the investigating the offence, offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC were added. The investigation was still on in respect of the said offence and as per the evidence collected during the course of investigation, there was sufficient evidence against the revisionist for offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC.
It was further said that the revisionist had deliberately manufactured and forged the documents and she declared herself as Member of the National Women's Commission. It was also said that the investigation was on against Dr Rajnish Singh.
The Special Judge after considering the police report and the documents, held that after an FIR came to be registered on 20.11.2020 in respect of forged documents prepared by the complainant/revisionist, she filed an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C levelling serious charges against the Central Minister and other persons. It is further held that allegations are already under investigation and, therefore, there is no question of direction for lodging the second FIR for the allegations made in the application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. Therefore, the Special Judge rejected the said application vide impugned order.
Anurag Kumar Singh, the counsel for the respondents, has submitted that several cases for forging the documents etc. have been registered against the complainant/revisionist. In respect of her claim for nomination as Member of the National Women's Commission, the investigation is already on. He, therefore, submitted that the Special Judge has taken the correct view that no second FIR can be directed to be registered for the allegations contained in the application under Section 156(3) CrPC.
"The matter is still under investigation whether the claim of the complainant/revisionist is based on the forged and fabricated documents or not. There is already an FIR registered against the revisionist and, therefore, I am of the view that the Special Judge, MP/MLA Court has taken the correct view in rejecting the application under Section 156(3) CrPC. There is no error of law or jurisdiction in the impugned order, which requires the Court to interfere with the same in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction," the Court observed while rejecting the revision application.
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October 8, 2021 by Classic Rock 93.9
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Foo Fighters have released a new version of their song "Chasing Birds" in collaboration with acclaimed New Orleans jazz outfit the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
The updated recording, dubbed a "Re-Version," takes the original, psychedelic-tinged ballad and gives it a bit of a brighter vibe, thanks to a horn section and a shuffling drum beat. You can download it now via digital outlets.
"Chasing Birds" appears on the new Foo Fighters album Medicine at Midnight, which was released in February. It's the second Medicine tune to get a "Re-Version," following the Foos' collaboration with Mark Ronson on "Making a Fire."
The two "Re-Versions" will be released together as a seven-inch vinyl single on November 26 as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event.
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The 3 pandas go on an adventure in Japan! Solve all puzzles in this point-and-click adventure and make sure the 3 pandas stay out of trouble.
The initial release date is January 2015 as a Flash game. It is updated in May 2018 as a HTML5 game.
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Updated: Survey Engineer Photographs Mysterious Light
March 8, 2006 Western New Jersey – I have known New Jersey survey engineer, Vincent Creevy, for more than a decade. He is very critical-minded and an excellent observer of details in his environment. So, on March 4, 2006, when I received the following e-mail with an attached photograph, I asked Vince if I could share his correspondence at Earthfiles, and he said yes. There have been so many mysterious lights photographed around the world – sometimes seen by the photographer, but most often not seen until after the images are taken.
Mysterious Light on Digital Frame Taken on February 17, 2006, Western New Jersey
I thought you might be interested in this photo. I took on 2/17/06 at around 10:00AM with a Cannon A-95 digital camera. It was cloudy, so there was no sun glare. I took this photo routinely in order to record the forest type as part of some environmental work I was performing on a site in western New Jersey. I don't know what to make of it and still suspect that it may be some artifact of the camera, but I have never had this happen before.
Best Wishes for the Easter Season,
February 17, 2006, at 10 a.m. Eastern at survey site in western New Jersey. Camera was Cannon A-95 digital. Photograph by Vincent Creevy, Survey Engineer.
Mysterious Light on Digital Frame
Taken in December 2003, Maui, Hawaii
From Michele Bryant on the island of Maui in Hawaii came this e-mail and image today:
"Linda, this looks so much like the photo on your site. I took it with my Nikon Coolpix 885 in December of 2003. There was no flash used. It was a cloudy, wet, day but not raining when I took this photo on the island of Maui, on the road to Hana. I've never had something like this show up in any photos before of since, even when I tried to make it happen by photographing dust, raindrops, even snowflakes. It was a very special spot. the photo was supposed to be of those gorgeous trees in the background."
December 2003, on the road to Hana, on island of Maui, Hawaii. Camera was Nikon Coolpix 885. Photograph by Michele Bryant.
Taken on November 3, 2005, Devil's Lake, Wisconsin
From Francis Erdman of Schaumburg, Illinois. The location of her mysterious orb image was in a forest south of Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, on November 3, 2005, at 1 p.m.
"On November 3, 2005, I was visiting a forested nature area south of Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, with my wife, my sister and her husband. It was a sunny day about 1 PM. We were hiking up a narrow, blind glen and I was taking pictures with my Canon A95 digital camera as we went along. The glen is somewhat shadowy, so my camera flash was operating on almost every shot. I was concentrating on rock formations and general forest scenes.
Several weeks after our return, I was again reviewing these pictures when I noticed what appears to be a translucent bluish sphere in front of a tree in the lower left quadrant of one picture. I did not notice it when I took the picture as I was concentrating on the overall composition of the scene. I have contacted Canon and they say that nothing in the camera's operation could create this anomaly. None of the prior or following pictures showed any anomaly. I checked the lens before I started shooting and during shooting to be sure it was clean and free of any foreign material.
What is most interesting to me is that when I cropped and enlarged that portion of the picture with the anomaly, it appears to have structure: two inner concentric rings of smaller objects and something in the center. I have shown this picture and the enlargement to many people, some of whom are knowledgeable in photography, and no one has an explanation – nor do I. I have also sent the photos to the Dept. of Natural Resources person responsible for this area and asked if anyone else has reported such an anomaly in the glen. After seeing the photos, he states that no one has ever reported such an anomaly in the glen before. I have been taking pictures since the 1950s, been in this forest glen several times before, and have never captured anything like this on film or digitally before."
Above: December 3, 2005, at 1 p.m., original photograph south of Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. Camera was a digital Canon A95. Below: Enlarged and cropped section of frame, focusing on translucent orb and tree. Photograph © 2005 by Francis Erdman.
For more information about mysterious balls of light, please see my book, Mysterious Lights and Crop Circles, in the Earthfiles Shop.
Also see the following reports in Earthfiles Archives:
01/13/2006 — 31st Cattle Mutilation on Red Bluff, California Ranch
11/02/2005 — Part 3: Unusual Animal Deaths -Sheep Mutilations in Moortown, Dartmoor, England
09/21/2005 — Silent, Unidentified Aerial Triangle Entered Thunderstorm Over Fairborn, Ohio
09/15/2005 — Animal Mutilations Reported in Switzerland, Hollywood and Kansas
09/02/2005 — First 2005 Canadian Crop Circles Reported
09/02/2005 — Part 2: Mysterious Lights At Coles County, Illinois, Corn Circles
09/02/2005 — Part 1: New York and Ohio Corn Circles "Flattened 2 to 5 Feet Above Ground"
08/26/2005 — Another Cattle Mutilation in Canada
08/09/2005 — Three Extraordinary U. K. Crop Formations Reported August 9, 2005
08/07/2005 — Mysterious Light Photographed in Canadian Woods
08/02/2005 — Part 1: Anomalies Confirmed in Pennsylvania and Arizona Randomly Downed Crops
07/23/2005 — Mystery of Six Grass Circle Formations in North Carolina
07/19/2005 — Crop Formation in Czech Republic
07/18/2005 — Garsington, Oxfordshire, U.K. Wheat Formation – Astronomical Orbit?
07/01/2005 — U. K. Bicyclist Reports Mysterious, Low Hovering Objects Bending Wheat
06/02/2005 — Part 2 – Highly Anomalous Pigment Formation in 2004 Hillsboro, Ohio, Crop Formation
05/26/2005 — Phoenix Barley Mystery: Apparently Irrigation and Wind
05/20/2005 — May 2005 Crop Formation Update in Six Countries
05/09/2005 — Mysterious Lights and 2003 Serpent Mound Soybean Formation
04/14/2005 — "Battle of Los Angeles" On February 25, 1942: When America's 37th Coast Artillery Brigade Fired Off 1,430 Anti-Aircraft Shells At A UFO
04/13/2005 — Highly Strange Dog Death in Arkansas; 2000-Pound Bull Dropped On Log Pile and Calf Skinned
04/12/2005 — First 2005 Dutch Crop Circles Reported in Hoeven, Holland Grass
02/21/2005 — Updated – Bull and Cow Mutilations Northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas
01/15/2005 — Bull and Cow Mutilations Northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas
12/10/2004 — Part 4: "Peculiar Phenomena," V-2 Rockets – and UFOB Retaliation?
10/17/2004 — American Crop Formations: 1880-2004
09/17/2004 — Updated: Part 1 – High Strangeness in Canadian Cattle Corn
09/12/2004 — Part 2 – High Strangeness in Canadian Cattle Corn
09/04/2004 — Hillsboro, Ohio Corn Formation – High Strangeness in Soil and Plants
08/09/2004 — Pictograms in Poland
07/25/2004 — 2004 Canadian Crop Formations: Scorched Soybeans and "Dirt" Pattern in Barley
07/24/2004 — Part 3 – Crop Formations and Mysterious Lights in Wiltshire, England, July 2004
07/24/2004 — Part 2: Crop Formations and Mysterious Lights in Wiltshire, England, July 2004
07/06/2004 — Additions to Spanish Fork, Utah Formation and Mysterious Lights Seen
05/24/2004 — Biophysicist W. C. Levengood's Crop Circle Reports Available for First Time On Internet
05/22/2004 — 2004 Overview of Crop Formations in Six Countries
05/11/2004 — An Extraordinary Photograph in A Dutch Home
04/14/2004 — Light Anomalies in Photos of Conondale, Australia Grass Circles
01/24/2004 — Oregon Man's Experiences with High Strangeness
01/17/2004 — High Strangeness in the Napoleon, Michigan Sky
01/17/2004 — Update on Horton, Michigan Ice Circle
11/01/2003 — Another Soybean Formation in Ohio
10/10/2003 — Updated – Ohio Hunter's "Deer Camera" Photographs Mysterious Glowing Disk
10/03/2003 — Part 2 – Military Interest in Serpent Mound and Seip Mound Formations?
09/06/2003 — Part 3 – Unusual Soybean Formation Near Serpent Mound, Ohio
08/23/2003 — Fourteen Crop Formations in Canada
08/01/2003 — Field Notes About English Animal Mutilations
07/19/2003 — Update – Defiance, Missouri T-Pattern Cut in Saplings
07/08/2003 — Mysterious Lights Videotaped Emerging from Ogbourne St. George, England Crop Formation
06/27/2003 — Part 1 – Mysterious Lights and Fourteen Crop Formations in Italy
06/13/2003 — Updated: Fractal Crop Formation in Knobel, Arkansas
03/08/2003 — Part 5 – Corguinho, Brazil: Large Light Explodes
02/22/2003 — Part 1 – Corguinho, Brazil: Farmer Describes His Transport to A Non-Human Craft on September 15, 2002.
11/05/2002 — Canadian Crop Circles and Mysterious Lights in Saskatchewan
10/19/2002 — Shifting Time Lines and Earth's Destiny?
10/03/2002 — Part 3 – 2002 Crop Formations In Canada
09/02/2002 — Blue Lights and Helicopters in Wiltshire's East Field
07/25/2002 — Strange Stem Anomalies in New Dutch Crop Circles
07/20/2002 — Mysterious Lights Seen Above Field Where Nautilus Formation Emerged
06/26/2002 — Part 1 – New Crop Formations in England, Holland and Germany
05/11/2002 — First 2002 Crop Formation In Wiltshire, England
04/27/2002 — Triangle Formation of Moving "Stars" Over Dover, Arkansas
11/17/2001 — Scientists Say Mysterious Lights in Hessdalen, NorwayAre Thermal Plasmas of Unknown Origin
09/29/2001 — Part 2 – Sasquatch Bigfoot, Visible and Invisible Evidence in North America
09/29/2001 — Part 1 – Sasquatch Bigfoot, Physical Evidence in North America
09/22/2001 — Huge Hexagram Crop Formation in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
08/29/2001 — Part 1 – Ground Details of Chilbolton "Face"
08/25/2001 — Are Crop Formations at Chilbolton Observatory A Response to 1974 Earth Transmission?
08/09/2001 — Crop Formation in Holland Changes with Researchers Present
06/16/2001 — Beyond Stonehenge with Astronomer Gerald Hawkins
06/08/2001 — Another Crop Formation Near Kassel, Germany
03/02/2001 — Mysterious Lights and Crop Circles – A Book Excerpt
12/13/2000 — Mysterious Clouds of Light in English Crop Formation
08/23/2000 — Intelligence Sensed In Mysterious Lights Associated With Crop Formations
08/17/2000 — Mysterious Light Near Woodborough Hill Night Before August 13, 2000 Formation
07/09/2000 — New Book about Ancient Sites of Wiltshire, England
08/01/1999 — 1999 Crop Circle Update from Wiltshire, England
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These are just two examples but the feel is similar throughout, although not all the poetry is sweet and light. My favorite in the set are those by Jay Leeming, who reminds me a tiny bit of Billy Collins but is still a unique voice on his own. His "Rowboat" is elegant and "Supermarket Historians" begins sweetly but ends with a bitter twist. The always-aware Chris Abani concludes the anthology with "Say Something about Child's Play" that will make you tremble. Besides being a great read on its own, this would also be great to give a poetry lover looking for new voices.
Special thanks to White Pine Press for the Advanced Review Copy.
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ProShares enters the EFA market; EEM and China on tap
ProShares' family of leveraged, short and leveraged-short ETFs have been one of the biggest success stories of the past year. The funds, which promise to deliver 200%, -100% and -200% of the return of their benchmark indexes, respectively, have racked up over $9 billion in assets in just 16 months on the market. But they're about to get much bigger.
The company moved into the international arena today with the launch of Short (AMEX: EFZ) and UltraShort (AMEX: EFU) ETFs tied to the MSCI EAFE Index. That index, of course, is the same one tracked by the $50 billion iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), the second-largest ETF in the world.
"We are very optimistic about how these ETFs will be received," said Michael Sapir, CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC. "Investors have been flooding into international ETFs for the last few years, and those markets have produced good returns. But there are going to be investors who think those markets might turn around, or who want to hedge exposure, and we will offer them that ability."
The EFA funds are just a start; ProShares will launch funds tied to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in early November, and will launch UltraShort (-200%) ETFs tied to China and Japan soon after. Each is huge markets in the ETF space.
"You are seeing more and more portfolios being created with some short exposure," said Sapir. "We are the fastest-growing ETF company this year, which suggests that investors are more and more accepting of the concept that having some leverage and/or short exposure in their portfolio makes sense."
With these products effectively opening up half of the world's market capitalization, ProShares' asset count could jump quickly ... soon.
In related new, ProShares has filed papers with the SEC to launch 42 new leveraged, short and inverse-leveraged ETFs covering the commodity and currency markets. For complete coverage, click here.
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ETFs like 'VOO' and 'USMV' may have seen the largest absolute dollar inflows of the year, but many ETFs are growing faster on a percentage basis.
Year-to-date inflows now stand at $35.2 billion.
Weekly ETF Flows
Two new funds track multifactor takes on the Russell 1000 Value and Growth indexes.
BlackRock Raises Stakes For ESG ETFs
BlackRock's annual investor letters feel like a game-changer.
Look Beyond ETF Fee To What's Inside
Make sure you look under the hood before you invest.
Todd Rosenbluth
ETF Of The Week: Clean Power Shines Amid Conflict
The best-performing ETF of the past month wasn't an oil ETF, but SSGA's take on renewable energy.
Strong ETF Inflows For 1st Week Of 2020
Inflows for U.S.-listed ETFs were $15.1 billion this week.
How The Iran-US Conflict Impacts ETFs
Equities are mixed, gold is up and oil is down after the U.S. and Iran punched and counterpunched over the past week.
CFRA's Todd Rosenbluth discusses his firm's data on flows into the top tiers of ETF issuers during last year.


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As crafty people we often pride ourselves of living besides the mainstream, not prone to consumerism, we feel a bit more independent of the big corporations and are less prone to fall for the next plastic thing that comes our way with a promise to make us happier or more beautiful. But then we don't live in a bubble, and we do consume all the time. As was brought home to me last week.
A few days earlier the new spring and summer edition of knitty went public. For those of you who don't know, knitty is an online knitting magazine with all free patterns. When I saw that it had come out I went over and had a look. Now, the first thing I always look at is knittyspin. That's the part of knitty about spinning, and about patterns made with handspun. And then I saw Tappan Zee. It's a short-sleeved cardigan with a little lace around the yoke. I looked at it and thought, "I have to have this!" I looked at the requirements for the yarn, found that I didn't have anything in stash that was suitable, went over to an online fiber shop, ordered 400 grams of merino-silk top, threw in another 300 grams of assorted merino for sock yarn, printed out the pattern, and started waiting.
And that was the moment it hit me. This is insane. I felt that I absolutely had to print out the pattern this instant, when first I would have to wait for the fiber to arrive, then I would have to spin it, ply it, wash it, and only then could I start knitting. I won't be needing the pattern for another four weeks or so. The only thing I need earlier is the specifications of the yarn I have to make for it. But I absolutely felt that I needed the pattern to sit there, right in the middle of my desk.
Now, I have to add that I made a little pact with myself not to buy any more fiber until the 400 grams I already have sitting here are all spun up. I'm a little fed up with the way that there's yarn everywhere in my house, leaping at me from unexpected places. I just finished spinning the yarn I bought last June, and am slowly starting to inch my way through some of what I bought last September. I'm not quite sure but since last summer I have spun about 800 grams of fiber. I still have 500 grams sitting around here (See how that became 100 grams more over the last two sentences? That's because I remembered the other fiber I still have.), and then I went out to buy 700 more grams just because I had seen a pattern for a little orange cardigan in a magazine. By my own estimate once that fiber arrives I will have enough fiber here to keep me spinning for the next year or longer.
So, what started this? For one – as you all know – I can't resist anything orange. If that cardigan hadn't been made of orange wool I probably would have thought, "Oh, that's interesting but I don't need a pattern for it, I can make that myself." and I would have put it aside because yoke sweaters don't look that good on me, and I never wear short sleeved cardigans. But since it is orange, and the model has pink hair – I couldn't resist. Well, I could have if I really had wanted to but I didn't want to.
Also I really need a cardigan or two. One of my go-to cotton cardigans is starting to look old and ratty, no surprise if you know that I bought it in 2003, and I wore it almost constantly since then. On the other hand a merino and silk cardi will probably be too hot. But maybe the short sleeves will help.
The other thing is that despite my deeply felt cardigan shortage I do have a handspun cardigan and a handknit sweater sitting here that are almost finished. I only need to weave in the ends and sew on some buttons. These sweaters have been sitting here for months, and I haven't managed to finish them despite my desperate need for more cardigans.
So, to be frank, I really didn't act in any way sensible when I ordered all that fiber. I had this "I want that!"-impulse, and acted upon it. And it's that same impulse that makes us buy yet more shoes, or three dozen skeins of sock yarn even thought we could insulate our houses with the yarn we already have sitting around. It's not the most mature thing to do.
I'm still okay with my decision, and I did start spinning that merino-silk as soon as it arrives. My impulse cost me about 25 Euros, and I will make something out of that fiber for sure. But I have to see to it that I don't give in to the Want too often.
Giving in to the Want once in a while is a good thing and can make us happy. Giving in to it all the times is unhealthy and makes us unhappy.
Und der erste Schritt ist, zu bemerken, daß einen das Nachgeben unglücklich macht. Wenn einem das bewußt ist, kann man ja gezielt was dagegen tun.
Warum? Daß es das nächste Mal wieder Spaß macht, seinen Bedürfnissen nachzugeben.
Kunst ist es, wenn einem die Gratwanderung immer gelingt.
Mir gelingt sie nicht immer. So what!?! Das ist menschlich. Ich bin auf jeden Fall sehr gespannt auf Deine "Spinnereien" und auf "Tappan Zee".
That is a beautiful fiber, and the pattern is, too. I can't imagine being too warm in that.
I'm not much of an impulse buyer.
Oooooh ja… das kennen wir alle nur zu gut, hm? Aber schön zu hören, dass du dich kontrollieren kannst, und nicht, sagen wir mal, kurz zur Strickwarenzentrale gehst und mit 20 Metern Ripsband heim kommst, weil es auf die ganze Rolle ja _Rabatt_ gibt und du eh 14,20 Meter brauchst. Mehr oder weniger.
Und ich bin gespannt auf deinen Tappan Zee! Der hat mich auch schon angelacht, obwohl ich Strickjacken hasse. Muss an den pinken Haaren liegen.
Aber ich werd mich wohl mit den Twisted Socks begnügen.


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The fifth edition discusses new applications including underwater acoustic networks and channel models, marine-hydrokinetic energy devices, and simulation of anthropogenic sound sources. New material has been added to all chapters, especially in mathematical propagation models and special applications and inverse techniques. It covers trends in applied modeling and new analytical tools for propagation, noise, reverberation, and sonar performance models. The content covering environmental-acoustic data in companion tables and core summary tables has been updated with the latest underwater acoustic propagation, noise, reverberation, and sonar performance models.
Underwater Acoustic Modeling and Simulation (5th edition) examines the translation of our physical understanding of sound in the sea into mathematical models that can simulate acoustic propagation, noise, and reverberation in the ocean. These models are used in a variety of research and operational applications to predict and diagnose the performance of complex sonar systems operating in the undersea environment. This fifth edition addresses advances in the development and utilization of underwater acoustic models since 2013. The inventory of underwater acoustic models has increased by approximately 10 percent over this period, thus demonstrating a continued expansion of related research and development activities. Major new developments are described in newly created subsections of the existing chapters. This book is intended for those who have a fundamental understanding of underwater acoustics, but who are not yet familiar with the various aspects of modeling. The level of technical detail presented in this book is appropriate for a broad spectrum of practitioners and students in sonar technology, acoustical oceanography, marine engineering, naval operations analysis, systems engineering, and applied mathematics. Sufficient mathematical derivations are included to demonstrate model formulations, and guidelines are provided to assist in the selection and proper application of these models.
Updated inventory of underwater acoustic models available for current research and development activities.
Discussion of specific examples of each type of model to illustrate model formulations, assumptions, and algorithm efficiency.
Instructions in the proper application of models and the correct interpretation of results to assess prediction uncertainties.
Demonstration of how underwater acoustic models can serve as enabling tools for assessing noise impacts on the ocean soundscape.
Inclusion of updated discussion and analytic questions in each chapter to help students assess their comprehension.
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1. A gift voucher for a book store - Starting off nice and simple here. As I've mentioned, picking a book for someone can be a challenge, so a gift voucher to their favourite book store is always a good option as they can choose the book they want. I actually love getting vouchers for book stores. I do not advise getting an Amazon voucher though as these often end up getting used on things that are not books!
2. Obama Llama £21.99 - This is a board game that is all about guessing the correct rhyme which are weird and hilarious such as 'Ginger Spice has head lice' and 'Theresa May using hair spray'. Bookworms will most likely have a head start on this game because of their knowledge of words, but this is fun for all of the family to play making it great for Christmas. Available from Amazon here.
I'm now trying desperately not to buy all these things for myself and wait patiently for Christmas!
You picked some really great ideas here! I would definitely recommend getting a book lover for a Kindle, I absolutely LOVE mine. I also love that personalised Starbucks mug, now I want one haha.
I bought my mum one of those little book journals for her birthday last year! I'd love a bath shelf - I love reading in the bath but I get cold because I have to sit so far out of the bath otherwise the book will get wet (obviously) so it'd be nice to just pop it on a shelf!
A reading journal would be a great idea for myself as i love seeing how many books I've read through the year!
That game sounds like so much fun!
A book shop gift card is a fabulous Christmas gift idea! My daughter is a huge bookworm, with an already huge stash of books to make her way through!


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Adam Driver/Kylo Ren In Disney Interactive Media's 'As Told By' Emojis Series For Star Wars 7
By Jorge Solis | May 03, 2016 07:00 PM EDT
Adam Driver/Kylo Ren Joins Disney Interactive Media's 'As Told By' Emojis Series For 'Star Wars' 7 Trailer! Read More »
'Star Wars; The Force Awakens' Blu-Ray Release Date!
By Jorge Solis | Mar 03, 2016 09:00 PM EST
After becoming a blockbuster hit in theaters, Disney is bringing "Stars Wars 7" to home entertainment. With the announcement of the official release date, watch Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in the special features of the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Blu-Ray. Read More »
WATCH 'Star Wars' 7: Verizon Go90 App "Force Awakens" World Premiere Live Stream
By Jorge Solis | Dec 14, 2015 07:30 PM EST
Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm will hold the world premiere of "Star Wars 7," the space opera sage created by filmmaker George Lucas. Check out the red carpet live stream of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" through Verizon's go90 app FREE. Read More »
John Boyega's Finn Readies His Lightsaber in New 'Force Awakens' Footage!
By Jon Niles | Aug 27, 2015 05:02 PM EDT
We saw Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) ignite his controversial crossguard lightsaber in the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in November, but today, thanks to the film's official Instagram account, we have a pretty good idea who he's about to fight. In some brief new video footage of the upcoming J.J. Abrams movie, which has a December 2015 release date, actor John Boyega as Finn holds the iconic blue lightsaber of Luke and Anakin Skywalker and stands awaiting a fight. Is Finn a Jedi after all? Watch this new video below! Read More »
New 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Character Revealed on LEGO Box?
By Jon Niles | Jul 16, 2015 01:31 PM EDT
We know that J.J. Abrams will introduce a ton of new characters in the upcoming blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the end of 2015, but the director is trying to keep details secretive to avoid spoilers. Unfortunately for him, one new character might have been leaked thanks to a new LEGO box image showing off Episode VII toys. One figure is named Tasu Leech, but that's all the information we have on him. Find out more on this news below! Read More »
Ewan McGregor Slams 'Force Awakens' Crossguard Lightsaber Again!
By Jon Niles | Jun 22, 2015 11:48 AM EDT
Ewan McGregor is at it again! Though there are rumors that the Scottish actor could reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in spin-off movies that might turn into a new trilogy for Star Wars, he's still throwing shade at J.J. Abrams' upcoming The Force Awakens film. To be fair, he has been praising the director for what he's seen in the Episode VII trailers and teasers, but McGregor can't get past the crossguard lightsaber we saw in the hands of Adam Driver's character, supposed Sith villain Kylo Ren. According to McGregor, a real lightsaber user wouldn't need the crossguard on the weapon. Read more on this news below! Read More »
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Star John Boyega Responds To Racist Trailer Reactions - "Get Used To It"
By Jon Niles | Dec 01, 2014 11:58 AM EST
Black Friday 2014 got off to a great start for movie fans, thanks to the debut of the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While there were plenty of great reactions to the first footage of J.J. Abrams' 2015 Disney and Lucasfilm blockbuster film, some comments turned a bit racist when star John Boyega, a black actor, popped up on screen in a Stormtrooper suit. Well, the Attack the Block star has responded to the criticism on his Instagram account with a pretty great message to all of those trolls out there! Read More »
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Was Group Decision From 'Episode VII' Team, Disney, Lucasfilm
By Jon Niles | Nov 10, 2014 01:56 PM EST
By now, you've probably heard that Star Wars: Episode VII has a new, official title, The Force Awakens, but who do you think came up with it? In a recent interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger, we find out that this new title was very much a group decision, with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J. Abrams being very involved in the name. Read More »
WWE's Sheamus Addresses Darth Vader 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Rumors
By Jon Niles | Sep 16, 2014 12:27 PM EDT
One of the biggest rumors surrounding the upcoming Disney and Lucasfilm movie Star Wars: Episode VII was that Darth Vader would be making an appearance. While we still don't know for sure if the character will somehow show up in the film, the person rumored to be playing the Jedi-turned-Sith villain, WWE star Sheamus, has finally addressed the speculation - and he's as confused as most of us are about this story! Read More »
Is Emperor Palpatine Back From The Dead In 'Star Wars: Episode VII?' [RUMORS]
Star Wars: Episode VII rumors keep popping up out of the woodwork as the 2015 release date approaches, but the latest speculation is about a returning character as the villain of the J.J. Abrams movie. This could be a huge spoiler or just another rumor, but according to source Emperor Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, is reportedly the main antagonist in the new trilogy just as he was in the previous films. Read More »
J.J. Abrams Using Very Little CGI In 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Says Rian Johnson
By Jon Niles | Aug 20, 2014 10:51 AM EDT
One of the biggest complaints about the Star Wars prequel trilogy was the overuse of CGI as opposed to practical effects. With the new trilogy (staring with the yet-to-be titled Episode VII from J.J. Abrams) coming out in the next handful of years, fans assumed CGI would play a big part considering the advances we've had in filmmaking. But after seeing some behind-the-scenes videos, we know that practical effects have been built, too. Now a new interview with Episodes VIII and IX director Rian Johnson has confirmed CGI will not be the main focus for effects! Read More »
'Star Wars Episode VII' News!
By Jon Niles | Jan 20, 2014 02:10 PM EST
Earlier this month, reports were claiming that Breaking Bad star Jesse Plemons was scheduled to meet with J.J. Abrams and audition for a role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII movie. As of this week, the director himself has confirmed this news. Abrams also revealed that the delayed script that he and Lawrence Kasdan have been working on is now complete, opening up the possibility to start casting and filming in early 2014! Read More »
Boba Fett Standalone Movie Coming after 'Star Wars Episode VII'?
Towards the end of 2013, it was revealed that Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of The Empire Strikes Back, would be taking over writing the script for 2015's Star Wars Episode VII alongside director J.J. Abrams. On top of this position, a new report claims that Kasdan is also penning a Boba Fett standalone film for the newly rebooted Star Wars film universe. Fett is one of the most iconic characters from the franchise, so fans should be happy to know that he is possibly in the hands of the man who essentially created the character. Read More »


San Francisco, USA -- More than one generation was captivated by George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, one of the great epics of modern times. The question always asked was, why does such a good man such as Anakin Skywalker turn to evil, "the dark side of the Force," and become its archetype Darth Vader?
While the latest movie puts to rest such questions, we may ask ourselves, how do we deal with our own dark side, which can erupt in anger or burn relationships before we even know what hit us? Let?s first look at how the dark side of us can sneak up and transform us into a person who does very destructive things, even perhaps criminal acts, and then look at how to deal with four hot spots?anger, fear, self-loathing, and victimization?to turn from the darkness and instead be nourished and led by the positive energy of the Force.
Star Wars is psychologically correct: Anakin was a decent, even selfless lad, but he was sold into an abusive slavery. The very noble Qui Gon saved him, but the damage of permanently unequal position--not unlike what most of us endure as children from more powerful older children, even from our parents and teachers?created a huge arsenal of pent-up rage he carried always with him. This rage was invisible on the outside, invisible for himself, lurking deep down within, but unmistakably dangerous. According to the psychologist Alice Miller, when we suddenly and unexplainably do something that injures our partner, our children, those we deeply love, and most of all ourselves, such action has its origins in childhood, when like Anakin we may have been forced to suffer in silence and put up with the cruelty inflicted on us in the name of upbringing. We can save ourselves and others incalculable harm by a program of honest self-reflection and spiritual uplift. Here is how I recommend handling the darker side or our emotions.
Psychologists rightly caution that suppression of anger can have disastrous physical and emotional consequences. If we are the type of person who stuffs down anger, or finds passive ways of lobbing it into another person's court stealthily like a cruise missile, it is better to express it openly. For the kind of person who gets a sense of honor and one-upmanship by indulging a hot temper, the pleasure will be short lived and the damage permanent. That is why the spiritual path counsels not to repress anger, but to channel its raw power before it explodes in such outbursts of destructive behavior. When someone irritates you to that crazy-making point that you feel like screaming the whole building down, start breathing deeply and calmly. If you have a mantram from a spiritual practice, try to break from the situation and go out on a fast, brisk walk repeating it silently in the mind.
Gradually, its rhythm will blend with that of your breathing and your footstep in a healing harmony, transforming the anger into lasting peace.
The greatest enemy of inner peace is fear. Anger, whether hidden or erupting in rage, can be located and dealt with. Fear is down under, seemingly nowhere, but when it strikes it paralyzes us or makes us do reckless things. I learned, for example, when I was training my pit bull as a pup that most vicious dogs bite and attack not out of aggression, but out of fear.
The same can be said when we do hurtful things to someone we fear may do better than us or abandon us. I recommend keeping a personal journal and, through free writing about the trials of our day, make fears come out in the open, so that the next time they try to masquerade in our mind, we can tell them no and act with wisdom rather than compulsion.
We all make mistakes. But they are due to wrong, incorrect thoughts, based on a faulty perception of reality, not on who we really are. Sometimes we beat ourselves up so badly that we become an object of scorn to ourselves, with "a hole in our soul." This happens to me all too often, so what I do is to get the self-loathing out in journal writing. It is possible then to look underneath our mask of adult behavior at the needy child that was neglected early in life, staring us right in the face. The more we can realize that certain facts and events of childhood made us feel bad and small, the sooner we can truly mourn those unfortunate experiences and see that we aren't a child now; we are a bright, competent adult, ready to move on and go forward. We do not need to let ourselves be led by dark, covered over forces that date back to a person and time we no longer answer to in our actions.
Probably fifty percent of adults alive today have been victimized as children, either sexually or through other kinds of abuse. Unfortunately, human experience is not a container that can be emptied from time to time. Traumatic things we experienced as children are sealed over and taken with us into adulthood. Many people go through life sure that the most innocent actions by their partner or good friend are meant to victimize or even humiliate them, when in fact they may just have had a bad day themselves and mean nothing but the best. But the truth is, it is within our power every minute how to respond. We can choose to react emotionally or not to every single event in our lives. So when you feel shut in the victim box, realize that you are not a helpless child anymore, but a capable adult, with many options.
I would recommend a spiritual practice, such as meditating on the words of sages and poets who have known emotional security and spiritual peace, slowly in the mind. In this mode of meditation, concentration on the passage, word by word, seeds the mind with the higher reality present in the passages. Eventually, passage meditation slows and even stills the mind, and one perceives then what lies in the space between thoughts. When our mind becomes thus stilled, abiding in this interstice between thoughts, a sudden flash can light up our real nature and show us who we really are and have always been. Thus you can defeat victimization forever and, in the words of a famous Buddhist, "awaken to this dharma of no-thought: you will penetrate all things thoroughly and come into the realm of Buddha." We can all turn away from the negative, dark side Darth Vader drowned in and instead find the positive energy of the force and have abundant use of it in loving, working, and living to our fullest.


"I think there was a bit of notion that we are going walk there and win the World Cup easily. So it's a good thing that has happened. What it has (the outcome against Australia) reminded us is that we have to play the World Cup very, very well," said Dravid.
He was speaking at the launch of ESPNCricinfo's new metrics, Superstats, along with his former India teammate Sanjay Manjrekar here on Wednesday.
"In a way I think its a good balancing factor. India has performed well in the last couple of years. There was a little bit of talk that we are almost going to walk in there and win the World Cup very easily because we are the No. 1 team and we have been dominating one-day cricket for the last couple of years," said India's current under 19 and A team coach.
"But I don't find anything strange from my perspective watching the series. I still feel that we are going to be one of the favourites. But it's going to be tough. It's going to be competitive," the cricket stalwart insisted.
Both Dravid and Manjrekar also answered queries on the much-talked about workload factor in the IPL starting on March 23 for some key Indian players, who are expected to make the World Cup squad, such as Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
"Most players are smart about these things. They know how to handle their body. I don't think the players would put their body on the line. I was reading Patrick Cummins (Australia pacer) saying that he feels better bowling when he is constantly playing rather than having rested and coming back," Dravid said.
"My views won't be appreciated. This is free enterprise. IPL is capitalism at its best. I don't think there should be any outside interference. It should be up to the franchises. Don't think there should be pressure (on IPL franchises) from the Cricket Board (BCCI) (to rest some players)," the former Test batsman turned TV commentator remarked.
While welcoming the new parameters launched by the cricket website which he felt would be of some help to coaches, Dravid said: "numbers are not everything but at the same time you cannot ignore numbers".
"Numbers can't quantify whether someone is not feeling up for it on that particular day. There's a mix of both," is how he put it.


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Prisons using restorative practice have found that bringing victims and offender together can have a profound effect on both the victim and the offender. Restorative practice puts the victim at the centre of the process allowing them to regain the control that being a victim of crime has removed from them. This empowers them by giving them an opportunity to have their say, maybe ask questions and to humanise their offender. Often victims have a distorted over fearful image of their offender that contributes greatly to the anxiety they feel by meeting their offender they often are able to minimize this fear and move on with their lives. Offenders often deny to themselves that their crimes cause harm, by engaging them within a process that allows the victim to be the primary focus it brings them face to face with their victims. When hearing the harm that their crimes have caused dramatically changes many offenders' views of the impact of their crimes. Offenders who participate within a restorative process are 30% less likely to reoffend.
All levels of crime can be dealt with by a restorative practice from low levels of crime to sexual crime and violent crimes including murder.


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Butt's weary of the bulls
JENSON BUTTON yesterday admitted his rivals are closing fast to threaten his dream of a fi rst world title.
Button has to dig deep on the run
The F1 ace gets ready for the swim
Button with his medal after his best effort
The Brawn driver holds a healthy 181⁄2-point lead in the championship thanks to his start to the season when he won six of the fi rst seven races.
But three races without a podium finish have given his rivals hope of reeling him in.
The Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are now his closest challengers and Button knows it will take hard work to stay ahead.
"When you have the opportunity you have to take it," said Button.
"This opportunity is the best I have had in Formula One by far. There might not be an opportunity again.
"It's got be heads down focusing on getting the best out of the car every race we go to.
"I am leading the world championship but the last three races for us have been a bit more diffi cult than we expected.
"We can put it all down to the cooler climates. Even in Hungary the circuit was a lot cooler on the Sunday than it was earlier in the week.
"But it is down to us to make the car work in those cold conditions.
"If we don't solve those issues, we'll be
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"We've been through more diffi cult times so we can solve these problems.
We have just got to stay relaxed and make sure we get back to the front, which we will in Valencia.
"We need to beat the Red Bulls. We can't sit around and collect points - it is not enough."
The European Grand Prix in Valencia a fortnight on Sunday will also see the return to the sport of seven-time world
champion Michael Schumacher.
The German agreed to drive for Ferrari after Felipe Massa was seriously injured at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Button said: "It's diffi cult to know how to feel about it because of Massa.
"Michael will be straight on the pace. Don't expect him to be sitting around at the back."
Button yesterday recorded a personal best at the Mazda London Triathlon, clocking in 2hrs 7mins 2secs.
He said: "I loved it. It has been my best ever Sunday morning."


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Bernie ][ The Rescue is an Apple IIGS emulator (and I believe also emulates the Apple IIe as well, though I've never tested that). Aside from Sweet16 (for Mac OS X), this is easily the best Apple IIGS emulator for Classic Mac OS.
This collection features Bernie 3.0, along with every single version of Bernie ever released, and for those running Mac OS 7.6.1 or below, Appearance Manager is also included. Lots and lots of documentation and support for those who have trouble getting Bernie going is also included (Reading the support documentation requires a browser, Classilla is recommended to read with).
This serial has been tested to work on Bernie 2.6, and should work fine with 2.5.x as well.
Versions 2.5.x and below should run on PPC Mac OS 7.6.1 and possibly below, however, the Appearance Manager is required, which is included.
Yes, I'm aware Bernie was shareware in the past, IIGS_User. That was a poor choice of words on my part. Before Bernie's site went down, according to Wayback, the Bernie folks had declared it as freeware sometimes in the mid 2000s. But either way, their site is long gone. Still nice to have this big collection dedicated to Bernie, should help a lot of people get started with it, since it includes so much stuff!
Sweet16 is the successor of Bernie ][ The Rescue, using the same code base.
Bernie was not freeware, but it was shareware. In the past, I paid for it.
Probably later versions were freeware, which I don't know, but 3.0 was available in beta stage only.


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Terrence Ross
8 Comments Posted on January 20, 2010 by Amogh Featured, Recruiting
Five Recruiting Stories to Follow
On January 8, top 30 small forward Roscoe Smith shocked no one in committing to the Connecticut Huskies, the program that made him a priority from day one. While eliciting groans from Duke fans who had cautiously hoped that Smith would choose the Blue Devils, it was far less devastating than Harrison Barnes' unexpected choice to be one of Roy's Boys. I personally expected Smith to be the final target, and if he chose elsewhere, for our already stellar three-man class to be finalized.
Luckily, Coach K's new (and welcome) "wide-net" recruiting strategy is craftier than I thought. 2010 is still wide open. Here are some players and stories to follow this spring and beyond.
1. Carrick Felix: Out of Nowhere
Felix is a super-athletic small forward at the College of Southern Idaho. Never heard of it? That's because it's a junior college (and it's in Idaho). Duke's staff, particularly assistant Nate James, has been in touch with Felix for several weeks now about visiting Duke this spring. Recruiting JuCo players is new territory for Coach K, and may seem dangerous to the casual observer, as many kids end up at these schools due to academic issues. Felix reportedly has no such issue with grades. He comes from a military family and apparently is very disciplined and hard working. As it stands, his only official offers come from Kent State and Idaho, although bigger names have been knocking of late. Making the jump to a national powerhouse like Duke would be a dream come true for Felix, and would help improve his skill set to match an NBA-level athleticism. Moreover, his size (6'6") and defensive prowess could earn him playing time immediately on a team lacking at small forward—particularly if Kyle Singler goes pro.
If all goes well with admissions, I think Felix is the player most likely to join Irving, Thornton, and Hairston in this class.
2. Terrence Ross: Villain to Hero?
Terrence Ross, scout's number 21 shooting guard, had committed to ACC foe University of Maryland in April 2009. But the New Year brought Ross' decision to re-open his recruitment. Since then, several high major programs (Kansas and Kentucky join Duke) have offered Ross in an attempt to provide a last-minute boost to their recruiting classes. In a recent interview with HighSchoolHoop, Ross stated that he felt he had made he decision too soon and jumped at the opportunity to play in the ACC. At the time, Maryland was the only conference squad to offer him. Now that that's changed, Duke could possibly be his final destination.
Unlike Carrick Felix, a relatively off the radar player, Ross' talent has been well documented as a rising star at Rockville, Md.'s Montrose Christian, a perennial powerhouse. He's extremely explosive and possesses a sweet, Dre-like jumper from 3-point land. Ross decided to take the '09 summer off from AAU play to focus on personal improvement—a mature decision not always made by other high schoolers. This extra work, along with a a stellar senior season at Montrose should pay off and move him up in the final rankings.
So what are Duke's chances? The X-factor here could be Josh Hairston, Ross' teammate at Montrose and longtime member of our 2010 class. Ross mentioned that Hairston has been talking to him about Duke for a while now. Moreover, our success in recruiting DMV-area players has been staggering over the past several years—Smith, Dawkins, Hairston and Thornton all hail from that area. Ross could provide instant offense with his shotmaking ability and athleticism. Let's hope Maryland's loss is our gain.
3. What's up with Quincy Miller?
In the past few months, rumors have floated freely about 2011 star power forward Quincy Miller, many fueled by his often hilarious and rarely serious Twitter account. Most of the college-related content boils down to a heap of praise for two schools: Duke and Kentucky (although my favorite comes during UNC's recent loss to Georgia Tech: "Haha so UNC is getting blasted again? Wow").
Miller has visited both Kentucky and Duke for games—including an appearance behind the bench on Sunday night for the Wake blowout. (side note: a certain C-T member made a sign for Q: 'We Want the Young Truth,' which is Miller's nickname. He liked it.)
Some Duke fans anticipated an early commitment from Miller. He's established a legitimate relationship with the coaching staff and has a world of respect for Coach K. But he is also enjoying the attention of many high major programs, especially Coach Calipari's hype machine at Kentucky. In an era of Skyped commitments and unreal expectations, it's actually refreshing for me to see a player enjoy the recruiting process and explore his options. I expect Miller to hold off on making a decision for a while. He's a terrific player, and one worth waiting for. Hopefully he chooses the right, um, shade of royal blue when that time comes.
4. The Rivers Runneth to Durham?
Austin Rivers just seems like a Duke kid. Good hoops genes? Check: his father coaches a certain Boston professional sports dynasty and his brother Jeremiah is a starter at Indiana. Penchant for the big stage? Check: he dropped 46 to lead Winter Park over 16th ranked Wheeler in December. A solid writer (think Redick's poetry)? Yep. He writes a diary for HighSchoolHoop.
As most recruitniks know, Rivers verbally committed to the homestate Florida Gators over a year ago. But at the suggestion from Doc he decided to check out other schools. Well, just one school actually. And that was Duke.
The thought of Austin teaming up with Irving, Dawkins, Curry, and Thornton in our 2011-12 backcourt makes me salivate. At 6'4" Austin has the size to dominate smaller guards coupled with the quickness to blow by taller players. He has an unconventional but effective jumper that he releases snappily, making it almost impossible to guard. Sometimes he looks like a more disciplined And-1 star. He's the real deal and a unanimous top-5 recruit in 2011. See video evidence here.
This is one of the best recruiting stories of the year, and of particular interest to people who have followed Duke recruiting for a while. Many fans felt stunted by current Florida freshman guard Kenny Boynton chose the Gators over Duke two years ago. While Boynton was never committed to Duke, the general consensus was that he favored the Devils until Billy Donovan made an excellent sales pitch (that may or may not have included Nerf guns) and wooed him to Florida.
If Rivers decides to come to Duke, it would certainly feel like vindication for the Boynton fiasco. Rivers plans to be at the UNC game in Cameron—let's show him that the best basketball is played in the ACC.
Side-note: Rivers recently injured his ankle in a game against Gonzaga and Tyler Thornton. We wish him a full and speedy recovery so he can be back dunking on people (see the video).
5. Or could it be Zeigler?
The aforementioned "wide net" strategy is in full effect at Duke. The recruitment of Trey Zeigler, a standout shooting guard from Mt. Pleasant, Mich. is further evidence that the coaching staff is no longer content targeting a handful of players per year.
Like Felix and Ross, Zeigler would provide a boost in the middle. He has size at 6'5," a powerful body, and a solid outside jumper. He is also taking over point guard duties this high school season, which will improve his ballhandling and leadership—two qualities valued at Duke.
Assistant coach and former physical glue guy Nate James is taking the lead on Zeigler's recruitment: he and Coach K visited Zeigler last week. Zeigler could play a similar role as James, a key component of our 2001 National Championship squad.
Zeigler may be the longshot of this group—he is very keen on Michigan, UCLA, and Michigan State. If he chooses Duke, he'd likely contribute in his first season. And we'd have another 'Z' to cheer for. Win win.
Wow, doesn't if feel nice to be optimistic this late into a recruiting process? As crushed as we all were about Barnes' choice—which was difficult to say the least—it seems to have lit a fire under the coaching staff. The competitive fire that smolders in Coach K has erupted, and our recruiting will only benefit. Adding one or more of Felix, Ross or Zeigler will boost next year's already loaded squad to even further heights. Watch out, Roy.
One more thing: I can't get enough of Irving. K1 is a future superstar.
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2010 Recruiting Austin Rivers Carrick Felix Quincy Miller Terrence Ross Trey Zeigler