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A passion for blue
Symbolising fidelity and secrecy, blue is a colour for which artists in the past would pay considerable sums. It is often the subject of writing. And it is also the colour in which the Royal Copenhagen expert painters excel.
Blue has innumerable shades and nuances. The truest and purest blue, cobalt, is used for decorating the classic Royal Copenhagen blue fluted service. Thousands of years before this, from as far back as 2600 BC, Egyptian and various other civilisations used cobalt to create intensely blue colour for glassware, glazing and ceramics.
Almost 7000 years ago, the Egyptians would crush the blue stone Lapiz Lazuli into a fine powder to use as pigment for eye makeup and murals on walls. Much later, medieval painters learned to use the stone's colour to manufacture paint, attaining the colour ultramarine.
"…"I have found it at last. This is the true blue. Oh, how light it makes one. Oh, it is as fresh as a breeze, as deep as a deep secret, as full as I say not what." With trembling hands she held the jar to her bosom…"
Quoting old Lady Helena's exclamation upon being presented with a blue-painted Chinese jar. Quote is from "The Young Man with the Carnation" from Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen (the pen name of the Danish novelist Karen Blixen)
Royal Copenhagen's blue pigment is called cobalt zinc silicate and it is the cobalt that provides the distinctive blueness. In its infancy, Royal Copenhagen obtained their cobalt from Norwegian 'Blaafarveværket', the 'blue colour factory' a company that was responsible for between 70 and 80 percent of all global cobalt production throughout the 19th century.
The "blues" of an artist
Throughout history, the colour blue has been an important means of expression. Some artists used blue to signify a surplus of resources and wealth, whereas others used the colour to express their feelings. Pablo Picasso, for example, went through a decidedly "blue" period.
The signature of a blue-painter
Blue is used in many of Royal Copenhagen's decorations. Porcelain painting requires tremendous accuracy and concentration in a process that is both long and complicated. A blue-painter spends four years learning his craft. The delicate decoration is comparable to the painter's own signature; at a glance the decorations may appear identical but each painter is able to immediately recognise their own and their colleagues work. In addition, all blue-painters put their own signature on the back of each and every porcelain item painted. Here these individual signatures join the three Royal Copenhagen waves, which represent the three Danish straits: the Oresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt.
The 18th century was the pinnacle of blue painting in ceramics. At that time, European porcelain factories looked east to China for inspiration, as this is where porcelain-painting tradition had deep roots. Frantz Heinrich Müller, founder of Royal Copenhagen (then the Royal Porcelain Factory), was no exception. He imported a stylised chrysanthemum motif from China to Denmark where it was developed and refined into the ultramarine pattern we know today on the fluted porcelain from Royal Copenhagen.
Blue - little and large
In Denmark, we consider Blue Fluted Plain part of our cultural heritage and something we all have a connection to in one way or another. Passed down from generation to generation, pieces of Blue Fluted Plain can be found in many Danish homes. Over the centuries, Royal Copenhagen has produced between 1,500 and 2,000 different kinds of cups, jugs, bowls and plates; all hand-painted to the last detail. There have also been more unusual pieces in the series. In the early 1800s, Blue Fluted Plain was highly desirable and the pattern could be found on everything from washbasins to chamber pots.
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Q From Harry Sayle: I was taught in high school that there is no such word as enthuse, I hear a lot of people using it in sentences such as, 'I am enthused about the ballgame'. Shouldn't it just be enthusiastic? Enthuse is in the dictionary, so was my high school teacher wrong years ago, or was the word added because it is so commonly used?
A Enthuse is one of those words that once made traditionalists quiver with rage. Even now it has not been fully accepted by everyone.
Your teacher was going too far in saying that the word didn't exist, though that vehement denial may just have been a way of impressing on young minds that it was a word to be avoided. As you say, it's now in every dictionary. It also has a long history in the language — it was used as long ago as 1827 by a Scots traveller in North America: "My humble exertions will I trust convey and enthuse, and draw attention to the beautifully varied verdure of N.W. America".
Grammarians disliked it at the time because it's a back-formation. If a word looks as though it might be a derivative, sometimes people will take the ending off, thereby accidentally creating a word that didn't previously exist. In the case of enthusiasm, it looks as though it might derive from a verb enthuse, though it doesn't. To experts in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the process looked like an ignorant mistake. These days it is recognised as a common and legitimate method of word formation (verbs like classify, commentate and edit were formed from nouns in this way).
Even now, nearly two centuries after enthuse was created, the usual advice in style guides is to be careful about using it, because an aura of non-respectability still hangs about it and it is regarded in some quarters as a brash and gushy informal word. However, it is much more accepted now than it was even a few years ago, and is in fairly common use — even, for example, in the more staid American newspapers, usually as the adjective enthused rather than the verb itself. It is still avoided in formal prose, but then an emotion like enthuse is hardly likely to appear in formal writing anyway.
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A place for Christians to talk about their favorite music, bands, and more.
i put this cuz i listen to christian and secular music .
what are your fav bands?
Wow, long lists. I see some good bands in there. I think this will fit with the surveys forum though, so I'm going to move it there.
Eh, mine's probably about the same as Monkey's but I'll name a few anyways.
lots more, don't wanna list them here.
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How do I change the beneficiary(s) for my policy?
How do I switch to the Automatic Payment Plan?
Can I pay my policy by EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer)?
How do I change my premium payment frequency?
How do I change a name due to marriage, divorce, correction, etc.?
How do I correct the birth date of an insured?
How do I change my policy to Reduced Paid Up (RPU)?
How do I change my policy to Extended Term Insurance (ETI)?
How do I make an annuity withdrawal?
How do I take out a loan on my policy?
How do I surrender or cancel my policy?
How do I apply for reinstatement of my policy?
How do I file a life insurance claim if I have lost my original policy?
How do I assign my benefits to a third party such as a funeral home?
How do I determine who is the Insured's next of kin?
What do I do if all of the beneficiaries on a policy are deceased and no estate has been established?
What do the codes mean on my agent statement?
How do I get appointed with Central Security or Western American?
In what states is Central Security licensed?
Why is Western American only licensed in Texas?
1.1. Q: How do I change the beneficiary(s) for my policy?
A: Please complete our beneficiary change form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.2. Q: How do I switch to the Automatic Payment Plan?
A: Please complete our automatic payment plan form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.3. Q: Can I pay my policy by EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer)?
A: Yes. Please complete our Automatic Payment Plan form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.4. Q: How do I change my premium payment frequency?
A: Please complete our Change Mode of Premium Payment form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.5. Q: How do I change a name due to marriage, divorce, correction, etc.?
A: Please complete our Change of Name form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.6. Q: How do I correct the birth date of an insured?
A: Please complete our Change of Age form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.7. Q: How do I change my policy to Reduced Paid Up (RPU)?
A: Please complete our Change To RPU form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.8. Q: How do I change my policy to Extended Term Insurance (ETI)?
A: Please complete our Change to ETI form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.9. Q: How do I make an annuity withdrawal?
A: Please complete our Annuity Withdrawal Request form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.10. Q: How do I take out a loan on my policy?
A: Please complete our Policy Loan Request form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.11. Q: How do I surrender or cancel my policy?
A: Please complete our Policy Surrender and Cancellation Request form and return it to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
1.12. Q: How do I find an agent?
A: Find an agent or broker by contacting our Customer Service Department.
1.13. Q: How do I apply for reinstatement of my policy?
A: To apply for reinstatement of your policy, please complete our Reinstatement Application and return it with a check or money order for your late premiums to the Policyholder Service Department at our mailing address.
2.1. Q: How do I file a life insurance claim?
A: Please complete our Life Insurance Claim Form and return it with the life insurance policy and a certified copy of the death certificate to the Life Insurance Claim Department at our mailing address.
2.2. Q: How do I file a life insurance claim if I have lost my original policy?
A: In addition to completing the Life Insurance Claim Form, you will also need to complete a Lost Policy Affidavit. Return the completed forms with a certified copy of the death certificate to the Life Insurance Claim Department at our mailing address.
2.3. Q: How do I assign my benefits to a third party such as a funeral home?
A: Please use the assignment form provided by the assignee (funeral home). If you have multiple claimants (beneficiaries), please use our Explanation of Assignment form to make sure your intentions are clear. Assignment forms are not standardized. Our form helps clear up any confusion when there are multiple claimants each assigning a portion or all of their benefits.
2.4. Q: How do I check the status of a claim?
A: By writing or calling our Claim Department.
2.5. Q: How do I determine who is the Insured's next of kin?
A: Next of kin is determined in the following order: Spouse, Children, Grandchildren, Parents, Siblings, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles.
2.6. Q: What do I do if all of the beneficiaries on a policy are deceased and no estate has been established?
A: Send a copy of proof of death for the deceased beneficiary and have the affidavit of heirship form completed by the Insured's next of kin (see 2.5 for definition of "next of kin").
3.1. Q: What do the codes mean on my agent statement?
A: Check out our How to Read Your Agent Statement section at AgentWeb.
3.2. Q: How do I get appointed with Central Security or Western American?
A: Contact Jim Lewis, our Director of Marketing.
3.3. Q: In what states is Central Security licensed?
A: CSLIC is licensed to do business in all states except: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
3.4. Q: Why is Western American only licensed in Texas?
A: Western American Life Insurance Company holds a special charter that is only available in Texas.


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A friend of mine, who has been a real estate broker/owner for over 30 years, told me that the first thing someone should do when considering the sale of his or her home after the passing or departure of a spouse is to wait six months before doing anything.
If you can afford the mortgage payment and the bills you have, wait before making a huge decision like selling your house. He suggested that you "take a deep breath" and figure out exactly why you want to sell your home.
Are you an older individual who wants to live closer to your children? The problem with that is that your child might get a wonderful job offer in the near future and have to decide between staying nearby to keep you company or deserting you for a better job opportunity.
Let's say you sell your home, move quickly to be near the kids, and six months later, they have sold their home and moved away. Where would that leave you? You would be in a new place where you have few (if any) friends and you would be totally alone in a new town.
If you feel you have to move, move somewhere that you want to live. Make sure your new location is near a large airport so that you can visit your children a few times a year.
Note on airports: You may find that the nearest airport has horrible rates for flying to your children's location. I learned recently that it was considerably cheaper to drive back to my former area and fly out of that location, rather than pay five times the rate to fly locally. The cost of my time was about the same, due to lack of nonstop flights from the new airport and hours lost due to layovers.
Let's do the math. It takes me five hours to drive to my former airport but the cost of a ticket to my kids' location is less than $200, one way for a nonstop 2 hour flight. There are airports very close to where I live now and I could get to three of them in less than 3 hours. I could not get a nonstop, so the flight would take about 6 hours, with layovers, and would cost $500 for a one way ticket.
So a one-way ticket from the old airport is $200 or less, but requires a 7 hour commitment of time, one way (not including TSA time in either scenario). A one-way ticket from the new airport is $500 and requires a 9 hour commitment of time, one way. My path to the old airport is a lovely drive through the countryside, so guess which way I chose?
This is food for thought as you decide to sell and move to a new place for a fresh start. I would love to hear what you think about this topic!


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Leeds targeting Aston Villa star in £7.5m move after FOUR replacements signed
LEEDS are looking to sign Aston Villa star James Chester in a £7.5m transfer after losing Pontus Jansson.
Callum VurleySport Reporter
Leeds have one goal in mind for the upcoming season and that is promotion to the Premier League.
It comes after the Whites came agonisingly close last time around before being knocked out of the play-off semi-finals by Derby.
Marcelo Bielsa has seen his contract extended by another term and the Argentine must plot his way through the division.
But what was a formidable defence under the Leeds boss has taken a formidable blow after Jansson departed for Brentford earlier this month.
In a shock move, the Swedish centre-back was quickly offloaded with staff members at Elland Road fed up on his attitude.
But the Yorkshire outfit have their eyes on Aston Villa star Chester to plug the gap left behind by the 28-year-old, according to the Mirror.
Villa were the beneficiaries of the play-offs last season, beating Derby in the final.
And Dean Smith has not been afraid to splash the cash since, already spending close to £100m on new players.
Leeds targeting Aston Villa star in £7.5m move after FOUR replacements signed (Pic: GETTY) (Image: GETTY)
Leeds are desperate to bolster their defence (Pic: GETTy) (Image: GETTy)
Among them have included four new centre-backs - Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa from Brentford, Kortney Hause from Wolves and Bjorn Engels from French side Reims - costing a total of £44m.
There are also plans afoot to sign Chelsea youngster Ethan Ampadu on loan.
It leaves Chester fighting for game-time despite being a senior member of the squad at 30.
The former West Brom ace, who cost Villa £8m four years ago from the Baggies, missed the latter part of last year with a knee injury that ruled him out for four months.
However, Smith is in no rush to cash in on his players and is happy to have the squad depth.
He said: "The four of them are great options for us to have. But we also know what a good player James is, and he has shown it in the Premier League.
"Ideally, I would like to see him challenging for a place when we go to Tottenham on the first day of the season next month."
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San Antonio: Leading and Innovating
The 7th largest city in America, San Antonio is home to 15 area colleges and universities, and robust Information Technology/Cybersecurity, Bioscience, Aerospace, New Energy, Financial Services and Advanced Manufacturing sectors. Combined with a skilled workforce of more than one million, it is no wonder the Milken Institute ranks San Antonio among the best performing cities in the country. Visit San Antonio can assist with connecting local leaders from the city's high-growth sectors to meeting and convention groups to provide education, local expertise, speakers, panel participation, and networking.
Information Technology (IT) Cybersecurity
San Antonio has also emerged as one of the highest concentration of cybersecurity and intelligence professionals outside Washington, D.C., thanks to the city's association with the military and scientific research. San Antonio is home to collaborative organizations like Geekdom, Tech Bloc and CodeUp fuel the robust ecosystem with training, resources and office space as well as Build Sec Foundry, a cybersecurity incubator. Top Ten for Tech Jobs in the U.S. Economic Impact of Approximately $10 Billion #1 Cybersecurity program in the U.S. (University of Texas San Antonio) San Antonio-New Braunfels ranks #6 in the nation for pay in STEM professions New Energy Over $200 Million in Educational & Capital Investment San Antonio is home to CPS Energy, the largest municipally-owned, vertically integrated, gas and electric utility company within the United States. Through New Energy Economy (NEE) (a strategic approach to incorporate a low or non-carbon emitting energy source while leveraging economic development) CPS Energy has spurred the creation of a solar manufacturing and clean energy technology hub within San Antonio.
San Antonio is also a national leader in green research technology and is home to long-established research entities, including the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI) at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Economic Impact of Approximately $1.4 Billion San Antonio is a national leader in green research technology Bioscience/Healthcare With San Antonio's diverse mix of nationally-recognized healthcare systems, well-regarded research institutions, health profession education programs, cutting-edge biotech companies and successful national corporations, the bioscience and healthcare industry is a dominant force in the city's economy. The industry includes both direct and indirect healthcare services. Added over 50K Net New Jobs Over the Past Decade Economic Impact of Approximately $36 Billion Unmatched Access to Military Assets Employs one of every six San Antonians Aerospace/Aviation The San Antonio aerospace industry includes a range of businesses that manufacture aircraft equipment and parts, service, and repair aircraft, produce and distribute transportation equipment and supplies, provide both scheduled and unscheduled air transportation, and operate flight schools. The Alamo Area Aerospace Academy partners with industry, and is a national model for the creation of a pipeline between local high school students and aerospace employers.
San Antonio International Airport - #3 Best - Performing Airports in America 400% Growth In The Last 25 Years 13,000 Employees Military/Defense San Antonio is Military City U.S.A. The first military flight took place at Fort Sam Houston in 1910; the Air Intelligence Agency is located at Lackland Air Force Base; Brooke Army Medical Center is the leading treatment center for burn victims in the military and Fort Sam Houston is the home of Army medicine, among many other major missions present in San Antonio.
Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) has a substantial impact on the local economy in San Antonio and in Texas. One in Eight People in Bexar County Associated with JBSA The Alamo Region's Military Employment Accounts for 3.4% of the Area's Total Employment and 64% of Texas' Total Economic Impact of Over $48.7 Billion 3.4% of the area's total employment and 64% of Texas' total military population Financial Services The Financial Services industry in San Antonio includes the following sectors: banking and credit; investment activities; insurance; funds, trusts and other financial vehicles; accounting and bookkeeping. San Antonio's financial sector is one of the city's most stable, promising and significant business sectors despite the recent economic recession. USAA Makes Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" Past 9 Years Employs More than 60,500 People Advanced Manufacturing San Antonio has a large and diverse manufacturing industry, with a representation of every major sector of U.S. manufacturing present in the community, including materials and electricity, equipment and metal, transportation, and diversified products. The Texas FAME (Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education) is a local, industry-led program that brings companies together to recruit and train high-demand manufacturing talent. Fourth-Largest Manufacturing Market in Texas 52,000+ Skilled Professionals Economic Impact of Over $40.5 Billion 23% Higher Wages than Regional Average


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By Mark Joyella on Sep. 11, 2014 - 9:18 AM
The Los Angeles City Council took time this week to honor retiring KCBS/KCAL anchor Kent Shocknek, who announced earlier this month he would step down at the end of the month.
L.A. council member Bernard C. Parks presented the honor to Shocknek, who's believed to have anchored more television news than any other news anchor in Los Angeles.
With a career spanning over 36 years, Shocknek started as anchor in 1986 with "Today in L.A." on KNBC 4 and joined CBS 2 in 2001. He was also the first TV anchor in the city to write a daily blog.
Shocknek has anchored the news during several prominent stories and breaking news such as the 1992 riots, Michael Jackson's death, and the 1984 Olympics. In October 1987, he was on air when the Whittier Meadows earthquake struck. He was honored by the American Red Cross for taking the proper precautions and leading by example.
Earlier this year, the City Council declared January 10 to be officially renamed "Kent Shocknek Day".
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A Montague Island Tour provides a chance to explore this unique NSW south coast attraction, Explore the Montague Island Nature Reserve on a through guided half day (3-4 hr) offshore adventure. Alternatively, groups can stay overnight in the island's in the restored Lighthouse Keepers Quarters.
Montague Island is a natural haven for birds. The island is snake-free and there are no predatory mammals as found on the mainland. Birds of prey (raptors) are the only animal threat to the island's bird population. In addition, the rich waters of the East Australian current pass around or near the island providing important feeding grounds for seabirds.
Montague Island is home to up to 8000 pairs of Little Penguins, making it NSW's largest colony, and one of the largest in Australia. Their yearly routine involves times of peak activity during breeding and again during moulting, interspersed with long periods foraging at sea. Evening half-day tours are conducted during the peak seasons, and visitors gather on our illuminated observation platform to enjoy watching them land, socialise and then head up the tracks to their burrows which are found all over the island. Overnight tours can often assist in counting birds at more remote landing sites.


All your problems are just thoughts. And thoughts are not a problem.
Ever feel like you failed? Show of hands. Yep, me too. Plenty of times. One instance in my late twenties, I was working at a big telco when management decided to do a restructure. I became collateral damage. Nowadays being restructured out of a steady source of income happens all the time, it was not so common back in the early noughties. I became depressed and angry at myself for being rejected, a failure. At the time I still equated what I did for a living with success in life. All the trappings that came with the income were a measure of how far I've come. I had planned on staying with that telco for a while and perhaps move up the ranks. But it was not to be.
But there's no such thing as failure, just brief pauses. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, our thoughts and beliefs dictate how we give meaning to events in our lives. Looking back to see the "failures" and observing what they led me to (other jobs, new friends, new experiences), I started to see it more like a detour, a signpost urging me to stop take a breath and try something else.
We went on a road trip early last year up the coast driving up to Byron Bay from Sydney. It's about ten hours give or take a few with sticky-beaky side trips thrown in. I've always loved road trips, for their unpredictability. You never know what's around the corner.
Once we decided to take a detour from the freeway and take a back road running through a small sleepy beach town. It was late afternoon. The signpost said it was only twenty-five clicks from the main road, so off we drove. Pretty soon the road became narrow with a precariously steep drop on one side, hairpin bends where you can't see up ahead, we had to slow down quite a lot. To top it off we appeared to have descended into a thickly canopied forest, the late afternoon light disappearing into a murky dimness. Then fifteen clicks in, the asphalt disappeared into a dirt road. Dang! We're driving in a small hatchback. Our car isn't designed to go off-road. I was very close to making a U-turn and going back. This was a terrible mistake!
Fortunately, the dirt road was only a short distance. At the end of the road was one of the prettiest small beach towns with a lovely protected beach cove, perfect for swimming with small kids. We stopped to soak in the view, turned around the way we came and continued on our trip.
There will be times in your life when things will appear to not go the way you planned. Bumps in the road, potholes, barriers, dead ends, you name it. You may have to turn around and try another way. Or you can keep moving forward and hope for the best. That lemon you think life threw at you, is just a deliberate pause to give you some breathing space. So you can stop, regroup and plot a different route.
Just remember to appreciate the view. It's freaking amazing!


A redacted version of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to be released to Congress and to the public by the Justice Department a day before the Easter holiday weekend, a department official said Monday.
But the release of anything less than the full report will not placate congressional Democrats, who want to see all of it.
The report, totaling more than 300 pages, details Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the question of whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian agents in that meddling.
The Justice Department has had Mueller's full report since the special counsel submitted it on March 22.
Attorney General William Barr, in a four-page summary of the report's main conclusions, has said that the special counsel found no evidence that Trump's campaign colluded with Russians.
Barr last Wednesday told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that the report would be released this week.
But he spelled out four categories of redactions he planned to make before releasing the report to Congress and the public.
Those areas include information related to the grand jury used by the special counsel during his probe, and information related to ongoing investigations.
Congressional Democrats, led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., have argued that they are entitled to view the entire report without redactions and have demanded that Barr provide it to them. The Judiciary Committee two weeks ago voted to authorize a subpoena for the unredacted report. That subpoena has not been issued, as yet.
Democrats have increasingly criticized Barr's handling of the report — particularly his determination after just two days of having the voluminous document that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that there was not enough evidence to conclude that Trump obstructed justice.
They have also voiced their concerns about Barr's views in light of an unsolicited memo he sent to the Justice Department last June criticizing the Mueller probe.
Trump has repeatedly railed against Mueller's investigation, calling it a "witch hunt," even after claiming that the report totally exonerated him.
And several members of Mueller's team, speaking on the condition of anonymity, reportedly have said that the evidence that Trump tried to obstruct the probe is stronger than Barr has publicly suggested.
Trump vented on Twitter about Mueller's investigation about a half-hour after the made its Justice Department announcement that the report would be released Thursday morning.


Closing Bell Exchange: Start of a bear market?
"What is important is the price action of the market has done something we haven't seen since the last bull market peak," Roberts said. "There is something going on internally in the market. That illness that has been building up in the market."
A trader also noted that investors stopped looking at technicals and were plowing through them.
"It's an expiration day and it looks like they're to have for sale on the close maybe as much as a billion dollars," said Art Cashin, director of floor trading for UBS.
The Nasdaq Composite lost 3.5 percent, also closing in correction territory and joining the other major averages in negative territory for the year.
Apple declined 6 percent, in bear market territory, and the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) plunged 3.1 percent.
"Right now there is a feeling of fear in the marketplace and all news is interpreted negatively and it's interpreted indiscriminately," said Tom Digenan, head of U.S. equities as UBS Global Asset Management.
The S&P 500 fell through a support level of 1,980 to end at 1,970, off 7.6 percent from its 52-week high. The index is off about 4.3 percent for the year so far. Information technology and energy led all 10 sectors lower on the day. Energy was the worst decliner for the week, with no sectors posting weekly gains.
About 70 percent of the S&P 500 is in correction or worse, with 31 percent in a bear market and 39 percent in correction territory.
"It's more of the same," said Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group. "From a technical perspective we broke" 2,040 on the S&P 500, the lower end of the trading range.
The Russell 2000 fell into correction territory in the open and failed attempts to stay out of it.
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Earlier, the averages briefly attempted to halve losses in mid-morning trade.
"I think uncertainty about China (and) general negativity is weighing on the market. There's a lack of positive economic news to motivate buyers," said David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds. He noted "there's nothing particularly negative in the U.S. economic outlook."
Oil reversed Thursday's late gains to briefly fall below $40 a barrel to $39.86 for the first time since March 2009.
"Lower oil prices should benefit the U.S. but whenever they collapse like that that brings back bad memories of what's happening to the global economy," said Ben Pace, chief investment officer at HPM Partners.
"Earnings season has kind of wound down so the Chinese macro story takes on a bit more of importance than it should," said David Lafferty, chief market strategist at Natixis Global Asset Management.
"We've probably had a bit of a healthy transition here," he said, noting how bad news is mostly interpreted as bad news rather than good news that keeps the Fed at bay.
"The Fed has created such a mixed message that people don't know what to do with their money," said JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade. "That makes (it) very difficult to figure out who are the winners and losers for the fourth quarter. People are taking money out of the market."
The index was up more than 45 percent on the day, for its greatest weekly gain on record (going back to 1990) and up more than 100 percent month-to-date for August, on track for its largest monthly rise since 1990.
Earlier in the day, Kinahan said investors should start paying attention now that the VIX is above 20, and that anything over 25 indicates "true fear."
Still, "we're coming off such a quiet market, sometimes there's an overreaction," he said.
"At one point or another you're going to see some bottom fishing," he said. "Again, the trend for now is lower."
Global markets extended losses on Friday. European stocks closed sharply lower, with the STOXX Europe 600 off more than 3 percent.
The Shanghai Composite plunged 4.2 percent after the China flash manufacturing PMI came in at a 6-1/2-year low.
"There's a lot of systemic fear with growth slowing in China ... but nobody really knows what the actual data is," said John Caruso, senior market strategist at RJO Futures. "With China taking the drastic measure of actually devaluing their currency (last week) many people are believing things are much worse than they're leading us on to believe."
On the other hand, euro zone activity rose in August. The regional flash composite PMI from Markit rose to 54.1 from 53.9 in July. The U.S. flash manufacturing PMI came in at 52.9, slightly below expectations.
"I'd certainly be surprised if there's not a bit of a bounce, because a lot of what we know is not new," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities.
Treasury yields held lower, with the 10-year note yield at 2.05 percent and the 2-year yield at 0.63 percent.
The dollar fell about 1 percent against major world currencies, with the euro hitting a two-month high above $1.13 and the yen at 122.12 yen against the greenback. Emerging market currencies were weaker against the dollar.
Growth fears and uncertainty about the timing of a Federal Reserve rate hike weighed heavily on Thursday. U.S. stocks plunged more than 2 percent, with the major averages closing at session lows below their 200-day moving averages. The Dow fell 358 points to below 17,000 and the S&P 500 ended at 2,035, in the red for the year so far.
"The SPX broke down from a triangle pattern yesterday on a significant increase in downside volatility. The decline led to a breach of important support at the March low, which defines the lower boundary of a six-month trading range," said Katie Stockton, chief technical strategist at BTIG.
"An important low appears likely next week from a technical standpoint, although the market may reel for another couple of days before finding its corrective low," she said.
On the earnings front, Deere and Foot Locker posted results before the market open.
Deere plunged more than 8 percent after posting earnings $1.53 per share for its third quarter, 9 cents above estimates. However, revenue was below forecasts and Deere also lowered its forward guidance. The company said it is being impacted by a downturn in the farm economy and lower demand for construction equipment.
Foot Locker fell 3.7 percent after reporting earnings of 84 cents per share for its second quarter, 15 cents above estimates. Revenue was above analysts' forecasts as well, and a same-store sales increase of 9.6 percent exceeded estimates of a 6 percent rise.
The Dow transports fell 2.7 percent, with JetBlue leading all constituents lower. The index has been in correction territory for much of the year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 530.94 points, or 3.12 percent, at 16,459.75, with Apple leading all blue chips lower.
The index has fallen 1,017 points this week and off 1,230 points for August. The index has only dropped more than 1,000 points or more in five other months in history, most recently in October 2008.
The S&P 500 closed down 64.84 points, or 3.19 points,, with information technology and energy leading all 10 sectors lower.
The Nasdaq closed down 171.45 points, or 3.52 percent, at 4,706.04.
About five stocks declined for every advancer on the New York Stock Exchange, with an exchange volume of 1.3 billion and a composite volume of 5.0 billion in the close.
High-frequency trading accounted for 49 percent of August-to-date's daily trading volume of about 6.7 billion shares, according to TABB Group. During the peak levels of high-frequency trading in 2009, about 61 percent of 9.8 billion of average daily shares traded were executed by high-frequency traders.


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Editorial Team Posted On November 18, 2021
Nottingham-based Ideagen, which specialises in compliance software, has acquired CompliancePath Holdings, a software validation and assurance business focused predominantly on the healthcare and life science sectors.
Based in Glasgow, CompliancePath has two offices in the US and a base in Barbados and has been an Ideagen technology partner for a number of years.
The deal is for an initial £4.5 million with a conditional deferred earnout of up to £4.5 million, payable over the next two years, linked to strong revenue and earnings growth.
CompliancePath recorded revenues of approximately $2.1 million and profit before tax of almost $1 million in the 12 months to 30 September 2021 with net assets of $1.5 million at that date.
Ideagen, which recently completed its biggest deal to date after snapping up Australian company CompliSpace, has also released its results for the six months to 31 October.
The group expects to report total revenue for the first half up 33% at approximately £38.8 million, while recurring revenue grew by 41% to £34.2 million, representing 88% of total revenues compared with 83% in the same period last year.
"Ideagen delivered a robust performance in the first six months, which not only reflects the strength of our business model and the merits of SaaS, but also the investment in our people, our products, and our customers," said CEO Ben Dorks.
"Since the first half ended, I am pleased to have completed four acquisitions with significant synergy opportunity and welcome these products and teams to the group.
"The group continues to generate strong organic growth while executing on our strategy of acquiring businesses that extend our leadership in compliance software for regulated industries."
Ideagen, which has reported 12 consecutive years of revenue and profit growth, secured a £100 million funding package for acquisitions and swooped to acquire two other RegTech businesses recently.
Ideagen has a presence in 150 countries and provides quality, audit and risk software to organisations operating in highly regulated industries.
Its clients span sectors including aviation, financial services, life science, healthcare and manufacturing, and it has 'centres of excellence' in the UK, Europe, America, UAE and South East Asia.
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With such a condition, the lack of insulin in the body would lead to the buildup of toxic blood glucose as well as the excessive breakdown of muscles and fat tissues. With such, if you were to use a ketone breathe meter or ketone breathalyzer to check for the presence of ketones, you would find the levels to be very low, to indicate that the body is not in the state of ketosis. It is important to point out that ketoacidosis is a serious health condition and those suffering from it will always be monitored keenly in intensive care units. However, individuals in ketosis happens to be amongst the healthiest and most active members of the society.
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As it stands at the moment, it is not easy to establish a credible argument against ketosis when it comes to kidney damage. The process has yielded exceptional results for healthy individuals seeking to improve their fitness, as well as nutritionally fragile kids suffering from various conditions such as diabetes, cancer and epilepsy. Indeed, it is true that there are rife speculations that ketosis can put undue pressure on the kidneys, but there are not enough studies to give credence to this claim.
In what is considered as perhaps the highest protein intake ever studied, an average of 2,263 calories was consumed by an average bodybuilder for 10 weeks, out of which 71% was from proteins. It was observed that the bodybuilder's weight dropped from 168lbs to 139lbs and his body fat also reduced from 16% to 4.4%.
When blood analysis was conducted, there was a notable increase in blood urea nitrogen, commonly known as BUN, from 16 to 53 (the normal range of BUN is between 6 and 25), and there was no indication of any damage to the kidneys. Of course, such a high intake of proteins for a prolonged period would not be advisable, but this is just a subtle pointer at how far people are willing to go without any notable damage to the kidneys.
It should be noted that almost everyone is always in some degree of ketosis at some point during the day. The most effective way to know whether or not you are in ketosis is to carry out any of the ketosis tests available, with the most popular ones being NMR or simply use the ketone breath test to detect the presence of ketones in your breath in real time.
For instance, anyone off the streets who is not dieting or exercising and who has just taken a meal were to be tested, they would record a ketosis reading of between 0.003 and 0.01, and for most people, when you wake up in the morning with the last meal being dinner, you would record a ketosis reading of about 50. For marathon runners, it is possible to record readings of up to 100 and for those dieting, readings of between 200 and 300 are possible within the very first week. In essence, there is no precise levels which can be used to constitute ketosis.
In order to further understand if ketosis can be any harder to the kidney, it is vital to understand the relationship between ketosis and liver, and the actual process that takes place in ketosis. When ketosis diet is observed, the liver will convert the medium chain triglycerides into ketones after just a few hours of consumption. The MCT avails readily available source of ketones for the liver. The other portion of the diet which the livery will be dealing with is the BHB salts which will also be absorbed into the blood as ketones. The BHB salts also provide another source of ketones, only that they are not dependent on the liver for their production.
As noted earlier, there is a lot of literature suggesting that neither the kidney's nor the liver's functions will be affected negatively by ketosis. The main role played by the kidney with regards to ketones is to remove the excess ketones from the urine. This removal is likely to be high during the first few days of adaptation to ketosis, but with time, the body will begin to retain more of the ketones, and it will start to preferentially burn the ketones as one progresses in the diet. For endogenous production of ketones, the liver is the main site of action and as it stands at the moment, there is not enough clinical evidence to suggest that ketosis is hard on either the kidneys or the liver.


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United Overseas Bank Venture Management (UOBVM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Overseas Bank Ltd. and Japan-based Orix Corp., will each invest US$25 million in Bitexco Power Corp., one of Vietnam's largest private hydropower firms, according to Bitexco Power.
Details of the deal's structure were not immediately available, but the transaction is scheduled to take place this month.
Bitexco was founded in 2007 and runs 18 hydropower plants in Vietnam, which have a combined total installed capacity of about 1,000 MW. Among its plants, the largest is the 190-MW Dak MI 4 located on the Vu Gia-Thu Bon River in Phuoc Son District-Quang Nam province. Commissioned in May 2012, the facility's existing capacity can annually output enough energy for about 2.7 million people.
Orix, a financial services group that has offices in Minato, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, is involved with solar, wind and geothermal projects both in Japan and internationally. The Bitexco investment is the company's first venture into the hydropower industry.
According to numerous financial reports, UOB is the third-largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets. The organization has nearly 70 branches in Singapore and its network of more than 500 offices is established in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Western Europe and North America.
"Hydropower is one of the most cost-efficient sources of electricity generation, and we believe Vietnam's growth will continue to drive the demand for renewable energy," said Seah Kian Wee, managing director and chairman, UOBVB.
Vietnam's rapid growth of around 6.5% in recent years has had an effect on the country's power needs. According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, it estimates electricity demand will continue to expand at annual growth rates of between 10% and 12%, rising from 169.8 TWh in 2015 to 615.2 TWh by 2030.
Vietnam is on course to have an installed capacity of 75 GW by 2020 that includes: 46.8% from coal plants; 24% from gas plants; and 19.6% from hydropower plants. In total, the country estimates renewables will make up nearly 4.5% of its energy mix and nuclear power plants will contribute about 2.1%.
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Gregory B. Poindexter formerly was an associate editor for HydroWorld.com.
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Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915: a look back
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Apr 01, 06:00PM – 08:00PM
To mark the centennial of the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915, architectural historian Laura Ackley, author of San Francisco's Jewel City, will present a talk and slideshow on this remarkable world's fair and its cultural significance.
Building the Panama Pacific International Exposition
Apr 25, 10:30AM – 12:00PM
Treasure Island Museum
Join historian Laura Ackley for the dramatic story of how the gorgeous palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition were designed and constructed in just a few short months between 1912 and 1915.
New Technology at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Saratoga Historical Foundation
"New Technology at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition" Author Laura Ackley, and noted PPIE historian will talk about one of the main purposes of World's Fairs always has been to introduce the "latest and greatest" to the public.
Berkeley Goes To the Fair!
Apr 19, 2015 to Oct 03, 2015
Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley goes to the Fair! examines the PPIE experience from the opposite side of the Bay.
Inventiveness and Innovation: Contemporary Architects and the Influence and Impacts of Architecture and Architects of the 1915 World's Fair
California Historical Society
Join us for this panel discussion exploring the continued impact of the visionary Panama-Pacific International Exposition architects, including Bernard Maybeck and Willis Polk.
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