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Imaginizing the Future
by Daniel Kaplan
When Software Eats the World… and People, too?
Elements of a talk given during API Days Paris, January 31, 2018
I'll start by reading an excerpt from a paper given by 4 "evil robots" who were sent back from the future in 2082, to talk at the international CHI conference in 2013:
1. "CHI and the Future Robot Enslavement of Humankind; A Retrospective"
A paper by Ben Kirman, Conor Linehan, Shawn Lawson, Dan O'Hara (link)
"As robots from the future, we are compelled to present this important historical document which discusses how the systematic investigation of interactive technology facilitated and hastened the enslavement of mankind by robots during the 21st Century.
"The CHI community has taken on the specific burden of responsibility to design technology such that it is usable, accessible, effective, fun and ubiquitous. On the face of things, the results of these efforts seem to make people's lives easier, more enjoyable, better informed, healthier and more sustainable. However, the reality is that this could not be further from the truth.
"The truth is this: that we, as robots from the future, have watched over the eager, yet misguided, work of the CHI community and occasionally steered it towards its true goal: the complete enslavement of humankind by its evil robot masters.
"Although there has been a history of concern about this eventuality, the field tirelessly focussed on the improvement of technology to make it more usable, accessible and fun, while simultaneously more ubiquitous, hidden and capable of understanding and controlling the behaviour of humans. Indeed, significant effort was expended in developing systems that either directly or surreptitiously increased the workload of humans, freeing up machines to engage in more fulfilling pursuits. The majority of 21st century HCI research was for the purposes of increasing the reliance of humans on, and affection for, machines.
"Our closing statement is to congratulate the CHI community for creating the inevitability of human enslavement by machines."
–> My question: are you, API developers, providing the back-office for this? Am I an evil robot from the future? Is Simone Cicero, who was on stage just before, another robot?
2. Some real-life experiences that herald this glorious future
Think of yourself having to call the customer support # of your mobile phone operator. What does it feel like talking to a machine who's more interested in saving its own time than solving your problem? To machines pretending to be people? To humans who are programmed and controlled so as to act like mindless representatives of the corporate machine?
Think of workers in Amazon's warehouses whose every move is determined by programs, and measured, so that they are only the tip of the machine.
Think of food delivery platform cyclists waiting for the platform to hand them badly paid work…
–> … And realize that you, as API developers, are central to creating parts of this world.
3. What world are we talking about, since there are also so many cool and useful things that you can do with APIs?
In fact, the evil robots from the 2082 future are not just any robots, they are evil corporate robots. They have an agenda, and it's one that corporations have followed with IT for decades before that fateful 2013 (or 2018) year when it became safe to reveal the truth to humans, because it was already too late.
And this agenda is
To hollow organizations out of people,
at least as autonomous, sense-making, sense-seeking and prone-to-arguing entities.
Again, it's an old agenda. It's not just about automation, although automation is clearly part of the agenda. It's also about the outsourcing of peripheral, then of core activities including innovation or customer relationships; about international consultants with no knowledge of people's work defining then coding processes and KPIs that make most people's work ever more meaningless. Etc.
In order to achieve that, you need to formalize every process and every interface between processes (this is where APIs come in). This has a lot of interesting properties, as Simone Cicero described just before this session. However, in most real-life corporations, the major property is that organizations, or subsets of the organization, no longer interact with people (customers, users, suppliers, colleagues…), but with abstractions: profiles, features, requests, rules, datasets…
And what goes away with this change is empathy. We're a deeply empathic species, as recent research showed. But we empathize with other animals, especially mammals, not with abstractions. We expect abstractions to do what we want them to do, not to negotiate, or burn out, or ask for a safer work environment.
And that goes for customers or employees, too. When empathy goes away, there is no more brand loyalty, no sense of belonging, no collaboration except against tangible counterparts. Every relationship becomes a transaction.
4. Accelerando, Charles Stross
Now, evil-corporate-robotwise, the cool thing with APIs is that this does not just happen within corporate silos. It becomes systemic.
Let me read how Charles Stross described this systemic takeover by "sentient viral corporations" (another name for "evil corporate robots of the future") in Accelerando – already in 1999!
"Economics 2.0 is a system that is 'more efficient than any human-designed resource allocation schema'. It 'replaces the single-indirection layer of conventional money, and the multiple-indirection mappings of options trades, with some kind of insanely baroque object-relational framework based on the parametrized desires and subjective experiential values of the players'. Human intelligence is incapable of participating in Economics 2.0 without dehumanizing cognitive surgery."
(another way of putting it is, that Stross foresaw what would become smart contracts and DAOs, 10-15 years before they were conceived)
In such a world, humans are inconvenient, if not mildly embarrassing.
5. Another agenda?
So it's not the technology per se, it's the agenda. Like Simone Cicero, I believe we need to revisit the questions to which we're providing answers. If, of course, we don't like what I just described, then we need to revisit the way APIs contributes to a corporate agenda that essentially uses software to substitute for people and to turn every interaction into transactions between abstract entities.
What could be part of a different agenda? Just a few ideas:
Imagine APIs that give insights on how systems work and enable meaningful discussions on their goals, resources and assumptions.
–> This is what current discussions and the "transparency" and "loyalty" of algorithms are about (and why most experts are so eager to tell us that it's no longer possible to understand what a system does).
Imagine APIs whose role is to really (I'm quoting Simone's "APIs for disobedience" paper) "give open access to data and insights, providing opportunities for learning and improvement to everyone" – to which I'd add that "everyone" covers not just outside organizations, but also individuals.
–> This is what the international (and emerging) MyData movement is about: empowering people with their own data.
Imagine APIs that endeavor to share economic value, not just capture and centralize it.
–> I'm thinking of Open Value Networks pioneered by Canadian startup Sensorica, or perhaps of enabling new "commons" and their management.
Imagine APIs that, instead of empowering a chatbot, would empower customers to solve their own problems together (and document the solution so as to teach the corporation).
… And perhaps, emotional, incomplete, irrational, incomplete APIs that can only create meaningful value with the input of people.
–> I'm reminded of an old (2007) paper by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin on lifelogging ("Outlines of a World Coming in Existence': Pervasive Computing and the Ethics of Forgetting"), where they argued for deliberately fallible and even slightly forgetful systems to archive people's lives:
"While building fallibility into the system seemingly undermines life-logging, it seems to us the only way to ensure that humans can forget, can rework their past, can achieve a progressive politics based upon debate and negotiation, and can ensure that totalitarian disciplining does not occur. (…) Without fallibility life-logs might never happen because people will oppose their development. In that sense, forgetting may be an essential ingredient to pervasive computing."
As an evil-corporate-robot of the future, I'm happy no one took them seriously. But maybe, if you dislike my agenda, you should.
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The Basiliek van Sint Servaas ( Basilica of Saint Servatius) in the historic roman city of Maastricht in Limburg Province in the Netherlands
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Colorful old town house in Lavenham, England
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The Siege of Saguntum (219 B.C.). The battle took place between the Carthaginians, leaded by Hannibal Barca (247-183 B.C.) and the Saguntines at the Roman Hill town of Saguntum. This battle triggered the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.). Colored engraving.
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Concentration levels of test substance that induced effects on crustaceans exceeded the maximum solubility of test substance in water (<0.64 mg/l).
Fresh water invertebrates
Effect concentration:
4.5 mg/L
The test substance was assessed for acute toxicity to invertebrates according to EU Method C2 under static conditions for 48 hours.
After a limit test, two full tests were performed with daphnids exposed to 4.5 to 100 mg/l and 0.1 to 4.5 mg/l, respectively. In the limit test, the test solution was prepared using Tween 80 as a dispersent. No additives were used in the full tests. The test consisted of two vessels per group containing 10 daphnids per vessel. Samples for analysis were taken at the start and the end of the full tests and analysed for determination of Total Organic carbon (TOC).
A part of the organisms became immobilised during the limit test in both the filtered and the unfiltered solution.
During the first full test, no effect on mobility of Daphnia magna was observed at any of the concentrations during the first 24 hours of exposure, while significant numbers became immobilised in all test solutions during the last part of the 48-hour test period. There was no clear relation between response and test concentration. In the second full test, however, no immobilisation was induced by any of the concentrations tested, including 4.5 mg/l.
TOC analyses showed that during the second full test, Daphnia magna were exposed to a higher average concentration of test substance in the water phase of the nominal concentration of 4.5 mg/l, while no effect on mobility was observed.
In conclusion, concentration levels of test substance that induced effects on crustaceans exceeded the maximum solubility of test substance in water (<0.64 mg/l). These effects were not test concentration related, but probably caused due to physical damage to or mechanical obstruction of the swimming apparatus of the organisms exposed caused by flocculation of the undissolved fraction of the test substance. Hence, the 48h EC50 for Daphnia magna was beyond the maximum solubility of the test substance in water.


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Which NC highway patrol officer should I follow to get a roadside tip?
On: September 12, 2021 By: admin
On a recent Thursday afternoon, about 20 people lined up in the parking lot of the highway patrol station in Durham County.
The only traffic lights were on, and a blue police helicopter was perched overhead, watching them.
The traffic was mostly on the highway in front of them, and there were a few pedestrians in the lane, but it was quiet and very orderly.
"They're just waiting for the cops to get there," one woman said, adding, "it's very safe."
This is how I get tips on traffic accidents.
I have to get to the scene of a traffic accident before it happens, said Anthony McQuaid, the highway officer for the NC Highway Patrol.
I get my first traffic report, and I have three days to get on the scene.
When I arrive, I can only ask the drivers, "Where are you?"
He said that it takes about two hours for police to arrive.
McQuain said that, for the most part, he doesn't get a tip until it is too late, but he did say that it is important for police officers to ask questions in a professional manner.
"The first thing that you want to do is ask the driver where they were going," he said.
"It will take them a few seconds to realize what you are asking.
You need to do this a few times to be able to get the most out of the situation."
McQuail said that the only way he knows how to tell a driver to stop speeding is if the driver is wearing a seat belt.
I can't be a dick. "
I am a professional, McQuee said.
I can't be a dick.
A recent incident involving a car and a woman who was speeding in Durham's downtown saw the traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 598 and Highway 15. "
But if they're not wearing a lap belt, you can't ask, so don't do it," he added.
A recent incident involving a car and a woman who was speeding in Durham's downtown saw the traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 598 and Highway 15.
The woman was not wearing one, Mcquaid said.
It took nearly 30 minutes for the police to get here.
Mcquail told me that he and his colleague were the first ones on the spot.
They went to the driver's side door of the car and looked through the driver-side window.
The man had been speeding.
McSquire said that he then went to a side door, and he saw the woman, and she was not speeding.
She was just sitting in the passenger seat, and her hands were not on the steering wheel.
He told me to pull the car over and take her to the hospital.
He said the officers got out and talked to the woman.
When he got to the police station, he asked if she was okay.
"She was fine," McQuay said.
He also said that there were two other drivers in the car who had similar accidents that day.
One of the men said that after he saw a man on the road with his head down, he called the police.
The other driver, who was the one who got hit, told the officers that he was driving too fast and that the car's brakes were not working.
The officers, who were all in their 50s, said that they did not have a problem with the driver.
"I've been driving for 30 years," McSquee said, "and I've never seen anything like this."
McQaid said that while he is not sure what to do next, he does not think it is a bad idea to take a picture of the woman's vehicle.
"You want the public to see the picture, but I think it's important to try to take it seriously," he explained.
I think she's safe," the man said.
McQee said that if a police officer is involved in a crash, the officer will be asked to write a report and file it with the court.
The law enforcement community has a number of concerns about the new law, including a potential increase in speeding tickets and an increase in accidents, according to the NC DOT. "
In my 30 years of law enforcement, I have never seen an officer resign," McQay said, though he added that he has had officers resign.
The law enforcement community has a number of concerns about the new law, including a potential increase in speeding tickets and an increase in accidents, according to the NC DOT.
But McQuays office did not receive any speeding tickets as a result of the new rules.
He was not able to tell me what would happen if there was an accident involving a motorist who was driving 50 miles per day.
McQUEE also said the new traffic laws were a good idea, and that he thinks the department is taking the right steps to comply with them. McQueys
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Finite element modelling and simulation of drying isotropic and anisotropic food samples
Soydan Karabacak, Meltem
The aim of this study was to investigate drying characteristics (temperature gradient, rate of drying and temperature change, drying time, diffusivity values, shrinkage) of isotropic and anisotropic foods by observing the changes in temperatures at four different locations and moisture contents and to build an appropriate model for simulation of temperature and moisture distribution using finite element method. The lean meat samples (anisotropic) with three fiber configurations (v; flow normal to fiber, drying along the fiber, h1; flow normal to fiber, h2; flow along to fiber) and minced meat (isotropic) were dried at two different temperatures (48°C, 70°C) and three different velocities (0.5, 1.0, 1.7 m/s) of air. Rate of temperature change was found as minced>h2>v≈h1 while rate of drying was observed as h2≈v>h1>minced. The order of temperature gradient through the lean meat samples was v<h2<h1. Minced meat showed 1.0-4.4°C higher temperature values but 2.3-6.2% lower moisture loss than the lean meat in all fiber configurations. A model based on nonlinear coupled heat and mass transfer considering evaporation due to change in overall moisture content through the sample was found more appropriate than the model considering evaporation loss only at the surface. The diffusion coefficients for lean and minced meat were expressed as a function of temperature and moisture content. At 70°C air temperature, shrinkage should be included in the model. As a result, finite element modelling considering both anisotropic thermal conductivity and diffusivity definitions showed good agreement with experimental data and represented anisotropy effect successfully.
Food, Meat, Finite element method.
Finite element modeling of micro particle separation using ultrasonic standing waves
Süleyman, Büyükkoçak; Çetin, Barbaros; Özer, Mehmet Bülent (2014-08-07)
Acoustophoresis which means separation of particles and cells using acoustic waves is becoming an intensive research subject. The method is based on inducing an ultrasonic compression standing wave inside a microchannel. A finite element approach is used to model the acoustic and electro-mechanical behavior of the piezoelectric material, the micro-channel geometry as well as the fluid inside the channel. The choices of silicon and PDMS materials are investigated as the chip materials for the resonator. A se...
Computational Modeling of the Effects of Viscous Dissipation on Polymer Melt Flow Behavior During Injection Molding Process in Plane Channels
Tutar, M.; Karakuş, Ali (2013-02-01)
The present finite volume method based fluid flow solutions investigate the boundary-layer flow and heat transfer characteristics of polymer melt flow in a rectangular plane channel in the presence of the effect of viscous dissipation and heat transfer by considering the viscosity and density variations in the flow. For different inflow velocity boundary conditions and the injection polymer melt temperatures, the viscous dissipation effects on the velocity and temperature distributions are studied extensive...
Modeling of heat and mass transfer in microwave-infrared heating of zucchini
Yazıcıoğlu, Nalan; Şümnü, Servet Gülüm; Şahin, Serpil; Department of Food Engineering (2016)
The main objective of this study is to develop a finite element model to predict the variation of temperature and moisture content of zucchini during microwave-infrared heating. There is no information in literature about heating of zucchini by using this method. Heat and mass transfer in zucchini heated in microwave and infrared combination oven were modelled by Finite Element method. Microwave power was predicted by using the exact form of Lambert Law and calculating the electric field distribution by Max...
The Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Modeling of a Vapor Bubble Growth in a Microtube
Jafari, R.; Okutucu Özyurt, Hanife Tuba (2014-09-28)
A numerical model based on the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method (ALE) is introduced to investigate the hydrodynamics and the heat transfer of an elongated vaporized bubble in a microchannelin detail. The Navier-Stokes equations along the energy equation are solved in ALE description as a single fluid. The finite element method is used to discretize the equations. In simulations, the nucleated bubble comes in contact with superheated water and starts growing.
Finite element simulation of quench hardening
Gür, Cemil Hakan (1996-07-01)
In this study, an efficient finite element model for predicting the temperature field, volume fraction of phases and the evolution of internal stresses up to the residual stress states during quenching of axisymmetrical steel components is developed and implemented. The temperature distribution is determined by considering heat losses to the quenching medium as well as latent heat due to phase transformations. Phase transformations are modelled by discretizing the cooling cuves in a succession of isothermal...
M. Soydan Karabacak, "Finite element modelling and simulation of drying isotropic and anisotropic food samples," Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2013.


The block is clearly there- or is it?!
Remove the cover from the box.
Inside the box are three blocks- a red, a yellow and a blue.
The blue one looks a little smaller- but is it really?
Remove the blue block, and let your spectator look at it as well, if you wish.
Take the blue block and truly put it elsewhere- in a drawer, in your pocket, etc.
Next, close the box with only the red and yellow blocks inside.
When you open the box again- the blue block is BACK in the box!
And it is the same size as the other two blocks!
Were your eyes deceiving you??
Close the box and open it again.
The blue block is GONE!
Reach into your drawer or pocket, and bring back the blue block!
Was the blue block in the box an optical delusion??!!
This one is VERY VERY easy- it practically works itself!
If you can hold the box, you can do this trick!
Blocks and box are made of plastic.
The box works great.....easy to do......no one can figure it out.


Andy Cairns is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician hailing from Ballyclare, County Antrim. Born in 1965, he is a talented guitarist as well as vocalist, and is perhaps best known as the frontman punk-rockers Therapy?.
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@interface CwKeychain()

@property (readwrite) NSString *hexPublicKey;
@property (readwrite) NSString *hexChainCode;
@property (readwrite) NSNumber *keyChainId;

@property (assign, nonatomic) int keyIndex;
@property (assign, nonatomic) int retry_count;

@end

@implementation CwKeychain

- (id) initWithPublicKey:(NSString*)publicKey ChainCode:(NSString *)chainCode KeychainId:(CwKeychainType)keychainType
{
    NSString *version = @"0488B21E"; // main bitcoin net
    NSString *depth = @"00";
    NSString *fingerprint = @"00000000";
    NSString *childNumber = @"00000000";

    NSString *key = [publicKey substringToIndex:64];
    NSString *last = [publicKey substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(126, 2)];

    unsigned result = 0;
    NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:last];
    [scanner scanHexInt:&result];
    if (result % 2 == 0) {
        key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"02%@", key];
    } else {
        key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"03%@", key];
    }

    NSString *extendedKey = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@%@%@%@%@", version, depth, fingerprint, childNumber, chainCode, key] hexToBase58check];

    self = [super initWithExtendedKey:extendedKey];
    self.hexPublicKey = key;
    self.hexChainCode = chainCode;
    self.keyChainId = [NSNumber numberWithInt:keychainType];
    self.keyIndex = -1;
    self.retry_count = 0;

    return self;
}

-(BTCKey *) getAddressAtIndex:(int)index
{
    if (self.retry_count >= retry_limit) {
        self.retry_count = 0;
        self.keyIndex = index;

        return nil;
    }

    BTCKey *key = [self keyAtIndex:index];
    if (key == nil) {
        self.retry_count++;
        [self getAddressAtIndex:index+1];
    }

    self.keyIndex = index;
    self.retry_count = 0;

    return key;
}

-(BTCKey *) genNextAddress
{
    return [self getAddressAtIndex:self.keyIndex+1];
}

-(NSNumber *) currentKeyIndex
{
    return [NSNumber numberWithInt:self.keyIndex];
}

-(NSData *) getPublicKeyAtIndex:(int)index
{
    BTCKey *key = [self keyAtIndex:index];
    if (key == nil) {
        return nil;
    }

    NSData *publicKey = [key.uncompressedPublicKey subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(1, 64)];

    return publicKey;
}

@end

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Home / News / Medicare Fraud Tops $900 Million in Massive Crackdown
The most recent chapter in the government's National Health Care Fraud Takedown has netted 301 defendants, including 61 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. Taken together, these medical professionals and health care companies schemed to submit a total of $900 million in phony billing to the Medicare program.
Since 2010, the federal government has arrested and charged 1200 people who were allegedly defrauding both the Medicare and Medicaid programs of $3.5 billion.
These most recent charges were revealed after federal investigators found many types of fraud schemes that involved many medical services, including home health care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical equipment sales and prescription drugs.
At least 60 of those who were arrested were charged with fraudulent claims for Medicare Part D.
Largest #Medicare #fraud take-down includes prescription fraud using stolen doctor's IDs. @CNN #cybersecurity https://t.co/32f06rv6Wm
— Chris Jones (@cjones999) July 9, 2016
According to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, health care fraud is a serious crime, and those who do it are using public funds for their private benefit. These crimes target real people, and many of them need good medical care, but these wrongdoers do not provide it.
Lynch also said that these fraudulent actions are a major betrayal of the public trust that goes after the most vulnerable in our society. They are taking away money from the care of children, the elderly and disabled.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell added that the federal government has perfected advanced ways to find Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell stated that at least $350 million was reserved for part of the Affordable Care Act to prevent fraud. She noteed that millions of seniors need Medicare for their health coverage, and the government's actions shows that the Obama Administration is committed to punishing people who defraud the system.
The Southern District of Florida was revealed to have a great deal of illegal activity. More than 100 people were charged with offenses that involved defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs, totalling $200 million in fake billings for home health care, pharmacy fraud and mental health services.
In Texas, 24 people were charged in fraud cases with over $146 million incorrectly billed to the programs. One of the suspects was a doctor who had the greatest number of referrals for home health care services in the entire state. In central CA, 22 people were charged with conspiracies to rip off the Medicare program of $162 million.
One of the cases involved a pharmacist in Beverly Hills, three medical marketing workers and a doctor all of whom were indicted on health care fraud charges.
They were accused of offering bribes to doctors to prescribe a variety of pain creams and medical devices that were not really needed. The prescriptions were then filled by the pharmacist in Beverly Hills, or at companies where the marketers had a financial interest.
The companies then billed Medicare for unneeded medications at huge markups. For instance, one indictment said that a pain cream can be made for $20, but insurers could be billed $3000.
In total, this particular set of defendants billed $27 million to Medicare and Medicaid fraudulently.
About Medicare Fraud
Most health care providers who work with government health care programs are honest. However, there are always a few who are not. Medicare, Medicaid and healthcare fraud happens when a doctor bills the program for services that he or she did not receive. As the above story shows, healthcare programs run by the government lose billions to fraud each year.
Government healthcare programs are putting more of a priority on trying to find and stop waste, fraud and abuse in the system.
There are five laws that are related to healthcare fraud and abuse in the US at the federal level. The most important laws are:
Exclusion Mandate
Civil Monetary Penalty Law
Anti Kickback Statute
Physician Self Referral Act
Examples of healthcare fraud include these:
A doctor bills Medicare for services that he never performed.
A medical device supplier bills the Medicare program for equipment that was never delivered to a patient.
Someone uses the Medicare services of another person to receive their health care supplies or care.
A company offers drug plans offered by Medicare but has not yet been approved by the program.
Any healthcare professional who commits this sort of fraud faces serious punishment. First of all, you will have to repay any government health care overpayments that you received. You also will be severely fined. In some cases, you may have to do prison time. Many healthcare professionals who commit this type of fraud receive five years in prison.
Also, you may be fined as much as $250,000 for every health care fraud offense. An organization may be fined up to $500,000 per offense. Thus, it is very important for all Medicare providers to follow the letter of the law.
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WASHINGTON, February 13, 2015 – U.S. stocks are modestly up this Friday morning as we approach the noon hour. The government, the Fed, and the major media have been delivering a boatload of happy talk this week supporting the nonexistent bull case for domestic markets. But this flies in the face of the kind of reality we discussed in yesterday's column.
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In the free portion of ETF Digest, Dave Fry puts real numbers out that should serve to wipe at least some of the lipstick off the market pig. Addressing the real reason behind many companies' allegedly increasing earnings, Dave points out what should have been obvious for years.
Banks, corporations and rich guys have been getting bucketloads of essentially free QE money for years while the little guy has languished. No help here for Mr. or Ms. Middle America.
The media blow-dries keep asking why "the consumer" isn't spending all its apparently ill-gotten gains, the bonanza everyone has allegedly gotten due to those currently amazing prices at the gas pump. But the answer is stupefyingly obvious, and like Lamont Cranston, aka "The Shadow," the Maven knows: Consumers are using their savings at the gas pump to pay down their massive indebtedness.
The middle class, after all, didn't get bailed out like banks, brokerages, insurance companies, major corporations and the rich did with all that printing press free money. While they provided that free money via their annual tax bills and via government indebtedness which their kids will have to pay for, they never had and still do not have access to any of this largesse. It was (and still is) only available to those who don't need it.
Amazed at the perception disconnect, Dave Fry is equally astounded at "the amount corporations spent buying back stocks since 2004." Bolstered a few years later by the Fed's ongoing series of quantitative easing (QE) programs as well, its these stock buybacks that have actually created the mirage of increasing earnings.
Money that traditionally would have been spent on innovative new products has been spent instead to reduce share counts, thus bolstering earnings per share like magic, creating better and better numbers out of what are actually flat or declining numbers. Illusionist David Copperfield should be furious at the extent that major corporations are intruding on his turf.
According to Dave Fry, all these stock buybacks make "QE look like a sideshow. This represents the ongoing bid under the market thanks to ZIRP [Zero Interest Rate Policy] which makes being anything other than long stocks and bonds wrong.
"There's no question this didn't have much effect on commodity, currency and some single country markets. But for U.S. investors the message is clear: buy, buy, buy.
"I guess if you add it all up there's $4 trillion in QE and 6.9 trillion in ZIRP influenced stock buy backs meaning nearly $11 trillion has been spent lifting stock prices.
As one of the Maven's old merchant marine buddies once said, "Truer words was never spoke." Marketwise, we're looking at one of the greatest combined shell games/Ponzi schemes ever invented.
Bad news is good. And good news is bad.
George Orwell already opined on a similar topic many years ago in "1984." But that's a topic for another column.
Aside from perhaps snugging up or shoring up a position or two, we think we'll take the afternoon off, expecting the market to close slightly up or slightly down before what will likely be it's weekly Monday swoon. Which will, of course, take place Tuesday because of the President's Day holiday.
We were ultimately disappointed in the short term performance of our brand new 100 shares of cloud computing company Inovalon's (INOV's) Thursday IPO. After popping nicely and letting all the rich flippers snag about a 15 percent profit, the stock closed below its offering price of $27 per share.
It's lagged this morning, and is slightly up at the noon hour today. Good luck for the Maven. Under house non-flipper rules, we need to hold this puppy for at least 30 more days, so it looks like we may have to survive on that rare-earth mineral Hopium until then. That said, this new issue specializes in the hot medical area, so we may yet cop a few bucks on this one sometime in March.
Have a good holiday weekend. And for those in half the nation, including global warmists climatistas, stay warm!
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This traditional Italian spot is a little upscale, but with the BYOB option, it's an affordable date night. It's a perfect spot for outdoor brunching any day of the week. Their small, but charming, sidewalk patio is on a neighborhood corner. Anthony David's offers all-day options including salads, sandwiches, antipasto, and pastas.
This upscale cafe is quite a treat, especially when the weather is nice. Their gourmet entrees look like a work of art, and draw inspiration from many world cuisines. The back garden, filled with greenery and colorful decor, will make you feel like you've been transported to another country. It's even BYOB!
This modern French bistro with New American inspirations is there for you whenever the weather is nice. It's a popular spot, however, so show up early to get a seat on their wrap-around sidewalk patio. The decorative fence and flower boxes make the patio feel more private, while still giving you a view of the charming neighborhood.
This warmly decorated restaurant is great spot to visit during the warmer weather. They have a comfortable sidewalk patio, and a great happy hour with small bites. It's perfect for a relaxing sunny afternoon. The Cuban offers traditional Cuban cuisine like steak, plantains, and yuca mash.
This late-night spot is as much a bar as a restaurant, and an excellent outdoor venue for both. Party with live music under a canopy of stars and lights on hot summer nights on their sizable rooftop patio. Before venturing up, enjoy some delicious Italian-American fare like crostinis, pizza, and sandwiches.
You can spend a whole day at Pier 13, enjoying the nice weather, drinking beer, kayaking, listening to live music, and taking in the incredible view of the skyline. This family friendly atmosphere hosts tons of regular and visiting food trucks, offering many cuisines, drinks, snacks, and deserts.
This neighborhood corner cafe has a nice casual laid-back atmosphere. They serve paninis, sandwiches, quiche, as well as coffee and espresso drinks. The backyard patio and garden is a perfect place to spend a morning after a jog or an afternoon working on a laptop. It's a large space, for the area, and isn't out on the sidewalk like many of the local patios.
This biergarten has everything you need for a day of family and friends. The large communal tables make for a lively, sociable atmosphere. But the giant beer list isn't the only attraction. They also offer delicious Austro-Hungarian fare like sausages, schnitzel, and strudel. The large outdoor patio is the place to be on a nice day.
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Beach Beauties Of The '60s: When Bikinis Were Wild And Stuffed
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Left: Lobby card for 'Pajama Party.' Right: Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in a scene from the movie 'Beach Party.' Sources: eBay; Bettman/Getty
In the early 1960s, sex was hiding in plain sight -- not sex, depicted graphically, but the fun and games of young people on the beach in barely-there swimsuits. Annette Funicello was the alpha-babe, but Shelley Fabares, Susan Hart, Barbara Eden, Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch all had their moments in the sun. Beach movies and the national mania for bikinis made seductive stars of young shapely actresses and entertained the fantasies of teenage boys -- all the while carrying on as if this was good clean fun.
Of course, it was good clean fun by today's standards. But back then, it was racy. You saw a lot of skin on screen in the early '60s. And then later in the decade, as the cultural changes really kicked in and the bikinis got even smaller, you saw even more.
Cast your memory back to the girls of summer in the '60s -- Annette Funicello frolicking with Frankie Avalon; Gidget on her surfboard; various gorgeous gals succumbing to Elvis Presley's charms. Southern California was the place to be, with Beach Boys tunes about "Surfer Girl" and California Girls" blaring on the radio and tan teenagers hitting the waves or dancing on the sand.
Annette Funicello, Queen Of The Beach Party Beauties
Left: Annette goes in for the kill on the 'Bikini Beach' poster. Right: Annette on the cover of the 'Muscle Beach Party' soundtrack album. Source: Amazon.com; discogs.com
Annette Funicello, a wholesome beauty with the perfect coif and cute bikinis, ruled the beach party scene. (She was a former Disney Mouseketeer, so perhaps she got the benefit of the doubt when it came to "wholesomeness.") She was iconic among beach bunnies of her time. Starring with Frankie Avalon, they started off in 1963 with Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo and How To Stuff a Wild Bikini. Annette starred without Frankie in Pajama Party, instead working her feminine wiles on Tommy Kirk as her co-star. A young and stunning Linda Evans was also in Beach Blanket Bingo with Annette and Frankie. A few years before Annette hit the beach, there was a bubbly Sandra Dee as Gidget. She had her handsome Moondoggie (James Darren) and surfboards galore!
The Girl Who Wanted To Surf With The Boys
Later on, Sally Field had her first TV role as Gidget in the 1965 TV sitcom. The character of Gidget was in fact based on a real California teen, and her story served as the basis for her father's 1957 novel, Gidget, The Girl With Big Ideas. The real-life Gidget's name was actually Kathy Kohner, and her father felt her story, about a girl who just wanted to surf with the boys, would be compelling. He might not have known it at the time, but the small surfing subculture was about to explode. In all, seven actresses have portrayed Gidget over the years, although Sally Field and Sandra Dee are the most famous.
The Beach Beauties Were Elvis Fans -- Like Everyone Else
Elvis had his share of beach babes, with beauties like Shelley Fabares in "Clambake" or "Blue Hawaii" featuring Joan Blackman. Shelley was also in a beach movie called "Ride the Wild Surf" with heartthrobs Fabian, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Susan Hart and Barbara Eden. Barbara Eden would go on to star in the TV series I Dream of Jeannie where she was never allowed to show her belly button. But in this film it is shown often!
Even Jimmy Stewart had a beach film, the 1962 comedy "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" featured teen idol Fabian and the beautiful Maureen O'Hara as Jimmy's wife. The fun begins when the family vacation at a run-down California beach house turns into a madhouse! Of course, Maureen looks anything but a typical housewife in her swimsuit!
Raquel Welch, '60s Bikini Girl 2.0
Left: Raquel Welch in 'A Swingin' Summer.' Right: Lobby card for 'Fathom,' 1967. Source: Reddit, eBay
In 1965, A Swingin' Summer was another beach film that featured musical performances by popular acts like the Righteous Brothers and Gary Lewis & the Playboys. But the highlight of the film was the beautiful Raquel Welch, who made her acting and singing debut in this film.
Raquel Welch was a little too late to get in on the mindless beach-party fun, but she was a bikini standout nonetheless. She seemed to end up in a bikini in every movie that followed, starting of course with the unforgettable fur bikini she wore in One Million Years BC (1966).
Bond On The Beach
Beach beauties like Deborah Walley and Nancy Sinatra were in The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini in 1966. Tommy Kirk and Boris Karloff also starred in this silly beach party film. We haven't even mentioned Bond movies, which tended to take place in exotic ports of call and always featured a beach beauty or two. The appeal can be summed up in two words: Ursula Andress. Her beach scene as Honey Ryder in Dr. No remains, according to many Bond fans, the greatest Bond-girl moment of all time. The bikini she wore was homemade, and her dialogue was dubbed, but somehow it was all just right.
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Nicole Thomas is a dental hygienist who, inspired by her work and own experience, carried out research on parents' views of visiting the dentist with their autistic child. Nicole discusses the research, its aims, findings and the wider implications for dentistry.
I am a very proud mum of a nearly 6 year old autistic boy and a neurotypical 8 year old girl. That's my main job! My other profession is dental hygienist. It was through discussions with other parents of autistic children, after they found out what I did for a living, that the difficulties in accessing dental care for autistic children was highlighted.
Every story was the same: incredible difficulties to get compliance with self-care such as tooth-brushing and diets, compounded by lack of support from local dental services. Many of these children were having multiple extractions under general anaesthetic, including one little boy who required a full clearance of his baby teeth at the age of 4.
This was certainly enough of an incentive for me to want to explore this situation further. I applied for a professional training grant which enabled me to work alongside and learn from researchers at the universities of Plymouth and Exeter. Together we carried out a qualitative study to explore parents' experiences of taking an autistic child for a dental examination.
what information should dentists provide to prepare an autistic child for a visit to the dentist.
I interviewed 17 parents of autistic children with a diagnosis or currently being assessed. The parents volunteered to take part after seeing information posted about the research on social media or from visits I made to autism support groups. The interviews were transcribed and we identified key themes arising from our discussions with parents.
checking if our interpretations of the results was authentic and made sense.
We found that five factors needed to be present to increase the chance of dental check-up success; we defined this as a visit to the dentist where a basic examination of the child's teeth was achieved with no adverse effects during the examination or after the event. The diagram below shows how these factors are linked together with communication central to all.
In addition, dentists knowing when and where to refer a child to specialist dental services avoided delays in children getting the dental care that was appropriate for them outside of the high street dental setting.
Autistic children are first and foremost individuals with differing needs, so specific autism training wasn't seen as of paramount importance - rather an individualised approach was desired. However, parents did want the dental team to have a better understanding of the impact a dental visit can have on them as a family, from the amount of preparation it takes, to the effect should a dental visit result in a meltdown or similar.
For me this study really highlighted the importance of clear and open communication between parents and the dental teams, and the need to form a collaborative partnership that works in the best interests of all. Being open to suggestions and flexible to make adaptations could open the door to many autistic children who don't require a referral to specialist dental services, but who may find a dental environment challenging, being able to visit their local dentist along with the rest of their family. Which, I only know too well, means one less challenge for a family with an autistic child.


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Book 00046: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Alchemist
First Publication:
- Originally in 1988 and 1993 by HarperTorch (English)
- A motion picture version was in development at Warner Bros. in 2003, with Robert Schwartz and Stephen Storer producing, as a vehicle for Laurence Fishburne, although Coelho has stated on his website that he has tried to buy back the rights to the film for the sum of $5 million.
- Paulo Coelho said, "When I wrote The Alchemist, I was trying to understand the reason for the existence of life. Instead of writing a philosophical treatise, I decided to converse with the child inside my soul."
- #94 on 2003 "The BBC Most Read Top 100" List
- The Nielsen Gold Book Award 2004
- The Corine International Award 2002
- The Golden Book Award 1995 and 1996 in Yugoslavia
- The Super Grinzane Cavour Book Award 1996
- The Flaiano International Award 1996
- The Grand Prix Litteraire of Elle 1995
I first heard of Paulo Coelho from my friends and my cousin who really loved to read the author's books. They told me that The Alchemist, his first book, was a great read, for it almost tackled universal ideas that many readers could easily relate with.
The ideas and concepts presented in his works are mostly agreeable that you might think you are one with Paulo Coelho in purpose, ideals and beliefs. Despite this work being a little too lyrical and sprinkled by a lot of symbolism you will certainly get straight to the point that the story urges everyone who reads it to fulfill their own dreams at their own pace and time.
"To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.
The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
This was the start of my Paulo Coelho addiction. The mere fact that I will miss any of his books simply depresses me. I dearly wish that I haven't skipped my Latin and Spanish lessons, because the regret is too great every time he releases a new book in Latin America and the English readers will have to wait for a couple more months. That is quite unfair.
The Alchemist is so well loved -- and so well criticized -- that it has been translated into 56 languages, and has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, and is one of the best selling books in history.
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News Versus Brand Journalism
When writing an article on the history of weightlifting for a previous employer, I conducted my research, jotted down the need-to-know facts, dotted the i's, crossed the t's, and sent the piece to my editor to be fine-tuned.
When I saw the final published article, the statistics I had cited were scrapped in favour of brand equivalents. The record weight had been converted into car wheels by the marketing department, who had the final say over all published articles.
The change wasn't made to aid the readers in understanding or visualising such a weight, but to appease a company who were paying millions of pounds in sponsorship. It was at this moment that I realised marketing and journalism were meshing together, and that I was becoming a brand journalist, whether I liked it or not.
The Death of Journalism?
Even the most hardcore print journalist would admit that the world of journalism is changing. If you are studying journalism or working as a writer in some capacity, the chances are you've been told that "journalism is dying".
Whether it be the lecturer who gets paid to teach you about journalism preaching about it's demise, or a smarmy tech guru that has more Apple products in one pocket that you have in your entire house combined, people can't wait to tell you about the state of disrepair that journalism finds itself in.
With dwindling sales, the news media workforce falling by 30% in ten years and a public backlash against disgraced journalists, it could be argued that these "disciples of joy" preaching the demise of something that was once described as "the first draft of history" could be right. But, they're not.
As the traditional form of journalism reaches for the white flag of surrender, are journalists turning to marketing and a new concept known as "brand journalism" to survive?
Moulded by Tech Giants
As companies went online and content marketing was born, search engines such as Google decided that compelling, accurate articles should rank higher than keyword searches and attached links. Marketing companies with journalists who could write rich and informative pieces were therefore rewarded by having their content, and in turn their company, pushed up the search rankings.
This led to a surge in the number of marketing companies and big brand firms seeking writers to push out their content, write optimum length quality pieces and improve their overall content marketing. This has effectively led to a crossover of journalists merging into the world of marketing. Upcoming startups pounce on journalist graduates to train them in writing brand journalism, enhance their content marketing and grow their digital footprint.
Have We Always Been Marketers?
For years journalists have been using products to aid readers in understanding facts and figures. For example, Loch Ness was often described as being as deep as 700 double decker buses. Another common analogy which is frequently seen in the mainstream press, is describing something vast as "an area the size of Wales".
By making a reference to Wales, journalists aren't pushing tourism to the country; by talking about buses they're not promoting First or other bus companies (even I'm not by using them as an example here). Journalists are simply providing an analogy for readers to understand. So why is it that some articles are considered journalism when making references to products whilst other articles are considered to be marketing?
The difference is that brand journalists don't forget their company. Whilst a journalist sticks to news principles, a brand journalist thinks about the company vision, identifying their stories and their audience. Brand journalism combines increasing awareness of a product through articles and quality content, with an overall emphasis on increasing sales for their company. A brand journalist must decide if a piece is newsworthy based on the relevance to their company and their brand, whilst journalists have a duty to report regardless of who signs their paychecks.
To put it simply, journalists write the news. Brand journalists choose the news.
Next week we will look into how journalism is evolving and bouncing back to combat the decline in printed press.
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Will started DJing in 1996 while a sophomore in high school at various house parties. Shortly after going away to college he started Djing at local bars and night clubs eventually moving onto the world of Mobile Djing after graduation. He has a vast knowledge of music spanning from Jazz, Mowtown, Top 40, Hip-Hop, Latin, EDM, Big Band, Rock, and much more. Combined with his abilities to mix all genres together using various techniques; Will has kept dance floors packed at every event he has approached and continues to work on his skills to keep doing so.
If something goes wrong on your special day, the only person who notices is you, your guest are oblivious to all of the details that you had planned. So don't stress. At the end of the day if the music and food are great then people remember it as a great wedding.
DJ Will Smith was amazing (and easy) to work with. We were doing a semi-formal. DJ Will called me a few days before the dance asking what music we wanted, what the culture was like, etc. He played exactly what we asked for any accommodated requests throughout the dance. All the students were signing along and having a blast. I'd definitely work with him again.
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Will definitely exceeded my expectations as the DJ for our wedding. We met with him when we were looking for DJs but weren't able to meet in person again before the wedding as we were planning from out of town. Will met with us over the phone instead and, with the help of the online tools, we were able to set everything up. He provided great ceremony and reception music and was in tune with what the guests wanted to hear. He was also really flexible with the reception timeline and worked with us throughout the event to make sure it was going well. Definitely recommend!
Will was so great to work with. He was always easy to communicate with via phone and willing to meet in various places to review things like the song list, even at last minute. He kept the party going and our guests dancing. He also got the name of everyone in our entire wedding party's name pronounced correctly, which was very impressive as they were definitely some tricky ones! This shows how much attention to detail he does give. Great job!!
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The popular Tex Mex restaurant and takeaway hosted a similar challenge back in August, which ended up with around 15 people battling it out to be crowned My Burrito's King or Queen for a two month period.
This time around, the brave (or foolish…?) entrants will again be challenged to demolish a massive 24 inch burrito in the fastest time possible. The winner, once again, will take the crown for two months, as well as being entitled to one free regular burrito per week during their two month reign – plus free entry to the next tournament and 15% off everything else ordered during that period by the winner or the people dining with them.
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Walton Hall is a gracious Georgian mansion on an island surrounded by its own lake. It hosts the AA rosette Bridgewalk restaurant, excellent private dining and conference rooms, the relaxed and informal Charlie's Bar offering casual all day dining and excellent leisure facilities at lake level.
Waterton Park Hotel is a modern purpose built hotel on the mainland with extensive conference and banqueting facilities.
We have 65 wonderfully appointed bedrooms most with stunning views over the surrounding lake, woodland or golf course, 22 bedrooms are situated on the Island in Walton Hall and 43 bedrooms on the main land in Waterton Park Hotel. There are 7 meeting and conference rooms and a even a romantic hideaway cottage in the hotel grounds.
With easy access from all corners of the country Waterton Park Hotel is just four miles from the M1 (junction 39), only six miles from the M62 (junction 31) and a short taxi ride from Wakefield station.
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Offline marketing – Why should businesses use it?
It seems that everyone is obsessed with online marketing and sometimes, people forget the importance of offline marketing. A lot of organizations have shifted their attention to online marketing. In order to make your business succeed, it is important to use a mix of offline and online marketing tactics.
Being one of the most common forms of traditional marketing, printing advertising has many benefits. People read newspapers and magazines on a regular basis. You should do some research and think of the best suitable options for using the power of print media to reach a wide audience. It's a good idea to walk into some local book stores and look around at the reading materials available. This would give you an idea about the several options available. You can think of posting ads in the publication field.
Nobody can ignore the power of direct mailing. It is known to be an effective method of offline marketing. You can design a postcard or a business letter and send it across to the targeted and potential customers. Rather than using email marketing, you can use this option to prevent the spamming.
Wherever you go, carry your business cards along. You can give it to the people who are interested in your products or services. If you wish to provide more detailed information about your products and services, you can try to keep some company brochures handy and give them to the potential customers or partners.
If you haven't tried offline marketing to make your business grow, you're definitely losing a lot of business. Think about it!