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The GazetteJanuary 18, 1905 The January term of the Fourth District Court at this place was begun Monday, and up to this time the Monday, and up to this time the following matters have been disposed of: Bennett & Jones vs Robt. Lee Jones, judgement for plaintiff for $116.70. N. G. Tippett vs N. G. … Continue reading Court Proceedings
The GazetteOctober 26, 1904 The past session of the district court of Union Parish was rather a heavy one as here were several cases of a serious nation to be tried. The petit jury was discharged last Saturday and the most of the present week was taken up with civil matters. The following cases were … Continue reading Court Items
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The GazetteOctober 5, 1904 The Grand Jury adjourned last Tuesday. Fifty-one true bills were returned at this session of that body. Most of these cases are for misdemeanors but there were some bills for serious offenses. The Court disposed of the following cases since our last issue: State vs. Bob McDonald, charged with assault and … Continue reading Court Items
The GazetteSeptember 21, 1904 The first session of the District Court since the summer vacation was begun in the new court house last Monday. The following is a list of the grand jury drawn to serve for the next six months beginning with the September term 1904. A. B. Ford, Foreman, Jno. F. Ramsey, M. … Continue reading Court Proceedings
The GazetteJune 1, 1904 Will Burrell pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapon and was fined $20 and costs.J. A. Gresham retailing liquor, not guilty.Silas Cook three cases pleads guilty to one, prosecution suspended in one, nol pros. to one.State vs. Wes Green nol pros.James Andrews cruelty to animals not guilty.Olby Holloway retailing liquor guilty. Motion for … Continue reading Court Items
The GazetteApril 27, 1904 Beverly Reagan was fined $15 and cost for disturbing the peace. Jesse Roberts pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was sentenced to 6 months in the parish jail. Amos Gray was convicted of illegal hog marking and sentenced to six months in the parish jail and fined $1 and costs. J. W. … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette October 28, 1903 Chas. Absent, who was charged with assault with attempt to rape, was found guilty of assault. Jim Stephens pleaded guilty to charge of petty larceny and was sentenced to 90 days imprisonment in the parish jail. A nolle prosequi was entered in another case against him for carrying concealed weapons. … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette October 21, 1903 Jim Stevens pleaded guilty to petty larceny. Nolle prosequi was entered in the following cases: Will Lewis, carnal knowledge of female under 16 years of age; Geo Lovettt, same offense; Dave Simmons retailing liquor without license. Abb Reed and Pink Wood pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and were each … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette April 29, 1903 Peter Jones pleaded guilty to charge of larceny and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Sentence was suspended against L L. Lowery, who was convicted of selling liquor without license, during good behavior. Mose Hendricks was convicted of assault and battery, and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette April 22, 1903 District court opened Monday morning. The grand jury will probably complete their work today and the petit jury may be discharged to-morrow. The following cases have been disposed of: Mack Brantley pleaded guilty to charge of carrying concealed weapon and was fined $25 and costs. Case against Bary Carter, on … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette April 1, 1903 Jesse Wooley pleaded guilty to charge of disturbing peace on public highway and was fined $20 and costs. C. D. Covington was acquitted on charge of retailing liquor without licence. J. L. Reed vs. Mrs. Matilda Selig. Judgment reviving former judgment.
The Gazette March 25, 1903 J. D. Baughman vs. W. S. Rea, Judgment for plaintiff for $46.80. Nancy E. Land vs. John Land. Judgment of separation from bed and board. Judgment of guilty was rendered against L. L. Lowery for selling liquor within limit of Junction City school district. In suit S. S. Carter vs. … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette March 18, 1903 Charley Simmons pleaded guilty to charge of assault, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 and costs. Aleck Bearden was acquitted of charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Jas. Poston pleaded guilty to charge of assault and battery, and was fined $25 and costs. W. K. Pryor … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette February 25, 1903 District court adjourned Friday for this month's term. The following cases were disposed of: James H. Waters vs. John Ryan. Judgment for plaintiff for $321.75. Willie Burch vs. Martha Ford. Judgement of divorce for plaintiff. Mrs. Florence Thomas et al vs. C. T. Simmons. Judgment for plaintiffs for $300. Mrs. … Continue reading Court Items
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The Gazette December 24, 1902 District court was in session last Friday and Saturday, when an adjournment was taken until the January session. The following business was transacted since last week's report: In suit of W. A. McFarland vs. J. B. Covington, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for amount claimed. Judgment for plaintiff … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette December 17, 1902 District court was in session a few hours Monday and Tuesday, and then for lack of business adjourned until Friday. There were only five cases on the criminal docket pending trial, in three of which the District Attorney entered a nolle posequi. They were State vs. John Grimes, retailing liquor … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette November 26, 1902 Last week's session of district court was "short and sweet," occupying only a portion of two days -- Monday and Friday. In addition to our last report, the following business was transacted: In suit of village of Bernice vs. Wm. F. Cox, on charge of retailing liquor without license, the … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette November 5, 1902 District court adjourned Friday afternoon. The following business was transacted since our last report: Willie Gibson was fined $5 and costs for maiming a domesticated animal. Ardis Thomas was fined $5 and costs for disturbing peace; and also $10 and costs for carrying concealed weapons. J. G. Trimble vs. Mrs. … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette October 29, 1902 Court was called to order Monday morning, all the officers at their places. The following business was transacted: Ollie Johnson pleaded guilty to charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Jim Farrar was acquitted of charge of … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette September 17, 1902 District court convened Monday with all officers present. The probate and appeal docket was set for Thursday. CRIMINAL DOCKET John Davis pleaded guilty to putting dynamite in Bayou Cornie and was fined $15 and costs or 90 days in jail. Callie Moore pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette September 3, 1902 In suit of James Bearden vs. P. W. Bearden et al.; injunction sustained decreeing plaintiff to be the owner of two horses in contest. Susan A. Jones vs. Jordan Jones; judgment of divorce for plaintiff. Cal Holiday was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years for larceny. Dunk Austin was … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette August 27, 1902 Court will probably be in session until Friday of this week. Following business has been transacted since our last report. In suit Geo. A. Heard vs. C. H. Murphy, sheriff, et. al., judgement for defendant rejecting plaintiff's demand and for 10 per cent damages as attorney's fees. In the two … Continue reading Court Items
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The Gazette August 20, 1902 Monday morning at 10:30 Judge Dawkins called court to order, all the other officers being present. J. G. Trimble was appointed foreman of the grand jury and the panel was completed as follows: M. M. Compton, Will Williams, W. A. Burke, J. W. Beasley, A. J. Cole, J. R. Henry, … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette May 28, 1902 From a standpoint of litigation, court last week was a "short horse and quickly curried," the business attended to being very little. In suit of W. E. Hopkins vs. S. S. Plummer, judgment for plaintiff for about $140. Will Johnson was fined $100 and costs for retailing liquor without license, … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette April 23, 1902 District Court convened Monday morning with all the officers present. There is but little business before the tribunal, and the session bids fair to be a quiet one. The case against Ed. Buckley, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was nolle prosequied by district attorney. John Cavanaugh was acquitted … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette March 26, 1902 The following business has been transacted in the fourth district court since out last week's report: In suit of W. E. Hopkins vs. S. S. Plummer, new trial ordered and case set for first day of next session of court. The suit of W. L. Williams vs. Nancy E. Land … Continue reading Court Items
The Gazette March 19, 1902 The criminal docket at this session shows 19 cases, and they will occupy the greater part of the tribunal's time through Thursday. The of Joseph H. McCormick vs. C. H. Murphy et al., was compromised. This was an action brought to reduce the assessment on the V. S. & P. … Continue reading District Court
The Gazette February 26, 1902 Joe Gibson was convicted of carrying concealed weapons and was fined $15 and costs. In suit of P. W. Bearden vs. W. A. Bearden et al., judgment for plaintiff against W. A. Bearden for $56.25. Judgement of non-suit as to Mrs. S. J. Bearden. In suit of Mrs. Mary T. … Continue reading Court Items


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package chat

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/gob"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"strconv"
	"sync"

	"github.com/billybobjoeaglt/chatlab/common"
	"github.com/billybobjoeaglt/chatlab/crypt"
	"github.com/billybobjoeaglt/chatlab/logger"
	"github.com/billybobjoeaglt/chatlab/ui"
)

// XXX: DEPRICATED
var outputChannel = make(chan chan string, 5)

// Channel for adding messages
var msgChan = make(chan common.Message, 5)

// List of all connected peers
var peers []Peer
var peersLock = &sync.Mutex{}

// Map of recieved messages
// TODO: Make the key a hash of the encrypted message
var messagesReceivedAlready = make(map[string]bool)
var messagesReceivedAlreadyLock = &sync.Mutex{}

// The node of the program
var SelfNode = Node{}

// The struct that is sent to peers
type EncyptedMessage struct {
	EncyptedMessage string
}

// Defines what a connection is
type Node struct {
	Username string
	IsRelay  bool
	Port     string
}

// Defines who the connection is and how to understand them
type Peer struct {
	Conn     net.Conn
	Username string
	Encoder  *gob.Encoder
	Decoder  *gob.Decoder
	Node     Node
}

// XXX: DEPRICATED
func GetOutputChannel() chan chan string {
	return outputChannel
}

// Returns msgChan
func GetMessageChannel() chan common.Message {
	return msgChan
}

// Adds a connection to the peers
func CreateConnection(ip string, silent bool) {
	// Creates a channel for logging
	cc := make(logger.ChanMessage)
	logger.ConsoleChan <- cc
	go func() {
		conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", ip)
		if err == nil {
			handleConn(conn, cc, silent)
		} else {
			cc.AddError(err, "Could not connect")
			close(cc)
		}
	}()
}

// Takes message, encrypts it, and sends it to all peers
func BroadcastMessage(msg common.Message) {
	encrypted, err := crypt.EncryptMessage(msg)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	encMsg := EncyptedMessage{EncyptedMessage: encrypted}
	broadcastEncryptedMessage(encMsg)
}

// Sends an encrypted message to all peers
func broadcastEncryptedMessage(encMsg EncyptedMessage) {
	messagesReceivedAlreadyLock.Lock()
	messagesReceivedAlready[encMsg.EncyptedMessage] = true
	messagesReceivedAlreadyLock.Unlock()
	tmpCopy := peers
	for i := range tmpCopy {
		logger.ConsoleChan.AddVerbose("Sending encrypted message to " + tmpCopy[i].Username)
		tmpCopy[i].Encoder.Encode(encMsg)
	}
}

// Runs when a peer sends a message.
// Checks whether the message has already been recieved.
// Sets the message to be recieved and proccesses it.
func onMessageReceived(encMsg EncyptedMessage, peerFrom Peer) {
	messagesReceivedAlreadyLock.Lock()
	_, found := messagesReceivedAlready[encMsg.EncyptedMessage]
	if found {
		logger.ConsoleChan.AddVerbose("A peer (" + peerFrom.Username + ") sent us something we already have. Ignoring...")
		messagesReceivedAlreadyLock.Unlock()
		return
	}
	messagesReceivedAlready[encMsg.EncyptedMessage] = true
	messagesReceivedAlreadyLock.Unlock()
	//messageChannel := make(chan string, 100)
	//outputChannel <- messageChannel
	broadcastEncryptedMessage(encMsg)
	go func() {
		//defer close(messageChannel)
		processMessage(encMsg, msgChan, peerFrom)
	}()
}

// Proccesses an encrypted message.
// Decrypts the message and adds it to the ui.
func processMessage(encMsg EncyptedMessage, messageChannel chan common.Message, peerFrom Peer) {

	md, msg, err := crypt.DecryptMessage(encMsg.EncyptedMessage)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	defer func() { messageChannel <- *msg }()

	if len(msg.ToUsers) > 1 {
		ui.AddGroup(msg.ChatName, msg.ToUsers)
	}

	if md.SignedBy != nil && md.SignedBy.Entity != nil && md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities != nil {
		for k := range md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities {
			/*fmt.Println("Name: " + md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities[k].UserId.Name)
			fmt.Println("Email: " + md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities[k].UserId.Email)
			fmt.Println("Comment: " + md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities[k].UserId.Comment)
			fmt.Println("Creation Time: " + md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities[k].SelfSignature.CreationTime.Format(time.UnixDate) + "\n")
			*/

			msg.Fullname = md.SignedBy.Entity.Identities[k].UserId.Name
			break
		}
	}
}

// Called on the start of a connection.
// Builds the Peer struct.
// Sends back the local node.
// Runs a listener thread if username exists.
func handleConn(conn net.Conn, cc logger.ChanMessage, silent bool) {
	defer close(cc)
	cc.AddVerbose("Received connection. Sending self data")

	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(conn)
	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(conn)

	// Sends local node back through connection
	err := encoder.Encode(SelfNode)
	if err != nil {
		if !silent || logger.IsVerbose {
			cc.AddError(err, "Count not encode SelfNode")
		}
		return
	}

	node := Node{}
	err = decoder.Decode(&node)
	if err != nil {
		if !silent || logger.IsVerbose {
			cc.AddError(err, "Could not decode node gob")
		}
		return
	}

	cc.AddVerbose("Received username: " + node.Username + " Relay: " + strconv.FormatBool(node.IsRelay))

	peer := Peer{Conn: conn, Username: node.Username, Encoder: encoder, Decoder: decoder, Node: node}

	peersLock.Lock()
	// If a peer with the same username does not exist
	if peerWithName(peer.Username) == -1 {
		// Add the peer to the list
		peers = append(peers, peer)
		peersLock.Unlock()

		// If the peer is not a relay, add it to the ui
		if !peer.Node.IsRelay {
			ui.AddUser(peer.Username)
		}

		// Start a process to listen to the peer
		go peerListen(peer)

		// Log that you conencted
		if !silent || logger.IsVerbose {
			cm := logger.ConsoleMessage{Level: logger.PRIORITY}
			cm.Message = "Connected to "
			if node.IsRelay {
				cm.Message += "Relay"
			} else {
				cm.Message += "Node"
			}
			cc <- cm
		}
	} else {
		peersLock.Unlock()
		// Close connection with peer
		peer.Conn.Close()

		// Log that you are already connected
		if !silent || logger.IsVerbose {
			cm := logger.ConsoleMessage{Level: logger.PRIORITY}
			cm.Message = "Already Connected to "
			if node.IsRelay {
				cm.Message += "Relay"
			} else {
				cm.Message += "Node"
			}
			cc <- cm
		}
	}
}

// When the peer (or hose) closes the connection
func onConnClose(peer Peer) {
	logger.ConsoleChan.AddVerbose("Disconnected from peer: " + peer.Username)
	// If peer was not a relay, remove from UI
	if !peer.Node.IsRelay {
		ui.RemoveUser(peer.Username)
	}

	// Remove the peer from the list of peers
	peersLock.Lock()
	index := peerWithName(peer.Username)
	if index == -1 {
		peersLock.Unlock()
		logger.ConsoleChan.AddError(nil, "Tried to disconnect from peer but it was already disconnected")
		return
	}
	peers = append(peers[:index], peers[index+1:]...)
	peersLock.Unlock()
}

// Listen to peer
func peerListen(peer Peer) {
	defer peer.Conn.Close()
	defer onConnClose(peer)
	logger.ConsoleChan.AddVerbose("Beginning to listen to " + peer.Username)

	// When the peer sends a message, decode it and send it off to be parsed
	for {
		encMsg := &EncyptedMessage{}
		err := peer.Decoder.Decode(encMsg)
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
		onMessageReceived(*encMsg, peer)
	}
}

// Search through peers list for the index of a peer by the username
func peerWithName(name string) int {
	for i := 0; i < len(peers); i++ {
		if peers[i].Username == name {
			return i
		}
	}
	return -1
}

// Format for peers to be saved to disk
type SavedPeer struct {
	IP       string
	Username string
	Key      string
	IsRelay  bool
}

// This saves all peers to disk.
// It goes through all currently connected peers and saves them to ~/.chatlab/saved-peers.gob
func SavePeers() error {
	var savedPeers []SavedPeer

	// Go through each connected peer
	peersLock.Lock()
	for _, peer := range peers {
		// Get IP Address
		tcpAddrIP := peer.Conn.RemoteAddr().(*net.TCPAddr).IP.String()

		// Create a SavedPeer with the ip, port, username, and if it's a relay
		savedPeer := SavedPeer{IP: net.JoinHostPort(tcpAddrIP, peer.Node.Port), Username: peer.Username, IsRelay: peer.Node.IsRelay}

		// If it is not a relay and a key exists, save the public key too
		if _, ok := crypt.GetKeyMap()[peer.Username]; !savedPeer.IsRelay && ok {
			pkBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
			crypt.GetKeyMap()[peer.Username].Serialize(pkBuf)
			savedPeer.Key = pkBuf.String()
		}

		// Add peer to the list
		savedPeers = append(savedPeers, savedPeer)
	}
	peersLock.Unlock()

	// Encode list to file
	var gobBuf bytes.Buffer
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&gobBuf)
	err := enc.Encode(savedPeers)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(common.ProgramDir, "saved-peers.gob"), gobBuf.Bytes(), 0777)
	return err
}

// This loads saved peers from disk
func LoadPeers() error {
	peerPath := filepath.Join(common.ProgramDir, "saved-peers.gob")

	// If file exists
	if _, err := os.Stat(peerPath); err == nil {
		file, err := os.Open(peerPath)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		defer file.Close()

		dec := gob.NewDecoder(file)

		var savedPeers []SavedPeer
		err = dec.Decode(&savedPeers)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		// Go through all the saved peers and create a connection
		for _, savedPeer := range savedPeers {
			go CreateConnection(savedPeer.IP, true)

			// If the peer had a key and was not a relay, add the public key
			if !savedPeer.IsRelay && savedPeer.Key != "" {
				go crypt.AddPublicKeyToMap(savedPeer.Username, savedPeer.Key)
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// Create a listener for the app to lisen on
func Listen(port int) {
	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":"+strconv.Itoa(port))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer ln.Close()

	// For each new connection, handle the connection in a new process
	for {
		conn, err := ln.Accept()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
		cc := make(logger.ChanMessage)
		logger.ConsoleChan <- cc
		go handleConn(conn, cc, false)
	}
}

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La collégiale Saint-Étienne de Hombourg-Haut est une ancienne collégiale située sur la commune française de Hombourg-Haut dans le département de la Moselle et la région Grand Est. Elle a été construite entre les  et .
Elle fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le .

Histoire
La construction de la collégiale Saint-Étienne fait suite à la fondation, en 1254, d'un collège de treize chanoines. Elle débute à la fin du  à l'emplacement vraisemblable de l'ancienne église paroissiale dont la chapelle Saint-Nicolas serait le vestige. Un cloître était adjoint à la collégiale, mais il fut détruit par l'incendie de 1632 qui ravagea également la toiture de la collégiale.

Le  une cérémonie célébra la fin d'un important programme de travaux de restauration qui a concerné :
 les façades : 2035 m2 de surface nettoyée, 8370 mètres de joints sur vieilles pierres repris, 18,5 m2 de pierres changées,
 le clocher : réfection d'une assise du beffroi des cloches, remplacement des moteurs de volée des quatre cloches, remplacement du cadre,
 la révision de la toiture (1524 m2).

Architecture

Aspect général

La collégiale est édifiée en grès des Vosges et couverte d'ardoises. En forme de croix latine, elle est composée d'une nef, bordée de bas-côtés, d'un transept, d'un chœur et flanquée de deux chapelles latérale :
 La chapelle de semaine, dédiée à Saint-Nicolas, qui est situé dans l'angle formée par le chœur et le bras sud du transept ;
 La chapelle dite des Bayer, le long du bas-côté sud.

Vitraux

Les vitraux de la collégiale sont tous postérieurs à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la plupart ayant été réalisés par l'artiste Jean-Henri Couturat en 1955. Seul le vitrail de la chapelle des Bayer date du .

Les vitraux du chœur

Le chœur de l'église est orné de huit vitraux. Ces vitraux représentent, au centre, les apôtres saint Pierre et saint Paul, entourés par les quatre évangélistes Luc et Matthieu à gauche, Marc et Jean. Enfin de chaque côté un vitrail, qui n'est pas visible depuis le reste de l'église, symbolise à l'extrémité gauche la Vierge Marie, à l'extrémité droite l'Eucharistie.

Musique en la collégiale
la Société chorale Saint Étienne chante régulièrement pour les offices religieux qui ont lieu dans la collégiale et se produit également en concert.

Les Grandes Orgues
La collégiale disposait très tôt dans son histoire d'un orgue disposé en tribune. L'orgue actuel fut construit en 1847 par Pierre Rivinach. Il fut agrandi en 1908 par la célèbre maison Dalstein-Haerpfer de Boulay. Il fut entièrement restauré en 1992 par Michel Gaillard de la manufacture d'orgues Aubertin. Une association des amis des orgues s'est constituée pour permettre cette restauration ; elle veille toujours à son entretien. Elle est présidée par l'organiste Philippe Delacour. L'instrument est utilisé pour le culte mais également fréquemment pour des concerts. Il passe pour un des plus beaux orgues de l'est de la France.

Les grands concerts en la collégiale
L'édifice religieux a été au cœur de la vie musicale de Hombourg-Haut. Entre 1947 et 1980 des concerts y sont donnés par l'Harmonie des Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine ainsi que par l'Orchestre symphonique de Metz jusqu'en 1976, puis par l'Orchestre national de Lorraine.

Depuis 1990, la collégiale Saint Étienne abrite la plupart des Rencontres musicales organisées par le Chœur d'hommes de Hombourg-Haut ainsi que les concerts qui ont lieu dans le cadre du Festival international Théodore Gouvy.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste de collégiales de France
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Moselle
 Chapelle Sainte-Catherine de Hombourg-Haut

Liens externes

  L'Église Collégiale, aujourd'hui paroissiale de Hombourg-Haut par M. Eugène  VOLTZ

Hombourg-Haut
Hombourg-Haut
Église en Moselle
Hombourg-Haut
Hombourg-Haut
Monument historique en Moselle
Monument historique classé en 1930
Patrimoine du XIIIe siècle
Patrimoine du XIVe siècle
Édifice religieux du XIVe siècle en France
Hombourg-Haut

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When the sector experienced a slump in 2015 sales fell by around 60% and the Brazilian side of the business was no longer self-sufficient, requiring regular cash injections from the European parent company to remain operational.
Initial reorganisation took place in an effort to reduce staffing levels and costs but it quickly became apparent that the problems ran deeper and IXPA's partner in Brazil, iManagementBrazil was approached to provide interim management support for detailed restructuring and change management of the Brazilian business.
iManagementBrazil carried out a detailed analysis of the company's operations in Brazil and uncovered a number of major issues. The partner chosen to relieve the company of some of its administrative tasks in order to reduce employee numbers was based in Northern Europe where the parent company as based. Their lack of competence and poor understanding of the Brazilian market was contributing to the problem.
Poor quality control on the technical side, outdated machinery and a breakdown in communication over many years between the core founding team and more recent staff had all contributed to a complex and challenging situation that was having a detrimental impact on the health and future viability of the business.
Administrative tasks were brought back in house with a strong focus on cash flow forecasting. A supply chain manager was appointed with significant experience in operational issues to tackle quality assurance, communication and production planning.
The most significant element of the interim change management project involved developing a completely new business strategy. iMB's change management team knew from experience that a business plan focused purely on budgets would not generate a sustainable business. Our recommendations involved finding new sources of income and increasing customer penetration. The European management were initially resistant but we worked with them to identify new markets and product lines that would specifically generate sales and growth in Brazil.
The entire project took a year and a half. After less than 12 months, the new product line that iMB's interim change management team had identified was generating sales and healthy margins. The company also signed a deal to become a development partner with another firm in a similar sector of engineering.
To the shareholders' delight, the Brazilian factory has not required financial support from the European parent company for more than a year.
iMB's actions rescued a long-established family business from threat of closure and created one of the most rapid manufacturing turnaround stories of recent times.


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MANITOWOC - Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig and Lt. Dave Remiker on Monday released information about recent Manitowoc Metro Drug Unit investigations that resulted in nearly 50 years of federal incarceration for eight local drug traffickers.
A news release said Metro Drug Unit investigators identified numerous mid- to upper-level drug traffickers distributing methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in Manitowoc County.
The release said Metro Drug Unit investigators worked with the U.S. Attorney's Office — Eastern District of Wisconsin to prosecute the following eight people:
Javier Vargas was sentenced to eight years and three months in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution;
Quintin Hollis was sentenced to six years in federal prison for heroin distribution;
Allan J. Perry was sentenced to five years in federal prison for heroin and fentanyl distribution;
Tristan J. Swokowski was sentenced to five years in prison for heroin and fentanyl distribution;
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Christopher L. Ramirez was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution;
Christopher A. Hunter was sentenced to six years in federal prison for methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution; and
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Three Manitowoc people and one Milwaukee person are awaiting sentencing for their suspected involvement in drug distribution in Manitowoc, the news release said, adding all four face mandatory minimum sentences between five and 15 years of federal incarceration. Here are the details of those cases:
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Champion the plan. Enthusiasm is contagious. If the Principal and Board are not evangelistic in endorsing the plan, and if the plan slips from consciousness after twelve months, odds are that it will fail to be implemented. There must be an extraordinary level of support at the highest level for all elements of the plan.
Commit to the plan wholeheartedly. The test of commitment to any plan is the extent to which the organisation is prepared to put resources behind it. As the saying goes, 'If you are not prepared to back it, sack it!' If a plan is inadequately resourced either in terms of human or financial resources implementation will be patchy, the sense of achievement will be lower and the likelihood of fulfilling the vision much less. People will judge the leader's commitment to the plan by the level of investment in the plan.
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The proposal for a dissertation is an attempt to define the relationships between the political strategy, spatial order and social ties in the persistent collective urban model in Beijing, which I named the 'Chinese unit'. The premise of this study is that these three aspects persistently influenced and redefined the principles of the Chinese unit. Through the study of the relationships between them in different contexts and periods, not only the historical Chinese units can be analysed, but we can also understand the current urban model. At the same time, it reveals the conflict between the Chinese unit and today's society.
I particularly want to investigate three questions: Firstly, how did the spatial order and social ties make the Chinese unit a common framework within which the collective life occurred? Secondly, how did the political strategies of the Chinese government have impacted on the everyday lives of the urban population through the ways in which they create and structure particular forms of spatial order in each example of the Chinese unit? Thirdly, how did social relationships, political and economic strategies confront and interact within the Chinese unit, which can be read as either a fragment of the urban norm, or an independent exception.
By basing the analysis on these three questions, the Chinese unit can be understood as a flexible urban element that proposed and transformed the cellular urban structure. In other words, through the Chinese unit, the city of Beijing can be understood, designed and reconstructed.
Following this study, I will focus on the urban problems of contemporary Beijing. The current urban master plan and the urban block are both products of a market economy. The communication and participation of the population, which were supposed to be the fundamental principles of city, were abandoned and discontinued. The population distribution according to people's wealth rather than social ties has led to a series of urban problems, such as traffic congestion and the absence of social interaction within the residential blocks. I would argue this situation can be interpreted as a consequence of changing political strategies and social relationship.
The tracing of the historical Chinese unit aims to understand and reconstruct the city as the production of social relationship. I want to challenge the existing urban master plan and the typical urban block, which characterise today's urban developmental model, through a new concept of the Chinese unit. This means first to define the limitation of the historical Chinese unit to the contemporary context.
To define the Chinese unit requires a comparison of the historical Chinese units in order to find out their similarities, differences and determining factors.
Before the economic reform in 1980s, the urban idea of Beijing was embodied in two historical Chinese units, rather than master plans. One is the courtyard house and the other the Danwei (work unit). The courtyard house was in the feudal era the basic residential unit based on kinship, while the Danwei was the 'work unit' which included important working and living part, and was directly instituted and controlled by the central government during the early socialistic era.
These two types were the most typical and elemental units of Beijing during their periods. They had some superficial similarities: their realm was clearly defined by buildings and walls, and the walls and buildings in the both cases were utilized to demarcate social spaces. The void provided in both instances a common ground in which the collective life occurred, and people needed permission to enter the void before they were allowed to access the buildings. A symbolic axis and hierarchical spatial layout was adopted by both as well.
The difference between them is however evident: in the courtyard house, people lived in different rooms with their location indicated their social status within the family. The Danwei, in contrast, promoted a principle social equality, with each family seen as the same. The void in the courtyard house was a place where people's behaviours could be surveyed by the master, while in the Danwei the void was the place where people would ascertain their social ties. The growth of the courtyard house can be considered an extension of the social hierarchy, while the expansion of the Danwei merely meant a larger scale and more inhabitants. The symbolism of the Danwei also substantially differed from that of the traditional courtyard house, which was arranged by a central axis and had a clear progression of elements with lesser to greater importance. The Danwei reversed this order by placing the principal architectural elements at the forefront of the axis, opposite the entrance to the compound.
But what led to all these similarities and differences? The courtyard house was encoded to represent and reproduce the clearly defined social relationships that underpinned a Confucian moral order. In the feudal age of China, the Confucian philosophy which promoted social hierarchy was appreciated by authorities. Each individual was supposed to behave according to the rite of propriety and remain in their own rightful position defined by a social hierarchy. The courtyard house translated the social hierarchy into a spatial formation. In the typical courtyard house, the main room was that of the masters and occupied the north of the courtyard facing onto and dominating the internal courtyard and other rooms. Less important family members lived in the rear rooms. The distribution of spaces placed each member visible within the hierarchical order of the social group, and the individual's behaviour was policed through the transparency of the open courtyard formation.
The size and quantity of courtyards would vary according to the wealth of the family; nevertheless the basic principles of spatial arrangement and distribution remained the same. In a multi-yard courtyard house, each courtyard opened to the next one. One could not enter other yards freely without a senior's permission, and members took different circulation routes according to their status. The traditional Chinese unit was therefore designed to reproduce the differentiated social relationships demanded by the authorities.
The Danwei, however, was designed to represent the centrality of collective labour and egalitarian social relationships that exemplified the socialist ideal. In the planned economic era, each individual labourer in the Danwei was supposed to contribute to the public interests and the socialistic ideal rather than pursue personal profits. The key architectural elements were located along a central axis, with subsidiary elements arranged in groups on either side of it. The purpose of the axial arrangement was to symbolize the order of the socialist state. The communal facilities, like public club and canteen, were located in the centre, and people had to regularly appear in these spaces to confirm their socialistic beliefs.
Thus, the courtyard was a production of Confucian moral order, and the Danwei was a production of socialist ideology. In a word, the historical Chinese units were productions of a political norm.
But this is an inadequate definition. The arrangements of space and programs in the both cases were not merely for political purposes, they also promoted social cohesion by providing communal facilities and common spaces. Social ties between family members, partners and neighbours established a collective lifestyle within these enclosed units. People living in the same Chinese unit would always have something in common, and this commonality consolidated social ties and formed circles of similar minded individuals. For instance, there were many shared rooms like guest hall, reading room, tea room, private classroom, eating room, toilets, etc in courtyard houses. Despite their different social rank, they all were allowed to use these rooms and facilities. In the Danwei, the social lives and relations had different scales. Every three to five families shared toilets and kitchen in a housing unit. At the next level, each two to three buildings shared facilities like laundries, bicycle sheds and gardens. At the Danwei level, all residents shared facilities like hospital, bathhouse, and sports ground and so on.
Thus, the Chinese unit is a common framework within which different ideas and opinions could be discussed and negotiated. This reduced privatization and encouraged collective living. As each individual effort was for the common good, an urban idea that was not profit-driven emerged.
In summary, the determining factors that caused significant similarities and differences between two historical Chinese units are: political strategies and social ties and circles. The historical Chinese unit can be thus defined as: Firstly, a cellular urban idea embodying a political will. Secondly, an urban common framework within which a collective life occurred.
In addition, the Chinese unit was socially and spatially defined as an enclosed autonomy. The separation between the inside and outside and the independence of the parts of the system enabled the Chinese to deviate from the norm of the city and form a political and economic exception. This is of critical importance, because this allows us to understand the Chinese unit as an 'intelligent urban model' that could either actively agree or disagree with the urban norm. Differing from other homogenous urban models, the Chinese unit has the potential to criticise, challenge and generate new urban rules.
The spatial orders of historical Chinese units were real productions of political ideals and social relationships. The Chinese unit could transcend being a pure container of people's life and work. Yet today, the demand of work and life has completely changed.
Before 1978 the city's master plan aimed to control people's daily life within the Danwei. However since 1980s, the master plan of Beijing encouraged or forced people to move out of the closed society of the Danwei. After 2000, the master plan had the ambition to transform Beijing into a global city. Thus, the infrastructure system became increasingly important. As a consequence, today the city of Beijing is greatly defined by transportation (like motor cars, underground, over-ground and wide roads).
To understand the changes in urban planning, it is imperative to study the driving forces of urban development. Tang (1997) in a study of urbanization in China suggests that 'governmentality' was the key issue to the formulation of urban policies before economic reforms. The running of the society was based on administrative commands rather than 'contracts' between citizens. However, with economic reforms, the conventional economic planning measures on which urban planning relied were gradually abandoned. Thus the master plan was no longer directly connected with politics.
The new market economy required an effective control over landed speculation. This led to the 1989 City Planning Act, which set up a comprehensive urban planning system. The Act authorized the local government to prepare a set of tiered plans to control development. In the Act, the infrastructural system was referred to as a new planning element that attempted to manipulate regional spatial development, such as city size, environment quality, and urban settlements. However, the infrastructural system was incapable of dealing with the rapid growth of population and vast urban expansion.
Since the city no longer relied on the urban block as a cellular urban unit, the block was reduced to a container of programs. Moreover, the economic reform from planned economy to the market economy brought profound changes to the production and consumption of housing. In the planned economy, urban planning was perceived as a tool to realize the socialist ideology of planned development and translated the goal of economic planning into urban space. In the market economy, private property rights were protected and could not be appropriated for public use without compensation. Contrasting with a socialist residential model characterized by uniform public housing and homogeneous neighbourhoods with public and community services, such as street cleaning, gardening, and security, which were previously provided by the government or work units, are now provided by private developers or Property Management Companies for a fee. The commoditization of housing has led to a new type of residence: pure commodity housing estates. Thus, both housing and community services previously provided by a welfare state have been taken over by an emerging economic sector. The government cannot and does not any longer want to control people's daily life.
Massive private housing developments, especially in the suburbs, were the result of this privatization. Their urban district plan is covered by the City Planning Act that controls and defines land use, boundaries and development intensity and coordinates various infrastructural and public amenities and facilities. In all urban areas, detailed land-use policies are set out and define the boundaries of each construction project within its plot through control indexes such as building density and building height, general layout plan, utility engineering plan and three dimensional site plans (Building in China 1990: Article 20, Section 2). One can easily see that based on profit in neither scales the construction of residences considered social ties and communication. Privatization became the new driving force of Beijing.
The new planning policies produced gated community of a super scale, or the 'mega-block'. In a gated mega-block, the residents treat their residence as a private place of living. Most modern citizen's spheres of activities are now outside of the community. Especially today, more and more communications rely on the internet or telephone, making social interactions inside the mega-block unnecessary.
Since the mainly infrastructural master plan with its dominant type of the mega-block as a predominant urban model creates a sprawling and characterless city, the Chinese unit shuold be reconsidered as an alternative possibility to rethink the urban cellular principles.
So far I have defined the Chinese unit as a cellular urban idea which embodies a political strategy, as well as a common urban framework within which the collective life occurred. I also argued that the spatial orders of the Chinese units were the productions of politics and social relationships. However, in contemporary Beijing, due to changing political-economic strategies and a radically altered relationship between residents, the idea of Chinese unit could not exist anymore.
The challenge is therefore: firstly, since the state is no longer a power that regulates and unifies the people's life, opinions, and behaviours, how do we need to reconceptualise social ties and their effects? Secondly, Beijing as a global city could not accept an independent autonomy established by the courtyard house and Danwei, and the new urban lifestyle now occurs beyond the boundaries and social ties and circles of kinship or neighbourhood. Thirdly, the density of the historical Chinese unit is much lower than that required by the contemporary city and its fast growing population. However, as already argued, the Chinese unit as an exception has the ability to overcome an urban norm and adapt to people's life.
The Zhejiang village in southern Beijing provides a potential model to investigate that might point towards the structure of a new Chinese unit. Since the late 1980s, a large number of migrants from the Zhejiang province started their wholesale businesses in Beijing. The migrants were very successful in their businesses, and comprised an area of 26 villages in the district of Fengtai.
Fundamental to understanding the development of the Zhejiang village is the country's registration system. It stipulates that every household has to be registered as either urban or rural, and that every individual has to have a permanent place of residence. Migrants in Beijing are however informal citizens, which means they have entered the city but not society. That is why they choose to establish a new settlement and their own society based on their social relationships back home.
Networks based on kinship or regional ties were of central importance in the village. They provided a minimum level of social cohesion, security and safety, and served as the means to exchange information as well as gain employment and housing. The key question for the migrants in their business dealings and everyday life was how to manage the relationships between their business contacts and their circles of family and friends, as they saw the emotional investment in relationship as part of their business success. Kinship helped to pool resources together, form business partnerships and provide mutual aid among relatives, which ensured competitiveness in an intense market. To secure the safety and stability of their life and business, several gangs emerged that provided migrant families with local protection. If a family had strong relations with a powerful patron, its business was relatively safe from robbery and extortion. These two ties were therefore interlinked through a household or individual, and the overlapping of ties defined the commonality of the migrants. Through this system, a collective life emerged again in Beijing.
The Zhejiang village is both a social and an economic model. To enlarge their business, they had to grow their social ties, and the increasing circles of ties made the group more powerful and guaranteed business growth. Thus, in the Zhejiang village, the working, living and even spatial orders returned to the production of social relationship.
There were two basic spatial models with a critical impact on people's daily life in the village. One was the residential 'big compound', the other the 'market'. In the big compound, people lived a collective life, but not according to social or political order. Their purpose was to reduce living cost. Each big compound housed a large group of people who shared kitchen, toilets and bathrooms. On the other hand the market was the space within which the village exchanged goods with the city.
As migrants can only rent rooms, the space in the village is less a commodity than a kind of shared resource. By controlling the ownership of these spaces, the 'bosses' could control people's daily life. Thus, the space here was a production of local politics, or a tool to consolidate power.
The expansion of the village was accompanied by an increasing demand for services such as restaurants, health clinics, hairdressers, day-care facilities, schools and so on. These infrastructures and the market became the common ground were migrants and local citizens would meet. If the village and the city could be separated into two territories, they were the grey spaces between them.
The village was an exceptional autonomy and depended on an economic network of the city. While the historical Chinese units can be considered concrete models of political statements, the Zhejiang village has a very subtle relationship with the local government. When conflicts arose, a key role, a mediator or "big man" from the village would settle the disputes. These mediators balanced the sides, and ensured that the village could exist as an exception within the city and, equally important, as a profitable enterprise.
As is apparent, the possibility to plan and articulate urban spaces based on social ties has been persistent throughout Beijing's history. As a contemporary example, the Zhejiang village provides two ways to negotiate with urban norm: one through the mediator and another through common facilities.
The construction and growth of Beijing needs to meet new demands of living, working and communicating, and must address the contradiction between a rapid growth of population and the dwindling of urban properties. Seen in this light, admittedly, the mega-block is a better model than the Chinese unit. While the Chinese unit can be defined as a political and economic exception, the mega-block is the production of an urban norm. The residential high-rise in the mega-block has become the most prolific type in Chinese cities. Its floor plan and master plan have deeply influenced people's life over the last ten years. The deep structure of the mega-block indicates a contemporary urban life of privatisation and commuting that people have become accustomed to. Thus, a new prototype of the Chinese unit should consider both the urban village and the mega-block. It should have some general characteristics: Its spatial and programmatic plan ought to reflect on social ties and establish a new commonality. The new Chinese unit should be an exception to the urban norm but also have relations to it through common infrastructures. Finally, a new Chinese unit has to meet the demands of a fast changing society with new social relations.
 David Bray, Social Space and Governance in Urban China, p. 125.
 Fulong Wu, Urban Development in Post-reform China, p. 163.
 Fulong Wu, Urban Development in Post-reform China, p. 170.
 Bettina Gransow, Migration Society and Social Change in Chinese Megacity, p. 5.


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The ability of the sequence to combine different portions of the DNA is completely different from how a new gene is typically created / Photo by Getty Images
Many of us have heard the term "missing link," which spurs the imagination about a species that came before homo sapiens roamed the world. However, from genetic investigations to uncovering new human fossils, it turns out that the way that most people view this concept is greatly misguided.
A Huge Misnomer
While many picture evolution to be a chain where one species alive today is directly descended from an ancient species millions of years ago, this is not the case at all. Many paleontologists actually disagree with the term "missing link," as it connotes a linear chain of evolution when it is more of a tree where several species have the same ancestor, and some can even live alongside their supposed ancestor species. The reverse is also true: not every species seen today can be traced back to a single evolutionary parent.
The Tree of Evolution
For many, the phrase "missing link" is meant to apply specifically to humans and how our species came to be set apart from the ape family. We often picture a creature that is somewhere between half-man and half-ape, which we could easily slide into a picture show between chimpanzees and the modern man. However, there isn't one particular human ancestral fossil that can give us a specific picture of the transitional phase from ape to man. Instead, we have several specimens of human fossils that can show us that evolution was a straight path but a winding journey.
The story of how humans became what they are today is one that stretches several hundreds of millennia. The way that we walk, with backs upright and legs beneath us, was an evolutionary change that happened fairly early. Scientists have even found, according to Smithsonian.com., that our prehistoric ancestors were already walking this way anywhere from 6 to 3.6 million years ago. This was found through preserved remains of footprints walking through ash.
Our Genetic Code
The term missing link, while a misleading one, may have a different connotation than what most people expect. Some scientists believe that the missing link is not a specific species in itself, but a link in our genetic code.
Sometime about 8 to 12 million years ago, the ancestors of the great ape species, of which we are close cousins, had a dramatic change in their genetic makeup. Some of the pieces of their DNA were copied and spread across many chromosomes. Along with these, however, came a few additional segments of DNA. The resulting pattern continued to spread down onto the next branches of the evolutionary tree, and the genome remains particular to the great ape family, including gorillas, chimpanzees, and also human beings.
Many scientists have attempted to find out the function of this string of genes. Many have gone so far to say that they're the missing piece of human evolution or that they are the code that was meant to bring about a new string of genes. However, the experts at least know that they are linked to new cell generation, as well as brain development and increase of brain size.
A Missing Explanation
The gene regions, though potentially ground-breaking in the study of the origin of the human species, have unfortunately gone mostly unexamined and unexplored. This is because the sequence that makes them up has a repetitive structure with several duplicated parts.
Though this may sound like it would be easier to analyze, the way that geneticists study DNA sequences is by pulling them apart and then putting them together to make sense of how each section works. Disassembling and reassembling a sequence of parts that are essentially repetitions of each other would be like putting together a puzzle with the pieces looking more or less the same. Many conventional genome scientists have outright given up on sequencing the entire thing due to their complexity.
Some scientists believe that the missing link is not a specific species in itself but a link in our genetic code / Photo by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons
Changes in DNA
These stretches of duplicated sequences that occur repeatedly in a specific chromosome have since been dubbed as "core duplicons." It seems that these cores, by some mysterious function, are able to duplicate other neighboring sequences of the DNA around it. While serving as the anchor or the focal point, they then reinsert the new copy of the duplicated sequence into a new location. They can even bring together two unrelated pieces of DNA, which leads to the DNA having new functions.
While the core duplicons are highly unstable, they also seem to be a precursor to evolutionary changes. The ability of the sequence to combine different portions of the DNA is completely different from how a new gene is typically created. Usually, an existing gene would simply be copied and would develop new function on its own. In fact, according to Scientific American, core duplicons have played a large part in the genes that have greatly increased the size of hominid brains.
Researchers are still working hard to uncover the remaining pieces of knowledge that will lead us to a better understanding of our ancestors, and ultimately, ourselves.
Evolution, Missing Link, Apes, Homo sapiens, DNA, Core duplicons


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What is the UK's debt burden?
Private sector debt – indebtedness of householders, finance sector and non-financial companies.
In addition, you might take into account – future liabilities, e.g. pension fund commitments. Also, equally important, is future economic growth, tax revenue and the ability to meet the current debt burden.
Debt as a % of income.
UK government borrowing fell to record levels in the early 1990s, but since the financial crisis, national debt as a % of GDP has increased to 78% of GDP (2015).
A related to concept to total national debt is the budget deficit. The budget deficit is the annual amount the government is borrowing.
Another important consideration is how significant are debt interest payments.
With low interest rates, the cost of servicing the UK government debt is lower than we might expect. Many economists suggest that when interest rates are low, the government should take advantage and borrow to finance investment.
The amount spent on debt interest payments is important for understanding the 'debt burden' If you take out a mortgage, the crucial thing is not the total amount outstanding, but the percentage of your income that is spent on mortgage monthly payments.
Who is the UK debt burden owed to?
Another important consideration is who does the UK government borrow from?
The majority of UK public sector debt is owned by the UK private sector / Bank of England.
In addition to government debt it is also important to look at private sector debt. In particular household debt / company debt. For example, at the start of the recession, household debt fell because householders sought to increase savings and pay off their debts, due to low confidence. In this case the government borrowing is partly offsetting the rise in private sector saving.
During recession sharp rise in government borrowing – fall in household debt.
According to official data by Michael Saunders, Citigroup.
Another type of debt burden to consider is the external debt – the amount UK citizens owe to people in other countries.
The UK has a high external debt (UK external debt is 406% of GDP, 2012) because of its large finance sector.
Does debt correspond to lower living standards?
Readers Comment: From National Debt: What appears tragic from this is that Britain's cultural history can be read off from the 1900 – 2000 PSBR debt burden chart from the Bank of England above.
The chart's peaks of PSBR above 100% of GDP mirror exactly the historical periods of social misery which George Orwell documented during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, with Britain characterised as a land of rootless tramps and unemployed all reliant on piecemeal charity, low paid jobs and money-lenders, a nation which even Orwell himself could not envisage having a universal welfare state. Our collective memories of this poverty finally begin to lift around 1965 and Beatlemania, a time exactly co-inciding with PSBR finally falling below 100% of GDP.
Note: PSBR is the annual public sector borrowing requirement. This graph shows total public sector debt (often referred to as national debt).
You could also say: Look how much debt the UK had in 1945, yet, rather than focus on spending cuts, the government set up a very ambitious welfare state and universal health care.
Despite public sector debt reaching over 200% in 1950, this did not cripple the economy in the coming decades. The relatively huge level of debt proved no barrier to one of the longest periods of economic expansion on records.
Private sector saving was higher in the 40s and 50s making it easier for the government to borrow.
Demographic factors were more favourable in the 40s and 50s. There was a young growing workforce (boosted by immigration). Now we face an ageing population with increasing demands on health care and pensions.
Yet, whilst the above is true to a certain extent, if the banking sector recovers, the government should be able to recover a significant part of the financial sector intervention.
With Financial sector intervention public sector debt is over £800bn or 56.8%.
So, even though public sector debt is definitely going to rise very rapidly, over the next few years. It is not necessarily the end of the world as some would like to make us fear.
Market fundamentals seems to have hit the top with valuations no more an intrinsic aspect, rather, speculation and higher returns on assets seems to be the pursuit for these investors. Ever since the March 9th rally, the global markets have seen unprecedented rally with some markets doubling in just 6 months or so. I remember one trigger, a report published in mid-February (16th precisely) early this year from Mumbai, India, by an economist who rightly predicted this scintillating Bull Run when the market was crashing down like cards. Moreover, the same analyst has been able to develop a statistical market model and an indicator system which might prove (and its proving either) doomsday for technical analyst or chartists around the globe. It runs something like p-value based trading system, which has some unique utilities. Using this, one can model interest rate trends, crude prices and other variables. However and whatever may it be, even if Roubini did correctly predict the recession, he was too pessimistic about the early recovery (see Bernanke's comments on economic recover). And its' time again we are into a major commodity bubble this time, with so much liquidity sloshing around, inflation is bound to happen, only by a matter of time, and by then, Fed would have had to act on its FFR, kept stagnant at 0.25% now. A very crucial incident that strangely and unexpectedly altered Asian Economy is that, Japan appeared to have recovered from her prolonged stagflation, marking the awakening of a sleepy-giant consumption driven economy. This single factor proves that the World economy no later, will however recover faster than that expected by Roubini and Co.
It's actually closer to 5%.
Whilst 2% sounds like nothing, 5% is about £33bn, 3% is about £20bn.


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A landmark decision
In a landmark decision dated 26 February 2020, the Commercial Court of Nanterre considers Bitcoin as a fungible and consumable asset in the same way as fiat money, and qualifies the loan of Bitcoins as a loan of fungible assets (prêt de consommation).
Fungible assets means any assets, other than money, that are interchangeable for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical.
This first instance judgement proposes a first legal characterisation of the loan of Bitcoins under French law which had been left outside the new regulatory framework for digital assets in France introduced by the loi Pacte.
This decision follows a dispute between the French digital assets exchange platform Paymium and the UK financial advisory firm BitSpread. In 2014, BitSpread opened an account on Paymium, obtaining a loan of 1,000 Bitcoins (BTC) from the French platform. On 1 August 2017, Bitcoin was subject to a "hard fork" splitting which created a new cryptocurrency in addition and in parallel to BTC: the Bitcoin Cash (BCC). At the time of this "hard fork", the companies holding BTCs (including BitSpread) received an equal number of BCCs. In October 2017, BitSpread returned the 1,000 BTCs to Paymium without interest, while Paymium required BitSpread to return the BCCs issued from the "hard fork" in addition to the BTCs. The main issue at stake in the decision was the return of the BCCs to the lender.
On the one hand, Paymium alleges that BitSpread automatically received BCCs for BTCs it held in its account on the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange platform on the day of the "fork", thanks to BTCs lent by Paymium credited on such account. Accordingly, any proceeds obtained thanks to such loan must be returned to the lender, i.e. Paymium. On the other hand, BitSpread maintains that the allocation of new cryptocurrency from the "fork" is not automatic but results from the choice of the platform concerned, which is free to allocate them or not to its clients according to its ability to process the new cryptocurrency and that the BCCs received by BitSpread were not related to the BTC loans made by Paymium. Therefore, BitSpread was entitled to keep the BCCs.
The Commercial Court of Nanterre rejected Paymium's request to receive the 1,000 BCCs considering that BTCs being fungible and consumable, the 3 BTC loan agreements signed by the parties must be characterised as a loan of fungible assets (prêt de consommation) under French law. According to the judges of the Commercial Court of Nanterre:
"BTC is "consumed" when used, whether to pay for goods or services, to exchange it for currency or to lend it, just like legal tender, even if it is not legal tender; BTC is deemed to be consumable by virtue of its use; […] BTCs are fungible because they are of "the same kind and quality" in that they are all based on the same computer protocol and are subject to an equivalence report with the other BTCs to make a payment within the meaning of the former article 1291 of the civil code, which became article 1347-1 of the same code […]; as BTC is fungible and consumable, the legal qualification of the 3 BTC loan agreements signed between the parties on 1 September 2014, 11 January 2016 and 23 June 2016 is therefore that of a loan of fungible assets [prêt de consommation]" (unofficial translation).
Since there is a transfer of property and risks of the goods to the benefit of the borrower under a loan of fungible assets (prêt de consommation), the Commercial Court of Nanterre considered that any proceeds obtained by BitSpread as the result of the BTCs loan belong to the borrower. Therefore, the Court held that BitSpread can keep the BCCs attributed following the August 2017 "fork".
Sophie Péligry contributed to the writing of this article
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Frédérick Lacroix
Pierre d'Ormesson


A historic Highland Park estate has changed hands, just months after the mansion hit the market.
The Tudor-style mansion on Beverly Drive was previously the home of Dallas businessman Sam Wyly.
The 7,579-square-foot, five-bedroom home across from Dallas Country Club came on the market this summer for $12.5 million. Top North Texas real estate agent Allie Beth Allman just closed the sale.
County deed records show that the home — built in the early 1920s — was purchased by a trust represented by Dallas mergers and acquisitions attorney Brian Lidji. The sales price was not disclosed.
Lidji has represented some of the area's best-known businesses, including Hunt Petroleum, Hotels.com and Pratt Hotels. He declined to discuss the buyer or plans for the property but said, "It's not going to be torn down. Someone is going to move in."
Designed by noted architect C.D. Hill, the house was originally built for Dallas businessman Fred Schoelkopf.
The mansion has four bathrooms, a study, a sunroom and a third-floor game room. There are three fireplaces, a basement, a three-car garage and a garage apartment.
Wyly was required to sell the house and other assets as part of the agreement to pay damages in connection with the almost $200 million judgment resulting from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud suit.
The main staircase at the Highland Park home of Sam Wyly at 3905 Beverly Drive. The house was listed for $12.5 million.
The living room of 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
The living room at 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
The master bathroom of the Sam Wyly house at 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
The master bath at 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
The entry foyer at 3905 Beverly Drive. Built in the early 1920s for Fred Schoellkopf, it had been the home of Sam Wyly since 1983.
Intricate molding and ceiling work in the home at 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park. Owned by Sam Wyly, it was listed for sale for $12.5 million.
The master bath at 3905 Beverly Drive.
The kitchen of 3905 Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
The swimming pool at the Highland Park mansion at 3905 Beverly Drive.


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Fashion, Culture and Trends: What's to come in 2023
by Annika Duda, January 2, 2023
Happy New Year! 2023 has just kicked off and we're saying goodbye to previous popular trends, the most memorable fashion moments and pop culture highlights.
However, the new year and the new opportunities it brings to expand our personal fashion horizons once again raises the question: What is in store for us after the eventful 2022? Title predicts the fashion trends, cultural events and it brands for the new year 2023:
After Gucci and Balenciaga took turns in the ranks of the most popular fashion brands in recent years, Miu Miu stood on the winner's podium in 2022. However, it could well be that Loewe will not only conquer the hearts of fashion aficionados.
There's a new element of provocation to J.W. Anderson's work since the pandemic, an upping of the fashion ante that had his audience on the edge of their seats today. Set against a glossy white floor, Jonathan Anderson immersed viewers in a 90s fantasy gaming world with the pixelated illusion of Minecraft and the plant kingdom with dimensional fiberglass anthurium flowers for SS23. The action was accompanied by a violin, the highlight was shoes made of different materials and textures. Anderson continues to experiment with fiberglass, metal and mixed designs. Minecraft's pixelated illusion appears twice throughout the collection, "suddenly breaking the previous form" as well as the connection of the virtual world to human life. The designer continues to expand the boundaries of his designs.
We will also see how creatives expand the boundaries of beauty and makeup, expressing a new symbolism of age and aging. Previously seen on Julia Fox, grey hair will make a comeback. "This season we will definitely see a continuation of women embracing their grey hair," says James Pryce, expert master stylist at Larry King Salon. Not only will we be embracing our God-given greys but, according to James, we'll also be faking the grey with a little help from glosses, tints, and dyes. But also in the matter of beauty, in 2023 more often will be taken to the "not-color". Grey-ish hues will dominate our eyeshadow palettes providing us with the effortlessness and carelessness of the 90ies inspired "rockstar girlfriend" aesthetic.
But the look into the past is also directed towards the future. Futuristic elements, such as seemingly floating metal accessories, glasses and headdresses will dominate the upcoming catwalks. Big focus will be alien-esque aesthetics a la Spock-brews and futuristic nostalgia.
In addition, this year we once again welcome a trend of the 2010s, which even then took us to galaxies far, far away. The then popular Galaxy Print will accompany us again this year: Thanks to impulse makers like Kim Jones for his Dior Menswear show AW23. First popularised somewhere around Christopher Kane's SS10 collection, interstellar tights, Lita boots, and disco dresses were once a lodestone for the kind of person who liked to Sharpie mustachios on their index fingers and upload photos of typewriters onto Instagram. But when the hipster fell out of vogue in the mid 2010s, so too did their love of star-gazing – that is, until now. As part of his AW23 collection at Dior, Jones covered leggings, bombers, anoraks, and roll necks in hyperoptic galaxy prints, all swirling balls of gas and spangled constellations made in partnership with NASA. Having swapped Paris for the Giza necropolis – home to the 4,500 year-old pyramids – the designer refrained from reproducing any stereotypical depictions of hieroglyphs and Pharaohs, choosing instead to draw inspiration from Ancient Egypt's obsession with astronomy. There were 75 looks in total – a reference to the number of years since Christian Dior founded the fashion house in 1947 – and they ran the gamut of dusty kilt-trouser hybrids, space-age helmets, bulbous desert boots, organza bombers, and 3D-printed breastplates.
It goes on colorful: After 2022 Kim Kardashian's "Skims" found their way into our closets and shape-wear was too popular as never before, its now time to add colorful tights to the mix. While it's possible some are skeptical about wearing bold shades instead of neutrals, odds are we all rocked colored tights as a kid, especially for '80s or '90s baby. Those eras are now experiencing a renaissance, which means there's no better time than the present to bring this look back, only this time, in a grown-up way. The trick, according to stylist Soneca Guadara, is to consider tights as part of an outfit, not an afterthought. In other words, consider their stylistic potential first and their functionality second.
Style over substance was also the motto for retro and vintage over-ear headphones that adorned the necks and heads of last season's It Girls. Headwear is now getting a winter update: if you're heading out to the wintry tundra, reach for a pair of earmuffs instead of your traditional beanie. Choose black, fluffy Goldbergh's or a pearl-colored pair from Lele Sadoughi; you can coordinate the best earmuffs with your winter outfit. And, as professional stylist Jenny Rodriguez notes, they won't distract from your look. "The benefits of good earmuffs are that they keep your ears warm in the winter and you look chic while you bundle up and stay cozy," she explains. "I would pair earmuffs with an oversized blazer or coat, a turtleneck sweater and jeans with Doc Martens. It's simple and effortless, and the earmuffs add the finishing touch to the look. The conclusion? Use your earmuffs as a statement piece to build around, and play it up.
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It's taken me a little while longer than I wanted to wake up from this haze. As stated before, Buenos Aires is dangerous over the Christmas period, especially when you're sleeping on the floor in a mosquito breeding ground, being consistently woken up by a Brazilian 'meditating' in the adjoining room and a crazy Dutchman who doesn't seem to realise that stepping on someone while he's sleeping is not entirely necessary.
I've been in Montevideo now since late on Friday night and have been in my new apartment since Sunday. It's the first time I've ever had a place to myself and found it very easy to slip into the regime of walking around in my pants the whole time. It does help that I'm on the eighth floor and also that the temperature is excruciating at times. I'm not sure I would get away with this behaviour in Sneinton. I have no doubt Chardonnay would have already started shouting abuse at me by now and that maybe even Terry would have begun to question my judgement.
It's so nice to actually have a job right now that doesn't involve solely designing a web site. Actually means that I have the impulse to get out there and do some research. I am in charge of writing about football and music for the new site, as well as writing a few hostel/bar reviews. Any reason to go out for a beer basically.
At the moment we just have a holding page, http://www.uruguaynow.com but soon it should be something quite nice indeed I hope.
Right, now I need some sun! Ciao!


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Use very short-term money to ride out rate spikes.
Mutual Fund News in Mumbai, financial advisers recommend that investors put their money into a combination of liquid and ultra short-term funds, where they can earn up to 6.5%, which is potentially 50-200 basis points higher than comparable fixed deposits in terms of their duration. Fund managers believe that additional rate hikes are possible given that the RBI has maintained the status quo on the policy stance, which has resulted in rising global inflation, and that this could be detrimental to investors who hold long-duration funds.
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"The rate of inflation does not appear to be slowing down any time soon. Rates have the potential to increase even more so long as it does not decrease "According to Sandeep Bagla, who serves as the chief executive officer of Trust AMC:
As global inflation remains a concern for central banks, the Federal Reserve is likely to boost interest rates even higher. As a result, many fund managers feel that further rate hikes are probable in the near future. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would have to raise interest rates as well in order to defend its currency and encourage investment flows.
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"Aggressive monetary tightening in advanced countries will affect U.S. policy. In a hostile international atmosphere, the RBI would have trouble moderating its stance." Pankaj Pathak, of Quantum Mutual Fund, said this. Pathak believes that the policy repo rate would increase, and as a result, short-term money market rates will also increase. As a result, cautious investors are better suited investing in liquid funds, in Pathak's opinion.
Due to short maturities, mark-to-market (MTM) losses are rare in liquid and short-term funds. Extreme short-term funds hold securities with maturities of three to six months, compared to liquid funds' 91 days. In the event of a rate hike, a 10-year bond's MTM loss is much higher than a short-term paper's.
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Due to banks' delayed rate increases, investors who chose ultra short-term and liquid funds will earn 150-200 basis points more than with identical bank accounts.
For example, short-term bank deposits with a term of six months earn returns before taxes ranging from 4.5 to 4.65%.
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