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University of Limerick Foundation announces election of new chairman Harry Fehily
Harry Fehily, Chairman of the University of Limerick Foundation
The University of Limerick Foundation has announced the election of a new chairman.
Harry Fehily, Managing Partner at Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors and a board member of University of Limerick Foundation, has been elected as successor to Chair Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman, who is stepping down from the role after six years.
The appointment was confirmed by Dr Brennan Glucksman at a meeting of the Foundation this Friday.
Harry Fehily, Managing Partner at @HOMSsolicitors and @UofLFoundation Board member, has been elected as successor to Chair Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman.https://t.co/NFL8S6fbHN
— University Of Limerick (@UL) November 20, 2020
Dr Brennan Glucksman congratulated Mr Fehily on his new role and thanked him for his tireless commitment to the Foundation, University and wider region.
The Irish-American philanthropist confirmed that she will remain as a director of the Foundation and said she "looks forward to assisting Harry's continued leadership in delivering the University of Limerick Foundation's objectives".
"The University of Limerick Foundation ensures philanthropic funding continues to underpin UL's prestigious role in higher education in Ireland," Dr Brennan Glucksman added.
Harvey Duthie, UL Foundation's CEO, welcomed Mr Fehily's appointment, saying: "We are already working on a number of exciting projects which we hope to bring to fruition over the coming months."
Mr Fehily said: "I am delighted and honoured to take on this role. I am immensely proud of my association with the Foundation for the past eight years and I am privileged by the trust that has been placed in me by Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman and the Board members in appointing me.
"I look forward to working alongside CEO Harvey Duthie in continuing the excellent work being done by the Foundation, as evident in the fact that it has already invested more than €200 million in projects across the campus.
"Today, we have an opportunity to build on that tremendous legacy for the benefit of the University, its students, Limerick city and the Mid-West and to ensure the continuance of the University's status as an internationally recognised centre of educational excellence," added Mr Fehily.
Mr Fehily is Managing Partner of Holmes O'Malley Sexton, a full-service law firm with offices in Limerick, Cork, Dublin and London. The firm assists its array of private, public, corporate and institutional clients with their legal requirements from commercial matters, property transactions and litigation disputes. Mr Fehily is a lawyer with extensive experience in advising clients on contentious and non-contentious matters.
Mr Fehily is an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in London. He is a member of the UL Kemmy Business School's International Advisory Committee, a Past President of Limerick Chamber of Commerce, a member of the International Lawyer's Network, and a Founding Member of Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners. He also sits as a special advisor to the Mid-Western Hospitals Development Trust.
About University of Limerick:
The University of Limerick is an independent, internationally focused university with 16,500 students and 1,700 staff. It is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship.
More information is available at www.ul.ie
About University of Limerick Foundation:
The University of Limerick Foundation supports and resources the University of Limerick. Through the Foundation, which was established in 1989, the Board and its wide range of friends and benefactors, provide national and international leadership and funding for the University's advancement. The University of Limerick Foundation is engaged in fundraising for the University from private individuals, institutions and business. €200 million has been raised to date in support of what is now a world class university and campus.
For more information on University of Limerick Foundation go HERE
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With 7 I used some reFX stuff, NI stuff and a few other bits and bobs.
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Newmills is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland,  from Dungannon and  from Coalisland. Newmills gets its name from a corn mill and kilns that formerly stood in the area. Local amenities include a primary school, a local shop and a number of churches.  It currently has a population of approximately 400 people. The River Torrent flows through the village.

Places of interest
Annaginny Fisheries is a stocked and managed fishery.
Roughan Castle was built in 1618 by Sir Andrew Stewart.
Newmills Presbyterian Church.

Politics
Newmills is in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area at the geographic centre of the Torrent ward.

Sport
Association Football is most popular local sport, and a number of teams from Newmills enter local leagues in the South Tyrone area.

People
Robert Morrow, received the Victoria Cross for bravery on 12 April 1915 near Messines, Belgium during World War I. He was killed in action on 26 April 1915.
Lydia Mary Foster, novelist, writer and poet, was the daughter of Rev. James Foster, the Presbyterian Minister of Newmills from 1850 to 1890.

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Verizon's slick spectrum salesmanship doesn't persuade DOJ
Brad Reed @bwreedbgr
In many ways, Verizon has gone about its attempts to acquire more LTE spectrum much more wisely than AT&T did with its failed T-Mobile merger. After all, Verizon is just purchasing spectrum licenses from companies that won't be able to use them on its own anyway, rather than outright buying a rival wireless carrier. But that apparently hasn't been enough to persuade the Department of Justice, as the Wall Street Journal reports that the DOJ has decided to hold up Verizon's proposed deals to acquire AWS spectrum licenses from major cable companies such as Comcast and Cox for around $3.9 billion.
Citing unnamed sources, WSJ says that the Justice Department is concerned that the proposed deal "will hurt competition for broadband Internet service" and would be "in effect, an agreement not to compete for Internet users in each other's territory." The sources say the DOJ is highly unlikely to pass off on the proposed deal unless Verizon and the cable companies make significant changes that satisfy the agency's concerns over anticompetitive behavior.
Previously, Verizon had tried to bolster its case that its spectrum deal would be pro-competitive by essentially buying out one of the deal's former critics and agreeing to swap some of its AWS spectrum with rival T-Mobile. Under that deal, Verizon and T-Mobile would agree to swap licenses on the AWS band that spans from 1710MHz to 1755MHz for uplink and 2110MHz to 2155MHz for downlink to patch up weak spots in their LTE spectrum portfolios. For its part, T-Mobile says it "will gain spectrum covering 60 million people."
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1891: Samuel Smiles
As Dr. Wight was not fully established at Glasgow, and had one of his sisters for housekeeper, he was very hospitable and popular, and we met daily several of the Professors, who were able men, and had agreeable conversation, — such as Alexander Stevenson and John Millar. This last had even begun to distinguish himself by his democratical principles, and that sceptical philosophy which young noblemen and gentlemen of legislative rank carried into the world with them from his law-class, and, many years afterwards, particularly at the period of the French Revolution, displayed with popular zeal, to the no small danger of perversion to all under his influence. I had a hint of this from Dr. Wight before 1782, when he died, who added, that though some sound heads might find antidotes to this poison before they went into the world, and see in the British constitution all that is valuable in a democracy, without its defects and faults, yet, as it was connected with lax principles in religion, there might be not a few of such a contexture of understanding as could not be cured. Millar lived to the end of the century.
I met with a strong proof of what is contained in the above paragraph respecting Professor Millar a long time afterwards, when dining with Robert Colt, Esq., then residing at Inveresk. I don't exactly remember the year, but I think it was before the war of 1798. There was nobody with Mr. Colt but a brother-in-law of his, when we were joined by the late Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, who had dined in Edinburgh. After consenting to stay all night, Sir Hew said, "Colt, was not you a student of law for two years with Millar at Glasgow?" "Yes, I was," answered Mr. Colt. "Then," replied Sir Hew, "I find I am right; and as my Hew has been four years at St. Andrews, and seems now desirous of following the law, I have been advised to send him to Millar, and have come to consult you about it." "We'll talk about that coolly to-morrow morning, Sir Hew; in the mean time, give me your toast." I knew well the meaning of this reserve; and a few days afterwards meeting with Mr. Colt, "Well," said I, "did yo settle your friend Sir Hew's mind about sending his son to Glasgow?" "Yes," answered he, "and you'll hear no more of that project." This Mr. Colt was an able and a worthy man, but he was shy and reserved, and died, unknown but to a few, in the year 1797. He had overcome many disadvantages of his education, for he had been sent to a Jacobite seminary of one Elphinstone at Kensington, where his body was starved, and his mind also. He had hardly a word of Latin, and was obliged to work hard with a private tutor. At Glasgow, to be sure, he learned public law, but too in poison with it, which he had strength of understanding to expel, as well as to overcome many other disadvantages.


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NOTE: Because of an administrative error, the Best of Show blue ribbon was earlier placed on the Chicago Tribune's first-place series in Education Writing and the newspaper was notified it had won the grand award. A review of the results showed that the blue ribbon had been won by The Associated Press for its first-place series on West Africa in News Beat Coverage. The Press Club of Atlantic City and the National Headliner Awards regret the error.
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Stewart Friesen will compete full-time in Truck Series
By Daniel McFadinFeb 3, 2018, 12:30 PM EST
Halmar Friesen Racing intends to compete full-time in the Camping World Truck Series this season, the team announced Friday.
The team fields the No. 52 Chevrolet driven by Stewart Friesen.
Friesen started 19 of the series' 23 races in 2017. It failed to qualify for two races and did not enter two others as it transitioned into a technical alliance with GMS Racing.
The team, which began competing in the Truck Series in 2016, will continue in the technical alliance that was announced last August. HFR was previously in an alliance with Tommy Baldwin Racing.
"I am excited to get back to work this season with the team," Friesen said in a press released. "We are well prepared and have the people and equipment to give us the ability to win on any given weekend and contend for the championship. Trip and the crew are some of the hardest working, most dedicated people I've ever worked with. They gave me a successful rookie season and I'm confident 2018 will be even better."
Friesen, a native of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, earned two top fives and five top 10s last season.
His top fives came at Eldora and the fall race at New Hampshire. He earned his first-career pole at Eldora and went on to finish second.
In the last seven races of the year, Friesen finished in the top seven four times.
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Finally gave the Grumpy Cyclist a go!
My coffee date wasn't too pleased about having a photo taken LOL. This is Kim, from Accidental Encounters!
Her wedding is at Janda Baik, which was one of the venues I was considering for our own wedding. I told her that by attending her wedding I am going to live vicariously through her hahaha.
Am quite bored with the whole industrial concept of cakes, to be honest. Hope to see a fresh take on cafes soon!
Remember I said that this was 1 week before my wedding? Funnily enough though I was the one gobbling down melted cheese sandwiches and gulping down coffee, while she refrained from carbs and only had an orange juice. T_T Made me look so bad wtf.
Wearing one of my favorite skirts from this YEAR! A really unique neon lemon shade, the best structured flounce, a slightly longer length... LOVE IT!


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A Word on Awards
3 December, 2013 , by Lily Wilson
When it comes to the literature and to the arts in general, it is hard to judge, what is beautiful and creative and what is horrible and tasteless. What was popular and admired yesterday, might be called tawdry later. Besides, today's concepts of art are quite blurred: one person writes a long novel with thrilling sudden twists in plot and charismatic heroes and deep philosophical insight, while the other thinks of 2 lines only and publishes them in a book of 300 pages, 299 of which are completely blank – and both of them consider their books to be the works of art. Moreover, literature critics also consider both of them as writers.
Perhaps the modern concepts of art are one of the causes of anxiety and mistrust towards the literature prizes. And we are not only talking about the readers, who often judge the quality of the books differently than professional critics. We are talking about writers. About those, who got the awards and those, who did not. What do they say?
After Mary Lee Settle, the novelist, won the National Book Award, she commented on it: "One of the most unpleasant experiences I have ever had." That surely does not sound as total satisfaction with judgment of the critics. The problem is that often, for one or another reason, critics approve those works, which their authors do not consider as great ones. At the same time, critics often leave real masterpieces without any award. And that, according to June Jordan, the writer and activist, the only kind of validation that makes sense in the literary world. He said these bitter words as Toni Morrison's novel, "Beloved", did not win the National Book Award.
Why would there be so much fuss about the literary awards? Is it so hard to distinguish mediocrity from talent? And that is where the shoe pinches. The arguments on whether fair or unfair the award was will never stop, because… what right do the critics have to define, which book is better than the other? How do readers define, whether critics' taste is flawless? There is no single standard of a perfect book. That means, that, for example, the Nobel Prize (a huge amount of money, by the way) is usually given to some lucky guy, whose book may not be the best among the works of other candidates, but it simply may be relevant to the taste of critics.
Can we do anything so that literary awards could be more fair? It's highly doubtful. But, at least, the fact, that awards are given away subjectively, allows those writers, who consider themselves unrecognized geniuses, dream of the day, when the readers will suddenly realize, how talented their works are.
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Welcome to Rockville Music Festival 2016: Apr-30 to May-1
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HRH Blues at the O2 Academy Sheffield in Sheffield, UK
Blues, Concert Reviews, UK
HRH Blues returns to South Yorkshire bringing with it in tow a veritable who's who of the international blues world.
As they say, it all started with the blues. The roots of rock and roll originate from the early blues artists of the 1920s-40s and those pioneers paved the way by influencing and inspiring the musical greats we have come to know and love today. Blues music comes in many shapes and forms, and that diverse musical cross section is largely represented here at HRH Blues this weekend.
Over the course of its two-day residency at the O2 Academy Sheffield, in excess of twenty plus artists are featured on the bill, some of whom have traveled across the globe from as far afield as the US and South Africa to be here, as well as pretty much everywhere in between. It's fair to say the anticipation for the event is high, with all tickets having sold out well in advance.
The Billy Walton Band light up the stage early on Saturday afternoon, proving to be one of the standout acts of the whole weekend. The band brings with them the infectious sound of the Jersey shore whilst conjuring up images of the likes of the E-Street Band and Southside Johnny, and having a lot of fun with it in the process. Walton and his six-piece band well and truly win over the room and are a talking point for the rest of the festival thereafter.
London-based duo The Graveltones are probably the heaviest outfit on the bill this weekend. Jimmy O's fuzz-fueled guitar riffs are perfectly accompanied by the ferocious drum groove of Mikey Sorbello who quite literally beats his kit like it owes him money; you can actually see shards of his drumsticks breaking off as they come crashing down on his cymbals. Having tried to play HRH Blues previously, the band make their festival debut this year, electrifying the audience and are most certainly worth the wait.
Finnish guitarist Erja Lyytinen adds some glamor to the proceedings during a set which is largely centered around her new record Stolen Hearts, from which several numbers feature. This includes the title track itself which sparks off an impromptu singalong with the audience and the devastating "Rocking Chair", which is one of the heaviest tracks Lyytinen has written to date and includes a prog-tastic instrumental breakdown featuring drummer Kai Jokiaho.
The 'Queen of the Slide Guitar' turns up the heat during her interpretation of Tina Turner's "Steamy Windows", leaving Sheffield feeling a bit hot under the collar.
Due to the withdrawal of King King from the bill as a result of Alan Nimmo's unfortunate vocal troubles, both Irish guitar virtuoso Simon McBride and the legendary Ten Years After are given extended sets.
McBride's blistering guitar riffs most certainly put the fast in Belfast. Channeling the likes of Rory Gallagher and Jimi Hendrix, McBride's powerful blues trio perform a set which is a mix of both new and old material. The band has great stage chemistry and each gets their moment to shine.
Comprising of fifty percent of their original lineup including drummer Ric Lee and keyboard player Chick Churchill, Ten Years After close out the first day of the festival. The band is also celebrating their fiftieth anniversary this year.
Over the course of their marathon, career-spanning set Ten Years After pull out all of the stops, breaking into old hits like "Love Like A Man" and the Woodstock anthem "I'm Going Home".
Marcus Bonfanti is the perfect frontman for this band, his musicianship, charisma, energy and enthusiasm prevails throughout. The band has rather aptly named him Bonafabulous and the audience here in Sheffield would largely agree with that sentiment.
Ten Years After pay tribute to their friend Chuck Berry with some good old fashioned rock and roll in the shape of "Roll Over Beethoven", before Ric Lee takes a much-deserved drum solo during "The Hobbit". The band's legendary bass player Colin Hodgkinson also takes a solo spot during "San Francisco Bay Blues". Ten Years after bring a fantastic first day to a close with "Choo Choo Mama".
Sunday morning's acoustic brunch provides a nice change of pace for the lucky invitees and HRH Royalty in attendance. Known more commonly for their scorching guitar licks, the multi-faceted Chantel McGregor and Dan Patlansky take the opportunity to showcase the versatility of their playing, each performing a few rather memorable stripped back numbers.
On the other hand, Big Boy Bloater charms the crowd with his witty banter during an acoustic set which pays homage to old school greats like Louis Jordan and John Lee Hooker. Bloater's set is interspersed with his own solo material like "That Ain't My Name" and "Shake That Thing". When it comes to blues Big Boy Bloater is the real deal.
Jack J Hutchinson who is a late addition to the bill, leaves behind his band the Boom Boom Brotherhood to close out the proceedings on the acoustic stage with a slide-tastic, foot stomping solo performance which includes a trio of numbers centering around his new album Set Your Heart For The Sun.
Meanwhile, over on the main stage British guitarist Sean Webster, who now resides in the Netherlands, gives an impressive performance. Sean's spellbinding rendition of the Etta James classic "I'd Rather Go Blind" is one of the highlights of the weekend, sparking rapturous applause from the festival faithful.
Chantel McGregor hailing from nearby Bradford brings a touch of Yorkshire to the proceedings making her second appearance of the day on the main stage. This time around Chantel has brought her fully electrified trio with her featuring bass player Colin Sutton and new drummer Ollie Goss.
McGregor gives a lively set packed full of hard rocking numbers like "Killing Time", "Southern Belle" and "Your Fever". During Chantel's couple of improvised spots, she really raises the bar, putting herself out there in a league of her own. She affectionally names her first Blues composition "Avin A Giraffe" after the news this weekend that April the Giraffe had given birth to her calf.
Laurence Jones comes complete with a new four-piece band and wows the HRH Blues crowd. Recent additions to the lineup include keyboard player Bennett Holland and bass player Greg Smith who prove to be the perfect foil for Jones to play off. This is particularly evident during slow blues numbers like "Thunder In The Sky", giving the track a sound which in places is almost reminiscent to Led Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You".
Jones pays homage to Eric Clapton/Cream with an incredible cover of "Cocaine", which is in turn segued with licks from "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Layla". Laurence will also be taking to the road with LA based rock and soul troubadours Vintage Trouble next month.
South African-born guitar virtuoso Dan Patlansky delivers a set focussing on his latest offering Introvertigo with the likes of new single "Sonnova Faith", "Heartbeat" and the incredibly funky "Stop The Messing" all featuring.
Patlansky also takes the opportunity to bring back Laurence Jones to the stage for a stunning rendition of Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights Big City", with the pair playing off each other throughout. However, it is Dan's epic instrumental guitar masterpiece "My Chana" which leaves the audience shellshocked, it truly has to be seen to be believed.
Before even a single act has been announced for next year's event (14th/15th April 2018) we are informed that over 80% of the ticket allocation has already been sold, which is a testament to just how good these events actually are. So what are you waiting for? Next April can't come soon enough.
HRH Blues
Event Date: 15&16-APR-2017
Aaron KeylockBig Boy BloaterBilly Walton BandChantel McGregorCrow Black ChickenDan PatlanskyDani WildeErja LyytinenHRH BluesJack J HutchinsonMarcus BonfantiO2 Academy SheffieldSean WebsterSimon McBrideTen Years AfterThe Graveltones
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Elsie Binx at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, MI
Adam Kennedy is an experienced music photographer based in northeast England. He has been shooting concerts for several years, predominantly with the band Vintage Trouble. In 2013, he was one of their tour photographers, covering the UK and Ireland tour including the headline shows and as opening act for The Who. As an accomplished concert photographer, Adam's work has been featured in print such as, Classic Rock Blues Magazine, Guitarist Magazine, Blues in Britain magazine, broadcast on the MDA Telethon on ABC Television in the US, used in billboard advertising for Renaissance Hotels in the US, and featured online via music blogs such as Uber Rock and Guitar Planet. He is also the official photographer at Newcastle Rock and Blues Club.
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The Government of Belize will, as of Tuesday, June 11, 2013, assume operational control of the International Business Companies (IBC) Registry and the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize (IMMARBE)—operations which were estimated to net the Government $11 million in revenues in this year's budget.
A statement issued by the Government of Belize today said that the Management Services Agreement under which the registries were privatized comes to an end at the close of business today. That contract, an official source tells us, involves a major financial player in Belize – British billionaire Michael Ashcroft, whose interest in the agreement links back to Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited.
Waterloo, an IBC in the British Virgin Islands, has indicated in published reports that it holds 50% interest in Belize International Services Limited, a joint venture company which operates the international open shipping and company registry business in Belize. The other major party of the agreement is Morgan & Morgan of Panama.
Amandala understands that the Ashcroft group and the Panamanian investor have controlled the operation of the registries since 1990. First, they were engaged under separate 3-year agreements: one for the IBC and the other for the shipping registry. However, in 1993, the then People's United Party (PUP) administration issued one 10-year agreement to the parties, for both registries, with an option for a renewal for another 10 years.
The announcement today means that for the first time in 23 years—when the sectors came online—the registries are being returned to Government's hands. The timing of the announcement is notable.
Just last month, Belize was blacklisted by the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee on allegations of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing on the high seas by foreign-owned Belize-flagged vessels. Our newspaper was advised by a credible source that a major bone of contention has been Belize's open merchant ship registry, administered by IMMARBE, which allows foreigners, including Europeans, to be able to register their vessels in Belize and land products in the EU under tax-free status, using IBCs (International Business Corporations) registered in Belize.
"So, we have to look at all our options before we can talk about the possibility about withdrawal from that commercial contract. Hopefully, it won't come to that. It is my sense that the IMMARBE people are prepared to cooperate to delist the vessels that are, in fact, operating in the zone that is under the jurisdiction of the EU," Barrow then told 7 News.
Amandala understands that over 100,000 companies are registered under the IBC system, and the revenues Government hopes to get from that sector in the 2013-2014 financial year amount to $10.5 million.
The IMMARBE registry—for which Belize has come under major pressure from the EU—is of lesser financial value, forecast to net the Government $626,995 in revenues for the financial year. That registry, we are told, documents nearly 900 ships which fly Belize flags and only 130 of which are fishing vessels. The bulk of the vessels are cargo vessels.
A senior Ministry of Finance source told our newspaper today that Government intends to run the registry as of tomorrow, and operations will continue out of the Marina Towers on Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City for the time being.
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow plans to address the media on this matter at a press conference slated for Wednesday, June 12, 2013.


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Quarterly Market Review
Review of markets over the fourth quarter of 2021
Tilmann Galler
In the fourth quarter, developed market equities continued to rally, providing investors with the third calendar year in a row of strong positive returns. Strong earnings growth drove equities higher. Fixed income performance over the quarter was flattish, as markets had to digest rising inflation and less easy policy from central banks.
The emergence of the highly infectious Omicron variant led to a spike in equity market volatility at the end of November, but markets quickly recovered as data from South Africa and the UK indicated a lower risk of severe disease. Current corporate strength and the prospect of further potential earnings growth in 2022 outweighed the risk factors over the quarter, despite the fact that hospitalisations rose towards the end of the year in several countries.
Exhibit 1: Asset class and style returns
Source: Bloomberg Barclays, FTSE, MSCI, Refinitiv Datastream, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. DM Equities: MSCI World; REITs: FTSE NAREIT Global Real Estate Investment Trusts; Cmdty: Bloomberg Commodity Index; Global Agg: Barclays Global Aggregate; Growth: MSCI World Growth; Value: MSCI World Value; Small cap: MSCI World Small Cap. All indices are total return in US dollars. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results. Data as of 31 December 2021.
But the fear of a weaker future growth backdrop, partly due to projected central bank policy normalisation, led to a flattening of the US yield curve. Small caps also underperformed large caps over the quarter as uncertainties about future growth weighed on their performance.
Exhibit 2: World stock market returns
Source: FTSE, MSCI, Refinitiv Datastream, Standard & Poor's, TOPIX, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. All indices are total return in local currency, except for MSCI Asia ex-Japan and MSCI EM, which are in US dollars. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results. Data as of 31 December 2021.
In Q4, the rapid increase in infections due to seasonality and the new Omicron variant began to take its toll on global growth. The recent fall in December flash services purchasing managers' indices (PMIs) in the US, the eurozone and the UK is a clear indication that the service sector is losing some of its positive momentum. However, global manufacturing sentiment is relatively resilient despite supply constraints and rising input prices. December flash manufacturing PMIs in the US (57.8), the eurozone (58.0) and the UK (57.6) indicate a still healthy expansion in this sector of the economy. This bodes well for corporate earnings, which are more closely linked to manufacturing than services.
In the US, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a long awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill includes $550 billion of additional spending, 49% of which will be allocated to upgrading America's transportation sector, including ports, airports, railroads, roads, bridges and public transport, and 32% will be used to improve water and power infrastructure. The remainder will be spent on broadband (12%) and the environment (7%). The ambitious Build Back Better spending bill ($1.7 trillion) didn't muster a majority in the Senate in December. However, private sector fundamentals look solid enough to carry US growth next year. Strong performance of financial assets and real estate have pushed the ratio of US household liabilities to assets to its lowest reading since 1973. This, along with still elevated savings, gives the consumer significant firepower in the coming years.
In Europe, an unreliable supply of Russian gas, falling investments in thermal energy and maintenance work on nuclear power plants led to a sharp rise in gas and electricity prices across the continent before falling towards the end of the quarter. Higher energy prices are adding to the rise in inflation in the region.
Inflation is also an issue outside of Europe. In December, three of the four major developed market central banks indicated that they have greater concerns about inflation heading into 2022 than about the economic disruption that could be caused by the Omicron variant. Government bond markets were mixed over the quarter. The short end of the curve moved higher in the US and the UK as markets priced in a faster pace of rate hikes.
Exhibit 3: Fixed income government bond returns
Source: Bloomberg Barclays, Refinitiv Datatsream, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. All indices are Bloomberg Barclays benchmark government indices. All indices are total return in local currency, except for global, which is in US dollars. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results. Data as of 31 December 2021.
In November, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped to 6.8% year-over-year, its highest reading in 39 years, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%. The rapidly tightening labour market and persistent inflationary pressures pushed the Federal Reserve to adopt a more hawkish stance. While the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to maintain the current federal funds target rate at a range of 0.00% – 0.25%, it announced plans to accelerate the tapering of asset purchases from $15 billion to $30 billion per month, beginning in January. This suggests the FOMC will conclude tapering by March 2022, paving the way for additional rate hikes next year, with the median member now forecasting three hikes in 2022.
In the UK, CPI rose to 5.1% year-over-year and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2%. A new record in job vacancies of 1.2 million is a clear indication of increasing labour market tightness that could cause further wage increases, potentially fuelling further price increases. The Bank of England reacted by raising interest rates by 0.15% to 0.25%, despite the rapid spread of Omicron. The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed that the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) would end in March, reducing purchases to roughly €40 billion per month via the asset purchase programme in 2Q 2022, €30 billion per month in 3Q 2022 and then €20 billion per month until shortly before the first rate rise. Waning central bank support and persistent inflation pressure continue to be headwinds for fixed income markets going into next year. But credit, particularly high yield, should be supported by strong corporate balance sheets and earnings.
Exhibit 4: Fixed income sector returns
Source: Bloomberg Barclays, BofA/Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Economic Research, Refinitiv Datastream, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Global IL: Barclays Global Inflation-Linked; Euro Gov.: Barclays Euro Aggregate Government; US Treas: Barclays US Aggregate Government - Treasury; Global IG: Barclays Global Aggregate - Corporates; US HY: BofA/Merrill Lynch US HY Constrained; Euro HY: BofA/Merrill Lynch Euro Non-Financial HY Constrained; EM Debt: J.P. Morgan EMBIG. All indices are total return in local currency, except for EM and global indices, which are in US dollars. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results. Data as of 31 December 2021.
With regards to monetary policy, China is heading the opposite way. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) showed more easing bias in its operations, while staying cautious on the aggregate level of leverage in the economy. In early December, after cutting the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points (bps), the PBOC lowered the re-lending rate by 25 bps to support agricultural and small enterprises. In 2022, there may be more cuts to the RRR and the short-term loan prime rate (LPR) to reduce lending costs. The easing bias of the PBOC reflects the growing concerns of Chinese policymakers about downside risks to the economy. Supportive fiscal and monetary policy, which have been recently reintroduced, might continue at a larger scale in 2022. This also suggests more patience on behalf of policymakers regarding long-term structural reforms.
In 2021, Chinese equities significantly underperformed global equities contributing to the 25% underperformance of emerging market equities vs. developed markets. More supportive fiscal and monetary policy and a less restrictive regulatory environment should provide a better backdrop for the region in 2022. However, a less lavish supply of US dollars and the prospect of higher US rates could continue to be a headwind for some emerging markets, at least in the near term. The long-term growth and investment outlook for emerging markets still looks compelling, particularly after the sharp price-toearnings (P/E) ratio contraction of the past year.
Due to the spread of Omicron, the first quarter of 2022 could be challenging for the global economy. Continued pandemic-related restrictions could coincide with disappointing economic data. So far, the market has largely been willing to look through the near-term risks but any further disappointment on the virus front could lead to increased market volatility.
Investors will have to stay broadly diversified to make sure their portfolios are generating the returns they need. However, over the next 12 months, if the hit from Omicron is short-lived, the prospect of another year with above trend GDP growth and rising corporate earnings probably still justifies an overweight to equity risk in portfolios. But, Omicron, structural inflation threats and normalising fiscal and monetary policy are risks to watch.
Exhibit 5: Index returns for December 2021
Source: Bloomberg Barclays, MSCI, Refinitiv Datastream, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results. Data as of 31 December 2021.
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For now, the plan of the company is to launch in certain markets all over the United States. However, there are also plans for expansion in order to cover even larger markets all over North America, and the rest of the world in general.
According to the company, the launch of their services will have to be one in various phases due to the fact that every state, province, and country has unique and highly varying laws when it comes to the constitution of contracts in their respective jurisdictions. Attorneys will have to be consulted with, there are a lot of states that need to be considered while ensuring that the contracts that are created on the platform are in compliance with laws and are enforceable.
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July 5, 2017, Calgary, Alberta—A new methane industry report (www.bluegreencanada.ca/methane) shows Alberta is far better off putting in place its own stronger provincial methane emissions regulations and adopting them right away rather than waiting until 2023 for the federal government's draft methane regulations to come into effect.
The report shows that delaying implementation of the federal methane regulations to 2023 also means the oil and gas sector will release an additional 55 million tonnes of carbon emissions, something Alberta could help reduce by adopting its own stronger regulations.
"By acting now to implement a regulatory system that strengthens the draft federal regulations —using them as a floor and not a ceiling —Alberta can once again lead the country's methane reduction efforts, while cutting unnecessary emissions," said Jamie Kirkpatrick, program manager of the Blue Green Canada, the report's author.
The Alberta government released its Climate Leadership Plan in November 2015, which committed the province, in collaboration with industry, environmental organizations, and First Nations, to implement a methane reduction strategy to reduce emissions by 45 per cent from 2014 levels by 2025. The government is expected to release its draft regulations this Fall.
"Alberta used to lead in methane management in the oil and gas industry, but failed to keep regulations in line with advancements in technologies. Now Alberta has the opportunity to step up to the challenge and demonstrate leadership again," said Andrew Read, a senior analyst at the Pembina Institute. "Alberta is poised to take advantage of the Alberta-based commercially available innovations that can help rein in this troublesome greenhouse gas."
He added that since Alberta has chosen to exclude the oil and gas industry from the carbon levy until 2023, strong regulatory requirements for methane management will be needed to achieve any reductions from the sector. With this advantage provided, there's no reason for industry to delay deployment of methane abatement technologies.


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In the early daylight hours of Friday, January 25, 2019, longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone was arrested at his Florida home in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. He was indicted for obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering. These charges center on Stone's lies to the House Intelligence Committee during a 2017 hearing about his statements and efforts to get in touch with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. The indictment conspicuously mentions that "a senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone" about what WikiLeaks might have on Hillary Clinton. However, the indictment doesn't attempt to explain why Stone would lie about this or tell a definitive story about what happened between him and Wikileaks at the time. Nor has he been charged with any criminal activity during the campaign. In fact, the actual charges against Roger Stone don't allege that he committed any crimes during the 2016 campaign. Instead, they alleged him attempting to obstruct investigations into what happened afterward.
The hacking and leaking of the Democrats' emails has long been the centerpiece of the Mueller investigation. Already, Robert Mueller has charged several Russian intelligence officers with this. Eventually, WikiLeaks publicly posted many of these emails with the Democratic National Committee's in July 2016 and Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's 4 months later.
Roger Stone's various statements including public ones, raised questions on whether he had some sort of inside knowledge about WikiLeaks or its plans. He's denied knowing anything about it, claiming that anything he knew about WikiLeaks came from an intermediary, radio host Randy Credico. Now Stone has been accused of lying to the House Intelligence Committee in 2017 (on 5 counts) and trying to tamper with Credico as a witness so that he'd stick to that false story. Overall, while the indictment aptly establishes that Stone lied about WikiLeaks, it doesn't tell the full story about what happened between Stone, WikiLeaks, and the various intermediaries in 2016.
Dressed like a super villain, Roger Stone has been a longtime GOP operative whose reputation for dirty tricks days all the way back to Richard Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign. During the mid-1980s, Stone has been an on-and-off adviser to Donald Trump and co-founded a famous lobbying firm with Paul Manafort during that same decade. When Trump began his presidential campaign in 2015, Stone was a part of his original team. But he lasted only a month, departing the operation in early August after clashing with staffers. Nevertheless, he remained in Trump's orbit, communicating with the candidate himself afterward. In fact, he helped engineer Manafort's hiring on the campaign. As the 2016 general election neared, Stone frequently spoke about the hacks and leaks of Democratic emails and other documents. In August, he praised a Russian intelligence run online persona said to be responsible for them, "Guccifer 2.0." In addition, he claimed that he "communicated" with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who posted the DNC emails. While he repeatedly hinted of more damaging Clinton material coming during the next 2 months. Only after the election did we learn about his private communication with both entities.
According to the new indictment, after July 22, 2016, "a senior Trump Campaign official was directed to contact Roger Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information" WikiLeaks "had regarding the Clinton Campaign." This indicates that the Trump campaign wanted to stay updated on what WikiLeaks had about Hillary Clinton and that Stone was the guy who kept them in the know. But prosecutors don't give away any more details about who directed that campaign official to reach out to Stone. For that reason, this tidbit implication isn't totally clear. But prosecutors certainly included this tantalizing detail for a reason.
Around this time, Roger Stone also had a set of communications with conservative author and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi, regarding getting contact from Julian Assange. On July 25, Stone emailed Corsi telling him to "get to" Assange in the "Ecuadorian Embassy in London and get the pending" WikiLeaks "emails." Corsi forwarded the message to an "overseas individual." On July 31, Stone wrote to Corsi that Trump campaign adviser Ted Malloch "should see" Assange. On August 2, Corsi emailed Stone claiming knowledge of Assange's plans. According to him, "Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I'm back [from a trip in Europe]. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.." Corsi continued: "Would not hurt to start suggesting HRC old, memory bad, has stroke — neither he nor she well. I expect that much of next dump focus, setting stage for [Clinton] Foundation debacle."
Not long afterward on August 4, Roger Stone emailed fellow ex-Trump adviser Sam Nunberg, "I dined with Julian Assange last night." Though Stone said it was a joke when the email became public long afterwards.The day after he emailed Sam Nunberg, Stone penned a Brietbart article taking Guccifer's story about being the lone hacker who stole the DNC emails at face value and argued that Russia probably didn't do it (despite that they certainly did and that Guccifer was a Russian intel official). He also tweeted, "Julian Assange is a hero." On August 8, 2016, Stone began publicly claiming to have inside information, saying "I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation but there's no telling what the October surprise may be."
A few days later, Roger Stone began tweeting and DMing with Guccifer 2.0 (who again, has been identified as a Russian intelligence officer). Some of these DMs later leaked, leading Stone to post what he claimed was the full exchange (it wasn't). Not surprisingly, the posted messages were mainly friendly chitchat and not particularly substantive (which weren't mentioned in the new indictment). On August 21, 2016, Stone tweeted an odd prediction, "Trust me, it will soon the Podesta's time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary." Months before the Podesta emails became public, many would point out to this and ask whether Stone had any advance knowledge of the Podesta email leak. But Stone later claimed that since this came in the midst of a scandal surrounding Paul Manafort's Ukraine work, he merely predicted "Podesta's business dealings would be exposed."
In October 2016, Roger Stone took on a new role of WikiLeaks hype man. He again claimed inside knowledge saying a "friend" of his met with Julian Assange and learned "the mother lode is coming Wednesday." He tweeted: "Wednesday @HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks." When nothing came that Wednesday, Stone tweeted: "Libs thinking Assange will stand down are wishful thinking. Payload coming. #Lockthemup." Assange posted the Podesta emails 2 days later. Immediately, there were questions about whether the garrulous operative have been involved. This spurred WikiLeaks to tweet that the group "has never communicated with Roger Stone." The Atlantic reported that Stone DMed the WikiLeaks Twitter account afterward, complaining they were "attacking" him. WikiLeaks responded, "The false claims of association are being used by the democrats to undermine the impact of our publications. Don't go there if you don't want us to correct you." Stone shot back, "Ha! The more you 'correct' me the more people think you're lying. Your operation leaks like a sieve. You need to figure out who your friends are."
By 2017, Roger Stone was putting forward an apparent cover story for whatever actually happened in 2016. He insisted that everything he heard about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks came from his "intermediary" talk radio host Randy Credico. When Stone went in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee during a closed session in September, he stuck to that story.
Roger Stone had also put an effort to get Randy Credico to stick to his false story, sometimes using Godfather references. When Credico repeatedly asked Stone to correct his testimony, Stone refused. When Credico was called to testify before the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017, Stone tried to convince him to lie in support to Stone's initial testimony. According to prosecutors, Stone did this quite colorfully, telling Credico he should claim that he was his only contact to Julian Assange, that he didn't remember what he told Stone, or what Stone referred to as pulling a "Frank Pentangeli," recanting testimony during a hearing. In December, according to prosecutors, Credico informed the House Intelligence Committee that he'd plead the Fifth if subpoenaed to testify in part to "avoid providing evidence that would show Stone's previous testimony to Congress was false."
But Roger Stone and Randy Credico continued to discuss the Russian investigation. While Stone repeatedly made it clear that Credico would pay if he talked to law enforcement and contradicted his statements. He texted the radio host at one point, "'Stonewall it. Plead the fifth. Anything to save the plan' … Richard Nixon." Stone later said, "If you turned over anything to the FBI you're a fool." Eventually, when Credico wouldn't stick to his story, Stone got angrier, writing in April 2018, "You are a rat. A stoolie. You backstab your friends." He then threatened to steal Credico's therapy dog before deciding he'd threaten the host's life instead.
There's ample documentary evidence that Roger Stone's story about Randy Credico being his only contact with Assange is indeed, false. For the email exchanges with Jerome Corsi show that Stone talked to both men (with Stone and Credico's correspondence telling a similar story). While there are allusions to what Stone had told top Trump campaign members about WikiLeaks' plans. But it doesn't read as any sort of final effort from prosecutors to sum up what happened back then. Or perhaps the Mueller crew don't have sufficient evidence to show it.
In his book, Silent No More: How I Became a Political Prisoner of Mueller's "Witch Hunt," conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi goes into a lot of detail about what Robert Mueller's prosecutors asked him and what evidence they had. Here, Corsi makes some surprising disclosures and admissions that really could shed light in the Mueller investigation. These parts of Corsi's book are based on notes his lawyers took during the question sessions, according to him. In fact, he's released a draft plea document Mueller put together, backing up some of them. According to his book, Corsi went in to talk with Mueller prosecutors in September 2018. At the time, he had little to offer, denying he helped Roger Stone get in touch with WikiLeaks. Instead, he claimed warning Stone that such activity that could expose him to surveillance and investigation. Mueller's team broke off the interview with a prosecutor stating they have "demonstrable proof that what you said was false." They suggested he review his old emails and come back for another session.
But before the next session, Jerome Corsi writes, Mueller prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky agreed to give his lawyer David Gray more details about what to expect next time. According to Corsi, Zelinsky told Gray:
They had evidence Corsi told multiple people that Julian Assange had John Podesta's emails as early as August 2016, 2 months before that news became public.
That Corsi said that Assange had planned to release those emails in October, in a "drip-drip-drip" fashion, which proved spot on.
That they had evidence that Roger Stone had called Corsi shortly before the infamous Access Hollywood tape was released and urged him to get word to Assange to start dumping the Podesta emails to counteract the fallout. (This is a particular interesting claim because the first Podesta email batch was released a half an hour after the Access Hollywood tape was. There had long been speculation that the timing was connected, but there hasn't been any evidence to support that).
In Jerome Corsi's second round of questioning with Mueller's team in September 2018, he admitted that all this is true. He also confessed to helping Roger Stone concoct a "cover story" to explain away the suspicious Podesta tweet. This seems to suggest that Trump associates had good advance information about the stolen (Russian-hacked) Podesta emails and that some sort of effort at coordinating their release to benefit Donald Trump's campaign. Of course, Corsi walks back on the information he provides but what he does admit is a huge problem for Stone. Even worse, Corsi wrote that he explained on that during a conference call with the staff of the WorldNetDaily so there would be witnesses to back up this version of events, if it's true. And perhaps those witnesses talked to Robert Mueller already.
Though most of Jerome Corsi's book is untrustworthy conspiracy-fringe nonsense, he doesn't appear to fabricate these emails and phone records. Since the Roger Stone indictment cited much of the email evidence Corsi cites in his book. Yet, the draft plea deal document alleges that Corsi deleted from before the Podesta release before the Mueller team found them. And he tried shifting his story in an attempt to hide what actually happened. Nonetheless, what this book seems to suggest is that Mueller had been intently interested in making some sort of case against Stone directly involving WikiLeaks and the Podesta emails. And he assembled a great deal of evidence toward that end even if investigators didn't have enough to indict Stone on this. But the special counsel could still be pursuing that part of the probe so more charges against Stone and possibly Corsi.
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/**
 * Example: Amplitude Modulation involves two oscillators, referred
 * to as the carrier and the modulator, where the modulator controls
 * the carrier's amplitude.
 *
 * The carrier is typically set at an audible frequency (i.e. 440 Hz)
 * and connected to main output by default. The carrier.amp is
 * set to zero because we will have the modulator control its amplitude.
 *
 * The modulator is typically set to a frequency that is lower than
 * humans can hear (i.e. 1 Hz, or one cycle every second). The modulator
 * is diconnected from main output. Instead, it is connected
 * to the amplitude of the Carrier, like this: carrier.amp(modulator).
 *
 * MouseX controls the amplitude of the modulator from 0 to 1. When the
 * modulator's amplitude is set to 0, the amplitude modulation has no effect.
 *
 * MouseY controls the frequency of the modulator from 0 to 20hz.
 * Both impact our perception of the Carrier frequency. A subtle amount
 * of Amplitude Modulation can simulate effects such as Tremolo.
 * Ring Modulation is a type of Amplitude Modulation where the original
 * carrier signal is not present.
 */

var carrier; // this is the oscillator we will hear
var modulator; // this oscillator will modulate the amplitude of the carrier
var fft; // we'll visualize the waveform

function setup() {
  createCanvas(800,400);
  background(30); // alpha
  noFill();

  carrier = new p5.Oscillator(); // connects to main output by default
  carrier.start();
  carrier.freq(340);
  carrier.amp(0.2);
  // carrier's amp is 0 by default, giving our modulator total control

  modulator = new p5.Oscillator('triangle');
  modulator.disconnect();  // disconnect the modulator from main output
  modulator.start();
  modulator.freq(5);
  modulator.amp(1);

  // Modulate the carrier's amplitude with the modulator
  carrier.amp(modulator);

  // create an fft to analyze the audio
  fft = new p5.FFT();
}

function draw() {
  background(30,30,30,100); // alpha

  // // map mouseY to moodulator freq between 0 and 20hz
  var modFreq = map(mouseY, 0, height, 4, 0);
  modulator.freq(modFreq);

  var modAmp = map(mouseX, 0, width, 0, 0.5);
  modulator.amp(modAmp, 0.01); // fade time of 0.1 for smooth fading

  // analyze the waveform
  waveform = fft.waveform();

  // draw the shape of the waveform
  stroke(240);
  strokeWeight(4);
  beginShape();
  for (var i = 0; i<waveform.length; i++){
    var x = map(i, 0, waveform.length, 0, width);
    var y = map(waveform[i], -1, 1, -height/2, height/2);
    vertex(x, y + height/2);
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A newly published study of the mummies in the crypt of the Church of the Whites in the town of Vác, northern Hungary, has found they harbored multiple strains of tuberculosis all descended from a common ancestor in the late Roman period (396-470 A.D.). Contemporary TB infections are usually caused by a single strain.
The remains of 265 townspeople buried in the crypt between 1731 and 1838 were discovered in 1994 by a construction worker doing repairs on the church. The vault had been bricked in decades before and forgotten, leaving the cool, dry air and the anti-bacterial, fluid-absorbing properties of the wood chips placed under their bodies and of their elaborately painted pine coffins to naturally mummify the bodies and preserve even their clothing in the most exceptionally pristine condition. After X-rays at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest found evidence of tuberculosis in the bones, subsequent studies determined that 89% of the mummies had been infected with the tuberculosis pathogen at some point in their lives although only 35% of them were actively suffering from the disease at the time of their death.
The prevalence of tuberculosis in the group, their apparent resistance to the disease and the pre-Industrial, pre-antibiotic timeline of their deaths provided researchers with a rare opportunity to study tuberculosis during its peak infection years for invaluable information about how it was spread and how people's immune systems fought the infection. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham, University College London, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest extracted DNA from samples drawn from 26 of the Vác mummies that were known to have harbored TB pathogens. Using a methodology called shotgun metagenomics to extract tuberculosis DNA directly from the samples rather than attempting to isolate and culture the pathogen, the team was able to get results in days rather than weeks.
They found 14 examples of TB DNA in eight bodies. Five of the eight bodies sampled harbored multiple M. tuberculosis genome sequences for a total of 12 different strains. One body had three different strains of tuberculosis. Mixed infections like this are rare in Europe and America today, but in areas of the world where TB is still prevalent one out of five patients have multi-strain infections. The people in this study died when TB was at peak prevalence in Europe, killing millions as the White Plague.
They also discovered that the samples from two bodies known to have been mother and child — Anna Schöner (mother, died 1793) and Terézia Hausmann (daughter, 28 years old, died 1797) — shared the same two genotypes.
What a complicated disease TB is. No wonder it takes half a year of intense antibiotic treatment to cure (if the strain isn't resistant, that is).
The metagenomics approach appears to be more effective at identifying multiple TB strains in samples than the microbiological culture approach. This method could prove a signficant improvement in the diagnosis of modern TB infections and opens the door to new treatment possibilities in the age of antibiotic resistance. The Warwick Medical School team has now successfully used metagenomics to identify the lineages of TB bacteria in contemporary samples. That study was published last September, but was actually performed after the pathogen strains were extracted from the Vác mummies, so the 18th century victims of the White Plague have already helped today's victims by giving them a much faster and more accurate method to identify the bacteria causing their illness. That's an important step in finding more effective, targeted treatment protocols.
Here, we have confirmed the remarkably high prevalence of TB within an affluent, urbanized, but largely pre-industrial, Central European population. By showing that historical strains can be accurately mapped to contemporary lineages, we have ruled out, for early modern Europe, the kind of scenario recently proposed for the Americas, that is, wholesale replacement of one major lineage by another (with a different host range and presumed pathogen biology) and have confirmed the genotypic continuity of an infection that has ravaged the heart of Europe since prehistoric times. With TB resurgent in many parts of the world, including Hungary, the struggle to control this ancient infection is far from over.
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Fascinating. How in the world do you manage to come up with such interesting stories with historical connections? I went on to read the Nature article. This not only gives yet another view into the lives of people of the time, but the approach used may contribute to understanding other diseases of the past and contribute to managing and treating them today. Two which come to mindare borrealosis and babesiosis, tick-borne diseases which have in recent decades rapidly spread geographically and morphed physiologically into multiple strains. Both are difficult to identify in the lab. Some of the techniques pioneered in the TB study may contribute to better diagnostic methods as well as understanding how they spread and change as they move from host to host.
I was hoping you'd comment, Annie, because you're so knowledgeable on these issues. I hadn't even heard of borrealosis and babesiosis before you mentioned them. The possibilities are infinite.


Companies which make a commitment to retain staff will "reap dividends" in the long term when they fully escape the effects of the recession, one expert has stated.
John Hannett, general secretary of the union Usdaw, said that companies should strive to keep hold of their best staff through difficult times, as they are much more likely to benefit from employee loyalty when the effects of the economic downturn are shaken off.
His comments follow the publication of figures by the Office for National Statistics, which showed that the employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 for the three months to July 2010 was 70.7 per cent, rising by 0.4 on the previous quarter.
Mr Hannett stated: "We have got to be vigilant in studying the figures and we have got to encourage employers to retain as many staff as they can because that kind of commitment will then pay back dividends when they feel they have been treated fairly."
He added that, in the private sector in particular, companies are beginning to show signs of escaping the recession are taking on new staff as they expand.


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The Underworld Rivers of Greek Mythology
The realm of Hades was circled by five rivers. Read on to learn about the Underworld rivers and what they represented in Greek mythology!
The land of the dead was described in most Greek myths as a desolate and hopeless place. Aimless spirits wandered the misty Asphodel Plains, guarded by great monsters and stern gods.
The most defining features of the Underworld landscape were its rivers. Five rivers were said to flow through and around the realm of Hades, each with its own powers and purpose.
The rivers of Hades were more than just landmarks in a bleak realm. They were also physical embodiments of the harsh realities and fears of death and dying.
Although different writers described the Underworld's geography in different ways, the meanings of its five rivers were undeniable. Their names made it obvious what they represented to both the living and the dead.
The Rivers of Hades
The Underworld was a hazy, shadowy place in Greek mythology. The people there were insubstantial mists that wandered the Asphodel Meadows with no concept of time, space, or their own selves.
Despite this, however, the realm of Hades had its own form of geography. The few living people who journeyed there encountered a handful of landmarks that gave the realm structure.
Chief among these were the rivers of the Underworld. There were usually said to be five such rivers in all.
The most famous of these was the Styx, which separated the lands of the living and the dead. It was known as the river of hate.
Zeus and Hades
This was because its goddess, the nymph Styx, personified the emotion of hatred. This did not make her an inherently negative figure, however.
Styx was one of the first minor deities to join the cause of the Olympians when they began their war against the Titans. She was joined by her siblings Bia (Force), Nike (Victory), Zelos (Rivalry), and Kratos (Strength).
Together, these gods represented the powers Zeus carried with him in war. Styx was a goddess of hatred, but her negativity was turned toward the enemies of Zeus.
In exchange for her support, Zeus honored her. He made her river the sacred water by which the gods swore their most important oaths.
Many people now believe that the dead were ferried across the River Styx by Charon, the Underworld boatman. In fact, he took souls across the Acheron.
The river of sorrow or pain, the Acheron was the main river that flowed through Hades. Some accounts said that the other rivers of the Underworld flowed into it.
A later myth claimed that Acheron had once been a young Olympian god. The son of Helios and Gaia, he was sent to the Underworld for sharing water with the Titans during the war between the gods.
Where Was Nemea?
The Cocytus was one of the rivers that encircled the Underworld. The river of lamentation was mentioned in several ancient sources.
It became a more popular theme, however, in the Renaissance. Poets of the time were fond of the idea of the river making the sounds of wailing and mourning as it flowed through Hades.
According to ancient sources, all of the spirits who entered the Underworld drank from the River Lethe. The river of forgetfulness had the power to make them lose all memory of their lives.
The Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos, who carried some of its powers.The sound of the water helped lull people to sleep, forgetting the events of the day and the demands of their lives.
When the idea of the Elysian Fields became popular, the River Lethe took on a new function. It separated Elysium from the common areas of the Underworld, ensuring that no unworthy souls could find their way into the more comfortable afterlife reserved for the blessed.
The final river of the Underworld was the Phlegethon. It was the river of fire.
Unlike the other rivers of the Underworld, the Phlegethon did not feed into the Acheron. Instead, it poured into the depths of Tartarus, the pit beneath Hades's realm.
What Was Hermes the God Of?
The river of fire was another feature of the Greek Underworld that became particularly popular in Renaissance literature. Fitting with Christian views of Hell, its fires and the torments of Tartarus blended into the prevailing beliefs and imagery of the time.
The five Underworld rivers developed and evolved over time. Descriptions of their exact locations, their functions in the afterlife, and how they came to be changed as often as any other myth in the ancient world.
The names of the rivers, however, provide a way to interpret their original function. Each of the rivers was named for a feeling or sensation associated with death.
Phlegethon, meaning "flaming," likely represented the pain of death itself. Whether from violence or illness, people in the past often died in pain, and the river likely represented the fear of that feeling.
Emptying into Tartarus, the Phlegethon may have also represented the fear of experiencing pain in the afterlife.
Particularly wicked enemies of the gods in Greek mythology were sent to a realm that was not dissimilar to later Christian ideas of Hell. Tartarus was a dark pit where unfortunate souls were mentally and physically tortured for eternity.
The flaming river may have embodied the fear of such punishment.
The Styx represented the hatred of death itself. People hated the fact that they would die, and surviving loved ones hated the Underworld for taking their friends and family members away from them.
Surrounding the Underworld was the river that represented the mourning of these survivors. The River Cocytus, "Lamentation," gave a physical form to the grief felt by those who lost loved ones.
All of these fed into the Acheron, the river of sorrow. Death was, above all else, a woeful experience.
The Acheron represented the sorrow felt by the living for the loss of those they cared about. It also represented the sorrow of the dead themselves, who lamented that their time on earth was through.
The most feared river of the Underworld, however, was the Lethe. Forgetfulness was the worst aspect of death.
For the souls sent to the realm of Hades, the waters of Lethe meant that they would forget their time on earth. They would not only lose the memories of those they loved and enjoyable moments of their lives, they would lose all memory of who they had once been.
The spirits of the Underworld retained no sense of self. They had no purpose, no emotions, and no memories that tethered them to their past lives.
Was Achilles a Real Person?
Forgetfulness could also touch the living, however.
In the past, as now, people feared being forgotten after death. They hoped that the people around them would honor their memory, so forgetfulness among the living was one of the greatest fears of the Underworld.
In most descriptions of the Greek Underworld, five rivers flowed through and around the realm of the dead.
The Styx, "Hatred," separated the lands of the living and the dead. It was also the water on which the gods swore their most solemn oaths.
The Acheron was the main waterway, and in most accounts the river across which Charon ferried the dead. Its name meant "Sorrow."
The Phlegethon, "Flaming," flowed with fire. It fed into the pit of Tartarus where wicked men were punished.
The Cocytus was the River of Lamentation. Later writers claimed that its waters made the sound of mourners' cries.
The final river was the Lethe, "Forgetfulness." The spirits of the dead all drank from its waters to forget all aspects of their previous lives.
These rivers each represented a different fear or emotion associated with death. These worries, from forgetfulness to the pain of burning, applied both to those who were still living and to the spirits of the dead.


Has the term "responsible travel" came across your mind lately?
Does responsible traveling become an important consideration when planning your adventure?
Than you are at the right place.
All glory comes from daring to begin. In order to be, you must do.
All great things start from that one adventure, that one dream, that one idea, that one step.
To adventure is to find yourself whole.
To adventure is to have a story at the end of all of this.
The places you see, the things you make and the people you meet will fuel you forever.
Choose to see beauty where others see none and strive for greatness always.
The world is too big to leave it unexplored …. don't you think?


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Q: TYPO3: Flipped Images in Fluid Template? i want to Flip a bunch of Images vertically. In Typoscript i would do that with filelist and the GIFBUILDER Object.
But my Situation is now, that i use a custom Plugin with Extbase Classes and a Fluid Template.
I'm inserting the Images via ...
Does anybody know a good way to vertically flip these images before showing them?
Any Combination of Typoscript and Fluid maybe?
Thanks for your help!

A: I solved it like this:
In my Extbase Controller i have instantiated t3lib_stdGraphic an transformed the imageas via Imagick. The i saved this image to a directory -> Because i need it in a persistent memory.
The code maybe helpful because i didn't found any good resource for imagick-using in Extbase.
$this->stdGraphic = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance('t3lib_stdGraphic' );
$this->stdGraphic->absPrefix = PATH_site;
$this->stdGraphic->init();
$data = getimagesize("fileadmin/buegel_anprobe/".$artikel->getKurznr().".png");
$width = $data[0];
$height = $data[1];
$transform = $this->stdGraphic->imageMagickConvert("fileadmin/".$artikelname.".png",'png', $width, $height, ' -flop', '', '', 1);
$filepath = $transform[3]

' -flop' is the important argument to flip the image vertically
Then i passed the path to the fluid template and insert it via image-viewhelper
Good resource was the following reference: http://doc-typo3.ameos.com/4.1.0/classt3lib__stdGraphic.html

A: You have two options in my eyes:
First to write your typoscript as usual (e.g. lib.marks.YOUR-IMAGES = CONTENT or something) and render it via <f:cObject typoscriptObjectPath="lib.marks.YOUR-IMAGES"/>.
Second is to write your own view helper and extending the image view helper included in fluid. You can put your special config in there and use it instead of the normal one.

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New Student Registration Is Going On Now At T.S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School
Erik Tee Published: February 1, 2022
There is an old saying that 'Funny How Time Flies when you're having fun. This is so true, the new year has just begun, but school has been in session since August, and it is time to get our students prepared for the next school year.
T.S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School is preparing for the 2022-2023 school term. They are currently allowing parents to register their kids with applications being accepted online through February 18th. If there are students who reside in Calcasieu Parish and are entering grades kindergarten through fifth grade, they can register to be tested for admission into the magnet school program today.
While there is a heavy emphasis on art integration and regular curriculums offered. They also offer art, French, Theater, physical education, library, computer lab, and more.
All applicants will be screened and ranked according to test scores. There will also be open house sessions hosted on February 8 and February 14. There will be private tours available as well. If you are interested, you are invited to visit the school website or call 337-217-4680 for more information on how to get started.
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Gelfand and Skvortsov to play an exhibition match at 3 pm
Right before the start of the 2016 Zurich Chess Chellange, main Sponsor Oleg Skvortsov will play an exhibition match against GM Boris Gelfand at 3 pm that will be broadcasted live on our site. Being a strong competitive player himself who was rated around 2300 in his active days, Skvortsov will be granted only a small advantage on the clock: Gelfand will have 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move, and Skvortsov 40 minutes plus 10 seconds per move respectively.
Skvortsov frequently challenges top Grandmasters for private rapid matches and not without success - he has several wins and draws even against world class players at his credit. His playing style is, as opposed to his appearance as a businessman, quite aggressive, which gave him a reputation as a strong tactician.
As the russian oligarch chose the black pieces against Gelfand, we're looking forward to seeing what strategy he will come up to withstand the strong positional play by his world-class opponent.
Zurich CC 2016: The statistics
There are only a few days left until the start of the 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge, so it's just about time to have a closer look at some statistics.
First of all, let's see how the players perform against each other in classical time control. The rows show the results of each player with the white pieces while the columns present the corresponding headups with black.
Classical statistics crosstable
Kramnik
Shirov
Kramnik ** +2 =4 -3 +7 =32 -4 +10 =15 -3 +5 =9 -1 +5 =0 -0
Nakamura +2 =4 -2 ** +2 =4 -0 +2 =0 -0 +4 =6 -2 +2 =11 -1
Anand +6 =34 -0 +1 =6 -4 ** +12 =9 -1 +2 =10 -4 +0 =5 -0
Shirov +9 =13 -5 +0 =1 -0 +1 =18 -4 ** +0 =7 -2 +1 =5 -1
Aronian +3 =15 -2 +9 =6 -2 +5 =13 -2 +3 =6 -0 ** +1 =4 -0
Giri +0 =4 -1 +1 =7 -1 +1 =4 -0 +3 =2 -0 +0 =5 -3 **
Breaking News::Match between GM Boris Gelfand and GM Alexander Morozevich
Written by Kurt Pauli
In order to further promote the new time control suggested by Mainsponsor Oleg Skvortsov, the well known Grandmasters Boris Gelfand (Vice World Champion 2012) and Alexander Morozevich (Runner-up of the SG Zurich Jubilee-Open 2009) will compete in a two-round match on Saturday, February 13th at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville. This match will take place simultaneously to the first two rounds of the main event (3pm & 6pm) in the Festsaal.
Zurich Chess Club: Promotion of a new time control
From 12 to 15 February 2016 the world chess elite will arrive again in Zurich for the fifth edition of the Zurich Chess Challenge at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville.
The oldest chess club in the world and its honorable member Oleg Skvortsov suggest a most important innovation for the future of new classical chess with a new time control of 40 minutes per game with additional 10 seconds for each move. We think that in the future classical chess could pass to 1 hour control for each player. We have come to the conclusion that the game needs to become faster. We preserve the Zurich system of point control but for another format. There are 2 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw in new classical chess and 1 point for a victory and 0.5 points for a draw in a blitz. All games of our tournament will be commented live and broadcast worldwide live via Internet on www.zurich-cc.com.