Using Grass Clippings for Mulch – Gardens Alive!
That's the title for this week? After 19 years and 10 months on Public Radio I suddenly decide to change my mind about grass clippings?! My head is spinning! I see poor little lawns starving, fatal compost being created, green slimy masses of woe-begotten mulch…!
Q. "My stomach churned when I read your comments that grass clippings should always be shredded and returned to the turf with a 'mulching' lawn mower. I am new to an acre and a half of lawn and just purchased a very expensive bagger attachment for an equally expensive zero-turn mower with the intent of using the collected clippings as a one to three-inch layer of mulch in my vegetable garden..."
A. This is a really long question, so let's break things up a bit and answer piece by piece. First, clippings from an untreated lawn do make an excellent mulch. In a test we ran at The Rodale Institute back when I was the editor of ORGANIC GARDENING magazine, dried grass clippings prevented weed growth, retained soil moisture and were judged to be the most attractive mulch; nicer looking than straw, compost, shredded leaves or wood.
The drying part is important. Fresh clippings must be spread out to dry until they're a tannish-brown before being used as a mulch or they'll get all slimy. Now, back to our question!
Q. Joel continues: "Grass mulch has a seemingly beneficial mix of solid to air volume fraction, especially the high volume of air. Compared to wood mulch, this larger amount of void space provides less resistance to air and water vapor transport, thereby allowing the soil to 'breathe' while still blocking weeds. I also suspect that grass mulch allows beneficial insects to flourish while minimizing the presence of rollie pollies, pill bugs, or whatever you call them. The surface roughness of the outward facing grass mulch may also prevent water from splashing back up onto the plant..."
A. …Which would help lower disease pressure, but not nearly as much as a mulch of compost, as some of the organisms in compost actually eat disease spores. Oh—and rollie pollie/sow bug/pill bug thingies are not plant enemies; they just recycle debris at the soil line.
Q. Joel continues: "I have contemplated two potentially harmful impacts of using grass mulch, but they are specific to certain plants. One would be increased thermal resistance that would keep the roots of heat-loving veggies like melons and eggplant cooler than their optimal growing temperature. The other is providing an environment for verticillium, fusarium, and other harmful microorganisms to flourish..."
A. The first depends on the season. If it's cold and cloudy, keeping the roots cool could be a major problem. But if its heat wave after heat wave, cool soil would be a blessing. And the two diseases he mentions are soil-borne wilts; they have no connection to mulch of any kind.
Q. This guy must buy ink by the barrel! He continues: "I would like your input on the hypotheses I have presented. As you may have guessed, I am a scientist and would like to test my claims of increased air/vapor transport, decreased radiative transport, relative insect population affect, water rebound, increased thermal resistance, and the proliferation of unwanted microorganisms. But for now, please help me feel more comfortable about my recent purchase. I'd even be willing to compromise and alternate between mulching and collecting grass when I mow."
A. I think he's done. Don't look. OK—now; most of these hypotheses are sound, and dried grass clippings do make an excellent mulch. I would especially consider their use in areas where fall leaves are not abundant and the making of compost—the best mulch—is challenging. But the clippings MUST be from a no-nonsense herbicide-free lawn. And the clippings must be spread out to dry first.
Now: Am I really changing my religion?
Not at all; I saved the best for last. Back in 1995, researchers at The Rodale Institute (in Southeast Pennsylvania) analyzed grass clippings to determine their nutrient content. In a single season, one acre of clippings yielded 235 pounds of Nitrogen—the primary grass food; 77 pounds of phosphorus and 210 pounds of potassium. That's about half the yearly recommended feeding for the average lawn. "Collect the clips and starve the turf."
But he just bought that million-dollar mower!
And if he keeps the blade super-sharp and doesn't let the grass get too tall he can mulch those nutrient rich clippings back into the lawn without harm. And since it seems to be his garden mulch of choice, he can also bag one or two runs a year; that should be more than enough to supply a nice two-inch layer for the average garden.


Here at Talent we've amassed a variety of Mentors which have taught and encouraged our students throughout the years – guiding them through the high school and into the HSC.
We call our teachers and tutors 'Mentors' because they deliver more than simply theory. Talent 100 Mentors are all outstanding achievers, but it's their passion for teaching and mentoring which matters most. Whilst an exceptional academic record is a must, our Mentors are also chosen for their ability to work with students of all levels and provide the pastoral guidance for future success.
Dean's List of Excellence in Academic Performance (2012, 2013, 2014).
I intend on pursuing a career as a Sports Physician. I'm currently doing my medical internship at Royal North Shore Hospital and hope to get on the Sport and Exercise Physicians training program in the next three years.
I also currently work on weekends for the Manly Marlins as their game day Doctor in the Shute Shield Rugby Competition. I have a strong passion for sport so the speciality of Sport and Exercise Medicine comes very natural to me. My dream job would be as Team Doctor for the Cronulla Sharks and tour all over the country.
I met my childhood football hero, the captain of the Cronulla Sharks, Paul Gallen through studying Medicine. I attended a Sports Medicine Clinic with the Cronulla Sharks Team Doctor in 2017 and unexpectedly, Paul Gallen visited the clinic. It was certainly the greatest moment for me since I idolised Gallen as a kid!
Frank with the captain of the Cronulla Sharks, Paul Gallen.
What's been the most rewarding experience teaching at Talent 100?
Teaching becomes so much more enjoyable when you have students who are willing to learn, and are determined to achieve high results. This creates an exciting atmosphere to work and assist students who are on their way to achieving their target ATAR, and leading them into their dream careers. My 7 years of teaching at Talent 100 gave me so much more than I could've asked for, and I am extremely grateful for all the wonderful people I have been privileged to have worked with. I found it especially satisfying to have been able to mentor so many students over the years through their HSC journey and maybe, just maybe, played a role in getting them that ATAR they wanted.
1. Never give up: When something seems impossible, never lose hope and always push through.
2. "Hustle, Loyalty and Respect" by WWE Wrestler John Cena never rings more true than the HSC.
3. You're Welcome: You'll remember information much more efficiently by helping others to understand the content. By telling someone else about what you've learnt, you'll be reinforcing the key concepts and eventually master the knowledge yourself.
4. You can't spell challenge without change: Be open to explore new learning techniques and routines. The next strategy you try might just be the one for you.
5. Yes! Yes! Yes! If this is the answer to: "Can I fulfil all the syllabus requirements?" then you know you're all good to go for the HSC.
Best advice a Mentor ever gave you?
It sounds simple, but sure is effective. There's only one way to the top in the HSC, and that's to beat the people in front of you.
Feeling inspired for your own post-HSC journey, do you need a little more motivation? Check out our 2 Week Free Trial offer over at our website. Click here to find out how you can learn from the brightest minds and be inspired at Talent 100.


Feria De Las Flores – Si O No?
If you like sharing a city of 2.5 million with 400.000 visitors attracted by the festival with little or no information available for the foreign visitors, continue reading! Here are a few tricks and tips, learned the hard way, to make a stay in Medellin for this busy festival enjoyable.
Start with making a reservation for accommodation early, some budget hostels will not even except one and makes sure to define what your room should look like. Any crevice is used to accommodate visitors during that week.
The festival lasts for 10 days with innumerable events and activities all day long. Trying to get a programme did not prove easy, the single person at the tourist information at Parque Berrio had one (!!!) programme that tourists copied by hand! It took us a while to find one on the, Spanish only, official website. The venues mentioned are completely meaningless, unless you know the city well, or so vague to be of any help, like the decorated Chivas "pass through the major streets in town". Some hostels had copies of the programme available and made recommendations what to see, like the nightly concerts near the Jardin Botanico.
THE highlight of the festival is the "Defile de Silleteros" on the Friday of the last weekend. Huge arrangements of flowers are carried through the centre of town by farmers from Santa Elena, where the "Silletas" are "created" of at least 15 different kinds of flowers. The best are awarded and put on display on the Plaza Mayor for the last two days of the festival.
This parade is best watched from temporary stands placed throughout the route, BUT these seats can only be bought until Tuesday before the parade. So even though we arrived two days before the event we were without a chance to get one of the tickets ranging between 10 and 30 USD. Locals without a ticket for a stand started lining the streets hours before the defile begun, which we wanted to avoid.
By chance we spotted the starting point, near Metro station "Industriales" when we passed by on the train. So we pushed our way onto the bridge crossing the highway right were the parade started. This proved an excellent idea, because it was impossible to guess when the parade of 500 Silleteros, soldiers of all army sections and all sorts of other participants would pass through which part of town.
Saturday, a convoy of 200 vintage and other cars circled the main streets of town, its passenger dressed appropriate to the age of the automobile. No need to worry about a spot to watch, since its routine extends though a large part of the town. On Sunday, the last day of the festival, decorated Chivas took the streets, full of cheerful folks. Large spray cans are used by people inside and outside the Chivas to cover each other with foam.
On Sunday, the last day of the festival, decorated Chivas took the streets, full of cheerful folks. Large spray cans are used by people inside and outside the Chivas to cover each other with foam.
The dress code for Columbians visitors is easy to describe: a kind of cowboy hat, accompanied by a folded poncho flung across the shoulder, a huge cup of beer or an oversized bottle of the same liquid at hand, at all times. Hundreds of street vendors make sure that stuff is available.


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Please contact Martin White for information on the Miller (Tyneham) Descendants Name Study. This category is part of the Miller Name Study.
Harriet (Hibbs) Miller abt 1799 - May 1844
Dinah (Millar) Furmage bef 28 Sep 1788 Tyneham, Dorset, England - bef 12 Nov 1826
Henry Millar bef 21 Apr 1772 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Amelia Miller 1860 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1943
Betty Miller 1742 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1742
Catherine (Miller) Gibbs 1855 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 09 Nov 1928
Catherine (Miller) Best 1799 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1868
Cecilia (Miller) Vye 1855 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1894
Charles Miller 1851 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1943
Charlotte (Miller) Whittle 1789 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1855
David Miller 1798 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1868
Diana (Miller) Stone 1793 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1868
Edwin Miller 1857 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1929
Elizabeth (Miller) Compton 1701 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Elizabeth (Miller) Chaffey 1822 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1902
Elizabeth (Miller) Elmes 1805 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1875
Emily (Miller) Woadden 1888 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1970
Emily (Miller) Murray 1825 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1886
Emily Miller 1867 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1894
Emma Miller 1863 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1864
Esther (Miller) Cates 1708 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Frederick Miller 1849 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1927
Henry Miller 1784 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 07 Apr 1868
Henry Miller abt 1680 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1747
Henry Miller 1705 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Henry Miller 1732 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1732
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Henry Miller 1817 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1820
Hezekiah Miller 1795 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1853
James Miller 1754 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1840
Jane Miller 1850 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1941
Jemima (Miller) Old 1832 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1874
Jesse Miller 1861 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1938
John Miller 1743 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1808
John Miller 1860 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 30 Apr 1862
John Miller 20 May 1866 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1947
Joseph Miller 1801 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1884
Joseph Miller 1857 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jun 1913
Joseph Miller 1824 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1909
Kezia (Miller) Watkinson 1868 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1967
Keziah (Miller) Langrish 13 Dec 1832 Worbarrow, Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1911
Lena (Miller) Cleall 1853 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1932
Levi Miller 1860 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1937
Louisa (Miller) Moody 1825 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1916
Martha (Miller) Butler 1867 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1958
Mary (Miller) Seymour 1751 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1831
Mary (Miller) Spencer bef 1782 Tyneham, Dorset, England - Feb 1863
Mary Miller 1787 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1787
Mary Miller 1790 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Michael Miller 1852 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1928
Nathaniel Miller 1865 West Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1902
Rebecca Miller 1781 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Robert Miller 1703 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Robert Miller 1760 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1820
Samuel Miller 1763 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1848
Samuel Miller 1852 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1900
Sarah Miller 1825 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1914
Sarah (Miller) Gibbs 1853 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 03 Nov 1951
Sarah Miller 1786 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Sophia Miller 1797 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Susanna (Miller) Edmonds 1786 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1848
Thomas Miller 1757 Tyneham, Dorset, England
Thomas Miller 1835 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1926
Thomas Miller 1791 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1843
William Miller 1748 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1813
William Miller 1821 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1883
Martha (Pink) Rose 26 Aug 1847 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1940
Mary (Row) Miller 1742 Wareham, Dorset, England - 1827
Mary (Rumsey) Miller 1721 Corfe Castle, Dorset, England - 1791
Teresa (Snook) Dennett 1817 East Lulworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1906
Caroline (Spencer) Evans 1826 Tyneham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1877
Emma (Tizzard) Miller 1867 Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Harriet (White) Miller 1854 Bloxworth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 1947
Susanna (Wilcox) Miller 1760 Tyneham, Dorset, England - 1830
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Google's android has powered up more than 80% of smartphones in the present day. Android had recently got an update to its latest version Lollipop. Initially introduced as Android Lollipop v5.0, the platform has now become Lollipop v5.1. Many smartphones have been receiving this update lately and speaking of Google's own flagship smartphones, the Nexus family has also started getting this update. Lastly, we came to know about Nexus 4 and Nexus 6 receiving this update.
AS per the most recent news, Google is now about to start rolling out Android Lollipop v5.1 update for Nexus 7 and Nexus 9 as well. Currently, Nexus 9 runs on Android Lollipop 5.0. Instead of going through Lollipop 5.0.2, Nexus 9 will get a jump start to receive thee Lollipop 5.1 upgrade directly. In its Reddit post, Google has officially confirmed that this update will start rolling out very soon in the coming future. The update build number for Nexus 7 (2013) is LMY47W and that for the Nexus 9 is LMY47S. The update is being expected very soon.
This new update is expected to come with the fixes related to Wi-Fi, cellular connectivity and Bluetooth improvements. New material design could also be an exciting feature that the new update build might carry along. Although there is no official world on the release already, yet the update is being presumed to start rolling out very soon.


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TO END AIDS — Kem Knapp Sawyer and Jordan Roth
Available free on iTunes, Atavist, and Kindle.
To End AIDS features the writing and photography of Pulitzer Center grantees who have reported on HIV/AIDS in regions around the globe—from Atlanta to the Philippines.
Journalists Shannon Bradley, William Brangham, Jon Cohen, Misha Friedman, Jason Kane, Aditi Kantipuly, T J Maposhere, Amy Maxmen, Rebecca Sananes, Ana Santos, Jennifer Stephens, and Veejay Villafranca explore different facets of the AIDS crisis, among them providing support to teens in Malawi and discrimination in the Philippines.
Their stories, originally published by PBS NewsHour, Science, NPR's Goats and Soda, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe, and other outlets, illustrate both the advances and challenges in the global fight to end AIDS. Includes interactive maps, graphics, a timeline, and recommended resources.
To read more, see "Pulitzer Center Launches 'To End AIDS'.
RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE — Jon Sawyer & Jin Ding
Available on Atavist.
This e-book presents the discussions held and questions raised during a daylong conference on April 25, 2016, at Washington University in St. Louis. At the event hosted by Washington University and the Pulitzer Center, and funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, journalists, academics, and other experts explored how religion influences a wide variety of contemporary global issues.
This e-book features presentations by Marie Griffith, director of John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics; Shaun Casey, special representative of religion and global affairs from the U.S. State Department; Geneive Abdo, non-resident fellow at Brookings Institution; Pulitzer Center grantees Justin Catanoso, Laura Bassett, and Nick Street; and other leading scholars and journalists.
FLIGHT FROM SYRIA: REFUGEE STORIES – Hugh Eakin, Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, Stephen Franklin, Joanna Kakissis, Alia Malek, Holly Pickett, Alisa Roth, Alice Su, Selin Thomas
Available from ITUNES, Kindle and Atavist.
Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories features the writing and photography of nine Pulitzer Center grantees—journalists who reported on Syrian refugees between 2012 and 2015. Their travels took them from Syria to Sweden, and from crowded camps to cramped apartments in city suburbs.
Each of the journalists—Hugh Eakin, Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, Stephen Franklin, Joanna Kakissis, Alia Malek, Holly Pickett, Alisa Roth, Alice Su, and Selin Thomas—lends a unique perspective.
Originally published in Al Jazeera, BBC News, Guernica, In These Times, Marketplace, NPR, The Atlantic, and The New York Review of Books, these stories tell of an abandoned homeland, an indifferent world, and an uncertain future. They trace the history of one of the biggest displacements of modern times—providing a testament to the suffering and courage of those who fled.
Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories was edited by contributing editor Kem Sawyer and designed by multimedia coordinator Evey Wilson. Information graphics by Liz Adetiba, Jin Ding, Akela Lacy, Jessica Obert, and Anna Ziv are also included.
ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION — Jon Sawyer & Jin Ding
On June 16, 2015, academics, journalists, scientists, government, religious and business leaders from China, the U.S., and other countries came together for the first time to discuss the environmental challenges facing China and the world—and the increasingly important role of religion and traditional cultures in finding sustainable solutions to the challenges we face.
Ecological Civilization is a compendium of the talks and proceedings of the International Conference on Ecological Environment. It took place at the Yale Center Beijing and was o-sponsored by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Communication University of China, and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
This e-book begins with an introductory essay by Jon Sawyer, founding director of the Pulitzer Center, and features presentations by Dean Liu Chang, director of the School of Journalism at Communication University of China, and by Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. Ecological Civilization includes photos and videos by Pulitzer Center grantees Sean Gallagher, Sim Chi Yin, Shi Lihong, and Gary Marcuse.
EBOLA'S UNPAID HEROES: HOW BILLIONS IN AID SKIPPED THOSE AT THE FRONTLINE — Amy Maxmen
In a new e-book, Pulitzer Center grantee Amy Maxmen follows the money. She tells the story of how local health workers who faced the greatest risk were often denied the pay that they had been promised. "Ebola's Unpaid Heroes" is a necessary look behind the scenes of the international community's response to the Ebola epidemic.
A Newsweek Insights edition. Buy the Kindle e-book on Amazon.
Learn more about this reporting project.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of nurses and other frontline staff fighting Ebola have been underpaid throughout the outbreak—and many remain so today. The lack of pay is not simply a matter of corrupt officials stealing donor money, because so-called "hazard pay" was issued through direct payments to frontline workers starting in November, then electronic payments to bank accounts and mobile phones beginning in December. The problems appear to be twofold: first, Sierra Leone's national health system has been so underfunded for so long, that it was a monumental challenge to document all of the country's care workers and set up payment distribution channels to them. Second, it turns out that relatively little money was set aside for local frontline staff within Sierra Leone's health system in the first place. In fact, less than 2% of €2.9bn ($3.3bn) in donations to fight Ebola in West Africa were earmarked for them. Instead, the vast majority of money, donated from the taxpayers of the UK, the US and two-dozen other countries, went directly to Western agencies, more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and to the UN.
THE DESERT BLUES — Joshua Hammer
Manny Ansar and Iyad Ag Ghali had little in common—one was a politically connected intellectual, the other a rebel waging war on behalf of his nomadic people in the middle of the Sahara. They did share one thing, though: a passion for Mali's desert blues, a haunting mix of traditional music infused with the influence of Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix.
The Festival in the Desert was born out of that shared passion. A grand spectacle in Mali's desolate dunes, the festival attracted some of the most famous musicians in the world, including Bono, Jimmy Buffet, and Robert Plant. But as the music flourished, the friendship turned to enmity. Ghali, who once openly scoffed at religious piety, succumbed to the pull of radical Islam. Ansar, who couldn't fathom his friend's transformation, maintained the festival in the face of increasing threats of deadly violence.
In "The Desert Blues", veteran foreign correspondent Joshua Hammer lays bare the longing at the heart of Mali's legendary sound, and brings to life the jubilant possibility the festival represented and the deadly drama that ripped it all apart.
See the full story and multimedia presentation on The Atavist Magazine.
The e-book is also available on Kindle and Audible on Amazon.
Learn more about the project "Taking Timbuktu: Music, Manuscripts and Madness at the Edge of the Sahara."
EXPLOITING TURKANA: ROBBING THE CRADLE OF MANKIND [Kindle Edition] — Jessica Hatcher
Turkana in Kenya's arid north is the most important place you've likely never heard of, quintessential to understanding mankind. Now, Turkana has oil. Is it a pending resource-curse catastrophe?
A Newsweek Insights edition. Download the Kindle e-book for 99 cents.
CONGO'S CHILDREN — Kem Knapp Sawyer and Jon Sawyer
Available on ITUNES (for iPads), AMAZON (for Kindle), and CREATAVIST (for desktop and laptop computers).
A French language version is also available on Creatavist. Translated by Mary Deschamps in collaboration with Odile B. de Sauverzac.
"Congo's Children" contains essays, photographs, and videos by Kem and Jon Sawyer that draw on reporting for outlets ranging from the PBS NewsHour and The Washington Post to Truth Atlas, Dowser, and The Christian Science Monitor. "Congo's Children" takes readers on a memorable journey of hope through a land that has endured more than its share of troubles.
The e-book has received advance praise from some of the leading experts in the field. "The stunning photographs and deeply moving text of this book offer a fine introduction to the suffering—and hopes—of people in a part of the world we know far too little about," said Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost.
"Here's the Congo that doesn't make the news clips or TV screens," said Jason Stearns, author of Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa. "The everyday Congo, with people managing to organize, create art, and educate each other despite the odds. A touching paean to the country's resilience."
John B. Hardman M.D., president and chief executive of the Carter Center, hailed "Congo's Children" as an important educational resource. "The Sawyers' book on Congo's children is a powerful tool for students of all ages to begin to understand complex issues of poverty and conflict," Hardman said, "through seeing how knowing people as individuals is a first step in protecting human rights and resolving disputes."
For more about this e-book, see "Congo's Children E-book Release" by Lauren Shepherd.
You can download a pdf here. (Short videos and a slideshow cannot be viewed in the pdf version.)
TARNISHED: THE TRUE COST OF GOLD — Ben Depp, Nadja Drost, Mellissa Fung, Dimiter Kenarov, Jacob Kushner, Narayan Mahon, Larry C. Price, Jane Regan, Stephen Sapienza, Nadia Shira Cohen, Damon Tabor
Available on ITUNES (for iPads) and from AMAZON (for Kindle).
Tarnished: The True Cost of Gold tells the stories of those who mine the gold, the risks they take and the dangers they face from injury and drowning to mercury poisoning and lung damage. Here are portraits of people whose way of life is threatened and who now are fighting back—a miner who calls for fair trade and fair mine certification, "a modern-minded mayor who takes a stand against modern mining," a Romanian farmer-philosopher.
Children as young as four haul buckets of water and smash boulders. Activist farmers stage roadblocks to protest the foreign takeover of a local mine. Indigenous peoples are displaced and environments despoiled. All of this in the service of gold—the lustrous, coveted symbol of wealth that is too often borne of poverty, danger and disease.
Eleven journalists traveled to 10 countries, from Peru to the Philippines, to tell these stories. Their work combines first-rate reporting, vivid imagery and video, and informative graphics to paint an often startling picture of gold production around the world.
MELTDOWN: CHINA'S ENVIRONMENT CRISIS — Sean Gallagher
A visual travelogue through China's under-reported environmental issues, by Sean Gallagher. Using beautiful images and engaging storytelling, Gallagher takes readers on a tour through China to places both familiar – like big megalopolises—and hidden—such as ancient cities wiped off the map by desertification.
Regular readers will recognize Gallagher's work. He is a multiple Pulitzer Center-grantee and award-winning photojournalist.
The book captures the nomadic herders of Tibet and some of China's iconic animals and landscapes, just as they may disappear forever. Four chapters—one each on wetlands, forests, desertification and the Tibetan Plateau—move you 10,000 miles through China, from delta to glacier. Multimedia features including maps and videos that allow readers to see China as Gallagher does—a country that is both beautiful and endangered.
Versions of this book can also be read on browsers, or though the Creatavist app.
CANCER'S GLOBAL FOOTPRINT: THE ECONOMICS OF A DISEASE — Joanne Silberner
Available from ITUNES and AMAZON.
Worldwide, more people die from cancer than from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria—combined. Yet until recently, cancer was almost ignored by the global health groups, charitable organizations and governments working to improve conditions in developing countries. Joanne Silberner looks at cancer issues in Uganda, India and Haiti. How do people experience cancer when they have no money for care, or when no care is available? What are the causes of cancer in the developing world? Are there inexpensive ways of detecting and treating cancer, and are these ways acceptable to the populations they're aimed at?
The project was supported by PRI's The World® and by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Versions are available to read also through your browser or using the Creatavist app.
BETWEEN THE LINES: FACIAL TATTOOS AND THE CHAOUIA — Yasmin Bendaas
Sepia-tinted photos from over 50 years ago show striking facial tattoos of women from indigenous populations in Algeria. But documentation of these women has faded like the aged photographs. In Algeria today the actual practice of facial tattooing is disappearing along with the older generation. One particular indigenous group losing this cultural marker is the Chaouia of the Aurès Mountains in northeastern Algeria. This project from Pulitzer Center student fellow Yasmin Bendaas captures incredible portraits and stories from Chaouia women and investigates the origins and disappearance of tattooing, especially with the advent of literacy and Islam's spread.
Versions are available to read also through your browser and using the Creatavist app.
VOICES OF HAITI — Lisa Armstrong, Kwame Dawes and Andre Lambertson
An itinerant preacher whose story reads like Job—except for an incandescent smile and a mountain-moving faith. A woman who remains resolutely joyful despite the HIV that has infected half her family. Young girls subjected to rape and forced into commercial sex. A couple whose triumph over the disease is a study in grace. "Voices of Haiti" tells these and other stories in a mesmerizing presentation that combines the poetry of Kwame Dawes, the prose of Lisa Armstrong, the photography of Andre Lambertson, and the music of Kevin Simmonds, from work that has been featured in The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, and USA Today. To purchase an enhanced version of the e-book exclusively for iPad, please visit http://bit.ly/voices-haiti. "Voices of Haiti" was recognized as one of the best e-books of the year by Pictures of the Year International Awards (POYi). The book was also awarded a Kirkus Star.
IN SEARCH OF HOME — Greg Constantine and Stephanie Hanes
They are not refugees. Often they are living in their homes in a country they consider to be their own. Yet they are stateless, denied the basic right to get an education, work in the legal economy, receive health benefits, get married, vote or own property. The cause is often rooted in religion or ethnicity and the stateless remain vulnerable even when there is no threat of persecution.
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Movie : Ye Maya Chesave
Banner : Indira Productions
Cast : Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Krishnudu, Surekha Vani, Devan, Lakshmi, Sanjay Swaroop, Trisha Krishnan
Music : AR Rahman
Direction : Gautham Menon
Producer : Manjula Ghattamaneni, Sanjay Swaroop
Release Date : 6 Feb 2010
Genre : Romance, Drama
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Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is a mechanical engineering graduate but aspires to become a filmmaker. Through his friend, Karthik gets introduced to a cinematographer. With his support,Karthik family, who are Hindus, rents the ground floor of a two-storeyed house which belongs to the Thekekuttus. The Thekekuttu family is a conservative Malayali Syrian Catholic family from Alappuzha, Kerala, who live upstairs. The Thekekuttus have a daughter, Jessie (Samantha). When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he falls in love with her. Karthik expresses his love one day to her, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. The two meet several times afterwards and Jessie begins to admit that she likes Karthik but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father won't accept a Hindu marrying their daughter. Her parents learn about their affair and arrange a marriage for her. But at the wedding, she refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents. Suddenly, Jessie is forced by her father to marry and seeks Karthik's help, who was in Goa for a film shooting. Busy Karthik is unable to attend to her calls and messages; Jessie is unable to reach him. After a tense phone call from Jessie, Karthik goes back one night to check on her. An angry and hurt Jessie makes a final decision to break up with Karthik because of her father's strong disapproval of their love.
Later on, Karthik learns that Jessie got married and is settled abroad. Two years later, Karthik meets Nandini (Sapan Saran), who falls in love with him,. She is rejected by Karthik who cites his previous affair with Jessie whom he can not get over. He then comes up with a script for his first film, which happens to be his own love story. He calls upon Silambarasan Rajendar as the film's protagonist and Trisha Krishnan (who are leads in the Tamil version of the film) as the female lead. The film is eventually titled Jessie.
He sees Jessie three years later in the U.S. and thinks she is married. She reveals that she is not. She refused to marry anyone her parents set up because they rejected Karthik. Out of anger, her parents leave. They then get married at a Hindu temple and a church. The film ends at a theater where they watch Jessie.
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Great perspective/angle!! Reminds me of the common shared archetype "tree" (father).
trees are such huge inspiration to me too. I love this Tordis. have you read Herman Hesse's book on the love of trees. Stunning.
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A well deserved feature in "A Wilderness Somewhere!" Congratulations, Tordis. Love how you framed this. It is a nature shot and an abstract all in one.


I have been beating myself up for fourteen years for not having patented the wheel.
After all, there are few people on Earth who revere the wheel more than I do, and fewer still who have put it to more frequent use. But John Keogh of Australia thought to patent it (Innovation Patent #2001100012, awarded in 2001), while I was lying back, delighting in its rewards.
I'll leave it to you to research Mr. Keogh's remarkable achievement and subsequent professional career (he was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Technology in the same year), but for now I offer the third of my five words used to describe our French adventure: Wheels.
Wait. Before I introduce Pierre de Martizay ("Pierre" for short, our shooting brake), we must discuss Martizay itself.
The other boulangerie. The French love their pastries and bread: two boulangeries isn't too many.
Gotta have a church. Church gotta have birds.
The Martizay grocery store. Closed as usual.
Fortunately, Martizay is strategically located equidistant from two larger cities, Châtellerault to the west (pop. 31,500), and Châteauroux) to the east (pop. 46,400). Each is about a half hour away. To the south, Le Blanc (pop. 7,000, fifteen minutes).
The times quoted above assume one travels by car. With a car, restaurants, train stations, hardware stores, and (most importantly) supermarkets are just the twist of a key away. Without a car, we would be at the mercy of the services offered in Martizay, and would no doubt die of starvation, or isolation, or both.
Capacity: He can hold five huge sacks of groceries, or two bikes, or ten bags of chicken feed, or three butane tanks, and still have room for both of us and all of our children (an unlikely occasion, since they all live in the US and have lives of their own).
Convenience: He has cruise control, a CD player, automatic interior temperature monitoring, and (get this) moisture-sensing windshield wipers that actually work.
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The weather is warming up here. Soon we'll be able to ride the bikes and explore La Brenne, the huge regional park nearby. We're looking forward to that.
I'm about to reveal a secret (or make a confession) of which few are aware. Last October, after having resisted the charms of motorcycles for seventeen years, I bought one. The last time I bought a bike was in 1979, the last of a long string of motorcycles that I had been riding since I was thirteen. I rode that 1979 bike for nineteen years. It was the best bike I ever owned. Best. Bike. Ever.
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Why mention her here? Because she fills hundreds of idle hours (and we have lots of those) while I decide on accessories, read manuals, and plan routes to be explored upon our return. When it comes to falling asleep, Sally Rae is infinitely better than counting sheep.
People seem to be slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. I know I'm guilty of that. But today all my thoughts are about my blessings. And today, all the blessings I'm thinking of have wheels.
And, once on the wild and wooly freeways back on this side of the drink, I do hope you two will come and hang out for a day or two with us in loveliest of lovely Queen Anne (we overlook the Puget Sound and Olympics beyond)!!!
Elsie, you've just given us another reason to visit Seattle again (as if we really needed it!). Thanks!
We have not seen much regarding your animal husbandry duties or adventures. Did you sell the cattle off? Hope you continue to have a smashing good time during the rest of your adventure.
Jeff, this was the third of five words I'm using to describe our experience here. I still have two to go. The best could be last.
I'm confused. Are you shipping your bike to France?
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Thank you! Yes, Robert Langdon still remains one of my favourite characters. I'm not sure when I'll feel like starting The Handmaid's Tale but I hope it's before the next season is out.
Wow, I think you are the first person to mention Allan. He definitely has no moral scruples so I'm not entirely sure on that but I do respect how calm and collected and optimistic he is. He just gets on with his business.
You have described him perfectly. Allan is quite a multilayered character and constantly surprised me which is why he made that category in this tag!
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Who owns the choreography?
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I hope this has not been discussed before... who is the owner of the choreography? The choreographer who makes the program or the skater who pays for it?
If a choreography gets changed without the consent of the choreographer, can he/she do something about it or can he/she just express his/her disagreement?
It seems to me that FS choreographies are more subject to changes during the year than those of dance, probably for the most part the choreographer is aware that the initial program he/she envisioned will not be the same by March and it's just ok with it.
Do you have any examples of disagreement between choreographers and figure skaters/coaching teams?
el henry
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I think this would be a matter of contract depending on the country of the skater and the choreographer.
I am not a copyright maven, but I believe in the US choreo would be a "work for hire". Once the skater pays the choreographer for his choreography, the skater owns the work and can adjust if they wish.
Given that the market for skating choreo is small, I cannot imagine that a choreographer who wants to continue in the field will announce their displeasure very publicly, but what do I know There may be examples....
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This has come up in the Dance World where I judge. Once Choreography is paid for, it belongs to the dancer. If the dance was popular, most judges and audiences have already seen it. There is a score for "Originality" and this is where a team would lose big time.
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lappo said:
Anybody can alter the choreograhy in any way. If seriously bad alternations occur the choreographer can ask for their name to be removed from the work.
You're paying for the choreographers time. Nothing else.
what do you mean by owning? choreo is not something you can take in your hands, wrap in a gift package and sent to grandma for christmas... let's say your little cousin makes a cover of a beatles song... who owns it? the beatles or the performer? they both do in some ways... but the difference is that an interpretation, owes already its performance to the choreographer or the composer (in my example)... there are tons of wonderful performances of rachmaninoff concertos...but there is no such performance if there is no composer
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4everchan said:
That's exactly why I was asking that question. As far as I know, the ownership of creative processes is clear in some fields (for example, a published article in an academic field is property of the writer, who must be credited whenever you take the article or part of it and reuse it to further your research). It is way less clear whenever there is no proper copyright rule in place; in the example you mentioned (the cousin and the Beatles cover) I think you can make the cover as far as the musician estate is fine with the use of the music, because they own the rights to the music (and they usually don't go after little cousins singing in their rooms). This is why we sometimes see skating videos without music (Prince programs are usually taken down) or skaters who have to change choreo because the musician would not license their music to be used in a different way than the one they envisaged (Kevin Reynolds and his Ni no Kuni aborted program some years ago).
In light of those issues, I simply asked whether anyone knew how it worked with an immaterial, non copyrighted creative process like choreography. I got the answer: the skater pays for the choreo, the skater owns it, not the choreographer.
Thanks to everyone who answered (without being condescending to us uneducated, second language speakers).
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well... yes and no... the skater paid for a choreography is exactly the same thing as a musician commissioning a piece to a composer or someone getting the copyright permission to use some materials... you referred to academic paper.... well, my dissertation was giving musical examples and for each one of them, i had to ask permission to the publishing company... thankfully, it was the same company for every single one of them... i will give you another example in music : let's say i commission a piece to a composer, in many usual contracts (conditions are variable from time to time) i would pay X amount of money and would get 1) first dibs at performing it, 2) exclusive performance and diffusion rights for one year, 3) first regards to perform it for X amount of time.. let's say 2 years... In other words, the money i have paid for will grant me an exclusive piece of music but after a certain amount of time, even if my name will always be associated with the piece, the composer can decide to do whatever they want with it, whether it is to publish it or to shelve it.
In figure skating, when a skater commissions (hires) a choreographer, there is a fee of course... and one may think that the skater owns the choreography... but i wouldn't say so... the reality is that once it's been performed and noticed, the said choreography is useless to others... for instance, jason brown paid x amount of money for riverdance choreo... well.. no other skater would really have any interest in performing the same choreography... so once it is created the monetary value of the choreography drops to 0. One cannot perform it again... I would think it's more like a custom made suit : it's made to fit you and only you.... once you are tired wearing it... nobody else can use it as it wouldn't fit you. However, let's say it was high fashion... from a famous designer... my idea is that during the time it's worn, people may associate the suit to the wearer first and the choreographer second... but in the end, it contributes to the designer's artistic output, its legacy.
So yes... Jason Brown's Riverdance remains his iconic program, but truly, how much does it remain one of Rohene Ward's "masterpieces"? I'd say that ownership here cannot be really expressed in the traditional terms...
A composer once said to me : thank you for playing this piece of mine... without people like you, I remain useless, as my pieces are pieces of paper, on bookshelves... I am grateful that you are making my music live...
I was shocked.. because I was so nervous to be playing the piece knowing the composer was in the hall. In some ways, performer and creator are partners here and one doesn't live without the other... However, the biggest difference here, and it's perhaps why some people do not credit choreographer more, it's that if a music composer can create without a performer/performance in mind, a choreographer will not choreo for nothing... I'd think that their work is almost always on commission (paid for)... whether they are the main choreo creating the program or someone who works in adapting it throughout the season, to allow the skater for better levels and results.
PS English is not my first language either.
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What if the choreographer you hired put in a couple of moves that he choreographed for himself and his partner back in the day, and has occasionally performed those moves in the years since?
Christopher Dean is pretty prolific as a choreographer these days. There's a move in Savchenko/Massot's OGM long program from 2018 that is from Torvill/Dean's 'Song of India' from 1984 (professional, not amateur) that they've also used in other routines here and there. I frequently recognize certain moves in routines he worked on.
like certain musicians who have their own sound... doesn't make a difference to me... it's like when watching Chan : we know when it's Lori Nichol's work and when it's not hers...
With Dean... well.. one could argue that Bruno and Aliona skated it better... executed it better... etc... it comes back to a piece of music... Beethoven wrote it but then.. who plays it better? In music nowadays, a lot of people use quotations from other composers... Even Charles Ives, from a long time ago, quoted Beethoven's 5th symphony in his Concord, Mass. Sonata (listen to the Alcotts, it's beautiful)
In other words, of course, a choreo has trademarks, which will live through the skaters... both owning their part of it, one the creation, the other the performance. That's why my first post was.. why the word owning? It's definitely not a material ownership.
gkelly
I can't speak to the specifics of any contracts that may be signed between skaters and choreographers.
But I would say that the purpose of the choreography in a competitive program is to showcase the skills of the competitor who performs it. Technical skills, and also performance skills in ways that will earn higher PCS. The most effective competition choreographers would be those who can take each individual skater's existing skills and show them to best effect, and also challenge each skater to improve those existing skills and to expand their skill set even further, especially with younger skaters who are still developing their abilities.
And if a skater develops more technical skills during the season and is able to add a harder jump or an extra level feature to a spin, etc., that might require changing some details of the program as it was originally choreographed. Or if the skater is unable to master a step sequence or transitional sequence between elements as choreographed they may need to simplify or otherwise adapt the choreography to allow them to earn all the technical points they can.
Of course it's easier to make those changes if the technical coach is also the choreographer, or if the skater is able to work with the choreographer on a regular basis during the season. But if they live thousands of miles apart and were only able to get together once for purposes of setting the program in person, the coach may need to overrule the choreographer in order to achieve the competitive goals.
So the programs should be built primarily around different skaters' abilities and personalities rather than around the choreographer's ideas independent of who skates them.
In ice shows of various sorts (especially in group numbers, but also solos and duets that function as parts of a larger whole), the choreographer's vision would usually be primary and the skaters would be cast for their ability to fulfill it, on the other hand, often with different skaters filling the same role over the course of the show.
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well... here you are mostly covering one aspect of figure skating : the sport. In that sense, one could even argue that the choreo is only assembling required elements together... so let's call that choreo 101 or working choreography... for the sake of sport... but that's not the case when we consider the artistic side of figure skating... what makes a program iconic is not the sequencing and assembling of elements... there is something magic about the program... something special... something unique. The elements in such choreo do not even strike us as elements, but make one with the music. There are many examples of that but right now I think of Lane/Gilles/Poirier Starry Starry Night. Every moment was a moment of beauty and emotion. In the end who owns it? I feel as an audience member that I do because it was given to me...I received that precious gift... i was touched by the emotion... and for that, I thank the choreographer who went beyond the sport to create art.. and the skaters, who went beyond being athletes to transcend the music and choreography into something that will never be forgotten.
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Paleo Advocate and Author Tina Turbin Contributes One of Her Celebrated Recipes to New Leading Gluten-Free Magazine, Go Gluten-Free
One of Tina Turbin's Gluten-Free Paleo Recipes to Appear in the Latest Issue of Becket Media's Go Gluten-Free Magazine
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One of the recipes of Tina Turbin (http://www.TinaTurbin.com), the paleo diet advocate and critically acclaimed author behind the newly released website http://www.Paleomazing.com, is being featured in the latest issue of Go Gluten-Free Magazine, a new, up-and-coming gluten-free magazine.
Go Gluten-Free is the latest magazine to cover the popular subject of gluten-free living, filling the growing demand for information on the gluten-free diet and cooking. The publication's debut issue came out in October 2013, and it's already received highly favorable response from readers.
"It's such a pleasure to contribute to such an incredible publication for the gluten-free community," Tina said. "[Editor] Karen Wilhelmsen has done an outstanding job putting together a truly informative resource for people on the gluten-free diet. What really sets this magazine apart is the sheer abundance of recipes."
"We are honored to work with Turbin," said Wilhelmsen, "With wonderful recipes from notable gluten-free and food bloggers like Tina as well as Elana Amsterdam, Naomi Robinson and Meg van der Kruik, we aim to include over one hundred recipes in each issue—ranging from everyday recipes, special occasion treats and those that take advantage of seasonal fare."
In addition to recipes, Go Gluten-Free gives readers the tools they need to live a healthy, gluten-free lifestyle. Written by certified nutritionists, these articles aim not only to make gluten-free living easier, but to improve the health and well-being of gluten-free individuals and their whole family.
Paleo advocate Tina Turbin is no newcomer to the gluten-free community. The multi-award-winning author first took the gluten-free community by storm with the founding of GlutenFreeHelp.info, voted the #2 .info website in the world out of over 6 million registered .info websites. (The website is now managed by Turbin's daughter, Miranda Jade Turbin.) Tina later turned to the inherently gluten-free paleo diet in order to heal damage caused to her body by celiac disease, an autoimmune disease triggered by gluten. Many of her paleo recipes are broadly shared and used by the gluten-free community.
Tina is the founder of the newly launched Paleomazing.com, which stands out as a uniquely personal resource geared toward helping people adopt the paleo lifestyle according to their own individual needs. In her own right-from-the-heart language, Tina tells it like it is as she shares comprehensive information about making the transition to paleo eating.
In addition to her paleo advocacy work, Tina is passionate about raising gluten-free awareness, and her vision of a gluten-free-friendly world aligns with Wilhelmsen's own goals. According to Wilhemsen, "Many people consider a gluten-free diet a 'food trend' that will eventually die down. But, the amount of people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity is about 1% of the population, with many more people undiagnosed. Gluten-free and food-allergy awareness is on the rise, and we want to help make the transition to gluten-free eating as easy as possible by providing readers with great recipes so they don't feel deprived."
Tina is the multi-award-winning author of Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy, the critically-acclaimed first book in Turbin's illustrated children's book series. You can find out more about Turbin and her children's books at http://www.TinaTurbin.com.
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ABOUT TINA TURBIN: Tina Turbin is a renowned, multi-award-winning author, baker and cook. After being diagnosed with celiac disease, Tina founded http://www.GlutenFreeHelp.info to help other celiacs and people with gluten issues adapt to the gluten-free lifestyle successfully. After many years on the "standard" gluten-free diet, Tina adopted the paleolithic diet, also known as the paleo or caveman diet, which is also gluten-free. Her site was voted the #2 .info website in the world out of over 6.7 million registered .info websites, exerts far-reaching influence. In early 2012, it was largely taken over by Tina's celiac daughter, Miranda Jade Turbin.
Tina has since become a popular proponent for the paleo diet across the globe. In her advocacy work, Turbin has appeared on numerous radio shows, worked with numerous researchers, doctors, nutritionists and authors, and published hundreds of articles on websites including celiac.com and celiac.org. Since this transition, Tina has been concentrating on spreading the word about the paleo diet through her videos and eBooks, working in her kitchens developing new recipes, and working alongside others to help get the original human diet and lifestyle better understood and successfully applied broadly, now launching http://www.Paleomazing.com.
You can find Tina's paleo gluten-free recipes and important tips on her website and connect with her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/tina.turbin), Twitter (https://twitter.com/paleomazing) LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/tinaturbin), and Instagram (@Paleomazing).
Tina is the celebrated author of the multi-award-winning children's book, Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy. To learn more about Danny the Dragon, visit http://www.DannytheDragon.com.
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Allocating CLO equity to investment portfolios by investor type, objectives and risk tolerance
CLO equity has garnered increasing levels of investor interest, primarily due to the potential for high returns driven by a robust yield profile – a relative rarity in today's low-yield investment landscape. Many investors view CLO equity as one of the few remaining pockets of inefficiency in the financial markets, since many otherwise-sophisticated investors shun the asset class due to perceived complexity, opacity, and (erroneous) connections with the toxic CDOs that became synonymous with the 2008 global financial crisis.
For investors able to move past these biases and consider CLO equity as a viable investment alternative, the next question is often: how should CLO equity be classified? Is it a fixed income instrument? An equity investment, as the name suggests? Or something else entirely? Choosing the right "bucket" for CLO equity is critical for investors seeking to optimize portfolio allocations.
Choosing the right "bucket" for CLO equity is critical for investors seeking to optimize portfolio allocations.
CLO equity sits at the intersection of at least three key asset groupings
1. Fixed income: Since CLOs effectively bundle together corporate loans into diversified portfolios, they are closely linked with the ups and downs of the leveraged finance market, which is a subset of the broader fixed income space. CLO equity also pays regular quarterly distributions to investors, generating a yield-based return profile similar to other fixed income instruments.
2. Equity: Although they are ultimately composed of debt instruments, CLOs are also securitization vehicles with their own capital structures consisting of rated debt tranches all the way down to unrated equity. Risk levels increase with every step down in the capital structure, and when investor risk appetite decreases, CLO equity valuations often move in tandem with broader equity markets. However, the underlying risk in a CLO consists of senior secured loans to corporations, effectively limiting downside risk relative to "pure" equity markets exposure. The quarterly distributions paid by CLO equity tranches also serve to stabilize the return profile relative to equities.
3. Alternatives: Alternatives are a "broad brush" category which can refer to everything from private equity funds to distressed debt to opportunistic credit. CLO equity often falls into this classification due to illiquidity, complexity or other shared features with the universe of alternative investment options.
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As a manager of CLOs since the early days of the market, Nuveen has gathered input from a wide universe of CLO equity investors, and the answer is: it depends. The answer varies based on investor type, portfolio objectives and risk tolerance.
In June 2021, Nuveen hosted a discussion with members of the institutional investor and consultant communities exploring the role of CLO equity in broader investment portfolios, among other topics. During this discussion, we held an informal survey asking participants where they would consider allocating CLO equity within their portfolios. Below is a breakdown of the responses on this topic.
Option one: The alternatives bucket
One of the most popular destinations for CLO equity is in the alternatives bucket alongside private equity vehicles, such as LBO funds, private capital vehicles or venture capital funds. This tends to be the favored approach with many family office investors as well as public pensions, for a number of reasons.
Firstly, these investors tend to view CLO equity as a longer-term investment similar to traditional private equity funds which have 5+ year return horizons. CLO equity also tends to be considered an illiquid investment similar to a closed-end private fund. In addition, CLO equity typically targets a mid-teens return profile similar to alternative asset classes such as private equity – checking another box in this classification matrix. However, the return profile of CLO equity differs from that of traditional private equity investments due to its lack of J-curve. CLO equity returns are driven by quarterly cashflows beginning shortly after inception, unlike private equity funds, which can take multiple years to begin returning capital to investors. From this perspective, CLO equity can provide an attractive pairing for these longer-dated investments, front-loading cashflows and serving to smooth out the overall return profile of the broader alternatives bucket. This is of particular importance to pension-based investors who seek a consistent stream of cashflow-based returns in order to meet the needs of their plan constituents.
Some investors allocating CLO equity to the PE bucket point to an additional rationale, since many of the debt instruments held by a CLO are effectively loans to PE-backed companies. From this perspective, it can be argued that the equity tranche of a CLO effectively recreates the equity exposure held by private equity funds, since they are both effectively leveraged investments in corporations. However, unlike the concentrated portfolios of PE fund vehicles, CLOs are built around diversified portfolios of anywhere from 150 to 200+ underlying positions. Many investors view this as an important source of diversification in alternatives buckets, particularly in investment programs seeking to limit manager count or to reduce manager concentration risk. As an added benefit, the underlying portfolios of CLOs consist of relatively liquid bank loans which can be actively managed, unlike traditional PE funds. Managers have the flexibility to reposition exposures based on changing markets and risk appetites.
Option two: The fixed income bucket
For other investors, CLO equity sits within the fixed income bucket, sometimes alongside bank loans and high yield bonds or within a securitized sub-allocation. This is often the preferred approach of insurance-based investors, particularly those entities that purchase CLO equity directly rather than taking exposure via commingled private fund vehicles. Insurance entities, particularly reinsurance investors, may also gain exposure to CLO equity via non-payment insurance arrangements, effectively insuring the risk of loss for a funding counterparty in exchange for the return upside.
Investors who classify CLO equity within a fixed income allocation are often motivated by longer-term objectives which are aligned with the broader fixed income universe, particularly the theme of consistent income. And since CLO equity is essentially a floating rate instrument (given the floating rate nature of underlying CLO portfolios), it can also serve to reduce overall duration risk in a fixed income portfolio – an added benefit for investors concerned about the longer-term risk of rising rates.
Option three: Idiosyncratic or opportunistic credit
Many sophisticated institutional investors, such as larger-scale ($10B+) pension investors, consider CLO equity as an "idiosyncratic" credit allocation, similar to specialty finance, distressed investments, or esoteric ABS. This is motivated by a number of factors.
Similar to other non-traditional credit betas, CLO equity combines foundational credit characteristics with other idiosyncratic factors not typically found in "mainstream" asset classes. In particular, CLO equity effectively contains an embedded call option on credit spreads, driven by the term financing structure of CLO vehicles. Although it may sound counter-intuitive, a CLO equity investor can potentially benefit from periods of widening credit spreads — provided they are invested with a CLO manager skilled enough to minimize losses due to defaults. This is because CLOs are actively managed vehicles which can reinvest into new, higher-yielding bank loans when spreads widen.
CLO equity investors can benefit from an improved arbitrage given that the liabilities issued by a CLO (the CLO debt), is issued at coupons which stay fixed for the ~12-year life of the CLO. The most powerful proof statement of this phenomenon is the returns of CLOs issued immediately prior to the GFC, which far outstripped all other vintages of CLOs.
Our intentions for the future shape our decisions in the present; an investor's allocation decision with respect to CLO equity is ultimately underpinned by broader investment objectives. Since CLO equity can bring multiple benefits to a diversified portfolio, investors are often driven by a variety of objectives which in turn lead to multiple allocation options. For this reason, we find that there are many potential homes for CLO equity within investor portfolios, underscoring the multifaceted nature of this enigmatic asset class.
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Windsor's unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point in March, to 7.3 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
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Susan Semenick was born in 1948 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She had early success with the arts as a child and was encouraged by her mother and father. Susan's mother was a gifted artist and Susan remembers going into her mother's studio and watching the progression of a subject in her mother's capable hands. Susan excelled in art in high school and felt that this was where her expertise began. Her parents, however, encouraged her to follow another path where she was sure of being self-sufficient, teaching. Her second interest was biology. She attended Lock Haven University for a Bachelor's and got a Master's in biology at Purdue in Indiana where she moved after marrying. While at Lock Haven, Susan took several classes as a senior in painting, drawing and printmaking. The art professors all called a meeting to ask if Susan wouldn't consider pursuing art instead of biology. Money wouldn't allow a change of major so late in her education. So, Susan went on to teach biology in Indiana for 33 years.
After retiring, Susan opened her own art gallery in Danville, IN and also become a member of the prestigious Stutz Artists Association serving as a board member. Susan began with portrait and figure, a subject that is and has remained one of her favorites. She has seen significant success with this subject. However, landscapes have proven to be the subject that garners the most sales. So often, watercolors are small, delicate pieces of work. Susan likes to dispel that idea with large, bold pieces. Using multiple washes and glazes, she builds intense color that is quoted as being her most unique component of her landscapes. Susan awakens every day with a penchant for the start of another painting. She loves the freedom that retirement has afforded her.
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