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Similarities, but Also Big Differences, Between Today's Crisis and 1930s
This downturn is bad, but rates of unemployment and bank failures do not compare to the Great Depression. Transcript of radio broadcast:
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
What began more than a year ago is often described as "the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression." The downturn is bad, but it would have to get much worse to compare to the nineteen thirties.
Next October will mark the eightieth anniversary of what is generally considered the beginnings of the Depression.
In just two days the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost twenty-five percent of its value. The stock market continued to drop until July of nineteen thirty-two. By then, the Dow was about ninety percent below its high reached in September of nineteen twenty-nine.
The Dow hit its all-time high in October of last year. Since last year the Dow has lost about forty percent of its value -- even more for the Standard & Poor's index of five hundred stocks.
Like the Depression, the current crisis also involves falling property values. American housing prices fell by almost seventeen percent in the twelve months that ended in September.
Housing economist Robert Shiller at Yale University has found that home prices fell by about thirty percent during the Depression. Then, as now, many people lost their homes because they could not pay their mortgage loans.
Today people borrow much more of the value of their homes than they used to. In fact, Professor Shiller estimates that ten million Americans owe more than their home is worth.
An estimated nine thousand banks failed during the Depression. Agencies that guarantee savings and supervise the financial system did not exist at the start. When banks failed, people lost everything. Fear of bank failures led people to withdraw their money, leading to more failures.
In nineteen thirty-three, Congress established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It currently guarantees bank deposits up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Just twenty-two banks have failed this year. But among them was Washington Mutual, the biggest bank collapse in American history.
Possibly the best measure of an economic crisis is unemployment. The rate in October was reported at a fourteen-year high of six and one-half percent. Some think it could reach eight percent or higher. During the Depression, however, one of every four workers was unemployed.
President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress established agencies to employ people in public works. Yet employment did not completely recover until World War Two.
Policy mistakes increased the effects of the Depression. For example, the Federal Reserve let the money supply shrink. This meant there was less money available for lending to people and businesses.
In the current crisis, the government has been willing to spend freely; too freely for some critics. On Tuesday the Federal Reserve and the Treasury announced a new plan to provide eight hundred billion dollars to increase credit availability.
Before the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, the Dow and the S&P rose four days in a row for the first time in months.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Mario Ritter. I'm Steve Ember.


FinServ partners must truly be knowledgeable about the laws and regulations governing the financial services industry.
Financial institutions are facing more competition than ever before, especially in the online space. Given this, many finance brands are looking to affiliate marketing and partnerships to increase both awareness and customer acquisition using intelligent technologies and automation.
Yet financial services affiliate and partner programs come with unique challenges. There are added layers of complexity that require partners to be savvy to compliance and regulation requirements. To bring insight into this complexity, I asked our internal finance-focused performance marketing expert, Veronica Brown, to identify six best practices for establishing strong, profitable partnerships in the U.S. finance sector.
Partners must truly be knowledgeable about the laws and regulations governing the financial services industry. For example, two of the important US regulations to note are Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP) and Regulation Z.
Check with your legal team to ensure that you are in compliance with all relevant regulations in your operating region(s) before you pursue financial services programs.
The strongest financial services partners are those in which strategic opportunities are identified through the sharing of data, subject to regional and local laws and regulations. The data that financial institutions can share with you will vary by region. In the U.S., for example, it is possible to share aggregated customer credit score data, campaign results and conversion data, as well as A/B test results. All of that information can be valuable for optimization.
Remember also that making offer distribution decisions based on some demographic data may not be appropriate or legal. For example, in the U.S., making such decisions based on age, race, gender and certain other criteria violates the Fair Lending Laws.
The process for establishing an affiliate relationship with a financial services company can take significantly longer compared to other advertisers. By nature, financial institutions assess risk much more stringently. Reviews of global partner operations may require more due diligence. Integration may take longer. Ensuring great customer experience may be more complex. Due diligence for account volume estimates and layers of internal approval make take more time. Practicing patience is key.
In summary, the rewards for joining financial services affiliate programs can be high if you are prepared to meet the aggressive requirements and regulations inherent in the opportunity.
While these six tips are not an exhaustive checklist of partner requirements, they provide a solid foundation to help start on a strategic path to make a successful and scalable partnership program.
Stephanie Harris is the owner & CEO of PartnerCentric, the largest woman-owned performance marketing agency in the US. A veteran of the space, Stephanie got her start as an award-winning affiliate program manager, personally managing at one time some of the largest programs in the PartnerCentric portfolio today.


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#ifndef __OSD_ABSTRACT_H
#define __OSD_ABSTRACT_H

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "statfs.h"
#include "ibp_time.h"

//** Type of ID
#define OSD_ID        0
#define OSD_DELETE_ID 1
#define OSD_EXPIRE_ID 2
#define OSD_PHYSICAL_ID OSD_ID

//** R/W mode definitions
#define OSD_READ_MODE  1
#define OSD_WRITE_MODE 2

//** Allocation state definitions
#define OSD_STATE_GOOD       0
#define OSD_STATE_BAD_HEADER 1
#define OSD_STATE_BAD_BLOCK  2

typedef int osd_native_fd_t;

typedef uint64_t osd_id_t;
typedef void *buffer_t;
typedef int64_t osd_off_t;

struct osd_s;
typedef struct osd_s osd_t;

typedef struct {
    osd_t *d;
    int partition;
    void *arg;
} osd_iter_t;

typedef struct {
    osd_off_t lo;
    osd_off_t hi;
} osd_range_t;

typedef struct {
    int n_read;                 //** Current number of read operations
    int n_write;                //** Current number of write operations
    void *private;              //** Private OSD argument
    osd_off_t *range_list;      //** List of host R/W block ranges
    apr_thread_mutex_t *lock;
    apr_pool_t *pool;
} osd_object_t;

typedef struct {
    osd_object_t *obj;
    int my_index;
} osd_fd_t;

#define osd_umount(d) (d)->umount(d)
#define osd_create_id(d, type, header, block, id) (d)->create_id(d, type, header, block, id)
#define osd_native_open_id(d, id, offset, mode) (d)->native_open(d, id, offset, mode)
#define osd_native_enabled(d) (d)->native_open
#define osd_native_close_id(d, fd) (d)->native_close(d, fd)
#define osd_validate_chksum(d, id, correct_errors) (d)->validate_chksum(d, id, correct_errors)
#define osd_get_chksum(d, id, disk_buffer, calc_buffer, bsize, block_len, good_block, start_block, end_block) (d)->get_chksum(d, id, disk_buffer, calc_buffer, bsize, block_len, good_block, start_block, end_block)
#define osd_chksum_info(d, id, cs_type, hbs, bs) (d)->chksum_info(d, id, cs_type, hbs, bs)
#define osd_get_corrupt_count(d) (d)->get_corrupt_count(d)
#define osd_new_corrupt_iterator(d) (d)->new_corrupt_iterator(d)
#define osd_destroy_corrupt_iterator(iter) (iter)->d->destroy_corrupt_iterator(iter)
#define osd_corrupt_iterator_next(iter, id) (iter)->d->corrupt_iterator_next(iter, id)
#define osd_reserve(d, id, len) (d)->reserve(d, id, len)
#define osd_remove(d, rmode, id) (d)->remove(d, rmode, id)
#define osd_delete_remove(d, id) (d)->delete_remove(d, id)
#define osd_expire_remove(d, id) (d)->expire_remove(d, id)
#define osd_physical_remove(d, id) (d)->physical_remove(d, id)
#define osd_trash_physical_remove(d, trash_type, trash_id) (d)->trash_physical_remove(d, trash_type, trash_id)
#define osd_trash_undelete(d, trash_type, trash_id) (d)->trash_undelete(d, trash_type, trash_id)
#define osd_truncate(d, id, len) (d)->truncate(d, id, len)
#define osd_size(d, id) (d)->size(d, id)
#define osd_fd_size(d, fd) (d)->fd_size(d, fd)
#define osd_trash_size(d, trash_type, trash_id) (d)->trash_size(d, trash_type, trash_id)
#define osd_read(d, fd, offset, len, buffer) (d)->read(d, fd, offset, len, buffer)
#define osd_write(d, fd, offset, len, buffer) (d)->write(d, fd, offset, len, buffer)
#define osd_open(d, id, mode) (d)->open(d, id, mode)
#define osd_get_state(d, fd) (d)->get_state(d, fd)
#define osd_close(d, fd) (d)->close(d, fd)
#define osd_id_exists(d, id) (d)->id_exists(d, id)
#define osd_statfs(d, buf) (d)->statfs(d, buf)
#define osd_new_iterator(d, partition) (d)->new_iterator(d, partition)
#define osd_new_trash_iterator(d, trash_type) (d)->new_trash_iterator(d, trash_type)
#define osd_destroy_iterator(oi) (oi)->d->destroy_iterator(oi)
#define osd_iterator_next(oi, id) (oi)->d->iterator_next(oi, id)
#define osd_trash_iterator_next(oi, id, move_time, trash_id) (oi)->d->trash_iterator_next(oi, id, move_time, trash_id)

struct osd_s {
    void *private;              //** All private implementation specific data goes hear
    int (*umount) (osd_t *d);
    osd_id_t(*create_id) (osd_t *d, int chksum_type, int header_size, int block_size, osd_id_t id);   // Returns an OSD object.  Think of it as a filename
    osd_native_fd_t(*native_open) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, osd_off_t offset, int mode);        //Native open
    int (*native_close) (osd_t *d, osd_native_fd_t fd);         //Native close
    int (*validate_chksum) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, int correct_errors);
    osd_off_t(*get_chksum) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, char *disk_buffer, char *calc_buffer,
                            osd_off_t buffer_size, osd_off_t *block_len, char *good_block,
                            osd_off_t start_block, osd_off_t end_block);
    int (*chksum_info) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, int *cs_type, osd_off_t *header_blocksize,
                        osd_off_t *blocksize);
    int (*get_corrupt_count) (osd_t *d);        // Number of corrupt objects
    osd_iter_t *(*new_corrupt_iterator) (osd_t *d);     // Corrupt iterator
    void (*destroy_corrupt_iterator) (osd_iter_t *iter);        // Corrupt iterator destruction
    int (*corrupt_iterator_next) (osd_iter_t *iter, osd_id_t *id);      // Corrupt iterator next
    int (*reserve) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, osd_off_t len);      // Reserve space for the file
    int (*remove) (osd_t *d, int rmode, osd_id_t id);   //** Wrapper for delete/expire/physical_remove
    int (*delete_remove) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id);       // Move an object from valid->deleted bin
    int (*expire_remove) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id);       // Move an object from valid->expired bin
    int (*physical_remove) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id);     // Remove the valid object completely.. non-recoverable
    int (*trash_physical_remove) (osd_t *d, int trash_type, const char *trash_id);      // Remove the trash object completely... non-recoverable
    osd_id_t(*trash_undelete) (osd_t *d, int trash_type, const char *trash_id);
    int (*truncate) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, osd_off_t len);     // Truncate the object
    osd_off_t(*size) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t);    // Object size in bytes
    osd_off_t(*fd_size) (osd_t *d, osd_fd_t *fd);     // Object size in bytes
    osd_off_t(*trash_size) (osd_t *d, int trash_type, const char *trash_id);  // Trash Object size in bytes
    osd_off_t(*read) (osd_t *d, osd_fd_t *fd, osd_off_t offset, osd_off_t len, buffer_t buffer);      //Read data
    osd_off_t(*write) (osd_t *d, osd_fd_t *fd, osd_off_t offset, osd_off_t len, buffer_t buffer);     //Store data to disk
    osd_fd_t *(*open) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id, int mode);        // Open an object for use
    int (*get_state) (osd_t *d, osd_fd_t *fd);          //** Retreive the objects state
    int (*close) (osd_t *d, osd_fd_t *fd);      // Close the object
    int (*id_exists) (osd_t *d, osd_id_t id);   //Determine if the id currently exists
    int (*statfs) (osd_t *d, struct statfs *buf);       // Get File system stats
    osd_iter_t *(*new_iterator) (osd_t *d, int partition);
    osd_iter_t *(*new_trash_iterator) (osd_t *d, int trash_type);
    void (*destroy_iterator) (osd_iter_t *oi);
    int (*iterator_next) (osd_iter_t *oi, osd_id_t *id);
    int (*trash_iterator_next) (osd_iter_t *oi, osd_id_t *id, ibp_time_t *move_time,
                                char *trash_id);
};

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Taking inspiration from Iceland
Erik Ipsen
Remember Iceland, the tiny nation with a population about the size of Staten Island's and the debt burden that was an outlandish multiple of its total annual economic output? Well, turns out that Iceland's back. Just three years after it became financial roadkill in the post-Lehman global financial collapse, the Icelandic economy is expanding at a 3%-per-annum clip. Late last week, that Lazarus-like performance won official recognition when Fitch boosted the country's bond rating to investment grade.
So why should we care? Because Iceland proves that economic miracles can happen, and in fairly quick order, which is awfully important to keep in mind now that Greece has its new bailout package. Many say that it will take years or even decades for Greece to grow again — ditto for others, including Spain, Portugal and Italy. Iceland shows that need not be the case, but so too do other financial comeback stories, including the clapped-out American residential and commercial property market. Yes, investors around the globe have caught resurrection fever and are snapping up assets that have been untouchable until recently. How else can the 18% jump in European bank stocks this year be explained, much less that headline on page one of Sunday's New York Times: "Bonds backed by mortgages regain allure."With investors regaining their taste for such things, it is only a matter of time before banks decide that maybe real estate lending isn't such a bad business after all. That especially applies to places like New York City, where there has been so little building on the residential side in recent years that making money developing a rental apartment tower is about as challenging as finding a taxi in midtown on a warm, sunny day.
JetBlue in quest through New York regulatory apparatus to erect giant light-up sign over new headquarters in Long Island City (New York Post)
The architectural rhythm of a West Side city block (The Wall Street Journal)
Amid a subway project's dust and noise, no complaints about the rent (The New York Times)
Revival Cinema: Heights movie house won't die, will get new digs (Brooklyn Paper)
Big box retailer eying land on Staten Island's South Shore (Staten Island Live)
Those U.S. jobs revisions are hard to ignore
Amazon's biggest bull says it may be bluffing about nixed NYC HQ2
Data show construction unions are better for minority workers
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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is a Japanese manufacturer of confectioneries. Its head office is in Nishi-ku, Nagoya.

About
Marukawa was founded in 1888, however, it was established under its current name in 1948. It is a major international company in the field of Bubble Gum.

In addition to manufacturing and selling Marukawa brand bubble gums for over half a century, it also manufactures private brand bubble gums according to the customers' requirements. The company's capital stands at JP¥75,000,000. Its main banks are The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,. Ltd., and Mizuho Bank Ltd.

Timeline

1888 - Started making confectionery
1947 - Started manufacturing Bubble Gum
1948 - Established Marukawa Conf. Co., Ltd.
1957 - Started trading throughout the world

References

External links

Marukawagum.com English website

Marukawa

Brand name confectionery
Food and drink companies of Japan
Manufacturing companies based in Nagoya
Food and drink companies established in 1888
Japanese companies established in 1888
Confectionery companies of Japan

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


After two months one would think anyone could tire of a sight, no matter how amazing, but this never grows old and my heart is missing it—missing her—already.
Maxine is with us as always, and to see her bounding effortlessly across the red soil in Mars' low gravity has been both the amazement and delight of the mission. Ironic perhaps—we crossed the gulf between worlds and witnessed all a new world has to offer, its sweeping vistas of rock and dust, its misty chasms and rolling dunes beneath an unpolluted sky in which the stars burn bright; but the single best memory we shall carry forever is simply Maxine, racing effortlessly beside us, tail wagging furiously and her bark in our helmet speakers.
Jim, Elsa, and Kwan are with me, all four of us on our last EVA. The La Perouse will be lifting off at 15.00 to reconnect with the EM drive sled in orbit, then we're off back to Earth, a six-week crossing at this time of year. Maxine won't be coming with us. We always knew this, but it breaks our hearts. The mission planners knew it would. This was the price for all the other things she has brought to us in our stay on the red planet. Not just her utility, but her companionship; which is why our mission has a mascot in the first place.
She reminds us of home in the deepest, most meaningful way possible, and the stability she brought us is beyond price. At the end of a difficult day she was the balm that soothed frayed nerves and recharged optimism, and her lick and unshakeable happiness reminded us all would be well.
We spent evenings after dinner reading or playing cards, our German Shepherd snoring softly among our feet or sprawled out on a couch at our side in the cramped habitat of Chryse Station. Nothing could more perfectly make an alien world seem welcoming. Few would have ever dared imagine a dog would accompany explorers on their respectful pilgrimage to the long-weathered remains of Viking 1 and Mars Pathfinder, but we have the images to prove it.
We are by the old seabed chasms on the south side of the Chryse Gulf, the Simud Valles at 18˚ N by 37˚ W, collecting the final samples from the data stations. Four white suits, gone pink with the dust, move with careful action. We have time yet to stand and relax, to look up at this sky of indefinable color, see the arc of the sun to zenith—subtly dimmer than the sun of Earth. But we became used to it: our pupils expanded naturally to compensate for the fractional twilight.
The rover is parked at the crest of a rise, its cameras and instruments monitoring us, providing a high-capacity data bridge back to base and a channel to the orbiter if need be. We can speak to Earth from here, though the forty-minute lag time makes conversation impossible.
I heft the last specimen cases aboard the rover—soil and rock taken from specific points and specific depths into the geologic past—then stretch and know we're all done here. The stations will keep working. Mars is covered with electronic outposts, the planet hums with cybernetic activity whether humans are present or not.
Kwan is throwing a ball for Maxine. We brought a box of them, sure they would get lost or deteriorate in the severe Martian conditions. She never tires of chasing them—of course not, it's what she was made for. She bounds in massive, racing, galloping strides that cover fifteen meters or more each, a slow-motion streak covering ground as we may only hope to, despite our own prodigious performance when we get up to speed in these suits. We stand around, laughing and applauding her leaps and tumbles, and loving every moment as she comes trotting back, ball in her mouth. We look at each other, catch glances through our faceplates, and we know we're stretching the moment because we can't bear for it to be over.
"One more throw, Frank," Elsa says, her voice catching. We make it a good one, see Maxine streak away, leap in a perfectly-calculated arc through the cold, thin air, and intercept the red ball. She takes it neatly in her teeth, then lands in a plowing action of red soil, brakes, turns, and trots back. This time she doesn't throw it down at our feet and prance, asking for another, but simply lays it down and looks around us with a knowing expectancy which pulls at our hearts.
We mount up, take our seats, and Maxine launches up onto the rover. She finds her spot among us and drops a paw into the recharge socket. She sits with an alert look, scanning all around, and we know even now, her glance is sending data to the mainframe, accomplishing observational tasks in realtime.
What an asset she's been! The time Jim was overdue, she grid-searched two square miles in minutes, found him—fine but with an unserviceable transmitter—and bridged his signal back from an output cable at her collar socket. She has been Earth's most mobile outpost, the eyes in the backs of our heads, our guardian.
The rover is back at Chryse Station, on a line roughly between Taxco and Warra Craters, in 150 minutes—Maxine could have run it in less than an hour. We go through the process of shutdown, lock into the solar recharge system by the habitat, then head into the airlock one last time.
Maxine trots in with her ball and watches us use the compressor line to blow our suits clean. She shakes violently and stands to be blown clean of dust and carbon dioxide ice the same way. Closing up, we look out across the plains of Mars for a long moment: four humans and their dog. Then the hatch swings closed with a terrible finality.
Four places are filled when we start engines and the La Perouse begins her journey home. The dust races, the flag strains on its pole as the rockets deliver, and the white module kicks free of its descent stage and platform to rise into the pink sky. Cameras around the base watch us go, sending us our own image as we ride the shuddering craft away to space.
But we leave a piece of ourselves behind: the fifth member who was with us when we arrived. We spent as long as we could with her, cuddles went on for a long, long time, and we made sure she had everything she would need. The last we saw, she stepped into her basket, turned around twice and settled down, chin on her paws and her ball at her side. She had a last thump of her tail for us as we closed the hatch and the habitat cycled down to minimum housekeeping levels. She closed her eyes and heaved a long, contented doggie sigh.
She'll be there when the next crew arrives. She'll wake, recharged, bouncing with joy and tail wagging furiously, greeting the next explorers, whom she'll look after with the same diligence as ourselves. She's more than a mascot, more than a drone. The Remote Excursion Xenobot is a true caninoid with a level 2 artificial intelligence. Ground Control assures us she'll wake from time to time, go out through hatches which respond to her needs, take a turn around the monitoring stations and commune with the other cybernetic lifeforms up here. She is the first dog on Mars, and in never returning to Earth she has anchored our hearts there. Chryse is a place made real and welcoming, if only in the mysterious maze of the human psyche, by virtue of the canine nature we cannot do without.
Mike Adamson holds a PhD in archaeology from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured degrees in both marine biology and archaeology. Mike currently lectures in anthropology, is a passionate photographer, a master-level hobbyist and journalist for international magazines.


All the components can be connected to each other. Shared legs simply slide into each other quickly and easily. Add a leg for extra height, remove a leg for a lower profile. You are only limited by your imagination.
— Withstands high levels of heat without damage.
— Resistant to rust, corrosions and interactions with acidic foods.


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▸France▸Bordeaux▸Château Rauzan-Ségla
Château Rauzan-Ségla
Second growth estate in Margaux.
About Château Rauzan-Ségla
Château Rauzan-Ségla is one of the great historic estates of Bordeaux's left bank. In 1855 it was categorised as a second growth as part of 1855 Medoc classification. Only the quartet of Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion were rated above it. When Château Mouton Rothschild was awarded 1st growth status in 1973 it was left heading the second tier of chateaux.
Its history can be traced back as far as the mid 17th century when Pierre des Measures de Rauzen, a well known Bordeaux figure of the time (owning Pichon Longueville Baron and Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) planted the vines. Upon his death the estate was inherited by his many children who, over the next 50-60 years, bickered and sold aspects of the vineyards. In 1763 an unreconcilable disagreement between the heirs meant that the estate had to be divided. One half became Chateau Rauzen Gassies and the other became Domaine de Rauzen, proud owner of 25 hectares of vineyard in Margaux.
The estate's reputation continued to grow under various different managers and in 1790 it earned further notoriety when American president Thomas Jefferson ordered 10 cases. By the time Napoleon III asked the Bordeaux chamber of commerce to rate and classify Bordeaux's left bank wines in 1855, Chateau Rauzen-Segla was already widely known and respected as one of the best sources of red wine in France.
Following this the business is subsequently sold to Eugène Durand-Dassier who plans modernisation and enlargement. When Frédéric Cruse, his son in law, takes over in 1903 there are 35 hectares of vineyard and the estate is ready for a new winery. To mark the progress he tweaks the name to Rausen-Ségla, a change that would remain in tact until 1994 when new owners would revert back to the original.
The property was sold again in the mid 50s before again being sold in 1960 to a Liverpool ship building firm called John Halt Limited. It was at this point that winery's reputation went into decline and a period of stagnation reigned until finally in the mid 1980s the cellar's old wooden vats were replaced with stainless steel and under the guidance of cellar master Jacques Théo new temperature controlled technology was introduced. Critics are in agreement that from this point on the wines of Chateau Rauzen-Ségla have consistently impressed.
In 1987 however Jacques Théo declared the vintage too disappointing to produce a wine from and thus Chateau Rauzen-Ségla became the first chateau not to bottle their wine, much to the consternation and surprise of neighbouring estates.
In 1994 Chanel purchased the property, now consisting of 52 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, and consultant John Kolasa was hired to commence the project of improving the chateau's reputation and restoring the brand's second growth potential. The cellar is renovated with the latest technology and the vineyards are extend. 14 years later there are further extensions and additional vineyards are purchased just south of Margaux to continue the company's progress.
Following the 350th anniversary a new phase commenced at Chateau Rauzen-Ségla. Eight hectares of organic vineyard have been acquired in Margaux while the cellar has undergone continuous modernisation.
Today the wines of Rauzen-Ségla are exceptional and are often referred to as part of an unofficial group of 'super seconds'. Maturation varies depending on the vintage, but generally 50% new French oak is preferred. The wines are built to age for many years and are famously amongst the most tannic of Bordeaux's classed growths in their early years.
Wines from Château Rauzan-Ségla
Margaux AOC "Château Rauzan-Segla " 2er Grand Cru Classé
Château Rauzan-Ségla, Bordeaux, France
Cabernet Sauvignon (55%) Merlot (42%) Cabernet Franc (1%) Petit Verdot (1%)


In the 1st chapter of Colossians, we learn some things about this reconciliation that is made possible on the basis of Christ's death on the cross.
God is going to reconcile all things to Himself and He is going to do it through Jesus Christ. This is why all the fullness of Deity had to dwell in Him. This is why He had to be the God-man. That is the only way Christ's sacrifice could make atonement for sin and reconcile all things back to the Father.
Verses 19-20 state that Christ's death made peace with God.
We are sinners. We are born "in the flesh." We are enemies of God and hostile towards God as we will also see in our main text in Colossians as well. There are none who seek after God which puts to rest the whole "God-seeker, Seeker-friendly" movements. This idea that everyone is just basically good and we just need a little nudge from God to seek Him and find Him is not biblical.
This is why you should never base your church operations or your worship services to gear towards unbelievers. The church is for believers by nature and by definition. If an unbeliever were to come into our church they should see what Christianity looks like, not what the world outside the church looks like. The church is a hospital for sinners and the unbeliever not only doesn't see their need for this hospital but they love their sin and would choose their sin all of their life without the intervening grace and mercy of God on those He has elected.
The unsaved, unregenerate mind according to Scripture is openly hostile towards God and is an enemy of God. If left to ourselves, zero people would populate heaven because every single person that has ever lived would die choosing their sin and would live in eternity in a place called hell separated from God. So, man if He is to be reconciled to God, if He is to be at peace with God would need something outside of himself to provide that peace for him. Thankfully our peace with God is found in the cross of Jesus Christ.
How was this peace made?
God's wrath for sin was poured out on Jesus on the cross. He suffered in ways that none of us could ever comprehend or experience and we won't have to experience it because that price was paid for us and in our place. Christ died so that we can live. When Jesus Christ died and shed His blood on the cross of Calvary, God's wrath for sin was satisfied and Christ obtained eternal life for all that will repent and believer. Notice what the book of Hebrews says on this subject.
This passage in Hebrews makes it clear that when Christ died it didn't just make salvation possible and that God would somehow then be in waiting to see if someone would take Him up on it. No, it states very clearly that when Christ offered Himself on the cross as our high priest, He did so having offered His body, the more perfect tabernacle (or sacred tent), that was not made with hands but is not of the creative work. Christ is eternally existent and is therefore not part of the created order. It was necessary that something outside of the creative order enter the creation to make the sacrifice for sin because that is the only way you could guarantee that the sacrifice for sin would not have been affected by the very sin that they were making payment for.
Christ after rising from the grave and ascending to heaven, sat down at the right hand of the Father, entering the holy place once for all, having already obtained eternal redemption. After His death on the cross, God's wrath was satisfied and now He could rightfully withhold judgment from the believing ones in His Son. So, that means that His Son actually obtained eternal redemption for them when He died on the cross. It is not required for God to wait until the sinner "chooses" to place faith in Christ before He can redeem them. No, they were redeemed the very second Christ offered Himself on the cross to take the full wrath of God for sin on Himself. Yes, a sinner does have to repent and place their faith in Christ for salvation but their salvation was obtained on the cross when Christ actually died on it.
Our peace with God is found in Jesus Christ.
Our redemption by God is found in Jesus Christ.
Our salvation and eternal life is found in Jesus Christ.
Our righteousness is found in Jesus Christ.
Our reconciliation is found in Jesus Christ.
Our changing from enemies to friends with God is found in Jesus Christ.
Our high priest is found in Jesus Christ.
Our perfect sacrifice, our atonement for sin is found in Jesus Christ.
Our adoption into the family of God is found in Jesus Christ.
Our sanctification, our holiness, is found in Jesus Christ.
Our justification before God is found in Jesus Christ.
Everything will be reconciled back to God on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary. The creation, the universe will be reconciled back to and restored to a right relationship with God. The creation was cursed and affected by sin and one day it will be made right and it will be done on the basis of Jesus Christ and His death.
Now, because all things will be reconciled back to God and made right does not mean that the Bible teaches universalism. It doesn't. The Bible makes it abundantly clear that only the believing ones will inherit eternal life and be reconciled back to God in salvation. The unsaved are reconciled back to God but in a different way.
On the other hand, there is a sense in which even fallen angels and unredeemed men will be reconciled to God for judgment - but only in the sense of submitting to Him for final sentencing. Their relationship to Him will change from that of enemies to that of the judged. They will be sentenced to hell, unable any longer to pollute God's creation. They will be stripped of their powers and forced to bow in submission to God (MacArhthur, 1992. p. 59).
Everything will be reconciled back to God on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. For mankind, one will either find peace with God through Jesus or they will find eternal judgment, punishment, and separation from God in their unsaved state.
v. 21 - Formerly (once being, previously, hence not anymore) alienated (estranged from God) hostile (hated, an enemy, openly hostile) in mind (disposition, thought, understanding, intellect) the idea of thoroughly from side to side we were hostile in mind. Engaged in evil deeds. Our alienation from God, our hostility in mind towards God expresses itself in our evil deeds.
v. 22 – He has now reconciled you. This is a thorough and complete reconciliation of the believer. We who believe are reconciled to God in salvation through Jesus Christ. When Paul says in v.22, "He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death," this is a very real reconciliation that is a present reality for us, spiritually.
We are declared righteous which means that at any moment after we are saved we could be presented before God as perfectly holy, blameless (unblemished, spotless), and beyond reproach (not convictable in God's court).
There will be no surprise witnesses, there will be no last-minute sins that will reverse the righteous judge's decision. We will stand forgiven, we will stand righteous, we will stand reconciled, we will stand holy, blameless, and beyond reproach before God.
3. Reconciliation means that Evangelism matters.
We need to tell everyone about this good news! We need to let the world know that there is salvation, that there is reconciliation in Jesus Christ!
Yes, we are rebel sinners.
Yes, we hate God and are His enemies in the natural state.
Yes, we are hostile towards God in our mind.
Yes, we are under the condemnation of our sin when we are born.
Yes, we are spiritually dead.
Yes, I am spiritually alive!
Yes, I am now reconciled in Christ.
MacArthur, John. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Colossians & Philemon. Chicago, Illinois. Moody Publishers. 1992.


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t's been another standout year for the burgeoning Belgian don Yves Van Geertsom. There was the scything anthem 'To The Beat', crafted with big-hitter Laidback Luke and unleashed over the summer on Mixmash, along with the colossal 'Fever' on Spinnin', his all-star collab with Skytech and Fafaq. It took him to Asia and
Brazil, as well as the sprawling — and swanky — Myst club in Shanghai. There have been industrial backdrops at Cologne's Bootshaus juxtaposed with the colourful Guaba Beach Club, all while holding down his residency this summer at Privilege's SupermartXe party in Ibiza, and huge festival sets at the bewilderingly enormous World Club Dome — less a club than a large working town.
Meanwhile, his V Sessions brand has been taking hold, taking over its own stage at the massive Tomorrowland at its events in both Brazil and his native Belgium. He now has a syndicated V Sessions radio show to take the message even further afield, too. So yes, it's been a big year. But next year looks to be even bigger. BEN ARNOLD
What have been the new frontiers for you this year? "I like how the vocal-driven tracks of big room and tropical house are really pushing boundaries, topping the charts and reaching so many people."
Is electronic music taken seriously enough as an art-form? "I think so! No matter what genre you are a fan of, there is space for all sounds to co-exist."
What's the best new bit of DJ/production technology, and why? "Logic Pro X, still my favourite."
If you had to switch your style to another genre, what would it be? "Tech-house or deep house, but I prefer not to think in different styles."
As a fan, what is the top price you would pay to see yourself DJ? "It's not easy to compare Vegas DJs to resident DJs that may be amazing all over the globe, the pricing is the same with
events — smaller promoters may not be able to get the biggest and best guys in but may have booked one of the hottest talents of the moment. It all depends!"
What can be done to prevent drug-related deaths at dance music events? "I think education to both clubbers and staff is important. To see iconic clubs like Fabric in London closing because of these sad drug-related deaths is a shame — education is the most important thing in prevention and safety."
How can we increase diversity in dance music? "By making an effort to seek out diverse musicians and producers, their sounds, and staying open-minded with creativity."
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This matter was in the family court to decide custody of two young children.
We were jointly instructed by a Borough Council Legal Services Team and the other parties Solicitors to conduct a forensic analysis of a mobile phone belonging to the father of the children.
The father stated he was no longer in a relationship with the mother, who Social Services claimed was unfit to look after the children adequately, and as such the father was seeking custody of the children.
We were instructed to extract all communications between the parties during a three month period.
Using specialist forensic tools the following data was recovered from the father's Samsung Galaxy mobile phone;
Contacts – 1,088 (325 deleted)
Calls – 1,152 (29 deleted)
SMS – 30,000 (4,036 deleted)
MMS – 406 (7 deleted)
Chat Messages – 7,185 (16 deleted)
Images – 43,074 (2,017 deleted)
Audio – 1,690 (153 deleted)
Video – 442 (77 deleted)
Locations – 1,252
Web History – 1,2065 (2 deleted)
Searches – 3,923 (32 deleted)
These included one hundred and eighty (180) calls, two (2) chat messages, two hundred and eighty four (284) multimedia messages (MMS), one thousand six hundred and seventy six (1,676) text messages (SMS) between the mother and the father.
Our report, completed within 24 hours, showed that the content of the recovered messages clearly demonstrated an ongoing relationship between the pair and the volatile nature of that relationship.
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We now know what Lord Disick plans to dress up like for October 31. That's right, in an interview with People magazine Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Scott Disick said he wants to be Batman for Halloween. And although it would have been pretty awesome if he'd listened to Bustle' s advice and gone as Frozen 's Olaf, the Caped Crusader is a pretty perfect choice for the favorite reality star.
Celebrities like the Kardashian family take Halloween very seriously getting lavishly dressed up and heading to a multitude of parties. We don't yet know what Kim, Khloe, and the rest are planning on dressing up like, but we do know Disick plans to head to those outings dressed like the Dark Knight. Olaf might have been a fun costume for the dad, but Batman is even better because he actually has a lot in common with the comic book hero.
Several actually. And who is Batman without his Batmobile? If he were willing to go all out, Disick could even get one of his vehicles outfitted with a paint job to rival the comic hero's ride. He has enough cars that I'm sure he could spare one for the job.
In a 2012 Batman-themed group ensemble, Disick went as sidekick Robin while Kanye West got the honor of being Gotham's protector. Disick has paid his dues, it's time for him to get to wear the cape.
Disick doesn't even need to purchase a costume. He can just borrow Kanye's. Or if he wants to go as an all-white Batman he can hit up Kimye wedding guest Jaden Smith for his Batman suit.
I'm sure Disick would love if he had a butler like Bruce Wayne does. Fortunately he's so used to acting like everyone's a peasant that he could totally get in that privileged mindset for Halloween night.
Batman isn't called the Dark Knight for nothing. Plus how could he see the bat symbol signaling he's needed if it weren't nighttime? All crime fighters do their best work in the evening. Meanwhile, Disick is a night club owner which means he operates best after dusk as well.
Sure, the Batman outfit isn't your typical seersucker, but Disick can pull off just about anything. Here's hoping he follows through on his Bruce Wayne desires and Instagrams his costume, because knowing Lord Disick, it's going to be epic.


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Mammoet rushes to Bertha's rescue
January 23 - Mammoet USA has been contracted to recover the largest tunnel boring machine in the world, Bertha, from the ground in Seattle, Washington.
Bertha, which was shipped from Japan to the USA back in 2013 onboard Jumbo's Fairpartner, was built specifically for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel project, comprising the construction of a road tunnel in the city of Seattle.
The machine stopped 1,000 ft (304.8 m) into its underground operation after damage was discovered to the seals, which are located at the front of the machine.
In order to lift the front portion of the machine to the surface for repair, a 120 ft (36.5 m) deep and 90 ft (27.4 m) wide recovery shaft is being constructed by Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP).
For the lifting operation, Mammoet has designed a bespoke modular lift tower capable of skidding over the shaft and repair area. The gantry system was specifically engineering to fit the limited space next to the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Since the machine will be sitting on soil that is too soft to withstand the gantry's heavy payload, it will be constructed on two concrete foundation beams, which are installed on top of the existing concrete piles, originally designed to protect adjacent structures and utilities while digging.
In order to allow the piles to support the gantry's payload, a hydraulic skid base with 48 hydraulic cylinders has been designed to equalise the loads on the concrete foundation beams.
The tower will lift Bertha's entire 2,200?tonne front end in a single hoist, before rotating it by a quarter?turn in the air, and setting it on pre?constructed repair supports.
The gantry will then be used to disassemble the drive unit, first removing the 16 electric motors, and then removing and replacing the seals and main bearing. The front end of Bertha will then be reinstalled and placed back in the shaft with a reverse single hoist.
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Chris Hedges is one of the foremost 'public intellectuals' in the USA. One of the clearest voices on the left and a harsh critic of US imperialism. Hedges takes a clear, uncompromising view of the reality that is confronting us.
He advises us to abandon hope, as that leads to disappointment and desolation, and to focus on what we can practically achieve and through that process find deep personal meaning in our engagement.
He references many key texts, and draws on his deep experience of 20 years as foreign corespondent for the New York Times before quitting his influential position as head of the middle east office over the NYT's refusal to accurately convey the disaster that was the Iraq war. The interview is deeply revealing of how the state controls the narrative and also how journalism has been eroded to 'court gossip'.
Ex Wall Street bond trader, turned financial journalist presents a fresh perspective on economics and social change. This episode fits perfectly into the theme of climate emergency and collapse. Its a good watch and on topic, witty, acerbic, insightful and informed.
Are we living in an era of soft totalitarianism?
Will there be a Davos 2020?
We need to cultivate a culture of deep reverence for nature and be prepared to accept the lessons of our own observations. I added this as a counter balance to the other two videos.
However we see the times we are living though it seems to me it is this interaction between our economic world and the real ecology we are embedded in that we need to concentrate on fully as we are clearly getting this very wrong currently. The issue both of the first two videos addresses is the mechanism by which we can over throw the status quo. The over throw of Wall Street, of the Imperialism and the empowerment of all people to face our collective challenges together seems to be a common theme.
What does declaring 'Climate Emergency' mean?
The authority says the declaration "recognises the climate change crisis and the need for urgent action". It follows a motion debated at a full Council meeting today, where the Council called on Westminster to provide the powers and resources necessary to achieve the target for Cornwall to become carbon neutral by 2030 and committed to work with other Councils with similar ambitions.
The motion – 'Urgency on Climate Change' – was brought to Full Council by Councillor Dominic Fairman, local member for St Teath and St Breward, and seconded by Councillor Edwina Hannaford, the Council's Cabinet portfolio holder for neighbourhoods.
The motion was amended by Councillor for Falmouth Smithick, Jayne Kirkham, to declare a climate emergency in line with the declarations of other local authorities.
Town by town and now whole counties are declaring a climate emergency, but what does that entail?
Should we all be pushing for similar action locally?
The science is settled, yet we seem unable to collectively plot a course to a safe horizon. Global emissions are still rising, they are still drilling and even worse we are still subsidizing the costs of bringing fossil energy to market and putting obstacles in the way of renewable energy development and investment. This must change.
But we definitely know that continuing to work in the ways we have done until now is not just backfiring – it is holding the gun to our own heads. With this in mind, we can choose to explore how to evolve what we do, without any simple answers.
The Prof. in a recent paper of staggering implications argues convincingly that we have to consider three courses of action, immediately as carrying on as we are is counter-productive to our own survival.
What are the valued norms and behaviours that human societies will wish to maintain as they seek to survive?
This involves people and communities letting go of certain assets, behaviours and beliefs where retaining them could make matters worse. Examples include withdrawing from coastlines, shutting down vulnerable industrial facilities, or giving up expectations for certain types of consumption.
This involves people and communities rediscovering attitudes and approaches to life and organisation that our hydrocarbon-fuelled civilisation eroded. Examples include re-wilding landscapes, so they provide more ecological benefits and require less management, changing diets back to match the seasons, rediscovering non-electronically powered forms of play, and increased community-level productivity and support.
We will be meeting in the Cross Keys again next week, that is Thursday 31st January, Llanfyllin High Street. It is a free event, refreshments are served, donations to Cross Keys are welcome. Doors open 7.00 pm formal business from 7.30.
In last weeks meeting we looked at issues around key topics.
Will also be profoundly hit by transport costs. Ideas shared were can children educate their parents, it is after all there future that is being destroyed. The kind of jobs people are being prepared for will not exist, are we even creating the right skill set in pupils. Can we cope emotionally with the changes before us.
Food growing, processing storing and cooking. Can permaculture be part of education, and children more empowered to shape the school environment and hierarchy?
Un-schooling, can we bring people of different ages and backgrounds together to share life experiences and skills and find new ways of learning?
Powys has miles of roads, a dispersed population and is very vulnerable to cliamte or market disruptions. We need to think a lot more about transport. Car we go car free through sharing schemes, car clubs and community taxis. Electric bikes, what other alternatives are there?
Can we create a local currency, or several different types of ways to interact with local, esp. food economy. Social ecoomy work can be rewarded with local currency.


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Cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate out of the reach of national regulation. This column argues that in fact their valuations, transaction volumes, and user bases react substantially to news about regulatory actions. Because they rely on regulated financial institutions to operate and markets are (still) segmented across jurisdictions, cryptocurrencies are within the reach of national regulation.
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum have attracted much attention, because of both meteoric price swings and their advocates' claim that they represent a new model of decentralised trust. Many are analysing the validity of such claims and the economics of the underlying technology (Biais et al. 2018, BIS 2018, Carstens 2018a, 2018b, CPMI 2015, Huberman et al. 2017, Landau and Genais 2018). Concurrently, many national authorities and international bodies have expressed concerns about market integrity and consumer protection issues, as well as the scope opened up for illicit activities such as money laundering and terrorist financing (e.g. G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors 2018, Financial Stability Board 2018, Carney 2018).
Cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate beyond the reach of individual national authorities, as they can function without institutional backing and are inherently borderless. Yet, a number of jurisdictions have announced at various points in recent months that they are considering whether and how to respond, and some have already responded. In a recent paper, we examine whether and how regulatory actions and communications about such actions have affected cryptocurrency markets (Auer and Claessens 2018). We do so using an event study approach, i.e. we use the market reactions to these regulatory statements and decisions to assess the anticipated effects on cryptocurrency markets.
Notes: 1 The vertical line indicates 21:04 on 10 March 2017 (news headline: "US SEC rejects application to list Bitcoin ETF"). 2 The vertical line indicates 07:17 on 22 June 2018 (news headline: "RPT – Japan FSA says ordered 6 cryptocurrency exchanges to improve business, over lax money laundering measures").
Source: Auer and Claessens (2018).
We then proceed to assemble a systematic database of regulatory news events, which can be accessed herealong with replication material, and classify news events into three categories: legal status; anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and interoperability; and unspecific general warnings.
Figure 2 examines returns surrounding four specific categories of legal news. News pointing to an outright ban and non-recognition of the instruments as currencies is associated with negative returns, and strongly so for bans. News suggesting that cryptocurrencies could be treated as securities also leads to negative returns, probably reflecting the expectation that cryptocurrencies would be regulated more stringently. In contrast, the introduction of a specific, non-security legal framework generates positive returns, most likely as those frameworks generally come with oversight rules that are milder than those under securities law.
These effects are large and persist over time. The responses are qualitatively consistent between the one-day (left-hand panel) and the ten-day impact (right-hand panel), with the latter generally more pronounced. We also examine the response to other news events.
Notes: The box plots show minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and maximum. 1 Other than a security legal framework.
We find that regulatory news regarding anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures and limits on the interoperability of cryptocurrencies with the regulated financial system adversely impacts cryptocurrency markets.
In contrast, general warnings about cryptocurrencies, including about the risk of loss, have little discernible effect on prices. In this sense, moral suasion alone does not seem to work in stemming speculative markets.
Why do news events about national regulations have such an impact on crypto-assets that have no formal legal homes and are traded internationally? Part of our interpretation is that cryptocurrencies rely on regulated institutions to convert regular currency into cryptocurrencies. After all, it is the price of cryptocurrencies in terms of conventional money that hogs the headlines and generates speculative activity. Their cumbersome setup also means that many consumers hold and transact in cryptocurrencies through more interfaces, such as online crypto-wallets that are often regulated, or can be regulated in principle. And international arbitrage is still limited. Agents cannot easily access cryptocurrencies' markets offshore – because they may need to have a bank account in the foreign jurisdiction. Factors such as these create market segmentation and fragmentation, which currently make national regulatory actions bind to some degree.
One example of likely market segmentation is the 'Kimchi premium', i.e. the fact that the price of bitcoin in Korea regularly exceeds that in the US, at times by over 50% (Figure 3, left-hand panel). This suggests limits to cross-border arbitrage. Similarly, news about cryptocurrency regulation by authorities in China has led at times to price differentials compared with the US market (Figure 3, centre panel).
Notes: The vertical lines in the centre and right-hand panels indicate 19 January 2017 ("MEDIA-PBOC branch finds 'hidden risks' in bitcoin exchange BTCC-EID") and 9 February 2017 ("China central bank says warned bitcoin exchanges of closure risk on rule violations"). 1 Premium of local BTC price (in USD) compared with BTC price in the United States. 2 AUD, CHF, CAD, GBP, HKD, ILS, INR, PHP and SGD.
Sources: Auer and Claessens (2018).
While arbitrage is imperfect, the markets are obviously interconnected. Accordingly, we also find that national regulatory measures do spill across borders. For example, when China hinted at the possibility of strict regulation of Bitcoin around the end of January 2017, bitcoin trading shifted massively towards other Asian currencies (Figure 3, right-hand panel).
Overall, our analysis suggests that, at the current juncture, there is scope for national financial authorities to apply regulations, if they choose to do so, in the sense that even unilateral actions have an impact on cryptocurrency prices. On the other hand, our results also suggest that not all regulation need be bad news for cryptocurrency markets. Price responses suggest that traders have a preference for a well-defined legal status, albeit a light regulatory regime.
To tackle regulatory concerns, authorities will first need to clarify the regulatory classification of cryptocurrency-related activities, and ideally to do so using criteria based on economic functions rather than the technology used. Related, the boundaries among national regulatory bodies may need to be redrawn to clarify responsibilities. Authorities will need to vigilantly monitor developments and address regulatory issues arising from the global dimension of cryptocurrencies. Our evidence suggests that at the current juncture, authorities around the globe do have some scope to make regulation have effects. For policies to remain effective, and especially in case the market further develops and international arbitrage increases, however, rules will need to be coordinated and enforced across the globe.
Authors' note: We thank Giulio Cornellifor superb assistance in the development of the dataset and the analysis. The views expressed here are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Bank for International Settlements.
Auer, R and S Claessens (2018), "Regulating cryptocurrencies: assessing market reactions", BIS Quarterly Review, September: 51-65.
Bank for International Settlements (2018), Annual Economic Report 2018, June.
Biais, B, C Bisière, M Bouvard and C Casamatta (2017), "The blockchain folk theorem", TSE Working Papers, no 17–817.
Carney, M (2018), FSB Chair's letter to G20 finance ministers and central bank Governors, 13 March.
Carstens, A (2018a), "Money in the digital age: what role for central banks?", lecture at the House of Finance, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 6 February.
Carstens, A (2018b), "Technology is no substitute for trust", Börsen-Zeitung, 23 May.
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (2015), Digital currencies, November.
Financial Stability Board (2018), Crypto-assets: report to the G20 on the work of the FSB and standard-setting bodies.
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (2018), Buenos Aires Summit communiqué, 19–20 March.
Huberman, G, J Leshno and C Moallemi (2017), "Monopoly without a monopolist: an economic analysis of the Bitcoin payment system", Columbia Business School Research Papers, no 17–92.
Landau, J-P and A Genais (2018), Les crypto-monnaies, rapport au Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances, 4 July.
 Relatedly, the SEC's reconfirmation of the denial of a bitcoin ETF fund listing on 26 July 2018 sent the price of bitcoin tumbling from $8,220 to $7,920 (–3.7%) within a short period.
 This event may have had a particularly profound effect as it contrasted with the previously held belief that the FSA was sympathetic towards cryptocurrencies compared with other financial supervisors.
 Another channel would be the reputation effect: the possibility that a decision by one government could encourage other governments to adopt an "anti-crypto" mind-set.
Head of Financial Stability Policy and Deputy Head of Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements, and CEPR Research Fellow.


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Q: how to cluster tokenized documents I have a list of documents, and I want to find out how close they are, in terms of similarity, to some single document. I just figured out how to cluster tokenized documents, but I do not know how to check their distance from a target document.
The way I implemented the clustering was, I first took the list of documents...
text = [
    "This is a test",
    "This is something else",
    "This is also a test"
]

I then tokenized them using the following function...
def word_tokenizer(sentences):
    tokens = word_tokenize(sentences)
    stemmer = PorterStemmer()
    tokens = [stemmer.stem(t) for t in tokens if t not in stopwords.words('english')]
    return tokens

I passed this function to TfidfVectorizer...
tfidf_vect = TfidfVectorizer(
        tokenizer=word_tokenizer,
        max_df=0.9,
        min_df=0.1,
        lowercase=True
    )

tfidf_matrix = tfidf_vect.fit_transform(text)

I then used Kmeans to cluster the matrices...
kmeans = KMeans(n_clusters=3)
kmeans.fit(tfidf_matrix)

I then saved each cluster and printed out the results...
for i, label in enumerate(kmeans.labels_):
    clusters[label].append(i)
res = dict(clusters)

for cluster in range(3):
    print("cluster ", cluster, ":")
    for i, sentence in enumerate(res[cluster]):
        print("\tsentence ", i, ": ", text[sentence])

The results are as follows...
cluster  0 :
    sentence  0 :  This is also a test
cluster  1 :
    sentence  0 :  This is something else
cluster  2 :
    sentence  0 :  This is a test

This is useful information, but let's say I have a target document and I want to see how similar these documents are to the target, how do I do so?
For example, supposed I have the following target...
target = ["This is target"]

How can I check to see how similar each document in text is to this target?

A: For your question the clustering isn't really of use. Clusters can give you a general idea of which groups data belongs to but you can't use it to compare two individual datapoints.
At this point you'd have to implement a loss function. I'd suggest using something simple like euclidean distance or mean squared error.
Vectorize your target document, and iterate through your tfidf_matrix. For each value in the matrix, calculate its loss with your target document. From here you can find which document it is most similar to/different from.

A: You want similarity search, not clustering.
Wrong tool for the problem, you don't need to buy an entire supermarket just to get a beer.
In fact you are now back at the same problem you had in the first place... You put everything document into a cluster, and now need to find the nearest cluster. Just find the nearest document right away... Or back to the supermarket metaphor: you bought the entire supermarket, but now you still need to go there to actually get the beer.

A: You can simply use KMeans.predict()

Predict the closest cluster each sample in X belongs to.
In the vector quantization literature, cluster_centers_ is called the
  code book and each value returned by predict is the index of the
  closest code in the code book.

This will return the index of the cluster to which the new sentence belongs.
Apply the same preprocessing on the target sentence and call predict(). Make sure to use the same tfidfvectorizer to transform the sentence.
Something like:
target_tfidf_matrix = tfidf_vect.transform(target)
results = kmeans.predict(target_tfidf_matrix)


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