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Who killed Neruda? / Clarin of Argentina
The eggplant fries at midnight is the first fad Manuel Araya recalls that "big kid" who sometimes could be Pablo Neruda. Although not indicated station, he rummaged for all markets in the region to which the poet could enjoy one of their favorite dishes. Only then off to sleep. Other times, "Pablito", gave him a milk by spoon roast and talk until morning to ward off insomnia stalking him in his last nights of winter. "He got spoiled, was the only change I noticed in him when he got sick," says Araya, who turned nostalgic trade with the solemnity of a samurai.
After Neruda resign his post as ambassador to France and returned to Chile in November 1972, Araya was the poet's bodyguard and driver. Day two began when she wore a guard for Neruda remojara washing hands before eating breakfast. Neruda was a leaf through the newspapers, at ten drank fruit juice, and began to write verses in green ink and memories that were piling up. So Araya paper listed chaos. "Look mate ordered me out," she told the poet, and gave him one of the smiles that soon begin to dwindle.
In his childhood, he lived on a farm Araya port of San Antonio, in the fifth region of Chile. When I was fourteen, was the Communist leader and two-time senator, Juliet Campusano who treated him like a son and took him in Santiago. He received training in security and intelligence. He learned fast. Both, who became president Salvador Allende messenger. Today, Manuel is sixty-five years, and an enviable memory. Meticulous, weaves the details of a story that could prove that Neruda did not die for branch prostate cancer but by a third party acting secret.
Araya has gray hair, and the imprint of a soldier. Reaches a precise whereabouts of San Antonio and dressed in an impeccable suit lead. Retains a revealing their ancient martial and also some asperity, that of someone who has suffered enough in life. Already installed in the office of Councilman Pedro Pina, who helps with research-starts the interview. Looks like another person when he confesses with the voice of a loving grandfather, who has dreamed poet sees and feels cheerful calls. A few weeks ago, Araya became ill with a strange exhaustion that prevented him from walking, just after his true jump to the international press. "You know, in a moment I thought I was dying with so much history journalist wondering ... I would have been happy. "
Idly, Araya begins to remember how they were the days before the poet's death. There are vivid raids, the screams and fear. Two days after the coup of September 11, a truck arrived with more than forty military to search the house in Isla Negra. A captain came into the room and told Neruda seeking weapons. The poet, sadly, looked out the window and saw digging your garden and how the jackboot crushing the country he loved. The terror was becoming untenable.
On September 19 I was all set to Neruda's trip to Mexico, agreed with the president of this country and its ambassador to Chile, Gonzalo Martinez Corbalá. Araya, Matilde Urrutia and poet departed for Santiago. The destination was the Santa Maria Clinic to prevent run more risks Neruda's house in Isla Negra. According to Araya, the Nobel placed all their hopes on an improvement in Mexico.
Matilde, his last wife, accompanied the poet who called the ambulance, and closely followed them in a car Araya white Fiat 125, which had bought a month earlier. Since the coup, the city and the roads were completely militarized. During the trip were harassed and intercepted every two kilometers to be registered.
This episode is not surprising. After 11 September, Isla Negra was under the governorship of Manuel Contreras, who was in charge of the area and Melipilla Green Gables. This is stated in the record of the provincial governors of San Antonio from 1920 to 1973. That is, the then Colonel Contreras, "The Mamo", decided to put together and rehearse detention TO BECOME director which, in late 1973, would be the dreaded National Intelligence Directorate (DINA).
Araya continues venting of this kind of spell. Do not forget to stop at Melipilla. "They get off the couch to Neruda for review under the pretext of finding weapons. A gift Paul moved like a puppet, he begged for mercy. There was no case. " They came to the clinic touching the curfew and Neruda was hospitalized in part 406. The next day, the poet went clean passing on some poems to Homer Arce, his spell. He insisted continue watching the news on television, but Matilde ordered to be taken away. Protected him from all truth: their homes raided, the murder of Victor Jara and dump corpses that had become the Mapocho River.
The poet asked Manuel and Matilde to return to Isla Negra in search of clothes and books. According to Araya, came on September 22 and still not resigned from the left flank. "It was a mistake, we should not leave him in the care of her sister Laura: she looked good." While searching for things, an employee of the Inn Santa Elena, it took an ominous message. "Pablo says that will be urgent, someone injected him in the stomach while he dozed." Part of this testimony is corroborated by Matilde Urrutia in his book My Life with Pablo Neruda. "Phone rang. It was Paul. He asked me to come back immediately: 'I can not talk more,' he said. I thought the worst was over, feverish as I closed the bag, and I set off. I will stop, I almost crazed. 'We have to go as fast as you can', I told the driver. I do not know how not to kill us. " Manuel corrects a detail of this version: "At that time they had cut the telephone service and the messages were getting through the inn."
Araya recalls that when they arrived at the clinic under Neruda's bags and left them in the car that would take the poet diplomat airport. He went up to the room, saw the poet with reddish face and with a puncture in the abdomen, a stain that stretched as with a mosquito bite. He dipped a towel to try to lower the fever of "Peter". Remember that a doctor came into the room. "He was dark and mustache, told me I had to buy a drug, a prescription that said Urogotán and told me that I could find in a pharmacy Vivaceta street".
Manuel went to Fiat, took the street Balmaceda and as it was approaching its destination, it stopped two cars, they ambushed him, one forward and one back.
- Dude! Are you the secretary of Neruda? Abofetaban shouted while. Answer!
Araya ended up on the floor, with punches and a direct shot in the left leg.
Now out of the trance. "I'll show you," says Araya. It has a two-inch scar on his knee. "How did they know it was me? I have always believed that since the clinic colluded with people who stopped me, "he confesses.
After being held in a police station at midnight was transferred to the National Stadium. He was tortured and interrogated about the whereabouts of communist leaders. Never stopped kicking and punching. "Do not know, do not know what you're talking about." Neruda once warned him that he was being punished for having worked as his assistant, they would ask for "peer" and asked her to take out her eyes but never say anything. Araya kept his promise.
Six days later, was Cardinal Raúl Silva Enríquez, in charge of protecting the persecuted of the time, who found him and called for medical attention for him. "The priest told me that Mr. Paul had died at ten-thirty in the evening of September 23. I could not believe. " Araya was detained for 45 days. His tormentors released him in November.
The newspaper La Segunda, the September 24, 1973, confirms the disappearance of Araya and the reporting of Matilde. The evening changes an item in history says that Manuel was lost when he went to buy a wreath for Neruda. A fact that Araya denies. The newspaper reports: "The widow had merely requested respect for the pain and also reported that yesterday afternoon had gone his driver and private car after the driver went to buy a crown. No return and has not seen or heard from him. " Matilde Urrutia also documented in his book. "I approached the evening and my driver had not appeared. The day before I left the clinic and went to save the car (...). I knew that he was arrested upon arrival on the island, a bit of me in the clinic. And then I made him look, he was at the National Stadium suffering the most atrocious torture. According to them, it was hard and did not confess anything. Poor boy who wandered with Paul for markets, antique shops (...) with him I lost the only person who was with me at all hours of the day. "
A doctor on duty
Eduardo Contreras, plaintiff attorney's case and recognized for his work in human rights, reveals that Neruda's death certificate says he was in a state of cachexia, ie extreme malnutrition and weakness. This condition does not match Araya's testimony, or the former Ambassador of Mexico to Chile, Gonzalo Martinez Corbalá. "Gonzalo said, 'Paul was as robust as ever', spoke to him in his room, saw the final details of the trip, 23 the plane was already in the airport china (...) We have not requested the exhumation of Neruda's body, until it becomes necessary to verify that a toxic substance was administered or not, "said Contreras, for those who just think that Neruda spent his last days in the Santa Maria Clinic, the same facility where he was assassinated in 1984 former President Eduardo Frei Montalva injections of three doses of thallium and mustard gas components. In the case, four doctors were prosecuted. "That Neruda was a military target is a serious event and our duty is to ask for an investigation justice to the end", shoot the lawyer.
Ambassador Martinez Corbalá gave sworn in Mexico, which could reach these days to present.
Between half damaged the microfilms of the National Library, the press of the time tells the inaccuracies of fact between 23 and 24 September. El Mercurio de Valparaíso published on Monday 24 that Pablo Neruda is a result of a severe shock suffered by an injection of painkiller, and other data adds: "The sudden pressure drop experienced yesterday, after having given a sedative injection, forced the doctor trafficker Roberto Vargas Salazar, distinguished urologist and nephrologist, interconsultation calling a cardiologist. "This is a very important low pressure 'explained the doctor and professor of cardiology, who declined yet identified."
El Mercurio of Santiago from September 24 published "The Chilean poet, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, was hospitalized in serious condition at the clinic said Saturday. Subsequently, as a result of a shock suffered after having been placed an injection soothing accentuated its gravity. "
In the press release September 23, 1973 shows the name of Sergio Draper, one of the doctors on duty. After a preliminary screening, Draper, vascular surgeon agrees to talk to your inquiry Ñ (works in a medical center). He had to testify in the case Frei, where he was attending physician. He has never spoken to the press. Answer obfuscated, but wants to give his version which supports the actions of the clinic. "It happened forty years ago, Neruda went with a prostate cancer diagnosis that they had in France and came here with multiple metastases, a terminal cancer spread throughout the body, a pre-coma state."
- Did you read the statements of Manuel Araya, former driver Neruda?
'That I do not know but I can say that the treatment did to Neruda was indicated by Vargas Salazar. The clinic does no treatment other than that indicated by the treating physician. (...) I saw him only a moment on Sunday September 23, I do not correpondía assist you. That day, the nurse on duty told me that Neruda apparently suffered a lot of pain, I said I would apply the injection prescribed by your doctor, if I remember was a dipyrone. If the clinic was so bad, why treating doctors took their patients?
-In Santa Maria clinic assassinated President Frei Montalva, you may have doubts, at least you could have care fraud in the bard.
-I ordered that he be given an injection prescribed by your doctor. I was nothing more than a party. It is the height that we are constantly under suspicion ...
Araya Neruda insists that something was done at the clinic, and says continue to seek clues to support their testimony. Rubs cold arms, and realizes that it darkened. "I wanted sick, knows" he says, explaining that it was good to know that side of the poet that many ignore, the nearby, but also the staunch communist. Days before the coup, read the sonnets Mistral's death. You may already foreshadowed the nightmare to come, and maybe even his own death. Araya realizes it has not had the end of his dream. "Ah, I see smiling Pablito. I heard him clearly, he said, 'Manuel seems we came to a happy ending.' "


Whether preparing for upcoming Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) changes or planning for the next Affordable Care Act (ACA) deadline, compliance issues can make or break an organization.
In this episode, Sharlyn Lauby, the HR Bartender, and Maria Luther, Director of Compliance for Ultimate Software, discuss important issues such as how to strategically prepare for compliance changes. Maria explains how she grades risks in a risk assessment before determining the best ways to prepare, as well as determining implementation and preparation timelines. She also shares the role technology, mobile, and self-service features play in compliance. The 15-minute episode ends with a more serious discussion on cyber security.
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Celebs from Northern California Quiz
Celebrities from California abound, but let's take a look at some who have called home the state's less glittery side, what we call Northern California. I hope you enjoy!
A multiple-choice quiz by PootyPootwell. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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1. I was born in Concord and grew up in Oakland, before playing Buffy/Kip on "Bosom Buddies" and then going on to major roles in such films as "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Who am I? Hint
2. I was born in San Jose but moved to Georgia when I was only two, so I present more as a Southerner. My breakout acting role was as Sawyer in "Lost". Who am I? Hint
Chad Lowe
3. Before I played a hard-core father named Red Forman on the television comedy "That 70s' Show," I played a hard-core father in the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society." Who am I? Hint
Kurtwood Smith
Ed Begley, Jr.
4. I had various roles on shows like "Law and Order" and "CSI" before landing a bigger role on the ABC hit "Grey's Anatomy" as Dr. Addison Montgomery, estranged wife of the lead character's boyfriend. Who am I? Hint
Sandro Oh
Toni Basil
Loni Anderson
5. I grew up in Palo Alto and in fact published a book of stories named after that city. But I'm known more for my acting, including roles in TV's "Freaks and Geeks" and films such as "Spider-Man" (2002), "Pineapple Express" (2008), and "Why Him?" (2016). Who am I? Hint
6. I'm a musician who had big hits with my self-named band with "The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore)" and "Jeopardy." I've also written horror stories and been a DJ. Who am I? Hint
Greg Kihn
Pete Towshend
7. I'm a singer and actress largely known for my role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series. I dated my co-star, Zac Efron, for a long time. Who am I? Hint
8. I earned an Emmy nomination for my portrayal of Detective Rey Curtis on the original "Law and Order" series, a role I had 1995-1999. I also had a short but high-profile relationship with Julia Roberts. Who am I? Hint
Jerry Orbach
9. I am a comedienne who often impersonates my Korean mother. I starred in my own sitcom in the late 1990s called "All-American Girl." Who am I? Hint
Kelly Cuoco
Kat Demmings
10. I'm a comic who was on "Saturday Night Live" from 2005 to 2012 before I starred in my own sitcom "Brooklyn Nine Nine." Who am I? Hint
Stuart Masterson
Jesse Abrams
1. I was born in Concord and grew up in Oakland, before playing Buffy/Kip on "Bosom Buddies" and then going on to major roles in such films as "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Who am I?
Answer: Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks grew up mostly in the eastern part of the San Francisco bay area and moved around quite a bit with his siblings after his parents divorced. He attended Cal State Sacramento before leaving college to pursue acting. Hanks has since become one of the film industry's most beloved and critically acclaimed stars.
2. I was born in San Jose but moved to Georgia when I was only two, so I present more as a Southerner. My breakout acting role was as Sawyer in "Lost". Who am I?
Answer: Josh Holloway
Josh Holloway was born in San Jose in 1969, the son of a nurse and a surveyor who moved the family to Georgia in 1971. After a brief time in college, he moved to Los Angeles, where he was a model before turning to acting. After "Lost," Holloway took on various projects, including the starring role in the dystopian drama "Colony" in 2016 on USA Network.
3. Before I played a hard-core father named Red Forman on the television comedy "That 70s' Show," I played a hard-core father in the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society." Who am I?
Answer: Kurtwood Smith
Kurtwood Smith was born and raised in Wisconsin, but he moved to Northern California and graduated from San Jose State University in 1965. Later he graduated from Stanford University with a Master of Fine Arts. Kurtwood also had a memorable role as a villain in the 1987 movie "RoboCop."
4. I had various roles on shows like "Law and Order" and "CSI" before landing a bigger role on the ABC hit "Grey's Anatomy" as Dr. Addison Montgomery, estranged wife of the lead character's boyfriend. Who am I?
Answer: Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh spent most of her childhood in Arizona, but she was born in San Jose in 1967. She was a working actress for many years before her breakout role as the cool, competent Dr. Walsh in "Grey's Anatomy." She was granted her own spin-off and starred in "Private Practice" from 2007 to 2013. Walsh is active in several charities, including rescue pet adoption and the protection of sea turtles.
5. I grew up in Palo Alto and in fact published a book of stories named after that city. But I'm known more for my acting, including roles in TV's "Freaks and Geeks" and films such as "Spider-Man" (2002), "Pineapple Express" (2008), and "Why Him?" (2016). Who am I?
Answer: James Franco
James Franco was born in Palo Alto in 1978, the eldest of three brothers. Franco is a man of many talents: not just an actor, he's also a director, screenwriter, mixed media artist, and author. One of the charities with which he works is 826 National, which is designed to help students develop creative writing skills.
6. I'm a musician who had big hits with my self-named band with "The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore)" and "Jeopardy." I've also written horror stories and been a DJ. Who am I?
Answer: Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn was born in Baltimore but spent much of his life in San Jose and other cities in the San Francisco Bay Area which is in northern California. He and his friends formed The Greg Kihn Band in 1976. Their hit "Jeopardy" was spoofed by parody artist Weird Al Yankovic in "I Lost on Jeopardy." He was the morning DJ on KUFX, which has its transmitter adjacent to San Jose, for 16 years, ending in 2012. Kihn has also turned his attention to writing; he's published several books in the horror genre.
7. I'm a singer and actress largely known for my role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series. I dated my co-star, Zac Efron, for a long time. Who am I?
Answer: Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens was born in Salinas in 1998; her mother was an office manager and her father a firefighter. She started her performing career at age eight by appearing in local musical theater, and has gone on to work on Broadway, in films, and on television.
8. I earned an Emmy nomination for my portrayal of Detective Rey Curtis on the original "Law and Order" series, a role I had 1995-1999. I also had a short but high-profile relationship with Julia Roberts. Who am I?
Answer: Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt was born in San Francisco in 1963 and attended one of the city's most prestigious public schools, Lowell. After "Law and Order," he went on to star in several movies, including "Miss Congeniality" with Sandra Bullock and "Traffic" with Benicio del Toro, both in 2000. Bratt is philanthropically active in several Native American organizations.
9. I am a comedienne who often impersonates my Korean mother. I starred in my own sitcom in the late 1990s called "All-American Girl." Who am I?
Answer: Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho was born in 1968 to parents who owned a bookstore in a lively San Francisco neighborhood. She was accepted into San Francisco School of the Arts and studied at San Francisco State University before launching a career in stand-up.
10. I'm a comic who was on "Saturday Night Live" from 2005 to 2012 before I starred in my own sitcom "Brooklyn Nine Nine." Who am I?
Answer: Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg may star in a sitcom based in New York, but he's a native of Berkeley. When he was a student at Berkeley High School, he developed his talent for creative writing. He wrote for SNL before joining the cast. He married musician Joanna Newsom in Big Sur, California in 2013.
Source: Author PootyPootwell
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Maryland Zoo Welcomes First Penguin Chicks of the Breeding Season
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is excited to announce the hatching of three African penguin chicks — the first to hatch during the 2016-2017 breeding season at Penguin Coast. The first chick hatched on October 20 to parents Portia and Beckham while the second chicks, offspring of Ascot and Dennis, hatched on October 22 and October 25.
"This breeding season is off to a wonderful start," said Jen Kottyan, avian collection and conservation manager. "As soon as the nest boxes were made available to the penguinsagain for the start of breeding season, the birds began exhibiting breeding behaviors and claiming their nests. We are really excited about the prospects for this season, and these three are just the beginning."
Breeding season for the African penguins at Penguin Coast begins in mid-September and lasts until the end of February, mimicking the spring/summer breeding season for these endangered birds in their native South Africa. Penguin chicks will hatch 38-42 days after the eggs are laid. Zoo keepers monitor development of the eggs by candling them about a week after they are laid to see if they are fertile and developing. The eggs are then placed back with the parents. "With African penguins both the male and the female take turns sitting on the eggs," said Kottyan. "Once the eggs hatch, parents take turns caring for their offspring; they each protect, feed, and keep the chick warm for 2-3 days and then switch off."
At Penguin Coast, chicks stay with their parents for about three weeks after they hatch and are fed regurgitated fish from their parents. During this time, zoo keepers and vets keep a close eye on the development of the chicks, weighing and measuring them daily for the first week to make sure that the parents are properly caring for each chick. When a chick is three-weeks-old, the keepers remove it from the nest, and start to teach the chick that they are the source of food. This step is critical as it will allow staff to provide long term care for the birds including daily feeding, regular health exams and both routine and emergency medical care.
The Maryland Zoo has been a leader in breeding African penguins for close to 50 years, winning the prestigious Edward H. Bean Award for the "African Penguin Long-term Propagation Program" from the AZA in 1996. The Zoo has the largest colony of African penguins in North America, with now over 75 birds. "Our penguins are bred according to recommendations from the AZA African Penguin SSP which helps maintain their genetic diversity," said Kottyan. "Many of the African penguins previously bred at the Zoo now inhabit zoo and aquarium exhibits around the world."
In September, Penguin Coast was awarded Top Honors in the Exhibit Award category from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) during the AZA Annual Conference. "This has been an exciting year for us already," stated Kottyan. "We hosted the African Penguin Species Survival Plan (SSP) meeting in July, sent two staff to South Africa to participate in penguin conservation programs in August and September, won the AZA Exhibit Award in September and now the breeding season is well underway with these successful hatchings."
For updates on the chicks in the coming weeks, please visit www.marylandzoo.org or our www.facebook.com/marylandzoo.
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The moment we have been waiting for has finally arrived: H&M United States E-Commerce launches today! Yes, the trend purveyor powerhouse is now online (just in time for it's collaboration with none other than Isabel Marant in Fall 2013). To celebrate the long-awaited launch, H&M is celebrating with it's 50 States of Fashion campaign and contest. I'm happy to represent Massachusetts as a Style Ambassador in the campaign! There are so many great things about Massachusetts fashion - cool local designers, interesting (mobile!) boutiques, and even design and style in unexpected places.
If you're feeling patriotic (and stylish), you can join the 50 States of Fashion campaign for a chance to win an H&M shopping spree! Just post an Instagram of how you style your H&M with the hashtag #HMShopOnlineMA. H&M will pick one winner from each state for a $250 H&M gift card, and one lucky grand prize winner will win a $1,000 H&M gift card and a trip for two to New York Fashion Week!
Now, go forth and shop (and Instagram)!
lets do it to it new england!
awesome lady! congrats on representing our fine state! there goes my budget!
Congrats Kristen! Sounds like a great campaign. You look fantastic!
Thanks!! KAtherine looks great, doesn't she?
I love the boyfriend jeans on you!!! You look fab representing our city with H&M! Loves it!
I love these jeans, too! So comfy!
And congratulations for the campaign! Sounds awesome!
congrats on being an h&m style ambassador! they picked well. ;) how exciting to have this site up and running!
I love your boyfriend jeans! I am so excited for H&M and the fact they are adding more square feet to the Newbury St. store! Congrats on your involvement as a representative for MA!
Yes - LOTS of exciting H&M news in Boston! The Newbury store is a pain while it's under construction, but I think it will be so nice once it's complete!


Lantern - a wealth management boutique, whose affiliated companies include a regional broker-dealer, a wealth management firm, and an insurance company - announces its latest team member, appointing Keith Douglas as Vice President - Fixed Income Markets. Keith's responsibilities will include: assisting our Tri-Party clear through relationships, RIA partners, and Lantern's financial advisors with fixed income portfolio strategies, portfolio construction, and idea generation.
Keith is a financial services professional with extensive experience with top tier investment banks. Previously, as Director of Global Bank Sales Foreign Exchange at Citigroup Global Markets, he provided tailored fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) solutions to the firm's financial advisors, their ultra high net worth (UHNW) clients, and to financial institutions.
Keith is an active member of the Fixed Income Analysts Society (FIASI). FIASI, founded in 1975, is a not-for-profit professional society dedicated to the education of its membership and the fixed income community at large.
Keith is married with three children. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf, skiing, and spending time with his family. Keith is a founding member and director of the Joshua Kahan Fund, a not-for-profit foundation finding a cure for pediatric leukemia. Keith holds a BBA from the Lubin School of Business, Pace University.
The economy skirted another landmine on February 15 when Congress passed, and President Trump signed, a package of spending bills that funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year ending September 30.
Thanks to the government shutdown it will be a while before the data calendar returns to normal. In the meantime, economists, policymakers and investors are flying partially blind.
There's a time-honored adage that Wall Street likes to climb a wall of worry. As the curtain rang down on 2018, that wall kept getting higher, resulting in one of the most tumultuous market environments in years. The question is, will that wall come tumbling down or pose a formidable barrier for the economy to surmount in the coming year?
With the midterm elections behind us, the pollsters can breathe a sigh of relief that the outcome was generally consistent with their predictions, unlike the embarrassing misses in the 2016 election.
The Federal Reserve, as expected, raised its bellwether policy rate again at its September meeting, bringing it to a range of 2 to 2 1/4 percent.
"With the economy closing in on the best year for growth in more than a decade, household and business spirits are understanably upbeat."
Members of the MBCNY are given the opportunity to expand their knowledge and develop connections through an array of social events and panels. The club also enhances members' investment skills by offering 9-week lecture series highlighting various aspects of the municipal bond industry. Lantern is proud to support an organization that champions excellence within the field.
Annually, the MBCNY donates to select charities. This year the organization raised $5,000 for the FDNY Foundation and $1,000 for Kindness over Muscular Dystrophy. Lantern values these donations as it similarly focuses on giving back to the community through fund-raising efforts for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society-Long Island.
Lantern, as a full service broker dealer and leading bond specialist, is looking forward to collaborating with the MBCNY to share investment expertise and make strides within the industry.
Finra's $1.6 billion portfolio has returned 3.4% annually, versus 6% for a half-stock, half-bond portfolio.
WASHINGTON: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is more than just a Wall Street regulator.
Rare among regulators and little known to many industry participants, Finra is also an investor and one whose subpar returns are compounding its members' financial challenges, say some of the brokerages that pay its fees.
From its inception in 2004 through the end of 2016, Finra's $1.6 billion investment portfolio has brought in $440 million less than what a balanced mix of global stocks and U.S. bonds would have yielded, according to Wall Street Journal calculations. Some brokerages are starting to question how it uses the stockpile.
"It would be prudent for them to take a second look at where that money is going," said Wendy Lanton, chief compliance officer for Lantern Investments Inc. of Melville, N.Y., a firm that employs 44 brokers.
Despite Finra's decision to initially pursue strategies associated with large endowments, such as investing in alternatives such as hedge funds, the portfolio has lagged far behind the market. It has returned 3.4% annually, versus 6% for the half-stock, half-bond portfolio, according to the Journal's analysis of figures disclosed in Finra's annual reports.
The returns have real ramifications for the brokerage industry. In years when Finra's fee revenue exceeds forecasts and investment gains are strong, the regulator can rebate fees paid by firms it regulates. It hasn't done that since 2014.
Instead, since implementing its portfolio Finra has raised some fees it charges its 3,800-member brokerage firms to support its $1 billion budget, partly because its revenue has come under pressure as smaller firms fail or merge. Finra membership is down from 4,600 in 2010.
Finra's actively managed portfolio--unusual for regulators, which normally invest their cash in short-term securities--dates to a windfall that it reaped over several years starting in 2001 after its predecessor, the National Association of Securities Dealers, sold off its interest in the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Finra decided in November 2003 to mimic the investment strategies of university endowments, such as those at Harvard and Yale. It didn't widely publicize the decision, which was opposed by some smaller brokerages that wanted Finra to distribute the Nasdaq payout to member firms. "Finra's investment portfolio is governed by a policy based on best practices of endowment funds," it wrote in its 2007 annual report.
At first, that meant embracing alternative strategies such as investing in hedge funds. In 2006, Finra's board debated whether to reduce its holdings of less liquid investments because the regulator's expenses were increasing faster than revenue, but ultimately didn't make substantive changes, according to an internal report that examined the history of its performance. Finra officials say they spend about 3% of the portfolio each year to pay operating costs.
After losing $576 million in the 2008 downturn, triple its worst-case estimates, Finra piled much of its portfolio into bonds, missing out on much of the subsequent stock-market rally.
"It's pretty drastic underperformance that would typically result in a change of who their consultants or underlying managers are," said Brad Alford, founder of Alpha Capital Management, an Atlanta firm that helps clients identify investment advisers. "They are underperforming a fairly conservative benchmark."
Over the past 10 years, Finra's portfolio netted an average annualized return of 1.9%, according to Journal calculations. That compares with a 5.7% return for endowments with assets over $1 billion, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Finra discloses returns on a calendar year basis, while colleges and universities report performance over a fiscal year that runs from July to June.
Finra officials say they seek greater diversification than a simple basket of stocks and bonds. "We pursued a much more conservative approach than a 50/50 benchmark," said Nancy Condon, a Finra spokeswoman. "Judging risk in hindsight in this manner is meaningless." The portfolio tries to achieve "lower-risk returns that preserve principal."
Finra officials also disputed the Journal's estimated $440 million shortfall because the calculation doesn't use the precise dates of cash flows into and out of the portfolio. That information isn't provided in Finra's annual reports, and the regulator declined to supply it.
Finra tripled the share of its portfolio parked in bonds and cash in 2009, and yanked money from hedge funds and stocks, a decision that hurt its performance as riskier assets rebounded that year. The organization since then has kept about 12% in cash, according to Finra officials, which also hurts returns.
Finra's returns since 2009 have met a custom benchmark that Finra executives use to judge whether their outside money managers beat lower-cost alternatives, Ms. Condon said. But Finra's annual reports don't disclose the benchmark's performance or report how it is calculated.
Since 2009, Finra's portfolio has notched an annualized return of 5.3%, compared with 7.6% for a 50/50 balanced portfolio, according to the Journal's analysis.
Finra further adjusted its asset allocation last year, pulling $35 million from HighVista Strategies LLC, a private fund manager founded by former Harvard University professor Andre Perold that practices endowment-style investing.
The move will reduce fees that Finra pays to HighVista and will boost portfolio liquidity, according to Finra's 2016 annual report. Finra officials say they are pleased with the performance of HighVista, which didn't return calls seeking comment.
One-Participant 401(k) Plans ~ Are They More Beneficial For Small Business Owners?
In their own way, words are nothing but metaphors indicating the objects they epitomize. Every word can be viewed as a metaphor representing something beyond its simple spelling and articulation. This is particularly true for some of the language featured in the industry standard new account form.
Cultivating a long lasting client bond is crucial to both the longevity of the relationship and future generations.
Clients look to their financial services professionals as a resource for their financial needs. Whether it is a broad based conversation about their long-term financial needs, narrowly focused questions regarding their taxes or inquiring about the latest breaking news on CNBC, the financial professional is a trusted source.
Some leveraged Closed-end Funds are currently paying distribution rates as high as 10%.
Melville, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/10/2015 -- Hate to haggle for a bargain? You're not alone. So, imagine your excitement at having the opportunity to shop at a store where most prices are meaningfully discounted from where they were just a few weeks ago. Now, picture that a kind stranger just handed you a coupon to take an additional discount off the already reduced prices.
Teaching investors the role their financial representatives play is a crucial component of the educational process.
The recent barrage of articles regarding the "fiduciary standard" is not bound to cease but rather to endure. At the crux of the debate is the Department of Labor's [DOL] intention to adopt and enforce a new standard that would, among other things, force brokers who work with retirement accounts to become fiduciaries.
Communication is a two-way street.
There is a symbiotic relationship between broker-dealer, advisor and client. They all rely on each other to manage a relationship that can be effective only if each party is honest and provides complete information.
Buying municipal bonds empowers investors to retain 100% of their interest income.
Melville, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/26/2015 -- A wise man once said, "Choose your friends wisely. Not everyone has your best interest." Investors, please take note.
While almost all broker-dealer and investment advisory firms recognize they need a plan to deter, prevent and detect cyber invasions, most advisors don't seem to realize the vital role they play.
Corporate culture is a top down approach. Management at member firms should take a close look at their corporate culture to ensure that what is being preached is actually being practiced.
Melville, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/06/2015 -- "Don't judge a book by its cover and your investment performance by its brokerage statement!" cautions Keith Lanton, President of Lantern Investments.
Lanton warns that investors continue to inaccurately assess the performance of their investments, especially around this time of the year, tax season, when they review their 1099 Form.
4/03/2015 - Money Fix: Stock market correction on horizon?
The only certain thing about investing is uncertainty. That theme was validated last year and humbled the wise men of Wall Street. Seventy-two out of 72 economists polled predicted that interest rates would rise. Yet the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 2.20% from 3.00%. In addition, none of the economists foresaw the price of oil tumbling to under $60 a barrel from $110, yet it did.
Lately, registered representatives at FINRA registered broker dealer firms seem to be quickly heading for the doors to join RIA firms.
Zero-coupon tax-free bonds may offer the best investment opportunity in today's fixed-income market. Intermediate- and longer-term tax-free zeros are currently yielding about 20% more than comparable coupon-paying bonds. For example, an investor in a high-tax state can earn 3.50% to 3.75% on a 20-year tax-free muni. A client in a high federal and state tax bracket could see a tax-equivalent yield of 7.00% to 7.50%.


Rostov, Russia, November 2, 2015 -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- Report generator creators Fast Reports Inc. announced the release of the newer version of FastReport.NET - 2015.4. New version includes a list of important changes, but the main news is that report designer FastReport Online Designer is now a standalone application.
FastReport Online Designer has joined company´s cross-platform product line. Designer works on devices based on Android, iOS and Windows operating systems.
FastReport Online Designer uses HTML 5 technology. Eliminating Flash and Java allows to reduce the time for loading and saving the reports.
FastReport Online Designer is perfect for working in any modern browser on any device: touch-oriented interface adjusts according to platform specifics (desktop and mobile); the ability to choose and pick only necessary components makes designer lighter and faster and helps integrating it into any business system.
Online Designer allows to create, edit and preview the reports not causing any compatibility problems, while helping to conduct fully-featured work on the reports even offline: the Internet connection is required only for initial loading and saving the changes.


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The Library: Episodes 19, 31, and ∴
"The Library is a pirate TV show. It's shown up once or twice on most network channels, but usually it's on the channels that Jeremy thinks of as ghost channels. The ones that are just static, unless you're paying for several hundred channels of cable. There are commercial breaks, but often the commercials aren't even in English, or in any other identifiable language.
Episodes of The Library have no regular schedule, no credits, and sometimes not even dialogue. No one has ever claimed responsibility for inventing The Library. No one has ever interviewed one of the actors, or stumbled across a set, film crew, or script."
-Kelly Link, 'Magic for Beginners'.
'The Library' is the most unusual television program ever conceived. For the first time, we've been able to track down an old recording of three episodes from the second season, 19, 31, and ∴ We invite you to see what happens to Fox, Faithful Margaret, Prince Wing and the dashing-but-treacherous pirate-magician Two Devils when they discover exactly what's about to destroy the Library they hold dear. Will they be able to band together and defeat this new menace? Or will they be forced to accept that sometimes, books don't hold all the answers?
'The Library: Episodes 19, 31, and ∴' is a costume-light, brain-melting experimental LARP from the masochist that's brought you too many Shakespeare games. It's highly recommended that players familiarise themselves with the short story this game is based on - copies are available online and through most public libraries.
LARP: 2047
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 00:09 — tevinterium
Sarah Daymond
Chicago, 2047.
Charles Hartmann, CEO of Hartmann-Prince Multinational, is having a "get-together" to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Al Capone's death.
At least, that's one story. Everyone knows there's got to be a real reason behind the event: maybe he's planning to announce something that'll finally end the technological stalemate with rival company Featherlight, or maybe he's made a contract with the Chicago Police Department for military-grade cyberware. Rumours are everywhere.
But he won't be the only one at that gathering, and his guests have announcements of their own. Strange, though, that his favoured researcher isn't on the door list...
LARP: The Script
Mon, 08/19/2013 - 17:37 — fuchsia
Claire Ahuriri
Written by Claire Ahuriri
A bunch of stereotypical teens meet in this place. Is it the school after hours? A cabin in the woods? Lover's Lane? No one is quite sure, but it sure is freaky out here. There's rumours of some kind of slasher going around... or was it a werewolf? Or was it pods from Mars? No one can quite figure it out. Maybe the script has the answers. But it's nowhere in sight. What the hell is that creepy voice that keeps giving you orders? Everything is starting to play out like a really bad horror movie. And what's that over there? Is that… the script?
This LARP is played using Theatresports/Improvisation games to explore the story. (Knowledge of these is not required, and a briefing and warmup will take place)
Spoiler free game guide here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VTCi6uZ9xgii3dIhE2P-ViigRweR1Yx4BqFK...
LARP using multiple Improvisation rules
improvistion
KapCon23
metaLARP
Boats Against the Current
Tue, 08/13/2013 - 00:09 — Anna K
New York, in the throes of the roaring twenties. An age of defiance, rebellion, blazing forth into a bright future in a whirl of liquor and dancing.
Recently, an eccentric but much talked about millionaire socialite has died under very questionable circumstances. Speculation abounds in the streets, and splashed across the papers - who was this man, really? Where did he come from? Who killed him? And why?
This afternoon is his funeral, and you are not at it. In the shimmering heat of summer you and other glittering people, none of whom were the sort to have anything to do with the likes of him, while away the afternoon slowly with alcohol, music and something akin to gnawing guilt.
A mature theatreform larp for nine people, inspired by "The Great Gatsby"
Something in the Heir
When everything goes to hell, it doesn't matter who you know. It's what you know. What you remember.
What really matters is where you came from.
The Proga family came from old money, and they squandered it away. They hold the same grand party every year, but every time it gets a little less extravagant, a little less special. Rumour was, they'd spent it all on secret collaborations with the government. Not that they have anything to show for it, now.
This year, the only reason they're holding the party at all is the weight of tradition. You probably won your ticket from a radio station. It doesn't matter. Are you here for the party, though, or something more important?
Are you ready to learn where you're headed?
KapCon XXII
LARP: Teacakes, Death Rays and Strychnine
Wed, 10/10/2012 - 19:14 — Ilikebigbooks
The Women's Institute of Hallows Hill is, in many ways, typical of its kind; it runs bake sales for good causes, organises volunteer groups, helps the local school with its Christmas pageant and is an essential part of the local community. This particular local community, however, is made up (almost entirely) of second tier supervillans and their families; the sort that, while they do well, can't quite scrape together enough for that volcano base. But Hallows Hill is a lovely area, with a good school for the kids and excellent local greengrocers. It's a little village that understands completely when you accidentally open a portal to hell in your back garden, or the deathbots go on a rampage down the local high street. The WI has encouraged and enabled a strong sense of community spirit among the villainous denizens.
But the Women's Institute is currently being torn apart by controversy. For the first time in its history, men are pressing to join. The community is divided. Angry letters have been written to the local newspaper. Sharp words have been exchanged in the fishmonger's. Letterboxes have been knocked over. Skeleton armies are being readied. Death Rays are being powered up.
To prevent Hallows Hill from becoming a smoking crater in the ground, the MP for Hallows Hill has arranged a meeting to work out a solution...with as few casualties as possible.
It's Midsommer Murders meets Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog meets Desperate Housewives.
Costuming: Light to medium, depending on the character.
LARP: How Quick and Fresh
musicforwolves and William Shakespeare
Mr O'Strate, the teacher behind last year's eerily realistic production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', now has a group of students who've somehow managed to avoid hearing the horror stories about the last play he helmed. Now, with a dog-eared copy of 'Twelfth Night' under his arm, he's brought you all here for another rehearsal. Things are feeling weird, though. You've got the urge to find true love, cast old fears aside, and really get invested in your characters. Will Sir Toby sober up before dress rehearsal? Will Feste learn to play the ukulele? And will anybody be able to tell the twin brothers apart?
It's all happening tonight. And remember: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Emphasis on the word 'thrust'.
Russ Kale wrote and ran 'Quick Bright Things' at Victoria University and Chimera in 2012. William Shakespeare wrote 'Macbeth' and accidentally spawned a number of teen comedies. Player advisory: this game will involve coarse language, sexual content and poor life choices.
Sex Comedy
Unnecessary Drama
LARP: Mansfield with Monsters
Fri, 10/05/2012 - 18:33 — Catnip
Wellington 1919. In the wake of the Great War the dread Haitian 'Flu arrived in New Zealand. Tens of thousands died, if not from the 'flu itself then from the depravations of those who succumbed to the disease only to rise from the grave with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
The Government responded by enacting curfews and rationing measures. The army set up safe zones guarded by machine guns and barbed wire where the living might continue with their business. Those who wander outside the safe zones risk being torn apart by the living dead.
Still one shouldn't let the fact that the dead are returning to life in contravention of the very laws of nature get one down. Many of the city's well-to-do are doing their best to carry on as if there wasn't an apocalypse on their doorstep. In this spirit of brave defiance Dr and Mrs Harry Young are holding a dinner party for a number of their closest friends.
Mansfield with Monsters has been written to celebrate the release of the book of the same name by Matthew and Debbie Cowens (http://www.steampress.co.nz/monsters.html). You don't have to have read the book to enjoy the LARP, but you might want to check it out anyway.
An Intimate of Devils
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 00:46 — Anna K
1889. Three decades ago, London was stolen by bats. Dragged deep into the earth by the Echo Bazaar. The sun is gone. All we have is the gas-light of Mr Fires. But life goes on, lit by glowing fungus and candlelight. There are still people in Fallen London. And there are still temptations...
Did you hear the one?
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 16:25 — sophmelc
Sophie M
In 1910 the Turnbull family were brutally murdered in their home. The reason why was never discovered, but over the years a number of brutal and increasingly outlandish tales have been told. A tradition has also started amongst students and lovers of ghost stories to stay the night in the abandoned "Turnbull House" on the night that the murders happened, Oct 16th.
This is the 100 year anniversary and the group who spend the night here this year will get more than they bargained for.
*Runner up in the 2011 SDC*


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Author: OSU Athletics
Fans and alumni of Oklahoma State University have long been blessed with one of the nation's most well-rounded athletic departments. From bowl games in the fall and Final Fours in March, to the College World Series in June, the cheering, and winning, never stops in Stillwater.
Registration Open For Brooks Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament On Sept. 27
July 9, 2019 by OSU Athletics
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / July 8, 2019) – Help us pay tribute to a Cowboy great and support the next generation of Oklahoma State student-athletes at the Brooks Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament on
Cowgirl Basketball Announces Non-Conference Slate
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / July 2, 2019) – Oklahoma State's women's basketball team will navigate a formidable non-conference schedule in 2019 which features nine teams that reached the postseason a year
Oklahoma State Announces 2019-20 Equestrian Schedule
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / July 1, 2019) – Oklahoma State Equestrian has finalized its schedule for the upcoming 2019-20 season.
The Cowgirls open the season with a road trip to Tennessee, where they'll
Cowgirl Coaches Named NFCA Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year
June 12, 2019 by OSU Athletics
(LOUISVILLE, Kentucky / June 12, 2019) – The Oklahoma State softball coaching staff has been named the NFCA Midwest Regional Coaching Staff of the Year following its efforts in guiding the Cowgirls
Greenwood Tennis Center to Host ITA Kick-Off Weekend
June 5, 2019 by OSU Athletics
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / June 5, 2019) –Oklahoma State's women's tennis team is one of 15 teams set to host the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend event next January, marking the fifth
Leslie O'Neal Included On Hall of Fame Ballot
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / June 3, 2019) – Former Oklahoma State defensive end Leslie O'Neal is one of 76 players included on the ballot for 2020 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the
Matthew Wolff Named Jack Nicklaus Award Winner
May 30, 2019 by OSU Athletics
(DUBLIN, Ohio / May 30, 2019) — Oklahoma State's Matthew Wolff has been named the 2019 recipient of the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award it was announced today by the Golf Coaches
NCAA Baseball Regional Moved From Stillwater to Oklahoma City
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / May 27, 2019) – The NCAA Baseball regional that was previously scheduled to take place in Allie P. Reynolds Stadium this week has been moved to Oklahoma City and Chickasaw
Cowboy Baseball Selected As NCAA Regional Host
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / May 26, 2019) – Oklahoma State has been selected as one of 16 Regional hosts for the 2019 NCAA Baseball Championship.
In its final season, Allie P. Reynolds Stadium will
Notes: Cowgirls Prepped to Host NCAA Stillwater Regional
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / May 14, 2019) – The Oklahoma State softball team enters the NCAA Tournament this week as a national seed for the first time and the Cowgirls are set to host their first
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IHRC has the pleasure of announcing the visit of Mu'allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, to the UK. Veteran campaigners will remember the campaign for his release from detention on trumped up charges under the regime of Sani Abacha between 1996 – 1998.
Mu'allim Al-Zakzaky will be addressing a number of meetings around the country on issues regarding Islam in Nigeria and the region, as well as globally. He will of course, be touching on the much discussed but little understood issue of the implementation of shariah in Nigeria, as well as historical and contemporary issues.
We are currently in the process of finalising a schedule for Mu'allim Al-Zakzaky between Saturday 31st March and Wednesday 11th April. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to arrange a talk in your area. There may already be one planned, so please contact us for further details. A provisional schedule of dates will be out in the next couple of days.
Please call the office on 020 8902 0888 or e-mail us at ihrc@dial.pipex.com. Alternatively you can fax a request to us on 020 8902 0889.


If you're a sports fan – or know one – then you'll be pleased to know that there's now a New Orleans Saints store at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
The shop is stocked with licensed merchandise, apparel and collectibles for the Super Bowl XLVII Champions and is located pre-security in the East Lobby near the entrance to Concourse B.
Forget the Super Bowl. Party at the New Orleans airport.


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Wild Ride
North Star Financial Services2021-05-17T11:37:29-05:00May 17th, 2021|
Mr. Market, like Disneyland's Mr. Toad, had a wild ride. Toad, borrowed from "The Wind in the Willows", regularly becomes obsessed with current fads, only to abandon them abruptly. That sounds like a reasonably good description of most of the trading community. May has provided a particularly bumpy road for the recently popular SPAC, Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy, and Cannabis sectors.
The most pronounced sharp twists in the road last week came from a cyber-attack, a surge in inflation, soft economic data, and a surprise relaxing of COVID-19 safety protocol from the CDC. Colonial Pipeline Co., the operator of a critical gasoline pipeline to the Eastern U.S., became a DarkSide victim this week and paid close to $5 million to the hackers, according to people familiar with the matter. The company shut down the pipeline the previous Friday, leading to a spike in prices and long lines at the gas stations. The pipeline resumed operations on Wednesday, but that same morning the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that over the last 12 months the Consumer Price Index surged 4.2 percent, representing its largest 12-month increase since a 4.9-percent increase for the period ending September 2008. The back half of the week also saw soft economic data from retail sales and an unexpected drop in consumer sentiment. In the midst of the worst market sell-off in 6-months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people could start taking off their masks indoors, leading to a "reopening" rally that cut the losses in half. Mega cap tech stocks finished with the worst performance, with the Nasdaq declining 2.34%, small caps lost 2.07%, and the S&P 500 shed 1.39%. The dollar and gold were largely unchanged, while the yield on the Ten-Year Treasury recouped the 5 basis points it lost the previous week to finish at 1.63%.
We prefer less thrilling stock market rides, and as such continue to favor time-tested valuation rationales based on cash flow metrics and stable balance sheets in the North Star Funds – in fact, we LOVE discussing our admittedly nerdy obsession with cash flow-based valuation metrics. That said, we do believe that for risk-tolerant investors with long-term time horizons, the clean energy and cannabis themes are worth consideration for small investment positions. Concerning crypto securities, we continue to prefer gold as a hedge against the debasement of the dollar and other sovereign currencies. If Led Zeppelin alters the lyrics of "Stairway to Heaven" to "all that glitters is Bitcoin" then we might have to reassess our position.
It is Tax Day on Monday, and also the deadline for contributions into most retirement plans. Earnings season winds down with the retail sector moving into the spotlight as Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's and Macy's all report quarterly results. The economic calendar is light with updates on the Empire State Index, the NAHB Housing Market Index, housing starts, leading indicators, and PMI all expected to show modest softening from the previous month. The Federal Open Market Committee releases the minutes from its April meeting, and investors will scour the transcript for any cracks in the Fed's conviction to keep short-term rates near-zero for the foreseeable future.
Companies with news…
-14.8% Rocky Brands Inc (RCKY) designs, develops, manufactures, and markets men's and women's footwear. Its footwear brands, which are sold in retail sporting goods and outdoor stores, include Rocky, Georgia Boot, Creative Recreation, Durango, Lehigh, and licensed brand Michelin. Last week, Rocky Brands declared a $0.14/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous quarters.
RCKY is a 6.0% position in the North Star Dividend Fund and a 4.2% position in the North Star Micro Cap Fund.
Companies without news…
-11.2% Flexsteel Industries Inc (FLXS) manufactures and sells wooden and upholstered furniture for the retail, contract, and recreational vehicle (RV) furniture markets. The Company's products are sold to furniture dealers, department stores, and RV manufacturers. There was no significant company news last week.
FLXS is a 2.9% position in the North Star Dividend Fund.
+16.1% Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc (BBW) is an interactive and entertainment mall-based retailer that invites guests of all ages to create their own customized stuffed animals with clothing, shoes, and accessories through a bear-making process. There was no significant company news last week.
BBW is a 1.4% position in the North Star Micro Cap Fund.
+10.6% Century Casinos Inc (CNTY) operates as an entertainment company. The Company owns casinos, hotels, and luxury cruise vessels. There was no significant company news last week.
CNTY is a 1.3% position in the North Star Micro Cap Fund.
+11.2% Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc (CNSL) offers telecommunications services. The Company offers local and long-distance telephone, high-speed internet access, and digital television services to individuals and businesses in the States of Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Texas. There was no significant company news last week.
-11.3% Green Brick Partners Inc (GRBK) operates as a homebuilding and land development company. The Company develops residential homes, complexes, and communities. Green Brick Partners invests in a range of real estate investments, as well as provides land and construction financing to its controlled builders. There was no significant company news last week.
GRBK is a 1.0% position in the North Star Micro Cap Fund.


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package comlib.adk.agent;

import comlib.adk.team.tactics.Tactics;
import comlib.agent.CommunicationAgent;
import comlib.manager.MessageManager;
import rescuecore2.standard.entities.StandardEntity;
import rescuecore2.worldmodel.ChangeSet;
import rescuecore2.standard.messages.AKRest;
import rescuecore2.messages.Message;

public abstract class TacticsAgent<T extends Tactics, E extends StandardEntity> extends CommunicationAgent<E> {

    public Tactics tactics;
    public int ignoreTime;

    public TacticsAgent(T t) {
        super();
        this.tactics = t;
    }

    @Override
    public void postConnect() {
        super.postConnect();
        this.ignoreTime = this.config.getIntValue(kernel.KernelConstants.IGNORE_AGENT_COMMANDS_KEY);
        //set value
        this.tactics.random = this.random;
        this.tactics.model = this.model;
        this.tactics.config = this.config;
        this.tactics.ignoreTime = this.config.getIntValue(kernel.KernelConstants.IGNORE_AGENT_COMMANDS_KEY);
        this.tactics.agentID = this.getID(); //AgentのEntityIDはかわるのか??
        this.tactics.location = this.location();
        this.setAgentEntity();
        this.setAgentUniqueValue();

        this.tactics.preparation();
    }

    public abstract void setAgentEntity();

    public abstract void setAgentUniqueValue();

    @Override
    public void registerProvider(MessageManager manager) {
        this.tactics.registerProvider(manager);
    }

    @Override
    public void registerEvent(MessageManager manager) {
        this.tactics.registerEvent(manager);
    }

    @Override
    public void think(int time, ChangeSet changed) {
        if(time <= this.ignoreTime) { //TODO: これでいいのか...
            return;
        }

        Message actMessage = this.tactics.think(time, changed, this.manager);
        this.send(actMessage == null ? new AKRest(this.getID(), time) : actMessage);
    }

    @Override
    public void receiveBeforeEvent(int time, ChangeSet changed) {
        //set value
        this.tactics.time = time;
        this.tactics.model = this.model;
        this.tactics.config = this.config;
        this.tactics.agentID = this.getID();
        this.tactics.location = this.location();
        this.setAgentEntity();
    }

    @Override
    public void sendAfterEvent(int time, ChangeSet changed) {

    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Gabriel Valentin at the 120th Street building that was supposed to become affordable housing for residents who moved out a decade ago.
The tenants of a Harlem apartment building were eagerly awaiting the gut renovation of their homes when they moved out 10 years ago.
They had chosen the new layouts for their apartments, picked kitchen cabinets and selected stainless steel appliances. They were told they'd be temporarily relocated — for no more than two years — and would return as homeowners through a city program.
Now, after living for a decade in "temporary" housing, their former homes are still boarded up and the city has booted them from the program.
Gonzalez and five other tenants of 206 West 120th St. are suing the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, claiming it provided nothing but empty promises.
The tenants include an 82-year-old woman whose furniture has been in storage at city expense for 10 years and a member of New York's Air National Guard who recently served in Iraq.
They underwent training on building management and filled out reams of paperwork with the goal of being able to buy their apartments at a price that was $250 each in 2008 and has since risen to $2,500.
In legal papers, they describe years of trying to meet HPD's ever-changing demands, deal with a rotating cast of bureaucrats, and completing required financial reports on flawed HPD forms.
The Tenant Interim Lease program, which is supposed to boost affordable housing stock by converting dilapidated city-owned buildings into co-ops, has long been troubled. The City Department of Investigation has conducted several probes of the program.
Michael Besse, a former HPD staffer, said he saw employees who were not qualified to help tenants, building coordinators who would "make up" reports, and "incredibly disorganized" record-keeping, according to an affidavit he submitted as part of the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan last month by The Legal Aid Society and seeks to have the building reinstated in the TIL program and to prevent the city from selling the property to a developer.
The tenants heard that the recession was to blame for the delay in starting the renovation of their six-story walk up, which was to be paid for with city funds.
"In 2014, HPD's staff including our building coordinator, told us that under the new mayor, Bill de Blasio, our building would be getting financing soon," tenant Gabriel Valentin a 51-year-old IT worker, said in court papers.
The tenants continued to pay the same rent they had at 120th Street, with the money going to fund their temporary quarters. A few fell behind and entered into payment plans, according to legal papers.
But the city contends there were no payment plans, that the required financial reporting was incomplete and that's why they were removed from the TIL program.
"Both allegations were made without regard to the facts," the tenants say in their suit.
An HPD spokesman would not comment on the lawsuit but said generally when buildings leave the TIL program they still get renovated and tenants get rent-stabilized leases.
He refused to say if the city was selling the property to a developer or who would do the renovation.


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42511 April 13 Birth 1917 – Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)
42512 April 13 Birth 1917 – Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)
42513 April 13 Birth 1919 – Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (d. 2007)
42514 April 13 Birth 1919 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
42515 April 13 Birth 1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)
42516 April 13 Birth 1919 – Phil Tonken, American voice actor and producer (d. 2000)
42517 April 13 Birth 1920 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
42518 April 13 Birth 1920 – Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
42519 April 13 Birth 1920 – Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland
42520 April 13 Birth 1920 – John LaPorta, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2004)
42521 April 13 Birth 1921 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss art collector and businessman (d. 2002)
42522 April 13 Birth 1922 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
42523 April 13 Birth 1922 – John Braine, English librarian and author (d. 1986)
42524 April 13 Birth 1922 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999)
42525 April 13 Birth 1922 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (d. 2002)
42526 April 13 Birth 1923 – Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005)
42527 April 13 Birth 1923 – A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (d. 2014)
42528 April 13 Birth 1923 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (d. 2010)
42529 April 13 Birth 1924 – John T. Biggers, American painter (d. 2001)
42530 April 13 Birth 1924 – Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher
42531 April 13 Birth 1924 – Stanley Donen, American director and choreographer
42532 April 13 Birth 1926 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983)
42533 April 13 Birth 1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (d. 2014)
42534 April 13 Birth 1927 – Rosemary Haughton, English-American philosopher, theologian, and author
42535 April 13 Birth 1927 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler (d. 1977)
42536 April 13 Birth 1927 – Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (d. 1983)
42537 April 13 Birth 1928 – Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999)
42538 April 13 Birth 1928 – Gianni Marzotto, Italian race car driver and businessman (d. 2012)
42539 April 13 Birth 1931 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (d. 2014)
42540 April 13 Birth 1931 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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Lawrence Murphy. St. John's School for teh Deaf
The Curses of Ravaged Innocents against the Catholic Hierarchy
May 22, 2009 in clergy sex abuse scandal, Maciel, Population, Uncategorized 2 Comments Tags: damnation, John Paul II, Lawrence Murphy. St. John's School for teh Deaf, Weakland
Ireland been shaken by the revelation of the tens of thousands of children physically and sexually abused by Catholic priests, brothers, and nuns.
Archbishop Cousins of Milwaukee knew that the Rev. Lawrence Murphy, the head of St. John's School for the Deaf, was an abuser. In 1993 victims came to Archbishop Cousins, but Cousins defended Murphy for all the good work he had done. But Cousins, to avoid bad publicity, had to transfer Murphy to a parish.
Archbishop Weakland's main concern was to preserve Murphy's reputation, and he went to Rome to discuss "at great length" with Vatican officials how to do this.
One victim wrote to Murphy, and sent copies to Weakland and Pope John Paul II. This is some of what the victim said. Murphy liked this victim because this deaf boy was especially vulnerable:
My mother had just told you the trauma I suffered over the past three years. She told you my oldest brother was electrocuted. She told you my father told me of his suicide plan, went through with it and let me find him staring dead at the basement ceiling with a rope laying beside him . She told you all of that and BEGGED you to take care of me . I was numb with grief and fear and looked to you for some kind of comfort and security. You were all I had. No one at home signed_ I could not communicate with them. I turned to you and what did you do? You molested me, that's what. You took advantage of a lost little boy who had no one else- Because if you remember, as I do, you told me that my mother no longer loved me and only loved my brother who had died. You isolated me from the one person who possibly could have rescued me. I hate you for that.
Murphy was like Jesus to the boys:
Remember the big statue of Jesus hugging the children beside our old school? The statue showed him being very kind to them_ You fooled us by copying that pose, got us close and molested us. You should have never been a priest in the first place- I remember when my friend wanted to become Catholic so he asked me to be his Godfather. You baptized him . . . then molested him after confession.
Murphy molested 30, 100 200, all? of he boys. No one knows the individual hells the boys lived in.
I cannot keep our secret about your life as a terrible molester at our school for many years_ I must tell the truth to Archbishop Weakland about you and how you ruined mine and many other children's faith in God and Jesus- You made us hate the Catholic church because we couldn't t understand how you could be such a hypocrite of a priest who taught us about God while you were the secret molester.
Every time I see other priests I wonder, `Are they molesters, too?" They always remind me of you; a clever wolf, a mortal sinner, a heavy luster who walked among us every night in the Catholic dorm . We couldn't even hear you coming. I would lay awake every night shaking in fear that this would be a night you would touch me. Can you imagine that? Can you? Jesus on the cross on the wall saw you coming every night to molest us. He must have been shocked and grieved every time- I hope he cried like we did, because we were innocent children, pure Christians, good altar boys, and cute lambs. I hope Jesus is very furious at you and will send you to hell very soon.
The boys had no one to turn to:
Do you remember another time I cannot stand to think about? A time that a poor deaf helpless boy went to St . Francis Police Station and told them that you molested him. You told the policeman that "The kid is mentally retarded.".The policeman believed you and left . I want to know how you live with yourself. How do you look in the mirror knowing the number of lives you've destroyed? You are such an expert liar I guess you have convinced yourself that you have done nothing wrong .
Murphy shared the boys with other molesters:
One of my sickest memories is how you shared your secret molesting of boys with(—-) at St. Rita's School for the Deaf . You two had nothing less than a Catholic pornography ring. You molested the children in your Catholic elementary dorm and sent them on to a Catholic high school dorm where he then took his turn molesting them.
Do you remember when (—–) caught you molesting me? I wished and prayed he would help me and I also wished he could report you to Archbishop Cousin. But guess what? He figured since you were molesting us then he was free to do it, too. And he did.
Some boys were damaged irreparably:
You and (—–) responsible for one boy who has been in a mental hospital since his twenties . He, too, was a good friend of mine.. He too has never enjoyed the life the Catholic church has provided for you. I curse you and (—-) both!
And another boy:
Do you know that he later committed suicide? You and (—) are responsible for his suicide. God must punish you and send you to hell to stay forever.
But Weakland in his new book explains his transfers of abusers:
"We all considered sexual abuse of minors as a moral evil, but had no understanding of its criminal nature," Weakland says in the book, "A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church," due out in June. Weakland said he initially "accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would 'grow out of it.'
I wonder how the bishops and popes could have such hearts of stone. I also wonder if they have ever read that God avenges the oppressed poor. If, in fact, members of the Catholic hierarchy believe in God. The evidence against it is mounting.
Pius XII should not be beatified until the Vatican archives are opened and his role in dealing with the Nazis is examined. From what I know, he made mistakes (who didn't) but I think he will be exonerated from the accusations against him.
John Paul II should not be beatified until the Vatican archives concerning sexual abuse are open for examination. I have grave doubts that John Paul's reputation would survive the revelation of how he dealt with abuse. If I were he, I would have feared the curses of the children whose souls were ravaged while I protected the reputations of their ravagers.


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California Code, Penal Code - PEN § 7
Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person" includes a corporation as well as a natural person; the word "county" includes "city and county"; writing includes printing and typewriting; oath includes affirmation or declaration; and every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term "testify," and every written one in the term "depose"; signature or subscription includes mark, when the person cannot write, his or her name being written near it, by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness; provided, that when a signature is made by mark it must, in order that the same may be acknowledged or serve as the signature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.
The following words have in this code the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:
(1) The word "willfully," when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, implies simply a purpose or willingness to commit the act, or make the omission referred to. It does not require any intent to violate law, or to injure another, or to acquire any advantage.
(2) The words "neglect," "negligence," "negligent," and "negligently" import a want of such attention to the nature or probable consequences of the act or omission as a prudent man ordinarily bestows in acting in his own concerns.
(3) The word "corruptly" imports a wrongful design to acquire or cause some pecuniary or other advantage to the person guilty of the act or omission referred to, or to some other person.
(4) The words "malice" and "maliciously" import a wish to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or an intent to do a wrongful act, established either by proof or presumption of law.
(5) The word "knowingly" imports only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. It does not require any knowledge of the unlawfulness of such act or omission.
(6) The word "bribe" signifies anything of value or advantage, present or prospective, or any promise or undertaking to give any, asked, given, or accepted, with a corrupt intent to influence, unlawfully, the person to whom it is given, in his or her action, vote, or opinion, in any public or official capacity.
(7) The word "vessel," when used with reference to shipping, includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, canalboats, barges, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons, except that, as used in Sections 192.5 and 193.5 , the word "vessel" means a vessel as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 651 of the Harbors and Navigation Code .
(8) The words "peace officer" signify any one of the officers mentioned in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830 ) of Title 3 of Part 2.
(9) The word "magistrate" signifies any one of the officers mentioned in Section 808 .
(10) The word "property" includes both real and personal property.
(11) The words "real property" are coextensive with lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
(12) The words "personal property" include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
(13) The word "month" means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; the word "daytime" means the period between sunrise and sunset, and the word "nighttime" means the period between sunset and sunrise.
(14) The word "will" includes codicil.
(15) The word "writ" signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings.
(16) Words and phrases must be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
(17) Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the act giving the authority.
(18) When the seal of a court or public officer is required by law to be affixed to any paper, the word "seal" includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone, or upon any substance attached to the paper capable of receiving a visible impression. The seal of a private person may be made in like manner, or by the scroll of a pen, or by writing the word "seal" against his or her name.
(19) The word "state," when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories.
(20) The word "section," whenever hereinafter employed, refers to a section of this code, unless some other code or statute is expressly mentioned.
(21) To "book" signifies the recordation of an arrest in official police records, and the taking by the police of fingerprints and photographs of the person arrested, or any of these acts following an arrest.
(22) The word "spouse" includes "registered domestic partner," as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code .
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Tell us how you tried to schedule Sully for takeoff.
Frank Marshall: I met Chesley and his wife when I originally bought the book over at Brillstein-Grey. He was represented by them. His story is one of an everyday hero, and I'm drawn to those stories about extraordinary circumstances with ordinary people.
Allyn Stewart: My partner Kipp Nelson and I have a screenplay fund whereby we develop scripts independently and package them. When I went up to meet with my old pal Frank, he said, "Take a look at this book" [Sully's memoir Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters]. It was a delightful memoir; basically the story we all knew. Kipp and I went to meet Sully at his house, and he began to tell us: "Until six weeks ago, all of this was going to be taken away." He told us about the NTSB investigation, and how scary and traumatizing it was; that he and his co-pilot Jeff Skiles could lose their wings. That was the architecture for a great dramatic movie; the story that nobody knew.
What made Todd Komarnicki the right screenwriter to adapt? He has an interesting resume that includes producing Elf and writing the Halle Berry thriller Perfect Stranger.
Stewart: I read a script of his called Cotton, which was based on a true story about a wrongly accused African American. I felt a palpable connection to those characters. Also, Todd pitched a unique structure for Sully. Frank, Kipp and Todd and I realized if you're going to tell a story that's globally known, you have to find a way in that's unique. Given that the NTSB investigation was the most shocking part of the story, it seemed smart to intermix that with the landing of the plane and the PTSD of it all. Todd is very research-driven, and he immersed himself in the world of the NTSB world.
Marshall: We didn't want to make the script like a documentary treatment. It needed to be nonlinear to make it interesting and Todd cracked it.
Stewart: The project became an albatross to get made because everybody thought they knew the story. We had to stand on chairs yelling at people to read the script.
Marshall: Then we thought, maybe we should go to a filmmaker. The project came up at a time when Clint had four to five scripts. He looked at the title and said, "I know that story," but it was his assistant who advised him he didn't and that he needed to take a look at it. That's how it all started. It's amazing when I look back on it: what if there wasn't an assistant or creative executive who told their boss, "No, you don't know the story, you need to read this"? The script Clint shot was the one we were taking around town.
In a film market where it's hard to pull off dramas on the big screen, no thanks to their renaissance on TV, what made Sully prime for the big screen?
Marshall: Recreating the landing; I'm not sure you can do that on a TV budget. We needed a big-time filmmaker and to tell the story properly, we had to recreate that landing on the Hudson.
Before Doctor Strange opened, this was the highest grossing film of the fall, and it opened on a risky date: the weekend following Labor Day. Were you surprised at the film's success?
Marshall: Once I started seeing the movie with audiences, it was clear people needed a hopeful story. It's not a superhero movie, nor a dark one either. It's about people doing good. It was a rallying cry for a positive thing. The word of mouth was very good and you can never buy that.
Stewart: Our opening even surprised Warner Bros. executives Dan Fellman and Sue Kroll. They were the visionaries. I was initially terrified about the film coming out that early. Dan wanted to ensure that we had all the IMAX screens available. Clint and Dan worked together for thirty-something years and Clint has enormous faith in him.


Nottingham Panthers legend David Clarke admits he was overwhelmed when the club offered to retire his number five jersey.
The GB stalwart will be the guest of honour for Panthers' opening league game against Manchester Storm on Saturday – joining Gary Rippingdale, Randall Weber, Greg Hadden, Paul Adey and Corey Neilson in the rafters.
And he admits since retiring at the end of last season, this summer has been a hugely difference one for him.
"It was overwhelmed when the club came to me about wanting to retire my jersey," Clarke said. "It's a massive honour and a huge privilege to be thought of in that way and I'm grateful for it.
"It's going to be a special night for me and my family. Sadly, my son, Morgan won't be there as he's in North America and I'm sure happy for him.
"But it's a night for my family and everyone who has helped and supported me through the years to play a sport I love.
"A testimonial is amazing and I had one of those after ten years, which was an amazing honour. Getting your jersey retired is the next level and it's not something you expect to get.
"But it's certainly been a very different summer for me. Usually, it's all about training and working out and getting ready for the start of the new season, but I've haven't had that which has been nice.
Clarke also cast his eye on the season ahead as Panthers embark on their new era under new coach Rich Chernomaz.
The 37-year-old admits Cardiff are the standard bearers, but reckons everyone could be in for an exciting campaign.
He added: "The team have been great so far, considering it's all change. They're big, fast and young and are making their mark already, which is great to see.
"The guys that have come in have found their feet and are producing, which is important and the returning players are performing too so it's a good combination.
"I haven't seen a lot of Cardiff, but they're retained a lot of key players and they're doing well in the Champions League, although results have gone against them.
"They are setting the standard, but if you look around the league at the likes of Belfast and Nottingham, the teams are strong.
"Cardiff have set the bar and I think a lot of the clubs around the Elite League have put together strong rosters so it could be spread out in terms of surprise teams coming through.