1.1The Monetary and Financial Statistics: Compilation Guide is aimed at providing direct assistance to data compilers who are responsible at the national level for implementing the methodology and statistical frameworks contained in the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual (MFSM; IMF, 2000b). This Guide, like the MFSM, should also be useful to compilers working in other areas of macroeconomic statistics, as well to those users who are interested in the origins and computational elements of the monetary and financial data that they are analyzing.
1.2 The titles and topical coverage of Chapters 3–8 of the Guide correspond to those of Chapters III–XIII in the MFSM. Chapter 2 of the Guide, which deals with source data and the accounting standards applicable to these data, has no counterpart in the MFSM, given the broad scope of the MFSM—definitions and related concepts, major data classifications, general accounting rules, and statistical frameworks for the monetary and financial statistics. This Guide delves into the practical issues associated with the application of the MFSM principles to institutional units, individually and collectively, in a national context.
1.3 The Guide contains an assortment of main text, boxes, tables, annexes, and appendixes. In addition, passages of text from the MFSM are shown as shaded text in various sections throughout the Guide (for an example, see paragraph 1.8). In some cases, the MFSM text has been corrected or revised for clarification. A complete list of the MFSM revisions is provided in the annex to this chapter (Annex 1.1).
1.5 The focus historically has been on compilation and reporting of balance-sheet data (end-of-month stocks) for the central bank and other depository corporations in each country. Expertise accumulated over three and a half decades of IMF technical assistance in monetary statistics was documented in A Guide to Money and Banking Statistics in International Financial Statistics (December 1984)—a draft manual that, though widely circulated to IMF member countries, was not officially published. The scope of the 1984 guide was limited exclusively to the compilation of stock data for depository corporations (called "banks and bank-like institutions" therein) as reported for the country pages in IFS.
1.6 The MFSM and this Guide in particular contain substantial amounts of material on the compilation of flow data and related issues. The emphasis on flow data may appear to be, but is not, incongruous with the continuing focus on the reporting of stock data for the monetary statistics. A major step in the implementation of the methodology in the MFSM and this Guide has been the introduction of standardized report forms (SRFs) for countries' transmittal of monetary data for publication in IFS and for operational purposes of the IMF. The SRFs are designed for reporting of stock data only.
This reflects the fact that most of the quantitative aspects of bank supervision and regulation are based on data from balance sheets and similar financial statements. … while changes in stock data provide approximate measures of financial flows, flow data cannot be used to compile stock data. While valuation adjustments can be significant for some of the asset and liability items entering into the balance sheets of financial institutions, such adjustments are likely to be comparatively small overall, particularly over short periods.
This statement may have been broadly applicable in the mid-1980s but certainly has become outdated. During that era, most assets and liabilities were recorded at book value (amortized or unamortized historical cost), and the only monetary statistics recommendations for revaluation pertained to conversion of foreign-currency-denominated assets and liabilities into national currency units at end-of-period market exchanges rates. Users of the monetary data, who possessed only period-to-period changes in stock data, were compelled to rely on their judgment or relatively unsophisticated quantitative methods for estimating the separate flow components—transactions and valuation changes—for the foreign-currency-denominated instruments.
1.8 The situation changed dramatically with the introduction of the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA; Commission of the European Communities and others, 1993), which recommended that revaluations should be based on current market prices or estimated market prices (fair values) for several types of financial assets and liabilities. This methodological change paralleled the accounting profession's drive, since the late 1960s, to move to market-or-fair-value accounting. Today, the results of these efforts are reflected in national accounting standards and, in particular, in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
1.9 Development of flow data for the monetary statistics should produce short-term as well as longer-term benefits. Though reporting and publication of flow data for the monetary statistics are projects for the future, the most direct and immediate benefit from the development of flow data is the usability of these data for the financial statistics.
Other resident sectors. The 1993 SNA (¶4.6) specifies separate subsectors for Households and Nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs), whereas the monetary statistics methodology combines the household and NPISH subsectors in the single category of Other resident sectors.
Other nonfinancial corporations. In the 1993 SNA (¶4.71), the nonfinancial corporations sector is divided into three subsectors: (1) Public nonfinancial corporations, (2) National private nonfinancial corporations, and (3) Foreign controlled nonfinancial corporations. In the methodology for the monetary statistics, only two categories are specified—Public nonfinancial corporations and Other nonfinancial corporations—given that sectoral classification on the basis of residency of those who control a corporation is not relevant for the monetary statistics.
Other financial corporations. The 1993 SNA (¶4.83) specifies separate financial corporation subsectors for (1) Other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds; (2) Financial auxiliaries; and (3) Insurance corporations and pension funds. These subsectors are recognized in the MFSM and this Guide, but they are combined to form the Other financial corporations subsector in all data compilations and presentations of the standard sets of monetary statistics.
Government entities that supervise financial corporations. These supervisory agencies are placed in the Central bank subsector in the 1993 SNA (¶4.86), whereas they are included in the Financial auxiliaries subsector in the MFSM and this Guide.
Other depository corporations. In the monetary statistics methodology, all financial corporations that issue liabilities included in broad money are designated as Depository corporations. These include the Central bank subsector and the Other depository corporations subsector. In the 1993 SNA (¶4.88), other depository corporations are defined as those "… which have liabilities in the form of deposits or financial instruments such as short-term certificates of deposit which are close substitutes for deposits in mobilizing financial resources and which are included in measures of money broadly defined." The subtle distinction is that, in the 1993 SNA, the delineation of an other depository corporation is not based on a single construct of Broad money as defined by the national authorities.
Regional central banks. In the 1993 SNA (¶14.34), a regional central bank that is the headquarters for a currency union or monetary union is not treated as a separate institutional unit, and its transactions and balance-sheet positions are apportioned among the member countries in the union. In the monetary statistics methodology, the 1993 SNA treatment may apply or, depending on the characteristics of the monetary/currency union, the regional central bank may be delineated as a separate institutional unit whose transactions and balance-sheet positions are treated akin to those of an international organization.
Reinsurance corporations. The 1993 SNA states (Annex IV, ¶28): "Reinsurance transactions between resident insurance corporations should be consolidated… without regard to the division within the industry between direct insurance and reinsurance." The methodology in this Guide does not call for such consolidation. Reinsurance corporations are recognized as separate institutional units, and their transactions and balance-sheet positions are treated in the same manner as those of direct insurance corporations.
Classification of monetary gold and SDRs. In the 1993 SNA, Monetary gold and SDRs is a single category for which a secondary level of classification as monetary gold and SDRs, respectively, is absent. Monetary gold and SDRs is also a major financial asset category in the monetary statistics, but Monetary gold and SDRs are shown as separate categories in the presentations of central bank accounts in the sectoral balance sheet and the Central Bank Survey (CBS).
Definition of trade credit. In the 1993 SNA (¶11.100), trade credit is classified within Other accounts receivable/payable and it is indicated that "Trade credits and advances do not include loans to finance trade credit, which are classified under [Loans]. …" This Guide distinguishes between trade credits and loans by specifying that trade credits are non-interest-bearing and that loans are interest-bearing.
Reclassification of impaired financial assets. In this Guide, impaired deposits and, in some cases, impaired securities other than shares are reclassified as loans (to facilitate the posting of provisions for loan losses for these instruments). This reclassification rule is not contained in the 1993 SNA.
1.13 The 1993 SNA methodology does not delve into specific definitions of monetary aggregates. The MFSM and this Guide focus on the monetary aggregate that is designated as broad money in the national context. Monetary aggregates that are defined more narrowly are covered to a limited extent. Monetary base—a major liability category in the CBS in the monetary statistics—is another construct not used in the 1993 SNA.
Unallocated gold deposits. Deposit claims on gold (as opposed to title claims on physical gold) are classified within Deposits in this Guide. This type of deposit is not specifically covered in the 1993 SNA or the MFSM.
Valuation of unquoted equity shares. Alternatives for determining the fair value of equity shares that are not traded in active markets have been expanded beyond the market-capitalization method and present-value method recommended in the 1993 SNA and the MFSM. The preferred approach is the use of transaction price data for the equity shares. In the absence of transaction price data, the valuation can be based on (1) a previously recommended method, (2) the net-asset-value method, or (3) own funds at book value (least preferred method).
Employee stock options. This Guide describes the valuation and recording of employee stock options, which are classified as a separate subcategory of options contracts within the liability account for Financial derivatives. Employee stock options were not explicitly covered in the 1993 SNA or the MFSM.
Unfunded pension liabilities. This Guide, unlike the 1993 SNA and the MFSM, recommends that estimates of unfunded pension liabilities be included in the balance sheets of financial corporations that are employers liable for future pension payments that are not currently funded. The fair value of unfunded liabilities is based on actuarial principles of accounting.
1.15 Macroeconomic statistics manuals and guides published by the IMF, or jointly with other international organizations, are listed in Box 1.1. The core components of the statistical methodology for macroeconomic analysis are the 1993 SNA, MFSM (2000), BPM5 (1993), and GFSM (2001)—complemented by the more specialized methodologies in the manuals and guides on external debt, international reserves and foreign currency liquidity, foreign direct investment, and portfolio investment in the international context.
Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition (BPM5, 1993); sixth edition is forthcoming.
Balance of Payments Compilation Guide (1995).
Balance of Payments Textbook (1996).
Financial Derivatives: Supplement to the Fifth Edition (1993) of the Balance of Payments Manual (2000).
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide, second edition (2002).
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 (GFSM, 2001).
Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide (2006).
Export and Import Price Index Manual (draft; forthcoming, 2007).
1 IMF publication alone unless otherwise indicated. Full citations are in References at the end of this Guide.2 Commission of the European Communities, IMF, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations, and World Bank.3 By Adriaan M. Bloem, Robert J. Dippelsman, and Nils O. Maehle.4 By Anne Y. Kester.5 International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.6 Bank for International Settlements, Commonwealth Secretariat, Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Club Secretariat, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and World Bank.7 International Labor Organization, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and World Bank.8 International Labor Office, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), United Nations, and World Bank.
1.18 Data consistency often implies that the same data set appears in two or more of the macroeconomic statistical systems with the same nomenclature. In this Guide, data consistency is based on the concept of reconcilability of data across macroeconomic statistical systems. The macroeconomic systems share many concepts and accounting rules, but each system has some nomenclature and concepts that are unique to the particular macroeconomic area, or are more prominent than in other macroeconomic systems. Data sets in two macroeconomic systems are designated as consistent if the data are reconcilable, meaning that (1) the data are the same (to a reasonable level of accuracy); (2) data discrepancies can be explained and justified (subject to elimination of the discrepancies, if possible);9 or (3) the data in one system can be constructed from "building blocks" of data from another system.
1.19 The monetary statistics provide source data for elements of other macroeconomic systems. The most obvious case is the use of monetary statistics as source data for the financial statistics, but the monetary statistics can also provide some data inputs for other systems—for example, for the financial account of the balance of payments, the international investment position (IIP), the external debt statistics, and the data template for international reserves and foreign currency liquidity.
1.20 The source data for the monetary statistics are obtained from the accounting and other information systems of financial corporations. The other macroeconomic systems also obtain source data from the financial corporations' records, as well as from many other sources. This Guide recommends that the data reporting be as unified as possible to avoid duplication of reporting requirements for the various types of macroeconomic data provided by the financial corporations and institutional units in other sectors of the economy.10 The methodology of the other macroeconomic systems, like that in the MFSM, specifies that several major categories of financial assets and liabilities should be measured at market or fair value (an approximation of market value). Introduction of the market-value rule ushers in a new era of application of estimation methods for source data for the macroeconomic statistics.
1.21 Similarly, each major macroeconomic statistics framework contains both stock data and flow data (that is, data on transactions, valuation changes, and other flows) that often must be estimated. A strong case for data sharing across macroeconomic statistical systems is not new, but the rationale for data sharing and cooperative efforts among the compilers of the macroeconomic statistics is bolstered substantially by recognition of the joint need for estimated data on market values and flow data for the same or similar categories of financial assets and liabilities.
1.22 This chapter describes the linkages between the accounting data—the stock and flow data in an institutional unit's information system—and the source data reported to compilers of the monetary and financial statistics. The source data for the monetary statistics are based on the accounting records of the financial corporations. The data in the accounting ledgers of these units are structured in accordance with national laws or regulations that constitute the national financial reporting standards of a country. This chapter focuses on the IFRSs in describing the relationships between national financial reporting standards and the statistical methodology of the monetary and financial statistics. Special attention is given to the double-entry accounting for stock and flow data. This chapter also contains recommendations for the periodicity (frequency) of the compilation and reporting of monetary and financial statistics.
1.23Chapter 2 also deals with policy concerns and practical issues associated with the costly nature of source data reporting for the monetary statistics, particularly for small financial corporations. Identification of source data reporting requirements is covered from a cost/benefit perspective, and the use of data estimation is described. Validation and plausibility testing of reported data are also described.
1.24 This chapter builds on the methodology in Chapter III of the MFSM, which in turn is based on 1993 SNA principles for delineating an economy (economic territory), identifying and sectorizing the institutional units within an economy, and distinguishing between these institutional units and nonresidents. Chapter 3 of this Guide extends the description of institutional units and provides examples of "gray areas," or borderline cases, that arise in separating resident units from nonresidents. Particular attention is devoted to the sectorization of institutional units within the financial corporations sector, which gives rise to special issues concerning the treatment of currency unions and regional central banks, bank supervisory agencies, asset management companies, pension funds, and special purpose entities (SPEs).
1.25 This chapter provides more detailed descriptions of the characteristics of subcategories of financial assets and liabilities within the major categories covered in the MFSM, Chapter IV. In elaborating on the underlying characteristics of various types of financial assets and liabilities, the chapter provides guidance for distinguishing between (1) deposits and loans, (2) loans and securities other than shares, and (3) loans and trade credit. Chapter 4 contains relatively detailed descriptions of the financial assets and liabilities within three major categories—insurance technical reserves, financial derivatives, and other accounts receivable/payable—as well as those within the categories of deposits, loans, securities other than shares, and shares and other equity.
1.26 This chapter describes the compilation of stock and flow data for institutional units within the financial corporations sector. The first major section provides an overview of the stock-and-flow data framework in which double-entry accounting rules give rise to both vertical and horizontal adding-up requirements for the data. The stock of each category of financial asset or liability at the end of a reporting period is specified as the opening stock plus flows in the form of transactions, valuation changes, and other changes in the volume of assets during the period.
1.27 The second major section covers stocks and flows by asset classification: the initial valuation and subsequent revaluation of the various categories of financial assets and liabilities described in Chapter 4, and the recording of transactions, revaluations, and other flows for each category or subcategory of financial assets and liabilities. The third major section covers other accounting issues. Special attention is devoted to topics pertaining to nonper-forming financial assets (especially, nonperforming loans), including the use of provisions (allowances) for losses on impaired financial assets, estimation of expected losses on impaired financial assets (and realizable values of impaired assets), and accounting for interest arrears (interest overdue for payment).
1.28 The chapter covers a variety of issues pertaining to collection and reporting of data for broad money and other monetary aggregates, the monetary base within the CBS, and credit and debt aggregates. Topics include several issues associated with the circulation of national currency, the use of foreign currency that functions as a medium of exchange and/or a national unit of account in some countries, and deposit components of broad money (which may include electronic money). Special attention is devoted to the reporting of monetary data for financial corporations that are closed while awaiting liquidation or reorganization. The last major section in the chapter describes the methodology for seasonal adjustment of economic time series, emphasizing the estimation of seasonally adjusted monetary aggregates.
1.29 Major topics covered in this chapter are (1) reporting of financial corporations' data, (2) compilation of sectoral balance sheets and surveys for the financial corporations sector, (3) country reporting of monetary data to the IMF, and (4) dissemination of a country's monetary data—directly by the national authorities and through IMF publication of country data in IFS.
1.30 An extensive set of numerical examples of sectoral balance sheets and surveys of the financial corporations sector are contained in Annexes 7.1–7.4 of Chapter 7. These examples are revised and extended versions of the illustrative sectoral balance sheets and surveys in the MFSM (Appendix 3, Tables 1–3; and Chapter VII, Tables 7.2–7.6). Major extensions include descriptions and numerical examples of other changes in the volume of assets (OCVA) and illustrations of consolidation adjustments for compilation of the surveys of the financial corporations sector.
1.31Annex 7.5 of Chapter 7 introduces an illustrative set of supplementary data that are disaggregated categories of sectoral balance-sheet accounts of the central bank, other depository corporations, and other financial corporations. The financial assets and liabilities presented in Annex 7.5 are disaggregated by maturity (short- or long-term), currency of denomination (national or foreign currency), and type of interest rate (fixed or variable rate). The supplementary data include subcategories for financial derivatives by type of contract—balance-sheet data for financial derivatives and amounts of notional principal specified in the contracts, as recorded outside the balance sheet.
1.32 This chapter describes a systematic approach to the development of a country's financial statistics. Progressively more sophisticated frameworks are specified in terms of three levels of financial statistics: (1) basic flow-of-funds accounts, (2) an SNA integrated financial account and corresponding balance sheet, and (3) detailed financial statistics. Chapter 8 covers the presentation of financial statistics in both matrix and time-series format, collection of the source data, and compilation procedures that include the editing of the data, estimation of missing data, calculation of data for residual cells in the matrices, and accounting for data discrepancies. Though emphasizing the transaction data in a flow-of-funds context, the chapter also covers the compilation of other categories of flow data—revaluations and other changes in the volume of assets—and stock data for the balance sheet of an entire economy.
1.33 The symbol ¶ denotes a paragraph in the MFSM. Additions to the text are indicated in bold; deletions are not indicated.
Public release of the January 1948 issue followed the production of six pilot issues that were distributed only within the IMF. The first pilot issue (June 1947) contained pages for 33 countries. The January 1948 issue contained pages for 56 countries. The December 2005 issue of IFS contained 180 country pages, as well as pages for 3 currency unions.
In the 1993 SNA (¶11.82) as originally published, financial derivatives were classified within Securities other than shares, either indistinguishably or as a separate subcategory. In the Updates and Amendments to the SNA 1993 (2004), Financial derivatives became a separate major category of financial assets.
However, this Guide recommends that data on short- and long-term subcategories of deposits, loans, and securities other than shares be compiled on a supplementary basis. See the Supplementary Data section in Chapter 7.
However, disaggregation by currency of denomination for loans, securities other than shares, shares and other equity, and financial derivatives in the context of the SRFs (see Chapter 6), if possible, is recommended in this Guide.
The concept of book value is explained in the Terminology subsection of Chapter 2 of this Guide.
In the 1993 SNA (¶13.82), net worth is defined as the difference between the value of all assets and all liabilities (including shares and other equity) in an institutional unit's balance sheet at a particular moment in time. In the SNA context, net worth can be positive, negative, or zero. In the methodology of the monetary statistics, net worth is always equal to zero, because of the valuation of shares and other equity at book value. Net worth is equal to the market value less the book value of the liability account for Shares and other equity.
Plans are under way to update the MFSM and this Guide at the same time as, or shortly after, the release of 1993 SNA, Rev. 1 and the BPM6.
An overview of linkages among the monetary statistics and the balance of payments and government finance statistics is presented in the MFSM, ¶367–78. In the Depository Corporations Survey (DCS), broad linkages to the balance of payments statistics are changes in (1) Claims on nonresidents and (2) Liabilities to nonresidents. In the DCS, broad linkages to the government finance statistics are changes in (1) Claims on central government and (2) Liabilities to central government.
For example, suppose the other depository corporation (ODC) data for deposit liabilities to the central government differ from the central government's records for these deposits. If time of recording of deposit transactions (on a delayed basis by the government) was identified as the source of the discrepancy, the data would be reconciled. The appropriate action would be a revision in the government's procedures for posting deposit transactions or, if such revision is not feasible, to choose the ODC data as the preferred source.
See the Systematic identification of data reporting requirements subsection in Chapter 2, which deals with assessment of the benefits and costs of macroeconomic data reporting.


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The collection of posts that I've composed with other bloggers, artists & writers is becoming substantial, and I like it. Here is a recap of all posts, starting with the latest. If you wish to contribute a post on any of the topics, please email me with suggestions.
By the way, of the 100+ different subjects, which is your favorite collection?
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Guram Tikanadze (; (September 12, 1932 – August 27, 1963) was a Georgian alpinist and photographer.
He studied at the Tbilisi 1st Public School. Tikanadze was a geologist, he graduated from the Tbilisi State University, the faculty of Geography and Geology. Between 1956 and 1959 he worked at the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography. Guram Tikanadze was interested in different types of sports; by 1956, he was a first-class boxer. He was in the 7th grade when he became interested in photography and studied at the Tbilisi Pioneer Palace, under the supervision of famous photographers – Niko Sagharadze and Sergo Akhvlediani. From 1975 the circle of young photographers was named after Guram Tikanadze. His first success was in 1958, when he published his work, "A Song of Water". In 1959, he began to work on the "Drosha" magazine as a photo-reporter. The same year, he received the silver medal for his work, "Ole," in Vienna and it became the first international award in the history of Georgian photography. In the same year, he received a bronze medal at the Modena International Photo Contest for his work "Tbilisi Sea".
In 1962, he became the head of the photo-department at the Union of Georgian Journalists in Tbilisi. His works were regularly published in various international publications in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong. He was a participant in several photo exhibitions. Among his famous photos are: "Sweet Melon", "Mountain Daybreak", "Meskhi Attacks", "Tetnuldi – A Bride of Svaneti", "Ushba", "Tenzing Norgay", "Paradox of rain", "Old Tbilisi", etc.
In his works, Guram Tikanadze paired a poetic mode of thinking with journalism. Guram Tikanadze's activities coincided with the so-called "Khrushchev Thaw" period, when young photographers intentionally ignored the rules of staged photography and were boldly pushing reportage photography forward. Guram Tikanadze greatly contributed to the development of Georgian photography by creating a certain cultural and genetic tradition.
Guram Tikanadze was a student when he became interested in Alpinism. During his short life, he managed to climb up to 40 mountaintops. His first was "Spartacus" in 1952. From 1957 onward, he was climbing grade 5 mountaintops. The first such summit was Mount Garmo in the Pamirs, in 1957. During the period between August and September in 1958, Guram Tikanadze, along with a group of four people, accomplished the most difficult traverse on the main chain of the Central Caucasus. He conquered 14 out of 16 mountaintops and was awarded the silver medal of the Soviet Union (none of the group members received the gold medal). In 1961, he headed a traverse of both mountaintops of [Ushba].
In August 1963, with a sport group that he headed, he conquered Tetnuldi. On August 21, the group reached Shkhara. He died on August 27, while descending the mountain. He hammered a wooden pole into a rock gap, attached a rope to it and began to descend, but the wooden pole slipped from the gap. His body was brought from the mountains on September 1, by a group of mountaineers headed by Beknu Khergiani and Chichiko Chartolani. In 1980, in the Latali village of Svaneti, with the initiative and support of the local population, the Guram Tikanadze Sports Center and Museum was opened.

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Guram Tikanadze

1932 births
1963 deaths
Photographers from Georgia (country)

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Ronald T. Miscavige's Cover Up Exposes "Memoir" as a Fraud
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?—August 21, 2012: The son Ronald Miscavige gushes about and praises, Ronnie (left), is arrested in Virginia for solicitation of prostitution as part of a larger FBI investigation. On the exact same day the son Ronald vilifies in his "memoir," David (right), cuts the ribbon on the first Scientology Center for the Middle East in Tel Aviv, Israel, warmly welcomed by local Christian, Jewish and Muslim officials along with government representatives and peace movement members.
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While Ronald T. Miscavige (Ronald Sr.'s) book is a fraudulent narrative from beginning to end, perhaps the clearest and most glaring lies concern his cover-up of his own acts and those of his oldest son Ronald Jr. (Ronnie) (READ THE POLICE REPORTS). And those lies set the stage for the false premise of his alleged reason for writing the book: the personal decisions by his daughters to have nothing further to do with him.
Ronald Sr. writes that he believes the Church ordered his daughters to "disconnect" from him. In fact the opposite is true: it was he who cut off communications with them, after moving into Ronnie's house, an act anathema to his daughters.
After Ronald Sr. left the Sea Organization in violation of its requirements for ending one's tenure in the Church's religious order, his daughters, in an attempt to reconcile with their elderly father, asked him to move to Florida to be near their families. This was despite his history of having beaten them and their mother for years. Arrangements were even made so Ronald Sr. could live a comfortable and good life in Florida. He refused. His daughters then implored him not to go live with their older brother Ronnie, whose unforgivable behavior toward them seared through their memories for a lifetime. They made clear to their father that they would consider such an action on his part to be a personal betrayal. Again, Ronald Sr. ignored their pleas and left to live with Ronnie.
No sooner had Ronald Sr. arrived to live at Ronnie's house than Ronnie was arrested by police in Hampton, VA., as part of a larger FBI sting into drugs and prostitution. This, of course, was the same category of abusive and immoral behavior—sex crimes—to which Ronnie's sisters had been subjected to years earlier, thereby affirming their reasons for objecting to their father going to live with Ronnie. As stated in the police records, the Court disposition for Ronnie's soliciting prostitution from a known human sex trafficking victim reads "GUILTY W/H/F UNTIL NOV 2013." The report elaborates that there were at least 30 such incidents in just a two month period with single prostitutes and even one instance of a threesome involving "everything." The police documents show he used a cell phone with the same phone number he uses as a Manager of Long & Foster. Ronnie admitted to the police that he "was afraid . . . to answer the[ir] question truthfully" because he "was afraid that he would get in trouble if he did so."
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Ronald Sr. cannot claim ignorance of these events. WHEN THE POLICE ARRESTED RONNIE, RONALD SR. WAS LIVING AT RONNIE'S HOUSE, having ignored the despairing pleas of his daughters that he not live with the brother. And Ronald Sr. continued to stay with Ronnie even after the arrest and even after Ronnie's wife Bitty left him shortly thereafter and moved across the country, while Ronald Sr. helped conceal the entire matter from the rest of the family.
Indeed, after Ronald Sr. left to live with Ronnie, he did not communicate with his daughters at all for the next two years. It was he who discontinued the relationship, with guilty knowledge, but unconcern, about how he had ignored their pleas and caused them immense pain. Then, in a setup obviously designed to set the stage for the book he already was writing, he appeared unannounced at the door of his eldest daughter, whose husband, in her absence, told him he was not welcome.
Not only that. Having chosen to discuss Ronnie in his so-called memoir, Ronald Sr. fails to disclose the facts of Ronnie's arrest on charges of moral turpitude at the very time that he was visiting his son's house. Instead, astonishingly, Ronald Sr. writes in his book that during that time,
"I got along great with Ronnie and Bitty, and life was good."
He even goes as far as to say:
"I don't think Ronnie ever gave anybody reason to dislike him."
Life could not have been too good for Bitty, who certainly had reason to dislike him after his arrest, following which she moved away and then divorced him. And life could not have been too good for Ronald Sr.'s daughters, who once again were betrayed by a father who chose to live with their nightmare of a brother.
Ronald Sr., however, ironically was quite correct in writing that:
"I have been told that, as adults, Ronnie and David couldn't be more different."
At the very time (the same day) that Ronnie was being arrested and charged with a sex crime (while Ronald Sr. was living with Ronnie and witnessing the shameful events), David Miscavige was opening a magnificent Church of Scientology in Israel in a landmark building in Jaffa that the Church had restored to its onetime distinctive beauty. And at that opening, representatives from all sectors of Israeli society, including local officials, a representative of the government, a representative of the peace movement, and a representative of the Israeli Arab community, warmly welcomed the presence of the Church and expressed confidence and hope that the Church would play a vital role in restoring peace and harmony to the Holy Land.
As for his father, no further comment is needed.
Here are the police reports and photographs:
Public record documents reciting details of the arrest of Ron (Ronnie) Miscavige show one of the women he was seeing had been the victim of a human trafficking investigation, strung out on heroin. Her image was stored in Ronnie's cell phone. This is the same cell phone number advertised to reach Ronnie as a Manager at Long & Foster Realty in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ron's warrant of arrest for solicitation of prostitution.
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The Jordan River and the Dead Sea
On December 31, we used our hotel in Jericho for our visits to important sites at the Dead Sea and finally on the Jordan River that feeds into it. We then drove up to Jerusalem for a brief visit to the olive wood shop, though our real visits to Jerusalem still lay ahead.
As we drove from Jericho down to Masada on the west side of the Dead Sea, Grant Belnap gave quite a nice devotional on the bus, after which we sang "He Sent His Son." After the long drive, we arrived at the visitors center, watched the cheesy historical video, a then took the tram up to the top of the plateau, where Herod had built a virtually impregnable fortress and two palaces in the middle of the Judean desert.
The site was later held by Jewish rebels, and it was the last place they held after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. The Romans built a large siege ramp up the western side of the plateau, but the zealots committed suicide before the Romans broke through.
Some fresco from the Herodian bath
The Roman siege ramp
One of the Roman military campus below
Part of our group in Herod's northern palace
Remains of a later Byzantine church
Qumran is the site of an ascetic group of Jewish sectarians who had withdrawn into the desert to worship the Lord apart from the world and the rest of Judaism. Most scholars think that they were the writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were found in caves nearby.
The sectarians at Qumran were very preoccupied with ritual purity, so they immersed themselves in miqveh baths several times a day
The Baptismal Site of Jesus
We ended our day by driving to Qasr al-Yahud, the Israeli-controlled Palestinian side of the traditional baptismal site (an older site is maintained by Jordan on the east side of the river).
We had a very special devotional at or near the place of Jesus' baptism. I talked about Joshua and Elijah before moving to the baptism of Jesus, reading from Mark 1 and Matthew 3 and then bringing in 2 Nephi 31. We sang the children's song baptism, after which I offered a prayer
Because it is winter and rainy season, the river at the baptismal site was about as high as I ever saw it
Looking across at the Jordanian side of the baptismal site
Our great group right after our devotional
The Dead Sea
We next took a swimming---or better, "floating"---break at the Dead Sea, which is the lowest place on earth. The water is so saline that one easily floats.
Jimmy's Bazaar
We ended our day by a trip to Jimmy's olive wood shop in East Jerusalem. This quick trip was our first "visit" to Jerusalem, although we did not stop to see any historical site at that time. I played the Tabernacle Choir's version of "The Holy City" as we dove up to Jerusalem and through the tunnel in Mount Scopus, which have us our first views of the BYU Jerusalem Center, the Dome of the Rock, and some of the Old City. The couple of pictures I took through the bus windows are not particularly good but might remind some of our group of the excitement of those first views of Jerusalem.
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Galilee and Northern Israel, Day 2
We began our second day in Galilee at Magdala. Situated where the Via Maris exited the Valley of the Doves at the Sea of Galilee, Magdala was ideally situated to be a commercial center. Known in Greek as Tarichaea, it took its name from the word meaning "pickled fish," because this is where much of the fishing industry of the Sea of Galilee processed its fish by salting, drying, and pickling. We had a tour of the site by a sweet Mexican volunteer, who showed us the archaeology of the site, especially the first century synagogue, where Jesus almost definitely visited and where he probably read, worship, and preached.
Our group under the canopy protecting the remains of a first century synagogue at Magdala
The synagogue with the central stone, that may have held Torah scrolls during services
The central reading stone carved with symbols representing the temple
Mosaics on the synagogue floor with a rosette and squares
Fish processing center
A miqveh, or "ritual bath"
Magdala's most famous citizen, of course, was Mary Magdalene. When we got to the Christian Spirituality Center, I asked for permission to have our devotional in the Pro Dignitate Mulierum rotunda, which has columns with the names of all the women in Jesus' ministry. I read Luke 8:1–3 and talked about the importance of Jesus' women disciples and then had the sisters in our group sing "As Sisters in Zion." It was nice.
The women of our group singing "As Sisters in Zion"
Column honoring Mary Magdalene. There are other columns for each of the women in Jesus' ministry.
The main sanctuary, dedicated to the Twelve Apostles, has an altar shaped like a boat with a framing window that makes it look like it is floating on the Sea of Galilee.
We then went downstairs to the chapel that is designed to look like the first century synagogue. It features a lovely mural of the women with the issue of blood as she reached out to touch the hem of Jesus' robe. There our guide bore lovely "testimony" of how Jesus heals us today.
Peter's Primacy
Our next stop was St. Peter's Primacy, the traditional site of the appearance of the Risen Lord to seven disciples on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. I read and taught from John 21, after which we sang "My Redeemer Lives." The site takes its name from Jesus commission of Peter to "feed his sheep." After the usual pictures next to, and some wading in, the Sea of Galilee, we looked into the small chapel that features the mensa Christi, or "meal of Christ," rock which is said to be where Jesus fed the disciples.
Our next stop was Capernaum, which was the headquarters of Jesus' Galilean ministry. When Jesus came to it, it was the headquarters of the fishing operations of both Peter and Andrew and of Zebedee and his two sons, James and John. It became so closely associated with Jesus that Matthew 9:1 calls it "his own city."
There I read from Mark 1 and talked about the miracles that Jesus performed there. We then sang "Our Savior's Love."
Diagram of the first century house identified as being that of Peter and the churches that have been built over it since
Remains of the Byzantine octagonal church built over the House of Peter.
A modern church has built straddling and over the House of Peter
We left the Capernaum dock for the traditional boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
When we stopped mid-lake, I read Mark 4:35–41 and also recounted "Our Galilee Miracle" story about Samuel. The pictures below are from our 2012 experience on that Galilee boat ride. After I told that story and bore my testimony, we sang "Master the Tempest Is Raging.
Talking to Samuel about the miracle of Jesus.
Both Elaine and I had flashbacks at the `En Gev fish restaurant! We always brought our students here when we were posted at the Jerusalem Center 2011-2012.
Beit She'an/Scythopolis
Beit She'an was an important Old Testament site where the Jezreel Valley meets the Jordan River Valley near Mount Gilboa. Before the Israelites, it was a Canaanite city which the Egyptians had controlled (some of their remains are on top of the tel, or high archaeological mound that some of our group climbed. It later became an important Greek city named Scythopolis in the Hellenistic Period until it was destroyed by the Jewish Hasmonean family that ruled the Holy Land after the Maccabean Revolt.
The Romans refounded the city after Pompey's invasion in A.D. 63. As a reestablished Greek city, it was separated from Jewish territories and was part of the Decapolis, a league of ten Hellenized cities. Still, its importance on the routes through the Jezreel and Jordan valleys make it likely that Joseph and Mary would have gone through here on their way to Bethlehem, and Jesus probably passed through it frequently as well.
Most of the remains below the tel are from the Roman period, and the straight streets flanked by colonnades, the baths, theater, and other public buildings are some of the best preserved in the Near East. It remained important in the Byzantine (Greek-speaking, Christian Roman) Period and the early Islamic Period, but it was destroyed in the great earthquake of A.D. 749 and not rebuilt.
When we got the Beit She'an, it was the first time that I had visited the site of Greco-Roman Scythopolis when it was not beastly hot, which made it the most pleasant visit that I have had there.
The green tell looming over the Greek and Roman city
One of the colonnaded streets of Roman Scythopolis
The hypocausts are part of the heating system under the floor of the caldarium or "hot room" of the baths
Fallen columns from the A.D. earthquake. Christian Scythopolis did not recover
Group members MUST watch the video of the Belnaps dancing above!
We drove from Bet She'an to Jericho, where we checked in to the Jericho Resort Hotel, where we stayed the next two nights.
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You want to work in a lab, do you?
The Biology and Neuroscience Research Workshop on Nov 29 was very successful. Organizers estimated that between 60 and 80 eager undergraduates attended, most looking for advice on finding a research lab. For those who could not attend, the powerpoint presentation, now available on the web, entitled "You want to work in a lab, do you?" has a lot of very practical advice on the process of finding a lab that is equally applicable to students in other disciplines.
Hey current and future science majors!
Are you interested in research, but don't know where to begin or what your options are?
If so, join the Neuroscience and Biology UDRs at the first ever Biology and Neuroscience Research Workshop! Come and learn about the many options available, and find out how you can get involved in research.
The workshop will be held in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room on Tuesday November 29th at 8:00pm, and food will be provided! If you're considering doing research during your undergraduate career, then this is an event you don't want to miss!
Metabolism" was done in the Petsko/Ringe lab. His work teaching in the Biology laboratory also resulted in a paper in CBE Life Science Education. Isaac is currently a graduate student at Univ. of California, San Francisco. Wapinsky received a BS degree with Highest Honors in Biology, doing in her thesis work "Characterization of Interferon Regulatory Factor-4 mutants" with Professor Ruibao Ren. Wapinski is currently studying at Stanford.
Thanks to new funding from the National Science Foundation, starting in Summer 2011 Brandeis will offer a new research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program in Cell and Molecular Visualization. This new grant, organized by principal investigator Susan Lovett, will provide funding for 10 undergraduates to spend 10 weeks at Brandeis in the summer doing independent research projects in close collaboration with faculty mentors. NSF REU programs place special emphasis on providing research opportunities for under-represented groups in science, and for students whose colleges cannot provide cutting-edge research facilities.
The new program will join Brandeis's existing MRSEC REU and other summer research activities in providing a lively atmosphere for young researchers. This competitive program will provide stipends of $5000 each plus housing and meal allowances. Participants must be US citizens or permanent residents, and should have completed their sophomore or junior year of study and be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate college or university. Further information including an application form is available on the Biology website.


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But the senior USA military officials, who weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity, said U.S. The picture emerged as a tense emergency meeting of the United Nations security council got under way following the USA air strike.
Officials continued a massive manhunt Friday for the capture of a Janesville, Wisconsin, man suspected of stealing about a dozen a dozen handguns, rifles and possibly an automatic weapon from a local gunshop and sending a threatening, 161-page manifesto to President Trump.
Police used stun grenades to break up the clash between the anti-Zuma and pro-Zuma groups at the gates of the Gupta compound. Save SA convener Sipho Pityana told demonstrators the march is the beginning of many more around the country that will continue until Zuma steps down.
The Wednesday edition of Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said, "Our means of attack have the mainland of the United States in range, and we're always on standby to launch our missiles".
Roy Blunt told a St. Louis radio station on Friday that Trump's strike "was the right thing to do and the right response to another atrocity, six years now of atrocities by the (Bashar Assad) regime". Moran on Friday was more restrained than some of his fellow Republicans . This mission signaled a radical departure from what candidate and now President Trump had suggested would be his administration's position of disengagement on Syria.
Cavusoglu, whose country is a strong backer of the Syrian opposition, said the most ideal process will be a political solution that leads to a transitional government accepted by all Syrians as soon as possible. "We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the USA", said Vladimir Safronkov. US Ambassador Nikki Haley has delivered a warning at an emergency session of the UN Security Council.
Syria war: Should Congress have approved Trump missile strikes?
In a statement last night, after he gave orders to strike the Syrian air base from which the chemical weapon attack originated, Trump said , "Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children". McMaster added that the level of confidence among USA officials has only grown since the Tuesday attack, pointing specifically to evidence gleaned from the victims of the attack.
At the time of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the then North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il disappeared from public view for around six weeks-and was widely believed to have gone into hiding for fear of a USA attack. Chang Yong-Seok, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace and Unification at Seoul National University, said Kim's son, current leader Kim Jong-Un, had no reason to take such precautions.
The First Minister calls for "early discussions" with Number 10 to agree a section 30 order, which would temporarily transfer the authority to hold a referendum from Westminster to Holyrood. Ms Sturgeon on the other hand insists that the Brexit vote has dramatically altered the situation and pointed out that she was elected on a mandate that promised a new independence referendum should Brexit come to pass.
Activist groups that operate in IS-held territory and are opposed to the militants have reported increasing numbers of civilian deaths from USA -led airstrikes in recent weeks. Earlier Saturday, activists and state media said an airstrike by the US -led coalition on the northern IS-held village of Hneida killed at least 14 civilians, including children.
Il piano dei criminali prevedeva che Akbarzhon Jalilov piazzasse una bomba alla stazione della metro di San Pietroburgo che sarebbe poi dovuta esplodere dopo quella del vagone. Ieri sera il presidente Vladimir Putin ha reso loro omaggio: ha posato un grande mazzo di rose rosse accanto alla montagna di fiori e ai lumini raccolti vicino alla stazione del metrò colpita.
Those that have played Persona 5 all agreed that the game is well-presented and the experience offered is unique when compared to other mainstream titles of the same genre. Although people are well aware of the potential consequences their actions hold, many people have openly spoken about not caring at all. Reviews for Persona 5 praise the game across the board, leading one to think that maybe it's just a better game than Persona 4 was.


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Home News Bloomsbury's revenues grow 19% in first half
Bloomsbury's revenues grow 19% in first half
Published October 27, 2016 by Natasha Onwuemezi
Bloomsbury's total revenues were up 19% to £62.7m for the six months ending 31st August 2016, which is "in line with management's expectations", though the...
Bloomsbury's total revenues were up 19% to £62.7m for the six months ending 31st August 2016, which is "in line with management's expectations", though the company expects sales to be "significantly second-half weighted" due to Christmas sales and October being the "peak period" for academic book sales.
Print revenues grew 25% to £51.7m in the six months ending August 2016, from £41.4m in 2015, and made up 87% of the company's total title revenues in the period, demonstrating a "continued demand for books in print format", the publisher said. Digital revenues grew 8% to £7.7m up from £7.1m for the same period in 2015.
Adjusted profit before taxation was down by £0.4m to £1.5m following the end of the term of the contract for publishing services with the Qatar Foundation, and rights and services revenues were also down from £4.1m in 2015 to £3.3m because of this. Reported profit before tax was £0.1m, down from £0.3m in 2015.
In May 2016, Bloomsbury reorganised from four to two divisions, consumer and non-consumer, to "simplify [the] business and increase its customer focus." Consumer revenues increased by 36% to £37.3m in 2016, up from £27.5m for the same period in 2015. This was driven by the business' children's trade which saw revenues increase 63% to £23.9m due to the success of key titles including the Harry Potter Box Set, the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.
Adult trade division revenues increased by 5% to £13.4m in the period, with the publisher pointing out Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads and Hannah Rothschild's Bailey's Prize shortlisted The Improbability of Love as highlights.
Total revenues for the non-consumer division were £25.4m in the six months ending August 2016, up slightly from £25.2m in 2015. Academic and professional digital resources revenues doubled year-on-year to £2m in 2016.
Commenting on the results, Nigel Newton, chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, said: "This has been a strong period for Bloomsbury. We are making good progress towards our strategic objectives with an increase in revenues of 19% and growth in each of our territories. The Children's Trade division delivered another outstanding performance, increasing revenues by 63%.
"The Group is trading in line with management's expectations. We have a strong second half list including the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Newt Scamander: A Movie Scrapbook, Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas, the Throne of Glass Colouring Book, Mad Enchantment by Ross King, Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet, Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, Bloomsbury Professional's Tax Looseleafs and Last Testament: In His Own Words by Pope Benedict XVI. October is the peak period for academic book sales and Christmas for the sales of consumer books. We therefore expect our results to continue to be significantly second-half weighted, as in past years.
"In the coming months we expect to deliver the platform and associated infrastructure to accelerate digital revenues in line with Bloomsbury's 2020 plan, and specifically to see the launch of the Arcadian Library Online and Bloomsbury Popular Music, the latest two resources in our growing range of digital products."
Bloomsbury's full-year results for the year ending 29th February 2016 showed that overall revenue grew by 11% to £123.6m and profit before taxation increased by 8% to £13m. In the children's and education arm, revenue was up 57% to £41.8m.
Nigel Newton
First-half revenue and profit fall at Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury sees 22% leap in adult trade revenues in first-half
Bloomsbury's first half revenues soar 15%
Bloomsbury's academic and professional revenue leaps by 13%
Bloomsbury revenue up 19% in first quarter


Six weeks from today is the California International Marathon. That phrase also became one of my mantras today while I ran my 16 mile long run. My run this morning was one of my best longs runs ever. The day was was perfect for running – sunshine, low 50's and little to no wind. Again I went to the towpath in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park for the flatter terrain. As I started out, I could tell it was going to be a great run. My pace was over a minute per mile faster than last week and my heart rate stayed in my zone 2. I felt so good I actually started to become a bit concerned. If I kept at the pace I was running, I feared I would burn out early. It took effort but I did pull back a bit. By the time I finished my first 8 miles I was still feeling strong.
The second half was a bit slower, but not by much. Since I started running longer than 13 miles, I have been dealing with sore hamstrings past 13 miles. This week the burn did not start to manifest itself until just before mile 15. By that point I told myself I didn't have far to go, run through it.
All along my run I reminded myself the race is only 6 weeks away. It came into play during the first 8 miles when I wanted to push faster. Getting the miles in right now is more important that the speed. Going too hard could burn me out, or worse risk an injury. The second 8 miles the reminder helped push me through. My trainer scheduled the long run as 15 to 16 miles. I decided 16. By 11 I started toying with cutting it to 15. My race is in 6 weeks. Okay, push on. When I started feeling the burn in my hamstrings at 14.7 (thank you Garmin) the desire to walk a bit entered my mind. Again my race is in 6 weeks. Keep running. When I finished I was spent, but happy. My pace for the entire 16 mile easy run was 34 seconds per mile faster than the 16 miles I ran last week – the run that included a few miles at race pace. This is a day to bottle up and bring out in 6 weeks.
I did do a few things that I plan on continuing until race day. I made sure to eat part of an energy waffle every hour and take an electrolyte capsule every hour. The third thing may be more psychological, but I always wear an Energy Armor negative ion bracelet. Some people claim it helps with balance and flexibility. Others say it is a scam. I have noticed I am more flexible and one thing for sure – when ever I take it off I get a little head rush. Lately I have been wearing a stainless steel bracelet that has negative ion dots on the inside of the links. It is the "regular" strength band. I also have a silicone band that is the Superband with five times the negative ion strength. I wore that one today. Better nutrition? Better electrolyte replacement? Powerful Superband? Maybe all three. Regardless, it helped because it was a great run.
Wonderful! And yes, it's always boggled me about those bands and whether or not they're more like placebos…but whatever helps and makes you feel good, right?
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This might be a bit off topic, but I love the names you give your workouts. Awesome run, you are going to do awesome in your race.


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Christian Pulisic returns to the starting XI after two months out
The United States international is having a hard time earning a starting role at Chelsea since Thomas Tuchel took over the manager job in January.
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Estados UnidosUpdate: March 13th, 2021 18:25 EST
Christian Pulisic is having a hard time earning a starting role at Chelsea in his sophomore year and since manager Thomas Tuchel took over the manager job. The United States international has only started twice in twelve games across all competitions. On Saturday he made his first Premier League start under Tuchel in Chelsea's scoreless draw against Leeds United.
Over two months since last start
Prior to Saturday's game, Pulisic's only start was in the FA Cup on 11 February as Chelsea beat Burnley to advance to the next round. Since then he has been used as a substitute playing between 10-30 minutes when Tuchel decided he was needed.
Against Leeds, Pulisic started on the right wing and after a strong first half, he started 'disappearing' from the game and was replaced in the 68th minute by Reece James. Another failed opportunity for Chelsea's No 10 to showcase his talent and prove that he deserves to be a starting player for the remainder of the season.
Thomas Tuchel makes a double substitution...
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The 'Blues' remain in fourth place with 51 points after 29 games and a record of 14-9-6 in the Premier League. They have a short week to rest because on Wednesday they play against Atlético Madrid for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. Chelsea remains undefeated in their last 12 games across all competitions and they have the advantage of 1-0 against the LaLiga side.
England want to persuade Yunus Musah to leave the USMNT
Champions League: five USMNT could feature in Round of 16
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MOVIE REVIEW: Machete
This movie cuts like a knife, and bleeds uncontrollably
By Josh Board • Fri, Sep 3rd, 2010
Machete: Rates a C-.
The opening credits had a cute joke saying "Introducing Don Johnson." And during the movie, I forget he was in it, as a Minutemen type of character that shoots any Mexican in his path.
There's a lot I want to forget about this movie.
What started as a fake movie trailer in Grindhouse (a good film that spoofs 1970s B-movies), doesn't work.
As a faux film trailer, we can laugh the way everyone did, when Hollywood made a movie called Snakes on a Plane.
When you make a 105 minute movie, which according to my math, is 100 minutes longer than the original joke that worked so well…that's a tall order for anyone; but especially director Robert Rodriquez.
I thought of an analogy that helps explain why this movie doesn't really work.
Remember when you heard the chorus from a Weird Al Yankovic song and you'd laugh that he's singing "Eat It" instead of "Beat it?" When you hear the entire song, you think some of the lyrics are clever, but before the half-way point, you stopped caring. You get the joke, and it's just going on and on.
I remember in the early 1990s hearing a parody song called "Stairway to 7-11." It was hysterical, and only a minute long. Now, had it been eight minutes, the length of the Led Zeppelin original, I doubt people would've found it funny.
Listen, I've had a man crush on Danny Trejo for as long as I could remember. The dude just chews up the screen (much like how something has chewed up the skin on his face).
I remember thinking when I saw Desperado (another Rodriquez picture) – it would be interesting to see a whole movie about this mysterious knife thrower. And I'm sure an interesting movie could've been made. This wasn't it.
I know, I know…it's supposed to be a fake, Mex-ploitation movie. So what. If you're doing that, I want a lot more action scenes (and better ones), more nudity (I can't believe I actually typed that), and more catch phrases.
I loved when they described Trejo as "CIA, ICE, FBI -- all rolled into one mean burrito." More of that, please.
I can't say Piranha 3D was better than this movie, but they surely did a better job making a parody film of this genre. And that's odd, considering we get to watch Robert De Niro as a racist senator.
Cheech Marin (in a few funny and interesting scenes), as the Priest and brother to Machete.
Michelle Rodriquez runs a taco stand. She's a revolutionary named "She" (think Che).
Jessica Alba looks gorgeous, and we all broke our necks turning like Linda Blair when they showed her nude in the shower, at an upside down angle.
So what went wrong?
Sloppy writing, that's what.
Early on, we see Machete driving his car through the house of kidnappers. His sidekick is scared, and apologizes for something. Trejo says "You can apologize to the machete, it's boss."
I also thought about how three human beings I despise (Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriquez) are in this.
Lohan goes topless, and does a 3-way with a character playing her mom (talk about type casting).
I thought Jeff Fahey was amazing in his role as a double-crossing aide to De Niro. His voice and look is perfect for the role.
There are things I liked and disliked about this movie. Here are a few:
Liked: Machete using a weed wacker as a weapon.
Disliked: The Mexicans all showing up for a fight with garden tools (the fighting scene in Anchorman is so much more fun).
Liked: Trejo as Machete; a hundred times more intimidating than Javier Bardem and his goofy haircut in No Country for Old Men.
Disliked: Scenes of him sharpening and improving his knives.
Liked: Trejo saying "Machete don't text."
Disliked: The convoy of lowriders showing up for the big showdown.
Liked: Trejo using intestines as a rope to repel out a window.
Disliked: Seagal sitting by a pool talking tough.
Liked: Did I mention the weed wacker? Well, he uses it again. It's equally as fun.
Disliked: Uneven action sequences.
Liked: Cheech whipping out Cuban cigars, and then Mexican joints (that were almost the same size as the cigars).
Disliked: The gunfights.
This is basically a parody of bad movies and it soon just becomes one itself.
Less is more, and the trailer should've been the last we heard of Machete (didn't Rodriquez also name Trejo's character Machete in Spy Kids?)
A friend of mine was upset that the white guys were the evil, bad racists. I remember he was also bothered that the humans were evil in Avatar.
I have no problems with either of those scenarios, as these are fictional stories. And I'm guessing Mexicans would have more to complain about this movie than whites.
As Machete was sharpening his knives, I couldn't help think – it's the movie that's rather dull. And that's a shame, because they had a lot to work with.
I'm starting to think these are the only types of movies Rodriquez is capable of anymore (What happened to films like El Mariachi?)
I'm giving this a C-.
(It was going to get a D+, but Trejo stayed after class and pleaded his case. And how can you not be charmed by that face?)


Oras Group, a leading provider of sanitary fittings, streamlines its product information management to communicate its products consistently in all channels and markets with the help of inRiver PIM.
Oras Group, a leading provider of sanitary fittings, aims to streamline its product information management to communicate its products consistently in all channels and markets with the help of inRiver PIM.
Working with two leading brands, Oras and Hansa, Oras Group has a complex product portfolio of about 5000 active products, where each product has about 100 add-ons and spare parts. To manage this, and to make it easier for sales and marketing, Oras Group decided to streamline information management processes and consolidate all the product information into a user-friendly system that focuses on ease-of-use and supports information enrichment for the product teams.
Wanting to manage the product information efficiently and in-house, Oras Group planned to have an efficient process that also provides full transparency within the organization. The aim was to have country representatives in different markets access the full product information on each product easily. Oras Group also wanted to support company's marketing, ensuring that the information used was always up-to-date and most suited for marketing and sales purposes.
Selecting inRiver PIM as the system support for this transformation, Oras Group asked inRiver partner Tieto to implement inRiver PIM and a feed of product data from the ERP and PDM systems to inRiver PIM, where it will be easily enriched by the product and marketing teams with text, media, technical descriptions etc and transformed into rich product information for Oras Group's markets.
"We now have a streamlined process and a user-friendly tool for all our product information, giving us the efficiency and transparency we were looking for. Product information is now freely available both internally within the company and for our resellers and customers. We are also using inRiver PIM to push the information into various sales channels – both digital and printed. One of our important channels is making the rich product information available to our resellers through inRiver's Content Store, ensuring that they will always have up-to-date information at their fingertips at all times" says Kari Suojanen, PDM Manager, Oras Group.
"Working with a complex portfolio of a market-oriented product selection but hundreds of parts for each one, we have to have an efficient tool for managing not just the products, but also marketing them in an effective way. inRiver helps us organize this complexity for sales channels and all languages, ensuring that we can deliver the relevant and complete information on each product at any time through all cross channel customer touch points" says Samuli Holmala, Digital Marketing Specialist, Oras Group.
"We are pleased to see Oras Group handling rich information on their products efficiently, and providing full transparency for the entire organization. They are creating great value for themselves and their customers with rich product information, and I am looking forward to supporting them with that. With inRiver, Oras Group will take full advantage of always providing up-to-date product information in real time" says Daniel Lambert-Krüss, Regional Sales Manager, inRiver.