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var TT = TT || {};
TT.UI = (function () {

  var pub = {};

  function getStoryFromContext(context) {
    var id = $(context).closest('.story').data('id');
    return TT.Model.Story.get({ id: id });
  }

  pub.openResetDialog = function () {
    TT.View.drawResetDialog();

    return false;
  };

  pub.reset = function () {
    TT.Dialog.close();
    TT.Utils.clearLocalStorage();
    $.cookie('pivotalToken', null);
    $.cookie('pivotalUsername', null);
    TT.Init.init();

    return false;
  };

  pub.toggleFullscreen = function () {
    $('body').toggleClass('fullscreen');
    TT.View.updateColumnDimensions();
    TT.Utils.localStorage('fullscreen', $('body').hasClass('fullscreen'));

    return false;
  };

  pub.selectProject = function () {
    $(this).toggleClass('inactive');
    $(window).trigger('workspaceUpdate');
    TT.View.drawStories();

    return false;
  };

  // From the Autocomplete selector
  pub.toggleProjectVisibility = function () {
    var controls = $(this).closest('.project-controls');
    var id = controls.data('id');
    var projectTab = $('#project-' + id);

    if (controls.hasClass('disabled')) {
      return false;
    }

    controls.toggleClass('active');
    projectTab.click();
    $(window).trigger('workspaceUpdate');

    return false;
  };

  pub.toggleProjectStatus = function () {
    var controls = $(this).closest('.project-controls');
    var id = controls.data('id');
    var projectTab = $('#project-' + id);

    controls.toggleClass('disabled');
    projectTab.toggleClass('disabled');
    TT.View.drawStories();

    return; // let checkbox toggle naturally
  };

  pub.refreshProjects = function () {
    TT.Init.requestProjectsAndIterations(true);

    return false;
  };

  pub.toggleColumnSelector = function () {
    var name = $(this).data('name');
    $(window).trigger('workspaceUpdate');

    if ($(this).hasClass('active')) {
      TT.View.removeColumn(name);
    } else {
      TT.View.addColumn(name);
    }

    return false;
  };

  pub.removeColumn = function () {
    var name = $(this).closest('.column').data('name');
    TT.View.removeColumn(name);
    $(window).trigger('workspaceUpdate');

    return false;
  };

  pub.removeColumnOnMiddleClick = function (e) {
    if (TT.Utils.keyPressed(e, 'MIDDLE_CLICK')) {
      $(this).find('span').click();
      return false;
    }

    // intentionally not returning false here to continue event bubbling
  };

  pub.selectText = function () {
    var element = $(this).select();
    setTimeout(function () {
      element.select();
    }, 0);

    return false;
  };

  pub.openFloatingStoryPreview = function () {
    $('.floating-story').unbind('mouseenter').remove();

    var offset = $(this).closest('.story').offset();
    if (offset.top === 0 || offset.left === 0) {
      return false;
    }

    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);
    var win = $(window);
    var container = $('

').appendTo('body');
    TT.View.redrawFloatingStory(story);

    container.css({
      left: Math.min(offset.left, win.width() - container.outerWidth() - 7),
      top: Math.min(win.height() / 2, offset.top)
    });

    var maxHeight = win.height() - container.offset().top - 15;
    container.css({ maxHeight: maxHeight });

    var timeoutID;
    container.on('mouseenter', function () {
      clearTimeout(timeoutID);
      TT.Utils.setBoundaryCallback(container, function () {
        clearTimeout(timeoutID);
        timeoutID = setTimeout(function () {
          $('.floating-story').unbind('mouseenter').remove();
        }, 250);
      });
    });
  };

  pub.toggleStory = function () {
    var element = $(this).closest('.story').toggleClass('expanded-story');
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    if (element.hasClass('expanded-story')) {
      TT.View.drawStoryDetails(element);
      TT.Model.Story.update({ id: story.id }, { expanded: true });
    } else {
      TT.Model.Story.update({ id: story.id }, { expanded: false });
      // TODO: Clean this up
      TT.Utils.updateStoryState(story.id, {
        name: null,
        nameHeight: null,
        description: null,
        descriptionHeight: null,
        note: null,
        noteHeight: null
      });
      TT.View.redrawStory(story);
    }

    return false;
  };

  pub.filterByProject = function () {
    var id = $(this).data('project-id');
    $('#projects .project').addClass('inactive');
    $('#project-' + id).removeClass('inactive');
    TT.View.drawStories();

    return false;
  };

  pub.filterByUser = function () {
    var name = $(this).data('username');
    TT.Model.Filter.add({
      name: name,
      type: 'user',
      fn: function (story) {
        return story.owned_by === name || story.requested_by === name ||
          TT.Model.Story.hasTag(story, '[pair=' + name.toLowerCase() + ']') ||
          TT.Model.Story.hasTag(story, '[qa=' + name.toLowerCase() + ']');
      }
    });
    TT.View.drawStories();

    return false;
  };

  pub.filterByTag = function () {
    var tag = $.trim($(this).text());
    TT.Model.Filter.add({
      name: tag,
      type: 'tag',
      fn: function (story) {
        return TT.Model.Story.hasTag(story, tag);
      }
    });
    TT.View.drawStories();

    return false;
  };

  pub.filterByTagFromEpicScale = function () {
    $(this).closest('.row').find('.tag').click();

    return false;
  };

  pub.toggleFilter = function (e) {
    var id = $(this).closest('.filter').data('filter-id');
    var filter = TT.Model.Filter.get({ id: id });

    if (TT.Utils.keyPressed(e, 'MIDDLE_CLICK') && filter.sticky !== true) {
      $(this).find('span.close').click();
      return false;
    }

    TT.Model.Filter.update({ id: id }, { active: !filter.active });
    $(this).toggleClass('inactive');
    $(window).trigger('workspaceUpdate');
    TT.View.drawStories();
    TT.Model.Filter.clientSave();

    return false;
  };

  pub.removeFilter = function () {
    var $filter = $(this).closest('.filter');
    var id = $filter.data('filter-id');
    TT.Model.Filter.remove({ id: id });
    $filter.remove();
    TT.View.drawStories();
    TT.Model.Filter.clientSave();

    return false;
  };

  pub.openAccountSettings = function () {
    TT.View.drawAccountSettingsForm();

    return false;
  };

  pub.saveAccountSettings = function () {
    var pivotalToken = $('#pivotal-token-input').val();
    var pivotalUsername = $('#pivotal-username').val();

    if (!pivotalToken) {
      TT.View.message('Token is required.', { type: 'error' });
      return false;
    }

    $.cookie('pivotalToken', pivotalToken, { expires: 365 });
    $.cookie('pivotalUsername', pivotalUsername, { expires: 365 });

    TT.Dialog.close();
    TT.Init.init();

    return false;
  };

  pub.openPivotalUsernameAutocomplete = function () {
    var items = [];

    TT.Model.User.each(function (index, user) {
      items[items.length] = {
        name: '' + user.name + ' (' + user.initials + ')',
        value: user.name
      };
    });

    TT.Autocomplete.open({ items: items, target: this });

    return false;
  };

  pub.openProjectListAutocomplete = function () {
    if ($('#autocomplete .project-controls').length > 0) {
      TT.Autocomplete.close();

      return false;
    }

    var items = [];

    TT.Model.Project.each(function (index, project) {
      items[items.length] = {
        name: TT.View.render('projectControls', project),
        value: project.name
      };
    });

    TT.Autocomplete.open({
      applyOnClick: false,
      customTopOffset: 4,
      items: items,
      target: this,
      css: { width: 280 },
      maxHeight: $(window).height() - 60,
      noActive: true
    });

    $('#autocomplete .project-controls .project-status-checkbox').each(function () {
      if (!$(this).closest('.project-controls').hasClass('disabled')) {
        $(this).attr('checked', 'checked');
      }
    });

    pub.initProjectAutoCompleteSortable();

    return false;
  };

  pub.initProjectAutoCompleteSortable = function () {
    $('#autocomplete .list').sortable({
      containment: '#autocomplete',
      distance: 5,
      tolerance: 'pointer',
      start: function (event, ui) {
        var oldIndex = $('#autocomplete .list .item').index(ui.item);
        $(ui.item).data('oldIndex', oldIndex);
      },
      stop: function (event, ui) {
        var newIndex = $('#autocomplete .list .item').index(ui.item);
        var oldIndex = $(ui.item).data('oldIndex');
        var projects = JSON.parse(TT.Utils.localStorage('projects'));
        projects = TT.Utils.arrayMove(projects, oldIndex, newIndex);
        TT.Model.Project.move(oldIndex, newIndex);
        TT.View.drawProjectList(projects);
        TT.Init.setInactiveProjects();
        TT.Init.setDisabledProjects();
        TT.Utils.localStorage('projects', projects);
      }
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryRequesterUpdater = function () {
    var getItems = function (story) {
      var project = TT.Model.Project.get({ id: story.project_id });
      var users = TT.Utils.normalizePivotalArray(project.memberships.membership);
      var items = [];

      $.each(users, function (i, user) {
        items[items.length] = { name: user.person.name, value: user.person.name };
      });

      return items;
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      key: 'requested_by',
      onAfterUpdate: function (id) {
        pub.setStoryUpdatingState(id, '.story-requester');
      }
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryOwnerUpdater = function () {
    var getItems = function (story) {
      var project = TT.Model.Project.get({ id: story.project_id });
      var users = TT.Utils.normalizePivotalArray(project.memberships.membership);
      var items = [];

      if (story.current_state === 'unscheduled' || story.current_state === 'unstarted') {
        items[items.length] = { name: 'none', value: 'none' };
      }

      $.each(users, function (i, user) {
        items[items.length] = { name: user.person.name, value: user.person.name };
      });

      return items;
    };

    var onBeforeUpdate = function (update) {
      if (update.owned_by === 'none') {
        update.initials = '';
      } else {
        var user = TT.Model.User.get({ name: update.owned_by }) || {};
        update.initials = user.initials;
      }

      return update;
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      key: 'owned_by',
      onBeforeUpdate: onBeforeUpdate,
      onAfterUpdate: function (id) {
        pub.setStoryUpdatingState(id, '.story-owner');
      }
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryPairUpdater = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    var getItems = function (story) {
      var project = TT.Model.Project.get({ id: story.project_id });
      var users = TT.Utils.normalizePivotalArray(project.memberships.membership);
      var items = [
        { name: 'none', value: 'none' }
      ];

      $.each(users, function (i, user) {
        if (user.person.name !== story.owned_by) {
          items[items.length] = { name: user.person.name, value: user.person.name };
        }
      });

      return items;
    };

    var onApply = function (name) {
      TT.Model.Story.addPair(story, name);
      pub.setStoryUpdatingState(story.id, '.story-pair');
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      onApply: onApply
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryQAUpdater = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    var getItems = function (story) {
      var project = TT.Model.Project.get({ id: story.project_id });
      var users = TT.Utils.normalizePivotalArray(project.memberships.membership);
      var items = [
        { name: 'none', value: 'none' }
      ];

      $.each(users, function (i, user) {
        items[items.length] = { name: user.person.name, value: user.person.name };
      });

      return items;
    };

    var onApply = function (name) {
      TT.Model.Story.addQA(story, name);
      pub.setStoryUpdatingState(story.id, '.story-qa');
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      onApply: onApply
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryPointsUpdater = function () {
    var getItems = function (story) {
      var project = TT.Model.Project.get({ id: story.project_id });
      var items = [];

      if (story.current_state === 'unscheduled' || story.current_state === 'unstarted') {
        items[items.length] = { name: 'unestimated', value: '-1' };
      }

      $.each(project.point_scale.split(','), function (i, point) {
        items[items.length] = { name: point, value: point };
      });

      return items;
    };

    var onBeforeUpdate = function (update) {
      if (update.estimate < 0) {
        update.estimate = '';
      }

      return update;
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      key: 'estimate',
      width: 100,
      onBeforeUpdate: onBeforeUpdate,
      onAfterUpdate: function (id) {
        pub.setStoryUpdatingState(id, '.story-points');
      }
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryStateUpdater = function () {
    var getItems = function (story) {
      return [
        { name: 'Unscheduled', value: 'unscheduled' },
        { name: 'Unstarted', value: 'unstarted' },
        { name: 'Doing', value: 'started' },
        { name: 'Finished', value: 'finished' },
        { name: 'Delivered', value: 'delivered' },
        { name: 'Accepted', value: 'accepted' },
        { name: 'Rejected', value: 'rejected' }
      ];
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      key: 'current_state',
      width: 120,
      onAfterUpdate: function (id) {
        pub.setStoryUpdatingState(id, '.story-state');
      }
    });
  };

  pub.openStoryTypeUpdater = function () {
    var getItems = function (story) {
      return [
        { name: 'Feature', value: 'feature' },
        { name: 'Bug', value: 'bug' },
        { name: 'Chore', value: 'chore' },
        { name: 'Release', value: 'release' }
      ];
    };

    return openStoryUpdater(this, {
      getItems: getItems,
      key: 'story_type',
      width: 120,
      onAfterUpdate: function (id) {
        pub.setStoryUpdatingState(id, '.story-type');
      }
    });
  };

  pub.setStoryUpdatingState = function (id, selector) {
    $('.story-' + id + ' ' + selector).closest('.detail').addClass('is-updating');
  };

  function openStoryUpdater(context, options) {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(context);

    TT.Autocomplete.open({
      css: { width: options.width || 200 },
      items: options.getItems(story),
      value: $(context).text(),
      showInput: true,
      target: context,
      onApply: options.onApply || function (value) {
        var update = {};
        update[options.key] = (value === 'none') ? null : value;
        TT.Model.Story.serverSave(story, update, function () {
          TT.View.redrawStory(story);
        });
        if (options.onBeforeUpdate) {
          update = options.onBeforeUpdate(update);
        }
        TT.Model.Story.update({ id: story.id }, update);
        TT.View.redrawStory(story);
        if (options.onAfterUpdate) {
          options.onAfterUpdate(story.id);
        }
      }
    });

    return false;
  }

  pub.openStoryAttachmentControls = function () {
    var id = $(this).data('id');
    var url = $(this).data('url');

    var actions = [
      { name: 'Download', value: 'Download' },
      { name: 'Delete', value: 'Delete' }
    ];

    TT.Autocomplete.open({
      css: { width: 80 },
      items: actions,
      target: this,
      noActive: true,
      onApply: function (action) {
        if (action === 'Download') {
          document.location = url;
        } else if (action === 'Delete') {
          // TODO: delete attachment
        }
      }
    });

    return false;
  };

  pub.removeTagFromStory = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);
    var label = $.trim($(this).closest('.tag').text());
    TT.Model.Label.removeStory(label, story.id);
    TT.Model.Label.recalculateTotals(label);

    var labels = TT.Model.Story.removeTag(story, label).labels;
    TT.Model.Story.saveLabels(story, labels);

    return false;
  };

  pub.editStoryTags = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    var labels = $.map(TT.Model.Label.get(), function (label) {
      return { name: label.name, value: label.name };
    });

    TT.Autocomplete.open({
      css: { width: 240 },
      items: TT.Utils.sortByProperty(labels, 'name'),
      target: $(this).closest('.labels'),
      noActive: true,
      showInput: true,
      onApply: function (label) {
        var labels = TT.Model.Story.addTag(story, label.toLowerCase()).labels;
        TT.Model.Story.saveLabels(story, labels);
      }
    });

    return false;
  };

  pub.editStoryTitle = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    return addStoryEditor(this, story, 'name', {
      text: story.name,
      onSave: 'TT.UI.saveStoryTitle',
      onCancel: 'TT.UI.cancelEditTitle'
    });
  };

  pub.editStoryDescription = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    return addStoryEditor(this, story, 'description', {
      text: story.description,
      onSave: 'TT.UI.saveStoryDescription',
      onCancel: 'TT.UI.cancelEditDescription'
    });
  };

  pub.addStoryNote = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);

    return addStoryEditor(this, story, 'note', {
      onSave: 'TT.UI.saveStoryNote',
      onCancel: 'TT.UI.cancelStoryNote'
    });
  };

  function addStoryEditor(context, story, name, actions) {
    var html = TT.View.render('textarea', actions);

    var textarea = TT.View.attach(html, context, 'insertAfter').find('textarea');
    textarea.focus().autosize().bind('keyup blur', function () {
      var data = {};
      data[name] = textarea.val();
      data[name + 'Height'] = textarea.height();

      TT.Utils.updateStoryState(story.id, data);
    });

    $(context).hide();

    return false;
  }

  pub.saveStoryTitle = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);
    var name = $(this).closest('.textarea').find('textarea').val();

    if (name) {
      TT.Model.Story.saveTitle(story, name);
      $(this).closest('.actions').html('
Saving...
');
    } else {
      TT.View.message('Title is required.', { type: 'error' });
    }

    return false;
  };

  pub.saveStoryDescription = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);
    var description = $(this).closest('.textarea').find('textarea').val();

    TT.Model.Story.saveDescription(story, description);
    $(this).closest('.actions').html('
Saving...
');

    return false;
  };

  pub.saveStoryNote = function () {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(this);
    var comment = $(this).closest('.textarea').find('textarea').val();

    if (comment) {
      TT.Model.Story.saveComment(story, comment);
      $(this).closest('.actions').html('
Saving...
');
    } else {
      TT.View.message('Your note is empty.', { type: 'error' });
    }

    return false;
  };

  pub.cancelEditTitle = function () {
    return cancelStoryEdit(this, {
      selector: '.title',
      state: { name: null, nameHeight: null }
    });
  };

  pub.cancelEditDescription = function () {
    return cancelStoryEdit(this, {
      selector: '.description',
      state: { description: null, descriptionHeight: null }
    });
  };

  pub.cancelStoryNote = function () {
    return cancelStoryEdit(this, {
      selector: '.add-note',
      state: { note: null, noteHeight: null }
    });
  };

  function cancelStoryEdit(context, options) {
    var story = getStoryFromContext(context);
    TT.Utils.updateStoryState(story.id, options.state);

    $(context).closest('.story').find(options.selector).show();
    $(context).closest('.textarea').remove();

    return false;
  }

  pub.loadIcebox = function () {
    $(this).closest('.column-template').remove();

    var column = TT.Model.Column.get({ name: 'Icebox' });
    column.template = null;

    TT.Search.requestMatchingStories('state:unscheduled');

    return false;
  };

  pub.showEpicDetails = function (e) {
    if (!TT.Tooltip.isActive()) {
      var data = {
        name: $.trim($(this).siblings('.tag').text()),
        details: []
      };
      $(this).find('.epic').each(function () {
        if ($(this).data('stories')) {
          data.details[data.details.length] = {
            name: $(this).data('name'),
            stories: $(this).data('stories'),
            points: $(this).data('points')
          };
        }
      });
      TT.Tooltip.open({
        target: this,
        html: TT.View.render('epicDetails', data)
      });
    }

    return false;
  };

  pub.fireEventHandler = function (target, eventType, e) {
    var handler = target.data(eventType);
    if (handler) {
      handler = TT.Utils.strToFunction(handler);
      if (TT.Utils.isFunction(handler)) {
        return handler.call(target[0], e);
      }
    }
  };

  pub.initClickHandler = function () {
    $('body').click(function (e) {
      var target = $(e.target);
      // Handle links in textareas
      if (target.is('a') && target.attr('href') !== '#' &&
        !target.data('click-handler')) {
        if (target.attr('href').toLowerCase().indexOf('http') === 0) {
          target.attr('target', '_blank');
        }
        return;
      }

      target = target.closest('[data-click-handler]');
      return pub.fireEventHandler(target, 'click-handler', e);
    });
  };

  pub.initHoverHandler = function () {
    var timeoutID;
    $('body').mousemove(function (e) {
      clearTimeout(timeoutID);
      timeoutID = setTimeout(function () {
        var target = $(e.target).closest('[data-hover-handler]');
        pub.fireEventHandler(target, 'hover-handler', e);
      }, 50);
    });
  };

  pub.initSubmitHandler = function () {
    $(window).on('keyup', function (e) {
      var target = $(document.activeElement);
      if (target.is('input, textarea') && TT.Utils.keyPressed(e, 'ENTER')) {
        pub.fireEventHandler(target, 'submit-handler', e);
      }
    });
  };

  pub.init = function () {
    pub.initClickHandler();
    pub.initHoverHandler();
    pub.initSubmitHandler();
  };

  return pub;

}());

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ESG: Hardwiring ESG into the system
Once niche, ESG investing has increasingly become part of the mainstream. Fiona Rintoul reports.
Blackrock's announcement in October that it is to launch a range of environmental social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US and Europe was something of a bellwether for the asset management industry. A new chapter has begun whereby ESG investing is a normal part of an asset manager's job.
"In the last five to 10 years, we have seen an acceleration in the broader market when it comes to ESG," says Adrie Heinsbroek, head of responsible investments at NNIP. "This acceleration has meant that ESG integration is becoming a standard feature in most RFPs [requests for proposals] for new mandates, which is important for its wider acceptance."
Such developments no doubt propelled the recent BlackRock move. Though the company stopped short of rolling out ESG criteria across its entire range of active investments, its chief executive, Larry Fink, did predict that sustainable investing would be "at least equivalent to core investments" in the future.
All well and good. But are we underestimating the challenges of implementing ESG?
Given the dangers associated with climate change and growing awareness of them, many people will agree that saving the planet from environmental damage and promoting social improvements are good things. However, translating those impetuses into a coherent ESG investment strategy is not always easy.
"The main obstacle is really that ESG analysis is challenging," says Lisa Beauvilain, head of sustainability and ESG at Impax Asset Management. "To do it well is hard work." And it is work that perhaps takes investment managers outside their comfort zone. "Its value comes from non-financial analysis and know-how," Beauvilain adds. "There are overlays and screens, but the value they offer is limited."
Of course, things that are worth doing do tend to be hard work. And if you get ESG analysis right, the potential rewards can go beyond being able to sleep at night into competitive advantage.
"We believe that structural integration of material ESG issues leads to better-informed investment decisions and that companies with sustainable business practices are more successful," says Masja Zandbergen, head of ESG integration at Robeco.
"We have been integrating ESG for many years and see that this provides our investment teams with an extra lens on issues the market is not pricing in yet."
Zandbergen cites the example of data privacy on the internet. Robeco picked up on it at the end of 2014, she says. This was long before others started thinking about it and the market pricing it in.
"We had a head start and a lot more information than others did," she adds. "Having one team only profiting from this information does not make sense."
ESG can also be viewed as an asset manager's responsibility – both to its clients and to the companies in which it invests. As a long-term holder of companies, Robeco believes it needs to be active and tell them where they believe they can improve on sustainability and governance. Awareness of its social and environmental responsibilities as an active asset owner across many asset classes helped to drive NNIP to embed ESG.
"The fact that we can act in accordance with these responsibilities, in a way that enhances investment returns, means we are creating value for clients and for society at large by proactively committing to responsible investing," says Heinsbroek.
For these companies, the idea is to create value and make a difference at the same time. Creating value by helping companies to improve rather than simply generating alpha by making the right picks is certainly an attractive concept. But active ownership isn't a synonym for ESG, and not all managers follow a philosophy that prioritises an active approach or long-term investments.
"Integration is a journey and different asset managers are at different points in that journey," says Beauvilain. "Your style of investment and the time horizon that you invest over matter here, so too the expectations of your investors."
The increasing number of ETFs that integrate ESG criteria is evidence of demand for ESG exposure on the passive side of the business. Here, the need for standards and clarity in ESG analysis – currently sorely lacking – is perhaps more pressing than on the active side, where an individual approach can be a selling point. "The industry needs better issuer disclosure as well as more insightful data," says Daniel Ung, head of smart beta ETF strategy at SPDR. "Much of the available ESG information is of poor quality."
Ung also points out that ESG is most common in public markets. However, that does not necessarily reflect investors' entire portfolios.
"As investors look to apply ESG in their investment processes, it is equally important to harness the ESG potential of investments in non-public markets, such as private equity, and for that to occur, data availability and a standardised approach are crucial," he says.
Several organisations are attempting to tackle the data issue; Ung cites the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Governance and Accountability Institute (GAI). But it is not just a question of more data.
Zandbergen believes there is enough data and information around. The problem is they were never intended to be used in mainstream investments and definitely not as an alpha driver. The focus was "more ethical".
"Portfolio managers actually need research that makes the ESG information relevant for them to use in their process," she says. "If you cannot give them that, ESG integration will be a box-ticking exercise." There is the question of education, too: "How can you expect people in the financial industry to take sustainability into account if they have not been trained to do so in school?".
Harmonisation
Another issue is lack of harmonisation at the global level. Ung points out that, for equities, the Swedish pension fund AP3 looks at ESG investing in a different way to that of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Regulators also have different approaches.
"Continued fragmentation of regulatory efforts around the world pose a challenge, as common standards are not yet being employed as they have been over the years in reporting of financial metrics," says Chirag Patel, head of State Street Associates EMEA.
Beyond the issue of finding the right data to implement ESG lies the issue of having the data to prove it works. "Works" means two things here: (1) has a positive impact on the environment, society and corporate governance; and (2) delivers outperformance – or at least not underperformance.
The contribution or otherwise of ESG to performance is a much-debated topic that has produced a wealth of studies that sometimes contradict one another. However, Beauvilain highlights one arresting statistic: it is estimated that about 80%-85% of the value of the S&P 500 is from intangible assets.
"You are moving beyond the numbers and your risk analysis framework should capture that," she says.
Measuring the positive impact of companies on the planet and society is, if anything, an even more challenging business – and one that Heinsbroek says will generate debate among asset owners, regulators and non-governmental organisations.
He believes improved transparency at the company level – combined with more data sources and the standardisation of measurement methodologies – is the way forward.
"Improved transparency might have several implications on the company's financial profitability to be taken into account by portfolio managers," he says. "For example, by measuring the CO2 emissions or water consumption of a company, they can gauge how efficiently it is managing costs."
This would perhaps require an end to the reliance on self-reported data to questionnaires and industry bodies that Ung deplores.
"Company-disclosed information is sparse and disparate across industries and regions," he says. "The reliance on self-reported data allows companies to disclose favourable data or opt out completely."
Meanwhile, Patel notes that there is a growing body of literature evidencing the impact of many ESG attributes on portfolio performance over the longer horizon.
"Perhaps the area where we have seen the strongest evidence of impact, even over shorter periods, is in the meaningful shifts in behaviour that have been achieved through concerted engagement campaigns by investors in areas such as environmental damage mitigation and progress on diversity and inclusion goals," he says.
ESG may not be easy to implement or to measure, but it now seems beyond doubt that it will be part of the entire asset management industry's future, regardless of style or asset class. In the past 12 months, Beauvilain has seen a dramatic change in the level of sophistication around sustainability and ESG, with investors, wealth managers and pension schemes asking increasingly astute questions.
That means managers must get ready, both to profit from the opportunity and to ensure they are not left behind.
"Looking ahead, I think this trend will continue and it will wash out box-ticking – managers will need to do the work and engage if they are to deliver meaningful value and the resource that they allocate to this area is likely to increase," says Beauvilain.
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NGC 6388 (również GCL 70 lub ESO 279-SC2) – gromada kulista znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Skorpiona w odległości 32,3 tys. lat świetlnych od Słońca i 10,1 tys. lat świetlnych od centrum Galaktyki. Odkrył ją James Dunlop 13 maja 1826 roku.

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Q: How to get GPS data from Android phone? Is there a method to tether (USB wired) the GPS data from and Android phone to PC? I am using a GPSTether app currently that is based on the gpsd project.
I am loooking for alternatives that give more control and is less buggy than that app. Also, is there another method of doing this without using any third party apps?
I am working on a location aware software project and want to read the GPS data periodically. The GPSTether app does exactly that on a TCP port over telnet.

A: This can be done using ShareGPS App available in Google Play Market and Franson GPSgate Client. You will have to redirect the android GPS NMEA signal to COM ports using these tools. In addition you will require to download AndroidSDK manager.
For detailed instruction see link below.:
http://sharedroid.jillybunch.com/user.html

A: Use Blue-NMEA http://max.kellermann.name/projects/blue-nmea/ on your android to send GPS NMEA data on bluetooth or on a local tcp server which can be accessed on PC by usb tethering or on WI-FI connection.
use VSPE (virtual serial port emulator) by eterlogic http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html (look for ur version of windows) and redirect data from tcp port to a com port of your choice and u r done with the settings. now configure 'google earth' ,'see you', 'GPSdata logger' or any other soft to listen to this com port which oftenly they will do by themselves.

A: The ideal situation here would be to have a serial port over USB connection between your Android phone and your PC, and to stream NMEA across it from the phone. Unfortunately Android doesn't support USB in such a way natively.
GPSTether is a "hack" using the adb forwarding debug bridge in order to create the link between phone and PC, and then reads the NMEA from the location manager and sends it over the TCP/IP link created by adb forwarding.
If you are finding GPSTether too buggy, you really only have two choices either a) implement a version of GPSTether yourself, or b) come up with a different method for doing this. Both will involve quite a bit of coding.
For b), you might want to consider - writing NMEA to a file on the phone while it is connected to the PC as a USB Mass Storage device, and reading updates to the file from the PC regularly.
Or perhaps you could get a bluetooth dongle for your PC and "tether" the phone to the PC over bluetooth, by creating a bluetooth COM port connection for the GPS using something like the Android app BlueNMEA.
Or you could copy an FTP client program, and write the file to an FTP server on your PC over a WiFi connection (which would allow you to have the phone on the other side of the world from the PC).

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A: This is really late, but I have an old LG-P350 and on device manager it shows an NMEA interface. I don't really know how to use it though.

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Diageo's Johnnie Walker range added a Platinum Label to its pantheon of blended scotches in 2013, kicking against the goad of the NAS trend by including an 18 year-old age statement on the label. The blend contains whisky from 20 to 25 distilleries (likely most of them owned by Diageo) and is advertised as having a predominantly Speyside character with some hints of Islay peat. The cynics among you will notice that Diageo removed an 18 year-old product from the market (the old Gold Label), replacing THAT with an NAS blend, and then released a more expensive-sounding Platinum bottling at the same age, with a higher price tag. Crafty, Diageo. Crafty. They are, however, different blends with different goals. (Gold 18 was sweet and fruity, Platinum is dryer, more perfumed, and smokier.) Apparently, Diageo expects you to give Platinum as a gift, since it's more "special" than Black, Green, or Gold, and not stratospheric in price like Blue. I don't know about you, but I've never received an $80 bottle of whisky as a gift (except from my parents, who know to ask me what I want first!), but I have no doubt that Diageo would like you to start doling out Platinum to your friends, family, and colleagues.
As usual with Diageo and the whisky industry at large, there's plenty little information about the actual makeup of Platinum. It's bottled at a watery smooth 80 proof (40% ABV), the legal minimum, and consists of a blend of grain and malt scotch whiskies that are each at least 18 years of age. That's… yep, that's it. It's probably got a bunch of Caol Ila in it, some Clynelish, and… your guess is as good as mine.
Nose: Gently perfumed, apple blossoms, white tea, ginger, juicy pears, and an undercurrent of fresh banana. This smells more like a carefully-crafted perfume than a scotch whisky. The effect is light, with no nose tickle and only very faint oak or malt notes. One could be forgiven for thinking this was a pear eau de vie by the aroma alone. After a rest in the glass, most of those volatile aromas escape, leaving a heavy banana custard note.
Palate: Medium bodied, almost syrupy. Slight tongue burn. A bit of bitter barrel char arrives upfront, which is off-putting. The banana reasserts itself, along with assorted fruit notes. The oaky bitterness persists. There are some flavors of bakery sweets – banana cream pie comes to mind, as do buttered scones. The whole is marred by that weird tannic charry bitter note, however.
Finish: Short. Charcoal, apple skins, and a fading nutty bitterness, like scorched almonds. There is a marzipan note on the tail end of the finish.
Overall: I expected a bit more surface-level quality from a premium Diageo product – usually their whiskies (especially those with age statements) are more polished than this, and simply lack depth or complexity. Instead, this tastes like the kind of leftover barrel of no-name malt that the independent bottlers pass over and which ends up in a grocery store label bottling. In fact, the grain whisky in this blend is (I suspect) what elevates it, giving it that syrupy body and some of the lighter fruit-and-flowers notes. It wasn't until after the fact (I taste whiskies before reading about them, when possible) that I realized all that bitter charcoal was actually supposed to be smoky Islay peat, which appears to have been lost in translation. I will admit that the whisky has a delicate aroma with an excellent perfumed balance of fruits and flowers, and I could certainly pass the time just smelling this whisky. I just didn't enjoy anything that came after.
I would be disappointed to taste this after laying down $80 or more for a bottle. If you're curious about the Johnnie Walker range, try it at a bar.
Despite being a Diageo shareholder as a result of following the old adage that one should invest in things they know, I am not a fan of the Johnnie Walker brand. I doubt too many of the malt connoisseurs that follow this fine website are fans either. JW appeals to those who succumb to advertising and perceived quality. The only expression in the range I seek out is the Green Label – I do believe that's the one JW offering that offers comparable quality to the price. Of course, that's also the one the average scotch drinker knows the least about. I had a dram of Green in NYC recently to which the bartender responded, "No one ever orders the Green." Back to the task at hand, Platinum is far from a bad whisky, describing it as Speyside with a hint of Islay is a fair description. Love the age statement, of course (the only viable piece of information available to us). Alas, the $100 price tag cannot at all justify the contents. Maybe $25 of that amount goes toward the over-the-top, ostentatious, and environmentally unfriendly packaging that attempts to fool the gullible consumer into thinking the contents are of higher quality than reality can support. I suggest you compare that to the black & white no frills tube of Kilkerran 12, which encases about the best scotch whisky for the price to be found. Conclusion: Diageo stock price be damned, JW Platinum is nothing more than a cash grab slap-in-the-face to us Scotch Noobs.
Like most, Black was my introduction to Scotch. However, I don't find Black nearly as appetizing as I once did. I really enjoyed the "old" Gold and still have a bottle, yet to be opened as of this moment. Thought it was way better than Blue. I do enjoy the Rye Cask finish and Double Black as well. Yet, with JW there is a theme in its Scotch and that is it always seems to come off a little thin. That isn't necessarily a bad thing but the taste is never 'forward' or overly dynamic. Rather, it comes off approachable and seems to be blended for the masses as a safe scotch. It's a great go-to gift when in doubt. And, if you know next to nothing about Scotch, if you bought a bottle of Blue as a gift, you know you weren't going wrong.
In my house, I keep two bottles of some kind of JW around because I know people will drink it rather than try one of the other names on the shelf they have never heard of – afraid they may not really like it and feel as if they are wasting money. In this regard, JW isn't bad. And since they know the market is there, they can charge 90 dollars for a bottle that probably shouldn't be priced more than 50 or 60 dollars.
I picked up the 4x200ml JW gift pack so I could sample the blue label, platinum and gold reserve without paying up for the full bottles or paying almost as much for a glass of blue label at a bar as the gift pack cost in total. I still haven't tasted any of them yet (except the included black label, which I keep around for an occasional fairly cheap scotch pour), but I just had to scratch the itch to be able to taste them for myself since everyone's palate is different. I'm sure I will also conclude that they aren't worth the price, but at least I will have confirmed that for myself without spending too much $$$.
I'm a big believer in trying everything you can. As you said – everyone's palate is different and you might find a new favorite. If nothing else, it gives you a point of reference when trying other whiskies. Cheers!
Sitting on a bottle right now that I obtained on sale for $75 the other day. I still haven't tasted it but was always a fan of the old Gold label. I need to just go ahead and bust it open to see if it was worth it. Thanks for the great review Noob!
In New Jersey, I saw on sale a 1.75L of JW Platinum for $120 plus tax. That might be a fair price for it, but in some 'controlled' states, unfortunately, the 1.75L size Platinum Label isn't distributed.
Your review makes it sound like someone made a rather expensive blended scotch whisky without ever actually tasting the stuff. Jason Debly pointed out that distillers/blenders will spend millions developing the nose on a whisky (and Debly credits the now-defunct JW Gold Label 18 year-old as the finest nosing scotch he's ever had). But I'll bet it would surprise all of us to learn that our favorite whiskies are created almost entirely by the master distiller/blender's olfactory organ. I'll bet Jim Beveridge of Johnnie Walker seldom ever actually tastes his products.


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The debate "The world is not as bad a place as the media portrays it to be" was started by Psych_Code on August 17, 2015, 3:14 am. 31 people are on the agree side of this discussion, while 23 people are on the disagree side. That might be enough to see the common perception. It looks like most of the people in this community are on the agreeing side of this statement.
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Media tends to cover to bad news more readily than the good ones. That is what my point is, it emphasizes on the negative aspects more than the positive ones. Even if the world is pretty messed up, it is not as messed up as the media depicts it to be.
well I think it depends what you mean by "media", FOX might lead us to believe that we're on a one way trip to a nuclear apocalypse by the hands of the Kenyan Muslim in the oval office, where other news organizations are a bit less dramatic are less dramatic and more realistic.
Bad news sells better than good news, and it will always overshadow anything good going on, but the world IS pretty messed up.


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One of the church buildings situated at New Kotobaabi was named after Elder John Anim-Sampong, a dedicated man of God who served God with passion.
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"Society becomes comfortable when some caliber of people exit their lives, others become worried when some depart," he said, while urging Christians to pursue good causes so that society will fondly remember them and honour them.
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I have plans to do some stash busting these holidays and found this almost-finished Sassafraslass sticker sheet. A little improvising changing clouds into trees and cutting up the brown background of the sticker sheet into the trunks and the sticker sheet is empty!
Oh wow, how great is this card. Great transformation for the clouds.
great ideas Sue-Maree. I can't wait for Christmas to be over so that I can head out to my scrapping desk.


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Yale investments threaten Congo
Gavan Gideon 12:00 am, Jan 24, 2011
A student group believes Yale's endowment investments may be linked to violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At a Thursday meeting with the University's Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR), the student organization Accountability and Corporate Transparency for Congo requested that Yale take action regarding its investments in electronics companies allegedly involved in the mineral trade in the Congo, which fuels militias in the country. Members of A.C.T. for Congo described a complex system in which the sale of minerals mined in Congo help fund the factions that are largely responsible for the three wars and other conflicts that have wracked the country for the past fifteen years.
"We think this is a case of grave social injury," said Jason Stearns GRD '15, former Coordinator of the United Nations Panel of Experts on the Congo. "Profits from the mineral trade probably constitute twenty to forty percent of financing for these armed groups."
ACIR is responsible for ensuring Yale's endowment assets are invested ethically, and for making recommendations to the Yale Corporation, Yale's highest governing body, regarding the University's investments. Chair of the ACIR and Yale Law School professor Jonathan Macey, who oversaw the meeting, could not be reached for comment Friday.
The appeal took place at the advisory committee's annual open forum, which was attended by several student groups including A.C.T. for Congo, the Responsible Endowment Project and the Undergraduate Organizing Committee.
The ACIR has yet to decide what course of action it will take regarding Yale's investments in companies possibly linked to conflict in Congo.
Stearns said an estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998 because of the violence. Some of the electronics companies that rely on the minerals in question have begun to come under scrutiny for their possible involvement in fueling conflict, the group said. The United State Congress passed a bill in July of 2010 requiring companies to take steps to ensure these minerals are not entering their products.
But the representatives of A.C.T. for Congo expressed their concerns regarding the limits of the bill and suggested a course of action Yale could take to monitor its own investments, adding that other universities including Stanford have already taken such steps. The group recommended that Yale write letters to electronics companies in which it invests to inquire about their practices, take shareholder action to control the companies' behavior, and, if necessary, divest.
"Yale is uniquely positioned to take resolute action on this issue," said A.C.T. for Congo member Julia Spiegel LAW '13.
Representatives of the Yale Undergraduate Organizing Committee and the Yale Responsible Endowment Project also gave presentations at the meeting. The UOC reiterated its concerns about Yale's investments in HEI Hotels & Resorts, a company accused of mistreating its workers.
After the meeting, Benjamin Daus-Haberle '12, undergraduate representative on the ACIR, emphasized the importance of student input to the committee.
But James Ceronsky '11, a member of the Undergraduate Organizing Committee present at the meeting, said he appreciated the open forum, but expressed concern that members of the advisory committee may not have recognized the significance of the student groups' appeals.
"It's important to me that not only do people on this board take the reports seriously, but take steps to act on them," Ceronsky said.
Yale's endowment is controlled by the Yale Investment Office, which is overseen by the Yale Corporation.
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An article in The Times in March last year appears to have excited little interest, even though the subject was of some concern to most of us. "Climate-change damage may double cost of insurance," the headline screamed, with the strap declaring: "Weather-related problems have been underestimated by scientists."
These were the supposed findings of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reflecting "a growing belief in the industry that the consequences of changes in weather patterns have been underestimated," but they were not alone in their dire predictions.
Also mentioned was a forthcoming (at that time) report from an agency called the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), based near Vienna in Austria.
This was to forecast that there were financial implications for governments as well, showing that the EU Solidarity Fund, which is worth €1 billion and is supposed to cover "uninsurable risk" for government-owned infrastructure such as roads and bridges, is not enough to cover the damage caused by the more frequent storms and flooding that are expected. The study, incidentally, was funded by the EU Commission.
But this was by no means the only foray into climate change for the IIASA, which has a very active climate change programme, being one of the leading research institutes on global environmental change. And one particular researcher, Dr Anthony Patt, was lead author on a report, "Estimating least-developed countries' vulnerability to climate-related extreme events over the next 50 years," and it is fair to say that a constant theme emerging is the need for public money to support those who suffer from climate-related catastrophes.
Such themes are also of very great interest to Dr R K Pachauri and his pet institute, TERI, and it may come as no surprise that he and Dr Patt are often seen sharing the same platform or, at the very least, singing from the same hymn sheet. But references to Patt are very often seen alongside another Pachauri – not Rajendra but Shonali Pachauri, who seems to share his concerns about climate change.
This, though, should be unsurprising. Dr Shonali Pachauri is the deputy programme leader of the population and climate change (PCC) programme at the IIASA, and has been since 2008, having joined IIASA as a research scholar in October 2005.
Incidentally, she also works one-third of her time with the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) in the energy programme, as of 2008.
Given that they are covering the same territory, it is also unsurprising that the GEA and representatives from Dr R K Pachauri's TERI often share the same platform, and there is obviously some degree of liaison between the two operations.
In fact, the "liaison" might be closer than the public record indicates as there is a certain relationship between Drs R K Pachauri and S Pachauri. Shonali is, in fact, Rjaendra's youngest (of two) daughter.
Shonali is undoubtedly well qualified for her current posts, She has a background in energy and environmental economics and received her PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) in 2002. She also holds a master's degree in environmental and resource economics from University College London.
However, it can do RK Pachauri no harm at all having his well-qualified daughter in such an important and prestigious post, working in the same field. One is almost tempted to call the old firm, "Pachauri & daughter", so closely allied are they in the climate change industry.
As for the elder daughter, she is Rashmi Pachauri – and often calls herself Rashmi Pachauri-Rajan. She, like her mother, Dr Saroj Pachauri, works on population issues, the latter being regional director, South and East Asia Regional Office, Population Council, working out of New Delhi. Mother and daughter have at times worked together.
Until relatively recently, Rashmi seems to have been based in New Delhi – and may well have been there while a visiting scientist, a certain Andy Reisinger, was based there, helping her father on the IPCC synthesis report. Reisinger, however, moved back to New Zealand were it seems, for not obvious reason, Rashmi Pachauri currently lives (spool down - pg 135).
Is there a connection? We could not possibly say, but with Andy currently on paternity leave, it would be interesting to know the name of the mother of his recently-born child. New Zealand is a small country and someone must have that little bit of information. It certainly would be interesting to learn whether Dr R K Pachauri's family connections are even wider than we thought.


Kaylee of The Blondie Locks and I connected when I sent her a bottle of The Wedding Perfume for her upcoming wedding. She's a real sweetheart and we shared a love of Van Morrison. Kaylee and her husband will actually share their first dance to Into The Mystic and I couldn't be happier for them!
Below is a prelude, written by Kaylee and you can find the rest of the interview on her blog, The Blondie Locks. Stay tuned for a little interview with Kaylee about her dreamy wedding!
"When Savanna, the creator of Coulombe Perfume recently reached out to me offering to send me a bottle of her inaugural fragrance, "The Wedding Perfume" I literally jumped for joy. I had followed along with Coulombe perfume for quite a while and had even entered to win a bottle via my wedding photographer, who was giving one away a couple of months ago. I didn't win the giveaway, but just a few days after entering, an e-mail from Savanna popped into my inbox and I felt a sort of serendipitous feeling if you will. I was already in love with the idea of The Wedding Perfume but after chatting with Savanna, I fell completely in love with her warm nature and passion for what she does and knew that I had to interview her.
I adore the concept of having a special scent that is solely meant to be worn on my wedding day and each anniversary after. Scent is such a personal experience and it ties us to very specific moments in our lives. In fact, just the other day, Jamie mentioned an old perfume I wore in high school from The Body Shop called Neroli Jasmine. He ties that specific perfume to our first couple of years together and I love that when I wear it, it evokes special memories for him. This is why I'm so thrilled to be wearing The Wedding Perfume on our wedding day. It is such a unique, incredible perfume and I know that any time I wear this elegant, soft floral scent I'll be transported right back to our wedding day.
Please enjoy reading this interview with Savanna of Coulombe Perfume and if you're getting married, I'd highly recommend considering The Wedding Perfume."


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In the new book The Story of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, author D.X. Ferris sat down with Iris, members of his band and others who were around during their breakthrough years. He documented Iris' six-decade career through dozens of uncollected stories and more than 100 photos.
"For my money, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers are the best-kept secret from '80s radio rock," says Ferris, who has written two books about Slayer. "Today, if they're remembered at all, they're best known for 1980's enduring radio staple 'Ah! Leah!' But they never quit, and they're still hitting new career highs."
Ferris, who grew up in Pittsburgh, just like Iris, acknowledges there are hometown heroes like Donnie Iris and the Cruisers all across the country. "They're iconic in their dual hometowns of Pittsburgh and Cleveland — though increasingly obscure beyond the tri-state area," he notes. "They're inaccurately remembered as a one-hit wonder, though they scored three Billboard Top 40 hits and seven Billboard Hot 100 singles. They had a major-label deal that evaporated, but they soldiered on. And 38 years later, they have never gone a year without playing a show."
Iris has actually hit the Hot 100 with three different acts over the course of two decades -- first with the Jaggerz, who reached No. 2 in 1970 with "The Rapper" and then in the late '80s with Cellarful of Noise, a duo he formed with the Cruisers' Mark Avsec, who earlier played with Wild Cherry, best known for the No. 1 hit "Play That Funky Music."
"The Cruisers aren't exactly rock legends," Ferris says. "But in their prime, working limited resources, the Cruisers still managed to be a competitive presence on national radio. They weren't headlining arenas. But they were in those arenas, opening for acts like Ted Nugent, Hall and Oates, Nazareth, Loverboy and UFO."
In this exclusive excerpt from the book, band members recall signing to MCA after scoring a hit on a local label and then being sent on the road. They weren't the Cruisers yet; they were still Iris' unnamed backing band. The group played some warm-up shows in Ohio, then lip-synced on the Solid Gold TV program. Then they hit it big and landed a gig opening a series of Nazareth concerts -- a great opportunity, but impatient audiences led to an incident like the one at the St. Louis Keil Opera House, where the band was booed without mercy.
Kevin Valentine (drummer): I was a big fan of Nazareth growing up, listening to it in cars, doing God knows what. One show, we started playing, and my drums sounded like utter rubbish, like, "What happened?!" The back of the arena was on a very steep hill. The road crew had managed to let my drums roll down the hill. So they went out of tune.
Iris: St. Louis was another one where they absolutely hated us. The crowd were not being good, until we did the last song, which was "Leah." Then when they realized who we were, they started clapping for us.
Valentine: We had done all these shows, and they were great. People were just digging us. But St. Louis, I remember Hank [McHugh, the road manager] coming up and telling us, "This crowd, I don't know. Be careful." And we stepped onstage, and they started booing us from the very first note.
Marty Hoenes (then known as Marty Lee, guitarist): I can remember what the crowd looked like: They were camouflage.
Avsec: [Bassist] Albritton [McClain] is biracial and does not look Scottish. The Nazareth folks were Scottish. And so everyone was drinking by the bar one night after a show, and Albritton tells one of the Scotsmen his name: Albritton McClain. And Albritton McClain sounds very much like a Scottish name. And so the guys says, "No, no way, that's not your name!" And Albritton shows him his driver's license. And the Scotsman replies, "Well, fook me!" in a loud brogue. And everyone laughed. That is one of those lines that lived on infamy: "Albritton McClain, well, fook me!"
Valentine: They reminded me of a bunch of rough-and-tumble drinking guys. It was fun to play concerts with them, since I loved many, and played many, of their songs growing up in a bar band.
March 13, 1981: Donnie Iris opened for UFO in Chicago, at the packed Chicago International Amphitheatre, an arena with a capacity of 9,000. Depending whom you're talking to, that concert was just another show, a triumph or an ordeal. The set was broadcast on local station WWLP, "The Loop," FM 98. The show circulates in bootleg circles, and the performance sounds fine. But there was a lot going on that night.
The atmosphere was tense. UFO's tough crowd tapped the long-haired heavy metal demographic. The concert had two opening acts: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers and the Romantics. Their different crowds might have helped move some tickets. But the bands didn't delight the hard rock aficionados in attendance. The blog Soundaboard hosts a series of recollections.
Anonymous Commenter 1: I saw this show .... UFO was great, but for some reason they had the Romantics and Donnie Iris open for 'em. But my friend had the last laugh when he hit Iris in the head with a roll of toilet paper.
Anonymous Commenter 2: This was back in the day when bottles were sold, and the drummer of the Romantics was hit in the head and cursed out the crowd. UFO was great, and I remember Pete Way smashing his bass.
Jim Markovich, longtime sound man for the Cruisers and Ramones: Chicago, no real memories.
Valentine: Marty was getting pelted with quarters. That was a less-than-pleasant gig.
Iris: Chicago was one I remember.
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Hoenes: It was not a run-of-the-mill show. We were doing big shows at the time. UFO was big. If they're going to sell 10,000 seats, they don't need any help selling to heavy metal fans. So that might not sell out the whole place. But if you put a couple different bands on the bill, that will bring in different people, and now you've sold out the whole arena. Another heavy metal band, you're tapping the same crowd. I think that's the same thing that happened with Hall and Oates [later]. For me, the show was only memorable from the standpoint of what went on during the show. We weren't really welcomed by the heavy metal fans. And neither were the Romantics. We went on first. Probably about halfway through the set, I could tell we weren't very well liked. At the time, our impression was, "These people hate us." All we could see was the first 20 or 30 rows of UFO fans. The place was full, but all we could really see or hear was this black arena. All we could see was the absolute most hardcore UFO fans in the building, sitting up front. You could see their tolerance — or lack thereof — quite clearly. Things were being thrown. I could see the looks on their faces. I could see a … lack of enthusiasm. We got the impression we weren't that welcome there. But they didn't despise us. At least we had a heavy sound, especially "Leah." They tolerated us, but just barely. Now, they despised the Romantics, because they didn't have a heavy sound, and they were all dressed in matching leather, and their hair was perfect. They didn't like them at all. They had already suffered through one band. And now they have to suffer through a second non-UFO act — torture! They might have been camped out for two days to get tickets. They have had enough. Happily enough, it was being broadcast live. We thought, "We're not going to make a very good impression on Chicago. What a shame." But the house mics that were recording the actual audience response were way deeper into the crowd, away from the hardcore UFO fans, and more into the general-metal-slash-rock crowd. So when we heard the broadcast and heard the response and the applause after the songs, the whole place was applauding after "Leah," and it sounded fine. This was a big, good, warm response. And we got fairly high on the playlist on [Chicago rock station] WLS. So the good news was: It really was fine. That wasn't the first time or the last time that we played on a show where we weren't appreciated that much.
Valentine: There was a guy down front. He was just being a dick, flipping us off the whole time. So at the end of the show, we come out to bow. And I had my drumsticks with us. And I held out the sticks to him, and said, "Do you want these?" And all of a sudden, he turns into my friend, "Yeah, yeah! Throw me the sticks!" And I flipped him off and threw the sticks the other way. And that was so much fun to do in front of 10,000 people. The Romantics went on second, and they really got messed with. They wouldn't even stop in between songs.
The players bonded together in one trial after another. And before long, they were no longer Donnie's backing band. They were the Cruisers.
Avsec: Recording the first album, there was no real band. The band was aspirational. I intended to have a hit project, but it may never have happened. Now that we had a hit, we put the band together. Kevin and Marty and Albritton wanted an identity too, so the name was "Donnie Iris and the Cruisers" based on that Turnpike Cruiser idea. Even now, we are often billed as Donnie Iris. It's whatever people wanted to say. When we were opening on bills for the first album, and the emcee dude would come up and say, "Please welcome Donnie Iris." Kevin would yell from the behind the drums before he kicked off "Agnes": "And the Cruisers!" This was a group effort.
And now Donnie Iris and the Cruisers were battle-tested and ready for their hotly anticipated debut in their first breakout market, Donnie's hometown, Pittsburgh.
The Story of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers is available now at Amazon and select retailers.
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Sven Vintappares Gränd () is a small alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.  Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Överskärargränd and Didrik Ficks Gränd, while passing on the north side of the small square Sven Vintappares Torg.

First mentioned as Swen wintapperes grendh in 1588, the alley is most likely named after Sven Staffansson, a man said to be Kung:e M:ttz tro tienere och wintappere (e.g. "His Majesty's true servant and wine-tapper") and mentioned as having bought a property in the alley.  His widow is known to have been given a house on Helgeandsholmen in 1620.

The writer and poet Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817) mentions the alley in a poem describing Mårten Holk, an anonymous man living in the alley who drank only water, however upon joining the army he is taught to drink everything but water while obtaining 'a smart coat and a grand desk':

The author and actress Vera Siöcrona (1914–2003), settled in the alley in the mid 1940s, after her old address at Kolmätargränd had been demolished. She bravely battled the plans to demolish substantial parts of the old town and published the book Mitt Gamla stan ("My Old Town") in 1966. The troubadour Evert Taube (1890–1976), who flirted with her, mentions their encounter in his song Vera i Vintappargränd.

See also
 List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

References

External links
 hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk

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Nucleus Vision, the blockchain-based contactless identity management system and retail loyalty program powered by cryptocurrency, has announced Microsoft executive Ausaf Ahmad and digital currency experts Jaron Lukasiewicz and David Wachsman have joined as advisors to the company. Mr. Ahmad will serve as a blockchain technology advisor to Nucleus Vision. Mr. Lukasiewicz will advise the team on its business development and technical roadmaps, while Mr. Wachsman will guide the company's long-term communications strategy.
Mr. Ahmad, the IoT and blockchain lead at Microsoft, has years of experience as a technologist. For the past two years, he has managed Microsoft's largest and most influential partner ecosystem to drive key IoT and blockchain initiatives, along with overseeing key accounts for its Azure platform. He is also a veteran of Boeing, where he led analysis and design of commercial airplanes, and had a stint at Wall Street where he worked as an investment banking associate.
Mr. Lukasiewicz has been a notable figure in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries since 2012. He founded and served as CEO of Coinsetter, a New York City-based bitcoin exchange, which was acquired by Kraken, the world's largest digital asset exchange in Euro volume, in January 2016. The sale was, at the time, the largest merger-and-acquisition deal in Bitcoin history. Mr. Lukasiewicz also served as CEO of Cavirtex (Canadian Virtual Exchange), the oldest and largest Canadian bitcoin exchange, which was also acquired by Kraken in 2016.
Mr. Wachsman is the founder and CEO of Wachsman, the largest public relations firm specializing in digital currency and blockchain-based companies. Wachsman provides media relations, strategic communications, brand development, and corporate advisory services to companies in the financial technology, digital currency, and crypto-asset sectors. They represents prominent clients in the blockchain space, such as the Crypto Valley Association, Dash, Lisk, IOHK, the developers of Cardano, and Steemit. Previously, Mr. Wachsman led day-to-day operations for a boutique public relations agency in Manhattan and previously held roles in advertising, political affairs, and biotechnology.
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IV South East Europe Media Forum
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The WAZ Media Group, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) and the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in cooperation with the Central European Initiative (CEI) and Access Info and together with local partners Pannon Lapok Tarsasaga, HVG, the Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe (N-Ost), Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) and Fuggetlen Mediakozpont (Center for Independent Journalism) are pleased to announce the IV South East Europe Media Forum (SEE Media Forum), which will bring together media CEOs, editors-in-chief, leading investigative journalists, business professionals, governmental representatives, CEOs from companies active in South East and Central Europe and representatives of NGOs. The IV SEE Media Forum, centered around the topic "Access to Information – Sources for Investigative Journalists", is scheduled to take place from 2 – 3 December 2010 in Budapest, Hungary. Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly and special envoy for political affairs of the WAZ Media Group will open the Forum.
Welcome speeches will be given by Frank Spengler, Deputy Head of the European and International Cooperation Department of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Gerhard Pfanzelter, Secretary General of Central European Initiative (CEI), and Oliver Vujovic, Secretary General of the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO).
After the opening, a roundtable between journalists and experts on the hot media topic of WikiLeaks will be held.
Other panels at this year's SEE Media Forum are: "Tools for Investigative Journalism"; "Media NGOs and Access To Information"; "Access to Information – Regional Experience"; "Access To Information – International Experience"; "Transparency of Media Ownership and Public Information"; and "Coming To Terms with The Past – Accessibility of Secret Archives".
More than 250 media professionals are expected to take part. A welcome reception will be organised in cooperation with Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI). During the SEE Media Forum the annual CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism as well as the annual WAZ-IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) Courage Award will be presented and awarded to outstanding investigative journalists.
The WAZ Media Group and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will present the team of Hungarian authors Jozsef Gelei (50) and Laszlo Muranyi (54) with the "WAZ-IFJ Prize for Courage in Journalism 2010". The sponsors will award Croatian journalist Hrvoje Slabek (38) a second-place distinction. The jury has decided to split the prize, which is being announced for the second time.
The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) will present to Adrian Mogos from Romania the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2010, along with a 'special mention' for Iryna Khalip from Belarus and Lydia Pavlova from Bulgaria for their valuable contribution to investigative journalism in their countries.
In addition to the working sessions, the two-day forum offers a unique opportunity to meet leading professionals for an open discussion about media, investigative journalism and access to information in South East and Central Europe.
The South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) is a joint project by the WAZ Media Group, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO). The first SEEMF was held in 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia; more than 150 participants took part. The second SEEMF was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2008, with more than 250 participants. The third SEEMF was held in 2009 in Tirana, Albania; about 300 participants attended.
Registration for the event remains open. For further information and registration forms for the SEE Media Forum, please contact Ms. Krasimira Plachetzky at the SEEMO office in Vienna (E-mail: [email protected] ) or Mr. Sandor Orban in Budapest (E-mail: [email protected] ).
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Columbia Records have announced legendary Grammy award winning singer / songwriter / producer Barry Gibb will release his first solo album involving new material, In The Now, on October 7. Barry's first-ever album with the label is available for pre-order today. Pre-order the album on iTunes and Amazon and receive the title track "In The Now" instantly. The surviving member of one of music's most successful and revered bands, the Bee Gees, (formed with his brothers Robin and Maurice), Barry has kept In The Now a family affair, writing all the songs with his sons Stephen and Ashley.
In keeping with the spirit of celebrating this momentous occasion as it happens, Barry and his band will also be opening the doors to the legendary Hit Factory Criteria studio in Miami, Florida, for one day only – August 20 – to celebrate the pre-order of In The Now and perform never-before-heard material from the forthcoming album as well as classic Bee Gees songs. This exclusive event, In The Now 360 –The Live Stream With Barry Gibb provides a rare opportunity to experience the Grammy winning legend up close, with the rehearsal live-streamed globally on YouTube using 360 technology providing fans at home an unprecedented 360 degree view of the event. To watch In The Now 360 – The Live Stream With Barry Gibb, visit www.BarryGibb.com. Fans across the US entered an online sweepstakes for a chance to reserve one of the very few spots available to attend this exclusive once in a lifetime happening.
Produced by Barry and co-producer John Merchant, In The Now is only the second solo effort of Gibb's career and his first album of all new material since the Bee Gees final studio album in 2001. The new album is an impassioned solo effort that signals a welcome return of one of the most identifiable and versatile voices in the history of rock, pop, and R&B. The 12-track album was recorded in Miami with the same gathering of accomplished musicians Barry assembled for his acclaimed 2014 solo tour.
As a record producer / songwriter, Barry has been instrumental in creating milestones for other artists, ranging from Barbra Streisand's 'Guilty' album to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers country record 'Islands In The Stream' also, Diana Ross 'Eaten Alive featuring 'Chain Reaction' as well as Dionne Warwick's 'Heartbreaker' album.
Between Robin, Maurice and Andy, the Gibb brothers achieved 19 number one records on the Billboard charts including a phenomenal 6 in a row, equalling The Beatles record.
Barry returned to live performing in 2013-2014 with the Mythology Tour, celebrating the Bee Gees anthology release of the same name as a tribute to his three brothers. The acclaimed tour included shows in Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, and The U.S., garnering an outpouring of affection and critical praise from around the world.
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