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Founded on May 25, 1877, the Illinois State Museum is a dynamic institution that has long played a leadership role in the museum community. The Museum and its staff played important roles in the founding of the American Association of Museums (now the American Alliance of Museums), the Illinois State Academy of Science, and the Illinois Academy of Fine Arts. The Museum also pioneered the use of natural history habitats in the early 1900s, established a permanent art gallery in a museum in 1928—the first of its kind in the nation, and launched the trail-blazing Museumobile in 1948. The Museum's traditions of excellence, innovation, and leadership continue today.
A small but valuable "cabinet" of specimens from the state's first geological survey commissioned in 1851 served as the foundation for the Museum's collections. The Survey, under the direction of newly appointed State Geologist Joseph G. Norwood, M.D. and his two assistants Amos Worthen and Anthony Varner, was initially housed in New Harmony, Indiana, but in 1855 made its way to the State House (now the Old State Capitol) in Springfield. The Illinois State Normal University and the Illinois Natural History Society were founded in 1857 and 1858, respectively. Collections from both entities would also later be added to the Museum's collections. In 1867, Governor Oglesby and the legislature authorized the State Board of Education to appoint and pay a curator for the Illinois Museum of Natural History at the Illinois State Normal University. By 1877, all these collections were brought together under the auspices of the Illinois State Museum and Historical Library with Amos H. Worthen as its Curator. The collections incorporated geology, biology, zoology, and in the 1920s anthropology and visual arts were added—making it the first and only Museum to tell the story of the land, life, people, and art of Illinois.
During the early years the Museum's collections were frequently moved from place to place. In 1887, while Worthen was away, the Secretary of State Henry Dement ordered the collections be moved to the basement of the Capitol. They were moved in such a careless way that all order was lost. Worthen had worked very hard to put the collections in order for years and sometimes without pay. He was devastated by the mess he found when he returned and died soon after. Upon his death, geologist Dr. Joshua Lindahl is named Curator. Lindahl re-assembles the collections and secures them in locked rooms. With the gubernatorial win of John P. Altgeld, William F.E. Gurley is appointed Curator of the Museum. He studied at Cornell and was formerly a prospector in Colorado. His tenure didn't last long, as Altgeld failed to win re-election. Altgeld's successor Governor John R. Tanner appointed C. H. Crantz to lead the Museum. Crantz re-hired Fannie Fisher, who was let go by Gurly, as assistant curator. Fisher and Crantz developed a card catalog for the Museum's growing collections that included numerous large mammals, 222 species of birds including the Passenger Pigeon and the Caroline Parakeet, and a vast collection of fossils. In 1903, the majority of the Museum's collections were moved to the new State Arsenal Building at Second and Monroe Streets.
Dr. Alja R. Crook was hired as Director in 1906 and over the next two decades was a major force in the professional development of the Illinois State Museum. Through his efforts the Illinois State Academy of Science was founded in 1917. This organization has a close association with the ISM to this day. He was also instrumental in the founding of the American Association of Museums, now the American Alliance of Museums, serving as Board secretary. Crook was a geologist and former teacher. He wrote extensively about best practices for museums in the journals of both State Science Academy and the American Association of Museums long before the term "best practices" became common. That same year, state government was reorganized into code departments and the museum's official name was changed to the Illinois State Museum; the new statutes also provided for a Museum Board and set forth the purpose of the museum - to collect items of natural history and to use these for public education. Anthropology and art departments were added in the 1920s.
In 1923, the Museum, and over 150,000 objects in its collection, moved to more expansive spaces in the Centennial Memorial Building. Following this move, the Museum added staff and launched a series of outreach programs to serve schools and the public. Like other public institutions, the Museum suffered during the Great Depression, but some programs, such as extensive archaeological field projects and development of art exhibitions and loan cases for public schools, were supported under the auspices of the Works Project Administration. On May 30, 1930, Dr. Crook passed away and the Museum's Board was very concerned about who would be his successor. The Board met with Governor Emerson and the Director of the Department of Registration and Education to ensure a proper candidate would be appointed.
Arthur Sterry Coggeshall is selected to succeed Dr. Crook. Coggeshall had worked at the American Museum of Natural History and the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. He was a talented museologist and created exhibits to engage the general public. His work increased the Museum's attendance significantly. At the end of 1936, Coggeshall was preparing to leave the Museum. Gilbert Wright declined an offer to serve as acting Director from Coggeshall, so Coggeshall's assistant Ione Leitz was made "Clerk in Charge." Later in the Spring Wright was again asked to serve as acting Director and this time he accepted. But in October of 1937 he left, and Ms. Leitz was again in charge. The Museum's Board of Advisors had been seeking a top candidate to lead the Museum since Coggeshall left to no avail. Then after interviewing a number of well-known candidates the position was offered to Dr. Thorne Deuel and he became the Director on January 1, 1938. With the hiring of Editor Virginia Eifert, the Museum's magazine, The Living Museum, was founded in 1939. It provides a rich educational resource to this day. Dr. Deuel initiated new programs including a Modern Youth Museum, weekly radio programs, evening educational programs, rotating exhibits, and a comprehensive publication program all by 1940.
Dr. Deuel served in the Armed Forces during World War II during which time John C. McGregor was acting chief of the Museum. Following the War, the Museum flourished and further expanded facilities and services to the public. In 1949, the Museum pioneered the "Museumobile," the first traveling museum of its kind in the country. In 1951, the Museum dramatically improved its cataloging and accession systems and further expanded its educational programs. A year later, the Museum launched the Illinois State Museum Society, a not-for-profit membership organization chartered independently but recognized in the state statutes to support the research and educational programs of the Illinois State Museum.
Work toward a new building for the Museum began under the auspices of McGregor and were carried to fruition by Dr. Deuel and other advocates. Although half the size called for in the original plans, the Museum finally had its own facility, and established world-class exhibitions in natural history, cultural history, and art. The current 96,000 square-foot public museum building in Springfield was dedicated in 1963. At that time, Dr. Deuel retired and Milton Thompson, Assistant Director, took over. Thompson introduced audio-visual programs and worked to reorganize the Museum's accession system. The Museum's holdings grew in 1965 with the transfer of the Dickson Mounds archaeological site (Lewistown, Illinois) to the Museum family. A new museum, the Dickson Mounds Museum, was built at the site and dedicated to the public in 1972. During the next year, the Museum launched its interdisciplinary Quaternary Studies Program (the forerunner of the Landscape History Program), and the Museum's research programs have received international acclaim since that time.
On January 1, 1977, after Thompson retired, Dr. R. Bruce McMillan took the helm. Under McMillan the scientific research programs continued to flourish, its reach broadened, and its public programs expanded. In 1982, the Museum launched its children's discovery center at the Museum in Springfield, in 1984 the Peoples of the Past exhibit was opened, and in 1985 the Illinois Artisans Program was created. To deal with the ever-growing number of specimens and artifacts in the Museum's collection, it acquired a facility in Springfield and initiated renovations to establish its state-of-the-art Research and Collections Center (RCC). The RCC opened in 1988. The Museum's Chicago Gallery and the first Illinois Artisans Shop opened in 1985 in the newly constructed James R. Thompson Center, the Lockport Gallery opened in 1987, and the Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center was dedicated at Rend Lake in 1990, giving the Museum a physical presence statewide. In March 2000 we leased a large space on the first floor of the historic Norton Building in Lockport and renovated it to rehouse the Lockport Gallery. After 13 years in the Gaylord Building, the Lockport Gallery opened to the public in its spacious new quarters on January 6, 2001. In July 2002, an architectural redesign of the Chicago Gallery was completed as a state funded capital project, and the gallery was reopened to the public.
The American Association of Museums (AAM) first accredited the Illinois State Museum in 1972, making it one of the first museums in the country to hold this status. The AAM gave subsequent accreditation endorsements of the Museum's successes and professionalism in 1982, 1997, and 2009. The 1997 AAM Accreditation report noted that "The ISM is a national leader in the way it combines its unique collections, collaborative team approach, and specialized research capabilities along with its cutting-edge technology applications in support of exhibitions, public programs, and publications." The Museum maintains its accreditation today.
The dawn of the new century saw continued innovation at the Museum with the opening of the Technology Learning Center at the Research and Collections Center. In 2005, with funds secured via a major grant award written by Associate Director Dr. Bonnie W. Styles and Education Director Beth Shea, the Museum Tech Academy was launched. The program was geared for low income and minority Springfield-area students in grades 7-12. Students who participated in the afterschool and summer program learned about archaeology, geology, natural history and technology. The summer was spent in the field where students helped excavate an archaeological site with the Museum's partner, the Center for American Archaeology in Kampsville. The program was a national model funded by the National Science Foundation for three years and two years via the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Fish Fund. Unfortunately, hard times came to roost in Illinois and the last Museum Tech Academy class graduated in 2009.
In 2004, the Museum launched a new inter-disciplinary, multi-media exhibition entitled Changes: Dynamic Illinois Environments. The exhibit allows visitors to travel into the past 500 million years to see, hear, and touch Illinois' environments through engaging hands-on interactive displays, audio and video effects, and thousands of authentic fossils. It includes virtually all of the disciplines the Museum studies to unveil a clearer picture of how all these components combine to effect change in our world. Dickson Mounds began working collaboratively with The Nature Conservancy and has a tremendous new opportunity to reach expanded audiences and serve as an educational center for the adjacent Emiquon Wetlands Restoration project. In 2005, the Museum initiated planning for the development of a new ecology exhibition at Dickson Mounds Museum that will examine human interactions with the Illinois River Valley and take advantage of the restoration of the Emiquon Wetlands in the floodplain below Dickson Mounds Museum.
In 2006, the Museum Board appointed the first woman Director in the Museum's history. A Northwestern University graduate, Dr. Bonnie Whatley Styles, joined the Museum staff in 1977 as Assistant Curator of Anthropology and Chair of the Department. She played an integral role in creating all of the exhibitions in the Museum today, including Changes, Peoples of the Past, and At Home in the Heartland. She spearheaded the development of the temporary|PERMANENT Gallery on the 2nd floor to highlight the Museum's stellar art collection. She also led the development of a changing exhibition area to highlight the Museum's research on current popular science topics called the Hot Science Gallery.
In the Spring of 2011, the Museum replaced its ground-breaking children's area, A Place for Discovery, with a new equally ground-breaking children's area called the Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum. The exhibit was inspired by Mary Ann MacLean and generously supported by Mary Ann and her husband Barry MacLean among others. It was also funded in part by an Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. The hands-on area allows children to pretend to be a member of the Museum staff by going on an excavation for mastodont bones, loading a jeep for an expedition, creating a museum exhibition of their own, and studying animal and bug specimens under a microscope. The Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum remains very popular with children and families today.
On September 30, 2015, the Museum System was closed to the public for the first time in its 138-year history and lost many of its leadership and staff due to unprecedented fiscal issues and governmental deadlock. The remaining staff, cognizant of the Museum's legacy and its importance to the citizens of the State, set about planning for the eventual re-opening and rebuilding of the Museum. On July 2, 2016, the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, the Research and Collections Center, and the Dickson Mounds Museum opened once again to the public. Negotiations continued and on September 24, 2016, the Lockport Gallery also reopened. In celebration of reopening and the State's Bicentennial the Museum opened the most comprehensive exhibition of its 13.5 million Illinois Legacy Collection—entitled Bicentennial and Beyond! The Illinois Legacy Collection.
The closure of the Museum placed its 44-year history of Accreditation with the American Alliance of Museums in jeopardy, and the Museum was placed on probation. However, through hard work and perseverance of the staff, internally dubbed the Corp of Recovery, AAM lifted the probation and the Museum was returned to its fully accredited status.
The Illinois State Museum has evolved from a nineteenth century natural history cabinet to a modern museum that is recognized as one of the leading state museums in the United States. Today, the Museum has a new director and a new vision for the future that embraces diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion and is dedicated to de-colonizing its collections.
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March 10, 2019 May 27, 2020 Choivo Capital2 Comments on The Art of Trading DAYANG Profitably Around Mr Koon Yew Yin and Mr Ooi Teik Bee.
The Art of Trading DAYANG Profitably Around Mr Koon Yew Yin and Mr Ooi Teik Bee.
Well, here we go again.
First there was the boom and bust of export stocks. Though to be fair, its not that bad of a bust as the earnings were resilient, due to Malaysia having a decent cost based globally for those items as well as large supply of rubber trees.
Then there was the steel boom and bust.
After that was the construction boom and bust.
And in tandem, the semiconductor and testers boom and bust.
And finally there is the Petroleum Refinery boom and bust. This one was pretty interesting.
And now with the bear market behind us, dead cat bounce or not, we'll soon find out. We find ourselves welcoming back Mr Koon Yew Yin and Mr Ooi Teik Bee to I3.
Well, neither of them need any introductions. When it comes to KLSE small caps, there is no larger market force than these two individuals, and their followers.
Forget EPF, Tabung Haji etc, they are small fry when it comes to these two gods of the small to mid-cap stocks.
For Mr Koon, after his RM64 million loss and the sale of his prized lands in Ipoh (from what I heard), he is back with a vengeance and making full use of the special characteristics of the KLSE markets.
Understanding Koon Yew Yin, The real enigma.
As for Mr Ooi who only posted a small loss last year, with the jump in small caps, the animal spirits are back in the KLSE retailers, and the pain of 2018 long forgotten.
With technical breaking SMA20 or 69 or 100 (I honestly have no idea), the recommendations to private followers are back in earnest.
A Conversation With Mr Ooi Teik Bee
When it comes to trading profitably around these two market forces, its important to identify the phases of the, well, frying.
I wish i could think of a better and more polite word, but, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
They all have different characteristics, and the shifts are gradual, like the boiling of water, and a "Grand Ah-Whoom!" moment at the end. I'll explain that phrase later.
You will not see KLSE raising up a sign when things shift into different phase, but i hope this article will you help you identify roughly the phase you're at.
Depending on which phase you are at, the things you need to do, to notice, and the risk involved is very different.
For the sake of simplicity, we will split them into 3.
"The Beginning" , "The Middle" and "The End".
They usually start the same way. A company has about 2 good quarters. The company was in the doldrums before this and at a cyclical low, or somewhere near that price.
Coupled with the 2 good quarters, is a story that explains this increase in profit in a believable manner. In this case, its that PETRONAS having higher capital expenditures, which should and did increase maintenance works.
For the case of DAYANG, its also coupled by a very nice, detailed and long report from RHB on the industry, which helped to provide the background for the story presented to the public.
With this story in mind, they extrapolate the now to the future, and thus infer that results will be far better in the future, and therefore an increase in valuation is in order.
Mr Ooi, only announces it to his private subscribers.
However, Mr Koon Yew Yin will announce publicly he is buying as his goal is to help you make money and teach you investing. Obviously! No reason to doubt that.
Now, this is the point where you need to jump in fast, especially if he says Mr Ooi is recommending it as well. Check the forum comments, if Mr Ooi recommended it, you should notice an uptake in the number of comments as well as the level of enthusiasm.
If you're lucky, it may be sometime before the quarterly results, in which case, you have a nice long wave to ride before the quarter.
Before the quarter hits, you will need to do your own expected value calculation. What kind of profit the market is pricing in?
Better than last year?
Better than the previous quarter as well?
What are the probabilities and outcome for each scenario?
And do your expected value calculation from there. So for example:
20% Chance of Bad Result: Down 20%
50% Chance of Better Than Last Year Result: Up 10%
30% Chance Very Good Result: Up 20%
Expected Value: (0.20*-0.2)+(0.50*0.1)+(0.30*0.2)=7%
This means that all outcomes considered, this has a positive expected value of 7%, in which case you should hold.
If the quarter was bad, there is a good chance that the story ends here. In which case, sell and wait for the next one.
If the quarter is good, you can now enter the middle phase.
The thing you need to know here is this, Mr Koon and Mr Ooi, along with all their immediate followers will now proceed to sailang. However, they or their members will be a little hesitant unless the price were to start going up significantly.
There is no need to fear much here, because Mr Koon usually buys in an extremely aggressive manner which will instantly push up the price.
At this moment, you need to be very decisive and whack all your cash in along with a significant portion of your margin, before the greed infects everyone else and they start to buy as well
You will have until next quarter to ride the wave, assuming nothing unexpected happens.
As Mr Koon and Mr Ooi buy very aggressively, along with their direct followers which are often quite rich as well, you should see an strong inflation in price.
It is around this time, that the average market participant should start to get itchy and join as well.
And as the price rise further, the more conservative ones will not be able to tahan, and join as well.
At the same time, some fund management money will also start flowing in as its a big catalyst event. They too intend to ride the wave and make some money from the more foolish retailers.
They key thing you need to track here is,
"How much money does Mr Koon have left?"
This is the amount that he can use to further push or support the price. This amount is also a decent proxy for how much money Mr Ooi, his followers as well as Mr Koon's rich friends have left.
Most of the time, you need to do it by feel. However, the rule of thumb is,
"The more articles he writes, the larger the amount of money he has in there."
When he says he has a lot of shares and don't need your support, its more than 50%. Every subsequent time he releases an article, add 5%.
Occasionally, he may even tell you the actual figure, by being a 5% member.
However, after his loss of RM64mil, and assuming a margin limit drop of at least RM64mil as well, I don't think he may appear again unless the company has market capitalization of well below RM1 billion.
The Final Stage
This stage is where both people as well as their direct followers are all pretty much all in. Or at a point, where they just can't stomach putting more.
I will describe it using two perspectives, "Diversity of Participants" and "Valuation", as they are quite key to understanding how all the stages tie up, and also conveniently describes how the final stage ends.
Its also here, that i will show you how lohsoh i can be. Hahaha
Every market or individual stock is a complex system that is typically filled with a diverse group of participants who are irrational in one way or another.
They consist of people having different ideas and different views of things. Long term, short term etc etc, and all these individuals are a little or very irrational towards one end or the other.
The long-term investor may decide not to trade even though it may make sense for this quarter, allowing the trader to trade and make that profit.
The trader's inability to sit still and hold, allows the long-term investor to buy it from them and hold it, making the money from the long-term growth of the company. Etc etc.
Despite the irrationality of their participants, their diversity ensures that they are all irrational in different directions, giving a net effect of zero, allowing the wisdom of crowds to prevail over the long term.
This ensures that the market is efficient and accurate most of the time. This means that over the long term, movements in share prices are usually in line with movement in earnings.
However, this diversity can often undergo phase transition, and thus result in boom or bust in the short term. What is a phase transition? This is where small incremental changes in causes lead to large-scale effects, or the "Grand Ah-Whoom!" moment.
What is this Grand Ah-Whoom! moment?
Imagine this. Put a tray of water into your freezer and the temperature drops to the threshold of freezing. The water remains a liquid until—ah-whoom—it suddenly turns into ice. Just a small incremental change in temperature leads to a change from liquid to solid.
The Grand Ah-Whoom! moment, occurs in many complex systems where collective behavior emerges from the interaction of its constituent parts. And this includes the behavior of the stock market.
In complex systems with human beings like the stock market, diversity is the most likely condition to fail first.
As you slowly remove diversity, nothing happens initially. Additional reductions may also have no effect. But at a certain critical point, a small incremental reduction causes the system to change qualitatively.
Taking DAYANG for example,
At the beginning before the boom, their active (KLSE have a lot of frozen shares where nothing is done) participants consist of mainly,
Cyclical Value Investors (say 20%)
People who were trapped (say 80%)
This results in the shares being quite undervalued, as the people who were trapped don't want to top up and the cyclical value investors, are there by virtue of their cheapness.
As the boom starts, the market participants become increasingly diverse as new participants buy the share from the current participants, and the price slowly approaches fair value, the participants now consist of say (figures are just for illustration, they are likely to be different),
Cyclical Value Investors (15%)
People who were trapped (65%)
Koon Yew Yin & Ooi Teik Bee (5%)
Koon Yew Yin's & Ooi Teik Bee's immediate followers (15%)
As the boom rushes along, the "Cyclical Value Investors" and "People who become trapped" becomes increasingly smaller portions of the pie, especially as the retailers (foolish and shrewd) and fund money looking to ride the wave come in.
Growth Investors (8%)
Shrewd Retailers (Usually Momentum Traders) (5%)
Foolish Retailers (10%)
Fund Money (10%)
Soon the price shoots past fair value at which point, it looks more like this,
Cyclical Value Investors (5%)
Fund Money (20%
It is around this point, as the price climbs higher and higher into bubble territory, that the fund managers and shrewd retailers start selling. Growth investors may start selling as well.
Population diversity falls, invisible vulnerabilities and risk start to build despite the price constantly marching upwards.
This is the point at which you should be selling, assuming your are a KOONBEE Trader, never chase the last dollar.
Soon, participants consist mainly of,
Koon Yew Yin & Ooi Teik Bee,
Koon Yew Yin's & Ooi Teik Bee's immediate followers
Growth investors
Foolish retailers.
Foolish Fund Money
Except, every single one of these participants use extremely similar trading strategies, and as they keep buying, their common good performance is reinforced.
How do you know you're at this stage,
"When everyone in the stock cannot think of even one bad thing that will happen, or about the company, and the comments all sound the same."
This makes the population very brittle, and a small reduction in the demand for Dayang shares could have a strong destabilizing impact on their prices. It is at this point that risk is at absolute highest.
As most of the market participants have the same strategy, in the event the thesis, or in this case, the results are not as strong as they expected, or worse, a loss.
Its not just some of the market participants who want to sell, but, ALL OF THEM. And as prospective buyers are likely to be market participants with similar trading or investment strategies, demand dries up instantly as well.
In the meantime, if the result was good, it will not increase by much as everyone who wants to buy the stock already has it, and has exhausted their cash and credit lines, unless it's a very fantastic result like HengYuan.
In this case the expected value calculation is highly negative, it probably looks something like this.
20% Chance of a loss: Down 60%
50% Chance of not as good as expected result: Down 20%
20% Chance of good enough result: Up 5% up.
5% Chance of better than expected result: Up 10%
5% Chance of very good result: Up 20%
Expected Value: (0.20*-0.6)+(0.50*-0.2)+(0.20*0.05)+(0.05*0.1)+(0.05*0.20)=-19.5%
This means all outcomes considered, this has a negative expected value of 19.5% in the first day. Its likely to fall further as people sell.
Often as Mr Ooi is quite shrewd, he would have sold a large portion of his position as prices go up and inform his followers.
This is where you may see some "consolidation" in terms of chart movements, which is where Mr Ooi, Mr Oois' direct followers, shrewd traders and fund managers are transferring their shares to the foolish retailers.
Mr Koon on the other hand, often considers himself an investor, and thus will hold on longer, or wait for margin calls to force him to sell.
Having said that, given that he was burnt properly 2018, he is likely to listen and do exactly as Mr Ooi tells him to, at least until his profits make him feel like he is smarter than Mr Ooi again.
While the foolish retail participant who is in reality, a trader, but foolishly considers himself an investor, makes the fatal mistake of averaging down, often on margin.
Turning a bad trade, into a mediocre and at times fatal investment.
Soon, diversity returns, and the foolish retailer, turns into people who are trapped. And as prices fall further, with the cyclical value investors return.
So how did the shrewd investors, fund managers and to an extent Mr Ooi or Mr Koon know when to sell?
It's simple, the valuation.
In the case of Mr Ooi and Mr Koon, its also because they are the first movers and catalyst.
The intrinsic value of an investment is simply all future cashflows discounted back to present value.
However, when a "Target Price" is set in these scenarios, Mr Koon for example, just takes the forward earnings, which is often at an all time cyclical high, and multiplies it by 10, for a TP of RM2.24 or something.
This does not consider the resilience of the earnings, or the capital structure of the company.
In this case, The Enterprise Value (Market Capitalization + Debt – Cash) of DAYANG is roughly RM2.4 billion.
Even when the current all time high earnings (which includes a ton of write backs of impairments/allowances as well as forex gains) is used, roughly 14 years is needed to see a return on investment, or roughly 7.14% yield.
Do you honestly think that, only a mere 2.49% premium from the risk-free rate of 4.65%, is needed for these kind of highly cyclical business, on the high end of the cycle and with write-back boosted earnings?
Have you ever wondered, why Mr Koon when presenting his track record at investment forums, only shows the first half of the chart?
Hint, the share does not stay at that price, a sea of fools paid for it. For those people, it would have been better if the price had not risen at all.
Reading the comments here, people here like to quote the RHB report verbatim, stating that PETRONAS will have higher capital expenditure, and therefore have a greater need for an MCM provider, which DAYANG can provide.
Well, do note that back when oil prices was USD100 or so per barrel in 2014, when Petronas pays for MCM, their goal is to produce as much as possible. MCM companies could basically quote any price they want, especially if they were good.
So what if it cost PETRONAS an extra USD2- USD3 per barrel? They were making at least USD40 per barrel. Forget about it, let you make a bit lah!
However, today the situation is vastly different, oil prices are about half at USD50-USD60 and highly volatile, with future outputs from US shale constantly increasing.
PETRONAS will fight with you like dogs over the price. From talking to my friends in PETRONAS and petroleum consultants, if you can even get a 10% net margin, you'd be breaking out the champagne.
In addition, do note current revenues and "earnings" are higher (or close to) than 2014 and 2015, when PETRONAS had their highest capex ever, and paid golden mountain prices for good MCM works.
A few slightly more, i hesitate to use to the word "insightful", people, may then point towards the RM3 billion order book and say earnings for future years is guaranteed.
May I also point out that just before they started losing money in 2017, the order book was also around RM3 billion? And that the order book was around that figure every quarter they made a loss?
Which also goes for the tenders and their quantum.
I doubt Mr Koon or Mr Ooi genuinely thinks its worth RM2.24 per share. That if they actually had the money, they would privatize it at that price.
And neither would the shrewd traders, or any investment manager in a fund worth half their salt.
The foolish retailer on the other hand, really do think identifying the intrinsic value of a company, is as simple as taking the forward/ current earnings, which is currently at an all time high, and multiplying it by 10.
So, the million-dollar question. Talk so much, got buy anot?
Not a single cent! Hahaha.
The only one where, i might have considered an error on my part was CARIMIN, and to an extent NAIM. I saw it at RM0.2X and RM0.4x or so. And as they had a pretty good balance sheet and pretty damn cheap, I figured it would be worth a cyclical/net asset play and was thinking of a 2-3% position.
Do note that for companies not in my circle of competence, or have close to no moat, which include MCM's, my investment checklist, consist solely of,
Is the management decent?
Does the balance sheet have low leverage?
Is it cheap enough?
Is the downturn cyclical or permanent?
However, I decided against it in the end, as they were better opportunities then that were within my circle of competence. Still wish i bought like 1- 2% at least though!
To be fair, I did not even really read the prospective statements as I wasn't that keen on it. If i had, i may have made that 1-2% buy.
And this was despite having friends in Petroleum Divisions of Consulting Firms, as well as PETRONAS, who told me capex works are picking up in 2018. Oh well.
What about my 500% trader friend? For more info on this fellow, read below.
Conversation with a top tier trader, and lessons learnt.
He bought and made a ton of money. Hahaha.
If it was another value investor who was friends with him, the fellow may have lost alot of money, being tempted into doing things he has no skill nor business doing.
I must admit, from my previous observations of the same scenarios, and as i looked at the meteoric rise of DAYANG, as an un-involved third party. I was quite tempted.
However, I don't think this is my money to earn.
So, which phase are we in?
Well, my 500% trader friend, who trades like a young George Soros, has sold off most of his position.
Do what you may.
走好,不送.
PS: By the way, in the event Mr Koon and Mr Ooi reads this and decide to change the way the do their trading, what you need to do is likely to change somewhat.
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Target Market Selection: augmented reality
Ships and boats at sea need a variety of information in order to navigate safely. And augmented reality provides an opportunity to dramatically improve the safety of marine navigation.
Augmented reality is an emerging technology that appears to solve all of the persistent problems in marine navigation.
Most maritime accidents are caused by human error. Despite the existence of modern navigation and communications aids such as ship-to-ship radios, radar, GPS, and computerized navigation charts, collisions at sea are still a major cause of maritime disasters. While electronic charting systems represent a vast improvement over manual systems, those systems do not address the primary causes of maritime accidents.
Collisions at sea are more likely to occur in busy ports and crowded shipping lanes, especially near the coast or in narrow straits and inlets. These accidents are often the result of inexperienced personnel on the bridge, navigational errors, malfunctioning or misused radar systems, and poor decision-making by overworked personnel.
Advanced Marine Technology (AMT) developed a new type of binoculars using augmented reality. The binoculars are augmented with a see-through, computer-generated overlay or display of navigation information. The computer-generated display is superimposed on the real world image available to the user. A person looking through these binoculars could be presented with: identifying labels for nearby objects, navigational data and chart information, or recommended direction of travel, all as an overlay on what is seen by the human eye.
Market Adoption Speed
AMT management was presented with the important task of determining the best way to exploit the potential for their AR technology. Management felt there were a number of short and long-term issues to investigate prior to committing additional resources to further development. Key strategic issues included determining both near- and long-term potential applications. And in what order should AMT attempt to penetrate each market? It was also important to understand the adoption characteristics of each market.
This investigation had to identify the market segment with the most near-term interest. However, each segment must be evaluated in terms of their product adoption cycles. AMT wanted to avoid market segments that required significant continuing investment until substantial returns were generated.
An issue related to both speed of adoption and overall potential is that of the relationship certain market segments have with one another. AMT wanted to select markets that produce revenue in the shortest amount of time, and are also linked in a way that allows the company to build upon the successes achieved in each previous segments. Determining the best revenue-producing segments as well as the linkages that exist between segments are both important requirements.
Partnership and Alliance Advantages
Given AMT's established position in the marine industry, marine applications seemed like a natural first choice. AMT has built a significant level of expertise in the marine industry which was further strengthened by the company's strategic alliance with Raytheon. These advantages had the potential to accelerate the adoption of augmented reality in the light marine segment.
Unfortunately the marine industry tends to lag behind many other industries in the adoption of new technology. Therefore the marine market was also required to pass the test of overall potential and synergy with other markets and applications.
AMT needed to identify the area of greatest potential customer alignment
Warren Schirtzinger guided AMT through the process of finding the user segment with the highest value proposition. This included the use of examples or analogies that provided a "model" for management decision making. It was discovered that technologies or products already in the marketplace could guide AMT's choices regarding commercialization.
Warren also conducted qualitative research in both one-on-one and focus group formats in all of the different sub-segments of the marine industry. This included demonstrating augmented reality binoculars to leaders in military, commercial, cargo/container, recreational, government and academic market segments.
The focus of each interview was guided by two of the elements of initial customer alignment; cost-benefit analysis and value proposition identification. From these interviews, AMT executives were able to identify, attract and work with early adopters in the segments with the highest value proposition.
AMT was able to address the present and continuing need for better aids to marine navigation. Based on strategic guidance from Warren Schirtzinger, AMT selected cargo/container ships and commercial fishing fleets as their initial target market.
Handheld augmented reality in standard-size binoculars was the first of its kind in the marine industry. And AMT's "Enhanced Navigation Glasses" have made a significant contribution to ensuring the safety of life at sea.
The value of augmented reality became so compelling, that AMT was acquired by one of its largest customers in commercial fishing because the competitive advantage provided was massive.
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Osman totaled 19 points (7-12 FG, 5-8 3Pt), five rebounds and five assists across 34 minutes in the Cavaliers' win over the Suns on Thursday.
Osman paced the Cavs in scoring and in minutes played in a lopsided win over the hapless Suns. The sophomore from Turkey has provided Cleveland with reliable scoring on a nightly basis, averaging 31.4 minutes per contest. His scoring will likely take a small dip once Kevin Love gets back up to game speed, but Osman will still remain a viable fantasy asset for the rest of the season.


Antonio Conte has warned his players of the potential pitfalls that characterise inter-city derbies and urged them to stay alert when the Bianconeri aim to extend their 18-year Derby Della Mole dominance tomorrow lunchtime at Turin's Stadio Olimpico.
Opponents Torino have made an impressive start to the season, winning plenty of plaudits for their successful switch to a 3-5-2 system in which the qualities of current Serie A top goalscorer Alessio Cerci have been allowed to flourish.
And despite the Granata's failure to claim local bragging rights for just under two decades, Conte cited an example from his playing days to highlight the difficulties his side could come up against when they make the short journey across the city.
Speaking to reporters in Vinovo, the 44-year-old began: "We've got great respect for Torino because they're an fine, well-organised side with fine players and an excellent coach. We know that derbies are always particular types of games in which the form guide goes out of the window.
The defending champions go into the encounter with their unbeaten start to the season intact following two successive 2-1 victories over Verona and Chievo. Yet while the final scorelines suggest a marginal supremacy in both fixtures, Conte insists the statistics tell a different story entirely.
"If you look back at the statistics from Verona and Chievo you will see that Juventus commanded 70 per cent possession and our opposition managed just two shots on goal from which we were punished. From our six games so far - four of which have been away from home - we've won four, drawn two and lifted a trophy.
Having rotated his starting line-up in recent weeks as Juventus work their way through a heavy fixture schedule, Conte is again expected to make changes with one eye on Wednesday night's Group B Champions League clash against Galatasaray.
But whilst revealing Mirko Vucinic is nearing full fitness after stepping up his training regime, the manager kept his cards close to his chest when quizzed on tomorrow's possible starting line-up.


Welcome to our Albums of bears made through the years. There are many not pictured here so please do not be disappointed if you do not find yours. Folks do email saying they've found their bear and were quite tickled to see it!


Spy Premiere - Red Carpet Report!
Melissa McCarthy is a force to be reckoned with. As she strut's Leicester Square's red carpet at last night's Spy premiere, the success of her work and critically acclaim in Bridesmaid has seen her soar as an actress to be watch out for. Despite a few bumps in the road, her latest effort - another collaboration with Paul Feig - looks to put back on that stellar trajectory.
As the stars of one of the most incredible comedies this year flock to the UK capital, the sunshine's as the James Bond genre is turned upside down with hilarity and action sequences.
Speaking of the film, McCarthy says "it was a big risk to take on this kind of genre." The film revolves around a lowly CIA worker who is relegated to field work when a leak uncovers all the secret identities of the agents. "It was important to not make it a spoof but show high octane action sequences." With a seemingly timid woman at the core of the film, opposite to the sleek image of espionage, McCarthy said "There's a lot of women out there to do it, so why not? I wanted to showan interesting character as a spy." Enjoying the shooting, McCarthy did 90% of the stunts.
The premiere was a lot of fun, mirroring that of the film. As audiences gathered and wait in anticipation for a blockbuster full of comedy, Spy looks to be raucous and rambunctious.
You can read the full red carpet report at The Hollywood News.
Spy is out June 5th.


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Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 1991;6(4):241-9.
Assessment of brain impairment with the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: a comparison with other neuropsychological measures.
Powell JB1, Cripe LI, Dodrill CB.
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
In this study the effectiveness of The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) at assessing patients with mixed brain impairment was compared with that of a number of other commonly used neuropsychological measures. Subjects were 50 patients with a mixture of medically confirmed neuropathologies, and 50 controls with no evidence of neurological history. Groups were equated for age, education, and sex. The AVLT was administered as pan of a full neuropsychological battery. Results indicated that all seven AVLT recall trials and the total of Trials I-V could significantly differentiate between the two groups (p <.001). The AVLT trial V score performed best (U = 457.5, p <.0001), correctly predicting group membership for 74% of the subjects. This hit-rate was better than any other single test on the Halstead-Reitan or Dodrill batteries, and was surpassed only by the Dodrill Discrimination Index. The potential usefulness of this test as part of a neuropsychological battery is discussed.


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Photographer Nick Busco Offers
A Backstage Pass To The Early Days Of Rock
By Kathy Leonardo
With each new decade, the technology train has been rolling full steam ahead, affecting photographers and artists alike. Nick Busco has been actively involved in the photography world for the past three decades, using both still and video cameras. He has witnessed the dramatic way the technical side of this medium has changed throughout the years. He is currently filming a behind-the-scenes documentary about his career and life working for a touring lighting company in the music business. While on the road, Busco had the chance to photograph rare and personal moments of rock royalty. With his Pentax SP500, he captured still images in the early days of these iconic music legends.
It all started when Busco was in college (1974) and a classmate and entrepreneur asked him if he was interested in taking photos and shooting video of local concerts. His friend owned all of the video gear and called local clubs/artists to get the okay to come in and film. Much to their surprise, most said yes. Starting with small clubs, Busco soon advanced to taking photos and videotaping shows in larger venues that featured bigger names such as Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Cliff, The Kinks, Harold Melvin and the Blues Notes, John Prine, The Staple Singers, Toots and the Maytals, Queen, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Tom Petty, and more. "The video equipment we used back in the day was cutting edge at the time," says Busco. "We used the three Sony Port-a-Pak cameras on funky tripods, a Sony 2100 VTR half-inch black-and-white reel to reel video-recording deck, and for a switcher, we used the Sony SEG-1."
Busco continued using a Pentax SP 500 until digital cameras came on the market. Many photographers fought the switch to digital, reluctantly giving in to the new technology. Busco was also a bit apprehensive, but soon jumped in with both feet. In 2000, he purchased the Nikon CoolPix 990. He explains, "It was a challenge to learn about the digital side at first. When I started doing more digital shooting, I did enjoy the immediate gratification." He continued to be a Pentax fan and is currently working with a Pentax K-7. Busco acknowledges that the Digital Age has changed how photographers earn a living. "With the advent of the DSLR, making a living as a photographer has been greatly compromised," reveals Busco. "The price someone paid five to 10 years ago, say for weddings, special events, modeling, internet photography, was quite a bit higher than today." Many suspect that with a new iPhone coming out every few months, the traditional camera will soon be obsolete. "To me, the art of photography has changed in a way that has given many more people in the field the opportunity to shoot and be creative," insists Busco. "With the programs that are available today to fix your shot, the field has become flooded with people who are not aware of the basics of photography, which was all learned with film. You had to be careful when you shot with film. It cost money to develop, print, etc."
Busco is currently working on a documentary based on his touring days. It will feature the music business on the road from a backstage perspective. He started contacting many of his old friends from his touring days and received positive feedback about the documentary. Back in 1977, Busco was on tour with Patrick Woodroffe, who was the lighting designer for a Rod Stewart tour. "I have not talked with Patrick since 1978, and I sent him an email with some great photos I took while he and I were on the road with Rod . . . I do have to say . . . within 30 minutes, I got a return email," laughed Busco. "Well, just to let you know, Patrick was the lighting designer for the last Olympics in London. And this is part of what the documentary is about — what these wonderfully talented, creative people are up to now."
The documentary will begin in 1969, featuring the iconic Woodstock phenomenon, and run through 1985 when the arrival of the CD changed the music business forever. He explains, "This is a story that I feel needs to be told so that future generations will know that we created a business that is now huge and very profitable. It also reveals how it all started . . . with no internet, digital sound, or lighting boards — just us making it up as we went along and creating a standard that is still followed in the touring business. This is a part of history in the music and entertainment business!"
Busco's work has been featured in group shows at the Venice Art Crawl, Trunk Gallery, Santa Monica Art Studios, the Venice Art Block, and most recently haleARTS S P A C E in Santa Monica. His work is currently on view at Mouche Gallery in Beverly Hills.
Photography Credit: Nick Busco.
To learn more about Nick Busco, visit his website.


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Oil prices end slightly higher as market eyes U.N.-Iran standoff
Oil prices finished slightly above $70 a barrel Thursday as traders eyed the nuclear dispute between Iran and the West and after BP PLC officials said the company's Prudhoe Bay output could be restored earlier than expected.
The push for U.N. sanctions against Iran seemed likely to intensify Thursday after the country's president refused to compromise as a deadline to stop enriching uranium arrived.
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the U.N. Security Council must be ready to impose sanctions. He added, however, that it will wait to take action until the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, meets with Iran's top negotiator, Ali Larijani, sometime next week.
Another concern for the market was Nigeria, where two oil workers' unions called for a three-day strike in Africa's biggest crude oil producer.
However, supply concerns were tempered after BP hinted that production at Prudhoe Bay could soon rise.
BP officials believe a portion of the pipeline idled by corrosion concerns may be useable at least temporarily and that other sections can be bypassed. The flow of oil from Prudhoe Bay has been cut in half to 200,000 barrels a day as BP prepares to replace 16 miles of pipeline after discovering extensive internal corrosion that resulted in spills in March and early August.
On Wednesday, Department of Energy data showed U.S. crude-oil inventories rose 2.4 million barrels last week to 332.8 million barrels, or 6.2 percent above year-ago levels. Gasoline inventories rose 400,000 barrels to 206.2 million barrels, or 4.6 percent above last year's levels.
Light sweet crude for October delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 23 cents to settle at $70.26 a barrel. Gasoline futures fell by more than 5 cents to settle at $1.7504 a gallon and heating oil futures rose by less than a penny to $1.9542 a gallon.
Nymex natural gas futures fell by 24.2 cents to settle at $6.048 per 1,000 cubic feet after the government reported that supplies grew last week.
In London, Brent crude on the ICE Futures exchange rose 7 cents to settle at $70.25 a barrel, reports AP.


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Donte' Stallworth ready to jump into Patriots WR competition
Published: Aug 05, 2007 at 01:46 PM
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -The New England Patriots have 12 receivers trying out for a half-dozen roster spots, and Donte' Stallworth can't wait to join the competition.
"I love this game. It's going to be a sad day that I have to retire, whenever that is," he said Sunday night after joining his teammates for a non-contact walkthrough. "I like getting out there with the fellas, and everybody has one goal: getting better."
A six-year veteran who signed with New England as a free agent this offseason, Stallworth began training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Stallworth, who spent eight weeks on the Eagles' injury report with a hamstring problem in 2006, is expected to be activated from the PUP for practice on Monday.
"I actually didn't know I was on it until a friend told me," Stallworth said, deferring further comment to coach Bill Belichick.
Stallworth said he spent the time that he wasn't practicing studying his playbook. "(But) there's a difference between studying the playbook and being out there," he said.
"I've got a pretty good hold on the plays. It's just a matter of me being on the field and being able to do everything I can," he told a cluster of reporters after practice. "I feel pretty good about where I am."
A first-round draft pick, 13th overall, by the Saints in 2002, Stallworth played in New Orleans four years before he was traded to Philadelphia in training camp last year. He caught 38 passes for 725 yards and five touchdowns in 2006, adding six catches for 141 yards and two scores in a pair of playoff games.
In his career, he has 233 career receptions for 3,516 yards and 28 TDs in 68 games.
Stallworth was expected to give the Patriots a deep threat in 2007, a year after they traded contract holdout Deion Branch to Seattle. Reche Caldwell led New England with 61 catches for 760 yards and four TDs, and no other player had more than 49 catches.
But then the Patriots traded for Randy Moss on draft weekend - adding him to their stockpile of pass-catchers. They also brought in Wes Welker and Kelley Washington to go with Caldwell, Troy Brown, Jabar Gaffney and Chad Jackson.
"Competition is always good for everybody," Stallworth said. "We've got a lot of unselfish guys on our team who all want the team to win games.
Stallworth, Jackson and Brown all started training camp on the PUP list.
"I've been in the game for a while, so I understand certain concepts even though this is a new team," Stallworth said. "There's a lot of new guys on the field. Obviously, Troy being on the team, he's a guy you want to talk to."


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Pro-enforcement voters in Georgia want to hear about illegal immigration – in Georgia
April 28, 2022 By D.A. King
GA Gov Brian Kemp (L), former U.S. Senator David Perdue (R) at April 24 gubenatorial candidate debate. Photo: WSB-TV.
Gwinnett County Sheriff's public defiance of state law on checking immigration status of foreign-born prisoners should be "an issue"
Watch tonight's debate here.
With time running out before the Republican Primary, ending the pretense on Governor Kemp and the ludicrous premise that he has fulfilled all his 2018 campaign promises is long past due. He hasn't. We point to Kemp's detailed but narrow 2018 campaign promises on illegal immigration in Georgia.
Likewise, since primary challenger and former U.S. Senator Perdue has finally brought up Kemp's "Big Truck Trick" as related to removing illegal aliens in last Sunday's debate, it is past time for Perdue to let voters know if he would do anything as governor regarding the organized crime that is illegal immigration – in Georgia. If so, what, exactly?
This writer is one of many pro-enforcement Independents whose vote in 2022 does not depend on what yarn we hear from either side about what happened in the 2020 election debacle. We are laser-focused on illegal immigration in Georgia and the needless dangers and miseries it imposes on Georgians.
While vying for the 2018 GOP candidacy, Kemp did not promise to send Georgia's National Guard to the border. As Mark Krikorian at the Center for Immigration Studies noted on NRO at the time, neither did he mention addressing the root cause of illegal immigration (spoiler: it's illegal employment).
But candidate Kemp did repeatedly pledge to go after "criminal illegals." He promised to create a public registry of criminal illegal aliens. He put out a detailed outline of legislation he promised to send to the General Assembly entitled "Brian Kemp's Track and Deport Plan."
"As governor, conservative businessman Brian Kemp will create a comprehensive database to track criminal aliens in Georgia. He will also update Georgia law to streamline deportations from our jails and prisons" went the detailed assurance Kemp made on his 2018 campaign website.
None of it ever happened.
Related: Illegal immigration issue absent in eight-page, January 2022 Kemp campaign mailer
As this writer lamented last June ('Kemp risks defeat by ignoring promises on illegal immigration action'), Kemp has alienated a significant number of voters by ignoring illegal immigration in Georgia. More so when he emphatically boasts that he has kept all his promises but responds to questions about his lack of action on criminal aliens in Georgia with "but the border…" as if all conservative voters are too dim to recognize the obfuscation.
Perhaps the most glaring example of executive abuse is Kemp's refusal to direct his Attorney General to investigate and prosecute Georgia jailers who are in proud and public violation of a hard-fought public safety law regarding…criminal illegals.
The 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (SB 529) created a state mandate that jailers check immigration status of foreigners in their jails and report illegal aliens to the feds. We invite all concerned to read the very short OCGA 42-4-14.
Then a state legislator, Kemp was Chairman of the Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee that passed out the measure creating this regulation. "Many Georgians are "fed up" with illegal immigration," he told the liberal AJC at the time. He voted in favor of final passage.
Compare the above-mentioned state law with the defiant public pledge made by Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor– a jailer – at his swearing-in event on January 1, 2021: "What we will not be doing is notifying ICE of anybody's immigration status in the jail or in any of our facilities."
Newly elected sheriff Keybo Taylor speaks at a press conference at the Gwinnett County Jail on January 1, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. (AJC)
The Cobb Sheriff has taken a similar stance that was noted here last year – 'Ga. Law: Jailers must report incarcerated illegal aliens to feds.'
Media silence
Over the course of 2021 this writer sent a "news tip" to virtually every news outlet in Atlanta on this matter. To our knowledge, the only news story on the topic came from the liberal AJC in the form of a celebratory item noting the one-year anniversary of the end of 287(g) in Cobb and Gwinnett counties.
"With 287(g) no longer in force, local jail officials have stopped systemically checking the immigration status of individuals arrested for a variety of crimes – including minor traffic violations – and sharing that information with immigration officials to initiate deportation proceedings" is how the editors at the "watchdog" AJC described the obvious defiance by Gwinnett Sheriff Keybo Taylor and others who ignore this law. The AJC headline was 'There's less fear': Metro Atlanta immigrants feel safer with new sheriffs.'
Kemp's first TV campaign ad in 2018 was all about ending "sanctuary" polices.
Perdue late to the obvious issue
Candidate Perdue has only very recently resorted to pointing to candidate Kemp's failure to honor 2018 illegal immigration promises – and has not scratched the surface of this key issue. He's late but it's not too late. We say again: Many pro-enforcement voters are straining to hear some educated, detailed, and workable solutions to illegal immigration in Georgia from Perdue.
There is plenty of evidence that offended voters leave some choices blank on the ballot – or stay home.
Perdue can always resort to promising to enforce the many laws already on the books in Georgia aimed at making us less attractive to illegal immigration.
Let's start with the Gwinnett County sheriff.
A version of this essay originally ran on the subscription outlet Insider Advantage on April 27, 2020
D.A. King is president of the Dustin Inman Society and proprietor of ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com He has assisted state lawmakers with legislation since 2005.


The day had arrived – my 4th half marathon and first one outside of my University town of Cardiff. The flat scenic route around Thames Ditton, with perfect weather conditions, made me excited to tackle the distance again. I think Alice was just wondering why we were up early on a Sunday…!
The pre-race preparations were slightly overshadowed by the initial inability to find the portaloos in the race village, followed by the world's longest wait in the queue. So much so that the start gun went off whilst we were still queuing! Thank god for chip timing!
Finally we set out on the course which started off very slow due to narrow paths and the inability to overtake when we wanted to. This went on for a while, with myself or Alice finally finding a gap, squeezing through and then having to wait until the other one had found her own way through. But the benefits of running together far outweighed the frustration of not being able to zoom ahead!
The route itself was extremely flat; I must remember in future to try and pick races that are orientated around water!! Spectators were dotted about, cheering and handing out the occasionally jelly baby. Personally I find a simple high five from a cheering child gives enough of a boost!
The stretch around miles 4 and 5 along the river front was pleasant and gave us lovely views (not to mention being perfectly flat!). At this point we were still overtaking runners on every side – payback for being in the loo queue at the start of the race! It was definitely a lesson learned that if you want a stress-free race, start in the right time section!
The urban run through Kingston town centre was rewarded with fantastic (if brief) views of Hampton Court itself at mile 10, which helped spur us home. Despite being named The Hampton Court Half Marathon, Hampton Court itself featured very little in the route which was slightly disappointing, although Henry VIII was there in the race village!
The open road feature of the race was new to us, having only ever enjoyed closed road races before. At times it felt just like a Thursday SJ Threshold run, having to jump back onto the pavement to avoid the cars and hope your tired legs don't show you up by clipping the kerb! I had to stop myself several times from instinctively shouting "CAR" at the runners in front! The route involved quite a lot of residential roads, so we created a fair few traffic jams and probably annoyed a lot of locals trying to get out and about on a Sunday!
The finish was a nice short sprint on grass before having to smile (or grimace!) for the finish line photographers. I think the race organisers wanted to give our necks a workout judging by the size and weight of the medal; they definitely went all out on the metal work!
All in all, it was a good race with a nice and well marshalled route, but definitely an eye opener into open road races and the importance of getting into the correct start pen! Finally, for those of you familiar with the Heidi-Alice running reputation that we are getting on Monday and Thursday SJ runs, yes we did manage to stop talking for a few sections of the race…!


Wow, as a Canadian I was surprised to find out that Canada doesn't actually have an "official" national bird! Yes indeed… like me, i bet you likely suspected it was the Canadian goose or perhaps the loon but nope, sorry!
Via Canadian Geographic, the public is invited to vote for their selection. Pick your favorite from a host of options categorized as raptors, songbirds, seabirds, game birds and more. Personally, I'm torn between the Canada Goose and the common loon – the blue heron also holds a spot close to my heart!


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Chillin Music signals the end of 2016 with an exciting 16 track compilation given the corresponding title of Sixteen. With over a decade of releases spanning the deep and tech house sphere there are plenty of hot options to choose from when assembling a Chillin Music collection. The powers-that-be at Chillin have indeed chosen wisely, and these cuts derive from the label's recent output as well as featuring many new and unreleased cuts.
Highlights include Pezzner's remix of Rob Slac & Alec's "Sounds Right", the spectacular Roy Davis Jr. remix of Ovidio's "Get On Up", and "Dramarama", Brett Johnson's rollicking collaboration with vocalist / DJ Red Eye. Chillin Music also has a knack for sussing out new talent, and cuts from Lion González (remixed by label co-founder John Stuart) and Sepehr (with remixes from Rob Slac and Mr. Harting) certainly deliver. Also represented on the full compilation are the likes of Sleazy McQueen, Alexander Maier, Jonas Saalbach, Alvaro Ernesto, Still Rob G, Homero Espinosa, and even more. It's a jam-packed amalgamation, and should get listeners psyched up for Chillin Music's 2017 schedule.


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Iron Maiden set first dates for 2023 The Future Past Tour
6 October 2022, 7:00 am ·2-min read
Iron Maiden will take The Future Past Tour to the UK and Europe next year credit:Bang Showbiz
Iron Maiden have announced a slew of 2023 dates as part of 'The Future Past Tour'.
Bruce Dickinson and co will perform songs from the metal titans' latest album, 'Senjutsu', the 1986 gem 'Somewhere In Time', and all the classics.
The run includes dates in Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham and London.
The 'Run to the Hills' will also play Poland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.
The first date, as it stands, is on June 13 at Krakow's Tauron Arena in Poland.
Further dates and supports will be confirmed in due course.
Bassist Steve Harris said: "Following the release of our latest album, 'Senjutsu, we updated the current Legacy of the Beast Tour a little by opening the show with the first 3 songs from it, with the Japanese Palace stage set. As it doesn't make a lot of sense to repeat this for a Senjutsu album tour, we thought about other options and we've decided to revisit Somewhere In Time as that tour didn't feature in the various retrospective history tours we've played over the years. They were based on our 80's concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!). We have had lots of requests from fans over the years for many tracks on it so we are now going to play them, plus of course a few others we know you will like! It will also be particularly satisfying to finally get to play some of the more epic tracks on Senjutsu, it's been a long wait! 2023 is going to be an exciting time and we're really looking forward to seeing everyone again in the UK, Ireland and around Europe."
Their manager, Rod Smallwood, added: "This combination of the two albums we feel is very exciting. We know fans want to hear those epic cuts on Senjutsu for the first time live and we think that by combining it with an iconic album like Somewhere In Time it will make for another really special tour for fans old and new! Of course, for a new album tour in Europe and the UK we will go back largely to the relative intimacy of arenas and we know fans will be very happy about that too!"
The band are currently amidst the North American leg of the 'Legacy Of The Beast World Tour'.
Tickets go on sale from Friday 14th October at 9am via LiveNation.co.uk As always there will be an exclusive pre-sale for Iron Maiden fanclub members.
Iron Maiden's 2023 tour dates so far:
13 Krakow Tauron Arena
19 Zurich Hallenstadion
24 Dublin 3 Arena
26 Glasgow OVO Hydro
28 Leeds First Direct Arena
30 Manchester AO Arena
3 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
4 Birmingham Utilita Arena
7 London The O2
11 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
13 Antwerp Sportpaleis
15 Milan The Return Of The Gods Festival
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Enhancing access to EU law: Why bother? Research output
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EU Executive Discretion and the Limits of Law Research output
The increase in the European Union's executive powers in the areas of economic and financial governance has thrown into sharp relief the challenges of EU law in constituting, framing, and constraining the decision-making processes and political choices that have hitherto supported European integration.…
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Writing is a part of everyone's life. Every one of us has had to write an article, a composition or a letter to a loved one, at least once in our lives. In schools, it is as common task as learning how to count or memorize multiplication tables.
Yet as people grow old, some continue on to write until old age while some completely shun writing as if it's a burden one needs to keep away from as much as possible. The difference between who you are among the two is how you answer the question, "Is writing a hobby or a job for you?" The answer you give could tell you of your perspective of the written form of art.
When does writing become a job then? Some may think that when you get paid then it becomes work. But why then did the great poets of times past who died miserable, alone and broke continued to write until they were on their deathbed? By this example alone you could deduce that writing may still be a hobby even if you are great author as long as the passion and the love for writing is there.
But once other factors affect that passion for writing then it's a different story altogether. Apparently, some great writers have been burned out at least one time in their lives because of the pressure to beat the deadline, the anxiety of having to please the readers and the dreadful idea of not living up to the expectations that surrounds a best-selling writer.
So then how do you keep the passion to write a love letter, the fervor to churn out poetry and essays, or to still beat the deadline without having to feel that writing is a heavy burden? How do you make writing a productive exercise and still to still call writing a hobby?
There are many ways to respond to the posed questions above, but the simplest and most efficient way is to ask yourself, to ask that writer within you what reasons you have that you bothered to continue writing in a journal, a daily diary or on pieces of paper around your flat when in fact no one asked you to. Searching the inner soul could produce many definite answers for you.
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