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A Creative Way to Build a Hedge Fund Brand Name – Broadwalk Asset Management
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight
I was listening to trader trainer Michael Martin interview Jim Rogers on his excellent website (http://martinkronicle.com/), and I heard Jimmy Rogers say that investors should stay with what they know and are interested in. In working with portfolio managers I often ask them which sectors or types of stock they are good at investing in, and which they can't seem to get right. It may be they can't read retailers, or always seem to mis-time growth stocks, but it is very important to eliminate what you are not good at as a trader or investor. I think of it as playing defence to some extent – by eliminating a repeated error, and focussing on what you are provenly good at your returns have to improve.
There may be an element of ego involved – it may seem a sign of weakness on the part of a money manager to leave out a sector or type of stock from their universe. But investors, and ultimately the manager, will only be interested in the scale of returns achieved. So my conviction is to put the ego to one side, check the data, and eliminate areas of weakness. For example I worked with a manager who occasionally dabbled in the financial sector, but whose major strength was in consumer-related sectors. Analysis showed that the hit rate (percentage winning trades) was a lot lower in financial stocks than in other sectors, and I advised leaving the financials alone. Losses in the financial positions were slightly larger than those typically tolerated. If anything the stop-losses should have been tighter and positions sized smaller initially.
The ultimate specialism is sector funds, a strategy area I hope to return to shortly in more detail. In Europe we have begun to be used to hedge funds specialising in sectors, though they are a well established and successful phenomenon of the US hedge fund industry. Investor interest in sector hedge funds should be strong – the return data suggests they can offer enhanced return and lower correlation with markets if the funds have an appropriate framework for portfolio structure. The evidence for this contention is stronger at the manager level than at the index level – there is scope to add a lot of value to a portfolio hedge funds through manager selection in sector funds.
I came across an unusual sector fund this month. The Broadwalk Select Services Fund, run by Charlie Cottam, is Europe's first "Services" sector focused fund. The Fund has been going since June last year, and it has been going rather well. Most hedge funds made money in the first half of 2008 and lost more than their first half gains in the second half of the year. The Broadwalk Select Services Fund was up 1.3% over the last seven months of 2008 through putting in four down months and three up months. Obviously the average up-month in 2008 was bigger than the average down-month!
Charlie Cottam preserved capital well in the first few months of this year, and did better thereafter: through the end of November the Fund is up 44% for the year. The relevant market index for the fund is the FT-All Share Index (the Fund concentrates on UK companies), and that benchmark was down in four months of 2009, and the Fund managed by Broadwalk Asset Management was down in only one of those months. Over the whole life of the Fund the FT-All share has been down 14.6%.According to the manager he didn't get properly invested until February/March of this year, but once he did he made excellent returns through stock selection – the net is now about 80%, and the fund is concentrated (large position size).
The manager of the Fund claims two forms of competitive edge: better information and original analysis. The original analysis comes from Cottam's experience on the sell-side. As a chartered accountant himself he sees accounting issues not well understood by those analysing the service sector specifically. He may have a point as there are few sell-side analysts in the sector with similar tenure as an analyst. The manager himself sees an advantage in his ability to use his been-through-the-cycle experience to turn around his conception on a company and stock quickly – he can grab an emerging opportunity at the time when other analysts are getting out their apocryphal pen to write a research note.
Cottam is an experienced sell-side analyst, and in that may be a true edge as he was company broker to 33 UK corporates. This unique arrangement for UK quoted companies – a corporate brokership for each quoted company – gives the appointed broker a privileged position in terms of access to management. Cottam has kept his company network intact as he has moved to the buy side. His management contacts and experience of individual management teams based on their historic behavior helps Cottam to spot the early warning signs of change in outlook for companies and sectors. His sell side experience enables him to understand the flow information on stocks and their relative positioning in the market.
So Charlie Cottam uses his deep experience in service companies to extract alpha – staying with what he knows and is interested in. He has also taken steps to reinforce his edge by keeping senior management engaged with Broadwalk – last year he initiated the Broadwalk Business Services Awards. This is the second year of the Broadwalk Business Services awards to recognise outstanding achievements by quoted companies in the business services sectors. The UK often leads the world in business services -it is one of the less well-known success stories of the economy, and these awards are a step towards raising its profile. The categories and 2009 winners are: Company of the year (Aggreko), CEO of the year (Nick Buckles, G4S), Chairman of the year (John Peace, Experian), Deal of the year (Balfour Beatty – Parsons Brinkerhoff), Small company of the year (Hargreaves Services), and Entrepreneur of the year (Michael O'Leary, Ryanair).
I think this is a terrific example of creative thinking by a hedge fund manager, and Charlie Cottam's entrepreneurialism and unusual means of brand building are to be commended.
Categories: HF Managers - Tags: brand building, Broadwalk Business Services Awards, Broadwalk Select Services Fund, Charlie Cottam, creative thinking


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Q: Deck of cards, cant figure out how to shuffle My code already makes the deck of cards, but how do i shuffle it? My shuffle function seems to not be working.
I may also have some errors elsewhere and if you can see them please let me know. It compiles and runs but it lists the cards in order.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

class Card{
public:
    int face;
    int suit;
    void setData(int f, int s){
        face = f;
        suit = s;
    }
    string toString(int F, int S){
        static string faces[13] = {"Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven",       "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace"};
        static string suits[4] = {"Clubs", "Spades", "Diamonds", "Hearts"};
        string FandS = faces[F] + " of " + suits[S] + "\n";
        return FandS;
    }
};

class DeckOfCards:public Card{
public:
    Card deck[13][4];
    int currentCard;

    void shuffle(){
        srand (time(0));
        Card temp[13][4]; int R, r;
        for(int shuf=0; shuf<52; shuf++){
            for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
                for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
                    R = rand()%13;
                    r = rand()%4;
                    temp[i][j] = deck[i][j];
                    deck[i][j] = deck[R][r];
                    deck[R][r] = temp[i][j];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    bool moreCards(){
        currentCard=52;
        currentCard--;
        if(currentCard>0){
            return true;
        }else
            return false;
    }

    void dealCard(){
        for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
            for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
                cout << toString(i, j);
            }
        }
    }

    DeckOfCards(){
        for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
            for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
                deck[i][j].setData(face, suit);
            }
        }
    }

};

int main(){
    DeckOfCards myDeck;
    myDeck.shuffle();
    myDeck.dealCard();
    return 0;
}

A: This is the reason your cards are "dealt" in order:
void dealCard(){
    for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
        for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
            cout << toString(i, j);
        }
    }
}

You don't use the deck at all.  You just print them out in order.
Try this:
cout << toString(deck[i][j].face, deck[i][j].suit);

You should really write a Card::toString function with no parameters and let it use its face and suit members.
cout << deck[i][j].toString();

For the record, I really don't like you you arranged your deck as a 2D array.  There is absolutely no need to do that.  And I like it even less that DeckOfCards inherits from Card.
Since I'm nitpicking, you don't need a whole deck-sized array for your temporary swap variable.  You just need one Card.  In fact, you ought to use std::swap instead.

A: In addition to the other answers, I think your initial assignment of the deck is not working.
DeckOfCards(){
    for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
        for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
            deck[i][j].setData(face, suit);
         }
    }
}

You're setting every card to '(face, suit)'.  What are those at this point?  I think you mean to set them to '(i, j)'.  I'm surprised this compiles, because face and suit are only declared as properties of the card object.

A: I would recommend you avoid using arrays and use std::vector, and that you use std::random_shuffle to shuffle your deck.
Here is quick edit I made to your code to show you how it is done
#include <ctime>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

class Card{
public:
    int face;
    int suit;
    void setData(int f, int s){
        face = f;
        suit = s;
    }
};

class DeckOfCards:public Card{
public:
    std::vector<Card> deck;

    void shuffle(){
        srand (time(0));
        std::random_shuffle(deck.begin(), deck.end());
    }

    DeckOfCards(){
        deck.reserve(13 * 4);
        for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
            for(int j=0; j<4; j++){
                Card card;
                card.setData(i, j);
                deck.push_back(card);
            }
        }
    }

};

int main(){
    DeckOfCards myDeck;
    myDeck.shuffle();
    return 0;
}

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Back Sponsored Listings » Hotels » Centrally-Located Seclusion Awaits at Sedona Suites
Monday, 16 January 2023.
Written by Saigoneer
Occupying the upper floors of District 1's Saigon Centre, one would think it would be easy to find Sedona Suite's lobby by simply traveling through the busy mall. But actually, it's only accessible via a non-descript door on Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa Street that we had to review the hotel's website to find. While such a minimal street presence may reduce walk-by business, it contributes to the privacy and peaceful atmosphere found throughout the lobby, restaurant, rooms and other amenities because tourists are not stopping in to look around or find a place to rest.
That serenity is important for the guests: business travelers on short or medium-length work assignments in the area, international travelers in search of the most convenient, centrally located place to base their explorations from, long-stay guests who want privacy when finishing their job for the day and locals in search of an easy and indulgent change of pace for a staycation.
Saigoneer fell into that latter category when we visited at the end of last year. Even though our office is just a few hundred meters down the road, it felt like a mini-vacation. When the elevator opened onto the twenty-eighth floor we completely forgot we were there to check in thanks to the expansive view of the city that extends in all directions. The massive floor-to-ceiling windows offer a tremendous vantage point to marvel at boats floating the Saigon River's shimmering waters, the lush spill of green spaces extending through September 23rd Park, the iconic outline of Bến Thành market, a historic Hindu temple directly below and airplanes easing to the Earth in the distance.
The incredible scene was visible from our room as well. Not only does each room feature a stunning view of the city, but the large living room with a balcony was awash with soft sunlight at dusk. While lounging around to savor it, we made a mental note of how the three-bedroom space would be the ideal site for future get-togethers such as bridal showers, birthday parties or hosting out-of-town friends. Celebrating such an occasion at Sedona Suites, compared to more traditional venues like a bar or restaurant, is especially appealing because it allows for the underrated quiet moments in between festivities like morning coffee shared around a dining room table, staying up late listening to music and talking until the sun rises.
More than just a safe and quiet space to accommodate such celebrations, Sedona Suites has a certain homey feel to it in part because of the fully equipped kitchen and pantry. Friends and families can gather to cook and bake or simply sprawl out on the couches to banter. Small details like bottle openers, washing machines, irons and any other domestic items one may need to keep such stays running smoothly are also provided in the rooms. Meanwhile, the on-site infinity pool with accompanying barbeque area and nearby game room with projection screen, televisions, video games, foosball and karaoke provide entertainment options. Overseas Vietnamese families with relatives in the city are among those that gravitate towards this style of stay, especially during Tết and other holidays.
Considering Saigon's best cuisines are all an app order away, to say nothing about the appealing dining options in Saigon Centre, we were originally uncertain why Sedona Suites served dinner in their SKY28 restaurant. When we walked into the dining room, we immediately had our answer: the view. The stunning scenery was a welcome companion to our meal and we spent time pointing out many of the downtown's most noteworthy landmarks.
We were also pleasantly surprised to find that along with conventional Western and Vietnamese dishes there was a large selection of Singaporean items. Sedona Suites is owned by a Singaporean company which not only explains why the dishes were offered but also ensures their authenticity as management is frequently in town to assess the flavors.
The roti we had the following day at the breakfast buffet was an unexpected delight and sopping up the savory curry with it was the start to the day we didn't know we needed. SKY28 is also a frequent destination for people working in the area as well as mall shoppers who want something a bit quieter and more relaxing than what is available there. And while we were enjoying our breakfast, we overheard a guest at a nearby table exclaim how good his coffee was: "What do you call this? Just Vietnamese coffee? It's so good!"
International travelers like that guest typically select Sedona Suites because of its central location. Because many tourist attractions like the Central Post Office, Walking Street, Independence Palace and art museum are all in the vicinity, it is especially conducive to people on short visits looking to make the most of their limited time.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Sedona Suites also hosts guests for long-term stays with some people opting to stay for upwards of five years. In addition to the convenience and privacy, they appreciate how it feels like home thanks to small touches such the staff knowing their names and preferences and the occasional in-house party or gifts on the holidays.
Since our stay at Sedona Suites, we must admit that at the end of the workday, there is a desire to head back in the direction Saigon Centre where an outstanding view awaits along with an extremely comfortable room and friendly atmosphere. If you're like us, you'll find it difficult to go home again afterward.
Sedona Suite's Website
Sedona Suite's Email
Sedona Suite's Facebook Page
67 Le Loi Boulevard, Saigon Centre, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Hotel Entrance is located along Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street)

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import React from 'react';
import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
import { shallowToJson } from 'enzyme-to-json';
import { NavbarBrand } from '../NavbarBrand';

describe('<NavbarBrand />', () => {
  it('should render a div with .boldrui-navbar__brand', () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(<NavbarBrand>Test</NavbarBrand>);
    expect(wrapper.contains(
Test
)).toBe(true);
  });

  it('should render a p with .navbar-brand', () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(<NavbarBrand tag="p">Test</NavbarBrand>);
    expect(wrapper.contains(
Test
)).toBe(true);
  });

  it('should render a div with .navbar-brand and custom classNames', () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(
      <NavbarBrand className="custom">
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    );
    expect(wrapper.hasClass('boldrui-navbar__brand')).toBe(true);
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  });
  it('should match the snapshot', () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(<NavbarBrand>Test</NavbarBrand>);
    expect(shallowToJson(wrapper)).toMatchSnapshot();
  });
});

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Single lanes for safety
August 15, 2016 Stephen Taylor News
Turning point: Road with a "bleak crash history" to be made safer. Picture: Yanni
A ROSEBUD road with an unenviable crash history is set for a safety upgrade next month.
Works will begin on Eastbourne Rd between Jetty Rd and Boneo Rd which Mornington Peninsula mayor Cr Graham Pittock describes as a "black length".
"This road really does have a bleak crash history – including three fatalities in the past two years," he said.
"Over a five-year period 14 casualty crashes were recorded, with three of these serious injuries."
Common crash types include right-turning vehicles and parked vehicles.
Eastbourne Rd will be changed from two traffic lanes each way to a single traffic lane each way, with a centre median turn lane and shared parking and bike lane on both sides.
Refuge islands in the middle will make crossing the road safer for pedestrians.
Right hand turning movements will be banned out of Third Av and Foam St, and the school bus stop near Foam St will be moved closer to Rosebud RSL.
The shire says "thorough traffic modelling" was carried out for the project and feedback was sought from residents and businesses, as well as Victoria Police, CFA, schools and bus operators.
"This has resulted in minor adjustments to the design to cater for those directly impacted by the changes," spokeswoman Kat Hodgins said.
Seawinds Ward's Cr David Gibb said a similar treatment was successfully implemented on Jetty Rd.
"The treatment there has already demonstrated a reduction in serious injury crashes," he said. "Much work has gone into the plans for Eastbourne Rd and we thank everyone for their input toward this project that will ensure our roads continue to remain safe for all road users.
"It's also important to create safe bike lanes on our roads if we are to get more people out of their cars for short trips. Overseas, people cycle until very late in their lives."
Works are expected to be completed around the end of November.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 16 August 2016
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The Almost Daily eMOs Mostly Reverent eMails
By Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton's meditation on the devotional meaning of Pentecost.
A Book Excerpt on Devotion
"Today is the Feast of Pentecost. When I was little, I was often told it was the birthday of the church. Where was the cake? I wondered: I expected a birthday cake with candles, and such things were not part of church where I come from. The church's birthday seemed a rather ponderous affair, a state birthday — sort of like the birthday of the Queen Mother. Not a fun birthday like mine.
Later, when I was older and had been in more churches, I learned that it was also the celebration of the Holy Spirit's coming among us. I was informed of this in the 1960s, and this time there was no shortage of fun attached to the feast: flotillas of balloons released into the air to entangle themselves in jet engines and strangle innocent songbirds, clowns in the liturgy, liturgical dancers in the aisles, twenty-minute gospel readings in six different languages, parties afterward — with cake.
Today at Christ and St. Stephen's in Manhattan, as in many churches in the city today, two little babies were baptized. These were beautiful, with skin as soft as a feather. Neither one cried, although in my sermon I had given them both permission to do so. Instead, they regarded their own baptism with grave interest, and allowed themselves to be anointed with chrism afterward with good grace. All the adults had soft smiles on their faces as they watched: for a moment, the compromises of our decades melted from us and we were pure and hopeful, like the two newest little Christians themselves.
The Spirit gives the gift of life. Gave it at creation and gave it at the first Pentecost. Gives it in the moment of forgiveness and in every sacrament of the church. Gives it at birth and continues to give it throughout life. Gives it at the moment of death and afterward, when we are all in Christ and Christ is in all."
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Every year, America experiences millions of incidents of domestic violence, many of them brutal and some of them deadly. But a shocking video of football star Ray Rice hitting his fiancé with a cruel punch in a casino elevator has provoked unprecedented revulsion and intense public debate.
For the same reason that two ISIS be-heading videos posted on the internet finally awakened Americans to the fact that Islamo-Nazi terrorism remains a serious threat. Visual imagery impacts the emotions at a visceral level that verbal descriptions, or statistics, or thoughtful discussions can't possibly touch.
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VP Pence Walks Out on NFL Game After Anthem Protest, Trump applauds!
Mike Pence, the Vice President stormed out of an NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because a selection of the players chose to "take a knee." Obviously, the MSM has decided that this is a bad thing and that they will lambast the VP for exercising his own rights.
After the event, he explained on Twitter:
"I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem."
The President is Commander and Cheif of the US military, and as such, the VP is second in command. The take a knee protests are an affront to the military and to all the soldiers and families who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their nation. Pence was absolutely right to walk out on this childish, politicised display.
Pence's decision was firmly supported by the president. Also, Don Jr. Tweeted out is respect for the move: "Amen. After almost a decade it's great to have leaders who have pride in our country again."
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The only difference between a personal situation and an NFL game is that players rely on receiving a lot of cash. And if fans stop giving it, the players pay the price.
President Trump said Vice President Pence is to be praised for walking from an NFL game after some San Francisco 49ers' players kneeled during the national anthem and declared that the trip was "long planned."
"The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He's receiving great praise for departing game after the players showed such disrespect for the nation! ," Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday.
The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such disrespect for country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2017
But a few — such as reporters in Pence's media detail — questioned whether the walkout was a political stunt after the journalists were told to stay in the van in the stadium in Indianapolis since the vice president could make an "early departure."
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called it a "multi-million dollar political stunt paid for by taxpayers."
Pence, the former governor of Indiana, traveled to Indianapolis from Las Vegas in which the vice president spent Saturday participate in ceremonies honoring the victims of the shootings.
After the match, he headed to California for several Republican fund-raisers.
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MADISON, Wisc. – The ninth-ranked Georgia Tech Women's Tennis team dropped its first match of the season when it fell to No. 3 California, 5-2, Friday evening at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on the University of Wisconsin campus.
The Yellow Jackets fell behind early when the Golden Bears swept all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. After winning at No. 2 doubles, Cal's tandem of Tayler Davis and Annie Goransson clinched the point with an 8-3 win over Lynn Blau and Elizabeth Kilborn on court three.
Cal moved ahead 2-0 when No. 10 Marina Cossou upended Techs' Sasha Krupina, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 singles.
Senior Amanda McDowell put the Jackets on the board behind a 6-2, 6-4 win over Kasia Siwosz at the fourth singles position. Davis would push the Golden Bears lead to 3-1 when she defeated Kilborn, 6-4, 6-3, at the No. 6 spot in the lineup.
No. 83 Mari Andersson then clinched the match for Cal with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Viet Ha Ngo at No. 3 singles.
With the match already settled, all eyes turned to the top singles spot where No. 1 Irina Falconi was facing off against No. 2 Jana Juricova. Falconi, whose only loss in 2009-10 was against Juricova, defeated Cal's top player, 7-6, 7-5.
The Yellow Jackets will continue play at the 2010 ITA National Team Indoor Championships against No. 13 Tennessee Saturday morning at 10 a.m. ET.


AZALEP a randomized controlled trial of azathioprine to treat leprosy nerve damage and Type 1 reactions in India: Main findings.
Leprosy Type 1 reactions are difficult to treat and only 70% of patients respond to steroid treatment. Azathioprine has been used as an immune-suppressant and we tested its efficacy in treating leprosy T1R. Randomised controlled trial adding azathioprine to steroid treatment for leprosy reactions. This trial was conducted in four leprosy hospitals in India. Patients with a new leprosy Type 1 reaction affecting either skin or nerve were recruited. They were given a 20 week course of oral prednisolone either with placebo or azathioprine 50mg for 24, 36 or 48 weeks. Outcomes were measured using a verified combined clinical reaction severity score (CCS) and the score difference between baseline and end of study calculated. An intention to treat analysis was done on the 279 patients who had an outcome. 345 patients were recruited, 145 were lost due to adverse events, loss to follow up or death. 36% needed extra steroids due to a recurrence of their skin and/or nerve reaction. 76% of patients had improvements in their CCS the end of the study, 22% had no change and 1.1% deteriorated. Adding azathioprine to steroid treatment did not improve CCS. So the improvements were attributable to treatment with steroids. We analysed the skin, sensory and motor scores separately and found that skin improvement contributed most with 78.9% of patients having skin improvement, azathioprine treatment for 48 weeks improved sensory scores it also improved motor scores but so did treatment with prednisolone alone. We identified significant adverse effects attributable to steroid treatment. When azathioprine and Dapsone were given together significant numbers of patients developed significant anaemia. Azathioprine is not recommended for the treatment of leprosy reactions and does not improve steroid treatment. Recurrent reactions are a major challenge. We have also identified that 65% of patients with sensory and 50% with motor nerve damage do not improve. Future studies should test giving azathioprine in the treatment of nerve damage and giving a higher dose for 48 weeks to patients. These findings highlight the difficulty in switching off leprosy inflammation and the need for better treatments for reactions and nerve damage. There is also a research need to identify patients who have recurrences and optimize treatments for them. Patients with recurrences may benefit from combined treatment with steroids and azathioprine. We have also shown that significant numbers of patients treated with steroids develop adverse effects and this needs to be highlighted in leprosy programmes. Research is needed to identify patients who do not respond to steroid treatment and develop alternative treatments for them. ClinicalTrials.gov This trial was registered with the Indian Council of Medical research clinical Trial register as a clinical trial Number-REFCTRI/2016/12/007558.


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CORELLI: Violin Sonatas Nos. 7-12, Op. 5
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I. Preludio: Vivace (Violin Sonata No. 7 in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7)
Corelli, Arcangelo ; Fernandez, Francois; Wilson, Glen (1700) [02:06]
II. Corrente: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 7 in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7)
III. Sarabanda: Largo (Violin Sonata No. 7 in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7)
IV. Giga: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 7 in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7)
I. Preludio: Largo (Violin Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 5, No. 8)
II. Allemanda: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 5, No. 8)
III. Sarabanda: Largo (Violin Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 5, No. 8)
IV. Giga: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 5, No. 8)
I. Preludio: Largo (Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 5, No. 9)
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III. Adagio (Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 5, No. 9)
IV. Tempo di Gavotta: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 5, No. 9)
I. Preludio: Adagio (Violin Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5, No. 10)
II. Allemanda: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5, No. 10)
III. Sarabanda: Largo (Violin Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5, No. 10)
IV. Gavotta: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5, No. 10)
V. Giga: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5, No. 10)
I. Preludio: Adagio (Violin Sonata No. 11 in E major, Op. 5, No. 11)
II. Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 11 in E major, Op. 5, No. 11)
III. Adagio (Violin Sonata No. 11 in E major, Op. 5, No. 11)
IV. Vivace (Violin Sonata No. 11 in E major, Op. 5, No. 11)
V. Gavotta: Allegro (Violin Sonata No. 11 in E major, Op. 5, No. 11)
Follia, Op. 5, No. 12 (Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12, "La folia")


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Gill's visit began with a trip to St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly where she met midwife Charlotte Hicks to find out more about the unique midwifery service on the Islands. Members of the RCHT midwifery team were also present and Gill had the chance to meet with, and talk to, local families. Whilst here, Gill officially named the Island Birth Suite at the hospital.
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The 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will kick off Saturday with 60 cars competing in four different categories. Although motorsport is often characterized by speed, a race car won't get far without a proper set of brakes to handle corners.
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Look! There goes the plot! Wheee!
Ah, there's nothing quite like a film that you don't understand at all.
Rahu Ketu seems to be capitalizing on the mythological tale of Rahu and Ketu (of Hindu astrological fame). We at the PPCC didn't know anything about Rahu Ketu before watching the film, hence it made no sense to us. Now we've read the relevant Wiki entry and... it still makes no sense.
Plot summary: Uh...
Right. So. Hmm.
Hi, I'm Shashi and I read things like a dork.
Well, there's Shashi. He plays Ravi Kapoor, a ruler-straight, super-serious police officer who wants to figure out who killed the gardener and why. Shashi sleeps through most of his scenes, occasionally waking up to yell something or shake his fists at the injustice of it all. Even sleepwalking, he's awfully cute. We love you, Shashi ji!
Shashi-as-Ravi occasionally engages in violent showdowns with the Madman Who Owns the White Horse (yes, that's his name).
Hi, I'm insane. And strong. For these reasons, I will kick your ass.
Then there are Prem Nath and Pran. Prem Nath and Pran are presumably the eponymous Rahu and Ketu, and they seem to be two corrupt big wigs who run the village where our story is set. How they are related, why they are criminals, what exactly they do, how they do it, etc., is never explained or even alluded to. Astrologically speaking, one's supposed to be the head of the demon and one the tail. In practical terms, this seems to mean that Prem Nath is the face of corruption and Pran is corruption in disguise. What they exactly do in this town, apart from Be Corrupt in a vague way, remains a mystery.
Insert half-hearted love interest, played by Rekha. Rekha is Tulsi, daughter of the deceased gardener. Shashi and Rekha's romance was the only thing that made any sort of sense in this movie, mostly because it followed the comfortingly familiar pattern of the usual hardbitten cop-meets-victimized village waif story.
Ravi's double-take and Tulsi's coyly lowered eyes. Awww. Note the mini-Shocked Shashi moment. Always a great look for our sabse bara hiro!
Then there's the whole "nurse you back to health after you save me from thugs" scene. So sweet.
OMG but the brother's there too?! Now it's awkward.
These brief moments of familiarity quickly disappear as the film launches back into this whole Rahu-Ketu-Ravi-gardener maze. Fresh from being tended, Ravi appears with an inexplicable haircut to confront Rahu (or is he Ketu?). Nothing is revealed. And then Ravi grows his hair back.
Further stuff happens. The Madman with the White Horse tries to kill Rekha by putting a time bomb in her house and then waiting outside the door until it explodes (yes, he's clearly insane). Shashi disguises himself as an old man and tries to shame Pran and Prem into giving up their life of crime. Pran and Prem sing a love duet to each other that becomes bizarrely Brechtian. "I'm your Prem (love)," Prem Nath sings. "You're my Pran (life)!" Pran sings the same refrain back to him, rinse, repeat ten times. But alas! Things take a sour turn and they decide to kill themselves. Prem cops out at the last minute, but then goes home and murders his wife instead. WTF? The end.
Love you, man! No, no, no, love YOU, man!
Shashi's inexplicable haircut, which lasts for a few scenes.
Ahh, Pran's such a saucy minx when he gets his disguise on.
Everyone seemed to be asleep in this film - Shashi, Rekha, Prem Nath, Pran, Kalyanji-Anandji, the PPCC. You'd think, with all our powers combined, we could make something flashy and amazing, or at least Captain Planet. Instead, the songs were lacklustre, the scenes dragged with narry a funky background score to be heard, Rekha stifled yawns and Shashi would occasionally shout something for punctuation. Even Pran - who is usually fun and awesome and hilarious and lovable and super-great - was sort of, well, meh.
Plotlessness is one thing, but we couldn't even figure out this film's supposed genre. Was it a hard-nosed crime thriller? Shashi's stern and unhappy police officer made us think so, especially when he gets his ass kicked by that random dacoit (and, by the way, who the hell was that dacoit?!) - it's rare for a masala movie to acknowledge that violence isn't all slapstick somersaults. Also, the treatment of Prem and his wife was quite cynical - he, a lecherous and unhappy husband looking for any opportunity for escape; she, a shrill and morally bankrupt leech. But if the vibe was supposed to be semi-serious, why this weird subplot about the Madman and the White Horse?
This whole serious-and-seriously-lacking-a-plot vibe gave us horrible flashbacks of Atithee. However, thankfully, we enjoyed Rahu Ketu much more than Atithee. In fact, even though it lacked plot, action, interest, color, good songs, characterization, genre and a point, Rahu Ketu was still sort of... well, relaxing. We think the reasons behind our agreeable acceptance of it was:
Shashi looks fine. While his hair seems to grow and shorten of its own accord throughout the film, at least he's not in a wig and a Burt Reynolds moustache.
It's actually been a long time since we've seen any Shashi, since we've become the local masala lending library and we had nothing - NOTHING - to watch for almost three weeks. So anything was good.
We got the impression that, despite this film's apparent lack of EVERYTHING, there might have been something going on that we just missed due to cultural ignorance. The whole Rahu-Ketu thing, which we still haven't understood, was no doubt often alluded to. Then there were issues of scheduled tribes and village politics and Licence Raj - all meaty, thought-provoking issues. It must be nice to have movies that address these issues. Sigh.
For a brief moment - like, a single scene - Shashi and Rekha seemed to wake up from being zombies to sing and laugh and be cute and joyful. And, sigh, we were reminded why we love Shashi and Rekha. It really is a great scene - with bizarre aesthetics straight out of Satyam Shivam Sundaram, a bubbly Rekha, a teasing Shashi, and adorable cross cuts between the acid trip song and Shashi and Rekha's 5-minute hug. Ah, an oasis in the desert.
So then I was like, "Hoo da doo da - "
OMG SHASHEE!!!
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Filmi Girl said...
Saucy Pran in disguise!
I'm glad to see you're back to providing me with entertaining screencaps of The Shash and Pran in their natural habitat: 70s masala.
ajnabi said...
Hahahaha! I love this post. I don't think I'll see the movie at all, ever, but OMG that summary was the BEST way to start my Wednesday.
Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
I love Premnath and Pran- and to have em together- with Shashi- bliss! :D
Hmmm. Have you received Vijeta from India Weekly yet? If you have, want to do a watch-along? I have tried to watch it and fallen asleep. It is too highbrow for me.
This seems much more my speed.
gebruss said...
Somehow it reasssure me that you couldn't make sense of this either. It is painless enough to watch, once on abandons any attempt to understand the plot.
Even so, any idea why Pran is in disguise for much of the movie?
a ppcc representative said...
Filmi Girl - Hee, no prob! Anything to advance the science of Prashashology.
Ajnabi - Ha, thanks.
Shweta - Yeah, I was really excited for the combination (as I also love Rekha), but it was pretty lacklustre. Everyone seemed to be checking their watches for when the workday was ending.
Memsaab - I have, and I do! Highbrow, too? Faaab.
Gebruss - Well said! Unfortunately, can't help you out, I have absolutely no idea what Pran's dual personality thing was about.
Beth Loves Bollywood said...
You crack me up. That last caption, channeling what we all say when we watch! So delightfully wacky old Civil War general (wearing Nehru jacket).
I'm not going to watch this, but I'm really glad you did. The Shashi Pradesh budget office is proud of its program of not duplicating efforts. Which is why I expect to watch Ajooba alone.
shreya said...
I want to watch this movie only for Pran.......... How much I LOVE him.
PRAN!!!!