Dean Gardial stops to chat with students Faisal Alabsi and Sarah Pedigo in the Pomerantz Business Library. Photo by Mark Tade.
On June 30, when Sarah Fisher Gardial began her tenure as the Tippie College of Business' new dean, the faculty, staff, and students had to show restraint and curb their excitement. Why? On her first day as dean, Gardial had hit the ground flying, traveling to Hong Kong to congratulate the graduates of the college's International Executive MBA-Hong Kong program. But back home in the Pappajohn Business Building, staff and faculty members were making arrangements for her first weeks—and months—on campus.
What awaited her were scheduled meetings with faculty, staff, and directors of various units at Tippie; morning coffees with business leaders in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor; and meet-the-dean alumni receptions in Iowa, New York City, and Minneapolis, and introductions to 10 other University of Iowa deans and many administrators.
Gardial's calendar is a tangible indication of how busy her first months have been.
"It's a mosaic of colors," she says, "and those colors mean meetings, phone calls, and other appointments fill my day. When I see yellow on my calendar, I know I have a block of time on hold so I have five minutes to think. Even when there's no yellow, I'm having a ball," she says.
Despite the number of meetings and requests of her, Dean Gardial says she's saying "yes" as much as she can.Tippie Magazine got a "yes," too, when we asked her to sit down for a one-on-one interview.
Once settled on campus, what were your first weeks like?
I affectionately call that time my "walking around tour," meeting with Tippie faculty and staff members in their offices, just trying to assess where the college stands and what we have to work with as we move forward. What I learned made me more and more enthusiastic about the opportunities for Tippie. The college is definitely moving forward from a position of strength. We are in excellent shape as a college.
As you've examined the state of the college today, what specifically do you see as the college's assets?
Our biggest asset by far is the people—faculty, staff, students, alumni, business partners. People care deeply about this college, support this college with time and talent and treasure, and they want to see us succeed. I will take that any day under any circumstances. When I'm away from the college, I'm meeting wonderful people who are dedicated to this college, who have a great love for Tippie, for Iowa City, for their time here, and for this institution. Good will exists across that base and our ability to tap into that is enormous. In Jim Collins's book Good to Great, he said you have to have the right people on the bus. We have them.
Second, we have a reputation and the infrastructure to move from strength. I've explored Tippie's different degree programs, centers, and institutes, and they are enormous points of pride for us. What we need to do is take those strengths, coordinate them, and get us all moving in the same direction. What a great place to start from!
Finally, I would underscore the Tippie values of integrity, innovation, and impact. In conversations with students, businesspeople, and alumni, I keep hearing how our students and alumni are living those values both here in the college and as valued employees. This college is still spot-on in terms of what we say we are about and how we want to move ahead across those values.
The business community is running as fast as it can to be competitive and relevant. This is not business as usual. What it takes for students to be successful in the world is changing all the time. We have to stay in very close dialogue with industry to make sure we are on track with where they're headed—or even ahead of them, if we can.During your coffees with area businesspeople, what did you learn from them?
Our business partners see a role for this college in continuing education. Right now we do MBA programming beyond the undergraduate degree, but they would like for us to think about other types of nondegree opportunities, such as single topic sessions or workshops on weekends, because they are struggling with how to keep their workforces trained in the way they need to be.
They also would love to have more discussion with us about how they can adapt their environments for a new generation of workers that are coming into the workforce, as well as how to create better interaction between multiple generations in the workforce. Because people aren't retiring at the rate they used to, companies often have three generations within their workforce.
Our business partners just want to have more connectivity to the College of Business. They want to think of ways where we can have more interaction between our faculty and the community. They want us to be visible. In our relationship with the corporate community as well as others, we have our light under a bushel. We have wonderful things going on here that we haven't spent the time to communicate. Businesspeople are hungry for that. While I have personally enjoyed these discussions, I think they are also very happy to be able to discuss these issues with the business college.
You mention changes within the students who are studying business today. What challenges does that create for the Tippie College?
We do see many changes in Tippie's student population. They come in with different skills and expectations. They live in the Internet world, an international world, and they come to us with technological abilities and skills that are far ahead of the students we would have seen 10 years ago, certainly 20 years ago. At the same time, they also come with changing expectations: they want the college to use technology aggressively, to allow them to learn in a more dynamic learning environment than we traditionally have had in our education. So we're trying to figure out how to be effective with a different generation of students who don't want to only learn by sitting in a class lecture situation.
"Creating a global mindset" is also something that B-schools want to develop with this new generation of students. Having Internet access to the world is significantly different than actually working with individuals across cultural boundaries, a very common practice in global organizations. This is where we have an advantage at Tippie. Currently, 22% of our undergraduate students are from non-U.S. countries, with the largest percentages coming from China, Malaysia, and India. Clearly, our international students benefit from an educational and cultural emersion experience in a foreign country. However, the benefit can and should flow back to our U.S. students as well. U.S. students can learn from the international students in their classes and co-curricular activities and gain experience with the power and the challenges of culturally diverse workgroups—right here at Tippie. At the same time, students from India can experience working with Chinese students and vice versa. This is a skill that is highly valued by our recruiters.
I have had conversations regarding B-school challenges at the national level, and no one has the answers, yet. It is an incredible challenge. Business schools are all going after a moving target as we look at business education—where it is, where it's going, and how to make sure our students are positioned for a dynamically changing environment. It's time to think boldly about what the Tippie College will be 10 years from now.
Is it possible to dream boldly when higher education—nationally and in the state of Iowa—has seen its share of resources dwindling?
The college, the university, and higher education in general have been operating under very lean circumstances, and I know it's no small thing to manage the budget wisely when our plans and hopes for the future far exceed the resources we have currently. My hat's off to the previous administration, which left this college in very good shape financially. But this is not the time to be timid, and it's time to think beyond our constraints.
Starting in 1982, which was the high water mark for funding in state higher education, on average a little over $10 per every $1,000 of revenue in state budgets was earmarked for higher education. It has been a downward slope since then. This particular campus has lost about a quarter of its state funding in the last five years. The funding challenge is a national issue for all public institutions. How long can we continue this tradeoff between state funding going down and student tuition going up? We're reaching a point where we can't do that anymore. So colleges and universities are trying to be more lean and efficient, trying to squeeze every dollar that we can.
Even for the best schools right now, we are in a paradigm shift of proportions that we've never seen or experienced. We are being challenged, but I could not be more optimistic for the college in terms of our ability to meet those challenges.
Where do you see the Tippie College headed?
There are some forces that are pushing through higher education in this country right now, and business schools in particular, that make it unavoidable for us to embrace change and innovation. As a college, we need to dream and imagine a vision for 10 years out from now that is uniquely Tippie, that we can own and embrace, and say, you know what, that couldn't go on any place but here. Where are we going to sit in the future marketplace? Making incremental changes isn't going to get us there. Business as usual is not going to be a model for success, and so tinkering on the margins is not the path to excellence.
At the national level, business schools have stopped emulating the highest ranked schools, and increasingly schools are saying, "We're in a local market. We've got our own unique set of assets. We don't all have to look like Wharton. We need to look like us." I see schools experimenting in ways I've never seen before. Ten years ago, business curriculum changes took three years to institute. Today, it's somewhere between a year and 18 months. I am seeing what I would call no less than an entrepreneurial spirit in colleges of business in terms of what schools are doing when they think strategically about how to move ahead in an uncertain and quickly changing environment. I think it's the best of times to be who we are. We've got work ahead, but I think it's going to be enormously fun, as well as challenging. Personally, I'm excited about it.
This article first appeared in the Winter 2012-13 issue of Tippie Magazine.


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Australia quick Richardson suffers dislocated shoulder
Jhye Richardson faces an anxious wait to discover how long he will be out of action with the Cricket World Cup fast approaching.
24 March, 2019 21:57 IST
Jhye Richardson landed awkwardly on his bowling arm when attempting to prevent a boundary - Getty Images
Australia paceman Jhye Richardson suffered a dislocated right shoulder during the second one-day international against Pakistan on Sunday.
Richardson landed awkwardly on his bowling arm when attempting to prevent a boundary in Sharjah.
The 22-year-old, who had taken two early wickets, watched the remainder of Pakistan's innings with a brace on his arm and it remains to be seen whether he will play any further part in the series.
Richardson's injury comes just two months before the Cricket World Cup gets under way, so Australia will hope he does not face a lengthy absence.
The quick took 2-16 from five overs before his participation was ended, with Pakistan going on to post 284-7 courtesy of a maiden international century for Mohammad Rizwan (115) and a brisk 60 from captain Shoaib Malik.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has announced it will rest Faheem Ashraf for the remainder of the series to ensure he is fresh for the World Cup in England.
Faheem Ashraf
Jhye Richardson

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Q: Tips to make only One query? Say I have the following tables:
users
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id
username

messages
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id
sender (id user)
recipient (id user)
msg

In a single query, how can I get the name of the sender, the name of the recipient, and the message?
I would basically need to join the users table twice, but not sure how that would be possible..

A: SELECT
   s.username as sender,
   r.username as recipient,
   msg
FROM
   messages m join users s on (m.sender = s.id)
   join users r on (m.recipient = r.id)

A: You could use the AS keyword to give the users table a different name when you need to join to it:
SELECT `messages`.`id`, `from`.`username`, `to`.`username`, `msg`
FROM `messages`
INNER JOIN `users` AS `from` ON `sender` = `from`.`id`
INNER JOIN `users` AS `to` ON `recipient` = `to`.`id`

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Title: Boolean Examples
Description: Examples of using Boolean related methods
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Examples of available methods and a possible output from a call.
See the [API documentation](../../api/Faker/Boolean) for the syntax of the methods.

**NOTES:**
By adding `using Faker;`, all `Faker.` prefixes in the examples can be removed.

## Random Boolean
Will generate either true or false.
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Faker.Boolean.Next();
```
**OUTPUTS:** `false`

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As of July 2017, Google owns a massive 81.12% market share. It is undoubtedly the leading search engine. Things aren't much different in Australia where Google's market share is well over 90% for past several years consistently.
This is what makes Google's ad network, AdWords, the number one choice for advertisers and businesses all over the world. It is the leading ad network having 79.38 billion ad revenue last year.
As a business, you can't limit yourself, especially when an average advertiser earns $2 for every dollar spent on AdWords. But achieving this type of result isn't easy. Only an expert and experienced agency can help you create a campaign that will deliver an ideal ROI.
Yes, you have the choice to create and manage AdWords campaigns in-house but it won't be as effective and it might take ages to breakeven.
Let's discuss the AdWords campaign structure best practices that can make or break your campaign's ROI.
Keywords are of primary importance for every Search campaign. This is how Google triggers your ads. The core difference between a high performing campaign and an underperforming AdWords campaign is keyword selection.
Here is what happens when you don't choose right keywords.
If you're using the right keywords and features, your ads will drive highly targeted traffic – that will more than likely convert.
Research shows that exact match keywords convert better than other types of keywords because your ads will only trigger when a user will search for the exact same keyword. This is something that most advertisers are not aware of and might use broad match which ruins your ROI.
Not using negative keywords is another differentiator. A negative keyword is a keyword that prevents your ad from being triggered. There are several keywords that don't send relevant traffic and you might end up wasting your budget on irrelevant clicks and traffic that doesn't convert.
All the high performing ad campaigns have negative keywords that help you filter traffic and stop triggering your ads for irrelevant searches.
Ad extensions expand your ad with additional information providing your target audience with more information. The following ad is using four different types of ad extensions which make it compelling.
Though adding extensions is not difficult, I often see ads that don't use any extension at all.
This is one reason why your AdWords campaign may not be doing well. Using the right ad extensions at the right time and on the right device can help improve ROI significantly.
Analyzing your competitors can give your AdWords campaign a jumpstart. This is something that AdWords will never tell you. Only an experienced advertiser knows how to analyze your competitor's campaigns and create an AdWords campaign that performs right from day one.
An experienced marketer will use a spying tool like SpyFu to analyze your top competitors before setting up your campaign. You can see their top performing ads, average CPC, keywords they're targeting, and monthly budget.
You can even see their top performing ads.
If your competitor is running an ad for a few months and is spending lavishly on a few keywords, what does this mean?
This is kind of competitor analysis is a key part of what we do at Contevo.
This is what makes your campaigns stand out from the crowd because you begin with what's already working for someone else, improving your campaigns ROI significantly.
Relevancy is always underrated yet it is such a powerful element and a major differentiator between a good and a bad AdWords campaign.
Your ad, landing page, and the offer should be congruent and relevant. For instance, if your ad is triggered for 'free red shoes'. Every user who clicks your ad expects that he will get free red shoes from your store.
I'm sure you can imagine what will happen if you continue to run this type of ad and the content of your page and offer is irrelevant.
This is one reason why relevancy is a Quality Score factor in AdWords.
Smart advertisers structure campaigns and ad groups cleverly so they can easily maintain ad, landing page, and keyword relevancy.
If your campaigns and ad groups aren't structured, you might end up sending heaps of traffic to landing pages without any clue whatsoever. It won't help much in terms of ROI and conversions, and will make attributing your traffic and its value, difficult.
There are several ways to structure ad groups. Most advertisers don't do it at all while others are very particular. Despite how simple this may seem it actually makes a big difference.
The best performing AdWords campaigns are the ones that use Single Keyword Ad Groups known as SKAGs. This is another factor that has the potential to change the fate of any underperforming campaign.
SKAGs make relevancy a piece of cake. When every ad group is targeting multiple keywords, it gets hard to maintain ad relevancy. Several keywords trigger a single ad that might not be (always) relevant.
However, single keyword ad groups make it easier to increase Quality Score and to trigger ads that are highly relevant to user's query.
Advertisers that stick to SKAGs create campaigns that always outperform their counterparts. Clicteq increased CTR by 32% and generated 117.5% more leads after switching to SKAGs.
If your campaign has a decent CTR but the conversion rate is low, switching to SKAGs will work.
Don't let a newbie or a so-called AdWords expert ruin your AdWords campaigns by repeating these AdWords campaign mistakes once again. AdWords is not just about creating an account and setting up a campaign. This is something almost anyone can do.
If you've heard "how hard can it be?" when setting up your AdWords campaigns, it's time to step away from the dashboard and guard your wallet.
It's all too easy to simply turn it on, adjust your budgets and leave it at that – watching your money fly away. AdWords is all about delivering results and making every penny count. Now that's something worth focusing on instead of just running ads.
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import com.vaadin.shared.communication.MethodInvocation;

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 * A {@link MethodInvocation} that originates from JavaScript. This means that
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 * @since 7.0.0
 */
public class JavaScriptMethodInvocation extends MethodInvocation {

    public JavaScriptMethodInvocation(String connectorId, String interfaceName,
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Annual Street Dance brings music, magic, food, entertainment for all ages to historic Willamette area
While historic Willamette Falls Drive is usually bustling on the weekend with many people at the area's eateries and bars, Saturday, July 13, will be special.
An estimated 2,500-3,000 people will groove to the music at West Linn's annual Street Dance.
Portland band My Happy Pill will take center stagc. The seven-piece band will play funk, rock, R&B and soul hits from the past 40 years.
Local juggler Mag Hughes also will be on hand to provide entertainment for the younger crowd.
"The concept is that everybody who attends knows the music that is played by the band, so they play a wide genre of music. We have hay bale seating, food, beverages, fun and games for the kids," said Ken Warner, City of West Linn Parks and Recreation assistant director.
The festivities begin at 5 p.m. when food and drink carts, the bouncy house and face painting open. Youth Music Project will begin its performance shortly after. Hughes' show will start at 6:30 p.m. and My Happy Pill will play 8-11 p.m.
According to Warner, the West Linn Street Dance is an old tradition in the Willamette area that was revitalized in 2008.
"The current form of the Street Dance started in 2008, which was actually brought back to the City by a citizens' group that was working on the centennial for Willamette," he said. "As it turned 100, there were a number of events in 2008 that occurred, and one of those was bringing back the street dance that was done as many as 50 years ago, and they thought it would be great to bring the street dance back to Willamette."
Since it was brought back in 2008, Warner said the event has been a success each year.
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SPEC_BEGIN(CKIUser_NetworkingSpec)

[CKIClient useTestClient];

describe(@"A CKIUser", ^{
    CKICourse *course = [CKICourse mock];
    [course stub:@selector(id) andReturn:@"123"];
    [course stub:@selector(path) andReturn:@"/api/v1/courses/123"];

    context(@"when fetching all users for a course", ^{
        NSString *testPath = @"/api/v1/courses/123/users";

        it(@"should call the CKIClient helper method with the correct path", ^{
            [[[CKIClient currentClient] should] receive:@selector(fetchPagedResponseAtPath:parameters:modelClass:context:success:failure:) withArguments:testPath, any(), any(), any(), any(), any()];
            [CKIUser fetchUsersForCourse:course success:nil failure:nil];
        });
    });
    context(@"when searching for users in a course", ^{
        NSString *testPath = @"/api/v1/courses/123/search_users";

        it(@"should call the CKIClient helper method with the correct path", ^{
            [[[CKIClient currentClient] should] receive:@selector(fetchPagedResponseAtPath:parameters:modelClass:context:success:failure:) withArguments:testPath, any(), any(), any(), any(), any()];
            [CKIUser fetchUsersMatchingSearchTerm:@"sheldon" course:course success:nil failure:nil];
        });
    });
});

SPEC_END


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Q: Font of all headings in a Word Document I am trying to retrieve the font name and size of all the headings from a word document. Any idea how to get it?

A: The basic structure will be something like below:
Public Sub ShowFontAndSize()
    Dim singleLine As Paragraph
    Dim lineText As String

    For Each singleLine In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
     Debug.Print singleLine.Range.Font.Name
     Debug.Print singleLine.Range.Font.Size
    Next singleLine
End Sub

The catch will be that this won't sense if there are different fonts and sizes on the same line. If that's a possibility, you will need to add another loop with For Each singleCharacter In singleLine.Range.Characters inside of the paragraphs loop.
Edit: A trickier problem is what to do with this data once you've collected it. Building up an array seems like the natural fit, but VBA arrays are borderline useless, since basic methods like .append() require you to redim the whole array. See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/VBAArrays.htm for more info if you would like to go down that road.

A: The most straight forward solution is to open the document in Word and access the object model. This is traditionally done using VBA, but you can also use .NET (e.g. C# og VB.NET) by using VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office). Personally I find C#/VB.NET much better languages than VBA.
Once you have access to the object model you will have to enumerate paragraphs in the document. When you find a heading (perhaps defined by the style) you will have to figure out the formatting of the heading.

A: This is what I got from a brief skim of the MSDN page on "HeadingStyles":
MsgBox ActiveDocument.HeadingStyles(1).Style


The average pay for a Process Engineer is £13.87 per hour.
The average pay for a Process Engineer is £31,962 per year.
Every manufactured product undergoes certain processes before reaching the consumers, and process engineers are in charge of studying these processes within the context of chemical engineering. They evaluate efficiency, quality and safety of the process, and they make suggestions on how to improve the process when needed.
They evaluate procedures such as chemical interactions, equipment design, and the system performance involved with the manufacturing of that particular product. When processes need improvements, it is up to the process engineer to recommend changes. In some cases, the engineer will develop new equipment designs. These engineers will also have to document their work using diagrams and charts, which are passed along to companies' manufacturing and production departments.
Lead project planning and project management of small capital upgrades to the plant.
Implement process improvements to reduce cost and increase efficiency.
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Q: What is it like working as a Process Engineer?
"No other option close to my home."
Appearances and networking will always trump technical ability in a great many organisations. Beware.


Important matters are being discussed by parliamentary committees here in Western Australia over the next twelve months or so, and I seek your advice, attitudes, and thoughts on these matters.
The matter pertains to elder abuse and is a Legislative Council Select Committee (Upper House, WA State Parliament) Inquiry into Elder Abuse.
With the release of an Australian Law Reform Commission Report, much has been said in recent months about elder abuse in Australia.
But this matter has long been on the conscience of aged care providers. I took part in a Commonwealth aged care services review into elder abuse on behalf of what we then called Aged Care Australia back in 1993-94. Numerous colleagues across the nation have contributed to similar reports and reviews over the years – some at very high level roles.
j) consider any other relevant matter.
Again, I ask the question, if you have any thoughts or comments to express, particularly where they have written supporting evidence, I would welcome your comments, along with citations, that I can include into a paper that I am preparing as a submission to the Join Select Committee. Alternatively, you can make you own submission and forward it electronically to eld@parliament.wa.gov.au.
Submissions to the Elder Abuse Committee close on Friday 17 November 2017.
I hope you can put your thoughts into these Reviews folks. Your contributions really do have an impact in the minds of those we elect to govern us.
Nice chatting, and in advance – thank you.
Wayne Belcher (OAM) is the CEO of Braemar Presbyterian Care. Having entered aged care early in his career, he has held roles including Chief Executive of Bethanie as well as Director and Interim Chief Executive of Baptistcare WA. Wayne was awarded a Medallion of the Order of Australia in 2007, in recognition of his significant contribution to community services.


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Opening Bell: 06.09.14
Sex, Drugs and GDP: the Challenge of Measuring the Shadow Economy (WSJ)
The U.K., Ireland and Italy are among the nations now moving to include illicit doings when tallying their gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services across an economy. The U.K. could add as much as $9 billion to the value of its GDP by including prostitution and about $7.4 billion by adding illegal drugs, by one estimate, enough to boost the size of its economy by 0.7%. Not to be outdone, Italy will include smuggling as well as drugs and prostitution. Both changes will begin later this year. Other nations in Europe are also poised to fall in line with a European Union call to standardize and broaden GDPs. The EU is following a "best practices" directive laid out in 2008 by the United Nations.
Valeant not just a serial acquirer: Bill Ackman (CNBC)
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is not just a roll-up vehicle that has to keep buying other companies in order to grow its business, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman told CNBC on Monday. He appeared on "Squawk Box" to defend his efforts to help Valeant takeover Botox-maker Allergan. "A bad roll-up is a company that uses an over-inflated stock price and a high multiple and non-cash GAAP earnings, heavily promoted by a CEO, to acquire companies at lower multiples," he argued. Valeant Chairman and CEO J. Michael Pearson has built a business that "looks a lot more like a Colgate or Procter & Gamble than your typical pharmaceutical company," Ackman cited as a reason he's behind Pearson's vision.
Credit Suisse Said to Mull Selling Stake in Fixed-Income Venture [Bloomberg]
The electronic platform, Wake USA LLC, is a joint venture with high-frequency trading firm Tower Research Capital LLC for U.S. Treasuries and other fixed-income products, according to a regulatory filing showing that the unit gained approval to operate earlier this year. Credit Suisse is in the process of moving clients over to that unit and may sell part of its majority stake to reduce capital requirements, said the person, asking to remain anonymous because sale talks are preliminary.
Lagarde Says IMF 'Got It Wrong' on Rallying U.K. Economy (Bloomberg)
The International Monetary Fund underestimated the strength of the U.K. economy when warning against the government's austerity program, Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. "We got it wrong," Lagarde told the "Andrew Marr Show" on BBC Television yesterday. "We acknowledged it. Clearly the confidence building that has resulted from the economic policies adopted by the government has surprised many of us."
Second Wall Street bank picks Brazil in World Cup (NYP)
UBS picked host country Brazil as the odds-on favorite to win the soccer tournament, which starts Thursday. While the Swiss bank is picking the legendary squad to win, it isn't as sure as the bankers at Goldman Sachs — which issued a report on the World Cup last week. UBS said Brazil has a 30 percent chance of winning — Goldman put the odds of Brazil hoisting the trophy at 46.5 percent.
Hershey sues Colorado edible pot company (AP)
The Hershey Co. has sued a Colorado marijuana edibles maker, claiming it makes four pot-infused candies that too closely resemble iconic products of the chocolate maker. The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver this week against TinctureBelle LLC and TinctureBelle Marijuanka LLC. It alleges TinctureBelle's Ganja Joy, Hasheath, Hashees and Dabby Patty mimic Hershey's Almond Joy, Heath, Reese's peanut butter cups and York peppermint patty candies, respectively.
Bill Gross Bulls Butt Heads With Bears in Great Bond Debate (Bloomberg)
The proportion of investors betting on gains or losses in Treasuries, rather than holding a neutral view, almost doubled this year to 51 percent, a client survey by JPMorgan Chase & Co. showed. The 23 percentage-point jump is the most for the period since the top-ranked firm for U.S. fixed-income research by Institutional Investor magazine began its weekly survey in 2003. With Treasury yields at historically low levels, the stakes are rising as the Federal Reserve cuts back the bond buying that's held down borrowing costs on trillions of dollars of debt from governments to companies and individuals. The debate pits Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross, who says yields can stay low because growth and interest rates won't return to pre-crisis levels, against market-rules theorist Robert Farrell, who contends asset prices always revert toward the average.
Judge denies Singer, won't rebuke Argentina on debt plan (NYP)
A Manhattan federal court judge last week refused a request by hedge fund investor Paul Singer to chide Argentina over its apparent "best option" plan to default on all its debt should it lose its last-chance appeal later this week. Singer was enraged by a leaked confidential memo written by the country's lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb that indicated Argentina was considering defaulting on all of its debt should the Supreme Court decline a request to hear the case. Judge Thomas Griesa had ordered Argentina to pay all bondholders — including holdouts like Singer — if it made its scheduled payments to those bondholders that agreed years ago to a severe haircut in a debt restructuring. Lawyers for Singer's Elliott Management called the memo a "smoking gun" that proved Argentina was preparing to disobey the court's order to pay up.
Burglar in crotchless pants attacks Brisbane sex store worker with toys (ABC)
Police say the 34-year-old man forced his way through the ceiling of the store in the northern suburb of Aspley in the early hours of Saturday morning. The female manager of the store was alerted when the man set off an alarm. When the owner confronted the man, who was wearing a wig, dress and crotchless pants, he allegedly threw a number of sex toys at the woman. The thief climbed back through the ceiling and onto the roof where he was arrested by police.
AB InBev seals SABMiller deal; Argentina finally pays off for hedge funds; $50,000 headphones; "Shia LaBeouf Live-Streams Himself Watching All of His Movies"; and more.
Blankfein: Seems Like "Fiscal Cliff" Deal Could Be "Reachable" (CNBC) Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein described President Barack Obama's plan for Washington to reach an agreement on the "fiscal cliff" as detailed and "very credible." However, he cautioned that marginal income tax rates may have to rise to seal a deal. In an interview with CNBC after meetings between the president and several CEOs, Blankfein said, of course, it's hard to tell if a deal will be reached but "if I were involved in a negotiation like this, and everybody was purporting to be where they are, I would say that an agreement was reachable." Blankfein said he thought concessions on both the revenue and entitlement sides would be necessary to reach a final deal to avert the fiscal cliff, when large spending cuts and tax increases are slated to take effect on Jan.1. "Look, at the end of the day, the most important value is to get the economy moving forward," Blankfein said. "That's not going to happen if our budget deficit keeps widening." He added that the marginal income tax rate may have to rise in order to reach a deal. "I would prefer as low of a marginal rate as possible because it's the marginal rate that provides the incentive to do incremental work by people, but I'm not dogmatic — I wouldn't go to the end for that," he said. Blankfein: "We Can All Be Winners Here" (CNBC) "The most important thing is that we increase the wealth pie of the United States and that we don't reduce it. If we don't sort out our economy people will be fighting over their slice of a shrinking pie. I think we can all be winners here, even those pay a marginally higher rate, or a bigger proportion of revenue, if they are winners, as we all will be, because the economy is improving." Krugman: Fiscal Cliff Is No Way To Run A Country (HP) The Nobel Prize-winning economist expressed his frustration with the government's endless budget wrangling, especially over the so-called fiscal cliff, during a Wednesday interview with WNYC. "It's no way to run a country," Krugman said, referring specifically to the prospect of going over the cliff, a decision that would trigger a series of tax hikes and spending cuts next year, which would probably slow the economy. Given the options though, Krugman admits going over the cliff might be preferable to the likely alternatives. "There is nothing in there [the fiscal cliff] that is going to cause the economy to implode," Krugman said. "Better to go a few months into this thing if necessary than to have a panicked response or to give in to blackmail, which is certainly the question that's facing President Obama." In Krugman's view, the fiscal cliff "has nothing to do with the budget deficit," he added. "This is about a dysfunctional political process. It's about kind of a self-inflicted wound here." Krugman's not alone in his view that jumping over the cliff may be preferable to giving in to Congressional Republicans' demands. Peter Orszag, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, and Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, have both said recently that the jumping off the cliff may end up the country's best option. Foreign Banks Rebuffed By Fed (WSJ) Daniel Tarullo, who is responsible for shaping banking policy at the Federal Reserve, said in a speech Wednesday that the central bank will require foreign banks with large U.S. operations to house their U.S. arms in corporate structures that comply with requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act. Mr. Tarullo didn't specify which foreign banks would need to adhere to the new structure. But the change would bring Germany's Deutsche Bank and the U.K.'s Barclays back under a regulatory regime they tried to escape through corporate restructurings. EU Clears Spanish Bank Rescue (WSJ) European Union regulators gave the green light to €37 billion ($47.9 billion) in euro-zone funding for Spain's stricken banking sector on Wednesday, setting in motion a long-term cleanup. In exchange, four nationalized banks agreed to make sharp cuts in their balance sheets and payrolls—a retrenchment that carries the risk of intensifying Spain's credit crunch in the midst of a deep recession. Argentina wins debt reprieve, default averted for now (Reuters) Argentina has won a reprieve against having to pay $1.33 billion next month to "holdout" investors who rejected a restructuring of its defaulted debt and have waged a long legal battle to be paid in full. A U.S. appeals court granted an emergency stay order on Wednesday that gives Argentina more time to fight a debt ruling favoring the holdout creditors and eases investor fears of a new default as early as next month. Last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa ordered Argentina to deposit the $1.33 billion payment by December 15 for investors who rejected two restructurings of bonds left over from its massive 2002 default. Drunk 'Bohemian Rhapsody' singer wears Viking hat to court (Canada) The man who became a YouTube viral sensation for singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" from the back seat of an police cruiser, has been convicted of impaired driving and for refusing to take a breathalyser test. He went to court wearing a Viking hat, sunglasses and NASA T-shirt proclaiming, "I need my space." He is being forced to pay a $1,400 fine and will be barred from driving for one year. The video footage was originally capture on the cruiser's built-in camera. His passionate performance was used as evidence during his trial. Because his friends told him to, Robert Wilkinson, posted the video to YouTube where it gained nine million people watched it. Fed Likely To Keep Buying Bonds (WSJ) Three months after launching an aggressive push to restart the lumbering U.S. economy, Federal Reserve officials are nearing a decision to continue those efforts into 2013 as the U.S. faces threats from the fiscal cliff at home and fragile economies elsewhere in the world. Groupon CEO Says He Remains Right Person To Run Company (WSJ) FYI. World Economy in Best Shape for 18 Months, Poll Shows (Bloomberg) So that's nice. Actor Tim Allen's Car Stolen By Man Claiming To Be Son (Fox2) To the untrained eye, actor Tim Allen's 1996 Chevy Impala may not look like much, but with its custom engine and one of a kind interior, it's worth a lot of money. America's funnyman Tim Allen loved his car so much, he featured it in a YouTube commercial. The car was special, expensive, upgraded, and was also one of the superstar's favorites. He even drove it to the People's Choice Awards and mentioned it on stage when he won his award...So how did Allen's prized possession make its way from his Los Angeles garage to a corner in Northeast Denver? Faustino Ibarra is facing charges for stealing it. "It's a priceless vehicle." Ibarra said to Fox 31 Denver's Justin Joseph in an exclusive jailhouse interview. "I`m trying to make it simple for you to understand. I didn't break into (Allen's) garage. He left the door open and he left me the keys so I could get the car and take it to Denver." Ibarra claims Allen adopted him years ago and that Allen had allowed him to take the car. "I emailed my dad the morning that I got the car in and everything is fine and I've got the car and it`s ready for you and we need to talk about me coming to live with you," said the inmate. "What you say sounds a little crazy." Joseph said. "I don`t care how it sounds, I know who I am. He knows who I am. He knows who he is," Ibarra said. He denies that he has mental health issues and says no matter what anyone thinks, his alleged father, a superstar, will not pursue charges. "My dad loves the heck out of me. He's ultra-proud of me and he wants to see the best for me in every way," Ibarra told Joseph. FOX 31 Denver reached out to Allen's publicist but did not hear back from Allen's team. FOX 31 Denver also found no independent evidence that Ibarra was ever adopted by Allen.
Nikkei Enters Bear Market (WSJ) Markets across Asia suffered another bruising day as investors scrambled for the exits, with Japanese stocks falling over 6% and into a bear market, and heavy losses in China and across Southeast Asia. Declines continued in U.S. stock futures and in Europe. ... The most dramatic move was in Japan, with the Nikkei Stock Average falling 6.4% to 12445.38 and putting it 21.9% down from the intraday peak reached on May 23, the day Japan's 6-month rally turned south and begun three weeks of wild trading. The big money bails on Argentina - again (Reuters) The mass exodus, which has been limited only by leftist President Cristina Fernandez's capital controls, is threatening to undermine Latin America's No. 3 economy even further by leaving it short of hard currency and new jobs. The underlying problems range from Fernandez's hostile treatment of the private sector, to severe financial distortions such as a parallel exchange rate, to the general feeling that Argentina is due for one of the periodic spasms that have racked the country every 10 years or so going back to the 1930s. EU Urges U.K. to Probe Currency Rigging in Libor's Wake (Bloomberg) "They need to get to the bottom of it," Sharon Bowles, 60, chairwoman of the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee and a member of the U.K. Liberal Democrat party, said in an interview. "It's quite upsetting we have got another bad-news story. It's time we managed to restore the reputation of our banks." Singapore Regulator Said to Plan Bank Reprimand on Rates (Bloomberg) Singapore's central bank plans to reprimand banks in the city-state as early as Friday following an 11-month review into how benchmark interest rates are set, five people with knowledge of the matter said. ... The monetary authority isn't planning to impose criminal sanctions on the banks or any employees, said two of the people. MAS will probably require some of the banks to set aside funds as a deposit with the central bank for a period of time and strengthen their internal controls, two people said. U.K. Committee Says Google Avoids Tax (WSJ) Google Inc. has aggressively avoided paying corporation tax in Britain and its reputation won't be restored until it begins to pay what is due, a U.K. parliamentary committee said Thursday, in the latest sign that governments around the world are stepping up scrutiny of the tax affairs of multinational firms. In a strongly worded 64-page report, the public affairs committee also criticized the U.K. tax authority, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, for failing to challenge Google about its "highly contrived" tax arrangement and called on it to fully investigate the Internet giant. ... "It's clear from this report that the public accounts committee wants to see international companies paying more tax where their customers are located, but that's not how the rules operate today. We welcome the call to make the current system simpler and more transparent," the spokesman said. Soccer star Lionel Messi used the same trick as Apple to cut his tax bill (Qz) Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer sensation who plays for FC Barcelona, has IP worth at least $21 million a year. That's the value of his endorsement deals, led by his relationship with Adidas. And according to the Spanish government, he has dodged nearly €4.2 million ($5.5 million) in taxes by using that IP in a very Apple-like way. Spain accuses Messi and his father, who manages the player's finances, of selling the rights to his brand image to shell companies in tax havens like Uruguay and Belize, and then licensing those rights to the companies and products he endorses. Such a move would shift Messi's income from Spain, where he lives and pays taxes, to those lower-tax states. Girl group bases style on Nikkei ups and downs (Japan Times) "We base our costumes on the price of the Nikkei average of the day. For example, when the index falls below 10,000 points, we go on stage with really long skirts," Mori explained. The higher stocks rise, the shorter their dresses get. With the Nikkei index ending above 13,000 [in late April], the four went without skirts altogether on the day of their interview with The Japan Times, instead wearing only lacy shorts. ... Machikado Keiki Japan (roughly translated as Economic Conditions on the Streets of Japan) released their debut single, "Abeno Mix," on April 7. It pays homage to Abe's ultraloose economic policies that have been dubbed "Abenomics" by the media. Debt Makes Comeback in Buyouts (WSJ) Shareholders in BMC Software Inc. will receive $6.9 billion to sell the corporate-software developer to a group of private-equity firms. But the buyers, led by Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital, only intend to pay $1.25 billion in cash out of their own pockets. The rest will come from debt raised by BMC to finance its takeover. The little-noticed acquisition is another milestone in the return of cheap debt and higher-risk deals to Wall Street: The cash put down by BMC's private-equity buyers is the lowest as a percentage of the purchase price of any buyout with loans exceeding $500 million since 2008, according to data-provider Thomson Reuters LPC. Apollo Tyres skids 24% on Cooper deal fears (FT) Shares in Apollo Tyres, India's largest tyre company by sales, plunged by a quarter on Thursday amid investor concerns about higher debt related to the group's planned $2.5bn acquisition of US-based Cooper Tire and Rubber. The all-cash deal, which would be the largest-ever Indian acquisition of a US company, is also set to increase Apollo's consolidated net debt to equity ratio from 0.8 to around 3.8, according to Angel Broking, a Mumbai-based brokerage. "The deal will leave the company with a huge debt and that is the biggest concern," said Yaresh Kothari, an automotive analyst at the broker. Shares in Apollo were down 24 per cent at Rs67 by 2pm in Mumbai on Thursday. The deal was announced after markets closed in Mumbai on Wednesday. Clearwire Endorses Dish's Sweetened Bid (DealBook) Clearwire on Wednesday switched its allegiance to Dish Network, recommending that shareholders accept its bid of $4.40 a share over a rival offer from Sprint Nextel. Clearwire also postponed a shareholder vote from Thursday to June 24. Meanwhile, Dish extended its tender offer, which had been set to expire on Friday, to July 2. The change in recommendation is a setback for Sprint, which is seeking to buy the roughly 49 percent of Clearwire that it does not already own for about $3.40 a share. Its approach for Clearwire is meant to gain full control of an important affiliate whose wireless spectrum holdings are the cornerstone of a campaign to improve its network and make the company more competitive. Coty Raises About $1 Billion in Its Public Debut (DealBook) The company, whose products include Sally Hansen nail polish and perfumes endorsed by Beyoncé and Katy Perry, priced its initial public offering at $17.50 a share on Wednesday, in the middle of its expected range of $16.50 to $18.50. The stock sale values the company at about $6.7 billion. The offering, which raised just less than $1 billion in proceeds, is one of the three biggest initial offerings in the United States this year, according to data from Renaissance Capital. Washington pushed EU to dilute data protection (FT) The Obama administration successfully lobbied the European Commission to strip its data-privacy legislation of a measure that would have limited the ability of US intelligence agencies to spy on EU citizens, according to three senior EU officials. The measure – which was known within the EU as the "anti-Fisa clause", after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that authorises the US government to eavesdrop on international phone calls and emails – would have nullified any US request for technology and telecoms companies to hand over data on EU citizens, according to documents obtained by the Financial Times. However, the safeguard was abandoned by commission officials in January 2012, despite the assertions of Viviane Reding, the EU's top justice official, that the exemption would have stopped the kind of surveillance recently disclosed as part of the National Security Agency's Prism programme. Miracle-Gro's Potty-Mouthed CEO Should Have Known Better (Bloomberg) Responding to the use of rough language during World War II, Norman Vincent Peale, a minister (and author of "The Power of Positive Thinking"), lamented to the New York Times, "The public men of other years may have cussed plenty in private, but they had the good taste to keep it out of public address." Public expletives have become more common, and executives have moved to leverage, or perhaps weaponize, foul language to their benefit. A San Francisco appeals court has ruled that a werewolf erotica novel must be returned to Andres Martinez, an inmate of Pelican Bay State Prison, after prison guards took it away from him on the grounds that it was pornography. Although the court grants that novel in question, The Silver Crown, by Mathilde Madden, is "less than Shakespearean," it argues that the book nevertheless has literary merit and shouldn't be banned under prison obscenity laws. The court also notes that "the sex appears to be between consenting adults. No minors are involved. No bestiality is portrayed (unless werewolves count)."
Opening Bell: 6.15.16
Caspersen's lawyer says fraud was fueled by gambling addiction; Fed expected to hold steady; Billionaire gets approval to build NYC mega-mansion; Sean Penn was going to name his son Steak; and more.


"It's very sad for Americans that the president took the decision… It's so breathtakingly stupid. You just can't even believe that (its) coming out of America," Friedman told audiences at Beijing-based think tank Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
Trump said the Paris deal disadvantages the US, BBC reported. The Paris deal aims to tackle climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and sets a global target of keeping the rise in the average temperature no higher than 2 C above pre-industrial levels.
However, Friedman believes the decision might slow things down or even have the opposite effect. "I fear that my country is going to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, solar panels from China and completely miss the next great global industry," he said.
But the market and social forces are powerful enough to pull the US out of misery, Friedman said.
Numerous coal plants have been closed because of natural gas and coal price is going down everyday. Few customers would back up coal businesses.
Friedman believes that cities and states all over the country will stick together and back up the Paris deal, and do their work at city level.
"The real opposition party in the US is not the Democratic Party but the State of California," he said. On Thursday, California, together with Washington and New York, had spoken up for the deal, committing to meet the emissions goals, CNBC reported.
"Trump consulted everybody in this decision, except scientists." In fact, he still doesn't have a scientist to seek advice of, and the credible scientists would not work for him, Friedman said.
On the contrary, Friedman told the audiences that China figured it out really fast that the next global industries would be clean water, power and energy, and is taking its nation in the correct direction.
Qingdao summit primes SCO to play more substantial role on world stage. President Xi Jinping has called for a more open world economy, labeling moves toward protectionism as "self-centered and short-sighted".


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Q: Why does the use of ... in any expression in a function cause the value of arg to be nil in Lua? function tell(num,...)
    print("value of implicit table:",arg)
    --print("value of implicit table:",...)
    select(1,arg)
    --select(1,...)
end
tell(12,43,12,55)

Why is it that using ... in an expression causes the value of arg to
be nil e.g. with print("value of implicit table:",...) or select(1,...)?

A: Lua 5.1 officially deprecates the use of the arg table for varargs, preferring .... However, there is a compile time option for Lua itself, LUA_COMPAT_VARARG, to permit the use of arg in 5.1 code.
If LUA_COMPAT_VARARG was defined when Lua was compiled, an arg table will be created in varargs functions, and populated with the arguments - unless the compiler detects the use of ... inside the function. In that case, it assumes that you're using 5.1 style varargs instead of 5.0, and doesn't create the table. It does, however, still create the local named arg!
The upshot of this is that if LUA_COMPAT_VARARG is defined, vararg functions that don't use ... in the body get a local arg containing the argument list, and vararg functions that do get a local arg containing nil. This bug is present in all versions of 5.1 and means, in particular, that you can't access a global or upvalue named arg from any varargs functions if LUA_COMPAT_VARARG was defined at compile time.
Lua 5.2 drops support for arg-style varargs entirely and thus does not have this issue regardless of how it was configured at compile time.
(Source: the changes in varargs handling between 5.0 and 5.1, and the LUA_COMPAT_VARARG option, are mentioned in the Lua 5.1 reference manual, section 7.1. The manual refers you to luaconf.h. The exact behaviour is not documented anywhere, as far as I'm aware of; it can be determined experimentally, by reading lparser.c and ldo.c, or from the posts on the mailing list that originally reported this issue.)


If you're an unsigned band or artist and not considering a Kickstarter campaign you need your head examined. While there are numerous platforms for raising money other than Kickstarter, it seems that they are the most productive ones. Amanda Palmer has raised over half a million dollars for her new project. Others, while not raising close to that amount, have funded their new projects in a very short time.
If you're not familiar, here's the link to Kickstarter. Understand that you can't just put a lousy or half-baked description up and get results. Study the successful projects that have been funded and discover the elements that made them work. Half of the job is developing a compelling offer the other half is driving people to the site.
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Movistar Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo took his second consecutive MotoGP race win of the season at Le Mans, leading the way from the opening lap to the checkers. Lorenzo's teammate, Valentino Rossi, protected his overall points lead with a second-place finish followed by Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso in third.
To begin with, the weather was uncharacteristically fantastic at the French circuit allowing for the race to be run full-out for 28 laps. Off the start, Dovi and Lorenzo fought for the lead but then a bold move by Marc Marquez in the esses saw the Repsol Honda rider take the front for a fleeting moment as he passed both riders in one move. The pass proved a bit too aggressive, sending Marquez wide in the middle of the section, allowing Dovi, Lorenzo and then Dovi's teammate, Andrea Iannone, to slip by into the one through three spots. Lorenzo prevailed at the front after the shuffle and would hold there for the remainder of the race.
Despite the ideal conditions, riders still dropped left and right during the initial stages. Marquez's teammate, Dani Pedrosa, was one of the first to go down, sliding off track in Turn 4 of Lap 2. He was able to remount and forged on to finish the race, testing his physical abilities in race conditions in his first contest back after surgery. Forward Racing's Stefan Bradl lost his machine soon after in another section of the track, ending his race early. Later, Team Suzuki Ecstar's Aleix Espargaro would pull in with a technical issue, Marc VDS' Scott Redding would crash out as would CWM LCR's Cal Crutchlow and Jack Miller.
Just a few laps in, Lorenzo was building a slight gap on Dovi in second. Iannone, still struggling with pain from a dislocated shoulder suffered during testing, held to third for a period with Marquez following in fourth and Rossi in fifth.
With three laps gone, Rossi started making moves up the ranks, dispatching Marquez in Turn 9 and then hunting down Iannone for third. It would take Rossi a number of laps to find an opening on the Ducati rider, but 10 laps into the contest the Doctor got the opportunity and pushed ahead of Iannone for podium position. Marquez, meanwhile, was out of form, running wide in one section and allowing both Tech 3 Yamaha's Bradley Smith and Crutchlow to move past. Marquez was quick to retaliate on Crutchlow, but struggled to the final stages to get in front of Smith. The warmer than usual weather, which brought out more than 93,000 fans to the French circuit, played a role in Marquez's estimation.
"Today the temperature rose sharply; we had not ridden in such conditions at any time this the weekend," explained Marquez. "On the fourth lap I started to notice that I had a lot of problems with the front end. I think all the Hondas had the same trouble; in fact a lot crashed after losing front grip because we were really suffering. We knew that with a rise in temperature, conditions change, but we expected it to be for the better and this time it was for the worse. We must learn from this race and especially from the data we have gathered."
Lorenzo continued to grow his advantage at the front as Dovi worked to defend against the coming attack from Rossi. With 16 laps remaining, Rossi was hounding Dovi's rear tire and just before the end of the rotation Rossi was able to move up into second-place. Lorenzo was 1.8 seconds ahead of his teammate at this point.
Further back, Crutchlow had washed the front end in Turn 6, leaving Marquez and Smith alone in the battle for fifth. Iannone was fourth and eventually Smith and Marquez were able to close in, the Ducati rider losing some pace during the later laps. Once on his tail though, Iannone came back to life and started to put up a defense. Marquez came to life as well, finding an opening on both riders to move from sixth to fourth in one pass. Iannone wanted none of it though, quickly retaliating on the defending champion. The two riders would go back and forth a number of times before Marquez sealed his position in fourth in the final laps.
Despite his efforts, Rossi proved unable to close the gap on Lorenzo, losing time on his teammate during the final stages. At the finish, the Mallorcan was 3.8 seconds clear of Rossi for the win. Dovi was an additional nine second back in third.
"Before the race I was a little bit worried about the front tire on the right side, because it was close in some corners," said Lorenzo. "Sometimes that's worse in the race on Sunday, because it's hotter at two o'clock and you have more fuel in the tank and push more on braking. On the third or fourth lap it started closing, and I started worrying that I had an ever worsening tire in the next laps, but luckily for us the tire stayed more or less the same. It was close in the whole race, but not becoming worse. I was pushing the whole time and when the fuel tank ran low I pushed a little bit less. So this time we have been lucky."
Marquez claimed fourth with Iannone following in fifth and Smith in sixth. Smith's teammate, Pol Espargaro, finished seventh trailed by Pramac Racing's Yonny Hernandez in eighth and Team Suzuki Ecstar's Maverick Vinales in ninth.
Rossi holds on to the points lead while Lorenzo jumps up one position to sit second overall. Dovi falls to third followed by Marquez in fourth and Iannone in fifth.


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New Coface Political Risk Index in 159 countries
Adding to its current political risk indices for Western Europe and emerging countries, global trade credit insurer Coface today launched a global index spanning 159 countries. The index measures two major categories – the security risks of conflict and terrorism, and a country's political and social risks – for a comprehensive assessment political risk.
In developing the index with current and historical data, Coface notes that:
The index has been rising since 2013
The risk of conflicts doubled between 2007 and 2015
Conflicts are becoming more international due to terrorist risk
The rise of populism is having an impact in advance economies
The score for the Middle East and North Africa is high. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Nigeria are at 100%. Risk has also increased since 2010, with Lebanon up +22 points and Egypt up +20 points. In Sub-Saharan Africa, political risk has been on the rise since 2013, with +36 points in Nigeria, and +28 points in Central African Republic. Côte d'Ivoire showed a slight improvement, with a score that dropped -6 points.
The countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States are also significantly above average. The heightened risk in Russia (+2 points) and Ukraine (+41 points) is not the only factor. Political risk levels have also increased in Tajikistan by +10 points and Azerbaijan by +8 points.
Latin America, where social fragility is rising, is on an upward slope with Mexico up +25 points and Venezuela up +9 points.
Trends are mixed in Asia. China is up +10 points and India is stable, but the situation has been gradually improving in Sri Lanka (-60 points) and Nepal (-25 points) since 2010.
Three Inputs of the Index Confirm that Political Risk is Spreading
Conflict index
The conflict index is based on the occurrence of conflicts, their intensity, and the types of players involved. The countries in a state of war are at the top of the ranking: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria and Syria. Mexico, because of the cartels, Colombia, Algeria, and India also stand out with a high level of risk.
Terrorist risk
Security risk cannot be measured without taking terrorism into account. This indicator has increased 2.8-fold since 2008 and is likely to affect the confidence of businesses, households, and foreign investors. Most of the OECD countries that are engaged in combating the so-called Islamic State have seen their score increase between 2011 and 2015. France has the highest score among developed countries at 77% (+24 points.) This risk is also on the rise in the USA (+23 points), Australia (+27 points), and Germany (+27 points.)
Political and social fragility index
The political and social fragility index takes into account, on the one hand, the nature of the political regime, ethnic and linguistic fragmentation, and political and civil liberties, and on the other, the pressures and instruments of social risk. Here again, the countries where conflicts are intense show the highest risk levels. Between 2007 and 2015, the rise was particularly strong in the CIS and Latin America.
Developed countries FACE the populist wave
To assess rising populism in developed countries, Coface has incorporated data from the "Manifesto" project, which surveys the proportion of political manifestos allocated to an electoral theme (protectionism, security, public order, national values, etc). The Coface analysis found that the pressure of populism has reached the highest level in the United Kingdom (score of 73%) and France (70%), followed by Austria (64%) and the Netherlands (63%), where a significant share of the score is derived from a distrust of multiculturalism.
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Фро́мборк (, ) — небольшой город в северной Польше, Браневского повята Варминско-Мазурского воеводства, расположенный на берегу Вислинского залива, на Вармийской низменности, у северного края Эльблонгской возвышенности. Центр городско-сельской гмины Фромборк.

Фромборк состоит из двух частей — собственно города, расположенного на прибрежной низменности, и соборного ансамбля, расположенного на холме.

Ныне Фромборк в первую очередь известен как город, где наиболее плодотворную часть своей жизни провёл Николай Коперник. Он был каноником фромборкского собора и жил во Фромборке с 1510 года и до своей смерти в 1543 году. В одной из башен стены, окружающей собор, он оборудовал обсерваторию, библиотеку и помещение для хранения астрономических инструментов.

История
Со времени своего основания, в 1261 году, Фромборкский собор был центром епархии. Собор окружён крепостными стенами. Город же первоначально возник как рыбацкая деревня, примерно в последней четверти XIII века. Вплоть до 1926 года соборный комплекс и город были отдельными административными единицами.

Со времени своего возникновения Фромборк входил в Пруссию, государство немецких рыцарей-крестоносцев Тевтонского ордена. По-немецки город назывался Фрауенбург ().

Позднее, в конце XV века, после подписания второго торуньского мира город отошёл к Польше и получил своё нынешнее название.

В 1772 году, по результатам первого раздела Речи Посполитой, Фрауенбург вошёл в состав Прусского королевства.

В 1945 году Фромборк был возвращён Польше.

Достопримечательности
 Кафедральный собор Вознесения Пресвятой Девы Марии и святого апостола Андрея Первозванного (, готика, XIV—XV века)
 Крепостная стена с башней Коперника
 Музей Коперника ()

Туризм
Туризм является основной статьёй доходов Фромборка. Основные цели пребывания — прогулки по Вислинскому заливу, осмотр памятников истории и культуры, пешие и велосипедные прогулки, отдых. В городе функционирует планетарий и обсерватория.

13 января 2015 года Совет министров принял решение придать Фромборку с посёлками Богданы и Ронин статус санаторно-курортной зоны. Исследования Национального института гигиены подтвердили, что вода, добываемая из местной скважины Фромборк IGH-1, может быть использована для профилактики, лечения и реабилитации.

Города-побратимы
  Суха-Бескидзка
  Светлый
  Казлу Руда

Ссылки

 Музеи Фромборка
 Фрауенбург 1684, Кристоф Харткнох, Thorn, Altes und Neues Preussen
 Виртуальный тур у Кафедрального собора и крепостной стены с Башней Коперника во Фромборке

Города Варминьско-Мазурского воеводства
Бывшие немецкие города (Восточная Пруссия)


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