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BS: Brexit #3: A futile gesture?
David Carter (UK) 05 Apr 19 - 11:06 AM
Iains 05 Apr 19 - 12:26 PM
Backwoodsman 05 Apr 19 - 12:43 PM
Jim Carroll 05 Apr 19 - 02:05 PM
Steve Shaw 05 Apr 19 - 04:01 PM
DMcG 05 Apr 19 - 06:02 PM
Nigel Parsons 05 Apr 19 - 07:58 PM
Jim Carroll 06 Apr 19 - 02:47 AM
DMcG 06 Apr 19 - 02:50 AM
The Sandman 06 Apr 19 - 03:47 AM
Backwoodsman 06 Apr 19 - 03:55 AM
Bonnie Shaljean 06 Apr 19 - 04:17 AM
Dave the Gnome 06 Apr 19 - 04:19 AM
Iains 06 Apr 19 - 04:30 AM
Workingtonman 07 Apr 19 - 08:24 AM
McGrath of Harlow 07 Apr 19 - 09:10 AM
From: David Carter (UK)
Well Pete, you may be right, but this isn't over until its over. The fight goes on.
The nitty gritty of Mays betrayal!
" Inside a customs union, "we would have to open up our markets to the third countries with which the EU had trade agreements, but the markets of such third countries would not be open to our exports since we would be outside the EU. And such third countries would have few incentives to sign trade agreements with us since their goods would already enjoy free access".
Source? Try google! One of your cabal expects us to take all his warblings on trust. He has never provided a link in his life.
irritating isn't it!
An honest man - especially one who makes claims to have been 'an officer and a gentleman' - would be prepared to substantiate what he claims as facts.
No accreditation - more Right-Wing-Extremist nonsense, not even worth reading.
From: Jim Carroll
"Source? Try google!"
He means he made it up - sorry - too inventive - Guido made it up and decided he woudn't get away with it
Seargant Majors always aspire to be "offices and gentlemen - too thick to be real officers so they end up with power and no real authority
oh, I know which Right-Wing-Extremist he dug it up from, Jim. Meaningless Righty-Confirmation-Bias.
He's an even better wriggler than ol' Keefy was - never answers a question, just obfuscates. I wonder if he's a closet Belly-Dancer?
Are you going to answer a direct question, Squaddie? Short memory, or bare-faced liar, or (more likely) both?
I expect it'll just be more barrack-room bully-boy tactics.
Good to see the Nero d'Avola at £5.50, Dave, after the price hike to £6.50. A little beauty it is. Nirvana.
"Say pretty please and I might give you some links, as you seem incapable of carrying out a simple internet search."
Not incapable at all - I was working in IT programming on mainframes when you were still in the ACF - but I'm not wasting my time trawling through Right-Wing-Extremist garbage hunting for stuff that you're too bone-idle, socially-inept, and plain, simple unprofessional to provide links to.
So you carry on belly-dancing, and I'll have a good belly-laugh at a dozy, thick squaddie.
Top Cat.
Oops, did I interpret those initials wrong...? :-)
The Cooper law is not yet agreed fully, but if it is I understand that obliges Teresa May to ask the EU for an extension.
I wonder what the consequence is if she decides not to? No penalty for breaking the law is defined, as far as I know. Being in contempt of Parliament had no effect. So what actually would be the consequence?
I was also trying to think of a precedent for a law that only applies to one person. There can't be many.
Calls from people to Iains to give a link are fine, if they provide links for their statements as well.
It appears Iains may be relying on the following from Economics help:
Disadvantages of a customs union
•A country can't negotiate separate deals because there is a common external tariff. This reduces economic and national sovereignty. Critics of the EU argue it has meant the UK has experienced higher food prices and reduced the welfare of low-income consumers who face higher prices.•It is worth noting – Deals can be struck if they respect the common external tariff. Turkey is in a partial EU customs union so is free to negotiate deals in other areas like agriculture where it is not bound by its customs union arrangement.
•A country cannot give preferential tariffs to a declining industry. For example, if UK steel industry was having difficulty the government might like to put tariffs on imports to protect domestic sales, however, in a customs union you can't choose to have this separate tariff.
•Trade diversion. A common external tariff can lead to trade diversion. For example, when UK joined EEC, it had to raise tariffs on imports from the Commonwealth. This means higher prices for imports of butter and lamb.
Those are alternatives Nigel, not definitive rules
Iains isn't "relying" on anything otherwise he would have humiliated everybody by putting something up (which is what he tries to do) by putting it up - he made the definitive up in desperation on the spur of the moment
What Iains wants is to feel someone takes him seriously - obviously a big void in is life
Brexit is a massive leap in the dark where there are no guarantees about anything and no plans on where to go from here - it was sold on Xenophobia and nothing else - it has even taken a special meeting between racist Nigel Farage and racist Trump to back a 'No-Deal Brexit' and the latter is so unstable that what he says today is quite likely meaningless tomorrow
Edwina Currie put it in a nutshell - 'We'll muddle through somehow - Britain always has' - no way to run a country in today's unstable world
Waving possibilities about is as meaningless as making them up when it comes to planning a country's future
Maybe so, Nigel, but if so it is a very biased quotation. I don't think I am alone in freely admitting there are disadvantages to a customs union, but that is not the point. There are also advantages (as that link also points out), and the key factor from an economics viewpoint is which is greater.
I said somewhere in these threads over a year ago - I can't be bothered to track it down - that as a purely economics question it is very reasonable for any country to continually assess all its trade deals and determine if they are to its benefit or not. If not, then it is sensible to seek to change them. So - again in purely economics terms - it is reasonable to examine whether the EU relationship is a good idea or not continually and act accordingly. But my assessment, and those of most economics apart from the Minford school, it that the arrangement is in the UK's favour.
From: The Sandman
Edwina Currie in a nushell might be tickle JohnMajors fancy but she doesnt do it for me
"Is the backwardman boasting or complaining? Then again,who cares?
I find it rather sad you feel the need to boast in order to make a point.
I was using mini computers as a tool over 45 years ago. so what?"
Nope, no 'boasting' at all. Merely giving some background regarding my IT capabilities and experience as a response to your completely unsubstantiated accusation that I 'seem incapable of carrying out a simple internet search'.
You really do have extreme comprehension problems, and a serious social-skill deficit, don't you?
If you haven't the acquired the skill to post a working clickable link on the forum, you might like to take a little time out from insulting and abusing other members and study Joe Offer's 'Basic Mudcat HTML' post in the 'Mudcat FAQ - Newcomer's Guide'. It's very simple - almost anyone could do it.
Now, back to that direct question you've carefully belly-danced around...I'm guessing that, as usual, you don't have the cojones to answer, but that's OK, I know the answer anyway, and it doesn't show you in a good light.
DMcG, how does a country assess whether a trade deal is to its benefit? To often this debate is set by the views of domestic producers. However consumers need to be considered also. A trade deficit is not bad per se, it means that consumers are getting lots of nice things from the country they are imported from. Neither imports nor exports are bad, really the benefit of the trade is the total volume, not the difference between exports and imports. And the problem is that the people doing the assessing, allegedly on behalf of the country, are looking at only one side.
From: Bonnie Shaljean
There's also the matter of differing food-safety standards. In addition to chlorinated chicken issues, Trump has now appointed the pork industry as gatekeepers for... the pork industry. His reasoning is that if their meat is bad, they'll get sued, so it's in their best interest to keep their stuff clean. (Not a whisper about all those people who could die from eating it, or get seriously sick and not be able to afford medical care.) Good luck with that, if you start importing from some of your potential trading partners.
Oh, and nuclear plants get to self-regulate too. Welcome to your new buddy.
Please excuse lack of hyperlinks - I can't get the clickifier to work:
That [above] is the essence of the Trump administration's argument for getting rid of about 40 percent of federal pork inspectors. By next month, according to The Washington Post, the pork plants themselves will be in charge of "identifying and removing live diseased hogs when they arrive at the plants"—as opposed to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service...
https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/pork-industry-to-begin-policing-its-own-food-safety-system/
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/04/trump-is-about-to-make-the-pork-industry-responsible-for-inspecting-itself/
https://newrepublic.com/article/153465/its-not-just-pork-trump-also-letting-nuclear-plants-regulate-safety
I may well nip to mozzers myself later then Steve if it is down to £5.59 - £4.95 with my discount :-)
Do you think double posting your tortured abuse of the english language adds clarity? Think again!
"Take a customs union on its own first. A customs union would create far less friction to trade in goods. It would be easier to keep vital manufacturing supply chains intact and it would obviate the need for the customs part of the Irish backstop, as long as agriculture was included. But it would also mean that Britain could not operate an independent trade policy in respect of goods, because we would be obliged by the EU to operate its external tariff rather than vary our own in bilateral trade agreements with non-EU countries.
The biggest shortcoming of a customs union, however – and it is a major shortcoming – is that it does not in itself address the issue of regulatory alignment between the UK and the EU that single market membership gives us. This is the principal guarantee of the barrier-free trade we enjoy currently with the EU and why every alternative to membership will leave us worse off.
For this reason, many MPs are looking to a deeper agreement with the EU, one they call common market 2.0, which in addition to a customs union would mean continuing membership of the single market. The attraction is obvious: it would keep the UK close to its most important trading partner while fulfilling the mandate to leave the EU. It comes with a set of institutions based on the existing European Economic Area through which the UK could potentially influence (but not determine) EU policy and incur reduced UK payments for market access.
The disadvantages are equally clear. Britain would have to operate EU rules, without a vote or a veto, for both goods and services – becoming a rule taker – making it largely pointless to leave. Free movement of people would also continue. Yes, there is provision for an emergency brake on migration but this would not give Britain "control" of its borders."
A hotel California brexit!
There's also the matter of differing food-safety standards....
You are absolutely right, Bonnie, there is far more to it than a simple financial balance sheet. The regulations are important, the social rights and benefits of your citizens are important, the environmental aspects are important ... It goes on and on. That's why I said "purely economics" a couple of times. It is not that the rest of that does not matter, it is that even if you restrict yourself just to the economic argument the case to leave is feeble according to all but one relatively tiny segment of the economists.
Moving onto David Carter's point: again, I agree. Assessment of whether a trade agreement is to your benefit or not is horrendously complicated and also time dependent. You might carry out a vast and sophisticated assessment and come a conclusion then something like the OPEC oil agreements come along and change everything. Economics is not 'truth', it is more like a formal encoding of a decision process, which is only ever as good as your base assumptions. But, to take a trivial example, suppose decide to enter into a 5 year trade agreement with one country to trade in a certain way, but then another country becomes a potential supplier who can provide the same thing cheaper but differing in some other way. You have to make an assessment to stay with your original supplier, switch or take a proportion from each. That is an unavoidable decision - even not thinking about implicitly decides to stay as you are - and businesses and countries have to do that all the time. Just being immensely difficult and risky due to uncertainties doesn't stop you having to do so, either explicitly or implicitly,
That was for the Belly-Dancer, by the way, not DMcG. And only a muppet would post a quote with no indication whatsoever that it's a quote.
Magnificent quater-page headline on from page of the Daily Express - set our ocan farmers all of a-giggle
BREXIT BETRAYED
Anyhoo, Dave is absolutely correct - there's no profit in engaging with an ITC-illiterate sociopath, so I'll leave him to carry on with his usual abusive behaviour. I'm off to do something worthwhile. 'Bye now...
Far better left alone. Kicking that kind of shit does nothing but leave a nasty smell and make a mess of your shoes.
Anyone for keeping to the point and commenting on this?
Tory minister says taking part in EU elections would be 'suicide note' for party
Not often I hope that a Tory is right but fingers crossed on this one :-)
"I do not think any rational person would welcome that as an outcome."
As you say "Oh dear"
Talk about shutting the closet door after the skeleton has emerged with a petition in its hand
Too late - too late, the maiden cried
"Anyhoo, Dave is absolutely correct - there's no profit in engaging with an ITC-illiterate sociopath,
Me too - couldn't help pointing out that this "anti-Tommy Robinsonite" spent a fair tim in handing a petition around to try and get him out of nick, while gloating as the number of signatures rose
A classic "I wish I hadn't done that"
Fun over
I was reading about a recent survey on a further referendum and it seems the majority are keen that 'we should be free to pursue our own trade deals.'
What a surprise. But let us phrase the same question differently. "we should be forced to renegotiate all our own trade deals, whether or not they are poorer than the existing ones."
Somehow I don't think that would be as popular.
If the outcome of the first referendum is thwarted what is the point of a second?
Do you not think a wrong answer will be denied again?
This is of course the EU way - reminiscent of "hotel California" -
keep resubmitting the question until the right answer is obtained
A little jog for the memory:
This has happened three times in EU referendums – in Denmark on the Maastricht Treaty in 1992-3, Ireland on the Nice Treaty in 2001-2, and Ireland again on the Lisbon Treaty in 2008-9 – with all of these referendums ultimately proving successful for those backing the treaty.
For the EU it is a war of attrition.
The mighty Rees Mogg has the right idea, ably backed by the inestimable Mr Farage
We shall fight them on the beaches........................!
It's reported this morning that May has offered Corbyn a 'Boris-proof' Brexit - a soft Brexit that cannot be overturned by future Governments
That should cause a bit of stir in the Tory Monkey-house
a soft brexit means the uk leaves the EU but is in the equivalent of the EEC a fairly sensible compromise imo, we are not fighting the second world war, rees mogg is a hypocrite he avises his investors to invest in the euro yet talks about no deal , the man represents the interests of the very wealthy
Where have you seen that, Jim? Couldn't find it in any of my usual haunts, but they're not comprehensive. I'm interested to know more - all I can find is that her cabinet are furious with her for even talking (or going through the motions of talking) to Corbyn. Are there any links?
[Cross-posted with Dick]
Grease Smog also moved a few of his millions to Dublin. The word "hypocrite' doesn't even begin to be strong enough.
THE MIGHTY MOGG
A soft brexit is being subjected to the EU in all its glory with no more representation. Such an agreement would be the height of stupidity.
To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, who famously wrote of attempting suicide:
Razors pain you
Rivers are damp
Guns aren't lawful
Nooses give
You might as well live
Brussels or London
You don't have a say
If you're going to be undone
You might as well stay
That would go well with a Billie Holliday tune Bonnie
Might add, "Can't help loathing that Mogg of mine"
A shame peabrain cannot distinguish between a man's personal wealth and an investment company that invests in emerging markets. A tad too technical for him to comprehend(like so many other things)
The fine Mr Rees Mogg can hold his head up high unlike commie corbyn,
a chef extroidinaire!
https://order-order.com/2019/04/05/corbyns-evidence-shows-cooking-books-terrorist-wreath-laying-trip/
from Guido of course. The scourge of bubbleheaded leftards!
is this just all an elaborate and tedious wind-up, iain. if so , it's offensive nonsense
mods?.....please give us a break
Working on it. Most have been deleted; apologies if responses are still in place, the posts were taken out in one fell swoop, away from the thread. ---mudcat techie
And many non-abusive posts that are simply objectionable to some have been UNdeleted. -Mudcat ratheroffendedbyopinionatedmodding mod
It really is time those who genuinely support Brexit started to enter into this debate rather than using it as a rabid-right soapbox
I've lost count of the number of times people have asked what the benefits of leaving Europe are as distinct from staying and trying to change what they disagree with - Britain has been little more than a silent and begrudging member of the EU since day one, based on the old Empire adage, "If we can't control it, it's no use to us"
Now the Government has Britain's future in the hands of scummy populists like Farage (and his queue of be-robed and be-turbaned foreign invaders)
Patriots like the Mudcat incumbents, stand by and cheer the worst elements of the British establishment claiming that to hold out for the best deal is 'treachery'
None of them has the gumption nor the imagination to put forward a rational argument - just abuse (as shown by the latest deeply thought out offering)
If Britain can sell planes to slaughter the Yemenis (while at the same time blocking any chance of giving the victims refuge) Corbyn's actions of supporting the Palestinians fight against ethnic cleansing put him in line for sainthood
From: McGrath of Harlow
Dorothy Parker's ode always remind me of Chesterton's ballade about having second thoughts on suicide - which is equally apposite:
The gallows in my garden, people say,
Is new and neat and adequately tall;
I tie the noose on in a knowing way
As one that knots his necktie for a ball;
But just as all the neighbours–on the wall–
Are drawing a long breath to shout "Hurray!"
The strangest whim has seized me. . . . After all
I think I will not hang myself to-day.
To-morrow is the time I get my pay–
My uncle's sword is hanging in the hall–
I see a little cloud all pink and grey–
Perhaps the rector's mother will not call– I fancy that I heard from Mr. Gall
That mushrooms could be cooked another way–
I never read the works of Juvenal–
The world will have another washing-day;
The decadents decay; the pedants pall;
And H.G. Wells has found that children play,
And Bernard Shaw discovered that they squall,
Rationalists are growing rational–
And through thick woods one finds a stream astray
So secret that the very sky seems small–
Prince, I can hear the trumpet of Germinal,
The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way;
Even to-day your royal head may fall,
I'd have thought that those Brexiteers who complain, quite rightly, that all the deals that are available are worse than staying in the EU would welcome the opportunity to vote for that as a second best, if they can't get the No Deal they might prefer. In fact getting No Deal bput on such a ballot in a three option vote (with an alternative vote system of voting) would offer the way to get that preferred option, if that is really what people want. (And we know how keen they are about carrying out the will of the people...)
McGrath of Harlow No One would argue with a second referendum had the first been implemented and a decent period of time elapsed. To ignore the first referendum negates the legitimacy of any subsequent one.
!Que?!
And that's it from the Brexiteers
Tw letters short of a the description of the line of lorries from Fishguard to the Channel Tunnel
The Incredible Leadsom has apparently said this morning
"It's not nearly as grim as many would advocate," she said. "The civil service have done an amazing job of ensuring that we minimise the problems. I'm not an advocate for no deal, but it would not be nearly as bad as many like to think it would be."
Of course, it is good news the civil service has worked hard on this, but they are not in the front line, are they?
Are all small international traders ready?
Have all port and other border protection staff be trained and, where necessary further staff recruited and trained?
Have vets been recruited and trained for all physiosanitary matters arising ?
In short, the civil service preparation is a drop in the ocean. What about all the rest?
I don't think anyone would doubt that if the vote in 2016 had been 52% for remain, the Brexit camp would have called for a second vote, and the Remain camp would be opposing it. That would be reasonable enough - when your side has won you'd rather not risk a rerun.
But what is hypocritical is to pretend that the reason for opposing a second vote was something to do with democratic principles, and to claim that refusing it shows that the UK is a truer democracy than Ireland, Denmark and Norway.
I keep quoting, here and elsewhere, David Davis from 2012...
"A democracy that cannot change its mind ceases to be a democracy"
Whether the Union-Jack-Boxers Brigade accept it or not, that is the absolute, undeniable truth.
(Note for our computer-illiterate sociopath - that's how to post a quotation).
One aspect of all this is that pretty strange everyone talks as the referendum results indicated that Labour voters in all the Brexit voting seats were overwhelmingly in favour of leaving.
That isn't actually at all clear - the Brexit vote in that referendum would have included the overwhelming majority of Conservative voters, together with a section of Labour voters - and many of those Labour voters could well have been more motivated by a desire to kick the Cameron government than by leaving the EU. The fact that in the election of 2017 most of those "Labour leave" constituencies returned Labour MPs suggests that this is the right way to interpret the referendum vote.
The thing to remember is that in the 2015 election not a single MP in the UK got as much as 50 per cent of their constituency electorate.
This Thread Is Closed.


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When underwriting a new loan there are several key components that should be a part of the credit presentation. Relevant information that helps not only the loan officer, members of the loan committee and bank personnel, but also third party loan review analysts that may at some point review the file. Credit presentations generally should include the loan's purpose, narrative comments regarding the borrower's background, documentation of cash flow analysis, details of collateral analysis, identify loan policy compliance, and recognize credit strengths and weaknesses along with mitigating factors for identified weaknesses. There seems to be a missing piece to the puzzle. How is the Bank going to be repaid? Properly identifying the source(s) of repayment is one of the most important parts of a credit presentation.
Depending on the type of loan which is being underwritten, the sources of repayment may vary. Even when underwriting loans that are the same type, the sources of repayments may be different. Therefore it is important to identify, at origination, what will ultimately repay the loan: from the borrower's cash flow, to business cash flow or even global cash flow. It could also be cash flow from an income producing property or conversion of assets for asset-based loans. Banks typically will identify three sources of repayment; the main source (i.e. business cash flow) and two additional sources that will come into play if the first one fails (i.e. global cash flow, or sale of collateral).
Periodic reviews (at least annually) have been adopted by most banks as a best practice. After receiving updated current financial information, spreads of financial statements and tax returns are prepared, along with listings of internal and external borrower and guarantor loan commitments and corresponding debt service requirements in order to determine repayment capacity. However, in some cases the source of repayment may change over the years. It is a good opportunity, when performing annual reviews, to revisit and ensure the original source of repayment remains the same or, if it has changed, to properly address it. If the original source of repayment shows deterioration and the bank is now relying on other sources, it should be explained.
It is an important factor to properly identify the main source of repayment when underwriting credits as well as on an ongoing basis, when performing annual reviews, to ensure repayment capacity remains adequate and are in compliance with the Bank's loan policy.
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A 3000-year-old scarab found in Azor, Israel depicting a seated figure (right) and a standing figure with an elevated arm (left), potentially showing the imparting of authority. Photo: Gilad Stern, Israel Antiquities Authority
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A method for estimating sediment budgets of washover deposits using digital terrain models
Lars Ø. Hansen, Verner B. Ernstsen, Lars B. Clemmensen, Zyad Al-Hamdani, Aart Kroon
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Washover fans are located on small barriers in fetch-limited micro-tidal coastal environments in Denmark. These washover fans are formed during high-energy storm events and we present a method to quantify their volumes and to estimate sediment exchanges between washover fans and their adjacent morphologies. We use high resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. We have delineated landforms using known methods of scale analysis and geomorphometric classification. We quantified volumes of the delineated landforms and estimated the related sediment budgets. These computed volumes were compared using different pre-depositional surfaces. Finally, we assessed the sediment exchange and associated sources of sediments of the washover fans. We applied a scale analysis to determine suitable DTM resolution and focal statistics window size as input to a geomorphometric classification analysis. Landform areas and landforms were delineated using morphometric threshold values, and volumes and sediment budgets of the delineated landforms were computed using different assumptions to define the pre-depositional surface. Resulting washover fan volumes were validated against digital elevation model (DEM) of difference (DoD) derived volumes. Sediment budgets were derived from representative volumes of the washover fans and adjacent berms. We show that quantification of washover features derived from DTMs, using geomorphometric analysis is feasible and that the presented approach provides estimates of washover deposit volumes with an accuracy between 1% and 28% compared to control volumes.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5066
Udgivet - 30 mar. 2021
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Hansen, L. Ø., Ernstsen, V. B., Clemmensen, L. B., Al-Hamdani, Z., & Kroon, A. (2021). A method for estimating sediment budgets of washover deposits using digital terrain models. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(4), 804-821. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5066
Hansen, Lars Ø. ; Ernstsen, Verner B. ; Clemmensen, Lars B. et al. / A method for estimating sediment budgets of washover deposits using digital terrain models. I: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2021 ; Bind 46, Nr. 4. s. 804-821.
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With so many potential drugs under review, there is huge pressure to be first to market. Therefore pharmaceutical companies look to improve every phase of drug development — from new approaches to discovery, to identifying therapeutic targets that optimize core competencies, and finally to moving compounds more quickly into and through better-designed global clinical trials. To ensure top-quality trials, companies need to provide more staff training, adopt technology platforms, and understand the critical importance of appropriate inclusion/exclusion criteria.
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Scott Grisanti. Senior VP of Business Development, eResearchTechnology Inc., Philadelphia. eResearch is a business-to-business provider of integrated technology-based products and services to the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnological industries
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John J. Schickling. Chief Financial Officer, Phase Forward Inc., Waltham, Mass. Phase Forward offers e-process solutions for accelerating global pharmaceutical development
The U.S. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, Md., through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members, and members of the public with current information about clinical research studies
Joe Avellone, M.D. CEO, Veritas Medicine Inc. Cambridge, Mass. Veritas is an online health resource focused on improving patient access to clinical trials and information about therapies in development for serious medical conditions
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The restaurant is located in a strip mall just north west of the 394/169 interchange. Upon entering we were greeted quickly by a young man who proceeded to seat us in a window seat that overlooked the parking lot and the Willow Creek 12 Theater. The interior was neat and clean with red walls and Chinese light fixtures hanging from the ceiling. Our server approached with waters in hand and two menus to choose from. The "Regular Menu" consisted of a more domestic version of Chinese fare. The "Authentic Menu" was more what you would expect if traveling to mainland China.
For entrees I had the Chung King Spicy Chicken ($11.95) which is described on the menu as having lightly fried chunks of chicken stir-fried with onion, green pepper, and dried chili pepper in a special Szechuan sauce. The chicken is described as being fried so I was surprised to find the meat tender with a grilled flavor and texture absent the batter found on most fried chicken. I was thinking fried as in "deep fried" not "stir fried"...my bad. The sauce was somewhat spicy, dark in color and oily with a smokey flavor. This dish had a very deep intense flavor that came together well combining the spice of red chilies, with roasted garlic, and smokey sauce, making a pleasurable meal.
Peggy had the Sizzling Chicken ($9.95) described as slices of white chicken, water chestnuts, mushrooms, peas, carrots, broccoli, and napa in light sauce served sizzling hot at your table. The server brought a hot metal serving plate table side and poured the food mixture on it resulting in a sizzling sound with a large cloud of steam rising upward. The chicken was very tender and light which seemed to be the theme of this dish. The sauce was light yet flavorful and covered the chicken and vegetables like a warm cozy blanket of comforting goodness.
For desert we shared a bowl of Green Tea Ice Cream ($2.95). Two nice sized scoops served on an oval dish. It was green in color, creamy in texture, with a pleasant green tea flavor that was the perfect ending to a good meal.
Over ten years ago when Peggy and I were dating, we went to the Tea House and enjoyed it. Since then many things have changed including the ownership and menu. One thing that has not changed is that Peggy and I still enjoyed it very much. So the moral of the story is that all good things do not always come to an end...at least not in 10 years.


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****** Game of Thrones - Season 8 ******
1,158,867 Views | 14619 Replies | Last: 7 days ago by Ulrich
knoxtom
2:10p, 4/19/19
Sometimes I wish the GOT characters would be smart, but at the same time maybe it wouldn't be good TV.
For example, you got 2 dragons, they have 1. Why not just do bombing runs with giant sacks of fire with dragon no 1, while dragon No 2 holds off the ice dragon. If the ice dragon shows up, then 2 on one his butt until dead. How long could the Army of the Dead last while its raining fire on them? Not very. You could drop it on them from 5000 feet up, surely the night king's arm isn't THAT good. I guess this would be boring tv.
So my ending prediction...
I think when all is pretty much lost, Bran will warg into the night king, the two will mentally fight, both will die, and balance will be restored. It will somehow be explained that Bran is the night king while also not the night king, kinda like the whole Jesus/God thing, and he was seeking balance the whole time. Somehow the people who created the night king did it with Bran the builder's soul splitting into two entities, Bran and NK, thereby causing the wall to come into existence. The wall fell because the two needed to reunite to save the world..
Cersei dead by Jamie
John and Daneris both dead together by NK
Sansa lives because she is boring
Arya lives because she is awesome
There will probably be some stupid scene in which they "merge" with their dead half souls to complete themselves.
I have nothing whatsoever to cause me to predict this stuff, just thinking how a bunch of Hollywood screenwriters will do it now that this is all off script and they have to do it themselves.
In reply to knoxtom • 2:26p, 4/19/19
No offense, but you do realize the WWs can kill a dragon single handedly. They have to be smarter with the deployment of dragons.
Hopefully the budget had room for undead giants and spiders. (We were promised ice spiders from S1).
In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 2:31p, 4/19/19
Zombie Jon Snow said:
MW03 said:
Speaking of the Littlefinger scene, is everyone just cool with Bran being able to see the past now? When he recited Littlefinger's words to Ned, nobody was like, "Uh, you were in a coma, bud. How do you know that?" I only bring that up because if everyone at that trial was cool with Bran being the 3-Eyed Raven, then they are probably cool with Jon coming back to life.
I get that Littlefinger was already freaked because Bran had recited Littlefinger's lines to Varys back to him earlier about "chaos is a ladder" but everyone in that room seemed pretty on board with Bran being able to see the past.
Why do you think anyone else knew what Bran meant?
Nobody else was there - that was just to rattle Littlefinger cuz he knows nobody else was there. He then realized they Bran everything.
Now we might assume Bran also told Sansa and Arya but anyone else there would not know the context or whether anyone witnessed it or not. And he didn't deny it. Along with all the other charges it would just be another thing - I doubt any of them would question it. They are not in charge anyway it was Sansa's court.
I figured they all knew bran was in a coma when Ned got executed.
blindey
In reply to InternetFan02 • 2:45p, 4/19/19
InternetFan02 said:
My kids were bashing me for being obsessed with this show after I accused them of being obsessed with Avengers stuff. Then I thought it through and I've listened to about 8 hours of podcasts this week analyzing this first 55 minute episode along with all 1000+ posts on this thread, constant texting/talking with friends, 3 facebook groups blowing up, all the memes, rewatched season 1 this week because Arya told me too, etc. I'll watch the season 8 premier probably 2 more times this weekend. Best week ever.
Zombie Jon Snow
In reply to MW03 • 2:50p, 4/19/19
well regardless of that - Bran didn't say i know what you said cuz I saw it in a vision, nor did he say when he might have heard it (they might assume that it was told to him). No context of the accusation was given. I just don't think anyone there would be questioning it.
Those in the room besides him Sansa, Arya and Bran were....various WF soldiers, some soldiers or the Vale, and Yohn Royce. None of them would have detailed context about Bran or the timing of things.
In reply to The Debt • 4:14p, 4/19/19
The Debt said:
I said bomb them from 5000 feet up. Not even GOT writers would let the night king throw a stick of ice that high.
knoxtom said:
You think fire breath cuts through 5000 feet of atmosphere? Let's say it could. You think it would be potent enough to damage anything at groundlevel?
Belton Ag
You have a point. We can point to plenty of real-world forensic evidence of Dragon fire breath losing its potency as it descends from higher elevations.
Bregxit
He said bomb them, not dragon burn them. Rig up some pitch pots, light them and drop them on the dead...from 5000 feet up.
In reply to Belton Ag • 4:54p, 4/19/19
I get that you're trying to be funny. But flamethrowers have a range, rocket fires have a range. There is a level of earth-realism that GRRM writes with. Why stop at 5000 ft? Why cant the dragons sit ontop of winterfell and scorch everything north of the Last Hearth from 60 miles away? They can look like water sprinklers arcing their flame across the continent.
Drop wildfire barrels off dragons from 5,000 feet then.
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African or European dragons?
C@LAg
In reply to chipotle • 6:24p, 4/19/19
chipotle said:
European, of course. There are no black dragons; they are red or green.
I know this. It's just kind of funny is all.
PatAg
In reply to jboog • 7:13p, 4/19/19
SAtxag16 said:
Yeah my take on Littlefinger was that he had to be so good at playing the game to get to the Small Council from literally nothing, that it felt a little cheap for him to just get caught by the kid that can see everything that ever happened in the past.
They had him without Bran, imo.
Tony Franklins Other Shoe
In the background in the winterfell, weren't they making one of those pumpkin chunkers that they could put flaming balls of dragon poop in? Seems pretty easy to load and fire taking out pretty large swaths of undead.
In reply to Tony Franklins Other Shoe • 7:40p, 4/19/19
Yes, they were definitely building trebuchets
Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:
dragon poop is flammable?
bearamedic99
In reply to C@LAg • 7:54p, 4/19/19
Anything is flammable if you give me a chance
I know texags posters are well known for their lack of reading comprehension but this is pretty ridiculous.
Bomb them. Not breathe on them. Bomb them. Light giant wagons of pitch or that fire stuff cersei had and drop it from 5000 feet up.
What do they have 50k dead? You could turn it into 1000 in a couple days with bombs. Heck, the dead walk right in the open in big groups, it wouldnt be hard to hit them.
Or how about just dig moats around the castles, or cross a river. The dead dont swim. Winterfell is literally the worst spot to fight them. Make the dead walk into the aerie through that canyon that has never been penetrated or fight them at walder freys castle where you can blow the bridge and drop them in the water.
They may be protagonists, but the starks arent very bright
Body By Fisher
I'm counting on Sunday night being another build up episode so we can have another week of strategic planning.
agrams
I'm debating how many episodes before Jon's lineage gets out in the open...
double aught
Those places are farther south. Wait for them there and you give the Night King an opportunity to amass a much larger army. The choice isn't as cut and dry as you make it out to be.
Stive
10:04p, 4/19/19
I'm looking forward to the Hound wrecking shop with an ax. He's been a sword/knife guy throughout the series up until he killed those guys right before meeting the Brotherhood. Him with an ax could be fun.
In reply to Body By Fisher • 10:17p, 4/19/19
Social Media Influencer said:
given that episode 3 is the actual battle, you must be a genius there Karnak the Amazing.
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In reply to agrams • 10:18p, 4/19/19
agrams said:
I am betting this episode. (I have no knowledge if that is so).
In reply to C@LAg • 10:19p, 4/19/19
Alright. Time to take another break from this thread if every post is gonna get Seattled by the Ritalin Kid.
Oh FFS.. We have ALL been talking about how Ep 3 is the Battle of Winterfell. It is not "news" by any sort.
1:36a, 4/20/19
Author of S08E01 talking about the meaning of the spiral pattern.
It is not a story spoiler in any way, but I am blocking it out so someone does not have a conniption fit.
Speaking of another key scene in "Winterfell", Hill opens up about the spiral symbol we have seen the White Walkers use many times, though never as gruesomely as in Last Hearth. The symbol has been described before as a way to show they have a culture, distinguishing them from their mindless thralls, but there's more to it than that.
"As we saw with Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven," Hill begins, referring to one of the most consequential yet oft-overlooked visions in season six's 'The Door', "The spiral pattern was sacred to the Children of the Forest, who created the Night King by sacrificing a captured man in a spiral 'henge of stones.' The Night King then adopted the symbol as a sort of blasphemy, like Satan with the upside-down cross."
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In reply to C@LAg • 8:07a, 4/20/19
Yep.... so nothing to do with the Targ sygil. Could not see how anyone though that anyway. And you don't need to spoiler tag that I already posted those CoTF related symbols that it did most likely relate to (and now we know).
MaroonStain
In reply to Body By Fisher • 8:38a, 4/20/19
The dude is vomiting posts on every board.
Rex Racer
C@LAg said:
It's not the material. It's the delivery.
You can think whatever you want, but when you do not edit yourself and crap on people, don't be surprised when they take offense.
aTmAg
In reply to knoxtom • 9:13a, 4/20/19
Maybe the dragon flight envelope is not that high? They do not appear to be particularly aerodynamically efficient. Especially when carrying ordinance.
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I am one of those people who can't remember not 'making things up' to entertain myself. I do recall praise for a story written for an English class at school when I was about 13 set me thinking that I might actually be good at this. When it came to deciding on a career path, I chose journalism and I did some initial training and work placements, but I was far too dreamy to get anywhere. During my 20s and 30s I had paid work in adult education and went abroad with a voluntary organisation. I wrote every moment I had spare. I produced non-fiction articles (some of which got published) and novels (none of which got published). Things changed when I hit 40 and was felled by depression. Writing became part of what saved my life, along with therapy and good friendships. I discovered poetry and I was no longer so focused on publication. In 2013 I had a non-fiction book, Pathways Through Writing Blocks in the Academic Environment, taken up by Sense Publishers as well as some articles appearing in academic journals. This and finding a vibrant writing community on moving to Scarborough, helped me to build my confidence again. I inherited a bit of money in 2013 which allowed me to return to my novels and start my journey towards indie publishing.
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I know I've always entertained myself with stories. I didn't have the easiest of childhoods and story-telling was what pulled me through. I also know that writing got me through my depression. I write pretty much every day and, for most occasions or emotional states, writing is my first instinct. I wouldn't say I feel driven to write because I love it so. Writing and my writing journal are like having a friend always near.
You run workshops exploring how creative writing can be healing, can you give some thoughts on that?
It is just that, an exploration, for each individual, so will be different for each one of us. There is a fair bit of evidence out there that nourishing our creativity is good for our mental and physical health. For some of us, creative writing will prove the most attractive and effective. References for further reading include: James Pennebaker; Gillie Bolton; Louise DeSalvo; John Fox; Kim Etherington.
What do we mean by 'therapeutic'? It might be about pleasure, doing something we enjoy. It might be about being in a social group with like-minded people through joining a writing group or class. It might be about reflecting on ourselves, our relationships and the world around us. Creative writing allows us to do the latter, as it allows us to take different perspectives, look at things askance, ask questions, and all in a very private way. However, it will only do this, if we give ourselves permission to delve, to get messy, to not be bothered about outcome but be more interested about process. We have to maintain an attitude of kindness and compassion (especially to ourselves) and curiosity (rather than judgement). As with any exploration of what is going on for us at a deep level, I would always say we should only do this if we feel supported. We need friends or health professionals around us who can truly 'hold' and sustain us through the journey.
How does your training as a psychotherapeutic counsellor inform your writing?
My training plus my own experience of depression and of therapy, have, I believe, given me the opportunity to explore human behaviour and processes. I am fascinated by what goes on in each of us below our immediate consciousness and how past experiences can colour our feelings and behaviours in the present. I hope that I bring some of that understanding and curiosity to my characters. I use quite a bit of internal thought to show the dissonance there often is between how we present ourselves and what is really going on deep within us. The Art of the Imperfect starts with a murder of a psychotherapist in a therapy training establishment. Some of my experiences as a trainee counsellor have fed into this plot line – though, of course, there were no actual murders during my training.
Generally, I like to use 'free writing' to get started. This is a way, I believe, of tapping into what I really want to write instead of what I think I ought to write. It's just a question of letting words drop onto the page (I'm normally handwriting) perhaps with the stimulus of a bit of music, a picture, the landscape I am sitting in or a word/phrase. It's very messy and does not always make a lot of sense. But out of this will come ideas and directions which I will become more focussed on and craft.
In a way, the Scarborough Mysteries series have taken almost thirty years to write, as I have been writing about the characters and themes since I wrote my first novel when I was 19. So when I made the decision to craft and then indie publish the series, giving myself the permission and space to be able to do it, I had lots of material to draw on.
Generally, I will just start writing without much of an idea of where I might end up, letting the characters dictate the story. Crime writer, Minette Walters, said she always started off writing a novel not knowing who had 'dunnit'. That was true for my first novel. However, for The Art of Breathing, I did take more notice, at an earlier stage, of how a traditional crime novel is normally structured and I did do a lot more planning. I don't know if readers will notice a difference in the result.
Which other authors have most inspired you?
I've always enjoyed reading crime novels by women, for example Ruth Rendall, Sara Paretsky, Minette Walters and, more recently, Anne Cleaves. I also like novels which are saying something about the society we are living in, for example, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guinn, novels by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. When I began my MA in creative writing ten years ago, I hadn't studied poetry since school. I was excited to discover poets who I felt spoke to me, such as Anne Sexton, Kapka Kassabova. I think exploring poetry has nourished my prose writing and made it more lyrical, maybe more daring, which I like. I enjoy reading novels from writers connected to other cultures or in translation, such as How I Became a North Korean by Krys Lee and When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen. Since becoming an indie, I've also make a point of reading work by fellow indies, one of the best so far is I Came About a Girl by Jaq Hazell.
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Write because you want to write, because it brings you joy, because, in some way, it is healing for you. If you want to be a writer, write, write, read and write some more. If you want to share your writing, find ways of getting decent feedback on what you are writing and study the craft of other writers.
I chose to self or 'indie' publish because I'd spent thirty years trying to go down the traditional route and I didn't want to die without sharing my work with a bigger audience. Personally, I am very proud of the three novels I have written and indie published, however, I've found it hard work to keep motivated with the publishing process and the marketing. Plus, in my experience, it's not a way to make money. I have written extensively on my blog about how I indie published. There are lots of choices out there, lots of ways of going about it, mine is only one way. I am glad I have paid to make sure my books are properly copyedited and proofread and I will be re-launching them with professionally designed covers. What has been a great support is being part of a writing community – both here in Scarborough and on-line with writers met through social media.
Having said all that, I am in the process of looking for a literary agent for my next novel.