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Britain calls on Iran to release environmentalist Morad Tahbaz
Reuters | Posted: Oct. 26, 2022, 4:11 p.m. | Updated: Oct. 26, 2022, 4:12 p.m. | 1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Wednesday called on Iran to release environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, after his family said he had been returned to prison.
Tahbaz was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for "assembly and collusion against Iran's national security" and working for the United States as a spy.
He was briefly released on furlough in March when two dual nationals, including British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, were allowed to leave Iran. In July his lawyer was quoted as saying he had been granted bail.
"The Tahbaz family have confirmed that Morad has been returned to Evin prison by the Iranian authorities," British foreign office minister Tariq Ahmad said in a statement.
"We call on Iran to release Morad so he may re-join family in Tehran immediately. We will continue to work closely with our US partners to hold Iran to account, and to secure Morad's permanent release and departure from Iran."
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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Mavrothalassitis, G. J. and Georgatsos, J. G.: Purification and properties of three cytosolic ribonucleases of mouse liver. Eur. J. Biochem. 142: 481-486, 1984.
Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Thanos, D. and Papamatheakis, J.: Molecular analysis of the class II gene Ea. Immunogenetics 27: 426-430, 1988.
Thanos, D., Mavrothalassitis, G. J. and Papamatheakis, J.: Multiple regulatory regions on the 5' side of the Ea gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 3073-3079, 1988.
Thanos, D., Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Gregoriou, M., Bygrave, A. and Papamatheakis, J: Multiple control reagions regulate the constitutive expression of Eα gene. Molecular basis of immune responce. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 546:255-257,1988.
Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Tzimagiorgis, G., Mitsialis, A., Zanis, B., Plaitakis, A., Papamatheakis, J. and Moschonas, N.: Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding human liver glutemate dehydrogenase: Evidence for a small gene family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 3494-3498, 1988.
Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Watson, D. K. and Papas, T. S.: Molecular and functional characterization of the promoter of ETS2, the human c-ets-2 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 1047-1051, 1990.
Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Watson, D. K., Ascione, R. and Papas, T. S.: The promoter of the human ets-2 oncogene: Structural and functional characterization. In Papas, T.S. (Ed.): Oncogenesis. Houston, Gulf Publishing Co., 1990, pp. 233-247.
Papas, T. S., Watson, D. K., Sacchi, N., Fujiwara, S., Seth, A. K., Fisher, R. J., Bhat, N. K., Mavrothalassitis, G., Koizumi, S., Jorcyk, C. L., Schweinfest, C. W., Kottaridis, S. D. and Ascione, R.: The ETS family of genes in leukemia and Down syndrome. Am. J. Med. Genet., Suppl. 7: 251-261, 1990.
Papas, T. S., Blair, D. G., Watson, D. K., Yuan, C.-C., Ruscetti, S. K., Fujiwara, S., Seth, A. K., Fisher, R. J., Bhat, N. K., Mavrothalassitis, G., Koizumi, S., Jorcyk, C. L., Schweinfest, C. W. and Ascione, R.: The ETS family of genes: Structural analysis, gene products, and involvement in neoplasia and other pathologies. In Patterson, D. and Epstein, C.J. (Eds.): Molecular Genetics of Chromosome 21 and Down Syndrome. New York, Wiley-Liss, 1990, pp. 137-168.
Mavrothalassitis, G., Watson, D. K. and Papas, T. S.: The human ETS-2 gene promoter: Molecular dissection and nuclease hypersensitivity. Oncogene 5: 1337-1342, 1990.
Papas, T. S., Blair, D. G., Watson, D. K., Yuan, C-C., Ruscetti, S. K., Fujiwara, S., Seth, A. K., Fisher, R. J., Bhat, N. K., Mavrothalassitis, G., Koizumi, S., Jorcyk, C. L., Schweinfest, C. W. and Ascione, R.: The ETS family of genes: Structural analysis, gene products, and involvement in neoplasia and other pathologies. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 360: 137-168, 1990.
Watson, D. K., Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Jorcyk, C. L., Smyth, F. E. and Papas, T. S.: Molecular organization and differential polyadenylation sites of human ETS2 gene. Oncogene 5: 1521-1527, 1990.
Mavrothalassitis, G., Beal, G. and Papas, T. S.: Defining target sequence(s) of a DNA binding protein by random selection and PCR: Determination of the GCN4 binding sequence repertoire. DNA and Cell Biology 9: 783-788, 1990.
Papas, T. S., Mavrothalassitis, G., Seth, A., Watson, D. K., Lautenberger, J. A., Fisher, R. J., Bhat, N. K. and Ascione, R.: The ets gene family as a paradigm for the study of cellular transcriptional processes. In Verna, R. and Nishizuka, Y. (Eds.): Biotechnology of Cell Regulation, Serono Symposia Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine, Vol. 4. New York: Raven Press, 1991, pp. 211-226.
Seth, A., Ascione, R., Fisher, R. J., Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Bhat, N. K. and Papas, T. S.: The ets gene family. Cell Growth Differ. 3: 327-334, 1992.
Mavrothalassitis, G. J. and Papas, T. S.: Positive and negative factors regulate the transcription of the ETS2 gene via an oncogene responsive-like unit within the ETS2 promoter region. Cell Growth Differ. 2: 215-224, 1991.
Jorcyk, C. L., Watson, D. K., Mavrothalassitis, G. J. and Papas, T. S.: The human ETS1 gene: Genomic structure, promoter characterization and alternative splicing. Oncogene 6: 523-534, 1991.
Fisher, R. J., Mavrothalassitis, G., Kondoh, A. and Papas, T. S.: High affinity DNA:protein interactions of the cellular ETS1 protein: The determination of the ETS binding motif. Oncogene 6: 2249-2254, 1991.
Fisher, R. J., Koizumi, S., Kondoh, A., Mariano, J., Mavrothalassitis, G., Bhat, N. K. and Papas, T. S.: Human ETS1 oncoprotein: Purification, isoforms, -SH modification and DNA sequence-specific binding. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 17957-17965, 1992.
Murakami, K., Mavrothalassitis, G., Bhat, N. K., Fisher, R. J. and Papas, T. S.: Human ERG-2 protein is a phosphorylated DNA binding protein - 1 distinct member of the ets-protein family. Oncogene 8: 1559-1566, 1993.
Mavrothalassitis, G., Fisher, R. J., Smyth, F., Watson, D. K. and Papas, T. S.: Structural inferences of the ETS1 DNA-binding domain determined by mutational analysis. Oncogene 9: 425-435, 1994.
Fleischman, L. F., Holtzclae, L., Russell, J. T., Mavrothalassitis, G. J. and Fisher, R. J.: ETS-1 in astrocytes: Expression and transmitter-evoked phosphorylation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 15: 925-931, 1995.
Sgouras, D. N., Athanasiou, M. A., Beal, G. J., Fisher, R. J., Blair, D. G. and Mavrothalassitis, G. J.: ERF: An ETS domain protein with strong transcriptional repressor activity, can suppress ets-associated tumorigenesis and regulated by phosphorylation during cell cycle and mitogenic stimulation. EMBO J. 14: 4781-4793, 1995.
Athanasiou, M., Mavrothalassitis, G., Yuan, C. C. and Blair, D. G.: The gag-myb-ets fusion oncogene alters the apoptotic response and growth factor dependence of interleukin-3 dependent murine cells. Oncogene 12:337-344, 1996.
Paliogianni, F., Hama, N., Mavrothalassitis, G. J., Thyphronitis, G. and Boumpas, D. T.: Signal requirements for interleukin 4 promoter activation in human T cells. Cell. Immunol. 168: 33-38,1996.
Athanasiou, M., Clausen, P.A., Mavrothalassitis, G.J., Zhang, X., Watson, D.K., and Blair, D.G.: Increased expression of the ets-related transcription factor Fli1/ERGB correlates with and can induce the megakaryocytic phenotype. Cell Growth Diff. 7:1525-1534, 1996.
Liu, D., Pavlopoulos, E., Modi, W., Moschonas, N. and Mavrothalassitis, G.J.: ERF: genomic organization, chromosomal localization and promoter analysis of the human and the mouse genes. Oncogene 14:1445-1451, 1997
Clausen P.A., Athanasiou, M.A., Zhang-qun, C., Dunn, K.J., Lautenberger, J.L., Mavrothalassitis, G.J. and Blair, D.G.: ETS1 induces incresed expression of erythroid markers in the pluripotent eruthroleukemic cell lines K562 and HEL. Leukemia 11:1224-1233, 1997
Lionel Le Gallic, Dionyssios Sgouras, Gregory Beal Jr and George Mavrothalassitis. The transcriptional repressor ERF, is a ras/MAPK target that regulates cellular proliferation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19: 4121-4133, 1999
Meropi Athanasiou, George Mavrothalassitis, Lin Sun-Hoffman, and Donald G. Blair. FLI-1 is a Suppressor of Erythroid Differentiation in Human Hematopoietic Cells Leukemia 14: 439-445, 2000
Meropi Athanasiou, Lionel LeGallic, Dennis K. Watson, Donald G. Blair, and George Mavrothalassitis. Suppression of the Ewing's Sarcoma phenotype by FLI1/ERF repressor hybrids. Cancer Gene Ther. 7: 1188-1195, 2000
George Mavrothalassitis and Jacques Ghydael. Proteins of the ETS family with transcriptional repressor activity. Oncogene 19: 6524-6532, 2000
Watson, D.K., Li, R., Sementchenko, V.I., Mavrothalassitis, G. and Seth, A.: ETS Family of Transcription Factors. In: Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd edition. Betino JR (Ed), Academic Press 189-196, 2002
Athanasiou M, Blair DG, Mavrothalassitis G. ERF, an ETS-related transcriptional repressor, can induce erythroid differentiation. Anticancer Res 23: 2143-2153, 2003
Le Gallic L; Virgilio L; Cohen P; Biteau B; Mavrothalassitis G ERF nuclear shuttling, a continuous monitor of Erk activity that links it to cell cycle progression Mol. Cell. Biol. 24: 1206-1218, 2004
Veiopoulou C, Kogopoulou O, Tzakos E, Mavrothalassitis G, Mitsias D, Karafoulidou A, Paliogianni F, Moutsopoulos HM, Thyphronitis GIL-2 and IL-10 production by human CD4+T cells is differentially regulated by p38: Mode of stimulation-dependent regulation of IL-2 Neuroimmunomodulation 11: 199-208, 2004
Kogkopoulou O, Tzakos E, Mavrothalassitis G, Baldari CT, Paliogianni F, Young HA, Thyphronitis G. Conditional up-regulation of IL-2 production by p38 MAPK inactivation is mediated by increased Erk1/2 activity. J Leukoc Biol. 79:1052-60, 2006
Polychronopoulos S, Verykokakis M, Yazicioglu MN, Sakarellos-Daitsiotis M, Cobb MH, Mavrothalassitis G. The transcriptional ETS2 repressor factor associates with active and inactive Erks through distinct FXF motifs. J Biol Chem. 281:25601-11, 2006
Papadaki, C., Alexiou, M., Cecena, G., Verykokakis, M., Bilitou, A., Cross, J. C., Oshima, R. G., and Mavrothalassitis, G. Transcriptional repressor erf determines extraembryonic ectoderm differentiation Mol Cell Biol 27:5201-5213, 2007
Verykokakis Μ, Papadaki C, Vorgia E, Le Gallic L and Mavrothalassitis G. The Ras-dependent Erf control of cell proliferation and differentiation is mediated by c-Myc repression J Biol Chem. 282:30285-94, 2007
Wen F, Tynan JA, Cecena C, Williams R, Munera J, Mavrothalassitis G and Oshima RG. Ets2 is required for trophoblast stem cell self renewal. Dev. Biol. 312:284-99, 2007
K. Liopeta, S. Boubali, L. Virgilio, G. Thyphronitis, G. Mavrothalassitis, G. Dimitracopoulos and F. Paliogianni. cAMP regulates IL-10 Production by normal human T lymphocytes at multiple levels: a potential role for MEF2. Mol Immunol,46:345-54, 2009
Tarcic, G., Avraham, R., Pines, G., Amit, I., Shay, T., Lu, Y., Zwang, Y., Katz, M., Ben-Chetrit, N., Jacob-Hirsch, J., Virgilio, L., Rechavi, G., Mavrothalassitis, G., Mills, G.B., Domany, E., and Yarden, Y. EGR1 and the ERK-ERF axis drive mammary cell migration in response to EGF. FASEB J. 26:1582-92, 2012
Boubali S, Liopeta K, Virgilio L, Thyphronitis G, Mavrothalassitis G, Dimitracopoulos G, Paliogianni F. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II regulates IL-10 production by human T lymphocytes: a distinct target in the calcium dependent pathway. Mol Immunol. 52:51-60, 2012
Allegra M, Zaragkoulias A, Vorgia E, Ioannou M, Litos G, Beug H, Mavrothalassitis G. Semaphorin-7a reverses the ERF-induced inhibition of EMT in Ras-dependent mouse mammary epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell, 23:3873-81, 2012
Twigg SR, Vorgia E, McGowan SJ, Peraki I, Fenwick AL, Sharma VP, Allegra M, Zaragkoulias A, Akha ES, Knight SJ, Lord H, Lester T, Izatt L, Lampe AK, Mohammed SN, Stewart FJ, Verloes A, Wilson LC, Healy C, Sharpe PT, Hammond P, Hughes J, Taylor S, Johnson D, Wall SA, Mavrothalassitis G, Wilkie AO. Reduced dosage of ERF causes complex craniosynostosis in humans and mice and links ERK1/2 signaling to regulation of osteogenesis. Nat Genet. 45:308-13, 2013
Vorgia E, Zaragkoulias A, Peraki I, Mavrothalassitis G. Suppression of Fgf2 by ETS2 repressor factor (ERF) is required for chorionic trophoblast differentiation. Mol Reprod Dev. 84(4):286-295, 2017
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The Czech government is to set up a specialist "anti-fake news" unit as officials attempt to tackle falsehoods, predominantly about migrants, which they claim are spread by websites supported by the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The new unit will aim to counteract interference in the Czech Republic's forthcoming general election, to be held in October, amid polling evidence that online disinformation is influencing public opinion and threatening to destabilise the country's democratic system, established after the fall of communism in 1989.
Although definite links are hard to prove, officials say they are convinced the Kremlin is behind about 40 Czech-language websites presenting radical views, conspiracy theories and inaccurate reports. The officials believe the objective is to transform the Czech Republic's current status as a western-aligned country.
"The key goal of Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic is to sow doubts into the minds of the people that democracy is the best system to organise a country, to build negative images of the European Union and Nato, and [to] discourage people from participation in the democratic processes," Tomáš Prouza, the Czech government's state secretary for European affairs, told the Guardian.
Part of the interior ministry, the new Centre Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats will begin operating on 1 January with 20 full-time specialists. They will be based in the building that was used as an interrogation centre by the former communist regime's secret police during the cold war, when the former Czechoslovakia was a close ally of the Soviet Union.
The specialists will scrutinise disinformation and attempt to counter it, via a dedicated Twitter account and a new section of the interior ministry website devoted to communicating the government viewpoint. The centre will also train civil servants to avoid blackmail and resist foreign lobbying.
"Ensuring free and fair elections is a basic aim," said a senior official in the unit, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Czech fears echo those voiced by Germany's domestic intelligence chief that Russia-linked "fake news" sites could interfere with its election. Claims have also been made of Russian cyber activity aimed at influencing last month's US presidential election in favour of Donald Trump.
"They will undoubtedly try to influence the upcoming elections by discouraging people who would most probably vote for the democratic parties from voting," said Prouza.
In autumn's election, voters will be deciding the membership of the Czech Republic's chamber of deputies and the make-up of its next government. The country is currently governed by a three-party coalition consisting of prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka's Social Democrats, Christian Democrats and ANO, a populist party led by a wealthy businessman, Andrej Babis. ANO is widely considered the favourite to emerge as the biggest party, with Babis, a Euro-sceptic, tipped to become prime minister.
The new "anti-fake news" centre has drawn accusations that it will result in censorship, spying and a crackdown on free speech – a charge rebutted by its supervisors.
Online agitation in the Czech Republic has been particularly influential during the refugee crisis, coinciding with a spate of anti-Islam rallies typically attended by protesters carrying placards denouncing the EU, Nato and Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor. It has fuelled public fears of terrorism and of an influx of people from the Middle East, even though the Czech Republic has only a tiny Muslim population and has been largely unaffected by the refugee crisis.
When a crowd wielding red cards booed the president, Milos Zeman for being too close to Moscow at a Prague ceremony in November 2014, marking the 25th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's anti-communist Velvet Revolution, the website AE News claimed – citing flimsy evidence – that Zeman had been the victim of a Ukraine-style "Maidan" revolt hatched by the US embassy.
Efforts to uncover the origins of sites such as AE News have failed. "It is so well secured that Czech journalists have not been able to find out who is behind it," said Jakub Janda, deputy director of the Prague-based European Values thinktank, which runs a programme called Kremlin Watch.
But intelligence officials and seasoned politicians have little doubt. They blame elements among the Czech Republic's estimated 45,000-strong Russian community and Russia's sprawling Prague embassy – a legacy of the cold war.
Moscow provides the "most active foreign intelligence services" on Czech soil, according to the Czech Republic's domestic security agency, BIS, whose most recent annual report describes Russian espionage activities as geared towards "fabricating disinformation" and promoting the motto that "everybody is lying".
The agency has complained about the number of Russian diplomats in the Czech Republic – estimated at between 130 and 150, double the number of Americans present – and says many are operating as undercover spies.
Ivan Gabal, an independent MP and deputy chairman of the parliamentary defence committee, advocates expelling Russian citizens convicted of peddling fake news and ejecting Moscow's diplomats suspected of spying.
"This country strived for 20 years after communism to create an open, democratic society that's part of the west, and now we have achieved a recognised place in the free world, we're not going to give it up for some KGB guy," he said, referring to Putin's past career in the Soviet intelligence services.


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Gore's, Talbott's Red Russian roots (archive 2000 - Rodham Brothers mentioned)
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10/15/2022 12:39:11 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 4 replies
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 16 October 2022 | John Semmens
Alarmed by the increasingly dangerous rhetoric regarding the Ukraine-Russian war, former President Donald Trump has offered to try "to negotiate peace before we lapse into World War III." President Biden objected to "this unwanted intrusion. I won the 2020 election, not Trump. I represent the will of the people. What Trump wants doesn't matter. What I want does. We are confronting Putin's threat to use nukes in Ukraine and countering it with our threat to nuke Russia if he does." Biden went on to point out that "all the great thinkers are with me on this. European Union foreign policy...
America's stockpile of nuclear weapons may not work
10/12/2022 2:56:18 PM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 161 replies
washingtontimes.com ^ | Robert Monroe
Our thousands of nuclear weapons were designed, tested and built in the 1960s, '70s and '80s to win the Cold War. None of these weapons has been tested since 1992, over a quarter century ago. Nor has a single new weapon been designed, tested or built during this same period. The tens of thousands of active nuclear weapons scientists in our three nuclear weapons labs have never designed, tested and built a nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the most complex systems ever created by man. The detonation of a nuclear weapon is so complex that there are many activities and...
Biden warns the world is facing the prospect of ARMAGEDDON for the first time since the Cuban missile crisis - saying Putin is deadly serious about using tactical nukes in Ukraine: 'He's not joking'
10/07/2022 3:41:22 AM PDT · by know.your.why · 197 replies
The Daily Mail ^ | 10/07/2022 | ROB CRILLY
President Joe Biden said on Thursday evening that Vladimir Putin was not joking about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine - and said the risk of of Armageddon is the highest it has been since the Cuban missile crisis. He delivered his doomsday warning at a fundraising event for Democrats at the New York home of James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert. It comes amid growing fears that Putin is backed into a corner and could use tactical nuclear weapons to push back advancing Ukrainian forces.
Zelensky called on NATO to carry out preventive strikes against Russia
10/06/2022 12:11:13 PM PDT · by Erik Latranyi · 62 replies
Teller Report ^ | 6 October 2022
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that NATO countries should launch preventive strikes against Russia to prevent Moscow from using nuclear weapons. "What should NATO do? Eliminate the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons ... Preemptive strikes, so that they know what will happen to them if they use it. And not vice versa - wait for Russian nuclear strikes, "he said, speaking via video link at the Lowy Institute (Australia). The Kremlin has repeatedly noted that Russia can use nuclear weapons only in accordance with the provisions of its nuclear doctrine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the...
Convoy transporting equipment for Russia's nuclear forces on the move
10/04/2022 8:12:36 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 17 replies
Hindustan Times ^ | 10/4/22 | Malika Soni
Russia-Ukraine War: A train operated by the country's nuclear programme was seen in central Russia over the weekend, the report said. A Russian convoy transporting equipment for Moscow's nuclear weapons programme was reportedly on the move, the Telegraph said. Vladimir Putin could be preparing a nuclear test to send a "signal to the West" amid Ukraine war, the report said. A train operated by the country's nuclear programme was seen in central Russia over the weekend, the report said adding that it was heading towards the front line in Ukraine. The train is said to be linked to the 12th...
China Warns U.S. of Grave Consequences if Ukraine Joins NATO
10/03/2022 2:41:32 PM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 39 replies
Newsweak via MSN ^ | 10/3/2022 | Nick Reynolds
In a Sunday editorial in the state-owned Global Times, Beijing warned that allowing the country into the alliance—as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested—would lead to an inevitable escalation in the conflict, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear arms against the West. While unlikely—U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan stated in a White House press briefing last week that NATO should delay talks on allowing the country into the alliance—the newspaper warned "all European countries will tremble under the shadow of a possible nuclear war" should it take place, and called for the Western alliance to withdraw...
Russian nuclear military train is seen on the move in 'possible warning to the West' that Putin is prepared to escalate his Ukraine war.
10/03/2022 9:16:45 AM PDT · by know.your.why · 19 replies
The Daily Mail ^ | 10/03/2022 | DAVID AVERRE
Well....if you can't dazzle em with brilliance. Baffle em with...nukes? A huge freight train moving specialist military equipment associated with a nuclear-arms wielding division of Russia's Defence Ministry has been spotted on the move, prompting fears of an escalation in Putin's war. A series of BPM-97 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and other military vehicles were seen travelling through central Russia in a clip posted on the Telegram messaging app by pro-Russian channel Rybar on Sunday. The APCs are thought to have been upgraded with more capable turrets, reinforced ambush and mine-proof armour and an air purification system designed to allow...
Petraeus predicts US would lead NATO response to 'take out' Russian forces if Putin uses nuclear weapon
The Hill via msn ^ | October 2, 2022 | Olafimihan Oshin
Retired Gen. David Petraeus predicted Sunday that the U.S., along with NATO allies, would "take out" Russian forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to use nuclear weapons in his war against neighboring Ukraine. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," Petraeus told co-anchor Jonathan Karl that western powers have to take Russia's nuclear weapons threats seriously, noting National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan's recent remarks that US officials have warned the Moscow of "catastrophic consequences" if the Kremlin deploys nuclear weapons. "And what would happen?" Karl asked. "Well, again, I have deliberately not talked to Jake about this. I mean,...
How would the United States Fight a Nuclear War?[video]
10/01/2022 9:31:47 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 49 replies
youtube ^ | Jun 27, 2022 | Modern Muscle
it's been over 80 years since a major conflict has broken out in europe the 0:06 conflict has broken out in europe the 0:08 result has left many with a deep sense 0:10 of uncertainty nearly 70 percent of 0:12 americans surveyed by the american 0:14 psychological association feared that we 0:16 are at the beginning stages of world war 0:19 iii the prospect of nuclear conflict 0:21 once unthinkable is now a very real 0:23 possibility today we're going to explore 0:25 the unthinkable how would the united 0:27 states respond during a nuclear conflict 0:30 what's america's nuclear...


Rickard Öberg was giving an introduction to his latest design effort, the Qi4j framework - the next level AOP, or OO on steroids you could say. As always, Rickard is pushing the limit of design to try to solve everyday design problems as simple as possible. Now, simple is a relative term, and as Rickard pointed out, old ways of thinking can get in the way when starting to work with Qi4j. One of the things I found interesting was that layering was a built-in code/design concept instead of merely a rule documented in the Software Architecture Document.
Jim Webber was talking about Guerilla SOA, a highly entertaining presentation full of interesting and fun reflections on SOA, ESB-solutions, the state of the WS-* stack, and much more. One of the points Jim made was that systems integration is a messy thing; ESBs don't really help supporting cleaner architecture, they just hide the mess. And that we don't have to reach to the vendors to get a good integration platform - it's already there, and has been for a long time: the web. Http and it's supporting infrastructure has a lot to offer, and Jim was giving examples of design patterns to use for http-based SOA scenarios. The room was packed for this presentation, and I don't think anyone regretted coming to listen to Jim.
Johan Andersson from Qondoc System talked about Automated Acceptance Testing and introduced us to the open source testing framework TextTest he has been involved in developing. Implementing effective acceptance testing is a cornerstone in agile development, and the way it's done in TextTest is quite different from what most people are used to. The approach is basically to put log statements in the source code, and to compare these between test runs; as long as they are the same the behavior is unchanged. For this approach to work we need ways to automate tests at the UI-level. Johan showed a couple of different Java Swing-based UI test-drivers and the remarkable difference in readability of the tests. What still bothers me is that there is a lot of manual work in terms of translation/mapping to obtain that readability. Would it be possible to record understandable tests directly from executing code just by naming UI controls in an appropriate manner; or maybe by applying some metadata to them?
Joakim Sundén made his debut as a conference speaker with his talk Professional Ethics in Software Development - and a great debut it was! Joakim's talk would have fitted great in the People matters too track, but I'm really glad we got to get him in this tech-oriented track. Not only did Joakim manage to create a great atmosphere, and give a highly enjoyable talk, he also touched the very essence of what is important to do well in software development: having skilled individuals who care about their work. As Joakim pointed out: The knowledge, techniques, and practices are all out there, but as a community we are not that good at using them. It's always easier to blame someone else for ugly code: I didn't write it; We don't get time to do good design; We never get to learn new practices. But the fact is that you can often solve the problems yourself. Actually, often the ONLY way to make a change is by starting to change yourself. Joakim's blog is a good starting point if you want to find ideas and references for developing your skills.
Christian Weyer finished the track with some leading edge technology: The Internet Service Bus. I've never met Christian before; I suspect he thought I was a little bit dumb when we first met... Christian was supposed to run some demos and had problems with a shaky Internet connection. My response to that - not just once, but a couple of times - was "Can't you run the services locally?". Finally he looked at me and said "No I cannot, it's the Internet Service Bus - you know...". Guess the title of the presentation was a pretty good hint :-) Anyway, the Internet connection worked after all, the demos worked, and the presentation worked! High energy, some leading edge stuff, and a fun presentation from Christian was a great way to finish the day. The Internet Service Bus definitely is an exciting concept; read more on Christians blog or check out this link.
I gave a presentation myself too, called Testing and Refactoring Legacy Code. Using the L word might not seem to be the smartest way to attract listeners - that's what I thought at least. But after my presentation last year - Learning from Legacy - I've realized that there is a big interest in this topic. And it seems to appeal to developers and managers alike. Guess we can't escape reality: most of us work with code-bases that have been around for quite a while. For me, working with and talking about legacy code has become a great way to better understand and explain software design. Gaining insight from studying history and archeology works in the software domain too.
Apart from the Building for the Enterprise track I did not get to see as many presentations as I would have wanted. However, I was fortunate to be able to go listen to Dan North's talk on best practices. I'd been told that Dan stole the show at Öredev last year, and now I understand why. If you missed Dan's presentation you have the chance to catch up by reading his article on the topic.
Thank you Cornerstone for a great conference! I'll hope to be back next year, in one way or the other.


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Interview with Rebecca Wei, Former Chairwoman of Christie's Asia Joins Lévy Gorvy as Partner
27 Sep, 2020 | Sun | 21:20
In August 2019, Rebecca Wei stepped down as Chairwoman of Christie's Asia, leaving the auction house where she had spent seven years. Her resignation came as a surprise to many since she was only promoted to the position eight months ago, fuelling speculations about her next career move. Some said she would be joining one of Christie's competitors whereas some thought she was leaving the art world for other industries.
A year has gone by, and we finally have the answer. Wei is joining Lévy Gorvy Asia as a Founding Partner, starting on 1 October 2020. She will continue the expansion of Lévy Gorvy's dynamic activities throughout the region. The Value had an interview with Rebecca Wei on her new role.
Why are you changing your career path from auction house to gallery?
Wei: I don't like repeating myself. The auction business is something I have got familiar with as I helped Christie's setting numerous auction records over my eight-year career there. I think the gallery business is an exciting field where my next breakthroughs will be in.
Over the past six years, many galleries are setting foot in Asia thanks to Art Basel Hong Kong. But the idea of a gallery is still pretty new in the region. With Asian buyers' growing demand for Western artwork, galleries will play an indispensable role in the art market, where auction houses take up about one-third of the business for now. In other words, two-third of the transactions are done outside auction houses.
I think there is still plenty of room for galleries' business to grow in Asia. Christie's has been running its business in the region for 30 years whereas galleries have only entered the field for about a decade. So I think the gallery business is still budding here.
Why did you choose Lévy Gorvy among all other top galleries?
Wei: Lévy Gorvy's commitment to the Asian art community and Asian collectors, as well as their strong team with many Asian talents, are the reasons why I decided to join the gallery. An amazing team, great team spirit among like-minded colleagues and innovative approaches are the three most important factors to me.
My past experience at the auction house has equipped me with a solid understanding of the secondary market, where Lévy Gorvy has also specialised in. So I believe I am a great fit for the job. The gallery has done an exceptional job in discovering great works of art in New York, London, Switzerland, Italy and Paris. Together with their strong clientele, they are able to match these good works with interested buyers quickly. This is what makes them stay competitive in the ever-changing art market.
What are your career goals and plans?
Wei: Regarding Lévy Gorvy's vision and plans in Asia, our priority is to overcome the COVID-19 crisis smoothly. I have confidence in the gallery and the Asian market. Besides, it's been a year since I left Hong Kong so I will catch up with my old friends and get myself familiar with the new job.
Lévy Gorvy wrote on the official press release: 'Ms. Wei's arrival at the gallery is a significant development in the field itself: she is the first Chinese-born founding Partner of a Western gallery in the region…She will continue the expansion of Lévy Gorvy's dynamic activities throughout the region in close collaboration with Danqing Li...Together they will develop the gallery's critically acclaimed program while continuing to grow relationships with leading collectors, connoisseurs, artists, and museum colleagues and trade colleagues throughout China, Korea, Japan, Singapore and across Asia.'
Wei joined Christie's Asia in 2002 as General Manager and became Managing Director in 2014. She was appointed President, Asia, in 2016, responsible for overseeing auctions, private sales, and e-commerce in Asia. In January 2019, she was promoted to Chairwoman in Asia to lead Christie's top client program as a primary business getter and a collaborator with the company's global team of specialists and client advisors.
Before moving into the auction industry, Wei spent over ten years at McKinsey and Company and became the first female partner to be elected to enter their Greater China office. Prior to that, she worked at UBS Warburg Dillon Read and served on the Board of several listed companies.
Wei has contributed significantly to the growth of Christie's in Asia and especially in Greater China. During her tenure at Christie's Asia, activities of Asian buyers within the region and around the world have increased, accounting for 25% of Christie's global sales in 2018. 70% of Christie's Asia business comes from Greater China. Wei's strong connection with Asian clients is definitely a great asset to Lévy Gorvy.
Numerous leading lots were sold to Wei's clients
In the 2018 autumn sales in Hong Kong, Christie's totalled HK$2.75 billion (US$353 million) with a number of records produced, including the record for the most expensive object ever sold by Christie's in Asia. Su Shi's Wood and Rock, a 1,000-year-old masterpiece, sold for record-shattering HK$463m (US$59.5m) to Rebecca Wei's telephone bidder, who was later revealed by Wei to be a buyer from Greater China.
In autumn 2017, Christie's held an unprecedented evening sale for Chinese works of art and the sale was led by a Wucai fish jar and cover, Jiajing reign, from Le Cong Tang collection. The jar was hammered down for HK$188m and sold for HK$213m to Wei's telephone bidder. The final price realised is the third-highest auction record for any Ming ceramics.
At Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York in November 2017, Vincent van Gogh's Laboureur dans un champ became the top-price lot of the night after selling for a whopping US$81.3m, the second highest auction price in history for the artist. The painting was sold to Rebecca's client.
Brett Gorvy at the opening of Lévy Gorvy's Hong Kong branch
Like Rebecca, the two founders of Lévy Gorvy, Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy, also came from an auction background.
Lévy Gorvy completed her first internship for Christie's in New York in 1987. She then worked for Sotheby's for four years after she went back to Switzerland. Afterwards, she worked with French art dealer Daniel Malingue on the opening of his gallery. In 1999, she was hired as the International Director of the Private Sales department at Christie's in New York. She founded boutique art advisory service Dominique Lévy Fine Art in 2003 and co-founded L&M Arts with Robert Mnuchin in 2005.
In 2017, Lévy co-founded Lévy Gorvy with art dealer Brett Gorvy, former Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie's. Brett Gorvy spent 23 years at the auction house and pulled off a number of remarkable sales. He is one of the leading forces and tastemakers within the 20th century art market.
Danqing Li, President of Lévy Gorvy Asia
In 2019, Lévy Gorvy opened a new space in Central, Hong Kong, and appointed Danqing Li as the Senior Director of Asia (currently as President of Lévy Gorvy Asia).
Li previously worked as a specialist in Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie's, where she helped to develop client relationships across Asia through auctions, private sales, and exhibitions. She also successfully led Christie's inaugural +86 First Open project and sale in Shanghai in 2015, promoting works by emerging Chinese contemporary artists to a global audience.
Lévy Gorvy quickly became one of the top international galleries in only 6 years after its establishment. Wei's expertise and connection will certainly add great value to the team. Please stay tuned for more updates from Lévy Gorvy.
Lévy Gorvy's Asian headquarters in Central, Hong Kong
The official press release on Wei's joining Lévy Gorvy is as below:
Dominique Lévy commented, 'Brett and I are delighted and honored that Rebecca Wei is joining us as our Partner in Lévy Gorvy Asia, bringing her singular combination of financial experience, expertise in art, and strong relationships in Asia, which complements our gallery's longstanding commitment to the region. We are excited for the continued success of our team in Asia—since 2017, under the leadership of Danqing Li, the gallery has never ceased to bring acclaimed exhibitions to the region and to be active in the market. Our work in Asia began with our participation in the very first Art Basel Hong Kong fair in 2013. Since then, and in spite of the dramatic and challenging times we are all living in, our commitment and belief in the region has only grown. We may be the only Western gallery in Hong Kong to have remained open throughout the past year, determined to stand for the power of art to unite and heal.'
Brett Gorvy commented, 'Rebecca Wei and I have known each other for many years, having worked closely together during our mutual time as Chairpersons at Christie's. I have always been impressed by Rebecca's incredible energy, dedication, and her global understanding of the market, as well as the respect she has with her Asian clients. She is a leader in the art world, known equally for her tremendous business acumen and her personal passion for art. Together with Danqing Li, we are excited for Rebecca to help us shape our business in Asia to match the new opportunities and challenges in today's ever-growing market.'
Rebecca Wei says, 'I feel honored and excited to be joining forces with Dominique and Brett who are legendary figures in the global art market. I have the utmost respect for Danqing and the Lévy Gorvy team in Asia. Their expertise, access to the market, and their commitment to Asia are extraordinary. I believe together, we can be more innovative and create more excitement in the region."
Danqing Li says, "For the last three years, Lévy Gorvy has built a solid brand name and business presence in Asia. Our commitment to Asian collectors, artists, and art enthusiasts never stops. It is exciting to have Rebecca join us. Her extensive commercial experience as well as her seniority will add great value to the team. Together, we look forward to excelling.'


1:   Wintel sits and laughs.  At least, we're there!
2:   Wintel says "all developers will recode.  We will stay the same."
probably balk (very soft word, IMHO) at this proclamation.
then I can know too.
P.S. If i2o is the wave of the future, may I live in the desert, please?
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Is weak rupee still a national shame for PM?
Whether India draws an economic advantage from the ongoing global turbulence or not, a substantial political advantage can definitely be churned out at the moment. It is time for our leaders to rid themselves of their unfounded misconception on the exchange value of the domestic currency, that is, the rupee. In India, the BJP and Left parties have always been under the delusion that our national credibility demands a currency with rippling muscles. They have successfully conveyed it to the last man on the street that a weak rupee represents a grievous national sin. The BJP government, in fact, came to power showcasing the rupee slump of 2013 as a national shame – though a dynamic financial instrument like currency should not and cannot be an issue of national pride.
To be sure, in the presence of all factors that strengthen a currency, the fall in the rupee's value is still striking. It is only logical to make use of this unique situation to disabuse ourselves of our moribund thinking on currency. One must accept Manmohan Singh's logic which he narrated after the huge devaluation of the rupee in 1991: "The rate of exchange is just a price, and if you are in the business of selling, your price has to be competitive."
Indian politics has been amazingly conservative about currency devaluation. Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh's new book, To the Brink and Back – India's 1991 Story, on the economically turbulent period of 1991 brings out interesting facts regarding the fixation of Indian politicians on the rupee's value. In that period of crisis and reform, Ramesh was one of the economic advisors to prime minister PV Narasimha Rao. His memoirs reflect that although Rao was not as obsessed with the value of the rupee as the BJP had been, he was pretty uncomfortable about the rupee's devaluation.
During the financial crisis of 1991, the then finance minister Manmohan Singh strategically got the rupee devalued by 7-9 per cent through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the matter of three days. It was the largest devaluation of the rupee till then, and that too within 72 hours.
In those days it was the government, not the market, that determined the value of the rupee. Ramesh writes that Rao was so uncomfortable with the devaluation that on the morning of July 3 he called Manmohan Singh and directed him to cancel the second devaluation. Manmohan tried to reason with Rao, but the latter was not convinced. Eventually, Manmohan advised the then RBI Governor C Rangrajan at 9.30 that morning to hold it, but it was too late. The RBI had already issued implementation orders at 9am. Manmohan heaved a sigh of relief and conveyed the decision to Rao enthusiastically. However, the decision drew flak from party members and also the opposition for a long time to come.A lot changed between 1991 and the 2014 general election, but the inferiority complex of our leaders over the exchange rate of the rupee has not changed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley must have realised by now that linking the rupee's slump with an imagined decline of national credibility is ludicrous. Market experts read the jerks and jolts in rupee value on a technical chart. According to this chart, the latest slump to a two-year low, (September 7: 66.82/dollar) appears to repeat the free fall of 2013, when the rupee hit its record low of 68.80 against the dollar.
It is important to mention the landmark rupee event of 2013 because it was then that the political campaign to showcase the weakness of the rupee as the country's weakness was launched. Crude oil price in 2013 was above $100 per barrel. Consequently the balance between the inflow and outflow of foreign exchange in India (CAD) had gone for the toss. It is only after the RBI's battery of interventions that the situation could be improved.
Now, crude oil is hovering around just $44 per barrel, forex reserves stand at a record high of $355 billion, inflation is decreasing, trade deficit is shrinking, the gap between foreign inflow-outflow has been reduced too. Yet the rupee, instead of a massive surge, is tumbling the same way as it did in 2013. Yet, there is no concern or fear amid market participants. This proves that the currency is a dynamic financial instrument, which should not be seen through the mirror of emotional nationalism. It has to represent economic realities.
Most of the emerging market currencies have fallen against the dollar except the Philippine peso, the Thai bhat and the Indian rupee. Domestic currency has grown stronger compared to other competing currencies in the monetary export market. Thus the rupee melting to 66-67 versus dollar is not a big deal. This devaluation will help make exports more competitive. If Jaitley has to defend himself, he might put forth these points, but this explanation will reflect nothing but Manmohan's logic in 1991. As mentioned by Ramesh in his book, Manmohan, in his reply in the Rajya Sabha over the rupee devaluation of 1991, said that the British wanted to keep India confined to the role of an exporter of basic raw material. They did not want India to industrialise. That is what gave rupee a legacy of being a strong domestic currency.
Technically, by advocating a perennially strong rupee, the Modi-Jaitley duo has been supporting British colonial economic policies. A fall in the rupee is neither a sin nor an insult to the incumbent government. If you are in the market you have to be competitive. If balanced currency devaluation makes us modern and competitive, it can never be anti-national. Will the BJP subscribe to this logic?
(Article first published in dailyo.in)
खत्म हो सकेगी फांसी ?
Let's fix the system instead of opting out


Queensland Reds assistant Brad Thorn has not ruled out a run at the Reds' top job, as speculation over Nick Stiles' future continues to intensify.
Thorn spoke to RUGBY.com.au following Queensland Country's emphatic NRC win over the Melbourne Rising, a performance that had him reflecting on his defensive approach as a head coach, having only had top job experience with the Queensland U20s prior to this NRC season.
"Pleased with the win but the thing I loved the most was the defensive effort," Thorn said of that game.
"We were down to 13 men at one stage and I was just really proud of the boys.
"I'm not buying into that - I know that's what the NRC is supposed to be, but I said after the Vikings game, we lost 48-40 and I said that was Mickey Mouse.
"We talked about that as a group and I just think defence says a lot about who you are.
"Everyone likes running with the footy, everyone likes doing that stuff but when you defend, put your body on the line, work hard on the inside, all that sort of stuff, it's not the fun stuff.
It's that sort of attitude that has sections of the QRU board pushing for Thorn to take the reins in 2018 and the World Cup-winning All Black was philosophical when asked about his journey to this point.
"When I have been in Australia I've been a league man - I have played league," he said.
"So I came into union as an outsider but I worked with these young boys in the 20s and when I rocked up, I said to them that I'm not a career coach, I was playing six months ago for Leicester Tigers.
"I said I'm sorry but there is only one way I know and that means the standard is excellence.
"I'm just used to professional footy and that's how I train.
"I have been training those boys, that way, since and they seem to have responded.
Thorn offered a thoughtful response when asked whether he would take the head coaching job, should it become available, and certainly did not rule out the possibility.
"I have one more year in my contract with the Reds and all I have ever known is footy so it was nice to come back after 21 years of playing professionally all around the world in two codes," he said.
"I turned up, I was really honest, I said I didn't know what I am but I know footy, that's what I am.
"So I have been doing those things, the 20s, the NRC and the head coaching of those two teams, I have really enjoyed it.
"Does that mean I'm going to be a career coach? I don't know but we will just see how things keep going.
"I'm enjoying this and the big driver for me is just contributing.
"I feel like I am getting to do that and I would like to think some good stuff is happening.


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Feb. 5, 2014 — Perry
Around 10:20 a.m., Earl Edward Clague Jr., an employee of Timberland Ford in Perry, drove his truck to the front of the dealership.
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He got out armed with a Remington semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun. Clague, 51, shot one employee who was running away and another hiding in an office. As he walked to the service area, he encountered Taylor County sheriff's Deputy Robert Lundy, who happened to be there checking on his patrol car.
Clague fired, hitting the deputy in the abdomen. Lundy fired one volley at Clague, who fell, and another volley when Clague reached for his shotgun. Clague was hit by at least two rounds and died. Read more
Clague had another shotgun and a rifle in his truck.
Lundy, who survived, was hailed a hero for acting quickly. Three additional people in the dealership received minor injuries.
One day earlier, one officer shot one person in Delray Beach .
Five days later, one officer shot one person in Fernandina Beach .
Clague was shot after injuring an officer. That was true in 8 percent of shootings.
Clague fired shots at police, which happened in 15 percent of shootings.
Clague tried to kill someone before the shooting, according to police. That's true only 3 percent of the time.
Clague was armed with a firearm. That's true of almost half the people shot.
Clague showed signs of mental instability. Almost a third of all shootings involved someone who appeared mentally unstable.
2011. ORLANDO — A task force was trailing Michael Jenkins, the suspect in a violent robbery and unrelated... 1 killed
2011. JACKSONVILLE — Police had received a 911 call about an armed disturbance at the Eureka Garden... 1 injured
2009. LIGHTHOUSE POINT — Thomas Skiba, 29, had already fled an accident in Pompano Beach when he was spotted driving recklessly in a residential area by Officer Brian... 1 injured


When I try to install the Debian version of wireshark, it installs and doesn't seem to go anywhere. I tjust stays a .deb file and nothing else appears.
Please elaborate how you install the program. This should be no different than installing other Debian/Raspbian package installations.


Have Yoy got Steam code?
When I'll get Steam code,? I purchase pre-order of FM 2017 on 22.09.2016 on polish shop - muve.pl. Sorry for my English.
Is it beta version (2 weeks before 13'th November) only for digital version or for box version too?
Mr Hough FM15 Tactic Thread.
May be Polish league, for example Górnik Zabrze?
What is "OP" in the last McHough' post?
Where is the link to new MCHough's tactic????


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TBS in Country Life – A stone's throw
29 May 2019 | Bobby Hall
Buying agent, Commuters, Country, Homes & Property, Property, Stonehenge, Villages
The endless traffic on the A303 can be frustrating but there are a few golden villages that make the journey worthwhile. East of Stonehenge is the golden spot for commuters – the villages surrounding Grateley in the Test Valley are popular with trains into London Waterloo in around 1 hr 20 mins. Stockbridge is also…
TBS in The Sunday Times – Thirtysomethings quit the city for the real good life
18 Mar 2019 | Jemma Scott
buyers, Buying agent, Children, Commuters, Country, Family, Homes & Property, London, Market, Property, Rural, Schools, The Sunday Times, Villages
New research reveals from Hamptons International reveals the average age for moving to the country has fallen by 10 years. A decade ago those deciding to escape urban life typically did so at the age of 47. Today it is 37. Many are being driven away by the cost of properties, particularly in London, where a couple…
TBS in The Sunday Times
14 Jan 2019 | Thea Carroll
Commuters, Homes & Property, London, Prime Central London, Property, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times 'Home Front' explores ways to beat the January blues suggesting 'the reverse commute'. Instead of living in a suburb or town and travelling into the big city in which you work, sweating it out on the train or queuing in a traffic jam day in, day out, you do the opposite. You live…
TBS in the Metro – With £900,000 to spend, would you choose Parsons Green or Castle Combe?
20 Nov 2018 | Jonathan Bramwell
Buying agent, Castle Combe, Commuters, Cottage, Country, Homes & Property, London, Malmesbury, Metro, Parsons Green, Property, Schools, Villages, Wiltshire
With just under £1million to spend would you choose Parsons Green or Castle Combe? Jonathan Bramwell speaks to the Metro about the charming village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire. "Castle Combe is certainly one of England's prettiest villages and has huge appeal for a number of reasons. It's popular with weekenders from London wanting a country getaway,…
TBS in The Times – Park life; the lure of a home in a beauty spot
02 Nov 2018 | Bobby Hall
AONB, Buying agent, Commuters, Country, countryside, Family, Farms & Estates, Homes & Property, Investment, National Parks, Property, South Downs, The Times
The UK's national parks have long been a lovely place to visit but now property purchasers are making the move for affordability and scenery. Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, announced last month that he wanted to 'conserve and enhance' England's ten national parks and 34 areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Figures from Strutt & Parker…
The Cotswolds Value Gap
02 May 2018 | Harry Gladwin
Buying agent, Commuters, Cotswolds, Country, Country house, Country Life, countryside, Farms & Estates, Gloucestershire, Homes & Property, Private market, Property, Schools
As Jonathan Bramwell explains in this week's Country Life magazine, a significant value gap has opened up between property prices in the north Cotswolds and the south Cotswolds—particularly at the top end of the market. Using the A40 as the dividing line separating the two regions, a classic, seven-bedroom country house with stables, ancillary accommodation…
TBS in The Daily Telegraph – Look beyond the varsity cities to the brain belt
26 Mar 2018 | Jonathan Bramwell
Buying agent, Commuters, Country, Family, Financial Times, Homes & Property, HS2, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Property
Oxford and Cambridge are just the start of the Government's huge development plans. Since the Boat Race began in the 1820s, Cambridge crews have won 82 times against Oxford's 80. It is not the only arena in which the two universities compete, of course:L the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has placed Oxford in…


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: I Told You So
Today's rally showed how wrong the bears were during the market selloff seven days ago.
Scott Rutt
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) -- Today's rally rebuffed all the market's objections in spectacular fashion, Jim Cramer told
"Mad Money"
viewers Wednesday, showing just how wrong the bears were during the market selloff seven days ago.
Cramer said that just a week ago the markets were worried about a slowing U.S. economy, but today saw a good durable goods number along with price increases in both containerboard and steel, two very economically sensitive commodities.
He said the transports confirmed the data by rallying hard on the news, so much so that Cramer even recommended all three major airlines --
United Continental
(UAL) - Get Report
(DAL) - Get Report
(LCC)
The markets were also worried about Italy, noted Cramer, but
(JPM) - Get Report
, the large international bank, shrugged off those fears. Meanwhile,
(JOY)
told investors that demand is not slowing in China, another fear last week.
The list of worries included a weak U.S. consumer, but that was rebuffed by just about all of retail heading higher Wednesday. Even the restaurants were strong, noted Cramer. Housing continues to be strong, as
(TOL) - Get Report
was able to make up lost ground from last week as well.
Finally, there were worries over the
and the massive government budget cuts known as sequestration. Cramer said Ben Bernanke put the Fed fears to rest, while the defense stocks are soaring in the face of looming budget cuts.
Add it all together and Cramer said the bears couldn't have been more wrong when they were in the midst of their panic selling last week.
Executive Decision
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer sat down with Dr. Harvey Berger, chairman and CEO of
Ariad Pharmaceuticals
(ARIA)
, a stock that's risen 33% since Cramer last spoke to Berger in June 2012. Ariad recently received Food and Drug Administration approval for Iclusig, an orphan drug to treat leukemia that is expected to cost $115,000 per year.
Berger said that it has only taken five years for Ariad to go from its first clinical trials to FDA approval, which is a very short time period in the biotech world. He said that speaks to the difference Iclusig is making in the lives of its patients. The drug is expected to generate over $1 billion a year for Ariad in the next few years.
Berger noted that while Iclusig is currently used as a last resort for patients where other treatments have failed, the company has studies underway looking at its use as a first-line treatment, which would open up its possibilities greatly. He said the main challenge for Ariad now is educating doctors on its safety and performance.
When asked about whether Ariad is a takeover target now that it has approval for Iclusig, Berger said biotech companies can be built to be bought or they can be built for the long term. Ariad is one of the few being built as one that discovers, develops and markets its findings on a global scale.
Cramer said Ariad is doing all the right things and he continues to be a believer in the company.
In his second "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer sat down with Mark Ellis, chairman, president and CEO of
Linn Energy
(LINE)
, an oil and gas master limited partnership with a 7.7% yield.
Ellis explained there is a lot of misunderstanding about the company's hedging strategy, which doesn't follow standard accounting metrics. He said Linn likes to take commodity risk out of the equation when it does a deal, which is why it'll often hedge oil prices for five years. To date, there have been no challenges to the company's accounting principles, he said, and Linn continues to pay regular dividends.
When asked about Linn's recent acquisition of assets from
(BP) - Get Report
and the acquisition of
Berry Petroleum
(BRY) - Get Report
, Ellis said that BP's assets are terrific but they were not core assets for BP, which is why they make more sense as a part of Linn. As for Berry, Ellis said there is a lot of hidden potential locked up in Berry's oil fields.
Turning to our nation's energy policy, Ellis said the U.S. still has a lot of undiscovered oil and gas reserves and he feels the U.S. has the technology to become energy independent if it would adopt an energy policy that made sense.
Cramer continued his support for Linn, reminding investors that for 401(k) and IRA accounts they should consider
LinnCo
(LNCO)
, which is a subsidiary that owns shares of Linn and avoids arcane tax rules surrounding MLPs and tax-deferred accounts.
Lightning Round
In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on
AmeriGas Partners
(APU) - Get Report
(PSX) - Get Report
(NAT) - Get Report
(FB) - Get Report
Whole Foods Markets
(WFM)
(QCOM) - Get Report
Cramer was bearish on
(BIDU) - Get Report
Pengrowth Energy
(PGH)
Ship Finance International
(SFL) - Get Report
Harris Teeter Supermarkets
(HTSI)
Good Competition
In a third "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Richard Pops, chairman and CEO of
(ALKS) - Get Report
, another biotech company that's been featured many times on "Mad Money." Shares of Alkermes are up 20% since Cramer last sat down with Pops in May 2012.
Pops said Alkermes will be seeing new competition for some of its anti-psychotic drugs, but that's actually a good thing as it shows there's plenty of growth in that area. He characterized it as the beginning for a whole new class of drugs and not the end for Alkermes' family of drugs.
Pops also had positive things to say about Vivitrol, his company's monthly injectable treatment for alcohol and opiate dependence. He said the drug has been a big success and patients taking the treatment simply will not relapse while on the medication. This is great news for those in the criminal justice system, he said, as many need to stay off of drugs as a condition of their parole.
Cramer said Alkermes is yet another example of a biotech company doing great and important work.
No Huddle Offense
In his "No Huddle Offense" segment, Cramer opined on the state of the retail sector, which was supposed to be crushed by macro-economic headwinds.
Cramer said he's never been a fan of "top down" analysis as it's rarely right and often produces spectacular losses. While in theory it made sense that the American consumer would be hurt by rising gas prices and increased payroll taxes, retailer after retailer, from
(M) - Get Report
(DLTR) - Get Report
, proved that theory wrong.
That's why Cramer said it's time to circle back and buy some
(KORS)
and Whole Foods, two stocks that have been out of favor as of late, but are likely to continue their march higher very soon.
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