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UK Radio Amateurs in Court
Since the Radiocommunications Agency was taken over by Ofcom, press releases have been few and far between, and the over zealous enthusiasm shown by the RA, in the area of trivial prosecutions, seems to have been replaced by a more sensible and realistic policy.
In 2013 it was revealed that the last prosecution of a radio amateur happened in 2001, it would seem that OFCOM are treating the hobby with appropriate interest, which is a far cry from the over zealous methods employed by the no defunct Radio Investigation Service.
The first recorded incident of a Radio Amateur being prosecuted must surely be that of H.J. Jesse.
In the early hours of the morning of 28 December, 1924.
Using the self-awarded call sign PCII, H.J. Jesse, then an 18-year old schoolboy, made the first two-way transatlantic amateur radio contact from the Netherlands when he exchanged messages with American station 2AGB.
The output stage of Jesse's home-made transmitter comprised three vacuum tubes (valves) in parallel and consumed 350 watts; a wavelength of 113 metres was used.
However when news of this feat leaked out he was prosecuted and found guilty.
He was then congratulated for his engineering achievement and not sentenced.
Rye man convicted for racial harassment over CB Radio Network
A man from Rye has been convicted of broadcasting racist messages over the CB and amateur radio frequencies, which are most commonly used on ships, lorries and people engaging in two-way radio conversations.
John Saxby, 61, of Rye Harbour Road, was convicted of a charge of committing racially aggravated harassment without violence when he appeared at Hastings Magistrates Court on Wednesday, January 19. He received a restraining order, a community order, an unpaid work requirement of 80 hours and fines totalling £180.
The court heard between March and June 2021, Saxby made a number of racial remarks over the radio networks.
One victim in particular was targeted by Saxby who made racial comments and remarks about his disabilities over the course of several months.
PC Ryan Welby of Hastings CID said: "Racism has no place in our society. This conviction shows the public that even those who choose to abuse others from behind closed doors will be discovered. We will always treat such reports seriously and act on the evidence presented."
Being a Mann about it in Chelmsford!
A CROOK tried to sell off more than £2,000 worth of equipment stolen from an amateur radio society.
Thomas Mann has been given a community order after he admitted handling the stolen goods belonging to the amateur radio group at the beginning of last year. The 42-year-old of Kenley Close, Wickford took part in shifting on the stolen goods for his own personal gain.
Basildon Magistrates' Court heard that between January 18 and March 26 last year, Mann had tried to sell off a radio receiver worth £999.95 belonging to the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society, based in Danbury. The same thing happened again on February 15, when he took a radio transceiver worth £1,199.95 to make the money for himself.
Finally, on March 26, he removed radio cables worth £64.95. In total, Mann stole £2,264.85 worth of radio equipment from the society. The court heard that on each occasion, Mann knew that the goods he was handling were stolen.
Mann admitted all three of the charges against him. The magistrates bench chose to give Mann a community order in light of his guilty pleas which will last until September 25 next year. He must take part in a community sentence treatment for mental health for 12 days, along with 40 days of rehabilitation activity.
The magistrates bench also said Mann must pay £1,000 in compensation to his victims, which is less than half of the amount of equipment he tried to sell on. If Mann does not complete the requirements of his community order, it will be a separate offence and he could be brought back before the courts again.
M0FRG Religious, Racist, Nazi, Radio Ham?
Andrew Howard, M0FRG, of Newton Heath, Manchester found himself in court August 2020.
Identifying with the traditional Radio Amateur, Andrew lived in his own world where he pretended to be ex Army, and could act out his fantasies on his collection of radios whilst hiding behind the microphone, rather sad really.
It seems to us that he was given questionable advice by his solicitor who let him plead guilty to Racism charges when the report only refers to his religious affiliations. Anyway, not for us to say that Muslim is not a Race, that is a matter of common sense and factuality.
Read the story as a PDF file by clicking HERE
M0GNU reported "Tag Team" Kiddie Fiddler
In what is becoming something of a tradition now in Radio Amateur circles, yet another fellow hobbyist has been outed as a paedophile kiddie fiddler.
The full story, as reported, of "Uncle Dennis" M0GNU is in the press cutting below.
Download the newspaper report as a ,pdf file HERE
LPWS Life President in court
Sadly, our life president Nigel Hopkins G1XYU was prosecuted and found guilty! The headline:- "A BLIND disabled amateur radio ham harassed someone on the airwaves leaving them living in fear." Can someone tell us how a blind man who can't walk could make even a self confessed cream pouffe. live in fear? What did an able bodied man, admittedly wearing a dress, wig and lipstick think he was going to do? Get his carers to take him along to his alleged victim's house and then do what?
In what can only be described as a travesty of justice, the gender bender, who's name we can't mention here, but do a Google search like this CLICK, managed to get the Police to believe he was frightened and living in fear of a blind disabled man.
Read the story here
Kidderminster radio ham harassed someone on the airwaves
A BLIND disabled amateur radio ham harassed someone on the airwaves leaving them living in fear.
Nigel Hopkins almost had his license revoked and his radio equipment seized after repeatedly broadcasting hurtful things about someone, who The Shuttle has chosen not to name, while encouraging others to do the same between January 21 and April 25 last year.
The 62-year-old, who is confined to his home in The Serpentine, Kidderminster, unless he is with his carers because of his disabilities, had pleaded not guilty to the harassment without violence charge when he appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on October 9 last year but was found guilty at a trial in his absence on June 18.
But, Hopkins appeared at the court again on Thursday, June 25, with his solicitor, Fergus Maxwell, looking to reopen the case in the interest of justice claiming he did not attend or make contact with the court on the day of his trial because he had lost the key to his front door and by the time he had found it, which was difficult because he has been completely blind for a number of years, and was able to speak to his carers, he had already been convicted..
However, the magistrates did not accept this as a reason for not attending his trial. Chairman of the magistrates Sue Roberts said: "We do not accept you did all you could to notify the court of your difficulty. Your conviction therefore stands."
Mr Maxwell said Hopkins maintained his innocence and an appeal to crown court may follow. As it was not possible to sentence Hopkins during the trial due to his absence, he was sentenced during this hearing. He was given 26 weeks in custody, suspended for 18 months and made subject to a restraining order banning him from contacting the victim directly or indirectly or broadcasting about them or visiting their home.
Hopkins was also ordered to pay £200 compensation to the victim and an £80 victim surcharge.
Novice Instructor??
In keeping with the time honoured radio amateur tradition, it seems that Kenneth Dobson, 74, of Kinmel Bay, Conwy, diversified from sheep to little boys. Radio Amateur Dobson gave his 14 year old victim whisky before indulging in his hobby of kiddie fiddling.
The 74 year-old had previously admitted a charge of indecent assault, but at Caernarfon Crown Court a jury found him guilty of rape. The court heard that Dobson, of Foryd Road, had plied his victim with whisky before the sexual abuse. Judge Nic Parry said the boy had shared his interest as a radio ham and had idolised the pensioner. Judge Parry said :"This case involved a gross breach of trust and targeting of a child." He told the defendant "You came to see him as an object on whom you could satisfy your sexual urges."
Dobson's defence lawyers said he had recognised the offences were abhorrent. North Wales Police have welcomed the prison sentence.
G6ABU - Coincidence??
This Is Nottingham reported :- MARTIN Dale, 52, of Ward Avenue, Mapperley, will be tried for allegedly stealing approximately £3,400-worth of property from Nottingham Trent University between May 13 and June 30, 2010. In November he denied taking a Toshiba laptop, Panasonic projector and Samsung monitor from York House, Mansfield Road.
This Is Nottingham reported :- MARTIN Dale, 53, of Ward Avenue, Mapperley, has been given a 18-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for stealing. Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard Dale was a team leader and breached the trust of his employer, Nottingham Trent University. He stole a Toshiba laptop, Panasonic projector and large Samsung monitor, worth £3,400, from York House, Mansfield Road. The theft happened between May 13, 2010, and June 30, 2010. Dale denied the charge but was found guilty after a trial. He is now subject to the suspended sentence. He will be supervised by the Probation Service for 12 months and has to complete 100 hours of unpaid work. There is also a requirement to pay court costs of £620.
He was unconditionally bailed to appear on March 27 at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
QRZ Ham Radio database gives the following detail for the callsign G6ABU :-
G6ABU
MG DALE, G6ABU
2 WARD AVENUE, NOTTINGHAM
Mapperley, NOTTINGHAM NG3 6EQ
Surely it can't be a coincidence................. (Don't call me Shirley - Editor)
Don't call me "BOYO"!
Amateur radio enthusiast Gareth Evans has been given a three-year conditional discharge after he emailed a school to say one of its teachers was a pornographer and a danger to children. The teacher, Brian Reay, was also a ham radio enthusiast and the two men met over an internet forum for fans of the hobby.
Evans, who denied a charge of sending an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message, said for the past nine years he had been 'goaded' by Mr Reay, who he claimed was racist towards the Welsh.
Evans, of Hardens Close, Chippenham, SN15 3AA, represented himself. Of Reay he said "If he was teaching a class and a child had the surname of Williams or Jones, something racist may slip out as it has done when he discusses the Welsh on the forum."
District judge Simon Cooper found Evans guilty, and imposed a restraining order forbidding him to contact any employer of Mr Reay for three years, as well as costs of £625.
See "Mouth To Boot Resuscitation" below for more about this nu**er!
You Tube Potter Power!
A New Zealand radio amateur has been convicted for being in possession of a radio transmitter capable of operating at a significantly higher power than permitted by his Amateur Radio Operators General Licence. Radio Spectrum Management prosecuted Amateur Radio Operator Alan Potter for transmitting outside the terms and conditions of the General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators.
The New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development's (MED) Radio Spectrum Management division was alerted to a You Tube video showing Potter operating at 3100 watts, far in excess of that maximum permitted limit of 500W PEP.
He was found guilty on 22nd April 2010, in Christchurch District Court, of breaching section 113 of the Radiocommunications Act 1989. The magistrate found the charge proven, imposed a fine of NZ$1,750 and NZ$130 for costs to be paid plus radio equipment forfeiture.
In a media statement the Ministry of Economic Development explained that it had taken the action because excessive power has the potential to cause interference to, and disrupt to other radio services in the local area.
"Off Me Head, Your Honour!"
AN AMATEUR radio enthusiast who tapped into and jammed a major security systems was "off his head", a court heard.
Michael Phelps (pictured), 26, of Westfield Close, Trowbridge, admitted four counts of deliberately interfering with wireless telegraphy when he appeared before magistrates at Chippenham.
The court heard Phelps, a licensed amateur radio user, illegally hacked into systems used by Bath University, West Wiltshire District Council and Langley Industrial Park in Chippenham, which could have been needed in an emergency.
Lester Maddrell, prosecuting on behalf of the Office of Communications (OFCOM), said: "He was a licensed radio user who knew what he was doing and the potential to disrupt the proper response to an emergency if one had happened."
Speaking out in court Phelps, who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse, said he could have tapped into the emergency services systems if he had wanted to but had chosen not to. Andrew Watts-Jones, defending, said: "I want to make it totally clear that there is no suggestion here that Mr Phelps interfered with the emergency services, which is the main issue in such cases.
"Mr Phelps was off his head' for most of the time whilst he was committing these offences, whilst he still has problems things are much better than they used to be." Between April and July last year Phelps interfered with the security system at the university, playing music, electronic noises and speech, for up to half an hour each time.
He caused similar disruption to the offices of West Wiltshire District Council at Bradley Road including one occasion on May 19 when staff could not use the security system for two hours.
He was finally traced back to Trowbridge at the end of June when OFCOM officers, monitoring interference at the Chippenham Industrial Park, tracked the radio signal to the Westfield Road flat where Phelps was staying with a friend.
Mr Phelps admitted the offences plus a further charge of possessing restricted apparatus, which was broken and not used in committing these offences. He was sentenced to a 12-month supervision order by magistrates on Wednesday, to focus on rehabilitation and his use of drugs and alcohol.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £100 and to forfeit the radio equipment used to commit the offences.
[Obviously NOT the same Michael Phelps that won 6 gold medals at the Athens Olympics!, or is it?]
Mouth To Boot Resuscitation
Radio ham Gareth Evans, G4SDW, was reported to have been arrested in connection with the harassment of an Internet chat room user.
Now Mr Evans, 54, of Hardens Close, Chippenham SN15 3AA, has made a complaint to police that he was roughly treated during the arrest.
But police say they are confident they acted within the law when arresting him.
Mr Evans, who has been bailed pending further police inquiries, was arrested by six officers at his home on Monday 7th March 2005.
He claims he was pinned to the floor by three police officers, while another put a boot on the side of his face and forced his head into the ground.
He said: "They carried me out by the strap of the handcuffs which were biting against the bone." But Sergeant Matt Armstrong said officers had made a video recording of the arrest, "We are confident we acted within the law and if Mr Evans made a complaint then it will be fully investigated by the Police Professional Standards Department and could be referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
"He was released on bail pending further inquiries."
Mr Evans was kept in custody overnight at Melksham Police Station and subsequently made a complaint to Chief Superintendent Amanda Eveley.
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The "Punch" line, left to his own Devizes!
Sergeant found not guilty
POLICE sergeant Richard Fullers name has been cleared after he was found not guilty of using unreasonable force to arrest a man.
Radio ham Gareth Evans, 55, had complained Sgt Fuller, who lives near Devizes, had unnecessarily used his foot to force his head to the ground while he was being arrested at his home, in Hardens Close, Chippenham, in March.
Magistrates in Chippenham found Sgt Fuller, a member of the force's armed response unit based in Devizes who has an unblemished career record, not guilty on the second day of his trial on Thursday, February 9.
They said he had not intended to harm Mr Evans, who suffered superficial facial injuries, and had not used excessive or unreasonable force. He was alleged to have forced Mr Evans' head to the ground with his foot.
Magistrates in Chippenham heard Mr Evans was arrested at his home in Hardens Close in connection with the harassment of an Internet chat room user a case which has since been dropped. The court was shown a video of the arrest and photographs of Mr Evans' facial injuries taken after the incident. Mr Evans, 55, spoke of his terror at the arrest, which used what he described as "agonising force".
Giving evidence, he said: "I was upstairs in my office when I saw a number of police coming up the road. "I came down to the front door where they told me they were going to arrest me. "I was in a panic and extremely frightened by so many people. "I had been at the door for several minutes when I was suddenly thrown to the floor. It was completely uncalled for.
"A handcuff had been put on to my left wrist with huge force.
Eleven months later and the mark is still visible. I was in a panic that the same thing was going to happen to my right wrist and I was flailing around on the floor. "Mr Fuller was swearing at me continuously and I remember him saying to me I know what to do about this'. A boot was applied for my face and ground down hard and I gave a cry of distress. "I was lying on the floor pinned down by a number of officers. There was a feeling of despair as the handcuff was placed tightly around my other wrist."
Peter Coombe, prosecuting, said the question wasn't whether the incident happened, but if it amounted to reasonable force. He said: "It was clear that Sgt Fuller lost his temper and used excessive force. "It was clearly motivated by anger and that is reflected by the remarks he made at the time. Mr Evans posed no risk of immediate violence.
"The state entrusts police officers with the right and power to use force when necessary and must be guarded against using it in excess." Mr Evans was examined by a forensic pathologist who found the injury on his face consistent with contact of the boot of the type worn by Sgt Fuller.
Nick Fridd, defending, said by last June Mr Evans had made 59 complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission about Wiltshire Constabulary. He said Mr Evans aired his views of the police force on the Internet, calling them the "we'll s***e all over you constabulary". He also said former police officer Roy Clarke, who was stabbed to death in his Melksham home in December 2004, "deserved what he got".
When asked by Mr Fridd if he shouted and screamed during the arrest to draw the attention of his neighbours, Mr Evans replied: "No. I was in absolute agony. I've never known such pain."
Fuller is a member of the force's armed response unit and is based at Devizes.
Unlicensed in Bradford
The Radiocommunications Agency has successfully prosecuted a Bradford man for unlicensed use of radio equipment contrary to Section 1 of the Wireless Telegraph Act 1949.
Darren McMahon, aged 35, of Morley Avenue, Bradford, pleaded guilty to four charges of illegal installation and unlicensed use of transmitting equipment when he appeared before Bradford Magistrates' Court on 7 August 2003. Mr McMahon, who is a licensed amateur radio operator, was fined £150 and ordered to pay costs of £100.
Radiocommunications Agency officers monitored radio transmissions being made on unauthorised frequencies in the Bradford area in February which were traced to premises at Morley Avenue, Bradford. They obtained a search warrant and accompanied by the police entered the premises on 16 April 2003.
All apparatus seized was ordered forfeit.
Halifax, Discharge & £50 Costs
A Halifax man's illegal radio equipment valued at £5000 has been confiscated after he admitted offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act.
Officials from the Radiocommunications Agency raided a house in Spring Grove Cottages, Halifax, after complaints from neighbours about interference to TVs and radios.
Halifax magistrates heard on 5 May that amateur equipment modified to operate on frequencies outside the amateur bands was found in the possession of 49-year-old Gilbert Whiteley, a licensed amateur radio user*. Mr. Whiteley pleaded guilty to two charges of installation and use of illegal apparatus contrary to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge for both summonses and ordered to pay £50 towards the costs of the prosecution.
* LPWS Note Does anyone know why the DTI do not give a station call sign for this man?
Essex man fined for offensive language, TWICE!!
Keith Jermey, 45, of Clicket End, Basildon, has been convicted of using offensive language while communicating across two south east counties.
Basildon Magistrates Court (20th April) was told that, after many complaints about the use of offensive language over both the Kent and Essex amateur repeater stations, last August Radiocommunication Agency officers and two police officers entered the home of Keith Jermey and removed radio transmitting equipment.
Mr. Jermey, whose amateur radio call sign is G7WCM, denied the offence of using apparatus for wireless telegraphy, contrary to the conditions of his amateur radio licence. The Court found him guilty and fined him £75.00. He also denied using offensive language while transmitting, but the Court found him guilty and fined him £25.00. He was also ordered to pay £50.00 costs. The Radio Society of Great Britain Limited lodged the original complaints against G7WCM.
Bugger Me, He's done it again!!
Keith Jermy, 45, of Clicket End, Basildon, Essex was convicted at Basildon Magistrates Court on 3 August of using amateur radio apparatus to send messages in a form that was grossly offensive, indecent, obscene and of a menacing character, contravening section 3(2) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949. He also used unlicensed apparatus, breaching section 1(1) of the same act. This conviction followed a previous one at the same court on 20 April for a similar offence.
The court heard that following complaints made by the Radio Society of Great Britain on 26 April, Radiocommunications Agency officers obtained a search warrant and, together with local police, gained entry to Mr Jermy's premises the same day and seized equipment. Further complaints were made and following the monitoring of abusive and threatening transmissions, Radiocommunications Agency officers obtained a further search warrant on the 27 April and together with police, again gained entry to Mr Jermy's premises where further equipment was seized. The police arrested Mr Jermy and he was taken to Basildon Police Station, where he was later interviewed.
Mr Jermy pleaded guilty and was given 12 months probation and forced to forfeit all the relevant equipment.
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Big Zero wins best film award at 'Qatar 48 Hour Film Challenge'
October 08 2019 01:43 AM
Community Entertainment
AWARD: The Big Zero team receiving the Qatar 48 Hour Film Challenge award.
Mudassir Raja
It was a first of its kind challenge in Doha. A personal initiative of a film enthusiast, 'Qatar 48 Hour Film Challenge' tested the creative abilities of different Doha-based short filmmakers.
The recently concluded short film challenge was first conceptualised and then materialised by Abdulrahman Alfayad, a computer science graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and currently working with Qatar Computing Research Center.
The film event that took place at Qatar Foundation Student Center Cinema was attended by 201 participants from all backgrounds and nationalities in Qatar.
The participants made up 34 teams in total on the opening ceremony. However, on the day of the closing ceremony, the organisers received 20 films from 20 teams. Around 250 audience members, which included the teams, judges, friends and families.
The first ever public film challenge was won by the short movie Big Zero – a project of an Indian team. The best film was produced by Hisham Madayi under IB Creative Banner in association with Zee Creations. The other producer of the movie is Sunil Hassan. The three minute-long movie was conceptualised by Vishnu Ravi.
Its script and screenplay was written by Rameez Asees. Jayshankar gave the cinematography and Lukhman Hakeem edited the movie. Shameer CM played the lead role and the supporting actor was Mansoor Kochukadavu. The creative contributors to the project were namely; RJ Jibin, Rishad, and Refiq Puthenveetil.
According to the organisers, the best editing award was shared between two teams. The best cinematography award was won by Yakamoz – a Turkish team from Qatar University. The team members were namely; Abdullah Harun Ilhan, Sima Nur Karakullukçu, and Esma Nur Demir.
The best narrative award was taken by 4ART– a team comprising of Jan Carlo Tagudin, Anna Petkevich, Rashid Ismail, and Shiv Kumar Saini.
As far as the best actor award is concerned, it was won by In-Action, a Qatari women team. Its members are namely; Noor al-Kuwari, Maha al-Jaber, Maryam al-Kazem, and Sara al-Jaber.
Talking to Community, Rameez Asees, writer of Big Zero, said: "We are very happy to win the best short film award challenge, the first of its kind in Qatar. We knew that we are going to get significant success at the challenge as the audience cheered and enjoyed the short film when it was played on the big screen."
Sharing the story-line of the short film, the writer said: "The genre of the film is fantasy. It begins with a young man working in his office after office hours. He receives a call from one of his friends to bring pizza for a party. He goes to another room to find a pen. When he writes down pizza with the pen, a pizza appears on his table physically. He gets amazed. Then he writes the name of a soft drink, the drink appears. He then writes QR100 and the money appears. He becomes very happy. He writes QR1, 000 but the money does not appear. He writes another big amount but the money does not appear.
"When he writes 0001, the two QR500 notes appear. He becomes excited and decides to write a big amount. He writes many zeros and when he tries to write one, the pen stops writing. He gets perplexed and throws the pen out of window after trying hard to make it write. The pen hit the head of a man who picks it up and checks if it is working by writing on his palm. The pen writes and the man walks away. The underlying message of the movie is that greed is a curse."
The short movies were duly judged by a panel of real experts. The judging panel included Ben Robinson, a known UK short filmmaker who is currently a producer with Doha Film Institute's Qatari Film Fund.
The other judge was Yasser Mustafa, a Qatari cinematographer currently working with DFI.
Rana Kazkaz, from Northwestern University, was another judge. She is an award-winning filmmaker, whose films have been recognised at the world's leading film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, Abu Dhabi and others. Anka Malatynska, also from Northwestern University Qatar, is an American cinematographer. She has been named as one of the 10 rising stars of cinematography in 2019.
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Where the US Government's Stimulus Money Went
By Bill Bonner
Our Christmas tree is still up. The eggnog still flows. We are not ready for 2021.
We entered a new year on Friday. But there is still so much to figure out about the last one. It was the most preposterous year of our lives…and, we think, a real hinge point in our history.
It will take historians many decades to decipher it…which is to say, to make up convenient and flattering lies about it.
But here, today, with the corpse of 2020 still unburied…having barely cooled to room temperature…we will attempt a dissection.
Trigger warning: It ain't gonna be pretty.
Mathematical conundrum
Let us begin by getting out the Sawzall to open up the cranial cavity. Surely, there was something wrong in there.
It was supposed to be a Plague Year. Even at the end of it, our holiday festivities were greatly limited. Few friends or family stopped by for Christmas cheer. Our church held a virtual service on Christmas Eve.
And BWI airport, where we went on New Year's Day to drop off one of the children, was almost empty.
Early in the year, COVID-19 sent almost everyone into a panic. Already, there were signs of mental distress. All over the world, governments — rather than make a serious effort to identify and protect their vulnerable citizens — closed down their economies. Travel and leisure industries — any business where people congregate — were hit especially hard.
But they weren't the only ones. Offices and parking lots emptied out. Gasoline sales slowed to a trickle. The whole economy tightened up. Instead of growing by 4%, as forecast, the global economy shrank by 4%.
In the US, the feds pretended to offset the real losses — which included some 30 million people losing their jobs — by printing and distributing fake money. During the entire year, the loss of income caused by the lockdowns toted to less than $300 billion. But the feds pumped an additional $4.4 trillion into the economy.
Dear readers will notice that the two numbers have little to do with each other.
One explanation is that members of Congress cannot add and subtract. A better one is our chief insight for the year ahead: Inflate or die.
The feds have gotten the nation into a classic debt trap. When you owe too much money, every setback is a crisis. You either borrow more…or you admit that you can't pay your bills.
But sovereign governments have a third option. They have 'printing presses', on which they can create the cash they need (thus inflating the currency).
That does not solve the problem. But it distorts and delays it. And as it runs its course, it turns a simple, honest bankruptcy into a corrupt, catastrophic disaster.
But we'll get to that anon. For the moment, let's just focus on 2020.
Rising stocks
What happened to all that money the feds put into the system? Like water, it has to go somewhere. Some of it was used to buy drugs. Some bought new cars. Some paid off political debts and bought off cronies. Some went into normal consumer spending.
But much more went into capital markets. For, while the Main Street economy turned down, Wall Street turned up. Worldwide, stocks were worth about $80 trillion when the crisis began. Less than a year later, they are worth $100 trillion.
Huh? How come stocks can be worth $20 trillion — 25% — more…in less than 12 months…while the companies they represent are seeing fewer sales and lower profits? In the US, earnings are nearly 30% below projections made at the start of 2020.
Discover five ASX-listed firms that have been beaten down during the crisis…with the potential to rally strongly as the market recovers. Click here to learn more.
And look at the electric car manufacturer Tesla. It ended the year at a valuation higher than all the other major automakers put together. It has cumulative losses of $6 billion…and no plausible way to ever be worth $6 billion, let alone $600 billion.
At least Tesla makes something. There are other companies that have no products at all. Companies with neither products, sales, nor profits are supposedly worth more than some of the biggest titans of the Industrial Age.
Just look at QuantumScape. It is said to be developing a battery. But it has no battery…no sales…no showrooms…no service network…no revenue…and no profits.
But just before Christmas, its market cap — the market value of all its shares — was almost as much as GM's.
Over the holidays, we found we could buy a mince pie for $15, a price that had changed little from the previous year. At the beginning of 2020, one bitcoin sold for less than $8,000. So one bitcoin would have bought you 533 mince pies. By the end of the year, that same bitcoin would have paid for 2,000 pies.
Mince pie has many things in it — sugar, salt, flower, meat, suet, molasses, apples, raisins, and God knows what else.
By contrast, Bitcoin has no physical being, no profits, no CEO, no press secretary, no coffee breaks, no enlightened, gender-conscious management, no sales, no office. Bitcoin has nothing.
And yet, there it is…worth more than $30,000 per coin, and with a total market cap of $579 billion — almost equal to Tesla.
Pie-in-the-sky inflation
And that's where the feds' new money went. Not into mince pies. But into pie-in-the-sky inflation.
Which makes us wonder even more about the grey matter of those handing out the fake money…and those buying the shares.
Tomorrow, we probe deeper…
Bill Bonner,
For The Rum Rebellion
Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries.
A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America's most respected authorities.
Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally.
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The Guardian: Hampshire stars face Kent's home-grown underdogs in Royal London final
Features, Print, Sport, The Guardian / The Observer
• First Lord's final between the sides since 1992
• James Vince and Heino Kuhn have been prolific run-scorers
The human interest stories for Saturday's Royal London One-Day Cup final are varied and many. Kent's 42-year-old Darren Stevens will be negotiating the Lord's slope in what is his 21st year of first-class cricket. The former Kent captain Sam Northeast, a Hampshire winter signing, will be going up against his restless successor Sam Billings, who, in a quiet season, has a point to prove.
The Hampshire captain, James Vince, unwanted in any of England's squads, has followed each announcement of his omission with huge centuries, including a 126-ball 171 in the semi-final against Yorkshire. Kent's Joe Denly is averaging 80 in the tournament and enjoying the role of senior statesman, while Hampshire's Joe Weatherley was a 15-year-old fan in the crowd when Hampshire last made a Lord's final, in 2012.
Hampshire who are, perhaps unfairly, seen as lavishly funded and overseas-stocked are favourites and the pace of Dale Steyn is proving more than useful. Yet it is Hampshire's young Englishmen who may prove the difference; Weatherley hit his first championship century this week while Reece Topley and Liam Dawson took four wickets each in Thursday's England Lions one-day win over West Indies A.
Kent play the home-grown underdog card well. When the former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams was appointed coach in 2012 he entered with a "strong desire to see young players develop". His successor, Matt Walker, has continued in the same vein. After some years of toil, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Alex Blake are fulfilling the potential with which they have so long been touted. They form the core of a team full of spirit, coming off the back of two championship wins and, in Denly's words, brimming with more togetherness than ever before.
Kent have a couple of their own superstar imports. New Zealand's Matt Henry has been destructive with the ball while the South African Heino Kuhn, whose Test career began and ended in England last year, has scored four centuries, including one in the gripping semi-final against Worcestershire, in five List A innings.
There is an air of nostalgia about Saturday; it is the first Lord's final between the sides since Hampshire won the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup Final and it will be one of the last. After 55 years of Lord's one-day cup finals the ECB announced that it will move to Trent Bridge from 2020.
Hampshire (likely): Jimmy Adams, Rilee Rossouw, James Vince*, Sam Northeast, James Weatherley, Liam Dawson, Lewis McManus, Gareth Berg, Chris Wood, Dale Steyn, Mason Crane.
Kent (likely): Daniel Bell-Drummond, Heino Kuhn, Joe Denly, Sean Dickson, Sam Billings, Darren Stevens, Alex Blake, Matt Henry, Harry Podmore, Grant Stewart, Imran Qayyum.
Umpires: Michael Gough, Graham Lloyd
• A version of this article was originally published in The Guardian on 30 June 2018. To access the original please click here.
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This was the site of the White Horse Inn. It was demolished in 1965. It was always prone to flooding from the Cibi Brook. The Inn had a famous aluminium sign. The White horse usually referred to the galloping white horse on the badge of the house of Hanover and was popular after George I came to the throne in 1714.
The cellar has been filled in.
from around 1982: Mays Fashions took up the whole of the shop at no 18 and Clarice (Milliner) moved to no 14.
1980, 1978: Mays ladies fashions also at no 18.
1973: 14A Gus Jones, clocks, jewellers (opened in March), 14B: May's Fashions, ladies separates.
1967: 14A, Fleur Boutique, fashion shop, new teenage department February.
In 1825 the White Horse Inn was the starting point for a walking feat to the Robin Hood Inn at Monmouth, back to the White Horse and on to the Lamb & Flag, then back to Abergavenny. Around 66 miles to be done for 6 days!


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Q: Deriving SSE of Simple Linear Regression is $\chi^{2}$ As per my notes, the key step in the proof that the sum of squares of residuals in regression is $\chi^{2}_{n-2}$ is the fact that $e_{i} = y_{i} - \hat{y}_{i}$ has a mean 0 and variance $\sigma^{2}$. This is the reason why $\dfrac{e_{i}}{\sigma}$ is standard normal and the sum of squares of the residuals turns out to be $\chi^{2}_{n-2}$.
The problem I have with this is that I derived the variance of a residual as $\sigma^{2}[1 - \frac{1}{n} - \frac{(x_{i} - \overline{x})^{2}}{S_{xx}}]$ when I was doing the predicted value of a new observation using the model.
Where is the logical flaw in the proof that the sum of squares of residuals is $\chi^{2}_{n-2}$ and how do we derive the fact that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}(\frac{e_i^{2}}{\sigma^2})$ is $\chi^{2}_{n-2}$?

A: Okay, so it turns out that the answer is not at all obvious as it was made out to be in the lecture videos I was watching (nice set of videos posted here ). We can solve it for the general case of multiple linear regression like so:
The model is $ \mathbf{Y} = \mathbf{X}\mathbf{\beta} + \mathbf{\epsilon}$. The fitted values are $ \hat{\mathbf{Y}} = \mathbf{X}\hat{\beta} = \mathbf{HY}$, where $\mathbf{H}$ is the hat matrix. From the above hat matrix notation, $\mathbf{e = Y - \hat{Y} = (I - H)Y = (I - H)(X\beta+\epsilon) = (I - H)\epsilon}$
The sum of the residual squares,
$ SSE = \sum_{i=1}^{n} e_{i}^{2} = \mathbf{e^{'} e = \epsilon^{'}(I - H)\epsilon}$. This follows from the symmetric nature and the idempotence of $\mathbf{(I - H)}$.
So, $\dfrac{SSE}{\sigma^{2}} = \dfrac{\mathbf{\epsilon^{'}(I - H)\epsilon}}{\sigma^{2}} = \mathbf{\dfrac{\epsilon^{'}}{\sigma} (I - H) \dfrac{\epsilon}{\sigma}}$.
This final formula is now in the quadratic form $\mathbf{X = \dfrac{Y^{'}MY}{\sigma^{2}}}$, where $\mathbf{Y \sim N(0, \sigma^{2}I})$ and $\mathbf{M}$ is symmetric and idempotent. Using the properties of orthogonal factorization of M, we can show that the distribution of $\mathbf{X}$ is $\chi^{2}_{tr(M)}$, which completes this rather neat proof.
Much of the needed algebra was inspired by the answers to this question - In simple linear regression, where does the formula for the variance of the residuals come from?

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This Irish mash-up of potatoes and apples makes a nice side dish for Uncorned Beef and Cabbage.
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Genius, As A Tot
She learned to read, then for a challenge she taught herself Spanish – at the tender age of 2. Her...
By Kate Gammon | Published Mar 14, 2014 11:50 PM
She learned to read, then for a challenge she taught herself Spanish – at the tender age of 2. Her parents took her to the doctor, where IQ tests put her in the top 2% of test-takers, with an IQ of 160 – the same as Albert Einstein's. Her doctors told a reporter that her IQ was "off the scale."
This isn't the first time Mensa has admitted a tiny tot to its ranks, as the media breathlessly reported. Two years ago, Emmelyn was admitted. She certainly appears to be a stereotypical genius — she wears glasses and can talk about black holes.
But what exactly are the connections between early smarts and later life? And can genius be recognized in early life?
Jonathan Wai, a research scientist at the Duke University Talent Identification Program, says that tests can identify above-average babies, as early as 12 months. His colleague Joseph Fagan created the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence.
Fagan tested 61 infants between 7-12 months of age on their ability to selectively attend to novel pictures. The infants looked at pictures for a few seconds, and then paired the old pictures with new ones, recording how long the babies looked at the old pictures. The smarter the infant was, the shorter time they spent looking at the pictures that weren't new – at least that was the idea. Infants generally spend about 60 percent of the time looking at new images.
The researchers then compared this data to IQ scores and academic performance when the babies were 21 – far from babies. As Wai points out, the tests were remarkably accurate at predicting IQ scores 18 years later – and the measures also correlated with academic performance, independent of parents' educational status. The results were published in the journal _Intelligence _in 2007.
This brings up the strong hereditary component of intelligence. From the study:
Despite these strong correlations, a lot of life learning can happen between infancy and the twenties, warns Wai. "The concern is that personality traits stabilize around age 12, 13 – so to test for intelligence that early [at age 2] is questionable. People are still developing at those early ages."
In addition, media stories can put weird pressure on families. "Although these stories are entertaining, that little girl didn't ask the media to write a story on her," he says. "If it was my kid, do I want a story written on her? It's going to follow her around for life."
Recognizing abilities early can have a benefit, though – increased awareness and access to special programs. "Typically testing isn't about bragging about an IQ score. The main thing about testing is to notice that a child is performing a certain level, and match them with the right opportunities so they're appropriately challenged."
Joseph F. Fagan, Cynthia R. Holland, Karyn Wheeler, The prediction, from infancy, of adult IQ and achievement, Intelligence, Volume 35, Issue 3, May–June 2007, Pages 225-231, ISSN 0160-2896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2006.07.007/.


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import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashSet;

import bonsai.examples.model.Action;
import bonsai.examples.model.Location;

import org.chocosolver.solver.*;
import org.chocosolver.solver.constraints.*;
import org.chocosolver.solver.variables.*;

import java.util.function.Consumer;

public class Transition implements Comparable
{
  // source : g : action : alpha : target
  public final Location source;
  public final Constraint guard;
  public final Action alpha;
  public final Consumer effect;
  public final Location target;

  // Vars_i_t concerned by transition's guards and actions
  private Set<String> Vars_i_t = new HashSet<>();

  private void addGuard(Constraint g)
  {
    if(null == g) return;
    //for guards
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    // guards
    if(null != guard)
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    }

    //call effect - function
    if(null == effect) return;
    effect.accept(model);
  }

  private void addEffect(Consumer e)
  {
    //for effects
    //if(null != e) Vars_i_t.add(e.getName());
  }

  public Transition(Location s, Constraint g, Action a, Consumer e, Location t)
  {
    source = s; guard = g; alpha = a; effect = e; target = t;
    addGuard(g);
    addEffect(e);
  }

  // tau transition
  public Transition(Location s, Constraint g, Consumer e, Location t)
  {
    source = s; guard = g; alpha = Action.tau; effect = e; target = t;
    addGuard(g);
    addEffect(e);
  }

  // true transition
  public Transition(Location s, Action a, Consumer e, Location t)
  {
    source = s; guard = null; alpha = a; effect = e; target = t;
    addEffect(e);
  }

  // true and tau transition
  public Transition(Location s, Consumer e, Location t)
  {
    source = s; guard = null; alpha = Action.tau; effect = e; target = t;
    addEffect(e);
  }

  // A transition is compared with its source/target locations [TODO] check.
  // It implies no two transitions with same source/target ~~
  @Override public int compareTo(Object b)
  {
    if(this.equals(b)) return 0;
    if(b instanceof Transition)
    {
      int s = this.source.compareTo(((Transition) b).source);
      if(0 == s) return this.target.compareTo(((Transition) b).target);
      return s;
    }
    throw(new ClassCastException());
  }

  @Override public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    return (o instanceof Transition) &&
           (this.source.equals( ((Transition) o).source)) &&
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  }

  public int hashCode()
  {
    return source.hashCode() + target.hashCode();
  }

  //no effect ?

  public Set<String> getVars()
  {
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    return Vars_i_t;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    return source.label + " -> " +
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           (null == alpha ? "tau " : alpha.toString()) + " : " +
           (null == effect ? "eps " : effect.toString()) +
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}


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Predicting the future of the Maple Leafs
Guessing how many wins the Leafs will get in the rest of the season is a tricky business.
By KatyaKnappe Mar 11, 2017, 9:00am EST
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Predicting the future is what using statistical models of hockey is all about. Statistics, or things that happen in a game that we count up, can also be used to more accurately describe past games than our faulty perceptions can do. This is why we add up the goals for and against, after all. But if the measurements and the calculations you subject them to and the uses to which you put them don't predict anything, than you might as well just flip a coin when it's time to talk future wins.
Predicting the future is what Corsi does well. It predicts itself—so if at a certain point a team has a certain Corsi For percentage, you can feel confident they are likely to have that number for the whole season. Not in every game of the season, obviously, but averaged over the 82 games.
It predicts future goals and therefore wins too. And now we have a valuable thing. Now we have the thing that will say this team is more likely to win than that one.
This is a nice easy to read chart that shows you Corsi, Expected Goals (which is a little better at predicting by this analysis) and Goals.
As you go along the bottom, the number of games in a season, you see that Corsi peaks at about 20 games in R^2, and Expected Goals peaks at about 30 games. They both have higher R^2 numbers than Goals themselves do. They both predict future goals better than goals. So if a team scores a lot more goals than they allow in their first 20 games, but their CF% is low, then they are not very likely to score at that rate for the whole season.
What the heck is R^2 though?
Here's a nice simple answer:
The coefficient of determination (denoted by R2) is a key output of regression analysis. It is interpreted as the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable.
So how much of future wins is predicted by Corsi? The answer is it's R^2.
And here's how you interpret the answer:
An R2 of 0 means that the dependent variable cannot be predicted from the independent variable.
An R2 of 1 means the dependent variable can be predicted without error from the independent variable.
An R2 between 0 and 1 indicates the extent to which the dependent variable is predictable. An R2 of 0.10 means that 10 percent of the variance in Y is predictable from X; an R2 of 0.20 means that 20 percent is predictable; and so on.
Please note that in the above chart the Y axis is in hundredths. So that is 0.10 to 0.30.
Let's look at a messier graph that is Corsi predicting future win percentage:
It's all kinds of Corsi. Focus on the green line which is Score and Venue Adjusted Corsi. The green line peaks around 20 games, stays up there and then falls, first slowly and then rapidly.
What that means is that at game 22, say, you can look at at team's Corsi and say, they are fairly likely to win at a good rate over the next 60 games.
When you hit game 42, and you want to predict the outcome of the next 40 games, Corsi works, but not as well.
When you hit game 62 and you want to predict the outcome of the next 20 games, Corsi barely works at all. And by the time there are only 16 games left, it's barely moving the R^2 needle. This is true for any small selection of games. This is true for any one game. The Corsi in the game you are watching isn't predictive of its outcome, nor is the Corsi that went before.
Flip a coin ten times. What did you get? Exactly five heads and five tails? Maybe you did, or maybe you got some other proportion. But you know that if you flip that coin enough, eventually you'll have half and half.
So, now you've flipped it 900 times and you have 450 each. Flip it ten more. What do you get? You get a random number of heads and tails. And that is exactly why the last few games can't be predicted by the bulk of what came before.
There is randomness—luck—in the outcome of all games. Bad bounces, a goalie sneezes, the ice has a rut, it goes in off someone's butt—none of that is predicted by Corsi and yet it can win or lose a game. And the fewer games there are, the more magnified the other factors, including randomness, are in determining the outcome.
You can account for the non-luck factors. You can create a probability of a win in any hockey game. The strength of the team, the injury status, home ice, the time of day, and a host of other things can be measured for effect and accounted for, and if you want to look at game probability predictions they are out there.
Probability is not destiny. Luck still gets a say.
So if you take a random number between one and sixteen, that's how many wins the Leafs will get. (I refuse to consider none, although that's possible.) Some of those numbers are more probable than others. But all are possible outcomes.
So what do I do, you're saying. Can you cheer for the team, should you believe in them. Are they worthy of your faith? Will they make the playoffs?
That sounds like dating advice to me, and I don't do that. You picked them already! You chose the Leafs, and you're an item, and you can give all the faith you can bear to have fulfilled. I'm not going to tell you you picked wrong.
The Leafs making the playoffs is a bit like the dog who finally catches the car, let's be honest. Make sure you can take it before you give them your faith. They might actually do it!
Maybe you're the jaded type who likes to nod sagely and say, "This is why we can't have nice things." Maybe you want to assume the Leafs will lose so you won't be disappointed.
If this works for you, you should do that.
All things are possible.
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MDM Closes On Purchase Of Miami Arena Site, Convention Center Hotel Coming
March 6, 2017 ·26 Comments
MDM's 53- story convention center hotel is one step closer.
MDM closed on the purchase of the former Miami Arena site late Friday for $45 million. The developer has issued a press release confirming the purchase.
The deed is said to be restricted to only allow a convention center hotel to be built on the vacant lot. MDM has approval to build a 1,700-room hotel with 600,000 square feet of convention center space.
The 4.7-acre site at 700 N. Miami Ave last sold for $35 million in 2012.
MDM will break ground in the third quarter as it is still pursuing a tax subsidy deal with the CRA, a representative told The Real Deal. They previously said they would break ground in Spring 2017. The project has two phases, and both will completed by 2020.
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Maybe the architecture is not that impressive but the convention center is much needed. I think it will only bring positive things to the area.
It's a game changer for the immediate vicinity.
Exactly. Mediocre architecture is second to function. This space will a good thing for the area. Plus it's across from the brightline train and metro rail. Excellent location and use!
it's a pretty awful design, specifically the elevation with that huge curve. Consider this though. a couple years ago Miami Beach was going forward with a convention center and hotel project that would have brought either BIG or OMA, and the Mayor (Levine) got greedy and then politics intervened so that now all that is being done is a rehab by ARQ that regardless of design is not enough to bring that convention center to current quality level. They really ruined what was going to be a great project and true game changer for Miami Beach. That is one of the biggest debacles since the Marlins Stadium.
I don't know…I liked the first plan better…
So did I.
Me three!
They still have the old renderings in the scribd docs. That original architecture was so pretty and modern. Looked like something you would find on the Vegas strip. This new one is – ugh. But whatever. Better than nothing at all.
The new one looks like something you would find on an 80's episode of Miami Vice with Sonny Crockett driving by in his White Testarossa.
Indeed it does. Lol.
But you can't go wrong with Miami Vice…
Am I the only one that likes this? Yes, I liked the previous design better. Not only have I seen a TON of non-creative cookie-cutter straight vertical buildings, I think this is unique and I like it.
Yeah, I think you are the only one that does.
MDM wants to decrease the amount of hotel rooms that the last rendering had proposed, but all they had to is keep the design but build it on a little smaller scale. The rest of us like the idea of an additional tower planned next to it, but the last design was way more eye appealing.
It looks like something straight out of Miami Vice.
this design is garbage and dated.
Chattanooga hotels have more panache than this horrible '80s design. Why can't we get good hotel designs in Miami is beyond me
Because Miami is a mediocre town full of mediocre designers/developers. Poorly designed buildings are glittered all over the city skyline. Go take a look at Chicago's city skyline and just about all of the skyscrapers/high rises/condos are beautiful. You have a very diverse skyline of beautiful buildings in Chicago with varying height, architecture, density and much higher class materials used. In Miami, it looks like every high rise is made of cheap stucco with no real design or input. So that's what you have here: mediocrity.
AndrewN
But Chicago has high rises that were built over many decades. Most of Miami's have been built in the last 15 years.
Correct. But you also have very stunning projects in Chicago going on at the moment and a lot of their "late" projects over the past 10 years look amazing. Check out chicago.curbed.com for reference. I guess I shouldn't really be surprised as Chicago is an architecture powerhouse and is actually where the very first "skyscraper" was built over 100 years ago.
That podium is an eyesore.
Why is there even a pool? Is this a downtown convention center or a pool party spa?
Isn't the new Miami Beach Convention Center project going to have 505,000 square feet of convention center space? That's not that big of a difference between the MBCC and Miami World Convention Center which is going to be 600,000 of convention center space.
I see homeless people walking by the pool.
Well good for them!


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Interim report for the first quarter of 2010:
Bayer achieves strong gains in sales and earnings
Sales advance by 5.3 percent to EUR 8,316 million
EBITDA before special items climbs by 13.2 percent to EUR 1,918 million
Net income up 63.1 percent to EUR 693 million
Core earnings per share increase by 31.9 percent to EUR 1.20
Group outlook raised for 2010
Leverkusen, April 29, 2010- The Bayer Group started off 2010 with strong sales and earnings growth. "Bayer is well on track - and we plan to grow again this year," said Werner Wenning, Chairman of the Board of Management, when the first-quarter report was published on Thursday. MaterialScience posted a clear recovery in an increasingly stabilizing market environment, achieving better-than-expected sales growth against the very weak prior-year quarter. While HealthCare saw a slight improvement in sales and earnings, the CropScience business weakened distinctly in the first quarter against the record level of the prior-year period. This was due to the general market trend and a late start to the season caused by the weather. "We remain confident for 2010 overall and are raising the outlook for the Bayer Group," Wenning said.
Sales of the Bayer Group rose by 5.3 percent in the first quarter to EUR 8,316 million (Q1 2009: EUR 7,895 million). Adjusted for currency and portfolio effects, business grew by 6.2 percent. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) - before special items - expanded by 13.2 percent to EUR 1,918 million (Q1 2009: EUR 1,695 million). The EBITDA margin before special items climbed to 23.1 percent (Q1 2009: 21.5 percent). The operating result (EBIT) before special items improved by 25.3 percent to EUR 1,274 million (Q1 2009: EUR 1,017 million).
Solid quarter for HealthCare
Sales of the HealthCare subgroup rose by 0.7 percent in the first quarter, to EUR 3,869 million (Q1 2009: EUR 3,843 million). The currency- and portfolio-adjusted (Fx & portfolio adj.) increase was 2.6 percent. "This growth was due primarily to the pleasing business trend in the Consumer Health segment," Wenning explained.
Sales of the Pharmaceuticals segment receded by 2.2 percent to EUR 2,531 million, but moved forward by 0.6 percent on a currency- and portfolio-adjusted basis. Business expanded in the North America and Asia/Pacific regions, but declined in Europe. The highest growth rates among our top products were posted by the hormone-releasing intrauterine device Mirena® with a currency-adjusted (Fx adj.) 16.5 percent increase and the cancer drug Nexavar® with 16.0 percent (Fx adj.). Positive performances were also registered by the antihypertensive drug Kinzal®/Pritor® with plus 12.6 percent (Fx adj.) and the antibiotic Avalox®/Avelox® with plus 8.0 percent (Fx adj.). Business with the YAZ® family of oral contraceptives declined by 10.2 percent (Fx adj.). Demand for this product in the United States suffered particularly from the discussion surrounding the thrombosis risk of contraceptives containing drospirenone. However, Bayer continues to believe that the risk profile is comparable to that of other combination oral contraceptives. This view is supported primarily by the results of two prospective observational studies in the U.S. and Europe with more than 120,000 users. Sales of the multiple sclerosis drug Betaferon®/Betaseron® fell by 5.0 percent (Fx adj.), mainly because of a decline in Europe.
Sales in the Consumer Health segment advanced by 6.5 percent (Fx & portfolio adj. 6.8 percent) to EUR 1,338 million, with all divisions contributing to this growth. Business developed particularly well in the United States, where demand was boosted by the gradual recovery in the economy. In the non-prescription medicines business (Consumer Care), particularly strong growth was registered by the analgesic Aleve®/naproxen with plus 40.9 percent (Fx adj.) and the multivitamin product One-A-Day® with plus 22.4 percent (Fx adj.). Business with the Contour® line of blood glucose meters - the top product of the Medical Care Division - improved by 4.6 percent (Fx adj.).
First-quarter EBITDA before special items of HealthCare climbed by 1.7 percent to EUR 1,079 million (Q1 2009: EUR 1,061 million). This increase was attributable to a substantial rise in earnings in the Consumer Health segment, whereas earnings of Pharmaceuticals declined due to a portfolio change and higher expenditures for research and development.
Delayed start to the season at CropScience
Sales of CropScience fell by 7.9 percent (Fx & portfolio adj. 10.0 percent) year on year in the first quarter to EUR 1,952 million (Q1 2009: EUR 2,120 million). "This was mainly due to adverse weather conditions in several important growing regions," said Wenning. Other contributory factors were high product inventories in the distribution channels and lower prices for major agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn. By contrast, the market environment for high-quality seed was relatively favorable. Overall, business got off to a weak start but picked up again significantly toward the end of the quarter.
Crop Protection sales declined by 14.9 percent (Fx adj. 16.4 percent) to EUR 1,476 million. While sales in each of the business units Herbicides, Fungicides and Seed Treatment were down by more than 18 percent due largely to the long winter in the northern hemisphere, Insecticides posted a 2.1 percent increase. The steepest declines occurred in North America, where sales dropped by 29.4 percent overall. Here the market was heavily impacted by the cold weather, which delayed sowing, and by the drought in Canada. In addition, CropScience considerably reduced prices for the canola herbicide Liberty® in Canada and the herbicide Ignite® in the United States. Prices for canola seed were increased, however. The start to the spring season was also delayed in Europe, where Crop Protection sales receded by 14.5 percent. Business shrank by 1.9 in the Asia/Pacific region and 4.6 percent in Latin America/Africa/Middle East.
Sales of the Environmental Science, BioScience segment rose by a gratifying 23.3 percent (Fx & portfolio adj. 18.6 percent) to EUR 476 million. In the BioScience business unit, sales were up by 37.8 percent (Fx & portfolio adj. 29.4 percent). This growth was due primarily to markedly higher sales in cotton, canola and vegetables. Sales of the Environmental Science business unit rose by 3.7 percent (Fx adj. 3.9 percent). Business with products for private consumers improved particularly in the United States, but also in Europe. However, sales of products for professional users fell slightly year on year.
EBITDA before special items of CropScience receded by 24.2 percent to EUR 559 million (Q1 2009: EUR 737 million). This was mainly due to the weak business development in Crop Protection, higher production and idle capacity costs, and increased research expenses, particularly at BioScience.
MaterialScience much stronger
The high-tech materials business got off to a successful start in 2010. Sales of MaterialScience were up by 35.5 percent (Fx adj. 37.9 percent), to EUR 2,216 million (Q1 2009: EUR 1,636 million) from the very weak prior-year quarter, which was weighed down by the economic and financial crisis. Business in this subgroup also gained 9.9 percent over the fourth quarter of 2009. "All business units contributed to this significant improvement with higher volumes and selling price increases," Wenning reported.
Business with raw materials for foams (Polyurethanes) expanded by 33.4 percent (Fx adj.) in the first quarter, with double-digit growth rates for all product groups. There were even greater increases in sales of Polycarbonates (Fx adj. plus 56.9 percent) and raw materials for Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties (Fx adj. plus 52.6 percent).
EBITDA before special items of MaterialScience improved markedly to EUR 287 million, against a loss of EUR 116 million in the prior-year quarter. This positive performance was mainly the result of considerably higher volumes and the related increase in capacity utilization at our production facilities.
Net financial debt remains level - net income rises significantly
Earnings in the first quarter were diminished by special charges of EUR 77 million (Q12009: EUR 44 million), relating entirely to litigations at HealthCare and CropScience. After special items, EBIT in the first three months advanced by 23.0 percent to EUR 1,197 million (Q1 2009: EUR 973 million). Net income climbed by 63.1 percent to EUR 693 million (Q1 2009: EUR 425 million), while core earnings per share improved by 31.9 percent to EUR 1.20 (Q1 2009: EUR 0.91).
Gross cash flow increased by 5.1 percent to EUR 1,271 million (Q1 2009: EUR 1,209 million), due especially to the upward business trend at MaterialScience, while net cash flow rose by 5.6 percent to EUR 732 million (Q1 2009: EUR 693 million). Despite the seasonal expansion of business in the first quarter and negative currency effects, net financial debt as of March 31 remained level with the end of 2009 at EUR 9.7 billion.
Over 15 percent growth in core earnings per share planned for 2010
"The global economic recovery is likely to continue this year," Wenning predicted. However, he said the prospects remain uncertain, which means 2010 will not be an easy year either. "Yet we are optimistic about the future and intend to build on the positive developments prior to 2009," the Bayer Chairman stressed. The decline in business momentum at HealthCare and CropScience is being offset by the recovery at MaterialScience, which is progressing faster than expected.
For the current year, Bayer is targeting currency- and portfolio-adjusted sales growth of more than 5 percent. Since, in addition, currency parities have so far trended more favorably than anticipated, the Bayer Group is raising its earnings forecast. The company now aims to increase EBITDA before special items to more than EUR 7 billion (previously: toward EUR 7 billion). Core earnings per share are expected to improve by more than 15 percent (previously: about 10 percent). Bayer's estimates are based on the exchange rates prevailing at the end of the first quarter- for example, US$1.35 (previously: US$1.40) to the euro.
The 2010 sales forecast for HealthCare has been adjusted in light of the business trend in the first quarter: the subgroup anticipates below-market growth for Pharmaceuticals, but expects to expand faster than the market in Consumer Health. This corresponds to currency- and portfolio-adjusted growth for HealthCare of about 3 percent (previously: about 5 percent). The subgroup is targeting a further increase in EBITDA before special items.
Following the delayed start to the season due to weather conditions, business at CropScience has now gained momentum. Despite this, the subgroup now anticipates lower sales growth in view of the weak market development in the first quarter. CropScience is adhering to its goal of achieving slightly above-market growth in 2010, and now expects to post a currency- and portfolio-adjusted sales increase of between 2 and 3 percent (previously: approximately 4 percent) and EBITDA before special items level with the prior year (previously: a small increase).
MaterialScience anticipates a continuing recovery in the markets relevant to its business. In light of this, the subgroup is targeting a sales increase in the region of 20 percent (previously: more than 10 percent) on a currency- and portfolio-adjusted basis in 2010. MaterialScience plans to more than double (previously: considerably increase) EBITDA before special items. In the second quarter of 2010, the subgroup anticipates further growth in sales and an improvement in EBITDA before special items compared with the first quarter of the year.
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Jean Amyot d'Inville, né le  à Meknès au Maroc, est conseiller en communication et directeur de collection. Il a créé et dirigé le Centre de communication de l'Ouest à Nantes.

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Jean Amyot d'Inville est l'un des fils de Jacques Amyot d'Inville (1908-1943), saint-cyrien et officier de Légion étrangère, tué, au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale - en 1943 -, en Tunisie, et de Marie-Joseph Audren de Kerdrel. Plusieurs de ses oncles sont morts pour la France pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dont Hubert Amyot d'Inville, «pacha » des Fusiliers marins - deux avisos ont porté son nom -, et Compagnon de la Libération, tué en Italie en 1944, en pleine guerre ; mais aussi Gérald, prêtre, mort en déportation en 1945. Le quatrième garçon, Guy, officier lui aussi, blessé puis prisonnier est revenu après la guerre - cette histoire a déjà été racontée, notamment dans un livre. Sa mère, née Marie-Josèphe Audren de Kerdrel (1914-2007), était professeur de sciences naturelles à Rennes.

Après ses études secondaires à l'Institution Saint-Martin de Rennes, il entre à l'École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. Parallèlement, il est documentaliste de 1961 à 1963 à la "Bonne Presse", devenue le groupe "Bayard presse". Il est reporter aux Armées en 1964-1965. De 1965 à 1974, il anime à Paris les services information relations publiques dans trois secteurs : industrie (groupe Schneider-Creusot, 20 000 salariés) ; Équipement du territoire (Caisse des dépôts) ; Centre national d'information pour le progrès économique (CNIPE, devenu Centre Inffo). Parallèlement, il est élu à 27 ans secrétaire général de l'Association française des relations publiques (Afrep) et, à ce titre, participe au développement de cette profession.

Début 1975, il décide de revenir dans l'Ouest et devient à Nantes le premier directeur de la communication de la Région des Pays de la Loire auprès du Préfet et des présidents d'assemblées régionales. Il y crée notamment des groupes information ainsi que le "Club relations publiques des Pays de la Loire", devenu "Apecom" (1976). Puis il imagine et dirige le Centre de communication de l'Ouest (CCO) - que va présider Gilles Bouyer, structure originale dans sa conception pluraliste, son financement (32 investisseurs), son fonctionnement (350 partenaires et clients) et son animation (600 activités dont plus 150 débats publics par an). À ce titre il est à l'origine de beaucoup d'initiatives inédites dans les domaines de l'accueil, l'animation, la découverte de l'économie, de la littérature, du cinéma et du multimédia (1982-1989 et 1993-2002). Entretemps il a été directeur général de la future Cité internationale des congrès (1987-1990), puis délégué de "Nantes TV Câble" où il a projeté un modèle original de télévision coopérative (1991-1992).

Officiellement "en retraite" en 2002, il crée l'Observatoire des médias à l'Université permanente de Nantes ; est nommé au Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel à Rennes en 2003 ; et dirige la collection "Les régionaux qui font la France" depuis 2006. Il est membre du Bureau de plusieurs structures, parmi lesquelles l'Académie littéraire de Bretagne et des Pays de la Loire, dont il est vice-chancelier depuis 2007.

Ouvrages publiés
 Au pied de la tour, une aventure de communication. Préface de Jean-Marie Cavada. Pierre Gauthier, éditeur (1991).
 Les Têtes, découverte des personnalités de l'Ouest, codirecteur de collection : Denis Roux (vingt ouvrages ayant présenté ), éditions CCO (1988-1992), "Rédactuel" (1993-2000) et "Inter Régies" (2001-2002).
 Participation aux « Cahiers » de l'Académie littéraire de Bretagne et des Pays de la Loire (depuis 1995).
 Clubs en Loire-Atlantique, le guide des cercles et des réseaux. Coauteur avec Isabelle Labarre, éditions du Puits fleuri (1997).
 Journal d'un entremetteur. Une décennie à Nantes (1993-2002), éditions Siloë (2004).
 Réussir ! Des parcours d'exception (premier ouvrage de la collection « Les Régionaux qui font la France »), en collaboration avec la Banque Populaire Atlantique, éditions Ouest-France (2007).
 Les Régionaux qui font la France (Loire-Atlantique) Cinq portraits inédits de Jean-François Chatal, Michel Decré, Chantal Gobin, Patrick Guénet et Jean-Claude Jaunait). Coauteur avec Thomas Girard-Lamaury, éditions Siloë (2010).
 Une vie de com' avec un "aime". Préfacé par Philippe Gildas, éditions d'Orbestier (2013).

Créations
 Les "Singers boys" (1960) et la "Route de Lourdes" (de 1961 à 1967).
 Renouveau de la revue "La Maison de verre", comme rédacteur en chef (de 1969 à 1974).
 "Club Relations publiques des Pays de la Loire", devenu "Apecom" (de 1976 à 1981).
 Études sur les médias et l'information à l'Institut régional d'administration (de 1976 à 1985).
 Première réunion sur l'information des Régions françaises (1978).
 Prix régional de communication des Pays de la Loire (de 1978 à 1988).
 "Club Loire-Atlantique" (Cla) de Rire (depuis 1989).
 "Centre de communication de l'Ouest" (de 1980 à 1989 et de 1993 à 2002) avec notamment : "Direct", lettre régionale d'information sur les médias (de 1982 à 1995), "Les Livres de l'Ouest" (depuis  1983), "Espace microinformatique régional" (de 1984 à 1992), "Club information" (de 1993 à 2001), "Accueil des nouveaux Nantais" (depuis 1993), "Journées médias actualité" (de 1994 à 2002), "Un auteur, un jour" (depuis 1995), "Le Café littéraire" (depuis 1998), le "Grand écran" (de 1996 à 2005), "Les Rendez-vous de l'économie" (de 1998 à 2002), "Forum l'émission multimédia" (de 1998 à 2005), site Internet : "les1000 de l'Ouest.com" (depuis 2000), etc.
 "Observatoire universitaire des médias" (depuis 2002).
  Collection "Les Régionaux qui font la France" (depuis 2006), en collaboration avec Thomas Girard-Lamaury.

Distinctions
 Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
 Officier des Palmes académiques
 Membre d'honneur du Press-club de France (1996)
 Prix spécial du « Grand prix des relations presse » (1998), etc.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

 interview  sur www.les1000delouest.com
 Article du Point sur Jean Amyot d'Inville

Naissance en avril 1942
Naissance à Meknès
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Élève de l'École supérieure de journalisme de Paris
Officier des Palmes académiques


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The final rules are effective August 9, 2010. The final rules provide guidance to retirement plan administrators, service providers, participants and alternate payees on the requirements of qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs) under ERISA.


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