Dollar's intra-day break of last Thursday's 2-month peak at 112.72 due to renewed broad-based usd's strength confirms recent strong rise from September's 107.32 bottom has once again resumed and would head to 113.00/10, however, loss of upward momentum should cap price at 113.40.
On the downside, below 112.25/30 signals temporary top is made, hen risk is seen for a retracement to 112.00, then 111.70/80 later.
Swiss UBS consumption indicator, France consumer confidence, Italy business confidence, consumer confidence, Swiss ZEW investor sentiment, U.K. GDP, current account, Italy industrial orders, industrial sales, U.K. CBI distributive trades, and U.S. building permits, durable goods, pending home sales.
Dollar's intra-day gain to 113.20 suggests re-test of last Wednesday's 2-month peak at 113.26 would be forthcoming next, break would extend recent upmove from September's 10-1/2 month bottom at 107.32 to next daily objective at 113.58, loss of upward momentum would cap price at 116.00/05 today.
On,the downside, only below 112.54 prolongs choppy sideways trading and risk weakness towards 112.22/26.
Japan consumer confidence, U.K. Markit construction PMI, EU producer prices, and U.S. redbook, ISM New York index.
Dlr's intra-day firmness due partly to rising U.S. yields suggests re-test of September's 2-month peak at 113.26 would be seen, above confirms recent upmove from 107.32 has resumed and would head to next daily objective at 113.58, loss of momentum is likely to cap price at 114.05/10.
Failure to penetrate 113.26 and subsequent break of 112.22 would risk stronger retracement of aforesaid rise towards 111.48 before prospect of rebound.
After yesterday's hawkish comments by Fed's Harker and Williams, more Fed officials will be speaking later in the day starting with Fed's Bostic at 13:15GMT, Fed's Dudley and Fed's Kaplan at 16:15GMT and Fed's Bullard at 17:00GMT.
Dollar's intra-day cross-inspired break of this week's low at 111.99 (Tue) confirms decline from last Friday's 2-1/2 month peak at 113.44 has resumed and would head towards 111.48, oversold condition may keep price above 111.12.
Only above 112.32 (AUS) suggests correction has possibly ended and yields stronger gain towrds 112.59 but 112.83 would cap upside.
U.S. will release CPI, retail sales, business inventories and U. of Michigan consumer confidence.
Today, we have a line of Fed officials delivering speeches starting with Boston Fed's Rosengren (non-voter) n Fed Gov. Powell (voter) at 12:30GMT, then Chicago Fed's Evans (voter) at 14:25GMT, Dallas Fed's Kaplan (voter) at 15:30GMT n Fed's Powell again at 17:00GMT.
Despite dollar's drop to 111.65 on Monday, subsequent rally to 112.29 in New York, then marginally higher to 112.48 yesterday suggests the pullback from October's 2-1/2 month peak at 113.44 has ended there and choppy trading with upside bias would be seen for gain towards 112.59, above would add credence to this view and extend further, however, resistance at 112.83 should remain intact and yield retreat.
On the downside, only below 111.65 would revive bearishness for a stronger retracement of erratic upmove from 107.32 towards 111.48/50, then 111.12.
U.S. will release building permits, housing starts and later Fed's beige book. Pay attention to New York Fed President Dudley (voter) and Dallas President Kaplan (voter) who will participate in moderated discussion at a forum in New York at 12:00GMT.
The greenback's intra-day break October's 2-1/2 month peak at 113.44 signals erratic upmove from September's trough at 107.32 has once again resumed and choppy trading with upside bias would be seen for gain towards 113.60/70, however, loss of momentum would keep price below 114.00/10 today and yield a much-needed correction later.
On the downside, only below 112.48 (previous resistance, now support) would indicate a temporary top has been made and risk stronger retracement towards 111.99.
Germany producer prices, EU current account, U.K. PSNB, PSNCR, Canada CPI, retail sales, and U.S. existing home sales.
Despite the greenback's rally from Thursday's low at 113.34 to a fresh 3-1/2 month peak at 114.45, subsequent retreat signals recent erratic upmove has formed a temporary top there and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 113.20/24, then 112.80/90 but loss of momentum would keep price above 112.50 and yield rebound later this week.
On the upside, only above 114.45 would revive bullishness for gain towards 114.60/70 before prospect of a correction due to over bought condition.
Japan retail sales, Germany retail sales, Swiss KOF leading indicator, U.K. mortgage approvals, EU business climate, economic sentiment, industrial sentiment, servcies sentiment, consumer confidence.
U.S. personal income, personal spending, PCE, core PCE, Dallas Fed manufacturing business index, and Germany CPI, HICP on Monday.
Despite the greenback's rally from Thursday's low at 113.34 to a fresh 3-1/2 month peak at 114.45, subsequent retreat signals recent erratic upmove has formed a temporary top there and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 112.80/90 but loss of momentum would keep price above 112.50 and yield rebound later this week.
Ahead of FOMC, U.S. will release Markit mfg PMI, construction spending, ISM-mfg PMI. Although the Fed is widely expected to keep its interest rate unchanged at today's meeting until its final meeting in December (13th), market will look at the FOMC statements (as no press conference is scheduled) for clues on Fed's view about the labour market and the U.S. economic outlook.
Despite yesterday's cross-inspired rebound to 114.34 in Europe, subsequent decline in New York due to usd's weakness suggests choppy trading below Mon's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 would continue with downside bias for stronger retracement to 113.30/35, loss of downward momentum would keep price above 113.00/10.
Only above 114.34 signals said correction has ended instead, then risk is seen for re-test of 114.74.
No major U.S. eco. data is due out today, so funds flow would have a strong influence on intra-day price swings, also pay attention to U.S. yields, the benchmark 10-year is currently at 2.3109%, now far from its Tuesday's near 4-week low of 2.304%.
Although dollar's rebound from 113.09 (Thursday) to 113.64 on Friday, then intra-day initial gain to 113.72 suggests decline from last Monday's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has made a low, intra-day retreat on cross-buying in yen due to retreat in U.S. yields and weakness in the Nikkie would bring sideways trading before prospect of further headway towards 114.07 later today or tomorrow.
Only below 113.22 would risk re-test of 113.09, however, loss of downward momentum would keep price above 112.73.
Japan CGPI, Canada market holiday, and U.S. federal budget.
The greenback's rebound from last Thursday's low at 113.09 to 113.72 yesterday and then intra-day break of this resistance strongly suggests decline from last Monday's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has made a temporary low there and choppy trading with upside bias would be seen but above 114.07 is needed to add credence to this view and extend towards 114.34 later.
On the downside, only below 113.22/25 would confirm aforesaid recovery has ended instead and turn outlook bearish for a re-test of 113.09, break, 112.70/73 later.
U.S. will release PPI data n Redbook retails sales at 13:30GMT. Chair Janet Yellen will participate in policy panel before the CB Conference, the theme is Communications Challenges for Policy Effectiveness, Accountability and Reputation at 10:00GMT. Other Fed officials will be speaking later today (please refer to EI page for details).
The greenback's intra-day sharp retreat n subsequent break of last Thursday's low at 113.09 signals erratic decline from November's fresh 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has resumed and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 112.48/50 but near term loss of momentum would prevent sharp fall beyond there and reckon support at 112.30 would remain intact and yield rebound.
On the upside, only above 113.50 would indicate a temporary low has been made and risk stronger retracement towards 113.91 before prospect of pullback.
France CPI, U.K. claimant count, ILO unemployment rate, average weekly earnings, EU trade balance.
U.S. MBA mortgage application, CPI, core CPI, real weekly earnings, New York Fed manufacturing, retail sales, retail sales ex-autos, business inventories.
The greenback's sharp retreat last week and subsequent break of November's low at 113.09 to 111.95 Friday signals erratic decline from November's fresh 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has resumed and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 111.75/80 but near term loss of momentum would prevent sharp fall beyond there and reckon support at 111.65 would remain intact and yield rebound.
On the upside, only above 113.33 would indicate a temporary low has been made and risk stronger retracement towards 113.91 before prospect of pullback.
U.S. eco. calendar is very thin with October leading indicator being the only data due out later today at 15:00GMT.
The greenback's sharp retreat last week and subsequent break of November's low at 113.09 to 111.89 Monday signals erratic decline from November's fresh 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has resumed and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 111.75/80 but near term loss of momentum would prevent sharp fall beyond there and reckon support at 111.65 would remain intact and yield rebound.
EU consumer confidence, and U.S. MBA mortgag application, durable goods, durables ex-transport, durables ex-defense, initial jobless claims, University of Michigan sentiment and FOMC minutes.
The greenback's sharp retreat last week and subsequent break of November's low at 113.09 to 111.89 Monday and yesterday's fall to 111.07 on dovish FOMC minutes signals erratic decline from November's fresh 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 has resumed and choppy trading with downside bias would be seen for weakness towards 110.88 but near term loss of momentum would prevent sharp fall beyond there and reckon support at 110.50 would remain intact and yield rebound.
Swiss industrial orders, Germany Ifo business climate, Ifo current conditions, Ifo expectations, Italy industrial orders, industrial sales, U.K. BBA mortgage approvals, and U.S. Markit manufacturing PMI, Markit services PMI.
As the greenback has retreated again after meeting renewed selling at 111.69 in Australia, suggesting recovery from last Thursday's low at 111.07 has ended there and consolidation with downside bias remains for decline from November's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 to resume and yield re-test of said support, break would extend towards 110.70 but loss of momentum would keep price above 110.58.
On the upside, only above 112.18 would indicate a temporary low has been made and risk stronger retracement towards 112.50/52 before prospect of retreat.
Swiss non-farm payrolls, Italy business confidence, consumer confidence, and U.S. new home sales, Dallas Fed manufacturing business index on Monday.
Germany GfK consumer sentiment, import price, France consumer confidence.
Canada producer prices, and U.S. building permits, wholesale inventories, redbook, monthly home price, CS home price, consumer confidence, Richmond Fed manufacturing.
Despite the greenback's resumption of decline from November's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 to a fresh 2-month trough at 110.84 Monday, subsequent rebound to 112.15 yesterday and intra-day break of this resistance suggests a temporary low has been made and consolidation with upside bias remains for a stronger retracement towards 112.72/75 but near term loss of momentum would keep price below 113.33 this week and yield retreat.
On the downside, only below 111.38 would indicate aforesaid recovery has ended instead and turn outlook bearish for a re-test of said support early next week.
Despite being the last trading of the month, pay attention to release of important U.S. PCE data, personal income and spending, initial jobless claims and Chicago PMI.
Also we have several Fed officials who are scheduled to speak during New Year session starting with Fed's Mester, Fed's Powell and Fed's Kaplan.
Despite the greenback's resumption of decline from November's 7-1/2 month peak at 114.74 to a fresh 2-month trough at 110.84 last Monday, subsequent rebound to 112.88 Friday and then intra-day break of this resistance suggests a temporary low has been made and consolidation with uspide bias remains for a stronger retracement towards 113.20/30 but near term loss of momentum would keep price below 113.44 this week and yield retreat.
U.S. will release ISM New York index, and factory orders later in the day.
Pay attention to speeches by BoJ Gov. Kuroda and ECB Board member Villeroy will are both scheduled to make a speech at a seminar in Tokyo at 04:00GMT, Vileroy will make another at a seminar at 06:30GMT.
U.S. will release mortgage applications, ADP employment data n non-farm productivity.
Pay attention to ADP private payrolls number ahead of Friday's key U.S. jobs data, street forecast is look for an increase of 185K in Nov vs previous reading of 235K, if actual figure comes in lower than estimate, USD will be sold.


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The Top 5 Films From the 90's
A few months ago I watched LA Confidential again. I love LA Confidential. The film is kind of a miracle– a dense, twisty, multi-faceted crime story that manages to put four fully fleshed out main characters front and center, giving them all moments to shine, and having it work all beautifully. Then it also gives us a multitude of well drawn supporting characters, an engaging romance, exciting action, and a plot that takes us all over 1950's Los Angeles. It never feels rushed, lacking or confusing in any way and it manages to do all this in 138 minutes. "It's one of the best movies of the 90's", I thought to myself. "Definitely in my top five."
Then I decided I'd put my money where my mouth was and do a list of the top five films of the 90's, showing everyone what an astute film enthusiast I was by giving LA Confidential a spot (and admittedly praising an already highly praised film). And then I actually started compiling the list and realized why people seldom do top five lists for things spanning a decade. Because it turns out, there's a metric crap ton of incredible movies that came out in the 90's and trying to pick only five is ridiculous. Picking ten would've been far less painful but it's not what I said I'd do. I set out to do a list of five and wanted to embrace the challenge… And then not even put LA Confidential on it.
For an idea of how challenging this was, these are other films not on the list: Boogie Nights, The Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven, The Player, Three Kings, Malcolm X, The Big Lebowski, Saving Private Ryan, Silence Of the Lambs, Short Cuts, Rushmore, Barton Fink, The Piano, In the Name of the Father, Fight Club, Dazed and Confused, Forrest Gump, The Sweet Hereafter, The Fugitive, Election, Titanic, Miller's Crossing, The Ice Storm, Boyz n the Hood, Glengarry Glen Ross, One False Move, Ed Wood, Reservoir Dogs, Dead Man Walking, Good Will Hunting, Leaving Las Vegas, Being John Malkovich, Wayne's World, JFK, Fearless, Jurassic Park, Office Space, Ulee's Gold, A Perfect World, Lone Star, True Romance, Philadelphia, Bullets Over Broadway, Boys Don't Cry, Secrets and Lies, The Straight Story, Armageddon(it's one of kind), Clerks, Beauty and the Beast, Eve's Bayou, Toy Story, Babe, Braveheart, Magnolia, Casino, Clockers, Crimson Tide, Kundun, Heat, Out of Sight, Starship Troopers, Se7en, To Die For, The Truman Show, Jerry Maguire, The Insider, The Full Monty, Jackie Brown, Men In Black, Ruby In Paradise, Waiting for Guffman, Buffalo 66, Dark City, The General, Happiness, Dogma, Eyes Wide Shut, The Limey, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense…and others I'm leaving some out by accident. And some I'm leaving out just because I'm catty and think they're lame and pretentious (things with titles containing the words Bad and Lieutenant, and anything by Larry "Really Unhealthy Obsession with Showing Underage Kids Having Graphic Sex" Clark. There's something really wrong with that guy).
5. Schindler's List
I agonized over putting this one on here. It meant I had to leave off Boogie Nights, the film that marked the arrival of one of the most vital filmmakers working today in Paul Thomas Anderson. It also meant no Rushmore, which did the same for Wes Anderson. But in the end I think it's the correct choice. I've already kind of covered my reverence for this film. It's a landmark. One of the most important films ever made. It also marked an important leap in sophistication and maturity for the most commercially successful filmmaker of all time. Spielberg showed he is indeed a great ARTIST with this one, worthy of the same greatness heaped on his more revered colleagues in that great 70's auteur renaissance that also spawned Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma, Lucas, Altman, Lumet,…Cimino. So it's a very important film and a very important moment in the career of a very important filmmaker. It's also my favorite film.
4. Hoop Dreams
I'm putting a documentary on here instead of Unforgiven– the best film of Clint Eastwood's career and one of the best Westerns ever. It also means no room for The Shawshank Redemption and that's one of the most beloved films of all time. Why? Because I never paid attention to documentaries before this one came out (and The Academy famously didn't pay attention to it after it came out). And one really should pay attention to documentaries, because when they're done right, it's a transcending experience. I don't think you'll find a more honest and thorough record of what inner city black youth were up against in the 90's. But it's more than its journalistic value, it's also a bloody entertaining film. You can't script this kind of thing. The subjects' lives take turns you'd call bullshit on if they happened in a narrative film. Small things turn out to be important and meaningful victories. Situations that seem predictable on the surface turn out to not be so clear-cut. It's a documentary about two inner city kids chasing dreams of playing professional basketball. Yet you could just as easily say it's about life in general with complete sincerity, that's the scope we're dealing with here.
3 & 2. Pulp Fiction & Fargo
I go back and forth on which of these is number 3 and number 2. It mostly has to do with where my enthusiasm/tolerance balance sits at any given time for Tarantino's whole "thing". That "thing" being his tendency to risk pulling you of the narrative from time to time to let you know that he's Quentin Tarantino and he made this movie you're watching. I used to think it was brilliantly original and when we get right down to it, the man is brilliant when it comes to directing the everlasting fuck out of a scene. I just, you know, find it off putting to have a whole elaborate "putting on make-up" scene, set to a David Bowie song, right before the climax of what is otherwise an exhaustively period specific WWII movie. But it's almost as if he can't help it. He just has to let you know: "You can't physically see me, but I'm Quentin Tarantino and this is my film." But I digress. We're dealing with the 90's and fewer films had the impact that Pulp Fiction had. It WAS brilliantly original and it was very exciting to see such a thing. It was someone who didn't play by traditional narrative rules, but could still make a helluva an entertaining movie. Some aspects have not aged well and remain definitively of it's decade (which was the 70's via the 90's) Also, the amount of wannabes this film unleashed on the world, filmmakers who wrongly interpreted that lots of swears + pop culture + lots of violence = everything that made Pulp Fiction great (or most of the people I was in film school with– myself included) was very unfortunate. But that's a part of its legacy best forgotten. There was and is only one Tarantino and only one Pulp Fiction.
Then we have Fargo. When we get right down to it, if I'm given the choice between watching Pulp Fiction and watching Fargo, Fargo usually wins. Where Pulp Fiction is in your face, Fargo is elegant, it's jet black humor so delicately balanced it's a miracle it turned out as well as it did. And when I say well, I mean perfect. There's not a thing that could be improved upon here. I used to quote Pulp Fiction all the time. Now I quote Fargo all the time. This was the statement that made damn sure we all knew who the Coen Brothers were and that they were a force to be reckoned with. They had great films before this, but there was something so singular and perfect about this one that, even if every once in a while they make something ponderous like The Man Who Wasn't There, people are willing to go along with it. Because we now have such a thing as A Coen Brothers Movie. There are many different types of Coen Brothers Movie, but they're all distinctly Coen Brothers. And they do it without ever pulling you out of the narrative to let you know who they are. They just kind of masterfully tell their story. So one of these is number 3 and the other is number 2. I'll let you decide.
1. Goodfellas
This was the only easy choice on here. It's an absolute no brainer. Just as he arguably made the best film of the 80's with Raging Bull in the first year of that decade, so too did he with Goodfellas in the 90's. There really is no other 90's film that achieves its level of craftsmanship, impact and sheer entertainment value. It's one of the best films of the past century and films only became a commercial enterprise in the past century. If (if, because it's yet to happen) someone tells me they don't like Goodfellas I have to assume they're lying. This film came on in the break room at a former place of work and one of my younger co-workers asked what it was. I told him it was Goodfellas and he should go home and watch it sometime that weekend and that he'll love it so much he'll come in on Monday and thank me. He did indeed watch it that weekend, loved it, and thanked me on Monday. Martin Scorsese got the idea to direct an entire movie like a trailer, where you're given all the exciting stuff in as exciting a fashion as possible. That's Goodfellas. And after a good but not great 80's output from Scorsese, this was about as definitive a comeback as you could make, dropping what might be your best film in one of the strongest filmographies imaginable. There really isn't any praise I can heap upon this that hasn't already been heaped on it. The performances, the period detail, cinematography, sound design, editing, that soundtrack that is now forever linked with the images (like the end of Layla, which will always bring to mind images of dead bodies being found all over the city), everything is executed as well as it could possibly be. Without the existence of Goodfellas, there are a lot of other great movies that wouldn't exist. Including Pulp Fiction.

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Andrea, Narci, and I are teaming up again for our Friday Favorites! You should join in the fun. Blog a favorite thing, link to us, and then add your blog to the link-up. Super simple!
Today I'm catching up on a lot of favorites!
A couple weeks ago, I had dinner with my girls. That is always a FAVORITE!
A FAVORITE when Tab is out of town is M and G's house, getting comfy cozy, and watching a movie. Everyone's a fan of that plan!
My friend, Lori, and I sent this picture to our FAVORITE hair stylist!
My FAVORITE girl is almost too big for the mall play area. WAAAAHHHH!!!!
Some of my FAVORITE guys were all in the same town and had dinner.
Playing outside is one of their FAVORITE things to do.
It might be the bald head and facial hair??? Maybe I should ask Tab to wear a leather vest and gold chain so we could do a side-by-side? hahahaha!
Hat day was one of her FAVORITES!
We got shuttled around by some of our FAVORITE friends!
Even though I captured him mid-push, Bowen is one of Nixon's very FAVORITE people.
Bowen (walks in room with a box of raisins)-"I got raisins and gum."
Me (a look of panic because Bowen swallows gum faster than any kid in the history of kids, I'm certain)-"You got gum?"
How is he only two and already has a sense of humor?? I'm in TROUBLE!
My very FAVORITE one-hundred-year old!
Bathroom selfies with my FAVORITE friends are so much fun!
Hide-in-seek is a FAVORITE around our house...especially when your grandma is hiding under that red blanket and you look for her FOREVER before giving up!
Ebby Lee looks GORGEOUS in the pic where she's wearing that pink shirt and neon yellow shorts! And Bowen's joke cracked me up! What a little stinker!
What great favorites!!!! And love the conversation about the gum!!!! Have a great weekend !
Your kids are so cute! Happy Friday!
Ebby Lee's as a 100 year old is precious...is that a prescription bottle as a necklace? Hysterical! Have a great weekeend!
It looks like you had a great week! Enjoy your weekend!
Happy Valentine's Day today...or tomorrow...or whenever! =) I linked up with you all today and wanted to say hello. What a beautiful family you are! Have a terrific weekend!
Love all the fun pictures today! This is my first time commenting, and I really have no idea why because I love reading your blog! Happy Friday and Happy Valentine's Day (tomorrow)! Lol!


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Katie Thomsen inspired by two ACL surgeries to pursue physical therapy | Stellar Students
Name: Katie Thomsen
Parents: Brian and Mary Thomsen
School: Valders High School
Grade: Senior
What extracurricular activities have you been involved with during high school? National Honor Society, Peer Mentoring, gymnastics, track and field, musicals, pep/marching band, Forensics, newspaper, Sources of Strength, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Manitowoc County Jr. Leadership Program
What is one academic accomplishment about which you feel particularly good? I am most proud of achieving a 4.0 and gold academic medal in my senior year.
Which class or extracurricular activity influenced your decision regarding the career you plan to pursue? My experiences as a gymnast and going through two ACL surgeries pushed me to pursue a career in physical therapy. Classes like human anatomy and health occupations have also encouraged my interest in pursuing this career path.
What advice do you have for those just starting their high school career? Enjoy every moment. Focus and work hard in your classes, but joining clubs and extracurriculars you enjoy, as well as participating in activities outside of school that you are passionate about, is just as important. High school is the best time to build a foundation for your future, and it is important to have fun and create memories you will cherish along the way.
What are your plans after high school? I will be attending Concordia University Wisconsin in the fall with a major in rehabilitative science to pursue the physical therapy path.
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What would you like to be doing 10 years from now? I would like to be in a career I enjoy, whether that be as a physical therapist, which I currently plan on, or another passion I find along the way. However I end up, I just hope it is a life I live with happiness and passion.
Teacher recommendation: "Unstoppable. That is the word I would use to describe Katie Thomsen. Katie has been thrown mental and physical challenges that are enough for anyone's lifetime, let alone a 17-year-old. She is, and has been, a model of hard work and perseverance throughout her high school career. She has handled adversity with confidence, grace and poise, and is more than deserving of Stellar Student. What a privilege it has been to have Katie in my AP English classes these past two years. Katie is going to show the world a thing or two." — Stacy Drinkwine, English teacher


Bawden is, perhaps, the key artist of the North West Essex/Great Bardfield group. Though of Cornish ancestry, he was born in Braintree and was firmly rooted in the Essex countryside. Educated at the Friends School in Saffron Walden, he gained a coveted scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1922, where he was taught by Paul Nash. It was at the RCA that Bawden met his kindred spirit, Eric Ravilious, the two becoming firm friends.
He became a war artist in 1940 and established an international reputation as a designer, illustrator and painter; he was also involved in the production of murals, posters, designs for wallpaper, ceramics, lithographic prints and watercolours. He produced posters for London Underground and his designs still adorn several London Underground stations. His influence on 20th century illustration and design is incalculable with his quintessentially English wry observation of everyday life.
Bawden's home in Great Bardfield, Brick House, which he briefly shared with Ravilious, features in several of his works. He exhibited extensively and is represented in many public collections.


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Liars Who Were Caught Red-handed on the Internet
Source ; www.izismile.com
Just Stuff...
Beheading with a sword or axe goes back a very long way in hystory. This method was used in the 20th century but is now confined to Saudi Arabia, Quatar, and Yeman. It is effective and is probably as humane as any other modern form if carried out correctly, but is also extremely gruesome.
Beheading requires a skilled headsman if it is to be at all humane, and frequently several blows are required to sever the head.
The prisoner is usually blindfolded so that they do not see the sword or axe coming and move at the crucial moment.It was not unusual for an assistant to hold the prisoners hair to prevent them from moving.
In any event the results are gory to the extreme, as blood spurts from severed arteries and viens of the neck including the aorta and the jugular vien. No doubt these two factors have lead to it's abandonment by most countries.
It is probable that when a single blow is sufficient to decapitate the prisoner, they become unconscious within a few seconds. They die from shock and anoxia due to hemorrage and loss of blood pressure within less than 60 seconds. However because of muscles, and vertibrae in the neck are tough decapitation might require more than one blow.
It has often been reported the eyes and mouths of people beheaded have shown signs of movement. It has been calculated that the human brain has enough oxygen stored for metabolism to persist about seven seconds after the supply is cut off.
Houston serial killer Dean Corll subjected his young male victims, ranging in age from nine to twenty-one, to sexual tortures, which included plucking their pubic hairs one by one, shoving glass rods up their penises and then crushing them, and shoving large bullet-like objects in victims' rectums. A sheet of plastic was placed under the plywood torture board to catch the excreta, blood and vomit that would invariably be discharged during the abuse, and the radio would be cranked up full blast to drown out the victim's screams. Occasionally he'd castrate his victims, often their severed genitals would be buried next to the bodies in small plastic bags. At least one boy's corpse was found with his penis gnawed nearly in two. He was shot and killed by a teenage accomplice, who he had paid $200 per head to procure victims, in 1973.
In November of 2009, 17-year-old Andrew Conley showed no remorse when he confessed to police that he killed his 10-year-old brother Connor. He also told the police that he took his cues from the serial killer TV show Dexter.
"I just feel like him," he told police, referring to the TV show's main character.
The murder occurred when the two boys were left home alone on Saturday night at their residence in Ohio County. Andrew told police he placed his younger brother in a headlock until he lost consciousness. He then proceeded to continually choke his brother over a twenty minute period until he was spewing blood from his mouth and nose.
Andrew then told police without any emotion in his confession that he taped a plastic bag over his brothers head, dragged him down the stairs by his feet and proceeded to smash his head several times into the ground and then placed him in a trunk which was later found in a local park on Sunday night.
After killing his brother he headed over to his girlfriends house, presented her with a "sweetheart" ring and hung out. She described him as "happier than he'd been in a while."
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Kroll was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of 13.
On July 3, 1976, Kroll was arrested for kidnapping and killing a four-year-old girl named Marion Ketter. As police went from home to home, a neighbor approached a policeman and told him that the waste-pipe in his apartment building had blocked up, and when he had asked his neighbor, Kroll, whether he knew what had been blocking the pipe, Kroll had simply replied; "Guts". Upon this report, the police went up to Kroll's apartment and found the body of the Ketter girl cut up: some parts were in the fridge, a hand was cooking in a pan of boiling water and the intestines were found stuck in the waste-pipe.
Kroll said that he often sliced portions of flesh from his victims to cook and eat them, claiming that he did this to save on his grocery bills. In custody, he believed that he was going to get a simple operation to cure him of his homicidal urges and would then be released from prison. Instead he was charged with eight murders and one attempted murder. In April 1982, after a 151-day trial, he was convicted on all counts and was given nine life sentences.
He died of a heart attack in 1991 in the prison of Rheinbach, near Bonn.
Lake Bodom murders
The Lake Bodom murders were an infamous multiple homicide that took place in Finland in 1960. Lake Bodom is a lake by the city of Espoo, about 22 kilometres west of the country's capital, Helsinki. In the early hours of June 5, 1960, four teenagers were camping on the shores of Lake Bodom. Between 4AM and 6AM, an unknown person or persons murdered three of them with a knife and blunt instrument wounding the fourth. The victims were two 15 year old girls and an 18 year old boy. The only survivor, Nils Wilhelm Gustafsson, 18 at the time, sustained concussion, fractures to the jaw and facial bones and bruises to the face.
No one was charged for the murders at the time. Some years later – between June 3 and 6, 1972 (approximately the twelfth anniversary of the killings) – a man announced in his suicide note that he was the Lake Bodom murderer. On the day of the murders he was working in a kiosk near the lake and had sold lemonade to the victims. He was generally known to have hard feelings about campers. However, a police investigation disproved his claims and found an alibi for the man.
In late March 2004, almost 45 years after the event, Nils Gustafsson was arrested by the police on suspicion of having murdered his three friends. In early 2005, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation declared the case was solved based on some new analysis on the blood stains. According to the official statement, Gustafsson erupted in jealous anger over his feelings for Björklund, his new girlfriend. She was stabbed multiple times after the fatal blow, while the two other teenagers were killed less savagely. Gustafsson's own injuries, while notable, were less severe.
Gustafsson went to trial, and the defense argued that the murders were the work of one or more outsiders and that Gustafsson would have been incapable of killing three people given the extent of his injuries. He was acquitted of all charges. The murders remain a mystery.
May 27, 1969, Darwin Orell Scott was found hacked to death in his Ashland, Kentucky apartment. He was stabbed nineteen times and pinned to the floor with a butcher knife. Scott was the brother of Manson's biological father.
It was established that Manson was in California on the day of Scott's murder. Manson provided an alibi himself when he mailed a letter to his Parole Officer that same day stating that he was heading from Death Valley back to Spahn Ranch.
So, was this an intentional alibi? Was it written prior to the murder and mailed on that day by someone else?
To make things even more suspicious Manson phoned his Parole Officer May 22, 1969 telling them that he is going to tour Texas with The Beach Boys, which was a lie.
If that isn't enough, Spring 1969 a motorcycle-riding man who called himself "Preacher" was in Ashland, Kentucky with a gang of girls. It was reported that the locals became fed up with them after offering local teens LSD and setting up commune in an old farm house. The farm house was burnt down and the gang kicked out of Ashland.
Could they have been The Manson Family? The murder victim was Manson's uncle, with the Family's signature multiple stab wounds.
"Preacher" may have also been Bruce Davis, who was native of that area of the South. He was from Roane County, Tennessee— 5 hours away on Interstate 75. Patricia Krenwinkle's mother lived in Alabama and visited her at least twice from 1967 - 1969 when the Family took Southern trips.
It's something to think about, however Manson's involvement has been long since ruled out, but some people still believe there's too much coincidence. I, myself, do not believe he or the Family had anything to do with it.
Indirect suicide is the act of setting out on an obviously fatal course without directly committing the act upon oneself. Indirect suicide is differentiated from legally defined suicide by the fact that the actor does not pull the figurative (or literal) trigger. Examples of indirect suicide include a soldier enlisting in the army with the express intention and expectation of being killed in combat. Another example would be provoking an armed officer into using lethal force against them. This is generally called "suicide by cop". In some instances the subject commits a capital crime in hope of being sentenced to death. This state-assisted suicide was extremely popular in Enlightenment Era Scandinavia, where law and religion forbade suicide.Today, this type of suicide is relatively rare.
Oldcroghan Man
Found in County Offaly, Ireland in 2003
Oldcroghan Man fits the classic profile of an Iron Age bog body. He died a gruesome death, suffering repeated cuts and stabs before he was dismembered. Experts debate whether he was a sacrifice to the gods, a criminal being punished, or perhaps both. His torso, the only part of him recovered, reveals that he was exceptionally tall for his time, standing roughly 6' 6".
Pseudonecrophilia
Unlike real necrophilia, this is actually legal. One partner remains quiet and still, while the other has sex with him/her. For added realism, the "pseudo-dead" partner can lay in cold water for a while before the act.
Tattooed human skin, part of a medical oddity collection held at The Medical Pathology Museum of Tokyo University in Japan. Dr. Masaichi Fukushi was a pathologist, interested in the art of Japanese tattooing. Fukushi would perform autopsies on donated cadavers and remove just the skin. He created methods of treatment to preserve the skin and kept them stretched in a glass frame, essentially like a leather.
Things found in Ed Geins house.
Skin fashioned as a lampshade, and also used to upholster a chair
Breasts used as cup holders
Human skullcaps, used as soupbowls
A human heart, in dispute, some say in a paper bag while some say in a saucepan.
A chandelier of severed penises
A scrotum doorknocker
A Christmas tree adorned with testicles
Skin from the face of Mary Hogan a local tavern owner in a paper bag
A window shade pull made of human lips
A vest crafted from the skin of a women's torso
A belt made from several human nipples
Socks made from human flesh
A sheath made from human skin
A box of preserved vulvas that Gein admitted to wearing
An array of shrunken heads
This man appeared badly burned, but he died from a reaction to an antibiotic. This reaction, called "toxic epidermal necrolysis", could be mistaken for a thermal injury if the history is not known.
Vill St Marie
The story goes that the family that lived here was radically religious. The wife was secretly sleeping around with a local priest. She became pregnant. To keep it a secret, she drowned the baby in a pond after it was born. In 1960 she was arrested for murder. The house was abandoned in 1976. The newspaper from that day is still sitting on the kitchen table.
When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, one part of me wants to take her out, talk to her, be real nice and sweet, treat her right. The other part of me wonders how her head would look on a stick.
Ed Gein (The Butcher of Plainfield)
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The Yawpers are the kind of band that whips up hordes of people into frenzied, frenetic, feverish riots. Like a rock-n-roll sermon at the Church of DGAF. The cult is growing, so we thought they need an emblem, some flare to identify one another within crowds of the unenlightened. No posers here in Yawp-ville; they are burned at the stake.
Tie it around your forehead like Thomas Chong or tie it around your favorite bicep. Use it as a pocket square at bourgie gatherings. Hang it on your dormroom wall so your fellow freshmen don't mistake you for a DMB fan.
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David Helfand, PsyD - "Dr H"
I am a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Massachusetts. I received my doctoral degree in 2015 from William James College with a concentration in Health Psychology. Before I enrolled in Graduate school, I started Conscious Being Yoga and taught private yoga lessons and retreats in peoples' homes. My journey has led me to believe that while health is important, there is not one path to follow... read more.
I joined LifeWise with enthusiasm to serve the North Shore Community and beyond. After a diverse experience working in the customer service industry, and most recently co-managing a group mental health practice, I am grateful to be able to working here. I have an Associates Degree in Business and I am working toward a career in Health, Wellness, Fitness and Nutrition.
I am a Golf Professional and competitive golfer by trade who discovered the power of healthy eating, mindfulness, meditation, yoga and functional fitness which propelled me into a life of serving others in the alternative wellness field. I enjoy spending time with family, being active in the outdoors; and I am an avid reader, writer, and a full time student of life always looking to learn, grow and be my best-self.


I'm writing two nodes. The first node(nodeA) has a kDoubleArray output and the other(nodeB) has a kDoubleArray input. Each output/input use MFnDoubleArrayData to work with the plug.
The problem is that when I connect nodeA to nodeB, nodeB gets and stores the array at the time of the connection but it won't update after that. Even if nodeA is changing the array, nodeB plugs are marked dirty as expected, the deform method runs but the MDouble Array doesn't change from its initial state.
NodeA is working as expected. Here is the code for setting the output plug.
If I tell nodeA to print an array version of 'outDblObj' before setting it clean it updates as expected.
NodeB is not working as expected but does not give me any errors. Here is the code for getting the input plug.
When I make the connection between the nodes, nodeB updates properly. After that, nodeB updates but 'currMap' remains the same as it was when it first updated.
Has anybody else seen this happen? According to documentation this should all be written correctly and I've run out of things to try. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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Often to begin something is the hardest thing we have to face, because we are facing the unknown.
This is me right now, birthing a new book to life, bringing it and its message alive through this website, and bringing myself alive with the process.
We face all these fears of, 'will be I be good enough?', 'what if it doesn't bring anything to people?' and 'what if I'm just wasting my time?'. Which of course, is merely my fear projections, common ones which many people face when they are beginning things. The biggest thing I've faced writing my book so far is realising the stories I run which hold me back, that often keep me stuck. How there are bits of me I am afraid of being seen. Thankfully I know I'm not alone with this, which of course allows us to take our power back.
So hello and welcome to this blog, Im ready to do this and show up. I Hope that some of it will help and inspire people.
As someone who is living within the centre of health situation, a genetic issue called Ehlers Danlos syndrome, POTS and mast cell issues amongst things. Now this has altered my life and limited me in ways but I've found ways to rise within this situation and make the best of it and most importantly reconnect to myself, because these situations often detach us from ourselves. Our job is to remember and reconnect and realise we are more than what is happening to us.
Now I'm always open to healing, but learning to live within it rather than waiting, was the real turning point for me. I spent many years waiting for the magic bullet, the most liberating thing was realising that I had to start living. More importantly to choose this everyday, waiting keeps us stuck, learning to make the best of things no matter how small is a game changer. It shifts us and creates a momentum that allows us to access joy no matter where we are at. Of course often if we are feeling in a low place, even this seems impossible but what I'm here to assure you of, is that it is possible and is merely you choosing to begin to look at what you're facing differently.
The key…. is to begin small so it doesn't feel overwhelming, and to start appreciating the little things in your life. Make lists and feel that gratitude, this for me was a huge turning point. It allows you to start seeing your situation differently and will change how you relate to it. It doesn't mean you wont have a tough day sometimes but you will always have this to come back to. This is the game changer, this is the magic of beginning and following through with it.
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How We're Governed
Council of Knowledge Holders
Canada's Plan
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Selecting APM: A Three-Year Study
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News Release: NWMO sets up Independent Technical Review Group
October, 2008 | NWMO | Toronto
TORONTO, October 20, 2008 - The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Board of Directors has established a standing Independent Technical Review Group (ITRG). The ITRG is comprised of independent technical specialists to provide unbiased reports on NWMO's technical program. The group held its inaugural meeting recently in Toronto.
"The ITRG will provide us with valuable outside counsel and make sure we adopt the best technological practices to achieve our mandate, which is to implement the Adaptive Phased Management approach in a safe and transparent manner," said NWMO President & CEO Ken Nash.
The ITRG will annually assess the appropriateness of NWMO's scientific and technical approaches and methodologies in comparison with international practices. At this stage of the implementation process, the group will determine whether the NWMO has the necessary resources to address technical issues which may arise during the siting process.
In addition to annual reviews, every three years the ITRG will focus on the technical component of the Triennial Report the NWMO is required by the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act to submit to the Minister of Natural Resources. All of the ITRG technical review reports will be posted on NWMO's website.
"These technical specialists bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise from their diverse backgrounds," said Frank King, NWMO Vice-President of Science and Technology.
The ITRG members are from Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. They are internationally recognized specialists in their fields and have significant experience in the technologies associated with the implementation of nuclear waste geologic repository projects. Members of the ITRG are appointed by the NWMO Board on a three-year basis and may be reappointed.
Based in Toronto, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization was established in 2002 by Ontario Power Generation Inc., Hydro-Québec and New Brunswick Power Corporation in accordance with the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act to assume responsibility for the long-term management of Canada's used nuclear fuel.
Appointments to new Independent Technical Review Group for NWMO
TORONTO, October 20, 2008 - The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Board of Directors has appointed members to a newly created Independent Technical Review Group (ITRG). The members are independent technical specialists in the implementation of geological repositories and will annually assess NWMO's technical program.
Allan Hooper is the Chair of the ITRG. He is an independent consultant who specializes in the safe, long-term management of radioactive waste for UK and other national programmes since 2007. He currently acts as the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Radioactive Waste Management Directorate. In 2008, Dr. Hooper was also appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London.
On joining the electricity supply industry, Dr. Hooper researched the operational safety of advanced reactor designs before transferring into early research on decommissioning nuclear power stations and radioactive waste management. He joined Nirex, the UK radioactive waste management agency in 1988, holding a number of senior management positions including Director for Science. Dr. Hooper holds a Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Nottingham University, UK.
Kaj Ahlbom has 30 years of experience in the Swedish radioactive waste programme concerning site selection, site characterisation and interaction with stakeholders. Since 2002, he is the Site Manager for SKB's (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company) site investigation for a repository for spent nuclear fuel at Forsmark, Sweden. He has been involved in all aspects of site selection from formulating site selection critera to participating in the site selection process and investigating candidate municipalities and sites. All phases of this process have involved interactions with stakeholders such as government agencies, municipal officers, the geoscientific community, nearby residents, landowners, general public and media.
Mr. Ahlbom received his bachelor's degree in Precambrian Geology from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and master's degree in Applied Geophysics from Imperial College, UK.
Lawrence Johnson is a senior scientist and research and development coordinator at Nagra (Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste), where he has worked since 1999 on various aspects of engineered barriers performance.
Mr. Johnson received a bachelor's degree in Chemistry with Great Distinction from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1977. He joined the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) at Whiteshell Laboratories in 1978, where he studied the dissolution of spent fuel and vitrified high-level waste for several years before becoming Manager of Engineered Barrier Studies in the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program. He also managed the technical studies of durability of spent fuel in interim wet and dry storage.
He is the author of over 110 reports and journal papers covering many areas related to materials performance aspects of engineered barrier systems, as well as a number of studies dealing with long-term safety assessment. A member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the CEA PRECCI Programme, Mr. Johnson conducts research on the long-term evolution of spent fuel packages.
Derek Martin is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, since 2000. He started his career as Engineering Geologist for I.D. Engineering Company, Winnipeg; then moved as Geotechnical Engineer for B.C. Hydro, Vancouver; and later became Senior Geotechnical Engineer for EBA Engineering Consultants, Edmonton.
Dr. Martin was also Senior Advisor to the Director of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, as well as head of the Geotechnical Research Section of AECL's Whiteshell Underground Research Laboratory. He then assumed the roles of Associate Director of the Geomechanics Research Centre and Professor in the School of Engineering at Laurentian University, Sudbury.
Dr. Martin holds a bachelor's degree in Geology from Memorial University, St. John's. He obtained both his master's degree and doctorate in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, respectively. He has reviewed nuclear waste programs for countries around the world. He is a scientific advisor to the Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management program, as well as member of the Geoscience Review Group for Ontario Power Generation's Deep Geologic Repository project for Low and Intermediate Level Waste.
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Alleged certificate forgery: Court adjourns APC's suit against Obaseki
Nsikak Nseyen
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the alleged certificate forgery case of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo until Dec. 30.
NAN reports that at the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the APC through its counsel, Mr Akin Olujimi, SAN, attempted to tender some documents in evidence through a subpoenaed witness.
The PDP and Obaseki, however, objected to the tendering of the documents on the grounds that the process did conform with the laws guiding admissibility of documents.
Obseki's counsel, Mr Ken Mozia, SAN, added that there was no evidence of payment for the documents
The judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, however, admitted the document, an INEC form EC9 in evidence, as exhibit PL2.
Justice Mohammed admitted the document on the grounds that it was relevant to the case.
Earlier, the judge held that the fact that the process of tendering the document was not properly complied with, was not enough reason for it to be rejected.
He stated that the way out of the situation was for the witness to be cross examined by the defendants.
According to him, without the form EC9, "the whole case would collapse like a pack of cards."
On the issue of payment, the judge also noted that the Certified True Copy (CTC) sought to be tendered was brought at the instance of the court as an official body and as such, the court could not be required to pay for the document.
"Objection is overruled" he said, "counsel are free to cross examine the witness".
The APC then called its third witness, Mr Emmanuel Balogun, an Associate Professor, in the Department of Economics, University of Lagos to give his evidence.
The defence team also objected to the witness giving his evidence on the grounds that the procedure for calling a subpoenaed witness, including service was not followed.
In a short ruling, the judge allowed the witness to give his evidence, noting that the lapses complained by Obaseki and PDP lawyers were on the part of the court and not the plaintiff.
Justice Mohammed subsequently adjourned the matter until Dec. 30 for the plaintiff s to close their case and for the defence to open theirs.
The APC and one of its chieftains, Mr Williams Edobor dragged Obaseki to court over allegations that he forged a University of Ibadan degree certificate which he used in securing his candidacy for the September governorship election in Edo.
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No Nigerian should go to bed without food – Obasanjo
Boko Haram hunter honoured for bravery against insurgents
2023: APC opens up on Tinubu's chances of becoming presidential candidate
Chijindu Emeruwa
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ashwaju Bola Tinubu, have been asked to drop their ambitions to vie for the presidency of Nigeria in 2023.
A body, Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition, PANPIEC, gave the warning in a statement by its Director of Planning and Strategy, Chief Pat Anyanwu, on Saturday, after a meeting between the Coalition and a northern group, Arewa Power Shift Movement, in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
The Coalition noted that power shifting to Igbo land in 2023 will end the wounds of the civil war, calling on all Nigerians to support the realisation of Nigeria Presidential project in 2023.
According to PANPIEC, there are many qualified Igbos to take up the calling and Nigerians should choose among them.
On his part, the leader of the delegation, Mallam Dahiru Imam, noted that the North has a sense of justice and will support Ndigbo in 2023.
He however called on Ndigbo to put their acts together, regretting the cacophony in Ohanaeze Ndigbo after their election in Owerri.
The Area leader wondered why Ohanaeze election would generate the level of discord it did and noted that such outcome is worrying to other Nigerians especially with the agitation for Ndigbo to produce the next Nigeria President.
He also asked Ndigbo to look into the agitation for Biafra which also frightens the rest of Nigeria.
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President Muhammadu Buhari's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said only God can ensure victory over insecurity.
Adesina said most Nigerians have failed to understand that only God can ensure victory in the area of insecurity.
He pointed out that Nigerians who refuse to pray for God's intervention in the area of insecurity are guilty of indirectly prolonging the war against insurgency.
The presidential spokesman stated this in an article entitled, 'The Decent for the Indecent, the Just for the Unjust'.
Adesina, however, lamented that rather than pray for troops battling insurgency, Nigerians are wailing.
He wrote, "But victory is from God alone. That is what we must realize as Nigerians. Do we ever pray for our troops in the frontlines?
"As we pray; God give me money. Give me a car. Give me a promotion. Kill my enemies, did you pray for our soldiers? Victory comes from God alone. If you don't pray, you may be guilty of prolonging the war in North-East, North-west, North-central, and all over Nigeria.
"Yes, victory is from God alone. But do some people know? Does it ever enter into their consciousness? They only wail: 'this insurgency war has lasted too long. The banditry has demystified our military. They are cowards. The top guns don't even want the battle to end."
Nigeria has been confronted with the challenge of Boko Haram Insurgency, banditry, and kidnapping lately.
A few months ago students were abducted from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.
The students were, however, released.


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Leftloft
Leftloft is an independent studio where ideas, people, and skills converge to develop a wider vision for design, culture, and communication. Established in 1997 in Milan by Andrea Braccaloni, Francesco Cavalli, Bruno Genovese, and David Pasquali, the studio opened an office in New York in 2009, and now operates with a team of designers, each specialised in various fields from branding to web design. Leftloft has developed projects locally and internationally, collaborating with some of the most important Italian companies and institutions.
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Composer and pianist Philip Glass was among the honorees at this month's Kennedy Center Honors, the 41st iteration of the annual celebration of the arts. The broadcast for the event – which also recognized Cher, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, and the creators of Hamilton – aired Wednesday night on CBS, and featured a number of tributes from fellow musicians.
In addition to Paul Simon, Angélique Kidjo, and Jon Batiste, St. Vincent took the stage to honor Glass. She joined violinist Jennifer Koh to reimagine Glass' "Osamu's Theme" from his soundtrack to the 1985 film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Watch their brief, expressive performance below.
St. Vincent's excellent Masseduction recently nabbed two Grammy nominations, including Best Alternative Music Album.


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The effect of fines on non-attendance in public hospital outpatient clinics: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Emely Ek Blæhr; Thomas Kristensen; Ulla Væggemose; Rikke Søgaard
Background: Nonattendance at scheduled appointments in public hospitals presents a challenge for efficient resource use and may ultimately affect health outcomes due to longer waiting times. Seven percent of all scheduled outpatient appointments in the United Kingdom are estimated to be nonattended. Various reminder systems have been shown to moderately reduce nonattendance, although the effect of issuing fines for nonattendance has not yet been tested in a randomized context. However, such use of financial incentives could impact access to care differently across the different socioeconomic groups. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of fines on hospital outpatient nonattendance. Methods/design: A 1:1 randomized controlled trial of scheduled outpatient appointments was used, with follow-ups until the date of appointment. The setting is an orthopedic clinic at a regional hospital in Denmark. Appointments for users who are scheduled for diagnostics, treatment, surgery, or follow-ups were included from May 2015 to November 2015. Appointments assigned to the intervention arm include an attachment of the appointment letter explaining that a fine will be issued in the case of nonattendance without prior notice. Appointments assigned to the control arm follow usual practice (same system but no letter attachment). The primary outcome is the proportion of nonattendance. Secondary outcomes are proportions of cancellations, sociodemographics, and health-problem characteristics. Furthermore, the intervention costs and production value of nonattended appointments will be measured. An analysis of effect and cost-effectiveness will be conducted based on a 5 % significance level. Discussion: The study is initiated and funded by the Danish Regions, which have the responsibility for the Danish public healthcare sector. The results are expected to inform future decisions about the introduction of fines for nonattendance at public hospitals.
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Emely Ek Blæhr
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Justia › US Law › US Case Law › US Supreme Court › Volume 282 › Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission
Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission, 282 U.S. 1 (1930)
Beidler v. South Carolina Tax Commission
Argued October 22, 1928
Reargued October 23, 24, 1930
Decided November 24, 1930
1. A resident of Illinois died in that state owning a majority of the shares of a South Carolina corporation and also debts owed him by the corporation on unsecured open account partly for advances made by him to the corporation and partly for dividends previously declared on his shares. South Carolina, besides taxing the transfer of the shares, undertook to tax the transfer of the indebtedness, claiming this jurisdiction because of the local domicile of the debtor corporation and upon the ground that the indebtedness had acquired a "business situs" in South Carolina. Held that the South Carolina tax on the transfer of the indebtedness was void under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 282 U. S. 7 et seq.
2. It is now established that the mere fact that the debtor is domiciled within the state gives it no jurisdiction to impose an inheritance or succession tax upon the transfer of the debt from a decedent who is domiciled in another state. P. 282 U. S. 7.
3. Open accounts fall within this principle. P. 282 U. S. 8.
4. A conclusion that debts have acquired a situs for taxation other than at the domicile of their owner must have evidence to support
Page 282 U. S. 2
it, and it is the province of the Court to inquire whether there is such evidence when the inquiry is essential to the enforcement of a right suitably asserted under the federal Constitution. P. 282 U. S. 8.
5. The evidence in this case afford no adequate basis for a finding that the indebtedness had a business situs in South Carolina. It proves the existence of the debts and the facts that the decedent creditor was largely interested in the affairs of the corporation, but it shows nothing which derogates from the existence of the corporation as such, transacting its business a such, with corresponding rights and liabilities. P. 282 U. S. 9.
6. The interests of a corporation in its property and of a shareholder of the corporation in his share are distinct property interests. Id.
Error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of South Carolina which sustained on appeal a transfer tax levied by the South Carolina Tax Commission on the transfer of credits belonging to a decedent's estate. The plaintiffs in error were the executors of the will.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.
On March 4, 1924, Francis Beidler, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, died in that state, leaving a will by which he bequeathed a portion of his personal property to his wife and children directly, and gave the residue in trust for their benefit and for charitable uses. The will was probated in Illinois, and Francis Beidler, II, and George Engelking, the appellants, qualified as executors.
At the time of the death of the testator, he owned 8,000 shares of the capital stock of Santee River Cypress Lumber Company, a corporation organized under the laws of South Carolina and doing business in that state. The remainder, 7,000 shares, were owned by the testator's wife and children. In addition, the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company was indebted to the testator in the sum of $556,864.22, for advances made by him to the company, and in the sum of $64,672 for dividends previously declared on his shares. The indebtedness was an open unsecured
account which was entered upon the books of the company kept in South Carolina. The testator also kept a complete set of personal books in Chicago upon which appear entries of the amounts due him by the company except the item of dividends.
The total amount of the indebtedness for advances and dividends, $621,536.22, was included by the Attorney General of Illinois in the computation of the value of the decedent's estate for the purpose of fixing the inheritance tax payable to that state.
The executors filed with the South Carolina Tax Commission, as required by the Inheritance Tax Law of South Carolina, an affidavit setting forth all the above-mentioned assets. The payment of the succession tax to the State of South Carolina with respect to the shares of stock owned by the testator in the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company was not contested by the executors, and, by agreement, the value of these shares was fixed at $204 per share, or $1,632,000. The South Carolina Tax Commission also levied a tax upon the transfer of the indebtedness, overruling the claim of the executors that the State of South Carolina had no jurisdiction to impose such a tax, and that the levy of it would constitute a deprivation of property without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution. This contention was renewed upon the appeal of the executors to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. That court sustained the action of the Tax Commission with respect to the taxability of the transfer of the indebtedness, and the executors bring this appeal to review that part of the judgment.
In reaching its conclusion as to the validity of the tax, the state court relied chiefly upon the decision of this Court in Blackstone v. Miller, 188 U. S. 189. That decision has been overruled, and it is now established that the mere fact that the debtor is domiciled within the state
does not give it jurisdiction to impose an inheritance or succession tax upon the transfer of the debt by a decedent who is domiciled in another state. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. Minnesota, 280 U. S. 204; Baldwin v. Missouri, 281 U. S. 586. The transfer is taxable by the state of the domicile of the deceased owner. Blodgett v. Silberman, 277 U. S. 1. Open accounts, including credits for cash deposited in bank, fall within this principle, and its application is not defeated by the mere presence of bonds or notes, or other evidences of debt, within a state other than that of the domicile of the owner. Baldwin v. Missouri, supra.
It is sought to sustain the tax by South Carolina upon the ground that the indebtedness had what is called a "business situs" in that state, and the state court adverted to this basis for the tax. In Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. Minnesota, supra, this Court reserved the question of business situs, saying:
"New Orleans v. Stemple, 175 U. S. 309; Bristol v. Washington County, 177 U. S. 133; Liverpool & L. & G. Ins. Co. v. Orleans Assessors, 221 U. S. 346, recognize the principle that choses in action may acquire a situs for taxation other than at the domicile of their owner if they have become integral parts of some local business. The present record gives no occasion for us to inquire whether such securities can be taxed a second time at the owner's domicile."
But a conclusion that debts have thus acquired a business situs must have evidence to support it, and it is our province to inquire whether there is such evidence when the inquiry is essential to the enforcement of a right suitably asserted under the federal Constitution. [Footnote 1]
In the present case, beyond the mere fact of stock ownership and the existence of the indebtedness, there is no evidence whatever having any bearing upon the question save a copy of the decedent's account with the corporation, taken from his books which were kept by him in his office at Chicago. The various items of debit and credit in this account, in the absence of any further evidence, add nothing of substance to the fact of the indebtedness as set forth in the agreed statement, and afford no adequate basis for a finding that the indebtedness had a business situs in South Carolina.
That the decedent was largely interested in the affairs of the corporation is apparent; he owned a majority of its stock, but nothing is shown which derogates from its existence as a corporation, transacting its business as such, with corresponding corporate rights and liabilities. The interest of the decedent as a stockholder was a distinct interest, [Footnote 2] and the estate of the decedent has been taxed by South Carolina upon the transfer of his stock according to its agreed value. With respect to the items of indebtedness of the corporation to the decedent, the latter appears upon the record simply as a creditor, with his domicile in Illinois.
For these reasons, the judgment of the state court, so far as it relates to the taxation of the transfer of the debts in question, must be reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
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Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Albers Commission Co., 223 U. S. 573, 223 U. S. 591-593; Creswill v. Knights of Pythias, 225 U. S. 246, 225 U. S. 261; Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota, 236 U. S. 585, 236 U. S. 593; Ward v. Love County, 253 U. S. 17, 253 U. S. 22; Davis v. Wechsler, 263 U. S. 22, 263 U. S. 24; Railroad Commission v. Eastern Texas R. Co., 264 U. S. 79, 264 U. S. 86; New York Central R. Co. v. New York & Pennsylvania Co., 271 U. S. 124, 271 U. S. 126; Ancient Egyptian Order v. Michaux, 279 U. S. 737, 279 U. S. 745.
Van Allen v. Assessors, 3 Wall. 573, 70 U. S. 584; Hawley v. Malden, 232 U. S. 1, 232 U. S. 12; Eisner v. Macomber, 252 U. S. 189, 252 U. S. 214; Rhode Island Trust Co. v. Doughton, 270 U. S. 69, 270 U. S. 83.
MR. JUSTICE HOLMES.
The decisions of last term cited by the CHIEF JUSTICE seem to sustain the conclusion reached by him. Therefore, MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS and I acquiesce, without repeating reasoning that did not prevail with the Court.


Its been two days since Orlando.
Religion, if misused, can cultivate a lack of empathy. It imbues the believer with a sense of profound correctness, which bolsters their faith and sense of cosmic stability but crowds their view to the other side of things. It erodes the foundational fact that we are all functioning from the same essential set of neurons. No one is good or evil, they simply are who they are. No one has the answers, they simply know what they know.
The tough issues should be the ones we talk about most. They should be the least taboo. We should be discussing these issues regularly, in our lives and in our media, and deepening our understanding of the contrasting point of view. Fear of a vigorous debate is a sign of blind ideology trumping meaningful politics. It is the desperate hoarding of your own personal philosophy to the detriment of our global society.
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