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Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
27 May 1844 Born
1864¹ 19.5 Professed Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Oct 1868 24.3 Ordained Priest Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
8 Aug 1879 35.1 Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
8 Aug 1879 35.1 Appointed Titular Bishop of Adana
24 Jan 1880 35.6 Ordained Bishop Titular Bishop of Adana
20 Apr 1883 38.8 Succeeded Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
25 Nov 1886 42.4 Appointed Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
5 Mar 1893 48.7 Appointed Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
27 Jun 1905 61.0 Died Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan O.M.I. (born 27 May 1844 , died 27 Jun 1905 ) Archbishop of Colombo
Birth Place Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Ordained Bishop N.D. du Mont, Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Medea
Bishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Nice
Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Arindela
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. † (1893)
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
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b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 74, and Page 217
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1880, Number 2
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 300, Ascendance


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Genex Power Ltd (ASX:GNX) Qld Govt Funding Package for Kidston Hydro Transmission Line
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Qld Govt Funding Package for Kidston Hydro Transmission Line
Sydney, Sep 4, 2019 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Genex Power Limited ( ASX:GNX) (Genex or Company) welcomes the announcement from the Queensland Government in relation to the multi-million-dollar electrical infrastructure funding package for the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro project (K2-Hydro or Project) transmission line.
The announcement states that the Queensland Government will provide up to $132M in funding towards the construction of the 186km single-circuit transmission line from Kidston to Mount Fox (Transmission Line), which will be built, owned and operated by State-owned transmission network service provider Powerlink Queensland (Powerlink).
The announcement follows Powerlink's Offer to Connect which secures the Project's rights to connect to and operate using the Transmission Line, and approval by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) via Powerlink of the Project's Generator Performance Standards in June 2019 (refer ASX announcement 14 June 2019).
As part of the announcement, Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland State Premier, stated in respect of the Kidston Hub:
"This infrastructure will support the development of a clean energy hub in the North, providing jobs, investment and energy security."
Hon. Dr. Anthony Lynham, Minister for Natural Resources and Energy of the Queensland Government, stated:
"The Genex project itself will have a peak construction workforce of about 500 people per annum for the first two years, 250 in the final year and 30 permanent operational jobs- And connecting 250MW of pumped hydro capacity will help make the North Queensland electricity network more reliable."
Commenting on the announcement, Chief Executive Officer of Genex, James Harding said:
"Genex is delighted with the Queensland Government's announcement of a significant funding package to enable the construction of the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project Transmission Line. This complements the project loan extended by the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (refer ASX announcement 11 July 2019) and represents the key external funding requirement necessary to complete the project financing and commence construction.
Further, the Transmission Line will now unlock additional stages for the Kidston Clean Energy Hub, including up to 270MW of additional solar and up to 150MW of wind.
We would like to thank the Queensland Government for their support and look forward to continuing to work together over the coming weeks to finalise arrangements for this important increment to a stable electricity network in North Queensland, which will secure power supply to local communities and unlock further clean energy generation in the region."
To view the Queensland Government Media Release, please visit:
https://abnnewswire.net/lnk/JDYQ51Y4
About Genex Power Ltd
Genex Power Limited (ASX:GNX) is a power generation development company listed on the ASX. The Company is focused on innovative clean energy generation and electricity storage solutions which deliver attractive commercial returns for shareholders. The Company has a development pipeline of up to 770MW of renewable energy generation and storage projects within its portfolio, underpinned by the Kidston Renewable Energy Hub in far-north Queensland (Kidston Hub). The Kidston Hub is comprised of the operating 50MW Stage 1 Solar Project (KS1), the 250MW Pumped Storage Hydro Project (K2-Hydro) and the multi-staged integrated Solar Project of up to 270MW (K2-Solar) under development and the Kidston Stage 3 Wind Project of up to 150MW under feasibility. In addition, the Company has acquired the 50MW Jemalong Solar Project (JSP), located near Forbes in NSW, which is also under development.
Genex continues to acknowledge the support from the Federal Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), which provided $8.9 million in funding to support the construction of the KS1 Project, in addition to their support of up to $9 million in funding to support the development of the stage 2 projects. Genex also acknowledges the support of the Queensland State Government through providing a 20-year revenue support deed and designating the Hub as 'Critical Infrastructure' to the State.
Simon Kidston
Email: sk@genexpower.com.au
Link: Qld Govt Funding Package for Kidston Hydro Transmission Line
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Ponant Announces Two Musical Experiences at Sea for 2019-20
Ponant has announced two in-depth musical cruises for 2019 and 2020 that will be part of the Quintessential Collection, a series of themed itineraries that take a deep dive into a destination. The seven-night "A Musical Odyssey in the Mediterranean" aboard Le Bougainville from Athens to Rome is scheduled for September 20 -27, 2019, while the nine-night "A Musical Odyssey in Northern Europe," celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday, aboard Le Dumont-d'Urville from Stockholm to Honfleur is scheduled for September 8 -17, 2020. The musical component of both cruises will be curated by Michael Parloff, former principal flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
A signature of these voyages will be the artists participating fully in excursions and life aboard ship, in addition to their performances. Travelers can expect to share their company over drinks or dinner and in informal conversation.
"A Musical Odyssey in the Mediterranean," September 20-27, 2019, combines destinations in Greece and Italy with a series of private recitals by classical musicians. Potential excursions include visits to Patmos and Pompeii, while a stop in Taormina, Sicily offers the opportunity to tour the iconic Greek Theatre and enjoy a private concert in the ancient Duomo.
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This exclusive, invite-only event focused on the luxury travel market brings together world-class travel agency owners and managers with the most opulent, luxury suppliers to cultivate collaboration, share insights, and help carve a path into the future of luxury travel.
Meanwhile, "An Odyssey in Northern Europe," September 8-17, 2020, will cover the cultural heritage of Northern Europe accompanied by world-class chamber musicians performing an all-Beethoven repertoire aboard Le Dumont-d'Urville, a new Explorer ship debuting in summer 2019. Along the way, passengers will have access to top museums. Days at sea will be filled with music from composer's body of work, including an onboard concert during the transit of the Kiel Canal and a private performance in the historic 17th-century Westerkerk in Amsterdam.
Le Bougainville and Le Dumont-d'Urville are the third and fourth ships from the Ponant Explorer series. Both vessels will feature Blue Eye, the world's first underwater passenger lounge. Both are small-capacity ships with just 92 staterooms and a crew of 110. They are certified Clean Ships and meet the highest environmental standards for energy conservation and resource management.
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Will A New Pest Beat Transgenic Corn To African Farms
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An analysis of dozens of previous scientific studies on the safety of Bt corn, a genetically modified crop capable of resisting pests, upholds the conclusion that the GM crop is safe for humans and the environment.
Bt corn could help farmers in Africa to combat an emerging pest capable of devastating their crops, but fear of GM crops in Africa has slowed adoption of the technology, says Walter Suza, an adjunct assistant professor of agronomy at Iowa State and a coauthor of the study.
"My hope is that policymakers in Africa will take hold of this paper and implement this technology that's been tested for many years," Suza says. "There's a real need for this in Africa."
Bt corn is a transgenic organism altered by transferring a gene found in soil bacteria to corn plants to help the crop fight off insect pests such as the European corn borer. US farmers first received permission to plant Bt corn in 1996, and it accounted for 82 percent of US corn acreage in 2018, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
"I BELIEVE THAT ALL HUMANS AT ALL TIMES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD…"
Suza, who grew up in Tanzania and has worked on food security projects in Angola and Zimbabwe, says misunderstanding of GM technology, both globally and specifically in Africa, has held back progress for many African farmers. Suza says 13 African countries are testing GM crops, but only South Africa has approved Bt corn for commercial availability to farmers.
Suza says that's a problem because an emerging pest called the fall armyworm is spreading rapidly through Africa and threatening corn harvests. He says Bt corn could help to fight the pest immediately, while developing resistance through traditional plant breeding will take years.
Suza worked with a research team to review the scientific literature on the safety of Bt corn. The review, published in Global Food Security, includes a risk assessment that found delaying the adoption of genetically modified crops such as Bt corn in the developing world presents risks to both humans and the environment.
The study cites 58 references on a range of topics including the application of genetic engineering in agriculture, the food, and environmental safety of Bt crops and the importance of educational outreach regarding biotechnology.
The publication fits with Suza's ongoing work as the director of the Plant Breeding E-Learning in Africa program, which develops online learning materials intended for use by faculty and students at African universities to train a new generation of plant breeders. The program collaborates with universities in Uganda, South Africa, and Ghana, but the curriculum modules are free and available to anyone who wishes to see them. The modules cover critical topics such as molecular plant breeding and crop genetics with an emphasis on conditions specific to Africa.
"I believe that all humans at all times have the right to sufficient and nutritious food, but lack of human and institutional capacity for agriculture in Africa is a key barrier to food security," Suza says. "I am helping to improve food security in Africa by leading a project to train the next generation of scientists to develop farmer-preferred crop varieties that are nutritious and adapted to changing climate."
Suza says the prosperity of African agriculture and food security depends on African farmers and scientists working together, as opposed to external actors and considerations dictating the direction of African agriculture.
"To me, this is the future, Africans identifying and developing their own technology to address their particular situations," he says.
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Here's Why You Shouldn't Freak Out About Failing a College Class
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Kelci Lynn Lucier has worked in higher education for over a decade. She is the author of "College Stress Solutions" and features on many media outlets.
When the semester comes to a close and you find yourself failing an important college class, it can feel like the end of the world. The good news is, it's not. Here are some tips to keep things in perspective.
A Last-Ditch Effort May Be Worthwhile
If it's the end of term and your grade is final, you're probably stuck with it. But if you have some time before your professor finalizes your grade, ask what you can do to avoid failing. The professor may give you guidance on what to do for the rest of the term to get your grade up, or perhaps you'll find out about opportunities for extra credit. Before you ask, think about why you're failing in the first place. If it's because you've been skipping class or not putting in enough effort, it's unlikely your professor will want to help you.
The Consequences of Failing a Class
There are, of course, negative consequences to failing a college course. A failing grade will likely hurt your GPA (unless you took the course pass/fail), which could jeopardize your financial aid. The failure will end up on your college transcripts and could hurt your chances of getting into graduate school or graduating when you originally planned to. Lastly, failing a class in college can be a bad thing simply because it makes you feel awkward, embarrassed, and unsure about your ability to succeed in college.
Then again, your college transcript may never come into play when you start looking for jobs. Your situation might also help you better understand yourself as a student. It might be the kick in the pants you needed to grasp the importance of going to class on a regular basis, doing (and keeping up with) the reading, and reaching out for help when you need it. Or your failed grade might be the epiphany you need that you really are in the wrong major, that you are taking too heavy of a class load, or that you need to focus more on academics and less on your extracurricular activities.
Try looking at the bigger picture: What are the bad parts of your situation? What kinds of consequences must you deal with now that you perhaps were not expecting? What changes do you need to make about your future?
Conversely, don't be too hard on yourself. Failing a class in college happens to even the best of students, and it's unrealistic to expect that you'll be able to do everything perfectly in college. You messed up. You failed a class. But in most cases, you probably didn't ruin your life or put yourself in some kind of disastrous situation.
Focus on what good you can take away from what is undeniably a bad situation. Consider what you learned and what you need to do to ensure this doesn't happen again. Going forward, do whatever you need to do to keep making progress toward your academic goals. If you ultimately succeed, that "F" won't seem so bad, after all.
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Bellwether Enterprise's motto is "Capital on a Mission." That is, the firm seeks to make an impact beyond the bottom line, for the good of both its clients and the communities it serves.
Among the principals that comprise Bellwether Enterprise's management team are (clockwise, from left) Ned Huffman, President; Debbie Rogan, Executive Vice President; Marty Clancy, EVP and National Servicing Manager; Todd A. Harrop , EVP and National Director, Capital Markets; and Phil Melton, EVP and National Director, Affordable Housing and FHA Lending.
Bellwether Enterprise's motto is "Capital on a Mission." That is, the firm seeks to make an impact beyond the bottom line, for the good of both its clients and the communities it serves. That's apropos given its parent company, Enterprise Community Partners Inc., a nonprofit corporation that creates and advocates for quality affordable housing. The largest privately held, employee-owned mortgage banker in the country, Bellwether Enterprise directs a large portion of its profits to supporting its parent company.
The full-service commercial and multifamily finance firm has tripled in growth in the past five years. In 2017 alone, it closed 689 transactions, totaling over $6 billion in loan volume. It's on a similar track for 2018, having closed $3.3 billion year-to-date. Its growth and vision have been spearheaded by a team of principals who lead some 300 employees 29 production offices across the country.


This film actually came out of left field for me. Quite literally, I worked one day, we didn't have it. The next day, I come in, and someone's asking for a ticket to a movie I didn't even realize we had. Yup, didn't know a thing about it until a bit later. I had to admit, I was kind of excited for it. Why? Because January's been sucking the life out of me with everything that's come out so far and this didn't look half bad. Plus, British comedy is always a treat for me. Also, starring Maggie Smith? Um, sold! Without further adieu, this is my honest opinion of THE LADY IN THE VAN.
Based on the "mostly" real events in English writer/actor Alan Bennett's life. Set during the 1970s, Alan (Alex Jennings) moves to a quiet and friendly suburban neighborhood with a bit of a personality: they have a well-known neighbor named Mary Shepard (Maggie Smith) that lives inside her van. A cantankerous old woman with a chip on her shoulder and not completely mentally sane who constantly parks her van in front of the resident's houses. It isn't long before Alan and Mary strike up an unconventional friendship and for the next fifteen years, Alan becomes invested in Mary and her life and discovers that her cranky attitude isn't skin deep and that there is a fairly tragic life that she's never told anyone about.
HALLELUJAH!!! HALLELUJAH!!! Someone get a choir, I need this to feel more official! At long FREAKIN' last, January can claim to have ONE good movie. Not even just good, it's great.
FUN FACT (before I get started): THE LADY IN THE VAN was originally a stage play, also written by Alan Bennett, back in 1999. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Smith played the role of Mary back then too.
Awe man, I'm still giddy over how good this movie was. Smith is as always a treat to watch on screen. She definitely shines when she's being bitter and difficult, almost to the point where I get just as frustrated with her as everyone else. But then we're reminded that Mary is the way she is for a reason and there is an incredible amount of tenderness and vulnerability within her. You can't help but care, even if that caring is something of its own fight to maintain, but in a good way. She's not an unlikable person. She's complex and there's so much that we don't know about her and we want to learn it.
Of course, Jennings is a great deal of fun as Alan. I won't say I'm very familiar with his work, I hope to see more of him in the future because he's given some great material to work with. Having to play off his own personality, it's a lot of fun to watch. Not even just to see him work off of himself, but his chemistry with Smith is incredibly endearing. Again, you agree with his frustrations with this woman, but he also does a great job of acting on behalf of the audience that knows there's more to this poor woman. Like Alan, Mary grows on everyone. You may not want to be completely attached to her, she kind of makes that hard to want, but she's not a bad person.
Beyond the core characters, I loved the appearances of familiar British actors that I didn't remember the names of. Jim Broadbent (also knows as the old police captain from HOT FUZZ) as the shady police officer that harasses Mary, and Roger Allam (also known as evil TV guy from V FOR VENDETTA) as one of Alan's many neighbors, that was enjoyable to see them react to Mary.
Of course, the best part of the story is the heart. Yes, it's got a lot of comedy, but it never loses sight of its characters and how real they feel. It doesn't shy away from dark stuff, guilt, mental instability, and the mistreatment of the homeless. While it doesn't get dark, it's not REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, but the fact that it touches upon the heavier things clearly shows there's effort put in to this story and that's more than I can say for a lot of everything that's come out this month.
I suppose if there's any nitpick that I have with the story is that there is a scene where Alan is talking to Mary's social worker and he, rather out of the blue, talks rather viciously about her. It's pretty uncalled for and needless.
A part of the ending also confuses me, as a good chunk of the movie is Alan talking to a personified version of himself, as a writer's quirk (I can relate), but then a character tells him to stop talking to himself as a jest, and… the other self just disappears. Just like that. Odd… why did that need to happen? He's still a writer and all artists have little things to help them do what they do.
But honestly, this is too good a movie to be hung up on the smaller things that don't diminish the movie's spirit. An easy argument against me is that I'm putting this movie on a pedestal because of how bad this month has been for movies, but… don't care, it's a wonderful shining light in a sea of crap and I recommend it to anyone who likes British humor or Maggie Smith.
But what about everyone else? What did you guys think? Did you enjoy it as much as I did, or is this movie full of rubbish? Let me know what your opinion is.


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Honeybees Sweetened Life for Stone Age Humans
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Stone Age people may have satisfied their sweet tooth with honey, new research finds.
Humans have been using the products of bees for nearly 9,000 years, according to the study, published today (Nov. 11) in the journal Nature. The chemical residues on pots that prove this are from beeswax, so researchers can't say for sure whether Neolithic people used beeswax alone or both beeswax and honey. But, it does appear that honeybees and humans go way back.
"It seems that the first farmers in every single area of Europe were exploiting beeswax from the beginning of farming," said study researcher Mélanie Roffet-Salque, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry at the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom. [The 7 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth]
Old food
The new history of honeybees was a sweet side project for Roffet-Salque, who has been working with University of Bristol biogeochemist Richard Evershed on a long-term project analyzing shards of pottery for chemical traces of food, cosmetics and other substances. Over two decades of research on more than 6,400 pottery fragments, Evershed and his team have come across a few dozen marked with the signature chemistry of beeswax. (Honey, a sugar, degrades much faster than oily beeswax and isn't detectable.)
Stone Age people may have eaten honey and used beeswax for cooking, as well as for making cosmetics and fuel, the researchers wrote. The oldest discovery of beeswax-lined pottery dated back to the 7th millennium B.C. in Anatolia, or modern-day Turkey. The sites where this beeswax was found are also the homes of the oldest-known pottery in Europe or Eurasia. Thus, the presence of honey seemed to spread along with the presence of farming, Roffet-Salque said — from the Near East north and west, reaching the modern-day United Kingdom in roughly 3500 B.C.
In between, beeswax residues were found on pottery shards in northwest Anatolia dating back to 5500 B.C., and in the Balkan Peninsula between 5500 B.C. and 4500 B.C. Sites in Greece dating from between 5800 B.C. and 3000 B.C. yielded pots that once held beeswax. In fact, the Balkan Peninsula was the richest in beeswax, with 5.5 percent of 1,915 Stone Age pot pieces from the region showing beeswax biomarkers, the researchers reported.
Honey in Europe
Stone Age people in today's Austria and Germany were using bee products by 5500 B.C., the researchers found, and bee products were being used in France by the second half of the fifth millennium. Seven fragments with beeswax on them were found in southern Britain; the most northerly bee products were in Denmark, about 5 degrees latitude north of those sites.
"Above 57 degrees latitude we've not found any beeswax in pots at all, and we've tried hard," Roffet-Salque said. "We've analyzed something like 1,000 sherds from Scandinavia and Scotland and we found lots of lipids and animal fats, but no evidence for beeswax."
Most likely, it was simply too cold for bees to thrive above 57 degrees latitude, Roffet-Salque said.
"We think it's the ecological limit of honeybees in prehistory," she said.
The researchers can't say whether people were beekeeping or simply hunting honey and collecting beeswax from wild hives. It's not very difficult to keep a beehive, Roffet-Salque said, but there's no way to prove that Neolithic farmers did so. However, in 2010, archaeologists announced that they'd discovered clay beehives at a site in Israel dating back 3,000 years. A mural on a tomb in Egypt dating to 2400 B.C. also depicts hives and beekeepers, Roffet-Salque said. Humans may also have been using honey and beeswax even before these pots reveal, she said; it's just that earlier people left no record behind.
"We don't have the pots, so we can't tell," Roffet-Salque said. "But we can say that early farmers were using hive products."


If you're still feeling a little raw after the passing of Aretha Franklin, you'll have to chance to pay tribute to the soul legend's talent this Saturday at Debaser. Music magazine HYMN are putting on a special night in her honour, with DJs playing Franklin's big hits, and lesser-known gems. Doors open at 18:00 with DJs on at 22:00.
One for the foodie fans, as Sthlm Street Food festival returns to Kungsträdgården this weekend. You'll have the chance to try food from all over the world, as well as checking out some street art and on-site entertainment. The Swedish Food Truck championships will also take place, with the winner heading to the world championships in Berlin later this year.
The official end of summer is here. It's the last weekend of Trädgården, so this is your chance to say goodbye until 2019. The line-up is well, massive, with (deep breath) Rasuul, SHADEDBYNATURE , Johan Brolund, Johanna Beckman, Jakob Grandin , Gavin Maycroft, Alexandra Dahlström, Shewit Tesfagabreal, Parisa Kohnechian, Mirja , My Gander, Axel Myrberg, Zozo & Jelassi, Aissa Diene, Salla and Cinnamon Boys all booked in.
It's an indie double-bill at Landet on Friday. Beachtape come all the way from Brighton (feels like every UK indie band is from Brighton?) to bring their slow, swirling alt-rock to Stockholm. Busy Tanning come from the slightly (very slightly) location of Umeå, having released their debut EP Modern Times earlier this year.
Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is one of everyone's favourite filmmakers, with his charming, humorous but affecting films making his Studio Ghibli world famous and bringing Japanese animated cinema to new places. Now SF Bio are celebrating his legacy with their series Miyazaki X 10, showing ten of his most celebrated films over the next few months at their cinemas in Stockholm. The series kicks off on Saturday with an early one, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), the story of a warrior princess which includes some of Miyazaki's favourite themes like environmentalism and spectacular flying machines. It plays from Saturday to Thursday.


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Q: Check if workflow has already run I'm having 'fun' trying to prevent a workflow from running on a list item if the workflow has already run. The workflow runs each morning and emails item owners if their item hasn't been updated in over a month. I understand that the workflow updates its own little history with a success message. There's even a new column magically created in the list for each workflow.
To prevent an email being sent every time the workflow runs on items already captured by it (for example one of the workflows checks if an item was last updated within the last one to two months) I wanted to add a condition so that
if this item has a success / completed entry in the workflow history, stop processing the workflow

I'm really struggling to get anywhere with finding the status information within the workflow builder. Is anyone able to shed some light on this please?
Many thanks,
Matthew.
UPDATE: For now I have set up my own columns and hidden them away to record when a workflow has sent out an email. When the conditions are no longer being met the value of the column is reset accordingly and the process can start over. This works fine but surely there's an easier way of doing this out of the box. I should be able to dip into the workflow history or the item itself and easily assess what has happened as part of a workflow.

A: Your item has a field where the status of the workflow is stored (internal field name is dynamic, as there could be more than one workflow per item, but the field's internal name ends with "WF"). Field has a special value type "WorkflowStatus".
Possible states:
NotStarted = 0
FailedOnStart = 1
InProgress = 2
ErrorOccurred = 3
StoppedByUser = 4
Completed = 5
FailedOnStartRetrying = 6
ErrorOccurredRetrying = 7
ViewQueryOverflow = 8
Canceled = 15
Approved = 16
Rejected = 17

(See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.workflow.spworkflowstatus.aspx)
So you could check the field value to make sure if it has already run for the item.
But the question is if you need to re-check the item after one month in any case - if yes, then simply checking the state won't be enough.

A: I set up my own columns and hid them away to record when a workflow has sent out an email. When the conditions are no longer being met the value of the column is reset / blanked and the process can start over.
This works fine but surely there's an easier way of doing this out of the box. I should be able to dip into the workflow history or the item itself and easily assess what has happened as part of a workflow.

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LAnna Wintour Costume Center è un'ala del Metropolitan Museum of Art che ospita la collezione del Costume Institute. Il centro prende il nome da Anna Wintour, attuale redattrice capo di Vogue, direttrice artistica di Condé Nast e presidente dell'annuale Met Gala del museo (spesso chiamato "Met Ball") dal 1995. Il centro venne finanziato da Lizzie e Jonathan Tisch. Da agosto 2017, il curatore è Andrew Bolton.

Il centro venne ufficialmente aperto dalla First Lady degli Stati Uniti Michelle Obama il 5 maggio 2014. All'inaugurazione parteciparono diversi stilisti e celebrità, tra i quali Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane von Fürstenberg, Tory Burch, Zac Posen, Ralph Lauren e Donatella Versace.

Storia
Nel 1902, le filantrope Irene e Alice Lewisohn iniziarono a fare volontariato presso la Henry Street Settlement House di New York, un centro comunitario che forniva servizi sociali e assistenza sanitaria alle famiglie di immigrati. Alice, che recitava lei stessa in opere teatrali, iniziò a lavorare come insegnante di recitazione, mentre Irene si dedicò alle produzioni di danza. Nel 1914, le sorelle acquistarono un lotto all'angolo tra la Grand e Pitt Street e lo donarono alla Settlement per la costruzione di un nuovo teatro, il Neighbourhood Playhouse, che fu inaugurato nel 1915. Nel 1920, il teatro impiegava attori professionisti ed era noto per le produzioni sperimentali e la sua rivista The Grand Street Follies. La scenografa Aline Bernstein svolse l'apprendistato lì, dal 1915 al 1924, disegnando costumi e scenografie.

The Playhouse chiuse nel 1927, ma la compagnia continuò a produrre spettacoli a Broadway sotto la direzione di Helen F. Ingersoll. Nel 1928, con Rita Wallach Morganthau, i Lewisohn fondarono la Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theatre a East 54th Street, che diventò una scuola per attori; agli studenti fu offerto un programma di due anni di recitazione e danza per diventare professionisti.

Durante gli anni di gestione della scuola di teatro e della produzione di opere teatrali, iniziò ad essere acquisito materiale sulla recitazione, la produzione teatrale e la progettazione di costumi, design e scenografie. Nel 1937, Irene Lewisohn aprì una sede per questa biblioteca - il Museum of Costume Art, sulla Fifth Avenue - dove Aline Bernstein fu la prima presidente e Polaire Weissman il primo direttore esecutivo. Nel 1946 il museo si trasferì al primo piano del Metropolitan Museum of Art, diventando The Costume Institute. Nel 1959 divenne un dipartimento del museo e il Met è ora sede della Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library.

Dal 1946, con l'aiuto della pubblicista di moda Eleanor Lambert, l'istituto ospita l'annuale Met Gala, per raccogliere fondi per le spese operative.

Nel 2008, l'American Costume Collection del Brooklyn Museum confluì nel Costume Institute, un programma di riduzione dei costi, nato dopo anni di stretta collaborazione tra le due organizzazioni. La collezione del museo di Brooklyn, più antica, fu formata da donazioni private di ex personalità dell'alta società di New York, a cominciare dalla donazione nel 1903 di un abito in crêpe crema del 1892 indossato da Kate Mallory Williams al suo diploma al Brooklyn Heights Seminary. Prima del trasferimento, furono digitalizzati 23.500 oggetti della collezione Brooklyn, immagini condivise ora da entrambe le organizzazioni. Al momento della fusione, la collezione di costumi del Met comprendeva 31.000 oggetti dal XVII secolo in poi. La mostra di apertura nel 2014 presentava il lavoro del designer di origine britannica Charles James, una figura importante nella moda newyorkese degli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta e il cui lavoro è nella collezione Brooklyn.

L'8 settembre 2015, venne annunciato che Harold Koda si sarebbe dimesso dalla posizione di curatore responsabile del Costume Institute. Al posto suo venne annunciato Andrew Bolton, entrato a far parte del Costume Institute nel 2002 come curatore associato e nominato curatore nel 2006.

Nel maggio 2017, il Costume Institute ospitò una mostra con le opere di Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons, la prima mostra del Costume Institute, dopo quella su Yves Saint Laurent del 1983, incentrata su un designer vivente.

Mostre
 Fashion Plate (ottobre 1971 – gennaio 1972)
 Untailored Garments (gennaio – luglio 1972)
 The World of Balenciaga (marzo – settembre 1973)
 Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design (novembre 1974 – agosto 1975)
 American Women of Style (dicembre 1975 – agosto 1976)
 The Glory of Russian Costume (dicembre 1976 – agosto 1977)
 Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove (dicembre 1977– settembre 1978)
 Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes (novembre 1978 – giugno 1979)
 Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-Hungary (dicembre 1979 – agosto 1980)
 The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi'ng Dynasty (dicembre 1980 – agosto 1981)
 The Eighteenth-Century Woman (dicembre 1981 – settembre 1982)
 Le Belle Époque (dicembre 1982 – settembre 1983)
 Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design (dicembre 1983 – settembre 1984)
 Man and the Horse (dicembre 1984 – settembre 1985)
 Costumes of Royal India (dicembre 1985 – agosto 1986)
 Dance (dicembre 1986 – September 1987)
 In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute (novembre 1987 – aprile 1988)
 From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877 (dicembre 1988 – aprile 1989)
 The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815 (dicembre 1989 – aprile 1990)
 Théâtre de la Mode – Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture (dicembre 1990 – aprile 1991)
 Gala held, but no concurrent costume exhibition
 Fashion and History: A Dialogue (dicembre 1992 – marzo 1993)
 Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style (dicembre 1993 – marzo 1994)
 Orientalism: Visions of the East in western dress (dicembre 1994 – marzo 1995)
 Haute Couture (dicembre 1995 – marzo 1996)
 Christian Dior (dicembre 1996 – marzo 1997)
 Gianni Versace (dicembre 1997 – marzo 1998)
 Cubism and Fashion (10 dicembre 1998 – 14 marzo 1999)
 Rock Style (9 dicembre 1999 – 19 marzo 2000)
  No costume exhibition presented
 Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years (1 maggio – 29 luglio 2001)
 No costume exhibition gala presented
 Goddess: The Classical Mode (1 maggio – 3 agosto 2003)
 Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century (April 2?, –August 8, 2004)
 The House of Chanel (5 maggio – 7 agosto 2005)
 Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection (13 settembre 2005 – 22 gennaio 2006)
 AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion (3 maggio – 6 settembre 2006)
 Poiret: King of Fashion (9 maggio – 5 agosto 2007)
 Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy (7 maggio – 1 settembre 2008)
 The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion (6 maggio – 9 agosto 2009)
 American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (5 maggio – 10 agosto 2010)
 Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (4 maggio – 7 agosto 2011)
 Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations (10 maggio – 19 agosto 2012)
 Punk: Chaos to Couture (9 maggio – 14 agosto 2013)
 Charles James: Beyond Fashion (8 maggio – 10 agosto 2014)
 Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire (21 ottobre 2014 - 1 febbraio 2015)
 China: Through the Looking Glass (7 maggio – 7 settembre 2015)
 Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style (19 novembre 2015 - 21 febbraio 2016)
 Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology (5 maggio - 5 settembre 2016)
 Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion (18 novembre 2016 - 5 febbraio 2017)
 Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (4 maggio - 4 settembre 2017)
 Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (10 maggio - 8 ottobre 2018)
 Camp: Notes on Fashion (8 maggio - 9 settembre 2019)
 About Time: Fashion and Duration

China: Through the Looking Glass è la mostra più visitata nella storia del Centro con 815.992 visitatori (la quinta più visitata nella storia del Museo). Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty è il secondo più visitato con 661.509 visitatori (il nono più visitato nella storia del museo)

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Voci correlate
 Metropolitan Museum of Art

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Charles James: Beyond Fashion, mostra del 2014 sul lavoro di Charles James
 Guida al Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Collezioni digitali del Costume Institute
 Costume Institute Records, 1937-2011 da The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, New York.

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Paper-based biosensor with smartphone readout
Researchers from the Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group at the ICN2 have published details of their new biosensor system in Scientific Reports by Nature. Paper embedded with a graphene structure is used together with a 3D-printable mini "darkroom" and smartphone technology to screen for different compounds found in food and environmental samples. The innovative system provides a low-cost portable alternative to lab testing for qualitative and quantitative pollutant detection and monitoring.
Simple, inexpensive biosensors that can give results in real time are in high demand in a number of fields, such as diagnostics, health and safety, and environmental monitoring. The use of paper is a back-to-basics approach enabled thanks to advances in the manipulation of materials at the nanoscale. Here, researchers at the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group led by ICREA Research Prof. Dr Arben Merkoçi have infused paper strips with graphene quantum dots (QD), a key structure in the nanoworld, and combined them with smartphone technology. The result is an intuitive, portable and disposable biosensing system that has already given promising results in food and environmental samples.
This technology was recently published in Scientific Reports, with Dr Ruslan Álvarez-Diduk as first author and Dr Jahir Orozco as co-author. It was also showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona as part of the Graphene Experience Zone curated by the Graphene Flagship. A video of the system in action can be viewed here.
This new biosensor system uses luminescent graphene quantum dots as sensor probes to detect not only the presence but also the concentration of the compound being monitored. The probes used in this device were prepared from citric acid using pyrolysis and fixed into place onto paper strip (nitrocellulose) via adsorption and wax tracing.
Following exposure to the sample, the graphene QDs are activated using ultraviolet light, causing them to luminesce at different intensities depending on the amount of analyte present: the greater the concentration, the lower the intensity, since the effect of the analyte on the QDs is to quench their luminescence. The ultraviolet light is applied inside a 3D-printable portable "darkroom" in order to prevent interference from other light sources during this process. For further portability this light source can be run off a smartphone, connected via USB port. The smartphone camera is then used to capture the light emitted by each dot individually, upon which software installed on the smartphone quantifies said light to give readings in real time.
So far the device has been used to correctly identify the age of vintage wines based on their phenolic content, opening the door to potential broader applications in the food industry, and to screen for toxic pollutants in seawater samples. It is also expected to find applications in clinical diagnostics. But beyond these specific applications, the key outcome of the study is the validation of disposable paper-based sensors as a promising means of screening for relevant organic compounds for use in low-income and remote settings where more expensive and sophisticated equipment is not readily available.
The ICN2 is currently looking for industrial partnerships to further advance this technology. It is also interested in licensing the technology to medical device companies.
Article reference:
Ruslan Álvarez-Diduk, Jahir Orozco & Arben Merkoçi. Paper strip-embedded graphene quantum dots: a screening device with a smartphone readout. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 976 (2017); doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01134-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01134-3
European patent application P30540EP00. Country: Catalonia, Spain. Date: 24/02/2017.


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After job-shaming, Geoffrey Owens lands gig on Tyler Perry's 'The Haves and the Have Nots'
Erin Jensen
Geoffrey Owens is taking his talents to "The Haves and the Have Nots."
"The Cosby Show" actor who was thrust back into the limelight when it was discovered he was working at Trader Joe's will have a recurring role on the OWN series, a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to USA TODAY on Friday.
Owens will appear in 10 episodes of the drama created by Tyler Perry.
Perry offered Owens a spot on the show Tuesday via Twitter, writing: "I have so much respect for people who hustle between gigs. The measure of a true artist."
Owens told Robin Roberts on Tuesday's "Good Morning America" that he began what ended up a 15-month stint at Trader Joe's so he could make ends meet.
"I'd been teaching, acting, directing for 30-plus years, but it got to a point where it just didn't add up enough and you gotta do what you got to do," he said, adding the job offered "flexibility" so he could "try to stay in the business."
After outlets reported on Owens' day job, many celebrities came to his defense.
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Nuno Marques Peiriço is the director of OHS auditing & performance at Veolia, based in the HQ in Paris. With a multidisciplinary pathway of more than 20 years of management in areas such as sustainability, human resources, OHS, quality and environment, in multicultural and international environments, he has developed expertise in driving behavioural change and culture transformation programs aligned with performance, accountability, business development and sustainability of organisations. Nuno holds a master's degree in technological chemistry from Faculty of Sciences – University of Lisbon and a master's degree in sustainable management from Imperial College London. In addition, after a certification as Global Executive Coach at HEC Paris, Nuno acts as an internal coach at Veolia accompanying managers on their career pathway.
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Nuno Marques Peiriço is the director of OHS auditing & performance at Veolia, based in the HQ in Paris. With a multidisciplinary pathway of more than 20 years of management in areas such as sustainability, human resources, OHS, quality and environment, in multicultural and international environments, he has developed expertise in driving behavioural change and culture transformation programs aligned with performance, accountability, business development and sustainability of organisations. Nuno holds a master's degree in technological chemistry from Faculty of Sciences - University of Lisbon and a master's degree in sustainable management from Imperial College London. In addition, after a certification as Global Executive Coach at HEC Paris, Nuno acts as an internal coach at Veolia accompanying managers on their career pathway.


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Flu cases nearly quadruple at WakeMed since Thanksgiving, but there is good news
By Elaina Athans
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The flu is to blame for another death in North Carolina and it comes as medical professionals are seeing a sharp rise in cases.
WakeMed Hospital is reporting that cases have nearly quadrupled since Thanksgiving.
The CDC said within the last couple of days, one of the three main groups of viruses floating around this flu season is H1N1.
The strain is also known as Swine Flu and it did a real number on people in 2009.
WakeMed Infections Prevention Specialist Jessica Dixon said the strain doesn't have the effect on the population like it did a decade ago.
"We say H1N1 and we go 'Oh my gosh, it's terrible.' H1N1 is just another seasonal flu strain now. It is not at all uncommon and it's been one of the predominant strains actually," she said.
Dixon said the current flu vaccine should have pretty good coverage against what's circulating.
"There are definitely close matches, maybe not exact matches," she said.
Many people will be traveling in planes, trains, and automobiles during the next few weeks for the holiday season and should take steps to be well.
"Wash your hands. That's my No. 1 tip for everything," Dixon said.
She said that even if you go to a restroom that runs out of soap, handwashing still helps.
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Officials do think it will be a bad flu season. Conditions in Australia are usually a precursor and it was a particularly hard flu season there.
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World Kerry feels heat on Keystone oil pipeline at U.N. climate talks
Kerry feels heat on Keystone oil pipeline at U.N. climate talks
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech at the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in Lima December 11, 2014.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged countries at U.N. climate talks in Lima to move away from using fossil fuels while demonstrators gathered outside the meeting urged him to reject the Keystone oil pipeline.
"Coal and oil may be cheap ways to power an economy today... but I urge nations around the world: Look further down the road," he said.
As Kerry delivered a 30-minute speech trying to inject momentum into difficult UN climate negotiations, environmentalists stood outside holding signs calling on him to urge President Barack Obama to reject the Canada-to-U.S. oil pipeline, which would carry heavy Canadian crude to Texas.
Kerry must make the final recommendation to Obama about whether the $8 billion pipeline that has been delayed more than five years is in the national interest and whether he should approve it.
Neither Obama nor Kerry have said publicly whether they favor approving the pipeline but said they will wait for the Nebraska court ruling.
Environmental activists in Lima said if Kerry approves the project, he would be going against the spirit of his speech.
"Secretary Kerry sure sounded like someone who was gearing up for rejection," said Jamie Henn of green group 350.org. "(He) has left himself no logical option except to recommend President Obama say no to Keystone XL."
The chief negotiator at UN climate talks for the Pacific island nation Nauru said approving Keystone would erode the positive steps the United States has made to show climate leadership.
"Now is not the time to call the superpower's commitment to tackling this crisis into question by letting this dirty, myopic, and irresponsible project go forward," said Nauru Ambassador Marlene Moses.
Canada is under strong economic pressure to send its vast reserves of heavy crude oil to market. But Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq told Reuters she has no plans to meet Kerry in Lima.
A Nebraska Supreme Court ruling on whether the proposed route of the pipeline is legal could come as early as Friday. If the court deems the route legal, Obama may be forced to make a decision soon. Final construction could begin with presidential approval.
On any Friday from now until the end of January, the seven-judge panel may issue its ruling on whether state lawmakers were right to clear the way for the controversial project.
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Britain's Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers
"The UK's actions in Libya were part of an ill-conceived intervention, the results of which are still playing out today."
Record new U.S. military aid deal for Israel to be signed in days: sources
China issues highest typhoon alert as Meranti makes landfall
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I had the great pleasure to be interviewed this week by Dan Schawbel.
Dan is a leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the author of the bestselling career book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009). The interview was for his blog which is syndicated by Reuters, Forbes, Hoovers, Fox Business and The Chicago Sun-Times, among others.
Dan has interviewed over 160 success individuals such as Marcus Buckingham, Tony Hsieh, John C. Maxwell, Ken Blanchard, Phil Town, Don Tapscott, Marshall Goldsmith, David Allen, Larry Winget, John Kotter, Robert B. Cialdini, Keith Ferrazzi, Carmine Gallo, Matt Mullenweg, Steven Baker, David Meerman Scott, Mark Sanborn, Tucker Max, and many others. To be among this impressive group of renowned industry experts interviewed by Dan is a great honor!
The pitfalls and best practices in managing the demanding set of 'crowed rules' inherent in social media and the Web 2.0 environment.
The full interview can be found on Dan's Blog. I want to thank Dan for the great exchange, and opportunity to be profiled!
Duncan Brown at Influencer 50 posted a blog today where he discusses the effectiveness of sponsored conversations (paid media) as a credible form of influence.
In a comment, I offered that at SAP we have found that there are generally three factors that combine to have a very powerful form of influence on most any decision. The three factors are: Awarness, Reputation and Experience. I detail this more in a blog post from last year.
Paid media (through advertising or sponsored conversations) and unpaid media (through traditional media and blogger relations) are great for generating broad awareness for companies and important industry issues. However, awareness alone (regardless of the channel) will not entirely influence or motivate one to take action (e.g. purchase or engage).
Experience (good or bad) is authentic and extremely credible. This is were Duncan makes an excellent point that companies should focus on generating advocacy by creating remarkable products and services.
The more that companies can generate advocacy/endorsement based on the positive 'experience' of their products and/or services through their key stakeholder groups (e.g. customers, partners, employees, etc.) the better situated they are to establish a movement that will increase competitive advantage and/or other desirable results.


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Austria Just Announced A 54% Haircut Of Senior Creditors In First "Bail In" Under New European Rules
April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016 Q 14 Views 5 min read
Just over a year ago, a black swan landed in the middle of Europe, when in what was then dubbed a "Spectacular Development" In Austria, the "bad bank" of failed Hypo Alpe Adria – the Heta Asset Resolution AG – itself went from good to bad, with its creditors forced into an involuntary "bail-in" following the "discovery" of a $8.5 billion capital hole in its balance sheet primarily related to ongoing deterioration in central and eastern European economies.
Austria had previously nationalized Heta's predecessor Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International six years ago after it nearly collapsed under the bad loans it ran up when it grew rapidly in the former Yugoslavia. Having burnt through €5.5 euros of taxpayers' money to prop up Hypo Alpe, Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling ended support in March 2015, triggering the FMA's takeover.
This was the first official proposed "Bail-In" of creditors, one that took place before similar ad hoc balance sheet restructuring would take place in Greece and Portugal in the coming months. Or rather, it wasn't a fully executed "Bail-In" for the reason that creditors fought it tooth and nail.
And then today, following a decision by the Austrian Banking Regulator, the Finanzmarktaufsicht or Financial Market Authority, Austria officially became the first European country to use a new law under the framework imposed by Bank the European Recovery and Resolution Directive to share losses of a failed bank with senior creditors as it slashed the value of debt owed by Heta Asset Resolution AG.
The highlights from the announcement:
Today, the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) in its function as the resolution authority pursuant to the Bank Recovery and Resolution Act (BaSAG – Bundesgesetz über die Sanierung und Abwicklung von Banken) has issued the key features for the further steps for the resolution of HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG. The most significant measures are:
a 100% bail-in for all subordinated liabilities,
a 53.98% bail-in, resulting in a 46.02% quota, for all eligible preferential liabilities,
the cancellation of all interest payments from 01.03.2015, when HETA was placed into resolution pursuant to BaSAG,
as well as a harmonisation of the maturities of all eligible liabilities to 31.12.2023.
According to the current resolution plan for HETA, the wind-down process should be concluded by 2020, although the repayment of all claims as well as the legally binding conclusion of all currently outstanding legal disputes will realistically only be concluded by the end of 2023. Only at that point will it be possible to finally distribute the assets and to liquidate the company.
As part of the announcement, Austria has cut Heta's senior liabilities by 54 percent and extended the maturities of all eligible debt to Dec. 31, 2023 to help cover an 8 billion-euro ($9.1 billion) hole in Heta's balance sheet. It also wiped out any residual equity and the junior liabilities as well as any supplementary capital. The Finanzmarktaufsicht took control of Heta last year in the first application of European Union rules designed to end taxpayer-funded bank rescues.
"While the application of the new European recovery and resolution framework for banks is uncharted territory in both legal and practical terms, we are on target with the resolution of Heta," the FMA's co-chiefs, Helmut Ettl and Klaus Kumpfmueller, said in the statement. "Orderly resolution is more advantageous than insolvency proceedings."
As Bloomberg writes, dealing with failing banks remains a thorny issue in the EU more than seven years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Rescues in Portugal, Greece and Italy carried out before new rules came into force in those countries prompted protests over unequal or arbitrary creditor treatment. The EU's untested Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, now in force across the 28-nation bloc, provides rules and tools, including the so-called bail in, to make sure creditors share the burden.
Creditors were not happy, and Heta became a battleground of what the first BRRD implementation would look like. "At the heart of the issue is 11 billion euros of Heta's debt that's guaranteed by the province of Carinthia, which owned Heta's predecessor until 2007. Those guarantees blunt the intent of the new rules because they mean the losses imposed on bondholders become a claim on Carinthia, which says it can't pay them. Sunday's haircut means the province faces claims of about 6.4 billion euros, the FMA said."
Carinthia's attempt to neutralize the guarantees by buying up the bonds at a discount was rejected by bondholders led by Commerzbank AG and Pacific Investment Management Co. last month. The creditors, who say that Austria should pay up if Carinthia can't, also sued in a German court, arguing the BRRD's rules don't apply to Heta.
The announcement ushers in the next, and even more contentuous phase of creditor negotiations: after initially ruling out a second offer, Austrian officials this week smoothed the way for new negotiations to avoid years of litigation. Gaby Schaunig, Carinthia's finance secretary, said she will review a recent creditor proposal and that "any out-of-court solution is better than the legal route."
According to Bloomberg, some of the creditors are planning to make an offer to Austria that would result in a payout of 92 cents on the euro, a person familiar with the bid said Saturday. It's unclear how many creditors support the offer. On Tuesday, representatives for both sides will also meet in London for talks, according to a report in Der Standard. Many creditors have rejected any haircut as an option over concerns how such an example could impact their investments in comparably impaired financial companies. Others are more willing to negotiate.
Some creditors had already challenged the FMA's decision to apply European bank resolution rules to Heta. Answering the objections, the FMA said the wind-down remains "fully binding," adding that creditors are now free to appeal to Austria's federal administrative court:
Challenges may be submitted to the FMA against the emergency administrative decision of 10.4.2016, which sets out the significant resolution actions under BaSAG, within three months. If applicable, the FMA will initiate ordinary administrative proceedings, will recognise and examine the submitted challenges and will then issue an administrative decision in relation to the challenge procedure.
Changes, if any, to today's decision will likely take years to pass through the Austrian court system. In the meantime, the precedent has been set and we expect many more banks to follow suit in "bailing in" their senior debt creditors, and ultimately – if there is not enough value to satisfy claims – depositors.
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After increasing the Delete for Everyone time limit to 68 minutes, Messaging application WhatsApp is now testing a new feature that would allow Android users to lock the record button.
As noted by WABetainfo, the Locked Recording button feature allows Whatsapp users to lock the record button and won't need to tap and then hold the record button as it is currently on the Android version of WhatsApp. This feature is expected to solve the issue of users holding the record button before sending a recorded file.
WhatsApp users on iOS platform got this feature last year, and ever since then, Android users have been waiting for the feature to be ported to the Android platform.
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