First off, I don't own any corporate stock — haven't for years — so I'm not as deeply invested in the financial markets as some. There aren't many public companies that are strongly aligned with my values. I don't even buy mutual funds or index funds because that means putting my cash in too many companies whose business models depend on keeping people's awareness levels low. As people become more conscious, they tend to gradually withdraw their financial support from certain corporations. This happens as we accept more responsibility for our personal impact on the world and seek to reduce the amount of harm we're doing.
I do consider myself an investor, but I don't have the same priorities as most other investors. In a general way, I want to maximize the return on my investment, but I don't define the return in monetary terms. For me the return on my investment is what kind of impact I can have on the collective consciousness of humanity. If an investment seems to help people live more consciously, it's a good one (a net gain). If an investment lowers people's consciousness, it's a bad one (a net loss).
For example, I believe that building StevePavlina.com was a very good investment. Writing my book was another one. Doing public speaking is another. These investments required virtually no money, but they required a significant amount of time. Time is a more precious resource to me than money, so my ultimate goal as an investor is to have a significant consciousness-raising impact on the world during my lifetime.
When I think about investing money in exchange for more money, it honestly bores me to tears. It seems like a complete waste of life. Why would I want to devote my precious time to such a hollow pursuit?
I'm sure some people think that if they have lots of money, it will make them happier and give them more of what they want. I found that it's easier to get what I want by going for it directly instead of using money as an intermediary. I found a way to be free, to do what I love, and to help people. This happened before I had much money. I would not sacrifice those things for billions of dollars.
The proposed financial bailout (which hasn't been passed at the time of this writing) is in my opinion a patently stupid idea. I've been pleasantly surprised to see that so many people are expressing opposition to it. I'm not sure it will be enough to help though because presently the U.S. government seems to have quite a strong capacity for putting short-term thinking ahead of long-term thinking. Unfortunately, it seems that the reason the bailout failed to pass the first time is largely because members of Congress were thinking even more short-term than usual.
In my opinion it's best to let some companies crash and burn, even if it creates negative consequences for all of us. It's better to deal with it now than to put it off to be dealt with another day. A company that bases its operations on something that doesn't create sustainable value for people might as well crash and burn. It will be best for their employees and stakeholders to find more conscious, fulfilling work anyway. It's too bad our leaders are such short-term thinkers. Pouring more money into operations that don't create much value to begin with is a short-term fix that will only lead to a bigger crash later.
Even though the financial markets may be doing poorly right now, overall I think it's a good thing. This sort of situation helps to wake people up, to give them a kick in their complacency. Not everyone — but more people than usual.
The role of money is to serve as a medium for trading value. Of course many people have tried to turn money into something else. They adopt a moocher mindset, playing the money game to win at someone else's expense. Many large corporations operate from this mindset. They either produce nothing of real value (and wouldn't be missed if they vanished entirely), or their products and promotions actually serve to lower consciousness instead of raise it.
Money has its place, and it's not a bad thing to become wealthy, as long as you become so by creating and sharing an abundance of value with others. This will bring more money into your life if you so desire, but you'll likely find that under such conditions, money isn't the most important reward.
There are many "returns" on my investments that I believe are much more important than money, including the impact I have, the goodwill my work generates, and the relationships I build. If the financial markets crash, those things can still hold their value, while my cash could end up being worthless. So my relationships are a much more useful and flexible currency than cash. I engage in many exchanges with people where no money changes hands, but value is certainly shared, and goodwill is generated. I don't need money to continue making such exchanges.
If given a choice between losing all my money and financial assets vs. losing all my relationships and connections with people, I'd rather lose the former.
Does it bother me that my financial assets (such as my home) may go down in value because of the broader financial meltdown? Not really. The numbers in my life may get smaller, but money isn't the primary way I store the value I've created. I prefer to hold excess value in goodwill and relationships, not a number in a bank account. I'd rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
The stuff that's most important to me in life can't be bought — it can only be earned. I can still fulfill my heart's desire even as my assets decline in value. Since I don't play the game of life for money, I'm just not that attached to the particular numbers that swirl through my life. They're largely irrelevant.
I don't even set specific financial goals anymore. I found that when I did that, I was giving too much power to money instead of wielding that power myself. Then I could use the lack of money to justify not fully committing myself (and risking failure and rejection). So instead of setting financial goals now, I just aim for what I want straightaway. I can't think of anything I'd really like to do that requires being rich first. Pursuing money is just a delay tactic, an excuse not to live consciously.
What about retirement? I don't expect I'll ever retire. But if I spend the rest of my life helping people grow and cultivating lots of goodwill, I think I could enjoy a fantastic retirement even if I end up penniless. Think of all the people I'll be able to spend time with. I could probably even do that now. Lots of people have offered to put me up in their homes if/when I travel to other countries, for instance.
This isn't a special situation. Anyone can do it. Do you really think you'll need to worry about retirement if you dedicate the rest of your life to helping people with an open heart? Do you really think that money is the most powerful currency? You can have all the money in the world and suffer a very unhappy retirement. Money may allow you to meet your physical needs, but it won't make people care about you. However, if you learn to open your heart and connect with people, you need never be alone. You can be quite happy without a dime. And when you reach this state, you just won't care about money so much. You'll realize that love is truly the most powerful currency. A heart filled with love will do more for you than a wallet filled with cash.
I'm fully aware that we don't live in a Utopian society. I know the U.S. government is largely controlled by corporations at this time. I know the Fed essentially operates as a private corporation and that it would be inaccurate to call it a part of the U.S. government. I know that certain entities gain by manipulating the money supply, allowing them to buy up other companies for pennies on the dollar. I know that our government's budget is largely a joke.
I've been exposed to many theories about how the markets really work. There's way too much complexity and duplicity for me to discern the whole truth, but I don't need to know all those details to see that the whole financial system operates at a fairly low level of awareness.
None of this really matters to me though. It's not a game I pay much attention to. My focus is elsewhere, not because I don't care but because I know that focusing on such problems can't possibly help.
Who am I voting for in the next election? No one. I'm not even registered to vote — never have been. Does this make me a bad U.S. citizen? Perhaps. I see myself more as a citizen of the world. My loyalties are with humanity at large, not some political entity.
Voting as an individual in the USA seems rather pointless to me at this time, especially given our current political climate. Instead of voting as an individual, I could vote with my blog by endorsing a particular candidate. But I honestly don't resonate with either Obama or McCain. If forced to choose between them, I'd say that Obama is the more conscious of the two. However, personally I'd much prefer Dennis Kucinich because he seems much more conscious and aware. He's also a fellow vegan who believes that all life is sacred, so of course that's a big plus in my book. He's done some gutsy but unpopular things, and I really respect that about him. Unfortunately people like him are still a minority in Congress.
I don't expect any political leader to be perfect, but I'd like to see something much more conscious than our current levels. I actually feel that's an achievable goal.
I do have a vote to cast, but not in the upcoming political election. My vote is for a more conscious humanity. I have to vote with my conscience, and that requires that I cast my vote through my work, not at the ballot box.
As I see it, the main problem is the soup of low awareness that permeates American society. The fact that we Americans will select a guy like George Bush as our leader doesn't speak well of us. (Well, okay technically we picked Al Gore.) I'd sincerely like to apologize to the rest of the world for that. It's pretty embarrassing when you think about it.
Our political leadership is a sign of the times. The "soup" that encourages people to spend the bulk of their time working at a meaningless corporate job for money is the same soup that puts people like George Bush in power. I don't blame George Bush for that. I'm sure he's doing the best he can. But the very notion that my fellow Americans would pick someone like that to lead us makes me very cognizant of the fact that as a whole, this country is pretty low on the awareness totem pole. But the bright side is that there's plenty of worthwhile work to be done in this country. You don't have to look very far to find important needs that require filling.
So what can we do about this? As I see it, the solution is to fix the soup. And the only way to do that is to raise your own awareness as an individual.
I like to take personal responsibility for everything in my reality, especially what I don't like. Since I'm not a big fan of the current economic and political climate in the USA, I assume that I'm responsible for fixing it.
Some people might see this as a hopeless cause or an overwhelming task. I don't see it like that. I see it as a worthy challenge.
We Americans have so much potential. We just need to cultivate an environment that allows us to let go of our Cro-Magnon nationalism and start living like citizens of earth. We have the potential to create massive value for this great planet instead of being a corporate-owned bully.
Obviously there are many people working against the vision of a conscious America. Some people are polarized to benefit from an environment of fear and control. On a daily basis our mainstream media gives us reason to be afraid. Our politicians tell us to be scared, and they say they'll protect us. It's all nonsense though. In every moment we still have a choice. We can tune out the fear mongers and decline to participate in their silly games. We can stop subscribing to fear and start being brave and strong as individuals.
This is a case where if you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem. If you aren't living consciously, if you're playing follow the follower, if you're just going through the motions of life, then you're one of the "bad guys." You just don't realize it yet. And by your example, you're encouraging others around you to do the same. You're adding to the low-awareness soup. If you live unconsciously, if you settle for less than your potential, if you devote your days to being a corporate cog in an unconscious profit-seeking machine, if you use food and idle entertainment to numb your senses, then you're part of the problem.
At this point in history, all that's required for the USA to become one of the greatest blunders of all time is for you to keep on going through the motions just like everyone else. The only true enemy you must face is your own complacency.
We can never hope to improve the soup of our country by playing the blame game. To blame others is to deny your own responsibility. If you don't like what our political and corporate leaders are doing, it's pointless to blame them. That cannot possibly help. If you think that someone should do something about it, that someone is you. If you blame others but take no direct action to fix the problems you perceive, I guarantee you're part of the problem. You have only yourself to blame. You've been swallowing the soup of unconscious living, and it's time to spit it out.
If you don't like what's happening, it's up to you to fix it. That may seem like an overwhelming task if you're living unconsciously, and it surely is. But once you really embrace conscious living and dump all the low-awareness garbage you've been clinging to, you won't feel so weak and disempowered. You'll realize you're much stronger than you ever thought possible. You'll begin to see that living consciously is all the solution you really need. When you live consciously, you inspire others to do the same. You help to change the soup. You make it safe for more people to wake up. You become a beacon for positive growth. Once you've begun to experience life at this level, it's really hard to go back. You just can't fit in the old box anymore.
While unconscious people consent to the current climate through silent approval, conscious people say, "No, this situation needs to change, and I must be the one to change it." Then they get busy. They don't waste time whining and complaining. They work on themselves, and then they share themselves with the world. They work to become stronger, more loving, and more aware. They build their capacity for service. They help teach us how to connect with each other instead of feeling disconnected and alone, they help bring purpose and passion to our lives, they empower us, and they offer honest and authentic leadership.
Are you worried about the current financial and political climate? If you're worried, then turn and face those fears. Accept responsibility for what's happening. Is there some part of you that wants to get something for nothing? Do you value money ahead of personal relationships? Is greed more important to you than service? What will you need to change in order to live more consciously? What must you learn to let go of? Are you living your life as part of the solution, or are you part of the problem? You choose.


Beardy, whether or not you're concerned for her safety only for the sake of the funeral rights and whatnot, you're still a cut above Stubbles.
Am I the only one half expecting Jormungandr in the water? Just to be like OHAI I SEE YOU ARE FALLING.
That looks more like the reflection of the moon in slightly choppy water, in panel three.
Looks like the moon to me, too, but then, looks could be deceiving, especially at this distance.
HAHAHA! Oh man, a timely Jormy appearance would be awesome.
AHH………. Heart Attack….wheres Bayer when you need it.
That's not a heart attack. That's grabbing the cross in the course of prayer. (Note she has two lines on her neck, the necklace holding it.) A logical thing to do when you need a miracle.
Haha, it's certainly a stressful situation!
Hehe, she hasn't fallen over yet!
Haha, yeah. That's pretty much Beardy's reaction, he doesn't want her to get hurt! Even though that's kind of redundant or something.
Ohh how do you count followers? I love this comic, I hope you get a whole lot more! : D Hang in there, Hedda!
The followers I mentioned are just whoever follows me on Twitter. I'm not sure how many actual readers I have though. XD Thank you!
Argh! I can't believe I have to wait another week to find out what she does on that cliff edge! The suspense is killing me.
HAHA! Aw c'mon, Beardy just doesn't want her to get hurt! He's sorta not thinking of what happens later….
Haha! They're probably made of soft leather, with a tie around the ankle to keep it on. They did have shoes and socks back then, and some have even been found preserved in ancient trash heaps. The socks were probably knitted wool. Gotta keep warm!


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Gary Wales was born on the 29th September 1995 in Falkirk Scotland. Gary started performing when he was 6 years old. He moved to County Armagh in Northern Ireland in 2007 at the age of 12. It was there when he really got in to acting and wanted to start a career from it. He is a graduate student from Performing Arts at the Southern Regional College. He lives at home with his mum Carol, step dad John, sisters Danielle, Hollie & Lucy and his brother Martin. He has starred in numerous tv programmes, short movies and feature movies. He also was the creator of his very own short film called 2Late which took place in 2014. He is a very keen actor and film maker and works at the best of his ability and is very eager when it comes to acting and film making. His passion in life is acting and will be starring in movies in the nearer future.
We had a little chat with him ….
Q.How is the Northern Ireland acting scene in your eyes?
GW: Being an actor in Ireland is wonderful, the industry is amazing & full of bright talent. Ireland is the second Hollywood in my own eyes, why? Because the scenery is amazing and is seen mostly on the TV show Game Of Thrones.
Q.You've done quite a few musicals, is live performance your future?
GW: Yes I have done a few musicals but when I started film I knew that was the path I would go down, I've never looked back at theatre since 2015.
Q.How did you find courage to be performing since you were 6?
GW: When I was 6 I watched the Johnny Depp film Edward Scissor Hands and always wondered what it would be like to play a character that has knives as hands and said to myself I want to be an actor, so I started stage school and went from there.
Q.Do you still go head over heels for The Lion King?
GW: The lion King was definitely my most favourite film when I was young and to this day it still is but I wouldn't go crazy over it anymore.
Q.You've done quite a few short films, your fans were excited about 2Late – tell us more about that?
GW: Yes I love short films, 2Late was a big hit because I think it's because it related to a lot of people within the plot line of the film and it's story and to this day people still approach me regards to it, it was a success and I'm proud to be the creator of it.
Q.Whats the masterplan for the rest of 2016?
GW: The masterplan for 2016, is to travel which I'm currently doing right now and currently in Canada & to also do as many production stuff at the same time, my aim for 2017 is definitely just to be filled with media and films & to potentially grow more on social media.
Q.Would you be up for bringing a bit of Mr Wales to Essex?
GW: As I always tell people it's good to expand and grown through different places around the world so yes I would definitely love to come to Essex for production work. I've never visited but is definitely on my bucket list.
Q.Whats an average weekend like for you?
GW: A average weekend for me is to spend time with family and friends, if there is an event I will go out for that, I also have a thing for watching behind the scenes of movies and take pointers down etc… As well.
Q.What would you like to say to all your fans and supporters around the world?
GW: I'd like to thank all my fans and supporters around the world for following and loving what I do, I'm on a very positive journey and you guys are coming with me.


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Q: PDO Success message not firing Trying to find out why a success or failure message is not displayed
I do the following in a class inside a php file
 public  $errors                   = array();
 public  $messages                 = array();

...
public function yyyy(xxxx)
$this->db_connection->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING );
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            $query_user_update->bindValue(':user_email', $user_email, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $query_user_update->bindValue(':user_type', $user_type, PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $query_user_update->bindValue(':id', $_SESSION['id'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
            $query_user_update->execute();
            $count = $query_user_update->rowCount();

I used $count to show me if the row was updated This is only used for debugging to make sure I have updated at least 1 row. I then do the following:
  if ($query_user_update) {
                    // Set to true so the page does not reload the form
                    $this->updateuser_successful = true;
                    // Display success message
                    $this->messages[] = MESSAGE_USERRECORD_CHANGED_SUCCESSFULLY;
                    print("We Have Updated $count rows.\n");
           } else {
                // display failure message
                $this->errors[] = MESSAGE_USERRECORD_CHANGED_FAILED;
           }

I have included the file that contains all my messages by using the require_once('en.php) in the php page that loads the form.
When this is run and I update the record in a form and submit, $count is 1 as the message "We Have Updated 1 row" is displayed on the screen but the message assigned to MESSAGE_USERRECORD_CHANGED_SUCCESSFULLY is not. I check the database and I can also see that the record was indeed updated.
I have another form where this works so I am a bit puzzled. Any help is greatly appreciated.

A: You have not returned or echoed.
if ($query_user_update) {
                    // Set to true so the page does not reload the form
                    $this->updateuser_successful = true;
                    // Display success message
                    $this->messages[] = MESSAGE_USERRECORD_CHANGED_SUCCESSFULLY;
                    print("We Have Updated $count rows.\n");
                    return $this->messages;
           } else {
                // display failure message
                $this->errors[] = MESSAGE_USERRECORD_CHANGED_FAILED;
                return $this->errors;
           }

You now do this in the page where your form is:
$returnData = $someClass->someFunction(params);
for($i = 0; $i < count($returnData); $i++) {
    echo $returnData[$i];
}

The $returnData variable holds the returned array, which is either the errors or messages.

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Mt. Pleasant council votes against moratorium on residential development
by Dustin Waters July 13, 2016
[image-1]Mt. Pleasant Town Council voted down a 120-day moratorium on residential building permits Tuesday evening. The plan to rein in new development in what has become one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation was originally proposed by Councilman Joe Bustos, who argued that the town's leaders are asking residents to sacrifice their quality of life in the face of such expansion.
"We're so weighted over here with houses, ADUs (accessory dwelling units), apartments, and resulting traffic, and children in schools. We're almost completely out of balance," said Bustos. "And we need to do something to bring that balance back because what's at risk is our quality of life."
Many of the specifics of the proposed moratorium remained undecided at the start of Tuesday's meeting. Questions regarding which projects already in the approval process would be put on hold and the loss of building permit revenue to the town were met with few concrete answers.
"Staff has no direction, and they didn't come prepared, I don't believe, to answer all of the questions that have arisen out of this," said Mayor Linda Page, who recommended that the plan be put before the town's Planning Committee to study the true impact that a moratorium would have on the town's budget. "You're asking us to vote on something we're very willing to discuss, but that we don't know what we're voting on."
Bob Brimmer, chair of the Planning Committee, called the moratorium the "nuclear option" in dealing with Mt. Pleasant's sustained development. Brimmer acknowledged that something must be done to curb the rapid growth that is taxing the town's infrastructure, but felt that a more focused effort was necessary.
"There's a lot of question, a lot of information that we just don't have, and perhaps a lot of unintended consequences for acting so quickly," he said. "I'm concerned about the property owner who wants to build a home or two on their property. We're kind of lumping them in with the big developers in town. We're not using a scalpel here. We're taking a broad approach across the town."
The proposed moratorium would have been the second major step that Mt. Pleasant leaders have taken to slow growth in the past year. This spring, Town Council approved a 180-day pause on approvals for new apartment plans. Although this most recent attempt to halt new residential projects was unsuccessful, several town officials are still examining other options to address Mt. Pleasant's increasing development.
"I think we're in a hole, and I think we need to stop digging," said Councilman Will Haynie. "Just to compare growth rates, you've got to look at where we are toward capacity."
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Support from loved ones is an important component of living with a challenging condition like Rheumatoid Arthritis. In a previous blog, I interviewed my husband Richard Faust (link: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/living/husbands-perspective/) to get his perspective.
In this video he talks about being married to someone with RA, our life together, and other insights. As RA patients we often think about quality of life. I'm happy to know that while Richard has improved my quality of life, I contribute to his as well. For me, this is what makes marriage special–building an enjoyable life together, no matter the challenges.


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Umarex Walther CP 88 Part 1
July 11, 2018 July 10, 2018 by Dennis Adler
Where it all began 22 years ago
In 1996, Umarex and Walther began a new chapter in the history of airguns with the innovative CP 88; a 4.5mm pellet-firing, CO2 powered semiautomatic pistol available in two versions based on the 9x19mm P 88 Compact and P 88 Champion (Competition). These latest CO2 models remain identical to the original 1996 versions.
If I were to go back to the very first pellet-firing air pistol I owned I would have to go back to the 1960s when I was in my early teens and had a Marksman MPR, a single shot pellet pistol (it also had a 20-shot spring fed BB magazine making it a repeater, if you call having to pull the slide back to cock it for every shot "repeating"). Pellets, however, had to be inserted individually at the breech. In a lot of ways not much has changed in that respect with single shot pistols and air rifles. The Marksman looked like a Model 1911 and was a good BB/pellet gun for the time, and I have to say, it was also what got me interested in both air pistols and small caliber revolvers and semi-autos. By the time I was in my 20s I was already a collector. I still have the very first .22 caliber rimfire semi-auto I ever owned, an Erma Navy Luger that I bought in 1972. As for the Marksman, it got lost somewhere along the way but amazingly Marksman still manufacturers a version of this same gun, the Model 2002. The MPR was built from 1958 to 1977. More to the point, at least in my case, is that one very interesting or groundbreaking BB or pellet gun can lead to a lifetime of collecting and shooting. In 1996 that happened for many Americans with a company named Walther, (yes that Walther) and an innovative CO2 powered, 8-shot pellet pistol accurately copied from the 9x19mm semiautomatic Walther P 88 model. When it was introduced in 1996, the Walther CP 88 was the first of its kind and the beginning of a new era in air pistol design and manufacturing.
The 9x19mm P 88 was a well-built but expensive handgun for law enforcement. The original P 88 was only produced from 1988 to 1996, when it was replaced by the slightly smaller and less expensive P 88 Compact, the model upon which the first Walther CO2 pellet model was based. The size, weight and feel of the airgun were intended to allow owners of 9x19mm models the ability to practice with pellets, making the CP 88 the first CO2 powered training gun. It began a trend that has evolved into an entire classification of air pistols. The CP 88 is the first CO2 pistol one could call a "classic".
Umarex and Walther
Walther, located in Ulm, Germany, had been a world leader not only in handgun manufacturing as far back as the early 1900s (their first semi-auto pistol was introduced in 1908), but in the production of air pistols and air rifles since the 1950s. (The original Walther factories in Zella-Mehles, Germany, were too badly damaged at the end of WWII and Walther built new factories in the historic city of Ulm, along the Danube). Walther also began building Olympic competition level air rifles. Today the impressive list of Olympic Gold Medal-winning shooters using Walther air rifles and air pistols spans more than 50 years. But these were, and are, very expensive airguns. Enter Umarex.
In Walther – A German Success Story authors Manfred Kersten, Dr. David Schiller and Ulrich Eichstadt noted that "Only the firing pin, hammer, trigger, and safety lever performed their original function." The firing pin, with an external decocking lever as part of the ambidextrous safety, did not function as a firing pin in the technical sense, but struck the tip of the valve to release a precise .12 -.14 g of gas from the CO2 cartridge. The slide release (disassembly lever) was repurposed to open the action by allowing the barrel and slide to move forward exposing the internal firing mechanism and allowing the 8-shot rotary pellet magazine to be inserted. And the base of what appeared to be a 9x19mm magazine was used as the seating mechanism for the CO2 loaded into the grip frame.
Umarex, located in Arnsburg, began as a manufacturer of "look alike" guns (much more realistic looking than toy guns), which became very popular in Germany since gun ownership laws were and remain very restrictive. The company also manufactured teargas and signal pistols, but in 1979, they began manufacturing air rifles. Over the next decade, the success of Umarex and its airguns eclipsed that of many German armsmakers, and in 1993 Umarex and Carl Walther joined forces to manufacture not only airguns, but through the advanced manufacturing techniques Umarex had developed, .22 caliber rimfire models of Walther and other centerfire pistols. It was a perfect marriage of heritage, technology and marketing that coalesced two years later with the development of a CO2 pistol that combined the look and handling of the very popular 9x19mm Walther P 88. Built using the proven Umarex zinc pressure casting and manufacturing techniques, the result was a sturdy, authentic-looking semiautomatic CO2 pistol capable of firing eight 4.5mm pellets from a rotary magazine loaded at the breech.
From the top, the separation of the forward portion of the slide and barrel from the back of the slide (beginning with the serrations) is the most obvious difference in the appearance of the P 88 Compact CO2 version. The air pistol is a nearly perfect physical match to the 9x19mm model allowing it to be used for training exercises. This was part of the original intent behind the CP 88 and particularly the CP 99 which followed. Both the 9x19mm P 88 and P 99 were being carried by German police and the Walther (CP 99) airguns were used for training.
The concept behind the CP 88 was that, "…action shooters, who used center-fire ammunition in their [P 88] pistols, could take advantage of practicing with the CP 88 in their homes, the confines of their basements, or in their yards." It was the birth of the CO2 training gun. Also intended for young adults (over the age 18), as well as seasoned shooters looking for a realistic practice gun, the CP 88 marked the beginning of precision 12 gr. CO2 air pistols as a new and completely different class of high-quality leisure-time weapons.
The impact of the CP 88
As noted in the two volume book set, Walther – A German Success Story, "It was fascinating to observe, back in 1996, the innovation and creativity of the developmental team as they worked to make adaptations to this model. They altered the external usage elements such as the slide catch lever, magazine release button and magazine floor plate of the original P 88 C." With the 8-shot rotary pellet magazine inserted the CP 88 handled like a 9x19mm model firing all eight rounds double action as fast as one could pull the trigger, or the gun could be fired single action by cocking the hammer. With the air pistol's accurate copies of P 88 sights, and near equivalent weight and balance in the hand, it was as accurate as it was good looking.
The all-metal air pistols have a real dovetailed rear sight which can be adjusted for windage or replaced with a white dot, white outline, or fully adjustable rear sight, as well as removed for attaching a top rail for a red dot sight. Walther originally offered a fully adjustable rear sight and the top rail among accessories sold with the CP 88 Compact and Competition models. The Walther walnut grips were also an original option and are still available.
Umarex and Walther had delivered a perfect combination of handgun and airgun with not one, but two CP 88 models copied from the standard 4-inch barrel length P 88 Compact, (at the time still in use by law enforcement), and the P 88 Champion competition pistol with 6-inch barrel and compensator. The two CP 88 versions were offered in blued or nickel finishes (the latter unfortunately discontinued in 2013) and with standard black hard plastic Walther grips or optional Walther walnut grips. Umarex and Walther have since dubbed the CP 88 "the father of modern look-alike pistols."
In Part 2 we will look at the technical side of the CP 88 and its continuing role as one of the most significant CO2 air pistols ever built.
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First Look: Umarex Glock G19 Part 3
7 thoughts on "Umarex Walther CP 88 Part 1"
When the blowback 1911 co2 clones I own fail me I return to my trusted, quiet…, cp 88 for trouble free fun even inside the house. One of the few advantages in living in Europe.
Dennis Adler
Bill, I can think of several other reasons but they all involve food!
cstoehr
Much as I like the blowback pistols, I know they will be the ones that wear out first which is why I also have a sizeable collection of non-blowback replicas. I just got the new Glock 19 replica last Friday and am looking forward to shooting it this next weekend.
I think you will be pleasantly supprised. It shoots as good as good as it looks. For a non blowback design it is really put together.
I think you said in one of your Glock blogs that the cross bolt safety on the trigger might pose a problem for right handed shooters. You were right. After taking the Glock 19 out of its packaging, I tested the mechanical operation as I read the owners manual. While doing a few blank trigger draws, my right hand trigger finger partially engaged the cross bolt safety. Finger position on the trigger and trigger pull will require a little more finesse with this Glock to prevent the engagement of that safety while shooting. Umarex needs to remove that safety off the side of the trigger blade in the next version of the Glock 19.
I have been a little luckier I suppose, it has not happened to me but it is easy to inadvertently push. I don't think they can remove it from the gun for reducdant safety reasons, but it could use a more robust setting detent that requires a bit more effort to set and release.
Hobbyman77
This pistol line by Umarex is really outstanding. I have three pieces from their Made in Germany catalog and they are all very high quality air guns.


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Posh Starlet Wins Papa John's Trophy Player Of The Round
Youngster Flynn Clarke has been named the Papa John's Player of the Round.
Flynn Clarke with his Papa John's Trophy Player of the Round award
Honour for Posh youngster as he scoops Player of the Round award for exploits in the Papa John's Trophy.
Peterborough United's Flynn Clarke has been awarded the Papa John's Trophy Player of the Round, following a highly impressive Group Stage, which saw the 17-year-old score three goals in three games.
The attacking midfielder enjoyed three games to remember in the Group Stages as he shone for Darren Ferguson's side as they progressed to the knockout stages of the competition.
The 17-year-old grasped the opportunity handed to him by manager Darren Ferguson, finishing the Group Stages with three goals in as many games, including a memorable 25-yard-piledriver against Cambridge United.
"I'm over the moon," Clarke said, speaking to the EFL upon receiving the award. "Especially to only be 17 years old. It's my first trophy in professional football, so it's a memory that will stay with me for the rest of my life and a nice memory for me and my family."
Having made his senior debut in Round One of the Carabao Cup earlier in the season, Flynn continued to impress and it wasn't long before Ferguson handed him a second appearance, this time in a Papa John's Trophy Group Stage game against Burton Albion. After being named in the starting line-up, it took the teenager just three minutes to score his first professional goal for the club.
"It happened so quickly into the game," he recalled. "I remember the ball being crossed into me and I remember just thinking that I should try and get it on target. The defender was in front of me so I couldn't actually see the goal, so I didn't even realise I'd scored at first!
"It was only when everyone started celebrating that I realised. I was shocked! Obviously afterwards I thought about it a lot. I knew that all my family were watching at home, so it was a massive buzz when it sunk in."
Prior to his string of appearances in the Papa John's Trophy, Clarke was handed a debut off the bench in Round One of the Carabao Cup, following an impressive pre-season with Peterborough. Having joined the club as a nine-year-old, pulling on the Peterborough shirt for the first time and making his debut is a moment the 17-year-old academy graduate will never forget.
"I was hoping to just get into the squad as a spare substitute at some point," Clarke revealed. "But when the gaffer pulled me into his office the day before the game to tell me I was going to be on the bench for Round One of the Carabao Cup I was completely speechless. I didn't know what to say, I was over the moon.
"It was a nice feeling in so many ways because you know that the hard work, you're putting in is being noticed. As a young player that's a good feeling. Then during the game, he just turned to me and said, 'you're going on in five minutes, go and get warm.' I remember having butterflies in my stomach.
"It was always my goal. As soon as I joined Peterborough as a nine year old, I've always said to my family, 'I'm going to make sure that I play for Peterborough United and get into the first team.' It has always been the aim to make my senior debut for this club, play in cup games, score goals, everything.
"To have achieved that this year for me is a huge achievement and hopefully there are many more games to come down the line."
The EFL has a long-standing tradition of developing young, exciting, home-grown players, many of which start their journey in the EFL or EFL competition, as it continues to provide the perfect platform for young talent to prosper. Clarke is just one of many to take his chance.
"All cup games are huge opportunities for us youngsters," he admitted. "That's our time to shine, when there's squad rotation. It's up to us to prove whether or not we can handle that and personally I think I've proved that I can. I saw these games as an opportunity, and I think I've taken it."
Two League One appearances since would suggest he has done just that. "League One is so competitive. You're playing against grown men who are built with such physicality and at their peak. I am only 17, I'm still growing!
"It's physically and mentally tough, but Peterborough is a really good club and we've got a good group of lads here. Our team chemistry issues good, we look after each other and as a youngster that's important for me. When I came on against Hull City, the players were encouraging me and looked after me out there, which is what football's about."
Manager Darren Ferguson has tipped Clarke to be the club's breakthrough player this season, and as a manager Ferguson is certainly not averse to throwing young players in at the deep end.
"He's been really supportive and helped me," the 17-year-old said, speaking about Ferguson. "I've been at the club a long time and so has he in different spells, but he's been important to my development. We often speak one-on-one, and he tells me what I should or shouldn't do, what I'm doing right or what I'm doing wrong. He's got a good way of telling you things that help you as a person and praise when it's deserved, but at the same time he'll give criticism out which I think is important in football. You need that balance and that's something as a young player you have to deal with. He's a brilliant manager and I'm thankful for everything he's done so far to get me into the position that I'm in now."
Peterborough face West Ham United U21 in the next round of the Papa John's Trophy, and following the recent announcement to allow a small number of fans back into stadiums, the fixture could be one of the first to be played in front of a reduced crowd.
"The fans being there makes such a huge difference. Not just for the backing, but we want to impress them, I'll want to impress them. I think it just gives everyone a boost and it's so good to be able to start letting them back in again."
As well as searching for Wembley glory in the Papa John's Trophy - a competition they won in 2014 - Peterborough currently sit in second place in the League One table, having had an impressive start to the 2020/21 campaign.
"We all said as a team at the start of the season that we want to get promoted," Clarke admitted. "We were unlucky last year with what happened, but we want to use last season's performances and build on them to get promoted this year. We feel like we are good enough as a team to get promoted automatically and that's what we've got to aim for.
"For me, I just want to keep proving myself, my ability and my worth to the gaffer and everyone around the club. I want to show why I'm here and that I'm good enough to be here."
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Ventosilla es una aldea situada en el término municipal de Jaén, a unos 16 km al norte de la ciudad, y a unos 4 km al oeste de Las Infantas. En ella viven de manera permanente solamente 3 personas, de ellos 2 hombres y 1 mujer (año 2016), si bien en los últimos años la media es de 1 persona.

Economía

La economía de los habitantes de Ventosilla se basa principalmente en la agricultura: olivar y cultivos de secano en las tierras calmas de los alrededores, tales como trigo o cebada. Además, su ubicación en las cercanías de la vega del río Guadalbullón (a unos cuatro kilómetros al Este) permite cultivos de regadío como el algodón, la alfalfa o el maíz.

Muchos de los cortijos y naves de la aldea son empleadas como viviendas de veraneo o como almacén de aperos agrícolas: tractores, maquinaria agrícola, arados, etcétera.

Historia

Baja Edad Media

La continua modificación de las viviendas de la cortijada y de la zona en la que se encuentran dieron lugar a que las prospecciones superficiales
llevadas a cabo no ofrecieran ningún resultado que pusieran de manifiesto su pasado medieval. No obstante, se encuentra presente en la documentación escrita bajomedieval que se ha conservado.

La primera cita documental a la aldea que se conserva data de 1378, en el control de veredas para el ganado y el apeo de dehesas boyales realizado por el Concejo de Jaén. Eva María Alcázar Fernández sostiene que la aldea hubo de surgir en la primera mitad del siglo XIV, para tomar algo más de entidad en la segunda mitad, ya como "aldea". De ella partía una vereda que atravesaba la Campiña Occidental y se adentraba en el Concejo de Arjona.

La siguiente mención data de 1401. Esta vez es citado solamente como "cortijo", y no como "aldea", lo que hace pensar que la población se redujo en ese periodo de tiempo.

Al no poseer ningún tipo de fortificación, se piensa que sus habitantes se refugiarían en el cercano castillo de Fuentetétar. En octubre de 1466 Ventosilla fue incendiada y saqueada.

Según el tipo de impuesto pagados (pago en especie), se conoce que las tierras del entorno estarían cultivadas de pan (trigo y cebada), y que sus moradores serían arrendadores y peones del campo, siendo los propietarios vecinos de Jaén pertenecientes a la oligarquía.

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Carreteras

Además de la existencia de una serie de carriles que se van bifurcando por los alrededores de Ventosilla, la aldea está conectada directamente (unos 4 km de distancia) con Las Infantas por medio de la carretera JV-2305, estando ubicado este barrio de Jaén junto a la autovía A-44. La JV-2307 permite de manera indirecta la conexión de la aldea con la Torre de María Martín y con el pueblo de Cazalilla.

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Artverlaine
lei e l'arte | the female gaze
art, ecology, anthropocene
Is it Possible to Separate the Art from the Artist?
Artverlaine 20 March 2022 4 January 2023 Arte, culture, Lei e l'Arte | The Female Gaze, Lei e l'Arte | The Female Gaze
words: Gabriella Restrepo
* This article represents the opinion of the author. It does not necessarily reflect the editorial position of Artverlaine.
Well, this is a complicated question with, you guessed it, a complicated answer. Both sides have very strong arguments, however, today I will briefly focus on the position I consider has better ones: It is not possible to separate the art from the artist. Furthermore, I will bring up some examples to prove that this separation has only been done to protect men, as "artistic geniuses", from their crimes and misogynist abuses. And finally, the concept of Genius will allow me to talk about the disparity that exists when we talk about male and female artists when trying to answer this question.
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Far from being possible or not, the question would be whether we should do it or not? First of all, artists are humans who think, feel and are affected by socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts that influence their [artistic] production. An artist creates by channeling their life through their art. It is created from experiences, either their own or capturing the experiences of others through their own point of view, therefore, both concepts cannot be disassociated. Second, since the 16th century with Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and his Lives of the Artists, a biographical reading of artists has been made to explain their works, to explain how and under what circumstances they were trained, with whom, what influences they had and who they represented.[1] Just because we can decide to focus merely on the aesthetic aspects of an artwork disregarding completely the context in which they were created, doesn't mean we always should. Artistic currents can only be understood when the context to which they belonged is understood. So, to say that the art is independent from the artist has little to no weight. And third, to really answer this question we need to talk about Art History as a history written by and for men. Women were not allowed to be artists and they were only allowed in art workshops as helpers or when they came from a family of painters, such as Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) and Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899). Women didn't have permission to study anatomy, and up until "1893, 'lady' students were not admitted to life drawing at the official academy in London, and even when they were, after that date, the model had to be 'partially draped'."[2]
It is not a secret that men, specifically white heterosexual men, have always had an advantage in every field. They were granted with the right to education, vote, and legal control over their finances and bodies, no wonder why there have been so many men that we now call geniuses, but not a single woman. In her famous essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" (1971), Linda Nochlin concludes that various social and institutional factors have prevented women's talent from developing freely and demonstrates how the presence of women artists has been systematically silenced by the dominant historiography. The "absence" of women in Art History is a deliberate one. Even when women overcame the obstacles and prejudices of their time to succeed and make a name for themselves, it would take centuries and countless debates for art historians to recognize canvases of female painters as theirs, such is the case of Artemisia Gentileschi and her Madonna with Child (1613-14) often credited to her father Orazio Gentileschi.[3]
The Genius Myth
According to the Cambridge dictionary, a genius is a person who has a very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art.[4] However, this definition leaves out the families, teachers, peers, assistants, and patrons that helped in the genius's development. The concept of Genius is a myth that supports the idea of treating male artists as untouchable deities. To go a bit deeper into this last statement, I will use the best-known untouchable "Genius" of the art world: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Nonetheless, he is not the only example of how this myth, has let us to believe that problematic biographical details belong with greatness, often at the expense of someone with less power. We have, for instance, Caravaggio (1571-1610) sentenced to death for murdering another man in 1606, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) who had sexual relationships with underaged girls, and film director Roman Polansky (1933-) accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, just to name a few.
But now, back to our main example, it is almost impossible at least in the West not to know who Picasso is, but to be on the safe side, Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. Picasso is famous for paintings like 'Guernica' and 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon', and credited, along with Georges Braque, with the creation of Cubism.[5] Without entering into judgments as to whether we like his work or not, it is unquestionable that he was an outstanding practitioner, however, he was also a misogynist who used women as muses to then abandon them when they were not longer useful to him. Marina Picasso, his granddaughter, describes in a memoir the way in which Picasso sucked the life out of the women he supposedly loved: "He submitted them to his animal sexuality, tamed them, bewitched them, ingested them, and crushed them onto his canvas. After he had spent many nights extracting their essence, once they were bled dry, he would dispose of them."[6] Not to mention he was a pedophile who had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl (Marie-Thérèse Walter) when he was 45 and still married to his first wife Olga Khokhlova.
In her book, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer (1989), Arianna Huffington claims that the painter burned Marie-Thérèse with cigarettes, and frequently beat the photographer and artist Dora Maar unconscious. As, Shannon Lee, remarks in her article The Picasso Problem: Why We Shouldn't Separate the Art From the Artist's Misogyny[7] "It's too convenient for established men who have made their careers off of images of women to have their misogynist abuses brushed aside with that simple, near canonized argument" of keeping the "art separate from the artist". [8]
Are there any Female geniuses?
The answer is a plain and simple: No. This category, as I mentioned earlier, only applies to men, because it seems that when we talk about women artists, Art Historians tend to make a revisionist reading of their lives and bring up not only their context, but also the relationships and misfortunes that affected them, and therefore influenced their art. Such is the case of the Italian Baroque painter, that I have been mentioning throughout this article, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) famous for painting strong female figures from popular myths and the Bible. One of her most famous works is Judith Slaying Holofernes (1612-13) in which her female protagonist is decapitating a man. Unfortunately, her recognition has been marked by being rapped, when she was 17 years old, by her teacher and also painter Agostino Tassi. As the art critic, Christopher P. Jones, affirms: it is hard to say to what extent Gentileschi's rapped influenced her art, "but it might be more appropriate to place Gentileschi's artwork in the wider historical context: as responding to a marketplace whose taste was for dramatic narratives of heroines from the Bible or classical sources."[9]
[1] Eugenia Tenenbaum, El mito de separar obra y artista, 2021, https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKg9wjlqkhl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.
[2] Linda Nochlin, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?," in Art and Sexual Politics; Women's Liberation, Women Artists, and Art History. (Macmillan, 1973), 24.
[3] See Madonna and Child (1613) by Artemisia Gentileschi
[4] Cambridge University Press, "Genius," in Cambridge Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2022), https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/genius.
[5] Biography, "Pablo Picasso," Biographies, Biography, 2017, https://www.biography.com/artist/pablo-picasso.
[6] Shannon Lee, "The Picasso Problem: Why We Shouldn't Separate the Art From the Artist's Misogyny," Online Magazine, ArtSpace, November 22, 2017, https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/art-politics/the_picasso_problem_why_we_shouldnt_separate_the_art_from_the_artists_misogyny-55120.
[9] Christopher P. Jones, "How to Read Paintings: Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi," Online Magazine, Medium, 2020, https://medium.com/thinksheet.
Biography. "Pablo Picasso." Biographies. Biography, 2017. https://www.biography.com/artist/pablo-picasso.
Cambridge University Press. "Genius." In Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/genius.
Gentileschi, Artemisia. Madonna and Child. 1613. Wikimedia Commons, 116.5 cm x 86.5 cm. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Madonna-and-child-Gentileschi.jpg.
Jones, Christopher P. "How to Read Paintings: Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi." Online Magazine. Medium, 2020. https://medium.com/thinksheet.
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The failure to properly dress wildlife in accordance with stringent time and manner requirements can subject one to serious fines, hunting license revocation, and even criminal charges in many states.
Hunters typically find themselves charged under a provision entitled "Willful Destruction of Wildlife," when they have failed to properly dress the animals they legally shot. Often times, the same hunter will also be charged under another provision, often entitled "Waste of Edible Game Wildlife." These laws require diligence on the part of hunters, and game wardens will not let anyone off the hook, even for accidents or exigent circumstances, when they discover violations of these laws.
Most states require hunters to make an immediate attempt to locate the wildlife they have injured or killed. Then, upon discovering the wildlife, hunters must promptly dress the animal and utilize all "edible" portions of the wildlife.
It is illegal to abandon the carcass or body of the wildlife, while taking only certain portions of it, such as the antlers, horns or feathers. Failure to remove the wildlife from the location where it is injured or killed may even subject an individual to felony charges, if the wildlife is big game, an eagle, or an endangered species.
It is irrelevant under the eyes of the law whether circumstances surrounding the hunt may make it nearly impossible to conform entirely with the law. If the sun has set and a hunter finds himself alone and in the dark, the law presumes he was aware of such circumstances, and may not consider the surrounding circumstances in its prosecution of him, should he fail to properly dress the wildlife he has hunted.


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RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (RICK) Fell Out Of Favor With Hedge Funds
Published on November 30, 2020 at 9:15 pm by Asma UL Husna in Hedge Funds, News
Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track nearly 817 active prominent money managers and analyze their quarterly 13F filings. The stocks that are heavily bought by hedge funds historically outperformed the market, though there is no shortage of high profile failures like hedge funds' 2018 losses in Facebook and Apple. Let's take a closer look at what the funds we track think about RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) in this article.
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) was in 5 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2020. The all time high for this statistics is 11. RICK shareholders have witnessed a decrease in hedge fund sentiment recently. There were 7 hedge funds in our database with RICK positions at the end of the second quarter. Our calculations also showed that RICK isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks).
In the eyes of most shareholders, hedge funds are viewed as underperforming, outdated investment tools of years past. While there are over 8000 funds in operation today, We look at the bigwigs of this club, around 850 funds. These hedge fund managers orchestrate the lion's share of the smart money's total asset base, and by tracking their best picks, Insider Monkey has determined various investment strategies that have historically outrun the S&P 500 index. Insider Monkey's flagship short hedge fund strategy surpassed the S&P 500 short ETFs by around 20 percentage points annually since its inception in March 2017. Our portfolio of short stocks lost 13% since February 2017 (through November 17th) even though the market was up 65% during the same period. We just shared a list of 6 short targets in our latest quarterly update .
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At Insider Monkey we scour multiple sources to uncover the next great investment idea. For example, Federal Reserve has been creating trillions of dollars electronically to keep the interest rates near zero. We believe this will lead to inflation and boost real estate prices. So, we recommended this real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers. We go through lists like the 15 best blue chip stocks to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. You can subscribe to our free daily newsletter on our website. Keeping this in mind let's check out the key hedge fund action surrounding RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK).
What have hedge funds been doing with RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK)?
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 5 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of -29% from the second quarter of 2020. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in RICK over the last 21 quarters. So, let's see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Adam Wyden's ADW Capital has the number one position in RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK), worth close to $18.6 million, amounting to 10.8% of its total 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Greenhaven Road Investment Management, led by Scott Stewart Miller, holding a $11.7 million position; the fund has 4.5% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining peers with similar optimism contain Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell's Arrowstreet Capital, David Harding's Winton Capital Management and Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position ADW Capital allocated the biggest weight to RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK), around 10.84% of its 13F portfolio. Greenhaven Road Investment Management is also relatively very bullish on the stock, designating 4.5 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to RICK.
Judging by the fact that RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) has experienced a decline in interest from the smart money, it's easy to see that there were a few hedge funds that slashed their full holdings last quarter. Interestingly, Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group said goodbye to the biggest position of the 750 funds followed by Insider Monkey, totaling an estimated $0.6 million in stock. Renaissance Technologies, also said goodbye to its stock, about $0.5 million worth. These transactions are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest dropped by 2 funds last quarter.
Let's now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) but similarly valued. We will take a look at CompX International Inc. (NYSE:CIX), Perion Network Ltd (NASDAQ:PERI), Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ:LQDA), Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLXS), Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA), and VOXX International Corp (NASDAQ:VOXX). All of these stocks' market caps resemble RICK's market cap.
CIX 4 12036 0
PERI 8 28654 3
LQDA 10 25209 -6
OSG 11 39199 -1
FLXS 9 40282 -4
LUNA 11 26088 1
VOXX 7 35232 1
Average 8.6 29529 -0.9
As you can see these stocks had an average of 8.6 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $30 million. That figure was $33 million in RICK's case. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand CompX International Inc. (NYSE:CIX) is the least popular one with only 4 bullish hedge fund positions. RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our overall hedge fund sentiment score for RICK is 23.8. Stocks with higher number of hedge fund positions relative to other stocks as well as relative to their historical range receive a higher sentiment score. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 41.3% in 2019 and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 10 percentage points. These stocks gained 30.7% in 2020 through November 27th and still beat the market by 16.1 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on RICK as the stock returned 38.2% since the end of the third quarter (through 11/27) and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.
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Its nearly Christmas so the three of us went up to London to see the lights, blow some glass and have some fun.
Someone in SWT has a sense of humor, I remember seeing something similar a few years back. One of the things I love about coming up to London are the little things like this, if you keep your eyes open you see all sorts of things. Along with the lovely Christmas signs on the railway signs we also saw the two green men in the crossing lights in Trafalgar Square.
When we arrived at the studio, it was time to put the safety goggles on and then eat a few mince pies!
Micheal Ruh collecting a dollop of glass. He described like dipping and rotating a chopstick in honey.
He then showed us how glass fibre is made just by pulling a bit of the molten glass from the dollop. It was bendy and stretched around 6 meters before it broke.
Worrybomb picked her colours for a swirly bauble.
The glass was dipped in each and rolled on the metal table.
The mould helps to keep things even. Its hard to blow and twist the heavy rod at the same time.
The colours dont show up much until the glass cools.
Then the glass has to be cooled down very slowly to stop it cracking. So it was off to Leons and some dinner.
After some food, we went for a wonder and we meet Pikachu in Trafalgar Square.
After a tour of Hamleys we headed back to the station, stopping off briefly to see the coke lorry and Christmas market, But we were not able to find any doughnuts there!
Then home on the train with doughnuts from M&S, popcorn and Enid Blyton.
It was cold and blustery, but we needed to get out for a walk, so White Horse Hill ( a family favourite ) called.


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Friday Forum: The 'Law & Order: UK' Controversy Edition
Thursday, September 9th, Series 3 of Law & Order: UK will debut on ITV at 9:00pm. The episode scheduled to air - and most likely will - is "Broken":
EPISODE 1: BROKEN
The terrifying CCTV image of a toddler being led to his death haunts this episode of Law & Order UK which deals with the difficult and morally complex issue of children who kill. As a society, we are very unforgiving of child killers but if the killers themselves are only children, it begs the question - who really is responsible for the crime? With two children in the frame, each blaming the other, can forensic evidence prove who is guilty of strangling little Conor to death?
In an emotionally gut wrenching episode, George defies his superiors and instead takes instruction from the victim's mother who has a surprising point of view on the crime. Can the justice system, and ultimately the government, afford to be lenient?
It was erroneously reported, in part due to an ITV error, that the episode was based on the murder of toddler James Bulger in the U.K. seventeen years ago. It's a crime so horrific it was even reported on in the U.S. However, "Broken", draws more from the Mary Bell case and seems to use as source material from the Law & Order episode, "Killerz".
The British tabloid, The Sun, apparently tracked down James' mother for a response and started a controversy in regards to the plotline and ITV's motives.
As an American and someone who watches a lot of TV, I found the reaction to the episode's content, and presumed inspiration, surprising. The mothership, Law & Order ran on NBC for twenty years and has generated numerous spin-offs including the upcoming Law & Order: LA. All the series incorporated stories "ripped from the headlines". The slogan is even part of their adverting campaigns. It's common to have a murder or other terrible crime be a news headline and six months later (or less) be dramatized on TV.
Since The Sun's reporting - and I use the term "reporting" very loosely - Clickliverpool.com has posted about James's mothers attempts to eliminate "copycat" TV dramas and a Facebook page ha been started to boycott the episode.
At this point, with the premiere a week away and the campaign being small and unfocused, I'm not terribly concerned we won't see "Broken". However, it troubles me that the cast and crew of Law & Order: UK have put a lot of time and effort into the series and there is a slight possibility their work may not be seen or may be delayed in being seen. I sincerely doubt anyone involved with the show's production, including ITV (yes, I am defending ITV), had any intent to cause a family further pain or profit in any way from a child's murder. Many of those involved in Law & Order: UK have families themselves.
I do not feel a campaign is needed to ensure "Broken" airs next week, but if you've ever wanted to show your support for the series and share your positive thoughts with ITV, now may be a good time to do so. Feedback for ITV can be emailed to: viewerservices@itv.com. You can also leave feedback at Channel Television at feedback@channeltvlondon.co.uk. Channel Television is the Channel 3 broadcast licensee appointed by ITV to be responsible for the compliance of Law & Order: UK...I'm not entirely sure what that means.
For fans outside of the U.K., who presumably won't be able to watch the new episode next week, and particularly those of us in the U.S. where the first thirteen episodes still have not aired, you could take the opportunity to say how much you'd like to see the show in your part of the world, have purchased the DVDs, look forward to seeing more of the show, etc. Just remember, positivity will triumph over negativity with network executives. Really! :)
Now for some good news for fans in South Africa, Law & Order: UK will debut October 7th at 8:30 on Sony Entertainment Television, DStv Channel 113.
And, finally, unrelated to Law & Order: UK, but I keep forgetting to post the link, I found a site with a good price for the audio recording of 'Brideshead Revisited', featuring Jamie as Sebastian Flyte. Here's the description:
In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. It's a place he's been to before, and one which serves as a potent reminder of the decadent and stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War.
Evelyn Waugh's moving and nostalgic novel revisits a golden age, when Ryder was a student at Oxford in the 1920s and in thrall to the captivating but tragic Sebastian Flyte. As the story unfolds over the next two decades, Ryder traces his friendship with Sebastian and his involvement with the young man's aristocratic Catholic family - in particular Julia, the eldest Flyte daughter.
It's a good listen. Accept for Jamie's singing. He's apparently not perfect. ;)
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This book will explore the relationship between Ren and Haru in more depth. There's a lot of history and a lot of shelved issues involved here.
Currently, I'm toying with the idea of having a middle section of the book being in Haru's POV. Years ago, when I was jumping ahead to vague ideas of what future books would be about, I had ideas of doing one book focusing on each character of my 4 MCs, in an everyone-has-a-story sort of thing. Ren of course, got an extra one because he's the main MC 🙂 As Ren's oldest friend, Haru had to be next, but while I had a good idea what I might do for Nic and Feng-yu's story – the latter especially, I'm quite excited to write about – I drew a blank on what to write on Haru.
Haru is probably the most mysterious of my characters. For all that he's involved, his role was mostly the oil that greases Ren's squeaky wheel – more pleasant, more socially adept. There appear to be no big ups and downs for him, but as with real life, no one really knows the full story of what happens behind closed doors and I thought it was time to explore that.
FAQ: One of the few remaining onmyouji in Japan, heir to the famed Kanda clan. Minimally polite and basically stubborn. Growing up in a clan with everyone having their own agenda, he likes things efficient and has little tolerance for politics despite being quite good at it. Confident in his abilities as a practitioner, but has a hard time empathizing with clients' troubles and usually only reacts appropriately based on past experience and decency.
FAQ: Left arm is possessed by inugami. A symbiotic relationship that stems from a past he doesn't talk about. A survivor with a persecution complex for obvious reasons. Used to being alone and tends to be pensive. In terms of power, he might be stronger than Ren.
FAQ: Heir to the Masuda clan, youngest of five siblings. Perpetually cheerful as a survival mechanism and quite social but always at a distance. In terms of character, may be strongest of them all. Despite the bombardment of negativity from his peers and his family, remains steadfast in his own path.
FAQ: Transfer student from London. An exorcist who has little to no knowledge of the paranormal community. A bit of a flirt. Despite living in a community with foreign customs, is quite accepting of many things. Relationship with father is strained. His two aunts are both nuns and like health foods.