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Flix in the Wet - Martin Eden
A stunning Italian epic, shot entirely on beautiful 16mm film, Martin Eden is a reimagining of Jack London's classic novel set in pre-war Italy.
Winner of multiple awards, including Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for Luca Marinelli.
When unskilled labourer Martin Eden meets Elena, the daughter of a wealthy industrial family, it's love at first sight. The well-educated, refined young woman soon becomes an obsession for Martin who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his humble origins to be able to marry Elena. With determination and at the cost of great hardship, Martin sets out to get the education that his class has never allowed him to receive. Finding support in an older friend, left-wing intellectual Russ Brissenden, Martin soon gets involved in socialist circles, leading not only to political reawakening and destructive anxiety, but also to a conflict with Elena and her bourgeois world.
7 – 21 March 2021
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This is Real Life
Attention everyone: Mindy Kaling is looking for a new BFF
Kit Steinkellner
This past week, Mindy Kaling was at BookCon in New York City to talk about her new book "Why Not Me?" (out September 29th, yes, we're counting the milliseconds) and her new-new book that she's writing with her best bud B.J. Novak about their complicated friendship (which she described at BookCon as "weird as hell").
But the big takeaway from Mindy's appearance at BookCon, as Buzzfeed reports, is that she's looking for a new bestie. This is not a drill, Mindy Kaling is on the market for a new BFF.
"The only thing I want to do in the next five years is make a new good friend," she told the crowd she spoke to, and we imagine seconds later she was inundated with potential bestie headshots and resumes.
We think the goal to make a great new friend should be part of every five year plan. Besides, in Kaling's case, professionally, girl has got it pretty made. She has her own TV show (that just made the move from Fox to Hulu), she's got two books in the pipeline we know are going to be as whoa-huge as "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" if not probably way more whoa-huge, she's a voice in the next Pixar movie for crying out loud! A fancy life is great and all, but we love that the next item on MK's checklist is "a new good friend."
During her talk, Kaling got a little more specific re: her grand and epic quest for friendship.
As much as she loves her buds on "The Mindy Project," she really wants someone she can gripe about work with. She can't complain about the long TMP hours because, as she points out, if she does her co-workers would "…just say 'well you set the hours!'"
She also talked about the difficulties of finding a great friend in LA.
"In general, when you're in LA, the only people you meet are like, at your spin class, and you have to wonder – if a woman is going to seek you out at spin class what their motivations are, but if you're desperate for female friendship, as I am, that you're like 'okay, this isn't a weird situation!'"
For her, finding a great new friend at this point in time is more important than finding romance.
"It's hard when you're an adult woman, because for the most part, people are more focused on finding their romantic mate, but I've found in the past four years that I've wanted a female friend so much more. It's much harder to find someone that you like, wanna talk to, than it is to find a man you wanna sleep with."
And Mindy Kaling isn't the only on the lookout for a BFF for herself, she's also searching for a bestie for her fictional counterpart Mindy Lahiri
"Nothing would make me happier than finding someone for [Mindy Lahiri to be friends with]: a great, and worthy, and funny person for me to sit across from and talk about my problems with. I think that it's important and I hope we can do it this season. The writers' room is starting up on Monday and this is basically what we'll be thinking about."
We're looking forward to seeing who Mindy ends up being besties with on "The Mindy Project" and we're kind of hoping WE end up being Mindy's "new good friends" IRL.
By Kit Steinkellner
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I started this blog to join into the blogging world. Which I thought was a bunch of fun people who would support you and join with you.
I've supported bloggers who have lost sons, needed help for their grandparents, just been good people who have been caught up in this damn recession. I've made friends that I talk to on the phone and those I have had the tremendous pleasure of being invited to their homes.
My blog is going to change...I am in the midst of some life changing and scarey things. Things that I am not sure they are going to ever be right. The scarey part is they are not mine...they are what my 4 year old grandson, his mother and his father are going to have to learn to live with.
This blog is going to change, I need to be able to be there to help my daughter, her son, my SIL..and educate the rest of the world. My grandson is not a monster..he is a child with a mental health illness.
The short one in this picture...he is Bipolar. He has Rage incidents at his daycare that are scary. Rage incidents....these are not temper tantrums, these are destroying rooms, total loss of control.
He is an amazing little boy and will be an amazing person.
He is 4 years old.
It is HIGHLY unusual for them to diagnose something this serious, this young.
This must be really scary for your kids, and for you too.
I will throw something out there though. The medical community is all about medicating, and not about finding the root cause and treating that. I IMPLORE you and your daughter to look into nutritional fators as well. It is a lot of work, but I have read accounts of parents turning around autism, turrets, ADD, depression and the like by eliminating things that their little bodies consider toxic.
I truly beleive that a lot of our ailments are nutritional in nature.
Hello Grandma. I am a grandmother too and unfortunately I don't live close to the grandchildren. If I did, of course I would love it.
I believe that your support of the parents will help them immensely. The children benefit from help, medical and other. But sometimes the parents worry and need support. I know you will be good at that.
Thanks Jennifer, that is one thing that I have been asking my daughter to look into. They have identified several food items that Jorden is allergic to, including all dairy products and egg whites.
Judy, thanks for stopping by. We try to give them as much support as we can. I just feel so damn helpless!
HI there, I know quite a bit about mental illness as I have two family members who suffer. First of all, it's very good that this is being treated so quickly. Early intervention is key. This does not have to define his life, there are new medications and therapies being developed all the time.
I guess what I am trying to say is that even though this is very scary, sad and unbelievable.. it is not the end for him.
There is a ton of information online (as I am sure you know) and many helpful organizations. I would suggest NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) they have local chapters everywhere and are very, very supportive.
feel free to email me if you ever just want to chat about any of this. I am not an expert but I do care.
I am so sorry. You guys are in my thoughts and prayers - I'm here if you ever need to vent. Much love.
I am a mother with a bipolar son and I wanted to share a website I came across called http://onlineceucredit.com/edu/social-work-ceus-bc . It offers a lot of great information about bipolar disorder in children and treating it. I hope this is helpful.
I love his deep, dark eyes... what a cutie. I hope your area has a lot of resources you can tap into. It's wonderful that you are able to be there for support. Best wishes on finding the little things that work.
I am a 51 year old Grandmother who enjoys her 4 grandchildren. Dominic is 9 years old Jorden is 6 years old, Morgan is 4 and I have a new granddaughter Jasmine who is 5 months!! I did my part, I raised two children. It is now up to them to raise their children. I will sit back, watch them, laugh at them, and enjoy my wine!


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Team Penske News
NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity NTT IndyCar Series FIA World Endurance Championship Penske Material
Team Penske NASCAR Xfinity Race Report - Bristol
Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
Race: Food City 300
No. 22 Menards/Richmond Ford Mustang – Austin Cindric
Start: 9th
Stage 1: 7th
Finish: 2nd
Status: Running
Laps Completed: 306/306
Laps Led: 75
Driver Point Standings (ahead of second): 1st (+0)
Austin Cindric started ninth and finished second while crashing just past the start finish line in a wild NASCAR Overtime on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Cindric led 75 laps on his way to the second-place finish in the Food City 300 and ended the regular season with the No. 22 Menards/Richmond Ford Mustang team earning another 10 playoff points to use in their Championship quest, finishing second in the regular season standings. The team enters the first NASCAR XFINITY Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway next Saturday as the number one seed.
In the early laps of the race, Cindric drove the No. 22 Menards/Richmond Ford Mustang into the top-five, reaching the fourth position prior to the lap 40 competition caution. During the run, the driver reported that the handling of his Mustang was building slightly free on corner entry. Cindric would later get trapped behind a car on the inside line on a restart, dropping him to the seventh position at the end of Stage 1. Crew chief Brian Wilson adjusted on the No. 22 Mustang with air pressure on the stage ending stop, looking to give Cindric additional entry security and center turn.
Despite radioing the team that the Mendards/Richmond Mustang was too tight in the opening laps of Stage 2, Cindric quickly found himself racing back inside the top-five. As the stage wore on, Cindric was able to move up, becoming the first car to make good lap times in the second and third lane around the high-banked concrete half-mile. Cindric remained in the top-five, finishing Stage 2 in the fourth position. On the stage ending stop, the team elected to make a trackbar adjustment to help with the No. 22 Menards/Richmond Mustang being too tight on fire-off.
With the trackbar adjustment working favorably, Cindric powered to the second position at lap 210 with only 90 laps remaining in the scheduled distance. Cindric would take the lead for the first time of the night at lap 230 before a caution at lap 240 which set up setting up the final stop of the race. The team delivered on a four-tire stop, sending Cindric back to the track with the lead.
While leading and lapping cars, Cindric received contact to his left rear, but maintained control of the No. 22 Menards/Richmond Mustang, driving out to a one-second lead and cruising to the win. With only three laps remaining, a caution flag was displayed for a spin in second-place, sending the race to NASCAR Overtime.
On the restart, Cindric received heavy left-side contact from eventual race winner AJ Allmendinger and then again from Justin Allgaier. Cindric was able to rally back to the second position, getting inside Allmendinger before the two made contact at the checkered flag. Cindric netted another 10-playoff points with his regular season performance and enters the NASCAR XFINITY Playoffs with 44 total playoff points.
Quote: "Yeah. Absolutely. I'm sure everybody in the grandstands tonight will remember this one. I certainly will. That's two years in a row in this race that I feel like we should have won. That's a lot of races in this neon yellow car that I feel like we should have won this year, so really disappointed for Menards, Richmond, Team Penske -- all the hard work these guys put in. We put ourselves in position. That's all you can ask for and I guess that's short track racing."


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Rethinking Price Stability
Central banks are not equipped to tackle the structural forces that underlie the deflationary bias of today's global economy. The big issues are income inequality in both the developing and emerging economies, excess saving especially in East Asia, persistent trade imbalances, the human cost of rapid technological advances, and climate change . All these factors weigh on growth prospects and have undermined the effectiveness of monetary policy in achieving full employment. In short, ultra-generous monetary policies and negative real interest rates have had limited success in overcoming these structural obstacles to growth, and conversely quantitative tightening has done little to impede growth, contrary to claims by the Trump Administration. Notwithstanding those limitations to policy effectiveness, the Federal Reserve is contemplating whether to change its framework for targeting inflation from a simple guideline of 2% per annum to something more aggressive. Unfortunately, no monetary elixir will fix what ails global growth.
The Origins of the 2% Target
The Federal Reserve's current policy framework evolved from the Full Employment and Balanced Growth (aka 'Humphrey-Hawkins') Act that the US Congress passed in 1978 amidst both rising unemployment and growing inflation. Among other things, the Act mandated the Board of Governors to establish a monetary policy whose goals were to promote full employment and price stability and to sustain long-term growth. In addition to these general goals, the Act set specific targets for unemployment and inflation. Namely, economic policies were supposed to reduce unemployment to 4% for the working-age population and inflation to 0% by 1988. The latter target was inappropriate for several reasons including its proximity to destructive deflation and the tendency of most measures of inflation to have an upward bias, especially those measures using fixed expenditure weights such as the Consumer Price Index.
Should Financial Markets Celebrate Powell's Pivot?
At his press conference following the FOMC meeting of January 29-30, Fed Chairman Powell expressed the Board's decision to be 'patient' in implementing future adjustments to its policy rate. The media immediately dubbed his statement as a 'pivot' away from the forced march toward policy normalisation over the past two years that steadily had raised the funds rate and had begun to shrink the Fed's bloated balance sheet. Financial markets rejoiced with significant rallies in equities, long-dated bonds and risk assets in general. To be sure, the Fed is taking its foot off the brakes and is willing to wait and see on how the economy fares in the months ahead. The question that comes to mind, of course, is why has the Fed set a new course? Do they know something we do not?
The Asynchronous US Economy. To be fair, there have been many red flags in recent months that signal economic and financial stresses around the globe. Credit spreads have widened appreciably toward the end of 2018; global trade flows have been disrupted by US tariffs and smouldering trade wars; and Brexit negotiations have created uncertainty in Europe. Emerging economies in general, and China in particular, have reported slower growth. Commodity prices have declined, and financial markets have been volatile. Yet none of these developments deterred the Fed from a rate hike in December, in large part because the US economy was still 'strong', and inflation was stable at the Fed's long-term target of 2%.1 The other shoe seemed destined to drop on America, yet US employers continued to hire prolifically in January.
Why Do Economic Expansions End?
With the normalisation of US monetary policy and evidence of an economic slowdown emanating from China, attention is turning to whether the United States can escape a recession. Indeed, the flattening of the Treasury yield curve often is cited as a potentially ominous sign. Over the past four decades, recessions invariably ensued whenever short-term interest rates rose above long-term rates. Figure 1 shows the often-cited recession metric - the yield differential between 10-year Treasury bonds and 2-year notes along with shading for recessions. Even a small inversion in this measure, such as the one that occurred in 2007, proved to be a precursor to the Global Financial Crisis. Granted, the lead time between inversion and the onset of recession has varied from about six months to one and a half years, but the consistent pattern begs the question of why this indicator has worked so well and whether investors should worry about a further flattening of the curve. Correlations, however, do not necessarily indicate causation, so it is worth asking why this relationship exists and as well as the broader question of why do economic expansions end.
Policy Blunders and Currencies
In December 2015, I wrote a commentary entitled "The Illusion of Policy Divergence" which expressed my skepticism on the longevity of the so-called 'reflation trade' that was in fashion at the time. The consensus of opinion was that US monetary and fiscal policies were poised to diverge from those of the rest of the world because the Federal Reserve had embarked on a pre-programmed exodus from quantitative easing and zero interest rates, while President Trump was promising to undertake a major fiscal stimulus with a massive infrastructure program. That policy mix – tighter monetary conditions and loose fiscal policy – tends to be a classic prescription for currency appreciation, at least as long as it generates a domestic economic cycle that is asynchronous with what is happening elsewhere. Therein lay the illusion: the large parts of the world, notably Europe and China, already were recovering from the lull of 2013 without the need of fiscal assistance. Moreover, other members of the QE Club were destined to follow in the Fed's footsteps in unwinding their unsustainable asset purchases and negative real interest rates. That scenario meant the global economy as well as national economic policies were gravitating toward convergence rather than divergence, thereby undermining the flimsy rationale for the US dollar rally.
Regime Change: Inflation
With the nomination of Jerome Powell for Chair of the Federal Reserve Board, we hear much speculation about whether a change in Board members will alter the course and conduct of US monetary policy. Strong Chairs, including Paul Volcker and Ms. Yellen, have managed to guide policy in times of dramatic change in the economic landscape. Mr. Volcker reshaped America's future by breaking the wage-price nexus of the 1970s. Ms. Yellen will be remembered as the architect of extricating the Fed from the extraordinary policies undertaken in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. Mr. Powell faces a much less tangible challenge that he and the Board are in danger of missing altogether. Namely, the world has changed dramatically over the past three decades, and the analytical tools underpinning monetary policy have not evolved in tandem. Economists often refer to such transformations as "regime changes", and the challenge will be to develop new tools that fit the new world order. In short, central bankers are flying blind and are in need of upgrading their radar systems. For that matter, so are other policymakers, planners and anyone else who must use projections as a basis for their judgments and decisions.
At the top of the list of the causes of regime change are globalisation and technology, which tend to be catch phrases that subsume many possible causes but nonetheless are over-arching phenomenon that have changed the way the world works. Other sea changes including the saving patterns of aging populations, China's meteoric industrialisation, Asia's saving glut and a widening gulf in wealth inequality also have contributed to the breakdown of old economic norms. To be sure, many of these forces are interrelated and mutually reinforcing. What matters to investors are whether these changes are long-lasting and hence might somehow justify current lofty valuations.
Is the Fed behind the curve?
I have addressed many of the issues concerning the question of whether or not the Fed is behind the curve in two recent commentaries1. There are two dimensions to being 'ahead' or 'behind' the curve. The first dimension is the traditional perspective on the federal funds rate. The second is the bloated state of the Fed's balance sheet that imparts monetary stimulus via its effect on long term interest rates.
Many observers are focused on the real Fed funds rate and conclude that the Fed is behind the curve because a central bank supposedly should not persist with a negative real policy rate at full employment. That is correct, but the question remains as to 'how much?" The answer to that question depends critically on what the neutral policy rate is and the prospective risks to financial stability. My fed funds model, which includes a proxy for systemic risk to address the Fed's foremost priority of safety and soundness of the financial system as well as measures of the Fed's other two objectives of price stability and full employment, gives a new perspective on how much the Fed might be behind the curve. Figure 3 from my paper entitled "Policy Rules Versus Discretion: Lessons from History", is reproduced below. Over the past year, the Fed has closed the gap behind the funds rate and its estimated value in this model to about 35 basis points. Granted, the model expects the funds rate to rise further now that the economy is at full employment and inflation is inching up to its target of 2%. But the ultimate nominal neutral rate in this model is 2% to 2-1/2% - far lower than most observers perceive it to be yet a target consistent with staff and IMF studies on the new neutral rate. In this context, the Fed would be judged to be a little behind the curve, albeit not as much as they often are at full employment.
The quandary on inflation
In recent congressional testimony, Chair Janet Yellen expressed dismay that inflation has remained persistently below the Fed's target of 2% despite years of monetary stimulus and a decline in joblessness to its lowest level in more than 40 years. Granted, all data have anomalies and measurement issues, yet the recent shortfall in US inflation (see Figure 1) seems strikingly 'abnormal' relative to that of recent years, especially in the context of a tighter domestic labour market and comes at an awkward time as the Fed has set course for an historic unwinding of its extraordinary policies of the past eight years. Will low inflation derail the Fed's exit strategy? If not, where are they headed?
Notwithstanding the fascination of market observers with quandary presented by the latest undershooting, the Fed is not likely to give up on the notion that inflation will begin to rise now that the economy has reached its potential – at least not yet. One of the most enduring relationships in macroeconomics has been the link between the so-called output gap and inflation depicted in Figure 2 on the next page. Note, however, the delayed response of core inflation even after real GDP exceeds its inflation-stable potential (i.e., the output gap measured on the left-hand scale crosses its target of zero.) This seemingly perverse lag can be seen during the late 1990s and again in 2003 when inflation actually declined after output had already surpassed potential. On average, the delayed reactions can last for one year, so this latest undershoot is not yet cause for FOMC members to lose faith in this relationship.
Policy rules versus discretion - Lessons from recent history
Critics of central banks have long recommended various operational rules for setting monetary policy instead of allowing the governing boards free reign in making those decisions. Milton Freidman, for example, after an exhaustive study of the Fed's policy actions during the Great Depression, came to the conclusion that policymakers should adopt a simple rule of steady growth in the monetary base and let interest rates go where they might.1 More recently, central banks have targeted some combination of price stability and full employment, however defined. Those two goals were set out in the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 (informally known as the Humphrey-Hawkins Act) and have become the underlying rationale for most, but not all, Fed policy decisions ever since. Indeed, the Fed only deviated from its dual mandate during four periods over the past forty years - during the early 1990s, briefly in 1998-99, in the early 2000s and after the onset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. These episodes provide a glimpse into how the Fed assesses potential risks associated with financial instability, ranging from banking crises and dysfunctional financial markets that disrupt financing to contagion from some other non-financial disturbance. Whatever the source of financial instability, the Fed on those occasions felt free to use discretion in setting policy, for better or worse.
Capping QE
After next week's FOMC meeting, we are likely to hear a lot more about the central bank's plans to unwind their experiment with asset purchases of public and private debt securities as a therapy whatever ails the economy during periods of financial stress. Indeed, Fed officials already have made clear that they intend to begin to shrink their balance sheet later this year through some process of attrition. For those observers who have a long view on monetary issues and the efficacy of financial markets, this news should come as a welcome relief because central banks in general should not make a habit of such large-scale interventions lest they cause permanent distortions and collateral damage to financial markets. Others with shorter horizons will fret about the dangers that any exit strategy has the potential to create volatility, reminiscent of the 'taper tantrum' of 2013, and to tighten monetary conditions enough to undermine the economy's slow-moving recovery. Of course, Fed officials must take the long view and hence tend to believe they can engineer a graceful exit. Their plan is somewhat akin to 'cap and trade' schemes for weaning the world of pollutants. Unlike those supposedly market-based plans, which can be more complicated and less effectual than advertised, the Fed's exit strategy seems to have considerable flexibility including the option to change course if need be.
Decoding the latest Fedspeak
Central bankers tend to speak in jargon that financial markets can understand or at least can interpret with a modicum of guidance. Clarity has its rewards whereas hyperbole and words in quotation marks are strictly off limits. When new words are introduced into the policy discussion, financial analysts parse the words with unending zeal until their implication for monetary policy is better understood. So when the latest policy directive from the Federal Reserve was released in March, much attention was directed at the reference to the Fed's "symmetric inflation goal", which seemed to imply a tolerance for running the economy hot or more precisely above its inflation-stable potential.
On the surface, this leap of logic makes some sense. After all, FOMC participants repeatedly have said that the US economy is operating close to full employment. Indeed, unemployment fell to 4.5% of the labour force in March, which is one of the lowest levels in the standard (so-called U3) measure of joblessness since the 1960s. We can debate why other aspects of the job market have changed, including the rise in part-time work and the decline in labour force participation especially among young persons. The bottom line, though, is that employers are struggling to find workers with the requisite skills to fill vacancies. The clear implication would seem to be that a strong economy – abetted by the Fed's still-accommodative monetary stance – will put pressure on costs and prices. In those circumstances, highlighting the inflation goal as symmetric would seem to imply some tolerance for letting inflation drift higher in lieu of applying the monetary brakes more aggressively.
The inevitability of tighter monetary conditions
This year begins under a fog of uncertainty that rivals any other in my long association with financial markets. No one knows where politics of populism will take us. The comfortable status quo of globalisation and unfettered capital flows has lifted asset prices to new heights over the past several decades but in doing so also has worsened the gap between rich and poor. For whatever reasons, widening inequality seems to foster a reversion to populist politics and protectionist policies even though history indicates that neither of these frameworks augments the wealth of nations and, if sustained over time, tend to sap a country's strength and vigour. We now seem to be in the initial throes of optimism about a change in policies, as often occurs in the wake of a US presidential election. Markets are dismissing what they do not know about the future in the hopes that whatever transpires will remedy the shortcomings of past policies. I often refer to this phase of the business cycle as "la la land" for politicians and investors who think fiscal stimulus is a free lunch and asset prices have no upper bound when in reality we are setting the stage for an inevitable tightening in monetary conditions. The only questions are how soon, how much and with what consequences. The Federal Reserve will provide some answers in the months ahead.
The Current Setting for US Monetary Policy
Here is the Fed's predicament in a nutshell. With the recent spurt in activity, the US economy now is operating on the cusp of its inflation-stable potential. That does not mean that the economy could not produce more output if companies invested more and idle workers accepted new jobs or worked longer hours. Rather, at this threshold the Fed now faces an inevitable trade-off between more growth and more inflation. In the jargon of FOMC members, the Fed has reached its operational targets of 2% inflation and full employment, at which point it must reconsider the wisdom of further monetary stimulus. As long as FOMC members believe the current favourable conditions are sustainable, then they have little choice but to shift policy to a 'neutral' stance. Granted, the Fed's view of what constitutes 'neutral' has changed dramatically in recent years. Staff research shows that demographic trends have lowered the equilibrium real interest rate 125 basis points since 1980.1 That implies the new neutral for the fed funds rate now is no more than 50 to 100 basis points, which translates into a nominal funds rate of 2.5% to 3%. The spectre of the Fed being forced to hike short-term interest rates multiple times in the coming years raises key questions for financial markets ranging from what happens to long term interest rates, equity valuations and the viability of the current economic expansion that already is the longest in history.
FOMC: On a fast track to normalisation
The FOMC decided to raise the fed funds rate to 0.75% on December 14th, and have pencilled in an extra rate hike in 2017. The media would have us believe that the faster pace of normalising the policy rate to its long term norm now estimated at about 3% reflects both a stronger US economy and expectations of outsized fiscal stimulus under a Trump presidency. Neither of these conjectures is correct. Indeed, it appears that the staff forecast, which heavily influences the views of most FOMC participants, is essentially unchanged from the September version. In my opinion, incoming data including the upward revision to Q3 GDP along with the strength of employment, earnings and household spending in Q4 can explain virtually all the small upward revisions to economic activity in both 2016 and 2017. Only the tiny revision to GDP growth in 2019 might be interpreted as a nod in the direction of incorporating more government spending or tax cuts under Trump, but I doubt that as well. The staff does not deal in speculating about future fiscal policies. Rather, its public sector forecasts are based on actual outlays and receipts coupled with data on congressional appropriations, none of which has occurred yet.
The staff forecast process begins with revisions to the current level of GDP based on data revisions and incoming data. In this case, many of the latest numbers have surprised forecasters to the upside, as has the sharp decline in the unemployment rate to 5.6% in November. Data on the labour market, especially the payroll survey, carry a heavy weight in the current quarter estimates at least until other flow data becomes available. Not only is employment the most up-to-date data, it also is tell-tale because of the simple notion that employers do not hire workers unless business is good. An upward revision to Q4 GDP also tends to have some carry-forward into the Q1 level of GDP in the staff's forecast exercise, thereby explaining the small 2017 revision. That leaves the tiny revision to 2019, which is hardly worth mentioning. At 1.9% that forecast remains at or below the US long term potential growth of about 2%, which in itself is at the high end of the staff's latest estimate of 1.5% to 2%.
On a Trump Presidency
Donald Trump's election victory is bringing forth a lot of speculation on the next administration's possible economic policies and their consequences. These exercises are fraught with uncertainty in part because Trump as a candidate spoke so little about what his policies would be. A few themes are likely to remain intact now that election posturing is finished and so some thoughts are worth considering. Some of the main items on the agenda supposedly will include: renegotiating trade agreements including NAFTA, curbing immigration, health care reform (again), deregulation (notably for small businesses), repeal of Dodd-Frank, tax cuts and most significantly fiscal stimulus presumably in the context of infrastructure spending. Some of this agenda, however modified, is likely to move forward in 2016 because America has voted for 'change'. Recall that each of the previous 8-year US presidents (Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama) was replaced with someone who was diametrically different in some sense from their predecessor, so the populous expects and Congress must deliver something new.
The Trump agenda is a mixed bag of supposedly pro-growth policies for the short run that unfortunately could have very negative consequences for the economy's long term potential, so let's divide the discussion into two phases – the short view and the long view.
The Short View
Not surprisingly, much of the market's initial reaction seems to focus on the short view, especially the prospects for infrastructure spending. Markets have responded by raising inflation premiums on long term bonds. Although a growing consensus of economists now believes infrastructure spending is a viable anecdote for secular stagnation, some caveats are noteworthy.
When an economy is operating close to its potential, as is the case with the US economy today, an outsized initiative on infrastructure is ill-advised. The projects rarely provide jobs for the long-term unemployed or those who lack the requisite skills for such work. Moreover, the extra stimulus is likely to cause some inflation with a lag of about one year if it pushes the economy above potential. In a world where deflation still lingers, the risk is not so much a reversion to high inflation but rather the persistence of inflation from operating the economy 'too hot'.
Congress will likely set restrictions on what projects would qualify, typically limiting the ventures to so-called 'shovel-ready' initiatives under the guise that the spending would not be a permanent feature of the government's budget. The flip side of 'shovel-ready' however is that little thought is given to the long-term payback from projects or to what would be high priorities in raising the nation's potential output. Only a small portion of the ARRA funding in 2009 was devoted to 'greenfield' projects which were next to impossible to accomplish within the two-year window of the stimulus package. The result often that most of the money is spent on pet projects, local road projects and transfers to local governments. This approach would be antithetical to the notion of remedying secular stagnation.
Waste is the Achilles' heel of congressional legislation and infrastructure is no exception. Consider Japan's ambitious building program of the 1990s that did nothing to augment potential growth but did implode the government deficit that remains today.
The illusion of policy divergence
By far the most consensual view today is that monetary policies, at least among major central banks, are headed in opposite directions. The Federal Reserve is tightening while both the ECB and BOJ are trying to double-down on quantitative easing (QE). Even the PBOC is perceived in some circles as a potential candidate for the dubious honour of embracing unconventional policies. The upshot of this supposed divergence is a disturbingly universal view, constantly repeated in the media, that the US dollar will strengthen further in 2016 taking dollar-denominated assets along for the ride. Unfortunately, the cozy comfort of this consensus thinking is an illusion that can lead to poor strategic thinking. A better framework would begin with the mix of policies, both monetary and fiscal settings, which are moving in the direction of convergence rather than divergence. Namely, central banks are gravitating toward a real policy rate of zero and most governments belatedly are shifting toward fiscal stimulus. This broad convergence in economic policies leads to some surprising macro implications, most notably less currency volatility and more economic growth. Even a weak US dollar is a possibility as is a minor recovery in Europe. In short, do not be distracted by conventional presumptions about the Fed's tightening cycle and interest rates. The ultimate bogeyman of this investment cycle will be credit quality and the warning sign will be when banks tighten lending standards.
The Tenuous Link between the Fed and the Dollar
When central banks are out of sync, especially with the Federal Reserve, currencies do tend to revalue, usually in favour of the country offering higher real interest rates. The reason, of course, is that the differential in interest rates is an irresistible lure for the legions of carry traders, from banks to hedge funds, in the fluid world of globalised capital markets. There are caveats to this sacred tenet, however. First, the interest rate differential must be sufficiently large to offer out-sized returns. Small differentials do not have enough juice, even with the help of leverage. Second, asynchronous policies must be perceived as long-lasting. A short horizon doesn't work. So whatever forces are believed to be causing the divergence in monetary policies must persist even as the favoured currency appreciates...
What's the Fed got to do with it?
It has become almost a mantra for the media. Every news article on currencies contains a seemingly obligatory phrase associating strength in the US dollar, either past or prospective, with the Fed's long-awaited normalisation of short-term interest rates. If you hear it enough times, like political banter, you are supposed to believe it. Resist that intuitive leap of faith and rely on analytical thinking. A more plausible thesis is that US Treasuries and dollar-denominated assets in general have been perceived as safe havens in a global economy that is flirting with deflation. Similarly, the booms and busts of emerging currencies have more to do with China's gluttonous demand for commodities and the US dollar's role in funding for commodity currency trades than Fed policy. Zero interest rates and QE policies of western central banks have been classic breeding grounds for disruptive and potentially destabilising carry trades. The Fed should weigh these undesirable costs of unconventional monetary policies, including distortions to asset prices and increased use of cheap leverage, against their diminishing benefits in stimulating economic activity. Absent some compelling evidence to the contrary, the Fed should be thinking in terms of removing the proverbial punch bowl before the party gets out of hand.
Consensus Thinking on US Dollar's Strength
On a trade-weighted basis, the US dollar has risen about 8% this year and almost 11% over the past 12 months. That move is significant. Even though the Fed's dual mandate focuses on full employment and price stability, the Fed does and should care about large changes in the terms of trade. One often-cited concern is that lower import prices will make it more difficult for the Fed to reach its inflation target of 2%. Here is the empirical evidence. A 10% rise in the trade-weighted dollar lowers overall inflation about 3/4% spread over three years, or about 0.25% per year.1 That may not seem like much, but every little bit matters to central banks that believe deflation would be more destabilising than a bit more inflation. Underlying that calculation is the presumption that the currency remains elevated. Unfortunately, one of the main reasons multiyear currency forecasts are notoriously inaccurate is because circumstances do change.
China's gordian policy knot
The renminbi will appreciate 2-3-% per year on average over the next five years. A stronger currency is the only way to limit the high cost of forex sterilization.
The PBOC will widen the currency bands whenever hot money flows reappear until they are +/- 5%.
The principal drivers of the currency will be China's current account surplus and China's status as one of the world's largest creditors.
Greater renminbi flexibility will be accompanied by continued strides to develop local debt instruments.
In contrast with other interest rates, deposit rates will not be deregulated anytime soon.
The ongoing internationalization of the renminbi should be viewed as means for lowering the cost of trade transactions rather than a driver of the currency per se.
The final phase of China's financial evolution will lead to substantial overvaluation by as much as 25% to 30%.
Complete convertibility including financial flows will be among the last of the financial reforms.


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Logisticians must be able to look into the future. Why? Because we are not only among the first to notice alterations in production processes, storekeeping habits or product cycles, but also need to be the fastest to act on these changes. For us, this means to permanently rethink our service offerings and provide future solutions at the earliest possible time. The start of DHL Freight Eurapid one year ago is a visible sign of these reflections, as well as the now introduced Fixed Delivery Day option. This option has been tailored to our strategy and gives you as our customers the freedom of decision: You decide at what point in time you receive your delivery. As fast as possible, but not sooner than requested. So that our customers do not need to find additional storage capacity. Through this fine tuning we get one step nearer to our goal of being the undisputed leader in the market of overland transportation – in line with our strategy FREIGHT 2020.
Besides service offerings in line with the market demand it is just as important to provide a corresponding infrastructure. Specifically, that means to steadily improve our network where necessary, Bremen being one example, and also building new branch offices. In Hanover we will maintain our own test facility when the Terminal of the Future will be ready to start operations. In Vienna, we will merge our currently distributed facilities at the future DHL Airport Campus, which at the same time will be a prime example of inter-divisional cooperation: Under one roof DHL unites road-, air- and sea freight and thus enables interchanges with lightning speed between the different types of transportation. And with the commissioning of our warehouse in Manisa we strengthen our connection to the economically strong areas in Asia Minor. As you see, we are always on the move.
Considerably less movement on the other hand is visible on the job market for truck drivers. There is a vast skills shortage in this important segment. And while digital technologies like autonomous driving or truck platooning might be of help one day, we need more people behind the steering wheels right now. With a set of measures we want to contribute to make the job more attractive as a whole. Besides that, we will intensify our own recruiting efforts to be more independent from market fluctuations. In this regard, politics for sure should be asked to further engage, because without any drivers not only trucks will be at a standstill, but the economy as a whole.
Whereby an observer might get the impression that the legislators are virtually working towards such a standstill. As the bickering about the mobility package in Brussels and the steady enlargement of toll obligations are neither conducive to an attractive professional environment, nor to facilitate a better functioning market. Notably the accumulating delay of unitary provisions about the drivers social situation are leading towards a distortion of the competitive environment.
The expansion of the toll collection in Germany and the generally European trend towards rising toll fees leaves carriers like us no alternative option but to factor in the rising costs when calculating freight rates. This artificial price increase in logistics can hardly be desired, particularly with regard to the insecurities contained in the economic forecasts. But, and that has to be said, we are still living in one of the most superbly interconnected economic areas of the planet. This is clearly shown by the Logistics Performance Index of the World Bank, which lists eight European states among the ten best logistics nations across the globe. And Germany is in the lead. For us, this is mandate enough also to drive up to the top of logistics companies for you – and we are well underway!


The Pound has had an improved twenty four hours as markets pre-empted positive PMI data this morning – very much an antidote to last week's shock negative GDP growth. Hopes were high that although the overall GDP figure for the last quarter cast doubt on how well the UK economy was recovering, the individual areas of manufacturing and construction would shine through – perhaps even suggesting that the revised GDP figure will move upwards. At 9.30 am this morning when the PMI data was released Sterling commenced an instant climb. This may be the moment you have been waiting for if you need to exchange Sterling into another currency soon, so speak with your broker or register an enquiry to discuss your requirements.
Sterling has some wind in its sails this morning following the build up to, and actual release of the UK PMI figures. With manufacturing PMI coming in at a robust reading of 62.0 above the forecast of 58.1, fears about the terrible GDP result of last week have been a little relieved. With another PMI construction figure due tomorrow, Sterling may well continue to build momentum. In addition, Martin Weale, monetary policy committee member from the Bank of England, has commented that the case is strong for a small rise in interest rates early in the year, so the 'will they, won't they' debate regarding interest rates is continuing.
Tensions in Egypt have had a slightly more watered down effect on exchange rates over the past twenty four hours compared to the weekend. The Dollar weakened as investors began to move funds to other safe haven currencies such as the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc. The Dollar lost out to both the Euro as European inflation data came in high and the Pound in the pre-empting of UK PMI data. US inflation data also revealed that prices for December rose at a record yearly slow of 0.7 percent helping to support the idea that the Federal Reserve will maintain its loose monetary policy.
The Euro uncertainty bought about by the protests in Egypt over the weekend, was overshadowed somewhat in the past twenty four hours by individual European data releases seeing some ground gained back by the single currency. The Euro pulled back from lows as CPI inflation data came in at 2.4 percent which was just above expectations of 2.3 percent. This also fuelled speculation that this week's European Central Bank rate meeting could see more discussion on how to deal with inflationary pressures.
The Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent as inflationary discussions were no doubt overshadowed by the economic impact of the floods. Further floods are unfortunately only likely to create more economic damage and weaken the Australian Dollar. For a live quote or to tell us about your foreign exchange requirements, please call us on +44 (0)20 7740 0000.


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Nevada Museum of Art offers 'Voces' exhibit, April events
By: Chris Moran
The Nevada Museum of Art features the exhibit "Voces y Visiones: Highlights from the Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York" this April, as well as offering several special events.
The "Voces y Visiones" exhibit features more than 50 objects, including sculpture, painting, prints, photographs, and mixed media installations addressing themes such as identity politics, colonialism, emotional connections to homeland and contemporary visual culture. All works are from the stellar art collection of New York's El Museo del Barrio, the leading Latino cultural institution in the United States dedicated to Latino, Latin American and Caribbean art. This exhibition was jointly organized by the El Museo del Barrio and the Nevada Museum of Art.
April events are as follows:
TALK: AIGA Presents Aaron Draplin, at 6 p.m. April 5. Using scientific proof and state-of-the-art multimedia techniques, Aaron James Draplin of Draplin Design Co. delivers a design talk that includes a couple of tall tales from his so-called career in the cutthroat world of contemporary graphic design. Cost: $10 / $8 museum and AIGA members.
ART BITE Rocío Aranda-Alvarado on "Voces y Visiones," noon April 19. El Museo del Barrio Curator Rocío Aranda-Alvarado discusses the Latin American cultural and art historical contexts of highlights from "Voces y Visiones." Cost: $10 / Free for museum members.
TALK Garden Designer Shirley Watts on Natural Discourse, 6 p.m. April 19. Shirley Watts discusses the collaborative project between the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley and a multi-disciplinary group of artists, writers, architects and researchers. Cost: $10 / $8 museum members.
Regularly scheduled events
First Thursday with the Fan Tools, 5 to 7 p.m. April 4. Grab a drink, groove to the live music and check out the galleries. The event is sponsored by Barrick Gold of North America and hosted by The X 100.1 FM Radio and Great Basin Brewing Company. The wine bar is sponsored by Whispering Vine Wine Company and bottled water is donated by Sam's Club. Bring the kids for Kids Open Art Studio, available from 5 to 7 p.m. for $4 per child. First Thursday is free for museum members or non-members with paid regular admission.
Art Afternoon: Workshop & Social for Seniors, 1 to 3 p.m. April 12. Expand your interests with a docent-guided tour and studio art class. Light refreshments will be available. No art background necessary. Cost for a session: $7 / $6 museum members. The event is sponsored in part by the Leonette Foundation.
Hands/ON! on Second Saturday – Drawing Projects, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13. Celebrate the Year of the Snake! The Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated in January or February depending on the lunar calendar. Ring in the New Year with hands-on art projects, performance and storytelling. Admission to hands/ON! is free.
Sunday Music Brunch with Tony Savage Trio, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 15. Enjoy brunch presented by Composition Café accompanied by live acoustical music. The menu features eggs Benedict, fresh fruit mimosas and an omelet station. Doors open at 10 am. An a la carte menu has prices from $3. Museum members receive a 10 percent savings. The event is presented in partnership with KUNR Radio, and is sponsored by the attorneys at Holland & Hart.
The museum is at 160 W. Liberty St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is $10, $8 students and seniors, $1 children ages 1-6. Details: 775-329-3333, www.nevadaart.org/.
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Chris Moran has lived in Reno since 1996, and currently works at the Nevada Division of Tourism as a public relations specialist. She is a former editor and writer at the Reno Gazette-Journal, and has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley. Her hobbies include skiing, hiking, reading, photography, coffee and coffeehouses, and exploring Nevada. Check out her blog at www.ChrisinNevada.wordpress.com.


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February 26, 2020 | WNBL news
UC CAPITALS DEFEAT MELBOURNE BOOMERS 77-64 IN GAME 3 TO ADVANCE TO SECOND CONSECUTIVE WNBL GRAND FINAL SERIES
The UC Capitals will get the chance to defend their title at the #WNBL20 Chemist Warehouse Grand Final and potentially add an eighth WNBL Championship to their mantle after beating the Boomers in their best-of-three Semi Final series at AIS Arena tonight.
The Capitals simply had too many offensive weapons in a physical game they would lead from start to finish. Canberra shot over 50% in the first half, with Kia Nurse (12 points) and Kelsey Griffin (10 points) leading the offensive charge.
The Boomers finally got close early in the 4th quarter and would pull within two points at the 5:25 mark, before a clutch three from Olivia Epoupa would swing momentum back to Canberra as they padded the score in the final minutes.
Kelsey Griffin (19 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals) and Mariana Tolo, who scored 16 of her total 20 points in the second half, were dominant inside the paint for the Capitals.
They were supported by another all-around performance from the lighting-quick French import Epoupa, who came close to a triple-double with 11 points, eight rebounds and nine assists.
The Capitals defence held Melbourne in check most of the game with a 21-12 turnover differential. Lindsay Allen, who was averaging 21 points per game in the series, was held to only nine points and no player other than Sophie Cunningham (14 points) had double figure scoring.
The Capitals will travel to Melbourne to face the number one seeded Jayco Southside Flyers, who will hold homecourt advantage in the best-of-three series.
Chemist Warehouse WNBL Grand-Final Schedule:
Game 1: Sunday, 1st March at 5pm EDT (Dandenong Stadium)
Game 2: Wednesday, 4th March at 7:30pm EDT (AIS Arena)
Game 3: Sunday, 8th March at 1pm EDT (Dandenong Stadium if necessary)
Tickets available at Ticketek


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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti l'Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 2007-2008.

Stagione
Dopo l'addio di Stefano Colantuono, al quale è stata offerta la panchina del Palermo, la dirigenza atalantina sceglie come nuovo allenatore Luigi Delneri.
Delneri si trovava senza panchina dopo non essere riuscito a salvare il Chievo dalla retrocessione in Serie B, dove era subentrato in corsa a Pillon.

La stagione si apre con un sofferto pareggio, grazie a un rigore dubbio trasformato da Doni, nella prima gara di campionato sul campo della : tre giorni dopo arriva l'eliminazione all'esordio in Coppa Italia, con l' che vince con un gol ai supplementari dell'ex nerazzurro Soncin.
Il mese di settembre inizia con la prima vittoria stagionale, un 2-1 casalingo al , cui fanno seguito le partite contro Fiorentina e Lazio nelle quali, per merito in entrambi i casi di gol in extremis di Zampagna, l'Atalanta rimedia quattro punti (2-2 a Firenze e il successo 2-1 contro i laziali); Viene poi il pareggio per 1-1 sul Siena con un altro rigore trasformato da Doni, il primo k.o. risale all'ultima partita del mese, persa malamente 3-0 in casa della Sampdoria.

L'Atalanta ottiene poi due pareggi casalinghi (0-0 contro l' e 2-2 contro il Torino dopo essere stata in vantaggio per 2-0).

Il 17 ottobre 2007 l'Atalanta festeggia il centenario di fondazione, celebrato poi a fine mese con il primo successo esterno stagionale a Empoli per 1-0. Poi ottiene un pareggio in casa contro il Cagliari per 2-2 e una vittoria importantissima in trasferta a Catania per 2-1 che permettono di salire al 6º posto a 3 punti della zona Champions League.

L'11 novembre 2007 il tifoso laziale Gabriele Sandri perde la vita in un autogrill di Arezzo, ucciso da un proiettile sparato dall'agente di polizia Luigi Spaccarotella per sedare una rissa tra tifosi della Lazio e della Juventus.
Su molti dei campi dove si dovevano disputare le partite della dodicesima giornata di Serie A avvengono tafferugli: a Bergamo, dove era in programma Atalanta-Milan, i tifosi atalantini sfondano il vetro della Curva Nord per entrare in campo e far sospendere la partita.
La gara viene sospesa dall'arbitro Saccani. il giudice sportivo dispone che la partita si rigiochi a gennaio a porte chiuse, oltre alla chiusura della Curva Nord atalantina fino al 31 marzo.

L'Atalanta riesce a mantenersi nella zona medio-alta della classifica: la partita migliore dell'intero campionato è senza dubbio il 5-1 rifilato ai rivali storici del Napoli, ultimo successo del girone d'andata.
L'imbattibilità casalinga cade due settimane dopo, quando l'Azzurri d'Italia viene espugnato dal Palermo per 3-1. Nelle ultime tre partite del girone d'andata, gli orobici ottengono solo un punto (1-1 a Livorno e le sconfitte entrambe per 2-1 contro Roma e . L'Atalanta finisce il girone alla settima piazza con 25 punti.

Il girone di ritorno inizia bene con una vittoria contro il Parma (3-2) e due pareggi contro la  e  entrambi per 2-2. Dopo la disfatta allo Stadio Olimpico di Roma per 3-0 contro la Lazio, La squadra registra 4 punti in 4 partite cioè un rendimento altalenante perché dalla bella vittoria contro la  per 4-1, registra due sconfitte consecutive contro  e Torino con zero gol fatti e tre subiti. Nelle seguenti otto partite, si registra un'inevitabile flessione, anche se alcuni risultati positivi (in primis la vittoria a San Siro per 2-1 contro il Milan) consentono alla formazione bergamasca di non allontanarsi dalla metà della classifica, infatti realizza 8 punti.
All'ultima giornata, grazie alla vittoria casalinga sul Genoa, l'Atalanta scavalca due posizioni e chiude il campionato al nono posto con 48 punti, ad appena due lunghezze dall'ottava piazza occupata dal Napoli che valeva la qualificazione alla Intertoto.

Divise e sponsor
Lo sponsor tecnico per la stagione 2007-2008 è Erreà, mentre lo sponsor ufficiale è Sit-in Sport, azienda produttrice di erba sintetica. Il secondo sponsor, presente sulle maglie in piccolo in alto a destra, è Daihatsu, casa automobilistica. Il logo della squadra è al centro del petto, fra lo sponsor tecnico e quello secondario.

La divisa casalinga presenta una maglia con cinque strisce blu e quattro nere, con colletto nero. I calzoncini e i calzettoni sono neri. I numeri e i nomi sul dorso della maglia sono bianchi; il numero sui pantaloncini, sempre bianco, è sulla gamba sinistra.

La divisa da trasferta presenta una maglia bianca con striscia orizzontale bicolore nella parte centrale. I calzoncini sono neri, mentre i calzettoni sono bianchi con sottile striscia orizzontale blu e nera. Il numero sul dorso e sui calzoncini, e il nome, sono di colore blu.

Organigramma societario

Area direttiva
 Presidente: Ivan Ruggeri (da aprile 2008 affiancato da Francesca Ruggeri)
 Amministratore delegato: cav. Isidoro Fratus
 Direttore generale: Cesare Giacobazzi

Area organizzativa
 Segretario generale: Fabio Rizzitelli
 Team manager: Mirco Moioli

Area comunicazione
 Responsabile area comunicazione: Sergio Carrara
 Ufficio Stampa: Andrea Lazzaroni

Area marketing
 Ufficio marketing: Vitaliano Beretta

Area tecnica
 Direttore sportivo: Carlo Osti
 Allenatore: Luigi Delneri
 Collaboratore tecnico: Francesco Conti
 Preparatore atletico: Roberto De Bellis
 Preparatore dei portieri: Nello Malizia

Area sanitaria
 Responsabile sanitario: Bruno Sgherzi
 Massaggiatori: Alfredo Adami, Marcello Ginami, Renato Gotti

Rosa

Calciomercato

Sessione estiva (dal 01/07 al 31/08)

Sessione invernale (dal 03/01 al 31/01)

Serie A

Girone di andata

Girone di ritorno

Coppa Italia

Prima fase

Statistiche

Statistiche di squadra

Andamento in campionato

Statistiche dei giocatori

Note

2007-2008

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TDSB address
Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals states she will not be placing Canada's biggest school board under supervision, since the new leadership is really a "much better recipe" for fixing major structural problems.
Toronto District School Board trustees hired John Malloy as interim education director on Wednesday. Mr. Malloy, a helper deputy education minister and former director from the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, replaces Donna Quan, who's walking lower following a rocky tenure.
Ms. Sandals referred to Ms. Quan's departure as "transformative" for that school board, saying the institution has got the new, exterior leadership it requires.
The federal government typically they resort to provincial supervision whenever a school board is within severe financial trouble, Ms. Sandals stated within an interview on Thursday.
"It's an excellent tool for fixing money, but it's never, have you been a great tool for fixing behavior, " she stated. "It's vital that people obtain the cultural issues fixed."
Ms. Sandals intends to formally respond on Friday for an advisory panel's are convinced that suggested placing the college board under immediate supervision after which breaking up into more compact organizations if enhancements weren't made inside a year.
The TDSB, an item from the amalgamation of seven boards in 1998, comes with an annual operating budget of $3-billion and most 245Thousand students in 550 schools.
Ms. Sandals stated dimensions are not at the bottom from the board's disorder. The college board can do not be split up into more compact organizations, she stated, whether it addresses the disconnection recognized through the advisory panel at various levels – between parents and college staff principals and superintendents executive superintendents and also the education director. She'll direct the TDSB to reform its administrative structure.
A feeling of disconnection is exactly what drives the "culture of fear" recognized through the advisory panel as well as in other official reviews, Ms. Sandals stated.
The panel, brought by former Toronto mayor Barbara Hall, stated superintendents have the effect of a lot of schools – 30 normally – which adds towards the disconnection.
"What you finish track of, not remarkably, is really a damaged structure where the board doesn't perform a good job of undertaking its core reason behind being, which would be to make sure the excellent education of scholars, " Ms. Sandals stated.
School board sources stated it was vital to recruit an outsider as interim director, someone without any ties with other staff or trustees. Ms. Quan would be a polarizing pressure throughout her nearly 3 years in the helm. She'll be seconded towards the Education Ministry for that remaining 20 several weeks of her four-year employment contract.
Mr. Malloy was the unanimous selection of a 5-member selection committee of trustees, one source stated. They got the jerk simply while he didn't see his 18-month term like a caretaker role.
Trustee Jerry Chadwick stated Mr. Malloy signifies a "fresh start" for that board.
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Las Vegas mass shooting
'It was almost automatic': Off-duty cops saved Vegas victims
By AMY TAXIN and JOSH HOFFNEROctober 5, 2017 GMT
Chula Vista police officer Fred Rowbotham stands next to his motorcycle Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 in Chula Vista, Calif. Rowbotham was injured at the Las Vegas shooting while attending the concert with his wife and friends. The Sunday night crowd of about 20,000 country music fans happened to include many off-duty police and firefighters, who sprang into the role of first responders when tragedy struck and played an important role in saving lives. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Fred Rowbotham's plan was to leave job stress behind with a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate his 45th birthday at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
But when the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire rained down, the police officer from Chula Vista, California, sprang into action as if he were in uniform. Joining him were many other off-duty police and firefighters in the terrified crowd of 20,000.
"Cops and firefighters like country music. They like a good time. They like to go to Vegas and cut loose," Rowbotham said. After rushing his wife to safety, he turned to help others. "You have to just act sometimes."
The rampage by a heavily armed gunman perched in the nearby Mandalay Bay casino hotel killed 58 people and left nearly 500 injured, but it could have been deadlier without the quick thinking and tactical skills of officers who took charge, treated the wounded and directed paramedics to the most urgent victims.
Without their expertise, more people could have died, said Dr. Douglas Fraser, vice chief of trauma at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where many of the wounded were treated.
"It was very helpful to have people who were off-duty or medically trained there," said Fraser, noting that a victim with a major injury to an artery can die in minutes. "It's invaluable to be able to apply direct pressure to a wound or be able to place a tourniquet instead of watching someone bleed to death."
Rowbotham said his instincts took over. He got pelted by shrapnel and was bleeding but unfazed as he directed dozens of people to safety.
Several other officers and firefighters were also hit, including Mike Kordich, a firefighter from Rancho Cucamonga, California. He was giving CPR to a badly wounded person when he was struck in the arm by a bullet.
"I kept doing chest compressions with one arm until I noticed I was starting to bleed a lot," Kordich recalled. He ran for cover, jumping fences, and said he could hear the bullets whizzing by.
San Diego police officer Tom McGrath said he threw himself on top of strangers to shield them. He treated the wounded, taking his shirt off to apply pressure to a woman's bleeding chest. For another gunshot victim, he made a tourniquet from a scarf and tree branch.
"It was almost automatic to go from enjoying the concert to that person needs help," McGrath told reporters Wednesday at San Diego police headquarters. "I think it's something that just kind of gets ingrained in you. The switch flipped at that point."
President Donald Trump visited Las Vegas on Wednesday and paid tribute to the first responders and doctors who rushed to save lives.
"While everyone else was crouching, police officers were standing up as targets just trying to direct people and tell them where to go," Trump said. "Words cannot describe the bravery the whole world witnessed Sunday night."
Bruce Ure, a deputy police chief from Seguin, Texas, shrugged off kudos and said he was just doing his job.
"I was ready to go. I knew it needed to be done because I had been trained in that," said Ure, who spotted a man bleeding from a leg wound and dragged him to safety, then used the man's belt to make a tourniquet.
Bullets were still raining down when he helped two other women, one shot in the back and one shot in the chest, by commandeering a vehicle and directing the driver to a nearby trauma center.
That night, Ure said, he saw America "at its finest and at its worst."
Nearly four days after the shooting, many of the off-duty officers were back on the job and processing what they went through.
"I have been in combat, but I have never seen this type of mass casualty," said police Sgt. Michael Gonzalez, who works in Santa Ana, California. He went to Las Vegas to teach a course on workplace violence but decided to check out the country music festival before going home.
One officer with him used a stethoscope as a tourniquet for a wounded woman, tightening it with a pen and tape, he said. Another cut strips of a first aid tent to use as tourniquets for other victims, he said.
"We go out into the street and start flagging down cars. Citizens are stopping. We put three, four, five in a truck, hit the truck — go!" he said. "And we go right back into the hot zone, (to) load two or three more."
Gonzalez is back at work as a patrol sergeant but said he knows other officers so traumatized by the massacre they cannot return to duty yet.
Ure is one of them.
"I don't know that you ever get over it," he said by telephone. "I think you just try to figure out how to cope with it."
Hoffner reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writers Jocelyn Gecker in San Francisco; Anita Snow, Amanda Lee Myers and Michelle Price in Las Vegas; and Elliot Spagat in San Diego also contributed to this report.