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Senbecc
Strength, and Wisdom
Totems Oct 6, 2006 9:43:35 GMT -5
Post by Senbecc on Oct 6, 2006 9:43:35 GMT -5
You walk into your people's cave, the great womb of the mother. The hides you wear smell of the musk of your body, as the orange glow of the crackling fire at the heart of the cave, and indeed the tribe reveals cave paintings, painted by the clan's artists. Those who have the magic skill of bringing imagery to life, telling the stories of the clans totems to the gray bare rock walls, personalizing it to the clan and making it a home, telling how the tribes bravest champions have ensured everyone's survival yet again, against all odds.
Drumming rhythmically beats in time with the thumping of your heart and all the hearts in the tribe. The hypnotic vibration resonating deep in your bones as you find yourself joining into the clan's chanting is one of life's simple pleasures next to a full belly.
Your scent mixes with that of the entire tribe, and you feel at home, safe from the dangers of the outside world. You watch impatiently as the magic people and the flashing flames of the fire bring the many scenes of Totem spirits to life. A buffalo of a man's legs glides across his granite plain, over there an antlered man dance in the crackling fire light....Your memories are ancient, for it has always been this way.
You begin to imagine yourself as your totem spirit, as does the entire clan, you can feel yourself begin to change from the inside out as your body begins to move in an uncontrolled rhythm, your dance is moving as the animal moves, your totem has come out to play...
An Irishman is the only man in the world who will step over the bodies of a dozen naked women to get to a bottle of stout
Totems Oct 6, 2006 11:45:50 GMT -5
Post by wren on Oct 6, 2006 11:45:50 GMT -5
LOVE totems! My strongest ties are to Wren, Turtle and Butterfly, though I also have ties to Crow, Wolf and Dragonfly.
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Post by Zowwiee ™ on Oct 6, 2006 15:10:48 GMT -5
I havent found my totem animals yet. But I have quite strong pulls towards,wolfs and cats.
These Eight words the Rede fulfill:
"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
Totems Oct 11, 2006 0:05:18 GMT -5
Post by Senbecc on Oct 11, 2006 0:05:18 GMT -5
The Bull[/i][/u]
It probably won't come as much of a suprize for some to learn that the bull is one of my totems, it is my totem of the land. The Bull/cow was so important to the Celts that they had around 100 words which translate to cow or Bull, the bull also had many symbolisms attatched to it. Firstly its association is with wealth. In Pagan Celtic countries the measure of a person's wealth was shown by how many cattle someone would own, as given evidence in the Táin Bó Cúailnge with the pillow talk between Maev and Ailill. This Irish epic is based on a marriage between two people who prided their relationship as being on of equality, but later, when the couple find that Ailill has a bull of which cannot be matched by Queen Maev, the epic battle with Ulster begins.
Cow's milk is also important as it was believed to have healing qualities, for men and women in their sexual potency. The bull was also a strong sexual totem for men, as the cow was for women. The Bull and cow could be seen above the bed chambers as well as on robes, and sheets and the like. The Bull is said to enhance the mental expieriance thus creating a strong sexual mentality.
Also in certain texts there were said to be three Bulls arose from the sea, their colors white, red, and black called Bo-finn, Bo-ruadh, and Bo-dhubh. There are entire collections of lore based on the Crodh Shith (Faery cows) who were believed to live benieth the sea. Like dogs and cats they were often speckled in color or white in color with red ears, and sometimes hornless.
"Black cow, brown cow, crooked horn, Progeny of the red hornless cow,
That never left the fold alone
White headed cow, O white of face"
Now, let's not forget the term "bull headedness". As the Bull certainly represents that little trait as well. More than anything the bull represents unbending strong will. The Bull is an uncomprimizing creature when his mind is made up. It represents stubborn personality traits...Go figure.
Anyway, the Bull had many representations to divination as well, especially since Druids would wrap themselves in Bull hides to have a vision of future kings called Tarb Fes.
Is amlaid dognithe in tarbfes sin .i. tarb find do marbad & óenfer do cathim a satha día eóil & da enbruithi. & cotlud dó fón saith sin. & ór firindi do cantain do cethri druidib fair & atchíthe dó i n-aslingi innas ind fir no fígfaide and asa deilb & asa turascbail & innas ind oprid dognith (LU 3450-3454).
This is how that bull-feast used to be made: to kill a white bull, and for one man to eat his fill of its flesh and its broth, and to sleep after that meal; and for four druids to chant a spell of truth over him. And the form of the man to be made king used to be shown to him in a dream, his shape and his description, and the manner of work that he was doing.
(From Dillon, Myles. "The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn." Scottish Gaelic Studies VII (1953): 47-89. 56).
The bull is is a totem of many flows, it is a complex individual which has many associations which still resonate within our being today. The bull can be hard to know at times, but by putting yourself in his place and "becoming" as the Poet Amergin became one with his three cosmos's one can lean to use this totem in a very powerful way.
Last Edit: Oct 11, 2006 0:19:58 GMT -5 by Senbecc
bran_sinnach
Know Nature. Seek Knowledge. Find Truth.
Totems Oct 11, 2006 23:12:31 GMT -5
Post by bran_sinnach on Oct 11, 2006 23:12:31 GMT -5
My two totems have always been the Raven and the Fox, and whenever we come across each other I address them as Brother or Sister, rather than simply as friend and neighbor. I view each of the two as truly my siblings as much as I do my other brothers and sisters, so much so that the sight of fox pelts or raven skins actually makes me physically ill. I accept and embrace that by nature we are carnivorous and chose to eat meat as I feel is only natural for me, and I approve of the use of animal pelts and skins from animals that were eaten, because I do not want any part of the animal to go to waste. Still though, I do not think I will ever be comfortable around a fox pelt or crow skin, especially since I know they were brought down for that decoration and not to give food, which is a practive that I will never approve of.
If it is your Truth to walk a path you have chosen, then let no one tell you that it can not be so, for to truly be a Druid is to believe in Truth, your Truth, against the world.
Post by Senbecc on Oct 12, 2006 11:01:46 GMT -5
bransinnach said:
I think you have a very good philosophy on such things Bran. I was raised by an avid hunter, and it was very important to our dad that we know where meat comes from. Now I am also a strong advocate of the hunt and the outdoor's men's way of life and I agree that kids should know and understand these things though I'm not sure I agree with how he taught it sometimes.
Post by wren on Oct 12, 2006 11:23:58 GMT -5
In Irish tradition, wrens are called the king of the birds, soul of the oak, and the bird of the druids. Wrens were associated with divination. They are said to sing all winter, despite the danger this poses to them. In the story of the Birds, Wren wins a contest by hiding in Eagle's wing and flying higher when Eagle tires.
Turtle: nurturer, protector, mother energy
Many Natives refer to North America as Turtle Island, because their legends say that when the earth was covered with water, Turtle dove to the bottom of the oceans bringing up earth on its back so that the people could have a safe and dry home. Turtle is at home anywhere because it carries its home on its back. It does not become attached to places, for it is free to search for new opportunities wherever they may be found. When they sense danger, or are in uncomfortable and insecure settings, they withdraw into their shell, and are protected. If you have Turtle medicine, you value both the power of the earth, the waters of the earth, and the magic of the heavens, for Turtle symbolizes both the grounding quality of earth energy, and the magic of the mystical. Using Turtle energy can help you achieve real balance in your life and your spirit so that you don't get "stuck in the mud". Turtle's medicine includes a connection with the center, navigation skills, patience, self-boundaries, associated with the feminine, power to heal female diseases, respecting the boundaries of others, developing new ideas, psychically protecting oneself, self-reliance, tenacity, non-violent defense. Traditional people call North America "turtle island" because it is shaped like a turtle (Florida is one hind leg, Baja California is another, Mexico is the tail). In the Ojibway Story of the Great Flood the turtle offered its back to Waynaboozhoo to bear the weight of the new earth. The new earth was formed from a piece of earth recovered by muskrat from the bottom of the water which covered the world.
Turtle takes her home with her. The following excerpt is from www.likeacat.com. It explains turtle symbolism throughout different cultures and eras. A great deal of mythology exists in regard to the turtle. In the Far East, the shell was a symbol of heaven, and the square underside was a symbol of earth. The turtle was an animal whose magic united heaven and earth. The turtle is a creation of nature that carries its round shell over the ground, like heaven, and has a flat bottom, like earth. With a profile resembling a mountain and the turning motion of its toes, it seemed to be a depiction of heaven and earth changing constantly through the seasons. In the West, early Christians didn't like turtles, and they viewed them as symbolizing evil forces during war. In Greece, turtles were once believed to be citizens of hell. But like the Chinese, Indians have a legend that "the world is supported by four elephants standing on a giant turtle." (As in the great Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.) After hearing a Western scientist clearly give a scientific explanation for the formation of the world, one old Indian woman said that he was wholly mistaken, that the world was being supported by a giant turtle. When the scientist asked what was under the turtle, she said, "Of course there is an endless pile of turtles, one on top of another."
Turtles seem to possess an enviable and god-like resistance to aging, and so they came to symbolize longevity. Their link to heaven and earth made them a natural for use in divination. Turtles are also symbols of immortality and are considered temporary dwelling places for souls making their way through a series of lives on the path to Nirvana. The turtle is considered to be the second incarnation of the powerful god Vishnu in the Hindu religion. After a great flood, which occurs every four billion years and dissolves the earth, Vishnu transforms himself into a great turtle. On his back, he carries a vessel in which the gods and demons mix the elements necessary to re-create the globe. After a thousand years, when the earth has been reborn, the turtle remains in place, and on his back stands a large elephant, which support the planet.
According to some Native American tales, the Earth Diver turtle swam to the bottom of the water that stretched across the world. He surfaced with the mud which the creator used to make the earth. The turtle is a shore creature, using the land and the water. All shore areas are associated with doorways to the Faerie Realm. The turtle is sometimes known as the keeper of the doors. They were often seen as signs of fairy contact and the promise of fairy rewards.
A Japanese Fairy Tale about Urashima tells of a man who protects a turtle from some boys who were bothering it. As a reward, the turtle takes the man to meet the King of the Ocean. As a reward for his good deed, Urashima marries the King's beautiful water sprite daughter. In Nigeria, the turtle was a symbol of the female sex organs and sexuality. To the Native Americans, it was associated with the lunar cycle, menstruation, and the power of the female energies.
The markings and sections on some turtles total thirteen. In the lunar calendar, there are either thirteen full moons or thirteen new moons alternating each year. Many believe this is where the association with the female energies originated. The turtle symbolizes the primal mother and Mother Earth.
To the modern Chinese, turtles are viewed in many different ways. It is regarded as one of the four divine animals, along with the dragon, phoenix and chimera. They are worshipped in temples. Flour turtles used to be used as offerings at temple festivals or big family events. However, the term turtle is also used as a curse word, and the Taiwanese expression for gamblers "losing your shirt" translates as "knocking turtles". Apart from gamblers' fears that eating a flour turtle will turn their luck sour, turtles have many other bad connotations in modern Chinese society. In fact, when people curse each other these days, the first thing to come out is often "turtle egg" or " grandson of a turtle". Even so, the image of the turtle as a spiritual beast has become deeply implanted in people's minds. One ancient text warns its readers not to act rashly when catching turtles and always to carry out the proper ceremony to worship them first. There are also many legends about how those who killed turtles eventually met with misfortune. Common Buddhist restraints against the killing of animals evolved into the Buddhist ceremony of releasing turtles.
Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things. Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do to the earth.
~ a symbol of the spirit of the people and has an aura of sacredness, enduring patience, stamina for survival, and courage in hopeless situations
~ long or eternal life, revered old age, and the tortoise/turtle shell as a foundation for or form of the earth in creation stories
~ a symbol of the passage of time
Turtle is the oldest symbol for the Earth.
It is the personification of goddess energy
and the eternal Earth itself.
If you have a Turtle totem,
you must be mindful of returning to the Earth what she has given you.
Honor the creative source within you.
Use water and earth energies to create a harmonious flow in your life.
Ask the Earth for assistance and her riches will pour forth.
If a Turtle totem shows up in your life,
slow down the pace of your life.
Bigger, stronger, faster are not always the best ways to reach your goals.
Turtle is fine teacher of the art of grounding.
When you learn to ground yourself to Earth's power and strength,
you place focus on your thoughts and actions
and use the Earth's limitless energies rather than your own to accomplish your will.
Turtle is the keeper of doors
and one of the ways into the Faerie Realm.
Turtle's feet point in all four directions at once.
Butterfly: metamorphosis and transformation
Scientific research has shown that the butterfly is the only living being capable of changing entirely its genetic structure during the process of transformation: the caterpillar's DNA is totally different from the butterfly's. Thus, it is the symbol of total transformation. Butterfly represents a need for change and greater freedom, and at the same time it represents courage: one requires courage to carry out the changes necessary in the process of growth. Its Medicine is related to the air and the mental powers. It teaches us to find clarity in the mental processes, to organize projects or to figure out the next step in our internal growth. If Butterfly is your Power Animal or if you feel in any way attracted to it, this means you are ready to undergo some kind of transformation. Examine which stage calls your attention the most: the egg is the beginning, the birth of some project or idea. The larva is de decision to manifest something in the physical world. The cocoon has to do with "going inside", either through insight or the development of the project or idea. The breaking of the cocoon deals with sharing the splendor of your creation with the whole world. Once you understand the stage you are on, you can discover which is the next step.
Dragonfly: Illusion - Transcendence
Wolf: loyalty, perseverance, success
Wolves have been long regarded by Native Americans as teachers or pathfinders. Wolves are fiercely loyal to their mates, and have a strong sense of family while maintaining individualism. In the stars, Wolf is represented by the Dog, Sirius, thought by many aboriginal tribes to be the home of the Ancients. Wolves are probably the most misunderstood of wild animals. Tales of cold-bloodedness abound, in spite of their friendly, social and intelligent traits. They are truly free spirits, even though their packs are highly organized. They seem to go out of their way to avoid a fight. One is rarely necessary when a shift in posture, a growl, or a glance gets the point across quite readily.
Traditionally, someone with Wolf Medicine has a strong sense of self, and communicates well through subtle changes in voice inflection and body movements. They often find new solutions to problems while providing stability and support that one normally associates with a family structure.
Wolf's medicine includes facing the end of one's cycle with dignity and courage, death and rebirth, Spirit teaching, guidance in dreams and meditations, instinct linked with intelligence, social and family values, outwitting enemies, ability to pass unseen, steadfastness, skill in protection of self and family, taking advantage of change.
wren said:
I know someone who would truely love the turtle part of this post...This was really good wren.
As you can see, I have found a lot of information on Turtle! A very strong influence for me, as is Wren. Still compiling information on the others. Any information anyone has on them would be most welcome!
Lady Anastasia
If Druid were an Ice Cream Flavor, What Would it Taste Like.....
Post by Lady Anastasia on Oct 12, 2006 16:22:00 GMT -5
I love the totem posts.....haha, I have some totem threads that I've worked on for my group, this is sooo right up my alley....lol
Amare Et Sapere Vix Deo Conceditur
Even a God Finds It Hard to Love and Be Wise At The Same Time
lala23wonderland said:
Blackbird wasn't it?...I'm not suprized. I'll get started.
Thank you very much, Senbecc. I agree that kids should know where their meat comes from, that meat doesn't just appear magically ground and packaged for them, so that when they do eat meat they can learn to respect that animal and what it gave so that they might live. Some would be surprised about how many kids today become vegetarians after they go on their first hunt. I, like you, am a strong advocate for those ways of life, though I myself don't hunt because I am the only one of my family that likes most game meats and I refuse to kill something and see it wasted. My only real qualms with hunting today are that so many hunters have no respect for the animals they pursue, to them its nothing more than some sort of game. Some are even twistedly amused by the deer's pain and death, and it's the hunters like these that I can not and will not abide. In the past I've made it all too clear to them I considered such things sadistic and insulting to my humanity, and I will tell them just as bluntly the next time one speaks to me like that. My second would have to be guns, which though I enjoy for recreation, I dislike for hunting. When all you do on a hunt is see a creature in the distance through a scope, tug a trigger, and wait in a stand for the creature to die the whole dance just becomes so impersonal, so cold. I could never imagine myself hunting with a firearm and distancing myself like that. I will choose a bow over a gun on a hunt every time, because the closeness of the animal, the strain of working your muscles to pull back the chord, sighting with eyes not made of glass and mirrors, it all brings back the intimacy of the hunt and makes it a dance of predator and prey once again. It gives respect to the other by having to work for it rather than merely pulling a trigger, to work and struggle for that meat rather than merely expecting it to fall into your lap. So, while I am an advocate of hunting, because I know that we may find ourselves even more connected to nature through the experience, I can not stress enough that if you make that hunt something cold and impersonal, merely some game for twisted sport, then it has lost all of its meaning and beauty to become nothing more than the reaping of death.
stormcat
Transcended
What? Cats got your tongue...
Post by stormcat on Oct 18, 2006 17:10:24 GMT -5
Being sick doesn't mean non productive! I received my new Magickal name and my totem animal finally made itself known! I have a Barred Owl for my totem! I was surprised it was an owl I thought it would be a Badger or a Skunk. LOL >^-.-^<
Meteors Falling, While I see thee cross the sky, To wake and live and burn and die, All in a flash, eternity, Watches me fall as swift as thee.
I think that sickness many times open doors we leave shut when we are healthy. I've read time and time again that shamans, in particular, were ones who had healed themselves of things like epilepsy and more.
Congrats on your new totem... gonna share your new name?
Totems Nov 4, 2006 9:15:24 GMT -5
Post by wren on Nov 4, 2006 9:15:24 GMT -5
I have a friend who is in the midst of a personal crisis. One of the interesting things happening to her is the overwhelming abundance of black cats making themselves known to her. This is what I know of cat, as a totem:
Mystery, Magic and Independence
A cat totem encourages agility in both body and mind.
You will be challenged with new ideas and places.
The cat gives you clearer perception.
This spirit helper is resourceful, strong and fearless.
It will give you courage and confidence.
Examine the colors, character and behaviors of your Cat.
Everything about it will reflect in your own life.
When a Cat becomes predominant in your life,
magic and mystery come alive
Cats are fiercely independent. You can never own one: it allows you to take care of it and love it, but only on its terms. They come and go as they please, when they please. Cat's medicine is independence, curiosity, many lives, cleverness, unpredictability, healing, the ability to fight when cornered, seeing the unseen, and protection. He also represents love and can assist us in meditation. If Cat is your Power Animal, then you have magic and mystery in your life. You are independent and a free thinker. You probably feel energized at night. You will stay with a person or situation until it bores you, and then you're gone. You have a great talent for organizing things.
I'd appreciate any further information anyone has on CAT.
Last Edit: Nov 4, 2006 17:02:27 GMT -5 by wren


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Are non-Muslims allowed to enter mosques in Malaysia?
When I was in Morocco, I was disappointed to find out non-Muslims, in general, aren't permitted in mosques in the country, but I heard this isn't the case in some other countries. I'm headed to Malaysia soon and might want to step inside some mosques when I'm there.
Are non-Muslims permitted to enter mosques in Malaysia?
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UrbanaUrbana
I never understand how they know. It seems more like a 'non-whites' rather than 'non-muslims' policy
– Strawberry
TL; DR: Yes.
I grew up in Malaysia and I am a non-Muslim. I have been inside Putra Mosque, in the capital city of Putrajaya. It was part of a class field trip I had when I was in school.
However, you should pay close attention to etiquette and expected behaviors as outlined in your own answer. The girls in my group wore long sleeves, and shawls to cover their hair.
NVZ
casvaartcasvaart
Are you sure it wasn't assumed that you are a Muslim? I was in Christian monasteries before and everyone there assumed that I was a Christian because I'm a white European dude.
– Davor
@Davor fairly certain. I am ethnically Chinese; it is generally understood that non-Malays are non-Muslim. According to the 2010 census, there are 223,084 non-Malay Muslims out of 8,489,848 non-Malay citizens, or 2.63%.
– casvaart
Yes, non-Muslims are allowed to enter (at least some) mosques in Malaysia.
See user casvaart's answer for a local's perspective.
Having been in Malaysia, I can attest that visiting a mosque is possible for non-Muslims. There were no restrictions as far I could tell and I have entered at least a dozen mosques principally around Kuala Lumpur but also some in southern provinces.
In some cases, there were signs indicating not to take photos within the prayer hall itself but the outer part of the mosque can be photographed.
ItaiItai
Generally yes, but you might be asked to wear appropriate clothing (e.g. no exposed skin). But even then you might be given a gown to cover yourself with during your visit. At least that was the case at Putra Mosque (seen here)
NobilisNobilis
I can't speak for every mosque in the country but certainly from my experience of visiting a few mosques in KL and Malacca it's a case of "Sort of".
The mosques all had visitor areas where nobody had any issue with me, a white guy in jeans and a plain t-shirt coming for a look around.
Signs said no shorts and no shirts with pictures of skulls (or other wild things) on them but I encountered zero issue, they're used to tourists.
However...this was only to see a visitor area. To go into the main part of the mosque itself where the worship takes place; the big two in KL had signs explicitly saying this was not allowed for non-muslims.
If I remember right the national mosque had set hours when non-muslims were allowed to take tours but generally it wasn't allowed.
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His life was the stuff of a French opera. An orphan, and later a graduate of the military academy Saint-Cyr, he was passionately in love with a beautiful mistress. Then his regiment left for Algeria, where the desert and its people fascinated him. The fashionable Parisian agnostic next converted to Christianity, abandoned a successful military career, became a Trappist monk, and journeyed to the Holy Land. He later returned to Africa as a solitary hermit monk, where he lived among the poorest of the poor. His final years were spent in North Africa, most of them in the middle of the Sahara, where anti-French rebels assassinated him on December 1, 1916.
Armed with a comfortable inheritance, he headed for the Holy Land, where he visited sacred sites. He joined a Trappist monastery in Armenia, and stayed there for nearly seven years. Charles increasingly concentrated on imitating what he called "the hidden 1ife of Jesus," who lived among the poor. Employed as a custodian in the convent of the Poor Clares in Nazareth, he wrote, "I have now the unutterable, the inexpressibly profound happiness of raking manure." After seeking ordination in France in 1901, he returned to North Africa to live the remaining fifteen years of his life. Charles hoped to found a community of Little Brothers (and later Little Sisters) whose lives would be spent among the poor. None joined him in his lifetime, but by the 1970s more than 250 Brothers and 1,000 Sisters lived in small "fraternities" in different nations; a union of priests in secular vocations was launched in 1952, followed by two groups for lay women and men.
Although he had mustered out of the army, Charles retained links with its members. In 1905 an old military comrade invited him on an expedition deep into the Sahara, where Charles built a hermitage in the remote oasis village of Tamanrasset. He lived simply among local people, dressed in a white robe. While he wrote a Tuareg dictionary and maintained respect for Islam, his was not of a scholarly bent. Nor did he seek to convert local peoples, but to live a life of Christian compassion among them. Villagers called him a marabout, or holy man.
I want to accustom all the inhabitants, Christians, Muslims, Jews, and nonbelievers, to look on me as their brother, the universal brother. Already they're calling this house "the fraternity" (khaoua in Arabic) – about which I'm delighted – and realizing that the poor have a brother here – not only the poor, though: all men.
His death was complicated by his close association with the French military. Arms were stored in his hermitage, which by 1916 had meter-thick high walls. French military patrols stopped there, and to them and the Arabic-speaking populations Charles was a local French agent. The Senoussi tribesmen who killed him were using World War I as an opportunity to purge their homelands of foreign infidels. On the evening of December 1, 1916, a local person, bribed by the invaders, knocked on his door, pretending to deliver some mail. Armed rebels forced their way in, held the priest captive, ransacked the place, and shot him in the head.
Charles de Foucauld, Letters from the Desert, trans. Barbara Lucas (London: Burns & Oates, 1977), 143-144. See also Robert Ellsberg, "Charles de Foucauld," in Susan Bergman, ed., Martyrs (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1998).
Quoted in Charles de Foucauld, writings selected with an introduction by Robert Ellsberg (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1999), 89.
Ellsberg, "Charles de Foucauld," in Bergman, Martyrs, 297.


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Photography Eduardo Martins
Japanese heritage
Jacky Cheong
High Life had the pleasure of interviewing sake expert Tony Lee, who shared his passion for and insights into Japan's national drink. In the second part of this sake mini-series, the non-junmai line is highlighted.
Sometime during China's Qin and Han dynasties, or Japan's Yayoi period, rice agriculture reached Kyushu and spread across the Japanese archipelago. To this day, Japanese brewmasters still proudly bear the title of toji, the Japanese rendition of Du Kang, the legendary inventor of libation. Sake as we know it probably emerged during Japan's Nara period, contemporary with the zenith of China's Tang dynasty. It was not until the turn of the first millennium that monasteries and shrines began to make sake, which used to be a government monopoly.
Apart from water properties, rice varieties and polishing ratios, brewer's alcohol is a defining feature in the world of sake. In the 17th century, tojis discovered that adding small amounts of brewer's alcohol helped extract flavors and enhance mouthfeel. Sake played a pivotal role in Japan's accumulation of national capital, as the Meiji Restoration government encouraged people to start their own businesses. This is precisely why so many shuzos – sake breweries – are more than a century old.
"The sake sector is in a state of flux. The distinction between the jumai and non-junmai lines is becoming blurred. What perhaps count more nowadays are special designations such as kimoto, yamahai, koshu, genshu and muroka." Tony Lee
Due to food rationing and shortages during WWII, the use of brewer's alcohol was a necessity rather than an option. In the postwar period, the non- junmai line of sake had seen its heyday, before its junmai counterpart began grabbing all the headlines in recent years. Sake may no longer be a major source of tax revenue, but it remains an emblem of Japan. Of the 2,000 or so shuzos that survive to this day, most are family-owned, time-honoured and quality-driven smallholdings.
"As a rule of thumb, sake does not benefit from ageing, and is meant to be consumed soon after bottling. Fragrant and refreshing ones are usually served chilled, whereas pungent and substantial ones can be served at room temperature or even warm." Tony Lee
With fluent Japanese and nearly two decades of experience in the trade, the softly spoken and eminently courteous Tony Lee is one of the leading experts in Japanese sake and cuisine in the region. Over the years, he has been actively involved in promoting Japan's national drink as well as training sake professionals in Hong Kong and Macau.
The following sakes, covering the entire non-junmai line, are supplied by Tony Lee's Shugen Washuya Ltd.
Hokushika Kimoto Honjozo
Hokushika-shuzo was established in 1944 in Odate City, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku Region. Made with a blend of Akita Sakekomachi and Ginnosei at 70% rice polishing ratio. Limpid flax with sunlight reflex, the idyllic nose offers Japanese pear, rice sponge, bamboo shoots and wet stone. Full-bodied at 15.5% with an unctuous mouthfeel, the bucolic palate delivers daikon, wagashi, brine and jasmine, leading to a moreish finish. Can be served at room temperature or warm.
Uzume Iwatonomai Tokubetsu Honjozo
Ito-shuzo was established in 1847 in Yokaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Kansai Region. Made with a blend of Kinuhikari, Mienoyume and Kaminoho at 60 percent rice polishing ratio. Immaculately clean and thoroughly transparent, the pastoral effuses horseradish, shiitake mushroom, mochi and mirin. Full- bodied at 15.5 percent with a dense mouthfeel, the umami-rich palate emanates spring onion, dried shredded squid, rice cracker and miso, leading to a savory finish. Can be served at room temperature or warm.
Kikuizumi Ginkan Ginjo
Nishida-shuzo was established in 1878 in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region. Made with 100 percent Hanafubuki at 55 percent rice polishing ratio. Pellucid vanilla with straw reflex, the fragrant nose presents Japanese pear, glutinous rice cake, nori and lily. Medium-full bodied at 16 percent with a fresh mouthfeel, the vibrant palate furnishes ume, pickled daikon, puffed rice and honeysuckle, leading to a clear finish. Can be served chilled or at room temperature.
Echigozakura Suirakumukyu Daiginjo
Echigozakura-shuzo was established in 1890 in Agano City, Niigata Prefecture, Chubu Region. Made with 100 percent Yamadanishiki at 50 percent rice polishing ratio. Transparent beige with silver reflex, the discreet nose reveals wax jambu, radish, rock sugar and paperwhite. Medium-full bodied at 15.5 percent with a creamy mouthfeel, the melodious palate unveils loquat, chive, light soya sauce and crushed leaf, leading to an endless finish. Can be served chilled, at room temperature or warm.
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JORDAN DAVIS TO MAKE DEBUT ON NBC'S THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON ON FRIDAY (1/14)
DAVIS MARKS HIS OFFICIAL DEBUT WITH A PERFORMANCE OF HIS PLATINUM-CERTIFIED HIT SINGLE "BUY DIRT"
13 JANUARY 2022 (TORONTO, ON) – Country star, Jordan Davis, will make his debut appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this Friday January 14. Davis will mark his official debut with a performance of his Platinum-Certified hit single, "Buy Dirt." Check local listings for air dates and times.
Featuring country superstar Luke Bryan, "Buy Dirt" is the vulnerable title track and centerpiece of Davis' powerful Buy Dirt EP. "Buy Dirt" is Davis' fastest moving single to date, currently No. 4 and climbing on the country radio charts. Amassing more than 250 million streams worldwide, the song has been inside the Top 200 country streaming chart all 32 weeks since release and inside the Top 5 for 14 weeks. "Buy Dirt" received a nomination for Musical Event of the Year on the 55th Annual CMA Awards, Davis' first CMA nomination of his career.
About Jordan Davis
MCA Nashville's Jordan Davis has been named an "Artist to Watch" by Billboard, Rolling Stone, CMT, Pandora, Shazam, Amazon Music, Sounds Like Nashville, The Tennessean, SiriusXM, Whiskey Riff, and more. A Native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Davis graduated from LSU and briefly pursued the path of his degree working as an environmental consultant; however, his passion for music and songwriting eventually compelled him to move to Nashville in the summer of 2012. In 2018, Davis released his Gold-certified debut album, Home State, which features his three consecutive No. 1 hits: Platinum-Certified "Slow Dance In A Parking Lot," the Double Platinum-Certified "Singles You Up" and Platinum-Certified "Take It From Me." In 2019 Davis won Best New Country Artist at the iHeart Radio Music Awards and was a two-time nominee for ACM New Male Artist of the Year. He was also named Billboard's Top New Country Artist of 2018 as well as Country Aircheck/Mediabase's Most Heard New Artist of 2018. Davis has since accumulated over 2 billion streams worldwide. The hitmaker released a six-song, self-titled EP featuring a collaboration with pop superstar Julia Michaels titled, "Cool Anymore." In May 2021, Davis released his new eight song EP, Buy Dirt. Davis co-wrote every song on the EP except for the John Prine inspired "Blow Up Your TV," who Davis cites as one of his most important influences on his life and music. Davis has previously toured with the likes of Kane Brown, Rascal Flatts, Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Brett Young and Old Dominion.
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The work presented here aims to enrich material perception when touching interactive surfaces. This is realized through simulating changes in the perception of various material properties, such as softness and bendability. The thereby created perceptual illusions of surface changes are induced using electrotactile stimuli and texture projection as touch/pressure feedback. A metal plate with an embedded electrode was used to provide the user with electrotactile stimuli when touching the surface with a finger that is also equipped with an electrode. The distortion of material textures projected on the touched surface was used to visually simulate surface deformations. We show through an experiment that both, electrotactile and visual feedback can induce the illusion of surface deformation when provided separately. When tactile and visual touch feedback is presented at the same time, the perception of surface changes does not increase compared to just using one feedback modality only.


Fri., June 22, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
LONDON – Novak Djokovic became the 10th man to register 800 victories since the Open Era began in 1968 when he beat France's Adrian Mannarino 7-5 6-1 on Friday to reach the Queen's Club semifinals.
Djokovic, through to the semifinals for only the second time since last year's Eastbourne International, next meets France's Jeremy Chardy after he defeated American Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-4.
Top-seeded Marin Cilic also advanced with a 7-6 (3) 6-2 win over 2010 champion Sam Querrey.
Cilic now faces Nick Kyrgios, who eliminated defending champion Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).
The Croatian player hit 10 aces and dropped only three points on his first serve against American Querrey. He didn't give him a break point chance, and broke twice. Kyrgios again served 32 aces against Lopez, as he did in beating Kyle Edmund on Thursday, matching his personal best.
Published: June 22, 2018, 12:42 p.m.


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Hugh Jackman confirms- Cinema express
We had previously reported that Hugh Jackman will once again be donning the role of Wolverine in the upcoming Ryan Reynolds-starrer Deadpool 3. In a recent interaction, The Greatest Showman actor confirmed that Wolverine will be "angrier, grumpy" in the upcoming film.
Speaking to Associated Press about playing Wolverine once again after 2017's Logan, Jackman said, "It's a lot of fun. It's been five years and I really never thought I'd come back. And I'm really, really excited to come back. I can tell you I'm going to have the time of my life. I can tell you I've started back at the gym, and I'm eating a lot, and I feel bad for the cast of The Music Man with the amount of protein shakes I'm having. I do know a little bit about the script, but I'm not going to tell you."
When asked about how different Wolverine would be in the new film, the actor said, "There's no choice. He's definitely angrier, grumpy, and he's gonna take a lot of free shots at Ryan Reynolds, let me tell you. Physically, that is."
Shawn Levy, who had previously worked with Reynolds on Free Guy and The Adam Project, is directing Deadpool 3 with Reese and Wernick returning to write the screenplay. Deadpool would apparently be integrated with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) under Disney and the upcoming film will most likely be MCU's first R Rated film. The film will release on November 8, 2024, making it the first film of the MCU's Phase Six slate.
Deadpool, Deadpool 3, hugh jackman, Ryan Reynolds
Fast & Furious may have all-female cast spin-off- Cinema express
Heads of State starring John Cena, Idris Elba to be directed by Ilya Naishuller- Cinema express
A Knives Out Mystery earns $15 million despite limited theatrical release- Cinema express
Damien Chazelle captures the golden age of Hollywood in all its glory- Cinema express
Albert Pyun, director of the first ever Captain America film, dies at 69- Cinema express


I went to Iowa City this past weekend, and in addition to being part of a massive gold stripe, I paid a visit to the university archives to have a look at my birth mom's graduating class.
Fortunately for me, electrical engineering was not a popular major for women in the early 80s, so I was able to narrow down my list of candidates to ten people. From there, I applied a little Internet detectivery and was able to find one member of the class who appears to match up well with the information I have.
I'll try contacting her in the next week or so and ask her for help finding my birth mom - I don't want to go right out and accuse her of being my mom.


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All About Women's Conferences
by Melissa Campanelli
Women's conferences have been in the news lately, with some experts arguing that these events aren't effective and serve as merely "feel good" meetings with little accountability. However, as the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit, I'm solidly in the other camp. I believe women's conferences are vital and necessary because they allow people to connect with one another in a safe and unique environment.
In that spirit, I thought I'd let you all know about a women's conference taking place in Florida this month that I learned about from Christine Buscarino, vice president of e-commerce marketing and omnichannel at Office Depot (and a speaker at our Women in Retail Leadership Summit in April). The Office Depot Foundation Women's Symposium will take place on Feb. 26-27 at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla. The symposium's theme is "Building Your Toolbox for Success: Transitions for Today, Tomorrow and the Future."
"The symposium will help women learn and implement tools they can use immediately to become even more successful as they transition throughout the course of their personal and professional life,"said Mary Wong, president of the Office Depot Foundation. "Throughout the program, successful women from across the country will come together for education, inspiration, camaraderie and networking opportunities."
Speakers for the two-day event include the following:
Jen Lancaster, New York Times best-selling author of 12 books and a syndicated
humor columnist for Tribune Media Services.
Michelle Villalobos, founder of The Women's Success Summit and author of "The
Stiletto in Your Back."
Dr. Casandra "Coach Cass" Henriquez, Love Coach for Successful Women,
InspireMany.com.
Dr. Traci Lynn, founder and CEO, Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry
Holly Bohn, founder and creative director, See Jane Work
Paths to Wellness Today and Tomorrow featuring Peggy Gaines, Christian Cruz, Whanadi-Ann Sobrevilla, Ivette Agusti, Jamie Oberweger and Amy Jaramillo
The cost of standard registration is $299 per person, but readers of the Inner Circle are welcome to use the code ODFWS20 for 20 percent off registration through Feb. 17. For more information and to register for the 2016 Office Depot Foundation's Women's Symposium, please click here.
What do you think about women's conferences? Are they helping advance women in business? Or is the energy that goes into organizing and attending them better spent elsewhere? Let me know by dropping me a line at mcampanelli@napco.com.
Melissa Campanelli
Melissa Campanelli is the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, a a unique, members-only networking group that offers enterprise-level women in the retail industry a place to learn, connect and grow. She is also editor-in-chief and content director of Total Retail.
Prior to those positions, Melissa spent ten years at DM News, where she was first a senior editor and then deputy editor. She's also a leading expert in small business e-commerce and author of the books "Entrepreneur Magazine's Open an Online Business in 10 Days" and "55 Surefire Internet Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000."
In her free time, Melissa loves exploring New York City and Brooklyn and spending time with her family.
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Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing, ski and backcountry gear, and the Uinta Brewing Company, will sponsor the thirteenth annual fund-raiser party benefitting the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC).
Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing, ski and backcountry gear, and the Uinta Brewing Company, will sponsor the thirteenth annual fund-raiser party benefitting the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC). Slated for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 14th at Black Diamond (2084 East 3900 South), the festivities will include dinner from Barbacoa Mexican Grill, music by Jerry Joseph and a silent auction featuring generous donations from various outdoor manufacturers.
The UAC is responsible for providing daily avalanche advisories for the northern Utah. Federal funding cuts force the Center to run almost entirely on non-federal money and on a season-by-season basis. The Center has been able to operate for the past ten years due to the community response by backcountry users and local and national businesses.
Tickets are $30 per person if purchased by September 9th ($35 at the door). Buying tickets in advance ticket enters party-goers into the raffle. Advance tickets are available at the Black Diamond Retail Store (2084 East 3900 South). All proceeds will be donated to the Utah Avalanche Center. For additional information, contact Colleen Graham Nipkow at Black Diamond Equipment at 801-365-5522.


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City Watch
Kia Cee'd EcoDynamics Driven
Richard Lane | 08 August 2012
Dressed in a sharp new suit, Kia's second generation Cee'd certainly looks the part, but there's also substance to match the style.
European by Design
Currently undergoing a brand transformation the magnitude of which is rarely seen in the automotive world, Kia believe that the second generation Cee'd showcases everything the company knows about automotive design. It's not hard to tell, either.
The 2012 Cee'd marks an aesthetic improvement over the original car that could have easily taken sixteen years instead of six, and even that wasn't exactly a bad looking car. Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer's arrival from Volkswagen came a little late to influence the first generation car, but now, along with Kia's European design chief Gregory Guillaume, the pair have injected a marked and decisive design language into Kia's popular hatchback.
Narrower and lower than its predecessor, the new Cee'd also sits closer to ground. It's sporty intentions are emphasized further by steeply raked A-pillars and cab-forward stance that immediately sets it apart from its C-segment rivals. The Cee'd's sportier stance can also be attributed to the significant widening of both the front (17mm) and rear (32mm) tracks.
Something that Schreyer is particularly proud of is that this production car so closely resembles the original clay model. This is because the design team originally spent "more time working on the proportions than the details", said Guilliaume before this year's Geneva Motor Show. "We believe in getting the proportions, volumes and surfacing right. If you achieve that, it speaks for itself in the manner of a simple black cocktail dress".
Kia have also spent over 100 hours with the Cee'd in the wind tunnel – something that has helped contribute to it's impressively low drag-coefficient of 0.30 (for reference, Porsche's slippery new 911 has a Cd of 0.29). The front and rear lights bear the fruit of these hours in the wind tunnel, both featuring sculpted plastic lenses designed to guide air around and off the car. The crease in the rear light even flows into the metal rear three-quarter panel, such is Kia's uncompromising approach to designing this car.
Attracting the most attention, and winning the plaudits, is the Cee'd's heavily revised front graphic. Featuring Kia's latest interpretation of the 'tiger-nose' grille, the front graphic also features wrap-around headlights which house tasteful daytime running LED strips. The bonnet sports two character lines that flow into the A-pillar from the grille – one following the curvature of the headlights and the other mirroring it further out into the bonnet panel. Details like these make the Cee'd worthy of praise, and combined they add up to make the car fluent and well very resolved.
In comparison to the front, the rear graphic is strangely uninspiring. A raked rear-windscreen continues the sporty trend and, thankfully, there's no gargantuan black plastic bumper either. But the Cee'd's ovoid derrière is cumbersome in regard to the car's chiseled snout, and that's a shame, because the Cee'd is so nearly comprehensively brilliant to look at.
A wedge-like silhouette, combined with a low belt-line and aggressive stance lend the Cee'd an unexpected vibe of authority and competence, and it should be regarded as a major coup that Kia have aesthetically upstaged many of their more prestigious rivals with a bold and individual design.
EcoDynamics Technology
Kia's Ecodynamics technology make this 1.6-litre CRDi the most environmentally friendly Cee'd currently at market. Fitted with ISG, Kia's stop/start system, CO2 emissions are just 100g/km and fuel economy of 65mpg can be reached on a day-to-day basis. And whilst 100g/km CO2 emissions are no longer exceptional, the 1.6-litre engine still manages to produce 126bhp, which compares favorably with rivals. Although a little gruff, the 4-cylinder diesel engine is a strong powerplant with plenty of torque. The overall driving experience, however, is unreservedly inert.
Kia's environmental efforts extend further than the machinery, however, and the company's policy of building cars in the markets where they will be sold reduces the distance that finished cars have to be transported. Furthermore, 75% of the parts used in the plant that makes the Cee'd in Žilina, in the Upper Vah region of Slovakia, are sourced from within Western Europe.
At just £18,295, the combination of striking good looks, an honest and well-built interior, and competitive economy make the Cee'd a compelling package as a spacious 5-door hatchback. Kia still have a little way to go, mainly in terms of driver involvement, before they can genuinely be mentioned in the same sentence as Volkswagen and Ford's engaging Focus, but if the established brands haven't yet felt Korean breath on their necks, they certainly do now.
Kia Cee'd 1.6 CRDi '2'
Engine: 1582cc 4-cyl diesel Power: 126bhp @ 4000rpm Torque: 192ft lb @ 1900 0-60mph: 11.5s Top speed: 122mph CO2 emissions: 100g/km Fuel economy: 74.3mpg combined Price: £18,295
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Great opportunity to get growing equity value. Perfect for investors. As per public records unit is 2 bed/ 1 bath but now is 4/2. Tenant is month to month. Home needs TLC. Near new development area. Large Lot. Centrally located.


Wrap up your summer in late September with the Capital Striders' premiere race through the heart of downtown Des Moines.
Start your race season right with a fast and flat 8k around Grays Lake in Des Moines.
Enjoy the dirt trails and scenery of Brown's Woods while completing a fun and spooky 5k, 10k, or 15k trail run.
Brave the Iowa cold in this 8mi trail run that snakes along the Des Moines river.
The Capital Striders have events nearly every week of the year. Check out our Events page for more info.
Events, discounts, training runs and more!
Being a Capital Striders member entitles you to many benefits.
The CS group offers comprehensive training and nutrition programs on a weekly and monthly basis. Their plans intensity range from jump starting the beginner to squeezing the best out of the elite.
CS members receive discounts on all CS races as well as a few other local races! Likewise members receive discounts at local merchants including: running and fitness stores, massage therapists, chiropractors, and many, many more!
The Capital Striders offer groups dedicated to increasingly popular style of running. The CS Turkeys enjoy weekly runs through trails (marked and unmarked) through out central Iowa. And the Run with the Animals group offer weekly runs for beginners and those getting back into shape.
In addition to road and trail races through out the year, The Capital Striders put on an annual awards dinner with a prominent speaker, a summer picnic, and a New Year's day potluck and run.
Since 1999, the Capital Striders have awarded up to five $1200 scholarships to students in Polk County who are leaders and letter winners on their high school cross country or track teams and have been accepted at a college or university. Apply Now!
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What Worked Asia - 26 Feb 2016 - Value / Beta were hurt in most regions after last week's bounce
26. February 2016 Patrick-Hansen What Worked (0)
What Worked – In Hong Kong there was a selloff in high Beta names. Alibaba Health Information was down 15% and KWG Property Holdings was down 12%. In China there was a slight move away from Large-cap names. Zhejiang Expressway was down 10% and Tingyi Holdings was down 10%. Value and large-cap names were hurt in Singapore, Keppel Corp was down 3% and Ezion Holdings was down 4%. Taiwan saw a move into Value and away from Growth names. Some strong sales growth names that were hurt were Motech down 9% and Giga Solar Materials down 9%. India also saw a good selloff in Value this week with a slight move into Quality. AIA Engineering was up 3% and also EIH Limited was up 5%. Malaysia was one of only place that value worked this week. Dividend Yield was very strong. Press Metal was up 3% and Pavilion Real Estate Investment was also up 4%. Nothing really stood out in South Korea.
Who Moved – 151 names moved on Volume this week. The volume spikes were well distributed across the region with a slight focus in the Financial Sector. On the positive side, XinRen Aluminum was up 79%, Freeman Financial Corp was up 37% and Bank Tabungan Pensiunan was up 37%. On the other side, OBI Pharma was down 32%, KEPCO was down 24% and KWG Property was down 11%.
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What Worked Japan - 26 Feb 2016 - Selloff in Value after the strong bounce last week
What Worked – After last week's strong bounce in Beta and Value, this week we saw a moderate selloff in Value and a slight move back into Retail names. Since the middle of October last year we see that PE has one strong week followed by a month or so of underperformance. If that holds true this time we have two more weeks of Value hurting. The last time that PE consistently did well was back in April/May of 2015. Low PE names that did not do well this week were Nippon Shokubai down 11%, Shinsei Bank down 9% and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical down 8%. Retail names that bounced back were Aiful up 10%, Softbank up 10% and Fujikura also up 10%.
Who Moved – Compared to last week, volume really dried up. Only 26 names moved on strong volume, which is about normal for Japan. On the positive side, Central Glass was up 21%, Unipres was up 16% and Trend Micro was up 16%. On the other side, ABC-Mart was down 5%, Temp Holdings was down 4% and Inpex was down 4%.
What Worked Australia - 26 Feb 2016 - Value 2 for 2, slow down in momentum sell-off
What Worked – Value made it 2 for 2 this week, the main difference being that Dividend Yield also came along for the ride, the notable exception here is the high yielding financials that took a hit. Nine Entertainment (NEC, +4.8%), CSR Limited (CSR, +0.9%) and Spotless Group (SPO, +11.5%) among the highest yielding non-financials that posted positive returns for the week. Momentum all managed to be in the red this week, although the numbers are getting smaller each week, almost looking about time for the reversion to cease. While Size produced good results for the week, this was largely on the back of a sell-off in the large cap space rather than a swing into the smaller names. Commonwealth Bank (CBA, -3.8%), Westpac (WBC, -4.2%) and BHP Billiton (BHP, -6.2%) all dropping significantly. Of thew top 10 biggest names in the ASX 200 only one managed to finish the week higher this week.
Who Moved – Volume continues to be reasonably heavy during these wild swings, and this week was no different. 33 names moved on significantly higher than normal volumes this week. In the winner's circle, Altas Iron (AGO, +40.0%), UGL Limited (UGL, +20.4%) and Whitehaven Coal (WHC, +18.3%) all up very strongly, while Cover-More Group (CVO, -12.4%), Automotive Holdings (AHG, -7.1%) and Independence Group (IGO, -6.7%) finished the week lower on high volumes.
The ECB and Draghi's Confidence Game
Source: Bloomberg ECB Interviews, Custom Products
(Picture does not include less active/vocal members [Stournaras, Georghadji, Reinesch, Bonnicim Costa, Makuch)
This is an excerpt from a report 'Central Banks' Monetary Policy and Implications for the Yen' to be published soon
As the ECB Governing Council prepares for its March 10 monetary policy meeting, the rhetoric in anticipation has continued to build. Members are cognizant of the disappointment that arose in the wake of the December meeting where the deposit rate was tweaked down to -0.3% and the QE program was extended for six more months to March 2017, causing the euro (EURUSD) to appreciate by 3%.
Subsequently, the focus has been divided between overseeing the progress on the Euro Zone economy and concerns of a slowdown in China with its relaxation of the RMB trading bands as a possible precursor for devaluation. Mr. Draghi has also recently been focusing on pressures on European banks arising from weakness in commodity and oil & gas prices as well as a widening in sovereign yield spreads on peripheral countries Italy and Portugal. Though this has had a limited impact on Euribor-OIS spreads, which in fact had expanded more in the US (presumably due to higher exposure to commodity and energy sectors).
Source: Bloomberg, Custom Products
Despite a desire not to disappoint markets, it would seem premature to add to further QQE so shortly after the December meeting and amidst uncertainty revolving around a possible 'Brexit' (which has made the ECB's job easier by dragging down the euro) . Mr. Draghi has rarely enjoyed unanimity in ECB decisions, so recent statements by Draghi of frustration with low inflation, supported unanimously by the five-member ECB Executive Committee, makes further easing in March the base case. In addition, Mr Draghi's apparent impatience to push for action now, may be understood in the context that two of the ECB Governing Council's most hawkish members (Weidmann and Hansson) will not have a vote in the March meeting (the monthly rotation in voting rights on the Governing Council means that only 15 of 19 national bank governors are allowed to vote at each monthly meeting).
Though January Core CPI (P) was only up 1%, it is still the highest since Q4 2012 while the CPI (P) was 0.4%, also the best since January 2012. (The HICP basket also seems to have been dragged down 40bps by a heavy 15% weighting in transportation). Still, the PPI (Producer Price Index) in December continued to be weak at -3%. Q4 GDP maintained a positive trend, up 0.3% MoM and 1.5% YoY. While provisional February PMI numbers announced earlier this week, between 51.0 and 53.0 disappointed; though still comfortably above contraction levels.
Several Governing Council hawks (Merch, Jazbec, Weidman) have continued to warn this month that the council not be seen as being reactionary by trying to address what could be temporal moves in crude oil prices. While the doves (Villeroy, Visco, Constancio) reiterated that the 'deflation battle was not over' and that 'sometimes aggressive action is necessary before inflation falls further'.[1] Thus there is a desire to be pre-emptive as it is feared that inflation could fall further from 0.4% in January, possibly testing test zero around June, as 5-yr forward inflation swaps have fallen to 145bps from the 170bps level as of the December meeting (though this is an envious level for any BOJ member who is looking at 5-yr forward inflation expectations of 10bps).
Mr Coeure, the former French Treasury Deputy General director, will likely continue the conciliatory role, trying to build consensus with the undecideds (Nowotny, Likanen, Rimsevics). Especially, Mr. Likanen, who was previously opposed to further easing but has recently shown a willingness to entertain further easing. Another neutral member, Mr. Nowotny, continues to ratchet down market expectations as being too aggressive, in order to avoid further disappoint like in December.
Over the last four years, Mr. Draghi has gone from wanting to protect the euro to driving a portfolio rebalance, which has seen a shift to riskier assets (particularly peripheral sovereign debt). The bank has learned from earlier missteps from the two earlier LTROs (2011-2012) as to the need to incentivize bank lending by providing a wide enough corridor between lending and deposit rates. Reduction in the deposit rate has also met with some success in lifting inflation expectations (albeit fleeting), while 10.4% (P) January unemployment in the Eurozone continues to be a worry, it is perhaps better addressed with fiscal policy which remains contractionary.
Though the ECB was successful in its defense of the constitutionality of OMT (outright monetary purchases), at the European Court of Justice in Brussels, last June. This 'whatever it takes' stance, which it made provision for in 2012, has yet to be applied. Under the current PSPP (Public Sector Purchase Program) launched March 9 2015, 88% of the €60bn/month bond purchases have been allocated to government bonds and recognized agencies. 92% of these purchases are carried out by national central banks in proportion to their ECB capital keys (share of ECB total capital) with an issuer specific limit of 33%, so that the ECB not give the appearance that it was risking its equity to subsidize weaker states.[2]
There remains continued misgivings from the Bundesbank that the ECB must clearly separate the roles of oversight and policy implementation, before the bank directly purchase members' sovereign bonds, lest it appear to be directly aiding weaker members. The Bundesbank is also still insisting on a haircut, if necessary, before any sovereign bonds are actually bought by the central bank directly.
The ECB, under Mr Draghi, has conducted itself in an academic fashion, with a strong focus on influencing expectations through communication. It separates the times for scale, maturity and monetary rates announcements to gauge the market's reaction to each. It also delineates the clear guidance from announced scale. In this way, the ECB has been able to measure the market's reaction to all aspects of its quantitative easing[3] Still Mr. Draghi has always insisted that all he needs is a simple majority to carry the day, and given recent votes, this is fortunate. The ECB also does not disclose dissenting votes in final decisions, ostensibly to avoid political pressure and maintain the operational independence of its members.[4] Though one cannot help but get the impression all votes don't necessarily carry the same weight.
The ECB's quantitative easing is already far in excess of any reasonable level deemed necessary to ensure discipline in the overnight market or maintain the portfolio rebalance.[5] However, Mr. Draghi conceded in a December 2015 speech in New York that QE would likely have to exceed €1.46trn thus far if 1.8-2% inflation target was to be achieved.[6] As a minimum, the ECB balance sheet is likely to rise to around €3.74trn by time QE has ended in March 2017.
Source: ECB
Whereas the Fed has been the most aggressive in lowering real policy rates (policy rate adjusted for CPI) since the onset of the GFC (global financial crisis), the ECB now seems poised to retake that lead role. While we expect the Bank to emphasize the abundance of policy tools and sources of liquidity in March, the ECB's main tool will likely be a further cut to its deposit rate to -50bps. This everyone, should recognize, will simply bring about a further succession of quid-pro-quo cuts from Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Japan (and possibly China), so that we could be back in the same place in June that we started out at the beginning on the year.
Source: Custom Products
[1] The role of crude oil prices should not be exaggerated for the EU where the correlation is 0.15 ((t-statistic 2.5) while the US correlation is .29 (t-statistic 5.2).
[2] Benoit Couere, ECB Board Member March 10, 2015 (clearly stated that purchases made by national central banks will not be subject to loss sharing).
[3] Even Mr. Draghi's predecessor, Jean-Claude Trichet often had the ECB plant rumours in the market that it was buying certain sovereigns by asking for quotes in the short end of the yield curve for Portuguese and Irish bonds in March 2011, when later disclosure revealed that the ECB holdings had actually declined. But the impact on yields was clear. (Depooter, Michiel)
[4] Camila Villard Duran, The Framework for the Social Accountability of Central Banks: The Growing Relevance of the Soft Law in Central Banking, European Journal of Legal Studies, Issue 19
[5] The Bank's own calculation and our calculation confirm that no more than €300bn is needed to keep Eonia and Euribor rates within 10bps of the deposit rate.
[6] Bloomberg 1.4.16
Crime in Japan – Part 2 - The break-up of the nuclear family & the end of jobs for life
23. February 2016 Michael-Newman Research (0)
The economic toll behind the break-up of the nuclear family in Japan
Did you know that 25% of all marriages in Japan are couples that marry due to unplanned pregnancies? In Okinawa that rate is 42.4% Did you also know that 25% of all households with children in Japan are single-parent? The dutiful wife getting up at 4am to make breakfast for her samurai salaryman husband is virtually non-existent and half of divorces happen in age groups 55 years old and above. 25% of divorces occur in the 65yo+ cohort. The government changed the law in 2007 entitling wives to up to half of their ex-husband's pension. Still the trend was rising sharply even before its introduction. Mrs. Watanabe has had enough of her salaryman and wants out.
Domestic violence (DV) is seeing a very sharp upturn in Japan. Between 2010 and 2014, DV has soared 60.6% against women and 650.1% against men. Most cases (over 60%) of DV were marital related. Recognizing the growing problem, the police have even developed a new category of DV, which defines a divorced couple who are living under the same roof. Economic conditions for some families has become so tight that the stress of living with someone they do not want to be with now gets its own category, scoring over 6,000 cases alone in 2014.
Source: Japanese National Police Agency (JNPA)
Between 2010 and 2014, total reported stalking cases surged 36.6% to 24,837. 50% of stalking incidents recorded were related to partners (including former partners).
The Ministry for Health, Labor & Welfare (MHLW) has 208 child consultation centres, which fielded over 88,000 cases in 2014, a 20.5%YoY increase or 22x the level of 20 years ago. Despite a 2.4x jump in social workers inside these child consultation centres over the last two decades they can't keep up with the demand. The Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) statistics show a sharp jump in arrests for child abuse, 80% being due to physical violence causing injury. In 2013, 36 abused children died with 16 of them under 1 year old. Police note that child abuse is being driven by the breakdown in traditional family, unemployment and poverty, stats which we showed earlier to be rising steadily.
Source: Statistics Bureau
Crime in Japan is a problem that will not simply disappear with the evolving mix of aging demographics, poverty, unemployment, underemployment and economic stagnation. We note that the previous jump in Japanese crime started in 1997 and ran to a peak in 2003. Unemployment was a factor. In the crime boom of 2010-2016, we note that the unemployment rate has fallen but it masks disturbing trends in lower paid part-time work which is putting families under financial stress.
There is the smell of fear in the workplace. In the period 2002 to 2013, labour disputes almost trebled. Bullying and harassment (which are obviously less palatable for companies to have floating in the public domain) as a percent of total disputes has ballooned from 5.8% to almost 20% over the same period.
Another dilemma in the data is the employment referrals by government unemployment agencies for middle or advanced aged staff (45yo+) shows that around 25% of them end up with work in a fixed term capacity of more than 4 months.
Ironically active retraining of inmates to help them find new careers after release occurs in prison. Why isn't more being spent on finding ways to redeploy those out of prison? The idea that any job will do is a recipe for failure and cannot be relied upon as a sustainable program. Most vocational training by Hello Work, the government unemployment insurance agency, is broad and non-specific. Any specific job training will be 'paid for' which ultimately is limited to an unemployed person's financial status and confidence a job will be attainable at the end of it.
Crime in Japan - Part 3 – Yakuza, Murder, Drugs, Fraud & the Police – out in March
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Crime in Japan – Part 1 - The Economics of Elderly Crime
Geriatric Jailbirds – Breaking into Prison
While retirement for many of us is some way into the future, common sense would dictate that once we reach it, committing crime is probably furthest from our minds. Hugging one's grandchildren is surely a better option than talking to them through a glass window. If you are in prison you are supposed to be old when you leave not when you enter it. Not so in Japan.
The incidence of crime committed by the elderly is soaring. 35% of all arrests for shop-lifting involve the retiree demographic, up from 20% (2001). Since 2001, their representative percentage of the prison population has doubled and 40% of repeat offenders among the elderly have committed crimes six times or more in order to return as a guest of His Excellency. While much of it is petty crime, there seems a deliberate attempt to 'break into prison' as a way to survive. A roof over their head, three square meals a day, no utility bills and unlimited free health care. The only real negative being the harsh prison rules about when one can talk to fellow inmates. To the state, one inmate costs ¥3.8mn to incarcerate and we estimate around ¥300,000 in court and administration fees per incarceration. Furthermore supplemental healthcare to the prison system has doubled in the last 7 years. We study the economics of what might drive someone to make the choice to commit crime and look at the government's current funding for income support. Is it being spent wisely?
Source: Japan National Police Agency (JNPA)
Such has been the overpopulation in prisons, the government has had to increase capacity by 50% in the last decade and boost the incidence of early release and parole to create space for what one can only guess is a way of developing state sponsored retirement villages. Female prisons are already full but the MoJ wants to increase the number of female prison guards to prepare for the anticipated increase in elderly crime.
At the last (average) count in 2010, there were 4,069 elderly inmates. While that is only 14 people per 100,000 aged over 65 that rate has been climbing from 12 in 2004 and around 8 in 2000. We estimate at the 5.4% compound growth rates experienced to date, that 31 people per 100,000 is possible by 2036. At that rate, 11,636 elderly citizens would be in jail at a cost to the government of ¥42bn per annum as health cost related budgets have been appropriated at around ¥120,000 per elderly inmate.
'Supplemental welfare' or income support paid by the Japanese government is approximately ¥3.6 trillion per annum and spread across 5.9mn people (an average of ¥605,000 per person). ¥1.7 trillion of that total is for medical and nursing care (c.¥1.2mn per person). Note this portion of healthcare is separate from the ¥36 trillion annual healthcare budget.
What are the economic sums that drive a pensioner to consider committing crime? We surmise that a measly base pension of ¥780,000 (US$7,000) per annum won't get one very far. When throwing on top of that healthcare, rent, utilities and food it is not hard to get someone into net-negative income territory. Sure, supplemental income through part time work may close the gap but perhaps that some are resigned to their fate to consider jail as an option.
There is another elephant in the room. Suicides among pensioners are now 40% of the total, up from 27% in 1983. One gets the feeling that all of the things that retirees had come to expect from a society is in reality against their long-entrenched cultural thinking. Wives of retirees now make up 6% of all reported suicides. They are obviously not adjusting to having the bread winner at home every day. We break down suicides by prefecture and show the clear link to elderly populations, low population growth and relatively smaller GDP compared to national averages. The economic malaise in the regions contradicts a vibrant Tokyo and much of what is going on does not get reported. Domestic violence committed by the elderly has surged 2.4x in the last 5 years. The number of murders committed are even higher.
Solutions are hard to fathom. By 2060, 40% of the population will be above 65 years of age. Would Japan be better off building large scale dormitories that would include medical facilities in return for pension sacrifice? This way these pensioners could trade off prison life for state sponsored shelters at one would expect a fraction of the cost of adding to prison population. Surely if the government met potential pickpocketing pensioners half way then it would be preferable to both parties on cost and shame grounds. Would a Benesse (9783) be interested in running a public-private initiative (PPI) to help the government build such centres given they are already investing in old age care facilities? Benesse wants to expand its elderly care business to 20% of the group total by 2020. The government has taken this approach of PPI with building day-care centres as JP Holdings (2749) has benefitted greatly from. The government needs to think of how to revitalise the regional areas. With slowing economic growth, working age employees flock to the cities where jobs are more likely. It exacerbates the pressure on the regions to survive and poses longer term risks for the companies in the region to sustain employment. PPI projects in the regions makes sense from a variety of perspectives which we discuss might alleviate the pressure.
What Worked Asia - 19 Feb 2016 - Value and Beta drove most Markets in Asia this week
What Worked – Beta and Value bounced in Hong Kong this week. Beta has not done this well in Hong Kong since last September. Obviously there was a huge reversal in price momentum. Names that did well were Alibaba Health up 37% and Season Pacific Holding up 23%. In China it was all about Beta and to a lesser degree Value. Huaneng Renewables was up 35% and Huadian Fuxin Energy was up 30%. In South Korea, it was the opposite. Value was the strongest and Beta trailed behind. Value names that did the best were OCI was up 26% and Ssangyong Cement was up 12%. Singapore was all about Beta and Large cap. The one-week price reversal was through the roof high. Names that were up were Sembcorp Marine was up 20% and Noble Group was up 18%. Interestingly in India, Value barely worked and Beta did nothing this week. Indonesia was also all about Value and Beta did nothing this week. Names that were up were Eagle High Plantation up 27% and Media Nusantara was up 10%. Value and Beta did well in Malaysia. SapuraKencana Petroleum was up 9% and Press Metal was up 5%.
Who Moved – 218 names moved on volume this week. A good number of volume spikes came in India and South Korea. Relative to other regions, there were not a lot of spikes in China and Hong Kong. At the Sector Level, the Finance Sector dominated the spikes. On the positive side, Thai Airways International was up 37%, Huaneng Renewables was up 34% and Just Dial was up 26%. On the other side, COSMAX was down 21%, Enseval Putera Megatrading was down 18% and Korea Kolmar was down 17%.
What Worked Japan - 19 Feb 2016 - Value / Beta bounced hard on very strong volume
What Worked – Huge bounce in Value and high Beta names. With TOPIX bouncing 8% this week, Value (particularly PE), Beta and names with a high percent of Foreign investors really did well this week. High Beta and names with a high % of Foreign Investor have not done this well in the last 2 years. The last time PE did this well was last October. Value names that did well this week were Tokyo Tatemono up 26%, Nabtesco Corp was up 21% and Capcom was up 22%. High Beta names that did well were Sumitomo Rubber Industries up 29%, Sumco up 27% and IHI Corp up 24%. Names with a high percent of Foreign Investors that outperformed were Softbank was up 22%, Capcom was up 22% and ASATSU-DK was up 22%. There was a slight sell off in Retail names as they have done well pretty much every week since the beginning of the year.
Who Moved – A very good sign was that this week's move was on very strong volume. 210 names moved on volume this week. 189 names moved up on strong volume and only 21 names moved down on volume this week. Looking at the names that moved down, Yamazaki Bread was down 12%, Trend Micro was down 9% and Hokuetsu Kishu was down 7%. On the positive side, aside from ASATSU-DK all the above names moved on volume. Other names that moved up on strong volume were DMG MORI was up 19%, Itochu was up 17% and Pola Orbis up 18%.
What Worked Australia - 19 Feb 2016 - Value strong, but smaller names the winners
What Worked – For the first time this year value has managed to come in with an IC above our "threshold" of 10%. All value metrics (ex dividend yield) posted very strong numbers this week, the strongest in fact since the week before Christmas. Seven West Media (SWM, +12.7%), Seven Group Holdings (SVW, +5.6%) and Spotless Group (SPO, +16.9%) all amongst the sub 10x PER names that posted better than the index returns for the week. Momentum on the other hand reversed as the names that had run (and become more expensive) flat-lined for the week against the index, and the cheaper names took the lead. Momentum was negative across the board, driven not by profit taking, but a run into index laggards.
Size came into play this week also, having it worst performing week in almost a year. While the large cap names remained in-line with the index, the smaller names saw a dramatic pickup. Mount Gibson Iron (MGX, +5.7%), Cardno Ltd (CDD, +12.5%) and AWE Ltd (AWE, +17.7%) amongst the smallest names in the index that all saw significant returns for the week. All in all, only 8 names in the sub- 1bn AUD market cap range posted a loss for the week.
Who Moved – Strong week for volume as 39 names from the 200 in the index posted significantly stronger than usual volumes. On the winning end were a lot of the smaller names, including Beadall Resources (BDR, +33.3%), Whitehaven Coal (SHC, +26.7%) and GWA Group (GWA, +22.8%), while the other end of the list saw Arrium (ARI, -74.1%), Cover-More Group (CVO, -14.3%) and Atlas Iron (AGO, -9.1%) all come off on the back of very strong volumes.
Crime In Japan Series - Executive Summary
A tsunami of stats pointing to seismic shifts in society
The state of crime in Japan – a summary
When I first stumbled over the crime data by chance I never envisaged I would have over 120 charts and 100 pages to write about. There is so much for one to take in that I've decided to break it up into a series looking at the saddening trends the country now faces. It is a wild ride and will undo a lot of perceptions. This piece is the executive summary and in coming days we'll investigate elderly crime and the breakdown in the traditional nuclear family and touch on the yakuza, police budgets, Olympic security, financial fraud and murder. Brace yourselves.
The Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) databanks are a treasure trove. Alarmingly is the trend in the activities of those above 60 years old. Over one-third of all arrests for shop-lifting involve this retiree demographic, up from 20% (2001). Since 2001, their representative percentage of the prison population has doubled and given the lenient sentences generally given in Japan (even drug offences mostly carry jail terms inside 2 years) 40% of repeat offenders among the elderly have committed crimes six times or more in order to return as a guest of His Excellency.
Such has been the overpopulation in prisons, the government has had to increase capacity by 50% over the last decade and boost the incidence of early release and parole to create space which one wonders is a way of making state sponsored retirement villages. Female prisons are already full (4,500 inmates) but the MoJ wants to increase the number of female prison guards to prepare for the anticipated increase in elderly crime.
Suicides among pensioners is now 40% of the total up from 27% in 1983.
There are now 3.9mn single mother and 664,000 single father households in Japan which combined now contribute almost a quarter of all households with children up from 15% in 1990. 25% of couples now marry because of unplanned pregnancy. The traditional 'nuclear' family is no more. Child abuse cases are up 22x over the last 20 years to 90,000.
Domestic violence (DV) is seeing a very sharp upturn in Japan. Between 2010 and 2014, victims of DV have soared 60.6% against women and 650.1% against men. Economic conditions for some families has become so tight that divorced couples are living under the same roof and DV in this category (recently created by the police), scored over 6,000 cases alone in 2014. Police cite economic issues as the largest factor.
Pressure to prevent losing one's job seems to be a factor in the steady increase in labour disputes. In the period 2002 to 2013, labour disputes almost trebled. Bullying/harassment (which are obviously less palatable for companies to have in the public domain) as a percent of total disputes has ballooned from 5.8% to almost 20%.
What is inescapable is that Japan's crime is unlikely to peak anytime soon. The trends show that Japan is no different to Greece. When economic conditions reach certain limits, people do what they must do to survive. That the elderly are considering ways to break into prison to seek a better life tells us all we need to know. How bad does a society have to get in order for this to be a viable choice? Mr & Mrs Watanabe are sending a very important warning. Government and investors should take heed.
We run the mathematics on what drives a pensioner to want to be a jail bird and show the government is literally burning up ¥30bn per annum on unnecessary costs which could be solved by sensible public-private initiatives (PPI) that are already used in day-care centres. The formation of state run dormitories would save ¥17bn in prison guard costs alone and reduce costs to the state of the 5.9mn citizens that fall under income support. We will delve into the details in Crime in Japan – Part 1 on Monday Feb 22nd. Stay tuned.
The full summary is available here.


"Why won't iTunes Match work in iTunes 12.5? Ever since the new Apple Music started, iTunes Match isn't an option for me to turn on my iTunes for Windows 8. It's listed on the store menu but I don't have the option to click on it. I was struggling with this last night with my computer. Anyone know how to fix iTunes match problems, thanks a lot."
iTunes Match allows people to store a large number of songs on their iPhone and keep the music they haven't purchased to iCloud easily. But recently, many users reported that iTunes Match not working on PC after update to the latest version. Some of them saw a greyed-out menu when try to turn on iTunes Match, others even encountered iTunes match not uploading or syncing songs on computer. This article will show you 3 effective methods to fix iTunes match won't work issues quickly.
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Run iTunes on your computer and select the Store menu at the top, click Sign Out.
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By far, we've shown you 3 easy methods to fix iTunes Match not working on computer. If you have other errors, such as iTunes Match not loading playlists or not working on iOS 10 after update or restore, you can also try the solutions above.


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The External Advisory Panel's remit is to act in an advisory role to the Department of Materials, in particular:
1) To provide advice on the structure and content of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses provided by the Department
2) To provide advice on the strategic research focus of the Department.
The panel meets in London once a year and its members are:
Professor Anne Borg
Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
Dr Peter Brown
Senior Principal Scientist
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) (UK)
Mr Steve Dearden
Director, Engineering and Technology – Submarines
Rolls-Royce plc (UK)
Dr Urs Dürig
IBM Research (Switzerland)
Dr David Farrar
Head of New Technologies
Xiros Ltd
Dr Tasadduq Khan
Scientific Director of Materials and Structures Branch
ONERA (France)
Professor Nicola Marzari
Director of Theory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) Laboratory
EPFL (Switzerland)
Dr Alan McLelland
Vice President – Technology
Dr Steve Paterson (Chair)
Head of Materials and Corrosion Engineering
Shell UK (UK)
Dr Neil Smart
R&D Alliance Manager
Sellafield Ltd (UK)


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The notion of working from the inside to bring about change has a long and not-so-great track record in tech. Think back to Google contorting itself into a pretzel to justify its introduction, and then withdrawal, of a search engine in China. When outrage recently erupted over Google's secret plans to make a new censored search app for China, the company didn't even try to justify itself with a "change from within" argument.