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At Midnight, a Pumpkin
Sandy Wolfe-Murray
There is something about a royal wedding which tugs at the heartstrings of this old Brit. I'm too young to remember the wedding of the Queen, but the pageantry of Diana's brought tears to my eyes while, sadly, the wedding of Prince Harry to his divorcee only brings to mind Richard Kelly Hoskins' Vigilantes of Christendom, an obscure book on the perils of interracial marriage.
Hoskins is descended from old-stock Virginians who survived both the Indian Wars and Negro emancipation. He is also an old-style biblical literate horrified at the ongoing adulteration of his race. His thinking is in alignment with Strong's Concordance, which defines man as anyone showing blood in the face. Anyone else is a stranger. Strong's interpretation may have been the general consensus in revolutionary America, when the Declaration of Independence was written, for even while in rebellion against the motherland, the American colonials recognized the British enemy as our British brethren, although they had little good to say about the Red Indians, who were described as the merciless Indian savages.
Hoskins taught that race-mixing would boomerang back on society as God used the mulattoes to destroy Christians when they turned their backs on him. Hoskins gave the example of Santa Domingo, where in 1789 a wealthy group of mulattoes spearheaded the genocide of the whites. Although the mulattoes owned a third of the land and a quarter of the slaves, they preferred the company of their own kind. Another example he cited was the Mexican revolution of 1910,[1] in which the whites were slaughtered.
The vague feeling lingers that the British throne is supposed to be the symbol of all that is best in British life, and that there are enough Americans of British stock from which to choose a wife. Prince Harry is a product of his time more than he is a child of royal breeding. His grandmother is the supreme leader of the Church of England, a title bequeathed on her by the Act of Supremacy of 1534 and 1558. One of the primary duties of the national Church was to protect the sanctity of the family, and it was successful at this until recent times.
Edward VIII abdicated not because he was to marry an American, but because she was a divorcee. The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, was forbidden to marry Group Captain Townsend because he, too, was divorced, and in 1992 the divorced Princess Anne had to travel to Scotland to be married by the liberal Church of Scotland. In the intervening years a change of attitude crept in, and on February 11, 2018, the Palace announced that Prince Harry would marry his divorcee in St. George's chapel, and that "[t]he Dean of Windsor will conduct the service and the Archbishop of Canterbury will officiate as the couple make their vows." The dark forces the Queen warned Diana's butler about seem to have had their evil way with both the throne and the Church.
The Queen's personal life is exemplary, but in matters of state, in which admittedly a constitutional monarch cannot involve herself, one can perfectly understand why Andrew Fraser would refer to her as "Elizabeth the Useless."[2] Roy Taylor of the Christian Identity subculture is more understanding, and through his interpretation of the song "Miss American Pie" shows how the Church was stolen long before Elizabeth ascended the throne.
The prevailing opinion of constitutional experts is that there is no question of the Queen not passing a bill which has been passed by both Houses of Parliament. In 1990, King Baudouin of Belgium let it be known that he would not sign into law a bill for abortion. He was declared unfit to rule for a day while the bill was passed, and then the following day he was declared fit to rule again. In 2007, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg actually withheld Royal Assent on a bill regarding euthanasia, and as a result his royal powers were removed, although he was allowed to remain as head of state. No doubt the same fate would befall the British throne if it dared speak out on behalf of the British people. The only duty left to the throne is to be a symbol of British greatness – but Harry is hell-bent on destroying even that.
Hoskins is convinced that the Bible is a manuscript for racial and national survival, and that anyone who would marry a stranger, as he regards aliens, is a renegade worthy of death. His reasoning may seem quaint in our post-Christian age, but Prince Harry's grandmother not only sits on the throne, but is the supreme head of the Church of England, and one day his brother William will sit on that very same throne. The future King will have a mulatto for his sister-in-law. Hoskins thinks that a man married to a colored woman is untrue to himself and therefore is likely to be untrue to the rest of human society.[3] Prince Harry in his high office won't be a benefit to the people he is supposed to serve and of which he is a product. But whether one regards Hoskins' attitude as quaint or not, "[t]he British Monarchy and the Anglican Church are the last living links to the archetypical forms of Anglo-Saxon bioculture."[4]
Hoskins' attitude toward racial preservation reflects the ancient morals of the West, which had reigned for centuries. "The feeling against miscegenation was present from the earliest times, and it was shared by both the Government and the Church."[5] Hoskins avoided the trap of thinking that a whites-only country would automatically be a paradise, since he also believed that the law required the execution of murderers and rapists "so that they wouldn't reproduce and mix with the congregation, thereby in time making the rest like themselves. Failure to execute judgment develops a population that is descended from lawless people. Lawless people commit lawless acts."[6] Hoskins believed that God made the different races, and in our case, for a thousand generations we have not allowed the criminal element amongst us to reproduce, whereas other races have developed theft and murder as a way of life. For someone to marry out of his race is to bring a thousand generations of lawlessness into our nation. Like breeds like.[7]
The seeds of destruction were planted in America virtually at its birth when in 1619 a Dutch ship offloaded twenty black slaves in Jamestown. Black strangers were being brought in through the back door while Americans were fighting Red savages at the front door on the frontier.[8] Quoting Bancroft's History of the United States, Volume Five, Hoskins recounted how the colonial legislature passed laws prohibiting the importation of Negroes from Africa, but as George III was indebted to the moneylenders, he needed the money the slaves brought, and overruled any attempts to stop the practice.
Lothrop Stoddard, in his book The French Revolution in San Domingo, believed that slavery was an evil institution detrimental both to slave and master. Not only the slaves suffered but, as Kevin MacDonald put it, "controlling the slaves therefore required a sort of sociopathy on the part of whites."[9] Stoddard described the whites of San Domingo as shady characters and opportunists out to make money without any moral scruples, and worse yet, "They are not a people but only a mass of individuals."[10] Hoskins was keen that the whites in America would be a people, and for this reason was an enthusiastic supporter of biblical law to mold the nation, which he believed would allow America to avoid the fate of San Domingo, now better-known as Haiti.
Hoskins wrote that "even the emasculated KJV [King James Bible] which appeared in 1605 was reprinted in 1825 leaving out 14 more books called the Apocalypse."[11] The reformers' Geneva Bible was rewritten by removing the margin notes, and the last true Catholic Bible was the Reims Bible of 1633. Today, most Bibles that are printed and distributed contain only the New Testament, so that Christians are no longer familiar with those scriptures that were known by Jesus two thousand years ago. Hoskins was quite keen that his fellow American patriots would be familiar with these "missing" books, and especially Maccabees, which instructs the reader on the art of resistance to an occupying power.
The original Vigilante was the Israelite Phineas, whose story appeared in Numbers 25:6-13. The short version appears in Psalms 106:30, "Then stood up Phineas and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed,"[12] but before Phineas could kill the man of Israel, Zimri, who was copulating with the stranger Cosbi, twenty-four thousand Israelite men died in the plague.[13] The story of Israel in Palestine and abroad has always been that if the laws are followed, all is well and the land prospers. If lawless rulers and lawless judges mock God's law and refuse to enforce it, God punishes the land with pestilence and plague.[14] One can only speculate about the plagues of allergies, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and the endless STDs haunting us today.
Old-fashioned as Hoskins' take on scripture is, the real tragedy of Prince Harry's marriage to a stranger is that it takes away the Britishness of our highest and most cherished symbol of all that is good and great in the British race at home and abroad. Equally tragic is that the Church has neglected to teach the boy his duties to his God and his nation. The changing attitude of the Church to divorce is one example of why Harry would not take anything it says as gospel. His own family was also seen to waver on the principle of divorce. Prince Harry was eight years old in 1992, when his divorced aunt had to travel to Scotland to be married. In 2005, his divorced father, Prince Charles, had to marry the Duchess of Cornwell in a civil ceremony, although the Church did bless their marriage afterwards. Nowadays, the Church of England has completely reversed itself[15] and will marry divorcees. It's hardly surprising that Prince Harry is confused and can't take the Church seriously, and is going to marry a stranger. Although to paraphrase St. Paul, he can see the obvious and should have more sense.
Phineas' victim, Zimri, was born and raised in the time of Moses, when God was inculcating into the minds of the populace the basic rules of polite society. The laws and the penalties may not have changed in the ensuing centuries, but the priesthood certainly has. The tragedy of Prince Harry's marriage to a stranger is the failure of the national Church to instill in the congregation the ancient values. The Church of England now hunts with the hounds and runs with the hares.[16] To reestablish the credibility of throne and altar, the Church needs to return to its roots and produce priests who believe enough in the God they preach about to tell Prince Harry to repent and sin no more – although it's doubtful if even anyone in the Church remembers what it means.
[1] Richard Kelly Hoskins, Vigilantes of Christendom (Lynchburg, Va.: The Virginia Publishing Company, 1990), p. 199.
[2] Andrew Fraser, The WASP Question (London: Arktos, 2011), p. 340.
[3] Vigilantes of Christendom, p. 143.
[4] The WASP Question, p. 339.
[5] Lothrop Stoddard, The French Revolution in San Domingo (Wermod & Wermod, 2011), p. 47.
[6] Vigilantes of Christendom, p. 39.
[8] Vigilantes of Christendom, p. 176
[9] The French Revolution in San Domingo, p. xix.
[10] Ibid., p. xv.
[11] Vigilantes of Christendom, p. 434.
[13] Numbers 25:8.
[14] Deuteronomy 28:15, 21.
[15] 1st Corinthians 14:8.
[16] Revelations 3:15, 16.
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Posted April 5, 2018 at 6:10 pm | Permalink
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should be given a "republican marriage" à la Jean-Baptiste Carrier: they should be tied together and kicked off a boat to drown.
Prince Harry has all of the traits of an Ashkenazi jew about him… from his kinky hair down to his preference for octaroons. I'd love to see a valid DNA test of the son-of-a-whore to prove me correct.
BjornThorsønn
Posted April 6, 2018 at 2:00 am | Permalink
"Phineas' victim, Zimri, was born and raised in the time of Moses, when God was inculcating into the minds of the populace the basic rules of polite society."
I know what you are referring to, and that disappoints me.
Why should I know about Moses? I want to know more about my own people's history, and not of some obscure group in the middle east three thousand years ago. The fact that this indoctrinated religion is so out of tune with the spiritual mind of the west, explains perfectly why it did not need much convincing before agreeing to bless this bastard marriage.
When christianity was forced upon Europe, it conquered us by terror and forced baptism. But being a religion so unattached to what we truly are (even with a thousand years of adjustments), it renders us much more vulnerable to hedonistic conquest like this marriage.
Hoskins had the best intentions on his mind, but applying a spiritual package that do not cherish your forefathers and -mothers (our race) and our true spiritual longing will at best just postpone the conquest.
Thank you for your comments. You have most accurately articulated why people reject Identity and Christianity and I hope I am not the only one who is grateful for that. Love it or hate it Christianity has been part of our culture for a long time and now that it is being used against us we are nor doing a very good job of defending ourselves. Hopefully a couple of future papers of mine will help address that.
BroncoColorado
According to conspiracy theorists Diana was 'offed' because she was either seriously contemplating marriage to Dodi or was already pregnant by him. An intolerable situation for the establishment who it is alleged advised the Queen of their intentions to which she reluctantly agreed. That fanciful reconstruction may be very far from the truth. If it does contain elements of truth we must question why the same establishment is now allowing the marriage of a member of the royal family to a 'person of color'. The visible establishment figures are applauding Harry's choice and fawning over his intended. Why? Was Harry told to marry a POC as a means of promoting even more miscegenation within Britain, it would appear to be so.
Adrian Davies
Writing from a British perspective, I am always right royally (!) entertained by the extraordinary and incomprehensible fascination that the hideously vulgar soap opera, the "Windsors" (real name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Battenberg) exercises over foreigners.
Prince Harry is a man of amiable character but limited intellectual gifts, whose foolish marriage to Princess Pushy is of no importance to anyone but the ill-matched couple. A younger son whose elder brother has two children and a third on the way is scarcely likely to be king.
Princess Pushy may not be British, but then the royal family are not British either, a point well made in the old Jacobite song:
"Wha the de'il hae we gotten for a king,
But a wee, wee German Lairdie" (a petty German lord)
The best that can be said of the monarchy is that it preserves an echo of a time when the institution meant something. The (fictional) Duke of Dorset put it rather well in Zuleika Dobson: "I admit that the Hanoverian Court is not much. Still, it is better than nothing."
Perhaps, but only just. The institution, which fulfills no discernible useful purpose, costs the country a fortune that might better be spent in other ways.
Whether we should be better off with a royal family worthier of the name, the last chance of which was snuffed out, probably for ever, in 1745, or a more modern constitutional order, of the kind foreshadowed by Cromwell's Commonwealth, is another question, but the present arrangements are scarcely satisfactory.
As for objections to a divorced woman marrying in the Church of England, its founder was a disgusting syphilitic adulterer who put away his lawful wife Katherine to marry the intriguer and witch Anne Boleyn, whom he went on to murder less than three years later after he had tired of her, by trumping up very doubtful charges of adultery (the evidence for which was obtained by torture) and ludicrous charges of incest (for which there was no evidence at all).
That dubious institution can scarcely claim to uphold the sanctity of marriage when it was founded on the dissolution of a royal marriage!
You mentioned the '45. George 1st was a close cousin to the Stuarts. Bonnie Prince Charlie was born and died in Italy but he is still "one of oor aine." I have a chart tracing the royal family back to Adam and Eve but even if I sent a copy to the editor I doubt if it would come over on the computer screen (Odin is included).
I'm curious, as one who is fond of history, where would one procure an accurate translation of the Reims 1633 Bible?
I got mine from Michael Hoffman's https://www.revisionisthistory.org/ But I have to warn you that its in old English which basically mean that instead of an f is an s. You get used to it.
Thanks. I hope to have a future article on King Arthur's visit to America out by 2020!!!!
Hidayat Rizvi
Posted April 14, 2018 at 12:49 pm | Permalink
Whats your thought on why Harry is marrying outside his race?
You explained why he is marrying a divorcee and why it's wrong for him marrying a divorcee and outside his race.
Posted April 16, 2018 at 4:23 pm | Permalink
My thoughts? His marriage is a "sign of the times" and betrays the purpose of royalty. The term white privilege is thrown around these days quite loosely and in most cases unfairly but if anybody has had a life of privilege it is the royals. With the Muslims being added to the mix it is becoming painfully obvious that the multicultural society doesn't work and if the authorities don't begin to unwind the situation i think Europe is going to "blow up" and like a fire, once it starts, it will consume everything in its path and sadly, thanks to Prince Harry, the royals will not be blameless.


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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR GmbH) have signed the "Diversity Charter". Thereby, GSI/FAIR is committed to an organizational culture of diversity that is free of prejudice.
ALICE finds that charm hadronization differs
New measurements by the ALICE collaboration show that the way charm quarks form hadrons in proton-proton collisions differs significantly from expectations based on electron collider measurements. The ALICE research department at GSI was substantially involved in the measurement and evaluation of the results.
ESA-FAIR cooperation: Dr. Dr. Jennifer Ngo-Anh succeeds Thomas Reiter
In the joint cooperation between the European Space Agency ESA and the international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research GmbH), which is currently being built at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, there is a new ESA coordinator responsible for implementing the ESA-FAIR cooperation. Jennifer Ngo-Anh, who holds doctorates in medicine and neuroscience, succeeds astronaut Thomas Reiter, who recently retired. On FAIR side, Dr. Corinna Kausch…
TRON uses GSI/FAIR experiment period for cancer research: combination of heavy ion therapy and mRNA vaccine
It is a strong alliance for research in the fight against cancer, opening the way for exciting new developments. On one hand, the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt with its worldwide unique accelerator facilities and the cancer therapy with ion beams developed here. On the other hand, the biopharmaceutical and translational research institute TRON in Mainz with its highly specialized oncology research.
Research project in New Delhi: Fellowship for GSI scientist Dr. Rahul Singh
GSI scientist Dr. Rahul Singh was awarded a Research Fellowship "Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme". In this context, he received an invitation to spend several months of research in India within a year funded by the Indian government. At the Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC) in New Delhi, he will research on the field of longitudinal beam optics and diagnostics for High Current Injector (HCI) development together with collaborators from IUAC.


While speaking at the Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D- Maryland) proclaimed her support for Obama's gun control measures and his use of executive actions.
The Senator also talked about rising violence in Baltimore, and put a lot of the blame on the so-called "gun show loophole", a term that has been used by many anti-gun politicians who neither understand what exact "loophole" they are talking about nor its exact meaning.
'For too long, Congress has failed to act on measures to keep us safe, including common sense reforms to close the gun show loophole, improve background checks for gun purchasers and strengthen mental health services,' Mikulski said.
What was left out of her comments was the number of crimes that took place as a direct result of the so-called "loophole". Probably because these numbers just don't exist and criminals have access to actual "loopholes" like stealing guns and getting them on the black market.
Senator, you will never stop the rising crime problem in your state if you continue to put the blame on law abiding citizens instead of the actual criminals. If you really believe in this "loophole" please tell us what it is. We are dying to hear more about your ignorance on the issue and get a good laugh out of it.


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What are the eligibility requirements for partition?
The cost of the partition is paid exclusively from PBGC's multiemployer fund.
What is "critical and declining status"?
Is projected to become insolvent during the current plan year or any of the 14 succeeding plan years (or 19 succeeding plan years if the plan has a ratio of inactive participants to active participants that exceeds two to one or if the funded percentage of the plan is less than 80 percent).
The plan actuary must certify annually whether or not a plan is or will be in critical and declining status for such plan year. The Department of the Treasury has interpretative jurisdiction over this subject matter.
Can there be a partition without benefit suspensions?
Yes, but that would be unlikely. That could happen only if no participant or beneficiary is entitled to a benefit above 110 percent of the applicable PBGC guarantee. PBGC, therefore, expects that most applicants for partition will also apply to Treasury for a suspension of benefits.
MPRA requires that a partition and a facilitated merger (financial assistance merger) will not impair PBGC's ability to meet existing financial assistance obligations to other plans. How does PBGC view that requirement?
The statute does not specifically define "impairment." It is one of a number of tests that must be satisfied under MPRA for PBGC to approve early financial assistance to a plan. Looking at the statute as a whole, PBGC views a partition or facilitated merger as meeting the non-impairment requirement if it does not materially advance the date when PBGC's multiemployer insurance fund is projected to become insolvent (the "insolvency date").
Whether the non-impairment requirement can be satisfied is highly fact-specific. PBGC will help plans understand how to structure a partition or facilitated merger to minimize the advancement of PBGC's insolvency date. After the structure is set, we test how much the proposed partition or facilitated merger advances PBGC's insolvency date. In order for most plans to satisfy the non-impairment requirement, a partition or facilitated merger could not advance the insolvency date by more than a few days. PBGC may consider a somewhat longer advancement of the insolvency date, if it would provide a substantial overall benefit to participants and the pension insurance system; for example, we have some limited flexibility in the case of a large plan.
PBGC may refine its approach as it continues to review applications for partitions and facilitated mergers and as the circumstances of the multiemployer program change. The approach described in this FAQ is based on PBGC's current understanding of the universe of potentially eligible multiemployer plans, and the financial condition of the multiemployer insurance program, as of the date of the most recent update of this FAQ.
Who may file an application for approval of a proposed partition?
Only the plan sponsor may file a partition application. The application must be signed and dated by an authorized trustee who is a current member of the board of trustees. A stamped signature or faxed signature is not permitted.
Where should a plan sponsor file an application?
Do plan sponsors have to notify participants that they've submitted a partition application and if so when?
Employee organizations that currently have a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to which the plan is maintained.
In addition, a copy of this notice must be sent to PBGC.
This notice must be provided no more than 30 days after PBGC informs the plan sponsor that its application for partition is complete.
What information is required in the application for partition?
An application for partition includes basic plan information, the partition proposal, actuarial and financial information, participant census data, and financial assistance information. Details on the information required can be found in the new section of PBGC regulations -Part 4233, Partitions of Eligible Multiemployer Plans. PBGC may require a plan sponsor to submit additional information necessary to make a determination on an application.
What is the timeframe for PBGC to determine whether the application is approved?
PBGC will perform an initial review to determine if the application is complete. If the application is incomplete, PBGC will let the plan sponsor know what information is missing. Upon determining that the application is complete, PBGC will notify the plan sponsor, in writing. The date of the written notice that the application is complete will mark the beginning of PBGC's 270-day review period.
The term "original plan" refers to the multiemployer plan that applied for the partition.
The term "successor plan" refers to the new plan created by a partition order.
What is a "successor plan benefit"?
A "successor plan benefit" is the PBGC-guaranteed portion of a participant's or beneficiary's monthly benefit that is transferred to a successor plan. Successor plan benefits are funded solely by PBGC financial assistance payments to the successor plan.
What is a "residual benefit"?
A "residual benefit" is the portion of the benefit payable under the original plan after the partition. It is equal to the difference between the monthly benefit that would be paid if the partition had not occurred (taking into account benefit suspensions under section 305(e)(9) and any plan amendments following the effective date of such partition) and the successor plan benefit. Together, a participant's residual benefit and successor plan benefit constitutes the participant's monthly benefit.
What is included in a partition order?
The partition order will summarize PBGC's findings and conclusions on the application for partition, the effective date of an approved partition, the obligations and responsibilities of the plan sponsor to the original plan and successor plan, terms and conditions of the partition, and other appropriate information.
Do withdrawal liability calculations change with a partition?
If an employer withdraws from the original plan within 10 years following the date of the partition, withdrawal liability is computed with respect to the original plan and the successor plan. If the withdrawal occurs more than 10 years after the date of the partition order, withdrawal liability is computed only with respect to the original plan (and not with respect to the successor plan). In either case, withdrawal liability is paid to the original plan.
When a plan is partitioned, does the original plan have any further obligations to the participants whose benefits are transferred to a successor plan?
Yes. The original plan is responsible for providing the residual benefit (the difference between what it would have paid if no partition had taken place and what PBGC is providing under the successor plan) to those participants whose benefits are transferred to a successor plan.
Are there any other costs to the original plan?
Yes, the new law imposes a special premium rule and a benefit improvement premium on the original plan.
Under the special premium rule, the original plan must pay PBGC premiums for the successor plan for the first 10 years after the partition takes effect.
The total benefit payments from the successor plan for the year.
Will PBGC exercise any continuing jurisdiction over the original and successor plans?
Yes. PBGC will continue to have jurisdiction over the original plan and the successor plan to carry out the purposes, terms, and conditions of the partition order. PBGC's oversight is necessary to ensure compliance with the partition order, statutory post-partition obligations, and proper stewardship of PBGC financial assistance.
How can I get more information about how to file for a partition?
For consultation prior to filing, please submit your inquiry to (202) 326-4100 x6804 or emailpartitioninquiries@pbgc.gov.


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With: Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, Sue Ellen Blake, Irene Cefaro, Alberto De Amicis, Lorella De Luca, Giacomo Gabrielli, Riccardo Garrone
Written by: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
Directed by: Federico Fellini
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Running Time: 98
Il Bidone (1955)
Con Patrol
While not a new Italian film, Federico Fellini's 1955 classic The Swindle may as well be new. Most Fellini fans I know of -- including myself -- have never even heard of it, much less ever seen it.
Coming on the heels of Fellini's Oscar-winner La Strada, The Swindle (a.k.a. Il Bidone) was a flop both in Italy and here in the U.S. (though the French embraced it). Broderick Crawford stars (in a role originally intended for the ailing Humphrey Bogart) as Augusto, an aging con man and the leader of a group of four. He dresses as a bishop for a scam that works on remote farmers: a murderer buried a treasure chest next to the body of his victim on the farmer's land. The farmer can keep the (worthless) treasure but must pay for the last rites of the (phony) dead man.
The youngest of the con men Carlo (Richard Basehart) is married to Iris (Giulietta Masina) who constantly wonders how he can make so much money as a salesman. Augusto worries that Iris wields too much influence over Carlo, but he himself runs into his own teenage daughter about to go off to college. He promises her money for her education that he cannot deliver.
The Swindle falls between Fellini's two best films, La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, and deserves to stand at their side. It comes at a time when the master Italian director was still experimenting with neo-realism (before he launched off into pure spectacle) and was attempting to artistically craft his stories around events that could really happen. The images in The Swindle are rife with poetry -- depicting struggle, loneliness and guilt in the loveliest and most poignant way imaginable. It's an unforgettable treasure.


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Some resources for the Types course, MT4592/MT5592
in http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~petera/Types_course/types_resources.html
Barendregt, H.
The Lambda Calculus. Its Syntax and Semantics, North Holland, 2nd edition (1984)
Lambda calculi with Types. In Handbook of Logic in Computer Science, Vol 2, OUP, (1992), pp 117-309.
Introduction to Generalized Type Systems, Journal of Functional Programming, 1 (1991), pp 125-154.
Beeson,M.J.
Foundations of Constructive Mathematics, Springer (1985)
Bishop, E.
Foundations of Constructive Analysis, McGraw-Hill (1967)
Bishop, E. and Bridges, D.
Constructive Analysis, Springer (1985)
Curry, H.B.
Foundations of mathematical Logic, McGraw-Hill (1963)
Curry, H.B. and Feys, R.
Combinatory Logic, Vol 1, North Holland, 2nd edition (1968)
Girard, J-Y., Lafont, Y. and Taylor, P.
Proofs and Types, CUP (1996)
Hindley, J.R.
Basic Simple Type Theory, CUP (1997)
Hindley, J.R. and Seldin, J.P.
Introduction to Combinators and Lambda Calculus, LMS student texts 1, CUP (1986)
Krivine
Lambda Calculus, Types and Models (1993)
Computation and Reasoning: A Type Theory for Computer Science, OUP (1994)
Martin-Lof, P.
Intuitionistic Type Theory, Bibliopolis (1984)
Mitchell, J.C.
Foundations for Programming Languages, MIT Press (1996)
Pierce, B.C.
Types and programming Languages, MIT Press (2002)
Prawitz, D.
Natural Deduction. A Proof-Theoretical Study, Almqvist and Wiksell (1965)
Simmons, H.
Derivation and Computation, CUP (2000)
Sorensen, M. H. B. and Urzyczyn, P.
Lectures on the Curry-Howard Isomorphism
Nordstrom, B., Petersson, K. and Smith, J.,
Programming in Martin-Lof's Type Theory. An Introduction, OUP (1990)
Stenlund, S.
Combinators, Lambda Terms and Proof Theory, Reidel (1972)
Thompson, S.
Type Theory and Functional Programming, Addison Wesley (1991)
Troelstra, A.S. and Schwichtenberg, H.
Basic Proof Theory, CUP (1996)
Troelstra, A.S. and van Dalen, D.
Constructivism in Mathematics (2 volumes), North Holland (1988)
Turner, R.
Constructive Foundations for Functional Languages, McGraw-Hill, (1991)
Lecture notes - by Ralph Loader (39 pages)
The impact of the lambda calculus in logic and computer science - by Henk Barendregt
Foundations of Functional Programming Lecture Notes, by Larry Paulson (54 pages)
Lambda Calculi with Types, by Henk Barendregt, Handbook of Logic in Computer Science, Volume II (193 pages)
Proof Assistants using Dependent Type Systems , by Henk Barendregt and Herman Geuvers, Handbook of Automated Reasoning, edited by Alan Robinson and Andrei Voronkov, 2001, (89 pages)
Lecture notes, by Luke Ong (89 pages)
Lectures on the Curry-Howard Isomorphism by Morten Heine B. Sorensen (University of Copenhagen), Pawel Urzyczyn (University of Warsaw) (275 pages)
Type Systems, By Luca Cardelli (42 pages)
An introductory overview
Lecture Notes by H. Schwichtenberg
Introduction to the Literature on Semantics, by Gary T. Leavens


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Orion supports login using [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Persona Mozilla Persona]. To log in with Persona, a user must sign in with Persona using the same email address that is associated to their Orion account.
By default, any user is allowed to create an account. To disallow anonymous account creation, you can specify what user ids are allowed to create accounts via the <tt>orion.auth.user.creation</tt> property in the [[#Server_configuration_file|server configuration file]].
When this property is specified, account creation can only be performed on the user management page. This page is currently only accessible for the [[#Creating_an_admin_user|admin user]].
If this property is not set, https://verifier.login.persona.org/verify is used by default.
This will cause an administrator account to be created as the server starts up. The admin user name is "admin" and the password will be the value specified by the configuration property. Once the admin account has been created, the configuration property is no longer required on startup (the admin password can be changed later by logging in as the administrator and going to the profile management page).
Users can be created and deleted by logging in as admin, and visiting the user management page at "/profile/user-list.html". For example a server on your own machine can be managed from http://localhost:8080/profile/user-list.html. Click the button [[Image:Orion-new-user.gif]] to create a new user. To delete a user, click the [[Image:Orion-delete-png.png]] button in the "Action" column next to the user to be deleted.
You can also create a user via the Orion server API. Use curl or another utility to send a POST request to "/users". The form requires the following parameters: "login" (user login id), "password" (initial password) and "passwordConf" (confirm password).
To change a user's password, go to user-list.html. From there, click on a user to view that user's profile page. On the user profile page you can change the password, change the user's display name, etc. Each user can also change their password by selecting "Profile" from the drop-down menu in the top right corner of the Orion UI.
If you don't supply the <tt>orion.site.virtualHosts</tt> property, Orion will use a default setting. On Windows and Linux, the default assigns up to 16 addresses in the range 127.0.0.2 to 127.0.0.254. On Mac OS X, there are no default addresses, so you will receive an error when you attempt to start a site.
If you don't supply the <tt>orion.site.virtualHosts</tt> property, Orion will use a default setting. On Windows and Linux, the default assigns up to 16 addresses in the range 127.0.0.2 to 127.0.0.254. On Mac OS X, there are no default addresses, so you will receive an error ("No more hosts available") when you attempt to start a site.
By default, user email is optional, however this may be changed via the <tt>orion.auth.user.creation.force.email</tt> property in the [[#Server_configuration_file|server configuration file]].
When this property is specified as '''true''', users are required to provide an email address while creating the Orion account. Immediately after creating the user account an email will be sent to the provided address requesting confirmation. The account is confirmed by clicking on the generated link provided in the email. The user will be able to log in only after the given email address is confirmed. This option will only work correctly when email configuration is correctly set. See [[#Email configuration|email configuration]] section for directions.
If you wish to display a message linked to a more detailed description of some server or service information you must modify the ''server-status.json'' file located in the web directory. By default this file contains an example which is not displayed. The example shows that a message must contain a ''title'' (not too long), a ''startdate'' (in YYYY/MM/DD format), an ''enddate'' and a longer textual ''description'' of the message. If the date the user connects to the server and is presented with the login page is between the startdate and enddate then the login page will show the title along with a link to a page with all the recent server messages.
"description" : "This is the longer description of the message. You can see that this message will be displayed from October 22nd until the end of October 23rd."
"description" : "This message will be display on the server messages page but not in the login page."
This guide contains information on managing an Orion server.
To stop the server, go to the OSGi console and type "close". You can also simply kill the server process, but an orderly shutdown is always recommended to ensure all data is correctly persisted.
Many Orion server settings are found in the Orion server configuration file. By default Orion looks for this file in the current working directory of the Orion server process in a file called orion.conf. For example you can place this file in the root of your Orion install, then launch Orion from there.
Note: For those developing Orion, the server configuration file can be specified in your Eclipse launch configuration. The launch configuration file included in the bundle org.eclipse.orion.client.core will automatically use the configuration file web-ide.conf in the same bundle.
By default Orion will run on port 8080. To change the port, edit the file orion.ini, and change the value of the "org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.http.port" system property.
The Orion server can be configured to run over the secure https protocol. In order to do it you need to generate or obtain a public/private key pair and x509 certificate and set the Orion configuration as described below..
The keys and certificate generated in the previous step are sufficient to run Orion over https however will not be trusted by the browser what will end up with a prompt on accessing Orion pages. You may request a well known certificate authority like Thawte, VISA, ValiCert, Verisign etc. to sign your key and certificate.
By default all files created by users are stored in the Orion "server workspace". This is the location specified by the "-data" argument when launching the server. By default this workspace is stored at eclipse/serverworkspace/. To allow users to link files in other locations to their workspace, the orion.file.allowedPaths property can be set in the server configuration file. The property value is a comma-separated list of absolute file system paths. Users will be allowed to link to and edit files in any of those locations. This line in the server configuration file will enable storing of files in /home/orion on the server, or in any sub-directory thereof.
Orion supports login using Mozilla Persona. To log in with Persona, a user must sign in with Persona using the same email address that is associated to their Orion account.
Error logging in: Authentication host not configured. Contact your system administrator for assistance.
If this property is not set, https://verifier.login.persona.org/verify is used by default.
Installations of Orion can use a hook for providing a custom footer at the bottom of every page. This area is useful for adding copyright notices, legal disclaimers, etc.
The values from the list will be allocated to hosted sites as virtual host names, so they must be aliases for the Orion server. Orion will listen to incoming requests for these hosts (based on the HTTP "Host" header), and serve up the user's files as necessary.
In a multi-user environment, you'll most likely want to supply a domain wildcard (or some externally-reachable IP address) that resolves to your server. By contrast, if you're running the Orion server for yourself on your local machine, you can simply pass a list of aliases for localhost (see Hosting locally below).
If you don't supply the orion.site.virtualHosts property, Orion will use a default setting. On Windows and Linux, the default assigns up to 16 addresses in the range 127.0.0.2 to 127.0.0.254. On Mac OS X, there are no default addresses, so you will receive an error ("No more hosts available") when you attempt to start a site.
Makes 1 host name, site.myhost.net, available for allocation as a virtual host name.
Makes the 2 IP addresses available as virtual host names. Since they happen to be loopback addresses, any hosted site assigned to them will only be reachable from the local machine. (See Hosting locally).
Makes all of *.myhost.net available for allocation. Hosted sites will be assigned to subdomains, for example site1.myhost.net, site2.myhost.net, etc.
Makes 1 domain and 1 wildcard domain available. They will be allocated in the order provided. That is, foo.myhost.net will be assigned to the first hosted site that is launched, and subsequent launches will be assigned subdomains of myhost.net.
The above example would give you 2 IP addresses available for virtual hosts: 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3.
Also ensure that your orion.conf file is located properly inside the orion.app. You will want to "Show Package Contents" in the Finder and then place the file in Contents/MacOS. Then try the example. Note that if you restart your machine, you'll have to execute the sudo commands again.
Users can be created and deleted by logging in as admin, and visiting the user management page at "/profile/user-list.html". For example a server on your own machine can be managed from http://localhost:8080/profile/user-list.html. Click the button to create a new user. To delete a user, click the button in the "Action" column next to the user to be deleted.
By default, any user is allowed to create an account. To disallow anonymous account creation, you can specify what user ids are allowed to create accounts via the orion.auth.user.creation property in the server configuration file.
When this property is specified, account creation can only be performed on the user management page. This page is currently only accessible for the admin user.
By default, user email is optional, however this may be changed via the orion.auth.user.creation.force.email property in the server configuration file.
When this property is specified as true, users are required to provide an email address while creating the Orion account. Immediately after creating the user account an email will be sent to the provided address requesting confirmation. The account is confirmed by clicking on the generated link provided in the email. The user will be able to log in only after the given email address is confirmed. This option will only work correctly when email configuration is correctly set. See email configuration section for directions.
If you wish to display a message linked to a more detailed description of some server or service information you must modify the server-status.json file located in the web directory. By default this file contains an example which is not displayed. The example shows that a message must contain a title (not too long), a startdate (in YYYY/MM/DD format), an enddate and a longer textual description of the message. If the date the user connects to the server and is presented with the login page is between the startdate and enddate then the login page will show the title along with a link to a page with all the recent server messages.
"description" : "This is the longer description of the message.  You can see that this message will be displayed from October 22nd until the end of October 23rd."
cd $BASE_PATH || die "Cannot access home directory"
To automate account creation with curl, you need to issue one curl command to log into the Orion server and capture the returned cookie. Subsequent curl calls must include the authentication cookie, and a POST payload, to create an account.


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Q: implement a trait for Vec for various numeric T's I want to have a trait TopK as follows:
pub trait TopK{
    pub fn top_k(&self, k : size) -> Result<Vec<usize>, io::Error>;
}

I would like to implement TopK on Vec<T> such that the behaviour would depend upon T. I have one implementation over all non-float numbers and another one over all float numbers.
Therefore I would like to have something as below:
impl<T> TopK for Vec<T> where T : num_traits::PrimInt + Copy {
//Implementation where T is any non-floating point number
}

impl<T> TopK for Vec<T> where T : num_traits::Float + Copy{
 //Implementation where T is any floating point number
}

This is because floats are only partially ordered and so for floats, I have to make a new struct for all non-NaN floating point numbers and use them inside a binary-heap for TopK computation.
However, trying to do this produces conflicting definition error. What is the design pattern to be followed for this problem ?


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It almost sounds like a poetic fabrication that the last name of Mildred and Richard was Loving. The name also serves as the film's title. The appellation would seem a bit too precious if it weren't simply a fact. Adding to the irony of the situation is that "one of the most iconic ad campaigns of the past 50 years" is the tourism slogan: "Virginia is for Lovers." It wasn't always this way. It's probably hard for a contemporary audience to fathom, but in 1958, 24 states, Virginia among them, had what were known as anti-miscegenation laws strictly prohibiting black–white intermarriage. Until the Loving's case in 1967, it was illegal for interracial couples to marry in some states. (Side note: the last law officially outlawing interracial marriage was repealed in Alabama in 2000.)
On July 11, 1958, newlyweds Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred Loving (Ruth Negga ) are in their bedroom asleep when armed police officers enter their house led by Sheriff Brooks (Marton Csokas). The two are forcibly removed from their home and thrown into jail. Their crime? They are of different races and have gotten married. 5 weeks prior the devoted couple had decided to wed upon learning that Mildred was pregnant, Thanks to something called Virginia's Racial Integrity Act, the pair had journeyed to Washington, D.C. where they were able to get married without issue.
Back in Virginia they are brought before a judge and plead guilty. In exchange for their plea, they are sentenced to one year in prison, with the sentence being suspended for 25 years on condition that they leave the state. They comply and move to the District of Columbia to raise their children apart from their families who still live in Virginia. Frustrated by these restrictions, Mildred Loving writes a letter to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. This starts a chain of events that affirms their rights have been violated as set forth by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
At its core, Loving is a production constructed around Loving v. Virginia, the landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Yet Loving subverts expectations. Rather than presenting a courtroom drama in which arguments from both sides are presented, the chronicle is brilliantly fashioned around the life of Richard and Mildred Loving. This isn't intended as a strident issue-based sermon. It's a gentle portrait of two people deeply committed to one another.
Director Jeff Nichols' biggest success up until now has been the coming-of-age tale Mud, a fable that got its official release in 2013. A civil rights piece like Loving might not seem like the most logical subject for the helmer of Take Shelter and Midnight Special, but it is his most obvious bid for mainstream recognition. The subject turns out to be a nice fit. It would have been very easy to allow the inherent soap opera of the happenings to descend into melodrama. Instead, writer/director Nichols allows the circumstances to speak for themselves. He sidesteps explicit commentary from the principal actors. This allows the weight of the composition to unfold honestly. Adam Stone's gorgeous cinematography and David Wingo's luscious score only underscore these truths.
At the core of Loving are two performances that are flawlessly executed. Joel Edgerton as Richard is not the civil crusader you might expect. He's strong but quiet, almost stoic, a man who is ill-at-ease with the prospect of becoming famous. Yet his affection for his wife remains his strongest weapon. His late-in-the-film declaration brought tears to my eyes. In contrast, Ruth Negga as Mildred is the one who starts things in motion. She too is a reserved, almost mousy woman who appears to softly defer to her husband one moment but then takes charge of the situation the next. A phone call from Bernie Cohen (Nick Kroll), the ACLU lawyer assigned to their case, shows her at first hesitant and then decisive. Ruth is emboldened by the chance to better her family's life. An ordinary woman driven to do extraordinary things. In fact, the duo shows such restraint that their lack of ferocity can be a bit surprising. These two are the least revolutionary types you could possibly imagine and yet their actions changed the fabric of the nation. That's kind of inspiring. It gives hope to the masses because it means anyone can make a difference. The emotion is intimate and the humanity present within their circumstances becomes more palpable. Sometimes a revolution doesn't start with a bang.
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16 Responses to "Loving"
smilingldsgirl Says:
Awesome review. I love Jeff Nichols so I am very excited to see this movie as soon as it comes near me. It looks very emotional and moving.
It's very powerful. Given the story, I thought I knew how it would unfold and Jeff Nichols has a refreshingly unique take.
Cindy Bruchman Says:
I've been waiting for this Jeff Nichols film. I'm glad you approved and look forward to catching this one. Joel Edgerton has never disappointed me and I can't wait to see Ruth Negga on the screen. I wouldn't be surprised to hear it was an Oscar contender.
Historically it's been almost impossible to predict how the Oscar race will ultimately land, but nominations for Picture, Actress and Actor would seem like a safe bet.
More great news. I have been looking forward to this for awhile. Jeff Nichols seemingly can do no wrong.
He's such a taleneted director. I hope this becomes his biggest hit yet.
Nichols is one of my favorite directors and he has such a striking sensibility rooted in where he comes from (Arkansas). He hasn't made a bad film yet.
Haven't seen Shotgun Stories, his directorial debut from 2007, but I've liked everything since.
Shotgun is very good and you get a good gauge of Nichols' talents. It also has one of the best funeral scenes. You should seek it out.
Better than I expected. I thought it would be the typical court case back and forth drama. I was happy that the focus was two characters. I felt emotionally connected to them, and was very satisfied. 4 stars.
This was very emotionally compelling.
Sensational review Mark. I really want to see this film as it sounds like a really inspiring one, done with subtlety.
This was released to just 4 theaters on November 4th (LA & NY first) and has slowly spread over the subsequent weeks. You have to search for this movie though. It's still only playing in less than 600 theaters across the nation.
I really wish this would expand and get the wide release (2,000+ theaters) it truly deserves.
I'm making it a mission of mine to see this movie.
Evan Crean Says:
I appreciate that Loving is a gentle portrait of two people deeply committed to each other, but I think that more emphasis should have been put on the court case. I think seeing the arguments would have made the movie much more engaging. To me it came across as a very matter-of-fact production where the drama was rather flat. I agree with you though that the two lead performances are flawlessly executed. Negga is especially astounding, as you watch her character grow over the course of the film from a soft spoken woman into a confident crusader.
I've seen that "courtroom drama" approach before and seen it done well. I found Loving innovative for the way it tackled this subject and I appreciated that originality.
Agree with Ruth Negga's performance and happy to see it was recognized by an Oscar nom.


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UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #6 – June 2017
Author: UNFPA Yemen
The cholera epidemic continues to sweep across Yemen, with suspected cases exceeding 200,000 people, increasing at an average of 5,000 every day, with one person dying every hour.
The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance has increased from 18.8 million to 20.7 million since January 2017, resulting from increased food insecurity and the fast-spreading cholera outbreak. This includes 9.8 million people in acute need of assistance to save or sustain life, and 10.8 million people who require assistance to avoid slipping into acute need.
Despite the challenges, 124 humanitarian partners are responding across Yemen's 22 governorates, including 83 national NGOs, 32 international NGOs and nine UN Agencies. The Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan is currently funded at 40 percent with $825.4 million received against an appeal of $1.2 billion.
Highlights of UNFPA Response
Over 3,000 dignity kits, also containing information on cholera prevention, were distributed to women and girls, including in areas with high numbers of suspected cholera cases.
A total of 1,153 multi-sectoral services were provided for gender-based violence survivors in June, with the highest being for psychosocial support services and health services.
Reproductive health kits were distributed to health facilities in the governorates of and Amran, Al Bayda and Marib. UNFPA continues to monitor the distribution of these kits in cholera treatment centers where resources have been overstretched by the epidemic.
One hundred and eighty-two awareness raising sessions on gender-based violence were conducted in June, which included awareness raising on the role of women in the prevention of cholera.
Sixty health-care providers were trained by UNFPA on the Clinical Management of Rape in Ibb and Sana'a Governorates.
Partners of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health, led by UNFPA, have integrated cholera prevention and nutrition interventions into reproductive health services, working closely with the health, nutrition and WASH clusters.
The cholera outbreak is impacting the provision of already overstretched health services, including reproductive health services, which are being redirected to deal with the new and added burden of managing the epidemic.
Recent insufficient fuel imports into Yemen are hampering the ability to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis, particularly in the transportation of medicines and supplies.
Funding Status
UNFPA's response on gender-based violence received $1.3 million from the Kingdom of Netherlands for 2017.
The Government of Italy contributed €350,000 to UNFPA's response in Yemen for 2017.
The UNFPA response is currently funded at 29 percent, with a funding gap of $15.6 million out of $22.1 million required for its humanitarian response in 2017.
More than Numbers More than Numbers is a reference tool for all sectors of the humanitarian community and a potential source for advocacy and planning for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence.
Fighting Back Tears ... Clinging to Dreams. Syrian Women in Their Own Words This publication aims to amplify the voices of Syrian women and add new texture to the portrait of their lives inside Syria and in neighbouring countries.
Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #85 September 2019
Recent months have seen additional displacements to Al Hol camp in Al Hasakah due to instabilities in Deir-ez-zor Governorate.
UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #9 – September 2019
During September, fighting sporadically escalated in different parts of the country leading to spikes in displacement and civilian casualties. Hotspots included areas in Al Dhale'e, Dhamar and Taizz Governorates in the South, and Hajjah in the northwest.
Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence
"Much more needs to be done," said Dr. Kanem at a panel discussion on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.


Asia remains relatively insulated from the global economic slowdown and Asian growth, powered by China, has become the major driver for the global economy. In 2010, East Asia and the Pacific grew at twice the pace (6.8%) of both the EU (2.0%) and US (3%). With the EU and US stagnating, investors and businesses are naturally heading East.
In Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong present the simplest, most viable and most lucrative options for firms, investors and entrepreneurs seeking growth. With a government renowned for efficiency and transparency, unparalleled infrastructure and a location at the heart of South East Asia, Singapore provides the ideal setting to incorporate in. While Hong Kong, with its developed and liquid financial markets and attractive tax policy, can act as the perfect gateway into China's growing markets.
Hong Kong company registration and Singapore incorporation is remarkably safe, cheap and quick. Singapore is the easiest place to do business and has topped the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings for the last 2 years. Singapore also fares exceptionally well in other measures like paying taxes (4th best in the world), starting a new business (4th best) and trading across borders (1st). Foreign investment and firms are a significant part of the Singapore economy, for instance in 2010, output from foreign companies and foreigners accounted for 43% of GDP in 2010 and grew by 13.6%. With such a substantial foreign presence in the economy, we do not foresee the government introducing any major restriction. This combined with improving infrastructure and steady growth means that Singapore will remain a premier jurisdiction for firms and entrepreneurs for a long time.
After Singapore, Hong Kong is the easiest place to do business and ranks highly in other measures like protecting investors (3rd), paying taxes (3rd) and starting a business (5th). Firms continue to be incorporated in these 2 cities despite global economic uncertainty. For instance, 798 foreign businesses chose Hong Kong as their jurisdiction of registration in 2011, an increase of 8.3% from 2011. Over the last year Hong Kong has introduced online electronic services for company and business registration making the process even simpler. The Chinese government has shown signs of trying to attract more foreign investment especially through Hong Kong. Hong Kong can also act as an important hub for firms who want to operate in other major economies in the region like South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
The recently released Ernst & Young Globalisation Index is another international survey that shows the strength of Hong Kong and Singapore as global centres of business. The survey ranks these two Asian hubs as 1st and 3rd respectively. The good thing about this survey is how it considers different aspects of the jurisdiction. The overall rankings score is determined from analysing the 5 areas of trade, technology, capital, labour and culture. Singapore actually scored a perfect 10 for the openness to trade category.


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Tucked up north in the heart of the Midwest, many don't realizethat unassuming Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota offer a culturescene that rivals the country's major metropolises. Set side by side,these "twin cities" (as they are called) boast world-renowned theater,art, design and dining - and do it with Midwestern charm.
Hearty Minnesotans take on frosty winters with little hesitation, asthe season translates to Minnesota Vikings football games, nights atthe famed Guthrie Theater and warm bowls of Minnesota wild rice soup (alocal treat). The city comes to life in summer with open-air concertson the Mississippi Riverfront, sailboats on Lake Calhoun, and butterycorn-on-the-cob at the Minnesota State Fair. Minnesota Twins baseballfans wave their "homer hankies" at the new Target Field, opened spring2010. And, tourists mix with locals for tax-free shopping at the 4.2million-square-foot Mall of America.
Culture: Withmore theater seats per capita in Minneapolis than anywhere outside ofManhattan, visitors are sure to be entertained. Overlooking theMississippi River, Guthrie Theater is famous for its incredibleperformances and modern architectural design. Visitors can also take ina show at the Children's Theater Company, which features plays for allages or at one of the city's historic theaters - the Orpheum, the Stateor Pantages.
A visit to the Walker Art Center andMinneapolis Sculpture Garden is a must. Admission to the SculptureGarden is free and the park is home to the Spoonbridge and Cherrysculpture, which has become a Minnesota icon.
Sports:Take in a Minnesota Twins baseball game at the brand-new Target Field.The open-air ballpark provides scenic views of the Minneapolis skyline.The city is also home turf for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings football andthe NHL's Minnesota Wild hockey.
Shopping:From the mega Mall of America to upscale boutiques, Minnesota is ashopaholic's paradise as all clothing is tax-free.
Dining:With a Scandinavian heritage and a diverse mix of ethnic communities,visitors can sample a wide range of international flavors from Sweden,Somalia, Vietnam, Mexico and more. Minnesotans take pride in locallygrown and farmed produce - this mixed with the arrival of celebritychefs like Wolfgang Puck and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, provide a topquality, world-class dining experience in America's heartland.
Scenic Lakes: Know as the "City of Lakes,"Minneapolis is built around a chain of lakes. Locals can be foundjogging, biking and rollerblading around picturesque Lake Harriet.During the summer, a series of live concerts take place at LakeHarriet's band shell. Lake Calhoun offers sailing lessons, it is alsopopular for wind surfing, fishing, swimming and canoeing.


This week I went to the Income Tax Authority to get 3 tax forms for my 3 employers. Below the ledge on which I filled out my request I found a small white Book of Psalms. Hands had rustled it's cover worn.
Under the other ledge for filling out requests lay another well-used Book of Psalms, this one black and clean. I wondered if someone had lost these books or if the Income Tax Authority, perchance, had strategically placed this reading material for the anxious public waiting in line for assessment. I was #175. #132 had not yet been called. That's a waiting period of 6-10 psalms, I calculated, in Jerusalem's temple of calculations.
I gave both books to the young woman handing out the queue numbers and directing people to a working photocopy machine on the 2nd floor. (Tip: Whenever you go to the Income Tax Authority, take photocopies of your last salary slips. The in-house photocopy machine is often out of order.) The young woman didn't know who owned the holy books which led me to believe she had not placed them there. She suggested I leave them on the counter above her desk, confident their rightful owners would return.
Years ago when I was waiting for my get ceremony to begin at the divorce court of the Jerusalem Rabbinate, I looked around the room for reading material. The tables were empty, save for one Book of Psalms. I opened it randomly and began reading.
Yesterday I walked along the beach in Tel Aviv at 8 in the morning. Heavy gray clouds like mountain ranges invaded from the west. White waves rose like loud chords on the turquoise water. The sandy beach was nearly empty, save for a man facing the water doing Chi Quong. I walked to stand behind him, put down my purse and imitated his movements. Two or three other people joined the silent group. The waves became violent and the clouds darker. Winds picked up as we moved our arms and torsos in a stationary backstroke. I cleared my mind of thoughts about the night before, the breakfast to come, the afternoon visit. I became rooted movement in a whorl of movement, a stone in a storm.
Another moment, I thought, for Psalms.
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I know I've told you this before, Judy…but it bears repeating — I love your writing, as often as you write I will be happy to read… love that you joined the chi kung movement- what a beautiful image.
Thanks so much, Jane. You would have loved being there on the beach!
The beautiful photograph and the scene on the beach evoked the German movie Cherry Blossoms, a meditation on art, life and death.
Last night I attended a musical memorial to two members of our synagogue (Beth and Ezri Uval, husband and wife) who contributed so much to the congregation, as wonderful human beings but especially through their musical abilities. Among the performers were two young women whose singing, some of it taken from the liturgy, was so beautiful I felt my spirit come alive in a way it usually doesn't. It made me wonder at those who would ban the singing of women. This was clearly an expression of the divine in the human being and an appropriate moment for Psalms.
Thank you, Esther. Wish I had been there last night with you.
Thanks, TzirelChana. I wish I knew them by heart.
Judy, you're a modern psalmist, using impeccable words and images filled with beauty and meaning. It is always a joy to read you.
Evan, I love this moniker: The Modern Psalmist. Thanks for the compliment.
I love the "heavy grey clouds like mountain ranges." And the rest. Thank you for sharing your beautiful writing and private moments.
Years ago, when I had carpal tunnel surgery with only local anesthetic, I gulped, "Yipes, some music, fast, to make this pass!" and started humming under my breath the first thing I could think of, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. I always feel self-conscious, as a chozeret bitshuva, that it isn't Tehilim that's my vernacular, but music. But of all the music in my "repertoire," look at what I dafka landed on!


Hourly rates charged have increased by more than salaries, implying rising profits.
Expenditure has increased faster than revenues. As a result, profits have increased only half as fast as revenue.
Revenue has increased by more than staff - implying productivity or efficiency increases.
Ironically, practices earned more from working in the EU in 2018 than they did in any of the previous years since this survey began.
The business of architecture is growing. Year on year, the profession's financial performance improves. Collectively, turnover from RIBA chartered practices was £3.2 billion in 2018. That is 21% higher since 2015 and 6% higher than in the previous year. Staff numbers are growing, too – practices continue to actively recruit every year. It is a positive picture, and when looking right into the detail, the figures show that there is growth in all parts of this diverse profession.
The distribution of the share of the work by sector is unchanged since last year, but some of this year's growth has come from more international work. Ironically, practices earned more from working in the EU in 2018 than they did in any of the previous years since this survey began.
Because it's a diverse profession, and benchmarks vary hugely between practices of different sizes, the data is split into eight size groups. These figures come from the latest RIBA Chartered Practices Benchmarking Survey – the biggest survey of its kind, attracting thousands of practices to participate each year. Significantly this year, the average revenue per practice in every one of those eight practice size groups is higher than last year's average.
But here's the thing – practice revenues overall are rising at twice the rate of the rise in staff numbers. Contrast the 21% increase in practice revenues since 2015 with the 9% growth in the total number of staff employed in chartered practices over the same period.
This year's figures suggest that staff are working harder, or more efficiently – or both.
Comparing the large rise in revenue with a smaller rise in staff implies significant productivity gains – as revenue per head has increased. Not only is total revenue higher in each practice size group, so too is average practice revenue per head for all but one of the eight size groups. Significantly, it is the small and medium practices which are seeing the highest growth rates; practices with 100+ staff have not, on average, increased their revenue per head figures at all.
Looking at productivity as a whole, the apparent rise in the profession's productivity is particularly significant when compared with what is happening in the wider economy. The UK overall is experiencing near zero productivity growth. The country has an historically low unemployment rate, there is a potential revolution from artificial intelligence, yet productivity growth is virtually zero. Before the financial crisis s in 2008 UK productivity had been growing at around 2.3% per year. Since 2008, it has been running at 0.4% per year. The benchmarking figures suggest productivity gains in the architectural profession are around 3% per year; a far higher rate than the economy overall.
There's another strand to rising revenue per person, and that could be from rising fee levels. To test this idea, we looked at average hourly rates over the last four years. Since 2015, these rates for partners and directors are 8% higher, for architects with 5+ years' experience they are 7% higher, and for Part 2 assistants they are 9% higher. Over the same period inflation has notched up 6% – so there has been some, limited, real growth in the average hourly rates that practices charge.
Average hourly rates increased by more than salaries overall since 2015, although the opposite was true in the most recent survey year. Average earnings paid to partners and directors – which includes their dividends or partnership profits – rose by 6% in 2018. Salaries paid to associates and architects have increased by 3 per cent, for technologists the rise is 6%. The granular detail by practice size varies from this overall picture; average salaries for staff in smaller practices have increased, but in the larger practices salaries for associates, architects, Part 2 and Part 1 assistants are very similar to earnings recorded in 2017. Average earnings for partners and directors are higher in 2018 in nearly all practice size groups.
While the profession's total revenue is higher, so too is expenditure. It's quite a surprise to see that total expenditure has increased by 23% since 2015 – an amount greater than the rise in total revenue. The rise in 2018 was higher than previously, at 7%. Some of this is due to higher wage bills as more staff have been recruited. But rise in staff numbers, and average salaries is less than the rise in the total payroll. This suggests that practices may have recruited more staff on higher grades than lower ones, or retained staff by moving them up a grade. Perhaps the most likely reason of all is the introduction of auto enrolment to pension schemes. Staff expenditure accounts for precisely 50% of practice revenue; substantially higher than the consistent 45% in each of the previous three years.
Expenditure seems to have increased across the board – premises, telecoms, travel, business running, investment in new technology systems. As expenditure has increased by more than revenue, profit has fallen. Average profit as a percentage of revenue has dipped this year in all but one practice size group (that exception is practices with between 10 and 20 staff).
Recent impressive productivity gains and increases in revenue are being offset by rising costs. And it looks like pressure on remuneration could well be growing. As the profession nears full employment, and Brexit is set to make recruiting architects from Europe substantially more difficult, short-term wage growth is a strong possibility.
RIBA chartered practices can access the full report and the online Benchmarker by logging on to the RIBA Business Benchmarking website.
The RIBA Benchmarker is designed to show how changes to work, client or service types might affect a practice's revenue, profits and other business indicators, making a useful tool for helping with business planning. It always shows your own practice's figures alongside the average for the chosen selection.