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Candidate spotlight: Independent Pollard running for District 12 board seat
Published 12:00 am CDT, Monday, October 13, 2014
EAST ALTON — Robert Pollard said he's running for the District 12 Madison County Board seat in hopes of representing all his constituents, not just a faction of the population.
Pollard, who lives at 99 Whitelaw Ave. in East Alton, is running as an independent against Democratic candidate Steve Kochan in hopes of winning the seat currently occupied by Democrat Mark Burris. Pollard said he's independent because he wants to "work for all the people, not just one side or the other."
"I'm running to bring some independent thinking and fresh ideas to the board, not to rubber stamp anyone's agenda," Pollard said.
A businessman for much of his life, Pollard owned Pollard Prairie Farms Distributing for 10 years before joining the Hillman Group. He's been a sales manager for the company for the past 17 years and currently oversees 14 sales representatives in seven states with a budget of $14 million.
Pollard has also served in local government. He is currently is his second term as a Wood River Township Trustee, and he has also served on the finance, parks, insurance and sewer committees.
Pollard said he feels his experience both as a businessman and a government leader will aid him on the board.
"I have a history of doing what's right for the taxpayer and making good fiscal decisions," Pollard said. "You can't make everybody happy. You have to be able to make the tough vote whether it upsets someone you know or not. Right is right and wrong is wrong. That is the way I will vote for my district."
Pollard, whose campaign slogan is "An independent voice for the working family," said one of his proudest accomplishments as a trustee is helping to get $8 million in taxes from the Wood River Township Hospital repaid to taxpayers.
"We had over $8 million in taxes collected from the now-closed Wood River Township Hospital that we had disbursed back to the taxpayers in the form of a check," Pollard said. "I believe that is unprecedented in a government municipality these days. We're pretty proud of that accomplishment."
Pollard said he also hopes to be available to his constituents if elected, holding a town hall meeting once a year and being available by phone or email 24 hours a day.


If you're cliché averse though, rom-coms should be off-limits already.
Five minutes into "Life Itself," I wanted to leave the theater. I knew nothing about the film except for its synopsis posted from the AMC website, which says, "LIFE ITSELF centers on a couple, which leads a multigenerational love story spanning both decades and continents, from the streets of New York to the Spanish countryside, and are all connected by a single event." It sparked my interest, so I figured I'd spend the $4.50 to watch a random film for the evening.
After being immediately hit with a painstakingly generic rom-com opener, I had to fight my urge to leave. Once I convinced myself to stick it out, I was glad I did. "Life Itself" turned out to be an impressive film with a fresh, experimental delivery of plot, realistically imperfect characters and an overlay of strong philosophical takeaways, save for the heavy-handedness.
"Life Itself" uses a genre-typical introduction narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. For me, most mainstream comedies come off as generic, which is why this introduction turned me off. As I watched the film develop, however, I came to admire its delivery and flow.
The stories aren't told in chronological order, making the film much more abstract than most. The characters are introduced early but explained later. It's a perfect way to show how each person in the world connects to one another through actions, coincidences and observations.
I also enjoyed the contrast of the two families "Life Itself" centers around — one from Mexico, one from New York. Each city has its own charm and beauty, captured well by its many aesthetic shots. Without forcing it, "Life Itself" adds an interesting, inclusive touch to a polarized political climate. As cheesy as it sounds, the film introduces two different groups and brings them together through the power of love.
Finally, in terms of plot, my only complaint is how heavily the film relies on montages. The pacing felt good in that I was never bored, though the movie ambitiously covers a lot of ground for two generations. I'm not entirely sure if this is a bad thing. I enjoyed the fullness of the plot but also wished to see more of certain characters I became attached to.
I found the strongest part of "Life Itself" to be these characters. Dan Fogelman, the film's writer and director who is also responsible for the hit series "This is Us," does a wonderful job fleshing out truly believable characters. Although their screen time isn't very long, each person has a set of good traits and bad traits, a balance of good and evil, which realistically reflects everyone in the world. In books and movies, many authors write their characters as perfect and box them into archetypes, making them flat and uninteresting. I like my characters to have flaws — to be the full spectrum of their human selves — and in the movie "Life Itself," Dan Fogelman accomplishes this.
All of these characters are imperfect. Some are belligerent drunks, while others get into physical fights and smoke; some are in love with another man's wife, while some are emotionally suffocating in relationships. It's refreshing to witness the grimness of reality represented so carefully in a modern film. Imperfect characters feel real. It's the shadows within the characters that exude their depth, and it was exciting to see these shadows unraveled and explored.
As someone who enjoys dark drama, one theme I especially enjoyed was the pervasiveness of death throughout the movie. From illness to the shock of a sudden suicide, "Life Itself" is like a jarringly sad rollercoaster ride. I thoroughly enjoy films that explore emotional, dark plots because, in many ways, it allows the viewer to feel more human. Seeing other people deal with trauma in their lives is reassuring because sometimes it's easy to feel alone in these experiences. Thankfully, "Life Itself" isn't unrealistically dark because of the balance its many sweet moments provide. This harmony gives the film a mature tone, mimicking the up-and-down nature of life.
I think the core message of the film is that human history is filled with rich lives. People go through dark times, like all of the characters in the film, and it's easy to give up, which some characters do. Yet, as put by one character toward the end, said almost directly to the viewers for full effect, it's important to keep going. It's important to come to terms with the fact that life will not be perfect. There will be a lot of suffering. There will be a lot of sad, tragic moments, which is why we all need a group of people who anchor each other down during them.
Human relationships are available to everyone in the world, whether romantic, familial or platonic. And these relationships help us through the toughest parts of our lives. They answer our call when we're lost, they give us food when were hungry and they hug us when words fail. And sometimes that is literally the difference between life and death for people, whether characters in a film or people you pass on the street.
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A final philosophical takeaway that one character brings up is that of the unreliable narrator. This idea centers around the understanding that the memories everyone has are inaccurate portrayals of willful ignorance. During breakups, it's easy to think of an ex as the perfect fit — as the one that got away. In reality, human beings are only human, meaning they can't be perfect.
The emotional mind, in need of ego protection and healing, contorts the rational mind into filling in the blanks of memory. This blurs perception and reality, causing people to remember others in different lights depending on their mood. This idea really caught my attention. There are times throughout the film that characters remembered events incorrectly, such as recalling a refreshing morning with their partner when it was actually a passive aggressive fight. Everyone's perception is valid, but this movie serves as a useful reminder that not all memories of people and situations are as true as you might have thought.
To put it all together, I was really moved by "Life Itself." I would definitely watch the movie again. I loved the many imperfect characters that were woven together in its dreamlike sequence. Although I consider myself a pretty emotionally stoic person, there were some tear-jerking moments. The ambitious plot covers a lot, leaving me wanting more from the characters.


Email is the driving force of any business. If you obtain web hosting service email is provided for "free" and is included within you hosting fee.
However, what if your web hosting service goes down? What if there is a DDOS attack? What if your WordPress website gets hacked and your account is disabled by your web host? Such vulnerabilities are becoming more common than ever and companies are opting to get their email hosting separate from their web hosted files.
The two tech giants (Microsoft & Google) have entered into the email game long time ago with their Hotmail and Gmail free service. Both companies now offer a premium email service to your business domain name.
The idea is to have your email accounts ex: yourname@yourdomain.com hosted away from where your content is hosted. "Not having all eggs in the same basket" … providing further peace of mind.
Who would we recommend? Well it all depends if you want to spend additional monies or go with a free route.
If its a free route, feel free to use email accounts provided with your web hosting.
G Suite is straight forward. If you have used Gmail free email account service. Then you know how to work this particular email service. 30GB is dedicated to 1 user.
Enterprise Email solution is hosted on a separate dedicated server that is powered by OX, Juniper Networks, NetApp and Cloudmark. The dedicated server is away from your web hosting files. Please note that Enterprise email is hosted in USA. Check out a FREE PREVIEW to see our Enterprise Email in action. 30GB is dedicated to 1 user.
Microsoft Exchange 2016 email solution is hosted in Canada. You are capable of reading emails using your browser, or setting up your mobile, tablet, desktop, or laptop. If you are looking for a pure Exchange solution, this is the one you want. For this particular solution we only offer an annual commitment. 50GB is dedicated to 1 user.
As you can see major differences between the 3 is price, storage and commitment.
The only complaint in regards to going with external email provider is that pricing above is for 1 User. What does that mean? Well if you have yourname@yourcompany.com, and you want your co-worker to also have their account hosted yourcoworker@yourcompany.com they have to pay for 2nd user.


This doll came to me undressed. I believe she may have been either a fashion or ballerina type doll. Her knees and feet are jointed. Here she's wearing a vintage homemade dress and probably factory made raincape. Her socks and shoes are replaced.
Below are my large walker dolls. The first is the largest and has a vinyl head and, I believe, original clothes. She's unmarked and about 27". The second doll is a Lu-Ann doll. She has high heeled feet and I have more on her on the fashion doll page. The third doll is also in what I believe to be her original clothes, but has new shoes and socks. She's very cute and has great coloring.


CW-cavity ring down spectroscopy was used to record in a free jet expansion the spectrum of the absorption band in (12C2H2)2 with origin at 6547.6 cm−1. It is a perpendicular band and corresponds to 2CH excitation in the hat unit of the T-shaped dimer. Calibration (better than ±1 × 10−3 cm−1 accuracy) and ring-down time (130 μs) were improved compared to a previous contribution (Didriche et al. Mol. Phys., 2010, 108, 2158–2164). A line-by-line analysis was achieved. Three series of lines were identified involving levels with A1+, E+ and B1+ ground state tunneling symmetries, confirming the spectral and symmetry analyses reported in the literature for the 1CH excitation band (Fraser et al. J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 89, 6028–6045). 164 vibration–rotation–tunneling lines were assigned in the sub-bands and effective rigid rotor vibration–rotation constants were obtained by simultaneously fitting 1CH and 2CH lines with the same symmetry series. Perturbations affecting the Ka stacks, in particular, are reported. The tunneling frequency in 2CH is estimated to be ν2CHtunn = 270 MHz for the Ka = 0 stack. The rotational temperature is determined to be 23 K from relative line intensities and the lifetime of the dimer in the 2CH hat state is estimated to be 1 ns from individual line widths.


An invitation to any event that stops me spending all of my hard-earned money shopping in the packed-out city centre on a Saturday afternoon is probably worth attending. Especially one that offers food and wine. But the success of the combined Gusto summer menu tasting and Scran on the Tyne's first official 'Scran Social' pretty much exceeded all of my expectations.
A polished and sophisticated Italian restaurant, Gusto is located behind the Pitcher & Piano, next to the Mal, on a plot of prime Newcastle real estate and boasts one of the best and biggest outdoor dining areas in town. Generally I find that if you want to sit outside on a summers day in NCL your options are limited and you will likely have to forfeit either the food or the location. Dining at Gusto on a rare sunny day you won't have to settle for one or the other, making this spot on the quayside the perfect place to head for on one of those 3 or 4 nice days we get per year.
Quelle surprise then that, once I'd arrived and cooled off slightly, our afternoon began with Gusto's sommelier, Jonny showing us the ropes (vines?) with a little wine-tasting sesh. Now, I've 'tasted' a fair few wines in my time and can chat rubbish about the various grapes and whatnot with the best of the amateurs, but it was nice to be given a few proper tips. It seemed the charismatic Jonny was the perfect man for the job; knowledgable without being cocky he soon had everyone swirling, sniffing, toasting and guzzling like pros. (Kind of).
Wine now flowing, the Gusto waiting team appeared, the food was served and brilliantly it just. kept. coming. The quantity and quality of the dishes caught me by surprise. I thought it would be nice but I wasn't prepared for such genuinely great flavours. Each dish on the summer menu was gradually brought to the table, beginning with an antipasto selection of meats and cheeses and quickly progressing onto the main dishes. These included such delights as a spicy Tagliatelle Arrabiata, a rich saffron risotto with a white crab salad, some thin and tasty pizzas of various persuasions and a couple of big, flavoursome salads.
They were all really good. Seriously. A fresh, well put together menu. You generally know what you're getting with Italian and it can be difficult to make dishes stand out but Gusto have easily managed this with their menu. The food is clean, interesting and extremely tasty. Highlights for me included the Rigatoni Primavera, a light and summery pasta dish involving asparagus spears, peas, fagioli beans, cherry tomatoes, pine nuts, crème fraiche and chicken, and a delicious salad of avocado, asparagus, baby gem and poached egg with a tonnato dressing.
It's a testament to the food that after all that, we still had space for – and finished – dessert. Two desserts in fact. Shared though. Please, we're not animals. We were served Bombolini, a kind of donut with whipped cream and chocolate sauce, and Italian Mess, a chaos of chewy blueberry meringue, cream and fresh berries and I battled on gallantly until there was not a morsel left.
Then all too soon, as it always is with these kind of friendly daytime chats, it was time to leave the Gusto team to clean up and recover from feeding a banquet-full of hungry food writers for a few hours. But don't worry Gusto; from the looks on everyone's faces I can practically guarantee you'll be seeing each and every one of us back again at some point very soon.
Major thanks to Miss Lauren Archer for coordinating the event with her usual flair, Jess and Jonny and the rest of Gusto crew for their unrivalled generosity and warm welcome, and the other invitees for the smashing company and wine-fuelled conversation. What more could a girl want?


Cherith Farms follows organic methods to grow raspberries, tomatoes, apples, other fruit and vegetables. We allow you to pick your own produce and sell pre-picked produce.
Cherith Farm is located at 27450 Raven Road, Belle Plaine, MN 56011. Phone: 507-665-5055.
Directions: We are located between Belle Plaine and Lesueur. Take 169 south out of Belle Plaine, Turn left on 53, Go 3 miles, Right on 270th, Go left on Raven Road. Top of Hill – See large old barn. Turn Right. You're Here!
For specific hours please refer to our "berry updates" page.
We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified.
Also available free range hen eggs. No antibiotics or steroids used.
Now selling honey and producing some jams and jellies, apple products and homemade bread.
Thank You so much for the time spent on the farm. It's good to see that Brandon has as much, OK I think more love of the farm I would love to help out any way with the farm.
We just visited the Cherith farm and very pleased by the owners' hospitality! We were very lucky to have the most delicious tomatoes picked in the garden specially for us by the time we arrived. We were offered the sweetest strawberry (in the September!) and honey. It was worth the drive from the Twin Cities. We will definitely be coming back and recommend visiting this farm to anyone who wants to have the most fresh and delicious fruits and vegetables for the most fair price.


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Q: How to resolve the segmentation fault due to strtok()? I am getting segmentation fault when the below line is executed:
result = strtok(data,delimiter);

I have given the backtrace :
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x44359e85 in strtok () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x44359e85 in strtok () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x08048c02 in main () at multiply.c:36

How to resolve this?

A: There are few reasonable possibilities for the segmentation fault you have:

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*Passing NULL as data in the first call to strtok().

*Passing NULL as delimiter.

*Using a read-only string as data, which is forbidden, since strtok() modifies the source string.

I see you know how to use gdb, so put a break-point before the call to strtok() and see what values are passed to the function.
You can also use valgrind. It will help you to find the specific problem you have.
But, if you want better answers in stack-overflow, you must give some more code and other iformation.

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Our experts offer advice for how to help heal bereaved pets and people.
We received a question from a reader asking for advice on how to deal with both her own and her dog's grief. Our reader asked about crystals in particular, but many other complementary therapies can help as well, and since loss and grief is unfortunately something we all have to deal with at some point in our lives, we wanted to share this with you, so that you have several options and can select a method that resonates with you.
Q: Crystals for healing bereaved pets?
The daughter of my remaining dog died suddenly and unexpectedly a few days ago. They had never been apart for any period of time. Both she and I miss her very much. I'm drawn to rose quartz for the both of us and I'm using rescue remedy spray. Can you suggest a better or additional crystal mix for her please?
I recommend Honeysuckle and Walnut flower essences. Star of Bethlehem is in Rescue Remedy Spray so I would leave it at that. Less is more and the flower essences together with the rose quartz will make a very good combination.
When a beloved pet is no longer with us, we can often experience intense loss and sorrow. Over the years they are with us, we make an honest emotional investment with our pets. We bond with them. We tell them that we love them. We look after buying their foods, feeding them, caring for them when ill and looking after their needs. We play with them, talk to them, snuggle with them and enjoy their companionship in many ways. We are often deeply committed and genuine in loving them. We form attachment to them and receive gratification when they purr, lick our hand or raise their eyes to meet ours. When they are gone, the strands that bind us to them at the Heart Chakra level are severed and we feel pain and loss.
Crystals help to heal the ends of the threads that have been severed. A Rose Quartz crystal worn at the Heart Chakra energy centre, located mid-way on the sternum is helpful in that it is soothing to the rawness of the loss. However, sometimes we just can't seem to release our grief fast enough. To use the crystal for more active healing, hold the Rose Quartz crystal the width of one hand (about 4-6 inches) away from your Heart Chakra and rotate it slowly clockwise in a circle of about 4-6 inches wide. The energy matrix of the Rose Quartz will help heal those jagged ends of the heartstrings. Continue to rotate slowly around the Heart Chakra for 21 turns, then draw the crystal out and away quickly from your heart as if discarding all unwanted feelings. You may feel a bit of shock doing this but it will help speed up the grieving process by both healing the Heart Chakra and releasing grief and clinging to the past. Release the grief and keep the memory and the love you shared with your beloved alive.
Other crystals that are soothing to the Heart include Amber, Jade, Snow Quartz, Clear Quartz, Amethyst and pink crystals such as Kunzite, Rhodonite and Rhodochrosite. I could write a whole chapter for grieving pet owners. However, it is up to each person to find peace in their Heart.
Ignatia is the #1 homeopathic grief remedy.
Essential oils can be a big help with emotional issues. A few to offer here would be Rose, Vanilla, Angelica and Yarrow for the trauma, and Neroli, Hemp, Hops, Valerian and Vetiver for the grief and separation and to get emotional release (rose can help with this too). Offer the oils in the bottle one at a time and hold them in front of your dog at a little bit of a distance, like you would offer a guest a platter of cookies. If a dog is interested in an oil, they will sometimes move closer and sniff the bottle, but not always; other signs of them taking it in is licking the air, sighing, looking thoughtful. They adjust the strength of the oil by moving closer or further away from it, or by turning their head. If your dog turns her head and licks the air, that means she is selecting and taking in this oil, in the exact amount that she needs / wants. Keep the oil where it is until your dog shows you that she is done with it (dogs usually do this by turning away, moving to the other side of the room, or leaving the room altogether).
It's important to let her take her time and process each oil, and to never force the oil on her – don't put it on her, or in anything she consumes, or on any of her toys etc. Imagine being stuck with a perfume you hate and not being able to get away from it. Once you have discovered which of the oils she wants, offer them every evening until you notice a difference in your dog. Make sure you do this in a quiet environment and don't break her concentration by talking to or petting her while she is processing the oils. I know this is difficult, but it's important that she is uninterrupted. It's ok to pet her if she seeks your comfort or climbs up in your lap.
Grief is a natural part of our processing when a beloved animal dies. One of my favorite ways to heal grief is by shifting my focus out of sadness to gratitude. Sadness is heavy, gratitude is light. Sadness is small, gratitude is expansive. Try the below meditation as a healing way to help support your journey through grief.
Sit in a comfortable position, spine straight, with your shoulders and arms relaxed. Relax your entire body as you breathe deeply a few times. Imagine there are roots growing down from the base of your spine, deep and wide into the earth. Imagine that the powerful, grounding energy of the earth can flow up these roots into your heart center, giving you stability and peace.
Take 10 breaths, and on each in-breath, feel the earth energy coming up into your heart. On each out-breath, release any disturbing emotions you may feel inside you. With each successive breath, feel more and more stillness and stability within you. Once you have completed the 10 breaths, allow yourself to sit for several minutes in the space of earth energy and stability that you have created with your breath.
Once you feel yourself fully calm and connected to the earth, bring the animal you are grieving to your mind. Allow yourself to think about the experiences you've had with your animal for which you are grateful. Focus on the parts of his or her unique being that brought so much to your life. Imagine that your heart can expand out of your body, creating a beautiful state of gratitude all around you. Imagine that within this heart space, all is perfect and balanced, all is One, you are never separated. Love never dies, and gratitude helps us remember this. Feel gratitude enveloping your heart and connecting you to your animal through time and space, easily and completely. Continue to breathe the calm and strength of earth energy into your heart as you bask in this healing space of gratitude for your animal.
Learn more in our other articles about grief.


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Shanghai Man: Miners banned, exchanges targeted? Here's what's really happening
Post category:Weekly overview
A look at the last week of crackdowns, including a ruling from Vice Premier Liu He. Hong Kong echoes Beijing with stricter controls of their own, limiting retail investors in the administrative region.
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry's most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations.
China regulations, FACT or FUD?
Normally, this weekly column takes a broad look at all the developments, news, and even gossip from within China. This week, most topics took a backseat to the news that another crackdown had rippled through the industry, threatening to topple markets into a full-blown bear market.
Abandoning the mines
It was all fun and games until a ruling came down from the top. Liu He, who is Vice Premier of China and member of the all-powerful eight-person politburo, led a meeting on preventing and controlling financial risks. Among the decisions was a crackdown on Bitcoin mining and trading activities, putting a dagger through the heart of anyone hoping to see a more open regulatory environment. There were immediate signs that the ruling would not be taken lightly, with the province of Inner Mongolia setting up a reporting hotline to rat out people disobeying the order.
BTC.TOP, one of the largest mining pools in the world with a reported 2.5% of the global hashrate, immediately complied by announcing it was closing down operations. That didn't stop BTC.TOP founder Jiang Zhuo from taking to micro-blogging platform Weibo to announce that Bitcoin was a tool China could use to break up the monopoly of the US dollar in international trade.
Western pundits scramble for answers
China's role in the mining community had been a major source of distrust between East and West, with some Bitcoiners claiming that China's possible control of the mining community could threaten the ability of the chain to remain fully decentralized. Consequently some celebrated the news of the ban, thinking that the mining community would become more fragmented. However, just because China is banning operations doesn't mean that Chinese companies will lose their dominant position in the industry. As Primitive Capital partner Dovey Wan pointed out, many miners are simply packing up and moving out of the country. Registering and basing their operations in regions like the US, Kazakhstan, or even Africa wouldn't actually stop the mined BTC from belonging to Chinese miners, it would just make the centralization of the network harder to actually track.
Exchanges and trading platforms haven't been greatly affected so far. In 2017, when exchanges were first targeted by regulations, the impact was much higher since many of the leading exchanges were registered in China. Nowadays, platforms are all domiciled in other countries, have offshore servers, and cater to much more diverse user bases. Local authorities will have a lot less interest in interfering with these operations, since the impact to the Chinese society is much less obvious. Huobi temporarily suspended futures trading to Chinese users, but it doesn't look to be a permanent change to how they operate. Futures platform Bybit revealed they were closing accounts registered with Chinese phone numbers by June 15th, but since most of their users are non-Chinese, the negative impact will be much less than the risk they would be taking on by continuing to serve Chinese users.
Have your cake and eating it too
This seems like a winning situation for China as it can get closer to its carbon neutral goals by reducing the amount of Bitcoin mines. At the same time, it's also cementing eCNY as the country's only digital asset. Finally, profits from mining and exchanges will probably still trickle back to the mainland, as offices of exchanges and mining operations are unlikely to follow the hardware out of the country.
Don't forget about Hong Kong
Hong Kong is pushing forward with its ban on retail cryptocurrency trading by announcing measures that would place a minimum threshold of around $1 million on investment. Christopher Hui, Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, has defended the requirements stating he believes they protect investors, prohibit market manipulation, and guard against money laundering and terrorist financing. The decision will definitely make cryptocurrency in the special administrative region easier to track and make it harder for citizens in mainland China to circumvent the rules.
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Weisch du wivöu Schoggi mer cha us de Schwiiz uf Amerika mitnäh?
Do you know how much chocolate one can take from Switzerland to America.
Kei Ahnig, aber ich gloube sovöu du wotsch.
No Idea, but I believe as much as you want.
Wivöu Schoggi wotsch de mitnäh?
How much chocolate do you want to take with you?
Vilicht 20 oder 30 Kilo.
Maybe 20 or 30 kg.
Wiso wotsch du so vöu Schoggi heinäh?
Why do you want to take home so much chocolate?
Ich muess doch aune vo minere Familie es chlises Gschänkli mitnäh und mini Familie isch ebe gross.
I have to take a small present vor all people from my family and my family is big.
Pass nur uf, dass dis Gepäck im Flugzüg kei Übergwicht het, süsch chunt de das grässlech tüür.
Just take care that your luggage on the plane doesn't have too much overweight, otherwise this will be horribly expensive.
Z Amerika cha-mer doch ou Schwiizer Schoggi choufe?
In America one can buy Swiss Chocolate too?


Bird brains, in today's post.
Last weekend I got to hang out for a while with my parrot buddy Jiminy. I know, I know – he's my buddy and whether he's a parrot or not is immaterial. Describing him as a parrot indicates that I'm not a parrot and that I view myself as part of a superior monoculture, which further indicates that I judge individuals through a lens that distinguishes them as being parrot or non parrot. My "primate privilege" is on display, and I'll be reporting to the reeducation camps shortly.
In my defense, when Jiminy is hungry, he blurts out "feed the parrot" but that's him taking the "P" word back.
Recently, I got to witness a "cabinet of curiousities" at a scientific laboratory which sported dozens of dead things preserved in jars of some sort of preservative fluid. One of my buddies, who is coincidentally one of the founders of Atlas Obscura, has a "cabinet of wonders" in his house which includes a mummified baby llama he collected in the Andes. The fish in a jar smells better than the llama mummy, I would point out.
One has been under the weather for several days, and suffering from a particularly annoying virus that has produced upper respiratory issues. A hacking and productive cough, accompanied by a sinus infection, has laid a humble narrator low since Sunday last. This has caused an uneven sleeping schedule, and forced me to stay quite close to home. The only thing I've been working on have been "paying jobs," and thusly the views of NY Harbor and the Newtown Creek which you'd expect me to present are few and far between at the moment.
Accordingly, I'm a bit short on content for this week. One seems to be on the mend, and I'll address this stunning lack of visual evidence as the week progresses, but for the next few days I'm going to be "reblogging" some archived posts. Sorry for the repeats.
Me too. I've got that respiratory thing as well. Dripping nose and throat irritation. Something's going around. Over a week now.
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How to find the perfect Startup teammate? – A Suncrowd's story
This is your typical story where you've got the perfect idea and all you need is the perfect team to execute it. Meaning a team that can adapt, innovate, fail and face upcoming challenges together. That team is a key factor that can make or break a new venture. A committed team, striving to achieve the same goal will allow you to move forward and avoid wasting time and money.
But how the hell do you build a successful team? We asked Suncrowd, a startup spreading solar energy all over Switzerland. Pascal, Jerome and Manuel created Suncrowd with the idea of helping people installing and managing solar installation for private households while facilitating private investments in solar technologies. Their two-sided start-up idea has the purpose of bringing empty roof with investors and contributing to the development of solar energy in Switzerland.
Jerome, Manuel and Pascal from Suncrowd
"Suncrowd offers the opportunity for anyone to invest in solar energy with small or larger loans. We offer the know-how and the marketing material to companies and communities to promote their own solar systems afterward. Our platform is to form a community that connects empty roofs with investors."
The three cofounders each have a specific background and set of unique skills; environmental engineering to software engineering through climatology. Yes, that made a solid know-how in their own fields and in solar energy, however, they realized one piece was missing. Business administration and finance were not part of their background and that's exactly what they needed to push the start up to the next step. Time for the team to grow.
As stated, people in startups are a central asset that must be considered with the same importance than financial assets. The founders knew the process of looking for a new member is far from easy and extremely time-consuming. Where to look for your perfect future team member? How to assure solid skills, background and the fitting personality for your team?
In June 2017, Suncrowd registered on cofoundme in order to find that fourth member who would complete their skills. That member was chosen between 14 interesting cofoundme profiles and after 8 interviews with different applicants. Matthias represented the missing puzzle part of the team with his financial and management background. The now four-member team is currently working on the finalization of their business plan in order to launch their latest platform and business in 2018.
We definitely wish them the best of luck!
find out more about the future of solar energy in Switzerland: www.suncrowd.ch
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How much capital should banks have?
Lev Ratnovski 28 July 2013
After much negotiation, Basel III regulations set capital requirements to be between 8% and 12%. This column suggests this may not be enough. It looks at how much capital banks would need to fully absorb asset shocks of the size seen in OECD countries over the last 50 years. The answer is 18% risk-weighted capital, corresponding to 9% leverage. This benchmark is highly conservative, so the true 'optimal' bank capital may be lower.
A banking union for the Eurozone
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Rishi Goyal, Petya Koeva-Brooks, Thierry Tressel
What is the optimal leverage for a bank?
David Miles
There is an active debate on how much capital banks should have. Yet establishing an 'optimal' level of bank capital is more art than science. Any conclusion is model-specific and contains a degree of judgement. The purpose of this column is to contribute to the debate by offering one more benchmark.
Basel III imposes on banks an equity-to-risk-weighted-assets ratio (risk-weighted capital) of between 8 and 12%. This is comprised of the 4.5% basic ratio, 2.5% conservation buffer, 2.5% countercyclical buffer (in upturns), and up to 2.5% surcharge on systemic banks. Some countries have higher capital requirements. Singapore imposes a 2% surcharge over Basel; the Vickers proposals in the UK call for a 3% surcharge; and Switzerland requires that its international banks hold extra 6% capital, bringing total capital requirements to 18-19%.
Historically, banks held more capital than they do today. In the early 20th century the leverage (equity-to-total-assets) ratio for US and UK banks was around 8-12% (Miles 2011). To convert leverage ratio into risk-weighted capital, the rule of thumb is to multiply it by 2; the average risk weight is 0.5 (King 2010, La Lesle and Avramova 2012). So the 8-12% leverage could correspond today to 16-24% risk-weighted capital. However that period is of limited guidance as banks were less diversified and did not have access to a well-developed safety net or deposit insurance. Leverage ratios for US and UK banks in 1950-70s were about 6.5%, corresponding to 13% risk-weighted capital. This is close to the Basel III targets.
It is hard to quantify precisely the recent, pre-crisis evolution of bank capital, because banks understated risk weights and held many exposures off-balance sheet. But a number of major global banks had leverage of only 3%, which under average risk weights would correspond to 6% risk-weighted capital. This is about a half of where they should be to satisfy Basel III.
In the academic community, many argue that banks may need significantly more capital. In a 2010 letter to Financial Times, signatories suggested that "if a much larger fraction, at least 15%, of banks' total, non-risk-weighted, assets were funded by equity, the social benefits would be substantial." This target is high; 15% leverage corresponds to 30% risk-weighted capital.
An exercise based on losses in past crises suggests up to 18% capital
Figure 1 plots the distribution of non-performing loan ratios in banking crises in OECD countries, according to Laeven and Valencia (2012). In most events, ratios were modest; the median is 6%. Including more extreme events, to comprise 85% of episodes (24 out of 28), gives non-performing loans of up to 19%. Episodes with even higher non-performing loans represent extreme, twin (banking-currency) crises, i.e. Korea in 1997, Turkey in 2000, and Iceland in 2008. Twin crises are rare in advanced economies; their risk can be reduced by controlling currency mismatches in banks and corporations. So we can take 19% as a historic upper bound for non-performing loan ratio in non-twin banking crises in advanced economies.
Figure 1. Non-performing loan ratio during banking crises in OECD countries
To obtain loan losses, the non-performing loan ratio should be adjusted for loss given default. There is little systematic data on loss given default. We use the estimate of Schuermann (2004) that the mean loss given default on senior secured debt in US over 1970-2003 was on the order of 50%. This means that 19% non-performing loan ratio corresponds to 9.5% loan losses. Around 1% of that can typically be absorbed by earlier provisioning. (In Spain, dynamic provisioning was able to achieve buffers of 1.5%; Saurina 2008.) This leaves loan losses net of provisions of 8.5%.
Bank equity may need to be somewhat higher than 8.5% when system-wide average losses are asymmetrically distributed among banks (i.e. some banks realise higher losses), or because banks need extra capital to continue operating after absorbing the losses. But there is also a powerful argument why equity could be somewhat lower; equity reduces bank risk-taking incentives, so well-capitalised banks are less likely to engage in strategies that lead to severe banking crises in the first place.
On balance, with a margin of safety, one could suggest that a 9% equity-to-total-assets ratio (leverage), corresponding to 18% equity-to-risk-weighted-assets ratio (risk-weighted capital) would offer banks enough capital to fully absorb most asset shocks of magnitudes observed in banking crises in OECD countries over the last 50 years.
We emphasise that this is a conservative estimate. For example, if one believes that higher bank capital has strong incentive effects, the appropriate capital target could be lower, say, 15%.
The estimate can be seen as good news. While conservative, it is not too far from the Basel III's highest 12% ratio. It is very close to the Swiss capital requirements. And it suggests that more extreme proposals – such as those of 30% risk-weighted capital – are overkill.
It is useful to note some caveats.
As with any estimate, there is significant model uncertainly. Losses in past crises can be a poor predictor of future losses, as bank risks can increase or decrease due to financial innovation.
The estimate is based on losses on loans, not on the rest of bank balance sheet. 'The rest' today comprises about 50% of assets of an average large bank, half in trading assets and securities and half in cash and interbank claims (King 2010). Trading securities can have larger losses, while cash and interbank claims be safer than loans during crises. One could refine the analysis to arrive at a more precise estimate of capital needs by modelling bank asset structure with associated crisis losses and risk weights in more detail.
We base the estimate on data for OECD countries (relevant for advanced economies). Historic losses in banking crises in emerging and developing economies were larger, due to weaker resolution tools and legal environment.
We assume that all absorption capacity has to be provided by bank capital – equity. In practice, some can be provided by contingent capital – a debt security that contractually converts into equity well ahead of bank distress. Some recent policy initiatives focus on 'bail-inable' debt, which the government can haircut during crises (Zhou et al. 2012). But haircutting bank debt risks exacerbating a crisis, so it is unclear whether relying on the absorption capacity of bail-inable debt is optimal from an ex ante perspective.
The estimate is a target for bank capital at the peak of the cycle. When the economy is slow or contracting, bank capital requirements could be lowered to facilitate lending and recovery.
Overall, we hope that notwithstanding these caveats this simple calculation may provide a useful benchmark for thinking about optimal capital levels.
The costs of higher capital are modest in steady state, but adjustment is a challenge
If one uses the losses in past crises as a gauge for 'optimal' bank capital, what would be the cost associated with higher capital levels?
There are two ways to calculate the effect of higher capital on the bank's cost of funding. One is to keep the costs of bank's debt and equity exogenous. Assume that the required return on bank equity is 15%, and the cost of bank debt is 5% (3% net of tax shield). Then an increase in the bank's risk-weighted capital ratio by one percentage point, equivalent to a shift of 0.5% of funding from debt to equity (given the average risk weight of 0.5), would increase the weighted average cost of capital by six basis points. This type of analysis is used by Elliott 2009 and BCBS 2010; it produces the highest possible costs.
Another way is to base on the Modigliani-Miller proposition that the banks' overall cost of funding should not increase with higher equity (as equity and debt become safer and cheaper; Admati and Hellwig 2013), except for the tax shield effect. Then – under similar assumptions – an increase in the bank's risk-weighted capital ratio by one percentage point would increase the weighted average cost of capital by just one basis point. Under additional departures from Modigliani-Miller, the cost can be somewhat higher: Kashyap et al (2010) suggest up to 2.25 basis points for a one-percentage-point increase in risk-weighted capital.
Thus, the costs of higher bank capital in steady state are modest. An increase in bank capital requirements by six percentage points from the Basel's 12% to our very conservative 18% would increase the banks' cost of funding (and hence the lending rates) by about 13.5 basis points under the Kashyap et al (2010) estimate. And in the case where Modigliani-Miller does not hold (exogenous costs of debt and equity) the increase would be 36 basis points.
While the high level of bank equity is not prohibitively costly in steady state, the costs of raising bank capital quickly may be substantial. Issuing new equity has underwriting and adverse selection costs. Reducing dividends to boost retained earnings may lead to declines of bank capitalisation and weaken confidence. But the main risk is that banks can increase capital ratios by cutting lending. Aiyar et al (2013) show that about a half of banks' short-term response to an increase in capital requirements occurs through a contraction of balance sheet. This means, for example, that an increase in capital requirements from 10% to 11% (by one percentage point, equivalent to 10%) could reduce lending associated with the highest risk weights (e.g. non-financial corporate lending) by as much as 5%. So the adjustment cost cannot be neglected.
This suggests that banks should increase their equity over a period of time, backloaded to the time when economic growth accelerates. For Europe, this may be another argument for the European Stability Mechanism support to banks in distressed countries (Dell'Arricia et al 2013).
Author's note: The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent those of the IMF. I thank Charles Calomiris, Stijn Claessens, Luc Laeven, Srobona Mitra, and others for helpful comments. All errors are mine.
Admati, A and M Hellwig (2013), The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It, Princeton University Press.
Aiyar S, C Calomiris and T Wieladek (2013), "Does Macro-pru leak?" Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, forthcoming.
BCBS [Basel Committee on Banking Supervision] (2010), "An assessment of the long-term economic impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements".
Dell'Ariccia G, R Goyal, P Koeva-Brooks and T Tressel (2013), "A Banking Union for the Eurozone", VoxEU.org 5 April.
Elliott, D J (2009), "Quantifying the effects on lending of increased capital requirements", Brookings Institution Working Paper.
Kashyap A K, J C Stein and S Hanson (2010), "An analysis of the impact of substantially heightened capital requirements on large financial institutions", Working Paper, Harvard University.
King, M R (2010), "Mapping capital and liquidity requirements to bank lending spreads", BIS Working Paper 324.
La Lesle, V and S Avramova (2012), " Revisiting risk-weighted assets", IMF Working Paper 12/90.
Laeven, L and F Valencia (2012), "Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update", IMF Working Paper 12/163.
Miles, D (2011), "What is the optimal leverage for a bank?", VoxEU.org, 27 April.
Saurina, J (2009), "Loan loss provisions in Spain. A working macroprudential tool", Revista de Estabilidad Financiera 17, 11-26.
Schuermann, T (2004), "What do we know about loss given default?" Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Zhou J, V Rutledge, W Bossu, M Dobler, N Jassaud and M Moore (2012), "From bail-out to bail-in: mandatory debt restructuring of systemic financial institutions", IMF SDN 12/03
Topics: Financial markets
Tags: banks, BASEL III, capital ratios
Lev Ratnovski
Lead Economist, DG-Research, ECB


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Q: Path connected compact set with given property Problem:
Suppose $K$ is a compact subset of $\Bbb R^n$, and that for all $k_1, k_2 \in K$, there exists a continuous function $p:[0,1] \rightarrow K$ such that $p(0) = k_1 $ and $p_1 = k_2$. Then let $f: K \rightarrow \Bbb R$ be continous on $K$. Prove that there exists $k_{min}, k_{max}$  such that $f(K) = [f(k_{min}), f(k_{max})]$.
Thoughts:
First since $K$ is compact it is closed and bounded. Next I know that I have to show two inclusions, namely that $f(K) \subset  [f(k_{min}), f(k_{max})]$ and the reverse inclusion.
I also know that the composition $f(p(x))$ is continuous for $x \in [0,1]$, and I wish I could post more but I am very stuck. Hints much appreciated (emphasis that I want a hint and not a solution please). I am also aware of basic theorems like Extreme Value, Intermediate value etc.

A: The first condition you're given tells you that $K$ is path connected. Therefore $K$ is connected.
You are also told that $K$ is compact.
The image of a connected (resp. compact) space under a continuous map is connected (resp. compact). So $f(K) \subset \mathbb R$ is both connected and compact.
Now ask yourself: what are the only connected, compact subsets of $\mathbb R$?
[Alternatively, since you mentioned the intermediate value theorem and the extreme value theorem in your post, observe that both of these theorems are applicable to your map $f$, since $K$ is both connected and compact.]

A: My answer in case anyone is interested. I do reference a theorem in my notes though.


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Coronavirus: 14 new deaths, 418 new cases…
Coronavirus: 14 new deaths, 418 new cases reported in Orange County on July 31
By Kurt Snibbe | ksnibbe@scng.com | Orange County Register
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 418 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, July 31.
The cumulative total number of positive cases for Orange County is at least 36,196 since local testing began in March. County officials recently clarified that they may have tested an individual multiple times, but if positive, they are reported as only one case, even if they have duplicate positive test results.
It is estimated that more than half of the cases, or 23,499 as of Friday, have recovered. The count of people who have recovered is based on the prior 28-day cumulative case count.
There were 14 new deaths reported in Orange County on Friday, bringing the total number of residents who have died to 618.
The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigation and can take weeks to process, officials say. The most recent death was on July 29.
Of the 618 deaths, 263 were skilled nursing facility residents, 26 were in assisted living facilities and one was listed as homeless.
The state's coronavirus dashboard reports there have been 138 deaths in Orange County in the last 14 days.
According to the California Department of Health, there have been at least 7,580 new cases of COVID-19 in Orange County in the last 14 days.
The state agency also reports 655 hospitalized patients in the last 14 days (suspected and positive) in 33 hospitals across the county as of Friday. This is a decrease of 18.2% since 14 days ago.
The county's hospitalizations were listed as 593 on Friday, with 191 people in ICUs.
The state's coronavirus-tracking dashboard shows Orange County had at least 34% of its ICU beds available on Friday.
The county's breakdown of deaths by age is as follows:
85 and older: 32% (194)
75-84: 23% (144)
55-64: 13% (81)
45-54: 9% (55)
25-34: 1.5% (9)
18-24: <1% (2)
17 and younger: 0%
Data posted each day is preliminary and subject to change, officials emphasize. More information may become available as individual case investigations are completed.
You can find the Orange County Health Care Agency dashboard here.
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Orange County total cases by ZIP code for July 30:
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Gratis NOLA!: Happy Tuesday with Veggies, BBQ and Music!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and Chef Shane of Fat Hen Grocery is serving up lunch under the Green Plate Special Tent. This week look forward to BBQ pulled pork with house made sauces, southern-style collard greens with ham hock, Rocking R Dairy cheddar biscuits and chocolate chip cookies....yummy!!
And there's a little different vibe a little ways down the Avenue....Cause it's gonna be another lovely evening for porch sitting and music over at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a fancy cocktail and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin!
Head on over to Mid-City and to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal)! They've got an amazing show with Tommy Malone on guitar and Bill Malchow on piano at 8:00 pm - and come hungry for delicious pizza, pasta, salads and more!!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a double header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!


Jefferies analyst Randal Konik recommends using the post-earnings pullback today in shares of Tailored Brands as a buying opportunity. With stock having a strong run year-to-date, expectations into the print were somewhat elevated, Konik tells investors in a research note. JoS. A. Bank comps and gross margin were a touch light, but transactions are up, custom is growing, inventory is lean, and the balance sheet is cleaned up, the analyst contends. He sees improving sales trends, share gains, margin expansion and accelerating free cash flow generation benefiting shareholders with a two year view. Konik keeps a Buy rating on Tailored Brands with a $40 price target.
Jefferies analyst Randal Konik says a deep dive into Tailored Brands' Jos. A. Bank business, which represents more than 20% of sales, left him increasingly confident in the sustainability of the brand's recovery. Data show Bank's marketing and merchandise initiatives are taking hold, while significant upside remains given productivity levels that are well-below peak and Men's Warehouse, Konik tells investors in a research note. He reiterates a Buy rating on Tailored Brands with a $40 price target.
As previously reported, Jefferies analyst Randal Konik upgraded Tailored Brands to Buy from Hold with a $40 price target, telling investors in a research note that the company is on a path toward sustainable fundamental improvement and its legacy balance sheet issues are now behind it. Konik sees opportunities in custom clothing as well as a recovery in JoS. A Bank towards prior productivity levels.


Why support fair trade manufacturing?
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Also, since fair trade advocates for ethical manufacturing, customers are treated to goods of high quality. Thanks to fair trade, producers get to pay closer attention to details during the manufacturing process and this translates to better goods.
Besides ensuring that customers get high quality products, Fair Trade advocates for ethical shopping to help make a difference in the lives of manufacturers and producers of goods. This allows manufacturers and producers to be independent instead of working for middlemen. Ethical shopping also allows producers and manufacturers to build their own business so that profits can remain in their communities for the benefit of both their businesses and communities.
Fair Trade has a direct impact on the purchasing power of customers. Since products are of high quality, customers get value for their money meaning that they're not exploited. The partnership between the producers and customers is strengthened for the benefit of the community. With a strong community come an improved economy and a boost on the purchasing power of buyers.
There are plenty of reasons to support fair trade manufacturing; the main one being its dedication to supporting communities. It allows farmers, manufacturers, and producers to work together for the benefit of their communities as well as for the benefit of buyers.
By supporting ethical manufacturing, shops, local businesses and producers, we're keeping the money where it should be.
Feel good about your purchasing decisions, together we have the power to change the world!
Read more about our ethical manufacturing and fair trade stance here.


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Yokohama City participates in SDGs Leadership Cities Gathering hosted by Brookings Institution
by New York Office | Jul 15, 2019
The first SDGs Leadership Cities Gathering was a convening of senior government officials from 14 vanguard cities in the field of ocalizing the SDGs, and it was held from April 3-6 at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Italy hosted by the Brookings Institution. Executive Officer Makoto Sekiyama represented Yokohama City at the meeting and shared the city's experiences and initiatives in promoting SDGs both in Yokohama and in emerging and/or developing Asian and African cities through partnerships with international organizations and private sectors. International technical cooperation based on public-private partnership through the utilization of Yokohama's resources and technologies is one of its initiatives.
Promoting sustainable development in line with SDG objectives in emerging cities in Asia and Africa is critical for the achievement of SDGs worldwide. The United Nation estimates that urban population in the world will increase by 2.5 billion by 2050, and nearly 90% of the increase will be observed in Asia and Africa. In emerging countries in Asia, etc., urban development issues have occurred such as overpopulation, disorderly expansion of urban areas brought about by rapid urbanization, and deterioration of living and natural environments associated with the underdevelopment of infrastructure and housing. To solve these problems, Yokohama City has strengthened its promotion of international technical cooperation by taking advantage of its cultivated know-how of urban development and the environmental technologies that private enterprises in Yokohama possess. Yokohama City is also pursuing the SDGs through a combination of various initiatives such as developing an innovative ecosystem, increasing public awareness, and focusing on evidence-based policies.
The SDGs Leadership Cities Gathering meetings, hosted by the Brookings Institution are scheduled to continue annually for a couple of years. Yokohama City aspires to contribute to the achievement of SDGs worldwide by sharing the city's experiences and learning from the best practices of member cities.
Member Cities:
New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Orland (U.S.A), Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain), Mannheim (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Bristol (UK), Durban (South Africa), Malmo (Sweden), Milan (Italy), Accra (Ghana), Yokohama (Japan),
Brookings SDG Meeting Report (PDF)
Nikkei SDGs Festival in NYC hosts discussions on global city initiatives, including Yokohama and NYC New report shows results of three years of sustainable development from local cities SDGs Leadership Cities Network Sixth Convening: World's forefront SDGs-promoting cities gather in Washington, D.C. Yokohama City's "Y-SDGs" certification system for SMEs receives award from Minister
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Kobe Bryant Voted to All-Defensive First Team
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Just like Jackson isn't a rah-rah type coach, the Lakers aren't your atypical go-with-the-punches, dig deep within the depths of themselves and win despite facing adversity type of team. In reality that last characteristic of teams isn't atypical at all. It's something the Lakers had carried with them after they were bounced 39-times over by the Celtics in 2008 and apparently shrugged it off somewhere between now and then.
"When I think about this series and I think about this game," Odom said, "[Dallas'] bond on the basketball court was better than ours, it seemed like. They were able to come back from 16 [in Game 1]. Come back from seven or eight with three minutes to go, and there was something missing [from us]."
The warning signs, the red flags were all there. They were so abundant during the regular season that they would've outnumbered the Laker flags seen riding on the cars along the Interstate-405 freeway 36-to-1. The Lakers had losing streaks of five games, four games and three games (twice), something they hadn't done in the previous 217 games since acquiring Pau Gasol. Each time they had a perplexing, disheartening loss they never came back with the same fire and fervor that they had during their two previous runs at the title.
"I don't know where we lost it. That certain drive and bond that we had, that we had in the past. That cohesive drive in order to overcome adversity," Odom said.
They had an opportunity to bring the Heat back down to earth on Christmas Day in front of their home-crowd, but failed. They beat a lowly Cleveland Cavaliers team by 55 points and then lost to that same team by five points the following month. They had two consecutive double-digit defeats at home by teams with a sub-500 record. Their post All-Star break run of winning 17 games in 18 tries, that once appeared incredible now looks more like an illusion.
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Four Harvard wrestlers tallied top-five finishes a year ago (Robert Preston).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Returning to the mats after a strong opening weekend, Harvard wrestling will compete in the Keystone Classic for the sixth-consecutive season on Sunday, Nov. 20 at the Palestra. Mat-by-mat coverage will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network and FloWrestling beginning at 9 a.m.
Competing for the first time in 2016-17, junior Josef Johnson (174) paced the Crimson at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open with a second-place finish to open the season. Harvard also tallied top-five performances from senior Nicholas Gajdzik (285) and freshmen Hunter Ladnier (149) and A.J. Jaffe (141).
Harvard returns a plethora of talented wrestlers for 2016-17, led by Johnson, who qualified for the NCAA Championships a year ago. Johnson tallied 17 victories last season, including a sixth-place result at EIWAs. Senior Jeffrey Ott (133) leads all returners with 24 victories in 2015-16, including a sterling 10-2 mark in dual action. Senior Nicholas Gajdzik (285) and junior Nolan Hellickson (125) also posted double-digit victories a year ago, with 18 and 15 wins, respectively.
The Crimson wrestlers combined for 29 victories in the season-opening Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, including four pints.
A group of 12 teams will travel to Philadelphia for the 2016 Keystone Classic, including nationally-ranked Penn State (No. 4) and Rider (No. 23). The EIWA will be represented by Frankin & Marshall and Sacred Heart in addition to the Crimson and host Quakers. 25 ranked wrestlers will compete on Sunday.
Todd Preston '16 led the program with a second-place finish in 2015 at 141 pounds, and was one of four place-winners for the Crimson. Gajdzik (285) and Johnson (174) posted third-place finishes, while Ott (133) rounded out the day with a fifth-place result. The Crimson posted 70.5 points as a team to finish seventh overall.
A trio of freshmen kicked off their careers with four or five victories at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat open: Jaffe (141), Ladnier (149) and Kyle Bierdumpfel (165). Jaffe and Ladnier took fifth with four victories apiece, while Bierdumpfel triumphed five times en route to a sixth-place result.
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During the Olympic torch relay in Coventry, two young boys broke through security in an attempt to get in on the torch bearing action. Flaming cheek!
I'm sure you, like me, are sick to the back teeth of the endless media coverage of a variety of people holding what put simply is a flame in differing locations; honestly, it's quite boring. The relay hasn't varied too much throughout its 46 day relay so far, so hoorah for a little action, and a real news hook.
The young lads, dressed all in black, managed to break through the barriers put into place and momentarily grab the torch, despite the security guards that were running alongside it, in what could have been a highly dangerous prank. The issue has however been handled tremendously by the London 2012 PR team – what should have resulted in negative media coverage, questioning the security of the events leading up to, and the Olympic games, has in fact resulted in a huge amount of lighthearted and fun coverage about the cheeky boys in question. Not to mention the array of YouTube videos and Twitter mentions of the topic, plus I'm sure there is much more discussion across various social platforms. The general consensus is that these are two young lads, trying to get their moment in the spotlight, in what will be a funny story to pass on to their grandkids – brilliantly handled. Just look at the delight on their little faces. And, it's spruced up what was getting to be a worn-out, somewhat tiresome story.
What does intrigue me further with these young pranksters, is the green flag you can see them holding as they carry out the stunt. I wonder what's on it?
The Coventry Telegraph reported that 'the police will take no action against the pair'.
Nice article Faye, the relay is constantly on the news over here in the US too.
Thanks Callum. I'm here in the US for the summer too, the whole relay has been covered to death across both American, and even more so British publications, at least this story made me giggle!


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After Recall, Arizona Considers More Humane Treatment of Immigrants
Posted Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 2:48 pm
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From New America Media: MESA, Ariz.--Now that the architect of Arizona's harsh anti-immigrant bill (SB 1070) has been recalled by voters and no longer represents Mesa, a group of citizens wants to take the immigration issue up a notch. They propose that the city adopt guiding principles that focus on keeping immigrant families together and enforcing the law in a humanitarian way.
For over a year, the East Valley Patriots, a bipartisan faith-based organization, has pushed for Mesa to pass its own version of the Utah Compact, signed in that state in November 2010. The group is gaining momentum after the recall of Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce, who was defeated in District 18 by Jerry Lewis, another Republican.
Compact Opposes Dividing Families
The Mesa Compact stands in contrast to laws such as SB 1070, which made it a crime in Arizona subject to incarceration to be an undocumented immigrant. The statute was partially stayed by a federal court. The Mesa Compact says the city would follow the rule of law but oppose measures that would result in dividing families by deportation.
"Now is time to begin the healing process," said Dan Martinez, of the East Valley Patriots during a public comment period at the Mesa City Council on Monday.
But not everyone agrees that the recall brought healing to the political divisions on immigration in one of Arizona's most conservative cities.
"You don't heal when you ask people to give up the rule of law," said Bill Dowdy, 51 and a real estate agent. "There's a common principle upon which this country was founded and it wasn't to make exceptions to the law."
Dowdy said he feels the recall group was spearheaded by outside interests that "stole his representative" and that adopting the Mesa Compact would be more of the same.
"They divided us more than anything they could have done," he said.
Mormon Church Endorsed Utah Compact
Utah passed its Compact with the endorsement of the Mormon Church – which is also deeply rooted in Mesa, and counts former Sen. Pearce among its members.
"The church regards the declaration of the Utah Compact as a responsible approach to the urgent challenge of immigration reform. It is consistent with important principles for which we stand," said the Mormon Church in a statement last year.
Sen. Lewis, a former Mormon bishop, also cited his support for the Compact during his campaign. However, some members of the Mormon Church in Mesa are not on board with adopting the Utah Compact.
"It will effectively make Mesa a sanctuary city," said Courtney Snell, 59. He raised his eyebrows at the idea of his church supporting the Utah Compact. "They didn't sign it," he said. Snell also questioned the practical impact of adopting the principles.
The Mesa Compact wouldn't be legally binding, but a symbolic gesture, said Saúl Solis, a member of the East Valley Patriots.
If adopted in Mesa, it could be taken to other Arizona cities to build momentum. "It would be like a domino effect. Maybe it will take hold and it can be something to take to the state legislature," said Solis. "We would like to see eventually that they won't introduce any anti-immigrant bills."
Will Compact Be on January Agenda?
The Mesa Human Relations Advisory Board, a citizens' committee, voted unanimously to adopt and recommend the Mesa Compact to the City Council last May.
But is up to the City Council to decide whether it wants to put this item on their agenda to discuss and possibly vote on at its January meeting.
"There's got to be a solution; there has to be an answer. You think of all the things that we have in this world that we can't agree on. This should be one that we can come up and find some sort of solution," said Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, following public comments at the Monday meeting.
Smith, who wasn't available for an interview, said in a previous report by New America Media that he supports the Utah Compact but that it was "unwise" to take something crafted for Utah and try to apply it in Arizona.
"In this discussion in Mesa, you need to be very careful not to incite flames that have been somewhat lessened," he said.
Randy Parraz, cofounder of Citizens for a Better Arizona and one of the key people behind the Pearce recall, also addressed the City Council during the public comment section.
"Tonight is not about whether or not you support the Mesa Compact. It is whether you support the right of an issue like this to come from the bottom up, from actual citizens who would like you to consider it," Parraz said.
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Rod respectfully, I suspect that you have been talking to far too many people who have already hitched themselves to the Microsoft horse.
I work in Government and there is serious concern throughout government that this standard will perpetuate monopoly and achieve nothing else, except get around some mandating of standards in Government purchasing.
Microsoft has documented OOXML, great.
OOXML has different use-cases to ODF, great.
OOXML preserves legacy document formatting, great. Lets hope that Microsoft Office will actually display it correctly across versions, they often fail.
But why do we need to standardise something that is looking backwards not forwards. Standards are designed and discussed in order to serve the requirements of the future, and this standard wasn't designed to address the future and is badly designed for it. Why do we have to allow this standard that has massive holes in Internationalisation, Documentation, flexibility and implementability.
Ask your Microsoft friends to please throw out this insulting 'Promise not to sue' and actually give us a licence (irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, sublicencable). We don't even have the right to amend the documentation for the standard to fix the gaping holes.
The standard will go through even with my vote of "No, with comments", because Microsoft and the ISO working group will fix many of the issues and re-submit the standard, because this isn't about not having a standard, it is about having a good one.
Additionaly it is named (or perhaps misnamed) Office Open XML, which is bound to confuse, unpronouncable and misleading compared with OpenOffice.Org (ooo). The earlier name "MS Office Open XML", is much clearer and accurate.


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Celebrating 100 Years of the Negroni
Story: Katie Parla
Illustration: Matty Newton
Count Camillo Negroni was looking for something a bit harder than the classic Americano when he placed a history-changing order at Caffè Casoni in Florence exactly a century ago. The Count, whose noble title is the object of debate, was presumably hardened by time spent traveling abroad—including, apparently, time in America working as a rodeo cowboy. An Americano made with Campari, vermouth and soda water just wasn't going to cut it that day. Instead, he instructed Casoni's barman Fosco Scarselli to swap the Americano's soda water for gin, and a classic was born.
The Negroni, then and now, is a drink transcendent in its simplicity. Purists stick to its prescribed equal-parts proportions of dry gin, rosso vermouth and Campari. The resulting cocktail balances gin's botanicals, vermouth's savory spice, and Campari's herbaceous bitter-sweetness. An orange wheel—an accent introduced by Scarselli to differentiate it from the lemon peel–embellished Americano— enhances the drink's flavor.
Not all Negroni incarnations, however, adhere to the equal- parts standard, and in Italy and abroad, proportions are tweaked to accommodate the characteristics of a particular gin or vermouth in the pursuit of balance. The presence of Campari is, more often than not, non-negotiable, and in Italy at least, other brands of red bitter aperitivo liqueur are rarely deployed.
In Milan, Campari's ancestral home, Negronis abound. Their consumption is aided by the popularity in the city of going out for drinks or snacks before a meal. This ritual, the aperitivo, may have been exported to other parts of Italy and the world, but it's nevertheless a northern Italian tradition at heart, and it's in the north that we find the most beloved historic variations on the classic cocktail.
The Negroni, then and now, is a drink transcendent in its simplicity.
At Bar Basso in Milan, the Negroni Sbagliato was accidentally invented in 1972 when Mirko Stocchetto reached for the wrong bottle and poured sparkling white wine instead of gin. The resulting "mistaken Negroni" was pleasing, not to mention a great deal lower in alcohol than its namesake, making it more adapted to a pre-prandial cocktail. At Bar Basso, the Sbagliato is every bit as popular as the classic Negroni, where both are served in comically large Venetian glass goblets.
As the Sbagliato demonstrates, components of the Negroni are subject to change, and bartenders around the globe have customized the drink, sometimes wandering from the traditional specs in order to compensate or adjust for the characteristics of a gin or vermouth. The gin can even be substituted with another spirit—in Italy, drinks in which gin is replaced with vodka or mezcal are called Negroski and Mezconi, respectively—but the Campari component rarely changes.
Patrick Pistolesi, co-owner of the 8-month-old Drink Kong in Rome, is pushing back on that preconceived notion. "When you order a Negroni, you know what you're going to get: a tumbler with ice, a red liquid and an orange wheel," he says. The very predictability, which attracts Negroni lovers, has pushed Pistolesi in the opposite direction. His Negroni (dubbed "Tentation") is declared "bitter, different and new" on Drink Kong's menu. It's served in a coupe and is completely transparent with a light orange hue. The recipe, which Pistolesi won't reveal aside from the presence of Tanqueray Ten, mimics the flavor of a Negroni without the signature color. "If I told you what's in it, I'd just be serving you another set of preconceived notions, the very thing I'm trying to avoid."
In an ancient place like Italy where time is measured on a totally different scale, modern Negroni-inspired cocktails are a reminder that the classic recipe, even at 100 years old, is still in its adolescence. Happy Birthday, Negroni.
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During this time of the year, there are a lot of distractions around the house. With shopping, parties and preparing for Christmas dinner being the priorities, something as easy as turning on your house alarm may slip your mind.
To give you peace of mind this Christmas, below we've provided a number of tips to help prepare your home security this Christmas and protect your belongings.
Although it's important to keep your home well lit up during the winter months, please ensure that you do so correctly when it's unoccupied. If you have Christmas lights in the front or back garden, don't run the electrical chords through your windows as this may provide easy access for burglars to enter your home.
We also recommended using a timer for your lights when your home is unoccupied. This will not only improve your home safety but it may also reduce your electricity bill and save you some money.
If you've put time and effort into decorating your Christmas tree, you may want to show it off to the neighbours by placing it in the front window of your home. However, as it's quite common to put presents under the tree before Christmas day, you are leaving them exposed for any by passers admiring your tree.
Having the latest gadgets, clothes or toys in plain sight would be a gift to any burglar, so we recommend keeping them out of sight when you're not at home.
Especially around the holidays, you may be taking a road trip or even a trip abroad to visit family. It may be tempting to 'Check in' on Facebook or post pictures online during your travels, however we advise against this.
It's becoming more common for thieves to track social media accounts to see if houses are occupied or not. For home security reasons, we suggest waiting until after your trip to post pictures online.
As seen in our home safety infographic, 63% of us say that our home is very secure. But how many of us always turn the alarm on when leaving the home?
If you don't have an alarm in your home, we recommend installing one as this will not only improve home safety, but it can also reduce your home insurance premium.
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Grab the abacus: the Nissan LEAF has clocked-up three thousand sales in the United Kingdom (shall we count them?). That makes it one of the most popular electric vehicles in the country. Sales came courtesy of the original model that was launched in 2011 and the second generation version which followed in 2013. The latter – that accounts for thirteen hundred sales - has more than than one-hundred improvements over its predecessor (shall we count those too). Highlights include the extended range, so this five-door hatchback is capable of one-hundred and twenty-four miles rather than one- hundred and nine. This is thanks to enhancements such as the lower friction mechanical components, superior aerodynamics and more efficient energy/battery management. As with every electric car, however, the range varies according to the conditions. So, racing uphill with a car load of passengers – that have been carefully counted – drains the battery faster than cruising slowly on the flat with one person aboard. Factors such as temperature, driving style and what equipment is running might influence the range too. The Nissan LEAF can be charged from home - via a 32A Home Charging Unit – in four hours or by a standard plug in ten. It can also be topped-up at rapid charging ports that charge its battery from zero to eighty percent in thirty minutes.
Grab the abacus: the Nissan LEAF comes in three forms: Visia, Acenta and Tekna. What a contrast to the one-size-fits-all old version. The Visia has: steel wheels, black mirror caps and halogen headlights whereas the Acenta adds alloy wheels, tinted rear windows and body coloured mirrors. The Tekna has a Bose stereo and Nissan's Around View Monitor too. The latter provides a view of the surroundings via a colour screen and a camera on each side of the vehicle. These are positioned above the front grill, in the base of the wing mirrors and close to the rear registration plate. This system makes parking easy and minimises the risk of wrecking the paint by crashing into an abacus. The Nissan LEAF is also pleasant to drive. Enhancements over its predecessor include the steering that has better weight, more progressive brakes and the superior suspension that provides a more planted feel. These strengths complement the bigger boot that has less intrusions than its sibling. Prices range from £20,990 – £25,490 – and that can be confirmed via an abacus.


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Kretski emirat je bila nezavisna islamska država (emirat) koja je postojala na mediteranskom otoku Kreti od kasnih 820-ih do bizantskog osvajanja otoka 961. godine. Iako je bio podčinjeni emirat u odnosu na Abasidski kalifat a održavao je i bliske veze s Tulunidskim Egiptom, bio je de facto nezavisna država.

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Obec Buková se nachází v okrese Plzeň-jih, kraj Plzeňský. Žije zde  obyvatel.

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První písemná zmínka o vesnici pochází z roku 1115, kdy byla darována knížetem Vladislavem I. kladrubskému klášteru. Vesnici vlastnily rody Lažanských z Bukové, Buchvalů z Hrádku, Chřínovců, Šlovických ze Šlovic a Říčanských.

V letech 1961–1971 byla vesnice součástí obce Merklín a od 26. listopadu 1971 je samostatnou obcí.

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 Kostel svatého Jiří
 Kacerenský dub – přibližně 400 let starý dub letní
 V pozdní době halštatské stávalo na vrcholu Srnčího vrchu východně od vesnice hradiště Buková. V patnáctém století byl nejspíše během Česko-uherské války vrchol kopce využíván jako strážiště.

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Orchinol is a 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, a type of phenanthrenoid. It can be isolated from infected Orchis militaris and infected Loroglossum hircinum with Rhizoctonia repens. This molecule has a phytoalexin effect. It reduces the growth of Cattleya aurantiaca seedlings and has an antifungal activity.

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