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Own Your Data®
Owning Your Data
Charlie Silver
"Dear Charlie, How does Permission.io help its members to own their data?"
The best way to explain this is to think of Permission.io as a platform for applications that enable its members to own their data and monetize it, should they wish to do so.
Our primary activity on behalf of our members is that we have created a digital advertising platform where advertisers can reward our members for watching ads and interacting with branded content. Members enter the platform by signing up and are immediately compensated for creating a wallet to be used on Permission.io and further into 3rd party applications.
Members can earn in a multitude of ways. They opt-in to register their interests, demographic, and other key data, and embark on various shopping journeys. For ongoing sharing of data and for granting permission to receive invited ads that address their desire to learn and buy, members are rewarded with ASK. Members can HODL, exchange, or spend ASK on the platform and/or on 3rd-party sites that accept ASK.
A core aspect of the current member experience is watching video ads. Members earn for engaging with videos ranging in duration and format, including shorter, gamified ads, opt-in value exchange video ads, and brand films. Users will be able to directly monetize their data collected while engaging with video content, unlike typical platforms that sell their information to third parties.
Over time, the platform will feature other opportunities for members to earn from their data while interacting with news, surveys, video games, premium content, and more.
By rewarding members for their profile and behavioral data, advertisers will be able to more accurately be able to provide members with personal, relevant ads. This means that the Permission platform will present members with ads that they will likely enjoy watching… and they'll get paid for it.
In regards to data ownership, that is the point from where we start.
Permission QE
We have a project in progress at the moment which is code-named PermissionQE. The goal of this project is to build a query engine using our data algebra approach to data manipulation and management.
The QE stands for Query Engine, which is what the software we are building does. It can query large volumes of data, including, of course, member profile data.
If you are wondering where the member profile data will come from, the interesting thing is that most of this data already exists and is stored on a wide variety of websites, such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and many other sites that store personal data. The primary objective of PermissionQE is to enable users to access, integrate, and monetize their data. Our technology makes this possible and is helped by the obligation of such sites to make the data available to its owners ever since the GDPR legislation in the EU.
We will be able to help our members gather their personal data together. This will include data that is permissioned on our platform together with data stored in third-party databases. Our members' full dataset will then be available for members to monetize and for advertisers to target accurately.
It's Just The Beginning
Such an arrangement is the beginning of our members being able to access, manage, and control their personal data. The thing to note is that while Permission.io will pursue its advertising and sales business model with a maximum of energy, it is also our intention to encourage developers to create new applications that can assist our members in monetizing their data.
The more apps we build, the larger the amount of personal data we will make available to the average member. If we can encourage an energetic developer community, and we intend to, we expect that many other apps will be created that will help our members put their personal data to productive use.
Charles Silver is a serial entrepreneur with a background in finance and technology. Prior to founding Permission.io, he was an early visionary in the dot com era as founder of RealAge.com, which was amongst the first companies to use Big Data to connect individuals to advertisers on a permission basis. He is also co-founder of an SEC-registered investment adviser with five NASDAQ and NYSE-traded ETFs, as well as co-founder of a cryptocurrency hedge fund.
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Q: Twitter API Streaming by Locatons I'm using a Python's Twitter API implementation, TwitterAPI.
I'm trying get tweets from a specific city (São Paulo), in the Twitter Advanced Search(https://twitter.com/search-advanced) website is easy, but when I try to do it using streaming, never returns any tweet. (I know search-advanced is complete different from twitter streaming API)

Like follow the documentation I get the southwest coordinate first, and northeast after.
https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/overview/request-parameters#locations
#!/usr/bin/python

import pprint from TwitterAPI import TwitterAPI

pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(depth=6)

api = TwitterAPI(CONSUMER_KEY,
                 CONSUMER_SECRET,
                 ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY,
                 ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

r = api.request('statuses/filter', {'locations':'-23.984524,-46.885064,-23.393466,-46.479943'})

for item in r:
    pp.pprint(item)

But I never got any tweet, what I'am doing wrong ?

A: You have the latitudes and longitudes reversed. Try:
r = api.request('statuses/filter', {'locations':'-46.885064,-23.984524,-46.479943,-23.393466'})

The locations parameter takes longitude/latitude pairs.

A: Does using locations as a list of float values help?
{'locations':[-46.885064,-23.984524,-46.479943,-23.393466]}

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Check This Artist Out! posted on September 18th, 2009
If you're listening to urban or top 40 these days, chances are you've had that Pitbull song, "Calle Ocho" stuck in your head at least once. You know which one I mean: "one, two, three, four, uno, dos, tres, cuatro!" I can actually remember the first time I heard the song. I was listening to Ryan Seacrest's Top 40 through an internet stream and after hearing him preface the track by saying how quickly it'd grown in popularity on the West Coast prior to its radio debut, I started paying attention. Back then, I assumed the song would take some time to filter through from both coasts to the midwest. Now, I hear it everywhere. While I'm shopping, while I'm at the gym, even while I'm trying to sleep at night and some kids are cruising by with their radio blasting and the windows down.
Since the debut of that song I've moved from the Midwest to the West Coast and have discovered some great Hispanic/Latino artists. One worth mentioning is Notch, an artist who I believe could be a significant contender to Pitbull if only he could get that shot at some syndicated radio play. Notch ("Normal Howell") is an American born artist of Jamaican and Afro-Cuban descent. In the nineties, he was helping introduce reggae to North American while performing in the duo Born Jamaican. In 2007, he released a solo album "Raised By The People" – which happens to be the latest album that found its way onto my iPod. It's a mix of hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and reggaeton with both English and Spanish lyrics. There are some truly solid tracks on the album. One of my favorites is the 200 mile per hour "Que Te Pica" which I'm certain I've heard before in my zumba dance class at the gym. The human body is not capable of sitting still while that song is playing. Other tracks of note include the rhythmically interesting "Layaway Love" which I think would make a uniquely exotic addition to a mainstream hip/hop or urban station. Or, for a station that's playing to a primarily hispanic or afro-latino audience looking for something to blast from their car stereo while driving past my apartment at night, I'd recommend checking out "Dale Pa'Tra" or "Bailar Reggae." I've got to say, while Pitbull is busy co-writing that new fight song for the Miami Dolphins, his worthy contender could make good use out of a shot in the spotlight. For more, give the album a test drive on iTunes or visit Notch's official site here.
To accept my "Listen To Que Te Pica Without Dancing Foolishly" challenge, check out the YouTube link below. And seriously, if you know someone who takes Zumba, ask them about this song!
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She appealed to her late husband's connections in Punta Arenas for guidance and assistance and the elder of her nephews, Carlos Curze Williams, with whom I had been friendly for about a year (he was a Chilean Barrister) sounded me on the subject of going to Port Stanley to investigate and make a report ... I being at the moment at a loose end ... and about to return to where I really belong, Buenos Aires ...When I later met Mrs.Williams I was pleasantly surprised. We were both guests at her nephew's flat in Punta Arenas and Mrs.Williams had an air of distinction ... I was given instructions from the family as to what I had to report on ... and Mrs.Williams and I travelled on a cargo vessel of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. to Port Stanley ... I made my report and ... agreed ... to take over the management of the business.
Rowe travelled back with Mrs Williams, on the ship MV La Paz from Punta Arenas and they arrived in Stanley on 28 May 1923. He was now effectively general manager of Estate Louis Williams and adapted to life in the Falklands, while cultivating the eccentricities of style for which he became widely known. He was a founder member of the Colony Club in 1933 and the 'Suggestions' book is filled with peppery remarks signed 'EGR': 'I suggest that the peat recently available for the bar and billiard room fires is very, very poor and that it is absolutely necessary that better fires be kept up in both these rooms'. 'Where are the copies of Whittaker's Almanac?' 'Suggest that members before election should be vetted as to whether they have been instructed in the simple art of wiping their boots on the mats provided for this purpose'. He held very strong opinions on political matters, both international and domestic, and although he was never a member of LegCo or ExCo he frequently used the local newspaper to broadcast his views on the questions of the day. These usually appeared under the heading 'Globe Store' in the advertisement section of the paper.
The Germanic Tribes of the Baltic Seas stretching across to the Black Forest have again decided to break out, this time under the urge of a voluble nobody called Hitler. This is nothing new ... in the 3rd century as Goths ... they defeated the Roman Empire ... as Vandals they invaded Italy at least twice...150 years ago ... they robbed and dismembered Poland. They have now started again at their old game, War and PLUNDER, disregarding the march of civilization ... The world is utterly tired of Germanic bounce and with the British Empire and their ally France at the spear-head of our civilization there can be no doubts as to the result.
Prior to the outbreak of War in 1939 we had the following 'permanent' advertisement in the Weekly News which we now bring to the notice of our customers and friends in the hope that it may some day bear fruit: 'We are of the opinion, in common with many other people and entities in the Falkland Islands, that the lack of roads in the Colony is a crying disgrace. This expression of our honest opinion on this subject will be permanently advertised in this journal until such time as the building of country roads is resumed'. [Signed]: Estate Louis Williams.
In 1948 Mrs Ada Williams and Miss Grace Bossingham, with whom Rowe had shared Waverley House, the old Williams family home in Stanley, left the Falklands to return to England. Both women died in 1950, Grace in May and Ada in October. By the terms of Ada Williams' will, of which Rowe was the sole executor, Rowe inherited 50% of the Estate Louis Williams property 'for his long service and kindness to me'. The remainder was to revert to him on the deaths of Mrs Williams' surviving siblings. In addition she specified that 'the business of Estate Louis Williams...shall never pass outside the full control of Mr. Rowe'. By 1970, after the deaths of the remaining two Bossingham sisters and a brother, Rowe owned the whole of the Falkland Islands property.
He maintained Waverley as a batchelor establishment, with a series of housekeepers, cooks and maids to carry out the domestic duties. However he enjoyed ceremonially dispensing hospitality and as well as occasionally having friends to stay, would host rather formal gatherings. He entertained with some magnificence. Where other people put silver sixpences in their Christmas puddings, Mr Rowe substituted gold sovereigns. Waverley House at that time had something of the atmosphere of an Edwardian gentleman's club, with heavy fabrics muffling the drafts and the flames of well-stoked fires reflected in highly-polished mahogany, gleaming decanters and brass fenders. Rowe was fond of listening to the gramophone and particularly enjoyed records in the English music-hall tradition, such as the comic monologues of Stanley Holloway. Although he spent much time in arranging his house and garden to his liking, Rowe was also something of a traveller. He took great pleasure in exploring the ports on the itinerary of the Royal Mail Line ships on the long voyage to England. One of his favourite pastimes in later life was to await the arrival of the mail ship in one of these regular ports of call, such as Lisbon or Las Palmas, and suddenly appear on the quayside to surprise acquaintances from the Falklands travelling on leave. Regardless of any arrangements they might already have made for their few hours ashore, he would sweep them away to where he had a car and driver waiting, announcing that he had organised 'luncheon' at a restaurant he liked and that he would show them the best views first. Such displays of somewhat tyrannical kindness characterised many of his dealings with his fellow human beings. He was prone to sudden acts of generosity, but his irascible nature often left the recipients nervous. Ernesto Rowe's later life in Stanley is described in a wonderful character sketch by John Smith, published in the Falkland Islands Journal of 1998.
In addition to his business activities on behalf of Estate Louis Williams, Rowe was also vice-consul for Uruguay, a position he took which he took most seriously, citing 'my official Exequatur signed by his late Majesty King George VI and by the then Foreign Minister the late Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, dated 28th August 1950'. Rowe remained active in business until his death in Stanley on 22 December 1975. He was buried in Stanley Cemetery on Christmas Eve. He left the property of Estate Louis Williams to his nephew Charles Rowe of Buenos Aires. However the Globe Store was burnt down in 1982 by Argentine troops and other estate buildings in Stanley were badly damaged in the aftermath of the Conflict. The remaining assets of the company, including Waverley House, were sold to Fortuna Ltd in 1988.


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Quarterback Nichols under pressure to save Blue Bombers' season
WINNIPEG — The headline in one of the local newspapers proclaimed 'Season on Nichols' shoulders'.
The weight of the proverbial football world in Winnipeg is on the slightly-built individual who's been here less than a month, yet that is the nature of playing quarterback.
"I can handle it," insisted Matt Nichols, the recently anointed No. 1 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. "When you decide as a young man that you want to play this position, it comes with the territory.
"I've been playing quarterback for 20 years now and you always feel that.
"Obviously, there are a lot of things that have to happen around you, other guys doing their job but to win, your quarterback has to play well. So whether it's a must-win game or first game of the season, as quarterback you put pressure on yourself."
There is no question that, at 4-8, the Bombers' collective post-season lives are in jeopardy. They have to win more than lose in their next six and that starts with a stiff test — a date with the 9-3 Calgary Stampeders on Friday night at Investors Group Field.
Nichols, acquired in a trade with the Edmonton Eskimos on Sept. 2, has taken the reins from (in this order) Drew Willy, Brian Brohm and Robert Marve in an attempt to find a suitable replacement for Willy, who's right knee probably won't allow him to return before the season's end.
But Nichols, who is well acquainted with the Stamps from his Esks days, is up for the challenge.
"I've played a few football games against this team and I know they have a good mix of talent and veteran guys that know each other very well," explained the 28-year-old. "Since I've been in the CFL I think we (Edmonton) beat them once in 2011 and once in the playoffs in 2011 and since then we didn't beat them for a few years straight. Kind of lost to them every which way possible … it's a tough team.
"When you play a defence … especially like Calgary, when plays are there to be made, you have to make them, plain and simple."
That's one thing the Bombers have not been able to do with regularity. As well, they've given up points on special teams which has repeatedly hurt them. That's part of the reason they're being considered 10-point underdogs by the oddsmakers.
"I bet you no one inside these walls knows that they're a 10-point underdog," Nichols said. "We're playing in front of a great crowd, an awesome stadium and a great atmosphere and we're coming out fired up. It's professional football, it's not rocket science. It's making plays when they're there and not making too many mistakes."
This is not just any game for the Bombers. For the final third of the season, this squad will be in playoff mode because it can't afford to take any week off, in particular against a team it has lost to twice this season — 26-25 and 36-8.
"It's very important," agreed beleaguered head coach Mike O'Shea. "We need to win. We know we're capable of it. We played Calgary pretty well for six of eight quarters. We all recognize we can play well against a good team.
"We don't feel overmatched. Being around our guys, looking in their eye every day when they come into work, watching them on the field, watching their preparation through the week. They're ready, willing and able."
"It's the reality," pitched in middle linebacker Sam Hurl, a product of the University of Calgary. "We have to suck it up and play clean, sound football. We're determined to get it done and get after it.
"We've had close games with them. They're a team that's good at closing out games. We have to try to make sure we're consistent in all three phases of the game. When we do that we win games."
For left tackle Stanley Bryant, a former Stampeder, Nichols provides one more player the offensive line has to defend.
"It's not too bizarre because you know the guys are leaders," he said of the plethora of Bombers' signal-callers. "It's our job to keep those guys upright. As an offensive unit, we have to do better running the ball, protecting the quarterback … and then we can stick with one guy."
Linebacker Ian Wild, cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers, has rejoined the Bombers and will at this point be used on special teams.
Despite light-hearted jabs between QBs, Stamps not taking Bombers lightly Stamps hope Winnipeg trip not the last this season
NHL Scoreboard
Washington 6 Final
NY Islanders 4
St. Louis 3 Final
Arizona 3 Final
Calgary 0 12:20
Chicago 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT
Vegas 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT
Florida 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT
Los Angeles 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT
New Jersey 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT
Buffalo 5:00 PT6:00 MT7:00 CT8:00 ET1:00 GMT9:00 6:00 MST7:00 CST8:00 EST5:00 UAE (+1)20:00 ET23:00 BRT
Dallas 6:00 PT7:00 MT8:00 CT9:00 ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 MST8:00 CST9:00 EST6:00 UAE (+1)21:00 ET0:00 BRT
San Jose 7:00 PT8:00 MT9:00 CT10:00 ET3:00 GMT11:00 8:00 MST9:00 CST10:00 EST7:00 UAE (+1)22:00 ET1:00 BRT
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LA Clippers 130 1:21
New Orleans 124
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Phoenix 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST4:00 UAE (+1)01:0019:00 ET6:00 CT22:00
Detroit 4:30 PT5:30 MT6:30 CT7:30 ET0:30 GMT8:30 5:30 MST6:30 CST7:30 EST4:30 UAE (+1)01:3019:30 ET6:30 CT22:30
Philadelphia 4:30 PT5:30 MT6:30 CT7:30 ET0:30 GMT8:30 5:30 MST6:30 CST7:30 EST4:30 UAE (+1)01:3019:30 ET6:30 CT22:30
Cleveland 5:00 PT6:00 MT7:00 CT8:00 ET1:00 GMT9:00 6:00 MST7:00 CST8:00 EST5:00 UAE (+1)02:0020:00 ET7:00 CT23:00
Toronto 5:00 PT6:00 MT7:00 CT8:00 ET1:00 GMT9:00 6:00 MST7:00 CST8:00 EST5:00 UAE (+1)02:0020:00 ET7:00 CT23:00
Orlando 5:30 PT6:30 MT7:30 CT8:30 ET1:30 GMT9:30 6:30 MST7:30 CST8:30 EST5:30 UAE (+1)02:3020:30 ET7:30 CT23:30
LA Lakers 5:30 PT6:30 MT7:30 CT8:30 ET1:30 GMT9:30 6:30 MST7:30 CST8:30 EST5:30 UAE (+1)02:3020:30 ET7:30 CT23:30
Portland 6:00 PT7:00 MT8:00 CT9:00 ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 MST8:00 CST9:00 EST6:00 UAE (+1)03:0021:00 ET8:00 CT0:00
Sacramento 6:00 PT7:00 MT8:00 CT9:00 ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 MST8:00 CST9:00 EST6:00 UAE (+1)03:0021:00 ET8:00 CT0:00
Texas 12:05 PT1:05 MT2:05 CT3:05 ET15:05 ET20:05 GMT4:05 1:05 MST3:05 EST2:05 CST3:35 VEN0:05 UAE (+1)2:05 CT
Tennessee 12:05 PT1:05 MT2:05 CT3:05 ET20:05 GMT4:05 1:05 MST2:05 CST3:05 EST2:05 CT0:05 UAE (+1)15:05 ET18:05
Green Bay 3:40 PT4:40 MT5:40 CT6:40 ET23:40 GMT7:40 4:40 MST5:40 CST6:40 EST5:40 CT3:40 UAE (+1)18:40 ET21:40
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Toronto 7:00 ET
Montreal 10:00 ET
Saturday, Jun. 13
Winnipeg 7:00 ET
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Reggie Begelton is heading to the NFL. The Calgary Stampeders announced on Thursday morning they were releasing their star receiver so that he could pursue an NFL opportunity, with a source telling Postmedia the Green Bay Packers are expected to be his destination.


Despite remaining profitable over its second fiscal quarter, FedEx Corp. is increasingly feeling the pressure on its bottom line from a major slump in shipping volume – forcing it to cut costs and raise rates where it can.
Despite remaining profitable over its second fiscal quarter, FedEx Corp. is increasingly feeling the pressure on its bottom line from a major slump in shipping volume – forcing it to cut costs and raise rates where it can.
"Our financial performance is increasingly being challenged by some of the worst economic conditions in the company's 35-year operating history," said Frederick Smith, FedEx's chairman, president & CEO, in the company's second quarter earnings release.
FedEx already has cut over $1 billion of expenses for all of fiscal 2009, including: eliminating variable compensation payouts; a hiring freeze; volume-related reductions in labor hours and line-haul expenses; discretionary spending cuts, and personnel reductions at FedEx Freight and FedEx Office.
Smith said FedEx is now implementing a number of additional cost cuts as well, such as: a 20% reduction in his own salary, along with a 7.5% to 10% salary cut for other senior FedEx executives and a 5% pay reduction for U.S.-based salaried employees; elimination of calendar 2009 merit-based salary increases for U.S. salaried personnel; and suspension of 401(k) company matching contributions for a minimum of one year, effective February 1, 2009.
These additional actions are expected to reduce expenses by $200 million during the remainder of fiscal 2009 and by approximately $600 million in fiscal 2010, Smith noted. The company is also boosting rates at its LTL subsidiaries, FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL, by 5.7% effective January 5 next year.
While earnings increased to $1.58 per diluted share in FedEx's second fiscal quarter – up from $1.54 per diluted period over the same periods in 2007 – the company's operating income was essentially flat, noted Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx executive vp & CFO.
Revenue increased 1% in the second fiscal quarter to $9.54 billion compared to the same period in 2007, but operating income barely budged at $784 million, up from $783 million last year. The operating margin declined to 8.2% from 8.3% the previous year, though net income rose 3% to $493 million. Graf noted total combined average daily package volume in the FedEx Express and FedEx Ground segments was down 2% year over year, as the weak economy reduced demand for shipping services.
The company is still on target to earn $3.50 to $4.75 per diluted share for fiscal 2009, Graf stressed – a projection that assumes weak global macroeconomic conditions, anticipated volume gains from DHL and stable fuel prices. But he said FedEx will not provide third-quarter guidance due to significant economic uncertainty and the difficulty in forecasting the impact of recently acquired DHL customers. Capital spending is now expected to be $2.4 billion for fiscal 2009, down from $3 billion at the start of the year, he added.


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Long-term outcome of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis treated with plasma exchange: A retrospective, single-centre study
Frausová D
Hrušková Z
Lánská V
Arthritis Research and Therapy (2016) 18(1)
Background: Plasma exchange (PLEX) has been used routinely for treatment of severe renal vasculitis and/or alveolar haemorrhage (AH) in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), but the long-term benefit of PLEX in AAV remains unclear. We aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients treated with PLEX in a single centre. Methods: Patients with AAV were identified by performing a case review of medical records of 705 patients who received PLEX in a single tertiary referral centre between 2000 and 2010. Patient characteristics and outcomes were recorded. The Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank tests and Cox regression analysis were used for survival analyses. Results: A total of 94 patients with AAV were identified (44 men, 50 women; median age 60 years, range 21-90 years; 52 proteinase 3-ANCA, 41 myeloperoxidase-ANCA and 1 ANCA-negative; 8 double-positive for ANCA and anti-glomerular basement membrane; 93 newly diagnosed/1 relapse; 55 [58.5 %] required dialysis). The reasons for initiating PLEX therapy were severe renal involvement alone in 52 %, AH in 10 %, both renal involvement and AH in 35 %, and "other" in 3 %. The patients had 3-27 (median 7) PLEX sessions. At 3 months, 81 (86 %) of 94 were alive and 62 (66 %) of 94 were alive and dialysis-independent. The median follow-up was 41 months (minimum-maximum 0.5-137 months), when 56 (59.6 %) of 94 patients were alive and 47 (50 %) were dialysis-independent. The estimated overall survival rates were 75.3 % at 1 year and 61.1 % at 5 years. Patient survival decreased with increasing age at presentation (5-year survival 85 % for age <50 years, 64.4 % for ages 50-65 years, and 41 % for >65 years; p<0.01 for comparison between all groups). Estimated renal survival rates were 65.5 % at 1 year and 43 % at 5 years. Renal survival was worse in patients aged >65 years than in the younger patients (5-year survival 25.1 % in patients >65 years vs. 50.8 % for those ≤65 years, p<0.01). The estimated renal survival was better in patients with higher Disease Extent Index (DEI) >6 than in patients with DEI ≤6 (5-year survival 52.1 % vs. 39.4 %, p=0.04), even though this was not confirmed in multivariate analysis. Conclusions: The mortality of patients presenting with severe manifestations of AAV remains high despite the use of PLEX. Older age at presentation is associated with worse overall and renal prognosis.
Alveolar haemorrhage
Frausová, D., Hrušková, Z., Lánská, V., Lachmanová, J., & Tesaĭ, V. (2016). Long-term outcome of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis treated with plasma exchange: A retrospective, single-centre study. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-1055-5


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Deze pagina geeft een overzicht van de Team Memory Card-Jack & Jones-wielerploeg in 2000.

Algemeen
 Sponsor: Memory Card A/S (producent van geheugenkaarten), Jack & Jones (kledingwinkel)
 Algemeen manager: Torben Kølbæk
 Ploegleiders: Alex Kjeld Pedersen, Bjarne Riis, Per Johnny Pedersen, Jesper Tikiøb, Johnny Weltz, Remi De Moor
 Fietsmerk: Vitus

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Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart
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His second official solo album, Gasoline Alley, is a critically acclaimed 1970 album by Rod Stewart. It features a diverse mixture of covers and originals that reflect the various styles of Stewart's various musical projects and this album has been described as one that both celebrates tradition while featuring the rock sensibilities of its present. Ultimately, while the album is a sentimental snapshot of place and time, it has maintained its musical integrity and interest a half century after its creation.
Sir Roderick David Stewart was born in war-torn London, 1945 to parents of both Scottish and English ancestry. As a teenager he developed an interest in English folk music and he began playing harmonica in the early 1960s, joining the rhythm and blues group The Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist. One of the group's earlier gigs in 1963 was opening for The Rolling Stones in London. After leaving The Dimensions, Stewart made his recording début with the single "Up Above My Head" in June 1964, and soon signed a solo recording contract with Decca Records, where he recorded several further singles and made some national television appearances through the mid 1960s but found little commercial success.
In early 1967, guitarist Jeff Beck recruited Stewart to front the heavy blues Jeff Beck Group. The group included bassist Ronnie Wood and the 1968 debut album, Truth, featured contributions from future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones and acted as a model for Zeppelin's own debut album. Stewart co-wrote three of the original tracks on this critically acclaimed album, which spawned a world wide tour in late 1968 into 1969. The Jeff Beck Group's second album, Beck-Ola, was recorded in April 1969 for release that summer.
The heavily-touring group was slated to play the Woodstock Music Festival before Stewart and Wood abruptly left the group to eventually form Faces with former members of The Small Faces. Meanwhile, Stewart recorded and released his debut solo album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (known as The Rod Stewart Album in the US) in late 1969, which established his heartfelt mixture of folk, rock, and country blues in both original and cover material. Faces début album, First Step was released in early 1970 with a more straight-forward rock and roll style and this group quickly earned a strong live following. Simultaneously, Stewart entered the studio with producer Lou Reizner to record Gasoline Alley, which struck a balance between the Faces' sound and Stewart's solo debut.
Released: June 12, 1970 (Mercury)
Produced by: Lou Reizner & Rod Stewart
Recorded: Morgan Studios, London, February–April 1970
It's All Over Now
Only A Hobo
My Way Of Giving
Country Comfort Cut Across Shorty
Jo's Lament
You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)
Rod Stewart – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Martin Quittenton – Guitar
Ronnie Wood – Guitar, Bass
Ian McLagan – Piano, Organ
Mick Waller – Drums
Stewart and Wood collaborated on the opening title track, an excellent folk track with a 12-string acoustic topped by dueling lead guitars and Stewart mimicking the lead riffs throughout to create a catchy melody. Stanley Matthews provides a mandolin lead to "Gasoline Alley" to complete the aura of this ode to a simpler past. the cover of Bobby and Shirley Jean Womack's "It's All Over Now" follows as an entertaining track with a country rock feel due to Wood's twangy guitar and the piano style of Ian McLagan.
A cover of Bob Dylan's "Only a Hobo", a song Dylan himself would not release until decades later, offers a nice change of pace as a simple acoustic waltz with sad and moody lyrics delivered masterfully by Stewart. "My Way of Giving" soulfully starts with organ, bass and the masterful guitar chording by Wood. The song was co-written by Ronnie Lane for the Small Faces in 1966 and he, along with Faces band mate Kenney Jones on drums, perform on this track. "Country Comfort" is an Elton John / Bernie Taupin composition and the piano of this folk ballad is delivered nicely by guest Pete Sears, The song also features an odd but charming backing vocal by Jack Reynolds.
The album's second side offers more diversity to its solid overall sound. "Cut Across Shorty" was originally written for Eddie Cochran in 1960 and, a decade later, this version features a duo acoustic beginning by Wood and Martin Quittenton, which is cut across by Mick Waller's unique drum pattern before everything kicks in for a driving rhythm under and some fiddle sprinkled throughout. Two Stewart acoustic originals follow, the partly surreal but all feeling ballad "Lady Day" with a fine a fiddle lead, and the celtic-feeling "Jo's Lament", with layered instrumental arrangement. "You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It)" wraps things up with a simmering beat and a funk-inflected theme which brings back the Faces' rhythm section for a final cameo.
While a commercial disappointment in the UK, Gasoline Alley did become the first of 15 consecutive albums for Stewart to chart in the Top 40 in the United States. He would soon reach superstardom with his next 1971 solo record, Every Picture Tells a Story and continue this success for decades as he became one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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Bruno Ganz – iconic European actor – dies age 77
by Kirsten Robertson
February 18, 2019, 7:16 am Updated: February 18, 2019, 8:22 am
Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor behind one of the most famous on-screen portrayals of Adolf Hitler, has died.
The actor's management team confirmed yesterday that Ganz had died at his home in Zurich, aged 77, after a battle with intestinal cancer.
Born in March 22, 1941 to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother, Ganz caught the acting bug early, deciding to pursue a career on stage by the time he started university.
He went on to embrace the acting world, and became an iconic figure in the German movie scene.
His Swiss-accented voice as instantly recognizable for movie-goers, and his sudden change in temperance was a trait he was known to adopt for many of his roles.
In German cinema, his career spanned six decades, and his highlights included Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, in which he played an invisible angel, who roamed the streets of Berlin in order to provide comfort to humans.
We're saddened to hear the news that Swiss actor Bruno Ganz has passed away https://t.co/76c58Jnfht pic.twitter.com/xpwI5uvpft
— BFI (@BFI) February 17, 2019
Ganz also appeared in English-language films such as the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate, with Denzel Washington, and 2008's The Reader, with Kate Winslet.
But it was his turn as Hitler that caused a worldwide sensation.
The film, called Der Untergang in German, told the story of Hitler's final days in his Berlin bunker.
It grossed £71.3million at box offices around the world when it was released.
One particular scene depicting Hitler suffering from a bout of rage within his bunker became an online meme, and spawned thousands of parodies online.
In 2005 Ganz revealed that he had spent four months preparing for the role, studying historical records including a secretly-recorded tape of Hitler.
He also observed and studied people with Parkinson's disease, which he believed was a condition the dictator had.
RT The famous scene that was turned into loads of parody videos on Youtube.
Hitler's (Bruno Ganz) reaction after hearing Steiner refused to attack with his Armeeabteilung Steiner (Army Detachment Steiner), April 1945. pic.twitter.com/zymrGwTuLt
— Rick Toney (@RickToney01) February 17, 2019
His last on-screen performance was in Lars von Trier's 2018 film The House that Jack Built.
In response to his contribution to the film industry, Ganz was honoured with Germany's Order of Merit and made a knight of the French Légion d'honneur.
In addition, at the time of his death, Ganz was the holder of the Iffland-Ring, an accolade to the German-speaking actor judged "most significant and worthy".
The ring is passed from person to person, and it is not yet clear who Ganz had intended it to transfer to on the occasion of his death.
RIP Bruno Ganz (1941-2019) seen here with Werner Herzog on the set of Nosferatu the Vampyre pic.twitter.com/Pdgb8M1Bz4
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) February 16, 2019


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The Walter Gavitt Ferguson Tape Hunt
The Tape Hunt
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Tape Hunt Releases
Don Walter's portrait in Portugal
April 22, 2020 at 5:12 pm, 3 comments
Did you know that a renowned Portuguese artist did a portrait of Don Walter? Here is the Story.
When Portuguese photographer and film maker João Silva returned to Lisbon from an extended trip to Costa Rica, where he had helped to create the South Caribe Roots Archive, he must have had hundreds of great photos in his luggage, many of them portraits of local people.
Back in Lisbon, he met up with his friend, artist and singer Pedro do Vale, an internationally renowned painter of big, photrealistic portraits. The two friends looked through João's portrait photos for inspiration and Pedro's eyes soon fell on a picture showing an old man from Cahuita with a unique facial expression. Pedro liked it and decided to paint it. João explained to his friend that this man actually is the legendary musician Walter Gavitt Ferguson, which he had interviewed for the Roots Archive.
It took Pedro do Vale about two months to finish his amazing portrait of Don Walter. This great piece of art is still in Lisbon today, belonging to the artist.
Above: Portrait painting by Pedro do Vale (2017, charcoal on paper). Below: Original photo from 2014 by João Silva
Big shout out to photographers João Silva and Lucas Iturriza for sharing the story of how the portrait came about.
3 comments - Don Walter's portrait in Portugal
Enrique - April 24, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Increíble work! It this portrait going to be exhibit on any gallery in Lisbon? I'm a Costa Rican currently living in Lisbon, so I would love to see it
Werdenberg - April 25, 2020 at 8:08 pm
I cannot believe, this is a painting?!!! What a gifted Artist! Life time expressions in Don Walters face and eyes.
Nancy Comeaux - April 29, 2020 at 6:06 am
Looks like a black + white photo. I know Walter Ferguson, he is a main stay in Cahuita. CR. Thank you. His family might appreciate
New tape found in the US - thanks to rerun of BBC-show
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7. May. 2021
"Me never expect those songs still alive"
Statue of Don Walter unveiled in Cahuita
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3. Oct. 2020
Calypso dancers say "thank you Don Walter"
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Wa' apin, man? What happened?
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In 2017, nine original tapes were located in Canada:
In 2018, six original tapes were found in Costa Rica:
In March 2019, five original tapes were recovered in the USA:
In May 2019, unreleased parts from Don Walter's "Folkways" album were donated to the Tape Hunt:
In January 2020, another five original tapes were found in Costa Rica:
In October 2020, the biggest catch containing 45 original tapes was unearthed in Costa Rica:
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Light fixtures such as this one, built by Josh Hixson himself, add modern flair.
Nothing pairs with fried chicken like cold beer, and nothing pairs better with cold beer like whiskey.
The original Three Crow Brand lives on in spirit.
Spicy shrimp over Cherokee blue corn grits
Shrimp n' Grits- White Gulf shrimp, roasted red pepper, brown butter, local chorizo and Cherokee Blue corn grits
Josh Hixson and Tara Barker
Owners Josh Hixson and Tara Barker
Fried quail- buttermilk fried quail on seasonal greens
3Crow in Rockland
April, 2014 | By: Joe Ricchio | Photography: Greta Rybus
Location: Rockland
The colorful history of Rockland's 3Crow is best pondered over a plate of crispy fried chicken and a glass of sweet, mellow bourbon. You too can be part of the story.
In the 1907 book Special Edition: Rockland, Camden, and Environs, the John Bird Company, who inhabited the same building in Rockland as 3Crow over 100 years ago, is described in detail:
"As wholesale grocers and manufacturers it enters into the very heart of the business, roasting its own coffees, grinding spices, manufacturing patent medicines of its own recipes, sodas, and flavoring extracts, and is the largest distributor of cream tartar in Maine … On all its own manufactures the company uses its trademark, Three Crow brand, and associated with this brand is a guarantee of reliability, pure material, and high grade goods."
Such is the foundation on which chef/owner Josh Hixson has built his beer and whiskey-centric temple of Southern-influenced cuisine, and upon exploring its halls one will encounter many bits of paraphernalia bearing the old Three Crow Spice Brand logo. Tremendous care has been taken to preserve the original look and feel of the building, such as the restoration of the original doors and a sink in the downstairs hallway made entirely of brick. When I inquire how Hixson managed to keep the decor both historically accurate and modern at the same time, he gives me a few examples:
"An old house was razed a couple of blocks away, and we were able to save much of the original wood, siding, and beams. After pulling out all of the square nails, and cleaning it up a bit, we repurposed it around the restaurant. The texture and warmth of the dark wood imparted a beautiful contrast to the white walls and high tin ceilings."
Hixson built the contemporary metal light fixtures himself, as well as a "living wall" dotted with a plethora of vegetation. A large staircase divides the room and gives a more intimate feel despite what is actually a sprawling dining area.
A first glance at 3Crow's menu reveals modern American cuisine with a pronounced Southern influence. Hixson was born about three hours west of New Orleans, although he spent his formative years in Hawaii and Tennessee. Regardless of the family's location, he recalls, his mother would generally prepare Southern classics like gumbo, etouffee, and jambalaya for family dinners. At 3Crow, these same comfort foods are refined using the best ingredients that he can get his hands on, allowing for variation on the overall theme.
A prime example of this is the Fish "Ribs," made from the rich, meaty collars of whatever species the local fishmonger has available any given day. After the fins, gills, and scales are removed, the fish is oiled and seasoned before being tossed on the grill and basted with bourbon BBQ sauce. The result justifies the name, as the experience of eating them is not unlike tearing into a rack of pork ribs.
Of particular pride to Hixson is his fried chicken, for which he uses free-range birds that are rested overnight in molasses brine before being cold-smoked for about an hour. Then, the chickens are almost completely finished in a pressure cooker and are seasoned while they cool off. As tickets come through, each order is dipped in buttermilk and dredged in seasoned flour before being quickly fried and served with a generous portion of spiced honey. The texture of the resulting crust has a nice balance, and the meat is tender and smoky.
While some dishes are unapologetically decadent, such as roasted Brussels sprouts with bourbon caramel and pork belly scraps, others take on an uncanny complexity from unique products, like Hixson's take on shrimp and grits. Although they are laden with the traditional brown butter and flecks of spicy chorizo, the grits are made from Cherokee blue corn, indigenous to the Carolinas, which gives them a pleasant earthy fragrance and allows for more variation in the grains. There is also a very traditional Mexican-style taco on the menu, which is augmented in the Southern style by use of barbecue pork and pickled onions.
Hixson admits, "We try not to pigeonhole ourselves into one cuisine."
Tara Barker, Hixson's wife, who is also pastry chef and co-owner, is widely known for her dedication to producing superlative confections that are all gluten-free. There is even a separate kitchen devoted to keeping all of the food within these parameters, and most of the menu is available as such. I will say without hesitation that one does not miss the gluten in any of her slightly retro desserts; the luscious textures and intense flavors in her chocolate cake don't allow the mind to wander to the flour-rich desserts of my past.
Justin Mineo, founder of a company called beer-in-danish that offers craft beer tours of Denmark, heads up the bar program. It focuses, as previously mentioned, on beer and whiskey. A majority of the draught brew selection represents producers from Maine that are responsible for the most recent "beer renaissance" taking place throughout the state. He was excited when Hixson expanded the original plan of twelve taps to fourteen (with two additional for wine). "I'm completely enamored by the flavor spectrum of craft beer, and even after many years of tasting I still find myself being surprised by something I've never tasted before on a regular basis," he explains. "My focus with the beer program at 3Crow is twofold: first, I want to highlight the best of regional craft brewing by dedicating taps to select breweries, and in addition to this I want to provide a broad range of styles from breweries outside of Maine, from as far away as Denmark. I think our beer list is an unpretentious but savvy collection of selections meant to cater to palates of all types."
The whiskey offerings are primarily bourbon, as both Mineo and Hixson felt that the sweeter, mellower style was the most appropriate when it came to pairing up with most of the menu. This doesn't mean that lovers of the Irish and Scotch varieties are left out in the cold, as was evidenced by my hefty glass of Redbreast 12-year Single Pot Still on a recent visit to the bar.
After running 3Crow's sister restaurant, 40paper, in Camden, Hixson reflects on fitting into the dining community of decidedly more old-school Rockland:
"I've always thought of the midcoast community as one of the best food scenes in the state. Both Camden and Rockland have amazing food choices, which run the entire gamut from French to Spanish to Japanese, all serving food made with care and love. I wanted to create a restaurant that focused on American food, and drawing on a cuisine I grew up with seemed like something this area would really respond well to. In short, our main focus is simple – food, whiskey, and beer. Those are our three crows."
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Every year in the small town of Cotignola in the province of Ravenna, one of the oldest festivals in Romagna is held: the Segavecia or Segavecchia Festival. Although the name of the festival is not particularly inviting, it is one of the most popular and appreciated events in the area.
This festival has now reached its 566th edition and commemorates a very mysterious story, based on a combination of reality and legend.
The story goes that Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, went to Cotignola to visit his mother, Lucia. While in the town, he was taken seriously ill and there seemed to be no cure for his sudden illness. This was an age when people's minds were driven by suspicion and superstition and the cause of his illness was soon uncovered when an old lady was discovered to be pricking an effigy of the Duke with a needle. And so popular belief was that the old lady was using witchcraft to make poor Sforza fall ill with her curse!
The old lady was soon put to death in the main square with no hope of being saved as the cheering crowd looked on. In the meantime, the Duke recovered from his terrible illness and decreed celebrations to be held in all the lands governed by him in spite of it being the middle of Lent.
And so today, the Segavecchia Festival is repeated every year almost as an allegory to ward off bad luck and spread hope for the future.
So go to Cotignola between the end of February and the first half of March to celebrate the return of the Duke of Milan's health and to explore the town and its traditions.
From Thursday to Sunday, Cotignola is animated by food stalls, art, music and entertainment as well as historical re-enactments, religious tradition and pure Romagna folklore. During the four days of celebration there are exhibitions by musical bands, dancers and majorettes, as well as parades with floats, medieval costumes, games and of course, an abundance of good local food.
Do not miss the end of the festival, the most famous and characteristic moment of the entire event! A huge papier mâché effigy of the old lady is carried into the main square accompanied by her executioner.
We strongly advise you not to be alarmed and if you can, find a place in the front row especially if you have a sweet tooth, because after reading the old lady's death sentence, the executioner saws her head off which is filled with sweets and dried fruit to offer to the crowd!
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Google has set a deadline to make a complete transition from the Adobe Flash to HTML5. While the process has already been underway, the same is set to gain some momentum starting June 30, 2016. After the deadline, Google will no longer allow advertisers to upload ads with built-in Flash content to AdWords and DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DCDM).
The entire process of making Google Display Network and DoubleClick Digital Marketing completely free of Flash will reach a culmination by January 2, 2017. However, Google stated video ads built with Flash will not be affected at the moment.
Google in a post made in AdWords' Google+ page stated the move is aimed at making the ads visible to more audiences and across a greater diversity of devices.
To make it easier for advertisers to make the transition to HTML5 from the Adobe Flash, Google has also set up a web page carrying necessary details.
Google had been busy distancing itself from Adobe Flash right from January 2015 itself when it began adopting the HTML5 video format for its YouTube video in place of Flash. This was followed by another program of converting Flash-based ads to HTML5 automatically.
Adobe's Flash has been on the way out for quite some time now owing to its susceptibility to security issues with the platform having made it to the dubious list of top 5 having the highest number of vulnerabilities in 2015. Flash with 314 publicly disclosed vulnerabilities made it to number 3 on the list, behind OS X and iOS.
Adobe too isn't too amused of the development, being all too aware of the disadvantage that Flash posed vis-à-vis HTML5. In fact, Adobe too played a part in ensuring the slow demise of Flash when it announced it won't be supporting Flash Player on mobile devices.
Worth mentioning, late Steve Jobs too had famously predicted the demise of Flash in his open letter titled 'Thoughts on Flash' back in 2010. Jobs then had said HTML5 will be the future and won't be allowing Flash on Apple mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
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Stamp duty hike for top-end homes followed by 40% plunge in sales but house prices rose in May, says Land Registry
Published: 08:06 EST, 2 July 2012 | Updated: 06:25 EST, 3 July 2012
Sales of top-end homes plunged by 40 per cent as the Chancellor introduced a stamp duty hike on properties worth more than £2 million, new data revealed today.
The number of houses sold for more than £2million in March - the latest month for which the figures are available - dropped to 124 from 205 the previous year, the Land Registry said.
A 7 per cent stamp duty rate was imposed on homes in this bracket towards the end of March, causing estate agents to warn that some property chains would crumble as a result.
Sales slump: Multi-million pound home sales have fallen by a dramatic 40 per cent in the last year
Elsewhere, the Land Registry said average house prices in May in England and Wales increased 0.5 per cent month-on-month to £161,677.
House prices inched ahead by 0.4 per cent annually, although property values only rose in three regions - London, the South East and the East.
London prices leapt 7.7 per cent annually, the report showed, as the big North South gap widened, with prices falling 3.9 per cent in Yorkshire and Humber, 3.5 per cent in the North East and 2.8 per cent in the North West.
The most up-to-date figures available show that during March 2012, the number of completed house sales in England and Wales increased by 25 per cent to 58,609 compared with 46,742 in March 2011.
The capital also experienced the greatest monthly rise - an increase of 2.6 per cent. However the sale of £2million properties also took a tumble in London, dropping 40 per cent from 162 last year to 98 in March this year.
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Hotspot: London's runaway property market is illustrated in the Land Registry house prices heatmap
London homes have been vital in keeping average prices up, with the capital often viewed as the most 'healthy' and stable area at a time when the housing market generally remained weak and patchy.
Estate agents warned that the Chancellor risked 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg' when he unveiled the 7 per cent rate on £2million properties.
But George Osborne defended the move and said it was 'fair when money is tight, and so many families could do with help, that those buying the most expensive homes contribute more'.
Residential stamp duty peaked at £6.7billion in 2007/8, but has also been below £3billion on two occasions over the past decade, according to figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The OBR anticipates stamp duty progressively climbing to £8.5billion by 2016-17, but this projection assumes a sharp recovery in the number of people purchasing property.
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First-time buyers at highest levels since just before the financial crisis as average mortgage grows to 80% of home value First-time buyers were handed out some 35,010 mortgages in August.
Mortgaged to the grave: Homebuyers are borrowing into their 70s as more lenders stretch mortgage terms to 40 years Demand for longer-term deals has grown substantially since the financial crisis.
SIMON LAMBERT:It's time stamp duty was cut As with many of former Chancellor George Osborne's plans, the stamp duty shake-up five years ago was half way to a good idea, unfortunately the other half reveals how bad a tax it is.
Nine out of 10 leaseholders weren't given clear legal advice when they bought Thousands of conveyancing solicitors may have breached their duty of care to their clients.
Cambridge, Oxford... and Leicester: Where London's first-time buyers go in search of more affordable homes First-time buyers are escaping the costly capital.
Mortgage warning for homeowners as cheapest ever two-year deals come to an end Some 850,000 homeowners will see fixed rate deals end in the next six months.
Fix forever: First ever retirement interest-only mortgage that's locked in for life is launched A specialist lender has launched the first ever 'fixed for life' retirement interest-only mortgage.
Buy a home 1% at a time: Plans to make building a shared ownership stake easier revealed Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced proposals to tweak the system.
More first-time buyers are skipping flats to leapfrog up the property ladder by buying smaller family houses Analysis from Zoopla found that two thirds of those looking to buy their first homes are seeking houses rather than flats.
Homes put up for sale slump to three-year low as 'endless wrangling' over Brexit triggers stand-off between buyers and sellers The number of properties on estate agents' books remains close to a record low.
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I was six when my parents divorced. They separated when I was somewhat closer to three and my brother in diapers, and I cannot remember a time when they were happily married. At least, not to each other.
Dad's been remarried so long that he and my stepmom have celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with barely a whisper and the boys that he raised have families of their own as has my sister while my brother and I try to figure out how make our family and families work.
Sorting through photos at my grandmother's house and trying to fit her life into a box, I find a picture I've never seen – my mom and my dad on the eve of their wedding.
Short skirt. Long hair. Baby faces on both. They look so happy and in the picture, they're a decade and a half younger than I am now and so full of love and light and laughter and youth that I barely recognize them.
Amy was born on an air force base barely two years later. Dad's hair was crew cut by then and when it grew out, the blond had passed as had the laughter and youth. The love and light would pass soon. I came later, then my brother, the separation and divorce. Remarriage to other people in other places and times followed, and they're happy now, in their own ways.
But the girl in the picture, the one with the short skirt and long hair still doesn't understand what happened. She wants more. Love and light, laughter and youth.


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Lapanja Seizes Opportunity, Snags Giant Slalom National Title
By Megan Harrod
For the second time in as many days, Lila Lapanja stood on the top of the podium at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Aspen Highlands, Colo.—this time in giant slalom. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard)
For the second time in as many days, Lila Lapanja stood on the top of the podium at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Aspen Highlands, Colo.—this time in giant slalom—with a blazing-fast second run. Team X Alpine's Storm Klomhaus (+.04) and Tricia Mangan (+.20) went 2-3 on the podium that saw a mere .20 second spread from first place to third place.
With U.S. Alpine Championships happening three weeks later than normal, athletes have had to maintain their patience and energy for an abnormally long time after an already challenging season, compounded by COVID-19 and travel restrictions. While top FIS Ski World Cup athletes like two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, and World Cup mainstays and top-10 finishers such as Paula Moltzan and Nina O'Brien taking are taking a much-deserved break, many athletes have seized the opportunity to snag some results on home soil to close the season.
Team X Alpine/University of Utah athlete Madi Hoffman (Australia) came out charging first run, taking the lead by a massive .90 margin over Klomhaus on the lengthy 1:17.23 second course. Taking into consideration that a standard giant slalom course length is about one minute, this course presented a challenge in length after an already lengthy season. Athletes crossed the finish line breathing heavily and out of gas. 20-year-old Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete AJ Hurt, who is coming off a full season on the World Cup, bouncing between speed and tech, was fourth after the first run, 1.2 seconds off the pace. Teammate, and World Cup slalom skier, Katie Hensien was sitting in eighth after the first run, but had a pretty hard crash second run and DNFed. She is thankfully OK.
While they didn't fully reset the second run, organizers did "redress" the course and move the gates out to find a clean track, adding seconds on an already long track. The fastest second run time, clocked by Lapanja, was 1:24.37—over seven seconds longer than the first run. To put it simply, it was exhausting, and despite the warm weather, the Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club (AVSC) and Aspen Highlands course crew once again made lemonade out of lemons.
"Today was definitely a tactical day, it paid to just have good skiing...it was not easy," reflected Lapanja in the finish. It was probably the longest course that I've ever raced, and I think the slip and race crew did a phenomenal job keeping the conditions really good. We had a really hard surface in the morning, and the salt took pretty well for the second run."
Heading into second run, Lapanja simplified her approach and made a goal to find the flow of the mountain and go with it, rather than fight it. "When I was inspecting second run, I just thought, 'Ok, just ski smart, focus on some really simple technical things, and don't panic...don't try to fight the length of the course, don't try to fight the conditions, because it's going to win today if you do,'" she added. "It was just that long and that tough of a course."
Hurt was looking to move up the second run, but ran into some trouble and made a really big mistake at the bottom of the first pitch, nearly skiing out. Hoffman, whose first run lead seemed untouchable, also made a mistake in that section, losing precious time and moving back to sixth overall. Canada's Britt Richardson, who was in third after the first run, moved back to fifth overall, but as a 2003 birth year, she was the fastest among juniors. Rounding out the junior podium was Hoffman in second, followed by Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Emma Resnick in third.
Up next, the women will take on the final day of the two-week-long 2021 U.S. Alpine Championships at Aspen Highlands, with slalom on Friday. U.S. Ski Team alumna and World Cup veteran and slalom podium finisher Resi Stiegler will celebrate her final career race.
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Canada's Britt Richardson was the fastest among juniors. Rounding out the junior podium was Madi Hoffman in second, followed by Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Emma Resnick in third. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard)
Emma Resnick
Emma Resnick, raised in Vail, Colorado, is the youngest of three. She loves chasing her older siblings and traveling around. Her favorite memory is representing the US at the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Cruisy-cool AJ Hurt is an up-and-coming athlete to watch. She's got that Palisades Tahoe-chill-'tude and skills on the mountain to boot, and—at just 18-years-old—already has a handful of World Cup starts under her belt.
Katie Hensien
Katie Hensien isn't one to shy away from taking the more challenging path. Case in point, for the second-straight season, not only will she ski for the U.S. Ski Team but she plans to continue her college studies and ski at the University of Denver.


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Gahanna: Driver in wrong lane receives little help, rebuke
A Lyft driver from Etna told Gahanna police he was in the wrong turn lane going eastbound on East Johnstown Road at the North Hamilton Road intersection when another motorist wouldn't let him into the needed lane, according to a report received at 5:16 p.m. Jan. 17.
The driver said he rolled down his window in attempt to talk with the other motorist, but the person said "no" and made several comments using the phrase, "you people," reports said. The driver said he wanted to make police aware of the other motorist's actions, reports said.
In other Gahanna police incident reports:
* A Landover Place resident said a neighbor was clearing flower beds of cat feces and depositing the material in her driveway, according to a report received at 6:08 p.m. Jan. 27. Police spoke to the neighbor and asked that she stop, according to reports.
* Items were stolen from a building under construction on Tech Center Drive, according to a report received at 9:06 a.m. Jan. 27. The report didn't list items that were taken.
* A coyote that had been hit by a vehicle was in the middle of the roadway at North Hamilton Road and Villa Oaks Lane, according to a complaint received at 8:42 p.m. Jan. 24.
* An Imperial Drive resident said she saw a man ring her doorbell and then throw something at her house, according to a report received at 12:44 p.m. Jan. 23. She said she was unsure what he had thrown, reports said. He drove a gray truck with a trailer, according to reports.
* Earrings, sunglasses, a cellphone charging cord and jeans were stolen from a vehicle on Humboldt Drive West, according to a report received at 7:34 p.m. Jan. 22.
* A vehicle was rummaged through on Vista Drive, according to a report received at 8:07 a.m. Jan. 22. Nothing was stolen, but things were thrown around inside, reports said.
* A trailer on Eastgate Parkway was broken into, according to a report received at 10:02 a.m. Jan. 21.
* A trash can was stolen from a Banbury Drive residence, according to a report received at 9:46 a.m. Jan. 21.
* Juveniles egged an Avonwick Place residence, according to a report received at 9:04 p.m. Jan. 18.
* About a dozen juveniles were reported for smoking in the hallway of a business on South Hamilton Road, according to a report received at 4:32 p.m. Jan. 17. While the reporting party was on the phone, the juveniles made obscene hand gestures toward the caller and walked out, reports said. The juveniles headed to another South Hamilton Road business, reports said.
* Disorderly conduct was reported at Clark Hall, 380 Granville St., according to a report received at 11:12 a.m. Jan. 17. No other information was provided.
* Cash was stolen from The Emelia School, 1075 E. Johnstown Road, according to a report received at 9:27 a.m. Jan. 17.
* A caller said cars had been speeding on Agler Road since 5 a.m., according to a report received at 7:13 a.m. Jan. 17. The reporting party said he would attend the next City Council meeting to ask for speed bumps and an extension of the 25-mph zone, reports said. Extra patrol was requested. At 6:15 p.m. Jan. 18, during moderate to heavy traffic, police found no speeds over 39 mph, reports said.
* A woman reported her tires were slashed either at her workplace on Tech Center Drive or at her Needletail Road residence, according to a report received at 3:58 p.m. Jan. 16.
* A game system was stolen from a residence on Fairholme Road, according to a report received at 3:23 p.m. Jan. 16. The resident said he left the house at 2:30 p.m., and within 15 minutes, the game system was missing and a Sonic cup was left behind, reports said. The front door was left unlocked, according to reports.
* People had been screaming and yelling since about 7 a.m. at a Triumph Way residence, according to a report received at 9:17 a.m. Jan. 16. No other information was provided.
* A 911 hang-up call was received from a business on Taylor Station Road at 9:12 a.m. Jan. 16. Dispatchers were advised a new phone system was installed and the caller was testing it. The business was advised to call the non-emergency phone first and was provided the number, reports said.
* An unruly student was reported at Royal Manor Elementary School, 299 Empire Drive, according to a report received at 2:39 p.m. Jan. 15. The student was upset and attempted to leave the school without permission, reports said. When an officer arrived, the student was complying with staff and was heading back inside. A parent was on scene and took custody of the student, reports said.