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Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,342, representing an increase of 7,026 (26.7%) from the 26,316 counted in the 2000 Census. It is part of the OrlandoKissimmeeSanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oviedo is known for its historic houses and buildings, as well as its population of chickens that roam the downtown area. Although the city has historically been rural, in recent years it has had an influx of new developments to support its rapid growth, due to its proximity to the University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Research Park. Several national publications have placed Oviedo on their nationally ranked lists as one of the best places to live in the US.
In the late 1870s, individuals living a few miles south of Lake Jesup needed an easily accessible post office in the Florida back country. Andrew Aulin, an early settler and shop-owner, decided to file paperwork for a post office, and in his first site location report, needed a name that was different from any other post office in Florida. Aulin liked having a Spanish name, "to go with the Spanish name of the state," and decided to name his post office location Oviedo after the city of Oviedo in northern Spain (the capital city of the Principality of Asturias) and the University of Oviedo. Some say he visited the University, while others say he just liked the sound of it, but most agree that he likely pronounced the name "Oh-vee-Ay-Doh" rather than the Americanized way of "Oh-VEE-doh".[citation needed]
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Jim Knoll wins his first NCGA Senior Match Play
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2015 NCGA Senior Match Play
champion Jim Knoll (NCGA photo)
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jim Knoll stood over his ball on the 18th hole at Spyglass Hill, arms crossed, examining his lie that was precariously close to the lip of the fairway bunker.
"I actually thought I had it when he was in the lip of the bunker," admitted Knoll's opponent Casey Boyns.
With the final match of the NCGA Senior Match Play at all square, and Boyns sitting pretty 30 yards ahead, Knoll went for an all-or-nothing shot and took a rip at the green. Knoll flushed his 7-iron, and admitted to hearing his ball skim the edge of the rough before soaring unscathed and thumping down on the front of the green.
"I hit it really good," Knoll said. "That was probably the shot of the day."
Knoll salvaged his par, and Boyns' birdie putt from the front of the green peeled off just in front of the cup, sending the match to a 19th hole. Knoll took advantage of the extra life, striping his drive and an approach that covered the flag, before winning his first NCGA Senior Match Play Championship with a conceded birdie.
"I kid myself. I'm 63 now. I don't think I'm playing as good as I have the past two or three years, and I think that has to do with age," said Knoll, the four-time defending NCGA Senior Player of the Year who all but wrapped up his fifth straight title with this win. "I didn't know if I was going to have an opportunity to snag this one. I was so happy that Casey and I were playing today, because there's not a better person to be playing against than Casey. You are testing yourself against the best, all the time."
Knoll played the first three holes of the match in 3 over to promptly drop to 2 down, but did not record another bogey his final 16 holes to chase down Boyns, who was gunning for a record third NCGA Senior Amateur Match Play title.
"I was tired, but the adrenaline of playing with Casey kept me going," Knoll said. "When we were walking down the 19th hole, we were just talking about how great this was, how special it was to be able to do this, and compete evenly."
On that 19th hole — Spyglass Hill's No. 10 — Boyns stymied his drive behind the tree that protects the left edge of the fairway, and overcooked the slice he was forced to play. His approach found the downslope of the right greenside bunker, and he splashed out into the rough. His chip shot for par cruelly burned the edge of the hole, and Boyns conceded Knoll's 10-footer for the win.
"I really wanted to win a third one," Boyns said. "We were having a good battle."
Boyns led from the second through 12th holes, but a bogey on No. 13 brought the match back to all square. Boyns continued to fight, scrambling for a par from 100 yards on No. 14 after plunking his second shot in the water, to pull out a halve. Knoll finally took his first lead on No. 15 when he wedged it to 10 feet, while Boyns again found the water.
Boyns still trailed 1 down on No. 17 when he wedged his approach 10 feet above the hole, and Knoll left himself a 6-footer for birdie, straight up the hill. But Boyns deftly curled in his quicker-than-quick putt, and Knoll's try caught the left edge, bringing the match to all square heading into the final hole.
"I expected him to make it, even though he hadn't made any all day," Knoll said. "And I had the easiest putt, and missed."
While Knoll fell victim to the wild swings of match play momentum on No. 17, he promptly flipped the table on Boyns. But even after his heroic shot on No. 18, Knoll still had to get down in two from nearly 50 feet. Knoll sunk a knee-knocking 5-footer to extent the match.
"I had to make a really difficult putt to keep the match going," Knoll said. "It was much harder than the one I missed on No. 17."It was a match where nothing came easy.
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ABOUT THE NCGA Senior Match Play
The NCGA Senior Match Play Championship was historically an invite-only event in which the top 16 players on the NCGA Senior points list were invited to participate in the Senior Match Play Championship, held concurrently with the NCGA Amateur Match Play at Spyglass Hill, over a three- day period. However, beginning in 2012 the event was modified to a 32-player match play field, still allotting 16 spots to the top 16 of the NCGA Senior points list, while allowing the other half of the field to qualify.
Senior players (ages 55+) must have a handicap index of 7.4 or less. There is no handicap limit for super seniors (ages 65+).

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By Steve Gidlow TV / Video Download Archives
The 23rd cycle of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" is almost upon us, and as usual the rumor mill is working overtime with regard to the new season's celebrity competitors. Although the official celebrity casting announcement doesn't happen until August 30 on the network's "Good Morning America," some of the celebrity names circulating include Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, ABC's most recent "Bachelorette" alumna JoJo Fletcher, "Wizards of Waverly Place" star Jake T. Austin, actress/model Amber Rose, Olympic swimming sensation Michael Phelps and former "General Hospital" and "Dynasty" star Emma Samms, along with recent Rio-gate bad boy Ryan Lochte, whose involvement in this feel-good franchise could provide the damage control the Olympian so desperately needs.
According to DWTS senior talent producer Deena Katz, some of the speculation may not be too far off the mark. When Katz, who has been with the show since season one, spoke with MediaVillage.com exclusively at the recent Television Critics Association tour in Hollywood, she wasn't anywhere near completing the casting process for the season, leaving room for last minute additions.
"I'm about two thirds of the way locking it in," she said. "This is my hardest week because I've been toying with so much stuff and now I have to lock it in. I have to look at everything, lock in a few, but there's that fear of, 'am I doing the right thing?' as I sit and stare at all the pictures."
Despite our pleading, Katz wasn't giving up exactly who was on her vision board. However, given the media domination by the Olympics and upcoming Presidential election, both surely have their place. "I like to be as topical as possible," she admitted. "So you have to figure if it's an election season; if it's the Olympics, any of those things. I like to feel current and look at what's in the zeitgeist. I mean this is what we're all living in and we can do it because it is a live show. That's the big difference with us and other shows -- it's live! Let's take advantage of the announcements right after the Olympics are over. It's right in the thick of the election season, so that too could be topical."
Katz has made no secret of her desire to have an ex-President rumba his way through a season. "I want Bill Clinton!" she exclaimed. "But hopefully Bill might be a little busy. He's high on my wish list, and I'm sure he knows. I can't imagine he doesn't as I've been saying it for a number of years."
Katz doesn't believe Clinton's possible role as the country's First Man would get in the way of competing. "I don't think there are any rules," she mused. And she's not ruling out former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin for a Clinton/Palin ballroom showdown. "I would love her," she said. "She's a friend of the show [her daughter Bristol completed twice] and I'd love her at some point. I do think I'll get her to do it. Could you imagine [the showdown]? I don't think we're going anywhere so it's fun to be working in the now and thinking about the future at the same time." She's also not ruling out the possibility of Donald Trump, either. "We'll wait and see -- if he's not busy after November," she said.
According to Katz after 22 seasons, though perceptions of doing the show have changed, her biggest casting challenge remains scheduling. "People understand now that we do amazing things for people's careers," she said. "Regardless of where your career is at that time; you get a series or other stuff and it's been great for everyone, but the problem is the expectations get higher and it takes a lot of time. If you make it halfway through, you can do the first few weeks. But if you're in the semi-finals or finals it's really a full-time job. There are still those that feel it's just a reality show,but to me it's just a great big variety show."
This week GMA also announced the first eight pro-dancers competing this season: Val Chmerkovskiy (season 20 champ), Witney Carson (season 19 winner), Sharna Burgess, Lindsay Arnold, Allison Holker, Sasha Farber, Artem Chigvintsev and Gleb Savchenko (last seen shaking his bon-bon on season 16 with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules star Lisa Vanderpump). Reigning champ Peta Murgatroyd is out this season (she's expecting her first child with fiancé and former DTWS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy) and after 21 consecutive seasons professional dancer (and season 15 all-star champ) Tony Dovolani announced Thursday via social media he would be devoting his time this season to his Dance with Me USA Studios and Tony Dovolani Foundation: Golf for Special Needs Children.
So who will be spray tanning their way to Mirror Ball Trophy domination on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars? Find out Tuesday, August 30 when Good Morning America announces the cast that will officially start competing Monday, September 12, at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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Grading the 2018-19 Folly Season
Familiarity breeds contempt. Six of the seven artists featured in the 2018-19 season of the Folly Jazz Series have already appeared in Kansas City at least once in the last five years. The exception is the Yellowjackets, a group that performed at the Folly Theater three times in the previous decade.
Given the vast universe of thrilling talent, it's frustrating that area jazz promoters tend to limit their bookings to a short list of two dozen acts. The repetition is made even more painful by the struggles of the American Jazz Museum. The institution's concerts at the Gem Theater seem to be a thing of the past.
There's a reason for the repetition. The cautious nature of the jazz offerings for the Folly Theater's 36th season increases the likelihood of a 37th season. My dream lineup consisting of the likes of Lakecia Benjamin, Mary Halvorson, Dave Holland, Shabaka Hutchings, Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny and Matthew Shipp might bankrupt the series. I've made every effort not to let my disappointment in who's not playing unfairly impact the grades of the actual bookings.
Ramsey Lewis and Urban Knights
Ramsey Lewis has done it all in an audacious career of more than sixty years. He's a master of bop, pop, soul-jazz and funk. The octogenarian will be joined by guitarist Henry Johnson, keyboardist Tim Gant, bassist Joshua Ramos and drummer Charles Heath during his third concert in Kansas City in 21 months.
Larry Carlton Quintet
Every committed Steely Dan enthusiast is familiar with Larry Carlton's distinctive guitar work. His impeccable playing will be supported by saxophonist Bob Reynolds, keyboardist Mark Stevens, drummer Gary Novak and Carlton's son Travis on bass.
The Yellowjackets
The audience for smooth jazz in Kansas City remains substantial. The four aces in The Yellowjackets are likely to draw a healthy crowd.
Nancy Wilson, 81, doesn't get around much anymore. Kandace Springs has filled the void. She's carved out a similarly elegant space in the realm of supper club soul.
Kurt Elling Quintet
Kurt Elling is the preeminent jazz vocalist of the new millennium.
Joshua Redman's Still Dreaming, an homage to his father Dewey Redman's collaboration with Ornette Coleman, is one of the most engaging jazz albums of 2018. Alas, the saxophonist isn't bringing the left-of-center musicians featured on the project to the Folly. Instead, he'll be accompanied by the sublime trio of pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Gregory Hutchinson.
The respect commanded by the storied Cuban defector Arturo Sandoval is reflected by the presence of Alejandro Sanz, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande and Josh Groban on the trumpeter's latest album.
Labels: American Jazz Museum, Folly Theater, Jazz, Kansas City
Now's the Time: The Music of Bennie Moten
The Jackson County Historical Society, the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors and the Mutual Musicians Foundation are hosting an event billed as Bennie, Basie, and Bird: An Evening of KC Jazz at the Foundation on Saturday, July 28. While "live performances with original and contemporary arrangements of their classics" are promised, details on precisely who will be interpreting the music of Bennie Moten, Count Basie and Charlie Parker aren't available. Perhaps my skepticism makes me an insolent heretic, but I don't intend to fork over the $35 price of admission until I know which musicians are participating. A multitude of other options are listed at The Kansas City Jazz Calendar.
Labels: Bennie Moten, Jazz, Kansas City, Mutual Musicians Foundation
*Joe Klopus scrutinizes the 2018-19 season of the Folly Theater's jazz series for The Kansas City Star.
*Tweet o' the Week: Carl Kincaid- Celebrating some of my favorite KC musicians in my favorite KC band at my favorite KC club. Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo Seven's new record "The Basement Beat" Release Party in the Black Dolphin Room at Kansas City's legendary Green Lady Lounge. Check Sunflower Soul Records! (photos)
*From a press release: Lonnie McFadden presents "Charlie Parker - Past, Present & Future" starring Bobby Watson, Tivon Pennicott and Ronald McFadden. Saturday, August 25; Gem Theater. Lonnie has produced an incredible, high energy evening of song and dance with a strong group of some of the very best jazz musicians Kansas City has to offer. The show honors Charlie "Yardbird" Parker... Mr. Kansas City himself, Lonnie McFadden, has created a show that will have you on your feet and celebrating the music and stories of Kansas City's own jazz legend, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
Labels: Black Dolphin, Charlie Parker, Chris Hazelton, Folly Theater, Jazz, Kansas City, Lonnie McFadden
Album Review: Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7- The Basement Beat
I mumbled something about New York, Puerto Rico, salsa, soul and the 1960s when Steve Kraske asked me to define boogaloo in an on-air discussion about Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7's The Basement Beat on KCUR's Up to Date program three weeks ago. I cited Cardi B's current boogaloo-based hit "I Like It" as a relevant entry point for curious listeners. Vibrant The Basement Beat selections including the celebratory boogaloo "Tru-Galú" and soul-jazz workouts like "Fryin' Pan" may be several production tweaks removed from the rapper's summer smash, but they're every bit as fun as "I Like It." Hazelton's band hosts an album release show at the Black Dolphin on Sunday, July 22.
(Original image captured on the Brooklyn Bridge by Plastic Sax.)
Labels: Black Dolphin, Chris Hazelton, Jazz, Kansas City
Now's the Time: Kandace Springs at the Sprint Center
Unsuspecting pop fans are in for a treat at the Sprint Center on Friday, July 20. Punctual devotees of Hall & Oates and Train will take in an opening set by Kandace Springs. The elegant artist working in the tradition of Nancy Wilson will return to Kansas City on February 15 for a headlining concert at the Folly Theater. Both bookings are listed on The Kansas City Jazz Calendar.
*An event billed as A Yardbird Homecoming is slated for Friday, August 3. A complete collection of the Dial Records catalog amassed by DeBorah "Dee" Williams will be displayed in the atrium of the American Jazz Museum. Williams, Jayne McShann and Jermaine Reed will speak. Jason Goudeau's Little Big Band will perform.
*The Marcus Lewis Big Band created a music video for "All Day".
*Stephen Martin was interviewed by Joe Dimino.
*The editorial board of The Kansas City Star questions why "Kansas City is striding boldly back into the concert game" after the financial debacle that followed last year's Kansas City Jazz & Heritage Festival.
*Details about next month's Charlie Parker Celebration continue to be added to the event's site.
*Tim Whitmer & the KC Express, the Wild Women of Kansas City, B.M.W. and J Love provide the jazz component of the ninth annual Phoenix Fest at The Phoenix on Saturday, July 28.
*The Kansas City Star reports that the Wheatley-Provident hospital building in the Jazz District is slated for renovation.
*The 2018 edition of New York's annual Charlie Parker Festival includes performances by Charles Tolliver, Gary Bartz, the Bad Plus and Catherine Russell.
*Tweet o' the Week: Terra Brister- "Yes the community is safe, it's the people that come into the community that are not safe!" -Jazz Museum, Kansas City
*From a press release: KC Area Youth Jazz is pleased to announce the addition of Media Relations Expert and Kansas City area Radio and Television Personality, Joel Nichols as an official Spokesperson, Concert Emcee, and Media Consultant.
Labels: American Jazz Museum, Charlie Parker, Jazz, Kansas City, Marcus Lewis, Stephen Martin
Concert Review: Henrique Eisenmann and Ehud Ettun at the 1900 Building
Members of an audience of about 70 laughed as if Henrique Eisenmann had delivered the punchline of an implausible joke when the pianist explained that he and bassist Ehud Ettun were performing Israeli jazz at the 1900 Building on Saturday, July 7. There was nothing comical about the exquisite 90-minute performance by the Brazilian born, New York based Eisenmann and the Israeli bassist Ettun. Although I paid $25 to enter, the recital had all the trappings of a private event.
In addition to resonant echoes of Ettun's home in Jerusalem, the show included impeccable interpretations of material by the Brazilian icons Milton Nascimento and Hermeto Pascoal and the American bassist Steve Swallow. Eisenmann also attempted to translate the sound of the African mbira to piano on the percussive "Afro-Latidos." The show included two demonstrations of what is either a nifty parlor trick or the inception of a vital new genre when Eisenmann added composed melodies to recordings of poems recited by a Peruvian child and an Israeli poet.
Gasps of horror filled the room when Eisenmann disclosed that he'd spent much of the past year battling cancer. He indicated that he was optimistic about the outcome. His family, friends and the extended jazz community need him. Liberated from the mandate to perpetually swing, he and Ettun are forging vital new sounds.
Aside from three people I recognized as regulars at Kansas City jazz performances, no one in the room probably had any way of knowing that Israeli jazz is- as Eisenmann put it after the concept was openly mocked- "a thing." In fact, my favorite performances of improvised music in 2018 have been rendered by a group led by the Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen at the Gem Theater (Plastic Sax review), a quartet fronted by the Israeli pianist Uriel Hermann at Black Dolphin
(Plastic Sax review), and now, Henrique Eisenmann and Ehud Ettun at the 1900 Building.
Now's the Time: For Now
For Now proves that there's plenty more where Snarky Puppy came from. Like the celebrated arty jazz-pop ensemble Snarky Puppy, For Now is a product of the music program at the University of North Texas in Denton. Composer and vocalist Isabel Crespo takes the lead in the embedded For Now video. Her band performs at Black Dolphin on Friday, July 13. Details are available at The Kansas City Jazz Calendar.
*The Vijay Iyer Sextet is slated to headline the Open Spaces festival at Starlight Theatre on Sunday, October 14. Janelle Monáe and the Roots top the bill on the two preceding days.
*Brandon Draper is the subject of a feature on KCUR.
*Jim Mair chatted with Joe Dimino.
*Saxophonist Michael Eaton will perform John Coltrane's 1967 album Stellar Regions at Californos on Friday, August 3. He'll be joined by guitarist Seth Davis, bassist Jeff Harshbarger and drummer John Kizilarmut. The cover charge is $10.
*The 2018 edition of the Columbia Experimental Music Festival has a few noteworthy bookings of interest to aficionados of adventurous jazz.
*Tweet o' the Week: Kansas City, MO- "The Weekend will be stacked with high profile performances, particularly headliners @JanelleMonae, @theroots, and @vijayiyer, who is one of the biggest names in contemporary jazz." - @OpenSpacesKC artistic director Dan Cameron
Labels: Brandon Draper, Jazz, Jim Mair, Kansas City, Open Spaces
Album Review: Stephen Martin- Vision
The jazz bro woo-cry is a repellent element of many jazz performances. Yet I find myself involuntarily yelping the enthusiastic shout of appreciation every time I listen to Vision, the thrilling debut album by the Kansas City saxophonist Stephen Martin that will be released on July 27.
The playing of Martin, pianist Matt Villinger, bassist Karl McComas-Reichl and drummer John Kizilarmut isn't gratuitously flashy. Instead, exceptional group dynamics and uncommonly smart choices elicit my grating blurts of joy.
Vision is particularly intriguing in the wake of the "new" John Coltrane album. Give or take 18 months, the approach documented on the 1963 recording Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album serves as the foundation of Vision. Rather than attempting to expand or update Coltrane's sound, Martin's quartet pays commendable homage to some the most renowned American music of the 20th century.
Villinger plays a fervent McCoy Tyner to Martin's persuasive Coltrane. The pianist stands out on uptempo selections including a raging version of Charlie Parker's "Segment." While it doesn't challenge convention or break new ground, Vision is among the most praiseworthy mainstream acoustic jazz albums to be made by a Kansas City artist in years. Woo!
Labels: Jazz, John Kizilarmut, Kansas City, Karl McComas-Reichl, Matt Villinger, Stephen Martin
Now's the Time: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Victor Wooten's outing at the Madrid Theatre in 2017 was one of the year's most energetic jazz-adjacent performances in Kansas City. (Plastic Sax reviewed the concert.) The audacious bassist returns to Kansas City on Monday, July 9, as a member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for a show at the Uptown Theater. The concert is one of hundreds of gigs listed at The Kansas City Jazz Calendar.
Labels: Jazz, Kansas City, Uptown Theater
*Logan Richardson's Blues People is the surprising but entirely worthy headliner of the 2018 edition of The Prairie Village Jazz Festival. Molly Hammer, the Enormous Guitar Project, the Kessler-Embrey Conspiracy, Victor & Penny and Shawnee Mission East Blue Knights round out the lineup.
*As Plastic Sax first reported on May 2, the 2018-19 season of the Folly Jazz Series consists of concerts by Ramsey Lewis, Larry Carlton, the Yellowjackets, Kurt Elling, Joshua Redman and Arturo Sandoval. The unnamed "mystery artist" at the venue's site is Kandace Springs.
*The Kansas City Jazz Calendar has been updated with July's bookings
*Tweet o' the Week: Terry Teachout- Bill Watrous, R.I.P. The first world-class jazzman with whom I ever played, he was a supreme virtuoso and a true artist. This performance dates from around the time he came to Kansas City and appeared with my college jazz band. It suggests his quality: (link).
*From a press release: The Charlie Parker Celebration returns and will celebrate its 5th anniversary… (O)ne of this year's Artist-in-Residence is Lonnie McFadden, a singer, trumpeter and tap dancer… Joining McFadden as an Artist-in-Residence will be Grammy winner Tivon Pennicott. Both will participate in many of this year's feature events and the jazz crawl (20+ performances at 14 jazz clubs or venues during the 10-day event)… Tickets will range from free to modestly priced.
*From a press release: Leaving for Europe on July 3, KU Jazz Ensemble I will perform at three of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals: the 52nd Annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, 38th Annual Jazz A Vienne in France and 48th Annual Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. The group will also play in Italy at Scarperia Jazz Festival in Florence as well as performances at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan and shows in Stresa and Torino. (Deborah) Brown will perform with the jazz ensemble throughout Europe.
*From a press release: Pat Metheny has been elected into the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The academy's purpose is to promote art music and musical life… (T)he 20-time GRAMMY® Award winner kicks off a 24-city European tour this week with Antonio Sanchez, Linda May Han Oh, and Gwilym Simcock, followed by a U.S. tour this fall.
Labels: Deborah Brown, Folly Theater, Jazz, Kansas City, Logan Richardson, Lonnie McFadden, Pat Metheny, Prairie Village Jazz Festival
Down(beat) and Out
Kansas City's jazz scene doesn't fare well in Downbeat's 66th Annual Critics Poll. Four artists received votes in the instrumentalist categories: Bobby Watson (12th place, alto saxophone), Pat Metheny (13th place, guitar, and 16th place, miscellaneous instruments), Logan Richardson (6th place, rising star- alto saxophone) and Mike Dillon (2nd place, rising star- vibraphone). The late Bob Brookmeyer took 10th place on the Hall of Fame ballot. No albums by Kansas City musicians are among the 104 releases receiving votes, nor is there any mention of notables including Peter Schlamb, Hermon Mehari, Marilyn Maye, Julian Vaughn, the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, Matt Otto or Deborah Brown. What gives?
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• Invoke the KISS principle.
When you initiate communication, take a moment to consider whether the information you intend to convey is presented in the simplest, most concise, most unambiguous form possible. Is there any room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation? "Keep it simple and specific" is a useful guideline here. Concision is also advantageous in most situations.
Double-check e-mails and other documents before you distribute them. If you have doubts about any aspect of the material, seek confirmation either by doing research on your own, or by consulting a colleague. Accuracy is paramount for effectiveness in communication, for two reasons: first, because inaccuracy can compound into missteps and delays that cost time and money; and second, because repeated errors on your part may erode the trust that others place in you. It is generally worthwhile to take a bit of time to ensure accuracy now, rather than spend a lot of time trying to correct mistakes (and repair any damage to your reputation) later.
• Maintain records of important instructions and agreements. Communicate in both verbal and written form.
Even if you're confident that you understand what you've been told, or believe you've made yourself perfectly clear, it is important to make use of documentation rather than simply rely on memory. If, as an employer, you have to convey complex instructions to an employee that involve multiple steps, write them down in clear, succinct language. (Recall the "KISS" principle.) The same advice applies to employees who need to communicate information up the chain of command.
• Keep communications relevant to the recipient.
The human brain has a remarkable capacity to "zone out", discounting intelligence it deems irrelevant. This is an adaptive evolutionary trait; for our distant ancestors, the ability to identify crucial facts, and save mental energy by omitting unimportant or superfluous ones, was a prerequisite for survival. However, in our modern civilization, this immanent skill can occasionally backfire; by skimming a lengthy document in order to save time, for instance, we risk overlooking information that is relevant to us.
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Critics Call Hungary's New Overtime Wage Policy a "Slave Law"
A new law in Hungary allows employees to work up to 400 hours of overtime every year. However, the new law also permits employers to delay overtime wage payments for up to three years. Critics call the new legislation a slave law. Labor unions have pointed out that Hungarians already struggled with low wages and poor working conditions. This new law may further damper workers' rights in Hungary. "And now to give employers, especially multinational companies who want even lower
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How the Grinch Stole Wages: Qantas asks Employees to Work Voluntary and Unpaid Shifts during Holiday Season
A recently leaked memo from Qantas, an Australian airline, asked employees to consider working voluntary and unpaid shifts during the holiday season. This volunteer initiative has angered employees and customers alike. Many have claimed that asking employees to perform unpaid work during this especially busy travel period is wage theft.
Qantas' Request
The memo reads: "To support our airport teams at [Sydney International Terminal] over the 2018 peak Christmas travel period, we're trialing a new volunteer program for our Campus-based people who'd
Facebook's Race Problem
Mark S. Luckie, Facebook's former Strategic Partner Manager for Global Influencers focused on Underrepresented Voices, recently sent a memo to Facebook employees around the world. Before his last day at the company, Luckie wanted to expose what he calls Facebook's "black people problem." He described several issues that black employees at the company have had to face.
Luckie's Accusations
Black people are one of the most engaged demographics on Facebook. According to the Pew Research Center, 70% of black U.S. adults use


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Tag: Welsh legends
A Year and a Day – My Top 5 Characters from the Mabinogion
Published: April 2, 2020 by Remy Dean
The Mabinogion is a mess of misconstrued mythology, a minefield of mistranslation and misinterpretations. It's also the font of all fantasy, a literary sub-genre that did not have any following before Lady Charlotte Guest presented her loose translation, first published in seven volumes between 1838 and 1845. Much effort was put into making them read as a cohesive, integrated story, which they were not. They were compiled from many traditional tales told in the Welsh language dating right back to the earliest bardic tradition and originate in an ancient culture that spanned pre-Roman Briton and Eire.
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Published: November 28, 2019 by zteve t evans
In Welsh legend and myth the Owl of Cwm Cowlyd lived in the woods that once surrounded Llyn Cowlyd.
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The Dragons of Wales: What if Dragons Are Real?
Published: November 22, 2018 by Andy Frazer
By re-imagining Welsh dragons in a new way, a way which makes them more plausible to an informed and sceptical 21st century audience, the project aims to re-awaken people's love for dragons and the natural world they inhabit.
Categories: Creative Corner, Regional FolkloreTagged: creative corner, dragon, dragon legends, Dragons of Wales, legendary creatures, Wales, welsh dragons, Welsh folklore, Welsh legends
According to legend, Gogmagog was the last survivor of a mythical race of giants that ruled the island of Albion before the arrival of Brutus of Troy.
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The Dream of Macsen Wledig from the Mabinogion tells the story of how the Emperor of Rome experienced a dream in which he travelled to Wales.
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AP Exclusive: Health law cybersecurity challenges
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, Teresa Fryer, Medicare's top cybersecurity official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer systems could become a back door for hackers. In one email from Sept. 29, a Sunday two days before the launch, Fryer, chief information security officer for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wrote of the state security approvals, "The front office is signing them whether or not they are a high risk." Her agency, known as CMS, is in charge of administering the health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer systems could become a back door for hackers.
Documents provided to The Associated Press show that more than two-thirds of state systems that were supposed to tap into federal computers to verify sensitive personal information for coverage were initially rated as "high risk" for security problems.
Back-door attacks have been in the news, since the hackers who stole millions of customers' credit and debit card numbers from Target are believed to have gained access through a contractor's network.
The administration says the documents offer only a partial and "outdated" snapshot of an improving situation, and the security problems cited were either resolved or are being addressed through specific actions. No successful cyberattacks have taken place, officials say.
However, the issues detailed in documents and emails provided by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reveal broader concerns than the federal Health and Human Services department has previously acknowledged.
They show a frenzied behind-the-scenes juggling act by officials and contractors as the Oct. 1 deadline for new health insurance exchanges loomed. Instead of providing a showcase for President Barack Obama, the launch of his health care law became a case study in how big technology projects can go off the rails.
In order to connect to federal computers, state and other outside systems must undergo a security review and receive an "authority to connect."
With the health care law, states needed approval to connect to a new federal data hub, an electronic back room that pings Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Homeland Security to verify personal details about people applying for government-subsidized insurance. The hub handles sensitive information, including income, immigration status and Social Security numbers.
The documents showed a high-stakes decision-making process playing out against a backdrop of tension and uncertainty as the clock ran out. For example:
— In one email from Sept. 29, a Sunday two days before the launch, Teresa Fryer, chief information security officer for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wrote of the state security approvals, "The front office is signing them whether or not they are a high risk." Her agency, known as CMS, also administers the health care law.
Two days earlier, in a separate document, CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner approved nine states to connect although the approval document noted that "CMS views the October 1 connections to the nine states as a risk due to the fact that their documentation may not be submitted completely nor reviewed...by Oct. 1." Approval was contingent on states submitting proper documentation. The states were Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.
— A CMS PowerPoint presentation from Sept. 23 revealed huge differences in states' readiness. Some were already approved; others had security weaknesses that were well understood and being tackled. But there were also states where the federal government had little information on security preparations.
"CMS views these connections to states as a high risk due to the unknown nature of their systems," according to the presentation.
CMS officials contemplated whether their agency would have to accept risk on behalf of other federal government entities, including Social Security and the IRS.
—A federal contractor explicitly detailed the potential consequences of what he called an "elevated high risk."
Allowing states to connect without the appropriate review "introduces an unknown amount of risk" that could put the personal information of "potentially millions of users at risk of identity theft," not to mention exposing the program to fraud, contractor Ryan Brewer wrote to CMS security in a Sept. 18 email.
Brewer had formerly been in government, as top CMS information security officer. He is currently with the cybersecurity firm GrayScout. The administration says he had no direct knowledge of the status of state security information.
In a Feb. 20 letter to the oversight panel's chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the administration said many of the high-risk issues identified in the documents had a corrective action plan before states got approval to connect. Twelve states received temporary, 60-day permissions to connect before Oct. 1 because the administration had not completed full reviews.
Currently, 46 states and Washington, D.C., have full three-year permissions to connect, wrote HHS assistant secretary Jim Esquea.
"The administration has not been forthcoming with the American people about the serious security risks," Issa said in a statement. "Despite repeated assurances from HHS, the department appears to still be struggling with security concerns."
Cybersecurity consultant and author Theresa Payton, who reviewed the materials for the AP, said it's difficult to second-guess the administration's decisions. A phased rollout of the health care markets would have been a prudent way to keep risks manageable. But Payton, who was chief White House information officer for President George W. Bush, said federal agencies can face unique deadline pressures.
The administration should have found a way to let consumers know that the new online markets weren't quite ready for prime time, she said. "A customer education campaign on how to avoid fraud would have gone a long way."
Even top-performing states are not immune to problems. In a Jan. 10 email exchange, officials and contractors wondered whether they might have to disconnect California from federal computers after a website publicly disclosed that state's vulnerabilities.
"There are many security issues with the states' systems," a contractor wrote to CMS supervisors. "I would expect many more of the 'known' flaws to be posted in the near future."
The administration says officials quickly contacted California, and after learning that the state was addressing the issues, and dropped any consideration of disconnecting.
There will be no inaugural balls, no boozed-up crowds dancing and singing. Those festivities of a healthy democracy will be replaced by a capital city under military occupation, a National Mall empty of almost anyone but soldiers.
Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's choice to lead the State Department, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday and appears to have passed with flying colors. As it turns out, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) may have been his biggest fan.Graham, who called Blinken an "outstanding choice" and gave him an elbow bump during a break, asked a series of questions, many of which resulted in answers the senator found quite agreeable. For example, Blinkin doesn't "trust" the Taliban to police al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Afghanistan after a U.S. exit. He also considers Iran the world's worst sponsor of terrorism and said he concurs with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's assessment that China is committing genocide against the Uighurs and other religious and ethnic minorities. That last point reportedly left Graham "positively gushing."> Blinken agrees that the Chinese Communist Party engaged in genocide against the Uighur Muslim population, agrees they were not transparent on Coronavirus. Lindsey Graham is positively gushing.> > — David B. Larter (@DavidLarter) January 19, 2021If the friendly exchange was any indication, Blinken won't have much trouble getting confirmed, but the bipartisanship on display did have receive from sharp criticism from supporters of non-interventionist policy.More stories from theweek.com Trump issues last-minute order attempting to free his appointees from ethics commitments 5 more scathing cartoons about Trump's 2nd impeachment Trump's final mention of the pandemic as president includes racist conspiracy theory, downplayed deaths, and no regrets
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They also encountered problems with their first wedding coordinator. The said vendor opted to withdraw her services, thinking she might jeopardize her reputation in the local wedding industry because her views and opinions were just different from the couple's. EJ and Amy were devastated, but they could not do anything, especially they were abroad.
Good thing, EJ and Amy managed to find a replacement. With the help of EJ's cousin, they found Mayfel's Event Services. They only had two months left to plan their wedding, yet the said coordinator was easy to talk to. The planning went smoothly with her, despite the time constraint.
EJ and Amy arrived in the Philippines ten days before the wedding. It was also the first time they met Mayfel in person. But since she was so efficient, they did not encounter any major problems. She took care of everything; they did not even get stressed out.
Apart from Mayfel, their other suppliers also did a very great job. They appreciated the services of Hizon's Catering. Khystle was the coordinator assigned to them and she was very friendly and easy to talk to.
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We watched most of the Grammy Awards last night.
I'm a longtime fan of the joyfully soaring artistry of the Dixie Chicks. And it was delightful to see my lifelong heroine, Joan Baez, introduce these three talented women who fought and worked to be seriously regarded.
I rejoice in their rebellious "Not Ready to Make Nice," because, as a woman, I've often also not been ready to make nice on someone else's cue. I GET it.
But my favorite of the night was by a musician I'd never previously heard of: R & B singer/composer John Legend. His soul-deep, gospel-tinged music touched my heart.
Today, I downloaded his new CD, "Once Again," and I can't get his haunting "Coming Home" out of my mind. The lyrics tell of the desperate desire of a young soldier to someday come home again. Legend's voice poignantly tells of the solider's pain and weariness.
I cried when I first heard it today. The Iraq War, and all its immorality, tragedy and anguish, hangs heavy on my heart, as it does for our country.
I urge... listen, really listen, to John Legend's "Coming Home."
I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming?


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Fitbit and Google have inked a deal that will have the fitness device vendor upload data to Google's Cloud Healthcare API so it can be made accessible by healthcare providers.
The idea behind having Fitbit user's activity data being housed in the cloud is to make it easier for clinicians and patients to share data with the goal of improving care and Fitbit said in a release the deal will help it meet various security and privacy requirements.
"The move will allow Fitbit to leverage Google Cloud's infrastructure and advanced security capabilities to help accelerate the Fitbit Health Solutions business and expand deeper into population health analysis while maintaining Fitbit's commitment to protecting consumer data," the company said.
The goal will be for the Fitbit data collected to be connected to a person's electronic medical records giving clinicians an accurate fitness profile of their patients.
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Too much stock lying idle in the warehouse means that the finances are locked up, preventing better utilization. Similarly failure to meet customer demands in a timely manner results in loss of customer base affecting credibility. Inventory management helps overcome both these issues with just the adequate stock lying in the warehouses. In case of companies with multiple warehouses, the inventory can be positioned according the demographics of demand.
Inventory software can keep track of delayed shipments, identify and segregate perishable and non-durable goods from durable ones and addresses these issues appreciably. For example, a company may offer heavy discounts on products that are nearing their Expiry date to minimize the losses. An efficient inventory management system optimizes the process flow and improves efficiency without any additional man power. Entering new markets and untested products to expand customer base are easier with the right inventory software.
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Finally, the inventory software can be integrated with the Account Management system and HRM to keep track of financial aspects of inventory and in the management of employees associated with the inventory management.


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Nick Shaxson ■ Party politics pierces City of London for first time in centuries
Party politics pierces City of London for first time in centuries
Financialisation ↘ Inequality and human rights ↘
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William Campbell-Taylor, an Anglican priest who featured heavily in the final chapter of Treasure Islands (except in the US edition,) has become the first political party candidate ever to win a seat on the common council of the City of London. That's a record that stretches back a thousand years, to the emergence of the City of London Corporation (or at least till the start of its 'modern' electoral machinery, which emerged in the 13th Century.)
Taylor stood on a Labour Party ticket – and this has created quite a commotion in these circles, with headlines such as the (admittedly tongue-in-cheek) The Reds, the Reds are coming and the City mouthpiece City A.M. backing an attempt to ridicule Taylor.
The Financial Times explains:
"The City authority fiercely guards its tradition of independent councillors, arguing that its freedom from the hurly-burly of party politics allows it the latitude to make decisions in the long-term interests of the financial services hub."
Two things need saying about that paragraph. First, Edmund Burke had a way of looking at the importance of political parties in elections, which is very, very different from that of the City of London.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
Which is a fundamental and eternal truth about politics. It helps explain why the there is so much voracious corruption in the tax haven of Jersey, where political party politics is viciously opposed by the Establishment, and many an independent candidate has fallen in the contemptible struggle of the politics of a financially captured state.
Another aspect of this (accurate) Financial Times summary, of course, is worth repeating: "freedom from the hurly-burly of party politics allows it the latitude to make decisions in the long-term interests of the financial services hub."
And that is exactly, precisely what I described in Treasure Islands as the hallmark of the captured state. Finance needs the particular kind of stability which means it must be insulated from domestic politics. Democracy is the enemy. Big Finance must not be disturbed. As I note in Treasure Islands, referring to the general phenomenon of tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions:
"Just as European nobles used to consolidate their unaccountable powers in castles, to better subjugate and extract tribute from the surrounding peasantry, so financial capital has coalesced in these fortified nodes of unaccountable political and economic power, capturing local politics and turning these jurisdictions into fast and flexible private law-making machines, defended against outside interference and protected by establishment consensus and the suppression of dissent."
The City of London is a supreme example of political capture. And this political capture is an important, even central, aspect of the Finance Curse.
So Taylor is to be congratulated on piercing this gargantuan example of political capture: the FT quotes LSE professor Tony Travers as calling this a "minor revolution."
This won't spread through the City of course: Taylor is just one of 100 councillors, and only four wards have meaningful residential populations where it's possible that such things will happen. In the rest of the words, the corporations that do business there get voting allocations – which means voting in the interests of the City.
We can be sure there will be many who will denigrate and attack Taylor, and his job won't be easy. But he will have a lot of people standing behind him – because, as he says (and knowing him personally, I have faith that he means it:)
"We want to use the ancient institutions of the City for the common good."
There will be many people in the City of London who will not like that at all. Taylor is quite used to the brickbats, of course, as he described in 2012, when he had the rudeness to ask an impertinent question:
"The City embraces this medieval ceremonial in the Square Mile but throughout the rest of the world, in its unwavering commitment to deregulation, economic liberalisation and the logic of the bottom line, it is responsible for the dissolution of all non-market practices of solidarity and association?"
To which he received a demand for an apology for his 'rudeness' in the Chamberlain's Court. To which Taylor replied, in turn – once again pointing to the captured state problem:
"what I thought was a ceremony rooted in the deliberative traditions of the folkmoot turned out to be a ritual induction into keeping your mouth shut, a kind of omertà for the interests of the capital markets."


– Chelsea vs PSG: They acted like 'babies' at Stamford Bridge – Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
– John Terry defends Chelsea over Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 'babies' jibe.
– Chelsea underperform against 10-man PSG. Final Score 2 – 2 (Aggregate: 3-3).
Chelsea's players acted like "babies" during the incident that led to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's red card on Wednesday, the Paris St-Germain striker says.
The Swede was sent off for a tackle on Oscar after 31 minutes but PSG survived the last hour of normal time and extra time to knock Chelsea out of the Champions League last 16 on away goals.
"When I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around," he said.
Blues players surrounded Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers following Ibrahimovic's lunging tackle on Brazilian midfielder Oscar.
"I don't know if I have to get angry or start to laugh. For me when I saw the red card I was like 'the guy doesn't know what he's doing'," the PSG forward added.
However, Chelsea's captain, John Terry has defended Chelsea's conduct during their Champions League defeat to Paris St-Germain after Blues players were accused of being "babies".
Terry insisted the actions of the Chelsea players were justified because PSG had done the same thing.
"Once they're charging the ref, the only thing we can do is respond," said the former England defender, 34.
"You can't let them surround the ref, trying to get our players booked.
"If I have to run 20, 30 yards, it doesn't look great, but when you're standing back and seeing five or six of their players surrounding the ref, I think I support my team-mates. And once I go, four or five go with me.


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It might be easier (and, more importantly, quite smart) to take refuge behind the dangers currently looming to concoct gloomy or even alarmist forecasts. It would be an easy stance, given such a long list of perils, their multifarious nature and their varied probabilities of materialising. One may also, more humbly, try to build a scenario which, without being ingenuous, does not wallow in all-out pessimism.
This would be a scenario that assumes, first of all, that the US-China trade war will continue. The agreement announced between the United States and China at the G20 summit for a 90-day suspension of the planned increase in tariffs from 10% to 25% on some USD200m-worth of Chinese exports, along with China's willingness to increase imports of US goods, is only a temporary truce. In no way is this a first step towards resolving an economic dispute that can still become more acrimonious, so different are the expectations of the two 'belligerents'. That said, the US hostilities seem likely to continue to be directed against China and not to be aimed at other victims, ie, the European Union. This scenario also assumes that Saudi oil supply adjusts to market demand, so the oil price is re-invigorated and trades between USD70-80/bl.
Therefore, in 2019, against a backdrop of a trade war and a 'more sensible' but volatile oil price, we will experience an economic slowdown that has already begun but which is still very unevenly spread. While the Eurozone seems to be trying to get its second wind, Japan has failed to inject any momentum into domestic demand and Chinese growth seems likely to disappoint at the start of the year despite the public stimulus plan, the US is likely to see another year of prosperity.
The current cycle, which began in 2009, is the longest in the United States' history. After peaking in 2018 (with growth of almost 3%), the slowdown in US growth is now getting underway. In 2019, at close to 2.3% (Q419/Q418 for an average annual growth at 2.6%), US growth is still likely to be above potential. However, spontaneous forces, and that of the investment cycle in particular, are starting to wither, while monetary and fiscal support is moribund. Business investment is thus likely to be less upbeat in 2019, while the prospects for improving residential investment will continue to be somewhat lacklustre. In late 2019, the virtual disappearance of the fiscal stimuli that have boosted the cycle well above its natural peak for the past two years – with monetary policy taking a more restrictive turn – and the persistence of US-China trade tensions mean we are likely to see a period of growth, exceptional in terms of its vigour and length, come to a sudden end – with the threat of a recession looming over 2020.
In the Eurozone, against a backdrop of an accommodative monetary policy and a fiscal policy that is making a positive contribution to growth, the still-robust nature of fundamentals points to the maturity of the cycle but not its imminent demise. Supply-side pressures, which emerged at the peak of the cycle in late 2017, have progressively faded. They no longer seem able to generate the kind of margin erosion that would trigger a sudden downturn.
Eurozone growth, which is fated to shift gradually to a pace more in line with its estimated 1.5% potential, was following a normal path – namely that of a slowdown – falling from an annualised 2.8% in summer 2017 to 2.2% in spring 2018. Since the summer, however, the deceleration has gathered pace and the still-favourable information provided by the hard figures is being disputed by the worsening sentiment derived from the surveys. Growing uncertainties, mainly exogenous in origin, are thus prompting us to expect a more marked drop than that due to the natural flagging of the growth rate alone. History also teaches us that cycles rarely die a natural death. An economic policy misstep (often a monetary one, but that kind of error has been ruled out here) or an external shock can lead to an early downturn that is often brutal and – by definition – unpredictable. Our scenario foresees a dip in growth (1.9% in 2018 then 1.6% in 2019) largely due to the growing uncertainty driving cautious investment behaviour.
In Japan, the outlook remains lacklustre. In December 2018, Abenomics entered its seventh year. Exports continue to stimulate growth, while private consumption (which will also have to digest a VAT hike in 2019) is lagging behind. After reaching almost 0.7% in 2018, growth looks set to come in at just 0.6% in 2019.
Finally, after a difficult 2018, when emerging financial markets (in particular FX) were buffeted, economic growth in the mosaic of emerging economies appears likely to continue slowing. Times will be tough in 2019, for both growth and markets, especially as China could be a specific focus of volatility in early 2019. Like all emerging countries, China has undergone a slowdown, which its special efforts to reduce debt have exacerbated. In 2019, against the backdrop of a trade war, the negative impact of an increase in US tariffs on foreign trade will start to bite. With China having increased exports to 'get ahead of the game' in order to beat the higher tariffs initially planned to come into effect in January 2019, exports could slow in the early part of the year. Until now, politicians have responded to the slowdown with a combination of fiscal, monetary, and credit stimulus measures. They have avoided reacting too boldly so as not to worsen the debt problem. Before the full impact of the public support measures is felt, activity could slow over the next few months and stoke concerns that the economic slowdown could worsen.
In 2019, monetary policies should be circumspect and attempt to keep the slowdown in check, even though inflation – which traditionally heralds the end of a cycle – is not showing up too flagrantly, so much does the link between wages and prices seem to have weakened. The Federal Reserve will continue to tighten. US monetary policy, which is more dependent on economic data, and hence is more uncertain, is likely to move closer to neutral and only take a more restrictive turn towards year-end. For the ECB, the end of the Expanded Asset Purchase Programme is only a first small step towards normalisation. This first step does not mean that monetary policy will take a markedly less accommodative turn.
The signs indicating the end of the cycle are there, but they are not accompanied by 'unmanageable' inflationary pressures. Central banks remain cautious; monetary tightening, whether underway or simply mooted, is gradual. Finally, the many economic and political uncertainties, which can trigger sharp surges in risk-aversion, are obscuring visibility. This environment could in our view lead to an extremely modest increase in long-term risk-free rates, though accompanied by high volatility.


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Major Indian bank to work with WMG to fund partnerships with Midlands' SMEs
WMG, the global innovation specialist based at the University Of Warwick, is bringing together small businesses in the Midlands with partners in India to boost investment into the region. It has just signed an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of India ("EXIM INDIA") that promises to bring new opportunities and inward investment to Midlands' Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
EXIM India is one of India's leading financial institutions and it is fully owned by the Government of India. It is looking at how it forms, and financially backs, new trade partnerships between SMEs in India and the UK and in particular the Midlands.
To that end it has signed an agreement with global innovation specialists WMG at the University of Warwick to draw on WMGs extensive experience and contacts with SMEs in the Midlands to help it bring about such new partnerships.
The agreement brings a potential new source of funding available to local SMEs and will help them partner with low cost partner providers in India which can help Midlands companies lower costs but still retain the knowledge that would normally be lost if the whole work was outsourced. Indian SMEs will be encouraged to invest in the region, thus creating new employment and trade opportunities.
Picture of signing - click on thumbnail above or go to:
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Caption for picture from left to right:
Dr Mark Swift, WMG University of Warwick
Hon. Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Mr. A C Jose, Chairman, Coir Board, Ministry of Agro Rural Industry, Government of India
Mr. T C Venkat Subramanian, Chairman and Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India
Zoë Howard WMG on 02476 524721 or 07824 540845
email Zoe.Howard@warwick.ac.uk or
Peter Dunn, Press and Media Relations Manager
Communications Office, University House,
University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 8UW, United Kingdom
email: p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk
Tel: 024 76 523708 Mobile/Cell: 07767 655860
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Land to Market Australia Awarded for Innovation in Agriculture
NSW, AUSTRALIA – 23 OCTOBER – Land to Market Australia, a project of the Australia Holistic Management Cooperative Savory Hub, has been named Grand Champion of the 2019 NSW Landcare Awards for the Australian Government Innovation in Agriculture Award.
The Savory Hub project was selected as one of three Champions in the category for their "leadership in application of innovative farming practices", and announced as the Grand Champion winner at the awards ceremony Wednesday in Broken Hill, NSW.
The 2019 Landcare Awards, presented by NSW Local Land Services and Landcare NSW, recognize practices that deliver improved natural resource management and farm productivity outcomes.
In its 20th year, the Landcare Awards have recognised and celebrated the achievements of groups and individuals in the landcare community who have made a significant contribution to the environment, sustainable farming practices, and natural resource management.
Land to Market is proud to have been recognised as Grand Champion of innovation in agriculture by NSW Local Land Services and Landcare NSW as we build the profile of our new brand, based on robust measurement of the ecological health of farmland that is kept under production.
Tony Hill
Savory Hub Leader
The Savory Hub is being recognized for its work in developing Land to Market Australia, an effort organized by a group of more than 30 farmers who have joined together to monitor the ecological health of their farmland.
Land to Market Australia has adopted the Savory Institute's Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) methodology as a tool for monitoring and verifying the ecological health of their primary production land, which continues to be involved in agricultural production.
EOV is a world-first approach for cost-effective verification of ecological health that can provide robust results while being implemented at a large scale. It provides the foundation for Land to Market Australia to operate as a brand that engages both businesses and consumers to vote with their dollars to support ecological health and biodiversity.
As Grand Champion of this prestigious award, Land to Market Australia will continue their push to bring verified ecological outcomes to the forefront of Australia agriculture.
About Land to Market Australia
Land to Market Australia (L2MA) is a program run by the Australian Holistic Management Cooperative Limited, a Hub of the Savory Global Network. Uniquely, this project is being driven directly by producers and farmers. Members are part of a global network committed to farming practices that measurably regenerate the land. L2MA provide members with training, support, mentoring and verified branding of their products. L2MA offers Ecological Outcome Verification, an assessment scheme to measure the health of soil, biodiversity and ecosystems, and the promotion of verified products through distinctive EOV branding.
About Savory Institute
The Savory Institute, a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, facilitates large-scale regeneration of the world's grasslands through Holistic Management. Together with Savory's global network of Hubs, the Savory Institute equips farmers and ranchers around the world with education, training, and implementation support to achieve success within their cultural and ecological contexts. Savory Institute also removes barriers and creates enhanced conditions for large-scale progress by informing policy, engaging the marketplace, and increasing public awareness. Savory's long-term goal is to positively influence the management of 1 billion hectares of grasslands by 2025, thereby contributing to global climate-, water- and food-security.
Land to Market Australia
Tony Hill (NSW, Australia)
Bobby Gill (Boulder, CO, USA)
Director of Development & Communications
Starting A Farm: What You Need To Know
Fate of city-based civilization in the hands of farmers


Victims of Cyclone Idai are laboring through the pain of rebuilding their lives. Jennifer Serre was one of thousands whose home is now severely damaged, forcing her to share a bed with her adult son. Operation Blessing is working throughout villages in Zimbabwe to provide solar lights and aqua tabs to alleviate the suffering of these families. To learn how you can bless disaster victims like Jennifer, visit ob.org/disaster.


The eight clinical commissioning groups in Sussex and East Surrey have appointed a permanent single accountable officer.
Three clinical commissioning groups have been released from legal directions relating to the quality of their leadership after a major management shake-up.
The chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups is leaving her job, after they were put under directions by NHS England.
Patients could be at risk of opiate addiction while waiting for surgery under policies being considered by seven clinical commissioning groups, the British Orthopaedic Association has warned.
Two clinical commissioning groups could cut spending on non-acute community services by five per cent to tackle concerns over budget deficits.
Six clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are to share an accountable officer from next week – at the request of NHS England.
Clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are taking legal advice on whether they can get money back from a failed patient transport operator.
The East Sussex Better Together programme was developed to improve care pathways and patient outcomes by integrating health and social care systems.
An independent provider has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.


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Q: sorting without array in php using temp variable I'm a beginner and our prof told us that we need to explain what's the purpose of this code. I know that it is for sorting but I want to explain it briefly. Can someone help me pls?
<?php
function descending(){
    $num1 = $_GET['num1'];
    $num2 = $_GET['num2'];
    $num3 = $_GET['num3'];

    if ($num1 < $num2) {
        $temp = $num1;
        $num1 = $num2;
        $num2 = $temp;
    }
    if ($num1 < $num3) {
       $temp = $num1;
       $num1 = $num3;
       $num3 = $temp;
    }
    if ($num2 < $num3) {
       $temp = $num2;
       $num2 = $num3;
       $num3 = $temp;
    }
    echo "
";
    echo $num1a . " , " . $num2a . " , " . $num3a;
    echo "
";

?>

A: The concept of descending 3 number is by compairing first number with other two numbers and first number should be greater than other so we compare first number with second number if second number greater than swap to first number same goes for first number with third number after this process the first number will be greater than two. Remaining two variable is checked and again compare assign greater number in second variable.This way it is descending.
<?php
function descending(){
    $num1 = $_GET['num1'];    // Let suppose $num1 = 1
    $num2 = $_GET['num2'];    // Let suppose $num2 = 2
    $num3 = $_GET['num3'];    // Let suppose $num3 = 3

    if ($num1 < $num2) {     // here $num1 (1) is less than $num2(2)
        $temp = $num1;       // $temp(2)
        $num1 = $num2;       // copy $temp(2) to $num1(2)
        $num2 = $temp;       // this process swap $num1(2) and $num(1)
    }
    if ($num1 < $num3) {     // here $num1(2) and $num3(3) which is less so swap
        $temp = $num1;
        $num1 = $num3;
        $num3 = $temp;       //After swap $num1(3) & $num3(2)

    }

    //now at this time $num1 greatest among other two variable

    if ($num2 < $num3) {   //$num2(1) and $num3(2) so swap
        $temp = $num2;
        $num2 = $num3;
        $num3 = $temp;     // this way $num2 will be greater
    }

    echo "
";
    //first error: After descending value store in $num1, $num2, and $num3
    //not in $num1a, $num2a, and $num3a these variable.
    echo $num1 . " , " . $num2 . " , " . $num3;
    echo "
";
 }  // second error missing this curly bracket.
?>

Hope you understand and ignore my bad english. Happy Coding :)

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