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Cultural Pollution — a Talking Points lesson for English reading and speaking
By David Buckley
This is an English speaking class topic about Cultural Pollution.
I want to give you some English speaking lessons that challenge the students a little more than the usual, generic speaking topics that you may find in ESL textbooks.
This is not a topic about pollution and the environment as students often talk about in class. But it is about the ever-expanding concept of popular culture finding its way into traditional culture and making a very heavy presence in a town or city.
This lesson is ideal for any speaking class. It includes a short reading passage followed by some discussion questions and vocabulary.
I think you could use this in an IELTS speaking class too as it challenges views and ideas for the students.
Try it and let me know how it goes in the comments below.
Essential Vocabulary
Students often discuss pollution and the environment in an ESL speaking class but this may be a little different.
At the end of this lesson you could set up a council debate. One group could be council officials, the other the local residents. Maybe the council wants to rent out space to more chain outlets. And the local residents have had enough of all the fast-food places and coffee shops.
Things might get heated if you encourage them!
A disgruntled man describes his town:
It's got to the point where I just don't recognise the place anymore. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for free enterprise. I'm a local businessman myself. But this is ridiculous.
The whole town is filled with all of these fast-food places and coffee shops. And if it's not that, we've also got these ice-cream shops too.
And all American.
Go down the old High Street and there's a McDonalds at the bottom of the town, then at the top of the road, you've got another McDonalds. Then we've got a KFC halfway down the street. Two Starbucks and a Dairy Queen shop.
Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza and another pizza place I can't remember the name of.
Why do we need all these things? And why does it all have to be fast food and coffee?
Years ago we had local things. A tea shop — that was replaced by one of the Starbucks — and a fish and chip shop. Now it's a KFC.
I feel like I'm drowning in the worst of American culture. I would like to see some traditional British things. Is that too much to ask for?
What this man is describing here is called Cultural Pollution.
This is when we see too many products or services from another country — and that country is usually America.
Look at all the fast food names and coffee shop chains the man talked about above.
They are all American.
For many years now, American food chains and convenience stores have been spreading around the world at a rapid rate. We don't complain when we see restaurants from other countries or products or services from another country appear in our own neighbourhood. Sometimes it is great to see an Indian restaurant or a Chinese supermarket. But when the entire street is filled with American big brands, we might feel that our own culture is being crushed out of existence.
At first, we might find the idea novel. To see a McDonalds appear in the town centre and see something of American life.
But these restaurants are quickly followed by others. And before we know it we are surrounded by the lowest form of American consumer culture.
It's bad enough that these American brands appear in English towns but when they start to pop up in other countries, it makes you think they are taking over the world.
So we might see a McDonalds on an island in Thailand, a KFC just outside a temple in China, a Starbucks in a narrow street in Vietnam.
At what point do we say no?
Why not download the entire lesson plan today? You can use it in your class immediately.
Just click the link below!
Cultural Pollution
drowning in
food chains
crushed out
the lowest form
consumer culture
taking over
narrow street
Write down all the words and phrases in your vocabulary notebook. Look in your dictionary and find the meaning of each word. Write the definition next to each word.
Then make up your own sentences using each word or phrase.
Notebook—a small book with pages of blank paper that students use to make notes when studying.
"I left my notebook at home so I was unable to make any notes in my English class."
What kind of American brands and chains can you see in your town or city? Describe the brands and what they are.
Which of these American outlets do you enjoy? Why?
Think about the food. But also think of the decor of the interior and the staff that work there. What do you like about this place?
Do you think there are too many of these American chains? Why? Why not?
What purpose to these restaurants and outlets serve? Think in terms of the local economy, jobs, how they affect local business owners, the community.
Can you think of any examples where we should definitely not see any of these restaurants or outlets? For example, next to The Great Wall of China or in the middle of Red Square. Why do you think this? Why are they acceptable in other places?
Do you think this is just a natural part of the evolution of culture? That a dominant culture will be seen in most cities? Why/why not?
What is so special about the local restaurants in your town or city? Try to sell the idea of them to the class. Think of all the benefits of local cuisine and why your town or city needs local cuisine restaurants.
Some would argue — quite rightly in many cases — that many American fast-food outlets are serving unhealthy food and making people fat.
How can we change people's perceptions of this kind of food?
What do we need to teach people about this daily diet?
Do you think these outlets should be outright banned? Why/why not?
If you could start a food chain from your own country's culture and take it to America, what could it be? Do you think the American people would like this kind of cuisine? Why/why not?
Teacher's Notes
I am sure you will find this English speaking topic useful in your own class.
Tell me your thoughts in the comments below!
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2 thoughts on "Cultural Pollution — a Talking Points lesson for English reading and speaking"
It's a phenomenon that people take for granted but don't consider carefully. This lesson will help students reevaluate the benefits of their own culture and food and will nudge critical thinking about the invasiveness of cultural pollution. On the bright side they might analyze what makes these places so popular and use that information to sell nutritious native foods while offering some of the same conveniences such as less waiting time or amenities for families with children.
David Buckley
This is a great point, Leona! Definitely something to consider. Many thanks!
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Q: Team Foundation Corrupt in Visual Studio When I try open my VS Solutions I get the following error:

When I click ok:

I see this error in the log file:
C:\Users\Dylan\Dropbox\Work\Code\FSK Logging Server\FSK Logging Server\FSK_LoggingClient\FSK_LoggingClient.csproj : error  : Package 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.HatPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' failed to load.
Does any one have any Ideas? I haven't been able to work all day. I have followed other advice on other forums etc. And I have not come right.
This happened after installing VS update 3 ?
Is there a way I can Unbind my projects from TFS so that I can at least work on them?

A: Hope this helps someone in the future:
This worked for me:
to solve this issue delete all the files under C:\Users\Developer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\3.0\Cache   and restart my VS2010 and everything gone as i need!
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/36f1d2e5-af78-4c8c-879e-a85dc2d6ef92/package-load-failure-microsoftvisualstudioteamfoundationversioncontrolhatpackage?forum=tfsgeneral

A: Run the Visual Studio installer, and choose repair.  If that doesn't work, uninstall/reinstall Visual Studio.

A: I could resolve this issue after I re-installed the Team Explorer for VS 2013. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40776

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Dozens of aircraft dropping water, flame retardant | CBC News Loaded
Dozens of aircraft dropping water, flame retardant
While thousands of feet are on the ground fighting wildfires, dozens of aircraft are also involved in the battle.
Water bombers, helicopters being used in battle against wildfires
CBC News · Posted: Jul 08, 2015 1:54 PM CT | Last Updated: July 9, 2015
RAW: Plane drops water on forest fire
RAW: The water bomber is one of the key tools in the battle against Saskatchewan wildfires. 0:17
At one point, 50 helicopters had been deployed against northern Saskatchewan forest fires.
The Ministry of the Environment has also been using its water bomber fleet, which can drop about 5,000 litres at a time.
Saskatchewan First Nation sets up 'Rez Cross' wildfire evacuation centre
Other provinces, including Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, have also been lending their water bombers to Saskatchewan.
Today, Premier Brad Wall said Ontario will be sending two more air tankers to lend support.
"The message to me from officials has been that we have a lot of air assets. Too many of them have been on the ground," Wall said of smoky conditions keeping fire fighting aricraft out of the skies.
"We really haven't had many days where we could deploy all the choppers we have, all the air tankers, all the retardant planes that we have.
"We're not needing more. We just need the cooperation to get them off the ground," he said.
The Premier offered his thanks and support to first responders and agencies pitching in to help fight the blazes and accommodate evacuees.
"This is a province-wide effort of all levels of government, and of the Red Cross," he said.
"It's important we remember take the time to say 'thank you' to make this difficult time as pleasant as it possibly could be for people that are long, long way from home," Wall said.
Water bombers from Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are helping Saskatchewan fight massive wildfires. (Corey Hardcastle/Government of Saskatchewan)
Meanwhile 450 Canadian soldiers were in La Ronge and Montreal Lake to help with the fires. Most will be directly helping with the fires, but approximately one hundred soldiers will take on support roles at the base camps.
"Everybody was pumped to go help the people of Saskatchewan," said Cpl. Sebastien Truksa, one of the soldiers dispatched to the province to help with the fires.
"We know people are losing houses or have been threatened by that fire, so we want to make sure they feel as safe as possible as we can provide for them," he said.
Approximately 120 soldiers in Prince Albert are working in support roles, including maintenance on vehicles and equipment as well as communicating to troops on the ground.
"We need to know what's happening, where the fires are, give them orders, where to go", said Truksa.
Canadian soldiers in Prince Albert helping with the forest fire effort. (Ryan Pilon/CBC News)
Big loss of bird habitat in Saskatchewan wildfires
Ottawa sending more beds, blankets for Sask. wildfire evacuees
By the numbers: northern Sask. wildfires on July 6
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New Zealand all-rounder Chris Page is to join S&B next season
SOUTHPORT and Birkdale captain Chris Firth received just the present he wanted over the festive period when New Zealand all-rounder Chris Page agreed to join S&B for the 2010 season.
Firth (pictured) hopes that the 21-year-old Kiwi will bat in the top four in Bridging Finance Liverpool Competition games but the Northlands cricketer is also an accomplished slow left-arm bowler and reports indicate that he is an outstanding fielder.
"I'm delighted Chris has agreed to join us and I'm sure he'll fit in just as well as Patrick Jackson and Ashton May did," said Firth.
"I wanted to sign a slow left-armer because that gives our attack a good balance, but it's also important that Chris is a left-handed bat because I think that will enable us to disrupt opposition bowling attacks in a way we didn't quite manage last season."
Page is the second player to join S&B in the close season, Scott Lees having earlier agreed to make the switch from Farnworth Social Circle. However, these additions have been offset to some degree by the departure of James Dixon to Firwood Bootle, and Firth has not ruled out adding to the squad before the new season starts in April.
S&B chairman Tony Ellwood has said that he believes the first team still needs some more experienced players and a well-organised, battle-hardened batsman is probably at the top of S&B's January wants list.
Whatever signings are made, the Trafalgar Road players appear to have a tough start to their league campaign in May. The Bridging Finance Liverpool Competition fixtures for the 2010 season were released recently and Firth's first league match in charge is away at Maghull on May 8th.
A home game against Leigh on the following Saturday means that S&B's first two opponents finished in the top six in 2009. The Beech Walk side have made their ambitions very plain by resigning Lancashire's Karl Brown and by recruiting Steven Mullaney, who left Old Trafford to join Nottinghamshire in the autumn.


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Tibetan Protests Greet Wen
But India looks set to strengthen trade ties with China during the Chinese premier's visit.
A Tibetan activist is arrested by Indian police while protesting outside the hotel where Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is staying in New Delhi, Dec. 15, 2010.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was greeted on the first day of his three-day visit to India with protests by hundreds of Tibetan exiles against human rights abuses under Chinese rule in their homeland.
"Our main protest is focused in New Delhi, where we planned to stage demonstrations and submit memoranda to various embassies to highlight the plight of people of Tibet and the issue of human rights violations," Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) president Tsewang Rigzin was quoted as saying.
The northern Indian hill-town of Dharamsala was quiet on the first day of Wen's visit, with protest activities focused on New Delhi, the Indo-Asian News Service said.
Activists from the pro-independence TYC, along with protesters from Students for Free Tibet, the National Democratic Party of India, and the Tibetan Women's Association converged on the Indian capital to mark Wen's arrival on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Tibetans staged a noisy protest and sit-in near Delhi's Jantar Mantar observatory, where they plan to remain throughout Wen's trip.
The TYC said the protest aimed to highlight the "extremely critical" situation of political prisoners in Tibet.
"History shows that occupation and oppression never lasts forever, and until that day comes and to hasten the arrival of that day, we will keep our fight alive," the group said in a statement.
Strained ties
India is home to more than 94,000 Tibetans, mostly clustered around Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile headed by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 along with many of his supporters following a failed uprising against Chinese rule, is currently officiating at religious events in Sikkim.
Wen's visit comes amid strained ties between the two Asian giants, and began with pledges from the Chinese leader and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh that the world is "large enough" for both of them.
Historically, ties between Delhi and Beijing have been dogged by mutual suspicion and mistrust, especially over the disputed border region of Kashmir.
Zhang Yan, the Chinese ambassador to India, recently described bilateral relations as "very fragile, easy to damage, and difficult to repair."
But the Chinese seem willing to bring money as well as rhetoric to the relationship.
Trade is booming
Wen is accompanied by 400 Chinese business leaders, outnumbering the recent delegations headed by U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Sino-Indian economic relationship is booming, and bilateral trade looks set to reach U.S. $60 billion this fiscal year, compared with U.S. $42 billion dollars in the previous year.
The Hindustan Times said in an editorial that this trend should be encouraged.
"Let trade do the talking," the paper said. "Other issues that add to the trust deficit will hopefully get addressed on the way."
If that is the case, India is likely to want to talk about a yawning trade deficit estimated at U.S. $18-25 billion in China's favor.
Delhi will be looking to secure greater access to Chinese pharmaceutical and information technology (IT) markets during Wen's trip.
On the first day of his visit, Wen told business leaders that Beijing takes the deficit seriously and is ready to take further steps to "facilitate the access of Indian products" to the Chinese market.
The Chinese delegation will sign deals with Indian companies, including ICICI Bank and Reliance Power, worth more than U.S. $16 billion.
The issue of a disputed Himalayan border, which sparked a brief war in 1962 and has yet to be resolved in spite of 14 rounds of negotiations, is also likely to surface during Thursday's talks between Wen and Singh.
Last year, Beijing complained bitterly over visits to the northeast state of Arunachal Pradesh—which China claims in full—by Prime Minister Singh and the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama has accused China of perpetrating "cultural genocide" in Tibet, and is regarded by Beijing as a dangerous separatist.
Written by Luisetta Mudie.
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Fred Charlton serves as managing director, chairman and head of energy investment banking, focused exclusively on the energy services and equipment sector.
Prior to joining the firm in 1990, Charlton worked in the Middle East as a field engineer for Schlumberger.
Charlton holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Oxford University, where he was awarded an open scholarship, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.


Excellent live 'best of' from Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema who after fifteen years apart reformed Royal Trux for gigs in New York and LA.
Andrew Twambley photographs Texan alternative rock group And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at a gig at the Manchester Academy to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their much acclaimed second album 'Madonna'.
Harry Sheriff enjoys Arctic Monkeys 'Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino' tour at the Arena in Manchester.


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Ann Wheeler tells "State of Prince William County" in annual message to residents
FROM Prince Wlliam County Government 01/13/21 / Health & Safety / Local Government / Money & Taxes / People & Places /
Ann Wheeler, Chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, delivered the annual State of the County address on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, to open the first Board meeting of the year. A copy of her remarks is below.
2021 State of the County
"This year's presentation feels different than last year's address. Living through a pandemic that has created the largest public health and economic crisis most of us have ever seen has certainly created challenges. However, there have been so many positive things that have occurred this past year, as well. We must not lose sight of the light that came out of the dark.
I wish to begin today by acknowledging the work of my colleagues on the Board: current Vice Chair Victor Angry and Supervisors Andrea Bailey, Kenny Boddye, Pete Candland, Margaret Franklin, Jeanine Lawson and Yesli Vega. We have been able to accomplish a lot together, and I appreciate your leadership and service to all residents of Prince William County.
To the employees of Prince William County, under the leadership of County Executive Chris Martino, I want to thank each of you for your public service, guidance and commitment to our community. Our County successfully weathered the storm last year because of extraordinary efforts of all of our County employees and for that, I say thank you.
In 2020, we opened the year as a new book that had the vision of embodying an inclusive, welcoming community that would be well-known and respected by its residents, neighboring jurisdictions and the rest of the Commonwealth of Virginia—a place where we could showcase the blending of the strengths of our past with a vibrant and technologically forward-thinking future.
Instead, that book started off differently than expected, and the past year presented many challenges as it proved to be a difficult chapter, not only in our County's history, but our nation's. Ultimately, we succeeded in making many changes in the right direction because we continued to dream big, worked together and stood strong for the future that we all collectively seek for Prince William County.
For the past 10 months, our community has been plagued by the global pandemic. While this time has been universally challenging, your County government has continued to serve as a beacon of light during this dark time working to manage and mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on our community.
In March, we declared a local emergency to provide guidance and direction within days of the federal emergency declaration by President Donald Trump and the state of emergency declaration by Governor Ralph Northam.
Since then, our Emergency Operations Center has worked tirelessly to provide a coordinated, regional response in alignment with the executive orders instituted by our governor.
This forced us to explore new ways of conducting business to be of service to the community. Even with facilities being closed, employees working remotely, and precautionary safety measures put in place, our County employees found new and creative ways to serve our residents. Whether it's curbside service at the library, virtual programming for members of the senior centers or helping businesses understand how they can better advertise with signage, our County employees continued to meet the needs of our community. Additionally, through established partnerships with community organizations, we have leveraged our collective talent and reaffirmed ourselves as #PrinceWilliamStrong. To note, since the start of the pandemic:
Nearly 10 million pounds of food have been distributed to the community through the Prince William Feeding Task Force led by the Prince William Food Rescue program, an affiliate of ACTS.
The Testing Taskforce administered more than 19,000 free COVID-19 tests and provided culturally affirming information sheets and personal protective equipment to vulnerable populations.
Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Relief Programs have funded 288 households in excess of $2 million.
We utilized a grant for the purchase of over 4,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to increase access for virtual learners.
We awarded more than $4.6 million in Small Business Micro-Grants to 640 impacted businesses.
And while the work to help our community continues, new work to address the pandemic begins. The Prince William Health District, with the support of our Emergency Operations Center, is just starting the long, arduous task of vaccinating our population. This is the light at the end of the tunnel and our path back to normalcy. But it will take time.
As we stepped outside of our normal ways of governing to provide crisis management, we also made time to move our County forward in so many important ways.
We invested in a robust 2020 Census outreach campaign, which produced a five percent increase in the self-reporting rate from 2010.
We more than doubled the number of early voting locations, to include drive-up voting and ably handling voting in record turnout numbers.
We expanded the pilot of the co-responder unit in the Police Department and formally established it as a viable program, which has been hailed as a model program throughout the Commonwealth.
We restructured the budget to put more money towards serving the most vulnerable in our community, to include homeless services and community services.
We opened a state-of-the-art compost facility, which will extend the life of our landfill by more than a decade and have a positive impact on our environment.
• We adopted the County's first climate resolution, to address an ever-worsening threat and to protect our community for future generations to come.
• We established the Parks and Recreation Master Plan and saw our Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department become accredited, joining a group of only 12 other Virginia agencies and only one percent of parks and recreation agencies nationwide.
• We secured hundreds of millions in various funding sources for regional transportation options near County gateways, moved forward with a solution for Route 28 and received state funding to study the extension of the Metro Blue Line to Prince William County.
• During all that time, we saw the expansion of our commercial tax base. We saw the establishment, retention or expansion of 40 businesses with another 73 in the pipeline. This will ultimately have a capital investment totaling $2.4 billion. Prince William County is only beginning to get a sense of what is really possible when we strategically invest in economic development and then can finally provide critical services and infrastructure from the expanded tax base to our many residents.
• During this year, your local government rose to the challenge of our time and has begun our recovery. Careful planning was needed to manage a reduction of expenses, and our sound financial decisions over the last year led to the reaffirming of our AAA bond rating. We have responsibly managed $82 million in CARES Act funding, and we had a bond sale in May with a new historical low rate of 0.46%, which yielded $6.5 million in savings for the County.
So what does our future hold? We know that the recovery from COVID-19 will be long as we need to continue to help our most vulnerable residents and those businesses most impacted by the devastation of the pandemic. But recover we will.
Last year, we sowed the seeds of our next chapter. Many of the following items will come to fruition and chart the course for our County's future:
We will finalize our County's Strategic Plan based upon numerous engagements with the public and public strategic planning sessions. This will help us fund our priorities.
We will complete the Comprehensive Plan, which will guide our future decision making in land use, transportation and amenities.
There will be the hiring of an Equity Officer, which will help with our commitment to further the inclusion of an equity lens across all our County operations,
With the adoption the County's first climate resolution last year, we can begin to address climate change as an ever-worsening threat.
And finally, with the creation of the Racial and Social Justice Commission, we can begin to constructively address the concerns expressed through the racial and social upheaval we saw reignited last spring and summer.
This is the legacy that this Board will leave in our community. A legacy that supports investment into our business community. A legacy that supports growth that is in the best interest for all those in the community. And a legacy that stands for inclusiveness and equality for all. I urge all of us to work together to leave a legacy that we are proud of.
I am sure that over the years we will continue to refine our vision as time progresses, and as new challenges come up. The future of Prince William County looks bright as we work together towards the best future for all the County residents. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Board, County staff and each of you to help create that future. Thank you."
Ann Wheeler tells "State of Prince William County" in annual message to residents


A. Scott Berg's first book, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, was met with critical acclaim. It is about the editor at Charles Scribner' s Sons publishing company who worked with Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Jones, and others. This winner of the 1978 National Book Award was reissued in paperback in 1997.
Berg's only other book is Goldwyn: A Biography (1998), concerning the legendary Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn. Berg's usual thoroughness is applied to a segment of American popular culture, the studio system that produced movies in the first half of the twentieth century.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of The Little Prince, was a friend of the Lindberghs. His book An Airman's Odyssey (1984) covers his early days as a pilot.


I've written many articles highlighting the advantages options trading and how this technique, when deployed in opportunistic or conservative scenarios may augment overall portfolio returns while mitigating risk in a meaningful manner. Here I'd like to focus on leveraging cash-on-hand to engage in options trading, more specifically selling covered puts. In laymen's terms, I'll cover option variables, an example, strategy and empirical results with commentary.
1. Why buy a stock now when you can purchase the stock in the future at a lower price while being paid to do so?
2. Why buy stocks at all when you can make money on the underlying volatility without ever owning the shares?
Timing the market has proven to be very difficult if not altogether impossible. However creating opportunities to lock-in downward movement in a given stock one is looking to own is possible. If a stock of interest has substantially fallen to at or near a 52-week low, then one has an option to "buy" the stock at an even lower price at a later date while collecting premium income in the process. Alternatively, it's also possible to make money on the option itself without owning any shares of the company via realizing options premium gains as the underlying stock appreciates in value off its lows. This is called a covered put option, covered in the sense that one has cash to back the option contract. Leveraging covered put options in opportunistic scenarios may augment overall portfolio returns while mitigating risk when looking to initiate a future position in an individual stock. In the event of a covered put, this is accomplished by leveraging the cash one currently has by selling a put contract against those funds for a premium. It's also possible to make money on the option itself without owning any shares of the company via realizing options premium gains as the underlying stock appreciates in value.
Selling a put option will take on the obligation to purchase the shares of interest. For instance, he/she is taking on the obligation to buy the shares at $105 a month from now when the current price is $100. The seller of the put contract believes the shares will appreciate beyond the $105 level. Thus the owner of the shares would not exercise the option and assign shares to the put seller if the shares appreciate beyond $105. Why sell the shares at $105 to the put option seller when the owner of the shares could sell them on the open market for a higher price than $105? In this case, the put option seller collects a premium from the put option buyer and still makes money without owning any shares. From the stock owners perspective, he/she is buying the right to sell the shares at $105 a month from now when the current price is $100. The buyer of the put contract believes the shares will fall below the $105 level. Thus the owner of the shares would exercise the option and assign shares to the put seller if the shares fall below $105. Why sell the shares below $105 on the open market when the owner can sell them to the put seller for $105? This is effectively an insurance policy against the shares falling. In this case, the put option seller collects a premium from the put option buyer and assigned shares that may be significantly lower than the market price.
1. Strike price: Price at which you have an obligation to buy the stock (seller of the put option) or the price at which you the right to sell your stock (buyer of the put option).
2. Expiration date: Date on which the option expires.
3. Premium: Price one pays when he/she buys an option and the price one receives when he/she sells an option.
4. Time premium: The further out the contact expires the greater the premium one will have to pay in order to secure a given strike price. The greater the volatility the greater the time premium received for covered call writing.
5. Intrinsic value: The value of the underlying security on the open market, if the price moves above the strike price prior to expiration, the option will increase in lock-step.
When it comes to engaging in secured put selling (e.g. willing to buy shares at an agreed upon price by an agreed upon date while being paid a premium), I search for unique opportunities in high-quality names typically in the large-cap space that have sold off due to largely extraneous factors unrelated to the fundamentals of the company itself. I focus on companies that are growing revenues, possess great growth potential, have an acquisitive mindset while returning value to shareholders via paying out dividends and buying back its own shares. There are exceptions to this rule for high-growth stocks such as Netflix and Salesforce that can provide great returns in the options market after a double-digit sell-off. Typically, I look for a correction in a given stock due in large part to extraneous factors (i.e. political backdrop, weak foreign data, currency issues, etc.) or a narrow earnings miss. This is seen often times and recently stocks such as Nike, Target, Disney, Starbucks, Apple and CVS Health have declined dramatically. This is where I'm willing to "buy" high-quality names at 52-week lows via an option contract in hopes of a rebound in order to net a realized gain without owning the underlying stock. If assigned then I own a high-quality name which was purchased at a 52-week low.
The above recent trades are long-term secured puts. What I'm essentially saying is that I'm willing to buy the shares at an agreed-upon price (strike price) by an agreed upon date (expiration) while being paid a premium to do so. I offer commentary below for the trades without touching on the fundamental analyses as this is out of scope for this piece. I cover the first three trades and the remaining trades are an iterative process.
1. Nike example above; the stock had sold off from the high $60s to the low $50s and I wanted to take advantage of this sell-off via a secured put with a strike price of $60. Nike remained stuck in the low $50s despite strong quarterly earnings. At this point the contract was at near parity with the premium received and I was assigned shares at $60 less the premium of $8.40 for an effective purchase price of $51.60. No net realized gain was obtained however I now own a high-quality company at prices not seen since in over 18-plus months. I added to a long-term position and decreased my average share price in the process. The stock now trades near $60 thus an unrealized 16% gain on the shares.
2. Disney example above; the stock had sold off from the low $120s to the high $90s and took advantage of this sell-off via a secured put with a strike price of $100. Disney propelled higher and broke through the strike price to the mid $100s. At this point the contract was near worthless and I decided to buy-to-close the contract at $1.08 to capture ~90% of the contract value. Net realized gain was $818 or a yield or 8.2% ($8.18/$10,000 leveraged or earmarked to potentially purchase the shares). This gain was realized over the course of roughly 7 weeks utilizing cash on hand and never owning the underlying shares of Disney.
3. Target example above; same scenario as my Netflix position with the exception of the fact that Target is a well-established large-cap stock with a dividend yield and thus premium yields are usually less lucrative for these types of stocks. Despite the less lucrative premiums, the same principles apply. The stock had sold off from the mid $80s to the mid $60s and took advantage of this sell-off via a secured put with a strike price of $72.50. Target blew away the numbers and the stock was propelled higher and broke through the strike price to the high $70s. At this point the contract was near worthless and I decided to buy-to-close the contract at $0.67 to capture ~90% of the contract value. Net realized gain was $549 or a yield or 7.6% ($5.49/$7,250 leveraged or earmarked to potentially purchase the shares). This gain was realized over the course of roughly 4 weeks utilizing cash on hand and never owning the underlying shares of Target.
Recent Target assignment - Target missed earnings and the stock sold off thus my covered put was assigned to me at an effective purchase price of $63.54 which was near a 52-week at the time. The stock traded at ~$55 a share at the time of assignment. I lowered my average share price after this assignment to $67.55 from $73.00 or a 7.5% reduction in my average share price. Similar to Nike, I will wait for a rebound off these lows while collecting a 3.55% dividend yield along with an aggressive share buyback program.
Pending Facebook trade – Facebook is currently trading at $140 thus at parity with the strike price. I'll be buying-to-close out this position as the time value decays and the stock continues to trend up.
When it comes to engaging in secured put selling (e.g. willing to buy shares at an agreed upon price by an agreed upon date while being paid a premium), I search for unique opportunities in high-quality names typically in the large-cap space that have sold off due to largely extraneous factors unrelated to the fundamentals of the company itself. Based on empirical data, I've been able to net realized gains utilizing cash-on-hand without owning any shares of the underlying company. In the event that the shares do not appreciate, the contract is worthless and shares are assigned. I always choose a high-quality company when engaging in covered puts in the event the shares are assigned. In the case of Nike, I was assigned shares at an effective price of $51.60 and now the shares trade at ~$59 yielding an unrealized gain of $16%. This covered put technique, when deployed in opportunistic or conservative scenarios may augment overall portfolio returns while mitigating risk in a meaningful manner.
Disclosure: The author currently holds shares of NKE, FB, TGT, DIS, CVS and GILD and the author is long all these holdings. The author has no business relationship with any companies mentioned in this article. He is not a professional financial advisor or tax professional. This article reflects his own opinions. This article is not intended to be a recommendation to buy or sell any stock or ETF mentioned. Kiedrowski is an individual investor who analyzes investment strategies and disseminates analyses. Kiedrowski encourages all investors to conduct their own research and due diligence prior to investing. Please feel free to comment and provide feedback, the author values all responses.
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Népesség
 1989-ben 18 092 lakosa volt.
 2002-ben 15 125 lakosa volt.
 2010-ben 12 722 lakosa volt, melyből 12 020 orosz, 117 ukrán, 63 csecsen, 56 kirgiz, 55 cigány, 38 fehérorosz, 30 csuvas, 26 örmény, 25 tatár, 23 tadzsik, 22 ingus, 22 moldáv, 22 üzbég, 20 azeri, 16 dargin, 14 lengyel, 13 avar, 12 német stb.

Források
 Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. Демоскоп Weekly.
 A 2010-es népszámlálás adatai: http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm

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Mortality slightly down in week 2, remains high
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Estimated mortality in week 2 of 2021 (11 to 17 January inclusive) stands at 3,850. This is 500 deaths in excess of the expected number for this period. The number of deaths in week 1 stood at 4,099. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on the latest provisional weekly mortality figures.
As of week 39 of 2020, weekly mortality has been higher than expected. During the current second epidemic wave, slightly over 60 thousand people have died up to the second week of 2021 inclusive. This is nearly 9 thousand more deaths than would normally be expected in this period.
Show datatableWeekly mortality, 2020*
Weekly mortality, 2020*
Estimated mortality
Estimated mortality (95% interval)
3103 3277 2908 – 3645
3376 2978 – 3775
* Provisional figures. Week 2 in 2021 is an estimate.
Less mortality among long-term care users and the rest of the population
In week 2 of 2021, the estimated number of deaths among people receiving care under the Long-term Care Act (Wlz) declined, but it remains relatively high. Mortality among the rest of the population was down as well. There were approximately 1,600 deaths among long-term care users, including residents of nursing homes and institutions for the disabled. Just under 2,300 deaths were recorded among the rest of the population.
During the second epidemic wave, so far nearly 24 thousand people have died among the population receiving long-term care (week 39 of 2020 to week 2 of 2021 inclusive). This is 4.6 thousand more than the expected number for this period, an increase of 24 percent. Among the rest of the population, so far over 36 thousand deaths have been recorded during the second wave, exceeding the expected number for this period by 13 percent (4.3 thousand).
Long-term care (Wlz) users, deaths
Long-term care (Wlz) users, estimated mortality
Long-term care (Wlz) users, estimated mortality (95% interval)
Other population, deaths
Other population, estimated mortality
Other population, estimated mortality (95% interval)
1210 1252 1052 – 1451 1894 2025 1780 – 2270
1164 1260 989 – 1531 1942 2056 1752 – 2359
909 995 886 – 1104 1773 1740 1585 – 1895
900 1003 855 – 1152 1628 1717 1555 – 1879
1311 987 840 – 1134 1898 1682 1531 – 1832
1294 1098 – 1491 2082 1825 – 2339
Mortality down among men and women
In week 2 of 2021, mortality declined among both men and women compared to the previous week. It is estimated that there were slightly more deaths among men than among women in that week.
During the first few weeks of the first epidemic wave and during several weeks of the second wave, mortality was likewise higher among men, even though the elderly population includes more women than men.
Decline among the elderly
In week 2, mortality among the elderly population declined compared to the previous week. There were 1,100 deaths among people aged 65 to 79 years and more than 2,300 deaths among the over-80s. Mortality among people under the age 65 remained more or less the same; there were no excess deaths in this age category.
During the second wave, so far over 34 thousand people aged 80 and over have died (week 39 of 2020 to week 2 of 2021 inclusive), which is 20 percent (5.6 thousand deaths) more than expected for this period. Excess mortality was also recorded in the group 65 to 79 years, namely 19 percent (over 2.9 thousand excess deaths). In the group under age 65, so far 5 percent (approximately 340) more people have passed away during the second wave.
Show datatableWeekly mortality*
Weekly mortality*
Population 0 to 65 years, deaths
Population 0 to 64 yrs, estimated mortality
Population 0 to 64 yrs, estimated mortality (95% interval)
Population 65 to 79 yrs, deaths
Population 65 to 79 yrs, estimated mortality
Population 65 to 79 yrs, estimated mortality (95% interval)
Population 80 yrs and over, deaths
Population 80 yrs and over, estimated mortality
Population 80 yrs and over, estimated mortality (95% interval)
385 415 374 – 456 896 947 852 – 1041 1823 1918 1632 – 2204
450 410 364 – 456 1079 917 796 – 1039 2086 1849 1503 – 2195
499 401 357 – 444 1503 889 806 – 972 3083 1735 1490 – 1981
444 381 342 – 419 999 847 779 – 916 1936 1613 1472 – 1755
411 366 – 455 969 875 – 1062 2000 1670 – 2331
COVID-19 mortality known up to June inclusive
The figures on (excess) mortality are based on daily reports on the number of deaths received by CBS. These reports do not contain any information about the cause of death. CBS receives such information at a later stage via a death cause certificate. The cause of death is known for all deceased up to and including June 2020. According to these figures, just over 10,000 people died from COVID-19 between March and June 2020, as published by CBS on 1 October. Excess mortality over this period is therefore entirely attributable to mortality from the novel coronavirus.
Data sources for RIVM
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) receives data on confirmed COVID-19 deaths from municipal health services (GGD) around the country on a daily basis. The actual COVID-19-related death count in the Netherlands is likely to turn out higher because of the following reasons: possibly not all people with COVID-19 have themselves tested, there is no reporting obligation for COVID-19 deaths and registration sometimes takes a little longer.
Up to and including June 2020, RIVM registered 6,182 COVID-19 deaths. In weeks 39 of 2020 to week 2 of 2021, RIVM registered 6,762 COVID-19 deaths. This includes 446 deaths reported in week 2 (as at 19 January 2021). There were fewer than 200 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the intervening period.
Estimate for week 2
The figures for week 2 are estimates, based on 83 percent of the overall number of death records to be received by CBS. CBS will publish provisional weekly mortality figures for week 2 on Friday 29 January. The figures will be more complete by then.
StatLine - Deaths registered weekly, by sex and age
FAQ - How many deaths are registered per week?
RIVM - Current information about COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
News release - 10 thousand COVID-19 deaths during first wave of the pandemic
Long-term Care Act (Wlz)
Mortality per week
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