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Live 1966 is a live album by British rock group Small Faces, initially released on 4 June 2021, becoming the first release on drummer Kenney Jones' Nice Records. The album is a remastered soundboard recording of the Small Faces 9 January 1966 performance at the Twenty Club in Mouscron, Belgium.

The material on the album was initially released with a book called Smalls in 2017. However, as Jones wanted to minimize bootlegging he started Nice Records and acquired the original tapes from the performance. Presented here are several recordings the group never recorded in studios. It received primarily positive reviews upon release.

Background
Live recordings by the Small Faces have always been a rarity, simply because most of their live appearances weren't recorded. Notable exceptions include their appearance on West Germany television show Beat Beat Beat, where they perform four songs, along with In Memoriam or The Autumn Stone, which features five live tracks recorded at Newcastle City Hall. Although their 1999 album The BBC Sessions was marketed as a live album, these were recorded in a studio days before broadcast, essentially making them studio recordings. Besides one BBC session recorded in August 1965, no other live recordings of the Small Faces in 1965 or 1966 have ever surfaced or been recorded, making the Twenty Club performance the earliest.

The recording of Small Faces performing at the Twenty Club initially came from a compact disc included in a book called Smalls. This book was only released in French and was written by Jean-Noël Coghe, who followed the Small Faces on tour in Belgium, documenting the entire trip in the book. Eventually, he arranged for a soundboard recording at the Twenty Club on 9 January 1966 without the knowledge or consent from the Small Faces. Although these were previously unissued tracks, they remained in obscurity due to the fact that the book was only released in France.

Release
Eventually, the Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones got his hands on the recording, much to his satisfaction. He did this in large part due to secure control over the recordings, stating that "It's great to launch Nice Records and to be able to take back control of the Small Faces products and recordings", following bootlegging of Small Faces material. The tapes were largely remastered and restored by Tosh Flood and Nick Robbins, both of whom have previously worked on material by the group. Jones has stated that "I have assembled a first-class team who understand the importance of the Small Faces legacy." The sound quality on the original Smalls CD was in much worse shape than the Live 1966 recordings will be, this is due to the fact that the author of Smalls wanted to leave it "as authentic as possible".

Live 1966 was initially released as a digital download release on 4 June 2021, while physical copies weren't released until almost three months later, when the CD version of the album was issued on 3 September. A Double LP will be released on 5 November 2021. This release is set to be pressed on coloured vinyl along with Kenney Jones interviews in the liner notes. With the CD release, Nice Records started distributing physical albums for the first time, with Jones stating "We want to do this properly. There is still previously unreleased material locked away in archives because record companies can't - or won't - release it, as well as material that labels lost or never got from the artist in the first place.". Live 1966 will become the first in a series of rare or previously unreleased recordings issue on Nice Records, as unreleased and newly recorded Faces songs will be released soon.

Reception
Kenney Jones has implied on multiple occasions that he enjoyed playing with the Small Faces during this time, which he thinks this album captures well: "We were a great live act then and even though we started to have hits, our live act was never the same again. This gig is really what the Small Faces were all about" In a review for Making Time, the reviewer praises the sound quality, stating that it gives a very clear sound which helps bring out the clarity and quality of these live recordings, calling the Small Faces "insightful" and saying that the sound quality immerses the listener into a "small club with everyone drenched in sweat" They call it a gem and an "amazing find" and finds the live versions of "E Too D" and "Come On Children" better than the studio versions released on the Small Faces debut album in 1966. The review ends by praising the Small Faces, placing them over any live recordings the Beatles possibly could do.

Track listing

Personnel

 Steve Marriott – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
 Ronnie Lane – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
 Ian McLagan – Hammond organ, backing vocals
 Kenney Jones – drums

References

2021 live albums
Live rock albums
Small Faces albums

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ESPN and WAC Announce New Multi-Year, Multi-Platform Broadcasting Rights Deal
25 ago. 2021 09:12 ECT – Jeff Kotuby
ESPN expands its collegiate sports broadcasting rights with the news they've renewed their deal with the Western Athletic Conference.
The new deal between the WAC and ESPN is a multi-year, multi-platform media rights agreement that will see over 500 annual events on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. ESPN will also televise select regular-season men's basketball games and the championship games for the WAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments on ESPN linear networks. All home football and men's and women's basketball games will reside on ESPN platforms, as well as selected other events. The WAC will also produce and air over 70 championship events on ESPN+ in the upcoming year.
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"As the WAC expands its fan base into new markets across the country, we're pleased to continue ESPN's association with the conference, which started more than three decades ago. With more than 500 annual events included in this new agreement, we look forward to showcasing the WAC's talented student-athletes and member institutions," said Dan Margulis, ESPN senior director, programming and acquisitions.
ESPN's latest deal is one of many that have taken place this year. Earlier, ESPN renewed its deals with The Big West Conference and the Big Sky Conference, both adding multiple collegiate sports leagues to their vast library of ESPN+ content.
"The WAC and ESPN have a long history together and it's exciting to continue that relationship into the future,' said WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd. "ESPN remains the gold standard when it comes to sports and this multi-year agreement will continue to assist in the WAC's growth nationally."
The WAC consists of Abilene Christian University, California Baptist University, Chicago State University, Dixie State University, Grand Canyon University, Lamar University, New Mexico State University, Sam Houston State University, Seattle University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Tarleton State University, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Utah Valley University.
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The EU Renewable Energy Directive classifies wood as a low-carbon fuel source, and would encourage deforestation around the world, critics say. In a new paper published by Nature Communications, eight international scientists condemned the plan for ignoring the advice of hundreds of experts, and likely increasing atmospheric carbon "for decades to centuries" to come.
This Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is now finalized. Because meeting a small quantity of Europe's energy use requires a large quantity of wood, and because of the example it sets for the world, the RED profoundly threatens the world's forests.
Makers of wood products have for decades generated electricity and heat from wood process wastes, which still supply the bulk of Europe's forest-based bioenergy. Although burning these wastes emits carbon dioxide, it benefits the climate because the wastes would quickly decompose and release their carbon anyway. Yet nearly all such wastes have long been used.
Over the last decade, however, due to similar flaws in the 2008 RED, Europe has expanded its use of wood harvested to burn directly for energy, much from U.S. and Canadian forests in the form of wood pellets. Contrary to repeated claims, almost 90% of these wood pellets come from the main stems of trees, mostly of pulpwood quality, or from sawdust otherwise used for wood products.
Unlike wood wastes, harvesting additional wood just for burning is likely to increase carbon in the atmosphere for decades to centuries. This effect results from the fact that wood is a carbon-based fuel whose harvest and use are inefficient from a greenhouse gas (GHG) perspective. Typically, around one third or more of each harvested tree is contained in roots and small branches that are properly left in the forest to protect soils but that decompose and release carbon. Wood that reaches a power plant can displace fossil emissions but per kWh of electricity typically emits 1.5x the CO2 of coal and 3x the CO2 of natural gas because of wood's carbon bonds, water content and lower burning temperature.
Allowing trees to regrow can reabsorb the carbon, but for some years a regrowing forest typically absorbs less carbon than if the forest were left unharvested, increasing the carbon debt. Eventually, the regrowing forest grows faster and the additional carbon it then absorbs plus the reduction in fossil fuels can together pay back the carbon debt on the first stand harvested. But even then, carbon debt remains on the additional stands harvested in succeeding years, and it takes more years for more stands to regrow before there is just carbon parity between use of wood and fossil fuels. It then takes many more years of forest regrowth to achieve substantial GHG reductions.
The renewability of trees, unlike fossil fuels, helps explain why biomass can eventually reduce GHGs but only over long periods. The amount of increase in GHGs by 2050 depends on which and how forests are ultimately harvested, how the energy is used and whether wood replaces coal, oil or natural gas. Yet overall, replacing fossil fuels with wood will likely result in 2-3x more carbon in the atmosphere in 2050 per gigajoule of final energy. Because the likely renewable alternative would be truly low carbon solar or wind, the plausible, net effect of the biomass provisions could be to turn a ~5% decrease in energy emissions by 2050 into increases of ~5–10% or even more.
The implications for forests and carbon are large because even though Europe harvests almost as much wood as the US and Canada combined, these harvests could only supply ~5.5% of its primary energy and ~4% of its final energy. If wood were to supply 40% of the additional renewable energy—an uncertain but plausible level—the wood volumes required would equal all of Europe's wood harvest. In fact, the RED sets a goal to increase by 10% renewable energy for heat, sourced overwhelmingly from wood, which would likely by itself use ~50% of Europe's present annual wood harvest. European Commission planning documents projected somewhat smaller roles for bioenergy based on lower renewable energy targets, but they scale up to ~55–85% of Europe's wood harvest at the larger target ultimately adopted. Supplying this level of wood will probably require expanding harvests in forests all over the world.
The global signal may have even greater effects on climate and biodiversity. At the last global climate conference (UNFCCC-COP 23, Bonn 2017), tropical forest countries and others, including Indonesia and Brazil, jointly declared goals "to increase the use of wood … to generate energy as part of efforts to limit climate change. Once countries and powerful private companies become invested in such efforts, further expansion will become harder to stop. The effect can already be seen in the United States, where Congress in both 2017 and 2018 added provisions to annual spending bills declaring nearly all forest biomass carbon free—although environmentalists have so far fought to limit the legal effects to a single year.If the world met just an additional 2% of global primary energy with wood, it would need to double its industrial wood harvests.
Unfortunately, various sustainability conditions in the RED would have little consequence. For example, one repeated instruction is that harvesting trees should occur sustainably, but sustainable does not equal low carbon. Perhaps the strictest version of sustainability, often defended as a landscape approach, claims GHG reductions so long as harvest of trees in a country (or just one forest) does not exceed the forest's incremental growth. Yet, by definition, this incremental growth would otherwise add biomass, and therefore carbon storage to the forest, holding down climate change. This carbon sink, in large part due to climate change itself, is already factored into climate projections and is not disposable. Harvesting and burning this biomass reduces the sink and adds carbon to the air just like burning any other carbon fuel. The directive only requires forests to maintain existing carbon stocks in limited circumstances, but given the size of the global forest sink, even applying such a rule everywhere would still allow global industrial wood harvests to more than triple.
The directive also repeatedly cites a goal to preserve biodiversity, but its provisions will afford little protection. Prohibitions on harvesting wood directly for bioenergy apply only to primary forests—a small share of global forests. In addition, any forests could be cut to replace the vast quantities of wood diverted from existing managed forests to bioenergy.
Some argue that increasing carbon in the atmosphere for decades is fine so long as reductions eventually occur, but timely mitigation matters. More carbon in the atmosphere for decades means more damages for decades, and more permanent damages due to more rapid melting of permafrost, glaciers and ice-sheets, and more packing of heat and acidity into the world's oceans. Recognizing this need, the EU otherwise requires that GHG reductions occur over 20-years, but that timing does not apply to forest biomass.
Instead, the directive incorporates the view that forest biomass is inherently carbon neutral if harvested sustainably. Although the RED requires that bioenergy generate large greenhouse gas reductions, its accounting rules ignore the carbon emitted by burning biomass itself. They only count GHGs from trace gases and use of fossil fuels to produce the bioenergy, which is like counting the GHGs from coal-mining machinery but not from burning the coal.
The main new Commission thinking, reflected in the sustainability provisions, is that bioenergy rules do not need to count plant carbon so long as countries that supply the wood have commitments related to land use emissions under European rules or the Paris accord. But this thinking repeats the confusion that occurred at the time of the Kyoto Protocol between rules designed only to count global emissions and laws designed to shape national or private incentives. Under accounting rules for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), countries that burn biomass can ignore the resulting energy emissions because the countries that cut down the trees used for the biomass must count the carbon lost from the forest. Switching from coal to biomass allows a country to ignore real energy emissions that physically occur there, but the country supplying the wood must report higher land use emissions (at least compared to the no-bioenergy alternative). The combination does not make bioenergy carbon free because it balances out global accounting, the limited goal of national reporting.
But this accounting system does not work for national energy laws. If a country's laws give its power plants strong financial incentives to switch from coal to wood on the theory that wood is carbon-neutral, those power plants have incentives to burn wood regardless of the real carbon consequences. Even if a country supplying the wood reports higher land use emissions through the UNFCCC, that carbon is not the power plant's problem. Only if all potential wood-supplying countries imposed a carbon fee on the harvest of wood, and this fee equaled Europe's financial incentive to burn it, would European power plants have a financial reason to properly factor the carbon into their decisions. No country has done that or seems likely to do so.
In fact, few countries have any obligation to compensate for reduced carbon in their forests because few countries have adopted quantitative goals in the land use sector as part of the Paris accord. Even if countries did try to make up for reduced forest carbon due to bioenergy with additional mitigation of some kind, all Europe would achieve is a requirement that its consumers pay more to do something harmful for the climate so that other countries could then spend additional money to compensate.
Europe has also created a kind of reverse REDD + strategy by treating forest and all other biomass as carbon neutral in its Emissions Trading System, which limits emissions from power plants and factories. While the not yet realized hope behind REDD + is to reward countries for preserving carbon in forests, this bioenergy policy means forest owners can be rewarded for the carbon in their trees—so long as they cut them down and sell them for energy. The higher the price of carbon rises, the more valuable cutting down trees will become. Strangely, this policy also undermines years of efforts to save trees by recycling used paper instead of burning it for energy. Even as recycling polices push consumers to save trees, this policy will encourage others to burn them.
Alternatives include various forms of solar power, which typically generate at least 100 times more useable energy per hectare than bioenergy even on good land—and even more on dry lands and rooftops. Possible future limits on solar if storage does not evolve cannot justify bioenergy today. With solar costs already dropping below $US 0.02/kWh in some world locations, and offshore wind in Europe below $US0.06, solar and wind have many economic advantages over bioenergy, particularly for electricity, even with bioenergy's incorrect GHG accounting. Unfortunately, these advantages are unlikely to fully negate the political and occasional economic benefits enabled by flawed climate accounting of simply replacing fossil fuels with wood.
Although some scientists support this use of forests, and the IPCC has found it difficult to speak clearly about biomass in the face of different views, the fact that ~800 scientists came forward provides hope of a clearer and stronger message from the scientific community. The fate of the biosphere appears at stake. Individual European countries still have discretion to pursue alternatives to forest biomass. Whatever their fields, all scientists who care should educate themselves, overcome a natural reluctance to venture into a separate and controversial field, speak with great clarity and hold public institutions to account.
T.D.S. led the writing. T.D.S., T.B., and B.H. performed calculations. T.B., B.H., D.M.K., E.F.L., W.L., P.R., and J.-P.v.Y. contributed to writing and analysis.
While the directive is essentially a done deal, it still allows countries to decide how to implement it. The system does not work for national energy laws, which will be required by the directive. If power plants have strong incentives to switch from coal to carbon-neutral wood, they will burn wood regardless of any real environmental consequences. Even if countries supplying the wood report emissions through UNFCCC, those emissions are not the power plants' problem. A nation could opt for wind or solar energy over wood bioenergy, though it would need strong incentives. For example, a country could impose a fee on harvesting wood, which would ultimately raise its cost and make wood too expensive for Europe to import for fuel.


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MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the leading civil rights voice of the Latino community.
Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel
Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel is Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of SABEResPODER®, a venture funded mobile tech platform helping immigrant communities connect to information, products and services. SABEResPODER is a "digital Ellis Island" with a mission to empower Spanish-speaking consumers to become better informed, confident, and active participants in U.S. society.
Prior to launching SABEResPODER, Raul was Vice President of Diverse Growth Segments at Wells Fargo Bank; he has also served as President of the Latino Education Achievement Project (LEAP), where he led two nationwide initiatives to promote financial literacy awareness and bancarization for immigrants. He previously served as Press & Public Affairs Attaché for the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, and as Director of Research at the Program of Mexico at UCLA.
Raul is an avid writer and has co-authored a book on financial aid for higher education, and is the lead author of 18 booklets on financial services, the health care system, and higher education—with over nine million copies distributed nationwide.
An active member on select national Boards; he serves on the Hispanic Advisory Council for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), in the Emerging Markets Development Corporation (EMDC), and is current Chairman of the Board of Directors for MALDEF—the Latino Legal Voice for Civil Rights in America.
Raul previously served in the National Latino Advisory Council for the Nielsen Company, the National Hispanic Advisory Council for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and PROFMEX (The Worldwide Consortium for Mexico Policy Research). He is past-Chairman of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and of Avenida Guadalupe Association (AGA) in San Antonio.
In 2007, Raul was recognized by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce with its National Corporate Advocate of the Year Award; in 2009 he received the San Antonio Business Journal's 40under40 Award; and in 2011 was bestowed the Corporate Responsibility Award by MALDEF.
Raul was selected by his peers at UCLA as the 1997 Student Keynote Speaker at "La Raza Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony." He is a regular panelist and speaker at national and international academic and industry conferences.
He is the proud son of migrant farm workers, and labored the fields in the San Joaquin Valley the summers of his youth through his first year of college. He now lives with his wife and three children in San Antonio, Texas.
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As Donald Trump passed 500 days in the White House earlier in June, the parameters of the administration's approach to critical issues of concern to the Latino community have become even clearer. After 500 days, Trump has failed to nominate a single Latino to a federal court of appeals vacancy. After 500 days, Trump has continued regularly to demonize, with false facts and vile rhetoric, all immigrants, particularly Latino immigrants. After 500 days, Trump has embarked on a federal policy of violently separating minor children from their refuge-seeking parents in the name of "zero tolerance." After 500 days, Trump seeks to expand family detention, an inhumane abomination, and continues to demand that United States taxpayers pay for an ineffective and unnecessary wall at the southern border. After 500 days, Trump still champions a discriminatory Muslim ban, securing a bare-majority Supreme Court ruling allowing the continued influence of bigotry in immigration policy, which has historically harmed Latinos more than anyone else. After 500 days, the Trump administration has proven to be the most anti-Latino presidential administration in our history.
After 500 days under this administration of our own work to forge a different path for our nation, MALDEF continues to strive, in court and out, to promote civil rights and constitutional values. To resist and to lead. Below, we highlight just a few of our activities to promote the right to vote and to defend our national principles of fairness and equity in treatment of all immigrants. Work like that described below will continue and expand as MALDEF fulfills its unique role – to be the legal voice that helps to enable the Latino community, despite efforts of the Trump administration to prevent many of us from even being counted in the decennial Census, to lead our nation to a more promising future of inclusion and equity.


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As all Kenyans and friends in Stockholm will remember, Tonny Odera, a Kenya-Stockholmer, lost his dad in Kenya and needs to travel home to attend the funeral. A Fundraising meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, 8th February 2014 at Hörnsgatan 139 at Hornstull from 18.00 Hrs.
Kenyans, friends, well-wishers and sympathizers are requested to turn up at the Harambee to show solidarity with the bereaved Tonny whose family is undergoing a very difficult time following the departure of the late Mzee.
Tonny continues to receive condolences as he gathers courage and strength to cope with the great shock and sorrow following the demise of his father. Many friends also continue to pray for the family.
Those who will not be able to make it at the Harambee can deposit funds at Nordea, account number 5007036410. Further information can be obtained through 0729197588.


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Will consumers find the three new categories of adviser suggested in the retail distribution review three steps to clarity or three steps to confusion?
By System Administrator	 23rd August 2007 12:00 am
If we start by looking at primary advice. I was always taught that if something looked like a duck, swam like a duck and quacked like a duck then it probably was a duck. Primary advice, we are told, will provide less affluent consumers with standardised advice, less choice, no restrictions on charges, lighter regulation and more limited rights of complaint to the ombudsman. In a nutshell, a charter for big institutions to sell more expensive products to the less well off while providing less choice, less protection and fewer rights.
By no stretch of the imagination should this be termed primary advice. I doubt if such a description would pass the FSA's own test either for TCF or for advertising which is not misleading.
Primary advice is clearly Secondary advice but, on the assumption that such a name would be unacceptable to the FSA as few would want to associated with it, we could call it either limited, narrow range or restricted advice.
Even better I recommend we abandon the current "basic advice" regime which everyone agrees has failed and rename primary advice as basic advice. I believe this would be a much more honest description of what is outlined in the RDR while giving it a realistic chance of working successfully.
The next suggestion to consider is general advice. I believe that general advice offers the worst of all worlds to consumers and advisers. I have a lot of sympathy with the suggestion in the RDR, supported by the ABI and others that this may only be a short-lived stopgap solution during the transition period as we move into the new world envisaged by the RDR. In reality, I believe that if the categories of basic (primary) advice and professional advice are properly structured, one can fairly ask why any resources, time or money should be spent on the general advice category at all.
I turn now to the category into which the vast majority of current IFAs should fall – professional financial planner. We see much illinformed comment about IFAs, so, at the outset, I believe it is important to remind ourselves of some facts. First, we know the market share of IFAs is comfortably above 60 per cent. Second, we also know from research that twothirds of IFA clients are C1 or below. These two facts mean IFAs have a substantial market share and serve a wide cross-section of the community. Nonetheless, having a significant market share and serving a broad cross-section of consumers does not of itself indicate customer satisfaction or absence of consumer detriment.
We need to examine further evidence to establish whether IFA advice is good or bad for the consumer. There can be no more independent source than the Financial Ombudsman Service. All things being equal, one would expect the complaints to the ombudsman to reflect market share, in the case of IFAs, somewhere around 60 per cent.
The FOS review for April 2005 to March 2006 like the previous year shows that complaints to the ombudsman in respect of IFAs represented just 14 out of every 100 complaints. This compares with 26 per cent about banks and 45 per cent for life insurance and investment providers.
Against this background, it is clear that there is no justification for the great majority of the present IFA sector not to be grandfathered into the professional financial planner category. For this not to happen would disenfranchise the vast majority of their clients and cause huge market disruption for no material gain. This should not be on a no-change basis as we all want to support and encourage the growing trend towards professionalism which is already self-evident in the advisory sector.
It is worth noting that it is only about a year since the status of chartered financial -planner was awarded by the Privy Council and already around 1,000 financial advisers have qualified for the designation, with many more working towards it.
Grandfathering should therefore only be available to individual advisers who have been advising for a minimum period of three years with a good complaint record and who opt to work under the customer-agreed remuneration principle. They should also be required to join their professional body and agree to be bound by its code of ethics and disciplinary code. They should not be given any designation or qualification they have not earned. It would also be reasonable to expect new entrants to achieve more testing levels of qualification than are currently required,encouraging an ever more highly qualified and professional financial advice sector.
Such a structure would enable us to dispense completely with the general financial adviser category while delivering a robust and increasingly professional top tier of professional financial planners. Equally, the renamed basic advice level would enable the banks and others not able or willing to provide a full service to consumers to offer their customers basic advice.
I believe such a solution would deliver clarity to consumers while minimising market disruption and avoiding the unintended consequences which some of the RDR's current proposals would bring.
Ken Davy is chairman of Simply Biz
Bank of England makes emergency loan to unidentified firm
The Bank of England says it has made an emergency loan of £314m to a mystery organisation through its standing lending facility.
21st August 2007 3:20 pm
Food for thought as Insight goes short
Insight's multi-manager team has increased its short position on US smaller companies in its diversified target return fund through the ProShares ultra-short Russell 2000 exchange traded fund.
23rd August 2007 12:00 am
Protected rights set to get freedom
Self-investment for protected rights could be given the green light by October, removing restrictions that prevent investors directly self-investing in shares, bonds or commercial property.
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Mark Page: "A good time to be a European fund manager"
With European markets picking up in early 2015, Mark Page, Artemis European Opportunities Fund manager, discusses the 'macro' drivers and whether the improvements are sustainable. Largely driven by economic stimulus by the European Central Bank, European stockmarkets have performed strongly so far in 2015. Mark discusses the relative merits and sustainability of ECB policy with […]


This Friday marks the 8th annual Pechanga Wine Festival and Chocolate Decadence. While the focus Saturday is on wine and food, this Friday evening chocolate takes center stage. I recently visited with Pechanga's Executive Pastry Chef, Jean-Jacques Granet, whose one-year anniversary at Pechanga comes up at the end of March. His love of pastries began when he was 16 in a neighborhood pastry shop in Marseille, France. After graduating from the Culinary Arts School of Nice, he joined the military and then found work in some of France's most prestigious kitchens. From France he moved to renowned kitchens in Argentina and Venezuela and finally to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas before joining Pechanga. He told me he loves it here.
There's going to be a "lot of chocolate", chef assured me. Live stations will feature a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit, rice krispies and other items to dip. Another will offer cupcakes and a crepe station with chocolate, caramel sauce, ice cream and more. Look for a fondue station as well as a table full of truffles including raspberry, white and dark chocolate with Grand Marnier. There will be tartlets, macarons of Oreo, lemon, nutella, strawberry and vanilla. He's not quite done with you yet. Guests will also be able to indulge in mini-cakes like opera, cheesecake on a stick, flourless chocolate and wafer baskets. If you're not familiar with verrines, they are a small glass with a course inside. Chef's verrines will have pears in red wine, chocolate cheesecake, dark velvet mousse and tiramisu.
The star of the show just might be "fire and ice", an ice sculpture with flambéed crepes being prepared behind the ice. Trust me, I'm just scratching the surface of what you will find Friday night at Pechanga. Chef was so excited about what he's preparing I wasn't able to keep up with everything he told me. I suggest you go find out for yourself. Doors open at 7pm. General admission is $55 and VIP tickets are $75. Tickets are available by clicking here – Pechanga Chocolate Decadence tickets.
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Don't Passover the Folding Chairs.
Every year as Pesach draws near, we begin to plan. We clean the whole house, think about meals and try not to panic. The idea that we can't eat bread or any type of chametz, need to change our kitchens over to Pesach dishes, and host over 20 family members and friends, can lead to stress competing with any enthusiasm.
More importantly don't forget that if the task of making the Seder Night is your responsibility, you have to carefully balance the rules of hosting a Seder. That means making sure that it is interesting, educational, fun, and of course let's not underestimate the importance of the food. After all, if we aren't fasting, we must be feasting, and all this without the ability to use our regular ingredients!
Nowadays, intertwined with the traditional tunes and our wine stained Haggadot, we also have to spend quite a lot of time in planning the entertainment. Jumping frog toys along with fake blood and plastic bugs for the plagues. The last few years has seen the now popular "Exodus from Egypt" displayed through the middle of the table thanks to a sea of blue tablecloths and some suitable lego figures.
Watching my Facebook feed I can see many families are already starting to prepare. I know that getting ready for Pesach depends on your traditions, and even something so mundane as where you live. Living in Israel it's easier in many ways to do the big Pesach shop because you don't even need to do it all in one go. Most manufacturers actually change their production lines and many brands are readily available with a kosher for Pesach stamp. Shops won't necessarily run out of things for you to eat if you don't buy your whole weeks Pesach food in one go.
But whilst you start planning your meals and preparing the entertainment, please don't forget your guests. Not the close family friends who come every year just because you always celebrate together. I mean the other guests. I'm talking about the people who for whatever reason don't have a natural place to be on Seder Night.
As a child of divorced parents, my family fell in with the waifs and strays who were invited to other peoples homes for Seder Night. I have to say that I have extremely fond memories of these families. Some of them then invited us for Seder every year, thus allowing my brother and I the feeling of continuity and belonging.
I grew up with these big Seders and to this day that is what feels like home to me. A long table, sometimes a children's table and lots of people. We all used to take turns reading around the table, some of us in English and some in Hebrew, all depending on each person's comfort level. All of us included, by participating, we each took a little ownership of the Seder.
Many of the children went to the same local Jewish Day Schools where we learnt the Pesach tunes in readiness for Seder Night. We were taught stories, traditions, and prepared our own little titbits of information about the festival, to share with others at the table.
Kol dichfin yeitei v'yechul, let all who are hungry come in and eat.
But sometimes it is not food we are hungry for. We are hungry for company, we are hungry for inclusion, we hunger for a sense of belonging.
When you plan your Seder Night this year, open your home and try and squeeze in someone new. Invite them into your family, they already belong to your tribe.
Pesach is coming and there is an air of excitement that enters along with the preparation. This festival is a popular favourite across all sects of Judaism. From non-affiliated though to Orthodox Jews, the Seder Night is the jewel in our communal matzo crown.
So don't forget the folding chairs.


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Traitors is the third studio album by American death metal band Misery Index. It was recorded by Kurt Ballou, mixed/mastered by Steve Wright and released through Relapse Records on September 30, 2008. A video was released for the song "Traitors".

Critical reception

Scott Alisoglu, reviewing the album for Blabbermouth.net, considered the songs on the album more varied and the songwriting better than on the preceding Discordia album, and also noted an increased sense of melody. Pitchfork Media's Cosmo Lee stated that Ballou had achieved "a sound falling somewhere between 'battering ram' and 'machine gun'", calling the album a "thought-provoking package", with lyrical themes varying from criticism of the US government to celebrity worship. According to Allmusic writer Greg Prato, the band "keep things as precise, tight, and brutal as possible from start to finish", and called the album "a complete sonic assault". The album was named "Album of the Month" by Terrorizer magazine in November 2008.

Track listing

Personnel
Adam Jarvis – drums
Mark Klöppel – guitar, vocals
Jason Netherton – bass guitar, vocals
Sparky Voyles – guitar
Guy Kozowyk – vocals ("Partisans of Grief")
Tomas Lindberg – vocals ("Ruling Class Cancelled")

Production
Kurt Ballou – engineering, recording
Drew Lamond – mixing, mastering
Steve Wright – mixing, mastering

References

2008 albums
Relapse Records albums
Misery Index (band) albums
Albums produced by Kurt Ballou


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Several days ago, when I first began publishing a review of Antony Flew's book, There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, both Charles Halton and Mark Goodacre called my attention to an article written by Mark Oppenheimer, "The Turning of an Atheist," published in the New York Times Magazine on November 4, 2007 (read the comments to my post). Oppenheimer's article was a criticism of how Flew's book was written. The information contained in that article was very disturbing. I will say more about it below.
After I read Flew's book, I was very impressed by the simple way Flew explained how he turned from atheism and embarked on a journey that led him back to theism. In his book, Flew mentioned how the complexity of the chromosome sequence required more than randomness to produce life. Flew said that this complexity required an intelligent designer to produce life.
The book was co-written with Roy Abraham Varghese, whom Oppenheimer called in his article a "Christian apologist." According to Oppenheimer, Varghese is "a tireless crusader for those who believe that scientific research helps verify the existence of God." Varghese leads the Institute for MetaScience Research and sponsors conferences and debates at colleges and universities between Christians and atheists.
In retrospect, after I finished reading the book, I realized that an eighty-four years old British scholar, long retired from academic life, whose memory is failing, and who lives without an Internet connection, would probably be unfamiliar with the intricacies of the rules of baseball and not conversant with the "purpose-driven" language that appears in the book.
If Varghese wrote the book and used apologetic language to express Flew's views, is the book without merit? According to Varghese, he consulted with Flew and used his material in the preparation of the book and then discussed the final product with Flew. Thus, it seems that the final draft of the book actually reflects Flew's views and beliefs about science and God.
I believe that There Is a God, whether written by Flew, Varghese, or both, presents a clear argument for the existence of God. Although the cosmological and the teleological arguments for the existence of God have been highly criticized, Flew (or Varghese) wrote that when rightly expressed, these arguments still provide strong evidence for the existence of God.
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>Paul the apostle probably used a ghostwriter. So there is really no need to cast any doubt on a book just because it is written by a ghostwriter or two, as long as it has genuinely been accepted by the named author. I'm sure Flew would have been quick to disown anything he didn't agree with.


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resulted in the expected segmentation fault.
I was expecting something like 0x41414141 instead i.e. the hex for ASCII A is 0x41.
Can anyone help me to understand what is going on?
Are you using 64-bit architecture by any chance? If so, IIRC - you are looking for the RIP instruction pointer, opposed to EIP.
personally, I suggest you to consider an easier book like The Art of Exploitation (sold with a practice live distro for exercise), because Gray Hat Hacking is very though for a beginner.
In any case, the examples are not working because you have a different architecture. I am not sure, but maybe there are some virtual machines that can emulate a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit OS.


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As a rule, the Debit column total should be equal to the total of the Credit column.
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Note: Because multiple currencies don't always convert to the correct rates, QuickBooks Online doesn't support multi-currency in a single journal entry. Each currency must have its own journal entry.
Transfer money from an asset, liability, or equity account to an income or expense account.
Use the traditional system of accounting that enters debits and credits in a general journal ledger.
(Optional) Enter a Journal number to help identify the transaction in reports.
On the first distribution line, in the Accounts field, enter any account listed in the Chart of Accounts.
Enter the transaction amount in the Debits or Credits column.
(Optional) Enter a description for the transaction.
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Continue to enter distribution lines until the sum of the Debit column entries equals the sum of the Credit column entries.
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text: PUBLIC LAW 101-509 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1397 none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1991. PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR NONFUNDED LIABILITIES For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the Employees' Compensation Fund pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2004, $38,142,000. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION. 1. ELIMINATION OF SUBSIDIES FOR BULK THIRD-CLASS MAIL CONTAINING CERTAIN ADVERTISING MATTER (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(j)(1) In the administration of this section, the rates for mail under former section 445203) or 4452(c) of this title shall not apply to mail which advertises, promotes, offers, or, for a fee or consideration, recommends, describes, or announces the availability of— "(A) any credit, debit, or charge card, or similar financial instrument or account, provided by or through an arrangement with any person or organization not authorized to mail at the rates for mail under former section 44520)) or 4452(c) of this title; "(B) any insurance policy, unless the organization which promotes the purchase of such policy is authorized to mail at the rates for mail under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title, the policy is designed for and primarily promoted to the members, donors, supporters, or beneficiaries of the organization, and the coverage provided by the policy is not generally otherwise commercially available; or "(C) any travel arrangement, unless the orgeuiization which promotes the arrangement is authorized to mail at the rates for mail under former section 44520t)) or 4452(c) of this title, the travel contributes substantially (aside from the cultivation of members, donors, or supporters, or the acquisition of income or funds) to one or more of the purposes which constitutes the basis for the organization's authorization to mail at such rates, and the arrangement is designed for and primarily promoted to the members, donors, supporters, or beneficiciries of the organization. "(2) Matter shall not be excluded from being mail at the rates for mail under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title, by an organization authorized to mail at those rates solely because— "(A) such matter contains, but is not primarily devoted to, acknowledgements of organizations or individusQs who have made donations to the authorized organization; or


A stroll through the woods, a mountain hike, a nap on the beach-in such encounters with nature we often find peace. There's just something about the leaves, rocks, and sand that makes us feel at home in this world. They release us from the humdrum of our busy lives and bring us back to the basics of life.
In this week's hymn, we celebrate one of those most basic truths: "This is my Father's world." Such simple words, yet how much we need to be reminded of them! We live in an age when technology and progress seem to be spinning out of control. Our personal lives pass by in a blur of activities and plans that can leave our own heads spinning, too.
Into this whirlwind of man-made activity and busyness, our hymn speaks of simpler things-"rocks and trees . . . skies and seas." In these details, so masterfully created by God, we see a visual reminder that he still holds the world in his hands. As the hymn writer so aptly put it, "O let us not forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet."
Take some time to bask in God's creation this week. Walk through a park. Plant a flower. Watch the wind playing with the trees. And as you do, think on these timeless words: "This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought." Take that rest today, knowing that no matter what happens in this world, your Creator God still has control.
Maltbie Babcock, a pastor in Lockport, New York, enjoyed hiking in an area called "the escarpment"-an ancient upthrust ledge near the city. Heading out on such walks, he often proclaimed that "I am going out to see my Father's world." And from his vantage point on the escarpment, he had a beautiful view of God's creation indeed; from the greens of farms and orchards to the blues of Lake Ontario.
It's said that these walks inspired the words to "This Is My Father's World." Babcock's lovely hymn was not published, however, until after his untimely death in 1901. At that time his wife, Catherine, collected and published many of his writings, including the poetry to "This Is My Father's World."
Franklin L. Sheppard, a friend of Babcock's, composed the hymn melody, Terra Beata, after his death. The hymn was first published in Alleluia, a Presbyterian songbook for children, published in 1915.


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A collection of 23 illustrations inspired by 23 spy films, containing reviews and supplemental drawings.
252 backers pledged $9,155 to help bring this project to life.
WHAT IS THE LAST DAYS OF DANGER?
The Last Days of Danger is an 8"x10", 56-page library-bound hardcover book on high-quality heavy stock paper. Containing 23 full color illustrations, reviews of the 23 spy films they are inspired by, and notes on each film, it also includes bonus supplemental drawings just for the collection and a foreword by the Nerdist podcast James Bonding. Originally created for the #decembond project and illustrated and written by Sean Dove.
I'm Sean Dove, an illustrator and designer with 10 years of experience making stuff for comics, toys, and gallery shows. I spend most of my days helping other people make awesome stuff, last December I had a break in my schedule and decided I needed a personal project that would keep me busy, so I started #decembond. The idea for #decembond was that I would watch all 23 James Bond films, write reviews, and draw an illustration inspired by each film over the month of December (December + Bond). It was a fun project and people seemed to be really excited about it. Now I want to collect the project into a nice 56-page hardcover book.
I grew up watching the Bond and spy films and they have always been something I've been interested in: exotic locations, cool cars and specialized gadgets – what kid wouldn't love that stuff? They are the perfect films to watch while spending time with the family when I'm home for the holidays. But it had been awhile since I'd sat down and really watched them as films. It was really fun to really immerse myself and see the history of the series as whole. It also gave me an opportunity to explore and take chances in my drawings, and grow in my technique.
In addition to the very awesome hardcover edition of the book, I want people to get prints of their favorite Decembond illustrations. To do that, I'm working with Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn to produce 8"x10" giclée prints.
A giclée is a high quality digital print using fade-resistant, archival inks on Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper. They are 8" x 10" and ready to frame.
I'm also going to make a 16"x20" 4-color limited edition screen print of Decembond 010 printed on 140 pound muscletone paper from the French Paper Company. This will be handprinted by me, so limited to only 50 copies for the Kickstarter.
6"x20" 4-color limited edition screen print of a new design called "A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate", printed on 140 pound muscletone paper from the French Paper Company. This will be handprinted by me, so limited to only 50 copies for the Kickstarter.
Funds from this project will primarily go to the printing of this book and to the various backer rewards and shipping costs. I want to be able to print a large run, which will supply stock for my web store, as well as inventory to sell at comic conventions and craft shows.
Thanks for checking out my project. I'm really excited to try and make The Last Days of Danger possible.
Huge thanks to my girlfriend Rose for reading this page a million times, Shawn Smith, Ryan Browne, Nick Disabato, Ben Syverson and my studiomates at Four Star Studios for all taking time to help me with this Kickstarter.
For the last 10 years, I've worked as a designer and production manager getting more books then I can count to press (G.I. Joe comics, Marvel Legends Stan Lee packaging, and Conan the Adventurer dvd cases). Everything is pretty much done -- all that remains are a few bits and pieces of design and some editing, beyond that, I'm just waiting for funding to make it possible.
I'm working with Print Ninja to help make great, high quality books, and with the great Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn to supply me with beautiful giclées.
The only intimidating part of this project is shipping and fulfillment. I've spent a lot of time pricing out shipping and packaging costs – I feel I've come up with reasonable price that account for this, and I'm confident that with the friends I have involved, I can pack everything up and get it out to you in the time promised or faster.
Thanks for your support! No donation is too small to help out.
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Can't wait for ultralight gear news from the OutDoor 2016 anymore? I have you covered and show you a selection of new ultralight tents and backpacks, new shoes and apparel to make your hiking, climbing, backpacking and camping lighter!
While the OutDoor 2016 kicks off first in two days I already got a lot of information on new gear coming in 2017. Please keep in mind that I haven't actually seen, touched or tested these items so all information are to be taken with a grain of salt and they still might change until they stand in stores in 2017. I will try to try on, lie in and walk in many of the items seen here while on the fair, but that also is just to get a taste of them and not a final judgement.
Instead of going by company in this teaser update, I will just go by categories. And as everyone loves tents and shelters, those make the start!
Vaude is revamping their Hogan tents which are especially popular with cyclists. The Vaude Hogan SUL 1-2P will weigh around 1.100 g and has a size of 235 x 110 cm. The larger tents which sleep two and three are a bit more heavy and wider, and a new model called Invenio has two doors opposite of each other. All these tents will have 5 years of warranty on them, too.
Also Marmot comes out with a new lightweight tent. The Bolt 2P tent weighs 1.040 g and sleeps two. It will cost 500 € and will be in the shops from February 2017 onwards. The Specs: 20 D Polyester Fly, large entry, full mesh inner which can be pitched on its own on fine, mosquito-infested days, and there should be good sitting height.
MSR launches a great looking Alpine/ Ultralight backpacking tent, the Advance Pro 2. It weighs 1.300 g packed and will retail for 585 € and should be available from Spring 2017. It has very durable Easton Syclone poles which are made from a carbon and aluminium composite.
And lastly Therm-A-Rest enters the Camping (Glamping!) Market with their Tranquility™ 4 and 6 tents. These weigh 5,19 kg and 7,87 kg respectively, sleep four or six people, have standing height and cost 530€ or 650€.
The GREGORY Paragon 48 weighs 1.450 g and is one of several light-ish packs. The Paragon is the Male model while the Maven is the Women's model. Available in four volumes from 38 l to 68 l these packs will cost between 160€ and 240€. It comes with an Aerolon carrying system which can be adjusted in length to your body and if you want to lighten it further up you can remove the top lid and use the inside compartment divider as one.
The Zerum 48+ LW Backpack from Vaude concludes the German company's step to offer lightweight versions for the big 3 (The Alpstein 450, which I helped design & test, launched last year). The pack comes in three sizes - 38 l, 48 l and 58 l. The medium 48 l pack weighs 1.180 g, has a PFC-free EcoFinish to let rain and dirt pearl off and is made from a light 70 D Rip-Stop. It has a light version of the Vaude Tergolight Carrying system.
And Ortlieb enters the Bikepacking Framebag market (see my Bikepacking Framebag Manufacturer List to see smaller companies making custom and Multi-size bags). The German company launches a Framebag (which comes out next year) and a Handlebar bag and Seatbag, both which are already available. The Seatpack is 430 g light and costs 130€, while the Handlebar Bag is 417 g and costs 100€. The former has a volume of 5 to 16,5 l while the latter packs 15 l of gear, with an Accessory-Pack for the Handlebar pack (206 g and 55€) which adds 3,5 l more.
Black Diamond enters the rope market. Available will be four different ropes: The 7,8 Half- and Twin-Rope, a 9,2 Triple Certified Rope and two Single Ropes in 9,6 and 9,9 diameter. They have a Full-Dry finish and will be available in lengths of 35 m, 40 m, 60 m and 70 m.
The new Merrell Agility Peak Flex above is a new trailrunning shoe which has the new FlexConnect midsole. A Hyperlock Heel construction should lock in your heel while the breathable mesh upper makes it a solid choice on hot days. The shoe has a drop of 6 mm, 5 mm deep lugs on the sole and is available from spring/ summer 2017 onwards.
From Scarpa comes the Epic Lite OD, with OD standing for OutDry, the waterproof-breathable membrane. It's an approach shoe which should do well on Via Ferratas and hiking in the mountains. Again we have a Sock-Fit upper construction, and the laminated OutDry® membrane should keep your feet dry - from the inside and out. Underneath a Vibram Megagrip sole ensures you don't slip away if its wet.
Dachstein is a new brand to me and their Spürsinn EVO shoe sounds really great. It has a sock-like, knitted shaft and has been developed with the blind mountaineer Andy Holzer. It is supposed to have a great feeling of what's under your foot with the Vibram EVO 2.0 sole, and a shoe weighs 340 g in Size 42. The upper is made from mesh for breathability, and it has a climbing zone in the front which make sit good for Via Ferratas and approaches.
KEEN is another new company for me and their Versago is a shoe that combines great looks for urban use and functional details which should make him great on your hikes and runs. The upper and tongue wrap around your foot like a sock and are made from mesh, while the midsole has the S3™-Technology which gives stability and cushioning on demanding terrain. It comes in four colours and will retail for 110€.
The Arc'teryx Norvan VT is the latest shoe of the Canadians. This trailrunning shoe weighs 300 g in Men's Size 8,5 UK or 320 g as a GTX shoe. The last 2/3 of the shoe have a Vibram Megagrip sole which ensures grip on wet & dry terrain alike, while the front one-third has a Vibram Idrogrip sole which ensures you can scramble well on your Via Ferratas and approaches. Arc'teryx built the shoe for alpinists and climbers who use trail running to increase their fitness, and dedicated trail runners looking for new territory to explore. And the 360⁰ Support System should help you with that, as you can decrease the volume and ensure a climbing-like fit when you tighten it, and release it again for the running sections of the trail. They will cost 165€ for the non-lined version and 190€ for the GTX shoe, available from spring 2017 onwards.
Marmot launches the Airlite Jacket which will make UL backpackers and trailrunners happy, as it only weighs 102 g - and will "only" cost 120€. Made from Nylon Ripstop Stretch it is stretchy so great for running in the rain. It is supposed to be very breathable and of course keeps wind and rain at bay, with a hood and a zippered pocket, too.
The Vaude Zebru UL 3L Jacket weighs 198 g in Size L and is a hardshell with a PFC-free finish. It is made of a 3-layer Ceplex Pro-Membrane which should keep you dry and out of the wind and is also breathable. If that's too heavy for you then the Zebru Windshell Jacket and the Zebru Windshell Vest which weigh 90 g and 70 g respectively might be more interesting!
Another great news from Vaude is that 95% of their range will be PFC-free from 2017 onwards. They will use almost exclusively PFC-free DWRs on their jackets and already faced the harmful substances out in other areas of the manufacturing chain. Great news for users and the environment!
And OMM launches the AVA Jacket, a sub-200 g fully featured mountain running jacket made from a new eVent DVSTORM 3 layer fabric. The OMM Team was focused on creating innovative closures around the wrist, waist and face and I am very much looking forward checking it out in person. It has an Dynamic Droptail to keep you bottoms a wee bit more dry in the rain, YKK Aquaguard zips and a newly designed Multi-Cuff.
Thermore Ecodown is a synthetic down which is made completely from recycled PET bottles. It is available in 8 variations (60, 80, 100, 115, 130, 150, 170, 200 g/m2) and in 20 different thicknesses, allowing manufacturers to create your favourite puffy jacket with a environmentally friendly material. Available immediately I hope many companies will start to use this material soon.
Exped launches their own Care Line products. Prices range from 3,95€ for the Down Cleaner to 8,95€ for the Tent Cleaner. Additionally there will be products for Gear Waterproofing, a Mat and Backpack Spray Cleaner and a Sleeping Bag Spray Cleaner. Expect them from March 2017 onwards.
Katadyn launches this September their BeFree Waterbottle & Filter. The soft bottle has an integrated 0,1 Micron hollow fibre filter in it, which can be replaced. The soft flask is 0,5 l and from Hydrapak. Usage is super-simple: Fill the bottle, screw on the filter and drink!
The Kodiak Plus 10 from Outdoor Tech is a 10k mAh Powerbank which weighs 308 g and will cost 80€. The Lithium battery is obviously rechargeable, and with two USB Ports it's easy to keep several gadgets charged when out on the trail. It's a compact size and best of all, it should be available already this October.
Stay tuned on Twitter, Instagram and Youtube for more updates from the OutDoor in Friedrichshafen and expect the full low-down when I'm back at Hiking in Finland HQ next week!


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Race cars battle at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of China at Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday.
Asian market finished mixed Monday as hopes over a trade deal mixed with worries about global growth.
The Shanghai Composite index SHCOMP, -2.43% closed down 0.3%. Japan's Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.48% jumped 1.4% and the Kospi in South Korea SEU, -0.48% added 0.4%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng HSI, -0.86% picked up 1.1% to 30,245.00, while Australia's S&P ASX 200 XJO, +0.99% lost 0.1%. Stocks rose in Taiwan.
Speaking on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings, Mnuchin said the U.S. and China had held phone discussions last week and he wasn't sure if more face-to-face meetings would be needed. He did not give a timeframe for when negotiations might be wrapped up, but his comments fueled hopes that a wide-ranging dispute between the world's two biggest economies could soon be put to rest.
Among individual stocks, SoftBank Group 9984, +0.30% jumped in Tokyo trading, and Nintendo 7974, +1.34% and oil producer Inpex 1605, -0.70% also gained. In Hong Kong, real estate companies such as China Resources Land 1109, -2.04% and Country Garden 2007, -1.59% rose. Asiana Airlines 020560, -3.15% surged in South Korea after reports that its parent company had agreed to sell a stake in the airline. Beach Energy BPT, -0.45% and Oil Search OSH, -0.24% advanced in Australia.
International Monetary Fund officials meeting in Washington D.C. issued a joint communique warning on global economic growth, following a downbeat assessment by the IMF's chief economist on April 10.
On Wall Street, strong gains by banks on Friday led the broad S&P 500 index SPX, +0.14% to its third straight weekly gain. It finished 0.7% higher at 2,907.41.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.31% rebounded 1% to 26,412.30 and the Nasdaq composite COMP, +0.38% advanced 0.5%, to 7,984.16.
Benchmark U.S. crude CLK9, +0.39% shed 33 cents to $63.56 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 31 cents to close at $63.89 on Friday. Brent crude LCOM9, -0.35% , used to price international oils, lost 21 cents to $71.34 per barrel in London. It added 72 cents in the previous session to $71.55.
The dollar USDJPY, -0.50% weakened to 111.94 yen from 112.01 yen late Friday.


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Bandai Namco add Boruto, Kaguya, Kakashi and Gaara to Jump Force
By:Anel Imsirovic - SubReal
Published: 09:48, 17 January 2019
Updated: 10:18, 17 January 2019
Jump Force - Naruto
The Jump Force roster keeps expanding as Bandai Namco add four more Naruto characters to the game's lineup. These will not be available for play in the open beta starting tomorrow, so avid Naruto fans will have to wait for the full game.
Bandai Namco have followed through with their promise to add more Naruto characters to Jump Force's roster. Thanks to fresh new info from this week's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine provided by Ryokutya2089 , we have official confirmation that Boruto, Gaara, Kaguya and Kakashi will be joining the fight.
Ryokutya2089 also explains that all of these characters will be available for versus mode in the game, so players don't have to do anything special to unlock them. Furthermore, we have some news about the game's story mode. Namely, Vegeta, the prince of all Saiyans and Goku's greatest rival from back in the day, will end up having his body and mind controlled by the bad guys once more. The poor guy just can't catch a break.
Although fans were hoping to see arguably the greatest villain of the Naruto franchise, Madara, Bandai Namco opted for Kaguya instead. And Boruto, Naruto's son, is definitely an interesting choice, but his addition is a sensible decision given the fact that he's part of an ongoing anime and manga - one extremely popular at that.
Having him in the game is good marketing for the Boruto series, so we see where Bandai Namco are coming from. Whether Madara or some other legendary Naruto fighter will be joining the roster later on as part of the game's DLC, remains to be seen.
The open beta client for Jump Force can now be downloaded from both the PlayStation and Xbox store. The gameplay sessions kick off tomorrow, and while these fresh Naruto fighters won't be part of the beta lineup, there's still plenty of characters to choose from to give yourself a taste of how Jump Force is going to play.
We took part in the closed beta back in October and we were quite pleased with the experience, so we strongly recommend you give the game a go as well.
Sony Jump Force open beta client ready for download in the PlayStation store.
Remember, no online subscriptions are required, so the open beta is completely free to play with zero strings attached. The purpose of the beta is to test stress the servers before the full game drops on February 15, so there won't be private matchmaking or anything like that. Online Versus and CPU Versus will be the only two modes available for play.
While you still won't get the chance to show your friend why your favourite hero of all time is better than his, you will get the chance to play with some of the most iconic characters from Weekly Shōnen Jump, so there's really not much reason to complain. Right?
Monster Hunter: World roadmap has PC, PS4 and Xbox One syncing up in April
Ever since it launched on Steam for PC, Monster Hunter: World has been lagging behind its console brethren but Capcom are fixing to address that. According to the roadmap, you can expect a unified update schedule come April 2020.
Elderborn is coming out Early Access soon
Hyperstrange folks announced that Elderborn will be coming out of Early Access on 30 January 2020. On that faithful day, players will be able to get their hands on the full version of the metal AF slasher that reminds of some classics.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot mods already turned Goku into Goose and CJ
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot released on all platforms on 17 January 2020. Less than 24 hours later, PC modders have already turned Goku into Goose from Untitled Goose Game and CJ from the legendary Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Apex Legends' Third-Person Mode is weird but fun nevertheless
Grand Soirée, Respawn's latest Apex Legends event, is in full swing and it has just received its third Limited-Time Mode (LTM) - Third-Person Mode. While it's a bit strange seeing your player run around, it's definitely fun.
Why Rainbow Six Siege Year 5 will have only six operators
Ubisoft's Year 5 season pass for Rainbow Six Siege leaked on Reddit which caused the players to start up a conversation on the features. They also noticed it will feature only six operators which prompted the developers to come in and explain the reasons.
Korean MMO Lost Ark will not release in EU and NA in 2020
Popular Korean MMO Lost Ark will not be coming to Europe and North America in 2020 as the developer Smilegate don't have any plans for western expansion in the near future.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - How to fix disc read error?
Disc read error is a small but annoying issue that can sometimes show up you out of the blue, preventing you from playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Luckily, the fix is pretty easy.
Names of remaining Jump Force DLC characters listed in new V Jump
The latest issue of V Jump magazine contains the name of the remaining seven DLC characters for Jump Force. Provided by Ryokutya2089, the list serves as yet another proof of the previous leak that listed the entire DLC roster of the game.
League of Legends Preseason 2020 champion tier list guide
With the new League of Legends preseason underway, the game's tier system has naturally been changed, as you would expect. So which champions work best in top, mid, and bot lane? And what about the elusive jungler? Here's our guide.
How to license eFootball PES 2020 fully on PlayStation 4
eFootball PES 2020 may have the rights to some football giants, such as Manchester United and Juventus, but the experience can be even better. Here's our guide on how to add all the official team names, kits, emblems and more to the game.
PS5 logo memes are absolute gold, here are some of the best ones
Sony have officially revealed the logo for their next-gen console PlayStation 5. The logo is looking exactly like the previous ones so the memes are in full swing all over the internet.
The Division 2 Snitch locations, the precursor for Cassie Mendoza
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 features a vendor that is somewhat similar to Xur in Destiny 2, with gear and weapons not available anywhere else. To locate her, you will first need to find Snitch, who spawns randomly at preset locations.
Korean MMO Lost Ark could be coming to Europe and North America
Lost Ark developer Smilegate officially confirmed that Lost Ark is coming to Russia after the company signed a contract with Mail.Ru for a local Russian server of the new MMO. This could also mean that Europe and NA versions are next.
CD Projekt Red "solidify and reinforce" their relationship with Andrzej Sapkowski
In their latest announcement, Polish developer CD Projekt Red have officially confirmed that they have reached an agreement which solidifies and reinforces their relationship with The Witcher saga author Andrzej Sapkowski.
GTA Online Casino Heist drip feed car list
GTA Online's Diamond Casino Heist is now live and Rockstar will keep the fun going by adding a new car to the game every Thursday. The list features some compacts and sports vehicles. A completely new addition to the game will be the two open-wheel vehicles.
Bandai Namco show the first bits of Yugi gameplay in Jump Force
Whatever doubts fans might have had about Yugi's fighting prowess in Jump Force turned out to be true. It also turned out to be true that the creatures he summons will have plenty of fighting prowess, and will combine their attacks.
New Jump Force screenshots show Yu-Gi-Oh's Seto Kaiba in battle
Screenshots of the first upcoming DLC character for Jump Force, Seto Kaiba, have been published by Bandai Namco. The images show this Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist summoning his iconic two beasts - Obelisk the Tormentor and Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Galena joins the Jump Force roster as a fully playable character
Akira Toriyama has created four unique characters for Bandai Namco's upcoming anime title, Jump Force. Along with Kane, one of the game's main antagonists, Galena will join the game's ever expanding roster as a fully playable character.
Bandai Namco officially confirm the addition of Dai to Jump Force
Dai from Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai has officially been confirmed for Jump Force by the game's publisher, Bandai Namco. The news comes after a leak which revealed Dai's screenshot in a sponsored ad on Instagram and Facebook.
Bandai Namco announce Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh will join Jump Force
Yugi Muto, from the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh is set to join Jump Force in 2019 according to an announcement from Bandai Namco that contained a teaser image of the sort-of-fighter. More info & gameplay will be made available in following days.
Bandai Namco ask Jump Force fans for their feedback via a survey
Bandai Namco have announced a Jump Force survey in hopes of getting feedback from fans who bought their anime crossover title. The survey covers some of the things players have been most vocal about since the game's release in February.
Jump Force loading times will be fixed in the upcoming patch
Jump Force is a massive anime brawler that features an impressively quick paced fighting system, but this magic of speedy battles is shamefully ruined by the game's awfully long loading times. However, this issue will soon be rectified.
Jump Force patch 1.07 brings loads of new features to the game
Patch update 1.07 for Jump Force has been announced on the game's official website. The update will bring a bunch of new features and tweaks to the game, including the brand new clan system and the game's first online event called Vertex.
Full list of Jump Force DLC characters has reportedly been leaked
The full list of Jump Force DLC characters has reportedly been leaked by a dataminer named SergioM3. The list contains 9 characters, all coming from series that are already included in the game, which has divided the game's community.
Jump Force patch 1.04 adds more improvements to the game
Patch update 1.04 for Jump Force has been announced on the game's official Twitter profile. The update consists of overall stability improvements, character adjustments, and a variety of brand new items for custom made characters.
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Pakistan has proposed to host the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad in November next year with three separate dates.
A senior foreign ministry official said that Pakistan has circulated three separate dates for the summit in November next year. But the member states are yet to confirm.
According to the official, Pakistan has proposed Nov 11-12, 17-18 and 25-25 for the summit, which will be followed by a meeting of the Saarc Council of Ministers at foreign minister level.
Earlier, Pakistan has hosted two summits of the regional grouping in 1988 and 2004.
At present, Nepal is the chair of the regional bloc as the host of the 18th summit which was held in Kathmandu in November last year. During the 18th Saarc Summit in Kathmandu, the eight-member regional block had agreed to hold the meeting every two years.
With Pakistani already sending a proposal for the 19th summit, pressure is mounting on Nepal to complete the meetings of various Saarc mechanisms, including the inter-summit that reviews and assesses the progress made in the past and takes up new agenda for the new summit.
For this, according to Nepali officials, Nepal has proposed March 14-17 for the inter-summit that includes programming committee meeting at the joint secretary level, standing committee meeting at the foreign secretary and Saarc Council of Ministers meeting at the foreign minister level.
Nepal has drawn flak for failing to expedite the Saarc process as the chair of the regional bloc - earlier due to an earthquake on April 25 and now due to ongoing political standoff and unrest in the southern plains.
Saarc inter-summit a key mechanism that usually takes place in the middle of two summits. The inter-summit also sets tone for the upcoming summit, makes recommendation for meetings and sets the agenda among others.
'We have completed some of the meetings of programming committee and others and some are in pipeline. So we are happy with the progress made by us as Saarc chair," said Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. A meeting at the Saarc foreign minister level will be held first, which will be following meetings at foreign secretary and secretary levels.
The inter-summit is expected to review the progress made during the Kathmandu declaration of the 18th Saarc summit and matters pertaining to strengthening Saarc's mechanisms. Issues related to the Saarc Secretariat, connectivity, trade, transit, poverty alleviation will also figure.
Saarc has a host of inter-governmental mechanisms, eleven Regional Centres and four specialised bodies.
A Comprehensive Study prepared recently by the Saarc Secretariat spells out measures to make Saarc a robust and dynamic regional entity. Several recommendations made in the study have already been approved by the Inter-Summit Session of the Saarc Council of Ministers held in February 2014 in the Maldives. The summit has also recommended proposals to strengthening the process.