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E Class Tram in Melbourne, 2016. Photo by Hugh Llewelyn via Wikimedia Commons
Bombardier, Melbourne's E-Class tram manufacturer is currently discussing with the Victorian government to implement newer and safer technology to the tram network. The news comes recently as tram collisions with cars and pedestrians reaches its highest number in the past 5 years.
A tram obstacle detection system developed by Bombardier has been implemented in these four European cities:
The system relays information from outside and alerts drivers before a potential collision and has dropped the collision rates of these countries significantly. Other Europeans cities such as Brussels, Duisburg and Zurich are also expected to implement the safety technology next year.
Data from Transport Safety Victory showcased that the number of tram collisions with road vehicles and people is at its highest since the past 5 years. The president of Bombardier, Laurent Troger, stated that he has been speaking with the Victorian government to help reduce these numbers.
The new technology works by having a stereo camera that detects and evaluates potential obstacles that are in the path of the vehicle. If it is likely that a collision will occur, an acoustic warning signal is relayed to the driver to let them know of the upcoming risk.
It is very easy to implement and can be done on new and existing vehicles. Mr Troger stated that it is his recommendation to implement them into upcoming models to ensure the safety of the public. He also mentioned that this technology is not new and experimental as it has been quite successful in other cities.
A spokeswoman for the Victorian government said that they were discussing with the company about implementing the new systems but the trials of the software proved to be different from the success of the European cities. Due to Melbourne's trams and road conditions, the software wasn't as effective compared to the light rails in Europe.
She also mentioned that more than 70 percent of the tram and vehicle collisions are from vehicles merging onto tram tracks.
According to the budget papers of the last financial year, the budget for public spending on tram services was meant to be around $200 million. However due to a roll out of a new seven year contract, the expenditure has doubled to $400 million for 2017 and 2018.
The new contract also includes stricter performance targets to ensure that the trams are punctual. Bombardier has a factory in Dandenong that builds Melbourne's trams. They also won a $1 billion contract with CPB to create new high capacity signalling for the Cranbourne/Pakenham and Sunbury lines. These new lines are expected to be open in 2025.
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Looking outside the big banks can be profitable, but it's buyer beware.
Value investing is all about investing for growth, but paying depressed value prices. Under the Radar Small Caps is the one place where you can always find opportunities to do that. Shares in Silver Chef (SIV) were beaten up when we tipped them recently in mid-April this year and have climbed 21% since then, while Money3 (MNY)'s stock is climbing. The banks might be feeling pain, but Under the Radar's Small Caps in financial services are thriving. Funny that.
THE FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS: WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?
Financial services companies are often good to invest in because it's a good business model; where else can profits be made solely from using other people's money? But try telling that to someone who put their hard earned into CBA when the price was above $90 a few years ago after her financial planner told her about the miracle of Australia's dividend franking system. Now that CBA's price is below $70, the yield and those franking credits provide little comfort.
Investing successfully in the stock market is about achieving growth in your initial investment. Dividends alone cannot bring you that. It's about the price you pay and whether you can extract value from there.
The big banks look to be much better value these days, but it's clearly largely a bet on the long-term viability of the Australian residential housing.
In lending, 86 per cent of the market is plain vanilla such as home loans, overdrafts and credit cards, which is amply serviced by the big banks in their oligopolistic way. But lending and borrowing elsewhere is a tutti fruit world and often it's in niche or under-served markets where value can more often be found.
I'm talking about the companies which service the unbanked masses that don't fit through the hoops require by traditional lenders. These include consumers with chequered credit history, start-up small businesses that need equipment financing, consumers who want to buy now and pay later that can't get access to credit cards, or expats who want to send their money to relatives overseas in small denominations.
It's worth noting that these days there are less listed financial services firms than prior to the financial crisis, due to consolidation. CBA purchasing Bank West comes to mind. The shadow banking sector as a whole has shrunk. At the peak of the boom in 2007 it represented 15 per cent while now it's only 7 per cent.
Even though there are less operators, there is more demand for their services than ever as the big banks pull their giant heads in and become risk averse. Although on this point, clearly there is no shortage of risk, as evidenced by this week's delay of the small business lender Prospa, which is having some difficulty living up to its name.
The Prospa float seems to have been postponed because someone spotted that borrowers might be paying a rate of 40% if you borrow from them. It is true that some of the lending operators do seem very close to being usurious, which isn't to say Prospa is. Lending to start up businesses is inherently risky. But for me, it's important not to invest in the so-called "pay-day" lending businesses, formed to grasp money from customers who don't have any other options. There is a fine line to providing a service to a relatively unbanked customer, to adopting usurious and credit shark behaviour because you can get away with it.
On a more positive front, I like the fact that you can invest in a financial services firm that offers risk that is uncorrelated to housing related risks faced by the big banks. Plus, as I said, you can often find much better value. There are a couple of examples that come to mind.
Look at the hospitality equipment financing specialist Silver Chef (SIV). You're exposed to a business with a 30 year history in Australia and the possibility of translating domestic success into the Canadian market. Unlike the big banks, whose travails offshore has been abysmal, success here will generate sufficient scale to move the needle.
Another stock Ravi likes is Money3 (MNY), which last week re-affirmed that it expects fiscal 2018 net profit after tax to come in at $31 million, the top end of its 13-17 per cent guidance range.
Money3 stands out because it is successfully transitioned out of payday lending and into automotive lending, providing credit for people buying used cars. As you can imagine, the big banks aren't in this sector of the market. This company's market share is only 2 per cent out of an estimated addressable market of 700,000 loans a year. This provides a good opportunity for growth, with management aiming to achieve 3 per cent market share over 12 months.
If it's successful Money3 will have to increase the number of loans it writes from 14,000 to 21,000. That's an increase of 50 per cent! Try looking for that kind of growth in home loans.


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Live Nation's quarterly results are out and they aren't great. Reporting lower than expected summer sales, net income fell to $51.4 million, or 30 cents per share, from $69.2 million, or 78 cents per share, a year earlier. Number of sponsors and overall sponsorship revenue both decreased by 10.6% and 2.8%, respectively. Revenue per sponsor was up 8.5% however, indicating that while the company may have slimmed its partner roster, it seems to be maintaining pricing power on the sponsorship inventory it sells.


will be around long, as they are scheduled for occupation patrol work. More than ever, it seems, a person's social life is on a day to day basis. You enjoy what you have and don't become too attached. Tomorrow, the weather permitting, Naomi and I are finally going on our airplane trip. We are a bit relieved that we don't have to make plans for the 4th, although we'll probably have plenty to do with the club and detachment dances. It's nice now because our enlisted men, officers and nurses are coming in to the shop now to work. I'm glad we have good leather to work with. The conversation is getting lively now. I'll let you know as soon as I have an inkling of any move. Just keep writing here, though, as it will reach me in any case. Love, Helen P.S. Could you send me some Revelon polish, cherry-coke color?


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In just three semesters, Carpenter completed her BSIHS degree. A week later, she was offered a position with Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. In her new role operating a CAT scan machine, Carpenter utilizes the communication skills she learned at OHIO. Carpenter said classes that focused on vulnerable populations stood out to her during the BSIHS program and added, "I am definitely a better caregiver for taking these classes and having this bachelor's degree."
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As a young man, Erv Ball made three decisions that set the course of his life: he decided to attend Ohio University, he chose to major in environmental health during the first year it was offered at the University, and he set his sights on LuAnne Borda, a fellow OHIO student majoring in child development.
Brian Jepson
Jepson followed in his family's footsteps in more ways than one: he chose a career in healthcare, just like his mother and grandmother (both nurses), and his two siblings (a healthcare administrator and an open-heart cardiac nurse).
Mona Miliner
Miliner is a recipient of the Medal of Merit award, presented to alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen field. Miliner has dedicated her career to making lives healthier in her role as a health administrator.
Timothy Neal
"I attribute all my professional success and personal enjoyment back to OHIO." That's about the most ringing endorsement you can get and Timothy Neal, a Health Education and Athletic Training-Physical Education graduate (Cum Laude '79), means every word of it.
Kevin Barr
When his baseball team travels near, Kevin Barr makes it a point to travel back to Athens and revisit his alma mater, Ohio University. Barr, the strength and conditioning coach for the Miami Marlins, has worked in Major League Baseball his entire professional career since graduating from Ohio University's College of Health Sciences and Professions in 1993.
In 2015, Chris Barrett went from full-time graduate student to full-time athletic trainer for the National Football League's Houston Texans.
When she heard a student had collapsed on the athletic field, Taylor Gray, a 2015 CHSP athletic training graduate in the first year of her first job, immediately grabbed two things: her cell phone and an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Todd Toriscelli
From a rocky career beginning - having his athletic dreams dashed and working in a steel mill - Todd Toriscelli has become an accomplished athletic trainer, a distinguished alumnus, the director of sports medicine for the Tennessee Titans and an NFL Super Bowl champion. And he said it all started at OHIO.
Courtney Collins
Courtney Collins, who recently completed her RN-to-BSN degree through the School of Nursing's online program and will graduate in April, describes what it's like to balance family, a full-time job and online classes.
Jason Fisher
Fisher had some initial concerns with nursing: "I honestly thought there was no way I could overcome the gross-out factor of going from spreadsheets and financial statements to personal care, body fluids and invasive procedures."
Patty Snider
While many four-year-olds say they want to be nurses when they grow up, OHIO RN to BSN graduate Patty Snider meant it. Currently the coordinator of Ohio University's Nursing Simulation Lab, Patty still remembers the day she decided to pursue a career in nursing.
Holley Arbeit
As a speech-language pathologist, Holley Arbeit has traveled from Buffalo, N.Y., to San Francisco, Calif., and toured the world from England to Ecuador to South Africa. What prepared her for such a versatile career?
Patricia Brown, Shelley Lloyd & Susan Sarapata
Before June 2015, the last time friends Shelley Lloyd, Patricia Brown and Susan Sarapata had been together was March 17, 1973... the day they graduated from Ohio University.
Missa Culver
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Missa Culver is one of the first class of 38 physician assistants to graduate this August from CHSP's new Master of Physician Assistant Practice (MPAP) program, offered through Ohio University's Dublin Integrated Education Center in Dublin, Ohio.
Matilda Dijeng
After graduating from Ohio University, Dijeng returned to her hometown of Francistown, Botswana, to establish her own physical therapy clinic.
Tara Legar
As the director of therapy services at Ohio University Therapy Associates (OUTA), Legar has helped OUTA grow from nine to 20 therapists and has added OT and speech therapy services.
Robert Wayner
Robert Wayner is no stranger to running. As an OHIO undergraduate and graduate student studying physical therapy, Wayner ran for the OHIO track and field team. Now he heads up Ohio University's Walking and Running Clinic.
Aurora Weaver
Two childhood experiences helped to determine Aurora Weaver's career path: her mother's single sided deafness (SSD) and a church choir mate who possessed a beautiful singing voice and the gift of absolute pitch-the rare ability to recognize a tone's pitch by ear.
Kerri Shaw
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Lyft Acquires America's Largest Bikeshare, Unveils New Ride
December 3, 2018 | By Adam Ruggiero
Completing its acquisition of Motivate, the most-used bikeshare service in the U.S., Lyft pledged to make bikes more accessible, affordable, and easier to use.
Last week, rideshare giant Lyft announced it completed its acquisition of Motivate, operator of several major bikeshare systems nationwide. The announcement included Lyft's unveiling of a new urban e-bike design and a plan to triple New York City's current Citi Bike fleet.
While the crux of the news centered around Lyft's $100 million investment in New York's rideshare, the San Francisco company's acquisition of Motivate will likely have impacts in several major U.S. cities. Motivate handles more than 80 percent of America's bikeshare rides and oversees programs in San Francisco; Minneapolis; Chicago; Boston; Portland, Ore.; Washington, D.C.; and Columbus, Ohio.
"Today, Lyft takes a large step forward in our vision to provide a more sustainable transportation experience that will bring together all your favorite ways of getting around into one unified Lyft app," said John Zimmer, president and co-founder of Lyft. "We're excited to introduce new and exciting mobility products in the months ahead for our city partners and riders."
Lyft Launches New Bike, Acquires Motivate
While Lyft has been pushing into the bikeshare and scooter markets for a while, the brand now has control over established fleets. With it, Lyft said it intends to increase ridership and expand fleets.
"With this acquisition, we are poised to help take bikeshare to the next level," Lyft said in a statement, "adding thousands of bikes and stations in communities that haven't had access to transportation; making bikeshare membership more convenient and affordable than ever; and deploying new electric bikes, on a major scale."
Lyft also provided a first look at a new bike design, presumably bringing the various bikeshares under one umbrella. Currently, the Motivate lineup has independent identities in each city: Divvy in Chicago, Citi Bike in New York, and Nice Ride in Minneapolis, among others.
The new bike shows the same step-through build common among all bikeshares. But this one has an all-black paint job with Lyft's trademark pink gracing the rear wheel. In addition, the new bicycle appears to have an e-bike battery, suggesting further implementation of pedal-assist bikes across fleets.
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Floral Artists Reimagine Iconic Masterpieces For Saint Louis Art Museum's 'Art In Bloom'
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Since 2000, florists from across the St. Louis region have joined forces with the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) to reinterpret some of the museum's favorite works of art for its annual "Art in Bloom" festival, a celebration of flowers and fine art. This year's festival will take place March 2-4, during which 40 iconic works will yet again be recreated through unique floral arrangements, transforming the familiar institution into a new, living canvas with striking, fresh blooms throughout the galleries. To complement the floral interpretations, SLAM also organizes a number of events to coincide with the festival, featuring botanical culinary and cocktail demonstrations, evening parties and floral and garden presentations.
Keep reading for our discussion with SLAM's Ann Burroughs, head of engagement and interpretation, and Sherri Williams, educator of adult learning, for a teaser of the artwork that will be featured in this year's festival and a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into producing it.
How are the florists chosen?
Ann: We take into account past participation, experience, creativity and variety of work represented in their application images and the geographic locations represented. It's important to us to select a diverse group of designers from across the city. It's always been a nice mix of commercial florists, garden clubs and freelance designers. We had a record number of applicants this year, so the selection was very competitive. Many of the florists chosen are first-time participants, which is very exciting.
Sherri Williams, left, Ann Burroughs, right
How are florists assigned works of art to recreate, and what is the installation process like?
Sherri: The selection is random; florists are invited to the museum in January to pull a number that corresponds to a work of art. They have about two months to create their work. Installation happens early on the Thursday of the week of the festival. It's really exciting to see the florists arrive and to get the first look at their creations. Some assemble on-site, and others bring their designs completed. Our installation crew then checks that the arrangements meet the requirements for size, height and width. Once everything is installed, the engineering team makes sure each arrangement is beautifully lit—just as we'd light a work of art on the walls. All of the florists provide an explanation of the choices they made in their arrangements, which visitors enjoy discovering.
Is it too soon to ask about the artwork that you are including in this year's festival?
Sherri: We have a selection process where we consider the works in all galleries, looking for new works and making sure we're considering a diverse array of artists, styles and time periods. We're very intentional about looking at previous years' works of art and not repeating them.
Ann: This year, we'll feature a beautiful Māori feather cloak from our Oceanic galleries, which is not often on view because it's light-sensitive. In our arms and armor gallery, we're including five different medieval combat weapons that are installed together as a unified work for a florist to interpret. We'll have many old favorites from our impressionist galleries and lovely selections from our Asian galleries, including an ancient Chinese bronze suspension bell. Two Native American works will be interpreted this year, including a painting by contemporary artist Dyani White Hawk, as well as a beautiful beaded martingale restraint used for horseback riding.
How are the winners of the design awards determined?
Ann: There are three winning categories—Best in Show, Employee's Choice and People's Choice. For the "Best in Show" award, a team of judges—including SLAM curator, community member and featured presenter Margot Shaw, of Flower magazine, and Nashville floral designer Mattie Bush—will judge the arrangements based on a specific set of criteria. We want to consider all creative aspects of the interpretations. The judges look at elements of design, use of materials and overall expression of the artwork. Then, SLAM staff gets to roam the museum and vote for their favorites. And, finally, visitors get their turn. Visitor ballots can be submitted on Friday and Saturday of the festival, with the winners announced Sunday.
We are always impressed by the imagination and creativity that goes into each florist's design. A few of our winners last year included florist David J. Bovier of Ken Miesner's Flower Shoppe who reimagined artist Julie Mehretu's abstract painting "Grey Space (distractor)" in the contemporary galleries, taking home the Employee's Choice Award. For their rendition of Paolo de Matteis' "The Annunciation," Mark Critchfield and Laura Streett of the Garden Club of St. Louis were awarded the People's Choice Award.
How do you both contribute to bringing the festival to life each year?
Sherri: I plan experiences and events including lectures, talks, demonstrations, classes and collaborations with local organizations. I'm also planning a Friday night happy-hour event for the public, which includes music and cocktails in Sculpture Hall.
Ann: We hope that we make it look easy, but hours and hours of planning go into the festival. My team will be working with our docent volunteers, who we station throughout the museum. Docents share interesting information about the artwork and interpretations with visitors. Some of the florists come throughout the weekend, so they can speak directly about their arrangements, which visitors really enjoy.
And the festival is free?
Ann: Absolutely. Museum admission is free for visitors of all ages. Featured festival speakers and events have a fee, and tickets are required. On Family Sunday, all events are free.
"Art in Bloom" is happening Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 4. The festival includes floral presentations and lectures, family activities, dining and shopping. Admission to "Art in Bloom" is free. Tickets are not required to attend the festival and view the floral displays in the galleries. Featured programs are ticketed. Tickets are on sale now at slam.org/bloom.
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Today, S12 and I went to the Stark County ARBA show. She has decided to take a doe and litter project this year for 4H, so we are beginning the process of finding her a doe bunny. We found several possibilities, but just as she made up her mind about one particular rabbit, we learned that it had already been sold. The breeder informed us that they had three other does at home, however, and that they would consider selling one to us since it was for 4H. We emailed her our contact info right then and there, and hope to see some pictures later this week.
O11 has started drawing more, sometimes with her computer/tablet and more often now with fine-point Sharpies. She's really blossomed with her skill and has a great eye. Where S12 is good at coming up with her own unique pieces- drawing from her mind's eye, if you will- O's skill is in drawing what she sees. Both have come a long way from scribbles and stick figures.
Tonight, we attended mandatory 4H guidance meetings for both Poultry and Rabbit projects. The guidance meetings are for the County clubs (there are county clubs for each animal project that goes to fair) to present all pertinent info to families for the upcoming 4H year. It's an administrative meeting, so kind of boring, but we got a lot of good info as this will be our first year taking a poultry project.
This year, in addition to our breed rabbit projects, S12 will be taking a rabbit doe and litter project (assuming we can find a mini rex black otter doe to mate with Umbreon, and that the mating is successful). And both girls are taking pullets, or a pair of hens 4-6 months of age at fair time. We are ordering Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons for our pullets. They should arrive mid-March.


It was a great weekend! My favorite college football team, the Michigan Wolverines, beat their in-state rivals, the Michigan State Spartans. I only mentioned the win once or twice when we met my sister, a freshman at Michigan State, for lunch on Sunday. Hopefully your team won. Congratulations to those in Boston and LA whose teams will be in the World Series starting Tuesday. Good luck!
The economic data was a little more mixed than my weekend. Let's see how things shook out.
Retail sales missed expectations by quite a bit in September, gaining only 0.1% vs. analyst expectations for a 0.6% uptick. It could have been worse as automobile sales were up 0.8% on the month. The assumption is the reason for this was the need to replace vehicles damaged in Hurricane Florence. When car and truck sales were taken out, sales were actually down 0.1% monthly.
Gas sales plummeted 1.8% on the month. When these were left out of the metric, retail sales were just flat. One interesting thing this month is that a control group, which takes out categories including cars and trucks, gas, building materials and restaurants, was actually up 0.5% on the month.
Health and personal care store sales were down 0.3% and department stores saw a drop of 0.8%. Meanwhile, non-store retailers had sales rise 1.1% September, matching the gain for furniture stores.
Industrial production was up 0.3% in the month of September, including a 0.2% rise in manufacturing production, which is up 3.5% on the year. Meanwhile, capacity utilization and factories held steady at 78.1%.
Mining production was up 0.5% in this report and is up 13.4% since last year. Meanwhile, utility production was unchanged, but is up 5.4% annually. Motor vehicle production was up 1.7% in September and 7% since this time a year ago. High-tech production is up 0.6% and a yearly 6.9%.
There was a 0.2% gain in material production, which is up 8% annually. Manufacturing of business equipment was up 0.8% in September for a 3.6% annual gain. The final gainer is consumer goods, up 0.2% to increase 2.5% on the year.
It wasn't all rosy, as manufacturing of nonindustrial supplies was flat on the month and up 2% on the year. Part of the reasoning for this flat number is a 0.6% drop in the manufacturing of supplies for construction, which has been affected by tariffs. This subcomponent has still seen a 2.4% annual growth rate.
Home builder sentiment was up one point in October to come in at 68 overall, the first rise in this number since July.
There was a four-point increase in the traffic of home buyers walking through new homes to come in at 53, the best reading in this area since February. Present sales and sales over the next six months were both up one point, reaching 74 and 75, respectively.
Looking at things regionally, the West is out front with a three-month average score of 74 with the South on its tail at 71. The Midwest and Northeast are just a little bit behind, but still have growing markets. Their three-month average is 57.
Increasing interest rates are no doubt having an effect on overall mortgage applications. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed conforming mortgage was up five basis points to 5.1%. This is the highest average rates have been since February 2011. The rising rates are continuing to make people less interested in refinancing. Only 38.1% of mortgage applications were for a refinance, down another 0.9% last week.
Purchase applications were down 6% overall on the week, while refinancing applications fell 9%.
The volume of housing starts slowed in September, down 5.3% to 1.201 million, missing expectations that they would come in at 1.216 million. Completions were down 4.1% to 1.162 million, which was a drop of 4.1% and the lowest number since November 2017.
Hurricane Florence didn't benefit starts for sure. In the South, starts were down 13.7%, but it should be noted that there was a 14% drop in starts in the Midwest, which wasn't affected by this weather.
Turning to building permits, these were down 0.6% in September to come in at 1.241 million. This is the weakest seasonally adjusted annualized rate for permits since last November. There was a 7.6% dip in multi-family permits, while permits for single-family homes were up 2.9%. Total permits are down 1.0% on the year with single-family residences only up 2.4% and permits for multi-family dropping 7.8% annually.
Initial jobless claims were down 5,000 last week to come in at 210,000. Meanwhile, the four-week average was just slightly higher, up 2,000 and settling at 211,750. While we'll continue to monitor the effects of Hurricanes Michael and Florence, there appeared to be no impact on claims in the affected states last week.
Continuing claims were down 13,000 last week to 1.64 million. Meanwhile, the four-week average was down 1,250 to 1.653 million. Both are at very low levels not seen in the last 45 years.
Existing home sales for September missed consensus expectations by quite a wide margin, hitting a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of just 5.15 million, while analysts had expected a number of 5.3 million. This was down 3.4% on the month, and they've fallen 4.1% on the year.
Turning to regional numbers, sales in the South were down 5.4%, a number which could have been affected by Hurricane Florence. However, sales in the West were nearly as bleak, down 3.6%. Northeastern sales were down 2.9%, while the Midwest held its own, remaining unchanged on the month.
The median sales price of an existing home was down 2.8% to $258,100. Prices are still up 4.2% on the year, but sales have dropped 4.1% annually, so additional cuts may be in order.
There's still a supply problem and the market's overall inventory dropped by 1.6% in September to 1.88 million. Despite this, because fewer homes are being sold, supply actually improved relative to sales, coming in at 4.4 months compared to 4.3 months in August.
Mortgage rates were mixed last week, with fixed rates decreasing and rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) going up. If you're in the market to purchase or refinance your home, it's a good time to go ahead and lock your rate.
Mortgage rates were slightly lower to start the week, but they bounced back up after the minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve were released, showing that the Fed governors were comfortable with the current path of increasing short-term interest rates.
As we've discussed before, although there's no direct correlation between short-term rates and longer-term rates for things like mortgages, when one moves up, the other has a tendency to do so, because the increasing cost for lenders is typically passed on to consumers.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was down five basis points last week to 4.85% with 0.5 points paid in fees. This is up from 3.88% a year ago.
In shorter terms, the average rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage with 0.4 points fell three basis points to 4.26%. This has increased from 3.19% last year at this time.
Finally, the average rate on a 5-year treasury-indexed, hybrid ARM rose three basis points to 4.1%, rising from 3.17% at this time in 2017.
Stock market shares rebounded a bit last week from the recent downturn they've been experiencing, although analysts remain cautious. Procter & Gamble led the way Friday, going up 8.8% for its biggest gain since October 28, 2008. The company had particularly strong earnings reports.
If you had P & G in our Fantasy Stock League, go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back. It's been a good week. Don't forget – there are prizes given out for the best performance over a rolling two-month period, as well as the best overall portfolio at the end of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64.89 points Friday to finish the week at 25,444.34, a weekly increase of 0.41%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 finished the week at 2,767.78, down a single point on the day and up 0.02% for the week. Finally, the Nasdaq was down 0.64% on the week as tech stocks continue to be more affected in the current downturn than the wider market. The index was down 36.11 points Friday to close at 7,449.03.
There's a ton of data hitting in the back half of this week. The most important releases include GDP as a measure of economic growth as well as durable goods orders for a look at the manufacturing sector, but we also get some housing numbers in the form of the pending home sales index for existing homes and new home sales data as well. We'll have a full recap next Monday.
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Duffy's 75th birthday kicks off $47,000-per-year senator pension party
Author: Franco Terrazzano 2021/05/27
Federal News Release
CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation hosted a virtual 75th birthday party for Mike Duffy, to shine a light on the big costs of the Senate's pension and budget.
"Duffy will get almost four thousand dollars a month for the rest of his life thanks to his taxpayer-funded pension," said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF. "It's good that some progress was made on pension reform a few years ago, but senators are still receiving very generous benefits, especially when the vast majority of taxpayers working outside of government don't have a workplace pension."
The CTF hosted the virtual birthday party because Duffy turned 75 years old today, which means he must retire from the Senate. The CTF estimates that Duffy will receive an annual pension of about $47,000. If Duffy continues to receive the pension to age 90, then he will have received a total of about $700,000 over those 15 years. The vast majority of Canadians working outside of government are not covered by a workplace pension.
When including the salary he received during his time in the Senate, Duffy will have pocketed about $2 million from taxpayers, assuming he receives the pension for 15 years.
The Senate's budget for 2021 is $115.6 million, which represents an 11 per cent increase over five years.
The base salary of a senator is now $160,800. Senators have received two pay raises during the pandemic, with the base salary growing by $6,900.
"Do we really need to spend north of $100 million for an unelected and unaccountable Senate?" said Terrazzano. "A hair cut to the Senate's budget probably won't keep too many Canadians up at night. This year taxpayers are wishing for a lower tax bill and a little less Senate when we blow out the candles."
You can view the virtual birthday party here.
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CTF releases taxpayer guide to the 2021 election
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The first chicks have hatched at the new Bell & Evans organic, animal-welfare focused hatchery in Fredercksburg, Pennsylvania.
The chicks, which hatched intermittently throughout August 25-27, had immediate access to water, certified organic food, light and fresh air, a unique advantage of being born at Bell & Evans' hatchery.
In traditional poultry practices, chicks have to wait until they've all hatched and been transported to the farm to eat and drink, the company noted in a press release. For those chicks that hatch first, that could mean starvation. By having feed and water available to the chicks immediately after birth, they'll be stronger and healthier when they arrive to Bell & Evans farms.
On August 28, the chicks were transported to the company's farms in climate-controlled trucks with feed and light, most of which are within an hour's drive. The chicks traveled within the same trays in which they were hatched and were never handled by machinery, unlike standard practices which use conveyor belts and other machines to sort, count and move chicks.
Sechler has put an extensive amount of time, research and money into his commitment to raising chickens humanely. Many of the processes being used in the hatchery are based on those he saw in person in the Netherlands. He hired two Dutch companies – HatchTech and Viscon Group - to complete the Hatchery project. Sechler's concept of having an organic, animal-welfare focused chicken hatchery with continuous access to organic feed, water and light is the first in the world.
The $40 million, 160,000-square-foot hatchery will be capable of hatching 2.8 million chicks per week at full capacity.
Bell & Evans stated that it takes additional biosecurity measures to ensure that its chicks are positioned to thrive. Unlike many other hatcheries, this one is 100 percent formaldehyde free. The Bell & Evans staff cleans and disinfects the hatchery and incoming eggs only with organic disinfectants. After eggs incubate for 18 days, they go through advanced candling and heartbeat detection to make sure that only viable eggs are placed in the hatchers, which is vital to avoiding excessive bacteria exposure to the baby chicks. Furthermore, all employees and visitors are required to shower and put on hatchery clothing before entering the facility, again eliminating possibilities to drag bacteria in that could be harmful to the eggs and chicks.
The Bell & Evans Humane Animal Welfare Standard encompasses all phases of its chickens' life cycle and is the highest set of standards for poultry production in the world.


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British Pakistani Diaspora News
Medics and Police appeal to the public to Stay At Home
A star British GP who is tackling fake news through Social Media
Covid-19; 7 in 10 South Asian adults are motivated to get healthier this year
Reception by Governor Punjab in honour of Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK leadership
Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza to conduct test matches against SA
Philip Barton will succeed Adam Thompson in January 2014
London October 31, 2013 journalistmobi@gmail.com
London: Mr Philip Barton has been appointed British High Commissioner to Pakistan.
He will succeed Mr Adam Thomson, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Barton will take up his appointment during January 2014.
Mr Barton joined the FCO in 1986. His last posting was as Deputy Head of Mission in Washington. He has held a number of positions dealing with South Asian issues, including Director of Foreign Policy and Afghanistan/Pakistan Co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office as part of the Secretariat supporting the National Security Council; Additional Director for South Asia in the FCO; and a posting in New Delhi.
He served as Private Secretary to Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. He has also been posted to Gibraltar as Deputy Governor, Nicosia as Deputy High Commissioner and Caracas.
On his appointment as British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr Barton has said:
It is an honour and a privilege for me to be appointed to represent the United Kingdom in Pakistan. As Prime Minister David Cameron said when he visited Islamabad in June, we in the UK care deeply about Pakistan, its people and its future.
The one million people of Pakistani origin in the UK are a bridge between our two countries. I look forward to advancing our shared agenda and common interests over the years ahead.
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Nawaz Sharif apprised Clegg on dialogue with Taliban
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Spring has finally arrived with flowers and sprigs of green rising from the earth! Recently I was looking around at all the different vintage and antique vessels at our shop and thought they'd be charming potted up with succulents into adorable little groupings. It had me thinking….how is it that house plants have become trendy again?
All of a sudden everybody wants terariums and succulents, macramé hanging baskets and curly leafed fig trees. Just yesterday I was looking at the antique Chinese noodle cupboard in my living room ( atop which I'm currently storing two lampshades ) and thought "I should put some ferns on that". My partner's out of town and I find myself wanting to play house and freshen up this place but I never really been one for houseplants. So I had a chuckle with myself. I thought 'you're being influenced by trends'!
Of course were all influenced by trends but it's one thing to be a slave to them and another to be aware to the nuances of what is timely and what is now. The interesting thing about an eclectic aesthetic is it's about mixing new and old in a way that feels timely without being trendy. It takes things that are old and looks at them in a new way,combines them in a new way so they become something altogether different. It's what makes antiques still feel fresh.
We can carry things from the past, antique treasures and nostalgic mementos from our our lives, place them in different homes and spaces as time goes on, yet not make them feel old, dated by the way we present them and give them new life. The problem I've always had with houseplants is they tend to get a little neglected and dusty, the leaves start to brown, and they never really look like how they first arrived unless you truly treat that growing treasure with great loving care like a pet. (Orchids are one plant other than cactus or succulents that I enjoy having at home. While they need a little tending, they stand like a sculpture overflowing with blooms for months on end ) One of the great things about succulents is they don't need a lot of attention and they stay as they are. As I started potting along with soil and gravel, using simple vintage vessels like pedestal bowls and pudding bowls with single plants, I perused the shop and found other antique containers that I thought could be even more interesting filled with plants. A fresh way to bring life to antique treasures and make them feel new again.
Blue Willow is one of the most popular, longest enduring china patterns every created. It is a traditional classic. Yet see how different it looks when used to house this Echeveria plant. I actually even salvaged the rim of a Blue Willow bowl to create a unique border for another planting. Instead of discarding it, I looked at in an imaginative way and was able to reinvent it.
Very soon, terrariums and hanging baskets and such will start to feel common again, done, predictable, trendy again the way hanging macrame baskets did years ago when every bedroom had one. So the trick to being inspired by trends, is to be….inspired! Add a twist. Bring your own personality to it. Be original. Do it in your own way. That way it will be authentic and enduring. A breath of fresh air instead of a fad that will fade out.


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FOND DU LAC, WI – After a lengthy game on Saturday night delayed twice by rain, the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (34-30, 15-15) are back at Athletic Park to take on the Wausau Woodchucks (32-31, 15-12) in the season series finale. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m., with pregame coverage starting at 12:50 on the Dock Spiders Radio Network.
TODAY'S STORYLINES
A RAINY SATURDAY NIGHT: Saturday night's game between the Dock Spiders and Woodchucks featured two rain delays that lasted two hours and five minutes… In 66 games, the Dock Spiders have endured three rain delays, all at Athletic Park in Wausau… The game took five hours and 40 minutes, including the delays, and ended at 11:50 p.m. CT… Today's game is scheduled for first pitch at 1:05 p.m. CT, 13 hours and 15 minutes after the last out was recorded on Saturday.
THE FINAL TIME: Today's game marks the final meeting between the Dock Spiders and Woodchucks in 2022, and the Dock Spiders have the chance to win the season series for the sixth straight year… Since 2017, the first year of the Dock Spiders, they've never lost a season series to the Woodchucks, and enter today 39-20 all-time against Wausau, a .667 winning percentage. In 11 games against the Woodchucks, the Dock Spiders have outscored them 103-65, and have averaged 9.4 runs per game at the plate… OF Nick Mitchell (.442/.510/.721, 11 RBI), C/INF Parker Noland (.571/.643/.714, 6 RBI), and OF Andrew Sojka (10-16, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 0 K) have all seen a massive hot streak against Wausau this season. The Dock Spiders have also recorded a .435 on-base percentage against Wausau, 60 points above league average.
CLOSING IN ON HISTORY (AGAIN): Dock Spiders OF Nick Mitchell tallied his 49th RBI of the year, the fifth-most in the Northwoods League and the second-most in a single season in Dock Spiders history (since 2017)… INF Jackson Loftin set the current single-season franchise record in 2021 when he drove in 52… Mitchell needs four RBI over the final seven games to set a new franchise record… Entering today, Mitchell has already set the single-season franchise record in hits (85), runs (72), triples (7), and at-bats (229)… If Mitchell plays in four of the final seven games, he'll break OF Ryan Lasko's franchise record for the most games played in a single season, set at 59 in 2021.
THE FINAL STRETCH: After today, the Dock Spiders will have six games remaining in the 2022 regular season… Over that span, they'll take on the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters four times and the Lakeshore Chinooks twice… The Dock Spiders have a magic number of six to make the 2022 playoffs and are a combined 5-12 (.294) against their final two opponents.
PATH TO THE PLAYOFFS: If the season ended today, the Dock Spiders would make the playoffs, as they enter today with the second-best overall record in the Great Lakes West Division, a game and a half ahead of the Lakeshore Chinooks and Wausau Woodchucks with seven games remaining… If the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters win the second-half division title, the final playoff spot in the division will go to the next-best overall record… If the Rafters beat the Green Bay Rockers this afternoon, they will clinch the second-half division title.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHING MATCH-UP
RHP TREY SEELEY (FDL) is set to make his fourth start and 10th appearance of the year for the Dock Spiders… In his only appearance against Wausau, at home on July 30, he allowed a run in 2.1 relief innings… Today marks his first start since game two of a doubleheader on July 27 against Madison.
RHP LOGAN SNOW (WAU) will make his first start and second appearance with the Woodchucks… In his only appearance, Snow earned the save on August 3 in an 8-6 win against Kenosha… At Menlo College this spring, he made 11 starts.
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I Got Your Back: Be the Difference
Home>News>Members Journal>Summer 2021>I Got Your Back: Be the Difference
The 2019 Convention was a momentous one in SMART's history. For the first time, we looked at the way we treat our fellow brothers and sisters and the impact it has on our industries' growth. We changed the language of our Constitution to make it more inclusive. Both our proclamations and adding language about conduct that is harassing, hazing, bullying or discriminating as chargeable offenses under Article 17 shows SMART's desire to have a safe and welcoming environment for all members.
The "I GOT YOUR BACK" campaign gives every member the opportunity to show individual and collective commitment to protect our sisters and brothers and live up to the ideals of union solidarity. It is our commitment to demonstrate through our behavior that all SMART members belong and have a right to a safe working environment free from harassment, hazing, bullying and discrimination, so we can confidently say to our sisters and brothers, "I GOT YOUR BACK."
The campaign also promotes a safe haven among all members of SMART. It is based on awareness of work environment discrimination, bullying, hazing and harassment. Do you have that special mentor who had your back? Now is the time to let them know how their support impacted you and recognize them for their solidarity. Wearing your "I GOT YOUR BACK" sticker symbolizes that YOU will have all other members' backs. It lets a member who is need of an ally know he or she has a safe place to turn.
Let's make and be the difference!!!!
Who has been an ally to you?
Amtrak conductor, SMART-TD Local 1361
I am proud to be an Amtrak conductor, I'm proud to be a part of the union, I'm proud to be in this environment that's predominantly male, doing the same job, doing my own thing, doing it well, respecting the people that I work with and opening doors. I love my job.
"The doors have been opened, but they've been cracked open. We had to kind of wedge our way in there. But we're here."
It's very rare that there is a female engineer, a female conductor, a female assistant conductor. It doesn't happen that often. The doors have been opened, but they've been cracked open. We had to kind of wedge our way in there. But we're here.
You give back, but a lot of people have paved the way — men and women — for me to be where I am. Because it wasn't a woman that came to me and asked me to run for local chairperson. It wasn't a woman that suggested it. It was a man in a predominantly male environment who came to me and said "You can do it. I will help you do so." So, I will forever be indebted to my brothers, as well as my sisters. And I want to lift up the men on this railroad a bit, because although we have challenges, there are a lot of men out here who have paved the way, that have protected us, that have stepped in when things were being said that should not have been said and said "Hold on, knock it off." So, I want to recognize them, as well as my sisters. Because it takes all of us to make this work.
Alexandra Miller
SMART Local 265 member
I could never thank Ed Marciniak enough for having my back. Ed was the first person I met from SMART 265 and it changed my life. Ed was the person who convinced me to go to my first union event. He told me about all of the union benefits, but that wasn't the only thing that got me hooked. Ed has this attachment with the union that made me feel like I had found my second family. He has an open-door policy. When I need anything, he has my back.
Debra Orlowski
School bus driver, SMART-TD Local 1908
I have been a bus driver for 26 years. It's a very challenging job, but it's also very rewarding. Parents depend on you, the schools depend on you and, of course, your boss depends on you. Because if you don't show up, there's no one to drive that bus. You have some of your kids for years, and you see them grow into different types of people. You get attached to the kids, especially if you've been doing it long enough. And they get to know you. You'll see them as a little child, and you see them when they're graduating high school and it's great. And then you bump into them years later and they still remember you.
"Sometimes the managers try to belittle people and you'd be surprised at the women who will come up and say something, or the men will come up and say 'Hey, look, it doesn't go like that.' "
There have been many times when, inside the terminals, you have a heated argument going on with a manager or with one of the drivers and if you go in and say something, a lot of the other drivers will stick up and go in and help out. Sometimes the managers try to belittle people and you'd be surprised at the women who will come up and say something, or the men will come up and say "Hey, look, it doesn't go like that." You do get support from other members. A lot of them understand and a lot of them know what's going on and they try to help you out and they do got your back. They'll have your back and they'll explain to people what's going on.
I wouldn't want to be anything else but be in the SMART union, or in any union, because you have no protection once that's not around.
Chris James
Being a former military member, the phrase "I got your back" is music to my ears. After serving four years in the Marine Corps, I didn't think that I would be part of an organization that embraced that motto. To me, it isn't just a motto. It's a mindset and an attitude. When organizations bring that into the workforce, positive things will happen. I am proud that "I got your back" is something we are talking about and practicing on the job site.
When asked about who has been an ally to me, who has had my back, and who has been influential in my short time as a tinner, I didn't have to think very hard. I was lucky enough to know this person before I even started my apprenticeship. This tinner's name is Dave St. Peter. He has got to be one of the smartest and most hard-working members I've had the privilege of knowing. Having a prior union friendship helped me to be more comfortable opening up and asking him questions for mentoring. This eventually unfolded into him being the person I went to for most work advice, job site leadership advice, etc. As the old saying goes, "One of the keys to success is surrounding yourself with successful people." That couldn't be more true than Dave's magnetic pull he seems to have on those he has encountered. Dave is, and has been, a full-time instructor at the hall for many years. I couldn't think of a more fitting place for him to be. It is because of him, and others like him, that bring true meaning to the phrase "I got your back."
Sharon Walker
Business Representative, SMART Local 24
Southern Ohio
There are a lot more women, I think, on the production side that work in the shops than there are on the building trades side. However, you still face the same issues. You still have the majority of men that you're working with, you still have discrimination, sexual harassment issues, maternity leave issues, those sort of things. So, we're kind of intertwining both sides, the production and the building trades side and tackling the issues together.
I've seen a lot more men who know that the workforce is short right now and that's a way to fill the void, and they are stepping up for women. And I think I'm seeing more unity as far as a union, everybody joining together.
"I've seen a lot more men who know that the workforce is short right now and that's a way to fill the void, and they are stepping up for women."
Today, we have more women applying for work in our industry. They all had the mentality that it was a men's trade, strictly a man's trade. And now, with the SMART Women's Committee and the women's representatives, we are getting the word out there, and there are more women getting involved. They see an opportunity there. It's a good career.
One of the production shops at Local 24 had one woman when I started three and a half years ago, and they have several now. I've been working with the JATC coordinators in Local 24. Of course, we couldn't do anything all last year because of COVID, but we're planning on setting up at local job fairs. It just seems like when you're at a job fair, especially at some of these vocational and high schools, you're going to have more young women come up to the table to speak if they see a woman standing at the table. So, we're doing that and I'm going to attend job fairs that way with the JATC coordinators and try to get more women recruited.
I GOT YOUR BACK CAMPAIGN:
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO TAKE PART
This campaign is based on raising awareness of work environment discrimination, bullying, hazing and harassment that occurs far too often at work.
Once you participate, you are letting other members know they have an ally to turn to in times of need.
Wearing or displaying your "I GOT YOUR BACK" sticker symbolizes that YOU will have ALL members' backs.
We're asking all members to step up, stand up for each other and continue mentoring to everyone's benefit.
For example, apprentices who receive support are twice as likely to complete their apprenticeship and remain
employed than if they do not. New workers in the transportation industry need guidance as well. Remember, the
future of our industries relies on them and they are your sisters and brothers.
Members can give a sticker, that will be distributed through local unions, to someone in their trade who has stuck up for
them, or has had their back. They can also take a picture with that person.
Post the picture, along with a short description of how that person had their back, to social media with the hashtag
#SMARTIGOTYOURBACK or email it to mentors@smart-union.org.
These stories will be showcased by SMART via video, social media, print and other outlets as they become available.
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Q: Validate token using different server? I'm using IdentityServer4 to secure some webapis.  Because of a quirk in our customer setup, we need to support a setup where we will have multiple applications running IdentityServer4 to issue tokens to different clients.  Those clients, however, will end up calling into some common services.
So those common services need to be able to validate a token from multiple instances of IdentityServer4.  Since you register an instance of IdentityServer with the resource server on startup, I thought as long as all of the IdentityServers sign the token in the same way, it will work.
I assumed that setting up IdentityServer to use a shared X509 cert would allow tokens from one IdentityServer to be verified on a resource server configured to use a different IdentityServer, but that does not seem to be the case.  Requesting a token from Server1, then submitting it to a resource server using Server2 does not work, even though they are all using the same cert.
Is there a way to make this work?

A: Are you using JWT or Reference tokens?
Reference tokens are verified by the authority-holding Identity-server. It might be difficult to use different identity-servers and verify tokens supplied by another one than the one verifying it. If you are using JWT you can use the Discovery-Endpoint to capture the public key. Then you should be able to use this to verify the signature...
You can do this like:
            // Define the client to access the IdentityServer Discovery-Endpoint
            var discos = new DiscoveryClient(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["IdentityserverLocation"]);
            var disco = await discos.GetAsync();

            // get the public key from the discovery-endpoint
            var keys = disco.KeySet.Keys;

            //Build the authorization request
            //param: Disco.AuthorizeEndpoint --> retrieves the authorization url from the identityserver
            var request = new AuthorizeRequest(disco.AuthorizeEndpoint);
            var url = request.CreateAuthorizeUrl(
                clientId: ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ClientId"],
                responseType: "id_token",
                scope: "openid profile email",
                responseMode: OidcConstants.ResponseModes.FormPost,
                redirectUri: ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["RedirectUrl"],
                state: CryptoRandom.CreateUniqueId(),
                nonce: CryptoRandom.CreateUniqueId());

            //Try to initiate validation
            try
            {

                // Check if the token data exists in the request, parse is to a correct token
                var idToken = Request.Form.Get("id_token");
                JwtSecurityToken j = new JwtSecurityToken(idToken);
                var keylist = new List<SecurityKey>();
                foreach (var webKey in disco.KeySet.Keys)
                {
                    var exp = Base64Url.Decode(webKey.E);
                    var mod = Base64Url.Decode(webKey.N);
                    var key = new RsaSecurityKey(new RSAParameters() { Modulus = mod, Exponent = exp });
                    keylist.Add(key);
                }

                //define the parameters for validation of the token
                var parameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                {
                    ValidIssuer = disco.Issuer,
                    ValidAudience = "viper",
                    IssuerSigningKeys = keylist,
                };

                var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
                handler.InboundClaimTypeMap.Clear();

                //validate the token using the defined parameters, return the token when validation is succesful
                var user = handler.ValidateToken(j.RawData, parameters, out var validatedtoken);

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Q: Access javascript object created in a function I'm making my first steps with javascript objects combined with php objects. So far everything is working fine, but I struggle to access the javascript object created in the ajax success response outside of this function.
Here is my JS code:
function settings(mannstage, stundenlohn, tags) {
    this.mannstage = mannstage;
    this.stundenlohn = stundenlohn;
    this.tags = tags;
}
var currentSettings;
SendAjaxJsonRequest("getSettings");

function SendAjaxJsonRequest(method, jsonObject) {
    jsonObject = (typeof jsonObject === "undefined") ? "none" : jsonObject;
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "app/class/controller/ajax.php",
        data: {
            method: method,
            jsonObject: jsonObject
        },
        success: onSuccess
    })
};

function onSuccess(content) {

    var response = $.parseJSON(content);
    currentSettings = new settings(response.mannstage, response.stundenlohn, response.tags);
    console.log(currentSettings); //Returns the object
}
console.log(currentSettings); //This is undefined

The last console.log is undefined. How can I make currentSettingsaccessible outside the onSuccess function?
Thank you!

A: Ajax is asynchronous, so the last console.log will be executed before the success function is called.

A: currentSettings is accessible outside the onSuccess function, but your last console.log call runs immediately after onSuccess is defined, which is before it's been called, so the value of currentSettings is still undefined at that point.
Maybe editing your code like this will demonstrate it:
function onSuccess(content) {

    var response = $.parseJSON(content);
    currentSettings = new settings(response.mannstage, response.stundenlohn, response.tags);
    console.log(currentSettings); //Returns the object
    afterSuccess(); // Also returns the object
}

function afterSuccess() {
    console.log(currentSettings);
}


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Q: Conflict between babel and TikZ quotes library The MWE below gives error language@active@arg" has extra }.
\documentclass{article}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,slovene]{babel}%
    \usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{quotes}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) edge ["right", ->] (2,0);
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Cause for it is option slovenian in babel which seem to redefine " somehow (if I remove this option, MWE work fine). Please, help me fix this error.

A: Load the babel library:
\documentclass{article}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,slovene]{babel}%
    \usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{quotes,babel}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) edge ["right", ->] (2,0);
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}