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Research over the last decade reports that members of the LGBTQ+ community show rates of opioid use, prescription drug abuse, and marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco usage that are all higher than the rates for the overall population. As a demographic at higher risk of addiction and overdose, it's especially important for LGBTQ+ patients to have access to dedicated treatment which takes into account the specific circumstantial factors that can play a large role in their recovery.
People in the LGBTQ+ community can also benefit from treatment in other ways. Studies indicate that receiving treatment for addiction also leads to lower chances of engaging in risky sexual behavior, reduced transmission of HIV, and fewer instances of interpersonal violence. Long-term treatment that also addresses comorbidities like depression can also lead to longer life expectancy and lower rates of self-harm and suicide.
Addiction in the Gay Community
Beyond the elevated of rates of substance use across the entire LGBTQ+ community, gay men are even more likely than average to use some drugs, including crystal meth and certain stimulants. Over the past few decades, gay club culture has seen a rise in the prevalence of party drugs, making this form of addiction a highly social disease.
Gay men and the LGBTQ+ community as a also whole face higher rates of comorbidities–that is, co-occurring disorders which can play into to one another. People in the sexual minority who struggle with addiction are at increased risk of also struggling with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide. These combined problems can snowball in a person's mind until they seem completely overwhelming, making the prospect of getting help feel impossible.
Shame Associated with Addiction and the LGBTQ+ Community
Because members of the LGBTQ+ community often face discrimination, harassment, marginalization, and social stigma on interpersonal and institutional levels, it's not uncommon for a mindset of isolation and desperation to develop. Mental isolation is a common precursor to dangerous behaviors, including substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.
Anyone struggling with addiction can feel ashamed of their condition, preventing them from reaching out to get help; when multiplied by the already-present stigmas a person may face from the outside world, compounded shame can make it especially challenging to get help, even if you admit you have a problem.
LGBTQ+ Addiction Treatment
Like for anyone struggling with addiction, studies show that members of the LGBTQ+ community benefit from receiving swift, comprehensive treatment for their disorders. Because of the shame and stigma that you may have experienced for years on end, this can be a challenging bridge to cross. Many members of the LGBTQ+ community are all-too-well aware of the prevalence of electroshock therapy and other forms of barbaric "treatment" meant to "cure" people of their sexual orientation or identity. As such, it may be hard to trust the idea of turning yourself over to medical professionals to address your mental problems.
Research has shown that substance abuse treatment designed specifically for members of the LGBTQ+ community leads to higher success rates in overcoming addiction and staying clean, although treatment facilities that offer such programs are still in the relative minority in the United States. New options become available every year and thanks to the connectivity of the internet, it's easier than ever to explore treatment paths that fit your unique circumstances.
In response to the mental isolation and social stigma that can distance members of the LGBTQ+ community from the people around them, the most effective forms of treatment for this demographic tends to incorporate large amounts of social support and interpersonal therapy. Treatment should incorporate the creation of a trustworthy support system, connecting with peers in recovery for both encouragement and accountability, and the development of crucial non-judgmental relationships, such as with a sponsor.
Because those identifying as LGBTQ+ have higher rates of co-occurring psychiatric conditions, it's important for treatment to help them to address both addiction and other intertwined disorders, like depression, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder. These disorders tend to respond well to a combination of long-term therapy, prescribed medication, an influx in intentional social connectivity, and individualized life guidance from a trusted source over time.
In addition, a comprehensive treatment plan will involve addressing the external sources of extreme stress and negativity in a patient's life. LGBTQ+ youth are at much higher risk of familial abuse, unstable living situations, violence, harassment, bullying, isolation, and suicide. To fully treat addiction, these factors must be taken into consideration. Otherwise, curing addiction only removes one outlet for feelings of intense negativity which will nevertheless continue to grow.
A Safe Place to Recover for the LGBTQ+ Community
Because of the complexity and intensity of multiple disorders and problems that frequently present alongside addiction in LGBTQ+ patients, one of the most effective forms of treatment is residential recovery in a location designed to keep patients safe, socially engaged, and proactive in working towards healing. Inpatient treatment centers specializing in LGBTQ+ recovery are increasing in number across the country and can be one of the most comprehensive options for someone who needs help navigating through a difficult life situation on multiple fronts.
Even if a treatment center isn't designated as primarily for LGBTQ+ patients, many facilities offer specific staff relationships for people in the sexual minority whose unique identities often play a role in the root of formed addiction. To treat these addictions, find a recovery center that displays an understanding of your needs and can provide dedicated treatment plans accordingly. Warner Park Recovery offers personalized care by empathetic professionals who know the importance of treating your full range of experiences. We believe in working with our clients to give you a quality experience that will foster lasting stability and recovery.
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Detroit-Style Pizza Is Having a Moment. But Are Its Originators Getting Left Behind?
Buddy's invented the Detroit-style square, and now it's looking to capitalize on the trend — in a sea of new competitors
by Brenna Houck@EaterDetroit Apr 9, 2019, 1:23pm EDT
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It all started in the kitchen at Buddy's Rendezvous way back in 1946. At the bunker-like restaurant and bar, situated in a neighborhood about a 15-minute drive from Detroit's city center, Buddy's owner Gus Guerra took a Sicilian-style pizza recipe with thick, focaccia-like crust and adapted it by gently pressing dough into rectangular blue steel pans used by automotive workers. He layered that base with pepperoni, melty Wisconsin brick cheese, and a drizzle of sauce on top. The Detroit-style pizza with its perfectly porous crust and crisp, caramelized cheese corners was born.
The cult of the square Buddy's pizza spawned numerous spinoffs throughout metro Detroit. Guerra would eventually transport the popular recipe to a restaurant called Cloverleaf in an area formerly known as East Detroit (now the suburb of Eastpointe). Another former Buddy's staffer opened Loui's Pizza in Hazel Park, Michigan. Spots like Shield's Pizza and Niki's Pizza also took up the tradition with their own versions. But in contrast to other regional pizzas like New York-style or Chicago deep dish, for quite a long time Detroit-style pizza mostly stayed a Detroit thing.
Then something changed. Within the last 10 years or so, the square pan pizza has undergone an explosion in popularity across the U.S. Out of this trend, two different camps have emerged: On one side are the local Detroit pizzerias and restaurants devoted to their normcore, family-restaurant roots with toppings directly on the crust, a layer of processed brick cheese, and sauce on top. Then there are the "artisanal" square pizzas, with their aged doughs, organic toppings, unprocessed cheeses, and "frico" crust. These designer square slices are sometimes baked in a wood-fired oven and often served on Instagrammable metal trays in perfect lighting — a departure from the checkered tablecloths, no-frills boat drinks, and generous displays of bocce ball plaques at Buddy's. And in this new era of Detroit-style pizza, it's this photogenic version that many Americans are discovering first.
Metro Detroit's mom-and-pop shops and regional Southeast Michigan chains have mostly shied away from the potential to capitalize on the new trend. Buddy's chief brand officer Wesley Pikula, who's been with the restaurant group since 1975, says that Buddy's slow reaction to a national sensation wasn't for lack of opportunities. "There were many times through the years [where] people came around that wanted to either invest or take it to a national level, and there was just no interest," Pikula says. "So we had slow growth and we had growth in our own community, because that's all [the owners] wanted to do."
But now, the restaurant is seizing the moment; Buddy's announced in January 2018 that it would finally expand its presence nationally. "[Buddy's] started the pizza, and it would only make sense now that the group that's originated the pizza would then take their concept out of the city," Pikula says of the company's decision. However, unlike in the past, the market has a lot more Detroit-style competition. Is Buddy's too late?
Inside Buddy's.
The basic recipe for Detroit-style pizza is old, but the term "Detroit-style pizza" is actually relatively new. The region, after all, is home to numerous prominent pizza brands, including Little Caesars and Domino's. Pikula says he had never heard the phrase used to describe a distinctive genre until trade magazines like Pizza Today labeled it that way in the 1980s. Even then, "Detroit-style pizza" was seldom used outside national trade articles. "It's really Buddy's style," Pikula says.
Zane Hunt believes that the more recent trend and the wider use of the "Detroit-style" terminology can be traced back to roughly 2011. That year, he and his brother Brandon, both expats from Riverview (a Downriver suburb of Detroit), introduced square pizzas to Austin, Texas, with their first Via 313 trailer. For Hunt, whose restaurant group has ballooned to five Austin locations, leaning into the Detroit origins was a way to differentiate the Via 313 product from the other slices on the market. "Calling ourselves Detroit-style pizza, we did that on purpose," he says. "And here we are eight years later seeing it flourish around the country — it's mind-blowing."
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In 2012, longtime Cloverleaf employee Shawn Randazzo founded the Detroit Style Pizza Company in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. "I thought that was really bold of him to do that in Detroit," Hunt recalls thinking, when Randazzo told him the company name. "Nobody was doing it." In the spring of 2012, Randazzo further spread the gospel of the Detroit-style pizza when, at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, he was named World Champion Pizza Maker for his version. He's now a Detroit-style pizza consultant, who not only trains restaurant owners in his techniques, but also sells his own brand of steel pans.
Restaurants like Via 313 pay homage to old-school Detroit traditions, but the more "gourmet" category of Detroit-style pizzas that's become so popular owes much of its credit to Matt and Emily Hyland of Brooklyn's Emmy Squared. When developing the menu prior to Emmy's opening in 2016, Matt Hyland says he was initially planning to serve a more New York-style grandma pie: the grandma pie is also square, but baked in a lower-walled pan for a thinner cross-section than a typical Detroit pizza. The texture of the grandma pie, however, didn't meet Hyland's standards, so he decided to experiment with alternate recipes. "We took the aspects of the Detroit pizza, like the sauce on top and the cheese crust and made a pizza style that's our own," he says. "[With] the whole proliferation of Detroit-style pizza everywhere, people were making pizza that looks like Detroit pizza, but down to the core, it's not Detroit-style pizza."
What sets Emmy Squared's pan pizzas apart from their ancestors comes down to preparation and ingredients, according to Hyland. The focaccia dough, for example, gets a longer 48-hour proof. Emmy Squared also skips brick cheese in favor of mozzarella and ricotta, while using mostly organic ingredients and toppings. "It is Detroit pizza at heart, I guess, but a little bit different," he says.
Nevertheless, by introducing his interpretation of a lesser-known pizza style to New York City, Hyland has become an ambassador of the square pie by proxy. Hyland admits that he's tried a few Detroit-based pizzas through online ordering, though he's never visited the actual city to try the style in person. "They taste very different [from] what we're doing."
Hyland credits the Emmy Squared pizza's near-immediate success, in part, to timing. He notes that when Emmy Squared was first opening, New York and other U.S. cities were still in the midst of a Neapolitan pizza wave, and the Detroit style was something completely different. Emmy's aesthetic, with its intriguing cheesy corners and pleasingly curled and greasy roni cups, inspired a wave of imitators such as Chelsea's Lions and Tigers and Squares. "There's certain things that a Detroit pizza does that we don't do and people are copying what we're doing instead of copying what Detroit's doing," Hyland observes. Many restaurants, he points out, plate Detroit-style pizza the Emmy Squared way, with a metal tray and a cooling rack. "We definitely started that."
The namesake pizza at Emmy Squared.
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As Emmy Squared achieved widespread popularity, the restaurant group was perfectly set up to capitalize on the national hunger for a different type of pizza. Emmy Squared soon added a location in Manhattan and last year took its Brooklynized iteration of the Detroit style from New York to Nashville. With the addition of new investors and a partner in Nashville, Emmy Squared is now poised to open even more restaurants. "We're going to expand throughout the northeast and maybe down south a little bit more," Hyland says.
Hunt says Via 313 has also been approached on several occasions about investment for a broader expansion, but so far hasn't felt the need to grow more quickly. "People get tied up into certain types of food or cuisines because they're trying to find an algorithm," he says. "For us it's a double-edged sword, right? On one hand I love to see the Detroit style gain more attention... There's that and there's also the [part of] me that's protective of Detroit and protective of Michigan," he says, referring to when he sees non-Michiganders serving the pizza without a connection to its roots. "I think we're territorial in some respects, but yet we're the ones doing it outside of Detroit anyway. So are we being hypocrites? I don't know, but we're from there."
The trend has been slower to catch on in its hometown. Only recently have smaller Detroit independents such as Pie-Sci begun to serve updated riffs on the classic style. A Detroit-style pizza with a sourdough crust will also soon be served in the suburb of Ferndale. Meanwhile, some out-of-town Emmy Squared-influenced restaurants are bringing their versions to Detroit. Regional chains such as Jet's Pizza, founded in 1978, were early to capitalize on its mozzarella-topped version of the local recipe and hold trademarks for 8 Corner Pizza and 4 Corner Pizza (innovations that emphasize the style's best feature). Little Caesars also stepped up to the plate and took its version of the Detroit-style slice nationwide in 2013, marketed as a Deep! Deep! Dish pan pizza.
As a small, local chain, Buddy's seemed like a natural fit for a national expansion in the spirit of nostalgic Chicago-style deep dish restaurants like Giordano's. In 2017, though, Buddy's still had only 11 locations (plus two more on the way) all within the borders of metro Detroit, and zero presence in Detroit's rapidly changing downtown district.
Then in January 2018, the original home of the Detroit-style pizza finally seized on the opportunity and accepted a "significant investment" from a private firm called CapitalSpring, with the intention of taking Buddy's Pizza beyond Michigan. The undisclosed investment made CapitalSpring a majority owner in the iconic business while keeping the minority ownership on to help operate the restaurants and maintain quality, the firm's managing director Jim Balis confirms to Eater. "A lot of people around the country were actually copying Buddy's — in some cases giving them credit and in other cases not," Balis says of the decision to bring Buddy's to a wider audience. "It's a pretty special brand. It's not your average restaurant investment. There's so much more to it."
Buddy's is already showing signs of ambitious growth in the year since the investment. The company has announced plans for four new Michigan locations in downtown Detroit, Grand Rapids, and two other metro Detroit suburbs in 2019. Balis says the chain then intends to pick up the pace with "north of eight" locations in 2020 and between 10 and 15 Buddy's restaurants in 2021. He adds that while Buddy's has large enclaves of fans in places like Tampa, Florida, the restaurant group is exploring sites within relatively close proximity to Detroit for now: Cleveland; Indianapolis; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and Fort Wayne, Indiana are all within roughly four hours of the original Buddy's.
Part of the growing interest in Detroit-style pizzas seems to reflect the transformation of Detroit's mainstream national image in the last 10 years from a city associated with crime, blight, and the largest municipal bankruptcy to one celebrated as an under-appreciated cultural destination with food, art, and stunning architecture. "You have to keep in mind [that there was] a lot of Detroit stigma attached to the name," Pikula says. "It's not the reason we didn't grow, but that's just the marketplace."
Back when Hunt and his brother were preparing to open their first trailer in Austin, they posted a sign facing the street announcing they'd be serving Detroit-style pizza. Hunt recalls that passersby who were unfamiliar with the square pizzas would frequently make insensitive comments about getting carjacked in exchange for pizza. Emmy Squared also got a small taste of the Detroit treatment when the New York Post editorial board ran a story decrying the pizzas as "hipster horror" and writing, "Let's hope the dough's not made with Flint River water." Today, for better or worse, companies both in and outside of Detroit want to align themselves with the idea of the city's renaissance. Almost daily, stories of new businesses in Detroit run in local media, with some version of the owner stating that they "wanted to be a part of the city's comeback."
"Now everybody is wrapping themselves in Detroit," Pikula says, "which is great because it's an amazing story of a city that has gone through what he's gone through — and been able to recover. And we're one of the products that is still left standing."
Brenna Houck is editor of Eater Detroit and an Eater.com reporter.
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Functional synergy of actin filament cross-linking proteins
Yiider Tseng, Benjamin W. Schafer, Steven C. Almo, Denis Wirtz
Whiting School of Engineering
The organization of filamentous actin (F-actin) in resilient networks is coordinated by various F-actin cross-linking proteins. The relative tolerance of cells to null mutations of genes that code for a single actin cross-linking protein suggests that the functions of those proteins are highly redundant. This apparent functional redundancy may, however, reflect the limited resolution of available assays in assessing the mechanical role of F-actin cross-linking/bundling proteins. Using reconstituted F-actin networks and rheological methods, we demonstrate how α-actinin and fascin, two F-actin cross-linking/bundling proteins that co-localize along stress fibers and in lamellipodia, could synergistically enhance the resilience of F-actin networks in vitro. These two proteins can generate microfilament arrays that "yield" at a strain amplitude that is much larger than each one of the proteins separately. F-actin/α-actinin/fascin networks display strain-induced hardening, whereby the network "stiffens" under shear deformations, a phenomenon that is non-existent in F-actin/fascin networks and much weaker in F-actin/α-actinin networks. Strain-hardening is further enhanced at high rates of deformation and high concentrations of actin cross-linking proteins. A simplified model suggests that the optimum results of the competition between the increased stiffness of bundles and their decreased density of cross-links. Our studies support a re-evaluation of the notion of functional redundancy among cytoskeletal regulatory proteins.
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Fresh Data Indicate Solid Recovery
We are still a month away before the official release of the gross domestic product data in the first quarter of 2022. Judging from the early numbers and indicators I'm reading in the newspapers, however, I can confidently say that the Philippine economy posted robust growth in the first three months of the year.
Fresh data point to a Philippine economy that is nearing the pre-pandemic level of business activities. Higher automotive sales, increased electricity demand, a vibrant manufacturing sector and recharged tourism activities are telltale signs of a strong economic rebound in the first quarter of 2022.
The higher electricity sales of Manila Electric Co. in the first quarter of the year, as predicted by a company official, reflected the strong consumption of the residential, commercial and industrial sectors in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces amid the easing of mobility restrictions. Meralco sales likely expanded 6 percent in the first quarter of 2022 from the same period last year.
Electricity consumption is on the rise, reaching pre-pandemic levels in 2021 when it also rose 6 percent to 46,073 gigawatt-hours from 43,572 GWh in 2020. Another 6-percent growth in 2022 would bring the total to a new record high.
The nation's fuel consumption is another key indicator of an economy that has long exited recession. Energy demand last year already breached the pre-pandemic levels, which means many of our factories and commercial establishments resumed full operations, while household demand remained steady.
Per the latest report of the Department of Energy, the country's net import bill—or the difference between oil exports and imports—jumped 88 percent in 2021 to $11.146 billion from $5.93 billion in 2020 on the back of higher volumes and prices.
The Philippines's net oil import bill in 2021 surpassed the pre-pandemic level of $11.075 billion in 2019. In terms of volume, net imports of oil climbed to 22.204 billion liters in 2021, exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 16,026 billion liters in 2019 and 15,137 billion liters in 2020.
The higher fuel consumption is evident in the traffic congestion that re-emerged in major thoroughfares of Metro Manila, like EDSA and C5, as well as major tolls roads such as North Luzon Expressway, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway and South Luzon Expressway.
Increased automotive sales, meanwhile, are a critical gauge of a rebounding economy. Car sales in March surged 43 percent to 29,685 from a year ago and almost reached the industry's pre-pandemic monthly level of 30,000 units. Car sales are a barometer of consumer confidence. The higher figures mean the middle-income earners have regained their confidence to invest in big-ticket items that include properties.
The healthy performance of the manufacturing sector of late is another encouraging sign. The volume of production index grew 84.3 percent in February from a year ago, faster than the 17.1-percent expansion in January, after laxer mobility restrictions increased consumer and business confidence.
We should prepare for and meet the sustained increase in demand as the economy finds its way back on the growth track. The International Monetary Fund officially confirmed that the Philippines was showing signs of economic recovery from the pandemic starting in the second semester of 2021.
There is no doubt that most economic sectors are experiencing growth again. What will complete the recovery from the pandemic is the return of both foreign and local travelers to tourism destinations. This is crucial because the travel and tourism sector, directly and indirectly, employs millions of Filipinos.
I welcome the prediction of the World Travel and Tourism Council that the sector will grow faster than the GDP over the next decade. The Philippines, by the way, successfully hosted the WTTC Annual Global Summit at Okada Manila on April 20 to 22, where industry players expressed a positive outlook for the next 10 years.
The local tourism sector is showing signs of life. Our local airlines and the travel sector, as I've said in my previous column, are bouncing back strongly after tourism took a plunge in the early months of the pandemic.
To recap, I'm confident to say that the Philippine economy is about to reach its pre-pandemic level as supported by emerging indicators. The Philippines has nowhere to go but up.


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That freak? David Rendall, a stand-up comedian turned management professor turned motivational speaker and author of The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weaknesses.
For CC2017, David has updated his popular keynote to help conference participants embrace his core message: What makes us weird also makes us wonderful…and powerful!
We hope you'll join us as we unleash our inner freaks at CC2017 in Philadelphia, April 18-20.


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Virtual Roundtable Discussion on Migration and the Refugee Crisis
At the end of 2014, there were an estimated 19.5 million refugees worldwide. This crisis was drawn once again into sharp light as Syrian refugees flooded Europe in recent months. Many of these people are families with children, forced to flee their homes or risk their safety.
Join us Friday, October 16, 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST for a virtual roundtable discussion on migration and the refugee crisis. Our panel of experts span the social sciences and humanities to examine issues of refugees and migration ranging from ethics, family studies, and geo-political. Register today as seating is limited!
Our Panelists
Dr. Immanuel Ness is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, Ness' research focuses on labor, urban political economy, migration, imperialism, and social mobilizations, worker insurrections, strikes, solidarity in Global North and Global South.
He is a labor activist who founded the New York Unemployed Committee, Lower East Side Community-Labor Coalition and labor organizer for several unions.
Dr. Serena Parekh is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, where she also holds the position as Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. Her primary research interests are in social and political philosophy, feminist theory, continental philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.
Dr. Parekh has contributed to noted journals such as Hypatia, Philosophy Compass, and The Southern Journal of Philosophy. She is also the Editor of the APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy.
Dr. Reenee Singh is a family therapist based in London at the House Partnership. She is also Co-Director at the Tavistock and UEL Family Therapy and Systemic Research Centre as well as Editor of the Journal of Family Therapy.
Singh holds a particular interest in the intersection of therapy, race and culture. She attributes her personal history and cultural context, growing up in India and having lived and worked in Singapore, as an influence her approach to therapy, research, supervision and training.
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Next Steps in LGBT: Continuing Awareness
"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." —Nathaniel Branden, American Psychologist
Photo credit: Flicker—Kyle Rush
Thank you, readers, for joining us on our month-long LGBT blog take-over. Together we turned a critical eye on the human rights and rhetoric surrounding the LGBT community. Expanding past the common belief that equality is purely a social issue, our guest editors and articles showed relevance in business, education, psychology, bioethics and more. To facilitate the continuation of our thoughts and communal work, we're setting free more scholarly articles and book chapters focused on awareness as a crucial engine in social change. Take a look at our page to see the latest in research across the social sciences and humanities in awareness.
The engine for social change is a moving target; one that if we're not reading and engaging with, it can stall out. LGBT Pride Month garnered significant momentum in 2015 and we encourage you to share this page, the blog, your comments, and this content with peers. Keep talking, thinking, and demanding human rights and advocacy because if we learned anything from this month, it's that LGBT rights affect all of us.
From our top-read blog post, Queering Philosophy—How can queer theory inform and transform the practice of Philosophy?
"The goal then has to be not to establish queer theory as a recognized subfield in philosophy, but to elaborate how the questions and methods of queer thought can more generally inform and transform the practice of philosophy and its standards for knowledge production." —Annika Thiem, Hypatia
Business and LGBTQ, LGBTs in the Workplace
"The purpose of this special issue is to take LGBT scholarship to the next stage by gathering new knowledge and extending theory on LGBT individuals in the workplace." —Canadian Journal of Administrative Science
The Coming Out Story—YouTube Beauty Guru, Ingrid Nilsen, Comes Out in Emotional Video
"Ingrid's story is unique in that it had by 900,000 hits in eight hours." —Kathryn Coble
Author klynch618Posted on June 30, 2015 November 18, 2015 Categories GeneralTags awareness, culture, equal rights, Human Rights, Human Sexuality, LGBT, philosophy, psychology, queering philosophy, social changeLeave a comment on Next Steps in LGBT: Continuing Awareness
Closing the Question about Trans-Identities
Was there ever a time in which a person could have argued for the moral acceptability of slavery without doing something gravely wrong in the very arguing? Maybe not, but it ever there were, it is now long, long, past; some questions are simply closed.
Questions about the validity of transpeople's identities—of whether, e.g., transwomen are "really" women, eligible to apply to Smith College and to use women's restroom, have been considered fair game since we emerged into public view. Whether expressed in academic prose, in political posturing, or in outright sneers, such questions are heard by many transpeople as profoundly disparaging, and sometimes menacing.
Yet if the tide of social attitudes and practices easing passages between genders keeps swelling, such debates might become as out of place as, say, a serious discussion about whether homosexuality is a mental illness. The sound you hear may be the closing of yet another question about how human beings may live together.
What I wonder about is this: in the time remaining before trans becomes just another way of having a gender, as, say, adoption is just another way of becoming a parent, is there anything that need not be disparaging, that might actually be helpful, to be said? Might it be good for transpeople to take a moment to think about whether their own understandings and practices might sometimes be politically retrograde, or to have some insight into the challenge their lives pose to how cisgender people now have to reimagine themselves?
Jamie Lindemann Nelson
The Hastings Center Report
Professor at Michigan State University
Author klynch618Posted on June 26, 2015 July 8, 2015 Categories GeneralTags Cisgender, culture, Equality, Ethics, Gender, LGBT, LGBT Pride Month, personal identity, philosophy, stereotypes, Trans-identities, Transgender, Transpeople4 Comments on Closing the Question about Trans-Identities
The End of Reparative Therapy
50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality
With the removal of homosexuality as a mental illness in the 1970's came a change in how therapists treated gay, lesbian, and bisexual patients. Instead of attempting to change a patient's sexual orientation, experts were told to help them understand it and learn to cope in what was still a very homophobic society.
When mental health professionals changed, however, religious organizations picked up the mantle and started ministries dedicated to "reparative" therapy. Their members—who were sometimes referred to as ex-gays—went through programs that varied from independent bible study to aversion therapy, which involved administering electric shocks every time a patient became aroused by gay pornography.
These groups were very vocal for a few decades and lent their support to efforts to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals; they argued against teaching about sexual orientation in schools, fought the formation of gay-straight alliances, opposed marriage equality, and worked to prevent LGBTQ individuals from adopting children.
Their arguments were all grounded in the idea that sexual orientation could change, that people didn't have to be gay. Ex-gays were paraded around as success stories—such as in a 1998 ad that insisted men could "pray away the gay."
And then the truth began to come out. Some leaders of this movement were caught having homosexual affairs, visiting gay bars, or meeting men online. Others stepped forward to admit they were wrong, that they are still gay, and that sexual orientation does not change. In 2013, Exodus International—one of the largest and at one point most powerful, ex-gay ministries—shut its doors.
Now, in the United States at least, it looks like the time of reparative therapy has passed. The courts have held up laws in two states banning the practice for minors. The White House came out against it. And two Democratic Senators recently introduced a resolution condemning it.
But probably the best sign that its days are numbered come in the apologies from those who once sang its praises. Like these words from Exodus' last president Alan Chambers: "I am sorry that some of you spent years working through the shame and guilt you felt when your attractions didn't change…. I am sorry that there were times I didn't stand up to people publicly "on my side" who called you names like sodomite—or worse."
Martha Kempner, 2015.
Martha Kempner is co-author with Pepper Schwartz of 50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality published 2015 by Wiley
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Blogging today is a dime a dozen, each with an arsenal of snappy, digestible, tips and tricks for everything from career advice to trimming off excess fat. In a world full of click-holes, we often find ourselves falling social media voyeurs; readers of content stopping just short of posting a comment. We're all guilty at one point or another of this.
We're about half-way through our month long LGBT takeover here on the blog and we've had a variety of guest bloggers write in and share with us their thoughts on the philosophy, ethics, and social situation surrounding the LGBT community but we're missing something; input from our readers.
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YouTube Beauty Guru Ingrid Nilsen Comes Out in Emotional Video
If you've been on Facebook, YouTube, or even Time.com in the last ten hours, you may have seen the headlines that Ingrid Nilsen, a YouTube beautician with a following of 3.3 million followers, announced this morning to all her followers that she is gay. In between bouts of emotion and personal philosophy, Ingrid describes the overwhelming need she felt to have this conversation with her followers. Her story, honesty, and personal connection come at a pivotal time in our cultural acceptance of the "coming out" story.
Many in the LGBT community have a story of a similar hardship coming out to friends, family, and loved ones. It is not unheard of for social media outlets to spread notes, reactions, and personal stories like this across a member base. Ingrid's story is unique in that it had by 900,000 hits in eight hours. The story has been picked up by multiple media outlets this morning and has subsequently raised viewership to 2,037,797 when this piece was written. For comparison, her other YouTube videos are on average around 500,000+ page views, almost 4 times her average viewership for one post.
Is the amplified reach and share-ability of these social media proclamations garnering the necessary support of our culture for acceptance? What will the cultural impact be of news outlets like Time picking up this personal story? Does this place pressure on the LGBT community to "come out" on social platforms or capture that moment in some way?
We encourage you to share your thoughts and comments on this post below. If you're interested on reading scholarly content, made free this month only to support the continuation of conversations surrounding the LGBT Community, read here.
Author klynch618Posted on June 10, 2015 June 15, 2015 Categories GeneralTags cultural studies, culture, Equality, Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBT Coming Out Story, LGBTPrideMonth, LGBTQ, philosophy, social media, YouTubeLeave a comment on YouTube Beauty Guru Ingrid Nilsen Comes Out in Emotional Video
Bruce Jenner and the Aging Celebrity
Bruce Jenner's gender transition has been the subject of obsessive media attention for some months now, culminating in Diane Sawyer's interview of him on the ABC news show 20/20. In a poignant exchange, Jenner declared that the gods had given him the soul of a woman as a cosmic joke. Much has been written on importance of Jenner's revelation for the acceptance of transgendered people, but the interview also gives a fascinating glimpse into aging celebrity.
In the age of film and photograph, celebrities were trapped like flies in amber, caught in an eternal moment of youth, beauty, glamor and talent. When a Daily Mail journalist recently asked Bridget Bardot, one of the most beautiful women of her generation, how she differed from Marilyn Monroe, she said, "We were both victims of our image which imprisoned us." Aging has never been kind to celebrities, especially women who have been frozen by the photograph and the movie still.
Transitioning to female at sixty-five, Jenner has the ability to revise the archive of his past images. In the ABC interview, we are presented with a photo album of Jenner's life, from his childhood on. Some of these are candid and private; others are old media images. Footage of Jenner's great 1976 Olympic achievements scroll by, as Sawyer narrates the meaning of his former media embodiment as "the muscle and glory of America." All of these images are subject to a massive emotional overhaul, as Jenner tearfully talks about his inner feelings of experiencing another identity, one quite different than the hypermasculine "world's greatest athlete" of a former life.
Astonishing is the new intimacy of celebrity that we now witness over entire lifetimes. Celebrity is no longer a fixed gaze, but an immersive experience that demands understanding of change and reflection on the cosmic joke of our own aging. As we watch other celebrities age, how will these reflections expand and deepen?
Ann Larabee, Editor
Journal of Popular Culture
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Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: April 2015
May 5, 2015 Blog Posts By: Michael W. Brooks and David M. Perlman Energy Legal Blog®
This report summarizes material notices from CME Group and ICE Futures, with a particular focus on energy. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of each and every notice issued by these Exchanges. On April 21, 2015, the CFTC announced via press release that charges had been filed against a resident of the United Kingdom ("UK"), Navinder Singh Sarao ("Sarao"), and his company, Nav Sarao Futures Limited PLC, for price manipulation and spoofing. The charges came after a comprehensive investigation of Sarao's trading activity by the CFTC, which included assistance from the SEC, DOJ, FBI, the CME Group, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), and Scotland Yard. The DOJ unsealed its own criminal Complaint charging Sarao with willfully engaging in a scheme to defraud, knowingly manipulating the price of a commodity, and knowingly engaging in trading practices in violation of CME rules. Sarao was arrested by British authorities shortly before the CFTC and DOJ charges were unveiled. Specifically, the CFTC alleges that Sarao unlawfully manipulated and spoofed the market for E-mini S&P 500 near month futures contracts, by using a trading platform to "automatically and simultaneously "˜layer' four to six exceptionally large sell orders into the visible E-mini S&P central book"¦with each sell order one price level from the other." When the price of the commodity would move, the layering algorithm would modify "the price of the sell orders to ensure that they remained at least three or four price levels from the best asking price; thus remaining visible to other traders, but staying safely away from the best asking price." Sarao would then cancel most of the orders without executing any transactions, which would create "imbalances"¦in the order book" which allowed Sarao to trade in a manner "designed to profit from this temporary artificial volatility." The CFTC believes that over the course of five years, Sarao profited over $40 million from trading in the E-mini S&P contracts in this way. It is thought that Sarao utilized the layering algorithm on over 400 trading days. Further, the CFTC alleges that Sarao's activities significantly contributed to the Flash Crash of May 6, 2010. Sarao's assets have been frozen pending the upcoming litigation, wherein the CFTC seeks a permanent injunction, disgorgement, civil monetary penalties, trading suspensions or bans, and payment of costs and fees. A preliminary hearing with regards to the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction was scheduled for May 1, 2015. The CFTC Press Release, No. PR7156-15, can be found here: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7156-15. A copy of the criminal Complaint filed by the DOJ against Sarao can be found here: http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/21/sarao_criminal_complaint.pdf. The DOJ Press Release can be found here: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/futures-trader-charged-illegally-manipulating-stock-market-contributing-may-2010-market-flash. Rule Changes and Other Advisory Notices ICE- FOLLOW @ICE_MARKETS for ENERGY UPDATES Now interested individuals and entities can follow ICE energy developments on Twitter, by following the handle @ICE_Markets. The Twitter handle will provide updates on new products, volumes, trading trends, and market commentary. ICE FUTURES U.S.- ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATION REPORTING PROVISIONS OF RULE 4.11 On April 27, 2015, pending regulatory review, ICE was to amend Rule 4.11 to eliminate provisions regarding Duplications for all contract months, commencing with October 2015 Sugar No. 11 contracts and September 2015 contracts for Coffee "C," Cocoa, and Sugar No. 16. ICE SEF NOTICE: LEAP SECOND IMPACT On June 30, 2015, ICE will add a leap second to their clocks to synchronize their atomic clocks with astronomical time, in order to keep the clocks accurate. In order to effectuate the leap second, ICE will delay all market state transitions which would normally occur between June 30th 23:00 GMT and July 1 00:01 GMT. CME GROUP- MARKET REGULATION ADVISORY NOTICE RA1506-4- BLOCK TRADES This notice supersedes Notice RA1505-4 from March 30, 2015. Pending regulatory review, NYMEX was to begin permitting block trading in various products, concurrent with the launch of trading in those products on April 19, 2015. CME GROUP- MARKET REGULATION ADVISORY NOTICE RA1505-5 This notice supersedes Notice RA1407-5 from September of 2014. CME Group is changing the list of products that are subject to large trader reporting requirements under CFTC Part 20 Regulations. NYMEX and COMEX MARKET REGULATION ADVISORY NOTICE RA1507-4 This notice supersedes Notice RA1411-4 from November 20, 2014. Effective May 17, 2015, COMEX will begin to permit Copper futures trades in the second active contract month and block trades in the first and second active contract months to be priced at the settlement price or any valid price increment ten ticks higher or lower than the settlement price. The notice advises review of Rule 524, which includes important regulatory considerations for participants engaging in TAS, TAM, or MO transactions. However, no changes were made to Rule 524. CME GROUP- SPECIAL EXECUTIVE REPORT SER-7332 Chapter 1A has been eliminated from the CBOT Rulebook based on the fact that the incentive program it pertained to expired on December 31, 2014. CME GROUP- MARKET SURVEILLANCE UPDATE Pending all relevant regulatory review, effective May 28, 2015, NYMEX will decrease the spot month position limits for the NYMEX Palladium futures and option contracts to 400 futures contract equivalents. CME GROUP- MARKET SURVEILLANCE UPDATE CME Group has announced the aggregation allocations, spot month position limits, single month and all month accountability levels, and reportable levels for the new Renewable Identification Number (RIN) 2015 Futures contracts. These three new contracts were listed for trade date April 20, 2015. CME GROUP- MARKET SURVEILLANCE UPDATE Pending all regulatory review, effective May 1, 2015, CME will amend the USD Denominated Ibovespa Futures contract (in CME Rulebook Chapter 354), to reflect a change in position limits from 3,500 all months combined, in net futures equivalents, to 3,500 contracts per maturity, in net futures equivalents. Chapter 5 of the CME Rulebook will also be amended to reflect new position limits, position accountability and reportable levels for the contact. ICE Futures Europe (Rule Changes & Other Advisory Notices) ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/076 and ATTACHMENT On April 27, 2015, the ICE Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures and Options contracts were amended to have a settlement window reduced from three minutes to two minutes. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/079 ICE Futures Europe is rescheduling the launch of various Equity Index Futures. The new date of introduction is TBD. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/080 and ATTACHMENT Subject to relevant regulatory review, ICE Futures Europe will cease to admit trading in RBOB Gasoline v. Argus Eurobob Differential Futures contracts. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/081 In response to the introduction of an intra-day auction by the London Stock Exchange, ICE Futures Europe is going to conduct a market consultation with regards to the timing of the Exchange Delivery Settlement Price ("EDSP") Auction for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Index Contracts. As part of the consultation, ICE Futures Europe is seeking responses representing the thoughts of each firm. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/083 and ATTACHMENT ICE Futures Europe is extending the Commercial Terms and eligibility criteria for the Developing Regions Programme to December 31, 2015. The Developing Regions Programme was introduced by Circular 07/075 in June of 2007, and was extended previously in March of 2010. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/084 and ATTACHMENT ICE Futures Europe is changing the timing for the Designated Settlement Period for various Coal Futures. Also, the Exchange is changing Rule WW.4 to narrow the window between the determination of futures settlement prices and the expiry of the options contracts. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/086 and ATTACHMENTS ICE Futures Europe has proposed amendments to the Contract Rules concerning Swapnote Futures and Contracts, to reflect changes to the name of the underlying benchmark used to calculate the contracts' EDSP and to update the Schedule for these contracts. The amendments will go into effect on May 12, 2015. ICE FUTURES EUROPE CIRCULAR 15/088 The ICE Coal Options and Futures Liquidity Programme has been renewed and extended until December 31, 2015. Disciplinary Actions ICE FUTURES UBS Securities LLC- 2014-143 Misc. Violation of Rule 2.35- Reporting Open Interest to Clearing Organization. Allegedly UBS Securities reported inaccurate open interest for December 2014 Cocoa Futures Contract on two days in November of 2014. $20,000 fine. Twin Eagle Resource Management- 2014-067 Position Limit Violation of Rule 6.20(b)-Position Limits, Conditional Limits, and Position Accountability for Energy Contracts. Twin Eagle allegedly held an intra-day position, in one instance, that was in excess of its exemptive spot month limit in a Henry LD1 Fixed Price Futures in June of 2014. $7,500 fine, $154,180 in disgorgement, and cease and desist. CME GROUP William L. Gottsch - CME 13-9582-BC-2 Pre-Arranged Trading Violation of Rule 534-Wash Trades Prohibited and Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA0913-5-FAQ. Allegedly, in December of 2012, Gottsch directed his broker to buy and sell equal contracts (723) for two accounts with common beneficial ownership, with the purpose of freshening the long futures position dates and knowing the trades would trade opposite one another. These alleged trades amounted to improper wash trades. $15,000 fine and 15 business day suspension. Jefferies LLC - CME 14-9941 Block Trades Violation of Rule 526-Block Trades. See related NYMEX action, below, for facts. $15,000 fine. Donald M. Gottsch - CME 13-9582-BC Pre-Arranged Trades Violation of Rule 534- Wash Trades and Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA0913-5-FAQ. Allegedly, in December of 2012, Gottsch, acting as a broker, executed several buy and sell orders on CME Globex from accounts with common beneficial ownership, with the purpose of freshening long futures position dates and with reasonable knowledge the orders would trade opposite one another. These alleged trades amounted to improper wash trades. $20,000 fine and 15 business day suspension. Charles Adam - CME 14-9789 Disruptive Trading Violation of Rule 432-General Offenses. Adam allegedly entered orders on Globex between July of 2013 and March of 2014 that were not made for the purpose of executing bona fide transactions, causing fluctuations in the publicly displayed price. $15,000 fine and 20 business day suspension. Bisher Khalaf - CME 13-9422 Pre-Arranged Trades Violation of Rule 534-Wash Trades Prohibited. Allegedly, Khalaf executed numerous wash trades on Globex between March of 2012 and April of 2013. The wash trades were executed for the purpose of transferring positions from one account to the other. $10,000 fine and two month suspension. NYMEX Jefferies LLC- NYMEX 14-9931 Block Trades Violation of Rule 526-Block Trades. On one occasion in November of 2012 and two occasions in July of 2013, Jefferies allegedly executed block trades for customers that were not reported to the Exchange within the applicable time limits and misreported the actual time of execution. $20,000 fine. E1 Corporation- NYMEX 14-9862 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation. Allegedly, on January 3, 2014, E1 entered an EFRP transaction and did not document the related swap transaction. Therefore the EFRP was not bona fide. $7,500 fine. Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.- NYMEX 14-9800 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation. On one occasion in December of 2013, Merrill Lynch allegedly entered an EFRP transaction and did not document the related swap transaction. Therefore the EFRP was not bona fide. $7,500 fine. Nidera US, LLC- NYMEX 14-9800 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation. Allegedly, on one occasion on December of 2013, Nidera entered an EFRP transaction and did not document the related swap transaction. Therefore, the EFRP was not bona fide. $7,500 fine. Susquehanna Government Products, LLP- NYMEX 14-0062 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation. Allegedly, in June of 2014, Susquehanna entered an EFRP transaction and did not document eh related swap transaction. Therefore, the EFRP was not bona fide. $7,500 fine. SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC- NYMEX 14-0062 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation. In June of 2014, SummerHaven allegedly entered an EFRP transaction and did not document the related swap. Therefore, the EFRP was not bona fide. $7,500 fine. Lakeview Energy LLC-NYMEX 14-9801 Pre-Arranged Trades; Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation and Rule 534-Wash Trades Prohibited. Allegedly, in December of 2013, Lakeview entered several EFRP transactions in which Lakeview was on both sides, done for the purpose of moving positions between two of Lakeview's wholly owned subsidiaries. The alleged transactions amounted to improper wash trades. Further, Lakeview did not document the physical legs or the cash positions of the EFRP transaction; therefore, they were not bona fide. $35,000 fine. Robert McMahon- NYMEX 10-7596 Disruptive Trading Violation of Rule 432-General Offenses. Same facts as COMEX 13-9523, against Robert McMahon, below. Permanent ban. George Dennis- NYMEX 11-08170 Misc. Violation of Rule 432- General Offenses. Dennis failed to appear for a scheduled interview with Market Regulation Staff, materially impacting Market Regulation's investigation into a potential rule violation. Dennis then failed to answer the charge that he failed to appear and therefore was deemed to have admitted the charge. 5 year suspension. COMEX Jefferies LLC- COMEX 14-9932 Block Trades Violation of Rule 526-Block Trades and NYMEX/COMEX Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA1205-4. On one occasion in November of 2012, Jefferies allegedly executed a block trade that was not reported in the applicable time limit and misreported two spread transactions as four outright transactions. Also, in July of 2013, Jefferies allegedly executed another block trade that was not reported timely. $22,500 fine. Daniel Shak- COMEX 10-7522 Position Limits Violation of NYMEX Legacy Rule 443-Position Limit Violations. Shak allegedly exceeded the accountability limit for Gold Future in September of 2009. $25,000 fine. Robert McMahon- COMEX 13-9523 Disruptive Trading Violation of Rule 432-General Offenses. Allegedly, on seven different trade dates between July 2007 and April 2010, McMahon intentionally "cherry-picked" trades intended for his customers. This resulted in his customers being filled non-competitively at inferior prices, which earned McMahon a profit of $178,490. The Exchange described the conduct as "willful" and the plan as a "fraudulent scheme." McMahon did not respond to the charges and therefore was deemed to have admitted the charges. $100,000 fine, disgorgement of $178,490, restitution of $188,960, and permanent ban. Heet Khara- COMEX 15-0103-SA-2 Spoofing; Disruptive Trading Rule 413-Summary Access Denial Actions. On April 30, 2015, CME Group's Market Regulation Department summarily denied Khara all access to all CME markets, trading platforms, and electronic trading or clearing platforms, and all trading floors. The summary access denial was based on an investigation's finding that Khara engaged in a pattern of trading activity in which he repeatedly entered orders or layered multiple orders for Gold and Silver futures contracts without the intent to trade. The activity allegedly occurred between February and April of 2015, on multiple trade dates. The investigation found that the layered orders were entered to encourage trades opposite his smaller orders resting on the opposite side of the book. After the small orders were filled, allegedly Khara would then cancel the resting order or layered multiple orders that he had entered on the opposite side of the order book. When Khara was informed he was being investigated, he closed his account at his FCM and moved to a different FCM to engage in the same activity. Allegedly, Khara coordinated his activity with another individual, Nasim Salim. 60 day summary access denial. Nasim Salim- COMEX 15-0103-SA-A Spoofing; Disruptive Trading Rule 413-Summary Access Denial Actions. On April 30, 2015, CME Group's Market Regulation Department summarily denied Salim all access to all CME markets, trading platforms, and electronic trading or clearing platforms, and all trading floors. The summary access denial was based on an investigation's finding that Salim engaged in a pattern of trading activity in which he repeatedly entered orders or layered multiple orders for Gold and Silver futures contracts without the intent to trade. The activity allegedly occurred between March and April of 2015, on multiple trade dates. The investigation found that the layered orders were entered to encourage trades opposite his smaller orders resting on the opposite side of the book. After the small orders were filled, allegedly Salim would then cancel the resting order or layered multiple orders that he had entered on the opposite side of the order book. Salim introduced Khara, who is also subject to summary access denial (see above) to his firm FCM. The men are believed to have coordinated their efforts to engage in disruptive trading. 60 day summary access denial. CBOT Thomas Burke - CBOT 10-4973-BC-3 Pre-Arranged Trading Violation of Rule 521-Requirements for Open Outcry Trades and Rule 539.A-Prearranged, Pre-Negotiated and Noncompetitive Trades Prohibited. Burke allegedly traded as a broker on one or more occasions from September 2008 to July 2009, and in July 2010, trades that were not competitively executed by open outcry. $20,000 fine and 15 business day suspension. Green Plains Asset Management LLC - CBOT 14-0018-BC Position Limits Violation of Rule 562-Position Limit Violations. Allegedly, in November 2014, GPAM exceeded the spot month speculative position limit by 170 contracts in Nov. 2014 Soybean futures. GPAM liquidated the overage when it became aware of it, and did not profit from doing so. $25,000 fine. Lakeview Energy LLC - CBOT 14-9910 Lack of Documentation Violation of Rule 538.H-Documentation and Rule 534-Wash Trades Prohibited. See related NYMEX action, above, for facts. $10,000 fine. NEW PRODUCT LISTINGS ICE FUTURES U.S. TO INTRODUCE ERIS CREDIT FUTURES ICE Futures U.S. introduced two new credit futures contracts for trading on April 27, 2015. The credit futures contracts replicate the economics of credit default swaps using the Eris Methodology. CME GROUP- MARKET SURVEILLANCE UPDATE- MSN04-08-15 NYMEX listed two new Singapore Fuel Oil (Platts) Brent Crack Spread (1000mt) Futures contracts for trade date April 13, 2015. The terms and conditions of the new contracts can be found in NYMEX Rules 559, 560, and 561. Other Issues to Note None to note this month. **If you have any questions about the information contained in this month's report, please contact: David Perlman, Michael Brooks, Bob Pease, or Jennifer Lias.


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I do not like the phrase "accepted" Saba Qamar
imran 7 January, 2022
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Lahore (INP) Famous TV and film actress Saba Qamar has said that I don't like the phrase "accepted". Yesterday, a fan of Saba Qamar expressed his desire on Instagram and said that he would like to marry Saba Qamar in his old age. The fan said that he would like to marry actress Saba Qamar at the age of 50, but the problem is that he has no familiarity in the showbiz industry. Responding to the fan who expressed his desire for marriage in Zayedul Umari, Saba Qamar. has said that he accepts the phrase but does not like it.


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