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Digital Retail Innovations Q&A – Blue Yonder
By Glynn Davis | October 24, 2017
Brought to you by Retail Insider and Webloyalty
Following the launch of the Digital Retail Innovations 2017 Report (sponsored by Webloyalty) a series of Q&A's with the leading figures behind some of the key entries in the report are being published.
Here is a Q&A with Uwe Weiss, CEO of Blue Yonder, which is placed at number 11 in the report for its work with Otto and Morrison's.
1.How did the original idea come about?
Professor Feindt originally created the NeuroBayes algorithm to predict the activity of quarks – the building blocks of matter – while working at CERN, the world-leading research centre in Switzerland. And it was only later that he realised the potential of his work to revolutionise retail. Rather than trying to simplify chaos, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), retailers can embrace the complexities of retail to deliver substantial efficiencies across supply chain, buying and merchandising. In 2008 Professor Feindt founded Blue Yonder, but continues to push the boundaries of AI through his work with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Data Science Academy.
Now Morrison's is using Blue Yonder's Artificial Technology to make much more accurate predictions about exactly what stock it needs, and drastically reduce waste. Used to its full potential, Blue Yonder's system can reduce shelf gaps up to 30 per cent, improving customer experience in-store. With a growing international customer footprint, Blue Yonder now operates across Europe and the United States.
2.What has been the level of take-up of the service and what are the key ways retailers are using it?
Take up of our AI solution for retailers, specifically in the grocery and fashion sectors, has been extremely positive. This is, in part, due to the fact that AI is an enabler for digital transformation (DX) and innovation in retail, which can work with existing systems to provide greater efficiency and results. Grocers, such as Morrison's, and fashion retailer, OTTO, have used our solutions to deliver decisions daily to optimise their pricing and to reduce waste, while ensuring that profit margins remain robust.
It is, however, important to note that AI isn't just for the big players, in fact, the technology allows smaller brands and retailers to compete with the online giants – thanks to the efficiency the solution provides and the speed from which AI strategies produce value. DX through AI is no longer a question of 'if' for retailers, but just a matter of 'when'. Today's reality is that any retailer, with the right data, can start implementing AI technology for their business and cash in on the benefits it provides.
Our solutions allow for millions of daily operational decisions to be made instantly, based on holistic data and insight, while taking into consideration external factors. This enables retailers to free up staff time, so that rather than trawling through enormous data sets and discussing next steps, they can instead concentrate on providing the customer with the best possible experience, safe in the knowledge that the best possible decision has already been made.
3.What about competition in this area?
Blue Yonder is the leading AI solution provider for retail in Europe, especially when it comes to supply chain and merchandising processes for retailers. Some of the reasons why we're not threatened by current competition are because Blue Yonder offers a rapid speed to value, with return on investment guaranteed within three to six months. We've one of the largest worldwide data science teams that specialise in retail. Blue Yonder offers the most accurate forecasts in the industry with superior machine learning technology and talent.
The solution enables millions of decisions to be automatically made based on holistic insights. And Blue Yonder closes the gap between strategy and execution and enables an accelerated time to value through automated decisions
4.How has the solution been developed / advanced over time?
The solution is continually evolving. For example, not only does it accurately align current supply versus demand levels, but will be able to forecast these volumes. These predictions are calculated using a vast amount of data available from the retailer, and also takes into account external factors, such as the weather.
5.Have there been any surprises along the way?
One surprise is the sheer rate at which AI is evolving. AI has become a true game changer for the retail industry, and will be the technology of the future. If retailers fail to adopt AI technology, they will struggle to survive in the new digital age where acting on insights – based on huge data sets – has become the new norm.
6.What can we expect from Blue Yonder in the future?
You can expect to see further exciting development to our supply chain and merchandising. In addition, we will also be looking to explore new areas of operations in retail where AI can deliver real value.
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Dress up any flower pot with a crocheted cozy. Change up the colors to match any room in the house.
I think these little guys will bring a smile to any child entering his or her room. We have one for the dog and cat lovers.
What a perfect time of year to make these. We have already had some record setting temperatures this year so make these snowflake coasters for your hot drinks to warm you up.
You only need a little yarn to create these granny square coasters.
Try this creative way to dress up a mason jar. Place in your own kitchen for storage or give as a gift.
Need an idea for a man with a mustache? It will help keep his drink nice and warm while adding to his awesome personality.
Display your cell phone in style with this pillow. I do not have a land line in my house so this will be a perfect project for me.
Can and bottle cozies are a great way to use up your stash. I believe there is a big sporting event coming up soon. If you are having a party select the colors of the two teams that are playing and whip up some cozies for your guest.
The following two projects will help moms everywhere. You children can help clean out your stash while creating a craft of their own. Now you can buy more yarn!
This project will help you and your children. Have them help with the yard work and then create this colorful jewelry holder. They can give it as a gift or keep for themselves.
Scrap yarn also makes wonderful finger puppets and Amigurumi toys. Also, I adjust the size of my afghans to lap size when I run out of yarn scraps that go-together – or I sometimes buy a single skein of white or black to tie all the colors together.
I use my odds and ends to make scrap afghans for children in our local women's shelter. A little comfort and something they can say is theirs during a very traumatic time.
I recently learned how to do helix knitting which is a wonderful way to use up scrap yarn in caps and mittens for charity. If you don't know how, just google it..
These are really good ideas! How do I get patterns for these projects?
Hi Emilee, Thanks for your question! Clicking on the pictures in the blog post will take you to the main pattern page, where you can download the PDF instructions.
Thanks for the tips on what to do with leftover yarn. Even those who don't know how to knit or crochet very might be able to now use up some yarn.
great ideas. I make hats for the homeless and for children chemo patients. I love to use the extra yarn to make hats – just adding a new ball as I go – they make great one-of-a-kind hats.
My favorite use of leftover yarns is making lap robes for veterans at a near by VA Hospital. So easy. Use a main color (life soft white) for every other row and then the leftovers in between. Pattern: single crochet, chain 1. On next row, single crochet in the chain and then chain 1. Doesn't get much easier than that and to think a veteran is going to be warm.
IN 1976 I MADE A DOUBLE BED SIZE BROOMSTICK LACE AFGHAN FROM LEFT OVER YARN TO BE RAFFLED OFF BY THE PTU (PARENT-TEACHER-UNION) AT THE GRADE SCHOOL MY CHILDREN ATTENDED. IT HAD 200 HUNDRED ROWS AND EACH ROW WAS A DIFFERENT COLOR. EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE AND SHADE AVAILABLE WAS USED BY ME. NOT A SINGLE COLOR/SHADE I HAD WAS REPEATED. I DON'T REMEMBER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE PTU REALIZED FROM THE RAFFLE. THEY HAVE 2 SPAGHETTI DINNERS A YEAR AND THIS WAS RAFFLED OFF DURING THE FEB. 1977 DINNER. I KNOW THE YOUNG MAN THAT WON THE AFGHAN AND HE STILL USES IT TODAY. NEXT MONTH IT WILL BE 38 YRS OLD AND HE SAID THAT THE AFGHAN IS AS BEAUTIFUL TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN HE WON IT. EVERY ROW WAS MADE WITH RED HEART YARN. KEEP UP THE TREMENDOUS QUALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT RED HEART.
what a great story great idea for a blanket!!
——–To prevent running out of yarn before I finish a hat, I use my postage scale to weigh my finished hats in various sizes. Also, I weigh each ball of leftover yarn & write the # oz. & yarn type (such as baby, sport or worsted) onto a small card (with corner hole punched). After threading the yarn end through this hole, I tie a loose knot & wrap the yarn around the ball. A safety pin attached through several layers of yarn will hold the last yarn wrap in place. I can arrange several colors together to determine if I have enough for 1 striped hat before I even start knitting!
——-Generally, 2 strands of baby yarn = 1 strand of sport yarn. 2 strands of sport yarn = 1 strand of worsted.
——-Also, my pompoms don't look good. Instead, I single crochet a 20″ long chain & attach it in several places in the top center of the hat (making 3 large loops). (Sometimes I double the yarn, though.) Easy & looks great!
——–I print fiber content & care instructions onto mailing labels & press them onto small narrow cards (with corner hole punched). I attach these with a short piece of yarn to the finished hat.
——–Storing double-pointed & circular needles: During the fall school supply sales, I stocked up on flat pencil pouches (with grommets, clear window & zipper closure). I added a label inside the pkg. & filled with only 1 size of needle. (Most of my crochet hooks will fill another pouch.) I store all my needles & yarn supplies inside a 18″ x 11″ x 6″ plastic sweater box.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE TIPS!!! I have tons of little scrap balls and these are the EXACT type of tips that I needed. Thank you thank you thank you!!
I love all the ideas. Some I've never thought of. I've been making pot holders with left over yarn and crochet head bands. I hope you'll keep giving us new ideas.
I take very small pieces of yarn and cut them into one inch or smaller pieces and take them outside for the birds to use to build their nests. It's so pretty to see some of my scraps up in the trees where they build. This is for very small amounts. Just the little nips of yarn you cut here and there. I save little pieces like that for a year and then take them outside.
What do you put them in? I tried this last year in an orange mesh bag tied on a shepherd's hook on the upstairs deck. They didn't take a single strand. I figured there must be another way for the birds to see the yarn.
I use all size end pieces, up to about 6″. I just lay them on evergreens or fences, and the birds do seem to find them OK. It's fun to see a piece of colorful yarn hanging down from an otherwise well hidden robin's nest. I've also used leftover blanket binding this way, and the birds seem to like the silky stuff . Thanks to all for your wonderful and fun ideas.
I single crochet my left over yarn over hangers and keep it stored in styrofoam egg cartons.
What is wrong with Red Heart yarn? It used to be the best yarn you could buy. Now I spend more time untying the knots than I do knitting the project. I am seriously considering changing brands of yarn.
My daughter has been using all the odds and ends to make a pompom rug for her room. Pompoms get tied to rug canvas. The project has her put down her phone and helps reduce any stress from school, clubs, etc..


The results Music in Hospitals & Care achieves are something that I cannot fault.
I had the wonderful opportunity to be able to witness one of around 500 that they organise every year. This concert was in Thornhill Church Coffee shop where John and Angela Sadler were singing some classic songs. As I entered the venue, I felt welcome before I even spoke to any staff! Entering the hall felt amazing. The staff did a brilliant job organising it and making refreshments for all the visitors that would enter.
Dinah, a member of staff, was very welcoming, alongside two others. We talked about music and what instruments we all played and that made me feel comfortable because we already had a connection built through music. Immediately, I was happy to see the way that the staff interacted with the visitors, from offering them refreshments to asking them how they are and having friendly conversations. I felt a genuine connection between the staff and the visitors.
I was asked if I could sit next to a couple who were by themselves and I agreed instantly, excited over the opportunity of getting to know regular visitors. I sat by a husband and wife, Peter and June. Peter was outgoing and had a lovely smile on his face. We talked about different topics, from the weather to unusual instruments we knew about, such as the 'Cajon' a type of drum. It was also heart-warming to see June (who is living with dementia) smiling and joining in the conversation at times. I found out that she played the piano and that she used to paint.
When Angela and John Sadler walked in, everyone's faces began to lighten up. John and Angela smiled as they walked in, bringing a peaceful vibe. When they sang, I noticed the grins on everyone's faces. As the concert progressed, June and other visitors were singing along to every song! It was astonishing to witness because many people there had dementia and most couldn't remember their own names, but they remembered the words to the songs. It shows how music has an impact on people's lives.
So there it is. My first time visiting a concert organised by MIHC has been fantastic. I met new people and got the opportunity to witness the effect that music has on people's lives. You hear about the way music makes people happy, but to be able to see it happening first hand is something magical and an experience I will never forget.


Coach Cory Sturdivant is entering his 2nd year at Alma School District as the Head Boys & Girls Soccer Coach and Assistant Sr. High Football coach for the Alma Airedales. Coach Sturdivant previously coached at Dardanelle as an assistant soccer coach from 2008-2011, and at Hot Springs High School from 2011-2017, where his boys soccer teams won back to back Class 5A Boys Soccer State Championships in 2016 and 2017. This will be his 13th year in education, and third overall year in the Alma School District.
Cory has been married to his wife, Chelsie, for four years and they have two miniature dachshunds, Opal and Otis. He enjoys sports, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.


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Allocating to China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak
What is happening with China equity markets, and how does it impact portfolio positioning?
Man: Welcome to the Center for Investment Excellence, a production of JPMorgan Asset Management. The Center for Investment Excellence is an audio podcast that provides educational insights across asset classes and investment teams.
Lesley Stiska: We've heard a lot about (China) recently and so let's just remind folks China is poised to become the world's biggest economy, really too big for investors to ignore going forward in terms of some of the world's largest equity and bond markets and yet investors are still woefully underexposed in China. Over the next hour or so we'll shed some light on what we are seeing in China equity markets and how it is impacting portfolio positioning.
To facilitate this discussion I'm going to pose some questions I have prepared for (Howard). So (Howard), thank you so much for joining us today. I know it's getting late for you in Hong Kong, so why don't we dive right in with some questions? Let's start with the market in China and what your experience has been over the past few months as China has gone through the pandemic.
Howard Wang: Yes. I think the experience I've had is actually similar to the news that has come out about the pandemic. So I think it began early in the year with reports of a pneumonia. The local authorities denied this was true because if there was something happening they said it was easily containable. And as a result of that, the market (unintelligible) quite well along with global markets at the beginning of the year and then it went into Chinese New Year.
And it was really during the Chinese New Year holiday that we started hearing more about the scale of what was happening and how contagious the virus was. Essentially, our markets were closed. Global markets pulled off. When our market reopened after Chinese New Year basically every stock was limit down which was 10% in China A.
At that point in time, I think the government came out with calls for a pretty coordinated fiscal and monetary response. So by the next day there was a rebound and then China essentially stabilized and it really only became a question mark again when we saw that the virus went global. In other words, I think if you trace the path of the average investment professional in China it kind of went through the ups and downs emotionally and market wise of what was happening with the virus and the amount of government support they put behind it.
I think which in the market though, there were very, very large divergencies and now we're really just talking about index levels. And we can get through some of that. But in very stark terms, essentially companies that could grow despite the state of the overall economy, i.e. companies that were growth companies and not necessarily very cyclical; companies that had things to do with digitalization, software; companies that had something to do with healthcare; companies that had something to do with electric vehicle future, 5G infrastructure. All of these kinds of stocks in China actually went up. Some went up quite a bit.
And this had something to do with the big, broad economic cycle, whether it's banks, commodities, construction companies and the like actually went down quite a bit. Underneath the surface of the market that went down pretty sharply and it kind of rebounded from there, there was just a lot of divergence in sector performance. Much of it is really to do with how investors were thinking about the impact of the virus on various subsectors over the longer-term. And also really basing it in the reality that rates might be lower for longer, not only in China but on the global basis as a result of the devastation caused by the pandemic.
Lesley Stiska: A real divergence in terms of sector performance during this time period. When you think about your investment process and the recent changes that we've seen in the market and the (monetary) fiscal stimulus that's taken place in China and really the rest of the world, has it impacted your investment process at all?
Howard Wang: The short answer is no. Because the (unintelligible) investment process is basically built on a few research pillars. The first one is what we call strategic classification and that's thinking about companies within the context of their industry over a longer-term. Think about structural changes that could happen in industries, think about secular trends underlying demand for the corporate side and on the consumer side. And that really provides a qualitative foundation for the kinds of companies we want to invest in. And that's relevant in every type of circumstance, trying to buy the best businesses that generate high resurgence on capital and then deliver that return to shareholders over time.
The second pillar we tend to look at is we think about valuation on a longer-term basis. So in other words, when we go into a situation like we are in right now where there is a massive shock that results over a short period of time. But hopefully, we rebound as we get into year two, year three, year four after the virus. This is the way our valuation (unintelligible) so in some ways our evaluation process is well-adapted to situations like we're seeing right now, which is essentially the equivalent of a national disaster.
And then the third pillar that we built our process on is what we call risk profile analysis and thinking about environmental social governance issues or companies over a period of time. And a lot of these kinds of questions focus on sustainability of the business, its ability to weather downturn, for instance, the one we're in right now; the ability for a company to basically deliver great outcomes for the broader society that it's part of. That's also quite relevant.
What we really focus on is strong businesses that will do well over time, teach our shareholders the right way, our communities the right way. And as a result of that, we think it's an all-weather process and it's a process that we really hold onto and really come back to during periods like this. Thus far, I think the returns in our strategies have been pretty satisfactory as a result of this which gives us even more confidence that staying with what we know and the way that we look at companies in the industry is the right thing to do even though there's so much happening around us in terms of the economic cycle and in terms of politics and the like.
Lesley Stiska: Great. Thank you. You mentioned before some of the winners in this situation were digitalization, healthcare, electric vehicles and 5G. Can you elaborate on that a little bit? And on the flip side of that can you just talk about some of the risks that you're seeing; what's keeping you up at night as you evaluate opportunities for this portfolio?
Howard Wang: That's a lot. But first of all, on the opportunity side when we think about the second portfolio and I represent the growth part of our book of business, we usually think in terms of big subsectors with strong underlying growth trends. And roughly speaking, they fall under three really broad thematic (sectors). One is the healthcare opportunity in China. The second is the technology opportunity in China. And the third one is the consumer opportunity in China. Because really I think right now when we think about all three of those we think about the first two principally as things that will do well structurally.
And because of the virus, what's happened is that a lot of demand that we were forecasting several years in the future, was essentially brought forward. So for instance, we have positions in companies that are involved in vaccinations and diagnostics and in testing within the healthcare space. All of these are companies where we looked at them and we said well, let's include vaccination. In China the number of (unintelligible) has been like 4% to 6% (unintelligible) counted.
The number of (offices) in the United States is much, much higher, over half the population. Originally our thesis was well, China over time will see an inching up as awareness grows, about flu vaccination and how valuable of a thing it is, for everybody, even if you pay out of pocket. Obviously I think now we're in a situation where awareness of what this can do and whether for an individual in terms of keeping your health and keeping you away from the hospital, or from a public health standpoint, i.e. keeping people who do not need to be in a doctor or in a hospital away from here, because if you get a vaccination, has become much more important.
These kinds of healthcare trends are ones where we saw a penetration might have been call it 15% five years from now and all of a sudden it could be 15% next year and it could be 40% five years from now. With healthcare, broadly speaking we see a lot of opportunities like that. On the technology side, we've invested in companies that for instance, provide kind of a version of Microsoft Office but it's given away essentially free in China. They can subscribe for extra features and to get rid of advertising like we do with apps from the Apple app store.
We've invested in a lot of companies that have something to do with digitalization of analog businesses. And then again, these are things where recent events have brought forward future demands. China is trying to use its own operating system much more because the United States may prevent its domestic producers from giving China technology. But it's been kind of also when we look at something like digitalization there's a current need that's grown a lot and then the future need actually has grown quite a bit also because people realize it's important for companies to be able to automate and say the process is impossible for company management to have a lot of information at their fingertips to be able to analyze it.
It's important for people to be able to work from home or work from the road in a very effective way. Again, I think within tax and especially within the technology parts of our China (unintelligible) with a digitalization focus. There is a future opportunity that was brou9ght forward to the present time and the future opportunity is a lot bigger than you probably thought it was or hoping it would be.
And then finally, within consumer I think it's much more nichy and I would say that consumer right now is pretty well-trodden. And so a lot of these producers that also are analogous to the healthcare and (unintelligible) companies where the current situation benefits in some way and that will change behavior for their consumers over a longer period of time. Taking a step back and kind of summing up, we probably see the best opportunities in healthcare and tech right now, particularly in healthcare and diagnostics testing and services in tech in the software space broadly speaking.
And then we see some niche consumer opportunity also, although I think from a longer-term standpoint and particularly the near term there might be an upcycle that we'll talk about a little bit later how the Chinese consumer is doing where there might be a little bit of a cyclical balance. We also see technical opportunities to consumer. Overall, there are a lot of things to be excited about.
Now on the risk side I think the principal things are reasonably straightforward. Number one, I think China went into the virus and (unintelligible) program thinking that the virus would be the equivalent of a heart attack and that the patient would be resuscitated with a V-shaped recovery. I think what China did not do successfully was the possibility that the virus (unintelligible). We do worry about the longer-term damage that could be done to economies all over the world or what that would mean for China's export and manufacturing businesses.
I think the second thing that's happened which has already got a lot of headlines of late, is China's foreign policy in the geopolitical environment, the function might have just gotten a lot, lot worse. It's had its bad moments. The phase one treaty was signed with the United States it looked like things were at the very least, stabilizing but now it looks like (unintelligible) geopolitics is on our mind in terms of sanctions, tariffs and other breakdowns or disorderly breakdowns in the way that the US and China economies are linked. We do worry about these two things.
And finally, I think from an overall standpoint we do worry a little bit about valuation because there have been values of a lot of the types of stocks that we like to look at in terms of the growth areas in China. We do worry that the average investor might be a little bit more short term and something you can look at if you look at one year PE, etc. And then we make a little bit of a valuation correction.
But you are (unintelligible) more typical in nature whereas export demand is possibly a serious cyclical issue and the second issue is geopolitics and the way that things work out between the US and China. That could be a structural issue that could create a new set of winners and losers within China. But overall, we think China as an economy, a bit of a loser, just like I think the global economy is a bit of a loser if the US and China decouple.
Lesley Stiska: Great. Thanks for the summary there. You mentioned valuations. Can you just talk about where you're seeing valuations currently, how you're valuing companies and were they stressed before entering into the economic shutdown?
Howard Wang: Sure. Going into the shutdown we looked at valuations using our five-year expected return that I talked about before when I was talking about our process. And roughly speaking, going into the serious part of the shutdown, so after the markets fell that first (unintelligible) the Chinese New Year holiday we were starting to look at China and the MSCI China valuation, call it in the mid to high teens. Now we're seeing - particularly I think with China we've seen a bit of a rally since then so now within our coverage universe see something that's much more in the mid-teens, about 13% or thereabouts.
And our five-year (unintelligible) MSCI channel we have 15% given that those markets whether it's US/China ADRs or probably even more damaging, like what's happened to a lot of the cyclicals within Hong Kong that are China companies, that's why there's probably about a 15% expected return. The way we look at valuations is really with that metric in mind, particularly for a growth investor as I mentioned (unintelligible). Companies in healthcare or software that might take some losses upfront and make a lot of money later on, or right now broadly speaking, there are a lot of companies in the (unintelligible) taking a loss and then will make money later on.
It also allows us to think about what possibilities in terms of like on a normalized basis and that's really (unintelligible) the foundation of the way we think about valuation. So as a whole, I would look at it, I think the market is (unintelligible). When we think about emerging markets in Asia-Pacific, the broader team that I'm a part of, we can find other markets that are cheaper, but we probably can't find a market with so many idiosyncratic micro-level opportunities like there are in China just given the vast size of the market and the fact that when you look at China onshore, the market is 80%, 90% any given day, is the turnover comes from retail.
So there are also just a lot of opportunities that come up for investors who are a little bit more patient. In other words, I think when we think about that 13% number that's actually not a bad 13% number because when we scratch underneath that we can find very high probability (10)s and we can find very attractively (20)s within that 13% aggregate number for China A.
Lesley Stiska: And that 13% is your five-year expected return forecast that's derived bottom up from the analysts that are looking at the companies?
Howard Wang: Yes. That's right. We are basically summing up those forecasts. And roughly speaking, the way we do it sounds quite sophisticated. It really is what PE do you take going in, what PE do you get coming out in year five, dividends, the FX backed US dollars and then of course the foundation for returns is (unintelligible) within five years. It's a pretty simple formula that we're using but we're finding (unintelligible) our company and then you're summing it up into that 13% as opposed to deriving the 13% top down.
Lesley Stiska: Got it. Thanks. More broadly, as US investors as I said at the beginning, people are pretty under-allocated currently to China, how should we be thinking about allocating to China? How big of a portion could it be of the overall market? Obviously inclusion is increasing in the MSCI emerging market indices. How should we be thinking about a dedicated China (fleet) for our investors?
Howard Wang: Well I think the very raw numbers say that within emerging markets if China goes in at a totally included (weight) without MSCI scaling it back, it can represent over 40% of the index fairly easily. And that's excluding all of the IPOs. There are a lot of big companies in China that just haven't even listed yet. For instance, (unintelligible), the people behind (unintelligible). That's a $100 billion company. That's a piece of (unintelligible) of influence put together.
So in other words, markets actually grow, push through new listings and through earnings growth, et cetera. So China becomes a very, very meaningful portion of the emerging universe. I guess if I were sending this here to someone who was looking at an EM manager, thinking about what do I need to carve out China, I guess the question really is, is the EM manager prepared to research China the way that China needs to be researched since I think we need to remember, the average domestic fund manager who is in kind of a top 20, top 30, top 40 fund manager, these places have call it 15, 20, 30, up to 50 dedicated research analysts looking at fundamental equities in China.
That is the competition when we think about market efficiency. The question really is, is can the emerging market manager have that resource team to compete over the longer-term, against people like that? Because I think over the last two or three years it was quite easy to buy the first call it 20 names that come to mind in China for instance. And you did very, very well. Those are great companies - (unintelligible) the liquor manufacturer, there are some great technology companies, there's one really good pharma company that everybody holds. These stocks have done spectacularly well.
But when we look forward three to five years in terms of generating alpha you really need to get down into the weeds, understand the midcaps in China and the question I think really is, for allocating is, is your EM manager prepared to deliver that for you? And probably I think for instance, what helps at JPMorgan is we'll say hey, we're able to do that; we actually have that much in terms of resourcing on the ground. Not every emerging manager, even great ones, have that kind of resourcing.
And that's fine right now, but the (China) universe is ten or 20 (unintelligible) plus Alibaba. But the way the (China) universe might look in three to five years is going to get much bigger in index and it gets much more complex and difficult to outperform other people. That's really a question I think of structural resourcing because you need to have a lot of people looking at it and there's also a language barrier. Because the people looking at it will need to be able to read and write Chinese and preferably, you'll have people who are representing (unintelligible) in China.
Because in terms of predicting consumer demand, thinking about government activity, etc., it always helps to have people who are just really grassroots from there. So really I think speaking as somebody who is basically (unintelligible) that's probably the way I would think about emerging managers and whether one would need to think about China separately. Can they deliver that type of solution and bringing in the whole market and the whole economy?
Lesley Stiska: Going back to the trade war between US and China, there's been a lot of talk about supply chain shifting back to domestic markets, not just in the US but elsewhere. And it seems that that has intensified again recently. What's your view of the likelihood that this will occur and who would be some of the winners and losers if it does?
Howard Wang: Let me try to answer that question a couple of different ways. First, from a self-sufficiency standpoint, things like medical equipment and (unintelligible) necessity, I think there's a 100% chance. I happened to be on a panel a couple of weeks ago, we had a couple of prominent economists. One was (Penny Goldberg) who used to sit at the World Bank and was also (unintelligible) Economic Advisors. And just talking through countries and regions around the world.
And this is a universal trend that having gone through this pandemic, countries with the ability or with the capacity to do it, would want to be able to produce a lot of their own medical equipment regions use in medical testing of other kinds of mission-critical goods for the economy. So there's no question that everybody will want to move farther towards self-sufficiency.
But in terms of kind of the broader picture I think that you're referencing that the US and China has supply chain outside of this necessity. I think that there was - I don't want to call it decoupling but it was already a shift away from China prior to the Trump Administration, prior to the trade war, and that was a very natural economic shift because China just got accepted. Because a lot of the things that we are talking about - sophistication, Chinese corporates are ready for software, consumers are becoming much more sophisticated, this is a result of the average income in China having gone up a lot over the last few years.
The currency appreciating from back when it was 6 to where it is now, a reasonable amount as well. In other words, China's got more expensive because it became much more developed. And so because of that the supply chain has already been shifted. For instance, in our broader offshore China portfolios we own shares of the company that is the biggest (and best) textile player in the region, possibly in the world; the outsourcing. The upstream supplier for some people like Nike and Adidas.
And this company has already shifted half of its production out of China where it was (unintelligible) China into Southeast Asia. So it's got a big plant in Vietnam and it also has capacity for instance in Cambodia. So this has already been happening in the same way that Japan kind of gave way to Taiwan, Taiwan gave way to China, China is already giving way to Southeast Asia. It's also a company that globalized footprints because of the way the tariffs are set up.
So for instance, we own a company in Taiwan that makes servers as well as (unintelligible) significant capacity in places like Mexico because of the tariff regime there as a result of the old NAFTA and the US (MCA). I think what's basically happened is similar to the way the pandemic magnifies accelerated search in terms we saw at a micro level, the Trump Administration and the US/China trade war essentially (unintelligible) the supply chain (technically) already happened.
They said that China was already giving up things because it wasn't the lowest (cost) location anymore. That's (unintelligible) because the tariffs basically effectively are increasing the costs plus there's also the (unintelligible) and the need for China to become more self-sufficient on certain things were you to depend on global supply chain. So I think we'll probably see a lot more especially around the portfolio, with tech manufacturing in China both around this.
What does China need to become self-sufficient? Where does China have the capability to be self-sufficient? Where you have a company that is able to produce something at a profit and not just produce a lot of substandards (created) at a loss. So this is something that's already been happening. It's accelerated and it's something that's already informing our investment thinking.
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Q: How to escape an asterisk in a Python related library? I'm working with PYKD, a library, used for writing Python scripts for Windbg.
One of the functions, typedVar, seems not to work when handling type names who contain an asterisk:
(In a Windbg session):
.load pykd.pyd // Load PYKD library
!py            // enter an interactive Python session

>>> print typedVar('CMap<unsigned long,unsigned long,int,int>', 0x02d729dc).m_nCount
Int4B at 0x2d729e8 Value: 0x4 (4)
=> ok!
>>> print typedVar('CMap<int,int,ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > > >', 0x02ca2568).m_nCount
Int4B at 0x2ca2574 Value: 0x7 (7)
=> ok!

>>> print typedVar('CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeException: CMap<int,int,void *,void *> : invalid type name
=> NOK (most probably because of the asterisk)

I believe this is caused by the asterisk, being interpreted as a wildcard, so I'd like to use an escape character, in order to use the asterisk as a "normal" character, but this seems not to be that simple:
Using a backslash:
>>> print typedVar('CMap<int,int,void \*,void \*>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeException: CMap<int,int,void \*,void \*> : invalid type name

Doubling the asterisk:
>>> print typedVar('CMap<int,int,void **,void **>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeException: CMap<int,int,void **,void **> : invalid type name

Does anybody know the escape character for regular expressions in Python (in case it's not a backslash or doubling the character)?
Thanks in advance
Oh, before I forget: the mentioned type is present in the application's symbols, as you can see here:
for tp in app.enumTypes("*CMap<*"):
  print tp
...
CMap<int,int,void *,void *>
...

Edit after first comment and reply
These are the commands I used (with the r and the u):
>>> print typedVar(r'CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(u'CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(rr'CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(r'''CMap<int,int,void *,void *>''', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(r''CMap<int,int,void *,void *>'', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(ru'CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount
>>> print typedVar(ru'CMap<int,int,void *,void *>', 0x0054ac10).m_nCount

Edit after further use of the newest PYKD library
Unfortunately there still is an issue, as you can see from following excerpt:
0:000> .load pykd.pyd
0:000> .chain
Extension DLL search Path:
    ...
Extension DLL chain:
    pykd.pyd: image 0.3.4.2, API 1.0.0, built Sat Nov 17 13:06:54 2018
        [path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\winext\pykd.pyd]
    ...
0:000> !py

  >>> dprintln("%d" % typedVar('Application!CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>', 0x064ad440).m_nCount)
  2
  => An asterisk in the type name can sometimes be handled
  >>> dprintln("%d" % typedVar('Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>', 0x064ad328).m_nCount)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  AttributeError: typed var has no field 'm_nCount'
  => But sometimes there still are issues.
     The error message clearly shows that the typename is known.

What might be the issue here? Can I do anything to add more detailed debugging information?
Edit after new proposal from ussrhero
typeInfo seems to be empty:
>>> print(typeInfo('Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>'))
class/struct : CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *> Size: 0x0 (0)

Here another CMap related typeInfo for reference reasons:
>>> print(typeInfo('Application!CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>'))
class/struct : CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int> Size: 0x1c (28)
   +0000 __VFN_table             : VTable*
   =0000000000 classCObject      : CRuntimeClass
   +0004 m_pHashTable            : CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::CAssoc**
   +0008 m_nHashTableSize        : UInt4B
   +000c m_nCount                : Int4B
   +0010 m_pFreeList             : CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::CAssoc*
   +0014 m_pBlocks               : CPlex*
   +0018 m_nBlockSize            : Int4B

Here a typeInfo of a non-existing class (also for reference reasons):
>>> print(typeInfo('Application!NonExisting_Class'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
SymbolException: 'NonExisting_Class' - symbol not found

=> So the class, giving the problem, is known, but can apparently not be handled.
Edit after last update from ussrhero:
dt and dx seem to mention everything is ok for the other CMap:
0:000> dt 0x064ad440 CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>
Application!CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>
   +0x000 __VFN_table : 0x01503444
   +0x004 m_pHashTable     : 0x06ab9ad0  -> (null)
   +0x008 m_nHashTableSize : 0x186ab
   +0x00c m_nCount         : 0n2
   +0x010 m_pFreeList      : 0x063c953c CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::CAssoc
   +0x014 m_pBlocks        : 0x063c9518 CPlex
   +0x018 m_nBlockSize     : 0n10
0:000> dt 0x064ad440 CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int> m_nCount
Application!CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>
   +0x00c m_nCount : 0n2
0:000> dx (CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>*) 0x064ad440
(CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>*) 0x064ad440                 : 0x64ad440 [Type: CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int> *]
    [+0x004] m_pHashTable     : 0x6ab9ad0 [Type: CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::CAssoc * *]
    [+0x008] m_nHashTableSize : 0x186ab [Type: unsigned int]
    [+0x00c] m_nCount         : 2 [Type: int]
    [+0x010] m_pFreeList      : 0x63c953c [Type: CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::CAssoc *]
    [+0x014] m_pBlocks        : 0x63c9518 [Type: CPlex *]
    [+0x018] m_nBlockSize     : 10 [Type: int]

dt and dx seem to mention there is a problem for that particular CMap:
0:000> dt 0x064ad328 CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>
Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>
0:000> dt 0x064ad328 CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *> m_nCount
Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>
0:000> dx (CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>*) 0x064ad328
Error: Unable to find type 'CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *> *' for cast.

However, the symbols seem not to have a problem:
0:000> x /2 Application!CMap<*vftable*
...
0152e944          Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>::`vftable'
...
01503444          Application!CMap<ATL::CStringT<wchar_t,StrTraitMFC_DLL<wchar_t,ATL::ChTraitsCRT<wchar_t> > >,wchar_t const *,unsigned int,unsigned int>::`vftable'

Apparently we are dealing here with a Windbg issue. How can we find out if this is a known Windbg issue or a new one? Where are those issues collected? (For your info, I'm working with Windbg 10.0.16299.15 X86 for Windows 10, Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.345), but also Windbg Preview seems to have this bug.

A: It is a pykd bug:
https://githomelab.ru/pykd/pykd/issues/33
It will be fixed next release

A: typedVar does not interpet type name. You must use the same type name as it is contained in the symbol information.
Try to find it with dt command:
dt CMap*

Or with pykd:
print( "\n".join( module('ModuleName').enumTypes('CMap*') )

I believe it will look like 'CMap<int,int,void*,void*>' ( without any space )

A: try to print out type information:
>>>print( typeInfo('Application!CMap<unsigned int,unsigned int,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION,_RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *>') )

A: Unable to comment but you could try r'string' which is explained here
What exactly do "u" and "r" string flags do, and what are raw string literals?
Or if you're able to, swap the pointer for any unsigned 64 bit data type.

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All entrees include Fresh Green Salad, Yellow Squash, Oven Roasted Potatoes, Rolls, Butter and Peach Cobbler with Iced Tea to drink. Cost of the luncheon is $16.00 per person.
Boots & Bluebonnets is the Region Seminar June 15-19, 2016 in Dallas, TX. The classes and registration form are on the Region Website egascr.org. Check out the classes.
If you are not getting Emails from National including the January edition of E-News and the Region newsletter STITCHES contact egahg@egausa.org. You don't want to miss anything. National is doing a new online course: Patriotic Sparkers II taught by Margaret Bendig. They are really cute.
Leslie Gagliardi, EGA President, chose a collection of projects for her National Outreach Project. The cost of instructions for all four of the projects is $30.00 all proceeds to Alzheimer's disease research. The pictures are in the January E-News from National.
Can you believe it is February? So how well did we do on our SAL pieces? I am struggling with trying to get the silk to lay flat on my piece and the metallic to show up with some sparkle and definition. It may be why I put the piece away. I am so close to getting to the part I love about the design. I am trying to persevere. Wish me luck.
For me this month is a little bitter sweet. Some of you know that one of my cousins passed away in May of 2015 of heart disease. What you may not know is that she is the one who taught me to cross stitch. Her birthday would have been this month and it is hard to pick up my stitching and not think about her. I miss her dearly.
February has been designated "Stitch In Public Month" with the official day being February 6. I would like to encourage those of you who may not attend the Stitch-Ins on a regular basis that we hold at the local libraries to make an effort to attend one of these events. Remember our primary goal is to foster an awareness and appreciation for the art of needlework and embroidery.
We will be teaching a children's class in February at Forrest Hill Library on February 27, 2016. If you would like to help the Guild teach, please contact Joan Vanderbrink.
All I can say is WOW! We have some extremely talented people whose talents extend beyond the world of embroidery. I enjoyed getting to see everyone's other interest at our January meeting. Are there other aspects of your other interest that you can carry over into your stitching? Would you like to give a program on it? What other techniques would you like to see the guild do a program on?
Final in a three part series. I started by listing some of the sources on the web that I used to gather material for our class. Part 2 was a list of steps for the fabric dyeing process. Part 3 covers the steps you'll follow for dyeing floss.
Use the plastic table cloth to cover your work area. Tape down with masking tape to keep it from shifting.
Wear clothes that you will not mind if you get dye on them. Use gloves to prevent staining to your hands. Use an apron to keep your clothes from getting dirty.
Prepare the dyes that you will be using to dye your floss.
Be sure to shake up the liquid RIT dye before using. I used equal parts hot water to liquid RIT dye. For example: I used 3 tablespoons of dye, and 3 tablespoons of hot water. You do not need to mix a lot of each color dye if you are using multiple colors.I mixed the dyes in plastic cups for ease of clean up.Measuring spoons are helpful; however, plastic spoons can be used if you do not want to dedicate a set of measuring spoons. Do not use any utensil that you will use for cooking afterwards. Use a permanent marker to indicate the color in the cup. Place a dedicated foam brush in each cup and stir. You will be using Vinegar to set your dyes, so fill a small spray bottle with vinegar.
Prepare your floss for dyeing.
For Pre-cut Floss: Remove the paper bands from the floss.
For Floss in Cones or Balls: Cut the desired amount that you want to dye.
Use sturdy cardboard at least 5" long to wrap your cut length around. Remove the wrapped floss from the cardboard. Wet the floss prior to dyeing. Using a small disposable plastic container, place a squeeze of dishwashing liquid and fill with warm water.
Wet your floss thoroughly in the soapy warm water. Let it soak for a few minutes.
Try to maintain the shape of the floss without tangling it. Rinse in warm water to remove the soap. Place the wet floss on a pre-cut piece of plastic wrap. Use the foam brushes in your prepared dyes to add color to your floss.Apply in sections for a variegated look. Once you have added color to one side, carefully flip over the floss and coat the other side with color.
Make sure to use the same colors of dye in the same sections of thread or you will get a muddy mottled affect. That's fine if that is what you are trying to achieve. Once you have finished applying color to your floss, spray with vinegar and wrap in the plastic wrap.
Place your wrapped floss packet in the microwave and heat in 10 second increments to heat your floss and create a little steam. Watch carefully. This should not take more than 30 seconds. How long it actually takes will depend on the wattage of your microwave. Make sure you do not heat it too long or you will melt the plastic wrap and/or burn your floss.
Be careful when you remove your floss from the microwave. It will be hot. You may want to let it cool down a little before you remove the plastic wrap from your floss to rinse it.
Rinse your floss in warm water till it stops releasing dye. Set on paper towel to dry completely before using.


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Gardai fear suspected Monaghan 'bloodbath killer' may take murder secret to the grave
The scene was so bloody that it was initially suspected Mooney – who served jail time for the repeated sexual abuse of a boy almost 20 years ago – had been stabbed. But it is now understood he was beaten to death with a weapon.
Michael O'TooleCrime Correspondent
The body being removed from the scene were gardaí were called to a house in Knockreagh Lower, Broomfield. (Image: Mick O'Neill.)
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Gardai now fear they will never know why suspected killer Kieran Hamill brutally murdered sex offender Chris Mooney in his own home, it emerged last night.
A source said: "Hamill took his secrets with him to the grave" – as the families of both men prepare for their separate funerals later today.
The Irish Mirror has established that gardai probing Thursday's horror attack in Co Monaghan have found no evidence that Hamill, 37, disclosed abuse by Mooney to anyone.
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The insider added: "There were no complaints made to gardai and there is nothing at this stage to suggest that he confided in any family or friends.
"There is lots of speculation, but we have to go on evidence and we have nothing on any allegations from Hamill about Mooney.
"We may never know., Hamill took his secrets to the grave and so did Mooney.
"There is no doubt that there was some personal grudge – burglary has been ruled out as a motive.
"But it is possible we will never know why."
Gardai are still waiting on forensic tests to confirm who killed Mooney, 60, in his Broomfield, Castleblayney home.
But sources have said there is little doubt it was Hamill, who was from Culloville which is just over the border in Co Armagh.
Kieran Hamill (Image: Supplied)
The killer, who matched the general description of Hamill, was disturbed by Mooney's brother Peter and shouted "he had it coming" before fleeing.
Around 20 minutes later, Hamill was killed instantly as he walked on a border road – away from Castleblayney and towards Culloville. Sources said once forensic results were back later this week, the tests would link Hamill to the gruesome killing of Mooney.
And that would mean both the killer and victim are confirmed dead – which would see the case closed.
Instead of a criminal investigation, gardai would prepare a file for the coroner for an inquest into their deaths.
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He was struck by a car on the Ballynacarry Bridge at around 6.45am – 25 minutes after the suspected murderer was disturbed at Mooney's house.
As gardai continue their investigations, both men will be buried after separate funeral services later today.
Hamill's Requiem Mass takes place at St Patrick's Church, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh at 11am. He will be buried in the adjoining cemetery. And Mooney's funeral will take place at the same time at St Patrick's Church, Broomfield.
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He will also be buried in the cemetery adjoining that church.
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a number of charges – including one of allegedly assaulting a serving Garda.
He was accused of attacking the officer in Dundalk, Co Louth on May 30 – the same time he allegedly assaulted a woman.
He was also accused of issuing threats on the same day.
Hamill was also charged with the serious public order charge of affray relating to an alleged incident in Castleblayney on St Stephen's Day
last year.
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Mooney, who was jailed in 2003 for sex assaults, had become a recluse in recent years.
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PERSPECTIVES...Anthony DeLima
A collection of perspectives on different topics ranging from humanity's future, education, globalization, technology and other subject areas by Anthony DeLima
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Collection of Perspectives by Anthony DeLima on a number of interesting topics.
the impact of globalization
Walk into your local coffee shop and you will find yourself part of a cultural experiment on a scale never before envisioned. In less than half a century, the coffee chain has grown from a single outlet in Seattle to more than 21,000 stores around the globe. Each day near identical stores serve near identical coffee in near identical cups to hundreds of thousands of people. For the first time in history, your morning coffee tastes the same no matter if you are sipping it in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires or Hong Kong.
Of course, it is not just your local coffee shop. Pick any global brand and you will recognize their presence in most countries around the world. It is easy to see this homogenization as loss of diversity, identity or the westernization of society. But, the rapid pace of change also raises the more interesting question of why – over our relatively short history - do we have so many distinct cultures in the first place. And, if diversity is a part of our psychological make-up, how will we fare in a world that is increasingly bringing together people from different cultural backgrounds and traditions?
As far as we can tell, around 60,000 years ago, cumulative cultural adaptation was what propelled modern humans out of Africa in small tribal groups, by enabling us to acquire knowledge and produce technologies suitable to different environments. Eventually these tribes would occupy nearly every environment on Earth – from living on ice to surviving in deserts or steaming jungles, even becoming sea-going mariners as the Polynesians did. And amongst each one we see distinct sets of beliefs, customs, language and religion.
The importance of the tribe in our evolutionary history has meant that natural selection has favoured in us a suite of psychological dispositions for making our cultures work and for defending them against competitors. These traits include cooperation, seeking affiliations, coordinating activities, and tendencies to trade and exchange goods and services. The Dutch became experts at this. Thus we evolved cooperation and sociality beyond relations among family members, to making cooperation work among wider groups of people.
In fact I believe that the success of cooperation as a strategy has been in a key driver in our evolutionary path towards living in larger and larger social groupings that bring together people from different origins. The economies of scale that we realize even in large groups are significant. Large groups also benefit from the efficiencies that flow from a division of labour, and from access to a vast shared store of information, skills and technology. It's interesting to note that not all nations/countries, in particular those in a developing stage have recognized the value of the larger group. In fact some still pursue a tribal instinct of protect, command and control.
a one world culture
Not so surprisingly, the very psychology that allows us to form and cooperate in small tribal groups is enabling humanity to form into the larger social groupings of the modern world. Early in our history most of us lived in small groups of maybe 50 to 200 people. At some point tribes formed that were essentially coalitions of groups. Collections of tribes later formed into chiefdoms in which for the first time in our history a single ruler emerged.
Several chiefdoms would eventually come together in city-states such as Catal-Huyuk (world oldest city in Anatolia Turkey) or Jericho in the Palestinian West-Bank. City-states gave way to nation states, and eventually to collections of states such as the U.S. or the U.K. emerged, and even in our modern world to collections of nations such as seen in the European Union. At each step formerly competing entities discovered that cooperation could return better outcomes than endless cycles of betrayal and revenge. It should be noted that this has not always been the case, but more often than not, it has.
This is not to say that cooperation is easy, or that it is not subject to reversal. Just look at the outpouring of cultural diversity that sprang up with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite being suppressed for decades, almost overnight Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and Dagestan came onto our world maps, all differentiated by culture, ethnicity, and language.
Therefore I believe that there is no reason to rule out a "one world" culture - and in some respects, as Starbucks vividly illustrates, we are already well on our way to accomplishing this.
But two factors looming on the horizon are likely to slow the rate at which global cultural unification will happen. One is resource, the other is demography. Cooperation has worked throughout history because large groups of people have been able to use resources more effectively and provide greater prosperity and protection than smaller groups. But that could change as resources become scarce.
I think there, this must be one of the most pressing social questions that we must answer - because if people begin to think they have reached what we might call 'peak standard of living' then they will naturally become more self-interested as the returns from cooperation begin to leak away. After all, why cooperate when there are gains to be made?
Related to this, the dominant demographic trend of the next century will be the movement of people from poorer to more affluent regions of the world. Diverse people will be brought together who have little common cultural identity of the sort that historically has prompted our cultural nepotism, and this will happen at rates that exceed those at which they can be culturally integrated.
At first, I believe, these factors will cause people to pull back from whatever level of cultural 'scaling' they have achieved to the previous level. An example is the nations of the European Union squabbling over national versus EU rights and privileges. A more troubling example might be the rise of nationalist groups and political parties or far right groups as can be found in various European nations.
One early sign of a sense of decline in 'social relatedness' might be the increasing tendency of people to avoid risk, to expect safety, to be vigilant about fairness, to require and to be granted "rights." These might all be symptoms of a greater sense of self-interest, brought about perhaps by declines in the average amount of "togetherness" we feel. When this happens, we naturally turn inwards, effectively reverting to our earlier evolutionary instincts, to a time when we relied on kin selection or cooperation among families for our needs to be met.
Against this backdrop the seemingly unstoppable and ever accelerating cultural homogenization around the world brought about by travel, the Internet and Social networking (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Blogs), although often decried, from my perspective is probably a good thing even if it means the loss of cultural diversity. But it increases our sense of togetherness via the sense of a shared culture. In fact, breaking down of cultural barriers – unfashionable as this can sound – is probably one of the few things that societies can do to increase harmony among ever more heterogeneous peoples.
So, to my mind, there is little doubt that globalization and the vast movement of people is creating great uncertainty and upheaval as resources, money and space become ever more scarce. There will be setbacks and conflicts. But if there was ever a species that could tackle these challenges it is our own. It might be surprising, but our genes, in the form of our capacity for culture, have created in us a machine capable of greater cooperation, inventiveness and common good than any other on Earth. And of course it means you can always find a cappuccino just the way you like it no matter where you are in the world.
A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
In the past going global made sense for just about every western company.. Western markets were extremely competitive, population expansion had slowed and income had flattened, and corporate operating costs were rising thereby thinning out margins. Developing nations, by contrast, where characterized by high population growth, relatively low wages, and a welcoming climate for foreign investors. As technology and communications shrank distances, chasing growth globally became universally logical, and trade and capital flows surged.
I believe that over the past few years, we've entered a different phase of globalization, which I call often refer to as Globalization 2.0. Governments of developing nations have become wary of opening more industries to multinational companies and are now carefully protecting local interests. Too, they are finding out that it's easy to do business with each other than to rely on traditional trading partners in developed markets. On the other hand institutions in developed markets now carefully select the countries or regions with which they want to do business, pick the sectors in which they will invest, and select local companies to partner with—slow moving, selective with significant focus on nationalism and regionalism.
Several factors seem to be driving this new era. First and foremost, many government in developing markets find it risky to continue to open their markets and sectors to foreign competition who often are more efficient, have greater leverage and as such can deliver products at better consumer price points. Two, some countries have accumulated significant foreign exchange reserves and boosted exports, and therefore have become less reliant on foreign investments. Foreign governments are defining national security more broadly—more dependence on foreign investments and trade means being susceptible to global crisis, which in turn directly drive increases in food prices.
Of great interest are developments in China. Not surprisingly China is now Brazil's largest trading partner. China, which is well on its way to becoming the world's largest economy, now sets international business rules and norms rather than follows them.
Finally, policy makers in developing countries are intervening to create uneven playing fields that give local players an advantage—they perceive more and more sectors to be of strategic importance and thus deter foreign companies from entering their core markets.
state run capitalism in developing countries
"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place olive, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Leaders in developing markets have come to realize that their markets are crucial to growing the economy and improving living standards—and therefore in some cases support autocratic or corrupt governments to stay in power. But they also realize that if they allow the market to decide which companies survive, they risk losing political power, as they would no longer control job creation and people's living standards. They may also inadvertently enrich those citizens who would challenge their power—an absolute 'no, no'.
The objective of state capitalism is to control the wealth that markets generate by allowing the government to play a dominant role through public-sector companies and politically loyal corporations (i.e., Electric Utility, Telecommunications, Transportation & Logistics, Ports). Whereas the free market system's for maximizing profits and growth is economic, state capitalism's goal is political power: to control economic development and thereby maximize the incumbent regime's chances of survival. It isn't a coherent philosophy but a set of techniques peculiar to each country. I can attest to this first hand.
But state capitalism is not necessarily just a developing-world phenomenon. For example, as controversy swells over the U.S. government's spying on foreign governments and citizens, doubts about the nature of American capitalism is also growing. People across the world who suspect that the U.S. is constantly eavesdropping on their email or cell phone calls will perceive U.S. companies to be instruments of America's form of state capitalism, which focuses on gathering data, information and thus global knowledge. Not surprisingly, U.S.-based IT, Telecomm and Internet-based companies are bound to face greater scrutiny abroad thus causing a globalization speed bump.
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