Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and leaders of some other major U.S. allies are worried about the possible policy of "no first use" of nuclear weapons being considered by the Obama administration. The fear is that such a policy would weaken the ability to deter aggressive dictatorships such as North Korea.
South Korea, France and Britain are also said to have privately communicated their concerns to U.S. officials about a potential declaration by President Obama of such a policy.
If Mr. Obama were to declare a no-first-use policy, it would represent a major change in the U.S. nuclear posture.
To read a Japan Times story on this topic, please hit this link.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered Economic Revitalization Minister Nobuteru Ishihara to draft a range of economic measures to end deflation and raise Japan's growth potential. The program will include a supplementary fiscal 2016 budget.
The government will submit the fiscal 2016 budget draft to a special session of parliament this fall, Mr. Ishihara told a news conference on July 12.
For The Japan Times's article on this, please hit this link.
As Chinese expansionism fuels fears all over East Asia, Japan plans to buy new fighter jets worth a total as much as $40 billion. Japan is increasingly worried about Chinese aggression in the East China Sea, where there are a number of islands whose ownership the two nations dispute. It's also worried about Chinese militarization of the South China Sea, which could threaten freedom of navigation in some of the world's most important shipping lanes.
Japan seeks a kind of warplane that will let it maintain air superiority over China. China's warplanes still lag behind those used by the U.S. and its allies, but Beijing has been building its capability, fueling a more muscular security agenda under Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who just finished hosting the G7 summit, plans to propose a fiscal stimulus package of as much as $90.7 billion after warning G7 leaders that the global economy faces a significant risk of another crisis like that in 2008. Many observers, however, think that his fears are exaggerated.
The proposed stimulus will include accelerating the construction of a magnetic-levitation train line from Nagoya to Osaka, issuing vouchers to boost consumer spending, increasing pay for child-care workers and setting up a scholarship fund. Hit this link.
(May 30th, 2016) G7 Summit host Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, said he and the other leaders of the most important industrialized democracies share a strong "sense of crisis'' about the global economic outlook.
G7 leaders wrapped up a summit in central Japan by, among other statements, vowing to use "all policy tools" to boost demand and ease supply constraints.
Mr. Abe referred to current parallels to the global financial crisis that followed the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse.


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At a glanceFriday, September 11, 2020
JPMorgan found evidence employees and customers misused PPP funds and other stimulus programs
JPMorgan has found evidence that some employees and clients misused loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to a memo bank leadership sent employees on Tuesday. In the memo obtained by The Hill, the bank didn't detail specific instances but said it had found customer wrongdoing involving the PPP, which was created through the March coronavirus relief bill to provide loans to struggling small businesses that could be entirely forgiven if used to pay employees and keep business afloat.
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP STATEMENT ON CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU SUIT
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG) and its U.S.-based subsidiaries Midland Funding, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. The suit alleges that the defendants failed to implement certain practices required under a consent order entered with the CFPB in September 2015.
"Encore is built on a foundation of treating our consumers fairly and respectfully," said Greg Call, the Company's Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Administrative Officer. "Our efforts in 2015 to implement the CFPB's new requirements under the consent order were quite thorough and effective, but for a very small percentage of transactions our execution was not immediately perfect. We have long since refined our processes, making the necessary changes to improve our operations, and provided appropriate relief for impacted accounts over three years ago."
CFPB using PSAs to boost redress reach
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a series of public service announcements targeting consumers who were harmed by Siringoringo Law Firm, Stephen Lyster Siringoringo, Clausen & Cobb Management Company, Inc., and Joshua Cobb.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Collectors and Debt Buyers Encore Capital Group, Midland Funding, Midland Credit Management, and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a lawsuit against Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Midland Funding, LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. The companies, which are headquartered in San Diego, California, together comprise the largest debt collector and debt buyer in the United States, with annual revenue exceeding $1 billion and annual net income exceeding $75 million. Encore and its subsidiaries are currently subject to a 2015 consent order with the Bureau based on the Bureau's previous findings that they violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Bureau alleges that Encore and its subsidiaries have violated the terms of this consent order and again violated the FDCPA and CFPA. The Bureau's complaint seeks injunctions against them, as well as damages, redress to consumers, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, and civil money penalties.
Consumer and business lending during COVID-19
Banks in several countries are offering deferred payments on credit cards, loans and mortgages for consumers and businesses facing hardship due to COVID-19. UK Finance reported that financial providers granted 1.6 million payment holidays as of 24 April 2020. COVID-19 has increased the financial industry's focus on digital offerings and increased demand from consumers to use them. With bank branches shut and long waiting times for phone support, even previously nervous digital users have turned to these channels.
Gov. Wolf Calls for Legislative Action to Help Homeowners and Renters Avoid an Eviction Cliff
With rent and mortgage debt mounting for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, Governor Tom Wolf is calling on the General Assembly to fix a state relief program to prevent many families from becoming homeless and enact a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until the end of the year. The governor was joined today by legislators and housing advocates at a press conference in Lancaster County.
Sherrod Brown faults the CFPB and banks for not letting borrowers know about mortgage relief during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is criticizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for failing to ensure that borrowers know that they're legally entitled to temporary relief from mortgage payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Take Action Against Debt-Collection Operation and Its Owners and Managers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), in partnership with the New York Attorney General (NYAG), today filed suit against a network of five different companies based outside of Buffalo, New York, two of their owners, and two of their managers, for their participation in a debt-collection operation using illegal methods to collect debts. The company defendants are: JPL Recovery Solutions, LLC; Regency One Capital LLC; ROC Asset Solutions LLC, which does business as API Recovery Solutions; Check Security Associates LLC, which does business as Warner Location Services and Orchard Payment Processing Systems; and Keystone Recovery Group.
Judge says Kansas City payday lender should pay $132 million to duped borrowers
A judge has recommended that a Kansas City payday lender pay $132.5 million in restitution to borrowers duped by their loan agreements. An administrative law judge also said that Integrity Advance and its chief executive James Carnes, a Johnson County businessman, should have to pay $7.5 million and $5 million in civil penalties, respectively
How AI will automate cybersecurity in the post-COVID world
By now, it is obvious to everyone that widespread remote working is accelerating the trend of digitization in society that has been happening for decades. What takes longer for most people to identify are the derivative trends. One such trend is that increased reliance on online applications means that cybercrime is becoming even more lucrative. For many years now, online theft has vastly outstripped physical bank robberies. Willie Sutton said he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." If he applied that maxim even 10 years ago, he would definitely have become a cybercriminal, targeting the websites of banks, federal agencies, airlines, and retailers.
AP Explains: US debt will soon exceed size of entire economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's war against the coronavirus is imposing the heaviest strain on the Treasury since America's drive to defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan three-quarters of a century ago. The Congressional Budget Office has warned that the government this year will run the largest budget deficit, as a share of the economy, since 1945, when World War II ended. Next year, the federal debt — the sum of the year-after-year gush of annual deficits — is forecast to exceed the size of the entire American economy for the first time since 1946. Within a few years, it's on track to set a new high.
Restrictions keep lenders, borrowers from Main Street Lending Program
NEW YORK (LPC) - Restrictions within the US government's coronavirus aid Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) are staving off borrowers and lenders alike even as new lending activity begins to pick up in the middle market.
California's 'Mini-CFPB' Law May Extend to Small Business Loans
Tucked into California's new law to expand its financial watchdog's enforcement powers over consumer financial products is a provision that could extend to online small business lenders. The bill, headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for his signature after legislative approval Monday, would transform the Department of Business Oversight and expand its ability to charge companies engaged in certain categories of misconduct, called unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (UDAAP). It's modeled after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's UDAAP enforcement authority.
PPP lenders nearing $10B asset mark fear regulatory nightmare
WASHINGTON — Community banks are urging Congress and regulators to exclude Paycheck Protection Program loans from their total asset amounts out of increasing concern that participation in the government's pandemic relief effort will trigger new burdensome regulations. Participation in the coronavirus loan program for small businesses has helped push numerous institutions' asset totals beyond $10 billion. Crossing that key threshold brings supervision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pricing limits on debit interchange fees and required compliance with the Volcker Rule ban on proprietary trading, among other things.

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Windstream continues to add services for their customers. It does 2 things: increases ARPU and makes them sticky. When was the last time you added a new service?
Oh, wait, you want to do it all yourself but spend so much time working IN your business that you never get to those projects. Why not just partner with someone? You partner with the ILEC (and in some cases the cableco) for the most critical parts of your business.


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Beauty secrets with Ally Ertel
Office caught up with supermodel Ally Ertel to discuss working with Marc Jacobs, why she would've been a counselor in a parallel universe, and her perception of fashion as a vivacious and enchanting industry. Read on for more, and look for her in office issue 06, out February 9th.
Text by Sasha Leon
Photos by Mitchell Connell
How old are you and where are you from?
I'm 26 and I'm from Florida.
Do you live in NYC now?
Yes, in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Someone told me you're vegan. How did you get into it?
I am! I did a school project with animals when I was 12. I've always really cared about animals, and people would always ask me about my protein and vitamin intake, and I wanted to have informed answers, so I researched. I found out about health and the environment and how it all works together and I loved it.
Do you have pets since you love animals?
I don't right now, but my mom does. She has five cats and two dogs, and I grew up around animals: hamsters, birds, fish, dogs, cats, horses, you name it. We would take in rejected cats from the shelter. We also had a blind hamster named Einstein who had a tumor.
Do you have a favorite animal?
Giraffes. They're super tall and elegant and they're also plant eaters.
What's your favorite food for an energy boost?
Fruit. All of them, but mangoes are my favorite. It's very high in vitamin A, high in water, and high in fiber.
So you kind of go by the seasons when grocery shopping right? Since you love fruits and vegetables?
I definitely do that yes.
What's in season right now?
Persimmons. They look kinda like a tomato, they taste very sweet. They're like a cross of mangoes and sweet potatoes. You have to wait till they're ridiculously soft and then they get really juicy and delicious. Citrus is also in season right now. Tangerines, oranges, etc. It's like a beautiful package of vitamin C; especially in this winter cold when we need vitamins.
What did you have for breakfast?
I had green juice this morning. One of my beauty secrets for sure.
What's the first thing you do when you wake up?
Drink an enormous glass of water. All of it. If I don't get that I just don't think clearly.
How many hours of sleep for you get?
At least eight. I'm not a morning person. My boyfriend is though, and that's definitely a challenge sometimes.
Do you have a ritual in the way you eat?
With travel I mix it up and I really try to eat seasonally so it changes every season. I'm also a little into routine. I have a green juice almost every morning and I really like salads for dinner. I also drink a lot of water. At least a few liters, and I also love to eat it. Cucumbers and Watermelons are about 90 percent water and super hydrating. Model cliches you fall into, but they really work.
How do you keep your face moisturized in the NYC brutal winter? Any tips?
It's actually something that Zenia (Office Beauty Director) introduced me to. I was using a moisturizer that I love from Eminence, It was this organic spa skincare thing. It wasn't cutting it in the winter so I switched to Weleda Skin Food. It's actually in my bag right now. It's amazing! She turned me on to it. She used it on set on me and I can't live without it now. I'm telling everyone I know about it. She put it on my face and my skin looked amazing. I also use this other amazing balm, a kind of body balm that's all organic. I'm really into organic products. It's in the farmer's market in Union Square. I bought a whole package for my agency.
Does your skin routine change while you're in different cities traveling for work?
When I travel, before I go on the plane I put a thick layer of moisturizer. It's so dry up in the air. But skincare is usually the same. I wash with fresh water and remove my makeup with coconut oil (if any).
Do you ever suffer from acne?
During fashion month I do get like one or two! But not really. I attribute my good skin to eating healthy and I also don't wear make up. I'm not wearing any right now. I like to let my skin free as much as I can.
Has your style evolved since getting into high-end fashion modeling?
Definitely. Not hugely. I'm always simple and comfortable. But it's definitely more refined, and now I see myself in things that I would never imagine. I'm sometimes like "oh that actually looks good on me!" I'm more open to trying weirder stuff. It's very fun.
Any up-and-coming designer that you look up to?
I have to admit, I work in fashion, but it's not my forte. I'm still continuing to grow. It's such an incredible job and it's been such a blessing to work in it.
Do you have a favorite one?
I love all of them! But Celine has been really good to me. They're probably one of the first ones I shot with. Classic.
What would you be working in if not modeling?
I almost went to grad school for counseling.
What kind?
I like the idea of working with families. I grew up with divorced parents, and then they remarried and divorced again, and I always love talking and helping people. I've become so passionate about health, fitness, nutrition, and natural beauty, so something along those lines as well.
Is there anything you would never agree to do as a model?
I used to say that but I don't say never anymore. I told myself I would never dye my hair and then I went red for a Marc Jacobs campaign and it was one of the best things I ever did. It stuck for a long time, and I had to go blonde again for something with Givenchy, but I loved it so much. It was fun. It taught me to not have too much attachment to anything and opened me up to more possibilities.
Is being a model as strict as people make it seem?
It can be at times. I usually check in with my agency about a haircut, or certain clothes to wear, but ultimately it's your own business. There are certain expectations that people don't realize at times, but at the end of the day you have to make the best of it. I think it's a choice to be in this industry and to do this job, and you can always say no to it.
Beauty Committee: Round II
Lulu gets oiled up with CBD.
Uslu Airlines Rethinks 'Airbrushing' in NYC
The makeup brand relaunches with a cloud of colorful hues and lavender mist.
Pucker Up
Dive deep into Neea Kuurne's daring lip art.
Claws Out
office has been hot for Natasha Blake, aka FUEGO Nails, since the brand began to blaze in 2017. And for good reason.
The London-based nail artist is known for what she calls "hot stuff"—her iconic, vibrant flames, and sometimes spooky religious iconography.
Blake knows the secret to success is a sharp set of claws. We wanted to dig in and meet the mastermind bringing the heat, so office sat down with FUEGO Nails to ask about her practice.
Photos courtesy of FUEGO Nails
Check out the interview below for more fire.
Left - Photo by Lola Webster; Model: Jade Jackman
Where did your love for nail art come from?
It actually started when I was around 9 years old, I always had an interest for it so my mother bought me a beginners kit from Argos. I'd sit and paint 90s flicks on her friends nails for £5 each—entrepreneurial even then! I see nails as an extension of someone's personality. People tend to look past them but at the end of the day we do everything with our hands, so why not decorate them as much as you would your face or with your clothes?
What inspires your work?
Pretty much everything! If I like the colours and style of something I'll try to interpret the design into nail art. For my birthday nails last year, the inspiration came from just an airbrush graffiti sign advertising local brew outside a pub in Brixton. Inspiration can come from anywhere if your eyes are open to it.
Is your work usually commissioned or do people like to let you decide what to paint?
It all depends! My clients mainly take inspiration from my page and create their own designs from that. In some cases I have free reign, which obviously is a nail artist's favourite thing to do.
Left - Model: @ashnikko
Right - Model + Photo by @2diosa
What's your signature style?
I'd say religious iconography would be my signature style. There have actually been times when clients have told me people have recognised my work from just seeing them in the street. It's even happened abroad which is amazing.
What's your favorite nail art that you've made?
It changes every time, but it's definitely when I spend hours and hours on a really detailed painting. For example Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Georgia O'Keeffe's Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills—they're probably my favourite to date. Other than that I love doing little characters with bold bright colours, Powerpuff Girls, Hot Stuff, etc.
Can you describe the feeling of having a fresh set of really sick nails?
Definitely like you can take over the world. I feel like it's innate in women to have claws, it brings something out in us, ferocity and power.
If you could paint anyone's nails, whose would you paint and what would it be?
Rosalía of courseeee! We've been in contact and it's going to happen! We just need to both be in the same place at the same time to create some magic.
The Anti-Rachel
Hair stylist Dylan Chavles' cuts are more than just cool—they're a political statement.
Juno Birch Attacks!
Meet the U.K.-based artist portraying artificial womanhood through drawing and sculpture.
Office Beauty Committee
Get to know our new beauty testing team: Kanako Takase, Mark Jen Hsu, Tina Outen and @tacobell_DSL.
Sal Meets World
All of the first grade teachers who enforce coloring inside of the lines have never seen the work of our friend, Salwa.
Creating looks that could have jumped right off of a Kandinsky or Mondrian and straight onto Salwa's face, this artist's looks make you wish you had paid a little bit more attention in algebra, or art, or beauty (we're not quite sure yet).
The UK-based beauty director has spent a little over a decade in the makeup world, and her epic skills confirm the validity of the previous statement. Balancing bold beat faces with a superb skincare routine, Sal spills her secrets to office beauty. So take out your pen and paper, you're going to want to take some notes.
Text by Lydia Arauz
Photo courtsey of @urgalsal_
Tell us about your experience with makeup. How long have you've been doing it for?
Salaam! I've been doing since I was 14 or 15 I think? I think it's one of the first times you try and find your identity against the background of being in a school uniform and with 30 other kids to compete with. And at the time, I just wanted to fit in a little more. As time passed, my traits of actively trying to be weird and edgy pushed me to try new makeup even though I didn't like it at all. I was trying to use the products to fit in, but I was going to do it my way. So the black lipstick started to show up, then deep purples, super bright reds, then the eyeshadow, coloured mascara, and finally, eyeliner. So if I was to congratulate anything in regards to my journey with makeup it would probably have to be my ego! As time moved on, so did my ideas of what makeup was and how I wanted to interact with it. It's sort of just led me here, where I can do fun things and inspire people and just let my imagination wander from my brain to my face.
Was your journey practicing makeup an easy one?
I would say yes. The only difficulty in the come up was being able to afford makeup. My household was not beauty obsessed, so new makeup items came as birthday gifts, or they didn't come at all. So that was pretty tough because I didn't have much to play with—literally. However, to do makeup? Never. I never stressed about it enough to make it difficult, if that makes sense. I just sort of did it, and swallowed the outcome regardless of whether I had an incredibly beat face or the liner on either eyelid were doing their own thing. Not twins, not even sisters, more like third removed cousins from your dad's side. But the mistakes made it fun and made it real I suppose. I was growing up in the age of the rise of beauty bloggers. I was just trying to make it real to me.
Did you always know that makeup was the career path that you wanted to follow?
I still don't know if it's the career for me if I'm being honest! I love it, but I hate it too. It's a toughie, but I will say that I love seeing the effect of beauty empowerment. That could possibly be a career for me. I just want to encourage people to not feel intimidated by makeup and really go for what they want!
In each photo you take, your glowing skin mesmerizes us. What's your secret?
Cleansing is key! Skincare is key! Natural sunlight is key! Also mix Weleda Skinfood with Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal, and you have the perfect illuminating base! Or mix Glossier Perfecting Skin Tint with Glossier Futuredew and apply with your hands like a moisturiser and you have another amazing base!
What does your everyday makeup routine consist of? What are your go-to products?
My go-to's would be: Glossier Invisible Shield SPF, Weleda Skin Food, Glossier Boy Brow, Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream, Kosas Colour and Light Palette in Velvet Melon because of it's bomb cream highlighter.
When I'm not doing makeup, I'm ___
Living a life of extremes, meaning I'm either being super active or vegetating in bed watching Netflix.
While creeping on your instagram, your usage of vibrant colors stands out to folks immediately. What draws you to play around with such bright colors?
I think you just said it, it stands out! It's engaging and playful and you can express yourself so much more louder.
If you could craft your ideal makeup product, what would it be?
Oh this ones a toughie. Honestly, there's so much out there, I don't think the beauty industry needs another thing.
What inspires you to create?
As vague as it sounds, anything and everything. I say this a lot but inspiration can come from everywhere, not just Instagram! Keep your eyes peeled and mind open, and if something provokes an emotion or response then take a second to engage with it and inspiration will flow from there.
What next can we expect to see from you?
I'll be starting a podcast with two friends and it's called "Tree Brownies", so keep an eye and ear out for that! Alongside that, I want to engage more with my community this year and hopefully be able to host more spaces that help facilitate dialogue and appreciation for my community. I also want to curate more photo projects, so if anyone's reading this and is interested feel free to message me!
Scary Good
A look into the world of Princess Gollum.
Meet London-based artist Magnhild Kennedy aka @damselfrau.
Emotional Haircut
New York-based stylist Dustin Elliott isn't "doing hair to get famous—I'm doing hair to listen to unheard voices."
Are You Hungry
When you take a gander through her feed, you'll never find yourself questioning why Hungry has acquired such a religious following—her eccentric looks comprise of ethereal elements like blacked-out irises and animalistic contours. Think nightclub looks… but on Jupiter.
Currently boasting over 469k followers in her Instagram cult (we're proud members), Hungry has come a long way from her start as a Euro drag queen over five years ago. office beauty sat down with the Berlin-based makeup mogul in our latest online exclusive.
Interview by Vivian Cheng
Styling and Makeup by Hungry
Photos by Milena Braune
You have such an otherworldly and unique artistic style when it comes to makeup. Describe your style in your own words.
I usually describe my work as distorted drag, as a lot of how I paint is still derived from the classical drag paint. Some characters are more abstract than others. Some have a very literal inspiration. I like to play as much as I can in the framework that I created for my brand.
Do you have a complete vision for your looks before you begin creating them? Or is it more that you go where the process takes you?
Everything, head to toe, is planned out, starting at the outfit and then, as a last step, is followed by the makeup, which I consider as just another accessory to complete the vision.
So many of the looks you create are packed with intricate details. Do you often practice creating one look a couple of times before you create it for a shoot?
I rarely practice a new look. My work is a constant process of building a catalogue of shapes and makeup concepts that work well together as a whole character. Whenever I come up with a whole new design, I might test it out on paper beforehand, but only as a rough sketch. This also means I ended up with somewhat less successful or slightly incoherent makeup looks for some shoots and events, but I think by now I do have quite a good understanding of balance and detail in makeup.
How long does it take to create one look?
Starting with the outfit, usually a month. The face alone then takes two to three hours from start to finish. I do work quite fast on myself, but I like to go back in a few times to get the details right and sharp.
Your work has these wildly ethereal elements within them, like graphic irises or blacked-out eyeballs. Do you combine digital editing with cosmetics to bring your visions to life?
Most of my makeup is dependent on the lenses I use and the negative space they leave in my eyes. I wouldn't consider it such valuable work if the shapes and illusions I create so delicately were just digitally edited. Makeup is still a physical craft to me. I'm happy about general cleaning and retouching, but most photographers wouldn't understand the intention of the specific things I paint, so I wouldn't allow just anyone to go into the actual paint work.
Are there any other artists, makeup or otherwise, that you draw inspiration from?
I still don't know how to answer the big question of where my inspiration really comes from. I am as inspired by the artists and people around me as anyone in this day and age would be. When I was younger, I didn't really have a way to find artists or art that inspired me, so I read a lot and tried to build the imagery in my mind. Now, whenever I find someone really inspiring, I try to reach out to them to see if a collaboration was possible, or I do a look dedicated to them.
Left - Pastel rainbow dress by Hungry and Alexandru Plesco.
What's the biggest challenge you've had to overcome since you began working with makeup?
Working with other faces would be the number one challenge. I went into makeup thinking it'd just be a fun hobby, then a great tool to use for my creative vision, but I'd never considered it as a career path. I do enjoy working as an artist behind the scenes, and after doing the proper training, I am also secure in working on models, but I'll always be most comfortable working on my own skin.
What are three makeup products you can't live without?
Number one would be glue. PROSAIDE is my weapon of choice and something I couldn't do without in many of my designs. Secondly, my black and white INGLOT liners are my current obsession, as I went through quite a lot to find gel pot liners of that quality. Picking a third is quite difficult, as I'm using so many products regularly, but at the moment I am adding my STILA liquid eyeshadows and glitters to everything. Simply beautiful product.
Left - Dress by Vivienne Westwood.
Right - Shoes by Dior.
Many of your looks channel an animalistic aesthetic. What animal would you be if you could be any animal, and why?
A squid. No actual reasoning. Just... a squid.
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Australia's Evolution Mining Ltd. (ASX: EVN) opened its new Mt. Carlton gold-silver-copper mine in Queensland on Wednesday.
The mine is expected to a have a life of 12 years with a projected output of about 55,000 ounces of gold per year at a cost of A$500 per ounce.
Full capacity production is expected in September.
As of the beginning of April, the mine had processed 10,000 tonnes of ore, with an average grade of 217 silver grams per tonne, and had an average silver recovery to concentrate of 67.6% with 689 dry tonnes of concentrate produced.
Evolution said it was "a tribute" to the business environment in the state, as well as the country, that the mine operation was opened in seven years.
The company has invested more than $200 million in the development.


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TORONTO — The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of the most commonly targeted brands used by cyberthieves in phishing attacks across North America, with a more than 600 per cent surge in fake email attempts in the third quarter, according to analysis by an email security firm.
Vade Secure's research shows that during that period CIBC was the lone Canadian company among the top 25 brands used by cybercriminals trying to trick people into handing over their credentials and confidential data, according to the France-based company's engine.
The Toronto-based bank was ranked 25th and used in an average of 5.3 new phishing links per day during the third quarter, an increase of more than 622 per cent from the previous quarter, the analysis showed.
The email security firm's chief executive Adrien Gendre said each of these links, which typically mimic official webpages, can be sent to thousands of users.
It's unclear what is behind the surge in phishing activity, but one factor could be CIBC's launch of its Simplii Financial direct banking brand last year, Gendre said. When users are less familiar with what interactions to expect, they are easier to deceive with a fake email, he said.
"Every new service, it's a good target for phishing… People will click more on it," Gendre said.
Vade Secure, based in Lille, France, protects more than 500 million inboxes and its conclusions were based on the phishing attacks detected by its artificial-intelligence powered platform.
CIBC said "cyber security is an evolving space that we monitor closely.
"We have multiple layers of security in place and continuously invest to safeguard our clients," spokesman Tom Wallis wrote in an emailed statement.
The email security firm's analysis comes as Canadian banks continue ramp up their spending on technology, including cybersecurity defences, and months after BMO and Simplii said that thousands of customers may have had personal and financial data compromised.
In May, BMO said hackers contacted the bank claiming to be in possession of the personal data of fewer than 50,000 customers, and that the attack originated outside of Canada. At the same time, Simplii also warned that "fraudsters" may have accessed certain personal and account information for about 40,000 clients.
A leak of user data is often followed by a wave of phishing attacks or a malware attack months later, Gendre said.
A few years ago, grammatical errors or language mistakes would easily signal that it was fraudulent, but now these fake webpages are often indistinguishable from the real thing, Gendre added.
The three top targets in North American phishing attacks during the third quarter were Microsoft, PayPal and Netflix, but other large Canadian banks were also among the 86 brands tracked by Vade Secure.
Bank of Montreal was in 33rd place with phishing activity up 317.5 per cent from the previous quarter, followed by Scotiabank in 47th place with activity up 53.1 per cent. Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank saw a drop in phishing activity, down 91 per cent and 57.6 per cent from the previous quarter, respectively, to put them in the 49th and 62nd spots.
However, during the second quarter, RBC was in the 21st spot with an 767.3 per cent increase in phishing links, according to Vade Secure.
Gendre said cyberthieves typically cycle through different targets, switching to a new one as users become aware of the fake links and their attacks become less efficient.
RBC's vice-president of cyber operations and chief information officer Adam Evans said that as the bank increases its global footprint it becomes a bigger target for phishing attacks, but it has layers of security to protect against these kinds threats. The bank has also been increasing its cyber security budget and investing in technologies to mitigate this threat, he added.
"Organizations that have a global footprint are going to be targeted more often and probably more frequently over time," he said.
BMO, Scotiabank and TD Bank did not respond to requests for comment.
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Isn't it funny how you find a combination that works for you and then it is your favorite love at the moment. I have a few this year.
I had fallen into the habit of just using cheap 99c store paper and stick on bows for my presents, so this year I was determined to change that. I am loving fancy ribbons on pretty papers this year and trying to make the package fit the personality of the person. Simple for men and glitzy for ladies. My ottoman has also become one of the hardest working spots in my house-my favorite dumping spot. These are the packages that I need to take to others homes. Perfect place to keep them all in one spot and not mixed up under the tree.
My favorite outfit is usually a pair of jeans and a tee shirt. This year I have loved adding the scarf to dress it up a bit and of course the leopard flats add a fabulous measure of chic. My go to bag has been this wonderful big leather one. It has a strap long enough to cross over the body for hands free shopping and is super light weight. It gets dumped here on the ottoman as soon as I walk in the door and is the perfect place to grab everything as I walk out.
Last present wrapped and I am out the door. I wrap stacks of different cookies and candies in celephane and tuck them into gift bags for a couple of gentlemen seniors that I work with. Each bag holds 3 doz. cookies and 1 lb. of fudge. They LOVE any kind of homemade treats and are always curious if I've started baking yet. haha I love hearing the stories they tell about all the wonderful things their wives use to bake. So precious.
Of course there's a few presents for this gift to us from the Lord - Bronx. He is such a special Miracle and we are all so Blessed. He is so much fun.
So I guess I would have to say one of my favorite things this year is the ottoman, it has turned out to be a great dumping staging spot. Easy to grab everything and out the door.
What's your favorite outfit this year and do you have a "dumping" spot too?
Marty, I love that you use your ottoman. It just states that you use your home and it is just not a place for show. Your packages are wrapped beautifully. Thank you for showing interest in the seniors. So many people forget about them this time of year.
You are one of those people who could even make tee shirt and jeans classy. I enjoy your blog so much.
Gorgeous! Love that leather bag, especially, Marty! Merry Christmas!
Marty, I love your "fancy paper" wrapping, and your gifts for the seniors is a lovely gesture! Merry Christmas!
I love buying wrapping paper from TJMaxx and HG and enjoy wrapping them beautifully as well! Love your HERMES bag, I was thinking of getting one but I think my hubs bought me a different kind. I really love it's style and would definitely get one sooner of later! Bronx is so big already and soooo cute!
I have all my gifts that I have so far (I think I am done) wrtaped and under the tree. Wish I had an ottoman to use for grabbing as I go out the door!! Love that idea! I made all the gifts that are in boxes special by using pretty ribbon and hand made bows too. The rest are in gift bags, either to big to wrap or for little Colleen who LOVES pulling the tissue out of the bags!!! Marry Christmas, Marty and I LOOOOOVE those flats!!!
Do leggings count as an outfit? Merry Christmas marty.
Bronx is so sweet!! Merry Christmas Marty!!
I think we all have a "dumping spot. :) Ours is generally the kitchen table. Bronx is sooo big. He has the cutest smile. :) We are all done and ready to enjoy Christmas also. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Marty!
Oooh, I love your bag, Marty! I've been using a bag lately that is long enough to wear crossed over my body. It is so much more convenient especially when I've been shopping and don't have to stop to push a strap back up on my shoulder. Your home looks so festive and the gifts so pretty!


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2022 Asian Equity Outlook: Well positioned to navigate tightening
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by Ashwin Sanketh, Portfolio Manager
We believe that Asian economies are well positioned to navigate monetary tightening in the US. Government finances are healthier, as are corporate balance sheets. Most Asian economies are digitising faster than their western peers, while consumption is set to receive a meaningful boost from economic reopening.
In China we prefer domestically focused quality companies in areas with a more favourable policy backdrop, such as the environment, industrial upgrade and innovative healthcare. In India, areas such as healthcare, the new economy, private sector banks and real estate appear attractive.
Within South Korea and Taiwan, we see opportunities in integrated circuit design, software, clean technology, content creation and industrial automation.
As for the ASEAN region, we favour Indonesia and the Philippines, and believe that the ongoing reconfiguration of supply chains will continue to benefit Indonesia and Vietnam.
"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.", said American humourist Erma Bombeck.
This piece is a bit like that.
Following a collective failure to predict the events of 2020, and modestly better success in anticipating some of the events in 2021, here is the latest instalment of our annual outlook. In 2021, I tried to read books from different genres in the hope that dabbling at the intersection of subjects would lead to epiphanies and insights that will make for a better investor. For instance, I learnt that it is apparently legal to be naked in Spain—anywhere, anytime. I also learnt that all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae i.e. bones in the neck (yes—you, the giraffe and the dolphin!). Also, that you are more likely to get a computer virus from visiting religious internet sites than adult sites. However, the crystal ball appears no less opaque; but I've elicited a few laughs and more than a few raised eyebrows at social gatherings.
I also learnt that a mega yacht exchanged hands for USD 650,000—which seems ridiculously cheap considering it has four storeys, two helipads, several lounges, a dance floor and a jacuzzi. So, what's the catch, you ask? The Metaflower, as the yacht is called, was sold by investor and developer Republic Realm in the most expensive NFT (non-fungible token) deal in the Sandbox metaverse, a virtual world built on the Ethereum blockchain. In plain-speak, it's not real!
It is hard enough to identify, understand and assess drivers of businesses and valuations IRL (an acronym for "in real life"—in case you too are a tech dinosaur), let alone attempting this in the virtual realm. But that's what the metaverse will force us to do in the coming years. It suffices, for the purposes here, to note that the metaverse is a digital universe, in every sense. For example, is a mall located on the digital equivalent of the Champs-Élysées as "valuable" as another equally large one located on the digital equivalent of Park Avenue? IRL, they're subject to different tax regimes, different interest rate environments, different cultures and different demand patterns. In the virtual world, they're more similar than they're different because the "weather" can be designed, and it will be equally easy to own/rent a "space" on virtual Champs-Élysées as it will on a virtual Park Avenue. And what really is "demand" in the early days of the metaverse? Will it be a case of "build it and they will come" or will it be a case of supply meeting existing demand?
As if that wasn't enough of a curve ball, the average half-life of a public company is about a decade (as noted by Michael Mauboussin1 a few years ago), implying that the investable universe is continually in flux. The eight largest stocks in the S&P 500 Index at the time of writing are also the eight largest stocks in the Nasdaq Index—all tech giants. The same is true in China, where seven of the 10 largest stocks in the MSCI country benchmark started off as tech businesses. This is as much a reflection of their dominance, as it is of the world's general shift "online". And all these companies are meaningfully different today than they were a decade ago. Morphing into "platforms", which resulted in stronger competitive moats, has now invited regulatory scrutiny, because governments are wising up to the fact that monopsony (the platform is the only buyer for all companies further up the supply chain) is just as bad as monopoly. And this is as true in the West as it is in the East.
Thus, the primary challenge facing investors—distinguishing between a company's fundamentals and the expectations implied by its market price—is growing increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, we are duty-bound to prognosticate, and prognosticate we shall.
We believe that Asian economies are well positioned to navigate monetary tightening in the US. Government finances are healthier, as are corporate balance sheets, allowing countries to calibrate their response to ground reality. Most Asian economies are digitising faster than their western peers, either because they have no choice, and/or because they have no legacy infrastructure investments to encumber them. Digitisation is deflationary; it also boosts productivity. Consumption is set to receive a meaningful boost from economic reopening even as a demand rebound in the West is supportive of Asian goods exports. As things stand, real rates are expected to remain at low levels in the US compared to those in Asia through 2022, pointing towards stable foreign exchange rates—historically another headwind for USD returns in "risky" Asian equities. Markets in the region are attractively valued compared to developed peers relative to the growth they offer. Foreign ownership is also at decade lows.
Citizen Kane?
Recently, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stated that the US wanted to slow down China's rate of innovation by working "with…European allies to deny China the most advanced technology so that they cannot catch up in critical areas like semiconductors". Also, China imports more than two thirds of its energy needs via oil and natural gas imports. To reduce external dependency, the Chinese government has decided to develop the requisite intellectual property and energy resources domestically. However, this requires investment and time, translating to slower, albeit better quality, growth in the coming years. To make that more palatable for the population, while ensuring a third term as president, Premier Xi Jinping has put forth an agenda of "common prosperity"; that it is a phrase that was used by Mao Zedong in the 1950s, and Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s, is telling.
Citizen Kane, hailed as one of the greatest pieces of cinema to come from Hollywood, is at once a metaphor for isolationism (evidently, a successful one!), and an example of the nexus of media and politics with one influencing the other. Both, or perhaps neither, may apply to today's China.
The move by China to tackle the three big mountains ("三座大山")—property, healthcare and education—has forced a fundamental rethink of the risk premium implicit in investing in Chinese equities. The handling of the Evergrande default is seen to have revealed the state's reluctance to condone profligacy, at the corporate level as well as by the banking sector, while instituting measures to reassure investors that reliance on excessive leverage will be penalised. Thus, we prefer domestically focused quality companies in areas with a more favourable policy backdrop, such as the environment, industrial upgrade and innovative healthcare.
That investing in the Hong Kong equity market no longer warrants a section unto itself, with the territory's market reduced to a footnote in the China section, is reflective of the realpolitik.
A comedy-drama with an ensemble cast, the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a tale of a group of retirees lured by promotions for the recently reconstructed Marigold Hotel in India and are surprised when they arrive to find the establishment in disarray. The characters come to terms with the past, deal with change and eventually come out happy.
Quintessentially, this is the story of investing in Indian equities—there's the lure of a better times to come ('this time will be different"), there's the realisation of ground reality (the "Hindu" rate of growth), there's change (of governments, of economic conditions, of central bankers), and there's eventually a happy outcome notwithstanding the bumpy route (~13.5% annualised USD returns over the past two decades).
This time perhaps is different after all. The ingredients for change are present in the reforms the government continues to push through. The production-linked incentive scheme introduced in November 2020 has some teeth, and gaining momentum. Earlier this year, the government also raised foreign investment limits in the insurance industry; announced plans to create an asset reconstruction company to manage bad debts of Indian state-owned banks; and revealed a new disinvestment policy that would focus on privatising state-owned enterprises in non-strategic sectors. The scrapping of retrospective taxation laws was also a step in the right direction. Should the walk follow the talk, the economy is well positioned for the next decade even if traction on these reforms isn't smooth. Thus, areas such as healthcare, the new economy, private sector banks and real estate appear attractive.
Run Lola Run2
As COVID-19 has run longer than many had anticipated, it has transformed what is "normal" for work, social interaction and recreation—with digital means replacing physical means to an unprecedented (I realise this word is overused—apologies!) extent. This in turn means that technology has never been a greater part of our lives, and if early murmurings about the metaverse are anything to go by, it will be the very fabric of our lives, literally and figuratively.
That semiconductor technology, and the attendant supply chain, will be essential to making this possible is a given. The networking, computation, virtual platforms, content and hardware that this entails translates to enduring growth, and hitherto unimagined areas of application. Both Taiwan and South Korea will remain critical therein. Absent an insider in the Communist Party's Politburo, talk of China taking military action against Taiwan, the US response given President Joe Biden's reaching out to Taiwan, and the resulting fallout, are entirely in the realm of speculation—possibilities with low probabilities. Time is therefore better spent identifying companies in this ecosystem that will be invaluable regardless; we find such opportunities in integrated circuit design, software, clean technology, content creation and industrial automation.
Wag the Dog3
Thailand, thanks to continual political histrionics and its poor handling of COVID-19, offers lacklustre prospects, in our view. Malaysia fares no better, for more or less same reasons.
Singapore's zero-tolerance policy vis-a-vis COVID-19 has become a case of the perfect being the enemy of the good, in our view. However, the progressive opening of the economy, albeit slowly, is a sign that there is growing acknowledgement of the economic imperative.
When Joko Widodo was first elected president of Indonesia some seven years ago, there was hope that he would usher in a new era of growth for the country. The embers of that hope had nearly fizzled out by the time the Omnibus laws were passed in 2020. Fortunately, the rise of the digital economy, no thanks to the government, has captured investor attention, as it has in the Philippines. For this reason, and notwithstanding political ennui, Indonesia and the Philippines offer attractive investment opportunities, relatively speaking. The ongoing reconfiguration of supply chains will continue to benefit Indonesia and Vietnam, in our view.
As yet another year goes by, and various events force a re-evaluation of our outlook, it is worth remembering American writer Dale Carnegie's words, "today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday".
Season's greetings, best wishes for 2022, and happy investing!
1 "Thirty Years: Reflections on the Ten Attributes of Great Investors", Michael J. Mauboussin, August 4, 2016
2 A thriller about a woman who needs to come up with a large sum of money in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend
3 A comedy about a spin doctor's bid to divert public attention
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Cet outil va vous permettre de représenter sous forme de cartographie des données brutes et de les analyser. Les experts disent que cet outil est à l'analyse de l'information ce que Photoshop est à la retouche d'image : C'est un outil complexe, mais donnant des résultats impressionnants. Gephi est encore assez peu connu en France, et qui est utilisé par des experts en entreprise. Les informations disponibles sur son fonctionnement sont assez peu nombreuses, et j'ai eu du mal à réunir les éléments que je vais vous présenter aujourd'hui. Mon objectif est donc de vous présenter cet outil en le simplifiant au maximum et en centralisant les informations qui vous seront nécessaires pour l'utiliser. Examples of Gliffy Diagrams. Gliffy's friendly editor, vast symbol libraries, and handy templates make it easy to communicate your thoughts and plans visually.
Two Examples of Animated Data Visualization. As market researchers pay more and more attention to the need for compelling data visualizations, Hans Rosling's work with interactive data is becoming a catalyst for a fascinating new type of data visualization: animated statistical graphs.
He uses them to show world social and economic trends over time, and the effect is exceptionally powerful. Here is a video of his TED talk well worth watching, in which the first eleven minutes are focused on interactive graphs: Others are following his lead, though not always to the same superb effect. Here is another animated statistical graph, this one documenting drone strikes and fatalities in Pakistan: In my view, this second one is interesting and it represents a worthy effort to explore animated presentations of data. By Joe Hopper, Ph.D.


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Владимир Иванович Борисов (25 ноября 1951, село Бея, Хакасская АО, Красноярского края) — библиограф, , переводчик, специалист по информатике. Известен исследованием творчества братьев Стругацких.

Родился 25 ноября 1951 года в селе Бея Хакасской автономной области Красноярского края. Окончил Томский институт АСУ и радиоэлектроники в 1973 году по специальности «Автоматизация и механизация процессов обработки и выдачи информации». Работал в Пермском НИИ управляющих машин и систем, Алтайском НИИ химической технологии, Абаканском технологическом отделе ВГПТИ, на заводе «Абаканвагонмаш».

Организатор нескольких клубов любителей фантастики в Абакане: «Гонгури», «Центавр», «Массаракш». Является вице-координатором группы «Людены», занимающейся исследованием творчества братьев Стругацких. Редактор-издатель ньюслеттеров «Понедельник», «Громозека», «Тарантога», «Tolkien News» и фэнзина «Проксима». Один из авторов первой отечественной «Энциклопедии фантастики» (1994) и составитель известной двухтомной энциклопедии «Миры братьев Стругацких» (1999).

Автор более 500 статей по фантастике, нескольких переводов с польского, английского, испанского, болгарского, немецкого, чешского.

Разработчик информационно-поисковой системы «Фантастика»; организатор и модератор ряда тематических сетевых конференций в ФИДО.

Редактор официального сайта братьев Стругацких, ведущий разделов «Календарь» и «Текущая библиография» на сайте «Русская фантастика»; один из авторов интернетовской «Экстелопедии фэнтези и научной фантастики»

Лауреат премии им. И. Ефремова (2001) — за вклад в развитие и пропаганду фантастики. Лауреат АБС-премии (2016) — за книгу «Станислав Лем» (совм. с Г. Прашкевичем)

В кругах любителей фантастики известен под аббревиатурой «БВИ» (первые буквы имени фамилии и отчества и намёк на «Большой Всепланетный Информаторий» — прообраз сети интернет в творчестве Стругацких).

Владимир Борисов входит в редакционный совет журнала «Шалтай-Болтай».

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The Lord Jesus was about to be crucified and was treated horribly at the high priest's house. Worried about how the trial would unfold, Peter snuck into the courtyard. Then a servant girl and some men said, "You are a disciple of Jesus, aren't you?" Peter denied this, saying, "That's absurd; I am not!" Just as he denied, the rooster crowed three times. At that moment, the Lord Jesus found beloved Peter standing there through the window, and gazed at him.
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." So Peter went out and wept bitterly.
Peter had said, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You" (Matt. 26:35)! and yet he ran away at Gethsemane. He not only fled. While everyone treated the Lord Jesus horribly, Peter denied his Lord three times.
The Lord Jesus gazed at this Peter. At that moment, Peter's stubborn ego crumbled to pieces. Oh, the silent gaze of the Lord Jesus, His loving eyes! Forgetting even the sufferings of His own impending death, the Lord Jesus gazed at him with loving eyes. This moment is the most beautiful scene of love in all the Gospels.
"Ah…, I have done something terrible," Peter lamented. After realizing his dreadful sin, Peter's heart was torn; he became distressed and could no longer look up to the Lord's face. All Peter could do was to flee in the dark night and just weep bitterly. "The Messiah, all my hope—I denied Him—if the Lord dies, I will be in despair," felt Peter.
Peter's true repentance finally began at this moment. The Lord Jesus attentively loved and guided Peter for three years. Now the Lord was beaten before his eyes and subjected to a cruel religious trial. Once Peter saw this, his dreams, hopes, and even bright future all disappeared; he was utterly stunned. Until then, his ego had been preserved, and he did not face an impasse to the end. Therefore he could still manage to maintain himself. Now, however, like a crab whose legs have been plucked off and is left frothing, Peter desperately cried, "God, I am helpless!" Exhausting his strength, he found himself nothing and was despondent.
We can never experience drastic conversion because we have too much self and arrogance. We are not aware of our limitations. As the apostle Paul said, "For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor. 12:10). We are truly weak and miserable. As long as we are unaware that we are powerless and cannot live apart from Christ, we cannot attain a decisive conversion. While we are successful and boastful in this world, we cannot easily reach the height of faith.
During WWII, I was stationed on the frontline in China and served as an official in the economic team of the Special Service Agency. I was successful in my work and was proud. Many representatives of large trading companies and conglomerates would entertain me with drinking and dining. I mistook my high rank for my self-worth, which made me very prideful.
However, through a certain incident, I found myself so miserable. It was when I was confined in a military prison. At that time, I could not but cry out, "God, help me! Save me from the binds of death." I truly came to know my weakness, frailty, and worthlessness.
This wasn't the only experience I had. Later, God again blessed me materially. When Japan lost the war, I had possessed a large sum of money and enjoyed luxurious life.
After the war, when a U.S. military administrator issued an arrest warrant for me, I felt my weakness and powerlessness. Moreover, I feared very much from not knowing what would happen to me. I couldn't sleep at night, wondering when the military police would come and handcuff me. Although I think I had not been so weak or cowardice, I was very afraid.
At that time, I earnestly prayed, "Please save me." Then I gave up everything, because I sensed that God had chosen me and given me a calling.
Even after that, ambitions rose within me sometimes. However, remembering the times when I was forced into a critical situation, I knew how wretched, weak and worthless I was. That urged me to pray, "God, for the rest of my life I will live as your servant. You have been so merciful to me until now, and so I ask for nothing more." I made up my mind to do ministry.
However, it is quite the process until one is called by Christ and truly receives His calling. One's "self" is the greatest obstruction. When one attempts to minister with his own ambition and thinking he is somebody, Christ does not work. He cannot work because that person is not selfless. Christ uses people who are selfless and empty.
In his fearful limitations, Peter agonized and cried over his powerlessness. He despaired in himself, feared persecution, and faced an impasse. He fled to his home on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Awaiting him there was the Lord Christ Himself who had vanished like the morning dew on the cross.
On the eve of His crucifixion, Christ foretold His disciples, "After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee" (Matthew 26:32). As His words, the Lord was resurrected and manifested His spiritual figure on the shore. Approaching Peter and the others who had returned to be fishers, He awaited them with fish and bread He had prepared.
Why was Jesus Christ resurrected? He just wanted to meet His beloved disciples. He needed to tenderly guide them in order for them to perfect their spirituality and complete their faith.
At dawn, Jesus Christ stood on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. A new day dawned to the souls of the disciples who had been sifted by Satan like wheat, lost their way, and wept.
"Come and eat breakfast," Jesus said, without blaming, took bread, and gave fish. Simon Peter was drooping. What did Jesus say to him? He said, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these" (John 21:15)?
Peter could only reply, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." On the eve of the crucifixion, he said defiantly, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" Realizing he had betrayed his words, Peter could only say, "You know all things."
Peter could only speak the truth. He could not bring himself to say to Jesus, "I love You."
Jesus said to Peter three times, "Do you love Me?" When I received the Lord's calling, I did not think I could become a minister considering my past. I might betray Jesus at any time; I'm not much different from Peter. I could somehow continue ministering for twenty years; it was not because I had love for God, but because Christ's love overwhelmed me.
The Lord gazes with His loving eyes upon even someone like me who repeatedly turn his back to Him. Looking up to Him, I can only say "Ah, Lord!" I am simply struck down by the Lord's love. How can I say there is even a fragment of love within me? I only follow Christ who loves me and has lifted up someone so lowly as myself.
Jesus Christ appealed to Peter three times, "If you love Me, tend My sheep." He asked Peter to return once more to Jerusalem, to gather the scattered sheep (believers), and to become a shepherd to their souls and to protect them. However, Peter couldn't obediently answer "yes" and follow.
Peter had lost self-confidence. And yet, paradoxically, this is why Peter's heart had begun to slowly move toward the salvation of self. No matter how much zeal, success in ministry, or miracles he had had until then, he knew that his fleshly self would be of no use for God's great works.
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Q: Separating web.config sections using configsource in a server farm Looking ahead in the likely event we will build a server farm rather than maintaining individual servers etc I am looking into ways to reduce the task required for running an asp.net web application on a server farm.
With regards web.config files, I belive that all the web.configs need to be same on each machine. I assume that in the case where we use the configsource attribute to separate sections into their own files..eg:
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...that all these files also need to be the same. This certainly makes sense but does this work in a server farm? ie using the configSource links or would it be a better practice to have a single web.config in each app on each machine?

A: I would recommend a single web.config for each application and each machine.

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Who Manages Zambia's Wildlife Populations?
From its inception, the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has been expected to generate its own revenue, and has done so through consumptive tourism. This includes the hunting and harvesting of wildlife, which is largely conducted by safari hunters in Zambia's Game Management Areas (GMA's) and on unfenced hunting ranches. Special licenses and hunting by Zambian nationals is also permitted in Game Management Areas. The second source of consumptive tourism, includes the harvesting of wildlife such as crocodile farming.
Nonconsumptive revenue sources includes fees for lodge leasing and park entry, bed levies, fees for commercial filming and photographic endeavors, game drives, walking safaris and water-based activities. The Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) was developed as part of the enactment of the Zambian Wildlife Act (Number 12) of 1998. It was later amended in 2001 (Number 13).
The Zambian Wildlife Authority is the jurisdictional body serving to control, manage, conserve, protect and administer Zambia's 19 National Parks, 36 Game Management Areas (GMA's). It coordinates activities in such areas in partnership with local communities, and shares the responsibilities of management in Game Management Areas. It also issue licences and permits under this Act (sect. 5).


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Eric Lu wins Leeds International Piano Competition
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Eric Lu wins Leeds International Piano Competition (photo: Simon Wilkinson Photography)
The 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition has been won by 20 year-old American pianist Eric Lu.
As well as the title, and a £25,000 cash prize, this year's Competition carried with it a further attractive accolade – what the organisers describe as a 'portfolio prize designed with long-term career development in mind', which includes an album on Warner Classics and management with Askonas Holt. Furthermore, Lu also receives engagements with such venues and ensembles as London's Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre, the Manchester-based Hallé and the Oslo Philharmonic orchestras, plus recording opportunities with BBC Radio 3.
Such moments come fairly quickly too: this Thursday [September 20] Lu opens the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's new season with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4, under conductor Vasily Petrenko. Then the following day Warner Classics will release a digital single of a highlight from Lu's Competition performance, ahead of the full album release on November 2, featuring Lu's live Concerto performance from the Final with the Hallé, conducted by Edward Gardner, as well as a selection of recital repertoire from the earlier Rounds.
Second place was awarded to 28-year old German pianist, Mario Häring, while Xinyuan Wang, 23 and from China, was third.
The competition was broadcast on medici.tv, and all rounds remain available to watch at leedspiano2018.medici.tv for three years. BBC Radio 3's coverage of the Semi-Finals and Finals is available via BBC i Player Radio, and the Finals are broadcast on BBC FOUR television on Sunday [23 September].
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Are you looking for more ways to review for STAAR? In this session, create portable math review activities from Volume 1 of the Region 4 Math STAAR Workstation books. Participants will experience a minimum of eight activities designed to be stored in a folder. Make and take a copy of each folder and receive a printed copy of the Math STAAR Workstations: Grade 3 Volume 1. The book includes activities aligned to the TEKS and a license for digital access! These activities are TEKS based and may be used to enrich Tier 1 Instruction or as a review during tutorials. In the classroom, each review activity is designed to take 15-30 minutes and fit into a file folder that is easy to store and engaging for the students. There is a fee for this session to cover the book cost and required large print costs.


NRCan's Minister 'truth' veers farther from the facts.
After months of silence Gary Lunn has finally come out and stated publicly "Canada's New Government's" position on the moratorium on tanker traffic through the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound. According to the Tories it never existed.
Those reams of official federal government documents, the three reports by his own ministry, the Department of Fishery and Oceans time lines contained in powerpoint presentations, all the material we've amassed that clearly indicated that the moratorium has been Canadian Government policy for the last 35 years – According to Minister Lunn and Stephen Harper's Conservatives none of it is as good as the paper it's printed on.
Seems that former Ministry of Natural Resources staff, the Royal Society of Canada, former Ministers of the Environment , even eight past Prime Ministers have all been duped into believing BC's inside coastal waters were safe from oil tankers. Thanks for setting the record straight Minister Lunn. Under your able leadership our waters are not safe.
I just happened to be browsing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency website recently and came across the "Enbridge Gateway Pipeline and Marine Infrastructure Project" listed as actively under review. Perhaps the detailed proposal for an "oil sands product pipeline", import condensate pipeline, marine oil tanker terminal facilities and marine transport of oil and condensate doesn't count. Another fabrication by ill-informed civil servants perhaps?
Enbridge has put the Gateway Project on hold, yet the Federal Government has insisted on keeping their application active. This despite calls from environmental groups and a First Nations lawsuit that demand the termination of the application. Seems like the Feds are keen to hold Enbridge's place in the queue.
As a spokesman for the Conservative government Minister Lunn's position is apparently "trust us, the fate of our coast is in good hands". Given his propensity for whitewashing history and fabricating facts he thinks we should wait for another application to come forward and watch as Canada's biggest pro-oil government is lobbied by the planets wealthiest industry. I don't think so. There is too much at risk.
Oil spill emergency advisors we've talked to, pilots, and coastal workers familiar with the proposed tanker route see the current proposals as absolute folly. The conditions in Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and the Douglas Channel are just not suitable for massive tankers carrying petroleum products. It is not called the "Graveyard of the Pacific" for nothing. Hurricane force winds are routine, navigation hazards are numerous and tidal currents exceed the effective limits for oil booms.
The oil industry considers a 15% cleanup of a spill in ideal conditions a success. The conditions along our coast are far from ideal. Canadian oil spill cleanup regulations demand that companies have plans in place for spill up to 10,000 tonnes. The supertankers considered for the Kitimat route can carry up to 417,000 tonnes. That leaves an awful lot of oil in the water.
Nothing Mr. Lunn says changes the very real risk oil tanker traffic poses to our communities, economy and ecology. If Lunn could clean up an oil spill by simply denying it every happened he would indeed be one slick politician. But lets not count on it.


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Сан-Лоренцо-Ізонтіно розташований на відстані близько 460 км на північ від Рима, 40 км на північний захід від Трієста, 7 км на захід від Горіції.

Населення —   (2014).
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Two SFI External Professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
SFI External Professor Mahzarin Banaji, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
External Professor Pablo Marquet has also been elected to the NAS as a foreign associate — a nonvoting member with citizenship outside the United States. Marquet is a full professor of ecology at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
Election to the NAS is a recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Banaji and Marquet join 84 new members and 21 new foreign associates in the academy. A private, nonprofit institution established under a congressional charter in 1863, the NAS provides policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.
See the full list of newly elected members on the NAS website.


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Information you need before shipping your car from the United States to Angola.
Shipping A Car To Angola.
Using a container, it can be as inexpensive as $1,500 to ship a vehicle to Angola and other parts of South Africa.
Other methods can cost upwards of $3,000, depending on the method and type of car. It should be noted that Angola, like most other countries, has additional costs associated with importing a vehicle.
You may never have heard the terms 'door-to-port' and 'roll-on/roll-off' before, but they are very important terms to understand if you're thinking about shipping your vehicle from the U.S. to Angola.
Door-to-port refers to a service provided by an international shipping company that you would contract with for shipping/exporting. Included in that service would be the retrieval of your vehicle right from the location where you live, literally from your doorstep. The vehicle would then be transported via truck to the port of departure in the U.S. If you choose not to incur the expense of this service, you would have the option of driving the vehicle to the departure port yourself.
Roll-on/Roll-off (RORO) refers to one of the two main shipping/exporting methods used to transport vehicles internationally, the other being containerized shipping. With RORO shipping, a vehicle is driven onto the ship and lashed securely to the deck for transport overseas. You are charged for space the vehicle occupies on deck, and this is generally much less than in a container.
When a vehicle is shipped via container, it will be hoisted onboard the ship via crane in a container that will be either 20-ft long or 40-ft long. This allows for a more sheltered passage through the ocean, so you will pay a little more for it.
If you are one of those people who worry a lot about your car, you may want to consider purchasing extra insurance to cover its passage. This will often amount to some percentage of the car's total value, but it may be worth it to know that your vehicle is covered in the event of any unforeseen incidents.
If you are shipping/importing an especially expensive car, this is even more important and probably more worthwhile. While it is true that any kind of shipboard damage is rare during overseas shipping/importing, it is not unheard of.
Other Types Of Vehicles We Transport To Angola.
What to expect about Regulations.
There will, of course, be rules and regulations which must be observed at both ends of the journey, since two different countries are involved.
On the American side, you should be prepared with a bill of sale which clearly identifies you as the owner of the vehicle, as well as a title that is clear of all liens.
If your vehicle still has a lien on it, you must have a notarized document from the lienholder affirming their approval to export the car from this country.
U.S. Customs will require a driver license, registration, proof of insurance, and a fee for customs clearance, and the agency must be notified well in advance of your intended shipping date.
There will be port handling charges at both departure port and destination port which can be accurately estimated by your international shipper.
Customs in Angola will likely be through one of the two main ports, Luanda or Lobito, and your international carrier will be familiar with what is necessary to clear Angolan Customs. For the precise rules and regulations, the Angola Embassy in the U.S. can be contacted, and they will provide whatever information is needed.
The U.S. is a huge trading partner with Angola, so the two countries have relatively amicable relations, but it is still best to have all details accounted for well in advance, so as to avoid any unnecessary hang-ups. This will only cause delays in reclaiming your vehicle while it sits in port.
Required Documents For Shipping A Vehicle To Angola.
Whenever you're in need of topnotch international shipping services for heavy equipment or oversized cargo, call upon the help of A1 Auto Transport. With our knowledge of foreign import laws and access to the right haulers and equipment for transporting, we're able to ship almost any type of large equipment from the United States to Angola.
Our professionals at A1 will decide whether or not your cargo fits into the restrictions and standards held for heavy equipment and oversized cargo. Shipping services for this type of cargo tends to cost more since it weighs more and has larger dimensions. If we deem your cargo as heavy equipment there are several transport methods we have available depending on its size, shape and weight.
We have four transport options available to those wishing to ship their heavy equipment and oversized cargo to Angola. Of course, which of these options are available to you will depend on the specifications of your cargo. Some of these shipping methods are less expensive than others and are only available to certain customers. Allow our professionals at A1 to help you make a decision with your shipping options. To give you some further insight, below is a list of the transport methods available.
RoRo Shipping (Roll On/ Roll Off) – this method is the cheapest and easiest way to ship oversized cargo overseas. Not all sea ports accept this form of shipping but we will make sure we ship to the nearest sea port that allows RoRo deliveries and have ground transportation waiting for the remainder of the cargo's travels. This method is an open air service that leaves your cargo exposed to the elements. Take advantage of our insurance plans to assure your cargo's value is fully protected.
LoLo Shipping (Lift On/Lift Off) – this method of transport includes the use of a crane to lift your cargo onto and off of the ship securely. This method is highly suggested to those with non-operable vehicles and crated cargo.
Flat Rack – this shipping method secures your heavy cargo to a metal frame similar to that of a shipping container, minus the walls and ceiling. The frame is transported onto and off of the ship with your cargo secured to it.
Container – only customer's trying to ship heavy equipment that can fit into a 40ft shipping container is able to use this method of transport. This method provides the ultimate protection from outside elements and tends to cost a little more than the other available methods.
How much does it cost to ship a car to Angola?


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