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Blog Topics 2019
March The Burgeoning US Debt
May China, Trade and Tariffs
June Income taxes: Obama v Trump
July/Aug The China Threat
Sept/Oct The High Cost of College: Part 1
January What Kills Bull Markets
May Are Cheap Oil Prices here to Stay
July California and Mandatory Solar Panels
August Tariffs and Trade
September Is a Recession coming?
November Increasing Healthcare Costs
December The Oracle of Omaha
January Trumponomics Part 2
February The Keystone Pipeline Revisited
March Border Adjustment Tax
April Are Liberal Prof's.....
May Moral Hazard Through a Libertarian's Lens (guest blog from a student)
July What's causing the Opioid Crisis
September The minimum Wage re-visited
November Everything You Want to Know about 401K
December How The New Tax Bill Affects you (spoiler alert: the middle class makes out great)
January Should Insider Trading be Legalized: Part 2
February The Presidential Election & the Economy
March Does Narcan Increase Heroin Use
April Is NOAA destroying the American Fisherman
June Will California Style Power Outages Happen in New England
July Textbooks, Inflation & the FTC
Sept Economic strangulation by Regulation
Oct Is this the Best we have?
Nov The High Cost of Prescription Drugs
Dec Trump, the Economy & Animal Spirits
January Does Implementation of the Death Penalty lead to higher costs
February Less Competition and Higher Hospital Costs
March Millionaires Who Get Subsidies from the Affordable Care Act
April The Unintended Obama Legacy
May The NY Times and $15 Minimum Wage
June Are Disability Payments Bankrupting Social Security
August Seattle's $15 minimum wage and it's Surprising Consequence
October The Great Stagnation: The Obama Legacy
November Poverty in the United States
December Should Insider Trading be Legalized: Part one by Olivia Marchioni
blog topics for 2013 and 2014 are at page bottom
December Jobs Report
In December the economy created 145,000 jobs when 160,000 were expected. The unemployment rate remained steady at 3.5% as a result of more people entering the labor force. The real unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%, the lowest since 1994. The labor force participation rate was 63.2% and the labor force increased by over 200,000. The number of people employed rose to 158.8 million. Year over year wage gains were down slightly to 2.9%, but still above inflation which remains tame below 2%. Job gains in December came primarily from retail (41,000), leisure and hospitality (40,000) and health care (28,000). Construction rose by 20,000 and professional and business services saw an increase of 10,000, while manufacturing declined by 12,000, transportation and warehousing lost 10,000 and mining fell by 8,000. It was a difficult year for manufacturing jobs: The sector saw a net gain of just 46,000 compared with a 264,000 gain the year before. (CNBC)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.1 percent), adult women (3.2 percent), teenagers (12.6 percent), Whites (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (2.5 percent), and Hispanics (4.2 percent) showed little or no change in December.
Updates/Advisories 1-16-2020
After eclipsing 29,000 after yesterday's signing of the phase 1 US/China trade deal, the Dow is up another 172 points shortly after the open at 29,202. Today's movement is a result of strong economic data and continued good earnings. Weekly jobless claims came in under 10,000 that was expected, retail sales unexpected increased to .3% in December and Morgan Stanley reported better than expected earnings and the stock is up over 5%. As a result of the deal, U.S. exports to China should in theory rise to $263 billion in 2020 and $309 billion in 2021, CNBC reported. Both figures would represent a record-breaking acceleration of U.S. exports to China. Recent net export numbers for the US showed increasing exports and decreasing imports for the 3rd month in a row. Also in 2020, it is predicted that the US will become a net exporter of energy.
Tesla is down over 10 points as it was downgraded by Morgan Stanley and it is once again America's most shorted stock.
The yield on the 10 year is up to 1.8%, the dollar is stronger at $1.11/Euro, gold is down to $1551/oz, oil is up slightly to $58.15/barrel and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is down to $2.567.
At 1 PM, the US and China signed a phase 1 trade deal and the Dow is up 110 points at 29049. The deal includes provisions to root out intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers and increase Chinese purchases of U.S. goods, though it leaves open questions about enforcement. The purchase of US goods is a promise from China that they will procure $200 billion of manufacturing, agricultural and energy services over 2 years. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a joint statement Tuesday that existing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods would stay in place even after the deal was signed.(CNBC)
As earnings season continued, BAC beat on earnings but is down 2% as a result of sales being lower than expected. Other financial institutions that beat are Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and PNC financials. Thirty of 500 S&P companies have reported with 82% exceeding earnings predictions.
The yield on the 10 year is down to 1.79%, the dollar weakened to $1.12/Euro, Gold is up slightly to $1555/oz, oil is down again to $58/barrel and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is constant at $2.571.
After finishing up almost 100 points yesterday, The Dow is up 135 points shortly after noontime to an intraday high of 29.042. Bank stops, Citigroup and JP Morgan kicked off earnings season by blowing away earnings with JP Morgan recording it's highest profit ever at $37 billion. Delta Air Lines also reported better-than-expected earnings, boosted by lower fuel costs and strong travel demand. All airlines should do well and I can't remember the last time I was on a flight that wasn't packed. The results sent Delta shares higher by 3.9%. Delta is the only major airline that has not bought a 737 Max. Tech continues to outperform with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all having market cap's above $1 trillion. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is right behind them with a market cap of $991 billion. Also helping the market is the upcoming signing of the US/China phase 1 deal and the removal of China by the US from a list of countries that manipulate currency. Ahead of the signing, the South China Morning Post reported that the trade war is "not over yet" and that Wednesday's ceremony will be more like the "first round of a game." A number of CNBC analysts have stated that the conflict with Iran will replace concerns over China.
The world's already huge debt load smashed the record for the highest debt-to-GDP ratio before 2019 was even over. In fact, it broke that record in the first nine months of last year. Global debt, which comprises borrowings from households, governments and companies, grew by $9 trillion to nearly $253 trillion during that period, according to the Institute of International Finance. That puts the global debt-to-GDP ratio at 322%, narrowly surpassing 2016 as the highest level on record. (CNN)
The yield on the 10 year was up to 1.83%, gold is down to $1543/oz, the dollar is stable at $1.11/Euro, oil is down to $58.41/barrel and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is down to $2.575.
Updates/Advisories 1-9-2020
After rising 161 points yesterday to finish at 28,745, the Dow is signaling that the crisis with Iran is over. It had it's 1st spike upward after the President spoke announced that there were no casualties after the Iranian missile attack and minimal addition. He also spoke of increased sanctions but stopped short of inferring an armed response. Oil prices have pulled back and it is currently trading under $60 at $59.94/barrel and gold is down to $1554/oz. Cybersecurity stocks also pulled backed. In total, the market looked much like it looked before the U.S. drone strike threw the region into chaos. Chip stocks were once again strong performers with Cirrus Logic (CRUS) up 0.91%, Skyworks Systems (SWKS) advancing 1.59%, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing gaining 0.74%. In the pre-market, the Dow is up over 100 points and would be in striking range of a new record high.
In corporate news, Tesla is at a record high at $495/share, and has a market cap equal to the combined market cap of GM and Ford, even tho it produces less than 20% of GM's and Ford's car sales. To say this stock is overvalued is an understatement but I wouldn't advise shorting it since, in the word's of Jim Cramer, this is a cult stock, that people love to love and you don't get in the way of a railroad. the stock is up over 100% since June.
Tomorrow, all ears will be tuned to the December jobs number. Economists are expecting jobs to increase by 164,000. There are currently 7 million job openings in the US and less than 6 million unemployed workers.
The dollar is stronger at $1.11/Euro, the 10 year is up to 1.87% as investors sell treasuries in favor of stocks, and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is up to 2.60.
If you're a snowbird and making your weekly pilgrimage to Florida, the most expensive gas is in Pennsyvania and the cheapest in the Carolina's and Georgia.
OIL 1 YEAR
After being down more than 200 points in the pre-market, the Dow struggled back during the day as investors concentrated more on fundamentals and less on geopolitical tensions to finish up 68 points at 28,703. In today's pre-market the Dow is relatively flat as investors are on the sidelines looking for further escalation or de-escalation. Meanwhile, oil is down to $62.75/barrel as traders nerves are calmed and gold is following suit down to $1568/oz. The USMCA, designed to replace NAFTA, is making its way through both houses of Congress and the Chinese are still scheduled to sign a phase 1 trade agreement on January 15.The USMCA is designed to increase GDP by .3%.
In terms of data, there will be U.S. trade deficit figures out at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by factory orders and non-manufacturing PMIs at 10 a.m.
Also in the pre-,market Tesla is up over $7 at $458.68/share, Apple is up remaining over $300 and Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffett, had its worst underperformance in a decade in 2019. The company's stock price gained 11% while the S&P 500 gained 29%
The yield on the 10 year is up to 1.81%, the dollar is stable at $1.12/Euro, and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is up slightly to $2.585.
GOLD 1 YEAR CHART
After dropping 233 points on Friday to finish at 28,635, the Dow is down another 133 points in the premarket as a result of mid-east tensions as the United States and Iran continue to posture and trade threats after the US killed an Iranian General/terrorist in an air strike. Friday was the worst trading day in a month for the US stock indexes. Oil continues to rise and it is currently at $63.62/barrel out of fear that Iran may disrupt OPEC oil supply routes in the Persian gulf by attacking tankers. In addition, gold, a safe haven play, has reached its higher price in 7 years at $1579/oz. Gold is up almost 23% over the past year. Energy and gold stocks are also rising in unison with Exxon Mobile up over 4%. Jim Cramer of CNBC recommends BP, Schlumberger and Pioneer Natural Resources. He also recommends cyber-security stocks. Treasuries also continue to rise lowering the yield with the 10 year currently at 1.79%.
"Nevertheless, our outlook remains optimistic and bullish," Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, said in a note. "Geopolitical crises tend to create buying opportunities in the stock market as long as they don't trigger a recession." (CNBC)
In other news, it appears that residents of California and New York are fleeing the states for more tax favorable states. Hmmm, both states are very blue states and that's the cost of voting for liberal dems.
The dollar is currently trading at $1.12/Euro and the price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is down slightly to $2.584
The 2019 rally continued into the new year yesterday as the Dow rocketed 330 points to finish at 26,869, a new record. Chip and technology stocks led the rally with Apple closing above $300/share for the 1st time and having a market cap of 1.3 trillion. Apple was up 100% (doubled in price) for 2019. However, what a difference a day makes. About 1 hour before the markets open, the Dow is down 215 points, off its lows of down 300, as a result of a US strike in which the United States killed a top Iranian military leader in an airstrike at Baghdad's airport. As a result, Iran has promised retaliation against the US which leads to geopolitical unrest and uncertainty which the market hates. Also as a result, oil is up 4% at $63.56/barrel and gold is up to $1545/oz. Gold is a traditional safe haven play along with treasury bonds. The yield on the 10 year is 1.83% as a result of the price of the bond increasing. "Global oil markets will be volatile for weeks to come," said Greg Valliere, chief U.S. policy strategist at AGF Investments, in a note. "There's a reason, finally, for caution in the stock market." Barring anything unforeseen, I expect this to be a knee jerk reaction and I believe the volatility to be short lived. As a result of the New Years holiday, December job figures won't be released until next Friday.
 The price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is down slightly to $2.585.
The last 5 recessions have been preceded by an inverted yield curve where the yield on the 2 year is higher than the yield on the 10 year. Currently, the yield on the 2 year curve is 2.32%, which is greater than the yield on the 3 and 5 year, but the yield on the 10 year is 2.46%. As a result, I'm not yet predicting a recession. However, if you look at the table above, once the yield curve has inverted, all is not lost. The market continues upward until a recession is imminent. For instance, the yield curve inverted in January of 2006 and the S&P peaked 20 months later in October of 2007, and the recession started in December of 2007. I will be concerned if the 2 year yield is greater than the 10 year. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, mortgage rates have decreased by 1/2% since last summer and it is now worth it to refinance if you took out a mortgage last year.
The wealth effect is an increase in consumption (and accompanying decrease in savings) as a result of an individuals assets (usually a portfolio or land/home) increasing in value. A negative wealth effect is just the opposite, and since most indexes declined more than 10% and tested bear market territory, this appears to be the case. Conversely, the market recovered in January and all losses and more were covered.
 The Energy Information Administration reported that oil output will increase from its current 11 million barrels/day to close to 13 million by 2020 and we will most likely be the #1 producer in the world. This is an increase from 5.5 million/day from 2005 and it has occurred as a result of hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques.
Elon Musk recently stated that the worlds population is accelerating towards collapse. Hmmmm; let's look at some facts and figures and then do some math. The earth reached a population of 1 billion in 1900 (that took about 1/2 million years), but by 1967, it was 3 billion, 6 billion in 2000 and currently, it's 7.5 billion. Let's look at the US with a population of 321 million, and ask yourself, is it overpopulated. If you look at NY City, a resounding yes comes to mind. However, in the US, about 50% of the population lives within 50 miles of a shore (this includes the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes and Mississippi).
Let me try and put this into perspective: the average household has 2.6 people and given a population of 321 million, that yields 123,461,538 households. The size of Texas is 172,000,00 acres. Assuming you put 1 household on an acre lot, the Entire population of the US can fit into Texas with room to spare, leaving the rest of the US baron of people.
How about Russia with a population of 144 million? Russia is 1.8 times the size of the US with a smaller population, so they have even more empty space and if you look at Canada, which is larger than the US, with a population of 33 million, there is even more empty space (I know bring your winter clothes).
So while I will agree that there is definitely some localized overpopulation, I don't see doom and gloom.
FICO SCORES
Fair Isaac Company reports that it's FICO scores (FICO being an acronym for Fair Isaac Co) reports that the average FICO score in the US has reached an all time high of 700 nationwide amongst adults. The share of consumers who are viewed as the riskiest from a credit perspective (these are sub-prime and have a score lower than 640) reached a new low of about 40 million — or 20 percent of adults in the U.S. that have FICO scores. according to the Wall St Journal. A lot of you may be asking what is a FICO score, how is it calculated and how it affects me. Fair Isaac uses use information provided by one of the three major credit reporting agencies – Equifax, Experian or Trans-Union. From this, they have a formula to get a credit score which can be as high as 850. The biggest part is your payment history, followed by how much you owe, credit history, credit mix and new credit (see chart). Next, how do you interpret your FICO Score: anything > 800 is excellent (and gets you low interest rates on loans and credit cards), 740-799 is very good, 670-739 is good, and anything less than 670 is considered not good and sub-prime (chart). Lastly, as no surprise, the older you are, the better your score (chart)
What do Rising Rates mean to you and the Economy
As interest rates rise as a result of FED policy, there are both good and bad effects. Firstly, the Fed's move affects all short term rates. It has no direct effect on mortgage rates which is a function of the yield on the 10 year US Treasury bond, however, they are highly correlated (above chart). What affects the yield is the price of the bond (yield and bond prices are inversely related). As bond prices decrease, the yield increases and why would bond prices decrease? Bonds tend to be a defensive play when the economy is doing poorly; hence, investors only have so much money and they will buy bonds instead of stocks. Conversely, when the economy is doing well, investors will buy stocks and sell bonds which depresses the bond price but raises the yield. The rate on the 30 year fixed mortgage is generally 1.25% to 2.75% higher than the yield on the 10 year(Chart).
As rates increase, banks generally benefit. The demand for money is inelastic and when banks loan money, they will make more on those loans. Conversely, borrowers suffer from the higher cost of money, but since the economy is doing well, more people are working, real wages tend to increase and the blow of the higher cost of money is mitigated. Savers who have minimal debt also benefit, as the FED raises interest rates, rates on Savings, CD's and money markets generally increase which helps this particular segment.
Who is Hurt
Generally, borrowers are hurt. Generally, the payments on all short term loans increase. If you take a college loan, a personal loan or a boat loan, rates will increase. The Prime Rate increases, it is generally 3% above the Federal Funds Rate and it is the rate the biggest banks charge their best customers on short term loans. If you have a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit), this will increase also and it is generally the same rate as the prime rate. However, the short term loan that is not affected is the car loan. Generally there is so much competition in this area, that a loan on a new car can range from 0%(not all the time) to a little over 4%.
Strangulation by Regulation:
The tax code is 77,000 pages, under Obama there were 4000 new EPA regulations (info from CBS) Dodd-Frank imposed somewhere between 310-500 new requirements on banks(various analysts CNBC) and Obamacare has over 20,000 pages of regulations (Washington Post); and people are complaining because Trump is trying to streamline government. He has signed the "2 for 1" executive order that mandates all agencies to do away with 2 regulations for every one they pass. I can run my life and spend my money, much better than the government and I applaud Trump's efforts in doing away with economically ruinous legislation.
UNH Study Results 5-31-2016
First, a little history. In 1800, 90% of the adult population were farmers (lots of factory child labor), by 1900, 25% of the population and currently, about 2% as a result of technology garnering greater yield/acre. As a result much farmland from the 19th century is no longer. In a recent study out of UNH, it was found that 75% of the farmland from the mid 19th century is now covered by trees and this is contributing to warmer winters. Trees causing higher temperatures you say; how is this possible? It is very simple physics. In the winter in NH (and most other states), farm pastures are covered with snow, and this reflects sunlight, and heat, into space. Now that 75% of these pastures are covered with trees, the dark trees absorb the heat and it permeates into the atmosphere causing a general warming and milder winters. If you've ever wondered what a stone wall was doing in the middle of the woods, those woods were once pastures and delineated borders that contained live stock.
A number of people have asked me about Bernie Sanders tax plan and he is in the same fantasy land as Obama. First, it would never pass a republican Congress and early indications are that the Republicans will definitely maintain control of the house.
He wants to make all state university's free; let's just look at NH. At UNH there are 14,500 students of which 45% are out of state. Just tuition, not including room and board for out of state students is $30,000 and in-state $17,000. If you do the math that's a total of $331,325,000, and that doesn't even include Plymouth, Keene and Granite state which are also part of the state University system. Do that for every state and it is an astronomical cost that his proposal doesn't even begin to cover. I hesitate to do the cost for California that has 38 million people as opposed to NH's 1.6 million.
What I find particularly disconcerting, is all the people who are buying this.
Just as a reminder from my blog of October 2013, Carbon dioxide composes only .0387% of our atmosphere (in decimal form that's .000387), and of all the CO2 currently being produced on the earth, man only accounts for 3.4% (.034 in decimals). Therefore, if you want to calculate the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere caused by man, you would multiply .034 x .000387 to get .0000131 or .00131%.
The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway.
Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds.
I apologize, I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2, 1922. As reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post — 96 years ago!
The text in the above example is a genuine transcription of a 1922 newspaper article, an Associated Press account which appeared on page 2 of the Washington Post on 2 November of that year
For a good laugh on Obamacare, go to this web site and watch this video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpa-5JdCnmo. It shows the president on 36 different occasions stating that if you like your healthcare plan you can keep it. Obviously there are 1 of two explanations for this misunderstanding. He was ill advised on the 2700 page, 4500 provision Affordable Care Act, or he knew about it and lied. According to a study by Forbes magazine, the ACA will increase premiums to men under 27 by 77%, 40 year olds, 37% and 64 year olds by 37%.
Commentary on Minimum Wage
The main argument concerning minimum wage is that it will help to alleviate poverty. That is clearly not the case. As you can see from the chart at the left, the poverty rate dropped dramatically in the 1960's. This was a function of great society legislation; specifically, increase in Social Security benefits in addition to the inception and implementation of Medicare and Medicaid. Since then, the poverty rate has fluctuated between 9-15% and is highly correlated with the unemployment rate. The vertical grey area's in the graph represent periods of recessions in the US. As can be expected, unemployment rises during recessions and peaks at the end (unemployment is said to be a lagging indicator). As you can also see from the chart, so too does the poverty rate. There is no indication whatsoever that the poverty rate is affected by increases in the minimum wage. Generally, this is quite the contrary. As can be evidenced from the below left chart, increases in minimum wage can contribute to unemployment and as we can infer from the above chart, as unemployment increases so to does poverty. If you look at NH, they have the lowest state poverty rate in the nation and it generally parallels the national unemployment rate. By raising the minimum wage, you increase business costs. As a result; businesses either pass these costs onto the consumer (in which case inflation nullifies any wage increase), substitute capital for labor, or simply go out of business. If you look at the chart below right, UAW (United Auto Workers) membership has decreased in the late 1970's from 1.5 million to 350,000 in 2009. The reason for this is simple. Detroit isn't making fewer cars, they are making more, but they have made their assembly lines more robotic and have substituted capital for labor, which became cheaper in the long run. This can also happen to those fast food workers who want a $15 minimum wage. There is currently a machine on the market that can make 300 burgers/hour. In other words, capital can be substituted for labor. Someone please e-mail me and explain how someone is better off unemployed at $10-15/hour as opposed to being gainfully employed at $7.25/hour
You cannot legislate equality. If you want to decrease poverty, implement policies to insure that higher levels of education is available to all.
January Do Protected Seals lead to Depleted Fish Stocks
February Prohibition: Profits to Cartels & Increased Violence for Americans
March Increased Minimum Wage & Extended benefits lead to Higher Unemployment
April Ethanol from corn & Agflation
May Cash for Clunkers lead to Higher Used Car Prices & Wasted Tax Dollars
June The Affordable Care Act; Anything but Affordable Part 1
July The Affordable Care Act; The poster Child for False Advertising
August Detroit: Higher Taxes + Liberal Benefits = Bankruptcy
September No Keystone Pipeline leads to more pollution
October Global Warming! Or is it Global Cooling!
November Poverty & Benefits
December Does Affirmative Action lead to Reverse Discrimination?
January Will Lake Meade become another Aral Sea
February Does Taxing the rich hurt the economy
March The Cause of the Great Depression
April Temporary Agricultural Subsidies lead to wealthy Farmers and Higher Prices
May The Presidents Stance on Gun Control leads to Increased Gun Ownership
June Is there really a Gender Pay Gap
July Did the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade lower the crime rate
August Department of Education and wasted Money
October The Financial Follies of the EPA
November Social Security and Portfolio Diversification
December The White House and Terrorism
iOMe Challenge 2012
The United States has amongst the lowest savings rate for all technological nations. The iOMe challenge is a nationwide competition between Colleges where teams submit a 10,000 page essay on how Americans can improve their savings rates. In addition, teams must produce an approximate 60 second video which complements the essay. If you click on the iOMe logo above, it will take you to Bentley University's 2012 video submission. The faculty adviser for the challenge is John Tommasi and is offered during his Fall EC 351 course, Contemporary Issues in Economics.
I'm pleased to announce that on February 15, Bentley was declared the winner of the iOMe video portion of the contest. Congrats to the team members and great job!
EC 3900 Energy Economics
EC 3900, Energy Economics and International Markets, is a 3 credit, Short Term Program, that is offered during Spring semester. After 7 weeks of lecture, the class takes a 10 day educational/cultural tour to France where 80% of their electricity is produced by nuclear power. During the 10 day trip, students travel to, and tour various nuclear facilities Last year's class visited; Marsailles, Aix en Provance, Lyons, Brest and 4 days in Paris.
If there were ever words that can strike fear into the hearts of any man women or child, it's: "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help". On a monthly basis my blog, from an economic standpoint, will explore government laws, decisions and actions, which while well intentioned, had inadvertent results that were either disastrous, or made a bad situation worse. It wouldn't surprise me if you reached the conclusion that congress does two things well, nothing and overreact; and you may ask yourself, do Congressional members vote for what is best for the economy, or what will get them re-elected.
iOMe Challenge 2012 - Video
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Q: Best way to handle an empty ref in Vue 3 with TypeScript? Variable starts off with an empty ref, for example it might be one of these:
const myString = ref();
const myString = ref('');
const myString = ref<string>();
const myString = ref<string | null>();
const myString = ref<string | null>(null);
const myString = ref<string | undefined>();
const myString = ref<string | undefined>(undefined);
const myString = ref<string | null | undefined>();

Then later it's given a value:
myString.value = "I am a string";

The ref is then assigned an empty value again, for example it might be one of these:
myString.value = '';
myString.value = null;
myString.value = undefined;

Which combination of these is best to use in Vue 3?
Or maybe you do something else?
When used in the wild I'm looking for maximum compatibility with Vue 3, TypeScript type safety, and no Eslint errors.

A: As the documentation shows, no ref argument results in inferred union type and requires less code to achieve the result:
// inferred type: Ref<number | undefined>
const n = ref<number>()

The difference between undefined and null in this case is mostly semantic. It may be beneficial to use ref<string | null>(null) if it's necessary to determine whether a value is intentionally or accidentally empty, this may be beneficial for debugging purposes. Also they behave differently in JSON, if a value is supposed to be serialized, null is a preferable choice.
ref('') can be used if it doesn't matter whether a value is initialized or just empty, and there are string method calls that require to take care of optional chaining for null or undefined values, e.g. myString.value?.toLowerCase().

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I heard this word a couple of days back and I was wondering what it is. So, I finally googled for it. It means "interchangeable".
Interchangeable. The term is often used to apply to financial instruments which are identical in specifications. For example, options and futures contracts are highly fungible, since they are highly standardized arrangements. On the other hand, forwards and swaps are not, since they are customized arrangements. Instruments that are highly fungible tend to be very liquid, and so transaction costs tend to be low.
Literally means "interchangeable in trade." Commonly used to denote products which are suitable for transmission by pipeline. Ethanol is not considered fungible in this sense, in that it would absorb any water accumulating in pockets in a pipeline.


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Lessons in Leadership welcomes James Anderson '07
Posted by Bret Belden | Mar 27, 2017 | News | 0 |
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, James Anderson made the decision to attend college at UNH upon attending a concert the university put on by The Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (SCOPE). The concert that solidified Anderson's choice to come to UNH was The Roots.
Anderson described The Roots' concert as "inspiring."
"This was my foot into the music industry," Anderson said. "I was drawn to New England."
A 2007 UNH alumnus, Anderson, president and founder of One If By Land Productions, has stayed in touch with both his New England and UNH roots. Now a resident of Boston, Anderson is SCOPE's current booking agent. A self-proclaimed "musical omnivore," Anderson specializes in creating first class college and university concerts.
On March 23, Anderson joined Nate Hastings, coordinator of student organizations and leadership, for a question-and-answer interview as part of the Memorial Union Building's (MUB) Lessons in Leadership series. The alumni based interview series invites UNH alumni back to campus to talk about their experiences as both UNH students and graduates in relation to their present day work. The series takes place every other Thursday in MUB 203 from 5 to 6 p.m.
"I don't know if you can tell by my flannel…" joked Anderson with the audience while sporting a red and white flannel, "…but I still have some New Hampshire in me."
Upon deciding to attend UNH, Anderson was heavily involved in SCOPE, as well as the Student Environmental Action Committee (SEAC), the New Hampshire Outing Club (NHOC), and was a Resident Hall Advisor (RA) during his time at the university.
"The college market is different from going to see a show at the House of Blues or a club," Anderson said to the students in attendance.
He continued to describe to the students the difference between hard ticket and soft ticket sales in the industry. Soft ticket sales differentiate from hard ticket sales as they are primarily for colleges, festivals and events taking place at fairs and casinos. Anderson has dealt with both types of ticket sales.
Anderson has booked both big names in the business as well as up-and-coming acts.
In the past, Anderson has booked artists such as Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Passion Pit and recently Future. He has worked with many colleges in the general area including Boston College, Colby College, Lesley University and, of course, UNH.
"The power of the single is just as important as 50, 60 years ago," Anderson said. "Sometimes there's overnight success, but it is not always like that."
Anderson shared that a typical day in his life almost always starts with coffee and browsing music blogs. Anderson keeps up-to-date with various music blogs in order to stay informed on what people are talking about. These blogs include: Pitchfork, Rolling Stones, Conciseness of Sound and Complex. According to Anderson, having "a pulse on all genres" is crucial, but he jokingly asked for some country music blog recommendations from the audience.
"Finding out what people are listening to and what's going to work on their campus is important," Anderson said. He described this process as a "custom, personalized approach… It is not just about selling a show."
"Good communication is key to everything in life," Anderson said. But communication is not something that Anderson lacked. As a high school band member, Anderson has always had an ear for music and scouting talent. He described himself as "young and hungry to find new talent" upon graduating from UNH. This entrepreneurial mindset is what caused Anderson to open up his own business.
Anderson's advice for current and future students: "Set goals in life, but don't take yourself too seriously."
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Stewart Downing has been there and done it in his career, but says he's excited by the challenge at Rovers to help both on and off the pitch.
One of the most experienced players in the squad, Downing has spent the majority of his career playing in the Premier League and has represented England on 35 occasions.
The winger, who can count the likes of Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Liverpool and West Ham United as previous employers, is targeting a top six place in his upcoming first campaign at Ewood Park, and says he's willing to lend a helping hand to the youngsters in Tony Mowbray's squad.
"I think the play-offs is a realistic target for us here," he said when previewing the season.
"I was at Middlesbrough the last couple of years and that was our aim. We got in there once and missed out the other time.
"There's really no reason why we can't get in the play-offs. If the squad grows and the experienced lads can help them along, I really believe we can get there.
"Last season the team were right in the mix for a large chunk of the season, but tailed off in February and March time.
"Maybe the team just needed that bit of know-how. That may have given them that last push to get in the play-offs.
"The group will have learnt a lot from last season, there's no doubt about that," he added.
"It's a good group of lads here who all have the same ambition. We all work hard but also know when to have a laugh as well.
"I'm not a shouter in the dressing room, but I hope to give a bit of guidance to the lads. If the young lads need someone to talk to about things and just want a bit of advice, I'll be here for them."
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Czasem termin nosicielstwo (nosicielstwo genetyczne) odnosi się także do występowania u danego osobnika nieprawidłowej (zmutowanej) wersji genu choroby genetycznej, która jest dziedziczona w sposób recesywny.

Przykłady drobnoustrojów, w przypadku których często występuje nosicielstwo:
 dwoinka zapalenia opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych (Neisseria meningitidis)
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 wirus zapalenia wątroby typu B, C, D

Nosiciel może stać się źródłem infekcji dla wrażliwych na zakażenie osób w jego środowisku. Dlatego ze względów epidemiologicznych ważne jest wykrywanie oraz leczenie nosicieli chorób zakaźnych (czasem stosuje się inne środki zapobiegawcze).

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Flying from Fresno back to Chicago on New Year's Eve. It was beautiful.
Mom and I caught a very early flight to Chicago on New Year's Eve.
So pretty. I miss this.
'Cause I never get tired of mountains.
I was fascinated to see a cutoff oxbow river bend. I've heard of them but never seen one.
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Mom and I ready to go out for New Year's partying!
Oh man, did WE need coffee New Year's Day!
I saw this cheap trunk at Home Goods and wanted it for a coffee table, but couldn't transport it home. The next day, after work, I went back to measure it and see about shipping. And I decided just to strongarm it back on the bus. When Mom called to ask if I'd found out about the cost, I said, "Oh, yeah, shipping is free." Just a little sweat!
The amphitheater at Millennium Park. Supposedly they have great summer concerts here. It was a little cold in January to imagine summer!
The Bean, formally known as Cloudgate. I can't imagine having to clean the fingerprints off of it.
Mom and I take the obligatory "hey, it's us in the Bean!" photo.
And here we are with the Bean as a backdrop. It's seriously awesome, which you really can't tell from these pictures.
The Water Tower, one of the few buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire.
The Hancock Building on a sunny (FRIGID) day.
I was pretty impressed with this snowfall until the one that hit later in January. The second one shut a bunch of busses down. But the first one sure was pretty!
Snow on a fence along Lake Shore Drive.
Everything's white! Waking up to this was SO weird.
More of the houses around me, but with snow.
Where did the cars go?!
This is Salvation Army's "officer training" campus. It's a freakin' awesome old house that sprawls out over at least an acre.
Icicles on a church in my neighborhood.
Trib Tower, look particularly Gotham-esque.
My first major snowfall (and the only one I really faced this year). I sure wouldn't want to drive in this! But I did learn that it takes a hell of a lot to shut this city down.
I took this picture for Mom. This bar isn't far from my apartment, and we ate several dinners there in September when I moved out. It sure looked different five months later!
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Everyone's Rights are at Stake: Global Reach of US Surveillance Programs
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Posted 14 June 2013 20:54 GMT
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Last week's revelations about phone and Internet surveillance programs of the US government's National Security Agency (NSA) sent shock waves throughout the United States and the western media, but also around the globe. While in the US, many privacy-minded lawmakers and even digital rights advocates used the news as an opportunity to demand better protections for Americans' online privacy, Internet users worldwide were left wondering how to protect their own data, short of closing their Google accounts, packing up their Facebook profiles and heading for the woods.
Documents leaked by Booz Allen employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden have now confirmed that customer call data from telecommunications companies like Verizon and AT&T was being passed to the NSA through a system where accountability was scarce and secrecy ruled. Reports indicate that the agency applies a vague standard of "foreignness" when determining whether or not a person's communications would be subject to surveillance under the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act– users who spoke with individuals in other countries, for any reason from hatching terrorist plots to catching up with relatives — could come under watch.
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The documents also revealed details about an Internet surveillance program known as PRISM, which allows the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain copious amounts of user and communication data from major Internet companies including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. While many details of the program remain murky, the news has left international digital rights advocates reeling. Advocacy groups in the UK wrote an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, condemning US government surveillance of British citizens and demanding strong protections for digital privacy in the UK. An international coalition of advocates meanwhile is pushing the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session to discuss the matter and develop recommendations for member states.
While some see the revelations as an opportunity to push for stronger laws at home, others fear that the US, ever-committed to "leading by example," has set a new, very low standard for online privacy protections worldwide.
"The leaks reveal an abuse of any citizen's basic rights, no matter which country the citizen is in," Wafa Ben Hassine, a Tunisian human rights advocate and ACLU member told Global Voices Advocacy. Ben Hassine pointed out that Tunisians are familiar with pervasive surveillance. "The Tunisian government in Ben Ali's era indulged in spying on the average citizen's digital communications for decades," she said, arguing that this moment should be seen as an opportunity for policymakers to develop laws that would "enshrine the values of digital rights."
Alberto Cerda, a human rights lawyer and international program director of Chilean digital rights group Derechos Digitales said that in Chile, the government has "done its homework" in this area of the law. But this, Cerda pointed out, doesn't even begin to solve the problem:
This proves that a local solution won't do, as the violation of fundamental rights has a global character. What good is it for me to be protected in Chile if it's actually the US government that's violating my rights?
His question has likely loomed large for many users since the news hit. Kasia Szymielewicz, director of Polish digital rights group Panoptykon, argued that the NSA's actions would violate the EU's data protection policies, which aim to provide stronger protections against private or corporate data collection than are afforded in the US. She told GVA:
Nobody expected that NSA and FBI have direct access to companies' servers, which in practice means that data of Polish and European citizens can be used and abused without any legal safeguards. In the light of European data protection standards, even in the scope of law enforcement, this practice simply cannot be accepted.
Some actors see the particulars of the PRISM program as a reason to promote Internet business at the national level. Anja Kovacs, director of the Internet Democracy project in Delhi, India, said that India's ISP association sees this as an opportunity to push for requiring multinational companies to establish servers in-country, a move that would give the Indian government greater jurisdiction and control over local users' data and US government efforts to obtain it.
Kovacs said that the Association has correctly pointed to the "duplicity of US-based companies in denying access to information to the Indian government while making it freely available to the US government," but cautioned that "the latter point is sometimes framed in highly nationalist terms [as] urging for solutions that would perhaps benefit the Indian state but not necessarily Indian users." Many advocates in India argue that efforts establish servers in-country are mainly driven by government desires to achieve greater control over online speech.
Ben Hassine also commented on the need for establishing more companies outside the US.
The NSA leak should provide every country a lesson – including Tunisia – that the key to ensuring online privacy and digital rights is through the development of local platforms and content and making such tools available globally. Our reliance on US-based 'big tech' is an elemental part of the problem.
Advocates also speculated on how the NSA revelations might influence national-level policymaking on the issue of privacy itself. Carlos Afonso, an Internet governance expert and director of Brazilian Internet rights group Instituto Nupef, pointed to Brazil's Data Protection Law, which will be brought before Congress in the near future. Afonso urged that future debates on privacy be transparent and open to all parties affected:
[The data protection debate] needs to bring guarantees that data protection will be a policy/regulatory field where all the sectors of society are fully engaged, with spaces for the full participation of civil society.
Szymielewicz hoped that the news would trigger greater efforts to ensure data privacy within the European Union, and noted that the "PRISM affair" had already triggered a "serious debate" within EU institutions. But she also cautioned that the news could have precisely the opposite effect in many countries, including her native Poland:
There is a risk that Polish authorities and security agencies may want to follow the NSA and FBI and demand even broader access to our data for public security purposes, therefore lowering our standard of legal protection.
As new information continues to emerge around this story, lawmakers and digital rights advocates should consider the global implications of these programs and other pervasive digital surveillance efforts by governments around the world. In a digital era, where it is impossible to draw a line separating the communications of "citizens" or "residents" of a particular country and "foreigners", governments must strive to develop policies that will not only fit this new paradigm, but truly protect the privacy and freedoms of users worldwide.
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Dr. Shruti Kapoor on why she's breaking with a tradition she's practiced all her life.
I grew up observing Karva Chauth, a one-day festival Hindu women celebrate in northwestern parts of India. For this October tradition, millions of married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.
There are many legends surrounding this custom. The one that sticks with me the most is that of Queen Veeravati.
Her story goes like this.
On the day of the festival, Veeravati fasted for her husband's long life. By evening she was suffering from hunger and thirst, and her seven brothers couldn't bear to see her plight. They showed her a fake moon, tricking her into believing it was time to break her fast. Veeravati drank water and ate. Just at that moment news arrived that her husband, the king, was dead. Heartbroken, Veeravati wept the whole night. Her tears invoked the goddess Parvati to appear before her. When the queen shared how her brothers had tricked her, Parvati asked her to repeat the fast with utmost dedication. Veeravati did as she was told, and Yama, the god of death, restored her husband back to life.
This story was always in the back of my mind when I was growing up. I would watch as my grandmother, mother, and aunt would fast for the whole day (they would not even drink water). In the evening, they would sit together to hold a prayer service and exchange karvas (or earth pots) filled with small gifts. Since I was a small girl, I was the fourth wheel in their karva exchange as three is considered an inauspicious number. I didn't fast but went through the whole prayer ritual year after year until I finally moved away from home for college.
I got married six years ago, and as per tradition, I began fasting on Karva Chauth. It was a given; no questions were asked. The night before the festival, my mother-in-law and mother gave some instructions on how to manage the upcoming day. They assumed that I would fast as they always had.
For years, I thought about the absurdity of it all and even joked about it. Still, I would fast from morning until moonrise. I did it out of fear—fear of the consequences of breaking an age-old tradition.
Usually the day was an excuse to gather with friends and do the karva exchange. Each woman modified the tradition a bit to suit her needs. I did too. Unlike my mother and grandmother who fasted without water, I would drink a cup of tea in the evening after the prayer ritual.
By evening, most women have a bad headache and are dying of hunger waiting for the moon to arrive. I know many who take pride in this tradition and follow the rituals to a T. There is nothing wrong with that. It is their belief system and I respect their decision. But it is not for me.
In a country like India that struggles constantly with gender equality and respect for women in the most basic sense, traditions like these further perpetuate patriarchal notions of men's superiority and women's sacrifice.
Where is the equality in fasting for your husband's life? What about your life? Is that not important? Is he fasting for you too? If the tradition truly celebrates love and the bond of marriage, it would call on all married couples to fast for each other.
My friend Namrata loves Karva Chauth because her husband fasts with her, for her long life.
Smita, a resident of Atlanta, a career woman, and a mom of two young girls says, "For me, it's more about the tradition. I dislike fasting but like the festivity that comes with it. I grew up seeing my mom do it every year. As little kids we would run up to our terrace every year, to check if the moon came out. Living here in the US, thousands of miles away from India, I do whatever I can to stay connected to my culture. I have two small girls; I want to pass on my traditions to them. So I make an extra effort to celebrate these festivals and traditions. It creates a festive atmosphere in the house. My kids are drawn to it."
For me, my decision to not fast for Karva Chauth was welcomed by my family. My husband said it was up to me. My mother-in-law and mother both supported me, reiterating that they did it because it was habit. After doing it for over 35 years, they didn't want to give it up. But they were happy for me that I was going another way. The choice was purely mine.
It is not always easy to break a tradition, no matter how regressive it may seem. Like millions of Indian girls, I too have been conditioned since childhood to follow traditions without questioning them. Festivals like Karva Chauth and Rakhi (during which a sister ties a thread on her brother's wrist and asks him to protect her) perpetuate patriarchy. They signal that men are superior and more important than women. Challenging that belief is not easy, especially when you grew up with it.
Guilt may surround you, fear may disempower you, and society will make you feel like you are doing something wrong by going your own way. One has to believe in oneself and have a strong sense of equality to be able to challenge and break regressive customs.
As a mother of an 11-month-old baby girl, I want my daughter to grow up with a sense of equality. I will challenge customs and traditions that I feel are harmful in order to set a strong example for my daughter.
As she grows up, I will encourage her to celebrate our culture and to be proud of our traditions. But I will also encourage her to challenge those that hold her back.
Thanks for sharing this story with us. I truly admire your bravery and steadfastness in choosing to go against tradition. I can imagine that it wasn't an easy thing to do. But I was so happy to read about the positive feedback and support you received from your loved ones. It shows us that it is worth taking risks if we truly believe in what we are doing! I think yours is the first step to creating a new kind of conversation in a culture that has been closed off to women and girls for so long. Bravo!
Your story also reminded me of a sort of debate I recently had with my family back home in Argentina. We discussed a graduation tradition that I think is trivial and ultimately harmful to society. Essentially, it involves throwing eggs and other foods at a student the day of their final exam. In my opinion, it's a huge waste of food, and particularly terrible in a country where 1 in 3 Argentinians lives below the poverty line. In my case, I wasn't able to convince my relatives of my viewpoint because they insisted that the tradition was culturally significant and harmless to society. I know we may never agree, but reading your story, I was reminded of the importance of speaking out about the things that we don't agree with. That alone makes a huge difference in a society that is used to hearing just one side of the argument. I also know that I won't encourage that tradition the day my future children graduate.
Thanks again for this wonderfully reflective piece!
Pilar, Thank you for your kind words and for taking out the time to read my story! Most times breaking traditions is hard because its a part and parcel of our lives. Thank you for sharing the wonderful example from Argentina. I encourage you to take a stance against this graduation tradition and setting an example for others. It truly sounds like a huge waste of food! Are you ready to graduate soon?
Thank you for sharing your story. I traveled by ferry from Barcelona to Tangier, alone, and the ship was mainly populated by Muslim men. There were a few families with multiple wives and several children, and a few Europeans. Not many spoke English. I was culturally out of place, enjoying the time on the water, the view of Spain's Gibraltar on one side and Morocco on the other as the ferry arrived. Unable to speak with people, I observed. Many men smoked, drank, & gambled. They left garbage, and raised their voices. I felt safe. I had my own cabin, my own values, my book to read, and write. Guards watched. Vehicles piled high with things on top awaited below, and when we arrived at Morocco, the throngs of rowdy men drove away into the culture that intimidates women. I saw them look at me, and heard comments I didn't understand, except "American." And I walked into their land, brave, free, calm, and loving my life. I returned to Europe the next day, where I could communicate more easily. Your story sets an example for women of your culture. Setting an example as I travel alone, I am thankful for online support and communicate with women who are also brave, free, and calm.
Thank you CCarlisi for sharing you story and setting an excellent example of how you fought your fears and travelled to learn and experience new cultures. May you continue your adventures with the same fearlessness!
Hello Shiruti, This is one amazing story to be shared. You've inspired me a lot. I like doing things like you. I like you so much.
Mulatwa, thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I am so happy to hear you like the story and are inspired by it. I hope it will give you some courage to break your traditions that don't empower you! Love!!
Dearest Sayfty=i love how you spell that.
what traditions did i grow up with? holidays off school with gift opening and lots of food and alcohol.
Very thought-provoking article. Although Karva Chauth is specifically not followed in my family, I have seen other traditions which directly support the patriarchal mindset and do not follow any myself. After all, a tradition will continue to perpetuate only if people follow them. I'm not saying we should give up our culture but challenging outdated beliefs is definitely the way to go.
Rahmana, love the let it grow :) I am so glad to hear my story has inspired you to write your own. Is there any tradition you are now trying to break away from or change?
Akhila, exactly! Let's not blindly follow traditions in the name of culture and customs. Let's challenge them and change things for ourselves and our next generations! Thank You!
Clodine, glad to see it resonated with you. What tradition are you planning to challenge?
Hi Safty, its not easy to let go of traditions that you grew up with. So for you to break them now is a very bold and courageous and its wonderful that your family is in support of your decision. We pray that many people can follow in your footsteps and break away from very conservative traditions as well. thanks for sharing and stay blessed.
Thank you Shruti, for this empowering story. One has to be bold to be able to challenge age long traditions that undermines who we really are. You are such a courageous woman. Like you siad in your story fear is one powerful force that can hold people back - fear of what might happen, how one will be perceived by family/friends. Am so happy for you.
Funmi, thank you for your kind words. Fear does hold a lot of us back and prevents us from bringing the required change. But we must try to trust our gut and set examples for others and our children! And doing that is never easy!
Dear Anita, Many thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Yes, it is much easier to break traditions when your family supports you in the decision. Without the support of your loved ones, it can be an uphill battle. Do you have any tradition which you would like to reconsider?
Your story is an extremely moving one, it resonates with many other cultural beliefs that women around the world endure out of habit, tradition and often times with no direct benefit or logic to ourselves. You received an awakening of the impact of this habit to your life and for many of us - we get to that point with our own challenges much later - still positively transformative but maybe after a lot more endurance and suffering has been sustained.
Thank you for sharing your triumphs and inspiring us!
Thank you so much Lillian. I do hope to read other such stories and gain strength from them.
Shruti, you inspire us to be our true selfs and not to conform.
Thank you for your words of encouragement Araba!
Deep bow of respect and gratitude, Sayfty! Your decision to be a leader in this important realm of self care is vital for the health and well being of women and girls.
Thank you Lana! Is there a tradition that you would like to challenge in your community?


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I recently purchased the Sennhieser HD 515 headphones for my home office. I really don't like the look of headphones laying about the desktop with the wire waded up. I would like to find a nice desktop stand of some sort for my headphones, I'm thinking something made of wire perhaps? Does anyone know where I can find something like that? I've tried Googling and found only one headphone stand that was made out of wood and cost $80. Barring the cost, I didn't even like the way it looked, doesn't fit into my office style very well.


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Continuing our holiday themed posts here, we're talking this time about one of the most celebrated festivals in all of America, a very important cultural event for New Orleans and the southern half of the U.S.: Mardi Gras. More than just tossing bead necklaces around the classroom, you can delve into the social and cultural meanings behind the festival, and have a lot of fun coloring pages or doing activities with your students.
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Amazon offering more options for 'Thursday Night Football'
Posted: Oct 7, 2020 / 07:46 PM CDT / Updated: Oct 7, 2020 / 07:46 PM CDT
Fans looking for options other than Joe Buck and Troy Aikman calling "Thursday Night Football" will be in luck starting this week as Amazon begins its fourth season of streaming games when Chicago hosts Tampa Bay.
Amazon will once again have Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer calling the games on its Prime Video service, but it is also adding a "Scouts Feed" and a livestream on Twitch to its options.
"It's the year 2020. People just consume their sports differently. They look for different things out of the things they want to hear in a game," said Andrew Hawkins, who will join Cari Champion for the Twitch livestream. "You might want to hear something different on how people are viewing the game. With a second or third screen you are getting as many versions as possible."
Storm and Kremer are in the third season calling games on Amazon Prime, while the other offerings are in their first year.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks will be doing the Scouts Feed along with Joy Taylor. Jeremiah is an analyst for NFL Network as well as Los Angeles Chargers radio broadcasts. Jeremiah and Brooks also co-host the "Move the Sticks" podcast, which this could resemble in some ways.
Jeremiah said they did a rehearsal broadcast during last Thursday's game between the New York Jets and Denver Broncos.
"It's just like me and Bucky on the couch watching a game. We will be talking matchups and team building along with other scouting stuff and tendencies," he said. "It is giving you somewhere to watch if you are interested in the scouting aspect versus a play-by-play format. The younger generation is finding things on streaming that is exciting."
To switch between announcers, Prime members open the settings screen and select which feed they want.
Amazon is also debuting interactive replays, which allow fans to watch top plays throughout the game along with getting Next Gen Stats information.
Amazon Prime will also have various NFL shows during the week. Hawkins and Kyle Long have "The NFL Comment Box" on Monday afternoons, which allows fans to ask them questions. There is also "NFL Next" on Tuesday and "NFL Time Machine" on Wednesday.
Marie Donoghue, Amazon's vice president of global sports video, said feedback from fans and viewers has been a driving force behind the new offerings.
"We've been really focusing on optionality and choice," she said. "Sports consumption is changing and we have a great opportunity to serve them."
Besides the Thursday night games, Amazon will exclusively stream one game during the second half of the season, which remains to be announced. That game will also be televised over the air in the team's home markets.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP)Arthur Smith has signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons to be their next coach, the team announced Saturday.
Smith, a former Tennessee Titans assistant, agreed to terms Friday. Neither Smith nor any other team official will be made available to reporters until next week.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)The Los Angeles Rams won't have leading receiver Cooper Kupp available for their NFC divisional playoff game against the top-seeded Green Bay Packers.
Kupp headlines the Rams' list of inactive players for Saturday's game. He had been listed as questionable with a knee injury.


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Q: How to get in this date format? I am getting two date fields from JSON as text like this May 22 12:05:41 UTC 2018 and 2018-05-22 12:05:41.512 but I have to change to MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss format.

A: Just to be clear - date/time objects are format agnostic.  They are simply containers for the amount of time which has passed since a fixed point in time (usually the Unix Epoch), so you can't change their format per se.
However, you can, generate a String of a prescribed pattern.
When dealing with date/time in Java you should make use of the date/time APIs introduced in Java 8 (or the ThreeTen back port)
For example...
String date1 = "May 22 12:05:41 UTC 2018";
DateTimeFormatter format1 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
LocalDateTime ldt1 = LocalDateTime.parse(date1, format1);

String date2 = "2018-05-22 12:05:41.512";
DateTimeFormatter format2 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS", Locale.ENGLISH);
LocalDateTime ldt2 = LocalDateTime.parse(date2, format2);

DateTimeFormatter format3 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss", Locale.ENGLISH);
System.out.println(ldt1.format(format3));
System.out.println(ldt2.format(format3));

Which outputs...
05-22-2018 12:05:41
05-22-2018 12:05:41

Since one of your inputs has a timezone associated with it, it would be appropriate to take it into consideration
ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.parse(date1, format1);
LocalDateTime ldt1 = zdt.withZoneSameInstant(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalDateTime();

which outputs (for my current location)
05-22-2018 22:05:41

A: You can use this code
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
DateFormat inputFormat1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
DateFormat inputFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
String date1 = "May 22 12:05:41 UTC 2018";
String date2 = "2018-05-22 12:05:41.512";
System.out.println(format.format(inputFormat1.parse(date1)));
System.out.println(format.format(inputFormat2.parse(date2)));


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The Voice Funnel was an experimental high-speed interface between digitized speech streams and a packet switching communications network, in particular the ARPANET. It was built in the time frame from 1979 to 1981. It may be viewed as an early Voice over IP voice and video telephone.

The Voice Funnel was designed and built by Bolt, Beranek and Newman. During the 1980s, it was used for audio and video conferences across the ARPANET, and later evolved into the multi-processor BBN Butterfly computer.

See also
Network Voice Protocol

References
 Rettberg, R., C. Wyman, D. Hunt, M. Hoffman, P. Carvey, B. Hyde, W. Clark and M. Kraley. Development of a Voice Funnel System: Design Report, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Report No. 4098, August 1979.

Voice over IP
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