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"At Fondation Franz Weber, I feel like the architect of a new world – a world that hasn't yet been born, but exists in our hearts and minds: a world without violence, with civilised and progressive people who protect the planet and dedicate themselves to the well-being of their fellow humans and other animals."
I coordinate a team of 22 people across nine countries, and work with organisations, the media and governments all over the globe. In addition, I am the coordinator of the concept ZOOXXI.
Languages: Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian
"We need to protect this planet with all its beautiful inhabitants, fascinating eco systems and breathtaking landscapes, unconditionally. There is no planet B."
I coordinate the different campaigns and communication (online / offline) within Switzerland for Fondation Franz Weber.
I hold a masters degree in business and economics, focused on environmental economics and political economics, and am happy to put this knowledge into practice for the Fondation Franz Weber – to protect, conserve and cherish our planet A.
Languages: German, French, English, Spanish (basics)
"So long, and thanks for all the fish." – Douglas Adams
As a zoologist and marine biologist, nature, the oceans and their inhabitants have been a lifelong passion of mine. On a personal level, it pains to see how the environment and animals suffer as a result of human action. For this reason, I work scientifically, professionally and in my personal capacity to protect nature, animals and species.
In my role at Fondation Franz Weber, I am able to devote my energy to protecting coral fish, among others. We undertake research into the trade in marine ornamental fishes and are committed to develop and support marine protected areas. Nature conservation in Switzerland and abroad are also important endeavours. For me, these ventures are a stroke of luck as they coincide with my professional and personal interests and expertise.
Languages: German, Italian, English, French, Spanish
M. V. Biondo, Quantifying the trade in marine ornamental fishes into Switzerland and an estimation of imports from the European Union, Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 11 (2017) 95–105.
M. V. Biondo, Importation of marine ornamental fishes to Switzerland, Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 15 (2018) 95–105.
M.V. Biondo, R.P. Burki, Monitoring the trade in marine ornamental fishes through the European Trade Control and Expert System TRACES: Challenges and possibilities, Mar. Policy (2019) 108 (2019) 103620.
"We do not have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans; we either have a heart or we do not have any. " – Alphonse de Lamartine
Every day, I put a drop of water in the ocean that represents the vital protection of the environment and animals. These really may just be drops in the face of the enormous challenges we face. And still, every day I am convinced that every drop of water contributes to the improvement and safeguarding of values, which I am totally committed to.
Languages: French, German
«Our world is our home, our only home. Where should we go when we destroy it.» Dalai Lama
I am a member of the Campaigns and Communications team in Bern.
Not a day goes by without news that highlight the enormous challenges we face in our time. I am grateful to contribute towards our shared goal of protecting natural habitats and animals, and – effectively – the future of our world, with my daily work for Fondation Franz Weber.
Languages: German, English, French
At the same time amazed by the beautiful diversity of life on earth, but deeply concerned by the way in which most humans treat nature today and what they consider its resources – degrading the ecosystems bit by bit. I want to work as much as I can to preserve this diversity, so that today and tomorrow, every living being on this planet can find its place.
Languages: French, English, Spanish, German
Originally from the UK, I'm an environmental lawyer, campaigner and political strategist. My 27 years experience ranges from field investigations to wildlife trafficking in Africa and Asia to influencing international environmental policy and law through active engagement at CITES and other international conventions. I have been campaigning to protect elephants from ivory trade since 1988, when my work took me to Kenya and Tanzania, where I witnessed first hand the impacts of rampant poaching and trafficking on African elephants. I also work on climate and forest policy, and have been at the forefront of the campaign to prevent deforestation through action under the climate change convention for the last six years.
I'm the author of the book "Policing International Trade in Endangered Species: the CITES Treaty and Compliance". I have a master's degree in environmental law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a PhD in Biochemistry from University College London.
I'm Fondation Franz Weber's consultant with regard to the African Elephant Coalition at CITES.
As Expert in environmental protection and endangered wild species, I has extensive experience in environmental protection and international relations. In particular, I represented Tunisia in the negotiation of several environmental agreements, MEAs, and the Mediterranean Action Plan. I also led my country's delegation at CITES.
After several years with the IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), I joined Fondation Franz Weber in 2014; I'm working actively for the protection of African elephants.
I am a Canadian-British conservation biologist and environmental consultant based in Oxford, UK, with over 40 years' professional experience, which includes: project design, management, and monitoring/evaluation in the fields of biodiversity research and conservation, community-based natural resource management, and policy/institutional analysis in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
My life-long involvement with elephants began in 1977 with the Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) in southern Kenya, and MSc and PhD research projects on feeding ecology and population demography. I have remained a Collaborating Researcher with AERP, focusing on ecosystem change, elephant ranging, and human-elephant co-existence. My professional work has included elephant-focused assignments in southern Africa (Botswana, South Africa), Central Africa (regional elephant conservation), West Africa (Mali) and East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania). Broader concerns include the trade in ivory and live elephants under CITES (the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species) and the welfare of captive elephants in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Born in Nairobi, I hold a B.A. degree in International Relations, with a minor in Behavioural Sciences.
I am the Director of Pan-African Wildlife Conservation Network, the Founder and Chair of the Kenya Elephant Forum and a member of the East African Wildlife Society. I had an active role in developing the African Elephant Coalition and the Kenya Elephant Forum – both highly influential advocacy groups in the campaign for the preservation of elephants.
As an expert in wildlife conservation, and in particular the protection of elephants, I advise Foundation Franz Weber in its work in favour of the African elephant.
"It's our experiences that shape us, but our decisions that define us!"
Coming in with a fresh take, my aim is to optimise the management, structures and processes involved in administration. I put my absolute all into making sure that both current and future projects undertaken by Fondation Franz Weber get the space that they deserve.
What makes me happy is making a difference for the next generation, in tune with the times.
Languages: German, French, Italian, English
"As a child, I was happiest while in the countryside with animals. Today I protect them both."
I have been employed at Fondation Franz Weber for almost 25 years now. I am mainly responsible for managing donations in the form of legacies and bequests.
Languages: German, French
I've been part of the administration team at Fondation Franz Weber since 1997. Currently, I'm responsible to manage the archive.
Languages: German, French, English
Fondation Franz Weber gave me the opportunity to grow as a lawyer in the field of animal rights, thus combining activism, advocacy, consultancy, politics, research, education and learning. After completing my master's degree in Management and Conservation of Species in Trade, I have now spent many years working alongside Fondation Franz Weber to stand up for animal rights.
Languages: Spanish, English
Since I began working at Fondation Franz Weber, I have learned to develop a holistic vision for implementing effective safeguards for animals – involving everything from technical know-how, political processes, to spreading the word about a particular matter. ZOOXXI is one of my key topics and my biggest campaign.
Language: Spanish
"Through communication, I give a voice to those who do not have one."
I work for Fondation Franz Weber in Barcelona in visual communication. I completed my degree in this subject at the University of Barcelona. Before becoming a permanent employee, I spent a year volunteering at the foundation.
"Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come." ‒ Victor Hugo
I believe that the time of animal rights has come. I have a range of qualifications in social work, violence prevention, political communication and managing non-profit organisations. I'm happy to be able to apply my knowledge at Fondation Franz Weber.
Languages: Galician, Spanish, English, Portuguese
"Seeing how we can prevent violence against people and animals every day through our campaigns and motions gives me great satisfaction. Being part of a committed and forward-looking team and employing our resources skilfully facilitates our work enormously."
Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
"I believe in the power of the people to be able to fight injustice and misinformation."
Since childhood, I have been committed to issues that move me. Fondation Franz Weber gave me the opportunity to combine my passion with my work.
Languages: Spanish, English
"Be the change you want to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi
I represent Fondation Franz Weber in Argentina. Based in Cordoba, I work closely with governments, universities and civil organisations. Fondation Franz Weber inspires me every day to fight for a better world.
Languages: Spanish, English
"EQUIDAD stands for freedom!"
"Here, I can give something back to nature and animals."
After studying politics in Colombia, I joined the Fondation Franz Weber team. I coordinate operations in Colombia, which mainly focus on efforts to secure peace and environmental protection.
I previously worked as a journalist for various media, but now I'm putting my skills to use at Fondation Franz Weber in Portugal. I drive our campaigns, compile research and analyses, negotiate with organisations and take care of communications in Portugal.
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English
"I believe that we can create a world in which the suffering of animals and ecological destruction are no longer necessary ‒ based on well-founded information, scientific findings and international guidelines."
I work intensively with governmental and non-governmental organisations to drive forward Fondation Franz Weber projects in Peru.
Languages: Spanish, English
I am a psychologist, currently completing my master in Government and Public Management for Latin America at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. I am a member of the psychologists' association «Coordinadora por la Prevención de Abusos» (CoPPA). From 2016 to 2019, I was office director of the research center «Estudios para la Relación entre Animales y Humanos»(ERAH) of the Provincial Government of Guayas. The center explores the relationship between animals and humans from a scientific perspective.
Currently, I am coordinating a project for the management of urban fauna that aims to reduce the impact on the conservation of endemic species in the Galapagos Islands, San Cristóbal.


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IG Group (LON:IGG) shares fell over 10 percent on Monday morning, after the European Securities and Markets Authority announced the possible introduction of a ban on the sale of binary products to retail investors.
On Friday ESMA said it had been "concerned about the provision of speculative products such as CFDs, including rolling spot forex, and binary options to retail clients for a considerable period of time", adding that it had "conducted ongoing monitoring and supervisory convergence work in this area".
Due to this, it said it was looking at prohibiting the marketing, distribution or sale to retail clients of binary options and and restricting the marketing, distribution or sale to retail clients of CFDs. ESMA also said it was looking at dramatically reducing CFDs leverage limits to levels lower than previously laid out by Britain's Financial Conduct Authority.The FCA said it was in agreement with these proposals.
Firms selling the products were less pleased however, with their share prices taking a hit on Monday morning. CMC Markets fell by 13 percent and Plus500 by 11 percent on the news. IG Group said in a statement on Monday morning:
"The leverage restrictions under review are disproportionate and go beyond what is needed to protect consumers from poor outcomes associated with excessive leverage.
"The danger of disproportionate leverage restrictions on regulated firms is the risk that they will push retail clients to trade CFDs with unregulated firms based outside the EU potentially resulting in poor client outcomes."
IG Group's share price is currently trading down 10.10 percent at 659.00 (1043GMT).

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Nestled into the golden hills of
Northern California, in the quaint Sonoma County town of Penngrove there dwells a band that is inspired by the truth of music and the heart-opening power of creation. Through a collaboration of spirit and sound comes the band Luvplanet.
Luvplanet takes the concept of positivity and whips it into music. That music, which consists of a dash of folk, a pinch of jam-band and a heaping serving of rock not only uplifts our souls but also allows us to thoroughly enjoy a veritable festival of hard rocking joy.
When one ponders bands that are all about peace, love and all-that-hippie-stuff, one may become judgmental and begin to think that band is just a bunch of wacked-out softies playing acoustic guitar in some field of daisies. That is certainly not the case with Luvplanet. Luvplanet proves that one can rock hard and be open hearted with the world all at the same time.
In 2003, songstress Nicole Sutton and Allman Brother's guitarist Mark McGee formed Luvplanet with fellow Musical Travelers bassist Tommy Sisco and Drummer Scott McKenzie with the creation of their self titled debut CD, Luvplanet. With this wonderful first disk Nicole Sutton and Mark McGee's songwriting magic and vocal harmonies are showcased as well as Marks's free-for-all guitar style. "My favorite thing about playing in Luvplanet is that I have complete musical freedom." States mark McGee, "Variety is the spice of life, especially with music."
With 2 subsequent disks under their guitar straps, State of Mind (2005) and Lucky One (2008), the music never seemed to stop for Luvplanet and the band became more and more solid in its live performances, musical connections between each member of the band as well as their over all professionalism.
"Playing in Luvplanet consists of 4 individuals looking together in the same direction. Achieving that with one person is rare enough, but to have that happen with all of us - magical. Nicole, Mark and Scott are my musical everything!" States the Zen bassist Tommy Sisco.
The band takes it's postivity seriously, often smiling and laughing while singing songs about relationships gone good, deep friendships and being at peace in this tumultuous world all without sounding soppy, contrived or wimpy. Powerhouse vocalist Nicole Sutton uses her songwriting skills to manufacture dreams of a reality based on one's truth and an open heart while communicating a trust in herself that shows her confidence as a strong front woman.
"Music saves my soul." Says the super cool beauty that is Nicole Sutton. "It reflects our society and our world and the collective conscience, just as all art does, and it helps us process what we are experiencing here and now so that we may continue to grow." Nicole states that her true course with Luvplanet is "being able to bring life to songs and share them with others"
With the 2010 release of their 4th CD, Luvolution Luvplanet will continue to support the Positive Bent In Life through hard driving, guitar-based music. Sharing the love via your sound is a good way to go with your band. "Music is that which gives my soul life. It moves it, grooves it, spins it all around and it's my goal in life to share that with as many people as possible," is how Tommy Sisco lays it down. States Mark McGee of Music and Luvplanet, "It's medicine. It's like a drug and I am addicted."
All Photos of Luvplanet by MOONMAMA!
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Happy Saturday!! I'm so excited to bring you the Saturday Scraplift this week! I've always been a big fan of the simple CIRCLE in scrapbooking! This week we are lifting this fabulous page by Ernie88! I loved the patterned paper in a circle, the rays of sunshine pointing right at the sweet photo, and the design in the center of the page.
Our team created some absolutely stellar pages to lift Erin's page!
Agnieszka created this page and ran with the "Sunshine rays" and came up with a beautiful page showcasing this lovely photo!
Agnieszka used the following DD products: Pie Charts Layered Templates No. 01
Good Day Art Option **coming soon**Slide Reels No. 01 (you can also find it in Curated Studio Mix Scrapbooking Kit No. 21), Arlesey Element Pack, Fresh Vintage: Clare Element Pack, Multimedia Bursts No. 01, Jaspia Scrapbooking Collection, Bloese Scrapbooking Collection, Stamped Stitched: Summer Brushes and Stamp
Kim also lifted Erin's page and came up with this beauty! Flawless use of elements!!
Kim used the following DD products: Cathy Zielske: Dotted and Dashed Brushes and Stamps Katie Pertiet Assorted Messy Stitches: White No. 01, Baker's Twine: Sea, Blocked Out Photo Frames No. 01 Brushes and Stamps, Bloese Element Pack, Musical Epoxies No. 01, Musically Quoted Brushes and Stamps, Pie Charts Layered Templates No. 01, Rope Line, Twists Brushes and Stamps No. 01, So Fine Complete Scrapbooking Collection, Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Striping with Navy Paper Pack, Thicker Inked Words Brushes and Stamps No. 04, Twisted Dots No. 01 Maplebrook Studios Layla Paper Pack Studio Double-D Layer Works No. 411
And Debi jumped in with this gem! Featuring our very own Esther & Carol too 🙂
Debi used the following DD products on her page: Katie's Good Day Collection, Sumi Twists, Watery Sentiments #1 and Watery Scribbles #5. Grey Matters #2 is the paper!
There are many elements on Erin's page to be inspired by! I do hope you will join in the fun and create a page with us, and post it in the Saturday Scraplift Gallery! Remember to enter your pages using all Designer Digitals Products to the April Challenge Thread to count towards your REWARD!


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KOTA KINABALU: The first dedicated turtle rescue centre in Sabah was officially launched yesterday, marked with the release of its first rescued turtle back into the sea.
The launch was officiated by Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, who also helped to carry the turtle, named Bobby, from its temporary holding tank into the water.
The turtle rescue centre is part of the Gaya Island Marine Centre (GIMC), which was also officiated by Masidi yesterday.
Located on Gaya Island within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, GIMC also carries out coral reef restoration and marine conservation education programmes.
"The story of Bobby is a happy one, a story of hope," said Masidi in his officiating speech.
He also launched a hard-cover coffee table book entitled "Natural Wonders" featuring plants, animals and places of interest at and around YTL Hotel properties around the world.
YTL Hotel is the operator of Gaya Island Resort, along with several other resorts and hotels in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, France and UK, including the recipient of 2003 world's best resort award winner, Pangkor Laut Resort.
The resort's marine biologist, Scott Mayback, said they found the turtle floating near the island five months ago.
"The turtle tank was not completed yet at the time but we decided to bring it back and try to nurture it back to health. We named it Bobby.
"It was in very bad shape. It could not dive or eat and there were several times I've mistaken it to be dead, because it was so inactive.
"In fact, the only thing that it could eat for the first three months were fish oil, which we injected directly to its oesophagus. One day, we took a leap of faith and tried a new antibiotic and the result is the healthy turtle that you see today," said Mayback before releasing Bobby.
Masidi in his address also touched on the importance of conserving and preserving nature, and turning it into a sustainable economic earner for the State.
Continue reading at: Turtle rescue centre launched in Pulau Gaya.


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A couple weeks ago on October 1st, I received the news that my father had died. Although in the weeks leading up to this his passing away his departure was imminent, it's still a shock to find out. Thus, as with most emotional issues and traumatic events, I decided to perform a great deal of EFT Tapping on all the symptoms, emotions, events and beliefs I have surrounding this loss. I'm still not 'finished' tapping, as memories still surface.
This is the beauty of using EFT Tapping as a form of grief counseling in Prescott Arizona, amidst trying times and the loss of a loved one, as this protocol and process takes the emotional sting out of our memories. This protocol does NOT remove memories or anything like that. It just assists us in coming to terms with personal loss, or imminent loss.
If you have had someone close to you pass away, or if they are terminal, please contact me for grief counseling in Prescott Arizona. This EFT Tapping in Prescott protocol works if you perform it. Personal loss of this magnitude can seriously affect our health and well being.
As I am extremely busy with assisting in setting up my father's services and working with clients, this is going to be a rather short blog post, for now. I will only mention the stages most of us go through in regards to grief relief and attempting to cope with the loss. The video below should assist as well. As mentioned above, if this protocol interests you, please watch the basics of how to perform EFT Tapping in Prescott from the videos on the right-hand side of this page. Now, on to the steps of grieving.
The 5 stages of grief and loss are:
1. Denial and isolation
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
You may not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them.
As I don't have to time explain each of these steps right now, for your own grief counseling in Prescott Arizona you can either call me for assistance at the phone number listed below, or follow these steps listed below, on your own. Personally, I recommend that you follow the steps below and then call me, as if you can get some of your thoughts and emotions in order, we can then proceed directly to the EFT Tapping in Prescott protocol. Here is what you need to do.
First, go buy a diary or journal and label it, 'EFT Tapping Journal.'
Second, begin writing in this journal. List every emotion you are having in regards to your loss. List positive, negative, etc. Give some blank space in your journal and then write down all the events that you can think of with this person. Next, give yourself some more blank space, and then write down any physical symptoms you have from the loss of this person, or how they made your physical body feel, while they were still alive. Once again give yourself more blank space, and then write down any beliefs you have in regards to this person.
Third, contact me so we can work through all these issues, together. My contact information is listed below.
This may sound like a lot of work, and it is. Grief counseling in Prescott Arizona is not easy, nor is it a linear process. This may take you days, weeks, months, or even years to process fully. Yet, with the assistance of EFT Tapping in Prescott Arizona, you should be able to obtain a significant amount of emotional relief.
Please work on this until I can 'fill in the blanks' in regards to the above five stages of grief and loss. As mentioned above, you can always contact me and we can work on this together as well. Here is my 'grief relief' video as mentioned above. This video was (obviously) completed prior to my fathers passing.
Until I can write again, and your partner in grief counseling in Prescott Arizona,
Kris Kelley
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Monday, October 7, 2013
The Governess of Highland Hall - Carrie Turansky
The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky was a very enjoyable read. I finished it in two days, practically read it from start to finish. It was addictive, almost like the literary version of Downton Abbey!
Julia Foster is a young missionary from India who finds herself seeking employment at Highland Hall, a majestic estate worlds away from the simple life she has always led. Julia works diligently as a governess and finds that as time passes she is falling in love with not only the estate, but with her employer and his children. The social and financial implications that follow threaten to destroy Highland Hall and the cozy security that Julia has found. As she leans on her faith, Julia finds that true comfort and security can only be found in trusting Jesus.
The Governess of Highland Hall was such an entertaining novel. I would highly recommend it, especially to those who enjoy romantic historical fiction. Turansky does a remarkable job of transporting the reader to 1900s England. Her descriptive details are magnificent, and I often found myself daydreaming about the gorgeous gardens, cavernous hallways and opulent surroundings of Highland Hall. There are many secondary characters with fabulous story lines. Catherine, the Lady of Highland hall, has a particularly interesting plot line that nicely compliments the romance between Julia and William. I throughly enjoyed learning about all the servants and their respective duties. Every time I sat down to read I couldn't help looking forward to experiencing another holiday, meal, or romantic encounter with the characters of this novel. Reading fiction is sometimes an escape from the mundane stresses of every day life, and The Governess of Highland Hall is a perfect example of an exciting literary getaway. Turansky's novel includes elements of intrigue, suspense, tension, romance and heartwarming happiness. I can't wait to read book two in this series and be carried back to Highland Hall!
Disclosure of Material: I received a complimentary copy from Blogging for Books. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
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David Visin, UI Department of Public Safety
Robbery suspect caught Monday following Hawk Alerts
Robbery suspect caught Monday following Hawk Alerts
Robbery suspect caught Monday following Hawk Alerts
Iowa City police—with assistance from University of Iowa police—captured a man suspected of robbing the Gilbert Street Hills Bank Monday morning, an incident for which the UI and Iowa City Community School District issued alerts as a precaution.
The suspect was apprehended after fleeing the scene on a motorcycle and leading police on a chase through residential neighborhoods and other areas on the city's west side, including near the Hawks Ridge (formerly The Lodge) apartments in the 900 block of Harlocke Street area.
The incident led the school district to lock down nearby schools and issue an alert vial phone, text, and email. UI Police also issued Hawk Alerts notifying faculty, staff, and students about the incident, including one notifying the campus community that the suspect was in custody.
This information is being released in accordance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses, including timely warnings of crimes that may represent a threat to the safety of students or employees.
Hawk Alert is used to notify the campus community of threats to physical safety in emergency situations. For more information, visit http://hawkalert.uiowa.edu/.


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The Toombs County Middle School Lady Bullpups had to survive Reidsville's full court press and a third quarter ankle injury to leading scorer K.K. Mobley to go 6-0. But, they did. The Lady Bullpups won 40-34.
Mobley led TCMS with 22 points, Brandi Sharpe scored 10 and Ziahaya Griffin and Trinity Robinson each scored 4. Griffin subbed for Mobley at point guard.
The Bullpups bounced back from their only loss, at Metter, with a 42-20 victory over Reidsville. Maleke Day led the Bullpups with 11 points, Silas Legrant had 7, Octavious Roberys 5, Gage Herndon 4, Bryson Jones 3 and Braylen McMillian. Mason Braddy and Michael Anthony each scored 2.


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DJ Mag 2011 Top 100 : My Picks (Part2)Leave a comment
September 18, 2011 by DJ Elroy
My 2010 Picks. I still respect all of the artists I picked last year, but this vote is about what you've done for me lately. So who's gonna make it again this year?
1) Paolo Mojo
As much as I love his Ooshcast, I just haven't seem enough from Paolo this year. He's been busy touring (not here, though) and producing and managing his Oosh label… but I haven't been overly-impressed with his new work and even his mixes have gotten a bit dull. Still one of my favorite artists to be sure, but there are some new names on my list this year.
Still going strong in 2011. And still getting a vote. I've only seen a few free mixes this year, but they have all been amazing. And his productions? Breathtaking!
Another repeat nominee. Like with Hernan, I've only come across a few mixes this year, but they've all been top quality. And the studio work has been stellar.
Still one of my favorite live DJs, but not fresh enough to get a vote from me. All his mixes and his productions have started to sound the same to me. I still love and respect the man, but you need to keep your sound moving forward. I know what you have works, but be dangerous. Speaking of which, check out the live DJsounds vid mix I just posted. The S-Man is crazy, but unfortunately I saw the mix after I voted.
Steve's spent too much time on video remixes. That's not to say he doesn't DJ anymore. In fact, he did a killer show in Denver a while back. But I don't see the mixes posted online, or the new tracks. And the social media is all about the video projects. Porterhouse will always be one of my favorites, but unfortunately won't be getting the vote this year.
So who else is going to get my vote this year?
Probably my biggest surprise this year. I've been following his Perspectives webshow for a while, but I had a chance to talk with Darin and really got to know him. Good ol' progressive house and melodic tech is getting buried by electro and dubstep, so it's great to know there are people keeping the music alive.
I've always liked Sander; he's constantly evolving, changing, and experimenting. Sometimes it doesn't work, but when it does it's second to none.
Repeat from 2010!
I've heard a few good mixes from them and some amazing house tunes. These guys are top artists in the game, and when it comes to social media and fan interaction they're with it.
Another repeat vote!
Check out the winners on the DJ Mag 2010 Popularity Poll. How different will this year be? More dubstep, I'm sure. More dance/pop crossover acts. But any big surprises?


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Reel To Reel Cacophony: Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds' Favourite Albums
Mark Eglinton
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With their sixteenth LP Big Music just out, the Glaswegian new wave veterans' frontman gives Mark Eglinton a Baker's Dozen of his top 13 formative influences
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Again, now that I was addicted to space age glam rock via those previous two records, the next thing to appear was Roxy Music. I saw the images first in music papers like the NME, with people like Nick Kent writing about them, and then I was just desperate to hear the sounds. I first saw them on a BBC Two arts programme and they were playing 'Re-Make/Re-Model'. This was maybe four months after hearing Bolan and Bowie for the first time and the Roxy Music image was a further extension. I have no great source of reference really, but for me the great thing about that first Roxy album - apart from the actual musical contents - were the sleeve notes. It was a great piece of writing that described where the band had come from: the sort of grimy underground of London, all presented in a way that brilliantly captured their space and time. Ferry himself was unique of course and seemed almost like a projected-into-the-future version of Elvis but with all this mad, Cole Porter-done-with-Eno sounds type thing.
When I think about it, in different ways Bolan, Bowie and Bryan Ferry influenced my style hugely. The mannerisms were the key. Up until then, everyone had always seemed to want to sound like The Beatles or have that bluesy voice or a sugar-coated pop voice but these guys were coming with these weird mannerisms. I still say to this day that I don't think Bryan Ferry really gets the credit he deserves - particularly for his voice. I had never heard a voice like his, just like I'd never heard a voice like Morrissey's. To be unique is really, really hard.
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Enclosing of Customers Accessories
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The accessories are supplied by the customer or the partner without any costs and are packed in the system pack by Fujitsu Technology Solutions at the end of the production.
- The partner or tzhe customer has the possibility to give additional information along his end customers or end users to take with them, e.g. a list including the service partners of the company.
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Microsoft will no longer provide security updates for Windows 7 as of January 14, 2020, which is one year away. There are two ways to get around this date, but they'll cost you.
One year from today — on January 14, 2020 — Microsoft's support for Windows 7 will cease. That means no more updates or fixes, including security fixes after that date, which is the first Patch Tuesday of 2020, unless a customer pays.
Microsoft introduced Windows 7 in July, 2009. A number of enterprise customers didn't begin deploying Windows 7 well into its lifecycle, and in some cases, only months before Windows 10 debuted in July,Microsoft officials said as of last fall that more than half of all Windows devices in the enterprise were running Windows 10, with the rest running Windows 7 and other older versions of Windows. Yet the support clock has ticked on.
Microsoft officials have announced two ways that Windows 7 users can continue to get security updates beyond the January 14, 2020 date. Both of these ways are designed for business customers, not consumers.
Microsoft will sell paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) on a per-device basis, with the price increasing each year. These ESUs will be available to any Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise users with volume-licensing agreements, and those with Windows Software Assurance and/or Windows 10 Enterprise or Education subscriptions will get a discount. These ESUs will provide Windows 7 Extended Security Updates through January 2023.
Microsoft also will provide ESUs for no additional cost to customers who buy the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop service, which is designed to to allow users to virtualize Windows 7 and 10, Office 365 ProPlus apps and other third-party applications by running them remotely in Azure virtual machines. Those wanting to virtualize Windows 7 after Microsoft support ends in January 2020 will be able to do so for three years by using WVD. WVD still is not available in public preview, but is expected to be sometime this calendar quarter. Microsoft has not yet announced a final availability date or pricing for WVD.
A related reminder: As of January 14, 2020 — the date when Microsoft is slated to stop providing support for Windows 7 -Microsoft will no longer support Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 7. Customers paying for ESUs will continue to receive support for Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 7 for up to three years after that date, however. In addition, there are more Microsoft products for which support is ending on January 14, 2020: Exchange Server 2010, Windows Server 2008/R2, and Windows 7 for Embedded Systems (but not Windows Embedded Standard 7).
I've had several Windows 7 users ask me if Microsoft might end up extending Windows 7 support for everyone beyond January because a number of customers won't be ready to move off it. I have not seen or heard any indications for such a move. And users shouldn't read into Microsoft's decision to bring the coming Chromium-based version of Edge to Windows 7 as Microsoft planning to extend Windows 7 support. Microsoft's plan to bring Edge to Windows 7 is meant to support those who pay for extended support beyond January 2020 — and to throw a bone to those still figuring out their post-Windows-7
migration plans.
End of "mainstream" support for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 installed occurred on January 13, 2015. Mainstream support includes no-charge incident support and paid incident support; security update support; and the ability to request non-security updates. End of extended support for the product, on January 14, 2020, means the end of paid support; free security update support; and Extended Hotfix Support.
Windows 8.1 customers will continue to get security updates from Microsoft for free until January 10, 2023. Windows 10 users get free support based on the date when their version of Windows 10 was introduced.
Update: If you're wondering what Microsoft's guidance is, re: the pending end of support for Windows 7, it's not simply "move to Windows 10." Microsoft is using the end of support to try to get users to go all the way and move to Microsoft 365, its bundle of Windows 10, Office 365 and EMS.
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The full range of Thomas Eakins's art -- lively sporting scenes, psychologically incisive portraits, dramatic historical tableaux, as well as numerous sculptures and innovative photographs -- is explored in revealing detail in this outstanding critical biography. The first edition of Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art, published in 1992, was selected by Choice as One of the best art books of the year. This second edition of what has become the standard book on the artist adds an appendix discussing recent discoveries about Eakins's use of photography and a bibliographical addendum.
Professor Homer explains Eakins's working methods through telling comparisons between his paintings and the photographs and drawings that were part of his creative process. Drawing on previously undiscovered primary sources, Homer paints a nuanced portrait of the career of this controversial artist, who was too frequently seen as a victim of the Establishment. The result is this landmark in Eakins studies, which helps to demythologize Eakins without diminishing his brilliance or importance.


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21 Feb 2019
What risk and compliance talent looks like in 2019
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Several banks made headlines in 2018 for risk management and compliance failures. How does this affect risk and compliance professionals and what type of leadership will risk management and regulatory compliance require in 2019?
Bram Tijsseling and Robin Farley, Partners in the Global Financial Services Practice of Odgers Berndtson in the Netherlands and the UK, respectively, get behind the headlines, and answer the vital questions.
Why did risk management and regulatory compliance become such a hot topic in 2018?
Bram Tijsseling (BT): It's no coincidence that, last year, European banks mentioned were hit with big fines for money laundering on a massive scale. Clearly, in Europe, the regulators are getting more aggressive with their enforcement action on money laundering breaches, especially after the EU money laundering directive came into effect in 2017. That's been impacting a lot of the European banks. So, the combination of increasing regulation and difficulty in executing the right controls, whether it is from a compliance or financial crime perspective within these large organisations, are all coming into play.
"Whilst financial crime and compliance has been an area of significant focus for all the big banks in the last five to six years, financial crime still remains quite difficult to track"
One of Denmark's banks has been having a lot of issues in the last six months as well. It remains a big risk, because these are very international banks and they operate across many different jurisdictions. Without the necessary controls in place, they are always susceptible to breaches of non-financial risk, whether that is related to financial crime or compliance.
In The Netherlands, we saw an increase in the demand for risk and compliance staff. Did the same happen in the UK and is that the right answer?
Robin Farley (RF): The demand since the financial crisis for larger risk and compliance teams has always been there. Financial crime has also been a problem area for large UK banks coming out of 2008, with one global UK bank falling victim and being fined nearly $2bn in 2012.
There were new regulations, and the enforcement was a regular occurrence across different jurisdictions. Banks had to expand their second line risk and compliance functions. It has been quite steady these last few years, but in the UK and the US, there is now more of a demand to find efficiencies in the second line risk and compliance teams. That's because the cost pressures have increased and those teams have become too big. Ultimately it is the frontline business that needs to own these financial and non-financial risks. Banks have also been exploring more technologically driven solutions that can remove some of the manual tasks associated with managing these risks.
If you look at other areas like asset management, you are seeing an increase in headcount on the risk and compliance side, because that sector is becoming increasingly regulated too.
As teams in both areas have grown in scale, the requirements of those in CRO/CCO roles has also changed. Demand for these leaders has outstripped supply and remuneration levels have increased over time.
What does it take to be a successful risk and compliance manager at senior management and/or board level?
(RF): Of course, to begin with, you need a combination of technical skills and subject matter expertise. But increasingly, when you are operating at executive committee level or in a senior leadership role, you need more than that. You must have the ability to interact with a number of different stakeholders, both internally and externally. You must be a credible business partner, with a solutions-based approach as opposed to being a controller that always says no.
Senior executives, whether they are Chief Compliance or Chief Risk Officers, will face the situation where the answer is "no". They need to however think of a way to get to say "yes" or think of a different solution that helps the business to continue to do business. A proactive solutions-based approach is very important for these executives.
"CROs and compliance officers are getting a lot more time in executive committees and boards these days, versus fifteen years ago, so they need to be credible in that environment"
They also need to manage a number of relationships, externally, particularly with regulators. If you are an international bank like ING, you don't just have regulatory relationships with DNB, you have teams that manage regulatory relationships in the UK, in Asia etc. It is very much an international role and there are many different regulatory touchpoints. All those regulators have different approaches and priorities. Some regulatory regimes are more challenging than others which makes managing risk and compliance all the more challenging across different jurisdictions.
(BT): I think as far as subject matter expertise is concerned and how that can be translated to the business, it's important that you are able to make an assessment whether something is critical, important or not. Depending on the outcome of this assessment you need to determine the most effective approach which might affect all levels within the organisation.
Furthermore, you need to be a good communicator, adaptable, and empathetic in translating compliance to the business. For compliance to work effectively, the management's behaviour and organisational culture is key. That also applies to the entire organization.
To be honest, risk and compliance is generally considered to be 'not sexy'. Doing business and deals is money-driven, that's 'sexy'. And that does not only apply to financial institutions. Generating business and sales is often the main motive in most industries. But doing all of that within a risk and compliance-conscious organization is essential.
How can an executive search firm help find the right blend of qualities?
(RF): Of course, our first priority is to find people who have substantive knowledge of the subject, they need to know what they are talking about. Equally, they must have the strategic and commercial skills and the ability to manage stakeholders at senior management level. They must be able to express their opinion confidently and contribute in a senior management environment.
"They are individuals who cannot be easily influenced, are steadfast and independent"
He or she must be able to work as a filter, bring the essentials to the attention of senior management and thereby influence them to make risk based decisions.
(BT): The really high quality CROs and CCOs who possess all these competencies are in very short supply. And there is an increase in demand. The value of executive search is to identify the forward-thinking business partner with the right technical skills. You need a search firm that can take a company's message to market and engage those individuals to come and join the organisation, whatever your client is.
"This can mean looking in new areas, particularly as the rise of the digital age means a financial services firm becomes more digitally engaged and more like a platform business"
Particularly on the banking side, finding individuals that understand the relevant IT infrastructure is also very important.
Also, there are emerging risks in the IT and cyber and operational resilience space, so bringing in expertise from other areas outside of financial services, whether that is technology or security services, that's important. And you need a search firm to help bring those people across, because there is a lot of competition. It's not just the banks that want these people. Quite frankly, every industry wants them, people that can understand technology and infrastructure and can translate that into the industries they are operating in.
Finally, different organisations have different needs. Identifying the right candidate for a particular organisation depends on a host of factors and cultural fit always plays an essential part. A candidate who suits one firm may not suit another. Our role as an executive search firm is to ensure that the fit is right.
Thank you, Bram and Robin.
Odgers Berndtson's Financial Services Practice advises financial institutions across the world. We support firms in appointing executives and non-executives with the talent to deliver their strategy and promote growth in a challenging macroeconomic context.


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There are many athletes from across the United States that have become heroes here in Buffalo. From Thurman Thomas to Gilbert Perreault, we've never been shy about worshiping our pro sport athletes. But how many of these all-stars can we say were Buffalo born and bred, and then went on to live the life that only many sports competitors can only dream of?
There's no better example of a Buffalo success story than that of Danny DiLiberto. This 80-year-old Buffalonian seemed rugged but very unassuming, for someone who was once an elite boxer and then continued on to become a member of the International Pool Tour (at the age of 80, he still remains a contender). He's a teacher, author, and has a seat in the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame, One Pocket Hall of Fame and the Ringside 44 Boxing Hall of Fame.
I sat Danny down for an interview with the goal of figuring out what makes him tick. How did he become so successful? A man of such accomplishments, like Danny, was an honor and a privilege to meet and talk with.
Danny has stories upon stories and I wish I could have heard them all. He told me tales about his Hollywood friends and his glory days. The man lived with actor James Caan, hung with multi-talented Fred Astaire and Dean Martin, and quarreled with Broadway Joe Namath.
Nicknamed "Buffalo Dan" for the city in which he came from, he could tell right off the bat that I wasn't familiar with his sport, going as far as calling me a "sucker". And although he said it wasn't derogatory, I knew that if he wanted to, he could still take me to task on the billiards table any day of the week!
Early Life And Career
DiLiberto has seen much through his days of boxing, playing pool, and his other countless ventures. Born on February 19th, 1953, Danny grew up in a poor Italian neighborhood in Buffalo situated between Virginia and 10th. He excelled at many sports as most kids of that generation did, and that's where his boxing and pool career started. It was in his younger years, after coming back from the Army, that he got a name for playing pool. He won the Buffalo City Straight Pool Championships, and his career took off from there.
Danny went on to Miami, training with the legendary Angelo Dundee and eventually fighting under the name Danny Toriani. Even though his career wasn't very long due to several hand injuries, he ended with a professional career record of 13 wins, 1 draw and 12 KO's. This is what led him back to the game of pool.
Danny was 27-years-old when he decided to become a professional pool player. Buffalo was his starting point to playing pool, but it wasn't until he went to Johnston City, IL where he learned how to play the up-and-coming game known as One Pocket. For Danny, pool was a great way to avoid the nine to five lifestyle and hustle for a quick dollar. It afforded him a full-throttled lifestyle filled with championships, Las Vegas, street fights, women, and fame.
Danny continued to play pool throughout his life and still participates in playing pool. Today you can find Danny living in Buffalo. He still enjoys kicking ass in pool exhibitions and now even travels with Accu-Stats Video Productions as a color commentator for pool matches.
If you'd like to learn more about the Hall of Famer's exploits check out "Road Player: The Danny DiLiberto Story" written by pool journalist Jerry Forsyth and Danny himself.
Professional Career Titles
- 1960 and 1961 Straight Pool City Championship
- 1962 Straight Pool New York State Championship
- 1963 Straight Pool, U. S. Masters
- 1969 U.S. Masters Straight Pool Tournament
- 1972 Tournament of Champions, Johnston City, Illinois
- 1972 World All Around Champion, Johnston City, Illinois
- 1981 BCA National Eight Ball Tournament
- 1982 Busch Southern Nine Ball Classic
- 1983 World One Pocket Tournament
- 1984 Classic Cup Nine Ball Tournament
- 1985 Eastern States Straight Pool Tournament
- 1985 World Mixed Couples Nine Ball Tournament
- 1989 Western States Nine Ball Tournament
- 1996 Senior Tour Nine Ball Tournament
- 1997 French Open Nine Ball Tournament
- 1998 French National Nine Ball Tournament
How Is "Buffalo Dan" Not In The Buffalo Hall Of Fame?
The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame has inducted over 279 members, but "Buffalo Dan" has not gotten his notice. He's on the Master List for consideration, but in the last 24 years since its inception, DiLiberto has not had enough votes to be enshrined in his own city's Hall of Fame.
Slight tragedy here but what does it take to get this man in our own HoF?
Maybe that's a question left for another day, but for today I have to say I was honored to meet the man and legend, who I believe is quite the unsung hero in Buffalo sports infamy.


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Sarah Sandhill is a lover of all people. She is naturally compassionate, kind and caring and brings this to her workshop facilitation. She has been leading HAI workshops since 1995 and has created the safety for men and women to dive into growth in the areas of love, emotional intimacy, spirituality and sexuality. Her passion is working with women to shed their shame around sexuality and blossom into their sexual aliveness and to step into and expand their awareness of self. Sarah is a dynamic, authentic, revealing and nurturing teacher and coach-counselor. Sarah is very open about her life and her history and women feel very comfortable and supported by her. She leads a women's workshop called All About Sex for Women. Her training has been in Process Therapy and with this skill she is able to assist women & men in trusting the change they wish to step into. She is a powerful leader and combines this with a lovely sense of humor. The quote she aspires to live by is, "I refuse to tiptoe carefully through life only to arrive safely at my grave." She has three children and 5 grandchildren and a magnificent relationship with her husband Peter, who also leads HAI workshops.Source: philiacenter.secure.retreat.guru


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Don't be fooled by the markets
Markets are NOT the economy
We admit it – it's not easy to ignore the daily gyrations of the public markets. We have watched the markets vacillate between optimism and pessimism on a weekly, if not daily, basis. With concern growing, market movements are becoming amplified by political events and even political non-events. Seemingly everything from U.S.-China trade negotiations to Brexit to a potential government shutdown at the end of this week roiled markets at some point recently.
But it is important to emphasize that the markets are not the economy. Although markets often reflect perceptions and forecasts of the future, they are also often subject to the whims of market participants and random events. When markets respond to news or events they do not respond perfectly (in terms of either direction or magnitude) as we have highlighted over the past few weeks.
Despite public market movements, the underlying economy still looks robust with data from last week affirming that view.
Inflation holding firm
Inflation data across several measures indicated that inflation held steady in November. The headline producer price index (PPI) showed a decline on a year-over-year basis to 2.5 percent, dampened by declining energy prices. But the core PPI held steady near 2.8 percent year-over-year. The headline consumer price index (CPI) did not change during the month, unchanged at 2.2 percent year-over-year. Much like the PPI, declining energy prices weighted on the headline CPI figure. But core CPI increased slightly to 2.2 percent year-over-year, back to its level from September. Meanwhile, headline import prices also declined under the weight of cratering energy-related import prices. The decline in energy-related import prices accounting for more than 75 percent of the decline in headline import prices, though overall import prices grew at a somewhat slower pace during the month. Clearly, the November inflation data shows that depressed energy prices impacted volatile headline inflation (exactly why headline data is deemed not as important or useful as core data). The more meaningful core inflation readings (which exclude volatile components like energy) held firm, reflecting slowly-increasing though inconsistent underlying price pressures in the economy.
Retail sales also showed no sign of marked slowdown
Headline retail sales for November exceeded expectations and October's figure was revised upward. Like the inflation indexes in November, weaker energy prices (notably from gas station sales) restrained headline sales data. More importantly, core retail sales, which factor into GDP calculations, increased at a solid pace.
We continue to foresee healthy holiday sales growth of about 5 percent on a year-over-year basis, fueled by a tight labor market, wage acceleration, and still-elevated consumer confidence.
A "dovish hike"?
"Dovish hike" entered the vernacular last week to describe the action that the Fed will likely take at its meeting this week. The Fed has previously communicated that it intended to hike rates at this month's meeting. The futures market continues to believe it, assigning a probability of roughly 80 percent to a rate hike of 25 basis points. But because of the gyrations in the market the Fed will seek to assuage fears that it is moving too far too fast. While we fully expect the Fed to hike this week, we also expect them to turn more dovish in their statement and it looks likely that the Fed's forecast for 2019 will fall from three rate hikes of 25 basis points each to two. We will solidify our forecast for 2019 after the Fed meeting, but we have consistently thought 2-3 hikes in 2019 seemed appropriate given the strength in the economy and labor market.
The Fed stands in a tough spot. They are hiking rates to keep things from overheating, particularly wage growth, which has gradually accelerated as the labor market has tightened. With the unemployment rate still well below any reasonable measure of the neutral rate and likely to keep falling, even stronger wage growth remains a realistic possibility.
The Fed is trying to prevent too-strong wage growth from either filtering through to inflation as companies pass higher wage costs onto their customers or eroding corporate margins which would further rattle public markets.
Typically, we would expect the former, not the latter, as companies seek to defend their margins, stock prices, and dividends. But either could cause disruptions. While inflation thus far has remained tame, the Fed has played a key role in the process of restraining inflation by raising rates 8 times over the last three years. Overall financial conditions have tightened, but they remain loose enough to stimulate growth and potentially inflation. If the Fed eases up on the reins because of technical factors in the public markets and not a true slowing in the labor market and economy, then inflation could slip away at a faster pace which could cause more meaningful disruption and true slowing in the economy. The Fed's mandate does not include propping up the equity market. If it really sees a more pronounced slowdown since its last meeting, it will need to convey this clearly and definitively or potentially risk undermining their credibility.
What else are we watching?
A slew of other economic news and data releases will likely get ignored or overshadowed by the outcome of the Fed meeting. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) index should decline again as too-optimistic feelings get reeled back in by the reality of the housing market. Housing starts and permits for November should diverge with starts down slightly and permits up a bit. Existing home sales for November should show a noteworthy decline amidst ongoing struggles in the housing market. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation index should reflect findings from other inflation indexes – a slight increase in the headline data due to lower energy prices, but a slightly more significant increase in the core reading. Consumer sentiment for December looks set to pull back slightly because of volatile, declining markets. Lastly, we will be watching for a government shutdown on Friday, although we do not expect one.
What does it mean for CRE?
More than the impending rate hike, the commercial real estate (CRE) market will digest the Fed's statement and forecast from this week's meeting. The gut instinct to cheer any slowdown in rate hikes looks like the default reaction. But if the Fed eases off the pace of rate hikes, it is either overreacting to technical conditions in the public markets or it is indicating that underlying economic momentum is slowing meaningfully. All things equal, CRE tends to fare better during periods of stronger economic performance because it behaves in a procyclical manner. Therefore, if the Fed is easing because of slowing economic growth then the CRE outlook will become more challenging. But if the Fed is easing because of technical market factors and growth remains relatively strong, CRE conditions could remain favorable in the short run. But then the CRE market will confront the risk that inflation gets away from the Fed and larger rate hikes could take place down the road. Rate hikes tend to only impact CRE pricing on a cumulative basis, over a more prolonged period, and after economic growth has slowed meaningfully. We have yet to see signs of a meaningful economic slowdown, though the Fed might state otherwise. The Fed is attempting to do the virtually impossible: navigate a soft landing for the economy and consequently the CRE market.
Thought of the week
Largely as we predicted, share buybacks in the U.S. recently passed $1 trillion in 2018, fueled by the changes in tax legislation passed last year. It marks the first time they have exceeded that threshold in a calendar year.
Note: Economic Insights will not be published for the next two weeks. Happy holidays! We will return with our global outlook to kick off 2019.


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Ah, it's been a while, hasn't it? Well here, have seven new entries.
Really. You'll recall last year at this time, the week leading up to Halloween, I posted an entry a day detailing Japanese ghost stories and folk tales. Well, I'm ready to do it again! But instead of ghost stories, this year I'd like to tell you about seven yōkai.
you may recall that yōkai aren't necessarily a "scary" thing in Japan.
Of course, I think some of the yōkai I will cover this week will be
quite scary, but some yōkai are just troublemakers, and some are even
helpful. But we won't talk about those since it's near Halloween. I'll
stick to ones that are generally frightening or, barring that, at least
manage to cause death and destruction. Even though the word "yōkai" is
often translated into English as "monster," in Japan they run the gamut
from the horrifically demonic, to helpful house-keepers. Mostly they
leave humans alone and want to be left alone, and only strike out with
anger if they are disturbed, or wronged, or bored. Mostly, yōkai are
just creatures, things, unique to Japan, part of the odd and wonderful
nature of things that dwell within our country. We fear them, we
respect them, we put up with them. Many yōkai scholars describe yōkai
as the embodiment of strange or unexplainable phenomena. "What is that
strange sound outside of my house?" "Oh, it must be one of those types of yōkai that makes sounds like that." "Why do I have an ache in my ear?" "Oh, it must be one of these
yōkai that like to mess with humans' ears." Many such yōkai came about
this way. But then, what about the particularly well-known and
disturbing ones whose stories seem to have spread throughout the country
on their own? Thousands of people across Japan don't just happen to come up with the same stories and ideas about the appearance and habits of yōkai simultaneously.
Well, it's because they're real, of course.
true, they're not seen so often as they were back in the days of Old
Edo, but it's not because of new scientific understanding or loss of
interest. Yōkai are still everywhere in Japan, people just forget how
to see them, because they don't know what they're looking for. But
yōkai should never be forgotten. They are essential in the preservation
of Japanese folk culture, and an important and fascinating element of
the country.
So, let's do a series of yōkai corresponding to the elements!
I have to have a theme, right? There are far, far
too many yōkai to just choose at random. So let's start out in order
of the gogyou (五行), the five elements in accordance with Chinese
philosophy. First up is wood, 木.
You may recall last year that I did a semi-yōkai legend, that of the Jinmenju. But you can't believe that Japan is the type of country to have just one frightening monster tree. In fact, we have several. Today, let's learn about the Jubokko,(樹木子).
you've ever seen a samurai movie, you know that Japan has a long and
bloody history of war and executions. In some of your campier films,
you'll see more blood thrown around than clever wordplay, and Japan is a
country that loves its wordplay. Dying a particularly violent or
unjust death makes weird, bad things happen, as the numerous vengeful
onryō ghosts and yōkai roaming around have shown us. But what about all
of that spilled blood? It has to go somewhere, too.
Battle and
execution sites are wrought with misfortune, and the large amounts of
angry blood seeping into the ground causes a particularly vicious breed
of yōkai.
Trees on these sites, roots innocently searching for
nutrients, were fed large amounts of blood, and it spread up through the
tree like it was running through human veins. As the blood gave so
much more nourishment than mere water, the Jubokko trees found
themselves addicted to it. Soon, the trees had turned themselves into
vampiric demons, only able to feed off of human blood.
course, eventually the wars ended and execution sites were closed down
or moved. However, the vampiric trees remained. Standing in the
now-empty fields, they shift their leaves and branches, not toward the
sun, but toward the pathways. When humans walk by, the branches lash
out and envelop the person, striking at him and sucking his blood into
their abnormal veins. It is said that the Jubokko prefer to feed from
children, as a child's blood keeps the tree looking unnaturally fresh
and healthy.
the death of their children and loved ones by vampire tree was
something the people of Japan wished to prevent. Taking axes to the
Jubokko, they found the trees much stronger than normal trees, and when
cut open, would bleed just as a human would.
is unknown how to tell if a tree is a Jubokko other than cutting into
it or staying wary of particularly fresh-looking trees standing
ominously in weird old battlegrounds. Some stories say they're also
able to communicate with one another into shifting position and
disorienting the traveller so that he becomes lost and encircled by the
Jubokko horde, which then feeds on his blood. I guess the best advice I
can give to you is... well... if you're wandering around in Japan,
don't stand too close to the trees.
Jubokko as they appear in Devil Summoner.
don't be too afraid! You should always try to enjoy nature in Japan.
Recently, a group of yōkai experts held an academic conference and
thoroughly discussed the history of the Jubokko. The group decided that
they were unable to find any hard evidence detailing the origins or
sightings of the Jubokko prior to its appearance in the Yōkai
Encyclopædia of yōkai master Mizuki Shigeru, determined that it must
have been invented by him, though Mizuki never reveals which yōkai are
real and which are the product of his own imagination.
A Jubokko in Mizuki's famous work, GeGeGe no Kitarō.
I wish I could have been at that yōkai conference.


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The kitchen/breakfast room is contemporary and classic with an electric controlled AGA and double island design, one used as a breakfast bar, the other for food preparation including a gas hob. There is an immensely practical utility, boot room and cloakroom on the north side of the house where there is also access out to the drive. The grand ceiling height continues upstairs where there are six bedroom suites, including the impressive master bedroom with en suite bathroom with a cloud shower and clever walk in wardrobes.
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Moor House is a wonderful example of Georgian architecture where the living and bedroom proportions throughout are exemplary and the symmetry and large windows showcase what is expected of a property built in that era. The feeling of privacy in the countryside is one of my favourite things about this property, whilst having Farnham such a short distance away and Frensham Lakes equally close by. The addition of a two bedroom cottage is useful for income generation, or perhaps a multi-generational family buyer.'Theo James-Wright


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text: umAhmad 1 Posted April 16, 2006 Assalamu alaikum, At the bottom of the main page where the names of the members who are on line appears, there seems to be another little problem, the names of the senior members are preseded bu the word senior members for example senior members: Baree, senior members: strider.....etc. Assalamu alaikum, umAhmad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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My name, Cora, means Maiden, and we are all on a journey-hence "Mayden's Voyage" I am a writer, mom, sister, daughter, and friend. I've been a blogger since 2006 and have met the most amazing people in the world because of it. "What you say- IS what will happen." I am a firm believer in the power of words...both my own and yours. ♥
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Darlin' Baby Girl, love you more than all the world...
Within the last 24 hours some interesting things have come from the mouth of my 10 yr old.
The first statement or question she asked me was while we were shopping...And she said,
"Mom, why do they call it Seizure salad?"
I looked at the bottle of Caesar salad dressing she was holding and had to bite my lip to keep from laughing as I explained how to say it correctly, and who Caesar was...and not the same guy as Caesar Agustus from the Bible...and why did he have a salad named after him anyway??? I didn't have all the answers on that one!
The 2nd thing she said was a total slip and gave me a peek into that little mind of hers that works like a steel trap... See, I have known for sometime that Juli processes things differently than most people. In some ways she has my problem with hearing a word...seeing it's meaning, and then coming up with something that better defines it. This is great if you are a writer, because the meaning of something has made a deep impression on you that you won't forget...it is not so good when you are trying to recall word for word something you heard or read.
Her slip was this:
"Mom, I drank a joke the other day...do you want to hear it?"
I nearly fell on the floor laughing..."You DRANK a joke???" Now, I understand what she did because I do it often,and I could really laugh at how funny her statement was. Other people would not get it I am afraid. She meant to say, "I heard a joke", but it was more than that...she had "injested" it. The joke was in her and dying to come out. You may not understand, but that's ok...just be thankful you don't have to live with either Juli or me!!!
The 3rd thing she said came after I had made her mad about something. She was being silly and I kind of brushed her off, and she was a little offended. She said:
"Mom, I bet you could even make coffee cry!!!"
I can only imagine what that meant. Coffee doesn't cry...but I guess that was the point, huh???
Oh my...she is only 10, and I may have actually met my match in the battle of words and wits in this child!!!
My Goodness!!! How I love them!!!!
3 comments:
- Valerie - Still Riding Forward said...
You need to give her the word "grokked" for her jokes!
Some times no other word will do.
And I totally got (grokked) what she meant.
- 12:43 AM, March 27, 2006
- Malinda777 said...
Too cute. Isn't it amazing to watch them grow. Motherhood, what a trip!
- 12:31 AM, March 28, 2006
- Mayden' s Voyage said...
Grokked...love it Val!
And yes, Malinda...it is amazing and wonderful, and difficult too.
They just grow to dang fast!!! :)
- 12:12 PM, March 28, 2006
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A debugging tale
In my opinion, one of the best feelings in life is when you finally solve a great bug. I have a hyper-focus personality, so I really hate it when I have to go home with my problem unsolved. I have a really hard time not thinking about it. For six days now, I have had to go home without solving my bug. But not today. Today, I know why the debugger sometimes waits for 1 second in the middle of processing a command. Today, is a wonderful day. I love it.
Anyway, I figured I would give a few tips that I have learned/re-learned over the last six days:
- Don't spend hours randomly poking around with the debugger. This works fine for the easy bugs. For the hard bugs -- get a theory as to what is going wrong, and try to prove or disprove it. You can spend forever in a debugger otherwise.
- Use in memory tracing for races. If you have a sensitive race, make yourself a circular buffer and do some in-memory tracing. You can attach the debugger after the problem has happened to look at the trace.
- Detours can be a great debugging tool. I used Detours to trace calls to a bunch of interesting APIs. Sure, I could have set a function breakpoint on them, but that would have been way too slow.
- Debug across boundaries. Its hard to convince other teams to spend days looking into bugs that are important to you, and not them. If you want a bug fixed, be prepared to read their code, and debug through it.
- I will spare you all the details, but don't after six days, I have this piece of advice for people using cross-thread COM: don't install a WH_FOREGROUNDIDLE hook into your STA thread.


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But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
But when the morning came he found the task a difficult one to enter upon.
The task now imposed upon him was a most distasteful and unwelcome one.
He had accomplished the task which he had set himself in his youth.
The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.
Yet do I know what a task I have undertaken, because of the knack you are noted for at writing.
As I eat my breakfast and smoke my pipe, I ponder over my task.
It is true your task has been disagreeable, but not more so than others.
But generally speaking, it does escape them, and lives to finish its task.
Dorcas of Lydda may have been of any age, but, judging by the circumstances, she had not completed her task.


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no. 41518/98
by J.M.
against the United Kingdom
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 28 September 2000 as a Chamber composed of
Mr G. Ress, President,
Mr A. Pastor Ridruejo,
Mr J. Makarczyk,
Sir Nicolas Bratza,
Mr V. Butkevych,
Mr J. Hedigan,
Mr M. Pellonpää, judges,
and Mr V. Berger, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application introduced with the European Commission of Human Rights on 25 September 1996 and registered on 8 June 1998,
Having regard to Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, by which the competence to examine the application was transferred to the Court,
Having regard to the letter dated 1 March 1999 submitted by the respondent Government informing the Court that they were negotiating a settlement with the applicant and to their subsequent letter of 19 July 2000;
Having regard to the letter dated 27 April 2000 submitted by the applicant's representatives;
Having regard to the letter dated 18 May 2000 from the applicant's representatives and to the Government's letter dated 2 June 2000;
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
The applicant is a British national, born in 1962 and living in County Kerry in Ireland. She is represented before the Court by Ms Ruth Harvey, a lawyer practising at Sheridans, solicitors in London.
A. The circumstances of the case
The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.
In December 1995 the applicant was attacked, detained and repeatedly and brutally raped by Mr E. The trial lasted from 2 to 22 August 1996. E. was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on 25 September 1996. E. elected to defend himself and questioned the applicant for six days. In preparing his defence, E. had been given access to her medical records and other private information about the applicant. Throughout the trial, E. wore the same clothes he had worn when he raped the applicant. He questioned the applicant not only about the rapes but on her intimate medical history and personal relations. The applicant was physically sick during the cross-examination. The applicant was admitted to hospital following her court ordeal, which she found disturbing and distressing.
B. Relevant domestic law and practice
At the time of the trial in the applicant's case, a person charged with a criminal offence had an absolute right to conduct his own defence. The court had no power to compel a defendant to accept representation against his will (see R v. Woodward (1944) KB 118). A defendant conducting his own defence also had the right to ask questions in cross examination of any witness called by the prosecution provided the questions are relevant to the matter in issue or calculated to attack the witnesses' credibility.
Under section 2 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976, a judge could give leave to a defendant charged with rape to cross-examine a complainant about her sexual experience. As a general rule, if the defendant could show that the question was relevant to a matter he has put in issue in the trial, such as consent, the cross examination would be permitted (R v. Brown (Uriah Samuel) 89 Cr. App. p. 92).
In July 1999, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1998 came into force. It inter alia restricted a defendant's ability to cross-examine a victim of an alleged crime personally.
The applicant alleged, in respect of her cross-examination by E., that English law exposed her to inhuman and/or degrading treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention and/or an interference in her private life contrary to Article 8 § 2 of the Convention in that it was disproportionate and unnecessary in a democratic society. The applicant complained that English law failed to provide any remedy in relation to her ordeal contrary to Article 13 of the Convention. Further the applicant alleged discrimination under Article 14 of the Convention because adult sex attack victims are denied protection from cross-examination by their alleged assailants, whereas child victims obtain such protection under English law.
On 8 December 1998, the Court invited the Government to make written observations on the application.
Following the Government's letter of 1 March 1999 informing the Court that they were negotiating a settlement with the applicant, the President granted an adjournment.
On 19 July 1999, the Government informed that Court that the applicant had accepted an offer in settlement of her application, namely, payment of 6,000 pounds sterling (GBP) and reasonable legal costs.
Following negotiations between the parties, the Government on 13 March 2000 informed the Court that it considered the applicant's claimed legal fees to be excessively high and that it had offered GBP 7,000 as a reasonable sum. They enclosed their letter of 16 December 1999 to the applicant's solicitors, setting out their detailed objections to the claim of GBP 12,880.50. This figure did not include VAT or counsel's fees. Nor did it make allowance for legal aid granted by the Court of 2,800 French francs (GBP 270.53). These included objections to a substantial part of the bill relating to research and drawing up a conditional fee agreement with counsel, work done liasing with the media and the inclusion of work done, inter alia, replying to a letter from a student and over-employment of fee earners e.g. engaging two senior counsel and one junior counsel to prepare a nine page application and supporting document.
By letter of 27 April 2000, the applicant's solicitors informed the Court that they were still negotiating.
On 18 May 2000, having failed to reach agreement with the Government, the applicant's solicitors submitted to the Court their revised claims for legal costs, assessed at 31 January 2000, at GBP 16,813. This figure now included VAT, counsel's fees and an allowance for legal aid. It also took account of certain objections by the Government.
By letter dated 2 June 2000, the Government maintained their objections as set out in their letter of 16 December 1999 and stated that a sum of GBP 7,000 was reasonable.
1. The Court notes that the applicant has agreed to settle her claims on the basis of an ex gratia payment of GBP 6,000 and payment of reasonable legal costs. In these circumstances, it finds that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application under Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. It notes that legislation has been introduced to limit the circumstances in which a defendant may personally cross-examine a victim of a rape. It is satisfied that respect for human rights does not require the continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
2. The Court further notes that the parties have been unable to reach agreement as to the amount of reasonable legal costs to be paid as part of the settlement.
The Court has had regard to the fact that the application did not reach beyond the stage of communication to the respondent Government and that most of the work in the file before the Court involved initial correspondence and the preparation and presentation of a nine-page application, with a limited number of supporting documents. It is therefore not satisfied that the fees claimed of GBP 16,813 may be regarded as necessarily incurred in relation to the application or as being reasonable as to quantum. The Court has given regard also to the amounts of fees claimed and awarded in other United Kingdom cases before the Court which reached the stage of a final judgment on the merits, after an oral hearing (see, for example, the Khan v. the United Kingdom judgment of 12 May 2000, to be published in Reports 2000-..., where GPB 11,500 were awarded for legal costs).
Consequently, making an assessment on an equitable basis pursuant to Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of Court, the Court awards GBP 8,000 by way of legal fees and expenses, inclusive of VAT.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Vincent Berger Georg Ress
Registrar President
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Elie Saab
The designer: Known for gorgeous gowns fit for a princess, the Lebanese designer is adding equally inspiring daywear (complete with a cooler edge) to his specialty list of late. This season it's about: A Japanese influence. Kimono silhouettes meet 3-D cherry blossom embellishment and lilac "wisteria" ruffles for a refined spin on kawaii-style pieces. The piece to buy: The lilac evening dress. For accessories? The embellished sandals.


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Central Pennsylvania's two Atlantic League baseball teams, the Lancaster Barnstormers and the York Revolution, announced Friday the experimental playing rules and equipment that will be in place during the upcoming season.
The new changes that will be put in place in the Atlantic League this season include:
- The home plate umpire will be assisted in calling balls and strikes by a TrackMan radar tracking system
- No mound visits permitted for players or coaches, other than for pitching changes or medical issues
- Pitchers must face a minimum of three batters, or reach the end of an inning, before they exit the game (unless the pitcher becomes injured)
- The size of first, second and third base will be increased from 15 inches square to 18 inches square
- Two infielders are now required to be on each side of second base when a pitch is released. (If not, the ball is dead and the umpire shall call a ball). This rule eliminates the possibility of shifting multiple infielders to one side of the field to combat dead-pull hitters
- Time between innings and pitching changes will reduced from 2:05 to 1:45
- The distance from the pitching rubber to home plate extended 24 inches, in the second half of the season only; with no change to mound height or slope
Major League Baseball will measure the effects of these rules changes to help decide on additional modifications during the Atlantic League All-Star Break and in future seasons, the teams said in their announcements.
"This first group of experimental changes is designed to create more balls in play, defensive action, baserunning, and improve player safety," said Morgan Sword, MLB's Senior Vice President, League Economics & Operations. "We look forward to seeing them in action in the Atlantic League."
The experimental playing rule and equipment changes are part of a new three-year agreement between Major League Baseball and the Atlantic League. The agreement covers the transfer of players from the Atlantic League to the Majors and enhances Major League Baseball's scouting coverage of Atlantic League games. Major League Baseball will provide statistical and radar tracking data from Atlantic League games to its clubs.
"Players sign in the Atlantic League for the Major League Baseball showcase opportunity it offers," said Atlantic League president Rick White. "We are excited to see that showcase grow exponentially, while working with MLB on initiatives critical to the future of the game."


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