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op 10 Most Wanted:
Firefly – Zangermarsh Drop
Giant Sewer Rat – Fishing Drop Dalaran Sewers
Crimson Whelpling – Wetlands Zone Drop Hyacinth Macaw – STV Zone Drop ANY/ALL HORDE (40 Champion's Seals) Pets Raven Lord – Anzu, (H) Sethekk Halls Winterspring Frostsaber – 20Day Quest Chain (5 more days)
Green Proto-Drake – 3Day Mysterious Egg Hatch
Red Qiraji Battle Tank – AQ40 Zone Drop
Sea Turtle – Fishing Drop Northrend, Ulda, Twilight Highlands, or TolBarad
Updated Feb 15th: My pet collection now stands at 495 (
483) unique pet's collected with just 41 ( 29) pets missing. For my own notes here's what I still need to be working on (*new). Anubisath Idol – The last pet I need for [Raiding With Leashes] which rewards Mr. Biggles.
- Bananas – TCG
Baneling – This pet comes with the purchase of the next Starcraft 2 expansion Heart of the Swarm due out in March I believe.
- Crawling Claw – This pet can only be gotten by collecting Tol'vir fragments, archeology.
- Clock'em – Earned by participating in the Brawler's Guild fights — I haven' even started this yet.
- Darkmoon Eye – Jeremy Feasel wasn't kind to me this past Darkmoon Faire, hopefully he'll be more generous and drop this pet for me next
month– month– month.
- Darkmoon Rabbit – This can only be gotten by killing the Darkmoon rabbit which comes out very rarily and only drops a single 'hare' for a very lucky roller.
- Deviate Hatchling – The last raptor hatchling I need.
- Dragon Kite – TCG
- Etheareal Soul-Trader – TCG
Eye of the Legion – TCG
- Fetish Shaman –
Fox Kit – Tol Barad Commendations
- Gryphon Hatchling – Blizz Store $25
*Gusting Grimoire – TCG
- Hippogryph Hatchling – TCG
Imperial Moth – My tailor has been slipping and hasn't been totally devoted to doing her Imperial Silk daily, time to get the whip out!
- Jade Owl – Jewelcrafting, my JC is only at level 87.5 at this point ..
- *Ji-Kun Hatchling –
Lil' Tarecgosa – epic staff guild achievement
- *Living Sandling –
Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling – Engineering made.
- Mini Diablo – Original Collector's Edition.
- Mini Thor – Starcraft2 Collectors Edition, kid's got me the regular edition for my birthday.
- Panda Cub – Original Collector's Edition.
- Pebble – dailies
- Porqupette – This pet has a chance of being in the Pet Supplies bag won from a successful battle against a tamer.
- Pterrordax Hatchling – Archeology.
- Robot Chicken – TCG
Qiraji Guardling – I'll have to wait until summer for this guy but hopefully by then it's all I need for the Kalimdor and World Safari Achievements and the Zookeeper title. Sand Scarab – TCG
- Sapphire Cub – JC
Silithid Hatchling – One of the two pets I still need from the 5.1 wild pets in order to complete the Kalimdor and World Safari Achievements and the Zookeeper title. Singing Cricket – This pet is the reward for the Pro Pet Mob achievement, which is to raise 75 pets to level 25. I'm half-way there… *Snowy Panda – Epic Pet Battle daily
- *Son of Animus –
*Spawn of Gnathus – Gnathus in Townlong Steppes
- Spectral Cub –
- *Spectral Porqupette –
- Spectral Tiger Cub –
*Sunfur Panda – Epic pet battle daily *Sunreaver Micro Senty – Isle of Thunder rare Sumprush Rodent – This pet is only gotten by purchasing a Rodent Crate from the Skywall Quartmaster for 2000 Domination Point Commissions — I'm not even close!
- Thundering Serpent Hatchling – This pet is a guild reward for obtaining a gold medal on all challenge mode dungeons. Yeah, I prolly won't be seeing this one at all.
- *Tiny Blue Carp – Fishing
- *Tiny Green Carp – Fishing
- *Tiny Red Carp – Fishing
- *Tiny White Carp – Fishing
- Tuskarr Kite – TCG
- Windrider Cub – Blizz Store $25
- Zergling – Original Collector's Edition.
Flawless Battle Stones come from successfully battling pet tamers and are considered rare. The generic family stones come from battling wild pets and aren't quite as rare — keep in mind winning against a higher level wild pet gives you a better chance at getting a stone.
Knowing I need a few battle stones for specific pet's I decided to make a proper list. Here goes:
Wanderer's Festival Hatchling Sea Pony Swamp Croaker Jubling Emperor Crab
- Mongoose
- Emerald Turtle
Giraffe Calf Baby Ape Arctic Fox Kit
- Cheetah Cub
- Feline Familiar
Elder Python
- Sumprush Rodent
Mulgore Hatchling Mr. Wiggles Egbert Creepy Crawly
Emerald Proto-Whelp Infinite Whelpling Nexus Whelpling
Tiny Bog Beast Thundertail Flapper Electrified Razortooth Emerald Shale Hatchling
- Ammen Vale Lashling
- Teldrassil Sproutling
Crow Jade Crane Chick Imperial Moth Snowy Owl
- Gilnean Raven
Flayer Youngling Stunted Yeti Kun-Lia Runt
Oily Slimeling Jade Oozeling Minfernal Arcane Eye
Fluxfire Feline Anodized Robo Cub Cogblade Raptor Tranquil Mechanical Yeti
- De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion
- Mechanical Chicken
Creepy Crate Ghostly Skull Infested Bear Cub Infested Squirrel
- Sen'jin Fetish


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Our history
From the Bearded Lady to the youngest generation
La Matelote has been representing the Lestienne family for 40 years. The family are the soul of this establishment which they cultivate and develop, and where the art of hospitality is practised by a dream team.
Tony Lestienne – a Boulogne-sur-Mer local
In Boulogne for several generations, Tony Lestienne's father was from a family of sweet makers, while his mother's family were in the fish business. Less enticed by school than he was fascinated by the action in the kitchen, he joined the Tournai hotel and cookery school at the age of 14, before doing his apprenticeship in Arras, Paris and Spain. He opened La Matelote in April 1979. The Guide Michelin awarded him with a star in 1982 and he has kept it ever since.
A family affair
Tony Lestienne received the strong support of his wife, Régine when he launched himself into La Matelote venture 40 years ago. His son, Stellio has joined him to inject new energy into the development of the Boulogne-sur-mer institution. Stellio focuses on the catering service which is going from strength to strength.
A tightly knit team
La Matelote has grown thanks to a tightly knit team around a chef who did his utmost to convey his passion and share his vision for his profession. In the kitchen, in the dining room or in the hotel: Christophe, Arnaud, Julien, Jean-Luc, Alain, Audrey, William and Sandy have each made their own contribution to this establishment with family values.
Who is the Bearded Lady?
Clémence Lestienne, the great-great-great-grandmother of the chef is a local figure.
Born in Fustebert in the north-western Pas-de-Calais department of France, she was already renowned for her gingerbread when she was just 16. She sold her wares in the fairs and markets travelling around in a caravan, from Dunkirk to Lille, via Roubaix and Saint-Omer. But she was most famous for her abundant beard. She died at a fair in 1919 at the age of 85. Today, her portrait has pride of place in the dining room of the restaurant.

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I am sure everyone would agree that the Liberal Democrat Voice team did a marvellous job of covering Conference. In just 5 days, their small but perfectly formed team popped out 44 posts on their Conference tag alone. It's a phenomenal amount of work when you consider that they were involved in organising 4 Fringe events as well. I keep telling people that it's Liberal Democrat Voice that should be their first port of call when they read a headline in the media that they don't like because that's where the truth tends to be.
In fact, it's the LDV team, as well as the wider blogosphere, that's playing an increasingly important role in getting the Liberal Democrat message out there.
Anyway, on Sunday afternoon, I got an e-mail from co-editor Alex Foster, who had just recorded Nick Clegg's Q & A session and was looking for volunteers to help transcribe it. I was on a family break in Dundee with only an iPhone, having been banned from taking any other technology with me. However, I was able to co-ordinate a wonderful band of volunteers who went at least to the fourth level of Hell in their efforts to make sense of a recording that was not of the best quality. It was real blood, sweat toil and tears stuff fand I am very grateful for their efforts. As is Liberal Democrat Voice who have praised and published their work here.
The Roll of Honour in full, in no particular order, as they say on Strictly is:
Douglas McLellan
The Spiderplant
Stephen Glenn
Nikki Thomson
Katie Sutton
Chris Mills
James Shaddock
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Luckily, we have a good friend who enjoys food as much as we do and happens to have a wing eating competition win under his belt (no pun intended). We figured between the three of us, we could easily take down the following:
1 two-foot sandwich- pork, brisket, or steak
4 pretzels from Philly Pretzel Factory
12 TastyKakes (one box/6 packages)
24 Peanut Chews
1 Champ Cherry soda
As Jake's requests 24 hours notice for this event, our friend called in and let them know we would be splitting it- no official timing needed as we would obviously be paying for it. At this time he also picked pork as our meat-of-choice, complete with shredded sharp provolone and sauteed spinach. A ordered this sandwich in the past, and our memory of it deemed it the best option for mass consumption. We also got to pick what type of TastyKake's we wanted to eat. A & I don't have a ton of experience with TastyKakes (not exactly the healthiest thing...) so our friend chose his favorite: Butterscotch Krimpets. Obviously our general healthy eating mantra was going to be thrown out the window for an evening.
We arrived at Jake's on a weeknight at 7 PM- it was generally very quiet while we were there, and the two employees were incredibly accomodating, even offering to put on some "eating music" of our choice. It took about ten minutes to get everything together and on the table, and at this point, a small pang of concern hit me: the sandwich was HUGE. This wasn't a standard Jake's sandwich... they pack three pounds of meat into the two foot long roll. We had the sandwich cut into sixths for ease of eating, and supplied ourselves with forks, plates, spicy mustard and lots of water. The timer started and we began eating.
With 24 Peanut Chews to eat, we knew we should spread them out over the meal, so this is what we started with. With our love of pretzels, we also began to tackle this portion of the challenge. However, one of the employees gave us some important advice: eat the sandwich first. As a male and previous competitive eating partaker, our friend knew he had to take on more than his share of the sandwich. He probably ended up eating a little less than half of it, which was certainly the hardest part of the challenge. A took on more than her share of the pretzels as well as the soda, leaving me to help out with the TastyKakes.
As I ate my portion of the sandwich, I intermixed it with bites of pretzel and more Peanut Chews. The Peanut Chews were probably my favorite part of the event- chocolate covered peanutty rectangles of goodness... A agreed that we probably enjoyed them a little too much- we don't typically gorge ourselves on candy. I began to feel full towards the end of my sandwich- thankfully I was eating the "butt" end of the sandwich, so I got a little less meat and a little more bread.
As A finished up the pretzels I ripped open the first package of TastyKakes. These are a little like Twinkies but more dense and without filling. The cakes themselves were ridiculously moist- I actually blotted one of them on a paper towel and was a little disturbed by how much grease came off of it. The butterscotch flavored icing is insanely sweet- A actually had difficulty eating them- she thought it was overly sweet to the point of "cloying". I, however, had no trouble polishing off my share, and then some.
Finishing off the sandwich proved difficult. As A & I made a huge dent in the rest of the food while our friend slowly worked his way through, there was an increasing number of breaks as he came to the end. We saved him a few packs of the Kakes to finish off with and slowly munched through the last of the Peanut Chews. We were certainly all in a great deal of pain at this point. When asked "How does it feel?", A simply groaned and said "It hurts!". I stood up to snap a pic of the conquered scene and decided that standing made the intense fullness more apparent.
Thankfully we were allowed to sit and bask in our success as well as fight through the urge to lay down, well past Jake's closing time. I realized that we probably picked the wrong type of Kake's- shouldn't we have gone for the least caloric option? With the Krimpets at a ridiculous 240 calories per pack, I had to make an effort not to calculate the full meal's content. Using my Blackberry to look up lower calorie TastyKake options, I started reading "Low Fat Chocolate Iced Vanilla Cupcakes" (170 calories per pack) and "Low Fat Raspberry Filled Koffee Kake" (180 calories per pack)- A protested this with "Stop saying food items!"
Our final time was 39 minutes- embarrassing considering someone has done this challenge alone in 24 minutes. But it was a lot of fun, and the food was a good range of Philly classics that were very enjoyable (until the end...). We were actually the first to attempt this challenge as a group, but hopefully more hungry friends will consider this as a fun thing to do. On our
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ALBANY — Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo now under federal investigation, might have pocketed as much as six figures from entities with business before the state, the Daily News has learned.
"It was a significant amount of money," said one source familiar with the situation. "It was not the $4 million (disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver) took, but it is at least tens of thousands and could be upwards of $100,000, if not more."
The payments officials know about occurred while Percoco was on leave from the state in 2014 to serve as Cuomo's campaign manager, the source said.
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My Mobile Office
(Originally posted at The Mess That Is Me April 2013)
We have been in our current home for three years and during that time I have been able to have a room designated solely for my office on three different occasions, none of which lasted very long. I suppose I should be grateful I had an office for even those brief periods as I wasn't supposed to have one at all to begin with. What happened was that as we were moving into the house, Nathan decided he was going to move out. It was time for him to venture out on his own. That freed up a bedroom, which I quickly claimed as my office. I actually prefer the term study to office, because the latter sounds cold and impersonal, giving one the impression of being called in to see the boss or the dean. Study not only sounds intellectual, but also gives a warm, cozy feeling, as well. So, to rephrase, I claimed the empty room as my study.
Of course, it wasn't just mine. As with everything, it was shared with the girls. Well, two of the girls, as Sarah and the 8-year old had not moved in, yet. Still, it was called mine and I went about decorating it my way, which means the girls always kept the door closed when company came over. There was no rhyme or reason to my interior design, nor was there any real organization. I had knick knacks and what-nots placed on every available surface and pictures and bulletin boards on every wall. The chaos that was in my mind seemed to have thrown up in my study. It wasn't so much cozy as it was claustrophobic.
Still, it was mine. That is, until a few months later when Nathan called to say he was moving back in. With mixed feelings - happy he was coming back versus sad at losing my hide out, um study - I packed away my office and moved it all into the garage where I could visit it once in awhile. Nathan settled in and I began writing wherever there was an empty spot.
I made it work, although it was a slower process. The main thing was not to give up, which I allowed to happen too much in my life already. I had just fallen into a routine when a year later, Nathan said he was moving out again and getting married. I cried for joy at the news, although the girls didn't believe it had anything to do with his upcoming nuptials and everything to do with getting my study back.
I denied the cruel allegation, of course. However, they said it would have been more convincing if I hadn't been moving my things into the room as he moved his belongings out. It wasn't that I was rushing him. Mind you. I just know how fast people claim things in my house. If I didn't get it first, it would have been turned into a craft room the girls would never have used or a game room Zac would have never cleaned. I had to act fast.
Another year later and Chris informs us that he is moving in with his boyfriend. His room was bigger than my study, so I take the upgrade. It didn't last long, however. It was decided that we should move Sarah and the 8-year old in with us and now both rooms were usurped. I tried pleading that the 8-year old could stay in the closet or that the garage had a door into the house for her, but the girls merely packed my possessions back into boxes. The same boxes that they had come out of I noticed, which meant they knew my office wasn't going to last long anyway.
Those who know me know that whenever I travel, even if it's just an overnight trip, I haul three small duffle bags with me full of my writing projects. These were now with me always in lieu of my forsaken office. Of course, they were always around my feet or left to the side which meant the girls were constantly tripping over them and spouting obscenities at my negligence of just leaving them wherever.
"You don't need all of that stuff," they fumed while bouncing on one foot and holding the toes of the other. "You can't possibly be working on it all at once."
"I never know what I'm going to feel like working on, so I keep everything handy. It's a pain to have to go searching for it all the time."
"It's a pain when our toes collide with that bundle of notebooks!"
It was also hard to get into that frame of mine for writing as things stood. I've always been able to write wherever I was without having to have a special place, but not for very long. I was discovering that without a study my writing was still sporadic and my attention span easily stolen by whatever else was near. If I was going to succeed at this fulltime, I was going to have to make some adjustments. With that goal in mind, my mobile office was born.
I still do most everything with pen and paper, resorting to the computer only when my draft is ready to type. I prefer my information in notebooks as opposed to digital files because I can scan those faster and easier. I understand that not everyone is like this and that most keep everything on flash drives and laptops. I'm also positive it would be easier for me to carry everything that has to do with my writing in my laptop case, but that's just not me. I prefer comfort over easy in this area.
I compacted all of my daily writing needs into a small file storage tub. Inside I stack my notebooks, research books, Post-it Notes, a pen holder full of highlighters and pens, and a paper clip holder. There are even small bookends to keep the notebooks upright and not falling all over the place. The storage container is secure, weather proof and slips nicely in my closet or in a corner on the back porch. The girls are no longer tripping over my assorted backpacks and calling me vulgar names.
Most mornings, I will set my office up on a small table on the back porch. It's become a daily ritual of sorts and actually sets the mood for my work day. It says that I'm serious about my career path and that I'm thinking like a professional instead of a couch potato. It slips my mind into a place that says let's work.
At a certain point of the day, usually between five or seven at night, I pack it all back up, except one or two notebooks that I can piddle with throughout the evening. These are my idea notebooks or sometimes background and character sketches I am working on. It's just something that I can dabble with during those quiet moments when everyone is busy. However, the packing away of the office is like shutting the office door if I had an actual door to shut. Work time is over and family time has arrived. My mind can relax and I can focus on what truly matters - those I love.
Before when I was lugging backpacks and duffle bags around, writing on the couch, the back porch, or the toilet, everything sort of blended together. Family time, work time, nap time - it was all the same. There were no real boundaries. Everything meshed and overlapped and the writing and family time suffered. The setting up and packing away of my "office" helps keep those boundaries in place. The words have increased and the quality of our family time has grown sweeter. I don't feel as if I'm being unfair to either one, because both now get the attention they deserve. Like those who actually walk through office doors, I was able to make my work-home balance truly balance.
There is also another plus to having a mobile office. I'm not limited to four walls or even my back porch. When being cooped up in the house has me a little stir crazy, I take my mobile office and hit the road. On those beautiful days I can be found at one of the many parks in our city, somewhere along the river, or perched overlooking the beach. Life is too short to be stuck inside!
Of course, I get strange looks from those who pass me by because I still set up my office as if I were on my porch alone. With it set up the same way all the time, it slips me into the "I'm here to work" mindset no matter where I am, and that's really the key. You need to be able to get your mind to shift gears. My mobile office is how I accomplish this transformation. How do you do it?
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Until next time, keep chasing your fantasies!


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How to Resolve a YouTube Copyright Dispute to Restore Audio
I have a BFA in 3D animation. I'm also very interested in cinematography, editing, and web design.
Copyright claims have been put into effect to protect people's content from being stolen and used improperly. However, there are times when automatic copyright notifications are wrong and the claims can and should be disputed.
Over the years, YouTube has improved the copyright notification process and music identification process. Each video, after it is uploaded, is scanned against a database to see if the music that is within the video matches an audio track that has been registered.
Notification of Copyright Claim or ContentID Match
If your video is using music that has been entered into YouTube's Content ID system, as soon as you upload a video that uses copyrighted music, you will immediately get an email notification stating that someone owns the video track.
Sometimes, it can take months for you to receive an email, depending on if the artist has just entered their information or if their content is already in the database. Getting an email notification is not always bad and some copyright claims will not affect your account. There are a couple of different types of copyright claims that YouTube can issue.
Different Types of Copyright Claims
Not all notifications and claims are bad. There are some that will just display ads beside your video, but no strikes will be taken against your account. It just depends on who owns the music track and what they have decided should be done.
Content ID Match - These are videos that have matched a library track in YouTube's database. This is not always bad as often the music owner's will choose to allow you to keep the video and just place ads next to your videos (monetize).
*If the music you are using is royalty free and you have permission to monetize and use the video with just written credit, you should dispute the claim. (See below section for how to dispute a claim.)
Examples of Copyright Claims
Video Blocked in Some or All Countries - Due to international copyright laws, sometimes the music owners will decide to block your video in certain countries. This is not completely bad as it does not give you a strike against your account. You can see the list of countries where it is blocked in your video manager. Click on the "Blocked in some countries" and you will see the list of where people can not view your video.
*If the music you are using is royalty free and you have permission to monetize and use the video with just written credit, you should dispute the claim. (See below section for how to dispute a claim.)
Copyright Strike - A copyright strike is bad. If you get three strikes on your account, it will be terminated. Copyright strikes happen when a video has been removed or been blocked worldwide. Companies can request for YouTube to take down your video if you are using music or video that is not yours.
This will put a negative strike against your YouTube account, and you may lose access to features such as:
- Uploading videos as unlisted, videos over 15 minutes in length or uploading videos under the Creative Commons License
- InVideo Programming
Fixing Copyright Strikes and Getting Features Back
After six months, the strike that has been applied to your account may expire if you
take YouTube's copyright school quiz and if you do not gain any more strikes against your account.
This will put your account back into good standing and regain the features you've lost.
How to Dispute a Copyright Claim
Disputing a claim should be done only if you have the proper license to do so. Contesting a claim where you are incorrectly claiming fair use could result in serious legal action against you and your videos.
To dispute a claim, follow these easy steps:
- If you have been given an email notification for a video that has a copyright claim against it, you can simply click the link that says "copyright notifications" or you can go into your video manager, and click on the notice next to your video. It will say either "Matched Third Party Content," "Video Blocked in Some Countries," or will say removed. This will take you to the dispute claim page.
- The music track and who owns the video will be displayed on this screen. To dispute it, click on "I believe this copyright claim is not valid."
- There will be a selection of options displayed for you to choose from. Note that the first two options are NOT reasons for disputing a claim.
- Review your option, and check the box agreeing that you wish to continue.
On the next screen you will be asked to select the claims you wish to dispute (sometimes there will be multiple claims per video). In the box, you will have the option below to state why you are able to use the music in your video.
For fair use, this is a standard disclaimer:
This video follows Fair-Use Rules. The video was only made for Artistic Expression, it is purely fan-made. This video is in no way associated with the musical artist or the anime company. All rights belong to their respective owners. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- If you have a license from the musician, include the link to the license. This would be applicable if you are using royalty free music where you have been given permission to use the music as long as you link back. Make sure to include the link to the license, as well as where you got the music.
As an example, if you got it from Kevin MacLeod - Incompetech, I would put something like this:
I used a music track from Incompetech (http://incompetech.com). The creator, Kevin MacLeod has released the track under the Creative Commons License 3.0, giving permission for me to use the music, as I have given due credit. You can view the full license here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Check the box agreeing that you are not misusing the process, electronically sign and click continue to submit your claim. It will be review and you should get an email with the results of your claim soon.
Your video should be restored back to its normal state, with use of audio and original abilities to monetize!
More Information
* You can find more information on YouTube's copyright claims and copyright guidelines in the YouTube Support Center.
Clara Alexandra on June 30, 2019:
It's "cannot" not "can not"
hacker2020 on March 21, 2019:
facebook and youtube aregoing to die in the futur cuz of this stupid programe they make pepoles talk to programe !!! we must createonother youfree upload site
Sheryl taruc on March 08, 2019:
3time I uploaded my video with sound it was I pick song in another app then I share it in to my YouTube channel but imedietly I received the copyright.how I can solve it..
Flick on December 03, 2018:
What's wrong with this process is that the person who claims the copyright of the disputed track gets to decide if your dispute is valid or not. If you "appeal" their decision, they can decide to pull your video and put a strike against your account.
It's a terrible system. I just got a notice for using a royalty-free track, because someone else had used the same track as a b/g for their own music cd, so it came up as a match. My dispute of the copyright claim doesn't go to youtube or iTunes, but to the person who has wrongly claimed this track as their own, perhaps by accident.
immo on April 11, 2018:
Copyright dispute in progress
sushant sharma on February 21, 2018:
audio is must
tri on December 07, 2017:
good work
Marilyn T. Gregory on November 10, 2017:
HelpFul Blog. Go ahead...
karthik on September 04, 2017:
great blog and nice one
Jacob on July 13, 2017:
Can anyone recover the song Strawberry roan by the Lzy wranglers. it was on youtube here:
OMAR mostafa on January 16, 2017:
I want to fix my YouTube
Glenn Stok from Long Island, NY on September 07, 2015:
My digital camera has a feature where it adds an audio track of public domain music when I create a slideshow of pictures. I once uploaded this slideshow to YouTube and immediately received a copyright complaint.
My solution was to choose an alternate sound track that YouTube provided and was also public domain. So I selected to solve the problem that way. But now that I read you hub I realize I could have issued a dispute.
purex on May 21, 2013:
Clear, well written article. This will be of great help to many people who struggle with this. It's actually quite a common problem for many new users to Youtube.


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Here a few quick tips I wanted to share in QGIS. Under Vector>Analysis Tools there is the basic statistics tool. What it does is fairly simple, but it often gets overlooked. This will give you data such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation and range. Be careful when choosing the correct column. I noticed that I can choose st_name and it will still try and return results.
Another is creating labels in Qgis. There are actually two ways to do this. Each way allows you to d different things. You can download plugins to give more functionality. First and the one I use the most is under layer>labeling
This is the layer menu that gives me the most functionality. And it maybe different for others. It gives a sample of the labels being created and provides a lot of advanced features. I tend to use this when I am mass labeling something or I need them to look really good for something such as a presentation.
The other way to create labels is to right click on the layer>Properties> and the labels tab.
This I can use for something quick or just a few labels. But even under the advanced tab you lose some of the functions. Such as being able to suppress labeling certain features.
Next under Vector>Geometry Tools> Export/Add Geometry columns. This is simple. It will give you area and perimeter and the options are to either save the results to a new shapefile or add to the current one.
Lastly is editing from the attribute table. This isn't really editing, but you can delete features. Again this is another simple one, but often overlooked. In the attribute table at the bottom you have the editing pencil. Once editing is turned on you can now change information in the attribute table and by hitting the red x you can just delete features that way.


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Takeshi Yamasaki
Takeshi Yamasaki
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
- High School Aikodai Meiden High School
- Born November 7, 1968 in Tokai, Aichi Japan
Biographical information[edit]
Takeshi Yamasaki won two home run titles in Nippon Pro Baseball in a career that spanned four decades. He was a three-time All-Star through 2007.
Yamasaki was a catcher and sumo wrestler in junior high school. In high school, he hit 56 home runs. He wanted to play for the Yomiuri Giants, but was a second-round pick of the Chunichi Dragons in 1986. He was sent to the US to learn how to play third base in the Arizona Instructional League but never played that position in NPB. He was briefly on loan to the Los Angeles Dodgers system, going 0 for 10 with 3 walks, 4 strikeouts and a run for the 1987 GCL Dodgers.
Yamasaki was 5 for 29 with 5 walks and 11 strikeouts in his NPB debut in 1989; he had more success on the farm, leading the Western League in home runs and RBI. Kozo Shoda stole five bases against him one day, a sign he would not be a catcher for much longer. In 1990, he repeated his homer and RBI titles in the WL and was 3 for 7 with a double and a walk in NPB. That winter, he went into a burning building and saved some lives, earning him a commendation.
Yamasaki only batted .149/.260/.256 in 26 games for the 1991 Dragons but improved to .236/.308/.396 at the plate in 1992 at age 23.
Yamasaki began playing regularly in 1993, appearing in 77 games and hitting .276/.349/.399. He was mostly a pinch-hitter in 1994, batting .262/.380/.548 in 42 AB. Yamasaki saw increased time in 1995 as an outfielder and produced at a .291/.366/.576 rate with 16 homers in 203 AB. Despite still not being a full-time player, he was third on the Dragons in home runs, trailing Yasuaki Taiho and Alonzo Powell.
Yamasaki blossomed in 1996 as he became a starting outfielder for Chunichi. He hit .322/.382/.625 with 83 runs, 39 home runs and 107 RBI. He edged Hideki Matsui by .003 for the Central League lead in slugging percentage, was 4th in the CL in runs, was second in RBI (two behind Luis Lopez) and led in home runs (one ahead of Matsui and Taiho). He joined Matsui and Powell as Best Nine outfield picks in the CL. He also made his first All-Star squad.
In 1997, the right-handed batter hit .257/.350/.447 in a major drop-off. The next year, Yamasaki batted .255/.355/.483 with 27 homers and 86 RBI while replacing Taiho at first base. He was third in the CL in homers behind Matsui and Akira Eto. He was hit by 8 pitches, most in the league that year. He hit his 100th career homer that year, going deep against Mark Acre.
Yamasaki's average fell further but his OPS improved in 1999 by batting .246/.345/.528 with 28 HR. He fractured his wrist late in the season during a collision with Mitsuru Manaka of the Yakult Swallows and missed the 1999 Japan Series, which Chunichi lost.
In 2000, Yamasaki made his second CL All-Star team. He hit .311/.372/.520 and finished sixth in the league in average behind Tatsuhiko Kinjo, Bobby Rose, Matsui, Roberto Petagine and Tomoaki Kanemoto. He hit 18 homers, his lowest total from 1996-2001. Yamasaki batted .238/.297/.488 with 25 home runs in 2001. Yamasaki hit only .192/.241/.295 in 26 games in 2002 in a miserable campaign. Chunichi traded him to the Orix BlueWave for Masafumi Hirai that off-season.
In his first year away from Chunichi, Yamasaki hit .232/.304/.480 with 22 homers as the DH for Orix. He reached 200 career homers, the 77th player in NPB history to that level. He won the 2003 Comeback Player of the Year Award. Yamasaki slipped in 2004, hitting .245/.313/.377. He complained about his usage by manager Haruki Ihara and was sent to ni-gun as a result.
When the BlueWave merged with the Kintetsu Buffaloes after 2004, Yamasaki was given his walking papers. He signed on with the Rakuten Golden Eagles, an expansion team, hitting .266/.342/.525 with 25 homers as the team's cleanup hitter and designated hitter. He hit the first pinch-hit home run in franchise history on May 7. He picked up his 1,000th career hit that season. He led the new team in homers that season, 9 ahead of runner-up Koichi Isobe.
When Rakuten added Jose Fernandez as a cleanup threat in 2006, Yamasaki was dropped to 5th in the order and batted .241/.332/.432 with 19 homers.
Yamasaki had yet another comeback season in 2007 at age 38. He produced at a .261/.359/.577 rate with 86 runs and a career-high 43 homers and 108 RBI. He made his third All-Star team. He and Fernandez set a Pacific League record when they hit grand slams in the same inning against the same pitcher, Masato Yoshii, on April 1. He tied Hirotoshi Kitagawa for the PL lead in sacrifice flies. His 142 strikeouts were second in the PL to Tuffy Rhodes and his 71 walks were also second to Rhodes. He ground into 28 double plays, leading the league. He was second to Rhodes in slugging percentage as well. He finished second in runs, trailing Hichori Morimoto instead of Rhodes. The Rakuten slugger most notably led the league, though, in homers (one ahead of Rhodes), RBI (12 ahead of Rhodes) and total bases (292, 12 more than Rhodes). 11 years after his first home run crown, he had claimed his second. He was helped by an injury that sidelined Rhodes for the last couple weeks. Still, it proved to be yet another amazing comeback. Amazingly, Yamasaki was far from being the oldest home run leader of 2007 - 46-year-old Fausto Álvarez led Hoofdklasse, 8 years older than the Rakuten DH. Yamasaki made the Best Nine for the second time of his career. Yamasaki's salary was more than doubled for 2008, from 82.5 million yen to 192 million yen. In 2008, he had 26 home runs and 80 RBI.
He continued to slug into his 40s. In 2009, his age-40 season, he had 39 home runs and 107 RBI. In 2010, he hit 28 home runs with 93 RBI. He fell to 11 home runs and 48 RBI in 2011, and hit a combined one home run with 20 RBI for the Chunichi Dragons between 2012 and 2013 to wrap up his career.
His career NPB batting line was .257/.337/.479 with 403 home runs and 1,205 RBI in 2,249 games.
His hobby is radio-controlled cars.
Main Source: Japan Baseball Daily by Gary Garland


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The Evolution of Political Rhetoric: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 6
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Volume 6 of The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research series focuses on the rapidly changing rhetoric coloring American politics. An increasingly polarized electorate combined with advances in technology have led to a combative and pitched rhetoric through more and more outlets. Each chapter is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on communication studies, political science, history, and other fields.
Using the extensive collection of the C-SPAN Video Library, chapters cover the highly visible Thomas and Kavanaugh judicial nomination hearings as well as the ongoing debate around impeachment. Other pieces focus on the rhetoric of the 2008 Wall Street crisis, presidential campaign announcements, White House press conferences, floor time by women in the House of Representatives, the use of Twitter by legislators, and the puzzle of zero population growth. Collectively, they paint a picture of how Congress and the president approach the broad topic of political rhetoric using C-SPAN video as the basis for their research.
The C-SPAN Video Library is unique because there is no other research collection that is based on video research of contemporary politics. Methodologically distinctive, much of the research uses new techniques to analyze video, text, and spoken words of political leaders. No other book examines such a wide range of topics—from immigration to climate change to race relations—using video as the basis for research.
About the Editor(s):
Robert X. Browning is a professor of political science and of communication in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. In 1987, he became the founding director of the CSPAN Archives. Today, the Archives are an online digital collection of over 230,000 hours of indexed content—all programs that have aired on C-SPAN since 1987. He is the author of Politics and Social Welfare Policy in the United States, papers on redistricting, and The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement, Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda, and Advances in Research Using the C-SPAN Archives. Awarded the George Foster Peabody Award for its online Video Library in 2010, the C-SPAN Archives is housed in the Purdue Research Park and offers a window into American life.
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Why Were the Philistines and Israelites Enemies
Today, the term "Philistine" has become synonymous with any person or people deemed uncultured, uncouth, and boorish. The word is repeated with little thought to its origin with few people knowing that it is derived from a maligned and often misunderstood people from the Old Testament of the Bible. For those who are familiar with the Old Testament, the Philistines were at first the ultimate bullies who seemed to delight in punishing the Israelites whenever they had a chance, but they then received their just dues at the hands of Israel's second king, David (ca. 1000 BC). The reality was that the relationship between the Philistines and Israelites was complex and requires a more thorough examination.
The Philistines and Israelites found themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield for some reasons, some of which are more obvious than others. Both peoples established kingdoms in the Levant (the region that roughly corresponds to the modern nation-states of Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon) in the early Iron Age just after the collapse of the Bronze Age system around 1200 BC. Some of the early reasons for conflict were based on culture.
The Philistines came to the Levant from the Aegean and brought with them a religion that was very different than that practiced by the Israelites, or even than what was practiced by their Canaanite neighbors for that matter. The Philistines were by nature an aggressive and expansionist people, which was ultimately the primary reason why the two peoples clashed. The Philistines expanded their influence in the region until they collided with the Israelites in the middle of the eleventh century BC. The two peoples then fought a series of wars that lasted for nearly a century, which ultimately decided who would be the dominant group in the region.
The Origins of the Philistines
Although the modern world has known about the Philistines for centuries through the Bible, their historical importance was not verified until the nineteenth century. In the decades after the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, interest in the peoples of the Bible and the biblical lands was kindled in scholars who wanted to prove or disprove, certain elements of the Bible, especially the Old Testament. Most nineteenth-century scholars were drawn to the older cultures of the Near Eastern region who had written languages and left behind monuments and architecture – such as the Canaanites, Egyptians, Hittites, and various peoples of Mesopotamia – but some of the specialists turned their attention to the more ephemeral biblical peoples.
It was during the late nineteenth century when two French Egyptologists, François Chabas and Gaston Maspero, decided to use their newly developed archaeological techniques to identify the geographical and ethnic origins of the Philistines. The two men first proposed the theory, which is now a consensus among Near Eastern scholars, that the Philistines were originally from the Aegean region of the Mediterranean Sea and probably Indo-Europeans. They based their theory on the remains of Philistine pottery in the Levant, which was nearly identical to that found in the Aegean near the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 1200 BC). [1]
The details of the manner in which the Philistines arrived in the Levant region are still unknown because they were not literate as a people at that point, but archaeology and written records from Egypt can help create a general outline of the situation. Most modern scholars believe that the Philistines were part of the wave of migrations of peoples known collectively as the Sea Peoples, who helped bring an end to the Bronze Age. In particular, the Philistines were part of the second wave of migrations/invasions that were launched on Egypt during the reign of Ramesses III (ruled 1186-1156 BC). Although Ramesses was able to repulse the invasion and take many of the Sea Peoples prisoners, it is thought that the Philistines were driven to the edge of Egypt to the coastal region of the southern Levant where they settled sometime after 1177 BC. [2] The Egyptians knew the Philistines as the "Peleset," which over time became "Philistine," becoming synonymous with the land in the southern Levant, which then became known as "Palestine." [3]
Part of what made the Philistines so enigmatic was that once they arrived in the Levant, their connection to the Aegean slowly eroded. The Aegean pottery remains discovered by archaeologists demonstrates that the Philistines brought some of their cultural traditions with them across the Mediterranean, but the presence of native Canaanite pottery and other material culture shows that they were willing to adapt to their new home quickly. The presence of both Aegean and Canaanite material culture at the same dig levels has led many modern scholars to term the Philistines as a hybrid culture that kept some of their native Aegean t while adding both Canaanite traditions and people to their growing political structure. [4]
The Philistine Confederacy and Israel
The political structure of Philistine society was unique. There was no unified Philistine nation-state or even a Philistine kingdom to speak of; the Philistine people were somewhat unified by a confederacy of the five leading cities: Ashdod, Gath, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gaza. Those cities, referred to as the "Pentapolis," were first referenced in Joshua 13:3. Each of the five cities was ruled by a chieftain known as a seranim, which was probably an Indo-European word closely related to the Hittite word tarwanis and the classical Greek word tyrannous. [5]
The individual chieftains set the agenda in their cities, but when it came time for war, then they all met to make a group decision. It is unknown for sure which of the five cities was the most important if any were, but the Old Testament book of I Samuel 6:16 mentions that after the Philistines had taken the Ark of the Covenant from the Israelites and then suffered great calamities. As a result, they decided to return the relic to the Israelites. After the Philistines returned the Ark, "the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day." This passage implies that Ekron was the leading Philistine city, at least in the eyes of the Israelites.
By the middle of the eleventh century BC, the Philistine confederation had become powerful enough that they began to expand their influence from the coast to the east and north, which encroached on Israelite territory. [6] The first contact between the Philistines and Israelites were violent with the Philistines quickly gaining the upper hand. In the book of Judges, the Philistines are ascendant with the men of Judah even offering to bind the hero Samson, asking him: "Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?" [7] The Philistine dominance continued, although the Israelites attempted at least one major rebellion. The Philistine and Israelite armies met at a place called Aphek in a battle that set the course of Levantine geo-politics for several following decades. According to I Samuel 13:17-19, the Philistines routed the Israelites, capturing the Ark of the Covenant and all of their iron weapons sometime between 1060 and 1050 BC. [8] Philistine dominance continued for over fifty years until King David unified Israel and Judah and finally drove the Philistines from Israelite territory in 980 BC. [9]
Cultural Conflict between the Philistines and Israelites
Although the primary source of conflict between the Philistines and Israelites was the age-old quest for land and dominance, culture clash also played a role. The most explicit example of this conflict is related in I Samuel after the Philistines defeated the Israelite army and brought the Ark of the Covenant to Ashdod, then to Gath, before returning it to the Israelites. In the ancient Near East, most of the sedentary peoples kept a statue of their most important deity in the deity's temple. The statues, known by modern scholars as "cult statues," were only allowed to be viewed by the high-priests and were often a target by invading armies. The more warlike peoples of the ancient Near East, such as the Assyrians, would collect their enemies' cult statues as mementos and as a psychological weapon.
The Ark of the Covenant was the equivalent of the Israelites' cult statue, so it is no wonder that the writers of the Old Testament reserved great scorn for the Philistines and their primary god, Dagon after their "cult statue" was taken. Little is known about the god Dagon, but modern scholars believe he was a male variant of an Indo-European earth goddess. [10] It is important to note that unlike Bal and some other Canaanite and Semitic gods, the Old Testament never mentions renegade Israelites worshipping Dagon. The Philistines and their culture were anathemas to the Israelites.
The conflicts between the Philistines and Israelites is well-known from many books and passages in the Old Testament of the Bible. The two peoples shared animosity for each other that was the result of a couple of factors. The two groups had different cultural origins and worshipped different gods, which was one of the sources of their conflicts, but added to the intensity of their wars more than anything. The primary reason why the Philistines and Israelites were enemies was due to both peoples desiring to put the Levant under their political hegemony. The Philistines got the upper hand first, but then the Israelites became the primary force in the region by the early tenth century. In the end, both sides were eventually defeated when the mighty Assyrian Empire overwhelmed the entire Levant and made them both vassals.
- ↑ Dothan, Trude, and Moshe Dothan. People of the Sea: The Search for the Philistines. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), pgs. 25-26
- ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth. The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt: (1100 to 650 BC). Second Edition. (Warminster, United Kingdom: Aris and Phillips, 1995), pgs. 140-1
- ↑ Cline, Eric H., and David O'Connor. "The Mystery of the 'Sea Peoples.'" In Mysterious Lands. Edited by David O'Connor and Stephen Quirke. (London: University College London Press, 2003), p. 116
- ↑ Yasur-Landau, Assaf. The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 240
- ↑ Yasur, p. 312
- ↑ Dothan and Dothan, p. 150
- ↑ Judges 15:10
- ↑ Kuhrt, Amélie. The Ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 BC. Volume 2. (London: Routledge, 2010), p. 440
- ↑ Dothan and Dothan, p. 138
- ↑ Singer, Itamar. "Towards the Image of Dagon the God of the Philistines." Syria 69 (1992), p. 445
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Wood works: Akris carves out a collection inspired by Alexander Girard for S/S18
When guests arrived at the Akris S/S18 show in the basement of the Palais de Tokyo on Sunday, they didn't expect to see an installation of colourful, life-size wooden toys with naïf faces staring back at them. The space resembled a Gulliver-esque children's playroom in the land of Brobdingnag – except the crèche had been invaded by the works of the New York-born, Florence-raised artist Alexander Girard.
From the Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera to the landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, Akris creative director Albert Kriemler often suffuses his collections with design references and collaborations. Indeed, Girard, who excelled at architecture as well as interior, furniture and textile design, inspired not just the Swiss fashion house's recent runway set, but the whole collection.
'Last year, I saw the exhibition "Alexander Girard: a Designer's Universe" at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein,' explained Kriemler backstage, adding that he was instantly obsessed with his work. 'I ended up going three more times and found myself fascinated by the way Girard worked with colours and by the incredible scope of his work. That's how I ended up calling my friend Rolf Fehlbaum, the chairman emeritus of Vitra, and we started thinking about a collaboration.'
The show opened with a sleek sleeveless coat printed with the same colourful characters that were in its background, who also made their way into chiffon dresses, midi skirts and trouser suits (what a way to twist a workwear staple). Elsewhere, more minimalist strapless and V-neck mini dresses, and tailored trousers in black and navy satin duchesse, featured embellished 3D details, resembling graphic blooms. These were inspired by a plywood sculpture by Girard, made from layers of undulating carvings.
A selection of Alexander Girard's folkloric and colourful wooden dolls formed the backdrop to the Akris S/S18 runway set, Photography: Antonio Camera
But Kriemler's love affair with Girard's work is far from just a one-season fling. 'Alas, I have no childhood memories of Girard,' he says humorously when asked if there was a sense of nostalgia linked to the sense of cheerfulness and naïveté omnipresent in the artist's work – most notably seen in a black chiffon dress, featuring childlike drawings of faces drawn in white, like chalk on a blackboard.
Kriemler has known and loved his work for more than 20 years. 'I have even met Girard's family and dined in The Compound in Santa Fe – the last of the wonderful restaurants Girard created where you can still book a table. Girard spent a lot of time in Santa Fe, and being able to experience the light of that setting at an altitude of 2,000m was so new to me, and made me understand his sense of colour'.
This experience also helped shape a collection in which every single colour was taken from Girard's creative canon. 'Ultimately, what I wanted was to show how warm and joyful his expression of elegance is,' Kriemler explains. 'How Girard's work captured the spirit of the moment and is timeless because he always had in mind how much we as human beings need beauty and joy.' Mission accomplished.


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Stocks are exposed to the risk of sudden downward jumps. Additionally, a crash in one stock (or index) can increase the risk of crashes in other stocks (or indices). Our paper explicitly takes this contagion risk into account and studies its impact on the portfolio decision of a CRRA investor both in complete and in incomplete market settings. We find that the investor significantly adjusts his portfolio when contagion is more likely to occur. Capturing the time dimension of contagion, i.e. the time span between jumps in two stocks or stock indices, is thus of first-order importance when analyzing portfolio decisions. Investors ignoring contagion completely or accounting for contagion while ignoring its time dimension suffer large and economically significant utility losses. These losses are larger in complete than in incomplete markets, and the investor might be better off if he does not trade derivatives. Furthermore, we emphasize that the risk of contagion has a crucial impact on investors' security demands, since it reduces their ability to diversify their portfolios.
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the properties of popular tests for the existence and the sign of the market price of volatility risk. These tests are frequently based on the fact that for some option pricing models under continuous hedging the sign of the market price of volatility risk coincides with the sign of the mean hedging error. Empirically, however, these tests suffer from both discretization error and model mis-specification. We show that these two problems may cause the test to be either no longer able to detect additional priced risk factors or to be unable to identify the sign of their market prices of risk correctly. Our analysis is performed for the model of Black and Scholes (1973) (BS) and the stochastic volatility (SV) model of Heston (1993). In the model of BS, the expected hedging error for a discrete hedge is positive, leading to the wrong conclusion that the stock is not the only priced risk factor. In the model of Heston, the expected hedging error for a hedge in discrete time is positive when the true market price of volatility risk is zero, leading to the wrong conclusion that the market price of volatility risk is positive. If we further introduce model mis-specification by using the BS delta in a Heston world we find that the mean hedging error also depends on the slope of the implied volatility curve and on the equity risk premium. Under parameter scenarios which are similar to those reported in many empirical studies the test statistics tend to be biased upwards. The test often does not detect negative volatility risk premia, or it signals a positive risk premium when it is truly zero. The properties of this test furthermore strongly depend on the location of current volatility relative to its long-term mean, and on the degree of moneyness of the option. As a consequence tests reported in the literature may suffer from the problem that in a time-series framework the researcher cannot draw the hedging errors from the same distribution repeatedly. This implies that there is no guarantee that the empirically computed t-statistic has the assumed distribution. JEL: G12, G13 Keywords: Stochastic Volatility, Volatility Risk Premium, Discretization Error, Model Error
We propose a long-run risk model with stochastic volatility, a time-varying mean reversion level of volatility, and jumps in the state variables. The special feature of our model is that the jump intensity is not affine in the conditional variance but driven by a separate process. We show that this separation of jump risk from volatility risk is needed to match the empirically weak link between the level and the slope of the implied volatility smile for S&P 500 options.
This paper analyzes the equilibrium pricing implications of contagion risk in a Lucas-tree economy with recursive preferences and jumps. We introduce a new economic channel allowing for the possibility that endowment shocks simultaneously trigger a regime shift to a bad economic state. We document that these contagious jumps have far-reaching asset pricing implications. The risk premium for such shocks is superadditive, i.e. it is 2.5\% larger than the sum of the risk premia for pure endowment shocks and regime switches. Moreover, contagion risk reduces the risk-free rate by around 0.5\%. We also derive semiclosed-form solutions for the wealth-consumption ratio and the price-dividend ratios in an economy with two Lucas trees and analyze cross-sectional effects of contagion risk qualitatively. We find that heterogeneity among the assets with respect to contagion risk can increase risk premia disproportionately. In particular, big assets with a large exposure to contagious shocks carry significantly higher risk premia.
Tests for the existence and the sign of the volatility risk premium are often based on expected option hedging errors. When the hedge is performed under the ideal conditions of continuous trading and correct model specification, the sign of the premium is the same as the sign of the mean hedging error for a large class of stochastic volatility option pricing models. We show, however, that the problems of discrete trading and model mis-specification, which are necessarily present in any empirical study, may cause the standard test to yield unreliable results.
Tractable hedging - an implementation of robust hedging strategies : [This Version: March 30, 2004] (2004)
This paper provides a theoretical and numerical analysis of robust hedging strategies in diffusion–type models including stochastic volatility models. A robust hedging strategy avoids any losses as long as the realised volatility stays within a given interval. We focus on the effects of restricting the set of admissible strategies to tractable strategies which are defined as the sum over Gaussian strategies. Although a trivial Gaussian hedge is either not robust or prohibitively expensive, this is not the case for the cheapest tractable robust hedge which consists of two Gaussian hedges for one long and one short position in convex claims which have to be chosen optimally.
Is jump risk priced? - What we can (and cannot) learn from option hedging errors : [This version: November 26, 2004] (2004)
When options are traded, one can use their prices and price changes to draw inference about the set of risk factors and their risk premia. We analyze tests for the existence and the sign of the market prices of jump risk that are based on option hedging errors. We derive a closed-form solution for the option hedging error and its expectation in a stochastic jump model under continuous trading and correct model specification. Jump risk is structurally different from, e.g., stochastic volatility: there is one market price of risk for each jump size (and not just \emph{the} market price of jump risk). Thus, the expected hedging error cannot identify the exact structure of the compensation for jump risk. Furthermore, we derive closed form solutions for the expected option hedging error under discrete trading and model mis-specification. Compared to the ideal case, the sign of the expected hedging error can change, so that empirical tests based on simplifying assumptions about trading frequency and the model may lead to incorrect conclusions.
This paper deals with the superhedging of derivatives and with the corresponding price bounds. A static superhedge results in trivial and fully nonparametric price bounds, which can be tightened if there exists a cheaper superhedge in the class of dynamic trading strategies. We focus on European path-independent claims and show under which conditions such an improvement is possible. For a stochastic volatility model with unbounded volatility, we show that a static superhedge is always optimal, and that, additionally, there may be infinitely many dynamic superhedges with the same initial capital. The trivial price bounds are thus the tightest ones. In a model with stochastic jumps or non-negative stochastic interest rates either a static or a dynamic superhedge is optimal. Finally, in a model with unbounded short rates, only a static superhedge is possible.
The term 'financialization' describes the phenomenon that commodity contracts are traded for purely financial reasons and not for motives rooted in the real economy. Recently, financialization has been made responsible for causing adverse welfare effects especially for low-income and low-wealth agents, who have to spend a large share of their income for commodity consumption and cannot participate in financial markets. In this paper we study the effect of financial speculation on commodity prices in a heterogeneous agent production economy with an agricultural and an industrial producer, a financial speculator, and a commodity consumer. While access to financial markets is always beneficial for the participating agents, since it allows them to reduce their consumption volatility, it has a decisive effect with respect to overall welfare effects who can trade with whom (but not so much what types of instruments can be traded).
We study the effects of market incompleteness on speculation, investor survival, and asset pricing moments, when investors disagree about the likelihood of jumps and have recursive preferences. We consider two models. In a model with jumps in aggregate consumption, incompleteness barely matters, since the consumption claim resembles an insurance product against jump risk and effectively reproduces approximate spanning. In a long-run risk model with jumps in the long-run growth rate, market incompleteness affects speculation, and investor survival. Jump and diffusive risks are more balanced regarding their importance and, therefore, the consumption claim cannot reproduce approximate spanning.


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On Monday September 25, I had the chance to catch up with So You Think You Can Dance judge Nigel Lythgoe immediately after the finale.
We chatted about a variety of subjects including his feelings about returning to the old format of the show (following last year's kids theme). We also talked about the inclusion of former all-stars and giving them the power to decide who they wanted as their partner and thereby making them makeshift judges in and of themselves. I asked Nigel if he was concerned that the all-stars might replace him behind the judges table at some point given the effectiveness this year.
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ARC August hosted by Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat
Well, well, well. I guess history repeated itself! I fully admit that I suck at themed reading challenges because I am a mood reader. The moment I put out a list of books that I WANT to read, I almost always DO NOT read them.
I did read a number of ARCs, though so all is not lost.
- Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan –
- The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare –
- The Broken Duke by Jess Michaels –
- Perfect Love by Amanda Cowen –
- Perfect Sense by Amanda Cowen –
- Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey –
- Love Will Always Remember by Tracey Livesay –
Yup, as you can tell, I have failed this challenge! I managed to read a number of ARCs, but also still managed to NOT READ a whole bunch of them!
If you participated in this challenge, how did you do?
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A personal repository of random information in compensation for a fatigued biological computer
Breaded IT » Web Development » SilverStripe CMS pre V3.0 » Silverstripe 2.2.x Notes » GoDaddy installation » Refresh Error
From the Silverstripe forums:
1 February 2008 at 3:52am
If you have the "INTERNAL SERVER ERROR" problem when you refresh and you're using firefox with SilverStripe at godaddy
comment the line:
//header("Last-Modified: " . self::gmt_date(self::$modification_date));
in sapphire/core/HTTP.php
When this line is enabled the next request from firefox will be with If-Modified-Since header.
This seems to mess up godaddy... don't know why yet.
The fix smells like a bit of a fudge but what the hell..


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Plot hole: Ellen and Rob wear wedding rings, yet their wedding is not announced until "An Affair to Forget" in the second season.
Continuity mistake: When the guys are playing poker, Jurgen picks up his beer bottle and starts to drink, but in the next shot it's suddenly back down on the table. (00:02:40)
Continuity mistake: In the poker scene at the beginning of the pilot we witness Will, Jack, Rob, and others playing cards. Shortly after Jack asks for "four cards please" watch the bottom left of the screen as a hand (presumably Will's) deals Jack a single card. In the next shot Will appears to have not dealt Jack any cards yet and when he does he gives Jack five cards, add that to the single card he gave in the previous shot and the Ace Jack kept from his original hand and we get a total of seven cards. Two more than Jack should have had if the hand was dealt correctly.
Continuity mistake: When the guys are playing poker, the chips and cards on the table move about. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: Following the argument between Will and Grace when she returns from City Hall, Karen tells Grace she "thinks it's time for a couple of blue bibbies." Watch closely as she removes the lid from the pill bottle, takes out some pills, and puts the lid back on. The scene shoots to Grace and we hear Karen shaking the closed bottle. When the scene shoots back to Karen we see that the pill bottle is open again and Karen closes it yet again.


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061228.Widcombe, St Matthew's Pevsner Architectural Church ChatDecember 28, 2006 at 5:47 AM | Posted in Architecture, Bath, Cathedrals and churches, doorways, Pevsner, somerset, Stained Glass, Tabernacles, Towers, Widcombe | 3 Comments
"St. Matthew, Cambridge Place, Widcombe. 1846-7 by Manner & Gill. Dull, in the Dec[orative] style, with a [south] tower carrying a broach spire." from Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1958), 107
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Interest to see church where memorial to Lt. Gilbert Augustus Master is on the plaque of the Cawnpore, India dead in 1857. Please remember them.
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Lord hear our prayer.
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Thoughts filled with love and care for you and those you love.
I just saw Sacha's Instagram story with him on your Dad's bike and I broke into tears. #1 because of course, he's there. #2 your Dad's bike. Tears.
I must be on the wrong Instagram account as i didn't see Sacha's on the bike. So glad he is there. Thinking of you and praying. ♥
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Waves has released CLA Epic. The new plug-in brings a collection of Chris Lord Alge's favorite delay and reverb effects to your DAW. Also included is a flexible routing system for unique combinations of effects.
Waves CLA Epic
Waves CLA Epic was foreshadowed by the CLA EchoSphere freebie, which Waves had released a few days ago for Black Friday. CLA Epic expands on the concept by delivering a selection of CLA's favorite delays and reverbs in one convenient plug-in. Epic includes the two modules from EchoSphere and adds a few more. While EchoSphere is no longer available by itself, it's included for free when you purchase Epic.
There are four delay and four reverb modules, which, according to Waves, are based on Chris Lord-Alge's settings on his favorite studio gear. That said, they don't tell us exactly which hardware was used for inspiration. The delays are named SLAP, THROW, TAPE and CROWD. On the reverb side, we have PLATE, ROOM, HALL and SPACE.
You can layer and blend these modules using the sliders at the bottom. This lets you create unique combinations of delays and reverbs. Each effect also offers a modulation control for adding "texture and spread".
According to Waves, Chris Lord-Alge's "extra secret" is sending his delays to his reverbs. While I'm not sure if this technique is really a secret, CLA Epic lets you accomplish this at the push of a button. The flexible routing system can send each delay to any or all of the reverbs, which provides many opportunities for experimenting with different combinations.
CLA Epic includes 50 presets by Chris Lord-Alge and over 300 more by other producers and engineers, among them Greg Wells and Michael Brauer.
Price and compatibility
If you're quick, you can still grab Waves CLA Epic for USD 29.99 before their Cyber Monday deals expire in a few hours. The regular price will be USD 199. But, this being Waves, the next sale is probably just around the corner.
CLA Epic requires macOS 10.13.6 or higher (Intel only) or Windows 10 or higher (64 bit). It's available in VST, VST3, AU, AAX Native and Audiosuite formats.
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The claimed skull of John the Baptist
The mother of all corruption and shame.The Catholic Church of Amiens in France have kept John the Baptists skull on a plate. Jesus explains there have never been a greater man than John the Baptist walking the Earth. Still a Catholic Church in France, feels the need to keep a skull on a plate, and… Read More The claimed skull of John the Baptist