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Conditions d'utilisation
Last updated: May 2, 2019
Welcome to My Golden Closet! These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern the respective rights and obligations between My Golden Closet, a French corporation ("My Golden Closet"), and you, and constitute a legally binding agreement ("Agreement") between us. This Agreement governs your use of Mygoldencloset.com (the "Website") and your use of any Services (as defined below). Together, the Website and Services shall be collectively defined as the "Platform".
Please note that your use of the My Golden Closet Platform is also governed by other agreements including without limitation the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms, as well as any other policies referred to or linked to herein. In case of any conflict among these Terms and the Privacy Policy or other terms or policies, these Terms shall govern unless expressly stated herein. By using the Platform as a visitor or a Member (as defined herein), you agree to be bound by these Terms.
If you do not agree with these Terms, you do not have the right to access the Platform.
A few important points:
- Members are only eligible to use the Platform if they are at least eighteen (18) years of age and are able to enter into legally binding contracts. By accessing the Platform, Members represent and warrant that they are eighteen years of age or older and have the capacity to enter into legally binding contracts.
- Members agree to comply with any applicable export control laws in the Member's local jurisdiction, and each Member represents and warrants that (i) he or she is not located in a jurisdiction that is subject to an embargo, or that has been designated as a terrorist-supporting country, by the US government, or (ii) that the Member has not been included on a list of US government prohibited or restricted parties.
- We may update these Terms from time to time and such changes will become applicable to you if you continue to use the Platform at any time after such changes are posted. You will not be permitted to access or use the Platform unless you agree with the updated Terms. We will notify you of any changes made to these Terms by changing the "Last Updated" date at the top of these Terms. Review any changes, and if you do not agree to them, please stop using the Platform.
- Members are solely responsible for determining any laws, rules or regulations that apply to them and ensuring that they understand and are in compliance with those rules. My Golden Closet encourages all Members to seek independent legal guidance if they have questions about compliance.
I. Definition of terms
- "Deposit" means the security deposit
- "Account" means the account that must be created to allow an individual to become a Member and access the Services offered by the Platform.
- "Rental" means a Rental entered into between a Owner Member, ie a Member who owns an Article, and a Renter Member, ie a Member who rents an Article.
- "Password" means the password chosen by the Member when creating his or her account to allow him or her to access his or her Account.
- "Listing" means any Article described on the Platform published by a Member, including any User Content used to describe such Listing. Each Listing has a unique identification number on the Platform.
- "Member" means any person who registers on the Platform and by doing so, accepts these Terms.
- "Verified Member" means a Member whose email address has been verified.
- "Article" means any item which a Member has the legal and/or contractual right to offer via the Platform.
- "Service" or "Services" means any service rendered by My Golden Closet to a Member through the Platform.
- "Agreement" means the agreement between you and us incorporating these Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any other as amended from time to time in the manner set forth herein.
- "We", "us", and "our", means My Golden Closet.
- "I", "you", "yourself", means any Member who uses the Platform in any manner, either through accessing, the Websites or Services.
II. General use of the platform
The Platform may contain areas in which you or other Members may post or submit information, including text, photographs, images, or other information ("User Content"). Please review these terms carefully. We reserve the right to remove or refuse any User Content that does not comply with the rules set forth herein.
When using the Platform, you agree that you will:
- Only post User Content to the Platform if you have all permissions and rights needed to make that content available, including from any individuals who appear or are mentioned in your User Content.
- Not provide false or misleading information to any Member or My Golden Closet.
- Not post on the Platform, or transmit to other Members, us, or our employees, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material or communication, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity).
- Not use any of the Platform to violate any applicable law and do not post or send any content or engage in any conduct that subjects any Member or us to any threat of civil or criminal penalties.
- Not upload or transmit any files that contain viruses, corrupted files, Trojan horses, malicious code, or any other similar software or programs that may harm the operation of another's computer or gain otherwise unauthorized access to the computer.
- Not advertise to or solicit other Members to buy or sell any products or services. Any attempt to collect or use email addresses from Members and email individual Members or groups of Members other than for the purpose of arranging an Rental between Members is in violation of these Terms of Use.
- Not accept payment from a third party in Rental for performing any commercial activity on the Platform in violation of these Terms without My Golden Closet's express permission.
- Not impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
You further agree that:
- You assume all liability for your use of any information appearing on any of the Platform.
- You have the authority to enter into this Agreement, to post your Listing and to rent it.
- You are solely responsible for your communications and relationship with other Members.
- My Golden Closet has the right but not the obligation to monitor use or access to the Platform in order to ensure the security of Members generally and/or the Platform,or to ensure compliance with these Terms and/or compliance with any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or order from any legal authority. Members agree to cooperate with and assist My Golden Closet in good faith, and provide any related information and take any other actions reasonably requested by My Golden Closet regarding any investigation by My Golden Closet or any legal authority regarding the misuse of the Platform.
- If you believe in good faith that a Member is violating these Terms or has otherwise acted inappropriately or illegally, you should immediately report such Member to My Golden Closet and, as may be the case, to the relevant legal authorities. Any report made to My Golden Closet and/or legal authorities however shall not obligate My Golden Closet to respond in any particular way except as may be required by law.
Any web address or URL links must be approved by My Golden Cloet. Email addresses and other contact information must reside only in the authorized locations within the Listing. All other references to specific web addresses, websites, email addresses or phone numbers may be removed without notice.
Your Account is for your sole, personal use. Companies and businesses may not be Members.
1. Members terms and conditions
You may not authorize others to use your Account, and except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.
2. Creating and Account
In order to register with the Platform, you must first create an Account by providing the personal information requested (including without limitation first and last name, and email address). Members must keep their Account information up-to-date at all times. My Golden Closet shall under no circumstances be held responsible for information communicated by Members that may be erroneous or fraudulent. In addition, a Member Account is for that Member's sole, personal use, and Accounts may not be created for business or other commercial purposes.
My Golden Closet reserves the right to refuse (without justification and without recourse or compensation) the registration of any Member Account for any reason, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
Upon registration, Members will select a Password, which can only be changed at the Member's request. Each Member is solely responsible for his or her Password and agrees to keep it confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, in any for, for any reason. Each Member shall be solely responsible for any third-party use of a Member's Username or Password and for any actions or statements made through his or her Account by a third party, whether fraudulent or not, and shall indemnify My Golden Closet against any claim relating thereto. Moreover, My Golden Closet shall not liable for any identity theft of any Member. If a Member has reason to believe that a third party is fraudulently using the Member's identity or is otherwise using the Member's account in an unauthorized manner, the Member must immediately inform My Golden Closet. In the event of loss or theft of a Member's Username or Password, the Member must immediately change his or her Password and the Member shall be solely responsible for any losses relating to such loss or theft.
You agree to only create and/or use one Account. Any exception to this rule must be granted My Golden Closet's prior written approval. Any Accounts created in violation of the foregoing shall be subject to immediate suspension and/or termination.
Note that Members' use of the Services provided on the Platform shall not be construed as any employee, agent, joint venture, or partner of My Golden Closet for any reason, and that all Members are acting exclusively on their own behalf and benefit and not those of My Golden Closet. My Golden Closet does not in any manner control or direct and Member and each Member acknowledges and agrees that he or she has complete discretion on whether to post a Listing or enter into an Rental.
3. Listings
Listings must be maintained in an accurate state by Members, including the following information:
- Description, location, item condition and availability dates
- Any particular terms or conditions listed in a Member's Listing cannot conflict with these Terms.
- The placement of Listings in My Golden Closet search results may vary and depend on a variety of factors relating to the Listing details and the Renter Member's particular search. My Golden Closet makes no guarantees regarding the particular placement of a Member's Listing in search results.
4. Closing an Account
- Accounts Closed by My Golden Closet
Should a Member act in violation of these Terms or any other rules or regulations issued by My Golden Closet, or exhibit any conduct contrary to our rules of good conduct, values or ethics, or break any law, rule, regulation, or any other legal order issued by a governing jurisdiction, My Golden Closet reserves the right, without justification and without compensation, to:
- limit Members' access to the Platform;
- remove any User Content Ownered on the Platform;
- close an Account.
The following behaviors are strictly prohibited and may result in Account closure:
- Providing false or misleading information upon Account registration;
- Providing false or misleading User Content;
- Creating fake Accounts;
- Infringing the rights (including intellectual property rights) of third parties;
- Posting on the Platform or otherwise distributing to other Members, or My Golden Closet, any defamatory, violent, abusive, harassing, obscene, threatening, sexist, pornographic, racist, homophobic, discriminatory, otherwise illegal, or, more generally, controversial material or content;
- Acting in a discriminatory manner toward any other Member or other third party;
- Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- Sending unsolicited commercial e-mails or other communications (spamming);
- Diverting Members away from the Platform or following Members on social networks for commercial purposes;
- Uploading or transmitting any files that contain viruses, corrupted files, Trojan horses, malicious code, spyware, or any other software or programs that may harm the Platform or other Members' or third parties' computers, property, or other rights;
- Posting or distributing, in any form whatsoever, information or content that has the effect of diminishing, disorganizing or preventing provision of the Services or interfering with the proper functioning of the Platform;
- Interfering with another Member's Account;
- Using robots, spiders, scrapers or other means used to access the Platform and collect the Platform' content for any purpose whatsoever;
- Collecting or otherwise obtaining or using any information about others, including e-mail addresses, without consent;
- Circumvent measures intended to prevent or restrict access to the Platform;
- Including hyperlinks in a listing;
- Renting an Article outside the Platform when that Article is listed on the Platform;
- Advertising to other Members or otherwise soliciting other Members to buy or sell any other products or services unrelated to the Rental.
This list is not exhaustive and My Golden Closet reserves the right to remove, without warning or other notification, any User Content that is not compatible with the rules in force on the Platform and/or that would undermine the security of the platform or other Members.
My Golden Closet may close the Member's Account without warning or formal notice. By closing an Account for breach of these Terms, My Golden Closet does not waive its right to any damages it may otherwise claim related to such breach.
My Golden Closet reserves the right to sign out, terminate, delete, or purge your Account, any related Listings and any related information from the Platform and our servers if you have not signed in to the Platform for a particular period of time, as determined by us, in our sole discretion.
The Member will be informed by email of the closure of their Account.
- Closing an Account at a Member's Request
Members of the Platform may, at any time and for any reason, terminate their registration on the Platform by requesting the closure of their Account with My Golden Closet, at no cost other than those related to the transmission of their request, by following the procedures indicated on the Platform. This request shall become effective one working day following receipt by My Golden Closet of the request to close the Account ; however, if a future Rental has been paid on the date of the request, the Account will not be closed until after the Rental and any related transactions are completed.
Upon closure of a Member Account and/or any other termination of these Terms, the clauses of these Terms that reasonably should survive termination shall remain in effect.
5. Services
- Rental Management
My Golden Closet provides its Members with a rental management service via its Platform, allowing the Member to publish a listing to propose an Rental of his or her Article, and allowing the Member to review the Listing and book the Article proposed for Rental. My Golden Closet is merely a platform-provider. When Members enter into an Rental, they are entering into a contract directly with each other. My Golden Closet does not become party to any Rental, nor is My Golden Closet an insurer. My Golden Closet does not act as an agent in any capacity for any Member during a Rental. The Rental management services provided by My Golden Closet are automatized. As such, all contact between Members is initiated solely on the Members' efforts and My Golden Closet does not intervene in any manner unless otherwise explicitly described herein.
Each Rental is a limited license by one Member to another Member to use and wear the Article for the provided period.
Members wishing to execute a Rental via the Platform do so on their own initiative and under their own responsibility.
Members agree not to enter into any Rental of an Article listed on the Platform outside the Platform. A violation of this provision will result in immediate Account closure.
My Golden Closet in no way guaranties the legality of any Rental entered into between Members, nor its proper performance by any Member. Further, My Golden Closet makes no guaranties regarding the availability of the Article, the conditions of the Rental, or any other conditions imposed by one Member on another regarding a Rental.
Members alone assume the risks associated with renting an Article, in particular, the risk of damage to the Article or theft. Members are free to select the Member who will use his or her Article. Preliminary correspondences between Members should be used to discuss (and avoid) any issues that may arise from a Rental.
- Messaging Service
My Golden Closet provides Members with a free messaging Service for the purposes of facilitating a Rental or to share experiences regarding past Rentals; however, use of the messaging Service alone does not permit Members to enter into an Rental. The messaging Service is automatized and as such, administrators can see content of conversations. We collect the private messages that you exchange with other members, but we treat them as confidential private correspondence in accordance with applicable regulations (cf privacy charter).
Members are solely responsible for any information communicated via the My Golden Closet messaging service. Any information communicated between Members on the messaging service shall in no way bind My Golden Closet, nor does My Golden Closet in any way guaranty the information's accuracy or completeness.
- Verification
My Golden Closet will request verification of each Member's e-mail address when the Member creates an Account.
Just because a Member's email address has been verified does not guaranty the accuracy of any content provided by that Member, nor guaranty the accuracy of any Listing. My Golden Closet provides no endorsements or assurances regarding Verified Members or their Listings.
- Ratings and Reviews
Following a Rental, the Members may leave reviews of the Article and Rental and submit a related star rating, which will then be available on the Member's Account profile and/or in relation to a Member's Listing. Such reviews or ratings only reflect the views of the individual Members and My Golden Closet does not review the reviews or ratings nor guarantee their accuracy. Each Member providing a review or rating agrees to only provide information that is accurate and not defamatory or contain offensive language. Reviews and/or ratings may not be made for purposes of extortion only. Members may not instruct other Members to leave fake reviews or ratings.
- My Golden Closet Service
My Golden Closet takes a 7.5% commission fee withdrawn from the amount the owner receives.
- Deposit Management
My Golden Closet offers a Deposit management service between the Owner Member and the Renter Member, allowing the Owner Member to protect him or herself, totally or partially, against the risk of theft, loss or damage to his or her Residence pursuant to the provisions described below.
The Deposit, the amount of which is specified on each Listing Page, and defined by the Owner Member, is subject to pre-authorization on the Renter Member's credit card at the time the Renter Member enters into the Rental.
In case of damage, loss or theft, the Owner Member must make a claim, within fifteen (15) days following the Rental, by email to the address email@example.com, including a description of the nature and estimate of the related damage, loss or theft and attach any relevant documentary evidence. My Golden Closet shall notify the Renter Member of the Owner Member's claim by e-mail.
If the Owner Member does not have all documentary evidence required within the fifteen days (for example, if waiting for a repair estimate), the Owner Member must request an extension from My Golden Closet, which shall in no case exceed thirty (30) days from the Rental. Any notice of damage, theft, or loss, or the submission of any supporting evidence thereof, provided outside of such a thirty day timeframe will be refused.
Renter Members must respond to a notice of a claim or proof of damage within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such notice.
In the event of a valid claim made by a Owner Member, any failure to respond by the Renter Member within the above-mentioned fifteen-day period shall constitute an irrevocable waiver to contest the retention of the claimed amount from the Deposit, which will be paid to the Owner Member out of the Renter Member's preauthorized Deposit.
In the event of a request to retain the Deposit, or if applicable, for proof of the damage, within the applicable time limit, if the Renter Member agrees to the damage estimate and the exercise of the Deposit, the amount of the Deposit agreed between the two parties for the Rental shall be paid to the Owner Member, at the latest, within twenty (20) business days from confirmation of the agreement of both parties, by the following methods: bank transfer, PayPal account or any other valid credit or debit card.
If the Owner Member and the Renter Member cannot agree on the amount of the Deposit to be paid to the Owner Member, My Golden Closet will deduct the amount from the Renter Member's credit card and hold such amount in escrow until joint instructions are issued by both the Owner Member and the Renter Member confirming their mutual agreement on the distribution of the sequestered amount between them.
While My Golden Closet may intervene to facilitate dispute resolution between Members, it makes no guarantees as to any Listings, or the performance of any Member or other third parties.
All Members agree to cooperate with and make good faith efforts to assist My Golden Closet and the other Members to resolve any disputes that may arise relating to a Rental, and take any further actions that may be required in order to resolve such a dispute.
- Member Protection upon My Golden Closet Cancellation
My Golden Closet may be required, from time to time, to cancel a Rental in emergency or other circumstances which, at My Golden Closet's sole and reasonable discretion, are necessary in order to prevent harm to My Golden Closet, any Members, or any third party, or for any other reason set forth in these Terms. In this case, My Golden Closet may, at its sole discretion and dependent on the particular circumstances of the reason for cancellation, make any reimbursement or payout it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary.
- Rates and Terms of Payment
Members may register, contact other Members, access the Website, access the Listings, and message other Members, and have My Golden Closet verify their email, free of charge.
All Rentals will require a Member to create a "My Golden Closet Service" Account.
Prices offered by My Golden Closet are subject to change. Any change in price shall take effect immediately upon notice and shall apply to any future purchases made by a Member after such changes come into effect. Furthermore, My Golden Closet may choose to temporarily modify pricing for the Services for promotional events or in relation to new Services. Such changes shall take effect on the date provided in the relevant notice to Members. My Golden Closet may offer new Services at any time, with or without notice.


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a Patreon Page.
In February, my patrons received the full script for Issue #1 of my comic Spaceship Librarian. You can get it too for just $1. I don't even mind if you sign up just to read it, then un-sign up. No shame.
You can also go to the website SpaceshipLibrarian.com and poke around for free. There are a few sample pages drawn by the very talented Jen Hersey and lettered by Justin Birch.
In addition to what I share with Patrons, I also share free writing with everyone. So far, that's been in the form of a fiction story titled The Chosen One.
Here's Chapter 1
And here's Chapter 1.5 and Chapter 2
You can also read a smattering of past articles and fiction stories at AudreyWrites.com. Just click on Stories at the top of the page, then go nuts. There's also Leaves the Comic and of course, I have this here blog all up and runnin' again.

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Holiday ideas to Madrid & Central Spain
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After beginning with Madrid's storied grandeur, drive the beautiful Castle Route of Spain, staying in the region's finest paradors – historic hotels that range from 14th-century castle accommodation to once-ancestral aristocrat homes.
Staying in historic Hospes hotels, you'll following the traditional Ruta de la Plata: the ancient Roman communication road that travels south to north on the west part of Spain, from Seville, passing via Cáceres, to Salamanca.


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I can't not really… It's a long time ago and at the time I was working for a large computer firm in the UK. It would have been around 1990 ish, may be even 1989, and my job was IT support. PC's in businesses were quite a new thing back then and as I had just graduated from college and knew comparatively a lot about PC's I got the job of supporting them.
Now, how big were hard drives in 1990? Without researching it I can't remember but their capacities were certainly in the Megabytes, and the low megabytes at that… 10Mb maybe? A couple of years later I remember that Windows 3 had just come out and after it had been installed there wasn't any room on people hard drives to load anything else like WordPerfect, which was the de-facto wordprocessor of the time.
One thing for certain is that hard drives in 1990 didn't really look like they do today – the only similarity is the metal box shape. Most hard drives had either SCSI and PATA interfaces too. The modern SATA interface that we see today didn't come along until much later – about 2009.


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Tom Brokaw: President Karzai, I gather that the developments in the Jirga are going according to schedule. If you had to be your most optimistic, when do you think we'll have nationwide presidential elections?
Hamid Karzai: Well, the way it looks today and yesterday in the Loya Jirga and the way the elections for the members of the Loya Jirga went on last month and the month before that, umm, we should be quite nicely ready for elections in Afghanistan. We are targeting summer of 2004, that's June/July for elections of the President. Let's hope we can reach it. We will try very hard.
Brokaw: Long time students of Afghanistan, as you know, say Afghanistan may have a presidential election, but the power will always stay with the warlords because they have been there much longer than democracy.
Karzai: Uh, it will not be like that. It is not like that. Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.
Military presence needed
Brokaw: And will the United States and other western powers need to maintain a strong military presence in Afghanistan for many years to come, even though you have your own presidential elections?
Karzai: Absolutely, because Afghanistan has to stand on its own feet before the forces that are helping us in Afghanistan with security, reconstruction can afford to withdraw. They are helping us build our army, build our police, build other institutions. Until we have those institutions, we will need them, and right now, it looks like they will be with us.
Brokaw: When we last saw each other here in New York, you told me that the United States should provide Afghanistan with at least another 20 billion dollars to rebuild your infrastructure—bridges and roads and airports and sanitation systems. How are you doing with the Bush Administration with that request?
Karzai: Well, the administration of President Bush is helping Afghanistan. It considers Afghanistan a place of importance to them. We have been given 1.6 billion dollars—more than that, actually—and the Congress of the United States also added some more money to it, and the U.S. administration has given us a very good road project—the reconstruction of a major highway. President Bush has sent us a very, very good ambassador—Ambassador Khalilzad—somebody that he trusts, and has given power to act here in Afghanistan. With all this going on, I'm very confident the United States will stay with Afghanistan and help us in whatever way we can. Whether the world together with the United States can give us the 20 billion dollars we have asked for is something I cannot tell you now. But that is our demand, and I hope that demand will be looked at favorably.
Afghanistan's poppies
Brokaw: At the same time, critics of your rule say that poppy production now is at an all-time high. That is a source of heroin. And while you're presiding in Kabul, the Taliban are making their presence known once again in the south—so you do have trouble on those two fronts.
Karzai: We have a serious trouble, no doubt, with regard to narcotics, and in my opening remarks to the Loya Jirga yesterday, I addressed the delegates on this question in a very straightforward manner. This is a struggle that we have to win. We cannot allow this country to be influenced by mafia and narcotics-related activities. It kills our economy. It destroys our reputation. So we are going to work against it. With regard to the Taliban, we don't see them as a challenge. They're not there. Terrorism is there. It affects us. It tries to stop our reconstruction. But that is a battle that we are going to win.
Finding Osama
Brokaw: Mr. President, a spokesman for your foreign ministry said today that the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq will make it easier now to capture Osama Bin Laden. How are those two events linked in your mind?
Karzai: The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts. Osama, Mullah Omar, or whoever. That is something good that the capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the people.
Brokaw: Mr. President, if Saddam Hussein is put on trial, and then sentenced to death, how will the Islamic world react to that?
Karzai: That's a judicial process. What matters here is the correctness of the judicial process. Through a proper judicial process, justice can be done and shall be accepted.
Brokaw: And do you think that the Iraqi people now are capable of mounting that kind of a judicial process against Saddam Hussein?
Karzai: I hope so. In this case, I can only hope so, because I'm not very much aware of the situation inside Iraq. What I can say is that I hope they will have a good judicial process, and I hope very much and I wish the Iraqi people to have a government that they like through elections and through democracy and to do well, and stop terrorism effecting their life.
Brokaw: Mr. President, thank you very much.
Karzai: Thank you very much, Mr. Brokaw.


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Modeling Groundwater Flow in San Joaquin Valleyby Alireza S. Taghavi, Boyle Engineering Corp,
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Part of: Optimizing the Resources for Water Management
Water supply, reallocation and conjunctive use options, within the San Joaquin and Tulare basins of the Central Valley of California, are being considered by Federal and State Planning agencies as a means of protecting fish and wildlife resources from adverse impacts associated with agricultural drainage water. These actions will likely be coupled with direct measures aimed at encouraging source control of agricultural drainage, such as the establishment of maximum drainage discharge volumes and/or qualities (i.e., loads, and/or contaminant concentrations), or the establishment of water quality standards for receiving waters. This paper presents a brief account of the groundwater model which has been developed for water supply analysis in the region.
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About a month ago, I began mailing around what I called a "personal psychographic" question to various friends and Internet acquaintances. The question aimed to tap a person's inner knowledge in order to effect a prediction about the election. Rules were simple: You assigned a percentage to each of four categories. All four categories had to add up to 100%.
The four categories were:
Kerry landslide
Kerry close win
Bush landslide
Bush close win
Play around with these categories a while, and you'll discover what's so revealing about them. Even a Kerry partisan would — I'd guess — assign no more than a 5% chance of a Kerry landslide. A more realistic guess would be zero. Let's say 2%, just to be generous.
A close win for Kerry? Give the Kerry partisan his innings again, let him (or her) consider that he's already assigned a 5% probability to a Kerry landslide, and it'd be hard to figure odds much higher than 50% of that happening.
Okay, so your Kerry partisan is comfy now with a 55% overall prediction of a win.
But wait. That partisan still has to predict (just for him or herself, not for anybody else) what the likelihood of the Bush margins are. And I think even a Kerry partisan might grudgingly admit a 7-10% chance of a Bush landslide. Let's say 7. And, still grudging, let's concede that Bush might have a 45% chance of a close victory.
But wait. Remember the rule: All percentages have to add up to 100. If Bush's total grudging percentages are 52, what are we to do with Kerry's purported 55? From whom do we subtract what?
Fool with it yourself, regardless of your sentiments. Try to be as realistic as you can. You will find it very, very hard to predict a Kerry win.
Our own esteemed editor, Wlady Pleszczynski, summarized a similar poll last week in his "Editor's Desk" entry this way:
…America Online polled its users. Normally AOL's questions lean N.Y. Times left. But this time there was no beating around the bush. The replies from 322,440 plus respondents (at last count) couldn't have been blunter: 41% predicted Bush wins easily; 29% said "Bush wins tight race." By contrast, only 26% said "Kerry wins tight race," and a pitiful 4% noted "Kerry wins easily." Any way you look at it, that spells Bush over Kerry, by 70 to 30.
Wlady rightly points to the predictive value of that kind of poll. And a kind of inverse (and perhaps perverse) note about poll reporting this election cycle also points to a Bush win. Virtually every poll taken includes such a "Who do you think" question. This year, those results have almost never been reported. Inverse conclusion? The mainstream press doesn't want you to know that, all along, most people have thought Bush was going to win.
Lately, however, the news has broken through.
The September 14 IBD/TIPP poll from Investor's Business Daily, while headlining a 47-47 tie between Bush and Kerry in overall results, concluded its report: "The zeitgeist still points to a Bush victory. Some 48% of those polled foresee Bush retaking the White House, while only 16% think Kerry will win. Another third (31%) feel the race is too close to call."
Grand Rapids, Michigan, TV station WZZM published the results of a "Who Do You Think Will Win?" survey the next day. Their results? Bush 59%, Kerry 37%, Someone Else 2%, Not sure 2%.
Regional polls have carried the same news. In Iowa, as reported on MSNBC.com September 2, a Survey USA poll found that "More Iowans Think Bush Will Win" — meaning the state, not the nation. Some 60% of the people surveyed thought Bush would carry Iowa. (The report gave no further data.)
While these two polling methods — mine and the press's — have some things in common, they are, in fact, very different. The media polls strictly measure horserace sentiment. They are valuable predictors of a winner, but not of a margin. Surely, nobody expects Bush to win 70% of the vote.
But, with a large enough sample of my internal psychographic poll, I think one might actually predict a margin of victory. Suppose you averaged the results from every respondent for every category. You would probably come up with something like this:
Kerry landslide 1%
Kerry close win 46%
Bush landslide 7%
Bush close win 46%
Predicted margin of victory: Bush by 6%. Adjust for Nader, uncertainty, etc., and I'd say you come up with a Bush victory by 4-4.5%.
How about it Zogby? Rasmussen? Gallup? Any takers on this methodology?


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Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890
"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'
"'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
"Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.
"Which of the two did what his father wanted?"
"The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you."
—Matthew 21:28-31 (NIV)
It is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that he looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.
... John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman, v. I, London: Longmans, Green, 1903, p. 205 (see the book)
See also Matt. 21:28-31; Ps. 34:18; 51:17; Isa. 57:15-18; Mic. 6:8; Matt. 6:5; 18:3;
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- Face away from windows and glass.
- Move away from exterior walls.
- Determine if you should stay put, "shelter-in-place" or get away.
- Listen for and follow instructions.Take your emergency supply kit, unless there is reason to believe it has been contaminated.
- Do not use elevators.
- Stay to the right while going down stairwells to allow emergency workers to come up.
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- If there is an explosion or other factor that makes it difficult to control the vehicle, pull over, stop the car and set the parking brake.
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- If a power line falls on your car you are at risk of electrical shock, stay inside until a trained person removes the wire.
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The sister of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was killed a car crash Saturday in Arizona.
Ann Day, 77, suffered fatal injuries after her vehicle was struck by two other cars in the Tucson area, Pima County sheriff's spokesman Ryan Inglett said.
Day was a former Arizona Republican state senator and Pima County supervisor.
She was driving eastbound on Ina Road around 7:40 a.m. when an oncoming car crossed the median. Day's vehicle was hit head-on, Inglett said.
A truck traveling behind Day then rear-ended her. Day was alone in the vehicle.
Others injured
Paramedics transported Day to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The other two drivers, both male, were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Inglett said the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.
Investigators were working to figure out what caused the first driver to cross the center line.
Meanwhile, condolences began to pour in from Arizona political figures.
"With Ann's tragic death, our state has lost a tireless advocate who dedicated her life to public service -- as a teacher, state senator and Pima County supervisor," U.S. Sen. John McCain said in a statement. "Cindy and my prayers are with Ann's family and loved ones, as well as the entire Arizona community, during this difficult time."
Members of Day's family were not immediately available for comment.
'Cowgirl from Lazy B'
Day, the younger sister of O'Connor, often described herself as a "cowgirl from the Lazy B," referring to the southeastern Arizona ranch her grandfather established.
She served in the Arizona Senate for a decade and as a Pima County supervisor for 12 years, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
Day was known for being moderate politically and for advocating for cancer patients' rights to clinical trials and reforms in the HMO industry.


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First world voltage or 110V? What happened with mandatory location in profile??? With 110V (as compared to 230V) the current will double for the same power. With the same cross section wiring, the absolute voltage drop will double (relative voltage drop quadrupled) and the power losses will also quadruple.
The reply from Alex also mentioned UK/Euro voltage and the consequent single-digit voltage drop, so he reached the same conclusion.


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Jordan Wicker is bringing back the Speaking Easy home cocktail podcast after a lengthy hiatus. We talk about that and…well, lotsa booze.
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Tattersall Distilling launches 'almost ready-to-drink' cocktail
Twin Cities distillery releases Bootlegger, an almost RTD bottled cocktail.
Podcast Episode 17: The Gin-i Hendrick's Experience
Host Jeff Cioletti chats with Hendrick's Gin brand ambassador Mattias Horseman, as Hendrick's releases its new quinine-enhanced line extension, Orbium.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International say Taliban militants are intentionally attacking civilians.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military is warning about a tactic increasingly used by Taliban to abduct and terrorize Afghan civilians -- impersonating Afghan police.
The U.S. military says it has received numerous reports in the past two weeks of Taliban fighters impersonating Afghan police. A U.S. military statement today says the Taliban use the tactic to set up illegal checkpoints and kidnap local Afghans.
The statement says three Taliban fighters in fake Afghan National Police uniforms opened fire on a coalition patrol on April 18.
The incident occurred near the strategic Shindand air field in the western province of Herat. All three militants were killed in the ensuing firefight.
Meanwhile, in the past two days, U.S.-led coalition forces in Herat Province have confiscated more than 100 fake Afghan police uniforms and recovered more than a dozen false personnel identification documents.
Broader Taliban Strategy
Amnesty International spokeswoman Saria Rees-Roberts told RFE/RL that the tactic is part of a wider strategy that her group reported about today -- the systematic targeting of Afghan civilians by the Taliban.
"These reports [of police impersonations] are very concerning, and they link up with what we have observed," Rees-Robers said. "The Taliban is using practices like abductions and killings in order to exert fear and exert control over the local population. It abducts people that it considers spies or collaborators. It tries them in a shadow court system and often carries out death sentences on them. And it carries out quite gruesome and brutal means of executions -- beheadings and slitting people's throats. This does seem to be designed in order to make other Afghan civilians in the locality fear for themselves and not want to go against the Taliban."
On April 16, HRW issued a report with findings similar to those of Amnesty International. The report says civilian deaths from insurgent attacks in Afghanistan have increased dramatically in the past 15 months, and it concludes that many of those civilian deaths are the result of the failure of militants to respect the internatioanl laws of war.
The 116-page HRW report documents how Taliban and Hizb-e Islami fighters have sharply escalated suicide bombings and other attacks against civilians since early 2006.
The Neglected South?
John Sifton, an HRW researcher on Afghanistan, told RFE/RL that there are several reasons for the escalation of civilian casualties by enemies of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his allies.
"The Karzai government has not made any real effort to establish security and good governance in the south," Sifton said. "And that, in turn, has left a kind of vacuum that the Taliban could exploit. The other reason is that [militants] are simply more active than they used to be. They are not only increasing their activities. They are increasingly using methods of warfare that violate the [international] laws of war. And that's why you are seeing so many civilians dead."
HRW has called on the Taliban and associated groups to stop all intentional attacks on civilians and civilian targets. It also is calling on insurgents to refrain from using brutal attacks aimed at instilling terror among Afghan civilians.
"We think that the Taliban and other insurgent groups are sensitive to these criticisms," Sifton said. "They are trying to gain legitimacy with local populations. Our arguments to them are that their actions are undermining whatever claims to legitimacy they might have."
Both reports criticize the U.S. military, NATO-led combat troops in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and Afghan government troops for conducting operations carelessly or too closely to heavily populated areas.
But both groups agree that those operations have not intentionally targeted civilians, as they claim the Taliban is now doing.
(RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Irina Lagunina contributed to this story.)
Leading NATO In Afghanistan
General John Craddock, the supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe, spoke to RFE/RL in March about the challenges in Afghanistan. more
Assessing The Taliban
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid spoke with RFE/RL about the Taliban's tactics and strategy in southern Afghanistan. more
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At The Shops
On Friday I went to Channel Court Shopping Centre in Kingston, the nearest suburban mall to Geeveston. It's about 50km from here. The friend I was with needed to get batteries for his watch and car keys so while he was doing that I snapped a few pictures with my phone. I don't like to take my DSLR on shopping trips but the phone will take a good enough picture.
Channel Court Shopping Centre would only take up a tiny corner of the massive Marina Bay Sands shopping mall in Singapore.
A rather nice shopping arcade in Brisbane.
Shopping aboard Ovation of the Seas


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Telegraph - Angry Birds, the hugely popular game in which cartoon birds are catapulted towards pigs balancing on teetering structures, was the most downloaded paid-for app on the iTunes store this year.
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Founder & Chairperson of Chanakya Academy Group, Mr. A K Mishra, fondly known as 'Success Guru', along-with two of the Academy's toppers – Anmol Sher Singh Bedi (All India Rank 2) and Saumya Pandey (All India Rank 4) held a Seminar for the aspiring Civil Services Exam students at Academy's Chandigarh branch located in Sector 8.
It is noteworthy that both Anmol and Saumya cleared the prestigious and highly competitive examination in their very first attempt.
"We are seeing a positive change in Punjab's achievements in the UPSC Examination. Our student Anmol Sher Singh Bedi has not only done us proud but also his parent State – Punjab. In a way, his sterling performance in UPSC has bucked the trend of Punjab's students not coming in the first 5 toppers of Civil Services examinations for a very long time," said A K Mishra. It's pertinent to mention here that the last time somebody from the region came first was a decade ago. "We have been one of the oldest academy for UPSC examination in the region and have a pulse on the market. We have a lot of faith in the intellectual capability of students in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Therefore, we are trying to do tie-ups with prime institutions in these regions, " added Mr Mishra.
While appreciating the role of Chanakya Academy in his super success in this most prestigious examination in the country, AIR 2 Anmol Sher Singh Bedi said, "I would like to give full credit to Mishra Sir for providing me the right kind of guidance to crack the Civil Services examination. I had a very fruitful interaction with Civil Services aspirants in the seminar today. I shared my personal experiences of UPSC preparations."
Saumya Pandey from Allahabad, who got All India Rank 4, also motivated aspiring UPSC examination candidates participating in the seminar. She impressed upon the need to put in one's everything into the preparations to succeed in this examination. "I underlined in my talk the importance of using the course material of the coaching Institute in a comprehensive way. Proper use of this important resource, helped me a lot in preparing well for the preliminary and the main examination of the UPSC." Said Saumya Pandey.
Mrs Gurneet Kaur, Centre Head, Chanakya IAS Academy, Chandigarh said, "We are seeing a growth being witnessed in youngsters training for State Civil Services too. We have recently started coaching programmes for state civil services as well and have seen an encouraging response from aspirants of the region."


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A quieter end to the week after the manic start on Monday. I have however noticed that the market is generally seeing more activity as M & A reaches levels last seen in 2009 as Melrose (MRO) went hostile on GKN this week. There has also been a flurry of placings as companies use the stock market for its purpose of raising capital and also take advantage of elevated share prices too. A couple of these were in the mobile advertising space where both Taptica (TAP) and XL Media (XLM) raised fresh funds to bolster their finances for further add on acquisition. Both stocks have fallen back as a result of these and Taptica is now trading below the placing price and actually comes out top of this weeks Compound Income Scores, so if they can keep the growth going and integrate their recent and any future acquisitions successfully then this could be a good entry point - perhaps.
Finally today and for this week we have had an AGM trading update from Character Group (CCT) which despite all the news flow noise of the finance director leaving and the Toy 'R' Us related warning has remained in the CISP despite this as it continued to score sufficiently well. Thus the portfolio didn't sell out at the bottom of this longer term holding and has benefited from the share price recovery since.
Today's update is of the in line variety, although they still see the current year being down on last year as previously flagged. They do however suggest that they will see a second half recovery and are confident that this will lead to a return to their growth trend in 2019. As the management here seem to have been pretty good at calling the trends in their business I would be inclined to take those comments at face value. If they deliver on that I guess that could mean say 50p of earnings in in 2019 with say the currently forecast dividend of 25p which at today's lower price of 432p (-5%) would leave them on a still cheap sub 10x rating with a 5.8% yield. So while they may not excite much in the short term & indeed could even drift off further, this one still looks like a reasonably well run business, albeit in a somewhat fickle industry. I also note in passing that some people seem to be upset by the levels of boardroom pay here so might be worth checking that out to make sure you are comfortable with that too if you are considering an investment here.
Any way that's it for this week and as I say the latest Compound Income Scores are out as usual today, so if you'd like to know how Character Group and the other 593 stocks in the Compound Income Universe score then head on over to the Scores page to learn more about them (if you're not already familiar with them) and to see how you can access them. Safe investing and have fun whatever you are up to this weekend.
We had interim results from Character Group (CCT) yesterday, which I last wrote up here back in September last year. Then I suggested it could provide 20%+ returns if it managed to make it back to the top of its trading range at 550p. It managed this in March so you would have been able to lock in a decent return if you managed to sell them up there. Since then they had OK final results & a slightly disappointing trading update in January when they flagged that their H1 numbers would be down due to US$ cost effects. Despite this they said they were confident of meeting full year numbers.
The interims yesterday confirmed this fall in profits in H1 as expected and they reiterated their confidence in meeting full year estimates despite this and backed this up with a 28.6% increase in the interim dividend from 7p to 9p. Looking at the pattern of their recent dividends these have gone sequentially 5, 6, 7, 8, & now 9p so with a bit of straight line forecasting I think they might do a 10p final given their progressive policy, cash balances and high cover levels. This would give 19p for the full year versus current forecasts of 16.8p for this year and 19.5p for next year. This would give a yield of around 4% at current prices.
I also note in the chart below that the management have been fairly active buyers of the stock on dips and they were buying again recently and after yesterdays interims, suggesting they have some confidence in their forecasts / prospects as they seem to be able to forecast the swings in their business quite well.
Summary & Conclusion - This appears to be a well managed company which has developed quite a good record of delivering decent profits, earnings, cash flow and dividends in recent years, although longer term it has had its ups and downs. Consequently the market seems reluctant to afford it a decent rating and therefore a dramatic re-rating (outside of a bid) does not seem to be on the immediate horizon. They have however achieved a rating of between 10 & 12x in recent years, so if they do manage to hit forecasts for this year then this would suggest the price could get up into a 520p to 620p range, so a return at least to the top of its range / resistance at 550p / 560p does not seem too much of a stretch.
On the downside it could drift off further to the bottom of its range around 430p in the short term in response to these numbers, but I think that would be an even better buying opportunity if it happens. Of course they may be over optimistic and miss the full year numbers, in which case it would probably break down out of its range.
Weekly Scores Update.
Further to the post on Character Group (CCT) which as mentioned has scored well on the Compound Income Scores (CIS) for a while. Coincidentally after today's weekly update of the Scores it has come out at the top of the list.
So if that was of any interest to you and you would like to find other good quality stocks which offer value with growing well covered yields, then don't forget you can read more about the background to the thinking and research behind them by clicking here. There you will find links to sign up for access for the equivalent of just £1 per week, or you can sign up straight away by clicking here if you wish.
I also mentioned that Character Group has featured in the Compound Income Score Portfolio for some time. If you are not familiar with it, this is a portfolio that is based on top scoring stocks in the Scores and was started in April 2015. Since then it has outperformed the All Share Index by just over 7%. This was originally screened and updated on a quarterly basis, but this year it has been re-screen and comes with refreshed Compound Income Scores at the end of each month. So if you are only investing occasionally or on a monthly basis then that may be of interest to you perhaps? You can read more about the background to the portfolio and how to gain access to it by clicking here. This plan (portfolio and monthly updated scores) is available at the same price as the weekly updated scores which is equivalent to around £1 per week. Please note both these plans, the weekly Scores and the Monthly Portfolio & Scores , are also available via monthly payments - please get in touch if that is of any interest.
I'll endeavour to getting around to putting the performance numbers for this on the website and will try and remember to share a 6 month update at the end of the month.
Any way the weekend beckons, have a good one whether you are at work, resting or playing and good luck with your investing next week and beyond too.
Here is a quick review of what might be an interesting little play down here which is a stock which has been in the CIS Portfolio for a while now and as a result is currently the position with the largest unrealized gain. I say play because the stock concerned is Character Group (CCT) the AIM listed £95m market cap. toy manufacturer. Now if that doesn't prejudice you against it then why do I think you should take a look at it? Well first up it Scores well on the Compound Income Scores (CIS) and it has done for a while, as it has generally been consistently cheap as the market has tended to be fairly sceptical about it given the nature of the business and its somewhat chequered past. Depsite this though the Company has delivered decent results fairly consistently in the last few years and as such I believe it might be worthy of further consideration.
Just last week they had an in line trading update in which they highlighted two new ranges, one based on the old Hasbro character Stretch Armstrong (see image above which you can click to read more about it) and the other being something called Twozies which is a girls collectible item apparently. They also flagged that a significant proportion of the Company's purchases are made in U$ dollars and, therefore, the increasing strength of the US$ against Sterling continues to put pressure on Group profitability. Nevertheless, the Board remains of the view that it can continue to mitigate the resulting increased costs. This is being achieved through the expansion of their international business, which generates revenue and profit in US$'s, and by their continuing active programme of monitoring all costs and rationalising operations where possible through increased efficiencies. They also flagged their strong balance sheet which showed cash of nearly £15m recently and they also suggested this had strengthened further thanks to working capital management and cash generation.
Despite this update and reassurance the share price has come off by around 10% in recent weeks (see chart at the end) which leaves it close to being oversold and looking good value on under 10x this years forecast earnings (which they have just confirmed) and with a yield of over 3% which is more than 3x covered and backed by a cash backed balance sheet, so that looks pretty secure too. It is also worth noting they have grown this at over 20% per annum for the last 5 years and this years forecast dividend of 14p is also therefore expected to be up by over 20% on last years 11p. Perhaps the market was hoping for a better update and another round of upgrades. More likely someone has perhaps been reducing their holding in an illiquid stock a fact which they flagged in a recent update about their share buy back policies. Following on from that they have today announced that they have bought back just over 1% of the share capital 447p & 448p. In addition to which I note that the FD and a non executive director also bought shares recently. So members of the board and the Company, who have been quite good with share buy backs in recent year, seem to think it is reasonable value down here too. The only holder I could see who reduced earlier in the year was Miton who went from over 5% down to 3% or so. Perhaps they have now gone below 3%, guess we'll have to wait and see if there is an announcement on that in due course.
In conclusion I would tend to agree with the board that this looks good value down here as it also has an earnings yield of nearly 15% (EBIT/EV) and based on their recent operating margins of around 10% or more the EV/ Sales for this year of 0.72x also look pretty reasonable too. Technically though the shares have been stuck in a sideways range between about 440p and 560p for the last year or more so at least you would not be buying in at the top but does suggest, at a stretch, possible returns of 20%+ if it can make it back to the top of that trading range.
Month End Update.
Month End Update for January 2016.
So one of the worst starts to a year ever from equity markets around the world comes to a close with a sharp rally. This fall seems to have been caused or rationalized post event as being driven by fears of a global slowdown, especially in China and the effects it was having on commodity prices and in particular the oil price. In addition markets had been on a bull run for nearly seven years on the back of Central Bank support and as a result some markets, such as the US, had also got onto extended and historically high ratings.
Thus with the US Federal Reserve starting to tighten monetary policy in December it seems as though investors came into the New Year and suddenly feared that the Fed put may have been withdrawn and so like Wylie Coyote they suddenly looked down and had a panic attack.
Fast forward to the end of the month and we had a sharp rally seemingly on the back of the Japanese central bank introducing negative interest rates and some weak US growth numbers which probably firmed peoples expectations that the US Fed may now be one and done in terms of raising rates, rather than doing a series of rate rises this year, perhaps.
However, it does all beg the question of how dependent markets have become on central bank support as each time they try to start withdrawing it markets seem to have a fit. Thus I guess time will tell if the central banks have now blinked on the back of the markets sliding in January and if therefore this current sell off turns out to be another temporary affair or if it is the harbinger of something worse. Which brings me nicely onto a look at the monthly timing indicators and how the Compound Income Scores Portfolio has done in this difficult month.
September 2022


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What is Revenue vs Income?
This guide provides an overview of the main differences between revenue vs income. Revenue is the sales amount a company earns from providing services or selling products (the "top line"). Income can sometimes be used to mean revenue, or it can also be used to refer to net income, which is revenue less operating expenses (the "bottom line").
Learn more in CFI's Free Accounting Courses.
Types of Revenue
Let's take a closer look at what revenue can mean by looking at examples of the different types that frequently appear in finance and accounting.
Types of revenue include:
- The sale of goods, products, or merchandise
- The sale of services, such as consulting
- Rental income from a commercial property (notice the use of "income")
- The sale of tickets to a concert
- Interest income from lending
Types of Income
As we explained above, the term "income" can sometimes be confusing, as accountants often use it to refer to a revenue. The term net income clearly means after all expenses have been deducted.
Types of income include:
- Gross income (before any expenses are deducted)
- Net income (after all expenses are deducted)
Learn more about "Gross vs Net."
Examples of Revenue vs Income
Let's look at some examples to further illustrate the point. Read through each case below and see if you can determine what you would categorize it as.
Example #1
Tom's Pizza Inc sells pizzas, soft drinks, snacks, and dips directly to customers. The customers either pay for the products with a credit card or with cash. At the end of the year, Tom gives his accountant all the receipts from sales, as well as invoices and receipts for all employee wages, supplies, energy, and food/drink costs. His accountant takes all the receipts and tells Tom his ________ is $125,869. The answer is "net income."
Example #2
Sara's Photography Ltd provides a wide range of services, including portrait photos, wedding shots, family photos, and special occasions. She charges clients for these services upfront and at the end of the year, enters all the invoices into a spreadsheet and determines that her _______ is $248,120. The answer is "revenue."
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Income Statement
In accounting, the income statement (also called the Statement of Profit and Loss) summarizes a company's revenues, expenses, and net income.
Below is an example of Amazon's 2016 annual report (10-k), which contains both revenue (which they label as "net sales") and net income.
Hopefully, the examples above have provided a clearer view of how a company reports certain items, and the difference between top line and bottom line is a little clearer.
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text: I havent posted anything in ages so here is a recent commission! Thanks so much to everyone that chose me to paint their holiday gifts this year, I will be posting all the Christmas commisions as soon as they've been gifted to their intended recipients. Looking forward to taking a tiny painting break and spending some family time this weekend!