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There's a lot to love about South by Southwest, the 10-day music, film, and interactive conference and festival held every year in Austin, TX. The live music, the keynote speakers, the panel discussions, the post-conference parties, and the sheer energy generated by thousands of social networkers converging to celebrate new app launches and long-established social successes alike; it's all pretty overwhelming, and it can be difficult for any one aspect to really stand out.
SXSW is generally lauded as the conference for launching exciting new social products. After all, it's where Foursquare debuted in 2009, and though it wasn't exactly the network's official launch, Twitter really started gaining attention at SXSW 2007. New apps and services are unveiled in Austin every year, and marketers spend big bucks to make sure their booths and launch parties stand out from all the rest. But the conference can also be a good reminder that marketing promotion doesn't always have to be expensive or flashy to add value to your product. Sometimes, all you need is a little fun.
It's extremely difficult to measure the economic value of fun, and because of that, it often gets overlooked as a main tenet of marketing. Instead, we usually focus our efforts on campaigns with measurable results. If you offer a discount code, you can count exactly how many people have used it to purchase your product. If you sent out a tweet, you can see how many people retweet it or reply to it. If you post links to your website on Facebook, Gremln can track exactly how many people ended up at your purchase page after clicking those links. But if you create a marketing strategy dedicated to fun rather than sales, how can you measure the positive impact on your brand?
It's tough. And by tough, I mean "darn near impossible." But that doesn't mean there isn't value in fun. Even though we can't always measure it, we know intrinsically that it's true. Because we, as individuals, value fun. That value, though pretty immeasurable, was nonetheless palpable at SXSW.
One of my favorite examples of sheer fun marketing came from Skype, the oh-so-popular video chatting service, which provided SXSW with its very own town crier. The Skype Town Crier was a gentleman with a British accent who wore a blue and white colonial outfit, complete with white stockings and a tri-corner hat. Wheresoever he went, the crier set up a sign that read "A Town Crier For Your Tweets" and, with the help of a not-so-colonial iPad, shouted out tweets that contained the "#skype" hashtag. Onlookers were more than happy to provide the crier with silly tweets to shout at the top of his colonial lungs. If this doesn't sound like fun to you, I suggest you head to YouTube and check out a few of the "Skype Town Crier" videos people have posted. Then I dare you not to smile.
So where's the value in this marketing strategy? There is a measurable aspect of the campaign, which is the number of tweets sent with "#skype." Skype is able to tell how many people actively participated in their stunt, but that's about it. They have no way of knowing if the town crier actually inspired people to sign up for their service, so they can't tell if this strategy resulted in any sort of ROI. But believe me, there was value. It was written on the faces of the people who swarmed the crier every time he set up shop. Watching the crowd was like watching kids at a circus. The silliness of the whole thing visibly delighted everyone within earshot.
The town crier didn't not have much to do with Skype's actual product--sure, Skype is a communications platform, and the Town Crier encouraged two-way communication between himself and the members of the audience, but that's about where the connection ends. But what the crier managed to do was impress a general feeling of levity and happiness on the SXSW crowd under the familiar sky-blue and cloud-white branding. Skype didn't try to hard sell its product. Instead, it did something much more effective; it gave people the opportunity to view Skype as a delightful company.
I think people want to be reminded that businesses can have fun. As Guy Kawasaki has famously pointed out, we want to be enchanted. In today's marketplace, there are so many organizations with similar product offerings that it's not just what your company does, but also how your company does it. What can you do that brightens the spirits of your customers? How can you be enchanting? How might you provide your clients with the immensely valuable commodity of fun?
We'd love to hear about some of your favorite fun social strategies. Share them in the comments below!


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School of Nursing to Appoint New Dean for 2019 School Year
Loyola's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing will welcome a new dean ahead of the 2019-2020 school year, university officials said.
Lorna Finnegan will become dean in July 2019 after working as the executive associate dean and an associate professor of health systems science at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing, according to a Thursday press release.
Finnegan will take over for Dean Vicki Keough, who will return to a faculty position in Niehoff, the press release said. Keough previously announced she would be transitioning out of her role as dean in December 2017 but stayed in the position while the university searched for a successor, according to university communications.
"After 16 years as a leader within the School of Nursing I am excited to pass the baton to the next dean and return to my love of teaching nurses," Keough said in a statement to The Phoenix. "I have been a nurse for 43 years and can think of no greater way to wrap up my career than to return to the classroom to prepare the next generation of nurses, nurse scholars and nurse leaders."
Keough served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies from 2003 until she became the school's dean in 2009.
The leadership transition was announced to the Loyola community through an email sent on behalf of Loyola President Jo Ann Rooney and Interim Provost Margaret Faut Callahan.
"Dr. Finnegan's impressive background as a dedicated nurse practitioner, scholar, and an accomplished higher education administrator will be an asset to the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, its faculty, and students," Callahan said in the press release. "Her commitment to Loyola's mission of preparing students to treat the human body and spirit will help us realize our goals of scholarly excellence, service, and advancing high-impact research."
Callahan declined to comment further.
According to the press release, Finnegan has helped expand access to primary care and minimize health disparities. She's worked on grants, served as a visiting scholar in countries such as Thailand and South Korea and published research throughout the world in addition to her practice as a nurse.
Finnegan previously served as a founding director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Saint Xavier University School of Nursing in Chicago. While at UIC, Finnegan's work included leading strategic planning, providing faculty and staff mentorship and achieving enrollment goals.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Loyola's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing," Finnegan said in the press release. "I'm excited to work with Niehoff's remarkable faculty and staff to advance its mission of preparing students to improve the health outcomes of people and communities locally and globally."
Finnegan declined to comment further.

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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing
Statistical approaches to processing natural language text have become dominant in recent years. This foundational text is the first comprehensive introduction to statistical natural language processing (NLP) to appear. The book contains all the theory and algorithms needed for building NLP tools. It provides broad but rigorous coverage of mathematical and linguistic foundations, as well as detailed discussion of statistical methods, allowing students and researchers to construct their own implementations. The book covers collocation finding, word sense disambiguation, probabilistic parsing, information retrieval, and other applications.
About the Author
Christopher Manning is a professor of computer science and linguistics at Stanford University. His Ph.D. is from Stanford in 1995, and he held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Sydney before returning to Stanford. His research goal is computers that can intelligently process, understand, and generate human language material. Manning concentrates on machine learning approaches to computational linguistic problems, including syntactic parsing, computational semantics and pragmatics, textual inference, machine translation, and recursive deep learning for NLP. He is an ACM Fellow, a AAAI Fellow, and an ACL Fellow, and has coauthored leading textbooks on statistical natural language processing and information retrieval. He is a member of the Stanford NLP group (@stanfordnlp).


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Museum offices are often fantasied about as dusty treasure troves with tomes of accession registers and objects adorning the desk, however we all know in reality they are like any other office environment but with less room hidden away in cupboards and basements museum offices aren't as exciting as they may seem. But for the staff at Handel House Museum their office was once the space that Jimi Hendrix slept, played records and hosted. Now although unlikely to have contained any of his remnants that's a pretty cool museum office.
Thanks to a heritage Lottery Fund Project, the Handel House trust received a grant to recreate Hendrix flat and improve visitor's facilities as part of a three-year redevelopment – but where did the museum offices go?
Entering the property is an exciting escape from the busy side streets of Oxford street behind a brightly painted red door, up a crooked and squeaky staircase we explored the life of Handel – although interesting we were really there to see the Hendrix addition so a first glimpse into the costume room was an exciting and silly experience. Invited to try on costumes from both musicians, take selfies and pose as Handel and Hendrix alongside each other. A bit of fun but it was really interesting to see how some costumes could have been either personalities.
Making a final climb to Hendrix flat at the top of Handel's house and across we were greeted into a room full of information, AV and graphics filled the room with facts about Hendrix life and time in London, noting its proximity to the bustling streets Hendrix has given his then girlfriend Kathy etchingham a wad of cash to go out and decorate the place with fabrics from Liberty and John Lewis. Fortunately, one of Hendrix guitars was also featured in the exhibition space as part of the introduction to his life.
The real thrill however came from the recreation of his bedroom, right down to the two telephones and cigarette trays, surprisingly tidy apparently from his time spent in the army many consultations were conducted with his then girlfriend Kathy to get the place just right - even a few last minute tweaks over skype! The room has a private and nostalgic feel even in its recreation. My favourite part however was the remaining treads of staircase let just outside the room that used to lead to the pink bathroom – a visual and practical remidnder of the space as a home and on longer as a museum office.
Hendrix addition to Handel house has made it an accessible house museum and a great way to celebrate the diversity and richness of London's musical history.


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Interesting op-ed piece by Dr. Barron H. Lerner, Professor of Medicine at NYU, in the NY Times titled "Overruling My Father". Dr. Lerner describes his own experience with his father, an infectious disease physician, who had progressive Parkinson's disease and was in a nursing home. As his condition worsened the family including Dr. Lerner didn't want to escalate care although his father expressed wanting to pursue aggressive measures. Check out the article below!
Daily Archives: April 10, 2015
Castleman's Disease
General Information
- Lymphoproliferative disorder which is histologically characterized by angiofollicular lymph-node hypertrophy.
- In the differential diagnosis for localized/diffuse lymphadenopathy with or without systemic manifestations.
- Rare and relatively benign disorder which can mimick lymphoma clinically, but varies from the latter histologically, prognostically and in its treatment options.
- Localized CD:
- By definition, localized to one site.
- Features lymphoid hyperplasia associated with excessive angiogenesis.
- Asymptomatic in over 50% of patients and is often discovered incidentally.
- Histological diagnosis requires lymph-node biopsy.
- Multicentric CD:
- Characterized by a predominantly lymphadenopathic presentation consistently involving peripheral lymph-nodes and manifestations of multisystem involvement.
- Considered as a systemic B cell lymphoproliferation, probably arising in immunoregulatory deficit, and resulting in the outgrowth of clonal B-cell populations.
- It is always symptomatic.
- Symptoms, primarily a consequence of elevated Interleukin-6 (IL-6) production, are:
- Asthenia(65%)
- Weight loss(67%)
- Fever(69%)
- Polyadenopathy is common with a mean of four sites involved and is often associated with hepatosplenomegaly.
- Histological diagnosis is made upon biopsy of an excised peripheral lymph-node.
- Other forms/associations:
- A POEMS (Peripheral polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy(M-Protein) and Skin signs) syndrome is observed in 24% of patients.
- Some MCD forms are associated with Kaposi's sarcoma displaying prominent vascular proliferation and characteristic lesions.
- MCD associated with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection is very similar to MCD observed in non-HIV-infected patients, except for the high prevalence of pulmonary symptoms and for the stronger association with Kaposi's sarcoma.
- Progression to malignant lymphoma in MCD associated with HIV is frequent.
- Within a prospective cohort study of HIV-infected patients with MCD, 23% developed HHV 8-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Localized CD:
- Poorly understood and no genetic or toxic factor has so far been identified.
- The hypothesis of a viral infection has been raised and several studies have suggested the role of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), already implicated in Kaposi's sarcoma. There are a couple of theories:
- (i) the opportunistic presence of HHV-8, favoured by immune pertubations.
- (ii) the direct pathogenic role of HHV-8, in association with dysregulation of cytokines.
- Recent studies support the latter hypothesis by demonstrating that HHV-8 is able to produce an IL-6 homologue, the interleukin reponsible for the plasmacytosis and hypergammaglobulinaemia seen in MCD.
- Tissue is the issue!
- Histopathology is characterized by distinctive follicles with expanded mantle zones of small lymphocytes forming concentric rings surrounding 1 or more atretic germinal centers.
- There is prominent vascularity of the germinal centers, often with a single prominent penetrating vessel. Another important feature is vascular proliferation between the follicles, often with perivascular hyalinization.
- The "onion-skinning" of mantle zone lymphocytes, together with the prominent central vessel, has been likened to the appearance of a lollipop
- Localized CD is treated by surgical excision which allows full recovery without relapse in almost all cases.
- Multicentric CD:
- No therapeutic consensus exists for MCD and diverse treatments (surgery/corticotherapy/chemotherapy) are used, often in combination.
- Anti-interleukin-6 antibody has also been successfully tried in the alleviation of systemic manifestations.
- The five-year survival rate in MCD is 82% and this prognosis appears to be far better than that encountered with malignant lymphomas.
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:78
Advances in Anatomic Pathology 2009, 16: 4
Detailed Guide: Castleman Disease. American Cancer Society. 2011;http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CastlemanDisease/DetailedGuide/.
Answer to CC #11
Case Challenge #11 presented a 71 year old gentleman with lethargy, weight loss, and widespread lymphadenopathy with no palpable organomegaly. He has a polyclonal gammopathy and the following biopsy findings:
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
The correct answer is:
Multicentric Castleman's Disease!
- Symptoms: serious infections, fevers, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, and nerve damage that can cause weakness and numbness.
- Labs: frequently see anemia, hypergammaglobulinemia.
- Acts very much like lymphoma – in fact, about 20% of people with this disease eventually develop lymphoma.
- Treatment may involve steroids, surgery, chemotherapy or even radiation therapy.
Thanks for playing, case challenge #12 will be posted next week!


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In collaboration with the University of Nottingham, Braingaze started to validate interactive eye tracking video game as an alternative therapy for ADHD. The game called RECOGNeyes has been developed as an intervention for training attention in ADHD people. AHDHD patients who trained their oculomotor system with RECOGNeyes were able to fixate longer on the target that led to an improvement of their behavioral performance in an attention and a reading task.
ADHD is characterized by high levels of impulsivity, hyperactivity and inattention. Although there is no cure for ADHD, pharmacologic therapies manage these core symptoms of ADHD. The stimulants are the most common type of medication used for increasing the brain chemical dopamine and norepinephrine, which play essential roles in attention. Other ADHD medications are the non-stimulant drugs and are prescribed when a person has side effects from stimulants, i.e.: sleep disturbance, decreased appetite and weight changes. Around 75% of ADHD children receive pharmacological treatment; but only 58% of these children are good responders (Quintero et al., 2018). Good responders show improvement from baseline. Poor responders, however, suffer a negative impact of the medication on several aspects of their lives.
Previous pilot studies have suggested that some serious computer games could be helpful as additional interventions in schizophrenia (Bellack, Dickinson, Morris, & Tenhula, 2005), anxiety disorders (Walshe, Lewis, Kim, O'Sullivan, & Wiederhold, 2003) and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (Arns, de Ridder, Strehl, Breteler, & Coenen, 2009). It is important to highlight that the eye movement system is intimately connected to the attention system of the brain. In this sense, individuals with ADHD may have an underdeveloped attention system and therefore poor control of eye movement (Solé Puig et al., 2015). The interactive eye tracking game RECOGNeyes provides an opportunity to train the oculomotor system and thereby improving the attention system. In our study, we used two versions for playing the game. One using the eyes as a controller and one with a mouse to manually control the game. All tasks consisted in trying to catch snowflakes avoiding getting caught by fire.
After playing the game for three weeks, ADHD patients were tested with the Happy Frog test (attention) and the Word Recognition test (reading difficulties) of BGaze system. Patients from eye-tracker group were faster in detecting the tadpole/word whereas the participants from mouse group did not show improvement in detection performance (see figure 1). We found that ADHD children that have been playing the eye-tracker version of the game had fewer saccadic movements compared to those who played the mouse-controlled version. The saccadic movements were considered as an impulsivity marker. Furthermore, the number of gaze fixations decreased in the eye-tracker group but not in the mouse group. Similarly, the duration of fixations increased in the eye tracker group but not in the mouse group. Thus, ADHD patients who trained their oculomotor system by controlling the game with their eyes, attention performance is improved.
According to our observations of the impulsivity measure and the fixation behavior, RECOGNeyes can be considered as an effective tool to train the oculomotor system. Our results also explain why mouse-controlled video games are not efficient in ADHD treatment (Bikic, Christensen, Leckman, Bilenberg, & Dalsgaard, 2017). These video games do not provide feedback needed to train the oculomotor system promoting the improvement of the attention visual system.
Figure 1. Number of fixations and its durations per trial in frog task. The black bars represent eye-tracker group and grey bars represent mouse group. The number of fixations (left graph) showed that the eye-tracker group diminished this number in post-test compared to pre-test, while mouse group did not. The duration of fixations was increased in post-test compared to pre-test also in eye-tracker group, whereas there were no changes in mouse group between post and pre-tests. **=p<0.01, differences between pre and post-tests in groups. a= p<0.001, differences between groups in post-test. b= <0.05, differences between groups in pre-test. N = 14 individuals per each group
- Arns, M., de Ridder, S., Strehl, U., Breteler, M., & Coenen, A. (2009). Efficacy of Neurofeedback Treatment in ADHD: The Effects on Inattention, Impulsivity and Hyperactivity: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 40(3), 180–189. https://doi.org/10.1177/155005940904000311
- Bellack, A. S., Dickinson, D., Morris, S. E., & Tenhula, W. N. (2005). The development of a computer-assisted cognitive remediation program for patients with schizophrenia. The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 42(1), 5–14. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16134402
- Bikic, A., Christensen, T. Ø., Leckman, J. F., Bilenberg, N., & Dalsgaard, S. (2017). A double-blind randomized pilot trial comparing computerized cognitive exercises to Tetris in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 71(6), 455–464. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2017.1328070
- Quintero, J., Ramos-Quiroga, J. A., Sebastián, J. S., Montañés, F., Fernández-Jaén, A., Martínez-Raga, J., … Alda, J. A. (2018). Health care and societal costs of the management of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Spain: a descriptive analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1581-y
- Solé Puig, M., Pérez Zapata, L., Puigcerver, L., Esperalba Iglesias, N., Sanchez Garcia, C., Romeo, A., … Supèr, H. (2015). Attention-related eye vergence measured in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. PLoS ONE, 10(12), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145281
- Walshe DG, Lewis EJ, Kim SI, O'Sullivan K, Wiederhold BK. Exploring the Use of Computer Games and Virtual Reality in Exposure Therapy for Fear of Driving Following a Motor Vehicle Accident. CyberPsychology Behav [Internet]. 2003 Jun [cited 2018 Aug 26];6(3):329–34.


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So I'm considering getting vanity plates and I want to run my ideas by y'all (FYI their's only like a 20% chance I'll actually do it.) Plus let me know if you have any ideas. It's an Integra BTW.
Option 1: "TAC HBK" (Tactical Hatchback) It does have a sunroof that could be used as an improvised gunner's hatch! And if it's allowed, I could get Army plates in conjuncture with it.
Option 2: "BB I4" (Big Block 4 cyl)
Option 3: "Integer" Intergal Cal is too long, but if someone has an idea to shorten it, let me know. Maybe just "INT CAL"?
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The European Parliament just voted in favour of the proposal by Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) to set up a European museum pass. Schaake proposes to make available 2 million euros to assess the feasibility of a European museum pass and to cover potential start-up costs. She is happy a large major of the Parliament voted in favour of European cultural exchanges today by supporting her amendment to the 2019 budget.
Schaake: "In the Netherlands we have the opportunity to go to almost any museum for one set price. That possibility does not yet exist on the European level, while we in Europe, from the Louvre to the Gugenheim, have an incredibly rich and diverse culture. A pass at the European level would lower the threshold for cross border museum visits, stimulate European cultural exchanges and allow more people to discover our shared European history."
Schaake acknowledges that the success of the European museum pass lies in the financial feasibility and the success in stimulating collaboration between museums. She therefor emphasises that the European museum sector needs to be closely involved in the setting up of the European pass. After the start-up costs have been covered the system, similar to how it works in the Netherlands, needs to become self-sufficient.
Schaake: "In the Netherlands, the museum pass just last year led to a 30 million euro profit for the participating museums. By together with the European museum sector in assessing what would and would not work in terms of logistics and finances, we want to match that success on the European level. The budget we are making available today is only meant to cover the start-up costs. After that the system should become self-sufficient and translate into gains for both museums and consumers."


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The internet is a wonderful place, full of kittens and kindness and humor and uplifting stories and hard news and legitimate science, baby. It's also full of grifters, misinformation, calumny, distortion, prevarication, obfuscation, falsification, misrepresentation, sophistry, lies, damn lies, and statistics. You all know this.
But I also know that you all have big hearts. You see stories about animals in need and feel moved to help. I understand this compulsion. It's the same for me when I see stories about animals that are abused or in distress or pain, especially when accompanied by a photo of a very sad-looking dog or cat. Or cow; I love cows.
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One day when I was around ten or so I woke up and made myself a schedule. In my Girl Scout handbook it told you how to clean a room, and so I was going to clean my room step by step, just like they said. I was so much looking forward to the day.
Then my mother came in and said we had to go to church. It was some holy day of obligation. My day was ruined.
Apparently this little trauma made me who I am today: obsessed with time and organization, and, paradoxically, with the rituals of religion.


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This is a post in the series of The Goth Challenge altered by
Darkstalker Girl from a former Lolita Challenge. Find more information here. This is a combination of challenge seven and eight – even though I barely answered the questions.
In some peoples eyes I don't look like a Goth. Sure, when I'm laying around the house in pastel boxers and one of Coen's shirts I don't look like a Goth at all – but the rest of the time I consider my style to be varying degrees of the fashion: dressing down for interviews and family reunions, over the top when I feel like being bothered and most of the time a mixture of the two.
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The general public and media have a tenancy to personify Goths and all of Goth culture as a over-the-top, knee-high boots wearing and corset training person. Of course, this is far from true with the ridiculous amount of sub-styles including romantic, Trad, technically Deathrock (click here to read my article on Why Deathrock ISN'T (or wasn't) a sub-genre of Goth) and mixtures of sub-styles and other subcultures entirely.
But it's very evident that Goths generalise Goth fashion just as much as the media does – you wouldn't think it was possible but it's true. Many other bloggers have written about the 'elitist goth' but like many topics this isn't as clear cut an issue as some make it out to be.
Some claim you can't be a Goth because of your style preferences. For instance, you don't often see me walking around with teased hair or wearing corsets. This limits the subculture to the greatest extent and prevents members from enjoying aesthetics they adore – which is what modern Goth Subculture is suppose to be all about!
Screw them! – is my mantra, I will dress however I damn well please.
Do you dress like the Gothiest Goth that ever Gothed? Or do you like to mix other styles in with your own?


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It's that time of year again, black Fridays, foggy Wednesdays, hours of delays on the trains due to a leaf on the line, Nigella on the telly, Thanksgiving turkeys boosting the sales of indigestion tablets and dozens of innocent, unsuspecting, cheerful, upbeat songs murdered by being slowed right down and handed to a reedy beta warbler to croon over a mawkish CGI TV advert for a bank or a department store.
Oh yes, and the Season of Goodwill and a new Star Wars movie is just around the corner.
I don't know about you, but I do regard myself as a bit of a traditionalist: Trees, presents, mistletoe, holly, robins, yule logs, etc. None of this new-fangled Christmas nonsense for me though. Instead I celebrate Saturnalia, with a bit of Yule thrown in. You get all the same traditions, just a bit less watered down and commercialised. I grant you it is hard to find cards though…
So this item is both seasonal and (with any luck) timely. It details twelve items that mesh well with and are in some cases downright useful to the wandering photographer. Some will help you carry your kit, some will make it easier to use, and some will just keep you warm on a chilly night, while you try to shoot those pesky carol singers (tip: start with the one that's off-key…) My choices are generally Fuji-orientated, but many are generic or available in other fits (and sizes).
I've deliberately picked items that are all priced under a hundred pounds, and they vary from under ten to over eighty. In each case I have provided a link to one place where the item can be purchased. Some are the manufacturer's own websites, some, just to keep it simple, are Amazon UK. All the prices save one are quoted in sterling. Other retail outlets and currencies are of course available. When you've read through and gone "Oo", feel free to forward a link to this article to your long-suffering wife, husband, partner or the loved one of your choice with a little nudge in the right direction. Your gift to us will be double the normal readership.
Now read on and hum along to the Twelve Days Of Christmas (you won't get it out of your head for days, so be thankful I didn't pick "Merry Christmas Everybody").
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A BILLINGHAM AVEA 5 (£54, Billingham)
You can't go wrong with something from Billingham. You can spend hundreds on the bags themselves, but you can also get some really handy bargains. If you already have a Hadley Pro, Hadley Digital, F-Stop or L2 bag the AVEA5 is a useful addition, and attaches to one end by sturdy leather straps. It's a padded pouch made to the same high standards as the bags themselves and is available in a range of colours and fabrics to match. It will easily swallow an X100T or even an X-Pro2 with the 27mm "pancake" attached. It's also useful as a multi-purpose belt pouch, and will carry 'phone, passport, Leuchtturm notebook and the like with ease.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A ZENDURE A2 POWER BANK (£28.31, Amazon)
It's a curse of modern life (and a first-world problem, let's be honest) – your 'phone or camera dies, you are miles from a power socket and Elvis rides past on a unicorn… There are loads of portable power choices at all price points and capacities but I've selected this 6700mAh one from Zendure for a number of reasons. It's about the best I've found offering a good balance between portability and power. It's robust and built to last and unusually allows you to charge it while it's charging – more useful than you might think. It also keeps it's charge for a long time. It's not a real substitute for a spare battery but I do use it to top up my X100T and GR as well as my 'phone and I wouldn't leave home without it. Get it in silver and people might think you have a teeny, tiny RIMOWA case.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A STETSON CAP WITH EARFLAPS (£79.95, Nauticalia)
As I have got older, although I have kept my hair (thanks Granddad) I've appreciated more and more the benefits of a good hat. In the Summer, when the Sun beats down (I mean overseas, of course…) it's a hemp TILLEY but in the winter I tend to turn to Messrs. Stetson, who of course have been around for a bit – since 1865, I believe. They aren't quite James Lock, of course, but they are very good at what they do.
The hat I have chosen here is their Hatteras cap complete with a nifty polartec earflap which can be tucked up inside when not needed. Caps like these have three great advantages. Firstly they are not designed to be worn by baseball players so nobody will mistake you for a Trump supporter. Secondly the peak serves to keep your spectacles dry and glare-free and thirdly, unlike trilby and fedora type hats with a 360-degree brim, you can turn it back to front to get the peak out of the way for vertical shooting. The Stetson is well made, warm and stylish; I fancy myself a cross between Michael Corleone and Thomas Shelby when wearing mine. I also stuff a lens cleaning cloth up into the front, where there is a void. Peaky Wipers…?
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, An OHYO BAG to carry stuff in (£79.00, Ohyo)
I freely admit to being an Ohyo fan; I have the Mark 1 and Mark 2 bags (as well as a couple of their clever collapsible bottles) and admire both the design flair and the practicality of their products. The Mark 2 bag is slightly bigger than its predecessor and therefore a bit more practical; it will swallow a Billingham Hadley insert and zip up, and makes light work of a laptop. Mine is now my non-work everyday carry together with a Hadley Small insert (which leaves room for my spectacle case and a folding umbrella). I love the look on the faces of shop assistants when I turn down the offer of a 5p carrier and convert my Ohyo messenger to "tote" mode, immediately rendering it large enough to swallow even a well-folded overcoat with ease.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, FIVE SHOULDER PADS (£18.71, Amazon)
Ah shoulder pads. Beloved of the ladies of "Dynasty" back in the style-free 1980s, they are now more associated with making heavy loads easier to carry. There are many very good ones on the market, including the Domke USPO and the Billingham SP range but I have gone here for something altogether cheaper and more stocking-fillery.
I genuinely have one short of half a dozen of these things, in different colours. They are well made and padded, and stay on your shoulder. In the UK we have been clobbered in recent months by the plummeting pound, so they now come in at a little less bargain nineteen quid, but are still worth a look.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A LENSMATE LM-XP2 ($59.95, Lensmate)
I struggle to understand why anyone would consider using a camera without a thumbrest. They transform handling of the slippery bricks that some manufacturers regard as good design and even help with otherwise ergonomic bodies like the Fuji X-Series. They can be purchased for a couple of quid these days – if you want a cheapy-cheap badly made one that might damage the hotshoe of your camera.
I have nothing but praise for the good people of Lensmate, who produce well-made and innovative add-ons for a range of cameras. The folding model shown here was designed specifically for the X-Pro2 when it's designers fiendishly rearranged some of the buttons from the X-Pro1. It is a little design marvel and a joy to use. I confess I will even flick it back and forth occasionally just to hear that slick "snick" as it snaps into place.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A MAG SUB FOR B+WP (£39.90 for one year, Black and White Magazine)
There are lots of magazines out there to choose from, both print and online. I have selected Black and White Photography magazine because it is by far the best of the bunch. Even (or especially) if you have not mastered mono as a discipline it is an inspirational and informative journal, with sparky contributors and mouthwatering, moody monochrome imagery all helmed each month by the estimable Elizabeth Roberts.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A FISH BONE MINI QUICK RELEASE (£13.96, Amazon)
If like me you have an Arca Swiss compatible camera or baseplate you will be familiar with the security and stability that the mount offers when attached to a suitable head.
Thing is such heads can be decidedly un-cheap and bulky, which is why I would like to bring to your attention the little "fish bone" quick release plate from Neewer. To be fair, "quick" is slightly misleading since release itself involves the turning of a knurled (and beautifully dampened) knob but it is a solid addition to your support network (geddit?)
Small enough to slide into the corner of a gadget bag or a pocket, I use mine with my Minox tabletop tripod and X-Pro2. Just be aware that it is 3/8″-threaded. It does come with a screw-on converter to take it to 1/4″ but it's a bit on the soft and cheap side and is the only weak point in an otherwise well designed product. If you need the step down do yourself a favour and spend a couple of quid on a Manfrotto converter instead.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A CABLE FOR CANON SPEEDLITES (£11.99, Amazon)
Now, not a lot of people know this, but the pin positioning on a Fuji X-Series hotshoe is identical to that used by Canon for their Speedlites. Just to be crystal clear this does NOT mean that Canon flashguns are compatible with Fuji cameras, but it does mean that you can compensate for Fuji not offering a native off-camera flash cable by using one designed for Canon. I am to flash photography what Boris Johnson is to sartorial elegance, so I have gone for this generic version. It does the job very well indeed for the 2 or three times a year I actually use a flash.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A BUFF with a thousand uses (£13.44, Amazon)
Ah, a Buff. You either have no idea whatsoever just what I am talking about, or you already have several and need no convincing. For the benefit of the unconverted here's a little moving picture show: https://youtu.be/ewVEK-AElDY As you can see they are jolly useful for keeping your head and neck warm but that's just the start. They come in sundry weights and fabrics, including a polartec-lined version. It's the fabric equivalent of Play-doh; it's a neck warmer, a bandana, a sweat rag, a face mask, a bandana, a hat… More fundamentally for the photographic community it's a lens cleaner and wrap, a hand warmer, a divider and padding. I have two myself, as has the dog – yes, they do special dog-sized ones. He had one before I did…
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A tough PARACORD WRIST STRAP (£6.99, Cordweaver)
I have, and have had, more shoulder and wrist straps than Jabba the Hutt has had hot dinners. I could have written this whole article on them, in fact, but the 29 Days of Christmas didn't quite have the same ring to it. I have a personal penchant for braided leather neck straps, because they are not only strong yet supple (once broken in) they stay put on your shoulder, "breathe" in hot weather and grip well when wrapped a couple of times around your wrist.
When it comes to wrist straps I've tried 'em all. The posh leather ones and the cheap cord ones. Even the snakeskin ones that rip the teeny tiny hairs from your wrist – ideal for the fashion-conscious masochistic photographer. No, the ideal combination of virtually indestructible strength and soft flexibility is provided by paracord. This particular version is the product of a small UK company named Cordweaver. It's almost unbelievably cheap. Put it on and you forget it is there, but if you fumble or drop your camera it will come into its own. Worth every single penny and more, and if ever you find yourself needing to abseil down the odd cliff unexpectedly on the homeward commute you can unpick it and lower yourself down with ease.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, The BEST KINDLE BOOK OF THE YEAR (£3.00, Amazon Kindle)
I apologise for the shameless self-publicity, but it had to be done. F8 and Been There is my first Kindle book and certainly won't be my last. It has been generally well received, with good reviews and press coverage – I'm even on BBC radio talking about it next week. If you don't follow Macfilos regularly, or me on Twitter or Instagram, or indeed have been under a stone since September you might not know that it is a guide book written for photographers, covering ten cities with useful information about what kit to take and what's worth seeing and shooting. When you are sitting there on Christmas afternoon trying to avoid your granny with the hairy upper lip and the Strictly Christmas special on the telly, retire quietly with your Kindle and use it to plan your first city break of 2017.
There you go. Something for (almost) everybody, at (almost) every price point. All you have to do now is choose and communicate, then cross your fingers for Christmas morning…
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The Super Bowl turned out to be a mixed bag for mobile game companies that advertised during the television broadcast.
Ucool said it spent $2.25 million on its 15-second Super Bowl ad for Heroes Charge, a fantasy role-playing game. But it turned out to be the worst-rated of all 61 Super Bowl ads, according to the Ad Meter poll on the USA Today website.
The problem with the Heroes Charge ad is that it's so short, and it doesn't really give you a great idea of what's going on in the game, which has proven quite popular since its launch last August. Ucool said that it was happy with the ad placement, next to the Victoria's Secret ad, when everyone was probably glued to the TV. And the company said the reaction it received to the ad was "great."
The fact that three mobile games were advertised on the Super Bowl at all is a sign of the times. Worldwide, mobile games are expected to reach $30 billion in revenues in 2015, surpassing overall revenues for console games, according to market researcher Newzoo. That may be why we saw Supercell's Clash of Clans advertised on the Super Bowl instead of Call of Duty.
Supercell's ad, which featured actor Liam Neeson, fared better than Ucool's, as the Clash of Clans ad was rated 17 out of 61. On the other hand, Supercell spent $9 million on its commercial. A 30-second spot cost about $4.5 million, and Supercell's ad ran for a full minute. And that doesn't include the cost of paying Neeson, who was pretty funny.
Machine Zone's ad, sadly, was closer to Ucool's in popularity. The company's Game of War: Fire Age ad starred supermodel Kate Upton, but it came in at 57 out of 61, making the list of the five worst commercials for the Super Bowl.
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Cowgirls capitalize on second set comeback in district win
September 30, 2018
After winning the first set, the Coppell volleyball team fell behind MacArthur late in the second set. However, the Cowgirls were able to come back and take the set, soon leading to their 10th consecutive win in three sets, 25-15, 25-23 and 25-6, at the CHS arena.
The Cowgirls (32-8 overall, 7-0 in District 6-6A) were led by senior outside hitter and Columbia verbal commit Pierce Woodall. Woodall did not only get multiple kills, but also, through her powerful and precise hits, was a motivator for the team.
"It's all about focus. When we get comfortable with a team and start to think that we can easily beat them, that's when we kind of lose it," Woodall said. "Getting those big points is a reminder that we still have to play hard."
Throughout the first set, the Cowgirls dominated the offensive front, getting kills and blocks, primarily from the front line. This was supplemented with a few saves and digs from the back line, with senior setter Stella Yan sticking out among the bunch. Yan made a few saves that, although were not game-winning points, allowed Coppell to keep the momentum going for it. In a sport in which a team can go on a 10-point run, momentum is everything.
This was seen in the second set, when the Lady Cardinals (5-16 overall, 4-0 in District 6-6A) took the reins early on, giving themselves as much as a four-point lead over the Cowgirls. Moreover, the Lady Cardinals were able to keep this lead until late in the set. As Coppell was down, 21-17, the Cowgirls got their serve back. On a series of points, thus switching the momentum once again, the Cowgirls won the set, 25-23.
This win seemed to be an important factor in the third set, as Coppell won with a dominating score of 25-6. The serving run of junior Victoria Wiegand was a part of this, as Wiegand's serves hyped up the Cowgirls more and more with each point.
"Going into our second round of district play, we are going to do a lot more competitive things in practice," Coppell coach Julie Price said. "We've passed drill work and moved on to competition. That's what's going to take a good group of 16 girls and make them better."
The Cowgirls will play again on Tuesday against Irving in the CHS arena at 6:30 p.m.
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The provost of the Federal Collage of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State, David Wonang, has said about 50 students of the collage were expelled for examination malpractice.
The provost stated this during a pre-convocation press briefing at the collage on Tuesday.
"We do not condone examination malpractice. Last year alone, we expelled between 40 and 50 students due to examination malpractice. We do such exercises on yearly basis," he said.
He said the college would graduate 13,000 students from 2007 to 2013 academic sessions on Saturday.
According to the provost, of the 13,000 graduating students, 3,000 would be awarded degrees with University of Jos affiliation, while, 10,000 would be awarded NCE.
Speaking on challenges facing the institution, the provost said colleges of education in Nigeria were under-funded.
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Dante's look back on 2018-19: Part 1/2
Before ending the season on a positive note (2-0 victory in the derby against Monaco) and leaving for the summer break, Les Aiglons' captain looked back over the 2018-19 season. In this piece, OGCNice.com brings you the first part.
Dante, how would you analyse the season?
The ideal word to describe the season would be 'brave'. We kept our spirit and objectives in mind, despite the different challenges we have been confronted with.
At what moment did you take the most pleasure from being out on the pitch?
When we picked up several victories on the bounce (a run of five wins between October and November 2018, Editor's note). When we get the three points, it's always a moment that makes us very happy. I enjoyed defending with all of the team, despite the lack of goals we scored in each match.
For you, what were the most difficult periods?
The first three games of the season. They were difficult. Then, we had a period were we struggled to play well (three draws and two defeats in December, Editor's note). We lacked a bit of style and more than anything some confidence as a team. It was even more complicated because we didn't know what was going to happen during the season. Despite that, I still come back to the word "brave" once again. We were brave enough to question ourselves and to put everything in place to get out of that situation. And we managed it!
At what moment did you and the squad learn the most this season?
There were a lot of them. At the start of the season, we learned that we needed solidarity. From the fourth match, when we travelled to Lyon and we won 1-0. That became a reference point for us because all of the team worked together. We all showed the path that needed to be taken. It was really in the first half of the league that we learned that in order to win, you need to suffer, to be together. That's why the second half of the season seemed "easier" for us, in terms of results and the way we played. There were things that we no longer needed to talk about before a match. We were together, we ran for each other. For the team. That's what made the difference.
"I think in the same way as the coach"
What do you remember about Patrick Vieira's first team meeting?
He put across a very clear and important message. There will be players that play, and others that don't. The club comes before everything. You have to work for it, push forward and think about one and other. If not, we will never do things. His speech was very objective, incredibly intelligent. For me, as a leader who likes talking to the lads to motivate them so that they keep their heads up, these are things that have helped me a lot because I think in the same way as the coach.
Is this what makes the difference within the culture of the highest level of football that both you and Coach Vieira have experienced?
The club always remains the club. Even if you have brought money in, even if you have played 50 or 100 matches, even if you scored the goal to win the title… Nobody is bigger than the club. We saw that this season: you can change players, the directors, the coaching staff… Everyone can leave, but the club will still be there. That's what the top level is about, the squad and being demanding in your work for the club. Top players think of themselves, but they know that the greatest trophy you can win is to leave your mark on the history of a club. Make a mark on the years that you play for the club, to make the most of every day, because at some stage, they realise that their stay is only temporary. And the greater that time is, the better it is.
From what moment did the coach start talking about Europe?
If I remember correctly... from his very first day. He said to us that he has big ambitions and that OGC Nice was in the process of growing to get back into Europe and then wants to stay there. It was important for the team and the club's progression.
Even after the trip to Strasbourg (Week 19, 2-0 defeat), the coach continued to talk about Europe. What did you think about that?
Despite the defeat, he found the solution. He was convinced by what we needed to change and what we needed to put in place. He found the key and from then on, it was finished. He told us not to worry. It was very encouraging for us and a sign of confidence and solid analysis. We could have reached Europe if we hadn't lost certain matches. Although everything was made more complicated when 5th and 6th place wouldn't qualify (for the first time since 2014 when 6th place didn't qualify for Europe).
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Our Beloved Supreme Leader just had a horrible and unproductive meeting (some call it a "summit") with North Korea's Kim…..but to listen to his rhetoric it was a success with the Dems trying to hang some criminality around his neck……but what of the so-called "summits"…….
Let's step back to the beginning……
As far as is known, the first professional diplomatic corps appeared in the Byzantine Empire following the collapse of Rome in 476 AD. Byzantium established the world's first department of foreign affairs, developed strict and complex diplomatic protocols, and actively sought intelligence about friend and enemy alike. Surrounded by enemies, Byzantium needed all the skill in diplomacy it could muster.
The art of diplomacy was carried to the next higher (some might say lower) plane in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Italian city-states of the era engaged in constant intrigues against each other. During this era, diplomacy became identified with behind-the-scenes scheming, duplicity, and double-dealing. Niccolo Machiavelli of Florence, whom many consider the father of "realist" views of the international system, stressed in his book The Prince (1532) that rulers should use whatever means they had at their disposal to stay in power.
Summits and summitry have their uses in a modern foreign policy…a constructive foreign policy (there's the rub….we, the US, no longer has a constructive foreign policy)…….
It should not be regarded as an instant elixir for the assuagement of crises to dissimulate relief from the realities of inter-governmental ailment (1979, p. 186).
To begin with, this essay will discuss both on some of the possible strengths and flaws of the different types summits. It also argues on how summitry can be infused as a tool of a constructive means of diplomacy and it will also unearth some factors that could help determine the success of summits. The first part of this essay discusses on how summitry could be a tool in the engagement of public diplomacy and followed by with an insight on how timing is crucial in initiating a summit. Meanwhile, the second part of this essay details on how summitry could provide an opportunity for state leaders to administrate and show their capabilities in winning a summit.
This is where the Trump summits go off the rail…..a summit should NOT be an elixir for a solution to whatever problem it tries to address.
And yet Trump himself billed his "summits" as a solution to North Korea's rush to nuke weapons…..
So far nothing but a few exchanged "love" between the two leaders and the search for nukes continued…
Summits are a diplomatic tool not necessarily the end of the search of solutions to problems….something someone needs to teach to our president….maybe then he would stop embarrassing the country on the world stage.


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Loikaw is the capital of the Kayah state in Myanmar and mostly home to Kayan people. It is gradually becoming a more popular destination for tourists as through the CVT programme set up to preserve the local cultures, tours of the local tribes are becoming more common. Run by local guides they are a chance to meet and learn about the culture and the lifestyle of the Kayan people.
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Create a keepsake together! Pick up a kit at the library containing a special memory book for grandparents to fill out with their grandchild. The kit also includes a genealogy guide for kids and family tree. If you would like to share with the library, please return a copy by August 31.
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The judges of the Federal Court have lashed one of Australia's most thuggish unions this week, confirming what many of us have long believed.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), one of Labor's biggest supporters, regards itself as free to disobey the law and has been "disgraceful and shameful", according to two decisions by the Federal Court of Australia.
The CFMEU was fined $271,500 by Justice Richard Tracey for the bad behaviour of union thugs on Tuesday, before the Full Court upheld a fine of $306,000 in an effort to "rein in aberrant behaviour".
"The union has adopted the attitude that it will not comply with any legislative constraints, placed on its operations, with which it disagrees," Justice Tracey said. "Such an approach is an anathema in a democratic society".
He continued this sentiment in the Full Court decision.
"The CFMEU has determined that its officials will not comply with the requirements of the Fair Work Act with which it disagrees. If this results in civil penalties being imposed they will be paid and treated as a cost of the union pursuing its industrial ends. The union simply regards itself as free to disobey the law," Justice Tracey said.
Justice Logan said the union's conduct was "a further manifestation of a lengthy and repeated pattern of unrepentant, outlaw behaviour by the CFMEU".
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Cris leads the distribution team managing Suncorp New Zealand's intermediated relationships with insurance brokers, insurance advisers, cluster groups and dealer groups and a range of highly regarded corporate partners, represented by our "go to market" brands of Vero Insurance and Asteron Life.
With a focus on our intermediated partners, the distribution function aligns our products and services to meet a broad array of our customer's needs, as we seek to safeguard the interests of our intermediaries, business customers and individual policyholders. Protecting the financial wellbeing of New Zealanders is core to our role.
In an ever changing world, Suncorp New Zealand continues to explore and evolve our products and services for our customers. The distribution function works closely with our wider business to ensure that new digital ways of working are incorporated into our workstreams, that enable vital and relevant products and services to be delivered with greater speed, certainty and clarity to our intermediated partners and end policyholders.
Prior to Suncorp, Cris held a number of senior executive positions during his 25 years at AIG, working in UK/ Ireland, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS, Asia and Australasia. As CEO of AIG Insurance New Zealand Limited, Cris steered that business through the financial markets collapse, Christchurch earthquake recovery and negotiated AIG's first commercial sponsorship of the New Zealand Rugby and the All Blacks.
Cris is actively engaged in the insurance industry, having served as a board member and Vice President of the Insurance Council of New Zealand.
More recently, since 2016 he is serving as a board member of the Financial Services Council.


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The European Central Bank Leaves Key Rate Unchanged
The European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged Thursday, despite inflation in the 19-country currency bloc falling back into negative territory and persisting worries about growth in the European economy.
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The ECB said Thursday that it decided to leave its main refinancing rate, the rate that it charges on regular loans to banks, at a record low of 0.05%, where it has been for over a year. The rate on overnight deposits also remained at minus 0.2%, meaning banks continue to pay to park excess deposits at the central bank.
Attention will now turn to ECB President Mario Draghi's regular news conference, being held this time in Malta. Markets will closely eye the president's comments for any hint that the ECB is preparing to ramp up its €60 billion ($68.12 billion) a month bond-buying program, known as quantitative easing.
While there are some indications that the ECB's bond-buying program has helped spawn lending to the economy, it has done next to nothing to lift inflation in the eurozone. The most recent data show inflation at 0.1% below the level of one year ago, far off the ECB's medium-term target of just below 2%.
Central bankers worry that an environment of falling prices will induce consumers to put off purchases, waiting for prices to sink further and ultimately leading to cuts in wages and a shrinking economy. Deflation also weighs on borrowers by raising the cost of money in real terms.
Despite the subzero inflation, most analysts expect the ECB to wait before expanding the bond-purchase program. Policy makers have stated recently that the program is working and that now is the wrong time to increase purchase volumes or explicitly extend the envisaged end date beyond September 2016.
Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer said Monday the ECB's program is well-calibrated, indicating he doesn't favor an expansion of asset purchases at Thursday's ECB meeting. Mr. Noyer said the €60 billion a month in asset purchases is the right amount given the state of the eurozone economy. "I think that today the foot is pushed far down on the gas and the machine is reacting well," he said on French television channel BFM Business.
But experts think that Mr. Draghi will signal a willingness to intensify the program later this year or early next year. "We expect the Governing Council to maintain its dovish rhetoric, keeping the door firmly open to doing more, but without an explicit signal that it definitely takes place at the next meeting on 3 December," wrote analysts at Nomura.
"Our baseline remains that the ECB will extend QE by 10 March 2016 at the latest," they said.
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Lent is an annual religious tradition within Roman Catholic religion. It is described as the period of liturgical year starting from Ash Wednesday to end of Holy Week, which is Resurrection Sunday (or Easter as many are calling it).
As per records, the purpose is to prepare the believers through prayer, penitence, alms giving and self denial in remembrance of the passion of Christ until His death and resurrection. Historically, the practice was largely observed until the Protestant Reformation in the time of Martin Luther (a former Catholic Bishop).
Many modern Protestant denominations these days observed the Lent in a refined and simplified manner. Their teaching foundation is somehow different as they directly read the Bible for the story (mostly quoting from the four Gospel: Matthey, Mark, Luke and John). Their observance has its difference as its purpose is focus on remembrance to Christ sacrifices for the salvation of mankind, without inflicting pain or sacrifice on ones self (or penitence). As they say, "salvation is a free gift from God when you sincerely accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior. Salvation is by God's grace through our faith, not gain through good works or sacrifices." This they believed from (John 3:16), " For God so loved the world (or you), that He gave his only begoten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
Lent was also traditionally the term used to describe the period leading up to Christmas before the Advent officially recognized. As there are differences in the observance within Catholic religion, there are also differences in many aspects in different countries.
The title of the painting is "Forgiven" by Thomas Blackshear. Excerpt from Google Images.
To better understand the Lent is to view the movie "Passion of Christ" by acclaimed Direct, Mel Gibson. To me, this movie is the most honest Jesus movie ever made.


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Hike Donner Lake Rim Trail with Truckee Donner Land Trust
Hike Donner Lake Rim Trail with Truckee Donner Land Trust
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Hike Description
The Donner Lake Rim Trail (DRLT) is a Land Trust project to build a 23-mile multi-use trail on the mountains and ridges surrounding Donner Lake. Hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians will enjoy stunning views of Donner Lake, Mount Rose and the Pacific Crest. This hike will take us to the Drifter Hut, which sits on a ridge top where we will enjoy views to the northwest of Castle Peak and Frog Lake Cliffs, as well as a full Sierra panorama to the south.
Hike Details
This is an easy 4 mile out and back hike with minimal elevation change.
How do I get there?
From downtown Truckee:
Take Donner Pass Road to Northwoods Blvd. At the intersection of Northwoods and Northwoods, turn left. in about 3 miles, turn left on Davos Drive (This is the 4th intersection of Davos and Northwoods – after Christie Lane). At the T intersection, turn right onto Skislope Way. In 2.5 miles, turn left on Glacier Way and follow road to trailhead parking