Buffett's right-hand man chimes in on psychology and investing.
This classic Whitney Tilson investing article was originally published on Aug. 21, 2002. Some of the information has been updated.
Behavioral finance -- a field that examines how people's emotions, biases, and misjudgments affect their investment decisions -- is one of the least discussed and most poorly understood areas of investing. Yet I believe it's a critically important area -- so important, in fact, that I covered it in my very first Fool column back in September 1999. Seems like an investing lifetime ago, doesn't it?
Behavioral finance recently reappeared on my radar when I came across an 80-minute recording of a speech from Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) vice-chairman Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man and a genius in his own right. It's a brilliant, powerful, and compelling tour de force.
In the speech, Munger highlights what he calls "24 Standard Causes of Human Misjudgment." He then gives numerous examples of how these mental weaknesses can combine to create "lollapalooza" effects, which can be very positive in what they offer, as in the case of Alcoholics Anonymous, or frighteningly negative, such as experiments in which average people end up brutalizing others.
I'd like to highlight some of Munger's most important lessons, especially as they relate to investing.
Munger notes that, sometimes, "reality is too painful to bear, so you just distort it until it's bearable." I see this all the time among investors -- both professionals and average folks. Think of all the people who simply have no business picking stocks, such as the "bull market geniuses" of the late 1990s, whose portfolios were undoubtedly obliterated in the bear market that followed.
You'd think these people would've recognized that whatever investment success they had in the late '90s was due solely to one of the most massive bubbles in the history of the stock market, and that they should have gotten out while they still had even a little bit of money left. I'm sure some did, but many didn't, because that would have meant acknowledging some extremely painful truths: They should never have been picking stocks, they speculated with their retirement money and frittered most of it away, and so on.
Why isn't anyone suggesting WorldCom as an investment possibility? Assuming WorldCom survives, and assuming they reach a third of their highest stock value prior to the decline, why not buy shares at $0.19 [as listed at the time of this email] and hold them for a few years? If WorldCom manages to make it back to $10.00 a share, the profit for a small investor would be more than satisfactory. What am I missing here? It seems like another chance to "get in on the ground floor."
Munger explains this bias with the following analogy: "The human mind is a lot like the human egg, and the human egg has a shut-off device. When one sperm gets in, it shuts down so the next one can't get in." In other words, once people make a decision (to buy a stock, for example), it becomes extremely unlikely that they will reverse this decision, especially if they have publicly committed to it.
This is true even if overwhelming evidence emerges indicating that the initial decision was disastrously wrong. Have you ever bought a stock such as Lucent, Enron, or WorldCom, then seen your original investment thesis so badly torn to shreds by subsequent developments that you would never consider buying more of the stock, despite the lower price -- yet still failed to sell your shares? I've written twocolumns on this common, painful mistake.
Big-shot businessmen get into these waves of social proof. Do you remember some years ago, when one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company? And there was no more damned reason for all these oil companies to buy fertilizer companies, but they didn't know exactly what to do, and if Exxon was doing it, it was good enough for Mobil, and vice versa. I think they're all gone now, but it was a total disaster.
Similar behavior led to the tech-stock bubble of the late 1990s. For more on this topic, see my column "The Cocktail-Party Test," in which I argue: "Following the crowd and investing in what is fashionable is a recipe for disaster. Instead, look for solid companies with strong balance sheets that are either out of favor with Wall Street or, better yet, not even on Wall Street's radar screen."
Why are boards of directors so consistently dysfunctional, unable to rein in even the most egregious behavior by CEOs?
Why was Coca-Cola's (NYSE:KO) introduction of New Coke almost one of the costliest business blunders of all time?
Why didn't Salomon CEO John Gutfreund or General Counsel Donald Feuerstein immediately turn in rogue employee Paul Mozer -- a failure of judgment that cost both men their careers and nearly put Salomon out of business?
How did Joe Jett lose $210 million for Kidder Peabody (and parent company General Electric (NYSE:GE))?
How did FedEx (NYSE:FDX) solve the problem of processing all of its packages overnight?
Why wouldn't Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) founder Sam Walton let his purchasing agents accept even the tiniest gift from a salesperson?
How does Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) ensure that it evaluates and learns from its experience in making acquisitions?
How has Tupperware (NYSE:TUP) "made billions of dollars out of a few manipulative psychological tricks"?
Why do bidders consistently overpay in "open-outcry" actions?
Why is a cash register "a great moral instrument"?
Why would it be evil not to fire an employee caught stealing?
Why might raising the price of a product lead to greater sales?
Why do some academicians continue to cling to the Efficient Market Theory?
Why are people who grow up in terrible homes likely to marry badly? And why is it so common for a terrible first marriage to be followed by an almost-as-bad second marriage?
How can real estate brokers manipulate buyers?
How do lotteries and slot machines prey on human psychology?
Why should we be grateful that our founding fathers were "psychologically astute" in setting the rules of the U.S. Constitutional Convention?
There is no space here to even begin to summarize Munger's answers to these questions. However, the speech is available in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.
If you find his thinking and the field of behavioral economics as fascinating as I do, I suggest reading Influence by Robert Cialdini, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes by Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich, and, for the definitive work on Munger himself, Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe.
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Fool contributor Whitney Tilson is the founder and managing partner of T2 Partners LLC. He owned shares of Berkshire Hathaway at the time of publication. To read his previous columns for The Motley Fool and other writ ing s, visit tilsonfunds.com. The Motley Fool is investors writing for investors.


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September 7, 2006 Simulating one of the most demanding and mission critical roles available to a human being, Incident Commander is a PC-based simulation that provides a safe environment for first responders, emergency personnel and multi-agency personnel to train, plan, and prepare for emergency and crisis situations. Developed for the U.S. Department of Justice by BreakAway, Incident Commander can train up to 16 players simultaneously, with users assuming roles as either the commander or members of the operations team. The game simulates various crisis scenarios, including a natural disaster, a school hostage situation, and a terrorism incident and can be customised with the addition of new locations, buildings, structures, crisis events, and emergency agencies to more accurately portray local community situations. Screenshots of the software here.
Screenshots of the software here.
"To be successful, an incident commander and his or her team must be able to rapidly set up strategic staging areas for emergency personnel, allocate appropriate resources, and deploy appropriate tasks to Public Works, EMT, Police, and Fire units," explains Lucien Parsons, Director of Licensed Products for BreakAway's Federal Systems Division.
For the severe storm recovery scenario, for example, users must deal with broken water mains, gas leaks, destroyed buildings, obstructed roads, and injured civilians. Rapid deployment of responder squads is further complicated by downed trees blocking roads.
Joseph Barlow, an Adams County, Illinois Emergency Response Team member who was deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and helped set up an 800-bed hospital for citizens displaced by Hurricane Katrina, notes, "I ended up being the logistics officer for the entire facility. It just so happens that I had spent the week before using Incident Commander in depth. The lessons learned by playing the simulation fed directly into the practices of setting up an incident command structure and then operating within that structure."
"Incident Commander provides the small-to-medium-size jurisdiction with an effective, low-cost training simulation that not only better prepares first responders for a crisis, but does so in an entertaining and engaging medium," says Mike O'Shea, Project Manager for the National Institute of Justice's Office of Science and Technology.
The U.S. Department of Justice, which funded Incident Commander, will be distributing the simulation to first responders and emergency personnel free of charge. To receive a copy, users will need to register at incidentcommander.net or at one of the training classes that the Department is holding at all major first responder conferences.
BreakAway is currently working on a new product which will expand on the capabilities of Incident Commander and enable users to more easily build their own environments and make real-time modifications to in-progress scenarios. It will be commercially available with an expected release date of 2007.


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Trent Cantrelle
Cantrelle is someone who is as comfortable headlining Marquee stages at Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella, as he is crafting soundtracks to subterranean warehouse parties. Ministry of Sound, Spinnin', Toolroom and Steve Angello's Size X have all released his music to date, with fans including Radio 1's Pete Tong. Cantrelle also runs his own parties under the Sounds Like name where installation art and DJ culture go hand in hand.
New Orleans-born, LA-based DJ/producer Trent Cantrelle scored big in 2011 with his dance floor rocker 'I Want A Freak'. The smash hit went on to be one of the top 10 selling house songs in the world and really announced Trent's arrival. His sound leans toward big room peak-time house and tech, as heard on his recent releases 'You Know Why' and the DMC Buzz Charting 'Night Like This'. This caught the ear of Swedish House Mafia, which recently had Trent open for them at their Ushuaia residency kick off in Ibiza this Summer. When Trent scored Essential New Tune at WMC 2005, with his smash rock hybrid 'Runaway', he was clocked by Pete Tong as One of the hottest dance talents from the US. The instant hit was licensed in over 15 countries and carried on to be one of the top tunes of that year. Over the years having amassed an impressive catalogue of original tracks and remixes he has appeared on such labels as Ministry Of Sound, Spinnin', Toolroom, Black Hole, Subliminal, Ultra, and many more. In addition to the club circuit, he performed at some of America's biggest outdoor music events such as Coachella Music Festival, and The Electric Daisy Carnival.
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Join the Fordham Law Alumni Association: The FLAA is one of the largest law school alumni associations in the country, and is an excellent resource for students and graduates alike. The FLAA serves to deepen the already strong bond between Fordham Law and its alumni, and emphasizes the importance of engaging students with the alumni network from day one.
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Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center is dedicated to fostering the education of law students in the world of trial advocacy. Each year, the center sends Fordham students around the country to compete at national trial competitions. Under the guidance of practicing trial attorneys, these students devote a great deal of their time and effort to prepare for these competitions. The program refines students' ability to argue factual inferences, apply facts to legal problems, advocate persuasively, and understand and apply the rules of evidence. Email mooreadvocates@gmail.com to learn about ways you can volunteer.
Dispute Resolution Society (DRS) comprises students who compete in regional, national and international competitions in negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Each year the DRS hosts three events with sponsorship opportunities: (i) the leading pre-moot for the Willem C. Vis Arbitration competition; (ii) a symposium each fall in which leading dispute resolution scholars join us as speakers or attendees; and (iii) a year-end dinner where Fordham deans, professors, distinguished alumni, and DRS members celebrate the year's accomplishments. The DRS also welcomes alumni assistance in coaching students for the various competitions. Email adr@law.fordham.edu to learn about ways you can volunteer.
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Nintendo Switch that was used to record footage was one of several that have been stolen from a U.S. distributor.
We reported that NeoGAF user hiphoptherobot posted videos from a Nintendo Switch they claimed arrived two weeks early by mistake on Thursday. It turns out that Nintendo Switch was one of the several units stolen by employees of a U.S. distributor and had been illegally resold to the NeoGAF user.
After catching wind of the NeoGAF posts, Nintendo investigated the situation and released the following statement to IGN.
Nintendo has determined these units were stolen in an isolated incident by employees of a US distributor, with one system being illegally resold. The individuals involved have been identified, terminated from their place of employment and are under investigation by local law enforcement authorities on criminal charges.
Hiphoptherobot has since given the stolen Nintendo Switch back to Nintendo and stated that they had unknowingly bought a stolen Switch. "Nintendo has the console back, and I am personally not in any trouble," they said on a NeoGAF thread.
The Nintendo Switch launches on March 3, and if someone offers you one before that, it's probably shady.
I don't buy it; total marketing ploy from NOA.
Are you joking? How is this, from any perspective, a positive for Nintendo?


Most readers have been left mentally bruised by the almost nonstop coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh Judicial hearing, in which the Democrats opposed to him deliberately savaged Kavanaugh and made the nomination process akin to an attack by a herd of ravenous walkers or zombies from The Walking Dead. I don't view the Democrats in the hearing any other way. They were out to destroy Kavanaugh, presuming he is guilty (treating the hearing as a trial) unless proven innocent, although innocence is a concept alien to their social view just as their notion of "justice" is simply a misnomer for vengeance. They are not pursuing innocence.
Oh, and after they're dead, the professor — who describes herself in her Twitter bio as an "inter-sectional feminist, pitbull apostle, scotch devotee, nontheist, resister" — thinks they should be castrated and fed to pigs.
…But you must remember that religion is an early form of philosophy, that the first attempts to explain the universe, to give a coherent frame of reference to man's life and a code of moral values, were made by religion, before men graduated or developed enough to have philosophy. And, as philosophies, some religions have very valuable moral points. They may have a good influence or proper principles to inculcate, but in a very contradictory context and, on a very—how should I say it?—dangerous or malevolent base: on the ground of faith.
A mullo is created when a person dies suddenly of some unnatural cause or the person did not have proper funeral rites. A mullo is described as having white clothes, hair that reaches to their feet, and one physical oddity (a trait which varies from geographic region to region). A mullo's existence is in seeking out people it did not like in life and harassing that person.
river. The name of the river deity Savus is also found on a lead tablet inscribed on both sides found in the Kupa at Sisak: it is a curse (defixio) demanding a punishment (drowning) of the individual that was the object of the curse.
Ashtoreth was the moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity ( Judges 10:6 ; 1 Samuel 7:4 ; 12:10 ). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks ( Jeremiah 44:17 ; 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:33 ; 2 Kings 23:13 ). There was a temple of this goddess among the Philistines in the time of Saul ( 1 Samuel 31:10 ). Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol ( 1 Kings 11:33 ). Jezebel's 400 priests were probably employed in its service ( 1 Kings 18:19 ). It was called the "queen of heaven" ( Jeremiah 44:25 ).
Perhaps we can forget Ashtoreth . But who the hell were the Zidonians?
Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The name `Osiris' is the Latinized form of the Egyptian Usir which is interpreted as 'powerful' or 'mighty'. He is the first-born of the gods Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) shortly after the creation of the world, was murdered by his younger brother Set, and brought back to life by his sister-wife Isis. This myth, and the gods involved, became central to Egyptian culture and religious life. Osiris was originally a fertility god, possibly from Syria (though this claim is contested) who became so popular he absorbed the function of earlier gods such as Andjeti and Khentiamenti, two gods of fertility and agriculture worshipped at Abydos. He is associated with the djed symbol and is often depicted with black or green skin symbolizing the fertile mud of the Nile and regeneration. He is also frequently shown as a mummy or in partially mummified form in his role as Judge of the Dead.
… He was also known as The Lord of Love, King of the Living, and Eternal Lord. After Isis, Osiris was the most popular and enduring of all the Egyptian gods. His worship spanned thousands of years from shortly before the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-2613 BCE) to the Ptolemaic Dynasty (323-30 BCE), the last dynasty to rule Egypt before the coming of Rome. It is also possible that Osiris was worshipped in some form in the Predynastic Period of Egypt (c. 6000-3150 BCE) and probable that he originated at that time.
...Although he is usually seen as a just, generous, and giving god of life and abundance there are also depictions of him as "a terrifying figure who dispatches demon-messengers to drag the living into the gloomy realm of the dead"
Abracadabra:You must believe! Or else!
Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, "the God." The name's origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il or el, the latter being used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Allah is the standard Arabic word for God and is used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims regardless of their native tongue.
Allah is the pivot of the Muslim faith. Islam's holy scripture, the Qurʾān, stresses above all Allah's singularity and sole sovereignty, a doctrinal tenet indicated by the Arabic term tawḥīd ("oneness"). He never sleeps or tires, and, while transcendent, he perceives and reacts to everything in every place through the omnipresence of his divine knowledge. He creates ex nihilo and is in no need of a consort, nor does he have offspring. Three themes preponderate in the Qurʾān: (1) Allah is the Creator, Judge, and Rewarder; (2) he is unique (wāḥid) and inherently one (aḥad); and (3) he is omnipotent and all-merciful. Allah is the "Lord of the Worlds," the Most High; "nothing is like unto him," and this in itself is to the believer a request to adore Allah as the Protector and to glorify his powers of compassion and forgiveness.
An apt description of the Supreme "Everything's about Me" Narcissist.
So much about Allah is literally incredible. "He perceives and reacts to everything in every place through the omnipresence of his divine knowledge. He creates creates ex nihilo and is in no need of a consort…." He is alleged to be both omniscient and omnipotent, contradictory attributes that defy reason. If he can change things, then he must have known beforehand before creating a thing that he would have changed it later.
And if he had no wife or female companion, and always existed, where did he get the idea of 72 virgins from? Well, he's just an ex nihilo kind of guy. Like the Christian God, he can create things out of nothing, with no preconceived idea of what they are or will be. Loan him a rib!. The idea of a woman just popped into his head, anatomy and all.
Amil Imani asks Allah some rhetorical questions about Allah's powers, about women, and about many other things.
Are you male, your lordship? Pardon me for asking a personal question. The reason I ask is that you have much against women. You stipulate that women are worth one-half of a man. You ordain that men are rulers over women and much more. I really don't see that. My lifelong experiences with women have convinced me that women are every bit as worthy as men, if not even better in many respects. For one, women are the life-givers and nurturers of life. Men, by contrast, are forever in the business of life-taking.
Science tells us that women are as capable as men in every sphere other than those that require brute force. But machines are much superior to men in brute force and women can and do operate those machines as well as men.
As you wander through the celestial cemetery, you might wonder why Allah's tombstone is missing. Is a stonemason still carving it? No. It's missing because Muslims stole it to prove that Allah really existed and that he was never a figment of men's imagination. He is REAL! They want to confirm his existence by saying abracadabra and that because you can't see him is a figment of your blasphemous mind and proof of his existence! Off with your head!


"It's not just a job, it's a lifestyle"
Andrew: We've had a good experience working with Rijk Zwaan and we've done a lot of things along the way such as screening trials with mini cucumbers and trying new material every year. The Rijk Zwaan varieties, Traviatta and Sven, are the two we mainly grow and we've never found anything that gets the same results. The thing about Rijk Zwaan is when you find the right product, it's not just here today and gone tomorrow, it's very stable and consistent.


I'm a 14-year-old girl from Bangladesh, aspiring to be a world-class programmer. I like to solve olympiad-level math problems when I'm in the mood for it and I also dabble in coding from time to time. Writing is something I have a knack for. I can write well enough in English, despite being a non-native English speaker.
Reaching the summit of success is my ultimate goal.
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A cryptocurrency miner works in such a way that it uses CPU power of a user's device while they are visiting a website that is using the mining code, for example, The Pirate Bay and ShowTime's websites. If the user is on a smartphone, they are targeted by malware-infected apps carrying cryptocurrency mining code which uses their phone's power to generate digital coins.
One app called Recitiamo Santo Rosario claimed to provide religious content (Catholic), the other one claimed to provide Internet and WiFi safety while the third one was related to car wallpapers. But in reality, all three infected users devices to generate Monero coin.
Although at the time of publishing this article, Google had booted off the malware apps following TrendMicro's report; it is quite possible that there might be other Monero mining malware apps lurking behind Google Play Store.
Remember, it all started when The Pirate Bay was caught twice using Monero mining code to generate money. Following the incident, researchers found GTA 5 gaming mod and hundreds of websites filled with a similar code targeting PC users.
Android devices which are already vulnerable to malware attacks have now another challenge to face therefore it is advised not to download unnecessary apps from a third-party website or Google Play Store and use a reliable mobile security product.


DOHA, QATAR (October 16, 2016) – After a week of racing, the 2016 world road cycling champions have been crowned. Below are some photo highlights from the elite women and men's team time trials, the elite men's individual time trial, the elite women's road race, and the elite men's road race.
In the opening day of racing on Sunday, October 9, Dutch-based team Boels Dolmans dominated the elite women's team time trial with a winning time of 48 minutes 41 seconds over the 40km course. Led by retiring American rider Evelyn Stevens, British rider and reigning world road champion Elizabeth Deignan, and Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk, the team overcame a temporary deficit at the first time check to win their first TTT world championship.
US-based team Canyon-SRAM paid for their hard early effort in the desert heat. Although they posted the fastest time at the first time check, Canyon-SRAM finish 48 seconds down to take the silver medal. Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team rounded out the elite women's TTT podium in third, 1:56 off Boels Dolmans' performance.
In the elite men's team time trial, BMC Racing, featuring American rider Taylor Phinney, started last as the defending champs. But they would have to fight to the finish in an attempt to match the blistering pace set by Tony Martin's Etixx-Quick Step squad. After the dust settled, Etixx-Quick Step took the world title with a time of 42:32 over the 40km course. BMC Racing took second, only 12 seconds back. Orica-Bike Exchange took third, 37 seconds back.
On Wednesday, October 12, the men returned to the TT course to determine the individual TT world champion. Adding to the gold medal he claimed only a few days earlier in the team TT, Tony Martin once again returned to the top of the podium to celebrate his fourth world individual TT title. The German rider, who previously claimed gold in 2011, 2012 and 2013, posted a time of 44:42. Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus took silver, 45 seconds back. Spanish rider Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas claimed bronze, 1:09 back.
On Saturday, October 15, the elite women's road race began with a circuit around the Education City campus west of downtown Doha. With heat once again a factor, many riders donned ice vests in an attempt to stay cool as the race got underway.
American rider Amber Neben, who only a few days earlier had won the elite women's individual TT world championship, attempted to break away not once, but twice. Her second attempt came with 43km to go and the peloton allowed to her gain as much as 50 seconds before the Dutch team organized the chase. Catching Neben as they began the final 15km circuit of the Pearl, the race would be for the sprinters to contest.
In the final meters, Dutch rider Marianne Vos provided a perfect lead-out for teammate and race favorite, Kirsten Wild. But Wild couldn't shake Danish rider Amalie Dideriksen, who held her wheel and sprinted past within the final 25 meters. With Dideriksen taking the gold, Wild had to settle for silver, and Lotta Lepisto of Finland claimed bronze to round out the podium.
On the final day of racing on Sunday, October 16, the elite men's road race began at the Aspire Zone before finishing with seven laps of the 15km circuit around the Pearl. As expected, it would be a race for the sprinters. But first they would have to withstand the heat and wind, which took a toll on much of the peloton.
With two laps to go, the big name sprinters were well-positioned in a lead group of 25 riders with a 3:15 gap on the chase group. In the final sprint, defending world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia outsprinted Mark Cavendish of Great Britain (silver) and Tom Boonen of Belgium (bronze) to once again claim the gold.
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Air Force Video Shows Medal Of Honor Recipient's Heroic Last Stand In Afghanistan
Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force
Will Racke Immigration and Foreign Policy Reporter
The U.S. Air Force released video highlights Thursday of a firefight in which Air Force Tech Sgt. John Chapman made a final stand to save the lives of fellow troops on a mountaintop in Afghanistan, an act of bravery that will earn him a posthumous Medal of Honor later in August.
Taken from an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flying overhead, the video shows Chapman's relentless counterattack on al-Qaeda fighters in the battle of Takur Ghar mountain. The battle was part of Operation Anaconda, a series of engagements led by CIA paramilitary officers and U.S. special operations troops that sought to root out and destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot Valley.
Chapman, an Air Force combat controller, and six members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 had landed on the 10,000-foot peak to rescue another SEAL, Petty Officer 1st Class Neil Roberts, who had been stranded there in an aborted mission just hours before.
The team almost immediately came under withering fire from three directions. Alongside SEAL Chief Britt Slabinski, Chapman charged ahead, engaging multiple enemy positions and killing two al-Qaeda fighters who were firing from a fortified position. (RELATED: Navy SEAL To Receive Medal Of Honor For Leading Mission To Rescue Fallen Teammate)
As the battle raged on, Chapman moved ahead to cover the SEAL team's advance and began taking fire from another enemy bunker. He managed to take out the fighters in their fortified position, but was struck by a burst of gunfire that left him critically wounded and incapacitated, according to the Air Force.
Under fire and believing that Chapman had been killed, the SEAL team retreated from the peak in order to let an Air Force gunship finish off the remaining al-Qaeda fighters.
But Chapman soon regained consciousness and began to fight again. Despite grievous wounds, he engaged multiple enemy fighters for more than an hour, some in hand-to-hand combat. In his final act, Chapman provided covering fire for an incoming quick reaction force, until he was shot in the chest and killed.
President Donald Trump will present the Medal of Honor to Chapman's wife, Valerie Nessel, and his family in a ceremony at the White House on Aug. 22. It will be the first Medal of Honor awarded to a member of the Air Force since the Vietnam War.
Slabinski, the SEAL chief who led the rescue mission, was awarded the Medal of Honor on May 24 for his actions at Takur Ghar. He is the second living SEAL to receive the nation's highest award for valor in the Afghanistan war.
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Are your sleep habits putting you at risk for this deadly problem?
Whatever it takes—drinking a glass of warm milk or counting sheep—here's another reason you must do what you can to get your ZZZs. People under the age of 35 with insomnia are eight times more likely to suffer a stroke, a Taiwanese study has shown.
The researchers analyzed health records for 21,000 people with insomnia and 64,000 non-insomniac patients in a control group. Along with finding that people ages 18 to 35 had an increased risk of stroke compared to non-sufferers, they were also 54 percent more likely to end up in the hospital as a result of a stroke.
The link between the staying up all night and stroke isn't completely clear, but other findings show that insomnia can alter cardiovascular health through systematic inflammation, impaired glucose tolerance—a precursor to type-2 diabetes—or increased blood pressure, which are all possible reasons for this heightened risk.
Sleep disturbance has always been a risk factor for stroke, but don't jump to conclusions too quickly. "Many people will describe a host of sleep problems as 'insomnia.'" says W. Christopher Winter, M.D., a Men's Health sleep expert. Often, patients' unfamiliarity with what constitutes insomnia can lead to misinterpretation and unnecessary anxiety, says Winter. In other words, many people tend to generalize their inability to sleep by thinking it's insomnia, when in reality there are plenty of other sleep-related issues you could be enduring, like sleep apnea, which has more pressing health dangers than stroke risk.


This morning, I got to thinking…. When was the last time we had a regular season basketball game of such importance? And by importance, I mean in terms of winning the league. It seems like for the last 10 to 15 years that games of importance for us have been whether or not we need this win to get into the NCAA Tournament. This game against Kentucky feels different. It feels like we are ready to break through and compete for the league crown and prove we belong on the national stage again.
So, I went back and looked at the 2008-09 season to see what the big regular season games were. However, in that season we ran away with the conference regular season championship mostly because the league as a whole was down that year. Despite losing our last two conference games, we still won the league by 3 games. There was no game on that schedule where we played somebody down the stretch where both teams had great conference records.
After that season, I went back and looked at the 2005-06 Final Four season. On February 11, 2006 we played at 7th ranked and eventual national champion Florida. We were 8-1 and Florida was 6-3 in conference play going into that game. Despite being unranked in that game and losing, we rebounded after that loss and won the rest of our regular season games and took the regular season title.
I bring this up because it is a great time to be an LSU Basketball fan. I am absolutely jacked for a regular season basketball game that actually means somethings. I have been starving for a game like this one on Tuesday for years!
Win or lose, the things that Will Wade has done for this program in just two seasons is absolutely incredible.
Your title should be biggest regular season conference basketball game then. Oklahoma the Ben Simmons year was huge. Had LSU won that game that season is probably completely different.
It seems like for the last 10 to 15 years that games of importance for us have been whether or not we need this win to get into the NCAA Tournament.
We won the regular season title in 2009, and I think the Kentucky game that year was what sealed it for us.
I thought about that game. However, we were unranked and needed that game to get INTO the NCAA Tournament.
If we win this game against Kentucky, we are in control of our destiny to win the conference.
Considering how badly LSU collapsed late in the season, I'm just not as sure about this as you would be.
I totally agree with you. That team followed up any good performance with a shite sandwich the next game. That team still pisses me off because it wasted my favorite hustle player in the history of LSU basketball, IMO, Keith Hornsby.
Probably shouldn't have yelled "frick you Buddy"
Hield made seven of his eight 3-pointers in the second half on his way to a 32-point performance, Isaiah Cousins hit a go-ahead jumper with 4 seconds left and No. 1 Oklahoma overcame a 14-point deficit to escape with a 77-75 victory over LSU on Saturday.
Winning the league would be a tremendous accomplishment (particularly this year). But in the grand scheme of things, winning the league in college basketball isn't all that important as long as you make it into the NCAA tournament. At that point it doesn't matter if you won the league or not. Absent a complete meltdown the rest of the way I don't see LSU missing the NCAAT.
I would argue the biggest game of the last decade or so was when #1 and undefeated Kentucky came into the PMAC in 2015. That was probably the last juggernaut team in college basketball. LSU had them on the ropes and just couldn't hang on (lost by two).
Tomorrow night is big, but LSU may get a chance to knock off an even better team (Tenn.) just 10 days later.
Tennessee at home in a couple of weeks is bigger. This one tomorrow is very big. If we win we will be on our way to a 2 or 3 seed. Beat Kentucky and Tennessee. Would be a Numebr 1 seed.
If we win this game against Kentucky and take care of business after that, LSU vs. Tennessee will be the biggest game on campus since Chris Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal were wearing purple and gold.
Kentucky is a big game but it's not the biggest of the season. I would consider Tennessee at home a bigger one since they're currently the #1 team in the country.
I do think it'll be a bigger upset if LSU wins tomorrow night. Personally, I think UK is the better team right now.
UK game is BIG as is EVERY remaining SEC game we play.
We have already lost a home game to a team we should have beaten. We need to win games like @UGA, Fla, A&M, @Ala, @Fla, and Vandy. Win all those games and we will finish at least 15-3/25-6 which is VERY good.
We need to win games like @UGA, Fla, A&M, @Ala, @Fla, and Vandy.
So much wrong. The UK game is a freebie. It's a huge game in terms of SEC Championship implications, but it's a free game. We win and it's a HUGE boost, lose and it's not a big deal (unless we get humiliated).
The UK game is a freebie. It's a huge game in terms of SEC Championship implications, but it's a free game. We win and it's a HUGE boost, lose and it's not a big deal (unless we get humiliated).
That is 100% my attitude. I would LOVVVVVVE a win tomorrow. But as long as we show that we belong on the same floor with them, then I will be good with whatever the outcome is.


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To stop the Omicron variant, the US will require travelers to take a negative test carried out one day before the flight
America will demand From next monday to all travelers who move to their territory who present a negative coronavirus test performed in the 24 hours prior to your flight. The measure seeks to stop a possible spread of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant, whose first case in the US was detected this Wednesday.
It is one of the nine measures that the president will announce this Thursday Joe Biden, within its winter plan against the coronavirus. It will be during a visit to the National Institute of Health, outside of Washington.
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Until now, the United States required pre-departure coronavirus testing for vaccinated and unvaccinated air travelers, but was stricter for those who have not received the inoculations. In fact, those not vaccinated had to present a negative test in the 24 hours prior to the flight, while those vaccinated had to do the same but in the previous 72 hours.
"This stricter time frame for all travelers provides an additional degree of public health protection as scientists continue to evaluate the omicron variant," an anonymous White House source told local media.
What are the measures of Biden's plan against COVID-19
For internal displacement, Biden will announce a extension of the mandatory use of chinstraps on airplanes, trains and other means of transport public until mid-March.
Biden's plan includes measures to Boost Booster Vaccine Among All Adults with the creation of more vaccines, expand the number of inoculations in children; increase the access to free home testing and increase biosecurity measures in workplaces.
In addition, the Biden program will reinforce rapid response teams to help combat potential spikes and ensure the supply of Covid-19 treatment pills once they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), among others.
Read also: Omicron variant of coronavirus: Israel to donate millions of vaccines to countries in need
The new measures seek to reassure Americans and show that Biden is doing everything in his power to prevent the pandemic from derailing America's impressive economic recovery and the Christmas holidays.
The president and his advisers reiterated in recent days that there will be no return to mass closings.
What is the percentage of the vaccinated population in the US
But the government faces the fact that many Americans are not receptive to Biden's calls for collective action to defeat the pandemic. In fact, about 40% of the population is not yet immunized completely, despite attempts to encourage vaccination.
And nearly 100 million people eligible for booster shots have yet to seize the chance.
Although the high official acknowledged that the new Omicron variant is "matter of concern" in the US, he asserted that "it is not a cause for panic."
Read also: CABA will only ask for a health pass to attend mass events: "It is not necessary to apply it in other places"
"We have the tools we need to face this variant and to continue advancing in our fight against the virus. We are using them to keep the population safe, have our schools open and protect our economy, "he said.
In the United States, the country hardest hit by the pandemic with more than 780,000 deaths, almost 20% of its population also received the booster dose of available serums.


Every work day, and often on weekends, thousands of delivery trucks travel the highways and streets of Utah. Some delivery trucks weigh as much as 80,000 lbs. and most are operating under a tight schedule to complete their runs. Trucks deliver goods to businesses and households including everything from furniture to mail to goods purchased on the Internet. Trucking companies contribute to the economy and their services improve our lives, but, unfortunately, negligent truck drivers also cause tremendous hardship and heartache when their careless or reckless behavior causes an accident.
Every year commercial trucks are involved in 2.4% of all car accidents. This may not sound like a high percentage, but one person is injured or killed in a truck accident every 16 minutes. The majority of fatal truck accidents occur in rural areas, on a weekday, and in the daytime when the most delivery trucks and daily commuters on are on the road.
One of the reasons for delivery truck accidents is the pressure on drivers to make as many deliveries as possible in the shortest time frame possible. For every dollar in revenue the average trucking company makes it has a cost of 95.2 cents. Leaving them with a profit of 4.8 cents of every dollar. To increase profits, trucking companies may cut costs by overworking their drivers or improperly maintaining their fleet of trucks.
The Tenere Desert in Central Africa is home to the world's most isolated tree. There's not one other standing tree within 31 miles. In 1960, it was smashed into by a truck.
Because of the nature of the overnight-shipping business, the drivers of these trucks are under intense pressure to complete a certain number of deliveries each day. Exhausted, frazzled, or improperly trained drivers may feel the need to speed to meet their delivery quotas and may ignore company policies or safety laws to get the job done faster. If a delivery van or truck driver that forgets something as simple as engaging the parking brake their vehicle can roll down a sloped road causing injury to another person or property damage. Even backing up when they've passed a house rather than taking the time to go around the block may be considered negligent driving if the driver backs over a bystander.
The U.S Postal Service, UPS, DHL, and Fed Ex, are among the best-known companies that make daily deliveries to businesses and homes but all shipping companies and local stores that use delivery trucks have a responsibility to properly train their drivers, to keep their trucks in good working condition, and not to give their employees unrealistic daily quotas, so as not to encourage the dangerous driving behaviors detailed above.
If you've been in an accident involving a courier car, delivery truck, either as a pedestrian, a driver or a property owner, the expert personal injury and truck accident lawyers at Rasmussen and Miner may be able to hold the shipping company, as well as the driver of the truck, liable for damages.
Our law firm is dedicated to protecting your rights to financial recovery. Contact our Salt Lake City law office or call (801) 363-8500 to schedule a free consultation.


How would you like cascades of overhanging plants hung in your garden like the floating Pandora mountains in Avatar? And where you can replace/rearrange your potted plants easily to suit plant growth ?
Round pots, as well as square pots, can be supported at several vee-slots along a vertical channel (or wall mount, rectangular ) using customised edge brackets. The design uses a patent-pending invention that couples an edge bracket and the vee-slot to form a joint without fasteners. Read more about this invention, vee-hitch brief (patent pending).
You can introduce watering/misting system capabilities where water can be distributed through tubes supported along the vertical channel. The mist clouds forming around these vertical columns of greenery would indeed bring you back into the realm of Na'vi and their hanging gardens.


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Producing Protein Therapeutics: Could Water Buffalo Be The Next Big Thing?
Water buffalo are a common sight in rural India
Indian scientists isolate genetic information needed for the large mammals to produce biologics
Water buffalo wallowing in muddy pools are a common sight in rural India and other Asian countries. When not relaxing, the large black mammals plow the rice fields, haul carts laden with produce, or drive sugarcane presses. Their horns, hides, meat, and milk have supported rural life for ages.
The beasts of burden are now primed to take on one more task: The animals may one day churn out therapeutic proteins – also called biologics – to treat human ailments.
A team of Indian biologists has demonstrated that a key component of the water buffalo genome can be manipulated to produce foreign proteins in the buffalo's milk (J. Biotechnol. 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.02.001). The findings suggest the possibility of modifying the genetic material of water buffalo – that is, creating transgenic buffalo – to produce protein drugs, says team member Subeer S. Majumdar, of the National Institute of Immunology, in New Delhi.
The key component, a DNA sequence called a promoter, initiates the process by which a neighboring gene gets translated into a protein. In the new study, the Indian researchers isolated the water buffalo promoter that helps translate the gene for β-casein, the most abundant protein in buffalo milk. Then they showed that if they attached a foreign gene next to the promoter in a DNA strand, they could produce the protein encoded by that foreign gene in milk-secreting cultured cells as well as in mice.
Certain human diseases can be treated with therapeutic proteins. Because of their complexity, however, current protein drugs tend to be produced in bacteria or mammalian cells. But these vehicles have limitations: Bacteria are unable to generate human proteins. And building a production-scale (10,000 L) bioreactor for mammalian cells costs $250 million to $500 million, according to a review by Yanli Wang of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, in China, and colleagues (BioMed. Res. Int. 2013, DOI: 10.1155/2013/580463). Drugmakers have looked to plants and insects as alternatives, but these organisms produce proteins slowly, and purifying the proteins they churn out is also expensive, Wang and colleagues note.
Another way to make biologics is through milk-generating animals. Unlike bacteria, animals can synthesize complex human proteins, and unlike plants and insects, they can do it quickly. Plus, the technique is less expensive: A transgenic animal farm with a single purification facility would cost only about $80 million, according to Wang and colleagues.
The potential to produce biologics at low cost has encouraged some companies to use transgenic animals. Although several protein drugs made by transgenic animals are in clinical trials, commercialization has been slow. "Milk has produced only two recombinant therapeutic proteins that have moved from lab to market over the past 20 years," says Louis-Marie Houdebine, a researcher who studies protein drug production in transgenic animals at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, in Paris.
The two approved biologics are ATryn, an anti-blood-clotting protein, and Ruconest, a protein that treats rapid tissue swelling. Transgenic goats synthesize both therapeutics. Houdebine speculates that pharmaceutical companies do not yet feel enough financial pressure to adopt the technology widely.
Compared with cell cultures, milk can be produced in larger amounts and with higher protein content, according to Houdebine. Annually, a female goat can produce 800 L of milk containing 4 kg of protein.
Water buffalo could do better. According to Majumdar, a female buffalo can produce on average 2,800 L of milk annually and potentially yield 14 kg of protein per year. This capability would make water buffalo the second-largest production vehicle for therapeutic proteins, after the cow, which can annually yield 8,000 L of milk containing 40 kg of protein.
Encouraged by this potential, Majumdar and colleagues began exploring the possibility of producing therapeutic proteins in water buffalo milk. After they isolated the β-casein promoter, they placed it next to a foreign gene, one that encodes green fluorescent protein (GFP). Then they used fluorescence imaging to show that the promoter can initiate expression of the GFP gene in milk-secreting cultured cells. Next, they tested the promoter-GFP gene pair in a milk-producing animal. In transgenic mice, the researchers detected GFP only in the mammary glands.
The results indicate that the promoter-GFP gene pair didn't leak into any other organs. "This is very encouraging," Majumdar explains, "because had [it] leaked to other organs such as the brain or liver, it could affect the organ, causing harm to the transgenic animal."
Moving to another foreign gene, for a human protein this time, Majumdar's group attached the buffalo promoter next to a gene that encodes human interferon gamma, a key protein that stimulates the human immune system to strike at pathogens. After they delivered the promoter-gene pair into cultured human milk-secreting cells, they detected the interferon gamma inside the cells. "The buffalo promoter can work between species and drive the production of any tagged protein in milk of other mammals," Majumdar contends. Producing human interferon gamma in human milk-secreting cells "is proof of that principle."
"Undoubtedly, the group has in hand a promoter that's active and driving the specific expression of foreign genes in milk," Houdebine says. "However, the promoter from water buffalo will likely need several additional regulatory elements to drive the synthesis of pharmaceutical proteins repeatedly at a high level."
So more work is needed to upgrade water buffalo from beasts of burden to biologics producers. Majumdar says his team will next use the buffalo-promoter-based technique to produce human proteins in the milk of transgenic rabbits and goats. Eventually, they hope to work their way up to replicating the feat in buffalo.
Article Credit: American Chemical Society
June 3, 2016 by RCS	Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Gene editing, Genetically modified organism, GMO, Science, Therapeutics, Transgenesis, Transgenics


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Federico Castelluccio (; ; born April 29, 1964) is an Italian-American actor. He is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos.

Early life
Born in Naples, Italy, Castelluccio moved with his family to Paterson, New Jersey, when he was three years old. In 1982, Castelluccio was awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he earned a BFA in painting and media arts. Prior to winning the scholarship, he received an opportunity to create a painting for actor George Burns.

Career
Castelluccio began his career as an actor in 1986. Some of his film credits include Made with Jon Favreau, Fire with Paul Campbell and 18 Shades of Dust with Danny Aiello. In television, his credits include NYPD Blue and his best known role, in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, as the Neapolitan enforcer Furio Giunta.

He also appeared in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints which debuted in 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival and received two awards, one for best dramatic directing and another for best dramatic ensemble, headed by Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, and Rosario Dawson.

Other film projects include the biographical El Cantante; Aftermath, a crime thriller; and The Obscure Brother, filmed in southern Italy, a short film that he executive produced and acted in; 2003's La Araña; the 2008 comedy Capers; Lucky Days; and the 2009 Forget Me Not. In television, Castelluccio played the lead role in Dragon Dynasty, a telefilm that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. He also appeared in the episode of Kenny Vs. Spenny titled "Who Can Produce The Best Commercial".

In 2014, Castelluccio starred in the short film Eulogy directed by Don Capria. The film won "Best Ensemble" in the 2015 Queens World Film Festival.

In 2016, Castelluccio directed the feature film The Brooklyn Banker. In 2017, Castelluccio directed the TV pilot Outcall.

During the fourth season of Celebrity Apprentice, Castelluccio was asked by Donald Trump to judge which celebrity designed the best hat. Castelluccio eventually chose La Toya Jackson. She was awarded $25,000 for her charity, the AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Painting discovery

Castelluccio discovered a 17th-century painting by Italian baroque painter Guercino at a Frankfurt gallery and subsequently purchased it at auction in 2014 after it had been incorrectly identified as an 18th-century painting. He purchased the painting for approximately $68,000. After restoration, insurance, shipping, and other expenses, his total costs came to $140,000. The work's actual value was subsequently placed at approximately $10 million.

Filmography

Films
 1999 18 Shades of Dust – Bouncer #1
 2001 Made – Doorman
 2002 Fire – Himself (video)
 2003 La Arana – Bobby
 2004 Return of Fire – Himself (voice)
 2004 Volare – Paolo Bongiovanni (short film)
 2005 In Hot Water – Father Sal Manella (short film)
 2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Antonio's Father
 2006 Dragon Dynasty – Marco TV Movie
 2006 El cantante – Jerry Massucci
 2007 The Obscure Brother – Father (short film)
 2008 Lucky Day – Vincent
 2008 Proud Iza – Samuel Stein
 2008 The Bronx Balletomane – Joey (short film)
 2008 The Brooklyn Heist – R. Fadagucci
 2008 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace – Louie the Bartender
 2009 Forget Me Not – Samaratian Antagonist (short film)
 2010 Bicycle Lessons – Himself (voice) (short film)
 2010 Lily of the Feast – Santo Bastucci (short film)
 2010 For Customers Only – Mr. Sierra (short film)
 2011 Keep Your Enemies Closer – Agent (short film)
 2011 The Decoy Bride – Marco
 2011 The Orphan Killer – Dr. Morris (Uncredited)
 2012 The Trouble with Cali – Chassidic Bouncer
 2012 Pollination – Father short film
 2012 1,000 Times More Brutal – Kastriot Morina
 2012 Delivering the Goods – Enzo
 2013 Stanley's Adventures (short film)
 2013 Aftermath – Darrell
 2013 Checkmate: Keep Your Enemies Closer – Agent Lepari
 2013 House of Shadows – Nicola
 2014 Euology – Martin (short film)
 2015 Dutch Book – Mel
 2015 Fall 4 You – Nicky (short film)
 2016 Fall 4 You – Jerry
 2016 The Brooklyn Banker – Zucci
 2016 Leaves of the Tree – Doctor Ferramanti
 2016 Toy Gun – Sante Cassoria
 2017 Good Friday – Gio
 2018 Sarah Q – Barry Homburg
 2018 Exit 0 – Detective Mueller

TV shows
 1991–1996 Another World – Maltese Guard; 4 episodes
 2000–2002 The Sopranos – Furio Giunta; 28 episodes
 2003 NYPD Blue – Brian Vaughn; 1 episode
 2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Frank Chess; 1 episode

Music videos
Rockstar by Nickelback

References

External links

Federico Castelluccio official site (archived version, now links to a domain-parking list)
Federico Castelluccio paintings

American male television actors
Male actors from New Jersey
Male actors from New York City
Living people
Actors from Paterson, New Jersey
School of Visual Arts alumni
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
1964 births
Italian emigrants to the United States
American art collectors
American people of Italian descent


To attain affordable housing for all, we must build public support by shifting narratives away from consumer choice and personal responsibility.
This multi-part series presented in partnership with The Communications Network, the FrameWorks Institute, and leading organizations explores how framing profoundly influences our understanding of social challenges, and how we think and talk about potential solutions.
Fifty years ago, on the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, President Johnson implored members of Congress to ask themselves, "What more can I do to achieve brotherhood and equality among all Americans?" The most immediate answer, he said, was to enact legislation that would ban discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Five days later, the US House of Representatives passed the Fair Housing Act.
While the law was certainly a big step forward, we have much farther to go. Today, millions of families across the country still struggle to afford a home that is safe, healthy, and connected to the resources they need: good schools, jobs that pay living wages, safe and reliable transportation, and high-quality health care. One in six families in the United States spends more than half of their income on housing. This often forces families to forego other necessities, including food and medicine. Others—some 600,000 Americans on any given night—live on the streets or in homeless shelters.
Housing insecurity is not evenly distributed across the population; it disproportionately affects people of color, older people, and those living on low incomes. As rents continue to rise and wages continue to stagnate, more and more working families are finding it harder to find high-quality, affordable homes. By 2025, the number of families that spend at least half of their income on rent will reach 13 million—an increase of 11 percent over 2015 levels, according to recent projections.
Housing and community development advocates understand that high-quality, stable housing is central to the health and well-being of all families. It helps foster relationships and opportunities in communities, limits chronic stress, and allows families to support positive child development. Research shows that substandard housing, on the other hand, contributes to injury and illness, such as asthma, heart and lung disease, and cancer, while poor neighborhood conditions can make it harder to play and exercise outdoors, buy healthy food, and access good jobs, schools, and transportation. Ultimately, if we hope to address inequity, whether by race, class, or age, we must address America's affordable housing shortage.
And yet, the lack of affordable housing doesn't rank high on public perceptions of pressing national problems, and lawmakers have failed to adequately address it. To gain traction, catalyze stronger investments in community-led solutions, and scale-up programs that work, we need to spark a different conversation.
Over the last three years, the FrameWorks Institute and Enterprise Community Partnershave been working together to strengthen the affordable housing sector's capacity to shift public thinking and mobilize action. As part of this effort, we have conducted research on how we might talk about affordable housing in a way that moves public thinking and increases support for the changes necessary to address this issue.
We have found that most people see housing as an issue of consumer choice. From this perspective, housing is a marketplace where individuals try to maximize value through purchases from producers who are out to maximize profit. This leads people to view housing quality as a simple function of cost: Some people can afford high-quality, healthy housing, and some simply can't.
Many people see differences in housing quality as an inherent feature of this market, and even as inevitable; differences in affordability and access indicate that the market is working as it should. This perspective allows people to rationalize disparities in housing quality and justify the fact that so many people in the United States live in unhealthy, unsafe, and unstable housing situations.
We have also found that people see housing affordability in terms of wildly rising costs—like a train that has jumped its tracks and is picking up speed as it careens toward inevitable crisis. This leads to fatalistic views about the ability to address affordability: If housing costs are out of control and destined to climb, then increasing affordability is an impossible dream. Affordable housing becomes almost laughable, unworthy of serious policy consideration, and people direct attention to other social problems they think might actually be solvable.
As a result, advocates have difficulty building support for policy solutions, such as stronger tax incentives for affordable housing and community development in neglected communities. Even though these solutions are grounded in research, have been shown to be cost-effective, and have broad impacts in the communities they've reached, messaging can still backfire. NIMBYism (the well-known acronym for "not in my backyard") is one of several entrenched beliefs that derail conversations.
Stories told in the media and by housing organizations themselves often reinforce unproductive ways of thinking, such as the idea that housing is a matter of individual choice, and that better decision-making and more conscientious planning will remedy problems. While the latter are important solutions, they won't solve our affordable housing shortage. Public thinking is also primed by what media and advocacy stories don't say. These stories often fail to explain why housing is increasingly out of reach for many people, or the societal benefits of creating and preserving affordable housing.
If we don't explain the structural causes and consequences of a lack of affordable housing, we allow the view that the housing market is beyond human control to go unchecked. Journalists and advocates who assert that "housing costs are rising" or discuss the "affordable housing crisis" are not helping connect the causes of the "crisis" to the effects on the ground.
So how can we change the frame and shift how people think and what they are willing to do to achieve better housing for all?
First, we must be careful with the language of "opportunity for all." When presented with the idea that everyone should have the opportunity to live in high-quality, affordable housing, research participants responded in surprising ways. For many, the idea of "opportunity for all" triggered thinking about housing as something individuals earn and deserve rather than as a fundamental human right. In other words, everyone does not have the right to high-quality housing if they haven't earned and can't afford it.
When people see housing with this lens, they reason that the opportunity to obtain high-quality housing already exists; it is up to individuals to work hard, earn money, and make good decisions so they can take advantage of it. The opportunity for all to access high-quality housing is not an inalienable part of American Dream, the logic goes; it is the reward claimed by those who work hard and make the right decisions.
Second, we must highlight the systems that create and enable equity. Messages that are explicit about the structural causes of housing inequities and the need for structural solutions—that show how systems often determine outcomes—are more effective at getting people to see housing as an important issue and be more supportive of policy change. Unlike emphasizing that people with low incomes or other disadvantages deserve the opportunity for high-quality, affordable housing, this framing explains that systems change can open up greater opportunities for everyone.
When put in this context, the public is more likely to view changing land and zoning regulations to build more affordable homes, providing financial benefits for developers to build more affordable housing options, and creating tax deductions for rental payments as appropriate and effective solutions. Enterprise Community Partners has taken this work to heart. It is aiming to help affordable housing advocates show how systems produce inequities and to bring into focus the specific ways these systems must change. We believe doing so can mobilize people to address systems rigged to benefit the few and step on the many.
As the wealth gap in America widens, the full vision of the Fair Housing Act and the dream that underlies it may seem may seem less achievable than ever. But we can and must find new pathways forward. Changing how we talk about affordable housing for all will not, in itself, rewrite the future. But it is an important part of reaching that dream. It is time to change the story we are telling about housing in America and why it matters. The good news is we have a better understanding of what keeps Americans from connecting to this issue, and we are building the tools to frame a different, more powerful story.
Tiffany Manuel is vice president of knowledge, impact, and strategy at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., an organization that improves communities and people's lives by making well-designed homes affordable. She drives the collection and dissemination of data and information from within Enterprise and across the affordable housing industry through innovative solutions that demonstrate achievable impact.
Nat Kendall-Taylor (@natkendallt) is a psychological anthropologist and chief executive officer at the FrameWorks Institute (@FrameWorksInst). He oversees the organization's pioneering, research-based approach to strategic communications, which uses methods from the social and behavioral sciences to measure how people understand complex sociopolitical issues and test ways to reframe them to drive social change.


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Holly Golightly on Rehearsing in a Backyard Shack and the False Economy of Crappy Tour Vans
Tell us about your tour vehicle.
With the full band line up, we'd usually take a rental van in the US, to avoid having any repair costs or hassle getting from one city to another… Covered by recovery service and they'll just exchange it if there's ever a problem, which there hasn't been. I had a great Ford Transit for years, back home in the UK, which we rolled around Europe in for years. It was regular maintained (and I'm very picky about engine servicing) and it never let us down.
It really is false economy to take a crappy vehicle out on tour… Absolutely everything rests on you getting from place to place without delays, and if you do take care of your tour vehicle properly, you shouldn't find yourself sat on the side of the freeway, waiting for recovery, wasting time and spending money on getting it fixed, missing shows, etc.
As a duo, we go out in my Toyota 4Runner. Same thing. It's really well cared for, things that need doing, as part of regular maintenance, get done long before they're overdue, and I'd confidently head out anywhere in it.
How do you eat cheaply and/or healthy while on tour?
Neither of us are picky eaters, but we don't enjoy processed food at all. We try to do a supermarket shop at least once every few days, and keep a cooler in the truck with quick snacks in it. I don't eat nuts when I have to sing every night, so it usually contains fruit, crackers, water, etc.
We will usually make time to eat at a restaurant of some sort, just once a day, wherever we're at. This way we don't have to deal with the "golden brown only" exits on the road. Sometimes it's unavoidable though, and the best you can do, in those instances, it pick the least processed item on the menu. If all else fails, there will usually be a Chinese buffet, where vegetables that didn't come out of a can will be found, at least.
How many strings do you break in a typical year? How much does it cost to replace them?
This is a "how long is a piece of string" string question, really. Dave goes through way more strings than I do, over the course of a year, but even he only changes them a few times on tour. I usually put a fresh set on before we leave and I very rarely break strings. They last the whole tour sometimes. At home we change them as needed. So we probably don't do it half as often as most will. We spend a lot of our down time not playing music.
Where do you rehearse? Are there any particular peculiarities or crazy experiences that you've had there?
We have a shack/studio in our back yard, Dave built it a few years back. It helps that we live in the middle of nowhere, and it's set up year 'round for rehearsing and recording. There's never really any strangeness, since it's used regularly and is ours. It's just there, ready to use whenever. It is a black hole and things get lost inside it, but that's just down to slapdash care taking. And I am not in charge of keeping it tidy (like I said, I'm pretty particular about most things).
What was the title and a sample lyric from the first song that you wrote?
Title is "Charm"; sample lyric is "You still want for something good to happen."
Describe your first gig.
I was one of four members of Thee Headcoatees, playing our first show at The Falcon in Camden Town, London. Only one of us had ever been on stage before. It was a great night, from what I can remember… No idea what it sounded like, since we didn't use the house PA or ever have monitors, but we had a ball doing it. We liked it so much that we did about 12 years worth more shows after that, probably much along the same lines.
What was your last day job? What was your favorite day job?
I work for an attorney now. Previously, I was an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer for many years, working within various London local authority housing departments, shutting down crack houses, etc. I'm actually a qualified riding instructor, by trade, and only took to desk based work out of necessity (when I was recovering from a serious riding accident). I haven't taught full time for over twenty years now, but instead went in to coaching and training intermediate riders/horses. That's the thing that has served me best, and that's given me opportunities to travel and pick up work as and when I want to, etc. I suppose that's what I really do. I have three full time jobs at any given time really.
How has your music-related income changed over the past 5-10 years? What do you expect it to look like 5-10 years from now?
It's about the same as it's always been. I've never relied on it to support myself or the other stuff I do outside of playing music. It's nice when a surprise thing happens, like a track gets used for an ad or a movie or something… That's often a windfall and makes other things possible (like getting the funds together to build the studio here, and a put up a big barn, etc.). I don't envisage suddenly making more money from playing music at any point ahead. It would be great to be able to continue to do it because people want to hear new records or come out and see us play. But everything doesn't rest upon that being the case. And it never has.
My advice to anyone just starting out is always along the lines of "Be sure and learn to do something else, besides playing music, and be prepared to support yourself adequately without relying upon any expected income that you might generate from doing it… You can do exactly as you please, always, if you make it so."
What one thing do you know now that you had wished you knew when you started your career in music?
I wish I owned all of my own master tapes, rather than just a handful of them. That's something most people (that I know) can not realize until much later on. It comes up often enough to kick myself for not doing so. The best advice I was given, way back then (by someone I know well who had found out the hard way himself) was to never to part with my publishing rights either. And I haven't.
Over the course of a career that spans over 25 years and more than 35 albums, English singer-guitarist Holly Golightly has established a singular niche as one of rock 'n' roll's fiercest iconoclasts. Having built a powerful and influential body of U.K.-based work that established her as an indie/D.I.Y. icon, she relocated to a farm in rural Georgia to establish a new creative identity as half of Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, a scrappy, resourceful duo with Texas-bred multi-instrumentalist and sometime vocalist Lawyer Dave. Over the course of six albums, the pair has carved out a catalog of elegantly idiosyncratic Americana, drawing from a bottomless well of country, blues, folk, gospel ands rockabilly influences to create music that's deeply personal and effortlessly accessible.
Coulda Shoulda Woulda, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs newest album, was released on 16 October 2015. You can find Golightly news and tour dates online.
Music is a business. It hurts just to say it. This is a hard truth for those of us who love music and who are inspired by the passion of the artists who make it. But anyone wishing to share their music with the world must be involved, in some way, with the commerce and economics of "the music business."
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1. Choose what you want to use for the backing. (I used a piece of vinyl that was left over from my slippers project, so these instructions are for vinyl.) Place the mirror on top of the back side of the vinyl. Trace around the outside edge of the mirror with a marker.
2. Cut along the inside of the line you made with the marker.
Tip: Skip step #3 through 6 if you intend to use your mirror as a vanity tray.
3. To make a hanging tab, cut a piece of vinyl from your scraps that is about 2- by 5-inches. Fold the top over about 1½ inches.
Sew method: Sew the folded piece back-to-back. Sew in a complete rectangle shape around the inside edge of the folded piece.
Glue method: Hot glue the folded piece back-to-back.
4. Split the anchor of the D-ring picture hanger apart slightly so you can slide it over the vinyl like a paperclip. Use an awl to punch holes in the vinyl to match the holes in the D-ring.
5. Insert one brad into each hole, then spread each brad apart at the back.
6. Attach the hanging tab to the vinyl. Place it in the center of the vinyl, near the top.
Sew method: Sew the bottom half of the tab to the vinyl backing. Sew a complete rectangle shape around the inside edge of the bottom half of the tab.
Glue method: (Skip to step #7, then come back to this step.) Super glue won't stick to the back of vinyl, and hot glue won't stick to the front of vinyl. But super glue will stick to hot glue. So here's what I did: Apply hot glue to the bottom half of the tab in thin lines close together. Stick it on the vinyl backing. Let cool, then peel off. You'll have a smooth layer of hot glue on the tab. Next, apply super glue on top of the hot glue, then press it down onto the vinyl backing.
Alternate glue method (recommended): In step #3, cut your tab a couple inches longer. Fold over the top and bottom. Hot glue the top and bottom pieces down. Continue to step #4, 5, and 7. Then super glue the tab to the back of the mirror.
7. Use a caulk gun (not shown) to apply lines of mirror adhesive to the back of the mirror. Then use your finger to spread the lines into a smooth, thin layer of adhesive that covers the entire back of the mirror. Press the piece of vinyl right side up onto the glue. Smooth out the bubbles and wipe away any excess glue.
5. Flip the mirror over. Apply a small dab of Loctite Super Glue at the edge of the mirror. Press a glass gem into the glue so that the gem overlaps the edge of the mirror slightly. Apply another dab of glue beside that gem and repeat all the way around the mirror. The gems are thankfully irregular sizes, so as you near the end, choose smaller or larger gems so that you end up right next to the first gem you glued to create a seamless glass-bead frame.
6. Let the mirror adhesive dry overnight, then hang the mirror on the wall with a picture hook or simple nail. You're done!
I LOVE this – it looks beautiful and I totally agree with you, the shape of the mirror is wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing and the inspiration. Have a wonderful upcoming weekend!
This is just beautiful! You always do such a great job recycling items. And this mirror looks like a million bucks. I thought your tiered jewelry keeper was spectacular also. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.
This is great. You make it look like anyone could do it, too!
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