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Renfrewshire Council Leader in 'toxic debt' of payday loans warning
Renfrewshire Council Leader Mark Macmillan is urging local residents to avoid falling into the toxic debt spiral of using payday loan companies and join the local credit union instead.
Renfrewshire Council has banned access of payday loan websites from council PCs and the Leader recently met with the board of the Renfrewshire Wide Credit Union to hear about their services.
Anyone who lives or works in Renfrewshire can join and make full use of a range of financial services including affordable credit – meaning there's no need to resort to payday loans.
Councillor Macmillan said: "Put frankly, these payday loan companies are absolutely shocking. To charge ridiculous interest amounts of anything up to 4,000 per cent, fail to check if the customer can afford the repayment then use bully tactics to hound for payment when they fall behind, is appalling practice. The result is vulnerable people falling into a spiral of toxic debt that they can't get out of.
"I'd urge all Renfrewshire residents to avoid these companies. They are still unregulated and they will unfortunately be looking to take advantage of hard-pressed families in 2013 as benefit cuts start to take hold.
"Our local credit union offers a far better alternative. I had a really useful meeting with its board recently. The credit union has a positive role to play in the community to help people through these difficult times by encouraging saving and ensuring access to affordable credit rates."
For more information drop into the Renfrewshire Wide Credit Union at 41 High Street, Paisley, or call on 0141 889 7442.
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Apprentice event attracts hundreds of young people
A special event designed to promote the benefits of modern apprenticeships drew a crowd of more than 200 young people to Paisley town centre.
The modern apprentice showcase run by Renfrewshire Council was designed to allow those aged 16 to 19 to meet employers with training and employment opportunities on offer.
Among those there were staff from the council's own modern apprenticeship scheme, Renfrewshire Leisure, Skills Development Scotland and Reid Kerr College.
Local businesses there on the night included Napier Hair and Beauty, Penny Lane Homes and Cairellot Childcare.
Young people planning to leave school or who have left but are not in training or employment were able to chat to representatives about what a modern apprenticeship could offer.
There was also a 'meet the apprentice' feature allowing visitors to speak to young people who have benefited from apprenticeships about their own experiences.
The event was taking place as part of Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Week, on from 20 to 24 May.
Councillor Roy Glen, Convener of Renfrewshire Council's Economy and Jobs Policy Board, paid a visit to the event, which was held at the Youth Employability Hub in Gauze Street, Paisley.
Councillor Glen said: "I was delighted to see such a good turnout on the night – we had more than 200, which was more than we had expected.
"From speaking to some of the exhibitors on the night, I could see there is a great range of apprenticeship options available to young people in Renfrewshire.
"Modern apprenticeships are a great way for young people to pick up valuable on-the-job experience which studying for a vocational qualification at the same time.
"I would encourage any young people looking for a first step on the job ladder to investigate what one could offer."
The council's own modern apprentice scheme for 2013 will soon be offering further opportunities in horticulture and in office-based apprenticeships. Posts will be available on the MyJobScotland website.
The scheme was recently honoured at a prestigious national awards ceremony, when it was named the joint-winner of the Apprentice Award category at the s1jobs recruitment awards.
For more information on apprenticeships visit www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
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Details of extra £4.5m jobs cash boost agreed
Details have been agreed over where a £4.5million cash injection for the Renfrewshire economy will be spent.
The money will be used over the next two years to deliver Invest in Renfrewshire, a council programme pulling together a number of schemes aimed at supporting local businesses and tackling youth unemployment.
At the council's budget meeting in February, councillors agreed to pump an extra £4.5m into Invest in Renfrewshire, which – when added to the initial investment from the programme's launch a year ago – takes the total to £7m.
This week saw members of the council's Economy and Jobs Board agree a report which lays out where that money will be spent between 2013 and 2015.
Just over £3.85m will be targeted at supporting businesses, with the largest chunk to go on wage subsidies to encourage companies to take on new staff.
Money has also been set aside to help companies grow, with funding to help pay for new premises, staff and technology, and grants to improve the look of shopfronts.
Another £1.5m will be spent on supporting unemployed young people to find and keep work.
This includes funding for graduate internships – with the council and with private-sector employers – and money for training and support for schools.
Councillor Roy Glen, Convener of the Economy and Jobs Policy Board, said: "Supporting the local economy and helping young people find work are two of the major priorities of this council.
"We have been able to make this substantial investment in both in spite of the challenges caused by the tough financial climate, and the reduction in the council's budget by the Scottish Government.
"We are determined to make Renfrewshire a better place to do business, and want to work with local firms to do that.
"June will see the first anniversary of the launch of the Invest in Renfrewshire programme and in the past year, almost 300 businesses have signed up to the scheme.
"But we want others to come forward and take advantage of the range of funding packages which are available to them.
"I would encourage all Renfrewshire businesses to speak to one of our team, who will advise them on what we can do."
For more information, visit www.investinrenfrewshire.com, email invest@renfrewshire.gov.uk, or phone 0300 3000 144.
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iPad gift is boost for Paisley pupils
Pupils at a Paisley school have been given a technology boost – after they were gifted an iPad.
Kersland School – which caters for pupils with a range of additional support needs – already uses touchscreen technology to help the children communicate.
When bosses at IT consultancy Sopra Group – Renfrewshire Council's technical partners – became aware of how the technology was helping the pupils, they kindly offered to donate an iPad to the school.
The award was made as part of the company's commitment to rewarding innovative use of technology in the public sector.
John Bailey, Sopra Group's Head of Local Authorities and Health, visited the school to see for himself how the gift would help the children.
There, he met Councillor Jacqueline Henry, the Convener of Renfrewshire Council's Education Policy Board, and Robert Naylor, director of the council's Education and Leisure Services Department.
Councillor Henry said: "I was delighted to visit the school to see for myself how new technology is making it easier for the pupils to develop their social and communications skills.
"We would like to express our thanks to Sopra Group for their very kind gesture in donating the iPad."
John Bailey said: "We believe people who take forward innovation should be rewarded and wanted to do so within Renfrewshire in a way related to the work of Sopra Group.
"We were moved by the story of how technology has helped the pupils at Kersland. It is fantastic to see how technology can make a difference to people."
At Kersland, the pupils have been using iPads and smartboard technology to communicate their needs, to say how they are feeling, and even to order lunch.
Kersland School head teacher Michelle Welsh said: "Being able to use iPads has really increased the children's independence.
"It's been really positive for the children and staff, they have really taken to it, and we are delighted.
"The pupils use various pieces of technology which allow them to communicate much more independently and are really easy to use.
"All the children get something out of it and it's been life-changing for some of them. It's been a great opportunity."
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Renfrew gearing up for Gala Day 2013.
Renfrew gearing up for Gala Day.
Renfrew Gala Day 2013 will take place at Robertson Park on Sunday 2 June with a huge variety of fun-filled, free entertainment for all the family.
This year's Gala Day theme is Fairytales and Superheroes, so expect to see plenty of pretty princesses and caped crusaders on the Parade when it departs from Canal St at 1pm to make its way to Robertson Park to kick start the festivities.
As well as the usual stalls, fairground rides and live on-stage entertainment, there will also be storytelling and arts and crafts, a Pet Show plus the chance to take a trip on a genuine 1950s bus for a free tour of the town, courtesy of McGills Buses.
In addition to Gala Day itself there will also be a range of free Gala Week Events in the run up to 2 June, including the Bonnie Baby and Toddler Competition on 28 May from 12pm – 1.30pm (registration at 11.30am for 0 – 12 months and 12 months to 4 years) at the Cherrie Centre and a Youth event at the YMCA Hut for 18 – 12 year olds, featuring a motivational speaker discussing career opportunities. On 29 May Renfrew Museum Group will be presenting a lunchtime lecture at Renfrew Town Hall at 1.30pm with an introduction to the history of Renfrew and a guided tour of Renfrew Community Museum. On 31 May Renfrew Town Hall will also play host to a Family Ceilidh from 7pm until 10pm. Tickets for the ceilidh are available from the Renfrew Gala Day Planning Group or by emailing ram.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Renfrewshire Arts & Museums staff who coordinate and organise the event with tremendous support from the community have taken on board the comments they receive on a regular basis from customers and hope the wide offering of activities, stalls and entertainment planned for this year will provide a great value family day out for local residents.
For more information on Renfrew Gala Day or any of the Gala Week Events please visit www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/events or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/renfrewshirearts
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Provost practices before charity abseil
Renfrewshire's Provost Anne Hall has been getting in some last-minute practice before leading a charity abseil with a difference.
Provost Hall will join Renfrewshire Council chief executive David Martin and will be part of a group of 20 people who will abseil from the roof of the council's HQ in Cotton Street, Paisley, at noon on Saturday. (May 25)
The event will launch a new charity-giving scheme to support four local charities chosen by Provost Hall.
And joining in the event, representing charities and council departments, will be Superman, Supergirl, Batman and the Black Widow from the Avengers who will all abseil in costume.
In keeping with the Provost's aim of involving the community in the new project, a range of entertainment has been arranged for the watching crowd on the day.
Starting at 11am, the upper deck of the council HQ car park will host a bouncy slide, an inflatable beat the goalie and a range of charity stalls.
In advance of the big day, Provost Hall visited Lapwing Lodge Outdoor Centre in Paisley for a spot of abseiling practice.
There she met up with representatives of Civil Defence Scotland (CDS), a registered charity which provides a volunteer national emergency response team to assist in emergencies such as flooding and extreme winter weather.
CDS also help other organisations and charities run fund-raising events and have offered their knowledge of organising abseils to Provost Hall for the occasion.
"I'd like to thank CDS for the time and commitment they have given to our event," said Provost Hall.
"And while I am looking forward to my first abseil it did no harm to get in a spot of practice!
"I've been very encouraged by the positive response to my aim of using the office of Provost of Renfrewshire to highlight and support the work of four outstanding local charities.
"I'd urge people to sponsor friends, family or colleagues who are taking part. Or they can support the charities by simply donating direct to the collective charity fund online or in bank branches using Account Number: 20041937
Sort code: 82-54-04. Further information on the scheme is available at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/provostcharities
"I also hope as many people as possible come along to enjoy the event and join in the activities that have been laid on.
"People can take advantage of the free parking in Renfrewshire Council marked bays in Paisley town centre every weekend."
Four charities will share equally the donations received – Renfrewshire Carers' Centre, RAMH (Recovery Across Mental Health) and two hospices – Accord and St Vincent's.
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One week left for 10k and fun run discount. Don't miss out!
Renfrewshire runners are being urged to get their entries in for this year's Scottish West 10k Championship and Fun Run and make the most of the early-bird discount that ends soon.
The cut-price entry fees are still available – but only until Saturday 1 June.
Runners taking part in the 10k can save £3 on the normal entry fee, while adult fun runners save £1 and children save £2. The discounts are only available to people entering online at www.paisley10k.com
The annual event takes place in Paisley, this year on Sunday 25 August and is expected to be the biggest ever. Last year over 1,400 people took part, ranging from serious athletes to fun runners raising cash for charity.
Councillor Jim Harte, Convener of Renfrewshire Council's Sport, Leisure and Culture Policy Board, said: "This year's Paisley 10k and Fun Run is shaping up to be the best yet and there's no better time to get your entry in for the early bird discount that ends soon.
"The event offers people the chance to develop a more active lifestyle in an enjoyable and fun way. It's also a great way to raise Paisley's profile as one of the British Heart Foundation's three Scottish Heart Towns – and I'd urge as many local people as possible to get involved and sign up before 1 June."
Paisley's 10k is flat and fast, with a course that takes competitors through the historic town centre, along Paisley canal and Kilmacolm cycle track.
The entry fee for the 10k is £18 with a t shirt (early bird £15) or £12 without a t shirt (early bird £10). There is a group discount where one free entry is offered for every five paying entries.
The entry fee for the Fun run is £8 with a t shirt for adults (early bird £7) or £5 without a t shirt (early bird £4) and £6 with a t shirt for children under 16 (early bird £4) or £3 without a t shirt (early bird £2). The adult and child discount offers a joint entry for £12 with t shirts (early bird £10).
Scottish Athletics League members are eligible for a further £2 discount on all categories.
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Rail links plea on Paisley's Mòd
Scottish Ministers are being urged to reverse cuts in rail services at Paisley Gilmour Street in time for Paisley's hosting of the Royal National Mòd in October.
Renfrewshire Council Leader Mark Macmillan has written to Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, asking him to reverse controversial cuts on rail services stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street on Glasgow-Ayrshire routes. The changes were introduced in December 2012.
"Everyone is working hard to make Paisley's hosting of the Mòd a success," said Councillor Macmillan
"It's vital that the Scottish Government plays its part too.
"Paisley has a unique product to offer the thousands of competitors and visitors who will come to the town.
"We can offer unique event spaces and an unrivalled cultural, industrial and architectural heritage.
"A major part of Paisley's appeal has long been its public transport links by train, bus or plane at nearby Glasgow Airport.
"Discussions are continuing with local bus companies to amend services and timetables to cater for potential travel demand during this special event.
"However, the Minister's decision to support cuts in rail services stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street is a potentially damaging factor in our efforts to attract visitors.
"It would be a massive boost for the Mòd, and The Spree, the national arts and music festival which is held at Paisley at the same time, if these damaging cuts were reversed by October.
"Paisley Gilmour Street is the fourth busiest rail station in Scotland and its role as an important regional transport hub should be reinforced not reduced.
"There has already been some tinkering at the margins in bringing back some off-peak rail services stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street on Saturdays.
"It's time there was fair treatment and fair services for rail passengers in Renfrewshire. With these major events coming to Paisley, there's no better time for the Scottish Government to make that change."
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Refugee Week events at Paisley Arts Centre
A festival for everyone: Refugee Week Scotland, 17 – 23 June 2013.
Refugee Week Scotland is an exciting programme of events happening across the country to celebrate diversity and raise awareness of refugee issues. Heritage is at the heart of this year's celebration, with many events highlighting togetherness and commonality through music, dance and food as well as the unique and surprising contributions of new Scots to communities. With well over one hundred arts and cultural events set to take place across Scotland from 17 – 23 June, there is a little something for everyone to enjoy coming up.
Paisley Arts Centre is just one of the cultural venues participating in the week-long celebration; bringing you top notch theatre, an astonishing photography exhibition and an uplifting film with a football theme. Plus we are delighted to have worked with local community groups, namely Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities (REEM) and African Association of Communities in Renfrewshire (AACR) when programming this year's events.
Please see below for more information on each of the Refugee Week events taking place at Paisley Arts Centre.
Exhibition: Spirit
Launched in 2012 by the Scottish Refugee Council in partnership with Streetlevel Photoworks, Spirit is an inspiring photography project supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
Based on interviews and photographs taken by Refugee participants, this inspiring photographic exhibition explores what 'spirit' means to our communities and people in Scotland today.
Spirit will be on display at Paisley Arts Centre from 4 June – 1 July. Admission is free.
Film: Africa United
Chosen by the Association of African Communities in Renfrewshire (AACR), Africa United (12A) is an extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who walk 3000 miles to the Football World Cup in South Africa. The film will be followed by a short performance from Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities (REEM).
Africa United will be shown at Paisley Arts Centre on 18 June at 7pm. Tickets to the film are free, but should still be booked to ensure seats. Call the Box Office on 0300 300 1210.
Theatre: Some Other Mother
Making its debut and touring nationally as part of Refugee Week 2013, Some Other Mother is a touching story of loss and survival written by A J Taudevin with support from the Tron Theatre, Stellar Quines and the Scottish Refugee Council.
High up in her Glasgow tower block, ten-year old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama's mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own.
Some Other Mother will be at Paisley Arts Centre on 20 June at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10 (£6 conc) and can be booked by calling the Box Office on 0300 300 1210 or going online to www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/onlinebooking Suitable for ages 14+
For further information on any of our Refugee Week Scotland events, future exhibitions or shows log on to www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/events or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/renfrewshirearts.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli Interview
Peter Greenwood from www.paisley.org.uk Interviews Hardeep Singh Kohli before his upcoming show at Paisley Arts Centre (see below)
INDIAN TAKEAWAY WITH HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI
An Evening of Comedy, Cooking and Curry UK TOUR 2013
"Kohli's cookery and anecdotes left a reassuringly warm aftertaste." «««« The Times
Following the success of his other live shows, Nearly Naked Chef and Chat Masala, Hardeep Singh Kohli would like to invite you to his brand new show, Indian Takeaway.
The country is obsessed with curry. That much we know. But how do Hardeep's home-cooked curries – the recipes inspired by his Mum and his Gran – compare to the local Indian Takeaways we love and adore? Let's find out!
At the beginning of each show Hardeep will order a takeaway live on stage for delivery to the theatre, having selected a local Indian takeaway from audience suggestions submitted via HardeepLive.com. He will then order an audience member's favourite meal. Whilst waiting for the order to arrive Hardeep cooks his own food.
Two curries with side orders of delicious cooking tips and lip-smacking Comedy. What's not to like?
"The ever-affable Glaswegian makes an excellent host and is well worth a taste." «««« Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Hardeep's love of all things culinary has led to him touring the UK constantly for the last three years with his hit shows The Nearly Naked Chef and Chat Masala which have both been huge hits with audiences across the UK. He was also runner-up on the first series of Celebrity Masterchef which led to two series for UKTV Food, New British Kitchen and Chefs and the City.
His first book Indian Takeaway was nominated for an Independent Book Award and he has written about food for Olive, Observer Food Monthly, The Spectator, The Times, The Sunday Times and various other publications and is a columnist for Waitrose Food Illustrated.
Hardeep is a regular host on Channel 5's hugely popular current affairs show, The Wright Stuff and has been a regular reporter on BBC1's The One Show and a guest on BBC 1′s Question Time, and This Week with Andrew Neil. For Channel 4 he has written and presented the BAFTA Award winning In Search of the Tartan Turban, the critically acclaimed and award winning Hardeep Does… and the seminal gambling series 50 Says You'll Watch This.
As a journalist, his column in Scotland on Sunday called "hardeep is your love" saw him twice nominated in 2007 and 2008 for Scottish Columnist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. He is also Contributing Editor on the Spectator Magazine, has written for the Independent on Sunday, The Times, Observer Woman, Conde Nast Traveller to name but a few.
Having started his broadcasting career in radio he still holds the wireless very dear, presenting extensively across Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live and has made a plethora of documentaries for Radios 2, 3 and 4.
www.hardeeplive.com Hardeep's Indian Takeaway will be at Paisley Arts Centre on Sat 15 June, 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15 (£13 conc) and can be booked by calling 0300 300 1210 or visiting www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/onlinebooking. Hardeep's show is suitable for ages 14+
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Rain! Calgary takes steps to prep for a major weather event
Higher steel gates have been placed along the Glenmore Dam. This mitigates the effect of smaller scale floods, allowing resources to be diverted to more vulnerable areas, ETHAN WARD/ FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
Calgary is forecasted to get a lot of rain over the next few days, and that's raised the flood alert in the city.
The City issued a boating advisory for the Elbow River due to higher-than-expected flow rates. Calgarians are asked to stay off river during this time.
But before we get too far, it's important to put things in perspective. The forecast – as it stands – calls for between 75 to 100 millimetres of rain over the next few days. (Update: Environment Canada now says a prolonged and significant event could bring between 75 and 125 mm to parts of southwest and central Alberta. Localized rains could reach 150 mm, they said. Rain will persist until Wednesday.)
That's roughly half the 220 millimetres averaged during the 2013 flood, according to Francois Bouchart, director of Water Services with the City of Calgary.
Still, he said the forecasts have changed continuously since the middle of last week.
"We knew there was an event coming, the event was identified as being much smaller," he said.
"Now, as we get closer to the events materializing, we're working very closely with the province and Environment Canada and we're now at a point where this is a significant enough event that we've taken specific steps to prepare for the event."
Water levels have been dropped in the Glenmore Reservoir in preparation. It will be 3.5 metres below crest to prepare for the additional water. Bouchart said they also have an agreement with TransAlta for the Ghost Reservoir further upstream to draw it down. He said it's been drawn down lower than the expected amount.
Pathways in lower-lying areas are being closed. The City is also stockpiling materials to provide riverbank protection and temporary barriers. Protective balls are also being deployed so rising water can't push back into the stormwater system.
The next 24 to 48 hours
The first layer of defense is the forecasts, said Bouchart. As they receive Environment Canada information, they're able to extrapolate potential flow rates upstream. They work with the province to confirm that the data and the forecasts are telling the same story.
"That allows us to understand what flow rates we can anticipate, when we can anticipate the peak occurring. And that allows us to start looking at what are the triggers at different points," Bouchart said.
Even though the risk appears to be smaller, Bouchart said they're taking things very seriously.
"There's always a risk. We can never eliminate the risk," he said.
He said flood investments made over the past nine years have significantly improved the protection of lower-lying areas. At this point, Bouchart said they don't anticipate it being put to the test.
"I want to caution people that the models are still predictions. The weather is so dynamic that we will just continue monitoring, forecasting and responding as it evolves," he said.
Get ready for the rain
The City is asking residents in lower-lying areas to take precautions.
Move valuables and documents out of your basement as basement seepage is possible in river communities in lower-lying areas.
If you have a sump pump or backflow valve, ensure it's working.
Direct rainwater away from your home: Eavestroughs and extensions should drain at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) away from your and your neighbour's home and onto a landscaped area so the water can soak into the ground.
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As the mining sector enters a phase of renewed opportunity, it is more urgent than ever for miners and explorers to assure investors and stakeholders that their Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates can be trusted.
Addressing delegates at a seminar at SRK's Johannesburg office in February, Mark Noppe, corporate consultant and SRK Australia Chairman in SRK Consulting's Brisbane office in Australia, advised that there are still surprisingly large gaps in the assurance systems that companies use to protect against inaccuracy of reporting exploration results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.
He noted that despite the guidance available in the industry – and even with many companies requiring peer reviews or audits of the generation and reporting of this data – these processes were often still carried out infrequently or ineffectively.
Noppe highlighted the fact that only about 2% of financial investment globally finds its way into the mining sector – a warning sign to the industry that it needed to preserve and improve its risk perception in the eyes of investors. In addition, mining regulators were increasingly interested in how mining and exploration companies managed this risk through internal regulatory systems.
To be effective, the assurance of reliable Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve reporting must be included in a company's risk management and control framework, he argued.
He described peer reviews as ideally carried out at the same time that the data is prepared, where estimation procedures are selected and estimates are validated – before the sharing of results between disciplines or the final reporting of results.
He emphasised that companies need at least a system of internal peer review to verify or validate the results generated prior to reporting.


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August 7, 2019 0Comments by Sam McBride
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We recently upgraded this stock to Very Attractive after the market's overreaction to a negative forecast on its earnings call sent shares down over 10%. Investors are worried about a potential dip in earnings next year while ignoring that the long-term trends for this company are positive, and the valuation already prices in a permanent profit decline. Oshkosh Corp (OSK: $74/share) is this week's Long Idea.
Strong Trend of Profit Growth
Oshkosh, which manufactures specialty vehicles for a wide array of governmental and industrial customers, operates in four key segments:
Access Equipment: Includes aerial work platforms, lifts, and telehandlers, for use in construction, manufacturing, and home improvement centers
Defense: Includes tactical wheeled vehicles for the US military, as well as a small amount of sales to foreign militaries
Fire & Emergency: Includes fire trucks and emergency response vehicles for use in airports
Commercial: Includes concrete mixers and trash collection vehicles
All of these segments have trended upwards in recent years due to strong economic conditions and rising military spending in the U.S. After-tax operating profit (NOPAT) increased from $368 million in 2015 to $499 million in 2018, or 11% compounded annually. Trailing twelve months (TTM) NOPAT is up to $598 million. Meanwhile, return on invested capital (ROIC) improved from 8% in 2015 to 12% TTM. See Figure 1
Figure 1: OSK's NOPAT and ROIC Since 2015
As Figure 1 shows, the company's fundamentals remain solid when including the first three quarters of 2019 (OSK's fiscal year ends on September 30). However, the company spooked investors in its 3Q earnings call on August 1 when CEO Wilson Jones said:
"We believe the access equipment markets in North America and Europe could be down modestly in 2020, foreseeing increased replacement demand in 2021."
These comments sent shares down over 10% despite the fact that OSK beat on the top and bottom line and raised its full-year 2019 guidance. KeyBanc downgraded the stock from Overweight to Sector Weight due to macro concerns after the earnings call.
While the potential decline in demand for 2020 is a real concern, we think the market underrates OSK's diversified business, its excellent leadership, and its long-term growth potential. These factors should help OSK weather any cyclical downturn in 2020 and deliver long-term value to shareholders.
Diversified Business Provides Growth Opportunities
While access equipment is OSK's largest segment, it sill accounts for less than 50% of revenue, as shown in Figure 2. Even if access equipment struggles in 2020, the other segments have significant upside potential to offset that decline.
Figure 2: OSK Revenue by Segment: 2018
The attention paid to cyclical headwinds for access equipment overshadowed the bullish news for other segments. For instance, Congress and President Trump recently agreed to a two-year budget deal that will boost defense spending by three percent. This deal averts a potential automatic spending cut and gives more clarity to the near-term future for the defense segment.
In addition, the fire & emergency segment has strong growth opportunities from rising demand in the U.S. and expanded opportunities internationally. International sales doubled year-over-year in the most recent quarter as the company delivered fire trucks to China and airport rescue vehicles to Egypt. The administrative challenges of dealing with foreign governments and municipalities have made it difficult for the fire & emergency segment to gain traction internationally, and even now international sales represent just 9% of segment revenue. However, the recent growth and new deliveries suggest there's more opportunity to expand the business geographically.
These other business lines – which account for over 50% of revenue – have the potential to offset the short-term decline in access equipment and provide long-term growth for Oshkosh.
Product Diversification and Innovation Provides Competitive Advantage
Oshkosh's diversified business also gives it a competitive advantage by allowing it to provide more comprehensive product solutions to customers than many of its competitors. For example, a city government choosing between Oshkosh and a smaller competitor to supply trucks for its fire department might take into account the fact that Oshkosh can also supply emergency vehicles for the city's airport. A construction firm might prefer Oshkosh for its ability to provide both aerial work platforms and concrete mixers.
In addition to product diversification, the company seeks to differentiate from its competition through product innovation. In recent years, Oshkosh delivered innovative new products like natural gas-powered concrete mixers and garbage trucks, hybrid and battery powered boom lifts, and battery-powered communication systems for news vehicles.
These innovations earned Oshkosh the designation as the 4th most sustainable industrial company, and the 17th most sustainable company overall in the Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies ranking.
Oshkosh's ability to provide a wide array of products and to differentiate its products through energy efficiency and other unique features gives it a competitive advantage in its industry.
Superior Corporate Governance Leads to Value Creation
Oshkosh's growth in recent years has not come at the expense of prudent capital stewardship, as we often see with many other rapidly growing companies. Instead, Oshkosh's corporate governance ensures that executives are focused on creating lasting shareholder value.
ROIC has been a part of the company's long-term incentive plan since 2000. More recently, the company has further intensified its focus on capital efficiency by adding Days Net Working Capital as a performance target for annual bonuses. The CEO and CFO's bonuses are based on the whole company's performance, while segment heads earn bonuses based on their specific segment performance.
This focus on capital efficiency helps Oshkosh significantly outperform its peers in terms of invested capital turns – or revenue/average invested capital – as shown in Figure 3. The weighted average capital turns for the company's peers listed in its proxy statement declined from 1.3 to 1.1 over the past five years. Meanwhile, Oshkosh's capital turns increased from 1.5 to 1.6 over the same time.
Figure 3: Average Invested Capital Turns: OSK vs. Peers: 2014-TTM
Oshkosh's superior capital turns indicate that the company is more intelligent about allocating capital and ensuring that its assets operate at the highest-possible level of efficiency.
Valuation Is Below the Bear-Case Scenario
Even if Oshkosh does face a cyclical downturn next year, this decline is already priced into the stock. At its current valuation of $75/share, OSK has a price to economic book value (PEBV) ratio of 0.9. This ratio means the market expects OSK's NOPAT to permanently decline by 10%.
Notably, this expectation is far below what analysts are projecting for the stock. Consensus estimates have revenue declining by just 1% and earnings per share declining by just 3% in 2020. These estimates also project revenue and earnings to bounce back to 2019 levels by 2021.
If we assume analyst estimates for EPS growth and decline roughly line up with changes in NOPAT, we can use our reverse discounted cash flow model to see the divergence between the market's valuation and consensus forecasts.
Figure 4 shows OSK's price of $75/share implies that NOPAT will increase by 17% in 2019, decline by 10% in 2020, and never grow again after that. Meanwhile, analysts expect 2019 earnings to increase by 34%, decline by just 3% in 2020, and then increase by 3% in the years after. These estimates are well above what the current stock price implies for future growth, which gives OSK significant upside potential.
Figure 4: OSK's Historical and Implied Future NOPAT vs. Consensus Analyst Estimates
Based on the current information about OSK's cash flows and future projections, it's hard to justify the current low valuation.
Cheap Valuation Provides Upside
OSK's 0.9 PEBV means the stock is the cheapest it has been since 2016. The last time OSK was this cheap, the stock more than doubled over the following two years. We're not necessarily projecting an exact repeat, but there is significant potential upside going forward.
If OSK can maintain its TTM NOPAT margin of 7% and grow NOPAT by 4% compounded annually over the next decade, the stock is worth $100/share today – a 34% upside to the current stock price. See the math behind this dynamic DCF scenario.
This scenario could prove conservative, as the 4% growth is slightly below the 5% projected growth of the construction equipment market. Even if OSK grows slower than the overall market, the stock still has potential upside.
Sustainable Competitive Advantages That Will Drive Shareholder Value Creation
Here's a summary of why we think the moat around Oshkosh's business will enable the company to generate higher profits than the current valuation of the stock implies. This list of competitive advantages helps OSK offer better products/services at a lower price and prevents competition from taking market share.
Diversified product lineup that offers more comprehensive solutions
Product innovation, especially around energy efficiency and sustainability, that differentiates
Superior capital efficiency compared to peers
What Noise Traders Miss with OSK
These days, fewer investors focus on finding quality capital allocators with shareholder friendly corporate governance. Instead, due to the proliferation of noise traders, the focus tends toward technical trading tends while high-quality fundamental research is overlooked. Here's a quick summary for noise traders when analyzing OSK:
Positive trends in other segments to offset the headwinds in the access equipment business
Superior corporate governance that leads to greater capital efficiency
Bear case forecasts actually imply a higher valuation than the current stock price
Catalyst: Trade Deal, International Growth Could Send Shares Higher
A new trade deal, especially one that lifted tariffs on steel prices, would be a big boost to Oshkosh, which purchases a significant amount of steel for its manufacturing process. Falling steel prices help the company in the short-term because it has ~$5 billion (60% of TTM revenue) in contracted backlog where the prices are locked in based on higher steel input costs. Longer-term, falling steel prices make the company's products more affordable and should boost overall demand.
Even without a trade deal, Oshkosh has the ability to shift attention away from the concerns in the North American access equipment market by growing its international business. If the company can continue to win new business abroad, that should reduce the concern over short-term cyclical pressures.
Dividends and Buybacks Provide 8% Yield
Oshkosh has increased its dividend for each of the past seven years. Since 2014, Oshkosh has increased its quarterly dividend from $0.15 to $0.27, or 12% compounded annually. Its current annualized dividend of $1.08 equates to a dividend yield of 1.4%.
In addition to dividends, Oshkosh returns capital to shareholders through share repurchases. Over the last twelve months, the company repurchased $374 million (7% of market cap) worth of shares. The company currently has a remaining purchase authorization of 8.8 million shares, or $660 million worth of stock at the current price. With its $397 million in TTM free cash flow, Oshkosh has the ability to maintain its buyback and dividend and return 8% of its market cap to shareholders each year.
Insider Trading and Short Interest Trends are Minimal
Insider activity has been minimal over the past 12 months, with 23 thousand shares purchased and 246 thousand shares sold for a net effect of 223 thousand shares sold. These sales represent less than 1% of shares outstanding.
There are currently 2.3 million shares sold short, which equates to 3% of the float and 4 days to cover. There doesn't appear to be much appetite to bet against this stock.
As investors focus more on fundamental research, research automation technology is needed to analyze all the critical financial details in financial filings. Below are specifics on the adjustments we make based on Robo-Analyst[1] findings in Oshkosh's 2018 10-K:
Income Statement: we made $266 million of adjustments, with a net effect of removing $27 million in non-operating expense (1% of revenue). We removed $120 million in non-operating income and $146 million in non-operating expenses. You can see all the adjustments made to OSK's income statement here.
Balance Sheet: we made $1.6 billion of adjustments to calculate invested capital with a net increase of $1.3 billion. You can see all the adjustments made to OSK's balance sheet here.
Valuation: we made $1.1 billion of adjustments with a net effect of decreasing shareholder value by $1 billion million. Despite this decrease in value, OSK remains undervalued. You can see all the adjustments made to OSK's valuation here.
Attractive Funds That Hold OSK
The following funds receive our Attractive-or-better rating and allocate significantly to Oshkosh.
WBI BullBear Rising Income 2000 ETF (WBIA) – 4.4% allocation and Very Attractive rating
WBI BullBear Value 2000 ETF (WBIB) – 4.2% allocation and Attractive rating
This article originally published on August 7, 2019.
Disclosure: David Trainer, Kyle Guske II, and Sam McBride receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, style, or theme.
[1] Harvard Business School features the powerful impact of our research automation technology in the case New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts.


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The key barriers are the factory owners' negative attitude towards unionism, lack of trust between factory owners and workers, and the workers' lack of knowledge about their rights, rights groups and trade union leaders said at the conference.
Led by research Director Khondaker Golam Moazzem, the CPD survey collected data from 3,856 factories having 3.6 mn workers. Demanding institunalisation of aid for the injured workers, Moazzem said those injured in the Rana Plaza tragedy have to spend on an average around Tk 40,000 every year for their treatment but the amount that they receive from the Rana Plaza Injured Workers' Fund is very insignificant. Though over 1,000 factories had formed safety committees after the Rana Plaza incident, a large percentage of these committees were not functional, the survey discovered.


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Pacific Presences: Current Research into Oceanic art and European Museums
08/09/2017 By Oceanic Art Society Australia
By Dr Erna Lilje, Research Associate
For some decades, museums have had to reflect upon and re-imagine what they do and for whom. Museums that hold ethnographic collections have become sites of acute re-appraisal as these collections carry a particular historical freight. The project "Pacific Presences: Oceanic Art and European Museums" (2013 – 2018) approaches such collections as complex, relational assemblages. It seeks to advance understanding of the cross-cultural histories implicit in their formation, and study current museum policies and practices in Europe.
Led by the museum's director, Professor Nicholas Thomas, the project is based at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), University of Cambridge. He and a team of researchers employ cross-disciplinary methods to investigate Pacific materials held in German, Dutch, French, Russian and United Kingdom museums. To date, project members have pursued research on and in areas such as Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Marquesas Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. Associated with the project are a network of collaborators including Pacific Island elders and community members, contemporary artists and senior scholars.
The cross-disciplinary approach has meant that, in addition to standard scholarly work, some engagements have led to creative outcomes. For example, the collaboration between Dr Alison Clark, conservator Rachel Howie and New Zealand based artists Kaetaeta Watson, Chris Charteris and Lizzie Leckie, has resulted, not only in a greater understanding of Kiribati armour, such as permutations of form and how they were made, but also in the creation of a new suit. This is significant because it is the first to be created in many decades even though the image of armour continues to be a signifier of Ikiribati identity today. The artists researched the weaving and knotting techniques used in the construction of these artefacts by examining historic examples held in New Zealand museums. They have named the new suit Kautan Rabakau, which in Kiribati means awakening the knowledge. The new suit consists of overalls and sleeves, a cuirass and helmet and has been acquired by the MAA.
Cuirass & helmet of Kautan Rakakau by Kaetaeta Watson, Lizzie Leckie and Chris Charteris 2016 (MAA 2017.14.1-3, 2017.15). Modelled by Isabella Levet. Photograph by Lizzie Leckie.
One of the pleasures of being a part of Pacific Presences has been to help facilitate the visits of scholars, artists and Pacific Islanders (not mutually exclusive categories!) to the MAA and other European museums. Dr Lucie Carreau organised Pauline Reynolds' visit to the MAA and other museums in England, Scotland and Germany. Pauline is a Norfolk Islander and a focus of her work has been the women of the HMS Bounty, of whom she is a descendant, through their material culture. The HMS Bounty departed Tahiti in September 1789 with Christian Fletcher, eight other mutineers, nineteen Tahitian women, a girl and six men.
Pauline Reynolds' findings, and an article about the Kiribati armour, will be amongst those included in a substantial edited volume by Pacific Presences, due for publication in 2018. Works by some of the other artists that have been involved with the project will be amongst those included in the exhibition "Oceania", to be held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, also in late 2018.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° [324146]11.
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A St. Louis couple's sensational soiree–filled with the thing they love most.
Kate Dickman, 28, Account Manager at Sendouts & Peter Allen, 28, Sales Specialist at Monsanto
One way to ensure you'll have a beautiful, one-of-a-kind wedding is to do lots of research—and that's exactly what Kate Dickman and her then-boyfriend Peter Allen did, inadvertently. During their five-year courtship, the couple attended 36 weddings together. So when it was time to plan their own wedding, they had a really good idea of what they wanted—and didn't want—for their own nuptials.
A blind date initiated by a co-worker in 2006 started it all. At the time, Peter worked for the Cardinals and asked Kate to the World Series for their first date, so she really couldn't decline. Five years and many dates later, Peter's proposal was equally irresistible. He somehow managed to lure Kate with him on a fishing expedition in Forest Park. It was cold and wet and Kate sat pouting in the car while Peter was casting out the line. Once he caught something, he coaxed her out of the car and told her she could reel it in for him. She found a plastic ring on the end of the line; perplexed, she turned around to find Peter on one knee with the real thing. And it's a good thing Kate said "yes," because Peter had 70 friends and family members waiting at a nearby pavilion to congratulate them. With a first date and a proposal like that, the wedding was guaranteed to be fun and unpredictable.
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The inspiration for Kate and Peter's wedding was, simply put, their "favorite things," which included grilled cheese sammies, tomato soup and dueling pianos, among many other unique choices that would both surprise and delight their guests. The bride (an admitted heels hater) even wore Tom's canvas flats under her gown—further setting the tone of stylish comfort and fun.
The first thing the couple agreed on was that they wanted a completely unique venue, so they chose the Contemporary Art Museum. The ceremony took place in the modern outdoor courtyard, which was accented by a sea of red chairs for a splash of drama. For the reception inside, a beautiful hue of blue lighting complemented the navy and yellow color scheme, and the community tables' twig centerpieces gave the room a natural and inviting feel.
It was really important to Kate and Peter that their wedding focus on the party, rather than long, drawn-out nuptials. Although the ceremony was short, the vows were absolutely unforgettable, as the couple swapped touching, yet humorous promises back and forth—which included Kate's vow to always be his "little spoon" and Peter's promise to "always notice when you get a haircut," among more traditional sentiments. Guests were then passed a signature "Something Blue" cocktail to toast the couple as they kissed.
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Q: getaddrinfo() returns only ipv6 when using AF_UNSPEC When i want to connect to a server (running locally) and don't know if the application uses ipv4, ipv6 or both, should I call getaddrinfo() twice, once with AF_INET and once with AF_INET6, and try all returned addresses?
Some context:
getaddrinfo() provides a way for ipv4/ipv6-agnostic hostname resolution. Online i found guidelines stating a common algorithm to connect to a server is to use getaddrinfo() with an AF_UNSPEC hint, and try addresses returned in the list.
However, in my setup, getaddrinfo() only returns an ipv6 entry when I use AF_UNSPEC, the host being "localhost".
On the other hand, if I ask for IPv4 explicitly, getaddrinfo() does return an IPv4 address.
This example calls getaddrinfo() once with AF_UNSPEC and once with AF_INET, and iterates over the returned list and prints the address families of the entries:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <string.h>

const char* family_to_string(int family) {
    switch (family) {
        case AF_INET:
            return "AF_INET";
        case AF_INET6:
            return "AF_INET6";
        case AF_UNSPEC:
            return "AF_UNSPEC";
        default:
            return "UNKNOWN";
    }
}

int main(void) {
    struct addrinfo hints;
    struct addrinfo *res, *it;
    static const char* host = "localhost";
    static const char* port = "42420";

    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_protocol = 0;
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
    printf("getaddrinfo(.. %s ..):\n", family_to_string(hints.ai_family));
    int ret = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &res);
    if (ret != 0) {
        return 1;
    }

    for (it = res; it != NULL; it = it->ai_next) {
        printf("entry for %s\n", family_to_string(it->ai_family));
    }
    printf("\n");
    freeaddrinfo(res);

    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_protocol = 0;
    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
    printf("getaddrinfo(.. %s ..):\n", family_to_string(hints.ai_family));
    ret = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &res);
    if (ret != 0) {
        return 1;
    }

    for (it = res; it != NULL; it = it->ai_next) {
        printf("entry for %s\n", family_to_string(it->ai_family));
    }
    printf("\n");
    freeaddrinfo(res);

    return 0;
}

It surprised me quite a bit when I received this output:
getaddrinfo(.. AF_UNSPEC ..):
entry for AF_INET6

getaddrinfo(.. AF_INET ..):
entry for AF_INET

After digging a little into the behavior of getaddrinfo(), it appears that it first checks for entries in /etc/hosts, and if it finds matching entries, it only returns those, and does not try to resolve the hostname differently.
Since my /etc/hosts file only contains an ipv6 entry for localhost, only that is returned for AF_UNSPEC. For AF_INET, the entry is not considered eligible and localhost is correctly resolved to 127.0.0.1.

A: This is indeed an interesting question:
This is a case, which is specially handled by the nss-files module of glibc; if a request for localhost with address family AF_INET is made and the v6 localhost entry of the /etc/hosts is parsed, it is implicitly converted to the v4 localhost entry with address 127.0.0.1.
See nss/nss_files/files-hosts.c (around line 70), where this conversion is performed:
else if (IN6_IS_ADDR_LOOPBACK (entdata->host_addr))
  {
    in_addr_t localhost = htonl (INADDR_LOOPBACK);
    memcpy (entdata->host_addr, &localhost, sizeof (localhost));
  }

This branch is not taken, when asking for AF_UNSPEC, so you will only resolv a v4 localhost address when having an explicit entry in /etc/hosts for it.

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Marietta Legion Post #156 in Marietta, Minnesota has chosen to honor these fallen soldiers with commemorative metal displays. While working on the images and designs I couldn't help but wonder about the anecdotes and stories behind these young farm boys called to duty during WW II.
Did soldiers from the farm really make better soldiers? I'd like to think so. Farming in our agricultural region along the Minnesota-South Dakota border couldn't have been easy during the Great Depression that preceded the war. They would become competent carpenters, plumbers, electricians, engine mechanics and general tinkerers. If they didn't have a part they made their own and jury-rigged items together just to get by. Transfer these skills to military life and the powers that be would have considered them invaluable assets.
These were not the only soldiers from our area to die as a result war. The list above includes all Lac Qui Parle County casualties during WW II. I recognize familiar surnames from the area and wonder about their stories, as well.


Definition: (verb) Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air.
Usage: The police are searching for a serial killer who strangulates his victims.
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26
All Themes Racism and Exploitation American Entitlement, Greed, and Corruption Family, Legacy, and Trauma History, Truth, and Lies
All Characters David Grann Tom White Mollie Burkhart William K. Hale Anna Brown Rita Smith Bill Smith Scott Mathis James and David Shoun J. Edgar Hoover Kelsie Morrison Blackie Thompson Asa Kirby
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Racism and Exploitation
American Entitlement, Greed, and Corruption
Family, Legacy, and Trauma
History, Truth, and Lies
Mollie Burkhart
William K. Hale
Rita Smith
Scott Mathis
James and David Shoun
J. Edgar Hoover
Kelsie Morrison
Blackie Thompson
Asa Kirby
Killers of the Flower Moon: Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis
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David Grann begins Killers of the Flower Moon with a metaphor which explains its title. Every April, along the vast prairies in the Osage territory of Oklahoma, millions of tiny flowers pop up and bloom, signaling the start of spring. As spring morphs into summer and taller flowers begin to sprout, the larger plants "creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water." Because of this phenomenon, the Osage Indians refer to the month of May as "the time of the flower-killing moon."
This metaphor, in which taller choking plants strangle the newly-blossoming spring blooms, serves as a metaphor for how the Osages' white neighbors will attempt to strangle and decimate the tribe's newfound financial success.
On May 24, 1921, Mollie Burkhart—an Osage Indian and a resident of the Osage settlement town of Gray Horse, Oklahoma, becomes fearful that something terrible has befallen one of her three sisters, Anna Brown. Anna, at thirty-four, is barely a year older than Mollie—she often goes off on "sprees," spending long nights out drinking and dancing, but now that Mollie hasn't seen Anna in three days, she is beginning to worry. Mollie has recently lost another sister—less than three years ago, Mollie's younger sister Minnie had died of a "peculiar wasting illness."
Right off the bat, Grann establishes an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue. Minnie's death was already deemed "peculiar," and now Anna's sudden disappearance heightens the stakes.
Mollie and her sisters—and their parents, too—have their names inscribed on the Osage Roll: they are registered members of the Osage tribe. This means that their family possesses a "fortune." After being driven, in the 1870s, off of their ancestral lands in Kansas onto a rocky, barren, "presumably worthless" spit of land in northeastern Oklahoma, some of the largest oil deposits in the whole of the United States were discovered right beneath the Osage tribe's new reservation. As such, in the early 20th century, each member of the tribe began receiving a quarterly check—as the years went by, the dividends grew and grew until the tribe had collectively accumulated millions of dollars. Grann writes that in 1923 alone, the tribe took in over $30 million—the equivalent of that amount today would be more than $400 million.
Grann briefly outlines the Osage tribe's recent history. They were given a parcel of land which the U.S. government assumed was worthless—only to find that it was worth hundreds of millions. The racist U.S. government can't be all too happy about the Osage's discovery—and as suspicious happenings start taking place in Osage County, it seems as if a grab at the Osage fortune is at the root of the crimes.
The Osage were considered the wealthiest people per capita in the world, and the public had become "transfixed" by their tribe's prosperity. Reporters, seeking to sensationalize the Osage's wealth, "seized upon any signs of the traditional Osage way of life," contrasting the vast wealth the tribe had come into with their "wild" tribal customs.
To compound matters, the Osages' wealth was visible on the world stage—and the world was jealous of what they saw. That the reporters latch onto "wild" tribal customs reflects racist prejudice against the Osage Indians.
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Mollie doesn't spend as lavishly as some of her neighbors, but still lives a life of luxury. She lives in a beautiful, "rambling" house, owns several cars, and has a staff of servants. Though many of the Osage tribe's servants are black or Mexican, "even whites," according to observers' reports from the time, "perform […] 'all the menial tasks about the house to which no Osage will stoop.'"
It seems as if what is really outraging the public is not so much that the Osage have money—but that their wealth is allowing them to begin to subvert the social order which has kept white Americans at the top, so to speak, of the food chain.
Mollie was one of the last people to see Anna before she disappeared. On that day—May 21, 1921—Mollie woke early, a habit from childhood ingrained from when her father woke each morning to pray to the sun. Mollie, unlike many of her friends, still dressed in traditional Osage clothing, and that morning wrapped herself in an Indian blanket and let her long black hair flow loose down her back.
This passage shows that despite having assimilated into white society and come into a great deal of wealth, Mollie is still a woman tied to her cultural heritage and many tribal traditions.
Mollie's husband, Ernest Burkhart, woke with her. A twenty-eight-year-old white man, Ernest was born in Texas, the son of a poor cotton farmer, but moved to Oklahoma at nineteen to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale. Ernest ran errands for Hale and worked as a livery driver—he met Mollie while chauffeuring her around town. Mollie and Ernest were married quickly, though Ernest's friends looked down on him for marrying an Indian woman and becoming a "squaw man." Mollie, too, had concerns about marrying Ernest—she suffered from diabetes, spoke English as a second language, and, moreover, all three of her sisters had married white men. Mollie felt that she should carry on the tradition of an arranged Osage marriage. Nevertheless, in 1917, she married Ernest, and by 1921, they had two children—Elizabeth and James, who was nicknamed Cowboy.
Mollie and Ernest's relationship is rife with power imbalances owing to the Osage's sudden good fortune. Ernest and Mollie met when he was in service to her, and though his marriage to her further demoted and emasculated him in the eyes of his white friends, he nonetheless pursued her.
On May 21, Mollie hosted a small luncheon. The house bustled with preparations while Mollie tended to her sick mother, Lizzie. Mollie asked Ernest to call Anna and ask her to come over to assist with preparations, and Anna soon arrived dressed to the nines in flashy red shoes, an alligator purse, and a traditional Indian blanket. Despite her grand appearance, Molly noticed something about Anna: she was already drunk.
Anna's appearance symbolizes who she is: still tied to her tribe in small ways, Anna has more or less embraced white fashions and the gaudy, flashy sensibility of the roaring twenties.
As the guests began to arrive—including Ernest's brothers Bryan and Horace—Anna became drunker and drunker, sipping from a hip flash of bootleg whiskey. Anna, who had recently divorced her husband Oda Brown, had been troubled of late, and had begun spending time in many of the reservation's "tumultuous boomtowns," drinking and gambling. Anna began flirting, over the course of the party, with Ernest's younger brother Bryan—and also began fighting with Mollie and her mother.
Though the circumstances of Anna's disappearance are suspicious, this passage shows that Anna had been in trouble lately—complicating the mystery surrounding her being missing.
As the party drew to a close and Ernest took some guests to the next town over, Fairfax, to see a musical, Bryan offered to drop the intoxicated Anna at home. Mollie, who was planning on staying home with her mother Lizzie, helped sober Anna up and then sent her on her way. That was the last time Mollie saw Anna before her mysterious disappearance.
This passage makes it clear that Mollie and Anna, despite their differences, have a close relationship and strong familial ties.
Now that Anna has been missing for days, Mollie has grown more and more anxious. Bryan has insisted that that night, he took Anna straight home and dropped her off, so Mollie sends Ernest over to Anna's house to check on her. The house, though, is dark and deserted, and her servant, who lives in a small residence on the property, says she hasn't seen Anna in days.
As the family grows more and more concerned about Anna's whereabouts, the mystery deepens—and the stakes grow even higher when it becomes clear that Anna is truly nowhere to be found.
News of Anna's disappearance begins spreading throughout the reservation's boomtowns. The "unease" throughout the reservation is compounded by the fact that another Osage, Charles Whitehorn, disappeared just a week before Anna. The thirty-year-old Whitehorn, married to a woman who is part white and part Cheyenne, is popular in town, and went missing on May 14. Despite knowing of Whitehorn's disappearance, Mollie tries to keep calm, telling herself that Anna is simply off on one of her binges, dancing in a jazz club in Oklahoma City or Kansas City. Ernest, too, reassures Mollie that Anna will soon be home.
Anna's disappearance in and of itself is mysterious and suspicious—but coming so soon after another member of the tribe's disappearance makes it seem downright sinister.
A week after Anna's disappearance, an oil worker is on a hill a mile north of downtown Pawhuska when he notices a rotting corpse poking out from the brush near the base of an oil rig—the victim has been shot, execution-style, twice between the eyes. The oil worker calls others over to take a look, but the body is so badly-decomposed that it is impossible to identify. One pocket of the corpse's trousers contains a letter—addressed to Charlies Whitehorn.
The discovery of Charles Whitehorn's murdered, decomposing body makes it clear that something evil is afoot in Osage County—and that Anna is truly in danger.
Several miles away, near Fairfax, a man and his teenage son are squirrel hunting. When the boy chases a squirrel down into a ravine, he spots a dead body at the edge of the creek: again, the body is badly-decomposed, but appears to be that of an American Indian woman. The man and his son rush back into town and alert the proprietor of the Big Hill Trading Company, Scott Mathis, of what they've found. Mathis alerts his undertaker, and several men return to the creek, where they drag the body from the ravine and begin examining it. The body is in such bad shape, though, that none of them can make an identification.
As a corpse that may or may not be Anna's turns up, it seems as if the whole town is concerned, and a group of people rush to the ravine to try and confirm whether Anna has truly been found.
Mathis contacts Mollie, and she, her sister Rita, Rita's husband Bill Smith, Ernest, and Bryan make their way out to the creek. As Mollie and Rita approach the stinking, blackened, bloated body, they immediately recognize Anna's Indian blanket and flashy clothing. When Rita's husband, Bill, pries the corpse's mouth open with a stick, Anna's sisters recognize her gold fillings, and begin to weep.
Anna's family recognizing her by her clothes is symbolic of the importance and ubiquity of tribal tradition in this place—even though Osage culture is changing, it still binds the members of the tribe together.


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Europe warned of more forest fires in future
Droughts and heatwaves caused extensive forest fires in Europe this summer (Photo: European Commission)
By Lucia Kubosova
Europe could see even more damaging forest fires in the future, the EU's agriculture and environment ministers were warned over the weekend.
The warning came after a summer where Spain and Portugal were both ravaged by devastating fires, causing huge damage to thousands of hectares of land.
Climate change and land abandonment were named as the key reasons for the worrying trends.
The EU environment agency presented its recent report to the ministers, stating that the union's existing policies alone will not be enough to save Europe's environment from extensive environmental change in the long term.
The report also suggests the EU is set to miss targets related to greenhouse gas emissions, climate change and the use of alternative sources of energy.
The negative effect these tendencies could have on weather in Europe may even be strengthened due to poor management of land, as vast areas are tending towards abandonment by rural populations.
In some countries, over 20 per cent of people from the countryside have moved to cities since the 1970s, according to the report.
This trend has also been boosted due to the pending demographic crisis in Europe, as old people tend to find it easier to live close to cities in order to get better access to health services, writes the Financial Times.
Climate change and sustainable development are Britain's key topics as it chairs the EU presidency until the end of the year.
Forest fire near Bordeaux forces over 10,000 to flee
Europe's wildfire destruction set to hit new record
Thousands of firefighters in the forested area near Bordeaux, France, are battling a wildfire, which has already forced 10.000 to flee.
Some 660,000 hectares of land has been burned from the start of the year until 13 August, according to figures from the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis).
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Wolves should be defended, EU ministers urge
The ministers worry that a resolution adopted by the European Parliament could give political momentum to demands to revise the protected status of wolves.
EU Commission wants drones for Bulgaria on Turkey border
The European Commission wants to shore up the land border between Bulgaria and Turkey with drones. "We can strengthen the border with management capabilities," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told MEPs.
MEPs rally ahead of vote for gig-economy workers' rights
"We have to make the voice of workers heard and if there is a directive on their working conditions, it has to be in favour of the workers, not the platforms," said one of the leading MEPs of the report.


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Langstane Liquor Company has unveiled Glasshouse, a "bright and fruity" whisky designed to be complementary in long drinks.
The company, co-founded by Ben Iravani, Josh Rennie and Alex Lawrence, who is also the global head of bar operations for Mr Lyan Group, studied the whisky Highball and subsequently created a liquid to suit it.
The team selected a blend of malt whiskies that would hold flavour when lengthened with soda or other mixers were selected.
Glasshouse is a single grain, blended malt whisky made from 100% malted barley, created using a blend of both Coffey and Pot still distillates from a single Highland distillery.
Bottled non-chill filtered at 46% ABV, the result is a "beautifully balanced scotch that holds its body and flavours of rich orchard fruits when served in a Highball".
Glasshouse takes its name and branding from the Victorian Glasshouses which have been associated with entertaining, and which saw exotic fruits like pineapples being grown in Scotland in the 1800s, coinciding with the invention of the Coffey Still.
Ben said: "Adding a whisky to our portfolio was something we had always wanted to do, and we feel Glasshouse is perfect for breaking the traditional stereotypes often associated with Scotch.
"The popularity of Whisky Highballs is gathering momentum, so we felt it was the perfect time to create a whisky designed specifically for mixing in long drinks that could hold its own, and carry full flavours."
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Beautiful decoration for home and ideal gift for friends. Note: this kit is NOT a pre-made dolls house. But more of a DIY handcraft miniature project.
It is NOT designed to build by young children. General feedback shows that teenagers. Under the age of 14 might find assembling this kit alone difficult. It will be better if parents can do it together with them, or help over once needed.
You will receive all the parts & contents you see in the pictures. It is your work to put them together. Note, most contents inside this DIY kit needs to be handcrafted. This particular kit comes with 5 LED lights.
It comes with illustrated handbook. It will help to develop ones potential intelligence. All of our DIY Handcraft Miniature series come with. Material packages , DIY handcraft work will be.
Is 16 or even above 18. The following handcraft tools you will need: paper scissors. Small knife, hole maker, precision tweezers, ruler. Mini screw driver and high quality adhesive. If you were to return the item.
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There are certain perks you get when you're the UFC champion and the most bankable MMA star ever. One of them is getting to hangout with UFC president Dana White.
Check out this crazy vid of Conor McGregor and Dana hitting the Vegas strip in a sick Ferrari. The video cuts out just as they are heading out onto the freeway. Who knows if Dana scared the sh*t out of Conor once he hit the open road.


This is a hard working computer with a lot of music software on it.
Is Macrium Reflect the right tool for this, or could I use Win 10, or even Samsung "Data Migration" tool?
If your 1TB Samsung is just a regular SSD (not m2) or a mechanical HD it would not be a good move. The m2 is a very fast drive in comparison.
If it were my system, I'd leave the OS and apps on the m2 as it is and have the data files on the 1TB.
Copying the C drive to the D drive even with every last file copied will not give you a bootable drive. You would need to image the C drive and then restore it using Relect rescue media version to have a bootable drive.
In addition to Seekforever's comments above, a basic file copy of your Windows partition would also create significant havoc within the Windows folder, which uses some file system tricks in order to allow the same file to appear in multiple locations without multiple copies actually existing on the disk. A normal file copy would result in multiple unique copies of such files being created on the destination, which will take up more space and probably break things that are set to assume that updating that file in one location will cause the other "reference" to that same file in other location(s) to also be updated.
If you really want to move your entire environment over to another drive, the proper solution is to clone your source drive to your destination drive, then remove your source drive at least temporarily to make sure your PC boots from the new drive correctly. Make sure you clone the entire drive, including all partitions, not just the C partition. If the system doesn't boot from the new drive after the clone, boot your PC from your Reflect Rescue Media and run Fix Boot Problems (so obviously make sure your Rescue Media works before you try this). At that point, the Windows partition on your 1TB drive will become your C drive, because Windows automatically assigns C to the Windows partition it booted from. And then you could wipe your old drive and repartition it as you like.
However, as Seekforever already said, if you would be cloning from an SSD onto a mechanical drive, you will take a major performance hit. And if your current M.2 SSD is an M.2 NVMe SSD as opposed to an M.2 SATA SSD, then you would be taking a major performance hit even if the 1TB drive was a SATA SSD, because NVMe is much faster than SATA. If you're contemplating this migration for storage consumption reasons, you might be better served by simply migrating non-application data to your 1TB drive manually, or uninstalling applications and reinstalling them to your D drive. Applications almost never work properly if you simply copy/paste the folder over to another drive.
The Samsung Data Migration Tool is essentially a very simple cloning utility. Reflect can do everything that that tool can, although if the Data Migration Tool's capabilities meet your needs, you might find that it's somewhat easier to use. I believe it automatically shrinks or expands the Windows partition as needed based on the destination capacity, whereas Reflect does not automatically expand any partitions to fill additional available space and depending on the partition layout of your disk won't necessarily shrink the Windows partition either. But that can be achieved according to Steps 4 and 5 of this KB article about how to clone a disk.


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Hamilton: Charlie Sheen threatens club lawsuit
By Argus Hamilton |
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2012 at 11:45 p.m. | UPDATED: April 24, 2019 at 1:59 a.m.
HOLLYWOOD–God bless America, and how's everybody?
Charlie Sheen vowed to sue a New York strip club which named its VIP privacy room after him. The star was last seen entering the Beverly Hills Hotel wearing sunglasses at night. People assume he was shooting his new sitcom, Two and a Half Secret Service Agents.
Delta Airlines bought an oil refinery in Pennsylvania from Phillips Monday to ensure cheaper fuel for its fleet of airliners to keep down costs. That's a start. Now if Delta really wants to please customers they will now buy a peanut farm and a wider-seat factory.
Mitt Romney was joined by Rudy Giuliani in a visit to a Lower Manhattan fire station Tuesday. They addressed the number-one issue of the election. The firemen confirmed once and for all that the pet Dalmation prefers riding on top of the fire truck to being eaten.
President Obama's campaign on Tuesday unveiled its slogan, Forward. It was quickly discovered also to be the name of the Hitler Youth's marching song. Politicians need to learn it isn't enough to run spell-check on your new slogan, you need to run Hitler-check.
Colombian hooker Dania Suarez complained Friday that Secret Service agent Arthur Huntington offered her eight hundred bucks but he only paid her twenty-eight dollars when the evening was over. That's easy to explain. Arthur is a government employee and twenty-eight dollars is the approved Medicare reimbursement rate for potency testing.
Amarillo Slim was eulogized after America's first poker celebrity died Tuesday. The sport is seedy. Ten years ago Slim was charged with sexually touching a twelve-year-old girl, and Tuesday he was remembered as the man who brought respectability to poker.
May Day protests by Occupy Wall Street tried to cripple the economy Tuesday. They called a general strike entailing no work, no banking and no shopping. No one would notice the difference unless they called a general strike for cashing unemployment checks.
Wells Fargo branches received envelopes with white powder in the mail Monday. They were supposed to arrive on May Day but arrived a day early. Postal workers are so afraid of government cuts they're advertising they deliver white powder to targets faster than Federal Express.
The White House marked the one-year anniversary of the Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden Tuesday. The commandos landed on his roof and killed him in his bedroom. His three wives were found down in the basement updating their Facebook status to Single.
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Q: Using ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest a bad idea? In my app there are settings for changing how the live tile should look like (color, background and so on). Problem is that if the user changes this it takes about 30 minutes before the live tile is updated with the new settings since all the code (quite a lot of code) is beeing executed in my OnInvoke function.
Is it a bad idea to call ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest everytime the user changes the live tile settings in my app?
ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest("PA77RT", TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2000));

I know that it might be considered "not perfect" doing like this but my question is if this will have any other downsides that I don't know of?
Thanks in advance.

A: You shouldn't call ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest outside your test-environment in a debug build.
I always encapsulate it with
#if DEBUG
   ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest
#endif

For your problem, you should simply remove the tile, and add it again, if you wish the content to update instantly. Otherwise, your users simply need to be patient.
P.S. Don't bother with the delay parameter. It'll automatically delay the launch a few seconds, due to the mechanism of the scheduled actions.