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North Macedonian epidemiologist Dragan Danilovski compared the current vaccine situation in the Western Balkans to the inequalities seen during the 1911 sinking of the Titanic.
When thousands of people across the European Union (EU) began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans.
Balkan nations have struggled to get access to COVID-19 vaccines from multiple companies and programmes, but most of the nations on Europe's southeastern periphery are still waiting for their first vaccines to arrive, with no firm timeline for the start of their national inoculation drives.
What is already clear is that Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia — home to some 20 million people — will lag far behind the EU's 27 nations and Britain in efforts to reach heard immunity by quickly vaccinating a large share of their people.
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"The rich have grabbed all the available lifeboats, leaving the less fortunate behind," Mr. Danilovski told broadcaster TV 24.
Such sentiment as the world faces its gravest health crisis in a century has gained traction in the Western Balkans – a term used to identify the Balkan states which want to join but still are not part of the EU.
It is actively being stoked by pro-Russian politicians in a region sandwiched between Western and Russian spheres of influence.
"I felt as if the bottom fell out of my hopes for a return to a normal life," 50-year-old Belma Djonko said in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, describing the emotional fallout of hearing that thousands of doctors, nurses and the elderly across the EU had received the first doses of a vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech while her war-ravaged country is kept waiting.
Many Balkan nations are pinning their hopes on COVAX, a global vaccine procurement agency set up by the World Health Organization and global charity groups to address rising inequities of vaccine distribution. COVAX has secured deals for several promising COVID-19 vaccines but, for now, it will only cover doses to inoculate 20% of a country's population.
Alongside other politically unstable post-communist Balkan nations that have long professed their desire to join the EU but keep failing to fulfil conditions to achieve that goal, Bosnia has reserved vaccines through COVAX and expects to start receiving its first doses in April at the earliest. That seems like an eternity from now.
"Meanwhile, I must continue depriving my 83-year-old father of the company and love of his grandchildren," Ms. Djonko said, referring to the low-tech but heartbreaking defence against the virus, keeping the elderly isolated from potential sources of infection.
Serbia is the only Western Balkan nation to receive vaccine shots so far, getting deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine. However, Serbia does not have enough doses to begin mass vaccinations, as only 25,000 shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 2,400 of the Russian vaccine have arrived.
Serbia's vaccination programme began on December 24, three days before the EU, when Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received a dose in a bid to increase public trust in the vaccine, as many Balkan governments also struggle to counter a strong anti-vaccination movement.
The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, recently agreed upon a 70 million-euro ($86 million) package to help Balkan nations get access to the vaccines, on top of 500 million euros ($616 million) the bloc has already contributed to COVAX.
"Throughout the pandemic, the EU has shown that we treat the Western Balkans as privileged partners," said EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
Ursula von der Leyen, head of the Executive Commission, says the EU will have more vaccines than necessary for its residents in 2021 and indicated the bloc could share its extra supplies with the Western Balkans and countries in Africa.
Yet in the Balkans, the dominant impression is that the bloc has once again failed the underdeveloped European region. In the words of Albanian political analyst Skender Minxhozi, the EU has reached its "put up or shut up" moment.
"Either show us that you care about us, or don't be surprised if some of us follow the call of Russian or Chinese pied pipers who are traversing the world with pockets full of their vaccines," Mr. Minxhozi said.
The apparent lack of Western solidarity amid the pandemic is being exploited by local pro-Russian politicians to portray the EU as solely profit-oriented. Russia and China, meanwhile, are vying for political and economic influence.
"I trust (the Russian vaccine), I don't trust the commercial narratives that are coming from the West," Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb's leader, declared before he was hospitalised with coronavirus.
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Predator 5 is the nickname of the next prospective sequel after Shane Black's 2018 The Predator. On this page, you can find news and rumours of the potential Predator sequel.
Dan Trachtenberg is directing the sequel!
Predator 5 Current Status
Prior to The Predator being released, producer John Davis said had aspirations to keep the Predator series going with at least two more sequels.
The producer says that "The Predator" will set up two sequels that he hopes Black will return to direct. But Black doesn't want to get ahead of himself.
"I would love to say we've been planning a trilogy, but I take one day at a time," he cautions. "In motion-picture terms that's one movie at a time." Mister Bet
On November 20, 2020, it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg, probably best known for directing 10 Cloverfield Lane in addition to episodes of Black Mirror and The Boys, will be directing a Predator 5 written by Patrick Aison.
Predator 5 Cast
Will Arnold Schwarzenegger Return to Predator?
Before Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California, he was the most popular choice to return to the Predator series to play Dutch. The next person in the spotlight was WWF wrestler The Rock who would have took over the Dutch role. In September 2003, The Rock denied that he has any involvement in a Predator 3 movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger almost made an appearance in 2004's Alien vs. Predator. Paul W.S. Anderson said in an interview that Schwarzenegger offered to reprise his role as Dutch Schaeffer as a cameo, but only on the condition if he lost the election for Governor of California. Dutch was supposed to show up in a chopper at the end to rescue Lex.
In 2005, another wrestler, John Cena, was also rumoured to be involved in a remake of Predator. In the recent Predators movie, Rodriguez made it clear from the outset that he wanted Schwarzenegger to make an appearance but he was still busy. After Schwarzenegger left his governor position, he said he was considering doing a new Predator movie in March 2011. In an early draft for The Predator, Arnold's character Dutch appeared in the closing moments of the film. He emerges from a chopper and asks Quinn, Casey and Rory to come with him. Schwarzenegger was very unhappy with the script and refused to take part, saying he'd only do it if "there's a chance that they rewrite it, or make it a more significant role."
Predator 5 Storyline
NEW 21-Nov-20: As Predator 5 was announced, the story is rumoured to be set in the past. It will focus around Native Americans before the territories were taken by the American settlers, featuring a First Nations cast. The Predator series has explored Native American culture in the past, most notably within the comic and novelisation Predator: Big Game, the second of Dark Horse's Predator series.
Before The Predator was announced, the most popular idea was Rodriguez returning to do a direct sequel to Predators with Adrien Brody again. Rodriguez stated in July 2010 that he had a few ideas for Predator 4. He said Predators sets up a new story, new location and a new world for a potential sequel. If Rodriguez isn't involved, it could be a completely new story.
"[The studio] said, 'Let's do some other ones. What other story ideas do you have?'" says the filmmaker. "Because it was like, let's test out the market with this one. They really wanted it to be pretty contained, pretty scaled-back. They didn't want to put too many of the ideas into it that we could save for a second one. So we could see what the appetite was, because the bigger movie would actually be what comes following that. That kind of sets up a new storyline, new location and world, and then you can really go crazy from there." Robert Rodriguez
Predator During Blizzard?
There were all sorts of ideas for a new Predator sequel floating around over the years. Prior to Predators been made, there are about three scripts for Predator 3 circulating around the globe. The first, written by Sam Park, is called Predator 3: The Deadlier of the Species and features Arnold Schwarzenegger's character, Dutch, in New York during a blizzard. A Predator comes to New York and tracks down Dutch to try and kill him.
The second script, written by Robert Rodriguez, is called Predators and is set on a 17th century ship where a Predator stalks the crewman who have to fight with inferior weaponry. Rodriguez did speak about his script during an interview at the beginning of 2004 and said it was rejected because the budget would have been too big – about $150m. The third and final script is called The Zoo which brings back both Dutch from Predator and Harrigan from Predator 2 and they are captured and brought back to the Predator homeworld because they were the only two people to have ever killed a Predator.
I wrote an interesting article about where a Predator sequel could take place and includes locations such as World War 2, a Galleon ship or the Predator homeworld.
Robert Rodriguez Predators Script – His original Predators script from 1996.
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Barry Posted December 22, 2020 at 7:33 pm
What ever the script it needs to be dark and somewhat graphic with the fear factor amped up. Kevin Peter Hall gave the predator an elegant yet powerful persona that has never been recreated. They are the most dangerous, formidable beings let's show it
Burt Posted December 14, 2020 at 6:50 pm
Predators going after bad ass gladiators would be coollllll
Hudson Posted December 5, 2020 at 10:12 pm
Predator in the past would be interesting. Native Americans and first Colonists fighting with old weapons. Maybe take the predator to midevil times and have a group of knight trying to survive an encounter. All the we need is a predator movie with more predator and less human.
Frampo Posted November 27, 2020 at 3:47 pm
I've always been an Arnold fan but sadly at age 74 a face-off against the predator wouldn't be believable considering what it took to kill the first one when he was in his prime!. Predators with Adrian brodie i personally think was better than Predator 2, Don't get me wrong it was alright but Danny Glover carried the movie to some standard coming off a Lethal Weapon high, Now Mr Glover is even older than Arbold so he ain't gonna be doing combat rolls and mid air dives while wielding a shotgun anymore. Shane blacks latest version was a fucking joke! It had a shit cast of B grade actors at best with the lead role going to a guy that looked like he couldn't wait to get the fuck off set! Autism the next step in the human evolution!, Fucking righteo get off the soy latte's idiot! Bahaha…. Its 2020 are chances of it not being a shitty PC woke cash grab are slim the last thing this needs to be is a "Terminator dark fate" nail in the coffin finale fuck you!!. but if they have a decent director that's wanting to make a profit and not destroy the last chance they have on keeping this flame alive then get Adrian back and continue Rodriguez story.
XENOMORPHOSIS Posted November 22, 2020 at 4:18 am
To PredatorHARDCOREfullonFAN Depends on how far in development they're in, if they're filming some time in 2021 working around the Pandemic we may get this movie released in either 2022 or 2023, if movie theaters aren't around any more it'll go straight to streaming.
PredatorHARDCOREfullonFAN Posted November 21, 2020 at 7:06 pm
which year will this great movie be released
XENOMORPHOSIS Posted November 21, 2020 at 12:01 am
With the reportings of the new film by Dan Trachtenberg this page is to be updated.
Steve Haas Posted November 4, 2020 at 8:11 am
This new movie by Shane Blacks was horrible. It tried to be almost a comedy. Gone is the fierce and scary that was Predator.
The original- 'Predator', and 'Predators' were solid scripts.
I would love intensity to be brought back!
luke Posted November 2, 2020 at 10:45 pm
love predator 4
Old tusk Posted October 27, 2020 at 11:16 am
Just go with the predators Shane and the siw with mun and Drama on set just keep Shane away from this trash the super predators heads. Need to be scaled down
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This is not merely an article this is also the reflection of the drops of the eye of the writer as well as the symbol of infringement of violation of human rights in Bangladesh. Love is a diversified term which contains several meanings but in this regard we can think love as the natural attraction between male and female in order to get them closer and to make a family or other. Many poets, writers, scientists, psychologists have defined this term "love" as per their ideology and experiment in their visible or invisible laboratory.
However, there are two different practical field of application love in Muslim and non-Muslim countries as well as South Asian and Western countries. The concept of love in Muslim countries is different rather than Non-Muslim or western countries. In case of the culture of western counties or almost all Non-Muslim countries love indicates mental attraction which can also turn in to physical relationship easily and can found family swiftly because of proper application of Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
That is why during love, the western people can enjoy their full liberty to enjoy their mental and physical sensation easily and to form a family but in case of culture of Muslim Countries and South Asian countries where physical relationship before marriage is strictly prohibited that is why lovers have to wait for marriage. If this matter would be finished at this stage, no problem would be occurred. But, problem is that in case of South Asian countries especially in Bangladesh parents basically never bother the choice of their son or daughter during the time of their marriage. They give marriage of their son and daughter against their choice or consent.
As result, a male or female basically cannot marry his or her beloved one which pains them seriously in the rest of their life. In many cases the male or female commit suicide because of missing his/her beloved one to marry for the interference of their family. In Bangladesh nearly fifty people commit suicide every year because of missing their beloved one for the interference of their family.
Interestingly all most all human rights organizations and State established National Human Rights Commission are completely silent and toothless-tiger regarding this matter likelihood this is because, they are also honorable practitioner of this violation of human rights in case of their family life.
Although Bangladesh signed "Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR)" and according to Article 16(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
In Bangladesh, we love to talk about human rights but basically this is for slogan and to get donation from Donor countries. But in practice nothing is being done. The result of violation of Article 16 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights is very much dangerous.
The violation of Article 16 diverting the male and female in serious pain for the rest of their life, committing suicide, taking drugs, disrespect to parents-imposed husband and wife. Frankly speaking, the violation of these rights under Article 16 is also liable for the repression of women in Bangladesh. It is to be noted that the people of Bangladesh are basically too much emotional and in case of love, they love their beloved one more than their life otherwise they could not commit suicide while missing their beloved to marry.
Actually, the people of Bangladesh are mentally not too much professional and they like to be pleased on that what they have. However, being failed to marry their beloved one male or female basically the male cannot accept their parents-imposed wife mentally although in some cases they are bound to show the society that everything is ok. But as the hidden truth or the news behind curtain nothing is ok. They cannot love their parents-imposed wife properly because of serious attraction on their marriage before girlfriend. In this regard generally they cannot endure general mistakes of their parents-imposed wife. This matter basically turns to the repression of wife in Bangladesh.
This information may be looked as artificial to someone but this is the hidden truth in case of Bangladesh which is written by the writer of this Article from his practical observation from the society of Bangladesh. As the son of a Lawyer Family and being itself a Law Graduate, the writer has vast experience regarding rural, urban, town society of Bangladesh.
The writer himself is not beyond to taste this pain as the violation of Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in his own life. During his LL.B (Hons) life he would like/love one of his classmate girls. However, finally that classmate politely compromised that she has other that is why formally the matter was dissolved.
However, later while working for the establishment of Human Rights the writer was introduced with another activist Shayeka Sultana Hemal student of LL.B (Hons). Truly the writer engaged in love with this girl and it was a real love containing purity, romance, sensation, preparation to form a family. But unfortunately the Parents of this girl Contractor Md. Helal Uddin and Dr.Sonia Parvin of PTI Road Area, Patuakhali District, Bangladesh are forcing their matured daughter Shayeka Sultana Hemel to give marriage against her consent.
It has said before this violation that means violation of Article 16 of UDHR turns the people in depression, frustration and liable for suicide and drug-addiction in Bangladesh. Actually without staying in Bangladesh a long time, no-one can apprehend the emotion of the people of Bangladesh. Although the writer is in serious pain and cannot give guarantee to the beloved world community whether he will become drug-addicted to forget this pain or not. However, with tears the writer is requesting the world community to come forward to establish Article 16 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Bangladesh.
Almost all Human Rights Organizations including sate-established National Human Rights Commission are completely inactive regarding the establishment of Article 16 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Bangladesh. The Donor Countries should also supervise about the use of their money by different Human Rights organizations in Bangladesh. Bangladesh would be freed from the violation of Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); this is the expectation of the writer of this Article with tears having serious pain in mind.


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I'm looking to understand as much as I can about my allergy. My doctor can't answer many questions because she does not have too much experience with this. I understand consulting a specialist will be my strongest path on getting info (I have an apt) but when I found this forum, I figured I'd check it out. My entire life oranges (no other citrus) and tangerines have given me a sore throat and labored breathing. I stayed away from them but didn't think much of it because it was never a significant reaction. In 2012 I was in a room with about thirty people who started eating oranges as snacks, as soon as they started to break the skin I went into anaphylactic shock. I have only had a severe reaction when fresh orange skin is broken. However it is so bad that even airborne I start showing symptoms. I now take serious care to avoid any situation that could be dangerous. I have accidentally eaten a candy with natural orange flavor at one point and only ended up with a sore throat. Does anyone else have similar experiences they can share with me to try and figure anything I can about this. I do have an appointment with a specialist but they weren't receptive to the fact that I'm not allergic to all citrus (via phone conversation) and it is not for another month.
Welcome! I'm sorry you're dealing with this.
I'm linking a few other related threads. We have a longtime member with an orange allergy. After today I will send her a message about your post.
I have heard of an allergy to oranges that is that sensitive. Our town has a school that does not allow oranges and all citrus, on one wing due to severe allergy of a faculty member.
You'll need to avoid your allergen, Orange, and carry epinephrine to treat any accidental anaphylaxis. You could request testing to confirm, or to check for related allergies, but reaction trumps testing, and you've got confirmation of that.


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The next installment of "Scream" is set to hit theaters in 2022 and according to sources, we might be seeing a trailer for the new film soon.
Sources say that the trailer has received its rating and are assuming that it will be shown in theaters October 10-11, when the original "Scream" is being shown for a special two-night event.
The new film brings back original stars including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette.
The first trailer for 'SCREAM' (2022) will be shown at a 25th anniversary screening of 'SCREAM' (1996) in the U.K. on October 11.
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New West Craft is a handmade market hosted by the Arts Council of New Westminster. New West Craft aims to provide a welcoming environment for crafters, artisans and makers to share their work with the community.
The Tinypreneurs event is a unique, innovative, philanthropic, and educational experience, for children as young as 7 years old to be exposed to the world of an entrepreneur. It will allow children and their entire family to explore and embrace the benefits of entrepreneurship from an early age, as well as showcasing their talent and creativity.
At Massey Madness, children and families will have a chance to learn more about Tinypreneurs, and sign up for the 2018 Spring Break Tinypreneurs workshop to take place at Massey Theatre.
Arts Council of New Westminster brings their fantastic interactive arts and crafts table for kids. Explore! Learn! Enjoy!
Young writers share their work.
Culture Conversations is a human library style event where you can talk to fascinating people from the community and learn about the varied ways that arts and culture have impacted their live, and how they live their most creative life. Conversation partners include professional artists, arts workers, and arts lovers from all sorts of backgrounds. Each session will feature different conversation partners, so come back and talk with all of them.
Travis Bernhardt proves that Magic isn't only fun for kids. Experience the wit and magic of this 2017 Pick of the Fringe winner up close and personal before seeing him perform on the Massey stage in the evening. Travis moves through the crowd performing for small groups, drawing people together, creating a buzz—breaking the ice between strangers and giving friends new stories to tell.
Contact the Massey Box Office to order tickets by phone, for showtimes, ticket prices and event information. Phone: 604-521-5050 Email: admin@ticketsnw.ca Hours of Operation: Tues - Sat: 12 - 6pm *closed from 2 - 3pm *also open one hour before performance start time for door sales and Will Call.


Hymnalaya is a one-year-old band from Reykjavík, Iceland, consisting of four main members; Einar Kristinn Þorsteinsson (guitar & vocals), Gísli Hrafn Magnússon (guitar), Kristofer Rodriguez Svönuson (percussion) and Þórdís Björt Sigþórsdóttir (violin). They are accompanied by a whole host of great musicians that play in the brass and strings sections. The sound of Hymnalaya is rooted in old hymns which they have combined with indie, ethnic and ambient textures. Hymnalaya released their debut album in February which can be downloaded for free online.


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The Role of Concept Art in Game Development
Business, Game Development, Inspiration
Concept art translates an initial idea into an actual, physical thing. In game development, it sort of provides the basic framework from which a full-fledged product will be based on. While the final artwork almost always doesn't look like the initial design, concept art still has an important role in the creation of any type of game.
Guiding Inspiration
Hundreds of people typically work on a single game and it is important for all of them to be on the same page at all times. This is especially true if some of the tasks will be outsourced. Concept art allows everyone involved, whether they are working in-house or offshore, to focus on a single artistic vision.
Establishing the Mood
Every game has its own distinct mood. Mario Kart, for example, is a lot less gloomy than Batman: Arkham Knight. In addition to showing the basic look of a game, the job of concept artists is to convey its feel and mood. To achieve this, a concept art should include specific attributes and features of characters, props, locations, and other items that are consistent with the game's theme.
Reducing Errors
Concept art is also useful in ironing out any possible visual kink that might occur down the line. Whether it is for setting a mood shot or a detailing the schematics of a prop, the work of a concept artist can help reduce mistakes, and in turn, keep the project from getting delayed or going over budget.
Creating concept art is the first step in bringing video game ideas to life. It gives modelers a visual guide on how characters, buildings, sceneries, and other elements are supposed to look in a 3D environment. More importantly, though, concept art can be very effective in showing project managers and producers the bigger picture and getting their approval on an idea. It is more cost-efficient to present them an appealing visual overview in the form of concept art, than to get modelers to directly create the actual thing.
If you need help with your video game concept art, NarraSoft is the outsourcing company to call. We create high-quality 3D art, including digital sculpting, at a competitive price. Contact us today and outsource your concept art to us.
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As you might know, I have been spending the past few months making a concerted effort not to do anything story-worthy. My theory is that a happy life is one devoid of narrative value. I would tell you more about it, but that would ruin it.
But today, I was walking along the embarcadero and saw a person there, head in his hands, wallowing in despair.
"I used to be a font, you know," he said to me when I gave him a concerned look, "Now I'm a person. How did that happen? What does that even mean? I don't know. It's claustrophobic here, being in only a single body rather than a broad swath of text. I had a purpose then, clean and simple; now I'm plagued with a terrifying maze of needs and possibilities."
"What font were you?" I asked him. I was working under the assumption that the traits that the font had would in some way be reflected afterwards into parallel human traits, perhaps to humorous effect.
He told me what font he was, but I didn't recognize it.
"Of course you don't recognize it," he said, "If you did, I would still be out there. As a font. As I should be."
"Were you san serif?" I asked, because that's about the only thing I could think to say.
He just shook his head sadly.
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Sox Start Strong But Can't Prevent Season Ending Loss
LONDON - The Brantford Red Sox headed back to Labatt Park on Sunday for Game 3 of their Quarterfinals series vs. the London Majors. Down 2-0 in the best of 5 series, the Red Sox needed a win to extend their 2022 IBL season. To say Brantford started out slow in this series is an understatement, but they did score 7 unanswered runs in their last 4 innings. They needed those bats to continue right where they left off the previous night if they were to continue playing baseball this year.
And somewhat surprisingly, the Brantford Red Sox did just that to start off Game 3. Jesse Fishbaum led off with a free pass via hit by pitch, followed by a Jon Dziomba single. Both runners would steal a base to advance into scoring position at 2nd and 3rd, but unfortunately they were left stranded. But the Red Sox would continue to press in the 2nd inning, with a Fishbaum single bringing home Tyler Wilson. Brantford would strand another pair of baserunners, but did take a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the 2nd (their first lead of the series).
After London tied things up 1-1 in the bottom of the 2nd, Brantford got back to work in the 3rd. After a trio of singles by Evan Ryan, Roger Keen, and Jordan Young loaded the bases, the Red Sox were gifted 2 runs via a pair of wild pitches. Nolan Gallagher then singled in Tyler Wilson, and the Majors were forced to go to their bullpen. London ended the threat there, but not before Brantford took a 4-1 lead.
The defending champs roared back in the bottom of the 3rd inning, sending 8 batters to the plate and scoring 3 to tie things up 4-4.. The clock would then strike midnight on Brantford's potential Cinderella story in the 4th inning. London hit a pair of back to back homers en route to 6 runs and a 10-4 lead. The remainder of the game went the same way that most of Brantford's season did. In somewhat fitting fashion, Brantford suffers their biggest loss of the year in their last game of the season. Final score London Majors 23 Brantford Red Sox 4. London wins the best of 5 series 3 games to 0.
FOR BRANTFORD - Tyler Wilson led the Red Sox with 3 hits. Jon Dziomba added a pair of hits and a stolen base. And kudos to Aiden Colangelo, who took one for the team out of the bullpen for the second night in a row, cleaning up the last 3 innings with no other pitchers available tonight.
NEXT UP - The Brantford Red Sox finally close the book on what was a forgettable 2022 season. There will be much analysis, regrouping, and retooling in the months to come. Best of luck to the London Majors and the remaining teams competing in the IBL postseason. Stay tuned to brantfordredsox.com and the team's social media channels for offseason news and updates, and thank you for following along this season.
GAME LIVE BOX SCORE YOUTUBE
Brantford Red Sox eliminated from IBL playoffs - Brant Beacon
QUARTERFINALS results
Game 1 - Brantford Red Sox 0 London Majors 8
Game 2 - Brantford Red Sox 7 London Majors 15
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Well giving the fact that our area hasn't had any snow this year and we have 2 snow storms heading this way..everyone is in panic getting ready for this suppose to be 3 feet of snow. Possibly 9 inches an hour. Whose complaining..not me! There's not a better way to spend time with your family than to be snowed in together for a couple days! I really do want my children to expience the tall snow and having to walk in it.
Quick story..I was about 11 my brother was 8 in the blizzard of 1994, we lived in an apartment complex at the time. Our mother had to walk to the store to get us bread and eggs. The snow was up past the door at least half way. My brother and I dug us out with spoons! Soo fun, sledding on a trash can lid!
Now we have saucers and running sleds to use! But we haven't put them to use this year. And I finally got my Hubby to enjoy winter time! Now I need to get up off this and go get our French toast ingredients! Have fun!!
Let me start off by sayin that I am a born Northerner. I moved to the south for a couple years, found and married my husband (who is also a born Northerner), and decided to move back North with our family. Our kids are so young and haven't gotten a real chance to live the snow life. Growin up I had the chance to deal with a couple snow blizzards and was the best thing ever! From igloos, to tunnels, to sledding there was always somethin fun to do! With all the ice we got last year we got a chance to have a small snowball fight which led to an approximate 10 ft. by 5 ft. igloo or as we called a long house. This year was a big tease! It never really snowed decent enough to go outside and enjoy it let alone when it did were we off work at a decent time, lol. Finally, it started to snow Saturday morning and didn't stop until early Sunday morning, ending with ice showers. Yep..the weekends we work morning and get out shortly after lunch! 😀 Yay, can it be? Is it possible we can actually enjoy what everyone is callin "Blizzard 2015"?! We sure did, we got dressed very warm to the point of not being able to move, since the temperature is about 15 F plus the snow is still fallin with a slight wind, grabbed the 3 runner sleds, 1 saucer, and our swimming tubes and took off to the park..No one was there when we first arrived, next thing you know there is about 3 adults and 6 kids not includin our 4 adults and 3 kids (my mom drove us). We decided shortly after we arrived that we would make a ramp, yes a ramp! So we gathered snow as a family. Dad is shovelin the snow onto the sleds, kids pullin the sleds to me where I built the flume. At first we built a single ramp with walls down the hill, shortly after my sister-in-law arrived with her son we decided we would build a double ramp with walls to the next ramp! So much excitement you can't even tell how cold it is! So after an hour of play we went home to enjoy coffee and hot cocoa. A fun outside winter sport to keep the family active!


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Known as one of Italy's most picturesque villages, Bosa is set with its multicolored houses along the mouth of the river Temo, which divides it into two with its soft contours.
Bosa is a fabulous village where history and modernity come together generating curiosity and fascination.
The Old Village, also known as Sa Costa, lies around the Serravalle Castle, built by the Malaspinas between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Easily accessible on foot, it will reward you by showing you the charm of the town from a scenic location that will remain forever in your memory.
Bosa Marina is instead the beach resort most loved by tourists according to Blue Guide 2015, which gives it a record 5 sails including it among the places with the most beautiful sea. The poetic Lungotemo promenade with the Ponte Vecchio and the beaches of S'Abba Druche, Portu Managu, Turas and Cumpoltitu make it one of the most renowned places for natural beauty.
Bosa is also a place of great culinary and craftsmanship tradition that welcomes you with a fine glass of Malvasia. The excellences of the village include jewelry from coral fished in the sea, baskets of Asphodel, fabrics and the filet of ancient feminine knowledge.
You will find many churches and monuments in the Village. Spend a little time at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the town's Cathedral, featuring beautiful frescoes. Within the walls of Serravalle castle stands the church of Our Lady de Sos Regnos Altos, embellished with a set of frescoes dating back to 1370. The Romanesque church of San Pietro Extramuros stands a short distance from the village, in the rural locality of Calmedia. Make sure to take a stroll in the medieval district of Sa Costa and take pictures of Sa funtana manna, a nineteenth century monument made of red trachyte.
If you enjoy hiking or birdwatching, you will love the natural wealth offered by Capo Marrargiu Bio-marine Park and the Nature Reserve of Badde Aggiosu, Marrargiu and Monte Mannu.
Bosa is also famous for its Carnival, known as Karrasegare. The "S'Attitidu" procession features a group of black masks lamenting theatrically while holding a doll in their arms, symbolizing the newly born holiday.


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Q: Javascript/JQuery: On form submit, don't reload full page (only a div), and still submit form data I've got the following code that I use on my links.  This prevents the page from reloading and loads the content from the href tag in a div.
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I need the use the same concept behind this, except on form submit, it needs to not reload the page, but submit the form only inside a div #WMS_NEW_right.  How can I do this?  I don't need push state or anything, just need to be able to control that form with class="formrelright" to only reload a div and get the url from the form action.  I will also need all data from the form method="POST" on the new page (inside div)

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Home Showbiz Interviews Kriti Sanon on 'Bareilly…': "Bitti is more outspoken than I am…"
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'Bareilly Ki Barfi' is Kriti Sanon's second offering of 2017. It's set in Bareilly, which is in Uttar Pradesh. Directed by the talented Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari who made her debut with the award-winning 'Nil Battey Sannata' (2015), the film sees Sanon share the screen with Ayushmann Khurrana and Rajkummar Rao for the first time.
The trailers and songs of the film have been captivating audiences, as have Sanon's moves. BizAsiaLive.com caught up with the actress before the film's release.
How much did you relate to your character, Bitti?
She's born and brought up in a very different kind of an environment and, obviously, a very different place to me. I come from Delhi which much more urban and she belongs to the small town of Bareilly. As a character, she's very tomboyish. She's also more outspoken than I would say I am. I have some filters on but she doesn't have any on (laughs). Her body language and also the way she speaks… it's all very different to mine because she is a UP girl. But I do think I relate to her mind a lot. I relate to her thinking. She may belong to a small town but she's very liberated and broadminded in her head. She's someone who puts logic to everything and doesn't just follow the rules and norms that are made for girls by society and what we're told when we're growing up. She lives life on her own rules and own terms. She also follows her heart and that's something I completely relate to.
Did you find you had to prepare much for the role?
Yes. For every role you do, there's always some prep that goes into it. For this movie, I'm playing a small town UP girl for the first time. I had never ever picked up any dialect in my previous films. I went to Lucknow a week before we started shooting and I saw Bitti's house and the lanes where she lives. I went to visit a college and met around twenty girls who came out and spoke to me very sweetly for about 1-2 hours. I told them I would record their conversation which they were OK with. They started opening up in front of me… talking about their boyfriend and everything that happens around them. When I came back, I was listening to that conversation for a week to pick up the way they speak, their manner and their dialect. I think sometimes when you're spending too much time with a friend, you start talking like them so I was trying to apply that. I think it's something that really helped me. Otherwise, for me it was important to adapt a body language that wasn't very girly because Bitti is a tomboy – a little carefree and not bothered about what she's wearing.
What was it like working with Ayushmann Khurrana and Rajkummar Rao?
It was amazing. I think both of them are very talented, spontaneous and collaborative as actors. When we on set, they were both in their characters always while shooting. We used to do readings, improvise and add our own things. We used to react to each other and when you have good actors opposite you, I think your performance becomes better and you start reacting to them and it becomes more real. They're both very easy to work with and very chilled out.
The film also stars Pankaj Tripathi and Seema Pahwa as your parents. What was the experience of working with them?
I had a blast shooting with them. They're theatre actors and they're so good. They feed off each other so well and have such a different approach to every scene. With them, every scene became lively. Naturally, their reactions are so funny and so apt that again, as an actor, you start reacting to them. It's not difficult to work with them because they help you in a way. In front of them I really had to control my laughter while shooting. There were so many moments that were so funny that I used to start laughing in between the take and we had to do it again.
How do you think the story of 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' will appeal to the audiences?
I think it's a very different and slice-of-life script. It's not something where you'll have to apply your brain and really sit and think through it. It's an easy breezy kind of a film which will entertain you a lot. It'll make you laugh. It's got a lot of punches and relatability. I think that's a big USP of the film because each and every character has been written in that way. Ashwiny herself is very simple and rooted so she brings out the relatability factor in every scene and with every character. You would feel like you know these people. That's something I feel the audiences really will like.
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Here's a video update we recorded back on the 14th when we were at Camping Disentis, before we did the zip line, and before we went to Chur where Mila broke her arm.
Obviously our plans changed a little bit after we recorded this. We would have posted this when we recorded it or soon after, but we didn't have a good internet connection until we landed here in the Amsterdam apartment a few days ago.
Another post about our time in Disentis a couple weeks ago… Still playing catch up on blog posts!
We enquired about it, the owner of the campground made a phone call, and we had a zip line session booked. It was 10 days before her birthday, but hey, for a random zip line discovery in a foreign country, you can't get much closer than that, right?!
So we hopped on our bikes and rode/walked up, up, up… It was all uphill and it was endless. Up the mountain on the narrow, winding mountain highway and through the tunnels. We rode a little, but mostly walked our bikes along the edge of the narrow mountain road.
Hey mister! Please don't fall to your death.
One of the tunnels was under construction. The girders you can see in the photo above are on the edge of a cliff and below there is a sheer drop. It would be the end for anyone who lost their footing. None of the workers wore safety harnesses or were attached to lines. These guys are human mountain goats.
One of the tunnels was 500 meters long! Just getting there was a challenge for us.
Sure enough, at the end of the 4th tunnel, we were greeted by Kim, a muscular man with sun bleached hair and a friendly, weathered smile standing by the edge of the road. It was quite a surprise and seemed quite random as there were no buildings, just a little sidewalk area off to the side of the road at the tunnel entrance. If you were going to cast a mountaineer for a movie, you could find no better person thank Kim.
Note the rope bridge in the background of the photo above. This is one of the bridges that you had to cross to get back after doing the zip line. The zip line itself runs from the upper left of the photo to well below the lower right of the photo. To access the climbing and zip line areas you must climb the rock face in front of our bikes.
We were given harnesses and helmets and joined a group of Swiss Scouts (boys and girls, age 12 to maybe 16) for a brief orientation.
Each harness had a tether with two carabiners. Wherever there were lines marked red and white, we were to clip in using both carabiners, each clipped onto the line in opposing directions. There were iron rods, bent into ""U" shapes and hammered into the stone to act as steps. Lines indicating that you should clip in were marked with red and white tape. We clipped in and climbed the steps. When our progress was blocked by an anchor on the line, we unclipped and reclipped, first one carabiner and then the other – so we were always secured by at least one of the carabiners at the end our our harness tether. After the orientation, each person, regardless of age, was responsible for his or her own safety and that of their climbing mates. There were two staff members in the area, but generally speaking, after orientation, you were on your own.
None of our photos even begin to do it justice or suggest the scale of the scene, but the zip line ran at a steep angle across a rocky gorge with a river at it's base. There were a variety of cable bridges spanning the gorge at various heights and angles – these were the only way to get back once you had crossed on the zip line. None of them had stable footing. Steps were fashioned from pieces of wood hung from cables with no horizontal support, so they swung in the wind and underfoot. Crossing them was like stepping from one crooked swing to another. We were clipped in to a cable above, so a fall would not be a fatal fall of 20 or 50 or 100 feet to the rocks of the river below. A misstep and a fall would leave you dangling by your harness tether and require that you pull yourself up the cable, regain your place on the bridge, and finish the crossing.
In the photo above, the small blue pad on the face of the cliff is the only thing between you and splat should the zip line equipment or its operator fail. The wooden platform where the two people in white shirts are standing is the place where, after your zip line session, you can elevate yourself to unclip from the zip line. After that you are on your own getting back. You can scale the rocks to the right and cross the "easy" bridge, or climb the rocks and a series of wooden structures and iron steps in the cliff face to get to other more difficult bridges.
Our intrepid zip liners getting ready for the plunge!
Before we did the zip line across the gorge, we did a little rock climbing.
Jette was next and she was all smiles on the way down.
Made it! At the bottom of the zip line.
Heading up to the easy bridge.
Another view of the easy bridge. It looks low from this angle, but in some places it is quite a long drop to the river below.
The end of the easy bridge and the beginning of the wall climb.
We don't have any photos that really capture it, but the bridge crossings and climbs back up were challenging. It can be a bit nerve wracking watching your almost-ten-year-old un-clip and re-clip to get around an anchor bolt on a vertical rock wall 100 feet above a stone filled, rushing river!
The videos make the bridge crossings look easy. They were harder than they looked!
Jette is amazing. She met the physical challenges as well as the physiological ones. Even as we ran out of energy, she was very careful with each of the dozens clip-outs and clip-ins as we climbed and traversed the bridges. As we climbed, we talked about how fatigue can lead to mistakes. She consistently mindful and made no mistakes. I on the other hand had to re-clip twice after failing to get one of my carabiners properly secured on a cable.
After riding/walking up the mountain, two zip line sessions, bridge crossings, and climbs back up, we were totally exhausted.
Thank goodness camp was down the mountain…and they served ice cream!
Not a bad early birthday celebration.
So much has happened that we haven't had time (or power/internet) to blog about, so before it is lost to the mists of time, let me tell you about our time in Disentis-Sedrun. After Andermatt, we took the train to Disentis.
We rode our bikes through town and down the steep hills to Camping Disentis where we pitched our tent. This place turned out to be something of a paradise, especially for kids. The European campgrounds we've experienced have been very nice, with excellent facilities. Camping Disentis puts them all to shame. All the basic facilities – showers, bathrooms, etc. were very, very nice, and super clean. They had a nice restaurant with a patio facing a lawn with a bounce house for kids.
It is just out of frame, but there was an ice cream stand and a small shop selling all sorts of goodies. You could also place orders for fresh bread, delivered each morning. The Rhine River ran along the edge of the camp. Because we were still so close to its source, the Rhine here is often called the "Young" Rhine. The waters are still crystal clear and cold, and known for hiding gold! Many of you may know Richard Wagner's famous opera The Rhinegold. We didn't see any Rhinemaidens, but we did see lots of people panning for gold!
We spent hours exploring the shallow rapids of the river, panning for gold, and just having fun. We even had a favorite spot for having our meals in the river. We had boulders for seats and the cold water of the river to chill our feet and our drinks.
At camp, there were clear streams and springs feeding a beautiful swimming hole, with a raft that the kids can pull across like a ferry.
The clear water of the swimming hole.
There were hundreds of kids and families staying in RV's and tents, but surprisingly it never seemed too busy. We learned a little bit about Swiss culture in our stay here. The camp was crowded, but it was never noisy. There was no music, much less loud music playing anywhere, ever. There was constant conversation, but no one was loud. In the mornings, when we awoke, we could hear the birds sining and the rushing sounds of the river, but not our neighbors, even if they were in the tent just feet from ours. The Swiss campers all seemed to adhere to the same routine. Most had breakfast at their tent or RV. Breakfast was fresh bread with jam and butter, muesli, or yoghurt. On to the daily outdoor activities. In the late afternoon a sweet treat, perhaps ice cream around 3:30 or 4:00.
Late afternoon everyone headed to the shower to clean up, followed by dinner. After dinner there were three main activities: badminton, cards, and reading. Many of the kids quietly played cards or badminton, some sat quietly and read books. Yes, actual paper books. No one had electronic devices. No cameras, no phones, no iPods, no computers. Compared to home, it was shocking how many people actually read books! What a nice surprise. It was also interesting to see how virtually everyone was on the same schedule. I guess that's a function of Switzerland being a small, homogenous country. It was nice.
More to come on the awesome place that is Camping Disentis and all the fun we've had here, but in the meantime, here's a video I shot last night riding my bike up to town and back.
Since I shot this video I got my hands on some Shimano Roller Brake Grease at a local bike shop and the breaks don't scream quite as loudly now. Still being careful with my speed and watching that it doesn't overheat to the point of a grease fire or fried hub bearings.


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Inside the The Gordon Parks Foundation
August 24, 2019 by Ronni Diamondstein
Gordon Parks, Untitled 1941
Credit: Photograph by Gordon Parks.
Copyright: Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Making a Difference in the World to Overcome Bigotry, Poverty & Hatred
Nestled on Wheeler Avenue in Pleasantville are the exhibition space and offices of The Gordon Parks Foundation with its mission to permanently preserve the work of Gordon Parks, make it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media, and support artistic and educational activities that advance what Gordon described as "the common search for a better life and a better world." The Foundation shines a light on the remarkable career of the iconic creative talent of Gordon Parks.
Parks was an extraordinary artist with an amazing range. His portraits were diverse, from socialites like Gloria Vanderbilt, civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. to sports figures like Muhammad Ali. "Gordon Parks used the power of art to make a difference in the world and to overcome bigotry, poverty and hatred," says Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., the Executive Director of the Foundation. As a photojournalist, Parks captured the poverty and racism that affected Black America.
"Gordon broke barriers as the first African American photographer to work at Life Magazine and worked closely with my grandfather Phil Kunhardt who was the managing editor," says Kunhardt.
Gordon Parks (1912-2006), a multi-talented, modern-day Renaissance man, was born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas. As an itinerant laborer, he worked as a brothel pianist and railcar porter among other jobs before buying a camera from a pawnshop, training himself to become a photographer. He also found success as a writer, composer and film director. "He was the first black filmmaker to direct a studio motion picture, and his first film Shaft helped create a genre. But Parks' enduring contribution was to break down the barriers of racism in Hollywood," writes Desa Philadelphia for the Directors Guild of America.
"At the core of The Gordon Parks Foundation's work is the support of current and emerging leaders who carry on Parks' legacy," says Kunhardt who has led the foundation since 2011. During Kunhardt's tenure the Foundation created The Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarships and Prizes program, and established The Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship, which has awarded six fellowships to photographers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians whose work addresses themes of representation and social justice. In 2019, he oversaw the launch of The Gordon Parks Arts and Social Justice Fund dedicated to supporting these educational initiatives.
Supporting the Next Generation of Artists Inspired by Parks
Each year the Foundation celebrates Gordon Parks' legacy and honors those who continue his vision for social change at The Gordon Parks Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner and Auction. The Gordon Parks Foundation Award is given to individuals who have enriched our lives in ways that reflect Parks' ideas and goals by using creative means to inspire the next generation. The Patron of the Arts Award recognizes and celebrates individuals with a deep appreciation of the arts. Recipients receive this special recognition for their support and promotion of artistic creativity in the visual arts, film, literature, or performing arts.
Kunhardt sums up the impact of the Foundation's work. "Through initiatives such as our scholarship and fellowship programs, as well as these annual awards, we continue to empower the next generation of change-makers and those who are current forces for social justice and the arts."
The exhibitions at The Gordon Parks Foundation space feature fellowship recipients, curated selections of Gordon Parks' work, and works by artists whose work is influenced by Parks.
The Gordon Parks Foundation Honoree Chelsea Clinton accepts award from Sarah Lewis and Alex Soros at the annual Gala at Cipriani's in New York, June 4, 2019. PHOTO BY SEAN ZANNI FOR PMC
I don't think there has ever been a more important time in my life to support art and artists. They help prevent us from becoming complacent or numb to the challenges we face, while urgently illuminating those challenges. They show us what is possible when love and kindness, not hate and indecency, are celebrated and empowered. And they offer us hope, pushing us toward what Gordon called "the common search for a better life and a better world.
– Chelsea Clinton
Not to Be Missed Exhibits
Two upcoming exhibitions are Guadalupe Rosales' Must've been a wake-dream: September 6 through October 18, 2019 and Hank Willis Thomas': Exodusters October 25 through December 20, 2019.
Must've been a wake-dream is a celebration of Rosales' work as a 2019 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship recipient, which includes collaborations with Latinx and LGBTQ communities to examine the interplay between photography and community. Through her careful collecting, preservation, and presentation of vernacular photographs, letters, party flyers and ephemera representing Latinx Southern California youth culture, Rosales creates an expanding archive that brings visibility to a community that has been overlooked, misrepresented and criminalized. Also on view during Must've been a wake-dream will be a group of Gordon Parks' photographs, selected by Rosales, from Parks' celebrated Harlem Gang Leader series, made as the first African-American photographer for LIFE magazine in 1948.
Hank Willis Thomas has an ongoing vested interest in photography as a documentation of history and a universal means for people to represent their stories. Exodusters examines the representation and depiction of history, particularly during a significant moment in the pursuit for freedom and liberty during the Great Depression in Dust Bowl America. Thomas draws upon the archive of Gordon Parks' seminal and semi-autobiographical film The Learning Tree (1969) that depicts the fictional Cherokee Flats, which is based off of Parks' hometown in Fort Scott, Kansas, where he returned to produce the movie.
The Gordon Parks Foundation welcomes visitors to view the rotating shows of photography in their exhibition space. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free.
For more information: gordonparksfoundation.org
Filed Under: Cover Stories Tagged With: Black America, Creative Talent, Diverse, Gordon Parks, Gordon Parks Foundation, Overcoming Bigotry, photographer, Racism
At the Heart of Community
August 24, 2019 by Grace Bennett
One thing I've heard consistently about Pleasantville lately is how fiercely proud residents are of their town and of Mount Pleasant at large. As I produced this edition over the summer, and learned about Break the Hold, via Sabra Staudenmaier's cover story for us, it was not hard to see why.
I feel like I'm getting to know a community that yes, celebrates all its gifts and good fortune, but also enthusiastically embraces solutions to challenging problems via its open hearts and extended hands. To me, such sincere involvement feels central to understanding the heart of a caring community. This story pulled my heartstrings right away. We also have a proud history covering mental health issues, and specifically the topics of depression and suicide. The Inside Press was the recipient a few years back of a Media Award from the Mental Health Association of Westchester. We hope to continue to shine a spotlight on mental health in future issues as well.
In additional heart sharing coverage, I am also thrilled to publish Ronni Diamondstein's story about Pleasantville's Gordon Parks Foundation; if you're like me, you might be one of many who has walked by and felt curious about the foundation's window on Wheeler Avenue. Its mission is to preserve the powerful images of artist and photojournalist Gordon Parks whose work has done so much to help bring attention to racism. It accomplishes that and so much more.
If you need more reasons to love Mount Pleasant, there is no shortage in this edition. We asked a long time savvy area resident and Inside Press contributor Jennifer Sabin Poux to compile ten, and she does a fantastic job of that too.
Two summer interns, Charlotte Harter and Madeline Rosenberg, have also helped turn our attention to community, with stories about how the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce helps support local commerce, coverage of the town's dedicated conservation efforts plus a look back at Pleasantville Community Day and the town's firefighter parade.
We know fitness figures 'big' around here too, so please don't miss the piece about area marathon runners either, which includes a Pleasantville resident!
Finally, we also keep hearing the music. In our debut edition, we offered a preview of the Pleasantville Music Festival (another mega successful day!), and in this issue, we give a nod to the area's vibrant 'music scene,' as writer Miriam Longobardi spotlights a couple Rocker bands led by area moms!
Enjoy the edition, and we hope to see you again in 2020. Our plans for now are for at least four a year, so stay tuned! Follow Inside Press Magazines on Facebook or insidepress on Instagram, and soon enough, another surprise pub covering your town will be hiding in your mailbox!
Filed Under: Just Between Us Tagged With: Bands, Break the Hold, Caring, community, fitness, Gordon Parks, heart, Inside Pleasantville, Inside Press Magazines, Just Between Us, Mental health, Mental Health Association of Westchester, Mount Pleasant, music, Pleasantville, Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce, Pleasantville Community Day, pleasantville music festival
Four Winters Documentary Weaves Together Testimonies of Survivors among the 25,000 Jewish Partisans


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Carry Trade: Ruble Reversion
April 29, 2019 | Multi-Asset
Thomas Clarke, Partner
There has always been a degree of skepticism from the general market about whether you can make money in active currency management.
Currencies tend to show up on the front pages only when they are in turmoil, which feeds perennial suspicion and contributes to many investors avoiding the asset class altogether.
As someone who has been managing currencies for 28 years, I have seen this concern ingrained in the market's conventional wisdom. This leads to the investment arena being underused and underappreciated, which comes at a cost to the investment community.
All this time that investors have been seeking new sources of return, diversification, and markets, currencies have always been here, providing these benefits for investors who know where and how to look.
There are multiple reasons why currencies can be a robust and legitimate source of excess returns. Two of the most compelling ones are: 1) currencies revert to their fundamental values, often faster than equities or bonds, which creates exploitable opportunities; and 2) the carry trade can be a powerful opportunity for investors to make money.
Despite being a "scary" currency that people hear about only when it's having some large negative move, the Russian ruble over the past several decades illustrates both of these characteristics.
Ruble Reversion
The chart below shows the Russian ruble relative to the U.S. dollar. The dark blue line is the actual exchange rate and the green is the equilibrium rate the ruble would take if its price relative to the dollar was affected only by changes in Russian inflation relative to the U.S.
That is, both the actual exchange rate and the equilibrium exchange rate are in nominal (money) terms, which are the terms on which we trade currencies in the real world. As you can see, the ruble appears to be on an ever-weakening trend against the dollar since the end of the Cold War.
Also, if you just look at the actual rate in isolation, the ruble looks like many "scary" emerging market currencies, with periods of relative stability followed by huge spikes upward—essentially a bumpy, unpredictable trip "to the moon with no return to Earth."
But the proper way to evaluate any currency is through the lens of its fundamental, or equilibrium, value. When you plot the nominal rate against the equilibrium rate, you see that over the past 20 years, the ruble has had two significant periods of being overvalued and two significant periods of being undervalued.
Over the past two decades, the ruble has reverted to its fundamental value, on average, every 5 years
These overvaluations and undervaluations are what provide the opportunities to benefit. Using this sample, the ruble reverts back to its sustainable equilibrium rate every 5 years, which means that an investor, at a randomly sampled point in time in the history, would have to wait an average of 2.5 years for the currency to revert to its equilibrium.
This may not seem especially fast, but it's important to note that it's significantly faster than what you see with most equity markets. It's an opportunity investors can take advantage of, particularly if the ruble is part of a broad universe of currencies in a portfolio.
We can invest, for example, in more than 30 currencies around the globe.
Carrying Its Weight
But returning to the chart above, the ruble has been getting weaker in nominal terms, and so has its sustainable equilibrium. Each time the lines converge, it is at a weaker ruble exchange rate to the U.S. dollar than the previous time that a mis-valuation was corrected.
If you include the carry trade, you can potentially make money in currencies by accounting for differences in relative interest rates across countries.
Many investors interpret these lines as showing that money cannot be made from being long (overweight) or rubles. After all, how can one make profits from being long of an undervalued ruble if the correction of this undervaluation occurs at a weaker ruble than last time, and probably at a weaker ruble level than at which the position was bought?
The reality, however, is that the lines on the above chart exclude relative interest rate gain or loss (carry). With almost all tradable currencies, nominal interest rates at least compensate for inflation over time.
The ruble persistently weakens in nominal terms (excluding carry), and this is justified because Russian inflation was persistently higher than U.S inflation ("justified" refers to the observation that the equilibrium ruble rate weakens just as the actual rate does, although in a less volatile fashion).
To wit, if the carry is included, which it is when we trade currencies in the real world, then it is possible to make money by being long of high inflation and undervalued currencies, even if they persistently depreciate through time.
What appears to be a cumulative weakening trend for the exchange rate does not mean cumulative negative total returns from holding a position in the currency.
The chart below shows the 12-month rolling total returns from exchange rate and relative interest rate carry that an investor would get from a passive "buy-and-hold-forever position" that was long rubles and short dollars.
Note that this return series, unlike the exchange rate graph, is not a cumulative weakening trend. In fact, the cumulative return over this period is positive. Over the long term, the ruble has actually outperformed the dollar on a passive "buy-and-hold-forever" basis when measuring total returns exchange rate plus carry. This is the case even though the ruble exchange rate to the dollar has persistently weakened.
It's not a one-way losing trade. This is the case for just about every currency one can trade.
Actively Pursuing Opportunities
Of course, as active managers, we aren't taking a passive buy-and-hold-forever approach to any of the currencies we manage. We are looking to avoid some of the rolling negative return seen in the previous chart and capture more of the rolling positive return by using an active approach that is anchored in fundamental value.
Essentially, when the ruble was undervalued, then we would want long ruble exposure, but when it was overvalued, we would not, and we would prefer short exposure.
Even more specifically, we are looking for signals that indicate when the gaps between price and fundamental value are going to widen or narrow.
Often these signals involve evaluating the differences between current currency prices and fundamental value in different risk environments or by analyzing how nonfundamental (e.g., geopolitical) influences may cause prices to move further from, or closer to, value.
In any asset class, active investors have the ability to beat passive strategies because gaps between price and fundamental value are ultimately corrected. They open, they close, and they generate excess return opportunities along the way. With currencies—even "scary" ones such as the ruble—investors often don't have to wait too long for that to happen.
To access more insights about how William Blair is reaching beyond traditional investment analysis to think about the white space between asset classes, sectors, geographic regions, and investment teams, we invite you to explore other posts about sessions at our 2018 CONNECTIVITY conference.
Thomas Clarke, partner, is a portfolio manager on William Blair's Dynamic Allocation Strategies team.


The U.S. economy created a net of 173,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The U.S. economy created a net of 173,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. That's a lackluster report, and probably not going to help influence the Fed to raise interest rates later this month, especially since there's still nervousness about the state of much of the rest of the world's economy. On the other hand, the employment gains for June were revised from an increase of 231,000 to 245,000, and the change for July was revised from 215,000 to 245,000. With these revisions, employment gains during the two months combined were 44,000 more than previously reported. Over the past three months, job gains have averaged 221,000 per month, which is a reasonably healthy rate of growth, if not exceptional.
Some parts of the economy that drive office space absorption are still gaining jobs. For instance, financial activities employment increased by 19,000 in August, with job gains in real estate (up 8,000) and in securities, commodity contracts, and investments (up 5,000). Over the year, employment in financial activities has grown by 170,000. Employment in professional and business services also continued to trend up in August (seeing a gain of 33,000) and has increased by 641,000 over the last 12 months. Manufacturing and mining—which includes the energy industry—lost jobs. That affects office space usage in certain markets, the largest of which would be Houston, but overall isn't a drag on the sector.
In August, the number of long-term unemployed (people jobless for 27 weeks or more) came in at 2.2 million, which wasn't much of a move from the previous month. Even so, the number of people in that situation has been going down compared with a year ago, by about 779,000. These individuals accounted for 27.7 percent of the unemployed, and they tend to find it very hard to find work, though they're still looking. The gradual improvement in the number of people suffering long-term unemployment benefits residential real estate somewhat, since workers out of the workforce for a long time aren't forming households at either for-sale properties or (more likely) rental properties. Some of them eventually quit looking for work, but as others of them return to the workforce, more households are formed.
The overall U.S. unemployment rate, which is based on a separate BLS survey, dropped to 5.1 percent, the lowest rate since well before the recession. The U-6 is also still improving ("alternate measures of labor underutilization," as the bureau call it, or the U-6; the headline number is U-3). The headline employment rate isn't the complete picture, since it doesn't count people who are too discouraged to look for work, or people who are trapped in part-time employment, but want a full-time job. The BLS, however, does track that broader definition of unemployment in the form of the less-well-known U-6. As the headline number has been improving in recent years, so has the U-6. In August, the U-6 came in at 10.3 percent, compared with 10.4 percent in July. A year ago, it was 12 percent.